ON 'PEACOCK. Editor VOL WEDDING CARDS, INVITATIONS for 1 HAIN', Ice. New tityleo. BIA.tION CO.. 907 Chettmut otrfet. de3o7mw tflt EDDING INVITATIONS l A t t ro l et l . avlthenata g man A r. 2o l n Utionerin^ ggrer. O Wt tf _ . DAY—K'RISBTEB. At Webator Place. Mandl!told, ilaam.. nu Wednemlay,,loh.,9th, by. Rev. Wm. F. Mor gan, D:1)., Motor of Ht. Thomates Church. Now 'York - ,\ Goddea 'WY.Re of New York, to Carolina W; Woldder.daughler of Fletcher and Caroline Webator, 'and grand-daughter of Daniel Webster.. '" . _ BLACK the 13th inst., Nellie, youngest- daughter c,r3nlin A. Black. • DliitANß.—On the ItAti that., Charles Duraug, In the Pith year of hie age.' The relative« and male friends of the family are r.- .pectfully invited-to attend the funeral, from hie late residenee. eu.1729 !filbert street, me Thursday morning, KING.—On the ltth Inst.. Franck King, In the kith year of ldsnt e. . The relatit es and friend" are particularly invited to attend the funeral, Iron his late resitence, 022 Walnut /..t. , 41 ThUrgilay lirturno , An. at 2 o'elock. IA Neff. —At Brooklyn. N. T., on Monday. February nth, hl o. Jame. Augustin., infant Fort Or James O. and 31.tfle. Lyre+ . neisi dam Eminent Irons she ro•ldersoe of P. A. Lynch. No. 2910 tersiue street. Plill.ulelphia. Pa.. on Thursday, at 19 PlarnlK the 11th lief., Henry Atli/Idus Ferret • In the 4151 \'ear of his, awe. . - . The rehittsex and frl , lple of the family. also, OrntS Itorlevolent tfori-th!e.,tre reapecttnfly invited to :Mee! the lament!, from his Lite re.iderice, SJn. 232 holi le street; I 41.u1.1,1t, on 'Friday, the Pith instant, at 2 ' , r LbTLEY.--41t1 Ttv , s,;:ty, Feb . 15th. 18;cM, Samuel l'rle*tloY. In the With year of hi, 42e. r matte., front Me Into reshlerme, High Street Statino. 4icrtrtantorrp. op Irthler. 11th In4t., at 11 dock A. M.** RICH A Summit Phux, Urn' Valid of Schuyl kill, on the, mottling of the lath lost.. J. 17% to. Ith:bards, ehte4 son of 31. and tl };; 113. , harris, in the 18th your of hie nee. th. morning of the Et h in 11,., Anna. 061 y datightvr of Andrew and F.allii• C, tPhecter, aged .".; year*, lAIME PLAIT) SAINSOOKSFOR LA -1 DIES' WRAPPERS. • HATIN PLAID CAMBRICS. NDET CAMBILIeg. MULLS AND FRENCH MUSLIN.. •'•. • • • HYBL do LANDELL.• SPECIAL NOTICES. Finest Pad -Made Clothing, .3` OHN WANAMAKER, SIS & 420 (.I , IIESTNIT'I' Youths' And Boys' Clothing. HORACE GRISP.LEY Al TUE ACADEMY OF MCSIO TEE:sI/AY EVENING, F , liruary.V.J. WO.3IAN QUESTION." S,ls of th 10-ts at ASII3IIKAII'S, 714 Che-Otnt Strett, a )11 begin ou V EON E3DAY )6in infq.,skt ocloulz. 11.cser.,11 75cent.t.. Adoti , ,lott and Stage I Seats in ratiiily Circle,so 1:111tA, t•Ill El 14 Id Ig 10-1 "DiVIDEND NOTICE. WEST JEltS1:1" 11,A 11LROAD 4.10 1 4 PA NY. u.sot's OPt Feb. 15, Pitt. Th. Itonr•I of Directors have this day deist-tat, from the ..;11. tongs of the pa_st month, a remi-annual dividend of FL% F. Peat 14.:NT. On O.- capital etock of the CJlll rny--,lc:r of nattonal tax—parable to the Work - n ohlt-rs of this date, at ti,' ont , e of the Company, in the 4. ity of Ctooden, and after 6AT IYIII).'tY, Web. 19. The Stoat Traosfcr Hooks will elo-ed frum the date hsr,of Inuit in-t. OF:O. J.ROBBINS, r , 26 414 '1 rel,4rPf Wegt n. • • OFFICE' I'EN_NSYLVA_NIA RA_IL-. U IwAI) CO3II'AN Y. Putt.4ner.rut t, F..bruary ld, NOTICE I'o ..^..Tolli1101.1.1:118. The annual eltrilon for Dir,tor4 will he held on NONDA Y. the 7th day of Illarch, 1.70, at the Oflic, the Company. No. _ti Thiel street. The 0.,11s will I, own iron, A. 31. until 6 I'. M. No i .bre or .ttr,e tvoish rrsd within ti- jyr days preceding fto, elts:t ion a ill entitle the hot ter or hold,ri, then of 1.. xoti•. EINZIE f.lettriflito • OFFICE RECEIVEI: OF TAXES. PHILAVEGPILIA, r4 . 1)./5. P. 70. NOVICE.—In c r onteonenee of the , onfaninn Int - Went to the change in the administ rattan of this department. unfit r the elerivi‘th of the Supreme Ceuft in the contestej ca•e, it lin. been detettoineci.tiwith theca.. d. noltictit of the }lvan.... Cointaittoe of Coniello. epels the 411101C:1106 for the reception of the City awl St.te To‘re 1;1- the } ,- ,tl - 1.7.711. ~n 11tIN11.11 - NEXT, February I. RICKARD PELTZ. feWta fp ffecei% er of Taxer. • TE3II'EJIANCE SEMI ONS.—TkIE Ch•ray of till &nomination!: ate re , peetfully 1 1 1. ' 4111 ' , 1 .1,,,, 1t to their rv.t." , tir e congregation. on Temperance, on SUNDAY, February 211 1 and to give notice of the Ittl at Temperance gathering at Iforticol• :oral 11 , 01 oil the afternoon nett voilig of the 1 I ENT r. F;Ct) ft, To which /111 sminties, earl people ore incited. • pETEn. B. SIMONS. 1 , 16 ft* l'hairroon Of • u. 7'llE EITANKLI.N INSTITUTE.— Tht• Stote'd 51onthly - Meetinvof th. l - mititute will 10.1o•Iti 1)111S Woliwydnyl EVENING. nt 5 ('luck. ;00l "flirt-5 holing to,w Invontion9 or. gneci- torn , ..llll, , ntifactnrcg to ex,hihitocill gen.! th..o k to No. )5 South St -youth street, before 7 o'clock P. )1 It; WILLIAM HAMILTON, Actuary. .STELEorricoN _EXHIBITION AT ury Town HMI, Genwintown. WEDNESDAY liitli instant. Exbibiti in by Mr. William NIcA Hinter. with explanatory rcnia;liii by Rev; Wm. W. Newton. Procut.da to applied to purchate of books for i St. Michael% Library Association. fcls2t rt.§ IL—?