GIBSOI PEACOCK. Editor.'° VOLUME XXII."NO: 292. THE EVENING BULLETIN: PUBLISHED EVERT EVEZILING, - - ' (lictodayi ezeopted) TBE lIEW BIILLETIN 607 10bestnut Street, Philadelphia. SIT TEN ,EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. , CIIIISON PEAOOOR, (JASPER SOMER. V. FETTLERIKON. TEWS J. Virl l . l lAMBON, FRANCISt ic I r i 8 The Btrzsarrns aerved to fa ben in the city at 18 teeth week. parable totter carrier". of 88 per imam. VEDDING CARDS. • • ATIONS FOR PAR ties. On. New styles. MASON & CO.. 5u2564 907 Ohestiaat street. IrkeDING INVITATIONS ENGRAVED IN THE tronart and "bat manner, LOUIS DREMA. Sta tioner and Engraver. Ira Gbestnnt street. feb 30. t 1 MARRIED. \VAT'S° N—WAITT.— On the 12'h of ,Tannary,l'in: by the Bev. A. Atwood, Mr. A C. Wateon to Mine Laura' Willa, both of thin city. .?..„ • DIED. ASCII.—On Monday, 22d inst.. Clara, relict of the Lie Jo.eph M. Asch, in thelYtth y . ear of net ago. COPE.—fluddehly, on the morning of the 20th inst., Borman QoPo. in 4 he hOth year of his age. The relativea and friendti of the funny are Invited to attend his funeral, from his late reeldence, No. I hOT 'Vine street, on Wednesday morning, 24tti. inst., at 10 o'clock.' 110 WELL.—This morning, 23d instant, Hannah Howell, aged 80 years. Due nom* of the funeral will be r , lven. • KEEHMLE.--On Sunda", 21st inst., Mary Ann, wife of Willism C. Keel:nth,. Her male relatives and Mends are respectfully In -sited to' attend her tonere!, from her late residence, 1515 Arch street, on Wednesday. 24t h inst..at 10 o'cl , ock A. M. Interment at North Laurel Hill. •• STONS.—Suddenly, on the 21st instant, Mrs. H A. Stone, relict of the late Daniel Stone. H.q. The relatives and friends of the family are respect fully invited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday af ternbon, at 2 o'clock, from her late roeidente, 1431 brtt street. • • TBOMAti.—On the Radian.. Joseph X Thomas, in the 88th year of hie ege. Due notice will be Oven of the funeral. • 13 EYRE PRING GLOVES-RE QH/valatTLl ry OANNLDY . A; LAN FI DE i ARCH KEEP ONLY TB i 4 RENT 01,9% El COLORS. BLACK AND. WM rE. SIZES PLUM 6 TO & SPECIAL "NOTICES. co2i. THE FORTY EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE MISSIONARY SOCIETY will. na HELD ON TUESDAY 'EVENING, 23d INST.. ACADEMY OF MUSIC. Commencing at half vast seven o'clock. Addressee, by Bev. E. WENTWORTH. D.D, of Troy Conference, lab Missionary to Chins: Rev. JACOB TODD. of Philadelphia. and Rev. J. P. DURBIN. D. D.. Cormspondluts Secretary of Parent ilisrlonary Ticket...to be bad at Perth:*lns Es Biggins's. No. Gd North Fourth street. and at the 31 F. Book Rooms, No. 1018 Arch /street.. For • a Reserved Beat In the Parquet. Parquet Ots clr. or Balms,.Ss eenb will be eh*: ged. 'and the Bisects may thus avoid an unusual early attendance to secure a toodseat. mbl7.Btrp .ACADEMY OF MUSIC ABRAHAM LLNCOLIV. The Address (ftecolloctions and Itopreeeltme of Allow hem Lino.,low ititendre to have been delivered by JAB. kl. iltlitnt;Cli on the 9th hut, will be deliverel at the Academy of ferule on tIiTURDAY EFEIONG. 77th indent. at t o'clock. For the benefit of the Soldiers' Orphans of the Northern Home and Lincoln Institute. Tickets can be bad at Tsl=oer'. Music diem 923 Chest. t sweet Parquet. Parqdet Circle and Balcony . el. All other parts of the House, 80 cents. - - stir DANK/NG ONYICD — O Or THE MOE/US CANAL AND C. JZILST.Y Crrr, March 16, 11111. Notice is hereby Eisen that the Annual Election will be held at the office of the Gointiany. In Jersey City, on MONDAY. the FiFTki DAY OF APRIL NEXT for the choice of five DI. ectors in the place of Claes No. 4. whoec term of office wilt then expire; and of one Director of Dian No. 3 to OR a vacancy. The Poll will be open from 1 o'clock until 9 o'clock. P. hi. '1 he Stock Transfer Books will be closed from this date until April 6th, inclusive mhittospihrpl adr ivi gial4t HUNTINGDON AND BRoAD TOP AIN HAILItOAD COMPANY. No. 417 WALNUT itreeL PIII L.l TMLTILILII.. March $9. 1894. The couponallo. 29 on the first mortgage tr nda of the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mouutain Railroad and Coal Company, due April I. ISO. will he paid on presentation at the office of the Company on and after that date. J. P. AERTREN, inh2.3 to Bpi§ Treasurer and Agent for Triulfres. ger CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE ,ISltrch m. 19w. CRY warrants registered during th. year 186 d paid on prese PH ntation. JOSE N. PESoL rubii3.3bi City I I reßsearer. ser riari FAtAT WEST ARCH STREET PREiBYTE Entrance on Eighteenth etreat Open from 3 to le P. Church. On .ILhtiDitr, March MI, at 8 o'clock P. M., Grand Concert. Tickets 50 cte., for the benefit of the Church. mtamtrot THE NEW HALL OF TILE uosimEttotAL B ie r Exchenee.l3econd street, above Walnut, be thrown open for the public, on MONDAY AFTERNOON, March 13d.