VOLUME XXIV-NO. 11. Wedding invitations en-- • grnvod in tho newest and best' manner. LOUIS 7> JUtKA, 6tutloner and Engraver, No. 1033 Chestnut ■frTLt. . • • « . »p2J«th 8 tu-tf MARRIED. COOPER-EARNEST.—On the 21st Instant, by the Bight Rev. Bluhop Wood, Horuco Cooper to Kllcu Bar beet, both of Philadelphia. y w * VROOM AN—BAKER.—On the evening of lli© 2lit lust., at tho Kirst Reformed Chjirch,by tbe.Rer. Them X. Orr,Mr. Sajiinel B; Vrootnan to Miea Ella J; Baker, both of Philadelphia. ; * - DIEP, . I)K 8 ATJQUE.—On the 22<1 Inst.,Carrie C., daughter of Charles E. Be Sauriue,, _ , • ' ~ —. The male relatives and friends of the family are in vited to attend the funeral,from the residence of, her brother. No. 316 South Sixteenth street, on Monday morning, April 26 th, at JO o’clock. • , * W IILMER.—On the 22d But., Thomas Wtlmor, in tlio COth year of hlsago. , . .. . . The relatives and friends of the family aro.invlM to attend his funeral,' from the Trinity Jtf; E. Cburch.North Eighth street, übovo Kaco strowt, on Monday, the 23th Iriht. Funeral services ftt g o’clockP. M., prodsely. * 1 lB7O V DISOWN IRON BAREGE : BIODK IRON BAREGE. PEARL IRON BARBAE VIOLET IRON BARKCH EYRE X j>EOKI VKt) THISAVEKK. All-Wool llenianis, W to 76 cent*. Black Bilk and Wool Hcruauii*. 76 centfl to 76 —K-ripHsh-Bombafciue*; Black Bilk Olinfrs'. Lupin's Black Tainfaefi, Lupin'* Black Mousaelaiueis. Black all-Wool Bntifite. Black and White Pari* Organdie*. “ Paris Jaconet*. •« u Imported Lawnfl. Whito and Black Organdie* and Lawn*. Plain Black French Jaconets. Plain black French Percales and Chintzes. Black Bilk and Linen Fans Black Bilk ParasoUand Bun Umbrellas. —Jtufl!«4jleTOaiji Point*. ; " Htripod Buffl«d Skirt* and Skirtings. *ifny MlxcdSunnirT Glove* Alaxandre’s Bl«» kßilk Gloves. •;• _ • .fuiivinS* KmbroViered ilanchette Kid Glove*. Jouvlq’h PlaltiTHack Kid (ilr,v^ s . <\mvi>*ler ! * Plain,Black Kid Glove*. Nohair* or Glo**J( Alpaca*. 02>* cent* to Becond-Mowrniiigißcotch'Gingham*. e .. v Br.cMIN a Mourning Dry Goods'Heii»e, No, 918 Chestnut street apZMt ' SPECIAL NOTICES. WAN AM AKER, JOHN 818 AND 820 CHESTNUT STREET. ALL VARIETIES .. OF RARE AND ELEGANT SPRING ATTIRE FOR GENTLEMEN AND BOYS AT HI H AMTB2O CHESTNUT STREET. ' WANAMAKER, JOHN ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, , 1025 OHRSTNTJT Street. THE FASHIONABLE EESORT. gDERIDO’B RIDE STILL THE ATTRACTION. GREAT JLIFK-BIZE PAINTING, Jsj tho Po«l-Artl»t. T. BCCHANAN BEAD. EIGHTH WEEK OF THE EXHIBITION. OYER 70,000 VMITORi. THE rOKM RECITED TWICE A DAY. At 4 I*. M. and 9 P. M.*br MR.J. B. ROBERTS, tho eminent Tragedian and Elocutionist. Chromos of tho abort* celebrated Painting, in eiz.o 20 \jj ABMIHs'An“.®.!?.V. -...-- JS CENTS. Including the entire valuable collection of tho Academy. Open from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M., and from 7H to U) P. M. DplStf : NATATOKIUM AND PHYSICAL INSTITUTE, HROAD STREET, BELOW WAI-NCT, ‘•MENS SANA IN COBPOBE SANO.” RE OPENING OF THE SWIMMING DEPART Swimiwwis School for Ladies y Children and Gentle • fnm. B\*i mining, the most important of all bodily nccom--- plUhuuat^. Shimming, the most complete gymnastic. Swimming. the most healthful and useful qf all manly sport*. w Swi turning, tho essence of corporal discipline. Tlip practice of swlirimlng the most radical cure of round Hhoulderness for our cro.oked youth. i/k*anlinens and exercise mean comfort and health; comfort and health mean strength, bodily, comfort; health and ctronßTbmeau happiness. * , The summer season of oar Institution-trill open on MONDAY. May 2Qth.. The.clnbdeductions are on the wamo liberal scale of last season, with extra induct)* znentH to parties getting up clubs. All club applica tions must be made on* or before May 2*tth. In order to giva the public an opportunity to Inspect our In stitution and judge it on its own merits, and also to allow former patrons to tee the many improve ments since last season, tho institution will be open for public inspection on Thursday and Friday, April 24 and :29,fr0m9 A. M.till 9 P. M.,aud on Saturday, April 3d, 1 rom 9A.M. till 6 P.M., for ladies and gentlemen. For 'minor particulars send or address for a circular. ap23 s m \v tu4trp J.’A. PAYNE A BRQ. ATTENTION ! GREAT ART NOTICE! By the advice of hia friend?, Mr. CHARLES F.jHA* SKLTINR will sell, on theEVENINGS of THURSDA Y nnd FRIDAY, Muystkand 6th, all his magnificent col* lection of Oil'Paintings and Water Colors, without re ji<rvc, to the highest bidder, t This will bo the finest col lection that has cvor been offered to the Philadelphia public. ■ ' ' The-following artists are represented: Jloutibonne, - Boulanger, Zvamaeoir," Deranger,. - Brillonfn, Herbsthoffer, Obw. Achenbach, Herzog, .... . Escoaurai - • Paul W«*bur, Oaratid, Pasinl, Carl Becker. Prof. Ittenbach, . Daasaert, Euber Buehler, De Joughe, Pecrm, Jacobsen, Do Block, Laroche, -yoltz, - Van Marcko, , Tr.tyor, Sell, Edw. Hildubrandt, Vorlat, O. Erdmann, Ern’t HUdebrundt, Worner, Cnmphausen, .Tas. Stevens, Col, Do Notcr, Ac., Ac. • , * Due notice will be given in the papers when Pictures »ro ready for Exhibition. BALATIAL ITS* THE IKS' BOOMS OF MONTRE & CO. .WUMmuBBMOV.HD, on or about MAY 1, FIIOM EIGHTH AND VINK BTIIBET3, ' EIGHTH STREET, Above Race. 2trp* STS* iSTJIKHOAL WARD OF THE UNI *K=> r ....yersity_Hoßpitnl4B-now t open for the rooeptlonof Apply Ninth atroot, below Locuat, from 11 to 3, to aplfl-tn alm*rp PROF. W. PAINE. tn 3» LIEBIG’S COMPANY'S EXTRACT of ,Meat socxires great economy and convonionce iu liouaokeoning and excellence In cooking. None ficnulne without the signature of Baron Liebig, the riven tor, and ofTlr. Max Von Pettonkorer. delegate. jallC-w e-tf J. MILHAD’B SONS, 183Broiui\rar, 1109 GIB ABU BXBBIST, TUBKIBH, RDSBI'AN AND PESFDMED BATHB , Departments for Ladies, open from 8 A. M. to 9 P. M. 'ITS* J.Y.J, 017 WANT THE UENTJTME E' £ V.-iM«! tS -.