GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXII.-NO. 301. WEDDING CARDS, INVITATIONS FORPAR Nsw ItytoL MABON A CO*« 907 Qhestnnt street. \kl EDDINO INVITATIONS ENGRAVED DU THE W NtJwert and beet manner, LOUIS DEEKA, Bta- Bnr w andßnitraver. 1C33 Choatnnt streot. fob aa.-tf MABBIED. WADSWORTH—PETERS.—On Wednesday morn ing, 51 1 rch 81st, by the Rev. Bishop Odonhelmer, at Bt. Peter’s Church, Philadelphia. Craig Wharton Wadr worth, of Genereo, New York, to Evelyn Willing Peters, second daughter of tho late Francis Peters, Etq,, of Philadelphia. I DIED. DAlLY.—Suddenly, In Wilmington. Delaware, on the 31st ult, Samuel Bally, aged 73 years. The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral services, at 8L Andrew's Church, Wilmington, at 8 o’clock, on Saturday, April 8d * , COIJ.IER.—On Tuesday evening, March 30ib, at his Ksiccnce, N0.T9.3G Arc!' street, Daniel L. Collier, E q., in ti e "4ih year of his age. The relatives and Iricuds of the family are resoect ftally invited to attend bis funeral, on Saturday morn ing, April 3d. Funeral services at the West Spruoe Street Church, at 12 o’clock punctually. Woodland* Cemetery. , . HOSKINS On Tbareday afternoon, the Jut Inst., Edw in A. Botkins, aged W> years. Tte relatives and. friends of the family are respect fully iDvltcd to attend tno funeral, from his late resi dence, IVBI Filbert street, on Monday afternoon, Dio Bth Inst., at 2 o'clock. , WHITE.-On this (Sixth-day) morning. Elizabeth White, daughter of the lute Britain White, of Snrews- — April Ist. Richard D. Wood, aged TO years. IDs friends and those of the family are invited,with out further notice, to attend his funeral, from hla late residence, 1121 Arch street, at 10 o'clock on the morn- Ing of the Ctli inet. CdPBING GLOVES—FIRST QUALITY ONLY. F.VKE A LAN DELL POURTH AND ARCH, KEEP ONLY THE BEST GLOVES. „„„ CHOICE SPRING COLORS. BLACK AND WHITE SIZES FROM 6 TO 8. RFECIM. NOTICES. OFFICE OF THE MOBRI3 CANAL AND •*» BANKING CO. „ M Jeksct City, March 18,1800. Notice la hereby given that the Annual Election trill bo hild at the olilco of the Company, in Jersey City, on MONDAY, tho Fl PTH DAY OP APRIL NEXT, for the choice of five Di sc tor- In ihoolaco ot cloea No 4. whoso term o’ olEca will then expire; and of one Director of tiha No. 3 to dll a vacancy. The FoU will bo opeD-froin 1 o'clock untu 2 o'clock. J> M 'I be BteckTr*n*fer pooka will be cloeed from thi* tfate •^[S“^ Ve l^<>*iN3ol>OEßa^Bec : ggy-TUKKISH BATHS. IHU GIRARD STREET. TWO SQL ARES FROM IHE continental. Ladies' department strictly private. Open day and evening. spl t rp, ■MSB> DOVER'S CABBONI7.ED I'AI'ER. recently improved. Makes ft NEW KRA in Paper. L. M. CO- 61 Booth Fourth ■treat. mbSt-St rp —-- TllK TWENTY FOI KTH WARD MARKET llou-c, at Fortieth end Merkel etreetn. will be ooeoed wlifi »ioU eupoly of Marketable Produce. TO MOKtriW (Setuidey). Artil a. It will be open lor the twpectien of the public tin- day aoa evenink. It «*WTHE LEHK.U VALLEY BAILROAIJ COMPANY •*® r b»s dcclart-d ft quarterly dividead of Two &&d ft bftlf per cost., pavable at their office. No. 3t13 Walnut eL, np .Sir., on s,Ur . U*. nt'i i m w taplE. W 1 Treasurer, NEW METHOD OF BUILDING CHEAP AND BEAUTIKCL COTTVJR& Dearriptivt'Chculacß free. Apply to . .Imhau-iotrpl A* If gil P tVF H A SON, 113 South I- ourth atrect. 9 £Sr- HOWARDUOBPITAJU NOS- Ifils and 1523 U> id mXX? baid street. Dispensary Department.—Medical treatment and medicino iurciahed gratuitously to the PijGl. ■ FBOSI NEW YORK. New Yobk, April 2.— ln the Supreme Court, yesterday, an In teres tin" case was up for argu ment. The object of the litigation, a bright, Jiromlsing little iellow, the grand-nephew of the ale Gen. George P. Morris, has been living alter nately with his mother and grandmother. At the time ol bis father's death, about five years ago, hla mother, belDg In feeble health, and ex pecting soon to be confined, sent him to live with his grandmother. She says she meant it to bo a merely temporary consignment. The grandmother denied this, and around this point of the case the counsel of both sides have arrayed their arguments. Both claimants are of the highest respectability and cnltnre, and the boy reams greatly attached to one bs well as to the other,sitting with hla grand mother, who has him in.her possession, and em bracing his mother affectionately before leaving the court, so that merely the legal right of the mother to take her