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FHIT.AT1-RT.PHIA THURSDAY, FEBRUABY 25, 1869.
DOUBLE SHEET TIIRER CENTS.
VOL.Xl-.No 48.
FIRST EDITION
THE OVI3rTSTH2rJ?
Rumors and Speculations by Very
Anxious Men-Roll in is' Pro
table Successor.
TbNewrk 'lritune this morning prints
tbe roliowini correspondence irom Washing-
tODJ
The indefinite disclosures made by General
Grant yesterday, in rrird to nts Cabinet,
formed tbe principal topics ot conversation
among the politicians to day. Every Pennsjl
Vanlae ot ibe l at-t prominence, national or
local, was mentioned as the "coming mn"
from that State, but no one is sure wbo he is.
It was farther made known to day that Golutn
bn. Delano, member of the llonse from the
XHIt1! Ohio District, is to be the Commissioner
ot Internal Kevenue under the Incoming
At'miDHtratiou. Mr. Hollin, the present
Ji mmisBioucr, ie determined to rc.ire from the
oOiee, and hence comes the necessity
for a new appointment. When he made a re
quest of hi political Incnd9 to withdraw durlns:
the last campaign, be recommended Mr. Delmio
for the position', and wben John?on refused to
appoint him Mr. Itoilins was compelled to re
main, li being known that Mr. itoilins would
poMthely withdraw from the office, the friends
of Mr. Delano supgefted and recommended liioi
to lieneral Grant lor the place. Yesterday Mr.
IHlauo had a long consultation with General
Grant, daring which it is understood the office
ef Commissioner of Iuternal Kevenue was
offered to him, aud that he signified his intention
to accept. It is further stated that General'
Giant blebly complimented Mr. Delano for his
known ability and integrity as a public officer,
and said if it was in his pswtr to judiciously do
so, lie wonld gladly appoint him to a place in
bs Cabinet. But at the same time he consi
dered the Commlpsionerhip of Internal Ue ve
nue not inferior to any office in his gift. This
last tatement about the Cabinet ha created
the impression that Ohio will have no represen
tative in the Cabinet, which disposes of Messrs.
Wade aud Dennlson. The Paciac const people
were considerably agitated to-day in
regard to a rumor which was extensively
emulated, to the effect that Senator Wif
I'rmt, of Oregon, was to represent their sec
tion 'Of the country In the Cabinet. Nothing
on eiftl is known regarding the abortion. New
England people teem sanguine that Boutwell
is to be their representative. Toe success of the
Pennsjlvanians yesterday has tparred up the
New Tfork members, who are proposing an
Immediate raid on Gcncrnl Grant in the interest
of their State. It is iutimnted that General
Rawlins will be tendered the Collectorship of
the Port of New York, if he desires it, or, it he
prefers, be will succeed Schotield as Secretary
of War. A move Is organ izl u g to displace Mr.
Wilson, the Commissioner of the Land Office,
and put in his stead Cobnel A. O. P. Baruaide,
a nephew of General Burnsido. The name of
Major Webster, of Grant's staf, 19 mentioned in
connection with the position of United States
Marshal of the District of Columbia.
The -CoiumlfeMouei-Hlilp of Internal
Jteveniie.
Washington Cor.' 0 Boston Advertiser.
Tbe Commissioner of Internal Kevenue under
General Grant will be the Hon. Columbus
Delano, 01 Ohio. He has served six veers in
Oongie6s, and his term expires on the 4th of
next month. He is regarded as one of the
purest and most uptlcrht men m public life, and
has always taken a leading position in the dts-
cussion of internal revenue matters. General
Grant has for a long time bad the highest confl
uence in his official and personal integrity, and
d:d what be could to further the movement mads
last summer in bis interest for the place. Mr.
Delano waa not then, nor bas he been since,
an applicant for the position. But when, in
June or July, Commissioner itoilins signified
hlB earnest desire to quit the office, a consulta
tion of leading men here was held, as the result
of which Mr. Delano consented to accept the
Appointment from President Johnson if it was
tendered. Mr. Kollius, Mr. E. B. Washburne.
Senator Wilson, Senator Sherman, General
Bchenck, Senator Cattell, Mr. Hooper, and
there made efforts, through Secretaries Seward
and McCulloch, to Induce Mr. Johnson to
.nominate him to the Senate, but with
out success, though it was understood
' that be could be immediately oonfirmed,
and would be kept in office by General Grant
if he were elected President. In December last,
wben Mr. Rollins again expressed a wish to
retire, a second uufcuccessiul effort was made
to secure the appointment of Mr. Belaoo. Gene
ral Grant then, through a trusted friend, con
veyed to Mr. Boiling a request o hold the Com
Bibslonerohip until the end of Mr. Johnson's
term, which Mr. Rollins confuted to do if not
forced to leave bv the condition of bis family.
ti nre?ent iiommissioner some time aso nnti-
seu ueneini uraut mm ue wouiu use 10 w un
draw as soon as possible after the inauguration,
and the nxt President then testified his 0011
Ddence in Mr. Delano by tendering him the
plaoe. There is reason for thinking that the
d'eneral at one time tiioueht of offering him a
position in the Cabinet, thouch he regards the
Revenue as equal iu importance to any seere
tar; ship. However this may be, Mr. Delano has
acciptedtbe tender of the Gouiiulsslonershlp,
and the nomination will b j luid bofore the
Berate poon after thofe of Cublnct members.
Those most ronvertant with revenue matters
and the abilities of Mr. Delan . are confident that
be will prove a vigilant au J capable officer.
Grant on Kecoustrtutloo.
