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AtiV* HOWASB HOSPITAL, NOS. las AND 1500 “ Lombard etrcet, Dlapeneary Department— Medi cal treatment and medicine furiilrhea gratuitoue) - to the poor. u LIFPIBCOIT>S MAGAZINE” FOR BABCH. The new number Is ayery attractive one, con taining several articles of a condensed and prac tical character for .readers (and there must be such readers even of magazines) who value their time. In this line the best paper is that of Bev. Henry Beeves, who amasses In the space of eleven pages the principal provincialisms of Amerlctk Mr. Ileeves methodizes his specimens according to their geography, and Usually gives Ibtlr philological history; from the latter one finds, with ever-new surprise, that phrases now condemned as local are really stamped with > he authority ol thofonndcraof English style, men like Chancer, Spender, and Beaumont and Fletcher. Hod Shal eepeare Dot crept, In the reign of Anne, Into popularity, the Shakespea rianisms we now use every day might have a similar air of provinciality.—ln another vein, the paper on Actors’ Memories, by W. Edgar McCann, is an eqnally satisfactory string of In teresting Instances and anecdotes, not swelled with padding—Tho acconnt of the Boston Library, by Mr. 1. Clarke Davis, is a history, in icresting to any bookish man. of the ad mirable of our public literary institutions;‘the paper introduces, as an appropriate episode, ihe story of onr own Apprentices’ Li brary Interesting contributions to history are “The Revolution In Cuba,” by Mr. Nevin, and “The Fortress of tho Taikun,” by E. H. HalL —An account of the Foundlings’ Hospital of London, by N. E. Dodge, is anecdotal and attrac tive.—Tho department of fiction Is represented by an instalment of Hon. Bobert Dale Oven’s tale, “Beyond the Breakers,” wherein the author plunges Into the complications of legal circum jjtantialities and conflicting testimony; a con tinuation of Mrs. Wister’6 beautiful story of German life. “Over Yonder”; and a batlad like bit of prose, by Alice Cary, com plete and only too short, entitled “My Gran din other - that might have been.’ “The Shadow of Fate" Is a bloody little story by Biter Fitzgerald.—ln the way oi poetry, the brightest thing is the now Hails Breitmann epic, by Charles Godfrey Leland: to the eternal triumph and magnification of the fFich tean) philosophy of Germany in America, the Nomination of Breitmann. the Moral Ideas of his Committee of Instruction, and his watch-word Of Soundness upon “der Coose," Serious Terse is represented by a eood Inauguration Ode, from J. M. Wlncnell, which we reproduce, and a short contribution of musical moralizing, by Anony mous, called “Tho Doubter.” —Our Monthly Gossip has, as will be expected, a few anecdotes absolntely good and new; the Review of Books pulverizes Abbott’s History of Napoleon HI, and deals In quite a muscular and scientific way with Fichte, translated by Krreger, The cleanly beauty of a number of Lippincott's Is always a pleasure to the eye, but this pleasure has latterly been enhanced by tho remarkable finish and perfection of the engravings Introduced since the first of the year. Bensell’s dcllcately malicious eketch of the Old Eavesdroppers, (for Mrs. Wister’s story;, most carefully engraved by Lauderbach, would be a gain to any magazine In existence. In ihe July number we are to have Anthony Trollope. Tbe Philadelphia Courts. To the Editor of the Evening Bulletin : I desire to reply in your widely circulated columns to a -erits of articles which have appeared in one of the Sunday papers, which are calculated to do great Injustice to the Judges of our District Court. If Ihe errors contained therein are allowed to pass without contradiction; and I feel sure that your high sense of right, with the desire to continue in the community the trust and confi dence which they now have in our judiciary, will be sufficient to induce tho publication of this article, which will be the only hearing I shall ask. The chief complaint in the articles referred to was as to the manner in which the causes were tried and the waste of time of tho parties and witnesses. As to that, I can only say that the present mode of arranging the lists for trial was adopted by. Judges Sharswood and Stroud, some years ago, when the lists were even heavier than now, who, after mneb thought and much experience, found that no method could be devised more agreeable to the bar, or more economical of the time of the parties and wit nesses in attendance. The lists are made up with twenty-live cases for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in