GlßSbl PEACOCK, Editor. VOLUME XXII.—NO. 303. the evening bulletin: PUBLISHED EVEBY EVENING, (Bandar* excepted), AT THf! HEW BULLETIN BUILDING. 607, Gbeatnut street, Philadelphia. EVENING BULLETC? ASSOCIATION. - PBOPBIETOB*. GIBSON PEACOCK, CaSKKU B'IUDKR, Ja_ V. L. PETBEBBTON, , THUS. J. WILLIAMeON. FRANCIS W ELI S. : Tb« Bctijmji lx .creed to tnbvcriben In tho city «t IB gent, per week, parable to the carriers, or 88 per annum. UTEDDINO GABOS. INVITATIONS FOB PAB U tie* Ac. New atytn. MASON A CO., aaCStfi -, ' 907 Chestnut street. UUEUOINQ INVITATIONS ENOBAVED IN TUB ft Newest and beet manner, L'>ITIB OBEKA. Sta tioner and Ensravcr. 1188 Chestnut etreet. febao,-ti JL>IKI>. BACKUS.—Ia Brooklyn. N. Y., on the morning of the 4ib iue>.; Freddie K. Bscku*. ngeil ten years, eon of Frederick B. end the Isle Carrie U. Backus. •The relatives and friends are luvlicd to attend his fduem 1 , fremube retldeece of bis father. High street, Qcrmautowu, at.lo o'clock on the morning of th'^lih fIjHEKBON.— On the 3d Inst., ot hi* late residence, lJOtnircb street, Alexander Peterson, E:q., In the T4th yesr of bts age. . Services til rhe honse, on Monday afternoon, at 4 o’clock. Interment ot Smyrna, Delaware, on Tues day, Cth Inst. Leave the house O’ o'c ouk. for Rlnf« >pUfp? THERi.GCr.AHMONTHLY ME NT IN DOS’THE YotriG AMERICA CItICBET CLUB will be held at the cl.tat JluijSE, Ge.mautjwn. on TCEaDAY LYKNiNj. April6th. at B CHEAP AND BEAWTiFUL COTTAGES. DeserlpttTe Circulars tree. , lapMtrp*! A. D. {tALUW FLL a SON, 113 South Fourth street. sow. HOWARD HOSPITAL. NO3-IMS and I*3) LOM noXJ street. Dispensary Department—Medical treatment and mealdae ttixnlshcd gratuitously to the poor. * tost- LECTURE, INTRODUOTOUV TO THE COURSE at the MEDICAL J.NBTUI7PB (Chan'street), wilt be delivered at 1 P. M .on TCSkSDA V. April dth. by IL LKNuX DODGE, M. D„ Lecturer on operative and Mi nor Surgery. ap3 3orp* roa Mftifc Mfor pale. A Country Residence, situate in Ridley township. Delaware Co., tm ,cn the Baltimore Turnpike, il Tsiles liom the city, 10 miuutej walk from Crum Creek Station, DaiUu-ore Ksiboad. containing about 4 ac'eft. Tb« btoio la built in the Italian villa style, with modern improvements, stable, coach-house. &c. Immediate possession, Aptly to •pfttn w fst* ttlUlNti »CJ **_MJGENE L)E KUSFFER‘B RiDING SCHOOL. street- below Spruce, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth street*, will bo reopuußd on Mon day. September 21»t lfc<3B. mh&)-lm-rps AOAJttUIAU. A GENTLEMAN AND WIFE, OB TWO GENTLE mcß.can be accommodated with tront room and «ood board In private ixuuiy .Spring Gardeu street above Twentieth. Address L>. M , (hi* otnee. aps-3t* rpilE MOUTU AND THE TEETH DR J. DE HAVEN WTHTE*3 Name and Standing In Medical Dentistry are a guaran . •i tee lor the EOicacy of whatever he Ere* . scribe* for the Month and Teeth. The gres£demand for the piep&ratious made from his fonnula hoe ii/ilaced many persona 10 cell their own pre paration* underdo uame. To protect his reputation from auheiing by tint* practice, and to secure tho best remedies for his patterns In regard to his NEW MEDICATED DENTIFRICE MOUTH WASH AND GARGLE. He has taken jejral measures to prevent his formula from bting compounded by any other Chemist or Drug gist in the liuitcd States, but GCBTAVUB KRAUSE, APOTHECARY, N. W. cor. Twelfth and Chestnut envois, PhiLddeiphla. As testified by the following certificate “I hereby repudiate os bpubiocb all tooth powders and mouth wosbee sold under my uaiut\ except thus* having my signature on the Isabel and compounded and sold only by uUSTaVUS KUaCisK. apothecary, N. W. cor ner of TWELFTH aud CHESTNUT streets. Fbiladuh phi*. who alon a holda my prescriptions, aud is autno rlzed to prepare and sell the same. 11 J.DjsHAVEN WHITE, mhlS-a m wfimrp} M. D ; D. D. 8. ~ UW WALNUT