Daily evening bulletin. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1856-1870, December 07, 1869, Image 4

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Intel wznsF .11112 1 0 SASE PIIESIDENT
The eloquence of fact' is more impressive
%bail the eloquence of style. PreSident Goant's
fast 'annual message is a capital one in point of
fact, but only a moderate one in point of style.
Under certain circumstances, we knew, long
lbefare Bulwer put it into a play, that the pen
was mightier than the sword. In General
'Grant's hand, the pen is strong; but it is not
as polished;as it would be in the hand of a
practised 'literary man,/or even air average
'newspaper correspondent, neither of whom
could wield the sword as Grant has done.
Reading the message with all the inaccuracies
.language, punctuation and paragraphing
`;'that the telegiaph imposes, much. allowance
oust be made for its style. There
were blunders in the telegraphic manuscript
much greater than the ~obvious ones that ap
peared in the hurriedly printed message that
appeared in yesterday's BuLLETIN. If the fad
; is borne in mind that there are neatly ten
thoit&mid words in the doctunent, and that
. from . the time the first word was received at
•\''. the Bur.f,wrixc office until the whole message
wasprinted and circulating in the street, less
than two hours had elapsed, it will seem re . -
ularkable that so few errors occurred. There
were errors of copying, of typography 'And of
• `"making up," which might have been corrected
if we had taken another
. half hour 'for pub
lishing the message. But by this delay, many
agents in the country,. who are supplied by
trains .that wait for nothing, would have lost .
their papers; and the town subscribers would
have complained, not unreasonably, of the late
dielivery,of theirs, on the very day, of all the
days in the year, when they were most - anxious
to receive them early. This much we are
btaind to say by way of apology for a good
~ • :*nany inaccuracies in yesterday's copy of the,
tessace, such as are unavoidable in the hurried
•
printing of every long document. Let it be
considered, that the ten thousand words of the
message were" telegraphed, copied, printed, cor
rected and put into circulation, in less than two
hours-,or about eighty words in a minute—and
• there need be 'no fastidiousness about their
.typog,raphicaraccuracy. • Still, we are bound to
admit that a little delay would have enabled us
to present the, document much more free than
it was from the faults that• are apt to strike the
bypercritical: , •
Leaving then all consideration of literary
elegance and technical accuracy out of the
question, we may .say distinctly and boldly
that the message is a most eicellent one. It
candid in its statement of our national affairs;
it ismot boastful of what has been done by the
present administration; it is generous, without
being cringing, to the Southern States lately
reconstructed; it is manly, without being
blustering, in its allusions to our foreign re
lations ; it recognizes, with a full sense of the
magnitude of the burden, the debt contracted
by the Government in preserving the Union ;
but it also recognizes the enormous and ever
plowing resources of the country, which make
the burden a light one to bear, It shows what
no other great government on earth can show,
viz.: that the revenue exceeds the expenditures
by from twelve to twenty per cent.; that each
year this excess grows with the growth'of the
-country's wealth and population, and-with the
diminution of debt that is caused by this
redundance. An average arithmetician, calCu
lating the future growth Of the nation, in peo
ple and in riches, and the reduction of its debt
vu the basis of one hundred millions in the first
'year since the war of an honest Republican
administration, could • form a pretty accurate
idea of the time when the debt would cease to
be worth considering. To pay one hundred
'Millions of debt in a year, as Grant's adminis
tration is doing, is a wonderful work. But
let it be borne in mind that this nation will
soon be able to pay two hundred millions in a
year, and that its riches, so long as peaCe con
tinues;grow faster, than its dept diminishes,
and the extinction of its once alarming debt
seems to be almost alarmingly imminent.
This article is not meant to be in any degree
critical analysis or abstract of President
Grant's message. The importance of the
document is such that every reader of this
paper Who feels any solicitude about the honor
of his country, or the policy of his government,
domestic or foreign, v. ill have already - read it.
An abstract or' an analysis is; more
over, not always fair, or truthfully
representative of its original. The message
tmderConsideration is the first from the pen
of the man whose sword was most conspicuous
in the victory over the ntellion, and it is en
titled.to be read hi full; without any gloss from
partisan Pers, friendly or hostile. EVery
reasonable and intelligent man can form his
own opinions concerning it, and without de
manding or expecting. that all readers shall
acree with us, we declare that it is a first-rate
message. " It gives sound, sober advice about
reconstruction ; about the resumption of.specie
payments; about the 'evolution in Cuba and
ber claim to our recognition of her rights as a
belligerent power; about our claims against
England for her wrongs done during the re
bellion ; about the protection due to our many
manufacturing interests, now so happily pros
perous under the existing tariff; about our re
lations with China and Japan; about the con
dition of immigrants from those countries;
about the Indians; about the Army and Navh
and about the Post Other: Department. All
these subjects and the recommendations 'con
cerning them will be discussed and acted
upon by Congress during the session, and each
one will be the subject of comment in these
colUmns, as citcumstances may give it a spe
cial interest. .At Prei*ntthere is no immediate
occasion for et:ins:Wring them. But it would
be wrong to conclude this commentary on Pre
sident Grant's first message to Congress with
out inviting a comparison between it 'and the
several messages of Andrew Johnson. There
is not a sentence in Grant's message thatsavors
of egotism. There .could not lie a. message
.more modcst,and at the same time moremanly.
',The insolent defiance with w hi c h A n d rew
,4„hibrisori addressed Congress'was called Inanli
`.,ness by some foolish people; but it disgusted
411 e judicious mid those .Who had a projAir
,spectd*Or the authority Of Congress and fOr the
ersonal dignity of the Executive... Grant is
'manly without being conceited, and his first
nemage, while it naturally receives the con
demnation of the vulgar who applaiuled
the message's of Allinson, is recognized by all
eitl*i'sas an adniirable State paper,
IRIGHWATIUfEti.
In the single ~ iasuel e f:the Bugatrirr, ye.l3
terday,Were reco'r'ded no less than tor daring
highway rObberies,tiome of. them perOtr4ted,
inbroad daylight and of them •,
populated parts of the was In
ditionte,all the other branches : Of • street rtts. 7
calitie* soh ria pocketrploking,';'hurglarlea,
shop-lifting and till -topping; , Such arePortfor
a single-dayln pliiladelphla• ;enough to Make.
people very careful hi protecting their: Own
property and persons, and to renew , and :
strengthen the eonv,iction in the popular mind'
that the frauds by which a Deinogratic
government was fastened, for a time, on Phila-'
delphia, are hearing their natural fruit in break
big down the restraints of laW,Und leaving the
community Verymuch at the mercy of its worst
classes.' From the moment that it was seen
that the policaforce of Philadelphia was being
disbanded to Make way for a mixed medley of
the rough, inexperienced, ignorant and often
vicious retainer/3 of Mr. nix, the sense
,of se
curity hegan to pass' away, while the danger
ous classes who need to be held in check and
crushed down by the strong arm, of the law
rejoiced at the coming amirelly and its Harvest
of plunder: and outrage and every license.
That this would he the result of Democratic
sway hrPhiladelphiawas plainly pressed upon
the people before the election " of 1868, by the
Republican press, and the majority of the peo
ple believed the warning, and did their duty at
the polls, in order to avert the evil of, Demo
cratic misrule. But their voice was "silenced
by the organized frauds of the Democratic
managers, and the streets of Philadelphia are
traversed to-day by prowling hi,gnwaymen who
first placed Mr. Fox in the Mayoralty, and then
forced their fellows upon his police force, and
are now enjoying the fruits of their political
services and labors.
Our criminal courts have come bravely to
the rescue, in this juncture, and the assassins,
highwaymen, and other outlaws whom they
have been able to, reach, are having dealt out
to them such a full measure of just severity,
that an important check is being placed by our
judges on the . commission of the —flagrant •
• crimes that have shocked and outraged the
people. There has evidently been a united
purpose reached by the several. judges of our
criminal courts to strain all legal pointS and
'all •judieiaL.prerogatives in the direction' of
suppressing ''and punishing 'crime. This is
manifested in the refusal to allow,prisoners to
slip through the hands Of justice upon merely
technical pleas; the stricter accountability to
which the officers of the la* are held ; the
firm tone of the charges and opinions of the
bench, and in the proper severity of the sen
tences inflicted upon offenders. .
All this is imposing a timely check upon the
spread of crime, but it is not enough by itself.
If we would root out the present state of
lawlessness in Philadelphia, we must go back
to the soiuce of it and begin the reform there.
There is no doubt that the evil-disposed classes
in this city felt that a great . pressure and
hindrance were taken off from them by, the
installation of a Democratic Mayor and police.
There is . certainly nothing about amiable Mr.
Fox, personally, to Incite assassination or
highway robbery, but it was everywhere felt
that his inauguration would be followed by
such a demoralization of the police force 'as
would offer greatly increased facilities and en
couragements to crime. - , •
We must abolish this whole state of affairs,
and the remedy is plainly before us in the cre
ation of a good - Metropolitan Police. New
York has had its tremendous mob element
held in check, and its peace wonderfully pre
served by its Republican Metropolitan Police,
for years past, and Philadelphia must have the
same protection. We do not hesitate to say
that the government.of Philadelphia ought to
be wholly Republican. It is only catering to
a false and dangerons sentimentality to
plate about "representing all parties" in
the important and prominent departments of
the city. Philadelphia is a Republican city,
and as such its Tecord is bright and ,clear and
glorious. The Democracy have once, at least,
proved their unfitness to control its affairs, but
that once was at the most fateful time of our
history. Could the Democracy have ruled
Philadelphia in 1861, or in the following years,
this city Would have been a second Bal
timore in the path of the Govern
ment, and the consequences of its
defection from the cause of the Union no
one can fully estimate. The individuals of the
Democracy who would not be ..partakers in
their party's sympathy with the Rebellion
nobly came out 'from their political associations
and cast ,in their lot wrth the, friends of the
Union, but the party, as such, was utterly false,
faithless and corrupt, and so unfit for the high
purposs of governing, or influencing the govern
ment of a great city like this. The Democracy
was put upon its trial then, and it was con
demned ; and there has neNer been any reason
why the sentence should be reversed. The
Republican party was tried, too; and it so bore
the burden and heat of the:great struggle for
the Union that it fairly won the right 'to rule
in this great citadel of the Union.
