Daily evening bulletin., February 11, 1868, Image 3

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EVENING BULLETIN.
focaiiapi fcbmayy Hi 1888.
» f.IGTTER-'WBITEK WASTKD.
In these days, when the letters or public
jnen reach the public eye bo immediately and
are so widely circulated and discussed there
5s much need for greater caution in the mate
and manner of such correspondence Three
striking illustrations of, the want of a .Polite
and Prudent Letter-Writer for Public Men are
just now before the public. j .
The first public letter-writer who needs in
struction is Andrew Johnson. He does not
write pleasant letters. They cannot always
be called even severely polite. They lack the
essential elements of moderation, civility and
troth. In his latest epistolary essays the Pre
sident has simply pilloried himself before the
world, and sits with his feet made fast in the
stocks, all for want of, a standard PoUte and
prudent Letter-Writer.
The second illustration is in the Kemble-.
Belmont correspondence. Mr. Belmont, the
American agent of the Rothschilds, having
written a very straight-forward business letter.
to the State Treasurer at Harrisburg, on the
subject of the payment of Pennsylvania seca
rities in currency, Mr. Kemble replies in a -
tone BO'unbusinesslike and so needlessly sar
castic-and disrbspectiul that ho gives Mr. Bel
mont the opportunity for a very fair and very
severe retort, and compels;!his best political
and personal friendß to feel and to own that
he has committed a most unfortunate blunder,
all, again, for the want of a standard Polite
and Prudent Letter Writer. Mr. Kemble
'would have known, if this mueh-desirel work
was in existence, aid in the hands of all pub
lic officers,. that the' State Treasurer
is not a representative officer,. authorized to
speak for tho State of Pennsylvania, fmt
simply that very important and responsible
public servant, the cashier or keeper of the
funds of the commonwealth. It, is greatly to
be regretted that he should have committed
Pennsylvania to a definition of her position
such as is conveyed by his letter to Mr.
Belmont.
The third requisition for a standard Polite
and Jhudeht Letter Writer is from a totally
different.quarter, and upon a subject quite
foreign to political pr financial questions. It
belongs to the ecclesiastical domain, but is n >
less imperative in its: demand. A trial is
going oninNew York to settle a question
of oonon law in the Episcopal Church. ■ Most
of our! readers are familiar with the essential
point in controversy.: The Rev. S. H. Tyng,
Jr..having been presented for trial,for an al
leged-breach of the canon regulating the mi j
istrations of clergymen of the Episcopal
Church, a Court has been convened to try
the case. This would appear to be a very
simple question oflaw, which a properly or
ganized Court might be supposed to be com
petent to try and decide. But it is made the
pivot of an immense deal of internal agita
tion, and straightway our esteemed and re
spected fellow-townsman, Mr. Jay Cooke,
writes a letter to each member of the court.
Mr. Cooke intimates that, ,as Bishop
Potter has not tried the Rector of the Ritual
istic St. Albans’ he should not try Mr. Tyng,
which is neither good law nor good
logic. Hq also expresses the opinion
that, “upon an intelligent understanding
of the case, three-fourths of the laity would
be on Mr. Tyng’s side.” Mr. Cooke, like i
every other gentleman, has a right to his
opinion on tbe subject, although there are
grave reasons to doubt if he is not greatly
mistaken in point of fact, but he cannot find
fault with the presiding judge, the Ilev. Dr.
Beach, for his prompt rebuke of any attempt
to influence the court iu its judgment of ah
abstract question of law by the use of outside
pressure in the form of letters from wealthy,
liberal and influential Churchmen. Mr;
Cooke’s letter was perfectly polite, but it was
not prudent, ami hence it affords a third illus
tration of the want of a Polite and Prudent
.l-efter-Writer for Public Men.
THE CITY RAILWAYS.
The exasperating conduct of the Passenger
Itailway Companies, during the present week,
has produced an effect-exactly opposite to
that which was heped and expected by them..
Thc plan was evidently to subject the ciii
zens to such inconvenience that they would
be willing to return to the salt nuisance
sooner than submit to the deprivation of fa
cilities. But although the Philadelphia riding
public has not the pluck of that of New Y ork,
which compelled the companies to reduce
their exorbitant prices by absolutely refusing
to use the cays until the fare was reduced',
still it is not as weak and silly as the compa
nies imagined.
A very different degree of culpability has
characterized different lines, aud the Chestnut
and Walnut line, the rccipient of the most
valuable of all the franchises recklessly given
away by the Legislature, has been the most
boldly wrong of all. Alter the great snow
storm about ten days sinceythe Market street
precisely parallel, kept its track
dear and ran single teams without interrup
tion; whilst for several days, three; or four at
least, the Chestnut and Walnut ran double
teams at long intervals, the object seeming to
be to cause as mueh inconvenience as
possible, without entirely discontinuing its
service.
One thing these companies may be sure of
is-, the salt nuisance will never be restored.
The pnblie, after experiencing the, advantage
of dry air in cold weather, .will,not again sub
mit to the raw, cold, dampatmospbere which
formerly prevailed, from the time the salt
was applied till the snow finally disap
peared. ■
How long the public will put up with the
arrogance, the insufliclent accommodation,
the systematic crowding, the refusal of ex
change ticket accommodation except in a
few oases, the excessive charges, and the
general., insufficiency of the present system,
xemsil)? £9 be seen. Not always, we think.
Notejsiti wise in, those who hold a ‘most
monopoly to stir up a constantly
JndgNft!* lndigtfatiop against themselves,
tmSPliae citizens shall decide upon some
measure of reform such as will sweep the
present companies out of existence, it is
wf 11 known that the. city hak the, power of
doing this, and in the opinion of many the
time may soon coma when such a step will
prove necessary. . '
TJUK PRISONS AND AERSttOUSES
OP PEmmANIA. ;
Governor tieitty* :witk ft view/ to giving
practical efficiency to Ms administration, and
in order to enable himself to ; bhae intelligent
official action upon clearly ascertained facts,
some months since appointed Mablon H.
Dickinson, Esq., of this city, to pay visits of
inspection to the prisons and almshouses
throughout the Commonwealth. Mr. Dick
inson was instructed to visit the. several
prisons and almshouses in the State, and
make returns of the results of the informa
tion which he Bhould obtain concerning the
conducting and general system of management
and discipline of those institutions, with
whatever else of knowledge he might obtain
of the condition of the buildings and inmates,
an<j whether the humane intentions of the
lawmakers of our Commonwealth had been
resized, in the character of tho buildings and
the treatment of the inmates. How much ef-
fort had been made to reform those con
fined in prisons, and what is being done to
insure tbe comfort of those whom error or
misfortune have thrown upon the public for
support. How well this task bas been per
formed is shown by the report of his labors
which Mr. Dickinson has just made to the
Governor.
The duly performed by Mr. Dickinson bas
usually conie within, the province of the
Grand Jurors of the several counties, and as
the time of their coining was generally well
understood, Sheriffs and keepers were pre
pared to “put their best foot forward’’ when
the members of the Grand Inquest.made their
appearance; and while prisoners and paupers
were furnished with clean shirts and sheets
for the occasion,'and fed with extra rations
to secure proper responses to any questions
that might be addressed to them upon the
subject of diet, the fresh coats of whitewash
on cell and corridor were only typical of that
freely applied in the “presentments" which
too often teemed with the stereotyped
nauseous puffs of “gentlemanly managers,”
“careful oflicials” and “admirable order,’’
where there was but little of either real
care or order.
Mr. Dickinson paid no such holiday,
formal visits.; he saw the .institutions
as they are, he speaks of them just as he
found them without fear or favor, and liis re-
port affords an intelligent statement of griev
ous evils that demand roform. It seems
that in the important centres of population
such as Philadelphia, Lancaster, i ork and
Pottsville, the jails and almshouses are kept
in good condition, and their inmates are
propeiiy cared for. In some of them, Phila
delphia among the rest,more extensive prison
accommodations are required in order to keep
pace with the increase of crime naturally in
cident to a rapidly growing population; but
with this exception, there is no reasonable
laulttobe found with the management of
their reformatory or eleemosynary institu
tions. It is a curious tact that in Philadel- j
adelphia, where the cost of the bare nece.B3a- 1
rics ofliie is greater than in the rural sections
of tbe State, the cost of supporting paupers is
less than in any other county; while they are
better cared for than in most other districts.
Mr. Dickinson dwells at much length upon
the condition of the jails in some of the inte
rior portions of the State, and the condition
of the buildings and their management are
1 about equally disgraceful to the local autho
, rilies. Prisoners are represented as being
huddled into unsafe and uncomfortable quar
ters, (in some instances in basements under
county court-houses) where their moral im
provement is uncared for, where health
is out ol the question, and where personal
safety in the cases of persons charged with
serious offences is only secured by chaining
the prisoners to the floors of their cells. .Of
course, under these circumstances, escapes
are frequent, and while the cause of justice
is hindered, society suffers from the enlarge-'
ment of criminals.
In portions of the State where these abuses
exist, no provision is made, tis a general
thing, for the case of paupers in almshouses.
They ate generally “farmed out” to persons
who are willing to undertake their Care, and
as they are awarded to the lowest bidder they
have a reasonable prospect of “short com
mons” during the time they remum a charge
upon the public. The miserable predicament
of this class,of poor is pithily described by
Mr. Dickinson when besays: “These persons,
when misfortune, sickness or old age comes
upon them, see and feel that such a claim iB
regarded only as an appeal for the smallest
pittance, that the smallest sum will allow,and
that which is eaten is watched, lest it should
exceed what is paid for it.” ,
Biit the most touching portions of this
interesting report are those that have refer
ence to the treatment of the insane and idiotic
poor in some of the interior counties. Taking
the Adams county poor-house as an example,
Mr. Dickinson found confined there about
twenty insane and imbecile patients. Here
he found men and women who had worn the
chains bright with which they were secured
to the floors. Some had been thus chained'
for a number of years; while the most mild
and harmless of the patients who are per
mitted to take air apd exercise in the yard*,
can only do so while dragging a chain and
fifty-six pound weight after thorn! In this
connection the report says:
1 “ The use of chains and irons for restrain
ing the insane is not confined to this county';
other counties that I have visited tolerate
this cruel treatment, and when remonstrated
with, the reply has uniformly been, “ What
are we to do with them ? Wc have flo other
means of preventing. them from injuring
themselves or others; we have but few
cases of this kind, and wc cannot afford to
keep physicians and'nurses especially for
them.”
' Mr. Dickinson found a wide . field, before
him and he evidently entered upon it with
the philanthropic zeal of a Howard. His
revelations will surprise most of our citizens
who have supposed that the excellent prisons,
almshouse and insane asylums of our own
city only differ from those of the interior
in belmr u,lon a larger scale. The able re
port of Mr. D. has dispelled this delusion and
opened the door for agitation and reform, it
is very natural for us to vent our indignation
<m the Bumbles across the water,and to shed
/ THEbAILY EVENING BULLETIN—PHIL ABT2I/PHIA, V, ,
' tearo of sympathy over tbo sufferings of poor
little Oliver Twist; tint charity should ,begin
at Koine and there iefloarcely any direction in
which an enlarged humanity could better ex
ert itself than in the correction of the abuses
which Mr. Dickinson points out, and in the
prosecution of the reforms which he indi
cates.
