"" ilium,,,!, ifiiain iw- - THIS IE III MILM(G-MAFH0 VOL. VNo. 16. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, I860. IK)UBLE SHEET-THREE CENTS. IMPORTANT FROM SOUTH AMERICA. Admiral Far), ol the Npnnlsh Navy, Ctmralla KniclUe I'holorii at aa1 !!-Reported Cession of St. Do. mlngo to England. New York, January IS. La Cronica, the Ppanish organ, confirms the reported suicide of Admiral Parja, aftpr the capture of the gunboat Covadonga by the Chilians. Advices from Guadaloupe via Bermuda report the cholera still prevailing, the average deaths being 131 per day In a population of 10,000. The rumored proposal to cede the Island of Domingo to England is creating some com ment in Bermuda. ."' The Npanlnh-Chlllan War Reported fcnlclae of the Spnnlnh Admiral, farvja Hefehootn HliHHeir Alter the Surren der ol Iila Vessel Chilian irlvateers Kxptettdon tueCnban Coast, Etc. Havana, January 13. In connection with the recent naval engagement along the coast of Chili, accounts t which you have undoubtedly re ceived, we have a tel gram from the south side ot the inland to our Captain-General, Dulcc, tUat the commanding Admiral Part ja hud shot him self when he leiuned that one of his ships had been captured by a Chilian vessel. The latter, It appears, display d British colors, and, feigning du-tress, made' signals for a-sistaiice. Ah the Spanish vessel was approaching to render aid, the Chilian masked nattencn were suddenly opened, the decks swept, and the stecrins gear broken up, bo that the Spaniard was helpless under 'be guns of a superior loree. As the cruise along the coast was made on Parciu's order, he could not endure the result, and made an end to bis hie, although ho was personally not respon sible for what had occurred. Our war steamers have their complement of ammunition on board, and are all in readiness to sc to sea if any of the Chilian pirates, said to be lilted out in New York and other Northern ports, should appear in these waiers to disturb our commerce. General Domingo Dulce, it is said, is waiting to be relieved. Mr. Seward has not reached Havana. People here try to give political importance to his visit here, and state that he will negotiate with Havti for tmieration of free negroes to that Republic. jr. r. Worof. INTERESTING FROM CURACOA. Departure of Ueneral Ilaez from Cnra coa for St. Ioinloic on a Ioinlnlcan Man-of-War Ollielnl Courtesies Ma line Disaster severe Fitrbttuir lu Vene zuela Capture of the Independent General l'nljfar 1'he ex-Emperor Sou louqne of Haytl at Curacoa Salaries of American -aud other Consuls, Etc. , Curacoa. December 27. The Dominican war schooner Anita arrived at this port on the 24th ultimo, iroin the city of St. Dominco, having ou board a commission, headed by General Cabral, to escort the newly elected President, Buena ventura Baez, to the re-established Dominican jepublic. On the 28th the President, accompanied by the Dominican Charge d'Alfaires, Mr. J. A. Jesurum, a highly respectable merchant ot' this island, paid his farewell visit to oar Governor, and was received by him with all the honors Usual on such an occasion. The following day President Baez and suite left for the capital (St. Dominco). and while passing the harbor fortifi cations were saluted with the usual number of guns. On the morning of the Is-1 instant the Dutch tTar schooner Atalanta, Commander E. E. Bonn. Deit this nort tor the Windward Islands, and while attempting several times to tack ship otf the east point ot this island (or Point Cannon) missxayed, occasioned in a greit measure by a light wind and a strong southwest current, drifted ashore, and proved a total loss. The latest news we have here ot the independ ent General Venancio Pulear, former Governor of the province of Zulia, Venezuela (usurped liom him by the traitor Sutherland, who still holds possession of said province by the uncon stitutional aid of the General Government, which distinctly says that each province should protect and govern itself, except from foreign invasion), is that in his last engagement with the Govern ment troops ot New Granada, in supporting the claims of General Fuentes, he was taken prisoner alter five davs' hard fighting. Many of your numerous readers will bear in mind that this indomitable General Pulgar entered Massiolo some six months past with but fifty men, and kept possession for several hours; but, not being reinforced, was obliged, by the overwnennins nunioers oi tmveru incut uuups, ' to retreat. Since that time he has been encased in the wars of New Granada, awaiting the proper moment to wrest irom the usurper s errasp nut fraudulently obtained position, aud thus liberate liis countrymen trom the sway ot a tyrant. Intelligence arrived here per last packet from St. Thomas that General Baez had arrived at t he capital city of St. Domingo, but that the province I of Porto Platte, and other sections of the I Dominican republic, had refused to acknowledge ium as 1' esidcnt. Determined not to be outdone by our neigh bor, St. Thomas, which was some months ago honored with a flying visit trom a Sandwich. Island Queen, we are now honored by the pre sence of ex-Emperor Faustin Soulouque and family, who intend niaklnc this island their permanent residence, it