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YOL.XI-.No 49.
PHILADELPHIA, Fill DAY, FEBRUARY 26, 18C9.
DOUBLE SHEET Til REE CENTS.
JHDE
1 InlMin
1040 MILES
OP TUB
union pacific
H A I L II 0 A D
ARB HOW COMPLETED.
As too ml)ea ol ih Wesrn porikra ef Ue line, be
ginning at Sacramento, are also done, bat
200 MILES REMAIN
To be finished to open the Unyia Through
Line to the laciflc. This opening will
certainly take place early this season.
BcaldM a donation trom the GjoTernment of 12 800
acres oi land per mile, Ibe Company la entitled to a
anbeldy In United Btates Bonds on Its line ai com
letcd and aoceDted. at the average rate of about
tfCWO per mile, according to tbe difficulties enconn
tered, for which tbe Government takes a second ilea
as security. Whether subsidies are given to any other
companies Ot not, tbe Government will comply with
all lis contracts with the Union Pacific Railroad
Company. Bearly the whole amount of bonds to
which the Company will be entitled has already
been delivered.
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
AT PAR
And Accrued Interest,
By lis charter, tbe Company
Us Own FIRST MORTGAGE
Is permitted to Issne
BONDS te the same
amonnl as the Government Bonds, AND NO MURE
These Bonds are a first Mortgage upon tbe entire
road and all Us equipments.
I hey llaTe Thirty Years to Ran,
at Six per Cent.,
AND BOTH
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST
1KB
PAYABLE IN GOLD.
Bucb securities are generally valuable in proportion
to the length of time they have to ran. Tbe longest
six per cent, gold Interest bonds ot the United States
(the '8is will be due m 12 years, and they are worth
112. If they had 80 yea-s to ran, they would stand
a not less than 125. A perfectly safe First Mortgage
Bond like tbe Union Pacific should approach this rate.
Tbe demand for European Investment Is already
considerable, and on the completion of tbe work will
doubtless carry the price to a large premium.
SECURITY OF THE BONDS.
It needs no argument to show that a First Mortgage
of t2,lO0 per mile upon what for a long time mast be
tbe only railroad connecting tbe Atlantic and Pacific
States is rxmrECTLY bkcubb. Tbe entire amonnt
of tbe mortgage will be about tw,ooo,coo, and the
Interest tl.80C.C00 per annnm in gold. The present
currency cost of this Interest la lees than 12.600,000 per
anEom, while tbe gross earnings of the year 18C8
FROM WAT BUSINESS only, on AN AVKBAQB
OF LEbS TB?AN 700 MILES OF ROAD IN OPERA
TION, WJEBJC MOBS THAN
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS,
The details of which are a follows:
From Passengers,
" Freight...
,21.024.103-97
... ,040,23J-19
U23l8
13 24) 69
S1,I2 27
- Express
Miscellaneous .
Government troops,....
" freight...
Contractors' men
' " material .
101.077-77
449.440-33
B01.17919
BC8.4SI82
Total
This large amount Is only an Indication of the lm.
mei ae traffic that most go over the through Une In a
few months, when the great tide of Pacific coast
travel and trade will begin, it Is estimated that this
holiness must make tbe earnings "t the road from
FIFTEEN TO TWENTY MILLIONS A YEAR,
Aatfte supply of these Bonds will seen oease, par
Ues who desire to lnvtst In them will And it for their
Interest to do so at once. The price tor the present to
t-ai and acoroed Interest from Jan. t, In currency.
I A N1W PAMPHLST AND MAP WAS IS3TJED
- (OCTOBER 1, containing a rep jrt of the progress of
" the work to that date, and a mare complete state
ment la relation to tbe value tit the bonds than can
be erven la aa advertisement, which will be sent free
on epp'leaUoa.
DE HAVEN & BRO,
Dealers in Government Secu
rities, Gold, Etc.,
IfOs 40 South THIRD Street,
YBILIXELPHJA.
FIRST EDITION
McCLURE &CO.
Hew General Grant Blocked
their 'Little Game."
Curtin Will Not Go into
Cabinet-Who Willi
tho
Id Tub T.tknino Tklborapd of yesterday, a
ppectal telegram announced thai the self-constituted
representative of tbe wishes of art
Pennsvtvaiiians, A. K. McClure, hail besought
General Grant to appoint ei-Governor Curtin
to his Cabinet. The following telegrams to tbe
New York pren will show how neatly the de
facto official McClure was snubbed, and bin
"irienos" placed In tbe background. The Kew
York World rajs:
General Grant tbeu paid: "I do not see that
the politicians of Penusjlvanla should make op
ray Cabinet," Mr. McClure replied" that as for
Ucorge IL fitunrt he nevrr kosw him to be
active at a Republican meeting, or to contribute
otherwise to tbe bucccps ot tbe Republican
party; indeed, he would not be looked upon as
a representative man ot the party, and, be
added, that standing as an old member ot his
party, "I luust proteet agal.ist the selection of
Mr. Stuart." 'Why," said Oeneral Grant, with
an expression of surprise, "I donotseetio
any one cau object to Mr. Stuart. He
devoted himself during tbe war to bis
country, contributing at nil times his personal
services and his means for the soldiers of tbe
army. Jiut," with a pause, '-do not understand
me an laving that I have selected Air. Kluart as
a memner oi my uaoinei." Air. rucuinre sarj,
"Mr. Stuart is not a representative of the Hp
publican puny." General Grant replied with
empbabie, ''Then I am not a representative of
the Republican party." The President-elect
then moved towards a desk, indicating that he
did not desire to prolong tbe interview, and Mr.