INPHOVBD STREET RAILWAYS-
Elsewhere, in to-day’s paper, will be found
a communication from Mr. J. B. Wicker
sbam, of this city, in reference to a mode of
constructing street railways and cars, by
which many of the inconveniences of the
present system might toes avoided. The in
vention of Mr. W. is not new, for it was
patented by him, in England and in this
country, years age. But the old System hav
ing been commenced, no company has bocn
found willing to undertake; such a decided
deviation from it as his plan proposes, and
yet, by that plan, the raised rails, which arc
so damaging to carriage and wagon wheels,
can be dispensed with, and cars On wheels
without flanges could run smoothly and be
guided easily by a filth wheel under the con
trol of the driver, along with the brake. The
communication gives some ftirther particulars
concerning the invention, - which need not be
repeated here.
In streets so narrow as are most of those
of Philadelphia, the raised rails are so great
a nuisance to owners and drivers of vehicles,
that most of them would vote for tho aboli
tion of the railways. But they are really an
indispensable convenience to the public, in
spite of the niggardly management of some
of them, and the general disposition to im
pose upon the community by raising tho
fares whenever it suits the companies, and
by neglecting to keep; the street pavements
in repair, as. required by law. If any com
pany would study the various methods pro
posed for avoiding some of the serious faults
of their tracks, and would give the improved
plans a trial, they would find it td their ad
vantage pecuniarily, and ’ would certainly
reconcile the public to some ot the in
conveniences they suffer from having
surrendered the streets to these cor
porations. Tho plan described in the
communication wc publish may not be the
best deviseable. But it is folly to refuse to
give new inventions any consideration, and
to rest content with a plan of street railways
full of faults, as if there were no remedy. If
any new street railway companies .should
ever be chartered in Philadelphia, their con
structors should,alter satisfactory experiment,
adopt a plan by which the raised rail and the
flanged wheel may be avoided. This would
at once secure popularity and success, and a
revolution would be effected which would
compel the old companies, however reluc
tantly, to adopt the new method.
THE LUZERNE FRAUDS.
The pecfjilc of Eastern Pennsylvania have
little of no idea of the magnitude of the frauds
perpetrated by the Democrats in this State at
the last elections, and by which they secured
the election of Judge Woodward to Congress,
Judge Sharswood to the Supreme Court, and
two Democrats to the State Senate. These
frauds were perpetrated mainly in Luzerne
County by means of forged naturalization
papers,' thousands of which have been manu
faetured by obtaining access to-the County
seal and forging the signatures of the Pro-"
thronOtary and his clerks. Some account of
of the modua operandi will be found on
another page of to-day’s paper.
In the face of these gross frauds, Judges
i Woodward and Sharswood hold then seats.
and Judge Williams, who has thus been
j ; cheated out of his seat on the Supreme bench,
j is understood to oppose apy action for the
! purpose of contesting these fraudulent
\ elections from motives of delicacy
; Frauds based .upon forged naturalization
: papers are -worse than any others, from the
! fact of their permanence. It is believed that
; several thousand of these documents were
■ manufactured and voted upon by the Deruoc
i racy at the last election, and that the
! same processes by which James Buchanan
j was made President of the United States are
! now at work to control the political
j destinies of this great State. The investiga
! tions arc not yet completed, but if what has
; already been divulged is to be taken as a
specimen, there will bo such an exposure of
the doings of the Democratic State Executive
Committee as will stamp it and its party with
I an infamy which time will not be long enough
i to efl'ace. .
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GBANT - JOHNSOH QtTABBBI,.
CABINET OFFICERS’ LETTERS.
lirant and Jol*n»o»» Correspondence.
... wWaoroN, P«o. 11.—The President this
afternoon sent the following letters to the House
of Reprcseiftatitien, in accordance with the reso-
Intlon ndopUd yesterday: , 10 , c
Kxki-ttiv*; Mansion, February .10th,
General: The extraordinary character ot your
letter of the :)d inst., would seem to preclude any
reply on my part. But the manner m which
publicity has been given to the correspondence,
of which that letter forms a part, and tho grave
questions which arc involved, induce me to take
this mode, of giving, as n proper sequel
to tho communications which have passed
between ns, the statements of tho Stive
members of tho Cabinet who, were
present on the occasion of onr conversation of
the 14th nit. ' Copies of the letters which they
have mklrcßseii to mo upon the subject are ac
cordingly herewith enclosed. You speak of my
letter of the 31st ult. ns a reiteration of the many
and gross misrepresentations contained in certain
newspaper articles, and reassert the correctness
of the statements contained in your communi
cation of the 28th, nit., ad
ing, and here I give your own
words, “anything in your reply-to it to -ho
contrary notwithstanding.” When
upon matters of fact reaches the point to which
this has been brought, further assertion or de
nial between the Immediate parties, should cease,
especially where upon* either side it loses tpe
character of the respectfur discussion which is
required by the relation in which the parties
stand to each other, and degenerates in tone and
temper. In such a case, if there is nothing to
rely upon but tho opposing statements, conclu
sions must be drawn from those statement#
alone, and from whatever intrinsic probabilities
they afford in favor or against cither of the par
ties. I should not shrink from this test in
this controversy, hnt fortunately It Is not left to
this test alone. ‘ There wero five Cabinet officers
present at the conversation, the details pf which
in roy letter of the 28th nit. you allow yoursolf
to say contains many and gross misrepresenta
tions. These gentlemen heard that conversation
and have read my statement. They speak for
themselves, and I leave the proof without a word
of comment,
I deem it proper before concluding thiscom
’munlcatioh to notice some of the statements con
tained in your letter. You.say that a perform
ance of the promises alleged to have been made
by you to the President, “would have involved a
resistance- to law, and an inconsistency with
tho whole history of my connection with
the suspension of Mr. Stanton.” Yon thenstate
that you had fears the President would on the
removal of Mr. Stanton “appoint'someonein his
place who would embarrass the army In carrying
out the reconstruction acts, and it was to prevent
such an appointment that I accepted the office of
Secretary of War, ad interim, and not for the
purpose of enabling you to get rid of Mr. Stan
ton, by my withholding it from him in opposi
tion to law; or not doing so myself, surrendering
it to one who wonid, as the statements and as
sumptions in yonr correspondence plainly indi
cate, “was sought.” First of all yon here admit
that ; from the very beginning of what
you ' term the whole history of
vour connection with Mr. Stanton’s suspension,
von intended *to circumvent the President. It
was to carry out that intent that you accepted
the appointmei) t. This was in your mind at the
time of vour acceptance. It was not? then in
obedience to the order of your superior, as *
has heretofore been supposed, that you assumed
tho duties of the office. You knew it was the
President’s purpose to pi-event Mr. Stan
ton from resuming the office of Sec
retary of War, and you intended to
defeat that purpose. You accepted the
office not in the interest of the President, bnt of
Mr. Stanton. If this purpose, so entertained by
yon, had been confined to yourself; if, wheu ac
cepting the office, you had done so with a men
tal reservation to frustrate the President, it
wonid have becu a tacit deception. I n tho ethics
of some persons such a course is allowable. But
von cannot stand even upon that questionable
ground. Tho history of your connection with
this transaction, as written by your
self, places you in a different predica
ment, and shows that vou not only
concealed vour design from the President, but
induced him to suppose that you would carry out
his purpose to keep Mr. Stanton out of office by
retaining it yourself «tcr an attempted restora
tion by the Senate, so as to require Mr. Stanton
ta establish his right by judicial delusion.
I now give that part of this history us written
bv yourself in your letter of the 28th nit.:
"Some time after I assumed the duties of Secre
tary of War, ad interim , the President asked my
views as to tfie course Mr. Stanton would have
to pursue, in case the Senate should not coucur
in his suspension, to obtain possession of his
office. My reply was in substance—that Mr.
Stanton would linve to appeal to the Courts to
reinstate him, illustrating my position by citing
the ground I had taken m the case of the Balti
more Police Commissioners.”
, Now at that time, as yon admit in your letter
of the 3d inst., you held the office for the very
object of defeating an appeal to tho courts. In
that letter you say that In accepting the office
one motive was to prevent tho President from
appointing some other person who would retain
possession, anil thnß make judicial proceedings
necessary. Yoihknow tho President was uawd
iing to trust the'office with any one who would
not bv holding it compel Mr. Stanton to resort to
the' courts. You perfectly understood that in
this interview, sometime after yon accepted the
office, the President, not content with your si
lence, desired an expression of your views,
and yon answered him that Mr. Stan
ton would have to appeal to the Courts.
If the President had reposed confidence before
he knew your views, and thnt confidence had
been violated, it might have been said he made a
mistake, but a violation of confidence resposed
after that conversation was no mistake of hfs nor
of yours. Ib is the fact only that needs be stated
—that at the date of this conversation you did
not intend to hold the office with the purpose
of forcing Mr. Stanton into Court,
but' did hold it • then and had
accepted it to prevent that course from being
carried out. In other words, you said to the
President, that is the proper course; and you
said to yourself, I have accepted this office and
now hold it to defeat that course. The excuse'
vou make la a subsequent paragraph of that
letter of the 28th nit., that afterwards you changed
your views as to what would bo a proper course,
has nothing to do with tho point now under
consideration. The point is that before you
changed yonr views you had secretly determined
to do the very thing which at last - you did—sur
render the office to Mr. Stanton. ' You may have
changed your views (is to thelhw; blit you cor- !
tainly did not change your views ijs to the course j
you had marked out for yourself from tho begin
ning. I will only notice one more statement in
your letter of tho fid inst.,—that the performance
of the promises which it is * alleged
were made by - you would have
1 Involved you in the resistance of .law. I know
of no statute tfiat would; -been violated
had you, In carrying ont yonr promises in
good faith, tendered your resignation whon
ypu concluded not to, be made a party in any
legal proceedings. You add, “I am .in a
mcasare -'confirmed in this conclusion by
your recent orders directing mo fo'disobey
orders from tho Secretary of War, my superior,
and your subordinate, without having counter
manded his authority to Issue the orders I am to
disobey.” On the 24th hit, you addressed a note
,to the President requesting in writing an. order
given to you verbally five days before, to disre
gard orders from Sir, Stanton as Secretaiy of
War, until you knew from the President
himself that they were his orders. On the 29th? in
compliance with your request, jf did give; you
Instructions in writing not t-. obey any order
ifrom tbe War Department assumed to bo issued
'by the direction of the President, unless such
' order is known by the-General' commanding the
armies of the United States tft hjVe been autho
rized by tOo Executive. There are somo ordors
•which -a Secretary of War may lssueiwithont the
authority of the President; there are.others which
he issues simply as the agent of the President,
and which purport to be by direction" of the
President. For such orders the President is re-
fe.>lot rps
4:00 O’lpioolr...,
sponsJMe,’. ini! 1 ho Should , *,°?c
ijSScMtiiDd what'they are before fll
icctloW MEStamoti states
inetnwMch accompanied the published correspon
dence, thot be hail , bad ano correajpon
denco’ with the- President since the 12th
bf Aopnst ksCand he farther says that Bino£
ht remind thft duties of the office he had con
tinned todlechnrge them without any personal
or written communication with the President.
