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VOL. X-No. 130.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 18G8.
DOUBLE SIIEETT1IREE CENTS.
FIIIST EDITION
FLOODS. AND WHIRLWINDS.
A C'.ty of Seven Thousand IuhaVi
'twits Destroyed-AVholo Strcot3
and IJlock8 of Houses Swept
Away The Loss of Life
and Destruction of
Property.
VnrlotiN Accounts of the Cnlaialty.
Conrsromlrnco from tlie city of Miiza'lan on
tlte western coat of Mexico, (luted the 6th of
fcovember, saje: The citv of Alamos, situaed
in the toutbern portion ol tbe Mute ot Souora,
las been swept out of existence by a visitation
of nature namely, a combined attack of the
two f?icat furies, wind and water. The terrible
event occurred duriup the groat sea storm
lasting trom the 15ih to the 18. n ultimo. From
private letters received In thiu city wc tranlute
the tollowinii accounts of the destruction and
cs9 of liie t
"We have ensured awful suffering. Torrent
cfrnin for forty-eiRlit hours inundated the city
during the greater part of the 16th and 17th,
followed by another torrent ot forty-eight hour,
fo that the houses not In the immediate, way of
lieiug swept off bv the torce ot the swollen
ftcous were crushed hi by the enormous quan
tity and the strength of tbo rain falling upon
them. fcenor Diero Pirez measured the water
in a tank and found that forty inches had
fallen in seventj-two hour'. Alamos 1b no
more, fou may reet assured that unless some
new and rich mines are discovered it will never
be rebuilt. We are impoverished and ruined."
Another letter say?: "A humble event has
struck us with coisiernatijn and ruined a large
proportion ot the inhabitants of this city. Oa
the 15th it commenced to rain, and after
t eventy-two hours, at 10 o'clock at nieht, the
sluices and dams on the mountain broke loose,
a furious wind arose, the waters came dashing
like nVtds from the mountain sides, and
brought u face to lace with the most terrible
daneer. This circumstance made us fortret
ell things except that which is rnoro precious
than all things life and especially the lives of
our little ones. Three minutes alter the full
tide of the flood aud everything was swept away
as by a tornado. We sought refuge in the
mountains, Irom where we could hear the crash
ing in of our houses. Everything we had is
lott. There must b3 considerable loss of life,
but as yet 1 am not able to ascertain the
truth."
A former resident of th's city writes: "I have
never seen such rains and floods in my life as
we have had here for the past thtec or four
days, commencing on the 15th. The beautiful
end rich city of Alamos is totally destroyed and
can never be itself again, because it teems im
possib e to retrieve buch misfortunes. Odr
boose, one of the strongest in the place and out
of the way of the mad tlojd of the creek, was
luade a wreck by the great torce and weight of
the rain fall lug upon the roof. Tae principal
street ex'ste no longer, and where stojd rows of
stores, private residences and otlices, now looks
like the bauk of a river lately overflown and
covered wi'h debris. Everywhere I laok de
struction is spread around me. As yet I do not
know the loss ot lie."
Tne fullest and prob'ibly the most reliable
account is that by an American gentleman to
one of his iriends here. We copy from a private
letter:
' The atoiiy that we have nil gone through
within the past lew days is impossible to de
scribe. Probably you will have heard ere this
that the city of Alamos is in ruins; b it as you
may not have had all the particulars, I will give
you what I know. On the 1 jth it commenced to
rain, aud on the 16th a genuine rain aud wind
Morui set id, lasting uutil the ISih. H seemed
as if the v'ety tiooilga'es of heaven had opened,
xnd that a stcond deluee wai upon the world.
The wind, too, roared with dreadlul tury, and
all the elements seemed combined for so.iie
eircadlul carnage. We little thought what
was in store lor our beautiful city, bat
soon the tale was told aud the destruction
complete, or almost coxplete. Tuo storm
lasted ulUI late on the evening of the 18th.
Dtiriug its continuance it appeared a If no
banian being could live witbiu its reach. The
Alamos river was swollen to a irreat beitint, anl
in its wild, headlong course carried everything
befcre it. floui-es were swept awiy like so
runny straffs, and whole blocks of building
Here thrown down like so niauy rotten trees.
The wind was no less ten i hie than the water.
Houses were unroofed and blowu tosh liters,
tiles aud line material were scattered through
the air like chad; and strong trees were ud
rooted as ii they had been cornstalks. The b?st
part ot the city is totally destroyed. About the
only buildings saved worthy of mention are tne
Hint, the Church, aud the old .S.ate College.
These stoad ou hmh Grounds, and this advan
tage, w ith their solidity, saved them. Dr. Hill,
an Amcricau resident, hid three houses carried
awHV. and is a loser to the amount ot about
$10,000. Mr. T. Robinson liours, an American,
doing a banking business h 're, n id his bank
ing house swept away. Others have sutl'ered
severely. The loss of life has been
quite large. fctxl.y - dead bodiei have
been picked up, some of them mangled fear
fully, and could scarcely be recognized. Many
of the bodies were found miles don the river.
Undoubtedly the number found will be largely
increased by other unfortunate oues. 1 have
written you these tew lines hurriedly, but do
.not attempt to describe or explain this most
extraardu.ary phenomenon of a sevpntv-two
hours' whirl wlud and deluge. The ruined city
of Alamos was the Athens of Northwestern
Mexico, er, at least, had that reputation. Its
women were reputed to br the loveliest and
most intelligent throughout the republic, and
Its citizens were highly cpoken of as contrasted
with those of other population. There, was
a great deal of wealth, rallneuient, and
luxury among the belter classes. It was a
' sort of sauctitied Jerusalem, where the proud
fcpumeh blood aud bram held ascendancy, and
would not be poisoned by contact with Indian
aud negro mixture?. AWmos. as a city, had
fame be oie the preat metropolis of New York
was known. It is old among the many old
towns of Mexico. Surrounding it have btien
tome of the richest mines la the world, and
from which the city bad its chief support. At
the time of its destruction it contained a popu
lation ot about 7000 souls, though treograpbioul
dictionaries place the number at 10,001), which
is at least 3000 too mauy. Unhappily for its
people, the number Is lessened through a terri
ble misfortune, and the 'City of Poplar Groves'
has fallen to the dust (even as man lalU ) tu its
Hrepgth."