each week. No one but tho coun sel engaged in a case know until it comes to be tried ol what importance it is. or how long it will take to try it. Perhaps one-half tho twenty-flvo cases will be continued, or go off in some way; some verdicts be taken by agreement, or Indeed, as is most frequently the case, the Court be delayed by the absonce of the parties and witnesses, who have to be brought in by attachment. If Monday's list is finished, then Tuesday's list is taken up, and so on; and it is a rare thing that the Judge does not at some time in the week call for trialevery case upon his list. It may sometimes happen that one case will oc cupy several days, in which event, of course, others are delayed; but the occurrence is rare, and the Judges, in such event, relieve other par ties and witnesses by discharging them from at tendance until near the termlnat on of the cause. It often happens that tho whole list will be called and disposed of by Thursday, and the jury dis missed. If all cases were of equal longth, a Judge could tell exactly how many casos he could try in a day; but not being so, tho only way is to make a list which will bo certain to occupy the beet part of the week. Tho plan adopted by the Court Is also the most economical for tho taxpayers. The writer of thiß article has been over seventeen years at this bar, and bo affirms, without fear of contradiction, that there is no place whore justice is as well and speedily administered, and wliero eases can be pnt at issue and tried in as short a time,and at as small expense, as In the courts of this city. Nor is there any place whore the Judges of tho Courts have the respect and confidence of the commu nity as in this city; and it is not well to endeavor PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1869, to weaken it by attacks of the character reforred to, which are unmerited,and which those against *> horn ttey arc directed are prevented from re plying to. D. GRIME. The Burciell Murder, A Terrible Mystery Solved--Who Killed Sr. Burdell?—The Quebtion Answered After 12 Years’ - Waiting! The New York World contains a long account of the efforts of Detective Jinks to capture a man named Jefferds, who was suspected of having committed two or three murders, The detective Ingratiated himself with his victim, became his boon companion for several months, and pumped him of many of hla secrets. The writer of the World article says: Jefferds was always exceedingly boastful, and did not hesitate to talk freely abont his connec tion with the Walton-Mathews affair; and indeed on bis first introduction to Jinks he said,“Why yon must have heard of me—l’m the fellow that they bad np for shooting Walton and Mathews— my name is Charles Jefferds—l'm the same fel low.” He evidently considered the’ danger past and gone, so far as he was concerned—he bad no Idea that It was even contemplated to in- terfere farther with him. Looking on himself as a sort of hero, he liked to make the most of tbe notoriety. Jefferds had frequently made threats against the snrviving brother o'! the two Waltons. On one occasion he went to his- place, and drew bis pistol, and was taking steady, deadly aim, which in a second more would have added an other to his list of murders, when his arm was struck np, and the crime prevented. It was passed off as a senseless Ire at of a drunken man. At last, after the officer had been with bim eight and day for three montha, and had laid all ihe wirea which were to produce the final explosion, it was deemed beat to spring the irap. Jefferds had become so bold In bis threats lowards the other Walton and others, and woa known to be bo utterly reckless in his attempts o carry out his words, that It was thought best for the public safely to put him under, restraint, and not wait until he bad sent another victim to his long account. Accordingly, Superintendent Kennedy gave the word, and Officer Jefferson Jinks was instructed to make proper arrange ments for quietly effecting the capture, ihe detective , then planned an excursion •o 'and through “New York with Jefferds, and directed that a couple of good officers in citizenj' dotnes should be ready at a drinking-house known as “The Btore, In Houston street, at which place Jinks was to produce Jefferds at a certain hour, when he was to be taken in custody =nd again locked up to await the movements of bis old friend, the District-Attorney.’ it so hap pened that during this last afternoon of his free dom, a few glasses of—Wine having loosened bis tongue, he supplied the full details of a drama of which he had before given but the mere outlines, and told the man he then eon -idered his dear&Bt friend on earth that it was he, Charles Jefferds, who. unassisted and alone had, three years before, killed Dr. Burdell. The story seemed so improbable that, when first hinted at, the officer had been Indisposed to believe it; but as Jefferds developed the detaile, a long train of corroborating circumstances Hashed across the mind of the hearer, and whon the recital was concluded he stood con vlnced beyond the shadow <>f a doubt Jefferds, among his other boasts of crime, was continually talking about his in timacy with women, and here it was that he told first of his intimacy with the Bur dell family,and mpre particularly with Mrs. Cun uingbam. He appears to have been possessed by that well recognized impulse which always stems to set a boy In love with wimeu older than bimeelf. There is no evidence to show that he was ever criminally intimate with either of the Cunningham girls, while his visits to the room of the mother were frequent and always well re ceived. it may have happened thus because the girls were pre-engaged and always occupied with lovera more to their taste; but as be never spoke of either of them In terms of special admiration, and never in any way exhibited the slightest jealousy of any of the many visitors to the house who devoted them selves specially to the young ladles, his atten tions to Mrs. Cunningham must have beon merely a matter of preference. He bevor discovered the least jealortjßy of any of the girls’ lovers, but he dld-eay of Eckel, who was an acknowledged "friend” of Mrs. Cunningham: "As for that Eckel, he was a; ;”g then, after a mo ment’s thought, he added: “Yes, old Eckel was a , but he didn't have anything to do with killing old Burdell; I’ll say that for him.” Jefferds stated to the detective that on the fa tal night he was visiting at the Bnrdell house, and was In the parlor with the young girls, and was playing the banjo for their amusement. The banjo, be said, belonged to him, and not to Snod grass, as had before been stated, Snodgrass being only ablo to thumb It a little. Dr. Burdell came in and mot Mrs. Cunningham, with whom he bad a violent quarrel, after which he proceeded it once to his room. Jefferds then went to the room of Mrs. Cunningham, and hearing from uer the particulars of the quarrel, he became much incensed against Burdell, and volunteered to "go up stairs and do for the old rascal.” In this proposition ho was encouraged bv Mrs. Cunningham, and he resolved he would’do it. Accordingly, drawing a two-edged, slender dag ger, which he habitually carried, and being in lormed by her ot the exact position of the doc tor’s room, proceeded stealthily up stairs. The doctor was seated at his desk, looking over some papers by a single gas-light. So engaged was he that ho did not hear the Btep of hiß murderer, and tho first intimation he had of danger was a sud den blow, struck from behind, over his shoulder, and aimed at his heart. . The blow was instantly repeated, and again re iterated as rapidly as the nervous energy of the iisßassin could wield the knife. With a singlecry of “murder,” the doomed man sprang from his chair and grappled with Jefferds; they straggled from side to side of the room, overthrowing tho chairs nnd dragging the table out of place, tho doctor striving to seize the dirk or to hold the murderous arm, tho every blow of which was cut ting away his life. “Atone time," said Jeffords, "the old fellow canght my arm and twisted me against tho wall, antTfor a mlnnte I thought he’d be too maDy for me; but I put my hand against the wall and saved myself from going down, and with the other I reached under and hit him In the kidneys, and that fetched him. It was our lighting about tbe room that mado tho blood fly so all about on the walls. The old fellow was strongor than I gave him credit for, and wo had a mlghtv tough tumblu of it, hut you see I had the knife’, and I kept all the time jabbing him with that, and he bled a great deal, and that weakened him I sup pose. Yes, sir, I did that little job myself.” Then musing a mlnnte as if to recall tho scone more clonrly to his mind, he continued: “Yes, I did for him, but ho fought like the devil; I once thought he’d a got the best o’ me,but the punch In tho ribs fetched him.” Here he sat a minute still think ing, then continued : “Did you go Into tho roomP well, yon remember tho map that hung on the wall-well, they could havo found the marks of my band on that map if thov’d looked; once when he nearly turned me, f