m CD Hi VOL. IX. NO. 114. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 18G9. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. K'iN'hNTfv:f" -1 IPi 111- FIRST EDITION M THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. Humored Alliance of European Fowers Against the United States-Thc Pretexts. England Agitated Over Sum ner's Speech How the Press and the People Regard It. The Now York Tribune publishes Oils morninir the following special calilo telcfrram : London, May 11. Initial steps have been taken for an alliance, ollcliftivc and defensive, between Kiik land, France, and Hpaln against the United States ide rejection of the Alabama treaty, the tone of Mr. Sumner's speech, the sllcpcd tuiimstcrina; tendencies of General Grant's administration, and the reported connivance at expeditions from the United States ajrainst Cuba, belnn: made the pretext for a neces sity for such alliance. ConinicnlM of the ItaKllsh Prows on the Trouble. The London Hattmlag Review, May 1, thus review Mr. Sumner's speech: If it were Mr. Sumner's object to precipitate a war he could not be more bitter or more unjust. Accord ing to his own paradoxical statement, lie desires not to Inilume angry passions, but to promote peace and concord by rejecting a treaty which would not satisfy American demands. He argues that it Is use less to terminate a nuarrcl by an arrangement which would not content the offended party. Mr. Sumner may perhaps lielleve that the recogni tion of belligerency was a proof of unfriendly feel ings, and yet nothing is more certain than that the Kngltsh Government issued the proclamation with a genuine anil earnest desire to avoid any oUVnse to American susceptibility. As the motives of the act have been not unnaturally misapprehended, it is necessary to rely on the undoubted fact that the Kngltsh tJovernment was oxercisiiijr'.an indisputable right. The blockade which had been previously proclaimed by the President of the United States is conclusive evidence of the existence of a war, although Mr. Sumner misrepresents the argu ment of his opponents when he afreets to believe that their justification rests exclusively on a single admission. It was, according to Mr. Sumner, a mere verbal mistake to announce a blockade when the Government might have closed the Southern ports by executive authority; but a decree by which the porta were closed could have created no'right to capture on the high seas vessels which might be bringing muninitlons of war to the Confederates. It was for the purpose of guarding against snch a difli cnlty that Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Sumner deliberately proclaimed a blockade, estopping themselves, ac cording to a subsequent Judgment of the Supreme Court, from a denial thata state of war actually exist ed. Ah might have been expected, Mr. Sumner leaves unnoticed the unanimous assent of all European Gov ernments to the neutral policy of England. The French recognition of belligerent rights was Issued on the same day, in the same words ; and within two or three weeks every maritime power, including Russia, committed In the same form the same wrong which is -exclusively Imputed to England. At that time there was little diirerence of opinion on either side of the Atlantic that, the disruption of the American federation was complete and Una!. It is true that the conclusion was erroneous ; but the Confederacy held undisputed possession of Its own territory, and it was evident that, according to the nniversal opinion, State ties were more binding than Federal allegiance. If any kingdom in the civilized world had been split Into two parts in similar circumstances, the American Government would have recognized not only its belligerent rights but Its political inde pendence. The speech Itself is from first to last thoroughly consistent In injustice. The secession was, as Mr. Sumner truly says, in the first Instance plainly en couraged by the hope that England would recognize the Independence of the South. In the cant Ameri can phrase, cotton was king, and England would prove her loyaltv to her economic sovereign by em ploying her fleets and armies In aid of the cotton growing Confederacy. That the expectation was signally disappointed no ignorant person could learn from Mr. Sumner, ir a man complained that a capi talist whom he regarded as his friend had advanced money to start against him a trading competitor, It would be thought a su indent defense that the ap plication had been urgently made and positively refused. In controversies with Eugland, American disputants regard fact and logic with Impartial con tempt. In another year the passions which Mr. Sumner stimulates may have partially subsided, or they may have expanded Into a declaration of war and an in vasion of Canada. There is perhaps no example of a war undertaken solely for purposes of vengeance, nor would an attempt at territorial conquest be a disinterested expression of sentiment. There Is no other quarter In which England is especially vulne rable In a contest with America; but the great re sources of the United States, unscrupulously em ployed, would undoubtedly cause great Injury and suffering, not without heavy cost to the wrongdoer. If such a result Is to be produced, either by design or by the unforeseen operation of hostile reelings, reasoning would have no effect in averting a lament able crime and misfortune. From the beginning of the discussion the only hope of a solution was to be found in an appeal to the doctrines of international law, or In the discretion of an indifferent arbitrator. Although the arguments which Induced Lord Russell to decline a reference have never been confuted, it is now generally admitted that the concession which was afterwards made by Lord Stanley was judicious; but for every step which the English Government has advanced, the Americans have receded to twice the distance. Short of war It is Impossible to go further than Mr. Sumner in a hostile direction. The London (Spectator goes elaborately Into the subject and winds up in the following self-complacent manner: As regards Mr. Sumner's argument to prove that we were guilty of a breach of international right, that we did violate the laws of neutrality in our policy towards the Sonth, we need not say much. Some things he said which are fair arguments to lay before an arbitrator; others he said which seemed to ns colored by prejudices and prepossessions so ex traordinary that we read them twice before we could credit him with having made any statement so monstrous (such, for