sCMSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME 271.
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,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.
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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.
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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
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BTEREOPTICON EXHIBITION.
At OOMMISSIONERS• HALL, Thirty-seventh
anMarket . streets , West Philadelphia, Thirty-seventh
F
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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.
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' 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
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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.
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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
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tipeelal De's
etch to the Phila. Evening Bulletin.)
The Diamond-Watt Contested heat.
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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
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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.
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—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!.
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