CHICAGO.
OneAdler Wishes a Divorce;
Chicago not only furnishes more divorce suits
than any place of its aire and size in the world,
but the said divorce suits arc among the most
remarkable of their kind ever preseuted. One
Adlcr, of that place, puts in a petition to bs
sundered from his loving wile. He charges her
vitu Improper intercourse with the majority of
the business and professional men of lbs city,
nd with come men not of the city and then
specifies, with perspicacity, sundry acts ot
cruelty on her part towards him, av follows:
July. 18C7-Wbile be was lying on tbo sofa,
tick, hestrnck him with a piece of wood.
November 6, 1807 His wife cut his head open
vith a stool.
Dteember, 1867 She- lockel him out of the
louse, and he was obliged to sleep la the wood
shed. December 25, 1847 She struck him w'.th such
ivrce m almost to break bis arm, la eoaso-
quence of which he lost Voe use thereof tor
three month".
January 12, 18G9 Vie being at the house of
a neighbor, he rushed Into the room and went
a him with a bottle, calling him foul and
icat.dalous Tames, and when he lelt the pre
mises she threw a brick at him with such force
as to bresk several of his ribs
February, 18G8 She threw his clothes and
papers into a vault.
Kcbniary, 1808 She so atonlshed him by
preparing t a for him, which act being so unlike
l er, be refused to partake of It. Anerwarls he
had It analysed, and found it contained sugir ot
lend, which he charges she put in the tea with
intent to poison him.
We should say that In this casa the court
should either Brant him a divorce or su,iply tb.3
a an with a body-guard In his own house.
DELAWARE.
An InfcrcKtlnir I.awniiit ItciiiliiUcenees
of l lie ull Stlnvcry Tunc,
The Wilmii.gion (Pel.) Commercial of yester
day morning says: A case around whleh clus
ters much romantic interest has been before the
court Rt New Unstle lor several dajs, anl after
lengthy arguments by counsel was given to tU
juiy ou Saturday eveniLg. It is an action of
( jectment brought by James and Martha Jane
Jrlsbee (colored) against Westtrn Johnson
(colored). Bradford aud liiggins lot plaiutitls,
Thomas P. Bavnrd for defendant,
All the principals ih the case are colored
people, and the verdict depends ou the validity
ot a marriage said to have taken place forty-
seven years ago. One of the witnesses baa oeen
kidnapped and sold into slavery, and the whole
case liows the loose morals and irregular con
nections sanctioned by that institution, which
then had, apparently, a perpetual lootholdou
this peninsula. "
The allegations which the plaintiffs attempt
to make pood ate la effect as tollows:
Severn Johnson, sou of Isaac Johnson, was
born at bnow Hill, Worcester county, Maryland.
In 1821 he married Hetty J. Stevens, the service
btlng duly periorroed in a lawful manner by
Rev. William 1$. l.alch, pastor of the Presbyte
rian church at Snow Hill. One child was born
of the marriage at Suow Hill, named Martha
Jane Johnson, since married aud now being
named Martha Jane Frisbee, and she and her
husband being the plaiutitls in -the case. The
plaintiffs further allege that soon after the
birth of this child her parents remove! to
Baltimore, in which city Severn Johnsoa sub
sequently abandoned bis wife and attenvards
married Frances Holland, by whom he had
several children. Subsequently, with:hls second
family he removed to this city and took up his
permanent residence here with them. He
acquired here a property at the foot of Ninth
street, which has tince become very valuable.
Ia 1864-5 he died, leaving his property in the
possession of his children by his second wife,
by one of whom, Western Johnson, the defend
ant In this case, it is still held. The facts sought
to be proved ruu through a period of fifty
j ears.
The plaintiffs offer in proof of the marriage
the deposition of Pnr;on Balcb, as bo is called
by all the old witnesses, takn at his residence
in Prince William county, Va. He states that
be is 75 years old, and was pastor of the Suow
Hill Presbyterian Church from 1819 to 1820; that
he recol'ccts distinctly having married Suvern
Johnson and Hetty J. Stevens about the year
1R21. lie describes the appearance ot the groom
and mentions an incident at the wedding.
Lavinia Johnson, about 75 or 70 years old,
testified that she was the wife of Isaac Johnson,
Jr., a brother of Severn's, aud was at the wed
ding of the latter with Hetty J. S'.evens. They
went Irom her house to Parson Batch's to be
murried, camo back and had their wedding
supper there aud staid all night, going lo house
keeping nxt day. Hetty was between H and
15 when bhe was roatried; they had one child;
iu 1833 witness and her two ebildren were
kUn-ipped and sold mto slavery near Augusta,
Gcorcia, and left there the year of the "big
cholera;" witness was martled to a mau named
Smith while in Georgia; Hetty's child coulu
walk when witness was kidnapped.
Henrietta Fi-her lived in Snow Hill; knew
Severn and Hetty ms man and wife, and they
staid ns such all night, with their child, at her
house before leaving lor Baltimore
The oefeiiso denied, firt. that the allesed
marriage had ever taken place; secoul, that if
u nau, Aiarrnu jnne trisneewas not born In
lawful weulock. Mr. Bayard attempted to dis.
credit the evidence of Rev. Mr. Buleh, on the
ground of extreme ace and foraetfulness.
