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VOL. IX, NO. 113.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAY 111869.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
FIRST EDITION
ENGLAND.
Alabama ('lain Hiimrr'a OrMt Mperrli
UBarau4 on-What la Thought of it-No
Vfrark ABf ahre for (Jrent Britain.
From correspondence dated London, the 88th nit.,
we clip the following :
The great fipcech or Senator Snmner in the T'nttcd
States Henate on the Alabama treaty reached thin
it j yesterday, but has not made its appearance thin
' morning In any of the London dully journals, al
though, one of them has an editorial leader on the
Kabject of the controversy between the two Govern
ments, which In evidently inspired by that able and
conclusive argument An Kngllsh newspaper Ik no
toriously aslow coach. It has neither the enterprise,
'boldness, nor originality of a Hrst-class American
journal, and Instead of Riving birth to idea or ad
vancing opinions when an Important question arises,
It is contented to await the Indications of public
prnttmcnt, and to follow In Its wake In the eleventh
-hour.
The Alabama treaty has, however, been so
thoroughly discussed that It might fairly be supposed
there need be no hesitation In replying to Henator
funincr's arguments, If it were possible to meet and
refute them ; and honee the failure of the Timet to
allude, even, to the Hutnncr speech, while making
a feeble attempt to break Its force, indicates clearly
the uutcnability of the Knglish side of the contro
ersy.
The great spceoh of Senator Knmner dispels the
clouds that have thus far hung over the Alabama
question, and Shows dearly two facts that the re
jected treaty was insuitlcient, and that the Euglish
Government must he prepared henceforth to meet,
the subject. In Its 'broader aspect, and to Justify or
atone for the'tnjury It did to the American nation
an well as to private Individuals by Its active sympa
thy with those who were endeavoring to destroy the
republic. This Issue must now be met fairly and
-wjutrrery, and the ctfiivliitlon Is forcing Itself upon
the Kfigllsh mind that as Sumner speaks, so (irunt
thinks, so the Govflrnment at Washington will deter
mine, and so Mr. Motley will le Instructed to act.
The London ' Time Oils morning, Indeed, conceeda
that the discussion must henceforth take this shape,
and states that It Is for her Majesty's government to
'decide whether they will entertain or at once reject
any question of England's right to recognize South
ern lielllgerency. It Is remarkable that the Time
can find no reply to Senator Sumner's criticism of
the treaty, and so confines Itself to an assault on the
United States Senate for having rejected It The nego
tiation was. It soys, the work of Seward and the two
Johnsons, Andy and Iteverdy, who were all duly ap
'pointed representatives of the United States. Sew
ard himself "finally accepted-' the treaty, says the
Time, and In rejecting it "the Americans disown
their own Government and disallow 'its deliberate
and solemn acts." Consequently "they are bound to
make It appear that their former Government was so
mistaken or incapable that the terms it agreed npon
were wholly lnsutllclent for the purposes of justice,"
before they can demand the reopening of the discus
sion. The fallacy of this reasoning Is at once apparent
In the fact that, as the Senate is the treaty-making
power , nothing cotildfhave been agreed npon tor
accepted as final without its action, and the steps
taken by Seward and the 'two Johnsons were only
.preliminary to the submission of their work to
that body. In the meantime the American. Gov
ernment may rest assured that the blnster of
the Kngltsh Journals Is of very little account
and that the English Government will find
Itself necessitated not only to reopen the Alabama
question, bnt to consider It in Its fullest scope, from
the Insolent despatches of Lord Kussell to Mr. Adams
down to the latest admisslyns made by Gladstone to
Keverdy Johnson. It will then be shown that Lord
KusscU, in his assertion that it was "the policy" of
England to recognize the South, conceded that it
was not only the object of the English Ministry to
'prolong the war, but to insure Its ultimate success,
and the destruction of the United States as a nation,
and hence the justice of the American claim ad
vanced by Senator Sumner, large as it is In money,',
will be fully established.
There is a general Impression here that General
Grant will strive to inaugurate a truly American
policy and to carry it out to a prnc.tt result before
the close of his administration. It has been tnought
that Cuba would le the starting point of this new
departure, and every day news of a movement npon
Havana has been looked for, with a view to a de
mand for apology and redress from Spain for
the outrages committed upon American citizens.
Whatever foundation there may be for these expecta
tions, It is certain that never was the time for an
American policy more ripe than at the present mo
ment. The anxiety of the French government in
regard to the Antilles has been met coldly on the
tart of England. There is good authority for the
Htatement that on Monday last Lord Lyons informed
the French Emperor in a seml-ofllcial manner that
public opinion in England was decidedly opposed to
war, and especially to any chance of war with the
United States, and that her Majesty's Ministers
could not for a moment entertain the question of a
foreign alliance for the defense of the Antilles. So
far as England was concernedSpain must make the
best of the situation in which she had placed herself
by her own foolish and Impolitic action.
THE "WEST INDIES.
A Scheme to Get President Grant to Declare
in Favor of the Annexation of St. Domingo.
Washington telegram to tit -V. Y. Pout,
A new movement is on foot here, which, if sue
cessful, will materially strengthen the Cuban cause
ITomincnt Americans are endeavoring to induce th
JTesident to take some step or make a declaration
showing his approval of the plan of annexing tin
Island of St. Domingo to the United States, and tha'
tin is in sympathy with any movement which has thj-i
object in view. This would be merely an open decla
ration, on the part of the President, of what he doe?
not hesitate to admit in private conversation, and to
a certain extent an official announcement of these
views. When this is done, it is claimed by those who
are urging this cause, that President Baez, of St.