Instance, as the assertion that the fitting out of the Alabama was as much the fitting out of a hostile expedition "as if she had sailed forth from her Majesty's dockyard") ; but the great feature of his speech is that In treating the legal ques tions he does not even condescend to grapple with any one of the more powerful considerations which tell against him. lie Ignores the point that the acknowledgment of the fact of belligerency at sea was essent ial to give the United States the power of blockade In the sense In which they wanted and used it namely, to stop vessels on the high seas bound to any blockade port, lie ignores the fact that the friends of the North felt this so strongly that nome of them urged the recognition of belligerency and proclamation of neutrality on the liritish Gov ernment in the interests of the North alone. He Ig nores altogether the question whether the breach of any municipal law like our Foreign Enlistment act can be rightly made niatterof lnteruationaljcomplalnt by a foreign government. He is inconsistent, too, with himself; for while he makes it (not unjUHtly, as we think) a great charge against us that we were so negligent in executing our own municipal law in the Alabama coHe, a great part of his accusa tions rest on the assumption that we should have proceeded, in violation of that municipal law. to stop vessels accused of being intended for Southern privateers, on wholly inadequate and inadmissible evidence which no judge or jury would have listened to for a moment. In short, Mr. Sumner's legal argu ment Is a very poor ex parte statement or the United (suites1 case, without even a pretense of a Judicial discussion, But. be that as it may, it Is too obvious that ex parte legal arguments, If they were the best in the worm, are not reasons wny judgment snouiu go for the pleader without ever hearing the case on the other side. Mr. Sflmuer has uothlng to say wiiich has not lieen heard a hundred times before. thnnirh he sudimisch a great deal which has also been beard a hundred times before and which seems to us irreater weight. Hut what he does sav. In stead of being put forward as proof that there is something to discuss for which only it would serve is unfortunately put forward as proof that there is nothing to discuss which it not only does not prove, but disproves. On the whole, Mr. Sumner's speech Impresses ns v.rv deeulf with the necessity there is for greater IIL nnLth sides of the Atlantic. Those who " i u we do the moral strength of Mr. Hum iTer rase against Knglaud ought to favor every oortunlty fur Informally expressing that keen V???" !. l.rrl t and mortification which we heartily believe that the great majority of the people of Great JriWiS SlKlm vutvrtam VjUj rgv t9 y,e y- rnct of the rnllng class and the Government during the first fimr years of the civil war. Those, on the Other hand, In America who feel with correspond! ig keenness the utter unreasonableness of such assump tions as Mr. Sumner's that England committed in this case a conspicnons breach of International law, like the boarding of the Chesapeake or the raid of 1837 Into the territory of the United Stales should do their lest to restrain such unreasonable and self-contradictory demands as Mr. Sumner's, which m con trary to all the most obvions principles of law. Of course, If we are decided to nave lieen guilty of a breach of International law. let us, by all means, apologize; but to assume the very point of discus sion, on the ground that we have certainly been ?n lit jr of ill feeling, is as monstrous as it would be or us to ground out" own defense on the plea that America has sympathized openly with the F'enian conspirators. Informal national Rlns must le expi ated, if at all, by informal national expressions or regret. We do not axk the Government of the United States to apologize for the siiis of its people in relation to the Fenian matter. America cannot ask the Government of .Knglund to apologize for the sins of its people in relation to the civil war. If, as we heartily believe, Wie only even disputable point as regards legal liability is the negligence of the government in permitting the escape of the Alabama, how Is It pos sible to aHk us to express formal contrition till it Is decided whether even then we were not acting strictly within our legal competence? Mr. Sumner's real grievance, and the real grievance of the North ern people, Is that the English Parliament displayed a hearty sympathy with a cause naturally hateful to it, the slavery cause, out of some poor Jealousy of the growing power of the North. Well, that is not a breach of international law. Ity all menus let us do what we can to wipe out a blot on English national character which many of us always marvelled at and sorrowed over. Hut, on the other hand, let the more moderate anil sensible statesmen of the United States restrain their sensitive politicians from the undigni fied weakness of confounding an act of marvellously bad taste and bad feeling though one which u for tunately Is too often imitated by America itself with out any formal reproach from us with an interna tional crime. The London Daily yarn, a paper or liberal views, of the 1st Inst., reviews the speech of Mr. Sumner as follows: Mr. Charles Summer isouc of the great orators, if not one of the great statesmen ol the United suites Senate. He is great in speeches If not in measures, is a power in council if not in action. On any great question his speech is usually looked for, aud is read with admiration If not conviction. The material claims Mr. Sumner bases on the old argument. England granted the South belligerent rights "with out any of those conditions which arc essential per quisites of such a concession." After this premature recognition followed the escape of the Alabama, her reception in our colonial ports, and the negligence which permitted English soil to become in lact the basis of warlike operations against American c ni merce. These acts form, Mr. Sumner says, the triple cord which binds upon us our liability. They make England responsible for cumulative Injuries which, Mr. Sumner says, "stand before us mountain high, with a base as broad as the nation, and a luass as stupendous as the rebellion itself.'' In round num bers we may reckon that the Alabama claims, a-v cording to Sir. Sumner's present estimates, amount to nearly tr00,000,ooo, and Mr. Sumner assures us that "the attempt to cIohc this Internationa) debate without a complete settlement is little short of puerile." But it Is surely far worse than puerile to