CESOISr PF,A~OCS Editor: - VOLUME XXIII.-=-NO. 274. (ILOBET COMPARY7B 00 M r MOM% and apparatus for fixed closets. at A. ft, RA N (MOUS C0.'5..513 Idarketat. defiltu Mak§ .__-- WEJLIDLNG VITATIONO EN. jravei In the newest and best manner. LOMB BHA POOMIT 4 ally's/4 Obednut t. ran tr En. — II4IINISEITOCKOnthe' 218 t instant, it Aunt/111e, I eban CoUuty, , Pa., George Ps hnostooh, late of r'lancest , T, Pa., in the 76 th,Year or bio a go , • • s • Nt;rrlStown, Fed . . ttn, Maim% P. wife ol Oenrge J 11418411. •• ' Due notice will bo given Of the futierai. 1,AN(1.-Gn Saturday, the 2.6'th loft, at ‘Yallingford, i Delaware (Monty. John, eldest son of Goo, S. and Annie T. ',and, iu the %Oh year of his age, A Duo notice of the funeral will be , gi MA DERSON.—On the 26th inst., Thomas Mender soun, fit the 6lit year of bit ate • The relatireetinil Dianna of the family are respectf ully 'invited td bid funeral. front hie Cato residence, No. 170 . 9 tigruoa !treat., on Tuesday Inorning, Marcia lit, 10.. at k. SMILISY.—On the hot., Kate, widow of the late Doctor A ndrety J. btniley; The relatives end trienda of the tomtit are respeotfullr ins ited to attetul the funeral. from her ate residence, Tad South Twelfth otreot,•on Monday, the' .gth 'natant, at I o'clock P. M. kervices at ht. Luke's Church: later , ment at Woodlands Cemetery. W.TZE.—In Pittsfield, Illinois, on the 21,4 Inst., Mrs. Ilirsiteth Wize, relict of the late John Wire, egod 67 TI e'reistivois and friends of tho family are re4pectfully invited 1,, mitred her funeral. trot', the retidance of her brcdher-in-law.Mr. George F. Throttler. No. 431 North Ninth street. on Monnoy,2gtb tout., at 10 O ' clock A.M. ' LIPP - 711E PEATII 06 HORACE BINNEY, Jlt.— ` ll It/Arial noel of the SitindluitComm Mee of the irjunedlostft haultarY COMuitesion. held at the house of . ..thiProoldent . , Bev. Br. Bellows, in New Tork,Fabruary 21st, 1910, the following resolntione were passed to memory of the late Bon. 01/RACE BINNRY, Ja., a meitulter of the Boer defied were ordered to he published in the newspapers of New York and Philadelphia. to be eent to the family of the dentist/B,4nd placed among the iscratencot records of the Commission Resuivri.L.That the Standing. Committee of the (I.R. flottitary Coma/lesson have heard with profound sorrow of 'the deease'of their late fellow-member la the Board cif, the Coseleiation, Bon. ;loran Binnay, Jr., of Phila• elelphis. Resofeet. 11. That the 'Committee testify to the zeal, tidelity and ability with which Mr.. Blaney discharged, during the whole period of the late war, his deltic, to the • Counniselon of w Is ch be was as honored member; . first, as a atelAdk and patient and wise counsellor la the regu• lar nosetings of the Board, from which, at great personal and proboodoael incouveuience, and in spite of ill health, he was rarely absent; and next, as President of the .Philtedelphla Associates, where be rendered invaluable • 'wry ice* to the Commission by the weight of his charac ter, the beet of his patriotiam, and his demotion to the interests of the parent Board. Reauiry.l.lll. : That at the close of the long and close intimates , of our official and personal relations with Mr. /Hol l ey. ter Beard recalls with gratitude and respect the untiroimo impression of his high intetill,t,enee, admirable cnlturr. undo% biting rectitude and exalted purity of character, nail remembers with .affectionate reverence the unworldly sweetmeat and gentleness of his spirit and carriage. Ills patriotism had the se; loneness of a reli• o Mutt. priatiple ; his devotion to the sick awl wounded aststient persistency and practical thoroughness which ne, er intermitted or wearied ; while his meekness and loss ae. !nisi turned into a hely indignation against the porricklets ho sought the I...ltiolk*# tlfv. Offering him: self and Its children to the country's defence, he seemed to Hs, dimity: the war only as the natiou li e .", en d t o rec gnizr ito Sorrowa so personal as those of the sacred cause he espoused with all his pole eta id body and soul. Stern (tidy against open traitors and silent neutrals, his private It:lairs. his douse iiiceolicindea, his health. time and fortune. were comseerated to the rescue of his coun• try fecal its deadly perils ; and doubtless his cares and envied iss, to this behalf did much to shorten his honored el/d/ vedeablelifts . That we ,ball cherish while we live the roettimy of our closes vessociation with so consummate an example the , Christ/an gentleman ,t he devout patriot, the pure and consi s tent American citizen, the incor-• rtiptible emu. the faithful friend, thswise and prdd , .nt counsellor. itcrob“rd , V. That we Under to the Philadelphia Asso ciated the PLprev,ion of oar deep corranieeration in the deeesee of their President ; to hie trontediate family our pr o / O mA condolence with their inoperable low end to hie honored tither, who.e Regius, character sad life are s pride to the tattoo, The reettent antipathy due to such a patent Ia the boas of . atoll a ton. lIENRI' W. BELLOWS, Preoident. J.vu. S. BLATC11F011.1), Secretary. Iti / a PLAID SILKS, BARGAINS. EYRE k LANDELL. FOURTH and Allen 'heron,: Are selling some SIJAS AT ONE DOLLAR. That will satisfy the Bargain Houten. RELIGIOUS NOTICES. 10a— Annual Missionary Sabbath • IC VISION Pl. E. CHURCH. FOURTH Street, below ARCH, TO•MORROW. Rev. 0. 11. TIFFANY, D. D., will preach at IPSO o'clock A. M., and Rev. o. ti, WHITTAKER, D. D., of Camden, N.J., &IP.; o'clock P. SEATS It• 11;?CHRIST CHI - RUH, GERMAN town .—Theitev-.