STREET. MRS. PROCTOR. Cloaks, Walking Suits, Bilks, Drees Goods, Lace Shawls, • XntdiM 1 Underclothing and ladles* Furs. Dresses made to measure in Twenty-four Hours. Marking •■with indelible ink, embroider. ring.Draiding, clamping, die. AL a. ioititv, - '• ■ • • Filbert street. ISAAC NATHANS, AUCTIONEER, N. E. CORNER X Third and Spruce streets, ohly one equaro bohvy tho Exchange. ’ $250,0C0 toloaD, In large or small amount*, on diamond}, silver plats, watches, jewoiry, aud alljood£@6if. RomlnDtlons by ib« President. Ifliedal Despatch to tho Phila. Evening Rulictm.) Collectois: Henry C. Rogers, Nineteenth Dis trict of Pennsylvania; J. 8. Pretty man, Delaware. Collector of Costomß: R. 8. Bennett, Beaufort. Postmasters; William Miller, Petroleum City, Pa.: Robert J. Carman, Franklin, Pa; John B. Howe, Oil City. Pa. From Washington. The President has approved and signed the Tet a re-of-Office bill. The Jafictton of the Pactflo Railroad* iSpeelal Despatch to the Phila. Evening Bulletin.) The lew York Fire. (Bpectal Despatch to the Philo. Evening Bulletin ] The Topeka Fire. •I. 8. Supremo Court, Opening.of Navigation, 4tOO O’Oloolx. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1869. EDBOFEAB AFFAIRS ENSLAND. Humored marriage of tbe marchion ess of Bastings. . The grave has not JoDg closed ' over the Mar qnla ol Hastings, whose faults, follies and mlsfor tutite (tunisbed food for an Immense amonntol gossip and scandal, and an ocean of leaders, good, bad and Indifferent. Ills now rom'ored In sporting circles that the Marchioness, having got over her period of mourning much more rapidly than her Majesty, bos wiped away her tears, banded her ‘'wcids” over to her lady's maid, and once more entered'on the pleasures of fashion able life. Farther, that she Is about to be mar ried lo the Marquis of Worcester, the eldest son of the Duke of Beaufort, who, it will be remem bered, trained with the late Marquis at Danbnry, bnt a year ago retired from the turf. NpcetSh of the Emperor napoleon. On the 23d of March, the Emperor presided at ibe Conceit of:State, on which occasion hedo- Uvered the following address: ‘■lt is a doty or the Government resolutely to satisfy a just desire for improvement, and Urmly 10 repress all subversive theories, which are ootb unlawful and culpable. Many improvements have already been effected; but when the bidden nooLda ol the most’ prosperous people are probed, btnealh an appearance of prosperity many undeserved cases of distress are dis covered. Great problems still remain to be solved, and tbrr to It umtW>criminal eoeannpua’Bhel by our remist erro, and that Dadnnocent person auffurs the delay of an hour in securing hirtthfcharge. ; IMs time tli*t foe bad fhonld he made to fe»*l the power of the law. It ha« been announced in the Polico Wourfs of London that iucer. aln places la ihatcitr th*Q teua’s wiitirM tot run. Tho same remark mav hloaoac be »p* plied to us There ore certain mua in Philadelphia who . csntotbo brought to Justice. They cao beat, down, al ntott murder, our roliccm*-o, secure bait and abscond until opportunity permit their return. Others take life *fjfcc»t with in t-niiUy. The homicides co nmittei In thh city in the year ns compared with those of I*o7, are ip iberioporiopOi Utf toPl. no increase of 40 per coat; bs.v- increased ne«rl» fifty per coat., and, oe total of mui de eioos* year is four times the conrlr*« iions for honucideaio thirty years. Tnla ifi all due to the perverted sympathy which axil's tbo B£ea?iin into the position of a pe'aecutcd victim o f the' . An able wjftsr has said: •Iu the legal duel be* , tween a murderer and Justice, weslvethe prisoner, not oniv a fail-start. but we throw every obsfa lo intbe wav - celling at the fruth. ‘<’rirain»Uib rty* willBooHhavo to be toasted w ith ’civil and religious liberty.