throw my hand back, and it struck flat against tho wall or tho map; |hat’s the time I thought he’d be too many for me; bnt the blood weakened him I s’poso, for I soon pot him under again, and that's when I hit him in tho rlbß and fotebed him.” On this particular point Jefferds always dwelt as if the fact that Bnrdell had boon “nearly too many for him" wm most deeply Impressed on his ‘ OUR "WHOLE COUNTRY. Theo. N. Corwin, one ol the oldest conductors on the Valley road, was shot and mortally w onnded at Peru, last night, ny a young man named John Durbin, of Lafayette. Mr. Corwin is the conductor of the accommodation between this city and Fort Wayne. He left Lafayette yesterday, and reached Peru at 8.15 last eve ning, had twenty-three freight ears and the pas senger-coach or caboose in his |train. While at that place he made an examination of the train, as Is his custom, and discoved a couple of boys concealed in one of the box cars. He put them off and was passing forward toward the en gine when he discovered the door of another car »jar, and coming up with hiß light, a man inside came forward to the door and remarked, “Guess yon know me?” “No, I don’t,” replied Corwin. “Take a good look at me and see,” said the man inside. Corwin approached with his light, and had got within a few feet of tho door, wbon the man fired on him, the ball striking Corwin in the it ft breast, passing through his train book and, way-bills, and striking a rib glanced downward, lodging, it is sup posed, near the bladder. Three other shots were succession, but without effect. Jeff Corwin, a brother of the conductor, rushed in at this juncture, and taking hold of the mur derer pulled him out of the Car,when a desperate hand-to-hand struggle ensned. Both large men and very muscular, it was desperate fighting. The murderer struggling to escape, fired two shots at Jeff withont effect, which emptied his revolver, four shots having been fired before. This gave Corwin, who waß unarmed, an even chance. He knocked Durbin down and kicked him • twice in tho face, but the desperado managed, in the darkness and excitement of the moment, to elude his grasp and get away. He left his hat and a bundle. The bundle contained a blanket and some crackers. , Conductor Corwin was taken up tenderly, and carried to tho nearest houso. An examination of his wonnd gave but tho faintest shadow of hope. Dr. D. T. Yeakle, of Lafayette, went up on this morning’s passenger troin, In company with Superintendent Collins, It was found imposßiblo lo probe the wound, or discover tho ball, and it was painfully apparent in the coldness of the extremities that ho was already dying. A despatch an nouncing his death is expected every mo ment. There is great excltemont ot Peru and all aloDg the road. Scouting parties were out all night in hot pursuit, and the search was resumed tills morning. Despatches have beon 6ent iu every direction, and it would seem impossible for tho guilty wretch to escape tho meshds gathered about him. Durbin is well known lo our citizens. Ho Is rather a hard caso, but never considered capable of a crime like this. His parents are highly re spectable. The motive of the appar ently unprovoked murder Is involved in mystery. We have no Information touching tho former relations of the two men or not tboy ever had any personal difficulty. Wo presumo not; and tho fact that Corwin did not recognize him when he came to the door of tho cor, would indlcato that they were strangers. A great many absurd stories are afloat about the affair, but the facts, as above detailed, our re porter obtained from J. A. Romels, one of tho mind—then, after a minute’s pause, ho wonld add, “but then I hit him under the ribs, and that fetched him. It would seem that as the blows at first were struck while Burdell was sitting,and were rapidly repeated before he conld rise np, the knife probably was stopped by the breast-bone, the collar-bone, and; perhaps, tho bones of the neck, so that most of the cuts were superficial, merely cutting through the skin and outside tissues. It is said that one of tbe blows which wonld havo proved fatal was struck from above downward, which Jef fords’s description would easily account for. Even had a vital part been touched by the weapon at the beginning of the struggle, it is exceedingly unlikely that immediate death would have en sued. Jefferds himself was, however, convinced that It wss-the stab in tbo kidneys that, as he ex pressed it, “fetched him." The murder accomplished, Jefferds left the room, and was let out of the house by one of the Inmates, by whom