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EV ANS.-DE LA FAILLE.—On the ELI' instant, in St.
Martin's Church, Theodore C untaltimore, to
elerie Planet. only child of the lao Lou/s de Is
Failit. of Toulouse, Prance,
EVA NS—bic DUNALD.—On the Eth inst., in the Cathe.
drat. Baltimore, by the Most Rev. Archbishop Spalding.
D. D. siaristed by the Bev. //re. Thome, and John Foley.
Le Chevalier &byte, Evans. of Paris, France, to Annie
C.. daughter of the late Alexander A. McDonald. of Bal
timore.
DIED.
ADAMS —On the 26th of August, at Teenage° Colony.
Tema, John Alma Adam, , eon of Commodore U. A.
Adams. U. b. N. •
EMES==;=EM2I
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend the tuners). Pram the residence of her
untie. B. Quigley. 1019 Shipper. street. on tomorrow
(Friday) morning. at 10 o'clock. To proceed to lionald
eon's, Cello eterv. •
GRAP.PK—On Tuesday evening. c".th indult Anna
Maria Graeff. formerly of Lancarter,l'a.
The relatives and frienda of the 'amity are invited to
attend the funeral., from her late residence. No. 44 North
Sixth street. on Friday aftenimo. at 3 o'clock. Inter
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merit at Laurel IlilL
kiAliPAY.—On Monday evening. the 2i12 Wt.. Samuel
31 'malty, In the f:2th year of his age.
The relativk a and friends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral. from his late reehience.
Rising San, Lenn a ntosvn avenue. on Saturday afternoon.
the Li` th inst.. at 2 o'clock. To proceed to South Laurel
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eith year of his age.
Lib relent ea and friends, also members of the Rose
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funeral, from hes Late residence, 1111 Hanover street,
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XPECIIAL NOTICEdS.
Ber OFFICE OF THE MAYOR. OF THE CITY OP
PH ILADP.LPHIA.
Whereas, MARY MOIDIMANN &female child. 6 Years
of age. has been murdered under circumstances of fi endish
atrocity. by some person unknown: Now therefore, .
Morton McMichael. Mayor of the city of Philadelphia.
do hereby offer a reward of ONE zuouse-No DOL
LARS for curb information as will Lead to the detection
and conviction of the perpetrator of this unparalleled
crime.
Witness my hand and the seal of the raid city. tbia
ninth day of deptember. A. D. M.
MORTON Mc :MICHAEL.
Mayor.
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THEATRE3B, Etc.
AT THE ARCH.-On Saturday evening next the
season will be inaugurated with a comedy night,
when the new company will be presented - in
Goldsmith's grand old comedy, She Stoops to
Conquer. The following cast embraces some of
the best actors In the stock company:
MRB. JOHN DREW as ............. MISS HARDCASTLE
Young Marlowßarton Hill
Tony_Lumpkin......... ... .. . .......... . . ..... .Robert Craft
Mr. liardeastle . . F F. Mackay
Hastings L. L. James
,Sir Charles Marlow .
.W. Wa ll is
Digg"ry lii Hemple
Mrs. Hardeastle.... ........ ............ ... . . Mrs. Thayer
MOB Neville. .......... ....... • ...... ... Mrs. T. A. Orem
The performance will conclude with the farce
Jenny Lind, in which Miss Fanny Davenport will
appear with Mr. Craig.
AT THE WALNUT last night Foul Play was re
peated, and despite the foul weather the house
was crowded. The piece improves with each
performance, and although the drama is hope
lessly defective in many particulars, the good
acting and the unusually handsome, scenery re
deem it and make the
,entertainment very at
tractive.
AT Tim CnEarner, this evening the White
.Fawn will be given in its reconstructed condition.
Air. Burke will execute the "lightning drill"
which has been received with so much applause
every night. The horseback drill will be given,
with the famous cascade scene, which is certainly
one of the most exquisite effects ever produced
upon the Philadelphia stage. Bonfanti and
Bohlke will appear also, supported by the entire
ballet troupe, and by the excellent company.
The White Fawn is a succese x And a brilliant one.
Marine Intelligence.
NEW YORK, September 10tb.—ArTIved—Steam
ship Allernania, from Hamburg; and Mtesouri,
'from Havana,
LETTER FROM WASITISOWON.
Representative Woodbridge, of Ver.
moist, Denies that He is a Candidate
for Commis/donor of fievenne--Status
of the !supervisors and BetectiVes—
easons Why Rollins Has not
Appointed the Latter—The Tobacco
Bonded 'Warehouse Question
Sets.
Clement.
Mulls of Set.
Clement.
(Correspondence of the Philadelphia Evening Bollettn.]
