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FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1870.

The SUPREME CoURT this morning ordered
that hereafter no naturalization papers shall
be granted by the judges sitting at NtSS
P7aus. The effect of this order will be to
transfer the whole business of naturalization
to the lower courts, where applicants for the
honors of citizenship will be compelled
to await their turn in the regular
routine The practice of the Supreme Court
judges sitting at Nisj Prjets for the express
purpose of granting naturalization papers has
been the occasion of vast maj ority of the frauds
that have been perpetrated, and if this order
of the Supreme Court does not effect an en-
tire reform in the system of naturalization, it
will at least serve to check many of the abuses
that now exist
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practically treated as crime by the highest
legislative authorities Of q country, capital
speedily avenges itself by concealing as far
as possible its existence, or by seeking refuge
in more enlightened nations, and the springs
of industry, on which the employment and
prosperity of the industrious depend, are
speedily dried up, to the injury of the poor
as we'll as the rich. Congress should yet re-
solve to do what is right on this question,
casting buncombe considerations to the
winds, and relying for future support upon
the intelligence and pervading sense of JUS
tice and sound policy, rather than upon mar
row local considerations OF paltry preiudices
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-08

The honorary degree of Doctor of Philoso-
ply, conferred last week by the corporation
of Lafayette College upon DIR. Thomas W.
Evans, of Paris, is well-deserved distinction,
and recalls to many Philadelphiahs the COM
mencement of his career in this city more
than twenty years ago. The promise he gave
at such an early age, attested by the medal
then awarded to him by the Franklin Insti-
tute, has been fully realized. His native
talents and habits of untiring industry have
placed him the front rank of European savans.
The Doctors numerous publications upon
this country, especially his Letters upon the
Constitution of the United States" and his
reports upon our Sanitary Commission; which
have been SO extensively circulated in Eu-
rope, show that he is as enthusiastic an
American as ever, and we are sure that he
will value the recent literary distinction con-
ferred upon him by a leading university of
his native State more than he does the various
''orders" with which he has been so pro-
fusely decorated by the sovereigns of Europe.
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OBITUARY.
C0mm0dore Robert RIIchIe.

On Wednesday last Commodore Robert
Richie, of the United States navy, died at his
residence, No. 1ll6 Pine street, in this city.
Commodore Richie was native of Pennsyl-
vania and received his original appointment in
the naval service as citizen of this State Febru-
airy /, 1916. He was commissioned lieutenant
on the 18th of January, 1926 and was assigned
to the schooner Grampus for service in the West
India Squadron in 1897. He afterwards made
cruise in the Mediterranean, and for some
time he was employed in enlisting
recruits for the exploring expedition which
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THE CURRENCY BILL.

HE Currency bill has at last assumed q shape
in which it has proved, not exactly acceptable,
but endurable to both houses of Congress.
The report of the last conference committee
was agreed to by the Senate on Wednesday,
and yesterday the House gave its concurrence
by a vote of 100 to &c, so that the bill now
goes to the President for his signature. 1t
has encountered violent opposition in both
houses, the friends of imitation declaring that
it was a contraction measure, while the
friends of contraction have asserted that it
was a scheme for imitation In its present
shape it is acceptable to neither house, but
its supporters were assured by the near ap-
proach of the close of the session, that it
contained the best terms either house coyld
extort from the other. The bill as passed
finally is the same as the Senate measure
with the exception that the amount of new
currency authorized by it is fixed at
$54, 600, ,000 instead of $45, 200, 900, the
amount at first insisted upon by the upper
house.
The bill provides for the issuing of this
amount of national bank notes, to be offset
by the retirement of $45, 900, 600 of three per
cent. certificates; for the redistribution of
NZO,OOO,OUU, 10 De taken from the states
which now have more than their fair quota of
circulation; and for free banking on gold
basis, as authorized in the original Senate
bill. The redistribution of the 1926, OOO OOO
however, is not to commence until the new
issue of $54, 900, 600 has been absorbed by
banks started in the Southern and Western
States. This latter amount is to be appor-
toned under the original banking act, accord
ing to population on the basis of the census
of 1860; but a redistribution is to take place
on the completion of the census of 1S70-a
'tmost extraordinary" provision, as it was
characterized by Senator Trumbull. But, as
explained by Senator Sherman, it takes
ninety days to organize new
bank, and before any new banks
can get into operation the census of 1870
will be completed, and there will virtually be
no distribution under the existing law. In
framing the bill as passed, desperate effort
has been made to satisfy the clamors of the
South and West for additional banking facili-
ties, without disturbing the actual volume of
the currency, and with such success that its
authors can say to the friends of initiation and
contraction alike, as the Snowman said to the
youth who could not distinguish the wax
figure of George Washington from that of
Judas Iscariot-"Any ways you likes, my
little man; you pays your money and you
takes your choice.
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PEACE OR WAR IN EUROPE?

