GIBSON MACK,. Editor. 014UMR,XXIII.-NO. 256. ARTIL CLOSET COMPANY'S • COM 11_01)E8Lind mantas for fixed • cloeeta, at A. H BAbIPOIJII (t/.'e. 613 Market et. dotitu th a3ot: lATEDDING INVITATIONS VS ravad In the newest and beet mannor. LOUIE IDUILA Stationer. and Jew/raver. Ree DIARItI ED. BNLKNAP--RFMBEN.-:-In New' York, February 3d, Ly the Rev. M. 8. Hutton, D.D,, Robert Lenox Belknap to Man' Fluenixy youngest daughter of Henry R, .2 •r ; DIED. CANLEY.--00 the Ali Inst., Jetties Canley, In the 2241 year of Lis ago. • Friends of the fluidly are respectfully invited to at tend the funeral, from die late residence, N 0.812 iieuth Ninth street r oti Monday afternooniat 2 o'clock. 21 IOPPLICK . M o unt . J.. on the 4th Inst., Dayton Armihrong, #Oll of J.oeeph lt. au Mary J. Cvp 7 puck, aged 8 menthe. The relatives and friends of thief/Wily are respectfully invited to attend theloueral, from 11 le rather resithmce_, i n m o unt • Holy; , J., ril MORdar,lll4t, at'll3.lo'clock A. M. without Further notice. ENOLE.—At Cheater, on the 3d itist4Marf.gtigle, in the 9411, year of her age. . The relati staged'trisreds ofthe faintly are reapectfrilly invited to attend her, funeral, from her, late residence, in Chester; Delaware ' county, on Monday, the nth Inst., to ulcer t the houses; 10 o'clockli‘ (thou; furthser notice. • • . HISWITT.—ThIs morning, Sallie, wife of John M. Dewitt, and daughter of the let Dr. J. B. Munn. Due,hyobcef,of the funeral will be given:; 110DOK.-4Th the •Idi inst., Joht L. Hodge, in the :kith year of his are. His friends and those of the family are respectfully yited to attend his - funeral, from fits late residence, No. 1)06 Pine street, on Monday morning, the 7th inst.. at IC &cloak.. i• •• KER R.—On 'Sunday, Jan. 20th, 1870. at the residence of his tritother,Na.tesi Penn attest, Pittsburgh, Penn• silvan/a, AndreirLetiox Kerr. L1NN411.0.7-4n the Mh inst., Elvira 1.1„ wile of J. T. Linuard. The relatives and friends of the family arc respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her husband, 421 South Broad street, on Monday, FebillarY 7th. at 2 o'clock. • 24001tE.—Jannary 22d, at Sacramento, Cal., nee. Franklin illoere, L.L. , of the rtulatlelpitia Conference 91. E. Church. NEII,BI)N.—On Friday, Yebruars 4th, Jule Neilson dnitulitor or the late Noble C. Neilson. . . . . I'UTnDAMNH—On lierblay evening, Feb. 4th, Bert►e liedg wife of Martin Pot sdamer, and daugh ter of Muses and B'•nvenedu V. Nnthaos, piano. The funeral will take place Irian the residefa• of her pirentA.2o.4927.llbeetpuc street, 011 31onday, the 7th wht., et A 'Mock P. M. YAIINAtI.—Ou the 4th Elizabeth (1.; widow of Msnitimin 11. Yarnell. aged 75 yeors. Funeral from her late rn.idence.l.ll2 Atilt street, on Fleroxid day afternoon, the 7th inst., at 2 o'clock. • MT UNION LEAGUE 110V8E. PHILADELPHIA, February 4, MO. At a tne , ting tho Board of Directors of toe Elliott League of l'hiltalelphLs; held Friday evening, February 4. 1!..:0, the following Preamble and Resolutions were unsiihnou , ly adopted: , Wh,rea., A solemn providence of God has suddenly repay% cd lr um the sphere of 'earthly usefulness our be lo‘ed Fre , ldurit, HORACE SINNEY, Junior, in the ripeness of his manhood, the fulness of bis "clear Intel• lect and the <Us eloped beauty of 11102hristion virtues; am! wla.tvc#i Ito- luta N. , ta with thn mmtio-ra of the Ufilol.l League from tho time or the projection of our inotitution Until the lamented hour of him death, shrimiLolding an official position in our bodr.and dying the honored incumbent of the bighead office which Our respect could beetow upon -hie recognized merit; therefore, be it That In the death of Horace Blaney, ,Jr., not only the Union League, but all, good citizens wko sated within the influence of his precept and example, have lest a friend, it comfortkr, and a courageons leader. Is the darkest hours of that bloody history through which our counts y lately parsed, when man en I the scheme* of men seenitii to fail as one by one, and human hope was driven to Beni niter refuge, the voice of oar late Presi. dent Nay ever firm, cheerful, and filled with righteous cerill,b tire ; his cuunsel was ever wise and boldly provi• dent, and be looked the threatening future in , the' face with a faith so warm. so pure, and so complete, that it cast a glow upon the must doubtful and warmed tato activity the most timid and dpairing hearts. licxerird. That the venerable father, the wife", the children, and the family of our late President, be 11.1- sured of our deepest sympathy in their tied bereavement —a bereavemcut mitigated to every 'Christian mind by the remembrance of the spotless character of the de parted soul, of the kindly works be did here on earth ; by tits couscioneness that he left no duty of his thse no pertotnied ; that ho dli d with plans of unamomplished good before bins. Riad that no man, at any hour of the day or the night, was I etter prepered to hear and to fel low the PUltlloollll Olds Lord. Resolved. That, In the death of our President, the Union League has suffered an irrepanible toes. The strict and watchful fidelity with which he performed_the duties of ideopice, and the jealous care with which he guarded the rei t • of our tiesoclation, entitle his memory to the respect and the gratitude of our mem • Lera; and the courteous deference to private feelingsdhe judicious firmnees,and the temperate wisdom with which he preside:l,oTel , the meetings of the Board of Directors, won for him an affectionate regard that we shall here after treasure among the most sacred and enduring feel ings of our hearts. Rewired, That In thus testifying, as a liody, the grief which we feel at the loss of our President, each man Saki-. this sorrow to hituself and makes it his own ; re cognizing as we do the weakness of words to express Oa • Foleuinity of woe or the warmth of sympathy, or to illustrate public and private virtues which were as high,- as clear mad as untarnished by earth as that 'Mayen toward which the soul of rho righteous Dian aspires. Reinlyrrl, That the League House shall be draped with the usual emblems of mourning for thirty days,end that the Ihard of Directors in a body, and a Committee of the Members of the League, shall attend the funeral Aery.ices of p:ar Tata:Preshlta;, Roolted, That these resolutions be published,aud that copies of them be transmitted to the Bun. Horace Bin 'ley and to the family of our late President. By order of the Board of Directors. It§ OHO. H. DOKE% Bocretary. T - AIIGE - Pralb - N - SINSOOKSFOR - LA. -- - DIES' WRAPPERS. • SATIN PLAID CAMBRICS. .