GUISPN .PEACOCK. Editor.
YOlllll3 XXIII.-NO. 268'
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411j.'"1.,A13 Market et. dalin 630 t,
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,jtroireci its the newest end beet manner. LOUIS
"811"4" er Ort flingteser. .1034 Chestnut
'MARRIED.
lifiLLlßAff--PIIIIOIB.—TO 'Annapolis. Md,. Feb; IT,
by R,W
tier. E. Noblon, Prepent of tit. John'il Ep!smolt
Collette. Mr. R. W. Milligan, H. N., of this city ~to
,;241ea Otilteht.of.Attnapolle. -
MURPHY--LIORT(iN.—On Thurada, evetth4: 'eh.
nth. at the reehlence of Parld ateCorrnick, Rao.,
riehurg" by the Rev. Pr. V. R. .
Roblti4on ' Charles b.
Aturoby, of . Philadelphia 1., Mt,a Nary E liorton
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dent tor of 4tegar If. F. o • Itr ea.. 0 R OCtu . tor,
New York. it
1110E-1 1 1(;—&t . Erleloo CbliPet, Gantbler,Chlo , Ott the
kth..lpoit.,by $.llO Right
_WI. 134h0p. Mr. Edward P.
- • Iced of Ofweittnittl, to' Mini Rumen D.;'dititgliter of Se
.. Pfau W.114y, See., .
AUSTIN.—In Philfi r delphia; frebruarY 18th. L'aufra
'Hughes, only child of Willie and the late Louise B. H.
A uvtio. an al gratiddanichter thetlim X. B. M. and
Louisa*. IL tinichect.
Her meatus will h. taken to New Haven, Conn.. aid
Intern:4(mm the house of- her smile - sot her, 1)16 Tome e
direst in that city. - - •
ROCKIEN.—On the morning of the -15th Inst., George
Dinkins.
Further notice will healvm,
If ALLOW Alf,.--tin the ilth inaLMargaretllalloway.
The relatives! sad blends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral. from the residence of Ed
ward L. Wilson. N0:405 Fraakilts !street, on Monday af
ternoon. at 2 o'clock.
!ERVEN lhe 18th inst.. Fiillism S. Levering,
trilhedbi year Of his ago.:.. • • • •
Funeral !horn his hips residence. Lower Merton, neer
the Acadsmy, en Tuesday, 2.741 inst.- at I o'clock, P. M.
To proceed to ,Woodlands Ceinetery. Carriages will
meet tbeln.3o Orlin of the Pennsylvania Central Rail
road at Merlon Station.
PATTERSON.—Mary Elizabeth: only dal:mister of
Itlorrfs,and Mary S. palterson,lTl tho 12th year of her age
Tho relatives and friends of the family are Invited to
attend the funeral, from 1511 Spruce street, on Monday
next. Hat inat., at 10 o clock A. M.
BTHOUP.—tindderily, on February 18, /Merin BtroUp,.
in the ilt.th year of ht.. age.
The relatives find friends of the faintly are respectfully
invited to attend hilifuneral. Irma N 0.1013 Vine et's:et.
on Idoutle) next, at 3 o'clock P. 31. Interment at Lau
rel •
VALF.II.IO.-6sidenly, of apoplexy. on the lath inst.,
at Genoa. Italy, Joseph Valet-to, Esrt. , in the tlth year
alas nee.
REEGE POPLINS FOR. HIJITS.
IJ PEARL SILK POPLINS,
MODE «04L POPLINS.
• SPRING 811 ADES POPLINS,
ROLL AND FOLD POPLINS.
'EYRE & bANDELL. Fourth cud Arch htreetg.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
See Sirth pare for' additional Naito
Finest Gents'
Ready-Made Furnishing
Clothing. Goods.
JOHN WANAMAKER,
filti & 020
CIFIESTNUT
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Youths' Fashionable
find Boys' Merchant
Clothing. Tailoring,
EYE AND EAR DEPARTMENT.
?ho PTilliulvlphla Thapentary have opened an •' Ey•
and Ear Deparontnt at N 0.314 South Sar•nth ctrect
1 betworn Spruce and Pine), where diseases at the Eye
awl Ear are treated c ally at 12 o'clock. .
ATTX.NDIXO SCROgoNs.
Dr. GEORGE 13TRAWOU1DGE,
"Dr. JOHN F. WEIGHTM &N.
WM. F. ORTFITITTS. Provident. •
fel24trplDMAt3 WISTAU, M. D., Sec's.
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!RIOFIRE DEPARTMENt.—NOTI_cE--
Compaides intending to participate in the DEW.
N of the LTLE MONUMENT on TUESDAY,
Vebruary =. will please he In potation at 12 o'clock, as
the line will more at 1 o'clock, precisely. The Chief
Marshal's Aids will report at Broad and Spring Gar
den street*, at 1120 A: M . mounted, In dark suits, white
&loves, with black, Wye in gilt letters on hat.
By order of WM .2'. McCIJLLY, Chief Marshal.
TN...D.21.214mM% ( g pec Am
Joan H. AlAcnn, s
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Ir7UNIVERSITY OF PENN all . ,
litA .
LECTirIiE ONSOCIAL SCIENCE.
PIIOIMEIBOII fdrILVAINE will deliver his third
Lecture on TUESDAY EVENING next, at 8 o'clock,
and the remaining Lectures will be given on TUESDAY
of each week, instead of Wedoeeday. fel9-2trni
u. J. IitcCARAffER, THE CIGARIST,
at Seventeenth and Locust, has just received ftom
the litay West factories a full line of those celebrated
XeyliVest Cigars, equal, if not superior to , the genuine
Bevan* Cigar*. Smokers would do well to call and ex
amine these gno a, as they are very cheap and *very flue.
Also, a full line of all the choice brands' of Havana
Cigars, at tho lowest possible prices. felt rp tf§
Do. PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Tho voters and tax-payers of Philadelphia aro
invited to attend is meeting at the hall, N 0.1125 'Market
street, corner ogderrick, on SAIEUDAY EVENING,
3gth Inat.,ittlll o'clock, to take ratiatesseito secure the
passage of an act leaving the selection of the site of
the Public Buildings to a Tots of the citizen s. .
