11 IrUl a I VOL. XI -No. 24. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1869. DOUBLE SHEETTHREE CENTS. FIRST EDITION G K A N rX". The Coming Administration-The (jScueral's Inaugural and Pro bable Course-Somo Anecdotes. Wathlnyton (7m. U) cor. of the L'fUcipo Tribune. All ejes turn for nil rcws towards tlm ntinic Which signed al! the victorious no n- Horn tiie bcrt of wur. ouant's la?t private days. Gerirral Grant shows In some small prept" tious bis eoneciou-nefS of the gieat otlictal peilod com i iic to hiui. He is mamnfr visile to ioitc lew ctirrlMic.l friend before lakiicrtlio ath and aceept'iip the honors t:. a bind tlie nuipitrHte. Mis. Grant's carriage in the mo-it stiiMble and beaiiiiiul one to ue found llcht in coii-tructmn, ot it rirc brown color in thrf b.idy, oijd her coacluniin's cloak iiiatelrw tlie ramu color. General Grant is more pi'lieul irj a. id mote thoroughly civilian lu hi dre-s tlrin he was, wearing 11 suit, ot black, which it n penile nian's only b'eadfast hue. and with it a still dress ha', the Inter lnipiovlutr his hemht. His milliners are tinchiinpiiii:, and bis uocia lous Leienre ot only the mot trusted uud worthy churncitcr. 1RA'T'H COM'.DKM.'B. A fenileninn was r ultitlntr to in somr d-i-s aeo General Hillicr's reudnie -v.cn of Grant, and ttiere is one that applies to the President elect. Ril'.ier had been a statf oilieer with the General, and be resigned alter tin; lull ot Vtcks burp. Kejoining Giant sj;ii'.n for a visit atter be came Fat, Hillyer accompanied lilm to Cul- peper, where the General tsinneJ command ot all the armies. "Hillyer." said Grant, "I tbiuk I should have fulled in this positlou if I bad come to it In the beirinnirj?, because I should not have had confidence enough. Vou see 1 have come through all the praxes of the service captain, colonel, britrnrte, division, corps, ar.ny and I am confident in myi-elf now. MeClellitn'ii mis fortune, 1 always believed, was in bis clearing all the grades at once and fed'ui! a want ot confidence in thin great and aboluto responsi bility." This anecdote, whether true or not, very characteristic of Gram's simple retrospection, gives us comfort in the htahor and popular pro motion he has just received, tor, since (Jul peper, he has beeu made General aud Secretary of War; his experience has inclined towards civil, administrative, and political duties, from grade to grade, conquering tliera as he ad vanced In the army. Aud this rare advantage he has had. that his promotion his been rapid as well as experimental, so that he knows all the active men and minds ol the present genera tion only not like ISuchanuu, hvlnir tu two or three dead gt aerations of statesmen, and very little in the present; but all his life is of this incoming time, and be knows the material of It probably belle r thati any living American. tome days after hearing this anecdote I met General Hillyer by accident, and, Graut beiuc always a problem to m- I a ked hid former staff oflicer's solution of some points. inE STAFF OF GENERAL GRATJT. Hillyer lived in St. Loui9 when Grout left his little faim near by to enter the dnn of "JJje-trs A; Grant, Kcal Kstnte Agents, Houses to Rent." It those days he had a desk, I believe, In Hill ver's law ollice. v -was the General silent men as now if" "No. Wo considered him more than com monly ta.kative. So he is now; b it do won't talk lor ellect nor before str .topers freely. This reticence of Grant, so much uiude ot, is partly discrimination, and partly the form ot an old bashlulness he had when a boy. Anybody whom be knows can hear him speak at any time. "In St. Louis I like.1 Grant. He was enter taining, and I was attracted towards him by What I hardly knew at that time. Afterwards I knew it to be manhood, the same that he developed iu battle to well. I was in New lork when I hear! of his appointment, aud soon afterwards curae a telegraph message to join bis staff. I was at the I'iauter's House in U. Louis oh business soon attei wards, aid wlsulns to sec Grant, he rode up during the day With some of bis stall officers, aud they had one empty horse. "Here, Hillyer.'said Granthere's yonr borsc. The bout bas been waiting for inethiee-quartcrs ot an boor. Wtir yourself !' v 'I am notgoing, Grant. I never cnterla'ned the notion a minute in earnest.' " Come along 1 i can't listen to that. Time presses I' " 'Hut I bave not written to my wife.' '"Well! that you had better do. After this next action I am going into you can come home if you don't get your head knocked off first aud nx ud jour business.'" in brief, liillyer louud himself erohig down the river in ten minutes, to his ou bewilder ment, wondering greatly whether he could atsnd up in action, i'eruaps in this way Grant will impress into his Cabinet tome unwilling taleut, if there be any talent nnwilliug to go into the Cabinet. I have not seen any of this latter sort. "Did you nolice any strong traits of character in Grant soon ufterwurds V "His courage and soldierly vanity in action first struck me, aud bis entire willingness to fight. Ho never talked before action, as if he had any petsonal foreboding", but grew more checrlui and concentrated as the time of battle approached. Ills indisposition to leave any position be had takeu was often uncomlortable. I remember at Pittsburg Landing that he, Rhw iias, and myself aud some other staff odicers weio in a place where the artillery of the enemy was concentrated. Their fire was terrible, aud every instant I expected to hive, my head shot oil. Grant sat on horseback, straight aud cheer ful, ai you bave sometimes seen n man of a bot day (CO out to be rained ou, rather enjoying It. He kept us all in halt agony. One officer said to me: 'Go tell the Old Man to leave here, for God's take.' 