all necessary precautions were taken afterward to cover up the tracks of the real murderer and cost suspicion in other directions. Strange as this story seems, U was and Is Ira* pllcltly believed by those high In police author ity, and that eminent officer, Inspector. James Leonard, who has recently passed away, told the siorjf 'to the writer as an nndonbtea fact, ex pressing his perfect belief that young Jefferds was unquestionably tbe murderer of Dr Burdell. The confession of Jefferds was given to the writer by the officer to whom it was made, and v»bo, not five hours alter It was made, took Jef ierds into custody, or caused his arrest, On the charge of committing the donble murder of Wal ton and Matthews. Aside from the story of jef ferds himself, the close intimacy existing between tbe Walton and Cnnmngham families, and the thorough similarity in their domestic relations, together with the well-known desperate char acter of Mrs. Cunningham, are all strongly cor roborative of its truth. With regard to the well-known recklessness of Jefferds with respect to human life many stories are told. He habitually went armed, and, on the slight est provocation, wonld shoot or ent whoever chanced to provoke his wrath. On one occasion, enraged at a feliow-cierk, he jabbed a gold pen into nis eye, endangering not alone the loss of the eye. bnt the subsequent death of the sufferer from inflammation of tbe brain. At another time, In Newark, N. J., Jefferds be came enraged in a bar-room about come trivial matter, and in an Instant drew his ready pistol and fired. The intended victim saved himself, however, by holding np in front of himself a common bar-room chair, the thick wooden bot tom of which received the baUand saved the life of the man. In fact, Jefferds himeeif declared that he didn't think so much of killing a man— he wonld put any man ont of the way for five hnndrcd dollars if he was short, and wouldn’t get caught at it either. After he was sent to State Prison, and found with cer tainty that his accuser and the principal witness against bim was the man whom he had cherished as a friend for so loDg a time, he was wild with rage, and swore that 11 he ever got the opportunity he wonld kill the officer. The detective was himself so certain of it that he heard the tidings of the death of Jefferds with anmiogled satisfaction. In-truth, that this young man was as bad, as false, as recklessly criminal a man as the corrupt State of our modern society can produce, there can not be the slightest doubt. And taking Into calm consideration all thecircumstancesof the murder ot Dr.Burdell, and of Jefferas’s confession, and of the known Intimacy.of.the Walton and Cnnnlng bam families, he who would doubt that Charles Jefferds is the criminal, wonld doubt that the sun had risen merely because it was hidden by clouds. Tbe fate of Jefferds Is well known. Put on trial for the murder of Mr. Matthews, he was convicted, sentenced to imprisonment in the Stateprtson for one year ana then to suffer death. Having remained at Sing Sing the ap pointed year, and the Governor falling to de signate the day for his execution, and a legal mnddle also occurring as to the legality of the sentence, Jefferds was still kept in confinement until his counsel conld secure a final disposition of the case. While thus In custody he was mur dered in Sing Sing Prison a few months since, by a fellow-convict, which last murderer is now awaiting trial for the killing of the wholesale assassin, whom he had unwarrantably sent to his last account. And so, at last, after twelve long years of wait ing, the veil is lifted from the mysterious Burdell murder, and doubtless for a short time public in terest will once more centre about the once noto rious house, No. 81 Bond street. lUUBDLR OP A CONDUCTOR. A Bailroad Conductor Shot on his Train—Desperate Encounter between ‘he murderer and the Conductor’s Brother—Escape of the Assassin* [From the Lafayette (lad.) Courier, Feb. 12.1 conductors of the road, who left Pont this morn’ Ing. Mr. Cappy, of the police, had a despatch at 4 o clock this afternoon, announcing Corwin as resting easier. Tho mnrderer is still at large. RIAII, ROBBERIES IN THE WEST. A Gang Broken Up—One Robber Sbot, The St. Louis Democrat of the 15th says: For more than a year mail boxes have been missed between this citv and Cairo, and the post masters and agents of the Post-Office Depart ment have been greatly exercised in consequonco. Detectives were set to work, and after months of investigation it was ascertained that the town of Odin, at the intersection of the