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MARKtErPAVVrQu' the 10th hint., by the
Rev. , '.lt. (3. Matlack, - Mr. - Harry C. Markley to Mix
Clara E. rayutur, daughter of J.C , Paiimor.Eso.s
of tide city,-
DIED.
nociotts.—On the 19th inst., O'ertre Bocktris.
The relatives and friends of the family, also, Mount
Morin! Lodt4e, No. 155, A. Y. M., are invited In attend
hit' In ileral.4 from hie latorostlitnee, 1735 ,Vinestreet, ou
eWedneerlay afternoon. at 2 O'etoek. A ' 7
ISOBLICB.—On the 29th that., Mary Eyre, wife of John
Bonier, in the t9th year of her age.
The relatives and her
of the family aro respectfully
Invited to attenitherfurieral, , from the residence of her
husband. 1214 Filbert street, tM Tuesday, February 221,
at 2 o'clock I'. M.
PAGAN.--At her residence, at William Dorsey's.(ler
tuntitoun, un the morning of the 21st instant, Bridget
Diftapt,Agedyltift;ltOkyearili. ' ' , ,
}nderall , sorOieeA tt4ii take place nn WiNitie , Aftv mom
the 21th Inst. at 10 o'clock, at the Church of tit.
Vincent do Paul, Inst.,
street, Germantown. Interment
at ht, MI iniells Cemetery.
1 1 / 4 118113. 7 -On the evening.of the 19th inst., Wharton
M. flarriitOtt the 49th year of filtrate,.
His; friends and those of the flintily are respectfully In
vited toot tfistl lthfutieral, trout - his' late reafrholt , e, 3907
flpruco street, on W• tlnesility afternoon, at three 0 ehwl.
Interment at Woodlands. Cemetery.
LANIGS.—At Chestnut Hill, on Monday, 21st instmt,
Hate Ferree, youngest daughter of Henry I). and Kau,
Hill:lel& Lentil's.
Interment at Lancaster, on Tuesday, 224 Instant. at
2.30 M
LY,.
the 19th inrt.. Willi IM S; LPvering,
it) the Ind year of lila age,
Funeral front ll k late residence. Lower Btefion. near'
the ACatinny, Tne+4sy.224 i100.. - nt I Welock P. M.
To proceed to Woodlande Carrlagee will
meet the pc3Orrain of the Penn.ylvania Central Rail
road at Merlon Mallon.
ROBBINS.—In Boston. Maw. on the Mit
Jamesileely. France'. Mary Harris, wife of lion. M.
Robbing. of Billion. Blass.
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low ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
THE STAR COURSE OF LECTURES.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS,
ON THURSDAY .EVENING, FEBRUARY 21.
Subject—Our National Folly—The Chit Berri
PROF. HENRY MORTON,
ON MONDAY EVENING, February 28.
Subject—Solar '
BAYARD TAYLOR, March 3.
Subject—Reform and Art.
JOHN a: SAXE, March 21.
Subject—French Volk. at Borne.
Prot, ROBERT E. ROGERS, Match 24.
Subject—Chetnlcal Force.. in. Nature and the Arta.
ANNA E. DICKINSON, April 7.
Subject—Doren Break*.
Admie.sion in each Leotake., , cents.• ItosPrved
Beata. 76 cent..
Ticketa to any of the Lecture*for Bale at Gould '8 Plsoo
M00n,., 923 Ctielittiut street. from So A. M. to 5 I'.
Doors open at 7, Lecture at d o'clock.
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ROAD 00IdPARY:
PHILADELPHIA; February 18,1d70.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
The annual election for Directors will be 11041 on
MONDAY, th,•7thrhty of &larch, ItTO, at tho Witco •f
the Company, 140.133. &lath Thir4etvet. The PtLig will
I,e open from 10 o'clork A. M Amin 6 'o'cloek P. M; No
share or shares transferred • (thin sixty days preceding;
the election will entitle the bolder or holders thereof to
vote.
• 'IO U LEsLT;Y . ,
folGtrollSrpf.,, _ Secretary.
EL - ?, EYE' -A-b11571.1-iir,pE.PAR-TM-14.1-NT
The Philadelphia Dispenaary havo opened ." , ,E.t
and 'Ear • Pepartztient " at N. 315 South Seventh Oreet
between Hymen and Pinc), where dietaries of tho%Ere.
and Ear are treated daily rtt 12 o'clock. • . '
ATTP.NDIXo st , llGfroNg.
Dr. Gto_AGE S_TRAWSRIDGE, ,
Dr. JOHN F. INEIGHTMAN.
WM. F.,ORIFFITTSIProAiikiIt.
THOMAS WISTA R , Bt. 1 ) , tieC . Y •
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HORACE GRERLEY
ACADEMY OF MUSIU, ' •
TUESDAY EVENING, February 221.
liubject—" THE WOMAN QUESTION." " ' •
Tickets tit ABHAIRAD I B,, 724 Chestnut Street.
Reserved Beats, 75 COD ps. Admission and Stake Tickets
69 cents. Reserved Seats in Fatuity Circle, 50 cents.
fel7 at
lob THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS.—A.N
adjourned !meeting of the citiens of Philadelphia ,
opposed to the erection of the Publ ic Buildings on Inde
pendence &Dare,. and in favor of the paving() of the bill
kefOre the_ loitishapre in favorer the lee being desig
nated by a vote of the citizen)+, will be held in the Hall,
N. W. corner of Market and Merrick (areas. on WES.
DAY' EVENING, 22d Ind , at 7.41 o'clock.
A. It. PAUL, of the Sixteenth Ward;Preeident.
STEPLIBN B. You/alums, tiec'y., fe2l-9trp'
47. UNIVERSITY: OF r., PENNSVL.
VANIA.