McClure said, "General, I lelt it my duty to
present the name of Governor Cnrtin,
and that accomplished, my mission is
ended." He then withdrew. Mr. McClure,
excited, aad heetninly Indignant, hur
ried down to Willard's, aud thence
to the Capitol, cpreadiLg the reoult of his in
terview airtonu his friends commenting on its
details, Hnd expressing his belief that Stuart
was going into the Cabinet. At the Capitol he
met many Fennsjlvanians. Tbe news ot his
interview had preceded him, and the Congress
men from his fe'.atc gathered and listened.
Senator Simon Cameron was among them. "I
am disposed," taid that incorruptible B'atcstnnn,
"if .Stuart is Delected to iudorss the ap
pointment." "Wnat has Smart ever
done for the party ?" gibed in
McClure aeain. "He has done a
great deal," niiswered Cameron. "0b I General,
that is very well," echoed Mr. McClure, "oat be
is not the kind of men you wanted for aid when
you desired to be re-elected Senator. He is not
tbe kind of a man you had around the Girard
House in Philadelphia, drinking wine and
fixing tip matters tor tbe bojs to to ar ranee the
primaries that Cameron men would be elected
to the Legislature to send you to the United
States Senate." There was a about of laughter
at this palpable bit. Tbe crowd took np tbe
talk. ' McClure is rierbt." said one. "Grant
cannot go back on the politicians and be won't
tell out tbe men who elected him." "But it
is a bad start," said another, "to take a pious
old fellow lixe Stuart, who will be fooled in a
week by the men around him." "I'm for
Grant having bis own way," snid a radical
Congressmen. "Who are Aleck McClure, Andy
Curtin, and John Forney? Why, they didn't
have a bit of influence in tbe late Senatorial
content, for Scott was elected in the face
of all their opposition. It is the
impudence I ever heard of that these
men should come down here to dictate to (irant.
The people have repudiated them." Aad this Is
tbe way tbe conversation has run all day; most
everybody sajs that Stuart is the man who is
going into tbe Cabinet fiom Pennsylvania. Tney
cay uraui connrmeu it 10-uay. etui, mere are
some who declare thatT. M. Eecnan, a young
lawyer of Webtern Pennsylvania, and au inti
mate triend of Grant, is, after all, the man.
The New York lleratd correspondent thus
describes the interview:
Grant listened very patiently to tbe eloquent
and pathetic appeal ot McClure; thn turning
to him with great coolnes", replied that the
appointment of Andrew G. Curtin to a place in
bis Cabinet was altogether out of the question.
and Curtin's friends might as well understand
it. He had reasons for not appointing Governor
Curtin, but be declined to state tnem. McClure,
amazed at the coo mesa and tne curtuesa
of Grant's response, remained silent
tor a short time. wecoverlng him
telf, he next made an appeal tor tbe
appointment of James K. Moorbead to a place
in the Cabinet from Pennsylvania. Without
allowiLg him to Indict another speech upon
him Grant said be could not appoint Moorcbead,
for reasons which he declined to give. McClure
bad apparently exhausted, his list. Pcrua,s
Grant thought the next man be would propose
would be A. K. McClure. Iustead of that,
however, he net about to tell Grant the kind of
men be siiouia not nave in ma cabinet irom
Pennsylvania.
Upon iucuure stating mat ne uin not tuiun.
George 11. Stuart a tit man for the Cabinet,
Grant, who bad hitherto rcuiaioedqule , turned
rather sharply upon his visitor, and in a dis
tinct, clear tone said he did not see bow any
loyal man could object to seeing Air. Ueorge 11.
Stuart appointed to a place in tbe Cabinet, or
to any other position in tue uovernment. He
had rendered peculiar and great service to
tbe country during the war, and he regarded ,
mm as a man oi more tnan orainary
ability. Checking himself, Grant added that
be did not mean to intimate mat Htuart
was tbe man whom be had selected from Penn
sylvania for his Cabinet. The name of the
person woutu oe maae puonc at tne proper
time, and ne hoped it would give satiaisc.ion
not only to tbe people of Pennsylvania but to
the whole country. Tbe conversation
ended rattier abruptly, and McClure lelt tbe
army headquarters a wiser if not a happier man.
Ue is thoroughly dUguatcd with Grant's Ideas
about tbe character of the man who should bo
in the Cabinet, and tbe last seen of bim be was
on bis way to tbe railroad depot, carpet-bag In
band, bound for his pcacelul home among the
bills of Peuniylvania.
Tbe New York Times says that after Mc
Clure bad been thus nicely blocked:
General Cameron entered the room where
McClure was narrating his interview with Gene
ral Grant. A discussion aroie Immediately on
Pennsylvania politics, and both were, orooune,
at total variance on the subject of what was
best for tbe Interests of tbe party in tbe State.
Sena'or Cameron said that he had talked with
General Grant some days aeo on Cabiuet mat
ters, and that the General then stated that
Cnrtin would not be appointed. Whereupon
Senator Cameron said to General Graut that be
did not care who was appointed, so that be was
lair representative Republican.
