fT TEILE (GUI: AFMo hi VOL. IX. NO. 95. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1869. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. FIRST EDITION CUBA AND SPAIN. A Secret Mission to surgents. the In- The New York Herald of this morning prints the following from Washington: A despatch was tclcpraphcd from here last night to certain newspapers purporting to pivc the views of the President on the all-absorbing mostion of the Cuban insurrection, on the au thority of a Cabinet olllccr. Diligent inquiry would lead to the belief that the Cabinet ollleer who communicated tire Intelligence was either liadly informed or endeavored to mislead the correspondent, for the statements made therein fall to meet with continuation. In regard to the views of the President on this subject, it may lie stated on good authority that one of the President's nearest confidants, whose name your correspondent is not now at liberty to divulge, has been sent to Cuba on a aeorct mission, the object of which is to obtain all the information accessible in relation to the importance of the Cuban revolution, and to report to the President the exact chances for milking the movement successful. On the strength of this report will depend the action which is to be taken by our Government with regard to the recognition of Cuban independ ence. The views of the agent who has been se lected for this important mission arc such that no circumstance will be lost sight of that will tend to present the affairs of the revolutionists in a favorable light. Spain nnd the United State. The World's Washington correspondent of yesterday says: The Foreign Relations Committee have before them a list of five hundred and twenty-seven summary executions reported to have been made by the Spanish authorities on the Island of Cuba within the last three-and-a-half mouths. This list is to be most diligently scanned first, to see if it is entirely correct; second, to see if any Americans are included in it. The list firoduccs great excitement. and even f Americans are not found in it. inge nuity is aiding Indignation to discover if the cruelty cannot be made the subject of re presentation of some sort or other. The rumors regarding contemplated expeditions from the States to Cuba are not incorrect. A force of for midable dimensions is being prepared. A pro minent Western General ot volunteers is in command already, and attention is being diverted from the real port of embarkation by the publication of false places as intended. The real point has not been selected, but it will lie neither at New Orlenns nor New York. This may be relied ou. The lust proposal of the Insur gent agents is that both parties be allowed to buy arms and ammunition in the States in open market. There seems to be no way of getting at this, nnless 1t be allowed sub rosa, short of recognition. The initiative in recognition our Government will not take, but the Insurgents' friends here aver that the steamer expected from Vera-Oui! at New York to-morrow or next day will bring news of the recognition of the insurgents by Mexico and Bogota, and that their act will be soon followed by Chili, Colom bia, and Ecuador. This is what they say, and of its troth the arrival of advices per steamer will soon thow one wiiy or another. It is certain that In turgent agents have been prosecuting efforts for recogi.ition in Mexico and in the South Ameri can republic for many weeks. The hatred of those countries towards Spain has been their lever. Meantime the Government's intention to protect American c.itizeus in Cuba, and Amen- fU.ll VUHhUIN 111 uuuu Tfivm, luuninivo u changed. MARYLAND. A Mnrder on the Eastern Shore. The Nirfolk Virainian has advices statins; that a ehockliig murder was committed in Kastville, Northampton county, on Wednesday of last week. It cays: It appears that between 11 and 12 o'clock on Wednesday niKht two white boys were passing near thp hU re of Mr. Westcott, when they saw a m-itro rush out and make off. They It red upon him twice, but without success, and upon entering the store found the body or Mr. Westcott. dead, his head nearly severed from his body, and lytiifr in a pool of blood. The alarm was immediately given, but the lateness of the hour isrevented any active pursuit benjr made that night, but enough was seen to show that a desperate stniKKle hail taken place, and traces of blood were seen leading: from the bouse. At an early hour the next morning' the citi zens of the place, accompanied by many negroes, turned out en musne In search of the murderer. Following the bloody traces, they led to the cabin of a negro by the name of Wright, living aliout a mile from the village, where Mood was found in the yard. Wright was not at home. Tho woods in the neigh borhood were thoroughly scoured, and about 1 o'clock a negro by the name or coiuus iouiiu me iugiuve secreted In the top ot a fallen tree. The blood upon the ground and In his cabin was then ascertained to bave been caused by a severe cut upon the arm of Wright, supposed to have been received in the death struggle with the murdered man. J iW t . . , After his arrest, Wright confessed that he had committed the murder for the purpose of plundering the store. That he hod planned it, and In order to effect an entrance with less dlfflculty, had dressed himseir tn his wife's clothes. He stated that when he went to the door and knocked, Mr. Westcott, tlntl ing that it was a woman, apparently, came down and admitted him. Arter talking a little, he took the op portunity, when his victim's attention was turned away, and subbed him in the neck, inflicting a fatal wound. To make sure, however, he stabbed him twice more, when, becoming alarmed at voices, he rushed from the house. This account Is corroborated bv finding several articles In the store known to be long to his wife, such as a shawl