¥ 0 V 11t, 1. ,n Cttko 0 DKXTKIt’H, 218 fioutli Klftocntli fitrout. ' ap*22l2lrp" ■ tv"3» HALL YOUNG MEN’S Oil BIST I. AN ASSOCIATION, ]2loCho*tniit Stront. ThP Monthly Mwliiia of till) will bo bold noxtMOKDAI EVKN7NG,atbo c ock« by JOHN WANAMAKER,Eaq. Subieoi-, “ Tlicr Practical Work of onr Association.” . * ' JM*/urHon upon th* tmm* Mibjnct. I,'lliruni-ntn 1 Munlc-undcr tbo direction of lIENJtyC.EWIKO.Kwi. The public are invited. Jt§ HOWARri7HOBPITAL, K057~1538 Lombard street, Dispensary Department, to the 'C a^*‘t, atment and medicine farulshou gratuitously rru* CHRIST CHURCH.—CONFIRMA ,tion fiunday evening, April 24. Service-at 7% o clock. - |t«- SIXTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH; *n£r Bprucfj street, below Sixth. Kev, J. P. Conker, pastor, will preach at Wj A. RJ. and-8 o'clock P. M. H* IT'S* FIRST MORAVIAN -CHURCH- r vh£r .corrnr Franklin and WooiJ streets, Rev. J. 11. Hummer, Pastor. Service To-morrow at 10>£and3K o clock. itj ARCH STREET iM. ,• K. i CHURCH, *n£y Broad street, below Arch.—Preaohfng hy 'the I‘aetor, Rev. 0. H: J*aynf, Sunday morning at IQM and evening at 7% o’clock. Strangers invited: lt* r BOARD M AN^CHAPJCL,, SOlJXH »*'e*y west corner Broad and Reed streets.—Rev. James M. teal* free. All invited. it* . ALEXANDER PRESBYTERIAN Church. Nfiief'enth and Green streets.—Rev* Geir. K. Cain. Pastor elect. ‘Services to morrow, at W? o’clock A. SI. and at SP.BL ./ It* TH E* REVT H'"X“ CL^XVEBAND IS-y ’wlll in Trinity M. E. Church al in the' Sforninv, and 7*4 in the Evening. The public are In* vit'd to hoar fhu.eloquent preacher. It* ’iTEvrA. a. w2S7lits,x>.“©., WILL Ihcpy preach in Urn West Arch Street Presbyterian Church, corner of Eighteenth and Arch streets, to-raor* row" at Jo’;, A. 51. and 6P. Ml. . Strangers invited. It* ' Soveiilh street,uhovb Brown.—Eev. It. A.Tbomp- D.. of New York, will preach in tlii« Church to* morrow (Sunday),at MW A. il.iuid7>i P k AI. . it* ITS* 1 ' FIRST'* REFORSIED"' CHURCH, Jv=*7 corner of Seventh and Spring Garden.—Rev. T t>. *. X. « -rr * ill preach to-morrow at A. M.. and 7*4 T. W. Evening to the Young. “Beading” lt*‘ .NDFLI, ' REV. C. WADSWORTH, D. D., Pn.itor, will,preach to-morrow in the Third Re* i rrmd Cl urt-h. Tenth and Filbert streets. Berries at i H r.rVrlt A. M. and H o’clock I*. M. " It* LUTHERBAUM ENSEisIFXU- R-e-y theran Chnrcb. Twelfth and Oxford;—Rev. Noah M. Trice, Pastor. iOH, Desponding. but Confiding ; ” 7*-i. “ (Jrme Rompahl—Where, Sir, is tho Church''” Free pews. . . It* -THE—FIRST—^PRESBYTERIAN" Church. Washington Bquaro.—Rer. Herrick ,J<*hn**on, P> I>.. Pastor, will preach to-morrow at Jos* and MS I’. M, It* CAR VARY PRESBYTERIAN Church, Locust street, above Fifteenth, Bov. Dr. Humphrey, Pastor. Services at lu>i A. 11. arid7)i T M. Rev, G. F. \Vie\vell will preach to-morrow morn* in;;. It* REV. -PHILLIPS BROOKS WILL jpreaChou behalf of the 4t Church Hnm«forChil- Gien/ to-morrow evening, April 24th. at the Church of li<d) *i rinitv. Nineteenth and Walnut streets.-Ser* »ite to begin at 7, t 5-o’clock. Seats free. lt§ ST! CLKMENT’S CHURCH, TWEN i!elh ami Cherry streets. - To-morrow being tbe f<* rt rth Sunday in themonth, th<* ufternooo service will or uinittcd. Ferrice in the av«mlu£ at 7>* o’clock, ChciHt eerrico. ‘Seats freer" " 7"* ' " ’ it* CENTRA©- CONGREG ATIONA© church. Eighteenth “etreatiq" Itev: Edward iijtW’U, Pastor, will pr«*ach to-morrow, at UvrA.3l. Quarterly Sabbath o<‘bo<il conev-rt at7l* P. M. Addresses by the Pastor and W’anamaker. Ei>r _ - i_ •_ u* jT3> BETH-EUEN BAPTIST CHURCH, -w>r^r —Br<*&-I—and —Hp?Hiu«~stroeisr—'Preaching by pas- J. Whf-aton Smith, I). D., Sunday raoruing at Kihi o’clock, and evening ai d o’clock. The children cf t lie Sunday School will participate in the morning, always Welcome. it* ciTinton street church,, Tenth street, baiow Spruce. Ber. Albert Barnes fo niarrow at IQH A.M. A letter from the Pastor, I)r. March, now in je,ruaalem, will be read. Bev. Samusl Bliller Jfageman, of Princeton, at 8 P. 81. Evening eubo-ct— •* The Knocking on the Door.'-' All cordially invited. . It* iy-3*., LECTURE. Olivet Presbyterian Church, Mount' Vcnsun an«J Twenty second «tre«ts. . J2uv. A. A. Willits will deUy^r^Tf!*'Popular-'Lecture, “ The Model Home,” \ On Tuesday evening, April 25th, ; At 8 o’clock. Choice Music • Under the dip-cOoii of Col. D. AV. C. Moore. Ticket e.£JhceJUs. - . apiiStrp*' ry-S> LECTURE BY REV. ALEXANDER lUCEP.I). l>., (Pabtor of the Central I‘re-*bvteriaQ Church-boo Thuiaday Evening. April 28th,at the Church s. E. corner of Eighth and Cherry street*. Subject, *• Italy a* 1 Saw it.” For the of the Young Men’* Association of the church. .l Tick* is c**nts. For hale by Leo A* Walker. 922 Chestnut bt.; Sirs. M. A. Blnder,N. W. corner Eleventh and Chi-stout street, arid Wm. L. Donnell, 6to Walnut htreet, and at tho door on the evening of the lecture. Poor* open at 7 o’clock. Lecture begins at 8 o’clock. ap23flrp§' fJB FOR SALE—WEST PIIILADEL finiLPHIA Residence, with all conveniences; Brtlti-- mor*' avenue and Fortieth street. Inquire of VAN IW GF.N & SNYDER,Ledger Building, IT ® TO LET—NEAR MT. HOLLY, N. J., Country Residence; containing 14 rornts: with stabling, large garden, plenty of fruit and shade. E. T. DOBBINS, ap23-».tn,tb-3t* 1412 Without street. 4Sjg TO LET.