s ' -A ! Y .. f ; J . . 1 'ill TT73"XrTr7 ILIA V ILIA VOL. VII-No. 120. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 18G7. DOUBLE SHEET-TEIIEE CENTS, .'-t TinTTS WIT" ':W-IPP' A" -pnT"-'. D ISEASE DFXR1VED OP ITS HORRORS BY rrRIFTINU AK KlVRtcmHQ TUB ULOOV, is the Tint: to use a fbe- VKNTIVE. There la None Equal to llalmbold'a Highly Concentrated Fluid Ex tract BareaparlUa. riBEAND IIEllTIir HI,OOB RESISTS DINEASK. rnn II M It 1IIIK lllllt rtnit HHll HUH HHJl 1IHII Hiur hhhhhiihhhh: HUH. Jlllll nun huh" ' HUH HUH II II It HUH . 11 11 it UUU JN TIIESPRINO MONTIH the system naturally sixtfriocs a ctiBitue, and HET.MKULDH HlOHLiY Ol iK C N T R A T fc. D EXTRACT OF SARBAPA. 1ULLA is an assistant oftbe greatest value OiVLNii BLOOM TO THE PALLID CHEEK, BEAUTIFYING THE COMPLEXION. F. F. E F. EE KIT. K K R KKK F.KHS UK EKKKEB KKEUKE FKK F.KK KKK EKKFEFEF.FFE ' " KKKKKKkKEfch; i IT ERADICATES ERUPTIVE and ULCERA TIVE DltSEABliB of tbe THROAT. NOSE. EYES, EYE L1DB, frCALP, and SKIN, which so disfigure the apuearance, PURGING the evil e fleets of mer cury, and removing all taints, the remounts ot DIS EA8KM hereditary er otherwise, and Is taken by ADULTS and CHILDREN with perfect SAFETY, LLL ' ' ' - ILL .... LLL LLL 1A.L LLL LLL LLL ILL LLL LLL LLLLLLLLL LLLLLLLLLLLL ; NOT A FEW of the worst disorders thai ailed mankind arise from the corruption that accumulates In the blood. Ot all discoveries that have been made to purge It out, none can equal In effect HELMBOLDH COMPOUND KX T It ACT OF BARHA PARILLA. It cleauses and reno vates the blood, Instils the vigor of health Into the system, and purges out the humors which create dis ease. It stimulates the healthy functions of the body, and expels the disorders that grow and rankle In the blood. MMMM M MM M MMM&I M MMM MMM M M MMM MMM . MMM , MMM 1 MMM MMM MMM MMM , MMM " MMM X M M M M M M M M M M M MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM MM ML V Scrofulous and Mercurial diseases destroy what evarnarta thev miv attack. Thousands die annuallv from protracted diseases of this class, and from the abuse of mercury. Visit any hospital, asylum, and prison, and satlsly yourself of the truthfulness ot the assertion. Tbe system best resists the Inroads of these diseases by a Judicious combination of Tonics. HELMBOLD'S HIGHLY CONCENTRATED FLUID EXTRACT BARSAPARILLA la a Toolo of tbe greatest value arresting the In veterate disease after the glands are destroyed and bones already affected. This Is tbe testimony or all who have used and prescribed It lor the lust sixteen years. BBBBBBBB BBBBBBBBBB BBH BBB BBB BBB . BBB BBB BBBBBBBBB BBBBBBBB BBB BBB BBB BBB BBB BBB BBBBBBBBBB BBBBBBBB An Interesting letter Is published In tbe "Medico Cblrurglcal Review," on the subject of the Extract of barsaparllla in certain attections. by Benjamin Tra vers F. R. 8. , etc Bpeaking of those disease, and diseases arising Ir'om the excess of mercury, he states that ' Ho remedy I equal to tbe Extract of Barsa-Darllla- Its power Is extraordinary, more so than any other drug I am acquainted with. It Is in the strictest sense a tonic, with this Invaluable attribute, that It Is applicable to a slate of the system so sunken, and yet so Irritable, as renders other substances of the tonlo claw unavailable or Injurious." OOOO OOOOOO OOO OOO OOO OOO OOO OOO OOO OOO , OOO OOO OOO OOO OOO TOO OOOOOO OOOO TWO TABLE8POONFULS of the Extract of Sr saparllla. added to a pint of water, la equal to the Lit, bo n Diet Drink, and one bottle ft equal to a gallon of tbe Ryrup of Barsaparllla, or the decoctions as T'bedwjoctlon Is exceedingly troublesome, as It Is necessary to prepare It every day, and the syrup Is still more objectionable, as it Is weaker than tbe de coction; for a fluid saturated with sugar Is susceptible or holding In solution much less extractive matter than water alone, and the syrnp Is otherwise objec tionable, for the patient Is frequently nauseated, and the stomach surfeited by the large proportion of sugar tbe patient Is obliged to taks with each dose or Sarsa parilla, and which Is of no use whatever except to keep the decoction from spoiling, Here the advan tages and superiority ol tbe Fluid Kxtract, In a com parative view, are strikingly manliest, LLL LLL LLL ' LLL ILL LLL ILL LLL LLL LLL LLLLLLLLLLLL LLLLLLLLLLLL HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU CUBES KIDNEY DISEASES. HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU CUBES KHBUMATISM. i HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU CUBES UBINABY DISEASES. HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU CUBES GBAVKL. HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU CURES STRICTURES. ' HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU CUBES DROPSY. Vnr the diseases named above, and for WEAK NKSSEB and FAINS IN THE BACK, FEMALE COM PLA I N TB and DISORDERS arising- from ex ceesofauy kind, it is Invaluable. DDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDD HDD DJr DDI DDD DDI). DDD DDD DDD DDD DD 1,UD DD DDD LD . " ' - DDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDD srarTHFUK EXTRACTS HAVE BEEN ADMIT TfhToSlN'fllK UNITED HTATES ARMY. 2.M are also In very general use In nil the Butte HOS PITAL Tand VWdLISha N ITARY INSTITUTIONS throughout the land, as well as In pr vaW practice, and are considered as Invaluable remedies. PbihcipaL Dupot, HELMBOLD'S Drug and Cb RMicAii Warehouse, tfo. 594 Broadway, New York, and No. 104 6. Tenth street, Philadelphia. Boldly Drnggints Everywhere. Jtew&iv of Cpujitvriits. THE SOUTH, JUDGE KELLEY'S SOUTHERN TOUR. CORDIAL HKCEPTIOX ARD APDRKflS OF JUDGE KKL" . IEY AT CHARLOTTE, N. C. DEPABTURK FOB DANVILLE, ETC. Charlotte, N. C, Mny 24.