Domingo, will at once reorganize the belligerency of
the Cubans, and extend such aid as will Insure their
success in obtaining their independence. As the
island of St. Domingo is but a few hours' sail from
Eastern Cuba, where the Insurrection is strongest,
this would give the insurgents a strong point from
which to ship munitions of war, and commit depre
dations npon Spanish commerce with small vessels
which could run out of and into the harbors at plea-.
sure. This plan, it seems, was proposed several '
days ago, but kept secret for the fear that It would
le frustrated. Whether it Is successful or not, per
sons well informed as to Cuban movements assert
with great confidence that St. Domingo wiU soon
recognize the Cubans as belligerents.
Trouble Ahead.
It is thought that the infamous proclamation Is
sued on the 4th of April by Count Valmaseda, the
Spanish commander in the Eastern Department of
Cuba, will, if carried out, lead to trouble between
Spain and the United States. It provides that every
man from the age of fifteen and upward who may
be fonnd absent from his home, and cannot
give a Justifiable reason for having so ab
sented himself, will be shot. The proclamation
is regarded in oillclai circles here as
one of the most infamous ever issued by a comman
der having any pretensions to civilization. As there
are many American citizens In that part of Cuba, it
is feared that an Indiscriminate execution of the
proclamation may result In the shooting of somo of
them. Should any American citizen tie shot under
this decree, our Government will be prompt in pun
ishing the outrage, and it is understood that Instruc
tions to this effect have been sent Admiral Hot)' since
the proclamation was issued. Wavliuujton Voircspon
tltnce A. Y. Herald.
. .... .
In Buffalo a bogus neuitn inspector orders pro
mises cleaned, and shortly after a confederate ap
pears to do the work at "reasonable rates."
On the 14th of September next an Industrial
Exhibition will be opened in San FranciHco. The
Celestials as well as all terrestrials are invited to
help.
A Western somnambulist walked from a second
story wind w, ganhed his face terribly, and next
morning was found standing by the wall still asleep.
A Southern Yankee has constructed a safe so
that the application of chisel or drill will explode a
magazine and at once blow a thief into the next
world. i
An Indiana correspondent says that the connu
bial coalitions In his vicinity the past year have been
mostly second-hand, and that they lack the desirable
quality of adhesiveness.
A Scotch college awards prizes for "best reading
of Scripture."
Professor Tcnnev, of Williams, delivered half
a dozen courses of lectures in Illinois the past
teason.
President Chadliourne will withdraw from the
Wisconsin University at the close of the prcseut
term.
The acceptance of the narvard challenge by the
Oxford crew creates excitement among boating col-
ieglailH.
Hates College, at Lewiston, Me., will have Its
-ceninieuoement June 30, when seven students wiU
iruuuale.
A STRANGE STORY
Tbe Reverted Flaaa el Prim ud Dutre.
The Washington Btar, in its Issue of yesterday
afternoon, says:
"Private advices from Cuba received here
make the strange statement that the revolution
was informally planned by Dulce and Prim, who
bored to shake the rule of Queen Isabella in
Cuba, and then to revolutionize the mother
country, hot Bpain unexpectedly took the initia
tive, and now the very generals who desired to
make Cuba free are endeavoring to retain the
island as a colony of the new Spanish Govern
ment. The Cubans were not willing to be trans
ferred from colonists of a monarchy to the sumo
position under a republic, and they therefore
determined to continue the warfare. The Spa
nish authorities, it is said, will make a deter
mined effort to hold Puerto Principe and Ncuvi
tas and the railroad between these places. Com
munication must he kept open, it is said, be
tween the coast and the interior, or the Spnnish
will be hemmed in at Puerto Principe. Numbers
of murders arc reported of persons who availed
themselves of the amnesty, Miey having been
shot by the outposts of the patriots. Several
Imrtlcs have been taken from the jail nt Puerto
'rincipe and shot by order of General Dulce'e
chief of staff. Large sums of money have been
offered to prominent leaders of the rebellion if
they would leave the island. The Spaniards arc
doing everything in their power to prevent the
recognition of the insurgents by the L'uitcd
States."
MAU.
Hnd Ciinc of Il vdrophobln A Ijirfv the Victim
The Virtues ol'lbe Madsloue to be Tested.
The Cincinnati Uaiette of Saturday contains
the following:
Two weeks nro yesterday, Mrs. 8. E. M., who
lives at No. Blank street, was playing with a
little pet dog, only three months old. While
thus engaged, two children came in from a
neighbor s bouse, and taking them on the sofa,
she transferred to them her attentions. As a
servant, who was in the room, expresses it, "the
dog became apparently jealous of the children,
and in revenge bit Jlrs. M ." His teeth
made two little scratches, one near the thumb,
the other on the wrist, such scratches as
might be produced by a pin, the blood flow
ing from neither. Immediately after indicting
the wounds the dog ran directly from the room,
'was chased upstairs, where he leaped upon the
bed, caught the pillows between his teeth, shook
them violently, biting them meantime, then
rushed like a wild thing from the house and into
the yard, where he was killed. Mrs. M. paid
apparently but little attention to the two trifling
scratches. At any rate, it was not till evening,
seven or eight hours after, that she called on
Dr. Pulte, and hud the little matter attended to.
.The doctor cauterized her wounds with nitrate
of silver, and in this treatment he has persevered.
