BUBINES^NOTIOEB^ OH T® W«ban entire ?fEW STOCK OP AnreSh will™ of »>> «*wl.sorT«l»lr««ofb® . wwrWshadii . P APi R-HANf> INO. and ' irpllOLßTt lit TRADE. . ■W« be* leave to Inform onr old customer a and the tmo- that wo intend % givo our cnatomere the benefit of tho GREA ' T rhducTlON in tiib CUR °G OOD 8 , , A S» caSrinoton * CO. Avm.r of Thirteenth and Chcatnut. _. EVENING BULLETIN. Tuesday* February 18, 1888. If miI.HOAD ON BROAD STREET. Afl a specimen of “Legislative Snakes,’’ vnder the manipulation of Messre. Josephs and Adaire, the Bill, No. 303 House file, copied on our last page, deserves public at tention and consideration. , The Navy Yard, Fairmount and Broad Streets Passenger Hail way Company was in corporated May 16,1861, with power to lay rails on Federal, Wharton, Spring Garden to Fairmount,. and on Broad street. The •barter was purchased from its corporators for $3,000, and subsequently sold to the Thir teenth and Fifteenth Streets Railway Com pany, thereby preventing 1 the .building of a road on Broad street, parallel with their own, between Carpenter street and Colunibia ave nue. The charter might have been a “handy thing to have about the house,” but we are not quite certain it can be made available for the purpose intended in this bill. We have searched the reports of the Auditor General in vain from 1861 to 1867, and fail to find that such a corporation ever existed. .The act of 2lst of April, 1858, makes it the duty of the President or Treasurer of all corporations taxable by, the laws of the State to report in . writing, under oath, to the Auditor General annually in the month of November, stating specifically the amount of capital stock paid in, the date, amount and rate per centum of each and every dividend- declared, and when the dividends do not exceed six per cent, per annum, then to furnish at the time of making said reporta sworn appraisement of the value of the capital stock; Among the penalties for neglect or refusal to comply with this law, is one as follows: “Provided that if said officers of any such corporation or company shall fail to comply with the provision of the Ist section of this act during the monthß of November and De cember, for three successive years, it shall be the duty of the Auditor-General to report the fact to the Governor, who sAaii, there upon, by proclamation published in one newspaper published in Harrisburg, &c., &c., fiaily for two weeks, declare the charter of said company or corporation forfeited and their chartered privileges at an end." Next is the act of 4th April, 1859, which makes it the duty of “each railroad corpora tion” to make sworn returns annually to the Auditor General, according to forms he shall prescribe, giving in detail the operations and affairs of the said corporation during the pre ceding year, and such other information as the Auditor General shall direct These forms embrace capital stock authorized, amount paid in, length and characteristics of road, name and residences of the President, Officers and Directors. The penalty for every refusal or neglect to make such reports is $5,000, which for six years would amount to $30,000, quite a snug sum, for the treasury of the Commonwealth. Then we have the law pf the 18th of Feb ruary, 1849, that “if a railroad company does *h6t coinmence the construction of its road within three years, and complete and open the same for use, &c., within the time pre scribed by its act of indOrporation, then its charter shall be null and void." Oer ! talnly,with all these prescribed duties,and the pains and penalties of disregarding or neglect jug them, the conclusion is irresistible no such corporation as the Navy Yard, Fair mount and Broad Street Company existed; 'that it was a mere paper corporation, with out an organization, without capital stock, without an inch pf railroad, without revenues, and without either President, officers or Di lectors from its creation until the present mo ment. Precisely when the fortunate owner of bo valuable a property and franchise merged and consolidated it with them, be- I coming ! “Two souls with but a single thought, ; Two hearts that beat as one,” the preamble to the bill saith not. As the Navy Yard, Fairmount and Broad Street Company had neither President, offlcerSj Directors or corporate Beal, who acted for them in making the agreement of merger, as neither capital stock nor valid corporate rights and franchise existed, .what was it that became merged and consolidated? Independently of the question whether the merger act of 1861 applies to Passenger rail ways, it is quite certain that the law only gave the rightto any railroad company chartered by this Commonwealth, to its corporate rights, powers and privileges into any other railroad company so chartered connecting therewith." The only connec tion we can conceive of between these Railroad Companies” is by virtue of the purchase. Ifhowever the law means “Rail road Companies " having railroads connect ing with «|§ch other, then,as the Navy Yard, Fairmount and Broad Street Company has not, nor ever had, a road to connect with, it does not come withm the terms of this act. We need not here inquire into.the nature ®f the agreement madawith the Union Pas senger Railway, nor by what authority a corporation can peddle out . its. rights and franchises, if any it have, In detail —a square here and there—to any other corporation. Not ope thing required of this company by its act of incorporation; or by the laws of the State has ever been complied with. Ob serve the title of the present bill: “An act relative to the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Pas- senger Railway of the City of Philadelphia, authorizing the issue of bonds.” How per fectly -Innocent and harmless; one . of Mr. Josephs’ “little lambs with fleece as white as snow."' can imagine the gushing simplicity ■ with which he read the same in place in the House. We are sure that this title was never written, much less read, with iHe light—rushlight though It bo—of Bectioa Bof Article H of the Constitution of the Biate upon it, aa follows: “No bill shall bo passed by the Legislature containing more than one subject, which shall be clearly ex pressed in the" title, except appropriation bills.” The title as well as the bill should