Five iiionsuu»4 1>oll&)t-* Keward «mtciß raet-'*<> tonninyiteimino peunaocntTmmw ol Weuni)«i» erw 'iKiiiiijitio two years,; Enfiorrod ky rremltont PblUdolpW* l’hwiclann,and reeommeiwed bv tbcmMßdi of tur clttxoxv. proving 'the feMIM eden, ’ tffloriVe«rth from a pronunent modicil inan. It* bie.it •ad character era fully, established. Sold br allrecMct" abte drift Kiri*' and prepared at Principal Office?, SB Swtn F«vrtb, Pbil^doipbia; ?Q4 Broadwtt* New* York* and No.: 1 Ctattral Place. Beaton. Advice gratia. fcfthegt : f jrtcs bir Hemorrhoidal in temal ’or bxternal-*bHnd«-l>lceditg and itching—jwU. Wvib, verfecly and permanently carod, «itlioat paln dacger.ir.ctniDieutß or eanwlct. by W. A. MoCANuIiESd. 11. p., it»26 Spring Garden street. References to over ono tkoSani of tbo bett eltlzeus of Philadelphia. < Mre. Pr. PoCAMfLESS sivea her. attention to all femalepntifnta. ' ■ a; la I isuvd Bark.-11 Is said tlintMcNsra. P%“e” To .( "oprictor. or the, RI.A.NT.ATION' BIT- Trhbfare tfielarecat importer., ofCallaayaßarklo 'thia SSEbifStd that ttie oxceptto.. of an t occasional .... ■.] they import is used in tho compounding of their Slehratcd PLAOTATION MTTKKd. to which they ue double dir arc Indebted for tbolr wonderful health: «l>Tonicana Adpetlaer they too notsurpiuEed, and we chcei fully recommend' them. All flrst-clats pruygißts keep them ityr CalA k 1 MAGNOLIA WATER.—Superior to tho best imported Gcinian Cologne, and sold at half tho price.tfoB-ttt.Ui.Mlt. RIEKM * - Manufacturers of ' FIRST-CLASS AGREFFH PLATES ./pjaNOFORTEB. . Warerooms, . No. 610 ARCH Street, Philadelphia. delotbetuBm{ a*—, BTECK & CO.'S AND HAINES BROS’. Iflf'l ts-Planoa. Mason A HamUn'a Cabinet and Metro ■ Muon Uryam* with Vox Humano. J. E GOULD, de29.tn-tbe-tmhll ■ No. ICS Chestnut street. m *m . S THIN WAY’S PIANOS RECEIVED THE ■WF3ibigheet award (first gold medal! at the Interna- Eons' Eihlbltlon. Pons, 1867, See Official Report, at tkeWareroomof BLABIUB BROS., ■eU-tf No. 1006 Chestnut street. THE .CHICKERINa PIANOS RECEIVFD WfFp the highest award at, the Paris Exposition. W 14 Cbestnnt etreot. «e3l,t/; EYENMG BULLETIN* Thursday, February 4, 1869. PESN SRPARE FOB A CENTRE OF LEARNING. The noble plan that has engaged the atten tion of many of our citizens of devoting the fonr biocks of Penn square to museums aiM educational institutions deserves to be pnahed mote actively than has been done of late. From' “those far-sighted citizens who have consistently striven lor the advance of Phila delphia in every possible way it has received from the first the warmest approval. The whole plan was so wise, so broad, and prom ised such extended usefulness as to have pow erfully attracted attention elsewhere: espe cially the London Athenaeum devoted an ar ticle to the subject, doing the fullest justice to the whole conception, and passing high encomiums upon it. Last year, Very favorable action was taken upob the plan in Councils, Unfortunately it was deemed necessary to obtain Legislative sanction, which was obtained without diffi culty in the State Senate, and in the House a majority Of the Philadelphia delegation fa vored it. Contractors, however, who wanted the job of erecting court houses on Penn Square, went to Harrisburg, and so misrep resented the whole matter to the. country members, that these, .a-Completely wrong impression of the merits of the case, refuted the assent of that branch of the As sembly. The parties whose action was so unfortunate to all the true interests of the city are believed to be the same who, seven or eight years ago, endeavored to get an act of Assembly passed to compel the city to boild court-houses on Penn Square, and, who, one evening, under the mistaken impression that they had succeeded, held a drunken orgy in Harrisburg, that terminated by hurling the whole contents of the room, tables and chairs, Ac., out of the windows. An effort was made to hush this up, but the particulars reaohed the light in the columns of a Harris burg newspaper,and not long after the whole plot broke down ignominiously. That influences of such a character should interpose to prevent the realization of so grand a step in advance as that of which wu are speaking would be most deplorable. Iu some way, for years past, Pniladelphia has not kept up in the general advance in respect of opportunities of instruction and cultiva tion. In saying this we only state what has forced itself upon the attention of every parent who has desired to obtain a really first-rate education for his sons. We have in this city good public schools, it is true, but nothing that for special instruction stands upon the level of Columbia College, New York, the Lawrence Scien'.iflc School and the Technological School, of Boston, Rens selaer Polytechnic School, at Troy, the Shepherd Scientific School, at New Haven, and the regular universities at Boston, New Haven, Ithaca, &c. It is most painful to parentß to be compelled to submit to yearß of separation from their eons at an age when home influences are most important, in order to obtain such educations as they desire for them; but it is a plain honest fact that such a state of affairs exists, and it had better be faced at once. A very earnest effort is being made to extend greatly our University, but no isolated uttempt of the sort can be fully successful. A concentrated effort should be made to lift simultaneously all our centres for intellectual cultivation into a higher sphere of utility. The failure on the part of our municipal government and of some of oar prominent men to realize the importance of all this, has been in past time a great evil to Philadelphia. Mote enlightened ideas now tend to prevail, and in the present case, the stumbling block was not placed by councils, for they acquiesced in the general sentiment, but by the Legislature, misled as above explained, through motives of a more than doubtful character. The question now seems to be: shall or ahall not this ail-important matter be held in check by a small clique of active opponents, or shall it go on and develope itself Into what will be a source of pride to our city and our State, of usefulness to a whole community, which will make Philadelphia more respected And sought alter than ever before? We wil; venture to say that out of all intelligent men who have carefully considered this matter, nine out of'ten, ai leaßt, would wish to see Penn Square devoted to this object.. The question is then this: sh dt the opera tions of a clique succeed iu th waning a m .v - antnt which is earnestly advoe all tar host ’ipUlligence in the community, and in blocking the patft of ady/iuce iu cultivation and education I THE DAILY KgmNG : BPIJJ!M--^^ ,It is ahnouheed has ordered the pardon and release of Madd. one bfthe 'conaplrfttors, :now : pon fiped at the Dry Tortugas. This is, ’in some ; respectB, alpwer depth qf .degradation than ihe ‘ Prebident has* hitherto reached. 1 This manMudd was convicted of complicity ia .the murder of Abraham- Lincoln, but, for some reason, was not hung with his co-con spirators. •HP has served an easy sort of im prisonment for the lost four yearn, bain,; allowed tntich liberty, In consequence of pro fessionsd services to tho garrison. And now, jhis rebel frietds having demanded his release, ’Andrew Johnson, true to bis instincts, lends . a willing ear to whatever tends to encourage treason, even) though it be to 1 pardon the traitorous conspirators to whose horrible crime he was indebted for the power to work all the mischief with which he has cursed the land for these four long years. Familiarizing himself with the patronage of crime, by his lenience to counterfeiters, forgers, mail rob bers and other criminals, he needed a very little step downward to laßd him upon the lowest level of official degradation. Andrew Johnson, clasping hands with the men Whose fonl conspiracy cost the country the life of Abraham Lincoln,. and put him into the Presidential chair, is acting out the true in stincts of his nature, and is once more giving the lie to those noisy professions of honor and loyally by which he blinded the people of America to his trne character,and climbed to high positions only to bring shame upon himself and his office. The pardon of the conspirators against the life of Abraham Lincoln leaves little for An drew Johnson to do. Were Booth, Payne, Atzeroat, Harold and Mrs. Surratt alive, they would in all probability share the same Executive favor that Johnson has extended to their comrade. Fortunately for the honor of the people of the United States, Mr. John son is prevented from paying this highest tri bute to treason in its crudest manifestation. lIORE IUILIVAV EOPIRE. A desperate effort is being made at Harris burg to get possession of our only two unob structed streets for another passenger rail way. The persons who are engineering this project are named in the bill as John C. Sleeper, William Dougherty, John Bradey, James Kirkpatrick and Robert Loughlin. They propose-to appropriate Twelfth and Sixteenth streets for the “Empire Passenger Railway Company,” running between Whar ton street and Columbia avenue. These two streets, about the only ones which are left to the citizens of Philadelphia, have hitherto been unmolested by railway monopolists.. Their “Empire” extends over nearly all the other principal highways of Philadelphia, and it is now proposed to seize upon Twelfth and Sixteenth streets, not for the benefit of the public, for the public do not need any farther railway facilities, but for the benefit of Kirkpatrick, Bradey, Dougherty, Loughlin & Co. With roads on Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets there iB no reason or excuse for giviDg up these remaining