We have no fear of placing too much power
in the hands of the Republican party. It is a
party of peculiar elements, and like the • great
ocean, it has within it the power to purge
itself from whatever corruptions may be poured
into it. If its politicians become corrupt, or
even suspected of being so, it will cast them
out. If its public servants aspire to too much
power, it will put an iron control upon them.
If its offices are filled inefficiently or wrongly,
it will reform them by that pressure of public
opinion against which no politician or official
can hope to stand. We have no fear
of a Metropolitan police, established under
the carefully considered legislation of a Repub
lican Government. If a bad \Police Bill is
proposed, it will have to be amended. If bad
appointments' are made under it, they will
have to be changed. If philadelphia has a
police force in 'any respect inferior to the best
police in the United States, it will have to be
amended and improied until no such compari
son can be made. And all this will be done,
because the Republican sentiment of this com
munity is a great Higher Law in favor of peace,
eood order, and the fair fame of Phila
delphia.
TIRE SCHCEPPE CASE
While it is natural that the German . popula
tion of the country should feel a special interest
in the case of their countryman, Dr. Schoeppe,
now under sentence of death, there is a very
strong kindred sentiment felt and expressed: by
large numbers of the best andmost intelligent
Aniericans, and We are glad to learn that
proper movements are on foot to bring out the
•epression of this sentiment on their part:
Much of, the testhnony in favor of this tailor
:tu,itt4 0-,0101q,100 ,thiesq
whom he has uo of• nationality. The
e,videnee of 'pia highest American authorities in
medichre 'Slid chemistry has been 'freely given
his bebalf, .OMI ' of a
character •which cttnnot ,be set aside
with indifference 'or neglect. There
appears to be an almost unaniMais opinion,
not only here,' but in all' pqtivot the coun
try, that the conviction and sentence of Dr.
Schoeppe are not in accordance cilth tile, weight
of the evidence, and that the rnedital ' evidence
of 'the Commonwealth, without which there
can''be no pretence for conviction, is wholly
unreliable , and worthless on its:own face, and
as confronted by such a mass of scientific tes
timony as has been adduced since the trial.
Some of the, speeches made .'and articles
written in behalf . of Dr. Schoeppe have been
foolishly 111-tempered and unjust, and they are
strongly repudiated by sill intelligent advocates
of Executive interference in the case, both Ger
man and American. We are sure, however,much
as such intemperate folly is to be :deprecated,
that it willnot be permitted to prejudice Gov
ernor Geary against this victims of the blunders
of the, law and of the passions of a small
community influenced to madness against one
wherAthey :Vlqlt willing to hang whether his
guilt were proved or not. TII truth is that it
has never been . proved that Miss I Stinnecke
died otherwise than from natural .causes, and
upon this all-sufficient ground it, is that the ap
peals of all classes of the people, and from all
quarters of the country, are going up .to Gov
ernor Geary in his behalf.
THE POPE AND THE PRESS.
We learn that the Pope has forbidden the
entrance to.the Papal dominions of a corres
pondent of the ..London Times, who waS:com
missioned to furnish reports of the doings of
the (Ecumenical Cot - Weiland of events Inßome
dining the session. This is an exhibition of
illiberal and arbitrary power that is eminently
characteristic of the conservatism and bigotry
of the Roman Government, and it is consistent
with that hatred of innovation which excludes'
newspaper reporters from the Council. It
would be. very much better for the Catholic
Church if the Pope and his colleagues would
recOgnize the power of the free press and strive
rather to win its support, than •to excite its
abtagonism. The newspapers of the world are
stronger than the Pope and his hierrarchy—
stronger because they exert a more direct and
uninterrupted influence,' and because they
are liberal, progressive, and in perfect
accord with the most advanced:,
spirit of the times: We eadly fear that this
exhibition of tyrannical power is but an evi
dence of • a blind conservatism which will role
the Connell, and defeat the efforts of enlight
ened Catholics to place 'the Church in sympa
thy with the higher needs of the people. The
bigotry which Would persecute an unoffending
newspaper correspondent, is equal to' the task
of forcing upon the Church the perilous and
offensive theory of Papal infallibility : and other
dogmas which shock the intelligence and com
mon sense of Catholics who can and will think
for themselves. If this is the beginning, it is
easy to see what the end will be. If it is in
this spirit that the Council is to be conducted,
we may be assured that it will inflict Bericius
injury to the Church, and cause future genera
tions of her people to curse the day that it was
convoked.
The members of the Peace Society,who de
claim so earnestly against the infliction of capi
tal punishment in this State, • had better turn
their attention to Delaware. Their trouble
some humanity would find materiallbr its ex
ercise not only.in the cruelties of the pillory
and whipping-post, but in the undue severity
of the punishment of crimes of a graver kind
those that are • avenged with the lash,
Delaware . hangs men for several .offences
smaller than murder. Only last week two
negroos, who were , convicted of an attempt
to commit , -rape, were sentenced to
death, and unless the Peace Society, is un-.
usually active and successful, they will be hung
in ifebrnary.. We recommend the matter to
the attention of the humanitarians. It would
be much wiser to attempt reformation of nut
penal laws in that benighted kitate,where there
is little chance of escape from ferocious pun
ishmen , than to undertake the same task in
Pennsylvania, where humane laws are .too
often violated With impunity. Why cannot
Mr. Boyce—the eloquent Boyee—be sent as a
special missionary to convert Delaware ?
The friends of fair-dealing with the hard
working women in our 'public schools are
working actively to present to Councils a
strong expression of the public sentiment. hi
favor of the increase of salaries recommended
by the Board of Controllers. There is no; .ob
jection to the presentation of these petitions,
especially as they serve to
„shOw the lively in
terest taken by the people in this measure.
But we imagine that they are not needed to
influence the . action, of Councils.. There can
be no reasonable dpubt that the great majority
of both branches roof. Councils recognize the
justice of the action of the. Controllers, and
know that, in making this increase of salaries
to the women who reflect so much credit upon
our public school systetn, they are spending
money in a way most acceptable to their con
stituents.
The Associated Press deserves credit for its
enterprise in transmitting the President's Mes
sage, yesterday. Eight wires were used for
tile purpose, and, although the rain-storm was
most unfavorable for the working of the in-
Strumentsi the whole document, amounting to
nearly ten thousand words, was telegraphed,
written out and delivered to this office in an
hour and a half. This was excellent time, and
speaks well for the activity both of the agents
of the Associated Press and the operators of
the Telegraph. Company.
We reprint President Grant's message to
day, because it didnot appear in all our edi
tionS of yesterday.' In reprinting it, we have
taken occasion to correct the errors that airy
peared in yesterday'skapression.
DRARK &TIC.
MISS BATEMAN'S "MARY WARNER."
—At the Walnut Street Theatre, last night,
Miss Kate Batenian appeared in Mary Mime ) ,
—a drama of which the following is a brief
synopsis
• George Warner is, a '.workman; Mary is
his wife. They are accused of a theft under
ciremnstanceS that, would seem unmis
takably to point cut one or the other as guilty.
Eich is conscious of innocence, and fear 4 that
the other is guilty. The wife, in a sudden im
pulse, and with a desire to save her . htisband
froiri the consequences of a crime . she sup
poses he has committed, declares herself guilty
Of the, thett. yeaft? T. imptittomnhni;bi
the Consequence.' ..deorge Warner visits his
'wife at the prison, where their mutual a mts
understanding. causes antagonism and differ
imCes. The husband, amazed and horrified at
the, crime. he thinks his wife has committed,
is cold; the wife, • wortnded and itidlgnaut
the Want of feeling exhibited by the husband
for whom she has 'snared so muck, breaks
ou t: in angry demmeiation. - Out of this umtual
,
misunderstanding' arises arises the 'action of the
. When Marrs term of imprisonment is,
over else : reintties to return to her husband ;
Conceals herself from :him; ; flitifers the' ex
treuie of poverty; ,but in the end they are,
fortunately thrown together, When explana
tions ensue, and a happy restoration closes the
This play is not by any means a good one,
The plot is simple and without ingenuity. The ,
audience foresee every leading incident that
occurs, and the only mystery about the piece
is, that a half dozen human beings should
endure such awful misery for years without
ever speaking the natural word that would
make them all happy again. "Levitt's" theft
of the money is accomplished in a clearly im
possible manner ; 'his method of secreting it in
\Varner's room,likewise is unnatural, and both
are so' clumsy as to offend the common sense.
of the spectator. The interview between
"Mary" and her husband at the prison, is pa
thetic because the actress makes it so ; the
dramatist has contrived to make what might
have been the most powerful scene in the
play brief, undramatic and unsatisfactory.
