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FIRST EDITION
a r n i o a.
Dr. Livingstone's Explorations No
thing Known of His Present
Situation A New Canal
Project.
1 he ( bum's malls lirlnp full accounts of the
proceeding of the BritisU Association for the
Advancement of Science in Its annual meeting
at Exeter. We leuu sonic passages of general
interest:
A fr ten ii r.xplorollnn.
In thcGcojrraidilcal Section, the clinirinan said
of lr. Livingstone:
"They still only know that up to December,
lSfi7, he was alive nnd well and in pood spirits,
travelling westward from the ncinhhorliood of
I.uke Nyussa, and that be disappeared ill the oh
Miurity beyond. Further than this all was con
jecture. Whether, they might hear of him in the
Nile basin, from Sir t?umucl Huker's expedition,
or on the west const, must for the present be
pure subject of speculation."
Among the papers rend was an account of Mr
St. Vincent Krekine's discovery of the mouth of
the Limpopo, contributed by Dr. Mann. The
northern and northwestern frontier of the Traus
Tanl Btate, in South Africa, is formed for a
stretch of three hundred and twenty miles by a
largo river well known there, along the border
of the occupied territory, us the Limpopo. Hut
frum the northeast corner of the State the river
makes a broad sweep, and then Hows southeast
wards for a course of two hundred and fifty
miles through an untracked and unsur
veyed wilderness, being there joined after
one hundred miles of descent by another largo
stream, designated the Lapaluli. It has been a
reproach to geography hitherto that no one has
traced the course of the combined rivers to de
termine where they enter the sea. In the early
part of last year this problem was atticked by
Mr. St. Vincent Erskiue, the son of the Colonial
Secretary of Natal, and happily accomplished,
the journey being as memorable for its bold per
sonal adventure as for its geographical result,
the greater part of the distance having been
traversed on foot, and a considerable portion of
it alone.
Towards the end of November, ISCkS, nnd after
an absence of twenty-seven weeks, Mr. Erskiue
again reached Natal. He was so changed by
privation and illness that friends in the distance
did not recognize him. lie has sinjee written to
bay that he is nevertheless quitti prepared to
start again to complete such parts of his investi
gation of the course of these rivers as he had
left unfinished, but that if ho ever takes up tho
broken thread of adventure In that direction
again, he will certainly avoid two mistakes
which he made on the first occasion. He will
never again venture upon such a trip so ill sup
plied with necessaries and lrii'Tial of barter,
and he will go professedly ns a trader, and not
as a gentleman and amateur explorer.
A New Canal In Africa.
Dr. Bcke sent a paper "On a Canal to Unlto
the Upper Nile and lied Sea," which shadowed
forth a project for forming a water communica
tion between tlio Red Sea and the interior of
Africa not by turning the waters of the sea in
land, as it was said M. Lesseps contemplated
doing, and thus submerging tho Sahara or Great
Desert, but by diverging into the Arabian Gulf
a portion of the headwaters of the Nile. Dr.
Bcke had no doubt of the feasibility of tho
scheme, inasmuch as the main features of a
water-course are already formed by nature.
The proposed canal would simply follow the
line of a natural water-course running from
southwest to northeast between the sixteenth
and tho nineteenth parallel of south latitude,
while its operation would be to convey a
jortlon of the water of the Atbara. the last great
tributary of the Nile, into the lied Sea, at a
short distance to the south of the port of Suwa
kln. In Sir John Bowring's "Keport on Egypt
and t'andia," (1W0), ho stated, on the authority
of M. Llnant, that the Ashbarra, or Bahr Mog
ren, might easily be turned Into the Red Sea at
Suwakln. This passed over plains and sands, and
the remains of u bed or canal already traced by
human bauds exist from the Ashbarra to the Red
Sea; and In 1853 MM. De Mulgar and Vayssire
proceeded from Suwikin up a wady to Fillik, in
Taka. and stated that the waters "of the Gash,
when at their highest, partly found their way to
Taka down the valley along which they had
travelled, while In 1S55 Dr. Sehweiufurth pro
ceeded from Suwakin to Kassaia and found the
(labh to be a tributary to, if not identical witti,
the Wody I.angeb. A junction between the
Gash and the Atbara might eawly be made. A
junction was attempted in 1840, but the natives
frustrated it.
