GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXL-NO. 289. THE EVENING BULLETIN ruaLisuno EVERY EVENING (Sundays excepted). AT TUE NEW BULLETIN BUILDING, 43(7 Chestnut Ist:evil rheliedelphlnt., EY TEA EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. rEorsirroNs , GIBSON PEACOM ERNEST C. WALLACE,. F. LP P E E R T SO E DER O N ls , FRANCIS W WIELLAM.SON. The Eviat.rriN is served to subecrlbora In the city at IS m i te per week, payable to the camera, or St per annum. INVITATIONS FOR WEDDINGS. PARTIES. ttr,a., executed in a superior manner by DREXEL. NM CHESTNUT S'fitEET. fe`datf§ & LANDELL OPEN TO:DAY THE MOM! .0 shades of Boring Poplins for t he Fashionable Walking Dre Me iji teel Colored Poplins. Mode Colored Poplins. Elm arek Exact Shade. MARRIED. TOZYVNE---WIIITE.—Tha the twelfth hut.. bYthe Roy. Dr. Howe, Mr. Henry IL Towne to 511 es Cora R. While, de nehter of John P. White. Rte. WISTAR—IIALL.--On the 12th net., by the Rev. Dr. Henry J. Morton, Mr. Joseph W. Witter to Miss Mary K. o MIL daughter of the late Lteut.John M il , U. B. N., both f this elty. • DIEM ABBOTT.-On the lath inetant, Ann N. Abbott, relict of the late Timothy Abbott, in the Pith year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend her funeral. without further notice, from her late residence, No. 910 Clinton street, on Second. day morning , the 16th Mat , at le o'clock. • B D E ne L n L ot - i -O ce n wil l b b g iinest o M tishse Maria 8 1 0 • 11. • BBOADLIURST.-At his residence in Buckingham, Bucks county. Pa., on the morning of the 13th Instant, Joseph Broadhuret, in the 75th year of his age. Funeral to take place on Second-day, the 16th inst., at 12 o'clock. M. The friends of the family are invited, without further notice, Oa BURBANIL-On the nth instant. at' Fort Warren, Boston barber, Emma D., wife of Captain J. B. Burbank, and dauphder of It. S. Ilubbard , of Ph il adelphia- • Clittit'k --On the Bth trot, in .Baltimore, Win. Curry. in the 40th year of his age. ELLIOTTL..-On the 12th Met, in Washington, D. C., J. W. Eillette, Chaplain P. S. Army. 1%1 TCIIIIII..- Oa the loth Met, Laming Berton's. eon of Joshua S. and lterah Ann P 'etcher. axed' 3 years, late First Lieue Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry. The relativee and frienda of the family, also the members of the Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry, are re eve ctfully invited to attend his funeraLfrom the residence of hie parents near Ridge avenue and Twenthminth street, Nortti Penn village, on Friday, the 13th instant, at two o'clock. To proceed to Glenwood CeOnetery, 11E31Pli lEL.-On Wednesday morning. 11th instant, Mary It only daughter of W. K and Sarah Jane 1f Amp- hill, in the 10th year of her age. 'lie friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from the esidence of her parents. 1805 Mount Vernon street, on Saturday afternoon. at two o'clock. • BESSER.---On the 11th instant, LlzeleC.3L, wife of Benjamin Franklin Heuer, and daughter or the late Jerse The funeral s 111 take place on Monday. March 16th, at three reclock P. M., from the residence of her mother. No. 7C12 linlon street. ••• LOWBEII.--on Wednesday morning, March 11th. John W. Low ter, eon of Wm. T. Lowber. lite friends and thotwe of the family, are respectfully Invited 'to attend his funeral. from the residence of hie father. K 0.1361 Walnut street: on Saturday morning, at 12 o'clock, without further notice. MARKS.- Suddenly, on the morning of March 13th inst. wtte of JILUIPS P. Marks, and daughter of Lydia It. and the late amyl P. Moss. • 'hue notice will be given of the 'emend. _RESITII,_-(ht the loth instant, James Seeds. aged 36 years. The relatives and friends of the family, also the meta. berg of Weceacoe Engine. aid Lodge N 0.3, knights of Pythias, ate reepeetfolittinsited :a attend hie funeral iretn Mule 'Hotel. N. W.:toner Sixth and Girard avenue, on Surday ITlOttlinf at nine o'clock. Interment at Le Fayette Cemetery. •• 13311T11,--On Pridaytnorning, - •13th instant, G. Perry Smith. at the residence of wi l lher, deed Yews. Due eetke of the funeral he Oren • RELIGIOUS NOTiCEIL IP tr . The Forty-Eleventh Anniversary CIF TNt PUIWRPEIA COTFIREICI ElSSOleft3oglll7, I==l t►n Monday Issuing, 16th Instant, At Hortioul i tural Hall, Commencing at 734 o'clock. Addresses by Rev. D. A. CLEVELAND. of Philadelphia. Rev. R. S. FOSTER. D. D., of New York. Rev. 0. D. TIFFANY. D. D.. of New Bronewlek. Rev. J. P. DURBIN, D. D. The large Painting of the Society for the new certifi cate. 'Paul Preaching In the Areopagus." painted by K. E night. Ego, n - 111 be on exhibition et the Artist Fund tiocistre rooms. No. Int Chestnut street. on and adUr FRIDAY MORNING. lath inst. Tickets for the An veraary end Exhibition can be had gratuitously et Per. kenrine 'Regina's. N 0.66 North Fourth atraet. or at the Book Rooms. No. 1018 Arai street 3trp THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE War Philadelphia Conference Church Extension Society will be held in the Union M. E Church. Fourth street. below Arch. FRIDAY EVEN' D. M Arc lowa.at 134 o'clock. Addresses by Bey. A.J. Kynett, I). D., of Hon.llugh L. Boyd. of 'Baltimore, and Benjamin Heywood. EN.. of Pottsville. SPECIAL. NOTICES. see - EXCURSION SEASON OF 1.888, CAMDEN AND . ATLANTIC B. R. Lodges, Societies and Organisations generally who con. teMplidelrifluvoutwa..4:oto — Atlititle — Lity titgiug , summer of 1868, will please call at the Company's Office, Vine Street Ferri. sad secure a day. Only 15 days remain vacant in July and August. D. H. MUNDY, Agent mh9 Mrptl per PHILADELPHIA., March lit, 1869. The Board of lianasers of I HE PIIILADEL PHIA, GERMANTOWN AND NORRISTOWN RAIL ROAD t OMPANY bare ibis day declared a dividend of Five 'Per Cent. on the Capital Stock. payable, clear of taxes, on and after the Ist of April next. _ The Transfer Books •of the Company will be closed on the 19th inst., and remain closed until the Ist of April next. A. R. DOUGHERTY, mhl3 3it Treasurer. OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL iler NAVIGATION COMPANY. "11 Pratartztalna. January, Wt. 1868. This Company is prepared to purchase its Loan due n MO, at par. SOLOMON SEDEFELERD, Treairarer. ja3o-tfrp No. 123 South Second Street. wow PHILADELPHIA DENTAL CK)LLEGE.