sCMSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME 271. • pAitrit CLOSET COMPANY'S , COM MA CAN tinfllslarilrlt!'"Ailtlit jai •urEbauld ---- firiffirkftriirs kg; Itearner"tigt t' ILL beet 61111317.0hiajgt Street, . fele tr ,MARRIED. BOWEN-31A.TLACE.—On Tuesday. eyening, ^'..l-24,. by the iter. Hoffman. Pastor of the Second ' Moravian Church, Charlen C. Bowen 'and Clara L., daughter of the late Thos. Matlack, all of this city. * HA ItIIII I OI , I—WALN.--4th Wednemlay, Irehruaryrld, at St. Pelee'. Church, by Rev. Wary J. Morton, D.D., -Charles thistle Ilarrison to Ellen ixou Wain daughter of Edward Wain, ' 13111031-1111c1WPYTIE.—On the 22d instant,'hy Bev. Henry o.llacCook, 31r. Edwin W. Shinn to .Mee Mattis Mclntyre, all of this city. H DIED. Pittsfield, Illinois, on the Whist.; Eli za• bet h Wize, relict of the late John Wiz°. Due notice wilt be given of the funeral, to take piece in this city, WOP.I.PPER.—On the 2241 instant, Sophia If wife of D. Prang WoulPPeri and daughter of the late G. Adam Hight. Thu relatives and friend, of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her haehand. 021 North Eighth rtreet, on riday after noon, at 2 o'clock. lidertimut at. Laurel STEEL SERGE POPLINS FOR SUITS. PAUL SILK POPLINS. MOPE yt'OOL. POPLINS. - i4PRKM., /RAVES POPLINS. ‘: KOLL .AND BOLD pOPL CYNIC& LANDELL,NovoIh and Arch .itreet4 gi - L - NOITC'EK ittia 112aYJ tivercuals. stitthble for tisk JOHN WANAMAKER'S, *I and $2O Cliegtout Street. C.latlang of all Muds •Ixala on liand r.)E.Ficit: OF HONEY BROOK COAL COMPANY, 209 WALNUT -STREET. , • parLADELPIThIIs Pe*nary Et, WO. At the linttusl Molding of Stockholders of this Cont , t 1. 1 .415) JNO. B. Alre REA ET. 'LEWIS AUDINNIECC C. TOWER,- ' ' 'g, PONNELLojr„skd JNO. B. lICYL sts ,re electrii Director*: tandthe Directors st their tue-tisr subsequently Jl4O, President LEWIS ARDENRIED, Vlcu President: JNo. n. Tressurer, sod " S. SI cIIZSBY, Secretary. Its ACADEMY OF .MrSlO. THE.STAB count OF LECTURES. . GEORGE WILLIAM CrIft,TIS, THIS THURSDAY) EVENING, FEBRUARY 24 Subject—Our National Bully—The Civil Service. ' PROF. HEN ILY MORTON, ON MONDAY EVENING, February , 28. Subject—Solar Eclipses, BAYARD TAYLOR. Subject—Reform - and Art. JOHN G. SAXE. 3larch 21. Subject—French IrOks at Home. Prot. ROBERT E. HOGEBS, March 2t. buldect---Chentlcal !Forces in Nature awl the Arts. ANNA E. DICKINSON, April T. finbiact—Down Breaks. NET Athuisaion to each Lecture, fX) cents. Reaeived Beata. 76 cents. , Tickets to any of the Lectn'res fur sate at Gould's Piano Booms, tra Chestnut street. from' , A. M. to .6 P. M Doors open at 7. Lecture at 8 o'clock GOOD TIOPE- BUILDING ASSO CIATION raging tlery THURSDAY EVENING, at the northwest corner of Tenth and Spring Garden :greets, for subscriptions. First paytnvut March 10. /rot' infornuition inquire .)f 1, K. GREGOItY, President, No. 447 North Brand street. WM. S. WASHBURN, Trsaiatrei, N&; 715 Harket street. U.L. LEEDS, Sevetary, No. 51S street. 11 I R EC . ? • Julien Shoemaker and S. hrarmeny. 144 North. Fifth street. .11111014 Weetrott, 710 Filbert street • .14i4n14 Benedict, 601 Vlairtnutetreet. B. T. Clay, 13.1flige &Tonne. 31arter,.N_ _ nor. Fifth and Market. street, Attica . H inborn, 41 North Tenth street. .104.eph W. Lippincott, 413 Walnut street. [fel7-thitrp§ Rutile Sargent, M. D.,660 North Sca steenth street; 1* OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA RAIL: ROAD COMPANY. THILADIMPIIIA‘ February 16, 1870. NOTICE TO STOCKTIOLDENS. The annual election for Directors will be held on MONDAY, the 7th day of March, Ko, at the Office of the lioniffanr, No. 'ZS South Third street. The polls will Le open Troia la o'clock A.M. until ti o'clock _P. Di. No share or e hares transferred within sixty days preceding the election will entitle the holder or holders thereof to vote. ful6trollBrp§ ' Secretary, EYE AND' EAR DEPARTMENT. ,- • The Philadelphia Dispensary have opened an " Eye and Ear Department' at No. 315 South Seventh street * ( nil bet Ear are treated S flataat and Pt 12 e), wh o'clock ere diseases or the Eye ATTYNDING SCAOZONS. Dr. GEORGE STRAWBRIDGE, Mr..lOllN F. W_EJ&IIIIMitti. WM. P OR TTS, President. 1417.6trp " THOMAS WISTAR, M. D.; See'r lob THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS An ad iourned meeting of eitisene opposed to placing the Public Buildings on Independence Equate, and in favor of the alts tieing designated by a vote of the people, will be held at thellall, N. W. cor. Market and Merrick strode, on FRIDAY EYRNING,2Sth VI o'clock. A. 