-Tnd(re Kellcy arrived hero early yesttrilay morolusc front Augusta, where ho slAyecLJust lonn enougli to receive and take counsel With the iendin cltl rens. Mayor Hloduett, of Augusta, who was a Confederate olllcer, and seized tho Hrsennl at the opening or the war, met hi in at the depot and conducted Itltn lo the hotel, where he was soon surrounded by a number of Kentlemeu, some of them ex-Con federate and United Htates olllcers, butall equallycordiailnthelrBreeUng. General T. V. Hweoney, commanding the pout, also called on him. Ou hia arrival at Charlotte. Major Harris, Governor Vance, Cap tain I-aBell, commander of this post: Lieutenant Humbert, 8lh United Stales Infantry; Postmas ter Frazler, and several gentlemen who had served In the Confederate army, paid their re spects to him and joined In friendly conversa tion on the condition and prospects of the fcionth. There seemed to be no difference of opinion upon reconstruction under the Military bill. AH spoke hopefully of the future and kindly of the negro In his new character of a citizen and voter. The tenor of Judge Kelley's speeches Is generally approved of by all partle", while the newspaper riot in Mobile Is deplored and condemned. At 6 o'clock this evening Judge Kelley ad dressed a meeting, of whom a large majority were whites, in front of the Court House. He was Introduced by Mr. Harris, Mayor of the city. On she stand was ex-Confederate General Barrlngcr, to whose brother, Victor liarringer, a resident of Concord, the speaker first referred as one whose correspondence with him after the war, which was published, bad done so muoh Rood In the North and made hi in (Judge Kelley) roost anxious to visit that vicinity. Tbe speaker continued to say that be bad been heralded to them as a breeder of discord between races and Interests; but that was not bla mission, and if any words he had spoken tended that way they were unconsciously spoken. He came to see how Northern capital could be directed towards the development of Southern resources. Wherever he had gone, excep tin one Instance, he was met with all courtesy and hospitality. It was so in Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, and Georgia, and In none was he more warmly welcomed than by the General who commanded the Confederate army of Georgia (General Wof ford), and the General who commanded a por tion of It in North Carolina(General Barringer), now present. He passed carefully over the productions and advantages of North i Carolina, which grews all the cereals grown In the North, but In greater rich ness, lis peculiar Southern productions and Its vast mineral resources of gold lying lu a bell forty miles wide, besides copper, sulphur, etc He came to them to talk in family coun cil, after all the sufferings through which both sections had passed, and the doubt in which they both now stood, to see how these resources could be employed, and to ask that the past be forgotten, and as brothers under one flag to combine for the general lu teres t of tne whole country. (Applause.) He dwelt upon the edu cational system of the North as the cause of the superior condition of the laboring classes there, and urged the necessity of a similar sys' tem in the South. The laborer in the Nortd, who was thrifty, laid by his mouey to buy a j home, and did not spend it In whisky and bad cigars. Kemember this, my colored friends;1 you must get homes, but in order to do so, you must practise temperanoe, ecouomy, and in dustry. After referring lo the encouragement given to Immigration In the North, and the fact that the South had not only discouraged it, but had driven its own white citizens to the Western State', where they could obtalu good wages, and have the benefit of the com mon schools, he said his mission to the South was to Invite them to a generous rivalry that all might be prosperous together. Under these dusky skins they would find all the power to do what was done in the North In perfecting machinery, and using It for the relief of human labor. He paid a high compliment to the freed man's schools, and Legged of t iem to embody in their new Constitution a system of common schools for all. When that was done, and they learned to use tbelr own Iron instead or sending to England for it, and to manufacture their owu cotton, the thousands from abroad who now settle down north of the Potomac would gladly come to North Carolina, and the mechanics who now make the machinery which he saw lu their own woollen mill to-day would come here and build tbe engines and spindles in Charlotte. As to the action or Congress, he said that it had kept faith with the South. Only one State had adopted the Constitu tional amendment, and Tennessee was now about to send representatives to Congress. If the other States acted likewise they would all be in Congress Boon. As tooontiscatlon, upon thai point the South held the whip over themselves, and if the lash was applied It would be by themselves upon themselves. Congress did not Intend to enforce confiscation; but if the South rejected the amendment and the Military bill, he could not answer for what mea sures they might insist upon by being tanen in order that; a republican government should be preserved. Judge Kelley concluded with a peroration of great brilliancy and force, which was listened to with marked admiration. At the close of the speech several Confederate officers and other gentlemen who are not so well reconstructed as the soldiers who fought the battles crowded around Mr. Kelley aud thanked him profoundly. The Mayor remarked that the speech had done more good for North Carolina tban anything which had happened since the war. The colored band of the city serenaded Judge Kelley at the Mansion House to-night. Invitations having come from Concord, Salis bury, Greeensboro, and Danville, Judge Kelley will speak at all those places, probably con cluding his Southern campaign at Danville. He left for Concord by the night train, evidently bearing with him the best wishes of all classes in Charlotte. ARKANSAS. PROTEST OF THE LEGISLATURE AGAINST GENERAL OBD'S ORDEB PBOHIBITIXO