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VOL. IX. NO. 91.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 18G9.
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JV. I TV.
The
Proposed Constitution Its
Leading
Provisions Tin?
Right
and Duties
of Spaniards.
The full text of tho proposed Conntilntion of
Spain, nfc reported nnanlmonsly ly the commit
tee to the Cortes on tbe 30th of March, In pub
hrlicd iu our European exchanges, just received
ly the steatnublp Java. The following; arc the
most material aud interesting parts of tlie instru
uicnt: Chnptrr I. Of the Npnnlnrdn and thr-lr IliffbtM.
Article 1. The Spaniards are 1. All persona
born iu Spanlfh dominion. 2. Children of
Kpaiiich father or mother, although bom cut of
Spain. 3. Foreigners who may obtain articles
of naturalization. 4. Those who without Huch
articles may gain clti.enhhip in any population
of the monarchy. The quality of Spaniard is to
be acquired, preserved, aud lost in conformity to
the law.
Article 2. No Spaniard can be arrested or Im
prisoned except for criminal causes.
Article 3. All arrested munt be delivered to the
judicial authority within tweuty-four hours after
the act of detention. All detentions will be
taken to prixon ami will be notified, at the latent,
within ' seventv-two hours from the time of
having been delivered to the competent magis
trate. Article 4. No Spaniard can be imprisoned ex
cept in virtue of the command of a competent
magistrate.
Article 5. No one may enter into the house of
a Spaniard or foreigner resident in Spain, with
out bis consent, except iu urgeut cases of nrc,
inundation, or similar danger, or of legitimate
aggression proceeding from within or to aid per
sons who from within ask. help. Only a com
petent magistrate can decree and carry into
effect the entering into a domicile and the
registering the papers aud other effects therein.
This is alwavs to be done by day and never by
night.
Article 6. No Spaniard can be compelled to
change his domicile or residence except in vir
tue of a sentence of law.
Article?. In no case can the Government au
thorities open or detain correspondence entrusted
to the post, nor detain telegrams. But in virtue
of the order of a competent authority, correspon
dence of both kinds may be detained, and also
opened in presence of the party proceeded
against.
Article 8. All acts of imprisonment, of regis
tration, of domicile, or detention ol letters or
telegrams, must have a cause.
Article 9. The Government authority who
Infringes what is prescribed in articles 2, 3, aud
4 will incur the crime of arbitrary detention,
and will, moreover, be subject to the indemnifi
cation fixed in the second paragraph of the fore
going article.
Article 10. There will have the same right to
indemnification, regulated by the judge, all per
sons detained, who, withiu the period prescribed
in article 3, have not been delivered to the judi
cial authority. If the magistrate within the
naid period docs not investigate and justify the
detention, he will be obliged to indemnify the
detained with the indemnification Axed iu arti
cle 8.
Aiticlcll. No Spaniard call be tried or scn-
r ten eed except by the magistrate or tribunal to
whom, in virtue ot the laws, it uciongs to man.e
the investigation, nor in any other form than the
said laws prescribe. No extraordinary tribunals
or special commissions must be created to take
cognizance of any crime.
Art cle 12. The law will determine the form
or summarily releasing those whose arrest has
ot been made according to law.
Article 13. No one can be temporarily or per
petually deprived of his property aud right, nor
d.sturbed iu their possession; except by virtue of
judicial sentence. Public functionaries who
mnder any pretext infringe this prescription will
hi personally responsible for the damages
caused. There will be excepted from this cases
of fire, inundation, or other urgent analogies in
which continuauce of occupation might increase
danger to the proprietor or possessiou'or extend
an evil which it is feared might supervene.
Article 14. No one run be deprived of his pro
perty except for cause of public utility and in
virtue of judicial command, 'which cannot be
exercioed without previous iudemnitication regu
lated bv the judge.
Aitlcle 15. No one will be obliged to pay taxes
which have not been voted by the Cortes or by
the popular corporations legally authorized to
In pose them, or whose recovery is not made in
the form prescribed by law. All public func
tionaries who may require the payment of any
contributions without the foregoing requisites,
will incur the crime of Illegal exaction.
Article lti. No Spaniard in the full possession
of his civil rights can be deprived: 1. Of the
right to vote in the election of Senators, deputies
to the Cortes, provincial deputies and connclllors.
2. Of the right of freely emitting his ideas and
pinions, by word of mouth, by writing, print
ing, or any other mode. 3. Of the right of
peaceful meeting. 4. Of the right of association
lor all objects which are not contrary to pnblic
morals. 5. Of the right ef directing individual
or collective petitions to the Cortes, the Jiing, or
the authorities.
Article 17. All public meetings wiu te snoject
to the general disposition of joliey. Open air
meetings and miinifestutions can ouly take plaee
kArtwje 18. All associations whose members
commit delinquencies through the means the
association affords will incur the penalty of dis
solution. The governiug authorities can suspend
any offending association, submitting the
oflcuders instantly to the competent magistrates.
Any association whose object or whose means
ompromise the security of the State may be dis
solved by law.
Article 19. The right of petition cannot be ex
rcised collectively by any cluss of the armed
lorces, neither can the individuals of the armed
forces exercise it, except in accordance with the
Hwfl of the institution.
Af. tele 20. The nation obliges Itself to maln
' tain i he worship and the ministers of the Catho
lic r lieion. , . .