The manner in whiCh "Mary" enters "Milly's' ,
room iu the lodging house, and discovers her
identity, also is very lame and awkward; and
the series of events which lead to her second
arrest for theft, are arranged in such a bung
ling way that any person in real life, unless an
absolute imbecile, could not be deceived by
them for a moment. The interview with the
child is a clear plagiarism from that episode in
Leah, in which Miss Bateman has won well
deserved fame. 4. better playwright would
rather have invented a new situation than
ave compelled the actress to repeat herself in
such a manner. But while the play is wholly
unworthy of the author's reputation or of the
great talents of Miss Bateman—for whom it
was written—it must be admitted that it con-
tains not only mime strong situations, which
atone to ordinary spectator for a want of
reason and coherence, Int it gives to Hiss
Bateman an opportunity to depict thatinteuse
emotion for which she Lai wonderful capa
city. This is a story .of . womanly sacri
fice and • suffering; from first to last
it is filled with deepest,darkest,most -unuttera
ble woe. The woman,in the faitlifulnesS of her
love for her husband„ bears for his sake,
shathe, and pain, and disgraco ; and to this is
added the anguish that must inevitably come
from belief that he for whoni , Ahe crucifies
herself does not appreciate her heroism and is
unworthy of it. It is the agony of love that
rinds itself true to an object that deserves
only contempt. With all its faults the draina
appeals to the sympathies, because every one
feels that its motive is natural; 'Ruch a fate as
that of "Mary Warnei" happily is not com
mon. But women have suffered as deeply ;
and dosufferdaily in the same fashion if not
with such fierce, ceaseless, unmitigated
misery.
' Of Miss Bateman's performance we cannot
speak too warmly. Like Jefferson, in Rip
Von Winkle, she triumphs in.; spite of her dra
matist's blunders andstupidities. She takes
the raw, bungled, half developed character,
and lifts it up to her higher level. She spirit
ualizes it, gives it individuality, force, natural
ness, beauty, humanity. Her sweet face, not
less than her bright intelligence, make. of
" Mary Warner" a gentle woman, who first
excites our' interest by her kindliness awl
sweetness, and then wins our generous sym
pathy by her patient magnanimity and her
indomitable courag.e. In the earlier scenes of
the drama she charmed with her ease and
grace; with • the delightful . absence
of artifice in her management of
a dialogue of common-places ; .in
the later passages she displayed a power of
pathos which was marvelous. It is really sur
prising how much she accomplishes with the
simplest materials. What other emotional
actresses do with rant and fury and violence,
she does beiterand more forcibly with the
tremulous tones of her voice, with her expres
sive face, with a movement of her hands.
This is the perfection of art: to express great.
est force with quietest action. It is nearest to
nature, because intense passion is not loudly
demonstrative ; it represses rather than stimu
lates. Bistori possessed this secret of expres
sion; Mr. Jefferson_knows- it-and uses it etlee ,
tively. Where there is violence we perceiVe .
the entire consequence of emotion; s f ve can
gauge its depth and calculate its force ; but
this method leaves much to the imagination,
and wo are appalled by an appearance of
passion which is immeasurable and inde
finable. If we should attempt to distinguish
any passages in Miss Bateman's personation
we should award warmest praise to thtiPri.son
scene, to the incident in which she gives her
ring to the poor friend who is in direst need,
and to the episode in which she Meets her
child. But her entire performance is so ad
mirable—it is upon aplane so much higher than
that to which we are accustomed,that it seems
almost unjust to eulogize any mere fragment
of it aboVe the rest.. We are only sorry that
Miss Bateman has not better stuff upon which
to work. This drama, if rewritten by a com
petent playwright who knows something of
stage business and understands the value of a
strong situation, might be made infinitely more
interesting, and the actress could win brighter
honors in it.
A great many ladies in the audience last
night were affected to tears ; and we are afraid
that more than one man whimpered during
the most affecting scenes. And this was a tri
bute of which the actress has a right to be
proud ; for the sentiment to which she gave
expression is ,not unreal, or false, or Silly, but
so full of tenderness and humanity that it
appealed to the heart and soul of .every one
who heard it. Miss r}ateman will repeat this
performance to-night and every evening this
week, and we recommend it cordially to our
readers, despite the weakness of the play. '
"THE OVERLAND nouTE."
—Last night, while Miss Bateman at the
Walnut was conquering a very wretched
drama by' Toni Taylor. Mrs. Prew, with her
excellent company, was playing a very enter
taining cornedr by the same author at the
Arch Street Theatre. The Osetland Route is an
improved version of a play entitled' The Over
load Mall; which was produced at the Hay
market in London, in February, 1860. Mr.
Chas. Mathews and Mr. Buckstone, the
,comedian and dramatist, were in the original
cast, and the piece, being performed well and
having hand Some scenery, was very suecess
ful. The general design of the plOt is original
and ingenions, A party of people are tbroWn
together upon a steamer, in the cabin and upon
the deck of which the slight movement of
the first two acts occurs. The N; ensol is
wrecked, and the passengers and crew are
cast upon an uninhabited island, where' the
event's. of the third and last act take place.
The desert island business is somewhat • Stale
upon the stage; since Foul,Play was drama..
t4cti ; but the object of the shipwreck is
novel and,adrnirablit. !Ma intention is Wills"
lkYi*mlib**6idividiiiiis, of widely differ
9at abaracters, 111..4. , wearing tint diggriise
*wig& la the restilt;of baistoupw n• an I+,lllllollbl
state of socleV ; after, wards,;expos,cd to sticli
danger and trottlikkand terrible necesal,ty, that
the true charade:igloo of each developed;
the timid becoming brave` and'sclf-rellant,
lauguisldtig 'maiden becotning the heroic
woman, the braggart proving himself a
coward, the-rough seaman showing the kindly
qualities of a true gentleman. It , isr drama
of life and manners rather than of expitiug In
cident. The personages of the play are
naturally and skilfully drawn, and the dia
logue in which they carry forward the story
is easy,• pleasant, and sometirmits very witty.'
Two or three of the episodes, aro, unusually
'clever, and afford material for hearty mirth:
The best•of these is the picture of the MiSery
endured by an old gentleman of foppish tastes;
Who loses his false teeth at -the
time of the shipwreck, 'and from
being unpleasantly garrulous, Suddenly
becomes comfortably ' taciturn. Thhie IS a
pleasant little loVe-story running through the
drama; there is a dastardly villain who comes
to grief in a, most - satisfactory manner;
there Ma lovely heroine who accomplishes ap
parently impossible things with the easy grace
of one who is accustomed to` surmount apall
lug obstacles, and there are two or three
_.comic people who Supply . plenty: 01 . - ;good
honest fan. Altogether the comedy- is ex
tremely clever and interesting: Without
having any great depth, it depicts character
truthfully and, forcibly, and it compensates
for its want of incident by its wit
and humor, and by the novelty of
its situations. Mrs. - Drew's company played -
it delightfully. The scenic efleets are
very fine. The first scene, in the cabin of the
vessel, is one of the most careful of the kind
that we have ever witnessed ; the second,
representing the deck of a ship, is even bet
ter. The manner in which the vessel was
made to careen when it struck the rock was
so ingenious that the audience applauded it
until Mrs. Drew, unable to repeat the scene,
was compelled to come before the curtain
with her company. The view upon the desert
island, with the wreck lying in the distance,
'vas also artistic and complete. The comedy
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SEC()VPIEDITION
THE 010-140W8
Execution if John Field's at %Tit
..liantsport.
•
ACCOUNT or NIS CRIME AND
• TRIM,
The Liist Flceurs of the Con-
denined.
STATRAIENT PROM HIS SPIRITUAL
ADVISER.
faiecial Despatch to the Phila. Evening WlllOlll.l
WILLIAMSPORT., Pa., bee. Was the
(lay appointed for the executioniin the jail yard
in this city, ofJohn Fields, who was convicted
at the August term of the Court of Oyer
and Terminer, for Lycoming county, of the
murder Of George Mathews, his brother-in-
TUE 3111RD1Itk,li
John Fields was born in London, England,
February 29, 1821; he is cons&pently nearly
forty-nine years, old. He was married in
Bristol, England, on Christmas day of 1851,
to Elizabeth Mathews, the sister of the mur
dered man. In April, 1852, he emigrated td,
this country, leavingt his wife in England.
Having been a coal-miner in the old country,
be obtained work in the mines of Schuyl
kill and Lehigh counties. In April,
1853, he sent for his family, who came over
and joined him at Itauch's Gap, in Dauphin
county, where he was then residing. In No
vember, 1857, he removed to Lycoming coun
ty and took up his residence in Cascade town
ship, on a piece of poor land, where- he built
a little shanty and has. liyed ever since. He
has always 'been a man of violent - passion,
surrendering himself frequently to ungovern
able fits of temper, in Which he would abuse
-his. wife and children in a shocking manner.
.His principal employment since be has resided
in this county has been cutting and hauling
timber. He was proverbially a hard man on
his team, line it is said he killed a yoke
of oxen every winter by beating, starving and
otherwise abusing them. He has'always been
a terror to the neighborhood; all respectable
residents being afraid of him; He is con
nected through his father with a most respect
able family in England, but ban always been
a trouble to them, and brought down Ins
father's - grey hairs in sorrew to the grave by
his bad conduct. His wife . is still :living In
tins country, with seven children, four girls
and three boys. The oldest is a girl of about
sixteen.