ArmenlaXane lived in Baltimore when Severn
Johnson lived there; knew him lo be married
to Frauces Holland; they had four children,
Florida, Revetdy, Mary Aon, and Western;
knew him ciht or nine years before he was
married; never knew him to have any other
wile; know Mary Lane, the daughterot Hetty;
she told me her mother was married to Severn
Jobnton; saw Martha Jane when she was
married to her first husband; never saw her
again until she had left her tirst husband and
was married to the second. Ques'ion. When
didyouuyaiu see her? Answer. O, Lord! not
till she hat the third husband; she lived in
Philadelphia, and lives thre now. The jury
was out until 12 o'i lock Saturday ni?ht, and
then reported themoelves unable lo agree, aud
wrre discharged.
Tit Whipping; Post and Pillory,
In the New Castle (Delaware) County Court,
the folio win? persons have just bjen sentenced
to be whipped for petty crimes:
Robert Harris, colored, having been convicted
of the larceny of aS5 greenback, ihe properly
of Margaret l.uff, was sentenced to pay $10
restitution, coste, and on Saturday next, Decem
ber 5, to be whipped with tern lashes, aud be
miprisoneu six uiouui",
Morris Hymen, a vountr white mm, convicted
of stealing a coat from Emanuel Kicuenberger,
was peineuceu 10 pay restitution, costs, and
on Saturday next, December 5, be whipped with
ten lashes, aud imprisoned sis months.
State vs. Joseph Snirby, indic.e 1 for arson in
setting fire to the office of II. M. Rile, plead
guilty, and was sentenced lo pay a fine of $,V)0,
to pay $1600 restitution, costs of suit, anl on Sa
turday next, December 6, to stand iu the pillory
thirty minutf-s, to be whipped with tweuty
lashes, and imprisoned four years.
State vs. Joseph Shirby, indicted for the lar
ceny of money and goods, the property of H. M.
Rile, plead guilty, and was sentenced to pay
costs, to ktand iu the pillory 30 minutes, ana on
Saturday next. December 5, to bo whipped with
10 lathes, and imprisoned one year.
State vs. J ou at ban Graves, 'indicted for the
larceny of a shot-trim, the property of Lewis
Armstrong, in Christiana Hundred, plead
guilty; sentenced to pay $10 restitution, costs,
stand in the pillory one hour, and on Saturday
next, December 6, to be whipped with twenty
lashes, ond imprisoned two years.
CATASTROPHE.
Terrible Kitllroart Accident In Bouemln
1'orly Persons Hilled.
A Vienna cable despatch of November 13
stated that, by a collision between two trains
near Prague, in Bohemia, twenty-three persons
were killed aud sixty-eight injured. It will be
seen by the following particulars, received by
mall, that the affair was more disastrous than at
first reported:
One of the most dreadful accidents In the
whole history of railway travelling occurred
November 10, on tbe Prague aud Pilsen line,
between Zoirow aud Horschowitz, about twenty
five miles southeast of Prague. A passenger
train left Pilsen at 4 o'clock, conveying in
tbe last carriages 235 soldiers, who were re
turning to their homes on leave of absence. At
about 6 o'clock the train was brought to
a standstill by tbe immense accumulation of
snow, which In the last few days bus fallen
in considerable quantities in various parts of
South tierniauy. The conductor anl brakes
man aaust have known t'-at a goods train was
bebiud them, but, wonderful to say, they ac
tually allowed those poor fellows to sit quietly
in their carriages for half an hour, awa'ting the
mmlng death, without telling them to al ght.
Tbe driver of the goods train had put on all his
steam te overcome tbe resistance ot the snow,
which had probably been la some measure
diminished by the passenger train before it.
Either he did not see the dauger signals, or
saw them too late, for he paid no attention to
them, but rushed iuto the doomed train at full
speed. All the carriages In the roar ot
the passenger tram were completely
smashed at once, and tormed a gigantic barri
cade some forty or fifty teet in height. The
number of soldiers who were cither killed on the
spot or died ot their inlurles shortly atterwards
excrcos forty: a similar number have b-en
severely snd about thirty slightly Injured. Tne
mns ot broken carriages was so gre-it (that it
rould not be entirely cleared, nor could all the
bodies be recovered till the followiD day.
A very unfortunate circumstance coiuec'.ed
With this aeeident gives it some slight resem
blance to that of Abrnrole, beyond that of the
preal loss of life. Iu one of the carriaaes there
was a considerable quantity of sulphuric acid.
The vessels containing it were shattered to
pieces by the shock ,nud the ncld, running out
In nil directions while it lucreaied the tortures
of the wounded, probably gave them a speedy
reletsc from their suffering?. Another very
dreadful railway accident hanpeued to a goods
train on the same day at Geislingen, about tou
miles north ot Ulm. Several lives were lost,
and a gicat number ot carriage s were destrojeJ.
TRAGEDY.
A Colored Citizen Killed In Tcnnessee
liin Family Driven lo tlie Woods.
Ti e Memphis rost ot the 23th, ult. publishes
the following:
Maiiou, Crittenden county. Ark., is becoming
notorious for the many horrible deeds of
murder and outrase committed npoa loyal
men and negroes." Hardly a day or night
pases but we hear of some bloody deed haviug
been committed by the Ku-Klun. Monday
night, the 23d lust., a party of these chivalrous
bastards of a sickly Democracy surrounded
the bouse of an old negro by the name of Aleck
Fnuuer, residing about two miles from Marion.
They called him out, and as he stepped to the
door they shot him, intliciing a wound trom
which he died tbo next day. When shot, he
fled to the woods mid a shower of bullets,
which they fired at him as he ran. They then
drove bis family into the woods andpluudered
his house, takiug everything that was of value
to them, aud destroying the balance.
It appears to be the object ot this Klan to rob
as well us murder, as they have in every case
robbed their victims of whatever they possessed
that was ot the least value to them. This man
would probably have recovered if he had ha l
proper medical treatment; but this he could
not procure, as the Doctor residing at Marion,
and who Is dependent to a considerable extent
on the patronage of the colored people, refused
to give him the assistance that might have
saved his lite. This is but the execution of their
threats made previous to the election, that they
would kill every man that voted for (Jrant.