Article 21. The public and private exercise of
'jBiyather worship is guaranteed to all foreign
ers resident in Spain, without other limita
( tkrafl than the universal rules of morals and of
Article 22. If any Spaniards profess any other
relitfon than the Catholic, all the dispositions
t the foregoing paragraph are applicable to
them. . . i ii .i. .j
t r tele 23. A, There shall not do esiauiisuea,
'tli' r by law or by the authorities, any pre
i" taUve disposition referring to the exorcise of
'the rights defined in this clftpter.
i .i'rtfron l'- fnri.tim.-r call establish hlm-
Llffrcr ly in Spanish territory, and exercise in
'ulXZZirv. or dedicate himself to any profes
sion for whose exercise the laws do not require
klOU 1UI wu H,.luli
certificates of litncss to ue isbuiu u uu t -
r Article 26. No Spaniard who is in the full en
Wment of his civil rights can bo prevented
S? freely out of the territory, or translating
fu residence and goods to a foreign country,
Xe'the X"y "PJ&ft! IT
aer.lce or w iu u,u" . , , , , : ...
I Article 27. All Spaniards are admissible to
t i '..;.uri I-hanres according to merit
aer.ice or to the inaiuu-u rr,? ;
Foreigners who are not nut
;i7mfot excise in S,.alu any char.
nntu
Article 28. Every Spaniard is obliged to defend
the country by arms, when called upon by the
law, and to eontrllrate to the expenses of the
State lnproportlon to his means, after the vote
of the Certes.
Article 20. Everything J lawful which Is not
expressly prohibited by the constitution und the
laws.
Article 31. The guarantees consigned in arti
cles 2 and 5 and paragraphs 2, 3, 4 of article 10
cannot be suspended iu tbe whole or any part of
the monarchy, except temporarily and by means
of a law, when the security of the State requires
it in extraordinary circumstances. When such
Jaw is promulgated tlfe, territory to which It ap
plies will lie ruled during the suspension by the
law of public order, established beforehand. But
neither in one nor in the other law can they, in
any case, suspend any other of the guarantees
consigned in this title:, nor authorize the Govern
ment to send out of the kingdom, nor to trans
port nor to banish any Spaniard to a greater
distance than fifty leagues from Ids domicile.
( Implcr 1 1 -Of tbe Public Powers.
Article 32. All powers emanate from this
nation. '
Article 33. The form of government of the
Spanish nation is the monarchy.
Article 34. The power to make the laws re
sides in the Cortes. The King sanctions aud
promulgates the laws.
Article 35. The executive power resides in the
King, who exercises it by means of his Ministers.
Article 30. The tribunals exercise the judicial
power.
Article 37. Questions of private interest to
the population belong respectively to the Ayun
tamientos and Provincial deputations, iu accord
ance with the laws.
Chapter 111 OT the LoKiHlatlve Powers.
Article 38. The Cortes are composed of two
bodies eolegislative, viz., Senate and Congress.
Both bodies are equal in faculties, except in eases
provided by the Constitution.
Article 30. The Congress is to be totally re
newed every three years. The Senate is to be
renewed by fourth parts every three years.
Article 40. The Senators and Deputies arc the
representatives of the nation, aud not exclu
sively of the electors who nominate them.
Article 41. No senator or Deputy can admit
from his electors any imperative command.
Artiole 42. The Cortes will meet every year.
It will belong to the King to convoke, suspend,
and close the sessions, and dissolve one of the
eolegislative bodies, or both at the same time.
Article 43. 1 he Cortes will meet for at least
four months in the year. The King will con
voke them at the latest by the 1st day of Feb
ruary. Article 44. 1 he Cortes will necessarily meet
whenever the Crown may be vacant, or when
ever, by any cansc, the King is incapacitated for
the government of the State.
Article 45. ivu h ot the eolegislative homes
will have the following faculties: 1. To form
their respective roles for their internal govern
ment. 2. To examine into the legality of the
elections and the legal aptitude of the Indivi
duals who compose them. 3. To nomiuute aud
constitute its presidents, vice-presidents, and
secretaries, which olllcers will discharge their
functions during the legal life of the body.
Article 40. one ot tbe eolegislative bodies
cannot be assembled unless the other is also,
except iu the case when the Senate is constituted
into a tribunal.
Article 47. The eolegislative bodies cannot
deliberate jointly, nor in the presence of the
Article 43. the sessions ot both bodies will be
public, except in cases which necessitate reserve,
or in which they have to deliberate upon
economic regimen.
Article 4'J. Sio project can teeome law until
after it has been voted in IhjUi bodies. If there
should not be absolute conformity between both
bodies, they will proceed according to the law
wiiieu nxes their relations.
Article 50. Projects of law upon taxes, public
credit and military forces must be presented in
the (Jongress txilore in the senate, aim u in me
latter they suffer any alteration which the former
cannot admit, the resolution of the Congress is to
prevail.
Article eo. The senators win dc ciectea ny
provinces. Kvery municipal district will elect
by universal snitrage a member ot compromma-
rws equal to the sixth part of the councillors
who compose its Ayuutamicnto. Those munici
pal districts where the number of councillors
does not amount to six will elect one oompronii-
sarw. 1 hesc compromiaartos will unite with
the provincial deputation and constitute the
electoral junta. They will proeeed to elect by
plurality of votes four senators for each of the
actual provinces.
Article CO. To be deputy requires 1. To be a
Spaniard. 2. Twenty-live years of age. 3. Pos
session of civil rights.
Chapter IV. Of the Executive Power.
Article 07. The person of the king is invio
lable, and he Is not subject to responsibility.
me Ministers are responsible.
Article 08. The King will nominate and freely
dismiss his Ministers.
Article 69. The power to execute the laws re
sides in the King, and his authority extends to
all that conduces to public order within and pub
lie security without the State.
