THE A. O VOL. IX. NO. 121. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1869. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. FIRST EDITION CUBA. A New Independent Government Definitely Organized Carlos Manuel Ccspedes Elected President. Proclamation of the Republic. New Information of the highest Importance Is just received from Cuba by the steamship Columbia. It 1b to the effect that the Republic of Culm has been formally established by a Congress held at Guaimaro, a small town In the Central Dcpnrt partmcnt of the Island, about twenty leagues fast of Puerto Principe. The intelligence Is dated Nucvitas, May 11, and runs as follows: KnlabllHlimrnt of Iho Pntrlot tJovernmcnf. The Cubans have established a Government at Onalmaro, with CarloB Manuel Cespedes as Presi dent ; Francisco V. Aftuilera, Vice-President, Secre tary of State and War; Pedro Flguereda, Assistant Secretary of War, and General Manuel tuesada, Commander-in-Chief of all the forces. They have put aside all party dissensions and seem determined hereafter to act in an orderly manner and with es sential organization. The Cuban Legislature con ducted their proceedings with great unanimity, and, as you have been advised, passed an act for annexa tion to the United States. AdftreMN of C'CHpedcM on RPNiiiiiliig Hi I'rovl. nioiiuI Authority. To the Inhabitants and the Liberating Army of the Eastern and Western Departments Fellow-Citizens and Soldiers of the Fatherland: The course of events, which I have never distrusted, without giv ing a view as to our revolution a revolution which is to-day what it was yesterday, and will be to-morrow, the constant aspiration or the people of Cuba for independence, brought to the Held of actual ex istence leads me to-day willingly by the hand liefore the legal representatives of the Cuban people, to restore to their hands the double authority with which my good fortune, circumstances, and your bountiful confidence had clothed me, those of General-in-Chief of the Kasterit and Western Depart ments, and Chief of your Provisional Government, Now that the House of Itepreseutatlves, gathered from all parts of the Island, has been happily Inau gurated in Guaimaro, it becomes from the moment of Its organization the supreme and only authority for all Cubans, because It constitutes the depository of the people's will, sovereign of the present anil controller of the future. All temporary power and authority ceases to have a rightful voice In Cuba from the very moment in which the wise democratic avstem, laying its solid foundations beneath the gigantic shadow of the tree of liberty, has come to endow us after sutlerlng the most iniquitous rule with the most beautiful and magniilcent of human Institutions a republican government. Unfeigned gratitude I owe to the destiny which afforded me the glory of being the first in Vara to raise the standard of Independence, and the still greater, though less merited satisfaction, to see crowded around me my fellow-citizens in demand of liberty, thus sustaining my weak arm, and stimu lating my poor efforts by their confidence. Itut another glory was reserved to me, far more grateful to my sentiments and democratic convictions that of also being the first to render homage to the popu lar sovereignty. This duty fulfilled, having given au account to the fatherland, In its most genuine representation, of the work which, with the assistance or its own heroic sons, I had the good fortune to have commenced, It still behooves me, fellow-citlzeus, to fulfil another, not less imperious to my heart, of addressing my , gratitude to you ; to you, without whom my humble, isolated efforts would not have produced other fruit than that of adding one patriot more to the number of preceding martyrs for independence to you who, recognizing In me the principle rather than the man, came to stimulate me by your recognition or myself as chier of the provisional government and the liberating army. Fellow-Clti.euB of the Eastern Department: our efforts as initiators of the struggle against tyranny, your constancy, your sufferings, your heroic sacri liees of all descriptions, your privations, the combat without quarter which you have sustained and con tinue to sustain against an enemy far superior in armament and discipline, and who displays, for want of the valor which a good cause inspires, all the ferocity which is the attribute of tyranny, have been witnessed by myseir, and so will remain eter nally present to my heart. Ye are the vanguard or the soldiers of our liberties. I commendlvou to the admiration and to the gratitude of the Cubans. Con tinue your abnegation of self, your discipline, your valor, and your enthusiasm, which well entitle you to that gratitude and that admiration. Fellow-Citizens of the Western Department If it has not been your good fortune to be the tlrst iu irrasping arms, neither were you among the last in listening to the voice of the fatherland that cried for revolution. Your moral aid and assistance responded from the very onset to the call of your brethren or the Eastern and Central departments. Many of you hastened to the scene of revolution to share our labors At this moment, despite the activity dls nlaved by the Spanish Government in your districts, where Its resources and the number of their hosts render more difficult the current of the revolution, that same Government trembles before your deter mined attitude, from the Clnco Villas to Havana, and from Havana to the western boundary, and your tlrst deeds of arms were the presage to you and the brave . .... ...i. .,,n. nf ttin Kimtern and Central deoart- Tiients of new and decisive triumphs. Fellow-Cltlzensof all the Island: The blood of the natriots who have fallen during the first ouset of the struggle has consecrated our aspirations with a glorious baptism. At this moment, when destiny lias been pleased to close the mission of him who was vour first leader, swear with him by that gene rous blood, that in order to render frnltful that great sacrifice you will shed your own, till the very last drop in furtherance of the consummation of our In dependence, proclaimed In Yarn. Swear with me to irive ud our lives a thousand times over In sustaining the republic proclaimed in Guaimaro. Fellow citizens-Long live our Independence S Lena live the popular sovereignty! Long live the Cuban republic! J'alria and liberty. Cuban repuuu.,. CAHhM manckl db Cbbtedks. Guaimaro, April 10, 1889. Proclamation of President Cespedes. the People of Cuba Compatriots: The estn- To blislunent or a iree governim-ui- v.