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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”
<d this magazine cannot fail to nttr.ict the at ten
ion of all critics of Hie mechanical part ofiiKn;-
mrc. '
Larle A Sons’ Oreo,* Picture Sale.
There will be a sale of choice. pictures from
Eurle & Sou’s Galleries, in the Foyer of the Acad
emy ol Music, on the evenings of Friday and Sat
urday, Feb. 28th and 29th. Their advertisement
in another column gives Borne particulars con
cernii.g it, with the names ol many of the artists
whose pictures are Included in the collection.
This will be the first sale ever held iu the Foyer,
but mbetter and more convenient place could no.
be selected, The sale will he one that ought to
attract connoisseurs and collectorsfrom all parts
of the country.
Public Sales by Order of the Orphans’
Coukt, Kxroutoub, and others. Thomas & Sons’ S lie
Tuesday next, at the Exchange, will include the mod
ern Residence, No. 4312 Green, Store 705 l’oplar,
flakery 148 Lombard, Coach Factory and large Lot,
Washington avenue, genteel dwellings, 308 Christian,
238 Rted, 1319 Adrian streets. See particulars at the
Auction Rooms.
DOWNING’S AMERICAN LIQUID CEMENT. FOR
■ mending broken ornaments, and other articles of
OHass, China, Ivory, Wood, Marble, Ac. No hoatingje
qulrea of the article to be mended, or the Cement Al
way. read, for SUtloher.
MR South Eighth street, two doors ab. Walnut
«WARBURTON»a IMPROVED. VENTILATED
and easy-fitting Drop Hats (patented). In all tho ap
proved fashions of toe season. chestnut street, next
door to the Post-office. __ . selS-lyrp
ipiVE STYLES OF PATENT CLUTCH-BU AGES,
r which i equlre neither notching or fatting ol the
hut adjust* end holds them firmly uud truly centered.
1 very mechanic can ece.tho great Having of time and
labor thus effected. Hold with the usual kinds, and n
variety ofhitte RDd other tools, by TUUMAHLi rtli.WV,
No; flife (Right Thirty-five) Market street, beraw Ninth,
Philadelphia. . .
QMALL SIENOILPLATEfI FOR MARKING NAMES
O on clothing, hooks, Ac., with Indelible ink, brush und
full directions Tor use mailed free on receipt of $125. It
may be ordered in German or old Fngli h text, Bcrlpt.
Delian or Roman letter*. 5 HUMAN & B’l AW, No. 635
(Eight Thirty-five) Market street, below Ninth
■\TEAT WALNIih ToWEL RACKS TOR ATTACHING
IV to walls, and several styles of portable racks; for
clothing. Ac., with a full assortment of brans, iron and
brosaea hat, coat, wardrobe rod clothing pins, hooks <fcc.
For sale by TRUMAN A SHAW, No, 886 (Eight Thirty,
five) Market street, below Ninth.
T WAGNER JERMON,
tl f Attorney and Counsel at Law,
HAS REMOVED -HIS - OFFICE,
To 723 SANSOM street. fel6Jm,rps
TPOR SALE.—TO MERCHANTS, STOREKEEPERS,
JP Hotel* and dealers—2oo Cases Champagne and Crab
Cider. 2H> 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 <of the flitting mem bet of the Senate from the
Twenty-first Senatorial District, a certain JOHN CASEY
was examined as a witness on behalf of tho said John K.
Robison, the contestant, and the said John Casey after
waß waylaid in the county of Clearfield,
nod cruelly beaten and abused so that ho has since died
from injuries received in said beating; therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Jlepreeenta
tirex rif- t/icCovimbntcealth of JPennsvlvania in (general
'iUemblv nief. and it is hereby ei>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. Jordan, fcecretary of the Commonwealth.
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_ ' CIUARS ANH lOHACCO.
“MARIANA RITA.”