Article 70. The king disioscs of the hind und
sea forces, declares war, makes and ratifies
peace, giving afterwards documentary account
to tne fortes.
Article 71. Only onec in each legislature can
the King suspend the Cortes without the consent
of the same. In any case the Cortes must not
fall to be reassembled within the time fixed in
article 43.
Article 72. In event of dissolution of the
Cortes the royal decree will necessarily contain
the convocation of new ones within three
months.
Article 73. Beyond these necessary faculties
for the execution of the laws, there belong to
the King: 1. Care of the coining of money, on
which win be placed his Dust and name. i. Ap
point to civil and military employs, in accord
ance with the laws. 3. Concede in the same
manner honors and distinctions. 4. Direct the
diplomatic and commercial relations with other
powers. 5. To forgive criminals in accordance
with the law, save what belongs relatively to the
Ministers.
Article 74. The King will need to be author
ized by a special law: 1. To alienate, cede, or
exchange any portion of Spanish territory. 2.
To Incorporate any other territory with Spanish.
3. To admit foreign troops into the kingdom.
4. To ratify treaties of alliance, especially of
commerce, those which stipulate for subsidies to
foreign powers, and all those which individually
afleet Spaniards. In no case may secret articles
of a treaty derogate the public ones. 5. To con
cede amnesties aud general Indulgences. 0. To
contract matrimony himself and to permit it to
be contracted by the persons who, being his sub
jects, have the right to succeed to the crown ac
cording to the constitution. 7. To abdicate the
crown.
Article 75. To the executive power lelougs the
faculty of making rules for the fulnlmcut and
application of the laws previous to the requisites
the same supply.
Article 70. The dotation of tho kln;$ will be
fixed ut the beginning of each reign.
( hauler V-Of the Succession to the Crown and
ol'tuo HeMcucy.
Article 77. The royal authority will be heredi
tary. The succession to the throne will follow
the regukr order of primogeniture, always pre
ferring the nearest lines, in the same line always
preferring the male to the female, and in the
sume sex tho oldest to the youngest.
Article 78. Should the dynasty which is called
to the possession of the Crown become extinct
the Cortes wilt proceed to a new choice, a may
suit the uation.
Article 79. When the King dies the new King
w ill swear to guard the Constitution aud tho
laws in the same mode and In the same terms as
the throne, according to the Constitution. Tho
Prince of Asturias will take tho same oaths when
he attains eighteen years of age.
Article 80. The Cortes will exclude from tho
succession those persons who may bo incapable
ol governing, or who may have done anything
to merit the loss of tho right to tho Crowii.
Article 81. When a female reigns her hmband
will have no part In the govcrnmcut of the king
dom. Chnptrr Vl-Of the Minister.
Article 87. All that the King commands and
disposes in the exercise of his authority will bo
signed by the minister to whom it corresponds.
No public functionary will give compliance to
what is wanting In this particular.
Article 88. Ministers who do not belong to one
or other of the legislative bodies cannot assist at
the sessions of the Cortes.
Article 80. Tbe Ministers are respousible to
the Cortes for derelicts committed in tho exer
cise of their functions. To the Congress it be
longs to accuse, and to tho Senato to judo
them. The laws will determine the cases of re
sponsibility of the Ministers, the penalties to
w hich they nrc subject, and the mode of proce
dure against them.
Article 90. For indulgence to the Ministers
w ho may have been -condemned by the Senate
there must be proceedings by petition of one of
the legislative bodies.
nop Errrris.
Some Keccnt Development in the J rent Lord
llond Itobbery.
Some downright charges having been pre
ferred against the Boston detective police, to
the effect that they are no better than their
brethren in New York, and are in collusion with
thieves and law-breakers, the Massachusetts
Legislature took the matter up. and appointed
an investigating committee. The following in
cidental evidence was given in relation to the
famous Lord bond robbery in New York city.
Mr. Gooding was asked to state what he knew
about tho Lord bond robbery. He said: "On
getting ready to go to Montreal the first timo,
I somewhat disguised myself; on the way,
Mr.f Heath spoke of the Lord bond robbery; on
arriving, went to a saloon kept by William Eno;
then went to Hod Ennls', where we stayed about
an hour;went back again to Eno's; were together
about eight days, often till a late hour; conver
sations took place about the Lord bond robbery,
as to the portions taken by the thieves; this was
principally told by Mr. Heath; understood from
Mr. Heath that there was considerable money in
possession of a man iu England; he said about
if 1,000.000; he gavo a description of the house;
he said he was going to England; asked him sub
sequently why he delayed going there? he said,
'That is my business, and not yours;' one Sun
day, at Moutrcal, went to bed at 1140; next
morning I got up, and as Heath was lying asleep
in bed I tried to pull him outj I noticed in the
bed and in his vest a considerable amount of
bonds; he, without saying anything to mo,
gathered them up und put them again in his vest;
I lit a cigar, and went down stairs; I have had
several letters from Hod Eunis; Hod had written
to me aud asked me to go to Heath and Jones
und nsk them questions about money, and get
their answers.
"At the request of Ennis he went to Newbnry
port to see a man named Westcott; he met him
in Market Square; they went to a hotel, West
cott engaging a room; Westcott explained that
he had $20,000 of the proceeds of tho Ixrd bond
robbery; he said the olllcers came to Newbury
portand calculated that they could do just as
they did In their own city, and take the man
they wanted; he said, however, that Ke had a
'ring' in his own city, and they found out they
had to settle with him before they could take the
man away; Ennis gave tho name of a party in
Boston that had 250,000 of tho proceeds of
the robbery; a mun named Bill Jones
was sent with a password to this man to
get a packet; this packet, which contained the
money, was taken to Mr. Lord, at New York,
who paid a certain reward; witness said ho un
derstood from Ennis and partly from Westcott,
that this was done to liberate Ennis, who was
then in custody at Newbnryport; Westcott said
that if there had been a requisition from the Gov
ernor of New York to take Eunis there, he should
not have gone; Ennis told him (witness) that he
had to pay Westcott $20,000 to get awav; under
stood that the password was given by Mr. Ben.