PEACE OR WAR IN EUROPE?
YESTERDAY Europe was startled with a report
that General Prim had yielded to the pres
sure of the French Government and aban-
doned, on behalf of Spain, the candidature of
Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern, but later in
the day this was authoritatively contradicted,
and the serious complication between Spain,
Prussia, and France or, more properly
speaking, between Prfm, Bismarck, and Ma
poleon-still exists. From Prussia comes a
report that King William proposes to back
out of the quarrel by declaring that Prince
Leopold is not a member of the royal family,
and that he cannot therefore be held re-
sponsible for his movements; from France it
is rumored that the opposition to Prim's
project strongly pervades unofficial
circles, and that the Spanish Ambassador
will receive his passports if the reply of his
Government to the protests of France is not
favorable one; while from Madrid it is as
serted that the Council of Ministers has
unanimously approved the course of Prim and
authorized the presentation of Prince Leo
pold's name to the Cortes, coupled with the
assurance that three-fourths of the deputies
are favorable to his elevation to the vacant
throne.
In few words, this is the substance of the
long string of cable kilograms which reach us
from all the leading capitals of Europe, show
ing that, whatever may be the result, crisis
is at hand, with the chances of peace and war
about evenly balanced. Meanwhile, Spain is
in a most deplorable condition. A correspon-
dent of the New York Times, writing from
Madrid under date of June 81, thus sums up
the lamentable state of affairs in that un-
happy country
''The POLITICAL financial, and social condition of
Spain grows worse and worse No one perceives In
the horizon the faintest CLEAN OF brighter dawn.
drouth, In danger OF being lost altogether II we
have no rain The Treasury is weighed down with
debt, and 1t Is impossible to collect the taxes"
If Spain could enjoy the poor privilege of
regulating her own affairs, without outside
interference, there is little doubt that the Sc
lection of Prince Leopold as King would be
the most fortunate solution of her most
pressing difficulty He appears topossess, to
greater degree than any other candidate
that has preceded him, the requisite quali6ca-
tions for the throne, the insignifcance of his
past career, coupled with no glaring personal
objections, being strongly in his favor. If
any man could give peace and prosperity to
the distracted peninsula, Prince Leopold
could do so, provided only that Bismarck and
Napoleon would consent to keep their hands
off. But they will not SO consent, and if he
attempts to mount the throne, it will proba-
bly, give rise to destructive contest, the re-
suits of which it is impossible to divine.
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THE CASE OF PATRICK WOODS.