aud a button which bad been torn from her dress. Threats were freely made of lynching the mur derer but better counsels prevailed, and he was lodged In the jail of the place to await a trial. Three other arrests have been made, and all of the sus pected parties we now in conlineuieiit. PMr Westcott was an old gentleman of about sixty years of age, aud was much respected by aU who knew him. LOUOSTHEET. The IlUtory of Hit I-elter. A writer in the Banner of the South (Father Ryan's paper), under date of Alexandria, V a., March it, says: . . . T "And now about that letter; and what I now say, I have direct, as spoken by Longstreet him self, when in an adjoining county to this, last year, visiting a valued friend. He says that utter the war closed he was in New Orleans, and also many other Confederate Generals, and on a cer tain occasion, being in conversation with some of his brother olncers, it was thought that they were looked upon with distrust and hate by the United States authorities, that a letter written by some one or more of those on the subject would be a benefit to the South. Longstreet being the ranking General, was pitched upon to write the letter. General Longstrect 6ays he thought some expression from him, or all of them, accepting the situation, would be of benefit to the South. He says the letter was written by himself, and afterwards handed arouna among nis brother oltlcers for their con sideration, some of whom approved altogether, some aiterea some ot the extensions, aud the letter was wicu reiurne to mm (.Ucneral Lomr ut recti lor publication. It was tullllri .7d you know the storm it ralbed, and now comes th disgraceful part of the proceeding. Thn very generals who approved of that letter slunk frm our loved General, and left him nlnn hear the brunt of the reproach called up to the South by mat usivcr. one nag naa the man lines to acknowledge mat lie knew anything of it; and General Longstrect, with that doicned- ot disposition wmca renaorea UU corps la- vincible, said he was able to bear it all, and would not murmur; that that letter had caused tronble enough to let it stop mMi him. Nor did he depart from tills determination, ex cept on one occasion, Just after the letter was published, he met one of the generals referred to above on the street, who immediately crossed to the other side, not wishing to recognize hlra. A few days afterwards, as General Longstrect sat in the St. Charles Hotel in conversation with some friends, this General came In, but did not recognize Longstrect; smarting under this Insult, ho called to the former, and said: "I wish to say to these gentlemen in your presence, that you were one of the men who proposed this let ter, and the last one who read It before publica tion, and as much In the mud as I iu the mire." xrawjroiuExsxvxs. From Our Own Correspondent, ' Nbw York, April 80, 189. Just as we are congratulating ourselves on the possession of new and beautiful market-houses, the State Legislature Informs us that citizens or other States are not to be allowod to possess stalls therein. Is hot this an exquisite piece ot legislation? Is it not enough to make paterfamilias froth at. the mouth and denounce the frenzied framers or laws at Albany? We thought that the price or "feed" was already sufficiently high, without Its being Increased hy mo nopoly. The bill Is a "dcmnltton" bill, as Mr. Manta llnl would say, in all Its features. The prlco which New York drovers and hucksters ask tor their com modities Is already enormous. No one but a man In easy circumstances can hope to have much epicurian delight In the metropolis nowa days. May good digestion wait on appetite and wealth on bpth, ought to be the new reading of "Macbeth's" toast, for appetite and digestion are likely to fare badly without It. The market gar deners of Long Island are already flapping their wings over their dlscomllted of New Jersey and Connecticut, who expected to have a linger In the pie. We miss the golden churnings of Philadel phia the glorious butter that looks as though it were prepared from an emulsion or butter-cups. The result of this legalized monopoly will be the erection of numerous private markets, the upper stories ot which can be used as public halls or private oillces, whilst the lower.ones are rented as stalls. On Saturday, Mr. Assessor Webster, worsted tor the time being In his encounter with the brokers, was overcome by his reelings and a photograph album. His emotions, like the bulls and bears, were too much ror him, for on opening the album he found it to contain the photographs of the assistant asses sors of the Thirty-second district who had aided and abetted him In his late struggles. The peculiar fit ness and qeauty of this presentation may not be strikingly evident to the public at large, but are supposed to be a very strong appeal to the bosom of the abridged Webster. The terms in which Mr. Dana declines the Ap pralsershlp are no lnslgnillcant tribute to the press, lie will not abandon a more Important position for a less important one; he will continue to serve his Government in his present capacity, while declining to serve it In an appointment directly under it Hut whether Mr. Dana manages his own paper, or whether his managing editor manages it, Is a ques tion among his employes. Mr, Dana himself Is very seldom seen. He glides in and out, as silent as a sunbeam, and as shady as a shadow, with a timid "good evening," or "good morning," as the case may be, to the sub-editors aud reporters sprinkled around. His recent managing man, Mr. Kngland, has subsided from the editorial desk Into the business department, whence he sallies rorth and drums up advertisers with a per tinacity which amounts to positive genius, and stamps him as one of the most accomplished button holers or the age. The editorial rooms of the Sun have also lately been