The head of the proposed canal would be
about 1200 feet above the Red Sea, and its
length being, In round numbers, 2W geographi
cal miles, it would he a fall of 5 f-.et In a mile,
or only 1 in WOO. Thus there could hardly be
any works of magnitude, either to render the
present natural channel navigable or to prevent
tho needless waste of water. The approaching
opening ot the uez canal lias incalculably en
hanced the importance generally of this means
of bringing the interior of Eastern Africa Into
direet'communicut on with ne of the great com
mercial highways of tho world, which tho Red
Sea is about to become lar more than it
ever was before. Tho Egyptian province of
Taka and the neighboring districts watered by
the Gash and the Atbara was a region capable of
famishing British manufacturers an almost un
limited supply of cotton, which is absolutely
essential to the million whose subsistence is de
pendent on this great branch of our national in
dustry. Cotton had been produced hero since
1&J0, and its cultivation made such rapid pro
gress that in lfi'.'-l the quantity exported was
thirty-two million pounds, valued at t4S,4TO.
For exporting the extra cotton produced, such a
canal as proposed would be of the greatest advan
tage. PE11U.
Annivemnrv of Cuhiin Independence- Antlcl
linted Revolutionary Movement-The Jteco
Dlllon of I be Cuban Patriot.
In correspondence from Lima, Peru, August
13, we find the following information:
The Industrial Exhibition has proved a great
iuccoss, surpassing our expectations. The fetes
In celebration of the anniversary of Peruvian
independence continued for live doys, and
passed olf with great eclat. Colonel Prado,
the ex-i'rcsMent, contemplates, it Is
said, a revolutionary movement. Ho
sailed from Valparaiso in tho steamer
Patagonia for Rio Janeiro, und It is conjectured
that it is his intention to intercept tho two iron
clads Atahuallpa y Maneo l.'npac. now on their
way to Peru.aud so to tamper with their oflleers
as to placo himself lu command of them, and
use them in furtherance of his object. Colonel
Prado took with him funds to a largo amount.
He is now very popular with the Peru
vians. On tho 4th of August, Baron do
Boileau, tho recently appointed Minister from
Franco, was received by the President. Tho
predictions of the Germun astronomer, Dr. Falb,
fiave caused no little coustcrnatlon along the
toast. In many places people left tho cities and
towns for the open couutry, and not a few Bed
by steamer for other parts. I'p to tho i:th of
August, however, the date upon which tho for
midable prognostications were to have been
realized, no convulsion had taken place. On
the 10th of August a subterranean noise was
kcard, bat m shock followed. The sound
ii Uiiii wait, however, sutliclent to strike
terror into the hearts of the more timid, and
many abandoned their houses for the
squares. The price of guano has been raised
In all tho markets to VA sterling nor ton of 2H0
ponnds. A French capitalist, M. Drevfus, Is
said to have tendered to the Government a new
loan for $20,000,000. The repayment of the loan
and Interest is to be specially guaranteed by
2,000,000 tons of guano. Tho engineers ap
pointed to survey the Lima and Oroya Railroad
have recommended the Government to undertake
tho work, but also speak favorably of the propo
sal of Mr. Meiggs.
THE SOUTH.
A BrpubllcaniMiii that Will Not Go tndor.
Those men who imagine that the Republican
party in the South will succumb before a reign
of violence and terror will find themselves mis
taken. Tho dark deeds of crime and bloodshed
by which the Democracy of Louisiana stilled
and gairgcd tho fair expression of tho people at
tho ballot-box last November have reacted on
their perpetrators most terrifically. The whole
North will reail now In an authoritative shape
tho record of murders and outrages by which
the Louisiana Democracy have stained their
hands, disgraced the State, and sought
to usurp power. That Democracy stands
convicted of the highest crimes against the
liberties of the people, against their
State governments, and against the National
Government. It is convicted of the crime ol
tndcuvoring, by lawless violence and the durkcsi
crimes, to thwart the determined and lawfully
expressed will of tho nation with regard to re
construction. Their elections, thus conducted
by the bowie-knife and the pistol, will be
treated as null. Tho elections in thoso parishes
which held them peaceably and lawfully will bo
excepted. Congress will provide by law for the
protection of the ballot boxes against such
crimes in the future. All that tho Republican
party ak is a lair trial before the people, and
tho same liberty of speech, of public meetings,
and of political organization thut other parties
have. Those parishes where desperadoes and
rntlians may still have the upper hand sufll
cieutly to prevent such freedom of action will
merely deprive themselves of the privilege of
voting. AVm Orleans Advor.aie.
