GIBSON MACK,. Editor.
014UMR,XXIII.-NO. 256.
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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"
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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
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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
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' 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.
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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
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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
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