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PHILADELPHIA, F1UDAY, DECEMBER 21, 18GG.
TOL. VI.-No. 147.
DOUULK SHEET-THREE CENTS.
THE ASSASSINS.
Mr About the Arrest of Surratt The
, Kngllnh Authorities at Malta Refnse to
lnterfera Suriatt'a luformer and IIU
Reward.
JCaple$ Correspondence of the London Timtt.
The receipt of a letter at the American Con
sulate in this city la-t evening, from the United
States authorities in Malta, compels me to
advert to a subject which mny create some un
eaMuess. Surratt, one of the conspirators
against the late President Lincoln, has been for
ten months or more iu the service of the Tope
in the regiment of Zohavch, but quitting It aud
Ujing from Rome, he mrlvod In Naples about a
fortnight since, wearing the uniform of the
Zouaves. Ou Sunday, the 18th, the American
Consul received a telegram from his colleague
in Rme, to the cll'ect that the soi-dsant Wal
lers was none other than Surratt, and ordering
hU immediate arrest. Immediate application
was made to the police of Nople. and evry
possible facility allorded, but it was fund they
were too late, and that the criminal had started
the ninht before by the Liverpool screw Tripoli
lor Malta and Alexandria.
The telegraph was then put in communication
with Mai a, and directions were given to the
Con--nl-Geueral of the United States in that
inland to arrest Walters immediately on his
arrival. A letter received at the American Con
eulate only last evening states that the Tripoli
touched at Malta early on Monday morning, the
10th; that the Consul immediately applied for
power to arrest Surratt; that no answer wai
returned till jr st before the hour of the departure
of the Tripoli for Alexandria; and that the an
swer was in the negative, on the ground of there
being no authority for doing so. Telegrams
have, therefore, been sent from the United
Slates representatives in Rome, Naples, and
Malta, to the Consul in Alexandria, and as ves
sels lroni Liverpool undergo a quarantine iu that
city, it is iully expected that Surratt will there
be captured. On what grounds the British
authorities in Malta declined to act is not known,
and it would be premature, therctore, to express
any opinion on the subject ; Out the mere fact
of their having declined has created the worst
possible ieelincrs in the minds of Ameri
can agents The Consul at Malta exprese?
the opinion tJunt it was by ''a more
legal quibble' tue head and trout of the
conspiracy was permitted to escape; and
here I have heard the refusal of the British
authorities to act contrasted with the readiness
which was shown in America to give up Muller.
It must, however, be clear to every dispas
sionate person that there is not the sligluest
parallel between the two caes In that of
Muller the Americaa authorities had been
applied to some days before his arrival, and all
the forms observed which the Treaty ot Extra
dition required; in the present case a telegram
only conveyed th information and demand. 1
have teasou to believe tnat a despatch basb eeu
already sent on to Mr. Seward couched in the
strongest terms, and as Americans are disposed
to regard almost every act, word, and tbontrlit
of England as being hostile to tbcm, some diili
culty may be expected. From the sympathy
and indienation which were expressed in Eng
land at the time of the assassination of Mr.
Lincoln, and which were as deeply felt and ex
pressed by every Englishman on the continent
with whom I "came" in contact,the Americans
oueht to leel that there can be no disposition on
our part to screen from justice any one who was
Implicated in that heinous crime.
Naples. November 29. Since writing my la9t
letter 1 have received the following details of the
adventures of Surratt since his arrival in Italy.
About ten months ago he entered the Pontifical
.service, and was drafted into the 5th Company of
Zouaves. Without the knowledge of either of
them, a young man who had been educated
together w ith Surratt in the College of Marylnd,
also entered the same service, and was enrolled
in the 4th Company of the Zouaves. Having
been quartered in different places, they had never
met, but about six months ago both companies
were sent to the same locality to execute some
manoeuvre against the brigands. On its comple
tion they met, and his companion addressed Sur
ratt by name. Drawing him a-ide, the lat
ter informed bim he was now known
only as John Watson. A day or two
afterwards the companion, professing to
be disgusted at serving with assnst-ins,
sought out General King, American Minister at
Rome, ami told him the whole affair. On being
assured that, there was no mistake as to the
identity of Surratt, the Geueral desired the in
former to remain quiet, said he should ask his
Government for instructions, and held out
promise of a reward. The Aruericau Govern
ment, in reply, desired their Minister to secure
Surratt, and General King called on Cardinal
Antonelli and beieed to know whether, iu' the
event ot his identitying Surratt and wishing to
arrest hiin, his Eminence would permit it. The
Cardinal replied that, though no treaty of ex
tradition existed between the two countries,
they were in a position to do as they liked, and
could have no desire to shelter assassins;
still, he must consult his Holiness. Three
days later hi Eminence sent for Gene
ral King, and showed him tbe orders for the
arrest, and on bis own responsibility
afterwards sent to the commanding officer at
Velletri directions to secure Surratt, who wa?