child back, after doing as she has done, seems to be the point at Issue. The decision Is to be given on Tuesday next. The safe of the I’nion Pacific Railroad Com pany having, n P 10 tbe ,lD>u of °P e °i n K tbe Court yestcroav, successfully resisted tho efforts of the Receiver to effect an entrance, that official r quested that Jndgo Barnard give him unill Saturday to make a further trial, by which time he promises to ucbievo the undertaking, forcibly or otherwise. Subsequently, he was served with papers in a suit instituted by the Com pany against James' Klsk, Jr,, for attempt ing to break open the safe, and for “break ing and entering the close of the Company,evict ing the Compaßy therefrom, holding possession thereof, and seizing, taking and carrying away tbe goods and chattels of said Company, and ob stinetiug, binderlug and threatening said Com pany's clerks and servants, and preventing them lrcm peiforming said Company's business, and thereby causing said Company great IO3S, incon venience ond prejudice, to said Company’s damage of one million of dollars.” Yesterday, In accordance with instructions from Assessor Webster, of the Thirty-secoud District, the United States District-Attorney, Mr. Courtney, instituted fifteen different suits against Messrs. Clarke, Dodge A Co.,the brokers ot Wall street, to recover penalties amounting in the ag gregate to $3,000, for their omission to pay the lax of one-twenty-fourth of ooe per cent.on their capital in active use during the last fifteen months, tbe penalty being $2OO a month. ■ The firm refused to pay the amount, and hence the Assessor invoked tho action of the Courts In be half of the Government. The ease Is to be tried at the next term. The ice in the Hudson river broke up yester day, ond navigation to Albany Is now open. The delayed trains on the New York Central and Hudson River roads all got through safely yos teiday, and the roads, which wore in places sub merged by the freshet, are now in good order. The Association of tbe Army of the I'olomac propose to give a grand banquet at the Academy of Music on the tith of July. President Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and Forragut will be presont. Ido Susquehanna - l*ro»pact» of a Fresnel. The Harrisburg State Guard of yesterday says: The recent rains and suow at the headwaters of the Susquehanna have caused a heavy rise in the liver Yesterday It was about fourteen feet above low water mark, but considered at a stand. The greater portion of Independence and other islands ini our vlclnitv were submerged, and a freshet, capable of doing an immense amount of damage, ■was seriously apprehended. These fears are pretty well allayed. The Williamsport Standard of Tuesday,thus speaks of the rise in that section,, and the prospects of tho lumber trade: “The water In the Susquehanna river, at this ■place, was rising at tho rate of over on inch per hour this morning. At 7 o’clock the wator was fifteen feet above law water mark, and at 10 o’clock, fifteen feet and seven inches. The boom Is working admirably—no. danger being appro- Bended c F lts. breaking. It is supposed that be fore tho weekroxplres, the boom will contain over Swo hundred and fifty million feet of logs. One drive, which will reitch hero to-day or to-raorrow, contains over half of tbe above amount.” —ln consequence of tho fears growing out of tbe lynching operations In Seymour, Indiana, an ordinance bus been adopted which forbids any person jo stop there fqr more than two days with out some regular employment. TBE Cl VIE TENVfiE lAW, Some Facta About tbe Compromise. The Washington correspondent of the Mew York Times says: Tbe revelations on the subject of the Tenuro ol-Offlce act to-day are ot a character to produce great mortification among tbe friends of repeal. They find that the, hocus-pocna work of the Con ference Committee, with Bntler and Bingham to conlose matters, BDd the sharp lawyers of the Senate to throw dost in their eyes while they quarreled,has resulted In a vicious law capable to come extent of a donble construction, bat an questionably retaining in tbe hands of tbe Senate tbe very power which the House ban insisted from the first should not be retained. Whatever may be the force of the different provisions when considered together or si parately by themselves, there can bo but one conclusion as to tbe interpretation that the Sen ate will put upon the act. It is claimed by