MON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME. XXIIL-NO. 289. WEDDING INVITATIONS EN 't-aved in the newest and beet manner. LOUIS PRIMA Stationer and UnAraver, 103 Ohestnut utroet. fo2o tf MARRIED: WALLACE—WILSON.—On February 1,1970, by Roy. Holliday. Dr...lames Addleon 'Wallace, of Brady's Bend, Armetrong county, Pa., to Mies Sarah Ann Wtl eon, of Philadelphia. •. DAILEY .—On the 16th instant, Mrs. Mary S. Bailey, in the fifth year of her age. Services at St. Clement's Clltirclt,"on Priday,lho 16th Distant, id ten o'clock A. M. GALLAS - SR.-0n the evening of March 16th. Mrs. . A. Gallaher, wife of the late Dr. William Gallaher, of Mantua, West Philadelphia. Due notice of the funeral will be given. LONG.—On Tuesday afternoon, the nth Instant, Charles, T. Long. .WILSON.—On the lath instant, Theodore Wilson, in the 66th year of hie age. The relatives and friends of the family, and also Mtn tire,Lodge No. Mt, 1.0. 0. F., are respectfully invited in attend his funeral. from his late residence, No. 190 Arch street, on Saturday afternoon, 19th instant. et 2 o'clock. ••. . . . . . pEABODY BLACK MOHAIR. !EYRE & LAM/ELL, FOURTH and ASCII ntrects, SEEP ALL THE BEST BRANDS. BLACK ALPACA MOBAMS, DCUBLE CHAIN ALPACA SPECIAL NOTICES. AD ,MTERIN I For the brief space between now and the :opening of;our New Spring Importations we will dispose of the reinaloder of our -Winter Stock (much of which is not Inappropriate for Spring Wear), at imodeirated prices. • JOHN WANAMAKER, 818 and 820 Chestnut Street. Q '. ACADEMY OF FINE, ARTS, 1020 CHESTNUT Street. SHERIDAN'S RIDE. .LIFE-SIZE PA IN.TINO BF TIIE POET 'ARTIST, T. BUCITANAN BEAD. • THIRD WEEK OF THE EXHIBITION. GALLERIES TFIRONQED DAT AND EVENING. ovErt 20ADO VISITORS. ' 44 With foam and with dust the black charger was gray; 11) the flash of his eye, and the rod nostril's play, 8.11.111.1.1 hall he whole great ttripYlit 'I have brontait you Sheridan all the' way „ Front \V incleeder down 1,11,0 the day % Cif B0310:4 of the otiose, in size 20125 inches, now ready. Price, 510. QENI'B. Including the re . Couoction ot . te A hcademy. f Op entire en from A. M. to 6 I'. Al., and from 71i, P. M. 1,7 Bob ACAIMIMY OF THE STAR COVRSE'OF LECTURES. 11UltOROU8 LECTURE. BY 'JOHN G. 1 1 5 AXE: ' ON MONDAY EVENING:MARCR 21 Rabject—FßENClf roldts AT HOME. ti tbeconcltudem of the Lecture. Mr. 14AX0 will ra , citeiby r, rsom l'otruei "TILE P401:0 M(,8 )1c BRIDN and E PRE- S." PROP. ROBERT E. ROGERS Oh TIIIIRSPAY SF EN I NG. MARCH 24. Suirject—ellEbllCAl., FORCES -IN- NATURE. 111134trat4I by tituneruus abd Instructive ex yoriments. ANNALE. DIOKINSON, AP.BIL 7. ' CT Admission to each Lecture. SO eta. Begetter! Belts, 25 cts. extra. Tickete for ANY of this Lectures for tato at GOultt's Piano Itootns,-9^ Chastnut street. front GA.II. ton P. M - 10NAMERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC " HOW TO SAY TII,II 4 iGS," .A lecture rinorEssou snozmAKTR, the Popular Elocutionist.. At the regugat of many Prufereor Shoemaker will deliver the abore ia atruothe, entertaining and humorone lecture at TIIE ACADEMY tit' MUSIC, • 06:'1f ILIPA EVENING', Ilarchlo.. Mkt'le. 60 cents. lteserved seats in Parquet, Parquet Circle, and Balcony, 70 cents ; roservsd s-at, in Faintly Circle, Ml conts. Tickets for sale at Gould's Piano ILoome, No. y2l Chestnut street. Lairs open at 7 o'clock ; lecture to commence st fi, mhlt 4try. _ . 10 OFFIUL' TEE DELAWARE * COAL COMPANY: Puu.e,vi.ruUA, March IT, P7O. •Ai A Meeting of the Stockiiid !ere. held V.llB DAY, agreeably to public notice, the following gentlemen veil> duly elected Directors: John R. White, George E. ITeffritan, . Frankag „B, Gowen, Adolph lc. Boric, fleorge IT. Doher, George W. Richards, D. Pt att McKean Joshualt. Lippincott Robert D. Caileall. And at a subsequent meeting of the Director', JOON 11. WHITE wee unaoltnously re•clected President. rahl7 3t* J WILLIAM IMP IN SON , JR., Seery. fain AN 'ADJOURNED MEETING OF the Alumni Aeiociation of the Jeff"rem' Medical Coliege..wlli be held in the lower Lecture Room of the College, on SA,TDRDAY,Iber"I9II . instant, at twelve o'clock. The Committee on Constitution and Plan of Organiza tion Will report. • J. ENVINer . 111 EARS, M. D., • Secretary. mhl7-2t§ rIROFFICE OF THE WESTMORE LAND COAL COMPANY. NO. MO SOUTH D ST$l ET, CORNER OF IKILLING'SALL E Y. PHILADILLPIIII., March 17, ISO. The annual meeting of the Stockholders of the " West- Moreland Coal Company" will be held at the office of the Company cu WEDNBBD4P, April 6th, 1870, at 12 &clock 112 when an election will be held for eleven Di sasters to servo for the ensuing year. JAoRSON, mhlltaps§ Secretary. IOaPHILADELPHIA, MARCHI6, 1870. The Members of the Philadelphia Branch of the American Social Science Association are notified that the second volume) of the " Journals.' for IVO, is ready for delivery, at. the office of the Secretary, Room 12, southeast corner.Blxth and Walnut. All subscriptions In arrears are payable to O. 11. CLARK ,Treasuror, First National Bank. It§ , J. 0. ROSIINGARTEN, Secretary u. THE PILGRIM. CONCERT HALL. ,'Crowded every night, as usual. Matinee WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, 2.30 P. M. SILVER PAY. ON SATURDAY, Between 2.30 and 8 evening, all fractional change will De trade In Over. mlO7 att.:. 