And lie adds—“No orders bavd been issued from
this Department in the , namo of the President,
with my knowledge, and I have rCceiyed no
orders from him.” It thus seems that Mr. Stanton
hOw discharges the dntieeof the War Department
without any reference to the President,
and without using his natfie. My order
to' Von had only reference to orders
Besomed to be issued by the direction 6f the
President. It would appear from Mr. Stanton s
letter that you have received no such orders from
him. However, in vournote to the President of
tlic 31st ult,, in Which you acknowledge the
receipt of the written order of the 29th, you- say
that vou have been informed by Mr.
•Stanton that lie has not received any order
limiting his * authority to issue orders
to the army according to the practice of the De
partment and state that “while tills authority to
the War Department is not countermanded, it
will be satisfactory evldeuce to me that any
orders received from the War Department by di
rection of the President. are authorized by the
Executive.,’ The President issues an ordor
to you to obey no order from the War Department
purporting to bo made by, the direction of the
President until you have .referred.it ,to. him for
his approval. You reply that you have received
the Prtsident’s order and will not obey its,but
will obey an order purporting to be given by bis
direction if it comes trout the War Department.
You will not obey the order of the President, but
you will obey bis indirect order. If US 'yon spy
there has been a practice in ihoWar Department te
issue orders in the name of the Prcsidentwithout -
liis direction, does uot the precise, order you
have requested and received change the practice
as to the General of the Army?./Could not the
President countermand any such order issued to
you from the War Department i. If you
should receive an order from that De
partment. issued In the name of the Presi
dent, to do a special act, and an order
directly from the President himself not to do the
act, is there a doubt which you are to do? You
auswor the question when you : say to the Presi
dent in your letter on the 3d tost., “the Secretary
of War is my superior and your subordinate."
Without furthcr[eomment upon the insubordinate
altitude which you have assumed, I am at
aloes to know bow yon can relieve
yourself front obedience to the orders of the
President, who is made by tho Constitution Com
mander-in-Chicf of the Army and Navy, and is
therefore the official superior as well a* of. the
General of the Army as of the Secretary of War.
Respectfully, yours,
Aswrew .Tohnso-V.
General ti. 8. Grant. Commanding the Armies
oftlie United Stutes, Washington, D. C.
Copy of letter addressed to each of the mem
bers of the Cabinet present at the conversation
between the President and General Grant, on
January 11th, 1338:
Executive Mansion. Washisi;tos, D. C.,Fcb.
•,tb, 1868 Sir. The Cnroniclt of this morning
contains a correspondence between the President
and General Grant, reported from the War De
partment in answer to a resolution of the House
of Representatives. I beg to call your attention
to that correspondence, and especially to that
pa rt which refers to the conversation between
ihe President and General Grant at the Cabinet
meeting on Tuesday, the 11th of January, and to
request you to state what was said in ..that con
versation. Very respectfully, -•
Asimr.w Jottssox.
Wasiiinot.w.-, 1). C„ Fob. fith, 1808—. Sir: Ycmr
note oi this date was handed to me this evening,
ily reeollei tlon of the conversation at the.CablneV
meeting, on Tuesday, Uie 14th of* January, cor
responds with your statement of it In the letter
of the 31 st nit, in the published corresjiondence.
The three points specified In that letter, giving
yymir recollection of the conversation, are cor
rectly Stilted.
Very respectfully,
To the President.
Tkkahoisv Di'J’art.mksi', Feb- ti. 1808.—.S'.V t 1
have received your note of the sth Inst., calling
iuv attention to the correspondence between
yourself and General Grant as published in the
Cj'u i.iiu'lc of yesterday, especially to that part of
it ■ivhiclrrelates-to what occurred at the-Cabinet
meeting on Tuesday,the 14th ult., anil requesting
me to state what was said in the conversation re
ferred to. I cannot undertake to state the pre
cise language used, bnt I have no hesitation In
saying that vour account of that conversation,
as’given in your letter to General Grant, under
dote of the 31« t ult,, substantially and in all im
portant particulars accords with my recollection
ol' it. With great respect, your obedient servant,
11. Mi Ct'M.ocn.
To the President.
I’osT-OmoK Dri'actmcnt, Wasiiiwtox, D.
Ft binary 6th, 1868— air: I am in receipt of
vour letter of February sth, calling my attention j
to the correspondence, published in the Chronicle, i
between the President and General Grant, and
especially to'that part of it which refers-to the
conversation between the President aud General
GrSnt at the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the
11th of January, with a request that I state what
was said in that conversation. In reply,l have the
honor to state that I have read carefully
the correspondence in question, and particularly
the letter of the President to General Grant.datetl
January .'list, 1868. The following extract from
your loiter of January 50th to General Grant is,
according to mv recollection, a correct statemont
of the conversation that took place between the
President and General Grant at the Cabinet
meeting bn January 11th last: ‘‘ln the pre
fence of the Cabinet, the President asked
Gentrul Grant whether, in a conversation which
took place after his appointment as fiacrc
tary of War, ad interim, he did not agree
either to remain at the head of the War Depart
ment, and abide any judicial proceedings that
might follow in non-concurrcnce by the Senate
in air. Stanton’s suspension, or should ho wish
not to become involved in sneh a controversy, to
put the President in the same position with re
spect to tbo office as he occupied previous to
General Grant’s appointment, by returning it to
the President in time to anticipate such action
by the Senate. This General Grant admitted.
■ The President then aßked General Grant if, at
the conference on the preceding Saturday, he
had not, to avoid misunderstanding, requested
General Grant to state what he intended to do,
and further, if in reply to that Inoulry he
(General Grant) had not referred to their former
conversations, saying that from them tho Presi
dent understood his position, and that his
(General Grant’s!) action would be consistent
with the understanding which had been reached.
To these questions, Gen. Grant replied in the
affirmative. The President asked Gen. Grant
if at the conclusion of their interview, on Satur
day, it was not understood they were to have
another conference b£ Monday before final action
by the Senate in the case of Mr. Stanton. ;
General Grant replied that such was the under
standing, but that he did not aupnoge the Senate
would act bo soon; that on Monday ho had been
chgogedin a conference wlffi General Sherman,
and was occupied with many: little matters, and
asked if General Sherman had not called on
that day. ", ■ <
j I take this mode of complying with the request
contained in the President's letter to me, because
my attention had been called to the subject be
fore; when the conversation between tho Presi
dent and General Gfont was under consideration.
Very rcßpcctfoUy,
ALKXANiiEn Kasdai.i.,
Postmaster-General.
: To tin: President. ’
I DKJ’AIiTSIEST OP TUB InTKIUOH, WaHHINOTO.V,
6,1868 Sir: 1 am in receipt of yours
ol yesterday, calling my attention to. a corres
pondence between yonrsclf and General Grant,
published in the Chronicle newspaper, and espe
cially to that point of said correspondence which
•refers to the conversation between the President
and General Grant at the .Cabinet meeting on
Tuesday, January 1 14th, and requesting me to
state-,what was -said in that conversation. An
reply I Bnbmit the following statement: _
[At the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday;'January
lfitb, 1868, General Grant appeared and took , his
accustomed scat, at the hoard. , wi *qn be had
been reached in ffae Order of
dent asked himi as usual, if he to
piresent. In reply, the General, afwrMferrmg to
a’note which he had that morning add resssd to
the President, enclosing a copy of theraaolution
of the ' Senate, refusing
reasons for tho suspension of Mr.
ton, proceeded to say that he regarded
liie duties, as Secretory---of War, : Utter tn,
terminated by that - resolution,- amf . that h»
could not lawlrilly exercise - snch-dutlee-far a mo
ment after the adoption of. the resolution by toe
Senate. That ' the resolution- reached him last
«abd that this morning ho had (rone to the
epartinent, entered tho Secretary's room, »
locked too door on the iofilde, locked the other ’
on the outside, delivered the key to the Adjutant-
General, afid piocctdtd to the headquarters ot
the of the Army, and addressed the' no'oauov,,-
mentloncd to the President, informing hjm that
be, General Grant, was no longer Secretory of .<
War ad interim.
Thte President expressed great surprise atuiie
course which General Grant lind-thoughl proper
to pursue, and addressing himself to the General,
proceeded to say lnsubstance. that ho had expected
such action on the part of the Senate, and being
very desirous to have the cohstitntionaUly of the
tenure of office bill tested, and his right to sna- -
pend or remove a member of theCablnet decided bv
tho Judicial" tribunals of the country,he had some
time ago, and shortly after Gen. Grant’s appoint
ment as .Secretary pf War, ad interim,' asked the
General what his action would bo In event
that tho Senate should refuse to concur iu the
suspension of Mr. Stanton; that the General had
then Agreed either to remain at the head of the .
War Department until a; decision could be ob
tained from the Court, or resign the office into
the hands of the president before .the case was
acted upon by the Senate, boas to place the Pre
sident In the same situation ho occupied ot the
time ot his (Grant’s) appointment. The Presi
dent farther said that the conversation was re
newed on tho preceding Saturday, at which time
he asked the General what ho intended to do if
the Sonate should undertake to reinstate Mr.
Stanton, in reply to which the General referred
to bis former conversation upon the same subject,
. and said; “Jfbn understand my position; ami mv
withdrawal- will be eoWornubfo to that under
standing,’” That-he, the Genera! then expressed
a repugnance to being made a party to a
judicial proecedisg, saying that he would expose
himself to fibeana imprisonment bV doing so,
sb his contluulng to discharge the duties oi’Sec
retary ofWar ad interim after the Senate should,
have refused to concur in the suspension of Mr.
Stanton would be a violation of the Tenure of -
Office oil!. That in reply to this, ho (the Presi
dent) informed General Grant that he had not
suspended Mr. Stanton under the Tenure of Of
fice, act. but by virtue of the power conferred
on him by the Constitution, and that ,as to
the fine: and : imprisonment, ;he (the
President) would pay whatever fine
was Imposed, and submit to whatever im
prisonment might Be adjudged against him, the
General); that they continued tho conversation
for some ume, discussing the law at length, and
that they finally separated without having
reached a definite conclusion, and with the un
! demanding that the General would see the Pre
sident > again on Monday. In reply Gen
et at Grant admitted that 'the conversation*
had occurred, and ' said that at the first
| conversation he had given it as hie opinion to the
President that in the event of nou-eurreoeo by the
Senate in' the action of the President in respect
to the Secretary of War, the question woufii have'
to be decided ?Of tho Court. That Mr. Stanton
would have to appeal to the Court to reinstate him
in office; that the ins would remain in till they
could be displaced and the onto put in by legal
proceedings. And that he then thought so,and had
agreed that if he should change his inlod he
would notify him to make another appointment;
hut that at the tlmtfof the first conversation he
had not looked vfery closely into the law; that it
had recently been discussed by the newspspere,
and that this had induced him to examine it more
carefully, and that he had come to the conclusion
that if the Senate should refuse to concur
in the suspension, Mr. Stanton would
thereby lie reinstated, and that he(Grant) could’
not continue to act as Secretary of Wwr ad interim
without subletting himself to fine and imprison
ment, and that he came over on Saturday to in
form the President of this change lb his views
and did so inform him. That the President re
plied that he had not suspended Mr. Stanton un
der the tenure of office bill, but under the consti
tution, and had appointed him (Grant)
bv virtue of the authority derived
from the constitution, and that
thev conlinutd to discuss the matter sometime,
amWifially he left without any conclusion having
been reached, expecting to see the president
ou Monday. He then proceeded to explain why
he had not called on the President on Monday,
saying that he had bad a long interview with
Genera) Sherman. That various little matters
had occupied his time till it.waa late; and that he
did not think the Senate would act so soon, and
j asked: fleaeral Sherman cation yonon -
Monday ? ” . „
Ido not know what passed between the Presi
dent and General Grant on Saturday, except as I
learned it from the conversation between them
at the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, and the fore
going is substantially what then occurred. The
precise words used ou the occasion are not ot
course given exuctiv in the order in which they
were spoken, but tho idea expressed and the
facts stated are faithfully preserved and presented.