WASHINGTON, September, 9, 1868.—Representts
tire Woodbridge,' of Verment, whom a number
of newspaper correspondents here had reported
as seeking the appointment of Commissioner of
internal Revenue, to succeed Rollins, this morn
,
into called upon Mr. R., and assured him that he
(Woodbridge) was not a candidate for the
position, did not want it, - and
was at a loss to _ know why
the story was started that he was seeking
the place. So this effectually settles
the case so far as Mr. Woodbridge is concerned,
that he is decidedly "out of the ring." There is
no change to note in the matter of the appoint
ment of Supervisors, Commissioner 'Rollins is
determined to adhere to the nominations already
made, and there's; no prospect of his "backing
dawn." Secretary McCulloch, on the other hand
seems equally resolved not to confirm those re
commended by Rollins, so there is no telling
when the dead lock will end. No detectives haye
been appointed by Commissioner Rollins, ex
cept two or three in different parts of
the country, where their services, were abso
lutely required, and could not be dispensed with.
The appointment of detectives has teen delayed
to see what action Secretary McCulloch would
take in regard to the Supervisors. The detec
tives are, in a measure, assistants to the Sur
visors, and the Commissioner has very w isely
refrained from appeinting them till the difficulty
about the Supervbeis has been adjusted, because
when that is settled the Supervisors chosen will
be consulted upon the appointment of detectives
to be assigned to their ffistricts.
The report that Rollins would appoint the
twenty-five detectives allowed him by law, and
then get along the bast way he could without
Supervisors, requiring the detectives to perform
the duties of the latter, as far as practicable, is
without foundation.
THE TOBACCO BONDED wARELIOUSE QUESTION.
Collector Diehl and J. Rinaldo Sank, of Phila
delphia. representing the tobacco trade of your
city, left, for home last evening. They only
partially succeeded in having their difficulties
settled, as Commissioner Rollins was not author
ized to grant them all the relief they desired.
Four applications tor tobacco bonded ware
housea were presented, and an understanding
was had that these should be consolidated into
two, and the parties in Philadelphia interested
in the trade must settle the difference between
themselves, which will be no easy matter, unless
they agree to "toss np" as to who shall with
draw, and which agreed upon to be reported to
Washington favorably.
Another difficulty arises from the fact that:the
law contemplates that these bonded warehoneei
shall tre only used for storage, whereas, hereto
lore, the proprietors have used them as pikassof
traffic, by having counting-rooms attached to
their warehouses, where they. sold to their custo
mers as they came along. The Commissioner is
disposed to grant to the trade all the privileges
be can, and has intimated that he will make no
objections to connting-rooms in the bonded ware
hunses, although the law neither authorizes nor
prohibits traffic upon the premises bonded. •
fiesquituxsars,
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EUROPEAN AFFADIB
General Dix on the Political Situation
in America.
PARIS, Aug. 28, 1868.—Certain English paper
writers, very badly informed, and certainly very
little interested in the grand political campaign
of the coming faith' the United States, have un
dertaken to state the views of two or three of the
American Ministers abroad on the questions in
volved In the coming election. One paper has
stated in the most confident manner that Mr.
Reverdy Johnson and General Dix were head and
bead for Seymour as the next President of the
United States. This statement I have reason to
know is rightly believed to be untrue as to Mr.
Johnson, and certainly it Is as to General Dix.
The latter speaks with the utmost freedom and
frankness on the subject with all, and has no dis
guise when one asks his opinion. He says that
he should regard the election of Mr. Seymour at
this juncture as a great calamity, and that the
only hope for the peace and tranquillity of the
country during the next four years is in the firm
nt ss, good sense and patriotism of Gen. Grant.
He speaks with the same freedom against
the resolution passed by the Fourth of July Con-
vention of Democrats for paying the five-twen
ties in paper, and, considers it a gross violation
of the public' faith pledged under circumstances
of imminent danger and difficulty. He says that
the well-known Indecision of Seymour, as well as
his conduct during the rebellion, and the repudi
ating declaration of the Convention held in New
York which put him in nomination, ought to be
decisive of the approaching contest.
In every form General Dix,mindful of the trials
and sufferings through which our country has
passed during the rebellion, and with a full know
ledge of the causes and influences that prompted
it and carried it on so long and the elements that
are now ruling the Democratic jparty, is an
avowed opponent of the Democratic party and
its leaders and candidates in the coming cam
paign. He is an open and earnest advocate of
the election of General Grant, through which he
sees a career of peace,prosperity and tranquillity
for our country-
I do not hesitate to state the opinions of Gen.
Dix thus fully, for he has expressed them with
out the slightest reserve to more than one of my
intimate acquaintances. No one-who has talked
with him on the subject has been left in the dark
relative to his opinions, -which are essentially as
I have stated above. Of my own personal know
ledge I am - sure - that 1 have given, in it brief man
ner, General . Dlx's_views on the coming contest.
Experiments at Chalons.
