GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXH.-NO. 73. S HE ; EVENING BULLETIN PUBLISHED EVERT KVCSEKJ ' (Buhdsya excepted), ATTHB HEW BULLETIN BUIMUKO, L6OT CbMtnnt street* PhlladclpUa, ' BYTII* ■ ■; ■ - ■ - - -BTOSINQ BOUBTIH:ABBOCIAHQN.;... TbeßuixxTDf fgaervodto-latweribef*ln f wn* per week* payable to the carrier!, or &Bpgraaagni« A ME 810 aN Life Insurance Company, Of Philadelphia* S. E. Oomei Fourth, and Walnut Sts» . -J , L- ■' >' tfSmit Institution has no superior in the United & aM ‘ mriP-tn INVITATIONS FOB WEDDINGS, PAltliES, MMg MABUIEV. . BTANDBUIDGE—WILDER.-—On Hie-84 lnelttnt. br 4hc Rev .7 K. Murphy. Geo. O. Btandbridge to 8. Evelyn, daughter of 1 hoe. D. Wilder. Mo Cards. HIED. BAKER —On iho morning .of the Sd Inrtent, General rerpectfally Invlted^to 3 Adam McCoy, Kin of to attend the funeral, from tha residenwinf bw No ™ Booth’rScmteth rtrect, (thtt) Frid»y. 34 ISitiiu at SXo'itoc* I>. M. To proceed tOMacphclah C Germantown, on- tho 2d instant, 9 illi e StoKw «S£?l£SStoM*of J, w. LowU,E«t,W»h- tk w!f«of 141-ni-l "IVt«reoo, and daughter of tho Into Dr. N. Bho©- frlciid. -of ibe flimily are Incited to V*m n ir,!h c W!» j£l;K P L the 41, t y The-Uu’JvS etA friend, of tho family.l&bo TOladcl- the liiheraL irom hl«Ute residence. No. 3803 i'of-idate street. AVtat Philadelphia, this (eriday) after- E V«. at 4 o’clock, without lorUier notice. To Woodland Cemetery. - .. - (IOI.LATK Ac CO.’S .Aromatic VeKctaftle in, (;|)(%riiie, In rccomMcnrtcq •I ndies find lnfanu* f»lwfmtfS . ■*» \: : ‘ ' 'SPECIAL SOTICES. @2r Philadelphia end Reading Railroad* Fourth July Excursion Tickpt^ •Will ho told at SEDUCED BATES Stations on .ui* Beadineßailroad and brancnta. goon from y Wrtdnx, July 3, lo Saturday, July 11, 1868. jr?7.TtrpS • •’ OFFICE PENNSVLVAIOA KAiXiROAD COM • Pim.HMT.TinI.MMr 13th.twa. Rrj.° -SSf:hf*tTMfllnnfl Stock at Par.tn proportion to.toeir mS»3tai>totoSto STttw ; Md regisfcod on toe book. S3SS i £&£&£& wra ber entitle* to[»£ ** sLteerStiMU to toa new Block wTO bo recelvcdra co*- ofter iSrlOto. MB. f th ,nlf °* Sha^toall “(SL^toctone of caption. ° a 2 S. Uto day of Per Cant, on or before too ISto day ol StS n ««& t ol«i3S^Se2 h if cured on full toare*. .THOMAS T. FIRTH, myH-t)y3Wrp 1 Troaaur^.— trOS- PHILADELPHIA. JTJLYIet, 1863. ■ . . Bv order of the Court of Common Pleaa, a itock -Vote of tho Mercantile Librar; Company wIU be taken on Charter, or with the Constitution and ,iawß of this State < "Th o U Ku. o l t ta opened in the Library.on MOKDAY, .July 6th, and closed on SATUftD* \YJuly Bftr voting will be on Monday. 'S£ dn ? ada wtH^J l ifi I ?SS imch elKrb of stock being entiUcd to one .vote, which murt be presented In pet**- JOHS lardner,, Jj2 Btrp Beoordlng Secretary. aser PmmvnELraiA. July 3d, lßffl. A Soecial Meeting of the stockholder* of the.Moßhan- Coal Company, will be held at the office of the Com pany, on MOND4.Y, July6th, 1868, at U o’clock A. M-, ■for the puroore of cowidering and acting “P™ » resolaHon nuthoririnstlio Board of Directors to grantthe riKhtof •way through the Companv'B landa, to construct railroads ilor further development of the property. ; By order'4/the Board of kgetog lt > ... i Secretary. ggy. NATATORIUM AND PHYSICAL INSTITUTE . BROAD SrKEET. BELOW WALNUT. SWIMMING DEPARTMENT. -SPEC T AL PROGRAMME FOR THE FOURTH OF . 1 JULY; ' The Bath will open at 6 o’clock in the morning. Uo Lessons given on that day. , , . 0 he hours for Ladies will be suspended. Gents and Juniors will have admission all day. :•- The Institution ytfU dose at nine o’clock In the eve* .giing. : > • jyl-Strp§ mgy. PTTTT, ATTPT.PHI A AND HBAPmB»R£ILROAD OFFICE MO, SOUTH FOURTH STREET. PnnjjiELPniA. May 27.1888. NOTICE to the holders of bonds of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, due April 1, iSK U-r y ■ The Company offer to exchange any of these bonds of @l7OOO each at any time before the Ist day of October next, T^e^imilßnot < BurTOTdered onor,before the Ist ifiOoto. S>er next'will bejpaid at iMtartjvtoacoortmicetwlth llhelr tenor. my2»toctl a. BRADFORD, Treasurer. Jms> T"”. DAIRY UNION,PRATER MEETING, do auspices of the Younjr Men’s'Christian Assodatf \ win beheld on Saturday:theJ.ourlh of July, 5n the Chapel of the Arch street Methodist Church, B-kj. •comer of Broad and Arch streets* at 11 o clock A. M. ;°2aSS^and Tolmadgo, Sl The public are invited. . - . 3y22trpS «fiSp. HOWARD HOSPITAL. NOS. .1818 AND 1830 SEsrsss- affiSSi'iS&s poor. j . - .v i PHILADELPHIA ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL "No. 16 South Ninth street. Club-foot, hip and BPi nal fltummfin ftxiri tyifUiy deferral tisi treated*. Apply dauj At 12o’clock. , api&amrpg notin ' 0 No. 08 Jayne street. p ailu (tarag lalktiu SPECIAL NOTICES. &TRY. GREY BEHERVEB. . In accordance with Regimental Orders, tho corps will assemble for porado at the Armoryv Brood ana Race ttron#, on the morning of the FOUETHOF JUiA, at 7 o'clock, sharp* Full dress, white stores. By order jA&C KEYBE i Captain. C. H.Dvnsnro. ■ First Sergeant. : Company dnll this evening at 8 o’clock. mb* BEADQCARTEBS FIRST , REGIMENT; -IN- FANTKY R.B. Paiumnoi. Jane 28 tb, 1868. ; -r,.» QENERALORDBItgrHft A - - In accordance with orders of this Bate from Division B* , , Ist Lieutenant iuad Acting Adjutant. «6t v S;!a offxce ’ FmLADELpm^ P FT B gTO Saturday, jifar4tb, this office’ wfil open at T. 30 A. M« and close at to.