Our standard Havana Cigars under this brand, bearing
our label* and trademark (copyrighted), are made wholly
of fineit Vuelta Abajo Leaf—such ad iu worked only in
first'class Havatu Factories . _ ... „„„
Wc mxke a variety of Bizes,- the moat of which aro PC
1, ejed into grades according to appearance. Ano ina
tCße"Uhmina’thl“ta“i I d, “MARIANA RITA.”, W«u.e
extra inducement* to VLUUETOSONs!
No. 229 8. FRONT Street.
IMPORTED HIGH GRADE HAVANA CIGARS.-. WE
I still continue impoiting, direct,, such
as “Partaga**, 1 * 4 *Upmau, n **Cabarga,” &c. Offered at
loweet rates. gTE j, UEN FU fn;r/r <fc SONS,
* No. 229. South Front street.
IMPORTED LOW GRADE HAVANA CIGARS. -WE
1* still hold a supply of low grades; imported previous to
rVrfßtnt tariff—fluitable for retail at 10c Theao eradea are
virtually prohibited by present high. tariff, and are be
coming FU(SUET & . BONBi
- N 0.229 South Front atreet.
“MARIANA RITA.”
The Cigare manufactured by us under this brand are
bona fide vubstitutes for beet imported goods.
Tbo public may rest assured that all our promises re
specting them will be strictly fulfilled . ....
*Theyaroin all rcepectaox highest grade, and will be
U Tim coßtly°matorial uaed prevents tholr being very “low
triced;" but they undoiacll equal quality Clgani i.ti
ported, from 25 to J 4O per cent, (and even 50 Percent on
4ome blzch). which la an Import ant feature in their favor.
Smokcrß requiring atrtelly fine Otsara will Bee in thla an
inducement to give them a fair trial.
Wo aro aware that we have to onconnter much
prejudice aa «» tho locality of manufacture.
This we shall endeavor to combat fairly
declining to imltato foreign brandß in any rcepect except
duality and workmanship. Our object 1b to place
tho public Cigatß equal in all reipeeta to the boat-made
Havana —under an original and copyrighted brand, and
our guarantee. Wo are not afraid to lot thorn etand upon
their merits alone, and do not fear an unfavorable ver
thtir merits am c B , m , UEN yuQIJJfiT & SONS,
fciß-IOMpS No- 229 South FiontjStroet
TPUGUET & SONS’ “ MARIANA RITA ’’. CIGARS—
D Of finest VueltaAbajo leaf, equall to loading brands
of imported Cigars. At much lower figures. We ask a
“‘u'- SIMON COLTON & CLARKE.
■ felO-lllUpl ' B-W corner Broad audW alnut streets.
_«FT YOUR HAIR CUT AT HOFF’S BHAV.
s^ssssss^;
H Food; Pearl Sago: Caracca* Cacaor
J^SfEß'T^bfflNNf^outhweßt^oruM^o^Broaii
nod Spruce atreet. —t -
■ HILADELIIUAD* £*Am proprietor.
fe 6 -ta4rf 8 E Sto“ No. 12i0 Market etreot
GROCERS. AND
VrfnioAle. (lor lnvaUd«). couitantly on
290 pear.afreet*
Below Third and Walnut street*.
life FIRS AIITH.
EARLES” GALLERIES,
816 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia.
We would respectfully announce ouf
sixth and roost impoitant Public Sale of
Oil Paintings, the works of the most
distinguished artists, to take place In
the Foyer of the Academy of Muslo on
the Evenings of Friday, February 28th,
and Saturday, February 20th, at seven
o’clock precisely.
The collection will be arranged for
exhibition on Wednesday Morning.
February I9tb, at 12 o’olook, In the
Eastern Galleries of the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts, and will continue
on view until 10 o’olook P. M., and
daily afterwards from 8 A. M. until iO
P. M , with Catalogues.
Cards of admission will be required
at the door, and oan be procured with
out charge at our Galleries, 818 Chest
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BY lELEGRAPH.