Tbe question asited bv every loyal citizen of
Crittenden county is, "Have we a state govern
ment adequate to protect its citizens from these
loul outrages that are being perpetrated upon
them daily?" It so, why is it that these bauds
ol Rebels are permitted to trample In the dust
and defy all laws, both human and divine, aud
yet go unpunished? And they ask hov much
longer Is this state of things to continue? The
loyal citizens of that county have suffered insult
heaped upon injury, without retaliation even tu
a single case, trusting that they would be pro
tected in due time; but there is a time when
iorbearauce ceases to be a virtue.
'lite IclnwareCouiity(N.Y.) Wife Mnrder.
Further particulars of the murder of Mrs,
Elishn E. Fero. of West Davenport, have been
leceived. It was first repirted that the murder
was committed bv a burglar who had entered
Mr. Fero's dwelling to commit robbery; but
subsequent developments leu to tne arrest aud
committal of Mr. Fero. It is said that the 1 nid-
lord of the hotel at West Daveuport visited
Feio's house at about 11 o'clock on Monday
night, and that wheu he called both Fero and
his wile were up. it is anci'U mat the tamuy
residing in the hou?-c adjoining Fero's were
aroused by proans and moumug, aud the ex
clamations: "Oh. dear! oh. dearl oh. dear 1
doD't kill me;" that they male a slight
search, aud ugain retired to rest; that soou
afterwards they were alarmed by the dis
cbarge of a pistol, and an outcry from Mr,
Fero, Hastening out they met him, aud he said
that a burglar had niftdc an attempt to rob
him, but had escaped. Tlfy then entered Fero's
house ar.d found Mrs. Fero shot through the
head. A pot mortem examination developed,
in addition to the pistol wound, three severe
fractures of the skull, measuring eleven, seven,
and three Inches. The physicians gava the
opinion that the fractures were made previous
to her being shot. There were morKu of a man's
hand ou the face of the vlc'ioi. The ball that
was found in Mrs. Fero's head wa3 found to tit
the barrel of the pistol found ou Fero. Nume
rons other facts and circumstances seemed to
point to Mr. Fero as the murderer, and the
verdict of the jury was that the woman "came
toner death at the hauJs of her husoiol."
Thereupon the Coroner committed him to the
jail at Delhi.
"ERIE."
Hie, P.eportcd Fli.lit ol the Directors
Detectives Outwitted Tlio Indiiruttut
l l iwU Comes Out Willi n Card.
The Kew York Iltraid of this morning pub
lishes the following:
The office of the Erie Rail way Company, in
West street, was closed yesterday to all who
were not either In the ring themselves or in the
confidence ot the leaders iu the inner circle of
sharpers. The outer door auswered to a geutle
pressure ot the shoulder, but uisiuethat an iron
gate confronted the visitor, and au impertincut
boy, who seemed to have been an apt pupil of
his mysterious instructor, grinned fnm between
the bur?, and appeared to euioy the novelty of
his situation in a high degree. Any lendiu,?
questions asked were met by anything but a
polite refusal ; and five or six fellows, who strut
ted inside like bears similarly caged, stared im
pudently, and gave short, offensive auswers to
all inquiries whenever the boy already men
tioned faded to inspire sufficient diigust. Each
aud every one of these fellows appeared so ner
vously anxious to prevent the entrance ot any
one wbese fuce they could not recoaulzo that it
was evnlcut that dread of a thrashing tor their
unealled-lor impertinence hnuutcd them as
much as the orders of the officials. The trea
surer ot tbo office was Bent for by a gentleman
who called in the morning, but although he
quickly appeared at the irou door, he would not
wait a moment to arswer a question, but dis
appeared with as much speed as if he had seen
a spook. Under these circumstances it was im
possible to obtain any information of the move
ments ii side, or to learn the wbereabouts of the
principals in the Erie game of bluff.
Business In the transfer office, which has been
removed from Pine street to Broa Iway, went on
as usual jes'.erday. ihe polite clerk who at
tends to the transfer of stock did not know
anything of the Erie war, and appeared to ap
preciate to the utmost the valuo of the maxim
tbat "Where ignorance is bliss, tie folly to be
wise."
A Card from James Flak, Jr.
Port Jkrvis, N.Y., Dec 1. To the editor of
the Uerad: Returning home from a iourney
undertaken In relation to the affairs of. tbe
rolling mill of the Erie Railway Company, I am
astonished, on taking up your paper this morn
ing, to hud that I am charged with having
secretly carried off $8,000,000 ot the Company's
money. 1 presume it is to the vivid Imagination
of Mr. Kennedy, combined with the vigorous
pens of the reporters of the press, that 1 am in
debted for this euormouscalumuy. The facts are
imp I j these: I kit New York ior the purpose
I have stated without twenty dollar in my
pocket. and without a dollar's worth of securities
of any namo or nature except the threa loare
garments which I usually take with me when
travelling. Although upon an errand of mercy,
1 did not feel Justitie I In encroaching upon the
sacred hours of the Sabbath, especially since my
counsel would not u-e tbat day to dni6h up my
affidavits. Accordingly I made arrangements to
depart as early on Monday morning as possible.
Meeting a gentleman with an enormous roll ot
papers whieh I could not read aud he declined
to read to me, I carried them back tor
examination. Seeing about s.vcity-Qve
other gentlemen in waiting, each appear
ing to have a otiunio equally large, 1
feared that there would not be room in my
car to carryall the gifts of niyfrienl?; atvl.
like General Grant and unlike my mend Judge
Davies. being ludleposed to shake hands with so
many, I dec. tied to furesoany public demonstra
tion, aud to take my car at a point lurihr up
the road unknown to my many kind frieu Is in
waiting. The mou y of the hne Company is not
and hasnotbren under my charge, but Is now
in the treasury, where It ought to be and has
been slr.ee the present Board of Directors wete
entrusted with the charcc of the corporation's
affairs. The rival Rtceivcrs cun get at the futldrf
just as easily now as they could before I left
town, l urn not so easily iriguteneu by a law
suit as to run away either wiih my owu money
or that ol any tne else. Jameu Pisk, Jr.