® A. k. - Momln* deiivery and night col. Ucdon. wUI be Postmaster, *BT The Troop will ossemhlo at tho armory on tJ A rUK* BAYAjuly 4th, A* M, seven o'clock (sharp). In fall dress, mounted order (mounted) for parade. mt By order of ileut. M. • It*'. :-k \ £■: ••-r ; ActingOrdqriiyjEtorgakPt. ; OFfTCr OF THE MOUNT CARBON RAILROAD COMPAN Y. PurLißiLrma. July 2d, 1863. Tho Board of Managers have ibis day declared a Dm rer oent -.- n .?r?. lcar jjS-gt* - ' - 'Treasurer. near- HEBT NATIONAL BANK. *® Puii.adei.puia, July 3,1853. The Boa-d of Directors have this day declared a Divi dend of Six Per Cmt., dear of all taxea-payable on de- MORTON tIcMICUAEL. Jn.. Cashle*. ■ Pjy. GERMANTOWN CRICKET CLUB. M< mbcm of the Clab are Invited to take part in a Club Match, to be played on the grounds, July 4tb. Gome to By Order of the Directors. ALEXANDER PRESBYTERLAN CHURCH, corner Nineteenth and. Green streets.— Key. T. 6L <;uzmlDgbaiiL D. D., Pastor. Public worship every Sah both at lo o'clock A* )L and 8 o'clock.-,F. M. Sunday School at 9 o’clock A. M.-~ j i; .' < tfSf* CLINTCN STREET CHURCH, TENTH BELOW I® Spruce, Rev Dr. March, will be open for divine service during the month of July, on Sunday mornings at )»?$ o'clock All persons invited. jL SCMMEB SONG IN THE CITY. This le ’ho time of fresh winds blowing, And cncboo-calis and heather bells; This is the time when streams ore flowing lJown the green mist of dreamy delis: Poesy, O Poesy, Stay in London ianes with me! Ire the deep valLy spjcing-winda hover, -- Shaking the dew trom their wild hair; Bevond the cool shade of the lover, 'the mower sweats With sleepy Blare: Color and sweet melody •,, ; - Pill ihe forest greenery. ; - The mavis sings, “Yonng lover, lover, . 3e quick, be quick.—kiss sweet, kiss sweet! The ytoime love breathes ha sweet as clover; « The’cld lore hangs like. ripened ,wheat,— 1 f Misery,\o-Mlsery !.-' “ - Ui Dost thoa listen ? canst thou Eee : The Eecht of summer, floateth hither, Into the dull streets: whitHaidgS blaze;'» Ihe white clouds part, and eyes look thither From thirsty lanes and weary ways: Charity, O Charity! • c Scatter thy, bright seed fearlessly. :-;v : Nor shady bonghs nor summer gold Pleasure the souls who lie so deep; „ Only the beggar is less cold, : ’-i f < , And feels a calmer,thirst lor sleep: y Poesy, O Poesy! Whisper sweet to such as he! v_. When with the grain all England quivers. When nuts grow milky, wbeatrears burst; When clearly sparkle all the rivers, Ah, to be hungry and athirst! . Water and bread, O Charity, 4 Bring to poof humanity! Dark is the poor one’s health and lonely. He would not learn, he won.d not know; He craves the blessed wneat-ear only. Not the sweet light that makes it grow. Fruit ol the forbidden tree Were but sour to misery. Now all the days are rich with beauty And other angels roam elsewhere; O Poesy! here lies thy duty, In darker days and fouler air.— Poesy, O Poesy! Fold tby wings and do not dee! While all the plains are heavy laden, And heavier grows the ripening ear, Pause in thy place, .0 heavenly maiden! Gather thy harvest with no fear; Let other angels wander free, Bay thou Amen to Charity! Robert Buchanan. Surgical separation of tbe Siamese . twins, Cbong and. Ent;. The scientific world, and especially that por tion of It who have maddfthe study of medicine and surgery their profession, cannot fail to be in tensely Interested inthe fact/which has recently come to our knowledge, of the determination of Chang and Eng, the Siamese twins, to submit to a surgical operatXbn for the purpose of dissever ing the wonderfuHink that has so long bound them together. Some forty years ago these twins were introduced to the civilized world, having ' been brought to' England from Siam In the year 1827 or 1828 by Captain Bunker, at present living in New York, and for a series of years they were exhibited to the public at all the ’great centres of civilization." Having visited America, they determined to make this land their home,, : They bought a valuable tract of land in- 1 Ndrth Carolina; married two sisters, and settled down in the ordinary dally routine of a farmer’s dally life. ■ Each of them :1s ,now the father of nine children. The reason for their do termlnation. at this late day, to call in the art of surgery to ’ produce an entire physical separa tion, is, that having reached such an advanced age .