UtoUMiibtt AO'ilti.Si Sear Mr. I*. ••off: t tt-vth act utcty.in various 1 h&TO ujplk-d J®uriMAtTEXTK&l.l>i»y'^ t) ~0 „ . cues. wWh the wort i»Usf«torpren«te.imnn f ' * * * * fcSS-f-m-w 3t mraipfe COUIiA<»E HOME guneraUT the Fobbign rianoa pold hy •beapcat that f® u nd the N purchaser as much aa Snlcluf BcuomaOkkb the* customer obtains ’J&S K««e. worthier and there !i no redrew. , their high reputation as Our Pisco* have mafntalDC TI ., RT y years, and have ram clash fob mob* *premiums and are now ad »i“s’toS mo«t highly improved Instru paenti made In JJ?* *f|??K& AlUin oo>ie,No. 1103 Ciixbtnut MnSly luppfied from our extensive lac JSSTw/STafeUasiorlinentof superior Qband. Squabe gorles wlin a iuu w»oi“u» i h ff the moot "^}l and examine them, and all will LMVair 0 e establishment A « a B.—New Pianos to Kent. Tuning and Moving promptly attended to. feiStfl BTEINWAY’B PIANOB RBOErVED THE ffSptrfl highest award merfaH at the Intern* S»3|Kr Part., 186* mawyeroomm Ho. 1006 Chestnut street m THE CHICKEBINO PIANOB REOBrVED Urn highest award ad the Paris Exposition, BUTTON'S Warerooms, 14 Chestnut street seShtfO EVENING BULLETIN^ Friday, February 20, iB6O. rransmAKiA heiutia. We are glad to perceive that the funds pro raed by the collection of the militia tax, re cently imposed upon this city, are being dis- Ulbuteffjarofataamonfthevarioua military organizations. But if the accumulation of this money has no other effect than to supply Hie wants of the existing organizations, it will, in a large measure, fail to accomplish the purpose of the law. If we are to have an effective militia force, not only must assistance be given to the companies already organized, bnt a fund must be created from which supplies can be furnished to those who wish to establish new organizations. The fact is that the militia system of Pennsyl vania needs a complete reformation. In Philadelphia, where alone the recent law is operative, the military force is shamefully small. This is mainly attributable to the fact that the companies which once had existence were compelled to disband for want of pecu niary support. The Blue Reserve Regi ment, which we may instance as an example, served gallantly in 18(52 and in 1863, and was awarded two splendid flags by the city government as a recognition of its valuable services; but it went to pieces, aimply because the individual members could not afford to defray the expenses necessary for the continuance of the organization. The same story can be told of a multitude of other regiments and companies, the members of which would have been glad to have kept together if they had received any support from the State government and the people. The consequence of the neglect of this im portant matter is perceptible in the fact that while nearly all of our sister States have superb militia organizations, Pennsylvania has in all but seventy-seven companies, fifty five of which belong to Philadelphia, thus leaving but twenty-two companies to the rest of the State. Many of the most populous counties have none at all; and where they do exist outside of the city, they are not by any means as efficient as they should be. The remedy for this unpleasant and unsafe condition of things is two fo.d. The present law, imposing a fine of two dollars per an num upon every person within the specified age, who does not belong to a military organ ization, is operative only in Philadelphia. There is no good reason, that we know of why other cities and the rural districts should be exempt from military service or the tax. Persons who live away from Philadelphia are just as competent to serve as our citizens are, and if they are properly encouraged will be as ready to do so. They need pecuniary assistance to enable them to effect organiza tion, and the fairest way to raise the money is to tax those who will not do duty. We hope the Legislature will perceive the neces sity for extending the provisions of the law to the entire State, and will take means to collect the tax as rapidly as possible. There never will be any first rate military organiza tion until this is done. Some sacrifices of time and money are Tequired on the part ol militiamen, and when the time for acjttul service comeß, aB it may at any day, they are compelled to take the post of danger. It is not just, then, that they should be compelled, in addition to this, to bear all the expenses of uniforms, rent of armories and drill rooms, besides the countless incidental expenses of mere existence. Those who will not serve should pay for the labor and support of those who do. Besides this, however, there must be a material change of public sentiment iu regard to the militia. For Borne reason it is the fashion here to speak cf militia troops with something like a sneer, and to ridicule them as holiday soldiers. Possibly this may result from the experience we have had of actual war, but it is a foolish and unreasonable pre jndice. The old militia organizations of this city were the nuclei around which voluu - teers rallied in 18G1, and from which our troops received their earliest training. The perfection in drill acquired by the members of these companies fitted them at ogee to assume positions as officers of the raw troops, and enabled them to Impart their knowledge readily to others. Small and impoverished as these old organizations were, we should have been in a lamentable plight if they had not been in existence. The militia regiments formed at a later period also did good service. During the invasions of 1862 and 1863 the Blue and Gray Reserves and other . organizations acquitted themselves valiantly in more than one encounter with the rebels; and it was due almost entirely to their gallant conduct that Harrisburg was not captured in 1863. They never received proper credit for their services ou these occa sions; but the facts are indisputable, and it is not creditable to Philadelphia that moat of the regiments were permittelto disband for want of assistance. New York, Boston and Baltimore eich have splendid military organizations in wliicli the ciUzenß take laudable pride. Oar people THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN—PHILADELPHIA • FRIDAY, FSPfiHAIIY>26,IB69 f n .-.?r are apathetic and rather inclined to discour age every effort to build up an effective and creditable force. There should be at least eight or ten. regiments, fully organized and equipped, inthiscity. We have not half that. number now, and there will never be any decided increase, despite the collection of the tax, until public sentiment changes so that it shall be considered creditable in the highest degree for young men to belong to such organizations, and until our citizens learn to give their heartiest support to them instead of regarding them with indifference as they now do. COAX. Now that the Coal Weighing bill has been crushed out by the popular voice of Phila delphia, it would not be amiss to consider the qneßtion of the present system of retailing coal in this city. The opposition to the Coal Weighing bill was not because there was no need to impose a check upon coal dealers and to proteot the people from the de ception of light weights, but because the bill was an enormous private job, gotten np, not for the benefit of the public, but only to enable a small corporation to pocket half a million a year at the expense of the poorer classes of Philadelphia. There is a grave necessity for a reform in the existing system of retailing eoal. It is qnite impossible for the purchaser to know whether be is getting the foil weight of hi B ton or not; and it is very certain that, in very many cases, he does not get it. Prom facta that have come to our knowledge, it is established that very many of the eoal-earts will not hold a ton, at their utmost capaoity. It is not a very long time since a number of the retail dealers had occasion to send their carts to a wholesale dealer with whom they were not acoustomed .to deal, but who pursued the oldrfashloned system of giving full weight to the ton. The result was that out of ten carts, only two or three were capable of hauling away a ton of Coal. Of course, it must not be inferred that all coal dealers give short weight, but the single exampie is enough to settle the fact that a reform is needed. It may be argued that any purchaser may see hiß coal weighed at the dealer’s scales. This is theretically true; but, practically, it is of little value, since very few men have time to stand and wait while their coal is loaded and weighed; and the large majority of persons buy their coal, not from the yards, personally, but at the coal offices, or by writ ten orders. Besides, even if every ton of coal, sold in Philadelphia, left the yard an honeßt “lohg” or “short" ton, it does not fol low that it will reach the consumer as it left the dealer. Pew people have any idea of the extent of coal-peddling in Philadelphia. It bas grown into a large business, and great numbers of the poorer classes purchase their whole supply of fuel by the peck or bushel, the coal being served from door to door, as regularly as is milk or bread. The profits on the peddling of coal are very large, and some of the pedlers have risen from a condition of almost pauperism to