THE CASE OF PATRICK WOODS
The House of Representatives has finally
decided the case of Pat Woods, arrested for
assaulting Mr.. Porter of Virginia, by SEN
fencing that worthy to an imprison-
ment of three months. When this affair
was first introduced in the House
we commented upon the inexpediency
and improperly of either house of Congress
turning itself into police court, and although
we have been taken to task for this by some
of our over-zealous contemporaries, the de-
velopments of the case thus far have only
confirmed our original opinion, that the
House of Representatives has no lawful juris-
diction in the matter, and that the imprison-
ment of Woods by its order will be danger
Gus precedent, against which every indepen-
dent journal in the country ought to enter an
energetic and emphatic protest. So far as
we can understand the affair, the difficulty
between Porter and Woods in the streets of
Richmond was nothing more than drunken
brawl, and the arguments advanced by the
minority of the Judiciary Committee against
any further action on the part of the House
are such as will command the respect of all
law-abiding and law-respectins citizens. The
minority say that as the assault on Porter
was not on account of words spoken in de-
bate, or on account of Porter's official char
acter or relations to Congress, Woods should
be forthwith returned to the court at Rich
mond there to be dealt with according to law
The minority contend that members of Con-
gress have the same protection as all other
citizens for their rights of person and pro-
perty, no more, no less, and that to give
members of Congress double protection
over that enjoyed by other citizens would be
to make them privileged class.
Without entering at all into the merits of
the difficulty between Mr.. Porter and his
assailant, We are willing to presume that
Woods fully deserves the punishment decreed
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d ford Snossd.-Hss. Jshn P. Hal sass from
Rome that ~ healA ksblc and - has
fallen Of Il weight nessiy shtpAd dds.
He wihsss prbssly rssufa to Y y UatA eases
before JUN ne,tXxn ssoentr;c> s.a<nan by
the name Of II. c. Dorsey, Of Pawtacket, X
l.. Is bestowing his libcrality upon State prison
ses,is,s.- He -hss -rsess.,, ss.sssa-shs Nh.
oonViets at Concord, on roast turkey, minos pies,
&C.; also, the Conn. State prison oonvicts have
enjoyed grand dinner, accompanied BY music
and specchea-Cath,rine WEIGH Was kicked 10
death In New York Monday night BY her hus-
band.-Late reports favor the Cuban cause. and
that the spaniaris had lost heavily In recent
battle but reports arc 30 conflicting that no.
thing. reliable can be detsrminsd- oa.-prines
Arthur Is treated very upcivilly By the roughs
Of New York. mois,ting him n the street. epi<r-
Ing bis room and opening, his trunks. &e..-
Commodore Glosson, ssrd 6S. ,has sued for d.
vorpe from his wife. Aged Is, for criminal isti-
macy With one Howell. at PUvidsncs, n. / Ths
oasis now On trial stNsv York. z ~ ''r's -5.
Tho otficial report shows that the debt Of the
State Of New York now amounts to e84, 648.-
8O6. 20 that So. rs .210.gd Of this debt &c
isted before the war !; ,that e22;112, 8A.H re-
present The unpaid pArt Of the "Bounty Debt'';
that the sum OF o. ,6i6.41S. 0i was paid en- the
debt during the lAst year, IN I. . .'l g.
An Organization hes BEEN commenced BY the
Democratic soldiers In Brooklyn entitled ''Ths
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The Peabody Obsequies.

George Peabody has hal funerai march
equallel by none who ever lived and died; be
cause he had given for public use eight millions
Of dollars. Nothing has been said throughout
Of his private virtues, which without doubt were
equal to the best; nor Of his christianity. about
which VIC know nothing; nor of his personal
eutieavors or activity in public bene6cence or to
cheer the cast down or alleviate the distressed.
All the royal display has been solely because
having by prObity AID industry amasscd q for
tune Of fiftecn millions Of dollars, he had given
away eight millions Of il. In other words, Mr..
Peabody a, an advanced age, wifsless and child
less forever, having, rs was his undisputed right.
held rraspingly tight the money he had honestly
earned, up to within two years OF his death,
gave away n certain sum 30 the public, leaving
nearly as much to be divided among few neph-
ews and uicces. a F.H a'' ''s'
For this act and for none other, he has had
the most magnificent funeral on record. For
nj, philanthropy to the poor those who survive
him have expended a quarter Of million dol
lars to bury him, at time when the poor are
very poor. and a disoriercd state Of the country
seems to prophecy that the brothers Of those
whom he sought to relieve by donations, are
anIiOusly looking for work to keep the wolf from
their door, and may not all readily find il.
Hence last week we said the glitter and display
were not appropriate to his life and gifis,
Mr.. Peabody was not heard Of during the war.
lie, a foreign banker. able to assist his strug-
Cling co.. n,ry 10 negotiate foreign loans at a
time when she necled money as much as men,
NAV have assisted. but there Is no public record
or such course. Contribution, were frce,y
given during ,he war to the Christian and San.
i,ary Commissions. angels Of mercy TO our mill.
ary household, by our philsnthropic people.
and donations were received from foreign
countries; but If Mr.. Peabody frOm his immense
wealth ever gave cent, Il Is not matter Of
public record. Indeed, his perfect masquerade,
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sEWrUnLrcArfoxs.