-from 9toB P, M., and every afternoo during the week. ' mh2i btrp§ ig t sr blu lint:HE l LSP T po i Aa'r^i N(g • ( gen . l a r it B m a e n ti L 5 3.4 e i' d7c d a I treatment and medicine tu e rmehed gratuitoualy to tha boor. CUBA Official War 19ew¢• The Havana correspondent of the N. Y. Times says: ' According to the official Spanish advicea we receive here, the skedaddling business of the in surgents continues. As we get but scattering re porta from the other side, I give an extract of the latest famous Cuban battles, alias scrimmages, in brief: SCRIMMAGE No. I.—The heroic defenders of the glorious flag of old Castile commanded by an officer, who was accompanied by a few soldiers, surprised an encampment of rebels near Gibara, belonging to the so-called Trneno (Thunder) Company, killing twelve and capturing twenty three fire•arms and two flags. - The flags have been brought to this city by the steamship Pe layo. Query; If the Cubans always run, how did the officer, with his cOrnpanions manage to kill twelve? And how did the steamer Pelayo carry any other freight besides the tctio flags? And if a portion of a. company loses two flags, how many flags has a regiment? Perhaps some printed pocket-handkerchiefs were mistaken for them. . _ SCRIMMAGE No,2.—A telegram from the colony of St. Domingo says that the Villa Clara insur gents were routed with a loss of 175 killed; amongtheseWete Several leaders. If Mid gospel, it will change from a scrim mage to,,a skirmish; and if 175 were killed, the Spanish doctrine that the Cubans always ran Is somewhat fallacious. Perhaps the Cubans aro angels, and amuse themselves by dying over the heads of the troops, who pepper away at their leisure. Up to• the present it appears that the Cubang - have acted, quite different from Davy Crockett's famous wild cat, which informed tbe redoubtable hunter, who was taking aim, very politely not to trouble himself and waste his powder; me it - would come down. The Cubans, instead of-coating down, come all over, and when the soldiers think they have caught them they are nowhirs. SCRIMMAGE No. B.—The troops which left San tiago do Cuba for the purpose of attacking the insurgents at Mayari, wonderful to' relate, went there, and not to China or Japan. They captured the town and fortlficatione. The town, I may We, is smaller than Miller's Hole, Cal., and tIO intrenchments are somewhat larger than an apple-woman'o stand. According to the official account, the rebels ran, and if they haven't stopped they aro running-yet. =. . ... ..- ',.... ~,,, ...,.. „ .. .... . .. . . . - - ' , ..- .._ . . ~ . .. . .., ... .. . , , ~. .• . t.'. ',' . : .- ', . . . . ... . , . - ... .., ..., . • ' . . . ~ ~ ~.. • . , -'', 17,... '' .', '•:' :.:' ' --:-.' ''' . .. • • , _ .. . . .... r..., '-' ~, ' ~, ~ ,''' ~. . . , ~ ,' '. , , tjet ', . . ~,•,,, ;-- ~ ~,,,,,,,,,,:.,,, • ... . . . , , . . . . . .. , . . . - .• . JAMES E. HURDOC II mtM strpl JOAN RODGEIIB. 134se'Y ErvitorEmi Arviults L rims *won srAiMupi, Washington's Birthday—The Celebra tion by the American Olub—Biss liaszner and liar Works-Bliss flitch_ bin., But,banan Read, &C. [Correspondence of the Philadelphia Evades BeDalai Roma, ITALY, March 5,1869.—1 t is rather tardy in the day to chronicle the 22d of February do ings in Rome, but better late than never. Lithe morning there was a grand Papal reception in the Hall of the Consistorje at the Vatican. Quite three hundred gentlemen were presented (ladles were not adthittt-d) by Count Leo Thun, at Austrian nobleman of great reputation, and among these were some very distinguished per sons. There were two Major-Generals—an En glish and an American—Major-General Sir Henry Tcorobs, K. C. 8., with his breast covered with orders, and our own Major-General R. 0. Tyler, whose hailing step isivorth,in the eyes of Amer- cans, all the orders of Bath and Garter which Her Britannic Majesty could bestow. By the way, General Tyler has just gone from Rome, and leaves a pleasant memory in society. The American Club gave a dinner on the even ing of the 