—TIIE Annual Commencement of this institudon will be 'bold at Concert Bell, on TEM (Friday) EV/4EIND, March 18tb. Prof 8 o'clock. The raledietory.will be do. livered by Prot .7. IL MoQUILLEN. M. D. Public gene. rally Invited to be present. • , .7. IL MoQUILLEN,wean. IerWTHE EXERBES AND DISPLAY CON nected with the Twenty.flfth Anniversary of the Juvenile Missionary Society of the Green Street M. E. Church _Sunday School. will be repeated THIS EVENING at the Church, Green street, above Tenth, commencing ,at 7.% o'clock. Tickets 25 cents; can be procured at the store .of JOHN H. PILLEY, B. corner Tenth and , (keen etrects. ftv NOTICE.— THE EIJESCRIBERS TO THE QM . tat Stook of the Pennsyhmnia Wood Hanging Qom- Cany are noti fi ed that the Company will organize at the ontinental linteL on the 90th twit. All additional subscriptions must be entered previous to the above date. at the Exhibition Rooms, No. 917 Walnut sfireet. alhittf rpp Nor HOWARD, HOdIrITAL, NO& •1518 .4ND 1511 Lombard stresh4 a niaranwy Department—Medt , - cal treatment.tdd me tothished gratultetudr to the Door. _ soir m ,M I NF.DY,TIig. (MEAT:-S CO TTISH. VOUA Tackos. 50 tni e g.pllGllT only, at Muednal Fund Halt. • It` I NEWSPAPER% BOOKS, PAMPrILETS, WASTE PrZ ia. cte r, dec.. bought by E. HUNTER, Ne. 613 Jayne deed. —When Mlle. Luceix made her debut at Eit Petersburg as Marguerite, in Gounod's Faust,the enthusiasm she created was so great that she was called before the curtain twenty-two times. She has since sung in the AMeanie and in Don Gio vanni. When singing %erlltta she was encored, twice in the second' aria, and the demands for a double repetition of a later song were so vehe ment that the Emperor had to give the signal for the performance to proceed. The demands for encores continued to be so frequent that a public notice was issued by the management to say she would sing her music only tWice. (For the Philadelph6k Evening Bulletin,) The Ortheptedle lio9pltal. We are glad to notice in your columns a pros- Peetus of the new Orthopedic Hospltal—an in stitution no doubt needed in this community— set the peculiar advantages of which our good city has not been eo entirely without as would appear from the accounts published. The doors of. the old PennsylVanla and other Hospitals have been by no means exclusively shut against the class of cases for which special relief is sought in the Orthopedic. Large numbers of this class, moreover, have been annually treated,both by the well-regulated clinics of our 'chief Medical Schools, and by the excellent Dispensaries of this city. Yet, experience abroad, and that of our own military hospitals, has proved that advan tages are to be derived from medical and Swaiml specialties, and we see, it the proper cantiou is observed in its management, and especially in the appointment of its officers, a large field for usefulness in the charity just organized. But while so many or our oldest, most needed and best managed charitable institutions are lan guishing—at least far from flourishing and ful filling their full destiny for want of funds—it is an important query why so many new charities, without endowment or dne means of support, should arise at this time, and whether this com munity is yet, In ,a liberal sense, really ready for them. In view of these things looking at the Orthopaedic Hospital, shall we not ask is &nem ltnce the mainspring in this movement, or may we not detect an admixture of private ambition and personal interest in the enterprise? Of course, should such mixed motives exist they could only pertain to the medical staff who are also directors of this institution. Now, not only the high-toned physician, but the sagacious unprofessional citizen, will at once recognize a potent source of mischief and corruption in any institution wherein the same man may hold the position of master and servant at the same time. We regret, therefore, to notice two names on the medical stuff of the Orthoreedie Hospital which are also on the list of its Managers. It is true such is the ease in more than one so-called public charity in Philadelphia of latter time; but is not this a mark of the beast on the medical profession of the day—the imprint of a low trade on the es cutcheon of this once high and noble calling So far as this practice obtains among charitaule institutions, vie are confident that the profes sional services which they foster no longer de serve the name of charity, but are degraded (covertly it may be, and in a manner which the professional eye only can clearly see—yet none the less certainly degraded) into a mains of personal gain, influence and favoritism. And however pure and free from indirect motives the officers of an institution with such a defect in its organization may be at the outset, with lapse of time and change of officers, these evils must surely come Forts , years ago when such names as Rusb, and Wistir and Parrish had an influ ence, when a good name was more than money, and benevolence—not ambition—was the tree measure of a professional man, should a.phy sitian acting in the service of such an institution, -by - virtue of-his-benevolenee-and-sagacity i be-- elected to a place in its management, and should he accept the latter office, it was considered a point of honor no less than of reason for him to satire at once from the former. With a kindly spirit toward this and all our many noble charities, but with a full sense of the danger which our professional experience has given us, and deeming such a loop-hole for pri vate ends a serious flaw in the inception of their otherwise excellent Institution, we thus respect fully present these points to the consideration of our citizens, and especially to the serious atten tion of the philanthropic Board of the Orthopa.