Hfrc~cocrs MoxHLf MAGAZINE, for February
has aiasep quantity of interesting rssdiax maissf,
art-notes and select reading, besidss aute . num-
ber of piece. Of choice music which would es,t sey
By Benj. w. Hitchcock, az B.sEman g., Nov Yosk,
81 the 10y psiceof ,2 cts I'VE hsvs noe fsosivrd
tho Jan. No. VIII puhlishsrs Piea.s io,EsI itt
TaE PoLIS, published BY white, Smith PERKY
nisesllsneo.s reading ns..os, Aas ssrsni aDs
Prrra,s MUSICAL MonruLY, hss great deal Of
select reading pertaining 20 msnc and is vctsries
very much Of interest W them hsse. Puslkhsd By
sunm, or % es. PET month, -
1opsr.s LApr's Dook for February Z, brilliant
With it, finely engraved ffontiapiece, Feeling the
Patients Pulse iu fashion pl.tss and IL litsrary
sic entitled the vslocipsds Gaiop. 80 r, 'nsiTa-
TVS Tsrsuxt ALsANAC fsr 1870 IL IN invsluabis
publlcalon for every psr,on 70 have % hand, who
desires 10 keep we'll posted on political matters. IL
contains vast deal Of useful Information. prioe,
% cents. rrl .f lno l'iF '''''N ...h ''i sf'
TnK GALAXY for Yebruary has Put Yourself in
Ills Place which increases IN interest," susan Pisd-
Ten Years In Rome, Ventilation and Warming, PO:
~ Mariner-Tailorcss, and many other articles or
interest. ESQ a'l'' 'ia''' '.'' l'
MEnar's Mrsrrx. Is an old hvorito with thous-
snds Of readers, and II opens the year Landowner
than ever In IL typography. Tho January numesr
has the opening chapters e rsr ss "a: ssosy sr
s ss os s saassn ss III; esSi aaSss
list; "Becky's Christmas Dream : wellsrittsn
; asS saSS, ~ sSs s.u. ruaa:
Drawer and Monthly Chat The "sIu.cum" y pab.
lished by liomos D. Fuller, II Bromnsd street. Dos
ton. Terms, 81, 80 AysaF, % y gil nor D
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the eyes of the public 20 the fascinating
charms of monopoly when it = even pro.
posed; while If it is 50 powerful now.
what whit DO when al,vsdy consunmat-
ed' The committeeo on railroads have re-
ported. 5 to 5. a general railroad bill
which gives any body the night to build a
railroad whenever they please. We have
not examined the bill, but believe the
principles is right and necessary. Let us
have an act granting general corporate
powers to any parties after due..notice, for
any lawful purpose. rs Massachusetts has.
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OUR OWN STATE.

Gen. Adclbcrt Ames, just elected one Of The
Senators from Mississippi for the long term,
was born at East Thomaston, Oct, 81. 1885,
and is consequently qaite a young man. In
1853 he was admitted to the National Military
Academy a, West Point, and was transferred
with his class 70 the field In advance Of the reg
ular order Of graduation, having been commits
stoned May 1861. lie participated in McClel-
lan's peninsulsr campaign. and became Colonel
Of the Goth Maine in August, 1862. I'D '- ,G
Farmers In Oxford County complain tina,
their potatoes are rotting badly in their cellars.
whenlput into the cellar they wcre perfectly
good and sound. ~ -.p' 40 gu'irw IHplr
DIR. True. county supervisor Of schools for
Oxford County, viii present . box Of mineral'g-
icai and geological specimens TO the teacher who
shall write the best e.ay on the bsst and great
est variety Of methods Of teaching geography in
our common schools. r raiir TrII r-frt
An awful story comes from Bangor Of the
death in the wilderness Of four out Of Ave per.ous,
with their two horses, who were on . hunting
and fishing e1cursion. The sole survivor. who
= . Frnchman. says that tina party for the hrst
fortnight had good luck. and rare sport; then
one Of them was taken with diphtheria, and
being fty miles from any medical assistance.
died within few hourA Within three days,
three more persisted Of the same disease, and
The remaining one was seized with Il. He lay
in stupor 50 long that when he recovered the
horses had died Of famine. and the wolves had
partly dcvourci The corpses Of his companions,
which had been buried In the snow outside the
camp for preservation. Aiter untold suffering
he reached an Indian camp, and later came to
the abodcs Of white people. Ahem'
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War Debts.