11 ..-- ;:k. OFFICE CATAWISSA RAILROAD CO NO. 424 WALNUT STREET. PIIILAIMPRIA, March tath,lB7o. The annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Com- Ipany will be bold on TUESDAY, the 6th' dsy of April, 3870, at 12 o'clock noon, at the Compsny'e 9ifieh 421 'Walnut street, in the city of Philadelphia. R D HOWA JOHNSON, "rnlilatu th e-tapsl , Secretary. 1 BOOKS, STA.TIONBRY, &0.-THE o'attention of the trude is particularly called to Enxitlyr's BALK of stock, &c., of retail book-store, to 2norrow morning, atJO o'clock, at 721 Chestnut street, ad'yortlsod in our columns. Unusual chance for bar- Tains. , lt§ ,11-7. • CITY - TREASUREWS OFFICE, ikv&D' PHILADELPHIA. March 17, 187 W. Otty warrants registered in ltirki or 1869 to No. 70.1180 Will be paid on presentation at this office.. Interest ceasing from .date.; JOARPEI F. MARCER, ltd • City Treasurer. -1. o.' 0. F. I —'FIABMONY LODGE', No. 16,---The members ore it - quested to attend the meeting TO-MORROW (Frida.o RVENINa: - Spacial *Wipes& 2 [IOA Wlll. At. BOWEN, Sr TY. ‘ HOWARD HO SPITAL, NOS. iii 18 110;iwi 10J Lombard street' D iepeneary Department. ..--Medlaall treatment and teed ie inef CI ralahedgratultouidi ' o the pow. ' ' • , 1109 4IRA111) killtgET.^ RIUKIOtI RUSSIAN AND PERFUMED BATHS, Department o s f Ladiee, Baths opeh from A. Di. t 9 F or . ' ' . . , . . , • ' i t ;"; ',,, .., f , ;$• t• ',' • ,•; 1 r • i . ~ , • : ',' - : ",,," :'. ' .V.r, - ' '. '. •• ?' ''' ,(''7. I'i r 1. , ),- ,1 , t , • • • • I . : + ,_., •• .',. ,1 ' 1. 4 .. - 2 , '••• 1 , ~.. ~, ' r ~ , 1, ~ ; ~ ,t = : e , „- j. „,_., } ' ,• . ~.. . ~ i. „ ~. . 1., i ,-. ~ - - - -1 i 2 ' ..). '•-: 2 1 • • ; • -*..". ', ! • • , • , , ; _ ~ ; • • ... ~ _ , , '• i ''. •• \ ... ."' •• - • _ , 1 1 .,.,:....,...... .. .. . ~ r . .. . ... __ . r. ;... . ~,• Jr 4 ' , ' , - ' •'• • . ~ . , • .-• ; ,•r. t . , Itt ^..,, • .11 . , 0 .. , • ' . . , . ' . . , . DIED SECOND , ; EDITION BY TBLEGRAPH. TO-DAY'S CABLE NEWS A Petition for the Release of Colonel THE > PETITION REFUSED HARRISBURG. The General'Appropriation Bill The Senate Finance Committee Concludes its Labors. Reduction of Half a Million Dollars in the Hose .Bill. FROM :EUROPE. (By the American Free. Atmtdationj EitlGlAlti D. Fenian Conviet — iPetilion for His Release ' Refused. Lowhox, March 17,'2 P. M.—Sir Itenry A Itruce Seer -tar • , , has refused the petition for the.selease of Col. Burke,• the American .renian convict. The reason assigned for this refusal is that Col. Burke participated, in the blowing-tip of the Clerkenwell Prison, • tat; Patrick'm Day. . _ His Grace; the Duke of Abercarn, will pre. side at the festival of the St. Tatrick's Society, ill this city, this evening. Iv* Health o[John Bright Improving. The health of the Hon..lolhn J3right im proving. He hay gone to 13righton. IRA (di NO. Somrpention of the Wilt of Illabeas 'Corpus ne 44 4 ol 9e 3 ACied-, Du/11.1x, 31arcl 17,' 2 P. 31.—The Grand .1 ury of the county, of I.)onegal have fqr warded to hunden:recononendatioi4 that the. writ of habcas'corifue I),e imutediat/yinlspendyd, giving aks the reason therefor, the growing in security of life and property thiorughout the 'ROM. HARRISBURG. lbeGftieral Apptoptlauon Bill. .!Special Dkiratth to the ihht:. Evening .Buhotin,) H Awns - mato; March 17, 1870-110 Sedate Finance Committee concluded its labon3 on the House General Appropriation bill lakit night. It, has been the subject of consideration at almost daily sessions since its passage in the other branch of the ' Leiislature, and several 1)f the sittings of the Committee have been extended far into the night. Every . item- has been scanned closely, and in nearly every instance a reduc tion has been made—the Committee taking into consideration the difference, in the price ' of , every article at the present day and the time when the figures in the Appropriation 1.111 were arranged. lt has beeh u -laborious task, and has resulted in the appro priations being reduced , over one half of a million of dollars. The following are the important Chariges : From the item for theKipp:in of the Common Schools the increase made by the Sousse $2,50,00 has been struck out, leaving it as it was dining the past year, S5f)0,000. The ap propriation to the Danville Hospital has been reduced from $.150;400 to 5100,000. Pensions and Gratuities have suffered to the extent of. 52:1,000, leaving the figures at Sloo,ooo. All the appropriations to local charities have-been struck out. The Soldiers' Orphans' item. has been lett at $.500,000, a reduction Of $6OOO. All the increase in Salaries; including the - Judges of the Court, have been cut ofl:T The item for -the payment 'of the interest oatbe public debt was deemed too high by S 10,000.