Political Intolerance in Virginia.
Tho facts set forth below can be substantiated
by the atlidavits of the parties concerned, says
the Richmond State Journal, and we publish
them in order to show how thoroughly some
people arc reconstructed, and how tolerant they
ure ol the political sentiments of their neigh
bors: A young man belonging to the pollen force, of
good moral character, ami of undoubted luterit.v,
rented a small house on Jackson street a few days
since, a ml entered Into a written contract with the
proprietor. The paper was signed by both parties,
hut was still In possession of the latter. This morn
ing the lessee put his furniture into several carts and
conveyed It to the door of the house he supposed he
had rented. At the door he was confronted by the
owner of the property, who said :
"The nelehtiors inform me, sir, that you voted for
Wells for Governor?"
"Well, sir, sol did. What of that?" returned tho
policemun.
"Well, just this: the neighbors don't want any
body who voted for Wells In this neighborhood, und
no man who is a radical shall ever live hi a house of
mine."
"Hut. sir, I have signed a contract, and I shall
hold you to the burgaln."
"That for the contract," he said, and tearing it np
he threw It into tho street, and slammed tho floor lu
the fuco of his would-be teuaut that couldn't be.
Let us have peace !
Heavy Kobbory of Diamond.
From the .V. O. Tim? of Sunday taut.
On the 2!W of July last Mr. II. Prouhats, No.
10 N. Fourth street, St. Louis, had stolen from
his store, In the daytime, a lot of diamonds
valued at $0000. The robbery was committed
by two men and a woman, who wore playing the
Fo-called confidence game on tho unsuspecting
proprietor. No clue could bo gotton for a long
time to the whereabouts of tho robbers. The
particulars of this affair were received In due
time at police headquarters In New Orleans, and
the matter put Into tho hands of Special Olllcer
Cunningham Certain photographs received,
and other circumstances, started this olllcer on
the track, and he at last succeeded in arresting
John Lyons, Harrv Bonnier, and Mrs. John
Lyons, alias Lillie Tillman, who, there cau be
little doubt, arc the identical parties who com
mitted the robbery.
The stolen diamonds are supposed to have
been sold by these j arties in Memphis, though
they had in their possession other diamonds and
jewelry. The men are young, and of genteel
nnd prepossessing appearance, and the women
eminently so. They appear to have been dri
ving a profitable trade in Havana, Boston Phila
delphia, San Francisco, and other cities, and
were evidently preparing to spread their nets for
a big haul in New Orleans, when brought to n
sudden halt in their career by the sagacity of
Detective Cunningham. This is really one of
the most iuiportaut arrests that has occurred for
some time past, and the olllcer deserves credit
for ridding the community of such dangerous
company.
GENERALITIES.
The Hoosac Tunnel.
The Lowell ('ouiier says that tho excavation
has been continued on tho easterly end of the
Jloosac tunnel over one hundred feet beyond the
soft placo met with a few days since. The soft
place was about twelve feet in width, composed
of soft and rotten rock tilled with water, and it
kept slowly falling until timbered up. It fell
the whole width, leaving a cavity above lorty
fortv feet litru, all of which was filled up anil
made firm v 1th wood and timber, and will in the
end be arched with brick, the material beyond
this is tho best hitherto met with, being iuica
slate mo.-tlv, and blasts off in large Hakes, suita
ble for building purposes. Tho rate of pro
gress now is about forty feet per week in the
east end.
The Force of lev.
The shio Corinthian, of this port, wh-n
left in St. Lawrence Bay last year, was secured
villi three anchors, the cables of two, utter
passing round the windlass, as is usual with
whale ships, being shackled together round the
foremast. Captain Jcrncgan, who has iust re
turned to San Francisco from the wreck, writes
that he found that the ice, when It cauio down
this sprimr, tore tho ship completely from the
cables und windlass. The anchors were
dragged for and found, the heaviest one
with its chain entire, and tho wiudlas
attached to it. Thirty fathoms of chain were
recovered with another, but the third chain
had Parted near its anchor. Tho ship could be
seen sunk, with the foremast broken oil, tho
houses gone from her deck, and one rail gone
V( in Jk 'ijurd Mvnu.ru.