'No! Tell him jourell. He'll think me afraid, and so 1 am, but he shan't think so.' 'There we tat, the fire crossit.g upon us. At last, one of the green members of the stad' rode op to Grant, saying: " 'Genera', we must leave this place. Jt isn t Wcessary to slay here. If wo do wc shall all be dead in five minutes.' " 'I guess that's so.' said Graut, and he rode away, to our great relief. "As to fear," coutiuued Hillyer, "Grant used to tay that he had seen ;nen who aid they ever knew what it was, but he had never seen anybody who said it ot iheoi. Another thiug that struck roe with Graut was his own attemnt frequently to supersede bis own good luck. At Douelsou beweut to Com nodore roote and bfgged him to ruD past the Itebel guus with a gunboat or two. Foote replied saving that he would be shot to pieces. Grant maintained that he would sutler no more than in ordinary bom bardment. This took place before Farragut made a iractieil demonstration of (.rant's Pi"".- kIL .f s-nntn hnd done this, the Uebels lilt? VI T fc WB H , . !. h.n .om-imtpil Kort Jioneison. and the Zitin .rd eanture there which made Grant historic would never have happened, .."; ..ir.o,i wonderfully lu the war, j , i. l ii a Democrat, opposed his T.u..il fh'mi donht that he was the safe, hA the arm v. There rea 'o ?r' iptce or proof to this ffect than the roiiowinj: i w S and sitting cloe by Grant I saw him hfPtk the seal ol a letter. Theu bo emllcd ccod naturedly k ' 'What's tUat, General f "'A letter from Sherman. Itcad it !' "I read the letter, and it said that Bherniau could no longer bold Atlanta his line bi-ing toi long. He hf-ked perinifslon to burn the town and move to the sea, subsisting upon tho country and turning at bay to Huh'. Hood when ever the latter pursued him too closely. AH this sr mcd brilliant and soldierly to me, and 1 asked Grant what in it made him laugh. "'Why,' he said, 'I was won lerintr what Hoi-l could find to subsist upon If he followed l-i ttu rear rf Sherman.' ' "This was the general siit)0lyln an error of peiiiuH. Sherman MipiKcd that Hood wo ild lollow biao. Graut knew that Hood could not eat otr the barren and devastated coun'ry. So he scut this word to sihrnian: 'You have my permission to destroy Atlanta and march to the sen alter you detach J-chohold, and to go to Tennessee. Hood will uot follow you: he Will inarch upon Ni'hville.' Now, see! II il Mu rnian c irried off his whole fore? seaward, mistaking the ethct of his movement uiou Hood, Na bville would havefalb-u, Indiana aud Ohio been invaded, anl the Southern Confede racy been an nceotno ishrd fact. "Grant," said IJiliycr, "is stern m Jupiter. Tin re In no finer story of two s eiu ni"ti tlriu Grant nnd Geonre 11. Thomas bcfoie the hv.tle of Nashville. Thomas lias a dirtlike of Ij.mii!? whipned, and lie is cautious nnd edalo to tho nst decree till the time lor decision has eonie. (Ji'iint st nt word to Thomas to move o:H of his works and attack Hood. Thomas was not rcudv, nnd he went on (lelitK-ra'ely with l.is pvepara- ions, (.'runt trleeni.ahed again: 'The c nmtry isexd'ed. Attn' k!' Thomas was tio'. ye, quite jeady. Then Grant tent John A. l-oeriu to Louisville to be radv to take commund a.irt tideinphnd again: 'If 0"1 do not attack Hood before (late, I shall be uudt r the pimlill necessity of relieving you.' Just at Hint li ne Thomn was ready, not by msi'ssity, but hy the completion of his affairs, and the linpiiycd u sion of events made the buttle of Naohviilo an honor to both.'' (HAKt's INAVontATlON. The inauguration will be held on the east front, ol the Capitol, in the immemorial place. It will be, 1 think, a solid sort of iii'imruraUm, with less proccslon and fanfaronade than have been expected. SENATORIAL SCANDAL. I'Ofti live l'.vllen'e of 4'orrtipt Un How J.eKlhliitoi'H It ere JtonIit I . From the Albany Argwi. We have alteudv publish'd some rich, revela tions concerning the reoent Senatorial comet, as lurniBhed by the Republican press. Hut it appears that the half has not yet beeu told The M bole truth Is coming out from unexpected sources, and lioin ttjose who were active leaders ou both sides of the controversy. The Rochester Dinwcrat aud the Rochester Chronicle, the rival Hej.ublican papers in Western New Yoik, are having a brisk cou'roversy over the manunr in which the Senatorial contest was conducted, in thecour5eof which more startling truths are told than have yet buen given to the public. The ltochcste'r Diinocrul of January 25 says: But enough oi these laleboods of the LlironMe. We now propose to cite a few of the truths w hich, it tells as the organ of Governor Morgan and the Conservative. First, we have this statement: The impression prevails that the money that was used iu the election ol Senator was all on the side of Morgan. Such is not the case. It was Ireely dealt out ou the other side. From the outset the mauagiiig men for Fontou an nounced that they were going to ascertain how much Morgan offered for