NEVADA.
The Lrtfcat Mining Incitement.
All Nevada is excited just now by the stories
of the richness nf the silver mines in the
White Pine distilct, aud the Nevada Enlrrprist
gives the following account of those dnrgiug:
We have lor some weeks as much as possible
retrained from giving anything but a posing
notice of the White Pine excitement. But it has
all the time been i,rowiig and increasing in
miuht, uutil at last it has gained such strength
and assumed such importance that wo cauuot
well ignore it. Tbe smouldering volcano must
soon burst, if not this winter, surely next
spring. There is no gettlug around it, the White
Pine luiiea are rich wouderlully rich. All
the letters received from there and all the men
who come iu irom there tell the same story.
Parties who have examiued tbe mines say that
they are doubtless the richest ever discovered
in any part of the world. Mr. William Wood
burn, of this city, who spent some days, iu the
mines, says that he believes there is enough
silver in the one small range of mouutiiins iu
which the White Piae miues arc situated to pay
off the natioual debt, large as it is. His account
ot the nature of the silver deposit aaiees with
that ot all others who have visited the mines,
namely : That it appears to be avast stratum
of limesloce, as, wherever shafts have been
sunk through the limestone cap, the rici
ore has been found. In some places
the rich ore has forced itself up to the
surface through crevices, while in others
the shaft must be sunk to the depth of ten to
thirty leet before tho ore is found. The depth
ot the deposit is not knon, no shaft having yet
cut through it. The EbiJibart Company, tha
oldest in the district, have driited iu oue direc
tion a distance of one hundred and eighty feet,
with eross-dritts sixty to seventy feet in length,
and have sunk a shaft some thirty-five leei ia
depth, and all in a solid mass ol ore, worth Irom
$200to-don't phooi puoo I szu.uuu per ton i
On Chloride Flat, somewhere ou the same mouu
tainc the same kiud of ore has been lound by
every shaft that has parsed through tho lime
stone. All the miners who have "struck ile"
hove piled about their shatis large heaps of
ore, ranging in value from $200 per ton up to
the frightful figures we have ventured to
mention above. We might make out a long
list of the lucky ones, but as it miht create
tin inconvenient excitement amoug their poor
relations, we retrain. It Is eno'Jgh to 6ay
that men who were about our streets lojr
months since without a cent are now worth so
much silver that neither they nor any of their
friends can calculate its value because, you see,
they dcu't know the leng h, breadth, nor thick
ness ot their pile. All Irom this vicinity say
that White Pine is the poor man's paradise. Mi.
Woooburn Is of the opinion that there will be in
the mines by the In ot next April a population
of 20,000 persons. Alt the stories of the severity
of the winters there do not pieveht people trom
running thither.; they are goiDg every aay. No
one now asks. "Are you going to White Pine?'
The ciuestlou is "When do you go?" As au otl'-et
to all tho above it is but fair tor us to u td that
there are many persons who believe the mines
are too good to last, and who believe that the ore
deposit is of no great thickuess.
ROBERT FULTON.
Tlie First Slcnm Vessel of War Con
structed by Hint.
A curious letter of Robert Fulton i3 prlnt3 1
b.low. It is addressed to President Madioou, as
will be seen. Fulton wrote:
"Albanv, March 23, 18U. Jamo3 Madison,
Esq.. Pieuldeut of the United States. Sir:
Since the appropriation iu favor ot steam float
incr batteries. I have beeu extremely anxious to
commence a work which, it executed, as I hope
it will be, I am certain will produce conse
quences most agreeable to you and important
tor the nation; but I have not yet heard from
the Secretary of the Navy giviug me an order
to proceed, or where to find funds. Should there
not be money iu the treasury for this purposo, I
can make the loau at New York on the guaranty
ot tho Government, and tor any interest not
less than seveu per cent.; if more be
allowed tbe sum will be raised with the more
ease. As every efficient operation must be
agreeable to you, and time is precious, I have
taken the liberty to mention these circum
stances, with the best inteutiou for tho public
interest, and presuming that one word Irom you
may give vigor to the operations. Please con
sider this letter as private. I have beeu com
pelled to come to this city for a few days to
defend my steamboat rights agaiust the intrigues
of Colonel Ogden, ot New Jersey. I shall be iu
New York on the 1st ef Apr.l. Most auxious
for success In my new enterprise, I am, sir,
with all respect, your most obe Jieut,
"R. Fulton,"
Appleton's American Cyc'opeaia sajs of the
steamer battery of which Fuiiou here spoke:
"In 1M4 Congress authorized tho President to
build a floating battery ior coast defense, aud
Fulton was appointed the engineer. He com
menced tbe construction ot a war steamer,
which was launched within four mouths, and
was styled the Demologos,' though afterwards
named 'Fulton (be First.' This first war steamer
was a heavy aud unwieldy mass, which ob
tained a speed against the current of some two
and a halt miles au hour. But as the pioneer
of the steum navies of the world, it was re
garded as a marvel and a most formidable
engine of defense. Tbe war having terminated,
she was takeu to the Navy Yard at Brooklyn,
wbereshewas used as a receiving ship uutil
June 4, 1820, when she was accidentally blown
up."