one of respectable independence, within a very few years. With this tempta tion and easy opportunity before him, it is very easy to see that if a carter chanced to be dishonest,- —and he is as likely to be as any one else, —there would be no hindrance to his diminishing the weight of his load, between the yard of the dealer and the bln of the purchaser, by a few private speculations on his own account, in transitu. There is, apparently, but one way out of this difficulty, and that is by the adoption of the English system of measuring, instead of weigbng coal. If coal were sold upon a basis of cubic feet, there would be very little room for dishonest dealing. If the coal-carts were required to be of a standard capacity, regulated by law and licensed by the Mayor or other public officer, it would be an easy matter for the consumer to ascer tain the capacity of his coal bins, and to know whether he had received full measure. The different anthracite coals differ greatly in their relative bulk, but this would make no confusion. The bushel of Lehigh, or Schuylkill or Shamokin coal would each be rated at a price corresponding with its intrinsic value, but the consumer would be able to know whether he had received as many bushels as he had purchased, by the mere in - speclion of the space occupied in his coal bins. The present system is undoubtedly open to much abuse, aDd is a sore temptation to dis honesty. The measurement system would not preclude all fraud, because there are a great maDy people who will never take the trouble to avoid being cheated; and so long as this is the case, there will be some rogues who will take their chances of escaping de tection and exposure. But it certainly pre sents a better chance of fair-dealing than the weighing system does, and we therefore com mend the subject, not only, to our legislators, bnt to that large and respectable class of dealers who form tbe decided majority of the great coal trade of Philadelphia. Kino nm asd ins susisteks. The present Prime Ministers of King Mud are Mr. Contractor Charles H. Crawford; Mr. Contractor Edward B. McGlue, and Mr- Contractor Alexander lieed. Their Depart ments are known at the First, Second and Third Districts. These Districts all lie north of Market street, and are divided by Sixth and Broad streets. He who administers King Mud's dominion south of Market street, is Mr. Contractor Henry Bickley. Between his four Prime Ministers and His Majesty, there is a perfect accord. General Grant, with all his sagacity, will not be able to select a Cabinet more perfect in its accord, more de voted to his policy, more capable of carrying ont that policy “to the last ditch.” The Prime Ministers of King Mud receive handsome salaries, amounting, in the aggre gate, to $125,400 per annum, or abont $45,000 more than the annual expense of the Execu - tive Department of the United Btates Govern ment. Their duties are correspondingly UifliDg. They are required to maintain a certain degree of state. Their retinue con sists of a select veteran corps, usually recruited from the foreign population. The corps is carefully picked, and is kept down to the most modeßt proportions. Their insignia of office are simple and unpretending. A straight staff, about five or six feet in length, ornamented at ono end by a bunch of jblrch twigs; ft similar staff, surmounted by an iron plate, set on at right angles with the staff; a,short pipe; slouoh hat; large boots; and a few other garments; complete the pic turesque costume of the .Old .Guard of the Prime Ministers of King Mild. They are ex pected to made a street-parade five or six times in the year, and go through an antique form of drill with their rustic arms, but this has not been insisted on, in later years, and they are now very rarely Been - on the streets. Once a month, the Prime Ministers pay a state visit to the Grand Treasurer, and receive their salaries, and then return to their respec tive palaces. The King pays but little atten tion to them, and they pay hone whatever to him. In looking over some musty documents, which have come to light among the civic archives, a bundle of old papers has re cently been discovered marked “Street Con tracts,” and, being of an antiquarian turn of mind, we have been at some trouble to examine them, and to decipher their peculiar and now obsolete language. They appear to have been, at one time, a code of laws prescribing the duties of these veTy Prime Ministers, and,as an histori cal curiosity, we reproduce some of their prominent features. It appears that each of these Prime Minis ters was required “to well ‘ and effectually cleanse, at least once a week, all the paved streets, alleys, courts, lanes and gutters, and gutters under railway crossings.” Moreover they were directed “to well and effectually remove therefrom all the dirt, garbage, offal, ashes, dead animals and other refuse matter, once a week.” This latter duty was to be performed by means of “covered carts.” The cleansing of the streets was required to be “done between sunset and sunrise.” When these “Street Contracts” became ob solete, does not appear. It is a point requir ing more research than we have been able to bestow upon the subject. It must have been a long time ago, at a time “unto which the memory of man goeth not back.” No traces of these old usages now remain, unless we except the spasmodic appearance upon the streets, at rare intervals, of the fossil rem nantß of the retinue of the Prime Ministers, who are believed by antiquarians to be the relics of the force which was formerly em ployed to execute these laws. The “covered garbage cart” has entirely vanished, and the edicts of King Mud are now accepted univer sally as repealing all former laws in reference to the Btreetß. It is a happy, peaceful state of affairs, and although the $125,000 which it costs us annually might be expended in other ways, equally conducive to the com fort, health, respectability and general wel fare of the people, we are a conservative community, and it would be a pity to dis turb a reign so quiet, harmonious and profit able to its Prime Ministers as that of His Majesty, King Mud. Fainnount Park, under the excellent man agement of the commissioners, is advancing towards completeness as rapidly as the mag nitude of the proposed extension will permit Their first annual report, just submitted to Councils, is a very interesting document, and the map accompanying, showing the ex tent of the general design, reveals a pleasure ground more vast, picturesque and attractive than is possessed by any city in this country or in Europe. The entire area will include 2,240 acres, with the beautiful Schuylkill running through it for four or five miles. As no factories or dwellings, the drainage from which might impair the purity of the water, will be allowed along either bank, the city will have the element in perfection, pumped up into the various reservoirs for the supply of the inhabitants. The Park, as extended, will contain 34,700 trees, varying from 13 inches to 2C feet in girth, while there will be about 80,000 smaller trees and abont 200.000 shrubs, vines, &c. The ultimate cost of the Park will be very insignificant, when its value as a preserver and promoter of health is considered, together with its effect in en hancing the value of property. In referring, yesterday, to Judge as the Coming Man of General Grant’s Cabinet, we appear to have incurred the displeasure of some of his friends, who in form us to-day that our premature announce ment of tbe reverend gentleman’s appoints ment has subjected him to much annoyance. We are sincerely sorry for this. We dis tinctly understood from Washington, upon an authority, which cannot be ques tioned, that there would be no objection to such an indication on our part. Colonel is so well known in this com munity, that attention had already been largely directed to him, and among the in fiuential denomination whioh he bo ably and eloquently represented, during the war,it has been considered a settled matter for weekß past. If oar readers will only have a little patience, we will promise them the name in full, in the course of a few days. \Ve desire to call tlie attention or all parties desiring to mate a pro fitable investment, to the sale of the Pan orama of the Rebellion, now on exhibition at Coneert Hall. It will be sold to the highest bidder on Saturday evening, the 87th Inst., immediately after the exhibition. T. A. MCCLELLAND, Auctioneer. Orphans' Court and Other Sales.