__ LECTURE, ON SOCIAL auxEscE.
PROFESSOR IicILVAINS *JD deliver hls third
Lecture on TUESDAY EVENING next; at 8 O . clocki
and the remaining Lectures will begivenun TUESDAY
of each week, instead of Wednesday.' • fel9-2trp§
lob J. MoOARABER, TILE CiUARIST;
at Seventeenth and Locuet, h just received from
the Key Word Factorlee a full Hue of thee? celebrated
Key West °Watt, °QUO, ttnot superior to the. genuine
linvana Cigars. ihnokerti would do - well to call and ex.
amine theme'goo B,'ne they areliery eh9dp and very flue:
Also, a full line (If nil the Owlet+. Umtata ,of Unveil%
Cigars, ut the Itlwigit. poeeible'pricair. 1819 tp tf§
f un OFFICE, RECEIVER OF TAXES:
PEIILADRtriIIA Feb . 15, ltin)
NO WV?, , c onseouenco of • the confusion 'lncident
eo the ch i mp to the qdralpistratton of. this department,
.und eu th e d e ad en oft ho 18hprente Court in the contested
.election case, it Itas bedfl determined, 'With the en
clorsenient of the Finance Connnittce of Councils, to
.011011 the duplicates for the reception of the City and
.State Taxes for the year 1870, on MONDAY NF XT,
February 21. RICHARD FELTZ,
felb•Gt rp Receiver of Taus.
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ICE OF THE UNITED IRS.
MEN'S INSURANCE 00141PANY, 723 ARCH
'STREET,
P ITILADELPHIA, Feb. 18,1870.
The annual election for President and Directors will
lue held it the office of the Company on WEDNESDAY,
March 241;1870, between the hours of 12 &clod; 31. and
o'clock I'.M, Wl4. H. FAHEN:
.felBtiningroli • Secretary.;
GRA.
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MONDAY EVENING, February 21, 1371).
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at the null • fell ,
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.--Atedteal treatment and modielnetartdshed gratultomatV
4o the boo* ' '
ir-41,` 1109 GIRARD I:ll'Rk,ilriTo
iragalll *UE4BXAN AND 'DAMPENED BATILI
Departments for Layes. '
JBAthe oven. from 6 A. M. to
If coil* Overtoats,
,suitable for this
wtatbr•r,
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(nothing
of all Muds
always on hand
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n•-•: - y COMBINATION BURNINGI
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
AIVEST SPRUCE STR MET H URO 11,1
IbmY Seventeenth and Spritev streete.—Therll be,
tlpeclal sem Icea.every evening , to la week in the Lee ture;
Roan. • 'Prayer meeting ut Th o'clock. preachimr at 8;
o'clock. Sermon on Monday by Rnv. J. lb. Withrow.,
Teteeday, 111 , 1 V, Pr. IViawell Wednesday,
1 intraday, Der. Dr. Derrick Johnyon, Kurt Friday . me*.
B. M. Patterson. The public, cordially invited. fell-dtrp"
BE'IIIEL SUNDAY SCHOOL, -
the A . M: E. 01111 PYLDRIM..%vitIa all
It Grand Combinations, will be exhibited, on Tliflld kyr,
February 22, 1870, et 8 o'clock, tor the benefit of the
School. fe2l2tr
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THE COURTS.
THE CITY TRUST BILL
Refusal to Transfer Books and Papers to
the New Board.
AN INJUNCTION GIif.ANTED
This morning, in the _Nisi Prigs, before
Chief „Justice ,Thompson, Attorney-General
Brewster, on behalf of the new Board of .
Tnists, presented an application for an injunc
tion to restrain certain city- olliciabi from fur
ther interfering with the new Board. The ap
plication is as follows :
In the Supreme Court. for the Eastern Dis
trict of Pennsidvania. In equity.
William Welsh, .Namara King, Henry M.
Phillips,William B. 31ann, Alexander Biddle,
Charles H. T. Collis, Jaines Campbell, James
L. Clagliorn, .1. Gillingham Fell, Gustavus S.
Benson, .1. H. Michener and George H. Stuart,
bring, their bill of complaint against the .city
el Philadelphia, and against Daniel M. Fox,
Mayor of said city- ; Charles S. Smith, Super
intendent of the Girard };states
. ; Samuel S.
Agent for the said Eatatea ; (Thanes
Oat, Superintendent of Trusta ; Samuel %V.
Cattell, President of Select. Comicil of said
city : Thomas A. Berle w.C . ; E. Kainerly, John
C. McCall, Henry Marcus, .Tolin Cochran,
John C. Bickel, John A. Slienner, Alex.
L. Hodgdon, John Pereira. A. H. Franciscus,
fiarntiel G. King,. (flange W. Plumly, John L.
Shoemaker, David Cramer, William W. Bur
nell. James \V. Hopkins, Joseph H. Hookey,
William Nunn], James Ritchie, Charles ll.'
Harkness, Charles Thomson,Tone.s. William'
F. Sinith, Edward A. Sliallcrom, Samuel L.
Sny . der,'llonert Armstrong, thigh
George A. Smith, member of the. Select*
Council of said city ; Louis Wagner,
• President of the' Common Council ,of
said city; Calhoun, Daniel M.
Blackburn, 0 eraldus B. Stf)clidale, Isaac Grit - -
Thomas Hamilton. William H. Flagon,
George W. I.qcliols, William Mountain, .Tames
F. Stoekdale, JOha ITarg,ation. Alexander
W. ( ;rant,Jobullardsley,John V.Creeley,.Tno.
C. Martin, John Rive, Walter Allison, George
E. litizby, 'William B. Hanna, George W. Hall,
Thomas H. G ill, William T. Ladner, Abraham
Kline, I!..1. C. Walker, H. C. Gram, Ellwood
\V.H
Leighton, Henry uhn. R.• W. Shiekts
H. A. Stiles,John F. Glen n,G eorge .T. lietzell,
lames Logan, John Canning, William 11.
