EYE "rTTT.TTf H 1L VOL. IX. NO. 00. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1869. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. -J- u A t: 1 A u J VI U JJvLjl:3j LL JLLJLLo FIHST EDITION iPEESIDENT GRANT. f 1 Democratic Correspondent Dis covers His Intentions and MakesThem Public Whole sale Annexation the Poliey of the Ad ministration. The K. Y. WorM has a wide-awake correspon dent at the capital, who is forever discovering something that wfU occasion ft sensation. Yes terday he announces a new discovery, that Uie pulley of the administration Ih to be wholesale annexation. This is the way he puts it: Now that Congress is out of the way, the at tention of the country will naturally be directed to the conre of President Grant, who is it temporarily, at least master of tlie situation. That President Grant has a definite policy for the future a policy bold, ambitious, and which muy Involve war there is no doubt. The hints of his executive advisers, the statements of per sons known to be in his confidence, and the ac tual facts of ' his administration which are pub licly or partially known, indicate that the new President luts resolved to signalize his career by the acquisition if thi be possibk of all North America to the doiukdon of one American gov ernment ! President Grant, In conversation with his friends, has mttre than once expressed the opi nion that the two most distinguished Presiden tial terms since that of Washington were the terms of Jefferson and Polk the one on account of the Louisiana purchase, the ot her because of the acquisition of California. Even the re markable influence exerted by Jefferson on our politics is understood to be secondary, in the estimation of General Grant, to the foresight which secured to the country from the grasp of the first Napoleon our superb possession on the Gulf. This addition to United States territory, and the addition of the Golden State on the Pacific, with its magnificent harbor and bay of Sau Francisco, the President regards as the'most signal events in the history of the country. This opinion, together with his well-known military and ambitious proclivities, are alone highly significant. The next great stei in the same direction now considered by President Grant are the acquisi tion of Canada and the West India Islands. From what I hear, it seems that this concep tion was strengthened in the President's mind by ex-Secretary Seward, who believes in the "mani fest destiny of the republic, and has long in dulged a waking dream of the United Status embracing all North America, all islands con tiguous thereto, and outlying naval stations on every part of the globe. Mr. Seward's purchase of Alaska; the perti nacity with which he urged our absorption of St. Thomas; his manoeuvre for San Domingo; his desire for the Sandwich Islands, and other islands in the Paciftic Ocean: aud his efforts to secure a naval station in the Mediterranean, were noto . rions proofs of his bent towards the enlargement i this country s empire. When It became evident that Grant was to le President, llr. Seward approached the diill faced, filmv-eyed soldier with his dream upon bis lips. lie brought to bear npon the General the same marvellous personal. magnetism which was so effectual with Taylor, Lincoln, and John son and advocated his bright anticipations with the hope of captivating the President to be aud of retaining the Secretaryship that was. Gene ral Grant readily listened, and inclined to Mr. Seward's views. But he quietly determined at the time toobtain for himself the credit or repu tation of reducing them to practice. To Mr. Seward's disgust,he was not asked to be Secretary of State, for the reason that hod the Auburn politician been suffered to stay in office and carry oat a plan with which his name was already identified, William II. Seward, instead of Ulysses H. Grant, might be the hero of the event. G rant's programme then is first, to obtain Cuba; next, Canada, or the New Dominion. Curiously enough, a singular figure appears oh the scene In connection with this latter proposal the figure of Bnjamiu F. Butler, to wit. With that keen instinct for mischief which rarely fails him, Butler discovered, even before Grant's election, that Seward bad had interviews w ith Grant, and the nature of those interviews. To commend himself to the power to be, and familiarize himself somewhat with popular sentiment among the British colonists, Butler then made his famous trip to Nova Scotia, at which time there was loud talk there of an nexation to the United State. The Alabama claims will be the basis of tho first negotiations for Canadian soil. The true recson why the Grant men here were opposed to the confirmation of the Keverdy Johnson claim treaty was that it was desirable to keep the question of the settlement of those claims pen, in order to settle them in the new way. In proof that this new way is actually contem plated, I refer you to the editorial article in the New York Tribune of April 7, entitled "England, Canada, and the Umted States," to the telegraphic despatches of the Ajsociated Press to all the prominent newspupers in tho country, published on the morning of April Vi; and to special telegraphic despatches to tho New York Times and other administration Journals, printed on the same morning. These publica tions are thrown out as feelers of the popular eulse. President Grant