arrested at Vallecorsa. Though guarded by
five Zouaves, he managedto throw himself into
a deep ravine, thus inflicting upon himself
severe injuries, the marks of which he bore on
his arrival in Naples, aud, as Vallecorsa is only
two or three miles from the frontier, easily
crossed it. Here he was arrested by the Custo.it
House authorities as having no passport and
being in the Pontifical uniform, but was shortly
released. On learning these facts, General
King. It is said, felt aggrieved, and stated that he
had not requested his Em 'nonce to arrest him,
but had only aked tor power to do so in the
event of the demand being made. He imme
diately communicated with Mr. Marsh, the Ame
rican Minister at Florence, but Mr. Marsh was
feting it at Venice with the King, and ou
Mr. Marsh's return, and calling on the
Minister for Foreign Affairs, he round that
ms txeenency was doing the same. Thus, much
time was lost, but the Secretary promised every
assistance, adding that, thousrh Surratt were ar
reted, he felt assured his Government would
not give him up except on the condition of his
life being epartd. This much was decided on
Thursday, the lath instant, aud as Mr. Swan,
the American Consul, did not receive any des
- patch urging him to act until Sunday, the 18th,
at was too late, as the bird had flown. To these
details I may add that General King gave the
informer $250 is gold, and held out the promised
reward of $10,000 more, on the a'-rest bolng
fleeted. If tho American Government is really
desirous of securing its man, I am disposed to
believe that it was with a view to procure evi
dence of the complicity of Jefferson Davis in
the conspiracy against President Lincoln, and
evidence of that or any other crime might,
perhaps, be easily furnished by a man who
abandoned hlB own mother, and left hr to be
hanged; at the same time it would almost ap
pear, from the bearing of some 1 1 tbe diplo
matic agents, that the Government would have
been glad had the ub1ect not been revived. Cer
tain it is, that I have heard Americat.e express
h reirret that, as poor Lincoln's death had been
s.inplv avenged, Surratt bad not been left alone
V. t".W bt0ut With hilli fcj OWL pULiktUiCUt.
ThotVork of the Session.
From the Mation.
The country is beginning to inquire somewhat
anxiously what Contrrcs is going to do to put
an end to the existing state of doubt and un
certainty. But beyond Mr. Stevens' North Caro
lina bill nothing has been done which looks
like, or foreshadows, a dan to be carried out
should the amendment fail of adoption. Mr.
Stevens' bill, which proposes to call a fresh con
vention in North Carolina, to be elected by all
males able to read ami write or owning $100
worth of property, exclusive ot thoe, who aided
or abetted the Keb'Tiion, for the purpose of
tonning a constitution for the Slate, would, a
year ago, havo looked horribly radical; but
there is now little question that it Is, supposing
the amendment to fail, the most sensible and
conservative plan yet submitted to the public
and we may add that it, or something like it, Is
according to present appearances, pretty sure
iu th end to be adopted not for North Caro
lina only, but for all the States. Wo believe
it is not entirely Mr. Stevens' own; at all events,
it embodies the views ot the North Carolina
loyalists, and would saiisly them. No matter
what the true theory of the position of the re
voked States maybe, no matter whither they
are in or out of tbe Union, or in a limbo whh'h
is neither in nor, out, a convention elected by
the male inhabitants J of each State, without
distinction ot race or color, excluding Rebels,
i the proper instrument lor the reorganization
of the Government.
Neither Congress nor President enn devise
any othrr half so good, or hall as well suited lo
the habits ot the people and the spirit of our
institutions. There is now no use whatever in
arcuing against the participation of the negroes
in such a work. To permit their exclusion frptu
such a convention would be to surrender the
principle of equality before the law which the
North has set its heart on establishing, and the
South may as well make up its mind that there
is no likelihood of anything of the kind. As trie
frecdmen are the class most in danger of oppres
sion, they are thecla6s, of all others, which has
the best right to be consulted in foiming the
organic law. The men whom they chose to re
present them in the Convention would go there
charged with the duty of opposing the insertion
in the Constitution of any distinction or dis
ci imination based on color. On all other poiuts
the whites would probably have their way; and
if an educational or property qualification were
established by such a Convention, there are
very few people at the North who would offer
much opposition to it.
The horror of silting with neeroes in con
vention, or of seeing them voting, has its
root in the imagination. It is no greater or
more substantial than the horror of seeing
negroes lree was a few years ago. To submit
to the presence of negroes in the Leeislature
or at the polls would be, no doubt, to most
Southerners a cold plunge; but the first shock
over, the experience would not seem so very
unpleasant after all. Finding that nothing
dreadful came ot it, they would soon gel used
to it, as they have to seeing negroes working
for wages and testiiying in courts of justice.
In fncf, we have no sort of doubt that there
arc thousands ot sensible Southerners wishing,
iu their secret hearts, that Congress would push
them over the brink, so as to save their honor.
False pride, and various other things quite as
unsubstantial, restrain Southerners from taking
active measures to do what the North wants
done; but the mass would submit gracefully
enough to whatever we did for them without
asking their leave. It ought to be well under
stood, however, before any such convention
meets, that no constitution will be approved
of which does not make the provlsiou of a
system of free popular education compulsory
upon the State Legislatures.
Beyond this, Congrea has, as yet, done little
or nothing. Mr. Sumner has introduced a siring
of resolutions into the Senate, tracing out the
principles on which the worn of reconstruction
should be based; but though strong, sensible,
and well drawn, they contain nothing new, and
carry us, for all practical purposes, no further
than we were last year. Besides this, nothing
has been done bevond appointing a committee
to inquire into tbe murder of certain Union
soldiers in South Carolina and into the New
Orleans massacre. The only result of these
inquiries will be the production of a great quan
tity of evidence which nobody will read, aud on
which no action will ever be taken. These Con
gressional inquiries all end in smoke. Long
before they are finished the public is tired of the
whole matter, and knows all about it, and after
furuishinir subjects for editorials to the news
papers, the testimony joes to the waste-paper
ueulers.
