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SPECI A L AOTICEs. ser TILE FORTY Rlolll'll ANNIVERSARY PIIMADELPHIA CONFERENCE MLI33IONARY SOCIETY TUESDAY EVENING, 234 MST ACADEMY OF MUSIC Commencing at half oast eleven o'clock Addrerrer by Rev. E. ;WENTWORTH. D D.. of Trey Conference. late Miralottery to China: Rev. JACOB TODD, of Philadelphia. and Rev. J. P. DL RBLN, D. a. Corresponding Secretary of Parent NitsPlonary Society. Tielet- to be had at Pertinpine iligginer. No. Eri .I' ,, rch Fourth et.reet. and at the 51. E. BoOk Itoorae, No. 1019 Arch street. For a Itt,erved Beat in the Pargeet, Parquet le. or Balcony. 25 cents will ha charged. and the ft - lA - oda may tnua avoid an unusual early attendance to secure I. good seal. Dahl 7.6trp: MOSES Di OW PT. GRAND ORATORIO BY THERANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY. THURSDAY El:ENO:Co, Larch 25, AT TILE ACADEMY OF Ml_ /HO. Mt,. MARIA BRAINERD ne..... . ....... Nlettnle. lIP. SAWIt.I A MIA ART ..... ........ F.ethlr. Mr. GEORGE StiMPSON ae Oeltil P”1".. 1, 0[101$ (.liar we Aaron. Dr. W. NY GILCHRIST 5p.... Pharaoh. Mr. A. P. TAYLOR In the great Part of Mope , . 4, KAND WICIIESTRA and Powerful Chorus of - - Rote:Teti Seati $1 50, to be had at Gould'e, Trampler' sad ItonerF. mht7 4trpi, we. OFFICE OF THE MORRIS CANAL A)D BANKING LO. _ Jrn.e Crrv. starch lA, leek Notice in herebygiven that the Annual Election will be h, Id at Um office of the Company. in, Jerrey Cliv. on MONDAY, the FIFTH DAY OF APRIL EXT, for tbe choice. of five Di, cetera in the place of Class 1 a. 4, whose term of office will then expire; and of one Director of Clasp No. 3 to fill a vacancy, 'rho Pull will be open from I o'clock until 2 o'clock. Y. ht. 'be Stock Transfer Books will be closed from tra Ji t date until April Ltb, inclusive. mhlEtoapb,rl4 .11)11N RODt;ERS, See.y. witr- FAIR AT \VEST ARCH STREET PRE3BI, Tl- Tian Church. Entrance on Eighteenth street. Open f rem 3 o 10 P. M. in k.E.D AY March Mi, at tl o'clock P. M., Grand concert Ticket/ Wets.. for the benefit of the Church. tell stir IIOWA ItDIIOSPITAL. NOS. 151 4 and 11.2 )LOll Mud street, Diepcheary Department.- -Nledieal treatment and medicine turniehed gratuitously - to the poor. Whittier cum PIOMIIus6 The Boston Adre? tiger of yesterday contains the following: Whittier is the name of a new first-class ship built byrJohn Currier, Jr., and owned chiefly by the Cushings of Newburyport. The poet who thas done so much to enhance the fame of the Merrimac replied thus to the request for permts alon to pay him this appropriate honor: In the course of my life I have done something in the seafaring line as well as in Spanish castles, hut unfortunately my ships rarely come to port. It is a satisfaction, therefore, to feel that I have now an interest in a stauncher craft, substantial as oaken ribs and copper bolts can make her. With renewed thanks to the owners and builders for the complimentary use of my name, I nra very truly thy friend, JOHN G. WHITTIER If the fine vessel weathers the storms of ocean half as stoutly as the Quaker singer faced the tempest that roared around him and other oppo nents of slavery in former days, and ploughs the sea before favot lug gales as gracefully as he has described the scenery and told the legends of her native river, she cannot fail of making prosper oua voyages and finding welcome harbors; and however far she may sail, sho.will not outsell his bravely-earned fame, as tho poet of justice and humanity, as well as of purest beauty and truest smtiment. Peninsula Consolidation It appears that the State of Delaware is in earnest in trying to gobble up the Eastern Shore cf Maryland. The following resolutions have passed the House in the Delaware Legislature, and are now before the Senate. Resolved, tj'e., That on the first Wednesday in May next there be held In the town of Dover a convention of delegates from the State of Dela ware, the nine counties of Maryland, and the two counties of Virginia lying east of the Chesapeake Bay, for the purpose of advising upon the propriety of uniting this Peninsula under one State government; and if found advisable, to agree upon a basis of union, subject to the consent of the Legislatures of the states of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia re spectively, and the approval of the Congress of the United States. ResOlved furtlor, That said committee be com posed of five 'delegates from each of the counties on the Peninsula, and that the Secretary of State cause these resolutions to be published in each of the newspapers of the several counties inviting the people thereof to such action-as will cause the convention to be fully represented. The Own) of General Longstract. The Washington correspondent of the Tribune Earß The case of. Gen. Longstreet,nominated as Sur veyor of the Port at New Orleans, was under 4onsideration to-day by the Senate Commerce +Committee. It is understood that a majority of the Comiiiittee wore opposed to his confirma tion, not especially because Gen. Longstreet was a leading rebel during the Rebellion, but on the ground that there are an abundance of men who were loyal to the Government from the breaking out of the Rebellion to the close, and who ought to be provided for in pre ference to the class to which Gen. Longstreet bo-' longs. The committee, %however, decided to re port his name to the Senate without recommend ation, and let that body take such action as they may think proper. There are many Senators who are in favor of confirming all of President Grant's nominations on general principles. It is expected that the Southern Senators will make sharp flight against Longstreet's confirmation: ~ .:„.,, ... ,c,, ....