be amended, giving the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets Company, incorporated April 8, 1869, the right only to extend their tracks on those streets, as the same may from time to time be opened./ This much and no more. Defunct charters renewed, unlawful mergers legalized, unpalatable provisions and requirements su gared over or removed, new grants given by preambles, implication and ■ express words all in “one bill," is too much entirely. We re gret to find the managers of so well managed a company as the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets Company engaged in such unpopular and obnoxious legislation. Its best patrons are residents on Broad street,aad these mana gers are well aware of the determination of the people living there, as well as the desire of the entire public, to have this beautiful avenue kept free from tracks. They should hncta that the act of 22d March, 1866, pro tects Bii'o&d street against all such enterprises, and their own road, therefore, against all competition by any parallel road. The city has already appropriated the, street under the provision of this act as a public drive and carriage-way, free from railways, and inas much aB the Navy Yard, Fairmount, and Broad Street never made a location upon or appropriated the street for its tracks, or in any manner exercised the right to make it vested, we think the company had better save its money to pay the $30,000 of penalties into the Treasury of the Commonwealth. 0(11 PUBLIC! SCHOOLS. The, last Legislature passed an excellent law, vesting the appointment of the Board of Controllers of Public Schools in Philadelphia in the three principal Courts. Under the new law, the cause of public education has been placed in the hands of the best Board of Con trollers we have ever had since consolidation took place. The Board consists of active, intelligent, vigorous men, intent upon their duties, and already showing their efficiency by their attention to important questions Of improvement and reform in the public schools. The method of their appointment is popular, and there is a universal desire among the intelligent and respectable portion of the community to give it a fair and tho rough trial. At this time, when the new system is just inaugurated and is doing so well a scheme has been concocted by a little knot of hun gry and disappointed politicians to destroy it, by an insidious piece of legislation. A bill had been prepared, which it is. proposed to sneak through the Legislature, as a repealing clause to some bill, revoking the law of the last Legislature and throwing the public schools back upon the old system under which many incompetent and some dishonest men wormed themselves into this important Board. We call the attention of the members of the Legislature to this scheme. They should watch narrowly against all such legiß lation as this, and should be well satisfied that the will of the people and the interests ot the great cause of popular education are not thwarted by the manceuvres of any little clique of men who, for their own private purposes, are always ready to defeat any good object or to overturn the best de vised system. It is safe to say that the peo ple of Philadelphia are well satisfied to give the present system a full tr ial. The Courts bave made excellent appointments, and it is very certain that a return to the old system (would give us many worse ones. It is understood that one of the most active engineers of this project to destroy the new system is an individual whose merits were not sufficiently-appreciated by the courts to secure him a place on the Board. The city members of the Legislature are bound to pro tect the interests ot Philadelphia against al such private schemes as these. It is sometimes necessary,in order to secure some great public advantage, to invoke the interference of the Legislature in our municipal affairs,and it is to the Legislature that the city is indebted for the present excellent system. But when the aid of the Legislature is secured to gratify private spite or to accomplish private ends, at the ex pense of great public interests, it is not to be wondered at that the jealousy of the com munity i 3 excited and that legislators who permit themselves to bethus used are held to rigid account. OUB RAILWAY JUeUKKNAIJTN. TKe wear and tear of horse flesh must be I terrible about this time. The city railway' I companies, that economically make two I horses do the work that would be a severe .I tBBk for twice the number, depend almost as much upon human aid in propelling their I cars as they do upon the exertions .of the I poor, overworked quadrupeds. In almost I every square, particularly where there is au I up-grade, horses that are completely stalled I may be seen. The usual programme is to drive the poor smooth-shod creatures until even the lash fails to stimulate them to further action. and good natured passers by then take the matter in hand, and by vigorous pushing and pulling, the car is I started, the dasher is forced against the I legs of the horses,and the latter must move on I or be run down; the logic of necessity operates upon animals as well, as upon human beings; the horses go because they cannot help them selves, and bo the vehicle is got along to the I next sticking point, when the same ordeal is to be repeated. There is a hint given in the secqnd chapter of Pickwick which might be valuable to the owners of these cars of Jug gernaut, so far as horseflesh, is Mr. Pickwick had employed a cab to convey him a short distance through the streets of London. Having noticed the gaunt and shaky appearance of the -steed, be instituted some inquiries concerning his management; The-driver assured his querist that he seldom took the horse home “on account of his veaknesa.” “On account of his weakness," reiterated the perplexed Mr. Pickwick. "■* ‘He always Jails down when lie’s took out of the cob,” continued the driver* “but when he’s in it, we bears him .up werry . tight, and takeß him in werry short, bo as he can’t werry well fall down, and we’ve got a pair.o’ precious large ■wheels on; so ven he does move they ran alter him, bnd he must go on--he can’t help it.” 1 Large wheels foftn the one great thing needed to make city railway cars all they S>HE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN.—PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18.1868. should he in wintry, weather; then let the horses be borne up "werry tight,” and taken ifi “werry short," and no amount of “veak ness” or overwork will serve to justify a stall. I.ipplncott’s raagnsslne for March. The third month of Lippincott'a Magazine shows very decided improvement over the numbers of tbo two previous months. There le nothing startlingly fine in it, but there 1b not an artlclo that is not good, and there is a pleasant variety of subjects and of styles. Mrs. Dftvis’s novel, “Dallas Galbraith,” advances in dramatic Interest and hide fair to surpass all her other efforts. A story by Mr. L. Clarke Davis, called "A Wreck upon the Shore,” is weU told. Tho phrase “be tween Parker and l".(sce page 293) does not look well in a magazine devoted to “Literature, Sci ence and Education.” In the two proceeding numbers similar faults have occurred, which ought not to have escaped the proof-reader, if tbiydUl escape tho writers and the editors. ‘-'Love and Ghosts,” by D. B. Dorsey, is a plea sant little Btory, the scene of which lies in In terior Pennsylvania. “The Fortunes of a Dia mond" resembles something we- have read elsewhere, and Is probably derived from a iorclgn narrative, true or fictitious, of the last generation. In the article on European Affairs, Louis Blanc treats the Roman question as may bo expected from a French Radical Republican. His views of the Fenian question are less one-sided. An essay on “Culture,” by-Professor Wickeruham, is over didactic and dry, but it is thoughtful and sound. Apropos of Mr. Swinburne’s drama, Mr. W. Gill more Simms furnishes a readable sketch ol Cbastclard, one of Mary Stuart’s hapless lovers. Professor 8. H. Dickson contributes a first article, well-written and adapted to genera) com prehension, on “The Correlation of Forces;” a subject of remarkable interest, which deserves to be thus put before the public in a simple, intelli gible way. General John Meredith Read gives the third and last of his pleasant papers on the “Old Slate Roof House,” with an illustration showing its appearance shortly before it was torn down. In the article on “Ac Elastic Currency,’’ Hon. Amaea Walker shows some of the faults of our present financial system. Mr. Charles Astor Bristi-d (“Carl Benson”) contributes a pleasaut paper called “Two Alsatian Novelists,” referring to Erekmann-Chatrain, whose stories have become so deservedly popular/in France. There are but two poems in this number of Lippincott; the first called “The Crystal Wedding,” being the joipt production of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Btoddart, iu which they speak so warmly of the sacred and privacy of conjugal love that it is odd to se< them selling and publishing their sentiments in choice blank verse. Tire other pofem,.“A Dirge," by Mr. George H. Boker, is good enough and short enough for quotation, and we copy it: “Let me clothe my limbs with sackcloth and strew ashes on my head, Let me close the doors of mourning, let this ■wretched thing be said— Lo! the hearth is cold and nakgd, and its light forever fled! “Let me dig thy grave unwitnessed, in thelinger ing-wifiter snow, And cotoal thee as a treasure, so that none alive niay know ' What the world has lost, or whither its supremest creatures go. “I could never think thee mortal; when I looked into thine eyes, ; 1 beheld a wondrous vision through the gates of paradise— All the light, the life extatic, of the fulgent inner skies. “Nay thou art not dead as others: thou hast only lent Thy worth To make beautiful and vital what was once but eenselcßS earth, And thon’lt give its dust a spirit, an immortal second birth. “For since earth contains thy beauty, she has grown a holier thing; She will waken fairer, sweeter, in the coming days of spring, . When the early blossoms open and the wandering songs take wing. “We shall see within the violet thy glittering lids unclose; ■ In the lily-01-the-valley shall thy parity repose; And yet Inter thou ehalt triumph in the splendor of the rose; •So that men will say thy footsteps must have been among the flowers, And will fail to miss thee wholly, through thy gifts to nature’s powers, In the long soft summer moruiugs and the tran quil evening hours. ‘■Only I shall have the secret, and the fatal truth skull know, By this grave 1 dig to hide thee in the tardy winter snow— ' By litis vacant desolation—by tliiß bitter, endless woe!” The “Monthly Gossip,” in the March number of Lippincott, is belter than usual, and in all re ■ peels, as said above, there is decided improve ment on the former numbers. The excellence of the. typography, paper and general “make-up” bba. Champagne and Crab Cider. P. /.JORDAN. 226 Pear Btroefc. NEW* GRENOBLE WALNUTS—2S BALE* NEW Crop Soft shell Grenoble Walnuts landing, and for tale by JOS. B. BUbSIER & CO., 108 South Delaware uveouo. Overcoats at Low Prices. Overcoats at Low Prloesa Overcoats at Low Prices. , Overcoats at Low Prices. Overcoats at Low Prices. Overcoats at Low Prices. Overcoats at Low Prices. Overcoats at Low Prices. Immense variety Gents’ and Boys’ Suits at lowest prices for years. WANAMAKER & BROWN, The Largest Clothing House, Oak Hall, The Comer Sixth and Market Btreets. PENNSYLVANIA, SB. IN 188 NAIB AND BY THE it MBIT! Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, J. W. GEARY, Governor. A PROCLAMATION TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD For the Arrest of the MURDERERB QF JOHN CASEY. Wm:r.rAH, The’Senate and Howe of Representatives have* enacted the following Preamble and Joint Rcsolu : lons, viz.: “Joint Resolutions relating to the death of John Casey;” *• Whereas, During the hearing in the evidence of tho case of JOHN KOBISOtf venms SAMUEL T. BHUGAKT, one acted by the authority of the'same* That the Governor be and he iahereby. au thorized andlrequired to offer a reward of TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS For such information as will lead to the arrest and con viction ol the person or persons who committed the said offence, and that the Treasurer of the Commonwealth be authorized and required to pay the said sum out of any money in the Trca*ury not otherwise appropriated.