• All the items for • the maintenance of the inmates of the charitable institution have' been reduced from 10 to 20 per cent. At the session last night, George IP, McFar land, Superintendent of the SoldierslOrphans% Schools, appeared before the Committee and occupied some two hours in urging the strik ing-out of the provision attached to the sec-' tion making the appropriation to his depart 7 Ment, with reference to parents assuming ccia tool, for a certain period of the year, of the•in mateS, and being allowed one-half the amount' for each year that the institution would be en titled to receive. His argument, which suc ceeded in inducing the Committee to strike out the objectionable provision, was asJol= , lows :• First—lt reduces the rate $5 per pupil in 'the Homes and primary schools and Sleper pupil in the advanced schools. The policy of the Department has been to elevate the character of the schools as they grew in years, and as prices became lower. While food is less, the teaching force 'increases in cost just as the schools grow in age, and now costs, twice what it did three years ago. • The reduction is little to the. State, but enough to the schools to compel reduction hi feed and help, at the e:t pease of the children. • Second—lt changes the manner of clothing the children in the advanced :schools. At present the goods are supplied by the Depart went and made in the Sewing Department of the schools;the girls assistiegAnd thus learning how to • sew. The advantages cof this plan are : 1. That the children are clothed uniformly in quality of goods,.suitableness to season, age anti sex, as well as in make, appearance, ac. 2. That better goods are secured for the price. It cannot be denied successfully that ,one per son buying for thirteen schools from a few first-class wholesale houses can buy at better rites than if the same amount of goods were bought by thirteen .persons from as -many different estaidishments. • 3. That the children are better clothed than many of them would be if the several princi pals clothed them. Grant that sortie,' even many of them, would buy libbrally and with good judgment..• It is quite probable, however, that some of them at least would not ;ilo so. And if a single one failed the.cbildren would bc - the Suiferers,without the possibility of the State - being the grdner. 4. But, above all, the proposed.plan.ridds au additional inducement to Principals to with hold necessary`supplies, and 'thus save as profits more of the money that passes through their hands: ' - - . 5, The presenl;Plan basheen sUCce.'ssful. A •.comparison of the' condition of the clothing now and three years ago will show the post surprising results,TTlip,chilelren,4te..ol,:clad Burke. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1870 the uniform Is comfortable, appropriate and pretty,and the small sum allowed by law made to do it, all. Third—The House section changes the manner of settling and paying the accounts. At, present, and for three years past, all accounts,for education and maintenance are carefully examined and corrected by those familiar with ail the details of the , sysrem„and then paid by warrant, drawn directly upon the State Treasurer, signed by the Sunerintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, who thus becomes per sonally and officially responsible for their ac curacy. They are then taken to t General's Department, all receipted, and ac companied by affidavits as to correctness,&c., and again examined at leisure by him. Thus an error that escapes those who first exam ined thern is likely to be discovered and cor rected, by this second examination, and a com plete Check is re it upon them. The' State ,Treasurer is forbidden to pay warrants fora i•iitisegitent quarter until the bills for- the pre vious quarter are settled. • , This plan secures both accuracy and prOmpt-• ness—aecurady, because both parties, are re- PpOrlfli ble far their correctness, and prompt Tless, because payment is made after the first examination, though - errors if 'fonnd,'• are added to or subtracted froth: sitibiegbent The,proposed chane, •strangeto say, Lottes !that , the Auditor-General and . State 'Treasurer shall issue and pay warrants on ac counts, *which they themselves shall audit.. Thus every check is removed. The Superin tendent of Soldiers Orphans is relieved from reaponsibilitY,'ana parties that are not and Cannot possibly boas familiar with the facts are the only responsible parties, audit' 'they make an error there is no means of correcting it. It is difficult, indeed, to see 'wherein this could possibly be safer, while it is liable to great abuse, as well as tedious delays.. Fourth—lt proposeS to diseharge children at be age of 15 years. - Thus proposition is ruinous to the child, un wise as a measure of State . policy, derogatory to the' harader of our Commonwealth, and a clear violation of the contract. entered. into three years ago with those who upon the faith of the State entered into this work. -; It is well known and generally acknoiv a 'tad - • ~...