THEIR REASSEM- BLAGE. The following Is the copy of a protest of the members of the Legislature of Arkansas against the order of Major-General Ord prohibiting their reassemblage as a legislative body. It is now receiving the signatures of the metnben,: Whereat, E. O. C. Ord, Brevet Major-General com- direct Isaac Murphy, as Governor of the 8tate or Arxansas, 10 notuyaua inrorm the members or the Provisional Legislature or said btata that their re convening Is Incompatible with the recent act or Congress called tbe Reconstruction act, and that they will not reassemble: and whereas, Isaac Murpliy.as such Governor, did, on the -tub day or April, lsi7, publish an order whereby It was ordered, amung other things, that such Legislature was dissolved: Now, while we. the undersigned members or suoli Legislature, will obey the order or UenemI Ord, and will not attempt lo meet egln as a Legislature, yet we respectfully but earnestly protest against any legal light or power lu Oeueral Ord to prevent Hie meeting of such Legislature, and that his order lo that ellect we claim to be unconstitutional and Illegal, as also do we claim the order of Isaao Murphy, biiaod on the request or direction or Oeneral Ord as afore said. We claim and Insist suoii Legislature was and is In no sense provisional: but the Legislature or tbe fstate of Arkansas, created and elected according to the forms or law aud tbe Constitution, aud as such had a right to meet at the time to which It aaiourned in July next. Ana we respectfully request Ueueral uru iuiii mi, wim ina unpttrs 01 tins omce, to be pre served among them by the proper dupartmeut ot the Govern menu VIRGINIA. IMPORTANT LETTER FROM JUDOB RIVEii. Jndge Rivers has written the following loiter In reply to the Inquiries of the colored people Of tUanoiiesvuie, va.: Richmond, May 15 Messr'. Nicholas Richmond. P. A. Cross, Osslan Johnson, Fairfax Taylor Jatuts T. b. Taylor, and William Brown, Committee. uan tlMiuen: Your letter of the Mill lust, has lust reacbml me. Though suddenly called home by thellluessof my son, and busy in my preparaious lor leaviugthe city, l willingly iijuur tne riaaa ui iii-o t,iu,r tuan deny you tbe early answer you request. I would not be considered as a cauoUlAie for the Couveu ti.tn. it la a mm! of dilliou'ty aud resooust- bluty, tinder existing circumstances, that I am far from sevKing. i sutuiu preitsr uo ntuwu iiwuj such service; but I would not decline It If devolved mime by the unsouciteu suurage 01 my wiww-njuii-t....n Am aiK'b a contiiiKHiicy may probably arise, i miu iu and rvllllufj tv liilviui yvu mvu. ouuiiuus as T have formed on the topics yon mention. Iam eladtnaea vou rccoanlra the Imnrnurlety of seeking to trammel by pletigesor promises your delegate in llsolllclal duties." and have therefore limited your Inti-rrogntor PS to certain general objects which you w sb to secure. Fully sharing tins sentiment, t pro- cv d to re-qinnci brlelfy to your questions in the order lu which l boy are put. 1. I am for securing your electoral franchise by the Constitution, as fur as It can be done. But as br the law ot h ngtand one Parliament cannot bind another, and by our own principles no law can or should be lrrepea'able. so I bold the sovereign powerof succeed ing generations or peoples cannot Deresiraineu ur fettered liv th dtps nut: Iihiica an attempt to deprive the people hereafter of power lo alter this ream re would oe entirely vain.nna repugnant to tne theory 01 popular government, tor your security In this regard you must depend, as we all do fur our otner rights, upon tne guarantees or Justice end solf-proteelloii alTorded by our form ot fren Kovernment Ibroiurli the Instru mentality ol the ballot-box now In your bands. 1. I am lor according to your people all the rights or citizenship, and abolishing in tbe Constitution and tne law an distinctions or civil or political riguui founded on race or color. 8. I have been throughout mv lire tho earnest advo cate of free schools, and deem it among the first and most sacred duties or tbe Convention to provide for such a system for all classes ot lis chlxens, lo be sup ported ny taxes on property. 4. This matter ol tbe law of ejectment and distress. and the exemption ot hompsiesds, pertains to trH laiUm, and not to the Constitution we are to rrame. hue li eiiBOttnenn now exist, and If thev be not enual. Just, and adequate, should be amended by your Legis- lui ure. A. All distinctions as to legal rights and the almls- slblilty or evidence, ascribuble lo the difference of race and color, should, lu iny oplnlou, bo abolished torevpr. 6. Bv "corporal punishment" I suppose you mean whipping, not Imprisonment; and ns such, this aain Is a mutter of legislation, not referable to the Con vention. Crimes and the mude or punishing them should henceforth be the same hi respect to u'l sorts and conditions of men; and subject to this principle, they may, in my view, be well lelt to the discretion or your lawmakers, without auy constitutional provi sion on tbe subject. 7. I um tor ad valorem taxation. eaual and uniform. and aganiBt recourse to poll taxes. s. i nm lor tue uaijnt. 