GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXII.-NO. 301.
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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-
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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 <l., osited In one cor
ner of the sitting room. Daring the evening
Borne of the females of the household had oc
casion to move it,and taking hold of it discovered
that there was something suspicious about tbe
contents. The hired man was called, and upon
taking hold of it* found that It contained a man.
He quickly stepped Into an.adjoinrag room and
returned with a revolver, motioned the family to
stand aside, and at once proceeded to fire three
shots into It. A piercing shriek leaned from it,
and on ripping off the outside covering a
man with a large bowie knife and a
revolver clinched In his hands was
lonnd weltering In his blood. Two of
Ibe shots had proved fatal. The neighbors were
alarmed, but no traces of the peddler who left the
precious pack could be found. Thus by a mere
uccident, doubtless a shocking case of robbery,
and perhaps murder, waa prevented. It waa
doubtless a plot to rob tbe farmer,asit was known
lie had a large Bum ol money la the house. An
Inquest waß held over the body on tho following
morning, and the verdict was that the killing was
justifiable homicide. No cine leading to the dis
covery ot the name of the victim, or hiß accom
plice, has, as yet, been ascertained. &uoh sum
mary justice is seldom meted out to the guilty.
Snow-Shoe Bacet In California^,
Fanny Scenes- - K
tFrom the La Porte (Cal.) Union,March a]
On Saturday, the Chinamen hud permission to
use ihe race track. Purses amounting to slsty
dollars were raised, and about twenty Colo-tials
, nttred to contend for the premiums. La Porte,
Hovrland Flat, Poker Flat and Saw Pit were all
represented, and the rivalry between the riders
aas as great os it had been among the Mellcan
men. Upon the track it was truly a rich, rare
and racy scene. Chinamen acted as judges both
at the starling and coming-out poles.
In several of the squads every rider
1,11, and not more than two
, ame through ot any time. Talk about grand and
nifty tumbling by a circus troupe—it is nothing
ahen compared to a Chinaman snow-shoe race.
We honestly believe a Chinaman can make a
a ore extensive, awkward and bigger tumble off
i,i snow-shoes than other being, editors, fat men
-reonhorns, experts und “sich like” not ex
cepted. While tne races were in progress
a strange tall-wearing rider with shoes upon
uis shoulders, mado his appearance' upon
tbe course. He appeared to be a perfect
stranger, and while going up the track ho stopped
and commenced Jabbering at a tearful rato.
He was a lively talker and could beat a French
man at making gestures. The balance of _ the
Mooneyeß were nonplus Red—they “no sabo hun.
He finally took his position at the head of tbe
track alongside of tho ether Chinamen, and,
a ben the word Was given, started down tne
uack. As soon as be struck the flat he toll, and
tfio bovs commenced rolling him: Some of the
Cell slials, who were still ignorant of the joko,
didn’t relish it; but they soon mistrusted
.ornetbing was wioDg, and when they
Umnd out that the strduger was a Howland
Hat champion snow ' shoe rider they were
Immensely pleased.' Theu La Porte. Johns
were badly beaten. Howland F'atandßaw-plt
were the victors. ■ The next day more money
was raised by the Chinese mcrchauts.aud another
rnco came off. It was another rich scene. Again
was La Porte beaten. Tho Howland JJlat
and Poker Flat dope; cloaned the platter, won'
everv race and captured tho money.' If any of
our readors think tho La Porte Celestial* haven’t 1
got 0 big diegust' on fpr “d.ope” oek tflcia for,
yourself. We shall not be surprised If Ciiineso
races prove quite a feature, in racing in this lo
cality hereafter- ;;: /: . -
A STRANGE LAWSUIT.
A BAN IN A PEDDLEE’S PA(!E.
A young Englishman bloko hls horee’B hack
while following :the hounds recently; and . the
animal fell upon him In such a way that he could
not extricate ■ himself. . Some days after he was
found In that poßltlOn. lusonslble from hunger
and almost starved to death. ■'
FIFTH EDITION
BY TELEGBAFH.
LATEST FROM WASHINGTON
OFFICERS ON THE RETIRED LIST
Nominations h}/ the President
TIIE TWITCH EL LCABE
FROM NE w YORK
Blowing Up of liie Pacific Railroad Safe
Officers on tbe Retired List.