Ehret, Daniel W. Stockhana, Daniel P. Ray,
Joseph S. Allen, Nicholas Shane, Charles A.
Solider, Daniel Currie, William F. Miller,
William S. Alien, James Jenner, Samuel Mil
ler, William Baldwin, George Widener, Jas.
13owker, C. Gilbert, Samuel C. Willetts,
Amos 11. Ellis, Henry Glass, Thomas Lewis,
Charles Judge, George H. Shiskir, James S.
Stewart, John B. Parker; •Jami M. Sellers,
and George W. Myers, members of the Cent
mon Council of said city; Joseph T. Marcer,,
Treasurer of said City ; Samuel P. Hancock,'
Controller of said city.
.And thereupon the plaintiffs complain and,
show—
I. That an act of the General Assembly of,
this Commonwealth AVIIS approved June :30th
18G9,. entitled "A further supplement to an a.ctt
entitled an act to incorporate the dty of Philai
delphia,- approved the hi of February, 1851„
creating a board called Directors - of
Trusts.'' (P. L. 1276.) • •
11. That said, act provided inter aha for the',
appointment of persons to constitute a which
boardbe called Direetors.' ,of , City 'Trusts, which
board WaS thereby authorized "to exercise
and discharge all the duties and powers of the'
said city (of Philadelphia?, however aequired, ,
concerning any property appropnated to:
eharitable uses, as well as the control arid;
management of the persons of any orphans or ,
others, the objects of „ such charity to!
the extent the same have been, or .here-;
after may be; by statute law or Other
wise, vested in or delegated to the said city or:
the officers thereof." And it was further by.
.t.aid act provided that "all and singular the'
difties, rights, and powers of the city 00
Philadelphia concerning all property and
estate wbatsoeyer dedicated to charitable uses:
or" trust, the charge or administration of;
which" then were or might thereafter "be.'
come vested in or confided to the city of
Philadelphia shall be discharged by the said:
city , through the iustriimentality' of said
board.:
111.
• , •
111. That by said act the Treasurer of said
city was declared to be the Treasurer of the
said Directors of Trusts, and the said Board
were empowered "to appoint agents," to
make leases," and it was declared to be " the
duty of the said Directors of Trusts, for and in
the tame of the said city, to do, perform and'
discharoe •whatever acts and duties are, or .
froni time to time may become proper or ne-;
eessary to be done by the said city in dis
charge of said trust," &e.
IV. That under the provisions of said act .
the plaintiffs have been duly and legally ap-;
pointen thl"twelveDirectors of City Trust s .,",
and from the time of their appointment to saul.
offices theyhave .been and now still are direc-,
tors of said city trusts.
V. That upon the first day of July, 1869, the
Common Councils of mid city passed a resent-,
ton entitled a "Resolution of instructions ;
to certain city officials," which reso
lution was, on the eighth thy of ,Ttily,l
1869, passed by the Select Councilof said city.;
A true copy of said resolution is hereto
tached, marked exhibit A. By said resolution,;
"all parties haying under their control' orl
stiperviaion any property left, to the city of •
Philadelphia as trusts for.charitable purposes ;
were instructed not to surrender ally
records, or securities, nor to permit their ex,
amination, nor to grant possession of any real
estate except upon authority of Councils. 4
VI. That upon the eleventh day of October;
1869, the said the city of Philadelphia," filed
her bill in this honorable Court, against the
plaintlfiii and the other members of said 'Board
of Trusts, in which said bill ,the saki city
charged that the aforesaid act:of Assembly of
June 30,1869, was unconstitutional and voidi
And, said city•prayed. this :honorable, Court soi
to decree and to enjoin the present plaintiffii
and their :colleagues from interfering with the
trusts in said bill set forth: • •
VII. That such proesedings were thereupon
had, that said bill was dismissed by tho Court
of Nisi nius, and on appeaUentered by said
city from' said decision, the said decree was oti
the seventeenth day of, February, A. D. 1870;
after full hearirig; atlirtne.d; 'and said bill, di*
missed at the costs of the appellants ; all which
by reference to the records of rho hanorabl
court to January term, 1870, No, ti equitty).
will More fully and at largo a pps r.
VIII. 'That 'pending said proceedings-the
plaintiffs, out of respect to this Court,look riO
measures to enforce the authority or in 'ex4
" •' -
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1870.
ereise of the jurisdiction conferred , upon
them by said act of Assembly; save , to meet
and to otganize'saiti board by the 'election of
the plaintiff, Williath Welsh, as President of
raid hoard, and to appoint a committee; and
they have provided a suitable place for the
sate keeping of all the title papers, books
of account, and, records of said trusts ; of all of
which the defendants Smith, Cavin and Oat
have had'netice;:and demand'has 'beeit , inatie
of thein for delivery of said books and re
cords, as per exhibit
IX. That after the affirmance by this court
of the said'decree at Nisi Plias effsmiasing said
bill; the plaintiffs hoped that the . city of Phila
delphia and her officers would recognize the
authority and powers vested in the plaintiffs
by said act of Asisembly, and Would without
molestation or hindrance place the plaintiffs in
peaceable possession of all the property of said
trusts, arid the plaintiffS'espeCially: lloped.that
the Councils of said city would repeal or annul
theaforesaid resolution whereonea - bibit A is a
copy. And the plaintiffs,Otedidingly, on' the
said seventeenth clay of February, 1870, after
the affirmance of said decree dismissing. said
bill, and before the hour assigned for the'
Meeting of Cotincils on 'said . day, SerVed a
written notice on the 'Mayer of said city,
whereof exhibit Bis a true copy., .And the
Mayor of a:dd. city sent said notice with a
thessageto the Select Council, of which ex
hibit I) is a true copy. But neither the Select
or Common Council passed, nor did any mem
ber of either of said bodies introduce any
resolution proposing the reveal of the afore
said resolution set forth in exhibit A.