'PA UL, President. STEPHEN . IL POULTERER, Peorry. , fe242trp.ii . BTEREOPTICON EXHIBITION. At OOMMISSIONERS• HALL, Thirty-seventh anMarket . streets , West Philadelphia, Thirty-seventh F I T EV NING, February 25th. In aid of SF.' ANDREW'S CHURCH. The Viowe will include some of the most beautiful Scenery in Europe ; also, the Yo Semite Val ley and Big Trees. Exhibition will be given by Mr. W. M. McAllister. . ' Tickets may be had at the door. fat 2trpj p•- • - • J. McOARAHER, THE orGAltisf, rint Seventeenth and Locust, has just received from the Key West Factories a full lino of those celebrated Rey West Cigars, equa4 if not superior to the genuine Havana Cigars. Smokers would do well to call and ex amine these goo s, as they are very cheap and very fine. Also, a full - line of all the choice brands of Havana Cigars, at thelowest possible prices. folit rp D . § reLADIES' AND 'PASTORS' CHRIS TIAN-UNION, at. CONCERT HALL, FRIDAY E lONING4 February , 28th, at 8 o'clock.' THE , PIL GRIM, with all its grand paintings and transforma tion seance, will be exhibited-for the benefit of this worthy society. - fat 2trp§ , OFOICE OF THE UNITED 14'IRE, 111 ,, ,D 7 MN'S :INSURANCE COMPANY, 723 ARCH STREET; Pit ILADELMIIA, Feb. 16,1870. The annual eleetlon for Presidtdit ,end Directors will be held artho otfim of the Company on WEDNESDAY, Itlarelt 24,1070, between thelteure of 12 o'clock 21. end 2 o'clock P. 20. , 11. FA.GEN. follitmlAril Secretary. 1109 GIRARD' STREET 71TAKPA ENSSIAN4ND,.,PEUFIIIIIED F4T1.113, Bath,' °win R a i tm . 4'l 10.4 HOWAR D HOIVITAL, N05.“518 61141 UM Lombard fittreet, D tapenaary Department. —Medias/ treatment and Medicine:4 maLiMed grektutous4 c 9 the tem. • , . . * -: : . ~ r ~ . ~ i ' , . -. . :.. , ':' . - f, . . .. . , .. • . ~. . . -. . . . 11 ~ • . . , , . . ~ . . .• W.l T 'SPRUCE STREET CHUROH, Seventeenth und Spruce streets —There will be special services , every evening , this week in the Lecture Roma. Prayer meeting at 7, o'clock. preaching at '8 o'clock. Sermon on Monday by Rey. J. L. Withrow; Tuesday,Rer.Lr.Whiwall; Wednesday, Iter Dr. A. Reed; Thursday, Rey. Dr. Derrick Johnson, rind Friday, Rey. IL . M. Patterson. The,public cordially invite/. fe2l-strp* u..• GRAND .MABB MEETING.OF Bitptime will be hold in the Fifth Dlptlet Church, Eighteenth and fiprintr reed en etreete, ti ie We(inewlttY EN OA /AA. at 7n 0.. c lock. An election for oincere will be held, end several addressee on Church Extension made. a CIIEfiTNUT HILL M. E. CHURCH. —The " PILGRIM " will be exhibited for the benefit of the Chestnut Dill M. E. Church at CON CERT R ALL, TIIIIRSDAY EVENING, February 24th, at 8 o'clock. . fen 2tb CONCERT HALL—THE PILGRIM I SECOND WEEK I GREAT SUCCESS ! EVERY EVENING. EVERY EVENING. Crowded houses and enthusiastic audiences greet it. Tbe press pralee and indorse it. Indorsed by the Clergy, from the pulpit, as the grandest.most sublime sad soul enchanting collection of beautiful and Costly Paintings ever exhibited In this country. The Music and Descriptive Lecture and the Grand Trantforntation Scene ir.tho masterpiece of the day. Matinees on Wednesday and Saturday Afternoons, at 2.30: Evening,, at 8 o'clock. - SEX THE PILGRIM 1.. SEE THE PILGRIM I Admission, tSe cents. Reserved Seats, n ets. Children 25 cents. re24-3t Illoabltlith 'Antlgultleco Found. A letter front Jerusalem; published in the French Jonrncil Officiel, gives the following ao count of a remarkable arclueological dis covery made by M. (Meru:lout Grineau, dra gomat,'. to the Ccnisulate of France in that city. The object is '' a groat block of basalt found to the eastward of the Dead Bea, in the territory of the _ancient Droabiti.. Upon this block is engraved 'an inscription sonic thirty in length in PlukUld all characters,. comb:lent:Mg with these words, 1. 'Mesa. Son of Chamos' , Mesa was a Mo a bitish King. who is mentioned in the Bible, and contemporary with the 'prophet with ..leitosaphat, King of Judah, and Ahab, o:nozias, Jortim, Kings of Israel. The :Sti ul:d 4th chapters of the,Second Book of Kings give a detailed recital of the campaign under taken in concert by Joram aud Jehosaphat against Mesa, King of Moab. The iuscription. upon the stone, also refers to the straggle of 31e , a against.the-King of Israel, and outliner tiles' the tO W 118 built and the temples erected tey Mesa,and dedicated by him to the national (IpitY of the Illoabiles--Cluttnest. -.The age of this uicaluinent is determined ley "the agreentent of its statement with Jewieh Instf,ry. It dates nine. centuries before the Christian era, and hi nearly a'coutury later than the reign of Solomon. It is nearly two e(l)ltiries earltur than the fatuous sarcophagus of Echaionnazar, p kin. , of 'Sidon. The Pliceni vian characters of toe inscription present 'some archaic features not to he found in the same degree in any of the Pine ni , ;noun ments hitherto know. The inscription, however, is decipheraldhe with almost absolute certainty, as each word is separated a point, and all the sentences are divided by vertical lines. The language is, with 'sortie slight orthographic N . :mations, pure Hebreiv. This valuable inscription, which enables us to 'bring a document . coutetnporary . with the er ents to which it refers into relation with Ab' historical recitals of the Bible, has been forwarded by 31. Clerniont tiatimaii to the AciuUooie des Inscriptions, together with a disseT tatloll which will he immediately pub lished." Tine Heavy Overrosta, vuitatila for thie we►tlier,' Clothing • of all kina slvrars on band lu the year 1790 Benjamin Franklin left one thousand poUnds sterling, ,as n fund from which loans