streetß to another railway corporation and we call upon the Legisla ture to prove their honest desire to promote the welfare and regard the wishes of the peo ple of Pniladelphia, by refusing to pass this bill. If there is one thing more than another about which our people are agreed, it is a re sistance to any increase of railway privileges. The city is covered and surrounded with rail ways in every direction, and to add another, which will take possession oi the last streets which are left, free to the people, would not only be an extremely unpopular measure, but one which would impose a most serious inconvenience and wrong upon a very large and respectable part of the community. We believe the Legislature will not permit this scheme to be carried out, and, in refusing it, it will win the general approbation of the people of Philadelphia. AN UNWISE moVFIUENT. It is rumored that an effort is being made by certain gentlemen in this city,—clergymen and laymen,—to induce Governor Geary to pardon the murderer Twitchell. We believe ibis application is based upon the fact that a doubt exists in the minds of the petitioners as to the guilt of Twitchell. If this is so, these benevolent gentlemen may be assured that their views are entirely at variance with those of the rest of the community. There have been very few trials in which circum stantial evidence—often the surest kind of evidence —pointed more directly and inevit ably to the accused- He had shrewd and able counsel, who took advantage of every possible loop-hole to effect escape from the vengeance of the law; but the case, as pre sented by the Commonwealth, was too strong. The manner in which the defence shilled about, and established half a dozen different theories, proved this. When the caEc was given to the jury, the whole com munity anticipated the verdict, and upon its beißg rendered, endorsed it aB just and true. Governor Geary will be very likely to take the same view of it, no matter what the dignity of the petitioners for pardon may be. But we are inclined to attribute this action of the philanthropists lo a different cause. In his charge to the Grand Jury a day or two since, Judge Ludlow spoke in severe terms of the lolly of that sympathy for criminals which makes itself offensively ap parent whenever a man iB convicts 1 of a felony. Forgetting the sufferings of the vic tims and the enormity of the crime, some persons enlist their feelings with the con demned, believe all his protestations of inno cence or repentance,, and leave nothing un tiied to effect his release. Now, humanity to criminals is a very excellent thing, and, as far as it can safely be exercised, is worthy of all commendation, hut something is due to society also. It Is very inhuman to shed 'ears over a cut-ibroat, and look with dry i yes upon the corpse which he has robbed ot life; and it is still moro cruel to carry benevolence to the point of forgiveness and turn the villain loose upon the community to do Btivage deeds again. Men commit crime with lull knowledge of the penalty. They deliberately taka the risks of exposure and punishment If they lose, it is their own fault Society must protect itself. If men violate laws they must be pun ished, not only for their own sakes but oa a .S ’LI ill VL — g warning to others. . :2f ..TwitcheU- billed Mrs. Hill wantonly andincplcLWood; under cruel “atid " shocking circumstances, heshould be hung. EveVy priricipk-wTight -aid justice and self protection demands this. It' lie has 7a! right to pardon, then Probst and: other butchers were murdered!' j Nd morewieked efime was, ever committedrip this pity than ttie killing of Mrs. Hill; and that Twiteheli wjas the author of the deed Is proved as clearly and absolutely as anything can he wiihout a confession; ; ) ’ln our opinion it would be much, kinder if the clergymen who appear ini this matter would stop holding out the condemned man ; hopes of pardon,- and would; giye all their efforts earnestly to preparing him for entrance to that other world into which he will Boon inevitably be ushered. Governor Ge&ry cannot pardon this man consistently with bis duly, and he will not do it. The sooner Mr. Twitchell’s friends realize this fact, the better it will be . for them and for him. : THE INDIANS. The central point of the Indian question is at last before the Congress, of i the United States. General Butler has introduced it by declaring that treaties with Indians must ..cease. This treaty-making system has been the infernal engine by means of which that series of wars has been kept up which in less than a century have cost ns one thousand millions of dollars; whilst the English, by simply assuming them to be friends, not ene mies, have got on without wars, bloodshed and stupendous expenditure. There will be a struggle yet. There is a whole army of scoundrels who fatten bn these wars, and they, out of their vast profits, Sti pendiarize scores of newspapers and keep up every possible misrepresentation; When it is declared that the Indian has a good side as well as a bad, they scoff and talk about Bickly sentimentality, which Is their, name for fair play and justice. But light comes in, and nothing has made so deep an impression as the simple fact that all the bloodshed and murder are south of the Canada line, aad that with us the same system would work as well as with the English. With ns, the Indian has no remedy at law for any wrong done him in time ot profound peace, and consequently he is driven to fight for self-protection, seeing that we regularly harbor a class of miscreants whose business it is to offer one provocation after another until the stimulus is sufficient to produce a war. And then it is not they who suffer, they are out of the way in time, but the peaceable settler and his family. And thus we have had a century of wars; the soldier; the settler and the Indian are the victims, the government pays enormously, and the Indian agent makes his devilish gains We believe that now at last the country is aroußed, and that this villainy is coming to an end. It is time. New York-gormandizing received a severe check yesterday, at Harrisburg, in the shape of a bill to prevent the New York and Erie Railroad Company from “gobbling” up the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail rosd. The former Company has been dilli gently at work, at home and abroad, pro curing proxies with which to obtain control of the Fort Wayne line at the next annual meeting. Such a measure,lf successful, would have been extremely detrimental to Penn sylvania interests, and the knowledge that it was being attempted has caused much uuea siness among the holders of the stock. Tab gormandizing scheme was effectually defeated yesterday, by the prompt passage and signa lure of a bill, which provides for a classifica lion of the Directors of the Pittsburgh, Fori Wayne and Chicago road, and the retirement of only four of the Board, at each annual election. This prevents any “snap judgment” on the part of the New York cormorants, as they cannot well afford to carry on such a scheme for three years. The Legislature is entitled to the thanks of the whole Commonwealth for its prompt action in this matter. The road which New York thus sought to monopolize is one of the grand arteries upon which Pennsylvania must depend for her Western communica tions, and it would be a public calamity to have it cut off by falling into the hands of the Erie speculators. General Cass, the Presi dent of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chi c-ago, has proved himself more than a match for Messrs. Jay Gould A Co., and his “flank movement” at Harrisburg, yesterday, showed that he is fairly entitled to his rank among the Railway “Generals" of America. The Mutual Life Insurance Company, ol New York, publishes its annual statement in to-day’s Bulletin. The exhibit of the busi ness of the paet year is very favorable, show ing most judicious.management on the pari of Us excellent officers. Dr. McCandless, 1920 Spring Garden street, has effected so many cures in most painful cases of hemorrhoids that we feel justified in calling attention to his card in another col umn. Kales of Real Rslate—James A. Free men, Auctioneer, advertises on the last page the es tate* of John Ilatcher, dec’d, 1 Vm. IJt/neman, dec’d, Jo men I*. KWh, dec’d, arid heirs, to be sold by order of the Orphans’ Coart, Executors, and Trustees. Ainu, propertied to be added to the sale next Wednes day. Auction NoUcc.-rftncltnle't In the sale ofnew and elegant furniture to be sold to-morrow (Friday) morning, at 10# o’clock, at 1219 Chestnut bircei, will be four f-ets ol new single harness, com plete. T. A McClelland, Anc loneer. TOHN CRUMP. BUILDER. U 1731 CHESTNUT STREET, and 218 LODGE STREET, Mechanics of every branch required for houseDuildins nd fitting promptly furzdsed. foSfltf CARPENTER AND 9UILBER. NO. 1024 BANSOM STREET, Je3-ly4p PHILADELPHIA. nsi WARBURTON’S IMPROVED, VENTILATED and easy-fitting Drees Hats (patented) in all tin unproved fashions of the season. Chestnut streot next doo> to the Post-office, octf tfrp rpHE WATCHMAN’S FOLDING HAITI,E MAY BE 1 iih Oas a mace or as au alarm We have alarm-rat tli-H for homekeepm, u varitty of strong bolt? and door uh'ins. and key guards against hurgUru* niDners TRIMAN&BIi W. No. 335 (Eight Thiity-iWe) Maraet mnet, below Ninth, Philadelphia. T“ HE PATENT WT IGHING DIPPER OR LADLE 18 pUted in a bowl of v utcr. then ««ny article to be u l inked on beipg placed (oxide of it will fink it in propjr porihu to its weight, which is indicated bv a oauguen it* *ido and is hufliriently accurate tor domiY'tir imn rortG.leb* TRUMAN * M»AW. No Kilo Uhslu Ihlm*. five) Market street, belmv'Ninth, Philiideiphik J 17 PI I-HFS" ROOKING ANDIh.rBIOKEEFINGHard IV wa»o. Table Cullen, and aitlc.es ot Tin and Wooden w men-ay be found attfie liurdunro ator-.i oi TnirviA,\ ? a f- <UKhl A ' hlr *y-tivr) Market stioet below Ml. th, Philadelphia. 