Hcrth; heard from Ennis and Westcott that
Westcott had agreed with Heath and Captain
John Young that Ennis should be liberated on
condition of his giving us certain money; never
heard that any one but Westcott received any
portion of the $250,000; Ennis said that Heath
had brought from Montreal $80,000, and that he
(Ennls) and Colonel Kurtz expected to have
a reward of $2000 each; understood that
Mr. Lord paid a reward of 10 per cent,
on the money restored; the $350,000 was sent to
Mr. Lord at one time, $80,000 at another (of
which $8000 was kept back as reward); Eunis
also said, that he bad paid $23,000 to Heath at
another time, in small bonds, which Heath hal
never sent to Mr. Lord; knew nothing farther
about that than what Ennis said; Ennis said he
didn't get his share of the reward, und that they
beat him first to lost; Ennis asked witness if he
knew how much Ben had received of the reward?
Witness told .him that Beu hod shown him a
draft for $8000; Ennis said his share was $2000,
but that Ben Heath had only sent kirn $100; the
bonds which I saw in the bed, and which were
in Heath's vest pocket, were seven-thirties; they
were coupon bonds; they were once folded; there
was quite a number of them; they looked like a
puck of cords.
The winness then spoke of the attempted rob
bery of the safe of Messrs. Davenport Mason
by throwing it off the line: he had received in
formation of that from tin anonymons letter
from Kansas, and another letter from New Bed
ford; Tom Jennings, who had been bar-tender to
Harry Jennings, und Harry Jennings were ar
rested for that attempted robbery; Heath was
sent for, and he understood that he represented
that the men were not thieves, and were conse
quently liberated; Tom Jennings had onco been
a soldier in the English army; Mr. Tillingham
would tell more about that story; hud no know
ledge of uny corrupt means being used.
TIXZ2 OOLD PEVEIl,
IncldrnU on the Koute to the White Pine Minn.
The San Francisco Bulk-tin says:
'We have heard of several Instances lately of
the first use made of tho good fortune which has
attended some of the White Pine adventurers
that show the better side of human nature.
One man who had lost his 'grip, and had bo
come worthless by drink, was accosted one day
by a friend and told that ho could do nothing
here; he had no credit and no Intlueuce, and few
friends; he had better go to White Pine. His
adviser offered to furnish money enough out of
his own moderate earnings to take him there,
and would look uftcr his family iu tho mean
time. The man went, under a promise not to
spend a dime of tho money so furnished for
diink. After a while he got hold of some claims,
began to make small remittances to his friend,
enough in all to liquidate tho indebtedness for
his outfit. At a still later day he returned to
the city, paid all arrearages for family expeuses,
met his old frieud and told him that from tho
hour he had been taken by the hand he had
never spent a- cent for liquor. If ho had not
done much, ho had become a sober man. The
friends parted at the steamboat landing; the
White Pine man returning In the hurry of the
moment be recollected that he hud a small
package for his friend's wife, which he had
nearly forgotten. The package contained a
deed for the house and lot occupied by his bene
factor. Tho property was worth about eight
' thousund dollars.
"Another 'dead broke' man recently returned
from White Pine, and, meeting one of his credi-
,.... l.iwr.m ti 1L- nlw.nf ..1.1 1 J i . J
Iiuin, uvmi. V" utjuii. n,u (Jill HlQUUlCUUUnn.
The creditor said that the account was long a 'o
cnlars. White Pine said that tnado no difference.
Ho had come down with $15,000 in hand to pay
his debts. His first business was to hunt up
every creditor, paying him principal and Inte
rest, declaring that he had no right to count a
dollar as his own until he had paid all his debts.
"We hnvA ninrrl nf m,m .i.... i ....
as notable. Now, If White Pine is going not 1
urn vj uuveiuo minions oi treasure, but is really
going to help devclope whatever is best In human
nature, there will be no estimating tho value of
these new discoveries. It may yet fall to tho lot
of some Ingenious moralist to consider White
Pine as a 'means of grace.' "
xx everdy jonwa on.
An Kxplanation hjr Him of Alleged Threat
AKaitiNt ;rcnt Britain.
On March 31 Hon. Reverdy Johnson w;w pre
sent at the Inauguration of a bazaar in aid of
the funds of tho Newcastle Ragged and Indu
trial Schools, which took place In the Assem
bly Rooms, Westgate street, London, and deli
vered an address. Almost immediately after
leaving the Assembly Rooms, Mr. Johnson
went by express train to North Shields, where,
in reply to addresses from the corporation
and the Shipowners' Association, he made
another speech. After the presentation of tho
the addresses, his Excellency was entertained ut
a luncheon, given to him by Mr. J. Straker,
Chairman of tho North of England Coal Associa
tion, in tho Assembly Rooms attached to the
Bath Hotel, where ho delivered a third address.