should be made. in p;iniis not ex ceeding sixty pounds sterling, to ••married artificers" under the age of twenty-five who should have served their apprenticeships in Philadelphia. These loans were to be made at the rate of live per cent. per annum, and to be secured by a bond signed by two respon sible citizens as securities. ' Dr. Franklin calculated that at the end of one hundred years the one thousand pounds thus lent at five per cent. compound interest 'would reach the sum of one, hundred and thirty-one thousand pounds sterling, and therefore directed the city of Philadelphia to expend one hundred thousand pounds sterling , in bringing the water of Wissahickon creek by pipes into the town, and ordered the re maining thirty-one thousand pounds sterling to be let out at compound interest for another hundred yearns. At the end of the second hundred years he calculated the fund would amount, to four million and sixty-one thousand, pounds sterling, and tins sum he directed to be divided between the city Of Philadelphia and the State of Pennsylvania, one million sixty-one thousand poUnds to the city and three million pounds to the State. On the supposition that' the original thou sand poundnsterling.had been augmenting at' five per cent. per annum, the rand nownhould reach the sum of .E. 49,50 sterling, or 5247,800, whereas the investment on December 31st, 1869, was only 540,167. The reasons of this great falling-eir are not difficult to ascertain. The abatement of one per cent. interest was not a sufficient inducement, and the conditions required of the borrower were too onerous; hence very few " married artificers" availed themselves of the Franglin Fund, and the in come was invested in worthless securities. PENNSYLVANIA VETCH. A correspondent of the Allentown Nees handles in the following manner the vernacu lar of a large portion of the citizens of the State, his remarks having especial reference to his own county : The people of Lehigh and adjoining coun ties need to be told some homely truths for their own good. They have kept themselves isolated from the rest of the world until they have been left far behind in the mighty strides the world has been takings toward a better in telligence and a higher life: They will live to acknowledge the tnith of this. Talking an unwritten language always con duces to ignorance and superstition, unless truth is insult. "Itinerant lecturers" do not insult the people of Lehigh county when they tell them that a very large portion of them be lieve most firmly in signs, charms, fortune telling, clairvoyants, ghosts, hobgoblins, in doctors that cure by the laying-on of hands, and a score of other superstitions and forms'of. humbuggery. 'Well-informed people know this to be an indisputable fact. Acknowledge it and we shall the sooner outgrow - it. So with the "Dutch." Settle it in-our minds as a fact that this gibberish is a curse—a hin drance to our intercourse with the outside world, and a bar against many who, would come and settle with us and help us to give Allentown the high position that awaits it ;in the future, and it will Isom' disappear. —The local editor of the Paris — Reform ad dresses the following impertinent question !to the. Emperor Napoleon the Third : "Bona parte, your motto at the present time, as you say yoarself,- is Ve regarde,' (I am looking on.) If you are %eking on,' why the devil do you always keep your ercs . - two4l4rds shut ?" —Parort kfaussmann, the great eirlEdile of ' parts, emphatically denies that he has made money during his administration of the Seine Department. He asserts that he is, now worth less money than be was when he wavtlist called to Paris to talre charge of the.offies in which he became so famous. The' Paris' Re- N.11,41,ick publishes, this denial, briefly adds to it " a lie!' (RELIGIOUS NOTICES. AMUSEMENTS- See Birth pose for additional Notices A CURIOUS DISCOVERY. THE FRANKLIN' LEGACY. A IPllsealculatlon. A Sensible Protest Airslast It. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1870. SECON D EDITION BY TEL k.IGRAIH. STATE CAPITAL. The Diamond-Watt Contested Sea Some important Documentary Evidence A Fourth Ward Ballot . Box Opendd Vote for Senator Found Transposed MR. WATT GAINS 177 VOTES Defeat of the Pelrolla..County_Bill A Hem Majority Against the Measure Excitement Over the Result The State Treasury Investigation MR. MACKEY AGAIN ON TILE STAND =3:1323 tipeelal De's etch to the Phila. Evening Bulletin.) The Diamond-Watt Contested heat. , . HABEIBBITRG, Feb. 24th, 1870.---The Senator ial Committee on. the' contested-seat case Of iamond vs. Watt held a sevioti yesterday afternoon ,and another last evening,at each of which important documentary and verbal testimony was given, which shows the loose and highly irregular- manner hr which the Democratic aticers in the Third and Forirth Wards manage the elections. The result of yesterday's 'work before the committee give.s:a gain of 177 votes in favor, of Mr. Watt, and that with only three divisions of these tw l / 4 ) Wards having been Witched. • The Prothono tary of the , Court of Common .Pleas.