Ohio and Missis sippi and Illinois-Central railroads was the headquarters of the robbers and the field of their operations. The malls made np in this city for New Or leans and intermediate offices, are sent over the Ohio and Mississippi road to Odin, and there transferred to the Blinds Central. At the depot of the Ohio.and Mississippi the mail matter is put upon trucks and wheeled by hand to the depot of the Central road. The malls which arrived at Odin in the night time were frequently robbed, aDd it seems that through tbe carelessness or connivance of the men whose business it was to make the transfer from one depot to the other, the robbers were in the habit of stealing a box of letters from the track, and after rifling it of tho valuable contents, bnrning the letters in the woods near by. „ .. Having once ascertained a cine to the rob* beries, it woe no difficult matter to dfieover the robbers. Mr. J. N. Holt, a shrewd detective, was employed by the officers of the road to ferret ont the evil-doers, and he at length succeeded in breaking np the gang. On Thursday night last three mall boxes from this city to Cape Girardeau and New Orleans were stolen. The Postmaster at Odin, Mr. J. L. Garetson, wrote to onr Postmaster, General Fnllerton, under date of the 10th, os follows: “About 10 o’clock this morning Mr. Worley, a woodchopper,reported to me that he and another man found two whole mail boxes with their locks, which had been robbed and burned In the timber, a mile and a half south of this place. My eon, who stays In the office with me, got oae braes lock and one iron lock, both damaged; also a sheet iron partition belonging to a mall box and parts of several burned letters. ‘ ‘Some of these letters were for Cape Girardeau, Mo , and some for New Orleans,and mailed at St. Louis on the IHh Inst. “Nothing of value recovered, the robbery being a complete one. I have my suspicions, and will try to (erret them ont. The mall cannot be safely transferred here by'one man without different arrangements.” On the following night (Friday) the deteotives made their arrangements to gobble the robbers, and the fact of the discovery oi the robbery ‘was kept a secret. At half-past eleven o’clock, when tbe mails were placed on the track as nsnal, three men made their appearance, and were in the act of helping themselves to n letter box each, when the officers, who were watching the operations, sprang upon them. Two of them succeeded in getting away at the time, and a third—a fellow named| Howell—was tackled by Holt. He knocked Holt down, and took to his heels, whtn Holt got up and drawing a revolver, fired at him, each shot taking effect, one ball passing from behind the shoulder through his breast, ana anoiher entering the right side above the hip. The probability Is that he will . not rob another mail. The other two men, brothers named Alsop, were subsequently arrested, and are now in cus tody at Odin. The two Alsops are fine looking young men, of about 20 and 23 years of age. Howell is about 32. There was a strong dlapusltloD at Odin to lynch the robbers, but calmer councils prevailed. Howell was a guerrilla during the war, and a man of desperate character. After he was shot, the mob made a rash for him, but finding that he was mortally wounded, they desisted. TENNESSEE* Resignation of Governor Etrowillow JRIs Valedictory* A Nashville correspondent, writing on the l.'iih, says: Governor Brownlow, who is serving ont his second term in the Gubernatorial chair of Ten nessee, tendered his resignation to the General Assembly this morning, to take effect on tho 25th in ft. Thiß will give the old gentleman just a week’s vacation before he will take his seat in the Senate. Brownlow’s unexpired term of office, some seven or eight months, will be filled by D. W. C. Senter, Speaker of the Senate, a man who was a member of the rebel Legislature of Ten nessee, and a person of no particular depth of' calibre. I think, however, he will honestly try to do his best for the interests ot the State. Governor Brownlow says In his communlca lion to the General Assembly, tendering his resig nation: “The occasion serves to express my profound sense of obligation to the officers and members of yonr respective Houses for your faithful and generous co-operation with me in the endeavor to administer the State government for the pro tection of the loyal people thereof, and for the quiet and welfare ol all the citizenß; and, also,to sav that if there have been any lack of complete realization of these objects, tho fault has not been from want of purpose and effort