22d. Mr. Craig, brother of the former American Minister at Rome, presided. His post prandial address and prefaces to the various toasts were very apropos as well as eloquent. Mr. Cushman answered to the toast, "Tho President of the United States,* in 3 judicious and clever little speech, as follows : "In returning thanks for the toast just pro posed. I can only regret that among the many o ut r and abler men here present., some one more worthy to respond to such a toast was not cho sen for that office. I need not say that I feel scceewhat nervous In rising to return thanks for a toast of such importance; bat I am strength eat d in the thought that It is one in which every American haft heartily joined, let him be of what political opinion be may. In doing it honer, we 411 come upon the privileged footing of Ameri can citizens, and congratulate ourselves on di. knowledge of the stability of our institutions, and In the safety we feel In the protection of our country's laws, of which laws the President or the United States Is the Impersonation. At this most interesting moment—that of the outgoing of one administration and the incoming of an. other—this toast must have for all of as a pecu liar interest; and we have just reason lobe thank ful and proud that from the hand of the admits iatratlon now retiring from office, criticised, even, as it has been, our new President receives the prestige of the nation in no way impaired. but, on the contrary, elevated and strengthened, even amid all the doMestic trials of civil war anal factions. [Applause.] We may, with profound satisfaction, therefore, drink to the 'President of the United States.". (Cheers. - ] lam further more reminded, in responding to this toast, of the commendable example set us by our new President, in whom ad our hopes are centred, in the admirable brevity of his speeches—an exam -1 le, gentlemen, that I now propose, with your permission, faithfully to follow. (Cheers, laugh ter and applause. 3" There were several speeches daring the enter t ainmenLand of course all were good; but as part Philudelphian, I was extremely proud to hear wet the bat st was the one made by your townsman, tir. J. G. Fell, ex-President of the Philadelphia Uolon League. The toast to which Mr. Fell re peal! was "Our Countryatsto Perpetua." Dir. Fell had only a tow minutes' notice, _and poke "on the spar of the moment" literally; so while his speech had all the freshaess of an un prepared OM, it has been impossible to get a retort of it except from the imperfect memories of his audience. As the League had been alluded to, Mr. Fell spoke of It, its beneficial elit eta and services dar ing the war; then of our country, its progress and development, the effect of the civil war upon us as a people, and the position it has given us among other nations. "Ali this sounds very bald and common-place," said one of the gentlemen who reported it to me, "because I cannot give you Mr. Fells peculiar and graphic manner, but you must imagine these subjects touched noon rapidly by a strong, prac tical opeaker. The apt cub was terse, vigorous, and full of telling points." One of the events of the evening was interest ing to me as a Jersey woman, and it will be grati fying to cur sister State to hear that a dispensa tion from Rome has been sent to her. Of course, wherever americana congregate for social plea sure, playful, good natured badinage will be in dulgt a In at the expense of New Jersey, and this s as the case at the Twenty-second dinner. No Jerseyman was present; therefore Mr. J. Taylor Johnston, of New York, as President of a New Jersey railroad, came the nearest to beine one, and he took up the cause of the little State so cleverly as to put the ,dinner company in a rental gayer humor. • After Mr. Johnston's bright speech, a Mr. Rogers, of Buffalo, arose and said that since the light bad been thrown on this complicated sub ji ct so clearly, ho moved that a vote should be lien on the admission of New Jersey into the Union. This was done with shouts of laughter :Ind applause; not a dissenting voice was heard; nu my Revolutionary State, which earned its place in 1776, Is now a member of the Confedera tion of 1669 by the unanimous vote of the Roman i werican Club. The 22d was commemorated by another im portant event. Mr. Frederic E. Church, the i&Rious American artist, residing with his family in Rome this winter, had a son born on that day. dome of his friends propose