OBIMB.
the lIXINOIB THifIBDT.
murder of Senator MfConncll-Arrest
of tbe Prisoner, and Evidence Agauut
?ho Chicago Jtumal of Saturday contains this
lll., February 11-— 'So«SmSI
tciy by which the brutal assassination of General
Murray McConnell was at first shrouded, has
at last been dispelled, and the arrested
and confined In prison to await bis trial.
the mbrdkrkb.
The name of the prisoner is Wm.
a young man, formerly clerk Mansion
House tint,at the time of the murder, proprietor
of • email family grocery store,his stoct of goods
in which was purchased with money borrowed
from the murdered man in June last. He is but
twenty-six years of age, well educated, of pleas
ing manners.of correct iiabits in eyory particular,
a genial, rocial man, esteemed and respected by
every one, and possessing as many warm,
personal fricnSs as any person
in Jacksonville; in short, jnst about the last man
in the world to whom, under ordinary circum
stances any suspicion would have attached. But*
after three days of patient investigation by a
Coroner’s jury composed of our most intelligent
citizens, in which every circumstance that could
bear upon the case in any possible contingency
has been considered and carefully sifted, a con
elusion has been reached which directly impli
cates him, and is sufficiently expressed in the lan
gnsge of their verdict, which is as follows:
VBBDICrr-OFTirB'COBONBK'B.JBRT.
“ Wo, tbe undersigned, the Coro
ner’s jury of inquest upon tho body of Murray
McConnell, do find, aB our verdict, that the said
Murrav McConnell came to his death on the morn
iDg of February 9th, 1869, at his residence, in the
city of Jacksonville, from and by reason of blows
willfrffiy and feloniously inflicted with some in
strument unknown to the jurors, in the hands of
William Alexander Robinson.
HOW THE ASSASSIN WAS DETECTED.
I will now proceed to relate the manner in
which the assasßin was detected, and the circum
stances which indicate his guilt.
the interkbt-book and the pencil.
In previous despatches,it has been related that,
on General McConnell’s table, a book for cal
cutating interest was lying open at the pages
that contain,on one side,tho tables forcompntiDg
interest on $4OO, and, on the other, on $500; that
a person,in ascertaining interest,would naturally
trace down the column from the top, with the
pencil, until the correct point was reached;
but on this book was a pencil-mark
made by a poncll traveling up the page from
the bottom to tho top; that this pencil-mark com
menced verv abruptly, was broad and heavy, and
made such in indenture in the paper that it eonld
be readily seen on the next leaf under it; that this
Dencil-mark was about half an Inch long, where
there is ovldence that the lead of the pencil was
broken off, and the mark continued for some dis
tance by the wood of the pencil; that upon lbs
fioor. bcside the murdered man, was a pencil with
the point broken off.
ROBINSON S NOTE.
. These circumstances seemed to justify tho be
lief that the victim was computing interest when
he received theblow of tho assassin. Here,then,
was the starting point. If computing Interest,
what more natural than that he was computing
for some person? And who was that person?
Very likely some one against whom the General
bad notes; and it was developed that a short time
before his death, his son, George McConnell, st
his dictation, had made ont a schedule of all the
notes and papers of value in his possession. A
brief search among his papers sufficed to
bring this list to light. His notes were
then produced and scheduled, and a note of Wil
liam A- Robinson was discovered to be missing;
and, what was more startling, it was a note for
precisely $4OO, which was the precise figure at
which the interest-book lay open. Nothing
whatever had been removed from the room after
the murder, and a search was at once made for a
paper upon which interest had been figured; and
a little piece of paper, aboat two inches square,
was found, on which, in the General’s own
figures, was calculated the interest on $4OO from
the day the Robinson note was dated to the day
of the murder.
DETENTION OF ROBINSON,
ThiB was deemed sufficient te justify the de
tention ot Robinson, who was at once placed
under arrest, ostensibly, however, as a witness,
until further developments should take place.
When told that he was desired as a witness, and
that he was under arrest until called, he won
dered what they could want of him, but added
that he had been down past the house about the
time the murder must have been committed.
BLOOD ON EOBrNSON’a BOOTS.
The man Robinson was then accused of the
crime, without producing any embarrassment
His boots were taken from him, after he had con
fessed to having worn them for some time, and
on them were spots of blood, which bear the evi
dence of having been washed, as if with a view
of eraslngthem. No other indications of this
character, however, were found about him.
PRODSBILITY THAT THE MURDER WAS NOT PRE
MEDITATED.
The character and the antecedents of the guilty
man, and tho paltry sum of 8400, for which this
terrible crime was perpetrated, all repel the Idea
that it was premeditated. If money, and money
alone, had been the motive of the murder, and
the crime had been deliberately planned in order
to evade the payment of his note, tho .murderer
would have despoiled his victim of his pocket
book, his watch and chain and his diamond pin,
the aggregate value of which must have been
$2,500 at least. It is probable that
he went there that morning for the
purpose of obtaining an extension of
tho note,or paying it; and, having an honest pur
pose, walked deliberately and boldly Into the
house. The note waß produced,and, proceeding
to settlement, some difference may have arisen
between them. General McConnell was 72 years
of age. and always very decided and arbitrary.
He had, of late years, grown somewhat petulant,
especially when feeling unwell, and when a little
angered, he was one of tho most bitter and sar
castic men to be found anywhere; and, in busi
ness matters be was disposed to hold men to a tol
erable close observance of their agreements. He
had In his office three bars of Inch-sqnare
iron, about nine inches in length, which he need
as paper weights, and one of them is now miss
ing. It is probable that, during the settlement,
McConnell eaid something which exasperated
Robinson beyond control, and that, seizing one
of these bars of iron from the table, Roblnsom
dealt him a blow which felled him to the floor.