A Masonic Controversy.
Thorn Is n brisk controversy going ou just
now, tho London Athenivnin. reports, among the
freemasons in Kngiaua. a wormy umhu,
having spent several years In Australia, has re
turned, announcing as me irim oi "j; ; "
tho discovery of vurlous ancient mysteries. 1 ho
liabjionianaud Creek astronomy are pronounced
to nave beeu organizeu oy r rccum.!-, ......
Assyrian monuments in the British Museum to
be nothing but illustrations of tho same
great fact. The discoverer, of course, has not
been without the countenance of some of the
more ignorant, if met ly tho contempt of tho
better informed. Some of the Masons are, how
ever, very Indignant at an attempt to represent
that the key of cuneiform and hieroglyphic lite
rature should be claimed to have been picked up
by chance and hidden away us a Masonic secret;
and they call on tho inventor to publish his con
tribution, If ho have auy, to tho stores of geue
ral knowledge, as they want no covert posses
sion of It.
Kiulirra.tlon.
The regular seml-montlily meeting of tho New
York Commissioners of Emigration was held at
Coetlo Garden, on Wednesday last. Tlio case of
Jacob Binklc, the emigrant who arrived In this
city by tho steamship Atalanta, from Havre, and
who was brutally clubbed bv some policemen,
was the subject of Investigation. It was assorted
that he was bcattn while in a station-house coil,
and that he was subsequent conveyed to tlio
hospital for treatment. The case was referred
to the General Agent, who was instructed to
consult with the Police Commissioners for the
purpose of ascertaining the names of the assail
ants. There were 5775 arrivals of emigrants at New
York during the two weeks ending September 1,
making an aggregate of 154,041 since the 1st of
January. The receipts since the 'JTitli of August
for commutation of passengers amounted to
ll,03V0:i. tho whole amount up to date being
02t!,1.-itt 0:1, leaving an excess of fiTO.SW'o'J
over ull disbursements.
Snlnt 4nplniull.
On Agamcntieus Hill, In New York, lies
buried tlio Indian apostlo, Saint A)inquld. Ho
was ninety-four years old when bodied, Mayl,
HMW. At'the ago of forty-two or forty-three ho
was converted to Christianity, and spent fifty
years of his life preaching to the sixty-six dif
ferent nations or tribes of Indians in the coun
try. His funeral was conducted with great
pomp and ceremony, The Indians sacrificed the
following wild nnimals to tho departed spirit:
2! bucks. 07 does, .'1 ermines, S'i buffaloes, 110
ferrets, v!2 martens. 240 wolves, H'l wildcats, 4ii
foxes, 020 beavers, 500 fishes, 00 bears, :iii moose,
50 weasels, 400 otters, 520 racoons, 112 rattle
snakes, :i catamounts, 000 musquashes, 00 wood
chucks, 1500 minks, and :8 porcupines. On his
tombstone was placed the followlnglnseription:
"Present, useful ; absent, wanted ;
Lived, desired; dead, lamented.''
A MAN OF I HE PAST.
Whv a 3llNi!HNipilan Decline to Ituii tor
1'oi.Krenn.
This gentleman, who formerly exercised very
great inlluenco in the politics of Mississippi, and
for a while in New Orleans was potent as a lead
ing Democratic editor, was lately called upon to
run for Congress from Southern Mississippi, lie
declines in the following letter, which contains
some marked and remarkable opinions:
BiiiEi.nsiiPito, Miss., Aug. 10, ISO'.). Captain P. K.
Mayers, editor Haudsboro lrmw at My le.ir Kir:
I have seen in your Issue of the illst tilt, the card of
a number of distinguished citizens of Harrison
ccutity, inviting iue to be a candidate for Congress
in this district, and your kind endorsement thereof.
I sin deeply impressed by this manifestation of con-lid-
nee on the part of the leading W higs and lietno
eiats who have known me Intimately for tivnty-llve
years, In happier times and In our latter days of
humiliation and distress.