carry on a great international debate with such arguments as these. In what court of law could Mr. Sumner get even a hearing for claims which rest on the assumption of profits that might have bjen made? Yet he not only reckons such prospective profits in his estimate of loss, but adds to them the possible increase which might have taken place during the years of the war. The yet further claim of some ( 4Mi,lHM),000 is probably only a rhetorical artillce, which takes the fancy of Americans, but which has on Englishmen only the effect of an anti climax. Mr. Sumner is always serious, or we might suspect him of poking fun at his countrymen, lie has ably stated the American side of the argument on the questions which are allowed to be open be tween us. He huB given expression to that sore feel lug which can neither be matter of argument nor of arbitration, tint his tigures simply remind us of more vulgar and commonplace compensation claims. What would satisfy him ? Shall we take the Five- twenties anil pay the Interest on them ? shall we take one-half the debt and add It to our own? Even then we must add to it an humble apology. Mr. Sumner not only presents a bill of live hun dred millions, bnt demands that we should pay it off on our knees, lint such discussions as these are mere waste of time. It is one misfortune of the reopening of this question that it remits the w hole dispute to rnetoricai discussion Dy irresponsi ble persons. Mr. S.tmner may represent an inllu ential American opinion on this subject, or he may not : but he does not represent tne American Gov ernment.- We have referred to his speech merely as letting us know what a great rnetortcian could make of the argument in audience of the American people. Such discussions can, however, have but one result. They retard the settlement instead of advancing it. They surround a business question with all the complications and distractions of ex cited feeling. What we want to settle is, how far we are responsible for certain injuries inflicted on American commerce, and when that is settled we will pay the bill. The London Time of the 1st Inst, again returns to the subject of the Alabama treaty, after discussing It at length the day previous. In this later article It dwells especially on the neutrality proclamation of her Majesty, and goes on to Bay : The proclamation of neutrality made by the Queen of England in May, 1861, was, according to Mr. Sum ner, the source of almost every evil oi tne war. it placed the rebels in the position of an Independent power; It encouraged thein to persevere in their treason ; It conferred on them, as belligerents, rights they had not previously possessed. Mr. Sumner so far admits the cogency ol the arguments urged on this side that he is disposed to confine the offense of England to the recognition of what he calls "ocean belligerency." mere is a nonunion oi me iuiki and a dominion of the ocean; but whatever power the rebels possessed on the land, they were always with out power on the ocean. Admitting that they were belligerents on the laud, they were never bellige rents on the ocean. But what right had we to draw any such distinctions? wnat we saw cieariy was a great conflict on the other side of the Atlantic, wlilcli ulleCK'd every relation oi nruiHii commerce with the Southern States, and was extended over the ocean and close up to our own waters by the President s proclamation or blockade, under wmcn British siiips alleged to meditate the breaking of the blockade could be seized even off our own coasts and taken into American ports. If, us we confidently maintain, the proclamation was justifiable, there is nothing more to be sum; out, even were it not so, it would be absurd to argue that the issue of the pro clamation caused the blockade-running and so lengthened the war. Blockade-running is not legal ized by tne queen s prociaiuaiion; ou tne contrary. It Is expressly prohibited, and tliOie guilty of it arid the other ofleiises enumerated are told that they will do so "at their peril and of their own wrong, and will in nowise obtain any protection from us against any liabilities or penal consequences, but will, on the contrary, Incur our high displeasure by such conduct." The whole tenor of the proclama tion is prohibition, and it Is difficult to understand how it can be accused of sanctioning, much less of causing, the very acts against which it was directed. Surelv experience is not. wanting in America to prove that the recognition or belligerency or the proclama tion or neutrality is not necessary to authorize blockade running 1 It is said, on good authority, that at this very time the Cuban Insurgents are oeiug supplied by American vessels, and yet these "rebels ' have not received the character ol belligerenU wither on land or ocean. The only real evil mulcted by the proclamation was the portion given by it to the Alatiama In the ports or the British empire, and this part or the American grievance would have come within the operation ol the rejected treaty. The Full Mall Gazelle has also had its say In the matter. In thut independent an 1 sophom irish stylo which it almost invariably affects, it brings In ta J Irish question with the Alabama claims aud Senator Sumner's speech. Here Is whit the model paper hH3 to gay : The Insults and threats levelled nt tig from the other side of the Atlantic by oue or the most promi nent public men in America are echoed at home bv a man holding au Important public position, while the old standing wounds or Ireland break out In riot and murder, collective and Individual, and under circumstances which make It impossible to doubt that there Is a close connection between the crimes which we witness, tho threats which we hear, and the impression which is created in Ireland bv the course of policy which we are pursuing for the ex press purpose of conciliation. These are facta which ought to make us think a little. What has been and is the cause of these insults? We need not go very far to look for It. It is to be found in the opinion which prevails widely, both in the United States and In Ireland, that the English na tion is afraid of them both. With regard to the Irish, again, many people In this country, some of theiu men in high auth rltv, bave most undoubtedly been frlghteued, not, as we pointed out the other day, at the prospect of being tiviValV 'J "U ii'fif J"Vbv;lkM but the prospect of hoYlng to nonpros It by force, such force being em ployed to defend some things which ar.j distinctly indefensible. Ho far we must submit to the Im putation of