votes, ami as the last end ot the cauvass offer double the amount. The sequel shows that this was carried out. This, of course, is a clear admission that Morgan otlered money for votes, and as the statement conies from a Morgan man, we ace entitled to give it credit, while we disregard his partisan and prejudiced statement agninst Mr. Feutou. A' witness may bo believed who testifies against himself, even though his general reputation lor veracity be none tbe best. We cow ask the reader's close attention ta the following passage: A politician and canal contractor froii Syra cuse went to one ot Morgan's managers and told him that be was authorized to deal for tour members from that section, and that tor $10.01)0 all four would vote for him. Tue money was obtained, when this politician immediately went to these members and informed them that their votes had been sold to Morgan, and that some person had got $10,000 for their support. He then urged them to vote for Feuton, or it would be charged that they had sold their own votes. This febeme succeeded in driving all save one over to voting for Feutou. A similar dodge was resorted to for the purpose of sccuriDg the Oswego county members, and in this instance was also successful. Here we have the explicit admission that "one of Morgan's managers" paid $10,000 tor four votes, and sums not mentioned lor other votes from Oswego members. Tne accompanying statement thut the men thus bought voted ulti mately for Fenton may or may not be true, but whether true or false it does not atlec; tho character of tho transaction ou the prt of Governor Morgau aud bis managers, who stand convicted, by the adiulssiou of oue of their on partisans, ot tbe shamerul crime ol bribery, and of buying our State legislators like caUle in the market. That such was the case wc had previously no doubt, but we did not expect to see it so toon confirmed by the confession of the villains cugaged in it. We have said iu previous articles that the real thing to be won dered at in our recent Senatorial contest was not that Morgan was defeated, but that he got as many as forty vo'.es. We now see how they wete got. ft was a, tne rate or tziiui apiece. , Many more thau lorty were bought, apparently, but only iorty couia do maae 10 suck i The Albany correspondent of the same paper, in reviewing the contest, and boasting over the radical victory over Morgau, says: J.ast week we were in tue nnun oi (senatorial battle, and escitcmeut was rife in and about those legislative nulls una tuonpueiouscorrtaors of tbe Delavan. Now all is as quiet as tne dull routine of legislative business can make it. Congressmen have returned t their seats, to condole with Griswold, who tried to sell out to Morgan, but made a ten iolemess of hlsveoture. Lobbying editors are digesting their spleen at home in occasional flings at the shining mark of a successful cundldute. Assessors and collec tors, attorneys of New York City Commissions, and Federal office holders of all sorts, have gone back to their desks, their whisky tr als, aud their corps of special detectives, sadder aud perhaps wiser men, to wonder who will bu their successors. And Senator Morean Is pro bably condoling with Morrill, of Maine, over the unecrtalnlit s of political life, and the more Heating attractions of elegant leisure. There was enough official inlluetice broue.Lt to bear, it seemed, to secure the clee'.lou of any man, Mouey is reported to have bi;eu poured out like wuter, and promise of patronage to have beeu heaped up mountain high. The patronage of the mate, money without llOiit, and the entlra Congressional lntluouco were unayed against Fenton. LOST J A WILDERNESS. Nix Vnjn WllUont l oot! of Any Kind. From the Alpena IMich.) Pioneer, Jan. 20. Mr. Charles Craoo. brother to tho Governor. and Mr. Alderman, a surveyor, when ieturnlug through the woods from examining lands on the Kh( tw.vcim river, and wbeu In the town 33-4. cut his foot verv badly, disabling htm from tra velling any further. Ilia companion, supposing that there weie lumber cmps 33-4, made the wounded man as comfortable as he could, fixed i.iH tent, built him a fire aud cut a goodly supply ot wood, and, leaving him all the provisions, which were three days' rations, took only two hnri tucks" and started lor help, expecting to tret through in oue day. Ho ate all his provi sions at uoou, but at ulght, when he reached i,u domination, he found a dreary wilderness where he expected to fiud a camp. He lmme. diitely started for the main river, b it son be csme enlaogled in a dense swamp, and throiiub fatlpne and aut of food, and haviinr to slet'p eu the ground withont blauket or tent, he wm taken sick and could make but very slow pro gress. Alter three days more of Intense suller ina he reaehed Ktskire's larm, late at night and utlulv exhausted. Mr. Hpratt. hanpenine to b-t there," took him n xt niorntng to Co-nstoek's camp, which was the nearest one to wheie hi left thn wounded man. Mr. William Comr-toek immediately started, with eight ni"U, to the relief of Mr. Crnp i. They found IiIti without wood, and differing frou hi wound and anxiety. lie supposed that bi.s friend ha I either perished or was lost, aud certainly expected to be left to die. lie hfil calculated Ms rovislons to Inst him twelve days, a'id cut his name on bis pnntck Hnd the b ittom of his Inot. so that any