THE COURTS. \P/Hilimicd front the Fivstptt it* .! ~ ssr* ” .•mother ease ha'in-t P' .jelosud. City Solicitor tvaebed \''^ e ? b ?“ m however, that he did Lynn. stated tHs |m ar(Jimicnt of any not think tbeTC ?„ , IS Solicitor Insiracted ffllMbatit was theif dutfto examine the sureties submitted by Cen. ■ rtUUC i] B w ho The returns of tho momm-re oi rofufc to consider the sureties wetc not .ill tiled this morning. FACTS ASO FANCIES# —Tho King of Greece walks to church. —Belgium has the cattle plague; —Nevada City has five feet of enow. -Mr. Seward’s letter-all talk and no uidc-cr. thousand guests were invited to Madame Haussmann's ball, in Paris. -California is stiU suffering from destructive _Goldwin Smith has contributed £5 to assist i„ ttc defenceoi the Fonian Burke. —Mr Dickens’s brother, Augustus, used to write essays for a Chicago paper. —Robert Dale, Owen is preparing a now volume on Spiritualism.' —A Liverpool woman sportively killed her husband by thrusting a poker into his eye. —An Illinois infant swallowed a steel watch chain, and now cries for more'. J —A fashionable milliner In Paris hangs,out a placard announcing, “I give no credit, npcanse several persons have cheated me. Mrs, Harrison Gray Otis, of Boston, has offered —9lOO reward for tho detection of . thnjiuthor ot the recent hoax of which she was the victim. —Rev, James Gibbonß, of the Baltimore Cathe dral. has been confirmed by the Pope and wilt soon be consecrated Bißbop of North Carolina. —The salary of the Governor of the Passama ouoddv tribe of Indians is fixed at 950 a year,and of tbeXieutenant-Governor, $3O. —Rev. Dr. Ashley, of St. Paul, Milwaukee, has started for Europe with a purse of $1,200, and a life insurance, presented by his congregation. —The Gerrit Smith Library at Oswego has re ceived an additional gift of $4,000 from its foun dcr. . . , —There are now 3,000,000 bushels of grain and 55,000 barrels of flour in the warehouses ot Chicago. “ , —Mrs. Lander- has just added two thousand dollars worth of diamonds to her ‘ Elizabeth costume. ' -•-■■■■ -. , —lt is' said that a wild pigeon has boon shot in Switzerland which had a neat bandage -ot leaves carefnllv covering an old wound. _ This Is per haps the first instance known oi pigeon surgery. —The trowel with which the Duke of Edin burgh laid the foundation of the Melbourne town halfis of solid gold, set with emeralds, pearls and diamonds. . —Offenbach is m Vienna superintending the rehearsals of “Robinson Crusoe.” He is engaged to write a musical piece, a song without words, for Lindsay Sloper’s musical magazine. —Large numbers of very ancient coins have been found at Goutrcm, France. They are be lived to be ot the period tho Volecl-Tolosall, of ancient Toulouse. * —The Commercial Advertiser gives Ihcfollowmg specific against falling on the ice: Sackcloth and ashes; sackcloth for the soles, and ashes for the streets. -—Latclv Miss Mario L. Palmer, avory pretty young woman, was tried in California for arson. Two juried failed to agree, when she was allowed “to leave the State.” —The Wisconsin Legislature has passed a wise law, to prohibit tho locking of cars while in mo tion, and prohibiting the use of keresene in light- Ids; cars. —A partv of English tourists found the salted body ot Lot’s wife near the Dead Sea, and sea soned their lunch with her. A story which taust be taken cum g ratio solid. —Mr. George Peabody, of London, with all his liberalities, does not, although still an American citizen, pay an income tax to our Government, as all other American citizens residing abroad are . required to do.. , . —An Indiana Judge disposed of a couple at Lafayette recently by sending the husband to the Penitentiary hud marrying the remainder. I tie happy couple arrived at Indianapolis on a wed . diDg trip, Thursday. —The Pall Mall Cazet’.e animadverts on pla giarism in this mild manner: “ Nor is our author tree from the reprehensible practice of omitting quotation markß where they should obviously be inserted.” , qqjo >Tew Haven Palladium says that- one of the delegatiß to the recent Democratic State Con vention at New Haven was unable to be present in consequence of having been committed on.a charge of ehleken-stcaling. —An unpleasant rumor comes from Bcrantou, that the town is sinking into the bowclß of the earth- How far down tho inhabitants are des tined to go before they touch bottom, we are not tux-pared to say: but it need excite no surprise lliaf they arc reported to be considerably alarmed. —Colonel Ryncrson, who killed Chief Justice Slough, at Santa he, New Mexico, a few weeks since, was brought before Judge Brocchus on a writ of habeas corpus, asking for his release from imprisonment on bail. The Judge decided to ac cept bail in the sum of $20,000, and Ryncrson was set at liberty. —Mr Eugene Haywood is now put down on the tax listß of Illinois us the largest land owner in that State. He holds fifty thousand acres, pur chased by bis father 50 years ago. Recently he purchased 12,000 acres in Neofaska at a cost of about seventy-nine cents an acre. Ho is only twenty-two years of age. 7 7 _Of the condition of affairs in the Cherokee Nation. Che Fort Smith (Arkansas) Herald says : “The Cherokecs are now determined to .press the final settlement with the Government of their claims, which have been unsettled for years. The nation is now a unit, and old fends have died away. Chief Downing says