H (EYMNIMcG TMILM(&RAPHIo VOL. X-No. 144. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 18G8. DOUBLE SHEET TIIREE CENTS. FIRST EDITION TERR1FIQ GALE. Tli Al Vntiifo In n Rner llitr to the fktrnniMliip William l'eitn. The steanwbip William Penn, from London and Havre to New YoiK, with five hundred pavsingers on boarvt, aritved in port on Satur day, sajsthe N. Y, Herald of jeMerday, alter a ifry trf'ing Voyiifte of seventeen days lrora Hat re und twrmyono from London. She encountered a terribc storm in njld-ocran, bich las-ted Irr several dajs, doing, alarming dam are to the saloou cabin, and luially Injur Juif the boatswain of tbe ship. Tbe crew trbatfd with (treat coolneea and fortitude, and tbe Captain mood to hU post unremittingly throne h tbe wbole of tbe severe ordcil. On Tuesoay, tbe 10th of Noveuiber, a storm of wmd, with rain, set in from tbe northeast, liurtnirihe whole of tbe day toe storm stetdily Increase! in iolcDcc; but tbe ship wa kept ou her touTte under the nost f her sails ana tlie full power of ber 6crew, aud, exc -pt the occa iH vi ul tremendous pUiBgiutrs and rol'iniri of tbe b p at she yielded to tbe force of lee surgiosj waves, the bounded merrily along; with every thing snuft and nil on board comparatively cow ' fortable, but with more or les of appicliension as to what tLe night unebt brlufr. It was boped that toe storm lupht somewhat hate at sundown; bat they were dieaopoloted, aLd the nu?btclopd lu. ad -line its thick dark ness to already eiistiujr frrors. Tbe otBcera and crew were all ou duty, wblle in tbe drat atd second cabin saloons tbe former aituatc 1 midships and the latter quite Hit subdued conversation anioug men, wtiii 6iebs that be spoke the anguish of tear with a few ot tbe women and childten; air I thus tbe night wore on till 11, wbeu all retired to tbeir stateroom in tbe cabins below. Below these still were tbe 122 steeraee pas sengers, that all the day aud ntirbt bad been kept there owing to tbe impossibility ot movine; satrly on deck, amid the ceaseless ragings of tbe torm. it abont 6 A. M. on the 12th, and before the passengers bad left their berths, those ot the erst cabin were aroused from their vigils by a tremendous crash on the starboard side of the bip and the rath ot waters down usoa them. Ail, of course, was consternation and dismay until tbe extent oi tr.e injury or danger coull be distinctly acertatned. Xbey had shipped a heavy sea that stove in about ten feet of the dining saloon above, and tbe water flooding the floor, was making its way through the opening for ventilation and light to tbe cabin below. Tbe cabin being a water-tight compartment of Iron all around, except tbe companion way or staircase, and where tbe water bad aatned en trance, it could not pass lower down into tbe ship or make its egress irom tbe cabin. Ine only way to dispose of it was by a line ot buckets tip and down the companion way, and until this was done the water occupied tbe entire floor of tbe cabin of thirty-four state rooms and a IsdieV talcon to a depth of from one to three feet, while tbe rolling of the ship would alternately ' tr.row up tbe water on either side to a much greater depth. Only strong men could stand vp aeainst this sway and current of water, so "-that all the women and children were obliged to tan position in the upper berths until tbe irater, in part at least, conld be removed. As toon as men could do this it was done, and battens were nailed over the openings through Which tbe water bad entered. It was the Intention speedily to remove the water from tbe cabin, rendering it lit lor imme diate ieoecupation; but before this could pos sibly be done, and the storm still raging; with unabated fury, a little before 9 A. M. another tremendous sea broke over the ship's side at precsely the same place as beiore. This time nearly ten ards in length ot the saloon's silo waj smashed in. Ttieie wis a craih of timbers, tables, aud crockery, and a momentary smother ing ot strain and flying ashes from the glowing stove as it wrnt wniriing from tbe saloon down amcLK the debris into not less than three feet' of water, which now covered the floor, and which, with every toll of the ship, was surging into tbe cabin below. Aud no, as tbe caoin was deluged wi h a urea-er flood than before, another abd a greater terror was presented to its occupant, atd despair with some had taken the place ot fear. Tbe water was several feet deeper than beiore. Tbe necessity was lot pre sented ot removing tbe women and children through the flood of waters up the compauiou way and along tbe dck of tbe ship to the aft or second cabin saloon. The strong men of the Ship hnd this duty to perform, tor tew others could stand upon the slippery tooting. Tne first to leave the flooded cabin with his wife was George E. Algar. He get to tbe toot of tbe stairway, holding to tbe Hand rail, neck deep in water, with his w.te upon bis bacc, cluitficg to Mi neck. At tbe next roll of the ship, they were cnt of the wa er and bad gained tbe deck. At this moment there were tnose Who, having no one to care tor but themselves, seemed all tbe more anxious to be conveyed to a place of safety, whilst others, full of true heroism, would not co until the more helpless were assisted out. This trait was particularly ahown in the mother ot nine little children; she would not go and leave her children behind; they could not go together, for each must be carried singly. At last, when neatly all others had pone, tbe another consented to go if she could take ber youngest with ber, and upon the promise of another noble-hearted woman, fii llanuah Elevens, tbat bhe would remain with tbe other children till tbe last bad lelt the cabin, liavicg reached the aft saloon with her youngest Child, tbe took her station at tbe open door end there stood counting her children one, two, three as one by one they arrived, until seven of the nine had been counted in, but seeing nothing of tbe other