- die Hospital. We would also call to mind the time-honored and Invaluable Wills' Hospital, of this city, founded by the late James Wills for the treat ment of persons afflicted with diseases of the eye or limbs, or (to use the words of the testator) "for the relief of the indigent blind and lame." So that the excellent provisions of Its large hearted and far-seeing founder, already partially carried out in the noble edifice on Race street, if duly cherished and supported by our citizens, would cover every purpose and supercede every necessity for which this new orthoptedie estab lishment is started, and to the far greater credit of the city. Physicians, City Councilmen, Citi zens, remember your trust. 31soict, s. (For the Philadelphia Evening Enlietin-) The Pennsylvnaila Hospital. PHILADELPUIA March 13, 1868.—T0 the Editorof tld Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.—Sin : In a notice of the new Orthopedic Hospital, in yester day's BULLETIN, some injustice, doubtless unin tentional, was done to the character of our oldest medical charity, the Pennsylvania Hospital. Your article says: "persons afflicted with club foot, or high-joint disease are never, but in very rare instances, admitted into that institution, unless, able to pay their board, and for the servi ces of a physician. Now the fact is that the surgical wards of the Pennsylvania. Hospital have always contained such cases, and many hundred dollars have been expended by the Hospital for apparatus used in their treatment: while - very rarely indeed has any patient of this class been paid for. As to paying for the services of a Physician, it -wan- Imymeut, has never been required in the Pennsylvania Hospital of any patient, pay or poor. It is true that pay patients have had the privilege of placing them selves under the special charge of some ono Phy sician or Surgeon of the Hospital, and of course paying the gentleman selected; but this has never been required, and very seldom done. It is true also that the limited means of the Penneylvaniji Hospital, and the increasing pres sure on those means of the numerous cases of accidental injury and • acute disease, have pre vented the reception and treatment of so large a proportion of chronic Orthopedic cases as was desirable; but this by no means justifies the statement complained of. VINDEX. MEXICO. ille.orgunination—Railway—Lotteries Prohibited—Expuision of Foreigners —Bandits—Conapiracy Defeated. Maximo, March 4, 1868.—The newspapers of this capital are occupied with the queation of re organizing the Cabinet and the grave contests going on in some States. Congress has been prorogued until the end of May., A project has been presented by a Mexican association, headed by Tejada Pastille' and Ritter, for the estabilah ment of another railway between Vera Cruz and the capital. The plan was strongly supported and referred to the committee having the Engllah concession under investigation. The Minister of Gobernacion prohibits all, charity lotteries and the sale of Havana lottery tickets. The fine for each offence in, this matter is $BOO. The authorities of Matamortis, as well as those of the State of Ta maulipas order the immediate expulsiOn of all such foreigners as fall under the provisions of the circular issued by the national government in October last. Gov. Mendoza,of Michoacan, has re ceived the authority of the fitate government to punish with death . all -kidnappers latd - General Diego Alvarez has invaded the district of Tiapa, where be commenced- levying men and seizing horses. General Jimenez had given arms to the inhabitants of Chllapa to , defend them selves against Alvarez. A conspiracy at Morelos, in the State of Puebla. supported by money from the chief Vicarlo,was foiled by the vigilance of the government. At San Luis Potosi the tribmials were closed homage the subaltern officers were unpaid. General Corona is expected here from' Sinaloa on business connected with the revel-- Hon there. It is possible that the United States gunboat . Saginaw will intorefera id.the trouble at • mazailati• , , = ,—lt Is said i that;.the whole Amount:Or , graht" raised in'lkle* England each year wonid not sup ply its inhabitants with food for six weeks. PHILADELPHIA FRIDAY, MABCH 13, 1868. I 1) FZAT:ii II 14111 The Ice Flood in the Mississippi. DA V ESP° RT, lowa, March 10.—To-day has been one of great excitement and anxiety here., At about 9 o'clock this morning the ice com menced to move. The large tract of unbroken ice in the middle of the river struck the head of the island below the city, stopping the whole float. lag mass. The gorge was complete. The whole river seemed dammed. It rose rapidly. The levee is flooded. Front street is entirely inun dated—families being compelled to climb out of the eceond-story windows into wagons. Huge eakes'of ice are floating in the street, with which are mixed un lumber and wood piles, threshing machines, old hulke, and'agricultural implements generally stirred up together. Probably not less than thirty families have been turned out of house and homes, and many others driven to the upper stories. The suffer ing families are all of the poorer class, and the loss of home is a severe one. At the Scott House the basement is entirely flooded, but no serious damage has resulted to the house as vet. The loss of property is very heavy, but fears are that it will be much greater If the gorge does not give way, The loss of Case Sr, Co., on the rapids, will not fall short of $25,000. The rush of ice against the draw pier of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad bridge forced the strongly framed timbers on the east side out of place, and severely wrenched the entire pier. The abutment is considerably damaged. Trains are , still crossing continuously. The water is falling a very little. DAVENPORT, lowa. March 10.