THE VICTIM
George Mathews, the murdered man, was
the brother of Fields's wife, . and a hard
working, deserving man, living about two
miles from where Fields lived. He was born
in Somerset county, England, in lKi3, and was
consequently li6 years old at the time of hii
murder, at which time Lis family consisted of
a wife and three children, who now reside at
Bodinevilh4, about twenty miles'aboce Wil
liamsport, on the N. C. R. W. Mathews was
generally esteemed by all who knew him, and
his brutal untrder caused a general feeling of
indignation and regret in the neighborhood
where be lived.
THE 4:II:CUMSTANCEK LEADING TO THE CHINE
During the Spring of 18W9 Fields and Ma
thews bad been engaged in getting out eross 7
ties for the N. C. It. W. Co. Mathews tut
the tics in the woods. and Fields haujed them
to the railroad. After the work Was done
-Mathews (the murdered many received from
the Company the pay for the job. Fields sent
his wife over to Mathews 's house for hisshare
of the pay. On her return with part ,of the
.money, Fields was diksatisfied, and sent' her
over again for a furthersettlement. Mathews
sent word that he would come over and see
Fields about it. lie came over; and during
his visit he received his deatb•biow. '
The following extract from the' testimony
of Alfred Bateman, the nearest neighbor of
the Murderer, gives as correct an account of
• the crime a, can be obtained. The deed was
committed with a heaVy double-bitted axe.
I reside in Cascade township ; I know
Fields; he lives a short distance above me;
1 know George Mathews. On the 18th of May
lUM planting corn-In sight of - Fielthes house;
I heard a dreadful shouting bar me to go up
there, but didn't take any notice of it for
some time;
the shouting was at Mr. Fields's I
house I heard. Mrs. Fiehls shout feta me to
come over for God's sake, for John has killed
iny brother ; 1 wetit up right away to the
prisoner's house ; when I got there I saw
George Mathews lying covered with blood,
and his hands tip to his lace ; I . said to Fields
"0! John, what in the world did you 1
that for John said I must shut np — or - he
would serve me the same; when 1 came up
Mathews was lying on his face between the
well.box and the house, with his feet towards
the back door and Lis head towards the well
box; he was lying on his face with one hand
over the cut in his head; John Fields was
just inside the back door,' cutting potatoes;
:Fields was sitting within a short distance of
Mathews's feet; he hada knife in his hand,
found a large cut in the side of Mr.
Mathews'slicad ; his face was all over covered
with blood ; I picked him up and carried
him to a large "log some distance from the
back door, where I laid bim down; after I got
Lim there..l called for Mary Ann to get same
cloths to wash .and tie up his head; by Miry
Ann I mean John Fields's daughter; she was
just over the fence in the potato field planting
potatoes; she was about twentvyards away;
Fields was standing just outside the door at
that time; be heard me when I called Mary
Ann ; he said if the girls stopped their work
he would cut their bloody heads off;
some of the other children were with
her planting potatoes; during all this time
John Fields offered me no assistance in
dressing the wounds ; I didn't get any cloth at
all ; he told me to "to' take the bloody
out of that;' I had been there about a half an
hour up to that time ; during all this time
John Fields was cutting potatoes; Fields was
about twelve or fifteen feet from Mathews
then; Mathews was the ouly person there that
was hurt ;my wife was there when Fields
said " take the bloody out of that ;" I did
not have hold of MatheWs when Fields said
that, but stood close by him ; he look - ed up into
my face and said: " 0! Alf.,take me away. out
of this ;"this was after Fields had sooken ;then
I carried him to the bars, a short distance, say
twelve or fourteen yards froth the house:
Question-;-What did Mathews say ? Ob•
jected to by counsel for defence. Objection
not sustained. .•
Answer—Mathews saki "I shall die! Oh,
my pooe wife and• children!" I did not ex
auntie the wound closely: I should think it
was about live inches leng ; 1 could not tell
the, size of it on account of the long hair and : ,
blood around it ; I examined the wound satii
ciently to know that it,Was made . by, a sharp
instrument; after I got to the bars • Fields
.saw his wife coming up the road ; she spoke
to me first; she said "0 ! is he dead?"
I said not quite; Fields said to his wife,
"Come in, you bloody ----, and tell me,
what George Mathews said, or I'll chop your
bloody head off!" She did 'not go in, but came
up to the lairs and said,,"he said lie would
give
you 1.4! cents for No. 2's and 15 cents
apiece for No. l's forhanling, and that Fields .
was to have half the 'cord wood for hauling;"
this was areport of, ':What Mathews had said
to Mrs. Fields; nothing more was then said,
t Mathews into a wagon and took
kilo W his own house,
COUNTY.
AN yTTEIittrTED , CAP,UNE74- 4 ' v fOr. -MURDERER
WOUNDS TRH CO.NSTADT.E /0.14 IN
TWO ELACES, TREK SERUMS- .• -
On the day afte • tinter, Charles Gray qeDsDlUS; ifeCCOU 1'1)10 klautitier ]iodine,
a Justice Of 'the, ' Ce,:" and; Dr. Id. Lyon,
went'trut - for 'the p rpose of attending .thc,
wounded Man and taking his statement, and,
if possible,': to capture the • murderer. They
went first, 'to' the - residence ofMathoWs_,
where Dr. Lyon dressed' the "wound' which.
was, on the' left side of ' the head, cpm-
Mencing 2i inches above the eye, run
ning baek a distance of inches, and
Inches'deep. The skull' was fraetured,
and the man evidently in a dying - conditiOth
After dresSing the wound tbe party proceeded
to Fields's house. On their ^ arrival there'
the constable was' a little ahead and en
tered the house stepped up to Fields, who
was sitting in the kitchen, and tapping him
on the sboulder,said--"You are my prisoner."
FFa instantlyhrome and seizing an axe, which
was conveniently ,near, he struck the con
stable a blow on the, head with its edge. The
officer turned and staggered to the door, when
_Fields struck him again with the axe, this
time cutting him in the back,and splintering
the point of his shoulder-blade. The only re-
Velver hi the party was in the possession of
the constable, who had put it in his
breast pocket, from whence it, had
worked down into the lining of his coat and
be was unable to get it out. When he stag
gered out of the door, Dr. Lyon, who was in•
the yard with Justice •Bodine, shouted to
Gray, " Why don't you shoot him?" Fields
hearing this turned upon the doctor with the
axe rained. Justice Bodine .at that moment
threw a large stone and struck the desperate
,man in the ribs, checking him fora moment.
The doctor and the justice then retreated
around the barn and gained the road. The
wounded constable had succeeded in crawling
through the fence and was taken up and car
ried Witty his friends. The murderer took to
the woods that night,
THE ARREST
For two weekS the whereabouts of the mur
derer was unknown. It has sincetrauspired
that he was in hiding at the residence of a
man living in Union town Ship, 'Dogs county.
On the night of the 30th of May Fields re
turned to his own house, which was imme
diately surrounded by a strong force of the
neighhors i who took him prisoner.and brought
him to Williamsport, to the county jail.
TILE TRIAL AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
On Tuesday, August 2/Ith, the prisoner wag
arraigned for trial. The indictment was read
to him,and he plead not guilty." As he was
not provided with counsel, the Court assigned
for his defence Hon. Win. H. Armstrong, the
member of Congress for this district, and Gen.
Robert Fleming, two of the most distinguished
members of the 'Williamsport bar. All through
the trial these gentlemen labored hard and
faithfully on the prisoner's behalf, bringing to
' his aid all the skill and experience which long
and extensive practice could give. No stone
was left unturned to secure the prisoner every
advantage allowed him by the law, hut
the evidence against him was so over
powering as to preclude any other result than a
conviction. The trial continued for one
week. .On Tuesday, August 31st, the jury
brought in a verdict of guilty of murder in
the first degree.' On the morning of Friday,
the second day of the trial, the jailor pro
ceeded to the cell of the prisoner to give him
his breakfast, when he found hith lying on the
floor in, a fainting condition , weltering in
blood. During the , night he had drawn out
one of the hooks with which the gas pipe was
fastened to the wall of the cell, and with it
succeeded in opening a vein in his arm, and
when discovered he had almost bled to death.
This wound was dressed and this first attempt
at suicide frustrated.
ATTEMPTED ESCAPE, ETC.
On the following Monday, at the adjourn
ment of court for dinner, as the prisoner was
taken out of the Court-house, 'he broke loose
from the officers anti started to run dowh the
street, hoping probably to reach the riser and
swim to the opposite shore. John Platt, Esci.,
the Sheriff of the 'county, fired at him with his
pistol, but owing to the crowd and excite
ment, he only succeeded in making a
flesh-wound fin his own arm. The prisoner
was soon .knocked down and secured, and
taken back to the prison, followed by an
angry crowd; cursing and shouting with rage.
On the same night he Made another attempt
at suicide by choking himself with his towel.
in his tell. This also failed. On Saturday,
the 4th of September. the sentence of death
was pronounced by Hon. James Gamble,
President Judge. "hiring the whole trial the
efforts of the counsel for defence were directed
chiefly towards reducing the grade of
the crime from the first to the
second degree. The' theory of insanity,
the result of a sunstroke received some time
"before, was also started but could not he
maintained. On Saturday, November 6th,
Governor Geary signed the death warrant,
appointing Tuesday, December 7th, for the
execution. On Monday, November Bth, the
warrant was read to the prisoner by Sheriff
I'iatt, in the prei , e.nee of several gentlemen,
including some members of the press. Fields
did - not seem at all atiecten by it and preserved
the samecareleiks, stolid demeanor which had
characterized him during the trial. •
FIELDS'S BEHAVIOR IN PRISON
Eter since the trial, Fields has been faith
fully attended at the prison by' Rev. Dr. Pad,
the Rector of Christ Church, Williamsport,
who has spent a portion of every day in the
religious.teaching and advising of the prisoner.