strengthened by reinforcements from the Tribune, For reasons as satisfactory as they are secret, Dr. Wood, the recent night-editor, amr A. J. Cummings, the recent city-editor of the Tribune, are now contributing to the Hun's efful gence. Have you any female reporters In Philadelphia? We have here, exclusive of those who prepare re ports for the Involution. In making the tour of the newspaper ofllces, you occasionally encounter a sharp-looking woman, at any age between twenty and thirty, and wearing a bedraggled dress. She possesses loquacity and" pertinacity. She can write short hand as gliblyas she can use long tongue.and you give her something to transact with the one in order to be rid of the importunity of the other. This is one or the New York rcmale reporters. She Is seen at public meetings. Eminently respectable, and pre eminently unattractive, she threads the thorough fares with a hawkish hankering after sensation, upon which, once round, she swoops and pounces with her beak and talons with an abandon worthy her mas culine rivals. Another variety or the human fringe i that hang ravellpg on the edges or the big newspaper) Is the "obituary writer," who may be said to live by other people's deaths. Ho Is a sort ot reportorla "Brown," who keeps himself in victuals ana clothes by anticipating the demise of distinguished person ages. The other day, for Instance, I met Ante mortem (who writes ror the Imperialist) at a Broad way restaurant it may have been the Tremont House, or It may have been Praff's. I took the liberty ot an old acquaintance to ask him how he ked out his salary, only expressing it muen more gracefully than this. "Oh," replied Ante-mortem, I'm writing obituaries lor me jieraia. i write one a day on any distinguished person I happen to have met abroad any one that's over fifty, that Is and when their deaths are announced by cable why then the article Is all ready." The pigeon-holes of the various newspapers are, In tact, filled with obituaries ou living celebrities, and I should say that at Ante mortem's rate ot recollection and composition he tills fine pigeon-hole per day. Mr. Bergh and Justice Dowiing nave quarrelled at i last. Friends or both parties saw tnat the crisis could not be long delayed. At a recent case dragged Into the Tombs, the Justice decided that the com plaint was trivial, and that Mr. Bergh was In the wrong. Thereupon an editorial paragraph round Its way into the Herald, censuring the justice and talk ing sweetness ubout lsergn anu nis Douevoience towards beasts. This paragrapn Dow ling Insists upon attributing to that gentleman's underhand management, aud consequently, wnen a iresn case was brought before him on Saturday, refused to hear It at all, and announced his intention in future of sending all such eases to a court, "where," in the Justice's withering language, "a higher order or Intelligence prevails." ir there is anything upon which the Sphinx ot tho Tombs Police Court prides himseir, It Is upon his general intelligence, although, truth to say, hit language Is not remarkable for the acquaintance It displays with the rudiments or gram mar. Mr. Bergh who Is a gentleman in vain pro tested his innocence or all collusion in the matter. The Sphinx was as obstinate and overbearing as Ignorauce and arrogance ciau m auinoruy it now now to be and finally took advantage of his position to inform the prosecutor that he did not believe him, and that must end the matter which it did. The writing of letters nj nuuKurasci m i newspapers has become a regular business. Three of these notes have Issued in as many days from risk's Opera House, auu air. inyicuro m hones of turning out as many more. Does the Herald make a disparaging remark concerning the legs or the lineage, the voice or the virtue, of the last new blonde T The remedy Is evident-a note for publica tion written In a strain.of Indignant but tearful pro test concluding with an appeal to the "generosity of the metropolitan public." That's the perfect cure. The afflictions of Mr. Johu Brougham, by-the-by, promise to be healed by a complimentary benefit at tho Arulomv r.f Music. ComullmentS to an Old friend and a lumlv-celebrated actor and dramatist are all very well : but Mr. Brougham Is not abso lutely la ueedv circumstances. He Is not yet re duced to going about, In rags, with a cold-victual basket. Many or the actors and actresses who were engaged at the commencement of this season at the Firth Avenne Theatre, however, and who expected to remain there for some months to come, would find a little pecuniary help very pleasant, and, of course, Mr. Brougham, who Is notoriously kind-hearted, will be only too glad of seizing upon this occasion of diverting Into more needy pockets tho greenbacks which his friends are anxious to stun into his own. Of conrse he will see this. And, by the way, I understand the Lydla Thomp son Burlesque Company, whose success here has been unrivalled, has made an arrangement to appear at the Arch Street Theatre in your city during the coming summer. Philadelphia will then have an op portunity to view the muscular art In all Its glory. ' 1 Thin April exuberance of balm and brightness has tilled with purchasers such stores as those ot A. T. Stewart, Lord & Taylor, Arnold A Constable, etc. Which are the new fashions and which the old? the uninitiated observer might well ask, In his rambles through those regions. What a curious faculty, by-tbc-way, Is the memory of a fashionable womaul Her brain Is like the "miscellaneous Item" column of a newspaper; Innumerable points are forever slipping through it, no one of which must be repeated, or, if repeated, with such a variation as will make it new. The stores that I have mentioned are almost Im passable, and, as I extricate myself from the per fmned, glittering throng, I fancy I see a phantom ltke phalanx or lathers