• ~, J. .. ..„. . . . . ._ . _• ~ , . I . .. . .... :. . ~ . , . f., • ._ • . . . . , . .. . . , . . , . . • hese negotiations began with M. Oltivier, as a [eel:cher of the Opposition who might not be 1. ID Wining to rally to and accept the imperial go vernment, if the latter would conform, or rather .ransform, itself to the liberal aspirations of the °aptly. So Walewski sends for 011ivier, evi ,:ently by the desire of the Emperor, and to ,ound him. He tells him plainly that he Walewski) is "convinced that the Empire can not stand without liberty;" and that be "had had long conversations with the Emperor on the san e ct at Compiegne," who "thought as he did." It was under this conviction that all the recent changes have taken place in the laws of the press, the right of public meeting, &c. M. 011ivier was ~ ffertd a direct part in these; and the place of )Sinister of Public Instruction, with the lead In the Emperor's Councils, was urgently pressed 'pee him. In fact, be was to have succeeded ttouher, in case the latter should decide to cure. rather than accept the new programme n 3 event which M. 011ivier allows to be very un likely-I—or to remain in power with that minis ,er, it ho were willing to co-operate in these pro posals. All these honors, however, which the Emperor was desirous to shower upon him, M. rllir icr, to his great credit, according to his own account declined, and preferred lying his assistance as simple deputy. He proves, however, very clearly that his influence Avallcd to make the reforms much larger and more liberal than they otherwise would have been. -Urge the Emperor," he says, writing to Witicwskl, "to make a resolute change. Peoplt ilitrk him worn out and ill; let him re-assure public opinion by a vigorous stroke." This is plain speaking, no doubt; and M. ollivier seems to have been just as straightforward when in presence of the Emperor himself. He had an im portant interview with the sovereign, of which Le gives his impressions in a form which is very interesting, though ''the con versation between them was of too confidential a character to allow him to go into details." Bat he publishes a subsequent letter to himself from the Emperor which throws considerable light upon the workings of the imperial mind. The Emperor protests that "what restrains him is neither uncertainty nor vain infatuation of his prerogatives," but "the fear of depriving himself of the means of re-establishing moral order in a coup try so shaken by passions as France. I Would fain," he says again, "achieve at ode blow what is called the 'crowning of the edifice,' for the country wants, And 1 want, to be definitively fixed. It is by always leaning to one side that one lan.; at last." ' These notices may give you some idea of M. 011ivier's book; but it must be read to appreciate all the light it throws upon the existing state of things. Yesterday we were in what the French call "en. plain Carnaval,"—it being the Mi-Careme, and a universal holiday. The streets were so densely crowded that locomotion became impossible along the sidewalks, and in the middle of the road the carriages came to a dead block. It is the custom for every one to be out, eitherdriving or walking, while all the balconies are filled with spectators' looking at the busy scene below. The day was splendid, and every one was saying that the MI- Careme had not for a long time been so brilliant. there were far more masqueraders than nsnal,and great number of gorgeously got-up processions Jn horseback, and in carriages and triumphal cars. The blaackiesettares, or washerwomen, whose it;to it especially is, were out in full force; the different "establishments" vying with each other in splendor. It is most amusing to see the get up of these Duleinette, who spare no pains or ex pense to adorn their portly persons, for most of them look as if they would be ugly customers in a scuffle, with their stalwart arms and huge flats. I met one procession of tourteen carriages in the Rue de Rivoll Ailed with these "ladies" and their attendant swains, all megnificently attired. Ono corpulent female, who had ovid'ently just come from a substantial diyaner ala fourchette, was reclining gracefully on the cushions, looking very full and red in the face, while over the carriage door was stretched a foot and node. or rather leg, displaying at its extremity a beautiful pink satin boot richly trimmed with lace, and which the wearer evi dently thought far too good to be hid at the bottom of the vehicle in which she was riding. Tho contrast ,between the one extremity of the person and the other—between the taco and the hoot—the 'red skin and the pink satin—was such as could only be properly estimated by being seen. Noise On these occasions is the order of the day; and there Is not a gamin de Paris who does not take ad. ! vantage of the impunity granted by the police to, blow a trumpet of some sort, while the balconies are often filled with a dozen performers on the - old French huntinphorn. Ao Paaties the day of the Ml-CarSmein Paris, closing at night with the revels of hundreds of bats maeguis. LETTER WROR PARIS. Correspondence of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.' Pins, Friday, March 5,1869.