having been afraid. Unwelcome at the truth Is, there is no good in denying it. The future, however, is still In our power, and the ques tion whether the English nation ought to permit itself to be Insulted Is one which, when slated iu plain terms, answers itself. Of course no one would nay yes to It, but there Is considerable reason to fear that many people will give an answer which, though not an affirmative In terms, will have all the effect of one. They will seek, as cowards always do, to avoid the necessity of vindicating their character and position by denying that it has been attacked. They will try to extenuate the Importance of snch language as Mr. Sumner's, and to deny the signifi cance of such acts as are continually taking place In Ireland. They will treat as an absurdity the notion that any one can suppose that the British nation Is frighted, or act upon the suppowitiott of the existence of such a feeling. In a word, 1 hey will do their best to Induce us all to pocket the affronts put npon us, and to man age matters In such a way as to show as little as possible the nature of the load which we carry in our wickets. This is the well-established and wcll-uiulorstood procedure or every bully and coward who finds himself overmatched '; anil those who do not wish their country to play that part among the nations of the world would do well to consider how brave men usually act under difficul ties. Whatever else they do, they Invariably do three things they acknowledge the existence or their dlflleiiltlcs, take their measure and march straight up to them, with a clear determination in their own minds as to the kind and degree or resist ance which they mean to oppose to them. This is the proper course to take In the present instance. We ought clearly to acknowledge thut there Is danger which, under tavora'ile rircumstanr.es, would tieeome presdng, of foreign war with the United states and of civil war In Ireland. It is also true that, except iu so far as it puts us morally In a better position, our policy with regard to the 'Irish Church will lor the moment rather aggravate than diminish these dan gors. It will be attributed, and not quite Incorrectly to tear, aud It will thus encourage our enemies. Un fortunate as this is, It Is not, as we have already pointed out, an argument ugalnst the measure, though it certainly is a consideration which detracts from Its value. With regard to the course to betaken for reasserting our position, we can speak ouly in very general terms. As to Ireland, we clearly ought to punish and suppress In the most determined and unqualified way every act or word which falls within the province of the criminal law; ami we shall have abundant opportunities at no very distant date of showing clearly what It is which we do not mean to concede to priests on the one hand or to rebels on the other. With regard to America, mere violent language and outrageous demands made unotllciully by individuals, however distinguished, cull for no notice on the part of the nation at large. But the line of policy to be followed has the advantage of being perfectly clear, and Mr. Sumner's speech will at leant enable our government to di aw it. with the most unmistakable plainness. We ought to be willing and ready to discuss the question or individual losses Immediately caused by any act which can be re garded as negligence on our part; but us to enter taining the question or paying general damages for recognizing the Confederates, we onght to be pre pared to light first, at all hazards and disud vantages. Women aymiiatp. Some time ago the Lord Chamberlain of Loudon issued a decree, calling the attention of the managers of metropolitan theatres to the immoral tendencies of the spectacular pieces then being performed, and gave a gentle hint that If they were indulged in much longer he would issue a prohibitory order. Now the J'all Mall Gazette comes out and makes the fol lowing inquiry: Has the Chamberlain or his Commissioner ever seen a band of bounding sisters ? They dress in the unembarrassed style which for ages has been the costume of the male acrobat, aud which is very like that in which they were born. As thev stand in a line with the men, hands on hips, the difference of sex Is at llrst scarce perceptible. Nor, indeed, do they indulge themselves in any reserve of gesture such as might bo cherished as a relic of modesty. They form pieces of a pyramid with the men, and when the pyramid is resolving Itself to bits, are held by the heels, or distorted in any fashion permitted by the laws of gravitation. It should also be ot served that the ladies are subjected to the most perilous portion or the business, tor the obvious reason that the spectators have paid their money on an implied understanding of the sort. To do these women justice, they do not shrink from feats that astonish as well as disgust. A few years ago there was only one Menken, and she had a hard time ot it if she were as sentimental as her posthumous Sap phics would suggest; but now we have got far be yond the wearisome "Mazeppa." It is a bad sign when a people hunger after cruel sport, and this female acrobating, if we may use the term, Is not only unseemly, but cruel to a degree. If the women are closely watched, it is easy to perceive that their nerves are not lit for the sad work. Behind the grin f f the mime there is a look of natural feur and distrust, as if a ghastly finish to the exhibition were constantly in sight. Their limbs, too, the arms especially, tremble when the feat in hand must be repeated or prolonged. And what sort of training do these women undergo, brought up from early girlhood to such a calling ? A TREMENDOUS REPUTATION. Wlint a Connecticut Paper Says of Fink, Jr. From the Hartford Evening Pmt. It's a pretty dull day for lawsuits that Mr. James Eisk, .Ir., don't sue somebody for 1100,000 in damages. And when you come to consider of it a moment, what a reputation this must have been before ever it was tired into! In dimensions how extensive, in purity how immaculate, in brittleness and fragility how sensitive to the breath of sus picion! Imagine this genial creature Fisk spreading out his moral character like a map before the country. Think of the sprigh t li nes with which he Jumped from his peddler's cart into Wall street, and commenced unrolling to a gaping universe the mammoth proportions of his personal reputation. It was hardly spread, before a merit-hating, honesty-contemning, and modesty despising world commenced to throw rotten oranges at it. A shot from Springfield carried