PriZOCK. 'Editor.
VOLUME 8.
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nil let OOLIY WILL /311 GIVEN FOR'
0} af INF. OUN-- ionitursilon found In B. T. BAB.
K 1 ." " er rP anci t exj ThlcOoffee li roosted. pourod
a nyrros.i9.ll
F letters patent from the
p. 4 And Hobo HOW _ ~.Undgr
ant.' All the yams lb saved, Atm
41 4 idUittg e ti l l. 4 " Wu, o r i e h 4 oposy sippoanuloe. LV
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Iti:NEDICT. —On Friday, 17th inst, et the residence
of her sostalaw, its it. Potter; 221 Wider pipet, German.
town. Mrs. Chews Mime-diet.
Funeral - Will take place on Nadel; 20th instant. et
t o'clock: - •
BROWNE.—Ciiktlui lbth instant, Jane Timis, wife of
f . bsinuel broad
7'he reilativet fikildi jhe'falAr are rwed:hp
invited , to attend nerturierat, from wie -residence of Or
bush-ask li0:1117Cellowhill street. on Monday afteynoon.
the Win at o'clock. To proceed to ,Mount croon
Cemetery. •
Flatr.. , -Ca the 11th of April.ll2M i at Toronto, Canada.
Gem-glans Mak+ emir dant htcr 01 the tale the Rev.
<Mho 1,1 reser. aged orialw • "
ITLE the event** of the Itith hist.. Napoleon
A. 11 ipple„ y es he Whlcar er his etti
• The cadet end Male friends ot the family are Invited
tr , attend his • fussirsit from his late residence. 1.811 North
Thirteenth street. on Tuesday, net hat , at 2 o'clOcia.""
•• " •
vir - eratt Woo& No. 11.• . A. Y. 11L—The mem•
Lc re will meet Yt the ball. Chestnut. street, tomorrow
nitta.. at 9 o'clock to attend the toneria our late
b r.th cr. L NOlll.llU2o)._,ltyord.r ot the W. of
ht.
' • MICHAEL NISBEYT. Secretary.
LL~l'ItE 14.1 4 1 ALL OPEN TO•DAY TrtE_TAIG I'
ZI ehadda olltprhsg Pepllne for the Yeah tenable) Walking
Drone& „
P.OP
,E7WRo.
seek Exact snuff..
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
gam-(3IILItEiI DEDICATION.— •
'KIM NEW BUILDLNG OF TOE
ALEXANDER PREARY TORUN CIIURCEL
Corner of •Ntneteenth and Groentareets.
Will be ISN4ed to the worahlp of God. on next nab.
hitt 1 Aft
At lON VC' A. 3L, a bletori t o bl i gbarch will be.
given Ng the Pinter; Rec. Thomas %IL Go ngbeco. DD.
" ! At ° E
Eaton services be beld. rata
aodreerro by W WU, Beadle,flenor. D.A. Cun,
ranchero and others.
At '.le o'clock P. M. Rev. Alexander T. McGill. D. D..
n let sal the Podlottfori dartilOn. OW 20p
si s r nAvirrs ESCIAM 'DENT AT THE
Jordsn.—lter. Dr. Illarch'e *grins of Sermons on
Nigh LW:sots le the Bibb% eonlifanna to.tnonow. Sne day
ee , uiricatti D'eteek. Catritott Street Church. Tenth
4 betrw Sprook. All moth* frt. , on Holliday evening,
And the pnbliecordlally farited to Attend. it*
nenli appointed raetor 0fge01.W. 3 .0117,,gf.
eighth etreet, above Race willyreach in mad church on
Sunday next. at W 3 A. 31.. and V. M. 4. cordial
inkl
t ark% tate • iU. * ;
'OPTICIIRO — A - P1
tar' STRI¢4ST PRESBYTERIAN
••••••' CtiturA corner proMitormi Mains streets. Rev.l'oter
Strrker I' Vartor eleN.wUt proseh tomorrow st trIP;
A. M. sad'-,, bung.sy•lSclool at o'clock. ttrancere
elcoßie. 1t•
s a r CHURCH ;OF THF. 110 LY APOSTLES-4ER
•vies to-morrow (Sunday) evening, In the lecture
Roma of Tabor Presbyterian taterch. Elantecath below
Clutsiianoeatratase on .Xantrcao Arcot. at 1,4 o'clock.
Sermon by gay. VA, Newtati.
Winn
BerCHURCH OF THE COVENANT. FILBERT
street, west of tismonteentli. Her. Charles E. atm ,
ray. Stran gers ito. every dunday. at 103.5 A: M.. and
td. always Welcome* It*
MORAN - lAN CUURCII, (X)RNER OF FRANK:
ae r On and 'Woad etreete. Rev. Edmund de E,ehweinits
will pteseb in the tnornizt„ and in the evening the /ter.
It. Joseph Ktuntner..
stius:- CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. LOCUST
rheet. above Fifteenth.—Preaching to-namely
morning. and nvettfng by Rey Z. 3L klutopLuoy„ 1). D.,
raptor farce.
L. Spruce street 1 1B.M.rig,,,Eigki .
IL U., Putoll, Preaching Totnortow at 10,0 A. M., atm
8 o'clock P,
ser .(11' 1 11,14__. .LT
preschios,to.motrow at 103¢ A. N. by MTV. A. B. Earle.
and at 7.54, P. K. Itn , Rev. G. W. Anderson. It'
sir OLD PINE STREET CHURCH., REV. IL
..4.llso i Ssistar. Siornint at lON d'eloor. Rev. K. E.
Adams, D. D i Eye .R1p44,24 S Re!. John Edon-.
.All are cord to ' 1 6ar.
— s„
iaYNE 1 3 VILT. PREACH IN ARCH
Street al. E Church
an rori at aM i l.re2 etreett t p
Sunday morals% at lo
ELEVENTH, Hie.PTIST CHURCH—TWELFTH
Oar ELEVENTH
above Race. Preaching by Rev. E. Sayre.
,of Claytoo4 , l4, Y. , Sabbath morning au& evening.
ai s roTTUl ri tr 3 lhrj l 4l4. 9 " Etter VHIB 8E
OT
Atootraleut. tamorrow evening at 730 teeloel l .
