Daily evening bulletin. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1856-1870, February 04, 1869, Image 3

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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. ' ■
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«l>Tonicana Adpetlaer they too
notsurpiuEed, and we chcei fully recommend' them. All
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MAGNOLIA WATER.—Superior to tho best imported
Gcinian Cologne, and sold at half tho price.tfoB-ttt.Ui.Mlt.
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* - Manufacturers of '
FIRST-CLASS AGREFFH PLATES
./pjaNOFORTEB.
. Warerooms, .
No. 610 ARCH Street,
Philadelphia. delotbetuBm{
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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.
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■, 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
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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. The Coro- <
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