—M. Emile 0111- vier, the deputy for one of the electoral divisions of Paris, and the celebrated founder and loader of the tiersTarli, or liberal section of the Imperialist majority which has been gradually forming in the Chamber—has just published a pamphlet, or rather a book, the contents of which are highly interesting, although they relate chiefly to inci dent! which happened two years ago. The title of the publication is "Le Dix-neuf Janrier," that is, of January, 1867, the date of the famous "Letter" in which the Emperor Napoleon announced his intention to "go ahead" once more in a Liberal direction; and the contents of M. Oilivier's book aro an expos!. thin and defence of the part he played in the de liberations which preceded the publication of that letter. It also unfolds the ideas upon which the Emperor's resolution was based, and the private' and confidential intercourse -which took place at that time between him and his Ministers and M. 01livrer on the subject, with a view to invite the assistance and active co-opera- Von of the latter in carrying out the proposed changes. All this is, of course, a very delicate matter; and we have rarely perhaps hada publi cation which laid bare to us so completely the internal workings and counsels of the imperial mind. To at all appreciate the work properly would require extracts much longer than my space affords. My object in noticing it. there.. fore, is rather to call attention to it than to quote from it, and at most to indicate the interesting nature of Its contents and of the revelations it makes tons. It shows us strik ingly, for instance, how the imperial council vacillate between "I will" and "I won't;" and what a fix the imperial system constantly finds itself In between the conviction that things can cot go on forever as they are and the danger of making further concessions. Count Walewski , vag alive and President of the Chamber when PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1869. 4:717B&. A New Decree, et Freedom—AboMien of Slavery. , NORVITAB, March B.—The people of our port are Hoeg, as usual, in a state of fear. The feel ing of the Spaniards against the Cubans grows fiercer every day. Ono person has boldly said that he would pay a gold escudo for every pair of rebel ears brought him, nor are sentiments as rash and cruel as these restricted to the more vulgar class of the Spaniards. The Cubans on their side are also hearty haters, and will return with interest all that Is meted oat .to theM by their foe. The forces of Spain lately burned a village fifteen miles distant, and I have coed authority for saying that at the port 'Of °Mora they are executing at once, and without trial, all prisoners they take. One John Barry, an Irishman, once resident in the 'United States, was publicly shot, though claiming rights as a British subject. The Governor persists in not al lowing families to emigrate, and Cuban houses are at all times searched under every species of pretext. The few Americans hero are well pleased with the presence of the United States war vessel Gettysburg. The troops of the gov ernment have not yet succeeded in accomplishing any thing worthy of special note in this direction, though the country beyond is not impracticable for the purposes of a campaign. Nuevitas is but 45 or 56 miles from Puerto Principe, now gar risoned by the Spaniards, but much in want of provisions, If report is correct. It Is situated in a rather level country, and ought to have in good times from 30,000 to 90,000 people. In Nuevitag, as at Havana, we receive little but Spanish news; but enough is known to give us assurance that the insurgents are being supplied with arms from American vessels. The coast is favorable for the purpose and the vigilance of the small number of Spanish vessels is nat,with great difficulty eluded. Three or fonr days agoit was reported that °an American vessel was ready to run from the Bahama banks. New vessels are entering into the Cuban service at Nassau, and it IA here believed that Questa& has . increased his force with new arms and men. I send you the following important document. It is a proclamation of liberty to all the slaves, and is addressed by a Convention of a number of the leading insurgents of the . Central Depart ment—that of Camaguey, or Puerto-Principe. Its main features are the same as the proclama tion of Cespetles; but it is very significant now, because it shows that the rebellion, with every step it takes of advance,ls more and more de termined in its measure Yi Abolition. The pro clamation may at any time reach a vast number of slaves : DECREE OF ABOLITION The Institution of Slavery, brought to Cuba by the Spanish dornination, ought to be exthigaLshed mite IL The Assembly of Representatives of the Lentre, having in consideration the principles of eternal justice, decree in the name of liberty and of the people: I. Slavery Is abolished. 