33t 41VE$S rwTICFS.
i - VCC — riorstfileyer, Inventor and ViraitittilthiC.
Wrer of the celebratt4 iron Frosno Piano, has received
rtreilludal et the World's Great Exhibition, Lon
ainwt lignxiand. , The highest prices awarded when and
wilattreVer exhibited. Virareroonie, T 22 Arch street. -
ZilltabLisbed 1823. , my]-ti m w tf§
_
dr Sons' - Grand Square and
iyary t Niteillwa-y ti i with their newly patented Resonator,
SY --- b•ri icht i n ee h ll eoiginal volume of, sound can *brays be
sitsined the same se in a violin. A n t
Akus
Tißos ,
soli *lli No. 1006 Oheatunt street,
EVENING; BULLETIN.
Wednesday, January 26, 1670.
. ,
• INiXAT.IOIIT I •
Th•lir. Wagner's speech at the organization
Couneile,lie laid his finger npon a great
wrong 7 -the, non-collection of, a , great amount
of taxes, IVhereby the burden is transferred
froß those ;w , lio do mot pay to'lloSe who do.
For the eipenSes not covered by Collections
are. funded, and the interest thereon becomes a
pertetbar Inirden to the tax-payers.
It is'not difficult to say'why the >very large
amount :
,stated by Mr. Wagner is not collected
The large . aggiegate consists :'of •:a great
number of small stuns, so that to collect the
deficiencies, great numbers of , suits, perhaps
thottsands 'yearly, must be brought. This
labbr , the officials on whom it would fall are
sioi 'much disposed to encounfer ; so that the
rig's 'claims are collected tardily,irregularly---
peiliaps, for the most part; not at all. That
there is no necessity foi• this, is :,stifficiently
slisiwn by the fact that in many cities this state
of things does not exist at all; for example, in
New York and Cincinnati. Our taxes are
now so very high that ..the ..present state , of
things
,can no, longer be borne, and a remedy
mukbe 'found.
Perhaps the simplest would be, to pay the
law officers such a price as would stimulate
then► to exertion, and" to charge 'this expense
apon the delinquents. We. would suggest
:something like the following arrangement :
Aftfr, the .year expires for whieh the tax is
levied; allow anotheryear's grace for oppor
tunity.,to. correct mistakes and inadvertent
omissions; charging, however, such a per eent
agelas' will prevent persons front intentionally
deferring payment, say one percent. a month.
immediately on the expiration.of that year let
all the accounts be passed over, to the, law
officer, Whose first duty shonld be to advertise
all such names and give (as at present) ,per
sonal notice to all registered owners. For. this
service let,a moderate charge, say, $2 for each
propeitY, be charged., 'At th.e'expiration of 30
days after advertising, let suits be commenced,
and the property sold out: For this, let the
law officer receive five per cent. and $5
on each property. A double charge of this
sort is put, becatise'en large, bills the fixed, sum
would be toe little, aad small, ones, involv
ing $2O, $3O, &c., a per centage would be in
sufficient. The Receiver '• of Taxes Ought,
under no circumstances, to receive anything
but his salary. There is one point in connec
tion with these tax matters that. Mr. Wagner
omitted to touch upon, and which is 'of grave
importance.. Do all the taxes collected 'reach
the city' treasury We have a right to ask this
ignestion. Several cases have, happened in
our own experience in which we have known
they diduot. One of these cases, which hap
pened some years ago, amounted to quite a
sum. It is to be observed that the' figureacited'
by Mr. Wagner are the difference between the
amounts due . and the amounts returned as
received, and would include such sums, if any
there are, as go astray. It seems to us that the
city's business is not conducted with such a
system of checks as any. careful merchant
would employ. Therefore we suggest the fol
lowing precautions: Let a special clerk be ap
pointed by some different .portien of the city
government, by the Mayor or the Board of Re
visien for,, example, and have a central desk in
the office of the Receiver of Taxes, and let it be
lis duty to countersign every receipt, setting
down in a register the amount of the payment,
and opposite it simply the name of the tax
payer. Let a report' of this be made to the
Mayor or other officer at the end of 'each day'i
business, and be compared at the end Of each
month with the Receiver's return. Any irregu
larity of.any sort would thus become imme
diately traceable. , -
It will be evident to any candid person that
this,,aystem would, be worth to the.city ten
times its cost. It would not merely discover,
but t':world prevent irregularities by the cer
tainty of immediate detection. At present,
years may elapse before they are found ,out,
and the loss of a receipt may render it im
possible fOr, the payer to prove them. It would
be worth more than it costs . merely for the.
collateral advantage of the protection of the
city against damages from selling property for
taxes actually paid. If the city does regularly
undertake to collect its dues by sale, it must.
always, of course, be legally responsible 'for
wrongful sales. A, man cannot be divested of
his property by a sale for taxes which taxes he
has paid,without the city's being liable for any
difference between the full value of his ground
and the price which it may have brought under.
the Sheriff's hammer.
We invite the consideration of our tax-payers
to the foregoing suggestions. If these plans
are not the best, then let better ones be found.
The `Tiesent state of affairs cannot be allowed
to continue.
THE VIRGINIA EXODES.
The people of Virginia are beginning to be
very much alarmed at the exodus of neg,roes
from that State. Ever since the close of the
war, the black people have been leaving in
numbers that have increased with each suc
ceeding year, until there is a very fair prospect
that the productiveness of the State will be se
riously injured by the loss of a: very large pro
portion of its manual laborers. Fears were en ,
tertainedby some persons that , manumission of
the Slaves in the South would be followed by
their immigration to the crowded
Northern States, But. statistics prove
that the,, disposition of , the blacks
is to seek homes in The far South. The ten
dency of this tide of emigration seems to be to
the tier of States bordering upon the Gbh' of
liexico,and to this flow Virginia makes more
liberal contributions than any other of the old
slave States. It is lornewhat difileult to per
ceive why there should be such unanimity of
preference among the blacks for hoines in the
extreme Southern States, but it is plainly ap
parent why they should have very little Wee
tion for Virginia: The memory of tie cruelty
with which they and their associates have been
Treated in' the past
,by the people of that
• slave-breeding, , State; experience of the
" hideons laws winch deprived thera
'1 everything 'that Could make life
valuable and endurable,"together with present
siiiTering from the hate 'and .scorn 'and bitter
'l4.ejudices of the whites, have made 'it impossi
ble that they , slibuld cherish any warm' attack.
ment for their old homes. The negreearof the,
South et emancipation haVe • not en
joyed till the Privileges of freemen. ..Apart from
the fact tliat they,ba:Ve been excluded in .most
of the states—in Virginia particularly—from
el7erynpportunitY to. become more than hewers
of Wood and drawers of water, they have been
made the victims of petty persecutions and
--oftentimes or open- and Acridly violence.— This
`emigration. is the coniequence. We are
• 'glad to ~perceive; t hat the newspapers,
o Virginia, express appreciation
of the gravity of ;the situation, and demand
that, some measures shall be adopted to secure
the State from theloss of its bone and sinew.
The first , acknowledment of -the importance
ann value of this class to the community has
been made since the hegira began. It is to be
hoped that , this awakening, to the truth may:be
'the' forerunner 'of reform 'in' sentiment
upon the negro question.. , Xen's„ consciences,'
are apt to be sensitive when their material in
terests are jeopardod ; and the Virginians may
now ,perceive the necessity for , some legislation .
not only to secure to the negroes the rights
given to them by the laws of the United States,
but to protect them frooi the prejudice and the
'hatred of the people. The'authorities cannot
better begin the new era, upon which Virginia
has entered than by adopting , measures to pro
tect the State from this increasing drain, and
by doing perfect justice to an oppressed people.
THE FENIANS.
11ope Pad been entertained .by sensible and
peaceable penple in this country that the Fe
nian organization was defunct. Patriotic ser
vant girls having become incredulous and bank
rupt, and enthusiastic hod-carriers having dis
covered that expenditure of cash for bread was
more comfortable — than investment in Wild
Irish bonds, 'it - 168 thought that . Fenianism
had perished from want of supplies, and that
the leaders, gorged with ill-gotten gains, had
looSed flick hold and dropped into luxurious
and inglorious retirement. But it appears that
there is still a spark of vitality in the organiza;
'Lion, and an effort is to be made to galvanize
it into active and vigorous life. 'General
O'Neill has ~ issued a, call for a Fenian
Convention to meet in New York in April, for
the declared pnrpose of organizing .afresh an
Irish war against England. In advance of the
meeting of the Convention, we venture to offer
it seine good advice. There is not the smallest
possibility that the Fenians hi this country, or
in Ireland; can ever succeed even in endanger
ing British rule in Ireland. They can only in
cense the British people against the. Irish, and
bring misery, distress and death upon their ad
herents. But if they arc sincere in their de
sire to tight against the Saxon tyrant, the very
best thing for them to do will be to emigrate—
as individuals, not in military force—to Winni
peg, where afew brave rebels are defying the
British lion. The Winnipeggers need recruits
badly; and if all the warlike Fenians will
join their ranks. and fight, - when the
tug of war shall come, as ferociously as
they talk, there will be a remote chance of
the rebels winning their independence. We
can spare the Fenians for this work; and' if
they, will leave the country in such a manner
as not
,to infringe upon the neutrality laws, we
will part from them without a pang, and wish
them success in a better undertaking than any
attempt to free Ireland ever can be. We com
mend 'this suggestion to the ' convention, and
advise the valiant O'Neill to urge its immedi- ,
ate
. acceptance and to undertake the quick
transfer of his cohorts over the border.