—This evening about 9 o'clock, while the ice-gorge was at the highest, the main portion of the Mississippi river bridge was badly racked. The spar next to the lowa shore was shoved partially off the first pier, and moved ten feet out of posi tion, and projects over the stream several feet. A number of timbers were broken. The second ands ird piers from the shore and the protection to the draw pier are considerably injured. The west abutment has several large rents. No trains can cross for some time. The water receded at about 10 o'clock. leaving immense piles in front of the street. Great ex citement prevails. Dessaint Schricker lost $lOO,OOO worth of logs and lumber. Other parties have met serious ices. Ilnr e I-dr„vso. 111., March 10.—The ice is gorged below our city, causing water to overflow the banks, floc ding our whole city. The people living in Orleans, Rock River, Adams, Washing ton. - Jefferson, Arsenal, and a portion of Illinois streets, had to be taken from their houses with teams and small boats. The Arsenal bridge is totally destroyed; also, the Moline bridge. I learn from a man who has just come from Moline that the dam at that place was washed out. The great railroad bridge is badly damaged. The first span on the lowa side is moved ten feet out of position. The second span Is moved about .five feet, and the timbers broken.' It is impossi ble to give you further particulars to-night as re gards damages, owing to its being impossible to - walk - over one - ortwo - blocks - of - our - streets, the cotter dams on the Rapids have been swept away. Eight flat boats were carried down stream, and will probably be a total loss. The Flood at Toledo. Ohlo—Great Des truction of Property. Mom the Toledo Blade of March 10.3 Our last observations along the scene of the licod were at 2 o'clock. At that time a large &mount of timber, either carried away from the lumber yards and booms or brought from further up the river, had created immense damage. Corn-. ing down with the moving ice, it struck the bridge of the Cleveland snd Toledo Railroad Ccuipany. wrecking it badly. At the time of writing it is hardly possible to state how much damage bas been done to this bridge. It is cer tain, however, that it is badly damaged. No trains can pass overiP, and it is extremely pos sible that it will have to be rebuilt. Coming down the river past the dock, an im mense mass of timber wedged together like a raft, struck the Cherry, street bridge alonl.l the entire length of the swing with immense force. Liege logs were borne up wit of the mass high in the air, and as the rapidly moving logs struck the bridge, the swing was thrown from its place, and lay half swung round. At the time when we visited the bridge it was impossible to go beyond the swing, but from all signs it seemed probable that at that time a great deal of damage was done at the further end of the bridge. It seems, also, from the terrible strain caused by the immense amount of timber wedged against the bridge at the first two abutments that it cannot stand until morning. At two o'clock, at short intervals, loud reports could be heard, caused by the snap ping of the timber as the bridge slowly yielded, to the awful strain upon it. At this time it appeared evident, from the rap idly rising water, that another gorge had oc ..urred at some point below the city. From the toot of Cherry street the ice could be seen set tling back up the river. The water rose to a izreat height, and at a most unprecedented rate. Within ten minutes from the time when It first appeared on Water street, the whole street was inundated. All along the docks the warehouses must have suffered; how much,cannot of course be told. The rate of this last rise is estimated at a an Il_our. __lf the gorgc_belo wthe_eitv has hot given aWayTifitich - tiarnage will have -been done by morning. The lower floor of the Island House at 2 o'clock. was covered with water to the depth of more than an inch. We also heard that one of the ticket offices in the depot had floated a foot from its proper location. The Middle Ground was of course flooded and impas sable. Of course it is next to impossible to estimate the losses of the night. Along Water street the damago done can as yet only be• conjectured, and that conjecture will have the least hope of ap proximating to the truth. But counting the damage done to the two bridges, and making a very rough and low estimate of the losses in the warehouses, it is very safe to say they will exceed seventy thousand dollars The flood is such a one as Toledo has never before experienced, and it is to be hoped never will again. Sanaalatr Fire and_ Explosion Near Harrisburg. Last evening, about half-past six o'clock, a brlllinlit light was visible here, and it was appa rent that a large conflagration was raging east of the city. An alarm was sounded, and our fire men immediately proceeded in the direction of the fire, which was found to be on the premises of J. D. Cameron. Esq. It was discovered that the gas house of Mr. L. in which gas for sup plying the faintly reelilence was manufactured, was in flames, and all efforts to subdue the fire were fruitless. The AgliWria•._was, of coursq, de stroyed. It seems that the apparatusused in manufactur ing gas from gasoline had not been in working order during the winter. Yesterday, however, it was brought into use, and last evening the dwel ling was ht by gas. A short time afterwards the man who had charge