isubjlm Kata . woracusa “ l AVEfcil' *N Hul«F, BOSTON. MAB3.—Th« batblngroom*, water elwcto. *e. at tLV*»tSic of TofU’ magnificent pawemter elevatoraithe eonveyegucala .to the upper etory of ISSSnJo In onomlnute; the entries have boon "ef if " u n d and tW entire house thoroughJy wP'M'- j-Sm SON, Proprietor KEWiiY IMPROVED CRB3- Mcdal . d EVENING BULLETIN. r~" WedncsllaTi rebnuury 19, 1868. THK CITV ICE BOAT*' , ijjjg experience of many severe winters de monstrates two facta concerning the port of Philadelphia. One is that it can always be kept open by the of proper ice-boats, and the other, that a single boat is utterly inade quate for the purpose. Since the ice-boat got to work, this winter, it has done good service to the extent of its capacity; but there has still been 1 a great interruption ot trade, and yesterday the boat was compelled to haul oil for repairs, in consequence of the hard work of breaking a clianhel to the sea for the ice bound fleet of steamers and sailing vessels which sailed from this port on Sunday lash It would seem unnecessary to discuss the importance of keeping the Delaware and Schuylkill riversopen during the winter,were there not such a hesitation about providing adequate boats. The whole commercial in terests of Philadelplila and Pennsylvania are paralyzed by the closing of this port by ice- The enormous coal traffic is arrested, arid our Mew England customers are driven to de vising railroad lines to bring them their sup plies directly irom tbe mines, without coming to Philadelphia at all.. The constantly in creasing trade in petroleum suffers in the same way. The commerce of the port, which gives employment and business to such various branches of industry, is suspended. The whole , business credit ot the city iB involved in this one question of an open port, and yet the means to secure these great advantages have never yet been fur nished. ... The Ice Boat Committee of Councils have determined to report in favor of another boat, and there should be no unnecessary delay in constructing it. A second powerful ice-boat, imt built of iron, which Judges in and yields to strong ice instead of breaking through it, but of strong timbers whose weight will crash all resistance, would not be all that is needed, but would ordinarily prevent a total cessation of river travel. A single boat can not break the ice and tow vessels at the same time. It needs at least two boats to do the service efficiently., And then there should be a third boat, supported at the ex pense of the State, which could keep the Schuylkill open and also c6-operate with the other two. For it is not Philadelphia alone that is interested in keeping these avenues to the ocean open. All the great mineral and agricultural interests of the State are directly concerned. The State of Maryland under stands and acts upon this principle, and while Baltimore maintains one ice-boat in her har bor, the State supports another. Every commercial and financial in terest Of the city and the State 'calls for prompt, Wj} 01 } !-? *¥» matter. Jo\ about $1 fid,MO, if fairly ex ptodfcu, an efficient ice-breaker can be built, and be ready for service before next winter. It will be money well spent, and the whole community will feel the benefit of having the port of Philadelphia, kept certainly open to trade and travel at all seasons of the year. If the matter comes before Councils to morrow we hope that it will meet with a cor di4 reception and vigorous action. \ TBB BLUE-NOHG RtBELHOS. A divorce case in the honey-moon would hardly be more remarkable than the present quarrel between Nova Scotia and the new Dominion of Canada. The recent union, so- called, of the British Provinces, was, after all, only a mariagc de convenanco, in which, after the French fashion, neither one of the parties was consulted. It was all arranged in Montreal, Toronto, and finally in London. The virgin, free, < independent, rich and prosperous province of Nova Scotia found heTself suddenly deprived, of her free- dom, and made part of a cumbersome, com plicated and costly contrivance called a Dominion, which is neither a Republic nor p Kingdom, which can never have a position as a nation,and which seems only to have been 1 made for the sake of furnishing afresh lot of offices, to be filled by political pets, who are to be paid by fresh taxation of the people who were never consulted the new government. Any one looking at a map of North Ame rica will see that Nova Beotia, being almost insular, could not decently, naturally or geo graphically, be regarded as an appendage of a remote interior province. There was nothing in common between Nova Scotia and Canada, except that they belonged to Great Pritain- The Canadians. occupied a vast ter ritory, capable of holding a'large population, but without an extensive oeean frontier. Their pursuits were mainly agricultural and commercial. One-half, at least, of the inhabi tahts of Canada were not British by birth and feeling; for if the French, the Irish and the malcontents of other races in Upper and Lower Canada, could be counted, the rest of the population would scarcely be half of what is reported as the whole popula tion. The people of Nova Scotia, on the other hand,' are much, more nearly homoge neous. At any rate, in spite of the mixture of races among them, their geographical po sition has created among them a common feeling which is akin to that of a common race. Call them Nova Scotians, or Provin cial?, or Blue-Noses, or what you will, still they have a kind of pride of country, that comes as near to making what is recognized as patriotism as can be found in a country that ie a dependency of another. Without consulting the people of Nova SCblia, a few politicians Intrigued with poli ticians in Canada and in England, and, de priving them of the little iudepen 'enee theyj possessed, made their country an insignificimt member of a newly invented government,^!! like of -which was never seen before. Tho chief executive was to reside away in ihe in tcrior of Canada. There, too, -a Parliament was to sit, to legislate upon tariffs and other subjects that they have been used to regulate at home. But worst of all, in addition to the expenses of their local government, they were to be taxed to pay their share of the expenses of the odious government at Ottawa. Ever since the act of union was passed by Parlia ment in London, there has been growing among the Nova Scotians a feeling of oppo sition' to it that is ready to break out into open rebellion. A repeal is demanded, and if that is.reftised the province Will refuse to make part of the confederation, will not Tecognize its laws, will not pay to support the Do minion government It will, in fact resist the enforcement of the Dominion au thority by armß, if necessary. The so-called union of the British Pro vinces has no analogy with that of the United States, because it whs arranged in London, without the consent of the various peoples, while" ours was a voluntary Union of the difl'erent States. The secession of a British province cannot therefore, be resisted as can the secession of a Slate or States of our Union.," besides, the. English, the Canadians and the Nova Scotians have all committed themsdyes as advocates of the right oL seces sion. even in such a binding Union as that of the United States. Thi3 right cannot be con sistently denied, either in London or in Ottawa. Nova ’Scotia may secede from the Dominion, and there is not much probability that force would be used to bring her back again. But when one member quits the con federation, what assurance can there be that the others will remain? What guarantee can there be of the permanence or trustworthiness of such a political establishment? Some of the Nova Scotians are so dis gusted with their position in the Canadian Confederation, that they even talk of an nexation to the United States. We fancy that our debts, our tariff, our taxes and our Andrew Johnson will, for a time at least, make insuperable obstacles to their admission to the Union. Besides that, many of them made themselves and their country detestable to the loyal people of the United States by the course they pursued with reference to -this country during the. rebellion. But the diffl culties on both sides might be overlooked for the sake of mutual advantage. Nova Scotia is nicely situated for annexation, and a position as a State of the great American Union is far nobler than that of an insignificant member of a disjointed confederacy of not independ ent colonies of a remote nation. Why Mr. , Seward should be trying to annex Arctic ( icebergs, tropical earthquakes and Fejee cannibals, while a rich and prosperous coun try close to us is almost ready to come to us ' if asked, surpasses comprehension. Let him , barter the Alabama claims for Nova Scotia, and he will be excused for some of his many , political and diplomatic blunders. A liKSSSN. The records of bankruptcy contain many lessons that might he studied with great profit; but it is not often that so pointed and clear a moral is conveyed as in the case of John Steele, better known as “Coal Oil Johnny,” whose case at present is the subject of frequent newspaper paragraphs. Steele is now a teamster, and his petition to the court for the benefit of the bankrupt law sets forth that bis debts amount to §lOO,OOO. How a man engaged In ao humble & put 1 ?."', could become involved to bo large an amoun' will be a puzzle to those who are not familiar with his history. Steele owned, by inheri tance from bis mother, a small farm which was Bituated in the oil regions of this State. Early in the history of the oil fever, flowing wells were “struck” upon bis estate, and wealth poured in upon him so freely that in a short time he enjoyed a roy alty of from $1,500 to $2,000 a day. Had “Johnny” been a wise man he would have husbanded the great wealth thus suddenly poured into his pockets; and, while avoiding pinching or meanness, he would have man aged his affairs with a view to the fact that the source of wealth so suddenly opened to him might be as