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yOLUME XXI.—NO. 275.
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BUTCHER—PAGE.—On the Mth Inst, by Rev. George
Dona Boaraman, D. IX, Ilenry U. Butcher to Ellen A.,
eldest daughter of JcsopbF. Page, Esq., all ol this city.*
INLEI>.
ARTHUR.—On February 25 th, Laurette 800 til, daughter
of Chaa.and Rebecca J. Arthur, aged 2 yean, 8 months
and 11 days. ■
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
Invited to attend the funeral, from her parents' resi
dence, near Uofemonl Station, P‘, R. It. on Friday after
xioc n, the ~‘th Inst., at 1M o’clock. **
LuDWIG.-On nonday afternoon, 23d tost, Harriet T.
will lake plar* at the “Cliartea Evana*
at Readier reotutylvania, on W«aae«aay
iiAmißg, SSthiwt, at 11 o'dacc. to which her relative*
aod friends mir> respect/ally Invited. . „
PLDHIGK.—Verj suddenly, in Baltimore, on the i!2d
iiifet .'.iwtjiua V. Pcdrick. in the Wtb year of hi* a*e.
ItirrElL-Ia Philadelphia, February Sid, t*m Mr?.
.Oofotby A. I ill Ur, in the V4tb year of her age. I'clict of the
fate W». flitter. , t
Ther relatives and friends of the family ai e respectfully
iiiviuo t'» itteud her funeral, from her late residence.
Cheater Valley, on Thursday luomU)* ttt.lw o’clock.
Carriage? will he in waltinant Volley* Forge Station on
ti e atrivol of tbe7 rtOtraintromPtiUadelphfA. 4
»ftl GAKT.-OntheSid iu«., Elizabeth tsh”£&rt, aged
r>7» eldest daughter of tbcl&Ui i?ti?.rj:e S. dhucort.
lie inale rc*Tatfci?!i and frienda mr» respectfully- to--
vlttd U* attend- bef funeral, tr/om the l&te residence of
Dr. K. Knox Morton, on Ihsrrday next To proceed to
Laurel IliH.
f'Amacer will heat Lane Motion to meet
tin-'train which-leaver Ninth and Green streets, at 10
° Y AltilLKV.—On the UJth Ella «T., daughter «>r iV*
istf* j!imi«iH,\ardl'ty, M, D. ‘
iltf telstivr* and friend* of the family are respectfully
iav;t(d X'j attend Iter fuoera!. from her Hte lenidenec. No.
6-v 'me Ntreif. at lSO'thck. <n tin* tftli fn*t
>'li* d to Laurel Hill, ’*
oKrrrAHY.
Yl* fn. v iratso Ordiior i**nt hi* rue**age, and the
**:iusy Lie c-WiM.sn I. IL LA' r Krtv has ranee Hod the
<h bt, The tanatlicut tfumtiorn** called above the e-oiil ol
otic whose dii or twenty-five yean had developed the
noj>le?t trrlt ol our natu:*» -theloveof 4b>d. embodied In
<ha rite to fellow man. Of caiUiondiog prtrtsre and
aitmrt vr mien, hfefnaiker'jntimaxicaporftrayedairenisi
and p-mputhHic-heart* How ftftd to fbtnk that Death
Hbould th r* former on earth eloee from fsther and family
a future but «»f ytetordav so glowing with the charzne of
rip.nid manhood 1 Yet kin or ftleuda shouldn>tde?'
pond. btiCiatlicrrrahathat u.^rclf’ilthemcli inscrnUblc
idenc*..wblrh li»?. we humbly trn«t .-!»un»t-iltited for
carfhry ptisuc the isexpreeilble blfse of life immortal
T7TttE~fir OF>ESf TO DAY TUB Lit iH T
l*i ebadM of dprice Poplicr?f< r the Faehlonal4B Walkloß
Steel Colored PopUn.*..
Mode 4 Vlored Poplin*.
Bismarck Exact Sbada
SPECIAL NOTICES.
OdrHANDEL AND HftYDN SOCIETY.
The .vood Concert of the senson win be glvensfilbe
ACAD* MV OF MUSIC, on
Ivb! au?y 35, when Nowliomm’e magnificent Omtono of
DAVID
w ill he performed, with the a-sl»f*oca of
Wn-. t OPUIA MOKAIiT, Soarao». „ „
sfim-pwo&aa"
AtM CABL BKNTZ*B Oftind Orchfrtr*. „
3.ib*crib»r»cjm obtain tbeir tic Let* *t MPLER’3,
■w here new tnUecribera for tins two remaining concerts
received. . . • ■ - , _ ; -
Hi «»t?» in Balcony* Parquet Circle and Parquet,
One Dollar and i'ifty cents. . ,
Admittance, One Dollar. {Deluding reserved seat in
Family Clide; entrance on Broad street. fe24-Strp
osr (MM IMARf’AM CHIZHS’ MSB
PROMENADE CONCERT 'AND HOP 0F
I COMPANY, OBEY RESERVES,
IV, II t»ie j lu-e on WEDNESDAY EVENING, Feh.26,’68,
At the HORTICULTURAL HALL.
Tit to be had at W'ltti* t C->V. 103) Cheetnut street;
Gro- Re W. ECkertV, lit Booth Fifth atrcct, or at *ha Halt
on the eveningof the Bath fe2s-2trpl
'--W&r ltev. Henry Ward Beecher,
Thursday Evening, February 37,
At 8 o’clock.