4'j non WANTED>«' TWO YB-iKS: AMPM-- „.purity will liu riven ;un] n i -.r-,; Druiniinii Ullcwfd. Additeu "JUIiJUS." BULUirn. Ollice - «?'•>>• V—■rf>. , tw.i»»w>vriffi- , yit>i»ii.'W«,vft*W.y.i. . I ’v:;,:-.' Li.m'lffr. v? eg.if.li.) - ! ’ ta 'tvtkiiw ■, i ’ v ; , - 1.,, /if .' J - ■ J .t.- C ! l : : 1 IS” PLOBING OUT WINTER STOOK.I '..fi* Closing Ont Winter Stock. JZ& igg* Closlng Out Winter Stock. ; jgj , SaT -. ■ Closing Out Winter-Stock. -; jf&- i,, Clc sing Out Winter Stock. tSf Closing-Out Winter Stock, ; 635" . Closing Oht WlnUjr Stock. US” Closing Out Winter Stock. V . SPECIAL NOTlCE.—Determined to closo out all tbo stock of the former firm, wo again call atteption to the faet that 6lnce the appraisement! we have reduced tho prices Of all our goods. The' assortment of Mon’s and- Boytf SUITS and OVERCOATS still very good. \ . ' WANAM AKEB &!bKDWN, WANAMAKM&BROWN, WANAMAKER & BROWN, OAK HALL, THE LARGEST CLOTHING HOUSE, THE CORNER OF SIXTH AND MARKET STS. EDWARD P. KELLY, TAILOR, S. E. Cor. Chestnut and Seventh Streets, REDUCED PRICES. Closing Out Pattern Coals and Clothes not Delivered at Low Prices* THE INAUGURATION BALL. The public expected An Inauguration Ball; But General Grant says He don’t care for it,-at all. The public expected To have a jolly dance; But General Grant says He won’t give them a chance. The public expected To tread on each others’ tees; But General Grant says They’d better buy new clothes. The public expected To spend lota of money; But General Grant says It’s wonderful fnnny That folks are so foolish As to want each a Ball; And they’d better bny clothing At the GREAT BBOWN HALL SeDfiblo General! The amount of cash that each citizen would have to Bpend, In going to thc Ball, would buy him a splendid suit of clothes at our store. The winter goods go. They go cheap, cheap, cheap, for cash. Come, fellow-citizens, and help off what is lett of them, for soon the spring weather and the Bprlng clothes will be upon us. ROCKHILL& WILSON 603 and 605 Chestnut Street, Great Brovm Hall. »a'leju-E,, 4isnisi.Ht, ae. LE. CALDWELL & CO., JEWELLERS, Having supplied themselves with f an entirely NEW STOCK OE GOODS Throughout, will be happy to meet their many friend? and tho public generally at their present place of business, NO. 819 CHESTNUT STREET, jal6tfrp & WATCHES, DIAMONDS, STERLING SILVER WARE, JEWELRY, NEWEST STYLE, DIAMONDS A SPECIALTY! J. T. GALLAGHER, 1300 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, }aSB th B tn tfrp{ , fDiUUXDIUSi AO GEO. J. HE NEELS, CABINET MAKER, 1301 and 1303 CHESTNUT STREET, tel BmrpB W~ABHINGTGN HOtfSKl CITY UF CAPE MAY. Remains open during the Winter. Good accommodations. GEO. B. GAKW. fc4 lmo* PropHetar. English and European news, "the maiu" A Papor containing tho News, the principal Leaders, a well-digested Summary,and all interesting matter from 'lhi and is thus rendered,available, in a cheap form, for persons residing abroad or in the colonies. The days of publication arc Tuesdays and Fridayejhi the afternoon, and the price is Bd, per copy.or 6d. a week, can obtain “THE MAIL" through News- Daner Agents. or may have it from the Publisher, on pro payment,at Printing House Square. London. ja7tfa6K4r 1 »AAO NATHANS. AUCTIONEER, N. JBL GORNE* LThird and Bprnce Streets, only one square below tbi Exchange. $250 000 to loan in large or small amounts, or diamonds- silver plate, watches. Jewohr.andaJLgoods ol value Office tfours from BA.ML to 7 F*. M. Estab ilshed for the last forty years. Advances made inlargf amount* at the lowest market rates- 1 aB,tfrp i it CLOTHING. Ao. at * OLD.ESTABLIBUBD LOAN OFFICE, Comer of Third and Gaskill streets. Below Lombard. N. B.—DIAMONDS. WATOUF.B, JEWELRY.GUNB, ■ FOR BALE AT REMARKABLY LOW PRICES. ja2S-lmrp{ WATCHES -- AND MUSICAL BOXES BE ik *** byekmal WOTk K?&R & BROTHER. , Importers of Watchoa. ote. Ciieatnutstroet, below Fourth. ‘WW* iwxnreANirrc - - - I&SUEANOE isriiPANY, : | }■ Nl‘%; ! V ': XMIES JB. BOW, -. .! - President; ! ' ;'.. .<;•„ ,;' jAMMBT;9&IftSk. : Tbo Hoard of Directors have this day doolaicd a j Cash Dividend of Witty Per Cent. en the asiionl itremlnm rate, of oil;Participating <XJfo P.llclee, end FOhTY FEB CENT. : on tbo annual undo w mciit rate of all Participating Endowment RolJcios lamed intaeyearlßOT. ■ ;; i . E. D, JONES, Vico President BB&NOil OFFICE, No.- 429 CHKSTNCT Street. J. St GAFFNEY, General A«?ent. _fe4_lh_Bjn 6trp? INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Fiie, Maiice and Inland Insurance. Capital and Surplus, $600,000. Has Paid Over 810.000,000 in Eoases. OFFICE HOC. 4 AND SEXCHANGE BFILDISG, North tide of Walnut Bticet, eaat of Third Street BATEBAB LOW AS ANY OTHER GOOD COMPANY. Philadelphia, merchants will do well to eee that their own con panlee ore a Detained, HENBY D. SHEBBEBD, Preat. DIRECTORS: Henry D. Bherrerd, Charles B. Lewie, Charles Macaliater, GeorgeO. Canon.' William B. Smith, Edward C. Kn.ght, George 11. Btnart John B. Agutin, Bamnel Grant Jr.. Christian J HoflSman, Thoms. B Wattion, R. Dale Benson, Henry G. Freeman, WILLIAM HARPER, Secretary. 3.29 gtrrig BUBOELUPOIIR. THE HARRISON BOILER Has Safely from Destructive Explosion: Great Economy of Fuel: Durability and Faoilify of Repairs For Illustrated Circular and price, Apply U THE HABEISON BOILEB WORKS Cray'* Ferry Bond, near !• B, Arienat, Union Sugar Kk finery, Charlestown, Mass., Jan. 21st, 1869.— Hr. Joseph Harrison, Jr. —Bia : In my last communication to yon with regard to yonr elz fifty horse power steam boilers, I pro mised to give yon at a future time the exact amount of saving in fuel. I am pleased to be able to do so now, as I kept a very close and accnrate account of tbo fuel used from December, 1867, to December, 1868, In order to compare your boilers with the old ones, which we look out in September, 1867. The amonnt of raw sngar wo refined during that time was larger than ever before. Tbo steam pressure was always kept over fifty pounds, and we were therefore enabled to do more work in a shorter time with the same machinery aDd apparatuses than with oar old steam boilers, in which the pressure at times conld not be kept np higher than twenty to thirty pounds. The actual saving In fuel during this time was one thousand and seventy-one tons of coal. Yours, truly, Gdstavijs A- Jasper, Superintendent. Keystone Zinc Works, Birmtnohaji, Hun tingdon county, Pa., January 25th, ISO!). Joseph Harrison, Jr.— Dear Sir : In reply to yours of the 7lh Inst, would say it gives me grist pleasure to bear testimony In favor of your boilers. Wc have had them in use for two years. 1 put them up myself, and hod never seen any thing of the kind until they came here, and with the aid of yonr draft I bod no trouble in erecting them. They use less coal, never get out of repair—in fact, I have no hesitancy in saving they surpass anything in the shape of boilers. Yours, E. O. Bartlett, Snp’t __ )b26 12140} CHURCH’S NEW “NIAGARA,” illy laet Important Picture, and the best and most com l>r4bcn£ivo view oftho GREAT FALL. On Exhibition for a Short Time • 'Admission 25 Cents. EARLES’ GALLERIES, AND LOOKING CLASS WABEBOOMS, No. 816 Chestnut Street. H. Pi & O. R. TAYLOR. PEBFCMEBY ABP TOHJET SOAPS, 841 and 843 H. Sluth Street. 11l AG AZIN DES MODES. 1 A 1014 WALNUT STREET. MRS. PROCTOR. Gloake, Walking Suits, Bilks, Dreßß Goodß, Laco Shawls, Ladies' Underclothing and Ladles’ Furs, Dresses made to measure in Twenty four Hours. WHITMAN'S FINE CHOCOLATE FOR BREAKFAST, FOR DESSERT. To those In health, as an agreeable and suitaining nour. iehmeDt To invalids, for its restoring and invigorating properties. To all, even the most delicate, as containing nothing injurious to their constitution. Manufactn ea only hv STEPHEN F. WHITMAN, store No 1210 MAIi- KET street. ■ j a23-2m rpt Vf AKKING WITH INDELIBLE INK, EMBROIDER iXL ing. Brawling, Stamping, be. / M, A. TORRY, / 1800 Filbert street Genuine farina cologne.— FINEST FRENCH EXTRACTS FOR THE HAND KERCHIEF. ‘ „ ■ ■ POMWADFB, RICHLY SCENTED SOAPS, HAIR PREPARATIONS, &c., in great variety. For sale by JAMteS T. SHINN. de9-tfrpB Broad and Spruce uttL, Pnllaaa. 1100 K- HINP I w 0-P L A IN~~AN D FANO Y. MUSIC 1> Bound In Bupurior Style. nna a^h W.G. PJERRV* 720 Arch, - .STA’ THE MUTUAL : LIFE INSURANCE 00. OF NEW YORK. F. fi. WIIISTO!!, Prcildcnt. Rev Verb. F. BJTIBFOBD I TABU, General Agent for Pennsylvania and Delavare. F. W. FMIiXEn, Agent, 400 Walnut St, FfaUa* Total Cash Assets, - 831,017,320 33 DIVIDEND PAID IN CASH TO POLICY-HOLDERS LAST Ty2AE OVEIt 8 MAO, 000. CABH DIVIDENDS DECLARED AND PAID ANNUt „ ALLY ON EVERY POLICY BEGINNING AT BND OF FIRST YEAH. Statement of tbe condition of tbo Mutual Life Icsttr* ace* Company, of Nov Yojll. on tbe let of January,!*©, published acccrdins to lair. FIBBT. Capital Stock. (Company bcinf purely mutual) Nothin*. Amount ol Bi'weterutctj or instalments on • stock paid in ca*b (No Stock.) SECOND. Tbe value, a* nearly an may be ot tbe Beal Estate held by tbe Company (cost). SP6L6O7 C 8 Ca*b on baud Cat-bin Banks, specifying the Banka—Mer chants’ Exchange National, N. V. Gua rantee and J. ( Union Trust Go, Bank of New York, Central National, American Exchange N atlunal, l). ti. Trust Company, Continental Bank (at interest) Dl7 475 92 Fptcie 7C657 76 I*rt*u.; urn cn Bpecie... 90,068 91 Cash in bands of Agents In counsel of transmiseion (See below) Amount oflo*n» secured by bonds and mort* gsget, constituting the first lieu on real esiaUson w hich there i« lees than one year’s Interest due and owlofh . 