O th N e
-
mar. (=LAREN'S CHURCH,—THE NEXT SERMON
to the :comet ea "Bible Weeders.. at the Church of
the Epiphany, tam:fro:ow afternoon. at three o'clock. te
pwilt stZSgMd FPlinbEigerrTEßLlN CHURCH.
preseb SAbbath gdonair aud e litera t ge r. Blgia
s'AM rr4.l • •
••Par' ° • •
emit oB • ad.— • tv. . Onow. o torai.alane4
will preach tomorrow morning and evening. lt.•
SPEILJEtta NOTIIIKS•
sir LECTURE AND CONCERT.
BE A. A. WILLI Es, D. D., wlUdeliver hie new
lecture " The Model nom Ha 11 .," at Contort on TUES
DAY. April list. at 8 o'clock.
Incomiectio,s with the above a Grand concert will be
given by tte toilowinB artiste: • '
Disdain° Iletirktta• Behrens: .... ... ... ........... Soprano
Dirs. Annie E. Simpson . Contwato
.111r.,W,A. Briscoe. .... . Tenon:
Dir. Q. . Ma1er....,;...... ... . . ............ ... . .. • Basso
Idr. O. - Knipe " Pianist
Reserved Veen's. Tickets to be had at J. E.Gould's
mew piano ro 923 Chestnut, or at the door on the even
ing of the Led e. . . • splitth,s.tu,rptt•
air c t iLawL,AND -11111101 - RAILSOAD, AND
T*4norynATlON (XIMPAWI(.. ,
Qs= J.; March Both. 18e.
NOTICE.—The annul mee used tie ttt6 i i
ir e
Is itith den,-or:
the Camden and Amboy ',and nation
Company will he 1410.14 the city of (isunden , iti he Otitco
of the A% eat_4areey.naltroail COILIPAMK‘on TtIEtIDAY,t tie
...Wth of Atop. Mit 12 (Mock, M:, for me election of seven
Directors to eeno for the en. atm year.
SAMUEL J. BAYARA Secretary. -t
Camden and Amboy Sailroad and Transpottation Gm-
Pau.T. .
A UOF LEOTURI4I3 ON BOTANY', To
Noir MUM OF sod Gentlemen, will ne doliverod tttddci
..entific and Classlcal Institut.), B. E. coiner of;Poplar and
Seventeenth etreodkroditidso avenue. introduc
tory Lecture ( ffsio),W Apr 11.23, at 6 o'clock,
133 . ' J. E. ENNUI , rrinc aplekitrp
aor A V , PECLUI4 MEETING OF THE BTOOKHOLO
ent. the Mercantile Library Von:gamy wilt be
held on TITESDILY EvrAiwa. the .813th inetant. , at 8
<eolook , ler the Purpose of taking farther action on the
Vending athendmente to the charter.
JOHN LARDN ER.
apl6-18tIV Recording deuce tary.
NOTICE—THE ANNUAL MFAITINLi OF
a ls rlliteekholdeht . of the Barclay (Joel Conwany will he
held at their °dice. No. IE4 douth Fourth street, on MON.
`DAY. May 4th next. at 12 o'clock M.. to elect officers to
serve the milling year. • '
HARVEY EHIAW,
aide-41311311Mo)* • Secretary.
soar PENNSYLVANLII: —T CU al.
tributora to the Pennsylvania Hospital are hereby
'lofted that the annual election for Mmaxers and rrea
ourer criU , be H M
held at the ospital. OM street. below
Spruce, o p thOlth proximo at `o'clock 0. Ai. '
m e 7trp • WISTAft moms, Secretor,.
Fourth-MOP* - • •
moctirFkily. TO TH4N7 tml R&
MUM:dile iOlg t _ w you, (gt r e eep eg ear.
If mi.de el /frog FS 'SPONICIA, yea can emothee the
Ere wit ick it ba*ttese.
,'Keeldoet, es it to petiettly lUCont-
PRILADEIIt Ul4. ORT EEVE S
EC pc.rme,
irp South Mate street. Club.ttt, : Lip and apt.
nal Maumee and bottily'defornattbm treated. Apply ditty
, ti c
OIa r TrODIVILINfef' • 4 11 '' e 44 4 10
an Attorney in t Coq xt and sottrt of Gnomon
Pteee for the WY and, County of ehtladelptua. • tto
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gapar. "HOME FOR INVALIiBiI.r ESTABLISHED IN
""''' • 184; by E. E DENNIS TON, Mist Sprthad ale,
'Northampton, blase. Number limited to thirty. Bolen
micas: Ba, ton,
Bigelow,
B_lgolow. M.D. t Edsvard_lttifooldll,
31. D. ;Jahn R omans . BC D.; 11 . J. Bigelo. M. U.. New
York, Willard Parker, M. D.; Austin Pant, M. IX; Brook.
lyn. V. L. Mitchell. BL D. ap44,4t rp3
M. THOMAS :&" BI N. WILL: SHWA CA PM'
DAY, April 21,1688 , at 12 Olio*. at 'the Tzenting
8 acres of valuable Ground, on the Limekiln turnpike ,
west side, second lot below Washington lane, one of the
handsomest sites in the Twenty.second Ward for im.
provement.aplB2trp
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Lomb HOW ard street AßD
Diseemsary De
rwarrrez, NO& 1518 ANDHouv
P
, eartment.—
ell treatment and medicines larnishederatoitously to the
Poor.
s i r LOBT—A GOLD BRACELET, WHILE 8110 P.
plug Chestnut, EIgRBI and AIM streets. Finder.
revisited bi leaving It at 10.7118ailio street. 14
NEWOP&PERS, Bo
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to"_ paver, Asc., bought by
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LETTER FIROM PARE&
COrreepondence of the. Phll4clphia gveosflot Bulletin.]
PARIS, Friday, April 3.-1868'..—1t 'Was only the
other day that I had occasion to remark how sel
dons the French papers published an article upon
American affairs which was worth noticing. If
I make an exception of a leader which appeared
yesterday on the subject In La France, it is not
in contradiction of which I then said, but only as
proof and illustration of the correctness of the
observation. For what title would you
suppose the liberal Imperialist journal to have
chosen under which to , favorus with its
brilliant lueubritlekna upon transatlantic politics?