[Breelal Desyatehtodie Philadelphia Evening BnUeUn.)
Washington, April 2. —General Negloy, of the
Hcuse Military Committee, Is preparing, and
will report on Monday, a bill reducing the nnm
ber of officers of tbe army who are on tbe retired
list. The bill provides that a commission shall
bo appointed, who shall examine and report
what officers ought to be mastered
ont, . irrespective of rank, below
Brigadier Generals. The commission
shall, however, confine themselves first to thosa
who have not received wonnds or rendered dis
tinguished services in tho field. The bill pro*
vldes that not less than three hundred shall be
mustered out within sixty days after the Com
mission shall report, and when mastered oat one
month’s salary Bhall be allowed to each officer.
nominations Sent to tbe Benate.
[SpoctalDespatch to tho Fhila. Evnnlni Bulletin,!
Washington. April 2. —The President sent to the
Senate to-day a large list of nomination*, among
them tbe following: H. C. Demlng, Collector
for the First District ot Connecticut; John B.
Kenney, First Dlstrictgof Pennsylvania; Samael
Know, Thirteenth District of Pennsylvania;
George C. Evans, Collector of tbe Third District
of Pennsylvania; Thomas W. Errett, Colleotor
of the Twenty-second District of Pennsylvania;
W. M. Baird, Collector of the Eighth District of
Pennsylvania; Bnmard, Collector of the Four
teenth District of Pennsylvania; George Babb,
Collector of the District of Pennsylvania;
Russell Errett, Assessor of the Twenty-second
District of Pennsylvania; George Evster, Trea
surer Of the Mint at Philadelphia; Wm. R. Mar
tin, Bnrvevor of Customs, Portsmouth, New
Hampshire: George H. Bailey, Collector of
Custom*. Portsmouth, Mew Hampshire; W. R.
Leeds, Collector of the Second District of Penn
sylvania; D. M. Harmony. Collector of the Tenth
District of Pennsylvania; A. Chamberlain,
AKessor for the Twelfth Dlstriot of Pennsyl
vania; B. W. Palmer, Collector for the Twelfth
District of Pcnnsvlvanla; G. L. Ford, Collector
for the Third District of New York; W. N.
Hawkins, Collector for the First District of New
York; W. N. Treadwell, Assessor for the Beventh
District of New York; E. O. Goodrich, Surveyor
of the Port of PhlladelphlajEdwards Plerrepont,
U. S. District-Attorney for the Southern District
of New York.'
[Gomavenamee ol the Associated Press. I
Washington, April I.—Tim following nomina
tions were sent to the Senate to-day:
To be Collectors of Internal Revenue—John
Redmond, Seventh District, Illinois; H. 0. Do
ming, First District, Conn.; A. J. Donaldson,
First District, South Carolina; W. A. Darling,
Ninth District, New York: G. H. Hobson, Fourth
District, Kv. ; Cbas. J. Hogate, Sixth Dißtriol,
Indiana; Wilson Boulby, District of Oregon.
To be Assessors of Internal Revenue—Charles
W Pierce, First District Alabama; G. W. Shat
tuck, Third District Mississippi; Cheater J. Cole,
Twenty-seventh District New York; Geo. B.
Johnson, Third District Ohio;Orris Hatch. Fourth
District Wisconsin; Blanc F. Joubert (colored),
First District Louisiana; 8. B. Davis, District New
Mexico; R. R. Cobb, Second District Virginia;
O. W. Mather, Third District West Virginia;
John B. Kenney, First District of Pennsylvania;
Samuel Know, Thirteenth District of Pennsyl
vania; George C. Evans, Third District Pennsyl
vania; A. M. Baird, Eight District of Pennsyl
vania; C. J. Bruner, Fourteenth District of Penn
svlvaDia; Russell Errett, Twenty-Second District
of Pennsylvania; Assistant Treasurer of United
States at Philadelphia, Geo. Eyster; Collector
of Internal Revenue, Second District of Penn
sylvania, W. R. Leeds; Assessor Tenth District,
PeDna., D. W. Harmony: Assessor Twelfth Dis
trict, Penna., A. CbamberlalD; Collector. J. F.
