JOBE AJABAIttA KLKCTIONi ygerirasSTgu acaaiSSsflASSjS history of the ballot-box in thiß Kep Hie white citizens of this State, wi . ? few exceptions, have been struggles . . » P nf etaDlovers, the' arguments of brighter intelS tian their; own, the sacrifice of valuable friendships and of pleaßant situa tions the majority of the black men of Ala bama have, recorded their votes In favor of brought to bear to Induce them to co-operate with the late master class have been ingenious and manifold. If good humoredly reasoned with, they would only nodin reply. Scolding fell on their impas sive heads as -uselessly as aspitbail. Expos tulation was of no avaiL threats of pro- Bcription have been less fruitless, but many thousands disregarded every motive save the one that spurred them to vote for thepoli tical elevation of theix race. It is universally, asserted by the Conservatives that the poor negroes are the dupes of designing white “carpet baggers” who desire_ to be floated into office and emolument That such de sicning'persons exist is not to be doubted, but the black man, at this election,' is trying to pull out of the fire the largest .and most succulent chestnuts for himself and his own people. Read the proposed Constitution, mid nidge for yourself if he he snapping for more shadow than substance. Though often credulous, and by nature always confiding, be hag a Just apprehension of the stake played for in this deal of the political cards. * For four days the election has been quietly proceeding. To-day is the last of the Term Sowed. S lf ratification fail it will not be be cause time enough was not given to muster all who desired to vote. Ongmaily but two days were named, then four. The voting commenced in a raw rain-storm, the creeks and it was feared that many negroes would be kept at home by the wretched weather and roads. So another day was added by General Meade, making five in all. The first two days were exceedingly chilly, wet and gloomy. The second two wer/ mild and sunny. To-day promises to be a lovely one. But, rain or shine, the streets of Montgomery have been thronged vrith negroes. b The curbstone, restaurants (ranging in size from a hand-basket to a rick ety table) have continued operations on a scale adapted to the crisis. Ebony cobb ers on back streets have been pegging,away, day and Bight, at the shocking; had toot-gear ot tramping voters from distant plantations.. Wobden awnings have sheltered .a mgkdy bivouac. Every hospitable hut has lodged enough darkies to give it a double claim to be called a black hole. The warm sides of . the avenues have had their ebony procession lengthened and widened to the election stand ard; and philanthropic auctioneers have about closed out their stock of goods and Btock ot conscience, at, a fearful sacrifice, oi course. If the reader now will come with me and watch for awhile bow the voting, proceeds, I premise him a novel experience. We will hot take the first day of the voting, for then i it was painful to see the crowd of ragged colored men standing for hours.m the pitiless storm, waiting to slip in their tickets, and so fearful of losing their turns that one who had deposited his vote found no avenue of egress save that paved with the heads of those be hind. Let us; choose the third day, for the sir is bland and the sky cloudless. There stand the black pilgrims, you see, ranged (for better order prevails to-day) in a double nueue At the side of the window where the voteis handed in are two policemen—one to admit the voter, .the other to point the, way out. In front ol the window is the Conser vative challenging committee Of four. One of the four keeps tally of the vote; another scans the registration list aB the name ot each voter is announced; the thirtl writes down the names not found registered, and the fourth makes himself generally watchful. Behind the window three judges are seated aVound a table hearing in its centre a large ] pine ballot-box. . The column of negroes waiting to vote s lammed together as if by some uncontrollable muscular impulse, but it surges back when ever the barrier of the first policeman threatens to give way.- They do not talk to each other, deeming silence, perhaps, to be due to the sacred importance of the occasion. If their eye catches yours (you are a Cauca sian, remember), it ialls with an expression ot embarrassment, as if they felt that you, being white, looked with keen disfavor on the -aht,. they had drawn up to perform. ,/Falstafl s recruits were nStigreater ragamuffins. Look at the garb of UiesWegrocs, atidl defy you to point out one unpacked garment in fifty. Gray coats and blue coals, worn out three years ago, still are forced to serve in a tat tered sartorial invalid corps.. One coat (doubtless for Sunday and elections) is made of cheap ingrain carpeting. The pantaloons are more shred-like than the coats; the hats advanced to all degrees of organic decay. Noto'he in. twenty wears• bffoffi, .and devy shoes retain much of their original homely m tegrity. In shape they might inclose a small ■ ham, or the foot of any human being de formed by toil among the clods of cotton fields. If you study the heads and the faces you will fiud more indications of a gentle,sub missive, ease-loving heart than of active in telligence or ambitious disposition. Whatever the natural aptitudes of the Afri can may be, a hundred years of slavery in Alabama have not added anything attractive to bis phrenological development. That many of them are very ignorant of the scope and meaning of eitizenshlp, is aB plain as their determination to learn more about it. The hunger to have the same chances as the white man they feel and comprehend as dearly as they understand a physical craving. ThaTis what brings them here, and not the expectation of getting free lauds, free rations, and free mules. Your Conservative friend , may tell you that they look for such wind falls; but talk to as many on the subject as I have, and you will accumulate the strongest bort of rebutting evidence. The last one I sounded looked at me with a shaded rebuke, and said; “No, sah, I spectto git uuffia but what I works hard for, and when Ise sick I’ll get docked.” : , , ■ Enter the first voter. He taks oh his hat, and' nervously gives his name to' the judges, They run over the registration list, no do the Conservative challengers, who, as you see, are afforded every facility to contest and analyze.. If the negro has a smooth face they demand that he swear to his age, and he is accordingly sworn. If his name be found the judges announce the column in which it stands; , and the challengers check it off. In vain the voter, seeing his vote glide into the Box, and miking his own way out, strives to Choke down Jhe delight that fills him. If ever you saw an amateur gkmester win a heavy stake (which I trust you never have unless it was at charming Baden-Baden, or some place in New York where they go with sort of a smile on his face, a 9 on the homely countenance of this happy freedman. Enter the second. Thi9 middle-aged negro deliberately takes off his mittens, removes bis hat, runs one hand under his vest, pro duces a little package, unwraps the rag around it, and at laßt hands in the piper treasure. . - , « oh, the fievil! he quick,” says the Judge, rapping irately on the window. “Put on your hat, uncle —that humility s played out, says one of the challengers with a laugh. But the voter haß his own views as to the hat. Perhaps he stands uncovered to the ballot and not to men. His ticket drops into , the box, and be stumps off, irradiated. The third! “ Another George Washington. Another vote, too, and another chuckle. The fourth! The name of this one cannot be found. “Go to headquarters of registra tion,” says the judge; “if your narne is there they will give you a certificate enabling you to vote.” “ I’ve been thar, rejoins the applicant. “’Taint thar. Sorry, _ says the judge; “ make room, make room. Wow Task you to watch this poor fello w. He comes out looking sick atheart. Abiig^ mulatto takes him aside, and mquires mto his case. It is hopeless—name not registered at?fill. 86 The disappointed darkey wanders around foT ten minutes, then he quietly falls again into the rear of the line, to be repulsdd agaih and again when he