•••al .47 atialr CV I . Cal &MAL itTo winch a child (without precocitp . can be es sald to possess sufficient strength of nund to have mastered thoroughlythe rudiments of a sound English edueation. This 'is certainly true of these neglected and destittite children. To discharge children from school and return them to their former associations earlier, will cause much of their previous education and training, to be ,lost, and many of them to fall hart: to early habits and vices. • Perinsylrania,having proelainied by Noleenn enactment three years ago that these children should receive " proper care, maintenance and clncation at the expense of the State until the age of sixteen years," and having after wards accepted• their guardia.n.ship, by legal indenture until that age, cannot abandon them Allier without dishonoring herself and bring ing disgrace upon her fair name. Flow can - Pennsylvania ' without dishonor, repudiate the, contract entered , into with the proprietors of these schools. .Their part of the rent - tact having been ftiltilled, will the State, because it bas the power to flu so. violate her part of it ? Is it any the le4s disgraceful to - violate a contract because one of . the contract ing parties appens to be a powerful State? To f•ha lige the system niaterially and giortett the tune will he to bring financial ruin upon '-very proprietor, every one or them having assurned heavy debts -----for the roots that cater soldiers' orphans, • received the plighted faith of the Commonwealth. For the ail ofligi; empowered the Superin tendent to contract "for the pr.oper care and maintenance and education, at the expense of the State, and until the age of sixteen years." lv also provided that all indentures should " be valid and binding upon the said mothersiguar ii - dians and next, friends, and also upon said orphans. until their arrival at the age of.six teen years." Would it be expected that when all the other parties were so firmly' bound, the State would teel any the less firmly bound, also ? It proposes to permit mothers or guardian% to take children out id' schools and receive one half the .sum allowed for , their education, though no guarantees whatever are required, no provision made for their in.spection, and no power to rescind the contract and remand the children hack to school if they are not properly cared for. • • N. E. CONFERENCE. SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS Vote on the 1 4 ay Delegation Question A. , Majority of 4,940 •-in Its Favor The Phibildelibhht Annual 'Conference. „_,„_,Lispesunakg. miten.te, thePhlin.• Evening Butletin.l POTTOVILILE, 'MATCH 17.-- , -The Conference assembleci:at , Si - .o'olook this morning. In the absenceief the Bishop, the Bev. Dr.. Win. Cooper ocenpieti the chair. Devotional ex eroiget, ,wert3 , comlneted - by the .Rev. Dr. Carroll. ' ' The Miro : vying. comMittees were announced : Freedttraiils`' Cause—Revs. J. J. 'Pearce ; W. • Major and- J. F. 'C•Voue.h. On 3femoriah on the death of Dr. McClintock—Revs. Bi H. Diirblu, D. D., G. D, Carroll. The following were continued as supernu merary Preachers:, Without 'Workßevs. J. Iliad, C. Jr. - Craeob_, EdwardS, A. Vitallace. With Worklieir. R Agars. ' • • The deaths of the , following Members were announced ,as • • occurring dining the• year: Revs. F. Moore, C. Walters, T. D.,Childs. • As superanartated preachers-,Rovs. .S. M. Cooper, J. W. Arthur, S. Patterson, P., Hal lowell, J. D... Long, S. C. Carlisle, J. CininoS. Tbe report of the Commission to adjust ques•• dons pending, between the two Conferences was' presented and adopted. • The call of the Stewards for collection' for the worn-out nvnisters was made. The collec tions are in advance of last year. The amonnt last year was $7,320,28. • Rev. P. E. Iders, reported the vote on Lay Delegation among the menibersaip as fol lows :—North Philadelphia diStrict, for, 1 ,859; against, 294—tinajority, 1,556. South Philadel phia district, for, 1,862;• against, 348—majority; 1,1114. •Central Philadelphia district, for, 1,614; against, 31;6—majority, 1,278. Harrisburg dis trict, for, 1,053; against, 461—majority, 02. Total, for, 6,409 ; against, I,4(Vt—majority, 4,940. The vote on Lay Delegation was thou taken among the' members, by calling the roll," re ng as follows :=For,. ; against, 17•nia jority, 110; absent, 32 • excused, 1. • The semi-centennial of the Rev. C. Cooke, D. D.4astor of the , Eleventh Street M., E. Church, of your city, will be preached on Sabbath afternoon next, prior to the ordi nation of Elders. FROM THE WEST. [By the American Press Aseociatiomi ILLINOIS. Discharge of Railroad Condaetors-..They are Charged with Enshesszlement. , Cmc.koo, March 17.—The Phicago and Ziorthwestern Railroad Company ' who have been watching, by the means of detectives, several of their conductors whom they had reason to believe were dishonest ) have 4/18- OUR IVIIOLE CI)MTRY. charged two of them for embezzlement. The Ccu,pany will not prosecute them. One of the discharged conductors kept his carriage and servants, and lived in first-class style. The railroads are recovering from the effects cf the late Snow storm, although some of the trains aresnowed in a few miles from this city. Anoouir snow Storm.77felegraph Wires We had another heavy snow storm last night, and the .Eastern telegraph wires are all down. , . AN /mulled and Itobbed.3 A gentleman was knecked down in front of his, residence last night by a slung shot. It appears, he had his hack before his residence, when two men stepped up and asked to take a ride. with him. tine of Wean struck him, and after felling him to the ground ; they sue eeeded.in robbing Lima• • 6 teighilnic--.41.1han 'thrown from a Sleigh 'The splendid sleighing on the avenue drew out an immense number of vehielei yeSterday. J.)uring the fast driving .a cutter was smaghed, and a gentleman who away in it Avas.liilled. Studetits,?l'hey are Suffer , • 114 g, Privation.. • . . The students in the . Batist Theologipal :.. . . Summery here are some'of them living on 11, dothir, a day,atid are.suflering privatiou for the lack of mCans. ' : • "- CoptOre of a Rioter. o'C r.A"*ll March 17.