some of the friends of repeal, and in this tbcy are un doubtedly correct, that this bill In one respect la w nrbe than ibo first modification proposed by the Senate. In that bill It was necessary, in order to st cure the reinstatement of a suspended t Dicer, that tbe Benate should take affirm ative action on the nomination of his successor, but In tbe law os finally poss< d tbe same result is reached by simple non action. If the President shall suspend an officer durirg reeds, and shall send the name of hlssuo ct eeor to the Senate within thirty days after it assembles, and if tbe Senate should not feel dis poftd to cgnfinh tbe nomination, all that is ne cessary to do In order to secure the restorationof tbe suspended officer at the end of the session, is for bis friends in tbe Senate to eee that the name of the successor slftps quietly In tbe appropriate Committee UDtil that time. Then tbe suspended officer,by virtue of the provisions of the first sec tion. goes back into office. If tbe President should suspend him again, such action would be ooked upon by Ibo Senate as a defiance of law. As explained yesterday, in the House, by But ler and Bingham, a large majority of tho Repub licans favoring repeal were led to belive in no cate conld the suspended officer be restored to ihb office. But, as the report was not printed, icd as the matter was hurried through in the b ind manner that Conference reports usually ire, members were not undeceived until they r< ad the thing in print this morning. The feel- Dg 10-dav in the House was that they had "ten badly cheated. Anathemas upon Bingham lor humbugging them, and upon Butler for cheating them, were decidedly emphatic. A great many Republicans have expressed the hope to-day that the President will veto the bill as it stands. If for no other reason ihan because it is capable of a donble construc tion, but tbe President will, witbont donbt, ap prove the law. It Is In many respects a relief iron the embarrassments of tbe original Tenuro of-Office act, and as be has already indicated bis willingness to accept the modification, as pro posed by tbe Jndiclary Committee, it is generally oelleved to-night that he will accept this. So far as bis ability to act under it is concerned, no «trlons conflict with the Senate can occur until they shall ignore the nominations he may Bend in to succeed the suspended officers. When they do this they will assume the responsibility of the ion diet with the President, for which the coun try will hold them to a strict account Tbe Sorrows of a Oonpentnan. The Washington correspondent of the Cincin nati Commercial (-D. P.") thus Illustrates the suf ferings of a new member of Congress at the pre cut session : A SEW MEMEEK. I was at work In my room, yesterday, when a till specimen of upright humanity stalked in " Are you D. P.?” he asked. Since entering npon my vocation of corres pondent, I mean a truthful, independent corres pondent, I regard that question with suspicion. I quietly reached out, and In a careless, graceful manner put my right hand on a paper weight of a few pounds, made of “Black-diamond-bomo geneons cast-steel, bent cold,” for the use of the learned Committee on Commerce, and regarded my visitor closely. He was a man of about fifty-six, with a bald head, curious, sharp, little eves, an undecided cose, and chin that retreated into a paper collar. His clothes were of what we.caff store goods, In tbe Far West, and had evidently exhausted the genius of a village tailor. His legs were slender and shaky, not from age, but from a habit of never straightening them ot the knee. I 6aid to myßclf, this is not a lightish He shuffles through life. He has ehuflkd into office. So I released my hold on the paper-weight, and boldly re sponded: ' That is mv name, sir.” “1 am Mr. 1 . member of Congress from ■■ I have read your letters. Mr. , the editor ot our paper, told me to look you up. ’ “I am glad to know you, sir. Take a seat. What can I do for you ?” "I want eome passes," he said, earnestly, seat ing himself. “What sort of passes?” ■'Railroad.’' “I fear I cannot help yon in that way, Mr. -—. I had a pats for myself and family, from the Bal ..unore cl cl Ohio Railroad, bnt because. In return for tho compliment, I said the President had a ccconiotivo in his belly, I am cut off. And why do jon want passes ? Are you preparing to run ‘■/wish I could,” he answered sadly. “I wish I could. No, that is