.Subject— “THE PURSUIT OE HAPPINESS." _
Ticii-ta far aalo at'’GOULD'o New Piano Htore, P 33
CBEUTMT street, and a: the Academy, Thursday
Kvcninc. fe34-4trp
Bfcgr From Joppa to the Jordau.
A Lecture rn the above tnterentinp anbjeot Will be de
livered lathe NORTH BAPTIST CHURCH. EIGHTH
etreet. above MASTER, on THURSDAY EVENING,
iebruarvgith. at U before 8 o’clock, by WM. MASON
TOKNF.It, M. D., for the benefit of the SABBATH
SCI iOOL connected wl b■ ho Church The Doctor having
traveled tbronah the Holy Laud, will speak from hie own
oburration. Ticket*, 2D cents. 2trp*
—u. S. DEPUTY COLLECTOR’S OFFICE,FIFTH
•WDI.S'fRICT PENNSYLVANIA. ■ - -
FniSKi-OUn, Fe),. 18th, 1868.
Notice Is hi rcbv given to the owners of the following.
described property, seized and taken for violation of the
United Btateaßevenue laws, that they may make claim
lor thesame onor before SATURDAY, March3lst; 1868:
February lith-No.L One copper atUl and head, iroin
east Ode of Balmon street, between Ann and Maple eta.
No. a One copper still ana bead, from No. 1.16 Salmon
Fehniary 12th—No 8. One copper still, complete, from
1614 Salmon street No. 4. One copper etUl,completc,from
1138 William street „ ■ •
February 15th—No. 5. One copper still and one barrel
-whlskf, from 1410 Balmon street No. 6. One copper stilt
fiomNo. tse Salmon street,No. 7, One copper stilt
.complete. and one packaga.whjeky, from No. HOB Clear-'
Add street iHOS. S. 10ULKR0D.
• felftw.litrg* ' ‘ Deputy Collector.
THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL COMMENCE
MENT OF THE HOM(EOPATHIC MEDICAL
fit 8 o ? eir*k at HORTICULTURAL HALL, Broad otreet,
■the pubUctoUiTittdtoboiirwct. feawtrpr
Railway Company, Eastern Dlvlsion, due March Ist IM*
will be paid on presentation Of the Coupons therefor, at
the BanSlng House of DABNEYi MORGAN & CO.,
onandHterthatdate:
teD6-wfm-stt . ■"? Treasurer.
(opposite New York Kensington Depot), in charge of the
Aoritem mjeimiceivedifi brought Immediately after
••"sgsidiifc
HOTEL COMPANY.
Wo.’Uiave declared a seml annuil dividend of Three Per
euigh coal ans
U ’ SOLOMON- SHEPHERp/Treaatirer.i
~ No.. 133 South Beooßdfltreei.
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" paper, Ac.. bought by E. HUNtERT,
Ne. 613 Jayne street.
—A member of one of the co-operative societies
Londonwrites thathe has saved enonghby It
takohifi family on a continental trip. >.. !
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LETTER FRODI NEW YORK.
[Correspondence of tho Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.]
New- York, Feb..2sth.—Early lost ovenlner,
through tho fierce though BhorUlved snow storm
which prevailed, tho voices of tho newsboys rang
In all directions: “Extra ! Extra! Impeachment
of Andrew Johnson !” “Extra! 'Kre’flyonr ex
tra ! All about the revolution in Washind'top!’’
etc. One little fellow I met was crying as lustily
as possible,, “Speech of Andy Johnson!" That
was the nearest he could get to the word impeach
ment—for it is a great and heavy word, indeed.
“Extra! Impeachment of President Johnson !''
was heard from the newsboys till a late hour.
They found,such a golden harvest as they had
reaped manyatlmo during the fearful changes
and vicissitudes of tho war. All was excite
ment. The metropolis was a great
debating clnb. And to-day, everywhere through
out the city, the great topic is, of course, the im
peachment. Since the message of the President
announcing tlbo removal of Secretary Stanton,
the excitement has been very great, bat now it is
Intense, more intense, perhaps, than at any time
since the close of the war. That the situation to
grave, all classes, Irrespective of their political
admit. The probabilities arc that
wo shall ere Iqng have some monster mass-meet
ings on cither side of this “vexed question.” to.
give emphasis to the voices of the people, both
for and against Meantime the people feverishly
await—some of them wouldn’t wait if they could
help it—the drifting of events.
The excitement of yesterday, preceding the
reception of the news of the impeachmont vote,
had a different effect in Wall and Broad streets
from what was expected. There was commotion
here, of coarse, but instead of sending gold and
everything else “biting,” it checked the specula
tive, and an unusual number of Micawbers con
cluded that there was the highest wisdom in
waiting till the “something nod turned up."
To-day (here will be more action in the markets.
It is now too early in the day to even guess at the
results.
Our precious Board of Counciltnen yesterday
received a communication from Mayor Hoffman,
vetoing the resolution providing for the publica
tion of 10.000 copies or the Corporation manual.
Not that such a veto to an unusual thing to it
mentioned here; but it—about as well as anything
> !h—shows the dreadfully muddy paths in
which the City Fathers persist in walking. The
<>4 en. bare-faced plunder of the people’s property
is really alarming. The burdens imposed by this
comparatively unchecked corruption of many of
those in power are .most grievous; but what
of the future if all tills corruption goes
to its seemingly logical, inevitable end?