—A FINE THIRTEEN fitet roomed Mansion, near FrAokford, with lawn, enrden. stabling, carriage-house, &c. -Inquire 1321 G rurd aveuue. ap23tl| £s|i TO”LET—NO. '22OG Milt nine rooms. Bent, $520. Apply •on the premi ses. ap23-3i* PHII,ADELPIDFfLLAWN MOWERS. SClThls in just whatyou woij! for cutting your Lawn or Grace Plot. It,j» light, durable and cheap. Sold at ■ mJIST’SSKED WAREHOUSE, lts 922 and 924 Market Street, above Ninth. Mg " LAWN 2C Mower. The best machine for largo lawns. They mow beautifully, and greatly improve your lawn. Sold at BUIBT’S SEED WAUKHOUBE, lt§ 922 and 924 Market street, above Ninth. sj|£ PLOUGHS, HARROWS, CULTTVA TORS, Seed Sowers; Garden and Ffdd-Bailors, Wheelbarrows, and anything you want in tms farm and garden line can ho hod at BDIST’B SEEP WAREHOUSE, ltf 922 and 924 Jlarkgt street, above Ninth. EVERGREENSFOR H EDGING*, ZXur Shade Tree*, large Fruit-Trees; Dwarf and BtAnd ard. Address, J. PKUKIN.S, MoorestowufN. J. It* REFRIGERATORS. P) EFRIGER ATORS. t E. S. FARSON & CO.’S SELF-VENTILATING REFRIGERATORS, The cheapest and most reliable iu the market, and will k*op MEATS, VEGETABLES, FRUITS, MILK and BUiTEB lo»ger,Urtor«,d|gH.r 6i . j ■- than any other Refrigerator in use. Wholesale and retedl.at the-Old Stand, N 0.229 DOCK street, below-Walnut; . .ap2o 4trp BILLIARD TkEMOVAL.—MRS. E. HENRY, MANU .XI/ iactnrer of Ladies’ Cloaks and Mantillas, finding her Into location, No. 16 N 7 Eighth stfeetsr inadequate for her largely increased bnsineßB,has i*emoved to the ELEGANT AND SPACIOUS WARKROOM, at tho E. corner of NINTH and ARCH Stroots, whero sho now oftersun addition to her stock-of Clonks.and MuntUlus, n choice invoice of Paisley . Shawls, Lace Points'and_ Sticgueß, ' mli23-3mrp§ ’ LIPPINCOTT’S MAGAZINE, for May, Contains an Oponiug Chapter of . ‘ ANTHONY TROLLOPE’S Now Story, " “ SIR HARRY HOTSPUR; *. •••• OF UUMBLETHWAITE.” . Subscription, .$4 00 : Binglo Number,33ceiitß. ProHnectus, Premium Lists and Club Rates furnished oil app Ication. j iIP pjNO O TT,iS: CO , np23 2t§ 715 anil7l7 Muricot ntrnotl'Plillii. (hQN AAA SJB,OOO.— OTTY MOKTG-AGES JItJO.UUU. of flmt-olam character. Also, Home of euiulibr amounts.' Forsale Uy ' H. It. JONES, ■ i- ap23-3t* ; N 0.707 Walnut Btretft. SPECIAL NOTICES. RELIGIOUS NOTICES. FOR SALE ' TO RENT. AGRICULTURAL. REMOVAL. NEW PUBLICATIONS DISASTERS. BURNED AT SEA, The Ship Thomas Freeman ' Struck by Lightning. A Terrible Night in Mid-Ocean—Entire Destruction of the Vestel and Cargo— The Ship’s Company All Safe. [ From the N. Y. Timoi of To-dnr-1 AterribJe disaster occurred jiu mid-ocean on the 18th- Inst.'-TOe sliip Thomas Freeman, ’CaptainCharles Owen, which had leift Now Orleans, thirteen days before, was struefc by a thunder-bolt, which made a: hole about two feet square on the port, side of the vessel,. ■Soon after the shock, which prostrated all on 7 _hoard i the dames were controlled until the next morning, when the hrig Omega, of Sydney, C B„ Captain Kerr,-from Oienfuegos; was sig-. nailed, and,.promptly responding, toolcbffthe sliip’s company, including two ladies—the wife and daughter of the Captain—all of whom were brought in safety to this port, arriring ■ here yesterday. The Thomas Freeman when last seen was enveloped in flames, and mast have burned to the water’s edge. The terrors of that, night at sea, on board of a burning vessel, can bo more readily imagined than described. The follow ingfs the report orCapt. Owen: ,' “Left New Orleans Thursday, April 5. Crossed the har at the Southwest Pass on the !ith at BA. M.. and proceeded to sea. Had light and variable winds up to Monday, April 18, which commenced with strong gales from south-southeast, and squally weather, steering northeast tern.—to. eleven, miles ner hour. - At-' .". » . —. ?uri‘ett' : '’'' t'dp;gaTiaT]i'' sails and doubled-reefed the top-sails fore and aft. Weather dark and threatening in the west. Furled'mainsail, spanker, upper, fore and mizzen topsails and hauled up the forefiail. At .'ii P. M. the wind sud denly to* the west-northwest, and the sqiiali canie over wifTTgireafviolence; at 4fPTM. the ship was struck by a flash of lightning or thtnrdef-bolt, which prostrated all on board; as soon as the shock passed off, we found the masts all standing, and the--ship, by, ap pearances, all sate; but we soon found smoke coming up from the punip-well; took off the pump-well scuttle, and iound the ship Tull of smoke, and apparently bn fire for'er and aft; wind west; hauled the ship to north-north west, to get, if possible, to the north of the Gulf, and to the laud; at (J P. M. it was moderate and clear; found the 'ship on fire fore and aft, but’on examination could find no place where the lightning had entered; Bounded the-pumps.-the filiipmakingno water;- fastened down chain ]ockers, and hove sails pyer to keep the air from the hold, keeping the sails wet with water, and, if possibleyto get the ship to land; made all sail to north noythweSt, yvind west. At lO P. M. wind -hauled to west-nortliwc-st. with a strong caltF and heavy squalls ; double reefed the toenails 'and lurleffTnatnsail. Sooti found the decks began to heat, and the lead in the scuppers on the port side became very hot. At midnight t he ship was on lire at all parts, tile pitch frying out of the seams on deck, and smoke all around, and we found that no means could be fouud to save the ship. We got all the boats ready with necessary" provisions and water, and made preparations to.leave the ship.- At 2A. M-, jyth, we hove the mainyard to the mast, and hung the long boat aud.other boats in the tackles, expecting every moment thejfire would burst through the deck. -At daylight, 5 A. M.. we had violent gales with a high sea from the north-northwest. At 8 A. M. the .wind somewhat abated, but still there was a strong gale and a high sea.'At !)J we discov ered a sail to the southwest, steering to the north-nortbeast. ensign union down at the gall' and at the mainmast head. At lOi the brig came alongside, and proved to be the Omega, of Sydney, 0. 