I have the honor to be, sir, with great respect
your oliedieiit servant, r
[Signed] O. 11. Bkowms*;..
The President."
timi.os WeM.K'*.
By the Atlantic liable.
1,0m.0a, Feb. 11— Sir David Brewster, a cele
brated English physician and distinguished scien
tific discoverer and author, died last evening at
the advanced age of 87. -
TOfe British iron-clad ship of war Hercules,
said to be the largest in the worid, has been suc
cessfully launcbca at Chatham dock yard.
Seizure of Whiiiy Distilleries.
BosTOit, Feb. 11.—Tho Now Fork Kevenne
officers h&vc seized two distilleries and .the
whisky ring is greatiy agitated.
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SECOND EDITION.
BY TBI,EGEArH.
Financial Qnotation«.
UOITON KEPOBTED FIBDIEB.
•T h.o We a tli*ei- Report.
By Ibe Atlantic Cable.
Lokpojl Feb. 11, Forenoon—United States
Five-twenties quiet; lUihdfs Central, 88;
Erie, 47%. ■ ■ • ■ ■ ’
, Pakih, Feb. 11, Forenoon—Bourse strong.
Rentes advancing. * "
JUvEitroon, Feb. 11, Forenoon.—Cotton opens
firmer and advanced 1-16. Tho sales will pro
bably reach 15,000 boles. Uplands, Orleans,
«)•/. Other articles steady.
1 Loudon, Fobruary litb, 2P. M—C. 8. Five-
Twenties firmer at 71%@71%; Erie Railroad, .
47 %\ 'lllinois Central, 88: Erie Railroad, 47%;
Consols steady at i
LivKnrooi,, February 11th, 2 P. M—Cotton
buoyant; Middlln ft, Uplands, on thespot,aud
to arrive. •
The Manchester advices are favorable, and the •
markets for yarns and fabrics'are firmer and
higher. - ■
Breadstnffs—The market Is generally firm.
California White Wheat, 15 s. 10d.; Oats, iis. lOd.
Provisions—Mess Pork, 725. (id.; Bacon, i!Bs,
fid. for Cumberland cut; Tallow, 12s. 6d.
Astwkkp, Feb. 11, 2 P. M—Petroleum Is
firmer.
Qi;kk*<sto«-k, Feb. 11.—Arrived—steamer City
of Antwerp, from New York. .
Tlte supremo court Decision.
W.i'-mNjndN, Feb. 11. —Some ol' the newspa
pers err in siniiDg that the Supreme Court has
dismissed the McArdle case. The opinion which
was dell vend yesterday was in support of the
order heretofore made dismissing, for' want
ol political jurisdiction, the Georgia and
Mississippi Mils filed at the December
term of ' 1800,.praying the interposition ol
the Court to restrain the military authdrities
from carrying into execution certain part of the
Reconstruction acta. The Court haa not yet
pronounced an opinion 'on the motion to dismiss
the JieArdlo case for want of jurisdic
tion. Yesterday, after the Georgia and
Mississippi cases were disposed of. Judge
Black filed a new bill in behalf of the
Bute of Georgia against Generals Grant, Mead J,
Knger, elaL It la understood that this I>UI seeks
to avoid all the difficulties encountered in the
former argument, and uses distinctly a question
of property, to wit:: The Treasury of the State.
An injunction to protect this is prayed for. The
time for hearing the argument is not determined
upon.
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Boston, \Y,
New York, N.
Philadelphia, N.K
Wilmington, Bel., N. E.
Washington, N.W..
Fori Monroe, N'.E.
Klchmond, Va., -N.
Oswego, N. Y , 8.
Buffalo, N. W.
Pittsburgh,
Chicago.
Louisville,
New Orleans,
Mobile,
. Clear. 12
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Trial of Hrv. Stephen ll.Tyug, Jr.
IF ram the N. Y. Herald.]
The Board of Presbyters appointed bv the
Bishop of New York' to try the ease of thS Rev.
Stephen H. Tyne, Jr., an Episcopal clergyman,
upon a change ot having violated the seventeenth
ouDoupf tbisdle^HJ-inpreaching before , a dis
senting (Methodist) congregation in Jane last at
New Brunswick, N, J 7, reassembled yesterday
morning in thopbapel of Si. Peter’s church, West
Twentieth street The Board consists of Rev. Dre.
Beach,Tnttle and Hoffman, and Rev. Messrs. Col
lingsworth and Moore. .
The court was opened by prayer, after which
it was announced that the Rev. George B. Dra
per, rector of Si. Andrew’s, Harlem, was ap
pointed clerk of the court The President, Rev.
Mr. Reach, then read the following letter, which
h e had recently received:
Oincii or Jay Cooke, Subscription Agent,
11-1 South Third street Philadelphia, Feb. 5,186 n.
— Her. and JJcar Mr: I send by mall to your up
dress to-day, • a copy of the sermon'recently
preached by the Rev. Richard Newton, D. D.,
and I pray you to read this careful]v and prayer
fully. ,
You arc now engaged in trying the Rev.
■Stephen 11. Tyng, Jr., lor an alleged breach of
canon Uw, wnen, at the same time, if I under
stand it, Bishop Potter does not hesitate to enter
the walls of St. Albaus, recognizing the Romish
practices enacted there, by confirming a class.
A huge number oflaymen are in lull sympathy
with the cause of Mr. Tyng, and my impres
sion is that upon an intelligent understanding
of the ease three-fourths of the laity would be ou
his side.
I have felt it mv duty to plead with you that
you will not allow anv considerations to lend
you to such a decision in this case as will inevi
tably result in still further differences in our
loved church. With great respect, truly yours,
Jay doom:.
Rev. Ai.utKo B. Beach, I). D., 346 West Twen
tieth street, New York.
At the top of the letter was written the words:
“Private, although I have.felt it my duty to ad
dress a similar letter to each of the other mem-,
tiers of the Board.” ' -
Rev. Mr. Beach stated that this was the only
attempt that had been made from any quarter to
inttuence tho action of thia court, and he deemed
it proper to make it public. #
• Mr. Logan, counsel far the complainants. Rev.
MessrMiiubbs and Boggs, of the diocese of New
Brunswick, N: J., then proceeded to open the
ease by a jecifalof thtrjitetshHegrrt in thechargc,
and which have already been pubUshed, and
called thd flrtt witness,counsel on both sides
consenting that the witnesses should not bo ex
amined under oath;
Mr. Logan offered in evidence a copy of the 1
laws of New,Jersey of 3863, which contained the
charter of tne city of Now Bronawlck; also, por
tions of the journal of the eighty-fourthanunal
convention of the diocese of New Jersey of May,
1867, and from a list of the clergy read cer-*
tlflcatea of rectorships of Lev. Alfred Stubbs,
and "Rev. Edward 11. Boggs, D.D., the pre*
centers. Bead from report to show that these
gentlemen made the usual reports of thelrparishes
to the convention; also portions of the journal of
tho eighty-third convention of the dioceseOf New
York, for 1866, and read from pace 16, list of tho
clergy,; '/Rev. Stephen H.' Tyng, Jr., rector of the'
Chnrcn*of the Holy Trinity, New York;* 1 and
from page 204, to snow that Mr. Tyne, as rector,,
made the usual report to the convention.
Robert Sowell, of the cltv of New. Brunswick,
called for the presenters, testified that he resided
In New Brunswick in July last, and was sextoti
of Christchurch; Rev.' Alfred Stubbs was then
jeotor of that church; witness called on Rev. 8-
H. Tyne, Jr., on the 81st of July last, at the' re
sist ot Mr.. Stubbs, at the residence of, Mr.
" I J®s B > ccroBB the river from New Brunswick,
(where he; found Mr. Tyng in the pleasure*'
acllter hint a letter,
°t-whlchhe recollects hLsubstance.
.V™ - "; 88 oflorod in evidence.)
The Chairman stated that the board would take.
MnsldemfoT ° f tbe *‘’ tt » r i int °
John W. Myers, a young man with a fall mom
tachp, was the nort wituees called. On themor
at St“Jinnee’
Methodist Church, in New Brans wick, N. J.;the
Borvlce began about half- past ten o’clock and
lasted till noon; Rev. Stephen H, Tvji* f Jr the
gentleman now present, and Or. Tiffin v/coa
ducted ; the services; at. that time Dr Tif
fany was not Ibb' pastor, hut Is ' now'
tbe services were conducted from the
pulpit or - platform; Mr. Tyng Conducted
Ull the sqrvleee except reading from tho Psalter-
lie rcodfi number mtjJrayera from theCommbn
Prayer Boobs vrituossdid-notremembor whether
Mr.'TVn# piaohophded W absolution or not:, he
remembered Mr, v Tyn# giving out one* bymu;
. was familiar wlth the lioox orComnion Pflaver;
the , hymn given but was' from the' Methodist
hymn booh. Q. Do you remember the hymn?
A. I remember some of tho words.
Mr. Fullerton—ls it proposed to have the hymn
repeated t 2 see whether it is Evnn'geUe.Uor not?
(Laughter.) 1
Mr, Nash—That is unhcceasarv. \
Witness—Mr. Typg preached a sermon also.
In the evening service Mr. Tyng was present and
also BeV. Mr. Barty, pastor of the First Proeby
teri.on church, and Rev. .Mr. Steele, of tho :First
Reformed Dutch ebnreh; all these gentlemen offi
ciated; Mr. Tyng read some of the prayers and
£ reached the sermon; at cither of the services
:r.;Tyhg wore no gotyn or surplice. Q. What
did h'e have on. A. A'fall suit of black clothes,
I believe—(laughter, which tho conrt suppressed j
—rbe did hot remember whether the sermons
were of tho psual lecgth.
Mr. Fullerton—ls the response snpDosed to be
taken In mitigation or aggravation? [Laughter. ]
H Mr. Fullerton now commenced the examination
of the witness. Ho had been in the habit of at
tending St. James’s church. Q Did you object
to Mr. Tyng preaching? A. No, sir.
President of the conrt to the clerk—Erase that'
answer. .
Mr. Fullerton—Why do yougive this order of
erasure?
The President—Because it Is of no consequence.
Mr, Fullerton—Was it of consequence to know
wletber-Mr. Tyng wore a gown or pronounced
absolution ?
The President—That Is for the conrt to decide.
Mr. Fnllerton—l wish to know if there was
anything indecorous took place in the St. James
church on the Sunday in question. [Laughter.j
The Preaidont—That is irrelevant. 1
Mr, Fullerton—ls that your decision or that of
the court ? '
The President—lt is the decision of the court,
sir.
. Mr. Fullerton—l have seen no conference with
jour associates, air, and beg to know how their
opinion la got at?
The President—That' is tho business of the
court.