Mayor Hoffman, in his veto message, calls
the ottention of the Board to the fact that when
a similar resolution was submitted in 18CC,provi
ding lor the publication of ten thousand copies,
he bad returned it with objections; that he had
cited official figures showing that the cost of the
manual for year was 554,000 (in
addition to the clerk’s compensation), or .over
65 30 per volucntyriid that responsible publishers
wciild have doniythe same work for 63 per vol
ume. His objections were overruled and the
mnnnal for 1860, was published. No appropria
tion-has been made tojpay for it, pub
lisher to yet unpaid.' The Mayor,-’judgingfrom
all this, believes the proposed fifteen thousand
copies would costover $70,000. He adds: "I res
. pectihlly submit that such an expenditure cannot
tie justified undefended-," .This tax-ridden -people
say the same. The corporation manual to simply
representative of evemhing wUh which
the Connell baa to- do. How far will this fear
ful conscience-debauchery go ? -
Lent drawetb near,’ and therefore the devoted
followers of Terpsichore are crowding all the
possible of their pastimes into.the remaining
days. , As the season will go soon- close all the
balls on the programme most be rigidly attended
to. And so everybody or nearly everybody went
to the grand charity ball, in behalf of the Nursery
. and Child’s Hospital, at the Academy of Music
last evening. Tickets representing 500 guests
had been sold, and it appeared that nearly all the
holders bad eought the Academy, despite the
- storm. The ball was brilliant with all the colors
of fashion, but it had less of tho simple glitter
and glare of the grotesque tinsels of the masque
rades which Jiad preceded it. It had, as balls go,
a plentiful snpply of color and life and crash,
but as compsrea'with some of the gatberings of
the Season, it might be thought to have a quiet
lone. But It was as designed; it was enjoyable,
successful, and the poor will somewhat be bene
fited br it. Tho Colonla Society's ■ ball was
given last evening—likewise the Beethoven
iiaunerehor.
. The Association for the relief of the poor has
now on its list 0,224 families, numbering 20,50 S
persons. At the Tombs yesterday morning there
were 470 applicants for relief (m accordance with
the provisions mode by tho Commissioners of
Charities and Corrections); at tho Essex Market,
: 303: and at Jefferson Market, 181. The suffering
among the poor of tho city is reported to be
greater than that of any winter since 1855.
We are in the midst of the coldest “snap” of
the season. The thermometer has been as low
as -}4 dcgjgjp below zero. The North and
East rivers 'firernore than ever choked with ice.
The Block market for several days has been
weak and excited, although the fluctuations may
not have been so great as many apprehended,
from the turmoil of the political world. Erie
remains the greut mark for the bulls and bears;
next comes the New York Central. The 6Uits
against Mr. Drew have evidently not had the ef
fect intended, for Erie has not yet beep very much
rallied. The hear party fs indeed gaining
strength. The many who still persist in butting
against Mr. Drew are reminded, occasionally,
that he is an experienced man in the stock
market, and that in this gkno he may. after all,
hold the winning card. is a dear
school, but—etc. That somebody must lose
one oi these days, seems settled.
Trade, of course, feels the effects of the fierce
excitement of the day. Aside from all this, busi
ness has of late been thought -to be assuming a
more healthful tone.—------— j —'
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
ABYSSINIA.
Despatches from Cicneral Napier-A
Hrlflsh Envoy in a Princely and
council.
Qukkn’s Hotel, London, Feb. 25, P. Mi-
Despatches . have been received from Abys
sinia dated to the 6th instant Major-General
Napier telegraphed to Sir Strafford North
cote that Major Grant, sent as an envoy to Ihe
friendly chiefe, had been well received by
Prince KaesL The letter and presents forwarded
in. the name of Her Majesty Queen Victoria .were
accepted and received in an open 'darbad(, jor
conncll, which was attended by tVo thousand
persons, chiefs and wariors. The inhabitants met
by Major Grant were all frlendly to the English.
•The women or Odeva cheered the military mission
on its entry into the town. ' ■/■; |.
The Cattseof Deal HntoS. '■;
No. 835 North Fifth STRiaw.Feb. 26.1868>-.
that I feel
contributors against am project that , appealt for
aid to mutes, without the sanction of weU
known,na^^toflhftlts^in^ag^is..,J
Respectfully, Fruncra J. Cleuc, i
Rector of Calvary Church and Pastor of Deaf
Mute Mission.
: —: *»**■■■■'"V—' i : '
—A Mr, Garland, Me., a short
time since purchased a flfoigh, so falcely palnted
and varnished that the back op it jfefloctea. llke a,
mirror. It was put in a building iawblchwasan
aristocratic turkey, who. in passing thebapk
Of theaieigh thought hehad foundaa tatrudfer,
ndnedthe'bMlroFtSo.
eoatly sleigh. - • ?v,
■ • !v 1
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 26, 1868.
HEir JERSEY.
Governor Ward’s Veto message.