His behavior, since the close of his trial, has
been ver,y good, and has given his jailors no
trouble. He says that he was corn - kV:Abe,
cause he was an Englishman, and the preju
dice of the people was against him becattse of
the " Alabama Claims.' On Friday last his
photograph was taken in the prison for his
wife- and children. On that occasion he ex
changed several jocular remarks with the visi
tors, and seemed perfectly unmoved by the
terrible position in which he stood. .
THE MURDERER'S LAST ND:HT ON'EARTH
The condemned man was very quiet and
composed all day yesterday. He passed a
good deal V, his._ time. in reading his Bible,
and refused to converse freely with visitors.
Rev. Dr. Paret was with him until the even
ing. After 'that be was alone in his cell all
night. The jailer says that he slept during the
early part of the night, but he woke about
eleven o'clock and commenced
_praying,
which he continued until morning. Dr. Paret
was again with him' at an early honr.
Fields Says that he feels "first-rate" this
morning.
The gallows has been constructed on the
most approved plan in the jail yard immedt
atelv behind the building. It consists of two
upright posts and a cross-beam at the top.
The platfOrm is about ten feet square and ten
to twelve feet high. '
A WEPORT FROM FIELDS' SPIEITIYAL AD-
10 A. M.—The following interesting state
ment, from Rey. Mr. Paret, has just been fur
nished to your correspondent for publication :
REcronv OF CHRIST CITURCII, WILLIAMS
PORT, Dec. 7,1869.—1 n answer to your request
for information concerning John 'Fields, t am
at liberty to give but few words. I have good
reason to believe that he has given me his en
tire confidence. He has made no special con
fession, but at all times has freely acknow
ledged the killing of Mathews; pleading
only that it was done in the
sudden; rage of a furious anger, and without
deliberate intention. He has seemed fully to
realize the greatness of his crime in the sight
of cod; has given himself since his trial al
most entirely to prayer and prayerful thought,
and has seemed to - be deeply and earnestly
penitent, but withal very quietly and humbly
so. His own request limits me to this brief
statement ,
t:Signed I PARET.
TnE EXECUTION
At 12.30 the jail doors were opened and the
reporters, jury and deputies were admitted.
Rey. Dr. Wm. Paret
,and Rev. Charles T.
Steck were in the cell" with the prisoner,
reading the , Psalms and Litany from the
Episcopal service.
• At 12.65 the Sheriff entered the cell and fast
ened the prisoner's hands behind him.
The procession was then formed. First came
the clergy, reading psalms and portions of the
burial services; then the prisoner, between
two Deputy Sheritil4_; Sheriff, Col. F. E. Em
biek; Chief of Police Coder ; the jury, re
porters and deputies.
At the smiliold Fields looked pale and agi
tated; and Dr—Paret read the .0e Profuncil4
and the prayer for souls at the point of de
partare. At I.oBl , the drop fell and Fields died
immediately without a struggle.
' The body as cut down at 1..10.' The face
was slightly vid, and the tongue protruded
and blood issif- , front the mouth. The neck
was broken. Th prisoner said nothing on the
scaffold, .
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The rifteenth Amendment
Senator Morton. , Confident of Ito Adoption
Before the Adjournment of Congress.
/07 the Anisette
Nnon, Dec. 7, 11 A. M.---.Consols for
money, 921, and for aceount, 1!2#x021, U. kJ.
Five-twenties of 106,'8.51; of 180, 01d,,841.; of
1807, 801• ; Ten-forties, 81•3; American stocks
steady ; Erie Railroad," 201; Illinois Central,
1001 Great Western, 201. . •
LivanrooL, Dec. 7, 11 A. M.—Cotton dull;
Middling Uplands; 111; Middling Orleans,
12d. The sales to-day are_ estimated at 9,000
Lorinox ' , Dec. 7,11. A. 11L—Linseed cakes,
£lO. 178. Calcutta Linseed, L9s.
QuarwivrowN, Dec., 7.—Arrtved, steamers
City of Washington an. 'tarifa, from Now
York.
LONDONDERRY, Dec. 7.—Arriv s ed, steamer
Peruvian, from Portland.
PAnni, Dee. 7.—The Bourse opened firm..
Bellies, 725. ti7e.
ANTWERP, Dec, 7.--Petroleum opened firm
at 01 f. I;21e.
HAvUE, Dee. 7.—Cotton opened firm on the
Hpot awl afloat, at 1:321 tor afloat. ,
Dee; 7.-Petroleum. opened firm,
yesterday, at 7 thalers,.and closed firm but
quiet.
HAMBURG, Dec. 7.—Petroleum opened firm',
yesterday, at 35 marrAancos 1; schillings, and
closed MTh.
' LoNnoN, Dec. 7, 1 P. M.—American secu
rities (inlet and stead3i. U. t 5. Five-twenties of
1862, 80; of 1808 86.. Ten-forties, 81.
Livniirom., Dec. 7, 1 P. M.—Cotton dull;
Middling Uplands, 112 d.; Middling OrleanS,
11E. The sales will not exceed 8,000 bales.
Yarns and fabrics at Manchester are dull.
Oats, 2s. lid. Peas ' 3%. California Wheat,
As. 100. Red Western Wheat, Bs. 6d. Red
Winter Wheat, is. The receipts of wheat for
the past three days were 17,500 quarters, of
which 11,000 were American.
Affairs in St. Lintis.
[By Hasson's News Agency.]
ST. Louis, Mo., 7.—Fraucis Minor;
husband of Mrs. Minor, Dec.,f
Wornan's Right no
toriety, has applied to the Supervisor of Regis
tration here, stating that his wife and seine
other women will endeavor to be regarded as
voters at the coming election. ' -
A Company has been organized here for the
purpose of running coupes throughout the
city on the same plan as in New York. The
amount of stock subscribed is $lOO,OOO. The
rates will be less than half those by hacks.
The, County Court yesterday appointed,
;fudge D. S. Dryden counsel to collect the
school claims in litigation.
The Court has also ordered 55,000 in bonds
to be issued in favor of the Bank of Commerce
at New York, a. 5 security for a suit brought by.
.certain bondholders in the But for nou-Pay
ment by the county of gold-bearing bonds in
coin..
An immense gang of burglars has just baen
discovered and broken"uplere.
The Fifteenth Aniendmentr4 'Flank
Movement.
[By Ilneenn's Nowa Agency.]
IND/AN/wards, Ind., Dec. 7.—Senator Mor
ton writes to his friends in' this city, from
Washington,' that he is confident that the
Fifteenth Amendment will bet.iome a part of
the Constitution tefore Congress adjourns.
Mr. R. J. Bright, of the Indianapolis Senti
lid, and the representative of the Pendleton
interests in Indiana •who was . defeated as a
delegate to the State Convention by the Hen
dricks men, has been appointed a delegate,
from Jefferson county, thus flanking the Hen
dricks men.
The New York Press on theltiesstore.
.:En YOna - , December 7,- 1869.—The
herald, in its frailer upon the Presi
dent's message, says it . is that of an
honest, clear-headed, practical man. He siin
ply looks to the execution of the Laws. His
plea for funding of the debt and a gradual re
turn to specie payment, will command the ap
probation of the country. It eentsiders the
message non-committal in relation to Cuban
affairs. and styles the message a good blviness
dOcument. •
• The Times says the is one of good
views throughou,
The Worl says that the message iS the
weakest message ever sent to Congress by an
American 'President. It Considers that the
message settles the Cuban insurrection against
the Patriots, and in financial affairs is too
Quixotic and chimerical for serious cort,sidera-
The Tribune regards the message as one of
the wiseSt and most judicious ever transmit
ted to Congress, and predicts its hearty ap
proval by the American people.
Mnnlelpnl Elections.
BOSTON, Dec. 7.—Mr. Harding was elected
Mayor of Cambridge yesterday, by 377 plu
rality over Mr. Welsh . . At Chelsea Mayor
Forsythe was re-elected.
At Lawrence, Mr: Melvin, Democrat, was
elected Mayor. The City Council is about
equally divided.
At IlaYerbill, H. R. Whiner, Republican,
was elected Mayor by a large Majority.
Indian Troubles—Fatal Accident.
[ By Ha rson 's News A gencY. I
03IAH:.A, Dec. 7.—A letter from Cheyenne to
the Herald says: The _lndians continue making
depredations at various points in Wyoming.
A general :war it feared. A militia bill is now
hetore the Legislature.
Lewis Smith, a carpenter, in the employ of
the Union Pacific Railroad at Sherman, died
on Sunday night, having been crushed the
day previous between two cars.
Massachusetts Items.
BOSTON, Dec. 7.—The preliminary exami,
nation of Frank E. Bowers and Jas. E. Rick
ers, arrested for the murder and 'robbery of
Nathaniel Lord, in Peabody, resulted in fully
committing them for. trial.
The Congregational ChUrch, on Winthrop
street, Charlestown, was tired by an incendi=ary last night, and damaged to the extent of
A young man. giving his address as John B.
Bennett,of Long Branch, Monmouth county,
New Jersey, was arrested last night on the
charge of being a hotel-room robber and iontry
thief. While in the lock-up lie Wade an un
succussful attempt at suicide by hanging.
Fire—The Weather—Seizure of 'a
Brewery.
PROVIDENCE, Dec. 7.—The residence of
Aloin Jenckes, on Broad street, at Central
Falls, was destroyek.this morning, at three
"'clock. The family narrowly escaped.