1 have thus answered all your questions, and am. very respectfully, Yours, etc. A TERRIBLE .'AFFAIR. FEARFUL ENCOUNTER WITH A ROBBER IN A SECLUDED CHAMBBR A WELL-KNOWN SPORTING MAN ROBBED OP $18,000 AND THEN MORTALLY WOUNDED ESCAFE OF THE PERPETRATOR OF THE DEED AN INEXPLICABLE MYSTERY. A strange and Incomprehensible robbery and nltempteu murder was perpetrated in room No. 74, in tbe fourth story of Reynolds' Building, Dearborn street, near niaaison. last niguiaooui 9 o'clock. George W. Lee, a well-known sport ing character In this city, was the victim. Ou his person, it was alleged, he had had the sum of il8,000in United States Government secu rities, all of which was evidently stolen by the perpetrator of the deed. Shortly after 0 o'clock, theoccunautsof rooms along the halls on the fourth floor of Keynolds' mock, directly aDove tne main entrance to tue building, heard a heavy fall, as if some person was thrown or fel.'ed to the floor. Mr. J. W. liouran who occupies the room No. 72. imme diately around the corner of the hallway from room No. 74. in which tne moody aiiutr trans pired, distinctly noticed the concussion, but rcmarKea it less, lie states mat not until atter several minutes had elapsed did he suspect that anything out of the way had taken place. Presently be heard agonizing groans proceed ing from Mr. Lee's room, ana in company with Mr. William Garber, occupying room No. 79, he went to ascertain tbe cause thereof. The gentlemen lotind the door of room No. 74 securely fastened. Calling to the Inmate, whose puln seemed momentarily to lncreaae.lhey asked what the matter was, simultaneously trying to burst onen the door. Finally It was opened. and os It swung buck upon its hinges, a man. who was half reclining on the floor, fell back in a stale of exhaustion, and Mr. liouran sprang forward towards the table and lighted an oil lamp standing tnereon. a reariui sight met their eyes as the rays of the light illumi nated the room. ProBtrate upon the carpet lay Mr. Lee covered with blood, his head reclining in a muss of clotted gore Just at the entrance lo the room, and immediately unuor tue wiouow; he presented an awful spectacle. Assistance was called, and but a few raluutes elapsed be fore Drs. W. K. Emerson and Lw A. Winthrop, whose ollice is in room no. is in tne same nutia lng, were by the Bide of the injured man. Upon examination, an incised wound was discovered under the left eye of Mr. Lee, two triangular wounds directly beneath that, and his skull was fractured in the left parietal bone. The only explanation which could be forced from tbe bleeding man was that he had been kicked by a horse, and robbed of $18,000, which he bad sewed in tbe lining of his vest. His mind wandered, and he continually asked where he was. The apartment, which Is a very small one, facing on Dearborn street, was soon filled with ofllcers, the police having beon notified, and numerous persons, all of whom had a particular tale to relate with reference to the occurrence. The crowd was dispersed, and, alter the wounded man bad been placed on the bed In bis room, a rigid search throughout tne hall ways and the apartment was Instituted, with tbe hope of gaining some clue to the mysterious a flair. On the wall. Just above the spat where lay the bead of Mr. Lee, as he reclined upon the floor when found, were discovered several marks. These marks have the appearance of having been made with the sword of a cane, they being triangular indentures, which very possibly proceeded from desperate thrusts with the weapon. In the centre of the room were several spots of blood. All these strange evidences or an attempt at murder are sufficient to refute the words of the injured man, that he had been kicked by a horse. What evidently led him to give utterance to this statement is, that he had been out riding, and bnt a few moments pre vious to 9 o'clock had returned. At the livery stable of Tllton & Co.,Nos. 47 and 49 Wabash avenue, Mr. Lee keeps three fine blooded horses. About half-past o o'clock in the evening be took two of them, lu order, as be said, to take a ride. He was known to relurn about half-past 8 o'clock. Nothing more was seen or heard of him until the noise caused by his fall called tbe attention of several persons to his room. The strangest circumstance con- - nected with this very mysterious affair is, that no footsteps were heard in the nan alter tue fall was noticed, no door was known to have been closed, and It la believed that no one could possibly have escaped without detection. The cost ot Mr. Lee was found out In several places, and the left side pocket was ripped open, la this pocket was discovered a wallet contain ing (700, and some odd change in silver, besides notes, papers, and letters. This undoubtedly had not been touched. His vest was in the same condition as the coat, tbe pockets being caLoneu. When Questioned as to the amount of the bonds which he bad in bis vest, as he firevlously stated, the suU'eriug man ulterei n monosyllables, that It was "all gone $18,001, Nothing further couiu ue got trom mm. Mr. Lee is about 45 years of age, rather stout, and wears iron-grey whiskers, rather closely shaved about the chin. He has relations living in tills city, and a wife residing in Haverhill, Massachusetts. About the 1st of May, he en gaged the room in which the bloody deed Just related took place. Sometime ago he was eu- ?aged In the boot and shoe trade In the 10 tst. le has always been known as a great horse fancier, and a spot ting charucter generally. He was in tbe haull of cany lug largo sum of money about his person. The matter is wrapped In a deep and seem ingly impenetrable mystery, which even time may not solve, should the vlotlm lail to survive bis terrible wounds. At the present wrltlug (1 P. M.), the couditionof Mr. Lee is pronounced by the physicians to be precarious, and his death is hourly expected. Qhicugo Jiep., 22i, Bibhop McQill, of Richmond, haa left for Rome. The two Senators Morrill Lave sailed for Europe. Ex-Governor Welles, of California, will make New Orleans Lis Lome. Rosa Bonheur is indignant at tLe reports that blie is insane. MorpLy, the cLess-player, Is to take part in tLe coming CLess Congress la Paris. TLe Rev. George HepwortL will make tLe address for tLe Boston Fourth of July. SECOND EDITION FEOM EUBOPE TODAY. Commercial Advices to Noon, By the Atlantic Cab!. London, May 25 Noon. The opening prices of to-day were as follows: Consols for money. e.IJi; Eiie Railroad, 89; U. 8. Jj'ive tweutles, 72li; Illinois Central, 70, LiVKitfoot,, May 25 Noon. Cotton opons firm, at lid. for middling uplands, and 1H1. for New Orleans. The sales will be