one ftnoim; his remains rnich. know who be was. Havim; lain there ix days all alone since his conirwde left him. he de scribes the sensation ot the arrival of belo as the bapplcst mcimeut of h'i3 life, llii rese;iers brought him to camp upon a litter, and the next day brought him to town. H th men, alter lecruiting, stmd for Sa.;inaw. A Bli 0 OKL YN II OR 11 0 R. A IruiUcii Family lttNtrl Alive- I'lM'IIOIllCllll Ol I lllblttlit i.m. The New York Jivtning Tccyram ot yeat Tile :ll,iV eajs: Coroner Jones was no'.ificd yesterday to hold nu inquest over the body of Mrs. I" lien V'i ib-n, utihe Urookljii City llospiial. The deceased, it will be remembered, W'. the wite of Jereiuia'i Wbnlen, and resided with tiiui in itis frame tei.euient house in the rear ot No. 20" S.iiids street, (in riuuday last they had beeu drinking very freely touetlu-r, until ihey thiully bee rue piossly intoxicated, and then retired to their ted, leiuing a tallow can lie burning on a wasbttaiid near by. Wiieu the caudle b irue I down it set fire to the stand, and the flumes communicated fo tbe bed-clothing, and envtlop'd the untortuniiic occupnnts, who, when discovered, presented a most shocking Bieht, their faces uud bodies being terribly charred, and the hair binned entirely fro:n their beads. Tt ry were removed to tile City Hospital, where everything possible to alle viate tbe eutTeriUL's of tho wretched people was done. The woman sank rapidly, ho vever. and breathed her last at an early hour yesterday morning. Tne coLditn of the husband of the deceased was vi ry precarious at a late hour last evening. Coroner Jones proceeded to empanel a jury, and held an inquest in'.o the circum stances attending the atiair yesterday at'ier looii, when the following les.imouy was eli cited Officer Claop, of the Forty-secoud precinct, was the first witness call'jt. 11 testided that as be was pasine through Sand street, bo:weeu 2 uud 3 o'clock on Sunday morning, he heard the voice of a woman crying "tire" in a lane leading to the real ot No, 205; ho went to the place us 6oon as po.-sible and found smoke issuing from a frame building occupied by some half-dozen families ; h? rapped upon the door, but receiving no answer, he took an ae and broke open one ol tbe windows: on entering the first room he found M'chael Murphv lying upon a lounge quite unconscious of tbe tire; after pulling him out he went to the inside room aDd lound two persons lyiug cu tlie. floor, one a man and the other a woman; he caught bold of the woman lor the purpose ot pulling her out, but she was burned iu such a terrible manner that the skin stripped from her arms: atter removing the woman he turnpd Bnd carried out rhe man; alter extinguishing tne tire he examined the place, and found that a candle which had beeu left lighted upon a washstand bad lallen upon the floor aud set fire to some skirts, dresses, e:e., nnd tho fire had communicated from them to the bedding. This was the origin of the tire. When the alarm was given it was tweuty minutes of 3 o'clock in the morning. Mary Jimoke testified that she was a relative of tbe deceased, and was ut the bouse ou Sunday eveirine; went there about 7 o'clock, but left about halt-past eieht; her mo her, husband, Murphy, and another man were a'so present; they were not drunk, bat Mr. and Mrs. Whalen were both under the influence of liquor, and drank liquor fiequemly while witness was f resent; Murphy was also drunk; the Wnalens were in the habit ot drinking. Michael Murphy testided as lollo &: I was at Mr. Wbaleu's on Sunday last; went there about lor 2 o'clock; I was not sober at the time; I drauk a number of times during tho afternoon aud evening one or two quarts of ale and six glasses ot ltourbou whisky, each glass being about half full; tho more I drank the more sober I got. Corouer Jones could hardly un lerstand this, and asked the witness if he understood the nature of an oath. He replied he did. "Do you believe," said the Coroner, "that a man who is not a Christian, who lies aud steals, will be pun ished hereafter?" He said he did. Coroner And now do you mean to tell me that, alter drinking two quarts of alj and six glasses of whisky each glass ha'f full that jou weie not druuk ? Witness I do; I was under the influence of liquor, but bad mv senses; Mrs. Wbalen put out a kerosene lamp, lit a caudle, and went into the bed-ioom; I then laid down on a lounge; whsn 1 was awakened by tbe officer aad went out I saw Mr. aud Mrs. Whalen outside the door; they were both burned; I then left the house and went to the resideuce of my sister, about two blocks off; I had lio'.hiug ou but my drawers. The jury, after listening to the evidence, relumed the following verdict: "We find that Kllen Whaleu came to her death by beiuur burned, at her residence, No. 205 Bands street, the fire having been caused by tl e upsetting of a candle, which had been left upon the washatand." C03131EKCIAL COKRITIIOS. Erie Manipulators AntouiNbinjf En&llli uiaiiciertt. F. out the London Sa'urday Jieview. Iu the United Slates wo see the Influence of moi cy In its worst and most unblushing form. O. all the danger to which the great democracy Is exposed, none is so conspicuous, and uone so generally recognized by all thinking men, as the ouuuer of downrmht pecuniary corruption. An etlort is bents made lu fcugiaud to unug to justice men who arc