(59 years) they are fearful that -one may become the subject of disease, which fatal to both. The interesting question j arises, What are the probabilities of,a successful opera tion being performed ? It-will be remembered in pursuing-these inquiries that the twins are held together by quite a massive link; of thorough ly normal and perfectly vitalized' integument, some 10 or 12 inches in circumference,! situated near the vital organs, and in "close proximity to the heart and lungs; and the connection Is so Intimate that each seems to be thoroughly ah organized portion of the other, as much so as any of the ordinary members of a naturally constituted human body. Sensation, norvons impression, mental phenomina, morbid, physical,-and neryo-menttil conditions, all show a must perfect psychical unity in this wonderful dual physical existence. The question In .regard to the result of an operation is no new one, but soon after their first appearance in Lon don and Faria it excited the minds of the fore most Intellects in the surgical world. If we remember rightly the “Twins” were exhibited before the Academy of Physicians and .Surgeons In Pans at that time for the purpose of ascertain ing their opinion jn regard to the probabilities of a successful operation. The .disagreement in re gard thereto, we believe, led.to; the abandonment of the project. Has the science of sufgery 60 rap idly advanced that to-day successful results can bo promised when there was so. much dbubt'a score or ■ two of. years - ago ? Wo under stand they contemplate visiting Paris for the pur- Jpoße of having the operation • performed.—AT. T. Tribune. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1868. TBE SOUTH STREET BRIDGE. INJUNCTION REFUSED Decision of the Supreme Uourt# The following Is the opinion delivered in tho Supreme Conrt by Justice Bead, In the case of the City vs. Field and others, Involving tho con- structlon of the Bouth Street Bridge: The'wholo law making' power of the Stdto is committed to the Legislature with certain re strictions andilmitatlons Imposed on that body by the Constitution. Independent of these limi tations the legislative power is supreme within power the Legislature have dog canals, built bridges and railroads, and paid for'them by. money ratsed by loans and tax ation. This power is Indisputable, and upon its constitutionality depends our large debt. The Legislature could undoubtedly build , tins bridge,', over .a navigable river; at South, street, and pay for It by moneys proceeding, trom loans or taxes, and in doing ft they might employ com missioners to erect it..; This most be.conceded, and it is bnt one step further, to impose the cost of erection on the city and county: through which the river passes and empties itself into the Delaware, and across which the bridge is thrown, connecting the east and west banks or Ore Schuyl kilL'upoh which Philadelphia is built. ' . It becomes In facia bridge .of necessity, con necting two growing.portions of the city, and forming a part of a continuous highway from the Delaware to the remotest parts of West Philadel phia. The city has an area of 130 square miles, and eight hundred thousand souls, and the ques tion is, cannot the State place the cost of this great public Improvement upon a locality and a population directly’ behefltted by it? This does hot appear to admit of argument, for the mere statement of It Is sufficient. • But we are not wanting in direct authority upon this, point In Thomas vs. Leland, 24 Wendell 65, It was held that an act of the Legis lature imposing a tax upon a local district of the State, In reference to a public Improvement, such as a canal, is valid and constitutional, notwith standing that previous to the passage of such act, a number of individuals of such district had entered into a bond to the State, by which they bound tbtmeelvcs to pay the whole expense of the Improvement. In answer to some objections, Mr. Justice, Cowen says: “But the argument proves quite too much. It would go to' cut off entirely many .acknowledged powers of taxation; such its that which raises money to relieve the poor, or establish and- keep on foot common schools, to build bridges, or work the highway. It confounds two distinct legislative powers: a simple power of taxation with the power of taking private property for pnblic use. The for mer acts upon communities,and may be exerted in favor of any object which the Legislature shall deem for; the pnbllc benefit A tax to build a lunatic asylum may be mentioned as one instance. If tho power to Impose such a tax were to be , rested on the ground of individual pecuniary benefits t« each one who should he called on to contribute, it is quite obvious that it would not bo maintained for a moment. Yet who, would donbt that such might be Imposed on a local . community, a connty or even a town? I admit that this power of taxation may bo abused; bnt its exercise cannot be judicially restrained bo long as it is referrable to the taxing power.” The same doctrine is laid down in Norwich vs Connty Commissioners of Hampshire, 13 Picker ing CO.aud HMgham & Quincy Bridge aud -Tum pike Corporation ve; county of Norfolk, 6 Allen 353. “It has been the practice," soys C. Jt Shaw, •‘from the earliest times to charge the cost of certain large expenWtjh'bridges; in whole or in part, upon counties;'and it Is impossible to deny the equity of these provisions.” “One of the.main purposes,”, says C.. J. Bigelow, "of this general grant of power was to rest in the Legislature a superintending and controlling authority, under apa by virtue of which they might enact all laws, not repugnant to the Constitution, of a police and municipal nature, and necessary fo the dne regulation of the Internal affairs of the