Were I, like most of those who have signed this
call, in the prime of life, with energies mump lire i,
and with lal-iiiis equal to the emergency. 1 would
make any sacrifice for our stricken counti.v.
Hut I am a mail of tho past; too secluded In my
habits: too much wedded to the theories of former
times; too full of personal recollections of the great,
stutt-snien of the republic to be a lit representative
of any of the parties of to-day.
I have no disabilities to remove, but have scruples
to overcome, and an invincible repugnance to the
strife of politics. For fifteen years 1 have not at
tended a political meeting. Since the surrender 1
have not written a political article. It has beeu my
misfortune, or my weakness, to diner with ull parties
too much, to expect to be popular wltli eltlier. I
dhl'ered with the Democrats lu their ill-advised and
abortive attempts to organize the State ''overnment
under tho promptings of Andrew Johnson. I
witnessed with regret the gross and un
accountable blunders committed by their
l-eglslature und convention. I differed
with them when they elected Senators
and Representatives to Congress, certain to be re
jected; when they blindly advised the people not to
vote for delegates to a convention, alter the election
hud been ordered, and thus threw tho great responsi
bility of makiiig a constitution into the hands of
their opponents, and superinduced most of our pre
sent dlilleulties. I differed with them in their oppo
sition to the removal of political disabilities by appli
cation to Congress, and In their refusal to accept
fltiice especially the appointment of registrar from
the military authorities, thus compe.llng the com
manding generals to confer commission chiefly on
strangers. I pcisonally know that they would have
given the preference t established citizens.
1 ditrered with the Republicans In the implacable
resentments they manifested for the vanquished ; lu
the political superiority they desired to confer ou an
inferior race, by distranehlsing a heroic people, glo
rious in their struggle for independence more glo
rious In their fall.
I know very well that I have friends throughout
the district who remember my name and services in
the past. It would be utlectation to undervalue what
I know I still retain, my old-tlmcpopularlty. liut 1
stand without a party owing tilleglunec to none; in
fellowship with none ; asking favors of none ; under
obligations to none ; and 1 can bring no strength to
those who wish me to unfurl their standard.
Kxcuse me. then, to our friends, when I decline,
as I am constrained to do, their kind and nattering
invitation. Very respectfully und truly, yours,
J. F. H. Cl.AlliOHNK.
THE "QUAKER CITY."
Mip Is Wold to the llnytlen ItcbclM-Kefimal of
I lie American Crew to FIkIiI Under the llay
tlen Hajt.
Writes a correspondent from Kingston, Ja
maica, W. I., on the 20th ultimo:
In my last letter I alluded to the steamer
(unkcr City, alias Columbia, as one of tho ves
sels arriving here from New York under tlio
British Hag, and afterwards proceeding to Itayll
to be employed in the service of tho Hayticn
rebels. 'J he Quaker City, it will be remembered,
was, some two months ago, seized in New York
bv the I'nitcd States authorities, on information
laid by the Spanish Consul in that city to the
i licet that she was about conveying an armed ex
pedition to Cuba in aid of the insurgent Cu
ians. It having been subsequently ascertained
that there was no foundation for the libel, the
vessel w as released; but a few days after this she
w as again seized at the Instance of the Hayticn
Minister to the United States, who demanded her
detention on tlio ground that she had been pur
chased for the revolutionary Government in
llayti, nnd that her real destination was the port
of St. Mark in that island. The parlies inte
rested in her departure, however, managed mat
ters so cleverly that the vessel was bonded,
leaving immediately afterwards for this port,
with a full cargo of Hour and provisions. In
due time she arrived here, and, alter discharging
a part of her cargo, ant a Brlii-li re
gister, and then lett for St. Marc. F. very
body here knew what this meant, and
there was no little jubilation among
the Haytien exiles resident in this city at tho
departure of the steamer for llavti. When she
readied St. Marc, she was, of course, agreeably
to the programme, handed over to Sagct, the
Ooii-ttylcd President of the North, to be forth
with equipped us a war vessel for tlio rebels.