2. Opportunely will be indemnified the masre of those who till to-day were slaves. :3. All those who by virtue of this decree are freed will contribute with their ends to the in dependence of Cuba. 4. To this end those who may be deemed apt and necessary for the military service will be ranstered into our ranks, enjoying the same for tunes and consideration as other soldiers of the Liberal army. 5. Those who cannot serve in the army will continue during the war dedicated to the same labor in which they are now engaged, in order to sustain the productiveness of the land, and to contribute to the supply and support of those sho offer their blood for the common liberty. I his obligation belongs in the same manner to dl citizens who to-day are free, whatever be their color or race, excepting those of the military stql, 6 A special ordinance will prescribe the details 3 f the fulfilment of this decree. Country and Liberty I—Camaguey. February - 26, 1869. Signed for the Assembly, Salvador de Clsnero9, Edward Agramonte, Ignacio Agra monte, Francisco &inches, Antonio lambrano, Gen. Antonio Castillo.—Tribune. THE GRIMES NAVY RILL. Au Unwise and Hurtful Piece of Le. ululation. The Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Trlllll7te says : A s trong effort Is making by those in authority at the Navy Department to press through the House the bill recently passed to the Senate rem:L isting the reek of officers In the Navy. This bill, which was 'raffled by Senator Grimes. increases the pay of midshipmen, making an additional pt nee of nearly 8200,000 to the Govern- Scot. It also virtually degrades the staff officers of the Navy. There has al ways been a feeling of enmity between line and staff officers of the naval service in regard to rank. The line officers are unwilling that those ‘,I the staff should have the same privileges, al though they assimilate in rank, and !he staff officers have been gradually gaining the recognition to which they thing they are entitled; but this bill pro poses to put them back again. Admiral Porter favors the line 'officers, while M miral Farragut sympathizes with the staff. As the Navy Department is virtually under the control of Admiral Porter. the bill is supposed to have been prompted by him. The Naval Com mittee of the House has not yet met for business, hut will do so at once. Judge Scofield of Penn .ylvania is chairman, and he will not proceed iisstily, but hear both sides of the question be tore recommending what action should be taken by the House. Speaking of this bill editorially, the Tribe ns says forcibly, truthfully and well: "We trust the Rouse will not be hi a hurry to pass the Senate bill in reference to the naval ser %lee. The bill is understood to be the work of Admiral Porter, and is simply the expression of tits desire to make invidious distinctions between Akers of the line and ollicere of the staff. It is All old question in the Navy, and it is not wise for the Department to force it upon the country. The duties of the stria and the line are dissimilar; but there is certainly nothing in the education of a Midshipman, a Commander, or even an Admiral, to justify Congress In making invidious distinc tions between him and a Surgeon and Engineer. We regard this bill just as we regard the recent orders of the Navy Department, merely an attempt to create naval grades of aris tocracy. It is Annapolis clamoring to hifve the same recognition in the navy that we give to West Point in the army. There has been too much of this both in the army and the navy. Let the Rouse consider this bill carefully, and not be merely dragged at the heels of the Navy Department as a mere register of the ex periments or the prejudices of Vice-Admiral Porter." Murder in Rending The Reading Times of yesterday says : The, body of Nicholas Scheaffer, a farmer of Cate !Bunco township, this county, was found floating in the Schuylkill canal, between Franklin and Chestnut streets, yesterday morning. Waco taken out he was found to be much scratched about the face. The coroner held an inquest and found that deceased came to hie death by being "accidentally drowned,"and the body was handed over to Bertolette, undertaker, who removed it to the late residence of the deceased. Later &tr. cumetaucee have transpired which have caused a belief in some circles of the city that he was foully dealt with. It appears that Scheaffer, who is wealthy, came to town on Wednesday noon, that he bad in his possession some two hundred dol lars, in money, that he was seen, alive, and in company late in the evening, that when he was found his money, with the exception of ten dol lars found in an out-ot-the-way pocket, was gone, that he has marks of scratches upon his face that may have occurred in a etruggle for life, that he may have been robbed and murdered,by some one and thrown into the canal, • that the place whore he was found OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. is an out-ofthe-way place and the most difficult of access along the whole line of the canal in this city. These mud other hypotheses induce the belief that he was inurdered. We hope the Dis trict-Attorney will thoroughly investigate the matter. We have once before called attention to the loose manner in which that:wets are hold in this county, and we deem it our duty again to ask the District-Attorney to call the attention of the Grand Jpry, soon to meet, to the fact. Two ontbreake of Convietv—Ok Keeper billed and seven Convicts Wounded. Brno Brno, March 18.