A Paris letter says: Among the experiments
announced to be made In the - presence - of the EOl
- during ids approaching visit to the camp
Em
of Chalons, are some of a remarkable character,
in which the explosive force applied to heavy
ordnance is to be produced• by the, agency of
petroleum. The French authorities profess to
expect important results from these experiments.
The Death of Madame Victor Hugo.
The Pall Mall Gazette says : •
Mdme. Victor Hugo, whose death is announced
by a telegram from Brussels, had just arrived in
that city - from Paris,
where she had been staying
for some months In the hope of obtaining relief
from a malady from which she had been long suf
fering. On Tuesday afternoon, without any pre
monitory symptoms, she was seized with an
attack of congestion of the brain, from which she
never recovered. She was insensible almost
from the seizure till her death, which took place
between six and seven o'clock yesterday morn
ing. The deceased lady had expressed a wish to
be burled at Weenier, in France, in the same
grave as that in which her daughter Leopoldine
was interred twenty-five years• ago. This wish
will be respected, and M. Hugo and his sons,
Charles and Francis will accompany the remains I
to the . French frontier, but no further. , I
The Chassepot Rifle.
Some experiments have recently been made at
the camp of Lyons on the bodies of dead horses,
with the.view of ascertaining -the precise charac
ter of the wounds _produced by conical ballots
discharged, from the Chassepot muskets. It is
said that the aperture, made b,y,th e :projectile at
the moment it penetrates 'the flesh is commonly
no larger than an ordinary pea, but that the ro
tary movement of the ball revolving on its axis
gradually enlarges its eLreles until it makes a
hole into which a person could thrust both flats.
FRANCE.
PHILADELPHIA, THUR
Seizure of a French Journal.
The Paris Figaro of August 28 was seized. It
publishes a long letter from Mazzhat to Garibaldi,
in which the old Italian republican expresses his
conviction that Napoleon lIL la determined to
add the Rhenish provinces to his crown, and that
he considers a general conflagration can only
lead to events which will be advantageous to de
mocracy. He bids Garibaldi remember that his
mission is to protect the peoples against kings in
like manner as engineers, who, by their works of
improvement. guard humanity against pestllence.
It would be impossible, it is said, to exaggerate
the revolutionary character of the letter.
111 E EARTHQUAKE AT GIBRALTAR 4
Singular Phenomeng.
Of the earthquake which was felt at Gibraltar
on the. 18th of August the Gibraltar Chronicle
says:
'A strange fact is reported by steamers and
ships passing through tne Straits about the time
of the shock. Although the wind was westerly,
there was each a strong current running to the
eastward that steamers which had been making
eight knobs, and ships under fall sail, could make
no headway whatever, the ships even, actually
making stern-way. It is also said that shoale
of fish of all kinds were seen leaping out of the
water, and apparently in a state of great alarm.
At Algeciras the shock was felt more severely
than at Gibraltar. Here, in the South, the dis
turbance was greater than in the town—another
argument in favor of the theory that the neigh
borhood of the Straits was the part most
affected."
The London Daily News says :
"The occurrence of an earthquake at Gibraltar
almost simultaneously with a renewal of the ac
tion of Mount Vesuvius Is a circumstance well
worthy of notice. It seems to afford strong evi
dence in favor of the view that the subterranean
forces, whose effects have been exhibited from
time to time over the whole basin of the Mediter
ranean, and for many miles from its shores, form
a single earthquake district, of which Teneriffe,
Vesuvius Etna, Stromboli and the Archipelagic
and Syrian volcanoes are the safety valves.
Doubts have often been thrown upon this view,
and we notice that an eminent modem physicist
distinguishes five or six distinct disturbance belts
in the region we have named. But the evidences
of simultaneous or of reciprocal action are suffi
ciently numerous and striking to leave little room
for dubiety on the subject.
' Gibraltar is not a region very frequently dis
turbed by earthquako shocks, though from its
situation between the noted earthquake regions
of the Spanish peninsula and northern Africa one
would expect to find it the scene of violent sub
terranean action. The provinces of Malaga,Mur
cia and Granada have been ravaged by numerous
and important earthquakestand the shocks which
devastated Lisbon in 1755 were among the most
terrible ever recorded. Some of the earthquakes
which have been experienced in Algeria and
Morocco have also brought desolation on wide
spread districts. Yet the country on either side
of the Straits of Gibraltar has continued compari-
Lively free from disturbance, though occasionally
visited by shocks of considerable violence."
The Accident to count Bismarck.
The Berlin correspondent of the London Times
atvts the particulars of the accident to Count
Bismarck, of which we have only heard by tele
graph. While riding on his estate of Varzine, ac
companied by two friends, his horse stepped with
his fore-feet into a hole,. turned a complete som
ersault, and throwing the Count, fell with his
whole weight upon him. Miraculously enough,
be was not crushed to death, but escaped with a
few bruises._ Though- speechless for a -few mo
ments, and in a state of great nervous excite
ment for the next twenty-four hours, he has now
so far recovered the effects of his fall that
he finds himself in his usual state of health. It is
belled that, with his well-known strength of con
stitution, the nervous disorder under which he
bas been suffering of late will not be brought on
again by the accident.