-Dr.Mntriner, or White. Platno, wlll proa.ch to-morrow morning at 1 0 1.2 o'clock. It* ARCH STREET M. E. CHURCH—: 11.D 7 BAY Pavno—to-morrow at A.. M. and P.M., Strangers invited. It* M. E. CHURCH, EIGHTH, Valid"' it Httrce2-11vv. M. C W. li - amptirits,i Pastor, at 1 and Strangers invited. f&a CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN Church, Locust otrcet, above Fifteenth, Ear . Dr. Humphrey,- Poston—Service* at Io3* A. M. and Tin 80 . SPRING GARDEN BAPTIS'i Church, Thirteenth street above . Wallace, Rev. L. P. Mora honor. Pastor.—Preaehing to-morrow at Mki A. M. cud 7% P. If. Sabbath school at 2P. M. lt• THE , FIRST PRESBYTERIAN IL -" ? . Church. Washington Square.—Rev. Herrick Jolnuton. D. D,. Pastor, will preach to-morrow et 11.1% A. sud 7% P. M. it* 106 DR. BEISS ON THE APOCALYPSE. , -The Trumpets. To-morrow evening,7sd o'clock, at St. John's (Lutheran) Church. iftace, below Sixth street. It' 10. ALEXANDER PRESBYTERIAN Church. Nineteenth and Green streetc—Preach ing tomorrow at 103 o'clock A. M. and 7 o'clock P:111.: by , Rev. Ales. Sterrett. late of Evansville, Ind. lob CLINTON STREET OHURCII, Tenth street, below Spruce. Rev. Dr. Mel I vat ne, of Princeton, will preach twmorrow morning at iw.i,and in the evening at 7 5, o'clock. All perar , mi cordially invited. Bye REV. C. W AINSWORTH, D. D., will preach tolnorrw hls Church, Tenth and Filbert streets. at 10% o'clock A. M. and P, M. Evonieg discourse to young mon. Sulkiest—. The Chara cter of Washington in its Religions Aspect." It' 4 0 1 aFIRST .REFORMED .CHURCH, corner of Seventh and'Spring Garden streets. Rev. Thomas X. Orr will preach to-morrow at 1054 A. M. and ?3 P. M. Sermon in the evening to young men. It* 10* SEVENTH PRESBYTERIAN Church, Broad street and Penn Square.—Rev. Henry 0. McCook, Pastor, will preach to-morrow, 27th tut., at 'ay, A.M. and 3.1 i P. M. Subject in the after noon : " The Upright Man." •. It* .1 0a • st 7 . - iniEmEmrs CHURCH, TWEN tioil“anti ()hem streets.—To-morrow being the fourth Sunday in the month, the afternoon service will be omitted. Service in the evening at o clock. Choral serviee Beata free.: " it' ft TH E tirsHoPl3 FREE CHURCH, tiv• - "" North side of Spring 4.,arden, below Broad. Rev. .1. W. Bonham will preach bundav morning, on "The Authorized Minietry in the Apoetollic" (Attach ; and in the evening on "Apostolicat Succession." _ ST. LUKE'S CHURCH.—THE REV; George, W, Foote. Dlimsionary ut "Salt Lake City," Utah, will preach in St. Luke's Church eu Sun. clay merniug, February 27th, netting forth ,the moral condition and religious wants Of the people of that m aim,. It' IIUbUNION SERVICES UNDER TLIE AUSPICES OF THE YOUNG BIEN'S CHRIS TIA N ASSOCIATION.—The licit of a eerle4 of Monthly &maw; on " elmetlan Unity and. Work " vrlll Ito preached To-ato (mow (Sabbath) I:VP:N . INR, by Rev, Gee. Dane Iloanboac,'D. D.,at the IClrrt Ilaotlet Church, corner Broad awl A rCli etre le, at 7i o'clock. Saki( et ---'D The Chr; , tian I.lfc a LitnritY." Turedey evening:lK krell 10,1101.111 Prtyor Meeting lit A rat' Street M. 11. tlburclti corear Arch (gracile, 75 , .; o'clock. , Allure cordiaLly invited. ati • . . . . . i ' ' . ' ' ', ~';.' t r I .. . . . . . . • ` • ' , 'I ' ~ ', ' , . 1 •.! : . '.' • ' . . - . . . . . , . . . „ . 9 ' to„ , ~.. .. 1 . , 1 ... _.. 1 . . .. ~......., • . , , .. . 1 . ~ , .. . . , , , . 44 4 4 . . . , . . • . . . . . . •... . r . i . . ..r . . . . . , . . , . . . . .. . „ The Work of the Werk 7 -411be 'Tete of time ' House of Coriertion Bllt—kitiothei tereeting Sendoff of the ,HfissiffiefdpWatt Conareitfee..A Hong of *fits 101 k and Baltimore Beponters Prowl • Through the Finn% Sinentertall Distriet•o.A Viola. Hun of the Reglittrry Law.-The Border Claim 11111.-ate Prilends•Confident—The Means that are being 'Resorted to, to Secure its Passage, ' • (Specie, Correspondence of t 'Ph Ile. EY e let In .1 A DULL WEEK. ~Ilanatiseeno, Feb. 25th; I . B7o.—The present - week's session has developed, but., few new bills affecting Philadelphia; none of which are of Vital importance to her constituency, And outside of purely local legislation but a small number of bills have received the action of both branches of the Legislature. The only really important events of the week have been the defeat of the Petroleum county bill and the veto of the Philadelphia House of Correo ilea bill. The thrmer bill has been the means of keeping up a continual excitement since it received the endorsement of the Senate, and new that pit has been finally , disposed of, the members from the locality which was to be affected by it will be the better able to attend to the general business of legislation. All sorts' of rumors have been afloat, since its defeat, with reference to the manner and means by which that result was brought about, and the charges of corruption which are alleged to have been protilaimed by a certain Senator have become by-words on the streets. • THE ilOrrE OF CORRECTION' RILL. The action of fife Governor on the House of Correction bill has been severely cotidein hed by both the Democrats and, Repuhlicans, a timelier of vthoni boldly assert that only yes terday did he assure them he would give it his sanction.. It is but just to the Executive to say that those gentlemen who have been here to use their influence against the measure as sert that, while horefusett to state positively that he would veto it, yet they, from .the tone of his conversation,felt perfectlysatisfied that he would. These same people Were Under the impression that had the clause which left the matter of a selection of a site to City "Coiincits until April Ist been allowed to remain by the Legislature, the bill would, Lave received Gubernatorial sanction. . THE WATT-DIA3iOND CASE AGAIN. • There was another decidedly • interesting session of the Committee en the ease of Diamond vs. Watt last even i Though there was no more evidence as to =pedant errors in the docrnnents made out by the officers of the election, or as to transposing the vote of Mr. Watt to Mr. Diamond, yet there way a class of testimony which proved to the Com mittee that the Democracy have more ways than either one or two by which they manage to roll up immense majorities in the lower Wards of the city. Over twenty witruses, all men of respectability, appeared on the stand,aud testified in support of the specifica tion which alleges that gangs of New - Yorkers and Baltimoreans paraded through the First Senatorial Districtainder the charge of Charles McGrath, Anthony Laws, Tom McGonigle and Dutch Ahern, well-known lights of the Democracy in that section of the city, , and voted at various polls. The divisions receiv ing attention thus far are the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ',thirteenth divisions of the Second Ward ; the sixth division of the Third Ward, and the firk, second and sixth divisions of the Fourth Ward. THE PERSONATIONS IN THE SECOND. WARD. Thu witnesses detailed some fifty instances where these fellows . personated the honest UM ters and succeeded in getting their ballots i u the boxes,and enumerated a number of cases where the legitimate voter appeared subsequently, and, were he a Republican, he would have to leave the poll without being allowed to deposit his vote. In one case a Republican, having beta turpedaway from the. poll an the ground that his name had already been voted on, went to Judge Allison, who gave him a written deci sion that his .vote must be taken. On present ing this document to the election officers, he was again refused the right of voting. The members of the Committee paid the closest attention to the witnesses as they gave in their, testimony, and one or two of them took occa sion to give a free expression of their opinion 'upon these outrages. THE REGISTRY LAW VIOLATED. It was also iu evidence that Nich. Stafford, who acted as' 'Ridge of the seventh division of the Third Ward, had uo right to fill that position as the Board of Aldermen had selected one James H. Lyons to act in that capacity. This testimony was offered in support of the motion to strike out the entire vote of this division,which yielded a majority of 322 to Mr. Diamond. The Committee then adjourned to meet in Philadelphia to-morrow. THE ZORDER ( 7 LAIM SWINDLE. The Border Claim bill still slumbers in the Committee on Ways anti Means of the House, Several efforts have been made during the week to have it reported affirmatively, and as many unsuccessful attempts have been made to negative it. This inability to get it out in either shape is owing to - a dead-lock which exists in the Committee, of which but twenty members have as yet attended any of the meeting's at which the measure has been brought up. Mr. Herr, WhO has had up to this time the casting vote, has refused to partici pate in the proceedings. Those of the Com mittee who are opposed to the measure, to day seem confident of their ability to have it negatived next week, in which event it will require a two-third vote of the House to bring it up for consideration. ITS FRIENDS CONFIDENT. Its friends are equally as confident that it Will receive an affirmative , recommendation. and are doing everything in their power to accomplish that result. They 'are at present engaged in denying the statement that these claims have been bought up by speculators at, nominal figures and those who suffered - the losses would receive no compensation even if the bill passed. They refer to the records in the Auditor-General's office, where over four thousand of these documents ,baye been adju.; (Heated, and assert that every, ciaini min the: legal possession. of the party whose property was taken or destroyed. • 'They also have had prepared a list of those persons • who. East winter, received apProprietions for, datnagefi sustained, by . various parties throughout the: State, by the military. eceallattey' ;a' la.uttfit; halls, during the war. GIOUS ritoTicEN BECOND REFORMRD ' Seventh , street, above Brown: Rev. Issas 0, )(artier, meter, will oresoh to-morroir (Stnadart at len 'A. M. null% P. M.' YOUNG MEN'S CII,RISTIAN AB5O- CIATION.--Themonthly meetin or the ,Assip. dation will be held , on next MONDAY g_ EVENING!, at their Hall. 1210 Chestnut lured. Essay byli ',Buckley Jr. Esq. Subject—j'The Wee t and Aims of L Iterary _Societies." • Quridipu for dtscusslon—" Should the Christian Dom :infinity Enconrago Chinese Itnntittration ?" Vocal and instrumental music, andor the direction. of Pr f. John Bower. , Via public aro invited. ' ltti SPECIAL NOTICES. Ste Siadh page for additional Notires,. iCc. THE PETERSBURG . RAII,ROAIi Company have declared a dividend of Three Per Cent payablo to Philadelphia 'Stockholders on and after 26th loft., at ',Liedtke or THOS. A. SIDDLift & (10.. 32a Walnut Niftier. . fedd 3tr • OUR HARRISBURG LETTER. PIIII , ADELITIA.,t,3ATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1870. • vice iitArrmot UN nom° TunArtittro. Although the bills of, thin. and last session are of similar import, yet there Is a wide dif ferenee between the manner, by *hloh-the above $11,546 ill wore appropriated, and the meatus which Have been and are now being resorted to order -that 42,roci,00ck may be added to,the*Bt,gte debt. Then the hills were read hi place, ^referred to 'appropriate committee, ,reportfd to each lions°, and put upon their paenage upon their merits. Now, bow widely. different I, A clique Come to 'this Place and establish' headquarterrs at the , Brady House., in the very ibeginning of the session. ,This little organization keep away from ^the halls of legislation, but they have in their em ploy an ex-member or two, who net as