Mrs. M. has continued .to attend to her little
home duties, bestowing no attention and no
thought to the matter. She has occasionally
'felt a slight sickness -at the stomach, and it has
been noticed that her appetite was somewhat
irregular. The doctor appears to have been
more concerned about the matter, and has on
more than one occasion expressed his fears of a
fatal result to members of tbe family. 8udh
fears, both on the part of the doctor arid
friends, had the effect of causing Mrs. M. to
determine to pay a vislt to Mrs. Wormsley, a
lady who resides at Clcves,-and who Is said to
own a madstone. The visit was to be made on
Saturday, but when Saturday afternoon came, a
drizzling shower prevented the trip. Yesterday
noon two ladies were about concluding a call on
Mrs. M. Their hats were on, and they had
already risen to take their leave. At that moment,
they say, Mrs. M.Veyes suddenly became filled
with a wild glare, her limbs stiffened, from her
mouth issued the terrible evidence of hydro
phobia, and with a wild scream she cried that
the dog was near her. There is little need to
follow the awful scene that ensued; no need to
picture the horror-stricken family, the hasty cry
tor help, the moments that passed before that
help came, each moment seeming a century, the
leartul Helplessness that overpowered every
one who thought to bring aid, the utter
ignorance of the remedies. In that terrible
moment it was resolved to sect at once lor the
madstone, for where else to turn no one knew.
Messengers were at once despatched for Mrs.
Wormsley, and late last night the stone was
brought. During the intervening hours the
awful spasms which are the concomitants of hy
drophobia continued, their fury lasting from
three to ten minutes, when they would release
their hold. The physicians in attendance began
to despair of the case, and all hope seemed to
he lost. About 11 o'clock the little stone was
applied, and when our reporter visited the
house, about midnight, tbe lady was more quiet.
TJuring the hour but a single spasm had occurred,
And that not of such violence as bad characte
rized the previous attacks. Our reporter was
allowed to enter the room where the patient was
lying. Four persons were present, three ladies
and a gentleman. One of the ladies was
holding the patient's hand in her own, and
on the back of the hand the stone was clinging.
In color it looked like a California diamond.
Its form was oval, its length about an Inch, and
its breadth half an inch. In its healing virtue
Mrs. Wormsley and her son, who were present,
were putting great faith, telling of stransre cures
it had already performed. We hod been ex
amining the stone for a few minutes, when sud
denly the patient raised her eyes and saw bend
ing over ner the face of a stranger. With a
scream that thrilled the heart, making the blood
run cold with horror, she leaped from the bed.
and, amid sobs and cries, shouted her fear of the
pursuing dog. We left the room at once, and
she speedily became more quiet, and when we
departed from the house was again breathing
regularly, and was free from all delirium. How
this awful cue may-terminate we cannot, of
course, tell. Should the stone prove efllcacious
in the case, it will be yet, we are told, two or
three days before it has performed its full offices.
Jn the terrible uncertainty and anxiety, it is
yet comforting and assuring to know that
Mrs. Wormsley professes unbounded faith in its
success.
The llible Noclety in ."VrTw .lerey.
From the annual report of Dr. Sheldon, who
has these interests in charge for New Jersey and
Delaware, we gather the following summary of
BibleSocietyaffairsiuNewJerscvduringtlie year
just closed: There are iu the State twenty-oue
County Bible Societies, with twelve lesser
aililiated associations, all of which have cele
brated their anniversaries with well-sustained
interest, ana prosecuted their appropriate work
with commendable vigor. At the several
county towns,. and other central points, Bibles
are kept on deposit for sale at simple cost, and
for gratuitous distribution among the poor as
well as the supply of Sunday Schools and various
public institutions. For these uses Itt U87
volumes have been introduced into the State
Twelve distributors have been employed during
the whole or a part of the year, who have visited
87,57a families, embracing 1:17,875 persons, and
furnished copies of the Scriptures to 2537 desti
tute families. embracing 12,085 persons. More
than 815 Missionary and other Sunday Schools
have been supplied w ith these important text
books. The volumes in hirge numbers have
been placed iu hotels,, almshouses, the County
and State Prisons, the Reform School at James
burg, and among the transient population, in
cludiug sailors, boatmen, and mulo-drivcrs on
our canals, and others. The net receipts, or
amount forwarded to the American Bible Society
In New York, are S8,S48'05. If to this be
added home expenses for freight, depositories
and col portage, the gross receipts are about
133,348-05, being a considerable advance on the
previous year.
Professor Wlnlonk, of Harvard, Is to make com
plete oiMMtrvatums .of .lb total enlie of the sun,
.August 7, at MiuUiVMlbyKy.
GREAT CONFLAGRATION.
Bornlii of Pyle At Co.'a Rllk Mill, In ratrwn,
New Jersey Ttaemeats Itostroyed-I. Half
Million.
The N. Y. Tribune of this morning publishes
the following:
A great conflagration occurred yesterday after
noon in the manufacturing district of Patcrson,
N. J., near the loeomotive works. Tbe flro
broke out at 1 o'clock P. M., in the waste house
of Michael Morris, on Jersey street, near the
Murray silk mill. The building was nearly filled
with cotton refuse, which ignited spontaneously.
The flames communicated to a frame building in
process of erection. The section of the Murray
mill occupied by Day fc Co., silk manufacturers,
was next destroyed, and the floors occupied by
John Pyle were speedily burned, the walls fall
ing in with a terrible crash.'
Only by the greatest efforts of the firemen And
the hands turned out by the various mills were
the pattern and tender shops of the Danfortli
Locomotive Works saved. Eight tenement
houses on Jersey street and (u its rear were
completely destroyed. On 8latcr street six
tenements were burned. The burning cinders
set fire to the roofs of many houses in the
vicinity, even so far as Grand street near Mar
shall street, a half-mile distant, and to dwellings
in the vicinity of the Gas Works, still further
off. The Murray Mill, owned by John Pyle A:
Co. (John Pyle being Mayor of Patcrson and the
well-known "Father of the Patcrson Silk Manu
facture"), was 200 feet long by 75 wide, and
three stories high, a story sided with glass having
been added n year ago.