• SOFT FINISH CAMBRICS. MULLS AND FRENCH MUSLIMS. EYRE & LANDELL. KELIGIOITS NOTICES tub — TRINITY M. E. CIS URCII, EIGHTH, above Bace—Rey. J. Neill. e. lei; rev. B. W . llntnpbriesat7%. Strangers invited. • I' UNITARIAN CHURCH, GE R. manteivn.—Subjeet of leetnre to-morrow evening Theodor* Parker." Beata free. , . lt• ARCH' - STREET E. CHURCH, Bev. 0. 1.1.. Payne to-morrow at 105 i A. 31. and 732' P. M. fitrangera invited. . It* lob REV. U. WADSWORTH, D. D., PAS. tor, will preach to-morrow in the Third Re formed Church,'Penth street, below Arch. Services A Td.,7li P. Y. 1L ms's CALVARY' PRESBYTERIAN Church, Locuet street, above Fifteenth, Day. Dr. Jiumphrey, pastor.-- Oervices at 103 ii A. M. and al P. at. .n* gr .- $ ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH, TENT-H -•lteYr ;street, above Chestnut' atreet.—There will be Dl *lue itervire in this church on next Sunday evening, Yeb,tith lust at 7,55 o'clock. go . FIRST REFORMED CHURCH, currier of Seventh and Spring Garden streets. Rev. Thomas X. Orr, will preach to-morrow at 1035 A. M., end 73G P.. H. Evening seriee—" Nature's Teachinge. 'The Heavens." It* THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE Sabbath. Schools of the West Arch Street Presbr for on Church-writ tehoplace at-go'clock -to-morrow -af- Vernoon. Rev.' Albert Barnes, you. Wm. Strong anti Mar. A. A: Willits will deliver dibireases. lU° P'P O • GARDEN BAPTIST °buret', Thirteenth street above Wallace * , Rev. Z. P. LI ernheriter. Paetor,—Preachiug tomorrow at Rt)ii A.M. and 7% P. M. Sabbath school at aP. M. le, 104' CHURCH •OF THE • MESSIAH MESSIAH ftiniVereal fat), Telenet Mal Juniper streets, Rev. 'E. G. Brooke, D. Tr., Paster. Services at 103 A. M.,and Evening 7%. Second sermon to non-church•goore who are earnestly invited to attend). Subject-- ' The Reasens 'Why." i u . THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Church, Washington Sonare.—Rer. Herrick :Johnson, D. D., Pastor, will preach to-morrow 7,f; P. ssl. The eighth of the scrim to Young Dien. Subject— ", The Dude." . It" _ _ fO_ ALEXANDER PRESBYTER lAN utthurch, Nineteenth and (114.ett Ornate'. Preach -5n on next Sabbath, at ie% o'clock A. X. and 75.; -.o'clock P. M., by Bev Dr. .W Marshall,f kolumbus, Ohio. • 0 It* ea. ANTON STREET CHURCH, Tenth street. below Spruce. • Rev. James Ander pen, of Williams Oollege,ldass. will preach on Sunda xliernigg, at 104 o'clock, and in 'the evening, at All p invited. It • • . .., . ~. ... , . , .. . - , . r , . . ..„..„. . . ~.., , . ' .. .. , , - ~ ~ ~., . , . ~, ...., , ~.... ... „ ill, ~ , ... ~ .. . .. i dn.. ~ , .... ...... ~ .., , . ~ • ~ ... ... je , ~... ~.... •,.•., . .......,.. . .. • .. , " ..,•,.., .. ..... .... . ~,.... ......... ........... .. ...,, ..„......,....,.• .. ....•....•., ... .____ . _ . ...... _ L7SECOND REFORMED CIIVRCII, ' Seventh street, ' above ' Brown. Rev. Isaac S. Hartley, pa/dor, will preach to-morrow (Sunday) at , 10% A. M. and 734 P. M. Hon. Daniel M. - Fox will ad ! ' dress the Sunday Schools at 2P. M. ... Its . Us - ST. 6LEMET'S - CHURaI, TWEN tinth and Cherry streets.—Servicalo-morrow eve ning at 214 o'clock. Sermon by the Ray. cmerge F. Ser n.onr. 5. T. 1)„, of the 'General Theoloeical Seminary Ait New Yolk. "The Church of the English. ReforMation an old Churchres. ored, not a new ono created, - -- - It" up , Norign BROAD STREET PRES bylerian Chnrch.—Preaching by the Pastor to morrow at 1014 A. M. Afternoon service at 14 to 4 o'clock. Preaching by Rey. J. K. F. &hes,. Missionary of the American 8, 8. Union,. Friends of Sabbath /Schools especially Invited. No evening servico. -le y- --- ._ ..___ YOUNG} SERMON TO ; _. UNDER incE AUSPICES OF . ReyO M MS CHRISTIAN ASSORIATION.— J. L. Withrow will preach a sermon . especially to young mer To• Morrow (Sabbath) 01 , 00ittlit at 7, 4 4 o'clock In the Arch Street Presbyterian Church, Arch street, shore Tenth. . - Medical students and strangers In the city are oordlallY invited to attend. It O;?:UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYL VAICIA.—LECTITR.EB ON SOCIAL SCIENCE. —Professor .1 II MeILVAI'NE, D. D.. will deliver a Course of TEN LECTURES. on SOCIAL SCINNOE, Hi the Hall of the University Ninth elreet , near Market. The introduetareleetnre will be 'given on WEDNES DAY EVENING, February 9,18 - 41,41 t S o'clock, and the remaining lectures on the Wednesday evening of each week thereafter. fey 4t§ o. DR. JIARBISONHAVING RE -Iturtwd from a professional trip through Europe, has resumed practice at hie late tesidence.Y23, North lt. Twelfth street. • The second night's sale Of Mr. Hase'tine's engravingS, last evening, was, a sacrifice, so tar as the great bialk of the stock was con cerned, though a few isolated plates reached figures more adequate to their value. Raphael 31orghen's print of Leonardo's Last Supper, a tine proof before the addition of the serial colon in the lettering; after rising by tens, fives and . 