OFSIRJESS NOTICES. i .Sfclnvrap <£ Sons’ •RAND FQUAKE AND tTPRIOIIT PIANOS •caeral reduction hi prices in accordance with tbo do •lfete in the premium on gold. i lifeinwty A Sons manufnctnro also an entirely new stylo of instrument termed the , scnooii PIANO. , Precisely the same In rino, scale, interior mechanism and workmanship as their highest priced 7 ootave abacs, in a perfectly plain, vet oxcoeillngly noat ox* fcilor case, which are offered to those wlio desire to C Mess a first-class' 1 Stoinway Piano," yet arc limited means, at Tory low prices. o|Mial also cirtjod to Stain way & Sons’ now PAfiCNT'UPBionTTIAW, With Double Iron Frnmo, Patent Resonator, Tnbr.lar ■fetal Frnmo Action, Ac.* which are matchless in .tono •»dtouch,And unrivalled in durability. ■hr cry Pianoforte 1b warranted for nvo yearß. •Kanos to rent* and old Pianos takon in exchange. CHARLES BLABIUS, bolo Agent for tho Bate of Eteiimay A Sons’,world-renowned Pianofortes. mbWtfJ Warorooms, 1006 Ohestnntstreet. Rteck irCo.’B Grand, Square and •PrigbtPi.no.. Pianos to rent. fefift§ . . Ho, 923 Chestnut stroot. EVENING BULLETIN. Friday, April 1, 1870. K7= Our advertisers have encroached so ■pon our space to-day, that wo are obliged to change the positions of several departments of leadirg matter, as well as a number of adver tisements. BEVIW AT THE ACADEMY. As to the right of the Directors of the Academy of Music to admit or refuse whom' they will to their house, there can be very little question. As to the extraordinary taste and judgment which prompts them to shut their doors to a Senator of the United States, on ac count of his color, there will be still less diver sity of opinion in this community. The Direc tors of the Academy of Music are not bigoted Irish Democrats, to whom the Fifteenth Amendment is, as jet, a bewildering mystery. They are gentlemen, like John Gilpin, “of credit and renown,” enterprising, liberal, culti vated gentlemen. And yet they have, per suaded themselves that it is “expe dient” to exclude Senator Revels from their stage! They refuse him permis sion to make an address before the peo ple of Philadelphia. They are afraid that colored people will go to hear him. There is scarcely any kind of public performance that has not been witnessed on /the stage of the Academy of Music, religious or profane. The most indecent'forms of opera bovffe did not shock the.sensibilties of these politic directors. All the odds and ends of circus shows and other ■extravaganzas have been freely admitted within its refined precincts. The Academy has been devoted to nearly every conceivable object, ex cept the one for which it was built; but sud denly the management has been shocked al most into a paralysis by the suggestion that a distinguished United States Senator,, whose maiden speech in the Senate Chamber crowded its galleries with as -quiet and well-behaved an Audience as ever assisted the Directors of "Be Academy in their patronage of the leg-drama, should speak from ttaeir immaculate stage! We feel sorry for the gentlemen of the di rection of the Academy of Music. Their ideas •of Philadelphia sentiment are so hopelessly be hind the times, that pity, rather than indigna tion, is excited by their action. We know of no elass in this community, of any grade of so ciety, that will not repudiate the narrow and short-sighted policy of these geutlemen...There ’ is scarcely a private drawing-room in Philadel phia where Senator Revels would not be re ceived with courtesy and respect; certainly no ether public hall that would be closed against . him. Philadelphia, fortunately, has put herself too clearly and too high on the record, to have , her good name affected by this foolish blunder -of the Directors, of the Academy, and we drop the subject, tendering to those gentlemen our sincere condolence. THE TAX FRAVD. •Councils did their whole duty, yesterday, iu their unanimous denunciation of the disgrace ful -fraud perpetrated upon tbe Governor and the people of Philadelphia, at Harrisburg, last week. Now what do our Philadelphia mein 'bers mean to do about this matter? Messrs.' Connell and Henszey bare com-, xnitted themselves in the Senate, and Messrs. Ilong and Stokes in the House, in defence of this extremely ugly business, and we do not hesitate to say that the Republican party of Philadelphia is bound to mark this proceeding ■with its severest reprobation.' Senator .Connell ie an able and experienced legislator, and, in .many respects, can be ill spared from Harris hurg. The other gentlemen can easily be ■pared, to, make way for citizens incapable of lending themselves to such a fraud as this. It » peculiarly Senator Connell’s duty to take the 'initiative in repealing this bill, and so reinstate himself in tbe good opinion of his friends and .eonstituenis. Neither he, nor any man living, is strong enough before the - people, to carry the burden of this transaction. It is a bad busi ness, and must pe undone before tire Logisla ■tnre adjourns, or it will most certainly undo -every one connected with it. Tbe people of Ihe Eighth and Sixteenth Representative Dis ■toicts cannot and will not endorse the wretched ■aisconduct of the men whom they have sent 40 Harrisburg, and they will be left at home, whether they -contrive to secure re-nomiuations ■•r not. - And-the Senatorial Districts will take the same high stand. , The Chairman of the Finance Committee or Councils, Mr. Bardsley, made a bold and thorough exposition of this whole affair, yes terday afternoon, and he deserves the thanks of Aie community for doing so. Although this monstrous fraud has now been notorious for nearly a week, has been tliiesubject of legislative discussion, of a mes sage from the Governor, and tbe unanimous action of both branches of Councils, the Evening Bulletin and the Post are the only Bepublican papers that have had the independ ence to expose and denounce the wrong and to demand its redress. Newspapers making greatpretensions to independence,like the Presx and others that are begging from door to door, ; eommon mendicants for public patronage, like the Inquirer aud Evening Telegraph, are as dnmb as oysters, in the presence of one of the . glaring frauds ever perpetrated upon this ,community. Such subservience is as sure, to be understood and despised by those whose immediate favor this silence is intended to buy,TM it is to be appreciated by the public generally, whoso vast majority desires to sus tain every honest and fearless effort to expose And collect the corrupt practices that are work ing such mischief to Philadelphia and to the fitaie at large. A BONE OF CONTENTION. f W 1 !?® ftb wfSutojtipii; of; San Doßqlngo, the readjustment of the tariff, the reghkdioh of Moiimonism, the recognition of Cuba, the dub-, lie buildings of Philadelphia, and Methojdist lay representation, together with other sub jects, “ too numerohs to mention,” constitute favorite,"hopes of contention, there,is • onb of , these osteological. battle-fields to which iwe youldinvite the attention of the antiquarian, the historian, the scientist, the poet and the scholar. These classes get little, pabulum‘out of those, —to them,—stupidly dry hones which absorb the attention of the forum , and the church. Their favorite hunting-grounds Are the dusty- Past. Their bones must be gatney with age, and crisp with ancient dust, before they are lit to be broiled on the gridiron of their scholastic feasts. With our best coniplr inents to the savants, we tender them a bone, after their dear old old hearts. ! There is a well-known game, called “Twenty Questions.” Everybody knows it, and it Iherefore needs no lengthy explanation. The point is for one party to ascertain, by a scien tific process of exhaustive questions, what the thing is which has been agreed upon by the opposite party. It is a game capable of high scientific development, and, in the hands of skilful artists, there is a probably no object in Nature, Art, History or Romance that cannot be elicited by twenty questions, fairly an swered. Sometimes fierce battles grow out of the game, for it is one of the ’ happy peculiari ties of our human nature to extract the ele ments of contention from all the sweets of life. These battles usually arise over the question of the legitimacy of the selected object, or of the correctness of some of the answers. Thus we knew of a fashionable watering-place being convulsed, a few years ago, over the question whether the hole in the wall, throngh which Pyramns and TliiBbe talked, belonged to