not it. I am run down by office seekers from my district. They pilo in on me at my hoarding house. I have bin sleeping, every night, on my bed-room floor. They follow me about, and chase me down. They have -moked all my cigars and drank np all my whisky, unci now thev arc getting out ol money they want io borrow. I heard where to find you; I male an excuse to go into an alley, and i ran away. A police officer thought I was a thief, and ran ulter me. I told him I was a member ~t Congress, runnlDg from the office seekers. He said it was raff, and let me go. fhere is one, a woman, worse than all the rest, sbe wants the best pOßtoflice I have. What in Ibe infernal jinks docs Grant mean, by setting such an example ? All the females In my dis tiict are writing to me, and two hundred will be here somehow, if we don’t repeal this fool law and fill the offices. Tbis woman torments my life oak and yet, if I give her the office, I won t dare go home. &ho tollers mo up like Batan. I can't eat, I can’t sleep, I can t put on a clean shirt, she pops in on mo 60 unexpected. Now, If I bad a railroad pass.” “How would that help you ?" “1 believe, If I could say to her, I can’t give you an offico, but hore is a railroad pass, she’d take it and go. But, Lord love you, I want a hundred. They’re getting out of money, I tell you, and if I only had ’em. Now, can’t you help me ? You newspaper men have lots of passes. Tho editor in our town hasn’t paid railroad fare for more'n twenty years.” I had to assure my poor friend that I really could not help him. I suggested to him to get a sign painted, “Small-pox in this house,” and put it over the door. “Pooh,” he cried, “do you suppose they’d care for that? Every bloody one of 'em would get vaccinated, and work in on mo—Cholera would not keep ’em off. I wish I’d been in eternal thunder before I consented to come to Congress. Consented? I worked like a mnlo for it. It cost me all of eight hundred' dollars, —more fool I. Wbat can I do? My neighbors and constituents wanted a national «dog law, for the better pro tection of sheep, and to raise the price of .wool. Why, It would lake a fellow two years to learn tbe rules, and then I don’t think I could do a hooter. But cuss these office-seekers.” “Youare safe on the floor, however.” • “Devil a bit. They get found the doors, and Eend in their names. They run up In tho gallery,' and Eoo if I’m there, and then down they come, I bid In tho barber-shops every day for a week, before they found mo out. And then LUlobang, who wants to be Minister to Europo, wrote home PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1869. to the paper, and said I had been made Chairman of the Standing Commllteo on Hair." How long my friend wonld bavo continued his lamentations I cannot say,bnt he was interrupted by an arrival of sixteen of his friends, and left very dejected. A LEAP AHEAD. Reply of B, F. Wade ton Coutpllmen. retry Addrctn from Colored men. Hon. Benjamin F. Wade, of Ohio, has written tbe following reply to an address from tbe Na tional Kxecntive Committee of Colored MSn : To George T. Downing, Esq., and others of the "Natim.al Executive Committee of Colored Men Gkntlemen : Since my retirement trom public life 1 have received many kind and complimentary communicationsfrommy friends, which 1 value greatly, but nothing has given me eo much pride and salisf.ction as the proceedings of your National Executive Committee. To know that one’s labors nre appreciated and ap proved by those on whose behalf they have been pt rlormtd is indeed gratifying. it is true that lor more than thirty years, whether in tbe .Legislature of my own State, as a Judge upon the Bench, in the Senate of the United States, or In private life, I have, with ictolute and determined purpose, labored to i riug the Constitution ond laws of my country into harmony with the laws of God, who “Is no respecter of persons.” Equality before the law and exact justice to all men, witbont respect to race, color or nation ility, has been tbe polar star to guide me in all my efforts, and tbe prize for which I have fought. Nor am' I conscious that X have ever during that time subordinated those great principles to any oi her, or compromised them for any other con sideration whatever. Yet I claim no special merit lor this; It was bat tbe performance of a plain and palpable duty which every man owes to jhis (,od, to bis country and to immunity. Had Idone