2.!'s, rested some time at r51117.'F, and Was finally hammered to Mr. Al alvain at $2OO. The same subject, a proof before letters of Wagner's plate, was purchased by Mr. Gibson at • , _•'.2o, Raphael Morghen's portrait at* Leon ardo, same purchasier,biong,lit $25; it is but a rut]] print, but was sharply contested with Mr.' Gibson by a young gentleman un to that point. Nis ' Aurora," after Guide, went for X7O to Mr. 3lcilvain. A small etching of Leopold Robert's celebrated Harvest Proces sion brought $6O. Mr. Haseltine's choicest impression of Diirer's Adam and Eve went for 60 to Mr. Kechline. The finest copy of Delaroche's Marie Antoinette was secured by Mr. Gibson (who bought largely) at $4O ; another impression brought s'4o. A large etching of stags (unfinished above the figures) reached The final sale takes place this evening. —Mr. B. Scott, Jr., who manages the above sale, tells us that a gallery of paintings of high distinction and of very exclusive signatures will shortly be put up at unreserved sale in this city. Collectors take notice. , A Roman correspondent sends to the New York Post the following anecdote, current in Roman society just now: • " Antonelli has a nephew; said nepheur is a sergeant in the Pontifical artillery; but he is a thorn in the Cardinal's side,for the blue and red uniform is only an excuse for idleness— that greatest of all crimes with the indefati gable minister. • • "' Do something,' he said to the young man; go-into the Sistine Chapel choir and use your voice. They want a tenor, and rll see that you get fifty thousand francs from Jacovacci, at the Tor di Nona, after a twelve months'ipractice.' " Never!' exclaimed the nephew, who must inherit his Eminence's sixteen millions one of these days. ' I will not degrade an Antonelli? ;Ord/Wiese, liefo - re the time the Antonellis were day laborers in a provin cial village. " A short time after this conversation a wealthy French shop-keeper called on the Cardinal and opened negotiations for a mar riage between young A. and his daughter.: " His eminence was delighted, and sang the praises of his interesting relative, adding, in reply to a question about the yonng man's fortune : q heard him refuse 50,000 francs which were offered to him for one single piece of property.' The wedding is to be officially announced for Easter, when the Sergeant is to receive an epaulette." ' Where Conscripts Come From. Official statistics on the state of education among the conscripts of the Prussian army show that only 3.94 per cent. are without school-education and can neither read nor liwite. The per centage varies greatly in the different provinces. - The former Polish pro vinces show an average of 15 to 16 per cent. The province of Prussia, 13.26; Posen, 14.73; Pomerania, 1.24 ; Silesia, 3.05 ; Brandenburg, 0.65; Saxony, 0.62; .Weg,phalia, 1,62 ; the Rhine provinces, 1.62. The highest per cent ago in any district islB,in Marienwerda ; in the northeastern part of the Prussian province the, least district per centage is Magdeburg, with 0.35. In the district of Potsdam there is only 0.36 per cent., while in the city of Berlin not a single , case of such ignorance is noted. The percentage is least in the lierman prov inces bordering dn the Rhine. Itis remarkable that,the north and ettst, departmenp!9f France show them:Wiest number of conSefipts unable to read or write, namely, 5 per cent., while the rest of France has a much higker percent age, that of the department off Dordogne being 43 per cent. The German cities nearthe Rhine show the following percent age : Coble ntz, 0.61 ; Dusseldorf, 0.68; Col ogne, 1.64 ; Trier, 0.87 ; Aix-la-Chapelle, 0.38 QUARTER SESBIONS—Judge Paxson.—Comt was held in the old Court-room to dispose of habeas cerpus cases mid the miscellaneous business,of the term. QUAATER SESSIONS—Judge A.llison.—Jury,, w trials ere,resumed this morning, - and prison' cases were disposed of. —The latest' marvelous feat in machinery is a "Horse Clippinglviabhine,'! which works by means of a conib,capable of being readily run through the hair in any direetion r while sharp knife revolving closet° itsonter surface clips the ends of hair off smoothly and ra pidly. RELIGIOUS NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. See Sizth pane for additional Notirrro . fiZia ACADEMY OF MUSIC. THE STAItCOVIMIE 6F.LECTVIIES. BALM, WALDO EMERXON, ON MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7. Subject—Social Life in AmerithC. Bev. E. lb CHA PIN, D. D., February . 10: Subject—The Roll of Honor. GEO; WM. CURTIS, Febrannv 21. Subject—Our National Folly—The Civil Service. Prof. HENRY MORTON, February ZS. Subject—Solar Eclipses. BAYARD TAYLOR, March 3. Subject—Reform and Art. JOHN G. SAXE, March 21." Subject:—French Folks at Home. Prol. ROBERT E. ROGERS, March 21. Subject—Chemical rorces in Nature and the Arta; ANNA E. DICKINSON, April 7. Subject—Down Breaks. Frir Admission to each Lecture, 50 cents. Iletteryed etitas cents. , Tickets to any of the Lectures for sale tat Gould's Plano looms. 923 Chestnut street from 9A. M. to 5 Doors open td 7. Lecture at 8. , fet-tf THE FINE A ROMAN STORY. AntonelWei THE PRESHAN ARMY. THE, COURTS. PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1870 CRIME OUR ,ttLASILS: SAVAUES. - - An Indian Town Itombarded—Aa Ama. Trader Mardereak—llanalas- of as (From the San Francisco Chronicle.] Since Alaska became annexed to the United States and a lawkss soldiery entered upon that Territory we have , nothing: chromd e but scenes of horror and bloodshed, brought about sometimes by the licentious soldiers and their dissolute commanders, and at other times by the reckless traders who have overrun the new Territory. The principal instrument in the trade thus carried on bas been whisky —no, not whisky; it would almost confer dig nity upon the villainous compound that they barter to call it by that name. Captain Leoni das Smith was quartered at Fort Wrangel as post-trader