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— 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 , • •
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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
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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
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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*
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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
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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.
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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.
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—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
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