A.CADEJNY OF NATURAL SCIENCES.
The annual report of the Board of Trustees
of the building-fund of the Academy Indicates
that the new building for the institution will
be commenced in the spring. It is to be in the
architectural style known as College Gothic.
The exterior is to be of serpentine, trimmed
with Ohio sandstone.. It will be fire-proof
throughout. It is to be erected at the
corner of Race and Nineteenth streets, unless
an equally eligible lot shall be given to the in
stitution, situated either on Broad street or any
((
street south of Market. But in the pres t
financial condition of the fund, the B rd as
not the means of changing the location se e ed,
so as to accord withthe views of those who pre
fer a site on Broad street or elsewhere. ~
We observe _that $15,000 of the original sub
scriptions have not 'been paid. As the
conditions of subscription were the same
for all, those who abstained from paying at the
time stipulated have an advantage over those
contributors who did pay, unless they add in
, terestirom tbe time when sfibscriptions should
have been paid till the date of payment. Those
who are punctual in the discharge of such vol
untary obligations may be dissatisfied, reason
ably enough, with those who neglect to fulfil
their promises at the proper time, unless they
can truly plead inability. In any case where
many jointly agree to contiute to the realiza
' tion of an enterprise, the 'delinquents may
frustrate or delay the work by embarrassing
the management. In the instance of the
Academy project, the Trustees of the building
fund seem to be confident that the unpaid sub
scriptions will 'be collected in 'time to be ap
plied to construction during the present year.
Let us hope that funds will not be wanting to
complete the work without unnecessary delay.
The question of continuing the publication
of the _Ley/dui Me Record. has :been • before the
Legislature several times - this session, consum
ing more time than 'it should baVe done. Yes
terday the special committee in the Senate re
ported a contract for its continuance; butt hap
pily it was not confirmed, and the whole sub
ject was indefinitely postponed. 'rids ought to
be the end of the matter . tter for this session at
least. The Legislature . can ii preserve in the
journal of each House everything that is de
serving of being recorded, and the printing of
the Record has been such an expensive • job
,that the people will bail with satisfaction the
news that it is not to be continued. Doing
without the Record, the 'Legislature can also
do without some of the pasters and folders that
have been such an expense. to the State. A
great deal of poStage will alsb,be saved, for the
mailing of tons, of waste paper under the • name.
of a Legialotiec Record was a costly.aditir. 'Re-
THE DAILY EVENING BUIOLETIN-rHILADELPHIA, W.EDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1870.
A novel of extraordinary scholarship and
beauty reaches its second edition to-day. This
is Victor Rydberg's historical study, " The
Last Athenian." The romance was introduced
to the - western world by Frederika Bremer,
who knew her compatriot the author, and was
proud of his achievement; and recommended
it for perusal and•translation to W.W. Thomas,
Jr., then representing this country at Stock
holm. Re has carefully translated the work
as a labor of love. It is a story laid in Athens,
in the time of Julian the Apostate, when the
purer attributes of Paganism rallied for awhile
against the insidious corruptions of Christi
anity. As a study of one of the most critical
epoebsin the history of the Church, the book
has been officially recommended in two
Swedish Universities, while as an absorbing
romance and tender love-story it will be
popular with the most blase novel-reader.
Published by T. B. Peterson Sc Bros.
Peremptgry Flales at Anetton...-Every
primerty advertised for James A. Freeman's sale next
Wednesday is to be sold to the highest bidder.,
EADQ CARTERS NOR EXTRACTING
11 TEETH WITH, FRESH NITROUS OXIDE GAS,
ABSOLUTELY NO PAIN."
DR. F. R. THOMAS, " formerly Operator at Colton
Dental Rooms," positively the only Office in the city
entirely devoted to extracting teeth Without pain.
Office, 911 Walnut street., roh9 lyrp§
CIOLTON DENTAL ASSOCIATION OM
gloated the antipathetic nee of
NITROUS OXIDE, OR LAUGHING GAS,
And devote their whole time and practice to extracting
teeth without pain. •
Office, Eighth and Walnut street!. eta*
HENRY PRILLIPPI,
" CARPENTER AND BUILDER,
JOHN CRUMP, BUILDER,
1781 CHESTNUT STREET,' '
and 213 LODGE STREET.
Mechanics of every branch required for house-building
and fitting promptly furnished. fell -tf
WARBURTON'S IMPROITPD, VELA.
tilated and easy•fittlng Dress Hats (patented) in all
the approved fashions of the season. Chestnut street,
next door to the Poet-Ottlee oc6-tfrp
BALANCED IVORY AND HORN HAN-
We Table and Tea Knives, Carver)! and Ste-b 3, Nut
Picks of various styles, silver-plated Spoons and Forks,
Pocket Knives, Scissors. a variety of sets of Tools for
hove or gentlemen, oval and other patterns of Waltsce,
and other hardware articles, at TRUMAN SHAW'S,
No. Mt eight thirty-five) Market street, below Ninth,
Philadelphia.
QTEEL LETTER AND FIGURE
kJ Punches from 1-18 to 3-8 inches on hand ;,nano and
patent Punches furniahed to order by TRUMAN a(
SHAW, No. 835(eight thirty-five) Market street, below
Ninth, Philadelphia.
CCORN POPPERS, A VARIETY CAT
Coffee Roasters ' and an assortment of-Hone°.
keeper's Hardware, for sato by TRUMAN dc SHAW,
N 0.835 (eight thirty-five) Market street, below Ninth,
Philadelphia.
1870 _GET YOUR HAIR CUT AT
KOPP'S Saloon, by first-class Hair antlers.
Hair and whiskers dyed. Razors set in order. Ladies'
and Children's Hair aut. Open Sunday morning. No.
126 Exchange Place.
lt G. Q. KOPP.
CLOTHES WRINGERS,
• with Moulton's Patent Rolle, Wired on the
shaft
Sold and recommended hY GRIFFITH & PAGE,
Js22 4p 1004 Arch street.
RAP ER RULING OF .THE - MOST
-
A elaborate patterns for BLANK BOOKS, BILL
MEADS and MERCATILE,..FORMS, executed at
short notice. Irders from Merchants, Bankers and
others respectfully lolio.itLd.
W. G. PERRY, Manufacturing Stationer,
ja2s•3t 728 Arch Street.
FRENCH - PAPERS AND ENVELOPES
to match, newest and best patterns stamped with
initials. W. d PERRY.
ja2s-lit
728 Arch street. below Eighth.
4411 MONEY TO ' ANY AMOUNT
LOANED UPON DIAMONDS, WATCHES,
JEWELRY PLATE CLOTHING, &0., at
J&NES & (50.'S
OLD-ESTABLISHED LOAN OFFICE,
Corner ofThird
ombardand Gaekill etreety,
Below L.
N. 8.-DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, GUNS
0.,
TRA.A.O NATRA.Nt3, AUCTIONEER, N. E
1 corner Third end, Sernce streets, only one (Maar.)
below the Exchange. $280,000 to loan, in large or small
amounts, on diamonde, ether plate, watches, jewelry,
and all geode of value. Office hours from 8 A. td. to 7
P. M. OW" Established for the last forty years. Ad
at venoms made , in large amounts at the lowest6B tfro market
es '
, MORSE COVERS, FUR ROBES,
LaD Rugs and Home Gear. All kinds. • None
4 %
etter or cheaper. KNEASS'S Harnesa store, 1126 Mar.
ket street: • Bpr Flor.o in 'tic. dr , iyl7-Iv4D
I)HJLADELPHIA - -
SURGEONS' BAND-
A GE INSTITUTE,Ii N. Ninth et.,above Market. B.
. EVERETT'S Truss positively cures Ruptures.
( heap Truesee, Elastic Belts,Stockings, Supporters,
-boulder 'Braces, Crutches, uspensories , Pile Baud
', es. Ladies attended to by Mrs. E. iyl-lyrp
H P. & 0. R. TAYLOR,
MRS. PROOTOB,
Oloako s ,Wol,king,Boits,
• Dress Goods, Lace Shawl s
Ladies' Underclothing_
and Ladies' Fare
Dresses made to measure In Twonty•fotor Hours.
JORDAN'S CELEBRATED PURE TONIO
Ale for invalids, family use, dm
The subscriber is now furnished with his full Whiter
supply of his highly nutritious and well-known bovor
ago. Its wide-spread and increasing use, by ordor of
physicians, for invalids, use of families, de c , commend it
to the attention of all consumers who want a strictly
pure article; prepared from the Unit matorlals z and put
ap in the most careful manner for home use or transpor
tation. Orders by mail or otherwise promptly supplied
P. J.JORDAN,
o. 220 Pear street,
del below Third and Walnut sires
TPAN CREATIC EMULSION, FOR CON
SUMPTIVES.