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
Ea"- SERMON TO YOUNG MEN.
Under the auspiies of the YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN
ASSOCIATION. '
REV. PETER STRYKER, D. D.,
Will preach a sermon especially to Young Men
TO-SORROW Sabbath/EVENING, at 7.% o'cloOk ,
In the North Broad Street Presbyterian 'Clinrch, corner
Broad and Green Streets.
tiubject—" The Character of Washington."
Medical Students and strangers in the city cordial* in
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lux. SIXTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
Spruce street, between Birth and Sixth street.—
Rev. J. H. 111,clivaine, I). D. will preach to-morrow at
30% - o'clock ,241 ; and' 7,4 , o'clock P.M.. 4t.*
TRINITY M. E. CR URCH, EIGHTEt
Ilt•ej7 above Rms.—Missionary Anniversary. Itcy. Dr.
,Cir
vite mks, of New York, ; Rev. 0. P. Masden, 7.14. All
'ind. • . • . lt."
ALEXANDER PRESBYTER lAN
Church, Nineteenth and Green streets. Preach
ingAo-Morrow at 4015' o'clOck? A. M. and p 6 o'clock
by Her . B. 8. 'Banks , of haston, Pa. tt
SEVENTH PRESBYTERIAN
Yry Churobt Broad street and Penn Synara.—Xtey.
Henry meter, will pr‘tach to-morrow, '2oth
inst., &tin% A. M. and 3X, P. M. lt*
REV. C. W ADSWORTH, D. D.,
Pastor,"will Omen tolmorrow in the Third Re
formed Church. Tenth and Filbert streets. Service at
1036 o'clock A. M. and 735 P. M. It*
••low THE REV. T. F. DAVIES, RECTOR.
of Bt: Peter% will ire elfin theft sb '
north . aide Spring Garden; be lo w Broad!. al s a C y h :f e n h '
inst. In the morning Bev. J. W. Bonham will preach°ou
" The Ministry of the Apostolic Church." It*
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lISSIDNARY SABRATII AT ARCH
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treat M. E. Church To-morrow. Bey. James
.i.17i1, at 10% A. M. Sabbath Schools ut 254 I'. M. At
AL A addresses by Dr. Durbin, the Pastor' and.
others. Stranger. Invited. lt*
• at , FIRST REFORMED CHURCH,
corner of Seyenth and Spring Garden streets.
Bey. , Tholnas X. Orr will preach to-morrow at 10X
.A." 11, and 7.1.6 P. M.' Evening series—" liattiro's
Teachings. The earth." . ' ' it*
1111", "SUNDAY SCHOOL LITE RA
TIIIIE."—Prof John S. Uart'S address next Mon
eta,. evening, at Trinity M. E. 'Church, Eighth, above
Bare street, should be heard by every Supotintoudent,
a..ibrarion and Teacher, ,lt•
10t , NO.R Tl' TENTH R
STREET PESSY.
terlan -Olitirch, below Girard avenne.--Ttev.
2datthow Newkirk, pastor, will preach to-niorrow on
Intemperance." At 10,X A. it., " Ito evil effects."
.At U P. Its only remedy.'! lt*
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CHURCH OF' THE MESSIAH
(Universalist), Locust and Juniper stroets. Rev.
Brooks, D. D., Paster, Services at IoX, A. 111. ;
.I;vaning, 7%. rotirtit seraion to non-alturch-goetai Who
wre earnestly lavled to attend/. Buldoot- 0 The Dy
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MEATY JROBISERIC AT muLdssopo,
euro. t
$lBO.OOO Stolen.
A despateh from Hillsboro, Ohio,to the Cin
cinnati Gazettesays : -
The office of . Wm. Scott, Esq., a brokei of
this place; was' entered at about 2, o'clock this
morning. his safe blown open, and about Sifty
thousand dollars, mostly in comity, State and
Government bonds, besides about one hun-.
dred thousand dollars in- promissory notes,
stolen. The whole amount of property' ob
tained by 'the burglars is not far from one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which
thteo or four hundred 'only 'was in currency.
,The community is much agitated over the
bold and suecessfulrobbery—thelaigest by far,
that ever took place in the cdutity.. No clue
whatever has yet been obtained that'prOOiscs
a reed Very of the stolen property. •
• RELIGIOUS Iott3TIVES.
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CLINTON. .• . STREET CHU ECK,
Tenth street, beloar fitruce. 11e~. Aihbrt Ifarnos
w i i?P ' reeth To-morrow at 10% A.M.:and Rev.Thr.ltoe#,
of the Cuntral Church, . t 7% P. M. bobjoot for °Tel
lam—. The mot e principle of Christian 'conduct. Mi
cordially Invited. It*!
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THE RT. R THO NI AS. 'M.
Clark A. U .LL.,A,, will preach in St. Anarow!a
Churcb,Eiglith street above Spruce, on Sunday to
`mot row I:evening, at 7% o'clock. Afternoon' sCriflee
omitted. • it*"
117_. G 111 A. 'r A
N OWN AI R.FE'ET
Sonora Presbyterian Church —The Rev. Edward
Payton Cowan, of St. Look, Mo.. wi'l preach this
Church on Sunday, the 201 h Wet:, at 103 A.ll. and 7%
A SI:RN ON ON TEMPERANC
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Ibm7 - . will Piesiclicii in St' Atulrow'e 4 ) . fix l btiara.
Thirty-sixth and Baring streets, by the . Rector, Rot,
Samuel E: Smith, on Sunday erettineneict," , It§;
ozP:'WESTSPRVCE STREET CH URC 14 ,
Seventeetith and Spruce strcets.—Rev. W,
Breed, D. D.. will preach tomorrow at 103 A. M. t P
third sermon oralte Book of Job: and at .33-Z P. M. t e
subject will he " Is it well with the child t" Itwi
"FIRSFI7 . 7* - 11F - AbYt.. PitAR
u -,D , 'Church. icritshinaten - ilerrlak
Johnson, D. 1i..,, Pastor, will preach tomorrow at 103,1
M. and P...M.• It ll* avonialt ninth and ima ear
mon or the 'wiles to young men. Subject—" The Con
elusion of the Vitale Matter. . lt"
WANTS.