being world-wide noted for its well-conducted government and salubrity of climate. The resident American Conul, Mr. James Falon, proves himself a'l that a government ollkial should be, and the United States may well be proud of such a representative. One of his stamp has been long lacking hero to repre sent American interests. Some of the United States Consuls receive salaries quite inadequate to maintain the proper aitruuy oi tnetr positions, The Spanish Consul here has a fixed salary of three thousand dollars in gold per annum, wun the privilege of transacting business on his own account: and the English Consul has about one thousand pounds sterliug, ami the same privi leges. . Tho 17th instant was a grand gala day here, consequent upon laying thr- corner-stone of the "Reformed Israelitish Concregation Temple, El Possenier," which ceremony w as numerously at tended bv the most respeciupie part ot our popu lation. Alter the religious ceremonies a arand hall was iriven for the occasion by our towns man. Mr. J. A. Jesurum, and was indeed a most splendid aifair.--A ewlorklleruld. The fiulclde of Admiral I'areja, Cora luandlnv the Hpanlsn fctundron In the aclUc 1 Translated from the Cronica the Sp'tnhh organ in AtW York of January 17 J Thn ohrpwd dinlomatist. experienced seaman. and gallant ollicer who commanded our squad ron in the Pacific, died December 3, on being In formed of the mishap to La Covadonga, when he was on the point of vindicating the national flaer in a decisive manner, nu oucniiuumij uu thenointot honor could not bear an event so common in war, and the death of Admiral Pareja nvoul a of rrn(. hotter than any other enco mium, the temper of his soul. Whoever may be the next conmander of the Spauish squadron j .1.0 vafitin ha -nnot tail to perceive his J.... in viatv nt thn national houor and the i.in loss we have sustained. We feel lor t iii.iotrimis deceased the most prolound regret and offer to his successor our heartfelt ,'iiiv In which all good Spoulardfl will unite. We believe that all true-bear' eA 6 aniards wlo lave read the above lines have apprernted their nob'o signification. Havintr now, however. Inrther information, we leel onrolves boon ' t add. somu explanations necessary to a fuller ap preciation of the great deed of the Bpauish Ad mire i. dmlral Pareia. who wished and expected v ace, and touring any hostile act on me part ot Chili, had sent the Uovadonga with despatches to the Isthmus. The captuie of the CovaUmga took place on the 2th, when one of the foreign consuls went on board the V0 a de Madrid and intormcd him of the event. On the 2'.th, alter brooding some thirty hours over the disgrace, the rcpoit ol a pistol was heard in his cabin, and - . . ... 1 .1 1 1 V, n 1. . - upon entering ue win luuiiu u'mu niui uy ms own hand through tho right tempio. u l ins table a paper was found, written in a firm hand, directing that his body should be sunk out of the Chilian waters, and urging his officers and men to act with honor. Admiral Paieia had received the day before instructions from the Government ot Madrid, the nature ot which is not yet known. But it is lo be believed that having to choose between duty andpionor, before the affair of tbcCjvadonga, he determined to sacrifice his life, and acco'rd inrl.v died as should become a Spanish ollicer under such circumstances. In connection with the srlorious fate of Ad- mi) al l'areia, we must say that the capture of the Covadonga was a misfortune, and nothing more. The surprise of the Covadonga wai simply an unfortunate accident; but since it has been attempted to make it seem a disgrace to Sixain, we reler in renlv to the heroic self-sucrl- lice mado bv Admiral Pareia. Let It be remem- hered that this was the man who was loo noble- hearted to shell Valparaiso when it was at his niercv. and that a navy possessing such oilicers must ever hold the esteem ot tte world. We do not pretend to dotend suicide; but when it is an act ot disinterested sacrifice, then we do not only approve it. but glorify it, and the sui cide of Admiral Pareia must be classed among those suicides which humanity regards with admiration, and no one of them has ever been committed in order to redeem so light an error as the capture of the Covodanga. OXJAO-AJLOTJPJS. Cholera still Raglan ttreat Mortality on the Island Stringent Sanitary Pre cautions. From the Bermuda Gazette, December 27. Bv the royal mail steamer Alpha, Captain Hun ter, from St. Thomas, we are iu possesion of our customary tiles of West India and Deuiarara papers ol the latest dates. lue iriehtiui omeai wnicn nuaaaioupe u passing throush trom that tell diseae, the Asiatic cnoiera, is naiurany causing mucn oreaa in the other West India islands and Demarara, and quarantine restiictions on all vesscb coming lrora lnlected ports and sanitary regulations are being all acted on to provide against, as far as practicable, the introduction and spread ot this formidable disease, t rom (iuadaioupe we learn that from the l!th to the 23d November, both days inclusive, the number of deaths in a popu lation of ten thousand three hundred' and seventy-five, and at Point-a-Pitre between the 19th and 22d the number of deaths was one hun dred andtortv-nine. Stringent