away l00,ooo worth of it In the twinkling or a bedpost but the great F'lsk hardly missed It. With head over his shoulder, he just said to his attorney, -uring suit for It," and kept on spreading himself. From some other source we forget what, for we sat gazing so intently at the character that we hardly noticed whence came the attacks on offensive missile slammed up against it. James merely said over his shoulder, "Sue him ror a hundred thousand." and the suit was brought. Then, as the F'isk stood with his face to the Rocky Mountains and bis back to all the ages, inscribing in brazen letters, "James Eisk, Jr.," across the backbone of the continent, Mr. C. S. Bushnell, of New Haven, chucks some decayed fruit ut the picture, inillcttiig damage to tho amount of another (HKi.ooo, for which suit is Imme diately brought. Hardly had the papers been served, when, with a ker-whish, ker-slop, the New York 7!mc let off a whole Imeketful of remarks, damaging the whiteness of the Fisk character to the tune or at least a million Judgment for which amount Mr. Fisk will at some leisure moment slip Into court and ask to have entered on his behulf. Well, it s rather u magnificent spectacle. It ex hibits genius, all this. For, Mr. James Fisk, Jr., if we may trust the oath appended to his Income re turns and here we mean to step so gently as not to sputter a single cent's worth of mini upon Ills veracity was not successful In business lust vear. He hud no Income. Under oath he says so. Not a cent or in come. He returns une watch. That's all. So having no money, and hard luck, he has set up this inagnliieent character, the largest and whitest ever spread before the Ameri can people, and liriinoui.n to tutu his chances fur damages against the little boys who come aiong running against It, or throwing water melon rinds at it. With au ordinary degrjo of suc cess he will make a handsome thing of It. Should he get verdicts in his favor in the suits already begun, they Will tirlllS him in from tnl u half to two millions, which will keep him through the year comfortably. And as the people keep throwing iiuh" mm a Koou prospect of making i living by libel suits for several vears to come. And these things we enlov. Vnr tiwv nmkc every. thing lively. But sitting here, thinking it over wondering at the Immensity and the puritv of this man s character, adnilriug the genius with which he makes it prolitahle to himself us well us beautiful to ail the world, and then remembering that it is likely to cost the newspaper press of the country untold millions for the privilege of tiring at It it occur to us and we make the auirirHsi innthat the Dress club together and "buy the whole piece" ut a fair vniiiuuou. I'luiiK ot it ni rei.an prices win impover ish everyliody. Let us take what there is left of It at wholesale. Then Mr. Fisk will get It off his hands, which will really be a godsend to him, and we can ail nave a mir at n at a reasonable cost. Florence and William Wright, the "brother and alt-ter" who played the confidence game so exten sively In Vermont and Connecticut some time since, nave oeen reieaneu ironi Norwich Jau. Why is a dog's tail a great novelty T Because no vue vvr wn ii towvi SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. Disaster in tho West Burning of Six River Steamers at Cin cinnatiEight Lives Supposed to Havo Ileen Lost. Indians Shot at Fort Hays iln Escape Prevented. Appointments by theIPresi- dent His Conference with a Secret Agent from St. Domingo-The Bus teed Impeach ment. FROM THE WEST. DisnHler in Clnrtnnntl-Slx New Illver Steam er Burned -IJvrn Reported I, out. Special Deapatch to The Evening Telegraph. Cincinnati, May 129 A. M Six river Bteamcrs were burned to the water's edjre at their docks on the Ohio river in this city, lost night. Several lives arc reported lost. The loss, which has not yet been estimated, must be very heavy, as several of the steamers destroyed were new first-class passenger boats. Their names are the Darling, Westmoreland, Mary Erwin, Melnottc, Cheyenne, and Clifton. second special despatch. The Wtenmern lturned to the Wnler'B Kdire i:ibt I'crnoim Supposed to Have lieen lunt. Cincinnati, May YZ. The fire which broke out this morning among the river steamers nt this city, which resulted in the total destruction of the boats mentioned, was caused by the up setting of a lamp in the wash-room of the Clif ton. The Humes seized at once in the light woodwork of the boat, and in so quick a time did they envelope hct that those on board were just able to escape with their lives. From the Clifton the flames extended speedily to the boats that were lying immediately by her side. There are rumors that there were some passengers aboard the Clifton. All lives on board were saved except a deck hand burned to death. A hand on the Cheyenne says that all aboard were asleep when the fire broke ont, and that he is certain that five deck hands aboard were burned to death. Robert Gamer and wife, colored, were on the lauding hunting their son, John Gamer, a lad on tho Darling, supposed to be lost. Officers said that four or five men were seen to jump off tho Darling and struggle to get ashore; only one succeeded. Skiffs went out to rescue them, but failed. In the midst of the excitement of the occasion it was difficult to get information that is entirely satisfactor yin regard to losses. The following is the estimate placed on the boats, exclusive of cargo: Clifton, $45,000; Westmore lnnd, 20,000; Mary Erwin, 0000: Darling, $ 15,000; Melnotto, $5000; Cheyenne, 35,000.1 At half-past 3 o'clock all that remained of the steamers was their blackened hulks, in which the fire was sullenly burning. The Darling was not entirely consumed, but whatever remained of the wheel-house and other parts of the boat stood up like monuments to mark the place where all that is beautiful in boat mechanism had in a short time been consumed. The scene immediately in front of the wharf presented a spectacle too sad to describe. Six boats. 