A driving snow storm prevailed here last
night, and there is sleighing to-day. The
weather is clear and moderate.
John Blight's Narragansett brewery; in this
city, was seized . 7esterday by General Ames,
for alleged violation of revenue laws.
The Cotton Estimates.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Misconceptions of
the estimates of the cotton crop published by
the Department of Agriculture have been
current in comme•cial circles. The highest
estimate has been 2p0,00.0 bales, and the
figures in the Commissioner's report to the
President are 2,700,000 bales.
The NRew York Canalpi.
ALBANY, Dec. 7.--:-The canals are practi
cally closed for the season. 'About 115 boats
are frozen in between West 'Xroyaud Speak
er's Basin, one-half of which are loaded with
grain, consisting of *heat, oats and barley.
The balaiace were being loaded with hiluber.
titeambont Ditiaster. '
SIMES'EPOIit, La:, Dec. 7.-The Red „River
packet-steainer Richmond. struck a sawyer, 12
miles below here, on the 2d inst., and sunk.
The boat is a total loss. She wa,s one of the
best boats in the Red River, trade. ' A small
part of her freight was saved by a passing
steamer. No lives were lost.
Te.itis Election.
NEW ORLEAltiti, Dec. ,7.—Meagre returns
from Eastern Texas, indicate a majority for
Hamilton for Governor.
Suicide.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 7.—Cbarles Wigfbast,
enrpet weaver, at 122 Low street, committed
suicide last evening, by severing arteries in
both arms with'a small pocket-km fe. Be died
in a few minutes.
Tiljßl)'
FROM WASHINGTON
Reconstructiori Of Georgia
The Effects of 10, ktorton'a Bill
,
The Senate standing ommittees
, to -Day's Proceedings In Congress
filenotiOr Mortion's fileorgift Mil.
_
ft3peolot Ansi
boopotch to tho . Xvoning Bonotio.l
WAstirWirox, Dee. 7.-The bill in relation
'to Georgia, introdUced by Senator Morton
yesterday, meets with the approval of nearly
all Georgia Republicans in this city, as
wen as .other Southern politician.. It
has been deemed best, however, to
add ',several important sections- •to the
measure to render it more effective.
A number of Georgia politicians held a meet
ing last night for the purpose of eliciting an
opinion regarding . Mr. Morton's bill. I,%fr.
Morton was present by invitation, and ex
plained fully his ideas in regard
to working his bill should it become a law.
After an interchange olopinion it wasagreed'
to amend the bill by providing that afterthe
Legislature ratifies the Fifteenth Amendment,
thq Governor is authorized to organize the
militia of the State, and during such organi
zation,' the President be required to furnish
enough United States troops to preserve
peaee in the State. The bill also invalidates
all the acts of the old Legislature of a political
character. As this bill is satisfactory to the
Southern Republicans, and likewise meets
with the President's approval, an effort will
be made to press the bill through both branches
of Congress at an early day. •
The Senate Standing Ceinmittees.
[Special Deftpritch to the Phila. Evening Bulletin
WAstrixcroN, Dee. 7.—At a caucus of Re
publican Senators, after the adjournment of
the Senate yesterday, Senators "Wilson, Trum
bull, Ramsey, Stewart and Kellogg were ap
pointed a committee to make changes
in the standing committees rendered ne
cessary by the resignation of Grimes and the
death of Fe.ssenden. The committee have
completed the duty assigned them and will
report at the caucus this afternoon.
Carl Sehurz takes Fessenden's place on the
Committee on Foreign Relations; Cragin suc
ceeds Grimes as Chairman of the Naval Coin
xi:ate° ; Poole, of. North Carolina, goes upon
the Appropriation Committee in place of Mr.
Grimes; Mr. Oshotne is added to the Naval
Committee, and Ferry, of Connecticut, is =tie
Chairman of the Committee of Auditin , " e , Ac
counts in place of Mr: Cragin. • .
. Forty-first Congress—Second Session.
WAsniNorox, Dec. 7.
. SulkrATE.--,Mr. Morton introduced a resole
lion declaring the State of Virinia restored
to her normal relations to the Inited States
Union and entitled to repmsentation in Con
gress.
Mr. Sumner 'Mass.) introduced a bill to
amend the banking act and to promote the re;
turn to specie payments. It repeals theli mi
tation of the amount of national bank notes,
and permits the Secretary of the Treasury to
issne.additional notes, equal in amount to the
greenbacks retired, but not to exceed fifty
millions yearly.
Mr. Trumbull (III) introduced a bill making
it a misdemeanor for any member of Congress
to recommend any person for office. ) unless re
quested by the President, or a head of depart
ment, and supported it at length. •
HousE,lmmediately after the' reading of
the journal, on motion of Mr. Schenck; the
Douse resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union, Mr. Ferry
in the chair, for the purpose of distributing
the President's Message, among the several
committees. The usual resolutions making the
distribution were then offered by Mr. Schenck.
The resolutions haring- been. read, Mr.
Schenck said that if any member desired to
discuss them he would yield the floor for that
purpose," but he would prefer to have all the
resolutions reported to the House and agreed
to without any special debate at this time. •
Mr. Cox inquired whether, in those resolu
tions. the Committee of Ways, and Means was
to take charge of the matters aninected with
the resumption of specie payments, referred
to in the message, or whether the Committee
on Banking and Currency was to take charge
of it. •
Mr. Schenck replied that there was no spe
cial reference made to that subject in the reso
lutions. It seems to occupy a sort of de
batable ground between the two committees.
Legislation in relation to the public credit,
to the bonds, to the securities, might or might
not involve along with it, but probably would;
some reference to the means by which specie
payMents might be approached. He had sup
posed that without entering on a debate on
the debatable . ground of, that kind, it
would be better to leave the two
committees to endeavor by communicating
with, each other, to dispose of that subject'
with some dearee of unanimity of action be
tween themselVes. It might be that the House
might think proper to raise another com
mittee on the subject, but lie hoped that that
Would not be-considered - necessary. The su-b
-ject connecteditsellwith the operation of the
businetts and the duties of both committees.
The Paraguayan Investig
]Special Deepatch to the Philads. Evening Bulletin.]
W:ASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—The statement that
the Rouse Committee on Foreign Affairs will
inake an early report on the Paraguay investi
gation is ascertained -to be incorrect. The
t'ommittee do not expect to' complete their
labors for at least two months to come, and
are now waiting testimony from England,
bearing upon the case.
firtspendetl Publication.
(by Hasson'ff New AgeneY•) •
NEM.' YORK; Dec. 7.---The Evening Republic, a
paper started a short time ago, after sustain=
ing a.brief existence, has suspended.
Election in Springfield, Maws.
SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 7.—Win. L. Smith, De ,
m
ocratic and Workingmen's candidate, was
elected Mayor; yesterday, by 242 majority.
The Republicans have a majority in each
branch of City Councils, and elected their
City Clerk and Treasurer.
From Washinalon.
WASHLNGTON, Dec. i.—This morning Sena
tors... Johnson and Lewis, ,together with the
members elect of the House of Representa
tives now in Washington, and several mem
bers of both branches of the Virginia Legisla
ture Conservative and Radical, called upon
the President to pay their respects and thank
him for the recommendation in his message
concerning that Commonwealth. The Sena
tors made brief addresses to this effect, aLso
expressing the hope that the people of Vir
ginia would in the future, as now, have his
support and approbation. The President
returned thanks for the -compliment,
and ' trusted the conduct of the
State would fully justify ' him
in his recommendation for her restora
tion to all the rights and privileges conferred
on members of the Union. After the presem
ration of the delegation to the President they
requested that Judge Alexander EiveS be
appointed District 'Judge under the new
law for the • • Fourth District. The
President replied that Judge HiVes was too
old, Nadel' remark Senator Lewis said Mr.
'Hive's was (Li years of"ago, but was in good
7healtb, bodily and mentally,and in all respects
qualified for the office. The delegation then
i re w.
. The Eeconsitructien Committee of the Sen
ate has arranged a meeting for Thursday next
to consider the question of the admission of
Virginia. -
The Cenunitteeon , Elections has appointed
a sub-committee to examine and repott on
the testimony in the Lonisiiina contested elec
tion eases.
A large number of visitors was at the Ex
ecutive Mu itsiow,this morning, the majority
of them being tieuators and Representatives,
nearly all of whom had interviews with Presi
dent Grant. and toogratulationt to him con
cerning the message were freely expressed.
Among anise who were with the president
were Semitors , Merton, ,Cole, Thayer, .Nye,
Corbett; Representatives Logan, Lynch,
Lawrence, ..3petiker Blaine, and many others.
Cov. Bullock, of. Coogia, also had a short
colectnati VII with the l'reAdeot.
21Ei O'(hooA
New York Stock Market.
- I Correspondence of the Associated Press.]
Saw Voris. December 7.--Stocks unsettled. Money 6.17
per cent. Cold, .173.1; ; United States 5-814, 18=,
coupon:115: United States 5•20e,1864, do.. 112%; do. do.
1e65, do.. 1123 i : do. 1865, new,llS.4; d0.1867,115',1; do. ISO,
115! 4 ; 10-401, 1087:1: Virginia 6%, new, L 334; Alissouri Cs,
Si: Canton Company, : Cumberland Praferred,
25%; Consolidated New York Central and Moths - t River.
90.` ; Erie,27; Reading, 1 1 83 i: Adams Express, 513 a" • such.
Ceidral, Michigan Southern. 8.53 i; Illinois ' Cent'',
134!.,,; Cleveland and Pittsburgh, Chicago and Rock
island.l and Fort Wayne, IS6%:WeBteni
Union Telegraph.34l4.