—Sam. Lynch, the ringleader of the stember Dubuque rioters,has been captured in Arkansas, awl a requisition has been sent to the Governer of that State tor his return. 01110. fesnage Suffrage. CoLityetts; Marco .17.—the minority report of the Committee 'or the House on the ques tion'orWoman Suffrage is adverse to the ex terision of the privilege of the ballot, setting forth that the responsible' duties of 'the male citizen, necessarily sthsttutted, entitle him only to the ballot, 194 . ,:q . ng5 .. , of the Lp says,. Auargr,itim Aaal Irlif6C 6.1111e11,1111C1111 A'bill passed the Senate,yesterday to repeal the law...prescribing a .penalty for casting a rote by any perAon not a 'free white male citizen, or receiving such a'Vote. A 'resolution relative to the extradition laws was•adepted. In the House, resolution to submittlie suffrage amendment Was lost by a vote of LO ayes to 'O4 noes. Ilisgracetul. Scene in City . Couneil—The President Wishes io Adjonrn.....A Sahati. tote in the Chair. • CINCINNATI, Mara 11.—A di.sgraceful scene occurred in the City Council meeting,"yester day afternoon. The Tresident of the council was suspected of purposely, effecting an ad journment. so as to avoid plie transaction, of slime businet , s. The members became in censed, And placed a substitute in, the chair, and resolved. npon baying a Second xneetin,g. The President's rulinggs and remarks on , the occasion were not deemed werthy.to be placed on the records. " ; • The celebration of SL P.atricies day will be participated in by numerous, delegations from the principal citiesand tewns within a radius of one hundred miles; but tho slippery condi tion of the streets and the inteme cold will doubtless quite change the character of the lii;t4Tay. Cold Weather Again ...A Flood Appro. The wind set in northwest last night, and blew intensely cold. The mercury this A. d. was 26 degrees. Pedestrianism is very diffi cult, and a p metier' of.persems Lave had their limbs broken by • falls. The wind is 'veering this morning, and more snow is threatened. The . fieaviness of the fall throughout the Fk.sit twenty-four hours gives rise to apprehensions of a serious Hood. Industrial Exhibition-qt-Granddilsplay . The Chamber of Commerce and Board. of Trade have el?.cted representatives to effect a permanent organization for the Industrial Exhibition, to be held in October next. Pre .l>arations are' to be made for the grandest ex tibition of manufacturers' products and the arts ever held in the West. The Cincinnati and_Chattaneoga Bail The trusteed of the Cincinnati and Southern Railroad, whoso.names were embodied in the Senate bill to incorporate the Cincinnati and Chattanooga Railroad by John Sherman, lave notified the author of the incompatibility of such a pibition with the appointment now held with the Ferguson Railroad bin, and'de to have their names withdrawn. National Saugerfest-••Contribationa Sent. The, preparations for the National Sanger fest are actively going,on. The Arlon of the West, of St:Louis,have sent contributions for: forty musicians. The Swiss Itlannerchor, of Chicago ; the FrOlisinn, of Louisville, and vocal sections of the Schiller :Ind Concordia Societies,' have submitted correspondence to the Central Committee. 0.31 A,, arch 17.—:The storm ceased about three - o'clock yesteiday. It had, continued - without intermission abont, seventy hours: The river is again closed, and a large number of the pp agsengers Alelayed,here by the storm crossed in Safety ou theice. All the'railroads leading out .from hero will be in good working order to -day., Delay olribePaciiie Railroad Trait's. . Trains on the Union Pact& Railroad, yes terday, were Slightly delayed. but were mostly on time for the West. There are a large num ber of passengers bare to go West. • The SlOllll it Severe One. Despatches from all mats west of here show that the storm has ceased and it is now clear and cold. It has been the most severe storm of this winter, although we have had but a light fall td* snow. liEoßz.tc, lgareb it-The laborers on the Government canal hate quit work and struck for an advance (Without twelve per cent. on their USges. New Nailroad--Vote Agaiiuct Givfax a BOLUS. ST, Mare)), 17.