* M Jt has thus come to pass, g-ntleraco. that men are shot dcwD or stoned to death upon our hlchwajs, and that the law seems as powerless for their vindtcatlrn as It was for their protection. .Grand juries hesleato to find truo bills, end petit juries often reiure to convict except of inferior grades, frequently coupling those verdicts with recom mendations to mercy. Aoa even in an occasional case of great a convict ion ia followed by a a onto nee to doath, the Executive is beshged fjr a pardoa. It is owing to these tifets to thaarr lustice that it has come to paps in Philadelphia that it is more dangerous fora uian lo pick a i ocket than to take a.Ufo. Toe thief Is mu eh moTecertain of beingpnnisbed than tho mu derer. 'inis will continue until pcblic opibion undergoes cfcango, Illinois has recently been compelled to restore tbe death penalty to her statute bonk. Maine has iust r* [□ed by a large majority to aboUeh It. Wiscooaiu Michigan and Rhode leland are n>w the only States In tbe Union in whbh capital punishment is not inflictod; and 1 notice that in The last named State attention has bees called to this subject in an able and learned speech of r*enatorJ. T. Edwards tU* remarks seem a* appli cable to our community as to hie own immediate neigh* borhood. Be says: "Happy will it be for ns if, in some critical momenta, when the passions of men are stirred into actfon by an immediate and pre&riugoecaMoa, they do not trample the form of Justice under foot, and by authority of force vrreak b ran m ary vengeance upon tho objects of their eon damnation. Men are already stirred profoundly with the feeling of their Insecurity, and it will be wise in thoir agents If they heed these admonitions. Nor lathe feel ing confined to the common people. it is now a nice question for our judges to decide how small they must r nW* 36.000 aj rente. Tbls would bo ihtbA proportion of about oDo arrest to evr :T 83 persona. The comraitoaents to prison exceeded 17.UW, which would be at the rate of one for every 47 inhabitants. Yet of this seventeen regiments of men end women sent to jail h; imr magistrate* in one v*>pr, the gruriil r**m indictee 2,892 i and tho pot it juries only convicted £5O; kou tnay thercloru conclude that only one person out of *v>ry ten whoso cases will corao before you is roatly guilty. i ho necessity, therefore, la imperative upon you to set your faces against all petty cases in which you find there is DOfoutdation lor an accusation save In tho malice of >he prosecutor. Were there no other reason* for *his than tbe coat of maintaining this Oonrtjlt would boourdutv :« repress this spec es of litigation. Without eomputingthe expenditures of tbe Prison and Police Department, every conviction actually costs tbe city over $lOO. If we should i-dd to tills tho expense of keeping the untried prisoners, and the salaries of the police fotce.every conviction costs lb over $l,OOO. At a matu r of economy, them unbounded prosecutions ebould receive uo countenance. But a principle higher far than any consideration of mere dollars and cen+e. re quires us to apply the law which empowers you when >ou ignore a bill charging a misdemeanor, to impose the costs upon tho prosecutor. 1 heartily commend it to your favor, and trust to see uumeroai instmoes of tho exercise of this discretion. Ib your visits to the *‘enttAnti**ry ana Oounty Prison you will fin" that tho inspectors are compelled to vi date the law requiting separate and solUaiy cod fiDemont for positive w an* of cells wherein to accommodate tho pri rontrs. I therefore suggest the propriety of>ourmakug full inquiry Into tbls subject, and if you shall find that BDypeisoue occupying public positions have failed to obrythelaw.it will be your duty to moke specialpre n ntmrnt of their names. Jacge Peirce came into Court find relieved Jtidce Urewsicr, and a number of prison coses were disposed ut on pleas of guilty. Distkiot t'ooiiT- Judge Stroud.