Her crew, which was a largo one, consisted
principally of Americans; but these, upon lind
lug that the stctmer had beeu tratislerred to Sa
gct, refused, almost to a man, to i-crve under tlio
liaytien rebel tlug. The men were, conse
quently, puld oil and given a passage to this
placo in tlio steamer Clara Helena. About
twenty of tbam have left for New York on the
brlgiintinc M.A. Knight und tho rest of the
crew, numbering over thirty, have been sent on
to Aspinwall, whence they will proceed In one
of tho Pacific Company's mall steamers
direct to your city. It Is further said
that with of these has received till to puv for
his passage from Aspinwall to New York"; but
whether this sum will be sulllcleut to take them
home, aud by what means they ure to support
themselves in Aspinwall, between tho period ot
their arrival thero and tho departure of tho
teamer for New York, aro mutters relative to
which we must wait for Information. The fact
is, these men have been shamefully treated, uud
It is to be hoped that, on their arrival at New
York, they will seek redress. Meantime, parties
hero wult anxiously to see what tho American
Government will do with tho original owners of
the Quuker City, who have forfeited tho bouds
under which the vessel was allowed to leave
New York for the West Indies.
Oxford, Mass., boasts of 102 persons over
seventy years of ge lu Us WOO inhabitants.
CUBA.
The Present Situation Th Mpanlnh Volun.
terra Itefuse la k t lhe Field Their Lntest
Outrage. . . .
Havana, Aug. 2S. Tho reception of General
do Rodas at Matanzas, upon his recent Visit, was
cold and chilling. One company only of volun
teers came out to welcome him. Soon after
arriving he harangued the troops and told tho
volunteers that tho time had como for them to go
to the field. He conjured them by the memories
of past glories to rally once more around the flag
of Castile and Arragon. Tho troops seemed
somewhat inclined to carry out the Governor
General's wishes, aud he left for Havana under
the impression that 500 men of the battalion
would set out within a few days under the Gov
ernor of Matanzas. As soon as Do Kodas, how
ever, had arrived at Havana, tho troops refused
positively to go, declaring that they were hero
to protect the town of Matanzas. This conduct
has had an unfavorable effect upon the spirits of
tlio Governor-General, w ho is greatly annoyed
at it.
A tight is reported to have occurred on the
45th at Jaguey Grande. The chappel gorris and
volunteers we're badly beaten by tho insurgents.
The loss of the Spaniards was considerable.
The sailing of I). C. Maza do Arrcdoiido for
New York, in the steamer Missouri, carrying as
he did a large amount of funds belonging to the
escaped Fernando Po prisoners, and former
administrator of the Caja do Ahorros Bank, lias
caused a good deal of feeling in the city. Arre
dondo was, since the departure of Castillo, the
manager of tho institution, and the Government
has ctmfiseated (.upon paper) all that Castillo
possessed.
The discontent among tho volunteers is on the
increase. On Monday last tho disturbances
reached a high point. A battalion of artillery
hud been disarmed because the men had threat
ened to shoot their Colonel. Some of the
leaders were about being tried for the offense,
and also general insubordination. The discon
tent is said to have been excited by the manner
in which Dc Uodas has treated political pri
soners. Many little printed papers, hand-bills,
full of abuse of the Governor, were found yester
day morning and the day before posted upon
the corners of the streets. Those who desire to
see these prisoners shot say they will carry out
their wishes, though nil the world oppose. The
Captain-General lies upon a bed of thorns;
whichever way he turus he Is sure to be pricked.
A li at the French TnpcrnSny.
The Paris l'atrie, Aug. 20, concludes as fol
lows an article on the Cuban question, in which
it maintains Hint Spain should acknowledge the
independence of Cuba:
'Hut how can there be hope of conquering the in
surrection, if it is sustained, not by the (ioverniuent,
but tiy the people of the I'nited States ? .Now, tho
sympathies mi ull Americans are with the Cubans,
ft is with great dlttlculty that the Washington Cabi
net bus resisted the enormous pressure exercised to
force it to accord belligerent rights to them. If the
I'nited States Government has resisted up to the
present, it Is precisely because it has calculated that
Spain, encouraged by proofs of impartiality which
it has given her. would consent to an arrangement
which would protect both Spanish honoruud Interests.