or sutler. Here Captain . Smith bee opened a small store, not unlike a grocery, where everything was sold or bartered that the Indian heart might covet, not omitting, of course, the inevitable , fiery liquors. All was going on ' well"'with the Cap tain, who, besides making money, en- histhe comparative comforts' , of a home, ' his wife, now in this city, having accom panied bin .into his northern exile. - Attached to the . Captain's household was a native wo man, employed as .a, housekeeper, who bad a, large though involuntary share in bringing about a tragic Chrbittilas at Fort Wrangel. Early in the morning of Christmas day the Indians, all prepared for merry-making, left their settlements and repaired in swarms to the garrison. Here the soldiers bad nude am ple preparation for their entertainment, and the whole day was a continued round of pleasure anti festivities. Liquors were freely circulated,- and the Indian's Paradise had been thirly attained. Towards evening, however, the natives, now .full of corrosive stimulants, exhibited a disposition to be un ruly. One Indian :Relied Captain Smith's housekeeper,the native woman already spoken of, and insisted upon kissing her hand, a lib city which that person resented by shrieking for the Captain and making a great hubbub - generally. The Indian, meantime, had ob tained possession of her hand, and retained one of her fingers between his teeth with a fierceness the „result no doubt of love and whisky injudiciously mixed. Captain Smith sprang to the assistance of his housekeeper, and, calling his men about him, threatened to shoot down the natives. The too amorous Indian thereupon released the woman's finger, and, with ferocity and hate gleaming in his eyes, be turned like a babied tiger upon the white man who had interfered with lus pleasssre. The -Captain- detei.ted his disposition to fight, and, our informant says, struck the first blow. The scenethat followed was indescribable. The Indians pitched in, one and all, and the fight soon be came general. Ileing unarmed, however, they were quickly defeated by their white opponents, and driven from the fort, anti half drunk as they were, the In dians' slumbering ferocity was aroused and their thirst for revenge overcame all other' consideration. Without council or debate, they rushed to their encampment, and, seizing their Weapons of war, sped back to the fort, filling the air 'with hoot and cries and demonia.c yells. Arrived at the garrison, they began to fire, but were speedily cleared away by a few well directed shots. At this juncture Capt. Smith stepped out-doors,but he bad no sooner crossed the threshold than be fell back, wounded in several places by the shot of the enemy. The commander of the fort ordered a sortie, and the body of the unfortunate Smith was imme diately recovered and brought within the fort, where he expired a few hours after. The bom bardment then commenced in earnest. Shot and shell flew about like hailstones, and the dismayed Indians were fain to beat a hasty retreat, and shortly after to show a flag of truce. They were unused to this style of warfare, and were glad to have the murderer surrendered. The Indian who had fired the , fatal bullet was accordingly brought into the fort by the chiefs of the tribe—where he-was summarily tried, found guilty and sentenced to be: hung. The banging of this man ended the war, the other men retiring submissively to their camp,wiser if not better men. Captain Leonidas Smith was a native of New Hampshire, but removed y South at an early: age, and was for years en gaged in stearnboating on the rivers in the Southwest. At the breaking out of the war he entered the rebel army, in which he held the rank of Major. He was' with General Magruder in Texas, and planned and com manded the expedition which captured 'the United States steamer Harriet Lane, at Gal veston, Texas. Captain Smith came out here about two years ago, and went up the coast after the loss of the United States steamer Suwanee, having taken the contract to get all that could be saved from the wreck. He has been ever since in Alaska. He was a man of great energy and business qualifications, and very popular both in this city and in Alaska. PEATY BANK.HOUHERY. The Consolidate(' Bank of Louisiana, In New Orleans, Bobbed of 330,000 Worth of Valuables. [From the New Orleans Picayune, Ft. LI At an early hour Monday morning the as tounding intelligence was announced that tbe•Colisolidated Bank of Louisiana, on Tou louse street, between Royal and Bourbon,had been - entered by burglars and robbed of an im mense amount of jewelry, money and value, bier. The building has ,been for some time used as a bank of deposit merely, and is under the charge of Mr. Henry Petrie. It has been made the receptacle of boxes containing jewelry, diamonds, valuable papers, moneys and securities, by families residing mostly in the Second Distract. Its strong vault and im mense safes were regarded as burglar-proof. But the revelations of Monday morning es tablish the fact that scarcely any possible com bination of ingenuity and strength is , proof against the machinations of the lawless and skillful burglars who infest our city. The building must have been entered Satur day night, and, as the outer door shows uo signs of violence, it was probably opened by a false key. Once in, the, most approved ma chinery and the finest tools were brought to bear upon the vaults and safes. They were no ordinary tools. Levers,bits, jimmies, crowbars, and machinery in strength and quality almost sufficient to wrench a house from its foundations. The strong iron doors - , -wrought iron as they were—andrivetted by strong steel bolts, were wrenched from their places like paper. The wails of the vaults were pierced, and the doors that guarded the inner, 'safes torn away