less, it wonld have been a self-degradation for a bkk 1 should have despised myself, even as I nave despibd all others who have compiomised .best great principles through cowardice, self iltercet or ambition. And now, thank God, after e thirty years’ battle, I have lived to see these aiincipJcs triumphant, every man in our great tlepnblic equal before the law, and the laborer elieved of the foulest and most degrading viola ton oi his rights. Bnt, in my judgment, much more remains to be done; for 1 can never believe a Government perfect while it Is possible for one man to appro priate tbe avails of the labor of thousands, while hose that perform the labor pine away their life n poverty and destitution, or to monopolize an unlimited extern of God’s earth to the exclusion p| others. These evils are yet to be corrected, md may I not expect that yon who have been so lately emancipated from the foulest oppression md injustice will take the lead In these great and cco ssary reforms ? Please 'accept my thanks for the kind senti ments contained in your letter.. Yours, with respect, B. F. Wake. Jeti kkeok, Ohio, March 26,1869, senator Sumner on Claims. I Washington Correspondence of the Cincinnati G&aette.) 1 here Is great anxiety in all circles to seas the .pcech which Mr. Sumner has prepared todeliver ,n Executive Session against ine Alabama Treaty, i bis speech is abont finished, and the Senator’s friends say he considers It the greatest effort of iB life. Some of the strongest points of It having men made public, much to Mr. Sumner’s annoy ance, be insists that it is a most pacific speech, while at tbe same lime it takes “kigh ground.” The “high ground” consists in saying plainly o England that she is indebted to the United dates for ships destroy ed, for years of commerce -wept away, tor heavy bills incurred in maintain ing an immense blockade, for troubles and amages along the Canadian frontier, and more ban all, and worse than all, the prolongation of ibe war, and the consequent expenses in life and irtasnre. The pacific part, so far as can be icarned. consists in saying to Great Britain. These things are plain, they need no proof, and iLe way to settle it all Is to sit down in a friendly -pirit and agree upon fair terms, based on the above admission.' There is no concealing the fact that several questions are creating anxiety at tho English Le gation now. The most prominent of these Is the 'CtUcment of the Alabama claims, and in this connection both the position of Mr. Sumner and tbe known agreement between the points as above given trom his 6neech and the views of President Grant have entirely dispelled any idea of settlement npon any such basis as proposed by Kcveidy Johnson. To complicate this the increasing interest, both here and in Canada, in the question of annexa tion, looms no as a question soon to assume a cefinlte character and purpose, and to rally a strong party In the Provinces. There ecems to be a general belief among the representatives of foreign Powers that the pres ent Administration will be marked by a very pos itive foreign polley, and that before it is ended 'here will be Important changes in the relations of our Northern and Southern neighbors to the l nilcd States. Brigham 'Young and the Presid«n*« Tte Salt Lake Reporter 63y£: We have been inlormed that Brigham Young has determined to take the new residence in the Si venleenth Ward, now occupied by George Q Cannon, and fit it np In splendid and Injurious su Ic lor tbe purpose of offering, the use of It to President Grant, Vico President Colfax,and suite, during their expected visit to Utah this summer. It has been announced that President Gram, eolfax and otburs will moke a trip to California ns soon ua the trans-continental railroads are com tTiltd, and, ol course, Brigham will invite them m this cily, turn them loose In the strawberry patches, feed them well, with plenty of cigars ibiown in, and pnll the wool over their eye generally. Perbops his plan may bo somewhat modified if Grant shoula In the meantime ap point Gen. Connor Governor of Utah. Who can toll what a day may bring forth CHILE. Great l ire at Valparaiso. Another great fire occurred at Valparaiso on ihe morning of the 26th of February, at which three firemen lost their lives. The loss to the In surance Companies was $234,900, and the total lobb between $260,000 and $300,000. The snt ferers by the fire were Vorwerk A Co., Alsop A