Mr. Fullerton—l submit my question in all seri
ousness, as it may be of Bervlce to me in my
practice hereafter? [Laughter. |
The President—The court will manage its own
business in its own wav.
-Mr. Fnllerten to witness—Was the preaching
ulifjing?
The President—That’s Irrelevant.
Mr. Fnlierton to witness—Did anything disor
derly occur at either of the services ?
The President—That’s irrelevant
Mr. Fullerton to wltue-s—Can vbu give the
wordsof tho hymn given out by Mr, Tj ng in the
morning?
Witness—The liymn begins with the words:
.. ‘ , , 1 Haateu iinfitur te t)e ivlfle.
Stny ii'U for toiaeriosv’n run.
This last response brought down the house.
Mr. Nash'stated that the ease on the part of
the prosecutors! providing the letter previously
offered was admitted, was now closed. He
insisted that the document ia question was pri
mary evidence, and a? the respondent had refused
to give it they had furnished secondary evidence
in (lie form of a copy. They had not called on
Stubbs because this was no case of prosecution.
The prosecutor felt friendly to the respondent
and wa„ only doing what he deemed his duty.
Mr. Tracy insisted that if Mr. Stubbs was’ not
called it was tantamount to a dismissal of the
complaint. He urged that it was the duty of
the prosecutor to call Mr. Stubbs, and pro
claimed ifhe was not thus called this Bide would
be obliged to call him. On this ground he
claimed an immediate decision of the coun.l
The President announced that it was the desire
of the conrt to reserve their decision on this
point till the next session and announced an ad
journment till ten o’ clock this morning.
Cloudy. 32
Cloudy. 10
Cloudy 10
Cloudy. 20
Clear. 20
Snowing. 2«
Cloudy. 26
Clear.
Clear. 1
STATE OF THSf THERMOMETER THIS DAY AT
THE BULLETIN OFFICE.
10 A. M... 20 deg. 12M 21 dec. 2P. M 22 de?.
Weather dear. Wind Northwest.
Girls’ Hk-.i’j asd Normal Sciiooi,.— The fol
lowing are the names of the candidates admitted
into "the Girls’ High and Normal School this
morning:
"-.Vomit School, A eg.
Emma Hunt, Lincoln. 57.1
Mary P. Shewell, • Lincoln, *O.-l
Mary E. Mckea!,- Zane Street,— x4,;i
Harriet A. Hinkle, ML Vernon, M.i;
Theresa K. Hamburger, Jefferson. *1.5
Pauline Dougherty, Northeast, 83.1
Clara Reifkv, " Zane Street, s«. -
Lizzie B. Making, Zane Street, 83.
Anna M. Bartley, Lincoln, 82.8
Kale B. Miller. Jefferson, 82.5
Untie S. Jones, Lincoln. x‘2.2
Mary E. Cline, Lincoln. X 2.1
Margie S. Miller, Hancock, 81.5
Carrie Stark, Hancock, XX.3
Mary XV. Scnat, '■ Zane Street, 81.11
Annio McOlung, Hancock, So.tJ
Anna S. Hawk, ZandStrcct. M.r,
Maggie A.Cnnningham, Jefferson, 79.7
Kate J. Stephenson, Jefferson, 79.6
Sallie M. Williams, Marshall. 7h.il
Grace E. Spcigle, Twentieth Ward, Xfl.u
Salome B. Dodson, Zane Street, 78.8
Lizzie J. Odcnheituer, Monroe, 78. x
Mary F. Belcher, Northeast, . 7X.7
Lavtnia A. Bender, Jettcrson, 78.7
Louisa D. Price, " Locust. 7x,7
Miriam Fetters. Z inc Street. 7s.n
Sarah E. Baltz, llingtrold, 78.5
Ada-Foster.' ML V'erron. 7 5.5
AdbloM., Henderson, Hancock, 78.5
Lillie C. Murphy, Lincoln, 78.2
Ella M. Smith, • , Lincoln, 78.0
Lizzie A. Mereto, Zane Street, 77.6
Blanche Baldwin, Hancock, 77.6
Anne Scbuellcrmann, Zane Street, 77.0
Kate C. Mullin'. Itinggold, 77.6
Nellie L. Builock, Lincoln, 77.3
Jennie S, Hcrebey, Jefferson, 76.8
Phlllippa V. Chapin, Mt. Vernon, 76.8
Ella J. McLaughlin, Jefferson, . 76.8
Laura Brown, Weccacoe, 76.4
Kate Devcney, iineoln, 76.3
(lassie. Moore. Lincoln, 76.3
Kate V. Morris, Price, : ' ■ 76.1
Salih: Keseer, PUtcnhouse, 7G.
Sarah A. Crowe, Price, 76.
Mary Gatll, Lincoln, 75.7
Annie L. Keen, Northeast, 75.1
Amelia E. Pearson. Newton, 75,4
Lizzie C. Parkin, Lincoln, 75.2
Josephine Smith, Zane Street, 75.
Ellen S. Macdonald, Jefferson, 75.0
Mary E, Newhouse, Hancock, 74.8
Emma Fry, Northeast,' ' 74.6
Ida S. Torrence, Hancock, 71.6
Clara M. Doling, ML Vernon, 74.6
Jennie Sage, NewtOD, 74.6
Helen A. Brooks, ML Vernon, -74.5
LUlieS. J. Clarke, Newton, 74.4
Mary A.V. McCullough, Northeast, 74.3
Josie Lucy, -Monroe, 74.3
Mary E. Longacre, Newton, 74.3
Oetavla J. Lcib, Rlttenliouee, 74.3
Emma Price, Locust, 73.6
Mayy Hay, 1 Locust, . 73.3
Maggie J. Scott, v ; Uueoln, 734
: Kate B. Hemple, J. Q. Adams,. 78.®
ilfoty Lesiiy, ..Newton, ,73.1
Kate McDowell, 72.9
Emma S. Andersen, Lincoln, 72.9
8, Kate Magary, . Zane Street, 72.9
Lizzie M. Sterling. LocubV 72.6
Mary .(T, Adams, Manayunk, 72.6
Isabel A. Woods, Jackson. 72.6
Ida Megary, Mt. Vfrnon, . 72.5
Anna M. Steen, Mt. Vernon, 72.3
Eliza Henry, Monroe, 72.2
.Coyneha p, D. Hammer, J. Q. Adams, 72,2
Anna Richardson, Southwest, 72
Total admissions, 79. '
, Nnmbor aCmlttedfroi
Lincoln,
Zanc St.,
Jefferson,
Hancock,
ML Vernon, i-, 7
Northeast, 6
Newton, 6
Locust St., 4
Monroe, 3
Blttcnhouse, • 8
Average age of those
months. . , , v,
Admltllngeverage: 72.
VTEW : GRENOBLE WALNETS—a! BAMS NEW
IN Crop Soft rhfll Grenobla Walnuts Uadlnt oitf for
Mle bjOQS. B. BUbSIEU A CO., 1« BouU»fielaw»r« ,
.av«nnov..;.',y.--'V".'^-: - . •'< • < i>-wsso, i
IQS South Delaware avenue. '■
THE DAILY EVEKHO BlJliliEllN.— DRLrHIA, TfJESPAY, FEBRUAR
CITY BULLETIN.
each school
Ringgold, . •.!
Price, : 2'
J. Q. Adame, 2
Marabou, j
Mauayunk, j
Woccaeoe, i
Twentieth Word, 1
Jackson, x
Southwest, i
'admitted: 15 years ti
THIRD EDITION,
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM WASHINGTON.
MB, McCULLOCH SELLING GOLD.
Thie McArdle Case.
THE COI RTBAS NO JURISDICTION.
Assignation of Senator Guthrie.
McCulloch Selling Gold.
[Special Dcepatch to the Philo. Evening Bulletin.]
Washington, February 11th.—It Ib understood
that the Secretary of the Treasury la about to sell
a considerable amount of gold, In order to meet
requisitions oh the Government. Last month
lie was compelled to soil Ten-forty
bonds for the same purpose. Thcro
nre now ten millions of gold In the Treasury,
which he can afford to dispose of without embar
rausing bis payment of the March interest on
government securities. The order to sell will
probably be given to-day, but exactly how mneh
will be sold Is not known.
The Supreme Court.
[rjpeciai Despatch to it: ePhiiado. evening Bulletin.]
. Washington, Feb. 11.—It 1b learned,' on good
authority,;.tbat the Supreme Court Is unanimous
in favor of dismissing the McArdle case on the
same ground as they disposed of the Mississippi
and Georgia cases, namely, want of jurisdiction.
It is Understood that this decision was reached
last Saturday, the regular conference day of the
court, The opinion would have been delivered
yesterday, had there been time to prepare it.
designation of (senator Guthrie,
Washington, Feb. 11,—The Kentucky delega
tion have received a telegram confirming the re
port that Senator Guthrie, of that State, hag re
signed his seat in the United States Senate.
XJLtli Congress—fffecondSession.
Washington, Feb. 11.
SKNArr.—Mr.Wilson (Mass.) presented several
petitions for the removal of political disabilities,
which were appropriately referred.
Air. C'otincss (Cal.) explained, in justice to the
reporter of the Associated Press, whose reports
were, usually very correct, that behad ascertained
that the error alluded to by him yesterday had
occurred in telegraphing to New York.
The Chair laid before the Senate the following
communications, . which were appropriately
referred:
A memorial, unanimously signed, in relation
to a modification of the appointments of, Col
lectors of Internal Revenue.
Two memorials from the Legislature of New
Mexico in relation to territorial officers.
A memorial from the Constitutional Conven
tion of Mississippi, praying that a portion ol the
tax of 1867 be set apart to be applied under the
Freedmen’s Bureau for the destitute people of
that State.
Preamble aud resolutions of the Constitutional
Convention of Georgia, asking an appropriation
of $:;O.O0O.OOO in behalf of the suffering poor.
Mr. Willey |W. Va.), irom the Committee on
Patents, reported, without amendment, the bill
requiring persons applying for. patents to give
public notice of the same.
Mr. Williams (Oregon) called up and offered a
substitute for the bill in relation to certain public
lands in Oregon, which, after discussion, went
over until to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. Howe (Wis.)', the bill for the
relief of the heirs of the late Gen.J. B. Richardson,
appropriating to them $9OO for horses stolen
from them by Indians while iu the service of the
United States, was taken up.
Several Senators objected on account of the
principle Involved.
Mr. Howe paid there was an express statute
authorizing the payment of such claims.
Mr. Williams said that the statute was practi
cally a dead letter, and objected to thejprecedent.
Mr. Conncss said he had had sent to him a
nurnbeT of snch ciaimsV quite as just as this, and
also opposed establishing the principle.
The morning hour expired, and the matter went'
over.
Mr. Morrill (Me.), from the Committee on Ap
propriations. asked to be discharged from the
eontide-alionof several petitions to be included
in the -0 per cent, increase, and recommended
tbeir reference to the Committee on the District
of Columbia. They were so referred.
Mr. Thayer (Nebraska) presented the petition
of citizens of Nebraska, praying that the lands
along the line of the Union Pacific Railroad be
offered for homestead and pre-emption, aud that
pre-emptors may enter lands along that line at
$1 25 per acre.
On motion of Mr. Stewart, a bill to give, ellcet
to the act in regard to grants of lands iu Nevada
was taken up and discussed until 1.20 P. M.,
when Mr. Davis declined to waive the lloor auy
further aud proceeded to address the Senate on
the Supplementary Reconstruction hill.