Appreciating then, when too late, what he had
done; and that in the infirm condition and great
age of McConnell his recovery from the effects of
that blow were scarcely probable; and that, as far
as the legal responsibilities for murder were con
cerned, he had gone too far to retrace his steps;
and the belief that he had entered the honse un
observed, and might leave It as successfully,flash
ing ncr'oss bis mind—he leaned over him and
dealt him blow after blow, sufficient to prevent
even the recovery of that momentary conscious
ness In which the victim might give the name ot
his assailant. And, to render ■ the work com
plete, ha most have delivered at least a dozen
heavy blows upon the bead, crushing in the tem
ples, and the eknll behind both ears, and on the
back of the head; and then departed, taking with
him the instrument of his crime.
HIS STATEMENT BEFORE THE CORONERS JURY.
To-day he was on the witness-stand, before the
Coroner's jnry, for six hours. He stated that he
had lived here three years; that he was clerk at
the Mansion House up to- last February, with
thelexccptlon of two weeks: that he. In June last,
opened o grocery store, and has been In that
business over since; that he had known McCon
nell ever since he had been here, and Intimately;
that he had had business transactions with him;
that, In May last, he borrowed money of
him, and gave his note for $120; that, In
September last, he took np that note by giving
another for $4OO and paying the balance in cash;
that tho last note was to draw ten per cent, inter
est from date, and he gave two names to the
note as security; that this last noto he paid in
December last, either on the Bth or 9th, but was
not certain of the date of the payment; that he
paid the note in McConnell's office. No one was
preterit but Mr. McConnell and himself.
He paid $4OO. The bills were two 60's,
and tho rest were $lO notes. “Mc
i 5??. r.E . , me bttck ass note in change.
1 , tl £ lk th .° inte ; e , bt was included in tho principal
Of the note, and X paid it before i expected to,
and in this way $5 became due me; vet I owed
him $lOO. He gave me the note, and I
it. T burned it in my store. I keep a correct
cash account of all my business, showing all mv
cash receipts and all the money I D av
out. That aceonnt shows the item of n»v
snent to McConnell of $4OO. I am will-
Incr to have my books examined. Tb.o ;
books were then produced, and the discrepancy
was shown him. He said he had no explanation
of it to makes that the book showing the pay
ment was right, and the other was wrong; that
thore was no difference In the kinds of ink; ana
that tho entry of that Item was made In Decem
ber, as it. appears. When asked If he did not
make that since the murder, he jumpod out ,ot
blB seat excitedly, and, raising fils right hand,
told, ‘•Bofore God, I did that In December.
TRAGEDY IST AN ABTMJM.
SbockiDgp ITlurdcr on Bluottwoll’i
Island.
The N. Y. Her aid says: „ , „ „
The “Lodge” by which appellation the small
three-story Building set apart for the worst or
most rabid of the lunatics, on the west ena oi
ibis island, is known—was the scene of a most
shocking affair some time during Friday nigni
last, by which the life of a poor demented crea
ture was taken by another in a moment ot trenzy,
and the deed was mainly owing to tfie
mismanagement of tho authorities in not proper
ly guarding against the danger to which the in
mates ot the institution aro at present
ho much exposed. The facts in tho case are as
follows: There are about 1,300 Inmates In
the four structures set apart for lunatics on
the island in question, all of which are occupied,
the “Lodge” being filled 4o repletion. The ac
commodations here are so meagre that it has
been found necessary for several months past, in
order to meet tho demands of the Increase in tne
number of unfortunates, to cause their sleoping
two in a cell, instead of one, as heretofore, when
the patients are dangerous and liable to do Doauy
barm to one another. Each of these apartments
is furnished with an iron bedstead and a wooden
tub, or “kid,” of heavy oak, such utenaUj
being essential. The patients are l°ckoa
up in their rooms at six 0 clock each
evening and are not released again until nve
o’clock the next morning. On Erldav
of the female lunatics confined in this department
arose from her conch and in a paroxysm of mad
nees seized the heavy tub at the side of _ the cot
and raising it above her head brought it down
with terrific force upon the skull other sleeping
comrade, crushing itJn and killing her instantly.
The shrieks and bowlings in the lunatic asylum
are so familiar to tho ears of their keepers as to
attract little or no attention at any time during
the night; hence if' any noise was made
by the victim in her struggles it was not
noticed. At five o’clock, when toe
female keeper of tho ward in which toe horrible
affair transpired threw open the door of the cell,
great was her horror in beholding too maniac
murderess and her murdered companion lying
side by side in their gory cot, a ghastly spectacle
indeed. The bed clothing was saturated with
blood, which dripped slowly from the pendant
cover ng and streamed over toe floor of toe
room, while the bralne of the dead woman, which
had been literally scooped out with toe fingers
of the murderess, lay scattered about and
bespattered the walls. The demented
woman was removed immediately from toe
cell, and the circumstances attending toe affair
were kept so strictly private as to elude the ob
servation of nearly every one about the place.
The remains of toe deceased, whose name has
not transpired, were coffiDed quietly and expe
ditiously, and were interred without delay. She
was about twenty-six years of age, and had
neither friend nor relative living in this yieinity.
The murderess is of course irresponsible for toe
The facts narrated above have been obtained
from an employe of the asylum, bnt the names
of the parties concerned in the tragedy were not
disclosed.
Tiajflc Affair in B-'loridaTlirce nea
Killed*
( Correspondence of the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph.]
Dunn’s Lake, East I'i.a , Jan. 30.— About three
o'clock on yesterday afl'-rnoon.. a rapid snccesr
slon of gnn shots was heard ahont four miles in
the country. Startling Intelligence was 60on ob
tained of a desperate combat between six men.