•ZENANA MISSION. The Ninth AnniverBary of the Philadelphia Branch of lb." Wornan% , Union 31 - issionary Society " will be 'add on TFIURSDA V EVENING, the 17th, at 75,, o'clock, in Rev. If. A. Bourdman% Church, corner „t• Twelfth and Walnut streeta. fekka w that rp" LIE BIG'S CUSITANY'S EXTRACT - y of bleat hecurce great economy and convenience in lionrekeoritig and excellence in cooking. Nom 5 - mlOn° tvithout the . Irlignature of • Baron ',Whig, the tnventor, and of Dr. Malt Von Pettenkofor, delegate. tot.f J . I LUAU'S SONS, la3Brondvray, N.Y Win_THE STAR CO URSE - TuitEs.: Choice seats far any of the Lectureß, For sale at con trinp§ GOULD's , '.V23 Chestnut street. daily - . fOn iii6WKED 110HPITAL, NOS. 1518 woe JAW Lombard street Dispengary Department. treatment and medlcinefa mashed gratuitously go the Dom. 11.09► "iFit.gl6l LUBSIAN AND PEDIPIIMED BATHS, Depttrtments for Ladies Baths oven from 6 A. M. to 9 P. M GIRARD STREET SAVING FUND, IMIE .I , ti i :EITBRNITAVING FETND SOCI a Stree M . l ln — c o r s po ° aSe V F corner A LIRN47. T O apnedTEr DH :posits ond Pay mente Daily,•betwoon the hours of 9 A. M. a 2 P., M. ? and Ou Monday ,Thureday' afternoons fro„ Bto 7 o clock. Interest. 5 percent. per annum from .ranuory 1,1870. . • • Prusitlent , --J OLIN WIEGAND. • - MANAGERS. ' ITharies Dumf.:m(lv., ' John 0, Cresson, Samuel V. Merrick, John 11.'Davls, Willlani W. Keen, ' Joseph B. Townsend, Peter Williamson * . IC. J. Lewis, M. D-,,,, It, Rundle Smith, Jacob P. Jones, - A.. 1. Lewis, • Wm. M. Tllghtriart. Hobert 'rotund, Oharleti Wheeler, , Isom. F. Raker,' • Saunders' iewle, John Ashhurst, John IC. Cope, * ' F. ed 'I; Fraley, usury L. Gaw, 1.. S, Cummins, IlenrVinser. Jos. S. Lowie, John W(111111. MIGNON. J a., Treasurer, .EOEIVER. fozi-e-to s i 'oral WM. B. XV"SPEO/ A L DE POSITS R. - . __- - . ^ . . ~',....-_,,-: .. ,• ' 'c. I •,: .."' -' • : ,t,l ~: j .' Y ,:, if. •- •it ':,"' ! , $.„ ~,r; r-•-;"-i ' , : `..- ,' 1,1 „ . , , :R. .. • , 1 11011. ''' "'. ' • ~ ' ' ~ ' , : ~ .••••.'',. ' :, :.,. .. ' ''' ' .' : ,-' , 'l..`T , , , ~ ~,,...,. , , , ~...., a •.. 4,,,t,i' 7 . T . , 7 •1 - 7 .7- ~,.... . . . .!' . ..„. ' r . . . • ',• 'j ,". ,•• ~.1 , itil f , • a ... , , . . • . . • . . . , XXIII.-NO: MARRIED. Genb' Furnishing Goods. Fashionable Merchant Tailoring, r.t:sLEy, See, tn One of the Most Horrible HurderS on Be. cord.--binauirsr Discovery Of the Thatcher—llls Execution Yesterday—A Wonderful Ease of tirciunistantial EVil• deuce. ST. Jour, N. 11., Feb. 15.—John A. Munroe was hanged this morning for the murder of Catharine Vail, hi mistress, and their child, in September last. • lie left a written confes sion of his crime. The•youth was of high so cial position, and his victim a beautiful woman. The history of the crime is as fob lows : Last September, as some negroes were gathering berries in a thicket situated. about one . hundred 'yards from the 'Mack River Road, ten miles from St; John,they came upon some human remains,. It was a lorielyspot by a nearly unfrenuented road; no houses were near, except a farm house and_a tavern. Search in a, thicket brought to ight the shill; ribs and thighbones of an adult and the skull of an infant, which fell in pieces on being taken from the ground. In addition to these, a roll of hair, portions of a woman's dress, a woollenacket and piece of underclothin were found, which probably • —certainly, as th g, e jury afterwardS said—had since belonged to her whose body was ,so eayed that it Was utterly unrecognizable. At *some distance from titese was discovered a baby's foot In a ' stocking, and a piece of lead, Hat, and about thi• size of a silver half dollar. Limbs had been torn from n the sur rounding trees and placed upon the corpses to conceal them ; and moss had also been gath ered and scattered above them, evidently with the design of hiding all evidence of the crime. Reading fins, a cabman named Worden membered that last October he had taken in hi s carriage to the neighborhood where the bodies had been found, a woman and a child, accompanied by a man. NY'ordtin said that the _man was John A, Id unroe,.• a wen Anemia ; architect of this city, 414 •an• young , married man, of whose integrity, there had-not hitherto Lloieti a doubt. Mtniroe was then'arrested.• • `NW yearn ago M unroe bectimeaccidainted with a girl in Carleton named Swan ltrargaret Vail, and had seduced her, and sheliad borne a child. In last October she sold a house which had been left to her by her father, but MME DISASTEII.B. A AIIIITEUHANZAN VOYAPE. The Story eta West Virginia Plownaini... lie Breaks 'through the Crust or she :Earth—Fails Infos Subterranean Myer . I .tilx Miles in Forty-eight Elmira, Vrom the Nuakeguilonieh,i Ewe:Trim) When we were publishing a paper in Lewis burg, West Virginia, several years ago, a very singular accident , befel a young man there, which we narrated briefly at the time. A few days ago we chanced to meet him here in Muskegan, and he narrated his adventure at our request. It occurred on the farm of General A. W. G. Davis, in Greenbrier county, in 1856. We give 'WS story 'ln his own words, as near as we can recollect them: "I was Wowing on Gen. Davis's farm in isrm,” saitf he," una4sciatis bolug,on inse cure gronnd, when suddenly the earth seemed to tall beneath ine. I saw the horses ticeend ing, 'bat was too frightened to let go the plow handles. The pitch of the horses with the earth gave my fall. en impettee,and some how I caught the mane of one of them In my fail, and so held on instinctively. What I thought when falling I can hardly tell. At any rate, I did some rapid thinking. < When :1 landed I fell on the home whose mane I had bold of, and although the horse was instantly killed, I was merely stunned and •confused. On recovering myself I. looked up, and the hole through which I had looked so sinall I concluded I must have fallen