by machinery so rpowerful . as - - to ' excite ' the Sur prise and astonishment of , the oldest police oilicers. The burglars obtaining access to the building late Saturday night, worked all day Sunday, and probably accomplished their object at an early hour Monday morn ing. The two safes in the vault were blown open ' a can of powder still remaining in the vault. Once the safes were got open the boxes containing money and. Jewelry were forced open and rifled of their contents. It is estimated that these valuables amounted to , $45,000. The papers, valueless to the robbers, were recklessly scattered Oh the floor of the Vault. Here, too, were found au overcoat, a glove and handkerchief, which have been taken charge of by the police. Scattered over the floor were stumps of ci gars, matches and pieces of burnt paper. These evidences disclose the fact that the rob bers were engaged in their work for many Lours. The tools they used are perfectly sur prising. They surpass anything- ever before seen in this city. It is astonishing they were left where they were used, They are of sta. OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. dent strength to force the.vaufte and safes of the strcngest bank of the city. , FO is not im probable, however, that there are more like them yt t. aptain Cain, the Chief of Police, and sev eral of his specials were present, investigating the matter. 8o far as the reporter was able to learn, however, no eke had'been fourtd to the robbers, 71J COMING 111011 MON WAIL. In relation to the Cullom bill now pending in Congress the Telegraph says: The latest news from Washington is eneour aging to the friends' of this anti-polygamie bill. It Is said that the bill is sure to pass the Rouse, and though it may be retarded in the Senate, still everything is very hopeful. We have no idea that Mr. Cullom has much to do with the bill, as it bad its birth and perfection ment In lids city; hewill, however, have a lasting notoriety. in that connec tion. We know not a single Gentile in this city who does not say that he is not opposed to that bill as it is. But while they may be op posed to polygamy itself, they cannot, go the whole length of disfranchising men for the faith they may yet have. There is enough of folly and outrage in the Cullom bill to defeat its purpose. When men fight the faith or-in stitutions of the people of Utah, fairly, we have no objection to their course.; but when they resort to inquisitions we are opposed to them, and shall do our best to expose, their folly and wickedness. . • • Attempted Assassination of a United . States Official. (From the Utah Reporter, Jan. 27.1 • Last Monday evening, about 9 o'clock, Dr. John P. Taggart, United States Assessor for this Territory, was attacked in Salt-Lake City by three men, one of 'whom struck him with a knife or dagger, evidently determined to take his life at one blow. The cowardly at tack' took place a few yards from the Doetor'a residence, whence he had 'just emerged, and, though the night was quite dark at the time, be fortunately saw. ~ the uplifted hand and weapon •of the principal as sailant in • time to parry the blow with Iris left arm. Quickly placing himself in an attitude of defence, he turned towards the, cowardly ruffians, but only to see them retreat in the darkness. They had fulfilled the order of the church in making, as they thought, a sure and certain blow at their victim and then tied to their master with the news. The doctor received the weapon on his arm, it having passed through his clothing and left a slight but ugly fl esh wound near the wrist. We will not undertake to comment upon the hellish treachery of such acts as the above. It is the vitud trait; of .Mormanisni,ltiklpailiates itself the crimson dogma of " blood atone: mefiL" In this particular case, how ever, we will do Brigham Young hnd his myrmidons the justice to say that they ad already given Dr. Taggart frequent notice that it would be for his health to •drive slow" in duties as Assessor. But the doctor be ing a new kind of man for Salt Lake City, was not afraid to do his work well. The as"- sessment lately made by him on the so-called church property broke the camel's back. Since then the hounds of Young have been thirsting for the blood of that brave and honest man. The first attempt to take it has, been made in true Mormon style. When the next knife will be lifted, or who the victim, are common in quiries in Salt Lake City ACCIDENT ON THE - PACIFIC RAIL• Two Hen lillled'nnd'llevoral Badly In. The Omaha Republican of the Ist has the fol lowingparticulars of a disaster already men tioned in our telegraphic columns: The hotel train which left Omaha on Theirs day la.St for Ogden consisted of two sleeping cars, one dining-car and three, coaches. On Saturday morning it was impeded in its pro gress on the Laramie plains by the snow which had drifted into several shallow cuttings which hact not yet been protected by snow sheds and fencing. A second locomotive was put on to the train to assist in moving it through obstructions. Everything was apparently working smoothly, and the train making good but not rapid progress, until, when. going through one of the cuts described, the wheels suddenly got off the track, and the entire train, excepting the two engines and baggage cars, was, precipitated down an embankment about seven feet in height. There were one hundred and twenty-five passengers, aboard, and of course the confusion and dismay caused by the upset must have been frightful. As soon as the debris was cleared away and the women , and children looked after, it was discovered that two of the gentlemen pas sengers were killed. These were Mr. August Buckler, of New York, and Mr. M. O'Sul livan? of Chicago. The remains of the last mentioned were forwarded to some friends in ,San