The JJ. Y. Herald publishes the lollowlng in
its WtBbinetuu correepoudoiio:
Senator Pool, us well as o her gentlemen who
aeeompauWd him to army headquarters to-day,
discovered that General Grant, was admirably
willing to hear advice and Infoimatiou on every
subject, bat Indisposed, except in one or two
matters, to furn'sn bis own views in return. On
toe general subject, however, ot reconstruction
at the Bo.Hb, he had no lie i . i'ion in saving that
iu his opinion the Stater of NortU Carolina,
Virginia, and Alabama were the three best
practically reconstructed t 'tie entire ten.
There was more observance cf law aud order
and a better disposition existing between the
biick and white ruce and between the political
parties in these states tnaa in any omer. xms.
ke declared, he knew irom extensive ana rename
information, and be had no doubt whatever if
political incendiarism was put at rest, the other
seven mbies wouiu very soon seme uowu 10 a
model cciidltlon of civil order and harmony,
Be laid it was the t-oatb. end almost the
South alone, that tillud bis thoughts
wben be made use ot the expression
ia his letter "Iet us have pcaoe." If the
disorder and agitation in that section could
uulv bo at once and torever dlsuosed of there
wete no fears to be apprehended for the ro9 of
the country, ine boutn naa always Deun a
source of anxiety to the nation; but there was
very prospect now that it would soon become
as tranquil and prosperous as any other section
if the uaion. "wuea mat umo arrives." ex
claimed the Ge- era), "the United Htates will
be the strongest and bapnieel country on the
kb.
Tbe Fourth National BuuU of Fhllodel
lUta, Two agents on behalf of the Fourth National
Bank of Philadelphia waited upon the Comp
troller of the Currency yesterday and acquainted
him with the circumstances connected with the
snepension of that bank. To day Comptroller
Hurlburd sent an examiner to Philadelphia to
look into the affairs or the bank, as they
state that they expect to be able to resume
butlness again, but claim that if even they are
Kl" 5to wind p their affairs they will be
lie to tt ali Ueli llfccUitSe. ILexe i
danger oi the Government losing anytb in x in
this case, as the eusp n led bank ceased to be a
designated depository several weeks ago. TV.
Y, L'traliFB Washington telegram.
A RELIQ.
Tbe Draft-book or a Confederate Secre
tary. From th San fancitioo Bulletin, Jan. 28.
A centicman has handed us for inspection the
"stub" of a draft-book used by the Secretary of
the Confederacy, and which show?, in briof, the
larger part of the original transactions during
the existence o the Rebel power. It was found
after the fall of Richmond, and is preserved as
a curious relic of the putt.
The first entry is dated 3!Uh of May, 1PC1, and
is for the modest sum ot $10,000 on the Can tl
liankot New Orleans. The next is dated June
7. 1861, and is a dralt for $50,000 on the Louis
iana State Bank, payable to the order of A. J.
Garrott, AfstUnnt Treasurer. By thiB time the
Duarclal system has been fully brought into
operation. These dralts extend over a period
from the date abovo mentioned, to August, 1861;
the last regular dratt having been drawn on the
third or that month. There is a memorandum
of a draft drawn us late as October 3, 1804. Tuis
draft is drawn payable to the order ot M. J.
Hall, Dep., at Marshall, Texa. It is addressed
to E. C. Klmore, Jr., Richmond, Va and is
supposed to have been drnwn tor post olli e
purposes. A note In the same handwriting reads
as lollows: "Authority endorsed on the dratt
to pay R. A. Matthews to effect the tinnsUr
under contract of Matthews and Ewell with the
Treasury Department; but at the risk and ex
pense of the Post Office Department."
Without footing up all the marginal sums, we
should judge that two hunored millions were
rcpreeented iu this book. Many of the drafts
are as large as one million, and some even reach
the amount of ten millions. There are many
tmHll drafts for coin, but these rarely exceed
$10,000, and moct of them were under $1000.
As a ppeiimen cf Confederate book keeping, we
should not rank this account book very high.
The original eatrles are frequently deraced and
written over wih a new cudoraement, so that
it is not easy to make out the exact character of
the original tiaueactlon. In some places there
are memoranda showing either that the draft
bad been cold for gold, or that it had been
drawn, payable in that way. Such dralts are
usually drawn on depositaries iu localities
where there was a Rebel custom house, and
where blockade-runners had paid duties in
gold. Nearly all the specie mentioned iu these
drafts appears to have been derived Irom these
sources. The right arm of the Confederacy was
the block adc-ruuners.
In the later daysof the Confederacy, Frazer,
Trenhclm & Co. figure as bankers anil deposi
taries at Liverpool. Most of the late dratts on
this house are for small amounts payable in
gold, and appear to have been used to pay diplo
matic salaries. The latest of these were drawn
in August, 1804, when it was all up with the
Confederacy. It is not a little significant that
when it was evident that the cause was lot
there was a desperate raid upon this draft bank.
As late a& July 29, 1SC4, we find dralt No. 80:1.
drawn for $6,000,000 on W. Y. Leach, Assistant
Treasurer of Columbia, S. C, payable to the
order of E. C. Elmore, Confederate Treasurer,
although there is nothing to indicate where
that official might be found at that particular
time.
On draft No. 231, drawn by the Confederate
Treasurer for $109,000 on John Boston, Deputy
at Savanrah, Ga , is the indorsement: "Paya
ble in bonds secured on sequestration account.''
This sort of paper no doubt commanded a pre
mium. The security was the confiscated pro
perty of Northern men who. refusine to be
Rebels, were forced to leave the country.
f razer, xreimoini x Co., Liverpool, tigare in
the draft-book as early us December '20. 1801.