—This quiet little village has been in a fever of excitement all day long over two desperate and murderous revolts at Sing Bing Prison. The first one transpired bee LIVEtIII three and four o'clock this morning. At about that time, Mr. Forrest, one of the night keepers, proceeded to the cello in one of the cor ridors where he released five convicts whose anty it wee to proceed to the cook room to prepare breakfast for the inmates of the prison. As the convicts emerged from their cells Mr. Forrest passed to the office where be left the keys, and took another key which opened the chapel. When he reached the door of the latter place O'Neil, one of the eonviets,re marked there was a "stiff" in the chapel, mean leg a corpse. The keeper and the convicts en tered the chapel together, and after looking at the corpse Mr. Forrest was about to move on, when O'Neil put his arm around his neck, and another convict named Burns struck him a pow- . extol blow in the stomach, rendering him insen sible. They then gagged him and bound his hands and feet. While the gagging process was going on Mr. Forrest set his teeth, Innen Burns said; "Tommy, if you don't open your mouth, I'll cut you,' at the same time showing a pocket knife with a blade about four inches long. After Forrest was secured they stood him oppo site the guard-post, at a window, and then pro ceeded to the cook-room, where they found ano ther keeper,named Edward Craft, whom they also gagged and left lying on his face. He was found dead where they lett him, having probably died from strangulation. Having freed themselves, the convicts, five in number, made good their es cape. When Mr. Forrest was found his gag was removed, his arms and feet loosened, and he was found to be only slightly injured. To-day, while the "break" was being talked over, a messenger out of breath anived at the main office, and in hurried words called for help, as there was another and desperate "break" go ing on. This was about IP. M. At that hour, Jacob Schen, who was on guard-duty at the middle dock, observed three convicts approach ing the guard-house, one of them with his hand extended holding out a_ piece of white paper. The guard spoke to them and inquired what they wanted. One of the convicts said, "I want to show you my pass." t3ehen advanced with out his musket, when the three convicts, who were employed in the shoe shop,drew out .long shoe knives and immediately rushed upon the guard. The latter attempted to return for his musket, but was soon overpowered by the con victs, although he was assisted by another con vict named John Perry. As soon as they had secured the guard, they made a rush for the Zuni titise,nnd taking carbines and muskets there from, dallied forth towards the sloop Exchange, of Newburgh, which meet was lying at the dock laden with lumber, having arrived there only about an hour previous. On the deck load of lumber were the hands employed on the vessel, the captain, and one of the keepers of the prison. The three convicts, now joined by four others, and all being armed, ordered the keeper, captain and all hands ashore. None of the latter being armed, they quietly walked ashore, when the convicts rusted on board and attempted to get the vessel under weigh. She was, however, securely anchored, which fact was unknown to them. They, however, cut the ropes, when the news of the second revolt having reached head quarters, a reinforcement of guards arrived. the convicts, seeing the guards coming, emit menced firing on them from the muskets and carbines they had seised at the guard-house. The guards returned the fire rapidly, and altogether ' ,twat twenty five shots were fired, when the Cap tain of the Exchange, seeing tone of the con victs was out of .ammeaition, walked up and seized the villain's musket anti clubbed him down. At this juncture hundreds of men from Sills Sing village, armed with almost every de trnption of weapons, arrived on the spot, when the rebellions convicts, seeteg that there was no ',hence for escape, quietly submitted to the situa tion. The result of the shooting is as follows . James McCauley, ringleader, shot three times in :he body, will probably the; Stephen Allen, shut Also in the body, condition dangerous. Timothy Donavan, Daniel O'Connell, Edward McGuire, Donnelly and Miller, slightly injured. The five named last are severely hurt but their wounds arc not considered dangerous. The convict, I'crry, who assisted the guard when he was at luckt.d, has been in prison nine years td has five more years to serve. He was sentenced by Judge Euamott of Soughkeepsie for burglary; James McCauley and tephen Allen, the ringleaders of the last revolt, had recently arrived at the prison, having been sentenced to 20 years confinement each by Re corder Hackett, of New York city. Coroner McEntee, of Croton, is now at the prison, hold ing an inquest on the body of Craft, who was gagged to death. The testimony is not all in, and it is thought a verdict will not be reached till to-morrow. This evening, affairs about the pri son are unusually quiet, but all are doubly vigilant. It is a fact that there are not enough arms about the institution to make any sort of a show with in case a general revolt occurs, con sequently all are a little nervous. Between a and 6 o'clock this afternoon, two of the convicts who eseajoed this morning, Burns and Muller, were found in a barn in the village, and aro now at the prison in close confinement. The greatest exertione are being made to capture the rest, and otICCCEB will probably crown• the efforts of those who are after therm—Tribuune. BING BING, N. Y., March 18.