of the gas apparatus entered the small building to see that all was right. He had in -his band -a lantern, and...as.soon...aahe en tered the gas-house, a terrific explosion took place, nuking a report that was beard in this city. • The flames at once enveloped the building;, with the result above mentioned. It is stippbsed the apparatus leaked, thus causing the explosion. --Ilarrsaburg Tekgraph, Jan. 12. The. Tynyr (From To•dat , j, New York.World.] Mr. Effingham H. Nichols, one of the advising counsel foraev. S. H. Tyng, Jr., proceeding on the assumption that the Bishop has the power to annul.or affirm the judgment of the, Court, has talgreSsed that dignitary& /otter to influence his mind in favor of re.versing the decision of the W.. lineal *high tried the reopoudeut.. The. follow ing' tarelhe points covered: 1. Counsel contends, admitting the canon in question "to be wise in ; OUR. WHOLE COUNTRY. purpose and Intention," that no broach has been omnaittcd: (a) because no "notice" was served en the courts from the Bishop of New Jersey, containing the fact of violation of ,he canon and "exhibiting reasonable ground for presuming its correctness: also, becaush the canon to be made subject of trial requires such conduct to be shown on the part of the accused as"is disgraceful to his office." (h)-The proceedings are unlawful "from begin ning to end," because the canons "require every minister to be amenable to the Bishop, or if there is no bishop, to the Standing Committee." Counsel contends complaint was organized by and before the Standing Csminittce. and that the. Bishop was ignored. (c) Protest is lodged against the decision of the Court on the ninth day, ex cluding all evidence looking towards an interpre tation of the canon,counsel contending the canon, can be construed and examined as a statute case. L'IIROPRAN AFFAIRS ITALY. The Naples Banquets to Admiral Far ragot. tP NAI'LIfS, March 12, 1868.—The naval banquet given by Admiral Provana, of the Royal Italian Davy, to Admiral Farragut, came off in this city to-day. It was attended by the chief naval offi cers of Italy, the American admiral and many United States officers, and a brilliant assemblage of non-professional guests. The toasts were friendly and cordial towards the Union, and highly complimentary to Admiral Farragut. The city authorities will giVe a banquet at an early day to the Admiral in the name of the Nea politan people. Who Prussidn Treaty with the United states. The following is the exact text of this impor tant treaty: The President of the United States and his Majesty the King of Prussia, in the name of the North German Confederation, led by the wish to regulate the citizenship or those persons who emigrate from the North German Confederation to the United States of America, and from the United States of America to the territory of the North German Confederation, have kossolved to treat on this subject, and have for that purpose appointed plenipotentlas its to conclude a convention; that is to say, the President of the United States of America—Geo. Bancroft, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from said States near the King of Prussia and the North German Confederation, and his majesty King of Prussia—Bernhard Konig, Privy Counsellor of Legation, who have agreed to and signed the following articles: ARTICLE 1. Citizens of the North German Con federation who become naturalized citizens of the United States of America, and shall have re sided uninteruptedly within the United States five years, shall be held by the North German Confederation to be American citizens, and shall be treated as such. Reciprocally, citizens of the United States of America who become naturalized -citizens-of the North German Confederation,-and— shall have resided uninterruptedly within North Germany five years, shall be held by the United States to be North German citizens, and shall be treated as such. The declaration of an intention to become a citizen of the ore or the other coun try has not for either party the effect of naturali zation. Arrr. 2. A naturalized citizen of the one party on return to the territory of the other party, re mains liable to trial and punishment for an action punishable by the laws of his original country, and committed before his emigration, saving always the limitation established by the laws of his original country. ART. 3. The Convention for thci neutral delivery of criminals and fugitives from justice in certain cases, concluded between the United States on the one part and Prussia and other States of Ger many on the other part, the 16th day of June, 1852, is hereby extended to all the. States of the North German Confederation. ART. 4. If a German, naturalized in America, renews his residence in North Germany without the intent to return to America, he shall be held to have renounced his naturalization in the United States. Reciprocally, if an American, naturalized in North Germany, renews his resi dence in the United States without the intent to return to North Germany, he shall be held to have renounced his naturalization in North Ger many. The intent not to return may be held to exist when the person naturalized in one coun try resides more than two years in the other country. ART. 5. The present convention shall go into effect immediately on the exchange of ratifica tions, and shall continue in force for ten years; if neither party shall have given to the other six months nrevions notice of its intention then to terminafe the BbIDC, it shall further remain in force until the end of twelve months after either of the contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of such intention. ART. 6. The present convention shall be rati fied by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, and by his Majesty the King of Prussia, in the name of the