desires, even now, to see how far he might Teuture in an emer gency. He wiU hardly go to war, if he can Eelu it; he will feel his way. But bis way may take a sudden belligerent turn before the coun try expects it. He is not a man of much Imagi nation, aud has at no time realized the difficult of getting up a light with a foreign power for his personal glorification, with all the commercial Sets of the country against him. If he can not gain his ends peacefully, he Is just the wan to tr to gain them ultimately by the "last re- "SoinU oTtiie President's manrenvres towards CulThave seen the light. There will be other disclosures. What is known now is that , Adm - L Porter is rapidly getting the imvy tato H ght inr trim; that the army is being set upon a war ffinp that troops are withdrawn from the West'and that both our military and naval forces on the Gulf are unusually nB-T .. .1.1..... r-..r.'a mivlrtv about the Indians, V...a..aaa .iuii that anvth nir reasonable, may "ZZ Another War on the Plains, uTe'straws indrcating the drift of his intention .to CgEsofhe Resident to , U the '..h. !" hf .tniteM to Great Britain aud Spain was uccausu IjaTMOUS to t t. James and the Senate. . . of ,, full Washlmme " hM lM inkling w ope of Grant's plans President s a ! 1 ... i " a i.ia mivocacr o n'u r iti'iii- .mi - . i m the House is due to a uenc.- - me as """r wii u iiiiinuer oi uu" with number of public ,.r Hie United States Gov- ,fcbares In comiuou . nt:ioT r:" . .., Whlmrtou-tliat uie l .u " " " . ' ' i v asim.Kio" ,irM.iulowlnir power n finding suitable :arry out his policy at .the courts of Madrid. ir. juom-y rORQERY. A New York nana "None" Oat of fl'ifl,090. It is seldom that a crime is so cleverly done as was this we are about to record. It was brought to light in New York city yesterday afternoon, the sufferer being the Bank of the State of New York. Only a short time before the closing of banking hours, the Paying teller of the Bank of the State of New York, on Wall street, was banded by a man unknown to him five checks purporting to be signed by Jay Cooke fc Co. The largest of these was for a little over f'JOOO. the Fmutlest called for only $'JU0, nud .the sum total of all was 2(1,000. Koch check was per fect. The check form used by Jay Cooke A Co. Is one devised especially for their own use; but the forgers had so successfully imitated this check that even an expert would find it difficult to dfe-tinguish the bogus article from the genuine. As the signatures were all apparently correct, the teller paid the money, and was shortly after wards informed that the checks were forgeries. What more clearly evidences the skill and cleverness of the forgers. Is the fact that the customs of the firm hod (ecn in every way ad hered to, and the signatures were so exact that their detection was almost an impossibility. The firm had some four or five cashiers, who, when a cheek has received the firm s ignature, indorse it lu their own name to the party to whom the nwiney is to be paid. Thus it will be seen if a person presented one of Jay Cooke fc Co.'s checks at the bunk, without the signature of one of the cashiers, it would not be cashed. The forgers evidently knew of this fact, aud of all other circumstances connected with the linn's business with the bank, for each chuck bore the forged signature of a cashier, indorsing it over to the holder, and, in addition, another signature of the same cashier, identifying that holder. This latter signature served to mislead the teller iu another way. as it has long been a custom with Jay Cooke & Co., as well as. other large houses, to arrange with their banks not to pay checks in their name of over s5000, unless. I the presenter is known to the bank, or identified by some person well known. As then checks all bore the identification signature of the cashier, the teller took it fo granted, it is sup posed, that personal identification would be un necessary, and at onee paid the money. As yet no clue has been obtained as to the perpetrators of this audacious forgery, nor are any suspicious entertained as to who are the guilty parties. BLACK 'CROOK. How It U'u Performed I'tidcr Adverse Cirrufri- HlRUCCH. The Wrcst Chester liecord giyes this laughable description of the inglorious finale of Black t'rookism in that place: On Saturday evening, after the people had assembled, a slight young man in huge diamond (?) pins ornamented with a small piece of dirty shirt bosom made his ap pearance, and announced that owing to disap pointment in obtaining music, he hoped the audience would be kind enough to wait while the manager hunted more. At this point the indignation of the audience grew intonser, and they .attested it by louder howls and shriller whistles. Somebody nominated a chairman of the meeting, who was elected by ucclamation, then a secretary was chosen, but in the mean while a venerable female, clad in very dirty tights, was unearthed by a eommittee. who in formed the audience that this was a bully show, but the inauaircr had cleared out with the money. and thev didu t know what to do, but they would do their best without music. Two or three ableaux were now produced, In which three erv homely females In soiled costumes ana the unwashed individual before mentioned were haken round on a rickety turn-table. These were greeted with more howls and a grand rush of the audience to the reserved seats. Then