- produced the missing papers 'of the 7th AllyiSion Of the Third Ward, Which, Withthe retitrfis - from the other divisforiS i , makeS the fidli - ote as follow 4 „ r - , , iamond_ Trait_ First. ' ; ... . . P . .' 121 161 Second • . . li,U I±6 Third • . li, Fourth.... . . . 161 206 Fifth fl 89. .. .. . . , .... . 75 Stiventh ' ' ' 1{46 Eighth 66 Ninth • • 195 Mt Diamond's majority.... • • ' .706 A CON,ILIERAZILY DIFFERENT BTATEMENT The total vote as returned by the Return Judges fOr Mr. DiaMOod Was 1,792, and for Mr. Watt 943, with a majority of 849 for the former. At the sessi on of the Committee, yester day it was made plainly manifest that the Re turn.l udges had net included in their coma the vote 'of the iirst precinct, which gives Mr. Watt a majority of 4.1, and they had in the ,ertnth precinct returned but edi votes for Mr. Watt, when the returns of the 'officers of the election give him 186, thus making a didur t 'nee in that Ward .already of 143 in Mr: Watt's favor.. TIM FOURTH {CARD AGAIN 1LEA17.13 FROM The returns from the Second and Fourth Wards were put in evidence at last evening's session, and the ground-work laid in support of a motion to open the ballot-box of the ninth division of the' latter Ward. It was in evidence that one Wm. Turner, a Return In ipector's clerk, had spent the night preceding the election at a ball, and that when he came to the polls be was almost totally unfit to serve as an officer; that he did not attend to his duties properly, and that he himself ad mitted being thoroughly incompetent, by reason of his debauch of .the-night prior, for the task assigned 'him. It was also shown that, in one of the earlier hours of the day, the vote for Senator was transposed. The papers on file in the Prothonotary's office were also produced, and the tally-list, which was kept by Turner, was in such a shocking condition that it was utterly' impossible for the committee to make an addition of the tallies. However, they bad been footed up by some of the election .officers, and' they gave Watt 149 and Diamond 136. But the return of votes, and from which the judge had made his return, credited Mr. Diamond with having received 162 votes and Mr. Watt M. THE BALLOT-EOX OPENED-AN ASTONISHING NY S vvr The Committee then directed the ballot-box to be opened, and Senators Warfel and Ran dall were detailed as tellers. When the tally Was concluded it showed that not only had the vote of one hour on the State Senator beeri transposed, but that the vote of the entire day for Mr. Watt had been given to Mr. Diamond, and vice' versa thelainority vote of the latter bad been appendeato the name of the former. The ballets numbered 216, of ;which five bore blank ic stickers" over the. State Senator. Of the remainder Mr. Watt received 165, and I‘.l r. Diamond 146: This yielded an additional gain for Mr: Watt of 34 votes; which, with the 143 in the Third Ward, reduces the major ity claimed by Mr. Diamond just 177 votes. • Mr. Simpson then put.in evidence the list 'of voters, the Assessors' division transcript and the extra assessments of the seventh division of the Third Ward and, the first division of the Eighth Ward, as the ;basis of a motion 'to strike out the 'entire vote , of the first named and the vote of the latter after 12 o'clock. The Committee then adjourned until this afternoon, at 3 o'clock., The , meetings •of the, Committee are. largely attended by the Philadelphia friends of the contestant and the sitting member. .:•• tzpec!al • Deinatelothe Phila. Byelaw! Bulletin.] Petroliti County Hill Defeated.!, Elevitittsitnito, rob. There was considerable .exeltement last evening 'over the - result •of the vdte in the House on the new countY, bill introduced by Senator Lowry. Judging by the election of Gen. W. 'W. - Irwin State . Trea surer, the awarding of the seat" id' the 'Twen- OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. Beth Senatorial District to Hiram Findlay, and the defeat of the Metropolitan Police bill for Philadelphia; nearly everybody had de cided that, as a matter of course, the "Petro fin "county bill would pass both Houses and receive the signature. of Governor Geary. The Senator- from Erie, • with •• his colleagues in the House, and aided by perhaps the most powerful outside Combination that bas ever set foot in Harrisburg, has been for some weeks past busily engaged in en deavoring to make the members of the lower House see the necessity of forming this new. county. It was confidently asserted by one whO has daring this session been'a power be hind the throne that things were all right, and that really there would be no more diffi culty in securing the passage of this measure than there was in electing Gen. Irwin. But: during the past tew days, while the advocates of the bill were lying, to a certain extent, in• active t its opponents have been busily at work They have had hundreds of the residents • of. the locality which it was_proposed should con stitute the new cotinty,• both. Deinocrats . and Republicans, in Harrisburg, and with what effect can now be