Francisco... The body of Mr. Buckler is held at Wasatch Station, to await the orders of his friends regarding its disposal. Mr. O'Sullivan was a gentleman well known in Chigaco, where he at one time occupied the position of Alderman. Several of the other pa.s sewers were considerably bruised, but none seriously injured. Sudden. Death of Captain. Cordell. of the Coast Survey. [From the San Francisco Alta, Jan. 23.1 About 7.30 o'clock last evening, as'-Captain Edward Cordell, of the United States Coast Survey, wad walking down Fine street from Kearny, he suddenly fell down on the side walk, striking upon his face and receiving a cut over the left eye. Two citizens, who were coming along at the time, picked him up. Sergeant Seybold, who happened to pass in a car, had his attention attracted by a crowd gathering, and. seeing, the condition of the man, he had him conveyed to Tothill's drug store. Medical assistance was sent for, but before any arrived he was dead. From his appearance it is supposed he died from con gestipn of the brain. Captain ; Cordell was a single man, 42 years of age, and a native of Baden, Germany. During the late war he was engaged in the Coast Survey in the East. He has been on this coast about five years, during which time he has been constantly in the Survey Depart : mont. Two years since he was detailed for duty on the revenue cutter Lincoln, from which he was transferred, we believe, to the Shubrick. Me has some relatives residing in this city, and was of a jovial and amiable dis position... The Coronerbeinznotified, had the_ remains Convoyed to his office, where a post morterit, examination will beheld. • FRYEAKU . 0/LPFICIAI. RESIDENCES. The Homes of the Ministers. In France the Ministers reside in the Offi cial Hotel.' The saloons are elegant; there is no rent to pay; the park is shady. Wife and children—sometimes nephews and nieces— make their nest there. It is hard to move, especially in winter time. The Constitutionnel says that > the Duke de • Moray once refused the Ministry of the Interior be cause he bad just installed a handsome Chinese collection in the hotel of the Presi dency of thryCorps Leglalatif, and if he re moved his treasures and vases, ought suffer. M. Roubei , fo.nad the Palace of, the Louvre so suitable that he did not leave it for three years. The retiring Minister, occasionally has no private apartment in the city, and the new occupant arrivea, Peter° the old one kiss gone. The first takes geopession of the ground floor, and the other hihien away in the , .1 4 Jl4 • DISASTERS.. TOAD, Jared. A SINGELAB DEATH. CITY BULLICTLX. BEIMILint Lonons.—Within the past two years the Order of Odd Fellows, alternator° deliberation, added another degree to •the or ganization. It is known on the Degree of Rebekah, and is conferred upon the wives and widows of Fifth• Degree members. This,action is greatly in advance: of the old .position. of the Order, and it can never be abolished with out the consent of the entire Brotherhood. The members of the new branoh are known as the " Daughters of Rebekah," add already many have been initiated in Philadelphia, as well as in the most distant parts of the comp try. The Rebekah Lodges are ,governed. by the Past Officers of the male branch, of the Order, and the subordinate officers must be Scarlet Degree members. In case a married Odd Fellow should die before attaining his Scarlet Degree, his widow may be admitted to a Rebekah Lodge. '.The laws made for, the government of the new branch' are'prettY • much the same as those of the other lodges, ample provisions being made for distress, sick ness, death, Sm. Certificates of membership ' of a .Rebekah . Lodge have been granted by the Grand Lodge of the United States. They are neat in appearance and may beTramed. The regalia worn by the "Daughters of •Rebekah" consists of a narrow scarlet collar; handsomely trimmed. and ' adorned with. a rosette. The influence of the ladiee will, as a matter of course, have a beneficial effect upon the Order generally; and in times of distress, imposition, • adversity and other evils which afflict the human family; the Daughters will find thousands of influential men, as well as many of their own sex, ready to help them in the hour of need. The r man Odd Fellows seem to •have taken a lively interest in this matter.. A Rebekah bodge, from all that we can learn, has jurisdiction in, districts containing a number of lodges of the male branch of the Order;therefore husbands, having attained the Scarlet Degree in any of the several lodges of the district, 'can meet in social union as one family with their wives in a single lodge. The new movement is very popular, and it is 80 well thought of by the younger members of the Order that the desire to have the Scarlet Degree conferred has greatly increased. It is estimated that in Philadelphia, within the present year, ten or twelve thousand women will be members of Rebekah Lodges, and thus become neighbors, although residing in locali ties distant from. each other. The same may be said of the entire country. They will be known in all parts of the land. by Fifth Degree Odd Fellows, and will always be certain to find them as so many protectors. The ladies of the Order (Ail new`travel in many parts of the country and always find themselves at home; anti this will increase as the Rebekah Lodges become established in other sections. Tun Gutscom STREET Sour-Houst.