Its article is headed Empire A mericain, the Ame
rican Empire; and the intention of the writer
appears to be to fipponstrate the stupendous
fact that the American people, imitating in that
respect the great French nation, and struck,
doubtless, with the superior blessings of impe
rialism, are about to re-organize their
political institutions on the model of the
Second Empire. Nay, according to La
lerance; the 'thing is already done. L'empire
A turricai'is est fait! exclaims this sagacious and
far-seeing scribe, parodying the celebrated words
of, , M. Tillers, just previous to the French coup
d'etat. 'What care we," he continues, "by whom
the thing has been done ?" ‘.•ifounne on A ssem
qu'importe What does it matter by whom
the blow has been struck, by the President
or the Congress, provided only the trans
formation - has been effected. "Once the
premises laid down, the conclusions are
sure to follow;" and so the American people
are given clearly to understand (in case they
should not baye discovered the fact for them
elves) that from this time hencforth the "Great
Republic" has ceased to exist, and the "Great
Transatlantic Empire" has Risen up in its place
--gum' est demsnstrandum: And all this is as
serted with perfect Seriousness, and probably be
lleved by half the readers of La France. The
"friends and admirers of American institu
tions" are even condoled with on the mishap
which has befallen them. and asked whether
"they have not, by this time, found out their
mistake"! In short, the Imperialists of France,
..ilevonsly disappointed to and that the tactics
of their own chosen leader have ,u been imitated
by an American President, are determined to
make the discovery that they hare been imitated
by an American Legislature. "Homing au. Ad
4tmlit:c," cries La Fran,,, 'imports!"' Only
let us make the French people believe
that we have been imitated by somebody
or other in that universally accepted model of
liberty and land of the free known to all Europe
by the name of the United States, and we shall
have no difficulty in making good our pretensions
to France being also a free country under Napo
leon 111. "The American Empire," says La
i:raricr, "is rising under qUite novel cireumstan
ces"—(l should rather think so !)—"but Rome.
in the time of Augustus, was not more
remote from Republicanism than the Arne
ricmn Union is now from the institutions of
Washington.
So, then, alea jacta eat In French Imperialist
estimation the American coup d'itat is already a
fait accompli only it has been effected by Con
gress, and not by President Johnson. This latter
is the only point in which the complete parallel
established between the " two empires " fails in
its application, and might prevent the intelli
gent French people, without the commentary
and explanation of La France, from per
ceiving the perfect identity which ex
ists between the institutions .of the two
countries ! It is not often that I intrude upon
your readers the cogitations of French journal
ism on American affairs. I trust that the above
, pecimen will afford some explanation of my
reasons for not doing so, and will be accepted as
att excnee for persevering in the same course for
some time to come.
-There is a complete lull in public affairs of
every description, and every one is looking for
ward to the Easter holidays and 'family meetings.
Boys and girls are returning from school, the
shop wind owe are filled with Easter' presents,
and" home occupations and recreations are the
order of the day.
But, though the month of April has opened
upon us, the same can scareely be said of the
breath of, spring, or of spring.foliage. We have
experienced during the last week the bitterest
blasts of. March winds, accompanied with gibne
lees, or falling sleet; and the trees are not yet
"fools" enough, April though it be, to open their
first tender blossoms to the influence of the rude,
prevailing Boreas. Even the celebrated horse
chestnut of the Tuileries garden, is behind Its
usual precociOnsness, and though certainly in
advance of its colleagues, has only just began to
show signs of reviving vegetation. What Anglo-Saions in both hemispheres designate as an April
"fool," the French, who have a word of their
own for overything, call an April "fish," or pois-
son (I'Al:tit. The derivation of the term is some
what apocryphal, but the origin nstudly . attri
buted to the appellation is as follows: "Louis
XIII., being jealous or fearful of a certain prince
of the Hott) of Lorraine; did' what !tinge were in
the habit of doing with rivala in their flays,-shut
him up in a fortress at' Nancy. But the priso
ner, one first day of ' April, managed
to outwit his guards, and effected
his escape by swimming, or rather diving, across
the adjoining river. When the Lorrainois were
reproached with their negligenee for letting their
captive go, they demanded "how they could be
expected to keep 'hold of a captive who had just
proved libiv(df to be not a Mani but a MN"
The maple of expositions is still strong . upon
us. There is a nautical and marine exposition
preparing at Havre, on a grand scale, and of the
interest of which report epeakis . 'highly:
The Palace of Idolatry in ' the- Champs
Elysties is at this moment the scene
of two similar spectacles. Into one
portlon of the building . modern artiste tirO pgnr-
Vag their compositions for the annual display of
thC?lne Arta on the let of next month; The
Epadious nave and ground-door have been taken
posEilat•ion of by the French Hippie. Society, for
the show of seine 600 horses, and the award and
distrpution of prizes. I have been able, at pre
t-nt Only to glance at this latter sight, which
operted , to the public for the first time to-day.
But the exhibition promises to be interesting and
attractive, and I shall return to the subject after
the 14th inst., when all the pri;.e-horses and
equipages are be paraded in the presence of
the Emperor and Empress.
DECISION' 'IN THE CONTESTED
ZAHEIMETYC - : WASTE
E.
Jayne
No. 018 Jayne street.
IMPORTANT PRINOIP.LES
ANNOUNOIWD.
EIGBTh FOURTILVARLAND MIRTH DIVNION,
ft
THE RESULT
..NOT Al'
LEECH, BIEG.ARYA.ND B &LLIER
DECLARED ELECTED.
Opinions of Judges Allison, Brew-
This morning, in the Common Pleas, the
Contested Election case was decided, Judge
Allison announcing the opinion of the majority
of the Court ad follows :
In the matter of the contested election of William A.
Leech for Itegieter of `nib.
Joseph 31 egary for Clerk of the Orphane' Court,
John F. Dallier for City Commas inner.
On the 15th of October last the petition/ and complaint
of citizens and qualified electors of the city of PhOndel-
Phis , were filed, complaining of an undue election and a
talc, return of the candidates above named for otlicoe
iikignated at the General Election held on the Ind Toes
day , of October, OM.
..rech's returned majority is 1,1P3
hicti is increased by a deduction from Campbell's
vote, Fort Delaware eoldiers rote ' 67
PfirELMOIT2RM, SAIVOAY, APRIL 18, 1868.
THE COURTS.
ELECTION CASE.
FECTED.
bier and. Peirce.
Total LTAE,
Mr•gary's retipied majority is 1,317
1: LIM ct from Battens's Dort Delaware soldier rote— 93
Totnl 1,416
itn Ilier'e returned inajoi:ityie 1,7:34
neresi cd by deduction from lirwiler'erert Delaware
vote
Tot hi 1.7f.3
1 o encceed iu the confect these majorities must be over
--Onto.
the entire rote rot ured for Leech .51,731
For Campbell.. .
wor Negary
Or ., Batiung
.
hor!Ballier..... --, .... .—........ ......... ....... 51,623
For lere iler. . 49.684
'I be evidence 01 the contestants is directed to the proof
,l charges of a neglect and refusal of the election ofncers
ie obey the requirements of the law in relation to the pro
duction of evidence of the qualification of voters, as to
eaturalization. payment of tax, age and residence.
