Daily evening bulletin. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1856-1870, February 27, 1868, Image 3

BUBXNI3BB SfOTIOEH.
ltverOompl«in*«
In Ihle cllmatfl a vast ntitnber of persona are more or
lets afiftetkd with disorders of tho liver, arising from in
ttarettatlon or obstruction of that .^hinaln
aymptome of liver complaint are a dull pain ot aching in
the tight aide, particularly on pressure; soma difllculty of
breathing, yellow, furred tongue, I»fl of appetite, mjuMa,
Temiting, disorder of tho stomach and' bowels, sick
Mfidvenepe At some timee* and diarvhom at
«hrm. ? sl)ghf «vers towards evening, night sweats,
is 191 Bouio of tho appearances of liver com
«!.mt are so much like those of pulmonary con
enmplion that ono of those disorders is
,flen mfsiaken for tho other. It is\a common mistake
to sapposc that liver remplalnt can he cured only with
wlomtl; but this remedy Is generally worse then tho <us
j esse, for they who once submit to "a course of morcury,
V msy arsure themselves that they will never enjoyperfcct
Jwsltb afterwards. I>r. J. H. Scbenck’s Mandrake Pills,
' » pnroly vegetable compound, answer every purpose fo
which calomel Is prescribed, and they cannot possibly do
any Injury. Their action on tho liver is so wonderful
that many who have witnessed the cures performed by
them erroneously reported that they must contain calo
mel. To con tredlcf this slsnder, Dr.Schcnck made oath be
fore «n Alderman in Philadelphia, that tho Mandrake
rills contain no mineral substance whatever, and a copy
®f this affidavit is published in Ur. Schefick’a pamphlet.
Dr B pledges himself that theso Mandrake Pills will
cure any case of liver complaint, and abundant evidence
ef the fact is exhibited at his offices in Philadelphia, New
York, Boelou. Baltin ore, and Washington, whore tho
certificates of bis pntiente, many of thorn poisons of tho
highest respectability, arc kept on file.
Prepared onlv by Dr. J. H. Schcnck, at his principal of
fice, h’o. 15 North Sixth street, corner of Commerce
street, Philadelphia, and sold wholesalo and retail by all
druggieiß and dealers. Price. 35 centa por.box. It
EVENING BULLETIN.
Ilnurs day, February 27, 1868.
GIKABD COLbECE.
It is a wearisome task to plod through the
fire hundred and sixty-eight pages of the
Girard College testimony; but it is the only
way to get at a full comprehension of the
affairs of that institution, and to appreciate
the way in which the ten Directors have
discharged their duties in the matter of the
removal of President Smith. The perusal of
the testimony develops many singular and
interesting points, upon one or two of which
we will touch at this time.
The extraordinary ignorance of some of the
Directors concerning the College itself is
worthy of especial notice. The
most shining example of this is, perhaps, that
of Mr. Boswell. Mr. Boswell testifies that he
has been connected with Girard College for
•nearly thirty years. Nineteen years
cf this time he has been a Director,
and it might be supposed that he had
become, by this time, a walking cyclopoedia
of Girard College, in all its details. But.when
he comes to be questioned byithe Committee,
he proves to be gifted with a degree of igno- 1
ranee and uncertainty pitiful to behold. !
General McClellan at Harrison’s Landing was
a perfect master of mnemonics (which, we
may explain to the Directors, means the
science of memory) compared to this forget
ful Mr. Boswell. His answers to the simplest
questions are generally, “I don’t know,” “I
am not certain,” “Not that I know of,” “I
have been told so,” “I have no recollection,”
“I don’t know anything about it,” and so on
through a long, contradictory, confused state
ment, which all proves but one thing, and
that is that if Mr. Boswell was ever fit to be a
Birestor of Girard College,it must have been
a great many years ago.
Other Directors exhibit the same personal
ignorance of the affairs of the College, and
the same failure of memory on various Im
portant points. Some of them add to this a
frightful disregard for grammar and the
Queen’s English, which suggests a grave
doubt as to the suitability of their selection
as supervisors of an educational institution
like Girard College. Thus one of the “ten”
informs the Committee that “we done them
(the rules) all here together at this table;’’
that “as a general thifig he generally asked
about it;” and so on through the
testimony of other witnesses. Comparatively
few of these Directors, who attached their
names to the terrible array of charges against
Major Smith, aio able to give any
clear, coherent, sensible, business-like
statement, from their personal knowledge,
of the matters of which they accused
Major Smith in suck unqualified terms.
One or two of them, like Mr. Truman
and Sir. Remsen,. appear to have
acted with some degree of independence in
their position os Directors; but even they
have permitted themselves, on some points,
to be strongly biassed either by party influ
ence or mere goßsip and hearsay evidence.
Six of these ten Directors, Rhoads,Truman,
Roberts, Gill, Foust and Remsen, testify on
oath; with different degrees of particularity
and positifeness, that their published state
ment that “Major Smith, either directly or
through his friends, caused the motivos and
persons of the Directors to be assailed by al
most daffy attacks in the columns of the pub
lic press,” is true. Here is a direct charge,
first, against Major Smith, and second,
agaihst the press of Philadelphia, or
that portion of it which has had
independence enough to discuss and criticise
:"’Slb^coi߀ra<^roT : tliKeFT>lxectiSciflof''a; peatpublic’
institution. So far as tfieEvKNiNQ ßulletin is
concerned, the charge is absolutely false in
letter and spirit, and it is, no doubt, equally
so as it relates to other journals. This being
the case, it throws a good deal of light on the
general value of the testimony of these wit
nesses, when we read questions and answers;
like these: ’
Mr. Harper—Do you know whether Major
Smith applied to the public press for that pur
pose?
Mr. Roberts—Well, I have understood from
other parties, I do not know that from my own
knowledge, that some of Major Smith’s friends,
some of the membera of the hoard, I have heard
the Directors, have been instrumental in some
of these attacks. That Ido not know of my own
knowledge. .
Mr. Harper—Now, sir. do you know that
Major Smith has mado efforts to get these things
In the papers, or whether his friends have made
the efforts to get them in?
Mr. Rhoads—-I believe it, sir, from tho course
oi bis conduct, and from what I have been able
to see, that was very evident. .
You simply believe it from the. articles them
selves, and riot irom your own knowledge?..... ...
Mr. Rbosde—From that and what these articles
seemed to indicate to any legal man, that there
was a similarity of origin. ... .. ....
Q. Have you Been’the denial that they had been
In any way influenced?
Mr. Rhodes—No. sir; but this I have: I Saw,
in nn editorial in the RuUelin, that they bad not
fcten influenced in that way. The bulletin and
the Public Ltdyer have denied it absolutely.
Mr. Siokley—Did you ever know when the
public papers did not try to go hack on their edi
torials ?.,
Mr. Rhoads—l think they are verv apt to
do so. •
The original question being asked of Mr
Truman, he said:
"A. I 'do not know it of my own knowledge,’
hot I think it is the case; I do not think there is
any doubt of it atoll. 1
Q. I merely wantod to know If yon knew it;
1 eeo vori attachyonrname to it as.caving said So.
A. I think that thero ifl no question or doubt
but that they hove been Instrumental in putting
tbo lormer articles in; I do not say since the com
munication occurred; the former articles I do not
doubt at all; I believe «o. '
Q. Don’t youkvow of your knowledge?
A. I believe so; of course I do not say they
wrote the articles; I do not know who instigated
them; I think f know where they got some
points.” - , s ,
Mr. Gill undertakes to be still more posi
tive. He. says*. '
“A. I do riot know it comes directly from
Major Smith ; it comes from certain parties in
terested with Major Smith.
Q. Do you know who those parties are ?
A. Ido not know directly, but indirectly I
do,
Q. Can you tell the names of any of them ?
A. Ido not care about telling the names.”
Mr. Bemsen says:
“A. I do not know it personally, hut I believe
it is a fact. Tread them morning'and evening;
from the similarity of the articles, I supposed
that there was a foundation from headquarters.
Q. Still that is only an Impression ?
A. I do not know that it is onlv an impression
—I believe it.”
Mr. Foust, who seems to have gotten up
his evidence regardless ot expense, is quite
voluminous on this point We can only give
an extract: \
“Their manner and style, and the fact that
these cases of severity of punishment were never
on; e alluded to, led me to form the conclusion
that there was a manufactured public sentiment.
I think that I had good reasons for coming to
such a conclusion.
Q. Have you seen the denial of that in some of
the public papers?
A. I did, sir; and I took tho denial for what it
is worth.”
The question which the public will answer
is, whether persons who give sworn testi
mony like this, without a shadow of founda
tion in fact to sustain it, are the best mana
gers of an institution like Girard College.
There are other interesting points in this
volume of evidence, which must be deferred
to another occasion.
“THE CURSE OF CONSOLIDATION.”
A local cotemporary, of the Democratic
school, refers to the great legislative act of
1854, which (fid much towards making
Philadelphia what it is, as “the curse of con
solidation.” Some younger Philadel
phians probably do not understand pre
cfisely'what consolidation effected and wherein
it has proved to be a curse when viewed
through copper-rimmed spectacles. Prior to
1854 this city was a conglomeration of con
stituent parts without any principle of muni
cipal cohesion to keep the several fragments
bound together as a compact whole. The
old city Proper had its laws and ordinances
and the Districts of Southwark and the
Northern Liberties had theirs, and wholesome
laws that were in operation upon one side of
Vine or South street were inoperative upon
the opposite side of the same thoroughfare.
And thus it was throughout the thirty inde
pendent municipalities which the act of
Consolidation converted into one great city.
Persons who were not in active life in the
days before consolidation, can form but a
feeble idea of the ancient condition of things.
Criminals escaping from justice had only to
cross a street, when they could, with impu
nity, turn upon and defy the officers of the
law who were in pursuit of them. We re
collect one case which very forcibly illus
trates this assertion. A disgraceful riot took
place on the southern verge of the City
Proper. It was marked by arson
and murder, and the rioters carried
on their work df bloodshed and destruction
in broad daylight, only stopping to flee across
South street into Moyamensing, when the
city police made a dash upon them, to re
sume,their deviltry as soon as the officers had
tumed.their backs. Streets were laid out
without regard to the welfare of the entire
city, and the same rule applied to the impor
tant departments of paving, draining,lighting,
&.C. Not only did neighboring districts fail
to co-operate with each other for the general
good in the prosecution of important public
works; but through the influence of neighbor
hood jealousies, political differences and local
squabbling, they pulled in opposite directions,
and defeated-' comprehensive plans for the
general good.