8., Captain Kerr, from Cienfuegos, bound to New York; we toid him our situation, and he offered us all the assistance in his power; we lowered the starboard-quarter boat, and sent the mate, with four men, with the Captain’s wife and daughter to the brig;_ put out the long-boat, and sent her, with.a small quantity of stores for the crew; the sea'was "rough'and it was difficult to get alongside the brig; at 111 tlie fire burst through the deck on the port side, abaft the main rigging; we made ar rangements to save our lives and leave the ship, she being enveloped in the fire and finoke, the thunderbolt having gone through -the side of the ship on the port side, near the middle of tho wales or bends, under the main rigging, making a hole apparently two feet square. At 11 F. M. all hands were on hoard the brig. We saved nothing but a few, provisions, chronometers, and a part of our clothes. The sea,was so rough that we could only take on board the brig our two quarter boats ; as the Captain of the brig did not think it possible to hoisf-in the long-boat, we let her go adrift. A£ 2 j the ship was entirely en veloped in a mass of tiames tore and aft. At 3 P. M. the mizzen-mast went by the board; soon after the foremast and ihaihmast fell,and the ship was burning rapidly. At 4'P. M. the ship disappeared—and thus ended the mel ancholy career of the ship Thomas Freeman.” Capt. Owen, in behalf offhis family, officers and crew, returns his tbankß to Capt. Peter Kerr, of the brig Omega, for. his care, skill and seamanship in saving them from the burn ing ship. To his promptness and skill, Capt. Owen says, we owe our lives; algo for his kindness and politeness, wliilo on board his vessel, and till we landed in New York, our thanks are duo;- The Vessel Still linrnfne on the 20th. Capt. Laird, of the. steamer of the Anchor line, which arrived at this port yes terday, seventeen days from Gibraltar, first brought the story of, an unknown vessel burned at sea, which, without doubt, was the Thomas Freeman. Capt. Laird reports that at t) o’clockon the evening of the 2pth instant, he saw a vessel on lire about four miles to the west of him. Believing that a digaster had occurred, in which.he couid render assist ance, he ordered the helmsman to steer to ward her. v . Tho position of the burning {vessel was lati tude 37 degrees 7.minutes norM and longitude 70 degrees 15 minutes west, or :in the middle of the Gulf Stream, about 265 miles west southwest of Cape Hatteras. When the Dacian arrived within a short distance of the burning steamer a boat was lowered with four men, under the command of A. Murdock, the first mate, which pulled around the vessel. On thti,return of. the boat to the Dacian, the mate, reported that the vessel was so en wrapped.in flames that it was impossible for. him to tell ■ whether she was a steamer or a sailing vessel, but from certain parts of her that remained unburned he .-thought it highly probable that she -was a steamer. At that time the..flames had reached such a height that it was thought she had been de , serted, for no'one coiildJive itfi&oh. a mass of fire, On-the starbpard quarter bo saw the tackle of ono of the boats hanging from tho davits, and from this he confiluded that the passengers and crew had left ber to,her fate. After remaining.a sufficient length of. time to pick up any persons that might be in the water, the boat returned, having been unable to find anyone.-; ■ ;? ; ■ J)E SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1870. 'I lIE LAST DAYS 6*’ lUUOIIAH. 1 lie Cnllom Bill—Opinions of the Faith* ful-.-ytcf ton of the «o<lbeitc».—Confer ence* lieid by Assenting and Diwieutiui; Salnta. - . 1 Salt Lake City, April B. —The news of the ; Anti-polygamy bill ot' Mr. Cullom has boon : variously recnivddin Utah. The Brighamites : at; first affected indifference. Their-organ, . Thtt. Deseret Nats, , said: “i’erseoution , Jias. ! driven us from a township *, * ' # to a Territory; it. has made us strong, thrifty and fearless.” Next day it said that-tue Lord, Who had-cofnmarjded'them to practice po lygamy was on one side of tile contest, and tlipse who ,opposed Tiis will by their enact-; ; meats, were on tile other. If the issue were . tried--Whb c'oiiid for a moment, question the result? - Jit!was the Lord vs. Congress, and ■they would!bet on the former. It is said that a.ll the entployes of Zion's wholesale store re solved each to marry another woman; to show their defiance, should the bill become a law: Ybe Zlormon liras Sleetinsr. There appeared, a few days later, in their organ, a calf for a mass-meeting in the Taber ' nacle, prominent Elders and Apos tles, for the purpose' of remonstrating with . Congress against the passage of the Cullom bill. Soon after 1-o’clock on; the 21st nit. the old Tabernacle, which holds abdut'2,soo, was Intibns-which were there adopted declare that they regard polygamy "as a vital principle of- their religion, given them. „of God through' Joseph Smith; sustained by the .Bible, and practiced by holy meti of old, : while this proposed law oilers them- no alterna tive but the cruel one of either rejecting God’s command and abjuring their religion, or dis obeying the authority of the Government they desire to honor and respect. They submit that the bill is unconstitutional, because such a law concerns the establishment of religion and -prohi bitwits free exercise7“because _ Sure in ex jx/st facto, there haviDg been no statute of the United States or of the Territory against : if until years had elapsed ; because it imposes excessive fines, and infiiets cruel, and unusual punishment: because it provides a special rule of naturali zation applicable only to the Territory of qjtahyaatbheeansG.it s diafranchise?fa.aj!{L pre scribes American citizens for no aet,‘but simply for a belief. It closes by beseeching and adjuring Congress to sepd to Utah a Com mission, clothed with the necessary authority, to make a thorough investigation, and obtain , ' evidence concerning 'their religious system -fronritsLrieuds instead of its~eneimes. The Qodbelte Meeting. The Godbeites, who hold that polygamy is no part of religion, and is not commanded of Heaven, but is rather a matter of individual choice, were at first disposed to join with some prominent Gentiles of the eity and ask the Senate to modify the House bill so as not to disturb polygamous relations already entered into. A meeting was held in Masonic Hall for the purpose of taking some such action, and "was attended by tbe leaders of that schism— Stenhonse, Jennings, &c.