There were three brothers on either side, by the
name of Braddock and Turner, who had culti
vated inveterate hatred toward each other
for many years. The result is the death
of one of the former, and two of the
last named parties. The most reck
less bravery was displayed on either side. Toe
weapons need were shot-guns and rtSes, which
were need with serious results, within ten feet dis
tance of each other, wounding or killing th*
whole party. Two of the Turners were Jdßad,
one on the field, the other Eying wounded, for
his life. John Braddock fell instantly, the first
shot; dying, he exclaimed to his “Sill
the last one before he escapes." The parties
were neighbors, and considered eood citizens.
The cause of the trouble, probably, was a few
bogs. As yet no recognition has been taken by
the civil authorities of this tragic affair.
EUBOPEAfi AFFALKB
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
Xbe Independance Beige on the Hu
mored negotiations Between Greece
and the United States.
The Independance Beige of January 27 notices
a rumor in circulation in Paris that Greece has
opened negotiations with the United States, with
a view to purchase maritime assistance by ceding
one of the islands of the Greek archipelago. The
/Independance remarks;
- From negotiation to conclusion there is often a
great distanee, nor does it follow that because
aid is demanded it will be granted. The United
Btates most certainly sympathize with Greece;
diplomatic correspondence has made known that
Piesident Johnson, at the commencement of the
present month, communicated to Congress that
the American Minister at Constantinople had in
sisted that the Porte should give up Crete. It is
moye than likely that if the Eastern question
were decidedly opened, the Uuited States would
not allow it to be settled wlthont them—and it is
solely on that account we mention the rumor—
bnt as to opening it themselves,and prematurely,
nobody imagines that we are on the eve of seeing
so terrible an adventure begun by them.
Tlie London Theatres Warned.
The following circular has been addressed bv
the Lord Chamberlain to the managers of all
theatres under his jurisdiction:
“The Lord Chamberlain presents his compli
ments to the Managers of the . He has
learned with regret, from observations in the
press, and from other sources, that there is much
reason to complain of the impropriety of cos
tume of the ladles in the pantomimes, bur
lesques, &c., which are now being performed in
some of the metropolitan theatres. He
has ' noted for Borne time past that this
evil has been gradually on the increase, bnt he
has been most unwilling to interfere In a matter
which he considers ought more properly to be
left to the discretion and good taste of the man
agers themselves. Now,however, that the ques
tion has been taken np by the Press, and pnblic
opinion is being expressed upon it, he feels hltn-
Belf compelled to call the serious attention of the
managers to the subject; for he can not but re
mark the discredit that now lastly falls on the
' stage, and the objections which are being raised
against it by many who have hitherto frequented
the theatres, but who now profess themselves
unwilling to permit the ladies of
their families to sanction by their
presence such questionable exhibitions. The
Lord Chamberlain, with every anxiety to pro
mote the interests of the stage,trusts that he may
confidently appeal to the managers to assist in
abating the evU complained of, which threatens
to become a public scandal. He has purposely
addressed these observations in the form of a cir
cular to the managers of all theatres under his
jurisdiction, wlthont imnuting blame to any in
particular, and will gfadly receive from them
any observations or suggestions which they may
wish to offer on the subject.
“Lord Chamberlain's Office, Jan. 28,18G9.”
Reports rind Rumors—Revolutionary
Items.
The N. Y. Tribune's correspondent in Havana
writes as follows;
The paporß publish reports from Bpaln that
Gen. Dulce will return to the mother country in
a few months, having declared the rebellion can
be put down with 6,000 men. I do not believe
either story. Already 10,000 men have' been sent
to the Island, say the Spanish papers, In addition
to thoso lighting the campaign. Unless a peace
were right speedily made with Cespedcs, 60,000
men will not bo able to put down tho rebel
lion. I apprehend that Gen. Dnloe will not go
home, and that tho rebels will light out
their battle,with as much chance of making their
quarrel epidemlo as not. The Tribune, a new
paper, scoutß the story of an attempted assassina-
THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY FEBRUARY IS 1869.
CUBA.
tlon of General Dulce, founded upon the arrest
of a auspicious person and published In the />•<*-
rio, protesting that all Cabans, including gontlo
men of color, look upon snch a crime with hor«
ror and dlsgußt, and that if unfortunately should
happen a conflict, more personal than' political,
of which General Dnleo would bo the object,
every one of them would be at his aide to defond
his person.
The political Governor o£ Havana Issues an or
der against the overdoing of masked balls, with
special reference to the dangers of sedition and
assassination. He will not permit the ecclesias
tical, military, civil or political orders to be made
fun of in the disguises; prohibits the carrying of
weapons, the neo of masks in (ho street, and only
permits them to be worn in a partial manner at
the balls. The Government is thus providing
against other such scones as those of the Louvre
and the Villanueva Theatre. Throughout the
island the same' rule is enjoined. Apart from the
war, the situation of the Cubans may bo likened
to a masquerade—only with the restrictions
named.
PETITION TO TUB PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
The following petition has been sent to the
President of the United Btates by many Cubans:
“Havana, Feb. 6 .—To the Bon. A. Johnson.—
Sir ; In the name of God and for the sake of
liberty, and as President of the greatest nation
on earth, send yonr powerful aid to the cause of
the Independence of Cuba, and may God bless
you is the prayer, of your friend, a friend to your
country and a friend to all your countrymen.
“Cuba."
GEN. eiunt’B SPEECH.
Opinions of the Press.