—George S. Adams vs. Robert Adams, Jr. An action to recover damages for an unlawful eviction of plaintiff from certain premises. On trial. ljtbTuicr Corin'—Judge flare.—Hugh Gamble, as signee, i&c., vs. Tinglcy, English & Co. Au ac.iou on notes given for a boolt ucconnw Verdict fqr defendants, a. a. ee tv. B. Orne vb. A. Nickerson. An action on a book acc rant lor carpets. Tbe deleace set np that Airs. Nickerson is a married woman, and that her l ospand should have been joined in the action. On trial. TJU v Mioqut.uauuu ft'lood* The Lock Haven Republican says : The copi ous rains of tbe past wees coaled a freshet In ibe .streams that has brought out moat of the legs cut daring the winter The river was yes terday six and a half feet abovo low water mailt, tbongh it Is now fulling. The logs have been running thick and test for severnl days, and few, we imagine, will remain on the trlba talks after the tlood. The West Branch Boom is packed, and has been tried to Its utmost capa city, fiDd wo are glad to be able to say, vxcopllDg a slight break that occurred on 8 itur day night, which let out Williamsport logs chiefly, u has anewertd overy demand that has been mude on its strength. It is estimated that near sixty million feet of logs are now confined ia it. A lew raftß have come dowD and are tied np along ihe shores of the river for miles above our dam. The banks of the river are also lined with rafts foinnd of the logs taken np by “catchers” in,the dam opposite this place. Escape or Inc Bruaueud Murderers. A Stroudsburg despatch saya i The notorlona Brodhead murderers made their escape from Stroudsburg j ill, Monroe county, on Friday evening. Ttic authorities there- tele graphed to the Governor to offer a reward for iheir iccapturo, which request of coureo has not been complied with, the authority of the Execu tive of the Commonwealth not reaching quite that far in casus of this kind. At latest accounts the parties bad pot heen ri captured. , ' LForthe Philadelphia Evening Bulletin,] llio linglith tipurrowv, ' , The citizens of Philadelphia arc very generally rejoicing over the arrival of tho English spar rows, which aro supposed to be the enemies of the disgusting worms on our ehado trees. It may bewell, however, to Inquire whether the spar rows,themselves are In all respects an unquali fied, blessing. Id my opinion they aro almost as great an evil as tho worms. In. lho first place, while they may destroy the particular worms whleh wo complain of, they will also destroy many other worms and Insects which sire friendly to ns, and which aro parasites of other lnscots worse than there trelT worms That Is, wo may got rid of one set of worms and become sftllcted with another set equally bad. or even worse. . ' Nature has so adjusted her compensations in tho insect world that no species of Insect can bo destroyed exteußtvtly without permitting (or causing) tbe immediate increase of another spe cks: and when any species bccomos exceedingly numerous, then its natural enemy,, or parasite,. Increases also, and restores tho balance of nature. Now, tho sparrows, by destroying some aarnlvo- F I. FETHERSFON. Pnljlistgiv; PRICE THREE CENTS. Tooß insect,for Instance,will cause sotfls other fa > sect upon which this carnivorous Insect naturally proj e to Increase with great rapidity, and by In- 1 - traducing the sparrows wo may perhaps only : change one Insect lor another. . Again, the English sparrows are fearfally do*' siruciive of fruit, especially cherries and atratr- Dsnies, when ripe, and they even devour. tho' bods of pear, apple, peach and cherry, trees, ,' whjjn in a tender state, jnst before blossoming; and thus destroy the fmlt crop to a'very dan-1 geious extent, in the early spring, insects hotair scarce, the sparrows are compelled to feed npoa tender finlt and flower biids, and they have l bde4'* known to strip whole orchards and ganlensJ HQ&I only of their fruit bnds f bnt even of the loaf and,. flower hade. , . In England, where these sparrows aro very - cumcrons t it Is almost impossible to secnreia crop, of strawberries, or oherries, without cover “in the fruit entirely over with netting, sodo f troctive are these birds; and It is even thought?’ that pears and apples can no longer be grown out 1 of doors In England without protecting the buds ' of there.trees In Spring against the ravages df * 6p&rrpWo-( ltte Committee of .Councils, who hayo taken pains to import these sparrows, no, doubt be- -, Jievtd that they were acting wisely; but I am. Hilly,convinctd that tho Introduction of thesa ! birds will be found, In time, a great eyll. What ’ I have here written Is not from hearsay, but from actual knowledge ef tho facts; gathered > from recent reports of London journals; devoted : to Bortlculturu and Natural Science, it» which , there are constant complaints of the ravages of the sparrows in the fruit gardens; and not’ only . so, but they destroy vhst quantities of grain, as' wheat, rye, Ac. I hope, the authorities will in-' vestigate thls matter; before letting loose these birds, and consider well tho question. Oar own ; American birds which feed, upon Insects aro not , near so dangerous to fruit as the English spar- , ■ owe. , , , . Pintos. ’ CITY BULLETIN. The Bnir.mno Commisbioh. —A meeting of the Public Building Commission was held this after- 1 noon in the New Court Honae, In the absence ;, of the President, Mr. A. J. Harper was celled, to{ the chair. Mr. Walter, Chairman of the Committee on 1 Architecture and Plans, submitted the form of an ‘ advertisement for proposals for plans and oati-* mates,to be published in the Philadelphia paDers. > The proposals are to be'received at the otßeo of. the .Chief Engineer and Surveyor, |from the 21st; to the- 31et of July. Premiums are to bo of fered as follows: 82,000 for tho design which possesses tho most merit; $1,600 for the second 1 bestdcslgn; $l,OOO for the third, and $5OO. Tbe ; ' decision on the merits of the designs to be mado ! by contracts to be by tho Board of i Commissionersfor the new Public Bniidiuga on l or before September Ist next. i f ~ The committee also reported a draft of a circu lar to be mailed to arcnLecta' residing in other cities. In regard to the plauafor the new build* ’ lags, this circular says: ’ > ;' • A plan of Independence Square,' showing the dimensions and grades of the same, and the size ■>. and position of independence Hall, is hereto an* nexed. All the buildings now on the square are : to be .removed, except Independence Hail, which , will remain insulated, and must not be disturbed. “The bnlldings are to be fire-proof thronghont. ' No wood is to "be used In their construction ex cept In the doors and windows. Tho stairs to be - marble.,. The roof ip be composed of incombusw , liblc materials laid on iron training. No hollow partitions to be admitted anywhere thronghont tbe buildings. ; “All the exterior walls are " to bh faced either ' with marble, granite, or bard Sand-stone, as may best comport with the style of architecture that" ma> be adopted. The Interior walls of the super mi ucinre are lobe composed of bricks, and the : walls of the cellars of ruoble-stone. . , “Strict attention is to be paid to light, heating, ventilation and acoustics." Col. Page suggested that the time for the re ceptlon ot the plans was too short. Many per- 1 eons are absent from the city, and the members ; of the commission may not be here by the first of ;; Bcptember to make the decision provided for. Be thooght that the timo ought to be extended,, somewhat. , I, Mr. Walter replied that more time would giro ■ the architects a better opportunity to make tb&lrr ' designs, and therefore he moved that tho pro- * posals be received Until the let ot September, and ! that the decision bo made on or before the Ist of October. Agreed to. Mr.Kneass moved that an advertisement bolQr’,, serted for three times in a New Tork aud a:Bo3- :• ton newspaper, -. ■ ' Mr. Walter said that the circular Is to be sent,; to architects in other Cities, and will obviate the . necessity of Bucb advertisements. 