Co., D. Scbutto, Drosto & Co., W. P. Robertson A Co., Alejandro do la Fuenlo, J. 11. Pearson, J. S. Jackson, Claudio Blanc bard, A. R. Bello, J.rl Bowen, Convc A Rondanelll,Lafnontc A Sobrino, Ossa & Escobar, Francisco Carvallo, Prieto Her manos, Qolroga Of, Co., Jacobson Broß.. Patria Printing Office, Ramon Nueguera, Diega A. Guzman, L. A. Dodds, Ltmotte du Portail, ond Oidbaven A Co. The building In which the fire originated was bull; in 1828 by Elisha 1 ■ Loring, now of Boston, and had hitherto passed scatheless through the imminent dangers to which it was exposed on soveral occasions from very serious conflagrations that ocenrred in Its vicinity. Tho unfortunate young flremeu who were killed met their death by a wall tailing on them and crashing them no dreadfully that they survived but a very short time. Their names are Alexander Blackwood, Wm- Lawrence, Jr., and Edwardo Rodrigues. . FERU. Tlic isolations to Spain—Arbitration, of tbe President of tne United states. Luia, March 14.—8 y tho present mail final instructions are sent to the now Peruvian Minis ter.at Washington, Senor Fergoa, for tho settle ment of the question with Spain. It is expected that tho Spanlsh Minister at Washington has full powers from blB government to enter Into arrangements. All points that may arise that cannot be settled by the two ministers will be submitted to the President of the United' States, whose decision will bo final; so at least thore is every probability ol this mattor being amicably arranged TrUrme. ,■] > . OUR WIIOIiE COUNTRY. A Family of Nagroei Recover a Valua ble Eatate. A correspondent oi the Louisvlllo Courier-Jour nal writes from Springfield, Ky., under date of March 18: “One of the largest causes ever in the Wash ington Circuit Court was finally decided to-day. Mary AJeop, a woman of color, and her six child ren, recovered a judgment for $12,000, with several years’ interest, against the executors and heirs of Samuel Bedding, deceased, late oi tbe county. Jesse Alsop, a wealthy planter oi Mississippi, died in this county some ten or a dezen years ago. Oat of this large estate, whioh was situated In Kentucky and Mississippi, he de vised to Mary* his freedwoman, and her six chil dren, whom be had emancipated and set up in ife in tbe county of Claiborne, Ohio. $30,000, to be raised by his executor after bis death by the sale of bis property in Mississippi, consisting of land, negroes, stock, &c. He appointed Samael Redding his executor, to whom he devised his property in Ktntueky. “After making his will, he sold, himself, by bis agents, all his Mississippi estate and took the uotea therefor, payable to himself. He died in poEseEsioritOf these notes, and his will was pro moted inPtee County Court of this county, and Redding qualified as his executor, and took charge ot these notes and claimed tnem as part of the Kentucky property of said Alsop devised to him in the will. Jesße Alsop had do immedi ate family, and no relatives nearer than nephews and nieces; Redding was no relative. He very emphatically in bis will imposed uoon his execu tor the duty of converting his Mississippi peoperty into money and Investing thirty thou sand dollars of the proceeds in real estate in the State of Ohio, In tbe name and for the benefit of Mary and her six children, by declaring that this was‘the great desire of his heart.’ “Redding had goae on tinder the will, which bad been admitted to record in 1856, and collected most of those notes dne In Mississippi, and had made a settlement of his accounts in Yasoo county of that State, where he had also qualified as executor, showing himself indebted to the estate some $12,000. This settlement was made in 1860, bnt nothing was done for Mary and her children. She brought this salt in 1866. The question presented for decision by the pleadings In the case is, whether the conversion of the property by the testator in his lifetime amounted to an ademption or revocation of the devise to Mary and her children. ‘•The case excited great Interest in this com mnnity. The questions ol law Involved were in teresting to the lawyers and court. The amount involved in tbe litigation; the circumstances of the ease, entirely novel In this community, the relative positions in society of the parties to the suit, the possible connection that may have once existed between the testator and the objects of his munificent bounty, and the unusual fact that no one of these