To the Alain' reception of large numbers of Siegel as
e ell se fraudulent votes in the ensile seventh and eighth
divisions of the Fourth ward; in the sixth dive :don of the
e e venteenthward4 in the fourth disrlsionef- - the , 'I wentle
if ib ,a. aid; in tbesevetth division °Me Third wand, said
in the eighth division of the Twenty-third ward.
Arid also to charges , of gross misconduct on treepart of
-owe of the election officers, and ',refusal tondd to the
lists the names of vouchers when sworn, or whether the
vote was upon age, tax or naturalization.
We aro asked to exclude from the general return, these
numerated precincts, the entire vote of the divisions
it idi the exception of the eighth of the Twenty-third.
Tbi4 present. the question, do wo peseta tkepower to
exclude from the teturn of the entire vote of a division ?
Vim authority to investigate the question of a due and
legit election is exclusiv elv statutory. The - fifth section
et the act of July 3,15i9, conferred on Court of Common
Hem jurisdiction in matters of contest, in relation to
Prothonotarms and Clerks of Courts, Regieter of Willa
end Recorder of Leeds : and the act of hebrnary 1,1814.
-ration Se, made the returns of all municipal elections.
• ecept for members of City Councils, in the city of Phila.
delphia, subject to the inquiry and determination of the
- vine Court.
In the opinion on Skerett'e case. Judge King remarks:
:t is in the direct powers granted to us by the 1v... - , or in
the necessary implications, arising trom such granted
eowere thet all our jurisdiction res , dee.
The obligation which the law imposes on us is to inee ire
,nether the election is undue and the return fel e -, as
, barged in the petitions tiled ; to investigate and deter
mine the question on its merits.
such investigation, in most cases, requires that it be
ermecuted by an examination of the separate divisions or
precincts in which it is charged that an undue elese! en
was held, and of whicb a false return has been used.
In eve - divisiou the election is a separate dinner:to and
leek pendent - election ; the machinery tor carrying it on is
eomplete in iteelf. The ele , tion ot a sin - bind wee. ruin
.1 :weed and returned according to law, is a fiuntee were;
e hich is to be taken by the officer upon whose ii;; lair
imposes, that duty, and put in its proper place in tee
emeral re-turn.. Illit. the ,thatsin to a eneral refers.
wade of division returns arethemselves tree:end
has provided. that if one or more of these separate ele.
menu, of which the structure of a general return is eon.
-Muted, is undue or false, that it shall be stricken out in
p e rt we in whole, as the necessities of the case may re-
Ar e.
.i
We thus conclude, because there is in most instanees
it hich wise no other way in which the reault conteiu •
fated can be reached ; this rower Mime Dy necessary im
plication from which those arc directly granted.
The 149th section of the law regulating contests of
men - Mena of the legislature gives to the connnittee of the
legislature power to report which of the canaidetes had
the highest number of legal notes, or they may declare
the election invalid.
1 here Is in this no express authority to erike out an en
tire return. Lulea., indeed, all the vote.: in a precinct
Mould be illegal, which is an iniposeible case. Yet this
lies been dt. no m several inetanem.
lu the case of Matthews ve. 'McClain. House Journal of
the session of i&,9, the committee:imported that the utter
dieregard of the law by the otecere of the election in the
.ighth division of the Fourth \' end the palpable
Ilse& openly practiced be them. must reject the entire
, ate returned from said poll and included iu the general
:turn of and district
Within a few days only this power has again been ex.
erased in the Seuatorial contest of Robison vs. Stmeart,
the committee having reported that they "are constrained
, a exclude from the co eet the whole vote of flush town
.hip,aild also excluded the vote of Carbon tete - whip...
The power of this Court to exclude a division return
was broadly asserted in the Mann and Cassidy contest,
e nhiladelphia Itoorts, 332.
The language of the Court is: "Had we not erased from
the petition the specifications alleging gross frauds and
ii regularities on the part of the election officers. • • we'
would not only have felt abundantly justified, but it
a ould have been our plain duty to throw out the return
to which we have referred."
In -Thompson and Ewing -the same . principle
I% ad affirmed by Judges thoinplon -and' Ludlow;
cud in the case of Weaver vs.. „Given, the man.
icons opinion of the Court . Contained the
renewing. declaration: "Where the entire proceeding con
'nested
nab thceonduct of an election are tarnished by ,'
the fraudulent and negligent acts of the ofticers .charged
e Ith the performance of the most solemn and respotteible
ri mem, so that the returns are not intelligible. or the elect,;
Lion. because of such fraudulent conduct, Meandered um
e e liable, it may become obligatory on the • Court to thro w
met from the general return the entire teturn el such elec..
ti division. ' - -
Aydin a contested election for CountY Commissioner
for Cambria county, which was based upon au alleged un
due election snd false return, in October, 1868, Taylor, P.
Je threw out the whole vote of Washington township, re.
marking, The facts disclose such fraud as rendered the
whole poll undue and void, . The opinion of Judge Tay
lor ie reported in full in the Altoona Tribune of Februar,y
loth, hill
This question ought, therefore, to be regarded as settled,
by the action of committees of the legislature, by the re
peated assertion of the power by this Court and by the
vise last cited, which, having pawed - into solemn adjudi
cation, has continued unquestioned to !tut present time.
It was suggested en the argument of the motion to quash,
tut well as upon the final argument, that the Court does net
possess this power which it is Invoked to exercise; that it
US not a question of legislative authority merely, bat that
iinvolvee the constitutional right of every qualified elec
thive his vote ascertained, if that be neeeible, and
taunted for the candidate for wnom iewas es cc 4 i
The right of an elector .' im rests on: no or ques
tionable foundation. It to clearly defined in e funds.
Mental law of the lend. The poesemor of this franchise
binds a title Wits enjoyment tbatis beyond thepower of
the legtelature, even. to take swear from hime or within
e limits of the Constitution to abridge,- -
}This right is thus sacredly guarded, became ours is a
government "of the people, by: the people_, and for the
sir will-e ---- ed - twee --- the DP
OM. WHOLE COUNTRY.
ellen be ascertained,amd the return inado up andpre
f• eyehd. a
me , ,
e elector's privilege is not theawfore re censtitff
I lentil abittraction, but fa to be exerdieed in 'gibe rdinatibn
to la', and on proof of title of the person claiming its
t entire. The rialit however well founded in fact mar"
ie loet for want of such evidence of title as the law de.
wands; just as the pones/don and enjoyment of property
eeeured oy the diclaratlon of rights to the citizen. MAY
be taken away or withheld from him for the want of the
men:nary evidence of ownership, .