full feet. My first thought was to call for aid, bid I instantly recalled the fact that 1 was at least a mile from Gen. Davis's house, and that there was not the remotest posaibility"that any one had seen my descent into the earth. " It was then early morning, and as I had brought out my dinner with me, no one would miss me before nightfall. While going over there filelii in my own mind, I heard the rush of water near at band, and it occurred to me thin I must have fallen upon the bed of sink ing creek, which, as you know, falls into the earth above Frankfort, and does not come out but once till it reaches the banks of the Green brier river. To say where I was, or to at ,tempt to follow the subterranean passage, was the next question.hothellaues took the team to my own tenant stables, and therefore might not he missed for days ; so I deterinined to follow the stream. I waded in it; and, judg lug depth of from. one to thfee feet, I conceded it must be the identical Sinking creek spoken of. Leaving my dead corn pz.nion behind nie, I followed the stream. For the'inost part I had pretty easy - work of it, hut sometimes I came to a. deep place, where I was forced to swim for a considerable dis tance • again was often 'precipitated headlong , itrr6 the deep waterity the precipitoas"nature of he rocky bed of the stream. "Talk about the darkness of the grate! The prave itself could not have been more impal-. viddy dark thiP,l Vie ;;;;;, , ...ge .1 'trill felleiVilla lil riteaMonal rippling of tho waters was an imxpressi illy dear sound to my ears. Day and night were the same to me. At last, wearied with My efforts,l laid down on a compara-. lively dry rock to rest. and must have slept for Lours. When I awoke again I took to the water,careftilly ascertaining which way it ran, FO as not to lose labor by retracing my steps. It seemed to we that the farther I went the More ditheult progress became. When I Lad g011c; perhaps a mile, I ratite to- a place where the areli way narrowed so much that I Lad to crawl on my hands and knees in , the water litre watt a diknima I had not looked for. I tiled either bank of the river, but found no I.la. -sage. I could swim under water for a con ;td"(;s•able distance, but the distauce,before me I was ar4.l•Ftl9wf, and I baited long before mak 'inq the dazigerom venture. At last I putt citified that my fate wars equally douLffd) -111 returning as in proeeeding,and plunged boldly t into the current, athlstion found that it was I so swift in its confined passage that I only , 1 needed to hold my breath to go through. In 1. the course of twenty or thirty feet I again got my bead above water, and kook a long breath ' ing spell. Again the archway above seemed to enlarge and the bed of the stream became more even. I sped along comparatively rap- I , idly, keeping my hands outst.retched to prey vent my running against the jagged reeks. Wearied out, 1 again laid down and slept soundly in my wet elethes. i 'On awakening, I pursued my course down the subterranean stream, and at last in the long distance ahead, saw aglimmer that looked very bright in the darkness I was then shut in. Nearing this, I found that it did not increase in brightness; and when I had gone perhaps a mile, I came to another place where my oath narrowed to the very tunnel tilled by the water. 31y case was now become more des perate. I. could not possibly retrace my steps, so I submitted myself to the current, and was immeasurably ovrejoyed to find myself rapidly swept into daylight. Exhausted and half drowned, 1 crept out upon the land and was riot long in recognizing the objects about rue. I had come out into the Greenbrier river, as I knew from the fainiliar look of Gen. Davis' mill on the bank. On reaching home I found I had been over forty-eight hours in making my perilous johrney of six mileS underground.' The hole where 1 hitfman went-through is now fenced round. On listening one can plainly hear the rush of water below, and a stone thrown down will sometimes be heard to splash in the stream CRIME. ----4- --- AN AMERICAN TROPPMANN. disappeared from Carleton, and since that time had not been heard from. .rn the latter part of October; a woman giving her name as Mrs. Clarke. and having . a child. with h 4- 4 -, tameto the Brunswick:House in St. Johna,atl a day or two afterward had been visited by Munroe, who had hired Worden to take them all in his carriage along the Black river road to,a, place neart hat in , which the bodies were' afterwards found.' When near this spot they left the carriage, and, telling Worden to await them at Bunker's tavern, they - walked away; but returned 'again shortly' afterward, and drove back to town. Some days afterward they repeated the same thing, but this time Munroe returned to the tavern alone, saying that the woman had seen a friend with whom she intended to remain. He was excited and in baste to return to the city he:was so afildOlL4 to get away, that he paid for Worden's dinner before it was:fully eaten: It now remained for the Coroner to prove that the remains of the dead woman and child were , . those of Miss Vail. who was supposed to he also Mrs. Clarke. Miss Vail's sisters,were summoned ;before the Coroner, and recognized the hair of the peMorr foniad in the thicket—it was their sister's. They reeognized, also, the teeth and dress, and the flattened piece of lead was identified as one hich had been used as a truss for Miss Vail's child. A clerk in the hard ware store swore that in October Munroe had bought of him a revolver. and the doctors swore that the jagged edges of the skull. of . the murdered , woman were , such as , Nvotild lie niade by a bullet of such a weapon. Thus was formed the last link in the chain of , evidence, and Munroe was convicted.. At the' last he pro fessed himself penitent. . Outrages In the Coal Regionx.