-.,., on the Ti A.m,ut.ii! principles, was the most fervent Wish or my heart. The effective realization of this . U , therefore enough to sat sly my aspira- U.ms and Si rSpay the services which, Jointly h wrtii i iiiRV have been ab e to devote to the wJlWtateV"rSe. But the will of my 5J! J??ritL has gone far beyond this by investing nTwfth Z most honored of all duti.s-thc supreme ,Tamno7ldmdetSX,great labors required in the d of the high functions which you have placed exercise of Hie nit, iiiu moments, notwlth- would be far from being equal to J!&.& SL Sauvictlou fiiU me Wnhe act?bCSnlng the struggle with the op 'r fffiKuniSl the solemn duty to cou- ?f frel Z fore m 'own conscience, signifies our de is more, before our uwi virtuous, termination to be ntrinc consumma- tStoC'nSSi r vlrtue 1 t0UUt ! onB0uuton my abnegation of self, you may couut oW' MKl,KL D1S ckspepes. OuaimarolU, A,n,uEX- Men Wo hcuoouer. Convoyed J. TIS'pubHshed at Mllford, Kent The fI,f; 7ew ralles inland from Delaware county, IHdaWftre, "m t0 press It received bay, says &SlXm'homen and a small positive Informal ?ov ,r mg near the coast on Thurs Meamer were .seen ?$eigut boats were lowered day, and at about mi "wiier, al,a after lelng SwewertuS. distance up the bay, re- they embarked by the light on the decks, and were full? armed and equipped. Those who witnessed the embarkation are confi dent that the three vessels took on board at least five hnndred men, as the boat, were making trips for over an hour. The fleet remained quietly near the shore nntit about 4 o'clock, when they got under way and went outside. A small steamer and two schooners passed Cape llcnlopcn on Friday morning about 6 o'clock. The belief Is that the steamer came from New York, and that the majority of the men came down by land to avoid the Government authorities at this city. N I? W-Y O 11 K 1 N M H . From Our Own Correspondent, Nbw York, May 20, lC9. The underground railroad, the new Post Office, tho Kast river bridge, are the three subjects which em ploy public gossip when other subjects fall. The time Is not long since past when it was fondly feared that we were going to have a subterranean track, but the bill that has already passed the Legislature seems to have cast out that fear. The one which the bill authorizes is a very different affair from that which was at first contemplated. The original bill contemplated a track underground throughout its entire length, and extending the length of the Island. It contemplated likewise the uso on the line of such swift means or locomotion as would enable business men to do the distance between Harlem river and City Hall In at least the same time as that consumed by the surface-roads. The charter as It now stands, however, does not re quire the road to be cither wholly or In part under ground. There Is nothing at all to prevent Its being throughout a surface road, unless the specification that It shall follow the "open cut" plan, instead of adhering to the lines of streets, be called an obsta cle. Originally, It was Intended that the Hue should be extended at least us far as Harlem river, but the new charter leaves it to the option of the company whether or not the terminus shall be at Forty-second street The Methodist clergy have been agitated on the woman question, and discussing whether women ought to receive licenses as local preachers or ex horters. They met in a room in Mulberry street, and argued the matter with a mixture of piety and perspiration saving grace and unsaved grease. Some were greatly aflllcted about the matter, and thought that the meeting ought to refuse seriously to consider any crotchet of this kind, hatched by a few "hallucinated" men. Several other members thereupon spratig.to the floor, demanding whether the term "hallucinated" were used iu a Pickwickian sense. It looks, however, as it tho women will gain the day on this question, for the Itlble has undergone a great deal ol twisting at the hands or their defend ers, and the next thing It will be made to prove, I suppose, is that Adam was made from a rib taken out of Eve's side. The "Sorosls" has been holding another meeting at Delmonico's, and its last parlor topics have been seduction, infanticide, and foundling hospitals. Mrs. Ernestine L. Rose, who has an interesting lisp, ami is a Pole by birth, thought that foundling hos pitals only promoted the crimes they were Intended to remedy, and thought that the men were a greater social evil than the "social evil" itself. I no longer pretend to understand all the distinctions that exist between the Sorosls and the Workingwomen's Asso ciation. The interests of the two are hardly Identi cal, and yet the members of the one are constantly bluzing away in the halls of the other, fiut I pre sume the Workingwomen's Association does not dis dain any influence in its favor from uny quarter. Like Howland Hill, it will accept a favor, even if It be bestowed by the Devil. How much more when it conies from the hands of the Sorosian angels! Are yu aware how extensively the private detec tive system has increased of late ? Who of us know that we are nof. followed by our "shadows ?" That the places we go to, the friends we call on, the people we entertain, the amusements we patronize, the money we spend, the private pursuits we engage iu, arc not known to some paid spy who reveals them to our enemy that is lying in wait to spy an open place among the greaves or our armor 1 Numerous firms of this city spend almost as much money in paying spies as they do in the salaries of their new clerks. The number of private detective agencies has like wise increased within the past week, and any man with plenty of cheek, the step of a cat, and no sense of honor, can earn a "respectable" living by the pro cess of "spotting" suspected individuals. It Is thus that the "young man from the country" Is put to the test. Nor is the detective himself too much trusted. The spy himself is spied, and dogging the heels of every Vldocq