about 10,000 bales. Corn bas advanced to 39s. Sd. Common Wil mington Kosln, 7s. 3d. Other articles un changed. From Europe by Steamship. New York, May 25. The stoarashlp Her mann has arrived, with European advices to May 14. Mr. Walpole has resigned from the English Home Ollice, but discbarges the duties until Mr. Hardy can take his place. Lord Devon will be appointed President of the Poor Law Board. The Prince of Wales will remain In Paris ten days. Luxembourg is to remain In the Zollvereln. King William of Prussia and the Czar of Russia Will travel together to Paris in June. From Panama and South America. New York. May 25. Panama advices of the 14th instant have been received by tho Ocean Queen from Pauama. General Olante, the President of the State, had returned lrom a tour of bis provluo1?, in vestigating the state of affairs in all sections. He bad met with a cordial reception every where. Tbe ex-Rebel Tucker, who reslgnedlbls com mission in the Peruvian navy, has been sent oy mat Government on a mission to tne Amazon, Tbe last news from Pern tends to confirm the belief that the present Administration cannot hold on long, revolutionary outbreaks occur ring in every direction. General Castllla anti cipated being brought forward again as Presi dent, and his return to Peruvian territory was expected. 1 he latest advices stated that the country was BtlH without an Executive. Tbe President refused lo accent the roslgna- ftlou of the Ministry, aud Congress has passed a provisional law prohibiting the i'-csldent from appointing any Minister whose couuduct has been censured ty tnem. Prado has been deserted by his former sup porters. ire accounts irom cant are out mue more encouraging. Though the Administration is strong enough to quell any attempt at revolu tion, the feeling between the two countries Is such that a rupture Is only prevented for tire firesent by the Spanish ditliculty on hand, and nternal disturbances on the other. Tbe yellow fover has broken om in Guayaquil and Buonaventura, causing great alarm and driving the residents lo the luterlor. Captain Foster, of the U.B. gunboat Osooola, had obtained the release of the American sea meat shipped on the Hugo, formerly the R. R Cuyler, who had been forcibly detained on board tne vessel. and Wellington April 8, had reached Panama, ciarae'g gang oi outlaws were sun at large, committing depredatious. The wine vintage was larger than ever known before. Parliament was to meet early in June, and a stormy session was expeoteu. The ship iiastwurd Ho, from New York, ar rived at Sydney on the 9lh of March, after en countering au iceberg ana Buttering so muon damage as to make her escape almost a miracle. The American residents ot iuney uau met and passed resolutions that they had no confi dence in their Consul. The celebrated railway oase of Bruoa vs. tbe Queen has been settled by Government paying 107,600 in full of all demands lor railway con nects. There has been an Increase In the gold yield thus far this year compared with mat of last year. Over 30,000 tons of breadstuff's have been sent to England, and 105,000 tons are available for shipment. The new settlement of Townsville, in Queens land has been nearly destroyed by a hurricane. The rebels of New Zealand were being severely chastised. FROM BALTIMORE TO-PAT. Tbe Conservative Constitutional Con vention Highly Important Provision Adopted, Etc, SPECIAL DESPATOa TO THE EVENING TEL SORiPH. Baltimore, May 25. The State Constitutional Convention has published Us propositions re garding the legislative porliou of the new Con stitution, which prohibits ministers of the Gospel and teachers of rellglou of any klud from being members of the Senate or House of Delegates. The Legislature Is to sit ninety days, and the first meeting to be the first Wednesday In January, 1808. Attempts to bribe members, or members receiving bribes, are made peniten tiary ollenBes, aud incompetency afterwards lo vote or hold ollice. Tbe Governor to be elected next fall. Governor Hwauti Is to serve out his term, and the office of Lieutent-Governor Is abolished. No compensation Is to be allowed to former slaveholders. Tbe banks are prohibited loaning money to tbe dlreotors. Judge Scott again refused yesterday to tike the constitutional oath. His court, therefore, remains uncertain as to legality until Governor Swann decides whether the oath he has taken la legal. Michael Kelly, an errand boy, 18 years of age, of John Murphy Si Co., extensive book pub lishers, went to the Third Natioual Bauk to draw a check for sixteen hundred dollars yes terday. He got the mouey, and absconded with it. From Fortress Monroe. Fortrkss Monroe, May 24. The schooner Small Fish, Captain Henderson, for Boston, with limber, recently went ashore lu the Poco- Sin river. In the Chesapeake Bay, during a gale, he was lightened by the discharge of timber, of which she had 150 tons on board. The lug J, R. Staples went to her assistance, but returned to-day for hydraulic pumps, aud hawsers, hav ing been unsuccessful lu the attempts she made yesterday. She will be off in a few days. She Is not Insured. The ship Wbampoa, from Callao. with guano, recently arrived in Hampton Roads, sailed this morning for New York, having been ordered there. The captain of this ship was subjected to a severe fine ai the Norfolk Custom House, where he entered, on acuouut of not having manifested his cargo as required by law. He paid the fine under a protest, and plead igno rance as the occasion of the neglect. Hampton Koads is now eutirely clear of ves sels, the last vessel, the ship Premier, from Bolivia, with guano, for Baltimore, having sailed this morning. The Opera in Chicago. Cnictoo, May 21. The Strakosoh-Parepa opera season, which commenced last Monday and closes to-morrow afternoon, has been the ?reatesl financial success ever known in Chicago or the same length of lime. Trovatore was given on