UTANTED- , A PROTESTANT MIDDLE
aged woman as companttin iri a family, a nept
sewer. and to make 'herself generally ttsef al; Address
W.. this Office:oath terms re. . It*
MAIRCH EIatiAZINES.
Soinething new and conclusive about the
Vaudoux rites, as practiced in Santo Domingo,
has been contributed to the March number of
Lippfncotes, by H. Hargrave, and fermi the
pithiest paper in the Magazine,—Jatinis Grant
Wilson, the friend of Halleck, writes of the
errors of press in a conventional, peunpa
line way.—Hon. Amasa,Walker complains of
the United States Treasurer for forcing down
the gold preinium:—Arthur Pember consti
tutes himself the Jeremiah of English caste
privilege, and leaves the British House of
Lords scarce a gartered leg to stand on.--Jatne.s
Franklin Fitts describes lighting and battle
fields with dire realism, deprived ofall poetry
and romance, tinder the head of " Villanous
Saltpetre." The, articles we have indicated,
for their solid merit and . information, would
ballast any magazine.—Less original and more
redolent of the hernietically-sealed library and
brown study, is Helen Pierson's theory "Con.
cerning Shelley."—Among the short tales,
"Marble Faun-ing," by that natural and.
pleasant writer, Annie L. MacGregor, is at
least entertaining; and, for more-complicated
ih ,the elegance of Trollope% level prose in
"The Vicar" redeems a certain want of the
romantic sentiment usually demanded in tic
tion.—A gentle domestic poem, "Give me a
pin and I'll show you a show, " is by J. {D.
Itrtms.—The number concludes with a specia3ly
genial series of local notions and items under
the head of " Our Monthly Gossip," and with.
some elaborate book-notices.
J. T. Trowbridge made an exisursion last
summer, with thirty-four ladies and, gentle
men, from West Philadelphia to Minnesota,
in the same railway-train which conveyed
Prof. Henry 3lorton and the astronomer! to
the focus of the eclipse. That part of his article
in the March number of the Atkoltic,sus it c4m
mences in the State of Pennsylvania, and de
scribes the Pennsylvania Steel Works at Bald
win, Is of especial interest- hereawa.y..., Mr.
Trowbridge, however, poet as he is, uses .
" loan" as a verb, and says "what do you
want of tin cups?--'.Thu other Pennsylvahia
article is Bayard Taylor's rustic story," Joseph
and his Friend." The general quality of the
number May be partially guessed from; an
enumeration of the remaining artic es,
viz.: In behalf of the Birds, by T. M. Brewer;
The Military Ball at Goulaeaska; The , Minor
Theatres of London; 13alder's Wife, by Alice
Cary; A Romance of Real Life, by W. D.
Howells (a delicate gem) ; Adventures and
AdVenturesses in New York, by Junius! H.
Browne; Time works Wonders, by B. G.
Wilder ; The Blue River Bank Robbery, by G.
B. Woods ;A Night in a Typhoon ; Evening
Song, by Oliver Wendell Holmes ; California
Earthquakes, by N. S. Shaler ; Is marriftge
Holy ? by Henry James ; Hopes of a Spanish
Republic, by Richard West; Captain Ben's
Choice, and some scholarly Reviews and
Literary Notices.—Received from Turner
Bros. & Co.-
Putrtarn's for March is chiefly interesting for
its promise of better things to - come, fore
shadowed in the inangural address of,the new.
editor, Parke Godwin. The following assort
ment of articles seems to consist -mostly of
newspaper leaders and correspondence, hastily
blown out to do duty as magazine matter.
One of these, the Trip to Egypt by Elsie
Beclus, (representing Mr. Putnam) would be
thought very good padding' for the "inside'',
of tine of our better American daities.
Next April the magazine starts fresh,
and we will be able to see what impreve
ments the new • • coachman can effect:
The Bear Hunt: a Sketch of Life in Sweden,
from the hi of Pu tnafn's Swedish Contributor.
School-days at the Sacred Heart, by E. de M.
Browler's Defalcation, by A. Webster, Jr.
Babel Midst of Us, by Geo. Waken3an.
Sketches in Color—lV., by Elizabeth gilhitra.
Is Death Painful ? by E. P. Itaiffet, , M.l D.
Concerning Charlotte--ILL, by Author of
" Still-Life" in Paris." Our Trip to Egypt as
Guests of the Viceroy at the .Opening of the
Sue Canal, by Elise Reclus. - A Woman's
Wiles, by L. W. Jennison. Americans-4nd
Some of their Characteristics, by T. M. Clan,
M. D. The "Subvented" Church and 'the
Cireilinvented Churches, by Author of " Our
Established Church." Table-Talk by Chariton.
Lewis. Bryant's Translation of Homer.
Literature at Home, by E. IL Stoddard. Lit
erature, Science, and Art - Abroad-, edited by
Bayard Taylor, and Current Event's, by Fi B.
Perkins.
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SATURDAY, FillftliAitY 19,1870:
OUR HA.ltitigiltritG LETTER..
A Posy Weed[ ' tat the Iteaulislhettirest-
Another Freight RoUrond Project ros
PMissea Iso h easortzue Diainand,Watit
, Canteen-4nel Beaver and Brie Canal
Cothuseess Rill is Preiterited---Pienator
Lourry's New County eheme.--Senotor
Ilentizopyr and the stoneware River Bill.
t Special CarrPPpond ciiide of: t rfa Ev en'g Bulletin.]