—and some Gentile merchants and lawyers. Everything was go ing one way at this meeting, and a resolution prayingfor the modification of the' btlf by the- Gvnate bad been drawn up and presented, wben Coi Maxwell, Register of 'the Land Of fice, made a forcible presentation of the other side of the question, _The meeting ended by the appointment of a committee, composed - wbollyof-Gentile merchants-anrt lawyers, to draft a memorial to the Senate and present.it To ah adjourned meeting. Some membertf of this committee called on Apostles Q. Cameron and John Taylor next day, Brigham Young being yet in the South, and asked them if they would pledge that the Church would obey the law in future if the past should be - left undisturbed, to Which they emphatically answered A’o. '‘lt was a part.of their reli gion;” they said, “to marry all the women ■ they pleased, and their Constitutional right, by which they would stand at all hazards.” . This reply, the withdrawal of the Godbeites from the project, and the conviction, upon full discussion that no half-way measures would meet the case, as either the Mormons or the United States must give way, caused the Gentiles also to refrain frein action. The committee never formally met, aud the ad journed meeting never convened.— Tribune. FACTO ANI» FANCIES. —A hook has heen written in England on J‘ The Fuel of the Sun.” —Fitz-;Tobn Porter is engaged in the coal business in New York. —The bestjfniothers for ballot-girls—Step mothers —Dickens’s after-dinner speeches are to be published and illustrated—with plates, nat urally. —Drinking too, much water in his arsenic was the Cause of a Cincinnatian’s decease on a recent evening, ~ —Religions excitement led a Baltimore woman under the bed with a razor, the other day, whence she emerged a corpse. —The Wyoming prisoners who were sen tenced by the female jury, have arrived at the Michigan Penitentiary. They say they have lost all faith in the fair sex. •—Ole Bull may deny that he is going to marry a lady at Madison, Wis., all he wants to, lint lie is. A Madison editor offers to bet that Ole will do it in less than ninety days, which settles it. —Two “ sons of Belial ” have been arrested in a New Hampshire town, for distnrbing a church. They talked loud,passed around bot tles whisky and pelted the minister witlrap* pies. An exiled Prussian baron is vegetating in a solitary hut somewhere in the wiltis of New- Jersey, living on herbs, corn and roots, roam ing ever hill and dale, with a black clay pipe in his mouth and- his hands crossed be hind him. • - . —The “ Man Flute” is the title given to a certain Don Ferreyra, who is now performing at a Belfast theatre. He produces all the ef fects of a tlute without having recourse to any instrument whatever. —An intelligent gentleman from Germany, on his first visit to an American church, had a contribution box with aliole in the top pre sented to him, and whispered to' the collector: “ 1 don’t got mein bapers, unt can’t vote.” —Philadelphia papers are all getting sick of the Associated Press. The “ Lopez ” business was the last camel that broke its back. The Associated Press lias pent a special correspon dent to Plymouth Bock, to find out about the landing of them Pilgrims. They have jnst heard of it— N. Y. Democrat. Dyspepsia cured for S2”is the cheerful announcement of an advertisement emanating from t'liat. city of ideas, Boston. The cure is indicated in two little wood cuts, giving a life ? like representation of a wood-saw and the saw lior.se. This treatment is recommended to be taken once or twice per day—“sure cure guaranteed or money refunded.” —The Wilmivuton Commercial is a sprightly paper, hutmust overhaul its Old Testament iuhjery a little._ It'remarks as thus: Plavlnc. Goi.iatii, —A drunken fellow, on Sunday, pulled a support from under some scaffolding, erected for the purpose of making some alterations and repairs in a building at Eourlli and Shipley streets, when the whole f^cnHold fell with a great, crash to the ground. This modern imitation of Goliath did not share his prototype’s fato, as he escaped with his life and retreated to the market-house opposite to ■contemplate with satisfaction the havoc he had wrought. THE COURTS. WHAT IS PARTNERSHIP?' Important Decision. Nisi Pkim—Justice Sharswood.—ln. the case of Lord & Taylor Vs. J. W. Proctor & Co., a decision of great importance was rendered.- The case came before the Court,, under this agreed state of facts: I. Tlmt on the a’thduy of July, A. J). 1353, tlin defsn dai’t, Ilenry Ashley, lent and udvancedlo-thu defendant John ,vy . I’roclor, the mini of twenty tbouHaiid dollars, for which the following receipt or memorandum was given, tor. it: « “Borrowed and received 6f Ifonry Ashley, Esq., twenty ihcusttiid'dolluir ($20,000). rotm-nablo at the expirfttion of two years from date, for the uho pf ■ whicb *iuu» I promise fy puiy interest at the rate of four thou ►iind vmht hundred dollars per ainiuni, iu quarterly in fitHln onffiof twelve hundrptldollars each; and further more, at, the exrtrafien of the" term, to make up thd amount(Uany ho wanting) to equal, oue-fourth of the net gain* of my business, now carried oh at 920 Ghost nut street. • “Philadelphia, July 20,18©. fStamp.l’ “fbigiied) J. W. Proctor;” • 2. Tirnt since July 20tu, )«iB, tJio enJd Prontor has paid to the paid Aafiley tho first two of the said quarterly iu- Htnlmonts of twelve hundred dollars each,being tha sum of two.thousand-four hundred dollars iu tho aggregate, as interest upon the said sum of twenty thousand dollars, under the said receipt or memorandum,aad that the said «mn of two tbotfk&nd f«»nr hundred dollars is all that has been paid by the said Proctor tothoH ihl Ash