In one place they are designated as "Hun. Dep."
it those financiers didn't make any money out
of the Rebel eon rem, let them not roiget the
honor of havinz figured so largely in this con
nection. They did their best, no doubt; aud if
tbey are stuck with a pile of Confederate notes
and bonds, the paper mills ot England can
readily convert them into tolerable paper stock
again.
Some of the sums expressed in these drafts
were no doubt used to pay for the Confederate
cruiser Alabama. Laird does not figure by
name in this book, all the financial transactions
abroad being covered by the name of Frazer,
Trenholm & Co., wbo, first and last, paid out
several millions. One draft payable to the
order of this firm, dated September 12, 18J2, is
for 860,000 fiancs; another, December 16, of the
same year ana payauie 10 ine same oraer, was
to pay a French account against the Confede
racy, probably for supplies, or for an outtit of
one or more Rebel cruisers.
The book from which we have druwn the
foregoing data is a curiosity in its way, and lets
in a gleam of lieht here and there, upcu the
hutory of those eventful times.
THE GREAT EASTERN.
An Incident on Hoard the Levlatban
M earner.
The accident to the French steamer Pereire
reminds a correspondent of the Albany Anius
of an incident on board of the Great Lasieru
during her last westward voyage two years ago.
ue fays:
The consumption ot coals had. on the eicrhih
day out, brought her bulwarks to a height of
thirty-nine leet above the sea (on a level keel).
One morning before day break 1 was awakened
by being tossed iu my berth, which happened to
be athwart sliip0. 1 got up and went on deck,
and found the most terrific sea that I had ever
seen, though au old sailor. Just at daybreak
we shipped a sea forward, which killed one
seaman ana severely wounded three more.
l'hev were huit by being dashed against the
anchor stowed c-n the upper deck.
The wave, in this instance, must nave been
no less than twenty-nine feet from trough to
crest, and perhaps more; for the pitch ot the
ship most have been less than twenty feet. (1
had measured it the nigbt before at fifteen feet.)
A second and third wave broke over the bul
warks and swept the decks of everything loose,
and even tore up hutches, skylights, etc., aud
poured a flood of water, one hundred tons or
more, into the main saloon. This, tailing twenty
feet, produced so much noise that it woke no
every passenger, and, as usuul, they rushed
upon deck iu their night-clothes, greauy fright
ened, s-upposlng that the ship was gjlng to the
bottom.
"I wasktsnding at what may be called the
mainmast, that is, the middle one of bcr six
masts, and as we shipped each sea, I lifted
myself up by some ropes handy by to prevent
the danger of having my les broken by the
heavy articles washed from the forecastle to tho
stern by those Immense torrents of water.
"Half an hour la'.cr I went on the guards
sixty feet from the centre Utie of the ship, and
one hundred feet, peibaps, from the centre of
gyration, and was carried up and down at the
rate of forty miles an hour, produriug a sensa
tion such as I hud never before experienced, at
least to the sameextcut. In the descent it felt
as If 1 was losing my scalp, and in the asoent
that I had a ton weight on top of my head.
Any voyager knows this sensation, only thut
on this occasion it was greater than I had ever
experienced iL"
Kouthern IepradeSi
Tho fihrevenort SouthWB'ern frequently
expresses sentiments that meets the approval
of all honorable, peace-loving men. Thu
rtnraorrariVi far trmtKnr.rt.
w r.orot to learn that the i)l an tine Interest
is suffering greatly In the neighborhood of
Greenwood, owlrtr to the Drescuce 01 a party
of Texas desperadoes, wbo, finding the adjoining
count ei in Texas too not to 110 iu mem, uu
account of the nresence of the military, have
taken refuee in this narish. We understand
that their conduct bas been such that nearly all
the colored people nave lelt the neighborhood,
and the planters find it lupoMibl to induce
others to come. The other night they m id a
raid on the Page place, where they killed one
colored man, and maltreated others, rtiis is
cnoogb to ruin the proipects of thnt vicinity
this year. We are not advised as to tho extent
ot the depredations or these marauders, but
fiom all accounts it is cxtensivo enough to
blast the prospects of that portion of the p u-lsD
unless pnt a stop to at once. We et onr inlor
nr atlon from plan'ers living in that seotioa.
OUBA.
riprraritnff of Innrref lonary
jnovcmrnt-The JXWJ
Arrrnt or a Naturalise! American-Eft
rlleiuent lit ;ieiifu'KOH.
By an arrival from Havana we have the fol
lowing news or the insurrection up to the 17th
icstaiit:
News of the appearance of the Insurgents at
various places tbrouithout the Western l?prt
went reaches us almost hourly, and though,
through leer of being arrested for "prop ipatmg
alatmiug intelligence," few details are made
knowi', it is evident that the whole country Is
aroused. Early on Monday morning it leaked
out that the Government had received informa
tion of a rising In the viciuity ot Matanziv, and
that three hundred iusurgents bad sent up the
cry there. In relation to this the Dimo say:
"Indebted to a resident of Bemba, worthy of all
credit, we are enabled to give some details
about ibe party of insurrects that rose in
Jaeuey Grande. Our informant writes, under
dole of the 12tb, that the rising commenced
with a group of about 100 individuals. The
moment the authorities heard of it they sent
lor a small force of regulars, somo civil guards
and a mounted squadren of volunteers from
Colou, Bemba, Coriul Falso, Isabe', Collseo,
Union, and Navajnu. Don Augustiu Rvirlguez,
owner ot an estate near a mountain aud practi
cally acquainted wtth the neighborhood, formed
oneot the chiefs among the rebels. AsBOonas
theyheaid that forces were approaching, on
the night of tho 12th, they fled in the direction
of the Cienaga or Ensenada de Cochinos. From
the same correspondent, under date of the 14th,
we learn that a Mexican colonel was the leader
of the rebels, aud that the greater part ot them
was composed ot prisouers released by the am
nesty. Narciso Martin Bla?, the Captain of the
Civil Guard, at the bead of twenty men, joined
by foity cavalry volunteers, resolutely advanced
to the attack, although the lebclsnumbered ten
times his force, but the enemy had already
ikedaddled."