regulations are enforced at Martinique to prevent communica tion with Dominica, the Saints, Guadaloupe, etc. rne (Governor ot uuauoioupo most humanely officially informed the authorities of all the neighboring islands of the outbreak of the pesti lence on that island. The doctors in Guadaloupe' are, it seems, divided in opinion concerning the plague, some denying that is cholera. It ltis not cholera, it is a plague more intractable and more deadly than the Asiatic ravager. If it is cholera, its character is more virulent and malignant than usual. Between these there is little choice. but the urgency of the call to prepare is intensi- nea. The mail steamers will neither receive from nor land passengers at Guadaloupe. The mail- bags are brought near we snip in a snore boat and are met by a boat from the steamer with the doctor, who fumigates them thoroughly, and they undergo the same proces on reaching the ship. The boats that come off for the letters are obliged to keep to leeward, aud the bags are thrown on board them. The latest repoit from Guadaloupe give the deaths as averaging one hundred and thirty-one per uay. NO CHOLERA IN GRANADA, We learn, orally, from this island that it was perfectly healthy. We mention this tact, as it was reported soon atier tne raaiiDoai arrived on Saturday that the cholera had reached there trom uuauaioupe. as in tne otner is i anas. every care is being taken to prevent its intro duction: and in addition to the usual quarantine precautions, boats are kept cruising at nigut on the island to intercept anv vessel or boat at tempting communication with the shore until vkited bv tho Health Officer. BOW THE rLAQCE BEACHED OUADALOUTE. We are told bv the editor of the Barbadoes West Indian that it was in this way the sickness was introduced into Guadaloupe aud broke out at Point-a-Pitre. soon after the arrival of a ves Jf1 lue sel from Marseilles, on board of which, during voyage, two persona died ot cholera, rue captain told the pilot of the circumstance, who neglected to warn the authorities. The clothes of the deceased were sent on shore to be washed, and the washerwoman and her whole tamlly died immediately. On account of the suddenness ot the deaths, and there existing no suspicion ot cholera or other infectious disease, many persons went to see,, her and her family, took the disease, and died likewise. The authorities becoming and. tracing them back to the vessel, arrested the nilot who brought her in and threw him into prison, where he remained awaiting trial for negligence 01 ins amy. mey inriuer oruurea that the bouses of all who had died should be burned, with their clothes and furniture. FROM BALTIMORE TO-DAY. Specal Dctpatch to The Evening Telegraph. The naior'l M essagre CUT finances Railroads, .ic. Baltimoke, January 18. Mayor Chapman's niessacra exhibits tue CllV nnaucus iu uiusi favorable light. It severely criticizes the man agement of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and advocates the extension of the Western Maryland road to Hagerstowu, the Cumberland coal fields, and the Ohio river at PitUburg. The office of the Provost Marshal-General for Maryland and Delaware is now located here, and that filled by General Brown is soon to be sus pended, which will cause much trouble, as there is much difficulty in our State now regarding in formation in the appointment of Justices of tho Peace. Tkiai, op Raphael Bemmes. The trial of Ra phael Senimes, late commander of the Rebel steamer Akibama, it is generally believed will take place very shortly. The full detail for the court has not yet been made, but it is believed that the arrival in this city of Commodore Wins- low has something to do with the subject." wammgwn uueutgencer. A Winpfall fob Coixeotob Hahlin. A Bos ton correspondent of the Plymouth Memorial learns that Collector Hamlin (late Vice-Presi dent) bad occasion to pocket about $l.r00 last week as his share of a forfeiture. A well-known firm was detected in smuggling ottar of roses to the value of ftiOOO, and was fined f 16,000. Bos ton Journal. THE RECORD OF TOE WAR. Forrt'a Theatre tu be the Depository. The Secretary of War has addressed the fol lowing letter to the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations: W au Ijipaiitment, Wahhisotos Citt, Doccni- fcer G 6n : lhtlflurgcoi.-i.euera has ipi.ea for ttin v pict tiiiit 01 ti tiioucriv known m Ford's llicatre lor tno le ot nu.r sato-keeping of tho- rumri.B ri luting to soiUiers aifOliarnei 'or iiisatnuy lucurrcd In inn service or who nave aioa in diui o. In co'ii a'. or in Kctx 1 iiilson. fhoso record mo mi ou me most unportntii of ihe i.wvcrnmoui, both os ro ales to the (jov-rninent itsilt and ,to individual, jor they are the records aul tlilo panels upon which, the widows and orphans of tlno who are entitled 10 the support and bounty of tho Government de-end as evidonco ol their Just claims. Ford's I heatre was the scene ol the murder 01 tlie late President, Abraham Lincoln. Bhoitiy alter that trac event, 11 was shout to be opened again as a plucc of theatrical entertainment and mnurenx't.t ine mioiio icini7 rrnurus mat spot as lia lowed by the hood of their martyr 1 resident, and considered thnt its desecration as a p nco ot