the venerable female essayed a bullet, the music being kindly furnished by one oi tne audience who whistled. Now confusion became more 'unfounded, a votary of Terpsichore from West Chester mounted the stage, and amidst treraeu- dous applause executed a pas seui, which ended iu a grand rush of all hands to the stage. The lights being extinguished, the crowd left the hall surrounding a man of the company, whom they . i ii ji . Ti... ....... mrcaieneu wmi aire vuunmiuco. man, thoroughly frightened, hurried up the street, fol lowed by the crowd, who were brofusc in their offers of a cheap ride on a rail. Finally, the mau took refuge in Pierce's drug store, from where he was rescued by Officer Babb, who deposited him in jail for safe keeping. . THE PEACE rSSTIVAL. The Temporary Musical Hall. T7. ...... pimrtd Id 1 1 ,T thtll tlfTlA AWnfA it... Yta 14futmiiini inti'Tuf oi vimr a monster him. a. - '.... - ----- n - . n concert, commemorative of the peace of the nation after a prolonged war. They are now at- . wr . .nmlitu in wrwul tin miLtrntflcpimM L 111 ' kl 1 1 .V I Ulllinin' ... and immensity of the Coliseum at Rome. On St. James Square a ouuuiug is oeiuR consirucveu which will eclipse in size any other now existing 1 A.nrW.a It mill nM tin 1.700.000 feet of lumber, will bo 800 by 600 feet, and will cover . i - t .1 i, .. .. between tnree una iour w ren oi ruuuu, ur unuui 150,000 feet. There will also be used in the work 15 tons of nails, and between four and five tons oi otner iron worn, sucu an doiim, braces, etc. To cover the roof, so as to make it water-proof, 110 tons of tarred paper will be used. All outside foundations are 5 by C feet and 15 lnches,thlck; centre foundation supporting roof 8 feet square and 18 Inches thick, all bedded in gravel, making in all 500 foundation supports. The apex of the root is no ieet irom top OI Bill. At a UeiUV Ul UIV IWV urat ra 1300 feet oi continuous winaows, o ieet uik" au made to run on rollers, for ventilation, consisting of fSTiOO feet of glass. In the upright of the building mere are to oe iooa uui oi 141a.m. m- ....,1 iumma um miiilt Hik-ftt unit p.iksv hv twelve Eiccn AUiu 1 v " " tf -rf - doorways, each feet wide. It will have a seating capacity tor uiu awy w iuiuuiuuumuu w 10,000 spectators, uuu uiimiuS tuuiu iro ncath the irallery and promenade for an immense number. Tho promenade gallery, raised two feet above that ot tne seat gallery, has a width of ten feet, and is unbroken In its entire circuit of the structure 1000 feet. The orchestra and chorus will occupy that portion of a. . . .1... ..!l..,...4 nrwt n tne tjousenm uearusi mu uu wc n .r..t.w.l if Dm l.rivu. to Ivn orciinicd bv the performers by remembering that the conductor, ' . r !...-. til n n.taUL.n n lw. WnO OI COUrWO WUl utlTUj'jr puni.iuii iu Mio front centre, will le 'IMS feet dintant from the remotest singer. The height of the roof pagoda will be 90 feet from the parquetto lloor; that of .1 11 a 1... .,. . f IDC Flue wailH oo ujcw, MunuumiLuu vy ui ierpendiculur glasn tlio wliolo circumferoncc. n...t.l.itA tliu .-mi Wiinir will rrinir tp.w thnn- sand days' work, or a little over twenty-seven auu a uwiu j ' " .j...,." ........ ...... large force at work on it it will be finished by the tenth of June, er five days before the com mencement ot tne festival. COUrIORATTT3. How t! reedy Ofllee-IIuntern Attnln Tbelr Knd. frt, i 'lv..lil?tit lowinir in lu Washington correspondence: . There ih uouiiiik uw uuut-ivun w . Dwno ful political orgaulzati.ui than tho patronage that follows victory- vry ofllce fillod ," B.iid TaUeyraud, "I make one ingrate and fifty en. inic7" ''i'or every officlled?' rant might add, "I make one rascal and five hundred cue- a This must be the result when the patronage is lnlthe hands of skilful old politicians, who fee stintalvelv the strong and weak places. But when it U intrusted not only to one nexpe rienced lu the business, but to a blunt, straiglit fSrwrd .iaier, such as Grant, the tWusio. aud iiinmnv are beyond count, in all this tno rresi dluUoc.U to me like an elephant feeling his way TheSyi--t bepenetraU.1 Is, lue u'yswi ..nn.ejle that there it is defies scrutiny and spccuhition. A man Is suggested only to be rejected. At one time it was supposed that Washburue held the key Ui the private staircase. But this is exploded. Then Rollins was pointed to. But Rollins can not control his own department. Now John Sherman is regarded by some as the prime min ister and favorite, but this human icicle set on end by a myteriou Providence comes out at times considerably Jolted, and in a high state of disgust. Let tho secret adviser le any one, or no one, the fact is patent that the patronage is being horribly managed, and the wrath gathers force as the offices are filled. I do not mean the ordluary diust that comes of disappointment, but an ug'.ier feeling than that. Heretofore we have always hod certain eminent lcodcrs who shared the counsels and readily shouldered tho responsibility, but now these leaders are the men who were first amazed, and are now Indignant. Such is the state of Uie political atmosphere here Just now. Abotit the Capitol one hears nothing but curses, not loud, but deep, that fol low every batch of appointments. These Con gressmen complain that they are not only disap pointed, but are treated in a way to add insult to injury. Tho grim little sphinx sits In grim si lence, puffing tobacco smoke iu their eyes, and responding yes or no with about as much mean ing as there is in bis face. And yet, to one who looks philosophically at the situation, these men so treated really make the Government. General Grant feels his power now, but it is the power of the patronage, and every day this lessens. The time is not distant when the politicians will have no cause to call at the White House, and the eyes of the people will be turned to the Capitol, where tho Govern ment really is, and about that time the little sphinx will lay aside his cigar, and look, too, in that direction. This would all be very well if that confounded Democratic party did not intervene. But times are hard, money scarce, and taxation heavy. 