Hoix-.b.—Mr. Van Tramp (Ohio) presented a
petition from citizens of Ross County, Ohio, of
all parties, praying Congress to authorize the
issuing of legal tender notes sufficient to pay the
bonds of the United States, with due reference
to not producing an over-expansion of the cir
culating medium. Referred to Ways and Means
Committee.
Mr. Wlndom (Minn,), being dissatisfied with
the result so far as he was concerned of the
drawing for seats yesterday, tried to get in as a
privileged question, a resolution fora new draw,
bnt dill not succeed.
Mr< Bontwcll (Mass.),rising to a personal ques
tion, referred to a statement in the Washington
correspondence of yesterday in the New York
lit raid, to the effect that he had drawn
$BBO as a member of the impeachment
committee, for the May session. While
Mr. Fldridge whose mileage should
had been much' longer his (Bontweil’s), had only
drawn $542. He said there was an error in that
statement. The judiciary met during the inter
vals of Congress lrom the end of the March
session to the commencement of the November
session, all of which he had attended. Ho had
been to the clerk’s office this morning and found
that the aggregate allowance made to him for
-traveland expenses for the whole was $4«5, in
stead of its being. $BB6 for the May session, as
stated In the Herald. He presumed, however,
that there was no fanlt on the part
’. of the writer, because,while he was Chairman
pro tem. of the Judiciary Committee, aomo $5OO
were drawn oh his signature for !the payment of
witnesses and of expenses, which since had been
accidentally charged against his account, but he
bad received no such sum of money for his own
puiposo.
Tire House tbenproceededto the cogsideratlou
“as the business of the morning hour,” of tbo bill
-reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
concerning tho 'rights ;of American citizens iu
foreign States.
Destructive Fire.'
Utica, Feb. IL—A Are broke out In this city
about .half-past nine o'clock hist night, in a
store lit Genesee street. One building was burned,
which was occupied as; tv boot anu shoe estab
lishment, carried on by J. E, GrlflUh, with the
second story occupied by L. E. Hanijlsi as a card
engraylng establishment. Another 'store was
oy Buckinghant its Mitchell as 'a‘fancy
store. The loss is estimated at $40,000, tHiieh is
mostly covered by insurance.
. j ... Itom HauaclinMiUii, ■ •'* .
1 E«h. 11.—Private O.’ Regan, of
r Company C, Uv 8. Artillery, while attempting to.
paasJVoni liere!to. Fort Andrew,, was earned into
thdbayby drift Ice and perished," Hi) belonged
,ip Roxbury. ’ "
HociiKsieii, Ecb. 11—Proiessor 'Richardson,
of the University ofßochoster, 1 died at his resi
dence in thie elty.to-day. _
A colofcamart named Thomas Smith lost night
t-tabbed fotaJiy: another colored (awn named Erou
man> BnJUh .was,arrested;,,; ~.
DehMrare aveomv ** **
2:30 O’Olook.
[Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. 1
Washington, Feb. 11th.—The impeachment
movement bus received a damper to-day from tho
iact of its becoming known that the Benate Ju
diciary Committee will not agree to report Mr.
Edmnnds’s bill regulating the procedure • in
cases of Impeachment. It it understood Ljriat the
Committee stands fonr to three on the subject,
the Chairman of the Committee, Judge Trum
bull, being with the majority. Those in favor of
impeachment in the House Bay it is useless to
proceed except Fdmunds’s bill is reported aud
passed by the Senate. This is the opinion of
the majority of the members of the Reconstruc
tion Committee. There is another' reason
even more potent with the Republicans. It is
understood that Gen. Grant is opposed to the
matter •eing pushed <so far as to result in im
peachment. "In such an event the members of
the Cabinet who endorse Johnson would be
put upon the Stand as witnesses; and
the burden of their evidence would be, that
even admitting the President to have been
guilty of conspiracy to defeat the "laws
of Congress, Gen. Grant was to a certain extent
a party to such conspiracy. Mr. Johnson’s
friends would endeavor to establish this point.
This is tho theory of ihc leading Repnbilcans in
both Houses., and it docs not look now as If the
present investigation of the sub-Reconstruction.,
Committee will result in the impeachment of the
President,,
[Special Despatch to tho Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Washington, Feb. U.—The Sub-Reconstruction
Committee were in session again this morning,
when the examination of J. B. Stllson waß con
cluded. The Committee asked him to produce
the original memoranda of the conversation be
tween himself aud the President. This he at
first refused to do, but finally,' taking the advice
of-several lawyers, members of the Committee,on
the subject, he consented.
[Special Despatch to tho Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.]
Washington, Feb: 11.—A full meeting of the
Reconstruction Committee was held to-day. The
committee had before it a number of names of
ex-rebels, recommended for clemency, and pray
ing for a removal of political disabilities incurred
by participating in the rebellion. No action was
taken in their cases.
Pcims) Ivauia Legislature.
Hakiusbuiso, Feb. J I.
Skn.vtk The following petitions were pre
sented:
Mr. Brown, of Northampton, one from J’hila
delpbiafor pensions to the'soldiera of the war of
1812.
Mr. Shoemaker, one from Luzerne county, in
favor of voting on the question ot license or no
license. 1
Mr. Beck, one for the establishment of an
insane asylum at Williamsport.
The Committee on Education reported an act
authorizing the surplus bounty funds in the dif
ferent school districts to be appropriated to
school purposes.
Mr. Fisher offered the following resolution:
Whereas, During the hearing of the evidence in tho
care of J. K. Robinson vs: Samuel T. Shugart, Democrat,
one of the elttlnc memben of the Senate, from the
Twenty-hurt Senatorial District; a certain John Casev
was examined ae a wimeas on behalf of eaid John K,
hc-hinson.KepubUcan. the eonteatant, and aaid caeey.
after the exattina-ien, was waylaid in the eonnty et
Clearfield and cruelly (beaten and abnaed, ao that he
haa alnce died from the injuries received in aaid beating;
therefore
iliaotvetl. That the Governor be and he ia hereby anthe
med and required to offer a reward bf $3,000 for euch in
fomuition an will lead to the arreat and conviction of the
peiaonor peraona who commuted tho aaid offence, and
that the State Treaauwr pay the aame out of any money
in the Treasury not otherwlao appropriated.
Mr. Fisher stated that the principal actor in the
tragedy was still at large.
Mr. Wallace said that the coroner’s inquest had
fixed the apparent complicity upon three per
sons. The actual perpetrators were strangers in
Clearfield. A debate sprang up as to the nolley
of offering a reward until it was dellnately as
certained whether the parties already arrested
were the criminals.
Mr. Errett movedto make the reward $2,000
instead.,of Agreed to. and thcSresolutipn,
was passed. 7
The, following bills were introduced:
Mr. Fisher, one reviving pensions to soldiers of
the War of 1812, and their widows.'
Mr. Randall, one. vacating part of East Centro
street, in Pottsvillo.
Mr. powles, one to define and fix the fees of
connty officers throughput the Commonwealth.
Mr.BiUingfelt, one proyidlugfpr the safe keep
ing of the funds of the County of Lancaster.
Sir. Connell, one prohibiting the courts from
changing, the names of corporations.
Mr. Sidntire, ;of Perry, a euppUiment to the
Uinieunnon, Bloomfield and Broad Top Railroad,
fixing tho capital stock at $76,000,' with power to
increase to an amOhniAhfficient' to complete: the
road. The original-charter is also sp amended
as to mako Loyavillc. inPerry county, a pointon
Hie route,; ....
; llovsp,—An act, ’introduced by Mr; Meek, of
Centre, . protection and safety of passen
gers on railroads is as follows: .■ - ,
Be »i enattCel, «r«,, Th»t from and aXUr the naaeage of
uicd lo.tUe ti anaportatlon of' paaaengera for toareifl or
egreaa while thoramo are in motion, or to use as a light
fof.tho tains any dsngufoutly isiploalvcorignltinis oUa or
Hkol 3, Any- AirroaS cofnpany, eifondingaguJnat the;
TrovlelweeftMfirefcMctiQnof thiaactabaU'boauhJaot
to a pengltj cfdiWGfcj f • >
. £ KO.l' any railroad company naine »te*ra ears thv
ihaltehrty p**BWJrcra VMthout providing aaats for alt th >
puMfnueis »o owned,/hall be llablo to a. penalty ofigSOO
Sro.g. Anyralhoail company, luting bono oan that
almU caivy raaSeogoni without itirnUhlng eeate. or with*
FOURTH EDITION.
BY a KLJBGBAFfif.
LATHS FROM WASHINGTON.
JOHNSON’S LAST LETTER.
He Goes pver the Old Ground.
THE CABINET ENDORSEMENT.
ITS RECEPTION IN THE HOUSE
A BEFIY FROM GEN. GRANT
Johnson’s lAHCarda
[Special De«patch to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.)
Washington, Febnmry 11. —President Jobu
son’t letter, together with letters from Secretaries
Sewaid. Welles, McCulloch, Browning and Post
master Randall, endorsing his statements regard
ing General Grant, have just been read iu the
House. There is nothing new in the President’s
leply. Ho merely reiterates his former
staiemcnts, and argues the point against
Graph The letters of the Cabinet officers are
quite long, and, for the most part, are mere re
statements of what has already 6een published
concerning what took place In the Cabinet meet
ing on the Tuesday after Stanton was reinstated.
They nil agree substantially upon the state
ments made by \ the President, which
have appeared in print. The rcadiug of the
Various letters was received with mneh laughter
on the Republican side of the House. When
Welles’s'letter was read, the Speaker was obliged
to call the House to order, ad great was the
merriment among the members. There was also
mneh laughter over Soward’6 letter, which was
extremely diplomatic. He says ho
did not understand - General Grant
to admit the charges of duplicity made
against him by the President, nor did he think
Grant directly denied' them. Altogether bis
memory is at loult as to what really took place
on the occasion. Still, he thinks Mr. Johnson's
theory Is in the main correct.
When the reading was finished, Mr. Bingham
moved to refer the correspondence to the Recon-,
struetion Committee. General Logan said he
understood there was a reply to this letter from
General Gram, and he wanted to know if the
President had furnished it. The Speaker
replied that'he had not. Gen. I.ogan raid there
was a reply from Grant, and he moved that the
President be called upon to furnish it to the
Ilcnse. This was agreed to, and the entire cor
respondence was ordered to be printed together,
and referred to the Reconstruction Committee.
Tlie Impeachment movement.
Ike brant-Johncon Trouble.
Clemency to Bcbels.
/Til, 1868.
3:15 O’Glbok.
Buenos 7. The penalties when collected shall bo ap
plied onc-balf for the use ot the Commonwealth and tire
other half for the uso of the county.
The resolutions from tho Senate, endorsing the
reinstatement of Mr. Stanton-as Secretary of
War, were passed by a party vote of 40 ayes to
81 noes. -
The Committee on Retrenchment, and Reform,
reported, affirmatively, the following resolutions:
■ Itesolvea. That the practice of paying the members and
affiecr* of the Bouse extra compensation for services on
(pedal committees during the session of the Legislature
la hereby decided to be discontinued, and hereafter only
such actual expenses as may be approved by the Com'
mlttee of Accounts in this Houso are to bo paid in such
cases. Thu resolution Will be considered by the Houso
at an early day.