inuutilcal exhibition would be a national rtmtiach and au ouliavo against humanity. By tbo l'rck deiit's order, therefore, iho pioperty was taken possesion ol, to Do aopuea to some niiuifr puouc I uj)0c. urdertbe anctiou ot Concres. Inasmuch as 11 vta private property, it scetnod proper t..at a ji.Ht ct hipeu-ailon should be made to tho o vnor, and a conditional puichnsowas therefore made under tl e authority ot the l'resident tv tho Quarter tr.aa er-ueneral, at tho price of $100,003, subject to tho approval of CouvrxfcS It has been con veitoi lino a the-proof bi.iding by tho orders ot tli?i Department! One ot the most striking fea tures ol tho ctaracter of tho late 1 le-ldcnt was his deep sympathy lor tno sick and wounued, aud ail w ho siilltred in the lervic" Ol their country during its contes'Mo nuppresatho Rebellion. It was Ins well known habit, as often as tiin and other duties would allow, to visit the hoop tale, and ai1pilniU r comfort to tl e suflering inmates, mere wouia seem 10 do no more tlttine purpvso to which the building- coii'd be applied than to nave the spot hallowed by his blood t umccrated to the pioservatlon of the momoriils of those who,- dke dimsolt, suffered as mart rs in tho national cause It Is nece?sarv, however, that an rni ropriution should be mado by Conirres-, and authority given to consummate the purchase. 1 would respectfully ask that a special appropr atlon ho made, in order that the specified purpose may be carried into effect, by consummating- the purcuaoe of the property. v ery respecuuuy, your ODeuient servant, jcdwin M.. Stanton, Secre.ary of War. Hon Thapdkub Stevens, Cha rinan Committee on Appropriations. This appropriation will undoubtedly be made! The records which ure to be provided for are now kept in a building on iironsyivanta avenue, near the War Office, which was originally built lor stores, and which was the only building that could be obtained. It is not largo em. ugh to ac commodate properly one-third of the documents that will eventually claim tho custody ot the Government. It is already overcrowded, and large hurdles ol these papers still lie In the cellar of the building lor lack of room to arrange and dispose 01 mem properly. These papers arc the reports, sent trom the field and the hospituls by surgeons, ot the wounds, sickness, and death, or recovery of private soldiers. They are absolutely indispen sable to determine tue claims sent in irom every part ol the country lor pensions. Tlieyare, ?h fact, the title-deeds of every pension held by widows and orphans thoughout the United States; and a fire m an hour might destroy them lorever. It is also proposed to place in Ford s Theatre, when fitted up, the Army Museum, with its collection of specimens and the various offices connected with it. It is said to be brfar the mont extensive and valuable of lis kind io the world, and contains a greater number of Inte resting specimens than all the army museums of Europe. The order recently Issued from the Surgeon-General's Office glvlag illustration" of its character, in me engravings or some ot ine specimens, shows its value. Ford's Theatre has been wholly refitted, and Is simply now an immense open building, with three fire-proof floors, ure-proot staircase, etc. it is admirably adapted to tho purpose tor which it is intended. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE, THE GREAT RAILROAD CASE. Nisi Prius Court Judge Read. Mr. Gibbons. lor the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, conti nued his argument this morning. He confined himselt to the fourteenth section ot the contract between the Catawissa and Erie Roads. The section provides, that in case, of an assignment tor tne benent 01 creditors oy tne uatawissa Company, a judicial sale or translcr ot the road shall at any time take place, men tne agree ment snau cease to oe vanu. There can be no such thing as a judicial "transfer." The term is not known in law. Still, the Catawissa Company have transferred ILIVU 1VUU ,KJ IUC AliaUlIU VUIII!UJ j OlIU lb ID therefore out ot tueir power to comply witn tne terms ot the contract. The act ior the incorporation of tho Meadville Railroad Company, passed in 1857, fixes deti nltely the termini of the company. They may connect with any road, but from Meadville to the city ot Erie they must go. They have never gone to trie.' xney nave never carried a pa senger or a pound of freight to Erie. 1 u. 1 tu iianip, p. iu, tug uiiuv.ilic id lain I " I. LjAWMta v. I r.'l ,ha n.innl nli t I .. I I down: "There is no safety to the public in terests except in the rule, that the privileges not expressly granted in a chapter are withheld." The Meadville ltaiiroad company, therefore, is to be held to a strict perrorniance ot the duties enjoined upon it. They cannot escape the con struction of the road to Erie. They might have accomplished it by connections, but they have laucd to no even mat. Mr. Gibbons then read an affidavit of Mr, William Revnolds. who was President of thn Atlantic and Great Western Road trom 1847 to 1864. and who avers that, "anions the early aoU of the company when prepared for work, was an agreement wun tne ouuoury ami urie itauroaa Company for an interchange of business. The arrangement was