suddenly stopped. But the oil prince was neither a wise nor a pru dent man; and, with the coarseness of his na ture brought prominently out by his “ruu of luck," he enacted the part of the beggar on -horseback,ana with all bis splendid pecuniary advantages,be rode into bankruptcy with the utmost celerity. “Johnny” came east as soon as he found hiß pockets becoming heavily burdened with greenbacks, and he entered upon a round ol dissipation in which coarseness and vulgarity | were only equalled by reckless extravagance. Thus we find amohg his uncancelled obli gations, a hotel bill of nearly $ ’20,000; a jew elry bill of nearly $0,000; a liquor bill of $2,000; a cigar bill of $nG2, and so on through a long list of heavy bills incurred in the pur chasqqf luxuries. These were the unpaid billstbatwere left after the , squanderer had gone through with an expenditure of about half a million of dollars. What his hills for extravagances amounted to in the aggregate, when “Johnny" was flush and under full headway,and heaping sets of diamonds upon waiter-girls, and giving horses and dogs to pet hackmen, can only be guessed at. “Coal Oil Johnny” has run hiß course, for he has lost his farm that yielded him his golden flood; he has involved himself in hope less bankruptcy, and he now finds himself at hisproper level as a teamster. His example has done much mischief, but the leßson also should result in much good. How. many men there are—merchants, professional men and others—who will read with a smile of -con tempt the story of the.antics of this greasy fool, and to whom the thought never oc curs that) in their own degree they are more wise than ho. Every cent of income lived up to, every increase Of revenue met by increased expenditure, and no provision made for a reverse of fortune. If “Coal Oil Johnny" is a fool, these livers up to the ultimate larthing of their means are cot wise, and although their petitions filed in courts ot bankruptcy might not contain items of enormouß expenditure for diamonds and champagne, they would disclose a story of means not adapted to ends, and a want of the wise forethought that in the homely maxim makes provision for a rainy day. There is a wide distance between the “Coal THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN.—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19. : 1868, Oil John&ies ’’ and the •* Scrooges ” of tho day. The man who recklessly squanderattae property of himself and hlfl creditors, and who leaves bis family helpless and hopeless when the tide of fortune sets in the wrong direction, is no more culpable, and generally -not so meanly seftsh, as he who hoards his money with miserly 1 hands, denies himself and family the advantages that wdalth should procure for them, and who finally leaves this world without having bettered either himself or it by his petty, narrow,sordid love of gain. There is r a golden mean between these two extremes; a golden mean where God’s good gifts and providences are used wisely, liberal ly and well, and where there is neither reck less extravagence nor beggarly, mean, pinch ing stinginess. . . . , By an act approved the 14th instant, the Legislature created the office of “City In spector of Refined Petrolum, Kerosene and Burning Fluids,” and the appointment has been conferred upon Mr. R. M. Evanaof this city. The reason for the. establishment of the inspectorship was simply this:’ With many of the dealers in the above articles, it is customary to use benzine largely as an adulterant, and the result is, that coal oils are made infinitely more liable to explosion than they would be if they were pure as they come from the refinery. Benzine is the principle extracted by the process of refining, and the pure oil is capable of hear ing a heat of one hundred and ten degrees without exploding, while, when adulterated as it usually is, it often cannot withstand a temperature of eighty degrees. To this can he traced directly nearly every disastrous explosion of coal oils in private houses, and it must be apparent that the appointment of a competent, and faithful inspector bad become absolutely necessary to protect our citizens by keeping out of their hands an agent of destruction more danger ous, because less dreaded, than gunpowder. The new inspector will begin his examina tion of the stocks of the various merchants to-morrow, and it has been decided to devote the proceeds of the sales of confiscated' oils to the Association for the Relief of Disabled FirSmen. , Tbe' Atlantic (or Murcti. Thfc March number of the Atlantic Monthly cod. tains two articles that will especially interest its Philadelphia readers. One is a delightful account of the “Old Philadelphia Library,” by John Meredith Read, Jr. The other, called “The Sequel to an Old English State Trial,” is by L. Clarke Davis, of this city. It gives an aceount of the career in this country of Captain James Harvey Tuckett, who fought a duel with the Earl of Cardigan, and of his wife Margaret, who is described as a second “Becky Sharp.” The death of the latter in Colorado is a fact not here tofore generally known. Of the other articles may be mentioned a spirited story; called “The Tenth of January,” and relating to the destruction of the Pemberton mills at Law rence, Mass., by E. Stuart Phelps; a good histo rical sketch—the first of a series—by A. D. Rich ardson, on “Free Missouri;” “A Conversation on the Stage," by Kate Field, and “Some of the Wonders of Modern Surgery,” by W. T. • Hel muth. Part three of Mr. Bayard Taylor’s “By- Ways of Europe,” conducts ns into Catalonia, to the seat of the ancient Republic of Andorra. There is also another number of Mr. Stiilman’s •‘Cretan Days,” and another instalment of Mr. Dickens’s Btory of “George Silverman’s Ex planation.’’ There are three poems, the best said to be “by a new contributor,” and called “John o’the Smithy.” The literary notices arc,as usual, judicious and well written. Earle’s Pictures. - ’ Messrs. Earle & Son’s’very large and important collection of Paintings is now open with cata logues! at the Academy of Fine Arts. There are one. hundred and seventy pictures in all, and moDg these are a few exquisite Porcelains, very i.eautitully framed, and a set of Fra Angelico’s Angels, so vcry.unique and quite sought after at present. In order to accommodate business men, -be Galleries at the Academy are opened at eight o’clock each morning, and remain open until ten -n the evening. Bunting, iiurhorow A Co.. Auctlon ,ol*- Nob 232 amt 234 Market street, will bold on to „ orrow (Thursday), Feb. 20, by catalogue, on four months’ credit, atlOo'clock.to be continued on Friday, i cti 21, at same hoar, a large and attractive sulo oi'Foieign and Domestic Dry Goods, includin'* 200 micka»ce Cot.’on and Woolen Domestics; 600 pieces ■ Bimune & Sou's and other makes Black Cloths, Fancy Cateimcres and Coatings, Tricots, Meltons Plaids lor Ladies’ and Children’s Wear. Doeskins, Ital ians &c. Also, Paris Plain Delaines, Mohairs, Alph as Armnrts. Silks, Shawls, Balmoral and Hoop MUitts L. C Gingham and Madras Hdkfs.; 500 Mar -l illes'Qniltß: also. Piques, White Goods, Traveling shirts, Ties Hosiery, Gloves, Umbrellas, Trimmings, Notions, &c. , , , . , On FnmAY, Feb. 21. at 11 o clock, by catalogue, on fonr months’ credit, about 200 pieces of Ingrain, Ve netian, List, Hemp, Cottage, andltag Carpetings. Male ofGermantown »*i opertles-Tlie estate of Thomas Brooks, 'deceased,, by James A. Kreeman, auctioneer. Tbe sale on by Jameß A. Freeman, auctioneer, Includes a aana* some residence, Tulpehocken Btreet, Germantown, to be sold by order of tbe Orphans’ Conn. It 19 or pointed atone, the lot being B7# by 2MH feet. , gee auction advertisement on Third page. sale of Boots and Stooes.—Ttte special attention of the trade Jb called to the large Bale of Boots, Shoes, Brogans, Balmorals,:&c., to be Bold by catalogue, for cash, on 10-morrow (Thursday) morning, Feb. 29*commencing at ten o’clock precisely, by C. 1). McCleeB L &"Co., (BUcceßfloni -to McClelland & C 0.,) auctioneers, at tneir store. No. 00d Market street 1 AOWNINQ’S AMERICAN LIQUID CEMENT. FOR Demanding broken ornaments, and other article* of Qlass. China, Ivory, Wood, Marble, Ac. No heatinjure* quirol of the article to be mended, or the Cement Al ways ready for n j^ H fj O R.‘i>oWNING, Stationer, foT-tf 139 Booth Eighth street. two door, ab. Walnut VVAKBUKTON’B 'improved, ventilated and easy-fitting Dpws Hats (patented). In all toe ap proved iaahionaof ffie season* Chestnut street, next door to the Mi»lyfp OPKAINF.D OR DISLOCATED WRISTS. AOHING O backs, tf rained muscles, tom clothins, wasted tirat and arum look", may all he removed from your kitchen on wash day by too Introduction of a patent Clothes Wringer. And of there wo are confident (from experi ence) that those with cog wheels will be found the most flurttble But we have different kind« for sale. TUU MAN % BHAW.No. Ris (Eight Tbirty.five) Market street, below Ninth. VOUk HOUSE 1 IS ON,. FIRE, OR YOU HEAR A J burglar at midnight trying to get In. Then you wish you had a Watchman’. Rattle, to bring assistance, Every housekeeper had better buy one now to be ready for .uch emergencies They aro for sale by TRUMAN & SHAW, .N0.>«85 (Eight Thirty-five). Market street, below Ninth. / ~ ' tjictu’ E Wails, with ruby, azure, pohce ■ lain and brass beads, a variety of rises for sale by TRUMAN, & SHAW, No. 885 (tight thirty-five) Mar ket,stneet.-bet»w Ninth, Philadelphia. IQAQ HAIR CUT TO PLEASE~"aT koi’P’S IOUO. Shaving Saloon. Hair and Whiskers dyed. Shave and Bath, 30 cents. Razors set in order. Open Sunday morning. 135 Exchange Place. It* • ' G.C.KOPP. JVtTNNOT & CO., GENERAL 'NEWSPAPER, COR . responding and Advertising Agents, 133-.Nefcsau. street. New York. (Established in 1883 ) ” ' Advertisements inserted at publishers’ rates in all the leading newspapers published In the United States,British Provinces, Mexico, South America, East and West Indies. KKTKBESOSB: Mr. H. T. Hslmbofd, Druggist. 594 Broadway, N. Y.; Messra. 