It contained 325tt raw silk winding spindles,
470 soft silk winders, 192 soft finishers, 102i
cleaning spindles, 400 sellers, 6555 spinning
spindles, J152 doublers, 25 spoolers, and 20
broad-silk looms, the latter recently Introduced
from the stock of tlte velvet mill. The mill was
famous in the campaign of '50 as a public moot
ing house of the Republicans. Mr. Pyle was
preparing to engage extensively in the weaving
of broad silks with "spun" wofs. The loss of
Pyle fc Co. is computed at $300,000, with no
insurance. Day it Co's loss is f 50,000, of
which 5000 is insured. The loss of
Michael Morris Is $20,000, mostly insured,
(treat indignation is expressed against
Mr. Morris, for maintaining a dangerous
waste-hovel in the heart of the most valuable
manufacturing district, In tbe midst of so many
tenement-houses. The dwelling-house of Mrs.
McFarland, occupied by two families, was
burned. Loss, $2500: not insured. Four houses
owned by Michael Morris, and occupied by 15
families, are included in his loss of $20,000. and
are probably fully insured. Mr. McKerwen's
house, occupied by three families, was burned.
Loss, $3000. Eight houses In all were destroyed
on Jersey street, and a half-dozen others
damaged. Six houses on Slater street were
burned out, only the frames remaining. The
value of these houses would average $2500 each,
and because of the waste-house could not be in
sured. By this fire $500,000 worth of property
was destroyed, eighty families turned into the
streets, and 850 employes rendered idle. All the
raw silk in Mr. Pyle's mill was saved. Great
praise is given to the night police, who turned
out as volunteers, and to the firemen, for saving
the whole district from ruin. Mr. Pyle, it is
said, remarked in the morning that the waste
house would burn them all out some day, and he
went to New York to obtain insurance. When
he returned in the afternoon, the result of thirty
years' labor was in ashes. Several accidents
occurred to the firemen, two sustaining leg
fractures. Many of the poor families lost all
their household goods. Dexter, Lambert & Co.
offered the spare room of their silk mill to the
suffering manufacturers for temporary storage.
POISONED.
Five Children Eat Belladonna.
Says the Pittsburg Chronicle of last evening:
Oncof the most distressing cases of accidental
poisoning that it has recently been our duty to
record is detailed below. Five children, three
of them the children of Mr. Georsre N. Miller.
formerly Superintendent of the Allegheny Water
n ui ivd, uu tww mt; ituuuicu oi .urs. oenwanz
welder, are the victim- nnd rnn nf thorn
George Grant Miller, a little boy four years and
five months old, died yestereav morning at the
uome oi ms parents, ino. vi water street. On
Saturday morning, It appears, the five children
were playing together in the yard attached to
tne nonse. i ne yard also Belonged to several
other houses. One of the children picked
tip what he supposed to be a piece of licorice,
und which he divided among his playmates. A
short time after catine the stuff the children
enme into the house, when Mrs. Miller, observ
ing something peculiar in their actions, ques
tioned, them and discovered the finding of the
supposed lieorice. From their appearance the
lady concluded something was wrong, which
was confirmed in a few minutes by one of the
cniiurcn, time ueorgie, suddenly tailing to the
floor in convulsions. As quickly as possible
physicians were sent for. and in resDonse Drs.
Muhon and Raskin came to the house. They at
once, irom we symptoms, pronounced it a case
of poisoning, and administered every available
remedy, -but without affording any relief to
uic principal sunercr. lie lay irom, the
time of calling in the physicians about
noon Saturday until 7 n'elnnk ve-atr-rAw mnin.
ing, all the time unconscious and working In
spasms until death came to his relief. The other
children revived somewhat under medical treat
ment, and yesterday were considered out of
danger. One of them handed to the physlclau a
small piece of the stuff which had been eaten,
nud which, upon examination, proved to be
belladonua, one of the most virulent poisons.
Subsequently another small piece of the stuff
was picked up In the yard at the place where the
children had been plavlncr. Coroner Chtwson
was notified of the sad occurrence and empa
nelled a jury yesterday morning, but adjourned
tne luqucst until b o clock this evening.
THE DEAD.
KeiuaiiiH ol Confederate Noldlerw rneartlied -Twenty
Acres ol' Human liudius.
Frtnii the Richmond l)i)uti h, Monday.
While our ladies are mounding and decorating
the graves in Oakwood, and while the massivo
Btone monument to the memory of those who lie
in Hollywood Is gradually approaching comple
tion, it ia distressing to hear of the neglect of
the bones of those w ho are buried where they
fell on the hillsides and valleys in other parts
of the State. The reports that reach us of the
sacrilegious conduct of many Virginia farmers
are so shocking that we hesitate to give them
credence, although our duty as journalists re
quires us to lay them before our readers. A few
weeks ago we published on account of the state
ol affairs at Fort Harrison, which subsequent
investigation- proves too true. Now comes a
most harrowing story from Malvern Hill, where
so many of our best and bravest with their last
drops of blood wealed their devotion to the
Southern cause. On the uorthwest side of the
fort a most terrible scene presents itself. Thou
sands of Confederate soldiers having been burled
where they fell, twenty acres or more have Just
been ploughed up by tho owner of the field, and
the ploughshare turned to the surface all the
skeletons. Over the whole tract the bones are
strewn in profusion, and grinning skulls stare
the visitors in the face on every hand. When
the farmer was questioned, he said the land was
now the richest piece he had, and, in Justifica
tion of tho sacrilegious act, stated that "he
didn't put 'em there, nohow." The writer
learned afterwards that tho bones had been
taken away by the cart-load and sold to fertili
zing mills in Richmond. Two humane men, too
pour to do anything else, came one day we were
there. and attempted to burn some of the bones
-to prevent the wretches from carting them oil.