The N. T. Tribune says:
Having made np his mind as te those whom he
wants in his Cabinet, Gen. Grant does not pro
pose to aid those who may wish to impose others
upon him ins toad, by publishing the names of
his choEen counselors, and thns Inviting combi
nations of the disappointed find sore-headed to
overbear his choice. This is frank, straightfor
ward, business-like. If objections shall exist to
any Qf Gen. Grant’s nominees for Cabinet posi
tions, let them be made and considered in the
Sen ate, where they will be pertinent and in order.
It is not the duty of the President-elcot to give
those objections and the objectors factitious con
sequence and power through premature pub
licity.
We do not know how the impression became
prevalent that it is the custom of our Incoming
Presidents to announce their Cabinots a mouth
or so in advance of their own inauguration; bat
it is certainly an error. In two or three Instances,
it may have become generally 1 known that A, B
or C wonld be lnvitca to a seat in the Cabinet, as
it was known soon after Mr. Lincoln’s election
that Gov. Seward wonld be his Secretary of State;
yet, even in that case, it was not till after Mr. L.
was inaugurated and in full possession of the
White House, that his selections for Cabinet Min
isters were fully made known.
The New York Times says:
It has come to be a tradition in Washington,
as well as elsewhere, that a President, not con
trolled by the party that elected him, is an im
possibility ;—that be mast have support, organ
ized, active and efficient, to make his adminis
tration successful, —and that he cannot get such
sn pport except from his party, and that he can
not get it lrom his party except as he consult! its
interest, rewards its active adherents and follows
the course marked ont by its leaders. The man
who disputes or doubts this, la set down as a
dreamer or a tool. A President is held to be
merely the representative, or the servant of the
party that put him in power,—bound to take its
{nterest audits wishes as his rule of official action,
to keep its adherents in power, and to carry its
measures into practice,—not because they are
tx st prr se for the country, but because they are
those of his party.
General Grant’s brief, and evidently unpremedi
tated speech, rather rudely shatters the faith that
he would conform in this matter to the usage of
his predecessors,—that he would act simply as
the agent of his party, and never dream of look
ing elsewhere for approval or support. It is very
dear that he feel* and appreciates thoroughly the
independence and responsibility of his position,
and that he intends to wield the great power
piaood in his hands, not under the dictation of
any party or any men, but according to his own
ideas ol duty and the public good. He will
setae! his own advisers, appoint his own office
holders, remove sir'd change them at his own will,
imd to sail his owd ideas of what the public good
requires- And in so doing be counts with confi
dence on “the concurrence of the Senate, which
has the eonfinnieg power." This he has the
right to ask; —and we presume he will find the
faith in which he expects it fully justified by the
result.
The New Y ork World says:
Thta. certainly is no great display of intellect;
but candor constrains ub to say that it is no or
dinary exhibition of character. The man who
thus quietly bolds curious politicians at bay, and
sets steadily upon his own unassisted judgment,
evinces a resolute self-reliance which is one of the
most respectable qualities that can be possessed
by a man clothed with great public responsi
bilities. His judgments may in some cases be
mistaken, bnt they will at least be his own.
Artful and interested men are not likely to gain
an undue ascendancy over him and sway his
public measures. As Burke long ago said, a
responsible public functionary ought to be a
pillar of State, not a vane on the. top
of the edifice to point ont which way the. wind
blows. General Grant’s resolute decision of char
acter will save him from a great deal of importu
nity and annoyance, and perhaps from some op
position. Some moralist has remarked that it is
wonderful how space clears aronnd a man when
it comes to be seen that he possesses a very de
cided will. If, os Is so often said, money is
power, if knowledge is power, it is more empha
tically true thatcAarocter is power ; and whatever
may be the wisdom or unwisdom of General
Grant’s administration, it seems tolerably certain
that he will impress his own mark npon it. His
methods may not be the best methods, bat they
are pretty likely to be his methods.
The Restoration of Civil Law in Ar-
ttansati.
[Correspondence of the Memphis Poet]
Little Rock, Ark.,Feb. 6,1869.—With the late
proclamation of the Governor, removing martial
aw entirely from the counties of Ashley, Drew
and Bradley, civil law Is now restored to tbs
whole of the entire State, with the exceptions of
Green. Craighead, Mississippi and Crittenden
counties. Though an occasional rnmor reaches
here from time to time relative to troubles here
and there, nothing reliable of any such occur
rences comes to rhe ears of the Governor. On
the contrary, from every direction
come the same general tidings
of universal peace and perfect security
tor life and property. Having ready access,' as
yonr correspondent has, to au of the general
correspondence from every part of the State to
the Governor, he is fully warranted In the asser
tion that, with the exception of the counties
named, throughout the whole of the Btate exists
as peaceable a condition of affairs as in any
Commonwealth in the Union. In the counties
of Green, Craighead, and Mississippi, from pre
sent appearances, the Governor expects to bs
able to also restore the civil authorities within
the next ten or twelve days. This will leave only
Crittenden, adjoining “rebel Memphis,” as here
termed, to stand alone beneath the ban of martial
law.
—The death of an infant son of Marsha
Bazalne 1b announced. -This child, born in
Mexico, was held at the baptismal font by the
Emperor Maximilian and tho Empress Charlotte.
An Englishman relates that he recently dined
In Nevada with an editor of that Commonwealth,
who Inquired aftor the health ol Tennyson ant
“Thos. T. Carlyls,” remarking, “Them men
ken eling ink, they ken.” ,
—A cigar, seven feet long and weighing thirty
pounds, nas been made in New Haven. It is of
leaf tobacco, and Is about a foot in circumference.
It is proposed to present it to General Grant.
Poor Grant!