On the contrary, the said Select and Com
mon Councils adhere to their aforesaid obstruc
tive resolutions, And all of the defendants, act
ing thereunder, now refuse to recognize the
plaintiffs as having any authority to interfere
with or to manage the Trusts so as aforesaid
committed to the charge 'of the plaintiffs. '
And the, defendants refuse to permit the
plaintiffs to take possession of any . of the real
estate, securities, or other property of said.
Trusts, or to suffer .or 'allow the plaintiffs to
proceed in the discharge of their duties.
And the defendants are now holding pos
session of all ofsaid Trust property ,without the
consent and to the entire exclusion of the
; • -
And said defendants elaini to have the right
to make 'easels, and to do all other acts, mat
tars and things'necessary for the management
of said Trusts, to the utter exclusion of the',
plaintiffs and their rightful authority in the
premises.
All which doings of said defendants are con
trary to law and to, equity, and tend to the
irreparable damage of said Trusts whereof
the plaintiffs are the lawful custodians and
Directors as aforesaid.
Wherefore the plaintiffs need equitable re
lief, and they therefore pray:
That pending this bill the said defendants
and each of them, their officers, servants and
agents, be specially, and that upon final hear
ing they, be perpetually enjoined, from refus
ing to recognize.the plaintiff; as Directors of
said City Trusts; from refusing to permit the
plaintiffs to take possession of the real estate
and securities belonging , to said Trusts, and
from retaining or withholding any portion of
said Trust Estate from the plaintiffs.
'And that they be further restrained and en
joined from collecting, receiving, disbursing,
or holding any of said Trust funds or moneys,
save as thereto authorized by said act of June
;iO, 1889; . and' from strawing , 'countersign
ing, plying any warrants, darts or-orders .
for said Trust funds or mode} - :f,any'part 1
thereof, unless thereto authorized by the',
plaintiffs; and frOm making, executing; sealing ,
or delivering any leases, extensions, or re
newals of leases, or other Writings touohing or
concerning said Trusts; or RV 'of the said
Trust estates or property, except by like con
sent of the plaintiffs.
And that they be further, as, aforesaid, re
strained and enjoined from holding any por
tien of the said Trust , Estates, securities or
property, to the exclusion of the plaintiffs ;
from intermaddling therewith to the exclu
sion of the plaintiffs, and from obstructing or
iu any manner interfering with the plaintiff's
in the discharge of their said duties as Direc
tors of ,said- Trusts, and from. acting. in any
manner in performance of any duty connected
with either of the Trusts heretofore confided
to the city of Philadelphia, and which, by the
act of June :30, 1869, have been devolved upon
the Directors of the City Trusts.'
And for such furtherand other relief as to the',
Court shall seena meet and equity,may require.
F. CARROtt BEEWSTER; for plaintiffs.
Attached to the bill Were the exhibits re-:
ferredba—resolutiOns of CotincilsAC.,together
with the folrowing: •
Piiii.AmmialiA, Feb. 19, 1870.—Deor Sir:
The Directors of the City Trwits have pro
videil,, as a place of deposit for the safe-keeping
of all the title papers, hooka. of.. account, re
cords, and 'documents .whatsoever Of the said
city, appertaining to Girard Trusts, the
Fidelity' insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit
'Company of Philadelphia, - and' you are hereby
required to deliver the custody thereof to the;
said Board of Trnsts. • . • • • •
Itel±pectfully yours,
fSigitedJ • .WIT,LTAM WELSH;
President.
To Chas. J. Smith, Esq., Superintendent of
Girard ,Estates.
Samuel S. Cavin, Esq., Agent of Girard
Estates:
Corr OF NOME TO THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF CITY TRUSTS.'
PHILADELPHIA, Feb.l9. 1870.--:Chafftes Oet,
Supertnteadent of City' Trusts.-:-DEAR SIR:
The Directors of City Trusts have provided,
as a place of deposit for the safe-keeping of
all the titie-papers, books of account, records
and decuments whatsoever of the said city
appertaining to all city trusts, the Fidelity
Insurance, TruSt and Safe Deposit Company,
of Philadelphia, and you are hereby required
to deliver the custody thereof to the said
Board of Trusts.
Respectfully yours,
[Signed] WM. WELSH,
President.
William Welsh, having been duly affirmedl
according to law, (loth affirm and say that the
facts stated in the foregoing bill are true.
That.the plaintiffs were duly appointed
rectors of said 'City Prnete, anti are still in of-;
flee as Directors aforesaid. That the consti
tutionality of the said act of June 30,1869; Lase
been affirmed by the Supreme Court after a
lull hearing.
That the Councils of said city have passed
the resolution (exhibit A) as stated in the,
bill. • '
That plaintiffs served the notice (exhibit 13)
t 1,9 stated in the bill.
. .
That the Councils ba,ve not repealed .saidl
resolution, or even proposed to do so: I
On the contrary thereof; they maintain their
hold upon and direction of said Trusts andl
nroperty thereto belonging, and exclude the'
plaintiffs therefrom . r • . ,
Under said resolution all of said defendants'
deny the right of plaintiffs to manage or con-:
trol said Trusts, and the plaintiffs cannot pro'ceed in the discharge of their duties' without
the assistance of, this Honorable Court I
That the said Board of Trusts have organ 4
ized ; have appointed alliant their President;
have provided a suitable place for 'the safe
keeping of all the title-papers, &c., of said
Trusts--of which notice has been given to
Charles S. Smith,.Superintendent'and Samuel
S. Lavin, Agent of • the Girard Estates, and
Charles Oat Superintendent 'of Trusts, who
have refused to deliver said books, &c., into
the custody of said Board of Trusta: •
Wsr. WELSIt President.