There never was an investigation of this kind
undertaken with more solemnity than that into
the massacre of Fort Pillow, but nothing ever
came of it. It did not even preveut Forrest
trom beiug paroled, and does not prevent him
now from attending Johnson meetings and up
holding "the policy." Ot late years several of
these committees are fitted up at the beglnniug
of every sess'on, and launched and sent off ou
voyages of discovery amidst the huzzas of both
Houses aud of the Washington correspondents
of the daily papers. The public holds its breath
for about a month, and then, hearing nothing,
goes about its business, and in about six months
the explorers turn up with a lew well-known
facts, wrapped up iu recommendations which
nobody lieeus.
Next to the condition ot the South, tbe most
important questions to be considered by the
present Congress are the currency and the tariff.
The facts of the casj are that our revenue Is far
larger than our needs, that industry is languish
ing, our commercial marine almost extinct, our
aeTicultural products falling behtnd tho wants
olthe population, and pricesof every commodity,
in spite of the recent decline, enormously high.
The advantages enjoyed by foreigners iu com
peting with us in our own markets are so great,
in spite of the heavy duties and the premium on
gold, thar iu many branches ot industry
books, for instance thoy have driven, or are
(hiving, us out ot the field. Oue set of political
economists, who are represented by the Tribune
in the press and by Air. Stevens it. Congress,
and who invariably open the discussion of this
driest ot a'.l subjects by heaping abuse aud exe
crations on their opponents, are satisfied that
the only remedy for this state of things lies in
the raising of the tariff; or, in other words, iu
the total, or all but totul, exclusion of foreign
commodities.
Mr. McCulloch is evidently disposed to ac
couut tor the present depression of trade partly
by the horrible confusion of the internal reve
nue law, and the ab-ence of all fixed relation
between it and the tariff on foreign imports.
Mr. George Walker, in the clearest bit of reason
ing which has yet appeared on the subject, as
cribes it to the condition of the currency. Gold,
he says, having been totally "demonetized," has
fallen below its natural price, or Is, in other
words, extraordinarily cheap.twhilo the paper
currency Is nearly treble what the country
requires. Prices in paper are, therefore, terribly
high, and foreigners who eome here and sell
their commodities are able to purchase gold or
billa of exchange therewith at rates so advanta
geous as to enable them to make head against
the high duties aud distance, gold beinsr really
more valuable in Europe than here. Mr. Walker
is not a free-trader, but he is a sensible man,
and if protectionists of his stamp can be got to
take this matter out of the hands of tbe sweep
ing economists of the 'lribum school, whose
fylloglsni6 are apt to consUt of two war whoops
aud one "bad name," there would be 6ome
hanceof a settlement of the tariff that would
at least not do discredit to our intelligence.
Tie i f-nc' B are, l owever, that the whole
q nation will be d'sc isscd ns it wa lal year '
tcereily in committee, iu which all the iutlu
cnee, gocd, bad, and lndiilereHJof jobbing depti
tatlons trm the various 'interests" will b
brought into flay; that Mr. Davil A. Wells'
report, which he is now framinc, will be totally
neglected; and a bill will be thrust into the
House maiked by every fau't which a bill can
have, in the last days of the ses-lon, and forced
tbrotiLb under the ''previous question," to be
stopped in the Senate, thus leavW the country
for another year a prey to the existing disorder.
We can at present have neither such a tariff as
the protectionists nor the free-traders desire, for
the simple reason that, whatever the correct
theory niny be, neither party is strong enough
to enforce i( own policy, aud all attempts made
by the protectionists to carry their tariff by a
roup dc main, as last sasion, are pretty sure to
result in a reaction, carrying us for a biief period
just afar in the other direction.
The fact is, the country can bear up under
any reasonable amount of financial blundering,
provided there be some method aud persistence
in it. What trade and commerce cannot bear is
uncertainty, and uncertainty is the soul of the
present rtqime. TheAmeiican man Is pretty
sure to make his way either under protection or
Iri e trade: but he must know which it is to be,
and be let alone once he has made his arrange
nienls. Oue of the sins which most easily bc-iet
n strong majority, is the tendency to believe
that treat power. conferred for one purpose may
be used lavishly for all purposes; and the pre
sent t'ongrcss has acted all along as if its posi
tion on the tariff question were just as sure and
as emphatically indorsed by the couutry as its
position ou the question of reconstruction.
This Is a mistake into which, we trust, it will
not fall again. The tariff' qtie-tion has still to
be discussed, for the public- mind is not yet
made up about it, and men of all shades of
opinion are still entitled to a respectful heariiiT,
a privilege which Congress systematically
refuses to helpless minorities.
THE SOUTHERN STATES.
NORTH CAROLINA,
A Frei'ttmaii Whipped Interference of
I nlted State Oflivera.
Rai.kiuii, December 20. Colonel 15oniford,
commanding the United Stales military forces
in this State, interfered and prevented the
Sheriff from inflicting corporeal punishment on
the person of a negro this morning.