.
it is to enable the bench voter to Menet Well' His
constitutional privileger.tto protect him lig natei foss by
fraud., mistake or negligence on the part of others, that
'ewe beve been Pureed pros tit hg for an exeminetiou
the results , of an election at the instance of retaliffed
voter's. who have reason to believe that an undue election
tied been held. •
legislation Is, therefore, not to be regirded- hos
tile to thaeserche of a right conferred upon the citizen
by the eopreme law of the had, but, on the contrary, as
;in aid of and q protection to it. The design is to prevent
its being nullified by illegal or fraudulent votes.
The vote of an elector may be as certainly lost to him,
by an illegal ballot going in with it, as though he had been
prevented by force from voting, or his right unlawfully
denied to him at the NW:
The question which next claims our attention is what
are We to understand by the phrase "undue election and
I else eeturne,, ,, Which is made eUbject to our inquiry, de
termination and indgment. ,
In 'hid eignificatit it ant lection Is not a 'lnc election
.w hen it is not right' not legit, nottutreeetihs to of in eon,
tenuity with the rule or standard which the law sets up.
That which la-not just , or - proper, or Is irregular, is
undue.
An election, therefore,which is net conducted according
to law, either sato subatimen.or .ronte In abet ' eitatuttlid
p art ienterja an undue election; and more clearly still, is
an election inithie.dru the Illanagentret Of which the posi
t Ire and material requirements of the law are Willfully
end knowingly diaregardereand disobeyed: •
The law [eye its commands upon all, persona who , are
charged with the perforMapee of the ditties' f election
(Aileen , . It marks out forthemtheir line of procedure.
If that is not done which the law says they shall do, or
if they do tbntwhich they ate forbidden to do,- bow can
an election thus conducted ban due election,. or the re
turn a return of a true - and legato dealer'? But bet nest
we are enjoined tradetene h more: the; merits, Mietelto or •
unintentional fault, as . thet • welch the law
commands to 'be done: or doing thy?.
which it lays shall not be. done, 'le
not to work miechiet to the election or to the return, or to
Patties claiming title to office by, virtu& of each return,
and this is what the CO arta have ihtended when they
have said the failure to perform what has been called the
directory provisions of trio election r shallnotaet aside
electron, or cause them to dccla mit to betinvalid.
And in thus deciding they have followed not the letter
only, but the spirit as well, of the law, wh m u staw the
court in judging concernine such deafer:le proceeri
upon the merits thereon, and f detennine the caner ac
cot ding to the laws of the commonwealth. ,
Dental mistakes or,omiesions are te tie overlooked. and
when required, are to be corrected by the Court, -became'
they do not affect the merits; the hairnets and the integ
rity of an electron may be perfectly -clear to those who
are charged with an investigation of it, notwithstanding
the onstesiou of come things which are required by the
law to be performed— For illustration, If upon
examining the . list of voters or the list
of taxable& it should be - found that the
names of vouchers to prove residence were omitted •, that
to the added names there had not been appended the
Wards. age or tax; or to the vote of foreigner's the word
naturalization, and yet- the evidence should show that
pre°, of age. or payment of tax, or of naturalization, had
been required of the voters, the Court would not,f or faults
like these, honestly committed, declare an . elec
tion to be undue. Or, if the return should be
made up, in such aconfueed or &legible manner, that its
meaning could not be secertaieed, -a count of the box
could be ordered. or the true results ascertained in some
other way, that the merits of the election might be ascer
tained, and a judgment pronounced in accordance there
with.
In Roileau's case, tile Court held where irregularities
complained of are not ef a flu vraot dine. the good faith
and integrity of an election will be maintained
kar. WI •
In el kerretVe care they say, that mere irregularities and
want of conformity toyeteffretrients that are merely di
rectory, when there - is no allegation of fraud or mi.:Cake
thereby. will not eutlice to set aside an election-2 Par.eee.
In Carpenter's clew the same doctrine was •leid down,
and in almost every case of contested elections, from that
day arotil the preeent, Courts obeying the command to
mares out the merits of 'the controversy have been go
verned by this rule. •
But it in the clearest misapprehension of ell these deci
sions, to enppifee that they anord a general license to elec
tion officers to neglect, or to set at defiance the weightier
mattes eof the law. such as a studied and determined
refusal to consult the official list furnished by the City
Commiaeionent, by which to test the Identity of the per
son who offers too ore with the individual whose name hen
the list :allowing bons not returned on the list furnished
by the Commissioners tomote without - lulling produced a
receipt for the payment of a tax, and reqmring the voter
to swear that he had paid it,or to make proof of such pay
ment by the oath or , affirtuatiow of another person:
and Whereehe voter . . elating 0 , he an 'elector' between.
the sigerreftwernry-one and twenty-two years, not require
ins him to make prow of residence in the State or Ille
met. such" as the law reqtrires. Not requiring Proof of
naturalization. Not tuarki.ng on the Ifet the name of the
voucher to residence. liefuemg to investigate challenger,
or to conduct the election in such a InalWer as to prevent
challenge being made and passed on.
These requirements are in no proper sense directory
merely: they Are in ail particulars. in which the law
directs that tbev shall be ascertained by tne officers he.
fore the vote shall be received, absolutely essential to a
due election.
As to one class of .voters, the . law snakes the 'awesement
H worm furnished to the election of fi cers m facia evi
dence. but prima fama, only, of theirright to vote: as to
all others claiming the right, the law's direction is ins.
perative : person shalt be perntia so vote whmm name
us not ou the list of taxable hab ita n ts lu furnished by th
City Commietrionere, unless he make the proof to whi
we have referred.
To purposely omit to do this in in the highest d
illegal; ti omit it continuously, receiving larger at ere
or each votes, as was done at one poll in the efore
es to the timber et :34, Is to our mind strone oof that
• it was dune with a haudulent purpose, by contrivance
and by design.
Judge King, in Xneasc's case, remarks of thus class of
voters: • The language of this law is eo clear, and the
felicy el it to °hymen, that it admits of no construction
,ualifying its letter as respects persons • not found
• u the rucist It is frail VOWS Offered by this
class vi percons, that the greatest danger of election
trends arse. • • A t igid and faitlif n 1 execution
sr tine part of the electron law is absolute!y inslispen
mhis tee a fair election."