all is peace, and the Cherokees are doing hotter tkAn khey have been for many years past.” J —A Detroit paper thiukß tho Chicago people , exaggerate the destructiveness of their late fire, from an habitual (Jesire to muke every Chicago transaction appear large. These Chicago people, it thinks, are so boastful' that even their ** firtß are magnified, in order not to bo outdone by New York, Troy and Portland in such mat ters Another pleasure in connection with their fire is that Cincinnati is the principal insur ance loser. A soldier at Galveston, Texas, stole a Lim burg Cheese of his comrades the other day. They sentenced him, in a mock court-martial, to buy another cheese of the same size and oat the whole at once without having anything to wash it down. When ho had consumed one-third his powers of swallowing became exhausted, and he begged’for aDd obtained a reprieve from the re inuinder oi Uia senttmee. AMUSEMENTS. The Theatres. —At tbe Chestnut to-night the -drama, The Flying Scud, will be given. At the Arch Under the Gaslight remains upon the stage and draws well. Mr. aud Mrs. Barney Williams at the Walnut will appear in Shandy Magutre: Customs of the Country, and Faddy the Ft per. Mrs Williams ha 6 a benefit this evening. At the American a varied bill is offered. Philadelphia Opera Housb.—At .this popu lar place of amusiUßcnttomig^^^^^^^ lonnt-d a new burlesque entitled Under the Lamp » post. This is a sharp aud ritcy satire, and is filled with good locul and political hits, tuenj inci dents, and laughable situations. All of the most a ceomplished members of this excellent compan j appear in the parts. In addition to this there will be the usual miscellaneous entertainments, comprising singing, dancing, negro impersona tions by Air. Prank Moran and other popular performers, with burlesque, farce and extrava ganza by the quantity. Eleventh Street Opera Hoi-std—The capital burlesque of Ours, or Maximilian's Avengers will be given this evening at this theatre: The piece • i? W the best ofits kind, aud cannot fail to plea6e those who see it. There will also be voeal and instrumental music, farce, dancing and Ethiopian eccentricities. ’ ■ ABSiiitioiv Bni.oi.Nos. —Air. Alf Burnett will another berms of his eormc impersonations . at Aeecfiably Buildings, beginning February 1- th. CITY BUUBIUI ' Om> of Pihlai>eu>iua’s Honors— ln a,ldit ‘ t ' u to tho first prize over all competitors at the Paris exhibition, for numerous productions of „ ul . industry, Philadelphia took that offered ,or ecußting-house blank-books. .European i-iOzeijs make this work In admirable perfection, Tliere were sixty competitors at the Exposition, and but a single prize. .Nearly all the principal cities of the continent were represented, but tut tumor of carrying off the palm U h s c already characterizing our PhUadclphia bl an k boek manufacturers, Wm. F. Murphy & Sons, cm ner of Fourth and Cbdstnut streotfl. The sot of books thus outstripping all the offer ings of the old world have como back to the contributors, together with the P r f ° The latter comprises two medals of bronco, with the arms of the Imperial Court in rich gilddug, the whole enclosed in u frame of walDUt. tbat all who desire to see the manner In which our transatlantic cousins get up their a "' a |: ds ° the Messrs. Murphy have placed the frame in one of the windows of their place of business. It is noteworthy that this set of books, which can be scon by anybody, Is in uo i-cspect superior to the ordinary production of their factory, cx eept that they show what the Messrs. Murphy can accomplish whon embellishment dcß j"£ With London, Paris, Brussels, and the great Pub lishing cities of Germany in cn S or p .^ , | ] t \“ i' the award of tho coveted prize to Philadelphia Is no small honor. ■ Noon-Day Trayer Meeting. - The daily prayer meetings which once crowded Jaynes Hall, and afterwards the old church in Sansom Btreet. are in the rooms over the Library of the Young Men’s Christian Association, at 1210 Chcßtnut Btreet. The same earnest spirit of devotion is manifested, but the place bcing lees central, does not secure a large attendance. At the meeting yesterday mention was mado of the opening of the Bethany Mission Building, at Twenty-second and Shippen.asa striking ytroof that ‘Mn due season we shall reap lf we fa lut not." Special prayer was offered lor tbe kirge school in Washington -for freedmen, established by the untiring eflorts of Bev. Dr. Turnoy; also, tor Herndons Bassa Mission, in Liberia, (esta blished by one who was for forty years a Blave in Kentucky, without aid from any Society and without any salaiy;) also, for the sick mother o a pious daughter. This meeting is one of unusua Interest. fie prayers and addresses are all vol untary. Strangers are always made welcome. Important Missionary Meeting.