colored citizens of African de scent, parties to this suit, and deeply interested in its result ever made their personal appearanee in court, rendered the case one of uncommon interest, even in this county, noted for its litiga tion. “The judge presiding, L. H. Noble.of Lebanon, Ky., hesitated under the influences brought to bear upon him, and took time to Investigate the authorities cited by counsel in -the argument, and this evening rendered his decision in the case.” tbe Alabama A Fretended Peddler Leaves a Pack at a Farmer’s Matue-an Armed nan Discovered in It—Be Is shot and Killed. [From the Joliet till.) SigmaL] A short time Since, Just at dark, a peddler car rying alafge pahk appeared at the door of a wealthy farmer in Ihe town of Green Garden, in this county, and requested the privilege of re maining over night. The farmer being away from home, he was informed by the hired man that be could not stay. He then requested the privilege of leaving his pack until morning, us be was very tired and could not carry It farther that night. This was granted; and the pack WASHraioTON, April 2.—The Military Commit ted to-day reported a bill to tho House providing for retrenchment,in expense in the 'Quartermas ter's Department, the substance of wblcu naa heretofore been given in theso despatches. i Irom lllclinianii •' Richmond. April 2.— General' IT. 8. Wobt> as sumed coinmand to-day and lasuod an order rc lnMatlnu ™ overnor Weils. General Stoneraan g“ a id CsUfornia, Col. Stone is appointed Adjutant-General. •• , t .' J 4:00 O’Olook. F. I. FETHERSTON. PoMisTier PRICE THREE CENTS. The Sontti Carolina CoDffenmon. [BhcUI Despatch to the Phfla. Evening Bulletin: ] Washihgtoh, April 2 Tho House Election' ' Committee have decided thatMr.Hoge, a Repub— f llcan member from South Carolina, is entitled to a seat in the present Congress, not hlft Democratic opponent. . '.h- Tiie Official BarjrCnjry in Sew YorK. Yokk, April 2.—A party of DapAty' oh- riffs, with sledge hammers, chisels; jlrameysi etc., have been at work all day on the Union Pa cific Railroad Company’s safo. It is saldthojob will consume four days. She Sew 'tarn, Money Market. .Special Despatch to the Philade. Evening Balletln.t New Yobk, April 2 —Slmnltancouily with the Flakiuli ■s&uuit tho Cojod Pacific Railroad Company an attack has been made upon the bonds of tbo Company. Tne * bt eriff’a ofllcere are now attempting to forco the Come pany'd e«ie, and reporta bare been-circulated that fna compaDy nad defaulted upon ita acceptances, while the bonds were reported as offered 1 a* 6255. Fjrdi iborc time ' bonds were offered under freight. They cot tip* . to 86. but tbe Comcany checked the depreciation by sinking unlimited offexa for bonds at The CoiQ®any f . for the official statement Tbe comptroller of Currency . would only show a due regard for the convenience of the- ’■ banka and tbo public in announcing at once tho day upon which tbo return is to be made. His reticence need lessly aggravates the prevailing embarrassment, and. only adds to the growing restiveness of thebanksat- 7 thereitrictions to which they are subjected under th* .r national system. The latest evidence of this dissatisfac tion is afforded by tbe City Bank, whloh is making, ar- . r rangsments for reorganizing under State lawn, other important bonks are contemplating the adoption of;’.* ; Uke course. ADotifinmna. —For this evening, at the American Theatre, a. varied entertainment i» announced. 1 —The Field of the Cloth of Cold continues to draw large audiences at the Chestnut. It has been reconstructed and improved by a number of new scenes and some very clever local hits. There will bo a matieOe to-morrow. —At the Theatre Comlque, this evening, Mr. aod Mrs. Madison Obrey will give one of their , . charming humorous and musical entertainments., Mr. Obrey will play npon some very slngularim etrnments, of which he Is the proprietor, and at- 1 he performs sklllfnlly, we can promise those who wish to attend an extremely interesting entertain- , ment. Mr. and Mrs. Obrey are likewise very ex cellent delineators of character, and their efforts in this direction always evoke hearty applause-. , There will be a mallneo to-morrow. —Mr. Carl Gaertnor will give his last elasa-'cal toiree of the season, at Musical-Fond 8011, this, evening. —At Assembly Buildings, to-night, Merchants: Tout of Ireland wilt be exhibited;. —Mr. A. Everly will have a benefit at the