McClure remarked that be understood from
Geneial Grant that Republicans would be ap
pointed to office in ail cases, but bis objection
was to the class trom which General Graut pro.
poed to take them. .... , ,
Mr. Cameron tbongbt and felt that it would
be better to take a man from tbe merchant cltss.
Stuait was acceptable to blin, was a tariff man,
and so on.
McClure objected that Ktoart was not ft man
who eould vitalize the party and make It pul
a' at touch.
Mr. Cameron said that inch men were very
I rare, and that after all tbv might not be so
vtrj titrable. It may bapptt, loo, that Mt
wrong nerve would be struck anl disorder pro-
duced. He believed that Stu tit would be an
excellent administrative officer.
Mr. McClure bid no doubt he could do the
routine work of anv department.
Mr. Cameron believed him to be man of
t?reat abllltv, who would fill any position with
credit and lodgment.
Mr. Cameion and Mr. McClure then lefonght
their old fights on Pennsylvania polit'CA. Of
course there was r.o chance of their a-irce-mrnt
on a tingle point so far as their State
was conceined.
The ew York Tribune state?: "McClure's
Interview with Giant soon became knovn
around the Capitol, and It was freely commented
on. The anti-Curtln men irom Pennsylvania
are Jubilant at the defeat of the toe they feared
the most, and vlihout peeking tho solectiou ot
their own favorite, are willing to abile the
resnlt. Senator Cameron expresses himself as
ratlsvd with any appointment Grant may
make.''
JTAYT1.
Horror ef tbe Civil Wnr-OntrKsreis
Committed by Oeneral louiliis;rif,
Pri'hldfut of the. bunt Item Ilepiiblic.
The New Yoik Tribune correspondent writes
as lollows from Aux-Cayee, Haytl, Feb. 17:
On my arnval here lust weeK 1 lound tbut the
Pickets, a k nd of guerrillas who are in favor of
Saluave, bad occupied the plains and hills In
the rear ot ihe city, and were plying it with
shot acd thell at a fearful rale. The President
was in tbe batbor, onboard the Galatea, and
waiting with his gunboat, the Silnavc, to arrive
before commencing the bombardment from the
sea, I found everything in confusion, and
everybody in a state of wild alarm,
noon alter my arnval, Mr. Hollister,
tbe American Minister, came into port tn
tbe United States ship-of war Yantic, and
immediately visited Mr. De Lone, tbe Amrri -an
Consul. Mr. Do Long is very ill, aud occupied
tbe house and stote of Mr. George C. Brown,
who is now the acting Consul here. 1 found
in Mr. brown's house at least COO Htyttun
refugees, wbo were lodged and fed at bis ex
pense. Their personal elfects were plied up in
all tbe rooms of tbe house, Irom the basement
to the attic. Mr. Brown infoimed me that Mr.
Hollister, at the request of General Domlngue,
who calls bimeelf the President of the South,
had an inteiview with his Excellency and ex
plained to blra the real situation of affairs at
Aux Cayes, as be understood it. Mr. Hollis
ter and Mr. De Long begged Domiague
to (-pare the town and to take care of
the Interests ot foreigners there. The
Pretident of the new lepublic was very polite,
but expresBed a determination to bold out as
long as be could, and to die rather than yield.
Tbe murders committed by this man during the
last lew weeks surpass belief. On the third ot
February be gent a lame force to the prison
where he had In Irons many of Salnave's piln
cipal adherents, and murdered them all in cold
blood. A few were killed in tbelr cells, and the
others were turned loose into the jul yard and
shot by boys htteen years old in a manner too
horrible to relate. Boys u-c muskets in such a
clumsy way that It sometimes takes them agre it
while to kill a person with email arms. In
ecversl instance, I am told, twenty shots were
bred at one prisoner. Tbe women were more
difficult to kill than tha men; they struggled
and lought for lite iu the most appalling manner,
and tbe eye witnesses aay that their .shrieks and
imprecations were heartrending and too fright
ful to be represented. A nephew of the Hay
tian Minister to Fiance, General Mentor, who
was under medical treatment at tne time, was
placed in a conspicuous position, and obliged
to see bis fellow-prisoners muidered before he
found relief. Then he was placed in a chair
within a few leet of the muzzle of a cannon
and. blown to pieces with grape shot. One hun
dred and ten persons were massacred in this
shccktiig manner. Mr. Hollister, 1 am told,
saw Mr. Hameau, tbe Secretary of State of this
new republic, which represents saluave as a
tyiaut and mutderer, and which has for its
motto "Liberty. Equality, and Fraternity."
Tbe eaptatn ot the Americau gunboat and the
captain of the British ship-of-war Jason
were both picsent at the interview, but
no terms could be made with the rebel?. It
became necessary to take care of the women
and children In the city, ai:d with the couseut
ot Balnave, Captain Abbot of the Yautic. aided
by the British sloop Jason, towed outside the
harbor, iu three merchant vessel?, about two
thousand poisons, xuis was none with tbe con
sent of Salnave, wbo remarked that he "did not
waee war with women or children." The bom
bardment, on account of tbe non arrival of the
Saluave, did not come oil accord. Eg to pro
eramme, ana as tne persons on uoaro the mer
chant ships bad nothing to eat, President Sal-
bave oflered to take them to the nearest port In
his possession, and le d aud protect them,
ana return toem to tue cuv as soou ai he
was master of it. His proposal was enurned bv
tbe parties interested, who all went back to Aux
Cayes to share the fate of the city. What that
will be I cannot say, but our situation is very
alarming. The Pickets desire to burn the town
lor the take ot pillage. Domlngue threatens.