and husbands, culled upou to root the bills. Au Haua. HALE A (IAIN. The Itow Ilelween llini find I'crrv All About "lluek lluirHiid "Vuit. The town has been somewhat exercised over the Hale and Terry dllllculty. That Minister Hale should smuggle In goods was not So much; but that he should be caught at It indicated a lack or diplomatic ability that Is really disgusting. Hale must be In a fainting condition. When he was Senator tn Wash ington he could steal with entire success. Indeed, I remember tho time when John P. Hale stood the foremost man in the nation as a saint. It is enough to make the devil laugh to see what material we make our saints of. In those balmy days or Hale's glory, to touch him on the score ot purity would have been as dangerous as It would be were some fool to intimate that the martyred Lincoln were not a saint. I know, for poor Pierre Smile told me so. that this Perry Is a scalawag, not tit for anything but Secre tary of Legation. But It strikes me a little hard that he should be held responsible ror the bail con duct ot his wife, In letting down her back hair In public; how was Terry to help it? He might have re monstrated with her, and said, "Now, my dear, don't let down your back hair In public It is uot proper, and is very disugrecable to the Hales." He might have added, "Now, don't you do It," as the experi enced foul-oil man did, when his friend proposed anointing himself. But, if she persisted unil from my knowledge of female nature, 1 think she would have persisted, If her back hair was soft, full, and tlnwlug, aud the back hair of the Hales was scant and not line I want to know the justice of holding the husband responsible. There Is always a row between the Minister ami the Secretary of Legation. As the Minister has nothing to do, and the Secretary of Legation assists him, they occupy their Intermediate hours, spared from toll, In quarrelling with each other, and gene rally the families take part. I am told by one of the diplomatic corps here, Sennr Strapolettu, that Hide's unpopularity iu Madrid did not come of his smug gling propensities and practice, but from a habit he hud or wetting his thumb with his tongue when dealing the cards In whist. He was passionately fond of whist, and had this, to the hidalgos of Spain, offensive practice. He was very fond of whist, but could get no one to play with him. The diplomatic circles shunned him like the plague, aud when a strange diplomat or courtier appeared at court they would take him aside, and warn him, If he had any regard for the purity of his soul, to avoid Hale's card table. And at last they sought to destroy him by this frivolous charge or smuggling carpets. The publication or this diplo matic muss lifts the curtain from the Inner life of our accredited agents abroad. I doubt not but that the curtain could be lifted from before a good many legations, to the amazement ami amusement of the American people at home. We send such a queer set abroud. I was talking to an eminent gentleman, lately selected to till a responsible diplomatic post, anil while conversing he applied the thumb aud forefinger to his nose, so as to grasp that organ, and, sneezing, gave a convulsive snort ; in a word, he blew his nose iu the primitive style. "You will have to change that sort of thing," I said, "my dear fellow, when you get to your post." "Why, no ! How?" He knew I had served once In a high diplomatic position, and he listened to my opinions with pro lound interest. I said : "All diplomats use tweezers In blowing their noses. A charge d'affaires uses plated ware, the minister resident uses sHver, the envoy extraordinary has gold, the ambassador gold set in precious stones. In a like maimer each diplomat has a fork to scratch his back." My friend looked at me inquiringly for some seconds, and then said, In a low tone, "The devil 1" Wash. Cor. CiiL Commercial. HORRIBLE. Four Children Iturned to Ilcalh Heroic Con duct ol'a Utile Uoy. On Tuesday night last, about 10 o'clock, the house of Mr. Nelson Hurst, living about one mile aud a half from Pdplar Plains, Kentucky, burned up, nnd four of his children perished iu the flames. We have been unable to obtain the full particulars at this writing, but give them as wo heard them. On the night iu question Mr. Hurst and his wife went over to his father's, about one nnd a half miles distant, to spend the night, leaving (lie house in charge of his chil dren, seven In number, the oldest a young lady in her teens. While there Mr. Hurst had occa sion to go out of doors, and looking in tho direc tion of nis home discovered a large liht, and called to his wife that he believed his house was on fire. He then ran as fast as ho could in the dlrcc tion of his home, and only arrived there in time to find his dwelling nearly consumed and four of his precious offspring shrouded in a tiery oca. Three of the children he found in the yard screaming with fright and wringing their little bands, and naked all but the night-gown placed upon them by an elder sister wnen tney lay down in bed. They had made their escape through the aid of an older brother, aged about twelve years, who afterwards lost his daring life in the fire, in a forlorn hope to save another of his sisters. The scene must have been horrible. And what could have been that affectionate father's feelings when he arrived to find his home reduced to ashes, and his own precious offspring mingled with the burninsr coals. Tho picture is too sickening and sorrowful to con template or dwell upon. Language has failed to furnish words to expressed tho heartrending pangs of that parent bosom, much less to a suuge the torrent of tears and groans of the stir vlving children. The children had all gone to bed and were asleep, no doubt, when the furious monster made the attack. Some went to sleep, alas ! to wako no more in this world of