the mineral king dom or not. Parties were organized, and the strife ran higher than the breakers on the neighboring shore. The contending factions, true to ,the universal order of things, alike re fused to be convinced, and, when the season broke up, the Twenty-questioners , scattered through the country so many zealous mission aries of their mineral and atmospheric doc trines. We believe dispute has not been settled to this day, But we are only sharpening jthe appetites of ohr savants by this delay. We are tantalizing them by holding onr bonne bouche above their heads, while we excite their hunger with our revival of the memories of their ancient feasts. Now here is our bone. It is the hone of Old Motlier Hubbard. There; do not all snap at It at once. It looks like a very simple bone, at first sight. Bnt consider it a little. ; History tells ns that “ Old Mother Hubbard Went to her cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone ; When she got there, The.cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none.” No one can deny that that bone has an im portant place in historyr It has come down, from age to age, an unimpaired tradition, as unchallenged as the pumpkin of Cinderella, tlie roc’s egg of the Arabian Mghts, or the Trojan horse. There is no element of irn- probability about it. The visit of tbe venera ble lady, prototype of the Women’s Branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to her cupboard; nay, the very ex istence of the cupboard itself, and the evident surprise whieh fell upon the kind hearted dame and her faithful companion, upon discovering the barren condition of the larder; all these go to prove the existence of' our hone. Would Mother Hubbard have wasted her precious time, or wearied her ancient legs in going to her cup board, had she not had good reason to believe that the desired bone was there? Is it not most probable that she was in the habit of keeping bones in that cupboard, for the de lectation of her dog? Can we not see, in our mind’s eye, the confident wag of his expressive tail, as she opens the familiar door, and the desponding droop of that extremity as she an nounces that “ the cupboard is bare?” Ami yet, was there really ever such a thing as this bone at all ? History speaks of it, but only to record its non-existence. “ The cup board was bare!” The smallest osteologic fragment would have been detected, if not by the parabolic glasses of Mistress Hubbard, cer tainly by the keen scent of the hungry dog. But no bone was there. A field of speculation. as wide as space itself, opens before the arche- ological and philosophic mind. There may never have been any bone there. If there was, what manner of bone was it? Who had stepped in, between ' tbe . benevo lent purpose of tlie venerable Hubbard and tbe satisfying of the reasonable appetite of her favorite pet? If there was no such bone, what is the inference as to the charac- ter of Mother Hubbard, as a provident aud thrifty housekeeper? What becomes of the cherished traditions of every civilized nursory? If Jdother Hubbard’s bone has no existence, it needs but another latal step of the skeptic to sweep away the pie of Horner, the bowl of the three Gothamites, or the errant flock of Little 80-peep. We merely indicate some of the salient points of this most admirable bone of contep- tion. Our only object is to invite the attention of the learned to a theme which must interest all who have a reasonable , love for, abstract disputation. We do not mean to forestal public opinion by giving our own views upon the mooted question, but we solicit from the Historical, tbe American Philosophical, the Numismatic and Antiquarian Societies, the Academy of Natural Sciences and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, iogether with the large circle of citizens and citizenesses who are interested in the game of “Twenty Questions,” a full expression of their views upon this important,topic. Along with the cry of “Down with the Taxes,” people should raise that of “Dewn ; with Hotel Fares.” There are few if any hotels that have lowered their prices since the war times, when gold was at its highest and atl expenses were enormous. The watering places that announce a reduction during the coming summer will ho sure to have the fullest and heaviest run of visitors. One watering piace hotel, that used to charge $4 or $4 50 per day, is said to he going to charge only s!i 50 next season; hut until this is formally advertised it cannot be relied on. When will THE DAILY EtfeNING BULCE'tTO—PHILAPIIfiIPHiA, FltTfiA if T APttft.' ylftk Loans and Discounts , Overdrafts U. B. Bonds tosocurt* Circulation Other 6tocks, Bonds and Mortgages Due from Redeeming and Reserve Agents. l>ue from-otber National Ranke Due from other Banks and Bankers Banking-house Other Real Estate Current Expenses Taxes paid Cash Items, including stamps . Excbangea-fer-Clearlng House Bills of other National Banks Fractional Currency. including Nickels.... Specie, via.: Coin.. Legal Tender Notes Three Per Cent. Certificates.*. Capital Stock paid in 41,500,000 00 Surplus Fundr. - 750.001) 00 Dinconnt 132,164 79 Interest 707 jq Profit.and Logs— 27,31] gy National Bank Circulation outstanding 1,000,000 00 Individual Deposits 3,401,895 82 Cashier’ll Checks outstanding. Toller's Duo Bills Dne to National Banks,.. Dus to other Banks and Bankers. State of Pennsylvania, . County of Philadelphia, ss: 1.8. B. COMKGYB, Cashier of the Philadelphia-Na tional Bank, do solemnly swour that tlie above stiito. ment is true te tho best of my knowledge and belief B. B.COMEGYS, Cashier. Rnbscrlbedand sworn to before me, the thirtieth day of March, 1870. 1 Correct. Attest— ffW HEKKNESS'S BAZAAR, ZCA NINTH AND BANSOIH STREETS EXECUTOR’S BALE OF AN EXTRAORDINARY FAST TROTTING DOUBLE TEAM W 4 ON SATURDAY MORNING NEXT at 10 o’clock, at the Bazaar, will bo Bold, without ro- M*ve, belonging to the estatOof George Bockiu*, Em., decoasod. a pairof valuable Sorrel Horace (homo am? mare).will be separated; about 15 hands high, lone tail*- well known on tun road, and believed to Co omi «f Lh« fastest double teams In the city. n 01 Mw *: —ALSO,— A Top Buggy Wagon i by Dunlap. A «>t of Double Harness, by Phillipe. One Sleigh, lot Horeo Covers and Blanket*. be eeon at Hoiee’e Stables, Race street, below Twelfth. ALFRBD M.HERKNESH, mh3o-3trp§ __ Auctioneer. Flne fkenoh and English notes and Envelopes.—New etylen; ntaniped with or piaiu iiiitiald, without extra charge. lfc W. G. BERRY,Stationer, iph3t 3trp|J _ . 728 Arch Mtrcnt flPifk ISAAC GRIFFITH, DENTIST, the- hotels, of Philadelphia ~ adapt them selves to the new situation, and" redaee their fares? - \"• -wV'‘ .M-. 1 Dbttbbs From the East,— it is known to many of otfr readers that a party of clerioal gentlemen from Philadelphia are now making a tour to the Holy Land and other foreign parts. The party comprises the Rev. Dr. New ton, Rev. Dr. March, Bey, Charles D. Cooper, and the Rev. J. W. Claxton. We shall com mence., to-morrow, the publication of a series of-familiar letters from one of the party, which, though not intended for publication, are so graphic and ihtercsting that they have been placed at onr disposaUfor the benefit pf the many friends of the several members of this Oriental parly. The firm of Clark & Biddle,llM Chestnut street, according to an announcement in another column, is changed to “Robbins, Clark & Biddle,” having been;re-inforced by making a partnership with Mr. Jeremiah Robbins, for many years a member of the firm of Bailey & Co. Such an accession will be a great advantage to one of the best and most enterprising young houses in Philadel phia. For Soles of Beni Estate, StocbH. Eoan-s, Furniture, Machinery, Books, Engravings, Ac,, see Thomas A Sons’ advertisements and catalogues. CLOTHING. We are Ahead of all Competition AHEAD OF ALL COMPETITION, In Immenslty'of Spring: StocK, In Excellence of Spring Material, In Variety of Spring Patterns, In Durability of Spring Fabrics, In Elegance or Spring Suits For Boys For Hen For Youths For the Street For Lade Fot Little Boys For Week Day. For Large Boys Q For Every Day, 'For Stout Men g For Stormy Days. For Healthy Men "JJ For Sunshiny Days .For Business Men J For Rainy Days. For Active Men rjl For Blustering Days For aB Good Men g For Spring Days. All our Goods are reduced To meet the present GOLDEN VIEWS of the public. RATES DOWN as GOLD is DOWN. Our vast stock of Ready-made Clothing is ready for you. Our incomparable variety of Foreign and American Cassimeres in our Custom Depart ment on the Second Floob, ready to be made up to lit yon, at the shortest notice and the Lowest Prices. Come and see the Goods at our NEW PUBLICATIONS AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL. A JV T cto Book, by the author of “ Little Women ” NOW BEADY. The Publishers announce with pleasure a new book, by Miss Alcott, the popular authof of "Little Women.” It is called AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL, ns in contrn-distinctlou to the fashionable city gill. ” Polly,” the old-fashioned girl, i» an embodiment of what n young lady should -bo who is brought up under the care of well-to-do parents in the country. “ Fanny” ifift pictnreof a young lady, educated in a similar way in the city ; and the moral of tho story lies in the differ ence between the two lives. “ Tom,” the hero,—well, it is enough to say of him that all the girts will be as des perately fascinated with him as with tho “jolly ” Laurie oi “ Little Women.” ” An Old-Fashioned Girl” is eomplete in ono volume, with illustrations; and matches, in niifo and stvit*. “ Little Women ” nnd “ Hospital Sketches.” For sale at wholesale price by PORTER & COATES. 