Common wenlth. It is obvious that the exercise of such a power is absolutely indispensable in a wisely governed and well ordered community; and among the purposes for which it is to be exerted, none is more essential than a wise and careful distribution of certain public burdens or duties; of these a leading one Is the construction,support and maintenance of roads and bridges." Mr. Sedgwick, in his treatise on statutory and con stitutional law, sdys; p. 551 “As a general rule the taxing power has been treated by the judiciary as vested fit the absolute discretion of the Legisla tive bodies. This doctrine has been repeatedly declared both by the Btate and Federal tribunals. So the Supreme Court of the United States have said that there is no limitation whatever upon the legislative power of the States, as to the amounts or objects of taxation.” . The act before us imposes the cost of erecting this bridge upon (he county of Philadelphia, and the money is to be raised by a loan created by the Commissioners, and to do deposited with the Treasurer of the City of Philadelphia, to be cheeked ont by the officers of the Commission, and expended on the construction of the bridge. By the fourth section the Councils are to provide lor the: principal and interest of this debt, which tbns will become a port of the city debt In King <& Ross vs. The city of Brooklyn, 42 Bar ton's 627, we find a similar statute in New York for widening Fonrth avenue, in Brooklyn, by a Board of Commissioners, the difference being that the city, and not the Commissioners, were to issue the bonds. The object of this act is to build a free bridge over the Schuylkill at the cost of the connty. Ail the-present bridges over that river, from the Girard avenue bridge to its month, are free, and they have been mode so wholly or partially at the cost of the connty. : There were four principal ferries over the river Schuylkill, one at High or Market street, vested by the colonial act of 1723 in the then corpora tion of the city. The Upper or Roach’s ferry, as it was then called, at Fairinount' The Lower, then Blnnston’s, ferry, since Gray’s forry, and Penrose’s ferry, near the mouth of the river. The first three named ferries were succeeded by float ing bridges, which opened to admit vessels. The bridge at High street was superseded bv the Per manent bridge, erected under ah act of the 16th of March, 1798, and opened for passengers and transportation,on the. Ist day of January, 1805, and cost $300,000. The first bridge of a perma nent character, near where the floating bridge of Abraham Sheridan was, known by the name of the Upper ferry, was erected, under an act of the 28tn of March,. 1811,. and cost $126,000. • This bridge, which had only a slnglo arch of wood of 240 teet span, was burned down, and the present wire bridge built at the expense of the connty by Charles Ellet, civil engineer, for $50,000, the abutments of: the former bridge having been pur chased by the . district of Spring Garden for $15,000. - ; : tinder two acts of Assembly of the 24th of Feb ruary and 7th' of March;TB37, the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company •purchased the Gray’s Ferry floating bridge and estate, and erected the present bridge for railroad and other, traveling and transportation, with a draw in it. By an act to authorize the erection of free bridges over the river Schuylkill at or near Philadelphia, passed thel6th of March, 1839, the Wire bridge at Fairinount was erected by the County Commissioners, with the consent of the Connty Board,one third of the expenses being provided by volantary subscription, -and the Permanent bridge at Market street was freed by the County Commissioners. paying the com pany $BO,OOO, ‘ one-thirdof which? .was' provided' by private subscriptions. The .bridgo and site were conveyed to the city. . This: purchase [ren dered the provision for a free bridge at Mulberry or Arch street nngatoty. By the last section tho County Commissioners, with the consent of the County Board; wero authorized to, and did, OUR WHOIiE COUNTRY. contract with the railroad company • for a free. passage forever of. the Gray’s FeriryHrwgo-lor. 855,000, hy an agreement dated thfflDm Hortepjr. her, 1847, the company to maintain the structure injzood ordor. ■ . ■ ' . file bridge at Market street was rebuilt by the city to sndt .the uses of the City Railroad. „ . Under the act or 27th March, 1852, to authorize the erection of free bridges over the river Schuyl kill, the Glrord Avenue Bridge was buflt by the County, Commissioners, and purchased by the dty at a cost of $93,560. - ’ . Under the same act and the Bth eection of the act of 21st April, 1855, and the 3d section of the act of 16 th May, 185 7, the Chestnut Btreet Bridge was erected by tho clty.at.acost of $500,477 #9,of which Bum the Philadelphia City Passenger BMl way Company provided’sloo,ooo in their bonds. It was commenced on the 19th September, 1861, and completed July 4th, 1866. There will bo fonnd an Interesting discussion in relation to this bridge in The Board of Wardens vs. The City of Philadelphia, 6 Wright, 209. • . ' The Hope Perry, near the month of the Schuyl kill. was