Different districts had different police, dif
ferent water-works and different gas-works.
The failure of the supply of water or gas in
one district did not always bring forth needful
relief irom another, and in all material things
the city was a fragmentary thing, with clash
ing where there should have been unanimity,
and discord and confusion where there should
have been accord, arid harmony. The muni
cipal house was divided against itself, and in
every particular, from street nomenclature to
the opening of new highways and the adop
tion of comprehensive systems of drainage,
there was a want of harmonious action, the
fruits of which are seen in streets of irregular
width, defective culverts, and many other
evils which fourteen years of consolidation
have not been sufficient to remedy.
While these were the material disadvant
ages of the old divided system, there were
abuses and corruptions which were gross
offences against public moralß, and which
multiplied, twenty-fold the evils which we
now endure from official peculation, and
corruption and small trading in Ward poli
. tics. Not very long before the passage of the
act of consolidation different districts made
corporation subscriptions to the amount of
millions of dollars to the stock of railroad
companies where the chances of a profitable
return for the investment were very Blim, and
there is scarcely a question that members of
Boards of Commissioners received hand
some commissions upon the .amounts sub
scribed. These obligations are among the
heavy burthens that are now saddled upon
the city treasury.
Even after the passage of the act of con
solidation, but before it went into effect, some
of the outlying municipalities made contracts
for "the bnildlog vf new distifeKiaus, and'lfof
other works for which the consolidated city
had to pay, and which were only contrived
j as jobs for political favorites, and as sources
of direct profit to their contrivers. “The
! curse of consolidation” has removed most of
•the crying evils to which we have referred; it
has made a great city out of a batch of petty
divided municipalities, and ithas given Phila
delphia the greatest impetus ithas ever re
ceived in its progress towards metropolitan
extent, wealth and importance. But consol
idation broke up Democratic rule in many
of the old “loco foco” rotten boroughs, and
that is why it is stigmatized as a I “curse,”
The prosperity and greatness -ojf tljio city go
THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1868. ,
■ for nothing against the breaking up of old
sources of Democratic misrule and cor
ruption.
Greatly to the disgust of Adjutant-General
Lorenzo Thomas and his secession counsel
lors, Judge Cartter yesterday discharged the
General on technical grounds, in the'case of
Stanton vs. Thomas. This spoils the nice
little sharp Quarter Sessions game bjr which
the would-be-Sccretary-of-War-ad interim
was to have been taken before some Demo
cratic Judge, on a writ of habeas - corpus,
and if possible, the question of impeachment
made to hinge on a decision of the Supreme
Court in respect to the constitution
ality of the Tenure of Office
bill. Mr, Johnson and his Coppefhead
advisers have experienced a flat failure in
this move, and a comical feature of the busi
ness is that the friends of Mr. J. cannot And
fault because the military cat’s-paw of the
eoon-to'be ex-President has been discharged.
Yet another comical feature of the thing is
the fact that General Thomas has brought
suit against Mr. Stanton for false imprison
ment, and laid his damages at one hundred
thousand dollars, when in sooth he was trying
his best to have himself made a prisoner, and
Johnson, Thomas & Co. are only mad be
cause L. T. could not succeed in getting
himself imprisoned.
Mr. Johnson already has a case of damage
on his harids, Mr. George Francis Train hav
ing invoked his magisterial aid in order to
recover half a million of dollars damages
from the British Government for the indig
nities put upon him at Queenstown and Cork.
General Thomas will, of course, appeal to
the President for aid in the prosecution of
his claim against Mr. Stanton, and when Mr.
Train’s little dratt upon the British Exchequer
is honored, the Secretary ot War will doubt
less be required to salve over the wounded
feelings of General T. with a hundred thou
sand dollar green-backed plaster, and not un
til then. But the General has put too low a
figure upon his martyrdom. When the irre
pressible George Francis demands $500,000
in consideration of his imprisonment, it is
absurd to find'an anxious-to-be Secretary ad
interim willing to put up with a paltry
$lOO,OOO as satisfaction for his disappointment
m noi being able to get into limbo.
Councils adjourned last week pending a
vote on the question of another ice-boat.
The necessity for prompt action is fully re
cognized by the whole community, whose
interests have suffered severely by the ice
blockade this winter. Almost every import
ant commercial interest in Philadelphia has
petitioned Councils in favor of increasing the
means for keeping the port open in winter.
At the last meeting.memorials were presented
from the banks, the marine insurance com
panies, the railroad companies, the Board of
Trade, the Commercial Exchange, the coal
trade and the petroleum trade, all urging the
immediate construction of one or two more
ice-boats. It may be taken for granted that
there will be some definite action on
the subject this afternoon, for there ’is
no time to be lost. If a new boat is ordered
to-day, it will take until next December to
finish it, and that will not be a day too soon.
There are few measures which Councils could
adopt which would be more beneficial to the
commercial credit and welfare of Philadel
phia, or that would meet with a more cordial
approval from all intelligent classes of the
community. Let there be a first-class boat
ordered at once, arid then let it be so bnilt
that the whole appropriation shall be honestly
expended upon such workmanship a 9 will
make the boat a permanent and perfect suc
cess.
A correspondent signing himself “Twenty
third Ward” sends to theßri.i.ETiN an article,
printed in another column, defending the bill
introduced into the Legislature by Colonel
Clark, for removing obstructions in the roads
of the rural part of Philadelphia. If the said
bill was only framed With the design stated
by the writer, it was certaiuly very badly
worded. If it can be amended, so as to
avoid any abuse of the privileges it proposes,
there will be less objection to it. In the form
in which it was introduced, it was very de
fective.
Peremptory hales of Real Estate by.
James A. Freeman, Anctioneer.—Advertieed“bh our
last pages will he found a number of auction sales of
Heal Estate, to which the attention of bur readers Is
directed. On next Tuesday the Ectou and Perkiomen.
•Coppermine, in Montgomery county, will be sold by
order of the Supreme Court. On March 18th tho estates
of William Rhelner and John Williams arc to be sold
at the Exchange, and on tho following day, on the
premises, the estates of IPra. Fulforth, dec’d., and Wm,
D. Seism-, dec’d.
US?" See James A. Freeman’s Real Estate Adver
tisements, -
Peremptory Sale—“ Summit House.”—
Thomas & sons advertise for the 24th of March the
valuable Hotel property, known as the "Summit
House," Darby road, 848 feet front, 303 feet deep. Ad
vertisement on last page. ’
Public Sale of Stocks foul Real Es
tate.—Thomas & Sons hold sales ofakocks and Real
Estate every Tnesday at the Exchangß^,
SVOWNING'B AMERICAN LIQUID CEMENT, FOB
) mending broken ornaments, and other articles of
lass, China, Ivory, Wood, Marble, ha. No heating re
quired of tho article to be mended, or the Cement. Al
way. ready for
fe7-tf 189 Bourn Eighth street, two doom ab. Walnut
JOHN CRUMP. BUILDER. _
1781 CHESTNUT STREET,
and 219 LODGE STREET.
Mechanics of every branch required for housebuilding
and fitting promptly furnished. fe27tf
nWARBURTON’S IMPROVED. VENTILATED
and eaay-fitfcliig Dregs Hats (patented), In all the ap
proved faehkma of the waaon* gheetorat street next
door to the Poet-ofllce. eelß-lyrp
TN WHISKING AROUND YOUR PLACE OFBUBI
-1 Ere?, your coat tails are not torn off, or pocket* ripped
open by catching upon your drawer handle*, if vouura
the mint “Drawer PulU** we have foreale. TRUMAN &
bIiAW.No, 635 (Eight Thirty-five) Market street, below
Ninth, Philadelphia.
TT ACTS THUS IN STEAD'S CEMENT WHEN USED
A for repairing ienkaiuroofilng: A thick, tough nkiu i»
fonned on the oiitnidc, which rculetd the action of Htorms
or rain, while tho Interior, beiog comparatively uoft uml
elastic, adapts iteelf to tho expansion and contraction of
the roof without separation. Price $1 per box. at the
r-renta, TRUMAN <£ SHAW,No. 835(Eight Jliirtj.Uve)
Market street, bolow Ninth. -
TuTcT HARDWARE, COMPRISING
XJ bruifri, German-silver, leather and stitched mnroccv
chains, muzzle*, Ac., for sale hy TRUMAN & SHAW*
>6. 885 (Eight Thirty five) Market street, below Ninth.
T ANE AND RONEY, No 210
JIJ fouth Fourth street WILLIAMS. LANE. JAMES
B. RONEY, late of Erie. fc2B tu.th.e, 3trp*
T n QWALL TAPERS AND LINEN WINDOW
Xl*vO. BHADES. Spring Styles, finest and choaiX
goods. Shades manufactured at JOHNSTON’S DEPOT
No. 1033 Spring Garden street, Mow Eleventh. aol4ly4p
FT BE WHITMAN'S , GHOCOLATK.—THE BEST
U Chocolates for family use are 1 tho No. I Breakfast
Plain and Comufercial brands, manufactured tit tha
PHILADELPHIA CHOCOLATE WORKS.
STEPHEN P. WHITMAN, Proprietor
feMm4pS v Store No. 1210 Market street
riONDENBED MILK OF NEW YORK
YJ tract of Beef; Robinson's Patent Barley: FSvah’Beth
lehem Oatmeal: Select Rio Tapioca, with full directions •
Hard's Farinaceouß Food; Pearl Baao: Caraccas'Oacao •
Racahout, and other Dietetics of the heat quality For
Bale by JAMES T. BUlflN, Bouthwest corner ofßroaS
and Spruce street Ja3o,lmrp{ .
truonis’s MABrVHDO U.
THE CUT ICE-BOAT.
Overcoats at Low Prioes.
Overcoats at Low Prioes.
Overooats at Low Prioes.
Overcoats at Low Prioes.
Overcoats at Low Prices.
Overcoats at Low Prices.
Overcoats at Low Prioes.
Overcoats at Low Prices.
Immense variety Gents’ and Boys’ Suits
at lowest prices tor years.
WANAMAKER &. BROWN,
The Largest Clothing House,
Oak Hall,
The Corner Sixth and Market Streets.
itoui. uit, uuuu».
WHITE GOODS.
l-IQUES, BRILUANTES)
NAINSOOKS, PBRCAI.ES,
cambrics, Birairr,
Ac*} Ac«
All New and Foully Assorted.