— Thomas & Sons’ catalogue for next Tuesday s salss Includes several very valuable estates, comprising Livery Stable and Largo Lot, N. E. corner Seventeenth end vine • Stores 980 und 921 Market, and No 9 North Fourth; Modern Residence, 1820 Spring Garden; Mill Property, Taßhcr, east of Eighth; Small Dwellings, Stocks. Lome. &c. JOHN BTRE ** and 213 LODGE BTREET. Mechanics of every branch required for bouiebufidini nd fitting promptly fumfred ■ teSfltl TJENBV PHILLIFPI. CARPENTER AND BUILDER, NO. 1084 BANBOM BTREET, 183-Iy4p PHILADELPHIA. ' tm WARBURTON'S IMPROVED, VENTILATED Jffl ftn d easy.fittipp Dress Hate (patented) in aU the approved faahioiwyrf the season. Cheetnut street* door to the Poet-office. oc# tfrp THULADELPHIA LUMBEB. BOARD RULES, t of three end four folda, for nockol carriage j also varl oua other Bt\lctof l.mnher Measures, and a variety of Knles and Tape Meaßiireß, for Bale by IKUMAM& SHAW. No. 836 (Eight Thirty five) Market itreot. below Nllith. Philadelphia. HE POCKET POLICEMAN" 18 A SMALL PAD lock (opened without a koy, but capable of thou- Htvntlp of variations) with Butncient plated chain at tached to it to enable a traveler to fatsteu bundles, coa'fl, umbrellaa, Ac., to railroad uca’i to no euro them; or in hotel room* that they may not be purloined. Gold by TKUMAN A B*'AW. No. b 36 (Kight Thirty-five) Market Ptreet, below Ninth, Philadelphia. EOAUUJNtS IiOLBES BEWABE OF A MAN WHO eeekH board to steal, but *aytj he 1h with JitUMAN A BUAW, Hai4ware Dealere, No. 836 (Eight Tbirty-fiye) l&arket stmt, below Ninth. The Time Blob Come FOR SPRING OVBRCOATB. We have them for $6 50, All prioes up to $26. WANAMAKBB & BROWN, The Largest Clothing House, Oak Hall, The Corner of Sixth and Market Sts. EDWARD P. KELLY, TAILOR, S. E. Cor. Chestnut and Seventh Streets. Ohoioe Goods for Present Season. In dally receipt of lYew and Staple Spring flood*. THE MIDNIGHT MUSIC OF THE MISERABLE CATS. Ob! horrible cats, that scream and squall Udod my neighbor's garden wall! That howl, and bile, and quarrel, and fight, About the middle of the night! Yonr midnight mnste’e in shocking taste; And if yon don’t stop, with all possible haste, I’ll cause yon to scatter, double-guicl, By hearing among yon this half of a brick. Yon monetrous cat, with back like an arch, I with you’d specially hurry and march; Better moye off, elr, or, yon may depend, This brick will give yon a ”Grecian Bend" And yon, old cat with the eqnealy voice, Yon can’t conceive how I would rejoice To get a good shot, and to knock you flat, You horrible, howling, old feminine cat! Well, oate, yowl on, and HI seek repose; And I’ll think about RookhUl & Wlleon's clothes. And merry will bo the Bong I’ll sing 01 their elegant suits for the opening Spring. Let Ihe cate sing on! We can etand it, if they can 1 And we will put our whole minds on the clothes at the Great Brown Hall 1 The heavy goods ore falling! Falling! Fall ing ! Because It Is Spring 1 The lighter goods, of most eiqulslte workmanship, durable material aDd incomparable fit, are ready for yon, fellow citizene. Come and see for youreelves, at ROCKHILL & WILSON’S Great Brown Hall, 603 and 605 Cheßtnnt Street, JONES’ ONE-PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE, 004 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA. First Class Ready-Made Clothing, suit able jor all Seasons, constantly on hand. Also, a Handsome Line of Piece Goods for Custom Work. saddlers, UornestflTlaliers, Hanulao Mirers of < lotliing, Boots, Bho es,dec** Will find it to tbei* - Interest to use our UNRIVALLED MACHINE TWIST aud the “Milford Linen Tnread" Manufactured expressly for us from the best material, and warranted a superior article. THE SmKK HMIDMCTIIBIII6 HOfflPM* Manufacturers and SINGER SEWING n.v.K?' 1106 °^Sl t C§» t A,ont DEB MODES, Cloaks* Walking Baits, Bilks, Drees Goods, Lace Shawls* Ladies* Underclothing and Ladies* Fare. Dresses made to measure in Twenty-four Hours* J ORDAN'S CELEBRATED PURE TONIC ALB FOR hfn?w furnished with his full Winter supply of his highly nutritious and well-known beveriMW- Ita wide fread and Increasing nee, by order of physi clans, for luval ds, ÜBe of famines, Ac.. oommes a i™ „ attention of all consumers who want a strictly pure ar tide; prepared from the best materials, and put up In the most careful manlier for home use or transportation. Or der* by mail or otherwise promptly «|Py JORDAN, *220 Pear street, Below Third and Walnut stroete. TTiRESH BETHLEHEM OATMEAL OF THE VERY r test quality, Joßt rooelved fiom the mill and lor sold by JAMES T. BHINN. Broad and Spruce atreotc. W UiT^0 N R S BIi^S O^gESB E RT. S™EAuTiou eL S et HEN r - WUI ™ AN - Btore ™°m M rrt H ' AAADEHIA, pobt, sherry, and champagne M Wlneß of^a euperlor <iu»lity * No. 6 North Front utreet. t * CLOTHING, Aft. t &co ig OLD-ESTABLISHED LOAN OFFICE, Corner of Third and Gaskin streets. Below Lombard. v nTrua N. B.— DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELEY. GUNS, &c.« TRADE I PBILADELPHM, feJBWlNtt in&tJMIIVKS. 1014 WALNUT STREET. MRS. PROCTOR. FOE BAER AT , . iRKABLY LOW PRICES. fe2s-lmrpB TISTItFCEIVED AND IN STORE 1.000 CASES OF {Aslß?2ndle. and SSffi Below Tblrd and Walnut rtreoto and ■treot .. HA AO NATHANB. AUOTIONEEK, N. H. {-XJHNEB I -rhird and Bprucp dtroete. only one eijuare-below the „ SSSnSI to loan In large or email amounte, on CHURCH’S WILL BE WITHDRAWN FROM / EXHIBITION ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27th, AT EARLES’ GALLERIES, No. 816 Chestnut Street, ■NBTBUCTIOH. 637 Chestnut St., Cor. of 7th. Instruction Day and Evening. f.n wi. wri HI AOHIBEBT. PRICES REDUCED: Ibaw & Joitlce’i Bernuy Steam and M GftßgM ,rc entirely reliable, indicating by the nbeolote weight of Berrory toe BoUen^-lunuMfr tnred by PHILIP 8. JUSTICE, 14 North FIFTH Street, Philadelphia. Shops- Seventeenth and Coates Streets, Philadelphia. Infallible Eow-Water Signal, Alwavr indicating by the melting of Resin in the bowl of the Steam WhhtJe and sounding the Mann, when there U a dangerously low stage of water in the Boiler. Mann factored by PHILIP 8. JUSTICE, 14 North FIFTH Street, Philadelphia. Shops— Seventeenth and Coatee Streets, Philadelphia. Hydraulic Jacks and Testing Machines ct all sizes from 4 to 100 tons lifting power. Manofsc turedby PHILIP 8. JUSTICE, 14 North FIFTH Street, Philadelphia. Shops—Seventeenth and Coates Streets, Philadelphia. Ja4 tn w f amrpfl TO KENT. TO RENT, On March Ist, The Room occupied by the late John M. Harper, Importer of Watches and Watch llatcrlali, Ro. 308 Chestnut Street (2d Story). Apply to OAHBOW,THIBADLf & 00. feSS-tf rp _ M TO BENT-A HANDSOMELY FURNISHED BEJ House, in a fashionable quarter. Bent ®2,700t0 a BESI mt.u family without children. Address. “T. J. W.” Bpli-ktim Office. felo-tf-rpfl WATCHES, fEWELBT, *P. ENGAGEMENT AND WEDDING RINGS. A large afsortment of Coin and 18 karat alwave on hand. LEWIS LADOMUS& CO , Jewelers, 802 CHE3TKUT STREET. feflrpt ffe WATCHES AND MUBIOAI. t>^ f-a «“ ired by ,UWul W a'brother, ggfr*Sa Importers of Watches, etc. Chestnut street* bolow Fourth. ITRNITDBE. AC. GEO. J. HENKELS, CABINET MAKER, 1301 and 1303 CHESTNUT STREET. fel 3mrpg ....^— HISOELUKEOItR PRINCE EDWARD OATS. An invoice of thfse renowned OATS, weighing 40 pound* to the bushel. ba* been imported by the euo* pciibers expreesly for deed, with the hope of Improving our block. They «re offered at 05 per Sack of two bushels, weighing 80 pound* net. No charge for back or porterage. DAVID LANDEETH & SON, 31 and 33 South SIXTH Street fe24 4tn>* ... H. P. A O. R. TAYLOR, PEBfI'MIiKY AfiD TOILET BOAS’S, 841 find 843 N< Sin til Street. ELASTIC SPONGE. Pennsylvania Elaßtio Sponge Oo«i till Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. edasticTsponge, A substitute for curled hair for all ££££. «.«. The Ltgbteat, Bofteat and moat Elastic and Durable ma- MATTRKBBBR CARRLYGE AND It la entirely Indestructible, perfectly clean and free from duet. jv)EB NOT PACK AT ALL 1 la always free from Inaoct life; la perfectly healthy, and 'Golfed can be renovated quieter and easier than any other Mattreee. syBo m w f lyfi —— HOOP SKIRTS. yrpr WM* T. HOPKINS. 1115. Manufacturer of the Celebrated Champion Hoop oifiSdiJ r r#mnved to his now and com* IXJrfinnalfnfldlng. No. 1115 Chestnut streot, (Girard Row.) hS hSlooened for inspection the largest assort- SeStofHoop in this country,.in* Smllng every quality, stylo, size and shape. fro-n the highest to the lowCpt grade of (toodß at auch prices aa BKIRT , B 11 ’MADE th TO ie ORDEH; ALTERED AND B&iniD REPAIRED. Special attention ifl invited to our assortment of LADIEB’ UNDER GARMENTS, which we are selling at very low prices. We buy our Goods at first band?, in large QUANTI* 'T’IES. for CASH, and at such pricos that we CAN ana WllA 'O-1 every article in our lino CHEAPER than they con bo had »nyw hero elso. . Plcaee call and judge for youraolvos, atour Manufac tory and Salesrooms, No. 1115 Cheßtnut street. dclt-f ni w Bn>rpC WM. T. HOPKINg«_ INDIA RUBBER’ MACHINE BELTING STEAM Ehyslnoers wlU tad a full BgaoTtfaeat of Goodyear's Patont Vulcanized Rubber BelOng. Paoiung Hoae. Ac., at the Manuf aoturer’B Headquarter,. “ & LadlcaMmd 6 MUsea 1 " Cum* B<sstfc° style of 6nm Overcoat*. SHEPPARD® VAN HARLINGEN ' iooB CHESTNUT 6TREET. LINEN Housekeeping Dry Goods, AND Guitain Establishments HEW AND LARGEST STOCK IN TBE CITI AT LOWEST CASH PBICEB. Beal Barnsley and French Heavy Linen Sheetings. Best Heavy Pillow-Case Linens. Double Damask and Beal Barnsley Table Linens.. - French. Double Damask and Hnckabae fringed Toweba- Splendid Double Damesk Table Cloths, of elegant de signs. from 3to d yards long, with largo NAPKINS hr match. Fine Hafseltles Quilts. Bleh Cretons and Furniture Chintzes. Embroidered Cloth Plano and Table Coven. Elegant Plaid and Striped Table Coverings. Lace and Nottingham Curtains Of New Patterns. Bilk and Worsted Curtain Draperies, and Furniture Coverings, in great Variety. Plain and Bordered Window Bhadoa. N. B.