In rae ot bis defeat, to lay It in ash en, and the
Piesident may be obliged to destroy it with
thot and shell beiore it will surrender. There
has recently been an attack made by the Cacos
upon Gonatves. They were repulsed with the
lots of about 100 men killed aud wouuded. It
lb stated that the Caooe at St. Marc have re
ceived from the United States a sblp-of-war
known ' in our late struggle as the "Mount
Vernon."
hrr hold
ballast.
It is reported that she brought in
heavy guns concealed under her
NEW JERSEY.
Tbe governor Itecommenda n CUango In
tbe Mode of Inxntton.
To the Senate and General Assembly of Sew
Jeney. Gentlemen: Tbe timo has arrived, iu
mv judgment, when a change can be safely and
judiciously made in the mode of taxation as
applied lo corporations upon wmcn taxation
has heretofore been levied by means of transit
duties. I therefore recommend to your honor
able bodies the enactment of a law, upon the
acceptar.ee of which by tbe companies now
paying transit duties (if such acceptance be
jequibite), ull payments by them of such duties,
whether uron passengers or Irclgtits, shall
ceuw. To adequately provide (or an Income to
tie State equal at least to that oblalued from
corporations, provision should be made for tbe
establishment of a just and uuiform rate of
taxation upon all railroad and canal companies,
subject at all times to such changes tu the rate
of taxation as tbe Legislature may deem uecee
is ry or expedient to make. Provision should
be made, however, lor the payment ot an
aaouut per annum by existing corporations
equal to those paid by theut to tbe State,
for the year past. In guarding the Income of
tbe State Irom diminution, the probable effect
of the provision 1 have recommended, would be
to make, for the time being, a somewhat
unequal aseesmcut upon exisliui: corporations;
a number of reasons could be submitted, were
it necessary, to show that the Inequality Is more
apparent than real. Gn at care should, never
theless, be taken iu the establishment of the
new system, that no real Injustice is done to tbe
corporations whose interests are to bo affected
by its provUious. Mirny Important cousilera
lions will undoubtedly suggest tiiemselves in
arranging tbe details of an act so imporlaut
to the State, and ultimately, and not remotely,
valuable to tbe corporations, 1 am convinced
tbe present mode of obtaining revenue, by the
Imposition of transit duties, Is Inooijsl'tenWwith
the spirit of eur people, tbe more enlightened
aud just modes ot taxation experience baa de
veloped, and unequal also In its operations upon
our citizens. Ihe operation of tbe system, too,
Is either persistently misunderstood, or wilfully
misinterpreted by citizens of other States. I
believe the enactment of a law containing tbe
opitoral nrlnciDlet I have recommended would
leave tfct fcute free to jutu tbe ffiost liberal
policy as to public improvements, end dotliy
tend to tnrn tbe current of legislation, ae
repards taxation, towards a system mora just In
Its provisions, and equitable in its operaitoun,
than our tax laws ot late years have seemed
to be.
For these reasons I nrge vonr a'tentlon to the
recommettdations I have tbe honor to transmit
to yonr honorable bodies.
ltesp"ctiuiiy s'iDmiueo.
Thkoporji F. Randolph, Governor.
THE CHARLESTON wjJEBGCKY.'
Valedictory of R. n. Ilbett,
Jr., Pre-
prietor.
This gentlemen bus been for cod to cease tbi
publication of the Mercury for laok of support.
He ends a very pathetic valedictory at follows:
Rat in our judgment this Government Is al
most hopelessly despotic. 8 very feeble are
the probabilities of reversal.and reinstatement
that they can safely constitute no clement of
our future policy. What then shall we dor We
answer, look to a future of independence seek
harmony In the South for the sake of the South.
Once the heart of tbe South thro-ighout those
lair lands was with tbe North. Not for money
(tor we sought not to use tbe Union to promote
pecuniary interest), but for ihe sake ot llbeity
against foreign nations; ard lor the sake of the
past, in which they were associa'ed iu our
ttmeglcs for independence, and forthat "sacred
honor" which our lathers pledge ! to them in
our common Declaration of Independence, we
loved tbe Uiiou established bet ween us. Rnt
by their usurpations, it ha: been dually cut
a-under by tbe sword. It now forms the tan
pled and bloody strands ot a deceitful, hostile
despot:. That this despotism will work out
its own dissolution we have not a doubt. The
pecplc of the Southern States will yet be a great
and tree people.
In the porteutous cbnnees nnd events loom
ing up before us, the Charleston Mercury will
no more be heard, Its veice, which tor fifty
years has miugled iu tbe counsels of the impe
rilled South, is hushed. But will It be dead?
Hb9 it advocated r.o high principles of liberty
which, in come wurm-hvlug heatt, shall not be
forgotten ? Has It counselled no policy of stem
resmtence to wrong of a brave deSance of
tyranny of a deathless effort for independence-,
with a spirit undaunted and an honor untar
nished for the South a pol ry which shall yet
survive and triumph? For long years, amidst
tryit'g circumstances aud weighty responsibili
ties, I have struggled (I trust faithfully) for my
endangered country. Appuren'ly 1 have failed
my countrv has failed 1 But in tho wise Provi
dence of God failure often proves the greatest
bleshing, and seeming success eventuates In
failure. Tbe Saviour of niu was crucified, and
bis enemies, in the exultation ot their success,
cried out, "His blood be ou us and on our
children." Amidst tho afflictions aud desola
tions ol this our land, I have laitb to believe iu
the future independence and prosperity of the
South. I take my place among her ruined
children better so than to be the pioudcst and
most honored of her successful enemies aud I
wait, hoping, praying, expecting the bright
coming ot ner nnai ueiiverance.