there Is a Javert. The personal curio sity of their employers is satisfied, and that is the bulk of the good that is accomplished if it can be called a good. The Quaker City, lying still at the foot of Tweirth street, is curiously eyed by persons in that locality. She is owned by a Captain McAndrews, of Long Island, and she has a little corner which is believed to be very Interesting to Cubans just at present. Gossip says that Great Britain is Interested In this handling or the Quaker City, in order that she may play off a new game In the question of the Alabama claims. Qosslp also asserts that fifteen gunboats for the use of the Spanish Government are being built in our own immediate vicinity at Mystic, Connec ticut, Williamsburg, and Brooklyn. The velocipede mania Is dying out. Nearly three dozen, which originally cost between 1150 and 200 apiece, sold yesterday, at a Nassaustreet auction, at an average price of fifteen dollars. The riders and pedestrians of Central Park proclaim them a nui sance, and the medical faculty say they are as bad for the men as skates are for the women, bo, of course, they must be. At the theatres riantomlme and burlesque are overrunning everyfning else. I should hardly be surprised to hear that a spectacle was In preparation at Booth's. With the 1st of June tne regular season will end at Wallack's, pantomime will be produced and run into the winter, If the public will so decrees, without uny new engagements being made with members of the old stock company. Pantomime Is ulso In the ascendancy at Wood's, Nlhlo's, the Tam many, and the Olympic. 1 don't know what Mr. Brougham has done to deserve an "omnibus" bene fit, but he got one yesterday at the French Theatre and Nlblo's Garden. If he has no money 'tis his own fault, and if he has, the members or his disbanded troupe need help -nore than ho does. However, such is life particularly theatrical. Am Bab a. DISHONEST CLERKS. Another flank Kmplnye AbHOondM with feid.ltOOO In Availuble iuiidn. The check clerk or the Corn Exchange Bank, a State bank doing business at the corner of William and Beaver street, absconded from the Clearing House yesterday morning, about to o'clock, with two paper packages of sniull bank bills In his possession, including .'uoo In ones and twos, and amounting In all to IAVKW, tho whole belonging to the bank In which he was employed. Tho Corn Exchange Bank, like other Dunk! spouses iu mo lower part oi me city docs not receive as many suiaii uum m wo qui nary course Of business as It is obliged to piiy out, and consequently It obtains at occasional intervals, through the Clearing-House, a quantity of such necesteary smau uuu-s uum cnL-oivv miiuiw up town. It Is made the duty of the check clerk, as a safeguard ugalnst robbery, to accompany the bank porter to the Clearing House in the morning, and to return with him at 10-20 o'clock, after the .,.i, ,n.M were made, und on several rormer oeiiasions this clerk has carried similar parcels of eiirrenev to the bank. Yesterday morning he stepped out with the money in advance of the por ter and immediately disappeared, aud the latter, on caching the bank, and on flmllng that the c erk had not yet arrived, instantly gave the alarm. Due Entice was prompt y sent to police headquarters, Snd eviTVtneasWe was taken to secure the arrest of rtuulter aud the recovery of the money, but the banautS Mn of, elt ,er o?cLh tip to the time of closing yesterday arter mmT T ie you ng in who Is thus believed to have sX'umbed to teinptatiou Is about twenty-six years of ae au et and mild in disposition, and was re SrdM Purely trustworthy h J employer. He is unmarried but has many ftpe obU! friends and connections In Hits uty. wno are uiTurp Krleve(l at Widujappearauce.- Mi K UAL INT i: I.L1U H H. Court of Quarter (Hemlonn AlllNon, P. J. AI.OEKMANIO SBAIA Vaiions aldermen having asked the advice of the Court as to the form of the seal they were required under the recent act of Assembly to have, Judge Allison this morning gave the following decision: Br an act of the LniriiilBtnre paoiwd on the 13th dnynf Murch, 1K6M, the Alderman of the cities nf Philndelpliin and Lanruter are diroold to provide public alilcrnvtnia M-ala, and to have engraved thereon tbe arm of the Com monwealth, wil h the name, aurnanie, and ottlca of tbe A Merman tunna; the same, with the plaoe nf hi residence. llie Aldermen are not able to determine Uie vexed qneetion to what device oonntittites the "anus of the Commonwealth," and aek for instructions. To this question it is not easy to furnish a satisfactory answer, t tiere being nothing ot description or impression to which access can be had, or which has a known exist ence, that enables us to speak with any reasonable degree ot certsinty on tho subject. The State Department at llarrisburg has been searched in vain, an 1 all that re mains is a mere scmp of history, which indicates the timn when the arms of the Htato were engraved for the use of tno uommonwcaitn. The Kircutive Council In 1780 authorised a Mr. Ponnt to procure to be engraved tile "arms of the Stale" in Paris. This Mr. Penet did, and by letter from Nantes to the Council notitied them that ho had forwarded the engrav ing to be delivered to them in Philadelphia. Nothing is said of the device which was to stand for the nrinorial de signation, called the "Arms of the t 'oniinonwenltli." Upon the great soal of tho State, which by the act of March 12, 17HI, is in the keeping of the (Secretary of the Commonwealth, is engraved a shield and wreath and eagle. It is by this seal the signature of the Governor to all tho pnblie acta is attested. The sumo device is engraved on the seals of county ottioers, which are required to conform to the seal of tho Commonwealth, and these aro all dotti tuteofthe supports, which apon our arms consist of tho hon.es ; and I find in a letter of the Secretary of Suite iipon this subject tbe statement that engravers say that in heraldry the xupport s are no necessary part of t ho device : and this opinion is continued by t linen most familiar wi'n the subject of wuora 1 have been able to make the in quiry. The popular representation of the arms nf the Common wealth includes thehorses, tho attitudeand position of which is not always uniform ; but I am not advised of any use