accused, rightly or wrongly, ot having tic uaudea tne suarenoiuers ot a great financial comiauy. Whatever the result, no oue doubts that the case will be fully investi gated, and that tho Judges will do their duty without tear or favor. But in New York the leaders ot commerce appear to bo above the law. l'bey use their power without restraint or concealment for transactions in shares which iiiiily a'touish the enterprising British financier; and when nu appeal is mado to the law lu constqueuco of a quarrel between the con spirators, it turus out that each of them has a judge iu bis pay, and is able to drag the machinery of justice through the dirt of the most uublushing con option. Certainly no spectacle bits bicn exhibited in England half so demoralizing to the public mind as the whole course ot the rival manipulators of tho great Krte Railroad. Money has doubtless great Influence upon the British Parliament, bit at least it does not influence members iu the re pulsive form of direct bribery. Tue taxation of tho country is doubtless determiued in great measure by rich men; but at least we are not told here that more than half the revenue escapes through mysterious leaks batweeu the contributor and the uational exchequer, and we are entirely free fiom such mvsteiious but pow erful agencies as the notorious "whisky ring." The lutlutnce of money in England acts through what, by comparison at least, msy be called legitimate channels: and wn are not disgraced by paving one eetoftaxe to tho public and another to the pluuderers of the public revenue. ine weauuy classes may De powerful, oil vncy nave not tue power to would tarifls with an ex elusive view to their own pockets. AS TO UND IN a Fit A UD S. Over Hair a Million In "Draw tmcSi" Obtained by I lie Counlvnave ol' Custom llonne Ofllclnl. The New York Tribun: ot this mornijg con tains the following: William J. Korn, L. N. Laidlaw, and a clerk in the Export Bureau ot the New York Custom House, have btcu arrested bv D.-paty Uuit-d htates Marshal Nodino of the Eastern District, Brooklyn, at tLe Instance of District Attorney Tracy, under warran's i-sucd by Jjdge Bene dict. The chartre is th it of defrauding the Gov ernment by procuring Inrtto sums of money upon frauouleut claims tor ''drawback, pre sented and passed at Die office of the Fittn Auditor In the Treasury U parttnent at Wash ington. The frauds with which the nncu-cd are cliareed extended through a period of aoveo months, Irom January to Julv. 1P37. Tho a;roiiut realized was nearly fliO.OOQ. 'I he plan of thee friuds wa-. about as follow: Under a law which prevailed trom Wi until rc bruary, le08, there was a ta ol 6 prr coat, imposed upon all d niiestic uianutac.ures; b it when the articles weie expotted, the amoun levied in taxes were refuu led. In order to secuie the return o' tho money, an exporter had to ttb tiin fioni the Internal Revenue Col lee'or ol the d.sti'.ct In which tho goo Is were TiinuufHctnre.l a r ce.pt showing that the tax bud btcu paid. Then he mu-t ob tain a c rtitaa'e lroiu a Cistom House officer that ihe poods descri'j m in the Collector's receipts had b"cn exported. Tae e.poi-!ir. ujoii expjrtiuii the cools, wis re quired to give a bond that tue pools should not be relanded within th.' United State's. Witu tlie certificate ot tl.e Supjriutcudcut of Exp tt s showinn that a bo'id had neeu liiveu, the cl i m as presented to the treasury D'p.irtiucut and the aii'.ouut paid iu tax reiunded. Tho allega tions in this cu'e aro tha'. tne delend iut, K'rti witn oiht rs wtioso names have not yet ap peared, succeded in obtaining the above s'aled amount up m bogus e.xoorls, and that Laid law and the Custom House clerk also acted in promoting the tiaud. Korn is held to bull In the sum of $40,000 and the others iu lesser amounts. District Attorney Tracy nas beeu a' Washington durlui the last t vo wee.s. and upon examination ot tho record j of the Filth Auditor's office lound that frauds ot this character had been perpetrated duriue the past twe years to an extent whicu is perlHcily alarm in?, the amount b-jiiig estimated at not less than $500,000. Warrants have been issued for the airett of other partie alleged to have been con cerned in the trauduleui transactions, and they will undoubtedly soon be executed. When the case comes before the Court further develop ments may be expected such us will open the eyes of t tie country to a new system of fraud, gigantic tu its proportions. "The tie York Tunes says iu th's connec tion : The law iu relation to "drawbacks" may plve the reader some light ou the subject not acces sible in any criiuary transaction. From the year 1HC2 until February. 