822 CHESTNUT STREET nih3o 3t| . BANK STATEMENTS Keportof the condition of the PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL BANK at tbe clone of busincsii, Murcli 24,1870 : BEbOUnCEB, LIABILITIES, JOSEPH BIjtOBSTON, Jr.„’ Notary Public. J. L. ERRINGKU, GEORGE WHITNEY, GEORGE W. HEARS, ; Di rectors. g For the House. jp For the Store. J For Sunday. *3,-*67,311 01 1,150,000 00 159,400 00 63,630 IS 112,671 li 28,327 49 160,000 00 100 00 31,908 70 12,922 10 6,660 89 492349 33 78,666 00 3,913 30 683,039 80 607,768 00 420,000 00 %7,468,252 7-1 75,994 60 438,840 71 77,73/ 84 $7,469,262 74 NOs 333 N, Tenth fltreet SECOIVjD , SEjiITVG- BECEPTIOIV <- --f i ' v Ur: -• V; b>v,. CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT. ;On Tuesday, April Sth, JOHN WANAMAKER .Will receive his friends, customers, and the public, and afford them on opportunity IMPORTATIONS AND MANUFACTURES •18 and 820 Chestnut Street, J Philadelphia. ) GRAND INAUGURATION HOMER, COLLADAY & GO. ABE NOW OFFERING MAG NIFIC EN T STOCK DRESS GOODS, SILKS, ETC., Replete with all the CHOICEST NOVELTIES oi this season, together with liARO E INVOICES of desirable goods purchased in this market for Cash at ASTONISHINGLY LOW RATES. H., C. & CO. conclude that ft is only neoessary to quote a few of their offerings as an index of the prices at which this BUPERB STOCK will be disposed of, to insure an early call. Handsome Doable Width Chene JIo. bain*, 371-2 Cents. Doable-fold Foulard Hohalrs, 45 Cents. Double-fold Norwich Poplins, t in the pew light shades, 06 Cents. Hoyle’s Yard.wlde English Prints, 25 Cents. Printed Satin Cloth, a new article for the house or Walking Costume, 30 Cents. , One ease of the Finest Organdies im- ported, 40 Cents, Ileal Scotch Ginghams, In all colors, 20 Cents. ■A lot of, Thin Goods, of last, season’s Importation . will be cleared oat at mm 0 1-4 to lb 3-4 Cents. a OFPERING :• @ © J ' BWlr ’jONl?B L ii C oo ,^S Hllia ’*“ ’'* | For flue or coarw Fluting, OLO-EBTART.IISHED loan office, 1 r. Comer of Third end Hankie atroote, • I I mh3o N. It. - DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY', '| DI.AIsK BOQKB OF MY OWN 51A CUNB, &c., ___ ." i X)factuie,«ellingatredneed prices. .. REMARKABLY LOW PRICES. ■ j\ mliSflSlrpn W. O. PERRY, B»at^ in m — tfrps fiv-*, DETAILING' AT WHOLES ABE .gKfck, price*—Saddlery, I?arao«. and, Horeo Gear of arnaKda.dt KNEAKH’, R 6 .; ll«i Market etroet.i Big noreo In the door. MASKING ,WJXH, INDELIBLE INK 7 , Embroidering, Braiding, Stnmpinn,Ac, ' M. A. TOBItBY, 1800 Filbert sire ' RECEPTION. !AT THE ! CHESTNUT STREET (The Anniversary of Our Establishment,) of inspecting bis new SPBIN& CLOTHING. LOW PRICES. The whole of their 2 <■■(> of French Foulard Hohulni, now b«lD( Mold by the piece for SS Cent*, will be offered at 05 Cento. Btacb Lyons tiros Grains and Drop de Lyon, of the best makes, from 81 oo to 98 50 per yard. t’bene bilbo of the latest dailfni In the Farts market,, and extra quality. sold last Spring nt 83 20, 83 00. Striped Silks from 81 00 to 92 00. ' Black Canvas Bareges, extra superb quality, 62 1.2 Cents, do. 70 Cents. qualities,, np to 96,00. Walking Salts, Face Shawls, Lace Points, pte,, all at the SEW BATES. At rery low price*. , GRIFFITH * PAGE, ■ ; 1001 Arch afreet. SELECT STYLES, froa vhfch order* will be taken in aajr material da aired. at moderate prieaa, with deapatrb. CPRWEI BTODDART & BROTHER, OLD ADD CHEAP LOCATIOH, 450,452 and 454 North Second Btreet. at >1 J* A< SHAWL ANI) PAKAhOL COVEKO. Price* heiow anything known in this market -into Wl. Aha, «n<i eUrapctt (lock of Lama Shawl,, a W qualitifK, (n thf* market. l*c« Ae. Kki Glove*,sl iOapair. george w. Vogel, Importerof Lace Goode. lfl)2CliC«u>ot<tre« t. The Co-fnrln.rihip heretofore existing under the firro of. CLARK A DIDDLE expiree tbh da j by Aran. 1.W70. The nndettlgned hare this day associated thera,eire» under the name of UOIiBINS, CLARK A BIDDLE, and will eontinne lho WatcJi and Jewelry business at the old •und, 80. 1121 CHESTNUT Street. The undersigned respectfully inform* hi, friend* that, haring disrolred hi* connection with the firm of Bailey A Co., he' ha« this day associated 'himself with CLARK A- BIDDLE, Mo. 1121 CHESTNUT Street. apt 3lrp CO-PA KTH.EESH IP—THE UNDER • lencrt. snore,sors of the old and well-known honeu of MICHAEL WEAVER (established in 1817), hare thta day associated theniselrea under the firm strlo of ■ WEAVER ACC., for the transaction of trado In Hemp, Rope. Twine and Ship Chandlery, at No. 29 North Water street, and No. 28 North Wharves. MICHAEL WEAVER. GEO. 11. S. UHLEB. Pun-At xbrnu, April Ist, 1870. apictti T' PEKCITWAffiTANb, ALEXANDER. V . G. OATTELL, Jr., hav<‘been admitted to an inte rest in oar firm from this date. „ ALEXANDER G. CATTBLL A CO. ArTtit. 1,1870. - atil'-Pt* BUJST’S GARDEN MANUAL AND' 2SZ Almanac for 1870 contains I*o pages of useful in formation to country residents. Distributed gratui tously from BUIST’S SEED WAREHOUSE, . 922 and 92f Market Btreet,' above Ninth. BUIST’S WARRANTED GARDEN '«£» Beedn.—Markat Gardeners or THvate Families who.-deniro tho most improved seeds ; should purchase ihpir supplies at BUIST’H SEED WABEHODBB* 922 and Markot Htreot, above Ninth. «£ AGRIOULTURAL IMPIjEMENTS I£* ( AT)D GARDEN TOOLS, Ploughs* Harrows, Culti vatora, SeedrSowers, Churns, Garden and Field Rollers* I.nwill!owera; Railroad and Garden Whoolbarrowa, Hay, Straw wild Fodder Cutters, all at reducod ’ prices. Call aud examine our stock. BOBKBT BUIST, JiU Bofxl WareboußO, 922 and 924 Market street. Bft THE PHILADELPHIA LAWN db MOWFB.—This is tbo most improved imnd-mu chino njttdo.nnd fs just tho article needed by- all who have grass to cut, It can bo operated by a,lady without fatigue. Price. 828, and ijuisrp,^n( bola ml7;ini rp§ Seed Warehouse, 922 and 924 Marmot at. «l SURPRISE OATS, OONOYER’B JSIC Colossal Asparagna Roots, Large Fnrple Tup As 'paragus Roots, .' , , i Rhubarb Boots, Onion BeU, Ac. ■ . For ettltriiy. . DAVID LANDBETn A SON, 1 'Nos.*l'«nd 23 South Sixth stroot. It" ) iittwoeu Murket arid O'heatuut streets. all widths ‘and EARLY BOSE POTATOES. PURE aSouality, - EARLY. GDOJDRICH POTATOES, peach Blew Potatoes, to. '■ BAVID i-A°Nll«fel A 80N, It* " k Noh, 21 and 23 Smith Sixth street. MtCUAEI, WHAVKB WEAVER & OOv, Hope and • Twine JlnnufiicturerN nncl- Ikealers In Hemp aud Blup Chandlery, 29North WATER. as North WHARVES. . . rUHADIiLPHU. apl tfS . ' 1 ■ fIKOCBRIBB. LI«|PORB.Ae. LOWER 3PLMOES. EXTBA CHOICE PITTED CHERRIES, At 25 cents pet pound* TOR SALE BY MITCHELL & FLETOHEB, CHESTNUT STREET. "Silver Flint” BUCKWHEAT, THE FINEST ll* THE WORLD. DAVIS & RICHARDS, ARCD AND TENTH STREETS. MP rptf . DRV GOODS. NOTICE. PIM BROTHERS & CO. FIRST QUALITY IRISH POPLINS, In .II tolori. import woodally f„ T THIS BBAAON'S iTOCK*of ?tlier * Ol ° Br LAUOB *“ d BLKOANT SPRING SILKS AND DRESS GOODS. nAILT.Md FRIC*B eiuraif *#6d xo bo so LOW u they can be sold, JOHN W. THOMAS, an ® North Second Street* , mo3o3mrp . LADIES’ CLOAK AND BUIT DEPARTMENT. How on oiblbltlon • .took of copartnership. NOTICE. imitation March 11, isro, JEREMIAH bobbins, JEDEDIAIIP. CLARK, SAMUEL BIDDLE. JFREMIAH BOBBINS. AGRICULTURAL. W. P. * c. B. TAYLOR, Pei-fUmery and Toilet Sottps, . , Ml and 613 North Ninth etreet/ J. P. CLARK, S. BIDDLE. OHO. B. S. UHLKK tECON D EDITION BY TELiEGfcRAVII. WASHINGTON. THE