ATLANTIC CABLE NEWS
liondon and Paris Money Markets
Terrible Explosion at Harriabarg.
TWENTY MEN INJURED.
NAMES OF THE SUFFEEEHB,
The Gettysburg tottery Repealed
Washington.
Death,of Admiral Bell Confirmed.
The Weather Report.
By the Atlantic Telegraph.
London, Feb. 18, Forenoon.—United States
Five-twenties quiet at 71%. Erie, 49%.
Pabis, February 18, Forenoon Bourse firm.
Rentes Strong.
Liverpool, Feb. 18, Forenoon Cotton firm.
The sales will probably reach 10,000 bales.
L«jM)ON,Ftb. 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>; <OO Feeder Dam K
teh Jiech Ilk 32 ;
BCTWEKt
100 City Ha new 103
1000 do c 103
1000 Ca£Am Ce ’B3 88*
2000 Penna 6e 8 eera 108 w
1600 Lehiah «e ’B4 68
MOO Cam&Amfle'gO
2dva 90*
600 BchNav 6a ’B2 7.*i
SEOOND
1000 City «e sew 103 I
1000 A Heir Co Cora 5s 74*
2000 W .Jcreevß 6a 69
200 eh OceatrOil a6O 2*
200 eh do 2*
200 eh do 1)5 2%
200 eh Fnlton Coal b%
Pjm.Anrt.ruiA, Tdcud»r. Fob. la—There la no Increase
in the demand for money. and no change In the rates of
dfrconnt. Ihe banka, in the absence of goad mercantflo
paper, are lnveating largely In the better claaa of Bond*.
1 he average rate for “call loan»” in 6 per cent., but we
hear of large «nma being placed at a lower rate.
The etrek market was very dull, withageneral Indispo
sition to operate. Government and State Loans wero
heavy. City Loans sold at 103 for tho new, and 98% for
the old issues, Lehigh Xavigatlan Gold Bonds were a
shade higher, and closed at 94 bid.
Beading liailroad closed nominal at 47 31; Penney!,
vanla'lteilroad sold at M.\; and Lehigh Navigation at
T 2. I .—a decline; 12d’., was hid for Camden and Anil.oy
ltallroad:s«MfnrMineHill Railroad; 67 for Norristown ,
' Railroad; 32% for Norlh Pennsylvania Railroad; 27% for
C'afawissa Railroad, preferred: and 27.'.; for i'hiladel
"phla and Erie Railroad.
In Canal Stocks the only sales were of Lehigh Navi,
gntfon, at 29-an advance; 22 was the best bid for
riel) ay Ik 111 Navigation Preferred; 12% for the common
»Vxjk ; and id for S uquehanna.
Bark Shares were steady, with very few offered. Me.
chanle’s sold at 32.
! Rasecnper Railroad Shares were not inquired after. The
, only transactions wtre in Second and Third Btrcets
< at MV %
j Jay Cooke & Co. quote Government securities, etc., to*
i day, as follows; United States 6’e, 188 L 1U%@112; Old
| 5-20 Fond*, 11U,@111%; New 6-20 Bonds, 1864, 108%@I09;
6-20 Bonds, 1665. 109%(gl09%; 6-20 Bonds, July, 107%@ll)8;
5-20 Roads, 1867. 108’,,@108%; 10-40 Bonds,
7 3-10. June, 107% .3107%; 7 3-10. July, 1<77%@107%; Gold,
14(V
i Messrs. De Haven & Brother, No 40 Bonth Third street,
| make the following quotations of the rates of exchange
tc-day, at IP. SI.: U. 8. 6e, of 1581, m%@112 ; do- 1863
111.%®IU\; do., lWt, 108%@109'„; do., 1865. 109?„'@10?%;
do., 1866, new, 107%iaiCi8; do.. 1867. new,
Fives, Ten-forties, 11H%@1(5; 7 3-10 s. June. 107%@107%;
Julv, 107%@1(r.%; Compound Interest Notes—. June
1864. 19.40; July, 1864. 19.40; August, 1861, 19.40; October.