In the course of the third speech Mr. Johnson
said: I omitted yesterday to refer to what some
time since was said by tho Times newspaper
paper edited with great ability. No doubt diffe
rent opinions are entertained with relation to
the paper. Some think it creates public opiulon;
others think it rather sifts It until it finds out
what it is. (Hear, hear.) I made a speech at
Manchester, in which I stated that I thought
the doctrine upon which our attempt to
claim indemnity for the wrongs and
losses sustained by us in consequence of tho fit
ting out of the Alabama and other vessels, was
one so perilous to England that she ought to
pay at once the amount without question. I
merely anticipated that if the doctrine become
the recognized doctrine of tho world, and if you
became in course of time the belligerents, the
opposite belligerents could have had Alabamas
b the hundred fitted out by the United Suites.
The Times thought and I was somewhat sur
prised it should have fallen into such a mis
takethat I designed It as a threat to England,
that my purpose was to intimidate your Govern
ment. A threat to England! If that paper had
done me the justice to believe that I had any
intelligence at all, if they had done me the jus
tice to suppose that I was acquainted even cur
sorily with the history of England, it never could
have fallen into such a mistake.
Whatever may be done by appealing to the
reason of England may be accomplished. He
who thinks that he can accomplish anything by
threatening England with the consequences of
refusal must be a madman. It would be as ridi
culously foolish as was the belief of the poor
Indian, who, being offended for a moment by
the heat of the sun, made up his mind that he
would bring the luminary down to the earth by
shooting his arrow through Its centre. He shot
his arrow, and then, to his surprise and vexation,
the arrow returned without tho sun; and that
would be very much my case, or tho case of any
one who could expect to intimidate England.
He would be laughed at and ridiculed, just as
much as the poor Indian was laughed at and
ridiculed at tho failure of his experiment. Eng
land to be threatened by the United States!
Why, the world combined could not by threats
accomplish wiy purpose which England's honor
demanded should not be accomplished.
You might suffer if you were invaded; your
commerce might be swept from the ocean iu
such a contingency; but rather than submit to
such a threat I think I know you well enough to
know and you would be false to tho history In
which you take so much pride if you would not
you would rather see tho islaud sink into the
ocean. And the loss to the world by such a
calamity would hardly bo greater, if as great, as
the loss to tho world by England submitting dis
honorably to any demand which any nation or
nations in the world might make. Now, I have
set myself, I hope, at rest with the Times, whoso
proprietor it is my good fortune to know,
aud whose principal editor I also have the
good fortune to know, but I regret to say that
it seems from tho article to which I have re
ferred that they do not know me. If they
had, when they penned that article, they never
would have peuned it, hut, penning it, it
goes to my own home, and there wo have editors
who would like occasionally, to ue an Irish ex
pression, to kick up a row, and there it will be a
feather in my cap, as they may think, that I had
threatened England. If what I am now going
to say should reach them, they will find that it is
a feather which I should cousider it a dishonor
to wear. Gentlemen, I could speak of tho ne
cessity of our being at peace even without
words, for you have taken all the words from
me already until to-morrow's dawn; but I have
said enough not only during my present visit,
but from the moment when I landed upon your
shores, to satisfy you, I hope, of this, that there
is no man in either nation who rejoices more iu
the belief f hut the peace between the two will bo
undisturbed, and there is no man who would
mourn more its disturbance.
American Topic In ICurope.
We have seen lately some articles in Italian
journals which show how imperfectly American
affairs, in spite of many intimate relations, are
understood. The seating of the new Presi
dent and the appointment of tbe Cabinet have
been the cause of a reuewed examination of our
condition. Men appointed to posts of the first
rank, who have never before been heard of,
is what pnzzles most these interested Inquirers.
The newspapers are sure to get our names wrong,
and then go groping blindly on the wrong track
after knowledge. The J'crsewrama, of Milan,
certainly not the worst informed journal, says it
has looked iuto all its encyclopaedias and biogra
phical dictionaries, and can find no account of
Si. Hamilton Tlch, the new Secretary of State,
and successor of the eminent M. Seward. It
makes similar blunders about other men. Not
much Information comes directly to those news
papers, as they have no American correspondents
and few exchanges. They get what they can
from French, German, and fcuglisk sources. It is
their ofllce to ucquiro a knowledge of geography
and history, and of contemporary political
actors. It is hardly ours to teach them; . but
there Is room for missionary work.
One of the Chicago papers quotes from "a
ruucld Copperhead sheet of this city."
The Hotel Dleu, the oldest of the hospitals
in Paris, dating from about tho year 050, will
soon be entirely removed from its uueient site.
The first fair ever held in Rome was that for
the new blind asylum during the carnival. Up
wards of 15,000 francs were taken tho first two
hours.
Bayard Taylor is believed to be the "distin
guished American statesman" engaged by thd
Moscow Gazette for its United States corres
pondent. The "London General Mourning Ware
house" has always experienced truvelliug milli
ners and dressmakers, iu eases of sudden
death at a distance.
An English court has decided that public
gateways must be threo feet two luetics, in order
that "tho stoutest of her Majesty's subjects"
may get through.
The Spanish recipe for salad dressing Is a
model of terseness: "A spendthrift for oil, a
miser for vinegar, a counsellor for suit, and a
madman to stir it all up."
The English Post Ofllce police had a busy
Hum rm Kt Vuliuitine'a Day in taking obiection-
ablo urticles, such as red herrings, black pud- I
illr.ir.1 nnH r,ia frnin valentine onveloDCu.
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
rrobable Chang) In tho Foreign
Appolntmcnts-Tho Ureas n o
on 1 resident Gran:.
Spanish Outrages on Ameri
cans -Redress to be De
manded by Consul
General Plumb.
FllOM WASHING TOJf.
Zjxeial Dtxpalch to The Evrning TeUyraph.
The Spaniards Alunt Krutlrr Full KatiNf'arUon
for tbelr OutriLKes.