LEIBIG 'S EXTRACT ON MEAT.
CAWLEY'S PEPSIN.
TOURTELOT'S EXTRACT OF BEEF.
For solo by • JAHNS T. SHINN •VI
oed-t•f rp Broad and Spruce streets. Philadelphia
. AN --- • - -
J UST
RECEIVED AND 64 STORE 1,000
cues of mammas sparkling Catawba and Cali
fornia Wines, Port, hfitaira, Sherry,_Jamaica and Santa
Cruz Rum, Sae old Braudios and Whiskies, Wholesale
and Retail. P. J. JORDAN, 220 Pear street
Below, Third 'and Wohkat streets,
and above Kock
;Area del-ti
trenelarnent has been promised by this Legit i
lattice, and the people expect' it In small as well
In great things.
The mildness of the preSent winter, in this
region, is probably without a., parallel. There
has been no ice or snow ' worth 'speak lug of,
and the ground is as free from frost as it ever
i in May. Many trees and Shritbs 4eem to be
o 'the point of bursting Into bud; But , one
ot tbe most remarkable circumstances of the
season wakcommunicAted to 'us by a' subscri
ber to the Bumarrnq at Medford, NeWlersey.
A few days ago quantities 'of young grasshop ;
pers' came Out of the ground, as lively as <if it
wail Spying in earnest. Our friend bas bottled
up some of the little animals, and intends to
bring them to Philadelphia as one of ihe—cir
riosities of this remarkable season. 1/4-
,There is some prospect that Cowes§ will,
at this session, pass shill granting a.pension to
the *glow Of Abraham Lincoln. This ought,
to have been done at the very firSt,sesSibriafter
his death ; but it.is'not too late to do it now.
Whatever may have been the prejudices against
'Mrs. Lincoln, and granting that she may not
;have always acted wisely, she is, the widow of
a great patriot and a martyr ,to the cause of
the Union. She is the' mother . of his children,
and ought to have the means provided for edu
cating them and for maintaining comfortable
home for, them and forherself. _ .We hope there
will bell° opposition to the project for doing
this tardy act ofjustice.
The letters of our Paris correspondent,
which will be found on the sixth page, contain
interesting accounts of the exciting scenes at
tending the death and burial of Victor Noir.
NO. 1024 SANSONE STREET,
jolo-IyrD PHILADELPHIA.
TOR BALE AT
BIBLLREABLY LOW PRIM.
tfrA
PERFUMERY AND TOILET BOAPIL
41 and 643 North Ninth street.
AGAZIN DEB MODES.
1014 WALNUT STREET.
mmurib:
You will do wrong
to buy
anywhere else, -
Our Prices are so low.
WANAMAKER di. BROWN.
There is no inducement which Pur
chases of , Clothing can desire to
have ofrered to them which
we are not
PREPARED TO OPFER.
And we offer
CHEAP,
C REAPER,
CHEAPEST,
gvery particle of our still remaining stock of
WINTER CLOTHING.
While these Clothes are elegant and beauti
ful, made of the best material, eut and trimmed
in the .choicest style, yet they were not made
only •
TO BE . ADMIRED, •
Every dollar's worth of them was made ex
pressly
TO. BE SOLD:
The cOnsequence of-olicli is that we are
NOW SELLING THEM,
SELLING OFF I Clothes to be put on.
SELLING OFF I Clothes to be . put on.
SELLING. OFF I Clothes to be put on.
Come ace our inducements at the
BROWN HALL
ROCKHILL ez WILSON,
603 and 605 CHESTNUT Street.
UNIFOIOII.TY IN LOWNESS' OF
prices has enabled us to make
QUICK SALES,
in consequence of which we have but• a small stock of
ready-made goods, which we will close out at coat. The
reduction In prices is as follows
Good Business Suits, $l6, were $2O.
Good Business Suits, SIS, were $22.
Good Business Suits, $2O, were $2l.
Overcoats, $l2 60( were $l6.
Dress Suits at tho Same Rates.
Parties purchasing •
CLOTHING.
From us can rely that
_goods are in price and quality
EXACTLY WHAT WE REPRESENT.
We avoid the practice of asking twice the worth Of an
article and then abating the price for the purpogte of
making the purchaser believe he Is obtaining a bargain.
EVANS lc LEACH,
del7-3mrp 628 Market street.
TO RENT.
'NEARLY FINISHED !
TO RENT ,
The two spacious Five-Story Iron Front
STORE. BUILDINGS,
, 30 or 00 by 104 feet,
NOS. 311 IND 313 ARCH STREET,
Suitable for any
WHOLESALE BUSINESS,
In Size, Style, Convenience, Light & Location
Superior to any in the City.
Back Outlet and Castway into Cherry St.
With Steam hoist and heat.
LAIR GE; - UPPER ROOMS
For Business or Manufacturing.
With or without power.
Apply to E. XETTERLINUS,
N. W. Corner of Arch and Fourth Streets.
jallstf rpl
drA, FOR RENT—NO. 20 WOODLAND
Terrace, IV est Philad elphin; a desirable house and
location. Apply at No. 218.3; Walnut street, room 5,
second story. ja2s 3t§
TO LET— SECOND-STOItY FRONT
Ka Room, 324 Chestnut street, about 20 a 28 foot.
puitable for au otlico or light business.
jals tr rp FAXUL & BROTHER.
MISCELLANEOUS.
FRED: SYLVF.STER,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,'
20S SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
del7-1)
EDWIN 11. FITLER & CO.,
cordage Manufacturers and Dealers in
hemp,
23 N. Wafer Street and .22 N. Delaware Avenue,
PHILADELPHIA.
EDWIN 11. PITLER. CONRAD F. CLOTHIER
ti
--ft-t-pi.m—g-to----wA—_-A-No
Musical Bozo in the beet manner, by MIMI
workmen. FARB. & BROTHER,
Chestnut street below Fourth
di _ .
.23)8. LEIGH'S IMPROVED HARD
Rubber Truos never rusts, breaks or soils,
used in bathing • Rupporters, Elastic Belts,
Btochtngs, rill lids of Trusses and Braces.
Ladles attoudod to, by MRS. ElCill 1230 Ohestont, Of2o.
1 story toil Ay rpo
T' •
OR IN VALID FINE M ITS.W.AL
Bon ae a companion for the Hick chamber; the finest
eriortineut in the city, and a groat Variety of sirs to se
lect from, Imported direct by
FARR BROTHER.
sobl6tfrn DS6 Ohoetnut street. below Fourth.
NE PiJULICATIONS
THE 1 110.V4: or: ~.la ::ACFE.''..'
Read the Great Stvediehllistorical Bonittizee
THE
Second• Edition Now Readr.
THE LAST 'ATHENIAN. The Novel of thn Age.
Prom the Swedish of Victor Rydberg, , Selond Edicion
Now itiady Price 12 00 it, cloth ;. or $l4O in paper
corer, is published and tor sale this day by
T. B. iPETERSON & BROTHERS,
No. 306 Chestnut Street.
" Read welt the renowned ASu,edish.Authorese, Fredrika
Bremer ! writes, to the translator: . .
' ARSTA, Bth Dceeniber,lB6s.
"Mit.W W. .friteoshn,Jit.
Aix LEatt bin :
" 1 am'delighted to learn that yon hare not fOrgotten
my patting .words shout ..The Last dttitnian i r by my
young countryman, Victor Rydberg.
"
Lot mu congratulate yon, and thank you for haring,
through your translation of this delightful work, given
the American public the bent and mostgenial historical
novel that ever wan written In the Swedish Language,
• " Yours, truly, ..
FREDRIKA BREMER."
Beast the.follotoitP opinions of the Press.
" Thh Last Athenian is every ansorhing romance—in
fact, a generously planned and conscientious study of a
strange, suet and most fascinating period of history.
"An many of Its scenes' and characters - the author
shows himself an artist of signal power.
" The description of the combats between the two fee
florid of Christians, and between the Imperial troops and
tie Donatists are fine battle pieces, painted vividly and
clearly; while iu other pictures the author hes a charm.
'mg tenderness and delicacy of touch."-AtlanticMenthiy,
" The novel of ' The Last Athenian' is certainly a re
markable ono. The scene Is laid in A.thens, rot the time
of Julian the Apostate, when Pagan philosophy. watt
still, at least in the City of the Violet Grown, trying to
hold its own against dogmatic Christianity.
" The story is in itself strongly dramatic—sometimes
even melo-drannitic; and it has many striking charac
ters, and come tenderness and pathos. it is wonderfully
real and minute in its description of the details of Athe
nian every-day life; anti some of the personages are evi
dently drawn with that strong and rare dramatic insight
which an author must possess if he would pill into ap
parent life the people of a far-departed age.' '—NetoYork
indeprndent.
" The Last Athenian la a novel of.a high order of merit
and interest. . The etyle of the work la animated and
graphic, and Its pictures of Athenian life and character
have a freshness and vitality that usnally belong only to
direct' studies 'of .ther teat "-r-liviitit:loiirmat.'/Wie York,
'"The lore stenes'in ' The Last 'Athenian , aril piquant
and Zonle of theta touchiar. The philosophy id able, It •
gennous, and characteristic. The characters are all
traced with st bold, nervous hand, and powerfully Ind!.