mes sengers. -Members of both branches are sent for and informed of the intuit,- of the bill. Over two-thirds are seen, and then / when noses Lave been counted , it is.found napes r.ibl6'-to pass thisbill in Its then shape. The di:seover thail the representatives dare not favor any measure which proposes to tax the necessaries of life, and the programme is chanted. A. loan is the only remedy, and that provision Is substl tided for^ the tax clause.'Anotlier week passes, and the ring are sure that tbe bill can be put through the House in one night; that is, that the form which is usually adopted with re ferenee to good, and Just measures can' be thrown aside, and the bill, which proposes to increase the State debt swirly 53,009,000, can be rushed through. The snake is introduced, but some of those Who had been Mildest in its support before, flunked, and a motion to sus pend the rules receives a bare majority, in stead of a" wo-third'vote, which, It was sorted, would be'giVen. It then is referred to the Committee,rrhere it still lies. If this were an honest bill, no such indecent haste would have been practiced. THN BILL LI NOT AN HONEST ONE. Tbe truth of the matter is that it is not honest. The most infamotts propositions are being made to secure votes; Thousands of dollars have been promised, and the would-be plunderers are now advancing the figures. This is patent to every man on the Hill who has an eye or an ear in his bead. At first a vote was worth '3500, but only a day ago your correspondent heard that a certain popular member had been offered $1,500 down, with the promise of an additional 55,000 on the measure becoming a law, if he would only al low his name to he used- in its favor. And right well could they afford to do ting ; for it is generally believed that twenty-five per cent. of the original amount has been set down as the figure to secure the necessary legislation. The honest members of the Legislature Understand everything with reference to this prodigious swindle, and are making an opposition that is truly commend able. tShould the bill even succeed in getting out of the committee, it will he placed at the end of the list ofgeueral bills, and the chances are that it will not be reached this session at all. PAI-1,. THE MISSING INTEAKEIL Bessemer the North IPatiease. No tidings in regard to the missing steamer City of Boston were received last evening, and her fate is still enveloped in mystery. A letter from a sea captain is published by t ; tie Washington. Chronicle, in which is pointed out the- danger attendant on crossing the At, 'antic at this. season. Until July, he says, the ice is afloat, and fields of it, Miles upon miles in length and breadth, will 'be met' with on a too northerlypassage. That wasthe fate of the United Kingdom. She left Now York on the 19th of April, 18t9. Her Captain had science on the brain, but no discretion he headed for Cape Race, and be headed the United Kingdom into, or on to, an iceberg, or field of ice. that destroyed - his ship so suddenly that none were lett to tell the.tale. The writer of this left New Yotk on the 21st of April, and the Captain' (Guard, of the Gulon line,) gave Cape Race a MI miles space, kept south Of the Banks of Newfoundland, and saw no ice. The same Captain of the City of Boston has, to my knowledge, been in the Ice forty-eight hourson account of his high latitude sailing ; and' Ido not hesitate to say that so long as they continue it at this seasoa of the year there will be missing steamers. Can tbere be no law of Congress to regulate this matter, and force them to steer clear of the Banks while ice is afloat? If no law can reach, t, then let the European tourist sail only with those who will take them safe from the ice on the Banks of Newfoundland. SHARP PRACTICE. Au Ingenious Swindler Caught. A Yankee editor has been caught In the per petration of a piece of rascality which is likely to put a stop to his career as a journalist for some time to come. The person whose name is Crossley. and who is described as one of the editors of the Meriden (Conn.) Recorder, was arrested, a day or two since, by a special agent of the Post-office Department, on a charge of forging signatures to money orders. His method of procedure was, it seems, to pro cure the photograph of a younggirl of eighteen or twenty, and invite by advertisment in some story paper, a correspondence with a view to marriage with Alice Crossley, West Meriden, Conn. - "Photographs-exchanged." Sundry bachelors in the far West replied, and were duly supplied with photographs of " Alice," accompanied with a romantic tale of poverty, struggling for a living in a milliner's shop, or factory, accompanied in due time with a suggestion that $5O or so would enable Alice to fly to the arms of the swain. But when he sent :StiO from the far West, say Colorado or New Mexico, by money order, payable to Alice, no Alice Caine, but Arthur presented this order, duly signed, at the Post office. Cdr. Crosley is understood to have been car rying on this game for some time, and to have made a respectable sum out of the beauty and woes of Alice. The crime with whieh he is charged is a very serious one, and will pro bably send him to State prison. - —Mr. and Mrs. Marry Watkfus will appear at the Wal nut to-night in The Pioneer Patriot and it Takes Two to Quarrel. Mr. Hemphill announces Fechter In Hamlet for Monday night week. —At'the Chestnut to-night The Streets of Now York. —Mr. Mackey will have a benefit in the Arch to-night to Twelfth Night and Warlock ctl the Glen. . —The Circus a: Tenth and Callowhill streets will be open this evening with aperfomiance by 3111 e. ilmrietta and the entire company. —A number of novelties are promised