THE SPEAKERSHIP.
Withdrawal of Mr. BawM-Janiei O
Jilalne) Alone ua Hie l'rault.
Tbe contest over the Speakership of the House
of Representatives of the Forty-first Uongress
has teen very much simplified by the publica
tion of the following letter:
Bouwkok itKfBKsitNTATlvkS. Veb. 21. 1869. Hon
J. O. Blaine Hj 1'ear Blr: Having dntermlaed nut
to he luDger a caudldate lor Bpeakvr, I Deea It due
to tbe irlendlr relations wniou uav alt along existed
oeineen ua mat i buouiq communicate mis ueieriui
natun to vou at tbe earnest luouien'.
I am truly jours, H. L. DAWKS.
At present, therefore, Mr. Blaine apparently
has the track to himself. It is understood tbe
entire New England delegation will oordially
support bim, and there being no other candi
date, he will, it i- believed, be nominated in tbe
itcpuoiican caucus Dy acclamation for Speaker,
vtnen n meets ou ruesuay evening nex'. .
James Gillespie Blaine was born in Washing
ton county, Pennsylvania, In the year 1830.
He received his caucation at Wasbiugton
College, where be graduated in 1847. Having
removed ta the Stale of Maine, be entered
journalism as a prole-sion, and tor
several years acted as editor successively
ol the Kennebec Journal aud Portland Adver
tiser. During this time he was an active
politician, and served four years in the Maine
Legislature, being lor two years Speaker of
the lower home of that body. Iu 1862 be
made bia entrauce upon the Cougressioual
arena, having been three times reelected. In
tbe House at Washington he has been an
acknowledged leader, and haj frequently pre
sided over that body sailsfnctorily as Chairman
of the Committee of tbe Whole.
Disappearance or Two Iloraesj In tbe
KariU.
Ou Saturday morning, the 13th instant, says
the Knoxville rresa and Timrs, as Mr. Glenn,
ot New Market, JeOereon county, Tennessee,
was eng'iged ploughing on a side hill on the
farm ot Mr. Hill, half a mile from New Market,
be suddenly perceived bis team of horses die
appear Into the ground beneath, leaving tho
plough and harness on terra lirma. Upon
examination he discovered that toe ground hud
firt given way under the hind feet ot the horses,
thus "skinning" the harness over their heads as
the dumb beasts sank into the bowels of the
earth.
Une of tbe horses was burled some eighteen
or twenty feet docp, aud of course died lustantly
irom ttuuocuuon. me otner remained in bight
about twelve feet below the sur'ace. Mr. Glenu
and bis eon, wbo also witnessed the occurrence,
attempted to save tbe living animal by descend
ing into the cavity, but the earth kept giving
way beneath them and they were soou unable
to cave tbemselvea, and were rescued from
their perilous position by neighbors whom tbeir
cries brought to the aocne. Ito'h of the horses
were lost.
Tho cavity it circular, and twenty feet In
dian eter. The dirt and horses Ull tha centre,
while on each side is a large fissure, into which
lo'b have been thrown, disappearing from view,
aud it has been found iaiposMble to Ull the
cavities. There are no rocks or stones to be
teen, yet tbe whole side seems to lo a mure
crust beneath which Is an apparently uufatU oi
able abjis.
A Fenrfnl Ride.
On Thursday of lust week, the locomotive
Leonard W. Jerome was "booked" to follow the
midday train out of New York to Poughkeepsie,
stopping nowhere except lor wood aud water.
Just as the was starting, aud uukuown to the
enpiueer, two ladu, respectively eight and ten
years old, mounted the cow-ctitcher, intending
to have a short ride along Eleventh
avenue, supposiug the engine was going
to "pump up." They were settel ou
a low elevation (the crossbeam ot
tbe cowcatcher), and were hid from the
engineer by the smoke stack. Faster and faster
whirled the lion horee over the rails, by cross
streets, over rattling switches, and theu with
almost lightning speed tie city was left behind
as the locomotive reached tho river bed of tbe
load. Tbe roaring steam, the sharp, rapid
crack ot the ponderous wheels as they cleared
tbe joints of tbe rails, the swajhig to and fro of
the tout of iron, the shrieking of thestetm
whistle os the pot the engine dashed past sta
tion after station, sent thrills of tenor into the
hearts of the youngsters as they bung wtih
death-like grips upon projecting bars or bolts,
yelling and crying with fright In vain, for the
deafening roar ot machinery and the clash of
Iron drowned their cries for help almost betore
they left their Hps. And so tbey rode till the
locemotive came to a aiauu-stiu ior water at
Peektkill, when one, completely everoome with
fright and exhaustion, tumbled senseless to the
ground, while the other, too weak to walk, -was
conveyed into tbe station, and, after good care,
the two were teni back t Mew lork.-J'owou
ktepri t A. y.)
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
The Speakership of the Next House
-Why Dawes Withdrew-roll-ticians
Cautious in Ap
proaching Grant.