—The best makes of Domestic Mnellns, in eA widths, at the lowest Cash Prices., .... .. , felflfmwlOtrp LINEN DEPARTMENT. STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER Take pleasure in offering to the publie a partial Htfctfr thdr largely Increased stock of IriahJJeotch and Barnsley ' ' SHEETIHG AND PILLOW LINENS. Richardson. Sons 4> Owden's Linens. Prime Golden Flax Linens. _, Butcher's Extra Heavy and Wide Llngfis. RUSSTA: BHEBTINGSi- Half Bleached and Bleached Huek Toweling*. German Roll and Glare Towellogs. Russia, Scotch and Domestic Crashes. 18, 80, S 3, 24 and 80 inch hosala Flo WapOr. 87 and ESlnch ttird-cye. Stair and Crumb Linens. . . Shirt Fronts, onr own make, made from Richardson* Sons A Owdtn*t Llnena. «... , w ... Window Shading?, all widthß,iaßoff,Gr««n and White. g-4, 7-4, 8-4. 9-4 Table Linens good designs® aod War ranted pore iiiicxL 100 designs In Napkins, from $1 per dozen up. Towels, from tl per doaen up. French Dimities for spreads. Jacquard Linen for furniture coverings. WHITE GOODS bEPABTHENT. Onr assortment is now coiaple'e, and stock larger than ever before, consisting. in pnit. of PLAIN NAiNHOOKB. NAINSOOK CHECKS. PLAID MUSLINS. SWISS MULL. SOFT OAMBKICB. PLA.D SWISS. TUCKED MUSLINS. SHIRRED MUSLINS. FRENCH MUSLIN. FIGURED PIQUES. PLAID PIQUES. STRAW BRIDGE & CLOTHIER Central Dry Goods House, COBBER EIGHTH AND D&BKBT STREETS. R eraoval! FOB IDE BEFIER COSYEQBNCB OF HEB PAKOSB, MRS. M. A. BINDER HAS REMOVED HEB Diess Trimmings & Paper Pattern Store N. W. oor. Eleventh and Chestnut Sts. fe!7 IPtnrt ©HOCKiII US. QUEEN OLIVES. IN STOBE, VEBY FDIE LARGE QUEEN OLIVES, By the Gallon or Quart. SIMON COLTON & CLARKE. S. W. corner Broad and Walnnt Sts. lal f m —a— UAKI'K'I'INUB. «U $50,000 CARPETINGS, AT PRICES LOW ENOUGH TO INBURE THEIR BALE, TO MAKE ROOM FOB SPRING importations; R. L. KNIGHT & SON -1223- CHESTNUT STREET. feßmwf 18t4i IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! Flour Dealers and Grocers Take Notice! LANGLEY’S CELEBRATED FAMILY FLOUR Again in the Market 1 “Ivory Sheaf,’’ "Seat,” The above brands of Flour are new arriving from the mills, and will be comtantly on hand and for Bale in lota to suit purchasers by BROOKE, COLKET & CO., FLOUR AND GRAIN DEALERS, Nor. 1727, 1729, 1731 and 1733 n&lfcetlt. fe!6 Im4n6 -EUTLEB, WEAVER & CO. NEW CORDAGE FACTOR? NOW IN FULL OPERATION, Ho. lIN. WATER and lIN. DEL.... MARKING WITH INDKLmUS JUNK, KMiJKOIDHK. jStl inn; Braiding, Stamping, So. .. GARRISON* TO TUB wor ra or FLOUR. “Rural,” “Langley.” M. A. TORRY. 1800 Filbert itraoL I SECOND EDITION. BY TELEGRAPH* TO-DAY’S CABLE NEWS Financial The Weekly Cotton Report WAS H IN GTON. THE CABINET CONUNDRUM STUART NOT THE COMING MAN THE MYSTERY STILL UNSOLVED A FIBE AT NEWARK, OHIO By the Atlantic Cable. Lokdor, Feb. 26, A. M.—Consols, 93 for both money and account Five-twenties firmer, 80%. American Blocks steady; Erie Ball road, 21%; Illinois Central, 96%; Atlantic and Great West ern. 88. Liverpool, Feb. 26, A. M.—Cotton heavy; Up land middlings 11%d.; Orleans middlings. 12%d. The sales for to-day are estimated at 6,000 bales- Bales for the week, 67,000,0 f which 8,000 were for export, and 9,000 hales for speculation. : The stock in port is 782,000 bales, of which 108,000 hales arc American. Lordox, Feb. 26, A. M—Bngar, 345. 6d. on the spot, and 30s. fld afloat. Turpentine, 335. 3d. Lorroos, Feb. t 6, F. M Console 93% for both money and account. U. A Five-twentlea 81. Sleeks steady. Erie Railroad 24%; Illinois Central 96%; Atlantic and Great Western, nom- inal, at 81. Liverpool, Feb. 26, F. M,—Stoek of cotton afloat, 309,000 bales, of which 145,000 bales are American. Fork dnll. Lard, 745. 6d. Havbb, Feb. 26.—Cotton unchanged, both on the spot and afloat. Livbrpool, Feb. 26, 2P. M.—Yarns and fab ric* at Manchester are flat and nominal. Bread stuffs dnll and unchanged. The Cabinet Pnzzle. (Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Brcnbu Bulletin. Washikgtor, Feb. 26.—General Grant, in con versation last evening, said positively that George H Stuart would not go ihto bis Cabinet. He ■aid, while Mr. Stnart was a mac of ability and enlturr, who would donbtless acquit himself creditably in any position, the state of bis health. If there were no other reason, would preclude his talcing a Cabinet appointment. The General talked very freely with his friends about his Interview with Col.McClure,which seem, ed to have afforded him considerable amusement. The drift of General Grant's talk has left the Im pression here that representatives of State cliques who wish to bring their quarrels to Washington had better take warning. In tbe coarse of his remarks General Grant said bo didn’t see what occasion there was for people to get Into such a fret about bis Cabinet, when they would know all abont It In a very few days. Five at Newark, Ohio. Newark, Ohio, Feb. 26.—A Are last night de stroyed Hugh M. Wallace’s dry goods store, Wm. Baldwin <fc Bon's boot and shoe store, and two grocery storeß adjoining. The lose Is f 115,00 mostly Insured. fortieth Congren-Third Session, Wasbisoton, Feb 26, 18®, Bogsb.— The House met at 11 o'clock, when the Journal of yesterday was read. The report of the Conference Committee on the diplomatic BDd consular appropriation bill yesterday, was rejected by a vote of: Yeas, 88; nays, 03; not 46 to 102, as erroneously stated In yesterday's report. Mr. MUler presented three petitions for a Con stitutional Amendment,recognizing the Almighty as the source of all authority In ciyil govern ment. Mr. Spaulding, from the Committee on Appro priations, reported the bill making appropria tions for sundry civil expenses of the Govern ment, which was referred to the Committee of tbe Whole, and made the special order for to morrow. On motion of Mr. Garfield, and of Mr. Kerr, the testimony taken before of Military Affairs in reference to the army reduc tion, and before tbe Committee on Roads and Canale in reference to bridges across the Ohio, was ordered to be printed. The Honee then went into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Price in the chair, and resumed the consideration of the deficiency appropriation bill. Mr. Mullins moved an appropriation of 920,000 for a Custom-bouse and Post-office building at Nashville. Tenn., and argued In support of 1L Rejected. Mr. Windom moved an appropriation of $26,000 for a Custom House and Post Office at St Paul, Minn., and argued in support of it. Adopted. Mr. Axtell moved an appropriation of $126,000 for tbe Branch Mint at San Francisco, Cal , and argued in support of It on the ground that an estimate of $260,000 hod been made for it, and that, as In other Items, the appropriation now asked for was only one-half the amount estimated. He showed the relative Importance of the San Francisco Mint as compared with tbe Philadelphia Mint. After remarks in opposition, by Mr. Schofield, who had charge of the bill, as a member of the Committee on Appropriations, the amendment wae rejected. Mr. Hurlburd (N. Y.) moved an appropriation of $12,600 for a Custom House at Ogdcnsburg.N. Y. Adopted. Pennsylvania legislature. Habbisbubo, Feb. 26. House.— The special older was the considera tion of the following House bill: That It shall and may be lawful for Railroad and Canal companies to aid corporations au thorized by law to develop the coal, iron, lum ber and other material interest of the Common wealth by the purchase of their capital stock and bonds, or cither of them, or by the guarantee of, or agreement to purchase the principal and Inter est, or either,of Bach bonds. Mr. Nice offered an amendment excluding tbe counties of Columbia, Northumberland, Schuyl kill and Dauphin from the operations of the bill, which amendment was agreed to. The bill was recommitted to the Committee on Railroads. Among the bills reported from the various SommUtees were the following: Mr. Bonn, an act authorizing the trustees and congregation of tho Second Baptist Church to eeil their burial ground, without amendment. A)bo, a Senate bill for the punishment of cruelty to animals. ■ . Mr. Davis presented a memorial of the Phila delphia Board of Trade In favor of the repeal of the usury laws. WctUbcr Report. Feb. SO, 9 A. M. Plaietcr Cove Halifax Portland Boston New York.' K. N.E. Snowing. 40 Philadelphia N. Snowing. 83 Wilmington, Del N. E. Snowing. 42 Washington S. Snowing. 42 Fortress Monroe N. Snowing. 40 Angneta, Qa..„.., S. W. Cloudy,, ■ 49 Savannah N. W. Clondy. 07 Charleston N. N.W. Cloudy. 40 Oswego 8. Snowing. 30 Baffluo S. Clondy. 39 Pittsburgh Snowing. 36 Chicago- N. W. Clear. 18 Louisville YV. Clear. 80 Mobile N. Clear. 44 Mew Orleans N. Cioar. Bt Key West _ Clondy. 76 Havana n. E. Foggy. 77 Wind. Weather. Ther. .N.W. Clear. 32 .W. Clear. 29 . S. W. Clondy. 31 .8. E. Cloudy., 36 State of Thermometer Thin Day at the Uulletm office. 10 A.M......83df1g. K M...„.84de*. 3P.M......3adeg. , Weather cloudy, .Wind Northwest.. ■ ? rmAWOIAL »nd OOMMBHCIAL Tbe PbUftdelphtfl Sales at the Pbiladelp] ran i . 