that this Roman sun of the American Church, born in the States 4,1 the Church, shall be named George Frederic Romulus Washington Remus Church. As the difficulty which Miss Homer had with the Roman Runt last year wan mentioned in the American journals,lt may be of interest to know the pleasant termination of this affair. The disagreement was deeply regretted by the majority of theZunt, for Miss Roamer has many Wal EU friends among its members. Matters have therefore been preparing themselves uncon sciously for the adjustment of the affair, so that when Prince Ginstianini (also Lord Kinnaird and Newburgh of the Scotch and English Peerage), the Master of the Hounds, waited on Miss Roamer in relation to a visit which the ex-Queen of Naples was to make to the Meet, the whole trouble was settled at once. The Prince said evirything that was friendly and proper, ex pressing a wish that Miss Roamer should return to the Runt.. After this amende honorable, Miss Hosmer could ask nothing more, BO both parties, agreed to for give and forget,and the vexations trouble was at an end. Some days after, Miss Hemmer went to one of the Meete,and was'reeelved most cordially. This is as it should be. The articles in the sporting Journal, The Field, signed "Diana," attacking the Roman Hunt, I am authorized to silty, were not only not written by Miss Roemer, but she had.never overt heard of them until Prince Ginstianini told her of their publication. Miss Hosmer's studios aro one of my favorite stopping places. Yeaterday,' March 4, when I was there, I. saw a design for', a inarbier: Mantel piece. it is called the "Death'ot the Dryads. 7 The chimney-place is adorned with two trees, whose branches interlace and form the chimney arch; some little wood-choOpers are cutting away at the roots. Oh the upper branches , over the arch are two Dryads reclining. As the trees aro cut they dle, and it is just before death that the artist hag happily caught the pretty idea and arrested* in' marble. The Dryads wilt be the size of life, and the fire place,' or mantel-piece' when finished; goes to eorne Reath% house. Miss Hoemer's studios aro crowded with beau tifn/ works; Boom well-known arid some new, and her workmen aro busily employed in filling PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1869; pp bet ordors..l Bome_of _the_things- are going -to Lbdy Ashlynrton, others to Earl Brownlow some to Lady Alford,,and other English notabilities. The design for the "Golden Gates" which are now waking at Munich is hanging in the entrance room of the studios. • These Gates are not to be washed with gold, but gilt in the preemie cid leg. When finished they are to be placed at the bunco to an Art Gallery belonging to the Earl of Browniow, England. As no description of these Gates hes been pub llebed,l will give it in Mid letter: The upper portion of the Gates id divideclinto three parts, containing the three elements, Mr, Earth and Sea. Below the figure of the Sea is a , basto rellevo representing its poetical version— Tritons end Sea Nymphs—and at the base of that side of the Gates is a practical one—tome Plattqa e sting their nett. Below tbe figure of the Earth is its poetical story—Centaurs and Wood-Nymphs—anci at the br , ee is the practical work—a Vintage scene. In the centre of the Gates are twelve bassi relies , ' u presenting the twelve Bono of Night, begin big with 1. some subduing the Winds. 2. The Descent of the Zephyrs. 3. Iris comes down into the DeVr. 4. Night arises with the Stars. 5. The Bones sleep. 6. Luna rises. 7. The DreaMs descend. 8. The Failkg Star. 9. Pliesubor and Helper. 10. The flours awake. 11. Aurora veils the Stars. 12 Morning. Each one of these bassi rel Levi is an exquisite creation In Itself, and some of them have already been ordered as sepanite basso relievo hi mar ble. Mies HO6Meeitprincipal work at present is the statue of the ex. Queen of Naples, life size,in the famous Guilin costume. She is modeling It in clay, and the Queen is standing for It. We wive reason to be proud of American women. After leaving Miss Hosmer's studio, which is in :be Via Margretia, No. 118, I drove with some friends to Mies Stebbins's studios, 8 Plazas ciarberini and 12 Via Ban Basilic). At the latter -Indio we saw the model and design of the fountain to be placed in the New York Central Park, now belay cast atMunlch. The pose of be angel descending on the troubled waters Is Justly admired. Tbe Directors of the Boston