State orsNp.w Jeksey, Executive Depart
ment, Trenton, February 25,1808 To the lion
'oTobtcthf. Senate of the Mate of New, Jersey. Mlt,
Pme.’-iBENT:—I herewith beg leave respectfully to
return, without my approval, Senate Joint Reso
lution number one, entitled “Joint Resolution
withdrawing the consent of this State to the pro
posed amendment of the Constitution of tho
United States, entitled ‘Article fourteen,’ and re
scinding the Joint Resolution approved Septem
ber eleventh, A. D., eighteen hundred and sixty
six, whereby it was resolved that said proposod
amendment was ratified by the Legislature of this
State.”
The amendment in question,being Article four
teenth among tbo amendments to the Constitu
tion of the United States, was on the thirteenth
day of June, eighteen hundred and. sixty-six, by
a vote of two-thirds of both Houses of Congress;
duly proposed for adoption.
On the sixteenth of Jnne, in the same year, it
was subfnltted by the Secretary of State of the
United Stales to the action of the State of New
Jersey, and on the eleventh of September, in the
same year, was ratified by the Legislature of this
State. Snch ratification, authenticated in due
form, was made known to the Government of the
United States, and the evidence thereof'filed in
the office ol the Secretary of State, in obedience
tc tbe law which requires the decision of the
several Legislature s upon this subject to be com
municated to tbe State Department of tho United
Slates; and in conformity with the express terms
of the official communication of the Secretary of
Slate of tho United States which accompanied it
when sent to the Governor of New Jersey to be
laid before the Legislature for its action. Of the
official reception of this ratification tbe authori
ties of the State of New Jersey were officially
informed.
I cannot approve the’ Joint Resolution by
which it is'now attempted to withdraw or rescind
the ratification so made—because
1. I deem that such a resolution, if finally
adopted, would be of no validity or effect. The
on ly authority by virtue of which the Legislature
cun take legitimate action upon the subject of
amendments to the Constitution of the United
States is contained in the Fifth Article of that in
strument. By that article the State action is
limited to 'the two cases therein specifically
named. Ono is the application by the Legisla
te te to Congress to call a convention for pro
nosing omendments, and the other is when
amendments are by Congress proposed to the
Legislature. In the latter case the action of the
Legislature can be based only on the proposal
tLcn existing and pending before them. When
such proposal ib accepted- and approved, the
( amendment ratified and returned to the general
Government by which it was Submitted, the
uansaction is completed, the decision of the
State has been rendered, and tiro power of the
! Legislature over tbo subject is spent, No further
| aeiioncan.be taken until the subject is again
submitted by. Congress, with whom the power to
make such submission is exclusively lodged. An
omission or failure to ratify by the Legislature
ol cue year, of within any specified time, would
pot prevent such ratification at a subsequent
time; all 6uch legislative cognizance of the sub
ject beiDg dependent upon and continuing with
the pendency of the proposal itself.
But with the acceptance of the proposal, and
its official and form.al return to the authorities
from whom alone it could come, that cognizance
must of necessity end. Any other construction
is believed to be without support from the Con
stitution itself as well as opposed to the general
analogies of law.
It must be remembered that while a State has
the ehar and undoubted right to repeal and
rescind its own laws, snbject to its contracts, yet
in all its relations to the General Government its
actions are- conclusive and final. If a
State part with a portion of its soil to
I the General Government, it cannot re
-1 cover its title even under the doctrine of
j cirioent domain. If the Legislature appoiuta
I tuiutor for the Constitutional term, no matter
; how faithless ho may be to the interests of the
Slate, or how wantonly , he may the
sentiments of people, the Legislature cannot
■ withdraw the appointment and trust An ap
proval or ratification of an Amendment to the
National Constitution by the Legislature of a
State, cannot be regarded as experimental or
conditional unless declared to be such when
made. When solemnly and unqualifiedly done,
it i 6 of the natnre and effect of a contract which
cannot be rescinded or changed at th&mcre will
of the State by which it was made;
The Legislature acted on the amendment under
the provisions of the Constitution United
States; that Constitution fixes no limit, during
» hicb. the assent of Uie requisite number of Legis
latures shall be given. By their ratification the
Legislature ot New Jersey agreed that the amend
ment should be a part of the Constitution of the
United States whenever the Legislatures of a
sufficient number of States had added their assent
to that of New Jersey to make the whole number
of assenting Legislatures equal to throe-fourths
of the Btates. The ratification of New Jersey,
made under the provisions of the Constitution,
was without condition or limit of time within
which the Legislatures of the other States neces
sary to make the requisite number should signify
their assent. Her potion so taken and published
enters into and becomes part of the causes and
considerations by which the action of other States
in the premises is influenced and determined, and
she cannot,by subsequent action,fix any newjlmit
or condition to the contract into which she has
duly entered, nor withdraw her assent whilo the
conditions upon which.lt was given remain un
changed and unbroken." ‘
‘J. if any donbt can cxißt as to the power of the
Legislature to withdraw its approval of such
amendment before it has been ratified by the Leg.
isiuturesof three-fourths of the States, it is no
where supposed that such approval could be af-,
Itnoctrds withdrawn. This ratification bv thread |
fourths of the Statea must J>e deemed already to 1
have been made, unless the Legislature shall as- {
bumeJo_dccide that when more than one-fourth
of the States have by rebellion'' and war with-1
drawn from their duties and functions as
States, and rendered Constitutional amend
ments essential to tho welfare of the nation,
such States can by their action prevent the
adoDUon of those amendments, and thus occa
sion indirectly and partially the results which
rebellion and war were waged more openly and
thoroughly to prodnee. Of the States that have
maintained their fidelity to the Union and their
constitutional relations to each other and tho
General Government, more than three-fonrths
have ratified the amendment, andl cannot deem
it open to donbt that their action is sufficient
and conclusive. If open to donbt. ltls not to be
decided by the Legislatures of the States, and
should not be assumed by this Legislature to be
within Its province to determine;
. . But aside from the abeence of any proper,
legal or constitutional power possessed by the
Legislature, lam constrained to withhold my
approval from this joint resolution because I
deem it.repugnant to the convictions of the ma
jority of the people and the voters of the State.