1 he people see in 41sinuy that the rich grow richer and the poor poorer, and with that dispo sition to shift position when sick or in pain, they turn to a party that can give them no relief. SnERMACT. An Interesting- Explanatory I-etter llelallve to the Kurreuuer of (aenvral J. K. Johnston. To the Editor of the JV. Y. Tribune Sir: In your issue of yesterday is a notice of Mr. Healy's ticture, representing the interview between Mr. incoln, General Grant, Admiral Porter, and myself, which repeats substantially the account published somo time ago in Wilkts' Spirit of the I'imrs explanatory of that interview, and at tributing to Mr. Lincoln himself the paternity of the terms to General Johnston's army at Dur ham, in April, 1865. I am glad you have called public attention to the picture itself, because I feel a personal Inte rest that Mr. Hcaly should be appreciated as one of our very best American artists. But some friends here think by silence I may be con strued as willing to throw off on Mr. Liucoln the odium of those terms. If there be any odium, which I doubt, I surely would not be willing that the least show of it should go to Mr. Lincoln's memory, which I hold in too much venera tion to be stained by anything done or said by me. I understand that the substance of Mr. Wilkes' orie-inol article was compiled bv him after a railroad conversation with Admiral Por ter, who was present at that interview as repre sented in the picture, and who mode a note of the conversation immediately after we sepa rated. He would be more likely to have pre served the exact words used on the occasion than I, who made no notes, then or since. 1 can not now even pretend to recall more than the subjects touched upon by the several parties, and the impression left ou my mind after we parted. The interview was in March, nearly a month before the final catastrophe; and it wits my part of the plan of operations to move my aimy, reinforced by Sehotield, then at Goldsboro, N. C, to Burkesville, Va., when Leo would have been forced to surrender in Richmond. The true move left to him was a hasty abandonment of Richmond, join his force to Johnston's, and strike me in the open country. The only ques tion was could I sustain this joint attack till General Grant came up in pursuit? I was confident I could; but ut the very moment of our conversation Gcucral Grunt was moving General Sheridan's heavy force of cavalry to the extreme left to prcveut this very contingency. Mr. Lincoln, in hearing us speak of a hnal bloody battle, which I then thought would fall on me near Raleigh, did ex claim more than once, that blood euough hod already been shed, and he hoped that the war would end without any more. We spoke of what was to be done with Davis, other party leaders, and the Rebel army; and he left me uuder the impression that all he asked of us was to dissipate - these armies, and get the soldiers buck to their homes anyhow, the quicker the better, leaving him free to apply the remedy, and the restoration of civil law. He (Mr. Lincoln) surely left upon my mind the impression warranted by Admiral Porter's account, that he had long thought of his course of action when the Rebel armies were out of his way, and that be wanted to get civil gov ernments reorganized at the South, the quicker the better, and strictly conforming with our general system. I had been absent so long that I presumed, of course, that Congress had enacted all the laws necessary to meet the event of peace, so long ex pected, and the near approach of which must then have been seen by the most obtuse; and all I aimed to do was to remit the Rebel army sur rendering to me to the conditions of tho laws of the country arf they then existed. At the time of Johnston's surrender at Durham, I drew up the terms witn my own nand. Breckinridge had nothing at all to do with them, more than to discuss their effect, and he knew they only applied to the military; and he forthwith proceeded to make his escape from the country; a course that 1 believe Mr. Lincoln wished that Mr. Davis should have succeeded in effcctlntr, as well as the other leading Southern politicians against whom public indignation always turned with a feeling far more intense than against tieuerais iec, iouustou, una other purely mili tary men. 1 repeat that, according to mv memory. Mr, Lincoln did not expressly name any specific terms of surrender, but he was in that kindly and gentle frame of mind that would have in duced him to approve fully what I did, except ing probably he would have Interlined some modifications, such as recoirni.iuir his several proclamations antecedent, as well as the laws of Congress, which would have been perfectly right ana acceptable to me una to au parties. I dislike to open this or any other old nues tlon, and do it for the reason slated, viz., lest I be construed as throwing off ou Mr. Lincoln what his friends think should be properly borne by me alone. If In the original terms I had, as I certainly meant, included the proclamations of tho Presi dent, they would have covered the slavery ques tion and all the real State questions which caused the war; aud had not Mr. Lincoln been assassi nated at that very moment. 