1 After some discussion Mr.Kneass withdrew hla-i motion. i ; , Aujourncd. , - , ■ j Philadelphia laolk Alakkkt, Monday April 5, 18C1I.—Thero was a good demand fo' v beef cattle to-day, hut it was confined almost ini-l tlrcly to tbe better grades at last week’s prices.- 1 tVe qnote choice .A 10<@10>^c; prime at- B@9J£6.; * fair to good at 7j|'@Bj ( fc., and cbmmonat G@7c.if Ueceipts, 1,689 heud. The following galea iwero.! reported: y-v •HI I'wen Smith, Lancaster co., gre t. BJ<@WJS , Mi A. Christy A Bio., Lunc&Aterco., gre ‘J - •jl L>engler&McCleee. thi-iter co,, giv.. ~,;.8 in F. McFiltei. Lancaster co., gral, .....81,(2110 - III! P. Hathaway, Lancastervoi, grsEi... '.....'..-.Bjsi(AS?X * Wl ,1. r. Kl'k, * heaier co . gra 8 <3lt> i 27 B. F. McFil'oo.Chectcr co,,gre.. 1 19 (A , UO Jae, McFllun, Western era 1.8 (SlO 1 ' In E. 8. McF'llen, Lancaster co . gra. » ; i'll Martin FuUortt Co., 'Cheater col, gra 8 '(All Hu Mooney & Smith, Western, gre... 8 (AI) ' ' Bu J. AL. trank, Lancaster 00... 7%(g iM , SO I rank ol Shamberg, Latcaiter eo„ gra....... 7jj((4 H 5 Ilonodico. Lancaster co. grs B-Hiv' :5 M. llrvfooa Si Co . Penaa., gra i Skw 8% , !f> J Clcmtor. Lancaster co , gra 8 (A 9!£ ' 42 K.Mayuo,Western,gra J .8 AS 27 Lliai tiler & Alexander, Cheater co. gra i US J. Sternberg. Wostcrn, gra... 8 . (» B>4 ' HfiKulPdi Has ley, Pa, gra .-. »• • Cows and calvts met with a good demand, and , holders succeeded in realizing au advance, bat ‘pringers were steady. Sales of tho former at sj()@|7u, and the latter at s3s@s6o. Eocelpts, 150 head. Sheep met a lively inquiry, and under a light supply the advunce recorded last weelt was well maintained; sales of 3,000 head at 6@93uC. per pound gross. Receipts, 9,6oohead. > Hogswero not much sought after; sales at •$14(8515 76 per 100 pounds net—a decline. K - , celpts, -1,000 bead. FACTS Afli* FAJNCJIEBI. —The trains fell of disappointed ofllce-huutcrs . cow golDg out of Washington, ought to be called,, ] ex-curbing trains. —Press-cions Paragraphs.— , l. t Hod he have disclosed truthfully her cotthec-' ' tldn with tbe murder, tho probability Is that he would have placed his name in the Statement where her's occurs, and vico verso. ’'“A-” Andrew Johnson has been humbling himself 1 beforo the people of Knoxville. It were charity i 10 call his aliment phrenitic rather than vertebral. . —A chap out West challenges us tomako.' “three more pans’' on that cat .oroars, that waft’ > chopped ap in oar press a few montbaago.;, Wo, : , -never take a dare.” Does, tho Mubuque ..Daily; j Times know that wo have inscribed upon P9or Tthhy’s tomb the Latin /Tplfie hiiArV eras lihi"— Died by Hoe, my [eye! crashed‘Tlbby? Possibly he is not awaro that the Coroner’s in- ' quest brought in a verdict of Hoe- ■ inice-ido." Furthermore, would it have occurred to the Western mind. to call that cat's rcsurrpo lion a Hoc-risln?- (The horizon is a Western in stitnlion).. Immediately,. after ,the accident, tbo sausages in this market bad a peculiar hnut-gtul about them. Tbo wav that press tonkoff Pussy's ‘ flneeisand toes reminded us of the wizard Herr mann. It seemed as if our Hoe was jast tho Prefs-to-digltate-herU l 'Wa sboll not soon for get BUI Fcider’a touching remark, as he stroked , her blood-stained downy far, “It's wot downt” Send on them cigars, wIU yerf ih&W i-u-i;