** Ap proved the thirteenth day of February, A. D. 1863. And whereas, The reputation of the Government, the peace and security of its citizens and the obligations cf justice and humanity require that the perpetrators of this infamous crime should be brought to speedy and condign punishment Aow therefore , I. JOHN W. GEARY, Governor of tho said Commonwealth, in compliance with tho said Joint Resolution and by virtue of the power and authority vested in me, do issue this my Proclamation, hereby offering a reward of TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS to any person or peruonu who shall apprehend and secure fortrialthemurdeier or 'murderers of the said JOHN CASEY, to he paid upoD the conviction of tho criminal or c> finical , and I hereby call on all officers of justice and good citizenseverywhere to be vigilant and unre mitting in their efforts for the apprehension of the i*ald murderer or murderers to the end that the outraged laws may be vindicated. Given under my Hand and the Great Seal of the State at . Harrlnbnrg, this fourteenth day of February, in the of our Lord one tboiiflaud eight hundred andidxty eight, ard of the Commonwealth the ninety-second. JOHN W. GEARY. Dy tbe Governor, F. 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The man thines out vividly in every anecdote of the LrnGiiu 0i i lci. Po Beckman street,/ Nr.w Yokil February 17,1863. ) To N»:wKDrju.Kß.s: 1 take pleasure In calling the at- tention of NewHdcalcnt throughout tho country to lire Above announcement. U reemp to rue that theee articled will be caught at with avidity by all clawes of the reading public. Thoy are cbockfull of intejcat—equal to nny ?tory; tod will bo entertaining to every man and woman-to every boy and girl. The firri.of the aerie? will appear in the numbered the LEDGER to be published on Monday nest. .February St; -and N«w*4e*Jert : will please regulate their order* accordingly. The firet number 1/. willbc illustrated by an engravics of tho bou«r in which. General Grant was born, and likenesses of bis father and mother. Ills father, as will appear by hie portrait, and by those biographical sketches. is himself a man of extraordinary natural endowments and his style is cbaracterixed by great pith and clear- ness. 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JB, 4fternoon.—Consols 92% for money and account. Others unchanged. Liverpool, Feb. 18. Afternoon. Cotton buoyant; sales 20,000 bales. Uplands 9%@9%. Orleans 9%@9%. Uplands to arrive, 9%;, Cali fornia Wheat, lfis. Id. Lard, firm. Port, dull Bacon, 395. Common Rosin, 7s. Cd. Tallow 425. Cd. Antwerp, February 18, Afternoon Petroleum firm. , Brest, Feb. 18.— Arrived, steamship Ville de Paris, from New York Feb. Bth. Queenstown, Febrnary 18.— Arrived steam ship City of London, from New York Feb ruary Ith. - Catastrophe at IXarrlNbnrg. ISreclsl Despatch to the FblUdelphla Evening Bulletin.; Uakiusuuro, Feb. 18 —Lastevening a terrible affair occurred ip the hardware store of Anthony King, corner ofThiid and Market Btrcets«--'Ason of Mr. King was in the cellar, drawing from a cask some common coal oil—not ••Eureka” as reported. Betting his lamp down an explosion took place, on which the boy ran up stairs and gave an alarm of Are. The firemen soon catne and the flames-were extinguished. The store soon filled, with people, and it was supposed there was no danger, when p. second explosion of a terrible character occurred, blow ing out the back and front part of the bnildlng,' and destroying tbo floor. A terrible scene of consternation ensued, and a number of persons were injured. The following is a list of the sufferers.: Henry Shaffer, head cut and burned. J. Murray Mitchell, struck by timbers on the bead and side Andrew Schlaeer, head and hands burned.fi •George SporiEleriheadanafaccßnfhed.'' Samuel Lyon, Joseph Sheets and Joseph Mont gomery, bruised and burned in the head, face and arms. Bamucl Simons; cut in the head. Thomas Pass and Samuel Taylor, burned in the eye. William Pmber, face burned. Win. Broadbeck, head burned. A. M. Hess and David Sbnstcr, burned. Win. Manger, back Injured. Durby McWilliams, head cut. J. (ledger Ingham, side of head cut. James Jack, A. Bteese and William Lescure, slightly burned. Tbe building where the explosion occurred is a perfect wreck. The loss to Mr. King's goods, by wattr, ib heavy. Ills stock was fully injured. The Gettysburg- Lottery Repealed. [Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Eveuiog Geliy tin.. IJ-u-.uisiichg, Feb. 18, 1868 Governor Geary ha« signed ..the bill repealing tbe charter and con fiscating the properly of the Gettysburg Asylum Lowry, and the attention of the Attorney-Gen eral lias been called to the propriety of Issuing a quo icarrnnto Immediately. The hill repealing the Washington Library clutter, purporting to have been in aid of the Riverside Institute, is now in the Senate, and will be cnlkd*up for passage at an early day. The Judieiarv Committee of the Senate fouud that the management of litis affair was in the n sure of a lottery. All persons having knowl edge of the concem.or who have been affected by its operi'tions. can forward information to Hon. 1., It. Shoemaker, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Pcnn-i lvunla Senate. Harrisburg. Under the existing laws of the State, purchasers of lottery tickets are not liable tp proseeutiou, but are competent witnesses, while the agents who sell the tickets, or other persons who cause them to tie sold, are liable to an imprisonmeat not exceeding two years and a fine not exceeding one thousand, dollars. IVnvnl Intelligence. ISpcclul Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening bulletin. Washington, Feb. 18 The Navy Department reoeived despatches this morning from San Fran cirio, confirming the sad intelligence of the .drowning of Admiral Bell, Commander Reed and the'seamen who were with them, in Japan'. The faetsasaiready published are substantially eor ma. The bodies were recovered and burled near Yokohama, ‘ A Utter received by Edgar T. Welles, chief clerk of the Navy Department,from Commander Brown of tbo ram Stonewall, now on her way to Japan, states that she had arrived at Callao. Woatner Itcport. February 18, Thermo 9A. M. Wind. Weather, meter. Fort liood, E. * Cloudy. 