000 UBO-2OS '62 cp 116% 8000 Lehl£b[6fl RLa 64% 1000 Itehigh Old Ln 89% 100 Cm&Am mt 68*80 03 1000 Pa 2d mtg 6s 96% 2000 Penn Rl mg 6e 98% 1800 Oft? 6eaew4 101 100 do 100% 1000 eh Niagara Oil ita 1% BRVIIH 1300 PemiA 6*8*79 frit 160% i 200 ebßea6R 46% £OO 8b do bh 46% 1 BXOONI 1900 U 8 10-40 b cp c 100% 1000 D 85-20*65 jy epe 111% 400 c Lebleb Gin In Us 90 7000 do b 5 90 2000 O & Am 6a '69 93 100 eb Oil Creek & AUeffb’yß b6O 88% 000 eh Fulton Cool 6 11 eb LebV&IB 65% 87 eh do 85 66% Friday, Feb. 26. IB6o.—The loan market opened to-dar lets actlr*. Tbe demand for currency among our trail* ncia men ha* gradually diminished each day daring the present week* but there hi an aotlvo, though Hactaating, damaaA from bond aad stock broken. This le evidence of on easy, though »ot*heaithy. eoadlti-m of the mar ket, andlt wouldlmprove our condition immensely to baveonoemorei aeln good old tlmee, a money market eharaeterlzed by a demand for buafneso tut poFco and a fair supply equal to all ordinary emergencies, and co >urt>lu& Tke condition of the banks and u**al money sources Is one of ease, and loans are accessible to all on reliable security. Rates sre tmehaaged at present thoigh a fail seems Inevitable unless events are so shapedwithin a fear days as to stimulate the demand or reduce toe supply. Call loans were effected at 6@7 per cent, on governments aad 7@B per cent, on mixed securities. Only a moderate butinefs ttas done in prime commercial paper at B@lo per cent Gold to-day was feverish and fluctuating. The premiuoatld M. was 134%. The bond market is again strong and buoyant Prices are steadily advancing at borne and abroad, and the demand is very active (Rate leans were unchanged. City loans were steady at 101 for the new. and 97% for the old Issues. Beading Railroad was dull at 4& 19% {Pennsylvania R R •old at£7;l23w»s Md for Camden and Amboy Kail road ;F6 for Mld» Hill Railroad; 84 for North Pennavl ▼ania Kallroadj43 for Little Schuylkill Railroad,and 83% for Cafawltsa Railroad Preferred. CanaC Bank and Passenger Railroad shares were inac tive. Inspection of Flour and Veal for the week ending Feb. 25. IK*: BarreU'ef~Boperi!ne:'. :r. . ...7. .5,978 do. Bye. ISO do. Com Meal 307 Total 6,472 Mean, Le Haven and Hrotner. do. 40 Routb falrd street, make the following quotations of the rates- ot ex change to-day.at 1 P. M : united States Sixes. 188 L 115% «; do. do.. *63.116%feH6%; do. 113^118%; . 1865. 11 l %@ll5. do.do* ‘b6 new. 1U%«U1%; da da 1867. new. Ul%<!ui%; da 1868. 11W4U5; Fire. Ten forties, 1190110%; United States 80 Year 8 per cent. Currency. Tol%wl01%; Due Comp. 2nb Motes. .19%: Gold. ia5%0132%: Silver. 1260137%. Smith, Randolph A Co. banxere. Third and Chestnut quote at 10% o’clock as follows: Gold. 133%; D. S. Bixea.lfoUlfi%oll6%; Fivc.twenties,lB63,U^4U6%; do. da da, 1864 118%0113%:do.da da. 1865, U4%4115: da do. Julv.lB6s.illdo. da da d0.t867.m%0111%; do. do. do. 1868, 111%<3112; (I. S- Fires. TeMorttes HP'., (35110% ; Currency 6V, 101%0101%. Jay Cooke A Co. qaote (Government seearttiea, &a, to day as follows: U. S ffe.1881.1I5%01I6%; old Five-twen> ties, )16%0iI7;Dew Five-twenties of *64,113‘a0113H:d0. Nov. 1865. H4%0114%; Kvo-twenties of July. fll s - s oUl\: do. 1897. 111%0112i do. IS*. 111V*112: Ten-forties, UJ T , 011O 1 .; Gold. 132%; Pacific*. 101%0101%. Philadelphia Produce market* Fkiday, Feb. 2&—Tbe unfavorable weather to-dav has rootrlbated to increase th« dullness ln breadstuff* woich already existed. and the business la all dec crip tinr-N was light fhe demand for Flour is cot lined to tbs wants of the bomu trade, who took from 400 to 507 barrels at 85^125 rerluirtlfor Superfine: s6@6 KforExtras: 6ofnr Jo« a Wircomln and Minnesota Kxtra Family; 87 7o@ 8&> 'or Pennolvania da do.; se<§9 60 for Ohio do do., si d 810012 for Fancy- Bye Flour Is strong at s7@7 25. Prices of Com Meal are nominal. *. heiels very little demand .or Wheat, atd the only tale* report'd are small lota of Red at fll 9O, Amber at 81 95, and LOOO btuhels No. 1 Spring at $1 67(31 75 Rye is unchanged j 1,000 bus. Penn’a sold at 9165. Com U less aetiTe,aud prices are barely maintained, dales of 2,008 Yellow at &>@9oc. Oats art steady, with sales of Western at and Delaware and, Pennsylvania at6W273r. No «aua of Barley or Malt. 7 There is very little Quercitron Bark here and net much wanted. Tbe Provision market is rather firmer, but there is not much doing WMrtcy—Tbe demand is limited, and the tales only in small lots at OTaf^gL The Latest uaetattons from New fork (Bt T-lecrmDD.l Hrw Yobx. February 26 —Stocks dulL Gold, 122? B; Exchange, 109; Five-twenties, 1862. 116%: do. 1864. 113%; do. 1860. 114%; n*w. 111%; 1867. Ul%; Teo-fortier. llu%: Virginia Sixes, 61: Missouri Sixes, 87%; Canton Company. 59; CumberUnd Preferred, 37; New York CentmLK3%: Beadiug.92%; Rudson River 125%: MtcMgan 'Vntral, 118: Miehtcnn Southern. 66%: lUinols Ontral, 140: Cleveland snd Pittsburgh. 91: Cleveland and Toledo, 106% ; Chicago and Rock 1 eland. 136%. UI artreta by Telegraph. 15p0.1.1 Despatch to tho Philo- Evening Bulletin. ] New Yobh, Feb. 26, 14J4 P. M.—Cotton—The market this niomiiig wae dull, tame and nominal, in' coneo qaeoc* of tbe inclement weather. Bales ot abont— balea. We quote aa follows: Middling Uplands, Middling Orleans. 89029 X. Floor. &o.—Receipts- 860 barrel*. Tbe market for West' ern and State Hour is stronger and quiet. The sales are about 6. 000 barrel*, including Superfine State atJBS $6 £6; Extra StAte at 83 55<3fi6 90; Low grades Western Extra at $3 45<%53 **i. Southern Flour is quiet and an* changed. California Flour is steady; demand fair, at 86 60&89 00 for old. * ia the Horn, and $9 60@$10 76 for new. via the Isthmus. Grain Receipts—Wheat, 22,800 bushels. The market is inactive and tame. Tbe sales are boaheli No. I Milwaukee at 81 6SC4I 1 64 tn store and afloat, and No. 2 do. at 81 5431 66. No. 3 do. at $1 46<gl 43 Corn-Re ceipts- 7,600 bnehela. The market is better, with a cood demand Bales of 60.000 bushels new Western at 91<tt95 cents, afloat; old quiet at fit ul<«*l Q3Jtf. Oats—Ri** cceipts-4,400 bushel*. Market dull at 73 cents in etore and 75 afloat. Prcvieions--Tbe receipts of Pork ere 2,000 barrels. The me?ket ia nominal at $3l 75 for new Western Mess. Lard— Receipts 500 pka. The market i« better and firm, city; sale* at l*\i\3l9c.; we quote fair to prime steamer st Hogs—Hecepts 1,300. Market dull: W#ft«rn, 12'i@l3'v ; Citv, Whisky—Receipts 225 barrels. The market ia duLL We quote Western free at 9K496C. f Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Nrw Yoex, Feb. 56—Cotton quiet; 200 bales »oM at 29(tf29 l 4 cents. Hour declining: State. 85 70<«£$7; Pont hern. $6 85@12; California, for o<d, and $3 10 <3lO 60 for new ; soles of 28 000 barrels. Wh*at dull and declined lc ; sales of 7,f00 bush.; No. 2 at fit 54 Corn fins., and advanced lc; sales of 32,600 bushels Mixed Western at 91<392c.: Yellow Western at fi3c. Oats quiet. Beef quiet Pork qniet; new Mess, fi3l 76<&fi32 12. Card steady ; steam,l9(&l9>sc, Whisky steady and unchanged. Bxltlmoke, Feb. 26.—Cotton qniet and weak; nomi nal'y29c Flour dull and irregular. Wheat dull and unchanged. Com dull; White. 94(595c.; Yellow. 90c.; Oats dull at 70c Rye dull and nominal at 81 60(3 $1 55. Fork quiet at 33(3350. Bacon quiet: ribeides, 17(317Vc.: clear do. HKSIS'Uc.; shoulder*, 16(316)4. Hams, 21. Lard quiet at SOitic. V^BANKERS;^? No. 35 South Third Street. PHILADELPHIA. DEALERS IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, STOCK, COLD AND NOTE BROKERS. Aocounta of Banks, Firms, and Individuals received, euttfoo to check at sight INTEREST ALLOWED 05? BALANCES. AgENTS, PENNSYLVANIA , oft . he <s^ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The National Life Insurance Company is a corporation chartered by special Act of Congress, ap proved July 25, 1868, with a CASH CAPITAL, $1,000,000, FULL PAID. Liberal terms offered to Agents and Solicitors, who are invited to apply at our office. Fill! particulars to be had on application at our office, located in the second story of our Banking House, where Circulars ond Pamphlets, fully describing the advantages offered by tho Company, may be hod,' XL W. CLARK A CO„ No, 35 South Third St, WHTrE“OASTILB BOAP.-100 BOXES GENUINE VY White Cartilo Soap, landtag IjmnMgVwsaytgasda, from Genoa, and for safe bv JOS. B. BUBBIBH a CO™ M Sooth Delaware avenue. THE DAILY EVENING. BULLETIN-rPEIiiAUKLPHIA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 26,1869. a nonsrSarks t. )Ma Stock BzohabEe* too 8h LchNavstk bSO 291 j sashPcnnaß c 67 10 eh do 67V 6 sb do 67 60 eh Headß Its trf 44v 100 sh do c 44-8-16 300 eh do 44-3-14 100 eh do blO 46-8-16 BOARD*. <2ooeh Bead Bes 44^ 200 eh do b4O 4614 *4OO eh do 4441 9 BOASD. 20 sh Pennaß 67 x 100 eh do 680 67 100 sh do 67V 100 eh do bOO 67X 100 sh Bead B lta 46 V 100 eh do 46V 100 ah do2djsAlnt46v 200 sh do sSwn 46 V 200 eh do eS&in 46V THIRD EDITION BY TELEGRAPH. WASHINGTON. Mr. Eohencks’s Finanoial Bill iathe Senate. The naturalization Treaty with Mexico. FROM HARRISBURG DEFEAT OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE BILL Yeas, IX; Nays, SO. Finance in the Senate. [Speeikl Demteh to tbe Fbiloda. Bvenlu* Btdletta.l Wasb»gton, Feb. 26.—Mr. Sherman reported to the Benate, this afteraooD, Bchenck’s pablie credit aad coin payment hill, with two amenli mente, and care notice that he ahoold ask a rote on it on Monday. The Committee’s amendments consist in simplifying the first section to aa to make the declaration that the faith of the Gov ernment is pledged to payment of its obligation*' in gold and silver include both notes and bonds. Th* gold contract section stands unchanged. Katurctlizatlon Treaty irUh Mexico Washiugtok, Feb. 26.