two, cried out, a if in bitter agony, "Bat where, oh, where are the twins?" In a moment more and tbe twins and tbIr old grandmother, with the big hearted woman wbo bad stood by them to tbe last, were all in, when the door was moment arily closed. And now of those who needed assistance tbe blind man and his wife were yet behind, not tbat be felt neglected, bat he would not claim nor would he receive assist ance until all more belplen than himself had been assisted out. lie was the last to leave the flooded cabin. Karly on tbe morning of the shipping of the first sea, when the ship was rolliu tearfully, a lady seut ere of the stewards in urgent haste to Captain BUliuge, then ou deck, desiriur his Immediate presence at her sta'eioom. lie came at once, because it was at the request ot a lad v. "Iam a spiritualist, Captain liilliuge," said the lady. "I have bad a revelation fr jiu a spirit friend, who says, ben signs arise, lighten the Ship;' in other words, yon most throw your cargo overboard to save the ship." Tae captain inquires, "Who is the spirit that proffers this advice! Was be a seaman ?" "1 must not tell ?oo, captain, who he was; but it is none the less rue, jou must throw jour cargo overboard yon must lighten tbe ship." "And is this all tor which yon called me Horn my post ot duty?" asked the captain, "Tea, captain." "Then," said the captain, "tell your spirit lrlend tbat I say he is a fool." There was bo further conver sation oa tbe subject aud no cargo thrown over hoard. In the second cabin was another lady, an ancient maiden, who Irom the very commence ment of tbe storm was sure all were to ba lost, and every roll of the good ship only served to eoa vine her of its certainty; so bhe prepared for the event. First Bhe put on her best silk bonnet, gathered up quite a package of her best apparel, tilled a bag with other tine things aud bong it on her ami, and in one of hr captclous pockets a half dozen small articles of table crockery, and finally, taking her umbrella tn band, sat anxiously waitisg tbe sinking of the sbip. On being aked what she Intended doing with her umbrella at the bottom of tbe sea, she ssi'l it was ber intention to wade oat if she had to aUme. and she might want it. At about 11 o'clock on the morning of . j Thniidaj, two hour titer ta second sea waa shipped, another came upon them at the port side, and, rushing att, struck the second caoin saloon with great force, bat doing no injury. On th inside of this saloon were both the first and second cabin passengers, ranged along on both sides of narrow tables that were bolted to the floor. There tbey eat, with arms stretched across the tables, hetdiag to the opposite s:de, and thus supporting themselves against tbe action of the terrible and ceseles rollings of tbe ship. About noon tbey had a gleam of sunshine that at fitful intervals reappeared till 4 o'clock in tbe afternoon, when the wind, the rain, the storm-cloud, and the hail had greatly lessened. At 8 o'clock in the eveuiug the wind had nearly ceased, and a beautiful night of starlight succeeded. .. A FAST PEER, Tbe Frwvng:iiice and IMihllo (Inmbltnjf of the l.nte llnrqulaof JlatUinii. From the London Daily Aeifj , Nov. 11. "Tbe Earl's voir'' has reached a sad climax in the death ot its leading actor. Tbe spider aud the fly drama Is elided. That poor coroncted ;ouih who bad crowded into six years more CorinlLlan exutement. and weightier turf cares, than many "last men" know lu a lifetime, has laid down his weary load. He was only tweniy six in July, and he'hnd flittered away twa tine family cftates. Vetting is sat t to be the touch s one ot tbe Englishman's sincerity, but with the llaiquis a craving for the odd hal really become a disease. He worshipped chance with all the ardor ol a fanatic. His wits were, he considered, orlh to bira In tbe betting rlue at least 20,000 a year, and be sometimes threaded his way through the mazes of trials ani public running with all tbe sagacity of a wi.ard. His public coups were otten so brilliant, tbat it was hardly to be wondered at that be believed In his own destiny and bis power to break tbe ring. He cared little whether tbe oraining or other improvements on his Doning ton estate were stopped, it he only got fresh supplies for another Newmarket campaign. Tbe ring, on tbe other hand, bad marked him for their own, and never left him. They would (loiter beneath tbe Jockey Club balcony at Epsom, holding up tbeir hands to claim his attention, aud catching at his replies like a flock ot hungry hawks. There he would stand smiling at the wild tumult below, wearing his bat jauntily on one side, a red flower in his button-bole, and his colors round his neck, and cool and calm while "the talent" male his bore a "hot favorite" at once, and a few slipped hack to the ring to follow his lead. For a time he was a perfect Cocker; but he fell at last in tbe unequal strife, and the men who had "drawn" hiru most copiously were amoog those who set tbeir faces most sternly against him when he wished to see the Heath once again. The llarqois' taste for the turf was not an hereditary one. His father's heart was with the hoand and born. He loved to balloo "tbe red rascal" over the rides far better than watebing the Leger hordes close up round the Bed-bouse urn. The men of the Midlands will speak of him as quite a representative sportsman with Mill Goodall and tbe ' Sir Harry" whom tbey lost so early. He would hardly have stepped aside to seo a race; but a scarcity of foxes in Charnwood Forest, or finding bimsell above twelve stone on tbe scales, would have sorely vexed bis soul. His sou cared for none of these things. Still be could not bear to see the Quorn without a master, and be stepped boldly into the breach when Mr. Clowes resigned In '60. He wore the horn at his saddle bow lor conformity's sake, but he never blew it, and he let the field go its own way, and buuted tbe couutry on no system. A bit of a gallop, a check, and