—Travelers Attacked by Highwaym en.We obtain the following information from priyatc sources On Saturday evening Patrick Daugherty (who, four weeks ago, in connec tion with another man, committed au outrage at Yorktown. together with three other per sons, posted himself on the side of Hazelton road, about a mile this side of Hazelton, and as McCollom 'and Vincent were driving home, they were fired at,but not hit. In a short time Charles Murray, County Commissioner and . School Director of Carbon county, and John Gill, of Yorktown, came along in a sleigh,and were hailed, and immediately shots were tired. • Murray was found to be shot in the left side and arm, and is now in a critical con dition. All four of the assakiiitis were arrested. Two of them have been bailed. Dougherty and O'Donnell are lodged in jail at Wilkes-. Barre. EUROPEAN AFFAIRS SPANISH MATTERS. Diontpeneters Chances for the Throtte. Late events in Spain are bearing fruit. The motion made a fortnight ago in the 17ortes by the Republican leader, Castelar, to exclude foreVer all Bourbons from the throne, was re jected by 150 votes t0:37, and the discussium which attended it called forth from Prim the important declaration that, while his fatuous "'ever" was repeated - six times, instead of three, as generally supposed, three of them were intended for hahella, and three for her son,.Priece Alphonse, but that the word did not apply to any other penion. Read by this statement, the annountvinnt, by cable of Nontpepsier'n DrHienee in Madrid, and his in terviews with the lklarsbal and the Admiral, tk , onieS ;:::,-. , ,jfieent. Time hits evidently been working in favor of the candidate whom Don Henry of Bourbon contemptuously styles "An orange-grower on the banks of the Guadala quivir, and the " close-tinted Duke,"' whom the moneyed classes'of Spain decidedly favor, seems at present to have the. odds in his favor. —room EUROPEAN ammoins. A Curfoun Calcalaiion. A German paper has made the following caletilation: A train composed of all the loco motives and railway 'carriages in Europe would reach from St.retersburg to Paris, and would contain 400,000. passenger carriages and aomon luggage vans. The railwaysof Europe are carried over 6.2.000 large and smarthridges, and go through thirty-four miles of tunnel. 1;0.000010 cwt. of iron has been used for the rails, and 50,000.000 cwt. of coals is required yearly to feed • the engines. The network of European railways includes all States except Greece. Lippe-betinold, Waldeck, and a few other very small German States. It repre sc nts a length of 70,71 s miles : locomo th es are employed on it; the distance these rush over 'during the year is 00,00,000 (Ito this is added the distance passed over by messenger carriages and luggage vans, we get to 1110,000,0(x1 of miles, THE ROMAN COUNCIL The Proposed System of Voting. Detailed tidings : from Rome fail to throw any additional light upon the point lately raised by the French and German Bishops as to the votes being reckoned in proportion to the extent of the various dioceses. We have, however, some details, of the grounds upon- Which the demand was made. The diocese of 'Breslau,. whose , Bishop had not been placed on a single commission, eludes. 1,700,000 Roman Catholics, while the 700,0e0 inhabitants of the remaining State of the. Church' are repreSented by sixtv-two Bishops, whose names are to be found 'On all the commissions. Tho Archbishop of Cologne stands as spiritual superior to 1,400,000; of Cambria, to 1,;:t 0,000; of Paris. to 2,000.000; and yet four of the 68 _Neapolitan and Sicilian, Bishops at the Council are sufficient to out vote them, and the five millions of French and German Catholics at their back. Under this system it is complained that one Italian has more weight than twenty Gerintins.—Ti,,a. WINNIPEG. A ttlement of the Red River Troubles in erospeet. . From the New Nation of the 28th nit., we extract the following speeches of Mr. Kiel and the Canadian Commissioner, Mr. Donald binith. Speaking before the Red River Con- Vtintion, Dlr.Rlel said: "This settlement has long horn in a state of commotion and doubt with reference to the transfer to Canada—if I could regard Mr. Smith as in a position to concede all the rights we desire or deserve, or assure us that we would get even the most important of them, I would welcome him heartily. 'Loud cheers.' Br, we must be firm as 'a rock m the defence of the rights and liberties of the people. Now that Canada begins to respect us, we are not unwilling to meet her advances and consider them fairly and justly. [Cheats] Being now in a position to obtain bur rights, we heartily welcome Mr. Smith in this country." [Cheers.] Mr. Smith said: "As Canadian Commis :4ller I will gladly give you all the Informa lien I can. Canada is disposed to respect the rople of this country, and desirous of accord . mg them every privilege enjoyed by any I'm - evince of the Dominion, and all-the rights of British subjects enjoyed in any portion of the Dominion. I shall answer any questions ' asked me, and after ascertaining the desire of the Convention will point out as far as I can how far Canada will accede to them." It. was finally reSolVed 'by the Convention . " tbat Ciamaittoo eompOsed of three Fug ilish and Fretich Meat: at the Goad , house on the 28th, to draw up a bill in ao. cotdance with the wishes of the people—ample time Lein g allowed to the Committee to frame such - a bill well." OUR. WHOLE COUNTRY. HE NEW PUBLIC BUILDING 4.