•
m
Affired and subscribed before me the 21st
day of February,,lB7o. •
Ins. Ross Szlownx.x, Prothonotary. t
The Judge allowed the injunction,, and fixed
Saturday next for the hearing.. • • I
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY
. ,•
; • DISTRICT COORT—Jedge Stroud -. W.--W. Bar
net levan vs . The Atlantic Brick
facturing Company. An action to recover for
constructing a brick-making machine. Ver
diet for plaintifffor $1,709 f 2.
William McLaughlin vs. George Smith. An
action to recover for work done in construct
ing the city road, the defendant being the con
t ructor;and the plaintiff employed by him , in
the constrtiction of the road. On trial.
Dunitior COURT--Judge Hare.—Joseph D.
Thornton vs. John Van Gunton, who was
sued with Robert Grigg. An• action on. a
note. Verdict for plaintiff for $27.1 W.
Henry S. Haines vs. A. N. Atwood: Any :to - -
tion on a note. On trial.
QUARTER SessioNs—Judge Ludlow.—This
morning District-Attorney Gibbons called the
attention of the Court.to the failure of certain
officers to serve bench warrantsissued against
the proprietors of a gambling-house on South
Ninth street. The officers had visited the
place Saturday week, but were resisted and
driven from the premises. This statement
- was substantiated by Special Officer Wood and
by. the policemen. Judge Ludlow then , di
rected Mr. Wood to apply, to the Mayor for
additional force, and if necessary the entire
police force would lie demanded, and if re
quired, all the officers of the Court could be
summoned to aid in serving the procesS of this
Court.
IN NEBRASKA;
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Array.
A correspondent of the Omaha Republicim
writes from St. James, Nebraska:
"An exciting event has happened in • this
usually quiet neighborhood. About a mile
above the city of St. Helena there is apiece of
timbergrowing on land made by the Missouri
river. This was surveyed ht.st spring, and all
of it is pre-empted ;or bought. A party on the
other side of the river, pretending that the
laud had never been surveyed, have at various
times driven over the fiver and taken off
timber in large quantities. The settlers on
this side at last determined to put an end to
this, and a force was organized on January
20, 1870, to capture the otleuders. They suc
ceeded in arresting three or four, and gave
them a trial, but on account of some illegality
in the papers, they were acquitted. Imme
diately afterwards they announced their de
termination to clear the whole timber on that
piece.
"This aroused the ire of the Nebraskans,
and on Fridaylast the sheriff of this county,
at the head of a small posse, went into the
timber to arrest whom be could find. He soon
found one and proceeded to arrest him. The
man at once drew a revolver, but the sheriff
caught it by tbe lock, and, notwithstanding
the desperate attempts the thief made to throw
back the hammer, the sheriff finally succeeded
in wresting it from him. He had no sooner
accomplWied this than he 'found himself sur
rounded by thirty men, who, with revolvers
pointed at his breast, demanded that he should
'return the weapon to its owner. In the face
of such numbers it would have been madness
to refuse, and it was accordingly returned.
Mr. Penny was then allowed to . depart..
"On Saturday last the settlers,to the number
of one hundred and fifty or two hundred,
assembled at St. Helena, .with the avowed de
termination of capturing or killing the timber
thieves. Owing to illegality in papers, We
were - unable to leave St. Helena for the tim
ber until about 2 P.M., at which time the
whole force started. Mr. Penny, in the mean.-
time, procured legal papers, and each and
every member, feeling that the - law Was on his
side, resolved to do or die. But the game was
too coy. On reaching the field, not an enemy
was to be seen. Another organization of
settlers took place this day, with a similar
result.
" There has been a requisition sant to Go
vernor Butler, to be sent to the Governor of
Dakota territory (Burbank), for the arrest of
those having.trespassed and . resisted the law.'
—On Wednesday evening of the .present
week Mrs. Thayer, of the Arch Street Theatre
company will hate a benefit in a bill which
will include - the, Comedies Delicate Gl;ound,
Babes in the 'Woods and the burlesque Don Juan.
Mrs. Thayer ought to have the largest 'au
dience that has assembled within the walLs of
the Arch Street Theatre this season. For a
great - any years east she has been before the
Philadelphia'public, and from the beginning
of her career she has enjoyed great popular
ity. She ikknown as a faithful, conscientious
artist, whose ability in certain, lines of charac
ter is equal to that of any other person upon..
the stage, 'and' she possesses besides this a
warm place in the regard of those who recog
nize her as a Most estiniable lady, who adorns
and honors the profession of which she is a
member.
—At the Walnut Street Theatre, this even
ing, Mr. and,Mrs. Harry . Watkins will ap
pear in the romantic Irish drama Trodden
Down. This play Will be presented also at
the matinee to-Morrow.
—At the Cheetnut Street Theatre to-night,
Mr. Frank Mayo willapipear as. r "Badger" in
the sensational drama The Streets of New York. ;
—The American Theatre offers for this
eveningv an attractive miscellaneous bill, in
eluding performances by " Bialworth and
dancing by the excellent balletcorps.
—At the Arch, this evening, The Love
Chase and DOn Juan.
—The Circus at Tenth and Callowhill streets
will he op_en this evening with a performance
by Mlle. Henrietta and the entire company.
There will be a matinee at 2 o'clock, to-mor
row.
—A nuniber of novelties are promised at' he
Eleventh Street Opera House,this evening,the
chief of which is an original burlesque of
Brougham's Red Light. There will be a capital
minstrel entertainment besides.