PERKINS,
O FOUTH'NINTH STREET.
ft-27th a tu 4trp
SHEPPARD,
VAN HARLINGEN &
Linen and Housekeeping
DRY GOODS
E STABLISHMEjVT
No. 1008 CHESTNUT sW^T,
Rcppectfully Leg to call the attention of their friends and
patrons to a
SPECIALTY,
A Great Bargain in Hand-Spun
PRUSSIAN LINEN GOODS,
and to say that an entire consignment of theec Goods, so
justly celebrated on tho Continent for their GREAT
DURABILITY, as well aa their'fine linen feel nnd ap
pearance after a long period of wear, having been sold to
them for currency at th’eir actual cost in gold, enables
them to offer them at the lower, price of more ordinary
Euglieh, Irish and Scotch manufactures.
The entire lot comprises about
2UQ TABLE CLOTHS, from heavy up to the finest double
Damask; 2,2 M, 3, '6A% 4, 4X* 5 and b'A yards long,
and of lull width.
200 dozen TABLE NAPKINS, A, A, ?a and square,with
and withowt fringe.
50 dozen white and brown beautiful fringed double
DAMASK DOYLIES.
75 dozen colored border and plain white DAMASK
TOWELS, with deep fringe.
A few 54 and 6-4 pqu&re fine DAMASK LINEN CLOTHS.
ALSO.
Pieces of PILLOW CABE AND BED LINEN, also at
half price.
12-4 hy 14-4 fringed gold colored
LINEN DAMASK REFRESHMENT TABLE CLOTHS,
of splendid quality and design, from the
PARIS EAPOBITION.
These ore with NAPKINS to match. The entire set
for $2O.
Beshler! the above, wo havo opened o f NEW GOOD 3, at
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, our usual large
Spring Assortment and Attractive Stock
ENGLISH, IRISH
AND
SCOTCH LINENS,
HOUSEHOLD LINEN GOODS,
Compriefng every description of tho beat moke# known
to the trade.
The stock remaining on hand from the laet reason hav
ing beefi marked down to correppondinglv low figure*,
injures to the moat inexperienced buyera the very lowest
piicee at which the «ame qualities are retailed either in
this or the New Yorkmaiket
fe22 iOtrpS •'
Spring Trade. 1868.
EDWARD FERRIS,
Importer,
No. 36 South Eleventh Street,
(UP BTAIRB.)
Is now opening desirable NOvfe/l’lK3 in
Pique, & Well,,
paid and Striped Ifalooookf,
Hamburg Edging, and luiertlngp,
seedle-work Edging, jpid Inserting*
initiation arid Beal Clnny Laeei,
Imitation arid Beal Valeneleime, Lace,,
Jaeonet Hnilliu,
loft Cambric,
■wis. Moiling,
French MtuUm, &c., &c.
A general assortment of
/ . , . '
White Goods, Embroideries, Laces, &c.,
Which he offera to tho trade at Importer’s prices, thus
saving lletail Dealers the Jobber’s profit.
N Ji.—’l ho special attention ol Manufacturers o
Children's Clothing is solicited.
tag S-tn th a . .
. tanm
pastry flours
P m I tit dt Miller, Snow-Flake,
’rmnical. Our mutualfriend,
* ’ (Charles Dlokona,)
Gebbort’a Best, r uperlalive, _
Cbnitanily oi) hand, and forsaleln lots losuit, by
HOFFMAN & KENNEDY,
No. 304 North Delaware Aveime.
Vsavth a 3trp6
EI.DIIU M.OWJGB SOU*,
\H. P. & C. B. TAYDOJEt,
No. Ml North Ninth stree.”
Snagßß SWEET CORN-35 BARRELS .JUST RE
rawed and for eafo by JOSEPH B. BUBSIER A CO.,
108 South Delaware avenue.
EARL E ’ S
OIL PAINTINGS,
Foyer of the Academy of Music,
To-Morrow and Saturday Evenings,
ARRISON,
Cards of admission may be obtained
at Earle’s Galleries, 816 Chestnut
street. As the accommodations are
Very limited, cur friends, who are unable
to apply in person, will please send us
written orders for Tit kets, as none
will be issued to those who are without
authority to receive them.
JAMES S. EARLE & SONS,
B. SCOTT, Jr., Auctioneer.
felMlt * ’
AV.M. I». IMXJEIiS,
CARRIAGE BUILDER;
lHauifaclnr<r or Flr«(-C!ass Carriages On’}’.
ICO9 and 1011 Chestnut Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
Ord< re reccivod for new aud elegant etylea of Carriegea
for the et&dbn of
Special atieution piren to Reeairicg.
Carriages aton d by the month, and Ineuranee effected
Ttifcl NEW WAREHOUSE,
Nob. 1014, 1016 and 1018 Filbert Street.
FLUTE
MACCARONI.
A New and Very Choice Artiole,
Just Received by
THOMPSON BLACK’S SON & 00,,
Brbadand Chestnut Street*.
noivtn th »tf
CALIFORNIA
‘ Orange Blossom Wine Tonio,”
Adellcloufl beverage, made of - pure Wine, and free from
Alcohol. Aa a lemedy for dyepepda and nervoui.da
billty it is used in Franco and Boutfi America.
The trade will be auppUed on liberal term*.
CARMICK & CO.,
BOLE AGENTS,
N. E. corner Front and Chestnut,
felltf rpt -
Extra Large Lehigh Nut Coal, $5 60.
■ Lehigh Stove and Furnaoe, $6 50.
WABBANTED PURE AND HARD
"... .Also, ft superior . ... . • ...........
BebroKfen Sohuyllfiir Opaily ‘ v
All sizes, $s to se, at
WM. W. ALTER’S
COAL DEPOT,
Ninth Street, below (Jiraid Avenue,
AND
Office, corner Sixth and Spring Garden.
laAtfrpi ■ ' - : ■■ ———■
ADDRESS D. G, Hm BULLETIN < OFFlCE 'f al3 .i( > trps ,
THE FIIKE ARTS.
SIXTH GREAT SALE
"V ALUABLE
IN THE
At Seven O’clock.
PARTICULAR NOTICE.
CARRIAGES.
GBOCEBIEB, LIQDOUB, AO.
GOAL.
TO BENT.
In Contemplation of the Addition.
Several New Departments ■■
TO OUR
BUSINESS,
We are prepared to Close Outr.
PRESENT STOCK
FABULOUSLY LOW PRICES,
Commencing on Saturday, Feb. 15th
WE KHALL OFFER
150 COL’D WINTER CLOAKS AT $5,
SEDUCED FROM 820 AMD 880.
RICH COLORED VELOUR CLOAKS*
REDUCED TO $2O.
Aatiaclian and Other Far Cloth Cloaks*
REDUCED TO 818.
, BLACK MOSCOW OLOAKSi
/'
REDUCED TO $lO, 812.818 AND $ JO.
RICH LIONS VELVET CLOAKS,
REDUCED TO 880.
IN OF It
FUR DEPARTMENT
W© Have Mad©
A Very Palpable Redaction.
A quotation of prices will convey no adequate Idea In tb t*
absence of an examination of tha etock.
Cloak Cloths Reduoad.
Dress Materials Reduced.
Black Silks Reduced.
kSpring and Summer Stoc-
Oi all kind, reduced is order to
CLOSE OTJT
Before eorameedn* ibe necew.ry aUeratteca.
J.W. PROCTOR &CO. r
No. 920 Chestnut Street.
felfiaAth-tfrp
OABPETIKGB ABU OIL CLOTHII, V
1868.
REMOVAL^
McCALLUM, CREASE & SLOAN,
Their Late Betall W'arerooma,
019 Chestnut Street,
TO
NO. 509 CHESTNUT STREET,
Where, with incremied fftdJitles« they will to fntert*
conduct their
Wholesale and Retail
CARPET BUSINESS.
HEW CARPET STORE.
E.H.GODSHALK&CCL
Have opened with a NEW Stock of
FINE CARPETINGS,
Oil Clolhs, Mattings, Ao.
783 Chestnut Street*
1a27-Bmro ■ ■
BESTACKANTB.
PMMeIpM. Feb. I, 1868.
W. BOLLABIEVRSBON
presents his compliments to his friends, and begs*
leave to annonnoe . that he has opened -a*
Restaurant at -
No. 1295 Chestnut Street.
Hla establishment will be the moßt select and?-
complete of Its kind lu the city, with Dining and
Lunch Booms for both Ladles and Gentlemen.
Every article our markets afford win be served
up In the best style. ' . . . ‘
His Wines and Liquors will bo of the choicest*
brands, carefully Selected. , „
After an experience of 80 years In the business.,
In this city, at Saratoga, Nlafcara Fallsand other •
leading resorts, and his long connection with
Parkinson, he feels confident that_he can present ,
unusual attractions in bis line to his friends.
Special attention will be given to orders for
private Families, whose patronage Is respectfully
solicited.
Every One* Interested
A GOOD BEAL AT W 8 WRIWBWi'-FIVB CBIH.
Tj„.,ihTr Beef,Laihb, Ovate rs.PenperP<»Tea? Coffee,.''
and* Indlim Jlnkw, ”pe and Milk,.
AFruit, and o* moral ueortmentof *
feUlet Xc« Clceun, Water Ices, otc., etc. F
EIGHT!! and MARKETBtreota.
MAlmrpt
SAMPSON SOAEEB! f
THE NEWEST AND MOST IMPORTANT IMPROVE
MENT IN PLATFORM SCALES.
OHARt.ES H. HaRRISOH.
Sole Agent of Sampson Scale Company for Philadelphia
. and Camden county, N. J.v
N. Ei corner Market antMmilper.
' f.taiatrn* . . . . ■
Marking with indelible ink. embrohjeb-
Ini. Braiding. Stamping,**. TORRY,
1800 Filbert (tree!
1868,
fo3S-w th e-6fc?
SECOND IDEM.
BY TELEGRAPH.
ATLANTICCABLENEWS
TO-DAY’S COMMERCIAL NEWS
WASHINGTON.
AD INTERIM THOMAS’S SUIT.
He Is Badly Damaged.
His Loss, f 350,000.
FROM HARRISBURG-.
INTERESTING LECTURE ON UTAH
REPEAL OP LOTTERY SCHEMES,
GETTYSBURG- ASYLUM ASSETS
The Weather Report.