1 believe those "terms" would have taken the usual course of approval, modification, or absolute disapproval, and been returned to me. like hundreds of other official acts, without the newspaper clamor aud unpieasunt controversies so unkindly ana uu' pleasantly thrust upon me ut the time. I urn truly yours, W. T. ftiiKRMAN, General. , Washington, D. C, April 11, 180U. The rivers ot Scotland are said to be crowded with salmon this year. . Dartmouth Collego has received a present 5000 from Senator Grimes of Iowa. of A young woman in Montana is charged with puttinir on airs when the Kfwes to tro to a ball larcfootttd. SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. Affairs in tTie Wost-Indiana anil the Constitutional Amend ment The Michigan Judicial Election. President Grant and Southern Reconstruction. FROM THE WEST. Tlir AlniMIe In the lixllnna Nennii-An Attvmut lo Ktuily the (toiiHtiiuitoiini Aineudiueitl. fpteial iMmjiaUh o Th KvnUtu Tekyraph. Indianapolis, April 14 An attempt was made iu the Senate yesterday to violate tlie agreement made not to obtrude the amendment until the necessary legislation to carry ou the State Government was accomplished. A propo sition was offered by Mr. Cravens which pro vided virtually that the amendment should be ratified, and authorizing a joint convention of the two bouses to assemble on May 11 to ratify it. If this proposition hod becu adopted, the ratification would have been virtually accom plished. The Democratic Senators denounced the proposition as a violation of faith, but it was passed by the majority. After the adjournment of the morning session the Democratic Senators held a caucus, and re solved to resign, to prevent the passage of the joint resolution. The resignations were pre pared and placed in the hands of a Senator to present to the Governor at the uflernoou session. Senator Rice, a Republican, recited the agree ment wade with the Democrats, said the pas sage of the resolution would be a virtual ratifica tion of the amendment, aud regarded such a measure us a violation of the faith and pledges on the part of the Republicans. The proposition was withdrawn. The MichiKan FlreTTlold Kobbery Returns of WL JUIIICIIll i.icriKiu. fptial Despatch to The Kerning TtlnjrupK Cjucaoo, April 14 The sufferers by the Lite great fire at Hancock, Mich., are announced to have been relieved as to Immediate wants. Lewis Baxter, of Pittsburg, was robbed on a train on the Cleveland, Pittsburg, and Fort Wayne Railroad yesterday, near Pittsburg, of 175. The thief wished to borrow 153, pre senting a $1000 United States bond as security; und when Baxter produced a wallet containing about the amount, the thief snatched it, anil, leaping from the train, escaped. Complete returns from Michigan show the election of eight Democratic judges out of six teen judicial circuits. Arrivals of (jcuernlH Custer and Srlinfleld In M. l.ouiM Tue (.ruin Movement. Special Despatch to Tlie Kerning TtUtjraph. St. Louis, April 14 The Grain Association movement still continues to be tlie all-absorbing subject with merchants. Another enthusiastic meeting was held ou 'Change yesterday. James II. Lucas, the wealthiest man in St. Louis, sub scribed only two thousand dollars. Morris Connell and Gregory Ash, laboring men employed In a quarry on Sixteenth aud Pen rose streets, were killed by tlie falling of an em bankment yesterday. ' Generals Schofleld and Custer arrived here yesterday from Leavenworth. Fit OM JK 1 SUING TON. Vrrjiateh to the AimoeiaUd Jr. (Southern IleconHtrnrtioti. Washington, April 14. It is not probable that the President will take any action in rela tion to Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas until the business of acting on nominations by the Senate bos been completed, and it is uncertain whether he will issue a proclamation with regard to voting on the constitutions in those States, or address the military commanders through the War Department. ' Imported Iron. The Treasury Department adheres to the classi fication of certain iron from Gothenburg, of au octagonal shape, under the act of lbot, not otherwise provided for, and decides that it is dutiable at i cents per pound. United Wtat? Kenate. Washington, April 14. After prayer and the reading of the journal of yesterday, the Senate immediately went into executive session. THE EUROPEAN MARKETS. Bv Atlantic Cable. Turn jnorniwrtf unoiauoM, t Anvil 1 i A 11 fVtniuilM QRa. f nr mnnow XA'ftl'Wf 1 ' - . , . .... ........ .j , and MJ for account. VS. H. Klve-twenties, 84. Stocks Vra OA- llllnnia Ontral. 964-. Atluiitln uml lireat Western, 29 V. Livkhpooi., April 14 A. M.. Ootton opens active at 12'.(nlSjd. for mldUlluif uplands, and 12 wd. fur middling Orleans. The sales ot the da; are estimated at 12,000 bales. Union, April 14 A. M linseed Cakes, jC9 168.W 10. Tallow nat at 4!m. Kosln, 6s.ish. ad, for com mon and los. ou. ior line. This Kvenlnn's Quotations. London, April 14 P. At. i;. 