—A special meeting of the Now Public Buildings Commie• sion was held this afternoon. Win. S. Stokley, Esq. presided: S. W. Cane'', President of Select Council, and Alex. M. Fax, vice A. J . . Harper, deceased, IB:W 7 wm hers Of the appeared. and'look theirsiats. • ' Mr. J. V. Watson stated that this meeting had been called at the instance of the Com mittee on Contracts, which way ready - to re , port. The committee then submitted a report re commending that the, preliminary work be awarded as follows. For the Excovations,,,james Armstrong. For taking down the terrace wall and deeming' brfrka4c—liapiel McNichol. For Concreting the Entire Foundation—dames Armstrong. For Foundation Stone—Jas. 'Armstrong. For Building Stone—Sarno.l • For Priek Work—Geo. H. Brinkworth. ' For. Building, Cellar Wal/5.7--Jayuistroiig. ' The Committee reported that 28 bids had been received for the different work for which proposals bad teen advertised. , Mr. J. V. Watson said that in , rogard to the stone, it may not be suitable. The committee had merely reported the lowest bidder, and if _he doe.s not furnish the right kind of material' the contract will hate to be changed: • General Wagner remarked that there were ereat discrepancies between the bids, and de sired to know .whether the Conimittee had ascertained whether the gentlemen named are able to do the work. Mx. Walter moved that the bid of James Armstrong for making the orreavatiOns be ac cepted. Be said that the cost of the weak by this bid will be $28,440. Mr. Hiram Miller innuired whetter the Commksion has the authority to make the 'contracts. City Councils have made- no ap propriation, and the Consolidation act ex ,pressly prohibits, the expenditure of any money without an appropriation.. Mr. 'Walter, read. the ordinance which created the Commission, to show that. this body has the authority to make the contracts, but after they are awarded they have to be submitted to City Councils for approtal. • Mr McCarthy thought that the Commission will be wanting ie duty if it does nut go on in awarding the contracts. Mr. Cattell said that when the Commission was created it M 3.4 expected that the City Councils woultimake the necessary appropri ititin. This Commission has gone as tar as it e'an go. Councils had refused to make the ! appropriation because they thought that the citizens would not bear the additional tax of • one tenth of One per cent. this year. Having failed to make that appropriation, there is no money to go on with the Work, jf thortt is no montiy, What is the use Of making a contract? Councils will not make an appropriation this year. Ho was of the' opinion that the Commission canaotmake the - contract. until Councils make a further aP pronriation no work can be done. The only thing to be done is to report the' contracts to Councils and ask for an appropriation. The Commission cannot enforce the contract. Mr. Walter said that no contracts will be binding without the approval of City Coun cils. Councils have the power to make an ap prciaiatiOU oP raise a special loan, and it is liot - known whether they may not do that at their next ineeti»g. The money question is in the City Councils and the work is with the . Commission. r - • General Wagner thought that it is the duty Of the Commission to say to . which parties the contracts shall be given,aud then report to Councils. Be said that Mr. Cattell was in error in regard to the failure to make the ap propriation. When the matter was before the Finance clOrdttlitte9 WM Mc ()Pink% of the lawyers there that Couneils hat's no Author. ' its to levy a special tax ; that the appropria tion must come out of thegeneral tax. HC thought, however, that the duty of the Com mission was fully laid down in the ordinance, and ho hoped that the, contracts - would, — be awarded. • , • • Mr. Candi responded that when the niatter was before. the Finance. Committee. the para.- Mount reasoagiven for notiraking the appro priation was that they did not think that the citizens woold_bear„the special tax. Mr. Fdx :suggested chat the real ,reason bf the faihire of the appropriation wits that a majority of the. Finance Committee was op posed to the location of the buildings on in dependence, Square. r. Miller could not see- why. the matter email not he reported to I 7otinci Is in seine way without - making the contracts. r. Gillingham considered it hediuy of the Commission,to make these - contracts. 'filat duty is fully laid down in the ordinane e . There are some members here who are opposed to the location. Mlle had been opposed to the place•provided in the, ordinance he would not sit in the Commission. Mr. McCarthy argued that the Commission' is bound to make the contracts. .Mr. J, V. Watson said that the parties who made bids for the contracts all thoroughly un ilerstood their rights and duties under the eon t ra ets 311.. Cattell declared that the Cominittee on Contracts , had not complied with the ordi nance,•which. provides mat the terms of the contract should be published. He thought that it would be enacting a great farce to award these contracts when there is no appro priation. Alter some, further discussion,the resolution of Mr. Walter to award the contract for ex i•:tvations to James Armstrong at 74 cents per cubic yard was agreed to by the following, vote: Yo.as—llilliugton, Canell, Davy, rex, A. Gillinghinu,Kneass, MeCartiby,htiskey. Pugh, Robbins, Spering, Wagner, Walter, Watson, Jas. S., Watson V and Stokloy, President. —l6. • • . Mr. Walter moved that the contract for building cellar walls be awarded to James Armstrong, at $l. 11 per perch. - Agreed to. Mr. Walter then moved that the contract for concreting the fonndation be awarded to James Armstrong, at 13 cents per cubic foot, and for 'taking down . the terrace walls to Daniel Ale Nichol, at 5300. Agreed to. Mr. Fox moved to refer the bids for stone to, the CbairMen of the Committees on Con tracts, Architecture and Buildings, to make a wither report on the subject. Agreed to. Mr. James S. Watson moved that the Com mission proceed to the election of President for the present year. Agreed to. \Vm. S, Stokley, Esq„ was then elected by acclamation. Adjourned. Tut: NEW Crry r. Hancock, Esq.,' City Controller, elected in 18eS, entered npon.the , diseharge of his duties this morning.' William Klug was appointed Chief Clerki He is thoroughly competent for. the position, and will give general satisfaction. He was formerly. AssiStant United States , Assessor in the Second District. The other appointments of, Mr. Hancock will ho an nounced in a few days. Richard Feltz, Esq., the new Receiver of Taxes, also. entered upon his duties this morn ing. His appointments are: . , Chief (Berk—john L. Hill. , • Raeivim eleikB-lobort S. :Williamson, harry C. Selby; 'Edward Jlilferty, Frederick .1. Wtilter; 'XII. Stokes, IL ()Scar Roberts, W. Alex. Tilkley,,NL N.:Phillips. ,Solicitor—Erastus Poulson, Esq: •, DAs eityo.lolitt Kurtz. Other appointments will be annpnuced in a 'few days. , • . Acrolls; '1 AI E N T.---1110 Governor yesterday cotetnil.44one4 Lewis . Rednor, of this city, a Notary UITY BULLETIN ,tr. ov ANACTREWL—The remains of Mrs, Emily Anderson were interred at Mount Vernon Cfmeterv, this afternoon, and were followed to the grave by a largo number of the relatives and friends of the deceased. 'Mrs. Anderson, nee o!Brien,was formerly an actras,s at the Arch Street Theatre, in this 'city, and was the wifebf Mr. J. Anderson; sop of the " Wizard of the North," himself a magician, who •was assisted by his wife in his many &m -g:Igo/lent:4in the West, where they wore very popular. Mrs. Anderson was a niece of - Miss Lizzie Price (Mrs. Winter), of the Arch Street rps dramatique. ROBBING A Saytimr..—john Wells ';and. David &ott were arrested yesterday, by ithe Eighth District Police, upon the 'charge of having broken into and robbed the stable of Cyrus Lukens, on Vernon street, above Tenth, on Saturday night last. Some harness,a buffalo robe, sleigh-hells and horse-blanket; the whdlt valued at 5176, were stolen. The police,hating ascertained that the stolen articles had been, pawned at the establishment of M. Kaas, on Poplar street, obtained a search warrant, went there and found in the loft what ,they were looking for. The property had been pawned for tzlo. Wells and Scott will haye a hearing at the Central Station this afternoon. ON A Sent::.—John H. Falls got drunk yesterday. He went into a grocery store at I:le - Tenth and Taylor streets, and commenced .eating apples. The woman in charv,a of the store remonstrated with him. He then, drove her into the street and began a general smash up of things on the premises. Policeman M cCrory came along, and was kept quite lively for some time' in dodging bottles, weights, scales, and other things which Falls hurled at his bead. Finally the officer succeeded in taking Falls unawares and seized him by the •back of the neck. After a hearing before Aid. BonsalMthe prisoner was committed on the charge ofmalicious mischief. LAMP EXPLOSION.-A lamp containing what is called " combination fluid' exploded at the store of Silas Fuller, 924 Spring Garden street, yesterday Afternoon. „Fuller is the inventor of this fluid, and' some time ago Robert M. Evans, Coal Oil Inspector, had him arrested and tried before the Court of Quarter Sessions for manufacturing and selling this article, hut the Court ruled that Mr. Evans had nothing. to do with the Case and discharged the. de fendant. Mr. Evans then appealed to • the Supreme Court, where the case is now pend ing. KILLED ON SIIIPBOABD.—COTODer Taylor held an inquest this morning upon the body. of TlMmas Murphy, who was killed by falling from the masthead of the schooner F. St. Clair, from Cardenas,' while- off Cape May, on the 13th inst. The deceased was 35 years of ago, iniirrifd,and resided at Port Richmouct. THE oEnlikg ROSPITAL.—Pred. Tiede mann's second concert rfor the benefit of the German Hospital will be given at the German Theatre, Franklin and Coates streets, to-nior row evening. A tirst-class entertainment may be expected. THE *ROM: RAIKE.-Tlie individual who was arrested in Wait Philadelphia for the larceny of alfive4iollar bill is named Jacob Schaeffer. .1 - 10 gave his name as Jacob Snyder. RonnEfty.—The tallow and candle manufaa tory of John Cooke S 5 Sons, at Wood street wharf, Schuylkill, was broken into aud robbed sometime during Sunday night. AN OwlyEn WANTED.