8. It. Vanduzer, A C0...198 Greenwich it.; Messrs. Hall & Huckrl, 218 Greenwich street; Messrs. G. Bruce. Bon & Co.,.Typd Foiindcr»,l3 Chambers st; Messrs. Hagar jr Ce,. Type Fonnccrs, 38 Cold et„ N Y, fol9Bui! rtt.t A A,,(t " $6,000 AND $3,000, TO INVEST UPON ®IU.UUU, Moitgago. Apply to A. FICLEH.. fi-19.ut« NO. 61 N. Sixth street ÜBE WHITMAN’S CHOCOLATE.- THE BEST Cboeolafeß for family use are tho'No.l Breakfast. Plain and Commercial brands, manufactured at. toe PHILADELPHIA STEAM CHOCOLATE WORKS. ) STEPHEN F. WHITM AN, Proprietor. fe6-lin4p{ ~ Btore No. 1210 Market street. Overcoats at Low Prices* Overcoats at Low Prices. Overcoats at Low Prioes. Overcoats at Low Prices. Overcoats at Low Prices. Overcoats at Low Prices. Overcoat* at Low Prices. Overcoats at Low Prices. Immense variety Gents’ fed Boys* Suits at lowest prioes tor years. WANAMAKER 4 BROWN, The Largest Clothing House, Osk Hall, The Corner Sixth and Market Streets. EDWARD P. KELLY, TAILOR, S. E. Cor. Chestnut and Seventh Sts. Complete aeeertment of CHOICE GOODS. which will be made to beat manner at moderate prices. CLOSING OUT PATTERN COATS AND CLOTHES NOT CALLED FOR AT LOW BOOT AND SHOES. $lO. / #?'• MY ENTIRE STOCK OF CUSTOM-MADE CALF BOOTS FOR WINTER WEAR WiU b® cioeed out at greatly reduced prices, To mako room for Spring Stock. BARTLETT, 33 South Sixth Street, above Chestnut. aolfllvrpt ; COAL. Extra Large Lehigh Nut Coal, $5 50. Lehigh Stove and Fumaee, $6 50. WARRANTED PURE AND HARD AUo, a superior . ; - Rebrolcen Schuylkill Goal, ALL SIZES, $6 TO $O, AT WM. W. ALTER’S COAL DEPOT, Ninth. Street, below Girard Avenue, AND Office, corner Sixth and Spring Garden. 1.4-tfrpt —— PENNSYLVANIA, SS. L\’ IB! SAME AND BI 188 ZBTBQBITI Commonwealth of Pennsylvania j. W. GEARY, Governor. A PR O O L’A MATION TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD For the Arrest of the MURDERERS OF JOHN CASEY WnznEAP, Thc-iSenate and House of Representatives have enacted the following ITeamhle-and Joint Rcgqlu. Hone, viz.: "Joint Resolutions relating to the death of John Casey:" ' . " Whereas, During the hearing in the evidence of the case of JOHN ROBIBON versus SAMUEL T. SHUG ART, oner of the sitting members of tho Senate from the Twenty-first Senatorial District, a certain JOHN CASEY was examined as a witness on behalf of the said John K. Robison, the contestant, and the said John Casey after his'examination was waylaid In the county of Clearfield, and cruelly beats n and abused so that he has since died from injuries received in said boating; therefore. Be itreaolvedby the Senate and House af Itcpresenta tivee a f the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General , Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of f/ie same," That the Governor be and he is hereby au thorized andjrequired to offer a reward of TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS For bucli information as will to, tho arrest and con viction oi the person or persons wild committed tho said offence, and that the Treasurer of the Commonwealth bn authorized and required to pay the said sum out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated." Ap- I proved the thirteenth day of February, A. D. 1868. And whereas. The reputation of tho Government, tho peace and security of its citizens and the obligations of justice and humanity requlro that tho perpetrators of this infamous crime should be brought to speedy and condign PU jV'ow”hsrs/or«, I. JOHN W. GEARY, Governor of the said Commonwealth, in compliance with the 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 persons who shall apprehend and secure forltlal the murderer hr murderers, of the said JOHN CASEY, to bejpald upon the conviction of the criminal or etlminal'. and I hereby call email offieem of justice and good citizens every where to bo vigilant-and unre mitting in their efforts for the apprehension ?f the said murderer or murderers to. tho end that the outraged laws may be vindicated, I niven under nay Hand and the Great Seal of the State at Harrisburg, this fourteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred andoizty eight, and of tho Commonwealth the nmay^^^^ By the Governor. , „ ... F. Jordani tecretary of tho Commonwealth, femtrp v r SAMPSON SCALES!! ‘ thenlwk^andm^imwrt^timprove. CBABLEB H. HA.BBISON, solo Agent of t N. R, tornermturiiet nud lunipcr* f«lgl2trp» ■ ' mAII—MO BARRELS IN STORE. TOR SALE BY E, .X A hOUDEK <h OG-. Dock Street Wharf. fel7 8t SBifßi. pm BOOM. SPRING GOODS. HICKEY, BHAHP & CO , No. 7527 Chestnut Street, Bavo opened this mcmlng several caaoaof NEW'&PBING GOODS. CHOICE IHADES PHIS HID HIXEB HOHAIBS, FOE IPHISflI6II«. « SEW ABEBICM CHIItTZES. NEW 7-8 AND 4-4 EHOMBH CHISTZES, HAODPOHE EICHI ATYLE PBESCH CHISTZEI, FOBWBAPPEBB. CEB¥ CHOICE MYIE# ICOTCH AHD FBEICH fiNCUSS) TEBY CHEAP. „ RICKEY, SHARP* CO., No. 127 Chestnut Street. H. STEEL SON Bars Just opened, for the Spring and'Bummer Beaton, a very choice aaaortment of SILK POPLINS, Silver Ways. Figures, __ Stripes, and Fluids. Nos. 713 and 715 N. Tenth St, It ' —r SATIN FACE BUCK SILKS. Black Cro Crains. ' BlacJiMlK«,witUXu«fee. Black Mika, Colored Figures. Flaln Silks. Choice Color*. Flue Corded Nllks, CUolcc Colors. Evening Silks, Choice Sliadea. AT LOW PBIOES. H.STE&L&SON, Nos. 713 and 715 N. Tenth Street. It ' HOUSE-FURNISHING DRY GOODS, Sheeting Llnena, Table Dunaiks, Shining Lineni, Saphlng, Pillow-Case Linens, Towels, &e., OF OUH OWN IMPORTATION. PERKINS, 9 South Ninth Street. feist m w-'IMp . LINEN STORE, & BSB Arch Street* We are opening the business of the new year with A THOROUGH REDUCTION IN PRICES, To Clear Off Snrplus Stock. We offer to Linen Buyers The Largest Linen Stock in the Oitj At Less than Jobbers’ Prices. aii our Linens are of our own Importation an Warranted Free from Cotton. de9-m w b i CIGAKB AND JTOBACCO. “MARIANA RITA.’’ Our standard Havana Cigars underthis brand, bsaring our label* and trademark (copyrighted), are *{V ol |y of fineit Vuelta AbajoLeaf—such aa 1b worked, only in fi^c C 'r^rv 0 a n rie?y“o l f°&. the most of which are so leettd into grades according 10 appearance. Tbo mo “bSlmd mind’thiVr'and, "M4RIANA RITA." We uoo T.Why* Sl&S*# J&t. price* with Jus. inducements to No. 329 B. FRONT Street 1 MPORTI D lIIGB GRADE HA VANA CIGAB3:-- WE 1 still continue Importing, direct, such It'iidlngbrands ~ ••Partagas," "Upman.” "Cabarga," Ac. Offered at lowest rates. BTE p HEN yuGUF.T b SONS. . No. 229 South Front street TMPORTED LOW GRADE HAVANA CIGARS. WE 1 still hold a supply of low grades; imported previous to present tariff—smtaDle for retail at 10c 'fhese gradesare virtually prohibited by prosent high tariff, and are be coming scarcer „ ÜBTfcSONS, , No. 229 South Front street '1 bo public msy rest assured that aU our promises r ' r^?^ h in\llrS'o7hlghcrt ( and will bo " Th o eTo%y°mamrlal^dmeventstheir heingvery“loW (und'even'lxf » “ fonie eizefl), which ia an import ant feature la« Smokcre requiring etricily hoe CUara will flee In this an cncountsr much & diC ° 0 *shall > eudcavof aU % declining to imitate foreign brands ta any respect except quality and workmanship. Our object is to' Pl»wi boime the public Clgais equal in all re.pecta to tbo lieit-raMo alone, fulG-lOMpi No. 229 South Front^treet THIioUET & BONB- "MARIANA RITA".CIGARS-c I* Of finest Vuelta Abajo leaf, equal to leadlng brands of imported Cigars. At much lower figures. We ask a trial - SIMON COLTON & CLARKE, felS-lOtip} B. W. corner Broad and Walnut street*^ TO RENT. g/A BTORiK TtJ LET. , ' tffjf B't fit., btf.'Kliiblhiuid SlotH*! ADDRESS D. G fl.. BULLETIN OFFIOE. falMotrpa elder flower soap. H. P. & C. B. TABIOB, No. Ml North Ninth stteo-" /"IONDENBED MILK W gEW YORK (j tract ol Beef(Robinson's Patent ®Wi e fjn directions; MSebyj!lWE8 OT. 0 T. °B and Spruce street,, f . TO GROCERS, *"Sved a tteeb Btlow Third and Walnut street* AMERICAN HOTEL, Cbednut llieit, opposite lo«l»peo4ence HaU. X Extensive addition* to tills lust been completed at great expexuc. They corapriwj A Splendid. Billiard; Saloon, 80 by 310 feet, with carpeted floor, and sixteen of FhclanM improved Tables i A Bathing Department, s Beat aurant and. Drinkinfi Bar> , fitted up In elfgsfit style, and a wolLappolntcd. , . f>' ■£t air Gutting and (Shaving Saloon. ‘s. M. llBtMfGli Proprietor. Every One Interested A (iflOß IML A? FOBtt’B WBf WBW WICBIW. Fonltry, Beef, Lamb, Oyntera, Pwper Pot Coffee. Flannel. Buckwheat and Indian Oaken. Pin ltd Milk, Pound. Fruit, and a atneral aaeortmentof Cakee.Candioe» JelUee, Ice Cream, loafer Idee, etc., etc. EIGHTH andM ARRET dtreata. VBK ARTS. EARLES* GALLERIES, 816 Chestnut Street* Philadelphia. We would respeotfuiiy announce pur sixth and most important Public Baleof Oil Paintings,- the work* of the most distinguished artists, to take plsoe In the Foyer of the Academy of Mutio on the Evenings of Friday, February 28th, and Saturday* February 29th, at seven o’clock precisely. The collection in now arranged for Exhibition in the Eastern Galleries of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and will oonUnue on view daily from 8 A. M. until 10 P. M, with Catalogues. » ' Cards of admission will be required at the door, and can be prooured with out charge at our Galleries, 316 Chest nut street, ana at Scott’s Gallery, 1020 Chestnut street, opposite the Academy of Fine Arts. Cards of entrance to the Academy of Music on the evenings of sale will be indispensable, and may be obtained on the previous days at the same places. Among the moat prominent names of artists in the catalogue will be found those of Lou, Herzeg, Hoguet, Siegert, Hennings; Zimmermans, Miltner, Verachuur. Arnold. Von Seben. Jacob sen, Hubner, Sohoultz, Pdul Weber, Van Deventer, Waugh, E. D. Lewis, Lambdin, Serres, Do. Vos, Vaß LampntteD, Heck, Van Starken borgh, Amberg, Martelloni, Manztioli, Moratti, t'ornieelias, Van Diegbem, Maes, Koeykenß, Jordan, Nordenberg, Bosch, Patroie, Siml.r, Werner, Gesels ctap, Walraven, Maure. Addisone Rich ards, Sorntag, kng.lhar<H, Ficliel, Grips,. Epp*, Couder, Accard, Borat. Salentin, i'Diillie, Leutze, (ronibie. X. Smith, Mary Smith, Sheridan Young,. Bhomberg, Martin, Sondermann, Meyerheim, Peale, Boker, Kauff man, Stademann, Sohuesaole, Braith* Michael, Wibb, Voitz, Hengebach, Muhlig. Jungbeim, Lindsay, Linder man, Woutere Waertens, Kretsch mar, Boettcher BoVjerson, Bettke, Both, De Haas, Paafani, Schultz and Durrie. • JAMES S. EARLE & SONS, 816 Chestnut Street, B. SCOTT, Jr., Auctioneer. SEW PIIBUCATIOSS. Just Ready. the march number OF LIPPINCOTT’S MAGAZINE* CONTAINING: L DALLAS OALBHAITIL An AmEbica* Nov }T*fiSsS 4. STORY OP CHABTKLAKD. It {SpS'lf® ~ nan* of iipriiwotri swazine. as ssr-'fwoToSm. Wcv^r^s^iTvo Coniee for Hixtrcn DoUtfs;'Jen Copie • for Thirty DoU^ra. 3feaHSSS|SBi!gS“ sent oneppUcatton. _ address on receipt of be careful to give their Post Office addres. in full to J.B. LIPPINdOTT&CO, Publi«h®rBp 715 and 717 Martel St., Pblladelpbl*. fclß 2ifiP • ' JUST READY: Vpe of STEPHEN GIRARD, with hi. will annexed. FOR 1863, with niimeroq* lTlce, 15 cente. , For ealeby felB-3t rp’ fHHWITUBH. Ao* A. & H. LE.TAMBBE HAVE behoved thrir Furniture and Upholstery Wareroome TO No. 1435 CHESTNUT Street. * ■ • del-tttr.rw CUTLER, WEAVER & GO. NEW CORDAGE FACTORY NOW IN FULL OPERATION, No. aa N. WATER and an N. DEI* avonue^ KINO Js BAIRD. 