In the general election that followed the ratifico-
Bonof the Amendment,Jn New Jersey, the fact
that anchratification. wasapproved by.thevoters
orffießtate-waavabundanflyWowm-Sihco'
then it has not been considered or canvassed by
the people, and no reference was had to it in the
late election, at which the present Legislature
was chosen.
4. Another, arid the remaining reason for with
holding my approval is, because I deem the
amendment a wise one and in a high
degree Important to the welfare of toe
nation: Its provisions eminently |ttst
and fitted:to promote the> great objects which
the Constitution was formed and intended-to
-secure. v. t > ~-tfr.iij :
i Jte first section defines andscftlea the hitherto
disputed question ofcHizensifip, by declaring All;
pereons vbontoor ,naturalizedlti
States andstffijeftt |Uk
(be clUeeaa of the United ;S«toA|uali of tidS tito
• »S Wei}* iI.U iioliSiiiSHp v a
vr-, iUa., 1 ■
our whole Country. . v
Havana, Feb. 25,1868 — At Frederlcfcatad, on
the 12th Inst., Mr. Hatcbet, editor of the Avis,
raced: with excitement at ‘ witnessing the
British naval, officers sounding tbechan
jiels.-in the. Virgin Isles. The • ship
Purveyor had arrived to . accompany
*thc Manongahela. Hie offleersofthe sioop-of
war Ergojdyu m very popidar.lout are re
ported as about to marry St Croix btlles. Con
sul Moore Jiad returned. Ho la very popular.:
The funs are favorable to the drops. Sturar
crlndlnc; had <Msmineneed.' : 'TO Cfopwill ono
fourth larger than average. •
... The Hannah Grant Outrage* ; i
. Havana, Feb. 24, 1868.—-From Jamaica w«
have advices to Hie 18th Inst Consul Gregg. UK
been very nfltfarero obtain- redress ftm the ontxi# :
committed, oflfthe American whaler. Hqnuiw:
«3 ;<'t v;> t~> j'> I 'jru'i p 1 .•pL' - 4^;
<. l „ri*‘4?*V ?. V J -» “* 'Zs*. » * l V*t
■wherein they reside, and as such entitled to the
«qual benefit of the laws. It provides that no
Slate shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge Ihe or immunities of citizens
ol tbe United States; and that no Btate shall de
prive any person of life, liberty or property with
out duo process of law, or deny to any person
within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the
laws.
. The second section of the amendment fixes the
bafisaf representation in Congress.
Without this section, the political power and
representation in Congress of the rebellious
States would be largely increased, as a conse
quence of the rebellion, while at the same time
the population continued the same. The insur
rectionary States would elect members of the
House of Representatives upon the whole num
ber, instead of three-fifths of .their colored popu
lation, and in this way possess advantages
which they have not heretofore enjoyed.
It is against the plainest, dictates of wis
dom and right to make snch a discrimina
tion against the people of the States who have
been taithful to the union, and in favor of those
who have so lately waged war to destroy it It
cannot be supposed that the people of this State
are in favor of each a distinction; rewarding trea
een by increasing the political power of those
who have committed It; intrusting in an enlarged
and unprecedented manner the great interests of
ihenation, its public credit and well-being, to the
decision ot representatives, whose recent efforts
and wishes have been directed to the ruin of both.
The third section of the amendment disquali
fies from holding political office certain classes of
persons who, having taken oaths to support the
Constitution of the United States, shall have af
terwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion
against the same, or given aid or comfort to the
enemies thereof, thus adding perjury to treason.
It confers, however, upon Congress "the power to
remove snch disability.
The fourth section provides against the possi
ble validity or legality of debts, obligations or
claims incurred in aid of the rebellion, and
against the possible questioning of the validity
of the public debt incurred in suppressing it. ,
These are the provisions of the amendment
which it Is how proposed, if possible, to annul.
They, need no argument to illustrate their wis
dom and justice. The simple statement of them
is irresistible by the patriotic judgment—and
their ratification has received the approval of the
people. The amendment was formally and sol
emnly ratified, upon the part of the Legislature
of this State, and thereby, to the extent of its
power, made apart of the Constitution of the
United States.
Presuming that the object of this Joint Reso
lution is therein expressed, and my objections
being to that Object, and to the claim oi power
to accomplish It, I do not think it necessary or
proper to refer to the assumed reasons for the
passage of Ihe resolution which are alleged in the
preamble which accompanies it.
Although always regretting to differ in opinion
from the Legislature, yet believing that the joint
resolution now presented would, If approved, be
inoperative and vain, in violation of the plighted
faith of the State, injurious to the common good,
and repugnant to the wishes of the people we re
present, I am-constrained to return the same to
you with my objections as above.