A rising recently took place at Jngney, In the
jurisdiction of Colon, headed by Colonel inclau,
a Mexican, wbo, with a considerable, number of
other officers from Mexico, has recently landed
in the country. Iu tho Cuzco Mountains
already 20U0 insurgents are said to have col
lected and are wailing the bign.il for moving,
meanwhile organizing and preparing for action.
Of late a considerable number of engineers
employed on the sugar estates throughout
the vailous jurisdictions in the Wes'ern
Department are abandoning their labor
and coming to Havaua. These men are
mostly Americans, who have remained
on this island lor a considerable number of
yeais, absent from home daring the late war in
the United States, and with no appreciation of
political disturbances. They fear impressment
into the insurgent ranks. One of them, recently
from San Autonlo, in the jurisdiction of that
name, reports that 300 rebels recently appeared
there, departed aud returned again in a day or
two, lrlghtcntog all the operatives from the
estates, aud of course suspending the work of
getting in the crops. Others from Macagua,
the present terminus of the railroad, and vi-
cinity, report a similar abandonment of estates
The acting Consul-General of the United
States recently made application for a passport
for Jose Vicento Brito, a native of this Inland, a
naturalized American citizen, whose family
resides in New Jersey. Scnor Brito was soon
after arrested, and the Consul received a com
munication from the Civil Governor stating
that he did not recognize his right to anpiy for
passports. Brito was suosequeLtly released on
production of bis papers, aud the Consul tele
graphed to Washington asking the prompt
intervention ot the Government for the
protection of Us citizens throiiBh him, or to
accept his resignation. The English Consul
General Is the only recognized diplomat
in the consular corps of Cuba, he being duly
authorized as such by his government. He is
not, however, recognized in this character by
General Dulce. TheOuban passengers of the
Knglish schooner Galvanic, recently captured
ot Uomano Key, have been tried by the Mari
time Court and sentenced to death. Dulcc,
however, refuses to recognize the Jurisdiction
of the court, claiming that bis authority is
supreme. They will probably be sent as con
victs to some penal settlement or to Spain for
the action of the rational government. It is
understood that General Dulce regards those
attempting to land, with the view of loiuintr
the insurgents or furnishing them with war
material, as pirates.
The Insurrection In Cleafuegrosi.
Great excitement and a goneral feeling of
insecurity is reportel at Cenlue'os, and the
American Cou6ul there has also asked for a
man of-war.
A letter from Ncuvitas, dated the 11th, says:
We are in a very bad condition here, as the
doors have been opened for the buaditti to
pillage the estates and carry oil the negroes,
who are told that they are now all free, aud
the best of them selected, thereby ruining the
jurisdiction. For the last two months wc
have had 2000 Spanish troops hero. They have
done nothing under previous commanders, aud
recently came Brigadier Lesca, and it U evi
dent he is not the man who invented guupow
der. On the Tth he weut with the whole of his
column to Suu Miguel and burned part of the
town. Tbey returned on the following day with
twenty iLen and a lieutenant missing. Subse
quently a body of troops went out aud came
upon a small party ot insurgents, who stood up
manfully; and though it is reported that the
former bad no reverses, they left eivrht soldiers
deud on the field. The insurgents also
had severnl killed among whom was a colo- j
nel. Lr. Kalael Arjilauos aud some other
persons of note. The rebels were in Paso de
Are cuius, waiting tor the troops, wbo, lortu
nately lor themselves, did not nass that wav.
otherwise the havoc would have boeu very
great. 80 far the insurgents hold their ground,
aua the opinion is that it will cost Hpain great
sacrifice to retain this island. There are a great
11 nry Sp aniards In the rebel files and negroes
also. Tl.ere are many vagrant gaucs of the
latter going about committing depredation, it
Is now five months since all communications
with Puerto Principe has been shut off
and the people there are said to bo suffering
for want of food. Tbey are ready to die with
hunger rather than remain longer under the
oorrupt Spaulsh Government. That city is
destined to be a place of horror. Many families
have already been totally ruined. The roads
are impassable. Even the season seemed to be
in league apairst Spanish authority, aud the
rains have 110 ind. At present military opera
tions arc not to be thought o'. There are more
than a hundred sick in the hospital hoi e, and
there wilt bo many more toon wheu (be vomlto
sets in. ,
Longfellow.
One of the peualtles of being famnua Is p ild
by Mr. Louglellow, now iu Italy. Three sculp
tors and one painter have already obtained the
privilege of taking off bis heal, and the photo
graphers were prompt to seize by the beard this
fine lion as soon us he showed himself upon the
scene. W e have three other poets equal to Mr.