603 Biulnom street Philadelphia, SECOND EDITION. BY TELEGRAPH. FROM HARRISBURG^ The New School Bill* MASB MEETING IN HARBIBBUBG. The State Temperance Convention Young Men’s Christian Association. From Harrisburg. (BpocliJ JXtfmlch to the PhUadolphl* Ruetin* Bulletin.) Habbisburo, Feb. 19 —1 note your editorial in reference' to Public ficbdola yesterday. The following Is a verbatim copy of the original bill: "That it shall be the duty of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for tHo City and County •f Philadelphia} on or before the first day of April} 1868, to appoint under their, hands and under the Seal of the said Court a citizen of the Ywcntb-elghth Ward of said city, to serve as a Controller of Public Schools for said Ward, -whose term of office-shall end on. the 3lst day of December, 1870, and the said Court shall trl-annuslly appoint a cijizojbof the said Wat-dto serve as Controller of Fnbtte Schools tor Said Ward.ln like manner as la' provided for the other Wards of jlhe city of Philadelphia, Under and by virtue of an act of Asßt mbly 3th day of 1 April, 18S7, entitled Auoctto provide for the Appointment of Contjrollersof the Public Schools fur the First School District of. Pennsylvania. See.. ■>. That the Controller so appointed shall have arid possess the like rights, powers and privileges Which by virtue of the aforesaid act are conferred upon the other Controllers of Pub lic Schools of said district, and shall by virtue of his said appointment be a member of the Board ol School Directors of the said Twenty-eighth Ward. SkC- 3. Tho said act shall! Apply'to'the said Ward in all respects so taros the same Is not inconsistent with this act” The bill as above passed the House on January 28th, and the Senate on "February, 18th. It was amended in the, Senate by Mr. Connell, who struck out “Common Pleas” and inserted “Dis trict Court,” and who added the following ee’e tlon : Sac. 4. That, the School Directors here tofore elected In the Twenty-first Ward, and who now reside In tho Twenty-eighth Ward,shall con tinue to serve on the School Bourd of the Twenty eighth Ward for the term for which they were elected. • " I ■ ' The Senate amendment was yesterday sent to tho Hogse for concurrence, whereupon Mr. Hong moved to refer the bill and amendment back to the Municipal Corporation Committee, which was agreed to. ■ From Ilarrixbtirg. [Special Despatch to the Phils. Evening Bulletin.! HABntsncßo, Feb. 19 A monster meeting was held In West Harrisburg, last night, to pro test against the passage of the bill to increase the city dibt half a million. 'Strong resolutions de nouncing the measure were adopted. A city mass-meeting will be held to-night for a similar purpose. Samuel Lyon, barned by the recent explosion, is dangerously ill. The others are improving. The State Temperance Convention adjourns to night. The Y. M. C. Association’s anniversary was held last night The annual report was read and (everal' InteresHng" addresses were' delivered. There was a large attendance. Arrival of a Steamer. New Yoke, Feb. 19,—The steamship Manhat tan, from Liverpool, has. arrived. I^AVTI. gklnave’a Fosiiton-Defection ol One of HlaMeaurate—Steam S-lne to New York-General Salomon. We have advices direct from Cape Haytien to the 28th ultimo: President Salnavc was at that phice, to which he bad retreated with what re mained of the Haytien army, which had been badly beaten in a series of engagements by' the Cacos rebels, who had succeeded in recapturing all . the important parts out ol which they were recently driven by tbe national troops. Salnave’s army is re-, presented as having been completely demolished by the disasters It had met with. J.irge numbers of tbe men bad deserted, and only tbe skeleton of an army reinaim d at Cape Haytien. To add to Balnave’s difficulties, ho had hud.a serious quarrel with General Alexis Nord, tbe best of tbe Haytien generals, it is said, and at Ute latest advices it was ruiuorui in Capo Haytien that Nord, to revenge'himself upon tbe President, had gone over to the Cacos, taking with him a large number of men. Tbe quarrel arose from Sal nave’s bavins charged General Nord with being tbe cause of tbe defeats sustained by his army. Sainave’s position was altogether very critical, and It was feared Ihat his enemies In the south would take advantage of his troubles for effecting bis ovcithrow. The Chamber of Xieprcsentatives at Port au Prince bad vott d the sum of $24,040 as an annual subsidy for tbe establishment of two lines of steamers to run between Hayti and New York. One line Is to run from tbe Cape, touching at Gonaives and Port au Prince, and the other is to leave Port au Prince and touch successively at Jeremie, Aux Cayes and Jaemel. Mr. Arthur Folsom, tbe United States Consul at Cape Haytien, bad submitted to tbe govern ment of Xiayti a project for the establishment of telegraphic communication between Port au Prince and CapeHaytien, connecting the inter mediate towns, and for the laying of a sub marine telegraph from the latter place to Cuba, to connect with the line- between Havana and New York. The project was favorably enter tained, and it was believed that should Saluave succeed Jn surmounting bis difficulties the under taking would be carried out with as little delay as possible. The anniversary of the Independence of New Year’s Day was celebrated all over ths> republic with great rejoicings, including salutes fired at sunrise, at midday and at sunset, general illumi nations, proccßslonß, military displays and pub lic religions services in all the principal towns. Gen... Salomon, Minister Plenipotentiary of Hayii at the Court of St James, had been re ceived by the Queen In special audience at Windsor Palaoe, when Her Majesty charged him to convey to President Saluave her compliments and the assurance of her good' wishes., The Queen bad also written a letter to President Sulnave, testifyingin lively terms the friendly dis- Soeitlon of the English Government towards tho taytien republic and the present Haytien gov ernment. A letter from Lord Stanley, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the Haytien government had likewise been received, returning the thanks of the British government to the Haytien gov ernment lor ihe alacrity in sending a Hayden Btcamerto the assistance of the English- steamer Cuban, which some time ago got on the reefs at the entrance of tho harbor of Port au Prince. Journalism in Nevada. Here is a cheerful local Item from the Gold Hill (Nevada) News: We were yesterday shown a couple of Indian scalps, by W. H. Harris, a Fort Churchill soldier. One of them, a circular piece at thick cuticle some five or six Inches in diameter, with-the hair appendage, was that of “ He-har-dportab," the Indian murderer who escaped from Fort Churchill seme two years since, was recaptured, : and confined in the county jail at Aurora? from whence Be escaped, with a companion. Since then he has been at large for over a year and a half, and was, only captured on the 17th of last December, by a, detachment of Com pany. M, Eighth United States Cavalry,' who lonnd and killed He-har-dbo-tah,* with two of his Brothers, who were with him. The other sculp was that of one of the brothers, named "War-kayakapl,” or “Eagle Eye,” and is only a couple of inches square—.merely a “scalp look,” his head being nearly destroyed by a charge of huek shot In killing him, besides which he had ten Spencer rifle bulla shot into his body before he concluded to die. It Is not. uncommon for our soldiers iji Indian fighting tq help themselves to an occasional scalp after the style of the red devils themselviis, although such a proceeding is not officially countenanced. »y.JWD>MIWp<»s jßfanlfesto 0f «he ||eli«te-Fn(eM 4«b|»>: Uis »a>« ®* Samatm-Po*!. • «i«n««»**fl|p*era. ■ :'rv By a late arrival atllew York, advices to the 16lh or January from St Domingo have been re ceived. ■■■■■■.