on my part, nor of co-operation on yours. "It has been my study and labor to bring Ten nessee np from the ruins In which she was left by the war, to that degree of material prosperity and progress to which she is so eminently entitled; to develop her charitable and educational enter prises, and maintain her financial dignity—in a word, to place upon her the crown of dignity she so well deserves to wear. There can be no doubt our success in all these respects wonld have been far greater bnt for the fierce hostility with which the administration has been fought, from tbe beginning and at all points, by the rebel ele-. ment. Probably no man ever filled the office who encountered equal opposition to that through which it has boen my lot to pasß. “It will be my honor as well as pleasure, in the new official position to which you have called me, to represent In part onr State In the Senate of the United States, to watch over and observe her interests with as mneb of ability and fidelity as I may. If at present, owing to my physical feebleness, it shall be impossible to make my voice heard In the Senate chamber, my con diments may be assured I shall be found voting in all esses In favor of the principles we In com mon so earriestly cherish.” Thus exit Governor Brownlow, a man who has been more fiercely maligned than any person probably who ever held office In this State, bnt who, nnder all circumstances, has stood firmly for the great principles of union and iiberty. Though very feeble in health during all of hlB term of office, he has striven fallhfally to dis charge the onerous and responsible dutios which devolved upon him. AMUSEMENTS. —Mr. and Mrs. Barney Willlamß will appoar at Ihe Walnut Street Theatre this evening in Ireland os it Was, The Rough Diamond, and The Happy Man. The Emerald Ring will bo given on Friday. —At tho Arch this evening the drama Tame Cots will be given, together with Craig’s capital burlesque of Barbe Bleua. —At the American this evening an attractive performance will bo given by the company, and by Professor Rlßloy’s troupe of Japanese jugglers. —At tho Cbeetnnt, this evening, Miss Susan Galton nnd her company will appear In Ching- Choui-Hi. —The second subscription concert ot the Men delssohn Society will be given at Musical Fund Hall to-morrow evening. Tickets can be pro cured at 1230 Chestnut street. —Mr. De Cordova will lecture at Concert Hall to-morrow night, upon “The .Spratts at Sa ratoga." F. I. EETHERSTOIL PuMislier. PRICE THREE (MTS; FIFTH EDITION LATEST GABLE NEWS A. MARINE DISASTER An Attempt to Assassinate Gen. Prim LATEST FROM SOUTH AMERICA LATER FROM WASHINGTON The Reconstruction of Mississippi. By the Atlantic cable* Livbbpool, Feb. 17— The American shim Southern Eagle, from this port on February 4,tlx for Boston, has returned to Milford Haven dam aged by a severe gale, and will discharge her cargo. - ■ Madrid, Feb. 17.—Mu chexci tomenl was creates yesterday by an unsuccessful attempt to- asaasai ’ nate General Prim. Three persons, believed tob» Implicated in the affair, have been arrested; - Paris, Feb. 17.—FaU details of Sontb American news are published here to-day. General Mc- Mahon, the American Minister to Paraguay, ao companied Lopez to the Interior after' the cap ture of Velleta. Bliss and Masterman, attaches of tbe American Legation, wbo : were arrested at the time of Mr. Walhbnme’s departure, and who are charged by Lopez with conspiring: for hia overthrow, have arrived at Rio Janeiro in the United States flagship. It is supposed they are on their way home for trial. London, Feb. 17, 4.30 P. M.—Consols 93 for money and acconnt; Five-twenties 78%5. Rail ways steady; Eries 24%; Illinois Central 98%; Atlantic and Great Western 38. Liverpool, Feb. 17, 4.30 P. M.—Cotton flat. Middling Uplands, 11%@12d.; Orleans, 12%® 12Ud. Sales to-day 7,000 bales. Breadstufis and Provisions unchanged: Refined Petroleum, Is. 10j<[d. Turpentine, 82s. 9di Other articles of produce unchanged. London, Feb. 17, 4.30 P. M.—Sugar, qniet;. on the spot, 395. 3d. Fine Ro9in, 17s. 6d. Refined. Petroleum, Is. 10%d. Spirits of Turpentine, 365. 6d.@335. fld. Tallow flat at 455. 6d. Tbe Reconstruction of Itlltalsilpnf. (Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Butletlxvl Washington, Feb. 17.