North German Confederation, and the rat ification shall be exchanged at Berlin within six months from the date thereof. -taith—whareof. ,the ,plenipok , uttarim..have signed and sealed this convention at Berlin, the 22d day of February, 1868. GEORGE. BANCROFT, BERNHARD KONIG The Change in the Britimh ITlinistry. [From the London Times, Feb. 28.] It fell to Lord Stanley last night, by a strange and, as Mr. Gladstone aptly called it, a singular destiny, to announce to the House of Commons hie father's retirement. Half an hour later Lord Malmesbnry made similar statements to the House of Lords, and was enabled to dilate with greater freedom than Lord Stanley could possibly use upon the loss the country and his party must feel from the forced cessation of Lord Derby's public life. The days occupied in the formation of a gov ernment are always a period of busy speculation. A thousand rumors chase one another out of ex istence. The present crisis has, however, been tor some time foreseen, and as it is not occa sioned by the defeat of a ministry, and the con sequent accession of a new party to power, but simply by the failing health of the Premier, it might be supposed that it would be resolved with comparative ease. But there are elements of strangeness in the state of affairs which are wholly without parallel. The statesman honored by the Queen with the duty of reforming the Ministry has fairly won the high place he occupies; he is the first in power and in ability of the colleagues of Lord Derby, and he has ac quired a position in the House of Commons to which no other statesman of the day can pretend. Yet,if Mr. Disraeli be evidently the fitting succes sor to Lord Derby, it must be remembered also that he has achieved that 'distinction in - spite of every disadvantage of birth, of education, and of position, and In spite, above all, of the great and, at one time, apparently uropitigated distrust of 'the party now aecepting•hlm as their loader.-The Tory party, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has often declared, is the historic party of England; but of that history he himself cannot claim the inheritasice. It has ever accounted itself the party of long descents and ancestral English honors, but Mr:Disraeli has suggested that "lit erature was,his. scutcheon;" and has de scribed thiamine a "gentleman of the Press." The records of the early career of the Cbilipcellor of the Exchequer have often beeb cited as addi tional evidence of the inconsistency of his opinione with his present position,'but the con servativesrhave never harshly 'Judged the effer vescence of youthful independent:ie., Mr., Disra relfs first publip ' acts have more Ate tly inspired distrust among his •follOwers, beetiuttelhey• indi cated an aristocratic quickness and sensibility eereelaily removed frOm the conservative type. But the Chancellor of the Exchequer hae serve I the conservative party for. more than twenty years. He slowly reconstructed its parliamen tary organization, and has thrice brought It into power. By the public he his been always re garded as the ruling spirit of the Cabinet, and it has been evident to all men that the Reform bill of last session wns only carried by his courage, his readiness and his unfailing temper in the House of Commons. The time has arrived for the servant to become the master; nor could Mr. Disraeli have accepted a lower place without a loss of dignity , which would have been unworthy of himself and discreditable to his party. There is much in the circumstances of the present time to favor the stability, at least for a given season, of any Ministry that may be formed. It has not nnfrequently happened that , the difficulties occasioned by the retirement of some eminent member of a cabinet have been surmounted; but the government has received such injuries in, the effort that It has soon after fallen to pieces. Fortune, however, is kind to Mr. Disraeli. A condemned Parliament is sit, ting, and yet while any House of Commons elected after this year would be chosen by new and enlarged constituencies, a general election during the current twelve month would be an appeal to the old elec tors. It may be assumed, therefore, that no gen eral election will be held before next January. The work of the session is not on that account divested of its importance, but it is almost a ne cessary eonsequene of the practical obstacles to a general election that the ministry cannot be ef fectively challenged on questions involving new schemes of action. Apart, however, from these considerations, the House of Commons -will weigh with candor the conduct and pretentions of Mr. Disraeli's ministry. Mr. Dis raeli is known and admired by the House, and members willingly entertain the proposals of one who strmernifestiy defers - to its authority. A Talk IX ith Senator Wade. The Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Herald has had a talk with Senator Wade. We quote: He looks a man of over fifty years, with sparse hair, clean shaven countenance, a kindly expres sion, indicative of a broad humanitarianism, and with a voice though querulous in Its higher re gister, yet in ordinary conversation as• benevo lent and peculiarly interesting in tone as it is possible to hear. Your correspondent inquired if the rumor had any foundation that be intended to resign. He replied, laughingly, "You are the first man I heard it from. It may have been in the papers; but I don't bother myself reading litany of them. Whoever says I intend to resign writes just to make a sensation, I suppose, and, hard up for anything else, takes hold of Ben Wade to make something out of him." "But it is said the Radical members of the Senate are discussingthe question of making a formal request upon you to resign and allow them to se lect whomsoever they please as Vice President of the Senate." "Well, they may be discussing such a subject, but they have kept it mighty secret. I have heard nothing from them like asking me to re sign, - and—it —I-- did —I--hardly—think—l-- should.