Eaten and Twitcholi-Confla-
gration in Ohio Euro
pean Market Quo
tations. FROM WASHINGTON.
Special De$patch to Tht Evening Telegraph.
Washington, Feb. 26.
The Npeakernhlp of tbe Next lloate.
Mr. Dawes withdrew from the Speakership
contest because he found that it was impossible
for him to gain it except he agreed to go into
a system of bargaining for places ou the com
mittees, which was utterly repugnaut to a man
of high toned character. Many of the mem
bers wbo had voluntarily pledged themselves
for Mm he ascertained had done the tame thing
for Blaine, and Dawes concluded that rattier
than get tbe Speakership In such a way he
would withdraw.
Tbe frienda of General Banks are urging bim
to allow his name to be used in the caucus as
a candidate for Speaker. Bauks has Informed his
friends that he cues nothing about the position,
and will make no effort for it; but if be is
elected be will consent to serve. Heretofore he
Las refused tbe use of bis name in connection
with tbe Speakership, but this was more
because Dawes was from his own State and was
in the field than anything else. It is not Im
probable that Banks' name will be sprung upon
the cancus by the Massachusetts delegation.
In that case ho will be nominated over Blaine,
as it is conceded that he ts the best mad for
Speaker in the next House.
l'olitlcinns Cautions la Approaching;
UranfL
Since Aleck McClure was to effectually
snubbed yesterday by General Grant, the poli
ticians are a little more cautious how they
approach hlai with their dictations as to who
shall go into the Cabinet. Grant' a remark to
McClure relative to George H. Stuart ha? caused
stock In the latter to advance considerably, and
it is now stoutly contended that Stuart is. cer
tainly the coming man from Pennsylvania.
Alter two days spent in Inquiry, public men
here are more familiar with who Stuart is than
they were before. Politicians from Pennylva
nia are thoroughly disgusted with Grant' pro
posed choice, and if they dared they would
break out in open mutiny. Grant, however, Is
so thoroughly master of the situation that they
cannot accomplish anything either by threats or
flattery.
Tbe Diplomatic Appropriations.
Tho new committee of conference on the
Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill on
the part of the House is Orth, Scofleld, and
Axtell. The committee will meet to-day and
endeavor to reach some agreement, so as to
save the Appropriation bill. It is probable, in
view of tbe vote of the House yesterday, that
Butler's proposition to consolidate the South
American misslonb will be discarded entirely.
F0HTIETII COSUIIESS-TIILRD SESSION
House of Representatives.
Tbe House met at 11 o'clock:, when the Jour
nal or yesterday was read.
Tbe report of tbe Conference Cammlttee ou
tbe diplomatic and consular appropriation bill
yesterday, was rejected by a vote of yeas. 88:
uavs, til); not 45 to 102 as erronlously staled lu
yet-tcrday 's report.
Mr. Miller presented tbree petitions for a con-
Blituiionai amendment recognizing the
Almighty as tne source of all authority m civil
anD.mtn.rt fit n
- - -'.'---r, v..v vuutiuitwa ua Ap
propriations, reported .tne bill making appro-
ttrlailnna tnr aiiTiflrv ftvll .1 -r r, . . 7. . ,
Mv Unuiilrllrifv fmm tha Pnmmtt. .
- ..,..v.j,0,wul luo VJOW
eminent, which was referred to tbe Committee
iuv . uu.v .uu luaua tuo Bpeciai order ior
liruiuiiutr,
uu uiuuuu 01 mr. uurneiu and or Mr. Kerr
tbe testimony taken before the Committee of
&ui.o u injDiruuo w toe army re
duotlon, and before tbe Committee on Hoads
and Canals, in reference to bridges aoross the
Ohio, was ordered to be printed.
ThA HnilBA than man t. Intn -. 1 .
Whole, Mr. Price In thecualr, and resumed tha
bill wouuwua Appropriation
f'Mlllll,1 moved an appropriation of
..v,v.v.. :vr,,"vr vu"uu cuniomee oulld
iDg at Nashville, Tenn., and argued In support
of it. Rejected,
Mr. winoom moved an appropriation of
,wv lur uumuui-nouse and post office at 8t
Paul, Minn., and argued in support of It
Mr. Axtell moved an appropriation of $125 000
for tbe branch mint at San Franolsoo. Cat and
argued in support or it on the ground that an
estimate of 1250.000 bad been made for It and
that as in other items, the appropriatlon'now
asked for was only one-balf ihe amount esti
mated. He showed the relative importance of
tbe San FrancUeo Mint as compared with the
Philadelphia Mint:
Alter remarks In opposition by Mr, Sohofleld
who bad charge of t be bill, as a member of the
Committee on Appropriations, tbe amend
ment was rejected.
Mr. Hulburd of New York, moved an appro
priation of IfJ.MK) for a custom boose at Oldens.
Lurg, Mew Tors:. Adopted.
Continued in our later editions.
Tue Caiea or Eaton ana Twltcbell.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Habribbcbo, Feb. 20. Governor Geary this
morning received official notification that the
Supreme Court had refused ti allow the allo
catur in the Twltchell case, and also that the
respite of I atou bad been received by Sheriff
Lyle, but up to this time he has taken no defi
nite action In either ca e.
Firs at Newark, Ohio.
Niwabk, Feb. 26. A fire last night destroyed
Hugh M. Wallace's dry good store, William
Baldwin & Son'a boot and shoe store, and two
grocery stores adjoining. The loss is $15,000,
mostly insured.