, Whirlwlnd In Italy.
On August 17th, about nine at night, an extra
ordinary meteoric Whirlwind appeared between
Ballengo and a lvres, in Italy. In its passage it
spread desolation around, devastating houses and
fields and uprooting the largest trees. Happily
there is no loss of life to deplore. The road from
Cascinnetta to Burolo was covered over an ex
tent of 400 metres with old trees from the fields.
At that spot stood a dwelling- house, the roof of
which was carried off and the walls of the upper
story knocked down. A carriage in the court
yard was carried outside, but smashed to pieces.
The phenomenon, observed by many persons,
was in the form of an immense cone, of a dark
gray color with a luminous base. From its upper
part issued a smoke similar to that of a locomo
tive. The whole was about ten metres in width,
and moved at about three metres from the
ground, making a sharp noise. It twisted about
in various directions and advanced spirally.
Robbery of the Prince de Joinvi lle.
A correspondent of the London Times, writing
from Wiesbaden, gives the following
Prince de Joinville was robbed of 7,000 E in
notes and gold, some promissory notes and a let
ter of credit. The
C h e rproety lad been stolen
from his bedchamber in Hotel of the Four
Seasons during the night, the Prince having
omitted to fasten his door and being asleep at the
time. The Director of the Police, M. Seyfried, a
most intelligent official. immediately instituted
an Inquiry and learned from a bonne in the hotel
that a German who lodged in the same establish
ment was observed to hang about the passage
the greater part of the night. He proved to be
the robber and was arrested when at play at the
Kursaal.
Poor Carlotta.
The London Lancet reports:
The mental derangement of the ex-Empress
Ch otte, of ao, has reassumed an acute
form; is subject to attacks of furious
mania; and on the uthority of her medical at,
tendants the "beginning of the end" is now so
near that telegrams are passing daily between
Vienna and Luken, her place of confinement.
Royal Matrimonial Matters.
The King of Bavaria appears seriously to in
tend to marry the Emperor of Russia's charming
young daughter. Prince Hohenlohe has under
taken to smooth the difficulties arising from the
youthful Grand Duchess's persistence in the
Greek faith, whereas Louis 11. is Catholic. The
Duke d'Alencon, as is well known,, marries the
Princess litathilde. of Bavaria, whom the Bing,
to use an unpoetiC expression, jilted. Thirty-two
royal personages have been invited to the Duke's
wedding.
GREECE.
Looking out for rourragut.
ATIIMNS, August .I.3.—The Grace contains the
following allusions to,ithe expected visit of the
American squadron tot - the Emus:—
The United States 'men-of-war. Franklin and
Frolic have anchored at Syra just in time to take
part in the public rejoicings upon the occasion of
the Prince 'Royal's birth. The population of Byrn
has given the crews of these vessels the heartiest
reception.
The visit of Admiral rragut is impatiently
awaited at Athens. The inhabitants of the city
are as curious to see him' as they are desirous of
testifying to him their admiration of the talents
and courage he displayed In the late war In the
United States.
Nowhere outside of America are Admiral Far
maul's exploits better known and appreciated
than in Greece; nowhere, also, 'did the causd of
the - United States possess as . Warm Well-wishers ad
among the Greela: In the triumph of the Union
the Greeks have hailed the victory of a friendly
people at the some time as the consolidation of
liberal and republican institutions, which are also
in vogue in Greece, notwithstlinding the =mar-
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
DAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1863
ebieal form with which their attributes are In
vested among tie.
We arc happy to be able to inform our readers
that Admiral Parragut intends to visit Athens in
a few weeks.
His Conduct, In Court—The District
attorney and Mr. Hinckley liiisagree
—A Scene.
Mom the New York Times of toatar.l
The charge of conspiring to defraud the Gov
ernment in the collection of the whisky tax, pre
ferred against Commiesioners Rollins and Harlan,
and ex-Uollector Thomas E. Smith, by John. M.
Blackleg, Solicitor of the Internal Revenue De
partment, was before Commissioner Guttman
again in the United States District Court-room at
12 M yesterday..
The District-Attorney called John D. McHenry
but before the witness took the stand, Mr. Binck
ey arose and addressed the (Commissioner. He
said he Wanted to state that there was a material
difference of opinion between the District-Attor
ney and himself as to the manner in which the
case should be conducted, and he asked that it be
adjourned till Thuraday, the 17th, so that he could
communicate with the superior officers of the
Government, as to the manner in which the case
should be conducted.