ley for the said loun and advance of .twenty tnousand dollars. '•• '' ; business'carried ou by tbo said John \V. Proctor,at No. 920 Chestnut street, in the city of Philadelphia, or else where, under any name, was not held out. to the world . as a partner therein, and if he is liable as a partner in the said ftrro at all, he became s.o solely in consequence ' of the said transaction of advancing tho moaey and re ceiving the said interest on the said urms expressed In said jp«per. • - • -- 4. That during the monthsof September and Octobor, A. D. 1869. the plaintiff sold and delivered to the de fendant, J. W. Proctor, then trading as-J. W. Proctor A.Co., merchandise to the amouut, in' all, of four thou : sand two hundred and twenty-eight dollars and seventy eishtcents ($4,228 78), and that shortly thereafter the •Buid Proctor, trading as J.'W. Proctor & Co., becamo insolvent, aud atill remains so. le_and deli very of morchandiso wore not made by the plaintiffs ou the faith of the paid loan uii<i advance of money by the said Ashley to the said Proctor, und* r tbo terms aforesaid. 6. That judgment may bo entered against the defendant- John W . Proctor, for four thousand two huudred and t\wnly dollars,{s4^2o,),with interest thereon from the lith day of November, A. I). 1869; and if the Court shall be of the opinion that in consequence of tho said trans action of advancing the money and receiving the in terest on the said forms expressed in said papor, tho de fendant, Henry Ashley, is liable to the plaintiff as a partner of the said John W. Proctor, that judgment may he enYertd'Bgainst him in the same amount : but if not. then judgment to be entered for the said defendant Afihley. Tho costs shall follow tne judgment, and either parfv reserves the right to sue out a writ of error or certificate to the judgment of the Court. j. L . The. case was argued by 8. C. Perkins for plaintiff and Robert, N. WilLson .fpr„ Mr., Apßley. This 'morning the Court delivered the fol lowing opinion: Sharswood, J.—lt is very clear that tho argeement of July 20,1868, aid not constitute ihe~Parties partners i>i t«r ser r They were, as between themselves, debtor and creditor merely. Nor can it be considered as at all af fecting the case that the compensation to be paid for.the loan or use of the money was usurious; that same foaturq was in Grace vs. Smith, 2 Wm.BL, 998. Mr. Justice Bluckstoue remarked that if it was a loan, whether usurious or not, was not material to the question. If the teinia of the contract had been that at the end of two years Mr. Ashley was to be repaid his principal—with an amount equal to one-fourth of the profits, provided that did hot exceed lawful interest—it would not have bum open*to_objection on the score of unary ; and yet it is evident that the snino question of whether it consti tuted a partnership as to third persons would liavo arisen•••••• ■ I mu unable to draw tins' distinction between a stipu lation for compensation fur the us«; of money, or credit, hr anything else proportioned to profit, and the welt set tljed-faseofcompensation for services, if there is no such distinction then this falls within- tho pHhci- Tde as stated by Lord Chancellor Eldon, in ex parte Knmpo-47', Vesey 412, nnd followed by this Court in 1 Barr.2Ts; Edwards vs. Tracy, Wid. Did., January 3, •)BiU. In F<dlTs.Eyton,3 Common Bench, 32, the re-' cei pt of a per centage upon the gross amonnf of sales made to curtain enstomers by the person who recom n.friuled such customers was held sot to ronstitute him a partuev as fo third persons. Tinrlal,o. J., after advert ing to the rule—that one who receives a salary propor tioned to the profits, according to a known, though nice distinction.Fnot a purtncr,iidde; “ Nor (loes it appear to make any dig«*rmi«e whether the money is received by way of interest on money lent or wages or salary as ag*‘nt or commission** on sales.’' It may uot be very easy to give a satisfactory reason for the distinction between an agreement that a party shall receive half the profits, and that he shall receive a commission ol fifty per cent, on profits.- They both come to the same thing. “The distinction,” soys Chief Justice Gibson, “is an arbitrary one, resting on au thority, not principle.” Dunhnm vs. Rogers, 1 Barr.. 2(52. .All such arbitrary distinctions are to be regretted! It w ould huve been better to have adhered to Waughvs. Carver, 2N, 151., 235—0 r If the rule in that case haa been found by experience to work have over r,ui» d it as the English courts have in ciTftqtdone in Cox vs. Nickmen', S. K. L. C., 268, and Bnllen vs. Sharp, Conunou IMene (Law) Rep. 86. Mr. Baron Bnuinv'dl argues very strongly agaiqst the genoral rule itself— from the unreasonableness of this admitted exception. -, lf I agree to receive a sum in proportion to profits, as for instance a enm equal to atenth, lam not liable. If I receive a tenth I am. 'Wlmtisthe difference, exc’-pt in words, at least rs far as-creditors are concerned 1* Hm» esn fiin* set of words, between A. and B. give C. a right, and the same thing in other words notr How many men in a thomand, not lawyers, could bo got to under . Htand that ot the two servants of a firnu the one who re ceived a tenth of Its profits wus liable .for its debts, and theother, who rcceivedasum equal to a tenth,was not Y This ilr Justice Story calls “ satisfactory.” Satisfac tory in wbut sense y In a practical budneessense '( No: i>m in the setihe of n subtlo and «cnto lawyer who h pleased witli refined distinctions, interesting as intel lecMml exerrisn»; though uninMlieible to ordiuarv minds, and mischievous when applied to the ordinary nflnirs “of life. Lord Kldon did not think it satisfactory. » Such a law is a law of sur prise add injustice, nnd against good policy. It fixes r liability on a man contrary to his interest and expectation, und without reason, and gives a benefit to nnother which he did -not .bargain for -aud't>Utrht-not'.'