46 Halifax, N. Clear. 30 Portland, N. - Clear. 24 Boston, N. Cloudy.. 22 New York, N. W. Clear. 20 ' Wilmlngtop, Del., N. : Clear. 28 i Washlmrtoc, N.W. Clear. 25 !Ft. Monroe, N. W Clear. -32 •Richmond, Va., N. Clear. 24 'Oswego, N. Y., N. Clear. 10 i Buffalo, N. W. Cloudy. 16 ! Chicago, • 8. W. Clear. 28 ; Louisville, E. Clear. 37 [New Oilcans, W. Clear. 54 IKey West N. E. Coudy. 67* Havana, N. ■ Clear. 73f i • Barometer—*33.24. f 30.80. Fire in Lock Haven* Lock Havkn, Pa., Feb. 18 A fire here on Monday morning consumed tho large tannery of C. K. Kankeyi The . loss is $7,000, uninsured. The books and papers were all burned. Marine I mi’ll igencr . 1 four Monroe, Feb. 18.—The pilot boat Mary land reports passed up for Baltimore the barks Adelaide, from Rio, and Crimea, from Liverpool, i Passed out the capes, ship John Clarke, for IJverpool; bark Clifton, for Rio,, and schooner !*• 9’ Adams, for Cardenas. ._•* dkjr% ’WuebiDgton, from Liverpool, has arrived. DISASTERS. Terrible Explosion in New Vnrk <*n-_ ! bor—several men severe'y i£ju r ;££ r I IFrom the N. V. 1 • ; Yesterday alternoon,-about U o’clock/as the ragboat James A, Wrlpht was approaching Wood mlf & Robinson's dock, foot of Congress street ;iaving in tow the. Norwegian bark Qangerroif! •iiT boiler-exploded, and - the-tup caught (ire' :3oth vessels were immediately enveloped thsteam "ind 1 smoke. The Captain, Silas A. Dakin. an.l |he Pilot, Benedict Fisher, with one of ; the crew ■■ .vere standing in the pilot-house when tbe ion occurred, and were thrown into the air landing on the deck of the bark. One man was tbrownaa high arflbe foretopsail yard of the Gangerrolf, and then fell upon her deck. The steaming Howard, .Captain Burger, the Staten Island ferryboat Northfleld, aPd the Re venue cutter Uno, Captain Thomas W. Leary, soon came to the assistance of tbe crew, and suc ceeded In putting out the fire. Captain Dakin and two ot the men were taken from tbe wrack to the bark, and subsequently landed at Brook lyn. ■ The,engineer, John Finch, and Thoa. Her ring,Jhesteward, were rescued By the ferryboat. OU6 lQft& ISlXufiSEng* •The engineer had one of his legs broken and received other severe Injuries,-and the steward sustained several contusions. The back head of the boiler was almost completely blown out. On elimination it wasfouna to bo an old one, and eight ont of fourteen of the' braces were de fective. t The wreck was taken in tow by the tug Howard conveyed to Jersey City. The James A. Wright had just begun the business of towing after having had extensive repairs. The engineer was brought to this city and placed In the City Hospital. , ' The Captain was veiy badly cut about the head aDd face,and severely scalded. He was insensible for some time, and when he revived asked to be takemto hlshomu.No 21 Essex street, Jersey City. The pilot, who was thrown into the rigging, re m.sined insensible at the last accounts, and it is feared will not recover. He also resided In Jersey Uty. Both men were taken ty the Long Island Col lege Hdspltal by ofilcers Rcllban and Kirby, of the Forty-first Precinct. The third, man, who was blown on to the bark, was not dangerously in- j ur ed, and left the vessel when she reached the dock. After the men were removed, the tug was towed away; The Gangerrolf, Capt. Ponlson, Is &om Bordeaux, and lies at Pierrepont's dock. cr forward deck la covered with the blood of the injured men, but shA was not damaged by the explosion. The nanu s of tbo persons on board the tog boat at ilie time of the explosion are Alonso Divcr. foreman, residing In East Troy, N. Y,, who was killed; Andrew J. French, engineer, badly scalded. He ■Was landed In New York, and conveyed to the, City Hospital. Thomas Abeam, the cook; who was blown on . the deck of the bark Gangerrolf, escaped with such slight Injuries that he was enabled to go to Jertey City. He now has charge of the wreck, which fs lying In Abe basin of the Morris and Delaware Canal. Heck hand William J. Cox, of New Hamburg, New Jersey, was taken bv a Staten Island feriy-boat and .conveyed to the Sailors’ Snug Harbor. His leg was broken and be was otherwise badly iDjnred. He has a large family. Accident on the Baltimore and Ohio Batlroad. fFrom thol’&ikvteburg Gazette,Feb. It.] The passenger trainou the Baltimore and Ohio Radioed which left Baltimore at 5.20 on Tuesday ' veiling, consisting of two passenger coaches tilled with passengers, baggage and sleeping-car, wheD about five miles east of Grafton, before daylight on Wednesday morning, while ronning at a sprid of twenty or twenty-five miles an hour, met with an accident owing to a broken rail. The two passenger. coaches left the trick, breaking their,coupiings, and went over an em bankment about twenty feet high, plungiug Into the Mooonguhela river, along which the road runs for some considerable distance. The lights in the cars were extinguished instantly bv the concussion, and the water, which, at tbe place of the accident, was about five feet deep, ronning into tbe cars against the hot Steves, putting out the fires and filling the cars with steam, to gether with the screams of the passengers, made the scene most indescribably appalling. Tne cars laid upon their sides, and the passengers broke out the upper windows and. crowded through, •those who got out the others through, and in this manntlFsracaped from I the wreck. About twenty pnsfengerSjdnclading men, "woman - and * chlidretf,* - were' some: severely and others slightly, but notivegwere lost. The injured were brought to GrafTOnv where those unable to proceed on their journey were left In charge of medical attendants. Passengers speak in the highest terms of the un wearying attention and efforts of Conductor Guilie. who was also pretty severely injured. Cuptain F. Lenerd, United Btates Army, Post Quartermaster at Fort Harfeer, was on board the train; and was slightly injured. Colonel Nettle ton, from the same place, was also aboard, but escaped without Injury. C It IIIIE. Attempted Suicide In McKeesport - Parental Interference in an Affair of Love. [From the Pittutiurgh Chronicle, Feb. 17. J Yteterday the usually quiet boro.ugh of Mc- Keesport wsb thrown into an intense excitement, by the rumor that John Merritt, a young man well-known in the community, and