made at the instance ot the Atlantic and Great Western Kail way Company." At that time the Atlantic Company had nt stuck one spade into the ground. The arrange ment was niaae ior tne den Derate purpose of hoodwinking ana deceiving the rhiladolphia and Erie Kai road as to the real objects of this ioreiirn corporation. Mv learned iriends have argued very pro foundly to prove the menning of the words "railroad connection," and have read a number of affidavits to prove that a connection is not necessarily a lying togetlierot the rails, but a point were two roaas couverge sumcienuy to allow passengers and freight to be transferred irom one to the other. But it is not merely a "connection" that the defendants are renuired to make. Thev must make a "favorable" connection. And Sir Morton Peto himself, who is a ruined man unless this gigantic swindle succeeds, would not swear that the connection of the Atlantic Road is as tavor- able with the Philadelphia and Erie Road as with the New York and trie Uoad. The rnlv authority for this contract, the can cellation of which we contend for, is found in tho act of 1847. w hich first authorised railroad companies whose roads connected to make con tracts, whereby the cars oi one road might run on the other: in the supplement passed in 1859. giving to the contracting or leasing company to tiv the rate of tolls on the road leased: and the act of lKtil. which extended the ritrht to enter into such contracts to corporations or companies whose roads were connected by means ot inter vening roads. Thi.re can bs no intcrvenine road in this cas but the Sunbury and Erie, for that Is the only road that the Atlantic touches or crosses on iu way from Meadville to the New York and Erie road at Salamanca. The argument is pot jet concluded. THIRD EDITION MEXICO. Recent Engagements Good News lor the Liberals The Empress at Orizaba Orders of Gene rals Jeaningros and Mejia. New Yori, January 18. The Times corres pondence says the latest advices trom Mexico are unfavorable to tne imperial cause, lue inhabitants of Monterey feel no security in Maxi milian's Mexican troops, and are leaving the city en masfc. over au.uuu are said to have left in three das. Tlic merchants are sending their goods and valuables to San Luis. Sinaloa alone remains in the hands of the Imperialists. On the 31st ultimo, a tnicrilla force of three hun dred, among whom were several Americans, captured San Juan de Guadaloupe, in Durango. After having completely destroyed it, they left to attack Don Mitrucl. A French force leu Du rango to attack the baud. The Imperialists claim the victory. In the ; State ot 1'uebia th;y also claim a victory over the Republican General Regules, who attacked Auganeeo with over 8000 troops. Another place named Maravotio was attacked by Regules, but he was repulsed. The Indians oi Sahcaba had-defeatod the Im perialists under Lopez, in Yucatan. , They also attacked Senotillo, but were repulsed. A conspiracy to assassinate the Minister of War was arrested at the very moment of carry ing the scheme into execution. By the steamers, Eagle and Morning itar, from Havana, late Mexican news has been received. The Empjess was enthusiastically received on her tourney from Vera Cruz to Orizaba. Hefivy Imperial reinforcements were on the way to Monterey and Saltilio, and t;enera Jeaningros has been ordered to resume active operations, in connection with General Mejia, to secure the speedy pacification of the Rio Grande. The Sociedad of the Jd says: "'It is to be feared that trouble will occur at Matamoras, not with the Government of the United Slates, but with the Federal troops, who have openly sym pathized with th? Jnarists and given them mute. rial aid." The reinforcements reaching Mexico from Europe during the last week of December num bered 12,000. Bagdad and Matamoras. Let one imagine a plain of sand, anzular be tween the sea and river, with about three acres ot little low wooden houses, "wedged" in helter skelter upon it. and a row of lartre wooden warehouses apparently built with some aim at rexnlanty aJonir the -river aide, for possibly more than bait a rune, ana ne has a picture ot Bagdad. The Streets are all narrow, and as nasty as those of ancient Rome, and this, although the houses are mostly newly built. The hotels are thronged with bed butrs. The people are from everywhere, and all uncomfort able tne soldiers scowling ana sputtering Spanish; the officials exceedingly courteous and polite; the 100a lair ana tne iai-e exorbitant; the warehouses bursting with speculators' goods and everybody a speculator ;tne wharves crowded the warehouses crowded, the soldiers fcrowded. and the bed-bues crowded. Such was Baedau on the 1st of December, 18ti5. FROM BAGDAD TO MATAMORAS. The ride from Bagdad to Matamoras Is accom- Iilishtd over a road, at lost accounts, most excel ent, and by rapid stages making the trip in about tour nours. roe distance is about thirty- live miles. Tne country is flat and monotonous. only redeemed by occasional sandhills aad patches of a mosquito shrub, with peeps at times ot tne uio uranae, wnicn is reaiiy anvttuna out grand aloncr the ruht, lagged on either side, here and there with a tagged lagoona. Now and then a rancn, inclosed