Mr. John H. White protested against any de
lay in doing justice to his client, Mr. Smith. He
knew nothing about the family quarrels of the
conned for the prosecution. If the gentleman
wanted brains to carry on this case he could find
~ ,plenty of them in this city.
Mr. John Sedgwick said ho had been Instructed
to appear for Commissioner Harlan, and that he
should make a charge of perjury against the wit
ness, McHenry. He declared that there were no
grounds whatever for the prosecution, and that
it was instituted for ulterior purposes. A more
hybrid, mongrel, contemptible charge, without
form and without substance, ho had never known
in the course of his legal experience. The gen
donates only object in the prosecution could be
to create scandaL Mr. Sedgwick argued that
although Mr. Courtney had associated Mr. Binck
ley with him in the management of the case, the
responsible officer in the prosecution was the
District-Attorney, and it was for the latter to
move an adjournment if it was in his judgment
necessary.
Mr. Binekley said the counsel bad been pleased
to speculate with regard to his (tdr. Binckley's)
connection with this case. It was a scandal in
the gentleman to cast such aspersions. At the
proper time lie would explain the history of the
case, and the difficulties that had been thrown in
his way, but would not now be betrayed into a
statement of them at an improper time. He
claimed that the intimation of an intention to
bring a charge against a witness in the case was
simply an attempt to intimidate the witness. He
had decided, Instead of resigning his office,
prosecute this case, and all the efforts that had
been made to annoy him, could not drive him
from it.
District-Attorney Courtney said he had pa
tiently heard all that his former associate had to
say. This distinguished gentleman came on from
Washington more than two weeks ago, and with
out the common courtesy of informing him what
he was doing, made affidavits and procured the
arrest of the parties before the Court. He (the
District-Attorney) had nothing to do with getting
up the affidavits. He afterward waived the dis
courtesy and took up the case, and he found it
like drawing eye-teeth to get out of the gentleman
the details of the case, and his idea of the manner
of managing it: 'He found the gentleman had
an idea that the . Southern District-of-New York
bad Jurisdiction all over the United States. Un
til the last moment he had been unable to obtain
anything from the gentleman with regard to
what he knew of the case. Mr. McHenry had
stated to the District-Attorney that he could not
honorably testify with regard to what Murray
had told him, because he had promised Murray
sacredly that the statements should not be made
public. The gentleman knowing this had
yet permitted the witness to be examined on these
points. As far as he (the District-Attorney)
was concerned this gentleman (Mr. Binekley )
should not open his month in this case again.
Be was a mere interloper here. He had been
received with courtesy in his office, and after
the abuse and the insult that gentleman had
heaped upon him his manhood and self-respect
would not permit him to associate with him in
the prosecution of this case. After the insult
offered to him in his (Binckley's) own room at
the Astor House, he (the District-Attorney) had
addressed a telegram to the law-office of the
Government at Washington, to which he had re
ceived the following reply:
WASHINGTON, D. C., September 8, 1868.
Samuel E. Courtney, United States District-At
torney: Your telegram received. The act of
September 24, 1789, imposes upon you the duty
of prosecuting in your district all delinquents for
crimes and offences cognizable under the autho
rity of the United States. The conduct of the
prosecution against the parties charged in your
district with conspiring with Mr. E. A. Rollins is
devolved, therefore, by law on you, and this
office cannot relieve you from the duty. Mr.
Binekley has not been employed by the Attorney-
Gem raj, nor, so far as this office is apprised, by
any head of department,to assist you in this case.
He participates in the prosecution, therefore, ay
your sufferance. Any_ pretension that he has a
right to represent the United States ex-officio as
Solicitor in the Internal Revenue office seems to
to me to be without warrant of precedent or law.
J. HunLEY ASHTON
Acting Attorney-Gener'aL
The following is the Distriet-Attorney's des
patch to which the above was an answer, bat
which was not read at this time.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT-ATTORNEY% OFFICE,
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, Sept. 8,1868.
—lion. J. Hubley Ashton: Personal relations with
Solicitor of Internal Revenue are such that I can
not act with him any longer .in the prosecution
of the case of E. A. Rollins et al. You will oblige
tee very much by designating some person to act
in such proseentlean. My manhood and self-res
pect forbid any further association with him. The
case is set down for to-morrow at 12 M.
- _ SAMUEL G. Uouirramr,
United States District Attorney.
He could not (Mr. Courtney proceeded to say)
although official decapitation stood in view, as
this distinguished individual had threatened,
permit the gentleman to have anything to do
with the case. He was ready to go on with this
case, but he was not here to asperse unjustly the
character of any official, where that upon which
the aspersion was founded was obtained from
thieves, perjurers and villains. It had turned out
that some of the affidavits had been made in
consideration of the paltry sum of $l5 apiece.
Be was glad to inform the public that the indi
viduals who had made them were in custody and
would be duly brought to justice. Mr. Binekley
had appeared in this case by his (the District-
Attorney's) permission. He now withdrew that
permission.