By ttie Atlantic Cable.
Lonjjon, Feb. 27, Forenoon.—Consols 93>6 for
money and account; IT. 8. Five-twenties, 71%;
Erie, 44%; Illinois Central, 88%. Stocks quiet.
' Paris, Feb. 27, Forenoon.—Bourse active.
RcnUs firm. .
Liverpool, Feb. 27, Forenoon.—Catton quiet
and unchanged; tho sales will probably reach
10,00(1 bales. Breadaluffs generally quiet. . Corn
declined t 0.425. Other articles unchanged.
Londox, Feb. 27, Afternoon.—Consols, 92%@
93 for money, and 93%f0r account. United States
Five-Twenties, 71%. Illinois Central 88%.
, Liverpool, February 27, Afternoon.—Cotton
dull and declined %. Tho sales wIU not exceed
8,000 bales. Uplands on tho spot 9%; ditto afloat
9%. Orleans 9%. Lard Gls. Refined Petroleum
Is. 3d. Sugar 255.
Antwerp, Feb. 27, Afternoon— Petroleum
steady.
Liverpool, Feb. 27— The steamship Tarlfa,
from New York on the 13th, arrived on Tuesday.
From Washington.
Washington, Fib. 27—Mr. Merrick has pre
pared a declaration, as counsel for Adjutant-
General Thomas, and will file It to-day m the
Supreme Court ot the District of Columbia,
bringing suit against Secretary Stanton for false
imprisonment, laying the damages at $259,000,
and charging Mr. Stanton, among other things,
with contriving, and wickedly, ialscly and ma
liciously intending, to hurt, injure and aggrieve
the said plaintilT without reasonable and proba
ble cause.
General Thomas’s counsel have deemed to
make application for a writ of quo warranto be
fore the District Coilrt, for. Mr. Stanton to show
cause why he retains possession of the War De
partment i..... .
Lecture by Hon. A. K. McClnre.
(Special Dee patch to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.]
Hahkisihug, Fcb.27 Hon.A.K.McClure, Ex-
Senator of Pennsylvania, who has just relumed
from iho Western Territories, last night delivered
an address before the Honse of Representatives,
setting forth an' animated description of the
far West. Governor Geary presided, and Intro
duced Mr. McClnre, who, 6aid: No part of the
East Is as fertile as the country west of the Mis
souri. He has seen In the heart of the Rocky
Mountains, 4,000 feet above the sea, long
valleys extending over three hundred miles, pro
ducing the finest wheat in the world. It would
be policy to appoint school masters to teach leg
islators what the West really Is. No part of the
country between the Missouri river and the Pa
cific, excepting the lops of mountains, but what
will grow every product of Pennsylvania,
except com, with greater ease than
in our State. , The first real set
tlement of the country was due to the Mor
mons, the masses of whom were Ignorant, low
foreigners, more degraded in their own country
than any of onr native citizens, but who, under
the worldly wisdom and wonderful ability of
Brigham Young, have reared homes of neatness,
surrounded with vines, flowers and fruits, and
filled with contented men, who believe their ruler
to be the prophet of the Lord. Thus one hun
dred thousand people exist in Utah, moro free,
except on the score of religion, than any
coiLwnnliy of the same size in America,from the
vices of drunkenness, swearing and immorality.
In tbe whole of Balt bake City there are but two
taverns; every ward has its bishop, nearly all
of whom are Americans. The women are igno
rant, not one in ten of them cau read, and they
are taught that their only hope of happiness in
heaven is through their husbands. This is
one inducement to polygamy, but
there are no happy wives in Utah. A
woman cannot leave her home without being
watched with tbe same care as a criminal. To
sum up, nine-tenths ef the Mormons are igno
rant, earnest believers, and the remaining one
lenlh are blasphemers, and licentious. Brig
ham Young positively declared to the
speaker that polygamy - should not be
abolished. No act of Congress could de
stroy it, but the Pacific Railway would
throw strange masses among them, and work
a care. They manufacture their own flour, iron,
cotloh and sugar. The difficulties of crossing
the Rocky Mountains are exaggerated. The
speaker had crossed thorn six times in four
monthß. No single hundred miles of the cross
ing was as difficult as the line between Har
risburg and Altoona.' The finest natural
roads in America were among these moun
tains, In winter, however, tho enow was
fifty feet deep, anS last January
the speaker had walked upon it. How the rail
road would succeed in conquering the difficulty
he did not know. There was ho town half the
size of Harrisburg, In the Car West, that did not
do ten timea the business of ihat place. The mines
ofUtafoMontaDa.NevadaaßdeoloradQwererich
beyond comparison.. In two years a man could
, leave his Massachusetts home on Monday and
’ worship the following Sunday In San
The speaker was energetically applauded. '
Hep* 0.1 of liOliery Sctiemca*
{Bpeeiiil Detpalch to the PhUSCelplils Evento* Bidlettn.J
Habkisbvbg, February 27th.—Among the bills
passed yesterday bjr the Senate was one repealing
the charter of the Washington Library scheme.,
It passed unanimously, and goes Immediately to
the Honse.for concurrence. . • -
There Is reason to believe that the common
wealth will receive ten thousand dollars of assets
from the Gettysburg lottery scheme, as this
amount, now in the hands of General Sickel, will
be detalnod by Attorney-General Brewster, and
confiscated.. '
From Barrlibarg,
Harrisburg, Feb. 27.—Ex-G6vernor A. G.
Curtis, President of the Pennsylvania Reserve
Corps Association, has issued a request to the
officers.audmen of that corps, and those of other
organizations of volunteer ; service, to meet at
Independence Hall,FhUnde)pMa,on Saturday,the
2»thlrißt.. for the purpose of paying fitting re
spect to the memory of Major-General George A.
McCall, deceased. _ _
Vsathar Bsporb
' February 27, ■' Thermo-
QA..M. „ Wind.. Weather, foster.
Port-Hood, N. W, Clear. 15
Portland, N. Clondy. 10
Boston, . N. E. Cloudy. ' 22 •
Hew York, N. E... j_-.Cloudjfu- .28
Wilmington,Del., E. Clondy. 31
Washington,D.C. N. E. . Cloudy. 80
Fortress Moncpe, N. E. Clondy. '3B
Richmond, Va., N. E. Raining. 86
Oswego, N. Y., S. Snowing.! 28
Buffalo,. * E. Clondy.. as
LoulsvTllo, N. W. Cldildy. 82
Key West,* N. E,. Clondy. 72
fiavana,f N. Clear. 73
*Bar. 30-20; fßar. 30-20.
' fronSt,tout*. _ .
' St. Louis, Feb. 27—AT veiy important Insu
rance case is now progressing in the Circuit
Court of this city, between Marshall & Kilpatrick
vs. The Thomas Insurance Company of Cincin
nati, for $50,000, growing out of the burning of
the steamer Magnolia here, in 1868,
The defence Is that the boat was set on lire by
or through the connivance of the owners.
The case Involves $lOO,OOO, of which $35,000 Is
in Cincinnati companies, $15,000 in St. Louis,
and $50,000 in foreign companies, all of which
are represented here.
William Ryall and Tom Allen, two noted Eng
lish pugilists, visit here, and will give a sparring
exhibition next Saturday week. Ryall once
fought Tom Sayers, and Allen fought a drawn
mill with Jim Mace.
Fire at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Feb. 27 The large laboratory of
Gerden Bros.’a, on Culvert street, was consumed
by fire last night. Loss $50,000, insured for
$20,000, mostly in Cincinnati companies. The
fire Is supposed to have been caused by sponta
neous combustion. ,
CRIME.
Heavy Bold Bobbery—A Man from
Hew Mexico Bobbed of Seven Tliou
annd Dollar* Worth of Gold in liars
and Dost.
(Fiom the Bt. Louis Republican. Feb, 21.1
At an early hour on Thursday morning, a
startling robbery was perpetrated on board a pus
penger train of the Pacific Railroad,. between St.
Lobis and Kansas City. The party robbed was
Mr. A. J. Cooper, of the firm of Blair, Cooper'A;
Co., of New Mexico, and tbe amount lost was
about ft?.flOO worth •of gold in bars and dust.
The particulars of the robbery, as reported to the
Chief of Police, are os follows:
Mr.'Cooper was on his way to this, city, and
had with hjm, in a valise, two gold bars, weigh
ing 37 ounces,"and 270 ounces in dost. Dur
ing the night he felt himself growing sleepy, and
recollecting the danger of robbery, he took ont
his revolver and placed it by his side, where he
also placed his valise containing the gold. He
fell asleep, and awoke some hours later, whan,
feeling cold, he opened his valise and took out a
worm pair of drawers, which he put on him. At
this time tho gold was stii! safe. He shortly
afterward fell asleep, and when he awoke again
the valise had been opened, and the treasure was
gone.
This startling discovery naturally created
much excitement, and the fact of the robbery
was qniekly known through the cars. The con
ductor and other officers of the train were in
formed of what bad occurred, and immediate
investigations were made with a view to discover
ing the thief. They were unsuccessful, how
ever, and the train reached this city without any
dieeovery or arrest having been made.. Suspi
cion was directed toward a certain party who
had been noticed hanging around in the, vicinity
of Mr. Cooper's scat, but it appears his arrest
could not be effected.
On arriving here Mr. Cooper immediately ap
prised the Chief of Police of the robbery, and ob
tained the co-opt ration of the d< partmenL The
Chief promptly took all possible measures to
trace the thieves, but up to the present no suc
cessful result has been attained. Messrs. Blair A
Cooper offer a reward of $4,000 for information
leading to the apprehension and conviction of-the
thieves, and $l,OOO for the recovery of the gold.
Information to be addressed to the Chief of Po
lice, 6t Louis.
Mr. Cooper was coming on to this city to join
his partner. Mr. Blair, who reached here some
time ago. The loss of so large an amount placed
both gentlemen in a position of embarrassement.
They ore well known in this city, and will find
many sympathizers in their misfortune.
It is probable tbe party who bad the gold left
the cars previone to the discovery of the robbery,
and was doubtless assisted in the operation by a
confederate. "
Attempt at Suicide in ItcwVork.