Longfellow, but tbey have not yet been so much
run a ter, or been taken so intimately to their
aueciious oy me English, and so have not had
made for them so wide or so marked a European
renown. At Borne the foreign vi.it nr. mak.
ing muck of pur bard, and the resident A merioan
artists are joining heartily lu the houors so
generally paid, we are beginning to have aa
lesthetic and social atmosphere of a quality
sufficiently one to mate foreigners wish to gt
a wbmi V Ji. vvrrrvrrK!f jrvtn twmt,
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
Important Advices from Cnba-A
Battle Anticipatcd-Collisioti
Between Soldiers and
Citizens in Alabama
-Conviction of
Criminals.
Grant's Cabinet-Who ia to
Represent Pennsylvania.
FROM CUBA.
Arrival of more Npanian Cliasnenra Tbo
Expedition to Puerto Prluolpa A net
tle Expected Attack ou a Naul:i
Convoy.
By Cuba CubU.
Havama, Feb. 24. The resignation of the
United States Consul-General at this place
which was tendered some time ago, has been
accepted by the President.
The non-commissioned officers of the volun
teer organization had an audience with Gaptalu
Gencral Dulce to-day, at which they were told
that tbey had misunderstood the decree o
pardon to re.bels issued alter the amnesty pro
clamatio'i bad expired. The explanation was
satisfactory to the men, who retired much
pleased at the result of the interview.
There was a meeting of the volunteer officer8
nt the Palace to day, at which it was announced
that Commandant Eeesel, a Cuban, cotnaiand
'ng the Sixth regiment of volunteers, had been
superseded.
A transport from Spain arrived here to-day
with 600 Chasseurs.
The V02 de Cuba calls attention to the Spanish
law which makes all peisons resident on the
island for five years subj o'.s of Spain.
The gunboats which left Nenvitas for the pur
pose captured Guanaga on the 17th instant,
and a small garrison was placed In the town.
An expedition left Gufnaga on Sunday for
Paerto Priucipc. for the purpose of raising the
siege of that city. As the insurgents are cou.
centrated there, and are well armed and
equipped, a eevere engagement between the
belligerents is anticipated.
Twelve insurgent prisoners, including one
Mexican, have been brought here from Rosclus.
Information from Santa Cruz, dated the 17th,
reports that on that day a force of insurgents,
in three attacks, went to Goayabal and took
seventeen horses and a considerable quantity
of provisions.
Intelligence from Santiago de Cuba states
that of eighty plantations iu that jurisdiction,
on ten only is there any grinding of cane going
on. There are neither laborers nor cattle on
the balance.
A despatch irom Mazanillo reports that ou
the 20th instant a lorge force of Insurgents
attacked a convov at Vara while it was en route
for that place. Reports of the result are con
tradictory and unsatisfactory.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Conviction of Negroes Important Iej;'nl
IM'dslou Nciioonern A u bore.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Baltimore, Feb. 25. John Dowby, Uenry
Foster, James Taylor, and John llarrey, the
four negroes tried in the criminal court the
second time for outrage on Ann Sudler, colored,
at the former trial the Jury disagreeing, were
convicted last night. The penalty is peniten
tiary or death, at the Court's discretion. J udge
Tobbln , In the Superior Court, to-day delivered
an opinion on the demurrer cae of the First
National Bank of Plymouth, Pennsylvania,
ngainstthe Consumers' Union Coal Company,
of the same State, In which an action was
brought by the bank to recover, under tho indi
vidual liability clauses, a claim of $15,000 due
the plaintiff, the suit being brought against the
coal company, its directors and stockholder?.
Judge Dobbin decided that the demurrer
should be sustained as to the stockholders, on
the ground that they could only be reached by
a bill in equity, and that, therefore, the suit
could not proceed as to them. As to the direc
tors and officers, he decided that they could be
sued at law, and that the plaintiff's might have
leave to amend and proceed against the direc
tors and officers. The case was therefore con
tinued to the next term.
The schooner BroadSeld, from Bul'.invire (or
Portland, went ashore on 8indy Point. The
schooner Statesman is uUo ashore ou Tally
Point, water logged.
PickDoekets are rapidly Increasing here.
being the outcroplngs of those en route for th j
inauguration.
FR OM NASHVILLE.
Jteporled Fig. lit Ilelween Cillaciia nml
Soldlertt-Inaugural ol the New Uov
ernor Tbe Approaching Gubernato
rial Contest.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph,
Na6hvh,le, Feb 86. In Uuntsvlilc, Ala., a
couple of days since, a collision occurred be
tween citizens and about twenty roldlers, re
sulting in the killing and wouuding of three
or four of the soldiers, who are said to have
been drunk. They attacked a hotel at night,
demanding whisky, which was refused, when
they commenced to break in the doors au l win
dows. A u imber or citizens at ouce colleoted,
and a fight ensued, resulting as stated.
Uuited Stales troops have been withdrawn
from various portions of Tennessee, auj General
Coopr is svuding out his militia to take their
places.
Senator Senter will be formally luuasurned
as Governor to-day.
It is intimated in woll lnformo-1 quarters that
he will soon disband the mihtiu, for the regular
gubernational nomination is likely to make
him act very circumspectly, and in accordance
with the strictest ideas of party propriety. He
will be a formidable competitor aalust Stokes.
It is said that Brownlow's health is oxtremely
feeble, and doubts are entertained of his being
able to roach Washington. Both bodies of the
Legislature have adopted a resolution to adjourn
next Monday. The school fund swindle has
reoeived almost the lulihlng touches of white-
FROM WASHINGTON.
Probability of the Appointment or Geo.
I. Mtnart, Knq , to a Cabinet Position.
BpteUtl Detpaieh to The Evening Tengrmph.