CASE OF GENERAL AMES A VOTE EXPECTED TO-DAY ANOTHER NEW STATE Prospect of the Admission ofNew Mexico THE ARMY BI L R HARRISBURG. The Governor Vetoeß the Indepen dence Square Bill. He Denies the Power to Prohibit FROM WASHINGTON. |Bp«ei*l Duvatfb to the Phlla. Krenliur Batlttio.J Tbe Case of General Ames. Washihotoh, April I. —lt is the general im pression, this morning, that the Senate, before adjourning to-day, trill dispose of Gen. Ames’s case by voting down the report of the Judi ciary Committee and allowing Gen. Ames to take bis seat. Senator Wilson, who has mode a canvass' of tbe Senate, says that the rote in favor of Ames’s admission will be more than two to one. Umlmioß ors«w Bulet. There is a prospect that tbe necessary ena bling act for the admission of New Mexico as a State in the Union will soon be reported to tbe House. The House Committee on Terri tories yesterday reconsidered their former ac tion, whereby tbe bill having for its object the admission of New Mexico as a State was indefinitely postponed, and agreed to consider', the same at an early day. Evidence tuts been laid before tbe Committee showing that thatTer vitory has at the present time a population of about one hundred and,twenty-five thousand, twenty-five thousand of the same being voters, and that there is no good reason why the Ter ritory should not be admitted as a State. A majority of the members of the Commit, tee on Teiritorios seem to favor the passage of an enabling act, so that the Constitution already framed by the Territorial Legislature may be submitted to tbe people for ratifica tion. Hr. Cullom, Chairman of the Commit tee, favors this plan. The Army Bills. The Senate Committee on Military Affairs will have up. next Monday, General Logan’s Army bill, as passed by tbe House; also, the" one introduced in the Senate by Senator Wil son. There is a disposition on the part of the Committee to take the best portions of both bills and make a new one, There is unanimity betwesn the members of tbe committee on the subject of reducing tbe aggregate expenses of tbe army, and it is probable that tlio pay-table in the House bill will be Incorporated in the new bill, although Senator Wilson, who has made a careful calculation,.wiys this, instead of reducing the pay of officers, increases it in tbe aggregate over six hundred thousand dol dollars, the only reduction being in the pay of twenty-four generals and chaplains. Benator Wilson’s propositipn.is_.tp reduce the rank and file of the army about eight thou sand men, and to provide for mustering out those officers wliosg services, in the opinion of the commanders of tbe different departments, can best bo'dispensed with. WbUtemore’s Ite-Election Doubtful. Advices front the First South Carolina Dis trict represent that Whittemorc’s re-election is by no means certain, be having a strong op ponent in Mr. T. C. Dunn, who is said to be a conservative, a man of fine ability, and until tbe close of tho war a citizen of. Massachu setts. The lone Election. Several of the leaders of the Conservative and Democratic party of this .District have been in consultation,and decided to recommend their followers not to place any local ticket in nomination for the coming election inJnne. The opposition to Mayor Bowen on the part «f nearly all the .Republicans of the District, will undoubtedly end in two Republican rickets being nominated, and the Demo cratic leaders propose to give their support to the nominees whom they think will administer in the best manner for tho welfare of the people, and not nse their positions for oorrupt purposes. The Fifteenth Amendment. The negroes here propose to hare a grand demonstration in a few days, in honor of the adoption of tbe Fifteenth Amendment. FROM HARRISBURG. Independence Square Veto. (Special Despatch to tbe Phils. Ersnlne Bulletin.) Harrisburg, April I.—The Governor has vetoed the hill prohibiting the erection of pub lic buildings on Independence Square. The following is the message: To the Senate and House of Representatives:— Herewith is returned without approval to the House of Representatives, in which it origi nated, the bill No. 483, entitled an act to pro hibit the erection of Public Buildings upon In dependence Square, in the city, or Philadel phia. Qhe Btate has no power to: prohibit such erections. Under the act of March 11, 1816, authorizing the sale of the Stato House and Square, the title to the same was vested in the city of Philadelphia in fee simple for tbe consideration of s<o,ooo. It is true that there was attached to this graut the pro viso that no part of the grounds to the south ward of tbe State House be made use of for erecting any sortof buildings thereon, but that tbe same shall be and remain: a: public green forever. If this condition has,, not been ailected by any subsequent act, and is to- day in as full vigor as, when ori- 1 (finally established;' Then the bill herewith returned is. wholly unnecessary, and is a mere repetition of useless legislation. . It is evident i therefore that the proviso of the act. of 1816 has been regarded as abrogated, and that it has been supposed that >it was necessary to re-enact it. That it has been destroyed by the, Legislature is beyond all question. l That :: i» ean be restored without,,and , against the consent of thecity ,of PhihuJelphta mav well he doubted;,-By, the act of March 16, 1847 <P. L. 471), the Commissioners of that county were authorized, with the consents*the City Councils, to erect , a now Court] House, t J,i Accommodation of the i courto SI™ 6 ** 5 ! °n part Of the State House R . ail city; and tbs Counci lx. were ? er<) eta liew, CSttylH&l on any other part of said square. That thTlo”a tion and erection of tho buildinp ifero to jje first approved by tho County Baaril is id. ' the pnrpos""‘p^- ¥£ lt J, n l n,r y- Tho Important fact established by that statute is' 'that; the 'State.' dlsobarged the proviso abqveqnotedas contained in the • 'Jp of 1P16,, .The same result is dedticible from the act of April 2,1860, thereby Commission s’ 8 were appointed for the Erection of Public Buildings on. any part of Independence Bqare. The lull history of > the title to this Square js given in the 'able letter of Horace Binney and J. M. . Petit, Xsqrs., to the Committee On City Pr operty, December 26,1649, to he found In the appendix to the journal of Connells for 1843- 1860, and in the learned lodgment of Mr. Jus tice Bead in the City of Philadelphia vs, The American Philosophical Society. 6 Wright, 12. It is unnecessary to encumber this commu nication with extracts from the numerous statutes and records cited in the letter and opinion referred to. It is sufficient for our present purposes to know: Ist, that the Com monwealth, for value received, sold her title in the State House and square to the city in fee simple, subject only to the proviso above quoted; 2d, that by two subsequent statutes she has destroyed her right to insist upon the conditions. Thus much is indeed admitted by the attempted revival of the prohibition by the bill herewith returned; ‘for, A as already stated, it wonld be wholly unnecessary to re cnact in 1870 a proviso which had been in full life since 1810. The question presented for consideration may, therefore, be thus stated: ,n the State restoro a condition which she has by her own act extinguished ? It might, perhaps, be supposed that as her re lease was without consideration, she could re sume her abandoned right. If this wereso in any case, the principle would bardiy be sus ceptible of application where one large build ing baa already been erected, unless tne aban donment of the proviso, and a board constituted, plans invited, and a large expense incurred preparatory to the erection of other buildings, Byt without these elements to bar her claim,it may be doubted whether the Btate could re sume at her caprice a right of which she has divested herself. Mr. Justice Story,Constitu tional Law. vol. 3, p. 257,1385,5ay5: the Legis lature may by a Jaw directly make a grant,and such a grant when once made becomes irre vocable and cannot be constitutionally im impaired: and grants of land once voluntarily made by a State, by a special law or under general laws, when once perfected,are equally as incapable of being resumed by a subsequent law as those founded on a valuable consideration. Thus if a State grant State lands or other lands to parishes, towns : .or private persons gratuit ously, they constitute irrevocably executed contracts. These doctrines have not only, the sanction of the highest legal authorities, but they are sustained by every principle of right. It is especially neces sary in the present times that all men should be taught to esteem the sacred character of a contract, and that above all others a sovereign State should be the last to attempt to set an example of repndlation ISigncdJ FROM THE EAST. fßr tie American Press Amocietfoa.] - SEW jrjEBNKY. ’ ■cero Voter*. .Newark, April!.