Arch' BtreetTbeatre on Satnrday evening next, when be will produce Strathmore, a play of intense dramatic interest, and a humorous drama en titled Helping Hands , or Love and Music, Of' course Mr Everly’s many friends will turn oat strong on this occasion, and we hope the public,. generally, will not forget to give a handsome tribute to a popular and excellent actor. —The regular Scntz-Hassler matinde will bw given in Musical Fund Hall to-morrow. — Miriam's Crime and the burlesque IsHon. will, be given at the Walnnl Street Theatre this even ing. Mr. Felix Rogers will appear in the first named drama as “Biles," one of the most original) and comic personations ever given upon the, Philadelphia stage. There will be a matlnte to morrow at 2 o’clock. —At the Arch this evening Twelfth Wight will, be given for the last time. The performance of Emani by the Italian. opera company at the Academy of Music, laßt‘ evening, was only tolerably good. Mad. States, sustained the pari of “Elvira” as well as it could be done by a singer who has volume and physi cal energy without any deep feeling or genuine dramatic power. To be;sure, these latter quali ties are not as necessary in this role as in. many others, but their entire absence compelled the listener to a comparison of Mad. States with other artists,and she suffered by It. Signori Orlandiut. and MaceaTerri sang vory well, tbe latter rather, better than tho former. 81gnor Antonucei gave decidedly the most acceptable performance of' the evening in the part of “Don Stlva.” Anto-- nucei is a true artißt, and he never falls to .imbue, bis personations with passion and earnestness. To-night Meyerbeer’s great opera ■ L* PrdphiU ' will be given. The cost Includes La G range,Mlea. McCulloch, Boctti, Formes, Habplmanu, Ah tonucci and Barllli. There will be an Increased, orchestra, a large chorus, a ballet led by Wles niael and Zuccoii, and a general gorgeousness In. the scenic effects and in tho eostumes. —Mr. J. Moyer, the agent of Gran's French opera company, desires to have an announce ment made io the effect that he has arrived in thl* cffy and will proceed to make arrangements for the season of opera bouffe already promised. The engagement will begin at tho Academy of Music on the evening of Wednesday, tho 14th inet. Twelvo performances will be given. Among the operaß which will be presented wo may mention V.u Vie Parisicnne and Genevieve He Brabqnt, in both of which the Bopranos Boso- Btll and Desclauzas will appear. —Mr. Chas. H. Jarvis gives his sixth and laat soiree of classical music at the Natatoriam Hall to-morrow (Saturday) evening, April 3d. He ofl'erß on that occasion an exceedingly diverstßed, programme selected from the works of Schur munn, Bpohr, Molique, Hummel and Chopin. Mr. J. will be ably assisted by Messrs. G liuhlcman, violin, and R. Hennig, violoncello. These concerts of Mr. Jarvis’s aro of tho best and should bo attended by fill lovers of elegant music Getting Heady. Mr. Wanamakor, very appropriately, potso. now dress upon hie grand building itself before*. Blurting It upon its mission ofdrosarng so niany of tho gentlemen and boysol Philadelphia as he, hopes to attract to thin now enterprise. TaO brown-stone bouse, always a bc “| , V f “J rt ® n “f a t ?~ much admired', has been in tbo hands ot the painters and paper hangers and a month past, and for the last few days bales and boxes innumerable, and car load alter car load, of new goods to stock It with, bave been poanng Into'it, preparatory to opening it, on Monday “T/'is handsomely carpeted from front to back* has on a clean white laco of no w p4lat; la skilUully arranged for the convenience of caaU* mere in the various departments; U adorned with tho decorations of a beautiful assortmpnt to , be irresistibly attractive, if on ly as a place of I re Tho pnblie generally are invited to tho “Bxpo : sitloh”on Monday next, and on opportunity is tobeslvon at that time fora thorough lnspeo tion of tbo establishment * and Its contents. Ladles, who have long-wished for e place where they might ddd clothing for boys that. was '•lnst the thing,’* will bo almost on Interoatod aa the men or tho boys themselves; and eyery atten tion has been given to anch detaila aa shall con tribute to their comfortahd'saUsfaction.Oae of tbo bestipdrtß o( the ihouse; on the first floor, u devoted to.thefr ■department, and several aaiea ladies, oa well as aaletmeu, wUlbe In atttaaftnoe*