tben trotting otf to tifc a lavortte gorge for a treih fox, jumped much more with his humor than an old-lashioned hunting-run, where hounds bad to puzzle it out. Otten, when his hounds had to reach the meet, ten or twelve miles away, he was hardly out of bed, and he would turn no "on wheels,'' and occa-ionully from London by special train, aud give Wilson tbe word to draw when half the field had gone home. No wonaerthat caricatures were drawn, ana equios new gauy aoout, ana mat even Leicestershire said it would rather be bled In the puise-vein than have tbe country huntel gratis in such fashion. Satirical verses failed to sour bi oi. He took tbe sting out of their tail by reprinting tbem at his own private press, and rested them far and wide. On the last day ot bis mastership be slippei quietly away to the station, and when tbey looked for him to elva him a parting cheer he had been gone well-nih an hour. The honor of being "the man who belongs to the Duke, or the Earl, or Little Lecturer." was no burden to him. lie took quite naturally to tbe turf from the first, enfolded under the wing ot Danebury. In 1862 rot six people at New market knew who tbe slim lad was on tbe grey cob: but tbe riog soon saw that he was a verita ble Hampshire ambassador when he pet down tbe money so unflinchingly on a Danebury pot. To John Day's suggestion that lu liia position be was nif rally bound to have a nice yearling or two of his own, he lent no ungracious ear. ben the rivalry round tbe Hampton court and Middle park rings almost foamed into malaess, and 2500 guineas and 2000 guineas wire amoog tbe yearling prices ot oue atternoon. be was never tempted beyond 1650 guineas lor King Charles aud 1500 guineas for Robespierre. Tue former would have been dear at 50 guineas, and the latter wen well In the olrs of an other. His two best horses, the Duke (500 guineas) and the Earl (450 guineas) were among his cheapest purchases. Tue late Ai red Day first wore his oolors on Garottcr in tbe Althrop Turk s'akes at Northampton, and Sam Kogers won a maiden plate ou that colt a few weeks afterwards. Tbe first great vic'ory for the "red aDd white hoous" was the Caai- biitlgeshire of 1804, with Ack worth, which bad been esteemed a dear two thousand purchase. Gradually bis stable swelled to upwards of thirty, aud about 70,000 were the spoils of six seasons. Catalogue was a ereat pet of his lord fctiipV, and he did not eare how much he backed her for in selling sweepstakes, and bow dearly he redeemed her. A cycle of barrenness fol lowed one of profusion, and Mr. Pad wick preciously allowed him, in 1865, to have Kan f uroo at, it was said, 12,000, and he never won as n any halfpence, while Tbe Duke was useless, Irom influenza, till halt the Ecason was over. Id l!SC6, which produced him a Oue Tuousand Guinea winner in Hepul-e, and a Good wood Cup one in The Duke, the stable was once more at a dead lock for a Cetarewitch horse, but Little I.ectnrer, a foal from the Sled mere sale, carried 7 stone 3 lbs., and won, it was said, 40,0C0 lor the Donnington party. A winter's reflection convinced his lordship tbat Hermit conli never win the Derby, and 103.000 was tbe price he paid for his thoughts. People were once wout lo tell, almost below their breath, tbat "Davis, the Leviathan." hal been known to pay away 60,000 on th Derby. Tbe presert age is capable of greater efforts, as before the Holiday tlie bankers and solicitors bad consulted, and tbe whole ot the Marquis' losings were found for him. Thus the panic whs avert' d from "tbe corner," but the fair lands of Loudonn passed from his baud. At Ascot bis lucky star rose once more. Lady Klizabeth and Lecturer were both in form, aud bis lordship kept backing them, aud piling ou the winningB aratu bv a sort of geometric pro gression, gambling till be had won nearly half "his sin asaio." It was now the turn tor reverses. Hln lordhlD rather fancied Tbe Karl, but the stable overruled him in favor of Lady Klizabeth. The flying filly came back with a sadly chequered fame, a bad tilth for the Mid lie Park Plate, and yet the victress is one of the most wonderful of modern matches at 9 pound, wi'h tbe tbree-year old Julius. Tbe Marquis had now fullen bick again to nearly the same "agony point" in finance as when be saw the "all-rose" handed home for the Derby. A weary winter followed, and he was so driven from pillar tb post by money troubles and turf creditors that he lost his Interest in turf matters and his bead for calculations with it. Tbe irritable Lady Kliza beth wasted to a shadow in her training; and how the Earl was scratched, and then became the hero of the Parisians and the Ascot visitors, and hew the tew words tbat were dropped at York proved the precursor of his Leger doom, are all dark passages of turf politics, and not. easily forgotten. We saw the last of the Earl when he was bought in as stout as a burgomas ter tor 3000 guineas at Tatters all's, and then be departed to Flndon With a le, upon whose chances of siaudlng a preparation each man seemed to olfTer with his fellow. The late Marquis had been abroal all the summer in his yacht, but no northern breezes could fan him back to healtb. He came to Doncaster, from Norway, on crutchts, and looking very ill and nervoti". and well ho might, b, tustead of havicg a St. L-eer winuer. be had only the lean comfort of a veterinary certificate Irom Mr. Mavor. At tbe 1st of October bo was on Newmarket Heath tn a banket carriage, which he only quilted to say a wor t to tbe pretty Athena, "which once was mare of initio," when she was led back a wiuner. As at Don caster, be did tot go beyond "a pony" or two. "Mild I'm to-bave this paid," said the ring m io when he booked it to him, and after tbat week tbey saw bim no more. Nearly tcven peaauns had passed by sinre t.e first camo a lad of nin Uen Iresh trom Kton to Newoiarke', aud he left It a bbatteieil mau, only to die. He spent some lime at Folkestone, and visited