—Two serious out breaks were made by the convicts at this prison to-day. The first occurred between three and four o'clock, A. M. At that hour Mr. Thos. For rest, one of the night keepers, proceeded to cells Nos. 13, 28 and 81, and unlocked them, letting out convicts Decker, Lockwood, Mulkey and John Barns, to take them to mess to get break last for the other convicts. Boon after leaving the cells, and while passing through the, chapel, two of the convicts seized and struck Forrest, and gagged him, laying him down and passing on to the mesa-room, where Edwin Craft, night guard, was stationed. They also seized and gagged him, and then all five of them made their (scene from the roof. When Craft was found he was dead, having been strangled by the gag, and was lying on his face. The alarm was given and every effort was made to rearrest the escaped con victs. Two of them, Burns and Mulkey, were captured in a barn at Tarrytown. Forrest was but slightly injured, the convicts seeming tohavo taken care not to hurt him. He was, however, gagged, and had his hands and feet tied. About one P. M. another attempt was made by another squad of convicts to get away, which was more desperate than the first. At that hour three convicts approached the guard on the mid dle dock, saying they had a pass they wished to' show him. He advanced without his arms,i'hon they immediately ran at him with huge knives. He ran for hie musket, but. was soon' over powered, but was not hurt. The convicts, now. joined by others, made ; a rush for the sloop Ex change. which was lying at the dock, laden with lumber. Once there, and being provided. -with a rms which they had seized from the guard house, they tottered-the men off the vessel, and attempted to jump on board. By this time the alarm had epread, and fresh guards came upon the scene. Rapid firing of nitisketry began, and some 20 shots in all were fired. The convicts•be inzunable to get the vessel away from the dock, and seeing they were overpowered, succumbed and were taken back to the prison. The follow REVOLT AT ISIENG SING, Anotiter Aoe.ounit. Inc Is the list of the Injured: James McCauley, shot 3 times in the body, and will probably not recover.' A convict named Allen is also se riously hurt. rilightly hart: Timothy Donovan, Daniel O'Connell,Edward McGinn. Donnelly and Miller, two who are dangerously , injured, Are under twenty years' sentence. While the noon rebellion was -going on, it was thought that a general revolt was about to transpire, and a tele gram -was sent to Bing Sing village for help. It was responded to Immediately by , hundreds of men, armed With all sorts of weapons, and the excitement was great. This afternoon all is quiet, and will probably remain so through the night. None of the guards or officers of the prison were hart. Strange Scene in a Chnrck—& Clergy man Charged with Heresy. The Presbyterian Church at San Jose, Califor nia. was lately the theatre of a remarkable scone. The Presbytery convened, with Rev. Dr. Sessions presiding as Moderator, to hear the report of a commission appointed by the congregation to ascertain why the pastoral relation between Rev. L. Hamilton and that church should not be dissolved. IL appears that Mr. Hamilton desired to resign his charge on. account of rumors in the church that he was not sound in the faith. As a result of the investigation by the commission the. Presbytery unanimously adopted a resal on to the effect that it was inexpedient to take they action upon the request of Mr. Hamilton fo leave to re sign. The Moderator made a long revidW of the case, declaring that:by the laws of the Presbyte rian Church it was imperative for a. Presbytery:to prefer charges against a minister, when by com mon repute be was not sound in the faith. Ile then called upon the Presbytery to act. Mr. Hamilton replied to the Moderator main taining his orthodoxy and demanding an hon orable release. He said that some persons had shown themselves opposed to letting him depart without fixing upon him a brand or mark which would impair his future usefulness and reflect upon his character as a man and a Christian. The Moderator ruled his request out of order, as be could not be released by this Presbytery, except to another, or to an Independency. Mr. Hamilton appealed for the last time from the decision, but was not sustained by a unani mous vote. Addressing the Moderator, he said that he then and there unconditionally withdrew from the Presbytery of San Jose, and bade them "be careful how they trifled with his character,or attempted to blacken his name." The scene was very impressive. The church was crowded with persons who warmly sympa thized with the speaker, bat who preserved pro found Silence. The charges against Mr. Hamil ton were then read. They were in substance that he held and advocated doctrines concerning the future state of those who die in imponitency which are contrary to the Word of God and the standards of the Presbyterian Charch, and that thzse doctrines were taught in a pamphlet just issued by him, entitled "The Future State and Free Discussicie" that he held there will be .a day ofgrace or probation, after this life, in which there will be an opportunity to accept offers of mercy through Christ and be saved; that he de nied and abjured the doctrines of future