superseded by the Penrose Ferry Bridge, erected by the Penrose Ferry Bridge _ Company, under act of April 9,1853; and 13th April, 1854, as a toll bridge, and was purchased by the city under the ordinance of December 7, 1862, for the sum of $30,000, and was made a free bridge. Since that period it has cost the city In repairs slp,ooo, and in an entire rebuilding,, @66,261 11. '' file Peters’ Island Bridge was built by the State for the Columbia Railroad, and was . purchased and is owned by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, and one sido of it Is used as a toll bridge tor passengers and carriages and other vehicles. . , The Bchnylkill Falls Bridge was built by a company as a toll-bridge, ana was purchased by the city and made a free bridge, under the acts of sth of April, 1855, and 15th of March, 1859, and the ordinance of March sth, 1860. The amount paidtwas @15,000, and it was afterwards rebuilt by the city at a eosf of @17,500, in 1861. All tbo bridges, therefore, from the Falls to the mouth of the Schuylkill, are free, excepting the Peter’s Island and the railroad bridges of the Con necting Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad, and ' have been mode so at a very heavy expense to the county of Philadelphia, whether called by that name, or its present name of the city of Philadel phia. . By an act to authorize the erection of a.free bridge over the river Schuylkill at South street, in the citv of Philadelphia,passed May 16th,1861, the Councils of the city were authorized and required to erect a good and substantial bridge over the river Bchuylkill, at or opposite to South street, at a cost not to exceed two hundred and fifty thou sand dollars, provided for by a loan to he raised as therein directed, sajd bridge to be free, and to be kept in. repair, lighted, watched, altered, re modeled or renewd, if necessary, at the proper costs and charges of the city of Philadelphia. The city having taken no action nhder.this law, a supplement to it was passed the sth of April, 1866, appointing commissioners to build' the bridge, with authority to’ create a loan not ex ceeding six hundred thousand dollars, payable by the city of Philadelphia. After fnrfher opposi tion by Councils, ihe Legislature, on the 6th of April, 1867, passed a further supplement making it the duty of the Chief Engineer and Surveyor of the city to direct the building of the bridge under the supervision and control of the commissioners. Tho bridge was to have a sufficient and conve nient draw for masted vessels, and to defray this additional expense, the commissionersare autho rized to create an additional loan of two hundred thousand dollars—these loans to be at six per cent.','aid payablo by the city in forty.years, and the proceeds paid to the City Treasurer- - The Councils are to provido for the payment of the interest, and a sinking fond to. extinguish tho principal in forty years. The Mayor, the Presi dents of Councils, and other gentlemen, are cre ated additional commissioners. The Councils contest the constitutionality of these acts, and,under a resolution of those bodies, the City Solicitor has filed this bill to test that qu< stion, and has made a very learned and elabo rate argument, to show that these laws are viola tions of the Constitution, and that this Conrt is bound to enjoin the erection of the bridge as di rected by those acts. “It will not be denied," said .Judge Woodward, “that the Legislature may rale over the Schuylkill by whatever agency is most satisfactory. Nor can it be doubted that q subsequently appointed special agent supersedes and displaces aprevi onely appointed general agent, and this without cxprCSß words, declaratory of the intention to substitute. Counsel invoke those principles of strict construction which apply to grants to pri vate corporations, os if the city of Philadelphia were a bridge company claiming a valuable fran chise in derogation of the pnblie rights; but It mnst be manifest that this is not a] case for tho application of those principles. The city is not a private but a municipal corporation, and is to derive no profits whatever from the bridge, for it is to be a free and not a toll-bridge. The city, liko the county, commissioners are a selected agency for carrying ont the purpose of the Legis lature to bridge the Schuylkill lor the benefit of all the people of the Common wealth.’’ (6 Wright’s, 212.) This is strictly applicable to the present case: the city declined the agency, and a special agent is appointed to do what she has refused to per form. The Legislature, in the legitimate exer cise of her power, has imposed the cest of bridg ing the river, as she has done before, on the county—the- present city. “The only interest involved is the pnblie interest, and no othor is concerned in their (municipal corporations) crea tion, contimiance, alteration or renewal. The nature and operation of these corporations repu diate the idea of vested rights." “We know.of no vested rights of political power in any citizen or body of citizens, except those conferred by the Constitution,” (13 Wendell, 337.) The corpora tion of the city can be changed, altered or