—Duprez & Benedict promise a first-class
performance at the Seventh Street Opera
Howe, to-night., Mr. Hugh Dougherty will
appear in new delineations ; aeelebrated tenor,
Mr. Vernon, Will make his debut, and their
will be a Miscellaneous performance. Matinee
to•niorrow. .
—The very handsome panoramic illustra
tions of Bunyan's Progrem will be
exhibited at Concert Hall upon every evening
of the present week.
Signor Blitz will indulge in magic and
legerdemain, at Assembly Buildings, every
night this week, and •on Wednesday and
Saturday_ afternoon's. -There will be a per
formance to-morrow afternoon. '
ATTEMPTED .111URDElt JERSEY
CITY.
A Man. hrown Into the, Morels Canal.
I Yesterday morningti watchman named James.
Garvey, employed at the Morris Canal dock,
was thrown from the dock into the water by
three men, atutbut for the interference of one
of them would have been drowned. • It ap
pears that a false rumor was afloat to the cf.!
feet that canalboat No. 992 had boon stolen,
and Garvey received instructions to let no ves-t
sel leave the dock without a permit. The same I
boat was about tp,sail for Amboy last night,
with; three • men aboard, when Garvey at.-;
tempted to stop :them, and a quarrel onsticd.i
The watchman was forthwith thrown into the'
river, and two of the, individuals exclaimed
" Lot the son of ab— drown." Ono of them,'
however, threw a pole to Garvey and he es-f
eaped. His cries attracted Officers Connolly,:
Bobbins and McCoy,who pursued the ruffians
in a boat. and eapturod, them near BMW's
Maud. Two of them, :Reuben Simpson! I
and William Maher; were brought - to the
police station, where they remain for trial to-.
day.
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EVROPEAS AFFAIRS
BEGINNING Or TUE iPAUJK SHOTS.
How Rochefort wax Arrested mad the Rai.
wit/ des were Fertoeil--r.holflooseO Not
Aware of nocueliort's Arrest.•
• (correspondence Lourlon
PAnts;Tuesday','Yeti. S —The fatal telegraph
—fatal to us correspondents, I mean, for if it
were properly managed it would be a benefit
to all the world, which it fa net at present
will have told you hours ago • both of the
rest of Rochefort and the result of that most
righteous judicial measure. At four o'clock I
was talking to a gentleman fresh from Eng
land, and be said, "Paris seems to me :deadly
lively." "Too quiet," I answered. Early in
the evening the streets were as dull Regent
street on a wet Sunday evening--tt seems dif
ticult to , go farther. I went to several
assemblies and •heard no word of. any
movement, and yet every one in Paris knew
that Henri de Rochefort would he arrested
that saine evening—a fact. which I announced
to you by a telegram published in your issue
of Tuesday, February 1. EVervthing that I
predicted, has come true—he Is arrested ; so
will his con freres be when they can be caught
—voila la dajlaalte. The results of this arrest,
which ..I really believe no .constitutional
government could have avoided, ha-ye. been
some excitement last night, and a rise —br,,to
speak more correctly, " very . great firm
ness "—on the Bourse, •at its clo4ing
this day. I state this faCt especially, becatiee
do not desire to depend wholly on otleial ,
reports; and belieYe that .the 13ounie is to
HOMO extentan exponent of the public opinion
of this city. But, I shall astonish. your country
men as Igo ore Will you or they believe;—
for my own part, I do not think they . will—
that the people most concerned know nothing
that haS happened, and seem to me to think of
nothing that possibly might happen. I have
been all over Paris to-day, and without.affee
teflon may say that-I have applied for infor,
mation'to every source, from the highest to
the lowest, and the conclusion to which I have
arrived is that we were last evening—that into
say, in the environs of Paris--ou the edge of a
precipice, and that we escaped from it and got
home safe: No two people really agree
even as to what they saw with their own eyes;
and at least one gumnaker's shop broken into
and plundered was no• more broken into than
my bed-room. The mob did certainly steal re
volvers; tut, as I said yesterday would be the
case, they could not find cartridges to fit them
—charged cartridges at least. I shall possibly
know before Ipost my morning report if the
plunderers have found out how to load them.
To-night, or not for months, perhaps years, an
effort will be made in France to bring . about
the ruin of order and the. destruction, of
private property and trade. ,If it is
postponed, why, then the revolutionists are
utterly absurd, as I hope they are, and will
so - continue. You do not give • the mot
d'ordre to the police if you wish to bring on a
great effect. What is M. Pietri doing—what
is Marshal Canrobert doing—if the mob is to
manage Paris, society to . be banished.. to
Florence and trade sent into • the Gazette? I
Perhaps cannot do hater thansend you the
official police report, which was written for
me by M. Pietri, the Prefect of Police. M.
Rochefort was arrested just as he was abeiut
to attend the public meeting which was to be
held in the Rue de Flandres, in thetirst
electoral circumscription, in the • so-called
Salle de la Maxseillaise.-He made no resistance
and was taken to the prison of Ste. Pelagic.. M.
Gustave Flonrens was the chairman of the
meeting.. He announced -the arrest of his
friend, and, brandishing a revolver and a
sword—drawn from a sword-stickhe ex
horted the people to disarm the sergents-de
ville and do their duty. At the same time he
declared the reroltidon to be en permanence,
and placed under arrest the Commissaire do
Police appoihted to watch the meeting. fie
compelled this Ofileial to accompany him in
his progress through the Rue de Flandre, the
Rue de la Valetta, &c. Throughout the way
the rioters threatened to murder the Com
naissaire de Police. Not till the procession had
reached the end of the Fabourg du Temple did
M. Flourens let the commis:slurs go. lie then
ordered the mob that accompanied him
to upset two omnibuses in order to make a
barricade: • At the end of the ltuo de
Paris-Belleville a barricade was, accordingly
made with an omnibus and three hackney.
carriages. Au officio. depaix with his seryentl
de-rille, rushed at the barricade' and took it by
storm. He received a very serious wound in
the left breast from a bayonet fixed on the
end of a stick. At the same time a serge»t4le
yWe was tired at point-blank: The revolver
Was alined atliis breast, but the ball stuck in
the coat, and the man was not wounded. The
scryeids-de-ville then turned to receive another
troop of insurgents coming from the faubourg.