1861,19.40; December, 1864, 19.40; May, 1860, 17%@17%;
. August, 1860.165;r§16M; September, 1865. 16816%; Oeto
'_hesJB6s, 15«55157j; American Gold,. 140.V@1G.'.; BUver,
.132<ai33%.
, Smith, Randolph & Co., Bankers, Id South Third street,
at 11 o’clock as follows; Gold, 141; United States
Sixee, 1881,112@1I2%; United States kivo-twentiea. 1862
lll.\@lll?i; do. iwi.109@M9,%; do. 1865, 109«a®U»V; do.
Jn1y.,1866, 1<B?.-@108; do. 1667. 108@108.Vi'; United States
Fives, Ten-forties, 104%@105; United States Seven
thirties, second seriee, 107%@107%; do. third seriea,lo7J4@
let',.
Philadelphia Produce Market,
Tn>: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<a*n very firm to
day. although devoid of a; er illative activitv, and it ad
vsnetd strauip. from 1407. at tlie opening to 111 s; just
nr.ortnthe adjournment of the hoard . Subsequently,
how ever,the price declined to MIX. The bulla endeavored
to n ake ca, ital ont ol the dccisiou of the Supreme Court
u tth respect to the McArdle ease, hut all such attempts
jo create u mountain out of a molehill aro ridiclilons.
Owing tn'the “short” interest having been considerably
fuel eased ni’ 111 n the last few days there ia a more active
borrowing demand for coin, and loans were made at 3. 4.
4X and 5 per e. u respectively for carrying. The gross
destines amounted tn $56,035,000, the gold balance to *l,.
2.;* K'de ui d the currency balances to $1,03.3 360.
The hank stab men; for the week ending on Saturday,
officially 1 üblleheC this morning, differs in no reapedt
from the ti urcs already published. These, although less
favr.iaMethan was g-nenlly anticipated, have had no
pereeptihie effect upon thotemperof speculation on the
b'Of k Ex char ge or up-n the views ef hank officers.
1 here u as a moderate investment demand for Govern
nrept securities, hut the market for them was on the
whole dull. During the morn'ng quotations Improved a
fraction, bnt in the afternoon thev weesteodv.
1 lie foreign exchange market eras quiet but steady, and
hsnli* rs'bill-on Ei. gland at sixty days were quoted at
liP ! , SIW7,; at three days, llOXfqlllO 1 ,; commercial hills,
h*. 4@Ufl.ti; bills on Paris at sixty days, 5.16@5.13'j ; at
thlee day s, 5.13X0 i 5.14 l i.
(From to-day's Tribune.]
r iui:i auv 17. —The Erie Kail.*.av Company, alter an
interval of five years, has passed into the hands of the
courts. Ibe proceedings, commenced before Judge Rar
nard. are to compel the settlement of loans made
with its officers, which, the complainant alleges, were a
brooch of trust. Tito loan in question is the one made of
Daniel Drew, the Treaonrer of the company, for which
he accepted, as collateral, convertible bonds at 60. ro
ceiying 7 icr cent on the loan, As a bonus on
the loan. the Trustees, gave the favor of
converting these bonds into stock, thus giving the
1 resfurcr. not onlv 7 per cent on his loan, but the profits
tnbemade on tlie use of 58.000 shares of the stock. What
this profit would be can be estimated by those conversant
loth the Treasurer’s profits as a speculator ip, and the
controller of the market for Erie shares. This litigation
is one in whif h all holders of share property are in
terested, and the courts eannot settle too soon the limits
by .which partis* holding confidential positions can
trade upon, the wnntß «f the companies whose finam
cml iD'erests arc placed in their charge. The Invaatiga
tionot this will naturally bring to light the history of
rtlmer.oud transactions in Erie stock, by which those in
the secrets of management aro made rich, the sfeot
flererc, and the property of the shareholders depreciated.