or recognition of thesealof the Commonwealth, tho official keeper of it, which has anything m.iro than the shield, wreath, engle, and legend on it; and this fact ought to he decisive of the question as to what, constitutes the anus of the Commonwealth, which the Aldermen were di rected to employ. The legislature may fairly bo pre sumed to have had this fact in mind when they referred to the arms of the State, and to have intondnd that such device as had been in uso by tho Kxecutive Department of the Government, so long that the memory of man runneth not to the contrary, should bo engraved on tho aldermanic seals. The supports which. In common representation of the arms, are added, and which some of the aldermen have hud engraved upon their seals, would not render invalid the documents or official papers attested by it. This was decided in Jenks vs. The Bank, 4 W. and S., 611. The act of I7P1 directed the arms of the State to bo engraved on notarial seals. This command had not, in the case bafore the Court, been strictly complied with. The Court say it would be going too far to hold the official proceedings thus certified null and void. The (statute was regarded as ditectory merely in its provisions. In Griffith vs. Black, 10 S. and It., 160, a certificate of a notary in a ioreign country of tho proof before him, bv two vitnesses. of a power of attorney relating to the sale of hind in Pennsylvania, was held not to be sumcient. The di cision goes on tho ground of a neglect to observe tile directions of the act of 170ft. The execution was not proved tiefore tho notary nor certified under the common or pub lic seal of the city of Rotterdam. This in no wisoconllicU with the biter decision in Jenks vs. The Hank. l he conclusion from these premises would Beem to fol low, that the arms winch the legislature directed to ho iihsd was tho device engraved on the great seal of the Mute, and that this device wus intended to bo referred to us tho arms of the Commonwealth. It would bo dusirublo tlittt.ull tne Hldurmanio seals should conlorm to thin de vice: but as there is no record or authoritative standard by which to determine whether the dovice on the seal is an exact copy of the arms which were ongravod bv direction of the Kxecutive Council in 17HII, and as it does not seem to be essential to sn armorial design whether the supports nro added or omitted, and looking at the question as it was decided in Jenks vs. Tho Hank, we think tlnaldor manic aeal would be a good soal with or without the sup ports. The remaining portion of the section ought to be lite rally complied with, because there is no ambiguity as to the language or meaning. The legond must oonstit of the namn, surname, and office of the alderman, wit h the place of residence. If inconvenience in chango of legend results from change of office or residenco, it is no excuse for not doing that which the statute commands to be done. District Court, No. 1 Judge Thayer. Arthur McVlnney vs. James Boyd. An action to recover for medical services rendered. Jury out. DlHtrlct Court, No. ti-JiiUxe Hare. J.'L. Hobcrts & Brother vs. L. Kohlberg. An ac tion to recover upon checks alleged to have been given for a note, out upon which defendant stopped piiyment at bank. The defense set up that the checks were given only as a loau and the note taken as se curity. Jury out. William Parson vs. James Farson. An action to recover for goods sold anil delivered. The defense alleged payment. On trial. The New York Money 3Iurket. From the Herald. "To-day gold advanced to 144V- This Is the most direct way of Indicating the character of affairs In Wall street during the last eight hours. The deal ings In the precious metal have not only been upon a very extensive scale, but the fluctuations have been wide, frequent, and excited. At the beginning of business there was little or no animation In the market, and the premium showed weakness. During the llrst hour the price was very steady, betweeu 141 and 142. But the 'bulls,' who are really the cause of the present large advance, entered the Gold Room, and by a well-managed movement put the price as high as Uty be fore the close of business. In the first place a decline in bonds at London of V was used to create distrust in the minds of operators. The cable follow ing with B4 V as the price at Frankfurt a fall of over two per cent, since yesterday the agitation became extreme. As soon, however, as it was discovered that the despatch of yesterday should have read 84 V instead of t6)f, a mistake made In deciphering by the key there was a comparative calm. But the assault was renewed with all sorts of material from Washington rumors of Cabinet dissensions, reports mat tne rresmcnt nau (teemed to acknowledge tne Cuban belligerents, and a despatch that great pres sure was being brought to bear upon Sec retary Boutwell to Induce him to cease his sales of gold and purchases of bonds. Meantime the English steamer had arrived. and her malls containing the newspaper details of the effect of Senator Sumner's speech in Great Bri tain were brought Into requisition to further the ends of the gold 'bulls.' Although the news was eleven days old, and its effect hud been felt fully ten duvs ago, when our special despatches from London gave the public an epitome of the English editorials, It was succesMiuiiy employed, anu proveu a very useiui 'bull' Influence, especially as the report was also started that the Bank of England directors would to day again advance tne rate of discount. The scene iu the Gold Room during the afternoon was a verv lively one. The crowd was incessant, and the apart ment Drought nacK memories of the wild speculation of the war days. The price changed as often as three times in a single minute. "Cash gold was in good demand, and loans for carrying were made at rates ranging from seven to four per cent. The disbursements of coin interest by the Assistant Treasurer were ?1KH,973. "The money market was without essential change. On Government collaterals large amounts were loaned at six per cent., but the rate Is quotable at six to seven. "The Government bought one mlllionlof Kive-twea ties through the Assistant Treasurer, to whom the proposals ui sen amounted to about four millions, The awards were nutde us follows: t4ti,oKi