sin and sorrow. The oldest boy, aged 12 years, was first awakened by the strangling smoke: he made a leap for the door, nnd succeeded in opening it; he then went back into the house aud dragged a younger sister from it, and then a second, and then a third, and went back again for the fourth, when lo! the burning roof sank upon his gallant head, and he too was seen no more. The little fellow gave up his life, after saving three of his brothers and sisters, in a daring and heroic act to save the others. Tho four children who perished, strange to say, are the oldest. They doubtless never awukened, but suffocated with tho smoke. lU&r lKeutH. Mr. A. T. Stewart's property on Broadway, New Y'ork, alone is worth about tis nno.iioo. Mr. W. B. Astor's real estate on Broadway Is worth about i fuiA fuwi Th. i 1 1 1 ..... . .., uui Aim In- . nj Ajummru estate nan ia,wwtwv vested in that thoroughfare. The highest store rent paid In Broadway Is that of K. H. Jaifrav's dry goods . I :..! I. f r , . nt 1 .... . . 1 ..... . . . . . ...illUUk on.n , l uwici vt usuiumi sireei, wnlcll onus" vi The highest hotel rent la Unit nf Klftli Avenue, which rates at lioo.ooo per annum ; but the most pro fitable of all Its edlUces Is Trinity Building. This is occupied by offices. It coBt alout IttW.uou. and reuts for nearly one-half that sum. Single offices bring tiRlJ dOM thMe. ' UHMiS M' SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. Heavy Storm in tho West-Buildings Shattered by Lightning in St. Louis-Tlie Batler-Kim-berly Suit Presiden tial Appointments. Ximmciul ntl Commorcial FROM THE WEST. Terrible Hail nnd Kain Ntorm In Ht. loui Building" Struck by LightniiiK-Urrat De nt ruction of property and Intenite Kxohcnicnt IttHhop luan. BpetiaX Vespateh to The Keening Tclqjraph, 8t. Locih, Mo., April 80. The storm king has been holding his saturnalia in this region. Last night wc had a deluge of rain, accompanied with vivid lightning and terrific peals of thunder. No particular damage was done, however, though telegraphing was quite out of the question. About noon yesterday a heavy rain-storm, ac companied by lightning and hail, passed over the city. While the merchants were on Change the lightning struck the Chamber of Commerce, passing through tho dotno, damaging paintings, and putting an end to tho transactions. At 4 o'clock yesterday the most terrific hail-storm ever witnessed for more than a quarter of a cen tury burst over the city. The rain and hail fell in torrents. The storm came from tho west, and unnumbered panes of glass were broken iu win dows on that side of the buildings. All the hotels suffered heavy losses from this cause, sKyngnts evcrywncre nave oeen com pletely riddled, and an immense amount of damage done to buildings in various parts of the city. Some small buildings were iujurcd or demolished, though no valuable houses were seriously damaged except from broken glass and water. The steeple on the Catholic church was struck by lightning and a good deal shat tered. Gardens suffered severe loss by the breaking of the glass iu hot-house frames and by the injury to plants. The west side of the Republican office hud forty windows literally riddled with hail, causing the building to look like a wreck; 2.) panes of glass were broken. It is estimated that at least $'.20,000 worth of glass was broken in the city. Over a thousand street lumps arc broken. Baylic's large menagerie lent, iu the western part of the city, was lowered at the approach of the storm so that it formed in funnel shape, through which fifty bushels of hail lwsscd into the arena. Terrific consternation was created among the animals, and it was with the greatest difficulty that the lions, tigers, and other animals were kept from bursting their cages. Two persons were 6aid to have had each a leg broken in some way. The storm came up very suddenly and created a frightful confusion among horses and carriages. Two funerals on their way to the cemeteries were overtaken by tho storm, and the horses to both hearses ran away, overturning the vehicles, and throwing tho coffins into the street. It is impossible to detail tho in numerable incidents of tho storm, and it is a miracle that that no lives were lost and so few persons injnred. The storm extended east and west as far as heard from. Bishop Duggan, of Chicago, has arrived here and taken up his residence with relatives until he recovers his health. The affairs of the dio cese arc said to bo in rather an anomalous con dition. The bishopric ol Chicago is a corpora tion created by an act of tho Legislature. There is uo ecclesiastical authority to appoint any ad ministrator to manage tho affairs of that corpo ration, so there can be legal transfer of property vr other like business performed. No Bishop of Chicago can bo appointed during tho lifetime of Bishop Duggan unless ho resigns, aud he is not in a condition to do so even if willing. This circumstance adds additional erabarrassuieut to the affair. FROM BALTIMORE. The Mult Aainnt KtlerrAnoth.r Murder Re ported The ttoiuiiiK Odd bellow' Jubilee. (Special Despatch to Tin Evening TtUgraph. Baltimohe, April 20. The case of Kimberly Brothers vs. General Butler, Chief Justice Chase and Jndge Giles presiding, is now pro gressing in the United States Circuit Court. Much interest is manifested, and the court-room is packed with spectators and . the bar filled with members of the profession. General But ler himself is present, and aids his counsel, Caleb Cunning and William Schley. Robert J. Brent and Meade Addison arc for tho Kimberlys. Brent is now speaking to tho point of quashing the indictment. The case will probably occupy some days. A despatch from Cumberland, Md., says a man named Jay Johnson, a messenger of Haruden's Express, was murdered there yesterday by a man named Duckworth, a miner. Aqullla Johnson, an old defender