—A squirrel tippet, pickcd up in the street; 18 awaiting an owner at the police station, Fifteenth and Locust streets. THIE.! 4 .11 iONN. Latest 7P 'elroltUllll Items IProdneers4, Monthly Report.. The .lanuary report Of the ' Petroleum Pro ducers' Association gives the average dai]y yield for the month at 11,287 barrels,a decrease as compared with December of barrels) The decrease has been general throughout the region, except at,Parker's Landing.where the production has increased :392 barrels per day. The report covers operation.s in !fifty-one dis .. triets. • The Titusedlle lle,;;tikt ha... the following items The old 'an Tassel. well, near the month of Church rtin, on the Oceanic Company's tract, is about to be start,;(i ttp. and will commence pimping to-day. This null nu. put down in Mit, and produced several hundred barrels of oil. l=evcral good strikes have ocem-rel I within the past twelve days at the Parker's ',audit/ rn! held and vicinity, and there aro saY'eral t . (t.ing which promise to be prednetive Among the former is the Mary Ann well, lo cated upon the hill, on the Robinson, farm, and is producing about thirtY-tive barrels Per day. The Empire \Vell, reeernly struck on land of a, w. Parker. op the Allegheny river, below the Hoover farm, prornises to be a gaod well. The Eagle Oil Company, of -Brady's Bend, composed of B. Heydriek, T. H. Moore, Au. drew Watson anti others.aro sinking a• well on Silver creek, in Butler county, some seven miles west of Lawrenceburg. ThLs well is now down about five hundred feet. If oil should be obtained here it will open up a new and immense territory fOr operators.. Near the mouth of the Clarion river on the east hard( of the river there is a well that has been producing oil in small quantities for tionle days. The Clara Bell well, struck last week at Lawrenceburg, on the land of Robert . Adams, has a depth of 1,015 feet, through a third sand said to'be thirty-five feet thick, and is produe big twenty-live barrels per day. ALLEGED DISCOVERY OF A LEAD MINE A Man Pursues a Rabbis and Flack+ a Nugget of Galena. The 17niontown Genius of Liberty of last 'Week says : Au important discovery ot' valuable lead mine in Wharton township in thh4 county, near Shin Bone Alley, was made about theist instant. It is on land owned by George W. Thomas, and was discovered in the following singular manner: Mr. ThplylaS was passing through the woods, when a dog that was following after him, started a rabbit and ran it into a hole iu the bank, within twenty roils of his house. having a mattock with hint; Mr. Thomas proceeded to dig out the rabbit. He had struck but a lick or two when ho struck something which attracted his attention, :On examining the substance he found it .to be a lump of lead ore .weighing . nearly oue pound. Since then, in company With his lather,Jno. M. Thomas, and his brother;Michael Thomas, explorations have been made which leaVe no doubt us to there being a rich deposit of pure lead ore on their farm. IVe have been shown specimens,of the ore, and it is as pure ,its, any, we ever examined. Some of it was sent to Otto Wuth, the celebrated chemist, at Pitts.' burgh, who 'pronounced it the purest ore Ito over examined. , THE ,COURTS. ~ • ' The Lottery Cases. Q (7 AWC rakSnssioNs—Judge PaXsoh:-1 a the cases of the parties charged. with dealing in lottery ,polieles; Judge Paxson this morning delivered opinion overruling the de - -, murrin .and motions to .unttsh tts to the .first, and second counts of the indictments, and Sus taining them as to the third, ,foutth 'and fifth connts. These Counts that were held 'good' , charge •• the main offences of; selling and oz. postnn ;to sahy. lottery; policiett, while those thatiwere quashed werel-morelr,cumulatitte, and not at all essential. The Judge said that the merits of the eases COU la be fully inquired into and passed upon under the first and second counts. F. .I.:I'I7EMTON. Pttl)l4, OUR HARRISBURG LETrEIt. • The Case of Dr. Sehoeppe Amain 'to be Transferred to the Supreme, Otittrt....: lhe Writ of Error BID Painted 'Over tiiiw Tete , of Governor Geary...ste sr Reitute. Dons fur Ptirdons...The City Sombre fill Voted Down In the IllousarleurDiearJ TroubleAnileipated with Referatioe ft...Tpe Reeder Claim 8i11... AL Giontatio ' Swindle upon the Treasury... The State' Treasury Inveatigation. _ EttreeiutiCorrewOndenee of the Phtla.Even,g t TILE CASE or DR. SCIIOEPPIL fisesisnuno, Feb. 15th; 1970.—The' cage' of, 'Dr. Paul Scheeppehas again',bceu taken fro in the bands 'of Governor •Geary, and In a few days will be againi transferred for the Suprema dourt,whichbasjust decided thatfor the *ant , of constitutional provision it'bad no pOrrer l the premises.; The Legislature te.day remedied the defeet, and it now rests. with the counsel of the doomed •.; man to take - the cessary steps under, the 'new and he ease •'Will be brought to the attention, of the Court; which has been empowered,,An.r. addition to reviewing the law In 'the earn; to '- examine the testimony and decide whether'the , crime of murder liaS been proved. , ' Tint.„llll.L IN THE SENATE. • At the morning session of the Senate, the, Governor's veto on the bill granting that right ' to the highest Court in the State *was called up, and thpn followed, for the space of two hours, one of the , most iuteresting debates that.: nos been listened to since the organization of the present Legislature.. The discussion, was*: real intellectual treat; and was one that was duly appreciated not only by thespectatot*or 'whom there were many, but also by the meini hers. The argument was participated in by; Senators Howard, Wallace, Lowry,, Mumma. White, Purmau and . Davis" in favor of passing the bill over the veto, ,and Senators Btickalew and Osterhout in favor of sustaining the veto. The addresses of the two.,, first named were masterly efforts in support "- of the doctrine that the bill was perfectly right in every particular, and that on no principle of law bbould the veto naessage