- What have these fellows to do with the voice of the State of Ohio? That State elected me, and when that State asks me to resign ru do it "Then you don't intend to resign, Senator, newspaper reports to the contrary notwithstand ing?" "Of course I delft. You might as well ask It the State of Ohio ie going to resign. That State sent me to the United States Senate, and in the interest of that State I Intend to cast my vote on impeachment." ••• "How long will the trial last, Senator?" . " Well,' if these fellows in the House confined themselves to the first articles they preferred, I suppose the whole thing would be over in less than four weeks; but this spreading ont of the net may be the means of prolonging the case." " It will all be over in five weeks I suppose, Senator ?" Yes; I don't think it can take more than five weeks." • "And then you take possession of the White House ?" Here Mr. Wade was overcome with his natural modesty, and half smiling and blushing, and ap parently- evolving in his own mind the pfospect ut presiding at the. White House, answered : "Well, I suppose so, if the Senate decide against Andrew Johnson. I don't want the posi tion, but if I become entitled to It I have no ob jection." After saying which he bade the Senator good evening, extremely impressed with his courtesy and gentleness of manner. AMUSEMENTS TISK THEATRES.-At the Chestnut Street Thea tre to-night, Dead Sea Fruit and Boots at the Swan will be given. The Arch announces Maud's Peril and the burlesque Faust. At the Walnut. Mr. J. B. Roberts, the eminent tragedian, stage manager of the theatre will have a benefit In two popular dramas, The Robbers and the Willow copse. Mr. Roberts is a first-rate artist and de serves a full house. The American offer a varied bill. . _ . ELEVENTH STREET OPERA HOUSE.—The great burlesque upon Under the Gaslight entitled Axyaing ;nu -Lik - e, gi-ven - at tlitrucwsz and. Dixey's this evening. This is one of the most amusing pieces of the kind ever placed upon the stage in this city. It abounds in local hits, comi cal situations, and contains a multitude of good things. There will also be a miscellaneous min strel performance. PHILADELPHIA OPERA HOPBI3.—An attractive minstrel entertainment wilt be given at this house this evening. The performance will include sing ing, dancing, instrumental music, burlesque, farce apd negro personations. Several of the most accomplisled Members of the profession are attached to the company engaged at this house. - BURNETT.-Mr. Alfred Burnett, the celebrated mimic, will give one of his amusing exhibitions at Assembly uildings, this evening. Mr. Burt , nett assumes a multitude of different characters every night, and they are all drawn with great power and fidelity to nature. SANDFORD'S Txsrutostat..—A grand testimo nial benefit will be given to the famous minstrel Mr. Samuel S. Sandford, at the Academy of Music, on the evening of Saturday, the 28th of March. The particulars will shortly be an nounced, but we may, state that an entertain ment first class in every respect will be presented. Mits. Ktrounty.'s. REarartas.—The first reading will be given on Monday evening next, at Con cert Hall, and the play selected is Anthony and Cleopatra. There is such a general desire to bear Mrs. Kernbleseadibat the simple announce ment wid suffice to crowd the house, despite the fact that no reserved seats will be sold. Tickets can be had at Gould's, No. 923 Chestnut street. —A Lombard peasant, who had accumulated a"considerable sum in America, found that in Italy his earnings were worth 45,000 f. in paper, and lost no time in exchanging his gold for notes of the National Bank. He was living in Narese, and' when he bad bartered - his Napoleonsfor GoVe emMentpaper, he laid bib wealth upon' - a and sallied forth, leaving a little phild at play in his room. When he returned home he found his bard-earned fortune a mere smouldering heap of ashes upon his own hearth. The child, for want of some better . .amusement, had thing the pile of notes into the fire. Irs a paroxysm of fury the man stretched the innocent offender dead at his feet with a single blow, and is nowhs jail await ng hie trial for the *order. • ..0a the day f ter the New Hampshire' eke -004 the Boalon old said: ?Many , new hats ap vetoed about yesterday. There must have been`a lively•revivil of thollie trade. There was alsd visible now and then a very long fsce. Queer that voting in another State should have had such an effect." F. L.FETHERSTON. PRICE THREE CENTS. FIFTH EDITION BY TELEGRAPHJ Burning of a Church in Connecticut. THE ERIE RAILROAD TROUBLE. Frain Connecticut. NORWICH" March 13.—The Second Congreg,a tional Church, at the corner of Huntington an& -day streets, in New London, was set on fire about 3 o'clock this morning, and was totallydestroyed. The loss, including bells, organ and library, veil amount to $40,000, insured for $24,000 in New York and Providence offices. A barn in Meriden street was fired previously, and the incendiaries fired the church while the fire department was engaged in extinguishing that. The Erie Rani end Trouble. NEW Yonx, March 13.—1 t is reported that the Vice President and several of the Directors of the Erie Railroad have been arrested for contempt of Court. XLth Congress—Second Session. [BYNA l Tl.