punish ment aa held in our confession of faith, and be indicates that the misery of hell may come to an end, and says the duration of future punishment Is left by 8 - Cripture indefinite. After the charges had been read, Mr. Hamilton was asked if he would waive hie right to a stay of ten days, but he neither claimed that right nor waived it, and a moment after walked out of the church. The congregation seemed to instinctively follow him, and in a few minutes none were left except the members of the Presbytery. &WORKMEN TS —At the Arch Street Theatre this evening Miss Lizxie Price will have a benefit in two first-rate pieces; Birds of a Feather and Craig's funny burlesque Ding Lear the Cuss. Miss Price has, for a lung time, held the leading position in Mrs. Drew's company, and she has distinguished her self upon all occasions by her carefulness and in telligence. It falls to her lot to play a range of widely different characters, for which great ver satility in required, and it can be said, justly, that Miss Price is always equal to the task. The pub lic do not properly appreciate the amount of labor involved in the representation of a series of wholly diverse characters, some of which must be distasteful to the performer. It involves physical and mental fatigue, and sometimes dis couragement and disgust. Miss Price goes through the whole course as if each successive part was the favorite; and by her earnestness not k,s than by her grace, she manages to secure friends and admirers by the quantity among her ..utitenees. She deserves a full house this evening. —To-morrow night Mr. F. Mackay, of the Arch Street Theatre Company, will have a benefit n 7 1 ,, Mew, Wives Windsor. This will tie the only occasion of the performance of this splendid drama in the city this season. Mr. Mackay will appear, for the first time in his life, as "Falstaff," and we believe Wattle will play the character as well as It can be played by anybody'. It is only just to say of Mr. Mackay that ho is entirely the best actor in his peculiar line of "old man" parte upon the American stage. This is a sweeping assertion, but it is true, and the artist deserves to have it said of him. It is one of his peculiarities to pay fastidious attention to the minutest details of his "makeup," so that it is always a study. He has a faculty of making every fragment of his costume a part of the character, so that his very shoestrings sometimes will tell the stdry, by themselves. 11 is a common belief among theatre-goers, that Mr. Mackay is an aged man; that he was born in the middle of the last century, was the playmate of most of our revolutionary forefathers, and was present at the signing of the Declaration of Inde pendence. The fact is that he is thirty-two or three years of age, and his octogenarian appear ance le only the result of consummate art. The personation of old ago is his specialty, but from his great success in some other parts, and hie general intelligence as an actor, we expect a rare representation of the fat knight "Falstaff." —The double jointed Jape will exercise them selves In an interesting and superior manner at the Theatre Comique this evening and to-morrow afternoon and evening. As a mere matter of economy everybody should go to see them this week. blow, a person can gaze on their manly forms by going round the corner and squander ing fifty cents. After to-morrow any man who wishes to see them will have to go to Japan at the expense of—say-181,500. —The regular Sentz-Hassier concert will be given at the Musical Fund Hall to-morrow after noon. Master Alfred Bacilli, a pupil of Mr. Carl Wellsohn's, Will make his first appearance. —Miss Fanny Davenport, of the Arch Street Company, will have a benefit on Wednesday evening next. Her respected and talented father, Mr. E. L. Davenport, will appear on the occa sion. —Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams will have a farewell benefit at the Walnut this evening in three pieces: Rory O'More, The Widow of the Mill, and Pat's Blunderd. The Etneraid Ring will be given to-morrow afternoon and evening. On Monday,Fota Play will be reproduced In splendid sty le. --The Field of Me Cloth of Gold will be re peated at, the ,Cheetunt this evening, and to morrow afternoon. —At the American Theatre this evening a mis• cellatieens entertainment will bo given. -3111e..Jantinsehek will appear at the Academy of Music this evening, in Elizabeth. To-morrow night she will close her engagement with Medea. --Josd Rodriguez y Rodriguez, who attempted the life of Queen Isabella of Spain in 1851, and has been imprisoned for the offence ever since, has Just been set at liberty. —Mrs. `Howo's famous "Battle Hymn" was hastily written between midnight and dawn, after a visit to the "hundred circling camps" about Washington in the winter of 1861-1 E L, FEME11001(: PRICE THREE OUTS„ FIFTH EDITION BY TELEGRAPH. LATEST CABLE NEAPS` Great Britain and U. S. Postal• Affair*" Latest Advices from hinny-, President Lopez Collecting an Army LATEST FROM WASHINGTON:; THE TENURE OF OFFICE LAW THE DEBATE IN THE • SENATE; Ity.the Atlantic Cable. LONDON, March 19.—The National Steamehip., Company hits Made an offer to the Post•offiea Department• to carry the mails bOtween Great• Britain and the ignited States for 1d: per oa ft is objected, however, that the steamers •of Ulla line are too slow. • PARIS, March 19.