Respectfully, ' Marcus L. Ward.
NEWS BY THE CUBA CABLE,
Mexico.
DlsUaguttlieil Arrivals: for Mexico
Confiscated Property to be sold.
Havana, Feb. 24.— The Baron Tindal arrived
herein the French steamer Imperalrice Eugenie,
and Scnor Don Angel Yturbide in the American
si earner Eagle—both bound to Mexico.
An order has been leaned by the Mexican gov
ernment to extingoish the national debt by auc
tion Bales of confiscated property, just as was
done previous to the intervention. This is the
cheapest way to obtain money.lt is expected that
one hundred thousand dollars can be paid off
monthly,
The Yaani Indians had become formidable. They
had attacked the towns of San Pedro, Echojoa
and Santa Cruz, and had assassinated General
Matins and fourteen of the inhabitants. The
Prefect of Gnaymas had senta battalion to punish
them.
President Jnarez had been permitted to take six
months’ leave of absence to visit Washington.
The rebel schooner Oricntc, commanded by a
Spauieh captain, had been retaken by the national
forces. In the chase she stranded on tho north
coast of Yucatan. Gen. Alatorre demands rein
forcements and money. Letters state that govern
ment will be compelled to recall Gov. Cepeda on
acconnt of his unpopularity. No one is willing, it
appears, to accept the political command of the
State—the Cepcdists least of all. It was feared
at the capital that Canales, Carvajal and Qulroga
would seize the silver conducts expected at Mata
moras from Monterey. Canales is abnndantly
provided with two thousand muskqts and a
battery.
BARBIDOEM.
Monument to « Scu. capfuln.
Havana, Feb. 24,18G8.—0ur advices from Bar
badoes are to the 11th inst. There was a move
ment on foot to erect a memorial in honor of
Captain Wooley, who perished in the steamer
Rhone, at Bt. Thomas. The subscriptions for
ihe pmposo were liberal.
Governor Walker had declared that the ac
counts concerning the molehead were deceptive
and unauthorized by tho Legislature. The latter
body was engaged in consolidating the criminal
law s. A proposition had been made to. increase
ibe dnty on imports one-fourth, but this Was de
nounced as injurious to Carlisle trade. Meteors
were seen on the 14th of January. The crop was
favorable, and there were somesaleßof conse
quence. Breadstuff's, however, were scarce.
VENEZDEIiAa
1 lie Itcvolutlou not Yet Suppressed.
Havana, Feb. 24, 1868.—8 y advices from Ve
nezuela to the 7th mat: we learn that the new
Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Public Works and
Credit had resigned. General Ochoa had been
appointed to the first-named office. General
Frias had been appointed Generalissimo of the
Federal Army ana set out forGuarico. The rear
guard and the. cavalry were to follow at once.
Notwithstanding these movements the news
papers stated that the revolution' had been sup
pressed.
In Carabobo the rebel'factions were divided,
and had sought refuge In the forests, where they.
were without officers. Occasionally some of
them would submit to the federal authorities.
Guayana remains quiet.
ST. CttOIX.
Indignation ®£ -an Editar at British
i Haral officer*.
JAMAICA*
freely augmented, bat the price wan dear. Ships
were wanted? Despite the immigration charges,
(he yearVexpcndlturcs had decreased XII,OOO.
GcDeml/G’Connor was at Falmouth, inspecting
(he place. The population was increasing. Tho
colored population have established a new
Baptist assoeiation. The health of the Island
was good.
VIRGIN ISLES.
Tho British nail-Station in the Cee.
ward Antilles.
Havana, Feb. 24. — Water Island, the fifth of
the British islands In the Virgin group, will pro
bably be the station of tho British mall.steamers
running to Aspinwal!, Havana, Kingston, Bar
ba does, Ac.
Tho steamers Atrntoand Plata report hnving
experienced fearful weather on their roccnt trips.
Mr. Cameron. Bgent of the British mail steam
ers, has arrived here to arrange matters relating
to the new station.
ANTIGUA.
Gubernatorial Changes in the Hritish
Colonies.
Havana, Feb. 24,1868.—0ur advices from An
tigua arc to the 27th nit. The sugar-grinding had
commenced. Some of the crop was already in
the market. There was no rum to be got Rob
beries were frequent
Colonel Stephen John Hill waiuld probably be
promoted to the Governorship of Demarara. Ho
will be succeeded by Major Robert M. Mnndy,
present Governor of Grenada. Governor Francis
Hindis, of Demarara, will probably relieve Sir
J. P. Grant, of Jamaica.
ST. THOMAS.
Operations of the Divers at Nt.Thomas.
Havana, Feb. 24,1868 There is a prospect
that the Dock will yet be floated, The work has
been entrusted to Murphy’s Company. They also
made an offer to raise the steamer Columbian for
ij'l.'i.OOO. This waß rejected, and the ship will be
abandoned. Darien, with the diving apparatus,
has gone to Hayti to load a Bmall cargo.
DEN ERA It a.
Arrivals from the United States,
Havana, Feb. 24, 1868. Our advices from
Demerara are to January 23. The arrivals from
the United States had been numerous. Prices
were stalionary. Common sugar was sold.at
$4 60. Freights were quoted at three shillings.
TRINIDAD.