18-iS, there ws a tax of five per cent, imposed upon all poods of domestic manufacture, which the manutactarer was compelled to pay at tho time ot the salo of such goou". The lav, ho vever, provided that in case poods ou which the I uternal Revenue tax had been paid should bo exported, the tax should be ictuuded to tbe person who exported them. Claims for the relunding of this tax on exported poods are known as "claims for drawback," and the mode of collecting them is as follows? The exporter obtains, from the luterual Revenue Collector of tho district his poods may be in, a receipt setting forth that the tax on the particular goods ex ported has been paid. He then ob'ains the certificate of the Cus om Hous officer that the Roods mentioned aud described in the Collector's receipt have been exp rted, giving tho uaue of the ships iu wh'ch, and tho place to which, they were exported. The exporter, ho vever, was required, upon eiportiug merchandise, to j;ive a bond to the United States that the goods should not be reiauded within this country, wi'h the certlficato that the tax had bm paid, the certificate of tbe Custom House officer that the goods had beeu exported, and of tbe Super intendent of Exports that the bond bad beeu given. The claim was theu presented to the Treasury Department aud tbe amount refunded. In the case here described, all taese forms were represented by the parties implicated to have been observed, aud iu this way "draw back" mouey paid to the amount ot over half a million dollars to various parttep. The whole extent of this business is not yet known,- bat tbe persons already arrested are understood to be involved in transactions of which the I'.enas are given. The names printed, aLhougti mo same as appear on the papers, are, except in one instance, bogus: Aorli 8. 18fi7 To Win, II. Fre-r M..t51U April 19, 18117 To Wm. 11. Fiear lVia ob ,1WI7 To O. H. Marauall May 8, 18(17 To Marllu H. Uaufcer May 22. 1807 To J 'Re ou B. Summers Oil!1) .. 2600 32t)3 ,.. 2812 , r9 33 i7 May May May May .May June Jurie June June June 6, l'7 lo w. n. ri.iyo.eu... ., 8. 1807 To Josopa B Hummer 1(1. 107 To JosepH B. Hummers. 5761 MH 3805 8lfi ;s;;si 8127 s-m 3200 21, 1807 To U. 8. Hubbard 22, 18i7 To K. 8. Kilter....... 11, 18B7 To A. Ludlow -.. 12. 18117 -To C. H. Doughty 19. 1867 To 11. C. Ketchum. . 20, 1807 To A. C. Heuderaou. 14, 1807 iu .euo o. UUBKUUH Tbe above transaction amount in all to a lit tle less than $0000, which is understood to bs but tbe beginning of tbe developments that may be expected. OUR NAVY. Tli Kuiulier and Urade of War Veimels. Ou January 1. 1868. there were on the rolls of the navy 1210 commissioned officer, 10 naval constiuctorsand civil cugiuect9, and 174 warrant officers ou the active Mst, and 210 c iniruismo'.ied officers, 1 navl constructor and 23 warraut officers on the reureu ana reserved nsi making a total of 1634. The gain during the nast year Is therefore 78. The vessels are uivlded luto ten claje.s, as follows: No. of Total Total Ton nnue (old). 13401 10 7lH 2l0'i0 128.2U1 8.U2S 1,863 2 JUl 8,520 100 IU Class. Vttoth. (J mis. 47 131 172 913 115 9 129 7K 3 Hbipao: the line S Frigate?..- 6 Paddle-wheels 21 Hcrews- ho Hloops.M p ssnips Iron-clads 62 Htore-shlps 8 Yacht .... i Torpedo boat............... 1 Aggregate- ,.203 1617 207 817 Compured with the last register, the above tabular classtticu'ion shows a dereate of 2!) vessels, 258 guus, aud 2.1. bH tons. Tuts decrease is partly accounted for by the sale of 20 vessels, carrylug 165 guus, aud baviug a total measure ment of 21,160 toiiS, and tlio los of 3 vessels carrying 20 guns, and a tonuaee of 20i tous. The armament of 11 vessels was increased by 29 guus, and that of f vessels decreased by 21 pans. The armament of the V.rgiuia (au )() gun "shin on tbe stocks at Bo tor ) is lett out iu the present register. This makes up the decrease ot 258 puns. The vesois iot were tue Frelouia, destroved by earthQUuk'J at Arlca. Aucrust 1st. 18C8; the Suwaree, wrecked in 8!uvl well passarra Julv 9, 1808; auu tne watewe, cast a -bore by 1 U ....... I, ... Aw1.i mwl .V,..n..nA..,l I ellUllua&; lib jii.vi, nuu nuueirui'Uliy IHJIU, Stock liotailons by TeleifrAoti 1 p. n. Olendlnnlnp, Davis & Co. report through their New York house tue foil owing:-. N.Y.Cuut. K RY. aud E. K...., tV ant Una. K Micb.H.aud JS.I. it 0a Mil. & pAai K... 71 (J Die. and Fitt R 95$'Adama Kiproa eu CbUand N.W.oom. 83 Weils, Far......-- 27'i CuL ana js.w. pier.. t'oyuuitedHUiea......... 5oi CM. and K. I. R...-.18S) i I'ennwwae os, New tt'Vfc Pitta F. W.A(ml. H.lMy4 facluoMall tHtv.ax.UiX Oold Market steady. SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. Gfrald Eaton lo be Executed on the 25th of February Ctilu in a Ferment -Success of tho Kevolntiontsts-Sheri. dan nnd Sherman on tho Plains. ETimtiMtinl ivntl Commercial FROM HARRISBURG. TheUoternor Klgriiw die lcit(li-Witi-mut of (.crald) Kittun. Special Drspatsh to The Evening Telegraph. llAitntpnuiir, Jan. 28. ilovetnor (!enty has signed tbe death-warrant of Gerald Eatou, con victed of the murder of Ti notliy Ile mau. He fixes Thursday, February 25, as tho day of exe cution. FROM CUBA. InteiiNO Excitement in 1Iiv:iia Suo conkcm oi tlie InNiirrt!(iouifH-rll or I'nerto I'rlnclpo. JVavana, Jan. 25, via Key Wet, Jan. 27. In telligence has been received here that the city of Puerto Principe was captured by the patriot forces under General OKaada on the lO'.h iust., the same day that Count VuliuaseJa eutercd Bajamo. The excitement lu the city U intense, and the feeling of eu.nity between tbe Spanish volunteers and the Cubans is manifesting itself In the uumb?r of porscus who are killed uvjh'.ly. The volunteers arc without discipline or restraint, uud are drinking freely. Lu.t night a party of them fired a volley into tho 'crowd at the Louvre Cafe, killing several persons, among whom was au American photographer, Mr. Conner. A memorial ha beeo presented to General Dulse by the American citizens here asklut; tor pro tection, and the Consul of the Uuited States has inquired of the