at tho Eleventh Strcet 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. —Dupree & L'enedist promise a first-class performance at the Seventh Street Opera House to-night. Mr. Hugh Dougherty will appear in new delineations ; and there will be a miscellaneous performance. •—Signor Blitz will indulge In magic and legerdemain at Assembly Buildings this evcning. --The Americnn Theatre offers for this evening an at tractive miscellaneous bill, including performances by Budworth and dancing by the excellent ballet corps. —The very handsome,panorainic illustration of "Bun yan 's Progress will be exhibited at Ooncert Hall this evening. —Tbe first of Mr. Carl Ggertneee claseical eeirei•s will be giveu at button's piano' Waretwome, No. 11' Clieetnot btroot this evening. The following programme will be °gored : lfuintette 0 pte Gude Andante con moto Allegro expressive; Allegretto: Presto;;' Allegro motto e aopassionate. Adagio—From the Quintette in B, f:entette Beet welt Atingle Allegro; Adagio ; blinuotto ; Andante and Va riations u • Allegro melte e vit.)" gee, Andante con mete alio klavcia, Presto. —On Thursday night of next weak Mr. Paul Jul/mat will introduce to the public at the Amateur's Drawing Mum a brat clean Trench Dramatic Oompeaft selected from the best arii.ts of Melt renels Theatre. in New Yolk. There will be eight 'evening performance* and twoluatlii;ies. The repertoire incliptea a -selection of el.a.• ming comedlee, operettas and A‘Audevillea. A now Twm he given every-night. •Seat* for the 'course am lt,e,eoi tired at Doom's music store. The price'or Deltas for the eightevenins nerforrnareses bins haunt/10J at tea 'dollars, anttlinssilts in now in progress. • • OM WHOLE "COUNTRY. The,cornmittee of the State Senate on the contested seat of' Mr. Watt met this morning ilgl the SeJeri Council Chamber, Setudor Pre haur of Allegheny, in the 'chair. Alexander J. Diamond, the contestant, bad as his covei gel; Lewis C. Cassidy, E. The cleanse] for W. W. Watt, Esq., who bolds the certificate of .election, were Lewis W. Hall, Esq., Of .Harris burg, and AleicanderSimpson,. Esq., of Phila-: delphla. [he case was dull and prosy. The testimony, 'was this: Mrs. Quinn, a lady past infddle`age, was the first - witness. She had lived nine yearalt 622 Stuart street, below Tenth, 7th precinct, Third Ward ; she has three boys with Scriptural names, James, Matthew and John; James is 37 years old, Matthew is both were fume at the late election. Christopher,Kearney, S. W. corner of Ninth 'and Catharine, 7th division, Third Ward, de posed that he didn't know wholiVtd in No. • 803, nor yet, with.eertainty, whollwelt• at No. 805; . don't know Charles Osborne. • • - Susan Cooper (colored) had lived for nine years at 725 Fallon street, seventh division of Thitgi Ward ;''annies Brogan never &krill' her hong° ; she knew no finch man: Cross•examined—There are houses along the rear ; don't Brogan anyhow ; the people there are all, white; they enter the rear by way of Hubbell street. Counsel nOw.ealled attentionto the `record that on the assessment Hat is the name James Brogan, painter, N 0.725 Fallon street, who voted at the late election. -Mrs. Nolen objected to taking an oath ; the lady affirmed she has lived eight years at No. 717 Stuart street; don't know Patrick Mcs 'Nickles; no houses in her rear; Lebanon street is right baok of Stuart street. Mrs. MeNickle lives back of 833 Catharine street has • has lived there two years; no John Ring s ever lived in the house ;John ITarvy lives next door ; there are two houses in this rear ;•Mr. Devine occupies the front; our next neighbor, is a hod-carrier. Cummings had lived at N 0.719 Chris tian street 21 years ; don't know Herring, Clabben ; never lived in her house. Bridget Devlin dwelt for 11 years at 911 C'atharine street ; •she keeps boarders • she has no children ; John Devlin has lived. years with her: be is no relation. Mrs. Devine, 715 Hubbell street, has dwelt in the same, domicile just 12 years ; Michael Mcßride has limithere three years : he said he came here at the age of 9 years; . the other Michael lives there. • Margaret Ribble, No. 712 Moutcalm street, has made that house her home for 17 years ; her son John is the only male of her family ; Thomas Granaham lives opposite to me ; he is a shoemaker ; 'aint sure about his first name. Joseph 3lcSorley next testified. He lives in the rear - of, 821. Essex Street. He isn't a citizen ; he wasn't in the city at last election. His brother was ; he isn't a citizen. William 31eSorley was subpoenaed, but didn't turn up, Joseph McSorley, the father of both boys. came up. He wasn't a- citizen, and didn't vote. Michael Downing, Jr:, lives. at No. 706 Fallon street. He has done so for five years. No other males hut himself and father lived there on last October_ John L. Roberts reSides at NO. 727 Mead street; at the date of election he, dwelt in the rear of No. 729 ;• spent - nearly the entire day at the polls,;. there were many strangers, there ; it was understood that they were Baltimore " roughs ;" they admitted this themselves when they struck a man; the first ene votel in the name of George Harris, No. 23 Mead street : I knew Harris was sick : the next one voted inthe name of: Samuel MeFaiiien, 738 .Swanson' street: I 'knew add-it to be at sea ; another of the roughs voted in ;he name of a man named Freeman, who Was . then oysteting in Delaware Bay ; another fellow voted in this name of Patrick Harrington, No. tiOB Penn street; 'Patrick was alsonnt of the city ; they first came to the Polls about dinner time; I had. Abe wiadow-book when they came up : they said that they Were Baltimore roughs; they crowded us off the cellar door where we stood to vote ; they went away