The lir t 3 taken trees the boxes and offered in evidence
in this cane showed that as far as the lees were concerned
the inepectore had almost entirely neglected or evaded the
duty which the law ha poses on them. If this omission or
ueglee applied to a few cases only it might be overlooked,
as affording no reason to question the good faith of the
election but where the omission ie almost universal, such
conduct cannot bo reconciled with that honesty of par
•
pose tv inch is necessary to enable a court to place conti
denee in them.
It u :es tor reasons like these that the Court in Mann's
case said: We reel bound to disregard entireir the eTi
e dace it the list of voters reburied in the divisions ur.med,
co ter ss every name is coneerneds which does nut avrcar
ou the li-t of taxable Inhabitants.
We have no disposition to recede from the rule then es
tabintccd in regard to this class of voters. These resume
added Is ithontproof to the list, with none of the lusigula
which would entitle them to be considered is the lien in•
stance to be correct, are to be regarded as illegal.
The vote in these six precincts daub thua:
In the fiettli of the Fourth Ward—Aeseased votere. 5-6
In the Seventh of the Fourth Ward—Aue , med-
ULUlnnekaid
In ,I:ls . hth of the Foul!,hWtTl—tmedeed.e.*d.
In the Seventh of the Third War—A.e.se seed.
'• Unameeeed 111.
u the Fourth of the Twenty.fif th
. . Unaeeee.ed: let
In the Sixth of, the Seventeenth Ward—fruseetTda
.Total of Assessed votes ..................2 740
Total of linasseesed votee.. ..... . . . . .„ 741
We have therefore, iu those divisions; 744 votes, which.
according to the ruling in Mann's casmstandin tee returns
54 illegal. and in my judgment ought in the finst instance
to be etricken out. They are in the proportion of about
one to tour of : the aseeseed yotes. and art) to be regarded.
on scarcely any respect,memettitiedoluore favorable con
sideration than thot would be It it. had been proved
that the oilicers had cast into the ballot boxed
tor allowed others to put in) that number
of ballots without a pretence of a claim of a right to vote.
Not only are the election papers required to be properly
kept during the day, and alter the election returned by
the °dicers, elmost entirely destitute of the earmarks, of
legality which the law requires as to this kind of votes,
but the testimony allows affirmatively that they wore
allowed to be deposited, in most cases, without a pretence
of scrutiny and without the needed proof.
Such conduct on-the part of the officers of an election
is reprenensinie In the highest degree; because it invites
the perpetration of frauds. It should be condemned, ad.
judged to be illegal, as of itself constituting all undue and
a false election. - .
But the evidence also shows) that as to those precincts,
the votes were taken in the nature of assemed voters,
caution or proof of any kind, (awn but, a
very few i ass. Its many cases fraudultmtvotets were
received under circumstances which force a conviction
that the °Mehra vc ere partieeto the fraud.wittt knowledge
and by contrivalatte with the fraudulent. voter. There
was an entire neglect to require proof, of, naturalization of
foreigners, or of residenceor payment of tax,
emmenges when matte were in the great majority Of
The elections were condugted in suet& way,
rally to deny the right of ofticer MUM to, eitel-.
lenge, the votes beh)g gener path: Lute bog before. e.
name could be found or objection Made JAI one instance
the minority inspector was overawed, hat •of Macseed
voters taken from him mutest Mit Olt am , the JP4a a
In addition to this, the directory..oft te ' i the
l a w were, to a great extent, dWegargese. • ' 'but
to show who vouched forthe voter, or whether the voto
let My opinion, they ought all to betas& out of the gene
• ralionfrn,oadthentle which wan established itithehltum
, anti tleseedy conto t, at to tire uniusestacdVotes. thoold
'he apPllett to Ay entire vete of these divisions,..that to
r, ler be clOe'oacklo the examiner, and allow eke hrtartv
to prOcebielitgad vote,to be counted for, rirr credited to
him in the fcuut coruputation.
try this course the frsudukat and the illegal voter
u °old helot their oily weight out of toe came. Tire.
portion of the added vote, which could be proved legal.,
would bertuly credited; and the peened vote. which . ie
our' , prrmajoefe legal. which hOW hi mixed umhotchoot,
it hit that Which it clearly fraudulent, and that which is
prtleajacte illegal:would by proof be duly established,
This Would throw on the r artiet who claim the largest
benefit Its dhr an undue election the necessity of taking
Iwo thirineehres the greatkri portkn of the leiter, by .
Proving their Oona fide vote in the division, and would
'bin the burden of 'proof frcim the minority, who csatiot
control the conduct of an election: to shoes whir can awl'
do control it.
It would sate to every qualified voter his legal Indices:
stitatitmal right, to haVe'bil),vote counted for the candl.
date for whom it was cast.
it v. oold Oho away t oa peat' extent the temptatimoto
commit fraud at an election, beeitture no, ultimate benefit
tumid result to those who would thereby be subject to the
risk mad labor of making geed tnelr legal vote in a di.
It gives to each party to the content as ofreporhutity to
prover title to an office to Which he claim( to be elected.
It would require eareand circumaturetien in the eeltc.
thin el lioness and capable persona to conducrethe elec
tion, and Would avoid that which we• believe is now too
frequently done. the placing of 'ignorant and bad men in
charge, for the very uproot° of carrying on an election
in such a way as to favor the admintion, of illegal and
traudulent votret.
In the eighth ditition of the Fourth Ward we have the
'oath of the Judge. signed by "atom** 'tend Ist Ibiseame
division the majority Inspector was. a or ten Yours
ago, convicted in the Cl:tart of Quarter esaions Of *viola•
lion of his anther as art officer •of Oectiorto wed llentoneAll
to imprisonment in the county pnson ;And whilst setving
out bra tette was elected by the veteran/ ititB division an
officer of the succeeding election, andl on the argument it
was asserted has been reelected each • year, from that
time to the preeent. • • '
The conclusion at which I have arrived , would remit in
the casting:out of the follt•Wing vote, with leave to each
party, or to the voters themselves, to. gm before the Ex.
aminor and have reinstated. in time Clint.o the legal and
twain votes 0 the- division: This. I think. would be
deciding the case on its Inuits.
ln the eighth division of the Fourth Wardr . is re.
turned as having received, 46? votes, bell 196,
Do 7th of the 4th, do r 25
Do 6th a the 4th, :1423 do ~ do 46
• Do 7th of the .erd. AM do 'do 134
Ito 4th of the =sth, • 411 do do 34
Do 6th of the 17th, :a do do 36
. Total—Leech, 1266 • Campbell, 471
This would require Leach to make good 636votmeredit
ing himovith the illegal soldier votes' polled for Campbell
at Fort Delaware, to the number of 67, from the 2,266
votes returned for him by teese divisions, to make his ag
gregate vote in Dm city equal to Campbell's, with the 471
votes deducted from his total of LA, lee.