reaches the window. Hope that hiß name may have been over luoked dies out -at last, and not without the sharpest pang his simple but emotional na tUEnter the'fifth. “My name is Henry Clay.” “All right, Henry, you can vote; you re re gistered. But, Henry, where were you born?” “In Kentucky, Sir; Henry Clay of Ashland was my father.” And the tall, hand some mulatto bows and makes his way out. The sixth! • This is another of the perse vering kind. He gives his name. Be ofl, save the Judge. . “You have been here already half a dozen times. You say you are not registered.” “Well, s J*h, re Ph ea ,>h® sorrowful negro, “I’se been hyah evah since Tuesday trying to vote at one place or nuther, and I hasn’t had a bite to eat, and I .can t vote, and I’se got to walk twelve miles to git home.” The red-nosed, cross-looking Judge takes a biscuit from his pocket and hands it to the negro, with “Here, make room, now. One Of the challengers says: “Boys, the Con servatives have the name of being generous. Let’s give this hungry nigger a dinner. Ine speaker draw’s his pocket-book and transfers some currency to the object of this kindly •impulse, who takes it with a “tankee, but a vacant look. It is a vote he wants, not a m 80 the strange procession moves slowly on. If you wish to determine how much the negro’s heart is in the election, watch his face as he comes away from that little win dow His vote once in, every feature blazes with ioy; but his vote rejected, sorrow and dismay are expressed even in bis attitudes. Watch the anxious but resolute sooty faces in -those waiting their, turns. Is all tins emotion due to the duplicity of Yankee adventurers? Can the “carpet-bagger” thus sway the very soul of the black man to reach his own selfish ends? Is it for a possible mule and 40 acres of land that the negro is thus profoundly stirred; that he braves hardship, the iU will ot his employers, and, may tie, starvation itself? No, friend Conservative. The slave you once owned, ignorant as ne is still, and lowly in social rank, teels, as he casiß that ballot, the throes that liberty awakened, and which, unchecked by re newed oppression, will give his manhood a rapid and generous growth. I do not seek to conceal his ignorance abouttlie technical duties of citizenship. An old black fellow came, aB I stood near one of the polls, ana proffered me his vote, asking: “Are you de boss?” The question is, does the lack ot such technical knowledge unfit him for useful and honest citizenship? There have been periods in the history of our country when a loyal heart, an honest, incorruptible nature, ■were worth more thau ten thousand of the most choicely cultivated intellects on the na tional roll of the rich, the powerful, and the gifted. [From the Toledo Blade.] Tlie Pendleton. Theory iiiKcntiicUy.- JUaocoin’a XrouOle and Uow Hu hot Out o* (t. Post Offis, Confedkit X Roads (wich is in the State uv Kentucky, Feb. l, A few days ago Basccrm come into the ofiis, where I wuz bizzy attendin to the biznis uv the Poonilid States uv Ameriky, a swokin a cigar and drinkin hot punch out uv a tin dip per in wich I compound the article, and re markt that he thought it wuz about time the Corners spoke. 1 j “Onto wat pertikeler subjeck wood yoo i hev the Corners speek, my cherub?” sod I. j “The Corherß bez exercised her throat onto aimoßt everything up to date.” ------ “Troo,” sed G. W., “but there s one sub ieck onto wich the Corners hezn t sed her say, namely, the. crushin wate uv taxashen, and the question .uv payin the bonds in green bll“That’s probably becoz,” remarkt I, “the Corners pay nary tax; and becoz, also, not hevin any bondß nor any greenbax, she don t care, to spefck after the manner uv men, a , about it. Isn’t that the case?” • “Probably it is, but at the same time, we ought to extend a helpin band to our brethren North, 'whq uremaktng a galyent fite on-thie • thing. Parson,' we must hold a meetin oh this question, and resolve.” .&■.■■■ „ ■Willin to accommodate Bagcom, I called the meetin, and last nite it took place, It wuz an enthoosiastic gathrin, ez the meetins at the Corners, wich I report, alluz are. Skasely hed the horn tooted afore the church wuz filled. It wuz curiosity wich brot em. None uv embut Bascoin, Capt. McPelterand myself, knowd wat a bond, wuz, and they I wantid to find out. I was called upon to state the objeck of the gathrin. I opened with a movin appeal to the people who wuz a groahiu under a load of taxashen, for the benefit uv the lordly bondholders uv the country, whose very life-blood wuz a being sucked out uv em by the bond-aristocrats uv thecountry. . At this pint Joe Bigler, who wuz uv course in the aujence, commenst weeptn per loosely, but disgustinly loud. He fairly hol lered, and displayed altogether too much emotion. , , “Mr. Bigler," sed I, “woodent a little less violent sorrer-anser?" , _ - “Parson!” sed he, “neverhevin paid a cua sid cent uv taxes in my life, 1 never knowd afore how' much I was bein oppressed. . But I’ll contaue myself if I kin. I’ll. cork, up my wot s if they bust me.” I then went on to explain the Pendleton ij'ee. First the Govermeut owes, about four hundred thousand .millions uv dollars, more or less, wich it borrowed. The Aboliahu ijee is to pay this off ez fast ez it falls due, in gold, and in the meantime to pay interest onto the bonds ez per agreement on . the.-face uv em. But this is oppressive.. This payin interest is wat’s eatin us up. Therefore Pendleton pro poses-. to pay these bonds by ishooin four hundred thousand million uv greenbaxs. i When these greenbaxs wear out so that thev 1 ain’t passable no more—so that Bascom won t j take em for drinks, for instance,—why, then ; we’ll print more greenbaxs and give em new ones I don’t see that the debt is paid off • ififi DAILY EVENING » ■ mfi - pHlLA[>kU> * ilA ’ Tl^'tSi>AYl FEBR^AE NANHV b*iv but \ve git out uv ths intrest. ;yWo ishoo a non-bearin intrest note wich the greenback is, for an intrest >aritt noWwich the present bond is, and compel the .bond holder to take cm, thus robin us, the tax naverft,by the weight of taxashdn we are now Lmpdlecl to carry. The ijed haOt,however, original with Pendleton. He’s bin a steelm viv thunder. I hed subsisted many yeors in Noo Jersey and elsewhere by the same expe dient. Whenever I owed a man I gave him mv note,and felt that a great load wuz off my mind. When it became doO, if it made the creditor eny esier in his mind, 1 1 took it up bv givin him another, and so on, pervided be wuz willin and hed faith enufif tu pay for the stamps. It wuz an easy and simple method uv gittin on in the world without on P Capt. McPelter, late uv the Confedrit army, wantid to know ef the , greenback good enuff for the soljer, cf it wuzn’t good enuti jor tbe bondholder? . , Bascom endorsed all that had bin sea, ana demandid resolooshens, mobvin ones, wich he presentid, and they wU2I passed. At this pint, occurred sutliin wich wuzn t down in the bills. Skasely hed the resoloo shens passed, when Joe Bigler stepped tor ward and remarkt that he hed votil (or them ; resolooshens becoz he beleeved in em. But S he wantid the ijee carried forerd to' italogical conclooshen. He owed Bascotn -eighty I odd dollars, wich wuz beaFin interest, auu ! bed bin for some time, and wood, probably, ! for some time to come. Now, what lsjustis I in governmental matters is ckally so -in privit lifer He demanded uv Bascom that note,ana that he accept in Its sted one wich bore no interest. He hed borne this burden too long, and it wuz high time that he be releeved. Deekin Pogram felt • that he must agree with Mr. Bigler. Bascom held his note tor $4OO, wich bed bin runninon interest for a long time, and he felt that he coodent stand it no — • . _ UT “ Why, blarst yer eyes," sez Bascom, r lent yoo that money to save yer farm Worn bein sold out from under yer feet! “ Troo, but there’s a principle in it. 1 can t toil to pay interest to yoo more than I km to the Government. Let us be consistent, t*. W., watever we are.” . At this juucter every man in the bildin rose tu his feet very excitedly, ail uv em in korious commenst, . . , . nro “ Bascom holds a note uv mine,wich bears intrest and I—.” , . „ _ And Bascom, badgered ez he wa9, tlun D himself cut uv the church in disgust, me aujeuce who hed, however, got an ijee. WM not disposed tu give it dp. They follered him without any formal adjournment to bis crofceiy, but be hed anticipated that, and neu locked it. But. all Dite they hung around the place yellin “Give me my note! Give me my note!” and they hed faith that they finally wood biing him to terms. . But along about 7 o’clock the people begun to change iheir toon. It wuz time for tuyir mornin bitters, and they exclaimed, ez one man, “Bascom! why don’t yoo open out. LetusiD!” - ' All of a sudden the door wuz flung open, and there wuz reveeled tu the gaze uv the Corners the most impressive tabloo ever wit nest. In the centre uv the room stood Bas com, with a burnin pine knot in his hand, wildly wavin it over his head; afore him stood a barl uv whisky, on eend,with the head out. We srowd pale. ' . “Ha! ha!” iaffthe, with the most malignant and iteDdish expression upon his counte nance, “it wuz, yoor turn last nite; this mornin its mine. Ther am t a drop 111 Corners cept wat is in this barl, and not a drop uv this shel yoo hev for love or money. Ha! ha! who hez the inside track mow.