Judge Daniel 1). Fowle ordered the indictment
of all the military ollicers who were concerned
in that transaction. The necro was returned
after receiving eight lashes. The solders left the
ground. Indictments will be issued against the
officers. The negro will be whipped to-morrow.
Judge Fowle has called on the Governor to carry
out thel aws of the State.
Wilmington Muulclpal Kleetlon Execu
tion for Kobliry.
Wiimikcion, December 20. The municipal
election passed off' to-day amid great, excitement,
but without serious disturbance. John Dawsou
was elected Mayor by 95 majority.
Two ntgroes, convicted of highway robbery,
will be executed to-morrow.
SOI TH CAROLINA.
Rejection of the Amendment Iu the
Lower House.
Columbia. December 20. The House rejected
the Constitutional amendment by a vote of 9j
against 1.
Death of a. WclNknowu Prluter.
Alexander Hamilton Hayes, a printer, well
Vnown throughout the United ttates,tbut espe
cially so in New Orleans, died in the latter city
several days ago. He was noru in Gettysburg,
Pa., about the year 180G. Choosing the proles
sionot printer, be was first employed in Phila
delphia, but afterwards went to New Orleans to
become foreman ot the Ficayune newspaper.
He left the office of the Ficayune to become
one of the founders ot the Delta. After that
paper was established, the proprietors sepa
rated, and a portion ot them, with Mr. Hayes,
established tbe Crescent. The Crescent of to-day
is the revival of that paper ot which Mr. Hayes
was an original proprietor. He acted as fore
man to both the Delta and the Crescent. In 1850
theCVwcenf was transferred to other owner, and
Mr. Hayes took up that wanderipg lifcjwhlch
continued to his death. He went to California,
aud thence to Japan and China, and back again
to California, which State he left on the breaking
out of the war. He made his way overland to
Texas, wl ere he resided during the Rebellion.
A few weeks ago he was invited back to the
Ficayune office by the proprietors, but he died
the day after landing in New Orleans. He stood
high in his pro'ession, and was esteemed by all
who knew him. The New Orleans Typographical
Society paid appropriate homage to his remains.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
Court of Quarter Sessions Judge Poire.).
This moin::nr, in tbe case of the Commonwealth
vs. James laiby, the jury rendered a verdict ol not
guilty.
a brutal father.
Thomas Stuckhert pleaded guilty to a charge of
assault sua battery upon bis daughter, Margaret
Stuckbcit.
This man had forced his family to put him in
prison several times on account of the cruel and
abuaive treatment he has ased towards thorn. The
last time he came from prison he rang his dour-bell,
BDd bis dauahter came to tot him in. As soon as no
saw her he knocked her down, and struck her several
times afterwards. The daughter says her fattier uses
liquor to excess, and gave his family no peace what
ever. CONCLUSION OF A DESERTION CASE.
The case of the City vs. UVck, before tho Court
last Friday, was concluded to day. Tbe Court then
made a temporary order for the wife aud children,
and gave Buck time to briner iu wihiesses, whoso
testimony would tend to Justify his dosortion. lie
produced a witness this morning, who testified th
uurinr the war Mrs, Beck, the compUinent, Went to'
Cump Distribution, at Alexandria, and there put up
in a hired tout with a man named Keller, and alter
wurda put up at a botel in Washington with this
man, rugistaring her name as Airs. Keller. There
was also other tesuniouy to show adultery on the
part of the wife.
There were many wltneses to tho same matter,
who, at the close ol our report, were undergoing
examination.
DESERTION CASES.
On account of a pn-ssure of business these cases
were heard and disposed ot to-day in the room of
tbe Common Pteas.
'Jity vs. Joseph Marker. Dismissed.
t.ity vs. John UcKeuny, At the complaint of
his wife, McKenny agreed to pay $6, and the matter
as hold over.
City vs. W illiam Humphreys. The wife has been
married to her present husband twelve years, and
bus one child nine years old. 1'ho family oauie from
Scotland last August. . He left his wile not lou?
since, and went to live with his sinter, telling his
w lie to look for a situation, aud expect no support
from bun. These statements were denied by the
w itueuics for tbe husuaud, who also gave the wife a
very bad eharaoter.
Tbe Court made an order of two dollari for the
! support ot the child, and ulaiui sod tho rest of the
complaint.
llio IL-t ttila morning numbored forty-fivo cei.
Genera1 Collin has been working hard to dispose of
them, being pressed ou all sides by forlorn, sorrow
iuir matrons. A number ol cases wore continued
and several dismissed.
Mid Pi-Ium Judge Thompson Andrew M.
Martin vs. Jacob ttidgway. An action of ejootiuout.
Ou trial.
Microscopic Seaweeds, The extensive collec
tion of microscopic seaweeds, technically known
as Diatomaceu;, belonging to tbe late Dr. Gre
villo, has been recently acquired by the flotaul
nil Department of the British Museum. They
contain all the type-specimens so exquisitely
figured by him in the Transactions of the Micro
scopical Society, and in other journals, as well as
of the more obscure species described an 1
figured by the late Professor Gregory.
THIRD EDITION
FINANCIAL NKWS TO-DAY.
Cy Atlantic Submarine Cable.
Lokdon, December 21 Noon. United States
Five-twenties of 18G2 are quoted this morulog
at 71"2. The new issue Is quoted at 70$.