-/'-L : : .. ■’ The following is a translation of the protest of the provisional government against the: pro posed lease of the Bay of Samana to the United States: , Seeing that In a communication without dato addressed from St Domingo by General Cabral to General John A. Pelanco, Frederlco Garcia, Maximo Gtnllon, Julian Cartel and Jose D. Val verdq, there occurs the, following, paragraph : ‘•General Pujol hasleft to-day for the United States of America, aimed with foil powers to effect a lease Of the Bay of Batnana;”and consider leg on the one band that this negotiation may be prejudicial to the Interests of the republic, and on the other, that, in conscqaenee of the state of , revolution. in which the country is ' found through the submission to the manifesto of Monte Christl of the two provinces of Clbao, the most popu lous and the wealthiest > provinces of St. Do mingo, the negotiation of General Cabral cannot possibly recelvetbe the sanctlon of the Domini-: can people, In whom resides the national sove reignty, it.is resolved by the Central Government to protest against such negotiation, .as in effect it does protest by tbe present act, whleU is here transcribed for theinformation of all, and 1 espe cially of the Government of the American Union: . The undersigned, members composing the pro visional government formed. by, the wul of tbe people of, the province of Clbao, have the honor to inforni the government of bia Excellency that tbe’ major part of the people of the republic has repudiated the authority of the government of General Cabral, for tbe reasons tvhich his Excel lency will sec assigned inf the 'manifesto of the 7th of October, of the present year, a copy .of which we have the honor to addresa to him; as follows: „ . „ . ■ That General Cabral has sent General Pn)ol to the United States Government with powers to negotiate the lease of the Bay of Samana; • That this was done not, at the moment when the revolt, having jnst bioken out, might be re garded as a simple rebellion, but after it had taken the proportions of a general revolution; That owing to these circumstances the nego tiation which has been opened should be con sidered in right os nail ana void, because it had not. the sanction of the nation; / That we therefore protest, as we do by these presents, with all the moral energy which our right gives us, Against the negotiation of the Sa na ana project by General Cabral; and In order that the good faith In which hia Excellency's Government is known might not be abased, we put forth tbe present protest as soon os the official notice quoted abo£ has come to our knowledge. „ With sentiments of consideration, &c., &c., &c. O' ' T „ Santiago de Los Cahet.lkros. December 24,18G7. • CRIME. Murder of a Car Condnctor-Escape of the Auautu! [From the N. V. Times of to-day.] About nice o’clock last night, Thomas F. Lo vdle, conductor on board of car No. 10, of the Seventh avenue line, was fatally slabbed by an unknown man, who refused to pay his fare, and was being ejected from the car. It appears that the car started from Barclay street at 8. }*) o’clock, and the starter, Mr. HalUgan, noticed that the unknown assailant » was noisy and demonstrative, and ordered the conductor to put him off if he did not pay his fare, or was in any way abusive. While passing through Church street Lavelle collected his fare, but failed to obtain that of the unknown, who was quite abusive toward him, "asking bow much he in tended to steal, and making other offensive re marks. The conductor stopped his car and pushed the fellow off the platform, pulling the bell and started off again on bis way up town. Tbe man ran after the car and overtook It on the corner of Reade street, when he jumped on the step and plunged a knife in the ab domen of Lavelte, making good his escape im mediately after. The wounded conductor en tered the car, eat down, and in a minute or so informed the passengers that he had been stabbed. He was removed to the New York Hos pital, where death occurred an hour after. Nei tberoi the passengers on tbe car, Mr. Elmer, of No. 100 Fulton street, and a friend, saw the wound indicted, though thev saw the man run after the’ car for a short distance. The mur derer is described by these gentlemen as of medium height, about 35 years of age, with black hair and whiskers. He wore a dark suit, and a silk hat. Tbe Police profess to have a clue to bis identity, as he is alleged to be the same man who became involved in a quarrel, on the same evening with a Sixth avenue car conductor, he having pretended to have paid his fare. Tbo deceased was a married man, and resided at Red Hook, L. I. He bad only received a re pul tr appointment as conductor oh the day of bis death. An inqueft will be held to-day by Coroner Rollins. Tbe Outrage on tbe Whaler Hannah t.rout—measures to Oblalh Bedrqets. Havana, Feb. 18, JBGB.— Advices from Kings ton. .Jamaica, inform us tint the American Con sul (Gregg) hua telegraphed to Washington, de manding the services of a man-of-war to obtain redress for tbe. outrage commitled on the Ameri can whaler Hnnnah Grant The Captain has gone to St. Thomas to obtain assistance from that point if possible. STATE OP THE THEKMOMETEK THIS DAY AT THE BULLETIN OFFICE. 10 A.H.. .38 deg. 12 ML.. .41 deg. Weather clear. Winn Southwest. FIB AKCIAL and COMMERCIAL. Tlie Philadelphia money market. Balea at tha Philadelphia Stock lixcnaDKe. riRBT UOAKD. 90 tJS9-20e'67 cp 109 100 eh Phil&Erieß 83027*4 3000 CilyOa new 103 100 «h Head 11 , 46.94 1000 City Be old 93); 100 sh do blO 46. 7 „ 4100 City 6'evarctfe 98)4 100 eh do c 47 9000 CamftAmße'B9 200 Bh do b3O 46.94 Its 97 200 Sh do Its 46.94 2000 do ’7O 97 '.lOO eh Ocean Oil c 2?; lu eh West Philß 2de 69)4 t BirORX BOARDS. 100 eh Fenna B *6O BS)41 BETwece 1000 eh LehlghQldln c 92 3000 do 94 800 do b 5 92 8000 089-208’ 62 teg 107 X 6700 do 69 do 108 890 do cp email 110)< 3890 U 81881 teg 111)4 10'Chee* Del 89 aiooHo 103 | 88)41 2000 Citv 6s new 1000 Ca&Am 6b 'B3 2000 Morris Canal ‘ Ist mtge 93 I'hilai>ki.phia, Wednesday, Feb. 19.—Tho supply of unemployed capital continues large, and good mercantile paper la In demand at 6@9 per cent, while '‘callloans’* range from 4X to 6X per cent. Cotton has advanced three cents per pound within & few days, which has Im. parted Increased spirit to the dry goods trade, and a gen. era! upward movement |n yarns and cotton fabrics of all descriptions. Among the merchants there is a mom hope ful feeling. The business at tho Stock Board to-day was small. Government and State toons were steady but dull. City Loans sold to some extent at 103 for the new certifi cates, and 98J» for the old. _ Reading Railroad declined closed at about 47 69; Philadelphia and Erie Railroad sold at 2©«—a decline of % 126 was bid for Camden and Amboy Railroad; 26 for LittleSchhylkUlftailroad: 61 for Norristown Railroad; 66X for Mine Hill Railroad; 52 for Lehigh VaUey Rail read; do for Elmira Railroad preferred: 30 for the com mon stock; 2716 for Catawissa Railroad, and 43X .for Northern Oentral Railroad. Canal Btocks wero dull and weak. In Bank and Passenger Railroad Shares thetransac tions were unimportant. Messrs. De Haven A Brother, No 40 South Third street, make the following quotations of the rates of exchange tc-day. at IP. M. : U. 8. 6s. or 1881,1UK<3IM; do„ 1889 IiIXtiUUX; do., 1864, 109@109X; d0.,1865, 109X®l09ii; d0.,1865. now, 107310108; do- 1867. now. 108@l084.fi Fives, Ten-forties, 105@106ii;7 3-lOu, Juno,To7X@lo734: Jiilv, Compound Interest Notea-Jnnq 1861 19.40; July, 1864, 19140; August, XBW, lft4o; flctobor. 18W, 1940; December, 1864, lft4o; May, 188S,;17X@17X; August, 1865,16M®1«X; September, 186$, 16@16X; Goto. ber,lBHli, 16%@MX; American Gold, ,t«%@141; Silver, IS 6mimf Randolph & Co., Bankers, 1# South Th|rd street, ■ quote at Ho’clock as followsi .Qold, 140 X; .United States' Sixes,- 188i,mx@112ii; United States Hvo-tweutles, 1862 11U.@«11X; do. 1864,109@109Xl do. 1865,109?i@109Jf ; do. July, 1865. 107X@108; do. 1867,108h,@I081i ; United States Fives, Teh-forties, 106.'i@105>4; United States Seven THE DAILY EYEHINU BULLETIH.—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19,1868. 2 P.M....45 deg. BOARDS. 26000 SteabcnvilJe, Ind, lat mtge 6s It* 68 3000 City to new 103 200 eh Keadß b2G 46.94 100 eh do b 4 46 04 BOPenna R 56)4 600 Bh dot he 55 2000 Leh 6s 150 Pa 6a 1 per 105 300 Feeder Dam % 80 &h Mlnehillß 66# thirties, second eerie* IQ7Jtf(glo7&• <Jo, third •eriea,lo«*& 107%.- • •' ' -- y J»y Cooke & Co. quote Government securities, ete*, to* day. aa follows: United State# o*e,lBBt UI&3IUS OM *9O Honda,' HinmiVAi New 5-20 Bonds, 18M. 6>2oßondr,lB6Qk M 0 Bonds, July, M 0 - Bonds, 1087; ItyamWA ZIWO Bonda. ; 7 £lO, JanfclOTA&OTXi 7 3-10. Jmr* lWfcOHfr&l Gold, 140% Philadelphia Prodnee Marfcet. Wecnsbday, February ia—There la a fair Inquiry for Clovereerd, bnt prices&rennehanKed: sales of 900bmhcl s at.s7 6C@B 60—tbe latte? ftffiue for cfaoiefe Tfmoth?|rtra#efl from $3 75 to 83 per bushel, Bmnll sales of Flaxseed at $2 76<§2 86. - ■’* • - v ' ' There Is rather more Inquiry for Flour for the supply of tbe home trade, but prices remain without change: sale* of Superfine at $7 60@8 26 per barrel; Extras at $8 50® 0 CO; 409 barrels North Western Extra family at $U® MSQ j 100 barrels Minnesota at 812:100 barrels good Pennsylva nia Fancy at 812; and Fancy lots at $13*315. Rye Flour is scarce and commands 88 60(38 75. Prices of Cora Meal are nominally unchanged. There Is change no (n Wheat The offerings of good qual itysre light,and this Is the only description wanted, Small silJks of good prime Red at $3 60(32 66, and some Amber at $2 €O. hyo is Inactive request and 3,000 bushels Penn sylvania sold at $166@5168. Cora eomes forward slowly and mrcta a steady inquiry; salcs of 3,660 bufhels new Ytllow at $1 18 and some White at $1 16. Oats are steady, and further i>nle* of Pennsylva nia were made at 7&fj£6oc. Prices of Barley and Malt re main as last quot'd. , In Groceries &l<A Provision* no change. ; The New York Money market# (From to-day’s N, Y. Herald.l FzimvAßY 18.—7 be gold market was steady and quiet to-day In tbe ab« me of ab> new Washington sensation, and the fluctuations were limited to per cent-namely, frobi i4ti& to 141 M, tbe ctodng quotation late in the after noon having been 140%<&141. There was a moderately ac tive borrowing demand for coin, but the supply was more than equal ttrlt, and loans were made at about four per cent.'fof csrrjln*. The gross clearings amounted to $54,126,060, the'.gold'balances.to $1,160,474, and the current balance to 81,60t.