(From the New Y’ork Timed c-f to day.}
Yesterday afternoon, about 2.30 o’clock, a man,
apparently an American, about thirty years of
age, and five feet eight Inches in height, and re
spectably attired, was standing on the stoop of
No. 82 Elizabeth street, when ho suddenly put a
pistol to his breast, and, having fired, fell
on the stoop seemingly dead. The
event occurring at mid-d&v in a densely
populated neighborhood, of course caused
intense excitement, and attracted a large crowd
around the fallen man. Officer Manierre, of the
Fourteenth precinct, hastening to the spofifound
the man lying on the Btoop, the pistol at his side
as it bad dropped from his relaxed grasp. The
strangest phase of the occurrence then ap
peared, in the fact that not one ef all the
hundreds gathered about the man could
Identify him. It seemed that he had gone into a
neighborhood where he was wholly unknown,
to pnt an end to his life at midday, and in one of
the most populous streets of the city. After an
ineffectual but peisistent endeavor to discover
the name and residence of the wounded man the
officer, seeing that he was still alive, procured a
carriage and removed him to the City Ho-pital.
Being received into that institution he was sub
jected to a medical examination, when it was
found that the ball had penetrated the left lung,
narrowly escaping the heart. The wound had
produced a state of insensibility from the moment
of infliction, but was pronounced by the surgeon
to be not necessarily fatal, although exceedingly
dangerous. At a late hour last evening lie still
remained in an insensible condition, and nothing
bad been found that conld lead to his identifica
tion or give the motive for this most singular at
tempt at self-destruction.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
MS- AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION OF
•*** the Sixth Legislative District, hell Feb. Ctitn, 18SH,
fnrthe purpo.e of electing a Delegate from pa id Conven
tion to {ho State Oonveution,thu following resolution was
unanimously adopted: , ....
Jtaotnii. That John G. Butler, Esq., Delegate to the
Republican State Convention from tins Sixth Legislative
District, be and is hereby instructed to vote In said Con.
ventioD for no Delegare to the National Convention who
Is not pledged and firmly bound to vote la said (Jonven-
U ° n ,O GEN. V. S. GRANT, FOR PRESIDENT,
ANDREW G. CDRTINffOR VICE PRESIDENT.
Of the United States* ae the nominees of the Republican
Party. WALTER ALLISON,
President of Convention.
W. H. HOLMES, Secretary. fc27 2trp
CURTAIN WATEHIADS.
UPHOLSTERY
GOODS
LACE CURTAINS.
The attention of Housekeeper? la
invited to my Spring Importations,
carefully selected inEurope, and em-
bracing many novelties.
I. E. WALRAVEN,
MASONIC PtAJLtj*
710 Chestnut Street.
rrtJBKEY FIGS.-26 CABKB NEW CM)Pj yAMOOfI
1 grades landtag and for •‘OabT “ nusaliia m
COHut B«utt» Dataware .venae,
THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN .—PIULAPEIPII tA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27* 1868.
AMD -
EDITION.
THUD
BY TELEGRAPH.
LATEB FKOM WASHINGTON.
THE IMPEACHMENT.
ARTICLES NOT YET PRESENTED.
THE FIRST FIVE ARTICLES.
THE SIXTH S OT D ETERMINED
REPORT TO BE MADE TO-MORROW.
Ad-Interim Thomas’s Movements.
HE CALLS AT THE WAR OFFICE.
BUT NOT ON MR. STANTON.
CONVENTION AT RALEIGH, N. C.
LOYAS TICKET NOMINATED.
TV aval Intelligence.
Tlic Impeachment, Kcport.
{Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.]
Washington, Feb. 27.—A large number of
people came to the capitol to-day,in anticipation
that the articles of impeachment would be pre
sented to the House at one o’clock. Out doors a
rain storm prevailed, but this did not serve to
kec-p the crowds from the capital. It was stated
npon apparently good authority that the com
mittee would come into the House at one o’clock
and make tbcii report.
It was given out that lliere would be six arti
cles reported: First— Declaring that the Presi
dent had violated the Constitution in making tho
removal while the Senate was in session. Stcmvl
—That he had, .contrary to the Tenure
of Office act, : made this removal. Third
—That he had appointed General Tho
mas as Secretary of War while there) was
another legal Secretary. Fourth— (Tonspiring
with Lorenzo Thomas to obtain possession of
the War Office by military force. Fifth— Con
spiring with or endeavoring to get officers of tbe
army to disobey the laws of the country, and
enter into a conspiracy to assist him to get the
legal Secretary of War out of his office. The sixth
article has hot been completed. The committee
do not go into anything committed by the Presi
dent anterior to Stanton’s removal, ab stated yes
terday. Gov. Boutwell, Chairman of the Com
mittee, informs your correspondent that there
will be no report made to-day, as the committee
have not entirely finished their labors. At pre-v
sent it is expected that the report will be made
to-morrow.
Ad Interim Tbomaa’a Jlovciuenls.
f Special Deepateb to the Philadelphia Evening BnUetin.l
W’asiiinoton, Feb. 27 th.—Adjutant-General
Thomas visited the War Department this morn
ing, about 11 o’clock. He first went to the room
eecupied by Assist. Adjt.-Gen. Townsend, where
he remained a short time, reading his letters.
He then proceeded to the room of Gen. Curr, of
Gen.Emory’sstaff,and held a consultation of about
ten minutes. Afterwards he visited several other
offices of the Department. - Whatever may have
been his intention npon entering the Department
it is certain that he did not make any demand
upon Secretary Stanton for a snrrender of the
War Office. He did not Stanton at all,
but contented himself with calling upon General
Scbriver, whose office is opposite that or the Sec
retary of War. A large number of Senators and
members called upon Mr. Stanton to-day.
7 Convention In North Carolina.
[Special Despatch to tlio Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. ]
Washington,. Feb. 27—A telegram from Ra
ic-igh, N. C., states that a State Convention us
stmbled there yesterday. Tlic utmost harmony
prevailed, and amid great enthusiasm Holden
was nominated for Govcrocr, General Grant lor
PrCcidint, and Bcnator Wade for Vice’President.
Naval Intelligence.
[Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening BnUetin.i
Washington. Feb. 27.—The Navy Department
is in receipt of despatches from Rear Admiral C.
H. Davis, commanding’the South Atlantic squad
ron, stating that he arrived at Mon
tevedeo .Jannsry 7th, and found there
tbe U. 8. steamers Shainokiu, Kansas and
Wasp. Also, that on the first ot January he re
ceived, with due honors, Dr. Adolpho Do Barros
Cavalcantc Do Albuquerque, President of the
Province of St. Catharina, Brazil,accompanied by
his civil and naval staff.
A private letter has been received from Rear-
Admiral 8. C. Rowan, dated at Rio Janeiro, stat
ion that he sailed, on January 28th, for the Cape
oi" Good-Hope. At the time of writing,
he had not received intelligence of the death
of Rear-Admiral Bell, whom he was ordered to
relieve in command of the Asiatic Bqnadron. The
Mnnmie, Lieutenant-Commander Cushing, had
arrived at Rio Janeiro, bound for the Asiatic
Bquadron.
Xl.til ConirresN —Second Session*
Wasiungtos, Feb. 27.
Sfxatf..—The Chair laid before the Senato a
communication fiom citizens of Boston In regard
to the national finances. Referred to the Com
mittee on Finance.
Aleo, from the Waehington Common,.Council,
praying that the Mayor bo compelled tti'pay the
salaries of the corporation officers. Referred to
the Committee on the District ot Columbia.
Mr. Patterson (Tenn.) presented thh petition
of the army officers of Tennessee, protesting
against the passage of Mr. Wilson’s bill, relative
to the commntatlon of pay. Referred to the
Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Johnson (Md.) presented the.rcsolutions of
a ineetioe of the citizens of Baltimore, In regard
to the rights of American citizens abroad. Re
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Chandler (Mich.), from the Committee of
Commerce, reported favorably a joint resolution
relative to a survey of ~ the northern and
northwestern Takes, which was taken up and
Mr. Ramsey (Minn.) presented a bill for the
relief of persons in the Military and Naval service
of the United States, who may have initiated
claims to public lands under the provisions of the
Homestead laws. Referred to the Committee on
Public Lands.
On motion of Mr. Conness (Cal.), the Benato
took up the hill relating to the Western Pacific
Railroad,which was reported from the com
mitted January. 31st, permitting the same com
pany Ao occupy for a depot, <&e., so
much of Ciba Bueno, or Goat Island,
in.!£» harbor of Ban ..Erw»e.l»eo, . as
.may., wltkin - onp..,,;j , .ear;.,_bft.~..deeSgnated bv
the General of the Army, with-the approval of
the Secretary of War, sb not required in time oi
peace for military purposes, reserving to the
United States the right to resume possession in
time of war or danger. The Cotnpanj IS also
• authorized to construct a railroad from thence to
' a point,on its present line, near the city of Stock
- ton,'-California.- - - ,-J===~~z
Hocse.— Immediately after the reading of the
from'tbe Committee appointed
- to prepare and report Articles of Impeachment
against President Johnson, offered a resolution,
permitting the Committee to report in print.
The resolntlon was adopted.
Mr. Moorhead (Fa.), from the Committee of
Ways and Means, reported back Mr. Spalding's
3:30 O’Oloolz.
bill, IntroSnced on Tuesday, last, declaring - the
meaning of the internal revenue - tax on railroad,
chains, spikes, etc., to he lhat there shall be a
specific tax of $5 per ton'on the manufactured
articles, Inclusive of the tax on pig iron, blooms,
slabs or props. The resolution was passed.
Mr. Peters (Me.) presented the resolutions of
the Maine Legislature, asking an appropriation
to remove obstructions in the Penobscot river.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Mr. Eliot (Mass.), from the Committee on
Commerce, reported back the .Senate joint reso
lution authorizing tho Light-House -Board to
placo warnings over obstructions to the entrance
of harbors, or in the fairway of bays
or soundings, with an amendment In the
shape of an additional section di
recting the Secretary of War to
appoint a board of competent engineers, consist
ing of notices than three, to examine the con
dition of the wreck of the steamer Scotland, in
the New York harbor, and to ascertain whether
it is dangorous to navigation, and to furnish an
estimate, of the cost of removal.-
Tbe amendment was agreed to, and the joint
resolution ns amended was passed.
Mr. Cook (III.), from tho Committee on Roods
ami Canals, reported iho bill to amend the act of
3d of March, 1865, providing for the construction
of certain wagon roads in Dakota Territory.
Passed.
"'Mr. Cook, from the same Committee, reported
the bill to authorize the building of a railroad
bridge across the Ohio river, at Paducah. Ken
tucky, by the New Orleans and-Ohio Railroad
Company, on tbe same terms as those provided
for the bridge at Quincy, Illinois, in the act of
•July 25th, 18GC.