Mr. Binekley arose to address the Commis
sioner.
Mr. Courtney—l object to him saying a word
here.
Mr. White--I object too,
Mr. Binckley—You'd better object; you don't
want to hear what I,have to say.
The Commissioner said he wished to say a
word. It would seem, he said, that on account
of the differences between the two law officers of
the Government, and as 'Mr. Binckley had had
the affidavits drawn and was familiar with .tho
evidence in this case, perhaps the case should be
adjourned in, order that the, facts might be ob
tained from Mr."Binckley by the District-Attor
ney. In that case Mr, Smith's ,surety should be
discharged and he would be held simply on Ids
own recognizance.
Mr. Sedgwick said that in view of the telegram
from the Acting Attorney-General; it was etri
ent that Mr. Bmckley was not a law, officer of
the government, the term inadvertently used by
POLITICAL.
HINCKLEY.
the Commissioner. How waa it that the gentle
man had withheld from the District-Attorney
what he knew of the evidence of the case ?
Mr. Binckley arose to address the Court.
Mr. White objected to his speak/Elgin this case.
Ho was an interloper.
Mr. Blnekley Intimated that he would say
something that the gentleman did not want
said.
Mr.
Mr. White—l defy
You you 'll have to and all yettu t
uganpg.
Bindsle y— ge higher
tefore you can defy me. I'm not to be frightened
by you.
Mr. White—A man that goes prowling around
among perjurers!
Mr. Binclifey said that the District-Attorney
bad the names of the loin:teases, and knew where
and how to get them. When the Court told him
to sit down he should obey the Court with
great
respect, but he was not to be frightened by the
conned. He submitted to the District-Attorney
whether he had not all the facts---
Mr. Courtney—l submit that I shall answer no
Impertinent questions from you.
Mr. Bincklev again naked that the case be ad
journed. Be naked the District Attorney if he
had not already acknowledged him (sir. 131nek-r
ley) as his superior in this case ?
Mr. Courtney said he should be very sorry to
acknowledge the gentleman as his superior
morally, intellectually, or in-any other way.
Mr. Binckley asked that his status in the case
be fixed by the Commissioner.
The Commissioner said that he was there only
by the sufferance of the District Attorney. As the
District Attorney had withdrawn his permis
sion, he could not appear in the prosecution of
the case.
Mr. Binaley (rising)—l bow with the greatest
respect to the decision of the Court. (Going to
ward the door)-1.11 appear again in New York.
[Laughter. I
Mr. White (shouting after him)—Do
And Mr. Binckley left the court-room.
After some farther argument with regard to the
propriety of adjourning the case, the Commis
sioner said that he thought it was best, for the
interest of all parties, that this case should not
go on to-day.
RarunuicAN Mag - rnio.—A spirited meeting of
the Grant and Colfax Club of the Twenty-sixth
Ward was held at Kater's Hall last evening, and
its members were present in strong force.
Thomas Leybnrn, Esq., ono of the officers of
the club, made some very effective and telling re
marks, urging the necessity of thorough and con
tinuous organization for the campaign, so that
the Republicans of the Ward may be enabled to
do their entire duty in the coming elections. He
was listened to with marked attention, and was
frequently applauded.
lion. Charles O'Neill was called upon and ad
dressed the meeting at some length, especially
commending the sound advice of Mr. Leybnrn.
He urged the great importance of untiring exer
tion in the cause of the country, calling upon
every one present to stand by the principles of
the Republican party. He pressed with force the
vast responsibility now upon the voters of Phila
delphia of carrying triumphantly the local ticket,
so that our city might continue to be governed
in its municipal interests by those who, in the
past few years, had done do much for Its pros
perity and advancement He demonstrated the
influence that a victory in October would
have in the Presidential campaign,
and how the success then accomplished would
lead to the certain election of Grant and Colfax.
He also paid a glowing tribute to the character
of the nominees of the Chicago Convention,
speaking of them as ho knew' them, and im
-1 pressing upon the meeting the point that the
safety of the country for all time to come de
pended upon the election of Grant, who had
proved himself able to conquer rebellion in the
field, and of Colfax, who in all public positions
had shown himself Worthy of the people's choice.
Hon. David Foy, the efficient and reliable mem
ber of the Legislature, also spoke. His remarks
were well received by his constituents who were
present. He said he was ready at all times to do
his duty in this campaign. He had no doubt of
the result of the election. He believed a great
triumph awaited the Republican party, but can
tioned care, watchfulness and unrelaxed efforts,
so that the victory might be overwhelming.
Amid cheers for Grant and Colfax, O'Neill, Foy,
Alderman Dallas, Stewart, Brown and the whole
ticket, the meeting adjourned.
MORE INDIAN OUTRAGES.
Wanton Butchery of Children.