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
Explosion of a Tog in New York
JiarDor-Thrco Men Fatally
Injured-An Unforln
nato Actress.
Affairs in tho Pennsylvania
Mining District The
Miners Determine i
to Hold Out.
FROM NEW YORK. , . ;
Special PtApatth U Th livening TtUgraph.
The Importation and Exportation of TreaMiire.
New Yohk, May 11. The steamer Clmbrla,
sailing for Hamburg this morning, takes out in
specie 112,000. , ,
The steamer West Philadelphia, from Brest,
arrived hero this morning, bringing 7oo,000
francs in treasure.
Explosion (" a Htrnm-tna Three Men Illovrn
into tbe Air final Injuries.
Early this morning a steam-tug named the
Joseph Barker exploded her boiler in the New
York harbor, near Governor's Island. Three of
the deck bnnds employed npon her were blown
high into the air by tho force of the explosion,
but were finally rescued from the water. They
were all badly Injured by scalding, and two of
them cannot possibly recover. The steamer is a
perfect wreck.
risk's Entrrprlne lie Taken Advantage of the
New Pacific Hallway.
Fisk has leased one of the finest offices in San
Francisco, California, for a general ticket office
for the Erie road, and he has sent out six picked
men to take charge. Ills purpose is to immedi
ately commence the sale of through tickets from
California to New York, Philadelphia, and Bos
ton over the Erie road and connections,
officers of the companies that control tfi .m
have a temporary understanding that the fare from
New York to San Francisco should be for second
class passage seventy-five dollars, and for first
class one hundred and seventy-five dollars.
I'nfortnnate Miss Bailey.
. Buffalo, May 11. Miss II. E. Bailey, while
personating "Juliet," at the Academy of Music
last evening, accidentally caught her dagger in
the folds of her dress, penetrating below tbe
left breast, striking a rib and breaking off the
point of the dagger. The wound is serious but
not dangerous. A probe has failed to reach the
piece. - i ' .
FROM T1IE MINING DISTRICT.
The Mtrike of the Minrrte-The Nitnatlon The
. Workmea t. Hold Out.
SpecM Despatch to Th Evening Ttlegraph.
Mauch Chunk, May 11. But little In addition
to yesterday's despatches has been learned con
cerning the strike at the coal mines. The miners
in Wyoming region, at latest advices, were still
at work, bnt considerable discussion as to the
propriety of striking was going on. A com
mittee of Hazlcton strikers left that place yes
terday afternoon for the Wyoming mines, for
the purpose of inducing workmen engaged there
to stop work. Summit Hill, Nesqnehoning, and
Hazlcton mines, with the exception of those en
gaged in Sharp, Wess & Co.'s mine, went
out yesterday. They are holding meetings for
the purpose of inducing or compelling other
miners to Join in the strike. So far as can be
ascertained, nothing has been done by the com
panies towards effecting a compromise or ac
ceding to the demands of the disaffected work
men. It is thought that they will hold out for a
long time, and accept nothing less than the in
crease now demanded, which is about fifteen per
cent. The strike will no doubt become generid.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Political Itfovementw-Poinffa of Cuban 8ym.
Iiathlzera.
Speeial Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Baltimore, May 11. The Republicans of
Cumberland, Md., elected yesterday their Mayor,
Lloyd Lowe, by ninety-four majority, and two
Councilmen. This is a gain of three hundred
since last fall, when tho Democrats carried the
entire ticket. The Democrats of Baltimore
seem muck dissatisfied, and are splitting among
themselves. The Colored Republican Conven
tion last night appointed delegates to the State
Convention on the 1st of June.
Cuban sympathizers here are growing more
active, and it is believed a secret movement
is on foot to aid the patriots.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Despatch to th Awoeiaied Prem.
Naval Order.
Washington, May 11. Lieutenant-Commander
E. P. Lull is detached from the Naval Aca
demy on Juno 8, and ordered to bo ready for
duty on the Lancaster. First Assistant Engineer
Henry L. Snyder and Second Assistant John
Borthwlck are ordered to duty at the Naval
Academy.
Paymaster J. B. Rittcnhouse will relieve Pay
master Watmotigh from duty as inspector of
provisions, etc., at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
on July 1.
Lieutenant M. B. Buford has been placed on
waiting orders.
The Prohibitory l,nw,
Boston, May 11. In anticipation of tho pro
posed prohibitory law and a metropolitan police,
the liquor dealers have formed an association
under the title of tho "Massachusetts Protective
Union of Hotel Keepers, Manufacturers, and
Dealers in Wine and Spirits," and have voted to
raise $100,000 to bo expended for the best in
terests of the association.
THE EUROFEANMARKETS.
By Atlantic Cable, "
This Morning' Quotations.
London, May 11 A. M. Consols for money, fljjtf,
ami or account, Wt,'. United States Five-twenties
firm at 79. Railways steady ; Krle, lfli, ; Illinois Cen
tral, 96; Atlantic and Great Western,
Ijveiu'Ool, May 11 A. M Cotton opens dull;
uplands, 11 ufllVl.; Orleans, ll&oli;(0. Sales to
day estimated at 0000 bait's.
London, May 11 A. M Kuprar firm both on the
spot and afloat. Spirits or Turpentine, 80s. 3d. Lin
seed Oil, jcai
This Afternoon's Quotation.
London, May ll 1 M. 6-aos easier at W,'. Rail
ways steady. Ktle, 20.
UvKKrooi., May 11 P. M Red Wheat, Rs. 9d.
Corn, lias. Wd. for new. Provisions dull; Lard, Ws.