Mr. Ranm(Ul) offered an amendment providing that
the br-ildtngof the bridge shall not l>e commenced until a
railroad in constructed in Illinois to a pcint opposite or
near Paducah, cf uniform guage with the New'Oilcans
and Ohio Railroad (Jompuny. He opposed the bill unleeH
it contained the proviso, and nrgnid tiiat there was no
M-rr ssit.v for tlte bridge, and that it would not be built
Mr. Tiin.bl!- (Ky ) supported the bill an one promotive
of the general inti n-nte of the country, and HUg-ested to
Mr. ltaiun tbntif tile bridge waanover to be built there
was no logic in hi? opposit on. . . , , J 1
Mr. Nibliu }■ 'lnd.) expi-i-Bscd his opposition to the build
ing i f railroad bridge* where they obstructed navigation,
m d therefore lit could not an at present advised, vote for
h gpk-stnn itliiio) supported flic bill.
Mr. Cook (111.) dosed the diecusaion.'and remarked that
twelve chatters lor bridges acrosH the Mississippi, pro
du ly similar to this, had been granted: that four or live
oilu-r bridges tveie thrown over the Ohio river; that the
bridge at Paducah would he lorn obstructive ti naviga.
1 ion than any of, them, and that the amendment should
not he adopted, as no tuch conditions had been imposed
in oiDcr oopcp.
Mr IMman (Ted.) moved to lay the billon the table.
Mr. Hnnni’ti amendment waß rejected* and then the bill
v (Pa ) presented the petition of the Artists’
Fund Society of Philadelphia and of numerous artist-,
yrayitig for a specific duty on u orksof art and a revision
ot the duties on materials employed by artists. Referred
to Committee of Ways add Meiois. • .
Mr Cornell (N. Y.), from the Committee on Roada and
Canals, nuide bb adverse report on the memorial of the
Legislative Assembly of JJacotah Jorn-ia in building a
road. Laid on tbe table.
Mr I odge (>•. V.), from tbe iBnie committee, reportod
a bill to sutborize the building ot railroad bridges over
the Ohio river above the mouth of the LicJuDg river,
l'assed. - • ■ • ~ -
Pennsylvania, Legislature.
Hakkisihilig, Feb. 27. 1868.
Senate. —Various petitions were presented,
among Diem some in favor of an improved and
practicable militia system, and others in favor of
restoring pensions to the soldiers of the War of
1812. Also, in favor of submitting the license
question to.a vote of Hie people,
* By Speaker Graham, one from property own
ers on Minor street, against any railway track on
said street', as proposed bv tbe Lombard and
South Street Railway Co. In this connection
Senator Connell gave notice that nobody was in
favor oi the proposed bill, and that there was no
danger of its passage.
The following bills were introduced:
Mr. Connell, a supplement to the Girard Col
lege Passenger Railway Charter, authorizing an
extension of the track from Ridge avenue and
Twenty-second streets, and along Twen tv-second
to Diamond; thence along Diamond and Islington
lane to Twenty- third; thence south along Twenty
third to Ridge avenue; Also, extending the time
for the payment of the enrollment tax. Also, an
act incorporating the Philadelphia Glass Co.
Mr. Coleman, of Lebanon, one allowing stock
holders of railroad companies to hold their annual
meetings at any,,time in tbe month of January,
'-■rd not limiting them, as at present, to a certain
day.
Air. Glatz, of York, one prohibiting the sale of
liquors or refreshments within three miles of any
camp meeting, unless by consent of the managers
thereof.
• Mr. Davis, of Berks, one authorizing Bishop
James F. Wood to sell certain real estate.
Mr. Brown, one preventing the Commissioners
of Northampton- county from erecting a new jail
within three years, unfits with tho approbation
of two successive Grand Juries.
Hoi-sk.— I The morning session of the House was
entirely occupied by proceedings in Committee
of the'Whole on the General Appropriation bill.
Ttie aggregate of the hill is about four millions
of dollars. . The respective items are. slightly
reduced from last year. The points considered
•hie morning related to tho compensation of
members. Motions were .made to fix this com
pensation at $l,OOO.
IJv Mr. Adniru, oi Philadelphia, at SSQO.
liv Mr. Beans, of Bucks. The Chairman_ of
the'Committee of Wavs and'Means urged $.OO.
The Committee l nailv decided upon/jsI.OOO.
Hailroait Accident.
WiiitrE-TEB, Mass., Feb. 27.—Henry -John-on,
a driver on the Milburv branch of the Boston and
Albany Railroad, caught his foot in the switch at
Milburv Station, about noon to-day, aud the cars
pas-sed over him, killing him instantly.
Irtm* •owa#
Chicago, Feb. 27.— The lowa State Demo
cratic Convention for the appointment of dele
gates to tbe National Convention met at Des
Moires yesterday. It was the largest ever held
in tbe State. A resolution was adopted that
George H. Pendleton is the first choice of the
Democracy of lowa for President, and instruct
ing the delegates to vote as a unit.
Marine intelligence.
Nkw York, Feb. 27th. Arrived, steamship
Eagle, from Havana.
STATE OF THE THERMOMETER THIS DAY AT
THE BULLETIN OFFICE.
10 A 'll 35 deg. 12 M.. ..-10 deg. 2P. M i) dog.
Weather mowing. Wind Northeast.
Pltilaaelplila Produce mturKet.
Tni’ttPi>AY, Feb. 27.—There is more activity in Clover,
seed, and 60700 bus. fair and good sold at $7 75088 25,
and a choice lot at $8 50. Timothy is held at $a Small
sal. sof Flaxseed at $2 9C(&ii2 95 per bus. There la very
little Quercitron Bark here, and wc continue to quote No.
1 at ton.
The Flour market is steady but Inactive. The demand
J* entirely confined to the wants ot the homo conjumere,
who took 300 to 400 barrels at #1 50@*S 25 per barrel for
. Suuerfinei..tßB SC<SAB 60.. for Extra:..,.tl SO.for..
-orth*«tMtrWaninyt ; *tO@jaa» for tow (tr»ae» aHrf
choice lotß. and for fancy lot». Rye Flour in
Quiet at SB 60. In 4torn Meat no t’-anHaetioTW.
1 Tbtjc ie a steady demand for prime Wheat for tho bup
uly of the local miller* at full rates, hut the poorc ■ *orts
prt* not v. anted. Bmall sales of good and prime T e #L*.
$2 5U»2 lb and while at Sji2 WH&3 10. Hve from
$1 73 to $1 7ft. Coin is quint; *.OOO busht*!
gold at 1801 20; W>*tera mixed is offered a« $l Xy,
with sales of 2,000 bushel* »t this figure. 11
mnieet, with sales of 3.000 bushels f * o °
chance in Barley; 1,000 bushels New \ ork Alalt sold at
Marltets bv Teleirrßph.
New York, February 27.—Stocks active. Chicago and
Rock Wanda 96 a -.ir Heading. Ciuitou I ouinaoy, 61:
Erie, 68 ; Cleveland ana Toledo, 106Kf;
Pittsburgh. 93: Pittsburgh and Fort Wavno,W?«; Mlchi*
fvntxfl n m • luSois cSSS, 137Jtf: Cumberland Pre
ferred *33: Virginia 6S, —j Missouri 6s, H Q^S OD
River, WO; Duttld BtaS*
KMj tr>7 7 i*do. 1868. 108 Ti: new issue, i0o?6; len-iornes,
Im?;- ; B o Ven thLrtfpi lUd>i: Gold. 141!.'; iloney. 6 per
<ie \nv*''VOßU?*l , 'ebf^7.—Cotton dull at Floor
dull and 10(3°0c. lower; 8.000 bhls. •old; Stutiv $8 50-4
*1070; Ohint" 75: fl s
poiuliem, $9 800*14 75; California, $l2 260*13 60.
Wheat declining; 6,000 bnehel» cold; horlug. MSS
.nrndnll: leant tower; JKJ.OOO hUf.ln'lßsoM; AVotUei'n
sl ?2(a'si 25. Ofttß dull. Nartey firm; WKM lnuheto sold;
I’ltTi-trin au nrivst** terms. Beef Hork auqvant,
coj Bard tiriu at \Vhlt*kyq dot.
HM-riMOBP-Feb. 27.—Cotton very.dull.and drooping,
liuvcrs ••‘re nut of market; Middlings offering at 9L ' Fljjtr
, h'il Wheat nominally unchanged. ' Corn very dulls
i of Wj Ite and Yellow, #lls®s). 17;
Wcatixn. $1 150117. Oats steady, 78082 - ..**ye,
*1 to. Provisions very.activerlarigdsales <5 [bulk.
r and for clour nK Lsrd 16V1017.
LKOAI. NOTICEH.
-IS IHE COURT FOB
1 County of Hiiladelphin.- Eitiito of ASBT*>N S. t *U;
lC^ON.dccea»-ed.—Notice is.hereby given, that MARY
\\\ 'iQ\ RISON. rrtdow of said decedent him filed In
4uitt _Co»rfc her^^:<tnd^anprals.m!m^^proj^rty :
eie< tr d tobr rot Alt ed by her, under the Act of am*
of Aurl' Htb, 1861, and snprlements thereto and that, me
fsnso bo confirmed by the onßaturday,March
HBRVBYBKYAII.
r,;;:th m.4f? Attoinnyfor Petitioner. .
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getawareavenu*.
FOUim EDITION.
BY TELEGRAPH.!
LATEST FKOM WASHINGTON.
From Waahinrtou.
Wasiungton, February 27th.—Rear-Admiral
Davis informs the Department that on the 12th of
December the American bark C. A. Littlefield,
which went nßbore at Point' Peldra, was saved
from wreck through the efforts of Commander
Pierce Crosby, of the U. 8. steamer Shamokln,
and bis officers and crew.
Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Commander Ed
ward Hooker, commanding the U. 8. steamer
Idaho, report to the Department from Rio Ja
neiro, under date of Dec. 31st, that the repairs
having been completed on that vessel she" was
then’about to proceed on a voyage to Nagasaki,
Japan. .
THE COURTS.
THE PARDON POWER.
DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT
THE GOVERNOR SUSTAINED.
IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE SETTLED
Tlie Opinion in Full.