of Balti more, died yesterday in his ninetieth year. The Trappc Church in Harford county was burned yesterday. An immense number of Odd Fellows from Baltimore are preparing to attend the Phila delphia celebration. FROM WASHINGTON. The Head Letter Office. Despatch to the Associated Press. Washington, April 20. Charles Lyman, of Vermont, has been appointed Superintendent of the Dead Letter Ollico, Post OUice Department, ut a salary of 1 2500 per annum. He has had an important desk in said oftlce since 1861. FROM CANADA. The Ice Breaking Up. Montreal, April 20. The lec has moved out of the Chatcaugay river and Lake St. Louis. The St. Lawrence rose from SO feet on Saturday to 43 feet to-day. Tho lower part of GrlfHntown is Hooded, and much distress is anticipated. GuKi.i'H, April 20. The river Speed is much swollen, and several mill-dams have been swept away, Dundas, April 20. This district of country Is completely Inundated, aud much property hag been destroyed. . Futal Accident. Waterbuky, Conn., April 20. A painter uarued Isaac Fardown fell from a ladder to-day and was killed. THE EUROPEAN MARKETS. ' By Atlantic Cable Thin Mornlnff'n Quotation. London. Aortl an A. M conwils for monev. 93: for acconnt, U. 8. Five-twenties fist at 80,v. American Hallway, share quiet. Erie Kallroad, 83' : Illinois Central. H ;Ureat Western, 83 . Liverpool, April 90 A. M Cotton dull; Upland middllntrs, lad. ; Orleans middlings, lU.d. The sales of to-day are estimated at 6000 bales. ' Thin Afternoon'" Qnotatlonn. London. Anrll 20 p. M u. h. Five-twenticR dull at box. Railway steady: Erlo SUtf. Liverpool. April 20 P. M Yarns and fabrics at Manchester heavy. California wheat. 9s. id.: red Western, 8s. d. ; corn, 87s. 9d. ; Dour, Sis. 6d. ; cheese, sin. Cotton at Havre opens quiet at H7f. To, on the spot STEWART. What lie Would Have Done. Few men, writes a Wasttlnnton correspondent, equal Mr. Htewart in the power of orRaui.atlon. Ills vast establishments hero are perfect models of sys tem and order. Everything moves like clockwork, and the vast business Is carried on with an ease ami regularity that till the visitor with astonishment. Had Mr. Htewart been able to hold the position of NccrctarT of the Treasury, he would have In troduced there tho same orderly working system that obtains in his own business. He very frankly says as much to his friends to whom I learn he also expresses his regret that he was not permitted to accept the ottloo to which he was called by the I'resltlent. "Look through my store," he said, a few days since, to a gentleman with whom he was con versing on the subject, "and tell me if you see any of the clerks idling, swinging their legs 011 the counters or cutting papers with their scissors. Go through every floor, from garret to cellar, and yon will tiiul every ma, boy, and woman busy, at every hour of the day, everything In order, everything moving in the most perfect and rigid sys tem, which admits of no waste, no Idling, no Inattention. Had 1 taken the post of Secretary of the Treasury, I would have Introduced the same system here. There wouldn't have been a superfluous or Idle clerk on the premise In a week." There is no doubt Mr. Htewart would have been as good as his word. He is a perfect despot. Ills rules are many and strict, and he compels every man In his employment to live up to them. Yet his store is always full, and for every vacancy there are at least twenty applicants. Had he been permitted the chance to enforce the same rules In the Treasury Department, and to Infuse into It the same spirit of order and promptitude, the results. xould uot have been other thau beneficial. GrantN Colored Appointees. from the AVto Orleans Times, April 15. The description of B. F. Joubcrt as "an undi luted negro, black as the ace of spades," will be news to Mr. Joubcrt nud his acquaintances. So fur from having any of the physical characteris tics of tho negro, the very closest scrutiny would never distinguish Joubcrt from a full-blooded Caucasian. Nor has he ever admitted that ho was of African extraction; on the contrary, lie appears in various judicial proceedings denying kilo cvr.lo that either ho or his children are of African blood. Iu the Fourth District Court an action was brought by him against a certain educational institution in this 'State for rcfusiug to receive his daughter ns a pupil, in which he avers that she is white. We have nlways heard from his counsel and others that Mr. Joubert's maternal ancestor claimed to be of the stock of the Choctaw Indians, from whom tho early set tlers of this city were accustomed to take their squaws or wives, tit a time when the supply of white women iu this colon y was very scant. Mr. J. It. Clay, another appointee of tho Pre sident, has never disguised tnc factof his African extraction, but Mr. Clay, too, would never bo suspected, from his appearance, habits,' and characteristics, to be of that stock. Ho is a man of wealth, of good education, and high credit nnd capacity to fill any olttce to which he may be appointed requiring business tact aud expe rience. Finchback, appointed to Register of Land Office, is of light complexion, but of acknow ledged and pronounced African origin. Ho . Is not of our old quadroon or ancient population, being an emigrant from some Northern State, and is of quite a different class from Clay and Joubert. Witchcraft. We understand that at the present, session of tho Circuit Court for Caroline county, the Urand Jury indicted a woman for witchcraft. The witch is a negress, and the trial will no doubt be an interest ing one- We had supposed that days of witchcraft had passed away in thiscountry.never to return, but the action of a Caroline grand Jury seems to nave revived them. The word moves backwards. Easton Htar. FINANCE AND COBXaXERCB Office of the Rvenin o Telroraph.J , Tuesday, April '10, lat. f