It is asserted that a legal investigation will show that
where Erie common stock was selling above par,
large sales weco made for the purpose of paying
for rears, engines, etc., and that upon a sud
den break in the market the stock was bought iu for the
benefit of the seller, who gave the corapanv a very small
proportion of the sales ostensibly made for its benefit.
he present suit is not a stock jobbing affair, but is
brought in the interest of holdors who are at a loss to see
why a Corporation which rcceivosover s!4,ooo.uiio per
annum yields no income to its shareholders, while its
managers and employes tteadllv increase in wealth.
The liatcst Reports oy Telegraph.
New York. Fobiiiary ta-Stocka lower,. Chicago and
..Rock Islaud.SS^rßeading, fI4X; Canton Company, 60ff;
Frt*. 78,1,: ClevelnDd and Toledo, 113; Cleveland and
Pittsburgh.9BX 1 Pittsburgh and Fort Wavne. tgJA; Michi
gan Central, llS^f; Michigan Southern. 93X; Now York
Central. 1713/,,; Illinois Central, 188; Cumberland Pre
furred 1.76. Virginia 6s, —; Missouri fia, 104Ift Hudson
River, 14tJij; Lnlted States tlve-TwenttevtSSS, HIM; do.,
1864, 109 :dq.,1865, lu93f; now issue, 107 J.; Tenuortlas, 105;
Seven*thirties. , 107 X: Money, 6 percent; Gold. Ml;
i xchange, 109’i. -
Nkw Yobk, February 18.— Cotton firmer. 23@93X.
Flour easier;sales 6,000 barrels at yesterday’s prices.
lV h oirt qniet. Corn easier; Bales 21,000 bushels Western,
St 2601 28. Oats Ann; sales 19 000 bushels Western, 83X.
Beef o; lot . Pork firm; Mess, $23 87X. Card steady, 14@
14V. Whisky quiet. '
/ BAUTOtonB, Febniary JB,-Cotton excited: Middlinea.
MkOfKt’Flour quiet Standard City Mills exira, Sin 750
#ll, Wheat steady. Corn firmer; White. $1 16C0il 20;
> 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.
<OOO Leh Vni R 6a 95
10 sh Girard lUnk 60
7 eh Mech Bk 32
1000 eb Ocean Oil pale 2%
1000 “h Feeder Dam %
100 eh New Creek
100 sb Bus t Canal 060 16
SO eh Hnrrteburgß 55%
BOAHTJ,
5 eh Mtnehillß 66%
16 eh LebVal K 62%
100 eh Readß 47%
lOOeh u do e3O 47%
6eh Cam A AmU 127
12 Penna R 55%
St. Louts, Feb. 18. —The ice gorged in the Mis
sissippi river at Carondolet,and betwee.n that and
this city, broke away yesterday and last night.
This morning the river is clear of ice several
miles above und below the city, and there is a
prospect of a Bpeedv resumption of navigation
south. Boats are already loading. The weather
is clear and mild, the thaw extending throughout
the west and a considerable distance north! No
damage was done to the shipping by the ice run
ning out of the harbor.
The report published here on Sunday, that
Win, H. Benton was about to compromise with
G. W. Pomeroy, paying the latter, some $200,000,
is authoritatively denied.
Explosion of o. Locomotive.
I.owkll, Mass., Feb. 18. — The locomotive Wm.
Sturgis, attached to the 9.30 train from Lowell to
Boston, this morning, exploded jqst below the
Northern depot, In Lowell, killing the engineer,
George Spaulding, and seriously injuring the
fireman. Stillman White. Henry Smith and Mr.
Welch, of Lowell, wer j injured, but no others.
The engine is a perfect wreck.