bearing an excellent character, had committed suicide by taking laudanum.' Upon inquiry it was ascer tained that the young man had’actually taken laudanum, but that prompt means had Iteen taken for his relief, and that his recovery was probable. The circnmstanccs which led to the rash act, tor which we are in debted to two attentive correspondents, appear to l>e us follows: .Mr. Merritt is about twenty three years of uge, and is employed as beater In the rolling mill at McKeesport. He original!)' came from the East, but since taking up his resi dence in the borough lias hoarded at thecorner of Market ana Third i-trccts. Shortly after his arrival in McKeesport, he rniidi: the acquaintance of a yonng lady, and the usual course of acquaint anceship developing into intimacy, intimacy ripening into love, and love resulting in a propoKil of marriage, was pursued. The young lady favored these advances, and when, the pro posal was made that the “twain should become one," she, as is usserted, accepted, and thus made her admirer happy. This happy state of affairs continued for some tme, hut, as the sequel proved, the lovers were to realize that the “course of true love" is not alway a smooth ouo. The consent of the parents of the yonng lady to the marriage was neeesbary.'and to obtain this the young man sought an interview. Contrary to his 'expectations, he met with decided opposition fron) the maternal parent, and a'aiersistent en treaty resulted in an emphatic "refusal; and a prohibition from visiting the house. The blow was a severe one, and had a most depressing,, effect upon his mind. He still entertained the hope, however, that the parental refusal would would be recalled; and when ever opportunity oflered, he gave evidence of his unaltered feel ings towards the object of his affections. But tbe hope at length appeared a vain one, and the more tender bis attentions to the soang.lady, the more decided became the opposition on the part of the parent., Yesterday .morning the culminating point was reached. He had labored to Overcome whatever the objections to him might be, but his efforts were in vain. He attended church, according to his usual custom,and seated himself in his accus tomed place, and endeavored -to forget his troubles by engaging In the services off the hour.' Shortly afterward the young lady made her ap pearance and the remembrance of, his troubles seems to have overwhelmed him at that inetaut. Ho arose from his seat, immediately left the church, and ■was observed walking hurriedly towards his boardinghouse. On his way thither he stepped into a drug store, procured an ounco and a half of laudanum, and thus provided, proceeded .home. On arriving at the house he bade the members of the family farewell, and In anawer to inquiries as to his Intentions, produced the vial containing the laudanum ana drank almost the entire contents before he conld.be pre vented. The act created considerable excite ment in the family, bnt as soon as they had rccovsred from their fright, the family physician was summoned. ■ The yonng man, in the meantime; had been,,convoved to his room, and when the physician arrived the proper .remedies were promptly applied. The physician labored assiduously with his patient until about six o’clock last evening, and at that time 1 no .apj?rehcnsionß'of“a enter tained. "As it-was the rash. Young man made a narrow escape, and It is to be hoped that he will not again attempt to take his own life. •Icit at EfAVBB de Gkacb,.— The present.winter has been one of the most fruitful for ice that ’we have hud for many years. At Havre de Grace the proprietqrsof the numerous Ice-houses which ’line the river shore above the 'canal basin, havh succeeded in Ailing them with thicker and clearer ice than ever before. On the Cecil shore there; are being built a number of new bouses, all of : Which the owners have no doubt of being able to.' fill before a thaw takeß place. The Ice crop at Havre de Grace, and on the eastern.shorb pf the Susquehanna opposite the town, is already jfiuch heavier than at any former season, and when the hew houses In course of erection are filled, the increase will be fgteat, The'Susqnehanuu is nqw THE DAILY EVENING BULLEITK.—PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18,1868. bridged with clear, solid ice,’fourteen to twenty liK-nca thick, and people aud vehicles cross at pleasure. Some entertain fears of a sudden break-up In the river, but wd have heard those iws so often expressed, and have seen the ice so often pass out oi the riyer with little or no dam age to any one or any thing,, that we do not share in the alorm expressed by others. True, the raQ: road bridge and the boom together oner an ob struction that never before existed, but’ the river !t e 0 Y e, F a P I to open below b» fore It does abovo, that there Is a bare chance for a gorge at.lta mouth, and nothing more. —Bel Air -EgU. dTATBOFTHB THERMOMETER THIS DAY AT THE BULLETIN OFFICE. tOA.M... S 3 deg. 12 M.... 20 deg. 2P,M....29deg. Weather clear. Wind Northwest, FINANCIAL and COMMEBCIAL. TbePhllodelpbia Woney Market. B*Je» at tha Philadelphia tJtock Kichan^e. rmar HOARD. 1000 City 6a now 103 6ah2d&3d St R 69 K 3300 do lta 103 112 eh Leh Navetk la 29 «<;« City 6a old 98X 200 eh Pcnna B Its 66* 600 Lehigh 6s Coin Id aeh do r 66k i/uu. r v dee bill 91 213 eh LehiebVal R 62 V ®* Go,d 'l 94 100 eh Ocean Oil 2.81 2000 CanxfeAm 6e ’B3 88>; :si>aY, February 18.—There is a steady demand for Ulovemed, and sales are reported at $7 ■ct-n.iw 50. l’rfces of Timothy remain as last quoted. Flaxseed comes in slowly, and is taken on arrival by the crushers at $2 70 ■ 6 *2 80. 1 hire is very little Quercitron Ilerk here, and No 1 rosy lie quoted firm at $43 per ton. Tbe Flour market present, no new feature. Supplies come forward Mowlv. the demand being confined to the v set.