Monday, A'orrna ou Tuesday, the Barber on Wednesday, Giovanni on Thursday, and Don J'asjuale will be given to-night, and the Harbor to-morrow afternoou. The houso hai been crowded to overflowing every night, aud every seut Is sold for to-night and tomorrow. The receipts of tbe week will be fully If not more than g),000. Parepa's greatest triumph was in the Jtarber. The audience were enthusiastic to the last degree, giving her aper.'ect ovation and letting loobe carrier-doves with bouquets. Death of a Government Clerk. WAsniNOToN, May 25. Richard C. Washing ton, Chief Clerk in the Appointment Ollice of the Post Office Department, died here last Hvnn. I lfg, ged W years, 1 from cauroRKi. Bnrnlna; of Idaho City, BAN Francisco, May 2V A Boise City tele pram says Idaho City was destroyed by fire on Mny 17. All the main street, from Bear Rnn to Moore's Creek, Including the ollice of Wells, 1- argo Co., was burned. NewYoik advices to May 1 have bien re ceived overland in advance of the steamer which left on the same day. Arrived, ships M. Nottebohm, from New York, P. Haadley, from Baltimore, Celeste, from Sidney; barques Resolve, from Bordeaux, Nottingham, from Sidney, via Valparaiso. Flour unchanged. Wheat dull at ia)2 10, Legal-tenders, 7!f . The Recent Kentucky Election. LoTttsvillr, May 24. The whole number of votes cast for Congressmen In this State on tbe 41 h Instant was about 110,000 Dtunocratlo, 7,000; Republican. 27,000; Third, 7000. Demo crat lo plurality, 40.000; majority, 4",000. In 1868, the whole vote was 154,014 Demooratlo ma jority, 87,9-14. Duvall's vote, 05,979; Hobson's, 68,(05. In 1804, whole vote, 92,087 MoClellan, 04 SOI; Lincoln, 27,780. Four of the five candidates of the "Thirds" were third in the rac. The Fifth District gave Orover 7122; Jacob, 2814: Bullitt (radical), 720. Iu 18(15 it gave Rousseau 6751; Mallorv, 4701. MoKee.slnce his defeat, comes out for fie "Na tion's Congress Reconstruction of Kentucky, the most disloyal of all the Htates." Like the. On clnnatl Gazrtle, he is now for the 'enfrauohlse mentof the Kentucky blacks by act of Congress In order to make a loyal voting majority lu rebel Kentucky." Vessel Strnck by Lightning. Fortrkss Monkob, May 25. Arrived, Bchr. Martha Maria, of Baueor, Me., from Wilming ton, N. C. to the West Indies, with hard pine lumber. She was structc by lightning on the 17th Inst, on the sontbern edge of tbe Gulf Stream, shivering the topmast and mainmast and selillng tbe vessel two feet in the water. The shock prostrated all the crew. Captains. H. Carle went cragy and died on the 21th lnst. Fire in New York. New Yor.s, May 25. About 8 o'clock this morning a fire occurred at No. 142 Ceutre street, occupied by Solomon Houssmau, dealer In pic ture frames and looking-glasses. The damage lo the stock is estimated at $20,000. partially in sured in various citv oftlces. The damage to the building was foOOO. The cause of the fire is unknown. Arrival of Steamships. New Yopk, May 25. Arrived, steamship Etna, from Liverpool. Her dates are to the 11th lust., but have been anticipated. The steamship Hermann, with Southampton dates to the 14th lnst., will be up at 11 o'clock. The steamship Ocean Queeu has arrived from Aspinwal), with over 800 passengers from Cali fornia and 8509,000 in treasure. markets by Telegraph. New York, May 25. Chicago and Rock Island, 67; Rending. IMS,; Canton t'ounany,Hi: Erie. suS': Cleveland and Toledo, 112; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 72 S,; Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, 85J,; Michigan Cen tral, li-ti.S: Michigan Southern, fts; New York Central r, Illlrois Central. US1'; Cumberland pre ferred, SUHi Virginia es. 67; Missouri 66, 97;8: Hudson lilver, ICX i; United States Five twenties. 1862. Wi oo 1H64 106; do IStM. I0eK: do new Issue. 108; do. 1U-4(i, WH: Seven-thirties, first issue, 106'; do. all others. Iu5. Sterling .Exchange, lODJi, sight, I0)i. Gold. 187. New York, May 2S -Cotton quiet at 27c. Flour quiet and unchanged; 8V00 barrels sold. Wheat dull and declining. Corn quiet and unchanged. Oats unlet and steady, live aulet: sales ur lBim bushels at tlVU&VI. Porlt firm; New Mess, 23d23-20. Lard quiet aud unchanged. Whisky quieU BAKER AND BOOTH. WHERE WAS THE BODY OP BOOTH BPptED f A BEUABKABLE STATEMENT. Niw York, May 24. Dear Sir: As tbe question seems to be once more agitated as to wiiettier tbe Individual killed by tbat bero, Uoston Corbett, in tbe Maryland baru, was Jobn Wllkei Booth, or not; and as General L. F. flaker wishes the public to behave tbat it was, and attempts to oonvlnce them tbat tbe body was buried In the manner be so dramatically describes, permit me to offer to the public, tbrough your columns, some Information received uearly a year after tbe banging oi' the conspirators, by one on whose Judgment I relied, and whose statement I bad do occasion to question. A captain In Hancock's Veteran Volunteer Corps, and who was partly la commaLd or tbe Washington Arsenal irom long before tbe assassination, and for a considerable time after It, In speaking or the circum stances connected with the tragedy, and among them Of tbe interment or Booth's body, stated wbat he had admitted could be easily substantiated, and wbat was well known about Washington at the time, tbat he, Booth, was buried Id the yard or tbe arsenal quite ad jacent to tbe graven of Payne, Atzerott, Harold and Mrs. Burratt; and, further, tbat In the winter follow ing, when tbe tint Ice bad formed on tbe Potomac, the river was crossed one stormy night by parties from tbe opposite shore, the arsenal wall scaled, and tbe body of Booth, or wbat was supposed to be his body, taken away, they leaving ropes, spades, ploks, and ladders, undoubtedly round tn tbe morning, to attest tbe fact or their being there, aud the object tor which they came. It may be asked, How did they avoid the vigilance or the guards? but tben, who knows but it may have been a preconcerted thing, and tbat those In the nrhenal were as well sware or tbe taking away ot tbe body as were tbose who took It? I simply oiler this information as one more lluk In tbe chain or mystery which seems to entwine tbe darkest and least understood cousptr&cy or oar aire. PROOF OF THE SPOLIATION OF THE DIARY OF BOOTH, TUB ASSASSIN. WsHiNfiTON, May 24. So much has been said about tbe a.eged spoliation ot Booth's Diary, thai every little circumstance connected with tttembject will prove interesting to tbe public and to the agi tators engaged in working up Impeachment. At the risk ot making a sensation, I Intend to call attention to a fact which may or may not prove usetul to the men who persist in assertlug tbat Uootb's Llary was spoliated, notwithstanding tbe recent authoritative denlais. In the Jln uUl of May 4. 