'vidnollZed . / I lip se, Times, New York.
" The plot of The Last Athenian' to full of thrillhor
Interest, thu general tone pathetic, and the end tragic."
Providence .Press.
" All who have enjoyed Win. Ware's classic glories
' Zaabia,' and ' Atuainn," • phit,,,i na ,l
and Kingsley's ' Hypatia, should read this tine Greek
tale of ' The Last Athenian,' 'whose literary merit le
equal to that of the Lot of them. whose study of atmirtit
11u onerb iagrofound, and whose moral is devplyinteredt
ing."—Dato .L'esting Buffalo, Phitadelphat, Pa.
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time when Paganism was locked in a death-struggle with
Christianity. The lovo story runs through, and is Some
times of hauls , : interest. The culmination i.e tragic;
perhaps too much so for some."—Daily Telegraph, Hat.
risburg, Pa.
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F R '4s M HARRISBUitG
CONTESTED' ' ' ELECTION CASE
DIAMOND VS. WATT
A Motion to quash the Contestant's Poti
• tion Defeated.
Meeting of Iron Xanufacturere
' . ' Washington.
TII I::, , VJAi4;l2ii A /SILL .811(INED BY THE Paola
WAsitmorox, Jan. 26.—The President to
day signed the bill admitting Virginia to
representation in Congress.
The 11..F6ielative Contest—Dientoad ‘lll
WHIM
llt pectel Despatch to the Phiteda. Evening Bulletin.
Ifintitsfm no, Jai. 26.-The Conunittee on
the Mat:nand-Watt contested election case held
a meeting Last night to hear the arguments of
couniel. • J. Alexander liimpson, for Mr.
Watt, moved to quash the petition of contes
tant, on the ground that it does not allege an
actual majority . for Diamond. The motion
was also empported by Louis Hall'.
Mr., L. C, .Cassidy,, counsel. for Mr. Dia,
mond, opposed the motion, and raised a point.
that . the counsel on the' other side had noright
to use the 'sworn certificate of the return
Judges as to figures.
The' coinmittee decided - that the -paper
should be adinitted in argument fok what it
was worth: The committee also refused to
(plash
. the, petition ~of the contestant, but
agreed to strike out fifty-four specifications,
a. being too vagtie, Indefinite and general to
found any evidence upon. This leaves only
five sped cations in Diamond's petition,
Nv hick is very narrow ground for him to stand
upon. The probabilities are that Watt will
retain lsfs sett.
Meeting. or DAM Monate . eturers.
• CoLtitrita; Pa:, :Tam 2.=—At , a 'meeting of
the iron men engaged in the manufacture of
pig iron In this place• and its vicinity, repre
senting an annual production of 10,000 tons,
the following resolutions were passed unani
mously,:
itesoked,,That the public mind has been mis ,
led by Mr. Welts in regard to the profits on
pig :iron: that :the slsrewent tariff, altkough
ample with gold at MO, is insufficient protec
tion as the premium deelines, and at the pre
sent prices of coal, railroad freights and labor
we must look forward to being compelled to
blow ont onr furnaces in ease of any reduction
Of the present dutieson pig iron, old rails'atid
scrapiron, or a further leas by the incidental
pro; ection afforded bV the premium on . gold.
It'f'.olre'd further, That the Standing Com
mittee of this Association forward , at once
petitions to Congress', requesting that the pre
sent dutie be raised one dollar per ton on bar
iron, and three dollars per ton on rails, old •
rails, scrap, boiler iron, and all other descrip
tions of manufactured iron, and that a direct
tax be imposed of one doliar per ton on all
pig, bani; rails, plates, and other descriptions
of iron manufactured in this country, to COM
perssate for the loss of revenue on the impor
tation of foreign iron.
By the Atlantic Cable.
Losnoti, Jan. X, .11 A. M.—Consois for
money, 02i, and for account, 921 : American
securities, easier; United Stites Five
twenties of 1862, 86.1 ; of 1865, old, 86i ; of 1867;
: Ten-forties, 841. American stocks, nuiet.
Erie It. R., 171; Illinois Central, 103}; Great
'Western, Xi.
LivEnt•oor„Jan. 20,11 A. M.—Cotton market
buoyant ; Middling Uplands, II iall ;
Orleans, .1 1 / a 12141. The sales to-day
estimated at 12,000 bales.
Lotaiort Jan. 26.—Tallow dull.
1 onnort Jan 26,1 P. M.—Consols for
• - •
money 921, and for account 021a22.1. Ameri
can securities quiet.
DreEnpooL, Jan. -• 1 P. M.—Cotton
tirm. The sales are now estimated at 15,000
bales. Pork quiet. Lard buoyant. at 745.
PAnis, Jan. 26.—The Bou.rse opened firm,
Bentes, 73f. 82c.
ANTWERP, Jan. X.—Petroleum opened
quiet and steady.
FnAtiavonT, jan. X.—U. S. Five-twenties
opened at Id /aid
.HAvnE, Jan. X.—Cotton opened active and.
firm at 138 If. both on the spot and afloat.
Suicide of u Philadelphian.
(Spacial Despeteb to the Plane. Evening Bulletin.]
WILLIAMSPORT, Tan'. Laudaur,
son of A. Landau, of Philadelphia, com
mitted suicide by shooting himself through
the head, at the City Hotel, Williamsport,
this morning.
ICerresoondenciorthe Associated Press.]
WlLLiaarsponT, January :Al.—Samuel Lan
dam, of Philadelphia, committed suicide, this
morning, at the City Hotel, in this place, by
blowing out his brains with a pistol. •
State of Thermometer This Day at the
Boliethz °Mee.
ID S. deg. 11 M. 52 deg. 2P. deg.
Weather clear. Wind Southwest.
CITY BULLETIN.
BOLD RonnEnv.—Last evening,about eight
o'clock, the residence of Gottlieb Buchman,
No. 323 North Ninth street, was entered
through the front second-story window,which
was reached by climbing up the awning-post.
Mr. Blechman was absent at the time.' Afrs.
Buchman went up stairs to put ber children to
bed, and . discovered the room door locked.
This was an unusual circumstance, and she
went out and gave an alarm. Chief Kelly and
OfticerilLukens, of the detective force, hap
pened to be standing on the corner of Wood
street at the tittle. They wont into the house,
and it was necessary to burst in the bed-room
door. By the time the officers had got in the
thief had got out and escaped. A bureau ;
drawer had been forced open with a chisel,
and $B3 were abstracted from a small box.
YOUNG GIRL ROBBED OF HER HAIR.—A .
German girl named Mary Kern, aged twelve
years, is employed in a factory on York
avenue. She started for her home between
six and seven o'clock last eveuing."
passing along Sixth street, between Coates
and Brown, she was seized . by - a Than who
threatened to kill herd she made a noise.
Of course she was greatly terrified, and then
the fellow searched her pockets. He didn't
find anything and became much chagrined
thereat. He =St" have something tor his
trouble; however, and drawing a knife he
cut all the hair froth the head of the girl. As
there is now a lively trade in chignons, braids;
switches, Ste., the scamp will probably realize
a couple of dollars by the transaction.
CLOSE TAIIVING.—Henry HolwOrth is one
of the numerous drivers in this city who don't
pay any respect to the ordinance which re
quires teams to be ten feet apart when passing
through the city. Yesterday, while on Dela
ware avenue, near Market street, ho came
across a policeman who attends to his business.
The consequence was that Henry Was, soon
introduced to Alderman Quirk. The case was
heard and the defendant had to fork over the
usual fine imposed for such Offences. •
FALSE P.RETENCES.---Holll3e9_ 13. Kelley was
- before Recordertpiven to-day. - H. Mullikan
was the complainant against 'him, and he al
.
leged that he loaned Kelley twirl" 6 ) ti niti 'agi l i,
11a-,00n; freftitigaa security lite title deed to a
form in Maesaehtutetts; said to" "Cbtifain ewer
three hundred aeref, and to be , orth $20,009.
g4r. Utilliltati aiera that while Ja_Xassaehu
tle be examined the farm,• and found that it
'lee net as largo as teptettented ; ,that the
grottlld, inetead of being, liod Orbiting land, , ie
reeky, and, the property 18 worth; nothing near
the amount it was Ott at. Jolley was, held in
SIi,LOO bail for trial. "
TIM; POLICIK I Po' Lyrtes......43entioti 25 of
tb e rules and regulations for the goVernment of
the police fOrgC of, the city declares "No
Member of the ' , Police l)cpartment. will •be
allowed' to Aconne,et, himself with any. Club,
soeittyt, cohnniftec oryanization of• any kind,
the object of which is the political advance
ment, of a party clique, combination" or 'lnit..
vkitinl; unde,r penalty of dismissal." It the
11layor will examine the list of the recently
elected Democratic City Exedutiye Committee
he will lind the naives ot'iie,veral of his officers.
}lnc ICET MTS. of
Lancaster; came to the city, yesterday, and,.
last evening, while riding in a passenger, rail
way car, hicr pocket, book was stolen from her...