(>07. It will be that the Senate Committee on Finance reported adversely this afternoon the House bill forbidding the designation as a. public depository of any national bank within fifty mile* o! a United States Sub-Treasury. This goes to show that the national banking Interest iretiU powoi ful in ‘Jongresa, and that the banks are bestirring themselves for thu* pro tection of the privilege# thev have hitherto enjoyed. There was diminished excitrinfnt in Erie, and a some* what languid market for railway shares-In general. Late hi the afternoon a • bear” raid carried prices down, and Erie, after selling at at the second regular be aid. declined to 76% It if probable, however, that this rclapte v ill be followed by a quick recovery, ail the con ditions affecting speculation oothe Stock* Exchange be ing favorable to a rise. Tbe preliminary pnpere having be<n served upon Mr. I rew in tb* suit eemmenced by Mr. Frank Work, nothing new in relation to it has tramnlred, but the suit has every appearance of being undertaken in earnest and there is no prospect whatever of. a compromise. It will be carried to it*-legitimate teiminatiou, and the contract between Mr. Drew and the Erie Railway Company in relation to the &4,UCp shares of common stock entrusted to him as se curity for his three million loan will probably be declared illegal. It van a reprehensible act on the r*rt of the directors of the company to makesueba negotiation with one #f their own number, the more especially If, as is alleged, they authorized him to use the stock in his own speculative trtnsactions. The law andiublic opinion are alike in favor of the stock hfcldi rs as represent! d by Mr. Work, and It Is to be hoped that these proceedings will result in taking the control of thecompany out of Mr. Drew’s band*. With honest man agement there is no reason why Erie should not be a re gular dividend pacing investment, and worth par at least. There is no change to note in the condition of monetary affairs. Such I- the abundance of loanable funds at this centre, that the banka could spare a large amount of cur rency without its losa exerting snv material influence upon the money market or the rote of interest* but it is not probable that the banka will continue to lose currency at this lesson About the end o'March the legitimate demand for money will doubtless Increase, owing to the maturing of contracts is Pennsylvania and the Eastern States on the Ist of April: but tills wll> hoof very temporary duration, and the .return flow will be quick. FcllotvP g this there will be no heavy drain of currency from this centre until tbe autumn, when the , usual Hi w u ectward to move the crops will set ‘n. How far the general trade of the country will improve in the meantime is uncertain, but in proportion as it does so tho movement of capital w ill be quickened and the surplus in Wall street diminished, in oo event, however, is this likely to be the case te such an extent as to disturb monetarv case, although it may possibly have the effect of advancing the rote of !btere»t. Loans are still made at four per cent on government securities and five on mixfd collaterals, and the supply of money totbodtock Exchange is fully tv* large as it has been at any time for menthspast. Although trade piospecta arc brightening, and in toe department of drygoods particulary a sub stantial improvement has been experienced, the wants of the mercantile community continue light. Fitst-chur* commercial paper is in limited supply and rated at six per cent, and in a few exceptional instances at five, whilo good, but not strictly prime passes at 7($S per cent Government securities continue in mod rate investment, demand.but speculative operations are still on a restricted scale Tbe undertone of the market!* very firm, and as soon os the Sherman funding bib receives its qubtus in the tsenatc it will be liicelj to improve under the prevail ing glut of money Five-twenties are still the cheapest stocks in Wall street for tbe interest they bear ia cur reccy. When a six per cent railway stock like New York Central is quoted at 133, arix percent, in g« Id stock, issued by the Government Is comparatively low at 108. [Fromto-day’s world.! Fris. 18.—The money market continue* easy from 4 to 5 pet cert., with excep ion# at 8 per cent, and the supply is largely in excess of tho demand. An attempt was made on the part of the banks to advance their lorn* from 4 to 6 per rent, on Gcvernmenta but tbe loana were paid off at once, a* the f*ovcrnuient dealers are offered xnoie money than they can u>*e at 4 per cent The G-vejnmeut bond market is more active, chiefly in ton-forties and #oven-?hfrt * g Tha ten-forties are scarce, “nd Ioshs was bid at the close, and aeven-thirti** were lf-7** bid. The wvr«-quioc, and the 1867 e were firm at li*, s l, and the 1866 s at 109% The gold maiket was dull and the price declined to . 146*; from 141 V. It opened at 141’J. and closed at Ml at 3. P. M. The rotes paid for earning were 4,4% 6,3.1. and . 2 percent, and at 133 P. M. fl»t. After -the board ad jcurrfd the quotations were I40?i to 141 Tbe foreign exrbsne* market I* firmer; prime bankers, sixtv-dsy -terling bills a»e ion 1 *- an.i sight, lto.V to lio'i rtn’iMrcial rixty days. Kfc. 3 ., to IWHf; franco on Pari-, long, 5 Ifl'.s to 6.15, and ?hort. 5 IS?., to 5.13% ’ wDa, bins sU'i to 5.1 K; AFtwc rp. s.l*\»' to 5.16; Amsterdam. 41 l .< to 41 f, : Frankfort, 41 to-il 1 ;-; Hamburg, 36 l j : Hcrlih. 7i \to 72. and H'. d)» n. 79. 1 »to 744-' 3 . - ') h*- -teck n ark* t \vn» unsettled and irregular, nwine to .a bieak in Frie from 78.% to 76X. Home of tbe leading Li.ll- v, tTv sellers of Erie to-day. and tho pressure of tlmir sob’ti wifh‘th<* efforts uf ?he bean* rendered th- m- r kcf imgi lar. ’) here a ineetiug of the Erie board of din etorß to-r'ay lo the suit brought bv Mr. Frank Wrik agiilust Mr. Pr»*w. but no definite acrion si* rskrn in the same and the Boar i Adjourned to - meet te-D'oriow. It j-'-tet* d tba* Mr. Drew’s ngreemen* with th*-Erie permit? him to n-e tho 54.000 »har p s, in ld o# collateral* in m v <vuv ho Theexdtemcnt ir Erie, ova ire to th** diff*r«-.nt movement-* aud rum >r' or the ImH*-srd l»-ars. has made tbe whole market heavy mdM de* line of from 1 to 3 per cent took place in the leading stocks. • . The Isfttefit Reports Of Telegraph# New York, February 19.—Stocks active. Chicagoand Rock Ifland. 9*; Reading, KTV: Cantou rompany, 60: Fn**, 75 J n ; and Toledo, lift 3 *; Cleveland and Pittsburgh 98; Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne, 10V 1 {; Michi gan Central. 113#: Michigan Southern, 91)4; New York Central, 132 V: Iftinoi® Central. 138: Cumberland Pre ferred 36: Virginia 6e, 42: Mieeouri 6s, IM; Hudson River. 147: Umted State® Five-Twenties, 1862, 111#; do., 1864. 109; d0.,1866,109#; new i»me,lo7?*; Ten-fortlee, 10ft\; Seventhirtif®. 107)«; Money, 6 percent.; Gold, 140 V: Fxchnnce, 109,\. _ New York. reb. 19.—Cotton firmer at 23#(5«24c. Flour dullard det lined 6r (i?loc.-—nnle® of 7,500 bl>V.: State. spr2slo 76; Ohio. f9ft.y«?sH; Western. s3ftQ@sto 3Q; Southern sH<£sls: Cnlifornia- *l3 BCK&SI4. Whe.it, drill. Com. dull—pales of 32 bushelß; western, *125 (rt* 1 £B. Oat®, firmer, &4c.('?64*tc. beef, Quiet. Pork. fi ; m—Falea of I.OtO bbte.; Meee, $34 25. Lard, firm at 14c. <?lse. Wbhky quiet. ■ Iljii.njkioßE. February 19.—Cotton very firm; Middling*, 23V(«23X. Hour quiet ;'high grades shipping extra*, *l2(S> $l2 25. Wheat eteady, hut dulL Com firm; White, $1 I5(»$l 20:Y*How, $1 12<£$! 16. Out* at 79 Rye firm at $1 63(&51 68. i-ravis'Oßs firm, ana closed ad vancing: Bulk Sides, 10? a '; Should**™. 9)4; Lo-we Shoulders 11*1(311#; Rib Sides, 12?4<§13; Clear Riba, 13#. MAH INK BDLLBTIN. POET OF PHILADELPHIA- Fr.uaPAßy 19 \ tSTSee Marine Bulletin On Third Page* AKEIVED THIS DAV, S'hr 5r A McGahan, CaU, Boston via Delaware City, D . Cooper. ... •. ... Correj|BPn<JeDce of the PhHedelphla Eichango. --I.VW®** DEii. FptfriiHJjPM Bark Roanoke from Porto Cahello. arrived at the Break* water, this morning. Schr C E Elmer, from CardenAs for Philadelphia via Assateagne Inland, where aho was ariiore, arrived at the Breakwater this evening in tow of a ateamer. Yours, &C. * JOSEPH LAFETRA. MEMORANDA. Sbio Bfr John Mandevillc (Br>, Grelg, from Calcutta 23d Sept at Mew York yesterday. Ship Richard S Ely. Lombard, from New York for Hong Kong, was spoken 24th utt. let 31 45, lon 38 41. Ship Gertrude. Doane,frotn Rio Janeiro, at New Orleans 12th Inst. Steamer Mississippi* 81ocum, from New York, at Para 10th lit. and proceeded for Rio Janeiro. Steamer Perit, Delunoy, cleared at Galveston 10th last, for Now York. Steamer Eagle, Greone, from New York, at Havana yesterday. Steamer Mercedlta. Smith from New Orleans fgr New York, at Havana yesterday. Bark Devonshire. Hilt, for this port, remained at Leg* horn sth Inst to sail 16th. Barkßeteie .Stanton (Br). Cole, from Singapore 25th Oct. for Boston, was spoken 13th Inst. Ist 86 25, 100 74 50. Bark Oustui (Br), Patoro, from Bth Oot. for New York, was spoken (no date) in the Btraita of Sunda. Brig Hebe (Br), Lebum, 43 days from Rio Janeiro, with coffee. at New Yo’k yesterday, Brig'iynea (Swo) Hallgren, 43 days from Rio Janeiro, at Nqw York yesterday, with coffee. . Brig Alfred, llufuagle, from Montevideo, was below Baltimore 17th inst Brig PMIUp Larmbee, Cole, cleared at New York y#* terday for Nuevltas. ; 6chr J Simmons,/ElHs.jit Leghorn sth Inst, for this portlsth " • Schr L Blew, Buckaloo, from Boston for this port, sailed from Newpoit 16th iriat, ■ ■""•'•■•’V-: 1 " * ■ MARINE MISCELLANY, ; ■ ■ SMnChas J Baker from Goltcnhurg for Boston, aban doned at sea. had a cargo of iron consigned to Naylor & Company, of Boston, which wiu insured in Boston for (WOfn gold, *t the following offices: Now Fnglsiid. $61)00: Bojlston, $4500: Shoe dr leather, $5000; National. $5000: Washington,ss»(!o; Bouton, $6000; Neo* tunft $7600: ; Maunfacturers,-$4000; India, $2000: North America, ofil'htladelphia, $3500 and Delaware AlatuaU ft.4WO. Thovessel v as Insured In Yarinoiith, NS. Bchr Plorepre H Allen, from Mobile for, Boston, put iuto 'yf‘terdAy, leaking badly,... ... , - ti . , s ‘SebrMimnsota. from Baltimore for-Portsmouth, NIL ! with a cargo ia *ehore on ttharp’a ain< full of water, - . T?OR BALE.-TO MERCHANTS, BTOREKKEPERS, J? Hotels nnd dcalera-200 Cases Champagne and Crab Cider. 250 bbe. Champagne and Crab Cider. . P. J. JORDAN, • 290 Pear street TBIK® :,VWI BY TELEGRAPH. TO-DAI’S CAM QUOTATIONS, WASH INGT O 3V. THE ALABAMA ELECTION. The Weather Report. By (be Atlantic Cable. Lohdon, Feb. 19. Noon.