Washinotow, Feb. 35. It has become gene
rally settled in political circles here that George
II. Stuart is to be Invited to a seat in the Ca'jL
not. Alexander K. MoClure, Forney, and otrer
PennsylvanUns who have entertained hopes of
blng offered the p:ace In the Cabinet up to this
time are greatly demoralized. Stuart not
being a politician, and therefore outside of
all factions and cliques in Pennsylvania,
they do tot see mnch chanoe of being able
to use him in the Cabinet. Cameron seems to
be well satisfied with the proposed arrange
ment, because it deteats all the plans of the
Curtlu-Forney faction. A large majority of the
Pennsylvania delegation themselves will be
satisfied with Stuart, all agreeing tht he would
make a good man In any position in the Cabi
net, but especially as the Secretary of the
Treasury.
Everybody is Inquiring into Stuart's an'e
cedents, and not a rew confound hi.n with A.
T. Stewart, ot New York, ft Is supposed that
Stuart's appointment would bring much strength
to the Administration, as it would nrray tho
moral and religious sentiment of the country
on its side.
Dead.
Speeial Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Kkw Yobk, Feb. 25.-8weetzer's new morn
ing penny paper, established here a few weeks
ago aud published under the 'name of Hie Cay,
is to be sold out to-day under the hammer.
From Cleveland.
Clkvf.land, Feb. 25. A fire last night in New
England row destroyed six or seyeu frame
stores, with small retail stocks. Loss abaut
$i0.0C0. Charles Aukins, a fireman, was mor
tally injured by the fall of a building.
From Chicago.
Chicago, Feb. 25. Tbe return game of bil
liards for $1000, fifteen hundred points, was
wen by Foley, of Chicago, against Krawley, of
Cleveland, by 299 points, la-it night.
THE EUROPEANMARKETS.
By Atlantic Cable.
Tble SloruliiK's Quotation.
London, Feb. 25 A. M Consols 93 for
both money and aceouut. United States 5 '.'Us,
70. Kailwavs quiet. Erie Kmlroad. 24J; Illi
nois Central, 90$; Atlantic aud Great Western, 36.
Liverpool, J;cb. 25 A. M. Couou dull;
nDlitnd?. 121.: Orleans, 12! J. The sales will
reach 9000 bales.
Breadstuff's are qniet.
London. Feb. 25 A. M. Calcutta Linseed
69s.59s. 6d. Refined Petroleum, Is. 9d.
Tula Alternoon'e notations.
London, Feb. 25 P. M. United States 5 20s
steady at 79 J. American stocks steady. Illinois
Central, 97.
Liverpool, Fen. 25 P. M. Cotton upland
mirioliugs llj J.vaizd.; Orleans middlings, 12 j
124d. Bacon, 57s. Gd.
IlAvr.2, Feb. 25 Cotton opens dull for both
on the spot and afloat; sales on the spot at lllf.
CHINA.
Another Missionary War.
Ike Overland Chin t Mail brines an account
ol another difficulty between tho British and
the Chinese, arising out of the treatment of the
missionaries, 'inis time the British gunboats
Algerinc aud Busturd, on the failure of oeacefii!
negotiations to obtain satisfaction for the recent
outrages in Formosa, took possession of Amping,
uy wj ui it ymai, nuu orove uac& me uninese,
wbo tried to reoccupy the place, with a loss of
fifty killed and wounded, and a large stock of
monitions ot war. The Sniders, according to
The Overland China Mail, made short work with
the advancing braves. This seems to have led
the Chinese 111 thut quarter to reconsider their
hostile determination against tbe missionaries,
tor the terms demanded by the Knglish Consul
have been fully complied with; the local
authorities have been suspended, and the teach
ing of Christianity, under the new impetus
given it by the operations of the gunboats, will
go ou with greater vigor than before. , ,
End, of the Yang;ebaa Imbroglio.
Some weeks ago trie telegraph announced
that tbe Yangchau difficulty was settled. An
Eiielish fleet bad dropped anchor tinder the
walls of Nanking, and compelled the Viceroy to
set about redressing the grievances of the mis
sionaries in earnest, while a body of Eagllsh
troops paraded the streets of Yangchau, and
overawed the inhabitants of the guilty city.
John Bull makes thorough work. When he
pipes those Orientals must needs dance,
whether they relish it or not. And in this case
tbe quickness of their movements seems to have
been brought abo&t much as certain animals
are tanght to dance, viz.: by makingthe ground
too hot to admit of their standing still.
A Chinese newspaper, tho Kiauhwesiiwau,
under date of December 12, gives us tho par
ticulars of tl.e final adjustment, arranging them
under five bead:
First. The Prefect and Mayor of Yangchau
have been dismissed from office, as a punish
ment lor delaying to interfere In time to prevent
the catastrophe.
Second. A sum of money, amounting to 1826
taeis ($4000 in currency), has been paid to Kev.
Mr. Taylor, as indemnity for personal injuries
and losses ot property.
Third. Two of the ringleaders have been con
demned to wear the cangue, or wooden collar,
and after being exposed in this ignominious
posture to the public gaze tor two mouths, to be
banished bevoud the Irontiers of China.
Fourth. Tbe Mandarins have publicly Invited
Mr. Taylor aud his associa'es to return to Ifaug
Chan and occupy their former residence, iu
front of which they bave set up a stone pillar
with a suitable ins-cription, warning their peo
ple against inducing in similar outbreaks for
the luture.
Fifth. Two viceroys and a provincial gov
ernor have issued a jo:nt proclamation, stating
the principles of religious toltrn iou as laid
down In the treaties, aud exhorting their people
to conform to 1hem. Two o.hor MioJarlus
have also Usuod a proclamation ou the same
su hiccti
The paper gives us the text of these documents.