—On the morning of the 28th nit., says the
Phare of Marseilles, written placards, containing
an appeal to arms, were posted in different parts
of tho city, more particularly in tho Place .Pen
tagon and the Rue Napoleon.
—Not having heard from the debating societies
in relation to the conundrum, “Why do hens
always lay eggs in the day tlmo?” a contempo
rary answers, “ Because at night ’ they are
roosters."
—Sir Bernard Burke statos, in his “Vicissitudes
of Families," that of the twonty-Qve barons who
were appointed to enforco tho observance of
Magna Charta thore is not now In the Honso of
Beers a single male descendant.
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Latest Quotations.
THE ISLAND OF CRETE TRANQUIL
Entire Submission of the Chiefs
LATEST FBOM WASHINGTON
The Constitutional Amendment
CONSTRUCTION OF ORDNANCE
THE DAEIEHT CANAL THE AT Y
By the Atlantic Cable.
Glasgow, Fob. 16.—Arrived, steamship Bri
tannia, from New York.
Queenstown, Feb.' 16.—Arrived,' steamship
Minnesota, from New York.
Paris, Feb. 16—M. DoCazotto, the presont
French Consul at San Francisco, has been ap
pointed to succeed Brenler do Montmorand,
Consul at Shanghai. The latter gentleman has
been appointed Consul-General at New York,
f Note.— A recent telegram from Ban Francisoo
announced the death by small-pox of M. Do
Gazotto.J
London, Feb. 16—The foUowlng official news
has jnst been received hore :,AII the insurgent
Chiefs oi Crete have submitted to the Turkish au
thority, and the island is now tranquil.
The Constitutional Amendment.
[Special Despatch to the Philo. Evening Bulletin.]
Washington, Feb. 15—The Constitutional
Amendment has been under discussion in the
House, Mr. Boutwell opposing and Mr. Bing
ham favoring concurrence in the Senate amend*
meats.
Tho Construction of Ordnance.
[Special Detpatch to the Philo. Evonlns Bulletin. I
Washington, Feb. 16. —Senator Howard,from
the Joint Committee on Ordnance, to-day sub
mitted a report setting forth that tho presont
sy stems of construction of ordnance, both for
the army and navy, being the Rodman and
Dahlgren plans, are defective; that while they
produce smoothbore gnns of tolerable strength,
they fail entirely In the oonßtraction of
rifled ordnance, which is what wo need, nnd
that experiments looking to the adoption of a
better ayetem cannot be conducted under the au
spices of the ordnance bureau as now organized.
Tho committee therefore submit a bill for the ap
pointment of a commission, composed partly of
military and naval officers, and partly of civil
ians eminent for scientific attainments, to insti
tute experiments, and to adopt a new system of
ordnance construction.
Tbc Darien Canal Treaty.
1 Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. I
Washington, Feb. 16. — Caleb Cushing’s treaty
with the Colombian government for tbo right
of way for the Darien Canal was sent into the
Senate to-day.
«old Contracts In tlie Supreme Court
Washington, Feb. 15— In the Supreme Court
to-day Chief Justice Chase delivered an opinion
deciding that gold contracts mnst be satisfied
with coin where the kind of currency is not
mentioned. Justices Davis and Swayne gave a
qualified assent, bnt Justice Miller dissented in a
great measure from the opinion.
The Court has ordered a certified copy of the
proceedings in the cobo of Jeter Phillips to be
produced as preliminary to an argument,op the
application to issue a writ of prohibition against
Judge Underwood.
The application fora writ of habeas corpus in
the case of Spangler and Arnold, Dry Tortugos
prisoners. Is to be argued.
Admiral Hoff, commanding the North Atlantic
Sqnadron, reports from Havana on February 6th
the employment of the vessels of his command
as follows: Contoocook (flagshlp)in excellent con
dition at Havana, walling the termination of the
present excitement to make a cruise around the
Island of Cu6a. Gettysburg at Nuevitas, having
touched at Matanzas on the way, and reported
everything quiet there. Penobscot arrived at
Havana on February Ist from a cruise upon the
Spanish main. Yantic cruising in the Haytlen
waters. Nipsic at Aspinwall, having relieved
the Yantic at tho Isthmns.
xi.tb CONG BESS—TUIrd Session.
SHKATO-CoDtlnued from the Fourth Edition.
Mr. Morton offered a joint resolution request
ing parties desiring to be relieved of political dis
abilities, to make application to Congress In
writing over tbelr signatures, Betting forth the
ground on which rellefis asked. Referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary,
Mr. Welch introduced a bill to provide for the
removal of the Bpanish archives at St. Augustine,
Florida, to the U. S. Land Office.
On motion of'Mr. Sawyer, the Benate took up
the bill to authorize the payment of officers ap
pointed in the Southern States by the Secretary
of the Treasury, and who could not take the teat
oath.
Mr. Sawyer advocated the bill, saying that men
had been employed, and had In good faith per
formed the services imposed upon them by the
government, and therefore ought to be paid.
Mr. Connesß said that If it could be shown that
there were good and loyal man among them, he
would vote to pay those Individuals,but he would
oppose any proposition to pay those officers in
discriminately, because they had boon appointed
by the Secretary of the Treasury not only with
out antbority of law, bat In defiance of the law
and of Congress. .
Mr. Sawyer stated that the officers had boen
appointed before tt was known In his part of the
country that there wae any breach between the
Administration and Congress, and all of them be
fore the assembling of Congress ha December,
Mr. Conness said that during those months it
was already well known here that the plan was
laid fer the creation of a new political party, to
be composed, In the main, of the rebel element
In the South, and that Parsons, of Alabama, and
Humphreys, of Mississippi, were then superin
tending Reorganization.