— A mission ary meeting of great interest was held recently at the Tabernacle Baptist Church, in this city. Bev. Dr. Murdoch, Secretary of the American Baptist Missionary LYuon, was present, and naado an addtcsß of peculiar iutorebt. He described tue progress of the missionary work among the Teloogoos in India; among the Garows in Assart, and among the Karens in Burinah; also the fa.th ful labors of converts In China. In Sweden there has been remarkable progress in connection with the labors of Messrs. Wtberg, Broadv Ederen and others. In Germany the faithful Oucken reports rapid growth among the churches. Addresses were delivered bv Rev. A. Judsoa Sage and Bev. J. Wheaton Smith. The success of the missions renders large donations indispen sable. Means are also needed k to resume the missionary work in Africa. Attempted Bvrgeary. —A confectionery store und dwelling, No. 013 South Second street, was entered bv burglars last night,by a back window, which was reached by climbing over a house in the rear, and then getting upon a shed. A young woman, who occupied one of the upper rooms, beard an unusual noise down stairs. She went down, and found two men in one of the lower apartments. They attempted to-escape. She seized one by the coat sleeve, apd held on to it, notwithstanding the vigorous efforts of the fellow to release himself. The sleeve finally gave way, and tho turglars succeeded in getting away. * . . Coroner's Inquest. —Coroner Daniels held an inquest this mofnlDg upon tho body of Thomas Brady, who dftd from a blow alleged to have been inflicted by Henry-Btonemctz, in a difaculty nt the livery stable of Simon Kneidler, on Mar shall street, near Poplar, about ten days ago. The evidence elicited brought out tho same facts which were published In the Bulletin of yester day. The evidence of the physician who made the post-mortem examination was to the eucct iliat the deceased had had mania-a-poltr sincei his admission to the Hospital,and that death resulted (herefrom. The verdict of the jury was death from inunui-u-potu\ • The Hebrew Charity Ball.— On Tuesday evening, the 26th inst., the Hebrew Charity Ball will be given at the Academy of Music. The pre parations fer this entertainment have been made upon the most extensive scale. Everything that good taßte could suggist aud lavish expenditure procure has been obtained. The affair is in *he hands of experienced gentlemen, whose names are a sufficient guarantee that nothing will be left undone that will contribute to the comfort and enjoyment of the guests.' Threatening a Witness. — James Devcreaux was arrested yesterday, upon the charge of threatening Owen Hannan. Devcreaux had pre viously been charged with assaulting. a man named P. Maguire, and Hannan was a witness m the case. The accused was taken before Alder man Massey, and was held in $5OO bail to answer at Court. Charqkd with Robbery.— James Planer and Josephine Kiicy were, arrested yesterday and taken before Alderman Morrow, upon the charge of having robbed of $25 a pedlar named Henry, who was enticed iuto a bouse at Lisbon and Hurst streets. They had a hearing before Aider man Morrow, aud were-held in $BOO bail for trial. Bold Theft. — A man named George Moore was yesterday caught in the act of rolling a bar rel of sugar from Toblu's grocery stoic, at Fourth ami South streets. He was arrested and taken before Alderman Morrow, and was committed tor 'a further hearing. , True Bills Found. — The Grand Jury hafe found trge bills against the newsdealers who we re arrested ior selling certain illustrated papers, which, were recently seized by the police as being immoral publications. Stealing Fi.our.— A negro named John Wil kins was arrested this morning, in the Farmers Market, upon the charge of stealing flour,. He Awie taken before Aid. Jones and was committed to answer. The Maennerctior.— The first monthly festi val and hop of the Maennorchor was given last evening at the new hall southwest corner ol Fifth and Callowhill streets. The affair passed oil very pleasantly. Fire.— An alarm of fire about six o'clock this morning was caused by the burning of a bed ir, the house of Mrs. Cottman, at No. 726 N. Second street. No other damage waß done. Rodbkry.—Last evening three pieces of muslin were stolen from the front of the dry goods store of Frederick Kraft, on Poplar - street, above Twelfth. • NEW jr.USJKV MATTERS, Camden Fuiiuc Schools—The public schools of Camden were never In a more prosperous con dition, nor uudor more efficient management. The quarterly examinations have been just con cluded, and the average of the pupils exhibited a gratifying advancement in the various branches of education taught. The greatest inconve nience experienced is. that resulting from . ts|i want of room. More than one hundred scholars have made application for admittance who cannot be supplied with seats. But this difficulty will beobviated re soon as the new school lip use in Middle Ward iis compluted,>the flne ediflee in North Ward having to supply many pupils from Middle Waul with Beats and accommodations. The Board of Education, however, are progress ing in their work of making tho educational ad vantages of Cumden equal to those of auy other county, so far as the public schools are con cerned. Handsome. Tho amount realized from the Heading.- by Mr. Murdoch, In Camden, for the benefit of the destitute widows and orphans of heroes fallen in defence of our country amounted To over six hundred dollars. t Killed.— A few days since a lad, named Os borne, residing in South Ward, was killed by a died falling upon him. Two others were severely injured. THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN.—PHILADELPHIA, .SATURDAY.- FKBItUAIiY J 5. IHKB.- Ajvoubned.— The courts tor the January term of Camden county have adjourned j after a session of four weeks. A large number of cases were disposed of, ranging through the various grades of crimes. . ' . 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