The other propagation commencss by stating
that on the fl'th day of the seventh moou curtain
worthless fellows stirred up tbe populace to
beat Uev. Mr. Taylor and his a-sociatcs, wound
ing their persons and plundering and deotroying
their property. It then goes on to enumerate
the measures of redress as above stated, and
concludes with a warning against tho repetition
oi similar outrages.
Tbe full and unequivocal language of these
documents speaks well lor the sincerity of the
Chinese officers, and the fact that the three
provinces In which they are circulated
contain a population of seventy-three millions,
will enable us to estimate their importance.
from franoe:
BlaO'lU Nllaaon Coining; to America.
Paris, Feb. 24. It has lust been made known
bete that Mr. Tajleure, the agent ol Mr. James
H-k, Jr., or New York, has signed a contract
with the Rreat Swedish prima donna, Md'lle
NiUkOn, for her appearance at Fisk's Grand
Opera II out e, In New York. Mad'lle Nllsson is
to receive 000 per month, to include twenty
piiforoiaficci in the month, t tiooo gold pr
night, the expense of her retinue, consisting of
thirteen persons, to be borne by Mr. Fiek. Uer
performances In the United States are United
to 140 nights, to commence next winter at 'he
Grand Opera House ia New York. Tkee are
about the same terms at which she agreed to
appear in England, and which she has thrice
heretofore rejected when offered for ber appear
ance in the United States. Mad'lle NlUsoa bas
created a furore wherever she has been, and she
is undoubtedly the greatest prima donna ol
modern times,
FINANCE AND COMMEROE.
Orrica or xhk Kvbniwo Tiei.em4vit,
Thursday, feb. 2i, 1HOS,
There is no material change to rooord In the
Money market. Call loans rule at 67 percent.
First class mercantile paper ranges from 8(310
per cent. The Stock msrket opened very dull
tbis morning, but prices were steady.
Government securities continue In fair
den and for Investment at full prices. City
loots unchanged; the new Issue said at 10L and
old do.at 97J.
Kallroad shares were firmly held. Little
Schuylkill sold at 43i; Heading at 46J46J, no
change; Lehigh Valley at 6ft, no chauge; Cata
vnissa jrelerrcd at 33 33 j. an advance or 4;
Caiawi-sa common at 12. sn advance or 2; and
Philadelphia and Erie at 25J, no change. 1231
whs bid for Camden and Araooy; 69 for Norris
town; 55.for M nehUl; and 34 for North Peon,
sylvania.
City Passenger Railway share were unchanged.
Spruce and Pine sold at 2tU. 41 was bid for
Second snd Third. 16i for Thirteenth and Fif
teenth, ll for llcstonville, and 33 for Green
and Goatcs.
Bank shares were flrrolv held at full pricec.
Mechnnlcs' sold at 31Gr31i, no chsng, and
Western nt 78. 140 whs bid tor First National;
1&9 for Philadelphia; 57 for PennTowushtp; and
08 for Girard.
In Canal shares there was very little move
nutit. Schuylkill Navigation prererrod sold at
19, no chanee; 29 was bid for Lehigh Naviga
tion; 2Ci for Morris Canal; and 60 for Mortis
Canal preferred.
PlllLAUKiruiA STOCK IXCHA1Y6K SAIM TO-DAI
Reported by V Ha veo 4 Bro No, 40 g, Tolxd street
FIRST BOARD.
IH0O B-208 '(15 C1I8 I H Bb Lit Boh R.
431.'
Ijuuiaiy wi.uia V7H 4' Sib Heat! K..
tbouo Leu HubB cp.. (8y, : si an Lea V a .
tUOflUH 1U-40S 10i
IIWO Bel Del 2 tubs.... S3
jtiuOO Leb 11 H Id M'Z
ill Oil 6--a 19 'M Jy.....lll
IB an Mech Die si
10 do 8 y,
1 sh Western Buulc. 78
2h C A Am 1J3
2.0 8U Cata Ft. saw
7HI do....mbU. 83S-
1H0 ah Soh N P 19
UK) ab Phil & K.... 1t)X
10OHljJ('aliiwls..,M- is
SO all sjp & Piuo.... M'i
50 do ............... 2s
Narr ft I.adner, Stock Exchange Brokers,
No. 30 S. Third street, report tbis mornipg'a
cold quotations as follows;
19-00 A.M. 132 11-47 A. M. . 1321
10-36 " '. 132 11 68 " 133
10-37 " . 132j 12-00 M. . 132
10-60 " . 1321,12 C3 P. M. . 133
Messrs. William Painter & Co., bankers.
No. 36 South Third Street, report the followirr
rates of exchange to-day at 12 o'clo.j!
United States ts, 1881. llfdilUi: P. s. 6-20.-1862.
U5Q1154; do., 1864, llll'iiiJ; do., 1865.
112JU3i; do. July, 1865, ii0illl; de.July,
1867,11141114; do. 1868, U141114;5s. lfMOs,
10yi109. Compound Interest Notes, past
due, 119-25. Gold, i32K(il32J.
Messrs. De Haven Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates ot ex
change to-day at 1 P. M.; D. 8. 6s of 1881. llii
Ul; do. 1362. 116131154; do.. 1864, llljO
112 j; do., 1866,112! 113J; do.. 1868, new, 1101
111; do.. 1867, new, liumil; do., 1868,1114
llli; do., 5s, 10-408, 109ril09i; do. 30-year
6 per cent. Cy., lOUftlOll; Due Compound
Interest Notes, 194; Gold, 132i0132.s Silver,
Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co. quote Govern
ment securities, etc., as follows: rj. 8. 6a of
1881, U4jU4j; 6-208 of 1862, 1151(31151;
6-20s, 1864, 112r(1124: 5 20s, Nov., 1865,113
113i; July. 1865, 110fSllli; do.. 1867, llll
1111; do. 1868. UliQlllJ; 10-40s, 109f)100J.