'side by side were in ruins. Others had fled to escape the flames. It was perhaps the saddest scene they had ever been witnessed in the marine his tory of Cincinnati. Attempt or Indian Prisoners to Escape from Fort Hays The Chief "Bin Head" and two Warriors Shot. Special Despatch to The Kcenuyr Telegraph. Fokt Leaven wohth, Kansas, May 13. A discharged soldier, who has just arrived here from Fort Hays, gives an account of the attempt made by the Indian prisoners confined there to escape. Last Sunday, while Captaiu Howard, Adjutant of the 5th Infantry, was changing guard and was entering the door, he was felled to the floor by a chief. At the same time a squaw who was rushing upon him with a knife to stab him was shot down by the guard. The sergeant of the guard, named Hogaa, of Company G, same regiment, was stabbed in the buck and severely injured, and the guard, in self-defense, fired into them, and killed two In dians, Including the chief Big Head, and wound ing one or two more, which hud the effect of re storing quiet. The Indians were all armed with knives. FROM WA SUING TON. Dt'patih to the Amnciated "red. I'oNtniaxtrrw Appointed. Washington, May 13 The President has ap pointed the following named Postmasters: Samuel O. Upliam, at Watham, Mass.; William Warland, at Andover, Mass., Henry A. Ilellcr mitn, at Hudson, N. Y.; David Boynton, nt Haverhill, Mass.; John N. Myler, at Allegheny, Pa. Nt. DouiIiiko Auaiu. Mr. Fubcns, confidential agent of St. Domingo, had a long Interview recently with the President ou the affairs of that republic. Meeting ol'lbe Hoiinc Judiciary Committee. Representative Bingham, the Chuiriuuu, has called a meeting of the House Judiciary Com mittee for Tuesday morning, May 18, in Wash ington, and requests members to be punctual in attendance, even if no other notice than tills shall reach them. It is supposed the object of the meeting lslurelaticm to the Busteed Impeach ment Inquiry. THE EUROPEAN MARKETS. By Atlantic Cable. This Morning's Quotations. London, May IU A. M Consols, vt'4 for money and for account. United fctutes Five-twenties quiet at Ta NtockB quiet; Krle Hatlroad, 19; Illi nois Central, Atlautlo and Great Western, Wtf- LiVKKeooii, May IS A. M Cotton Is a shade (Inner; middling uplands, lld. ; middling Orleans. 11 Vd. ; the sales of to-day are estimated ut 8000 bales. (Shipments from Humbay to the 7th instant sine last report, 37,ooo bales. Corn, iUis. M. fur new. This Afternoon's Quotations. London, May la p. M. United Mates 6-iws, 78'. Stocks steady ; trie, 19 y; Illinois Central, W. IUvrr, May 11 Cotton unchanged for both on UiV sv( misl feUOiit, FROM NEW ENGLAND. Special DttpeUeh to Th Evening TtUgrapK A Train Off the Track. Nkwburtport, Mass., May 13. Tho 8 45 train from Portland for Boston ran off tho track between North Berwick and South Berwick. The cause of the accident is not known. Tho engineer, fireman, and one lady passenger were severely Injured. Several others were slightly injured. Fire In South Sandwich -ANrgro .Man'Burned to Death. BANDwicn, May 13. The house, store, and poods of Herman C. Crocker, at 8outh Sand wich, were totally destroyed by fire last night. The fire was the work of an incendiary. Silvan Johnson, colored, aged about seventy, was burned to death at Herring Pond yesterday, while attempting to put out a bonfire. FROM THE MINING DISTRICT. Condition of Tliin l.lt of the Mlnc Aban doned. Special Denpateh to The Evening Telegraph. Maucu Chunk, May 13. Tho latest advices received this morning from tho strike of tho coal miners present about the same condition of affairs as previously reported. The following Is a list of mines known to be abandoned: All the mines In Schuylkill Beaver Meadow, Hazleton, and Lehigh counties. In Wilkcsbarro the Mineral Spring, Hillman & Son's, Enterprise, and a portion of Sugar Notch miues have ceased operations. Market m ly Telegraph. Nkw York, May 12. Stocks steady. Gold, 13'$; ExchanRe, 109',. 6-20s, 1S62, 119J; do. 154, UIW; do. I860, 116; new, 117S ; do. ISCT, 117($ ;10-40s, 108?,: Missouri 6s, 89 '4; New York Central, 181V; Iteadintr, 96': Hudson River, IBS; Michigan Cen tral, 129V; Mlclil(ran Southern, 108; Illinois Central, 145'4 ; Cleveland and Plttsburjr, Cleveland anil Toledo, 106',; Chicago aud Hock Island, 131 ; Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, 154V. Bai.timoke, May 12. Cotton better feeling iu the market, but not quotably higher; sales at 28c. Flour the market favors bu vers ; Howard Street su perfine, nf)Ca.6-2ft; do. extra, fti-iVuS; do. family, 8ai0; City Mills superfine, JV5iJ6-2ft; do. extra, $ii-&0f(8-2fi; do. family, frt-NKail-af; Western super fine, 5-25(6; do. extra, f'j 7-150; do. family, -is,S-75. Wheat dull and weak; sales of fair to good red at tlfiOtrfl-es. Corn dull; prime white, 80m 81c ; yellow, H2(S83c. Oats unchanged. Rve dull and nominal. Provisions quiet and unchanged. Mess Pork, f.H-73. Hacon rib sides, lfl'c. ; clear sides, 17)tfe, : shoul ders, 14,c. ; hums, 19ia21c. Lard, 19m luxe. Whisky very firm and scarce at 98c. and Is held at 99c Nkw Yokk, May 12. Cotton active at 2.9vrr29V. Flour firmer, and advanced 6loc ; State,' l-l-S34 6-95; Western, jfttt&as; Southern, SO-To 12. Wheat firmer and advanced 1 cent; quotations are nominal. Corn firmer; mixed Western at 8lri,s2tfc for new, and 86c for old. Oats lower at 86 Beef quiet. Pork dull; new mess $;to-7fkff30 87);. Lard dull; steam rendered, lSdilS'jC Whisky quiet. San Francisco, May 12 Flour Is In light export demand and steady at f4 87V''"' 6 28. Wheat choice lots wanted at tl -f0; 1 -65. Legal tenders, 74. Stock Quotations by Glendenning, Davis A Co. York house the following :- Telegrnph-1 P. 01. , report through their New West. Union Tel 43 v in. y. cent, k 181 Ji N. Y. and Erie R.... 80 V Ph. and Kea. R 90', M Ich. 8. and N. L R . . 107 V Cle. and Pitt. R 93 Chi. and N. W. com . . 89,v Chi. and N. W. pref..l02V Chi. andKLR 181X Pitts. F. W. Chi. R.16B Pacific Mall Steam. . . 92 Market steady. Cleve. Jk Tolodo 107 V Toledo 4 Wabash.... Ift'i Mil. A St. Paul R.c... 77 Mil. A St. Paul R. p. . . 86 V Adaras Express 61 Wells.Fargo A Co.... 85 United States. 62tf Tennessee 6s, new. . . 