HpirlU of Petroleum, 80. V Ralloiu
Cotton at Havre aduat, lauuf,
Ijvchfool, May 11 8P. M Cotton dull. Yarns
ami IuUiks ar iiuil at AlajKUckicr.
rillKD EDITION
WASHINGTON.
The Array Officers Designated to
Act as Indian Agents Morj
TribalatIon.Abo.it. the
Eight-Hour Law.
Discouraging Government Ad
vices from Cuba -A Sus
picious Purchase of
War Material.
FROM WASHINGTON.
$p:cial Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
The Fight Hour Uw,
Washington, May 11. Leading men of both
honses of Congress called President Giant's at
tention to-day to the difficulty about the eight
hour law, and nrged upon him some arrangement
by which tho law of Congress could be carried
out in the spirit in which it was pissed. Gen
eral Banks had n long interview to-day nt the
Navy Department about it, and stated that there
could be no doubt of what was intended by Con
gress, and that at the next session the law, if
necessary, would be made more explicit. Tho
Navy Department authorities reply that possibly
Congress did mean what is claimed, but they
c in not go back of the law as it stands, nor can
they disregard the opinion of the law ollker of
the Government, the Attorney General.
DiscouraMinK Advice from Cubn.
Information has been received here to-day by
the Government, from a source which, It is
claimed, leaves little room for doubt that the
Cuban insurgents are not making any headway,
tii at the Spanish army will, in a very short time,
put an end to the Insurrection, and that nothing
remains of the Cuban forces but detached parties
acting ns guerillas. As soon as the Spaniards
can come up witlitbcsc,ilic whole matter will bo
at an end.
This, it is said, is not the Spanish side of the
story, but tho statement of the agents of our
own Government in Cuba, who have been close
observers of the whole movement. .
Hunpiclons Perchance of War material.' 1
Under the recent order of tho President,
allowing parties who choose to purchase war'
material from our Government, application has
been made within a few days to buy cannon and
ammunition to a considerable extent. As no
questions are asked, it is not known what the
war material proposed to be purchased Is for. ' ,
Army Ofllcera to Art as Indiaa Agcntq.
The following order has Just been issued:
Qsnirai. Okdkrs No. 49 Headquarters of the
Armv Adjutant-Ueneral's Offloe, Washington May
1, 1H9. By orders received front the War Depart
ment, the follow Inn named onlcers, left out of their
regimental organisations by the consolidation of tbe
lniantry regiments, are, nnder and by authority of
an act of Congress organising the Indian
Department, approved June bo, 18B4, heraby detailed
to execute the duties of hidlan superintendents and
agents, and immediately on receiving notice of this
order will report by letter from their places of resi
dence to the Commissioner of Indian A (fairs, Hon.
E. S. Parker, Washington, D. C, for assignments to
duty and for instructions. Hhould vacancies occur
entitling them to promotion in the regular army dur
ing their term or service on such Indian duty, they
shall receive promotion the same as though on ordi
nary ueiacneu military uuiy, viz. :
HiperintendeiUtCmonul De L. Floyd Jones,
Brevet Colonel George L Andrews, Lieutenant
Colonel U. 8. A.
Brevwt Brigadier-General Alfred Sully, Lieutenant
Colonel U. 8. A.
Brevet Major-General John B. Mcintosh, Lieutenant-Colonel
U. 8. A.
Brevet Colonel H. V. Nelson, Lieutenant-Colonel
U. H. A.
' Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Edward McK. Hudson,
Major U. 8. A.
Major Henry Dour ass, U. 8. A.
Brevet Colonel Hamuel Ross, Major IT. S. A.
Brevet Colonel J. E, Tourtellot te, Captain IT. 8. A.
.A; teutu Brevet Major T. Teneyck, Captain V. 8. A.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Caleb II. Carlton. Cup
tain U. 8. A.
Brevet Major James W. Long, Captain U. 8. A.
Captain E. K. Ames, IT. 8. A.
Brevet Major William H. Hmyth, Captain U. & A.
Brevet Major William K. Lowe. Captain U. 8. A.
Brevet Major George M. Randall, Captain IT. 8. A.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George II. Uitfbee, Cap
tain V' a A.
Captain William J. Broatch, U. H. A.
Brevet-Major J. M. Craig. Captain U. 8. A.
Captain J. H. Patterson, U. 8. A.
Brevet Lleutenaut-Colunel Charles A. Hart well.
Captain U. 8. A.
Brevet Major Charles J. Wilson, Captain U. S. A.
Captain Da Witt C. Poole, IT. S. A.
Captalu F. T. Bennett, U. 8. A.
Captain Walter Clifford, IT. 8. A.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel L. 1L Warren. Captain
V. 8. A.
Captain George T. Olmstead, Jr., U. 8. A.
Brevet Major James Jackson. Captain U. S. A.
Captain David Parkinson, U. 8. A.
Brevet Captain J. J. 8. IJassler, First Lieutenant
V 8. A.
First Lieutenant J. II. Pursell, U. 8. A. ,
Pi! st Lieutenant John K. Both well, U. 8. A.
Kii st Lieutenant George W. GrafTatn, D. 8. A. '
Brevet Captain William W. Mitchell, First Iieu-t-ant
U. H. A.
Brevet Captain J. IX Hays, First Lieutenant U.
8. A.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Rice, First
Lieutenant U. 8. A.
First Lieutenant F. A. Buttey, U. 8. A. ,
First Lieutenant William 11. Danielson, U. S. A.
First Lieutenant George 11. Zeigler, IT. 8. A.
Brevet Captain G. D. Hill, First Ueuteuant U.S. A.
First Lieutenant J. L. Spalding. I'. 8. A.