Then it wasthat the Garde Municipal° • ap
peared.' • • -
They swept the Rue de Belleville.. The
rioters who hail constructed the barricade
were armed with revolvers, sticks, Iron bare,
etc. They broke everything they could lay
their hands upon, and they fled in every direc
tion.
The rioters Who went hp the Faubourg as
sembled in the Rite de l'Orillon, and- made
there a barricade with the materials brought
together for the - construetion of :a church.
They held their . ground till half-past one
o'clock. They were then three tithes sum
moned to retire, and the barricade wax taken
by the Garde Municipale. A pistol was fired,
and at the second summons a man broke the
gun of -a quartermaster with a single blow of
an iron bar. Another barricade, constructed
of night-carts, at the corner of the Rue St.
Maur, was taken at the anus time, no resist
ance being made.
A band of five hundred insurgents burst into
the Place du Chateau d'Eu, about ten o'clock,
crying out "A has les assassins!" "A has
l'Empire !" The brawlers were dispersed by
the sergents-de-ville. Some , two thousands
rioters who shouted " Vive la Republique!"
" Viva Rochefort!" and threatened.to march
to the Marsedlaise office, were also dispersed.
by the police; and a man ,who 'carried a'red
flag at the head Of the troop was arrested.
About Midnight the shop 'of M. Lefaucheux
was sacked. Two hundred revolvers and
twelve hundred cartridges were seized.. The
insurgents were dislodged by the Garde de
Paris. One hundred and thirty-six persons in
all have been arrested, many of whom carried
revolvers and cartridges. Thu revolt seems to
have been hatched in office of the Marseit
laise, the centre of action of the , entire move
ment. The persons arrested aro confined in
the Conciegerie,•and are now -undergoing in
terrogation by the Commissaries de Police.
The preceding report' ay be implicitly re
lied upon so far as It goes. Since it was writ
ten, however,or, rather since it was translated,
sonic few details have come to hand. The of
f/der de pat): referred to above as . dangerously
wounded has since died, and I hoar also , that
two or three °fate iusurgents are dead. Some
of the writers in the Marseillaise were arrested
last night, or rather this morning, on leaving
their ofirce - ; but the paper was sold as usual oil
the houlevards;tifty centimes being charged for
it instead of fifteen. 'lt contains nothing par
ticular, however, except a short account of
Rochefort's arrest, and a bold defiance of the
Government. I have this moment beard that
the arms seized last night by the insurgents
were hidden away in the so-called carrieres• .
d'Anierique, in the outskirts . of Paris, and that
the police are now' recovering them. Up
to two o'clook to-day M: Flourens has not
been found, but I have since been informed,
on reliable authority, that ho has been dis
covered 'and arrested. Do, your readers re
member that he was condemned to death last
year for. taking part in the insurrection of .
Crete,, and rescued, at a great c . xpense,.hy t
I , F. L. Fmnmitsunkr. Patilishor.
~ - PRIORTIEIREKCIPTI4.., I
very government which he now 'lletekS -
overthrow? Fresh disturbances and expepilid
to-night, but comnienintrate ptepattiO*4
made; In any ca.so, you aro certain tco hear bx
telegraph , fall , detalls' of what banpettit) Ica*
before I can possibly. communicate *lib Yo
by letter. To give yOllBOlllO ideit'of' th wad
denness of the movement last nfiglrt , r may
mention that up to midnight, nobo4y,hal
heard'even of the arrest of n. Rochefort, 4014
the boulevards, from the Porte St. liP•trtip to
the Madeleine, wore their uSual bright aid.
carelessaspect ,
CITY BULLETIN.
_ LEOESLATIVR CJOhIatITTER OP 11# 9't4.--
4 quorum of the gentlemenk•
posing the Commission to inquire into. the
modus opercuidi by which the late pollee
was manipulated, was present, this Morning,
in the Chamber . of CommOn Council. ~'liiecitts
iderable sprinkling of spectators vas present.
Mr. Bunn in the chair. The first witness ex
amined Waslisolloticir, Mayor Fox. Mr.Vek
squarely deniodanyknowledge Of any tuentice
or promise to any member for his vote. The
witness had neither ordered. hor antholUted
any assessment upon the police force fore he
defeat of the Metropolitan Polices bill. ,
didn't know of any conclave held. by the
police lieutenants pn January 29th, for a dis
cussion of the subject. As not a Single war
rant had been drawn this' year W-the police'et,
the city, the witness wiu; unable to understand
how they could have raised any considerable
sum to corrupt. the Legislature; even if so in , -
dined. The witness, knew, neither,. any warrant , of attorney. except incidentally. of
The Mayor's Cleric, Arr. Wolfe admitted'-
that an assessment of $5OO had been levied'
and nollected daring November. • A.' Mr.-
Loughlin offered to take the pay rolls at' is
shave of two per cent. He believed that
warrants of attorney had been drawn, but:
expressed
. an inability to make even an op ;
proximateestimate of the total figures. 'He
knew of no meeting of lieutenauts at the
house of the Chief of Police in order to con
shier the experlieney of urging the menu to
hypothecate their warrants for January" last.