!Markets by Tellegriapts.
(Special Despatch to the Philada. Evening Bulletin.)
NEW Yong, Dec. 7,122,1 P. .111.—Cotton,—Ths marKet
this morning was quiet and liftWly: Sales of about 300
bales. We quote as follows: Middling Uplands, PI).;
cents Middling Orleans, 25,4 cents..
Flonr, etc.—The market for Western and
State Flour is Witlitillt. .411 , 'Cial Chant( and
trade dull. Receipts,ls,4l3lbarrels. The sales art 4,000
barrels, at It er,asos for Superfine State' $5 40a$5 80
for Extra State ; FJ3 8180 30 for Fancy :Rate ; $3
SZ, 45 for the low grades of Western Extra ; 4535 75
tor good to choice Spring' Wheat Extras ; $3 5015 ast
for Minnesota ana lowa Extras ; $5 4335 00 for Ship
ping Rothni )loop; $5 70a6 35 for Trade
brands; $5 70a 6 20 for Saintly. .10.1 $5 35a// 70 fot
Amber Winter Wheat State and Western; $5 75,01 to
for White W bent do. do. ; $0 70a7 05 for Family CIO.;
$O.l 42a9 51 , for St . Louis Extra fiingle.Double and Triple.
Southern Flour is quiet and unchanged. %Sales et 204)
bat refs it $5 65:03 I's for ordinary to moat farm lialti•
more and Country; $3 800_40 fur I , lxtra Georgia an 1
Virginia ;$0 70a10 for Family do.; $5 811,13 25 fur Extra
Maryland and Delawareomd . 0 „0 eriGo for Family do. Floor dull.' Sales of 150 Ws. st for Fine and
Superline.
°min.—Receipts—Wheat - bushels. Tht market
is and fame. The sales are 2.310 bushels N 0.2 Mil
wacky(' .t.. 1 2.oa] 31 • Amber 15 inter at $1 36.1 37.
Cunrlieeoi phi, 40 , 00. The market is dull an 4
Salts of 10.1331 bushels new Western at 51 0,1 12, at oat.
ar e
il te—we ra ßeeeipts. a 5000 bushels. Tir market is dull
lot f3O.
Provisions--The receipts. of Pork ore 12.000 barrels.
The market is dull at $33,011 25 for new•Wostern Mess.
I.llo—ReCeißtS. 11H.1 PICICIIgta.. The market is fliar.
We quota prime steamer at 10.19.4 c.
y—Receipts; 1,300 barrels. The market
PITT,q33:IIt3II, Deeember 7th.—Petrolonm markot
yesterday was firm for both Credo and Relined. Ciude'
—titles of 1 etti barrels a. o. December. at 1-11(c.;
1,000 borreli , KO. December, at 104;e.; 1,000 barrels Co.
do. at and 1,000 barrels on Halley Railroad chrs
to December - 15, $6. Retinal—Sales of WO barrels, De
c( inher, t 323,,e ; 7.00 barrels last half December,
drlphia delivery. ar 325. r. Tlll4 inorn lug the market for
("rude open e d firm at leei,Ul7c ; with' but little Offering.
Refined wind at 32?-1:133c. for all December, and. Janu
ary to Starch at , • • - •
I : Correspondence of theAtisnekttesd press.'
• BALT.uaogg,, Dec, 7.—Cotton „quiet. and steady, and
ii, mitts! 204.' a 114,3.0. Flour fairly . 4311110,but. priced are
unchanged. }toward Street superfine $4 71111.5 12,14;
'do. esti, $5 22nd "M; du. 'faruily,•.sll Ma/ 25; City
Mine s erfine. ssas 75; do.- extra, 4(5 50a5 23; do.
.Westerri - superfine, $4 7.541e5 iv.; do.
-extra ,11.5 Mid; family S9O 2507, Wheat dull ; prime
to Owe red, $1 Mal 813.: 'torn dull, at 000 cents ;
kite firm irtsna6o cents, ' Rye, 81. Provisions -otitireli
nothiluxid, Mesa Park. 5t3.3.
Vde.; siKaldoriw./ 5 3405%t: llama, 21c.; Lard, 19c.'
Whisky s ery Olga at 4/ USul 00. •
PLE SiltET
New Yorip - Filitaxkei;il News
TnE MONEY MARKET EASY
GOVERNMENTS' :QUIET AND STEADY
in /i 8 '
d ow Agencyj ,
NEW YORK, Dee. 7.:-The stock market was
quiet early in theday, but later there was a
general improvement 'ln prices, and more
activity in leading shares. - Bids for gold' to
day aegre4ated $4,467,000, at rates ranging
frdm 122... ;022.80, The money market , was
easy at 6 to 7 per cent, on call..
Sterling exchange dull at 1081: The Gov
ernment bond market was quiet but steady.
Southern State securities, were buoyant and
prices; higher. The President's message and
the becretary of .
thp Treasury's report are re
ceived favorably by the business community,
but the speculative portion of Wall street are
much dissatisfied. '' •
rtrukife .11A L APID 119 M
Plailadelptaht. Nave
PIAST BoAkD.
8100 Penn' 68 I ser Its ,102 X. 200 eh Read It slOvrrt 4 ' 4M
1
54S111Connect'g :Ids 831 100 sh do , reg3Ant 4i.56
21 shenm&Amlt . 11934 200 eh do c 42.50
54 sh Penn It c Its 844 X 1 sh do 83Ownlgiut 43.66
3sh Leh . Val 11 Its • 5341
anrernwir 'HOARDS.
2700 City 61 , new e&p 08% Eto Penn 60 / Berg 10234
PO do do Re 40 1000 Ca & Ann/0:3'89 c 83
10200 do "a do Its 90,i' 13 eh Penn It Its 644
LOCO Plille&Erio 7e ho . 8') 100 eh Reading 20 4!1%
SECOND BOARD.
Ir.oo Pen n en 3,1 son 107% 2oh Minch!!! R
1833:i
Rending tig 43-80 , lOO eh Leh Val R. . 8.3!.1
10 Car Ann eerin 45 6334 ,40 eh do Re 034
Beh Fart Sick 13 - 118 40 eh Penn R - - 01 , 4
______............,..
Philadelphia Money Market.
Tyr:gni, v, Drc. 7, 18B9.—The bank statement for the
past week snows a marked improvement on the preced
ing one, their liabilities having diminished, whilst their
reserves have increased. The deposits have increased
$1465,329, the loans have expanded $3355,116. and Um
specie reserve 4, 4 1280,05. The only falling off likely to
affect the market Is in the legal tenders to the amount of
e2C0,640, resulting from the heavy demand for the small
denominations of these issues in the interest of pork
parking in the West.
TM, exhibit fa a favorable one, and cannot fall to in
timuice jho course of the market (luring the current
iteek. The ratea average C4l Or cent. on prithe collate
rale, and per cent. on first class mercantile accept
alleCH
Gold opened at 122.T4 and declined to I=l.i. The market
rcmarliably steady.
Government Bonds have boon greatly influenced by
the favorable reports of the President and Secretary
Bontwell on the financial situation. Prices have again
advanced. 'Bls are quoted at 11.5 ; '6se at 1153 i, and the
10-40 s at lean.
The Steck mcrtet 'was 'dull and, a small amount 'of
4..usinetei was done, hut prfceS were steady. In State se
curities there were, auks of the sixes, first series, at 10224,
In City Loans there wore no sales.
heading _Railroad was strong but quiet at 49,56.
Pennsylvania Railroad was steadx. at
.z. 41 4 -. Sales of
Camden and Amboy Railroad at 11934', and Vehigh
ley Railroad at 4.3,q'. 423 was bid for Little Schuylkill;
t 3 for Atinehill, and ;lei', b. 0., for Philadelphia an I
Erie.
Canal, Bank and Payeengar Railroad stocks were ear
tremely dull, and the bidding was no guide to the
market.
• Philadelphia Produce ataricel.
TIL'EADAY, Dec. 7.—There Is very little Cloveraced
c4mlng in, and it is in demand at the late advance.
Small sales at 88 nUali 7fi. In Timothy and Flaxseed no
nioiement. The latter cannot be quoted over .82 2.5a2 50,
per bushel. .
The deprosition in flour continues as severe as ever,
there being no inquiry for the enmity of the trade. Only
a telv , hundred burred changed hands at yesterday's
quotatlons,viz.: 84 973%5'00 for Superfine; 3 6 25115
for Extrai ; 36 iBaB 25 for Northwestern Extra Famity;
5 Thad 1235 for Pennsylvania do ; iialien' to for Indiana
and Ohio do. do., and 6 75a8 00 for fancy brands. Eye
Flour is steady at 35 50. Prices of Corn Real are
Wheat comes in slowly and is dull. Small sales of
Red at 151 &ail 32 per timbal. Rye in steady at 61 05 for
Westernoind,..sA 10 for Pennsylvania. Corn is in fair
requeat, and 4,f4V bushels sold at S, 1 08a1 I 0 for old
yellow, and 86a90 cents for new do. according CO dryness.
Oats are quiet, with sales of Pennsylvania and Delawara
at 80a82 canto. Marley is rather firmer.
Whisky is lower, and 2110 bbls. wood and iron bound
sold at el Mal 06.
New York Money Market.