- 1 111 burn it tbe minit the firßt one crosses the ltl “Make a rush,” yelled Bigler, “it wont burn, cozhe’s bin a waterin it for a week. “Ha! too troo! but I bev yoo yit. ill overturn the barl!” ' 1 seed the pint to wunst. - A cold chi 1 crept over me, and Deekin Pogram shook like an aspin leaf. None cood be prokoored this side uv Looisville, three days at least. Spose the recklis man shood -carry out_his lecklis threat! ... The Deekinand I threw ourselves into the breach We saw that Bascom wuz m dead earnest. The crowd saw things ez we did, and softened down. It wuz finally perposed ez a compermise that the rekords uv the meelin shood be destroyed, and that the ljee uv exeliangin notes with Bascom shood be abandoned, and Bascom on his part to go on ez yoosual. This settled, we ad took our reeler siifiuers, and thus the Corners bridged the greatest danger that evef threatened her. Ther is peece hen?now. \ Petuolb-um V. Nabbt, P. M., fWich is Postmaster.) A Story about general Mowarrt. ■ A writer in the fortified f*j'€ss tells the fo,^r g fi time during General Sherman’s march to Atlanta, General Howard had com nmnd-oßhe Fourth corps.' Just before the advance on Dalton, and while the corps was in bivouac near Red Clay, two of the boysoi an Ohio regiment took it into their heads to go out on a little foraging expedition. It was not long before their highest ambition, just at that time, wa3 gratified by the capture of a “grunter.” While in the act of killing the animal the owner discovered them and Imme diately made complaint to General Howard, who happened to be riding leißurcly along i near the scene of slaughter. He told the Gen eral it was the only hog he had, and he f thought.the boys' should either let him have the pork or pay him’for it. The General said he thought so too. He rode to where the boys were, and the following dialogue en * .T^gtencral— ‘Have you any money, boys? If you take away this man’s hogyou ought to pay him for it.’ ‘‘Soldier—‘No, General,we have no money —haven’t been paid for four or five months, and we stand in great need of the pork.’ “General—‘What do you call, sir, a fair price for your hog?’ . , t . “Citizen —‘Well, I Bhould think about nine dollars would do;’ “General—‘Boys,what are your names,and what regiment do you belong to ? I’ll put your names iu my memorandum and pay this man for his hog. Next pay-day I expect you will call at my headquarters and settle the ac count.’ ’ ' “Soldier —‘Thank you General. We’ll do it if it takes the last cent.’ “The boys were heard afterwards to de clare frequently, that they looked upon' that as one ot-thebe , honest debts, and, that Jt should he paid, if they lived. When the next pay-day came, however, they and the Gen eral were quickly separated. The Fourth corps, under General Stanley, was in Ten nessee, confronting Hood; and General Howard was in command of the army of the Tennessee; and on the march with Sherman to Savannah. ‘.‘The war soon closed, the members of the regiment scattered, and there is no re port yet whether the pork bill has been settled or not.” - PIANO AND SINGING LESBONS.-BIGNOR ;!• MJNO, laieMurical Director of the luliau Oprr» in. Now York, hae r> movi d to No 708LocuBt#treot toracr» wjtlt * Barnsley's Table Unena unit Napkin*. 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Mr. Trimi;fll, of Illinois, Introduced a bill, which •was relerred to the Committee on the Judiciary, de fining the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States in certain cases It affirms that repeated decisions of theßuprcme Court have decided that the judicial power of the Unhid States does not embrace political power, and declares that all courts of the United Stoics, in tlx; administration of justice, shall be bound by the deci sions of the political departments of the government on political questions, and that it rests with Congress to decide whit government Is the established one in a State. It is further declared that no civil Btate government republican in form exists In the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi. Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas and Texas, and that no Civil government in cither of said States shall be recognized as a valid or legal State govern ment, either by the executive or judicial power of the United States, until Congress shall so provide, or until such State government is represented in Con gress; and it is further affirmed that'the reconstruc tion act of March?, 1807, and the acts supplemental tboretufare political in their character, the propriety orlYallaTty of which no judicial tribunal Is competent to question, and the Supreme Court of the United States is 'hereby prohibited from talcing juris diction of any case growing out of the execution of said acts, In cither of said States, until such States shall be represented jn Congress, or until Congress shall recognize Its State government as republican in form, and all such cases now pending in said Court shall be dismissed, and all acts authorizing an appeal, writ of error, habeas corpus, .or other proceeding to. bring before the said . Supreme Court for review,- and ■ any case, civil or criminal, or proceeding arising out of the execution of said reconstruction acts, or au thorizing an appeal from a Circuit Court in a habeas corpus proceeding to the Supreme Court, or which authorize the Srfpreme Court to issue a writ of habeas cotpvs to bring before it for review any judgment of a lower court In habeas corpus, are hereby repealed. l-CIIMO lands, ■ Mr. Ramsey, of Minnesota, introduced a bill for the protectlou of settlers on the Fort Ridgway Military Reservation of Minnesota. To the Committee on Public Lands. ■FRANKING. Also, a bill to prevent the abuse of the franking privilege. To the Committee on the J udfeiary; A bill to amend the usury laws of the District of Columbia was Introduced by Mr. Harlan and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr.' Sumner, of Massachusetts, offered a resolution, which was adopted, requesting tho President to com municate any information received on the subject of the alleged Interference of the Consul at Rome with the late difficulty in Italy, and especially with the In vasion of Rome. SENATOR THOMAS. . The Senate thon took up the resolution to admit Mr. Thomas ns Benntor elect from Maryland, and Mr. Cole, of California, addressed the Senate in favor of the resolution. ' Mr. Dbake, of Missouri, gave notice that he would offer an amendment Thomas, having, yoluur tartly given hM, countenance and encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility to the United States, is not entitled to take the oath of offico as S' Senator of the United States for the State of Mary land, or to hold a seat in thlsJigdy as such Senator,. • Mr. Hendricks, of Indiana, spoke again in favor of the admission, and argued that Mr. Thomas’ act in leaving fhe Cabinet, becanso or a difference of opinion with Buehannu, jvas justifiable, and no inoro than Senators here ought to do, and doubtless would have dono in a like'position. Ho quoted tho linos cited in the House on the Brown cafe by Mr. Dawes, and in the Senate, by Me. Sumner, on tills