after voting ; George Harris was the first voter; be was challenged, and swore himself in with two vouchers: the roughs kissed their thumbs instead of kissing the book ; I. challenged the ,vote of, Joe tihanklin and asked the sergeant to arrest him : he told me to go to and keep quiet or he would arrest roc; the party was escorted by Alderman Wm. McMullen ; he was on the opposite side of the street ; a man, who was with him, wit ness was told, Was Mr Diamond ; there were about nine of them ; they went from this poll to the poll of the second precinct; they re turned in about half au hour; the fight took place at that time ; only one man was struck ; heard'one of them after voting tell Tom Geri can be was going up to poll another vote in the Fifth Ward ; after this Mr. McMullen ap peared ; a party said "There's Mully, treat ing all bands; let us go and take a drink;" Mr. McMullen didn't treat the Baltimore roughs. Several other witnesses were in turn' ex amined. Nothing further was elicited of illl latrUillCO. Joseph Watson testified that at the same poll, on the day of the late election, a vehe ment and energetic crowd collected around the polls. What the witness represented is that by these gentlemen was raised a row. A policeman, named Smith, it was alleged by the witness, took the witness by the nape, of his neck. The witness was shakieu with ve hement violence. The names of a string of witnesses were then called; they failed to respond. The Sergeant-ate Arms said that he had sub penned many witnesses, who bad absolutely refused to be prtzent. More titan this,they had defied the authority of this Committee, and had refused to attend. The sitting adjourned at one o'clock, to meet at Harrisburg, on Wednesday evening, in the State senate Committee Rooms, at seven o'clock. The proceedings to-day foreshadow the very certain result—that If r.Watt i will be continued in his seat. 110. ME, SWEET HoME.—Whifther there is no place like home" depends a good deal on what kind of a home yon have, and whether the melody is sung to you by Parepa Rosa, or by the oyster-warbler whose vehicle rninhles past your door. When we first heard Jenny Lind sing the air, we would have been con tented with no other residence than a hollow tree. Little Dorrit might have thought so concerning the Marshalsea, but we doubt it. While dissenting from the sentiment lu the coucrete, we at the same time admit lathe abstract that a man who can find more genuine homes in another city than he can find in Philadelphia should pack up his paper collars and put, off in that direction. Tina closely we contrast Philadelphia as a plitee of residence with the Babel of, Xew York ot the peck-measure city of Boston, the more closeiy are we welded to the conviction that even with the drawbacks of its present dirty streets and its Tipperarean police force, the with who can't enjoy life In Philadelphia fil anal bee-victim either of a disquieted con science of Perturbed digestion.. The sigkt in our markets this morning was enough t& . `send a' gleam of sunshine oven -under the f ablit-bosom of a recluse.. That pri vate marketsabops are multiplying ail over • the c ity''' no wonder, Sprint: .6 arden market , this Morning W 11.4 crowded 'like an. old-fashioned country fair. What ww. true of spring Garden, 'market was tro t s: it - fol. • tilfe fainily purveyor la Phil , adektidala'Ortain or freshly killed metktb awl CITY BULLETIN The Contested Nest In the Senate. freshly called vegetables, at least on ever.," Wednesday and Satnrday. In New York he, ix fortuhate if be gets them at three days okt. In New York the marketing is done by the patri familia& In Philadelphia the lathes— Lord love , 'em—are the family caterers; they, will continue to be so I'o a century to come.; Tocross Broadway without beingrun over re-: quires almost as much • gumption as it does to, be aorernor of New Jersey; to' help good looking women to (rose Chestnut `Street, with- i out retrenchment of their native dignity, Phil-, adelphia maintains , upon that thoroughfare an. especial force of picked • police. A woman, like a caw, was never made to rue. In Neve York, the promenade can't possibly be creased , at any other' pace. New York, Is crammed! with`mock auctions, Swindles and 'nuisances! of every character. The amount of • Crimemitted n its bloody Sixth Ward alone ont-I ranks the suns total of delinquencies ,by our 'entire population., In .New,York a man: can't brace himself against the wall to pull on his! boots without peril offailing through, into the, 'street.The comparison is as that of Pancie-i monium to Paradise. In' Philadelnhia you can ride on a passenger-car without danger of, disease ; in , New York ,-- yon cant. Whatever you read in Philadelphia papers' is strictly true. The New York papers are mo given to mendacity, that a square-toed truth in the New York Herald would probably be the means of dislocatijag,its press. The cows in PhilaiMphia have tails, and give milk. The swill-fed, stub-tailed cow *would no more be tolerated in Philadelphia than an establishment for the sale of horse meat or a harem of Mormons. In Philadel phia passenger cars you can ride as safely as In your private carriage. The effect of a ride in passenger-cars in New York is often to be counteracted only by a sulphur bath. For these reasons we say there is no place like Philadelphia. Its homes are literally homes. ' iiTREMT CLUANING PROPOSALS.