The Denver (Colorado) Tribune of the 4th says:
We are under the necessity of recording another
butchery by the band of Indians who have already
done so much damage to our frontier settlers, it
being the murder of the little boy near Delano's
mill, whose capture we recorded Thursday. His
body was brought into town yesterday morning,
having been found about three-quarters of a mile
from the house where he lived.
It appears that the three children were out ga
thering currants, when tile Indians got after the
stock near by, which the herder run for the mill
as fist as possible. On the way there be passed
the children and told them to make fur home as
the Indians were after him. They did as they
were told, and the two eldest succeeded in getting
in, but the third being the smallest, could not
run so fast, and was consequently captured. The
herder saw une of the Indians stoop from his
horse and seize the child by the arm, carrying
him a few feet In that manner. and then drawing
a revolver shot him through the head as he rode
He then dropped him, not making an attempt to
scalp him, and rode on.
Nine men at the mill on Wednesday had a fight
with fifteen of the savages, and succeeded in kill
ing one of them. These nine men are said to be
a there are at the mill. The woman who
bionght the child's body In says that if they were
to be attacked again their ammunition would not
last an hour.
IFROU PEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—The Board of Police
yesterday investigated the case of officer John
Hamblin, of the Fourth precinct, for alleged Im
proper conduct toward Justice Hogan and for
entering into a newspaper controversy on police
business. Justice Hogan's evidence was to the
effect that Hamblin had brought a prisoner be
fore him against whom he refused to make any
charge. Hamblin appealed to the Board for
time to prepare his defence, and the case was ad
journed to Monday.
Minister Burlingame assures Governor Curtin
In the fullest terms of the validity 01 a telegraph
grant made by the Chinese Government to the
East India Telegraph Company.
The Directors of the Elevated ailway on
Greenwich street, it is said, expect t R o have the
road completed to Thirtieth street by New
Year's.
John S. Allen, who was convicted with Cain
con and Enrilit for whisky frauds, and sen
tenced to one year's imprisonment and to pay a
fine of $2,000, was released yesterday. The
President some time ago remitted all of his sen
tence but the fine, and the amount was made up
by his friends.
Unpopularity of Might:ma Young, Jr•
The Salt Lake City Reporter of August 31st
says:
'Madame Rumor says that recently Brigham
Young, Jr., was proposed to the 'School of the
Prophets' as the prospective successor of his
father in the leadership of the Mormon Church,
and that upon a vote being called for, only three
were east In his favor. We have heard of several
presentations of similar characters at different
times."
—Three enterprising members of the English
"Alpine Club" have been gratifying their mania
for climbing . brasdending - some of the loftiest
peaks of the Caucasus, one of. which, Elwyn,
reaches an elle/anon of 18,526 feet, and is much
the highest mountain in Europe. They appoar
to have formed a much more favorable opinion
of the mountains Ulan of the mountaineers.
FETHERsTON. Publisbar.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
FWZS AND FANCIES.
—The odor of sanctity—pew.
—Wandering minstrel performances arc called
"prairie opera" in Chicago.
—"Professor of the accumulative art," It tiro
polite phrase for thief in California.
—E. L. Davenport has been playthg u ßtchenetz
to the Mormons.
—After mature deliberation the Morning_ PosE
decides that the O'Vaux is the Wickedest Man in
Philadelphia.
—Colored George French died the other
Poughkeepsie, aged 106. In his boyhood he was~ .
the body servant of Bishop White.
--Henry Ward Beecher once said that
"the opening voluntary should be like a screen
rolled down between the congregation and the ,
world."
—A play is in preparation for a New York
Theatre, to be called "1868." The principal char
acters are editors and pollticians—heroes and
—lt is becoming fashionable to. take tea in the
daytime in France, and lovers of the cup that
cheers but not inebriates" hope soon to see the
French drink tea instead of wine at breakfast.
auhter recently made
her appe a rance ones d
the st a ge at Melbourne; but
the manager cancelled her engagement after• the
first night.
—Base ball clubs are rivalling each other in in
venting quaint and ludicrous titles. Two of these
organizations in Rochester are known respectively
as the Early Birds and the Unfortunate Worms.
—Nobody is responsible for the Grecian Bend.
The idiot females who practice it do so on their
own hook; or, as the expression has been
riallzed, on their personal curve.
—A young man took the trouble to undress
himself before leaping a hundred feet from the
Cincinnati suspension bridge with suicidal intent_
Hethus had dry clothes to put on when he was
picked up.
—A Rocky Mountain correspondent of the
A Mau News says that he has seen both Grant and
Colfax at different times riding on the driver's
I seat down those mountains, where the grade is
so steep that the boot of thecoach will sometimes•
be in advance of the lead horses!
—Mrs. Scott Siddons, the actress, is described
as ladylike and lovely in, appearance. She-pos
sesses grace and talent, but has not the tragic
power or force of Mrs. Frances Anne Semble.