Music Hall have tdered a bust of Mies Cushman and a bracket Miss Stebbins has made a capital likeness and leasing bust of her friend. The bracket Is a ,barming composition. The Muse is In the - ea tre, sheltering under her protecting wings the figures of Tragedy and Comedy, and in her hand ,e the mirror which no one ever held up with ;Lore fidelity , to nature than the distinguished, cble-bearted woman, whose bust this due I ,,reckt t is to support. In the future history of American art this bust and bracket will he ""lien referred to as among the beautiful coM cnemorations of artists' friendships. It merits to -tend by Tennyeon'e "In 'Memoriam", Liszt's bopin,and other great and kindred expressions n'-poesy and art of the artist's love for sister or '"rather artist. As my space must be necessarily small In your crowded columns, [mast leave. Miss Stebbins'a .fiber beautiful works unmentioned this time. Moreover, I wish to give a short notice of two or law other fine studios. Mr. T. Buchanan Read has painted a life-like °wait of Mr.J. G. Fell, and is overran with por trait orders, both English and American. Ells - Sheridan's Ride," with the frame .containing 'he poem on the gilt ground of a scroll (by Neri), ns twen on exhibition the past week. and hun dreds of persons have thronged his.reeeption -ooms. 'ibis picture goes next week to Paris on he way for Ran Francisco. Colonel Kip, who --was onliheadates staff- for three years, was so ohm& d with the pose, spirit and Menem of horse .nd rider, that he Immediately took a smaller opy which Mr. Read had of the • - Sheridan." 4r. Read is also painting at preterit the large ife-size • •Sheridan's Ride" (which is to go to the Philadelphia Union League), in , one of Rosetti the Ecnlptor's studios, which is on a ground floor opening on a court-yard, where the artist has a horse brought for a model. Arms BREWSTER. 4. Spanish Ilisbop_ Snubbed by a Schoollifiaster. A serious rebuff to the ecclesiastical party in Spain has just beengiven by Don Augustin snide, head master of the Normal School at Nuvarra, Not doubting his authority would be rtspected by him, the Bishop of Pamplona wrote uim as follows: "Bir—l have been positively informed, and not without pain on my part, that in the lessons of 'he Normal School you do not hesitate to incul cate on the pupils Ideas contrary to the doctrines ind'dogmas of the Catholic Church, %%hose doc ines, as the fountain of light and of truth, you could so much avail yourself of, as professor in he e'er - 66e of your ministry, as to make use of ,Leto for the Intellectual and moral improvement .1 the youths whose families certainly wish them to become good Christians before becoming eminently wise. Notwithatabding what has been rrptaiTed to me, and the adVices I have received on this point, I cannot bring myself to believe bat 3ou are disposed to continuo this .propa .,Hi,da, arid still se so in a plaeo and under con ditions so openly contradictory. For this reason I limit myself to indicate to you by this comma cichtion my moat grave feelings of sorrow, coping that in the reply your attention will 1 emit, you will not hesitate to give me all the s(curities which in so delicate a matter can tran quillize my prelatical heart. PEDRO Craw:), "Bishop of Pamplona. "Pamplona, February 9th." The Bishop, instead, of the assurances he hoped tor. tact ived the full Owing cart reply : .Exctlient Sir Not having any other Judge, according to the existing legislation, than my own conscience, respecting the doctrine frbicb I teach in my school, and your Ea edit-lacy not having any legal intervention in oublic instruction, I have nothing to answer to your official communication of the 9th inst. "AUGUSTIN BARDA. "Pamplona, Feb. 11, 1869. "To hie Excellency the Bishop of Pamplona." LETTER MOM WittiKINGTOII. Iffhe Contest among Senators over the lenure.of•Office Law-Shail It be op cal ed or Suspended? Prospects of an Lstreingement between the Pre sident and Senate-11w People De. mand Repeal, but the Senate is De termined to Resist-Status of the Act ing oliector 01 the Port of Phila delphia-Banquet Given by Henry D. js cogs, Esq., to the Washington ft orrespoudents 9 Club, duo. (t. correspondence of the Mile, Evening Bulletin.] WAsittNOTON, March 22.