21*125,179 34 Amount of loans on which interest has not been paid wl'bin one year Nothing, Amount of stocks owned by the Company, specifying the cumber of shares and the par and market value Par Value, United State* 6 per cent, 1881 $210X660 Do. Do- 6-W 2.0U0.000 Da 6 per cent, 1iM0.... 60 009 10. Do. 1871.. .. 000.000 Do. Do. 1874 6U.U00 New York Stale? per cent Bounty.. G00,Q99 Sew York City and County wjf Bocide Market Value of above d’oclra Amount of rtock# bold bv the Company a* collateral wcurity for loan#, with the amount loaned on each kind of stock* ita par and market value Nothin*, Ini# ren on investment* due and unpaid 14 41211 Accrued ioterect cot yet due IM«128< Kent accrued <L4IB Other available ni»»ccllanroua a>»«ta, apeci fylue fbeircbaiaeter and value. Premium* in #»nr«ar». ebb fly due in Decem ber. and jn courte ol tranmilctlon (esti mated) 1,000,000 00 Pr* tniuim* deferred payable semi-annual and quarterly (animated) 1,800,000 00 Gross Asfitfs, Jan. I, 1869, $31,017,320 32 THIRD. Amount of during the year, ad jutted but m t due LMdtnd additifrus to above Amount of lofrM-t* ret sited to the Company but not aetcd upon - Amount of lorn.-* ri*b-t» ; <l bi the Company .Nonolnsult. Amount of dividend* due and unpaid Nothiog. Amount of money borrowed, and the nature and amount ol security given Nothing. Amount ol all other rlainn against the {. ompßiiy. conbeted cr otberwlee Nothing. Amount required *o it-ioiuro all out »'i>nduie rit-hu, valuation made February 1, lttt 6l FOURTH Axdoudl of cneb premiums received: (jrlHuftl 4.ft)4,tJ08 BJJ Kciieusl «3 11,012,ft77 lb* 24,748 69 For Anniitifl* .. AinouLt o! iirenii 'cnx Dot paid ijj cash during Du- voor, Htntiug the < hamcu r of eut h pre mium* Nothing, Amount oi premium* oariu-d luteicrt reoeiv<d from iiivcsinii Dt* Income In in ful c’hur *ourceff, specifying v. hat sources- For Ktnt Total Bccclpta, FIFTH. Amount of lohhcj* jmid during the year 1,1*0.705 Of) P»id Alntured hndowim*ute... IN|OOO Oft Amount paid and owing for rc-iiiEurance pnmiumf JSono. Amount of ictiun premiums, whether paid or unpaid Paid AuuuMlei r« Amount of dividends declared during year.. 2»570»917 Amount of dividends paid. 8,257*137 26 A tool lit of expenses paid duiing the year, including comiiilesiona and feOtt- paid to _ 801,423 77 Paid In commutation of future expenses..... 764 498 20' Amount of losses duo and unpaid. Nothing* Amount of taxes paid by the Company 80.053 11 Amount of nil other sxi'eusce and expen. ditum ; - ir i <Bee tolow*> Amount of promisors’ uofe» originally form* i«g the capital of iho Company. Nothing. Aniouitof said notes held by the Company ne part or the whole of capital thereof Nothing* Paid for polities surrendered 422,821 60 Pur ODd market vnhre of the Company's stork j*or share No stock. Y or toedical I xamlcatioi s 79,811 83 For Balsry and Law Expeueea 192,467 16- For Lxchanpe and Postage 63.320 84 For Advertising 28,618 67 For Pi inting and Stationery . 66,741 89 For Sundry Office Expenses 65.059 11 State of Sew York. Count> of Seta York % BB. , _ Be it remembered that on thin 2»th day of January,A.D. 1869, before the subeditor, a Commissioner In and for the Bta'o of l’enncvlvHula.diily commissioned and authorised by the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania to take thd iickuo'w ledgineßt of Deeds and other writings, to he used, and recorded in the said State of Pennsylvania, ana w administer oath* »»nd affirmations, per«mallv r appeared Richard A McCurdy, Vice PresMcntof Yhe MatualLiife Tutuiuneu Company, of New York, and mado oath tnat the sbovo und foregoing la a into statement of tno eonai tlon of raid l.ife Insurance Company, upon the Istday of January. 1869. . , And 1 furtner certify that I have mado poreonal examl imtiuu of tho condition of said Mu'ual Ufo Muraranee Company on thin day. and am satisfied that they have nerclti safely invented . to tho amount of live Uondrrd Thousand Dollars; (hat I have examtacd too securities noiv in the hands of the Company, a« set forth in the fort gomg utatcment, and the name are of the valu© renrett nt» d in the statement. , , , _ , I further cei tify-tjhaXl. Dot interested in the affaire In I have hereunto sot my hand and affixed my official seal this 28ih day of January A. D. [Signed] MOSES B. MACLAY, ]bka l t Pennsylvania Commissioner in the City of New York. F RATCHFORD STARR, Gen’l Agent, 400 WALNUT STREET, niiUDELFnu. fe4 th i to 6t rpt ■l'.i '..'.5 V! r • 210.3=4 00 20v«T0 10 1,70e,«3 78 £3,000 00 $12,807,319 61 S SECONDEMTION. BY •': TO-DAY’S CABLE NEWS. Financial and Commercial Quotations. I WA'SHXIir^T'O^. j The'Alaska; Purchase i FURTHBB INViSSTIGATIONS I A ISewßpaper Man Implicated “BUFFALO GlftLS” ON SKATES By tile Atlantic cable. London, Feb. 4, A. M.—Consols for money, 93%i for account, 93%. United States Five • twcntleA'easicrst 76%. American Stocks steady. Erie Railroad, 25; Illinois Central, 93%. FuAnkfout, Feb. 4, A. M.—United States Bonds, «9%080. Liveufool, Feb. 4, A. M.— Cotton opened ac tive; Middling Uplands on tho spot, 12%d.; afloat, 12%d;; Middling Orleans, 12%dL The salcß to-day. are estimated at 20,000. Cort—33s. for old, and 31& for new. London, Feb. 4, A. M.—Tallow Is qnoted at 46b. 3d. London, Feb. 4. P. M.—Flve-twoatles quiet. Railways steady. Erie, 24%. Atlantic and Great Western. 38%. Livebpood," Feb. 4. P.-M.—Cotton active. Up lands, on tbc spot. 12%d.; afloat. 12%d; Orleans, 12%d. Lard quiet ana steady. Cheese, 755. Na val stores dull. LoNDON-Feb. 4, P. M.—Tallow, 465.@485. 3d. Cotton at Havre opened at 138 f. on the spot, and at I4of. afloat The BeportedMavha Corrnptlou Fund (Special Despatch to the Phil*. Evening Bulletin.J Washington, Feb. 4.—The evidence of Hon. F rede rick P. Stanton before the Committee on Public Expenditures completes the history of the so-called Alaska Corruption Fund. Mr. Stanton was associate counsel with Hon. Robert J, Walker in this case. His testimony was to the effect that while the bill appropriating money was pending in the House, he was approached by Mr. U. H. Painter, correspondent of the New York fun and Philadelphia Inquirer, and asked whether bo (Mr. Stanton) was on good terms with Governor Walker. Being answered In the affirmative, Painter then said that he understood Governor Walker bad control of a large sum Of money, to be used inputting tbe bill through Corgrcss. Mr. Painter requested !Mr. Stanton to inform Mr. Walker that he and a number of bis friends In Congress were opposed to tbe passage of the bill, bol If Mr. walker wonld consent to pay him (Painter) a fired" amount ho would agree to advocate tbe passage of the bill, and have bis Congressional friends to do tbesame. Mr. Stanton informed Painter that be did not believe Mr. Walker held anv sum of money for such a purpose, but be would notify him of the proposition. Governor Walker In dignantly declined to have anything to do with Mr. Painter. Upon being informed that his offer was not en tertained, Painter told Mr. Stanton that in that care bis friends wonld defeat the bill, and be was afterwards active in trying to carry into execu tion hie threat. It appears from statements of Mr. 8 tan ton an<L Governor Walker that tbe Mr. Martin who has figured so conspicuously in this case was merely ( a confederate of Mr. Painter, in attempts to levy black mail upon Walker and tbe Russian Mtoia i ter. Efforts were mode during tbe paßt few davs to prevent Mr. Stanton from being subpoenaed, and bo was in foimedby Painter’s friends that if he testified before the Committee to Painter’s injury, ho would be attacked through the press and his busi ness broken up. Mr. Painter, in addition to be ing a correspondent, la also a clerk of tbe House Committee on Postal Adairs. This matter has const d a profound sensation among newspaper men here. Glrlatn a Skating Jlatcb. Bi i fai .o, Feb. i A skating match for $5OO between-Mies Ada Godbout, of Now Brunswick, and Mies NpUIo Dean, of Chicago, took place at the link last night before an audience of 4.000 people. After a very exciting contest the match ■was won by Miss Dean, the score standing 31 to 31. Mies Godbout has challenged Miss Dean to skate another match for the same amount, at the link, on Saturday evening next Indictment for Han»langhter. Washington, Feb. 4. —The Grand Jury has fouud a true bill for manslaughter against a man who, withont knowledge or skill in medicine, administered ten grains of enlphato of morphia to a woman who Is alleged to have died in con sequence. Fire at East Bouton. Poston, Feb 4.—The large cooper-sbop of Bill Wrlgbt, in East Boston, was burned this morn ing. The loss Is $12,000, with an insurance of $7,000. marine Intelligence. New York, Feb. 4.—Arrived, steamer Colum bia, from Havre. tVentncr Itoport. Feb 4, 9 A. M. Plalster Cove.... Portland Boston. N»w 1 ark Philadelphia W iimington, Bel. Washington Fortress Monroe.. Louisville Richmond Augusta, Ga, Savannah Charleston 8uffa10..,..., N. E. Snowing. 20 Chicago.... N. W. Snowing. 