resolution, commencing: “1 hear a lion in tlife lobby roar,” [Langtitor 1 He enid Uie Coincidence was. i .singular that the same ye’low lion was roaring at tho doors of the Sen ate ahd House of Representatives at tho same time. [Laughter.! Mr, Frelingucysun said perhaps it was no lion. [Laughter.] / Mr. Sumner— Perhaps there were two of them. [Laughter.] . • , ■ Mr. Hendricka said It was not for him to exproas an opinion; perhaps it was something else that was ro wing; perhaps.it was eomfethiug inside instead of ° U Mrf iWtoh.ot Indiana, replied, holding that the occurrences- brought: abdnt&'by gnch'raSn ns Mr. Tin-mss, were not tho result of. mere difference iof opinion. He rcuda letter written ( bv Jefferson Davis. Jnnuary 8, 1881’, three days before tile dite of the Thoinns letter of resignation, and which lie said breathed exactly ; the same spirit condemn ing, as it did, the weakness of President Buchanan as having done as-tptnch harm as wickedness could do. HO'fcam there was- an evident lobby movement to ss ■cure the admfsslon.of Mr. Thomtis, bat they had too many«£ Ms sort already. . •■ < ; Mr. Hendricks, of Indiana, said he was hero by the voice of the people of Indiana. and If his'colleogae (Mr. Morton) referred to him, that he (Mr. Hendricks) was here with the sambright that gave him hU sdat. lie would not, however, be led into any personal con troversy or language unbecoming the Senate of the United States. He was glad that letter had been read to inCet the charge that Mr. Buchanan had been In consultationwith traitors It was a vindication of hlmsclfund bis cabinet from the charge of having been in sympathy or !n counsel with the leaders of the rebellion. ’ - Mr. Morton said when the letter was written , Mr. BUchanan had ceased to be under the iutlneiice ot Floyd and Cobh and Thomas, and had passed' tinder the Influence of Holt and Stanton, and then It was that,Thomas left the Cabinet and Davis wrote that letter. • Mr. Fowler, of Tennessee, made some further re mark* In defense of hie colleague (Mr.; Stokes), and In opposition to the admission, when the resolution was laid over until to-morrow, to permit Mr. Johnson to close the debate. nouNxrna. On motion of Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, the Senate took up the House bill supplementary to the set for the payment of additional bounties, and con curred in the House amendment. The bill now goes to tho President. , PROCEEDS OP CAPTURED PBOPEBTV. Mr. EnKURDS called up the joint resolution to cover into the Treasury, money arising from the sales of captured and abandoned, property, and now in the hands of the United States Trwumrcr , , The question was on Mr. Edmunds* amendment to strike out all after the enacting danse and insert a substitute, providing that all moneys received uv an officer or employed the government,from captured or abandoned property, undercover of the several acts of Congress providing for the collection or sale of the same; which have not been already, shall bo immedi ately covered into the Treasury, with Interest accrning thereon, and that hnjr person converting the same to his own nsc, or refusing or neglecting thirty days after the passage of this resolution to pay the same into the Treasury, or who shall otherwise dispose of it, shall be held aa embezzling public moneys of the United States; agd punished by imprisonment not mote than ton years ana a fine equal to the sum so embezzled. Mr. Fessenden, ot Maine, professed himself In favor ot the passage of the bill, and had no objection to the amendment. Betook issnowith t.hevie«6of the Senators from Illinois (Mr. Trumbull) and Wis consin (Mr. Howe) that the law peremptorily said the proceeds of captured and abandqned property must be ■paid Into the Trcaflury. and subjected to a decision by the Court of Claims. That was the case with property abandoned or caotured in reality, hut he argued that such property must first be subject to the decision ot the Secretary whether it wta rightly seized as cap tured or abandoned. He defended the Treasury De partment In Its action In regard to this property at some length, and said he couldalmost say that, to his own knowledge, tho charges made against the Secre tary ot the Treasury were entirely unfounded In every instance. . On motion of Mr. CoNNESs, of California, at four o'clock, the Senate adjourned. House.— The Speaker proceeded, as the busi ness In order in the morning hour on Monday, to the call of States for bills and' joint resolu tions, ior reference only. Under the call, bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read twice, and referred, as follows: By Mf. Pike (Mc.).to incorporate the Washing ton and Norfolk Mail Steamship Company. To Committee on District of Columbia. By Mr. Eliot (Mass.),to repeal the act of March 2d, 1807, regulating the disposition of fines, pen alties and forfeitures received under laws relat ing to the customs. To Committee on Com merce. By Mr. Glossbreoner (Pa.), relating to settlers on. that portion of the Fort Kanuall military reservation vacated hy''General- Grant in 1857, To Committee on Public Land-. By Mr. Thomas (Md.). to fix the salary of the Collector of Customs for the Annapolis district- To Committee od Commerce. By Mr. Lawrence (Ohio), providing that Uniled Stales notes commonly called "greenbacks" shall not be exempt from State taxation. To the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Loan (Mo.), to provide leVees to secure (he lowlands of Arkansas and Missouri from in undation, and to encourage settlement thereon. To the Committee on Freedmen's Aifairs. By Mr. Wilson (Iowa), authorizing the United Stales District Judges in lowa to appoint clerks at the several places where the courts arc pro vided to be held. Referred to the Judiciary, Com mittee. By Mr. Lcugbridge (Iowa), relative to soldiers whose discharges are dated after their .actual dis charge, and who, in fact, served the lull terms of tli■ ir enlistment. To the Committee on Military Affairs. •/ By Mr. Hopkins (Wis.), a memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakotah Territory, for grants of land to Minnesota and Missouri River Railroad Company, to aid in the construction of a railroad from the Missouri State line to the Missouri river at Yankton, Dakotah Territory. To the Committee on Public Lands. By Mr. Bingham, to restore the . State of Alabama to representation in Congress. To the Committee on Reconstruction. The bill is as follows .• Whereas. A large majority of the votes given at on election held on the ■ —— day of February, tod*, were for ihe Constitution, presented by the Convention of the people to the State of Ala bama; and v iV/ia-cas, certain combinations of citizens within the State refused to vote, with intent thereby to defeat the efforts of the friends of the Union "to restore said State to its proper relations to the Union: therefore be it /;• julre-.!, By the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of tho United States in Congress assembled, that the legislature elect under the new Constitution of Alabama be convened at the I Capital of the State as soon as practicable, by order of the United Stales.military commander, within said State of Alabama, and that upon the ratification, by said legislature, of the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution of the United .jstoltj,.proposed ;; hyAhe jriiirf-y-ninth T --C-ispgTy.s-S(- and the establishment by law"of .impartial suf frage within said State, aa authorized by said Constitution of Alabama, the said State shall he. admitted to representation in the Congress of the United States, in accordance with the laws of tho United States. Mr. Washburn, of Wisconsin, introduced a joint resolnUon appointing the Secretary ol War, the Secre-' tilry or'the Interior] and the Attorney-General, a Board o£ Commissioners to fix and establish a tariff for. freight and passengers on the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads and their branches, to be equitably adjusted, ana not to exceed double the average rates charged on railroad lines between tfie Mississippi and the Atlantic north. ol SL. Louts, and providing that those companies shall hot' give, ex clusive terms or privileges to any express company, Mr. Holman, of Indiana, said