A WEEK, PHOEITABLY SPENT.
cßartirtaerato, Feb. 18, 1870.—Thesvreek end
lug, .
to-day has been a busy ono with the Legie-
Jethro,' arid were every week dnring the re
. ,
; manager of the session as profitably ernployecl,
.
the constituency throughout the, estate woutd
have but little complaint to make. Severtl
'important 'measures to' 'theState and to the
, ,
city of Philadelphia haVe been co nsidered; and
either passed or defeated, 'according "to their
merits. The hill proposing to repeal the act
creating,a Board of Trusts for philiulelphia
and the Sewage bill both'received their deatb
blows ; the Border Claim bill, which it was
knight to rush through 'the Molise Wider ?a,
suspension of the rules, has been placed in,a
position from which ' it; is scarcely
probable it can be resurrected : and
the bill which gives the right of the Delaware
river into the bands of acorporation, and
which had already receive d, the approval of
the Senate, was Drought to light and rats pro
visions explained to the Philadelphia delega
tion iii 'the House, so that it cannot possibly
become .n law. During the same time. the
humane law empowering the Supreme Court
to review, the evidence as well as the law in
capital cases, and the House of Correction bill,
have passed, and become a part of the statute
laws of the. Commonwealth; and the bill
which proposes to remedy the evils which
have existed in the State Treasury for many,
many years, pa.seed the House, and was trans
ferred to the Senate, where it has made con
siderable progress.
ANOTHER ANGORA swarms
In addition to the Border claim and the
Delaware River bills, another act which
should be, closely scanned by your City'
Fathers has made its appearance. I refer to
the one which provides for the construction of
a freight railroad along Moyamensing avenue,
from Washington street to the extensive works
of Morris, Ta.sker & Morris, on Morris street.
This looks very much like another Angora
snake, and, unlessimmediate attention is given
to the subject, it will pass through the Senate
during the coming week.
THE DIAMOND-WATT CONT.EST.
The Diamond-Watt contested seat Com
mittee have bad another sitting, at which Mr.
Simpson presented in evidence 'the returns of
the Third Ward, which give to Mr. Watt 1107
votes, whereas the Return Judges of that
Ward contented themselves by counting for
him .413 votes. This one instance yields the
sitting member a sin .of 164 votes, and the
chances are that tie gain,when the testimony
is through, will be much heavier. The re
turns for tne Seventh Division of the Third
Ward, which should have been in the Pro
thonotary's office, in Philadelphia, could not
be found; and in order , to get 'at the
correct return the Mayor and Recorder
have been directed to bring hither
the box of that division. -Mr. Simpson then
intends to make an applisationto exclude the
entire return of the division from the general
return. In support of this motion he will pies
sent testimony that the division officers re
ceived the votes of fifty and upwards, which
were counted for Mr—Diamond, none of
whom were residents of the' division, and
whose names were not contained on the
registry of voters ; that the election officers
permitted non-residents to vote on the names
of persons who were, qualified electors
or whose names were ,on the registry
of voters; that the officers refused
to receive the votes of qualified
voters; that the return of votes
of the division is not a true one, and
that the officera carried on the election with a
wilful disregard of the provisions of the elec
tion laws. Before the committee adjourned,
Mr:Simpson notified theM that at the next
meeting be would also produce witnesses 'in
support of a motion to strike out the return of
the Ist divisionSEighth Ward, after 12o'clock.
The reasons assigned for this are similar: to
those alleged to be the case in the 7th division
of the Third Ward. An adjournment was then
had until Wednesday next.
THE HEAVER AND ERIE CANAL PROJECT. ,
The initiatory step in the Beaver and Erie
Canal project has been 'already taken In the
House, where, today, a bill was presented
authorizing the Company to slackwater the
Ohio river from Pittsburgh to Beaver and
issue a loan of 56,000,000. 'Having already
secured the necessary legislation for deepen
ing the canal and securing the passage of the
above measure, the next step, and the one
which' is creating so much alarm throughout
the western borders of the State—the takhig
from the Sinking Fund of the Treasury the
Sti,eoo,ooo in Penusylvaniaßailroad bonds,and
substituting them with the above $6,000,000,
which the Company is now asking the polder
to create—will be taken. This matter is
creatitig the most intense excitement, and
therefore is a measure which should' receive
the most careful consideration atthe hands of
our legislators. In an interview, a few days
sinee, Senator Wallace declared that be
fore such a thing .could be done the
constitutional amendment of 1857, pro
viding that' the' proceeds of the stile
'of the publie works to tbe'Pennsylvania
road—these very $6,000,000 now in the Sink
ing Fund—should be devoted' exclusively; to
thepayment of the public debt. would have
to be repealed. The friends of the measure
rife cOnfident of its final passage. Madame
Rumor is very busy in this as in the case of the
border-claim proposition. _.She_ asserts, that
there is another " little William," Which, : in
the event of the passage of its predecessors,
will be introduced. This provides for another
small loan of $2,000,000, with which it is in
tended to pay off the present indebtedness' of
the Company, et tetra.
PETROLIA COUNTY. I
On 'Tuesday next the fate of the new comity
bill of Senator LoWry will he decided , in the
House, ano, judging by the result of e Scull-
Findlay contest in the Senate, the election of
a State Treasurer and the defeat of the Me
tropolitan Police bill, it will pass. The yoaug
and able representatives ftom Warren end
Venange, Messrs. Stone and Manakin, have
beep busily engaged in an effort to defeat the
measure, but it leeks as though their ]adorn
will be fruitless.
SENATOR HENSZEY AND THE DELAWARE
• RIVER BILL.
Senator Henszey disclaims any improper
motives in presenting the bill incorporating
the Pennsylvania and, New Jersey Water
Power Company, and states that the replica
tion of the gentlemen comprising the Board of
Corporators was a sufficient guarantee to
him that the measure was proper, and he etill
believes it to be a righteous one. He does 'not
think that it will ever Interfere with Philadel
phia, as the present Chief ;Engineer of ;the
Water Department of that city holds that it
will never be necessary for the city to depend
upon the Delaware river for a sn_pplY of
Water..PAUL
—A soldier's widow at Leavenworth, lien
sas, lately'employed a claim agent to collect
MO bounty due her husband. She then had
to hire another lawyer to collect the money of
the claim agent, and a third to collect What
was loft of the second. She 'finally received
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
THE SALE OF CADETSHIPS
One of the Stories Exploded
STLIFMENT OF MR. J. R. SYPHER
BROOKS, THE' CADET-BROKER
HIS INTERESTING FAMILY
The statement has been set afloat from
Witihingtori that General Sypher, mem
,ber elect, from Louislana,and his brother, Mr.