- of the home trade Small sales Supertinu at $7 so '■> $8 25 per barrel: Fxtra at $8 50a$9 50; Northwest J xtra Family at 810 fA'cill 50: Ri-nTisjlva. ia and Ohio do. do., at $lO 75(a512 25; and Fancy at $13:*815. Rye Fit or steady at $8 60 pet barrel. Iu Cora Meal nothing is doing. There Is vet; little demand'for Wheat, and onlv 1,500 h’ft he Ip prime Pennsylvania Red sold at $3 5V»3 57- }' hitc mav te qiioiednt $3 10@3 15. Kve Is steady and fn tnersalts of State .were made at $1 65. Morn is r.th-r qulrtrenfeeof 3 000 b shcls new Yclloiv at SI H5,l 20; tte i ifthels \\ hitetit $1 16; ;tnd a lot ot very prime mixed ttiptern ot $1 25. Onts. are steady at the lute advance, .with further sales.of Pennsvlv.nia at TStiSU'cents In Mslt no Change, f.roo bushels two-rowcl Harley sold at $2. provisions a e held bnnlv; sales of Mess Pork at 3a? 50: Reef llnm? at *35; llama in pickle at HX@IS cents; and Lard at 15 cents. Tike New York money narlteu C From to-day's X. Y. Herald 1 _ Frnnr ,t:v 17.-'I he polo market has b nllow, $1 16(a$l iB. Mats s’oady at 77@8(l Rye, $l6O fitjllt-. Baodih. Shonld-rs; laiifOia for Kib Sides, and 18 q@l3X for Clear Ribbed Pint's. • , ROND'S BOSTON AND TRENTON BISCUIT,—THB II trade supplied with Bond's BnttonCream, Milk. Ora re and Egg Biscuit. Also, West & Thom's celebrated Trentonfijas Wine Biseult by JOB.B, BUSSIER At OO,' Solo, Agents. 108 Sonth TRUawsre tsyaqno , < S A^'^Mo-BACBB„U7IffIPOOI i QBOyNDBALT • — i-t . . • : ; k- Aj “ • MEW TURKEY PRUNES LANDING AND FOR HAr.w jSIimJL ' E: BUSBIBB ft 00„ .; WB;Sou»OaUwaw PRESERVED TAMARINDS.—2OKEGS MARTINIQUE A T Tatnarlnda In sugar, landing and for sale by J. B' BUSBIES & t!Q„ 108 south Delaware avenue, uoaans. the etwaiinblps Palmyra and William Bonn. Her cargo consisted of'lKj 712 gallons refined petroleum, vnlued at4:!l7 jjuL The S P K reghtered 668 tons,' was built at Yarmouth, n b; in I*6*, where she is insured. . Brigßoslvu.Tuthill, hencoat Rio Janeiro 2d ult. and remain* d7tb, nnc. ScM H A Hunt, Compton, from Savannah 3d iu»t at Boston lHtb, Schr L Blew, from Boston forthla port, at Newport 15th Instant. ticbr M E Rankin, Bearse, (from Portland for this port, at New York yesterday. , The joint resolution was passed—yeas 114, nays 29. ' ■ ' On motion of Mr. Kerr (Ind.), the President was requested to communicate any report inade ‘“Tweuance of the joint resolution ofMarch29, ir 7i, e , ferc , Bce *° s Mp canals around the falls of the Ohio river. ■ • The House resumed the consideration in the morning hour of the bill reported by Mr. Miller (la.), from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, giving $8 per month pension to sur viying officers and enlisted men, including militia and volunteers, of, the military and naval service of the United States, who served consecutively for three months In the war of 1812, who were honorably discharged, and who at no time during the late rebellion adhered to the cause of the enemies of the Government, but were con stantly and continually loyal to it, and who can take the test oath, and who are in circumstances which render them dependent on others for support. A) r. Miller (Pa.) addressed the House at some length in advocacy of the bill. He claimed that not more than one-twentieth, or 12,557, of the soldiers of the class provided for in the bill, wera now alive and in such indigent circumstances as would make the pension under this bill amount to $1,224,072, but even supposing doe-tenth of them were in indigent circumstances, even then the amount would be only @2,449,314. Mr. Loan (Mo.) addressed the House in sup port of the bill, and claimed that it,was so just a measure that no member would dare to vote against it. Mr. Miller moved the previous question on the passage of the bill. Mr. Washburne (I1L) hoped' the House would not record the previous question, but let the mat ter be discussed, particularly after the challenge thrown down by the gentleman from Missouri (Loan). The bill had been opposed,-and op posed successfully for the last twenty years, and never had passed Congress. He had before him an estimate, showing that the bill would cost in the aggregate @1,720,000. Mr. O'Neill (Pa.) remarked that that estimate was made in regard to a totally different bill, a bill to pension all the survivors and their widows. The previous question was seconded. Mr. Miller being entitled to one hour to close, the discussion, yielded to Mr. Loan, who, in re sponse to a question of Mr. Baker (111.), said it was utterly impossible to state the precise amount that would be paid for pensions under the bill, but from ail the information accessible to the committee, it would not exceed @2,000,000 a year. The statement of the gentleman from Illinois (Washburne) was so absurdly ineorrcct that it was perfectly amazing bow he could be induced to make it. That state ment included all probable" survivors and widows and was calculated on the supposition that the average length of life of beneficiaries would be twelve years. Suicide of an Insane Woman. Arrival of a. Steamer* MARINE BUIiUETIN. POET OF PHILADELPHIA- FrimnAKv 18 FOURTH EDITION. BY TELEGRAPH. Kew Department of Government. SUPREME COURT INVESTIGATION RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE The Case ef indue Field, [Special Despalch to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin] Washington, Feb.' lB.—The Judiciary Com mittee did not consider JudgeFleld’s case to-day, but members of the committee state that a false impression prevails that the committee do not Intend to investigate any farther: !w„,i hcy „ st i c is DO{ 4110 case, but that the matter has not been followed up, for the simple reason that it hag been Impossible to get a quorum of the committee together, at least, to consider this case. Those who expect the case to be dropped will be disappointed.*' A Hew Department, [Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. 