Bovs’ High School.— The candidates who
passed a successful examination ot the Central,
High School were admitted this morning. The
following'ls a list of those admitted, with the
averages, and schools from Which thevwcre sent:
Names. Average. School.
Henry Robt. Massey, 79.7 Mt. Vernon.
Waller James Parsons, 78.8 Mt Vernon.
Jos. C. Haas, .... 77.3 Jefferson.
Chos. Smith, 76.9 Madison.
Anron’Appel, 76 . it Jefferson.
Jos. A. Sawyer, 76.5 Madison.
John C. Eostlack, 76:3 Lincoln.
S. W. Hare, 76.2 Jefferses.
Orson Alex. Hnlton, 75,6 Price.
Chas. H. Patterson, 70.4 Locust Street
John,Mooney, 75.3 Monnt Vernon.
Samuel Wilson, , . 75.1. Southwest.
Jag. Hewitt. : 74.9 Mount Vernon.
Frank B. King, , 74.7 Rlttenhonsc.
Barton Yates, ' 73.9 Newton.
Richard Stack, 73.9 Southeast.
John Crawford, 73.7 Southwest.
Chas. W. Newhottse, 73.6 LincolD.
B. F. Beringer, 73.5 Madison.
John C. Taylor, 73.4 Zane Street.
Edward Sparks, 72.9 Southwest.
JohA K. Barton, 72,9 Monnt Vernon.
Wm. D. Schctky, 72.8 Lincoln.
John D. Jones, 72.4 Lincoln.
Chas. A. Deetner, 72.1 John Q. Adams. •
B. M. Magill, 71.8 Jefferson.
Thos. S. McMnrray, 71.7 Locust Street.
Alfred D. Slckelmore, 71.6 Locust Street.
Robt P. Manly, 71.5 Penn.
Edwin H. Stull, 71.5 Jefferson.
Obas E. Connell, , 71.2 Ritte.fhouse.
Franklin P. Dolsou, 71.5 Zune Street
Harry W. Arthur, 71.5 Lincoln.
Robt. G. Leinroth, 71.0 Madison.
Josiah Rees Davis, 71.0 Hancock.
John A. F. Pridham, 71.0 Southwest
Ernest Prowattain, 70;8 Hancock.
Lewis J. Faulkner, 70.5 Lincoln.
Wm. Francis Beach, 70.4 Lincoln.
John Fry, Jr., 70.2 Lincoln.
Kobt.J.Stlnson, -69.8 Harrison.
Frank Morton Long, 69.6 Locust Street.
Fred. W. M. Knoff, 69.5 Penn.
Lewis K. Harkncss, 69.5 Ringgold.
F. H. Sharplees, 69.5 Locust Street.
John Straub, 69.4 Morris.
Sam’l Hllegas Warner, 69.4 Southwest.
Lewis Cassidy, 68.8 Weccacoe.
Robert English, 68.8 Southwest
John Edward Mnrray, 68.6 Lincoln.
Geo. I. Wright, 68,5. Hancock.
Irwine Elliot Maguire, 68.5 Monroe.
Robt. W. Finlettcr, 68.3 Harrison.
Chas. C. Nicholls, 68.2 Locust
Wm. J. Baum, 68.2 Monroe.
Jos. F. Henry, 67.9 Northeast.
Wm. H. Spanogle, 67.9 Monroe.
John A. Magee, 67.7 Jefferson.
Jacob Henly, 67.7 Northeast
Frank W. Tweed, 67.6 Lincoln.
Edward Ramsey, , 67.6 Hancock.
Thos. W. Smith, 67.5 Zane Btreet.
Henry B, Lewis, ■ 67.3 Norris.
John A. Teaz, 67.2 Price,
Jos. 8. Douglass, 66.9 Washington.
Horace B. Latta, 66.8 Northwest.
James Brown, 66.8 Northwest.
Beattie R. Smyth, 66.7 Lincoln.
Jos. W. Coxe, 66.7 Hancock.
Harry Albertson, 66.6 Mortis,
Enimor Newlin, 66.5 Mt Vernon.
David Buchanan. * 60.5 Jackson.
Andrew McFarlane, 66.5 Northwest
Edward Cadwallader, 66.4 Penn.
Henry M. Hnlscman, 66.3 Washington.
John’L. Wilson, 66.3 Mt Vernon.
Chas. W. Imrbam. 66.1 Penn.
Geo. Wash. Roberts, 66.1 Morris.
Wm. 8. Taylor, 66.1 Harrison.
Geo. Petry, 66.1 Morris... .
D. J. Lye eh 66.1 Northwest.
Theo. Evans, 66.0 Hancock.
Edw H. Babb, 66.0 Northwest.
Benj. F. Barry, 65.5 Zanb street
Jos. H. Oram, 65.4 Marshall.
Elias Mann, 65.1 Jefferson.
Chas. R. Wood, 64.8 Northwest.
Samuel Harrison, 61.8 Northwest,
Wm. Heniy Ruth, • 64.8 Monroe.
Wash. A. Matthews. 64.5 Lincoln.
Wm. Alex. Dillon, 64.4 Woceacoy.
Hugh S. Moorhead, ' 04.4 Northwest.
Sam’l Edge, 64.4 Morris.
John J. Wilkinson, 64.3 Northwest.
Edward E. Stanmirc, 04.3 Jefferson.
John H.'Kecly, 04.3 Manayiiuk.
Frank Slerling, 64.2 -Lociißt.
Wm. W. Bell, 64.1 Levering.
Wm. H. White, . 61.1 Morris.
Wm. G. Mofilt, 64.0 Locust Street.
Wm. P. Swope, 64.0 Zane Street
Horatio Gates Pilling, 63.9 J. Q. Adams.
Jas. A. Campbell, 63,7 Lincoln.
Clarence D. Neff, 63.5 Morris.
Byron G. Bromley, 03.5 Manaynnk.
Edw. Mnlock Smith, 63.4 Hancock.
George W. Barnes, 63.4 Washington.
George W. Toomev, 63.3 Locust Street.
M. H. Griffith, ' 63.2 Washington.
Charles Rcleky, 63.2 Zane Street
Henry J. Murray, 63.1 Ringgold.
Alex. Hillary, 62.8 Lincoln.
Samuel A. Snirilbaker, 62.7 Northwest
Chas B. Harrigan, 62.5 Washington.
Sam’l Jr. Vanstaroven, ‘62.5 J. Q, Adams.
Solomon Wagner, Jr., €2.4 Jeßereon,,
Frank J. Pilling, , 62.2 Zane Street.,
H. Bennett Helms, 62.0 Washington.,
Harry W. Griffith, 61.9 Northwest.
Theo. Musgroye, 61.8 Zane Street.
Jas. Martin,: 61.5 Newton.
Winfield 8. 8. Bubbs, 61.2 Monroe. .
Jae. Wallace. U 0.9 Northwest. ,
Houston Smith, Jr., 60.8 Woccqcoc.
Wm. L. Blair, • tiO.t Northwest.
Hollim'shcad W. Taylor, 00.0 Northwest.,
Canfield D. Freeman, 60.0 Locust. .
Augustus C. Seltzer, 60.0 Mount Vernou,
Total admissions, 128. ...
FINANCIAL and CQUMSBCIAL.
PIKBT>I
41900 U SISBI reg so IW<
MOO Pa 68 1 sor Its 107
1000 Pcnmi to warllh
eonp 109 V
1000 Lehigh 6a sroldln 96
800 City B’e new 103 V
8000 do 103^
‘JO ah 2d &3681 K GO*
119 eh Southwark Gas 10
139 eh Richmond Gas 10
SehGerm’n Gas Oi)
!’ BKTWIEN BOABDS,
eOOT-eWchrtsKln 99 lOdahMcCUntoCkoll V
4000 Lehigh (is Goln In lOOshßeadUsSwn 47 fj.
i duo bill 96 900 eh do . 47)tf
1006 W Jersey R6s 90 3eh Corn JJx Bk 78 -
5000 Phil AErlols 78 lOOeb Phil*Erießbs 97V
lOOrittsOUrßhßep 70 1008 b do bOD *77*
IB eh Ridge Avn Its 7 18 rhllft-ATrejiL m
100 eh S WMiadle cl BV 400 sh Goal Midge .8
SCOO tj 87 8-1118 Jo lOTjtf
IOOOUII O's Gold la 08
MooPonttKam£rBBi9T
-20M8chN»v6a*J8 8«»
6000 iaty«B new Its 103«
soil do 103 V
Piuiahst-puu, Tuesday. Fobraary MUj-JFho general
aspect of monetary affaire baa not the rates
of dl# ojmt.ro the earns. Tho.aupplj.pf 'capital Is l*r*e,
and la.cheap engnth to. (Mpp^iragp'Speculative
eperwtidaWyetrthe faverOitooajdtwju affaire
at WaafittftM. cpgepdaridfetraaV-ffito'iJia. fuforeiaad
ssi^fcssi&mwxKrr
niereo KWtf'N Pl^apdpntnc&u*'rea Shall
take ioidf action ra,tl|Btyitij9ot ot taxation and
finance; for.
There v aiv lew actlvltyatthe titook Board, thin mem*
out gfvfng previous notice to passengers of being unabie
lofn Blfh seats for the same, shall be liable to a penalty
Of#6o, . : ‘ U-: ■:■■■■
Sso 8. That the -penalties imposed In the fort!ktoius.see
(lona of this act be recovered la like ifiannoi 1 at penalties
for the violation of any law are now enforced in ady city,
conniy or town through which the road of the offending
company may pass orhe located.
See. 8 That the complaint and oath of any passengers
made before any omcorof iustfea hompotent to receive the
aame, of the violation of any of tbeprovlsinMiof this act
by any tallroad compMiy, shall bo .proof snaioiimt, and
the officer aforesaid shall Institute procaedinite for the
procreation and recovery cf the ponaltlea tmpoeed in
this act. ~,
CITY BCLIiETIN.
The Pblladelphii
• Sale* atthe Fhfiadeli
ii nimey Hayirketd
iMa Stock Bxehange.
JOAHD.
1200 bh McKlUenny OU
100 eh Sch Naypf . .32*2.
100 eh Coal 94,100
600 eh do b6ol
2000 eh do It* 1‘
200 Bh do 1
sOfibO&feAm Kite m
200 ah LohlghVal Bite 63#
200 .sUN Ydt Middle 3*
100 ah Fhil&firleß b6o»#
'SECOND
Bell 2dafc 3d St K GO
25 vh do C9V
10 sbCam* AmK • iso
lOGabFcrrohß • m#
100 eh JfY* Middle 3.44
ing.and leas firmness in prices generally. Government!
Lornis-aro withoutessential change. Lehigh Gold fcoan
closed at 96—a decline of !4. State Mane firsteeriee »qld
at 1(17; tile War Loan at City Loans of the new
issue closed at 103J)'.
, Heading Railroad declined H and closed quiet at ;
Camden and Amboy Railroad at sold' 126; Lehigh
Valley Railroad at 52M; Philadelphia & Erie Railroad dt
27X8; fiftif was bid for Pennsylvania Railroad; 65 for
Germantown Railroad; 58)s for Mine Hill Railroad; 32
for North Pennsylvania Railroad; El 1 , for Gatawiisa
Railroad preferred, and 4«M for Northern Central Rail
road. , ! v ; v ■
Canal stocks were dull. Schuylkill Navigation pre
ferred sold at 22?*. Susquehanna advanced to 15; 59 wan
the best bid'for Lehigh Navigation.