tonloratev ('ays before he Sr-t out for a wiufr sojourn wl h bis wife on tb Nile, borne tew friejds dared to hope that be might come back a new man, and live qnietly in bis old country home, aud trai l the foals by the Duke. It was not, to be. "All the wbepls were down," and now tbe fourth and the last Marquis of Hastings ouiy 1ms iu race couise Btory rUNGENT. An I rule Judge IelUrra n Spicy Clmre ton Clrnud Jury. Al the opening of the Court of Oyer and Terminer in New York, yesterday, Judge Ber nard addressed tbe Graua Judge as follows: Gentlemen of tbe Grand Jury: 1 deem it not inappropriate at the present time to call your aileutiou to three or tour subjects that, in my judgment, the Giand Jury should look into. h irbt, in regard to alleged frauds at elections; H'cond, in regard tj tbe alleged corruptions of tbe judiciary here; third, as to tbe action of certain newspapers in New Yjrk in perpetra ting daily and hourly libels. I had intended, gentlemeu, at the commencement of this term, to have gone over many ol these subjects more fully tban I can now; but I am led to-day not to delay it any longer in consequeuce of the annoyance I am subjected to by newspapers and letter-writers, not borne out, of all sorts of vili fications and abuses for ottennes ot which I certainly know nothing, and see if the writer of some ot these articles cannot be made to cotno before you aud substantiate some among the many ot tbe diflereut allegations that tbey have made against tbe judge that uow addresses you. In to-day's Tribune and to-day's 'limes, along with articles in the Jersey papers and elsewticre, are charges ot the most atrocious character made against corruptions In interter ng with tbe duties of electors, and cbarging tbe Judge wim being in a combination la Wall street. Now, it is unnecessary for me to say to you that he never bought or sold or owned a share of stocK in his life, aud as lor tbe large fortune of $5,000, 000, which one of the papers charges bim with being posseted of, he has not now, nor did he ever have, belonging to bim, separate from hi wile, a single dollar's worth of pioperty, and is to-day dependent upon his salary as a JuJge and tbe charity of his wife, and why these fiarticular and atrocioas charges at this particu ar time should be made with such bolduess and audicity, is a matter I hope you, as Grand Jurors, whose duty it is, will look into, so tbat if jou find them to be subs antial, or even a suspicion tbat they are true, tbat you will give tbe Judge a chance to resign. For infamy means one thing, and it ought to be lerreted oat ; and it a man aa a newspaper editor will bit flown deliberately aud make a charge without any proof, let us see whether the rigar and terror of the law will not st 'p this thing in future. For eleven years this Judge has sulm tied to it without any notice, and now, naviug arrived at a p?nod of life when bis usefulness is impaired by such charges, be deems it bis duly, and yo irs, gen tlemen, to look into ibe matter whenever joa have leibure, and say whether a combination cf thieves, bcoundrcls, and raacais, who have ia lestea Wall street aud Bioud street for ye irs, and now quarielling among themselves, shall bepe:mitted to turu around and eudravor tj bide tbeir own tracks by abuse aud viliiicatiou of the Judge REVERD Y JOHNSON. Tlie Alabama Claims, and How Lord Stanley Hub Cajoled Our Mluiater. The London correspondent of tbe New York Iribune writes lelative to tbe Alabima claims' settlement. Kaid Lord Stanley : "I Lave never concealed my opinion thattha American claimants, or some ot them at lea t, under the reference proposed by us, were very likely to make out their caso aud to get their money." It there be any doubt about the mean'ng of tbete words, there is a comment upon them aod an interpretation of them iu the speech of Mr. John Ptuart Mill, on the same evening. Mr. Mill said: 'I cordially welcome the hints thrown out by the noble Lord as to the probaoillty of settling this question in some other way tban by arbi tiatlou. Indeed, I do not see for what arbiira tion is specially required. 1 believe tbat tnere are few in this couutry at present who are dis posed to deny tbat we owe reparation in some sort or degree to the United States. It is qaite clear that tbe noble Lord (Stanlsy) is ot this opinion. This, theretore, is not a case in which arbitration is warned. If we owe any thing, we must pay It, and what we want is some oue to say not whether we ought to pay, but how much; aud this would be tne best de cided, not by arbitration, but by a mixed com mission. Is not that plain? But It Is followed by a declaration if possible still plainer. Mr, Mill went on to say: "If negotiations were reopened on thebasls of an admission that we owed tbem reparation, and tbat the object was merely to ascertain the amount, I cannot believe that there would be any considerable ditliculty in arriving at a settlement without going beyond the two dis putant?." Tbat is Mr. Mill's expislMon of Lord Stanley's meaning immediate, complete, and decisive. It was spoken iu Lord Stanley's presence, and wl.oever knows anything ot the usagsoftbe House knows tbat if he bad been misrepresented by Mr. Mill, the corrcctiou would bare been made on tbe spot. But there coald be no correction. It was what Lord Siauley then meant. He was at tbat time ready to concede tbe liability of England f rttie Alabama claims, and go Into a commis-ion to determine only tbe amount. Mr. Johnson's diplomacy has brought about a withdrawal of tbat con cession, and a reference of the question of original liability to an arbitrator surrounded bv English lutlnence. Whether Lord Ktauley had ever conceded it or rot. the point is one on which tbe American people long since made up tbeir mind. Tbe first step to a closing of the ilabama quarrel is a f rauk admission by the Eng lish Government ot their liability for the Ala bama damages. That made, the question of amount and