—With the present stringent and threatening weather an importance accrues to the soup-charities of the city, which they have hardly had up to' this time. Among them, ,the , okl .Gris corn street Soup-house does its work in the most degraded and destitute - quarter of the whole city. Its proteges are in the district bonded by Shippen and Walnut streets, east wardly from Eleventh; the denizens of Bed-. ford and Saint Mary's streets are just npw largely supported by its administrations. A more necessary and wisely managed charity hardly exists in the city. In • the first place, whatever Ave may hear from careful philanthropists of the undeserv ing character of the begging class, it is not possible for a simple bowl of soup to be very seriously misapplied. But the distribution from this soup-house is seen to under the ad vice of visitors as experienced as they are good-hearted, who make the alleviation of real misery almost a science; having an old eXperience, they can trace the undeserving outcast from haunt to haunt, and detect him, through all his changes and disguises ; while the more modest misery of those whosutfer at once from poverty and pride iii continually detected and soothed. Contributions to this excellent institution are not haid to direct, as some of the managers are now in daily at tendance at the distributing-house, in. Gris cora street, above Pine, east of Fifth; but we will give the permanent address of one of the most centrally-situated among them, Mr. William Evans, 613 Mar ket street, who will account for any pecuniary assistance. The Griscom Street Soup-House is the oldest charity of its , kind in Philadelphia, dating from early in this cen tury. It has been known, without much ac curacy, either by the above name or that of the Southern Soup-House. When Mr. John Grigg's bequests of 51,000 each to the Soup houses took effect, this institution found it impossible to claim under the will, owing to the uncertainty of its appellation, and to the fact that a later charity had taken legal right to.the name of the "Southern." It has thus unfortunately lost the legacy, doubtlessly in tended by Mr. Grigg, who must have known it well, as a great many of the more solid men of southern Philadelphia work for old " Gris cord."' "A amigo cif title bitni now had - under id- . visement, and it is probable a new name will be adopted, somehow emb'odYing-the interest ing fact of its superior antiquity. , FIRES.—This morning, about a, quarter past one o'clock, a fire broke out in. the rear por tion of the spice mill of Edward G. Millet, No. 215 Race street. The flames were extinguished before they had made muck progress.. The stock in the building was considerably dam aged by water. Between throe and four o'clock this morn ing a fire broke out •in 'a•large three-storied brick building, No. 142 Dock street, occupied on the first and second floors by Bartfing Schrott, as a steam scroll and sawing-mill,aud on the third floor by B. Pyne, turner. , The flames originated on the first floor,and the en tire stock of material and manufactured articles in the two lower stories was de stroyed. The machinery was also badly damaged. The loss of Bartling fit Schrott is estimated at $5,000, and is insured for $l,BOO in the Royal and $1,200 •in the Mutual. Insurance Company. The fire did not do much damage i n Mr. Pyne's apartment. He sustained some loss, but it could not, be ascer- tained. , This morning ; about five &clock, a tire broire out in the Enterprise Steam Sawing and Planing Mill •No. 1421 Spring Garden street. The building 115 a. large double. three storied brick structure, and was filled with all the necessary machinery for such an establish. most, and also a large stock of material, Sce: The flames `originated in the rear of the third story and spread rapidly through the entire building. The mill was completely gutted and the. rear wall tambled down,. 'Dumas Wallace,. the proprietor, estimates,his loss al_s2o,ooo, upon which there is an insurance of $12,000. The insurances are in the following corn- Moy ies al • 6 Norwich Connecticiut..•... ' ' $ ,000 Farmers? Mutual, of Pennsylvania . • 2,500 North American, of Hartf0rd.':.:........ 2,000 • The upper story of the building was occu pied by 0. B. Gtintsel, cabinet-maker. He is insured as.follows: Mechanics' of Baltimore, $1,500; Guardian Marine and Fire of Philatia., $2,000 ;'and People's. of Philadelphia, $2,000. The insurance is not sufficient to cover the A dwelling-house adjoining on the east, be._ longing.to.the'Wistar estate, but unoccupied, was damaged to the extent of $2OO. • Some lutnber in the yard of A. R. Pharo Sons; whicirfronts on Broad street] anti ox-. tends back to the mill, was damaged. Loss, $440. , . . ." The cedar vat and tank .factory of John M. Smith & 89n, adjoining the will on the west, Suffered some by water. F. L. niIinISTON. Path :shim PRIOETEff,LES.;OEr.ii;,.:':,;i ComteTErt. gamerrolr Selena Couicil Commielee in the'coiatested election case of Evans v.s. r (Twat-fih Ward. met th s a ifternoon On in yde Select e Council Ciban , ber, ,Thos. A. Barlow, Nsq , Chairmant, pry, tem. • Mr. Lynd, counsellor the cOntestatd; s( that the object of the , meeting was the prodao. Lion of the ballot-box of the - fourth diViarbi. of the Twenty-fifth Ward.' Mayor Fox and RecorderGinic la. were present, as per order of the coMmittee. , Mayor Fox said' that he and the Recorder desired to aid' this investigatibn. hitt 'AS , the names for all of the officers are that same paper, they thought that the , pro-i duction of the boxes might 'embartam thecustodlaas ofthese boxes-.-Bniess judicially compelled or instructed, they do not feel , Jus-, tilled in producing the box' ? and would prefer that the precedent should he r eidabliaheal judicial decree. , k ''• 1 ' '' Mr. Lynd suggested that this 'Waiter hattl better be determined in the Supreme- Court., as a decision could not be arrived , at.uttder week, and as the case hingesprincipally on 4 the ballot-box, there was nothing to ...do adjourn. Mr. Bull, for the rerpondent, arguetlthatlui case should be proceeded with: , " Mr. Lynd said that if the count of the votesi in the ballotbox did not prove his theory that votes for Gallagher had:beep %stinted for Snyder, then he would abandon, the ease. , tbo ballots showed a•zniscoant, then ke ationid• ask for the box of the Sixth Procinot.' , • The Committee then adjourned untirtha• question of the produotion of the bends settle& by the Supreme Court. C - M 2 iTir. O2, TALITY.