—Later adrices have boom re— calved from Rio Janeiro. The war news ht important. President Lopez has collected an . . army of 4,000 Paraguayans, and le fortifying.' Grease, a town In the interior. Debate on the Civil Tenure Renee/. , f Special Despatch to the Pldladelohla Evening Bulietiu r:., WASHINGTON, March 19.—The debate on' the Tenure.of-Offloe act in the Senate continues with' crowded galleries and unflagging intermtt. Carl• 4 Sctinra's first speech attracted much attention.: • He exhorted the Senate to stand firm against rei peal, but deprecated the acrimony which' had: crept into the debate as tending to produce need-- r_ less dissension. The House has been al.l the afternoon in Com— mittee of the Whole on the Indian Appropriation, Be-venue Officers In , tapeciat Despatch to the Phila. Evening ilalletin.l WASHINGTON, March 19.-11 is definitely settle& that Mr. Jonbert, a wealthy French colored tatin;,. is to be Assessor of the First Dlstrict'of Louisiana., Secretary Bontwell sent for bits and. tendenaV him the effice to-day. Supervisor CieerY whom it had been determined to remove on account of of hls Johnsonlent, will be retained, and' returns ofonce to New Orleans. From •Vostklogton. Weartmerron, March 19.—The Committee of Ways and Means called in a body to-day upon President Grant, Secretary , Bontwell and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. They had a long talk with Mr. Boutwell upon money affair.,. in the coarse of which be declared his determine - - - don to sell gold publicly and never In private. He believed he had the power to inveat surplus gold In bonds, and thought he could do so. H e Informed the committee that the income from. customs is Increasing. The conversation with President Grant was. mainly of a social character. The PreEident to-day oniered the discoetinuance of the military guard at the White House, which.' 5 has been on duty for the last four years under Captain McKeever, and that hereafter the protec— tion of the premises shall be 'in charge of the door keeper and three police officers. WASHINGTON, March l9.—Tee following are the receipts of Customs from/Vetch Bth to . Marelt lath, inclusive Boston, $326,282; New York, et?,569,899 ; delphia, $l2B 1567; Baltimore, $207,208; sso Fran cisco. Feb. 14t. to Feb. 15th, $238,517. Total. $3,d70,502. 11 he Georgia Legislature Adjourns. ATLANTA, March 19.---Both houses adjourn O , .Ine die last night. Yesterday a motion' was, made in the Senate authorizing the Sheriff of any , ' county to call on the Governor for troops tits " assist the Sheriffs whenever deemed necessary. , Mr. hungerlord (Rep.) thought the resolution. unnecessary, and moved to lay it on the table,. which west sustained. On the motion for the reconsideration of the. indefinite postponement of the Ibth amendmeo4„ . yesterday morning. the resolution was austaine4 and the amendment put on its final pilisagi mad • defeated by the following vote : "• •' K Republlitans voting for adoption, 8• DemoZratiik•, voting for adoption, 7. Democrats voting against adoption, 9; Re publicans absent, or dodging the vote, 8; .thee the Fifteenth Amendment was defeated In a Re publican Senate after its passage by a Demo-critic Rouse of Representatives. Both Hones passed the General Appropriation bill, which was signed by the Governor. The House took up the Senate resolution tto purchase Kimball's Opera House for a Capitol building. The Chair ruled that a majority hav ing voted to adopt the Senate resolution, and a quorum being present, but refusing to vote, do-- tided the question settled. An appeal watt tuts- ' tained, and the purchase of the Opera House was defeated—yeas G 4, nays 57. From 'gnomon. Ha vaxA, March 19.—Sugar in improved de— mand end advancing; more halyers than sellers. and holders demand an advance. No. 12 D. 8. . quoted at 9@911 reale. Exchange firmer but nn changed. PACTS AND FANCIES. —Mrs. Lander le playing in New Orleans. —Pyramus (finding the tern veil)--Clan "Ms- , be sow P" —ln Bengal there are sixty-seven public holi— days, none of which occur en Sunday. —Omaha has a choral union, which has been giving public representations of "Queen, listher.' , —Slavery is abolished in all Portuguese per. sessions. —Boston Is to have a new two•cent papot, to t be called the Tribune. —There is a wonderful cow in Kentucky,whOsO milk turns to solid butter on stirring it, with 11!k: spoon. —The threshing machines used In . the Multetir States save ten million bushels Of grain'anunalW more than the flail would save. .; • • - The statue of Washington,' ; removed',orKtt - Baton Rouge during General Bailer's adtninlitra tion in Louisiana, is on its way back tothat +atty.'. r —Parton would like the Consulship tOPariiiibir - • 4 Berlin, nominally or pecunlarLly, inAter, roan ) to finish his Life of Voltaire. —A man In England has committed sdielde by pouring petroleum over himself and . lighting it with a match. —Fourteen naorubore of tho.74inpenotek..legisla lure wero epeeenleta dttrieg tno:whole. Happy leglalituro! -Women In France who kill newly-born dren are called angdFnattlEgre,„ or Faisouras d'unges;live of them were rdeently tried ati Month —The richest man in Viollll4 Is Baron Elins, tits banker, Ilia, wealth •le believed to be much Rreater than that of any , member of the othschild family. 4:00 O'Cloci
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