be sustained.fienntor . Duckaleve opposed the 'bill, on this ' ' ground that be deemed there should he a limit" to the time when the appeal should be made", faid that' it shonld apo,• not only to eases or murder in the first degree, but also to murder in the second degree and to voluntary man slaughter. He ekpressed himself as favorable to an act which would incorporate his views.t The vote,on being taken,stood 22 to 5 in favor of its passage notwithstanding the veto of the' Governor, and Was so decided that but little' trouble was anticipated in the House. ' " THE BILL IN THE HOUSE. , But the contrary proVed to he the case, foe . . on Reprosentative'DaVis calling it up at the, „ . afternoon session of that body, Mr.Sehnatterly arose and contended that tho Governor should- be sustained. Ho was followed quickly by )leFsrs,.Craig and McCreary on the same side..:. 3 , f r. Smith, of Dauphin, then responded, and iho t/( l Patct Wit 4 Oftsca koy a truly tine address of , , . Speaker Strang,iit A C Mt the chair for the P' **H , pose of giving his 1 reastulf W. 1 1.1” tbla bOOnt''• , should be granted ito - Di. Seinn.l l et about AA whose gifilt,tbere have been such graire L I, 4 tibts Mr. Josephs then sent to the Clerk's desk aiN. , had read-a letter, received by Senator Lowrk . t . just a fewmoments prior, from the wife of- Gerald Eaton, which implored that Senator, to . beseech the Governor to exercise , : clemency- in the ease of 'Schoenen. 1 The, Vote was then taken;and resulted in it 2 to . A 29--: a biro two-third majority in support of, the ' ' action of the Senate, but; however, grettt' - ' enough to allow the 'doomed man one more' opportunity for his life,: As the Governor. had left the Capital for IN r ashington, to attend, the annual meeting of the :Council of the ! , Union League of America, it was . illlp(*Sibki to ascertain his views as to the concurrent ' action of both Houses, but it is believed that.'.' it will not meet with his approval ' The result of the vote waVtalegraphed to Schooppe's • counsel in Carlisle mut to his friends in Philo- delphia, from whom grateful .respo WO'S were •. reef ived. ' - • ILE(ait,.llloNri Fon,. v.i.anoNts. .11(mi arc LOW on Mu in the Executive, „, Chaunbcr nearly two thousand aPplicatious for pardons,and se rapidly, have they, come in that several hundred remain unamwered. They have caused so much annoyance ter the. clerical force that the Governor luta felt hiul self-.compelled to issue the following regula.,. Pit 4.—.N0 pardon will be granted until no- ,; tice of the application therefor been given, by publication,pnee e woo r ;; • two consecutive week;, in a neWspaptiC printed in the county in which the convictioti was had. eCohit—No pardon will be granted unless notice of the application shall have beengivert ; to the Judge• who tried- the cause, to the Dix: trict Attorney or to the Attorney.whe prose, tinted. Proot of service of said notice must be submitted. • • • • • Third---. All applicatierts for ,pardon' must ; ! • i have 'frith them the following papers, written : •• in a clear, distinct hand ': ' - -' ' • - • ' H - ''' I. A certified copy of the whole record, in-,. .‘t I. chiding docket eutrfes, minutes of court, copy of indictment, picas, 'anti all other papers on„ the in the Court relating to 'the case.' ' ' ', . . 4 2. A lull statement of the reasons upon '''' which the application is based, setting qoith f '.." all tho facts; the .notes of evidence 'taken on -, trial; letters froin responsible persons I in 'the). -„ i cominunity where the crime was committed;. :-, a recommendation train the jurors who, sat on the trial, and if any of them refuse to re-., commend a pardon, reasons given for such re rasa' ; letters from the DiStriet' Attorneyor !. ). con tisol who tried the case; also, a copy tit. or" commitment; petition trout prisoner settlngoro 'f' forth reasons ;. and statement from warden. 1...) . and inspectors of prisons as to depottuaelit,of „.. prisoner during his contitiement. - ,4,1 Fourth—ln consequence of the finatithOrie4„,., 4 use of the names of etortain f)ersous as pett= 4 ' tioners fur partionS, it will hereafter be re 7 quired that' all signatures to the petitions'he " published with the notice referred to in rule o'4. ' r lo'ij,lii-,-As ,these .rules are, intended to sub-o ~ Novo the administratit on of j mitioe, they 'Will ,:):.i , . he strictly enforced. and re tat . only,. wisgst„ i, 1 . good rees ons shall be furitiishel,fiar.so'doing ,•• Tim (ITV. S.tIWAG,AI/14.. y • • - The aet supplenientary, to the,set passed las(, ~ Winter declaringßobert ,P.' Tailor; yirlllifini';'''. Watt,. Charles ILL Mall, Jonah:An ' Brook; John fi'lirien, fares .V. ,, Gtdtor7; Ilornarill I'. ' Gunn, William M. Taylor; .1. Morris Efairdinir t 1. • "' William L. Elkin.' and, Atr,;alotu: .fraylon st' , ) 110113 r politic and corporate, under this, name: . ~, amid , i;tyle ot, t)ae. ChCharl, , Sewage troilization. , 1 . Company, by Whlelf name they shall have ptir.. t l ' litstilal hpeeth‘giork. pto., 'etc., a ml - giVing' the' . the right and pritilego - to oo.ntrliet'Witlt Bite city of Philadelphia% to'cleanse the streate U said - . city; att.4 remove , all offul, ,, A3rtise. and wa:.li: limiter therefrom, was called up to thee ='s I loose this morning, and though voted down, is likely to•give considerable trouble hereafter. On its final piwage Mr. Elliott inovoil to ~to Ike: out all after the enacting clause, think- =ME • 4,1 .`) •-• •1 VI =ORM • r MEM - ti }3'
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