I.onpon, December 21 Noon. Consols opened
nt. 90 for money. Erie Railroad shares,
Illinois Centra!, 78$.
Liverpool, December 21 Noon. The Cotton
Market opened steady at W,0DUi for mi Idling
uplands. The sales will probably reach 12,000
bales.
Bacon is quoted at a decline of 2s. Lard is 6d.
lower.
LAST NIGHT'S DESPATCHES.
FRANCE..
The French Dndgct.
Paris, December 20 Evening. The French
Bue'get shows a definite balance In estimated
receipts over expenditures for the incoming
financial year. No new taxes are to be levied
on account of the army scheme which has Ju-t
bcn promulgated, and which the Budget de
clares to be a fresh guarantee for the peaco of
Europe.
The President's McBsngc In France.
Paris, December 20-Evening. President
Johnson's Message is published in lull in the
Paris journals, and has had a much better effect
in all circles than was anticipated, after the re
ception of the meagre telegraphic summary
which failed to do it justice.
SPAIN.
A Loan of Ninety Million Francs Nego
tiated. Madrid, December 20 Evening. Tho Gov
ernment of Spain has negotiaied with M. Fould,
the French Minister of Finance, for a loan
of ninety million francs from the French Gov
ernment. HUNOARY.
The Address to the Emperor of Anuria.
Pesth, December 20 Evening. The address
to the Emperor of Austria recently adopted in
the Lower Chamber of ihe Hungarian Diet, has
hi en acquiesced in by the Upper House.
THE BBIilfH CABINET.
Humors of a Split Reported Resigna
tion of Mr. lilsraell.
London Correspondence of the Scotsman.
A rumor is current nt the clubs, aud credited
in well-informed political circles, that diffe
rences in tho Cabinet ou the question of a now
Kelorm bill have come to a head, and that Mi
Diraeli'8 resignation is at the present moment
in the hands of Lord Derby. The absence of
the Chancellor of the Ex3hequer from the Cabi
net Couuuil on Thursday was certain to excite
reruaik. A colorable pretext had to bo found;
und two or three days ago, with full knowledge
that a meeting ol the Cabinet was to be held on
Thursday, Mr. Di raeli left town on a visit to
the Duke of Wellington at Strathtfeldsaye. The
most generally accepted, and at the same
time most probable version of Mr. Disraeli's
resignation is, that a considerable minority
of the Cabinet objected, in the tirst instance,
to the introduction of a Reform bill at all
next session, and that two or three Cabinet
councils were held before tho Chancellor of the
Exchequer was able to carry his point and in
duce his colleague to consent to bring a bill
as soon as Parliament nieete. The principles
of the bill having come to bo discussed, the
leader of the Government in the House of
Commons is said to have astonished and
alarmed his colleagues by the boldness and
extent of his views. Ho protested against
bringing in a weak and unsatisfactory repeti
tion ol the Derby bill of 1859, and w:ishcd to
outflank the whole Opposition by proposing a
w ider, and iu some respects a mor democratic,
lueusure than that proposed by Mr. Gladstone
hst year. It is said Mr. Disraeli is In favor ot a
scheme of household suffrage in towns. He
would give up boroughs to democracy, pro
mising hia Iparty, by the - way, more
m cresses under the new suffrage than
they bad dreamed of. In the hope of
consoling landloril influences in counties, he
would eliminate email towns from counties and
give a i'20 county qualiticatioii. All the accounts
a;; roe that the Chancelloi of the Exchequer has
been stoutly opposed throughout bv tue high
Tory section of the Cabinet. Kuiuoii have
been current that General Peel first opposed the
introduction of u Reform bill at all, and then
tendered his resignation, which he has con
sented, on Lord Derby's personal appeal, not to
press lor the niomeut. It Is added that General
Peel has been persistently supported by Lrd
Cranborno, between whom aud Mr. Disraeli
there has never keen a feeling more cordial
than that of hollow civility. Lord Crauborue
doubtless sees iu Mr. Di&raeli's scheme of
reform another instance of his fatal lueility
for laying his party m a ditch. Lord John
Manner.-, of course, supports General peei au,i
I-.?rl V"!???; cord Staaley, Sir
.1. Pakingtoii, aud Sir 9. Northcote nre said
to range themselves ou the side of the Chancel
lor of the Exchequer. The Premier's nolitical
Bvmpathles are undoubtedly with the Tory sec
tion oi nis t aotnT. as cuiei oi rue party, uow-e-.er,
it has baeu his duty to consider the nartv
consequences of a disruption among its lenders,
us well as the particular measures before the
Cabinet. He has, therelore, hesitated to rango
himself against Mr. Disraeli, aud he ba been in
all probability supported by what ruav be
termed his personal followers in the Upper
1 louse the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Maitues
bury, and the Earl of Carnarvon. The rumor at
the Carlton Club is, that if Mr. Disraeli should
resign. Geueral Peel will lead the Conservatives
in the House ol Commons, with Lord Crauhorne
second in command. Lord Stanley, it is hoped,
may be induced by a feeling of lovalty to the
head of his house to remain in the Government,
in this event the preseut Secretary of State
tor India will succeed Mr. Disraeli
as Minister of Finance. Many of tho
out-and-out Tories would rather see the
p:irty led by General Peel with tue flag of "No
stirreuder," than witness another of Mr. Dis
raeli's flank movements. I entertain very little
doubt that the Chancellor ot the Exchequer
heme was discussed at the Cabinet during his
absence ou Thursday. He is without quesiion
right in refusing to take charge ot a timid, vacil
lating, half-hearted measure, which cuu satisfy
no one, and w hich will be scouted by the House
ofCommous. The geueral impression is that he
is necessary for the party, aud has now attalne I
a position ol influence and authority which
will enable bim to make his own terms, aud
become the true leuder of the Conservative
party. Mr. Disraeli it said to be lired ot the
policy of negation and obstruction. Should
Lord Derby aud his Cabinet agree to adopt Mr.