It is interesting to contrast with the ab)ve de
scription of the nrst steam floating battery (the
invention of which, as of the first Monitor, Is
our national pride) the dimensions ot some of
our present vessels of war. The Atlantic Works,
Iu Boston, irom whose proprietors ths above
copy of Fulton's letter is obtained, built the
mouitor Nantucket, the gunboat Casco, and the
turrets of the Monaduock, Agimenticus, Shack
aaiaxson, and Passaconaway. Tae weight of
Iron in the turrets, pilot-houses, and chimneys
of the four last-mentioned monitors was tour
million four hundred thousand pounds. This
comDuny also supplied the steam machinery tor
tbe flagship of Admiral Farrngut, the Franklin.
The displacement of the Franklin is five thou
sand one hundred and sixty-one tons; hei en
piues and boilers weigh five hundred tons; tbe
diameter of cylinder is sixty-eight iuches;
stroke of piston, three feet six inches; cost of
marbtney four hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. JIT. T. Jfccntng VvM,
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
Tho War on the Plains -Rout of
tlie Cheyennes -Their Tillage
Destroyed, nnd One Han
dled and Fifty War
riors Slaughtered.
The Pennsylvania Electoral
College-Execution of tlie
Chesapeake Pirates
European Market
Reports.
HARRLSBURG.
Aeinlllnar of tlie Presidential electors)
The lulorniitl Meeting Last F.veniujr,
f-jteaUU Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
llARKisnrjRO, Dec. 2. A large number of the
electors arrived In the city yesterday. A ma
joiity being preseut, they organize! at eight
o'clock last evening, at the Lochiel Hotel,
selecting as Chairman Mn Maris IIoopcs, of
Lancaster, and Frank C. Hooteu, of Caester,
as Secretary. The following officers were then
'elected to serve in their respective positions in
the Collego to-day : President, Hon. Thomas
Marshall, of Allegheny; Clerks, George W.
Hamersly, of Philadelphia, J. Roblcy Dunorll
son, of Harrlsburg, and George F. Morgan, of
Allegheny; Sergeant-at-Arms,Colouel Thompson
of West Chester; Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms)
Captain Augustus Braun, of Allegheny; Door
keepers, Isaac Bamberg and Charles Guyger,
of Philadelphia; Messenger during the session
of the College, Andrew Alexauder, of Philadel
phia. The business of the College will of course
proceed smoothly, as tho electors have only to
record the will of the people who eent theiu
here.
TEE INDIAN WAR.
Cnptitro of n Cheyenne Village One
Hundred and Fitly Suvnses Killed
The Exploits of United Ntutea Troops.
In the Field, Indian Terbitokv, Nov. 28, via
Hays City, Dec. 2. Ihe Cheyenne village of
black Kettle's band was captured on Hon lay
morning at daylight by the Seventh cavalry
regiment, under General Cusler, on the north
fork of the Wachita river. One huudrel and
fifty Indians were killed and tho bodies left in
our possession, and fifty-three taken prisoners.
An Immense amount ot property was captured
and destroyed, consisting of 51 lodges, nearly 1000
noises and mules, aims, ammunttioo. horse
equipments, robes, provisions, etc. Captain.
Louis Hamilton was killed in the first charge.
Brevet I ieutenant-Coionel Barnitz was seriously
it not mortally wounded. Major Elliott ia
missing. Ono man of the 7th was killed and
fourteen wounded. The tribe is badly cripoled.
The Iudinos, including women and boys, toueht
with great desperation from the cover of bii-h.es
and grass. When driven out of the village many
ot the wonnded effected their escape.
The victory was coniplete.aud will be a whole
some lessou to the e'heyeiines. Black Kettle,
the priucipal chief, was killed.
Defeat of tho Indians nnd Destruction of
tticir Vlllntres Custer's disunities.
In the Field, Fokk of Beaver and Wolf
Riveks, I. T., Nov. 20, via Foist Dome, Kansas,
Dec. 2. The presence of Major-General Sheri
dan here in the very heart of the scene of ope
rations against the Indians resulted in that
activity which i.s the universal characteristic of
his rtitire military career. Scarcely twenty-four
hours elapsed since his arrival than on Novem
ber 23, before daylight, in tho midst of a violent
snow storm, General Custer, with eleven com
panies of the 7'.u United States Cavalry, left
this point under orders to move agaiubt hostile
savages in the et;rt":tlou of Wachita river aud
n.ouuiulus, and attack them wherever found.
Alter a severe murch, of five days, Geueral
Custer struck a village of hostile Indians con
sisting ot forty-seven lodges of Black Kettle's
bund of Chevtnnes.Jtwo lodges of ArrapaUoes,
and two lodges of Sioux. These were af.er
waids reinforced by the Kiowas, who werj
near by. The aitack commenced ou tho 27th
instant, and lasted until afternoon, resulting iu
the destruction of the entire vill tae, and
the killing of 1C3 warriors. The cap
ture of supplies is immeuse. The casual
ties are Major Gi orge L. II. Klliott,
Captaiu Louis M. Hamilton and nineteen
enlisted men killed; and the wounded are Brevet
Lieutenant Colouel Albeit Baruitz, Captain 7th
Cavalry, supposed mortally; Brevet Lieutenant
Colonel T. W. Custer and Second Lleutenaut J.
M. Marsb, si ghtly; and eleven enlisted men.
Colonel Benton had a horse shot under him.
Gcnerhl Coster returns here, will relit aad again
take the field.
Executions la Maryland In January.
Wilmington, Dec. 2. A special dospatch to
the tcmnwrciol, from Princess Anne, Maryland,
states that the warrant received for tha execu
tion of William WeKs, William Wilson, and
George Rounds, for the murder of the captain
and mate of the choouer Brave, ou Chesapeake
bay, March 31, fixes January 8 for the execu
tion. It has been erroneously reported that the ex
ecution would take place December 4.
THE E UR OPEANMARKETS.
By AtlanlUs OabU.
This Mornlnir's ((notations.
Lonion, Dec. 2 A. M. Consols for money,
924; 'or account, 92 (ex divideud) ; United
States Five-twenties dull at 74i. Stocks quiet.