—U. 8. Bonds, 71%@ 72. £rie R. R , 49%. Consols and other securi ties unchanged. Paris, Feb. 19, Noon—Rentes are strong. LiYKureoL, February 19th, Noon.—Cotton buoyant; sales to-day will reach 20,000 bales; Uplands have advanced; sales oh the spot nt 9% @9%d,, and 9%d. to arrive; Middling Orleans, The shipments from Bombay for the month of December amount to thirteen million pounds. , Breadsinffs and provisions steady. Tbe Alabama Election. [Special Despatch to the, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.] "Washington, Feb. 19.—Senator Wilson Intro duced the following resolution to-day, and gave notice that he would call It up to-morrow, or at the earliest day possible. When he did so, he proposed to prove . to the Senate by: incontrovertible facts that the defeat of the Constltatlou in Alabama at the recent elccticn was tho. result of the most oat rsgeSns frands ever perpetrated upon the people. fhesolved. That the Constitution of Alabama Is hereby declared to be in conformity with' the act to: provide for tbe more efficient government of the rebel States. The said Constitu tion is hereby approved, and whon cver tbe Slate Legislature elected under the said constitution shall ratify the fourteenth amend ment to. the Constitution of the United States, the said State shall be admitted to representation in Congress in accordance with the laws of the Uniled States. Weather Report. February \§, Thermo 9A. M. Wind. Weather . meter. Part Hood, N. W. Snow quails. 25 Halifax, N. Cloudy. 24 Portland, 8. W. Cloudy. 20 Boston, S. W. ’ Snowing. 19 New York, S. W. Snowing. 22 Wilmington, Del., W. Cloudy. 30 Wasbineton,D!C. 8. Cloudy. 40 Ft. Monroe, S. W. Cloudy. 40 Richmond, Va., 8. Cloudy. 32 Oswego, N. Y., 8. Clear. 38 Buffalo, W. Clear. 29 Pittsburgh, W. Clear. ’ 34 Chicago, N. E. Clear. 38 Louisville, N. W. Cloudy. 51 New Orleans, 8. W. Clear. 57 Mobile, E. Cloudy. 50 From Buffalo. Buffalo, Feb. 19.—Three men, named George Jforrisson, Thomas Thompson and William Alex ander, were capsized in an open boat yesterday, in Niagara, and drowned. The accident is sup posed to have been caused by the boat. having got on a piece of floating ice. The Spiritualist Convention of Western New York convened in this city yesterday. There was a large number of delegates in attendance. Woman Burned to Death. Fall Rivkk, Mass., Feb. 19.—A notorious woman, named Phcebe Wilkie, keeper of a house of prostitution in this city, was burned to death night before last by the breaking of a kerosene lamp. • Obituary. Auburn, N. Y., Feb. 19th.—C. R- Johnson. As sistant General Superintendent of the Merchants’ Union Express Company, died suddenly last night, at Clifton Spriugs, of inflammation of the heart. Lowf.ll, Mass. Feb. 19.—HeDry Smith, master mechanic, who wa6 injured by the engine explo sion here, died last niuht, makiDg thus far three deaths in all. The Coroner’s inquest will be held on Friday afternoon. : IT, fi. Supreme Court Decision. Boston Feb. 19—The U. 8. Supreme Court, to which an appeal was made,has sustained the will of Mis. Abigail Lorintr, who donated $171,000 to various ehurituble institutions. \ I'eniiajlvnnm Legislature. Harkisisukg. Feb. 19; Sun.ite.— The Speaker presented a communi cation from the Mayor and Councils nf Philadel phia, against-tbe removal of the farmers from e[m l sttindr; also, a communication from the C'oniU'iisiotierf of the Sinking Fund, showing a balance itij the genera, fund of -31 511,050 80, aiid in the war fntid of $360,223 30. The Railroad Conirnitiee reported an act incor porating the Delaware and Lme istnr Riilrosd, from the Delaware river at Point Pleasant to Lancaster. Mr. Randall moved to recommit the bill to the committee, so as to decide upoa the intermediate points which the road shall pass. This view was also taken hv Mr. BillingfeU, and the bill was re committed. Mr. Connell offered the following resolution: Whereas' It has been represented to the mem bers of the Senate that parties claiming to be the Philadelphia University of Medicine and Sur gery have conferred the degree of Doctor of Medi cine, without authority so to do, and have in other ways pursued a course calculated to injure the position and standing of the medical colleges in this State; it is, thtrefore, Htiulred, That the Committee on Education be instructed to inquire into the facts, and report to the Senate whether any, andjf any, what le gislation is necessary in tho premises. . The resolution was parsed. • The Free Railroad law was considered. Mr. Ridgway moved to go into a Committee of the Whole and insert this amendment: That no Corporation Railroad formed under this act shall entir upon and occupy any street, lane or alley in any incorporated city or borough without the consent of such city or borough being first obtained. This amendment it will be recollected was de feated on Tuesday evening. Mr. McCandlqse now favored its insertion as a measure to insure justice to the people, and to pn vent the highways of great cities from being used by steam locomotives. The amendment was inserted by a vote of 30 ayes to 7 noes. ’ ' The following bills were Introduced : Mr.Ridgway,one providing for the paymont of damages done Jones's Hotel on Chestnut street, during its occupation by the authorities of the State during the war. By Mr. Coleman, a supplement to the Locust Mountain Coal and Iron Company. By Mr. Beck, a supplement to the act changing the boundaries of Williamsport. By Mr. White, one prohibiting any but regu larly licensed physicians from practicing in Indi ana county. ", Mr. McCandless, a supplement to an act relor tive to advertising for naper for the State. The Railroad Committee reported an act in corporating the Darby and West Philadelphia Railroad. . The Road Committee reported an act to open Montgomery avenue, from Germantown Road to Sixth street. • Mr. Randall offered an act allowing any corpo r„tion to determine by a vote of its stockholders the (inumber of Its directors, not to exceed fifteen, nor to he less than three, a majority to be Uniter) States-Referred. BPKCUIt .HITItlltS. . DEVICE I‘ENNSYEYANXA RAILROAD COM . eurLAi)Ei.riiiA, lehrimry loth, 1869. NOTICE TO bTOORHOLDURS.- > ■flu EU'Ptlon for Directors of thin Company wilt, tw held on MONDAY. Uni 2d day.of Match, 1848. .at too 0 f tho Company, No 238 south Third etrcot. Thu . , . r | I - will he open from 10 o'clock'; A. Mu' tiuttlB o'clock," r M. No shart or shares tromdortOd within Fixtr cTivi I,reef dins tlm election vs 111 ouUtteThe .hpldori or; holders then of to vote; .. u EDMUND Hit till, fntaimli2' secret»ry. ; . ■ i saaCNaThanb; > 1 Tbltd 'Hhd''Sprue4'Btreetii,‘onlfr <>ne square bolow the Exchange. SSSo,O<XI to loan in largo or email amounts, or, diamonds..silver plate, watches, jowehw. iuid aUgoods ol value. Office hours from BA.M. to I P. H. Ketab lished for tho lost forty years Advauces made, in law ameunts at the lowest martetrateo. JafMfrp 2:30 O’Oioek. FOUKEH EMEIW. BY TELEGBAPH. LATER FROM WASHINGTON. THE SURE ATT CASE. CONTESTED ELECTION CASE. Comfet gallon of Goveenment Clerks. THE CASE OF GOV. HOLDEN The Caae of'John If. Surratt. [Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.] Washington, Ft b. 19— In the Criminal Court of the District of Columbia, this morning, Judge Carter -on the bench, District Attorney Car rington moved that the case of John H. Burratt be continued to, the next term -of the-court. Mr. JJcrrlck, counsel ' for Surratt,, said the defence were ready to enter on the, trial on the day set, the 24th lust. The court answered that a case of this, importance should not be tried at' tho close of the term, and, that , continu ance would be granted. Mr- Merrick stated it wonld be impossible for the defence to try tbecase In March or April,' owing to engagements of the associate counsel, Jadge Black, for those months; ard he hoped that at the next term he would be allowed to have It further postponed." The Court remarked that counsel should confer,and fix upon some time agreeable to both sides. The Ohio (onictled Election Case. [Special Deepatcb to the Philadelphia Evenlng BuUedn.l Washington, Feb. 19; —It Is understood that a majority of the House Committee on Elections have agreed to report In favor of Gen. Morgan’s right to the seat in the House from the' Eight eenth Ohio District. Gen. Morgan’s seat was contested by Columbus Delano, Republican, on the ground that many of the votes cast for Mr. Morgan were by deserters from the army, who, nnder the laws of Ohio, were disfranchised. Compensation of government Clerk.. [special Despatch to tho Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.; Washington, Feb. 19.—Tho House has just passed by a vote of 88 to 44, an amendment to the legislative appropriation bill, giving to the employes of Congress and the clerks in the Departments twenty per cent, additional com pensation, The amendment was offered by Mr. Woodbridge and opposed by E. B. Washburne. Who demanded the yeas and nays on its passage. The Cose of wov, Holden. (Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.] Washington, Feb. 19 Senator Morton offered a bill to-day,which was refeiyed to,the Judiciary Committee, removing political disabilities from Governor Holden of North Carolina. It is simi lar to the bill agreed upon by the Reconstruction Committee, not yet reported to the House. The New Beconstrucllon Bills. [Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin!] Washington, Feb. 19. Senator Trumbull, from the Judiciary Committee, to-day reported adversely upon three bills relating to reconstruc tion, introduced by Senators Wilson and Drake. He reported that the bill reported by the Com mittee on Monday, ns a substitute to the House bill,covered all the points of these bills. S aval Court -martial. [Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening BnlloHn.] Washington, Feb. 19.