Washington, April 15 It is understood that
Secretary Fish docs not represent the views of
the administration relative to Cuba, and that ho
has been overruled by the President. This was
made clear in the instructions given to Plumb,
ConsuKSencral, who is about to leave for
Havana.
He carries ont instructions of the most pe
remptory character, looking to restitution ond
full satisfaction to American citizens for all in
juries and insults offered by Spaniards. The
owners of the Mury Powell are here to lay tho
matter of her capture before the English Minis
ter, and in the event of prompt action not being
taken, our Government will assume tho responsi
bility of demanding redress.
The Foreign Nominations.
Secretary Fish was at tho White House this
morning for the purpose, it is understood, of
making a recast in the foroign nominations, as
suggested by the Foreign Affairs Committee.
The President finds himself very much embar
rassed in connection with this matter, as ho was
importuned on all sides to send in this class of
men, while he knew them to be unlit for their
places.
Itctrciiclimenl.
Several hundred clerks in the departments
have been notified that their services will be no
longer required, as there is no appropriation to
pay them,
PtMpatch to the Anitx-iated Pie,
The Odd Fellows' Ocitionst r.ailon.
Washington, April 15. It was stated at the
Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge
I. O. O. F. of the District of Columbia, last
night, that President Grant hod issued an order
directing the heads of departments to give leave
of absence to all clerks and other employes who
desire to participate in the semi-centennial anni
versary of Odd Fellowship In Philadelphia on
April 26.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Sentenced to be Ilanued -Kailrnnd Prosperity -Federal
i'utronuMe.
fipteial Dtxpatch to The Jivening TtitgrapK
Baltimokk, April 15. John McNamnrA, who
murdered his wife, was sentenced In the Crimi
nal Court this morning, by Judge Oilman, to be
hanged. The prisoner exhibited much emotion.
The Judge was feelingly affected.
The monthly meeting yesterday of the Direct
ors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shows
the company as very prosperous. .
The Presbytery in session here is advocating a
union of Southern and Northern Churches, aud
it is believed it will bo finally uffectcd. The Bri
tish steamer Marmora, for Charleston, put in
hero for coal and again sailed. It Is generally
conceded Judge Bond will get the appointment
of Circuit Jidge for this district, in the United
States Court, under the new law.
FROM TUEWEST.
A War with the Indian Anticipated-Ovatioa
to tJeneral Nviiolivld.
SjMXial VfApatrh. to The evening Telegraph.
St. Louis, April 15. People from Mexico and
army officers from the Plains 6uy they anticipate
tho worst Indian war this summer ever known.
The Indians are concentrated. They will sell
their skins, get their ammunition, arms, powder,
mid lead, and when the grass is strong, about
July, they will make a general warfare on the
whites.
A grand banquet is to be given to General
Sehoiield here on Saturday nlht, on the occasion
of his assuming command of this department.
Sheridan, Caster, and others will be present.
Murine II(iMtcr.
Atlantic City, April 15. Tho schooner T.
Luke, from Philadelphia for Newport, loaded
with coal, struck a floating wreck at sea, and was
run ashore at this place last night. She will be
a total loss.
Mall Robbery.
Lowbll, Mass., April 15. Philip P. Flaggerty,
for the past fQteen years a clerk in the Post
Ofllce here, has been arrested on a eharge of
opening and robbing letters.
THE EUROPEAN MARKETS.
Vij Atlantic Cable.
Thin Mornln' Qoot.tlnn.
London, April 15 A. M. Consols for money, MY,
and for account 93',' ; Five-twenties firm at 81 V, ex
cuupom'. Kb 11 ways steady. Krte, W; Illinois Cen
tral, OtW ; Atlantic and Great Western, SO.
Livekfooi., April IB A. M.. Cotton opened qnlet
and stead v. Uplands, ia4'd. ; Orleans, liid. Sales
to-Uay 10,(O bales. Corn, liss. ed. tor new.
This Afternoon's Quotations.
London, April lfi I. W. Five-twenties, 81', ex
coupon, ltailwuys quiet and unchanged.
Ll vkkpool, April 161'. M Corn easier, but not
qnotably lower. Jiacon, 62s. lid. Cheese, 78.
Cotton at Havre opened quiet and stuadj for
afloat and on the spot.
markets by Telegraph.
Baltimokk, April 16. Cotton firm at SHWS(a(38Vo. Flour
foirly antive. Wiiuat dull; primii rail, ltJ'lU.2 &). Corn
Itro j nhita, S6wn. : ynllow, brt-aVTo. OaU hnavy at 7.4
See. Kyo duUat l 4oo)r6J. Pork quiet at $33. Bacon
rib idoi(, 16'c ; clear hhIhs, 17 W ; tuouldere, Ulk). : hauu.
a Willi. 11(1, i'JW Whixkyfirraatttio.
Aiw YoKK.Ajiril 15. Htooka iirm and aotiro. Gold, 185V.
KiolianKe, J.,,. ltjtt), l'JU, ; do. 1HS4, 114 V. do. l&on,
1I7;': now, lt4Uj 1S67, I Ml,: llMO'a, lll6. Virginia 6.
ttt'.i ; liratmri 6s, 8d : CanUm Company, W. : Ouinlwrland
rofrred, XI Sr ; Nuw Vork Central, 1ik ; lU-aJlnjr, 1M: liud
aunltiver, 14Va; Miuliiiran (Vntiml, laj; Michigan Houth
ru, D7., ; Hindis On I ml, 140; Cluveland and I'ltUburif,
) tt'4 : (iuvolund and Toledo, 07!, ; Cuiuajra and Uouk ialauu.