House.— Mr. Hubbard (W. Va.), from the
Committee on Banking and Currency, reported
tbe joint resolution authorizing the Controller of
tlie Currency, with the approval of the Secretary
'of the Treasury ,to revoke the appointment ef
receiver for the Farmers’and Citizens’ National
Bank of Williamsburg, N. Y., and to restore the
bank to its owners, provided they present satis
factory assurance that the public interest will bo
promoted, and secure full payment of all credi
tors of Ihe bank, and restore the capital stock to
its original amount. Kead three times und
passed.
Mr. Kelley (Pa.) offered a resolution directing
Secretary Stanton to transmit a copy of“the res
port.of Elliott C. Cowdea, Commissioner to tho
Paris Exposition of 1867, on silk and stikmanu
factuie. Adopted. ,
Mr. Butler (Mass.) introduced a bill to amend
tbe act establishing National--Banks,-rin reference
to voting by proxies, Ate. Referred to tbp'Cbra
mitti c on Bunking and Currency.'
Mr. Starkweather (Conn.), by unanimous’con
sent, introduced a joint resolution iipprooriating
$60,000, io bo used by the Secretary of State for
tlie relief of the personal wants, or for tho return
to this country of American citizens destitute of
means, who hayo been or may be imprisoned in
foreign countries without just cause, and dis
charged without trial or acquitted oh trial. The
Secretary to report in detail all such'disburse
ments. . \
He briefly explained and,advocated tho proposi
tion, and moved, the previous question, which
was seconded.
THIRD EDITION.
By TELEGRAPH.
FROM WASHINGTON
RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE.
Removal of Political Disabilities*
MR. STEVENS COUNSELS CAUTION
Proposed Division of Texas,
THE ALABAMA ELECTION.
BINGHAM’S RESOLUTION URGED
The Prospect of a Sufficient Vote,
Tbe BccoKstructlon Committee.
[Special Despatch to tho Philadelphia Kvenlng Bulietin.l
Washington, February 18th The Committee
on Reconstruction, at Its meeting this A. M.,
agreed to report a resolution in favor of dispens
ing wllh the iron-clad oath in the case of Mr.
Butter, from -the First Tennessee District, and
o’hcrs similarly situated, and allow them to
take the nsual constitutional oath. It is intended
to include in thisarrangcmentall persons relieved
by action of Congress from political disabilities
incurred by participation in the rebellion.
Mr. Brooks, of New York, moved to extend the
Eame privilege to John Young Browns of Ken
tucky, but tnia was disagreed to,only two Demo
cratic members of the committee voting for it. It
was agreed that the bill for removing political
disabilities from the ex-rebels whose names were
recently before the Committee should not be re
ported, for the present. Mr. Stevens was of the
opinion that further investigation should be made
into the circumstances under which these men
entered into and quitted the rebellion.
He said be did not want to make a wholesale
pardon of implacable rebels.
Mr. Stevens was authorized to report a bill of
fered in the Honse by him and referred to the Re
construction Committee, for dividing up the
Btatc of Texas into four or more separate States.
After reporting It,he will ask that it be recommit
ted to the Committee for further consideration
and amendment.
The consideration of the joint resolution
offered in the House yesterday by Judge Bing
ham, relative to tbe admission of Alabama, was
informally discussed, and finally postponed until
tbe next meeting. During the debate on this re
solution tbe fact was developed' that Mr.
Btevcnß and more .Radical members of the com
mittee who act with him are opposed to the bill
relative to the admission of Alabama, introduced
by Mr. Bbermon In the Senate.
The Admission of Alabama.