The pocket-book contained all of her money,;
and last night she was compelled to seek
kaki ngs at the Ninth District l'ollee Station.'
A man who'canie froin Lancaster, and was
also on the tifivr,e passenger car with her, got
out, just before she misbed her money, and she
suspects him, of having committed the rob.
be .7. • • •
ASSAULT ANO .J.LATTRILY—Fred.Crenth, Jr.,
Was' before Recorder Glyn . this afternoon
upon the charge of assault and battery' onJohn
ISchlegminch, residing at NO. '1604 German
town road. . He Was also charged ..with'earry
lig conceaed weapons, a pistol having fallen
out of his pocket at the time , he committed the
assault; He was held in Sl,OOO bail fortria.l.
------
OF A WATCI3.4-18041e_ Worthing
ton Is supposed to make a living by selling .
oysters about the streets. Yesterday he 'went
into a house, No. 2407'North Second street,' in
pursuance of his business.' After he had left.
a 'watch:which bad been hanging on the wall
was missed. Isaac was subsequently arrested
'on suspicion of having wade love to the time
keeper. He was taken before Ald. Heins and
was held in , V5OO bail to appear at court.
FELL TITROOMI A HATCHWAT..--A young
,man named Edward Barr, aged 18' years; em-
Floyed In the rag and paper warehouse of
isher & Co., on Decatur street, fell - through,
the hatchway from :the fifth story to the
ground floor this morning. Re was badly in
jured and was conveyed to his.honie.
.
Timm NE NVIIEEL DAmssmo.----The flew tur
bine wheel in process of erection at - Pair-
Meant incurred a leakage a few days ago,
caused by the parting of the rigging of the
derrick used to put the machinery in place;
which will deferthe completion .of the wheel
about two months.
Ilous Renumtv.—The dwelling of .f. It.
lock, at the northwest corner of Seventeentb.
and Coates streetK, was entered last evening
about six o'clock, and was robbed of and
several articles of jewelry valued at S: Q.
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Philadelphia none) , lisrarfau
NVFSLNEODAI Jan. 21, IS7o.—There is no change in the
money market deaervi ug of notice. The receipts of cur
,rttler front the Welit and the outflow weste ard are
about evenly balanced, e, that there is no material gait/
fr , 'M this• %leaner, but the Lanka are ,o well ' , applied,
and the clentaad so very moderate, that the market may
be fairly qualified ns easy.
Vie quote call Pane at Lab' per cent. en' Government
bonda, alai prime mercantile bills of .iitty or ninety days
at tbe.tper cent. Liens on thirty days are negotiated at
fi per cent,
Gold continues steady, with a nlight upward tendency
in the premium. Sales opened at 12.1!i ; price at
noon, 1213,i—an advance on yesterday's closing quota
tion of
1% S. 11 , •CU rifles are fairly active and our quotations at
noon to-day show a further gSneral advance of tsati
compared &lib those of yesterday.
The Stock market was dull and prices unchanged.
City sizes were steady with sales of the imw sixes at lON.
Reading Railroad was quiet, with vales at 47',i. Penn
sylvania Railroad void tit 554 : Lehigh Valley Railroad
at 533; Mine Bill Railroad at 51.14. and Camden and
Amboy Railroad at Egli,. 73.!, was bid for Norristown
Railroad; 341; for Catawisits. Railroad Preferred, and
2i3- for Philtuielphia and Erie Railroad.
In Canal securities there were' sales of Schuylkill at
04 andpreferred Stock at 12. Mt; bid for Lehigh and
69 for M - orris preferred.
In Coal, Bank and Passenger Railroad stocks there
were no sales and bids were snerely nominal.
The earnings of the l'snoia.,Pacific Railroad for the six.
mouths ending Dscemberglst amounted to fif4,611,161.
PidLedeliptdo Produce Marker.
Wr_nagsns., . Jan. 26.—There is not much doing in
Cloverseed, and we continue yesterday's ouotations,viz.:
751/1 10—the latter for Choice. Timothy ranges from
$4 37,6 to $4l 75. Flaxseed commands 12 20a2 26.
The Flour market is dull, but supplies come forward
slowly, and holders are not disposed to force sales at
the expense of a decline. Small sales of Superfine at 34 55
ad 50 Extras at 54 Ms.& 75 ; 560 bus. lowa, Wisconsin
and Minnesota Extra Family at ssas 75 ; 201 barrels
Pennsylvania do. do: at .535 50; Indiana and Ohio do.
rlo. at $5 25a6 25, and fancy brands at higher quotations.
Bye Flour commands $ 4 87305. Prices of Corn Meal
are nominal.
There is not much demand for Wheat. and the offer•
Inas are light. Salmi of 12.000 bushels Pennsylvania
Ned in the elevator at 81 25. Eye Is steady at 9t c.
Corn is lessactive. but the receipts ■re light. Sales of
2010 hmhels new Yellow at iiBa9le. Oats tire dull at Sia
56e. No sales of Barley or Malt.
Whisky—The demand le liimited. We quote at 81a102
for wood and iron-bound.
RICH DECORATED
CHAMBER WARE
AT
KERR'S CHINA HALL
1218 CHESTNUT STREET,
NEW AND ANTIQUE PATTERNS.
We have now open by late arrivals the largest assort
meat of
Fancy Decorated Chamber Sets
in this city, of patterns not to be had elsewhere, made
expressly for no. Also, a great variety of
PUNCH BOWLS.
ja2i, 6t.rp§ '
D EPORT OF THP,
; CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK. OF PHIL A
DELPII IA .
JANUARY 22, KO
RESOURCES.
.
Loa& and Discount;
U. S. Bonds to Secure Circulation ......... ....... 710,090 OU
Due froni Redeeming Agents 60,947 79
Due from other National flanks Z3,493 IA
Duet:rots/A her National Bunke and nVikeis . 114239 97
Current Expenses 6,939 00
.
Tuxes Paid 29,21 50
Coati Items (incinding Stamps ) j,45 75
Exchanges for Clearing House 391,91 29
Hills of other National flanks ' 33410. Oti
Fractional Currency (including Nickels).— 0,254 S 7
Specie 333 00
Legal 'render Noten 50,001. Ott
U. Three l'er Cent. Certificates 40.000 00
4,13,8.51,485 76
LIABILITIES. . •
Capital Stock paid in '5'750.000 041
Sundt] H Fund 245,000 00
Discount. • , 20,931 06
National Bank Circulation Ouistanding ' 591,719 00
Dividends Unpaid 350 00
Individual Deposits • 1,731,885 92
Duo to National 'Bunks ' • - 413.082 09
Due to Other Banks and Bankers
... 95,518 69
I, Theodore Kitchen, Cashier of tho Central National
Dank of Philadelphia, do solemnly Hweitr DLit the above
statement is true to the best of my knowled ee and be•
lief. TDED. KITOIIIIOI, Cashier;
• .. Odrect. Attest—a. M. TROPTMAN,
, . WWI. ItIiPPLIED, Directors.
' JOH la ILNEs,
State `of Pennsylvania —llounty of Philadelphia:
tlworn and subsetibed before me the 28th day of:tannery,
1870. • - WM . . J . DECLEK NH
ja26-3t§ Notary Public.
THE DAILY - EIIENING BULLETIN — PHILADELPHIA I ,:iVEDNESDAy,,JApiIiAIcr 2C,-1.870
Exehauutge Sales.
_ . _
10 eh Cam&Alnit 1163. i
1 410 VCrip 61
146 eh Loll 'Val It Its 53'4
40 814 dti 2dye
1303 Sch X p(d 12 ,
GO eft do e lk 6 . 4
IU3 nh I'ead R b3O 4711
Itttatr -- - do • 47,% -
100 eh Penn 11, 66,4:
111 BOABIA.
l IC4 oh *Leading fl .cown 47%
Iwo sh do 24ya 47.60
(4.4 sh do oG9a n Its 47f;
190 oh do 65 47.69
WO eh do Itk ' 471. y
2/.0 oh do & int 474
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FROM SAN, FRANC)ISOO
Rough Treatment of Political Prisonern
The Way Gieat Britain ' Serves Rabala
Of;TRAGES EtY THE INDIANS
. Pram Nan Mimetic°.
ouTeAees AGiAzzin,
i SAN FRANCINCO; Jan. 25.—The British' ship
Ilaringer, from AnStralia, brings the follow
ing political prisoners sent from Ireland to
the British penal colonies- in 1865 and 1867.
Their terms;of sentence to transportation vary
'from. five years to life:-John Kenny,:Dennis
13, Castman, Dennis Hennessey, Mamice Pi-
Denbolim, ;Patrick Lehy, Thomas Fogarty,
avid Joyce, John -Shebat', Patrick -Wail;
Michael Moore, David Cumming, Eugene
Cleary, .Tolin 'Walsh, Patrick Doran and Pat
rick Dunn. They say they suffered indignities
such as no other country but England offers
to political offenders. As soon as the vessel
reached tho harbor; Mr. Smith, the Fenian
Head Centre of California, was notified of the
fact, and a committee was 'at once , sent on
board to escort them to the city. , They , tfrere
conducted to the Buss, House--a first-class ho
tel—where rooms were pre Pared for their re
ception, and during the afternoon they wore
- visited by large numbers of our'lrish citizens
and others, who gave' them a warm welcome
to American soil.