I. R.; Sypher, the representative of the New
York Tribune in Philadelphia, were deeply
implicated in the trading in cadetships. The
story appeared, upon its face, very improba
ble, as neither of the gentlemen are of the
kind likely to be .involved in such business.
In order,, to ascertain the truth of
the case, we have gone to headquarters and
interviewed "—as the modern slang has it—
Mr. J.R. Sypher, in the accuracy of whose
statements we have the utmost reliance.
Omitting such portions Of Mr. Sypher's re
marks as refer to 'the source and - arthritis of
these injurious and unjustifiable statements,
the following is the substance of the result of
our interview
fiTATEMENT OF MIL .7. B. SYPHER.
"I have no knovvledge of Mr. Brooks's tes
timony before the Special Congressional Com.
inittee further than what I have seen in the
daily newspapers. Mr. Brooks was a reporter
at Washington, formerly, I believe, attached
to the Press; now, I think, not on any journal.
_The last news I have, had of him is that he is
very much demoralized. I observe that a
special despatch to a paper in this city, yester
day, gave the substance of what he would tes
tify, and that before his examination. This
testimony is but a part of a conspiracy that I
have bad knowledge of for some time.
"I know only from hearsay as to whether
Brooks ever approached my brother on the
subject of caden.hips. I understand that when
Gen. Sypher first carnato Washington he was
met by this man, who claimed an old acquain
tanceship, which my brother failed to recog
nize. He further asked him to place in his
(Brooks's) hands the nomination' of cadetships
to the Military and Naval Academies. My
brother replied that Louisiana was not yet
admitted to representation, and that, if admit
ted, he was not aware that there were any
vacancies in his district. They parted at
that. Subsequently this man Brooks again
approached my brother on the same
subject, and representedthat all the cadetships
were handled by outside parties, were regh
larly paid for, and he would like to 'have
charge of his. To this General Syphersharply
replied, ' Sir, you cannot talk to me in that
way. I do not know you. I have no know
ledge of you whatever ; and if yon wish to be
on friendly terms with me 'while in Washing
ton, you must not come to me with such
stuff' Brooks subsequently apologized ; stated
he knew his brother while in the army and at
Washington, and hta thought he knew him also.
My brother then sharply replied to him, ' then
talk to him ; I don't know you.'
"This is a hearsay statement; I have this
front Mr. Brooks himself; haven° knowledge
at all that any definite oiler was ever made to
ray brother. •
" Subsequently, while in Washington, I
was met by this man Brooks, either .11 the
Tribune office or at Willard's Hotel. He in
troduced this subject of cadetship, and asked
me whether . I would agree to influenee my
brother to giire him the appointmentof:the
cadetship. lie represented to me that he was
in that business;'that it was his only stock in
trade; that he was trying to build up a nice
little business ; that he had had fourteen an
pointed in the two academies, and that lie
now bad a fine large family. I replied to him:
I do not know that I have any snch influence
_ever General Sypher as to induce him to
nominate anybody; but I should certainly not
recommend for appointment anybody who is
not in every way eligible for the position.
During the week spent In Washington, I
was dogged from hotel to office, and from
office to the Capitol,by this man Brooks and a
companion , from New York,' whose name I
have forgotten. I was greatly 'annoyed by
him, and perhais should have unceremo
niously kicked him out of my presence ; but in
place of this I employed the profeasional ex-
Odient of ridding myself of an unwelcome
client by asking a lee far beyond Ids ability to
pay. 'therefore said : I am an attorney, and
if you want to monopoliz.e any more of, my
time you must hand me a retainer of $2.000;
but underatand,that in no way does this bind
me to secure an appointment for you, nor has
it any reference to the fact that I have a
brother in Cougress. 'lt' is simply to pay me
for the time you are consuming. Mr; Brooks
and his companion then said that they had
never paid more than 51,500 for two appoint
ments • and they represented that they had
put in 'fourteen into the two academies. I
Was several times afterwards asked by this
man if I would not change my mind, and in
variably answered No." I was never ap
proached by any other man on this subject.
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.
Nebraska has ratified the Xlith Amend
ment of the Federal Constitution by an almost
unanimous vote of her . Legislature. This
completes the work. The States which have
ratihed that Amendment are as follows :
KO - IVliiimpshire, litilj,." .-----. Arkansan,
Maesachusetts, West Virginia, Georgia,
Rhode Island, Indiana, Alabama,
Connecticut, Illinois, Mississippi,
Vermont, Michigan, Louisiana,
New 'York, Wisconsin, Vlbrida,
Virginia, Minnedota, Nebraska,
North Carolina, lowa, Nevada.
South Carolina. Kansas, Texas—SO.
[Of these New York is claimed to have re
tracted her ratification; while Indimia's ratifi-'.
cation is challenged, because the Democratic
minority of . her Legislature deserted theif
seats, leaving less than a quorum of two-thirds
uf all the members elected.]
me states which have rejected the Amend
ment are as follows :
AGAINST TIIF; :111TENDMENT :
New Jersey, 'Kentucky,
Delaware, California,
Maryland, Oregon—ti.
tOregon has not yet voted we believe ; but
we presume that she is agairtst the Amend
ment.J
—Even if New York and Indiana are both
counted in the negative. ' the Amendment, is
still ratified, with - one State to spare.
Tba Amendment is in these words :
ART. XV. § 1. The right of citizens of the
United States to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States, or by any
State, on acconnt of •race, color, or previous
condition of servitude. I
§2. Congress shall have power to enforce
this article by appropriate legislation.
—We hope the Proclamation which formally
announces that this Articie is henceforth a
part of the Federal Constitution, and must as
such be respected and obeyed, may bear date
February 73,1870, being the 138th anniversary
of George Washington s birth. It is fit that
this 'benign measure of peace and justice
should be issued on that joyous. National hob
day.—Tribune.