8. dve-twentles quiet and unchanged. Stocks quiet. Krie, 24;; Great W'eBteru, 29. Livkkfool, April 181. M. Breadstuff qnlet. Lard, 71s. 61. Havkk, April 14. Cotton tinner for both on the spot aud afloat; sales at HI At. on the skU Market ly Telegraph. Baltvmobk, April 14. Cotton quiet but firm at JS!4'(8S ft'to. J lour (lull ami quint. YVbuat dull, ( urn linu; wliiie und yellow, Wiitt6o. Oat dull ; mlmi of Wentern at 75,-tir. ; lilit, luVHlio. Kye dull; prime, (I'M, with but liHla inquiry. Mma i'ork quint at ;fl Htu-on tirni; rib niilos, 16c. ; clear aide. shoulders, M';c. ; haiiin, Jc.a'.'lo. lrd quiet at IKSiO. Wliinky in bettor demand at 0i:k. the taller an extreiua price. HkW VoiiK.April 14. Htooka firm and active. Gold, 133S,'. F.cnange, 7V &-2U'ii lotj'3, laii. : do. 1S64, Uu; do. 1864, 11V.: new, 113? ; 1B67, U3' ; liMU'a, 106. Virginia tie, 6; MiHaourl S, 87: Canton (Viiupany, Cumberland preferred, 2; New York Central, lM- ; Ueadintr, Hi; Hud aon Hiver, 144'. ; Micbiitan UeittnJ, llM'i ; Miobiuan South ern, OT V Illinois Central, lltf ; Cleveland and Pittabunr, tuiii ; Cleveland and Toledo. 07' , ; Chiuago and Hook bland, ISiW: Pitteburg and Kort Wayne, 131. NEW Yohk, April 14. Cotton firmer; 1400 bales old at SSJo. Flour dull ; Hales of 40UU barrels j State, o ooowi'Ho; Ohio, S'llka!7 80; Western, 6-40taj20: Southern, $6MjA 12. wheat dull and nominally lower. Corn heavy and declined lo.: new and old lulled Western, S7tS7); sales of XI.UUU tunnels. Oats dull ; sales of 13,000 buehels at 77 fur Western. Provisions quiet; new rneas Pork, ifcilJ'SO. Lard steady; tierces, lJnl.o, Whisky quiet and heavy; Western, W for free. Ktock Quotations by Telegraph -1 P' GlendennlDK, Pavls k Co. report through their New York house tho lorowmn; N. Y. Cent. K .Atax West. Union Tel..... 41 V Cleve. and Toledo R. . 97)tf Toledo Wabash.... Mil. 8U Paul It. o... 77 x MU. Att PaulILp... 64 Adams Express 6U Wella.FarKOACO.... 81 ' United tlutes A"? Tennessee Ah, naw... 0Si Qvld WiH N. Y. and Erie It..... l'h. and Kea. It 3 Mich. B.aiuIN. I.K.. 9H'i t ie. andi'ittK W'-i Chi and N. W.com.. 3i Chi. and N. W. pref.. 6) Chi and It. Lit...... 12 W Pitts. F. W. A ChL R.1B1'. raculc Mall Htuaiu. . . W.'i Market it);. riNAltfCB A3MD C OKI FIERCE Orrum or thk Fvftktno Tr.t.rniPH,l Wednesday, April 14, lSW. j The supply of loanable funds in the market continues light, and the applicants for accommo dation in the discount line find it dilUcult to escape the exactions of the outsido money lend ers. Whatever may lie the cause of the present scarcity of money, tuo protracted stringency, uuu tiMirtiui ui iiiu rates oi interest ana uis counts, have mode many converts to the theory mat an innauon oi tne currency is tne true remedy for the present monetary trouble. We have neither space uor inclination to discuss tho sul ject here, but the question Is of vital lmiortancc to the ' best lutcrests of the conntry, and the sooner It Is successfully solved the better it will le for us all. That currency In the loan market is unequal to the demand, even iu tlie present prostrate condition of trade, is evident. The question then is, will there be a return current in this (lircetltm within a reasonable time, or has the deficiency been converted into fixed capital, excluding It forever from the lloating resource of the money market? No safe theory can Ikj applied to. the present trouble which does not involve either one or other of these questions. The local Money market Is linn und dull, the rates for call and other loaut reuiuiuiug un changed. (lovermacnt securities are ozain nriu and moderately active. ' Gold is without much change. Premium at 12 11. V.V!. There was not much activity in the Stock market to-day, but a general upward tendency in prices. Nothing was done in State loans. City sixes were rather weak, selling ut 101 for the new issues, (iovernmeut bonds were mode rately active arul firm. Heading R. K, was quiet byt stronger, sell ing at 45. an advance of The chief feature of the market was Philadelphia aud Krio It. H., which sold at SSXftWj Pennsylvania K. K. was taken at 10; 54 was bid for Minahlll; !4 for North Pennsylyauia K. R.; 55,' for Lchlgu Val ley K. R.; aud M for CatawLssa li. K. pre ferred. In Cuual stocks the only transactions were lu Lehigh Navigation at 32 V; 17 wiw offered for Schuylkill Navigation preferred. Coal and Bank shares were neglected. Passenger Railway stock wero quW. 4.1 was bid for Second sud'Third; 17,' for Thirteenth aud Fifteenth; and lii'-J for llestonvllle. I'HILADKLPHtA STOCK HXCIIAtftJK SAL1W. Reported by De Haven A Bro., Ho. 40 3. Third SlreuC HKKotUC BOARDS. 30 sh Leh Khv SStk . Bt FIRST HOARD. riomiB-20s, '64. 'p..H4"t, 2Hau Keadiuir. . Is. 4v fiiiHHi t'lty 6s,rsew.iH.ioi , ion a nj.l. 46)(, 1510(1 do. Is. 101 mo an d:u. 4o W0 ill PW1 A Il.ls.b5 4s, 4(H) do. ..Is.b:i0. tt SdO ila...ls.sH0. SWV 100 do b'iO. 20 sh Lell tk 82 V llH) do 1)30. 82V IWKHJ do 101 IhflOO (lo 2(1.101 1260 6-908, '62, en...HH s sh Penua R iwvrl 110 do Is. til , 4ii0sti Rel.ls..b:ui. 4(1', ao sh N Centralis. 4S ft .sh I,oD Val K.il b. W.s Nakr A Ladnkk, Rankers, report tb.li morninar's (told quotations as foUcrws: 10-00 A. M i:i2' 10-40 A. M 132! 