by rude fences of sticks, driven endways into the ground, with its low, filthy "mansion of mud ana tuaicn," ana lts-iazy, swartny tenants. nearly nude, but invariably under some huore sombreros, as tney squat on the ground about the door, attract your attention as you whirl by, leaving ranch, iences, roadside, tenantry, and an. enveloped in a cioua ot dust, une ob serves a few tall, black crosses by the roadside. scattered along, wnere bandits nave given their victims a requiescat in former years. Such oc currences of late are verv freauent. the route being one that offers great facilities to the pro fessional highwayman, rne imperial Govern ment certainly deserves the credit of having done a ereat deal to eradicate this scourge from the roads. Its speedy and summary manner of dealing with tue culprits H has arrested has had its ellcct. MATAMORAS. At leneth you enter Matamoras, where you are at once cast among a crowd of Americans, Frenchmen, Spaniards, "Yankees," speculators, Mexicans, and confederates, vtioios, Indians, half-breeds, custom house otlicials, policemen, bci'irars, and pickpockets. The nouses ot Mata moras are low, of dimensions indeed scarcely expanded enough to accommodate the vast and various fieas which dispute possession with the hipcdiil occupants, me thieve ot the town are onlv second to the fleas in number anJ audacity. The population of Matamoras is normally about six thousand, but has swollen since the war by accretions 01 uonieaerates, 1.1 Derails ts. and traders, so as to make it difficult to be computed at the present time. AFFAIRS IN OHIO. Hen. Jobn Sherman Renominated for (ifuator Fire at a Government Baud 1dC m Cincinnati .Sinking of a Steamer la, il lO.OOO. Cincinnati, January 18. The Union caucus held at Columbus lost night renominated John Sherman for United States Senator. The ballot stood: Sherman, 79; Schenck, 28; Bingham, 13. Tho Legislature meets in convention to-day for tho election. Tho International Building, Sycamore street, between Third and Fourth, occupied by the Gov ernment for offices, was considerably damaged on the fourth and fifth stories, last night, by fire. The building contained a large quantity of valu. able books and papers belonging to the Goverp ment, which were saved. The loss to the build ing is not ascertained. The steamer Sherman was sunk near Puducah on Tuesday. The boat and cargo were valued at 1140,000, mostly insured. FROM IIARRISBUIiG. RETUPN OF GOVERNOR (IRTIN. His Arrival at New York. Special to The Evening Telegraph. IIarrisbcru, January 18, Governor Cnrlin has arrived at New York, an I will be in Harris burg within a lew day 3, or as soon as Mrs. Cur- in recovers from the effects of the sea voyage. PENNSYLVANIA I.EGIM.ATCKE. Nenate llARRisnuRu. January 18. Mr. Council read a bill incorporating the Silver Mountain Mining Company; also one making legal the rate of in terest seven per cent. Mr. uideway read a supplement to tae act providing for entering satisfaction on jud .-meats and mortgages. . Mr. Hoao read an act incorporating the Cen tral Railroad ot Pennsylvania. Mr. natulan, an act incorporating tne Great Eastern Horse Insurance Company. The committee on Elections reported that David McConuughy, oi the Niueteetith Senatorial District, was entitled to his seat, and he was sworn in. The Supplement Act lncornorat'nc the East Mahniioy Kailroud was passed. Ho une of Representatives. A committee of three wrts appointed to revise the common school system, and to regulate the incomes tnereor. Mr. Davis oll'ered the followme: Ursoleed, That hereafter it snail be competent for tho several banks in the State to rna&v and enforce contracts for a rate of interest not ex ceeding seven per cent., provided, that this act shall not affect existing contracts. Mr. Ruddiman offered a resolution appointine a special session on Tuesday evening next, to consider the resolution relative to the death of Abraham Lincoln. Agreed to. Mr. Davis presented a petition lor the chanee of the name of the Central Coal Oil Co., and to confer power to construct a railroad. AWo, one in lavor of allowing Interested parties to testify in their own beha' it Mr. Panks ottered a resolution closing the Jla'.i ot the House on Sunday. Mr. Croslund said that members who were forced to stay in Harrisburg over Sunday must either stay at the hotels or come to the House, and the latter was preferable. Mr. Ruddiman said that another opportunity was open, that ot visiting church. Mr. Croslund thoutrht there was a disposition to force the members to some church, aud while he tad ability to lollow the dictates oi his own conscience, ho did not intend to be forced in a land of reliirious liberty. Messrs. Dunks and Ruddiman repudiated the idea ot force, but insisted that tne othcers of tue House needed relaxation Mr. Sturdivant stated that for five years past the iiall bad not been closed on bunaav. Mr. Qulgley moved to postpone the whole sub ject indefinitely on this the yeas were 57 and the nays 36 so tne motion was agreea to. The Philadelphians voting in favor of the in definite postponement were Messrs. I Ad air. land Davis. Who thought the matter was provided lor by the rules, Messrs. Donnelly, Freeborn, Gheean. Hood. Josephs, Kerns, Lee. Marks. .Quiglev, Subcrs, Wallace. Those