—A Chicago paper compares Kate Field to
a mythical personage which It calls Polywenia.
—Sewing machines have been introduced
into a high, school in Bristol 4 Tenn., as a part
in a course of study.
The Work is Done !
P . l)noylvania
Duel VlvnittrB VIVAKUB.—The expectation
thattbe prices of the offerings of/ our retail
markets would decline when, .the - late ,
cruel
war was over„ WIIIIEIOO4 to prove illusory.
With the excebdon ot the Cereals , anti' Irish
oranges, the semi-weekly shock' to a pocket
book of small dimensions is about as large as
ever. In the staple of beef there was as little
modesty in a steer of this morning :am in a
stcer in the year Mi. For ohoide cute the tifk
ure was from 2i to, 28 cents a pound. Lamb
is of course out of season. It IS no less:strange
than true that two-thirds of the. mutton of
fered in the Philadelphia markets is scrawny
and indifferent. In this vicinity it would
seem the quantity of mutton raised for the
shambles is extremely insignificant. It is not
deficient in fat. The fault is in the breedin*.
1 'AA blood tells two man, it tells also in qiiadru
pedal creation. With too much ,of our' Hint
tan the inseparable accompaniment seems, to
be the odor of oily. wool. The price is, from
12 to 18 cents a pound. . i
Poultry and eggs are extremely high. The
latter will continue to be so as long as the
present demand for them in the arts enhances
the value of the article. To produce a, photo
graph tvithout the albumen of the egg-is as
impossible as to .produce a bashful woman
that doesn't turn in her toes. As, to ,poultry,
the price to a diminutive pocket,book may be
set • down as virtually prohibitory. Tens of
thousands of fowls died last year from a con
tagious malady peculiar to the birds in ques
tion. For anything like desirable fowls the
trrice is thirty cents a pound. People who
don't appear early in the markets are very
likely to find the best offerings already called
by purveyors to restaurants and hotels.
The supply of fish during the entire season
has been unusually good.. This has been in
consequence of the open condition of 'the
weather. Southern shad are beginning to ar
rive in larger numbers. The Delaware shad
this season is merely a fable dressed in
scales. Beyond all comparison the best fresh
water fish that comes to us is the pike—in
New York called pickerel. He is a game
fish, sweet as a nut, and his flakes are solid, as
their equivalent in corn-fed pork. The pecu
liarity of this flsh is that he shouldn't be
touched with steel. If you have no other
fish-slice or cutlery,you can dispense him with
a wooden spoon. -
We notice in great abundance a very large
variety of salt-water eels. They are taken at
Inckerton, en Little Egg Harbor Bay, 'To
those who can disccinnect from them the idea
of devouring snakes, they are delicions eatine.
The recipe in the cook-books for "Spitcheock
eels” yields a, dish that may properly come .
under the headollu.scious. The price of all
these fish is about the same-15 cents a pound.
The list includes perch and cattisb'also. Fresh
mackerel is the best salt tb3h that is Offered its.
It is not, only the best, but the most eco
nomical.
Winter vegetables have ahnostdiaappeare'd.
The salads and celery are in Moderate supply.
The want of them is compensated for by
vegetables in cans. The genius who first
taught the art of hermetically sealing tomatoes
should be classed with the friend of Sancho
Parma who invented sleep. If the farmers
are not making moneyjust now, we don't
know who is. The whole country around its
if; now jingling with the music of planes, and
resonant with n
the rgtling of silken skirt:s.
i‘al v. Julake Falkner, of
Bridgeport, Conn., has been chosen Rector bf
St. Matthew's P. E. Church. Franoidville j
this city. The Rev. Mr. Eccleston, whose
ministry in St. Matthew's Church- has been bo
acceptable and so successful, will soon enter
on his duties as the Financial Secretary of the
Evangelical Knowledge Society of the P. E.
Church.
The Rev. George W. Foote, who has, been
living in Salt Lake City, Utah, for °several
years past, as a Missionary of , the Protestant
Episcopal Church, is sponding . a few weeks in
the east, seeking aid ior his important mis
sion. Ho will make some statements in re
gard to his work among the Mormons, to
morrow, the 20th instant, at the Church Of the
Saviour, Thirty-eighth street, West,Philadel
phia, in the morning ; at St. Mark's Church-,
Locust street, in the afternoon, and at Advent
Church, York avenue (Fifth and Buttonwood
streets), in the evening. Bishop Tuttle,w
resides in Salt Lake City, is at the head of tie
only Christian mission in the territory of
Utak.
WINE WIT onT.—.Leonard Dill „mid
Wm. Snowden circulated promiscuously last
night. They found themselves at Eleventh
and Sansom streets. This is among the last
localities in Philadelphia to take itself off to
bed. Leonard, either in sport or earnest, took
possession of Snowden's pocket-book. Snow
den took on wrath tp such an extent that Dill
took on awe and restored the pocket-book.
Before he did so Snowden had drawn a pistol.
As the affair promised to culminate in a serious
broil, the parties were taken into' custody.
Dill was taken before Aid. Morrow. Ho was
held to bail in SBOO, on a charge of larcegy,
while. Snowden was obliged to hunt,up a sig
nature to, give validity to a $5OO bail bond, on
a counter (large of carrying concealed deadly
weapons, with an attempt to use them.
"BEWARE OF FIORPOCKETS."—Three MBE,
last night, at Seventh street, entered
,a Mar
ket . street passenger car. A man named
James Morton paid the fares for the three.
After riding a short distance two of them
grappled a citizen and made a dash for the
door.' As the citizen's watch 'went in coin
pany with them, the citizen uttered a rueful
alarm. The driver and conductor sprang from
their respective platforms and gave chase.