First Lieutenant Josiati 8. Htylea. U. 8. A.
First Fieutenaut J. M. Smith, V. 8. A.
First Lleutenaut Jesse M. I-ee. U. 8. A.
Brevet Cuptaiu William K. Maize, First Lieutenant
IT. 8. A.
Brevet Major A. 8. Galbreath, First Lieutenant U.
S. A.
Brevet Major L. H. Bay, First Lieutenant U. 8. A.
Brevet Captain A. 8. B. Keyes, First Liouteuant V.
S. A.
First Lieutenant William W. Parry, IT. 8. A.
Brevet Major Joseph K. Myers, First Lieut. U. S. A.
First IJeuUiiiant Wm. B. Pease, II. 8. A.
First Lieutenant Jacob W. Keelcr, II. 8. A.
First Lieutenant William W. Fleming, U. 8. A.
Brevet Captain E. M. Cutnp, First Lieut. U. 8. A.
First Lieutenant G. E. Ford, I?. 8. A.
First Lleiiteuant William P. Johnson, V. 8. A.
First Lieutenant Charles E. Drew, I'. 8. A.
First Lieutenant Joseph M. Kennedy, IT. 8. A
First Lieutenant William II. llovle, V. h. A.
First Lieutenant C. I. Cooper, V. 8. A.
First Lieutenant Frank 1). Garrely, U. 8. A
Brevet Captalu William II. French, Jr., First Lieu
tenant V. H. A.
First Lieutenant A. G. Hennissee, IT. 8. A. '
First Lieutenant J. A. Mauley, l'. S A.
Hjevei Cajuaiu David A. Griillth, First Lleutenaut
'"revet Major WUllam II. Hugo, First Lieutenant
First Lieutenant John Carland, U. 8. A.
first Lieutenant J. B. Hanson, V. 8. A.
By couimuud of General Sherman.
K. D. Tqwnhknu, AdjutanUOuneral.
Arret of a Murderer.
Upecial Dmpatch to The Evening Telegraph,
New Haven, May 11 George McVotry, tho
alleged murderer of Louis Bensch, at tho New
Britain House, in this city, on Sunday night last,
was arrested about noon to-day. He was found
secreted in the basement of a building nearly
op ofcite the scene of the murder.
FROM IIARRISBURQ. ,
Special Despair h to Th Evening Telegraph. .
Harrirduro, May 11 The following circu
lar has been issued from the .School DeHtrt
mcnt:
Department of Common Schools, Harris
buro. May 10, 18G9. Notice is hereby given
that the arrangements adopted with refere iceto
the examination of the graduating classes at the
several State Normal Schools for the present
year are as follows;
kutztoww. ! '
The examination will commenra ' on
Tnesdny, May 25, at 2 o'clock P. M. The
Board of Kxaralncrs will consist of Principals
Cooper, Carver, and Ermentront, the State Su
perintendent or deputy, and the county superin
tendents of tho counties of Berks, Schuylkill,
and Lehigh. . .
. MAN8PIELD. . . ' .
. Tho examination will commence on Wednes
day, June 2, at 2 o'clock P. M. The Board of
Kxamiucrs will consist of Principal Brooks,
Krmcntrout, and Allen, tho State Superintend
ent, or deputy, and the county superintendents
of tho counties of Tioga, Wyoming, Sullivan,
Susquehanna, Bradford, ifud Lycoming. , ,
EDINUOKO. ; .
Tho examination will - commence on Monday,
June 7, nt 9 o'clock A. M. , The Board of .Ex
nminers will consist of Principals Allen, Brooks,
and Cooper, tho State Superintendent or deputy,
and the county superintendents of the counties
of Erie, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, and Craw
ford. . ' ' ' -
"'. MILLERSVUXb. ' ..' '
The examination will commonee on Tnesdav.
July 6, at o'clock A. M.i. The Board of Ex
aminers will consist of Principals Ermentrout,
Allen, Carver, aud Brooks, the State Superinten
dent or deputy, and the county superintendents
oi me counties oi Lancaster, lorn, and Lebanon.
BLOOMSBURO. ,.,!!'
The commencement exercises will take place
on Thursday and Friday, tho 24th. and 25th of
June. There will be no clitss to graduate this
year. , , . . ,
The principals of the Normal Schools under
stand that it is' imperative that they should
attend the examinations to which they Have
been appointed, and it is expected that the
County Superintendents designated will make
every effort to comply with the law that makes
their attendance a part of their official dutien.
, . J. W. WlCEEJtfiBAlf,
j 1 Superintendent Common Schools.
Stock Quotations bv Telegraph-! P. M.
Glendlning, Davis A Co., report through their New
j one noinw me louowing:
N. Y. Central R. 181
N. Y. and ErleR..... v
West Union eL . I . . 48
Cleve. and Toledo R.MH
Toledo and Wabash. . . T4
Ph. aud Bea. R. 9o
Mich. 8. and N. LR..107X
Cle and Pitt R... ... 92
Chi. and N. W. com.. 89
Chi. and W. W. pref. .102,
Chl.andR.LR. 188
Pitts. F. W. A Chi. R.1B6
Pacific Mall Steam. . . 1
. Market steady.
Mil. and 8t Paul R. e. 18
MIL and BU Paul R. p. ;;
Aaama impress. ..... so
Wells, FargOv. 35
United States V
Tennessee Ss, new... 60
Gold .:'..!. 138tf
ii.t ! : ' i
markets by Xelearrapto.
New Yore, May 11. Cotton dull: soo bales aoM.