60 V Gold 1385 LEGAL IlffTELHOBPTCH. Court of Oyer and Terminer Judges Allison and I.udlow. In the case of the Commonwealth vs. Joseph Droll, charged with the murder of Caspar Wels, the Jury was completed this morning, and the trial com menced. It appears that on the night of March 6 last the prisoner and deceased met in a beer saloon at Thlrty-lirst and Jefferson streets, and engaged In an angry discussion with each other. From the saloon they went to the street and fought; and in the struggle the deceased received a blow upon the head, from the eirects of which he died a few days afterwards at the German Hospital. Charles W. Hotllncrand Edgar M. Chipman, Esqs., represent the prisoner. District Court. No. 1 JuiUte Thayer. James 15. Smith and wife vs. , with notice to John Lancaster. An action on mortgage. On trial. District Conn, No. rJ-Jodae Hare. Jeremiah Rhoads vs. George II. Beaumont, action of ejectment to try the title to real estate. An On trial. The Egyptian ladies In the days of the early Pharaohs had many of the toilet articles now in use among fashionable ladies. Iowa rejoices in the discovery of large beds of Iron ore and coal In Warren county. Rumble, the English engineer, sentenced to eighteen months' hard labor for procuring a Govern ment contract, Is the man who connived at the escape of the Confederate pirate Rappahannock to warns the close of the Rebellion. rxxTAxrcB AMD COIVITAIERCI Optics or thb EvrwrHo Ttct.foraphJ Wednesday, May li, lHdft. i The easy condition of our banks continues to act favorably on the loan market, which is with out any change cither In tone or rates. Call loans remain rather quiet at 57 per cent, on (iovermnent and miscellaneous collaterals, and discounts at 6(5 8 per cent for first-class paper. In Government bonds there has been more firmness in the home than In foreign markets for several weeks, which was doubtless the effect of a false impression among tho brokers as to the disposal of the bond purchases by Mr. Boutwcll. The announcement has just been made that the withdrawal mav he final or temporary, just as the wants of the Treasury may demand, and that meanwhile the interest alone on those withdrawn will be saved. The effect of this thunderbolt has been a sensible weakening of the market. Though this new plan may sub ject the Secretary to much unjust criticism in case of resale, we cannot help regarding It In a favorable light, as the best under the circum stances, l Governments arc weak, and so far, have de clined about per cent, on opening prices. Gold is firm, and without fluctuations from the opening figure, which was i:W! . There was a firmer feeling in tho Stock market, and a good business was effected. In SUite loans there were sales of first series at 104. City (is were stronger, selling at 101 for the new, and US for tho old issues. Tho Lehigh gold loan improved, selling at 95). Reading Railroad was unusually active, and advanced . closing at 48;; Pennsylvania was stcudv at !Viu?i; Catawissa Railroad pre ferred sold at ex-dlv.; Philadelphia and Frie Railroad at 3t?, closing nt 80;4; Lehigh Valley Railroad at 60; and North Pennsylvania Railroad at 85, b. o. In Canal shares nothing was done; 83 was bid for Lehigh Navigation, and 479' for Delaware Division. Coal shares attract but littlo attention. 4)y was offered for New York and Middle; 5,' for Slmmokin; and 6 for Fulton. In Bank stocks the only transactions wero In North America at a'W.nnd Manufacturers' at 2'J. Passenger Railway stocks were without change. Hestonvlllo sold at 13V h. o. 4tl was bid for Second and Third; 71 for Tenth and Eleventh; 27 for Spruce and Pino, and 01 for West Philadelphia. Messrs. J at Cooki A Co. quote Government secu rities, etc., as follows: U. S. 6s, "81, 120(4120)4 ; 6-20a Of 1862, 119 V4119S' ! do., 1864, 115(4115 i do., NOV., 1866, 116V11V; da, July, 1865, 117V4U7K! do., 1867, mjttSmXi da, 1868, 117C117K: 10-408. lOSXOlObV Paolncs, 106,V106X. Gold, 138. Nark A Ladnkr, Bankers, report this morning's Gold quotations as follows : 10-00 A. M 188MI1M8 A. M 188'; 10 63 " 13Njll2 10 P. M 138 w PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGR SALES. Reported by Do Haven A Bra, No. 40 8. Third Street F1K8T BOAKD. l.woLeh goldl.... fl 8 ah Mannfae Bk. 2V fiooo d b8. 95,' f.VK) do 96 NX) do...85wn. 96 $.vw) do. 96 tHOOO Pate, Inclined Plane loan . . 105 12000 Pa 6s, t se.2d.10rt 14000 do. 8 ser.ls.107V tlOOOLeh Vncwbs. Cp.. 95V 15000 do Sat. 95", 8.100 City cs, New: loi 1200 do C.101! Iiiooo do is. ioi v 6sh flk N Am. ...235 100 sh Read R. C. 48V S00 800 100 do... IK. blO. 481, da..lS.b30. 48,' do c. 48V do Is. 48 do slO. 48V do 30. 48 do ..Si Own. 48 V do... 030. 18 8-16 200 200 100 200 200 2A sh Penna RR. . . ; 57 V 50 do....c,Ap. 67V 40 do Is. 67V 100 do..PPg.ll. 67V 800 84 88 52 148 do nOO. 67 V do..opgAl. 61V do. Is. 67V do e.A.p. 67V do..opgAI. 6T'i doallotin's. 67 SOOshPlill AK.Is.0. aov 100 100 100 100 200 100 do 1)60. do b30. 30 V nov so:, 80 80 80 V do blO. do..slOwn. do 830. do 89 100 sh Cat IT. b5. 83',' .18. 60 13 sh Lch Val. The IVnr York Money Market. The New York tTmtM aayii: "The principal feature f interest In Wall st reet t i day waa the inauguration of the now ordor of thinKN eonw (juent upon the consolidation of the aeveral utocli boards. 1 he change waa made eaaily and without diaiurlianoe t the lHinin'n intercut of the street, althmiKh it waa foil before the day waa out that the plan of aboliahinR oal.a en tirely upon the apeculatiTe alocka waa olij yction ihio in manyremiecta. fto in the afternoon, at. llin met.in of the tioverning Committee, a apniMnl oommitteoof live waa. aj'pointed to complete the reflation for the new H'-o -k f.tuhaiiire, to whom theae ohjttction liein anted, it ia stated they derided to have t wo calla In t-Uo I.on(i Itooin each day of the speculative stocks, commencing witU to morrow morntnir. "Dealings In lie (fold and Government market to-day turned mainly uSon the announcement made in the morn inu paporathat hecrotary Koutwell did not intend apply ing any bonds purchased by him to the ereation of a milk ing fund, but might reissue them. The immeiliat) etfct of this was to harden gold, which, nponing at t.T7 rapid v and steadily advanced to whence it fell off again to 1'ii rallying later, however, and closing in thi Oold ltoom at 8 o'clock nt 1HS V The advance waa likewise aided by despatches stating that bonds bad fallen oft in I-nndon, variously to 7714 to 78. and report of Cuhan successes. Business waa continued after til? ad journment of the board at the high figure, but upon the receipt of improved quotations in London, the premium declined and stood at the close 137 VJf l:i7 St. Just ahout this time also information waa received, although not gene rally circulated, that the statement credited to Secretary Koutwell of his intention to reissue whatever bonds be might purchase, if be saw at, waa never made by him. The contradiction was by his authority, and contained the ' additional announcement that he would not reissue, "This bit of telegraphic sensation appears to have been a stork jobbing falde, concocted in the interest nf the gold gamblers operating for a rise in the premium and decline in bonds, both of which olijects were attained, notwith- " standing the fact that the report waa discredited by some of the leading bouses from the first. "Foreign exchange was dull hut steady during the day, ' and closed firm at the following rates: Sterling, sixty days commercial, lOStyo IDS',; good to prime bankers. l(V"10PV: short sight. 