10-15 " 13' 111T " lB24i 10"2fi " 132 1111 " 132", 10-37 " lb2;vUl'20 " 132 Y Messrs. )K Haven & Bhothrk, No. 40 S. Third street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations: C. S. 6s f 18bl, 1 lC,'trll0, ; do. 1-JS2, 120T4120H J do. 1864, 114rM(n llfi ; do. 1H05, llT'i'ieMU ; do. HW. new, 1IH VHH. ; do. 18T, new, ll3V113Ti: da 1S6H, 118(o.tl3; da 6s, 10-4OS, 105S(41054 ; II. H. DO Year per cent. Cy., W-iiSAO1 ; Due Com p. InU Notes, 19W. Cold, i:i8mlM V ; MUver, 18T(j)12. Msrs. Wiu.iam Paintkr Jk Co., No. 38 8. Third street, report the followimr qaotatiins :U. 8. 6s of ism, liautjiiicii ; 6-aosof leoi, iaos'"i"K : do. ism, 114(11,115', ; do. 185, lKalU; do. July, 184ft, U-4(U8?i; do. July, 1ST, 113VitU3a: do. July, 18C8, 113(all3?, ; 68, 10-40, 106V105. UoltL 132 A13'2.,. . Messrs. Jay Cookk A Co. quote Government secu rities, etc,, as follows : U.S. 6s, Ml, 116Vmtf ;.V90a Of 1MI2, 120VO120X; do., 1S64, HDKiUftV; do., Nov., ist.6, HTMWn7t ; do., Jnly. 18r, 113114; do., 1H67, 1133,(0)114: do., l?Hk9, HS;v4'(a)114; 10-tOa, 106j,fel06-!4 ; Cold, lUli.V. Ittclllcs, 103;,a)lQ4V. Ilillalelpliia Trade Report. Weijkesdav, April 14. The Klour market remains quiet at previously quoted rates. . About 700 barrels were taken for home consumption at $5-335-60 for superflnc, $-26d0 for extras, $6-5047-25 for Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota xtra family, $7(9-25 for Pennsylvania and Ohio do., and (9-60i8 for fancy brands, according to quality. Rye Flour sells at f74 70 $ barrel Nothing doing in Corn Meal There Is a moderate Inquiry for prime Wheat at full prices, but inferior sorts are neglected. Sales of red at fl'60w l-r5, and 1000 bushels do. on secret terms. Rye is steady at fl-46 V bushel for Western. Corn Is in fair request at former rates ; sales of 13X) bushels yellow at fctc ; and 4000 bushels Western mixed at Moe. Outs are selling at 73ta)75c ror Western; and Cooi70c. for 1'ennsylruula, acoordiug to quality. Nothing doliu; In Bui ley or Mult. Bark In the absence of sales we qaotn No. 1 Qiiereitron at ffia i ton. - Heeds Cloverseed Is steady, with sales at $ -60. Timothy sells at S3-itt lo Waxx. -, and flaxjieed t 2-6(ff-70. Whisky Ls quiet, and ranges from D& to ft V gal lon, tax paid. , "Flying the blue pigeon" is London thieves' slang for stealing lead oil the roofs ot houcs.J . It is said that fully a third of the visitors to Shakespeare's birthplace, at Stratford-ou-Avou, are Americans. Latest Shipping Intelligence. Krr mdditiottal Marin Mean tee Invite Page. (By AUantU OsSV) Qtritv.MSTOWH, April 14. Arrived, ateaiaahlp Hnda, frm Nbw York. tiitwiow, April 14. Arrived, fceanuhip St. Andrew, from Hurt land. Me. l,oNrKuKKUY, April 14. Arrived, ateatnahip Ulbornlan. fmm I'ortland, Me. PORT OF PHILADKLPHIA APRIL 14. nATK ov TBKHMOMjrrKB at Tax KrKMtHH rautaaapu vmci. 1 A. M 40 1 11 A. M 4 I P. M A5 CIJtARKD THIS MOTtWIWtJ. Br. barque Oluan, Junes, St. John, N. B., K. A. fkw.lnr A Co. hrig Kmily Pinher, Clark, Hairua la Orund. do. bW'br I. 1'albiit, ltarkelt, I'urUunoaUi, Caataer, Mtickney A Wellintrton. Nchr llanuibal, Cox, I'orfnonth, Knight A Song. Kvhr Annie K. natturd, i'uwell, Pruvidnnce, L Audeariad A Cu. Ki'hri.uHtie Wibon, lloyd, Hinffham, Bnrda, Keller Srhr K.'f'ahburne, Coiik, Taunton, CeT'n. Si hr ,). H. D.'twilnr, (irnow, Suuu, skoti, Walter A Co. Srnr H. M. WriKht, Fiaher, Norivich, do. bciir Kda. Kwiun, McAhudflu, .Norrioh, du. ARRIVKD THIS MORNINO. Stearaxhip Wjimiinif, Tfal, 70 hours from Savannah, vrith iMitU.n, etc, to Pbilndulliliia and Knthern klail ISmamship ('li. raaat-iiKHra-W. W. linniing and wife; Mm. J. K. liurdiiiK; Miiw M. Hnrtlin: Jlr. A. B. Harwnrth; Mr. F. L. r-eHrwui ; Mim U M. BrtuUi : Mr. Henry Peuuinirton ; Minn Irene PiiuninKtnui ii. W. Alien nnd vnfv; J. 8. OnUtrbmit and wife. 1'anned nutaide th 'an veHtnrday afternoon, line banine, buund in ; pMT klniw Trrii. below Homhar ilixik, and rliaa McLaiiKhlin, below Reedj Island, towuii up. Steamship Itonaer, Barrett, 60 boors from Wilmington. N. C, with cott-oii, navni aUiroa, etc., to Philadelphia ana HiinthHrn Mail HtHanibhjp Co. Saw uft' Feiiwiok'a Ialand, a baniue, aupiioKed tu be the Ilrilhant, from London, and a tine full riKBd briK, paiuid xreeu, aupioaed to be from up the Nlraita. llr. banine Klena, Stewart, from Ivhrtat, via Peterhead and TrtKiu tat whioh ports hhe put in in diatreaa, aa befora reiHirted), Mar. 4, with kryolite, to Pennarlvania Malt Co. veefwl to J. K. Kar loy A Co. richr Mnntroae, (iriuraon, 10 day from Calaia, with lum. her to' Henton A Hro. Kxperienred vrr hoarjr weaterl Kalea the whole tiaaaaxe, ana ahifted deck load. Kcbr Ti 'hiii, Cooper, 1 day from riugrna, Uvl,, with graiu to Joa. K. Palmer. Ruhr H. WKshbnm, Cook, from Taunton. , Krhr A. K. Kitfford, Powell, from Norwich. Rchr tiuetie Wiliton, Floyd, from New York. Bteamer Itlat-k Duimona, Meredith, U houra front. New York, with indue, to W. M. Uaird Co. (WrwfwminM qf ihr PMUuMphi JfavtAaaf v j - . t1wiH-1 AprU ia t- M i8i"l' Tyro, from Ulto for Philadelphia, paaeud up thia P. M. Brie Jamea Maker, rrom Philadelphia for Cardenaa, and echr fda F. Wheeler, from do. for Baaua, went to ea thia morniuit. brig Nellie Mitchell, from Philadelphia for Anpinwall: nuhreThua. Borden, from do. for botuenet; L. W. tUirdoall, from do. for Appotiaug j Oerru Uordo, from do for Newburyport; Henry ldiddluton, from Viraiuia for New York : ti. K. Carter, from do. fm N. V...L . .. u.. from New (Jaatle for .Nawbaryport, remain at tlie Break-' Vr " AAASi TU8TCS.ELL! Tlu-! WiJ'e'H