Captain General if he feels unable to protect Americans, so that ho may notify his government. The en gineer corpj is now mounting guard, and ibe officers of the volunteers arc ordered by General Dulce to meet at the palace for consul tation as to the course to be pursued. A pa.'ty of volunteers have entered and searched the mausion of Scuor Aldamti, a wetilthy Caban. Finding nothing of a contraband nature, they destroyed the costly furniture and riddle 1 the walls with ballets. General Dulce Vunble'fo Control tlie Volunteers The Coiniiinuclera lleM ReNnoukibl?. Havana, Jan. 25 via Key West. Jan. 27. General Dulce, beii g unable to control the Spanish voluutecrs, has sent to Matenzaj for regular troops. He informed the volunteer commanders that he would hold them responsible for their men, who threaten a movement to night. Marines and the engineer corps are doing gnrrUuit dit'y to day, and quiet prevails. FROM BALTIMORE. A Commodore Iteaten by Footpads. Special Despatch to The Evening Ttlrvraph, Baltimore, Jan. 28. Commodore Hub y.' Porvlance, residing in Monument street, was attacked last night near his resideuce by t iree desperadoes, kuocked down with a billy, aud robbed of a valuable gold watch and a pocket book containing $10. Commodore Purvlanco was in command during the war and at the lieht.with his ship.of the Merrlmac aad Mnltoi- He is now-on the retired list. Physicians say he Is badly if not daugeiously lujured. He was iuseubibie for some time, and to-day is not oat of danger. IROMjOmO. Annual Mtin( of Itailroatl Dlrectora Cleveland, Jan. 28. At the anuual meeting of the Clevclaud aud Mahoning Railroad Com. rany yesterday, tbe stockholders voted to snstalu the action of the directors iu protesting against the tranfer of lea.se by the Atlantic and Great Western to the Erie Railroad. Tin uew board was authorized to take measures to receive control of tho road, It being claimed that under tbe laws of Ohio the Atlantic aud Great Western ha forfeited the lease of the Cleveland aud Mahoning Road by attempting to transfer It to a corporation outside of Ohio. FROM MISSOURI. Recover or General Nheriiinn Kiieri lun'M Jlovemeuts. 8)eciat Despatch to Tlie Svening Ttletraph. 1st. Louis, Jan. 2. (ieccrai Kher imn has re covered from his illness, lla goji to Saw Orleans to-day. General Shcriduu is eipccted here iu three weeks. The examination of Joseph. McUrjrv for per jury progresses. James (J. Cozzens, of Chicago, on the witness stand acknowledged that ho committed perjury J id swearing to bankrupt returns. The receipts of the United Slate Treasflry at St. Louis lust year weie $.1i,18i),0Jf27. The rerlre IHnmstr. By Atlaniia Ccible. BuuBiU of tub Associated Pubs. London, Jan. 27 Evening. I again telegraphed this morning to the liavro agent of the steamer liuo to which the l'ercire belongs, aiklnjr (or full' particulars of tha disaster or traasitilssiou to the Uuited States, At 4 o'clock this afternoon the agent replies, glvlug ma no facts, Vat re ferring mo to an account In a Havre newspaper which cannot arrive here until to-morrow. Thus far we can get full details from no reliable lource. This air of mystery gives rise to many speculation! of the wiliest character; but It Is certain that no flrst elass p-issocgers were seriously Injured. Tfa acoouuts of tho dhsarter have gone lrom London to the United. States other than tho meagre statements sent to tbe I Associated Press. FROM OMAHA. Pacific Railroad Profcre. Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph, (lMnA, Nebraska, Jan. 28. Tho Government Commissioners have examined and accepted the section of the Untou Pacific Railroad cndiDg at the thousandth mile pos The Central, night be'oie last, was Ave hundred tvoaadahalf miles cast ot Sacrameuto. Tne weather is warm and clear, Tne eclipse of the moon last eveuina; was vUible through the entire process. THE E UR OrEANMAR h'ETS. 11 y Atlantic Cable. Till Moriiltitf'n luo (atloiiM. Ion don, Jan. 2P A. Jl. Consols, y) for money and aceo int, U. 8. 5-20s qoici aud steady nt 75.. KaiUaj steady, brie, 26; lllinoi" Central, !)2$. Ltvi;KrooL, Jan. 28 A. M. Cotfou quiet Mid steady. I'plvndj, 11 ?(flUHd.: Orleans. M(($ 11 jd. The salt s m-day will reach ln,(M)0 bales. London, Jan. 28 A. M. Turpentine, 33., Tallow, 47s. 31. '!'! In Afternoon luuitlloim. London, Jau. 28 V. U V. S. 6-20s q net. S'icks steady. Illinois Centr-il e.is'er at !2i. I ivehi'ooi., Jan. 2b P. M.- Cotton the salon are now estimated at 12,000 biles. Corn, 3fs. :id. for old, and H3--. Oil. Ot I! is. 'or ne v. California when, lis. Cd. I'oik tiruipr. I.irl, 77a. Tallow. 4!ls. Od. Uavkr, Juu. 2H P. M.-Cot'oa U unchanged. FINANCE AND COMMER 0 E. OrVICK Ot TU avKNINH Tklkgbaph.I 1'burnday. Jan. 2S 1869. Tht Stock market was Inactive this m irnlnp. but prices generally were steady. Government securities were a traction lower. 108j was bid fer 10-40s: 112 lords ot 18slj 1 133 tor '02 6-20s; 10!U tor'04 6-20s; 1103 tor 'ti.S 5-20s: lOtU for July '05 6-20s; and 10H, for '07 5-20--. City loans were uuchaneed; the new issu sold nt 100t, and old do. at 97. Kullroad shares were thn nioit active ou the list. Reading sold aU8(i43 81-100, an advance of ii Pennsvlvania Kniroad at HHCabli, a de cline ot i: Miuchill at 55. no chtni;e: Catawissa preferred at 31 a slight oecline; Northern Cen tral at 41), no change; aud Caindeu and Araboy at 124, uocbange. City Passenger Railway share were without change. Hcstouvillc fold at 11. and Green and Coates at 39, no chauge: 30 was bid tor Fifth and SUth; 68 for Tentn and Eleventh; 18 torThirteeuth and Filtceuth; and 2GA for Ger ronntown. Hank shares were firmly held at lull prices. 