regis, teredtl'is, at 116-74: t-'0,0(0 registered 64s, at $1 16-76 : flMyXH) registered lifts, at 116-78; $50,1X10 registered tHs, at 116-87 Jtf, and f704,ooo registered 67s. at 116-88. The prices given were a fraction below those which prevailed at the contemporaneous session of the Government Board. The figures are 'flat'.' or ex Inteaest, the abcrued interest to dute on the accepted bonds being paid in coin to-day to sellers. The Government market opened with great animation, At noon the 62s touched Vi'i 4. The 67s sold at 120V "lhe foreign quotations and the unuasiness created by the use of the English editorials above re ferred to led to a weaker feeling In the afternoon and a reaction in 67s to 119'.. The currency bonds, reflecting the advance In gold, were correspond ingly lower. Tho 'sturf interest in Governments was largely increased to-duv. All the issues are lending at merely nomiuiu rates of Interest on tl'.O currency collaterals. Prices closed steady this evening with the following quotations: United States 68, 18S1, registered, Vi'lxailW, do., coupon, jzx'-.,uj,ii, iiu., x-ive-iweimes, registered, in-w 11T?. : do. do., coupon, lstw. V22'.. i,l22' : do. do, coupon, 1864, 1171,(0 HTvs : do. do'., coupon, I860, 118!4(i 119; do, do., coupon, 186ft, new, 11V) 120: do. do., coupon. 18T. iisc-irfiao: do. do., coupon, 1868, 119'.t120: do.. Ten-forties, regis tered, 109 vk KWV ; do. do., coupon, lutfollO; cur- reucj uuuud, iui7u(,iui;b.- Butter color and green are the latest hair tints In Paris. : During 1868 France imported s.Wi.OOO tons of coal aud 66ft,0oo tons of coke. British shipmasters, it is said, are reviving the slave iruue iui iiiu ueneui oi Australia. A post office clerk In England has been arrested jor stealing nis rival s love-letters. The number of lunatics In Prance corresponds very nearly to the muster roll of the French army, The Imperial candidate in the Glroud district has bought up several Uvusaud vutus frr Wats SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. Fighting on the Plains-Tlie Chey runes Pursued by (.pnenil Cox-Shipwreck on tho Lakes. The Coal Mines -Work Re- Burned Near Scranton. l'" lr Aiit s i iv c u ii vV. FROM THE FLAMS. ;rnrrnl C'nrr After the Prinky Cheyenne -The Mavagps Mill DcprcdiitlnK -A Steamer Nnngsrrd. ,f;W(ti Dtspatrh fo The Evening Telegraph. Omaha, May 20. No late news lias been received from General C.arr, who Is believed to be still pursuing the Clieycnncs wlioso camp he surprised. Reports from Atlantic City, In the Sweet Water mining region, state that the In dians are ftill committing depredations. On Monday they attacked a small party of whites in that neighborhood, three of whom are miss ing. The citizens are arming, with the intention of pursuing and punishing them. The steamer lienton, loaded for the moun- alns, which passed up on Tuesday, struck a snug eight miles above I)e Soto, Nebraska, yes terday. No lives were lost and part of the cargo w as saved. FROM THE WEST. Western nnd Southern Itailromht. Cincinnati, May 20. I). K. Stanton of Bos on, 1 resident ot the Wells Valley Kailroad, from Chattanooga to Mcridan, Miss., will be here to-day with important propositions from the Southern railroads. A Murderer Convicted. Cleveland, May 20. The second trial of MulliaU, for abetting the murder of Skinner, re sulted hi a verdict of murder in the first degree. Commercial Travellers. St. Lor is, May 20. Delegations from the Merchants' Exchange and Board of Trade to the Commercial Convention at New Orleans will leave to-morrow. Twenty-seven barges are lying below this city loading Iron ore for Pitts burg and other points. A Shipwreck Announced. Chicago, May 20. It is now certain that the Fiiiall schooner Eveline, which cleared from Holland, Mich., for Chicago, just beforo tho Lite storm, went down with all on board. She was commanded by Captain Thompson, and among the crew were his two sons. Knilrond Cnniialty PrepurhiK fr Decoration uny. Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph, Dayton, Ohio, May 20. Yesterday a young man named Charles Pray was run over by a train on the Dayton nnd Union Railroad at Union City, and was shockingly mangled. He died almost Instantly. The Union ladies are actively engaged in ar ranging for the ceremony of decorating the graves of fallen Union soldiers on tho 2Stth inst. FROM NEW YORK. An Affray Between Partners One Jilt In the in-au wiiii un an, Elmira, N. Y., May 20. On Tuesday last John Field and George Matthews sold a lot of railroad ties to the agent of the Northern Con tral Railroad, at Bodine's Station, in Lycoming county, Pa., about twenty miles north of Wil liamsport, the proceeds to be divided. Matthews received the money for his ties, and on tho same evening his wife took Field's share to him. Field said he should have more, and abused Mrs. Matthews. She asked her husband to go and quiet i him, and he went to do so. After some words Field struck Matthews over the head with nu axe, injuring him very badly. This morning Constable Charles Grey arrested Field while the latter was ploughing, but permitted hirn to enter his house. Field soon returned with an axe, struck Grey with it, and fled to the woods. He not yet been recaptured, but some twenty-five or thirty men are In pursuit. Matthews' condi tion is critical, and he will probably die. Grey is badly hurt, but may recover. FROM NEW ENGLAND. Tbe American ItaptUt Home Mlmion. Boston, May 20. The American Baptist Homo Mission Society have chosen the following olll- cers: President, Hon. J. M. Hoyt, of Cleveland; Vice-Presidents, William Bucknell, of Philadel phia; William M. McPherson; of St. Louis, Trea surer, Ebencxer Lauldwell, of .New York; Audi tors, William Phelps, of New York; and Albert B. Casswell, of Brooklyn; Corresponding Secre taries, Rev. J. S. Backkus, Rev. E. L. Taylor, and Rev. J. B. Simons; Freednien's Department Recording Secretary, Rev. William Hague, of Boston; Managers, B. Wilson, of Newark; J. B. Wyckoff, of Now York; Rev. Thomas Armitage, of New York; Rev. J. D. Fulton, of Boston; and Rev. L. A. Grimes, of Boston. Tho Society held a social gathering nnd festival last evening at Tremont Temple, which was attended by some eighteen hundred Indies and gentlemen. FROM THE STATE. Work ltesiimed In the t'oal Milieu. Scranton, May 20 The Sliickasinny, Grand Tunnel, Union, aud Harvey mines, in the Lower Wyoming region, resumed work yesterday, aud the Green Ridge Colliery will resume to-day. FROM CUBA. Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. Havana, May 20 Politically there is nothing of importance transpiring. On about fifteen estates in the district of St. Jago de Cuba, tho sugar and coffee have been burned during tho past fortnight by the Insurgents. Stork Quotations by Teleruph 1 P. M. Glendennlng, Davis A Co. report through their New York bouse the following: N. Y. Cent. It 181 y. West. Union Tel 44 N. Y. and Erie It..., IMw Cleve. A Toledo iuo?4 . .. . a. , i lir.U.ul, 11 i n. ana lieu, it vtt rioieou a w .i.iwu, . . Mk-.h. H. RiidN. L It. KIT Mil. A HL Paul 1L... IT n V 87 i 01V 84 4 60 V Cle. and I'ltt. K 98 Mil. HU l'aul pref. ChU and N. W. com . . 91 Chi. and N. W. pref.. 108?. CM. and It. Lit M inttik V. W. Cm. R.lou V facLno Mall Btem... totf Adunis Express. Wells, Fargo 4 CO United Htatea . .. Tennessee (M, new, tiold,. IH FROM BALTIMORE. Death of Joitirn IT. It eld, Knq., nnd Rev. .lohit 1. ltnunnian. Special DeApaUh to Th Keening Telegraph, Baltimore, May 20 Jamos H. Reld, Trea surer of the Orango and Alexandria Railroad, whilst conversing yesterday, in Camden station, with John W. Garrett, was stricken with ra- ralytds, and died during the afternoon. Rev. John P. Bailsman, tho oldest Episcopal clergyman in Maryland, died here yesterday, after preaching fifty-four years. No clue is yet found to the Harnden Express robbers. THE EUROPEAN MARKETS. Flnnnrlnl and ('oimnrrrlal. Special Despatch to The Evening TeUgraph. I.0NPON, May SO. Consols for monev opened at 92;, ; Illinois, lift; Consols for account. 9:t ; Krlo, 18'$ ; United States tlve-twenty bonds, '02, .' firm ; stock iimrM'L opened linn. Kbankkort, May 2011 A. M United States bonds, 't)2, K. Livrkpooi.. May 2011 A. M Cotton market opened quiet; sales hooo hales. Middling uplands, UXd. Ureadstuil's market opened s tend v. Cali fnrtila white wheat, 9s.4d. ; No. 2 red Western, Hs.fld. ; Western flour, 21b. Corn, 2s.nd. ; Oats, B.4d. : Teas, ass. 6l. ; barley, fw. Provisions market opened steady ; I'ork, Hies. ; beef, 90s. ; lard, 67s. ; cheese, sis. ; bacon, W-s.CcL Thin Morning's Quotations. By Atlantic Cable, London, May 20 A. M Consols 92',' for money aud 93 lor account. U. ts. Klve-twentles linn ut 7s','. Kuilways firm. Krle, 18: Illinois Central, itt. Liverpool, Maviu A. M Cotton quiet; Uplands, llktl. ; Orleans, 11 '.d. Sales to-dav estimated at HiKto Pales. Flour, 21s. jxndon, May 20 A. M sugar tirm on tne spot and quiet and steady alloat, Turpentine, 29s. tid. This Afternoon's Quotations. Lonpon, May so P. M United States Five-twenties quiet and steady. Hallways steady. Illinois Central, 96. Liverpool, May 20 P. M Cotton firmer but not higher. The sales to-day will reach 10,000 bales. lircadstutfw unchanged. Lard quiet and steady. Pork flat. Hacon, (V.s. Cheese, 80s. Petroleum duil. Cotton at Havre opened quiet and steady. tiOLmVIX SMITH. The PrnfeHHor of Cornell ou Sumner The II e liuions Itetween UiimIuik! and America A I'lcii lor I'eiiee. Last night, before the members of Cornell Uni versity, ltliaca, New York, Professor (loldwln Smith, to whom Sumner In his recent speech alluded In con nection v 1th the Alahiimu claim treaty, discoursed upon the present Industrial troubles. CANADIAN ANNEXATION. In speaking of the proposition that Kngland should cede Canada to the Lnited States as an offset to the Alabama claims, he said: There are some. It seems, who wish to press de mands on England with a view to annexing at once her Canadian and West Indian possessions; and this proposal, coming simultaneously with claims for re paration In the court of high morality and honor, will rather confuse the minds of our people. I have earned, at the price of some obloquy, the right of saying that I am sincere in wishing that Ureat Bri tain and all the powers of the old World should take their tleparturc as speedily as honor will permit from the New World, und leave the destinies of the New World to their own course. Kugland has done all the good that she can do In planting her race and her tree institutions here. She lias reaped all the honor that she can reap, aud that honor will not die. Dis member her empire, destroy her fleets and armies, ruin her trade, do all to her of what revenge can dream ; she can never be deprived of the glory of having founded her. The West Indian possessions were once offered to you, nnd would to heaven that you had accepted them. To us they have been a curse from the begluning. The gold which some of our people drew from them In the days of slavery was demon gold ; It tilled our politics and our society with corruption. Since the abolition of slavery the islands have been a mere burden to us; they have been much worse; Jamaica has brought upon Knglish justice a stain far worse than any loss of territory or any defeat In war. We could not allow them to pass out of our hands while there was any fear lest slavery should be restored. Hut now, I believe, the great majority of Knglishmen would agree in saying that if we could be honorably rid of the whole group, with their population, black and white, aud all their barbar isms und Internecine hatreds, the loss would be a boundless gain. With regard to Canada the attitude of Kngland Is not doubtful. She suys plainly to the Canadians, your destinies are In yotir own hands; If you wish to stay with me 1 am proud of your attach ment, aud no act of mine shall sever the bond; if you prefer independence, independence is yours; if you desire to go into the Union, go, and preserve iu your new estate kind memories of old ties and of your fatherland. As to ceding them, or any of her citissens, by way ofjeomponsation for her own liabili ties, it is atbought which honor would forbid her for a moment to entertain. I believe I know enough of the Canadians to say that they do not like to be threatened with annexation ; that for some political and II seal reasons, and also because, in Upper Canada at least, they are rather stltr Anglo-Saxons, they prefer to remain as they are, aud Unit they find the rule of their parent not oppressive, because, like other American children, they