—Official proclamation . is made of the convention . between the United States and Mexico for the purpose of fegnlating citizenship. It is provided that those Citizens of the United States who have been made citizens of the Mexican Repnblic and have resided without interruption on Mexican territory tor five years, shall bo held by the United States aa citizens of the Mexican Kepnb lic, end shall be treated aa each. Reciprocally, citizens of the Mexican Republic who have become citizens of the United States, and who have resided nr.interruptedly in the territory of the United States for five years, shall be held by the Repub lic of Mexico as citizens of the United States, and shall be treated as eneh. The declaration of an Intention to become a citizen of the one or the other country, has not for either party the effect of naturalization. This article sbali apply as well to those already natnroiized in either of the countries contracting as to those hereafter natnralized. Naturalized citizens of either of the contracting parties, on retain to the territory of the other, remain liable to trial and punishment for an ac tion punishable by the laws of his original conn try, and committed before his emigration, sav ing always tbe limitations established in his original country. The extradition treaty negotiated in 1861 re mains ln fall force and effect, without altsration. If a citizen of the United States, naturalized in Mexico, renews bis residence ln the United States, without intent to retnrn to Mexico, he shall ba held to have renounced bis naturalization in Mexico; and reciprocally, if a Mexican natural ized in the United States renews his resi dence ln Mexico, withom the intent to retnrn to the United States, be shall be held to have renounced his naturalization in the United States. Tbe intent net to return may be held to exist when the person natnralized in the one country resides in the other conn try more than two years; but this presumption may be rebutted by evidence to the contrary. The present convention goes into effect imme diately. Tbe Police Bill Defeated. Special Derpatch to the Philadelphia livening Bulletin.] Harbibbukg, Feb. 26,1869. —The metropolitan police bill was defeated by a rote of 20 nays to 11 yeas. Pennsylvania Legislature. Harbisburo, Feb. 26. Srnate.— The bill creating a Metropolitan police force In Philadelphia was taken np, and the first section being read, Mr. Wallace called for tbe yeas and nays. Before they were called Mr. Henszcy made a speech in its favor, taking the ground that it waß far more Important than any legislation asked for by Philadelphia during tbe session. He felt it bis dnty not only to record bis vote, bnt to raise his voice in sup port of Us passage. The present police force was organized at the time of consolidation, and although it is constituted as efficiently as it can be made nnder the existing system, it is tar inferior to the requirements, and so large that it is impossible for the Mayor to give the neces sary attention. He then (stowed what were the essentials of a well regulated police, and the Importance of a total change. He did cot advocate it from partisan motives, for a question which involved the safety ond protec tion of the lives and property of a community should rise far above party consideration. Ob jection had been made to tbe bill that it would diminish tbe dignity of the Mayor, but if he understood tbe matter correctly—if through the efficiency of the police the city wae protected from the outrages of murderers, burglars and in cendiaries, would it not elevate, ennoble and add lustre to bis administration ? A cry for the pas sage of this bill came up from the graves of the murdered victims of the October election, who were slaughtered by those who now claim the right to control the city, and he adjured every Senator who was hesitating not to sell his blr th right for a mess of pottage. Fire In sandwich Saudwich, Mass.,Feb.26. —A fire broke out tnls A.M. in Snilt’s block, on Jarvis street, and Bpread nntil all the buildings from Willow street to the store of Alvah Holway were destroyed. Among the sufferers are George P. Drew; loss $5,000; insured. W. F. Bnrbank, stoves; loss $5,000; In sured. Swift’B block, loss $6,000; Insured. Chae. S. Brooks, dry goods; loss $4,000; uot insured. Charles £. Burges, clothing; loss $3,000; insured. Montezuma block, owned by John G. Miller; loss $5,000; insured. The total loss Is estimated at $20,000 to $30,000. Alleged Wife poisoner. Worcesteb, Feb. 26.—A preliminary examina tion of Robert D. Dyke, the alleged wife-poisoner of Fitchbnrg, commenced before the Police Court in that town yesterday. marine Intelligence. Fortress Mokroe, Feb. 26 Passed In for Bal timore—barks Nellie, from Rio; Crlmea.frem Liverpool; JV. E. Anderson, from' New York; Adelia.from Cnba; brigs Hebe, Rio; Chattanooga, Porto Rico. Passed out—brig Christian, for Bremen; schooner, Architect, Porto Rico; Camp bell, Savannah. Ibe First Boat of tbe Season. New York, Feb. 26.— The first steamboat of the season has reached Poughkeepsln from New York. They had to cut through six Inches of solid ice for nine miles. riHAHOUI. DREXEL & CO., Philadelphia. DREXEL, WINTHROP & CO., N. Y. DREXEL, HAR JES & CO., Paris. Bankers and Dealers In IT.l T . 8, Bonds. Parties going abroad can make all their financial arrangements with us, and procure Letters of Credit available in all parts of Europe. Drafts for Sale on England, Ireland. Franco, Germany. Ac. 1a26 6p _ TJ'RESH LOBSTERS AND SALMON’-#*) CASES. 1,00 7 dozen, fresb Lobsters and Salmon, landing and for sale by JOB. B, BOSSIER & CO.. 109 Srutb Delaware venue. 2:30 O'Oloobr. 10 tIM EDITION; The Election of Bailroad Directors CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS Tbe Northern Central Railroad. Baltimorb, Feb. 26. —The annual meeting of the stockholders of the. Northern Central Rail road yesterday elected the following directors: J.;D. Cameron and William Colder, of Harris burg; A. E. Eapp, of Norlhnmberland; Geary Small, B. F. Newcomer, and 8. -M. Shoemaker, of Baltimore; E. 0. Biddle, John M. Kennedy, Ja cob P. Jones, Wieter Morris and Edmund Smith, (the latter in jplace of John A. Wright, absent in Europe), oi Philadelphia, and Henry. Welsh, of New York. The newly-elected directors snbse qaentiy met and re-elected John D. Cameron, Esq., President, also John W. Dnbarry, Esq., Vice President. rortleth Congress—Third Session. Washiboton, Feb. 26. Bxnatk.—Mr. Grimes (Iowa), from the Com mittee of Conference on the Nava] Appropriation bill, made a report, which was contorted in. Mr. Sherman, from the Committee oo Finance, reported, with amendments,tbe bill to strengthen the public credit, and gave notice that he would caill it up to-morrow at 1 o'clock. Mr. Patterson (N. H.) introduced a Joint reso lution more,efficiently to protect the far interests in Alaska. It declares the Island* of St Paid and; St. George to be military reservations, and forbids anyone to land or remain on said 'islands without the authority ol the Secretary of the Treasury, but providing that no interference shall be had with the right of the native Inhabit... ante of those islands. The resolntlon was read' and laid over. Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Finance, reported back the bill to aid the New York and Antwerp Steamship Company, and recom mended that it go over until the next cession, there not being sufficient time to consider it at tbissessleß. On motion of Mr. Pomeroy, tbe Committee on Pnblie Lands was discharged from "the consider atlon of a large nnmber of bills for want , of time for their proper consideration at this ses sion.. _ Upon the same ground the Committee on the Public Library was discharged from the con sldefation of the memorial asking Congress to purchase Brady's collection of war views, and tbe memorial of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts asking for a copyright law for works of art. On motion of Mr. Anthony, the Committee on Naval Affairs was discharged from the farther consideration of the memorial of Commander Julius Boyd to be restored to the active list. - Mr. Morton called np the resolntlon to pay the Senators from the Reconstructed States from the commencement of tbe Fortieth Congress. The pending amendment was that offered by Mr. Morrill (Vt.), to provide for their payment only from the beginning of tbe Second Session of the Fortieth Congress. Mr. Morrill (Vt.) withdrew the amendment,and Mr. Morton renewed it. Mr. Whyte (Md.) maintained that tho question had already been settled by the Senate wben it adopted a resolution that those Senators should be paid ODly from tbe date of the admission of their respective States. Mr. Morton said that the resolntlon did not Eeltie the question now pending, which was whether the Senators from the reconstructed States should be paid from the beginning or from that of the second session of the present Con gress. Mr. Sherman was willing to pay them from