—The Reconstruction Committee to-day made several amendments to the bill reconstructing Mississippi, imposing greater limitations on the power of the conven tion. Mr. Bontweli will report to the Hons* during to-day and try to get il passed; Tbe Corcoran Claim, - [Special Despatch to the Philoda. Evening Bulletin.) Washington, Feb. 17s Senator Bayard appeared before the Senate committee to-day and denied the whole story about Mr. Corcoran and himself offering money for the assassination of President Lin coln. Mr. Corcoran himself was present, and concurred in the denial. *■' fortieth Congress—Third Session, -- [Senate—Continued from the Fourth Edition. Mr. Stewart moved that the Seoate insist upon its amendment and agree to a Committee of Con ference. Mr. Williams said that when there was. differ ence between the House and the Senate in'regard to tbe Military Reconstruction bill, a Com mittee on Conierence had been proposed, but objected to by many Senators on tbe ground that It was too important a subject to be dealt With by snch a committee; and be thought tbe same objection applied' with greater force to entrusting this more importaiA matter to a committee of conference. Mr. Bnckalew also thought the snbject too Im portant to have the differences in regard to it settled by snch a committee. Mr. Edmnnds, from tbe Judiciary Committee, submitted a report on tbe President’s message regarding his amnesty proclamation, accom panied by a resolution that in tbe opinion of the Senate, the proclamation of tbe President of the United States, of December 25th, 1868, purport ing to grant a general pardon and amnesty to all persons gnilty of treason and acts of hostility to tbe UDited States In the late rebellion, etc., was not authorized by tbe Constitution or laws. (House — Continued from the Fourth Edition*.! Mr. Barnes inquired how it would be if a bank in liquidation could not get In all its circulation; if part of it was lost or taken out of the country? Mr. Butler replied -that then the bank bod its advantage. It bad money for these notes and sbonld not have in addition Interest on its bonds. If it should appear afterwards that part of the circulation of a bank was possibly lost, then the bank should come to Congress for relief. The whole circulation of Govern-! ment banks was $500,000,000 more or less, perhaps $700,000,000 or $750,000,000; 850.000,000 of that would have to be taken care of by the Government whenever specie payment was resumed,and $300,000,000 must be taken care of by the banks, or they wonld forfeit 10 per cent, on their bonds, and the premium and in terest on them. The moment the country eame to specie payments the banks could go into liqui dation, and the whole circulation of the country wonld be thrown on the Government to provide specie for. Mr. Price—The gentleman’s amendment leads to this—that no banking institution conld wind up as a national bank and go ont of business en tirely until it shall have turned in the Identical money received from die Treasury. A deposit of legal tender notes wonld not relieve it. Do I understand that to bo the meaning of the amend ment ? Mr: Butler—Exactly. Mr. Price—Well, that Is perfaetly awful. | Laughter. | That is oil I have to say. Mr. Bntler—What is perfectly awlnl in it? Mr. Price—l will tell yon, if yon want me. Mr. Butler—Well! Mr. Price—Under that proposition a bank could not wind np in ten years. It could not got its circulation in. Some of it might never come in. The Government now. nndcr this law, gets the benefit ad the destroyed circulation. Mr. Paine asked Mr. Price how the country eonld ever have specie payments nnleas banka did their own redemption. Mr. Price—l could answer that question if I had time. Mr. Bntler—l will give yon time to answer it. Answer away. Mr. Price—The answer to that Is found in this fact, that the law under which tbe national bonk system was organized provides that hanks may redeem in the legal tender notes of tbe country, and it provides also that when banks wish, to wind np they can return as many of the identical notes received.'as they can get possesslon’of, andt make np the balance in the legal tender nates. From WHeeling'. Wheeling, Feb. 17.—The bill locating the capitol of West Virginia at Parkersburg passed the House this morning by a vote of 29itO 23,and was reported to the Senate. From Mobile. Mouile, Feb. 17 — The Southern Press Con vention meets to-day. Delegate* have arrived from North and South Carolina, Georgia, Ala bama, Mississippi and Tennessee. . . From'Cuba, ~ Hataita, Feb. 17. —Dulce still continues ac tive measures for the suppression of the Insur rection. Permission to carry arms has been re voked, and all arms are ordored to be delivered up to tho government within four days. PromCnbSb Havaka, Feb. 17—Arrived—Steamship Columbia, from New York; 4:00 O'Olook.
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