19 State of Thermometer This Day at the Bulletin. Office. If A- M. 40'deg. 12 M 89 dcp. 2P. M 31 deg. Weather cloudy. Wind Northwcet. CRIME. THE BOBERS MURDER. The Case Against the Station-house Lodger, The Now York Times of this morning contains the following : The police continue the attempt to make a mystery of tho latest phase of the Rogers murder and still persist in the refusal to give to the pab- Hc the evidence they have tending to show that the station-house lodger, John Robinson, is the mnrderer. The case of the prosecution, how ever, has partially leaked out, and ap pears nothing' more than was outlined in the Times of Tuesday last. Tho ex-Policeman of the .Twenty-ninth Precinct, Everett B. De lanoy, residing at 146 West Twentv-nlnth street, who now appears in tho t-Gle of an attache of some vessel, appears to be the main reliance of the State in making up a case against Robinson. Ho identifies the coat and hat left by the mur derer as articles ho gave to Robinson, whnn be was known as John Maher, and, to do so, describes the stains bn the insldo lining of the sleeve of the coot as paint instead of blood, and further pre tends that before he gave the hat to his bum mer friend ho had taken the trouble to put a pe culiar mark on the leather lining, and this mark he says he fouDd. on the bat of the murdoror. Ho explains thut the marks on t(jo sleeve lining, hieii have been supposed to have been mado by blood, but are now declared to be paint, ho got there while painting his vessel. These stains are as far up the coat slt-eve as tho elbow, and ox fs f . 8 ?. oy has not bo fur particularized as to state that it was bis habit to turn his coat wrong side out while doing rough work,and thus make it posslblo for him to spatter hts sleeve lin ing so liberally with paint. Tho faith of the authorities in tho Robinson Wind. Weather. Fber. -N. E. Bnowing. 90 ..E. CUtudy. 27 . ..8. W. Raining. 82 .. W. N. W. CloodjT 40 ■N. W. Cloudy. 40 ..W. R-dning. 42 ..W, Clearing. 4S . .N. W. Clear. 60 . ..B.W. Clear. 60. . .W. Raining. 40 .W. Cloudy, 64 ..S.W. Cloudy. 54 ..W. Clear. 62 r«CMflffttthov , lasutwenty-four bonrSi bpt lt baytnot been en "lirc|y.abandonedraa will bo seenfroth- the adver— person who tom tldentlfy-tlic owflerof a certain 1 ; sbeatb of a lopg&boreman’s.knife tocall at the, ;t*niral Pdllce '.©iHw. 'Bat while; He does this, * tbejSuperlntendcnt adpiltted yeite/day that thy , : ease npalnet HUbibsCn was ’ by no . nioyis hd-' pregnable; and. seemed to incline to tho: opinion [bat lhe murderer iiiust bo found In homo one of the fcome.oC.JLogau. The inan Robinson never 'bme the name, even oe an uliwi, nor that of ’Jim, ’ and has been found in •be assumption that the taller outlaw did not know tbe name pfhls comrade when he called out “dim, don't do It." It must be understood, however, that tfaepollce. do not admit that the statement made public is (bat of tho witness De lanoy, but on tbccoutrurv, deny tbe truth of a grtat deal of that which appeared in n-joarnnlof yesterday. .And they claim, too, that,.they, have evidence of which the public have ho inkling,and it understood that it is tbe Intention to submit all tbe evidence to the grand jury how in session. If that body shall find any indictment against Robinson ss tbe murderer of Rogers,tho evldence upon Bbich it is founded will be made public; but if tbe contrary result ensue, it wilineverseo the light if the Police can'prevent it. An Infamous Attempt at Incendl- artam. Tbe Lancaster Erpreee of last evening says: One of tbe most cowardly and dastardly acts ever perpetrated in this city was committed at tho Home for Friendless Children last evening. About eight o’clock some one entered the front door and proceedlog to the front sitting room,de posited in the centre of tbe floor a bill of rags saturated with coal oil or some other inflam mable liquid, and set flro to It. Tbe matron, Miss' Spence, Immediately afterward entered tbe room, just in time to gather up the biasing ball and ' cast it Into the stove. The -car pet was burned through and the floor slightly charred*. But for the timely ar rival ot tbe malroit a fearful calamity would pro bably have ensued. Tbo children, of whom were arc abont two hundred in tbe Institution, hod nearly all retired to bed and many were sound asleep. The act was tbo work of a grown per son, or at least one who wore large shoes, as the pilots of the shoes in front of the door were plainly visible last evening. The person after setting Are to the ball retired to the outside of the building, And went to the front window to watcb tbe progress of his infernal work. This was evident from the foot-prints In the snow. We hope that no efforts will be spared to bring the miscreant to justice. No punishment could be too severe for such a wretch. A LIVELY Tine WITH HGOBO BCKULAUS. Heroic Conduct ot a Cbarlcstown Lady. On* nlgbt last week, in Charlestown, Mrs. George Martin, awoke and saw two negro burg lars In tbe chamber. One remained while tbe other went Into tbe adjoining room. The one who remained bad a large bntchcr'e knife, which he held over the slumbering Mrs. Martin. When tbe burglar left tbe bed be placed the knife in his teeth and walked about the room, searching tbe drawers, from which he look tblrty-flve dollars In greenbacks and five dollars in gold. After a while be again approached tho bedside und elevated tbe huge knife. Mrs. Martin jumped up and seized an artillery sword near the bed. and wbile Ibe burglar's arm was extended over her sleeping husband, struck tho burglar a terrible blow, which caused the knife to fall from his grasp. While he siooptd to pick up the knife she gave him a cut on the head, and as his face swung brek she gave Dim still another blow on tbe fore bc-d. The burglar rushed at the heroic woman ar d succeeded in giving her a severe kick in the side, breaking two of her ribs, which caused her to faint and faiL This woke Mr. Marlin, who leaped out of bed, only in time to see the scoun drels jump out of the window. Tire Grant-Banks Controversy. Tbc Washington correspondence of the New York Tribune contains tbe following: A paragraph, which originally appeared in a New York journal, is going the rounds of the press to the effect that the Banks-Grant-Stanton controversy will be soon ended by the publica tion of tbe correspondence, General Banks, as tbe report runs, being now engaged in preparing tbe orders, and that they will appear daring the present week. There is do truth whatever in these reports. General Banks, at tbe time of the publication of the letter charging that ho had been directed to relieve General Grant of bis command before tbs taking of Vicksburg, hod not alluded to the subject to anybody excepting Gen. Grant, and Ihe information upon which the original letter was based did not come from Gen. Banks. He now says Ihe Idea ol publishing tbe orders, such as they were, never entered bis mind. So the report that he is to make the orders public is denied by lus authority. He does not believe that Gin. Grant will publish them. Indeed, he knows It Is bis present intention Dot to do so. Both gentlemen think a good deal too mach has already been said about the matter. OITI BaLLETIN. Bar Meeting. —Oneol the largest bar meet ings held in this city for years convened this morning, in’ the District Court-room, lor the pur pose of paying the proper tribute to the memory of the late David Panl Brown, Jr. jHdge Stroud presided, with Richard ’ Ludlow ana Bamnel Wrtberill as Secretaries. Resolutions expressive of the regret and eorrow of the bar were intro duet dby Mr. Geet. Addresses wore mado hy Judve Peirce. Messrs. Gest, Henry. McCall, MitebosoD, Dwight aßd Wistar. A committee under the rcsolniionß was appointed as follows : Messrs. Gest, Eli K. Ptice, McCall, Mltcheson, Henry and Wistar. 7IHAHCIAX. ana COMMERCIAL The Philadelphia Money HorUe *. Bales at the Philadelphia Stock Bxchahgc. rrasT boabd. 800 C 8 6-205’67 cp c 109 lOul) Penn H Since- 96 11000 e livesnew Its 10l loco do leojj 21410 Warren & Frank lin Ts 8212 1000 CnxSAID mt6s’B99SJ4 101 HI Lehigh Gtd Ln OOJt 12C0 Lehigh R ln 85 10041 Lehigh Val bds ccnp new 94M Hi 00 do do 943< 17 Bh Cam & Amboy 124 % BETWEEN 3300 nSM2oB’64cp 2ds IQ9s< IUOO Pa 6e 2 eer . 105?* !■ 60 Uuv Benevr - lot 2<ioo C & Am 6fi 'B3 86 37<>o do 1 series 103 %80 Junction RR 1 i*t rate' bds 90 Son sh Hteton’e R blB I 2& sft eft Lch\ aIK 5654 20ft sh Leh Nv etk b3O 31 % 100 sh do b6O 31 ?* \ 50 eh.StNich cl i TmmsDAT, Feb, 4,1869,—The money market web in an easy condition to-day, and the fear entertained yester, day of another •trmgency has, in a measure, subsided, There is as yet no symptoms of a revival of business ac tivity, most branches remaining provokingly quiet. There seems to be a rigid caution amoog producers and consumers alike, which proceeds from mutual distrust, and which has a disturbing effect on that rociprooal con fide nee which is the true basis of an active and' healthy i T£ e , ex Port trade, too, upon which ee much de nendf ln balancing our accounts with other countries, partakes, unusually, of tho general dfptvn . * nd , will probably Improve only when our 1 fiD «ncial system shill bo abandoned. Our flue speculation, and until some hlfnffJ # for t contracting it cliques will always k.v k ;S rm c on 'buialiDUß by which the great etaplen Th. at PTicf6 V hich w ‘ u effectually exclude }S !£?i~EP roi,e, ‘ 11 markets. This is tho ewe now; wo f&T fffn«rN?»Tn!? 8 + B wount of the usual export staples, but bkUi cn of ISSii “fiord to pay our prices, and thus tho an inirnf.ii f f .i> t sp2ir» i Mla arfully gainst iw. and constitutes ?hu.™ n i Si ,IpOD A?i I V, KoId resources. This state of in.nPniF Ptepu in, and by some lepislat on, lnaiignratea anew era o( financialrofo r m. The local nioiket is withont change. (JaU leans are eflVc ti d at s.k<£sbrer cent, on Government*, and 657 per cmt. on other collaterals Street loans ara still nnaA*<u»«Ji R *rp?* ® primn pape?, hnt the off^inE* Tin- Kt o < k market to-day was dull and weak! exmnHnw Pennsylvania hailroad,which sold Hr*?l7atan“alSSuce Goveniimntsnd Btaie Loans were inactive. City 6s, ne w icsut*. sold at 101— an advance. - - h/whucw R*«df< g Rail- oad closed quiet aft 48>,f. Pennsylvania R,hi oad Hold up to SS-.