The weekly statement of tho bunks shows that they arc rapidly increasing in available re sources. The deposits have cxpauded $1,118,452, loans- $708,1 78, . and the legal-tender reserves, 498,420. In the single item of specie there is a slight falling off of f 16,438. The above figures are very favorable to a return of an easy money mvrket, and a more liberal treatment of the business public may be expected in the future. The iwprovemeutis not spasmodic,but gradual, and is, ou this account, all the more gratifying. We notice to-day quite a change in the tone of the loan market, which is less firm than for uianv weeks past. Call loans, on Government bonds, are readily made at the banks at 67 per cent, and at 7a,8 per cent, on mixed securities. The outside market was quiet, and all offerings of prime mercantile paper were accepted by the bill brokers at figures ranging between 8(5)11 per cent., according to grade. United States securities are dull and weak to day. Cold opened firm, and during the First Board reached 134', from which it subsequently receded to VM, at 12 M. Tho rise is variously ascribed to possible European wars, trouble with Spain, etc., but the more likely cause is a combined movement of tho "bulls, who just now hold control of the market. The Stock Market was quiet, but prices were steady. State Loans wero dull, with sales of the War Loan ut 101. City tls were steady at 101 for new, and 08 for the old Issues. The Lehigh Gold Loan sold at 94. Reading Railroad was moderately active, prices ranging from 47 to 47- Pennsylvania Kallroad advanced (, selling at 60. Camden and Amboy Railroad sold at VM; Philadelphia and Railroad sold at 2R, s. o., aud Catawlssa Rail road preferred at 35. Canal stocks attracted but little attention. Coal shares wero neglected. In Hank shares the only transactions were in Mechanics' at 31 H. Nothing was done in Passenger Railway shares. 43 was bid for Second and Third; 17 for Thirteenth and Fifteenth; 45. for Chosnut and Walnut; 60 for West Philadelphia; and 12 for Hestonville. ' PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES. Reported by De Haven k Bra, No. 40 8. Third Street, FIRST BOARD. $100 City 6s, New.. 101 X 13000 Pas WLCp. lots.. 101 ' I'iOOO C A A mt 6s'b9 VCV f2&00Pcl&Del8m. lots.. 80 tHOOLehes, fvi S3 f 1000 Read us.'44.c. 90 22shMcch Bk..ls. 81V la sa Cam A Am K.124 V 400BhPaAE.ls.stK. U8V 100 sb Read R..b80.4T'69 100 do. 4T'66 800 do Is. 47V 20 Bh PennaRRsS. 60 8 do he. 60 100 do b60. 60 100 sh Cat pt. 85 100 do be, 86 600 sh New Creek.. V 8 sh Uerra'n PR.. 2fl'i 1 do. S9?f Messrs. Di Uavkn A Brothir. No. 40 8. Third street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations: U. 8. 6s Of 1881, U6Ji117V; do. 1862, 120VliW; da 1864, llBX116ft J do. 1866, 117H((11T : da 1866, new, 114X(4H4 V; do, 186T, new, lUXAlUV; do, 1868, 114(4114; do, 68, 10-408, 10M106; U. 8. 80 Year 6 per cent. Cy., l(MS41o4 ; Due Com p. Int. Notes, 10W. Gold, 1841 (418 ; Hllver, 1WK41W. Messrs. J at Coon A Co. quote Government secu rities, etc., aa follows: U. 8. 6a, tl, 117(4117 i 6-JS Of 1863, lieOAltW; do., 1864,110(4116; do., Nov., I860, 11744MJ; do., July, 1866, 114V4116; da, 1867 H4kiii4;: da, ls&i, iiiii! 10-ws. The UTew Yorlt Money Market From the N. Y. Herald, "MONDAY. April 196 P. M. The conrse of th gold market Is still reflective of the opposing influ ences of the Cuban question and the Alabama claims dispute on the on side and the arrival of foreign specie on the other. The price to-day toucheii quite a contrast to the figure which prevailed only a few weeks ago. The unsettled state of the public mind as to the course which the administration will pursue In the controversy with the Hpantsh authorities at the Island of Cuba aids the ope. rators for a rise; but as a great many were purchasers of gold at a lower figure, there was a dis position In the forenoon to sell, and the price settled to li)H x, but reacted In the afternoon. The measure of ottering to prepay the May and July interest on, the Five-twenties has brought comparatively little gold Into the market from the Treasury, owing to the demand for a rebate of six per cent. Were the offer to cash the May coupons unconditional, it would afford great relief to the gold-using branches of business In the metropolis. The arrival of a mil lion on Halunlay contributed to the yielding of tho market to-day, but as the amount is relatively small ft was soon absorbed In the great whirl of metro politan commerce. The European steamer brought . t feA,0rt) In specie to-day. Less thau half a million dollars of coupons have been paid on account of the anticipated May and July interest, under Secretary Houtwell's recent order. The rebate amounts to about $1700. The market soon got over the effects of these Influences, and a regular flurry was produced upon receipt of the news of Henator Chandler's war like speech in defending his proposition to take Hrltish North America as an offset to the Alabama claims. Street rumors to the purport that a volun teer expedition had gone to Cuba added to the ex cltcmeut of the Gold Room, In which business was, transacted for several hours after the formal ad ournment of the board. "Cash gold was in good demand, and rates foV bor rowing ranged from it per cent, per annum to 1-82 per diem, with an exceptional instance at i per cent. fnr fufrvinfr A f tnr I'li'nrinfr llnmn Ihna f Al 1 .a and 8-64 were paid for borrowing. The following in the report or the Gold Kxchango Bank: Gold cleared, 169,022,000 ; gold balances, ft,804,667 ; cur rency balances, 12,848.026. "At the seiul-anniial meeting of the Gold Exchange to-day the Treasurer, Mr. George Phlpps, presented his report for the six months elapsed since October 1, dnring which time the receipts of the board were $116,683, and the expenditures $18,910. The Secre tary, Mr. J. W. Moses, tendered his