Erie, 27. Illinois Central. 00.
LivKBPoob, Dec. 2 A. M. Cotton dull; sales
ot probably 10,000 bales. Breadstuff's quiet.
Other articles unchanged.
This Alteruuou' Quotations.
Lonuon, Dec. 2 P. M. Consols, U2J for
money and account.
Liverpool, DfC 2 P. M. Cotton dull,
IIavbk, Dec. 2 P. M. Cotton dull, at 135f.
on the spot, aud 12c. afloat.
lire.
PiiMER, Mass., Dec. 2. II. Kelson's steam
mill at this place, and a large block adjoining,
was burned last evening. Loss, $40 000.
New York Stock Quotations, 1 p. M .
Glendlnnlnr, Davis & Co., report by tele
graph inroUKh their Mew York House, the fi"
lowina:
- . . ,m, .... i . M n . .
n. x. (Jem. h. li'',H western union i..
N.Y. and iC.K.... 8sVCleveland and Tol.hXl' 3
i ol. a wauaan it... f7 i
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
OFl'ICI OT IBS KVKHIMO TRLKORAPtO
WedneiUay, Deo. 3. 1S0S. J
There is more demand for money, but the
rates Hre without any material chance. Call
loans ate quoted at C(ft7 per cent. Prlmo com
mercial paper rang" irom 9t0 percent, per
atiLum. The banits are Accounting nearly all
the paper otlcred them by commercial cus
tomers, and are making some loaus to broker
on call at 6 per cent.
There was very little disposition to operate in
slocks this morning, and prices were weak and
unsettled. Government securities were steady.
K'5 was bid for 10-40; for Cs of 1891;
110$ for 'C2 6-20?: 107J tor 'G4 6-2os; 11)7 for 'C5
6-20-; HOj lor July, '05, 6-20-; llu4 for '1.7 5-2(s.
Railroad shares were Inactive. Kealing sold
at 4!iffl4!i.j, a eleclir.cof i; Pcnoxvlvnriia Railroad
at 64.fS'64j, a slight dcrliu: Camden and Am
boy at 128, no change; Caiawiesa common at 11,
no change; 4r,J lor was hid lor Little Schuylkill:
67 lor Minehill; 34 for Nonh Pennsylvania; 654
for Lfhigh Valley; 3it tor Elmira comaiua; 4(1
lor Klinira preferred; 30i lor Catawtssa pre
lerred: and 25 tor Philadelphia and Erie.
Bauk shares were firmly held at full prices.
North America told at 215. Kit) was bid tor
Philadelphia; 31 for Mechanics'; lis for Ken
sireton: 60 tor Pcnn Town-ship; 30 lor Manu'ac
turera'; 71 for City; and CO for Corn Exchange.
The well-known and enterprising firm of
Glpiidinnir.a & Davis have dissolved partnership.
The firm will hereat er be known as Gleuiio
ning, Davis & Co., in this city; and, like all
pushing, go-abead young meD, they are desirous
of having a branch iu the great metropolis;
they have therefore associated with them Mr.
Ainory, a gentleman well aud favorably known
in financial circles. The style of the firm in
New York will be Glcndinnlue, Davis & Amcry.
PUlLADKLPlllA STUCK KUHAJitiK BALKS TO-DAI
Beported by He Haven dtBro., No. 40 8. Third strett
FIRST BUAKD. i
tl2'0PM.2seriefi lOS'j, loosli Ins roof NA. OT
.,'00C'tiy M. ix. o b.li.ioo I &aHi st Nlch Caul 1
M 00 e;stA ln.ss. '89 Is. tuvl Readme 49 X
loo
too
101
loo
100
loo
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do.. alO. i'j'-i
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do. Is c. i't'i
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do.........c. 4n'i
do ..........c 49 i
do . 4B.'j
do...... slO. iv',i
do.....b30.19a-l
Phil, aud Kea, H.... m
Mtoh.and ti. 1. K. K7B
uie. sua ciii, n...... cs
Chi. and N.W. com.
Ohio and N. W. prf. 7
Old. and H.LK 10t
Pis. F. W.andObX10tj2
Market steady.
Mil. A Bt. p. oom 07
Adam Kxpretut Oo iH
Wella, Paruo a (jo.
U.H. Kxprtwa...... 45-
Tenuenaoe t 67
Uold ....iaa
lino Kend s. '43-80.... 91 I 101
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IS Rh llAAm S&.I88
R ah Pen na H.......... M
10 do .... .84
do ... IS4 '
.100 do..- 6t'
loo in eam it. u i
This morning's gold quotations, reported
by Narr fc Ladner, No. 30 South Third Street:
10-00 A. M. . 1354 11-00 A. M. . 1351
10-15 " . 1351 12-16 P. M. , 135
10-40 " . 1351'
Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co. quote Gevert
ment securities, etc., as follows: U. 8. 6s. f
la81, 114jU5; old 5-20s, do., HOjOilll; aew
6-20S.1P64, 107j(ai075; do., l65,107.l107J;6-20s,
July, 1865. 110JU03; do.. 18C7. llOfillOi ; do.,
1868. 110SQ UOj ; 10-403, 105J105j. Gold. 135 J.
Tbe following Isa statement on he coal trans
ported on the Philadelphia and Reading 1U1N
road for the week ending Monday, .November
30, 1808, and for the season:
. Jlmj. Cwt.