Tho Commonwealth va. JoretJi Mayloy and James
Keating, and the Commonwealth exrel. Joseph Mavloy
and Janus boating vp. the Keeper ot th* Philadelphia
L/Ounty Prison. Ilabras corvwt. Error to the Quarter
SeppioDß of Philadelphia County, opinion of the court,
per Thompson .1. „ At
» The habeas corpxtA feeued at the instance of tho rela
tors. Mayloy and Keating, is do enninablo exclusively
by the remit of our judgment in the writ of error sued
out by the Commonwealth, which brought up the record
of tht ir conviction and sentence to imprisonment for lar
ceny in tho county prison. This being apparent, it was
agreed by the counsel for the ftrisoner* to argm? both
together, which having bceu done, they will now bo con
sidered and deposed ot together.
The single quention to be decided is as to tho power of
the Criminal Courts of this County to reconsider a sen
tence after the termntwhich it was pronounced and
during the progress of itß execution, ana to modiiy or di
minkh its exteit, tho rule for which having beeu entered
at the time ot sentence and \vi bin the term.
In the case before us, sentence was pronounced upon
the pmoners on the loth of duly. 1867, to undergo an im
prifionment of one year in county prison, and pay a
i ondimi tine and costs, and they were immediately com-.
h itted in pursuance of the sentence. On the same day a
rule was entereo at the Instance of the Court “to show
came why the sentence in thi» cuscjehould not be recon
sidered “• To thin rule no . return day was assigned
Afttrwards, on .January lfi. 18*58. the docket
entij is “rule abs'lute,” and on .January 20,1868. the pri
► oners, as the record informs us, were brought again
before the court, and re-sentenced to payn nominal line
and undergo iirpriponment in the county prison for the
term of six calendar m-raths and seventeen days each, to
be computt d from the date of the original sentence, viz.'-
15th July. 1867, and to pay the costs of i»rose< utlon, «fcc.
’1 bis operated to remit five months and thirteen days of
the original sentence and left the prisoners fourteen days
to serve after sentence. • .
It was alleged in argument that there was a practice of
long stnndiDs in rhiUdt lphia to sanction this proceeding.
Its validitv being questioned, and the learned Judges of
the Coart* being deriroua of having the matter definitely
settled, took the first opportunity to present a case which
might fully test the matter, and ranan the rale absolute
in the casts of there relators. This was highly proper and
commendable, as they were not the authors of the alleged
treating the question thus presented it Is not intended
to encumber ouropini nwith a review of every point siig
gifltidbDrt debuted in argument This would not be
i rerible within the compass of an opinion of reaeona
hie length. It is neither necessary to the requirements of
the case, nor beneficial to the law. •
The first remark which may be made is, that the power
everciied is not to be found in anyexprees authority,
constitutional or statutory, nor In any express right of
the ctfnvicts to Its exercise. Com to arc founded on ex
press authority and their duty is to bear and determine
according to law. . . . , ,
Beyond this the only exprf 6* power to interfere in re
gal d to convicts Is the pardoning p* wor.oxcluaively in the
hands ot the executive. Of coarse, m the exercise of in
dicial power there are many thing- inherent in the
courts, and exercisable by them, without having been
conferred by statute, but which necessarily result from
their own r» lea and uniform practice. But practice i« de
fined to be the “form, manner and order of conducting
and carrying out suits or Iprosecutions in the courts
throuab theirvanous stages, according to tho principles
of law and the rules laid down b* the respective courts.
Pnnv L Tic., Tit. “Practice.” It is an auxiliary, but
no more. As a matter o! practice—if this definition hi
sound and I do not doubt it-the exercise of the power
claimed must stand on higher grouno than a meie aux,
iliurv rule of practice. is it an inherent common law
power, or a customary power/ These questions we will
proceed to examine.
Its exercise has been compared with the allowance in
England of the ancient and noW obsolete plea or claim of
bVntfit of clergy, which it'ifl sccn and-truly wat allowed
alter judgment, as well as before, and even under the
callows, if tie judge who passed the sentence
happened to pass bv. •
the* law of the privilege, and from ft
thero is to case which shows that an inherent power has
CTownupin<hecourfsto interfere with criminal judg
mrnts after the term when tho record has actually ceased
to he in the breast of the court, and has become a solemn
record That whith his been suggested as giving, some
countenance to'tici power is the exercise by the judges
of a power to respite the execution of camtal sentences,
and in lome eases of the sentence of transportation. As
to the rower the rule in England differs materially from
ours 1 here the line of execution is fixed by the Judge
IV iliac 357. imp. 11-ard Is a part ot the Btmteuce.aud i f is
allowable io him to -eepito its execution for h time. But
wilh u“ the Judge docs not tut the time of excrut-on, but
the Governor does in th« deatu warrant. Tho
Dinctice of respite therefore by tho Judge hero
i-i not toprfble. Bo in lecard to transportation,
the time is fixed by tho court, and may be
respited- But that is not incorporaied ub a penalty in our
e\ At m No such purwishment exists or ever has existed
iii this State. 1 * We deduce no such power.tnerefore.oa is in
omstion h-re from such precedents as these. Indeed the
common law doctrine of the finality of judgments i; at
OI'CC an answer to the argument, and a refutation Of the
idea that tho power exists after the term.
This principle is sufficiently apparent in our own books,
without the necessity *<f further research. '‘There must
be a tin e,'* it was said by my brother Strong, in Mitiiews
vs Pattoreon, 9 Casey, 485, “when the power or a
Court to open its judgment, obtained adversely,
censes In England It ends with the terra at
whith the judgment is signed. True, there is
h reaecn for this which does pot exist with u«,
arising from the peculiar manner in which the records are
there made up and kept; but the rule ot the Engli-h
fowls would seem to have been recognized aa existing
Unre*—Callin vs. Robinson, 2 W., 379; Stephen va. Co wan,
tf W.. 513 In the Commonwealth v.-. Bcsl-*, 1 Casey
11. the power was positively denied, in the opto
ion of tbia Com*. by Woodward Juenco, The
numerous authorities cited tn the l'aper book
of tho Attornev General and colleague, both Eocluh »nd
American, which I need uotnotice. inoro epeciaUy.catab
hsh tbio to be the ruin beyond donbt. In fact, as »ug
seated on the a; gument from the lieuc't. the flnalltv of
the judgment may be a mo>t material thing to the rights
of the convict himself, for if he should desire to sue out
a writ of error, tho rule to reconsider existing might
stsrdinhie way. a final Judgment not appearing on the
"toutdt was neglied that tho rule to roc insider within the
~ I, , dincation i-prejacta of the rule which regards
the6n")ity of lhe.rntckce. The dHßculty is to And au
thority for tho rule A principle is often limited in its
MnwtH counteracting principle*, and when it is so the
SperStion fs by force of fnw. but itis quite another thing
tn make a rule to control a principle: that Is legislation.
To «o to tho extent of tho argument would bo- to sot aside
the very maxims of the law in regard to tonality of judg
ments “Ititcresee refpuMicn* res Judlcatun non recinde”
aß(i“reBjudicataproverit»iteaccepltnr.’». -i
Even' pait ar.d parcel of process against offenders tends
ioiietihninationio afinal agd-irrevoeabhu
the tSribiinalprTKe stops are numerous, nffortlttig an oOper
tunity to consider at each. In the first place, a com
plaint on oath roust bo made; then a hcarng beforo -a
magistrate; ib«*n a bill of indictment prepared
bv a public officer; then an examination into the
complaint, or offence charged, by a grand, jury* rbou
process for witnesses and counsel is allowed; a time tor
trial is aligned; limi ed peremptory challenges
are affowrd, »nd for cau*e without limit. Jhtw on tho
trial he is confronted by the iwitnesees. If convicted,
«ft*r u full trial, he is allowed a time In which to mav Aa
arrest ot jtidgmeni or for a new trial; undsiuce all that
ha* beep done, and if he can allege error in the record,
he is entitled to aivtlt of error, nfter all this he may al
lege everything in bis power to mitigate the sentence.
No one * on boubt, therefore, that alter this the judgment
pronounced, which l- bnt the reiitonce of tho law, murbt
andivtohefiuftl. With tlie execution of the sentence
coarta have nothing to do, nor ought they. ..
It cannot be donbted. f think, that th« practice, ai
though doubtless it would be a great relirf often to the
mind of the Judge, wonld, to a great extent, be de
etiuctive tonne of the obj»ct- of punishment,-viz.: re
formation of tlie offender. ■*■ tot it he understood that
he may bavn a portion of hi* sentence on.any dov
remitted bv tho Judge, he wiU occupy Mr thoughts
with the expectation daily and hourly, and schema and
hope forth* result In such a state moral reform would
be nut of the que-tlon. Bis punishment would bo all ‘he
while uncertain to him A rule nr P act ce trangat with
such result* could sc arc* ly have iw origin in any consi
durable rxperiei co in dealing w ith convict*, and must
be regarded as an argument against it« existence.
Another ground * i argument w»»s, that it was sanc
tioned as a local custom General it is not as w* know,
and thenmnerouß let*en» ot the Judges tbrniighoutthe.
State prove. That a practice to sonic extent has existed
in the Cooris before tin* preaent learned Judges came
upon th* bench, vindicates them from tnc. charge of
innovation, but it had . ncUher tli* freqacooy nor.
the age to give it tlie fdrcfl cf!««.. It./.honjd AMMWathU..
toovfn iff* both the practice audniaxims ofiho law Tho
paper-books of tb* defer dam's in error and thA relators,
exhibit less than half ndoxen orantbentlo oases befow
the year 1851. all oecurrjngwithln the la»t
DouMlcsatbcre aromtny *lncs. -A nretcdpUro rtidiito
an sii»-Sent or a presumption of payment mlght b«
foneded on this lame of time; but a cnstonr.bo havethd
In* r..alte. 'Very dlffereut ia the lounaatlon and niaturity
rrccary to coiwtljuto a «ood cuatom, *eneral cr looaL
They become law from immemorlalu.a«o and untvemal
i .ljiMiJ"
the view
thereftrt.tWe toaethlM to jSe- SjeWlon *» iwW tbu ,
practlce clauded and cxerolaed in the caeee in baed.
3:15 O’CHoole.