rule her. Neverthe less the day will no doubt come when these vast and distant territories will ceaso to belong to that little Island ; and when geography and commercial Inte rest will In this, as In the other cases, assert their power. But If the Canadians are prematurely forced into the Union they will carry disaffection luto Its vitals, combine with every other disaffected element which may now exist or which time may develop, and instead of being an addition to your strength be un aggravation of vour weakness. TUB ALABAMA CA8E. With regard to the case of the Alabama and her consorts, if any of the other ships really came under the same category, no one has spoken in stronger terms than 1 have. Mr. Sumner does me the honor to cite my words as a Just expression of moral feeling ou the subject. I have only to say that those words were not directed against my country or it respon sible Government, but against the builders and abettors of the;Alubama, The assertion that the Alabama was sent out by the British nation and Government or connivance is a calumny which no Knglishiiian would repel more warmly or confidently than L We have in the narrative of Captain Setnuies an account of all that passed betweeu him and the Confederate Secretary of the Navy about the building of this vessel, and the plan which they formed for eluding what they call the anxiously guarded neutrality of Kngland a neutrality which they on their side seem Inclined to think Is unduly pressed against them. As the English law plainly forbids equipment, they came to the conclusion that the Alabama must go out unarmed, and run the risk of capture, until she can take on board her armament in some safe port. We knew the stra tegem by which she contrived to slip out to sea at the very moment when the order for her arrest was on its way. She hid got notice of that order, no doubt, through some bribed olht-lal, for the conse quences of whose treachery the Government which employed him is liable, without being Itself tainted with his gtillL Our Government sent after the Ala bama to Nassau, whither she was supposed to be bound, autl would have arrested her there. Hut she had gone to the Azores, where she took her arma ment on board, and whence she set out on her career of devastation ; and the Government were advised too technically, as 1 could not help feeling, that she was thenceforth out of their jurisdiction, anil could be lawfully attacked by your cruisers only. It is unhappily tho fact that most of her crew were Knglishmen by birth ; but in the seaport towns of every great maritime country there are roving spirits ready to sail for high puy under any ting, who cannot bo regarded as morally committing the nation, even In the sllghest degree, to any bad enterprise in which they embark; moreover, the Knglish seamen of thlB vessel were for the most part taken on board for a feigned voyage. The Alabama was cheered and feted by her partlsaus, and not In the ports of Knglish dependencies alone. Could she have put into Manchester or Jlradford, or the artisan quarters of London, she would have been received with execration by the mosses or our peo ple. ENGLAND SIIOPI.D PAY TUB DEBT. My only desire as an Knglishman 1s that England may pay to the uttermost farthing any debt which upon any sane theory she can have incurred, aud thus stand clear before tho world and in the hearts of her own people. I trust also that If It Is made to appear before an Impartial tribunal that our Govern ment has failed, however unintentionally, in the per formance of any of IU International duties to a friendly power, tbe payment of damages will be ac companied with a full acknowledgment of the error. Hut If Mr. Sumner means to thrust arbitra tion aside If he meaiiB to Insist upon being Judge in ki. - I, tir nil irlllit.v un.1 Hulmr and humiliating us at his discretion we shall appeal I with confluence to lu rawii and moral suusefrf the J uimea wmiu, Omn or th T.vrwtva Tm.ienuFii.t Thurmlitjr, Mar , 18. ( One of the strongest anomalies In onr national financial policy ts the hoarding of some one hnndred millions In gold In the National Treasury, with a debt of some twenty-six hundred millions upon the n t Ion's shoulders. There Is neither "rhyme nor reason" in such a policy, and It Is simply absurd to raise a "hue and cry" aliout the upward course or the market, and a corresponding movement In the commodities of life, as long as this course Is persisted In. The universal sentiment of tho people is that three-fourths of this useless coin should be rapidly disposed of, not In small amounts as now,bnt In more soild blocks, to place It beyond the reach ot gamblers to manipulate the market! as they are now doing. A reserve of ten or twenty millions would be ample, with our immense revenue, to meet all pos sible emergencies, whilst the balance may lie profit ably employed iu paying off the national debt. Wo have nothing to note in tho currency market to Interest our readers. Governments are quite active to-day, and steady at yesterday's closing quotations. The gold fever continues, and the price tends upwards. The open ing price was 14H V, touched 144, and declined at 11 -4ft A. M. to 143;,, but the tendency Is unmistaka bly upwards. The Stock market showed considerable animation, nnd prices of almost everything on the list were higher. In State loans there were sales of the first series at 1o4,. City fs were stronger, selling at 101 , for the new Issues. Tho Lehigh gold loan closed at about 97. Heading Hnllroad was active at aa advance, selling Bt49'4; Pennsylvania liallroad was taken at (', ; Philadelphia and Krie Kullrotid at 81 ; CaUwissa Kailroad preferred at HI. nn advance of V; Camden and A m boy ntl'!; Lehigh Valley Railroad atft74 ; and Little Schuylkill Itallroad at 43'i, an Improve ment. Nothing was done in Canal shares. 85 was bid for Lehigh Navigation. Coul stocks were without essential change. Hank shares were quiet, with Bales of Girard at Passenger Railway shares were steady at former quotations. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES. Reported by De Haven k Bro., No. 40 S. Third Street. FIKST BOARD. f2fl00Pa6s, 1 se 104 V 1700 do 104 V. 1400 City 6s, New. . lol IlOO do 101 14 t.vmo io m tUm C A A tut Cs'89 92 'c $2000 do Is. 92 V IfiOOO Phil A E 7s.. .. 