Mr. Sawyer was aware that certain men in the
South who onght not to have had Influence with
the administration, did, about that time, obtain
each influence; but he did not regard that as a
reason why discrimination should be made against
that particular class of officers, while there wore
others, no more worthy or loyal men, who were
drawing pay from the Government becanse the
nature of tbelr offlees happened not to require that
they sbould take, the.tcat.oath.
from tho Fourth Edition.]
Mr Nlblaek offered a resolution to pay 92,509
to John D. Young, for his services In prosocutlng
his claim to a seat as Representative of the Ninth
Congressional District of Kentneky.
Mr. McKee moved to lay the resolution on the
table. Rejected—yeas 56, nays 99.
The resolution was then adopted.
Mr. McCarthy presented the memorial of six
teen hundred men and women of Syracuse, New
York, that in any change or amendment of the
constitution proposed by Congress to extend or
regulate suffrage, there shall bo no distinction
between men ond women. . . , , ,
Mr. Wood presented a memorial of brewers of
New York In favor of the repeal of the duty on
bß Mr?* Chanler presentedj petitions for the re
moval of obstructions at Hell Gate, Now York
presented petition? of Now York
and Boston shipowners for the protection of;
navigators from illegal taxos by Stato and muni- 1
eloai corporations. _ ,
Mr. BoutWcll moved to suspend the rales so as
to take from theBpoaker’s table the Sensto
ohmendment to the joint resolution proposing an
amendment to tho Constitution, and stating that
4:00 O'Olools.
he would then move to tion-contar, end h*T« e
committee of conference.
The rules veto suspended, and 1 ’ the Senate
amendment was taken from the table.
Nrwaek, Feb. 15.—Plontel, Peiton & Co.’s
Melodeon and Cabinet Organ factory, at. Bloom-
Hold, was bnrned on Satunlay. Loss about $50,-
000; insured for $29,500 In Eastern .companies.
Some eighty mechanics are thrown ont of em
ployment by the disaster.
CIT Y BULLETIN.
Youthful Robbers Jerry MeNamee and
Andrew Mullen wero arrested yesterday morning,
between 12 and 1 o'clock, on Market street, noar
Decatur. They had entered a liquor store through
the front grating. Tho drawers in the Ore-proof
safe and the desks wero broken open and a small
amount of cash obtained. One of tho youths had
on bis person a rope with which the boys had
lowered themselves into the basement. Tho
accused were committed. .
Attempted Robbery. —Last ovenlng an at
tempt was mado to rob the bouso of Mr. Wright,
No. 1628 Spruce street. A sorvant girl observed
two men entering the premises through tho trap
door. ’She raised anValarm, and the thieves got
out upon the roof again. Thoy had reached the
Since by passing through an unoccupied house,
o. 1616 Spruce street, and escaped in tho same
manner.
About Four Cows.—Jacob Lauder, a drovor,
residing in Lancaster county, came to the city In
July lost with four cows, which had been en
trusted to him to sell. He put the cows In charge
of Hugh Robinson, who, It is alleged," sold them,
and has never made any return of tho money.
On Saturday Hugh was arrested on the charge of
larceny, and was committed for a further hear
ing by Aid. MaulL >
Robbing His Employes William C. Butler
is a carpenter and has been In tho employ of
Samuel Gerley. On Saturday be was before
Alderman Hood, on complaint of Mr. Gerley,
who charged him with the larceny of a horse
blanket, bridle, Ac., from his stable, on Warnock
street, above Girard avenue. Butler was com
mitted for a further hearing.
Charged wrrn Robbery.— Sarah Johnson and-
Ann Haines, colored, were before Alderman Tit
termary this morning,upon the charge of haring
robbed Thomas Boyle, of Brooklyn,N. Y.,of $25,
at a house at Fifth and Bedford streets. They
were sent to prison.
Lost His Watch.— A man was enticed Into a
bouse at Seventh and Colbert streets, last night,
and while there was relieved of his watch and
chain. Harriet Denby was arrested on suspicion
of having committed the robbery, and was com
mitted by Aid. Swift.
Thr Raeor John Ayers was before Alderman
Massey yesterday upon the charge of assault and
battery, with intent to kill. It Is alleged that he
attempted to cut Philip Bellem with a razor, at a
house at Thirteenth and Wood streets. He was
held in $6OO ball for trial.
False Alarm. —The alarm of fire about six
o'clock this morning was caused by smoke
Issuing from the store of H. Dubring A Co., at
Fourth and Commerce streets. A policeman
strucs the box without ascertaining whether
there was any reason to give an alarm.
Runaway Horse Drowned — A horse, attached
to a light wagon, took fright at Tenth and
Thompson streets, last evening about six o’clock,
and ran Into the Delaware at Bhackamoxon
street ferry-slip. The horse was drowned.
Newspaper Thieves Three boys, named
James Shearing, Richard Conway and William
Jones were arrested yesterday for stealing news
papers ont of a wagon at Third and Dock streets.
The were committed by Alderman Kerr.
Stealing Buckets.— John Thomas has been
held in $l,OOO bail by Alderman Neill to answer
the charge of stealing a dozon buckets from the
front of a grocery store on Frankford road.
Corner Loungers The police made quite a
raid upon the cOrncr-loungors during yesterday-
About fifty were captured in different sections of
the city, and were held to bull to. keep the peace.
Fast Driving Thomas Glennlng was arrested
on Broad street twico, yesterday, for fast driving.
He was taken before Alderman Hood, was fined,
and was placed under bonds to keep the peace.
Suspicious.— Last night Wilson Wells, colored,
was arrested whilo trying the doors of stores on
South street. He was sent to prison by Alderman
Carpenter.