1 Washington, Feb. 18. The House Judiciary Committee this morning, authorized Mr. Lawrence to report a bill organiz ing a law department of the government. It pro vides that the law affairs attached to each bureau of the government shall be directly under tbe control of the Attorney-General, and not work independent of that office, as at present, J'JJhout belDg.responsible to- any person. The bill also forbids the employment of additional counsel by the law officers of the various bureaus to assist in cases before the Supreme Court of the united States,unless employed directly by the orders of the Attornev-General. Tlie State Temperance Convention. rspecial Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.! Habrishcrg, Feb. 18—The State Temperance Convention met to-day. James Black, President of the State Temperance Union, delivered the opening address. A. K. Bel), of Allegheny, was chosen temporary chairman, and Mr. Nicholson, of Philadelphia, secretary. The varioaß com mittecs were appointed. Addresses were made' bv the Rev. Thomas P. Hunt and Dr. Jewett. There was a large attendance, and considerable interest was manifested. meeting of tlie Deconstruction Com. niittce. Washington, Feb. 18— The Reconstruction Committee held a meeting this morning. The first proposition for consideration was a proposi tion to remove the disabilities of Mr. Butler, dunning to be a Representative-elect from Ten nessee, and suspending, the test oath in bis case, in order that he might be admitted to a seat in the House of Representatives. Mr. Brooks moved to include John Young Brown, of Kentncky, within the Bcope of the resolution, not because he considered Mr. Brown a rebel, but because the House had declared that lie gave aid, aDd countenance and support to the rebellion, and was therefore ineligible to a seat, Mr. Butlerand Mr. Brown thus being precluded lrom the House on similar grounds. Mr. Brooks’s amendment was rejected by a party vote. , During the discussion it was said that John Yonr g Brown had not asked to be pardoned. Mr. Brooks replied that waß true, but the com mittee., bad decided to remove tlm disabilities— from Gov. Orr, ex-Governor Holden, and nine or . ten others who had not made personal applica tion for that purpose. Mr. Stevens (Pa.) said the committee had acted too hastily on that suhject, and desiring time to look further into the subject,no additional action was taken npon It at this meeting. The bill yesterday introduced by Mr. BiDgham, for the admission of Alabama into the Union, considered for a short time. Mr. Stevens thought action ought to be delayed until they could get all the facts" He was rather ' dissatisfied with it, however, believing that a bill applicable to alt-the Southern States should bo passed, instead of acting upon these States separately. Mr. Btevens submitted a bill for the division of Texas into three States, providing that the Con vention about assembling in that State fix the ■ bonndaries of the new States; and further, that each of them have the same Constitution. He said he. thought there ought tos be four or five Slates carved out of the Texas territory, but would lie content with three. Mr. Stevens will report the bill to the House so that it mny be priuted and referred luck to the committeo for revision it necessarv. Mr. Higgins, a Freed-nen’s Bure.iu'offlcer, ap peand and made complaint against General Gll lem, in connection with a court-martial which ac quitted a man named Johnson, charged with the murder of a negro. The narration was listened to attentively, but led to no action on the part of the Committee. A Sub-Committee of the Ways and Means Committee is in session to attend to the details and phraseology of the new tax bill, which will not b reported for several weeks to come. XI.II) Congrenai— Second Session. Washington, Feb. 18,1868. Senate —The Chair laid before the Senate the resolutions of the town council of Washington, proving the revision oi the charter. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Mr. Cnttell (N. j.) presented, ho said, with reel pleasure, a petition of the anti monopolists of New Jersey, and also a petition of citizens of New Jersey and Pennsylvania in regard to dan gerous encroachments of the sea at Absecom Inlet. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Hownfd presented a resolution of the in habitants of commercial towns on Lake Michi gan. praying for the improvement Ot ffie harbor of New Buffalo. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. . - Mr. Anthony (R. I.) presented a petition of parties who shared in the capture or the rebel ram Albemarle, setting forth that they are enti tled to prize money. Mr. Grimes presented the petition of several commodores, praying that all the commodores on the retired list on Jan. Ist, 1867, be promoted to be Real Admirals. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Ramsey (Minn.) introduced a. bill to amend the postal laws and to increase the effi ciency of the postal service. Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. • Mr. Ramsey called np the House blit authoriz ing the Adjutant-General of New Hampshire to transmit free of postage certain certificates of thanks to soldiers of that State. ’ A substitute had been inserted making the-bill . general, to apply to all States. The amendment was adopted. Mr. Saulsbury (Del.) said, of course, this had nothing to do with the New Hampshire elec tion. He was glad the Senate had awakened to a realizing sense’of the services of our soldiers, who had been greatly wronged heretofore in not being allowed by New Hampshire to receive such certificates irce of expense. The bill was passed. Mr. Morrill (Vt.) offered resolutions directing the collection ef books and documents of the Senate into a library, under the direction of the Library Committee, and appropriating therefor certain rooms in the Senate wing of the Capitol. He said they were nearly identical with resolu tions bn the Bubject offered by the late Benator Foote four or five years ago, aiic) there was now no library where Senators could got access to complete sets of documents of the Senate. Re ferred to the. Committee on theCibrary. On motion of Mr. Wilson, the Senate took up and passed a- bill to reduce the oxpensea of the -War Department and for other purposes (hereto fore pubiislud), it having previously passed the Rouse. ■ ■ On motion of Mr. Wilson, the ( hill to provide . for a gradual {eduction of the military forces and to 'discontinue- certain unueiicesary,'grades' therein (heretofore published) was taken np and', passed. , The special order, the resolution to admit Mr. Thomas, Senator elect from Maryland, was . taken up. . . ’ 1 Mr. Johnson (Md.) had the floor to close the debate, but yielded teoJir. Trumbull, who desired . to answer some . remarks made ou ’his former spei eh. ■ .... Mr. Cattell, from the Committee on Finance, reported adversely the’ House hill forbidding tho designation as a public depositary of any Na tional Bank within fifty miles of a piaco where an Assistant United States Treasurer is located. 3:15 O’Olook.