--The protracted con test among the Senators concerning the repeal or suspension of the tenure-of-office law be gins assume a vary grave aspect- Indeed, the longer it is debated the more acrimonious the feeling becomes. At this writing lam not ad vised What decision the caucus of Republican Senaters airivtd at, as the Caucus had not ad it-intn4d when I left the Senate Chamber. discussion last week, one would think, had eutirely exhausted the aubject, but It seems it Drily made, the opposing parties 1310r0 determined. The Senate Judiciary Cominittee last week re ported a bill suspending the law until the begin ning ot the next session of Congress. The re coin me n d anon of a committee IS generally adopted by the:Senate, but the advocates - of unconditional repeal attacked the report • of the Committee very earnestly . ? and, declared that this would be eVert Mora offt neve to President Grant than to condi:lnc the law in knee. No one could say that they vOre authorized to make this declaration, but the Vella' gained ground that .Grant was in favor of ibsolute,unconditional rcpeal,and would be satisfied with nothing lees. Thu President hue discontinued sending nomi- OUR. *HOLE COUNTRY. natlonstO-the Senate - even - to - 111Tvataitelea, - arid - for all practieal purposes there is as Mush of a dead-lock existing now between the President and the Senate as there was during johnion's adminfstrathm This state of things bodes , no good, and every day the dispute continues widens the breach. The sentiments of nine•tenths of the people bere is that the Senate should_ repeal the law at once—absolutely and undonditionally— end thus Remove all cause for any estrangement between the legislative and executive branches of the government. It a rupture does take place upon this issue, President Grant will have an overwhelming majority of the people with hien, -end in "this respect It will not be like the quarrel between President Johnson and Congress. The opponents of unconditional repeal seem to be giving way. Last week they were only will ing to suspend the law till the beginning of the text Congress. To-day they yielded so far that they are willing to suspend it during the whole of Grant's term. This was a point gained by the friends, of repeal, for they triumphantly asked: "If it Is right to suspend the law during Grant's term; why not repeal it altogether?" The Senate is certainly in a "bad flx," for if it passes a ens peneory bill, there is great doubt aa to ,the House conearring, and then the present law must con wonein force. Or perhaps the two Houses may agree upon some compromise or modification of the bill, through a Conference Cemthliten, and when the bill goes to the President, suppose he vetoes Tide, then, would be the first blow struck in this unfortunate quarrel and there is no predict lee where it will end. There could not be a twa thirds vote obtained in both Houses to pass a bill over Grant's veto, and the result would toe that the present law would be retained, with all its abominations—for it never was worth the paper it was printed on, for Johnson openly violated it in removing Stan ton, yet the Senate tailed to im peach him for that act. Then what' earthly use is there In keeping it on the statute book? The Senate has only Investigated thr ee cases of sus pension, for want of time to do it in, and the consequence has been that all the others were taken for granted and the action of the President sustained; and no investigation was made at all in many cases. Yet a portion of the t3enate, from a mere feeling of punctilio, are do ermined to keep this law in existent:eras long as they can, when they know that the inevitable re sult must be to create a rupture with the Presi :fent, who naturally enough feels indignant that they should want to " muzzle him" as they did Johnson. MI FEDERAL PATRONAGE IN PENNSYLVANIA Senators Cameron and Scott, and the Republi can Representatives from the rural districts have peen considerably exercised at Philadelphia poli ticians in claholog all the Federal offices in your city, so they waited on the President on Saturday and laid their complaint before him. You had the particulars by telegraph, but the point I wish to present is that it is all folly ta be squabbling about " appointments " till the "dead wood" of the tenure-of,office bill is cleared away,from the deck Of the Ship of State. This isf , tbelgreat stunibllrig-block in the way, and nothinglwpi be done till some settlement of the question is effected. It is Understood here that Mr. Cake is still acting Collector of the Port of Phil elphia, not haiing been relieved by Collect° arks. Daring