11' nothing Is seen In this at .Mtdrid, they may
be certain that as soon us Congress reassembles, and
perhaps sooner, the Washington Cabinet will be
forced to acco'd belligerent rights to the Cubans,
and then no power in the world will be able to re
tain the Island under the domination of Spain. Alt
the question resolves itself into this: Does the
Spanish Government believe that the Insurrection
will be at tin end In sixty days, as the oltlelul Jour
nals of Havana iiiinouuce at the Instance of General
Kodus? If it dues, we suppose that It will continue
thueonilict; if not, it would be bitter to make an
Immediate urrai gemeiit which will save tho honor of
Spain and her Interests in Cuba, at the same time
that It would stop the ell'uslou of blood iu the An
tilles." Referring to the arrival In Paris of "three of
the most conspicuous men lu American politics
and diplomacy" General Bunks, Senators Kani
sey and Fcnton the same journal says of Gene
ral Banks that he will "remain probably four to
five weeks in Paris, where his presence nnd dip
lomatic ability may not be without value in set
tling the Cuban question."
A French Journal Dcclnres the Inland in Lost
to Slllll.
The Paris France of August 20 has an article
ou the independence of Cuba. It considers that
that island is now irrevocably lost by Spain. At
Madrid a last attempt Is spoken of as likely to
be made by tho mother country to retain this
valuable possession. When the healthy season
sets in, it is alleged that a Spanish army of
20.000 men will be sent out to oppose the insur
gents. A vain project! The trance says:
"It is known that the American Government has
Instructed its new representative, General Sickles,
to proceed to Madrid. We are, however, we believe,
Justified in asserting that the object of his diplo
matic mission is not to negotiate a purchase of Cuba
by tho i'nited States. The object of the mission is
to otter to mediate between the mother couutry and
the colony. The plali to be proposed wi'l embrace
on the one hand the renunciation by Spain of her
sovereignty over the island ; and on the other,
nrovide lor a payment by the Cubans of such a
sum of money as will enable Spain to pay the inte
rest of the loans raised on Cuban securities. The
I'nited States will be parties to the contract to the
extent of guaranteeing the faithful fullllmeut of the
proposed reciprocal engagements. However painful
it inuy be for the Spanish Government to accept
this suggested solution of the diillculty, we hold
that no other Is possible in the circumstances,
and that It Is the only plan by which Spain can
save some lrugments of the wreck. The value and
the duration of Cuban independence under the pro
t' ctioh of America is quite Htiother qucsiiou. The
desire to absorb and the greed of territory which
characterizes the I'nited Stales, we admit, qualilles
thrm very badly to perform tho part ol u Hatonie
piotectorute. In fact, it Is very probable, that behind
the compromise which they are now trying to bring
iit'imt there lies an Intended second editlou of the
lu.Mury of Texas,''
Work on Hie Spanish Giinbonli.
T'lnifitatrtl runt HI .Vaci'ma.
'1 he construction of the Spanish gunboats re
cently seized by the Government has been pushed
loiward with unexampled energy during thu
bic-t few weeks. There arc 000 men employed
in the Dclamatcr Iron Works, half ol whom are
Cbgimed upon the machinery of the boats. Of
the whole number, 25 have already been set
ulloat, and the other five will soon he launched.
Kleven of those building in this city haw re
ceived their machinery, and w ill soon be ready
lor sea. One of them, the knesson, was about
to Niil, when Man-hul Barlow and Admiral
Godon notified tho builders und the Spanish
authorities here that none ol the boats will be
allowed to put to sea. None of the Mystic boats
IniNc been scut to New York, but some ol them
tiieevpected here shortly to take their machinery
on board.
The leeree of Jane Hiilln, rrttldeiil or Pern.
Dki'AIci mknt ok FoiiKio Akk.u us. Con
sidering that after the declaration made by the
Government, recounting s, be igerents the
Cubans who are struggling for their indepen
dence, the insurrection uaninst the Spanish Gov
ernment has progressed to tho extent of hay ng
a political organization, tho evidences of which
arc a Congress uud Go eminent with sulllc ent
material means to curryon the struggle, and In
Wrtueof tho justice of the ho y ca .use of In
dependence which gives them the right to cou-
''"'nuatlic Government of Peru, having declared
itself a lricnd to tho revolted Cubans, ought,
now thut they arc organized, to recognize us a
friend the Government ot tno Cuban republic.