1M63. 1 find published tbat part of tbe Diary written on a separate piece of paper, and supposed by Judge Advocate Holt to bave been torn trom the Diary. The part referred to was obtained by a correspondent or the Herald at tbe time from a brother of General Baker, tbe chief detective. I bavt seen tbe gentleman who made the copy at tbat time, and be assures me tbat bd made a literal copy from tbe orlgiuul. Tbe two copies differ lu so many reepecls tbat General Kutler no doubt will see enough evidence or spoliation to elevate bis spirits onoe more. In the first place, tbe paper published In the Herald ot May 4 Is addressed to Dr. Stewart, a medical gentle man, at whose bouse Booth and Harold are supposed to bave stopped lor rood and advice. It Is dated "April 24, lttij.y' and signed "Stranger." The copy fur nished by Judge Holt is addressed to no one. has no dale, no signature, and contains maoy omissions, be sides differences in langunge. Tbe alterations and omissions are not material, though somewtiat remarkable, and It li dtuioult to discover auy usetul end they would subserve, suppos ing tbem lo have been contrived purposely by some one unknown. As published iu tbe Herald, two years bko. the paper appeared to bs a letter sent by Booth to Dr. Htewart lo pay tbe latter "two dollars and a half," aud uot '-five dollars," for his reluctant hospl. tallty. As furnished bv Judge Advocate Holt It Is given as a part or the diary Itself. Tbe best wav to show the variance of tbe two papers will be by pub list Ing tbem together. The following Is the letter as Bublisbed In the Herald ot May 4, I860: r. Stwakt: Dear blr Forgive me, bnt I have some tittle pride. I hate lo.bl .me you for your want of haipltaiity. You know your own ull'atis. 1 was sick and tired, with a broken leg, aud lu need or medical advice. I would not have turned a dug from my door iu such a condi tion. However, you was kind enough to give ussome Ihlng to eat. for which I not only thank you. but ou account of the reluctant manner In which It was be stowed, I feel bound lo pay tor it. "It's not tbe sub stance, but the manner In which a kindness is ex tended, tbat makes one happy In tbe acceptance thereof." Tbe sauce la uual Is ceremony meeting were bare without It. Be klndeuougbto accept the enclosed two dollars and a half though hard to spare tor what we bave received. Yours, respectfully, April S4. 1805. BTKANUr.lt. Tbe following U the paper as furnished by Judge Holt aud published lo the Htmld or Tuesday last: My Lea (piece torn out). Fontive me but t MM some little pride. I cannot blame you for waut or hospitality; you know your owu altalrs tired, wltli a broken limb, and hi ueed of medical ad vice. I would not have turned a dog from my door In such a plight. However, you were khid enough to give us something lo eat, mr which I nut only thank you.but ou account oftbe rebukyand manner Inwbioli io (piece lorn out). It 1 not tbe subsiauce. but tbe way In which kindness Is ex tended that makes one haiidy lu the acceptance thereof. I he sauce to meat is ceremony. Mealing were; bare without it. Be kind euough to ocpt the enclosed Uve dollars, although bard to spare, tor wbat we bave roeeived. Most rtN.poilully, from your obedleul servant. lu Judge Holt's copy. It will be noiiued that iu two rilacealtls marked ''Piece torn out." aud tbe words 'in wbicb It was oeslowed I reel bound to pay for It" wer Jell oh aWogelUef. it, i.JlcraUl, ft FINANCE AND COimEBCE, f OrricB of thb) KvENrwa Tkt.wohafh, V Saturday, May 26, 1887. . J ' There was very little disposition to operate in stocks this morning, but prices were without any material cbanjre. Government bonds were firmly held. June 7 '30s sold at 106J, and August 7'30s at 106J. ho change. Of was bid for 10 40: 109 for old 6 20s, and 111 for 6s of 1881. City loans were unchanged; the new lfcsue sold at 101 j 0.6102. , Railroad shares were the most active on the lUt. Heading gold at 61$, no change: Pennsyl vania Katlroad at 00 J, a slight decline; and Minelilll at 68, no cbanejp. In City Fassenper Railroad shares there was nothtrifr dolnir. 64 was bid for Tenth and Eleventh: 19 for Thirteenth and Fifteenth; 65 for West Philadelphia; 12 for Ilestonville; 80 for Green and Coates; 27 for Girard College; 33 for Union. 1 Bank shares were firmly held at full prices. Mechanics sold at 31; aud Commonwealth at 61, an advance of 1. 121 was bid for First Na tional; 104 tor Fourth National; 164 tor Phila delphia; 64 for Commercial; 100 for Northern Liberties; 107 for Kensington; 65) for Girard; and 60 for Union. Canal shares were unchanged. Schuylkill Navigation pieferred sold at 30 : 61 was bid lor Susquehanna Canal; ant 66 for Delaware Division. QuotHtions of Gold 10J A.M., 137J; 11 A. If.J 1374; 12 M., 136 J; IP. M., 137, a decline ot f on the closing price last eveninac. PHILADELPHIA 8T0CK EXCHANGE 8ALK3 TO MY Reported by De Haven A Bro No. 40 8. Third street BEFORE BOARDS. 