seen. During yesterday morning's session,thosawho desired the now county began to realize thefact that there was danger ahead, and at the hour ,of adjournment they were undoubtedly. con vinced of that fact, for nearly all, the Demo -4lrats, ivhose votes had been pledged by some body for the measure, were found to entertain a different view, and all efforts to induce them to change proved fruitless. The bill was on :the'! objected" list, and was not reached at . the afternoon session until about 5 o'clock, when Mr. 31e-Tunkin, of Venango, moved to indefinitely postpone, and supported his mo tion by a few practical remarks. Ho Was fol lowed by .Mr. Ames, of Crawford, Who op posed the indefinite postponement. Mr. Stone, of Warren, consumed about%ls minutes in ad vocacy of the motion, and !Mr. Johnson, of Cran•ford,elosed the arguinerieby au elaborate speech, showing the necessity of making Ti tusiille, which was iii reality the third city, in II business point of view i ln the State,a county seat. The yeas and' nays were then de nianded, and they resulted in 69 members vot ing for the postponement and 2.5 against. • To prevent any fmther action this session on this bill, a motion to'reconsider the vote was put arid voted doWn. DOIV THE PHILADELPHIA DELEGATION VOTED. The Philadelphia delegation voted as 'fol. loWs on the Motion to postpone (Democrats in Vecof.,-Mes.srs. Albright, Bunn. Carlin, Elliott,ForWie, Johnston, Stokes and Thomas s. Saps—Messrs. Adaire, Cloud, ccanly, Dailry, Davis, Hong, Joseplts, Max . well, Miller and Mooney—total, 10. The de feat of this bill is looked upon by the friends of State Treasurer Mackey as the most signal triumph of the session, when the powerful.in lluence - which has been brought to operate in its favor is taken into consideration ISreclainpatch to the Phila. kveeinz linlletin.l 1 he State'rreastiry Investl4atlon. - Ilmattanotto, Feb. 24. The State' Treasury' Investigating Com mittee of the Senate had another sett4ion last night, but • no testimony was!. taken, except a few general questions which were asked: of Mr. Mackey, the present incumbent.. He re iterated in reply to. Mr. Billingfelt his state . meats made. at . the- last -meeting, with referenCe to the vault account, and stated that be nes ready and willing, at all times, to answer - any questions which might he put touching his management of the Treasury. A running debate then took place among the members, during which Senator Mclntyre morel that the investigation close, hat his motion WAS tot reCordcd. The same gentleman interro gated the chairman as to Iyhether it was true, as asserted, that Gen. frwie 1:::.1 ,CO-ed to ap pear before the Committee. Mr. Billingfelt answered by stating that he had received a despatch' from Gen. Irwin stating that he would be in Harrisburg or} Thursday morning. Mr. 3 homes B. Nicholson, the Cashier of the Treasury, then appeared and stated that if the Committee wanted some information as to the management of the Treasury, he was willing to give his experience after a connection of eight years with that department. He felt that he could' explain many things, but. in doing so, he might tell that which would not be very pleasant to sonic of the members. Mr. Nicholson was notified that if he was required, he would be told. The Committee then ad journed until this evening when it is the intention to place Gen. Irwin on the stand 1,913 1,207 PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLA.TERE. [ Speeial Despatch to the Phila. Becalm: itnilettn.l HARRISBURG, reb. 24: SENATE.—Varions petitions were presented by the city and county Senators from- the people of Philadelphia, asking that they b allowed to vote upon the question of fixing a site for public buildings. The following bills were reported : 'I he Senate bill providing for the registra tion of mortgage bonds and other securities of corporations, favorably. The • Senate bill for the better protection of the bottles of venders of mineral waters and malt liquors (allowing their registry), nega tively. The Senate bill establishing an Insurance Department for the State of Pennsylvania, ne The House bill ineoiporating the Minerva Library Company of Philadelphia, negatively. Court have power. The senate billdividing Norristown into live wards ; also the Senate bill relative to the streets of Conshohocken. Favorably. The House bill consolidating Byberry and Moreland into one district. Favorably. The House bill releasing Gloria Del Church from a tax on a supposed escheat Negatively. The. Senate supplement to the Chester. Wharf and Shipping Company. Favorably. The House bill providing for the opening of Fifteenth street in 1871, under the direction of Councils. Favorably. The House bill defining the eastern line of Thuron street. Favorably. The House bill vacating Stanley's lane, in, the Twenty-eighth Ward, which passed. The Senate bill to open Allegheny avenue, from Eighth street to the Delaware river. Favorably. The Senate bill regulating the roads in the. Park. Favorably; - Ordered printed. The following hills were introduced : One by Mr. Connell, incorporating -the Workingmen's Dime;Savlug Institution ; also, suppleinent to the Pennsylvania Cbriipany for. Insuring Lives and GrantinAnnuities ; also, incorporating:the National Hall' and Market Company. ; One by ?Ir. Brooke, supplement to the city of Chestei, also incorporating the West Chester and Downington Railroad. One by Mr. White,aighorizingthe Orphans' Courts to decree' the execution of resulting trusts la certain cases. • Mr. Daus; as Chairman of; the Com mittee of. Nays and Means, called up . the annual Appropriation bill, which was con sidered is the CoMmittee of the Whole. .HousE.