re pealed by the Legislature, and it would be a sin gular anomaly if that body coold not, by its own officers, erect a bridge over a navigable river, which is certainly not a duty of a city, unless re quired by the sovereign power of the State, ‘.and put rite cost on the city. Our opinion, therefore, is, that those aeffiare constitutional and must be obeyed. ' The decree is affirmed, and appeal dismissed,at the cost of the appellants. Quarter Sessions— Judge Ludlow,—This morning a hearing, on habeas corpus was heard in the case of Thomas and Joseph Graveland and Thomas Holland, charged with being concerned in the death of Michael Gallen. After hearing the testimony which involved the accused in the disturbance in which Gallen lost his life, the Conrt refused to admit to bail. A hearing on habeas corpus was had in the case of Leopold Ratanzl, charged with cruelty to ani- Inals, in exhibiting a headless chicken. The . Court refused to discharge the accused. Daniel G. Hollor, convicted of an indecent as sault, was sentenced to pay a fine of @lO, and to undergo sixty days’ imprisonment. James EUmger, convicted of assault and bat tery upon Conductor Stiles, was sentenced to three months in the Country Prison. ■. A Postal Quarrel. [From the Harrieburg State Guard, of the 2tD We noticed a few days since In the Guard the fact that the Cumberland Valley Railroad Com pany would refuse to carry the molls after June 30th. In accordance with the determination so to refuse, all mail matter.was yesterday declined : by that corporation, and consequently until there is some understanding in the premises with the government, and a new contract made, the peo ple of the Valley,of portions of Maryland and of the Shenandoah Valley, • ' and . other parts of Virginia, must go without --tlffilr~'4etters and papers. Yesterday Post master acting . under Instructions ffrom Washington; offered theonall bags- to the r employes ofthe company. but they-were refused ; ana taken back'to the Post-office. The dlffl • cnlty, it Is' alleged, is that the Government do ; cllnes to pay the company within twenty-five per cent, of tiie amonnt heretofore allowed, and the company on the other hand refuses to take less than has been! heretofore paid. The result of the dlspiitclslbiu the people are the sufferers. Dif ferent. plans were tried yesterday to send the mail from joints on the lino of the road, but the only succeesfnl ones wero where an Individual carried It In his valise or where it was sent by express. The same trouble, we learn, existed yesterday on the Reading Railroad. SBEO AS INDIAN TBAREDV. Ena of a. Famsni Chippewa Warrior cmef-Hoie-ln-ibcday. AMUilnawd by Pillager Indian*—History, Ur pfolta and Character of the Murdered thief. [From the 8t Pinl Pron of Juno 8M We received yesterday, a telegram from St Cloud announcing the tact that Hole-ln-the-Day, the famous head chief of the Ulsslsslppl Chippe wad; as he assumed to be,' and their bravest war rior, had been assassinated by three of the Pilla ger band of Chippewas. We have since received the following particulars of the of his death: • „ On Saturday last, between two and three o’clock in tho afternoon, three Chippewas, called Leech Lake or Pillager Indians, called at his honse, and asked where he* was—nis woman re plied that he had gone to Crow Wing. The In dians appropriated three ot his gone and went to Gull river, a Short distance above Crow Wing. They saw him and another Indian coming, riding in a buggy, and hid in the bushes on the knoll by lhe>oaasiae. . . . Ab the buggy passed them and went down the slope, they fired at tho back of the foe they feared to lace, all their charges taking effect in their victim. The other Indian sprang ont of the buggy aud fled, when these Indians dragged Hole-ln-the-Day to the ground, and to make snre work, stabbed him in several places. They then took the horse and buggy and made their escape. The dead body of the murdered chief waß first discovered by Mr. Cbas. A. Buffee,. who is now at the Chippewa Agency. We are not apprised of the motives which In duced this assassination of Bolc-in-the-Day; but it may, perhaps, be attributed to an old jealousy of Holc-in-the-Day which the Pillagers have es pecially entertained towards him on account of hlB assumption of being the head chief of the Mississippi bands of Chippewas—a pretension which they by no means tolerated for the reason that they regarded the honors of that mythical royalty as belonging more legitimately to their own chief. Holc-in-the-Day was regarded by them as a parvenn—a kind of usurper—but his pretensions have al ways been supported with so innch boldness, and he has won such pre-emi nence as a wamoi; that they have not heretofore dared openly to contest his position. Holo-ln thc-dsy was in some respects one of the most ex traordinary characters in Indian history. There was something almost romantic in his reckless daring on the war path. He was the Chippewa Cid, or Cceur do Lion, from the gleam of whose battle axe whole armies of Saracen Sioux fled as before an irresistible fete. His ex ploits would fill a book. His father, of the same name,'was a great warrior, who had