—St.. Anthony's voted yesterday against giving a tonus of 1:4;0,000 to the Minnesota and Western Railroad Com pany.. :NI inneapolis ' voted last week to give NPu;000 to thiS company. INDIANA. Lltigatiola Against a County Officer. INDIANAPOLIB, March 17.. The Attorney- General of the State is about to commence Proceedings against. the: Auditor, of Marion county, for relosing to place upon the tax du plicate the 40 per cent. Increase which was di rected by the State notird of Equalization, in their session last July: The 40 per tent. tax would make the appraised value of farthing land in-Marion county $62 20 per acre, while in CrpWn county it is only $44 12. The suit will probably commence in n short time, and will, no doubt be appealed to the. Supreme Court. , —Hortense Schneider will sing ;this spring at:Berlin, V;len,na and Florence., , -The iripg of N'eurtemburg is, Oa, groates,t beer-guszlor witong tho sovoro4ol4 of Giv. WARY. The Effects of the Storm. DOWIL and ItAiled. nature ---The Extradl bt Poitrliek'N Daly. I.ended. Expected. road Hill. IifEBRAISKA. *he Stalin nt,niti End. lOWA. Strike of Laborers. MINNESOTA. ~...,. THE MISSING STEAMERS. More Facts and Conjecturek Concerning the City of Boston. The N. Y. Times contains the following: A Report of Overloadlot. One thing which has tend 6d to increase the anxiety respecting the Safety of the steamer —if anything could add to the approhensicins regarding ber—was the despatch from Lou don, printed yesterday, to , the effect that . in the House of Commons, on Mareh Ir 4 "Sir J. Pakington said it was reported, that the City of Roston left America loaded twenty lushes deeper than the underwriters allowed. He gave notice that he' should aSk. the Gov ernment to inform the Home if thernwas any truth in this report.l , • ; • phis statement Mr. Dale, the. agent in this City,' emphatically declares to be- untrue;, . The cargo of the ship was as tbilows : 300 tons of lice, 200 harrelS of flour, 48(l hales.oli cotton, . 011eaSes of sewing-machines,. 1R tons' 'of oil - cake; 88,500 pounds of flour, 189,700 pounds of bae0n,.10,370 pounds of wheat, 14 bales of varieties, 82,672 pounds of tallow, andtinbales of hops. , „ Description of tbe Vessel. The City of Boston, A 1, bolonging to Lisrer pool, was built in 186-1, at Glasgow, and sur rued in New York is 1869. Bha was of iron, and her draught was twenty-two feet. She left Halifax without any, defect in, her ma chinery, and had plenty of provi.sibna board. l'he Gale She Probably Eneetrotered. ApaMenger who Went. over i n the Russia, which left here on Feb; 2, when the City of Boston had been fotir days out, says in 'a com muhication to tbe Louden Times: We heard of no• heavy gales on that side at that time, arid for the first two or three days of. our voy age we found the sea smooth and the sailing fine—DO BigliS whateVer of previous • bad weather; But afterward it . becanie very rough. Burin. the latter half if It ,* • • •• beset by a most ugly; teinpeituous sea--such an one, a 8; in four previous passages across the Atlantic, I .had •not known• The wind was ahead, and continued so up to the very port of Liverpool.. W wore constantly shipping the most tremendous ,seas, and our noble vesSel, Strong and steady , and , magnificent as Sni he is, soeed yet put 'to her 'ut most resources. to hold her position. It was, indeed, a stormy time, and instead of making the passage in nine days, as is, usual with the Russia, we. Were elgven. 'We were all grate ful enough, however; to get through as WS 'did. I .have ,no doubt that this was the weather from which the City of Boston suf fered. Indeed we heard apprehensions ,pressed for her safky the first moment of our arrival, at Liverpool. She probably encciun— teretYthe storm 'several 'days bethre we audit may then have been even more vi.olent. can - not imagine how a,' vessel 'Could 'make her way through such a sea without being. very strong and, perfect in all her parts. there was any Weak spot in her machinery 14 Must inevitably haVe succhnibed. lf, tlaert fore, 'the steering aPpartitits' of the City of Boston was defective, a.sls alleged, she was no doubt `disabled by this weather, and luny be lost." !Me Era.y be Sole Yeit. A correspentlent of the HalifaX Chronicle, writing in referenceto the City of Boston, says : "If 'the Roston's shaft has snapped off short,' and, is irreparable, she will have a huge sixteen foot propeller to• drag, and to,whieh there is no lifting-gear to take it out of the water. Although ship-rigged, she will not r Fireail more than the sail area of the' Forest king, a vessel one-third her siie, and cannot possibly make such headway with the screw dragging. • The City of Durham has the best chance of finding her down abont the Western Islands. She, of course,,will take her in tow, • and our first intelligence will probably be by telegram from 'Lisbon ' carried 'there, by the West India mail-boats, but if on e day too late no other chance occurs for fourteen days by the Brazil mail steamer. Ido 'not know the dates of their arrival at Southampton, so as to say when to expect news. The stern bearings and water-tight bidlthead (in.the event of ac cident to the shaft) are so secure that there is not the remotest pos,ibility of a repetition of the London's disaster." IVO 'Tidings of the Samaria. Tip to a late hour last evening no tidings had been 'received of the Cunard steamer Sa maria, which left Liverpool on the 'l6th ult., and Queenstown on the day following, for this port. In view of the fact, however, that sne has been out eiglneen, days; while the Smidt was out ftirty-nine days, there is ground . for hopes of her safety.' The Sama.ila is a first-class screw steamer of abont '2,400 tons. register; and is only two years old. She is commanded by Captain Harrison, and bears two hundred passengers and a general cargo] of small merchandise. t On previous trips she, has been as king as fourteen days in crossing: the ocean, and the insurance, .couipanies terested say that they have not the least fears for hersafetv. ' • Atwater Vessel PrObably Lost. • Grave' fears are entertained concerning the safety of the iron-clad steamer Triumto (for merly the rebel ram Atlanta), which left Phila.