'crth America sold at 210. au advance of .V, and Girard at 58, no change. 157 was bid lor Phila delphia; 123J tof Farmers' and Mechanics'; 66 lor Commercial; 31-V tor ilechanlcs'; 57 for Pcnu Township; 70 for Wetcrn, and 73 for City. In Canal shares there whs nothing doinir. 10 was bid for .Schuvklill Navigation coumon; 20 for preferred do.; 31$ for Lehigh Navigation; 29 for Moiris Cana; 08 lor Morris Canal pre ferred; aud 12i for Sus jnchauoa Caual. PU1LAUKLPUIA STOCK KllIUAlKiiS TO-DAT ReiiOrMU by A llvou Jt juio., Mo. iu . TLlra sliest F1KHT Bv (A n. tSOOfl CAAm to s89,... ni 1011 a rta Tt. S4 l(KXiKeal H.78....lrlio. iu. do . 31 I WIN P H61 sb.U dUN Central Sft 5(0 BlT)el Sm lis.. Si) j 20 n O Am ....124 oimu Lien mt; 1 :u h UlrarU 11K..... tu f zumi i.ru do. kuiu ril il(i() Pittsb'Kt" 70':,' K0i) Phil bs Its 3 no fe eli N to' 82 5. tks.'j 4 8I1 l!k N Amer....2tn lusu fen n K. 67i 100 1" -,, tmii 67 ,J, 80 do ..c- 6 SO do... 57J, 5 do ..........c 673, iOsh Mlnehlll...l8 (5 lvH Btl tleslO ivllle...... 11 0 Kli f4r.t Coates to loO ah Kead It baOSH'81 100 uo.. do.... do... do. do... do... do., 48 10) 2S 2 1C0 wo lf'0 100 40. IS.'. ....... 4S' ...8t0. ai, si ls.blS 48 81 ,....b;i0.4S 81 do ......... ,S548 H1 Messrs. William Painter A Co., bankers, No. 30 South Third .Street, report the followlua rates of exchange to-day at 12 o'clock: United States 6s, 1881. 112(2S112j; D. 8. 6-80, 1862, ll2i112i; do., 1864, 109jl09 ; do., 1865, ll(iji01iol; do. July, 1866, lobl08jt do. July, 1867, 108j108i ; do. 1MC8, 10S;!109f ; 18-40s, 108 (c 108i. Compound Interest Koto, ' past due. 119-25. Gold. 13GJ-ai.tK3. Messrs. De Haven & Brother, No. 40 South Third street, report the following rates of ex change to-day at 1 P. M.:-U. 8. 6s of 1881. 1124 ?11; do. LWi, 1134 3U3.J; do.. 1864. 109 100J; do., IsOB.llOiailoi; do. 1965, new. 1082 108,'; do., 1807. new. 108i108J; do., 1868. 10i ftSlOOi; do., 6s, 10-40, 108. 108 J. Due Com. pound Interest Notes, 19i; Gold, 13CJ13': Silver. 131 132 Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co. quote Govern ment securities, etc., as follows: U. g. 6s of 181, 11241124: 6-20s of 1862, 113,j'ail3;; 6- 20s, 1864, 1091003: 20s, Nov., 1865, 1 103 a linj; July, 1805, ltiHjtaiOt: do., 18C7. lOSJ-a 100; ao. 1868. 10813 109 ; I0-40s, 108j(R)108i. Union Pacific bor.ds, 101 jgtlOlA. Gold, 136J. Philadelphia Trade Report Teukhday. Jan. 28 There 1b less aottvlty la tti Flour market, and prices nave a down ward tendency. Only a few hundred barrels wtre taken by tbe borne consumers la loin at $" C45 25 for su pei fine, JOa-25 for extras. t7 7- 75 for Northwestern extra family, J8 70rS10 &0 for 1'ennsylvaula aDd Ohio da., aud Slls)18for fsnoy brands, according to quality. Rve Flour Is dull and weak. Sales at S7&7 50 barrel. Nntbina doing In Corn Meal. There Is not mnou WUeat coming forward, and the stooks are llgot. bat fully ample for the demand, whloU is confined to t he wants of the local millers. Hihm nf red at tl AHfyi-Ha for fair and prime, and white at S3 10C2'85. Rye lg steady at (1 00tl02 bushel for Wostera. Corn Is quiet, wltn sales of new yellow at KKo.. and while at 82e. Oats are unchauged. Balojof Western at 72ia75o. Nothing doing In Barley or Malt. Hark la scarce and flrmatllo't ton for No. 1 Onarcllron. Heeda Uloverseed 1 In good demand, with sales of prime at J969 25. Timothy la held at ;l 75 and Flaxseed at- 82'6ii2'A5. Wb lsk y Is dull at 08o.ftj)U gallon, tax paid . 'latest suutlnu lmellieace For additional Marine News tee Inside Page. BV TKI.MJBAPH.l Nw Tom. Jan. 28 Arrived, aieamshlpt City ot Loudon and Mauhatian. irum Liverpool; aud Alaska, lruiu ASPluwall. (By Atlantic cable.) Qcxsnmtoww. Jau. M Arrived, ateamstilp Oily Ol e York. LomiiukiiXRRV. Jau, 28. Arrived, steamship North America. POBT OF PHILADELPHIA. JANOABY . BTATBOIr TBKBUUMKTIIK AT TBI KVatflNV TL duiPH oirrjcic. T IUm, M U A, M 49 P. M... M OLEARKD THIS MORNING. B'fftDIShlp Volunteer, Jones. New York, j V. Ohl. Robr Uta. bherldau, Kueil. New York, U. Cooper. Scbr Caroliua, Tlce. Mii.vIIIh. Whliall. Tr.tum Co. Bobr J. Hurley. Williams. Kail River, Hlaalukaondk Jo. rwshr Na'lve. Brown Halein do. bchr lnubella Beeves, Tussey, Balem, do, ARRIVED THIS MORNING. Bohr Atimhim Llumin. ui'l, 4 hours from New York, wllb barley l Koigbt ft Sous. schr Amelia, l'on. S dnyg from f4ewburypst, wlin Dtdae. loKolKht Hons. HcbrG. A llrmit, Banks from Biltlmore. Hietmier Henry u i- aw. Her. It lioura uom BalU aoi , wllb mdse. to A. O roves, Jr, MEMORANDA. , .v,fe Btemblp Bcouelie, Howe, heuos. al '"rtgndova, lor Pbllsdelph'a. sailed Horn MkUn- BrlV B-Ulmore. Vianelt. sailed from Cardenas 18th Inst , fof porl oortb H'ier. - . ht. ...i, llrlK . V. Mernck. Nordeu, lor PlilUde'pnia,Suea fooi MataliBa IU(b Innl. ne Phlladelnhl. Bobr Queen of ibe Went. Beatty, for rQiiaaeipnia, SHr-Ta.IBfta. h.nee,atMUa. 21st ,fSitor James Pondar, Hudeou, benoe, at Catena 'hrttirab Wilson, Newell, henoe, at Cardenss I9t '"Sctff'j. m. 8h''u,!,1 Jt,a cara t 'mi.; tot a poit nvrinpf Uaitata,
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