conquered the cbiefship of his tribe by his bravery In comr bat and his wisdom In ccpnciL The old chief Hole-ln-the-Day was killed in the spring of 1847, while crossing Flat river in a Bod Blver cart. Young Bole-in-the-Day, then known as “The Boy”—he was abont nineteen yearaof age—was not slow In-assuming the position his father had held. By his bravery in war he soon gained all and more than all his father’s Influence over his tribe, and sustained all his pretensions to leader ship. His firet appearance In public council was at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in July, 1847. At that time the upper country of the Mississippi, ex tending to Lake Superior, was oWncd by the Chippowas of Lake Superior and the Chippewas of the Mississippi. The Chippewas of Like Su perior were represented in force. The Chippewas of the Mississippi, headed by Hole-in-tne-Day, owing to the great distance they had to travel, had but a small delegation in attendant. Bole in-the-Day was late in reaching the council ground. Prior to his coming, several talks were held with the Indians, in which thev admitted that they had allowed Hole-in-the-Day’sfather to take the load in their councils, but said that were he then alive, they would make him take q back seat; that his eon Was a uICTS ~3y, and Were he there he would have nothing to say, consequent .iy it was useless to wait for him. The commis sioners, however,thonght.differently,and waited. After the arrival of Hole-in-the-Diy, the couaclt was formally opened. The commissioners st ited their business, and requested a reply from the Indians. Holc-in-the-Day was led up to the stand by two oi his braves, and said: '“Father? —The country our great Father sent von to purchase, belongs to mo. It was once my father's. He took it from the Sioux. He, by his bravery, made himself the head chief of the Chip pewa nation. I am a greater man than my father was; for I am as brave as he was and on my mother’s side I am the hereditary head chief of the nation. The land yon want belongs to me. If I say sell our great father will have it. If I say not sen he will do withont It. These In dians that yon nee behind me hgve nothing to say about it.” To this speech all the Indians present gave hearty and audible assent. The change in tho face of things at tho appearance of Hole-in-the- Day, showed his braveTy and commanding influ ence, but wnß also somewhat amusing. Here were powerful chiefs of all the Chippewa tribes, some of them seventy or eighty years old, who before his coming Bpoke sneeringly of him as a boy, who could have no voice In the council, saying there was no nse in waiting for him, bnt when before him'~becanie...hiB most submissive and obedient subjects; and this in a treaty in which a million of acreß of land was ceded. The terms of the treaty were concluded be tween the Commissioners and young Hole-ln the-Day alone. Tho latter, after this was done, withdrew, and sent word to the chiefs of the Mississippi and Lake Superior bands to go and sign it. After it had been duly signed by the Commissioners, the chief head men and war riors, and witnessed by the Interpreters and other persons present, Hole-in-the-Day, who had not been present at “these little formalities,” called upon the Commissioners, with two of his at tendant chiefs, and had appended to the treaty the following words: “I approve of this treaty and consent to the same. Aug. 3d, 1847. Fond-du-Lac. Po-go-sb-Bhik, or Hole-in-the-Dat, his M mark. Hole-in-the-Day was abont 40 years of age. He was like all his tribe who can afford the ex pensive luxury—a polygamist—and in tho course of his life has had several Indian wives succes sively and at the same time. His last wife, for whose sake he abandoned his seraglio, Is a white woman, whom he encountered and married a year or two ago on one of his frequent trips to Washington. One of his daughters was educated at tho Catholic school In this city. He was ir> the city a few weeks ago, and left with a friend a statement of the manner in which the Indians had been treated by the Government agents—a sure sign that Hole-ln-the-Day’s treasury needed replenishing. We might fill columns with nar ratives of tne exploits in which Hole-ln-the-Day has figured as the hero, but we postpone this to. another time. —An irreverent French writer speaks of« Napo leon's deceased dog Nero as the founder of a new canine dynasty, the Nerovlncbiens. —An Italian Babbl;bas written a Jewish drama, with a moral. He calls it “Micholky,"’ and very likely it Uchollcky enough. —Prof. Davis* of West Point,has, an Income of $20,000 fropi and hethinkstheao the pleasantest figures of all. i —Yictorien Sardou is ■ thinking of writing # i comedy on American society, about which he knows nothing. —Barnum la helping Mr. Samuel Colville get up a new Museum. r. I. EETHERSTON. Pohlishfiß^ 1 PRIGS THREE GENTS. EDITION i FIFTH BY TELEGRAPH: LATEST FROM WASHINGTON ; CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS Doing* in Botb Bouse*. 1 [Bpedtl Deipstcb to the Philadelphia Evening BuUetfai 1 WasHxsoTON, July 3.