resignation. The election of his successor was ordered for Mon day next "The market for foreign exchange was more" active and prime bankers' sixty days sterling bills advanced to 108 'i. The demand for bills with which to remit the payment of the May coupons on the bonds held abroad stimulates quotations. A further heavy consignment of these coupons was received to-day by the Bremen steamer. Without a spirited reaction In the European Investment demand for live-twenties, it is hardly probable that theexchange market will do otherwise than follow Its usual course upon the approach of summer and go upward. . "At the opening of business Governments wero strong, but were suliseqiiently pressed for sale to reali.e the high prices which have been ruling re cently, while the foreign quotation came in unfavora ble. A decline to 81 at London whs followed by a' still further yielding to 81, and private despatches -say feO7,. Under these circumstances the market bo- came heavy, and the July bonds, which had been quoted as high as 116V;ll6;i, fell off to 115, the 62s yielding to liiO v.. but the higher price of gold kept the market steady at the decline until the announce-1 nient of the bellicose speech of Senator Chandler, t when It again gave way. "The money market was a shade more active than ' on Saturday, but the demand was met at seven per cent, currency, the uniform rate of the day on call ' loans with all the various classes of collaterals. Commercial paper felt the influence of,' tho altered tone of the money market much more sensibly to-" day, and prime double names sold quite freely at nine per cent The range of rates Is from this figure- to , twelve per cent The suspension of a Washington street packing and provision house was announced -to-day, the reported liabilities being $60,000." Htock Quotations by Telegraph 1 P. M. Glendennlng, Davis & Co. report through tbclr New -, York house the following: N. Y. CentR 166Ji,West Union Tel.'.... 49!tf N. Y. and Erie It.... 84 Cleve. and Toledo R. . w ' Ph. and Rea. R...... 96,- Toledo ft Wabash.. 71 v t M ich. 8. and N. I. R . . 98 MIL A. St Paul R.c.7 793 Cle. and Pitt R 92i M 11. A St Paul it p... 86V ' ChL and N. W. com.. 84 Adams Express 6lirf Chi. and N. W. pret.. 96 Wei Is, Fargo A Co.... 82 V ' Chi. and It 1. R 189 Tennessee 6s, new. . . 66k Pitts. F. W. A Chi. R.131 Gold .7? 134 . Pacific Mail Steam. . . 93, v I Market steady. Philadelphia, Trade Report. Tuesday, April 20. There Is rather more doing In the Flour market, but prices of whiter wheat family brands are barely sustained. About 1200 barrels ' sold, including superfine at $5.V50; extras at 6-60; Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra family '' at $6-60(i;7-S6; Pennsylvania do. at $77tSO; Ohio do. at $7 76S9 ; and fancy brands at $9-25(412, accord ing to quality. Rye Flour sells at $7(47-28 per barrel. There Is not much activity In the Wheat market, ' but, with light receipts and stocks, holders, partlcu- ' larly of prime, are lirm la their views. Sales of red ' at $1 -60(1 -66; 1000 bushels Minnesota at $1-64; and 20C0 bushels California on secret terms. Rye is steady at $1-46 per bushel for Western, Corn Is hi fair demand at former rates; sales of 8000 bushels yellow at H6(d 0e., the former rate afloat; 1000 bushels -high mixed In the elevator at 88c.. and 600 bushels , white at 82c. Oats are selling at 74i,76a for West ern, and 60(a 70c. tor Pennsylvania. Nothing doing In Barley or Malt . . Bark In the absence of sales we quote No. 1 Quercitron at $62 per ton. Seeds Cloverseed Is selling at $ft6049-2S, the lat- ' u t rate ironi secouu nanas. l imotny is nrun at $4 -80 (a 4-76, with sales. Flaxseed Is wanted by the crash- ers at$2-6B(2-70. , Whisky is dull at 95(498c. per gallon, tax Daid. x .- . i ) Latest Shipping Intelligence. . For additional Marin New tee Inside Paget. 1BT TKUEOaAFH. Nbw Yobx, April 90. Arrired, tUwrnahip Oitj of Ant wery, from Liverpool April 2. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA APRIL 20. STATS 09 THKHMOMXTZB AT TH SYININO RUORAPH 1 A. M, 70 U A.m!?.?;....78H P. M 19 mi rr , CLEARED THIS MORNING. a'co"" 6' bumner U,rk 'or order. E. A. Souder Steamship FaniU, Freemin, New York, John F. Ohl o. x., mVKD THIS MORNING. i, P lo"wndi W.kely. 6 hoar, from rUwuiiuk. with cotton, etc., to Philadelphia and Southern Mali K R Mr'ThVfa8' -)tn-ck, Mr. K. A. Crojean. Mr. delphi. and Southern Mail bSSJSip KPaied iff Duiik Creek Flat, barque Koanoke. froin Porto clKSo Hleamalup Salon Hear. 4S hour, from Bonum, wUhmdie and pasjenneni U Henry Wlneor A Co. m' Bri J . O. Clark, Whittenjore, 9 daye from Garden., with molawes to K. C. Knight A Co. 1 lul Bri0. WJJhaae, 'Bacon, ,9 day. from Cardenaa, with ' S1?"!.40 H"ru, I""' P- 'lth lnt-. t 36? long Yorii U Neer,illk' fron Matannaa tot H m Sober Leo Neaea, Meyer, 13 dan from Canfonu -:. 76 DO. Ueonre SlUey, mm.ii while i urlinR ta"., wS odbaynrTthWe.I.Ldr,- b"rt Hour Banner, Tunnell, day. from Indian river, Del. with gram to Collin. A Co. ' 1 Schr Caroline Vireinia, Brown. 8 day. from Choptank river, wit b railroad tie. to Comment A Lowber. JstTtfAtiTtio" h0U" ,rm New York, with . ,. MEMORANDA. Barque A. M. Singleton, Uuet, from Ardroeaan. at Pro phia"" Ml lank-ana wu reported bound to PnUadel- BnirrAyrWrer t"1 w-loading at BriK Tamrier, Verrill, hence, at Baniror 18th iiut Bohr Brauihall (of Portland), Hamilton. fromWindaor N. 8., for Philadelphia, with plaster, at Boalon l7tlY in-. ' Report, at 4 A. MT, Cape Cod W.HW. 4 IUm. wj (IS. tact with a achooner bound north; atoVi 7SmZ,L "i'V ,hfr Teiwel unknown. ana put BtnV7t5i.ki BroW,, 'r UllPbJ.. cleared t .hr i1-1 JHdkWlllett. benoe, at Salem 16t Inrt. &hIwMPte '".boncorat Provi. We JVtuin CsthYu.k1'Wml,0,, -c.atWaauinili;n.n2: intewffin UI 0h"ta th K I Main J. v A 1 fiti.. a
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