[Special Despatch to tbe Philadelphia Evening Balletin.l
Washington, Feb. 18.—Hon. A. Griffin, editor
of the Mobile Nationalist, and John C. Kefier,
arrived here this morning, direct from Alabama,
to urge upon Congress the adoption of
the bill introduced by Judge Bingham
yesterday in the House. This bill,
they . state,. will. give more. general.satisfac
tion to the loyal citizens of Alabama than the
one introduced by Senator Sherman. The latest'
returns from the recent election foot up
seventy-eight thousand votes in favor
of adopting the Constitution, while eighty
five thousand was the number required in
order to give a majority of the registered votes.
Messrs. Griffin and Kefier are confident
that if a fuir election had been held,
that fully one hundred and twenty
thousand votes would have been cqst
for tbe Constitution. They have assurances that
General Meade will open the polls in five coun
ties. In three of these no polls were opened
at all, and in the other two for
only two days. It is thought that a
sufficient number of votes will be obtained in
these five counties to give a clear majority of the
registered votes, if a fuir election is held and the
colored people are not driven away from the
polls by the rebels.
A Novel Newspaper Suit.
[Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.l
Washington, Feb. IS.—A novel case came up
to-day in tbe Supreme Court of this district.
The proprietor of an tvenintc paper here sues the
New York Tribune Association lor two hundred
ar d thirty-five doljare, which he claims is due
hint for furuishinw the Tribune correspondent au
ndvfiuce copy of the impeachment testimony.
The latter sold copies out to certain western
papers, for more than was paid for it, and it is
to recover this amount that the suit is brought.
The NliNsourt Stale Guard.
[Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bu'letin.
Washington, Feb. 38, 18(18*—fho House Mili
tary Committee this moraine decided to report
the hill which passed the Senate, placing ten
regiments of Missouri State Gnards on the same
footing, for hack pay and bounties, as regular
volunteer troops In the United Btatca service.
This hill passed the House at tlie lastsession, bnt
die not pass the Senate; but this session the latter
body has passed it, and it Is now before the
House, iina will, it is thought, he passed there
without any debate.
From ITllNNOiiri.
XL,tli Congress—second Session,
Washington, Feb. 18.
3:3d O'Olooic.
Pennsylvania. Legislature,
Harkibiuiro, Feb. 18, 1868.
Sknate. Mr. Ridgway presented three re
monstrances against any Passenger Railway on
Twelfth and Sixteenth streets.
Mr. Ridgway made a statement in effect that
there was not the least possibility of the passige
of any such bill. He desired to apprise the
people of this fact. All four of the Philadelphia
Senators were opposed to a railroad on Twelfth
and Sixteenth streets, and such a load would not
be chartered this eession.
Mr. Shoemaker presented a petition in favor of
allowing cripples to peddle goods.
Mr. MeConanghy, from the dentists of Pitts-
burgh, in fBVor of.regulating the practice of den
tistry by requiring diplomas.
The Local Judiciary Committee reported on
the act prohibiting turnpike companies from
erecting gates in the roadway.
The Corporation Committee reported an act
for the piotcetion of farmers occupying streets
in Philadelphia: •
The Road and Bridge Committee reported an
act providing for macadamizing roads in the
rural districts on the petition of a majority of
the property- holders.
The following bills were introduced :
Mr. Connell, one incorporating the West
Philadelphia Mutual Association.
Mr. McCandless, one exempting the property
of the Boarding Heme for Young Women from
taxation.
Mr. Fisher, of Lancaster, one instructing the
Governor, Auditor-General. Adjutant-General
and State Treasurer to ascertain whether the hotel
at Ephrata mountain springs can be purchased
for a Soldiers’ asylum, and report to the next
Legislature. Referred to the Finance Committee.
Mr. Randal], of Schuylkill, one for the adjust
ment of the claims of" Washington Reifsnyder.
Mr. Nagle, one incorporating the Twenty
fourth Ward Market Company.
Mri Errett, one defining the duties and fixing
the number and salaries of officers of the Legisla
ture.
An act creating the new county of Petroleum
■was defeated last week.
Mr. Billingfelt, of Lancaster, to-day moved to
reconsider the vote by which it was defeated,
which was agreed to, and the bill was postponed.