—Mr.'Webb was in. tho chair.. All the departniental appropriations passed with out objection until the House reached the Common 'School appropriation of $750,000: • Mr. ..Elliott, of Philadelphia, moved. to re- . duce it to $500,0(H). Not agreed to.: Mr. Johnston, of Philadelphia, introduced an act to prevent injury to,persons and loss of life et 'the :pupils in the public is hook of Philadelphia frenvexploSion of steam-engines and bullets; providing that from and' after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful for any penny) or person:An erect, , he'll, or maintain any steam,eugine or.steani holler within threw hundred feet of any public's school building in A CHANGE, IN 81iNTME-NT Philadelphia, and that any person violating the provisions of this .act shall, on, convirtlon thereof, forfeit and pay .ii, tine of not oxteeding t.(10, at the discretion of the Court; for tho use of tho' city of Philadelphia, and' in default Of payment the oflentler shall be eqmcnitted to prison for not exCeeding 'lodays. ProVided that this act shall not' apply to engines and boilers already erected. ' • FROM THE WEST. (By the American .Preas WOO elation.] HIPIMOUBIL, Resolution to Abolish the Distranehtslug Clause. Sm. Louis, Feb. 24.—The Missouri Senate, by a vote of 25 to 5, passed a resolution favor ing the submission to the people of , the pro posal to abolish the disfranchising clause in the Constitution. This will be adopted by the other branch of the Legislature and ratified by the people, thus giving exXonfederattr , the right to vote. Lives Lost in an Alr.Charalber. Several lives have been lost lately in t .i;' chamber of the pier of the new bridge is being built across the Mississippi, that great danger now attends its construction. The chambers are now at a point eighty feet below the surface of the river. There Is much difficulty experienced in getting men to do ,the - work. Three weeks will yet be required to reach the bed of rock at the bottom of the' river. The deaths arose from exhaustion on account of the compressed air. ILLINOIS. More News of the Nod Dhoseter'on the ffilee/eslpot. CAIRO, 111., Feb. 24.—Capt. Jas. EL Maratta of the steamer :Emma o. 3, furnishes the following account of the disaster: be wind was blowing very strong at the time, and it was very cold. The boat struck a snag on "a , pile of logs. The pumps Were all putt° work at once, but the whole bottoin of thebevit being torn out, it was of-no avail, and in less than ten minutes_ the steamer careened, nearly capsizing,andupsetting the cabin stoves. Ina moment the boat was one sheet Of flame. Theyawl was lowered, and the ladies all put in. But at the moment it was let go, over fifty jumped for it, sinking it immediately. One lady caught Captain Maratta and pulled him under the water two or three times, but as lie was floating past the wheel a colored porter caught him and dragged hint • up. Be remained there in An awful state of suspense, almost scorched to death, until res- Oned by a skiff in about an hour afterward. The mate, Caleb Maratta, and the .pilot, Attenborough, remained on the forecastle, almost perishing from the cffects of the smoke and tire. until rescued. The remainder or t4e crew took to the water, but only four of them succeeded in reaching the shore: D, It.' Potter, the second clerk,was the first to reach the:shore, and the carpenter,second materand watchman were all`that reached it alive; .W. 31: Marrata was lost when ' the, yawl was sunk. Thos: Funnels, the first pilot, was drowned at the same time. The second engiH :neer, Wait never seemafter the boat took lire. The creW numbered 42, of whom 1.5 were last. There were 40 cabin and 50 deck paSsengers,of whoin 60 were saved. Not a single lady was save& 75 persons in 'all were drowned or burned. Every-effort was made to save life. - The weather was so cold that persons juinping overboard were Chilled through at once and died with cramps. The above statement of Captain Maratta shows that the accident was much more serious than was at first reported. OHIO. Freight Agents' Convention. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 24.—C01. Charles S. Sawyer, Manager of the New Orleans Thrbugh Express line, leaves for N'ew Orleans to-night, to attend a convention of general freight agents in that city. [By the American Prein, Ashociationj Foreign Quotations by Cable. . LONDON, Feb. n, 1 P.M.—Consols for mo ney, W.I; for account, 9.22. United States Five•twenty bonds of 1862, 90; .18658, 89;. Ten-forties, 851. Erie llailrciad, 22. 