KTI.LEI) Et THE INDIANS, .
Captain Smith was murdered' at - Fort
Wrangel, Alaska, on the 25th of December,
by a drunken Indian. The Chief of the vil
lage refused to surrender the murderer. where
upon 'the commander of the fort shelled the
village, killing two Indians. After consider
able skirmishing the murderer was surren
tiered, tried by court-martial, and hanged.:
Captain Smith was formerly in the Confede
rate naval servjee. He commanded at Gal=.
veston at the time of the capture of, the 'Har
riet Lane.
BILLIARD CHALLENGE
Rudolph, of Chicago, telegraphed to Deery
that be would play him for the billiard cham
pionship of America in this city on the 15th of
February. Decry replied, asking him to
postpone the'game until the 2.5 th, as it would
be impossible to obtain the Mechanics' Pa
vilion before that date.
DEATH OF. A 'MERCHANT
john W. Ruggles, an old San Francisco
merchant, died suddenly at Shanghai, China,
Decemberlst.
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS IN NEW !ORR
•
. •
Money Market Unehanged---Gold Firmer-
Government Bonds Firmer.
[By Masson'e NOWA Agency.]
WALL STREET, Jan. 26, 1. P. M.—The money
market is unchange.d, and the supply largely
exceeds the demand. Call loans range from 4
to 6 per cent., and prime discoUnts from 7 to 9
per cent.
Foreign exchange continues firm at 109 i
tor 60-day sterling bills, and 1092a1091 for sight
There was considerable excitement at the
Sub?rreasury to-day at the opening of the bids
for the Treasury gold. The first bid - opened
was that of Fisk & Hatch, for the entire mil
lion, at 121.65. There was immediately - a
grand rush for the Gold Room; the premium
suddenly advanced to 121 k.: The total atnount
bid for was $i,272,000, at - quotations generally
very close at the noon market price - . Fisk &
Hatch will be awarded about 8900,000 at 121.65.
The balance will go at from 121.65 to 121.70.
The gold market was much firmer to-day in
both tone and price. It opened at 121, and
afterwards advanced to 121 L but subsequently
fell to 121,:,. The rates paid for carrying were
5, 6 and per cent.
Government bonds were decidedly firmer,
with a general advance in prices and au in
creased demand for bonds: Pacific Railroad
mortgages are in active demand again, with
advanced bidding. The quotations were.:
Union's, 83:1„; Central's, 931. Afterwards the
quotations were: Union's, 83084; Central's,
11:Shii!.1. New Tennessee's are, weak and lower,
and the balance of the list is strong. s Vir
ginia's, new North Carolina's and Missouri's
advanced.
The Railway market opened strong and ad
vanced, but afterwards fell off from the best
prices of this morning. Rock Island Iris the
chief feature of speculation, opening at 1073,
and advancing to 109 i, and afterwards de
clining to 108}. Iff`orthwest shares are active;
preferred, 894 to 881; common, 731 to 734, and
Vanderbilts are strong and higher. Pacific
Mail and Reading were the chief features.
Miscellaneous stocks declined from 40} to
38i. The officials of the company deny the re
port that steamers between New York and
California are to be withdrawn.
Other miscellaneous shares are generally
firm, with an upward tendency.
Express stocks are firm. Adams advanced
to 64i.
Fatal Accident.
LANCASTER, Jan. 26.—Jordan Crimmel, a
resident of Thomsontown, Pa., brakeman on a
freight train, who had both legs broken and
was injured internally by falling tinder the
cars In this city, last night, died to-day.
THE COURTS.
SUPREME COURT—Chief-Justice Thompson
and Justices Read, Sharswood and Williams.
—The list for Columbia and adjoining coun
ties is still before the Court. The contested
election case is fixed for argument, to-morrow
morning.
NISI Putus--Justice Agnew.L-The Buck
Mountain Coal Co. vs. The Lehigh Valley
Railroad Co. Before reported. Verdict for
defendants.
AnrEn SEsstolcs—Judge Paxson.—Geo.
Welsh, alias Charles Williams,alias EVerhart,
was charged with stealing $4BO from Patrick
Devinney. It will be recollected that on
Friday last; Mr. Devinney was in the City
Bank. Sixth street above Market, preparing
to Make a deposit, and was'at the side desk
assorting his notes. At thiS moment the de
fendant came for Ward and called Mr. Devin
ueY's attention to a 25-cent note on the floor,
and asked him if he had dropped it. Mr.
DeVinney was in the act of turning to look,
when he saw the passing of a hand, and
turning quickly, saw that his money
was gone, amounting •to over $:100. The de
fendant had Bed, but was followed by Mr.
Devinney and caught at the door of the bank,
and collared. Welsh then offered to give the
money back if allowed to go. Mr. Devinney
held on until Fire Marshal Blackburn, who
was passing, came np and took him to the
Central Station:. On the way Welsh said he
was a "gentleman," and rather than be dis
graced would pay the $4OO claimed by Mr.
Devinney. Mr. Blackburn said that no settle
ment could be made, and the defendant was
taken . to the Central Station, where S3SO was
found •on his person. Misr ailment
included a $lOO and Mr. Devinney,
while unable to identify, all his money,testdied
that there was one $lOO bill in the package
he *as counting. At the Central Station there
was also found on the defendant a letter dated
Toronto', and direct6d to ''Friend Williams,"
but .before it could be , read through it was
caught out of the hands of Mr: Blackburn
by the defendant;' who threw it into the
stove and burnt it. These were faCts given
in evideneeby the Coinnionwealth;
The defence called the 'paying-teller of the
bank, who teatified that ,he thought he could
recognize: the defendant as - at - Maw who had
been in the hank earlier in the day, and ob
tained a $lOO bill in .exchange for smaller
notes. This-was all the testimony for the de
fence, and his counsel, in hiS ' I address, charac
terized his elient as " a gentleman" who was
willing to rely npert the testimony for the
Commonwealthancithe laws of the country
rather than present testimony other than that •
of the paying-teller.
' The jury retired to deliberate upon a ver
dict.
IRMWM
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V . .0 - V. - ,R,T,iI ... .:E:PITTON' I
BY TELEGRAPH;
LITER BY CABLE.
PrOgress of the thianish Elections,
A Meeting to Promote Emigration to the
British Colonies. •
London Times-on the Annexation Policy of
the United States.
Resignation of French Ministers
LATER" -PROM WASHINGTON
Butler 13a,-vve
The Long Antioipatod Spoeph
f Dawes's Argument Refuted
The Administration Thoroughly Vindicated
SPAIN.
The Sprinialt =tettOznii.
[By Hasson's News Agency. I
MADRID, Jan. 26, 2.:P. M.---The elections in
Bpain have attracted great attention on ac
follfit of the efforts of Montpensier's parti
inns to have a 'majority in the Cortes. 'The
inlitience cif Prim has been greater in the ru
ral pith than in 31adrid; Thus far good au
thorities announce the election of four Or
leanist:s, five Progressionists, six Republicans.
Cabrazia has been defeated.
The Bourbons.
Theßonrbon party has made no impression
on the 'canvass. Only one CarliSt, as far as
beard from, has been elected. .
ENGLAND.
Entertainment in Honor of the Areh
' • bishop of Syria.
Lowpoar, Jan. 'X, 2 P. M.—Dean Stanley, of
WestminAter, gave a grand entertainment last
evening in.honor of the. Greek Archbishop of.
Syria Many English Bishops were present.
The prelate of the Greek Church has received
many honors since he came to London from
the Episcopacy.
Meeting to Promote Emigration.
(Correspondence of Lite Astioriateti Press.).
LONDON, Jan. 26.—A great meeting 'was
held at the Mansion Rouse, in this city, last
evening, to promote emigration to Canada
and other British colonies. The Lord Mayor
presided, and eminent men addressed the
meeting. .
The New Submarine Cable.
A Subivarine cable has been ordered, which
will be laid along the Pacific coast of South
America, from. Panama to .Payta, Peru.
The Annexation Polley.
The London Times has an editorial, to -day
on the detinitive adoption of the pohcy of an
nexation by the United States.
The writer says that England, though in
different, is astounded at the case of Domin
ica, which is merely adding other negro com
munities to those so dillieult to manage now.
PARIS.
Resignation or French Ministers.
PARIS, Jan. 26.—Reports, which seem to be
well authenticated, are current to the effect
that Ministers Daru, Louvet and Valdromc
will resign on account of want of harmony on
the commercial
Shipping.
LONDONDERRY,JaII.26.—The steamer Nesto
rian, from Portland, arrived to-day.
SournAmpro?..r, Jan. 26.—Steamer Maine,
from New York, arrived here to-day.
From Washington.
(Special Despatch to the Phila. Evening Bulletin.)
SPEECH OF GENERAL BUTLER.
WASHINGTON, Jana 26.—The much an
nounced and long anticipated speech of Gen.