Itecems tome, there ore, very plain that the - practict
is neither sustained by t* o commqn law as *n inherent
rower m thKcmirisj norhftiievef exiated asthe <*ofnm<ra
law of thin State; or as a good local custom within this
countv:or a rule of practice within the power of a court •
to adopt Ucltly or by express' role. On none of these
ground* do w« think the conrt was sustained In altering'
tho sentences in the case before us. *ndeed, it seems to
me (he very existence of the pardoning power con
tend on the executive by the Constitution is an
argument against the practice, it must have been
adopted to meet cssob, amongst others, where the judg
ments of the courts were founded In mistake, or too harsh*
oi reformation supposed to be complete in the e*ihict;
but by the practice in question all ftbis would in effect be
erawn to the courts, and the constitutional power to par
don rendered almost useless. I would not say here that
the proceeding is absolutely in conflict with the eonstitu- .
tiona! provision. That is not called for new and we ox- .
SsWU another difficulty In the wav, and tttSt is
not removed by the assumption that it would never occur.
Bad or weak men might be found in time to set aside
such an assumption if made, and that is. if a sentence
may be reconddered daring its execution, why may
It i ot be increased as wf 11 as diminished if tho maximum
was not reached in the first instance? If reconsidered/it “
is to be pronounced rfefww. and it is within the s line
power oxsctly to increase as to decrease it It i« not diffi
cult to Imagine times in which become
despotic and most oppressive. If the criminal courts
were to remain always as we know them to be now, this
consideration would bo mainly disarmed of its unfavora
ble aipect bnt wc have no guaranty fer this. ■ ■
But again if the role may be granted and exercised
once, I tec not why it might not be renewed when tho
party is resertenced and changed a second or a third
time It might be, I thtnk. as I see no restriction In the
rowerif once exercised. It may be it never .would nut.-—-
ibrtt is not the point if the power exists, „
But the right is claimed cx neccwitate fertint The
argument seems to assume that tho terms of (ho coarta
being monthly, sentences must be or usually are delivered
in every case owing to the pressure of the business and .
the changes'or other rotationrof the Judges before the end
of the term.
But there is no law requiring this, nor is it always pos
sible. Prisoners tried within the four last days of the
term cannot be deprived of their legal right to the
allotted period to prepare and make their motions for
new trials. Jftl\eterm ends too soon for this, motions -
may be mado within the allotted period at tho ,
commencement of the succeeding term. We...
do not, therefore, perceive any peculiar
difficulty arising from this source. The Court has power
to remand and bold convicts for sentence as long as may
be deemed necessary and advantageous to the ends of
jnptice, and in the mean time may receive information In
addition to that disclosed on the trial in regard to whati
should he the appropriate sentence in any case whore tho 1
Court has a discretion on the subject.
Indeed, the trial and motions for now trials generally
develop the data on which to predicate a proper and ju
dicious rentence Whether or not, there is no such thing
in the law as the right of tho convict to ba
heard by the judges- or courts, after sentence,
especially after the term. His resort must
be to tlie Executive. No donbt, it is often
embarrassim.* and painful to a Judge to
t i doubts in regard to the character of the comet, and
tb* motives and incentives which may have led him iiw>
crime at the moment of Jits commission. Bat thaedim
•cuity has to be encountered by Judges outside of* well :
as in cities, and a practice to mitigate the supposed evil
lisa Dot been reported to in the country, or any reform de
manded in order io relieve against it ,
It I* true the number of convictions is vastly greater in
the cities than in country districts. But the difficulty In
dealing withjheec in tbo same way in both, Is rather m
the want of judicial fotco lhan in the forms ana requite
meats of the law. The only remedy is to Increoso this
force If insufficient, and then consider well In doubtful’
c n see, an d ponder long before sentencing, and act on thn neat
lights at hand. If there bcerror.thenitmustbecor
rrcted by J* xfeutive clemency, if at all. The real diffi*.
cully Is rot removed by the practice contended for. A
Judge Is quite ns likely tobe embarrassed and deceived
in the last sentcnco as in the first. Certainly a regard to
.motives and inducements which are. to be
lookfd at in • passing sentenco, can never
he certainly known UDder any circumstances.
* Approximate accuracy in administering justico is all
that is possible in human tribunals. And the rule
mises no more, if adopted, even in the anticipation ot its
most earnest advocates, and may be fraujhfc with
many evils besides .that of doing in the name
of the law what \ye think cannot bo found
to be authorized by law. Eor these, aud other reasons
which might be given, we feel constrained to differ from
thclearneo Judges of tho Quarter Sessions, and sot aside
the sontenfco parsed upon tho prisoners. Mayloy
and Kcatiup, on the 20th of January. 1868, pursuant to
a rule to reconsider sentence on the 15th of Jnlv, 1887,
and made absolute on the I6th of January. 1868, and
affirm th* original sentence, and refuse their dlecharge
on the habta* corpv». -
Tho second sentence reversed, and discharge on naoecut
cot pvh rtf used. Costs to be paid by the county.
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more demand for money, bnt it in freely mot, and live-per
cent, la about the average figure for call loanß. Mercan
lileis relativelyecarce, and ranges from 6to9percent.
Among the merchants there la a more cheerful toue.
The bualneea at the Stock Board thla morning waa
again small, and Government loans wero again a fraction
lower. State Loans were heavy, and City Loans weak,
The new issues of tho latter sold at 102,’;®10Brf, and the
old at WfVf. t
In Itallroad shares there waa a little more firmnoaa.
Feeding Bailroad closed at 46 44-a riao of Pcnnoyl.
vania Railroad advanced }.(. Mine Bill Railroad sold at
57. nnd Catawiraa Railroad Preferred at 37.‘,r-an advance
cf !|. 12c' 1 l was hid for Camd* n and Amboy Railroad;
28’, for Little Schuylkill Railroad, 52? a for Lehigh
Valley Railroad, and Wi for Philadelphia and Erie
Railroad.
In Canal atocka the only change waa in Naviga
tion, which advanced )(,. 87 waa hfd for Wyoming; 91%
for Schuylkill a avigatlon Preferred; 12 for the Common
stock, and 15 for Sinuuclianna.
In Hank and Passenger Railway ehnres there wore no
changes. ’
Tbc New York money market.
IFrom to-day’s N. Y. Hi 1 raid.l
FriTSfPTbere'bM been a drooping market for gold
to day, Sind tho fluctuations were froml4l« at tho opening
to 140 7 j‘ at the close, the latest quotation on tho street
liariDK been 14uJt<SH41. Tho government Is supposed to
have been a seller of coin aud a buyer of seven-thirty
notes to a considerable amount this week, and heuco tho
floating supply of gold has been increased and tho rate#
paid for having it carried have advanced. Loans were
made at 6@B per cent, per annum for carrying and
at 1 Si per cent, per diem. .The gross clearings amounted
to #68.319 6011, the gold balances to 42,668.665 and tho cnr.-
rency baloneea to 44.1)38,061. Ameiicau stiver la quoted
at tfdB per ceut below tho price of gold, arid Mexican
dollars are rated at IOKfMWBK.ta gold. Tbostojrncr
Palmy-a took ont 4331,000 in specio. Tho tempjr of the
market la raher bearish than bullish and the tran
quilizcd condition otaffairs at Vi asbington is exerting a
reassuring inti-enco upon the public mind.
A t the some time there is Do nrobabtlity of the premium
decl nine materialfv while the impeachment “jal.J*
pending, «nd it will bo liable to more
fluctuations until after the final result is reached,, no
far aa tho financial legislation of Congresi fa concerned
there is nothing of a disturbing character apprehended,
the Sherman funding bill, although not finnUv dlspo-cd
of, being legorded hr a scheme_too. mlschievoua te
merit toe serious attention of Congrewi while the
S£“on°£b«ur^
memhei sor their from attending the up
In- n evening exchange, it is probable that the custom of
dealing in stocks and gold at night will not bo revived.
There has been an actfvo demand for money again to
day, and tlie fate was fully alx per cent, fot can loans,
with no exceptions at lower figures, even on govern
ment securities.: The discount market continnes firm
ardconimercUlpopcrlsincnlnrgydvupplybbut the best
gradepafeecs at seven per cent. *b<v increased monetary
?clSlfy is Acertf dp a depressing effect upon the stock
market, and ppccniatlvo holders are becoming
at the prospect before them. There ia n°_d*Dg‘*r of Uje
pitppl* of loanable funds foiling-ohort of Hhe demsnd,
hevever, for »n indefinite length of time to come, bi
ebmile the bsuks continue to lowi cntrencv 'vr. Id
doubt lets make an effort f ° viinco the Ah
to seven percent, although it ishardlv li k cj y t bstinc si
vanco would be maintained. The more act Ive movcrnent
of money fs a»f»tt«r_i,f very -
ever, in depri suing the etock market. .The dsmoraUz*
lion of tho bull element began with tho br- ak in fcrm
from 78K. and tlm decline <f more than too net• cent.m
that stock has caused a general/folding in tho prlcra or
otbertailwayeharea and turned tho current of speciu
tlou. andfhochief snxiefyof holders “« e kor
to sell them ratlwr than to huy more, as it wm a
two ago. The Work party say that tho. suit, agi““
narleW row will not bo withdrawn- and tho P ■;■■■
declare that tho _Erto < ompsnv w l not oin ino .vcn
>o>k Central and the C mtral in mo p o
posed compact for the consolidation of «arniag»_ r
1 farrows* on improved fetitng ‘» vMterday brought
ernment securities, ond t*»o dpcbueorj S^|on ft
in timers for Investment as -
rise. Tbo’ eis nothing i “ l ' '? n e n ioid, to create dUtmat ct > ,
we may judge by th« cnursc ol gom-f l " nd |£ f bill may be
«» t^^&sawsassss*.
with ron-l "LnUwa thc old hondedopeialtad on a
c!rru'Hlion with tho new bond* provided for by
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»hla Stock ExchahßC.
200 sh ReadK 1)10 4(1)4
200 sh do ■ e3O 46 44
10 sh Cam &Am c 12614
10 sh do bB 126%
8 sh Banna R 851.
100 sh do MM"
2 sh Minehill R B 7
2 sh N Pa R 32
200 sh New Creek iC
!300ehGrMonn 3
IBOABDO.
100 sh Susq Canal IB
100 sh do h3O IB
120 oh Leb Nvstk 27%
B 0 sh do 2814’
13 oh Penna, R BSX
64 eh Readß 46.44
1100 eh do 46;„
lab do 1261 i
200 sh Ocean Oil 2!,''
1000 sb . do b 63 2Vi
9 sh Penna R BBjtf
ion sh Re a ill! b6O 4656
300 sh 30 1)30 Its 46#