—Continued from. Fourth Edition.l Mr. Bingham, in behalf of the Managers, eon tentended that the Bth rule provided that on .the appearance of the President, he was required to file his answer and in case his answer was not Bled that the trial should proceed as on a plea of not guilty. He claimed, therefore, that the trial should proceed forthwith. Mr. Curtis, in reply, referred to the cases of Judge Humphreys and others, and urged that the rule was susceptible of no such construction as that put upon it by Mr. Bingham. Mr. Wilson followed, enlarging on the same views as his colleague. Mr. Branbery expressed greater surprise than he had ever before felt at this claim put forward by the Managers, and saying there seemed to be a disposition to hurry through this mo mentous trial as if it were it case before a police court. Ho argued from the wording of the other rules that the ap peararnce day was not intended to be the day for answering and the trial day. He said two of the President's counsel were not present; that no op portunity had been afforded for the preparation of the defence or the calling of witnesses, and that on the worst day of, the Chambers such an attempt to hurry through a trial had even been made. He spoke very warmly, saying there seemed to have been a trap set for the President and his counsel. • At the conclusion of his remarks, the Chief Justice said_thatibeinutlone_argued_for_ an hour, In accordance with the rules ; when Mr. Bingham rose and said he had been greatly sur prised at hearing the hasty words which had dropped from the lips of his learned friend: Mr. Stanbery, and asserted that the only motive of the Managers was to enforce the rule which the Senate had made, and to prevent , a dilatory line of defence. The Chief Justice was about to put the ques tion on Mr. Btanbery's motion, when Mr. ad mends offered an order that April lst, be the day appointed for the filing of the President's answer, and that within three days thereafter the Mana gers flie their replication, and that on the Gth of April the trial proceed. On motion el' Mr. Morton, at 2 P. M. the Senate retired for consultations. The Methodist Conference. Conference met, according to adjournment, at 234 o'clock this afternoon. The W. reli gions services were conducted by W. H ing . Elliott. Tho minutes of the morning ses ion were read and approved. The Tellers made their report as follows : J. B. Durbin, Jos. Castle, James Cunningham, W. L. Grey, G. D. Cerrow were elected on the first ballot. Four more are yet to be elected. PACTS MIND IVALNUIZA. —Should Andrew Johnson be impeached, we Ehall have three Presidents in one year from this date—first, Andrew Johnson ; second, Benjamin Wade ; and third, whoever is elected in Novem ber next. This has happened bat once before in our history ; then we had three in about one month; Van Buren on the 4th of March ; William Henry Harrison, successor for one month; and John Tyler, who succeeded Harrison. —A party of hunters from San Francisco were chased by a grizzly on the Coast Range, and in jumping over a fallen tree one of them dropped a bettlo from the pocket of his shooting coat. This accident saved their lives, for the bear stop ped, smelt of the bottle, set himself down on his haunches and taking the flask in his paws drank like a sensible human being, rubbing his hirsute stomach in, satisfaction utterly-fen:raft his enemies. —The fire department of Bhanghae, Chins, had a parade in January last which would have done credit to an American city. There were three hand-engines, one steam fire-engine and a hook aid ladder company. The uniforms were red shirts, black pants and white New York hats, and blue shirts, blue pants and red New York hats, the hook and ladder company wearing the latter uniform. An American is chief engineer of the department. —Prince Iturbide, the grandson of the preced ing Emperor of Mexico, who bad been adopted' by Maximilian, has arrived in Borne, and has enlisted as a common soldier. The Austrian Government allow him a pension of 50,000 franca. This young prince, who is scarcely twenty years of age, has refused the post of aide-de-comp to the Emperor of Austria, declaring that he would only serve the Holy Father. He is a handsome young man ' and received his education at fit. Barbs. He Bleeps in the barracks with the sol diers of his squadron. The Pope has offered him the grade of major, which he has refused. The Prince is at this moment the lion of the Eternal City: he goes, however, very little into society, and appears to be of a melancholy turn. —The Connecticut gold diggers are still hard at work on the &antic river, picking,drilling and blasting into the solid rock, sotae twenty feet below the surface of tho earth. They have struck the walla of the treasure-bearing cave, and as soon as they can penetrate Into the interior, the bars of gold and• chests of diamonds will be within their grasp. The medium in Boston sands daily directions for the prosecution of the search, derived from the spirit of Benjamin Franklin, who superintends the operation, and everything ie done in accordance with the instructions of the higher Intelligence. —The troupe of Japanese jugglers who gave .inpresentailonsi An, Paris during tho are now performing at Pestle. A durionesimam is reported-to have taken place there on , the Inca, tion of the first exhibition. They had been in vited to bfeakfast by an amateur on the morning of the representation, and during the repast the strong white wines of Htulgary were c i rcu l a t e d freely. In due course, the doors of the theatre e te opened, and all the seats' speedily'occUpled. After a long delay, the public became clamorous, when a commissary of police came forward to announce that the actors were unable to appear in consequence of having drunk too copiously at , breakfast. Great, oint:at ensued, and the result was, that the defaulters were 20biWW, not only to return the money received, but,s,W to pay-aline of fifty francs for having failed in their duty to the public. They are said to have required two whole days to recover their equilibrium. 4:00 O'Olook.
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