They only captured Morton. They took him
as far as the bridge before encountering : a
policeman. The accused will have 'a hearing
this afternoon before Justice Kerr:
Missouri,
TEE POLICE CORRUPTION FUND.—By
agreement the Legislative Committee ap
pointed to investigate the charge that corrupt
means had been used to securethe passage and
defeat of the Metropolitan Police bill, was to
meet in Common Council Chamber this morn
ing. At the hour named Chairman Henn
and Mr. Elliott put iu an appearance. They
remained nearly, an hour without an, ad
ditional arrival. An adjournment was then
had until ten o'clock on Monday morning, at
the same place. The absentees today were
Messrs. Hong and Mooney, of this city, and
Mr. Brown, of Clarion county.
ATTEMPTED i UitDER TIME MOEN
This morning, at 14.40 , Jobn C. Cronin *as'
shot in the right groin, on Ninth street:above
Walnut, by some person unknoWn. He NVas
taken..to, the nospital by Policemen Town
send anti Harley. The surgeons in attendance
probed for the ball. As they were unable to.
find it, Cronin is, of course,lying irta danger
ous condition. The affair, to the unfortunate
man, is inexplicable. Hl. conviction ? so.far
as hilt strength permits' ites utterance; is that
be was mistaken by the assassin for am alto
gether different person.
THE REASON WAY.—Detective Reeder Lolls
us' that the reason for not arresting street men
dicants is thatthere isn't room enough in the
prison to bold them ; 'in other , words, that the
entire accommodations , of 'the jail are devoted
to the enter taintneii Oaf more ill otriotis guests.'
Thia gives iremunityl
o the trampers. It also
doubles the amount of their 'pertinacity tend
their insolence. ' •
PunsonAn.--The many friends of that gen
tleman will grieve toleurn that the ilinesS of
Colonel James Page is not ahating. Mr. Page,
some time ago united in membership with the
Protestant kpiseopalltlliurch of the ,Tativity,
with which his brother,. Mr. Washington Page,
has long been iaontidod, . , ,
VITY BIILLSTII4,
'rt
E L FIS3III3ISTON. hiksher-
A Bovarin quArttrx.s.— our ;Bhttw-beof.
cattle are, now in the *, brety'ery-y 4 4 taTh the
rear of ihe, that arwortit
going a mile to flee, an l i,laals4 eit raised
'
in Goshen Chester cotinfy. 'Their united
weight is 10,215 pounda.,lttv atef pingutd
without 'being obese,. They, 1%4 sweet
looking i the pkysiognoinY,as,fhe-lato :Infant
policeman. They ; , are "haltbrotifefs i. white
and red in color, like four manntainsA one ' t.
Castile'soap. The puzzle to is t the
raining of Stich beef can pfoye,prantable
fo' the - dealer. Of the entire , dirditsses,
Mr. Boraeff admits two-thirds are reekinig_.44
that brings up only in- the soap•bar,rel, ~ Tho
lean is luscious ; the, fat witillff* tolerated
only in St. Petersburg, a city iii which, if you
ask for ''half-wdozen fried,"3tofrig4 not
fried oysters+, but I line. eandles,l %Iwo) more
Titanic cattle , were eicpectett z by Illr."Boilteff.
tbi s'aftern oo If. They Weigh tin ny-tsar Wind red
pounds apiene..' Thtlywdrei fattb& brit- Mr,
Miller, of Laneaster , r4blo3N • •
W
!HE , oust Is i-11/ikAtac. —The reason that
the worm nuisancals not abated ' 4 be use
of an inability Of'the'optii+otioiTo'll6•Vat I heir
) 12ti.
backs and '
,peek" ttftwarits';'l6 itStli ' ' , i•Jor(is,
althengh ; they
,lieditlorialY ilegti•PY' I t Viarvm
upon the shhde tieel4, they ). iNerioijk t fact
that the'Otiatbiide bfnlYriakkl - oftholit pular
creation tkrtklat tb' 'Oerpti6itiW . `At itriacies
under the copings of cornices, fertaas and
walls. From Mr. Hady Benner, alike an orni
tholegist and ehtnmologist of nrarkOdissualtion,
we thia morning received *box ofttheleg,gs of
the measuring-worm ' tikett trent theitalrings,
tree-bead; Watt wallsin.tho vioinitrallis resi
dence, around _Logan itignare. 'lf ' pieostlV will
now give attention to this matter, :the> sigkt of
a measuring worm, two years from now, will
be a novelty ratber.than a nuisance.
'l' v. Boo Ts— ~.' ' ' ' 'old
.L'itosn o o Tss.--!Ny e yesterday' WI& altaut a
man in stoekitiged feet thaSing' tWo fugitives
over Market street bridge,l,each cairying, &boot
undel'hls left arm. It turns Out that the loser
of the ‘boots is nettled William LyntiV- His
residenceigTwenty-second and Filbert' stieets.
The two men broke into , his house., , "Ring a
light, sleeper, Mr. Lynch at once ,awake: The
thieves made a scamper with no othef
than Lynch's boots. Torun in one's atockis
for half a mile, in chase of
,a duo of statdY
thieves, evinces a degree of nerves not e'Ory
day encountered. 1
An ABoRTPTE lio.tamstev.--The residence
lip. 2014 Camac street, Twenty-eighth
was broken into about , 1 o'clock ,this . moaning.
1103 the thief was entering a sleeptng-room`,
member of the family awoke; ' The =iittratter
darted away. .He did so without gettingorbY
plunder. The head ofthe household,'heariw
him descend the front entry stairs, stVpChied
he was leaving by the ,friont door. He Jan
with his revolver to the front yvin ow, ,btat
the burglar escaped by the rear.
71 , 1
Mx LIGH,T,NINQ.—IProjn a dark cloud
that swept last night on ftS'drifting '143- over
the , etty, was hurled a fleryjtrvelin upon two
brick buildings, Nos. 1911 and 1913 , lltiristian
street. The occupants were forttinately doing
up their sleeping in the front peettion'a either
house. One bolt of - lightning took offebt upon
the right 'flanks of the buildtOgs , in Alriestion.
It tore out window , frameer, and - Smashed the
glasS work into stnithereens, D'iaciading at
a tangent from the point of impingin,tr the
fluid found a neutralt2er onr the cellar floors.