voting aeainst the postponement were Messrs. Kuddiman, Sterner, and Watt. Absent, De Haven, and Thomas. WASHINGTON. Special Detpatchet to The Evening telegraph. Washington, January 18. Tbe SnAi-age Question In tUe District of Columbia. Seven colored men, representing a largo number of colored citizens, North and South, and in the District of Columbia, being author ized to speak, publish a card to-day, addressed to the members of Congress, respectfully submit ting that in the issue now pending before Con gress for the extension of the franchise, the action should be based on the idea that there can of right be no privileged class before the law in a republican government; and they seriously and most earnestly object to any dis crimination in such qualification on account of color, because to do so would be insidiously affecting them, and expose them to class legis lution throughout the land, and thus make tbem liable to the greatest injustice. They want the bill to affect all alike, all loyal citizens in the District of Columbia, Beutal Conduct. Since the setting in of cold weather, ihe ponds in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Wards have afforded excellent skating, and in consequence have been much frequented by persons desirous of a few hours truiujiueui ui ine eiuuuruiiug sport.. Many ot these persons are females and chil dren belonging to neighboring tamilies, whose means w ill not permit them to resort to the varioiu skating parks. Ot late, however, it has been rather dangerous for them to venture upon the ice, on accouut ot tbe ruuianlsm dis played by parties of young men who have been in the habit of visiting the ponas apparently for ine soie purpose 01 driving an piners on. rney have not hesitated, in carrviimout their deslcrus. to abuse ladies, and even children, in the most outrageous manner, knocking them down, and otherwise most shamelully maltreating them. Last evening a crowdf of these characters assembled upon a pond on Seventh street above the Depot of the Fourth and Eighth Streets Passenger Railway Company, and soon made their presence known by commencing an attack upon al young man who by some means had incurred their displeasure. The young man was knocked down and most horribly beaten, some of his assailanis even going so far as to kick him in the face with the skates attached to their feet. His cries tor help failed to move them, and they continued their work until one or two ot their uumber, fearful prob .blv that the affair mtcrht termluate se riously, interfered to prevent a continuance of tue attack. xuo voung man was raiseu 10 ws feet, and. in abenildered manner, made his way off the pond and across a lot, falling once or twice in tho snow in his eflorts to escape. About a week ago quite a small boy was knocked down without the l"ast provocation bv one of these rowdies, and the back of bis head striking the tee, he was rendered insensible, In ihat condition he was carried home by a cou pie ot gentlemen who were present, but who were powerless to prevent the attack. It is almost time that some remedy should be devised to prevent such outrages. Queen Victoria's Now Year's gifts to the poor in the parishes 01 riew winasor. uoiy Trinity, and Clewer, England, were distributed on the 1st of January to several hundred families. The total value ot these annual gifts is about one hundred and fifty pounds, and they are allotted to deserving recipients by the vicar and clergy of Windsor, the various cases belug generally reconiBitnuea py me uisinci visitors. FINANCE AND COMMERCE Office of th Evmino Telrgrafh,) Thursday, January 18, 18G6. J The Stock Market was less active this morn- hng, aud prices weak and nnsettled. In Govern ment bonds there is very little doln. 7"30s sold at 989G , and new 6-20s at 101 03 was bid for lO40s; 103 for old 5-20s; and 103 for 6s of 1881, interest off. State and City louns are without change. New City Cs sold at 9?, and old do. at 874. Railroad shares are Irregular and lower. Pennsylvania Railroad sold al63J5i,the former rate a decline of 1; Reading at 50$, a decline of ; Catawissa preferred at 43Gi43J, a decline of I; common do. at 291, a decline of i; and Cam den and Amboy at 12GJ; 3J was bid for Little Schuylkill; 63.J ior Nomstown; f4i ior Minrhill; 29j for North Pennsylvania; 00 for Lehigh Val ley; 29J for Philadelphia and Erie; and 43 for Northern Central. City Tassenirer Railroad shares arc without change. Spruce and Tiuo sold at 33; 70 wns bid for Second and Third; 61 J for Tenth and Ele venth; S2J lor Thirteenth and Filteeuth; and 38J for Ilestonville. In Bank shares there is more dointr, and prices are well maintained. North America sold at 198; Girard at 52; and Corn Exchange at C2; 137 was bid for Philadelphia; 120 for Farmers' and Mechanics'; 60 for Commercial; 90 for Northern Liberties; 28J for Mechanics'; 95 for Southwark; 60 for Pcnn Township; 75 for Western; and 01 for City. Canal shares are dull, and we hoar of no sales. 