the beginning of the second session, bat not from the commencement of this Congress. Mr. Ferry was in favor of adhering to the de cision of the Senate already mode, to pay these Senators only from the date of the admission oi their respective States. If rules should be vio lated in the Senate, tbe precedent would be fol lowed In tbe House, and than $lOO,OOO would be paid ont of the Treasury without reason or au thority of law. Mr. Trumbull also was in favor of adhering to the rale already fixed, which was in accordance with law and order. Mr. Williams said he was already committed against paying any of the Senators for any time prior to tbe admission of their respective Stales. Mr. Kellogg (La.), as one of the Senators from the reconstructed States, thought it due to him self to state that, even If the resolution should pass, he would not avail himself of it He had held a Federal office at the time of his election, and bad no intention or desire to draw pay for the lime prior to his admission to the Senate. The expiration of the morning hour Inter rupted the discussion and the resolution went over. Tbe following 1b tho first section' of Mr. Schenck’s bill as amended and reported In the Senate to-day, from the Committee on Finance: '• Be it enacted , &c., That in order to remove any doubt as to the purpose of the Government to discharge all its jost obligations to the public creditors, and to settle conflicting questions and interpretations of its laws by virtue of which snch obligations have been contracted, it is hereby pro vided and declared that the faith of the U. S. is solemnly pledged to tbe payment in coin or ils equivalent of all the obligations of the United States, except in cases where the law authorizing the issue of any snch obligations has expressly provided that the same may bo paid in lawful money or other-currency than gold and silver.” The'second section legalizing coin contracts Is not changed. Mr. Wilson ißtrodnced a bill for the relief of the United States officers and soldiers who sus tained loss by the disasters to the steamships WiDfleld Scott and San Francisco. Referred to the Committee on Claims. [liouee—Continued from Second Edition.] Mr. Bnrr moved to rodnee the item for regular supplies of the Quartermaster’s Department from $2,500,000 to $500,000, and argued in euDport of the motion. Mr. Scofield replied to the objections of Mr. Burr, and explained the cause of the aeficleocy as arising partly from the continuance of the Indian war longer than had been calculated on. Mr. Chanler expressed his conviction that tbe General of the army wonla say that the Indian war was a mere fiction, carried on solely in news papers and in telegraphic despatches. There was no such thing; there were not troops enough on the borders of the Indian territory to consti tute a Brigadier-General’s command. The war was a fiction, and, in respect to its actions, almost a farce. The killing of tbe In dian chief Black Kettle was a mere piece of treachery, Black Kettle being at peace with the government, and being shot down in hie lodge, in the midst of his children and bit wives. Mr. Scofield was willing to admit that the present Indian war, like all preceding ones, was got np by bad white men, and was enormously expensive in proportion to what was accom plished by it. But the deficiency was occasioned partly by it, and had to be met. The amendment was rejected. Mr. Chanler moved to strike ont the appropria tion of $150,000 for cavaliy and artillery horses. He expressed his belief that there was either great stupidity or great dishonesty at the basis of tbe whole matter. There were more mules than horses, he thought, in the Quartermaster’s De partment. The Committee on Appropriations was either determined to draw from the Treasury a certain net amount of expenses, or did not know the facts of the case. It was acting either In complicity or in ignorance, and it was not satisfactory to be told that the Indian war was tbe cause of oil this extravagance. The Govern ment was rotten to its very base. Mr. Mullins advanced to tbe defence of the Commlttee on Appropriations by Baying that he conld not sit quiet and hear it impeached either of Ignorance or crime, and not only, said he, is tbe committee accused of ignorance or of com plicity, but the government Is accused of being rotten to tho very base. God knows that if the government 1b rotten to the heart, tho gentleman from New York must be the core of it. Why on earth have we had such a tirade '> Mr. Chanler endeavored to intorpose a remark, bnt tbe higher he raised bis voice, tho loader and more persistent were the calls to order and tbe hammering of the Speaker’s gavel. Mr. Malllns fcontemptously)—l cannot stop to be annoyed and nibbled at by dunks. | Shouts of laughter and encouragement. | Mr. Chanler (raising his volco abovo the din) was hesrd to say: All tha"t I can say Is that'l mode no allusion— But there his wards ceased to be audible at the reporters’ desk, being drowned by vociferous calls to order. 3:10 O’Oloohc. Mr. Mullins—The Indian is as near a mule as tbe other gentleman is near a horse, and we should fight tbe Indian with anything we can get hold of. Not only fight him with mules, but with the long-eared stock, and I know where I can go and get hundreds of them at a very low price. TBhouts of laughter. | I trust the com mittee will be sustained in its position. The amendment offered by Mr. Chanter was rejected. Mr. Niblack moved to reduce the item for the transportation and supplies of the army from •7,000,000 to f 6,000,000, and in his remarks al luded to bis haring predicted at last session that the pretence of economy was only assumed for electioneering purposes, and that the deficiencies would havejto be appropriated at thls|sesslon. Mr. Scofield replied to Mr. Niblack, and then mored to close debate on the iteme for army ex penditures. The motion was agreed to. The amendment .offered by Mr. Niblack was rejected. Mr. Burr called attention to the faet that this deficiency bill appropriated nearly $20,000,000, and that the deficiencies were chiefly .it* tbe War Department, over which the President had had ho control whatever; but;which had been excln ueively underthe control of officials iit whom tbe Republican party had all confidence.: On motion of Mr. Wood, the proviso that the appropriations for contingencies of the army, for medical and hospital department, and for secret serviee fund were made for the purpose of en abling the Secrctarvof the Treasury to settle ac cduuts of disbursing officers for expenditures already made, was amended by adding the w ords : "If made in pursuance of law." Mr. Logan moved ah appropriation of $3,000 for the purchase of a portrait of Abraham Lincoln for tbe Executive Mansion, to bo selected by the incoming President. On a point of order made by Mr. Scofield, the amendment was ruled out of ordorin a deficiency bill. Mr. Mullins, returning to the defence of "the Committee on Appropriations, referrodtoit as a body working In harmony .• with the JBotue, as unimpeachable in character, and yet aa being charged with things for which, if true, its Use ta bors should be expelled from the House, Mr. Chnnlcr—l rise to a question of ; order. fShouts of order!, order!J The question before the Bouse is not as to the Tennessee fund. [Laughter.) The Chalrm an—to Mr. Mnlllns-r-Tbo gentleman will confine himself to the amendment. Mr. Mullins—Sir, lam trying to clear the brush’ out of the way which has been thrown on without any cause or sense, to apply as an argu ment to the question under discussion. [The Chair man directed members who had gathered around Mr. Mullins to take their setts.] Now, as to the mounting of these men, and as to the complaint which the gentleman makes of employing mules instead of horses, I can see but little reason or sense in tbe argument. .. Mr.Cbanler said something here about Ten nessee mules. THE COURTS. Presentment by tbe Grantt Jury. Quarter Sessions—judge Ludlow.—Tbe Grand Jury, having completed its labors, made a final presentment this morning. 