—Two colored men voted yesterday, in Perth Amboy, at a special elec tion for the adoption of a new charter, which was carried by a large majority. This is the first instance of negro-voting in the history of the State of New Jersey. FROM THE 80UTH. IBjr the American Preee Association.] KENTUCKY. Disgraceful Conduct. Louisville, Ky., April I. —A few nights ago, ionr young Germans, on a frolic, entered the house of Dr. Huntley, mistaking it for a house of ill-fame. The Doctor was absent at _ the time, and the ladies had great difficulty in -persuading them of their mistake. The Doctor yesterday succeeded in finding out the name of one of the party, and going to him, held a pistol to his head, and made him disclose the napies of the others; then gave him a severe whipping. Ho then hunted up two of the otlfers and served them in the same manner. The fourth one, however, hearing of the raid, left town. The affair creates great interest, as all the parties move in respectable circles. A warrant has been issued for tbe Doctor’s arrest. Another Elopement Cose. Mavsville, April I. Great excitement exists in this city and in Mason and the ad joining counties oror the elopement of John Higgs, a wealthy citizen of Mount Olivet, Itohertson county, with a grass-widow in that vicinity. Higgs leaves a wife and three children and a host of creditors in the lurch. Among his numerous victims are Power & Prague, ot the Kenton tobacco warehouse, Covington, Ky , who suffer to the amount of 53,C00, and Casey & Wayne, $1,500. Power & Prague gave Higgs the money to pay to parties in Mason county. His swindling operations will amount to 550,000. FROM THE WEST. I By the American Press Association.) ILLINOIS. Celebration of tbe Ka till I ration of tbe Fifteenth Amendment* Springfield. April I.—The colored people in this city began celebrating their advent as voters at one o’clock, yesterday morning, by the tiring of thirteen guns. And notwith standing the rain poured down in torrents, a large procession, headed by a brass band, promenaded through the streets.until morning. OHIO. inspected Poisoning Case. Springfield, April I,— Mrs. Mary Hupp, of Fremont, has been arrested on suspicion of poisoning her husband, who died after a brief illness on the 28th of September last. The body was disinterred on the 17th ultimo, and a chemical analysis revealed the presence of arsenic. The examination of Mrs. Hupp will take place on Monday. New Karine code Adopted. Cincinnati, April !;—Th'eßuckeye Racing Club, at their meeting last night, adopted the new racing code recently framed by the Na tional Turf Congress at New York. Hass Heeling. A mass-meeting of the colored citizens, to celebrate the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, will he held at Zion Church to night. Fall are. The liabilities of Messrs. Dalton, Coleman « Co., who failed recently, amount to $44,772. Assets, $19,223. River Overflowed. Cincinnati, April I.— The river is uncom fortably high. The occupants of the premises on Front street; between .Ludlow and Broad way and Main and Walnut streets, are drowned out, and business men about Ludlow and Lawrence streets are moving. Unless the rain ceases, the flood will do considerable damage. In the lower part of the city the river men think the river has reached its full height. But the rain ie everywhere prevalent, and small streams are forming all over the hanks. Importation of Teas. Merchants in this city have arranged for the importation of teas direct from China by, wav of San Francisco. Railroad Enterprise. At a meeting of the Marietta and Cincin nati Railroad yesterday, it was decided to issue three millions, in three mortgage bonds, to apply to the improvem ent and equipment of the road. 7 : ■ The terms of the lease of the Little Miami and Columbus and Xenia roads to the Pitts burgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis . Railroad takes enect to-day." ' - ’lit* live Stock Harket. . The receipts oflive stock in the different J*™Itaw 1 taw city since Monday were: ■ Cattle, 826 ; sheep, 824; hogs, 1,900 ; mules; 42. Beeves —A slight,supply aud prices • firm at 4a7i. Sheep—insufficient, supply ; sales 4aGi, r Hogs T-rarrlvals light. The marketis firin at.7ia9]., PENNSYLVANIA. , tgsab** . (Special Unpack to IlioPHilada; EyCriinsßulletin 1 Pottsvixxe, April L —lt is understood here that all the coal' operators in' ’the Schuylkill coal region will suspend work at twelve - o'clock, noon, to-morrow, ns theinnn'ers re fuse to accept tho new basis, ' ’ THE DAILY Dubliw, April 1, 2. P. M.—Rumors of Fenian raids, which hare attained wide circulation, begin to attract the attention of the Government officials, and they have been directed to adopt a more aggressive, policy with the Irish people. The police of ibis city seized a large number of revolvers and a quantity of ammunition on board of a steamship which arrived hero from Liverpool last evening. It is thought that these arms were intended to be used in an other genera] outbreak. Johjt W. Ghart. Charre fa the Provisional Cabinet— ■eslgnatlon of tenor Beearra. fßr the American Press Association.] Madrid, April 1,2 P. 11. —There has been another change in the Provisional Cabinet. Senor Beearra has resigned the office of Spanish Colonial Minister. It is supposed that the resignation arises out of dissatisfac tion with the Cnban policy of General Prim’s administration. Senor Moret will probably be the successor of Beearra. The change has created a great deal of excitement in political circles in this city, and may lead to still further and very serious complications. Financial and Commercial Quotations. Liverpool, April 1, 2 P. M.—The cotton market is firmer. Bales 14,000 bales. Yarns and fabrics at Manchester are firmer at better prices. The stock of cotton afloat is 348,000 bales, of which 227,000 are American. Mid dling Uplands, 10|; Middling Orleans, 11 Jail j. London, April 1, 1-30 P. M.—United States Five-twenty bonds of the issue of 1802, Oil; 1805, 901; JBG7, 89J; Ten-forties, 87L Erie Hallway, 21#; Illinois Central, 115; Atlantic and Great Western, 28]; American securities are weak and dull. Consols for money,93| ; do. for account, 93 j. Liverpool, April 1, 2 P. M.—California Wheat, 9s. 2d.a9s. 3d.; Spring do., ,7s. lld.afe.; ' Winter do., Bs. 9d-aBa. lOd. Flour 19s. 9d. Corn, 28s. Paris, April I.—-The Bourse is dull. Rentes, 73f. 95c. | Liverpool, April I.—The steamship Cira- j bria, from New York, arrived out to-day. i Washington, April I.—An attempt is being made by the ex-rebels in Georgia to return Robert Toombs to Congress. The Savannah Republican, one of the most influential rebel papers in the Btate, is working energetically in his behalf, and says in an editorial, in yesterday’s gaper, speaking of Congress and ToOmbs : 11 They (the Radical Congressmen) have had everything their own way with none to molest or make them afraid. The exalted genius and worth of Davis and the almost matchless purity and heroism of Lee are befouled with their filth and slime, with none to fling it back in the faces of the traducers. Such have been the character and aspect of Congress for years past, and they want no man there to check this flow of pollution and frown them into re spect for true worth and common decency. Mr. Toombs, perhaps, Of all other men in the South, wonld best scotch this game of defama tion, and bring the blackguards of Congress to their senses. Hence they dread the idea of his reappearance among them ns the advocate of truth and right, and tbe vindicator of his countrymen.” Tbe Legal-Tender Decision. The Supreme Court 10-day decided to re consider their former decision on the legal lenders, and to reopen the case. Four Justices dissented, Chase, Nelson, Fields' and Clifford. The Paciflc Mall Subsidy. The Senate Poßtal Committee have agreed to report the bill inereasingthe amount of the subsidy to the Pacific Mail Steamship line be tween San Francisco and China from five hundred thousand dollars to one million dol lars annually, with the understanding that steamers will make two trips per month in stead of one as heretofore. [Jtf the American Proa Association..) Naval Orde.N. Washington, April I.