-A meeting of the Board of Health was hold this after noon, for the the of opening , proposals for cleaning the streets and removiriz the ashes, from the let of March, 1870, to trio 31st of December, 1871, in the Twentieth District, comprising Brideshurg and Frankford, and the Twenty-second District, comprising Man ayunk—Dr. E. Ward, President, in the chair. The following were the bids received: TWENTIETH DISTRICT. Bernard O'Rourke $4,300 Henry Smithl,B2.s Francis P. Green 2,575 'Chas. Cornwell 3,300 . Geo. Smith 4000 Daniel Mcßride 4 , 9 00 . . John J. Bray 2,350 M. C. Brady 1,900 Wm. McLaughlin 4,400 Thos. Coday 2,800 C. B. F. O'Neill.. 1,998 Win. .MeManns 5,500 Jos. Johnston. " - 3,675 Jos. Brady 6,000 H.. 1. llabliston.. 3,300 L. C. Harvey.' 6,000 Win. Timson . 4.580 ' David Hummel' 4,500 TWENTY-MXCOND DISTRICT. Wrn. McLaughlin. ' 4,000 David Hurnmell 4, 000 Henry Smith 1,775 .George Smith '3,500, Wm. Cornmiller ' ' 1,000 C. B. F. O'Neill. 3 200 Pat Dever 3,400 , Jos. Bernard 4,000 Samuel G. Atkinion 4, 8330 31. C. Brady 2,999 'Charles Righter 3,973 Wm. Timson .1,500 :Tames Clegg 3,600 Timothy Clegg 3,800 Joseph Brady. 7,000 Lewis C. Harvey . 6,000 John Mcßride 3,000 John Martin. . 9 e 350 - John O'Donnell. 2,500 The proposals were referred to the Street Cleansing Committee for examination. CITY MonTA,nrry.--Ttie number of inter menu 3 in the city for the week ending at noon to-day was 368, againtit 261 the same period laNt year. Of the whole number 183 were admin.; and 173 children-8O being under one year of age; 190 were males; 168 females; 93 goys, and 78 girls. 'lie number of deaths iu emit' Ward was: First ll A hartgalL 11 SPCtilid —l.O Seventeenth 16 Third 711tightsestth. ... ...... -.21 Fnurt b 15 i Nineteenth 23 Nil* 7 'Twentieth If 2 Math - slTiventy • first. X Seventh. ::3 Twee ty- wend 9 Eighth 10 Twenty-third .. ........ ..... ... 9 INTtoth 6 5I T T w w e e u ng . : il Lou rth rlh: •9 Tenth. -7 Fileventh. 91Twenty -vi xth 14 Twelfth 6:Twenty-seventh ......... _..... LS Thirteenth „_ll,Twentv-eighth !ti Fourteenth • X! Unknown 12 'Fifteenth 9 7i • . . The principal cant,es of death were: Con gestion of the brain, 12; convilLiion.s, 18; dis ease of the heart, ; scarlet fever, 31; typhoid fever, 10; inflammation of the brain, 8; in flammation of the Mows, ; palsy, 7. ROBBERY A.ND AittiEsT.--The dwelling of Vasper Heft, No. 513 Franklin street. was en tered through a back window, la.st night. Po liceman Ryan observed a light in the third story. He knew that the faintly was absent, and he summoned Sergeant Jones. The two got into the home and capture& Chas. Harris and Henry Burk, who had concealed them selves in a closet in the third-story. One of the fellows had a watch and some promiisory notes in his stocking. The other bad a jimmy ftnd sonic watches on his person. One showed tight.and was pretty severely handled by Ryan. After his, arrival at the station-house, a phy sician had to patch np his head. The prison era will have a bearing at the Central Station this afternoon. THE POLICE INvEsTioATIoN.-The Legis lative Committee appointed to ascertain whether any corrupt means was used to se cure the passage or defeat of the Metropoli tan Police bill s were to have held a, session in Common Council Chamber this morning: A flimflam of members did not appear, however. M essrs. Bumum and Elliott were the only ones who put in an appearance. The absentees were Messrs. &Own, (who offered the resoln-- tion directing the investigation, but who has as yet never attended a meeting of the com mittee), Mooney,,Hong,lesephs and Stokes. Itgmomus SEnvicEs.----The Young Men's Christian Association propose holding a series of monthly services for the promotion of Christian unity and Christian work. The first sermon of the course will be preached by. the Rev. Geo. Dana Boardman, D. D., at the Baptist Church, corner of Broad and Arch streets, Sunday eveuing, next. Subject, " The Christian Life a Liturgy." On the following Tuesday evening a Union Prayer Meeting will. he held at the Arch Street M. E. Church, Rev. C. IL Payne nresiding. Bonmo LNG HoUSE THlEF.—David Cameron took lodgings at the hotel of Frank Lecture, .on Market street, east of Thirty-tlrst, last night. lie was .accompanied by.. a valise. This morning he left in company with three valises. An inquisitive policeman was unable to account for the unusual increase of his lug gage, andtook David into custody, Ald. Ran- dali sent the prisoner to Moyantensing on the charge of larceny. ACotozwr.—This Looming, about ICI o'clock, Dr. D. C. Pain, %VOA thrown from his carriages, in consult/env() of the Ilreaking of 311 ash), at ltraokford road and Hanover street. Ha wits somrwliat; " . iziitired o and was ta!Len to his Fi.oa 4 rino Tor:. -''he' IYelaware river ifi filled with floating ice to-day. So' of the cakes aro three inches in tineknesa. F. L. le,kmEnsTioi. PRIOS THREE 0101111. Juvaarrai lirnkol. ain't Huh .Little„two youths employed twtlie belt works of Thomas Shields, Pennsylvania t aya nue, nbeve Twottty t seCond Street, worn ar rested this morning upon the charge . or Ettissi Lug articles from the oftstablishusent. They were taken before Alderman Panooast, and Were held in SW bail for a further hearing'. DOUBLE Assnour.—,Peter Kane was ar- Halted last night, at Spruce 'street wharf; for assaulting a colored ie.!. It is also all that lie pinched ' the head of ()Weer Ehrenberg, of the Harbor l'ollee. Alderman' Dodgiien, r beard Peter's case, and hold himin , sl,2oo•Wl for trial. Ancvmv.—Williain Love hos been held for a further heoring by A.ldermare Mains, of i sus plekon of , the larceny of. elnetens from the neighborhood . of, lEisyenth, and ; , C arpenter streets.. PoiacE,STATION LOD9l4RS.—Dliring last night 63 niales'and" feinales wore abcommo doted with lodging; in the Third District•Pollee Station. • • - .....00.N7 FROM COAL 0.114.,-4. naan.nalued Middleton was badly burned, by the ecplosion. of coal oil at No. 1510 Pearl litreet; at 'five o'clock this reerninZ. Ho vilts potiring.the oil into the stove, in order tto get up a %sick fire. AN WANTED.