that in order to test the sense of the House, he would move to lay the joint resolution on the table, intending, however, to vote against that motion. The joint resolution was la id on the table. Yeas, 13; nays, 05. On motion of Mr. Banks, , the Committee on For eign Attain-was authorized to report back at, any time toe bill concerning the rights of American citizens in foreign countries. DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATION RILL The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, Mr. Welker, of Ohio, In the chair, and resumed the consideration of the diplo matic and consular appropriation bill. The amendment offered by Mr. Bntler on Saturday, to provide for a Minister to Greece, was agreed to. Mr. Pruyn, of New York, moved to amend by pro viding for a Minister to the Papal Btateß, and spoke in support of tho amendment, claiming that the action of Conaress In omitting lor the last year or two to provide for that mission was founded on a mistake- Mr, Washburns, of Illinois, opposed the amend ment, and said that there was no mistake In the mat-, ter, that Congress fully understood it, and that the action of Congress was founded on tho conduct of the Papal government towards American citizens. Be did not think there was any necessity for re-estab lishing that mission. Tho amendment was rejected. i Mr. Williams moved-to- amend the bill" by striking out tho missions for Ecuador, Now Granada, Bolivar, Venezuela, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica,Hon duras, the Argentine Confederation, Paraguay and Salvador. Ho thought that a great deal of public expen diture might be stopped intbis way. One or two con suls general could do all-the business in those South ern and Central;American States, ‘The governments of thcse'countrfeß were anything bnt republics, and their peoplo were generally wild Indians. He pro posed to supply them all with consulships or com mercial ngencies. a , ■ ; : ' Mr. Washiiurne, of Illinois, said that he was ut terly Indifferent as to what the House should do in the matter, hot the Committee on Appropriations had re ported for Jhoße.mifißtonß_becau.se. jthey were now. Pro vided by law, and because those countries had their representatives in the Untted States. Mr. Hanks, of Massachusetts, opposed the amend ment. 110 conceded that there might he some ques tion about the excellence of those governments, bnt THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN.—PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY' frKBKtTARY 18, 1868. ministers were not sent to foreign governments be cause of the .excellence of thofeo governments, but because of international interests ' The discussion on the amendment was continued at some length by MePvs, Binlet, l’ike, Wood, Kelley, Logan, Mungen and Bigby. : Mr. Wood, of Now York, thought that neither in South America nor in Europe: were tliero caumries where Interests of the) {fetter fclater might not he lolled to exist. Be was the el ore opposed to curtail - ing the foreign mis Mona of (the govcriMWht; ■ He re ferred to Bncuos Ayres as tho seaport from which three fourths of tbeforeign bldea,imported into this country came, and where tnere wdrtextensive Ameri can inn rests, and so with reference to Valparaiso. Mr. Kem.kv, of, Pennsylvania,.Wirfharprisea nt his colleague offering tho amendment. He believed in the Monroe doctrine, and one, way of maintaining it was to keep able ministers in tnft'Oentral arid South Ameri can republics. , Mr. CriANLEfI, of Now York, preferred to have the 7 missions to England, France and Germany abolished rather than those proposed in the amendment. Mr. Wrei.fAWS, 'of Pehnsvl vania, read a tAble show - i ing the small population and Insignificant commerce of each of the Central . American States, and 7 argued that the people of those (states could not understand republics; that they could only he governed by dicta .torehips, and that irwas Impossible to bestow on that or any other race of men a civilization which did not lielong to them,'or was not evolved from their own character and institutions. Mr. Mukden, 'of Ohio, said he waß glad to see that the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Williams) had come round to his (Mr. Mnngen's) ethnological views. He Insisted that New Granada was one of the most important points of the continent, and in denial of a statement made sometime since by Mr. Williams that no Celtic people had ever established a republic, he instanced the Republics of San Marino, Greece and Borne, and asked what republic had ever been estab lished bv an Anglo-Saxon people 5 Mr. iWu-liams. of Pennsylvania, suggested the Republic or the United States. Mr. Munoen denied that, and claimed that the Celts were nt the bottom of the establishment of this re ubllc. ••••». Mr. Hionv. of California, opposed the amendment, and remarked that the people of the Pacific 8 tatca could not retnrD to their homes from the Eastern States without either passing through New Granada or Nicaragua. ' Finally, tire vote was taken separately on striking Out the missions named in Mr. Williams' amend ment, and the amendment was rejected as to each of them. - ■ ■ Mr. Brooks, of New York, moved to insert an ap propriation for the mission to Borne, and urged it, not alone on account of political and religious reasons, bnt great reasons of State. The Homan Catholic religion was spread all over tho States, and its priests were annually visiting Home in great num bers and receiving their Inspirations from tire Papal governments. Mr. Wasiiburne, of Hlinois, opposed the amend ment, and it wsb rejected—yeas 48, nays 6ft. Mr. Si-albino, of Ohio, moved to reduce the item for contingent expenses of State Department from §3O, COO to 818,000. ' . Mr. Honm'BON, of New York, Supported the amend ment, but suggested that the amount Bhould be at least §lOO,OOO, in view of the cost of defending the in terests of American citizens held as prisoners in Great Britain. Mr. Blaine, of Maine, opposed the amendment, stating that this item was for the secret service fund, and that the expense for defending American citizens would not come out of it. Mr. Looan, of .Hlinois, declared himself opposed to any secret service fund or to the payment of spies, re marking that there was now employed as a spy in the ciiy of hew York a man who was a thief.and peniten tiarv convict. The amendment was farther discussed by Messrs. Srhenck and Kelsey, and was rejected. Mr. Blaine stated, in further reply to a question asked by Mr. Holman on Saturday, in relation to con sular fees, that the consular fee* paid into the Treas ury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1307, was 3111,- 000, that tbc amount paid for salaries was §371,201, and for c-xchaDge §10.717--leaviug the net proceeds from the consular -ystem §12,090. The salaries o ■ the consulate at Paris were §7,081, and the fees §47,70 f the salaries at London 57..700, and the fees §38.500.0: Mr, 1 Wasrhurnr, of Illinois, offered an amendment requiring fees to any vice consul or consular agent ix-yond SJ,OOO, to be accounted for and paid into the Treasury, and proriding that no greater sum than 5300 shall he allowed for expenses of any vice consul or consular agent. Mr. Peters, of Missouri, offered an amendment to the amendment, providing that where the fees col lected at a consulate exceed $3,000, the salary, where it does not now exceed §1,500, shall be §2,000. JSoth amendments were adopted. “Mr. Holman, of Indiana; offered’ an amendment,’ requiring consular, salaries .to be. paid in lawful money. Rejected. Mr. Pike,-of Maine, made the point of order that the proviso against army or navy officers holding con sular or diplomatic position* was independent legis lation, and not in order in an appropriation bill. 'The Chairman sustained the point of order, and the proviso was struck out. ■ Afterwards. In the House, and under a suspension of the rules, the proviso was offered as an additional section, and adopted. Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, moved to amend, by striking out the words •’Commissioners and C'onsuls- Geperal to Hayti and. Liberia," and inserting "Min isters to Hayti and Liberia and the Dominican Repub lic." He said that Commissioners had no diplomatic station, and that no difference should be made be tween these and other governments. If the United States were to.hare Ministers resident anywhere, he desired that there should be Ministers resident there, so that those countries might send to Washington their representatives whowouiiljbe-entitled to the -ame diplomatic and other courtesies tlEStrottlSf'Muiisters resilient were entitled to. Mr. Brooks, of New York, suggested at the proposition came in rather late, and should.have been made as well in reference to the Sandwich Islands. The Dominican Republic was not entitled to a Min ister resident, being a place of little or no importance, The Sioux and the Potowatomlea were of more importance on account of their locality, and yet simply because there waa a negro population in those other countries the Gentleman from Massa chusetts wished to increase the expenses of the gov ernment by sending to them ministers resident in stead of commissioners. Mr. Basks, of Massachusetts, supported the amend ment. The amendment was divided, and the question was taken on substituting minister resident for commis sioners. That was agreed to. The next question being oil adding the Dominican Republic. Mr. Brooks opposed it, and said he lioped it would go forth to-the "world that the House of Repp'scnta tives had refused to send a minister to a coart repre senting the Catholics of the whole world: and was now, out of adoration to the negro race, proposing to. send a minister resident to a little end of an island where there were not as many white people as there were in the factories of Lowell and Lawrence, Mas-a - chnsettß. | Mr. Butler hoped the gentleman from New York | would permit every’ other gentleman to furnish his own motive for his yote. He was glad that a change had come over the spirit of the gentleman’s (Brooks) dreams. He was glad to see the Know- Nothing, the Catholic Church burner, the man who represented the blows which, under the ua.me.oi Know-Nothingisiu—had-murderedthe-otphan children of Catholics and sacked convents In Massa chusetts, now in favor of Rome. |Laughter.]. Mr. Butler resumed his seat, saying •’that is all." [Laugh- Mr, Brooks, of New York, replied that if the hon orable gentleman from Massachusetts had ever been ssociated with him in public life, he would have known that he (Brooks) had never been a Know-Nothing, or had even had anything in common to do with the Know-Nothing association. The gentleman himself or his people might have been connected with the burning of Cath olic Achurehes'and convents In Massachusetts, hut such nets had never had hts (Brooks’) sympathy. On all pecaßions, in public hhd In private, as every gentle man in New York -knew, he had opposed the Know- Nothing organization. While the gentleman from Mas sachusetts "was Consorting with Jefferson Davis, au;i voting from forty to fifty times to make him President of the United States, he- (Brooks) had been in the Whig organizaeion and in no other; tvhlle the gentle man from Massachusetts had been engaged In laying the foundation of civil war and in organ izing treason, he (Brooks) had been in opposition to him and his associate. My record, he continued, is clear. His is stained with, treason and with bloou. I was an Old-Line Whig,while he was con sorting with those whom he now bo often denounces as rebels at tho South, and was In close compact with many of those on the other side of the House, whom the Democracy ejected from its association. He has now become one of their leaders,, becauso none on t his side of the House would consort with him [Ap plause and laughter on the Democratic side of tho lionse.l Mr. Butleb again took the floor, encouraged by laughter and snch expressions ns “pitch in I’’ Subsequently Mr. Butler withdrew the amendment on which the discussion had turned. The Committee rose, and reported,The hill and amendments. The amendments were agreed to, and the bill passed. Mr. Belye, of New York, presented a potition from over one thousand tax-payers of Rochester, New York, tor a reduction of government expenditures, and that the taxes be taken off necessaries and re tained only on luxuries. Referred to Committee of Ways-and-Meanff; -T ■‘ B —■ ■ ; The bill in relation to additional bounties, which was introduced by Mr. Holman, of Indiana, at the July session, having passed the Senate to-day, gocsto the President tor approval.. . ..: Mr. Gkjswold, of New York, presented-a petition of Now York merchants in relation to the appraise ment of foreign merchandise. Referred to Commit tee of Ways and Means. Mr. Griswold moved to suspend the rules to ennble him to introduce, and have put on its passage, a joint resolution relative to the rights of American citizens abroad. Pending the question the House at half-past tour o’clock adjourned. rRENT. WITH BOARD. A SINGLE ROOM: ALSO. a vacancy for one table boarder, at 1200 . Walnut street. felß-SP BOABDINO, tamvuLAnvk, 1829 ~ CHAR,rER raRpBTDAL * ■■'■WWiJ!vIN'p3LJLB9- FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY PHILADELPHIA, Nes. 435 and 437 Chestnut Streets Assets on January !, 1808, f 3,608,740 09 Capital.., . 8400A00 00 Accrued Surplus : ' ...1,108,3*3 69 Premiums 1,164,816 20 UNSETTLED CLAIMS, ‘ INCOME FOB 1868 $33,623 23. . $350,000,. Losses Paid Since 1829 Over $5,600,000. Perpetual and Temporary Pollcie* on Liberal Term* DIRECTORS. ■ Geo. Fftlec 1 Alfred Fitter, Fras. W. Lewis, M. D.» Thomas Sparks, Win. 8. Grant N. BANCKEK, President *B, Vice President cret&rv pro tem. . icky, this Company has no feia Cbas. N. Bancker, Tobias Wagner, Samuel Grant, Geo. W. Richards, Isaac Lea, CHARLES GEO. EAU JAB. W. MoALLISTKK, fl Except at Lexington, K eat Agencies West, of Pittsburgh TAEL A WARE MUTUAL SAFETY INSURANCE COM. by the Legislature of Penniyl- Office, BJ“E. comer THIRD and WALNUT Street!, 1 '/Philadelphia. MARINE INSURANCES On Teasel!, of the world. On goods by river, canal, lake and land carriage to •aU nans of the Union. FIRE INSURANCES On merchandise generally. On Stores, Dwellings, Ac. .. ASSETS OF THE COMPANY. November L 1867. $200,000 United States Five Per Gent Loan, 1040*8 0301.000 00 120,000 United States Six Per Cent Loan, 1881 134,400 00 60,000 United States 7 3-10 Per Cent. Loan* Treasury Notes 62,563 00 $OO,OOO State of Pennsylvania Sic Per Cent Loan. 310,070 00 126,000 City of Philadelphia Six Per Gent Loan (exempt from tax) 126,625 00 : 60,000 State of New Jersey Six Per Cent Loan 61,000 00 30,000 Pennsylvania Railroad First Mort gage Six Per Cent Bonds.. 19,800 0 36,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Second Mort gage Six Per Gent Bonds. 23,375 00 25,000 Western Pennsylvania Railroad Bix Per Cent Bonds (Penna. HR. guarantee) T 80,000 (jo 30,000 State of Tennessee Five Per Cent Loan ..... 18,000 7.000 State of Tennessee Six Per Cent Loan 4,270 00 16,000 300 shares stock Germantown Gas Company, Principal and interest guar an tetchy the City of Phila delphiaTXTTT. 16,000 00 7,600 150 shares acock Pennsylvania Rail* road Company : 7,800 00 6,000 100 shares stock North Pennsylvania Railroad Company 3,000 00 10,000 80 ebarea stock Philadelphia and .Southern Mail Steamship Co 15,000 00 80L900 Louia on Bond and Mortgage, first liens on City Properties 201,900 00 Market Value $1410,902 50 Cost, 8L083.679 2« Real Estate Bills Receivable for Insurances made 319,135 67 Balances due at Agenciesr-Pre mioma on Marine Policies—Ac crued Interest, and other debts 81,101,100 Par due the Company. Stock and. Scrip of sundry Insu rance and other Companies. '85,u76 OQ. Estimated value 3,017 00 Cashin Bank 8103,017 10 Cashin £>r&wer 238 62 DIRECTORS. Thomas C. Hand, James O. Hand* 'John C. Davis, Samuel E. 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Statement of thuAafeto pf the AnaocIAUOB January let, 1868, published in romrliunootvßh the pro vUJom of an APtof Assembly of April ttni lMi, V/ 1 ' Bonda and Mortgagcsi on Property in Ihe.Utyo.f. of Philadelphia'only* W' Ground Uenta 18,014.88 Kc4l Estate 61.744 67 Furniture and Fixtures of Office.... -4.454) US 0. 8. 6 30 Registered Bonda 45.000 TO Oaahon band. . 81,873 11 Total - $1,228,088 66 TRUSTEES, William H, Hamilton, fiamnel Sparhawk, Peter A. Keygor, Cnarlea P. Bower, John Carrow, ' J«*ee Lightfoot, Georg© I. Young. Robert Shoemaker, Joseph K. Lyndall, Peter Artnbruater, LeviPiCo&Utf M. H Dickinson* Peter Wfllffimpon.' WM. IL HAMILTON. President SAMUEL SPAIUIAWK, Vice Preoident. ‘ WM. T. BUTLER, Secretory.’ - JEFFERSON FIRE INSORANCE COMPANY OF PHl ladelphia.—OfiicOt No. 24 North Fifths street, neat Market Street Incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, Char* ter Perpetual. Capital and Asaota, 816d,000. Make In hdi abco against Lose or Damage by Fire on. Public or Pri vate Buildings, Furniture, Stocks, Goods And Merchan* di l e.on(»vor»blBter.m. EECT()Rg ' Win. McDaniel, , Edward P. Moyer, Israel Peterson. Frederick Ladner, John F. Belateriiag, Adam; J. Glasz, Henry Trocmncr, Henry Delany, Jacob Schandein John Elliott, Frederick Doll, ChriatianD. Frick, Samuel MOler, „ _ George E. Fort, William D. Gardner.. WILLIAM MbDANIEL. President i ISRAEL PETERSON, Vice-President, PmLrp E. Coi.eman, Secretary and Treasurer, j ANTHRACITE’ INSURANCE COMPANY.-CHAR. Oifica No. RS rtroet, above Third, Phllada. Will insure agairnt Loss or Damage by Fire, on Boil* Inga, eitherperpetnallyor for a limited time, Hoiuehold Furniture and Merchandise generally, Alfo, Marine Insurance on .Venae la. Cargoee and Freights. Inlaad Inauratoce to &H jpapttf of the Union* Wm. Ether, . . D. Luther, J.E.JBaam, Lewi? AuaenrieS, Win. F. Dean, John R. Blakiaton, John Ketcham, Davia Pearson, _ v WM. ESHER, Freddent F. DEAN, Vice President. jaS3-tn.th.atf Wst. M. Burra, Secretary. mBE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 1 PHILADELPHIA. OFFICE —S. W. COR. FOURTH AND WALNUT STREETS. FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. TERM AND PERPETUAL. CASH CAPITAL $200,000 00 CASH ASSETS. Jan 1.1868 8409.639 13 DIRECTORS. F. Ratchford Starr. J. L. Erringer, Nalbro 1 PYaaier,' Geo. W. Fahnestock, , obn M. Atwood, James L. Claghorn, Benj.T. Tredick,. V<'. U. Boulton,. - George H. Stuart. Charles Wheeler, John IL Brown. Thos. H. MontgomeA F. RATCHFOP.D STARR, Preside?!t. THOB. H. MONTGOMERY, Vice President oc3o-6m5 ALEX. W. WISTER, Secretary. American fire insurance company, incor porated 1810—Charter perpetual. . .... No. 310 WALNUT street, above Third, Philadelphia, Having a large paid up Capital Btock and Surplus in vested ip sound and available Securities, continue to in cure on dw« llings, stores, furniture, merchandise, vessels in port, and their cargoes, and other personal property. All losses liberally andjjroggtig ad j listed, Thomas R. Maris, James R. Campbell, John Welsh, Edmund G. Dutilh, Patrick Brady, Charles W, Poultney, John T. Lewis, , „ ll'rael Mprrifl, John P. Wetherill. THOMAS It. MARIS, President Albf&t C. L.-Crawtobi>, Secretary. JjiAME INSURANCE CO, _ Btreet > PHILADELPHIA. FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. DIRECTORS. . „ ■ , Francis N. Buck. Philip 8. Justice. Charles Richardson, John W. Everman, Henry Lewis, Edward D. WoodroJß, Robert Pearce, Jno. Kceelor, Jr., Goo. A. West, Chan. Stokes, Robert B. Potter. Slordecai Buzby. FRANCIS N- BUCK. President, CH AS. RICHARDSON. Vico President WII.X.IAMS I. Blancuaui,, Secretary. 103,315 63 A MEKICAN MUTUAL INSURANCE. COMPANY.- J\. Office Farquhar Building, No. 228 t Walnut street. Marine and Inland Insurances. Risks taken on Vessels, —Cargoesand Fr*ighU4o-all-parta-of~tho. world,and os goods on inland transportation on rivers, canals, railroad! and other conveyances throughout the United States* WILLIAM CRAIG, President. PETER CULLEN, Vice President ROBERT J. MEE, Secretary. DIRECTORS. William Craig, Wm. T. Lowher, Peter Cullen, J. Johnson Brown, John Dallet, Jr. Samuel A. Rulon, William H. Merrick, Charles Conrad. Gillies Pallett, Horny L. Elder, Benj. W. Richards, S. Rodman Morgan* Wm. M. Baird, Pearson Serrill, Henry C. Pallett, ja!B $1,507,605 U des to ocai Bunting, durborow 6 co., auctioneers, Nob. 232 and 234 M ARRET street corner Bank street SUCCESSORS TO JOHN B. MYERS 6 CO. large positive t ale op British, french. GERMAN ANP DOMEBTIC DRY GOODS. ON FOUR MONTHS* CREDIT. ON THURSDAY MORNING. Feb. 20, at 10 o’clock, embracing about 1000 Packages and Lota of Staple and Fancy Articles. LARGE PEREMPTORY SALE OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS. NOTlCE.—lncluded in our Bale of THURSDAY, Feb. 20, will be found in part the following, viz : DOMESTICS. Bales bleached and brown Muslins and Drills do. all wool Canton, Douiot and Merino Flannels. Coses Checks, Stripes, Ticks. Denims, Cottonadea. do. Madder Prints, Kentucky and Corset Jeans, Wigans, ‘> s do. Ginghnms, Cambrics, Jaconets SUeclna, Paddings, do. Casriimercfi, Satinets, Tweeds, Waterproofs, 6c. * LINEN GOODS. Case? 4-4 Irish Shirting Linens, Ducks, Drills, Sheetings, do. Spanish, Bley and Blouse Linens, Hollands, Diaper. do. Damasks, Loom Dice, Cl.otfas, Towels, Canvas, Ihn laps 6c-. Ac. MERCHANT TAILORS’ GOODS.^ Pieces Belgian, English and Saxony blackvana blue Clotbß. ' , , t do. French Fancy Casßimeres and Coatings, Drap d’Ete. N. do. Mx la Chapelle Doeskins, Tricote, MeKqjw Diagonals. do. Black and Colored Italian Cloths, Satin do Chini-e, Ac. MMONS’3 BLACK CLOTHS. A full lino of J. Simona & Sodb* Black Cloths. FANCY COATINGS. An invoice of light mixt all wool Coatings.,, -ALSO- Pieces "London black and colored Mohairs, Alpacas, /rmures. do. Scotch Ginghams, Plain and Fancy Delaines, Poplins. do. Silks, Shawls, Honeycomb and Marseilles Quilts, -AL3U- French White Piques, ladies* and misses’ Balmoral and Hoop Skirts, Traveling and Under Shirts. Suspenders,. Silk Ties, Hosiery and Gloves, Umbrellas, Linen and Cotton Handkerchiefs, Trimmings, 6c. $431,177 76 $433,083 26 jal-tu th b tf LARGE POSITIVE SALE OP CAJ’.PETJnGS. Ac. ON FRIDAY MORNING. —Tcb: 21 at 11 o'clac::. Fino Gold Duplex and ethor Watches; Fine Silver Hunt ing Case and Open Face English, American and Swiss Patent Lover and Lepine Watches: Double Case English Suartier and other watches: Ladles* Fancy Watches; iamond Breastpins; Finger Rings.; Ear Rmfia; Studs. 6c.; Fine Gold Chains, .Medallions; Bracelets; Scan Phis; Breastpins;Finger Rings ;Peucfl Cases and Jewelry A large and valuable Fireproof Chest, suitable for a Jeweler;cost $660. k , Also, several lots in South Camden, Fifth and Chestnut streets. 1 ; "Q Y J. M. GUMMEY 6 SONS, • IHT* HandblUq of each profertytaued separately. , ,I3r QnAvtheiuana; copies published and circulated., ■ containing fulldeanriptiGhao! pibpertv to ce sold; as also a partial: list «f Ipropartycontidpnd fa «uy Seal Estate Roslster, and offeredat private sale. ■ ■ .. BF'Eales advertised DAILY In all tlie daily news papers. . . GALLERY,, 7" Gi H. nE^^'rEL’^ I «RAND t SpEniALBALE I OF BEST * QUALITY TRIPLE-PLATED WARE, IVIU tine piece at Bcptth! Art Qollaiy, icag Chestnut etreot ' ONTHURSDAYMOHNtNGNEXT. -February^-ao.atlOii-o’ckwkr^^bei-coiitinuodinthe^ evepingt,' at 7# o’clock,cOmprialng, af ull and general assortment of TeaScts,yunjg, 7cePitohere, Tray* ■Diuner and’Tea Caetdre, Cake Forks, &0,. ; EvcEy articl&warrantedcbtst quaUtyof Plato or no • eale. - INftHIttAJSCJE. ■ANY. NO. NIT 2 406 CHEST AUCTION SALES, AfICTJOR SALES, M THOMAS & SONS. AUCTIONEEBB, • Nos. m«nfi 141 South FeurttiMwsrt, ; BALES OF STOCKS AND REAL ESTATE/ Publiosaiea at the f hliadolpMfl Exchange EVBBg TUESDAY, at la o’clock. - ........ " of reach .propartyTMaea swarateiv. In . addition to which.wo publish, pa the Satnraat prevloo* to each snla, ono thousand catalogues, In pamphlet form, '■rfviDßi fnll dhjgcrlutioiw of allthu property to beaofd oa the FOLLOWING TUESDAY, and a Wit of Beal Eetate f at Private Sale. . ■ i r; W Our Sale* .are alao advertised in the following 'newspapers : North Amkbioam, Pstas, Ledoib, Iran an iHTsnunEMOKR, Inquirkb, Aot Evmmra Bcuumit, EVKNINO T F.I.KCiUAI’H, Gekmah DgMQCKat, dto. lay Furniture Salt* at the AncUonStore EVEBY thuesday. - ■ . . Hf galcß at residences receive especial attention* > ' RE4L EBTATE’s'AI.E FEB. 25 ' Orphans’ Coiirt of Marv Ann Fogei, doc*d. -GENTEEL TWO STOW BtIICK DWELLING, No. 3» Christian St. _ . • . ... ■ ; Exocutora’Snle—Estate of .Tohn Walker, doc'd.—FOUß THREE BTOKY.FKAME DWELLINGS, No. 1319 Adrian e root, north of FhoeiliY. 