--The IItITIM - 131' of - inter= menta in the city for the week-ending at neon': to.day. was 323, against 206 the same ported' , la.st year. Of the whole number , 167 -, werta mil)]* and 156 children-7k. being under dna' year of age; 172 were males ; 151 femalcs ;' Kt cop, and 66 girls. .was The number of deaths in each Ward ruat s • 7181.tteerith. decond 14 Eimrenteenth. ..... -....... —lib Third litltishteerith Perth 111;Ninetepilh .. . ..... ... ~'~ Eleventh,,. 61 Twelfth.... ' JO' T wenty-eeventh. * /7 Thlrteentk. 21 Twenty-eighth' Fourteenth. 9 Unknewn...... Fifteenth The principal eausee of death were: Omni), 7; congestion of the.brain, 5 ; consumption of the lungs, 52 ; convulsions, &miler:se of Az; - heart, 10 ; debility, 14 ; scarlet fever,, 22; typhoid fever, 10; inflammation of the brain, 17; inflammation of the lungs, 37; merasmup, ; old age, 11; 1 dropsy, :5, - • • - A Sr--_ , PERE AND ITS linsuvr.—Yesterday af tereoon three young men got on a spresia the neighborhood of Nineteenth and Hater streeta... In front of a grocery store some hags flogn were standing. The' gay'and feStlye youths" . . ripped open one of the bags and scattered the' flour over the • sidewalk. ~ They next went to. a grocery store' on Sixteenth street; below. Federal, where they appropriated to . their own use a limn and some other articles, The, proprietor of this establishment didn't liko f such conduct, and notified the police. One of the fellows was arrested. Ile ' gate' Ids name as - Bernard Parr,but he IS also known as Jolifi,' White. He was taken before Aid. Dallas, and was held in • $l,OOO bail to answer the. charge of larceny. A 8 ;ET-TO ON CHESTNUT Stxtuvr.--Quitean..- excitement Occurred . at Fifth and Chestnut streets, about half-past twelve o'clock, thin afternoomby a set-to between John McGinnis; an ex-Eoemooritic member of the Legislature,:, and Mike Sulliv,aman ex-pemocratfc aspirant tbr Legislatire honors. The two men got in a squabble. McGinnis, it is alleged, struck Sullivan a violent blow in the • face . .'ahti knocked hint down. "Fight! fight !" wait. cried, and there was a rush . for Ihirlfo - inbatz-• ants. A sitnad of policemen appeared on Oa, scene and the belligerents were taken. into ;het Central Station. As both are good Dentocrata and the only harm done' was a, unlashed. W. and a swelled cheek ' for Sullivan, there *SI probably berm hearing before . the coltunittirig! magistrate. ' 11 , . ILLQVEBTS TO t..;kiA.RlT.a.lll.B' 120IT'ITIITIONit .The will of Eliza it Vattx, lately deceased,. contains the following bequests: Penna. Hospital 41,000 The Shelferfor Col% • n ion Temporary Orphans... Home 800 Old Han'allOme • Institute for Colored Freedmen's Assooia- Youths NO Hon ...... . .... ... d 39131 Orphans' Society 500 _ Howard' HospitaL AUDI Foster Home 600 IRRONESTDirmEIim.--Delia Davis ytas ar-s rested yesterday by. Officer McGraw?, or AIM Ninth District, upon.the charge of thee,, larceny of $4O from the house of Mrs. Marahall;,No. 29 Wallace street, where she was employee!! as a domestic. She acknowledged having', cornmitted the theft. She will have a hearing_ at, tho Central Stationthis afternoon.- SMASHING Wirupows.--John Dunning anct Charley Brown went Into the liquor store oc, Thomas Kelly, Franktbrd road and Hunting don street, hit evening, and called for/some thing to drink. They were refused, and then.. it is alleged, they smashed the windoWs.of the place. They were arrested, and, after• a heir-, ing before Aid. Heins, were held , p ' oo stipa for breach of the peace. AWGIISTINE'S Cn.uucp.t-At St, A,uguen tine's (R.C.) Church to-morrow,,Cho op'a Mass will be sung. A Terzetto. For Mezzo Soprano, 'Baritone and Bass, composed by,'B.! D. S., will also be given.. Prof. Henry- G. Thunder will preside at the °nail in his mina able manner. • • - A SNOW Stop.lf.—The are v ather stilt don tinues cold, but not sufficiently so. to make« solid and usefulice an the ponds. , This morn. ing we WW I ( POW a spit of os4o l lV ' lasting for upwards of an bear. The flakes melted att they fell, however. • • Accirtzin..--John Queen, while crossing+ Chestnut street bridge yesterday, fell from his can and was badly injured about the head. He received assistance from Policeman li f c- Glenn, and was then reninved to his home. FACTS Ana IP4wara —The Rev. P. Y. Nasby is a singular caso or, chronic Lecke-jaw. —Petroleum V., nee Sby, has boon in Phila. delphia for several days. —Not for Josephs—The Metropolitan Po _lice bill. • .. —Mr. Miller yesterday let his ArigOrn hat out of the bag. --Janauschek has completed her 'Rughsh, studies. , —A Cincinnati woman suckles hint baby of the ex-ljueen of Naples. •• —Tt is an extraordinary fact that el-teiltiais' of all patented inventions tiirti out woithleas. ' —A Western paper speaks' , about '" Darn;"' one of Napoleon's new hltinisterri: • • —Chicago and San Frain:lgen:are to play m match game of ehess by telegraph;.. : :.:* —Montreal has a contio - paper called: The Grinchuckle. • . ' : • —Mr. Locke thinks , of - suing &finder Tiowryi for infringing the copyright of hia . nom-de —As far as climate is concerned, Kansan can give Italy points and then beat that favored clime. = , —The mouth of the 3lissitasipg.nan be aptnsed: for $50Q,(109 1 which is a good ni,qa4,f,,41, i ArNiF WM= _,, ^ 6 , ~ • ERNE .WTweektieth ~ . .. ... SlTwenty 7 tlret . ... .• .. .... /4 1S Twenty-second ' £l' 71TwentY-thied • -......... B,Twenty-fourt4l. Z. 7/Tweetty-Ilfth Total,„;
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