proof may readily be submitted to arbitration. Of couise, Mr. Johnson does not understand the feeling and determination of tbe American people on this point any better than he does in the matter of bis associations with Boebuck and Laird. How should ber He represents Maryland and tbe Confederacy. It wonld be laughable it it were not pitiable to tee the efforts ot Mr. Johnson to escape tbe force ot the criticism ou his friendship with Laird and Koebuck. He cannot conceive that people at home should think It anything but an honor for their Minister to be admitted into such society, Me bebevee they are dissatisfied because they suspect the sincerity of Mr. Lalrl, or at most because of some sinister influence npon his negotiations. In his speech to the Lord Mayor, Mr. John son says : "I have been somewhat criticised both here and at borne for the mea ner tn which I have met and returned the civili ties with which I have been, honored (!), but when tbe critics find that tbe civilities exhibited towards me, and the return which 1 have made to tbem, have not inlurioaoly affected tbe nego tiations which have ben c inducted between your noble (secretary tor Foielgn AHalrs aud myself, they will be satis lied thit thn oue was as sincerely offered as I know that the other was stiicerel V reciprocated." In tbe shaai speech sent by Mr. Johnson to the Times as an "authentic copy" copy of what? his statement is even mi re base: "Those wbo may iu cither country have criticised the conduct I have pursued in return for the civilities tHercl me, would not have done so If they had not forgotteu that tt was my duty to remove prejudices and enmities.'' That is Mr. ltevrrdy Johnson's bober second thought, sent to the Times two days after he bad tasted tbe Lord Mayor's cup. He was sent here to remove'tbe prejudices of Mr. Laird I I should think even Andrew Johnson would begin to wince when he sees his appointed Minister go down on his knees to that pua'.c-building enemy ot his country. I do rot for a moment Imagine that the abject and stupid diolo-iifcy of this mock-miols'er will be ratified at borne. The echo of the Ltverpo 1 dinni r w hich Mr. Gladstone, with his usual malailroitness In American topics, anticioatcl has come back to u. It is such ad rice as retiehes even Mr. Keverdy Johnson's ears, and, dull as he Is, be feels tbat there Is indignation enough to endanger the success of his negotia tions. The sound common sense of the people rerceives tbat a Minister who has no ide of na tional honor Is incapab'e of settling a question with wbicn. national honor bas more to do tb in dollars and cents. Tbe English unv well lavish flfitieriefl on this weak old man. Till he come tbey had no hope of settling tbe Alabama busi ness without a humiliating admission of their guilt, and their conplete responsib.lity. He steps in to relieve tbem from the shame, to put them on a level with the nation whom they wroneed, aud to send both parties on erjual terms before an arbitrator whj may decide that Roeland is not liable for claims which her Foreign Minister has once admitted. THE FREED MEN S B UREA U. An Important Order from General O. O. Howard. The following order by General O. O. Howard, Commissioner of tbe Bureau of Ketugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lauds, .is made public: Win Department BiiRBiiT op Bkfuobbs, Fbcedmin, akd Abandoned Lands, Washing ton, Nov. 17, 1868. in compliance with the act ot Congress of July 25, 18ti8, tbe operations of this bureau, excepting the educational depart ment and the collection and payment oi moneys due soldiers aud sailors and tbeir heirs, from tbe Government ou account of military service-1, will le discontinued on the 31st day of Decem ber next. All officers of the military service will be relieved and citir.eu agents dit charged, to take effect on tbat aate, except such as may hereafter be desigoaied to be retained in the educatlsual di pertinent, aud lor the collection and payment ot bounties auo pensions. All property pertau.lng to this bureau, which may not be required In the educational depart ment, or as office furniture for tbe us a ot dis bursing agents, will be turned over to the dis bursing officer of the State in which it is hel l, who will sell the same iu accordance with the regu'atious governing the sale of public pro perty, upon tbe ordtr ot the Commissioner. Pioperty belonging to tha Qiiar.erma-ter's or other supply department ot tbe army will be turned over to the department to which it belongs. Inventories, In duplica'e of all pro perty to be sold or turned iu, will be sent to this office. Assistant Commissioners will at once cause to be scld by tbe disbursing officer, at public auction, all ' Confederate btates" property in their respective H a es he'd by tbiaB jreau. The proceeds ot tbe sale of tbe samo will be turned over to the chief disbursing officer in this city. Should any portion of said pioperty remain v l told ou the 31st day of December, tbe sauvj will be reported to the Commissioner. Tuis le, ort will embrace a brief description of tbe pioperty, wtih its estimated value. All book- and resords, except those relaMng to the educational work and tbe payment ot boui. ties, will be caiefully packed aud seutby ei press to tbe Commissioner In this city; iu voi -es of tho same will be sent by mail. The oruer then states tnat aa organization for the Educutional Di'par,meut, aud Collection and Payment ol Boun'ies, consisting ot assistant commissioner and chief superintendent ot scbooln; oue disbursing ofZleer for educational department and payment of bounties; two agents for payment of bounties; three assistant superintendents of schools; three clerks, will be allowed in the followiug Bta'es: Viratula, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, G 'or gin, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, At kansa. Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, and tbe District ol Columbia. Assistant commiss oners will, as 60on as prac ticable, send to the Com miasloner lists of officers and agents they desire retains 1 in tbeir re tpective Utatts as assistant superintendents of schools, and agents for tbe payment of bounties, as allowed in the organizations stated above. Officers and aeents familiar with tbe duties are to be preferred. In some cases tbe number of ou'.ceri may be reduced by one agent's perform ing both the duties of assistant superiutendeat of schools and disbursing agent. Disbursing officers will at once settle all accounts due from the Bureau iu their respec tive States. In cases lequiring the approval of tbe Commissioner, or where there is any doubt as to the validity of the claim, or of tbe autho rity to pay tbe same, thev will be immediately re erred to this office. Tbey will see that no local or just claims are lelt unsettled. Tuey will re prepared to turn over all public fund to the eb et duburaing officer when tbe general opcrtlciis of the Bureau are withdrawn, ou the 31st ot December next. O. O. Howard, Major-General, Commissioner. 0 U B A. A Letter from Captaln-General I.erHiindl. Ihe following extract Irom a letter froru tbe Captain-Geueral of Cuba to a gentleuitu iu New Yoik city is published by permission: " In the name ot ray nation and of its Government 1 have to tender the most siucere thanks, and brg to express the security wkh which 1 anticipate the practical continuation of your good determinations, and I will leavo no means untried to prove to tbe great American nation the giatitude awakened in tbe Spanish character for tbe noble manner in which it bas strengthened tbe bonds uniting both countries by impeding adventurers aud piratical expeditious against this islaud. Tbe high principles which govern tbe relations of civilized countries to which I have done homage recently by expel ling Irom this island General Santa Aona, when informed ot bis conspiracy againbt the Government of Mexico, although not in diplo matic relations with that Republic, are re spected now, as tbey always have beeu, by the Government ot tbe L'niied 8tates. It give me pleasure to acknowledge it thus, and I shall teel it an honor if able to contribute to tbe justice due that great nation in the pages of history, and also to the blessing which men of all nations call do n upou It. I take advantage of this opportunity to ofTor you the sympathy, appreciation, and considera tion with which I subccribe myself your obe dient servant, Fbanumoo Leksunoi, Havana, Nov. 14, H68. Blsmark'a estate covers 16,000 acres. Henry A.' Wise U writing bis autoblo- SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. The Alabama Claims -Hott tbey . are Ncaring Adjudication Gen. Ihitlcr's Illness Murder of a Noted Journalist. ITIimiieiul and Commcrclul FROM WASHINGTON. Tito Alabama Claim Negotiation) Sec retary Seward Alukca a ISvulal. tfpeeial Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. Washington, Nov. 24. With reference to the telegram seut from this city yesterday to the New York Post and other afternoon pap"r, setting forth that despatches had been received by the State Department giving a full account of the complete settlement of the Alabama claims, Secretary Seward authorizes the following con tradiction: "The despatch lu question is en tirely Incorrect." Mr. Johnson, our Minister to the Court of 8. James, ouly reports progress in his late despatches to the State Department. The question of the peaceful a ljustment of the Alabama claims Is approaching settlement, and all things look favorable, but there has been no definite concision reached upon any Im portant point, and up to this time Mr. Johnson and Lord Stanley have not even settled so far as tn agreement opon the protocol. There has been a good deal of correspondence between our Minister and the British Foreigu Secretary, and a yery friendly feeling pervades all this correspondence, but the only lmportaut fctyet developed is that the prospect for aa amicable set'lement is favorable. It will not be wise for the papers in this conn try to rely upon and publish all rumors which leak out from the British Foreign OJlcs, and are sent abroad through the columns of Loudoa journals as troth. Mr. Johnson has not been authorized from the Slate Department to vary in any particular from tbe Instructions givea to bim on the eve of his departure to assume the duties of his official position at the Court of her Britannic Majesty. THE EUROPEAN MARKETS. By Atlantic Cable. Quotations of Lust Evening:, Loneon, Nov. 23 P. M. Too Money Market coutlunes qo et. Consols, 94 4 for money and accountUniled States fc'ive-tweuties quiet at 74.. Stocks steady. Illinois Central 9G; Erie flat at '284. Frankfort, Nov. 23. United Slates Five twenties 1H. LivfRrouL, Nov. 23 P. M. Cotton opened firmer, but not higher. Tue sules to-day will reach 16,000 bales. The shipments from Bombay to November 13, blnce the last report, are 6000 bales. London, hof. 23 P. M. Sugar on the spot dull, aud afloat declining. Londjn, Nov. 23 - P. M, Atlantic and Great Western 39J. Liverpool, Nov. 23 P. M. Cotton btiovant. Uplands on the spot 11 jd., and to arrive 10.iiS lljd. Orlcais 114lljd. Tbe sales to-diy reached 20,000 bales. Cotton at Havre Is firmer at 13Rf. on the pot, and 123i. to arrive and afloat. ' Murder of an Editor. . Richmond, Nov. 21. II. Rive9 Pollard, editor ot tbe Southern Opinion, was shot and killed this morninL', at 10 o'clock, while passing near hn office, by James Graut. The cau-iO ot tho sbootiug was a publication in the Opinion retl' cting on his character ot a member of Giant's lamily. General Dialer's Illness. Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. Lowell, Mass., Nov. 24. General Butler is not as ill as represented by the Boston papers ot yesterday; and although he Is very boarse aud c aunot speak loud, he is not confined to his bed. The New York Money Market From the Jleruld. There Is a return ot steadiness and baoyaic? ti th block Market, aa a cooarquMuce ot Iba eliujliin 111111 ul Kri. I'ricva yeirav maintained an tquan liutty In lace 01 easy money wtitcu 1 an uauitstaiaole tiKii lb at a tifkllulu r u De liad benn impanad U bum tfcia by the els mruus ett ct ot the wild speculation prevailing wltnlu the past two months. Transaction 10-day tue cautious antlve, uutwi uiut emttu- latm. The quatilon of sinking inn atock ot toe Xri Railway Company from tne stock list cams bd lure the respective committees of each Bjard. but was p stponed to Wednesday next f.r limner o n r Ideratluo. Th petition la silll In clrcalatlon and bas received a large addition of alicoaiure. It Is also siivKFslfd to Lave tbe a.otka ot other corporations llkcwlte regla.ered as a condition toibilr continu ance on tbe stuck list. Tbe legal proceodluga In tue K'e case create a groat deal of hiier-ft, aud a rumor la afloat tu-nlRht that th clique are cnuveylDg tuelr pauera and ell'fctt across Ibe river to Jersey City. Tue i :k was almost neglected to-day. Tue few transactions In It look place between iu. and ii'i. Tbedeinjri atratioiiH aeaiuat other stocks by tbe clique baa fallen through. When It became known tnat t iey ere almost without money, and were unable to dis I'Ose ol tbe load ol jL'rle in tneir tlu boxes, tlie atreet was quirk to pen elv that tbey were powerless lo make any new movement, and consequently aban doned lliiiHe Blocks which were supposed to be on ibe irigramme lor a currier.' Tbe tuvurable c it-dltloa ot ibe money market, as shown by tbe bank statement, la utioiu atlug pe ulutiun, and a bull' market loi itocks la prnpnesled. As yet this feeling le ro, without reatralul. auo In tbe rlue In stocks yes terday ia Dot commeuMirate Willi the eaaelu nioutr. The biiBltietH at alt tlie bjrJs was well dl-trlbuted ov-r tbe general list. N w York Central waa piiraapa me most active, l'.rl lie Mall roue aa l.lgb ai Us ou tbe Blrengib of a report ol a regular dividend here after. It declined later in the uay 10 Uh.. Hnda n H ft waa a fnverlle and was q'loi.ii as u gh as 121. t. Paul emerged from tue conipaiaMve obaourlty to bich I s g-eat tall roi algiif d It. and rallied aevoral p-icenl. Fori Vane assumed soiuetliln 1 of i s old rwpeetHbtll'y, and was (poind over 1 lo alter lb bnardH. Ohio and Mbsinslppi went over 81. wbl'e Koek Island, wblcu was puihei hecsnse It was said tae clique were going to take bold ot It, receded o MV(.r Ki7. Tbe Nor bw-siern slocks were siealy. ipres stocks recovered from tbe depression of sui uiday night an a couteqiieuce ol Hie withdraw! of tbe 'bear' Influence tuen at work. A meeting ot tbe various coiupai.iea was held to-day, but nothing further Conn tuwarda an adjustment of tbeir rivai lotertsls. Cumbor'aud, which quietly prngre'aed coring the, recent excitement, is now quoted about 4U." . FINANCE AND OOMMEROE. Ortiam or xbs ttvawme TiLieaiPR, Taeaday, Nov, !M, UM8, There is no material cbangej to notice in the Money market. Ca.l loans are quoted at C&7 per cent. Firet class commercial paper ranges. Irom 7Ctl0 per cent, per annum. Tbe tVlock Market was inactive this morning, but prices were steady, Government securitiei were a traction higher. 1064 was bid for 10-49; 115 for 6s ofl8Hl;H2 tor '62 6-20: 1074 for 'ti 6-2os; 108 for '5 6-20s: 110J for July 'J5 6-20s; and 110 for '67 6-20s. City loans were lower; the new issue sold at 102J, a decline of t. Kailroad shares were the most aotive on the list. Camden and Araboy sold at 1284, a decliue ot 4; Pennsylvania Kailroad at 544, no change; Keadloc at i))(49f, a slight advance; and Minebill at 58. no change. 45J was bid for Little fjchnylklll; 67 tor Norristown; 34 for North Pennsylvania; 8(j for Out a wise common; and 804 or Catawtesa preferred. City Passenger Itallroad shares were without chaner. 49 waa b'd for Second and Tslri: 84 for Fntb and Mxih; 70 lor Tenth and Eleventh; lf4 for Thirteenth. and Kiiteenth; 4(5J for Ches nut and Walnut: 66 for West Philadelphia; 104 for Ilcstonvllle; aud 33 for Green ana Coates. Bank shares were irmly held at full T'l-lce. Glrard told at 60: and Penn Township at 67, no ibanee; 23!) was bid frr North America; 158 for PhilBtleli bta; 31J forMecbabics'; 116 for Ken sington; 42 lor Consolidation; and 65 lor Com monwealth. , In Canal shares there was very little move ment. Lehigh Navmation sold at 2Jfi284, no chanee; ai d Wroming Valley Canal at31.no change; 10 was bid tor Schuylkill Navigation coBiojon: and 20 tor preferreJ do. rHlLAUKLPUIA STUCK KU'HAXUK SALES TO-DAY Reported by De Haven ft Bro., No. 40 8, Third street m .no A ITOOOIty 8. New..,..ii,2'i u u". L--vr ii -; . ii OiiKrh N Ss, 'S.... 71 ifabCdtAru. ......us'i M all u Irani Uk en Id sh Minelilll ti in Bb l'enii Nut ilk.c 1 7 I Bb t enna ti tIS t . ... do........iB. M'a KOBh;Wy g Vl si Oi ls vs btu. iH .QlZ ah rh Kav.. to 1 do. I' 0 do.... Inn dn a ah Readltm 4Z I 0 do. ....... ba). ie) 1IAI do C 4i h 0 do .. 4 SW ah ft Nlcb CoaL... 1 U BU VL1UIOU4JOUI....M x S M 1 b n nrniimiu n.l.l n i - . by Narr (v Laduer, No 30 South Third Street: M. In '00 A 11 -(19 1125 " 1131 " Messrs M. 1341 134J 134j 134J 1144 A. . JJifj ll-4i " , 134l2 24 P. M. , 134i 1o PtAb f. SS)w "l . - . euvouj v a. J . war- (V V'e IJ I- lIDVCrlr fnont awn rniun n .,tmn.. . f T a m - - sT lnl, 116Cifill5 ; old 6-208, do., 112113; new 6-2(is, 18(i4, P)740108: do., l6S,1084jot(l8. ; 5-20s. July, 1805. lliMftCllUj; do.. 1SC7. Uui'cAllU ; do.' Ib68. llOJfclll,: 10-40S, KIGJrtaiOej. Gold. 1344. Messrs. De Haven ABromer, No. 40 Bauta Third street, report the following rates of ex. cbai re to-day at 1 P. M.: IT. 8. 6s of 1881. 1151 !116J; do. 1KK2, I13J13J; do.. 1864. 1071 108- ao..l8KM08J3108i: do., H6, new. 1101 Oh 110; do., 1867. new, 110J 31111; do.. 1868, IU Willi; do., 6s, 10-408, loolOGi. Due Com. pound Interest Notes, I94; Gold, 134101344. Silver, 130131 Messrs. Wiiilam Painter & Co., bankers, No. 30 South Third Street, teport the followlae rates of exebinpe to-day at 12 o'clock: United States 6s. 1881. 