1 , ; Illinois Central, 111; : Atlantic and Great Western, LIVERPOOL, Feb. 24, 1 P. M.—The cotton market is dull. Sales estimated at 10,000 bales. Middling 'Uplands, 111il. Pork. !di. lid. Beef, 13s. tid. Cheese, 7:N. ed. Bacon, 565. Bread stuffs are unchanged. PAnts, Feb. 24, 1 P. M.—The Bourse is flat. Rentes, 731. flOc. ANTWERP, Feb. 24, 1 P. M.—Petroleum is firm at 60J. CRI E . A HEAVY FORGERY IN PITTSBURGH. The Name of an Endorser Alleged to Have Been Forged to Notes for .$4,000. The Pittsburgh Gazette of yesterday says : Some months since a Mr. W. A. Adams, de siring to go into business,entered into negotia, lions with John Palmer & Co., retail boot and shoe dealers, on Market street, for the pur chase of their stock and fixtures. Terms were agreed upon; and the stock. was transferred to Mr. Adams, who gave four promissory notes, dated Jan. 4th, 1870, as follows : One for $5OO at thirty days, one for $l,OOO at sixty days, one for 4 , 1,1500 at four months, and one at six months for $BB7 84.. Said notes were drawn __ by W. \A. Adams, payable to John Palmer & Co., and pur .porting •to he endorsed by Mr. J. M. Adams. Mr. Adams took possession of the store as above stated, and commenced busi ness, which ho continued until the first note fell due. The note was presented for pay „ment and was allowed to go to protest, when it. was ascertained by 31essrs. Palmer & Co. that the signature of J. A. Painter was a forgery. The stork and fixtures, it appears, were turned over to the original owners, and Mr. Palmer left for parts unknown. Mr. John Palmer yesterday made Information before the Mayor, charging %V. A. Adams with forgery, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. • THE ROCHEFORT MOTS. The, killed and Wounded. .. The Paris correspondent of the London Standard writes on Feb. 9 : 'The second night of the Rochefort riots was infinitely more serious than.the first. Barricades were erected, and there was fighting, bloodshed, and loss of life. I regret to add, that the temper of the 'ninny vvorkmen I spoke with leads me to the, conclusion that they are ripe for mischief.: A respectable-looking cabinet-maker, a middle aged man, who very obligingly directed me to a local café after my inglorious tumble, replied to my remark, that this :was a bad business: ‘.‘ Yes, no • don bt, but when workmen have no work, and con sequently no pa , you can't' wonder at insurrections.. Alen must eat, and bakers do not give us credit, as they do to your mil lienaires," That is an ugly feeling, and I be lieve it to be very geneial. The serious riots took place around the barricade of the Rue St. Maur. Three times was it attacked by the Garde de Paris, mounted and on foot,, and by the police, and not till the last assault, at 111 'o'clock, was' it taken. At that time but 40 de. termined and Well-armed fellows defended it; they kept 'up a die from revolvers on the troops-as the advanced. There were killed .iand,woutsilea on both sides; the figures are giVeu as. high as MO, but I am disposed to think , there is Some exaggeration there. —A lzpuld•urg, Va., paper announcea that, (wily town iu that region is either ratinktit. , , for ollice, suing for debt, or beiug sued for tbek. Saute, Bu,staess, to cousequeuce, is F. L. FETHERSTOI„PabIisIier. PRIOE THREE CENTS. SHARP FINANCIERING. Mow They Rob The Treasury In New Orleans. • Nevir,,Orleans furnishes a new illustrationof u the insertable method and mys teryrove of public finances in that quarter.. To imp the credit of the State,- the Legislatiwo`inipeached the State Auditor, the people in public meeting ,declared for conditional repudiation, and the press represented that Confederate debts, would be assumed. .The city has already, earned an unenviable reputation by coinpelling cred itors to resort to the law courts for tke collec tion of ordinary bills. Now, the New Orleans mateO declares that the Controller's esti e of 5140,009 for printing to the publishrs of that paper is nearly three times as much -as the sum actually dee. That journal'" begs to decline the honor of being so large a credi tor to Bopp:ir i s/ debtor."; It will be in; accord fmce with the fitness of things and. the polite ness of the occasion, lithe Controller now. in sists that 'the newspaper shall take the extra two-thirds for its honesty.—Tribune. RA CM AI ND EA.IN ICE/El9. - —Baltimore owes twenty-five million dollars. , . —Had Mr. Whittemore been More scrape, he would not have got into his cadet acrape. —An Alabama man claims Sumner's ward " rididulosity,'•having uttered it in 1864. —Two-thirds of the French; Prussian and Austrian Cabinet Ministers are,bald., —llarfori has been disgraced and has gone to Portugal. —San Francisco is preparing for the hugest St. Patrick's Day California ever saw. r ( —Mr. 3. S. Clarke has appeared as "Doctor Pangloss " in London, with his usual success. .—The monogram that makes the mostquat rimonial matches is S. —Each Frenchman guillotined coils ' the government LLOO francs. —A family of two women and Rye children have walked from Philadelphia to Aurora, Il linois: —Question by the Pope: -"Am ble ? Reply by the Bishops :—" Bono, you are not."