1il!V I10: Paris, siaty days, b 21 'V (ni lS'c abort sight, fi'lR ai lS1,'; Antwerp, 6 21 Vatft'161,-; ' Switzerland, 6 Ul n'IS'a ; Hamburg. 35 '-nta'lo V i Am-, sterdam, 40'W40se ; Frankfort, 40l4i0.V'; Bremon, 78(4 W'i; Prussian thalere, 70V 71V- "Government, under the depression occasioned by the same Washington despatch that sent gold np, opened ' weak and unsteady, continuing quite feverish through the r ' day, in consequence of the decline. Towards afternoon,' however, the market rallied and closed firm at five o'clock, ' at the following prices: United Htates Hues, 1881, regis- ' t ered, 1 18Sy to 1 W ; do. coupon, 1 19 't to 1 19V 1 United State , Flvo-twentioa, registered, 115'V to 115"; United States Five-twenties, coupon, 1SS2, llii'fc to 119(; United Htates' F'ivetwentiea, coupon, 1W4. 115V to 115 United States i Five-twenties, coupon, lHtffi, lis to US',; United States Five-twenties, onupon,new.l8S5,117Vtolr7ViJ7n't' States ' Five-twenties, coupon, 18S7, 117 to 117V; United State -Five-twenties, coupon, 18, 117V to 117V; United States Ten-forties, registered, 107?I to 108; United State Ten- forties, coupon, 1081 to 108V: currency bonds, KM, to 10SV. ' "The Money market is without change, with a good , supply of currency coreaponding to an active demand. The rate on call loans remains at seven per oent with ' the usual exceptions at six. "The receipts for custom and the receipt, payment, ' and balances at the Sub Treasury in this city for the an- ' expired portion of the week have been aa follow ; Vuitvm Hou. , S'tirTrraJtury ' f Jimiptt. THvofn'. taimm. HilanrrJ. , May 10 94SS.H31 $l,rm,3H6 $1,159,002 $K3,7S,6 May 11 61(7,000 1.147.0H0 l.a28,Hi4 tOjmm . "The value of exports (exclusive of special) from New , York to foreign ports for the wek ending to-day, amounts to $4,622,424, against $2,809,ftM for the week previous." Philadelphia Trade Report. Wednesday, May 12. Trade In Flour is exceed ingly flat, and prices of the medlnm and low grades favor buyers; sales of a few hundred barrels in lot for home consumption at t$5-60 for superfine, KW5 06-28 for extras, 6-80a,7 for Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra family; 6-76r7f50 for Pennsyl-. vanla do. do. ; $7-75&)S-75 for Ohio do. do. and ifk II - 60 for fancy brands, according to quality. Rye ; Flour sells at 77-23 V barrel., Nothing doing in , Corn Meal. ' , The Wheat market Is devoid of spirit, and prices have a downward tendency. Sales of red at 11-68 (Sl-65; amber at $l-7(Ksi-75; and white at$l-86to2. r Rye is held at l-40cai -43 y bushel for Western. Corn '. is steady at former rates. Sales of 4000 bushels yellow at 88oi89o., and Western mixed at 86(,86a Oats ar unchanged. Hales of Western at ftfcs&Jc., anil Penn- syl vanla at 66c 70c . . . Nothing doing in Barley or Malt. ' ' Bark In the absence of sales we qnoto No. 1 Quercitron at $52 V ton. ' . , Seeds Prices of Cloverseed and Timothy are , nominal. Flaxseed is wanted by the crashers alt? -68 2-70. Whisky ranges from 94c to f 1 V gallon, tax paid, ' for large and small lots. t LATEST SH1PPIXG INTELLIGENCE, For additional Marine New tee Iwride Pane. ' IBT TFXEORAPH. ' Ban Fbancibto, May 11 Arrived, ship Fanny rfare. from Batavia. Cleared, ahip Bayonnaia, for Bydney, taking out 4U0U barrel of flour. Sailed, ship NigntingaJe, for Hong Kong. Foutbkos Monbok, May 11 The steamship Cuba, Capt. riukebart, from New Orleans via Havana, touched here this morning to land the 17th Infantry, en route to Rich- ' mond for consolidation, hue had on board over one hun dred Cuban refugee. (Bv Atlattie Chblf.) 1 I QtrrrrNSTOWH, May 12.-Arrived, steamship City of Paris, , from New York. Biikht, May la Arrived, steamship Pereire, from New York. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA MAY STATX Or THEBMOMBTKB AT THB EYEmMO TELEORAPB4 . omcx. 1 A. M 68 1 11 A. M 79 1 9 P. M 84' CLEARED THIS MORNTNO. ' Steamer Millville, Kenear, Millville, Whitall, Tatara A Co. bchr & H. Could, Crowell, Batb, Me., D. Cooper. , c. i RRrvD THIS MORNING. Steamship Pioneer, Barrett, 60 hours from Wilmington, N. U. with naval stores, et., to Philadelphia and South ern Mail .Steamship Co. Steamship Wyoming, Teal, TO hour from Ravannah, with cotton, etc, to Philadelphia and Southern Mail Steamship Vo. Keport. off Indian river, paaaed a deep laden brig, bound in j off Liston'B, a brig, name unknown, bound up; off Deep Water Point, ahip Westmoreland, for Antwerp, in tow of tug America, bound down; off Maruu llook. brig Jaa. Howe, bound up. liteamsbip Promethens, Oray, 70 hour from Charleston,' with cotton, etc, to K. A. Soudur A Co. Off Delaware Out last evening, saw a full-rigged foreign brig, bound up. Steamer Anthracite, Green. 24 hour from New York wit li iiidae. to W. M. Baird A 5o. Steamer R. Willing, CundifT, 13 hour from Baltimore, with mdse. to A. liroves, Jr. ' Br. brig Cora, Anderson, 60 days from London, with old" iron and chalk to Henry Kara tun -vessel to Workman A Co. Bchr Sallie, Bcotten, 1 day from Georgetown, Md.. with, grain to Christian A Co. ' ' Bchr William and James. Ontten, t day from James river, Va., with lumber to Hickman A Cottingham BchrtieorgeTaulane, Adams, 8 days from Boston, with ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co. Sclir Cabot, Parker, 10 day from Boston, with ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co. Ku.rPjonert, Mother, 4 days from Rockland Lake, N. Y.( with ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co. Sebr D. H. Morriman. Tracey, days from Indian river, Del., with lumber to Collins A Co, . S; hr John T. Long, Tunnell, 2 days from Indian river. Del., with lumber to Collins A Co Sihr James Anderson, Tunnell. 2 day from Indian river, Del., with grain to Collius A Co. Bonrrouisi, J run, 1 day fi I from Littlo Creek, Del., with grain r-. raimer. ,cbr Vandulia. CunipbelL 1 day from LeiDaie. Del . ,ih grain to Jos. K. Palmer. ........ OtrrrfHMKlnirt o f Iht Vhiliuirlphia Kxehnnfif I.FWES, Del., May ll.-Baruuea Poxeidon, for Cork Flla Moore, tor Windsor, N. 8.; Ann Khr.abolb, for Barbados " brigs tirm. for Cow Bay; Mary Grace, for Yarmouth and a hr Sidney Price, all from Philadelphia, have gone to Ca aince last report. S hr M . V. Cook, for BoH'remai the Breakwater. WiudSK. LAB AN i" LYONS. MEMORANDA. 1"PTon""'1. Jennings, hence. t Bavann.u i,,rbu,Tat'n3;Ingws:"U8 L tlStUn Schr James Velilren, Cavalier and Rnnm P.,. n anTulK Tfu,8t.nt.U"rdner' "ldPl"a. "-led from N?w Bedforu furum.' ,W PoU.lpbL. rom iaHet.rid from i ;t ?i T1; Mcu. ti'n, d Montana, VtAux for I WaWi'iwi, tails, km rwlsjtiviitM M