135 i Pittobuig and Kort Wayn. 1M.
Htorlt Quotations by Telegraph 1 P. At.
Glcndeuning, Davis k Co. report through their New
York house the follow tntt:
N. Y, Cent. K 14 , West Union Tel 41 V
N. Y. ami Krlelt 3!SVK'lev". and Toledo K.. 9
I'h. ami Kea. H U Toledo & Wabash.... 6tfV
Mteh. H.andN. I.R.. 8sV Mil. k Hi. Paul ILc... V
Cle. and Pitt. It V) Mil. A St. Paulltp... Uv
Chi. aud N. W. com.. MIV Adams Kxpress. (W
Clii.aud N. W. pref.. ! iWells.KarKuiCo.... Uti"'
Chi. and It. I. It VM United 8Ules 6SV
I'llts. K. W.A Chl. u.YAi 4 Tennessee (is, new... 45
raeille Mail htea in. .. M.' Cold 132
Xiirh';: '.'..Ll,
rxxrAxrcB aito coiviivnsiicii
Omcc or rrrr RvrNiwa Tn.jviiuPH,M
Thunidar, April In, Iwa.
There is a slight mitigation In tho pressure for
money to-day, though lenders have no dltlkulty
iu commanding the legal rates in gold, or In cur
rency with a commission added. There can be
no doubt that the usury laws are being openly
violated both by the buuks and outride lenders,
and tho extra commission now so generally
added to tho legal rates is a mere cover for the
violation of the law.
There is a good deal of flurry among tins well
known gamblers of New York jnst now, in con
sequence of a rumored prosecution of sonic of
the more eminent of the Shylocks. As tho sys
tem is highly injurious to trade, wo trust that
the District Attorney w ill lose no time in bring
ing the matter to a legal it-nic.
We have 110 change to report In the market;
rates for loans ranging between 7f5D per cent,
on call, with Government or stock collaterals,
and at a12 per cent, for prime commercial
paper. Currency during the pa.-t few days has
been more abundant. Occasionally we hear of
some of our banks having small "balances on
hand towards the close of banking hours, but
these are rare occurrences, and are no guide i
the real condition of the market.
Government bond" are osrain strong, having
made another upwards movement to-day. Gold
is steady and without much variation, closing at
13 M. at 32X. 0
The IStock market was dull but firmer. 8toe.k
loans were neglected. City sixes were un
changed, the new issues selling at 101. The
lohigh gold loan changed hands at VU(am, b.o.
Government bonds were strong at an advance.
Heading Hailroad was quictlut steady at 4X
Philadelphia aud Eric Railroad was uot so
strong, and declined 14. selling at 3i. Lehigh
Valley Railroad was taken at 5o Norristown
Railroad at 674"; and Camden and Amboy Rail
road at VZ. AVA was offered for Little
Schuylkill Railroad; . 54 for Mine Hill Railroad;
34 for North Pennsylvania Rallroiid; and 34
for Catawlssa Railroad preferred.
In Cunul stocks the only activity was in
Lehigh Navigation, which was firm at 82; T
was offered for Schuylkill Navigation preferred;
and 65 for Morris preferred.
In Coal shares there were transactions iu
Phamokin at 5 4 was bid for New York and
Middle; for Pulton: 45 for Locust Mountain;
5 for Big Mountain; and for Feeder Dam.
Rank and Passenger Railway shares were ne
glected. 43 was bid for Second and Third; 17
lor Thirteenth and Fifteenth; 3ft for Sproee and
Pine; CO for West Philadelphia; 12 for Ueeton
ville; and 27i for Girard College.
PHILADELPHIA BTOCK EXCHANGE 8ALB8.
Reported by De Haven k Bra, No. 40 S. Third Street
FIKHT BOARD.
1500 City6s,New.ls.l(H'V 100 sa Read..s30wn.44'44
hooo do 101 :oo do e.e-44
$1000 N Pa fis 88 v
fbOO Leh(lolll..e. 94
liooo do
t4000 do 987,
60 do. sfi. 4SV 1
TOO sh Leh Stlt..h.. wk
40
do..
32 V
loo
son
20
'204
10O
10
do.
do.
i0.
do.,
do.,
do..
MX
.... 88V
i sn am Am,..i!r,
SiUi fill Penna it . .Is. 69 v.
.... iW
82V
, 32 sh Norrist'n K.. 071
n al. T ..ft. J 1.. -I 1. r i
AAU T..1FI.U.U, VHl
.so. m
.... 93hi
YHU BU 1 Illl 23
100 eh Hhain'nC.t-tiO. 6"
Naur k Ladker, Bankers, report this morning's
Cold quotations as follows:
10-00 A. M... 132SIHV4T A. M 1MV
io-80 " isalii-oo " 1324
10 81 " 132, W46 " 1MX
Messrs. WnxiAM Paivtkr k Co., No. 36 S. Third
street, report the following quotations iXX. 8.6s of
1881, 116V4H6 ;6-2OS0f 1S62, 120K120Ji ; OO. 1864,
ll6VH6x; do. 18G5, 117.V(s llT3 ; do. July, Wft,
1U.Sil14i ; do. July, 1867, 114!,'(S,114X: da Jury!
1868, 114'114Ji ; 6S, 10-40, I05x106-. Gold, VttlK
Messrs. Jay Cooks k Co. quote Government secu
rities, etc,, as follows: U.S. 6s, "81, 1 16,(1 10 ; 5-20s
Of 1862, mWAmji ; do., 1864, 11fi,'($115;, ; (to., Nov.,
I860, m.(MU; do., July, 1865, 1I43(114: do.,
1867, 114(114; do., 186S, 114ia)H4,; 10-408.
lt810,Vj. Gold, 132,. Pacifies, 103(i)104iC.