—Paymaster W. AV. Williams has been ordered to the receiving ship Vandalia. becond Assistant Engineer M 7 N. Hamilton is ordered to the Terror,and the orders of Sec ond Assistant Engineer Charles W. Rae to that vessel have been revoked. Paymaster C. P. Wallacb is detached from tbe Vandalia, aud ordered to settle hie ac counts. : . i Conscience Honey Received. ' Secretary Boutwell this morning received a letter from New York, signed “8.0. W., ’’ in closing $36 57 conscience momey. Internal. Revenue Receipts. Total receipts of internal revenue for the month of March, $12,775,281. Total receipts lor the current fiscal year, $123,890,211. [By the American Pres! Association.! ; Marine lutrlllgeuce. _ New York, April I.— Arrived, steamship Bremen, from Bremen. : EVENING IiIJLLETIH—PHILADELPHIA: FRIDA Y. A PHI I. ■ i S7O THIRD EDITION. BY TIfIIiKGRAPH. LATER B 7 GABLE. Proposed Conference of the English Clergy. The Fenian Excitement en the In* crease# MINISTERIAL CHANGES IN BPAIN LATEB FROM WASHINGTON BEBELBENTIMENTS IN GEORGIA The Supreme Coart Decides to Re- Open the Legal-Tender Case. FROM EUROPE. fßr tb. American Pren Association.] ENGLAND. The Proposed Conference of tbe Enteltsh Clergy. Londox, April 1,2 P. M,—There Is a great deal of interest manifested in church circles at the proposed conference of the English clergy in New York next autumn. A circle has been formed, headed by Lord Alfred Church hill, to organize a general deputation for attendance. ' An effort will he made to bring the interests of the Church in America and England more closely together. I BEL AND. Fenian Haldn---Belzare of Arms. SPAIN. FROM WASHINGTON. Choice Rebel Journalism. I Bpecial Despatch to the Phils. Evening Bulletin. 1 FROM NEW YORK. FOURTH EDITION 3:16 O’Oloojfa. the funding bill POSTPONEMENT of THE TARIFF BILE ADDITIONAL QUOTATIONS Washinoton, April I.—The Funding Bill in the Committee on Ways and Means goes over till next week, and cannot be acted upon in the House for a month. No new Tariff bill can well pass both Houses before June or July. Eftortsare mak ing to postpoue the duties on sugar till Jan uary. The Banking and Currency Committee bad a meet ing this morning, hut adjourned without doing anything. The Ways and Means Committee had a meeting, but did’not take up the Funding bill. .There will be nothing done with it forsevehtl days. Auomejr.Cfeneral Hoar and tbe Legal Tender Decision. The Supreme Court have notified the At torney-General that they will hear the argu ment on the Legal Tender case on the 12th instant. The vote this morning for re-opening the case stood five in favor and four against. Liverpool, April 1, Noon.—Cotton opened firm; Middling Uplands, 10|; Middling Or leans, 11 j. Sales for the week, 61,000 bales, of which 7,000 weTe taken for exportation and 6,000 on speculation, The stock in port is es timated at 452,000 bales, of which 250,000 is American. The receipts were 136,000 bales, of which 103,000 is American. Breadstufis—Wheat, 95.3 d. lor California White; Bs. for No. 2 Red Western; Bs. 9d.a Bs. lOd. for Red Western. Flour, 20s. for Western Canal. Corn, 28s. 3d. for European. Oats, 25.5 d. Peas, 37». 6d. for Canadian. Bar lay, ss. Provisions—Pork, 925. 6d. per barrel for Eastern prime. Beef, 104 a. 6d. for Extra prime mess. Lard, OGs. Cheese, 70s. 6d. for the best grades of American. Fine Bacon, 60s. per cwt. for Cumberland cut. Produce—Common Rosin, ss. per cwt.; Pe troleum, 13s. sd. per gallon for spirits, and Bid. for refined; Tallow, 435. 9d.; Turpentine, 295. London, April 1, Noon.—Linseed cakes, £9 Be.a£'J 10s. per ton for thin oblong, for feeding. Tallow quiet at 455. Sperm oil, .£!)0a.'ll per ton. Whale oil, X3B per ton. Calcutta Lin seed dull at 595. Sugar dull, both spot and afloat; No. 12 Dutch standard, spot, 395. 3d. LmsOed oil, £32a32 ss. per ton. I London, April I.—Refined Petroleum I heavy at Is. Sjd.als. Bjd. per gallon. . Linseed Oil, i02a3255. per ton. I Antwerp, April I.—Petroleum opened I quiet and unchanged. I Brewer, March 31, Evening.—Petroleum I closed flat at 0 thalers 57 groats. I HAwnrno, March 31, Evening.—Petroleum | closed quiet and unchanged. I Frankfort, April I.—{J. S. Five-twenty I bonds opened active at 95ia95| for the issue I of 1802. Havre, April I.—Cotton opened Hat and quiet, both for on. the spot and afloat; tres ordinaire, on the spot, I3Gf.; low middlings, afloat, 12f)f. 6 ’ VIRGINIA. Marine Intelligence. I Special Despatch to the Phila. Erenina Bollpttn. Horfoi.k, April I.—The Danish corvette Thor arrived to-day, from St. Thomas Feb. IS. She experienced very rough 'weather. FROM NEW ENGLAND. ißy tho American Press Association. J CONNECITCET. Death of a Politician. Danbury, April I.—Daniel E. Delavan, lorinerly of NewjYork, and well-known as a oeal politician there, died here last night. Washington, April 1. I senate—Mr. Osborne presented the papers ; of O. B. Hart for a seat in the United States Senate, in place of Hon. Abijah Gilbert, on the ground that the latter was elected on the 41b oi January last by the Legislature of Florida, when no quorum in either branch of that Legislature was present. Mr. Sherman presented a memorial from the shipbuilders of the interior, asking for relief. Mr. Casserly presented the resolutions of the California Legislature, asking for the abolition of tbe income tax. Also, a petition asking that the internal revenue Jaw be modified. Stvei a) bills of local interest to the city of Washington were considered and passed. Mr. Patterson reported a bill to amend the act to Incorporate the Fre.edmen’s Trust ami having Company, approved in March, 1865, to allow the said corporation to loan money on Sthteor City stocks, and on real-estate of double the value of the Joan. Pending the final action on the hill, the morning hour expired. ■ On motion, it was ordered that when 1 the Senate adjourn to-day, it adjourn tiff Monday next. J Mr. Morton gave notice of his intention, on Monday nexf,lo move to take from the table tbe Senate resolution in relation to the Oneida disaster. Mr. Bayard addressed the Senate in opposi tion to the claim of Adelbert Ames to a seat from Mississippi. liorsK.—The resolution directing the Secre tary of the Treashry to inquire into the stato of trade between the United States and tbe British dependencies was referred to the Com mittee on Commerce. Mr. btiles, from the Committee on Claims, reported tbe resolution directing tho Secretary of the Treasury to issue to Daniel K. Won derly, of Chambershurg, Pa., three five hun dred-dollar United States bonds, stolen aud de stroyed by the raid on that place. Adopted. Mr. Washburnc, from the'same Committee, reported the resolution appropriating five thousand s.x hundred dollars to Margaret P. , Robinson, qf Kentucky, for the military oc cupation ot the premises known during the war as Camp Dick Robinson. Adopted. «#< 4i jetties reported the bill appropriating filly thousand dollars to Otis N;-Cutler for two hundred and sixty-eight hales of cotton, seized, while in. transit North, on suspicion by Genera)l Grant ill J 863, and used by him to oarricade the steamer Tigress, whioh sank Adopted* 10111 ®' blockade at Vicksburg. M r. bchenek said he understood that several gentlemen-were charged with .speeches on j therefore moved;that at 4... U the House take a recess aud meet at 7.30 for general debate. Agreed to. - Several other bills ora private nature were reported pnfl.acted upon. " ''tlHouse then went into Committee of tbe Whole on the Tariff bill, and Mr. Garfield took the floor. -Pw'kought any man deserved tbe sympathy J-* . ’6 Dense who rose as he did to make his £li on the same subject, and t 6 fill the tfro hundred and forty-fifth column on t subject in the Cohf/reisidtidl Globe. - .The tendency of modern thought aiid legisla tion was toward free trade. History showed it BY TELLKGBA^H. ' 1 FROM WASHINGTON. FROM WASHINGTON. The Funding Bill. The Tariff Rill. [By the American Press Association.] Dolngft of the Committees. FROM EUROPE. I By the American Frees Association.] Latest Cable Quotation*. FROM THE SOUTH. (By the American Drees Association.] I'OBIY-I’IKSr CONGRESS. Second Herndon. so> Enßland’B historical VL Uft Protective legislation. He thought the wisest thing the friends of protection conld do would iwto consent to a reasonable reduction on imported articles. if wo do not we will be compelled to submit soonor pr laterto a violent andtaore sweeping redurfion on tho whole list. In that event we wotild have 1830 Over again. On this floor there are some seventy Democrats, nearly all of whom were declared freetraders. 