Flour firmer, and 64l0c higher) 900 barrels sold :
State, tS0(6-86; Western, ft -71X48: Southern, -A5
(oils ; California, -7tv9-75. Wheat firmer and 4c
higher; No. s at 11-49; white California, 11 -70; white
Michigan, 11 -90. Corn dull, and declined l?Jo.;
sales 84,000 buBbels mixed Western at 834Soa, for
new, and 86c for old. Oats dull Beef quiet. Pork
dull; new mess 131. ' Lard dull r steam rendered,
17M(18Vc Whisky duU at6. w .-,.,.,,,
New Yore, May 11 8tocks firm. Gold, 138 V;
Exchange, 9.S'. 6-BOs, 1862, 119 : do. 1864, 116:
do. 1866, 116';new, intf;do.l867, 11TV: 10-Ws,
108'; Virginia 6a. 62; Missouri 6s, 88: Canton
Company. 61 Jf: New York Central, 181 ; Reading,
9R; Hudson River, 157,' ; Michigan Central, 128;
Michigan Southern, 106; Illinois Central, 14S;
Cleveland and Pittsburg, 92 v; Cleveland and To
ledo, 106V; Chicago and Rock Island, 131 : Pittsburg
and Fort Wayne, lMjtf. - , . - . ... , , . ,
Bai.timohb, May 11. Cotton dnll and nominal at
S3c Flour dnll and Irregular, and not sufficient
market to establish quotations. ' Wheat dnll ; sales
of good to prime valley red at fl -80(2 2 -05.' Corn dull ;
prime white, 8lc?82o. ; yellow, 83$sic, Oats dull at
76M79c for heavy, and 73Si76c. for light. Rye
nothing doing. Provisions unchanged. Whisky
firm and scarce at 98c.
;,
Tbe New York Money Market.
From the Herald. ... f hi
"The completion of the Pacific Railway and tha
proposition to begin paying off the national debt
were, as might have been expected, the occasion of
a very buoyant feeling In the street to-day. How
ever largely discounted the former enterprise has
been iu tbe course of railway stocks during the past
few months, the actual completion of the great work
could not happen without giving one more impulso
to the railway Interest, which has received unusual
prominence as a source of investment. --
'The speculative feeling was assisted by the easier
state of the money market, which was the natural
sequence of the 8aturday bank statement In tbe
Government room the rate was six and seven per
cent., but on miscellaneous collaterals the f all legal
figure was exacted. Commercial paper felt the
easier condition of the banks, and the extreme quo
tation for prime endorsed notes, for periods from
sixty days to four months, was seven to nine per
cent, with less paper offering and a better, inquiry
on the part of buyers. , ,
"The determination of Secretary Bontweli to put In
operation the Sinking Fund act was productive of
still further animation in the Government market
and a large advance in quotations. . The Importance
with which this step is viewed in Europe is shown
In the iuick response at the London Exchange,
where five-twenties opened this morning at T8''
Afterwards there i was a decline to . 1H bnt the- "
closing price was 78 X. The home market was compa
ratively insensible to these changes, bnt remained
steady at prices within the range given in the follow
ing, which wwe the closing street quotations
I nited States 6s, 1881, registered, 119V(ll8w. do
coupon, Il9f.-ll9'i ; 6-aos, registered, lioSliavf'
;l,Uo-CK01upo3' ni"':j Wda, WDpon,'
115(9.116 ; do. do., coupon, 1866, 116tf(411U dn!
do,, coupon, I860, new, 117X(All7x ; do?do., coupon
m',u. n lod0- up"i?18a8, infirm?:
'10-PS' KKKA, 108(108; aVdofcounoi'
108?4( 1"; currency bonds, 196V(iio6V ' toup,,l
''Gold closely responded to the' foreign quotation
for bonds, selling as low as 187 at the ofeniSg of the
Gold Room. The dealers In gold would like official
Information as to tho Intentions of the Treasury with
reference to the purchase of bonds. Will the mid
sales be continued, or will tho purchase of bonds be
considered the equivalent thereof ? in one case twJi
millions of the metal will find its way io the mtrke?
every week if the purchase Is not ma.le with cur
rencv. The recent advance induced agreat many
short sales, as shown by the better demand forlasu
gold, the carrying rate for which ranged from eluht
tionatfl1?t!ePerCUUU'W't,,.Ha exoeI,tlo'uH trViiSS:
"Foreign exchange was dull and weak, although
some of the prime bankers were unwilling Yo "draw
at less than 109 r for sixty days sterling The range
of rates was as follows :-terllug, sixty days, com
mercial, lOtvV.lOS.',; good to prime ffikre"
WCmv; short swig 109.aVt0; Paris sfr
days, 6-Cl . 5-1(1 ; short IghS-lRM-ToVs AnU
werp, 6iil61tW; Switzerland, S-ttfcuU-Mv
llumbnrg. bt(a ; Amsterdam, o yo ; Krauk-
LEGAL inTaELIPEncn.
Court of Oyer umIsn Allison
Tl;i morDint the caw of ths Commonwealth ve. Joeenh
Droll wm call, lor tnal. The priionor. a tiJ-SiTO
middle aie, a mild countenance and re.ctalilo TTU"
appearance, and reprenenUid by Oharlea W Pli,rti,7
1-lrfsur M. (Juipman. Faq,.., ia cW i with the . muSJi f
CaHpar Weia on the Sih of Ma'ch W a? T?.. of
Tl.n ti fln.tand Jeffcraon atreeta. ' mi brewery
At the eloae of our report counsel were engaged io the
aelection of a jury.
District Court, No. 1-Jauve Thayer.
Curtis. Aa attashusnt execution.' 'vft uUH
Joim W. Everman t Co. r. Clement L. HuaW A
action ---.Id ftrgttrf
JssssftttSi sot E. srrt, riUa
C ourt of Common IMeas.de pLrTT