At the time of the proposal of. Loughlin, the
witness had not , been approached concerning
the subject. The offer was a voluntary one
He wanted witness to get, the warrants for
him, but . was refused. 'Witness deemed au
ear appropriation to be doubtful. Beside
the usual assessment to the City Executive
Committee, the witness ' knew of no transactions additional to the aboveJ
Chief Kelly testified that some warranttf
had been discounted by Mr. Yerkes, a banker,
at 3; per cent. What was- the gross amount
of warrants thus shaved it was impossible for`
witness to say. The shave was not' an 'unusual
one. Beyond this—and he didn't think the
amount exceeded $5OO or s6oo—he knew , ot nb
such transaction. There are scores of men err
the force who live only from hand to 'month:
Witness, knew .as little about the ins apidi
outs of the /ate alleged finesse at Harrislitirg
as be knew of that by which a corresponding,
enactment was defeated in IfiE9.
The Committee now adjourned, to meet• at
the cab of the Chair.
_
Loc.% Cr-
.c.ocAL _nowfatn.--'ine English sparrovnt
yesterday morning admitted themselves to ;be
puzzled by the advent of cold weather: People
in whose propinquity these feathered creaz
tures have twittered a request for hospitality;
should extend it in the shape of canary seed
and crumbs.
The light for, the location of the new public
building shows no diminution in acerbity.
Another rather turbulent meeting ' upon thci
subject was held last Saturday night.- , '
President Gatzmer, of thtl Camden 'and
Amboy, has again gone to inhale the-, per
fumed atmosphere of the orange, orchards L ot
Florida. His, desk will, be • occupied 41, t;te
interim by Mr. J. Warren Gore.
Company A, Fourth Regiment P. V., give
an exhibition drill at the Race Street Armory
next Thursday night. • ,• • -
The office of .tteceiver of Taxes is attest
open for business, The clerks have , been
throwing themselves like so many porpolt3ea
ever since the opening of the doors this morn
ing. As usual, the Society of Priori& 'ia
largely represented in the multitude. A. few
clays more, and every member of this partiett
lar brotherhood will hold his receipt in (till;
.S'peculators area gettingup a corner 2.in
apples., A big
building,- in Briclesburg is
stored with. them from top to, bottom ! • In„ Mae
opinion of the gptidnanc3, the coining ,seasnn7
so far as this fruit is concerned, will be - ti; bar—
ren one.
Wild ducks this morning Were tlyliiklmiitliL
ward. ' That they didn't, like the freshet in the
Kennebec issupposed to be the reason for. the
movement.- . • t.
Dl i.ssionaryserruons were yesterday preached
in all the Methodist churches oethe city. The
annual collection NVaS taken up. Chi huch Oc
casions the brethren seldom fail to give
bountifully. At and' Arch, and at Sti. -
George's Church, we are told, the offerings
were unusually handsome. - • •
The ball of the Americus Club to-night, bids
fair to be a.jam.
The E'di'ted An3erican Mechanics will cele--
brate to-morrow at the' Camden cotint , . court
'
Aaron Wells, a boy, arrested with some
liorse-blankets in his possession, was yeater..
day sent to the House of Rethge by. Alder.-
man ,Pancoast. l cwas taken up at Seven,-
teenth and Francis streets.
A eland washed, but unironed: under6nuL
pa also a safe key, are attlia•Fltteenth.
Street Police Station. They iwaitr.'tlraa art.
thorized claimant,
A man was taken yesterday from the drink
ers of Edward °Arlen, No. 112 Water , fitreet*.
He presented a fearful picture. He: was. in
spired with, the almost superhuman strength
that nerves the physique of a man when, suf
fering from dell - mum tremens. To .re,strainhim
required the strength of two powerfut 'nien.
He was sent to the Almsticruse.
The nastiness of our streets is rendering
Philadelphia a laughing stock to strangers.
Dealers iii , gaiters look at the destruction that.
is visited upon foot•gear,by the unctuous mud,
and smile affain. Ilut for the present, short
dresse.s'or the ladles the destrgetion would be
fearful.'
Somebody abandoned a deadbaby last night.
The police found it in a , eigar.bok .in the rear
of Girard College walls. That baby cost the
county . 4.4 60--for expenses of the necessafy
inquest. •
g..lfillard and .larees ,Meche,,Wr•
raising a Sunday row at the drink - cry of 'ode
Hubbard en Race, , above Seventh street, 'l4
under S6d(fbaiTto answer. The mittimus Woa.
made out b:Aldorinautiotibou. i r, f
At the. Ninth District Police .Station, 140
night, Mrs. Margaret Donnelly experion*
the pleasures of maternity. The baby, is, to boy. Mrs. Donnelly lives at Fifteenth ann
Carpenter streets. She applied '''at';,the
Lying in Asylum. The reason thatsho
entered as a patient was !meanie she' hadibt
gotten to provide herself with eredinittals , .•oS
to her moral worth. The Poline Lielktenita,
of the district did duty as florae. •, , , .
... . ,
. _
Soule low-lived vandal broke,
_OwStnidaY
night, into a little shop, No.2 , 4ls„.Pinostretit.
The rascal rubbed it of a. int pf, S 11l a.O wards.
EMILETTE AND iIvIJG klr NOUtto-DOtr -
Attorney Gibbons has . not,rettxed his elm -
gies in trying to siippress.the pr,totiee of .r
fessional gambling : Thd desonnt niade'fin
days ago upon various establishments this
•illeged kind 'prowl' ; practically - abortive-
From one alleged' gambling-house, No , . 12
S.outh Ninth street, the police • wece.:xult
only repulsed tit iv said with violence), hutthe
few ,COllll Seat ed it:ell - 18in the way of "dealing-
Contonced on thel.,mit Paye.
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