17th Ward, - ■_ , Peremptory ‘Sale—TWO STORY BRICK CAR AND COACH FACTORY, Washington avenue, east of ' Pcren ptorv SaIo—SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING AND. LARGE i,OT, Waehin*ton avenue, Tycat of Twentieth UufiiKEfis Stani>— Y BRICK BAKE&Y and DWELLING, No. 148Loinhard stre«.' : TBhEE-STOKY BRICK DWELLING, No. 338 Reed St ßra.Ni: 6 R Stanih-TVVO-STOBY BRlfck BTCRE and DWELLING, No. 705 Poplar at ... : „ MODERN ■THKEE-STORY BKIOKBESIDENCrE. No. 2313 Green street. ~' . .. ... . SALE OF THEOLOGICAL. MEDICAL AND MISCEL LANEOUS books titoM libraries; , ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. , * February 18, at 4 o’clock. ■ . Sale at Nos. 139 and 141 South Fourth street . SUPERIOR HOUSe HOI J> FURNITURE. FINE FRENCH PLATE M'RRORS, FINE VELVET. BRUS SELS AND OTHER CAKPETd. Ac., Aa • r ? ON THURSDAY MOWIiNG.. ... I , At 9 o'clock, at the auction room?, by catalogue, no ex cellent assortment of superior Household Furnlturrh including suit hahdsomoWalnut and 'Plush parlor Fur niture very superior Wrdnut and Cottage Chamber Furniture, China and GUeawaro Stoves, Beds and Bed, ding,Matrasses, fine Velvet Brussels and otlrcr Carpata^ &C " °' FINE FRENCH PLATE MIRRORS. e' - Also, five large and very fine French Plato Mantel and Pier Mirror*, handsomely framed. SALE OF A VALUABLE I PRIVATE LIBRARY. ; ON THURSDAY and FRIDAY AFTERNOONS, Feb. so and 21, at the auction store, commencing at 4 o’clock, a valuable Private Library, including many rare and choice works, the chief portion in fine bindings. Sale No. 1608 Pine street. - - - ELEGANT FURNITURE, TWO ROSEWOOD PIANOS, RICH VELVET AND BRUSSELS CARPETS. SEVEN HANDSOME MIRRORS, FINE CURTAINS, CHINA. * C ” *°’ ON MONDAY MORNING, Feb. 24, at 10 o’clock, at No. 1508 Fine etreet, by eat*- * logue, the entire Furniture, including Very elegant walnut and Brocatelle Drawingroom Suita, nondsoma Walnut Chamber and Dining room Farnlture, handsome Rosewood Piano Forte, by ecbomacker &Co a dO. de. by Meyer, seven very fine' French Plate Mantel and Oval Mirrors, handsomely framed; rich Velvet and Brussels Carpets, fine Urimccia Hall and Stair Carpets, handsome Lace Window Cur ains, elegant uhina Dinner Set ilcß Cat Glassware, French Mantel Clocks, Ornaments* Kitchen Furniture, Ac. May be eeen early on the morning of Bale. nr H THOMPSON A CO.* AUCTIONEERS, _ W . CONCERT HAIaL AUCTION ROOMS, Hl* GBPS'! N t >T streeFamd 1219 and 1231 CLOVER street. CARD.—We take pleasure in informing the public that our FURNITURE SALES are confined strictly Wenttroly NEW and FIRST-CLASS FURNITURE, aU in perfect order and guaranteed in every reapeot. ' Regular aaiee of Furniture even WEDNESDAY* Out door tales promptly attended to. SALE OF BOTERIOR NEW AND FIRBT-OLASB HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, SILVER PLATED WARE, Ac. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. Feb. 19,1868, at 10 o’clock, at the Concert Hall Aactfen Rooms, will be sold, a very desirable assortment of Household Furniture. comprising—Antique and modem Parlor Snits, in French satm brocatelle, plash, hair cloth* terry, and rops, in oil and varnished; Bedsteads. Bureaus and Weshatands, in Elizabethan, Grecian* Antique add other styles; Cabinet, Sewing, Dining, Studio, Reclining. Reception and Hall Chairs; Piano Stools, Eacretoiree* Armoiies, Muaic Racks, elegant-carved Sideboards, com bination Card and Work Tables, Turkish Chairs, nmrbtd top Etegeres, Whatnots, Library and Secretary Book coses, W.ardrobee. Commodes, marblo top Centre Tables* Extension Tables, pillar, French and turned legs. Library Tonics, Hanging and Standing Hat Racks, Ac. Alse, an invoice of superior Silver Plated Ware, con sisting of—Tea Sets, Urns, Ice Pitchers, Berry Dishes, Cako Baskets, Butter Cooleis, Ac, • By barritt & co*. auctioneers. CASH AUCTION HOUSE* No. 230* MARKET street, comer of BANK street. . Cash advanced on consignments without extra charge,' NOTICE TO CITY AND COUNTRY MERCHANTS* ON-WEDNESDAY MORNING. : Feb. 19. commencing at 10 o’clock, by catalogue, 1000 lots Staple and Fancy 1 ry Goods,BJea. and Brown Goods* Ginghams, Silecisfl. Cambrics, Corset Jeans, Wlgans, Sleeve Linings, Clothe, Caashueres, Satinets,Kentucky Jeancf,Ao. Also, Brown Linen Table Cloths, Shirting Linens* Bucbaback Towfls. Doylies, Handkerchiefs. Ac. 360 lots Hosiery, Stißpendtr4, Hoop Skirts, Corsets,Table and Pocket Cutlery. “Jrockot Books, Paper Coll&is, Shoo Luces. Nock Ties, Notions, Ac. 761otsReady-mado Clothing. • 75 cases Boots, Shoes, Umbrellas, Hat?, Caps, Ac. TYAVIS 6 HARVEY, AUCTIONEERS. U (Lato with M. Thomas 6 Bona) Store No. 421 WALNUT street FURNITURE SALES at the Store EVERY TUESDAY. . SALES AT RESIDENCES will receive particular attention. SALE OF VALUABLE .MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS* From aFrivato Library, in Handsome Bindings,: ON THURSDAY EVENING. At7>? o’clock, at the suction store, including Appleton*® EncTclopo?dHL, 13 vols,; Wright’s Ilistorv France, 3 Harper’s AJ agazine. 22 vols. :Muhlbacb*s Works; Waveriy Nov'el*. vola., Dlcxens’a Works, complete; and many other standard works. (I D. MoCLEES 6 CO.. J . SUCCESSORS TO MCCLELLAND 6 GO.. Auctioneers, No. Sos MARKET street. SALE OF 1700 CASES BOOTS, SHOES. BROGANS, BALMORALS, 6c. ON THURSDAY MORNING, February 20, commencing at ten o’clock, we will sell by catalogue, for caeh, 1700 cases Men’s, Boys’ and Youths’ Boots, ahoea, Brogans, Balmorals, 60. Also, a large aud superior assortment of Women's, Misses’and Children’s wear. To which the early attention of the trade Is called. TL. ASHBRIDGE 6 CO., AUCTIONEERS, • No. 505 MARKET street, above Fifth. THIRD SPRING BALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. Feb. ID, at lc o’clock.wo will sell by catalogue, about 1500 packages Boots and Shoes, embracing a fine assort ment of first class city ai d Eastern made goods. t<> which the attention of the trade la called. x JAMES A, FREEMAN, AUCTIONEER. . 433 WALNUT street INgTHUCTIOni pONVENT OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS, \J. ANl> ACADEMY FOR YOUNG LADIEB, ST. LEONARD’S HOUSE, CHESTNUT STREET. PHILADELPHIA, Under the Patronage of the KT. REV. DR. WOOD, Bishop of Philadelphia. The Religious of the Society of the Hply Child Jena irjfceud opening, on the Ist of February, ftn Academy fog Young Ladies, in tliu newly-erected building, lately pur. chased by them, at the comer of Thirty-ninth and Cheat, nut streets. Boarders ajrwell as Day Scholars will be received, £ articular?, apply to tho Superioress, Sharon, near Darby, Delaware county. Pa.,or 1130 Spring Garden street, Phila delphia. Jal3-2m§ HORSEMANSHIP—AT THE PHILADEL- PHIA RIDING SCHOOL, Fourth street, above Vine, will be found every facility for acquiring a knowledge of this healthful and elegant accomplish, ment The School is pleasantly ventilated and warmed* the hones safe and well trained. ' An Aftomoon Class for Young Ladies. Saddlo Hones trained in the best manner. Saddle Horses, Hones and Vehicles to hire., . Also, Carriages to Depots, Parties, Weddings, Sho Pi i'a K iStf C ‘ THOMAB CRAIQK ÜbOYMS, VAHiStnUBiIKBa, ftU. . TAMES & LEE ARE NOW CLOSING OUT THEIR eJ entire stock of Winter Goods at very low prices, com prising, every variety of goods adapted ,to Men’*-and •• = : - , OVERCOAT CLOTHS.: Duff ell Beaten*. Colored Castor Beavers. Black and Colored Esquimaux Blaek and Colored Chinchilla, Blue and Black Pilot*. COATINGS. i Black French Cloth. Colored French Cloths. Tricot, all colors. Pique and DiagonaL PANTALOON STUFFS. Black French Casairaoree. Black French Doeakinx Fancy Cassimeres. Mixed and Striped Cassimeres. , Plaids. Ribbed and Btlk*mßcedJ Also, a large assortment of Cords, Beaverteen*. Saa nettfl, and Goods adapted to Boys* wear, at wholeaalß ana retail by . JAMBS * LK*V Tlo» 11 North Second st. Sign of the Golden Lama_ n-J'O VEAv AJttgl MKAX’g Mwuf.ctarer.ot rx)WDOWN( £«* ;■ ~ . ~. ’ And^er^RATES. For Anthracite, Bituminous and Wood Nr* f' r p ■■" CHIMNEY CXSpST ! tOPAHWEBSaifg /'IOPAIFI NNKaUIP NOTICE.—WM. D. BTBQBD, M. \j V., and JOHN MAEftTON, Jw, have tufa day aaaov ctart d thenuselvea together under tile name of f; i - . STROUD &MABSTON, . ' „ , Toartaa General Agents of the New Endand MutaU Life Inaurance Company of Boston, Maesacluwette, In the . Statesof Mmyhkndaud. Vlrginia. omOE , 33NORTH FIFTI! BTREKT. , „ Thie Company has jiiat made a Celt* Plirfdcnd o£ $769,886 83 Tor 1887, which la now- in-proceee• of W™«at to ruembem. • ftl74gt4