Havana, Feb. 24,1868. — The news from Trim
dad is to January 23. Tho rains had partially
interfered with the process of sugaring. Freights
were dull and nominal. The Matilda had ar
rived from New York and sold her cargo at cur
rent rates, excepting her breadstufTs, which Were
offered below market rates.
DISASTERS.
AAOIIIEIt TEimiflEE ÜBE I.V
CHICAGO.
A Motel Destroyed—Exciting; Scenes—
I I.oss 670,000.
i [From the Chicago -Journal of Feb. aitlal
At a quarter before 4 o’clock this morning the
firemen were again called ant, this time to com
bat with flames which had. broken out in F. T.
Him toon's' barn, adjoining' the Northwestern
Hotel, on West Waterstreet, formerly known as
due Eagle Hotel. The first alarm was quickly
succeeded by the general. alarm, summoning
. every available engine in the eity to the spot. A
few minutes aftejr the bell had pealed out its
first call, the whole heavens seemed to be one
vost sheet of fire, and it seemed as if half of Chi
cago were wrapt In flames.
The firemen were soon on the ground and at
work. At first It was found that the flames could
be confined to the barn, but it soon became appa
rent that the hotel would also be sacrificed, it not
a great extent of property lying north of it.
These fears were shorlly in some degree to
be substantiated or realized, tor, with a deafening
roar the flameß which had been all the time
gnawing at those portions of the hotel
contiguous, suddenly broke through the
flimsy' partitions, and in almost less
time than it takes ns to write it, had
rushed into the body of the devoted structure,
and like wildfire spread throughout the whole
building. ■ Then the wildest excitement rcigued
among the thousands of persons who had been
drawn to the locality, as it was reported that the
hotel .was full of guests, asleep in their beds, and
utterly unconscious oi the terrible danger which
was so near at hand. A hundred persons at once
lushed into the burning house, and by dint of
the most praiseworthy exertions succeeded in
arousing the sleepers and in rescuing them from
a horrible death.
Numbers of guests who had been aroused, and
who occupied apartments in the upper part of
the house, had rushed down the now burning
staircases and along the corridors to the floor
over the first story, and hastened to the windows
looking on Water and Dunn ■ streets... Some
jumped and alighted in blankets held out for
them by persons below; others leaped to the side
walk and sustained cuts, bruises and sprains;
others were rescued by tbe.hook and ladder com
pany, and many were dragged from the rooms
in which they had taken refnge, suffocated or
scorched, and were conveyed- into neigh
boring houses. At • last, , ail the
guests were rescued, with scarcely a shred
of clothing on any one of them. They num
bered over one hundred, and while ■ those who
fortunately had friends in the reity repaired
thither, on foot and in a wretched plight, others,'
complete strangers, found Bhelter and clothing
where best they could. Not a particle of bag
gage was saved, nor could a stick of furniture
I be dragged from the hotel, so rapidly did the
flames force their way in every direction. Within
an hour after the flames broke out, nothing re
mained of the large hotel save a heap of black
rubbish, and when the last timber liadfaUen, the
tremendous crowd of spectators dispersed to
ward their respective homes.
The hotel was a four-story frame building stand
ing on three lots, had a frontage on Water street
of 120 feet, and was 100 feet deep. .It was the
largest hotel in the West Division. It was owned
and occupied by Coleman <& Adams. The latter
estimates the loss of the firm at $OO,OOO, only half
ot which Is insured. -
Mr. Hnntoon had insurance on his ham to the
amount of $5OO, in what company, however,could
not be learned. On bis houses he held policies
aggregating $5,872 in the Hartford Live Stock
Company.
Coleman & Adams, proprietors of the hotel,
were insured be follows, so far as ascertained: .
oh hoielX
Springfleld, Mass. U $2,000
Irving, N. Y.... 2,000.
GadrenCity, Chicago.... 1,600
Aur0ra........... 760
Fanners’and Merchants’ 760
United States 1,600
OH rtJKMITDKK.
Aurora.,.;. $750
j'fstna.., : .......................... 4,000
JT&rmera’and Merchants’ 750
Astor, New York 1,250
Mutnal, Buffalo. 1 250
Atlantic 1,250
STABLE.
Enterprise, Chicago, », .-....... ' 1,600
Other companies. 2,6(00
Total $25,000
The Wheeler House, which was damaged about
$6OO, jwap insured for $l,OOO.
& —AtOndoDeradJprUeesthathe “has the grat
ification .to announce that Qu, Emperor MW
jnlllan was w tbe.bonritant hablti,previous to his
melancholy 4p4% of using JLte w*ter of Clrcas
ela/’and quetea•frpnr r «te o®clal report that
‘,'th® heart,whlehjtheEmpetOr wore long and fiffi,
is in perfect preservathW
F. 1. EETHERSTON. FdbMwr.
PRICE THREE GENTS.
FIFTH EDIT im
BY TBLEGBAPH:
LATER FROM WASHINGTON
THE WHISKY TAX.
THE IMPEACHMENT COMMITTED
GEHEBAL EMOEY EXAMINED,
LATENT FROM SOUTH AMERICA,
INCENDIABIBK IK - BUFFALO
The Impeachment'Committee.
[Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Eraolaf Bailed*. 1
Washington, Feb. 26 The Impeachment
Committee have been in session nearly all .day,
taking the testimony of Major-General Emory,
commanding this Department, relative to Jiis
interview with the President on Saturday last.