21$ was bid for Schuylkill Navigation common, 2i for prelerred do.; 112 for Morris preferred; 8i for Susquehanna Canal; 31 for Delaware Division; and 50 for Wyoming Valley Cauai. Oil shares are in fair demand, with sales of McElrath at 1J; Ocean at I717i, and Keystone at 50-100. SALKS AT rUBUC STOCK BOARD TO-DAY. Reported by F. T. Wa ton, No. 203 a. Fourth Btreet. FIRST CALL. siuoo u s 7-80s June, ua ltOsh McElrath 1-90 lnO sn Feadlne ..s80 60? 600 sh Atnii PtCo30 1 600 ah Jersey Well.. -67 J liOsh Ocean 17 100 sti Dalzoli....bU0 2 100 sU do 2 8-16 100 sh do 3 9sh 100 8h li.O h 100 sn do., do., do., do. ...b5 2 ...s6 2 ,..blO 2 .blO.1-901 rHILAD'A GOLD EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS. 10 A. M 140 12 M 1302 11 A. M 139j 1 P. .I 13Jj IIabfer, Dorset & Co. quote as follows: JJuting. Selling. American Gold iifflj 13'JJ American Silver. -Js and is 134 1H4J American Silyer0mos and Half Dimen 131 132 l'eonsvlvania Currency. 40 80 New York Exchange 1-20 par. 4 The First National Bank opens for business to-day at No. 305 Chesnut street, next door east of the Bank of North America, in the rooms lately occupied by Jay Cooke & Co. The re moval Is temporary, and to allow of the erection of an entire new granite building on the site of the present bank. The New York Tribune this morning says: "Money is very abundant on call, and upon Gov ernment securities as low aj 4 per cent, is ac cepted. At 56 per cent, stock houses are oflered large sums, and it is only upon very or dinary collaterals that 7 s asked. Commercial bills sell slowly, and best are quoted at 79 per cent., and second grade at lo15 per cent. 1 "It is generally assumed in Wall street that the foreign clause will be struck out of Mr. Mc Cullocb's loan bill, and that no inducement will be given to European capital in the way of con venient receipt of interest. If the bill is passed allowing the issue of 40-year 6 per cpnt. gold bearing bonds, there will be no lack of European or domestic buvers in large amounts. The country still needs a security suitable for perma nent investments, for, strange as it may seem, out of $2,800,000,000 of Federal debt, and the entire list of railway mortgages, there is nothing m which to employ trust funds, excepc tor very short periods. An absolute 40-year bond at 6 per cent, is an obligation into which tbe Secre tary of the Treasury can readily fund all the currency debt outstanding, and all the trold benringbonds falling due prior to 181, and tne sooner he sets about it the better.'' Tbe Boston Traveller says: ' Government bonds are in quick demand at all the stock offices, and there are steady calls lor small lots of bank, factory, and railroad stocks for investment. Call loans were made to-day at six per cent, on substantial collaterals, although tbe common rate is seven, unless the borrowers are of the first-class. There Is a good demand for notes in the discount market. The best are passed at 7 per cent., aud others at 8, 9 aud 10 per cent." Counterfeit ten-dollar bills on the Fall River Bank of Massachusetts are in circulation, They are Intended to represent the eeuuine note, but the paper has an oily appearance and the en graving is net well done. A despatch from Washinetou says: ' The receipt from Internal Revenue yestcr day were $497,188. The Commissioner of In ternal Revenue yesterday issued a Circular to his Collectors, in which, alter citing several acts of Congress relative to the collection of Internal Revenue, he says that, in accordance with in structions Irom the Secretary of the Treasury, their payments hereafter must be in strict com pliance with the laws and regulations on the subject." Philadelphia Trade Report. Thursday, January 18. Cotton in quiot, with small sate ot middlings at 61.520. No. 1 Quercitron Ba-k is steady at 332 60 p ton, but there is none comlne forward. There isa fairdemand forCloverseed, and 500 bush, sold from (6 for common up to 97 tor choice. I'neei of '1 imothy are nominal. Small sales of Flaxseed at C3 10(&8 15. Flour is duller than ever, and there Is a total ab sence of any shipping demand. Small sains 10 tbe home consumers at 7 25 i bhl. for common super fine up to (lS'&O for lancv lots, according- 'o quality. A few small lot of liye Flour sold at $5 60. Prices of Corn Meal are nominal. There Is not much demand for Wheat, and only ICOO'a 2000 bushels common and choice sold Uod at 2-2(J(2 80. White rauves trom 82 40W2 70. 603 bushels ltye sold at 81 - 6. Corn is la fair request, and 3100 bushels vellow, in the cars and trom store, ot 77' 78 cents. Oats are steady at 61.2.62 cents. Iu Bnriev Mall nothinir doing In Naval Stores and Oils tbe sales are unim portant Whisky Is very quiet, with mall sales of Pennsyl vania and Ohio Ibis, at 2 242 iS. At a recent meeting ef the British Anthropo logical Society, Dr. Ballurd, who said he had paid much atteuticn to the subject of idiotcy, attributed nearly all such rases to severe illness in infancy, and the results of his experience told him that most such cases originate trom the habit which somo children acquire of sucking all kinds ot objects. By that action they swal low the secretions of the gluuds, which, not being accompanied with food, disorder, and in some cases destroy the stomach. Dr. Gibb con firmed that opinion, and stated that the atten tion of medical men had of late been drawn to the injury done by the habit of sucking.
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