Messrs. Dk Havkn k Bkothkr, No. 40 8. Third
street. Philadelphia, report the following quotations;
U. 8. 6S Of 1881, 116,Vlt6; da 1862, ia)W1201f:
do. 1864, 116s116S ; da 1865, WS'mfc t do. 1865,
new, iHtcglM; do. 1867, new, 114k114)tf; oa
1868, 114!4(114Vf; da US, 10-40S, 1064100 ; V. 8.
30 Year 6 per cent Cv., 103f i104 ; Due Ubinp. in.
Notes, 10X- Gold, lH2Xf4182K ; Silver, iaarri8.
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Thuhsdav, April 16. There is no inquiry for Flour
for shipment, - but the home consumers purchase
rather more freely ; sales of 1000 barrels, Including
superfine at 6-26o-60; extras at 0-25o-eO; Iowa,
Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra family at 96-CO&
7-25; Pennsylvania do. do. at fT8-00; Ohio do. do.
at fs$9-S0; and 200 barrels "Langley's Karai" an'
secret terms. Rye Flour sella at 77 -60 per barrel.
Nothing doing In Corn Meal
There is not much activity In the Wheat market
lw. iw.i.l.,.. r... ... ..i - ... ..-t . . r
. V nwivtv.in, nn uvuim 11 ,'1 1 111 FT, thTV XI I HI Ul Uir
views; sales of red at 1-601-d6; 4200 bushels In
diana and Kentucky anibcr at fluo, and some
tuiiuiiiiu i imqii-o. isje sens ai i-o per
bushel for Western. Corn is la fair request at full
prices; sales of 1600 bushels yellow at tfetoooo,; 9000
bushels Western mixed at bfr486c, ; and 2000 bushels
Western white at 82c, Outs ore steady, with sales of
6000 bushels Western at 74Tc,, and some Pennsyl
vania at 6(M7oc. Nothing doing in Hurley or Malt'
Hark is held at f52 per ton lor No. 1 Quercitron.
Heeds Cloverseed is quiet, with sales at$8-fl0(-0i.
the latter rate from secoua hands. Timothy Is" held
at t3-:trKB-Wv,. flaxseed is taken by the crashers
at2-66i-70. . . ,
Whisky may be quoted at 96 98c, per gallon, tax
psld.
Osmyn, (he liemgade; or, (Kc Suge of Sa
lerno, is the title of a tragedy recently written
by the Rev. Charles Muturin for Mr. Edwls.
Adams.
Tim mnKf. arinejCLatnl irn.luitv.im K.i m.m.t
Parisian managers and actors is a former "bar
woman" at the Odeon Theatre. She clears 60,000
francs a year.
Latest Shipping Intelligence.
for additional Mitrim Seum tee ItuUte Patfce.
1st TrxaoRAPH.1
YO". AP"! 14- - Armed, iaamship AmorWa.
from HonUuuupton.
QrwrnsToww, April lS.-Amvod, ataaraship City of
New York, from Mw Vork.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA APRIL 1.
STAT, OIP THKEMOMinTH AT TEH EVF.WTHO TOUS0lulI
.... OPHCS.
A- M 43 11 A. M... 36 a P. M.. .........
OLHARKD THIS MORNINfJ.
Kteanyihlp Fanila, Prm-man, Nnw York, John F. Ohl
briK Allmtrwa, Hmilh. Kt. John, N. B., J. E. Hakw A Co.
ho ir A. t.arrwon. Smith, Boston, bootf, WalturA Oa
hclir M. V. Cook, rulkunbnru, Ivilwin Tyler ko
K"co AUd""UM' W lUetu ""ton, AuUoiuied, Norton
Bohr M. H. Rnart, KHnwm New Bedford, Penn OasOoalOA
Hi lir 11. Al. MiCmill,.T, llubbant, Lynn, doT
CpPr, Nirkerw.n, Providence, do!
Kolir T. 8mr.irkon, Uickereon, ;loncetr. Si
fcc " y?1- WaUW (Soull, Cambridge
" P- " "'', IWiri.y, Tannuin. '
he ir L. A. BtinoBtt, Hoiiautt, AlyMio Bridies, So
hebr Richard Law, ifork, SwnimjUin, 5i
.. ARRtVKD TrUS MORNING.
onlr " ' 48 dy inuu LuilU wiUl "Id iron b.
win?:ot,MnV,rasn' 88 hon NY.
uStSJSS' Bw41h0"3 Nuw Bo. "i""
Kcbr lirouitiiilil, Crowi-11, 7 daya fraa pnviAKM,
tone Ui Uuimi k HiuyiiM. rroviaenoe, with
Krbr Maria Roxuua, Palmer, from Portland Ma !Lh
Bi-lir Chaa. Cooper, Niekenton, from Harwich.
5 1 i if ,,I"T,1"1' Nn.il h. trom New York,
buhr Al.-V. I jnik, l-alkenlmjy, trom UohKul
-Shr' lshoun' Bjau","-
... , , , M KM OR AND A.
hiMuu.uip llruuette, Hwe, henoo, at Now Vork 10str.
Bariu Rpeed. Lurkin, hence for Klainore mmj.H rv,.
Ken.;. Nt iut.. helore reported oil J6U1 ult ' Dttn-hehrWaUua-a,
Lawrence, buuoe.at Charleston yu.,.
AS;. f0t cleared .t