3:00 O’Oloote. , Mr. Wood, interrupting, said he did not know a single free trader as such on the Democratic side. ° 1 Mr. Cox—Here’s one. ; FINANCIAL AFFAIRS IN NEW YORK Gold Advanced—Governments Heavy and Lower—Stocks Fluctuating. fßy the American Press Association.l New Vo mi, April I.—Money is in good de mand at Cati per cent, on call. Foreign exchange is dull and unsettled. Prime bankers’ (iO-day sterling at 108{aI08j. I lie gold market opened heavy at 1111, and afterwards advanced to llljalllj. The rates paid for carrying were 4ia(l per cent. Government bonds arc heavy and lower. Kouthcrn State securities are quiet and firm. I acinc Railway mortgages at 911 to 92 for Centra), and 84 Jto 85? For Unions. Union Pacific stock at 41 to 411. The Stock market is generally steady, thus far in the day, with only slight fluctuations in most oi the shares. Pacific Mail was the leading stock, and was active, and ranged from .i()i to 38. Boston, Hartford and Brie shares at 3 to 31. I Special Despatch to the Phila. Evening Bnltetin.) HAnBPSBUKO, April 1. oeitate.— Among the bills favorably re ported was one urging Congress to abolish west Point. The House hill incorporating the Frank ford and Holmesburg Railway was advocated by Mr. Connell, who said it was demanded by the people of the locality through which the road would run, one of the finest rural dis tricts in the city of Philadelphia. It was ne cessary for the accommodation of the public. The road would not, as had been represented, interfere with the rights of any other com pany, and there could be no valid objection urged by any one to its construction. He in sisted upon the passage of the bill as a measure of Justice to his constituents. Mr. Beck spoke against the bill, which was defeated. The following House hills were considered : One incorporating the Orion Club. , One authorizing the Union Passenger Rail way Company to extend its tracks on Seventh and Ninth streets. One creating two additional assessors In the Twentieth Ward.# of Day at Uir BnltetlnOfflce. «>*• *J.—...43de«. 18M 13 dee. 2P. M IS dec. Woatbe cloudy. Wind Northeast. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Philadelphia stock Exchange Sales. #,22 Pcl i n&Warln C D 102 7 shC&AmB lie 117 k*® d,° cpin Jooa]o2 3eh do 117 aco Phila cp 6e 99 12 *l, Ilitlue ave B 12 Jo JaniJy MR 2UO oh Baodinp K b3O 4S’< m Cit> Cb new 102 R 200 ah do a3own Its 43*4 kW W Jeraer KB‘ 91 100 ah do e3O 9ah Mech Bk 32 100 ah do I>6o 4S 81 , bxtwvbn soaaito. 2MO City to Old JOOR 24 ah Penn E 37 KMOPennKlnitceOa 9SR 2ah do c 37 J’ , 1 Bt . Plllla K C*P 04 200 ah Beading It sIO 48.69 47 «b Wilmineton It Mn 52 400 ah do bSO 48 81 Klnura.a 93R 100 ah : do effll 4-B'.' lOshLeb Nav »tk b3wh42 1100 eh do 2dya 43R r „ „ _ , SECOND BOARD. "Ofq N P*nn» .fie 02‘A 1(10 bU Catawlssa prd L6O M i e , b , ll . „ *>'*4 •’W eh Bead U lta IS’; U.O ib Oil Creek A Alle . 200 sb do nd.)wnliß<i.6J liner bCO 40% A CLOSING 100 Bead B slO 48^i J-riday, April 1, 1870.— Thero is a good deal of Impa tience among the mercantile classes at tho tong-con tinued prostration of every branch of buslnAs. Last year there was a similar dullness, bnt not so marked as at present, and due to entirely different causes. A par tial failure of tho crops of jd<» and tho excitement insep arable from tho Presidential campaign were the chief cnu6ts accounting for the unsatisfactory condition of atlairs, wliilst the abundant crops of 1869 and tho aheeure of all political excitement have failed to bring a . Bsf b»t. on the contrary, tho inertness of last April has been intensified iu this,and disappointment at tho prospect for the present season iR becoming univer • Congress is entirely responsible for this unsatis factory condition of affairs, aud it is to bn feared that commercial disasters of a serious nature may follow if ihe extreme and abnormal measures, suited only to a .time of war should be much further perpetuated in a time of peace. The loan market exhibits no material change. Mjucv is abundant and easy, and the mercantile demaod. moderate. Gold opened this morning at closed at noon at 1)1*;—a decline of 3 „ Ppxeniment bonds were active bnt weak,in sympathy with gold. y 3 Tho stock market was extremely dull, and prices were weak. Mobbi-b.D" UaYen & Brother,Ho.-toSouth Tbtrdatreet otako the following quotation* of tb© raws© of exchange to-day at noon : United States hues of 13a 1. 11.')},oils; d .°-„ l ® a ’■ lWMallOfc; do. do. 1864. 109a1u%: do. do! 1860, lOSIiallWi; do. do. IMS. new, 107J4alu7'< : do. do 1*67, new. lOfc.’fnlOS?,': do. IMS do. 109 a ; do. do. ®s* 10‘tfjfl, 105,’aiiIU0}i: U. S.3oyear6 per cent, currency, Illj4all2; Due Compound Interest Kotos, 1»- Uold, llUtalllJi,-SHrer. 108all0; Union Pacific itailroad Ist M. Miif, BlCaB.'o, Central Pacific Itailroad, JlijiMU ; Union Pacific Land Grants. 730a740. D. C. Vi harton Smith StCo., banlteni, 121 South Third ‘‘tree', Uhote at 11.30 o’clock a a foliown : Gold, UWi; 11 -P; Sixes. 1881, llvKallt: do. do. 5-20,1, 1862. 10%’ a 11074 ; do. do. 1864. IH9nIOS%: do. do. 1815. 109'iallO d® dc. July, 1865, ; do. do. July, 1867. 108’.:a l(>87i; do. do. July, 1868, 109al0%; 10-4tm, 105,Sal06>J : fjnrienc* eixes, Ul’ialllJJ. 1 Jny Cooke & Lo u tune Government securltios &0.. to day, as follows: United States 6*. 1881. 113>;all4: 6-20’s of 1862, : do 1861. 1091110%; do. 1565, 10%a JlSi In.-, s£}*< J 8 ® 5 } 107’4a108 ; do. 1867, 108’4al09; do. ns/°r,i“’ilosH° r,i “’i 105H “ 106; ' 5: Cu,reßl ’>‘ «3> •hc’impunt of coal transported oyer Mar 3l"p!70- during the week ending Thursday, From Port Carbon....: *OO Total for the week. Previously this year.... Total To the same time last rear. Friday, April I.—The upward tendency iti Oloverseed n *Y™, l days still continues, and we notice sales w bushols-j part at $8 2flaU and part on secret terms. No change iu Timothy or Flaxseed. Tbrro is no movement in Guercitron Burk, and wo c W ln s? uuote No. 1 at ®27 par toil. ihe Flour market continues extremely dull,the in* <iutry iH'lugmostly confined to iho wants of tue local n,H, J 80 if s of Bnporflno at £4.TOa4 60 : Extras, at 94 Mjini 75 : Northwestern Extra Family at S6a6 76 : I’rnsnylvonfa do. do. nt.f 6 Wi&6 60 ; Indiana and Ohio do. do. at ®6 26atf 26,and fancy brands at 90 26a7 26. itye Hour sells at ©4 £oa4 62H. Prices of Com Meal are nominal, There is but little demand for Whet, hut prioos arc iincli.nßeii Small » ale » of Red «t 91 20al 23. uml .V> ,p . * Kjolb strong at 90091 c. Corn in un o! ~.' 1 l,ll,tlL ' r - Kttloe of 3,W0 bushels Yellow at ’ ( ? ll,s art'iimi, ami 2.IUW bushels i’enuHyivania v«r Oun'' rI18l ’ d ttt BlirI “y anJ Barloj Mult wo t■? *l 01 silos of wood noil iron-bound UarkeM by Telcgrnpb. f 8peol»l lloSDOtrh to tho Pbila. Evening Bulletin.l f SKK.'Apnl 1. UH P. M,-—Cotton.—The market Inis morning wits quiet but stoudy. Dalos of tt i, ont *UO bolts. Wodaote us follows: Middling Uplands, 22V ctnta. Middling Orleans, 23Vc. * . The market for Western and State Klonr rtnll bntflrni. The demand is conllued chiefly to borne trade. Beceipts,b.ttfi barrele. Tliosaies an. 7,000-b.,r relsat 84 38a4 IV for Superfine Slate; 84 ?OaS lUVfor Ultra State; $6 Ioa6 45 for Kancr Statn• for the low grade* of West”™ Kxuu': Si 55m5 jA for guod to choice Soring Wheat Extras: 84 BSatlfOfor Minnesota and lowu Extras: 84 73 as 25 lor Shipping Ohio, Bound Hoop; 85 2lhiß 6U for Trade brands; SB Mad 40 for Family do.; 8S OOaS 30 tor u'!‘h® r tv V . 1 ' ? r ., s fet*and Western ; SB 2Ua« 40 for W bite \V heat do. do.; 80 30:i7 60 for Family do - as m J 9 2S for St. I.ools Axtra Single. and Wn“ California and Oregon Flour 7 is devoid of life Wp, animation. Bales of r aoo barrnin Grain—Receipts, Wheat 77,*70 boahofl: The m .Is weak j owing to tbs Bberftl receipt*. ThoaaUware . "77 iv. Afilwatikeo at 81 07al 10, and bi«&"iri* r Port,—llecolpts, 11)8,000 hnSfi , J'» T, ‘ tv ,l T k ®* lsduß'bdt fim,. Sales of 20(000 Ktiw Weßlern at «1 UJal Wi afloat. Old at BHISX Vlf. J*«*P*»- Of :Pork are 1.2H7 barrels. i,‘!d tt d"!***"* Arm at 820 7fi for new Western Wets' Block on bund.'4o,9e2 barrels Lard.-Recolpls,- CiO.packiigt'S. The market is duUanduucliaugoii. we ,n i&V5, p £ to, S. ,, ®* m ® ra i!^ a “«» ! ‘RB - - 6)r>bnrrels. The market is doll. W. ouote Western free at WaSISJi cents, , ,Uo\(rsredflec at Malic.