—.Ex. ; —A cnriously-furnished apartment bed chamber with a towel-horse and handsome cab-in-et. • —Briggs has a faculty o f getting things The other day be bad a beautiful set of teeth inserted for nothing. He kicked a dog. ' • ' —The Strike of the Bon • •pantaltion makers has been referred to the committee on sewers. • - • —The appearance of the Prince of *aloe in the Divorce Court, yesterday, proves ; that he is 310 r-dauntless; than was generally supnosed. -At . a festival given at MadiSon, Wis., to the blind pupils of the ' the State capital was illuminated.. —A Gottingen • professor lies• dificovered some very minute diamonds in a specimen :of Oregon platinum. ; • —The book-keeper of a Vienna picture Asn't is on Ids way to Ilio..with 200,00() ;florins that don't 'belong to hive; Where lie has' sent $40,000 - worth of pictures prOiotisiy: •. Rayintind, Edwin 3 , 1% Stanton, ' George , PeabOdyniattPranklin Pierce , are the only Americans noticed in the London Times' .list of ennuent dead for 1869. ~--Beecher says Abe thirteenth chapter of Corfnibliiiis Is the most perfect descrip tion' of a gentleman that was ever written or thought of. —A Californianian, who says he noticed a great number of fish died dining a recent Sea son. of drought, has made a new conundrum, viz.: Do salt-water fish need a little fresh water to slake their thirst? little fresh. Bonaparte is said to intend a visit to this country when lie gets out of the diddles of the High Court. He will probably settle in New York, where he eau shoot as many men as he likes without troublesome interference. —A yoUth of eighteen, sou of a wealthy' Berlin merchant, eloped with a fair opera dancer, taking $B,OOO of his father's funds with Inns. The old gentleman pursued the pair, and came up with them, after a week's. time, recovering his son and 66,000. —A new French invention is a portable fresh-butter churn, to be used at each meal. It, is made of crystal and mounted on silirer, feet. A silver rod revolves quickly in the cream, and presents a nat of butter every three minutes. —The Canandaigua Repository urges that notices of marriage and deaths shonld always be paid for, because one is anadvertisement of copartnership (limited and the other is a notice of dissolution; and business is —The Philadelphia :Dental College held its commencement= the Academy, this Morning. It of course diverted the entire attention of the audience from other subjects, as Dentistry has a natural tendency to put things out of people's heads. —Tint last European duel was between the Austrian plenipotentiam - at Berlin; ' 7 aad -; the brother of one of the ladies of honor at court, whose reputation lie had damaged. The pleni potentiary, having the first shot, 'magnani mously tired ~ into the air, and the injured brother thereupon shot him through thq body. —By the year 1874, it is believed, the whole globe will be spanned with cables, either over land or under the sea. The grovilh, for the few years I ast, has been most wonderful, and ,just now the ocean cables exceed a distance of 20,000 miles, and . have a capital of $4000,000, with more lines in prospect than have been completed. —At Ottumwa, lowa, a nice young mauput a sheet around him to scare aDutchman. The Teutonic gentleman says : "1 shunt. jump ioy wagon out, and vip der gost all the time. I would vip him if he was a whole grave-yard." Some one asked the young man what ailed his black eye, and he said he had received had news from Germany. - ' • —Fun has the following dialogue: Country Gentleman (pointing out remarkable objects to Cockney Friend)—" Do you seo that clump of trees'? That's a Roman camp." Cockney Friend—" How do you know ?" Colintry Gentleman—" Oh, there cart be any doubt about iti Several cannon. ball have been found there." . a tombstone in Germany there is painted a red ox, with tail elevated and head sunk, evidently on the point of running Ins horns into a chalk white individual whet is pressed up against a rock.. Below the picture is this inscription : 4, By the thrust of ox's horn ; ; Came I into heaven's bourne ; And so quickly (lid 7 die, " • Wife and childien leave mustr . ;:. • But in eternity rest I now, . . All through thee, thou wild beast, thou!' There is nothing newunder the sun," sa Vs the New York Tribune. Will the reader bt>lieve that " Shoo Fly," its. classical? Yet it has no less a paternity there 'that of Homer himself, In the fourth book of the Iliad wo tind that bothersome ti y, and this is , the way in which he is treated by the translators So from her babe, larhen slumber seats his eye. 'lhe watchful mother wafts the euyetiom'et fly —Pope. Vitr as the mother wafts the fly asWe `I hat haunts her slumbering babo.—cowper. As when mother,while her child ig 'mapped In a svgget slumber, scares away the ti, —/Itryant. N. 11.--Tho last ./3ry gut is, William. (,nUou, of Dante!. ~, t; ;) -ft!- ;~;'; .. ~s: ESEI
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