Her readings are rather dramatic recitations, and
are full of merit.
—Madame Lehar,a French actress,has been or
dered out of the country by the Russian govern
ment. She was playing at Warsaw, when the
Poles applauded, but the &miens hissed; where
upon her husbnd, who was leading the orches
tra, turned ab o ut and swore at the Russians. The
government calls it "Insulting the public."
—On January 1, 1865, when the Washington
National Intelligencer changed proprietors,Mr.
Thomas Donohue, who for fifty years had been
the chief bookkeeper, retired. Before leaving.
however, he obtained the old slgn-board of
the office and had it made into a etiffin for him
self.
—A Man who made an exhibition of perform—
ing beam in the streets of Quebec was recently
complained of and taken before the courts for
endangering the lives of citizens. He took his
animals into the court, and proved to the judge
that they were not dangerous, as they happened
to be boys disguised in bear skins.
—A "coffee-drinker" in Vienna offers a liberal
reward for the mechanic who will construct for
him a coffee machine that will preserve the full
aroma of the coffee. He says
infuse,tha he has pur
chased all the machines now
those patented at the Paris Exposition. None of
them, be says, are satisfactory, and the collets
machine has not yet been invented.
-- - -
—The question is be discussed whether the
Church of Scotland is not, like that of England.
now the representative of a minority of the people-
A writer goes over the available statistics—prison.
marriage, education,and worship—and concludes
that the worshippers outside of the establish
ment are double those wi pin it.
-TEE NOVEL STYLE OF NOVE;„0 READING.
Husband (Old style question): "Want! dipping
into the third volume, to see if every one is mar—
ried?"
Wife (New style of answer): "Oh, they were
married In the first volume. I only wanted to
see if It was really her husband who poisoned
her.''
—When sovereigns travel in Earope, common
filks have to got out of the way. Thus a corre
spondent of a London paper, announcing the ar
rival of Queen Victoria at the summit of the
Fork(' pass, Switzerland, says: "The entire:
Parka hotel has been reserved for Her Majesty
and suite, who propose to stay there three days,
and notice has been given that during this time
DO travelers will be received at the hotel, but that
refreshments will be served in an outbuilding."
—ln a small town in New York where the
population is mostly of German origin; the in
habitants had just built a meeting-house. It had
a tall spire, but no conductor for the lightning.
Being reminded of the deficiency and the danger,
the building committee undertook to raise the
money needed for a rod, and made their first
plication to a wealthy Dutch farmer, who bad
already given largely. "No," said he, indig
nantly "I have helped build the shursh, and now
if the lord has a mind to dander down his own
house, he may do it, for all me."
—Mlle. Linowski, a good-looking yeung Pollak
woman, is traveling in France and giving lessons
in swordsmanship. Whenever she arrives in a
city where she is not yet known, she challenges
all the experienced swordsmen of the place to
fence with her, and she generally beats them all.
At Melon she gave a great public "an aut," at,
which she crossed swords with the best swords
men of the lancers of the guard and several Part
elan professors of swordsmanship, and she tri
umphed over them all, to the great delight of the
large crowd who witnessed the performance.
—A German savant has discovered that this
globe we live on is gradually shrinking, by the
process of cooling, which hasbeen going on since
its creation. In the lapse of time the contrac
tion will draw all the continents below the water
level except a very few high points. which will
be the residence of such few human beings as
may be able to get on them. These human beings
will be modified and transformed to suit the
changed condition of things. But, for the satis
faction of the present generation, it is stated that
these changes cannot be effected in less than live
hundred millions of centuries.
—An editor says: "An aunt of ours concluded
to try the effect of a pleasant smile and a kind
word upon her husband, when he returned front
his work. She had read how a home should be
pleasant, and the wife should alway meet her
husband with a joyful smile. The succ s
ess she had
is best given in the shape of a dialogue. (Enter
husband, almost exhausted, and very hungry--
withal ; throws his hat on She floor, and
drops heavily into a seat. Wife preparing
tea, looks up with a smile and is so glad : to .see
him. him.)
Wife—" Well, my dear,it is so nice to have you
hei aat meal time, (A. lone smile.) - - -
Husband—" Yes, I suppose So."
Wife—" How has your business prospered to
day ?" (Another smile.)
Husband—" About so-so."
Wife—"Como, my dear, supper is ready; let
me draw your chair." (Another smile.)
Flusband,gruffly—"l stn too Brea to stir. Wait
till I warm my feet."
Wife—"Do as you choose, my dear." (Another
sweet smile.) • '
Busband---"LOOk o'here, old woman, before
any more fuss is made about it, I should like
to know what in thutuler yen are grinning at?"
Aunt sighed and
_reltueldshed her sweet:
smiles from that date: 'Uncle was hot one bf
thaw romantic sort, and didn't undersfand such
things.