Bank and Passenger Railway shares were without
change. There was more activity in-the demand for
Coalsharee. '
Messrs. Do Haven dt Brother, No 49 South Third street,
make the following quotations of the rates of exchange
to-day, at IP. M. :U. 8. os, of 1831, 112@ll2ii; do„ 1862
nvmivu d 0.,; ieM,TbB?4<g>ioi>: d*. less, WiMa-.
do., 1866, now, I07,\'@I08; da, 1867, new. I<nX@MBi
Fives, Ten-forties, IWZffIOIS; 1 MOs. June. ;
July, 107£s@W)J(; Compound Interest -Notes-June
1864,19.40; July, 1864, 19.40; August, 1861,1R40; October.
1864,19.40; December, 1861, 19A0; May, 1865, lJlf@17)0;
Außnet, 1665,16K@18M; September, RJBS. 16@tt«; Octo
ber, 1865,15K<3157i; American Gold. 14 a ,'i@142«; Silver,
134(313514. ‘ - ‘ '
Jay Cooke & Co. quote Government eenritles, etc., to
day, as follows: United States 6’s. 1891, U2@U2il; Old
620 Bonds,Jll«@llltti New 5-20 Bonds, 1864.1085i@10B;
620 Bonds, 1885, IOOJf @110; 520 Bonds, July. 1M«@108;
620 Bonds, 1887, 107N@103: 1040 Bondi JOf&SliOfr:
7 3-10 Jane, 107«@ll)7X; T m July, 107»@i07Jf; 'Gold,:
142 V. ‘ ■
Bmith, Randolph & Co.,Baakers, 18 South Third street,
quote at 11 o’clock as follows: Oold, 14211; United Btates
Sixes, 1881,1121,08112/,'; United States Five-twenties,. 1862
HlV@nDo;do. 1861, 1087i@109;do. 1865, 109’4@110; do.
Jtdy, 1885, 10US@l077i; do. 1887,1077»@108; United States
Fives, Teuforties, 1047i@105; United States Beven
tbiriieo, qgcond series, 1074v@127fa»do, third
10774. V
Philadelphia Produce market.
TeEapav.Fchpmry ltth,TBffl,—TheFioorcontinueaex.;
treroely quiet, there being no Inquiry except from the
home consumers, who operate cautiously.' Small sales of
Snporfinqat $7 M@sB 25 per barrel; 200 barrels Extras at
#9; North West Extra Family at @lQ@sli 75—the latter
figure for ohoico ; Pennsylvania and Ohio do. dd, at $H@
$l2 25, and Fancy lota at sl3@sltSßye Flour sella in iotn •
at $8 50. Prices of Corn Meal are entirely hominaL
There is not much Wheat offering, but tho demand la
limited. Bales of good,,and |rime Pennsylvania and
Western lied at $2 60052 55 if husheL White ranges
from $2 80 to $3 30. 1,000 bushels Rye sold at $160@5162.
Com is less activesales of 3.600 bsshels new yellow at
$1 22. Oats are steady, and further sales of Pearsyl
vunia are reported at 78@78e.~ Prices of Barley and Malt
remain as last quoted.
Provisions of all descriptions have an upward tendency.
Sales of Meta Fork at $23@533 58-now held higher;
Dressed Bogsat 9M@loc.; Hams at I4fe(@ll?4c.; ahoul
ders. In sslt,.at 944@1Qc., and Lard at 147a@14, 3 lc.
Annual Report of (be Lebigb Valley
Railroad company,
'Die following is an abstract oTthe report of the Direc
tors of (he Lehigh Valley Railroad, forme year 186 J
The coal tennago over the road and its Several branches
for the fiscal ytarendingSoth November last, was 2.880.-
158 1620 tons, against 2,037,149 7-20 tons for the previous
year, showing an aggregate increase of 42,442 9 20 uv*r the
last or any previous yoar. There was a decrease, however,
of coal delivered to the canal tat Mauch <;lmnk of 19L376
14-20 tons, and an increase of 228,819 320 tone ever our
main line below that point.
Tho receipts from miscellaneous freights, other than
coal have increased over last year 8113,757 26, and the
receipts fromPossengerß and Malls have also increased;
but (bowing a loss in receipts tram alt sources, as com
pared with the previous year, of $70,438 65
Though the receipts have diminished, the expenses have
increased. Wages and labor remain as high as ever,
while materials used in maintenance of road and other
repairs, are without much reduction in price. '
We olro find; as the volume of trado Increases, that to
maintain our road, bridges and rolling stook in good
order, requires increased care and expense. •
(Jnr taxes, both State and N atlonnl, are very heavy; we
pay over 8100,000 per annum In taxes on dividends alone,
benides a State tax on tormnge and another ou gross re
ceipts. The’nited States levy a tax of two and a half
Per cent, on the receipts from passengers and mails, and a
taxon cars and locomotives, whether bought or built by
us, of five per cent . •
The receipts from all souroesof Knsiness, for
the year, were .; $3,641438 06
Expenses of conductiag the business... 2448i3098$
The extension of our raad from White Haven
ha, re, which tvia under construction at the last annual
since that time been completed—distance
y-one miles—and Is now in full operation. The
amount received from tb" sale of -stock to build that ex
tension, was $1,323,100. The cost of the road, with its
sidings and branches to collieries, waa 81,843,643 49,'Ieav
ing ahalance of over $500,000 to be provided for.
. In addition to the ordinary expeases of the road, we
have during the year, expended on the rolling stock, en
gines and cars, $256,831 93, to accommodate the increase
of business ; aud other expenditures were made, amount
ing to $249,928 78, for dwelling houses, engine houses,
machine shops, sidings, ike. deemed necessary forth
efficiency and security of the, increased business of the
road. •
The capital stock of the Company consists of
214,638 thane A.. 810,781,480 0U
To which will be added on the 15th January
—1u5t..4i5555hare5.............—...—.... 2,1295150 0U
Slaking 257,213 shares,
Our floating debt
Our bonded debt v
The Ncw york money market?
(From the N. V. Herald. 1
Fy.ur.i>AKy to.—Tho Bhennaii Funding bill is bemg used
just now by the bulls In cold as an argument Id favor of a
higher premium, and this is an indication of what the
eflect of the passage of such a measure would be upon the
public credit; but as there is no probability of teds it is
hardly worth while to anticipate results. The country
is disturbed by the agitation of the impoaobmeat question
and the radical policy of reconstruction, and it is not a
fitting time for tho discussion of any funding scheme,
much less one like this, which has for Its object tho rev
funding of the public debt in a manner which is wholly
uncalled fpr, and which would only benefit those who
might be employed to make the exchange of old bonds for
new, wliilo it would embarrass the Trcasjuy by throwing
discredit upon all the issues of 6-20*. Tho bill does not
deal with the subject in that open and aboveboard manner
which should accompany honesty of purpose.andleavesto
public inference what is to be donelwith tho five-twenties
of 1862 after the first of November? next it they aw not
converted into the new five percent gold stock prior t«>
that date. Surely this is sneaking and underhand and
unworthy of a gTent ‘government like ours, and we are
surprised that, after the universal condemnation which
the bill met with throughout the country in its
original form, Mr. Shermau should have
lihq the temerity to revamo it »iv he has done.
The government cannot afford to press? such u«
measure, and we have reason to believe tha* it will not
be pressed to a vote; but if it is, its defeat will be Certain.
We want no funding scheme to add to the present com
motion, and such a one ns this would bo far worse than -
nothing at any time. The upward tendency of gold was
also stimulated by fresh rumors from Washington re
garding the probaole action of Congress cono*nuii* im
peachment. and the prico advanced from 142 U at the
opening to 143?*, following which there was a alfeUt re
lapse, and the closing transactions prior to the adjourn
ment were at the latest quotation In the room
was 143?a@142&. The borrowing demand for coin was a
little moro active than usual of late, and loans were made
at rates varying from 2 to 7. per cent, for carrying and
without interest. The gross clearings amounted to ®ss,7feP,*
000, the currency balances to $2,384,830, and the gold bal
ances to si,6Qflj®3. American silver is quoted at 7®3per
cent, below goldTand Mexican dollars at 102;1£(»IQ3h In
gold. - A'defalcation for a large amount on the part of the
assistant easbier of the, American Exchange Bank was
rumored; but it transpired on inquiry that the sum In
volved was “merely and that this officer had
been discharged for cause on Saturday last* whence arose
the report. .
The bull element on the Stock Exchange is strongly in
the ascendant, and a material advance in nearly au the
leading railway shares took place during the day, al
though the course of prices was at interrala irregular.
Thera has been an active investment
speculative deffiahd for Govertuneht eec\tntiee' at th&
counters of the teading daalere.with tho heaviest trana-*
ai tlons in Ten-forty hoods, which sold on the street as
high aa.IOSJd, .The purchases of these were understood ft*
be mainly on foreign account
.■ ■ .'''i ; " 11 } .
Th. Chicago Tribwnt of Friday aaja :, \ .
"Thera are no new featare. to notice in the condition
of the money market worthy of extended notlee Ae far .
«the-oliim. of bualneM concerned, we «»n only re
£eat what we said yerterday,; and quote; it. a dnliaay.
lejorita are steadily lncreajfug, both on elty *Bd coantjT .
account andae the demand focdlacotmt L» falUn* off, tbe
market la workin* proporttonatoly eaeler. There 1. no
improyetnenl Us nofloo In the xeneral trade of tbe city.
Froroall eonrcee we learn that the demand for merchan
dUeia reitricted to meeting the moat pr6.sln* necere>-
♦* ' T,V ' —■ <-• ■
Tho Cincinnati G(tzetie of .Friday says: ’ '
’ **Tho money market is workingalowiy back towsrdxn
easy condition, but as yet there is no great flcqomalatlon
of currency, and the apparent,easels more tho respite* a
less active demand than an increase of means- Rates of
interest are Ann at B@lo per cent between bankers aim
their depositors, and cent, for first class paper
in the open market.”
The fiAtest Report* by Telefnapb.
Book. I«Uc<l, 97« s Bea3inJL«>s C'anton. .tjSaMWLWVS:
grip, 74?»; Cleveland hnir Toledo. 11ll\: i <3«™*“?*n«,
Pittsburgh. 9§&: Pittnbnnib and Fort Wimt, MBS;
Michl™«eiSaj. ffaWtiU&Mfan Betittern. BiJg; MOTr
WBBS&&Mg§&
do., l»S5,101»a; oew toue, 1»V,
thirties, WXi Money. 6 per cent.,: Gold, 1«W i^xckan**.
Yowr, Feb. 11.-Cottonufirni at a)K@S»«. Flour
etehdv. 11 Wheat iiniot biiteteaily.. t.omBtmMbtti lower.
MiTe« Western. IK £129 (or. norr,".njMhj IS9 .fid, .Oar*
ilrnier v Western, 84K. beet quiet. . Fork fsnu; ue w Mess,
Ml ®. Gardfirat’ VrhUky
'-
512,860,650 »
.$ 919,922 51
. 1,437,090 01
— 2,356,922 41
$15,217,572 41