—A :rails° found in the possession ofa " buinmer" at Tenth and Spruce streets,,is .awaiting an owner at the Fifth District F'oliee Station. • . THE ARISTOCRACY OF'BRillle.:- 2 A Inertad' of what appeared ,to be . made up of alternate. strata in alabaster and coral is' ,to-day played upon the marble'counter of the Ame rican Hotel. It consists of one of the finest sirloins ever seen on this side of Smithfield. It is a sirloin as is a sirloin, in the opinion of Mr. Charles McShane, who will 'serve It on Monday in the American Hotel restaurant. Its superior,, either in size or in excellence, was never known on this side of the Atlantic. Lovers of good beef will do well to dine at the American to-day. No ordinary family could possibly get up a roast of corresponding di mensions. Upon the spit of the American's kitchen this beof will be so roasted as to make an Englishman suppose himself in a baronial dining-room , in his dear old home. EMT; INIMITABLE AND ItHFINED..---Such are the adjectives with which we associate those fashionable Confections manufactured by Mr. Stephen P. Whitman, S. W. corner of Twelfth and Market streets, and found at every elegant party and banquet in the me tropolis. Wherever fashion discovers trae excellence, it is sure to make it a sine qua Son to appropriate it. Mr. Whitman merits all the success that his enterprise has secured, for him. Of his hundreds different confections, we do not find one that Is without the impress of his refined taste and skill.• ARAl°limes SALE of the entire stock of a lint-class Furniture manufacturer. the entire household furniture, ve'vet and. Brass sets carpets, &c: The whole stock has been removed to Concert Hall Salesrooms, ; 1219 Chestnut street, for convenience of sale, and will be disposed of without reserve, by ,order of assignee, on Monday morning 'next,' Feb. Dith, commencing at WI o'clock, by T. A. Mc- Clelland, auctioneer. biortizits AND NURSES will find Ilutneitt lliston wont admirably adapted for applica tion to the tender anti meusltiveakin of i utants. MUSICAL AND DDADAIrIe. English Opera. We tinders. Mud that the Parepajtosa 'Eng lish Opera Company will appear in this city again on the evenings of the Rth and 9th of March. Upon the first night, dfartha will. be presented, and upon the second evening Weber's Oberon will be given for the. first -time in this country. N'echter. . Mr. Hemphill, the manager of the Walnut Street Theatre, has made arrangements' with Fechter the tragedian, and he will appear on the ievening of Monday, Mareh. in Ilamki. Mr..Msekey's Benefit. Mr. Mackey, of the Arch, Street Theatre Company, will have a benefit this evening, in a fine bill. Mr. Mackey ranks with the best actors that have ever attempted the• persona tion of old men " characters. His. ability la great and remarkable ; and ho deserves to have such an evidence of appreciationas- will be afforded by'a full house: The peculiar line of business to which he has devoted. himself does not insure fame as quickly as others•upon the stage, but it requires very considerable talent for its successful management. Mr. Mttekey fulfils all the requirements in a man ner which leaves no.room for fault-finding. WOMAN BIG II TED. A Female Justice of the Peace. [Correspondence of the Chicago Timee. t ATLANTIC. CITY, Wyoming Territory, Fob. 14.-1 had the honor topreside at the meeting - of the County Commissioners of Sweetwater county, to-day, when a petition and applica tion were presented by Esther Morris, wife of John Morris, for the office of Justice of the. Peace for said county. There being a vacancy, and she tiling the proper bonds, and our Democratic Legislature giving equal rights to women as to the franchise and holding office with men, the question was proper. One of the board, by name David, voted for it ; John Swingle voted against it, audit was loft to me, as Chairman, to decide. It put me to my trumps. The lady is every way q ualltied,and, considering everything, voted, for it, and ordered her to tile her bonds and be sworn into office, and the clerk to telegraph to the world that Wyoming, the youngest and one of the richest Territories in the United States, gave equal rights to women in actions as well as words. The consequence we do net ,know, buthope and trust for the best. You can make this public or not, as you feel inclined. I don't think it will hurt Mirth° world knows it. J. W. ANTHONY. THE STORMS AT SEA. severe Experience of a Steamer. By the arrival at Liverpotd, says the Len don Daily News, of the Cunard steamer Russia, we have accounts of very heavy gales ituthe Atlantic. Captain Lott reports that two days after leaving New York; on the Ith; the Wind blew strong from the northeast, the distance run being 268 miles ; on the iith, with a similar wind and heavy sea, she ran 316 miles : on the 6th, the wind •• being northwest, blowing a rtren,g gale and a heavy sea, the run wa5,334 miles; on the 7th, with the wind . from the same guarter.accompanied with heavyat~ualls, the distance made was 330; on the Btli,the wind chatiged to southeast, the sea Still 'running very high, the run was 315 trities; on the 9th, the wind was sonth-sontheast, blowing a hard gale, with a tremendous sea,the distance made was only 1915 miles ; on the :10th and Ilth,with r•huilar weather,. the !tussle, made, ott the former day 21Ci mica, and on the latter, Yin —A woman has brought a suit for a diroi'co becalm. her husband neglected to kiss her'beforo leaving. home. Otate• of Therukoluoter This Doi •t, tho • • • Bullet/In 00141 e. • It) deg. •18M 41dog, 2L clear. Wlttd West, • MEEMIE i j 13 't' V;'',
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