—The Senate devoted tb3 J afternoon to the consideration of bills relating to, the District of Colombia.. • The House finished with the Senate amend ments to the Civil Appropriation MIL General Butler's report on the Investigation was made, and ordered to bo printMlf* It contains little which has not already been V'., made' pnbllc. It is of the same general, styla with the preliminary report In Woolley’s case. ■ ; >/J and Is highly characteristic of its anthor. It ' . ; leaves the snbject of the corruption of Senators « ( pretty much where It already stood. ? %>, The House, at quarter after two, adjourned. - Xlith Congress—second Session, JL [Hocsn— Continued from Fourth Edition.) ,'sS Mr. Stevens (Pa.) moved on amendment to a pay the civil'employes ef the government at : Jft Washington additional compensation for the year ending Juno 30th, 1868, at tho following - Ij! rates,viz: To those whose annual compensation jt"v does not exceed $1,400,15 per cent, each on the vjkj amonnt of compensation. - fia To those whose annual compensation does not mR exceed $1,600, bnt does exceed $1,400, 12% per cent. To tboss whose annual compensation does " M not exceed $l,BOO, but does exceed $1,600, 10 11 percent. • ’M Referring to Mr. Greeley’s effort to defeat the Pi 20 per cent, proposition some Weeks ago, Mr-’ (M Stevens said that a; scarecrow from New $8 York had come to Washington, crossed over f® the city one night, and tho next day there waa *1 a scattering of tho friends of the measure v-V like the antelopes of the ' mountain, and the - * scarecrow went .homo triumphant. This * proposition, he saidj would appropriate less than ‘ 4 a third of what had been proposed In the other- ■ f measure.: Hehodputltso small so that there.,' •jL could be no objection to allowing that ptttancetj/gf/ to poor clerks. He bad.cxamined a list of.themJnSad and found that three-fourths of the unfortunate)PjM men were married. ' . Mr. Poland (Vt ) moved to include the flljl of the Metropolitan Police. j ViJ'l'j Messrs. Blaine and Ingersoll claimed that that <\ was right ' ,1 The amendment was rejected. ' ■ ■ ■ Mr. Mulllus (Tenn.) proposed that there, should:' 1 inteUect, metaphors whose whole drift ds ex- ■ boosted In the first superficial glance, and which grow falser and i falser t» the mind' ever afterwards." It hopoa,- however, that his visit to England and the cor- ; g diality of hiß welcome iitay tarn the attention of j Englishmen to his later poems, especially to.. ] “Hiawatha,” of it which says: , ~'l:3 “For playful and tender interpretation of the l " wav in which child-like tribes, living in the *« midst of natnre’s mightiest life and marvels, ak f leeorize the transformationa they, see, and me as- t nre themselves .against the powers and the crea- ;f tures by which tboy are-surrounded, there is not, nor, as tar aB we know,.has there ever been, any- : thing like it in any language. Indeed, it is on! y - possible to a man of fine modem culture." , JFACTS UVD FANCIES. - —Hot. f-- ***-,v^ —Some one says that Offenbach’s popularity in Paris is declining. .it declined here long ago. , —Gignoux, the artist, has lost by death an in- ,f : teresting little daughter. - * —New York will have twelve theatres next sea -: son. —Chicago sends fifteen million letters a year more than she receives. -' —Texas has discovered copper mines.. She baelliP copperheads already. : -a —The Appletona are to publish a periodical en-jMM titled “ Spare Honrs.” \ .p/s —Con the grief of amnlatto be considered yel-;l low pine? . - —Capitol punishment has been abolished in the;';# Kingdom bf Saxony. —Pedestrians in Colorado are called “waUdir: J^‘| ? -, ere.” - : ; —The principal staple-of to-morrow’s oc»v tion will be ’eat and drink. £Vs? ,< V?J -The oath of the Pendleton , Ye George! —When a Congressman logeti the ej es is he obliged to vote wMfi the nqesf ffTjmggWfe —Matilda Heron has diem a “Camille.” She may hove died a J times fov all we core. g -'n"' —To lose your watch mterferes with your plea- sure. At least, it prerents yon from haring a f godd time. S ' ■ -?*- -. —lt Is Bald that thelDemocrats have adopted _ . the apple blossom as a campaign badge. It -will be worn on the nose. —Unscrupulous swindlers ore scalping locusts, in lowa ana claiming bounty for gopher scalps.- They desired to go-for their cash. - s —Mr. Kay had his pocket picked In the Council . chamber yesterday, by a mend who wanted to make a ray-se. r •"*' —A few, policemen received the Pendleton es- \ cort in New York, and that Is what most of them ' were accustomed to. ' —’ —An ex-c'.ty official In Troy corrected his We : with on axe-handle fbro breach of etlquettom helping herself to butter at the tea table with her own knile; \ —"Pendleton or h—11” is the cry of some of the fire-eaters. The Dry Tortugas would bo a. more cheerful alternative. Some of them have . tried it. •" -.- , —Cnpid hasdrawn a tardy bow against old Tom Pluclde, the veteran actor, who-was already. t old when most of ns were young, who was pride of the Park Theatre, that only those of us -j whose locks are beginning to grizzle can call mind. He renews nis youth by taking to wire «tK fair widow of New York The god of love deserve* jM renown for this victory over ago. , ; ffi 1 , rm 4:00 O’Oloolr.