Disraeli's Reform bill, you may expect to hear
of the resignation of General Peel, Lord Cran
borne, and one or two other members of the
illiberal sectiou of the admin'struttou.
MEXICO.
Ceneral Sherman Has an Inter
view with a Representative of
Juarez-Arrival of Cene
ral Sherman at New
Orleans, Etc.
Sherman Sleets Kscobcdo-Juarez to be In
San I.uls Next .Mouth Tho Trick In
the Matamoras Occupation.
Tamcico (via Galveston!, December IV
Couriers have just arrived overland from the di
rection of the northern frontier.
General Sbcrmau his hnd an Interview with
Geucjnl Escobedo, who represents Juarez In
Tamaulipas, aud will most likely soon reach
Tainpico.
President Juarez purposes being in San Luis
Totosi on the 19th of next month.
Tbe occupation of Matamoras by General
J-edgwlck is understood to have been a irick tor
the purpose of aiding Sherman. The latter
could not couutenance or recoguize Caualc
(who was resisting the authority of Juarez),
and hence the necessity of getting rid of him at
Matamoras.
General Sherman at New Orleans Re
ception of the General and MluUter
Campbell by Kscobcdo at Mn taiuoinn
Probable Return of General Sherman
to St. Louis.
New Orleans, Pccembfr 20. Tbe steamer
Susquehanna arrived at the bar to-day with
(ieLcral Sherman and his ail, Colonel Auden
reid, who were transterred to the steamer
Hughes, and they are now here. They were de
tained at lirazos seven days by a storm that
prevented thein boarding the steamer.
On Monday week Kscobcdo formally received
Minister Campbell and General Sherman with
military honors and a brilliant ovation at Mau
ni or as. E&ccbcdo, leaving a small garrison
there under General Barnozadu, starts immedi
ately lor Monterey, whither Campbell lb di's
tmed, and be will probably uccompuny Es
c bedo.
General Sedgwick Is at Brownsville under
arrest, and will be tried for his occupation of
Matamoras.
An order confines Ortega to United States ter
litory, and should he attempt to cross the Rio
Gi ande he will be arrested.
Sherman will remain here until he receives
instructions from Washington. The Susque
hanna will await orders from the Government.
THE PACIFIC.
Xiws from the Sandwich Islands, Ari
zona, and California, Etc.
San Francisco, December 17. The Honolulu
Commercial Advertiser states that the principal
object of General McCook's visit to tan Fran
cisco is to communicate with the Government
by telegraph, and to ask leave of absence, so that
he may visit Washington to communicate with
the Cabinet respecting a reciprocity treaty with
the Sandwich Islands, or a liberal revision of
the treaty now in force. He, has become
couvinced that American interests will be
greatly served by the reciprocity treaty. The
project is warmly supported by American resi
dents in the islands, aud by business men of Sau
Fiancisco.
The demand for exchange and bullion for the
next steamer opened quietly. Bankers quote
coin drafts at 2fff)2.J per cent; telegraph trans
fers at 2i per ceut. The total demands of coin
for duties since January 1, 18Gfi, was $G,90t,000,
The British barque tharpshooter, from Liver
pool, and the French barque General Alkalin,
from Bordeaux, have arrived. The Russiai
barque Hercules, from Australia, arrived to-day.
The Humboldt Beqisler, recently a strong sup.
porter of James W. Kye, Senator from Nevada,
comes out in a lengthy article against him.
The Bcllingham Bay Coal Company, of Wash
ington Territory, failing to suppress the fires in
their mines, were compelled to turn tide water
in upon them, which had the desired effect.
Heavy storms have been prevailing in the
not theasteru portion of the State, aud five fet
of snow are reported to have fullcu on Sc.itt
Mountuin, stopping all travel.
The Hale & Norcross Mining Company yes
terday declared an extra dividend of $200 per
foot.
second despatch.
San Francisco, December 18. General James
F. Raiding, Inspector und Quartermaster of this
Department, arrived in this city on the 15th
instant, from Washington, by way of Salt Lake,
Columbia river, and Portland, Oregon, inspect"
ing various posts on his route. He goes from
here to Fort Yuma and Arizona. Hon. R. C.
McCormick, Acting Governor of Arizona, has
al o arrived by steamer from the South.
THIRD DESPATCH.
San Francisco, December 19. The United
States District Judge, Hoffman, to-day ordered
the condemnation of a quantity of spirits, seized
for violation of tbe revenue laws.
fourth despatch.
San Francisco, December 20. Governor R. C.
McCormick, of Arizona, visits San Francisco at
the request of the citizens of Central Arizona,
to confer with Generals McDo well and Halleck,
concerning measures to protect the people
of that section from the continued murderous
outrages by the I udians, and to keep open the
post and military roads to that Territory.