-.H advance of %. tjSmden and An (my Kail)find wss hrm at 124 M! Oatawi ß , a Railroad Prctentd at 34; and Philadelphia and Erie Railroad • bbnk ami Cruml shares were unchanged. Mensru. Ufj Haven and Brother, no. .40 South-Third street, make the following quotations of tho rates of ox. chance to day, at I P. 11 limited Statea Sixes. 1881. 112<f ©llBl# i do. do,. HS. H0»fOll3«. do, dow 1861.11)0^wi; da do«1865tlinjj(SllllM; dado-’65 unw.l(JB^s©lOß^; do do 1867, new 1(8&@109; do. 1868,lt9> u '{ Five, Ten^ 60 eh Penn a R 200 eh do b6O lte 53 lOOeh do eswn*ins7^ 200 ah do 3ndys'677f lftOah do b6*) 58 150 sh do Its b 3 58 !00eh do bGOwu 67*^ 212 eh do 53 &H) sh do b3O Us 53 30 sh 13th&15th St R 19 100 sh do lSstf lOOehLhNvetk 31^ DOAUDB. 59 sh Penna R 53 100 sh do sGOwn 57% 100 sh dosOwn&ln 5S 100 sh do 60dys 67 ’± 100 sh do b3O 59 800 sh Read B b3O 405 sh do 48 100 8h do b 5 48 lOOsh do bswn 48 .300 eh do 47 % 200 sh do 2dys 47^ lOOeh do bs&ln 47 % fortteKiwjssicsstX'ntwvHeitea’arTratr-siKSfesiiL" Snfitb,? xtanfiofpii &4}o ; tetikehv Ttord tadChostoat, -Uflited State* r;Ue<w Five-twenties, Ltf&L. It3i,@W>6: doTdo. da, l»C4,'lue^f^ig9%; do. dd. d0„T866 do.. IbW,K.9; no. do t do. IWB, f kivtk, Ten-fortles, 108&C4108%; City ; / Jay Cookequote tfoverqraem secunatv. day aa follow* ;U.'B tic* new Five-twentiesof *M. lS&%'hlo&Z rdo. Nov; 18& 11l<ani£l;'nve.twentte* jrf July* U»3tf£U»;. do. imMewmmxi »faww.lowofl#;' J Ttafortwa tmmmiiiiok. ' .o allace a Keene. tsajuKero. I4tt fioutn Tim'd atreet,guota Foxdfir State Booda to-day a* foil jwb: Old. do. new; VirjtSntaoWv 57t368i do. IJUM, iiz<a 62#; North Caroime. Oil "ow, 01' j >din-ouri, : ; do Serene, 82@ra,' ; ...... ~' .’/'t , Pliiiadelphid rxodttte inarkei*! ; .. TurESSAY. Frb. 4—l he'e U ajzood demand for Clover*, »n<Jtunherealea offtvir'ftud prime wore reported at ft Wfl 9’60, and some from- eecond: handa ntby eelU at &3 7&@4, and JfWxae?datsJ 63&2 65pcr ))iirneL • -. ■■■ J There la very Qaercitron Bark here,.and Dfo. lle firm at fr 60 pert on. ■' The Fl.nr market eonttmte* dull, the faatilry belntt still limited to tbo wants of tbe trade, and tbereJa eonto •entity fo iealizc. Small ealea of auperdno at <i5®5.25 uer barrel; Txtrriß ut lowa and Wi-cinpfQ Fxtra Family ats7o7 2fij 3linnesata do do. at 67 #7 60; Penneylvania do. do- at 75: Ohiodo. do. at #8 76@510: and fancy lota at $lO 60@13 60. Rye Flour b* lb* a« wanted at s7@7 60. In corn Meal no sales re* P'.rted.- - The Whrfl/market Is dull aad weak; email sales of Red atfjil 60al 75 and Amber at $190.* Rye ranges from sl£Q to $1 65 lor Southern and Wefteml Com Is dull dt yes* terday's figarev; sales of new yellow •t66<3’B6#c. Oata are steady, with soles of 6.U00 bushels-Western at 72a7U0. Whisky is doll, and *el)s from 97c. to $1 00, New York ttonay (Tlarketi [From the N. Y. Herald Of to-day. I Fed. a-Liold waadrooplngTo dar, 'despite the stron/f etlorte made by botdera to keep op the premium. Large •mountew.ere purchased yesterday ano to-day to stay the market; but gold is a commodity Very'difllcali to control. In these times, when it- is the popular wish and the general expectation that gold most go'down, the least- rise Is sufficient to draw the metal Into the market from tbe hands of the so who fear that it will never he as high again. Besides, there la a steady Europesn. demand for our bonds and for railway stocks. MlLion* of dcllafs* worth have gone over the Atlantic since the beginning of tbe year. Tbe bills and paper drawn against them nave obviated to a great ex tent tbe immed’ate necessity for specie shipments.against which to make foreign exchange—tbe great draught upon gold fn Ihe United ct«tee. There are Indications in the orders received bv foreign bank* ing bouses that the European demand for Araeri can .securities . which, proved su«h profitable In* vestments a few years ago, is likely to be revived Tbe capitalists abroad faßy appreciate the immense en* bar cement vbichxmut take place In sueb rah way pro* perty as is adjacent to or in the line of the great oooti. Lem tl route which isto connect tho Pacific with tne At* Jamie, end bring the merchandise of Asia end the East ta the counters of the New England and Middle States. They are already purchasing largely of tho stock of several Western lines. The effect of these purchases, should they continue, will be to d i••pence in a great measure with specie shipments until some day in the futnre, when ail these eecurifiea will be sent borne, thereby, suddenly enlarging the balance of trade against Us to such an extent as to create serious ap* prehSDf lons fo- the effect Upon our finances. This latter u, of course, a gloomy view to take of the eobjOct. At least>t wifi be eo regarded by Wall street, wherb, fn the coDUur de rose aspect of things, the reaction is but dimly Been, if,indeed, itis seen atalL quotation at five o'clock this evening was 1355«@ 155>4> Cesh gold was in plentiful supply ,and loans were rt ade at from six seven per cent before Clearing H cure time and four to seven per cent, after. The grot* clearinis'were $64.31$ 000; the gold balances, $2,018,847, and the currency balances, $2,668,821 Moseywasin better demand,owing to the changing about ox ■qtortfr, produced by tbe sifting of collate; ala to throw out the marketWs Btcckf. Foreign exchange was doll, with a wesk tendeocy. The nondnal rate for prime bankers 1 sterling was lo9*c, but a good dot 1 was done at fFrom the R. Y. World of to*dav.) Frh 3.—Tbe money market was active at seven nor cent on call, and 7 to 8 per cent fur prime busiQees Dotes. Jn tbe government bond market there was quite an active movement to d*y the demand for Hoipment to Fuiope, and prices advanced about X per cent, in the leading boads. Tbe foreign exchange market was we<»k and declined, owing to the increased offering of bills on the market against ehij ments of bond*, bterling bond sixt v *ds-y bills were offf red at and prime bankers* at and tight, UOJf to IlCif. The gold market opened at declined to 135 M. and eloard »t 186>b at 3 P. M. The rates paid forcatiring were 6, 7, 6, and 4 per cent After the boatd ad- Joun-ed there was a preeenre of sales at 125 M to aod round lots were sola at the lower quotation, closing at to 1853 a at 545 P. M Tbe operations of the Gold Exchange Bank to-day were as follows: Gold balances Currency balances. Gross c1earance5........... Tbe lifttett unotations from new Fork (Bv Telocraphj Nrw Yobs, February B—dtocka steady; Gold, L 563» : Sterling. 10934; Five-twenfipe, 1862. 113*4; 109«: do. 1865. 108%:Ten.forH®*, Bixep,62; rouri Sixes. 663£: Canton Company. 61; Cambertand Preferred. New Yorkl l6s^; Reading, 9SM; Hudron River Michigan Jentral, 119; Michigan Southern. 94Cleveland and Pittabursh, 93; ClevaUnd andToleda lusif: Cbicagoand Rock faland, 130; Pitta* burgh and Fort Wayne, 11836. markets by Telegraph. [Eprcial DeEpatch to tbe PMla. Evening Bulletin.] Nrw Voek. reb. 4, 1354 P. M.—Cotton—The market this lunrnicgwae firm with a good demand; aalea of airaut 3/00 baler. We quote aa follows: Middling Uplands, 30: Middling Orteona. 3014. Flour. &c.—Receipts- 3 800 barrelß. The market for Weetrm and State Kkrar ie firm, with a fair demand: the ea'er are about 6.000 barrets, including Sunerfine State at 86 U(»46 TO: Extra State at S:fj 70 H $7; Low grades 3Ve*trro Extra at $8 80a37; Southern and California Flour!* dnll and unchanged. Grain—Kccelpta Wllear bueh. The market ia dull and taire. The ealfß are hush. No. 2 MUwaukee at $1 57£ 1 68 tn etore. and SI &9T41 60 afloat. Corn—KfiCeipte—2oLsoo bnehele. Tho market i- dull and heavy: Bale* of 10.000 buahela Vew Western at 90 402 cent* afloat Oata—RecetptH-2.000 boehela; market firm and rateable at ;*c Prc visioce—The receipts of Pork are 606 barrels. The market Is ealeaole bit lower. $33 25 for new Western mere. Lard— Receipts 168 t»ks. The market is firm with a sood demand. We quote fair to prime steam at 21. Ilox*- Kcc»*ipts— &0; market firmer; Western, CltT » . Whisky- Receipts,—C2t) bbla The market is firmer. We quote Western % free at 93@»4c. (Correspondence of the Associated Press 1 New York, Feb 4.—Cotton firmer; sales of 2.000 bales ai 303 q. Hour dull and declinine. but i« without decided change: >alee of 6,000 barrels. Wheat dull and declining: sales of 7.600 bushels No 3 at $1 68 Cora dull and lower; sales of 32.000 bushel* mixed Western. BSc.@9lc. Oats firmer: B’*les of 14.000 bushels Western at 76c.(577Xc. afloat and 74>6 in store. Beef quiet. Pork dulL new roesF s*2 25: ) rime meia, $26©27 50. Lard heavy, steam, 203<(«2i»V Whisky firm, but quiet. BHa i.nuosf. Feb 4.—Cotton firm: Middling Urlnnds,3oM. Flour dull and quiet. Wheat dull; aalea of prime to rhoice Ked at $3 20(3 3P5 Corn firm; piime White, 87© 8 c ; p» ime Yellow 64@860 Oats firm, at 70©75 cents. Rjc firm, at fil 60. Pork firm at $33 60©33. Bacon active; rib aides, 17?^'@18a; dear do., 18>$i<£l8\i cenfa; fhonlders, 161* cents ;name, 20 cents. Lard firm at 21 „ IMPORTATIONS. Reported for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. LIVERPOOL- Bark E B Hawa. Stuart-603 boxes tin plates N Trotter & Co: 781 bars railroad Iron Peona Cent RK(Jo; 112 bdls bar iron A O Roberta; 6ca machinery 8 A Crotier: 2do X Bazin: ldo U Garsed; 48U bundles iron Congreve & Son; Beke chains 2 pkssbdw Handy,Breuner & Co; 21 casks hdw 4 loose chains 14 anvils Newlin. Fern ley A Co; 196 bdlf> steel J C Hand A Co: 178 eke soda ash Churchman & Co; 66 do Yarnall A Trimble; 40do do Mearhlngponderß & W Welsh: 35crates ethw Burgess it Goddsro: 80 do Balt, Mear & dthropp; 60 do Tomkin-oo & MrKlveny: 37 pkgs ethw E & J Willetts & Co; 18 do Arbmy A Young* 1 do 8 Quincy; 34 pkgs glass B fcf Shoe mak»r: P6pkgsbdw J H ArmbrtiPter; 8 do Biddle FJdw i 'o; 2 do C M Ghn'eky;l pkge mdse James Davis; 10do Miekey. Merrill & Thackara; 3do John Campbell; 2do E 8 Mustin; 4do ,7 8 Williams; 2 do Wagner a Bro; Ido Fcott & Day: 2do J Lee; 6do A R McHenry dr Co; iB6O bxs tin plfttef 62 crates ethw 858 pigs lead 70 cks bleaching powder 295 cks soda a-b 15ft drums caustic soda 25 frames relt 9 cs machinery 346 bdls steel splices 1 package indue order. MAJKLNB BUCiIjESTEN. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA— Fkhiu*a.ry 4. BTSm Marine Bulletin on Inside Page. ARRIVED THIS DAV Steamer Florence Franklin, Pierson, 13 hours from Bal timore. with mdse to A Groves. Jr. CLEARED THIS DAY. Steamer Volunteer. Joneß. New York, John F nhl. Brig Louis 0 Madeira. Moelander, Cionfucgos, Madeira 6 Cabada. Bchr Am Rambo. Coulborn, Washington, Tylor di Co. Sc hr Armlio, Post, New York, Knight & Sons. Correspondence of the Philadelphia Exchange LKWES, Dsn, Feb. 3-6 PM. Ba»k Savannah, from Sombrero via StThomas for Pbiladelphin ; brig Hermes. Philadelphia for Laguayra, nnd echr Sarah Wateon, do for Havana, came to the Breakwater this afternoon. WindE; raining. Youtb, Ac, JOSEPH LAFETRA, _ MEMORANDA Steamer ITunter. Harding, bence at Providence 2d instant Steamer Auetralasinn (Br), McMickan. for Liverpool, cleared at New Y rk vce*«rdnv. Btra Northword (Br). VVilllama,- cleared at Baltimore yesterdoy for Rio Janeiro. ’ Bcbr G M Wentworth, Robbins, hence at Domerara Bth ult Schr »T Burley, Williams, henco at Fall River Ist Inst. Schr Minnie. B ud*on. hence at Mobile 80th ult Bchr 8 A M D Scull, Steelman, cleared at Mobile 30th ult. for Havana. Scbr Bimnson. cleared at Bucksville, SC. 27ih ult. for this port, witn lumber and naval store*. Schr Ida L» Burgess, from Boston for thia port, at New York yesterday. Schr Henrietta Simmons. Godfrey, from Boston for this port, at Holmes’ Hole 2d inet Bchr Lizzie A Watson, Watson, cleared at Bucksville, BC. 29th ult. for thh port, with lumber and naval stores. MARINE MIBCTRLI.ANY. Ship Germania, from Philadelphia for Bremen, which put into this port a few days **go in distress, landed about 3000 hhls of ber cargo-of petroleum on Davi-'a wharf. The authorities prohibited the landing of any more, on rite ground that it wap dangerous tb the city in caaoof lire. The ship will discharge tho rest of hoi cargo on Kayo’s wharf. Flcbmnnd.aDd go on the marlnqslip for repairs.— Halifax Morning 4 orooicle.Both. Schr Boston? of-Cape May, NJ, whoro she was built iu 1846.148 tons register, nov at Providence, has been s ill to R C Bturgcue, of Boston,, and Capt Isaac C Stur'esand others of Barns’able. on private terms. She will hero after hail from Barnstable. ExTitAORDrNAHY Paabmje.— I The bark John Mnthuoa, Lapt Sullivan, sailed from NeW York Dec 14 for Palma*, Canary Inland, and arrived at Palmas on tho 27t0, thus making the passage ln 1H days, believed to be tho quickest time on| record The J M was formerly the Azefia, and wna hpilt At Baltimore iu 1853. THIRD EfiITION. . WASIIIiVGTON. RECOGNITION OF CONSULS U. S. Interest in the Uaion Pacific B.R. From 'Wasbing'ton. 1 : WAenrKGTON, Feb. 4 Tho Prcsfdcnt has rc (eofthlzcd , Eijnst Bryer asCohsal bl tbe-North Geiinpn Udlod at Mobile, Alabamdi J. H. Goss- Ijr as Cfbbul .of • the North German I Union at Bp'toD; Emilio De Las Casas, Conan! of Vene zuela at New Torts, and Edward B\ Davidson, Consnl General of the Argentine RepnbUc for the United Btates. The Interest paid by (bo United States on all bonds Issued to tbe Union Pacific Railroad, East ern Division, including December 31, 1868, amounts to $689,305. Tho SO per cent.'of the earnings from Government business, returned to tbo Tre-aenry as provided by law, amounts to $516,705,; - Tbe President hoe directed the Attorney-Gene ral to mabe a report in the' eaee of Dr. Mndd, os preliminary to a pardon. The friende ,of Modd say they have no doubt he will' be eoon set at liberty. Tbie belief is based on what the Presi dent told them. XX.m CONOKJESS-XUlrd Session. :. Washivotoh, Fob. 4. Shsate.—Mr. Pomeroy presented a joint reso lution' of the Legislature of Kansas relating to tbe mail service and post rontes in that State. ' . Mr. Hendrtchs, from the Clommlttee on Naval Affairs, reported with amendment, the House joint resplntion directing the Bale of tbq steamer Atlantic, which was thereupon considered nnH passed. Mr. Chandler' presented a joint resolution of tbe Michigan Legislature requesting Michigan Representatives and Senators to secure the pas sage of Ihe river and harbor appropriation bnl. The Chair presented the credentials of Thomas W. Tipton, Senator-elect from Nebraska. Mr. -Nye presented the credentials of Wllllsm M. Stewart, Senator-elect from Nevada. Mr. Edmnnds Introduced a bill to provide better security for the engraving and printing of tbe securities of the United Btates and for other purposes. Mr. Van Winkle introduced a bill to Incorpo rate, the Junction Railroad Company ot Wash ington. Referred to Committee on" District of Columbia. Mr. Osborn introduced a bill to provide for an American line of steamships between certain Atlantic ports Id tbe United States and one or more European ports. Referred to the Com mittee on Commerce. Mr. Cole introduced a bill to grant lands to the Santa Barbara branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Referred to tho Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Warner presented a bill to renew certain grantr of land to tbe State of Alabama. Mr. Sumner presented the resolution of the Colored Council of the Union League of Aftn bruster. Va., protesting against the removal of tbe political disabilities of Judge Baker, of Vir ginia. Reterred to the Committee on the Judi ciary. Also, the petition of Cyrus Anson,of New Tork, asking that $500,000 be retained ont ot tbe price of tbe Island of St. Thomas, to re-imbnrse him for certain losses. Hoose. —Alter the reading of the journal, the Sergeant-at-Arms appearca at the bar of the Bonse with Henry Johnson in his custody, the recusant witness committed yesterday to bis keeping. Mr Lawrence, Chairman of the Committee on the New Tork Election Frauds, stated that the witness had appeared before the committee and testified, and that there seemed to have been a misunderstanding between the witness and the officers who served the subpoenas, as to the room at which the committee had been sitting in New Tork. Under these circumstances, he offered a resolution that Henry Johnson be discharged from custody. Mr. Brooks asked—Why not say honorably dis cbaiged? .82.018.347 62 2 658.822 77 . &4.39&U10 00 Pennsylvania Legislature. HAKBisBnaG, Feb. 4. Senate.— Mr. Connell presented the remon strance of Hemy Bumm, J. Macy, J. F. Grlstoek and many other citizens of the Twentieth Ward of Philadelphia, against tbe repeal of the act di viding said Ward into two school sections. Kills in Place. —Mr. Barnett, one authorizing corporations possessing mining privileges to lease their corporate property to corporations having mining rights ; also, one authorizing the Weßt .Branch Susquehanna Canal Company to abandon for nse as a canal that portion of their canal known as the Lowisbnrg Cross-cat, and to sell the latter to the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company j. also, one giving the Lehigh and Easton Railway Company the right erect a telegraph along their road and to connect it with other lines, providing that seven directors may transact business, aud that the provision of the fourth section of the act of March 27, 1552, relative to the Snnbnry and Erie, and Pittsburgh and Busqnebanna Railroad Companies, shall ap ply to said Lehigh and Easton Railroad Com pany. Mr. Jackson, one allowing the Plttstown Railroad Company, now known-.as the Danville, Hazleton and Wilkesbarre Rtilrdad, to erect a telegraph along their road, which can be nsed also by the pnblic, and also allowing them to connect their road at Hazleton and Janesville with the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Mr. Stinson, one authorizing the Wilmington and Reading Railroad Company to build lateral or branch roads three miles long, and to borrow the money necessary; also, one authorizing the Chester County Prison Inspectors to employ a moral and religions instructor, the expense not to exceed $1,500. Mr. Graham, one to enable railroad, canal and slack-water navigation companies to straighten, widen, deepen, enlarge nnd otherwise improve their lines and the bridges, aqueducts, piers and structures thereof. Mr.Mclntyre,one relating to the competency of witnesses in actions relative to incorporated com panies. Mr. Connell, one to incorporate the Littlo Cottonwood Silver Mining Company. Mr. Wallace, one authorizing the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company to extend and con struct their branch,now building in Cameron,Elk, Clearfield and Jefferson, to the line between Pennsylvania and Ohio, and to connect the same with the Erie road; also, one to repeal the act authorizing the sale of the property of any incorporated company.npon the bonds secured by mortgage given by It, with like eflect as if sold upon the mortgage. House.