- delphia for Port-au-Priuce early in December last. She has never beau signaled by:any other vessel, and up to a recent date had not arrived at the port of,' her destination. She was the property or the Harlan Government, and was officered entirely by Amerieans. One hundred and twenty person§ were . on board, including two Ilaytian Senators and the wife of the commanding officer. Although there seems to be littleprooni for doubt as to her loss, It by no means follows that her passen gers have perished, as they, might have been picked up by sailing vessels bound on long voyages. . • CUBAN MATTEIBIL Oppoettlont to Anhemition to the United !States. - • • ,A Hatana letter-writer says : 'The correspondence of Gen. 11°1611'h:1s been captured near Villa, Clara, The documents contain a great deal •of interesting informa tion about the insurrection, proving beyond a doubt that Frederic° Cavada has gone to the Camaguey to assume the chief generalship of the Cubans,and also that artua anti aunnunitio,n, and especially , Clothing, are very scarce. But the item of the highest importance is contained in the letters of Antonio Hurtado del Valle and Gen. Salome Hernandez to Gem Carlos Roloff, announcing that they have formed in. dependent clubs for • , • , Opposition 10 Alansoxation. They, are to oppose annexation to the. United States under any circumstances. Valle is very bitter, and as the representative of the Cinco Villas in the Cuban Congress, complains that a small minority in the Camaguey Works in favor of and organizes'clulS favoring, annexa tion. Mr. Valle says it would be an net of cowardice to favor annexation to the United States ; this would merely be an exchange from the domination of's,'rettun nation to that of another and stronger ope,thus blighting , tho hopo -- iif country and people, What have the United StateS done' for. us? says Gen.' Valle. They have taken our money, for arms and ammunition; they have detained our exPe• 'ditioni and cruisers; have not even recog nized 'us as belligerents,as the Spanf.duatrieri .caultepublice have done. One. independent • glub,,opposing 'annexation, and working to kill oil', the . annexation scheme, 'ha; 'already, been organized, with - ,4diiardo.'igaeinide,,OPL U ' no'. Coca, Gon,Marcos Qarol4 ,and uen• F. L FETLIFIISION. Pabliski PRICE THREE OENTS. • . Valle as leaders. Gen.Valle'vvrites to German, "I am the representative off the rich Olneilo4' Villas ; and have neither clothes nor money." This, however, is nothingin comparison to the , plain and frank avowal of Valle to oppose au-" nexation and his dislike of .Ainerica.. Valle merits the thanks of every American for his' opposition 'to. annexation, lie thus proving himself the greatest• friend of the United States, as the annexation of Cuba,' with . fts preseet population, habits and cunnlns, would' be of incalculable damage to America 'and Americans. If they can gain their indepen denee themselves, remain by theineelves and ger, , ern' themselves, either aceonding , ' the Bpanish-Arrierlean way or, any Wafer,' it Is quite Sdifferent affair. Cubafcir thetetithane and Ametica for the Americans! Ease .01UB. -I PIURIGI4I. /ANDS. , cfr Extesit and' Value...• Few hare any itist - conception '9l tau }met- IEICSR of the- public 'thainain'oY the United States; , Tlie whole; 'pricer to, the Alaak , a4! pity chase, , embraced • r • An ar e a .. 1,446,716,072 itereo. The Russian pprehhAe......... 309i529,600, hares. Grand . .. . ..... 816 2 . 40 tl 7 2'ae'res, or more than 2,887,882 anflare miles. ,Thereg• have beenrgranted, out of , for sundry purposes, as follows: , „ To purchasers 'and • boracite:id set- , t1er5........ .. • ' 165,001,3 W -4 For military,servioeti .. For agricultural colleges... •••••••:- • • ••• 6,306,476;0 For railroad and other internal • provernents ' 39,1417.065'. For schools and universittes."....:... 690136,81=- To States as Swamp , For Indians.:..:... . ... 13,280,0,- For other( purposes—public • build- • • • lugs, salines, &0., &c. • 4.: 12,456;767 Tot4l '41.2,638,262 . Arid.. yet,,tbut mule than. , royal bou.nty, or the Cioveinnient - bas not destroyed the public doinain'tbus given ; tint,: like the' . spateti 'books of Ale . bil the _i• • • •• • •• • • '. • ------ --- • this liberal policy of givini away, has hecm.. more valuable than the whole Was before. Iy . hag been a • donation. that has enrichedtbe donor; and, more than anything beside, in connection, :with !Our free .