W
IN "INTER Quaurzaii.—.AM a d' named
John G. Williams .Nfis .94tPFdEl,T_P ..4 1 4,0disect
At his. habitation at " Mary streets
was found a quandly,of apparel purloined the
day previous from No. 630 Alask.a 'street. A
pbcket knife, stolen from the same li;emises,
was found upon Williania's per on: This, iu
the opinion of ; Alderman Bonsai!, looks
squally for Williams. gor this reann Wil
liams is hibernating ref the preset t:
CRLTELTY.--08CDX St:awe/um wife:arrested
this morning at Second and Brown streets.
He was end,eavoring. to foree..aillily-dollar
mule to a performance that would have re
flected credit upon Lady Suffolk. ; The argu
ment that he advanced to the suffering quad
nipped was a ,hickoiy,, club; ~.k. f e mournfully
submitted to the nlderrnanic
PASSING AWAY.- , Theilialadflif,Of.it,etsfaria
who fought in the ' ot '
meet at 10 - A. M. on Tuesday; in 'tite:' , Oblitiber
of. the Supreme Court.: , Jt.is hoped , k illithe
attemlanes Tnose of the, qh .Sol
diers aeeeSsibre dfstda l e are
earnestly requested. to participate.. +I
ON Monday, at 10, o'cleCk A.'
Jr., auctioneer; 1.117 Chestnut' .4 )0;
street,.' fta
RO*,:wi It sells. of llartrard.F&.'ffanthrta im
proved sewing ...roactincei, i variona,. utAlcu r for
the.pprpose of introducing , therri t(ilhe
'These machines- - are Sold --with • the'.-agint'a
guarantee; and waixontdd to. do att. tbat4 isany
other machine. will do now in them utiketr. A
trial is all' that is . desired for tifem. to V.tper
cede•all Otltni4. • • !*- •. d
Putmtc SALES REAro gsX4T,Ur.,--,Wei see
by the advertisements on the seventh and last
pages that'Messrs:Thomas &Sons, Adetion
eers, 1311 and 141 South Fourth Street,E,,./civer
tise for their sales March Ist, Bth, ,15th, and
2211, several very valuable estates by order of
the Orphans' Court, Masters, t'x'ecigors,
Triistees, Heirs, and others, itichathig'Wegant
Residences, Stores,frountry,Seath and'F*nis,
large lots, &c., &v. : f 'l'll
.T. E. KINGSLEY,' of the' Ocattinenittl,,pro
nuances BURNETT'S COLOGNE WVARIIUP
an
pperiorto any "Gerrnan." •So do manst i otliers.
W. P. H. Covert, of the wows 14:ohanip,.pon
tinental Hotel, has it for sale. . ,
THE CO3URERCIAL rdsi " Alit • ruox. ,
RENT, published by 111 , essrs. Winelow* Son,
at 241 Dock atreer; has . the largest iniarealatilo
a,dv,actiai . ing patronagaof 4rTi°111114,14111/yphed
in this einintry.
ArallW0111101XX',11)9,6
—Mr. Frank .Majoo' 'append. at .theiCheatntit thin
evening ea "Midger,!' in the dramp., Z7te ..Vtreets of Neu,
York.
misciillaneoris entertainment willi ,te)gfV,enitt the
American Theatre this evening. .
' Carnorois Pixey offer ti'llrstratebill at
the Eleventh Street Opera Mouse.to,-nidth,r. ,
—Signor Blitz will give en exhibition of Magic Cad
legerdemain at Assembly ilizildings this evening :l
—A first class minstrel:entertainment will he Olen by
Messrs. Tinprez b Benedict, at the Seventh Streertipera
Renee this evening., ,
—A performance will be given this' evdplng.at t Cir
ens, Tenth and Oaltowhillatreets:, Al'llo.lietirlet.)a, the
ffuneua.equestrianovill.tapptiar with the cfinipatv.o.
—lforece - Greele'y will tectirie at - thd'Acaderayqn the
22d inst. ." The , l4 wan- Quention,"„no4gr (41), tiiitrptcers
of the Young Men's Chrptian Association. •
• —Mr. Chits. H. Jarvis announces bib; thirtlailisseical
soiree fon irridav evening. March 4th,t instead at Satnr
tl4y the sthl, at 'Dutton's' Plano •WarerotifuntiiNil. 1128
o,lmetunt, street. The prersrainme wil4 MintAllsatilec
!tions from the worts of Bach, Beethoven. Men
' deleeohn and Tauiniitr. ervie ; I'7
Messrs, Menuig apil Kepis. ,
—At thei trek Street ,Theatre ti.blithipArp,.,!,, , s,i,,,„
Adonis will appear In The Robbers, And "AM crtrpentar
Raub,. On Monday Mr. and M.re.Vail;:mte aldeq
//men. • • ;
—At the Arch this evening 3,ltx. Sani,_,lfgritnle; the
' popular comedian. will have st tenant; Its ; Vietbrthe t The.
Two 'Photo and Jonathan Birc(iethcart will
recite Mary Queen of Scotts' "ErtroWsett tio , Ftinttir"
—Thofollowin g , benefits nre, 'atir.tittnco4 - At ;She Arch
for next week. )17 Wedit ceby rin three,
pieces ;Ain'Thcredayy, 311tir Lizzie -Elite ihlelieretl/... and.
Thd Toodlea; Friiin_v.lNlr etooiAtr,a Stqttitr.ir r t io a waod
bill, and on Ha tlirdwk BItI I lifithlt,wy..th'illiserami 4 yariir ant
Warlock et: Vit: ' - 4 '
--It is rumored tbUt coneof 11,,W.Detwher's
sermonsja t0 , ,1,v3 . ,, t).rarga,4444 Aar Xl'.gcl4er to
play in "
—Font] ra anima- 7 AI Anil vibittrigOtial6liany
do if poor, thatnn3P 4 + Nell •to d l 4W'' ., jahalaY --
" Eat up all flie,..iugar."—Jadit.
South Vitri4in3 tag sillotod . '3,060 toil of
white tiny the ortlieru oanctruitilt4ftw.
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