The following bills were called up by the Sena
tors named, and disposed of as stated:
Mr. Connell, one authorizing the Court of
Common Pit as to appoint a School Controller
for the 28lh section. " This was amended by Mr.
Connell by substituting “District Court" for the
Common Pleas, and by allowing the directors
elected for the Twenty-first Ward, but who now
.reside in the Twenty-eighth, to fill their respective
terms This bill, which has also passed the
House, was passed.
Mr. Linderman, the House bill authorizing the
Hill town and Sellersville Turnpike Company to
increase its tolls. Passed.
Mr. Ridgway, of Philadelphia,, called up the
act providing for a final adjournment on March
25th. This resolution, ns originally passed by the
House, provided for an adjournment on March
16lh, but the Senate committee amended by fix
ing the 25th. The resolution was postponed for
the present by a vote of 20 ayes to 10 noes.
Irani West Virginia.
WEUi.snrn<;ii, February 18th.— The Bishop
Campbell will ease, Involving half a million dol
lars, was commenced this morning. The best
legal talent of tbecOHntryis employed, includ
ing Judge Black, General Garfield, Hon.
Benjamin Stanton, Hon. G.W.McCook and Hon.
Wm. Kennon.
Postage to tbo Past Indies.
Washington,. Feb. 18—Notice has been given
by the British Postal Department that ou and
from the Ist of March next the single rate of
postage for letters between the United States and
the East Indies, via England, will be 28 cents per
half ounce, when forwarded for transmission via
Southampton, and 36 cents when intended to be
sent via Marseilles.- Prepayment compulsory.
Pkmiikokk, Ontario, Feb. 18. —An insane
woman named Weaver,confined in jail here for the
murder of her five children, hung herself to the
grate over her ceil door last night, and when dis
covered was entirely lifeless.
Boston. Feb. 18.—Arrived—the Tripolo, from
Liverpool.
I3W See Marine Bulletin on Sixth J’aoe.
Correspondence of the Philadelphia Exchange.
. L< WES, Dzl.. Fob. 16-6 PM
Die following vessel* b'Mind to Philadelphia have ar.
rived at the breakwater Hince last report: Ship Stratford,,
from Liverpool; bark. Sara bhepparo, f om Cicnfuegori;
bn? G vv Ghaxc, from M&tanziu); schrs Mary E Long,
from do, and Sibyl, from Jamaica.
The tug* Dupont and Rrereton l“ft the Breakwater
yreterdav morning for Philadelphia, taking in tow brig
Plying ('loud, from Rio, and several schooners.
Your* Ac. JOSEPH LAFETRA
, , ' • MEMORANDA.
Ship Magnet, Crosby, from Whanipoa 38th Oct at New
York yesterday.
Bark Slcaco, wortinger, at Rio Janeiro 7th ult. for this
p<5M. ■ *
Bark BeesleNorlh; Foye, hence ht inafc.
Bark 'Wavelet, BrJtiain, from Antwerp for Havana, put
into Dover 4th Inst. v ith port of her crow in a mutinous
BtHte, and with los» of seme sails.
Bark Fannie Carver, 63 days from Montevideo, with
bides, at New York yesterday.
B\l? Mary (ICopKry, Oomyry, Id davsfrom Apalachi
cola. at New York v» sterday.
Bri* Nozarino, Murphy, hence nt B»irbado» 12th ult.
Brig Ruth. McLearu, Pence a? Barbados 17th nit. •
Hiig \V B Forrest Conley, hone* at Barbados 23d ulfc.
Brig S I) Rverson <of Yarmouth, NS). -Raymond, from
Philadelphia Sfith ult. for Antwerp, was fallen in with on
the 12th met, in a sinking coodilion; crew taken off, hut
previous to leaving her ebo was set on fire, And waa no
d.out t the vrwtl seen off Cape B*ble b> 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.