The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-13
The Fenians on the Border.
New York Local Elections.
Families of the Oneida Victims.
Fund Instituted for their Relief
FROM WASHINGTON.
Tho Oneidn Fund.

Special Despatch 10 The EDening Telegraph
WASHINGTON, D. o., April 13.-The Senate
has received q communication from the Secre-
tary of the Navy, enclosing draft of an act for
the relief of the widows and orphans of those
who perished in the sinking of the United
States steamer Oneida in January last. AS the
act has been drawn after consultation with the
Treasury Department, it is deemed proper and
just one, and win doubtless pass without any
change, The following is the act:--
Section /. That the widow, or child or children,
and IN case there be no widow or child or children
parents the brothers and sisters OF the oicers sea-
men, marines or others in service who were lost IN
the the United fS States vessel Of % as Oneida on
entitled to and receive out Of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
sum equal to twelve months pay of their respec-
tive deceased relatives aforesaid, and the proper
accounting officers of the Treasury Department are
cludng the said Gath day OF January, isiO the day
upon which said vessel was sunk in Yokohama Bay,
Japan. '.i .t-. b-al
Section Q. That the proper accounting officers OF
the Treasury be and they are hereby authorized and
equity the accounts Of the oicers sailors, marines
and others, including captains clerk on board the
said vessel-of-war Oneida, and to assume the last
quarterly return OF the paymaster Of said vessel as
the basis OF computation OF the subsequent credits
to those on board to the date of such loss, IL there
be no Official evidence to the contrary. I.I.
Section 8. A nd be 10 further enacted That the
proper accounting officers Of the Treasury Depart
settle the accounts OF Thomas L. Tulock, Jr., late
paymaster in the navy, who was lost In the said
vouchers for expenditures and payments made by
him, Id with all the money, stores and supplies
procured for the OF said vessel and to allow him
q credit for whatever sum appears to be due from
him on the books OF the department.
Despatch from MIR. Motley.
The Secretary of State has received despatch
from Mr.. Motley, our Minister at London, trans
mitting sympathy expressed by the Queen and
a. D...A
calamity of the Oneida.
Naval Orders.
Despatch to the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, April 13.--Assistant Surgeon
B. 8. Mackie is detached from the Naval HOspi-
tai at New York. and ordered to the Franklin.
Assistant Surgeon Lewis g. Pelcher Is detached
from the Tallapoosa, and ordered to the New
York Naval Hospital, and Assistant Surgeons
John W. Ross and Theodore G. Heyl are ordered
respectively to the Talla1oosa and Naval
Academy.
Military Orders.
Brevet Lieutenant Colonels j. s. Catlin, T. A.
Dodge, and E. B. Knox have been ordered to
| report for examination to General Mcdowell,
| President of the Retiring Board.
| Amendment Celebration.
The colored people of the District of Columbia
| are to-day celebrating the ratification of the
| fifteenth amendment and the eighth anniversary
of emancipation in this district. Mayor Bowen
| has issued proclamation suspending all busi-
ness of the Corporation. The Fcolored employees
of the General Government, on application to
| President Grant, have been allowed leave of
absence, in order that they may take part in the
| jubilee.
The procession, which is very long, comprises
| colored military companies and civic societies;
ears tastefully canopied, containing colored
| girls displaying miniature flags. Notices are
| abundant, such as Qualification of the Fifteenth
Amendments" ''All Men Free and Equal" 'In
God we Trust, in Grant we Believe" In an
open barouche drawn by four horses are four
men appropriately dressed, represent
ing Europe, America, Africa, and
the Indian, with girl in their midst
as the genius of liberty. large number of
carts are in line, and many marshals are on
horseback. The weather is beautiful, and
throngs of colored persons are on the thorough
fares. The holiday is general among that class
of the population. After the procession shall
return to the City Hall this afternoon, where q
stand has been erected, speeches will be made