The Report OF the Commissioners on
Equalization Of the Municipal War Debts
was made this week 70 the Legislature,
and reveals much of the mysterious trans
actions yelled under paper credits" The
commissioners treat first Of claims made
BY towns for naval commissioners. men
who were enrolled. or liable to be. in the
place Of their residence, enlisted in the
naval service, from the, beginning of the
war. with neither hope OF bounty or &C
crcditation to the quota Of any municipal
ity. In 1864 the Government, in accord
ance with an act of Congress, that there
should be an equalization Of quotas be,
tween the East and West, directed, in Of
feet, the credit to municipalities of their
citizens, liable to enrolment who were
serving in the navy or marine corps, or
had been, by due enlistment ut any time
since the commencement Of the war,
though deceased or discharged thercfrom
prior to the passage of said act" ..U
The General Government assigned about
25OO men to the State Of Maine, to he
properly distributed among tho several
towns. Gov. Cony and Major Gardiner,
U, S. A.. were appointed a commission
who sent prepared blanks to tho munich
pal officers of all cities, towns and planta-
tions in the State, and directing the return
thereon of the name ofcyery man serving
in the navy or marine corps. or who had
SO served at any time during the war,
with date and place Of his enlistment, and
name of vessel on which he was or had
been serving, so Ear rs the date could be
given, and the quota Of each place under
the existing call was to be- reduced to the
number ofnames found correctly return
ed. On many claims presentedto the conf
missioners they found number of names
against which large bountics were set,
that were only found among those allow.
Ell by the Naval Commissioners. But on
investigation. it WAS found that these pur-
chased naval commission men were not
residents of the towns TO which they Were
sold. OF the $500 names allowed by the
War Department 10 the State, q portion
were left unclaimed, AFTER the blanks sent
out by the naval com'rs, had been return
ed. Some of these were assigned to small
towns upon whom the DRAFT pressed with
unusual hardship. The remainder were
sold to towns of which they were not resi-
dents. while the men whose names were
sold received nothing. The Comrs then
speak of paper credits" In the crisis Of
1864, person appeared at Augusta,
claiming to be from Washington. bearing
a list Of names, which he asserted to be
those of men enlisted in the United States
Service, who Were not credited to the
quota Of any state or municipality. These
names were offered 20 agents of towns
trying to fill their quota Of men. But
the A. A. Provost Marshal General for
Maine refused to allow quotas to be can
cclled by the use Of names. The officers
being afterwards changed, there was no
veto on the project. The names were
sold for an average ST $3.50, to I'LL some
ones pockets. The claims Of the "nav-
al" and "paper credit" men were disal-
lowed by the Commissioners. '.
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Consolidation.

In several places in the State public
meetings have been held to protest against
tho proposed consolidation Of the Rail-
roads Of the State This is right. There
has not been proposed for the last twenty
years legislation so inimicable and dan.
ecrors to the public welfare, rs thatwhich
IS now asked for by two leading railroad
lines Aud il being SO. where are the peo-
pie that they do not assemble and instruct
their Representatives and Senators to OPP
pose such a consummation' The fact
that so many Of the papers Of the State
are silent upon the subject, ought to open
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u Notices o. deaths, ma sxrrsns ss hn<s, in.sred
pAvehsss<AaAss.ks. ., s,suss sAsvv,~s~sv sses.
wlMIIVopi InlGsel, ~. psssl Nsrs~ood.
KlNBALL. in Lyman, Jan. 10, Rsth Smith, vito
Of The late Col. Jesse kimhall, aged ~ yeaIs ami
months. NiSsaissd hlpsasA psvsn please
x SCRS9 In usllI.. Jan H. q. n. r,.d..c. .frI
earle, May J., sidev o. NE lais INrsnie Mayo.
agcd q ycsp and . noptAs.
HALEY. In Ksnnebunk, Jan. ", Mary X, daugh-
ter Of Joseph A. and SsSsk J. Haley, Sgd ~ yrs.
and mouths.
lABBUTf. In North Derived, ysu. %, Horace r.
Abbott, ased n yrArs, n months and dos,
ii, Aged 50 years. Pilf 20 : 80
MCINTYRE. In York, Jan. IS, Mp. Hannah Ne
lntire, aged ~ years.
Drown. In sosth Eis. Jan. -. John s. Brown.
aged - years.
WEBER, In York. JsA ", Mr.. Nsthssdsl Web
ABBOTT. In Norih Berwick, Jan. IS. AdaA Al
bott, aged u years f..-f.-.f,.... ...