—At a court-martial held in Washington, January 3d, Captain Napo leon Collins, of the Navy, was tried and con victed for allowing, through inattention, the U. S. S. Sacramento to run upon a shoal at the month of the Kuthapalaun river, eoast of Coro mandel and be wrecked, and was’ sen tenced as follows, which sentence the Secre tary of the Navy, in a General Order Issued to-day, approves : “To be suspended for a term of three years from rank and duty, during which period of time fcc shall receive ouly thepiyof oillcers of the grade of captain on the retired list, and bis suspension from rank shall only effect hie promotion to a higher grade, and to be • publicly reprimanded by tire Hod. Secretary of the Navy.” Captain Collins is the samo officer who commanded the Wachusett. when she en tered Bahia Bay, Brazil, and captured the rebel pirate Florida, and for this conduct he was then promoted. Lieutenant Commander Goo. M. Baclie, execu tive* officer of the. Sacramento, was'also court martialed for the same oiience, and sentenced to lie suspended for one yetir and to be publicly re premnndtd by the Secretary of the Navy. The ordt rin which these officers are reprimanded by the Secretary of the Navy states that this is a very difficult task to perform, especially as the ofliclU. standing of these officers has been high and their patriotism well tested. XLtb Congress—second Session. Washington, Feb. 19. Senate. —Tbe Chair laid betore the Senate a onmmumcatinn from the cigar-makers nf C'llum miß, Ohio, praying for a ruodlficulion of the tax. Referred to the Committee on Commerco. Mr. Summer (Mass.) presented petitions from oitizins of Washington, protesting against the imposition npon them of a government by com mission at the expiration of their charter, and praying the passage of a bill re-chartering the city. He gave notice that he would introduce a suitable bill to-morrow. Mr. Trumbull (III.), from the Committee on Judiciory, reported adversely on .the bill intro duced by Mr. Wilson for the uioYo efficient go vernment of the rebel States, with amendments thereto. Also, on the- bill on the. same subject. He stated that they were rendered unnecessary by the recent amendment reported by the com mittee to the supplementary reconstruction bill, providing that a majority of votes cast shall de cide elections. He'also reported adversely on the bill to regu late the service by courts of equity out of the jurisdictional limits. Mr. Fessenden (Me.), from the on Public. Buildings and Grounds, reported, with amendment, the bill to enlarge the Capitol grounds. Mr. Wilson (Mobs.) Introduced a bill to reim burse soldiers for clothing destroyed because of contagion. Referred to Committee om Military Affairs. . Mr. Wilson (Mass.)'introduced a joint resolu tion to restore Alabama to representation in Con gress: Whereas, The act of March 23d, 1867, en titled “an act supplementary to an act to pro vide for tbe more effloient government of the rebel States,” passed March 2d, 1867, and to fa cilitate restoration, provided that the election for the ratification of the constitution of each or the rebel Stateß' should be one at which all tbe registered and qualified electors of the State should have an apportunitv to vote freely and without restraint, fear, or the influence'of fraud. And whereas, at the election for the ratification of the Constitu tion of Alabama, electors, owing to their dismis sal from employment and the hostile and mena cing actions of combinations of persons, had not on opportunity to -vote freely and without re straint, learMr the influence of fraud; And where as, Congress is satisfied that the Constitution of Alabama meets the approval of a nmjority of all the. qualified electors of the State. Therefore, Hesolced, By the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of ihe United Btates in Congress as sembled, that the Constitution of Alabama Is hereby declared to be.in conforpaity with'tbe pro visions cl' tbe act to provide for the more efficient goverfvfficntifif’the • 1867: and the paid Constitution Ishereby approved; and■ whenever,.the Legislature elected under the gild*'CwstltiilToiirajaU ratliy the tith ArticliT of the Constitution of the United States, p'ro ■ posed :'hs <tba Tbirty-Dinth Congress, the said 'Staid shall be-'admitted to- representation in Congress, in accordance with the laws of the ,United States. Referred to the Judiciary Com mittee. ■ • ’ ■ Mr I Wilson stated-that he would call,, It up at am.eariy day, when be wonld make a statement dif the outrages perpetrated / in ; that State, in violation dt the nght-tOivottf/Wlthout fear of re straint. ■; , Mr. Morton (Intb) introduced a bill to relieve IlitMiisabllities of Gov. Holden, of North Caro lit e. Referred to Judiciary, Committee. 3:13 O’Oloolc. I WAGNER JFRMON, w • Attorney and Counsel at Law, HAS REMOVED Hid OFFICE. To 733 BAXBOM itreet. lelS,lm,rps Mr. Hendricks (Ind.) introduced a bill ;to amend an act to provide fpr the recording of c vu veyancea of vessels, and lorother purposes. Ro limdto-'JieJndiclaryCohtmlttee. ';•. Mr. Tipton (Nebraska) Introduced a. bill to plant aid to a railroad trout’ BtuwUsViue.! Ne braekmend other railroads In that State, to Inter sect the Union Pacific Railroad. Referred to the Committee on:Pacific Railroad, v Hocsfc.—Mr. Lawrence (tJhio), from the Judi cisry Committee, reported a blit to establish a Law Department, Ordered,to be printed and te- ar. Wilson (lowa}, from the same Committee; reported back the bill for the surrender of per sons convicted of certain crimes, and asked that it be put upon Its passage. The bill, as amended by the Committee, provides that no person who may have teen duly arrested, tried, convicted, and adjudged guilty of mur der, piracy, assassination, arson, robbery, or lorgery, and which conviction has not been re versed, shall be allowed to ettter or remain in the United States, and anthorixes the President of the United States, on tbOprodUCtiQti of satisfac tory proof that any such person: Bad; entered or Is about to enter the United Stales, tocauso to be returned such convict to the country from which he comes, or in which he may have been convicted.. .• ~ ~ Mr. Wilson stated that the particular-.case which gave rife to the bill was onef Which! de manded immediate action, andy etr he dld.not ftel authorized to state the elrcumatahces ofthetJsse, ■ because such a statement might defeat tho object of the bill. i * '■ •> - Mr. Judd (III.) asked Mr. Wilson whether tfe bill would exclude a prisoner convictcd 'of any such crimes; add subsequently pardoned by-his Government.- - - t Mr. Wilson sntweted In the negative. Mr. Judd asked whether it would apply to a person who after having paid the full penalty in dicted, as imprisonment tor 20 years, afterwards came to this country. i . - > Mr. Wilson repliedi that It certainly-could not be so construed. , The bill was passed without a division. The House then' proceeded to dispose of the amendments, 39 In number, reported from - the Committee of . the Whole On. the State of the Union to the Legislative, Executive and Judicial appropriation bul. ; T Mr. Washburne (Hi.), acting chairman of the Committee -on Appropriations,' withdrew the amendment pending' at the adjournment of tho House yesterday! : > ' - - The first question on which,the yeas’ and nays were called was on the amendment pddltlg;twenty per cent to the appropriations for’the- of each House, Mr. Washburne opposing it, and its supporters contending that il'oniv carries out existing laws which make the increase perma nent. The amendment was adopted—yeas 88, nays 45, as follows: - -' , Yeah— Messrs. Adams, Anderson, Archef, Ar nell, Ashley (Nevada), Banks, Barnami Bingham, Blair, Boyer, Burr. Cary, Chanler,; Clarke, Eld rlge, Eliot, Ferris,Ferry, Getz,. GlosSbrennejv Qol day,Gravely,Griswold, Hopkins. Hotchkiss, Hub bard (Iowa); Jenckes, Jones, Jadd, Kerr, Ketcham, Knott, Laflin, Lawrence (Pa.). Lin coln, Logan, Mallory, McCarty, McCullough, Mercnr, Miller, Moore, Moorchead, Morgan, Morrill, Munged, Myers, NewcotUb, Nicholson, Nunn, O’Neill, Paine, Peters, Phelps, Poland, Polsley, Robertson, Robinson, Bclienck, Silgraves, Smith. Spaulding, Stark weather. Btcwart, Stokes, Stone, Tabor, Taflfey, Thomas’. Trimble (Tenn.), Trimble (KvJ, . Twitchell. Van Auken, Van Horn (N. V.), Van Trump, Van Wyck, Williams (Pa.), Williams (Ind.), Wilson, Wilson (Pa.), Windom, Wood, Woodbridge and Woodward—BB. \ From Wuhlngiouv Washington,, Feb. 19.—A Committee repre senting the City Councils of Baltimore called at theTSxecutive mansion to-day for the purpose of presenting a series of resolutions complimen tary to the President, recently adopted by that .body... : !... .. Tbe delegation was introduced by Charles E. Phelps, of Maryland.and the resolutions Were presented by Henry-Duvall,President of the. First Board of the Baltimore City Connells. Offier gentlemen also made short speeches, towhiclrthe President in response expressed thanks for the compliment tendered. NAVAL AND ARMY ITEMS. Commodore Charles H. Poor, United States Navy, has teen detached from' the command of the naval station at Mound Clty.TlUnois, to take effect on the Ist of May next, and Commodore Henry Walker has -been ordered to the cbmmand of that post. Brevet Lt. Colonel H. C. Morgan, Cap|aln of the 12th Infantry, has been placed on the retired list of the Army. Brevet Brigadier General O. L. Shepherd, Col onel of tbe 15th Infantry, has been ordered to join his regiment in the Third Military District, to take command of the Sub-Dristrict of Ala bama. THE COEJKTB. District Court— Judge Hare Chas. J. Shain vs. Geo. H Vandyke nnd T. G. Vandyke, trading as George H. Vandyke. An action on a promis sory note. On trial. District Cookt— Judge Thayer.—Krdpp and Wile vs. Crouse. Before reported. Verdict for plaintiffs for $224 75. William Hillary vs. Philip Goehler. An ac tion against the surety for rent. Verdict for plaintiff for $ll6 20. Wm. Roney and John C. Young, Executors, vs. Charles L. Jefferson An act ion on two bills. Verdict for plaintiff' for $1,582 50. Sucrs.-mk Court—Cbi> f Justice Thompson and Justices Btrone, Read, Agnewand Sharswood.— The case involving the right of the judges to re mit sentences was postponed until to-morrow. 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