Removal.— Messrs. Howell, Finn & Co., late
of Howell & Brothers, Ninth and Chestnut
streets, have opened a store at No. 1117 Chestnut
street, with a large and complete stock of paper
hangings of every description. This removal is
but temporary, and only until the former
premises occupied by them can be put In a
tenable condition. They will continue the
former accommodations to paper hangers and
others as before tho fire. The old firm of Howell
& Brothers have purchased a property on Bixth
street, confining themselves to the wholesale
trade.
Valentines.— The better class of sentimental
valentines—little bowers in boxes, wherein pink
Cnpids lie asleep in gardens of white lace and
pavilions of silver paper—these luxurious affairs
are found in oil honest profusion at Turner’s,
808 Cheßtnut street. A word to the Billy is suffi
cient.
CITY NOTICES.
Burglars eannot enter your house if protected
with the Bbeolab-Alaem Tm-xauArn. Eight years
experience without a failure. Bend for pamphlet, till
Chestnut street.. T. E. Cornish; Agent.
Tbbtu Clouded with Impurities
are only for those who will not take the trouble to
beep them in perfect order by the dally use of Bozo
dokt. As certainly as a fresh breeze drives the
morning mist from the face of natnre. this bygenlan
preparation will remove every blemish from the
dental surface, and keep the teeth always pure and
spotless.
Quiet and soothe the pain of children teething—
Dee Bower’s Infant Cordial. Bold by all Druggists.
To the Ladies.
We now have a splendid and large stock of Ladies’
and Misses’ Hats, which cannot be excelled for dura
bility and make. QAavoans’, Continental Hotel-
Corns, Bunions. Inverted Nalls, skillfully
treated by Dr. J. Davidson, No. 910 Chestnut street.
Charges moderate. _ _
Reduction in Pricks,
To close off
Winter Stock,
Chasleb Stokes & Co.,
Clothiers.
N0.,884 Chestnut street.
Hot Cross Buns, fresh every day through
L€W ' Mobs., 9Q2 and 904 Arch etroet.
Deafness, Blindness and Catarrh.
J. leases, M. D.. Professor of the Eye and Bar
treats all diseases appertaining to the above members
with the utmost success. Testimonials from the most
reliable sources in the city can be seen at this office
No. SOB Arch street. The medical faculty are Invited
to accompany their patlonts,as he has no secrets In hts
practice. Artificial eyes Inserted. No .charge made
for examination. _ _
SUBOIOAXi XNSTBUMfiNTS UUd drUgglfitS* oUU
<*rie6* Snowokm ft Bbotusk,
23 South Eighth street.
Gents’ Hats—Gents’ Hats,
Of the latest and most fashionable style.
At tho lowest price.
Oakvobps’, 834 and 838 Chestnut street.
UAjmfi BULLETO.
POET OF Febuoaby 15.
IB rSc* UartneßuUetin en Inside Paat*
ARRIVED THIS DAY.
Steamer Volunteer. Jones, 31 hours from New York,
with mdeo to John F OhL M - ...
flehr Old Chad, McClintock. 6 days from Portland, with
mdse to Lathbury, Wickorebam & Co. „ . .
Schr Ada Brooke, Brooks, 4 days from Province town,
with mdso to Calvin S Crowell.
MEMORANDA . „ ....
Ship Witch of tho Wave. Booholdor, from Manila mu
Bert, wttb suyar and hemp, at New York yesterday.
Ship Belgravia. Oaknov, 108 d»ya from Aden, la ballast*
was Rotng up to New prfoanslutn lost. _ . .
Bmps Moses Day, Woodworth* and _Latmoy iuou. ttion,
cleared at Now Orleans loth Inst, for Liverpool. with 7,698
bales cotton.
Ship JosfahliOfsyee.79dav.from CUenttafsr Boston,
was rignoUtiaMd Dee. off Cape LmalUa . _
SS&WStS.
BMtDOlStbtoit
Steamer The Queen (Brt, Grogan, cleared at New York
18th Inst, for UverpeoL...... '
Steamer Do Soto, Eaton, cleared at N York I3th lost
for Havana and Now Orleans.. : ■. „
Steamer Euterpe, Gatos, cleared at New Yerk 18th
hurt, for Galveston. _ . _ , _ . , .
Steamer Concordia, Bears, cleared at Boston 13th Inst,
for New Orleans. _ „ „, .
Steamer Sherman. Henry, from New Orleans 7th hut,
AtNon YorkyntflnUv
Bark Linden, from Montevideo for Baltimore* passed
Fort Monroe yesterday*
Steamer Vicksburg. Barton* at Mow Orleans 10th Inst*
from Now York. _
Schr Southerner. Darling* from Portland for this port*
at Now York yesterday. „.
Schr Pedro A Grau. from Clenfaegoa for this port, was
spoken 10th hut. off Ilatteras.
Schr T D Wtldcr.Hcather.from Providence for this port*
sailed',from Newport 12th Inst
Schr Julia K Gamago, Liervey, hence at Now York yes
terday
Bark May Stetson, Capt Hamilton, which sailed from
Liverpool Nov 11 for Boston, and for the safety of which
eorlous fears bad been entertained* was at Fayal Jan. 7.
having not Jo there on the ttb. leaking, and would dis
ebarge per cargo for repairs. |gffj .
•aoTHinc,
JONES’
ONE-PRICE
CLOTHING HOUSE,
004
MARKET STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
First Class Ready-Made Clothing, suit
able jar all Seasons, constantly on
hand. Also, a Handsome
lAne of Piece Goods for
Custom Work.