- April’' dull. Wo quote Vln’lSispi.r, ut iimlsll the year b. o. nt lialilfc. - fltfWdjutl, : Salesuf too bbls.,*put, early in tho day, al Receipts, 1 520 barrels. St.if pnl, 711 Isrr.l.fV _ (By Ilie’Amnslcnii Pross Assocpatidn.l' BaLTIMORg, April I.—Coffee is .ini. t mid iho market , Mr. Mnngen—Here’S another: FROM HARRISBURG. PKNNSYJLTAJIIA liEeisUTtlßE SSLUS. lOOsbFhilaAErie 23’ Pbllndelpbla Honey market. Pottsviilo Schuylkill Haven. Port Clinton Philadelphia Produce llarkeb PrW Rio liW, (told, In bond. Th» ifrck here is light, • , . > , but holders are firm. Middling tat 22- L<m Middlings at 22Jfgood Ordlnarr at 20. * n ® ■ t€a< *J r * Hales of 1400 barrels Western Extra; for export, at $9 1236 «t»d Ml* *arr«lp Xxtra at afi t 0 for Western and Howard'Btreet •IS? V"d&fcTO2“ W ’ MW W?P •*“ •tfri?$ ed tZ:P ,<v ! e io iB « fir < ffi^ h an Tip ward tendencjr;Sal«r, StObußHrlsat 98 tta9B 623,. f /'*■* : at ®77 r,0,089 flTe dtlH * b,lt ' m * at Ko *****to Fork Whisky lainll and nominal at 96c, Tbe Hew TorK Money slarfe«t. ; f Froth tbf»Bfrir*ld of to-dav.J TiitJBBDAT, Msrch 31.—The markets have been again fleuva and excited, with the speculative Interest mure closely concentrated on stocks The gold market haa again teen a disappointment to toe npecnlators fora rise, who ae<un at 112 to be repeat ing tlie find experience which they acqofred at 120 and »-again at 115* lint if the “bulla’ 7 do not makemouey the ukftn ftre Dot large gainers: for, while the * n v l “’°. Terae *it fer the past few weeks baaboeiriv con stnnt shifting of tliw unimpressionable and onanscep tiblo load from one “bull” to another, the “bears’ 1 have had little to solace thrmaelves with In so stupid a market, Tha “bulls'’ have ch-er fniiy paid two to fonr per cent, to hard their gold corned ; but now, that therate has gone as high an 53a, fjpil f b r e c ' E 8 1 °m o v ei i p parallel with money, they are indisposed to hold ont for that long expected advance. Tho chm-ces and the normal Influences favor a lower range of tho premium, but themarket has been buoyed ~ |U Jl®>®tinns from Washington that tho Jnmljugbjll Is certain to fall of patitage in tbo House. The normal influences and the wenknens and decline In exchange, the arrival oflmportcd specie, the adVnnoo of nve- twenties in London, and the enhancement of .tbs national credit, as 6howmn tho steady roductlon of tho public debt, the amount for the month just closed being estimatednt five millions. In connection with thereport about the * unding Idll it was stated Jn tho Washington telegrams to-day that In place of the free banking clanso tho Banking and Currency Committee wonld offer a bill a atborizing as increase of ono hundred millions in National Bank currency . At tirat this was regarded on inflation ; but,on second thought. the“bejlra” used it to hammer gold , for the reason that it would really contract tho greenbacks twenty-live millions. Under this com bination «f conflicting influences to-day, gold yielded slowly to 11J54,ns against 1123* at the - beginning of business this forenoon. Tho market was otherwise com paratively dull. Atfhoclose tho feeling was unsettled, owing to the argument of Judgo Hoar before thftUnited CJcmrt t° roopon the decision in tho case oftbe Legal Tender net. Holders °r gold paid 4,434,6 and 5)4 per cent, .'to have their balances carried. The operations of the Gold Exchango Bank wore as follows: Gold cleared . 934,965.060 Gold balances ...... 1,250,143 Currency 1,406,698 The market for foreign exchange was again inactive, and rates declined an eighth per cent, for sterling. It seems that tbo European demand for Aroetican securities, inclusive of railway bonds.has supplied themarket with an, ns yet. inexhaustible supply of bills, and hence tbs bankers who Bought to make what may be styled a “ corner" by buying nil the surplus cotton bills, have boon unable to stop the leak in another and unlooked-for quarter. Th© hun dreds of new railway enterprises all over the country are receiving generous assistance from the capitalists of Europe, with whom Aral mortgage bonds on any sort of a promising route teadily command investment favor. Again, fivo twenties havs been unusually strong to-day. and were quoted us high os 9134 in London this morning —an advance of about one per cent, within the past influences combine to depress ex ca^l rftD « ed from f our to six per cent., with the former us the exceptional rate on Govern ments, and tire to six per cent, os tho general rate on stocks. Borrowers on mixed and interior collat erals -puid dhe highcst rate mentioned. Tho supply of*' funds in the street is ample, aud the increased de mand was easily met at the figures above specified. The failures Inst week have made buyers of com mercial paper moro cautions, but strictly prime names are readily negotiable at seven to eight por cent. The Uilures of a petroleum house in this city, a shipping bouse in Philadelphia and a petroleum house in Pittsburgh were announced on tho street to-dny. • " The“bulls "followed nptliorfctory of yesterday by another strong effort to-day, and though the contest wovered danng the forenoon they had achieved another signal triumph in the afternoon, about the time of the sessioni of ihelast board, when Pacific Mall wav barriod to.W4,l?erthwcat to 7334 and Ohio and Mississippi *o29*:. Earlier in the day they bad put Lake Shore to 8834, Now York Central t« 9254 and the script to 9034. Here there was considerable realization, while the “bears ’ were tempted to throw out a new lino of “shorts.’’ The sales of the afternoon were about evenly divided between these two sources ;so that the market jeft off’* with the forma tion ofanew“ short” interest fully onnal to that which has been closed out by the advance of the past few days The “bears’ sold upon the decline in gold to 11134, and should the market go lower to-morrow it would en courage them to follow up the partial victory which they gaiued to-night in lowering prices a half to one and a half per cent, from the highest made in the bnll” movement to-day. The lower Quotations for gold and sales to realise the rerent sharp advance led to a decline of about three quarters per cent. in the leading speculative issues of government bonds. The lowest prises were inode at tho close of business. ■ HariUme Kxhtblf lon In Ifaplea. There will be held in Naples, Italy, an In ternational Maritime Exhibition from the Ist of September to the 30th of November, 1870, in which all articles relating to maritime mat ters from all nations will be on exhibition. Gold, silver and copper medals will bo dis tributed to exhibitors judged worthy thereof. Tiie following objects will be admitted to exhibition: Ftnt Division —Naval Construction. fiecondDivision— Steam Engines. Third Division—Ports and Maritime Estab lishments. Fourth Division— Wood, Metals and Com bustibles. Fifth Division—Different articles and mi terials necessary for riggiug and for the arrangement of ships and navigation in gen eral. Sixth Division— Implements connected, with navigation, preparations for salvage, and arms for the commercial marine. Seventh Division —Victualling of ships, and sailors’ movables. Eighth Division— Fishery. Ninth Division —Scientific-Section. Tenth Division —Principal merchandise and articles for the exportation of Italy. Any information relative to the above Mari- time Exhibition will be cheerfully given by Alonzo M. Viti, His Italian Majesty’s Vice Consul at this port. LATEST HABIHE BCMJtIIS. ARRIVED THIS DAY. : Schr Rsßlless, Baxter. 5 days from Boston, with hair to Balder. Adamson & Co, Schr Masnway* Hampton, 1 day from UlUvUIe, with Iron pi to It I> Wood & Son. Bchr Carollno, Ti«e, from Millvillo, with glass t« Yt hitull. Tutuui A Co. Bchr Four Bisters. Laws, 1 day from Milford, with grain to Jos L Bewloy & Co. Bcbr Julia K Trutt, Nickerson, 6 days from Boston, with udse to enptain. Bchr Barah Clark, Griffin, Boston. . Bchr W II Tiers,Gifford, Boston. Bchr Elvio Davis. Hunds Boston. Bchr .Tub Allderdfce, Wostcott, Boston. Bchr Hamburg, Willetts, Norfolk. Bchr B II Wilson, Harris. Foil River.' Schr Thus M Rodney,Still, Milford. CURTAIN MATERIALS. 7,872 08 39,705’10 WINDOW DECORATIONS. LACE CERTAINS, HEAVY AND LACE DRAPERIES, LAMBEEQUINSI Satin Damask, Silk, and Silk and Woo Fabrics, of all shades of colors, the latest Imported. WINDOW SHADES In all the Newest Tints. PLUSHES, HAIB, bo ForJßailroadStipplies, L E. W ALRAVEN. ttMOnCHAU, ;; ; •■■■;;- No. 719 CHESTNUT STBEET.
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