Union Pacific bonds, lOljaiOlf. Gold. 132i.
Stoch lnoUtIons by Telegraph 1 P. St;
Olendlnning, lavla & Co. report tnroagn their
New York house the f'llowlnk':
N. Y. Cent. K. 164V Cleveland and TollOS
W. Y. and Erie ft... 36
Tol. A Wabash K. mil
PhlL and Kea. K.... 92!
Mil. A St P. cam. ml
Mil. & St. P. pref... 77
Ailain Express Oo Mj4
Walla Porn a rin ( i
aa ion, e.anujN. Lifc vi
Cle. and Pitt. K...... 91
Cbl. and N.W. com. 82
a fey nr mil
' airs
JnltedStatea Kip. h
Chi. andK. I.R 120k
Pta. F. W.anaOhL..123JUold ...IWU
Western Union T.. $7'l
Experience has shown that tbe longest
lines of railroad (other things being equal) are "
always the most profitable. The last year's
earnings npon tbe Mew Yortc Central, the New
York and Erie, and the Pennsylvania Central,
are proof.of this. Tbe New York Central's earn
lDgs per mile figure at $46,997, tbe New York
and Erie at 131 251, and the Pennsylvania road
nt 1148,545.
Tbe Union Pacific is a maoh longer Rail
road. Let Its annual earnings per mile reaoh
tbe average of these roads say S 12,265 and tbe
result on eleven hundred miles or road will be
1 16,491,600 In the year.
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Thursday. Feb. 25 Tbe Flour market Is
dull, and In' tbe absence of any demand for
shipment, only a few bnndred barrels were
taken for borne consumption at S5rd5-i2S for
superfine; 5 766'25 for extras; S7c7 60 for
Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota extra
family; JSiS.O 75 lor flr to good Pennsylvania
and Ohio do ; and 110(312 50 for fancy brands,
according to quality. Kye flour sells at 77 25
per barrel. Corn Meal is unobanged.
The offerings of Wbeut are light, and there
is a good inquiry for strictly eboloe lots at full
prices; sales ef red at fl 7f for common, .up to
(195 for choice; amber at $19632; and white at
(210(32 20. Kje Is quiet, with sales of Western
at SI 55. Corn Is less uotlve, but prloes ere
firmer; sales of 250J bushels yellow at SOiOOe.,
and new wblte at 87o. Oats are unohahged;
sales of Weaiernat 74$75o., and Pennsylvania
at 70(4)73o. Nothing doln in Barley or Malt.
Seeds Cloversiesd is in fair request, with
sales at 19 25 9 50. a decline. Timothy cannot
be quoted over : ROM 3 'JO. Flaxseed la taken
by toe crushers at ti 65.
Hark firm at SiR) per ton for No. 1 Quercitron.
Whisky Is dull and nominal.
LATEST BiUryUttt INTELLIUJb'Mt'JG.
For additional Marine iew see Inside Pages.
POBT OF PHILADELPHIA. ....FEBRUAKY 5,
STAT I OV THXBUOMUTBB AT TBS DVmMIKO TSLB-
eKAP" or rut.
1 A M.. 301 U A. M 89: 1 P. 12
OLKARKD THUS MORNtNO.
Btesnublp Voluutr, Jones, New fork, J. F.Ohl.
ARRIVED THIS MORNINP
BtertmHhlp Norman, Orowell, 48 hort f0ni TJixiton
with iuUhs. ud patfteugerB to II. Wlnsor fe (jo.
bcur V.ndfclia. CaaiDbeil. i troia jslc rjL
Wllb grain lo JuS. It. Vtr. '
Hteaiuer ii'.i.woj Biate, Webb, g boars from
BulUniure, wllb indue, to A. Groves, Jr.
MEMORANDA,
r B,!.pJy, ,B"kM' fr -hiuaiphl, remained m
Lena 6ta Inst.
Htalp Humboldt, Peyn, henoe. at Hamburg 7ib Inst,
Barque Dwtlah dllKny, bonce, a'. Uauiburg 7tB tuat,
Baique K. 6. Vu Hot u, OoUill, boaoo, etAutwerp
Sta luftt.
Bcbr Harab Watson, Bmltb. hence, at Havana lth
Instant.
Bohr Nellie Mowt, from London for Phlledelnhla.
put In at Isle of Wight Sib lout. "U,B
Bcbr Mar U, Ottilias, Kudioott, hence, at Havana
Bohr rtophle Wilson, Nowell. from Cardenas via
Delaware Breakwater, at New York yesterday.
Bobr sr. V. Kndioott, Kiidicow, lor fbUadelphla.
Cleared at New York yesterday.
Bohr J H. ferry, Keilj, for Philadelphia, sailed
from New Bedford 23d Inst., and put la at boutn
Dartmouth. , w
Bcbr J. Ponder. Jr., , Bprlnrer, from Warebam for
Pbllatfelpbla. sailed from New Bedford lad lusu
BohrH. L. fcUaJKbt, benoe foe Boston, at New Lon
don lid Inst. ...
B.:bt Kopsb Diamond. Whelpley, frem at John. R.
B . tut PbiladeJpbia, sailed trout UoLutse' Bvie IHA