Wilcox. Fifth District, Penna.; darveyor of
Port of Philadelphia, E O. Goodrich.
Tbo Twltchell Caae,
Washington, April 2.—Mr. Hubbell argued
before the Supreme Court to-day in the Twitch
ell case, for the defendant, but no decision mil
be Riven until Monday nest.
IheSafe Blowers at WorKt.
(Special Uecpatch to the I’hila. Evening Bulletin.)
Nitw Yohk, April 2.—There were remarkable
scenes dating the day at the office of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company, No. 20 Nassau street
Sboriff O’Brien’s deputies, under the order of
dodge Barnard, direciing the company's safe to be
opened, came armed’ with sledge-hammers,
chisels, &c., to be need in breaking open the safe.
No resistance was offered by the clerks. Tho safe
is an immense one,firmly bucked, except in front.
Although tho men brought powerful sledges to
bear, but litlle damage has been done up to the
hour your correspondent left the scene (ii o clock),
except the defacing of tho fanoy work on the
door. About noon Ohas. Tracey,counsel for the
Culon Pacific, entered the office and approached
ihe Cashier's window and exclaimed in,an ex
cited voice—"l order all you burglars to cease
this work and leave the building within five
minutes, or I shall proceed against you both
civilly and criminally." The spectators of the
scene who were inside tho railings made a rush
lor the door, but tbe deputy sheriffs made no re
ply, and kept on with their work. During tho
progress of the work Vice President Durant told
Receiver Tweed that he Was injuring tho
safe so that the officers of tho Company
themselves could not open it, and that
ho (Tweed) ought to be well rewarded for his
trouble when the safe is finally opened. Mr.
Tweed replied that ho had no donbl he would,
as nothing could bo mlsslrg from tho safe unless
(he Union Pacific officers had removed it. Mr.
Durant replied that he did not see how any books
or papers conld have been removed, ns two vigi
lant Deputy Sheriffs had kept watch ovof. the
safe duy and night for- several days.
One of the Deputy Sheriffs expressed
tho oninlon that the safe could be
broken open after seven hours’ work with sledgc
bammers, but the builder of the safe, who was
present, said It would require four days’ constant
work to accomplish the teat, and even then he
bad serious' doubts of success. Tho doputles are
still acwork pounding with sledges and chisels
and fingering the key-hole. The soeno is watched
by a curious crowd, full of fun.
The (luartcrmaiter Department.
’ ■' [Special Despatch to the Fhila. Bvonlna Bulletin. 1
> 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 <r
olTiotrs state that all obligations bare been prompt!?
paid, and deny in toto the romora detrimental to ito •
credit. We under*tand that a few daja ago tho Com
pany had. an offer for a million' or ito- bonds at
90, which it declined. It Is probable that to-day the leg*l
- before Judge Bamardwlll'&e transferred to' *
the U. Mates Courts The titockmarkat still shows a
remarkable independence of the stringency in
money. There baa been rather more selling, and® • -
some shares have slightly declined. but
making due allowance for the condition*-
of money, the market mußt be regarded 1 as showing coa
dderable strength. The stringency in money increases.
The revelation mado by tho debt statement unit the cur
rency bftlanco of tbo -Treasury has been redueddfton mil
lion dollars daring March ana now stahdii at the very, to vr. ,
figure of $0 800,000 has increased the uneasiness in*
the market, it being Inferred that the Government may •
find it necessary to take measures for augmentiog its
balance. The low state of the balaacd appears to be ■
open to question. Yesterday the currency in the Sub-
Treasury alone was close upon ~$8,000,009,. and*
it is reasonable to suppose that not less ttafen
$2,000,000 Is held at Washington and !n;other Bub-Treas-- :
uriss. We apprehend it will lie found that the low figures,
presented in the debt statement are to be accounted for
by some irregularity or change of the method,
in making out the mmthly returns rioder the
new administration of tho Department. .
Tbe banks are restricted in their opera'tfoni by tbs con
tinued uncertainty as to when they maybe oalled i apoQ>.
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*