To the extent to which Campbell could prove his vote to
he legal, out of 471 taken from him by striking out these
divisions, Leech would of neceoeity have to show an addi
tional number of lawful votes cast for himself. The ut
most which he would have to do, under any circum
stances. in order to maintain hie' majority, would be to
establish LOOS votes oat of the 2,20, leaving him a margin
of 1.757 of his returned vote in these divisions.
Illy brethren who heard the argument of this ease with
me do not think there ought to be given to tho principles
announced, and In which in the main they agree with
the, as extended an application to the contest on which
we are to decide, as 1 think ought to be done.
Judge Peirce holds that under the evidence before us,
the eighth division of the Fourth Ward and the'
fourth division of the Twenty-fifth Ward ought to be re
jected—the testimony satisfying his mind that these two
elections are undue and fraudulent.
Judge Brewster reaches the sane conclusion as to the
Eighth Division of the Fourth Ward. The conduct of
the Judge of the election, taking the list of assessed
voters front the minority Inspector at the command of
the Alderman of the Ward, ouppreesing the list by sitting
on it the entire day—the want of proof that the Judge
and majority Inspector were sworn, in connection with '
the other evidence relating to tide Precinct, determines
his mind in favor of the conclusionthat the vote of this
Division ought to be rejected.
If it Was needful to ascertain the number of legal
- voters in these Divisions, in order to settle the question of
majorities, toy brethren would both favor sending the
matter back to the Examiner, to take thenecereary proofs.
But to deduct the outline vote of these divisions from
the general return. which Judge Peirce thinks ought to
be done, and taking from the respondent's vote the un
ageeseed vote in the remaining coitested divisions, to
gether with the false peroonattone and the soldiers.' vote
at Dridesburg, the rein:ice/dents having still left to them a
majority irithetr favor. he can see no advantage In send
ing the ease buckler farther proof these , votts.
with ill of these taken from the parties holding the re
turn apparent majority would therebybe, changed, he
woul favor-a different•courea being adopted. addroutiro
the respondents to unitegood: theircase.before tke ex
ti
talculatiewbased ett.the.rniestinn.tot.#lA Attire Vpl4.
of the Eighth Division of the konith at and' tee
Fourth of the Twenty-fifth Ward would -still give to
i etch, whose majority wee less than that of Magaryand
Dallier, a clear excess of over 650 votes, including the
false perteonations. It only remains to declare, on MO Coll•
elusious reached by the majority of the Court, that Wil
liam A. Leech, is duly elected Register of 1Vills• .foseph
Nlegary, clerk of the (Aphid:Le Court, and Jolua F. Baiter,
City COMMitidOner.
At the conclusion of the opinion Judge Brewster read
the fcllowitig
2171,0 r. ItREWSTEII . B OPINION.
A printed record of over 500 pages and exhaustive argtr
meats therecn can be disposed of in a few sentences.
The contestants ask us to set aside the returns for two
reaeims
1. Because they have shown that a number of votes
es st wore illegal.
2. Because certain polls oheuld be struck entirely from
the returns.
They have attacked 146 votes. it is alleged by the re.
ondeuta that mine of these came from qualified voters.
..ut without pausing to inquire into the details, it is suf•
fluent to say that if they were all charged to the lowest
Majority the result would not be affected. This brings ue
directly to the charges united the polls. The evidence
:bon s that 700 votes were received front persons not on '
the assessment lists. and that in most, if not all, of these
cases the election officers disregarded the plain require
menu, of the law. The contestants, however have not
proved their vote. and without this it is imposs i ble for the
ma to .ay for whom a single one of those We votes were
cast. But charging them all to the lowest reported ma
;erity, the result is still unaffected.
All this was conceded on the argument, but we were
iiehed to strike from the return whole divisions in which
the reepoedeuta received large majorities and thus to
t welly their return. •
his demand involves two questions:—
First—Has the Court the right in arty case to strike out
a poll?
)econd—lf the right exist, do the facts in this ease war
rant such action
On the first point I have no doubt. The power would
seem to be cry, essly conferred when we are charged to
inquire c f an "undue election" as well ae of a "idea re
turn." It has been frequently dorm in England. under
bt stutes somewhat similar to the Pennsylvania act. Our
Legislature has so construed the law, and the power has
teen distinctly,recognized by Taylor r.J., in re contested
t 'salon for County Conuatiesioners,ln Cameria county (see
Altoona Tribune, .Feb. 10,1869). and by this Court le the
cases of Mann vs. Cassidy, Thotapson vs. Ewing. and
Weaver vs. Given.
(in the second point, Tam of opinion that such a retied,
should never be applied save in extremeet cane. • First
you punish an innocent candidate for the acta of
Persons over whom he had no control, and who m theave
been corrupted by the opposite party to disobey law
in order that a large majority in a certair. division may
be crushed by judicia decree. Seamd—Boeause you
punish innocent and legal voters when you disfranchise
them for the crimes of Judges and Inspectors.
And especially in this county would Ibe cautious in so
applying the law. because the electiso,ogicersand the
people at large have been told by the repeateddeeisions of
this court that numerous provntons of the election LAW
may be violated and yet, the tudi‘ be retained. In Mann
vet Casaidy, thegravest possible charges of the most high
handed and Migrant violations •of : the gannets
were stricken , from ou r petition. and though
a regret for jilts 'Wes' 'eubeequenUy exp ressed.
the specifications were not restored. nor was a single
rejected in that orin any other case in this city,. if them
fore a result shouldbe changed in this case by the tasting
out of n single ditiefon,l should be loth to do It, for
shOuld feel that we were epringingn deaden upon those
who had perhaps relied upon what had been announced
in other Me!.. .
Herein I would adopt the advice of Bacon,who teDi us;
"It were good that men in theirinnovations, would follow
the example. of time Welt. which indeed' innovaterh
greatly but quietivAnd by degrees scarce to betierceive4,"
The facts have satisfied me that we can with safe Hr
strike out the return front the Eighth Division of the.
Fourth Ward . It gonna impossible to entertain the true
vote in that precinct. And I would "bnivondbiLitr'
the teat ; for whenever a Court con sepist the wheat
from the chaff; it seems to me that it -is their
bounden duty to do, so, and not burn, the whole
mass because the kernels of true grains may be few or
hidden.