*to- 4 have, and prevents that froe use of capital enterprise, which is as im portant.” Wid., 126. It would not be very oney to fiud an auewer to this course of argument’, and Mr. Justice Story winds up his rtaborate vindication of tho distinc tion by an apparent admission that it Ims been resorted to in older n» escape tho practical-injustice of the-rule itself. “ The charge inf ton much subtlety.Rhd refine ment),” he says, “ might ho fairly retorted and tho rea soning proved that the.rule itself, to which tho distinc tion is applied ns an exception,is. open to the saino ob ject inn, nnd to others of a more serious nature.” Story bn Parteu.. S. 52. We have recently held, however, that the rule of Wkujjh vs. Gann,2 H. Bl.,23s,decided in 1793, following the principle enunciated iu Grace vs. Smith, 2 Wm. 111.,998,in 1776,and adopteds,by this Court to Hb full extent in Pnrviance vs. McClinton, 6 8., 2 It., 259, in 1820, is too ancient and well settled a landmark of our law-to be now disturbed, and accordingly the distinction in questiotf has been reasserted and adhered to. Edwards vp. Tracy, West. Diet., Jan. 3, 1870. I cannot perceive that it wity at all help matters now to unothor distinction between a compensation for sorvices, labor and skilli and the compensation for the loan or biro of credit, money, land or goods—an exception to the excep tion—ami resting necessarily, as it must, upon un equally arbitrary basis. ... I am aware that it has been proposed bb a critorion of partnership that the party charged must have, by the agreement, that enuity. lien or preference which belongs to a partner, by which he is entitled to his share of tno partnership effects after the payment of the firm .debts to the exclusion of the individual creditors of the others. Undoubtedly, if it be clearly so expressed or necessarily implied,that makcs a partncrahip as.to thiid persons, if not inter sr. Blit tho criterion nropddeVT affords no solution of tbo question in ft case like tho preseat,whefo there is nothing on the snhjebt, cither exproesed or ? ira* pUed, in thi* writing.-If Mr. Aehley is a purtuor, he has such an equity or preference; if ho Is simply a creditor of Proctor, he has none. If it bo necessary, in order to constitute a partnership, that this should affirma tively appear, tnen it is very clear that. Mr. Ashley is not a partner—but 1 cannot see that the same rale ap plied to an agreement simply for a division of profits, without more, would not lead tojtho same result. On the whole, laniof opiniou that judgment should bo entered, in the case stated, in favor of tho dofond untvHcnry Ashley,and against tho defendant, John W. Proctor, for four thousand two hundred' and twenty dollars (34,22mJ, with interest thereon from the fiftoouth November, 1869, according to the agroem<*pt of -thehttoruej sof the parties. Judgment - Tlie Income Tax— ln It Dae for 1870 ? Nisi Pkius— Chief Justice Thompson.— This morning, counsel, on behalf the Lake Su-i' nerior and Mississippi Railroad Company; the Phi bdelnhla*nd Reading Railroad Company; the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company ; tne< Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad Campany; J : he Harj-ishurfv, PortsmouthwMount_Joy Lancaster Railroad Company, earnedutQcourt and applied for injunctions to restrain the Re venue officers from assessing and collecting an income-tax from these "corporations for 1870. • The hill raises the question whether the act authorizing, the collection of an income, tax continues that tax for 1870. United States District-Attorney Smith - ap peared in Court for the revenue ' officers, and suggested that no time had. .beon alio wed'for an Examination of the bills. - There was then some discussion whether tlie case ought not to be removed to the Cir cuit Court. It was finally agreed to allow the injunction to issue for the present, and Thursday ribxt was fixed fortlio argument. PRICE THREE CENTS.' eiTY BULIiICTiI). r?,!VL,„ F ? REBEBIr Teumihatwi* of A,, piti?.n U mn C « SK j'7'?- I ’ at **“» most immaculate Hmf«? I ? a A’\ bnd Ittwself charged with viola rmmLr «■ ?’ !'°. on <> b,!tter kM " ,J tbautho reporter ot a daily newspaper. Detective officers - are but human, in their vasaries 4 1,ey Pfjy cau s° the arrest, upon wjually* frail bishop 10D ’ of eit,l cr a bank president or » _ The case of Dr. Jackson, charged; with forgery or one or more pension warrants-, liadl , a renewed hearing, tills afternoon, before- United States Commissioner Biddle. General Avery, the government officer, conducting the prosecution; was present; as also was Dis trict-Attorney Valentine, Dr. Jackson rested hisgease on its merits and took goodly gathering of people, representing va rious claim agent establishments, filled up the back ground of the picture. Wauy-of Dr. Jackson’s friends were also present, together with three stolid members of the bar, who itched in vain for his consent that they should become' his counsel. But a single witness- -was exnmimjdl Sho writes her name- Beyond: the possession of that accomplishment she lays claim' to* „P.9.,C.hirographical lore. The case was.