— Tile general Judiciary Committee re ported negatively an aet relating to the selection of candidates for office by political parties in the Commonwealth. This Is the bill which was pro posed and forwarded by the Union League of Philadelphia, and was embodied in a prize essay for which that body gave a premium of five hun dred dollars. Onjmotion of Mr. Duncan,of Venango, tho bill was referred back to the Committee. lbe Ways and Means Committee reported an act to adjourn sine die on March 10th. No action was takrD oponit. Many bills were Introduced, among them the follow ing, which were referred to the appropri ate Committees; Mr. Hong, an net requiring the registry of lands lu Philadelphia. Mr. Bunn, one authorizing Wm. B. Severn to sell nnd convey certain real estate. Mr. Nice, of Schuylkill, one for the better ventilation of mines and the protection of the Ijves of miners. Mr. Webb, one conferring tho right upon tho Common Pleas Court to grant divorces. Mr.,Phillips, one to settle aDd determine tho eonthern boundary line of this State. Mr. Myers, one anlbotlzing city aldermen to justify the sureties on liconse bonds for their re spective Wards, subject to the approval of the Rieorder, and that the act approved April, 1861. beiDg a supplement to tho act- approved ‘2oth April, 1559, being a supplement to the actap proved 81st March, 185.6, be repealed. Mr. Hong, one rodWbg.it lawful for the Gov ernor to remit any/ 1 piirto? itny . sentence here after Imposed by any Court'of Quarter Sessions or otber court having criminal jurisdiction upon any person, aftfcr, ednvietion' fot; hny felony or criminal offcnee.witli power also to reduce; any eeutenco of death to Imprisonment for life, brlor a term of years. , fjOEKEE EDMOW. ] BY 'TELEGRAPH. LATER FROM WASHINGTON e Postal Telegraph Qoheme TtiE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD Restoration of Mississippi Ibo Postal Tclcgrhpii-Stcam«M|) ; ■' ■- ' Schemes. (Special Despatch to the Phfla. Evening Bulletin.! Washington, Feb, 4.— The Senate Post-office Committee to-day heard the argument from Wm. Orton, against Messrs. Hnbbardj md E. H. Derby in favor of the Postal Telegraph.' The Commit tee will stand by their previous action, having al tesdy reported in favor of a Postal Telegraph. The contending steamship hich were also be fore the Committee arguing in favor of their re spective schemes. Tlie Ceiurat Pacific Boilroad. [Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Washington, Feb; 4.—lhe Senate to-day re fused to reconsider the Central Branch Railroad bill, for the purpose of allowing Its friends to offer their amendments, making the bill conform to the new principles adopted by the Committee on Pacific Railroads. The Bcitoratlon of mississippt. The Committee on Reconstruction were to have decided definitely to-day as to the restora tion of Mississippi to the Union, but post poned its action in consequence of information that another delegation from that State is now on the way to Washington. The committee have decided to report a bill removing political dis abilities from a number of persons in the South. Execution of a. murderer. Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 4 Lewis Davis was banged at 12.4& to-dav, in Cuyahoga County jail, for the murder of D.P.Sklnner, ot Independence, in September last. fortieth Congress—Third Session. ißkhate— Continued from tho Third Edition. J growing ont of a contract to make a ship-canal across the Isthmus of Holstein, to open commu nication between the North Sea and the Baltic. Mr. Pomeroy moved to take up the motion mrde by Mr. Conness several days since, to re consider the vote upon the bill relating to the Central Branch of the Pacific Railroad, to allow tbe Senator from Oregon (Mr. Williams) to offer an amendment. Lost. On motion of Mr. Patterson (N. H.) the Sen ate took up the bill to provide for the paving of Pennsylvania avenne, Washington, which was dismissed till the expiration of the morning hour brought up the unfinished business of yesterday, tbe Constitutional Amendment. [Honne--Continued from Third Edition.] Mr. Lawrence snpposed that that was unneces sary. Mr. Brooks thought that it was necessary after casting contempt upon the man, and bringing him to Washington under arrest. Mr. Woodward remarked that tho only effect of the gentleman from Ohio (Lawrence) refaslog to admit the statement of tho witness yesterday as to bis having obeyed tbe summons, had been tbe dlsgraceinl incarceration of a freeman for twenty-four hours. Mr. Robinson made the point of order that the word disgraceful, used by Mr. Woodward, was a more severe expression than he himself had been called to order for yesterday. The Bpeaker sustained the point of order. The witnesß bad been incarcerated by order of the House, and.it was not proper for a gentleman to denonnee the action of tbe Honso as disgraceful. Mr. Woodward remarked that the expression was strictly correcLw . The Speaker—Thff. Choir, however, decides otherwise, s, • —, Mr. Woodward—Tbe Honse was led to its de cision by the geo-tietnan from Ohio refusing to accept the statement of the witness yesterday. Then the Honse, very properly I think, commit ted him to the custody of the Bergeaut-at-Arms, tut the Honse wns misled into the act by the gintleman from Ohio. The Bpenker—As the Chair views this question fioni a parliamentary and judicial stand-point, the Chair can Dot see how “a disgraceful act” can “very oroperly” be done. Mr. Woodward—ll I used that word I with draw it. I eay, however, that if the gentleman from Ohio had accepted the statement made yesterday, the House would not have done the very “proper” act of recommitting this citizen. I think an apology is due to him by the gentle man from Ohio. Obituary, Reading, Feb. 4.—Captain John P. Hale, Su perintendent ot the Beolt Foundry, of Messrs. Seybcrt, McManus & Co., and a prominent citi zen of this place, died here to-day, of typhoid pneumonia, after a week’s illness. He was a son of Judge Hale, of Centre county, and a brother in-law of Secretary Welles, and was well-known throughout the Stale and elsewhere. Serious Accident at Montreal. Montreal, Canada, Feb 4. —While a concert and ball, at St. Patrick’s Hall, was in progress last night—2,ooo persons being present—a cry was raised shortly before midnight that the roof was giving way, causing intense excitement, ill Immediately rushed towards the street, bat while the last were getting out the roof fell with a tre mendous crash. Several persons were injured, but it is hoped that none were killed. The snow storm continues with great fury, and railroad travel will bo stopped. Tlie Weatlier. Augusta, Me., Feb. 4.— The enow storm has not yet ceased, and the roads are badly blocked. There was a thunderstorm last night. THE COURTS. Di6tkiot Court— Judge Greenbank.—W. M. Fenner vs. Robert N. Clawson. An action to recover for an apparatus furnished defendant to bo used in forcing beer Irom below to splggots in the bar-room. The defence setup that the ap paratus was defective, and that during the Baen gcrfest,two years ago, it failed to act. The plain tiff in rebuttal denied that the apparatus was de fective, although on one day it failed to act, and the plaintiff then offered to take it back, but the defendant declined to accept the offer unless the plaintiff paid in addition for an ico box which it was allegeddio had been compelled to buy. Ver dict for plaintiff for #335 64. Wllliiim Kessler vs. Robert Adger. An action to recover damages for an alleged malicious pro secution. This case was commenced January 26tb, and when about half way through was in terrupted by tbe death of a member of the family of one of the counsel. The eaße was resumed this morning. It was alleged on behalf of the plaintiff that he saw a copper kettle at the door of defendant’s store, marked $2 15, and en tering, ho purchased it from the boy in attendance. Sub sequently he was followed by the defendant, the proprietor, who accused the'plaintiff of stealing the keule, as the price was #3. The plaintiff was arrested and held to answer tbe churgo of larceny. He was acquitted when buioro the jury iu the Quarter Sessions. The defence set np that plaintiff know that 2.15 was not the pries, but was the auction num ber, and that the kettle was secured in tho ab sence of the defendant, who could have told tho plaintiff the actual price, and as he hid boon to tho stole biforo and ascertained tho price of kettles, he knew that ho wus not paying enough. Jury ont. DisTniCT Cocut—Judge Btrond Borons vs. Rasch & Robinson. An action of ejectment. On trial. . Quarter Sessions—Jndgo Ludlow.— Prison cases : were resumed this morning, with a dock toll of criminals of low degree, thooffoiicoa boing for the most part of a 'trifling character, potty iarceiji&B and assaults and baunriea, the fact that the neensed were not able to obtain bail boing evidence of the, scarcity of friends or tho worth lessness of their own character,’ /William McFarland pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and -battery upon William Moore. 3:lo?0’qioois. Washington. Feb. 4. McFarland had beento the tiro at Ninth, and .Chcetnntv gOf drunk, and on his way home stopped at Third and Sbippen, where ho engaged In an altercation,,with Mrs. Moore, and when Mr-Moore interfered, assaulted him. j Geo. Smith pleaded guilty, to a charge of steal ing a pair of boots.. He' asked the -proprietor for the hoots, and when they were refused ho ran ofT with them. , ; Edwaid McCann pleaded guilty (o a choree of , assault and battery upon Elizabeth Francis. • James Robinson pleaded gnilty to a charge of stealing a bnfTalo robe. ' Thomas Donovan pleaded gnilty to a charge of stealing a roll of Cassimere. , , Michael O’Brien pleaded gnilty to a charge of stealing a lot of harness. ; John Harkins pleaded gnilty to a charge of malicious mischief. Because the proprietor of a tobacco store, refused biai a “chew,” ho went outside and broke the window. , Sarah Perry pleaded gnilty fo'a charge of keep tog a disorderly house In Pine alley, CITY BUIdUETjCN,^ F. atal Accident at the Navy Yard.— This morning:, about twelve o'clock, Lewis Webb, while at work on the steamer Brooklyn, which Is at the Navy Yard undergoing overhauling and " repairs, fell from a staging and received such In* Janes that be died shortly afterwards. 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