Selecting that division, the result is still unaffecteitand„
therefore in ray judgment. the petitions shottid be
v terra, and time (mutation Veen. reserved for future deci
sion., ,
.
Judge Peirce reedit() opinton.but verbally expressed the
views referred to by Judge Allison.
birustuaern.E LfilltAßY (Max.—The argument on the ais.
plication for an amended charter was resumed this morn
ing in the Court of Common Pleas, before Judge Allison.
by Furman Sheppard. Seq., far, and Edward it. Well,
Esq., against. The Judge promised'his decision next Sat
urday.
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PRIOE,THREE 04NTS,
FIFTH EDITION
BY TELEGItAr'ff.
TILE IMPEACHMENTITHEAL
The Defence
The Impeachment Trani; "
telDeciel Despatch to the Philadelphia EVeribilieldietbili.f
WA4RINGTON, April 18.—After the nteirti ll
-
Evans asked Mr. Welles whether within 'p"
riod of inquiry embrace by the hutt .iteeetl,blot
them was any diseession or deliberation in t 1
Cabinet concerning the operations of the • Civilt •
Tenure act, the require.rnentS of the public
vice in regard to the same, any'
ma 111/4001titf,
any intimation whateverof ink kind looking"„ '
the vacation of any office or4:Pbtahling , ‘
of the same by force. , ; 5.
The Chief Justice submitted this to the SeitittN''s
with Out indicating his own' Opinion; andqtiras;
ruled inadmiesible--ayes 18,. naps 2 . 04.-, 1
The defense then said they had no Moro:OW:I
dont, to oak this witness. Beeretttir t:"
was eross-examined by Mr. Butler, but .nettibigx
new was obtained. •
mr. Edgar Welles,,'Cidef Clerk of the; wady;
Dentirtment, was examined as to , the form. of;
commission Ed Navy Agents. He was thew asked
how the facts about the movements of the trocipe •
came to his notice on the 21st of February ! ge ,
was at a email reception that evening, and
learned that several officers had been ant. for by
name, and officers of certain regiments here alar.
required to repair to Gent Ernory's headquarters.
He went to the President to communicate', !hi",
but, did not see him, as he was engaged at . ay;
State-dinner. .. ,
Mr. Evarta then announced , that • Secretarlear-
Seward, Browning, McCullochand Randall' viersr
present to be examined with reference tO; the
same facts he had offered to prove by Mr. Weami.,
Their testimony was covered by the rulings, and
if objected to they would not be examined.
The Managers said they did not object to the
testimony on all those points.
Postmaster-General Randall was then caned.
He testified that Mr. Blodgett, Postouater.
Augusta, was removed by him without the-'
knowledge of the President. The muse of ro-'•
moval was charges of malfeasance ,againat 10.
Blodgett. The papers containing the eilden.qt,
on which the removal was based were- offerediak
evidence, but were objected to because, a*, Mr.
Butler said, the only matters of any consequence
had been carefully left out. ,
Mr. Everts wanted to knots! by whose eke..
Mr. Butler said •::
The man who ad it.
Mr. Evarts,--Who, was that ? ' •
. Mr. Butler—l don't know.
They went on to say4hat the paperaMentioNsik.
the thet that he wite'rentuved on a 00 0 3 / 41 . - ,lt
misconduct, but did not include the.tompfueF l - -
The papers &aired that Mr. Blodgett WaSSOli:r
pendo4,ooA,Dincee tgrailae an bultettriera
perjury was pending againt hfur
trict Court.
The objection was withdrawn, and they wens .
read.
Mr. Randall, on cross-examination by . the ,
Senate, said he made-the removal under theist.
Of necessity, the law allowing, him to put °facie.,
agents in charge of post-offices in case of 'nig
gency. The charge of perjury was that Mr. '
Blodgett falsely took the test oath.
The examination was minute; and seemed
tended to confuse the witness, but wee'
not successful in producing that effect.
Senator Sherman said he wished to- ask We :
witness, or some other member of the Cabinet, if
after,the date of the passage of the Tenure , of
Office act, a question whether the Secrets►
appointed by President Lincoln were Included la
the provision of the Tenure of Office bill caw:
before the Cabinet, and if so what opinion:Watt.
given on that question by the members of the
Cabinet to , the President.
Several Senators objected to the question being
put, and it was Toted not admissible by 20 rant '
to 26 noes.
Mr. Evarts then rose and said that so far as
they knew,their proof was now closed. Much °fit "•.
had been entrusted to Mr. Stanbery; and Itt
absence it was possible that some may ba r **,
be offered in the future, and he would MO
have permission to introduce it if such should
prove to be thecase.
. A
On motion
.of lteverdy. Johnson, the Court
then, at twenty minutes before four, adjOurned.
—An ,eminent statistician is investigating the %" :+
facts involved in the query "whether the • duty '
boots otmen in horse care soil ladles garmeew l
as much as the bedrabbled dresses of women
gentlemen's apparel in omnibuses." -
—London is looking at some pkotOgrapinVl
executed by 31. , Adolphe Brawn of Doresith.-
nithin, hich preserves the. tints ape:
Ha pain te tings of w
winch they are all
copies. IL Britine:
is the discoverer of the process by which this in
accomplished, but he hae not divulgW. the secret.
. •
—Two young men named George Peters e n.
and George Bias, arneltget to fight a duel
timore early Sunday morning, but a lady.
formed the police on Saturday night, qui ItY
arrest of Bias the hostile meeting was prevented;',') . z •
The'cause of the difficulty was said to be sonnief- , ,`,..`'
fensive language used by Peterson toward lady „,
friend of Blab. The lady seemed biased in favor
of Bias.
—A gentleman named Lablathe, highly re
spected
at Lyons, died lately, and the curd of id*
pariah refused to perform the funeral ceremony,
for the reason that the deceased had been , Tree
mason. The family then applied to a Protestant'
minister
minister, who did not hesitate, and the body wan
carried to the cemetery, the bier being covered
with maaonic eymbola t and followed by more .
1,500 persons. The clergyman perfo
service of the dead with great solemnity,,. and, ,
afterwards pronounced a most feeling Omar"
over the tomb. The Progra de Lyon ' reterring,W
the incident, declared that this was the drat clidiAtti
interment that has taken place in Coronallencettaketa ,
a pastoral letter of Cardinal Archblairao..dtpas.4,
Bonald against Freemasons!. t 4
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