Htotomcnt. . A Graphic Account of Her Connection with the ; ! Tragedy. His Alleged Attempts to Indnco ) llrs. Twitchell to Take the Eutlrc llesponsibility. :... . lite., File., Kle., . lilo. ' 5inee the murder of lire. Hill in November litht, five months ago, notwithstanding tlie eluci dating evidence addnccd on the trial, a certain air of mystery has surrounded Uie tragedy.' .This is now dispelled. Yesterday reporters of the : various dally papers waited on Mrs. Camilla' Twitchell, who had signified her determination , of responding to the allegations of her husband and clearing herself of the imputations which that religious young matricide hod endeavored -to fasten upon her. Her verbal statements were taken from her own lips as given below; the letters are copies from the originals, written by Twitchell during his Incarceration. Our reporter has seen his handwriting, and from a close and scrutinizing examination, has no doubt that the -documents are genuine. They are written on note' paper, In very small letters, closely packed together, evidently so Inscribed to avoid bulk . aud admit of their transmission to Mrs.Twitchell, on her visits to the cell, without detection 6y the keeper. ' . . Aside, however, from the fact that these letter are undoubtedly what they purport to be the ell unions of (leorge Twitchell, written by himself ' they bear other evidences of their genuine ness. They also throw additional light npon the . manner of the commission of the crime, for It ' seems more than probable that in many of Abe ' leading feature of tlie "confession," Twitchell has drawn ou his knowledge rather than his imagination. The parts cast for Gilbert or Lee are no myths, aud only need the substitution of his own name to make them literally correct in the main points. The vcrv cowardice of the resorts to save his neck accords with Twitchcll's .bravado at the trial aud tears and eye-rollings at the reading of the death sentence. The hypocrisy of the state ment, "I know nothing about it," made in tears and sobs, agrees perfectly with the attempts to use Mr. Bringhnrst as a tool, while the prisoner was mocking that gentleman's attempts to in dncc in his penitent a religious faith in God's mercy, and resignation to his impending fate. His own confession is now understood to be a last urgent appeal to tlie wife to grunt the re quest made in the letters we give below. The. challenge to her to come forward and disprove his declaration is lielleved by Mrs. Twitchell, and for that matter by every one else, to have been made iu Uie firm hope that she would either use one of the three confessions offered her, or flee, and so give a color of truth to his lies. lu her conversation with the reporters Mrs. Twitchell was nervous and agitated, and in the pale, careworn face of tlie woman it wus easy to rend intense suffering and mental proelration, but whether this bo the effoct merely of anxiety at her own and her husband's fate, or the ha rassing of a conscience guilty of complicity in a mother's death, none save herself can tell. That -she positively denies any knowledge of the mur der until after it was committed, and even tlten knew nothing more than the merest spectator, ' will be seen by her statement given below. - In. her manner Mrs. Twitchell was rery earnest,' seemingly desirous of thoroughly impreseing her hearers with a conviction of her innocence In her manner ' there was also an evident undercurrent of restraint, as though she was half-ashamed of the part she was play ing towards her husband, in exposing hie ras cality after his death, which, though in violation of the rule, "Of the dead say nothing save good," was nevertheless necessary to her owa good name. Her demeanor was, furthermore, that of a lady of good breodlng, though In relating her interviews with her husband, aud the nature of his Infamous requests, she was nearly overcome with sorrow and grief. This is the last phase of the affair which has caused so much excitement in our community, and with this the excitenieut will die away, fir the public have little if any thlug more to Warn of the terrible deed and its consequence. . , Mrs. Tw ilrliell'i, Mtateincnt. We give, as the nrst thing In ordor, the statement of Mrs. Twitchell, which we have in her own hand writing, except the concluding paragraph, which was revised by a friend more skilled lu making au appeal to a generous public than a uovlce: . . On Sunday afternoon, about half-past one, George aud went out to take a ride, leaving at home mother and the girl. Wo went to the Abbey. I ob served thut Ceorge appeared (ow-splrtted, and In no way disposed to enter iuto conversation. I tnairca If he w as sick, uml was told he was not. We r. turned about four o'clock. 1 found my mother plea sant and agreeable. George came In shortly after wards, and remained in the dining-room until called to tea, reading a paper. lie was very thoughtful during tho afternoon aud evening. We took tea to gether. After tea he left tho table and went to the dining-room. In a few momenta I was with hlin leaving my mother lu the kitchen. In a few niol meuts my mother came In the dining-room. Mother and I conversed together, George maklmr no remark whatever. Mother aubi ..... ' 1 CVifiraetl ti the ticemi ity j t i f ' ! .' i t I 1 I j-nme in the ffil ISwtr, but who W wha o have a thn
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