The Arizona Gazette, of December Gth, says
that Colonel McGurry and Dr. McCormick had
arrived at Post Yuma.
The Territori'.il Legislature had memorialized
Congress to repeal tho law giving territory in
the Pah-Ute country to the SUte of Nevada.
Colonel Carter, the new Secretary of the Ter
ritory, appears to give universal satisfaction.
Hurnius oi St. Peter's Catholic Church,
Jersey City.
Jin the New York Astuciated Prett-
New York, December 21.-St. Peter's Catholic
Church, in Jersey City, an elegant structure just
completed, took flie at midnight last niht from
botue unknown cause, and before the flames
could be subdued was badly damaged. The
maanltlcent organ, in process of construction,
was uearly destroyed by fire and water. The
loss will probably amount to $20,000.
Airivnl oi tbe Steamer "City of New York."
By the h'tw York Associated Press.
New York, December 21. The 6teamer Ci'y
of yew York, from Liverpool, has arrived. Her
dates are to the 6th Instant, and have been anticipated.
FROM BALTIMORE TO-DAY.
Important Insurance Decision The Cold
Snap Canvau-Uack. Ducks, Ktc.
SPICIAL DEePATCn TO TBE KVaNlJtO TBLBORAPlt.J
Baltimore, Docembcr 21. In the Superior
Court yesterday, tinder Judge Martin's instruc
tions, the jury decided against Penn & Mitchell,
assignees of Richard Snowdcn, who brought
suit to recover five thousand dollars from the
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.
Payment was resisted on the grounds that
Snowdcn went South in I8(il, joined the Rebel
army, and afterwards died from disease there
contracted.
This w as hel l to be a violation of the policy,
though the premium had been regularly paid by
Penn A' Mitchel, to whose beneQt the amount
Issncd had been assigned nnd puyable.
It is intensely cold, and splendid ska'Mig.
Canvas-back duck" are selling at ciht to ten
dollais a pair.
Gas Votks Explosion.
Jsew Youk, December 21. The Gas Woi-ks at
A'toria, opposite the upper section of the city
exploded early lui- n.orulng. Fortunately no
one was hurl.
Markets by Telegraph.
Xew YottK, December 21. Go'd quoted at 131 :
It nas been 133 . Kxohango, It ! 10!J ; at mht,
110 llo;. l.oviTument sucks vurv weak; Five
twenties, of 1802. coupons, lotij ; of 1801, 106J ; Of
ls.tio, 106J ! 'len-lorties, coupons, 07J ; Sevon-rlilr-ties,
flr-t "efics, 105 o 105J ; second aud third series.
105. Money 6,7 4 cent., rootly at 7. stock
Market heavier, aud pressed for sale; Missouri
sixts, 021: Canton Company, 4T!; liot?ion Water
l ower, So; ; Cumberland, 66; Quicksilver, 43;';
Mnriposa, 112; Western Union Telegraph Company,
44! ; New York Cen'ral, ll'.lj; Krie, 71J Hudson
ltivcr, 121; Heading, 1032 . MinhiirBn Central, 107 J:
mica?o biiu noes isianan.aii.roan, iou.
Kkw Vokk, December 21. Cotton quiet; up
lands. 36c. lour dull, and deolined 10(ujlre. Sales
ot 6600 barrels Statu. JUall 90; Ohio, 111326;
Western, $8 25nl3 60; tsoutiiern, 8111016 60.
Wheat dull and 1 n"2c. lower. Corn dull and do
rlining. Oats dull. Sales of 16,000 bushels. Rye
quiet Marlev dull. Keel quiet, fork Armor; Mens,
fciO.n.20 50; prime. 17ol7 60. Lard dull at ll'u
J2Jc. Whisky dull.
San Francisco, December 20 Extra family
Flour, $6 50; si perdue, 86 Choice Wheat, $1 90 l
100 lbs. taatern Butter, 30 " 34o.
Mining Stocks Sivaire, S20U0; Yellow Jacket,
$1130; Crown l'oint, $100; Uouid ft Currv, $718;
Imperial, $140; Chollar Potosi, $219; Legal-ten-dors,
72.
FINANCE AND C03IMEK0K.
Office of the Evening Telegraph, I
Friday, December 21, 18C6. l
The Stock Market was very dull this morninc,
and prices were unsettled and drooping, owing
to the lurther decline in gold. Government
bonds were lower; 6-20s sold at 105, a slight
decline; and 10-40s at 90J, no change. Ill was
bid for 0s of 1881; and 107 for old 5-20s. City
loans were firmly held; the new issue sold at 90if.
Bailrcad sbnres continue the most active on
the list. Reading sold at 61J(& 52, a slieht deeline
on the closing price lat evening; Lehigh Valley
nt 67J, a decline of h Catawissa preferred at2!)f,
no change; Philadelphia and Erie at 31J3lt,
a slight decline; and Camden and Amboy at 130,
a decline of I. 55 was bid for Pennsylvania
Itailroad; 33 for Little Schuylkill; 61 for Nor
listown; 37j( for North Pennsylvania; 29 for
Klmira common; 42 for preferred do.; 48 for
Northern Central; 58.) for Mluehill; and 65 for
Philadelphia and Baltimore.
City Passcneer Railroad shares were dull.