Navigation Opened.
KbwYobk, Feb. 26. The first steamboat or
tbe season has reached Poughkeepsie aud
New York. They bad (o cut through six inches
or tolld Ice for nine miles.
Wife Poleenro.
Wokcistbb, Feb. 28. A preliminary exami
nation of Robert D. Dyke, tha alleged wife
poisoner of Fltchburg, commence 1 before tbe
Folic Court U that twa jttterday.
THE EUR OPEAN MARKETS.
By AtlanHo Cable,
Tbla Horning; Quotations,
London, Feb. 26 A. M. Consols 03 for
both money and account. United States 6 20s
firmer at 60. American stock steady. Erie
Kailrond, 24 j; 111 nolsCenUal, 90 J; Atlantic aad
Great Western, 35.
Liverpool, Feb, 26 A. M. Cotton heavy;
uplunds middling, Hid.; Orleans middling, 12J4,
The sales for to day are estimated at 6000 bales.
Sales for tbe week 67.000 bales, ot which 8000
were for export and 9000 bales for speculation.
The stock in port U 282,000 bales, of which,
10H.000 are American.
London. Feb. 26 A. M. Sugar, 39s. 61. ott
the spot, and 30s. 6d. afloat; Turpentine, 339. 3d.
Tbi Afternoon') Quotations.
London, Feb. 26 P. M. Consols 99t for both
money and account; United States b ite, 81.
Stock steady. Erie Kailroad, 211; Illinois
Ontral, 96j; Atlantic and Great Western nomi
nal at 31.
Liverpool, Fnb. 26 P. M. Stock of cotton
afloat 309,000 bale, of which 140.000 bales are
Amercar.
Pork dull; Lard, 94a. 6d.
Havrb, Feb. 26 Cotton unchanged both on
the spot and afloat.
FINANCE AND COMMER0E.
Orrica or ma Kvhnino Telkobapk,'! '
Jfrlday, Feb. 2 ia,
The Slock market opened very dull this
rooming, but prices were without any material
chance. Government securities were In steady
demand lor investment at an advance. City
It ans were unchanged; the new Issue sold at
IGOiraiOl, and old do. at 97.
Kailroad shares wcreinactive. Beading told at
46 31C16j; no change; Pennsylvania at 67
67t, aellnht advance; Li3i was bid tor Camden
and Amooy; 43 f r Little Scbujlktll; 69 for Nor
ristown; 65 lor M'nehtll: 34 for North Pennsyl
vania; 65 for Lehigh Valley; 10 for Catawisw
commou ; 33J for Catawi.'sa preferred; and 25
lor Philadelphia and Erie.
in my rasscnger Kan way snares mere was
nothing doing. 41 was bid for Second and Third,
iiuiorrmn and Mixta; 71 tor xentn an o ele
venth: 164 for Thirteenth and Fifteenth; 26
for Spruce and Pine: 114 lor Heatonvllie; and 38
for Green and Goutes.
Bank shares were firmly held at full prloes.
169 was bid for Philadelphia; 31 for Mecha
nics'; 67 for PeonTownshio;58 for Girard; 77 for
Western; 31 for manufacturers'; 74 ior uity, ana
43 for Consolidation.
Canal shares were dHll. Reman Navigation
sold at 29. an advance of i; 19 was bid ior
Schuylkill Navlealiou preferred ; 26 for Morris
Canal; and CO for Morns Caual preferred.
PUllADBtPUlA STUCA KIOHARUI BALKS TU-DAI
Reported by 1 Haven A Bro.. No. 40 8. Third street
YuUST BJARD. ...
ti 00 Lett fto.gold 1....- MJi t ah rennaB...Ja. B7
wow s-zue oz. cp Uf41 uuw
(lUUCAAm ra 6a'b9 ... 9S
t3ut0 Urn SH In .... SIX
tiswwity si. ew...ioi
iu ao 67
60 sbBesd cia-ir'. 4
1' o do......c a-1
H0Q dO...lB a-1
s id
tionoPaRSmes. mo do..blo.M ft-if
'2OO0 Pa R 1 m a.M.nM ss. wo an meirara, uu . 1
110 ah i.eh Bav...t0- 294i toO 1)4
Narr A Ladner. Stock Exchange Brokers,
No. 30 S. Third street, report this morning's
gold quotations as follows:
ln.nA . ir iio3.il.it k lr 144 1
XV UU A. Bk. iui J It a. ill. . ItfAI
10- 60 . 1324 12 07 P.M. . 132$
11- 20 " . 132 1 1208 " . J32i
Messrs. De Haven & Brother, No. 40 Souto
Third street, report tbe following rates of ex
change to-day at 1 P. M. : U. 8. 6s of 1881, 116i
iillf4; do. 18G2. 1161 -3U6J; do., 1864, 11 3 -a
1134; do., 1866,11413115: do.. 1866, new, 111
111 J; do., 1867, new, llllOlll; do.. 1868, llli
H2; do., 6s, 10-408, 110(21104; do. 30-year
6 per cent. Cy., lQlJ(3K)li; Due Compound
Interest Notes, 194; Gold, 13240132; Silver,
1260127$.
Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co. quote Govern
ment securities, etc., as follows: U. 8. 6s of
1881, 115iH52; 6-20s of 1862, 1163QU7:
6-20?, 1864, 113J(j1133; 6 20s, Nov., 1866,U4Aa
1144: July. 1866, lllff&lllt; do., 1867, Uljr
112; do. 1868. 11143112; 10-40B, 1101104,
Gold. 1324. Union Pacific bonds, 101j101j.
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Friday, Feb. 26. The Flour Market is quiet
at prevloualy quoted rates. About 600 barrels
were taken In lots by tbe home consumers at
&55 25 for superfine; S3 7636 25 for extras; 7
7 50 for Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra
family; J89 75 for Pennsylvania and Onto do.
do.; and $10 12 50 for fanoy brands, aocordlngto
quality. Rye Flour sell at t7($7-52. Nothing
doing In Corn Meal.
Tbere Is very little Wheat coming forward,
and tbe demand Is mostly for prime lots, wblon
are In small supply, and bold firmly; sales of
red at $176(31-90 or common and oholoe; amber
at $1 052 00; and 1000 bushels fair and oholoe
No. 1 spring at SI 07(91-75. Rye Is steady, with
galea of Western at $1-6.5 1 58. (J urn Is soaroo
and firm; sales of 2000 busoels yellow at 8!)ao.
OatH are without change; sales of Western at
74(3,760.; and Pennsylvania at 6070c Nothing
doing In Barley or Malt.
Bark is firm at tiK) per ton for No. 1 Quer
citron. Beeds Cloverseed Is less active at tbe recent
decline: sales at t'i-WM 0 50. Timothy ranges
from t'i 35 to 3 40. Flaxseed is taken by the
crushers at 12 65.
Whisky is dull, and cannot be quoted over
S7c.e$l per gallon, tax paid.
LATEST SHirrLNO IOTELLlttEKCE,
For additional Marine Me we tee Iiulde Paget.
rT LaWB4FH.l
Fobtbtss MoMiai, Feo. t passed In for B-dtl-tuore
Barques Mellle. trom Rio; Krvinea. from Liv
erpool; W. Jfi. Andenon. from New Ynrk; Adttita,
from Cuba; brigs Hebe, from Rio; and Ouatiaoooce,
from Porto Rico. Paaaed oat Brig Uurlsilaa, for
Bremen; eobra Architect, for Potto Rice, and Camp
bell, for bavaunah,
PORT OJ PHILADELPHIA ...FEBBTJABY M.
STAT IS OJT THJBBMOMTtTBB AT THI VBUTUre TIUB-
BAFif orrjoau
T A. M. 37; 11 A. e.(,4tS ft Mini isjmi3
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Ecbr Daniel Mo Fee Hmltb, Provldenoa via New Cas
tle, Del.. Knight A bona.
Bohr Nadab, uiieeoey, bt. Andrews, W. I., Knight A
Hons.
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Steamship Vanlta, Freeman, M hours from New
York, with mdse. to Jehu F. oul.
Bcfcr Anna, Kdwards. 12 day from Norfolk, with
aliloglre to ratters n A Llpiiluoolt.
Hblp Westmoreland, Hammond, from Liverpool
via bt, Thomas 6th Inst., with mdse. to John R. Peo
roae. Bcbr Emma Bacon. Bean. T day from Portland.
WlihbeadlDkStoUeo O UarstmAOo. M
Bear Z. L. Adama. Bobbins, from Bolton, with mdse.
to Merebon A Cloud. ., .
Hteamer Richard Willing. Onndlff. 11 boors trena
Baltimore, with mdse. to A. Orovea. Jr. .
Bleamtug America, Vlrdeu, IS hoora ,ro PT
Henlopen. Brought no ship W eimorelanL
large barque, palmed black, ataodlng In. Barjoj
.AbbleN. Franklin. Irom Meealoa. rema ned
at Pea Patch, last evening, dlacbarglug Into a neater
elongeide.
Oorretpondmee of the Philttdnlphia XxeKanff.
Lbwbb, Del., Feb W P. M Tbe following ves
sels are reported by tbe tu America as bavin gone
to aea to-dar: Barquts lidwln. lor Oibraliar; ""v""
nah. for Bombrero; Imperailor, for PeraembJoo;
Brotber'a Pride, for Matansae.' brlga Alpha, 'or Lon
don; J. B. Klrby.lorClenrufoe;audeoi
for Mala dim, all from Phlladfiobia. ..Tg
WlndNW. JOdJCPH LAFITKA
MEMORANDA. t .
Brig Marianne IV. Uonoaives. was "
pon j Saturday, to sail liwoa 10. Xa"i''',iZ, Thl.
Bohr David Blner. intra Jacksonville. u.. 'oi r Pbl-
ladelpbla, was aground on the Ledge y
ported by revenue cullea ''"'Utii..iniila.
Bobr H. McBhaio, ChiUt, fer Philadelphia, eiearea ,
el Baltimore Sllh lost. . ,, t,, whiuAalnhlav
Bohr JciualHttb A-ngilah, Orowell, rituaeeiniua,
el nar ad at Boston Ull Inak . . .
Bobr Kill Wentworth. AaVuZZl7Zm.
dad tb mat., for a port norib e' Hatteraa.
bebr Frank Hbart Orowell. trow Boston IOT rai'
ladalphla. at HolaaaV Hole sad I lost. ,.
atcar LenUa, MaivMy. trom aM, John. W. B Sg r.
Uoail.aaa.aarwrtaBioMta.N. U . Im lest.
mares ses 1m