* 1 due” at 12 o’clock, at which hour alf parties inter -esreffWre preseuTTfEeTiuly wftuessalone ex cepted. She appeared in a state of exhaus tion. She afterwards disappeared, iu company with a witness fee of ,$U 50, and the legal al lowance for mileage and expenses from her residence in New Jersey. Her name is Sarah A. Hoff. After imprinting her' lips upon a volume of the Scriptures artistically gotten up in imitation morocco, slie thus deposed " She resided in the,vicinity of Marlton, New Jersey. - She knew Doctor Jackson; liehad collected a pension for her. His father had done so before him.. Doctor Jackson took :hr of h Oil urge oi nor pension m”ijeptember last. He ' then paid her 547. She signed her name, to the U. S. pension check given to. her with which .to draw the money. (The witness'idbn- to the chec(c. The face of it she was (.unable to read, as also the voucher that she signed on the day previous to the issuing of the check.) The witness deposed that she wrote her signature without her hand being guided by any one. She knew • enough of Chirograpby to append- her signa ture where it was required to give validity to a document with whose tenor she had been made acquainted. After receiving her money.. from Doctor Jackson, she deposed she didn't again Visit his dfiice until about March 20th, when her next pension payment became due.” • At this point Commissioner Biddle iuter posed with a protest that General Avery’s course was that of a cross-examination calcu iated.to discredit his own witness. Doctor Jackson,he pointed out, had refused represen tation by counsel. The District Attorney,satis fied of the flimsincs.H of the'prosecution, had allowed General Avery to make the ex.unina tion oi the witness. Unrepresented by coun sel as was Doctor Jackson, he (the Commis sioner) felt bound to interpose against the ir- regularity in question. District-Attorney Valentine now spoke. •He said that had he foreseen what was now developed the proceedings against Dr. Jackson, would never have been instituted by his sane- ■ tion. In this case there is. not a shadow of evidence reflective of discredit upon Doctor . Jackson. He had never previously seen the' gentleman in question,buthe felt it to-bo aduty : to him to. say that in this (entire prosecution: there existed not-the shadow'of reality so far as cause was Sbncerned. United States .Commissioner Biddle, after thanking the District-Attorney for what he. had said, pronounced the opinions of the District-Attorney as being also bis own. In tiie course of the District-Attorney he heartily acquiesced. He then assured Doctor Jackson that he left, the Court, as when he entered it, with reputation unsullied by stigma in any shape. , '£! Gen. Avery,’upon his single leg, then states that he had been entirely 'misled. He had never had personal communication with any of the witnesses produced for the prosecution. The information upon which he acted was re ceived from parties professing to repeat the statements which the parties just upon the witness stand declare 'that they never uttered. Doctor Jackson was honorably discharged- Gen. Avery then came forward and con gratulated Doetor Jackson, who magnani mously took his proffered hand. And so ended what may—be set down as “a very queer case.” Local Chowder. —The agent for the So ciety tor the prevent ion of Cruelty t 6 Dumb ' Animals would do well to look to au insuffer able nuisance at the Baltimore Depot. Cars loaded with calves are frequently left stand ing there an entire day midnight without food or water. To the sensibilities of those living in the neighborhood, this is especially annoy ing. The bleating oi the suffering creatures and tho sight of their parched tongues occa sion distress to ail within seeing or hearing distance. South istfeet to-day is literally packed with women folks. South street is the “ Oheapside.’' of Philadelphia, In the way of millinory it -is-to-this city what Division street is to New York. In the way of gorgeousness, commend us to the windows of a South street milliner. Wbat tlieir trimmings Jack in fineness, they make up in splendor of hue. The reddest of roses blush through the window glass. To the unities, no particular regard is paid. In South street you can get blue roses and blue dahlias, yellow pinks and pink daffodils. The country people pay their money and, of course, take tlieir choice. They incline to cabbage roses aud convolvuli with vehement muchness. To them the contents of a jardiniere are unen diirabiy tame. Tlie delicate specialities of Paris—so delicate that only the microscope indicates the counterfeited foliage—would prove long shop-keepers in localities where the patronage’ comes from. the people who ■support our markets with pullets and po tatoes. These ladies are now scattering their funds through South street. Every wagon tbat-goes home to-night will probably include one or more bundles among its return cargo. Nobody cries “ sout milk ” or spoiled eggs. All the millinery in South street, as in Chest / nut street, is labeled fashionable; all-the / modistes are “ fashionable milliners.” To-1- , morrow the pews in the Jersey churches will present, the view ' of continued parterres dressed in hollyhock, poppies and imitation heads of wheat. The general adoption of the style of little hats has so cut ddtvn the usual cost of head-gear as to ; leave a margin in the display of trimming to he devoted, to the production of the inosjt. stunning results. The trade of South street is " -not to be looked upon as a sternutatory .-In all —-— — ,our walks through it we never yet saw a (Sheriff's flag living from a storekeeper’s win- ■ dow. It Hot only has more milliners’ stores,’ litit more shoe" stores, than any other, afreet in Philadelphia. The part of it that still resembles Chatham street, New York, is gradually being overshadowed.— Its-upper—--- - - end has" been virtually rebuilt, . what amused us this morning was seeing several fashionables looking furtively around them lest they should be seen by those whose crlti- i cisni they dreadi'd, .entering a South street store. Jilany of the offerings here, in the dry ' goods as well as in other kinds of merchandise, are bought at. cash auction’ sales, in job-lots. . The discriminating buyer -not unfrequently saves money by dipping into.its free-and-easy - st vie of shopping. Kpiin£ lamb and spring chickens are dis played in tho markets .this morning. Tho latter, alotit tho size of robins, are picked up by peeunious gourmands at $1 25 a pair. The Continued <?n the Last I'age.
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