Tlestonville sold at 14. a slieht decline; 00 was
bid for Second and Third; 19 for Thirteenth and
Fitteenth; 60 tor Chesutit and Walnut; 281 for
Girard Collesre; and 38 tor Union.
Bank Shares were tirmlv held, at full prices.
Farmers' and Mechanics' s'otd at 135; 112 was bid
for Sixth National; 240 for North America; 160J
for Philadelphia; 5.r for Commercial; 100 for
Northern Liberties; 31 for Mechanics ; 97 for
Western; 42 for Consolidation; and 62 for Union.
In Canal Shares there was nothing doing.
35 J was bid for Schuylkill Navigation preferred;
55i for Lehigh Navigation; 86 tor Morris Canal;
60 tor Delaware Division; and 13 for Susque
hanna Canal.
Coal shares were in fair demand. New York
and Middle sold largely at ft, nn advance of j on
the closing price last eveninir.
Quotations of Gold KH A.M., 1343; 11 A. M.,
134 j: 12 M.. 134; 1 P. M.. 134, a decline of J
on the closine price last evening.
The New York Tribune this morning says:
"Money remains at 67 per ceut. on call, the
latter beinor the current rate upon mixed colla
terals. Unproductive railway shares, having
little value beyonfl that given by their use
among speculatois, are not in so high favor
with lenders, who, in many cases, are asking
for large margins, a step taken in view of de
creasing traffic and an Indisposition to speculate
in them. In commercial bills no chanee. Best
short bills pass at OA 7 per cent., and parties
willing to make extra interest upon doubtful
puper have a wide selection of names."
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES T0-DAI
Reported by Do Uaven & Bro.,No.40S.Third street
BEFORE BOARDS.
91000 Lehigh V 6s... 95 1 100 sh Read s30 61 '
J 1000 N l'enn 10s. ...118 loO h do s30 611
liOsnKead s30 61 2X d do.lotg.b30 b'i
ICO sh do 62 1 100 eh N & Mid C. 6
FIRST BOARD.
SlC00Citv6snc&p.. 99J' 100 eh Hest'v e60 14;
t!0"U ixm us, fi. lotso t;u ou sh f it m ilk .its.136
Jr'iOOOC & Am 683 Its B2
&HMKJ U 8 7308 Aue. .106
100 eh Reading.
61?
100 sh
100 sh
OO Ij30 52
4 sh Jeti vai 67
200 bd I'ata pi.1is.b30 ?.
lot eh Ph It E 813 :
100 eh do D30 314
200shNY&MCltbb6 6 I
loOsh do 5 1
200 sh do b30 6 1
Messrs. De Haven &
Third street, report the
do....f6wn 61J
do elO 612
do e30 6l!
do.. b 10 flat 612
do b5 61
do 06 61,!
do.... 2d. 61. 81
100 eh
100 sh
200 sh
KiO eh
100 sh
100 sh
Brother, No. 40 South
following rates ot ex-
chantre to-dav at 1 P. M.: American gold. 1341
t.134j j Silver is and 4s 120; Compound Interest
Notes, June, 18C4, 16; do.. Julv, 1864, 15J; do.,
August, 1864, 15; do., October. 1S04, 14; do.,
December, 1864, 13; do., May. 1805, 11 ; do.,
Auorust, 1805, 104; do., September, 1865, 10; do.,
October, 1805, HJ.
Messrs. William Painter & Co., baukcrs, No.
30 South Third street, report the following rate
of exchange to-day at 12 o'clock: U.S. 6s, 1881.
coupon, lll.J(gllH; U.S. 5-20?, coupon, 1862, lotij
(V10CJ; do., 1804, 105)105; do., 1865, lOflJfy)
105J; do., new, 1805, iOHjtfrlUHj; U. S. 10-40s,
coupon. OOitfiOOj; U. S. 7-30s. 1st series, 104 1
(('105; do., 2d series, 104105; 3d series, 104 j
t105; Compounds, December, 1804, 13J13j.
Philadelphia Trade Iteport.
Friday, December 21. 1 here le but litt'e trido
doiua In anv department, and tho downward ten
dency in gold tends to deprens values.
There is uotulnjr doinv in Quercitron Bark, but we
continue to quote No 1 at (31 ton.
Cloverseed comes forward owly, and ranges Trom
8 25 to $9 60, the latter Snare tor choice. Timothy
Is worth t3 2&,a8 60, and Flaxsifd t2 OOgS $ bush.
'Ihe Flour Alarke' continues extremely quiet there
beinir no demand except for small lots for the sup
ply of the borne consumers, but holders are as rlrm
us cver. holes ot 4 a 500 bbls. at $838 60 bbl
lor superfine; 9al0 60 for extrae; llal2 76 for
Northwestorn extra family; H2 13 60 for PennsyU
vania and Ohio do. do.; and 14 die lor fancy
Small eales of Kye Flour at 7 25. Prioee of Corn
Meal nominal. Tbfre is very little doing In Wheat
but we continue to quote Pennsylvania red at tf2 65
:8 10; Southern do. at t3a325; aud white at 811
( 8; 40 Kmaliiale olRyetl188 Corn le scarce
butloi active; small eales or new yellow at tlul (l
and od at 1 10. Oats are gteadv at67 r68o
WhitiyfB dull, and j rices eu-irely uomina!.