From Bt Clair .,. 17.037 05
" PorlCurbou 3.116 00
Pottsvllle .. n
" Bchuylklll Haven 14 Soft CO
" Auburn 1,719 05
Port Clinton e.BiO 15
" Harrlsburg and Dauphin 8.200 05
Anthracite coal for weelr 47,355 07
Bituminous coal from Harrlaburg and
Dauphin lor week, 8,147 00
Total for week paying freight 60,502 07
Coal for Company's use 1,275 Oil
.. 61.774 13
,..3,523,0 01
Total all kinds for week
Previously this year
Totnl 3 574 873 u
To Nov. 30, 1607 3,410,328 00
The Great Pacific Railroad is belna
put-tied forward wl.h most remaifcable energy
Fourteen hundred and fifty miles of the rail,
road between Oinaba aud Sacramento are noir
In successful operation. There are only about
three hundred miles yet to build, of whloh two
hundred miles are graded and ready for the
ralfH. Klrat mortgage bondaof Union Paoirlo
Kutlroad for sale at 102 and Interest, and tlrst
mnrtgHge bonds of Central Paoltlo Kallroad at
1C3 and interest.
Dk Haven a Brother,
No. 40 South Third street
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Wfiwksiiay, IK'C. 2 The Flour Market .Is
ve-iy quiet, there being no demand except from
the home consumers, who purchase Hparln'ty.
About 10 0 barrels were taken, including super
fine at $5 60((j,5 75; extras ai 8Uw(W5; 300 bnrrela
Iowa. Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra family
at 7 25r8'6(i; 000 barrels Peimsvl vauia, Illinois
Inolaua, and Ohio do. do. atK05)10 7j;and fauoy
brandu al Sll(?13, according 10 quality, live
Flour commands $7 508 $ bbl. Mo change to
notice in Corn Meal.
There Is very little Wheat of prime quality
coming forward, and for this description there
In a good inquiry, while Inferior sorts are neg
lected. Sale s of 3000 bushels re I at Sl-yo,'! lL
and 800 bushels amber at S2-I5. Hye h-ts ad
varccd. Sales of 500 bushels Western at fl-uo
Corn is in 6mall supply, and holders have
team put np their vioaa. Kales of 600 bushels
prime old yellow at 81 30; aud new do. at tlui
110, nceoruiDg to dryness. Oats aro in steady
rf quest. With sales of 2010 bushels Western at
72c. Kye Malt Is steady, with sales of 600
busbels Beltz's at gl-6'5.
LATEST SMPPISp LMELLIfJOCT
Fur additional Marine News see Inside Pages!
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA DJCCJC1IBEH. 8.
STATE OF IUBBMOMKTKB AT TBS KVENINO TKLH.
GRAPH OKK1UB.
7 A. M 82;u a. m. as j P, m.... ss
CLEARED THIi MORNING.
Barque J. Elllugwoud, Marshall, Havre, J. B. Bizley
Bchr James 8. Bhlndler, Lee, Mill vllle, John Street A
BclirBenJ. D. Prince, Baker, Wellueet, Van Dusen.
llro. A CO.
Bchr Jumes IT. Moore, Nlckerson, Boston, Barda.
Kelin A Niutlnir. '
Bchr M. K. Woououll, Woodhull, Bridgeport, Lennox
A BiuRetts.
Bear L. A. Koto, Bose. Providence, L. AudenrledACO,
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Bchr Ellen Holate, Holding. 6 days from Pantejro.
N. U.. with lumber lo Ko;croa A oueem not cleared
as before lepuned.
Hobr W, H. Tiers, Hoffman, from Charleston, with
pbmpbate rock lo capuln.
HcLt H. A, Koe, Kuan. Irom Lynn.
bctar H. li. Prince, Baker, from Cap Cod.
bteamer Tacony. Nlcnul. 24 hours from New York.
Willi tudse. to W. M. Balrd 4Ui,
MEMfjRANDA.
Btesmshlp Brunette, Howc.forPulladelphla.eleared
at Ni-w York ypfllenlav.
Brig Waiter Howes, Pierce, hence for Portland, at
Holmes' Ho!e'2tHb. ult.
Nehru Gov. Burton. Weeks; Z. Bteelman, Adams;
Four HlBtrre, bOtarer. heuoe (or B"iou; and Mary
Kiley, Kilty, trom Boston for Philadelphia, at
Holmes' HoleSeth ult.
Bcbr Mary Blandish. Blah, from Boston lor Phil.
deiphla. at Newp rl S'lth ult.
BchrHdward Wootleu, Young, henoe, at Baker's
Lauding 80 lb nit.
Bohr Tho. Borden, Wrlghtlngton, hence, at Pall
BlverZuth ult
Bcbr John H. A lien, of and tram Philadelphia, with
coal, went, ashore yeateruay near Boliuale. Tae tw
set lies in an ezpoaed p (lilon.
Bcbre llaule ltoa. Ulrica: Harriet Baker, Webber;
and Mary Louise, Uamllum, hence, al Portland 2!Hbj
ultimo.
Bchr B. Q. Wlllard, Parsons, for Philadelphia.
Cleared at Portland Sdih ult. '
Bchr W. P. Pbllllpe, Homers, and Jacob Kleotle,
Bled man. bene at Washington. D. U, uib nil.
Bohr O. W, May, bene lor Boston, at Huluiea' Holt
27th ult.
Bobrs Annie May, May; Jele Wilson, Connelly;
Ocean Bird, Kllv; C H. Mollt-r Browu; Abbla Pit
man, Kelley; V Bhurp. Hnaru; B. P. M. Taaker, Allenr
Jotiu Johnson. Boilib; I.4L, (Jordery. Uoraoo; aud.
Klla Ao.den, Bwllh, heuoe, M Boslou SOta ult.
MIHCELLANT.
The number of voxels belonging to, or bound 10 ot
from porta In tba United Blale, reported totally lost
and nilsslug during lb past ruontb I 7 of wblob is
were wrecked. burued, 1 abandoned, 1 wrecked after
Collision. 1 sunk by collision, aad 4 are mlosluir. They
are clanslHed as lollows: 8 steamem. hips, 1
barque. S brigs, and 1 1 sonoonera, aud their totaf Mil
mated valuation, axoluaiv or cargoes, Is suo,ouo.
(Bv Atlantic OabU.)
Lokdo. Dto. I. Arrived, stvauuiuU
day.