880 bills were acted upon, 223 of which were lonnd true and 157 of which were ignored. The Jury found many of the charges to be frivolous,*‘and as an instance In point we beg to present to the notice of the Honorable Judges of the Court.biU No. 176, found on the complaint of one Joseph Miller, before Alderman Dallas, againßt one Jas. Burnside for larceny. Said bill of indictment sets forth the larceny of three pickles of the value of two cents each. Whole value six cents! For this charge James Burnside was committed, and had he not succeeded in getting ball for $4OO, would have been consigned to prison for eight days before bis ease would come before the Grand Jury. The jury present this case to the notiee of tbe judges to show how our County Prison is overcrowded with untried prisoners, and respectfully ask the attention of tbe Court to the law that may be binding, or the common sense that shonld govern committing magistrates in such cases. The jury would, if In their power, have pnt the costs, in many cases, on the Aldermen so committing.” Tbe public institutions were visited, and atten tion is directed to tbe crowded condition of the County Prison. Four hundred additional cells are needed. In regard to the Alms honse, the jnry inquired ‘‘whether, ont of so large a num ber of inmates, there could not be a sufficient number organized Id some mechanical and manu facturing industry so sb to rednee a large portion of the expense to the County Treasury, and at the same time add to the health of the inmates when there, and better prepare them for outdoor life and usefulness.” Tbe necessity for a Bouse of Rcfnge is urged. Tbe jury suggest that Grand Juries be directed to visit large factories in tbe city, where hundreds of minors may be employed, and inquire if they have tbe three months’ school ing In each year, as required by law. “Wo would also suggest they be instructed to visit tenement bonse and each resorts of crime and filth and im morality end sqnalor ob Bedford and St. Mary streets. So long as these dens of wretchedness where every Bpeclcs of crime finds votaries are permitted to exist, so long will onr courts be fall of petty cases of larceny, riots, nuisances, and drunkenness. “The present Grand Jury would also beg to present to your honorable notice the present con dition of some of our streets. Is not Borne one liable to Indictment for such culpable neglect as Is made manifest by the great accumulation of mud and filth which now obstructs our streets and disgraces our city? "Have we no way of pro tecting ourselves from diseaso or contagion liable to be engendered by the action of the sun upon thiß accumulation? Must the citizens of this,the second city in the Union, be compelled to sit quietly in their homes, or wade through mad to their anhleß, because of this great dereliction of duty of some one?” Oyer and Terminer— Judges Ludlow and Brewster In the cose of Samuel Holt, charged with the murder of Edward Barnes, the jury last evening rendered a verdict of not guilty. The Court directed the defendant to enter ball in $3,000 to be of good behavior for one year. The caße of George Young, odo of the boys implicated in the death of Mr. McKlevo, in West Philadelphia, on the 15th of November last, was taken up last evening.and resumed this morning. The testimony was the same as that given on (ormcr trials. The case is still before the Court. ODKTAIN MATEKIALS. STRIPED AND FIGURED FRENCH CRETONNES CHINTZES Of Notv and Superb Designs, for Cham ber Curtains and Upholstering Purposes. LACE AND NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS A Full Line, Just Opened. Terry’s and Striped Tapestries, For Parlors, Libraries,Dining-Rooms. WINDOW SHADES, Plain, In New Shades of color. I. E. WALRAVEN. . ' / MASONIC HALL, Ne. 719 CHESTNUT STHEET. FIFTH EDITION BY TELEGRAPH. LATER CABLE NEWS The Greek Troubles Sublime Poite Thank* tbe Great Powers ABBIVAL OF STEAM BBS OUT LATEST FROM WASHINGTON ARRIVAL OF GENERAL SHERMAN BEPOBT OF INDIA* AFFATBB The Constitutional Amendment The Salary of Bx-Minister Harvey By the atlanue Cablw ; Paris, Feb. 2G.—The bullion In the Bank o France has increased U,000,000 francs since the last report. The Sublime Porte has Issued a circular to the Great Powers of Europe thanking them for the attitude taken in the late difficulties with Qrcoce.; Antwerp, Feb. 26 Petroleum opened un-. changed. Liverpooi., Feb. 26.—Arrived out, steamships Chink, at Queenstown; Westphalia, at South ampton, and Europa, at Glasgow, all from New Fork. Tbeßettlement of the Indian Troablea. ISpcciat Despatch to the Phils. Evening Bulletin.] Washington, Feb. 26.—General Sherman ar- : rived hero this afternoon, direct from St. Louis, and will for the present make bis headquarters in Washington. Bessys that no more Indian troubles are likely to occur during this year at least, as all tho tribes which have been warlike ’ seem anxious to' be removed to their reservations.• ‘ General Sheridan is how 6u the Plains, with troops, engaged in removing the hostile tribes. It is General Sherman’s belief that all tribes will be satisfied to remain on the reservations set aside for them by tbe Government, with tbe pos slble exception of the Sioux tribe, whoare discontented unless on the war-patb,. and, there- , fore, the General says be expects to see themvio-; late tbelr treaty wltbin two years. lit the present contest this tribe did not folly feel the force of the strong arm of the Government, and nothing short of this will stop their depredations on the whites. Tka Constitutional Amendment, [Special Despatch to tbe Phila. Evening Bulletin.] Feb. 26.— Tbe Constitutional Amendment was taken up in the Senate, and there appeared to be a good deal of opposition to Its passage In Its present form, Messrs. Ed munds, Wilson and others making earnest speeches against it. The Salary of if mister Harvey. [Special Despatch to tho Phila. Evening Bulloda.! WASHiNGTON.Feb.26 —The House, la Commit tee of the Whole, has refused to pnt the appropri ation in the deficiency bill to pay the salary of Mr. Harvey, Minister to Portugal. For two years be has served without pay. Postal Telegraph -Sonthern Senators. [Special Despatch to the PMia. Evealna Bulletin. 1 Washington, Feb. 26th.—Tho Senate Post-of fice Committee have decided to recommend the pottage of a Postal Telegraph bill, and expect to report It to-day or to morrow. Tbe Senate bad another discussion over tha proposition to give the Southern Senators baok pay, but without result. Tbe Deficiency Bill. [Special Despatch to tho Phila Evening Bulletin. I Washington. Feb. 26. —Tbe Deficiency Appro priation bill bas been dragging Its slow length along all day Id the House, bat no important amendments have been made. From Washington. Washington, Feb. 26.—The public debt state ment for the present month will be lssnud earlier than usual, in March, and will not be delayed until the 6th or 7th, as usual. The indicatlons-of a large decrease continue to bo very good. Impressions concerning the construction of the incoming Cabinet multiply rapidly, bat as yet there is no ground for beiieviug that the names of any of the proposed nu mbers will be made public,' even an hour before the date of their nomination to the Senate, as announced by General Grant to the Congressional committee two weeks ago. Paymaster Wm. A.Winslow, son of Com. Win slow, of Kearsarge fame, died in this city last night, after a brief illness. From lew Hampshire. Concord, N. H-, Feb. 26.— The Hon. John D. LymaD, Secretary of State, slipped and fell on the steps of the Stale Honse to-day, severely Injuring his left knee. He was taken home in a helpless condition. Fortieth Congress—Third Session. ISenatk— Continued from Fourth Edition. The report of the Committee of Conference on the Constitutional Amendment, the special order for two o'clock, then came up. The report was read as follows: "The right ol citizens of the United States to vote shall not he denied or abridged by the United States or by any Statu on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude. Mr. Pomeroy reviewed the aciion of the Honso and the Senate on tho pending amendment up to this llmefand said that the Committee of Con ference had exceeded their powers and violated parliamentary law by tampering with the text of the bill os agreed upon at different times by both Houses. Mr. Howard regarded the amendment, in the form agreed upon by the Committee of Confer ence, as inadequate to the demands of the coun try, and likely, if adopted, to lead to difficulty In the future. Mr. Edmunds said that the Commltteo of Con ference had struck the very life out of the text— by striking out oue half of an indlvls abie truth, had made tbo remainder half in reality a falsehood. From the' amend ment agreed upon by the Committee it would seem that Congress w us so eager to do something by wsy of amending tho constitution, that they forgot that it made any difference what they did. Mr. Wilson said that for nearly thirty-three years he had dofie all ho could by word and vole against slavery and all things connected with if. He had always demanded what was right, ana had dono his beat to attoin it, but he had also acted upon the idea of taking what he could get, believing th3t one stop farther made the next step easier, and he would act upon that principle now, too, although with more regrot than .ever before, and with some degree of mortification, because he had hoped that early lu the present session the majority in Congress would seize the great opportunity while twenty-five State {legis latures were In the hands of their friends, and while the hearts of the people iwere warm with tho love of liberty and a sense of justice, to make an amendment to tho Constitution which would secure equal civil rights to all men of all raegß, glasses and colors lu this country. To such on amendment there could have been no considerable opposition anywhere, because the rights of all claseoa would be involved; but the amendment proposed by the Commltteo of Conference'might be strongly op posed In Connecticut, where the first battlowaa to bo fought, and in uther States, as a mere "negro” proposition. Mr.' Pomeroy moved to disagree and vote for another Committee of Conference. Mr. Stewart raised the point of order, that tho uucßtlon of concurrence had precedence. O’Olooit.
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