■nsvß&ncE,
RETURN
oriu
UNITED STATES BRANCH
or TEEZ
Liverpool and London and Globe
INSURANCE COMPANY,
On the First Day of January, 1860,
In Conformity with the Law of Pennsylvania.
Authorized 'Capital $10,000,000
Paid-up Capita! 1,958,700
Total Assets in Gold are over 17,000,000
INVESTMENTS AND FUNDB RETAINED IN TUB
UNITED STATES.
Real Estate held by the Company Is the
United State* ®SCS.ra 88
Cash Deposits in Banka 8335191 -
Amount of Cash In hands of Agents and In
course of transmission.
Amo ant of Loans, on Bond and Mortgage, oon
rtitnticg first liens on lieal Estate (in the
United States) on which there is lees than one
year's interest due . 59L561 OB
Amount of Loans, Stocks, etc., held by the
Company, market value 633,76? SO
Other available assets lid. 133 00
INCOME IN TUB UNITED STATES.
Carb Premiums from Jan. U IbCS. to Jan. U
1869 1,723,619 8B
Amount of Interest 108,738 31
Amount of Income from other sources.. 19,528 41
EXPENDITURES AND LIABILITIES.
Amount of Losses daring the tear which bare
been paid.. ..
Amount of Losses In *■* it or contested during
the year fiW»O OB
Amount of Losses during the yer.r not yet paid. 111,074 OB
Amount paid for re-ln*nr»nce and return pre
miums.
Amount of expenses during the year, including
commissions and fees to Officers and Agents
In the United States 295,006 19
Amount of Taxes. 69.144 61
Amount of ail other expenses of the Company. 82,133 07
BTATE OF NEW YOEK- M „
City a»d County o y Nbw Yobjc. as.
Be it remembered that on this 30tb day of January, A.
D L&C9. before me, the eubecriber, a comraiwloner, in and
for the Htate of New York, duly commissioned and au
thorized by the Governor of Pennsylvania, to take ac
knowledgment of deeds and other writings, to be oted
and recorded in the State of Pennsylvania- and to
administer oaths and affirmations, personally appeared
ALFRED FELL. Ja-,Re«idenl Secretary of the Liverpool
and London Globe Insurance Company, and made oath
that the above and foregoing Is a true statement of tho
condition of ssld Company upon the first day of Janaary*
lb®, and 1 further certify that 1 have made personal ex
amination of the condition of said Liverpool and London
Old be Insurance Company on this dav, and am satisfied
that they have assets safely Invested in the United States
to the amount ol S2.GOUOOG; that i have examined tho
securities now in the hands of the Company, as set forth
In the foregoing statement, and the same are of tho value
represented in the stotoment. . , A . - .
i further certify that 1 am not Interested in the analra
of said Company. A . _ .
In witness w hereof I have hereunto ret my hand and
affixed my official eeal, 80th dav of January, A.
i 18 EDWARD F. COREY. Ju., Commlndoner.
ADVISORY BOARD IN PHILADELPHIA.
Mubts. Charles b. smith,
LEM U PLCO V Vltf,
JOSEPH W. LEWIS.
HENRY A. DWHRING.
EDWARD BITER.
ATWOOD SMITH,
GENERAL AGENT FOR PENNSYLVANIA,
No. 6 nerebasto’ Exchange, Philadelphia.
fc3 w f m 6tn>3
ELASTIC SPONGE,
Pennsylvania Elastio Sponoe Oo^
1111 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
BLASTIOSPONGE,
A SUBSTITUTO TOR CUBUiD HMR TOR ALL
CHEAPER THAn’ Fjpgflgjffß OR HAIR. AND FAB
The Lightest, most Elastic and Durable m*.
It b entirety fzmestmctible, perfectly dean and Ires
from dust. dobs NOT PACK AT ALL l
la always free from Insect life; It perfectly healthy, and
f< lf t aolied tn'anyway. can be renovated quicker and
easier than any other flattreso.
HALLS, 6c.
B&Uroad men are especially invited to examine
St ßdSnsFAonoN guaranteed,
THE TRADE SUPPLIED.
Iv3om w t Ivt
SKWIIIH BUCHINEB.
Baddlors, Harness.inakeN, manufac
turers of Clothing, Boots, Ntaoes,dcc..
Will find it to their interest to use our UNRIVALLED
MACHINE TWIST and the "Milford Linen Thread.**.
Manufactured expressly for us from the beet material!
and warranted a superior artiele.
the huger numcfvuira conPMT _
Manufacturers and SINGER SEWING
WIMEB. UqHOBB, dec#
JORDAN'S CELEBRATED PUKE TONIC ALB FOB
full Winter
attention Sf all 'wont - a°etrictly puro nr
«<& • prepared from the beet material, and put up In the
iMt ernfS mannerjor borne use orDoneportation. Or.
den by mall or otherwise prompUy
230 Pear street,
Below Third and Walnut street!.
TUBT received and IN STORE 1,000 CASES OP
&<! Branfies !SS&
Below Third and Walnut itreete and above Dock
afreet. deT-tf.
fIBWWN BRAND LAYER RAIBINB. WHOLES.
Delaware avenue. -
/ UJVBBEAECIES, CAPERS, &C.-OLIVE 3 FARCIES
V/lStufTed Olives), Nonpareil and Suporflne Oapora and
French Olives; fresh goods i landing ex Napoleon lIL.
irom Havre, and for sale by JOS. B, BOSSIER & CO.‘
ton Bontb Delaware avenne.
M'aOOAKONI. AND VEBMIGELLL—IDS BOXES
Italian Curled Maccaroni and Vermicelli landing
from ship Memnon, direct from Genoa, and for sale bar
JOS, B, BOSSIER A COt« 108 South Delaware avenue.
Vl3X> 9B
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