100 an Bead R..... 611 InO sb. Kead R... ......... SIX IXR8T BOARD. norm TJ B 7-sos.Je iw.H ?h r'nmwt'th B At ' initio Pa 6hJ3i1 series. C.IW IiiMG Fa Kim 6s. 93i inen Ixhlpri a 'S4 Rs2 hHish Beading , c 61 !i(f do.... trf. Bl loo sh Sen Nv FLbdO. 0 too do --..la. 80 luo au PennaJR...,sx. 60,'f iiteo Lebleh a 'M 88 .,0ii0t'umV lmSpcbs.106 4NiorhllfcKrletJ.,.. 82M 2 sb Mech Bk AFTER BOARD. (SoOO TJ 8 7-80s.Ao.cs108Y 2(Ki City 6s, Kew. ...... lol turn ao...munic-l(l,7i f(K0 Lehigh 68 '84..... HH4 llouo Lelt Vol bs. ....... 91 8 sh Mlneblll JU...... 68 600 sh Ocean Oil.;;.., 200 ah Kgbert Oil luo sh Hy de Farm., 1 76 an renna k.......... 01 . It do.s6wn.t8. 61 ' 100 do 860. 60' loosb Kead K c. M1S6 Zu ao-sWD.rs si Ho second Board on Balurdaya until further notice.' Messrs. Do LUven A Brother, No. 40 South, rhlrd street, report the following rates of ex chanee to-dav at 1 P. M.t U. S. 6s of 1881, 111 111; do. i8C2. 109(31091; do.. 1864, 1051 106; do., 1865, 106Jf$iO6$; do., 1865, new, lOHdi 108r: do 6s, 10-408, 99S99I; do. 7'30 Aufr.,106 10GI do., June, 105105J; ao., July, 1064 105$; Compound Interest Notes, June, 1864, 119f 119: do., July, 1864, U8J118J ? do. Aug. 1864 118i118j; do., October, 1864. 117i117; do., December, 1864, 116J116,; do., May, -1865, 114 114j; do.. Aug., I86f?. 113j113; do., 8eptem. ber, 1865, 112113J; October, 1365, 112U3. Gold, 1371374. Silver, 130131. , , Philadelphia Trade Report. - - Batitbdat, May 25. The Flour Market continues in the same spiritless condition noted for several weeks past, and it la difflcult to fleet aales even at a concession. The inquiry is entirely from the home consumers, who purchased a few hundred barrels at fjfl10 for superfine; 10-6011-J6 for extras; I12'0014'25 for common and choice lota of Northwestern extra family; 1215 for Pennsylvania and Ohio do. do.; 16 016-60 for California; and !7r7'fio for fancy Bt. Louis. Kye Flour commands t&K(jB75 barrel. Nothing doing lu Cora Meal. There Is very little Wheat offering, and there la no demaud, except tor prime lota. Bales or interior and choice Pennsylvania red at fjfl.3 Rye Is un changed: we quote at r7o$i'7s.. Corn is quiet but firmer. Bales of 4XK) busbels yellow at 11-20, afloat, and I60O busbels Western uiixe l at 11 '18. Oats are in fair request fsIe of 60J bushels Pennsylvania at 82 Mitts. .Nothing worthy of notice has been reported In either Barley or Malt. No. I (luercltrontBark Is held at ft!2 $ ton. " ' Whisky Pi ices are eutirely nominal. rrofessor Cvrns Northrop, of New Haven, presides over a Convention of . Young Men's Christian Associations held there. The Hon. William A. Graham, onoe Sec retary of the United States Navy, afterwards a member of the Confederate Senate, has received his pardon from the President. A husband ninety years old, accompanied by a wife of seventeen, was lately observed on Main street, Buffalo, drawing his infant In a baby-chaise. Providence is going to erect, at an expense of $1000, a massive rough boulder, as a memo rial to two of the State's greatest sons; Cano nicus and Miantonomah. Robert C. Winthrop, of Boston, has re signed the Presidency of the Board of Over seers of the Poor, which he has held since its organization. LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. PORT 07 PHILADELPHIA.. MAY as. STATS OF THEBMOUITVB AT THB KVBNINO TKLK- suapk ovrics. 7 A. Mhmmmwm For additional Marine Newt tee Third Page. CLEARED THIS MORNING. Barque Atlantic, DeUaan, Bremen, L. Weetergaard A Co. tchr Llltab6th Ann, Decoste, Halifax, E. A. Bonder & Co. Bchr E. A. Conant, Fobs, Boston, Warren. Greg Morris. Bcbr B. a. Wright, Brown, Well fleet, B. Brown. Pcbr J. V. Wellington, Culpman, Porlsmoutb, Captain. Bchr Progress. Fox well, Bappabauoook, Captain, ARRIVED THI8 MORN IIS 3. Br. acbr Racer, Bparks, 7 daya from Palermo, with fruit, etc., to Isaac Jeauea & Co. Bcbr L. Welsh, Kobblus. 10 daya from Calais, with muse, to E A. Bouder A Co. Bchr W, F. Cusblug, cook, 6 daya from Charleston, with lumber lo Norcross fe Sheets. Bchr J. V. Wellington, Cbipman, trom Boston. Bchr Restless. Baxter, from Huston. Bteamer Diamond Btate. Talbot, la Hours from Bal timore, with mdse. to J. D. Ituotf. - Bteamer 11. L. Uaw, Her, la hours from Baltimore, with mdse. to A. U roves, Jr. Bteamer Vulcan. Morrison. 24 hours from New York. With mdse. to W. M. Balrd 4 (Jo. CorrtJtpondmre of the Philadelphia Xxehano. Liwks, Del.. May 28-tl P. M.-Brlgs Naaarlne, from BaibadoS.and Oeutle Annie. trouj 'Cardenas, passed In tbe Capes to-day for rhltadeipbla. Brig W. H. BW Marjs.Ua., went tuo JUjjapU LAFUTBA.. MEMORANDA. Pblp Nonpareil, Lowe, beuce, at Liverpool 24th Inst. Hteamship Btar or the Union. Couksey, fmtu New Orleans for Pblladelpbla.sailed from Havana 2lst Inst. Hchr K press, Browu, fur Philadelphia, cleared at Boston i.ui iuhu hchr W. A. Crocker, Baxter, hence, at Beverly aiat instant. Bcbr A. Bheppard, Kowdltch, tor Philadelphia. aalled from Kast (Jreenwicb 2ad InaU Bcbrs it. B. Miller, Anderson, and Slnaloa, Steel, for Boston; M. B. Lunt, Browu. and Crown r'olut, Beavey. for Newbury port, all from Philadelphia, at Hulouee' Hole 21sl lust., and balled Sad. Bcbrs F. Bawyer, Reed; A. Amsdeil Bangs: and 8. B. Wheeler. Mcdllauglilln, hence, at Kaleui 'iinihist. Bebr KlUa and llebeeca. Price, for Philadelphia, aalled from Wlckford Uil lost, Bchrs B. Wilson, Nowell. hence for Boston; Convoy, from Dlx Island; and Wave Crust, Davis, from New bury port, both for Philadelphia, at Holmes' HoleiUd lust., and sailed next day. , Bcbr Express, Couaut, for Philadelphia, cleared al Bangor 2id lust. DOM EST kTpOKT ,. Niw Tom. May stt.-Arrived. II. B. revenu cutter MeCulIougb, Merryuian, from aoruisw. . Bteamshlp Halleras. Alexander, from Norroik. Barque Deueallou, Turner, from B'''Kni,e Barque Live Oak. Mitclmll, from lKboro. Barque Bldwell, Churchill, "TtuJlTntal Barque P. O. WarwIuk.C bichetuir. f.om , Rio Janeiro, liaruue Wandaleua, bearle. hem Asplnwati. . Barque W?Buteh.r N uik-noo. toujU.vana. Brig 1 ammo. ICraud. from Bio Jaueiro.