1151154; D. B. 6-20. 1832, 112(iSll3t; do.. 18G4, 1076tl03; do., I860I 108,81i'8f; do. Jnl,'1865, HoAtfllo4: do. July. 1867,1104111 18G8, n0illl; lt40s, 106 106. Compound Interest Notes, past due, 119-20. Gold, 134j&135. ' Thk Cbntrai, Pacikio Kailroad, connect ing Him Francisco aud ihe Paclflo Coast with tboAilantlo lines, now nearly completed, and dotnjr a laige and remunerative way business, must speedily become one of the most Import ant ami valuable lines of through trafflo on tho Continent. The first rnorfRBge bonds Issued thereon, hav ing a lien superior to tutu or the United Btates, are uow widely known and esteemed as among; tbe safest, best, aud most profitable corporate securities for investment. A limited quantity will oe sold at 03 and accrued Interest. In currency. Principal and six per cent, interest payable In gold. Government b inds received 1b exchange at full market rates, allowing tbe difference in casb. Db Havkw A Brother, No. 40 South Third street. Philadelphia Trade Keporte Tuesday, Not. 21. Tbe Flour Market is firm and for good family grades there is a fair homo consumptive Inquiry, but theabsenoeof sup plies restricts operations. About 600 barrels were taken at $5 506 50 for superfine; 6 757 for extras; S7-25S8 25 for spring wheat extra famlh ; $8 "5107a for winter wheat do. do.; and tllt&lHfor fancy brntide, aeoordtng to quality ltye Flour sells at 87 2j(7 60 bbl. No oUansra to notice In Corn Meal. B There is a steady Inquiry for prime Wheat, but other destrlptlnnN are Degleotett; sales of 1UU0 bushels red at 2ft2 10, anil 3t00 uusliem am ber m ti 15. Kye may be quoted at tl-60ai 65 for Wisiern and PenuaylvHnlu, Corn la quiet but tlrtti; sales ot 1000 bushe'n We-oern nilxed at $120, and old yeliovr at 81 l!3iH 25. Oitla are unchanged; Rules of Weateru" at t)S70o. No cliHDge to uottca la Barloy or AinJt. Bark u steady, witU sales of No. 1 Quercitron at 82 60 H lou. "Wblhkyls selling at fl-051 03 gallon, tax paid. LATEST SI1I1TL(J ISTLUJfJQClS. For additional Marine News tee Inside Page PORT OF f HILADKLPH t A,........NQyjaiBgR sji, BTATK OF THERUOHKTBU AT THB EVENING TKLB . OHAe- urncu. 1 M- 4011 A. IS. 6J t P. M sg u. 9LE4RRD THI MORNING!. BteamBbtp tauita.l.'reenaau, New York, John F. Oh I lit a""lae ""eii, Portland, ilanimett 4 Bcbr Neptune's Bride, Chase, Bdton, do. b m'u11'"'1118' iobinaou, Providence, John R. Pcbr W, Walton, Reeves. Boston, Tyler 4 Oo. Bcr MKeinbart, Hand. tJaletu. Borda, Keller A Schr s. w aabburne, Cummtngs. Taunton, Blaklatou. wmeffAC'o. Bchr B. F. Beeves, Brannln, Bag Harbor, L. Anden rled al Oo. Bchr lending BB. No. 42, Bodan, Norwalk. Weld. NagledtCo. Rcbr Cornelia, Carroll. New Haven. do bchrKdw. wooiteu, Young, East Greenwich. Ouott. Walter A Oo. ' ' Bcbr A. J. ReDtley. Bunnell. Washington, bcbr Cobasae.it, Ulbbs, New Bearord. ARRIVED THIS MORNING. Steamship Whirlwind, (Jeer, 84 boirs irom Provi dence, with nulse. to I), ti. bteieon at Oo, Br. baiqne ProtlUence. Ouaiilee , 2 days from New Tortr. lu balleal to Merchant A 0. f cbr A. M. Aidrldge, Koblue in, from Boston. IScbr W, Walton, keeves rrom liuatoa. bcbr B. F. Beeves, Hiaunln, rrona Uoatou, Siohr M. Kelnhari, Hand from B-iem. t-cbr B. WeBhbmtie. CuoimitiKa. Ir m TanntOn. Bchr CorneHa. Oarrnll rrom Bridgeport. t-chr A. J. Bentley, Burwell, irom Ne Yark, Bcbr Kdw Woolen. Yi.uog. fruui New York. bcbr Beading R. No. 1. Brtlett. from N. Haven. Bleamer W. l. Plerrennnt. nhrnnhlre.24 hours troia New York, with mdne. to W. M. Balrd it Oo. Onrrrtponilrnce of the Philnlrlphla Kxchanoe. Lkwkh, Del., Nov. 2i 8biu W. H. Moody, for Cork; barque Hi el a Loiliie. tor no : and brig Win. Welsh, for Bordeaux, went 10 aea join lost, sioip John B-trbour, tor Antwerp: baiquea Jamea ''auiDOell. tor Havre: Scud, for Marseille.,; ana kebr Thouiaa Holoomn. lor Matansas. went to seatbls morning, all Horn Phila delphia. Daring tbe gale On tbe night of tbe SOth Inst., sohr W, A B iJotigiaita. Irom Mlitdietnwn, wttn granite lor Pblittde'pbta tan 00 tbe Bretkwater, and will be a total loaa, except antue aaUa aod rlgvlng; crew saved. Heme night, acnr Henry Parker, from Alexandria for New Haven, parted one of ber cbaloa, and dragged on the bar opposite in la place, where Bhe remains tight, and will be gut od in a lew daya If the weather Is uii derate. Bcbr Oliver Aroea from Alexandria for Providence, waa struck by lightning whlcb pushed in to tbeoabla and Injured bniii the eaptain'a feet (he waa silling with bis leet agulnat the Move): the vesBel apparently received no Berloua Injury, ami proceeded on ber voy age thia morning, alter medioal asalatauce was ren dered tbe captain. The following vessela remain at the Breakwater: Ship Oerraaula, frnm Antwerp; achr-t dun Make and James Iloyt, irom Virginia for Now York: A. 1). Hcnll: Montana: Oceanna; i L, Parier, H, N, 8J lire; J. F. Durfee; Jebn Twey. WlndNW. JOSEMILAFJCTttA. MEMO HAND A. Barqnes Unrla WicKea and Latcemba. Rood, for Philadelphia, cleared at New York yea'.erday. r-cbra Amerloan JUgle. S3 Daw aud Hinny Boat, Keliy. from Boston lor Philadelphia, at JSew York 22d lust. ' rcbrHattleO Simpson, Blake bence for Boston, at Bi'lnies' Hole ?uth lost Be lira R O. Tiinmu. Crockett, hence for Bwton: Harriet Baker, Wehtir, do. fur Portland; aud Mar shall Perrln, bence forSaletn, at Uoluea' Hole 21at Inaiant, Bchra Windward Reeves, and James S. Buokmat ter. McHenry, tor Philadelphia, cleared at Baltimore Satinet, Bcbr J. Bteardn Jova. Little, sailed from Fernan Olua, lla., 18th inat., bound uorlh, " fBY TKLKOR4PH NlW TOBST. Nev. 24 Arrived stamahlDi a6r mauia, from Southampton, and Buaaia, Irjia X.lver- pOl. . F,,",""BJVoliB.l'vN,y- Sl.-Faasod no for Nor folk Brig Mountain Eagle, from New York. Tha sobr Kate Wentwerlb out Into Norfolk la dlatree bating leather tualnboom and satis ia the gale oi Friday. (By Atlantte rTnM.) QniiNHTOW. Kov. a 1.-Arrived, steamship City ot Pane, trout New York. ' '