Butler,defending the Administration from the
charge of extravagance made against it by
31 r. Dawes, was delivered in the House to
day, to very full galleries.
General Butler commenced his reply to the
charge of Mr. Dawes, that the estimates of
the Administration called for forty-nine
mil
lions of dollars more than Johnson estimated
for the last year of his administration, by
showing that, in the first place,twelve millions
of dollars of estimates was a clerical blunder,.
and that,at the time Johnson made the esti
mates for three hundred and three millions of
dollars, and Congress appropriated two hun
dred and eighty-three millions, there were un
paid balances then in the Treasury, at the
end of the fiscalyear,of one hundred and fifty
six millions, which - might be drawn
upon and which balances were ex
pended. Under the policy of Grant's Admin
istration these are being covered into the Trea
sury, as Grant intends that his administra
tion shall live on its own appropriation's. In the
War Department,instead, as alleged, fifty mil
lions being asked for, only thirty-eight millions
have been asked for, and the reduction of the
expenditures this year over the lasi , year of
Johnson's administration has been $12,-
000,000, and next year it is estimated that
there will' be anothet of $0,000,000. That in
the Post-Office Department there was a, cleri
cal error of nearly $12,000,000 in the book es
timates from winch Mr. Dawes read, but of
which he noticed only $7,000,000.
This takes twelve millions more out of the
'orty-nine.. millions charged by Mr. Dawes
gainst: the: present Administration. Mr.
Ntwes was not justified in making this at
ack, 'as six weeks previous to his speech he
had been notified by letter of these errors.
I-le nevertealled upon either the Postmaster-
General, Secretaries of War, Navy
. .
or State, whom he „attaoked, Or, an
explanation, or to ascertain' whether
the estimates were correct, although state- .
ments to the contrary have been published.
The balance actually called for by the• Post
°thee Department was twenty-seven millions,
against thirty:tWo millions in the last year :of
John Son's reign, making an estimated' saving
in the Pest-Ottice Department el . over
four millions, and . there was an
actual saving, in this Department
last year of over °tie and one•httlf millions. In
the Navy -Department, instead of, as Gideon
Welles and Mr. 'Dawes assert, only ono bun
drel and fifty thousand dollars being esti-
tea for coal under Johnson's adniinistra-
den, the actual estimate was thirteen hundred
and: eighty thousand dollars„Or . , almost eleven
hundred thousand' snore than Welles; Dawes'
& Cm- asserted. There was on hand in the Navy
Depattment:at that time, applicable for the
purchase of 'coal, an 111111.Sed balance of two
millions three hundred •thonsand dollars: So
bat the present St crkary of the NaVy could
ell say that Ite would.endeavor saVe two
Millions out lof •the appropriations' for' coal
by 'using - sails' instead of steam in the Navy.
At the end of' June,' 11369, which esti
mates were Made by Andrew .I'Ohnson,
there were sixteen ,unexpended
in the Navy 'Department so that Congress
only appropriated about sixteen millions, al
though Wel tes asked' foi twenty millions ad
ditional,. making in all thirty-two millione at
.
the disposal of the Department. The Secre
tary of the Navy asks now for only twenty
eight niillions; or four million's le`ss tban
Welles asked for.
The surplus of sixteen millions on hand
thus takes sixteen millionmore oirt 'of - Mr.
Dawes's charge of fol:ty-nine millions of over
estimates. It will be seen that the. Navy De
partment during the nine months of Grant's
administ;atiop, as compared with the corra
-1 Spending time ofJohnson'e reign, saved $.3,-
:MAO. In regard to the Tfeasury Department,
I General Butler showedthat, taking out the es
' tireates ordered- by Congress;' with which the
Secretary has nothing to do, and the estimate
for the interest which is appropiiated for but
paid itito the sin - king - fund, and the estimate
for detective force to eatelt thefelonswideli
Andrew Johnson let loose upon the country,
there will be a saving of about twelve millions,
'ln the Interior Department there wore
,
eleven millions balance to the credit of the
Pension Appropriation, so that Congress only
appropriated last year nineteen millions,. in
addition making together: thirty millions ; and
this'year only thirty millions, in addition to
pbnsipns paid from the Naval Fund, and from
prize monevrand that theCona mittee on'ApPre
priations have reported; and the House has
passed abill for this sum, showing that Mr.
Dawes's Committee did not consider this an,
extravagant estimate., '
The Indian Bureau calls for one million
less than last year, which, together with the
eleVen millions now on hand, disposes of
tWelve Millions more of the forty-nine millions.
As to the charge that thelegislative branch
of service calls for one and one-half millions
more than hist year, was it just to charge
this sum also to General Grant's Adrainistra
tion, when the money would' •• be used by both
branches , of,Congress ? • '
Summing it all up, General Butler intio
duced a table of tigurbet, showing that; de
ducting the balances on 'hand last year, and
reckoning the saving made lu the estimates
this year, the actual amount called ' for wau
lifty-nine million; eight hundred and ninety
nine thousand dollars lesS than slr. Dawes
had stated; or nearly, eleven millions less than
the appropriation of hist year, and nearly
thirty:one - millions less than the estimate by,
Johnson, instead of twenty millions greater,
as asserted
3too iCY-C7i(5451c,
General Butler declared that the Republi
can party bad a •right td •complain or Mr.
Dawes's conduct for making -false-charges
and accusations against the Administration,
that G'rant had called for $331,000,000 to run
thC Government for the next year, when he
bad before him at the titne of 'making the
scurrilous attack the official report
of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the last
page,kwhere the authoritative statement is
made that but twenty-nine millions would be
required for the coming year, or, forty
lions less than Itlr.fla,wes asserted. Re blindly
rushes ahead, turning neither to the right nor
the left. •
General Butler also called attention to the
fact that Mr.Da,wes was urged as Chairman of
the Committee onApprOpriations- because lie
was supposed to he friendly to the Adminis , -
tration,' although at the time it was'known he
was very conservative; that he had never in
Congress advocated the thirteenth, four
teenth or fifteenth amcndments to the Con
stitution, the civil rights' bill, or the recon
struction acts.
Re voted for those measures, however, but
it was the vote of Massachusetts, not his own
—he being constrained by his conservatism.
Yet, thinking he was a safe,accuratejudicious
man, he was put in a plabe where it was ex
pected he would be a wheel-horse of the
Administration. 'But in the first stages
of the journey he has balked,
run hack, and titled the whole
load into the gutter. He has furnished the
best campaign document the Democrats over
had, and they would make good use of it, as
is shown by Democratic members subscribing
for one hundred and fifty thousand copies.
Yet, if he bad made the investigation that
is claimed for him by his friends in the news-
papers, and found facts to be as asserted, he
would have deserved all praise and credit.
Ills statements were illusionary, calculated
to deceive the ignorant and unreflecting, and
evidently made in an unfriendly spirit to the
Administration, caused, probably, by personal
grief's.
Worreepondence of the keeocluted ?rem]
NAVAL lir TELLIGHNCE.
• Lieutenant Samuel L. Wilson has been or
dered to duty -- at the naval rendezvous, San
Francisco, until! the St. Mary goes into corn
mission,when he is to report for duty onboard
that. ship. Chaplain Jobn K. Lewis is ordered
to duty at the Naval Asylum, - Thiladelphia,
and Assistant Paymaster Nicholas B. Strong
is ordered to the Yantis.
rnomoTiox.
Colonel D. C. Cost has been promoted from
Chief of the Section of spirits and tobacco .in
bond to • the Supervisorship of the internal
Revenue Office, vice W. P. Sherman, trans
ferred to the Stump Division.
The House Comniittee on Elections, this
morning, passed an order relieving its mem
bers and clerk from obligations of secrecy as
to its proceedings. The committee will matte
no oNections to Porter, but hold the creden
tials of Segar,Boeker and McKenzie for further
consideration. The other members elect from
Virginia await the return of the bill with the
President's signature, to be sworn in to-day.
The House discussed the League Island bill
until 2 o'clock, when the previous question
was called. Upon putting the bill upon its
passage, Mr. Dawes moved that the bill be
laid upon the table, and this was agreed to by
a vote of 94 ayes to ti 7 nays. This is consid.
ered as a virtual defeat of the measure.
Forty First Congresti...Second - Session.
WASHINGTON, ,Tam 20.
SENATE,- Mr. Harlan presented the crfaion
dais of his colleague, Jas. B. Howell, elected
by the Legishitiire - of iiiwa to till the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of Senator
Grimes. • . ,
Mr. Howell, the Senator elect, then took the
usual oath of office. •
On motion of Mr. Harlan, it wits ordered
that (luring the present session all petitions for
the abolition of the franiting privilege be filed
with the Secretary of the Senate, and referred
to the Committee on Post Offices.
The Vice President laid' before the Senate
the joint resolution of the Legislature of Kan
sas,'astiing, the renieval of the Capitol of the
United States to the Fott Leavenworth Mili
tary Reservation.
kx. Pratt presented a petition from 3,200
eiti'dens of New Ydrk anal other States for an
amendment to the National Constitution to
extend the right of suffrage to females, and
alsodhe petition of Thomas A. Hendricks end
othdr .members of the Bar of Indiana for an
increned' of the salaries of the Judges of the U.