[From the Herald of to-day. 7 •
• 3foxnAy,Dee.o.—The speculative feeling at the be.
gunning of business this morning was almost wholly
concentrated upon the gold market, where; despite the
opposition of the "hears," the price -was run up- from
.1124 . to 123% ; The strength put forth on either side was
nor of a decided character, both' parties seeming de
sirous of waiting for the President's .lilessago and the
• reports of his Cabinet officers. • Tne earliest telegrams
from Washington were very positive in prikiictlng
' that there would be no q norum of. Congress,
owing to the detention of members by the storm. This
• intelligende was succeeded by the heavy snow storm here.
and many of the chief operators left the street and want
home, so Mint the Subsequent publication of the tenor of
the _Message and reports fell open a thin market. The
announcement of the President position on the ques
tion of tesumptiim turned the speculative feeling in the
Gold Room, though for what reason it is
difficult to . conjecture, as . his plan of
a, gradual approach to specie. .pityptents
is exactly the policy which the gold "bulls" would have
him pursue. Every huskies- titan in the country will
rend with profound satisfaction the recommendation or
General Grant on this important subject. Ills clear,
et , lntilon-dose view of the situation is ii, keeping . ..trick
the man,- and will render hint popular with tho entire
mercantile community. The cliques in Wall
street can derive little comfort from what he
proposes. 'ln fact, the halting speculation in
' gold t o -day wilt, the result of a second soti,r 'thought on
the part the same parties who began last week to lay
th,.ir plans fora bead movement. After the price bad
been pushed to 12;,1 t i they seemed to lack the courage -of
sustaining , the effort, especially' as their nninlisrs were
already thinusA by the stoma. It is true the subsequent
decline to 122% was partially the remit of the advance
'of our tiCallitl It, London, which had the effect
of weakening exchange, but the fact retrains that the
cliques were nonplussed at the siltation, and, after
making a rather brilliant sortie, have • fallen back for it
council of war. The money market wa.e easy at seven
per cent to borrowers on call with pledge
of sleek collaterals, but in most instances
the leading government dealers were accom -
modeled at six. There is very little anxiety as
to the immediate future of the money market, and the
impression seems general that at this late season, when
-the cottidycrop Ms-taken-all- t lie - 1110terf - t hat - t9 - TieCeS - -
sexy, to its movement, and with littleThr Tabman(' front
the West, the lueal supply will be more than ample for
the balance of the winter. It: (1011:111Cleilli paper there
was en, change, deamtethe announcement of the swan
nn of a couple of dry good, jobbing hons:'s.
' The stock market w,ts strong at the opening, and
prices were generally in advance of the closing quota
tions on Saturtuty. Toward noon it became week: and
fell off at the test board, In' sympathy with the decline
in gold. The fluctuations were not wide as the market
has ranged of late days, and were made upon a limited
amount of business ' the chief operators seeming to
await the effiaq of the Congressional documents. The,
dem ings after the board showed an improvement, and
the latest prices in the Long Room * wore almost up to
the best 01 the day for the mailing speculative favorites.
The government market wins excited, particularly nt '
the neon board, in consequence of au advance of one to
one and a half percent. in the London (mutations of this
morning us compared with Saturday. The foreign •
tankers were large buyers on foreign account. which
fact and the simultaneous advance in gold led to oaks of
drs at as high a 5.116%. In the en:hem:rent transactions at .t
tine hoard, as well as on the street, the market lost its
strength.
Szehniagre Sales.
Thw 3Com►:, cleUtiou every
where in the city, so far as we .itow hear, is a
very quiet one, to-day, though important to
ti7e city and its future.
The ".republicans, in those parts of the citY:;
where they have no Strength,meetti disposed
let it go by default.
The registry of votes is nearly 17,000 Large?;,
than in November, though the vote 'trill not"'
be as large.
[Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
NEW Yomt, Dee. 7—The city election lts
progressing quietly. The weather is beautiful
overhead, but there are eight inches of snow
ou the ground. All drinking-saloons are,
closed, or supposed to be, according to law: ; ;
There have been no disturbances, except a
an early hour this morning, when Bartholdt
mew Donohue, candidate for Alderman in the.
Twentieth Ward, fillet and dangerouslt..
Wounded Peter F. Burke. He was arrestedi'
•
MONTREAL, Dec. 7.—ln addition to Blatch
ford, who was arrested here on Saturday, two
other parties, John 8. Richards and B. Cauld
will, have been arrested in connection with .
the Custom House frauds in New York. Ap
plication has been made for their extradition.
The ease stands adjourned until Friday.
Gonnnicii, Canada, Dec. 7. Nicholas M.
Melady, who murdered his' father and step
mother about nine months agq, was hung this •
morning at half-past eight o•cloek. It is said
that be left a written confession of his crime.
WAsniNorox, Dec. 7.—The Senate ad
journed to-day, soon after I P. M., when the
liepublican members went into caucus, or
privatc.cronference, for the purpose of making
nominations to fill vacancies in several of the
Committees. Mr. Morrill, of Maine,' was
agreed on as Chairman of the Committee . on
Appropriations, and also as a metnber of
the Library Committee, in both cases vice.
FesSenden, deceased,
General Schurz is to supply the vacancy in
the, Committee •on Foreign Relations, vice
Fessenden. Mr. Anthony was nominated as,
, Chairman of the Naval Committee, in place Of
Grimes, resigned. Mr. Anthony stands lirst!.`
on the list,but he declined, being Chairman of
the Committee on Printing, and Mr.' Cragin,.'
who was next in order of the members, was .
than agreed on. Mr. Anthony, however, re
mains a member of the Naval Committee.
The Senators above named to fill vacancies
will be 'nominated in open Senate for formal •.
appointment.
AuonsTA,.Maine; Dec. 7.—The bridge over
the river on the Portland and Kennebec
road, near this city, was. burned last Wednes
day, and a new bridge was immediately, Com
tmenced, intended to be finished for trains to-
day, ant as the last bench was being raised,
the gliy 'held too taut, and the bench fell, car ,
rying with it the whole bridge, ten workmen
and the Superintendent of the road. Five
workinim were injured, but . none seriously.
A fire at :Pittsfield, last night, destroyed
the storehouse of Symonds•Sc 3ros., contain
ing tii.G,COU worth of bedsteads, and the store
house of F. C. .Parks, containing hay and
flour. The entire loss is $lO.OOO.
Considerable snow has fallen and the drifts
are heavy. •
Smash lUp on ihdPennsylivani Railroad.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. Mail train on the
Pennsylvania Central Railroad, clue hero at
I.:iOA.M. to-day,Was'detained afew minutes at
Station, by the derangement of a •nat6nt
brake chain. While standing at the station, a
freight train ran into the 'rear end of the pas
nger train,snmslting three cars and the engine
and killing a brakeman on the freight train,
named Denjainin Sandshury, and badly
wounding' one passenger named Henry
Meekin, a pedlar, residence nnknOwn. Four
other passengers. were 'slightly hurt. The
freight train engineer,
.John Dixon,
somewhat injured.
LoNnoN; Dee. 7, 4:130 — P. 31.-- , - - Cons - olfilbr
money, 921. and for account, 1)2.1a9 . 4 ; Five-
Twenties of 1862, 8i; of 1R65, old, 84i ; of 1867,
86;7: Ten-Forties. 801 ; Erie, 20!.i.;
Central, ; Atlantic and Great. Western,
261.
tyv.nrool., Dec. 7,4.20 P. M.—Cotton dull ;
Uplands,llld.; Orleans,ll Id. Sales to-day 8,000
bales, including 1,000 for speculation and• ex
port.
CONCORD, N. H., Dec. 7.--the tannery of 3.
& F. P. Currier. at Haverhill, ,N. H.; was
Lnriwd , last night. Loss, sB,ooo—insnrance,
*3,000.
X List Congress... Second Session.
(SENATE—Continued from Third Edition.]
31r. Trumbull was followed by 31r. Davis, who re
ferred to individual cases in which ollkial incumbents
In the revenue service had been deprived of positions, to
which they were entitled, by the Commissioner of Inter•
nal Revenue. The bill WUR then laid over and the Renate
adjourned.
Ciirtains.
I. E. INTALRAVEN,
No. 719 CHESTNUT STREET;
LAM PAS BROCATELLE,
FIGURED SILK TERRIES,
PLAIN SILK AND WOOL TERRIES,
Trimmed with Handsome Borders, Bleb
Taissels and Walnut or Gold Condees.
LACE CURTAINS,
the
From the Lowest Price to Moe
Etaborate.
Tarestry, Piano and Table Coved
All at rk e Lowest Gold Ratak
FIFTH EDITION.
LATER FROM WASHINGTON
THE HOI PRESS
spATENT
The Cuban Question Before Congress
Progress of the . New York Election
The Kee PrefllS P tent.
(Bimetal Despatch to the Ptilledit. Evening Onlletht,)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—The liouse,by a very
largo majority,refused to pass the bill extending
for, seven yearn a patent to Richard, M t , Trott,
for his improvement on printing presses.
Cuban Affairs In' Congress.
[Br Hageon's News Agency.]
NEW Yonit 7 Dec. 7.—Special despatches to
the Gold Boom report that a resolutfon will
be introduced into Congress on Morulay,
looking to the recognition of Cuban indepen
dence.
The New York Election.
[By Ihmon'it NOM AgenCy.l
From ItiontreaL
From, Washington.
A Falling . Bridge.-Fire.-Snoiv.
By tine Atlantic Cable.
Wire in Ilayerhlll. N. 11.
cTu
MASONIC HALL,
WINDOW DECORATIONS
IN SATIN DAMASK.
rattirely New Designs.
EIDER DOWN QUILTS,
4:30 VOlock.
Curtains.