90'f r000 do b30. 90X lltMH) Elmira It 7s... 91 tut mo do. Is. 91 f 1000 Leh gold l.ls. 97V IKMI0 Susq Ibis 87 IHKioo Union Cbs.... io 40 sh Girard Ilk. Is. ftv 200 sh Oil C. A A It. 97' 70 do 87 10 sh C A Am It.c.129 100 sh Read R..IX50. 49V loo do. 49 V 800 (lo.l8.Rtwn, 49V loo do....B5AI. 4V 100 do...86wnAI. 49V 100 do. 830. 49',' 100 do slO. 49V 600 do 860 . 49 100 do H10. 49V 100 UO....RSAL 49V 200 dO.ls.bB.VIn.49-81 100 do b5wnAi. 4981 100 do....b5AI.49-8t 100 do....s5AI.49-31 100 do stiO. 49 200 do b5.49-81 200 do. Is. 49V 40 do....:.... 49 100 lo....rgAt. 49V fin sh Penna.. . .Is. t1 49 tlo.ullotm's.ls f74 100 do 49 V 136 :tn 87 f0 KB f2 oo. is. OS do. . ,s5wn. tw do Is. 58 do twv do. trf. B8' do. receipts t1 lOOshrhll AE.blO. 3t soo do. ,...13. 30Ti ..S00. 30Jf ..1)30. 31 100 100 200 100 100 do., do., do.. ...ho. ....86. 81 81 81 do. do.. 147 no. receipts f74 !100 sh Cata Pf....c. 84 100 sh Hestonvllle... 12,'i Messrs. Dtt Haven & Broth mi. No. 40 S. Third street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations: U. 8. 6S Of 1881, 122? 'Q1S3; da 1862, 122VS)122X do. 1864, llTVtailTtf ; do. 1865, 1187i(ail9v'; da 1866. new, lsoc l2ov; do. 1867, new, isoaiov: da 1868, 120(120 V; da 6s, 10-108, 109(81109; U.S. 80 ear 6 per cent. Cy., 107V108; Due Com p. Int. Notes, 19V. Gold, 143(14.HJi ; Stiver, 133313o. Messrs. Jay Cooks a Co. quote Government secu rities, etc., as follows: U.S. 6s, m, 122 v3,i23 ; 6-208 Of 1862. ViiHWVi ; do., 1864, 117.(ail7.S' ; do., Nov., 1866, 119(119 V: do., July, 1865, laovAlM ! do., 1867, 120iC120',i do., 1868, 120(9,120 V; lO-tOsI 109(3,110. Pachlc8,107i(107. Gold, 144. Narr A Ladnek, Bankers, report this morning's tm uuut-aiiuuo oq luuunn; 10-00 A. M.. ..143S' 10 -41 A. M., ..143'' ..144 ..143?i ..143 V ..143?i ..141 ..143,rf ..144 ..144.V KHIl 10-05 10-07 10-10 10-12 10-20 10-28 10-85 10-40 10-45 " , I437t 144 144V 144V 144 V 144V 144V 144 11-03 " 11-05 " 11-09 " 11-10 " 11-83 " 11- 46 " 12- 00 M. Philadelphia Trade Report. Tm-KHPAY, May 80. The Flour market remains quiet, and only a few hundred barrels were taken for home consumption at tftttS-SS for superfine, 18-75 (86-25 for extras, JO-etW for Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra family, J6-7M7-50 for Pennsylvania do. do.. t7-60$9 for Ohio do. do., and tO-WKll-eo for fancy brands, according to quality. Rye Flour sells at 7(7-25 IP bbl. Nothing doing in Corn Meal. Thelsisnosplrltln the Whwtt market, and not withstanding the decline noted yesterday, buyers refuse to operate beyond their Immediate wants. Sales of red at tl uota 1 -65 ; N bushels amber at 11-65; 600 bushels fancy Michigan do. at f luo and 600 bushels California at $176. Rye sells at l-48 1-45 tj) bushel. Corn is In fair reqnest, and 2000 bushels yellow sold at s.y$86c., and ssoo bushels Western mlxd at8283c. Oats are selling at 80( 82c. for Western, and TOOJHc, for Pennsylvania Nothing doing In Barley or Malt Hark In the absence of sales we quote No, l Oner citron at 152 per ton. Whisky is selling at 94P97c. V gallon, tax paid. Markets by Telegraph. Baltimore, May 20. Cotton firmer at 3a Flour firm but Irregular. Wheat unchanged. Corn firm and receipts small ; prime white, sscni. : yellow, sr (. 8tic. Oats and Rye unchanged. Mess Pork firm at :il-75. Bacon Arm and active ; rib sides, 10 vc. : clear do., 17)tfc ; shoulders, 14Ve. Hams, 19fo;21o. Lard Arm at 19c. Whisky nrm, and held at $1-01. There Is very little here. LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. for additional Marin Iftui tee Innid Pagm. ,w 1BT TCIJEOBAFH.1 San Fbancibco. Mr Ut.-ArriTed, U. 8. termor Mo kTw YoTk" eIlcQ P01!, and thip iUrreat Queen, from New York. May 90.-ArriTd, steunnhip St. Laurent, from Havre, and Dorian and Cambria, from Olaajrow (flV Atlantic Oibtr.) NewYurWTOWN' W.-ArriTed. ateamahip llecla, from PORT OF PHILADELPHIA MAT 40. STATK OF THEBMOMKTEB AT TBI BYXNnfO TXXJMRAPB orruu, 1 A.M 66 1 11 A. M 64 1 1 P. M M ARRIVED THIS MORNING. Kchr John Juhnson, Mrliridn, 8 day from MaUnzu. with molaaiMMi to Harris, Hayl A Oo. Schr Lucy, Hurlburt, 16 daya from Windsor, N. 8., with plaater to K. A. Houder t Co. hclir Ralph homier, Melan, 14 daya from HilUboro, N 8., With calcined planter to K. A. Houiler A Co. Schr Problem, Cnnwill, 6 day. from Norfolk, with lum ber to J. W. (iaakill A Sons. 8cbr L. P. I'liaro, Colliua, 13 days from Gardiner, He., with ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co. Schr Cornelia, fiojea, 4 daya from Alexandria, with old iron to captain. Schr 8. B. Molwin, Melson, 7 days from Alexandria, with old iron to captain. 8clir M. Purrin, Packard, 10 days from Rock port, with ice to captain. Schr Westmoreland, Rice, from Providence. SclirTbos. Ilorden. WriiilitinKton, trom tall River. Schr 8. C. Wilson, Wilson, from New York. hclir Vanditlia. Campbell, 1 day from Leipaio, Del., witn grain to Jtia. K. Palmer. Schr Tycoon, Cooper, 1 day from Smyrna Creek, Del., with gram to Jos. K. fulmar. Schr M. R. Homers, arrived yesterday from Pnnsacola, with 1M0.0O0 foot sidiiitfb, is oomiitfiied to Messrs. Patterson A Lippiucott. Corrnmanitmre nf the MlhuMphia Fsrhitnge. Lkweh, Del., May 1. Barque Waldo, from ljunlash, touched at the Hn-akwater yesterday for provisions, aud sailed axain at 4 P. M. for Philadelphia- Barque Idolique, from Shields: J schr ir; and three barques, names unknown, passed In P'"' dulpuia. J.ABAM 1 LYONS, MEMORANDA. Ship Nicolaus, Beig, for Pliiladelphia, sailed from A uv sterdsm 4in inst. . . ,.. . ' 8teamsliip Prometheus, Orey, hence, st Charleston Bteainshlp Pioneer, Barrett, hence, st WilmJngtou.N. Cr5chr' w'.1'f. Gushing, for Philadelphia, sailed from Charleston yesterday. Hohr Morning hi'. nnoe. at New London 17th inst Hchrs U. '. Brown, Heiniiinway ; 8. MuIVevilt, inoh; and Wm. Donni-lly, Lynch, hence, at New Haven 17th inst. ttohr K. A . KUiott, Nickerson, hence lor liyannia, sailod from New Loudon 16th lust. rii-ur Krauk. Palmer, beuoe for Boston, at Hoknea' Hole iut, inat... and sailed airaiau gulir Cordelia Newkirk, Huntley: Lehman Blow, Blew; L. A. May. Baker; H. B. Wheeler, Lloyd: 8. L. Hiuunoua, (iandr; Armenia, Cole; aud Paul and Thompaou, Uar wood, benee, at Boston lBth lust. Hclir Governor, t reatuy, from Fall Rivar tor Ptiihulr taUfeMUlsdfwwllvUl. .