The Articles of Impeachment will be drawn tip
this evening. ,
The Whisky Tax.
[Special Despatch fothe Phlla.EvenlDg Bulletin. 1
Washington, Feb. 26— I The Ways atad Means
Committee this morning decided to report in fa
vor of making no reduction in the tax on wills-'
ky, but to leave it as it now stands. ,
From south America. /' ,
Ni'.w I'oitK, Feb. 26.—Tho steamer Mississippi
brings Rio Janiero advices of Jan. 29.
The United States steam frigate Piscataqaay
sailed from Rio for China on Jan. 29. The Paw
nee was at Rio, and the Guorrlere,Wasp,,Qninns
bag, Kansas and Shamokin were at Montevideo.
The Huron was atPerna'mbnco on Feb. 1. ' The
health of the South Atlantic Squadron was good
Bnsinesa was very dull at Rio, and there, had
been no news for several days from the river
Platte. The latest news from the scat of war
was unsatisfactory. The seige of Humaitn con
tinued ; much excitement prevailed at the delay.
The allies were draining the country of its' gold,
having oil the contracts. *
The Government is buying all the negroes it
can, and is freeing them on condition that they
enter the army. ■
The cholera raged fearfully at Btionos Ayres,
aied was spreadiagto the interior.
The rebellion in Santa Fe and Rosano was grow
ing stronger.
lucendiattiin in Buffalo.
BuPKAr.fi, Feb. 26.—Notwlthstandlilgthe Police
Commissioners have appointed onb hundred spe
cial patrolmen, tire Incendiaries ply their trade
in the very heart of the city with, impunity. |An
attempt was mado yesterday to fire the Western
Transportation Company’s freight house. Eirly
this morning the Empire Elevator waß discovered
to be on fire. Both buildings were saved by'the
timely application of water. About 4 p. M-
Carr’s Molodeon, owned by George 11. Brisbane
was set on fire in the basement, and totally de
stroyed. St. James’s Haß, adjoining, narrowly
escaped destruction. The Toss is $12,000; ia‘
snred for $l,OOO.
Thcl^M
mry Department Kecoruzes
Slr«Btttntoii.
Washington, Feb. 26 Reports have been
circulated this morning to the effect, that 'tbe
Secretary of tho Treasury had given orders thafr'
requisitions from the War Department slgnow
by Secretary Stanton should not be honored’ at
the Treasury. Upon Inquiry at the proper ipraiv
ters, however, It is learned that all such reports
are witbont foundation.
The drafts of Mr. Stanton go through the Trea
sury Department tho same as usual, and no .or
ders whatever have been" made with reference
thereto. Requisitions from Mr. Stanton' fpir 1 va
rious amounts on account of the War Depart
mentpassed through tho proper bnreaur of.the-
Treasury Department to-day. i •
General Thomas did not visit the War Office
to-day, bnt, after bis discharge from custody,
went to the White Hohse, and after, a short in
terview with Mr. Johnson, returned to his home.
FACTS AMD FANCIES*
—Brazil is enjoying the luxury of it draft. ;
—The best crop for raisin’—the grape.
—Ladies attend prize fights in Cheyenne.
—A poor relation—telling‘an anecdote badly.
—Punch.
—Afemale barber is shaving adolescent Cleve
land.
—Nettie Hlen, an Ohio damsel, skated herself
to death the othor day. . . '
—There were only four people [at ‘the largest
hotel in Venice at last accounts. V i
—Miss Jnlia Kavantigh is about to publish a
new novel, entitled “Dora.” / .' ■
—Mr. Hepworth Dixon’s “Spiritual Wives” has
reached a third edition in England. ’
—There are 3,000 servant girls out of employ
ment in New York city. .. .
—A creek over in Jersey goes by the quiet name
of Tranquility.
—The latest sensation in Cleveland is a high
way robbery by two young women.
—Avery soft impeachment—President John
son’s.—Judy.
—Train has gone to a water-cure near Cork ; as
he styles It, Into dock for repairs. I
—Famine is destroying the people of Tqnis at
tboipte.of nearly two hundred a day.
! —What gentlemen can, with any sense of pro
priety, ask a fat woman to lean on his arm ?
—Queen Victoria’s journal is to be printed with
embossed letters for thh nse of the blind. ’
—Chile has found he w guano deposits of large
extent and superior-quality,- only one-mUoffom
-theses. ... V . .
—An Indianian is engaged in the lively'task of
proving the world only 6,000 years old, through
accommodating newspapers. > -
—Valparaiso reports “transandinc advices.”
California should profit by this idea and call news
from the East‘'transrocluno” despatches, . ■ .
is debating a bill to deprive 'Women
‘ tm'd nSrbefl of the right to be Udbnsedr to'Tßtiir
llqnor. ■
—Another of the many volumes of the late
Emperor Maximilian is about :to..bc.- published,
under the title of “On the Wing." .
—The false eyes put In theembalmed body of
Maximilian were taken ftom an ot.tho
Virgin, and didn’t match. ' ,
—Why Should tho Ritualists be allowed the use
of the censer? Because they ara so evidently
wanting ln-sense.-r-ftoicft. :
—The best example of *’cheek” on record Is
.that of the Cincinnati diamond thief, who threw
snuff in the eyes of the clerk and so escaped/and
now sends a bill to the clerk for the rappea mart
in the process. ■ - >•
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