- go*fernmeht, has madiLits a ricb, populous and prosperotts na. In'round - imbibers; 500,000,* acres haya been sure eYed,and more than 100,000;000 haws- , been disposed of; - and yet there reMaitied,'On the 30th of June,lB6B; 1,400;360,078 acres un sold, or Moro than 2,195,000. r square miles. Since that time, large grants have, been made; inaidof the magnificent systennof Pacific Nail-,! ways and other pprpoges, perhaps - to the ex tent of ico,o9o,oooacres. :This great and.beneti cent policy of:t he Government has bqund With.:. hands stronger than iron the Whole Republic. it LILY Opened and is opening vast regions for' Settlement in the• interior of otir empire, prepared highways ,for emigration_ . from Europe, Asia'and Africa to people and supplied‘them -with churches and schools, colleges • and universities,' railitadV.;catialkli and telegraphs—with all, the' .elements !or , a. rapid and healthy growtbn in...material wealth and Christian civilization. , AS before tilloiyu, we had, on the 30th Jung, ibtiS, about 1,400,000,000 'acres unsold., insignificant in View of this imperial dorniiin are 10000,000 acres:' granted in aid of other great lines of 'railways .and •catials needed for the full development of our immense • natural resources, and fur the establishinsent of lines of • iron steamships that shall make our commence.. whiten every sea, and the power and enter prise of the United States be acknowledgdd in every part of the world—not for cone tiestand oppression, but for enlightenment, for liberty and Christian civilization. , Guard these grand donations to' the peoPle , , for great enterprises, for railways, canals, steamship lines and telegraphs: . with tivady preeaution to secure their use, tbr the public good, and the troth of the old proverb will•be viudicated—" There is that scatteretli,.aud yet inaketh rich; there is that and yet tentleth to poverty."-L-.Y. Y. Tribune. TUE*Ari tilsk; tipt"riii 13 31 A,li3r -- ; )64 mirE Responsibility of Engßind. By telegram from London we Mara that in.- answer to an inquiry made in the }louse •• ort Commons on Monday last, Mr. Otway, ittuder, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs stated: that-no claim could be made against England., arising from the capture of the Ainerfcan lid Mary - Lowell, nasm uch as she was capttirett'' tal the high seas, and not in British waters. The reply may prove a satisfactory , one to, the member of Parliament ho' Made the' quiry ; but inasmuch as the tact IiAS bcien Pah--; hely stated that the Governor of the Bahama: Islands, shortly, after thp capture of this yes sel,forwarded'to the. British Foreign : Office aftidaVits of both AmeriCan citizens and, British ofticers,who were On board at that time of the seizure in'the harbor of Ragged lslainLin which they Stated that the vessel was at-the time of capture within. a, miles- and: a quarter of the .suore, that she was in, _ cba-rge of the Collector of that port,•and, that hatchess were at that tune sealed with, his official seal, we preSurue, that, Mr., Otway's. reply will scarcely satisfy, either thp owners or the Mary'LoWell or our &ate Denartmenia. • • There can be nolimstion but that the Britisk Foreign Office has been purposely 'lMpt Mks.. informed of the real Met& The steamer. Lilian put into .Nassawitt,Oete,.. her last in distress, ha.ving rim. short of, mid. The coal was refused, anti she was ,ordered tok leave port within twelve hours. N.gb . being, fitted for sailing, the captain was fhiceddiaget Up steam by burning his cabin, and other fur niture; By good luck he managed to. get out of British waters, a: distance (Amore than fear miles frezu shore and. while in the act of cool.: ing on the high seas, the, sohoonera.whielt. were supplyinghim, with , the , rcquisite, Nei were captuzed and.toived by s 13titish ticineof, war into Nassait.'•The Lilian 'Was ObligiA to, return to that port, Where, alai' beingi again' refused,' She , and her .valuable cargo •. were seized and, condemneiL The plea; , was that §he; was coaling in British waters. The extent of. British jurisdiction in 'colo nial waters appears to be conveniently elastic. ln.the case of the Mary Lowell, it did not: covera distance of a mile and a quarter from. shore; in that of the Lilian it extended con, siderably beyond the orthodox marine league. British colonial authorities are usually impe cunious retired officers of the army or nary,;, and of course the lion's share of the pri••4o-, money Nils to them.—X. Y. Sun. TURKEY AND RUSSIA. Arc! the Turks Yreparlug for War The 3.l<meow Gazate, in a letter from its Clan stantinople correspondent, expresses great alarm at the Turkish artnammts t sa4s. that Turkey has ordered :MAO breech-lorAT.s,, in America, and eight new iron-clads in' ; 340 itn io to then eleven she already possesses, and',the four which she is to get fromthe Nicbto:V;of Egypt. " What," asks the It us shim imperil; evt, be the object of the Porte in thus increasing ita naval to t e e ,s ? It is eartainly not any iLinger from the side of Greece or of, Egypt,. to Turkt!T hies ;tlready triutnphed cewr, both with, out have fig r. course to such 'lnetp.s, It he admitti:d that ber - tirrnamont'i aro caused by the inteutidn of rest hint? the fir) ti of the Western Powertv in . cad() of need. The real reason of her ektraordinary activity Is that sho wishes to threaten our;pouts on the tthwla Sea; which are not otsly.disstatiried, but cannot even be protected,by tatsnfalket,thatilla, while the Tut kiSh irouclu i dsa;tin, vuecgssary, appear it; tvrentY•fattiMilts Itekore . o(l4l Or 4elamto , , • , I' ,
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