S. Supreme Conn and the Circuit Courts.
'.O motion of My. Ramsey tho Senate took
up the bill for the disPosal. of the lands em
braced in the Fort Leavenworth Reservatign.
TUE LEAGUE I S LAND BILL
"rcti intended
Mr. Rarneeysnia this legislation
t'c1tai, 1 01 1 ,14110,,,0 - COttpantB of the Reams Varian ta•
means of establisbing,their titles to .the land
orivned by theni.
Mr. Nye saiittbe lands Worepart ofthe liePub
i domain, never having:been net apart, and
therefore no distinction should be Maclean the
disposal of those lands of which other pur
chasers of public lands. wore deprived.
The bill gave ,rise to a discussiOn, which
Continued until after the expiratied Of 'the
morning hour, when the bill was recommitted
to.the Committee on Public Lands.
The consideration of the currency bill -watt
then resumed: •
Mr. Corbett referred to the present financial •
status ' of. the Government, and said the'
country was gradually returning to a sound,
basis. The gold riotv accumulating at ,the
banks could be held in the place of the three'
per cent. certifidates, which the ' bill very
properly proposed fopay:; off. .He would
port the proposition to , extend banking.
facilities to the Southard West,believiug it to
be demanded by the immediate necessities of' .
those sections. He also favored the provigion
for the establishment of banks on a gold basis,
and thought these would eventually super
cede the prenent natioriat banks. -
Mr. Sumner opposed the' bill, asserting that
a redistribution of the existing currency could
not he made without serious ,consequences to
the business, of the country, and..-would,not
Materially aid' n financial reconst,rucrion. ..He" ,
was disposed to assume the cause of the batiks ,
of New York, PhlladelPhia, and Boston - 10 this
matter, because in' 1861,at a iiineWhen the
national securities ba receiti.ed'A terrible
shock, they furnished the means- by which
our forees were organized .against the rebel
lion--aso,oce,eoo in, gold ,being furnishecf,by
them. 'This bill presented simply the quefi
tion of enlargingtbe national banks,currency,
and creating a systeni of free banking, folinded
on coin notes. These he claimed Were inade-'
quote for the purposes to be aceoriiplished.
St roag (Conn.) presented the
memorial of the Preehdent of the Connecticut
River Railroad Cempany for the reduction of,
duty on`iron and steel rail. , •
Numerous petitions Were ~presented by,, ;
Messrs. Knapp, Stevens; Starktieather, and
other members, In favor of the abolttion"Of
the franking Privilege. *
Mr. Wood (N. Y.) asked 'leave to offer a ,e-'
solution calling on the Postmaster-General 'to '
state by what -authority he had furnished te'
the Postmasters throughput„ the • Country
blank for Ins of petitions against the fra?ikiyig
priviler,e, and the cost' of having ,the ca rne printed, &c. r •
Messrs. Davis and Peters objected.
Mr. Wood gave notice that he *Would Offer
the resolution on Monday. .; • .• 'r •
Mr. Chutebill ofiered , a resolution • calling •
for information as to the extension or the pub-.„
lie works at. Oswego, New fork,
sary for the protection of the' commerce of ,
that port. '
Mr. Van Trump offered a resolution
on the secretary of the Treasury for a istate
ment as to the interest paid- by , the Govern=- •
ment on the bonds °flit° Union arid Central ..
Pacific Railroad eompanies; as to Governs
ment freight trant,ported on arose roads . ; as to,
why those bonds are omitted 'in' the ,official
periodical' Statements of the public debt, and ,
OS to' .the stock
• of those companiek;
Adopted. '
Mr. Hay .offered a resolution directing the )
Committee on : Mines And Mining to luvesti-'
gate the causes, of the Avondale mine disaster,
aral report whether Cengress ha.spe.wee under
the Constitution to „
legislate so as to preveet__
_
such occurrences 'future. Aaopted. ,
Mr. Cox, offered - a, resolution calling on the
SSecretaryel War foil information• as .to - the'
pay of officers employed•iii`eivil duties in tale
South, whether they are also paid' out of the
State treasuries. Adepted. ;' - •
• The House then ,resumed, in the rimming •
hour, the consideration pt. the League Isla,nd
Nav3r Yard bill, and''Was, addressed ,
Waslibtirne (Wis.) in favor of aboliShing navy
r ,
yards and having' Government - wOrk Tone in' '
private shipyards; •bylNir. Hill, in' defenceBf'
the Secretary. of the's Navy,. against.' Mr; ;
Dawes'ii insinuations.as to the economical no- ,
tams pf tuat official; by 'Mr.•.Calkia, •iti de
fence of the navy yard system, and in favor of
League Island; by Mr. Randall, in support of
the bill; and by Mr. Daw6 in support of the
views heretofore submitted by him. •
Mr. Dawes declared it to be his opinion that
the three'New England navy yards might" be '
consolidated in one, and ;at New London.
That would swallow up the Charlestown anti
Portsmouth ravy yards, and perhaps also•the
Brooklyn navy yard.
IVith the great burden of the public debt; with
the currency deranged ; with indthstry pare,-
lyzed in every department, he called upon the
House to pause and see whether some change
of policy might not result in the reduction' of
the large expenditure contemplated by the •
bill. That was his opposition. to the bill. There .
was no use of this preparatory, bill. peur ,
words in an appropriatien bill, when the time
came, would be enough, and be predicted that
those words would be added in the
Senate to the Navy Appropriation bill.
Under tbese circumstances, and with the '
Aye of the country unon them, holding them
to their pledge that they would expend no,
money unnecessarily in the administration of
the government, he called upon therri to wait
until the question was settled whether in fa
sure the -work of the Navy was to be done in
a private yard, before they would launch out
on this expenditure. -
Mr. Randall remarked that the gentleman
from Massachusetts would find no more faith
ful allies on the Republican aide of the Rouge
than be would in a solid phalanx of Demo
crats. It was no new featuor for,thein to vote
in favor or to advocate economy. They had
stood here for years resisting corruption and
fraud on the Tieasury, and would be quite at
home in continuingin that direction, and con
tinuing to have the confidence of country
in that respect. 'Quiet incredulous laughter
on the Republican side : l
Finally the previous question was
seconded, and Mr. Scofield, having charge of
the bill, had an. hour to close the debate.
Mr. Starkweather desired an opportunity to`
submit reasons why the bill should be re
committed, but declined to accept any allow
ance dame which Mr. Scofield offered to
accord.
Mr. Wood ward,having five minutes allowed
lam endorsed the views of the Chairman of
the Committee on Appropriations as to the pro
priety of deferring the proposed removal. As
to the argument that the removal of the Phil
adelphia Navy Yard was necessary to make
room for the commerce of that port; he re
marked that he had read to the papers the other
day that the commerce of Philadelphia had
dwindled down to 50,000,and he thought that
there was coast surface enough along the
Delaware to accommodate the present com
merce of Philadelphia, and all the commerce
that Philadelphia was likely to acquire in the
future.
Afr. Scofield closed the debate in an argu
ment in support of the bill, and then Mr.
Dawes moved to lay the bill on the table and
called for the yeas and nays.
The Stirihe at Jersey City.
Ny.w Youu, Jan. 2.6.—1 t is said the rioting
arming the railroad strikers at jersey City; was
instigated by the rum-dealers in the. Seventh
Ward of that city, :inhabited almost exclu,
siveiy by Ede.operatives, and proprietors of
the rum shops of course lose their custom if,
the places are supplied by New Yorkers.
The Jersey City Common Council will, peti.
tiou 'E
the rif; Company to•: reinstate :the
strikers. , • ' '
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New York Stook Market. =- • '
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Correspondence of tho Associated Preee..l
.Nity, YORK. Jan. Ed.—Stocks steady... itonay.eaut at 68i
7 per. cent, Gold. 121,1. United States 6-29 p. 11W, courion, t..
116!i; United States 5-20 e. 1864, dd., LION ; do. do. 1865,
do. 11t,44; do: 1885. new, 11 lg; . do. 1867, do. 1888,
114;4. ; 10.40 6 , nat.; • Virginia , eixeo, new, dl;
Missouri Cs, 89; Conlon Company, .55.4 • _: timber
land Preferred, .W£ ; Cloneolfrlated Now . York
Central and llndson 1tiver.94,31.: 2:114: headi ng , Adnum Express, 63?.i ; Ditch:Centra, ; Michigan.
Southern. 043,,' • illinoie Central, 1.3716'; ineloland and
Pittsburgh, 91 ;Chicago and Rock Leland, .10.7.4;; Pitts- . •,
burgh and Wort Wayne, 18714; Weetern Union Tele=
graph:34),S,'
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—A pomilar song among the young ladies
presented to Prince Arthur is " Let .zno kiss
him for his mother."
—The exclukion'of the Bourbons from the
Spanish throne has been defeated. Since' An
drew Johnson's retirement, we have . had , ' no
Bourbon in thd,Presideney.
—.Kate Bateman is in New Orienns ,
and
Nag& lilitcholl is in St. Louis. ' .