That this cannot havo cttcct without first ac
knowledging tho existence and the character of
the government that rules Cuba.
I decree single article the independence of
tho Island of Cuba from Spanish dominion and
ulso the republican form ot government therein
established are hereby rcciy.u zed.
The Miulster of Foreign relations Is charged
with the fulfilment of tills decree.
Let It be communicated, published, and re
corded. Given at Lima on the HHh of August, 1800.
Josu IUlta.
J. A. Burrcuci'hca.
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BV TS LB OR Am.
The International Race Mr. Willan's
'Unfortunate Letter" Secretary
Rawlins in Better Health
Revenue Seizures in Bal
timore Heavy Snow
Storm in the
White Moun
tains. FiiittiK'Iul iiiitl C?iiimrlul
FROM NEW ENGLAND.
Oftlclnl Assnlled Wliile Fnitcn vorin to Nerve
nn Aiiiirlmiciit.
Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Boston, Sept. 8. Captain F.. W. Davidson,
of tho steamer Escort, running between this city
and Gloucester; tho mate, E. F. Doanc; Abbott
Collin, clerk; D. W. Etta, engineer: tlio cook,
and one of tlio crew, were all arrested last night
on a charge of assault and battery on Deputy
Sheriff Dearborn and Assistant Twitcholl, who
yesterday afternoon went down to tho boat to
serve an attachment on it at the instance of
Councilman Flyun, one of i,he owners of tho
boat. The assault occurred at tlio hour adver
tised for the regular departure of the boat, iu
tho course of which the Sheriff failed to attach
tlio steamer. Tlio arrests were made on tlio re
turn of the boat from Gloucester.
(enernl Nhcriinin
arrived In this city from Portland to-day, by tin;
early train.
The Tnllnoii,
on w hich arc Admiral Porter and ex-Sc-rctary
Boric, left Portland this morning lor Wash
ington. A llenvy Snow Slorin
prevailed on und u round the White Mountains
yesterday afternoon. The mercury ranged
from 28 to :il during the storm.
Mm. Slove
will publish, in the October AHani'f. a defense
of her Lord Byron article.
FROM EUnOI'K
The Buncombe I.i-tler from I lie Oxford How.
Our.
By the Anglo-American Cable.
Lomion, Sept. iL Mr. Willan, a member of
the Oxford boat's crew iu the lale international
race with tho llurvurds, writes what is regarded
as an unfortunate letter, and which is published
iu tho London journals to-day, on tho subject of
Sir Aubrey Paul's decision of the winning of tho
race by only half a bout's length iu tho clear. In
this communication Mr. Willan endeavors to
show tho public that the Oxford men were
merely making a child's play towards the con
clusion of the race, and that they could have In
creased the final distance between themselves
and the Harvard's boat had they wished to do
so. He further says that he makes this state
ment just now for the reason, and because he
expects to hoar, and soon, a claim made to the
c fleet that tho Harvards could have replaced the
Oxford men had the race endured a few hundred
yards further.
The letter Is regarded here generally as a piece
of silly cockney "bounce," and its issue has given
rise already to the very report which It professes
to contradict.
f LTpon one of the inside pages of this issno
will lie fouud a different interpretation of Mr.
Willan's communication. Fi. Eve. Tki..J
Thin Morning' Quotation.
INnov, Sept. a it A. M Consols, 93 for both
money and account. American securities dull. II. S.
Five-twenties of 1SC2, ; of lsC5, old, ; of lsi!7,
Kt. V. S. Ten-forties, T6;. Erie Itailroad, Illi
nois Central, tM v.
I.ivkki'OOL, Sept. 011 A. M. Cotton firmer, but
not higher. Middling uplands, lH '- d. ; middling ur
leaus, lavtM.'.d. The sules ti-day are estimated
at 10,000 bales. The sales of the week have been
fv0tm bales, including for export ll.oou bales, and
on speculation Ui.ooo bales. The stock in port is
41S.000 bales, Including 9o,oiH) American.
lied Wheat, los. Flour, i'-s. Ud. Other articles are
unchanged.
Livkki'Ooi,, Sept. 3 12 M Cotton middling np-
lands, 1.Ha13'.,U; middling Orleans, l3-,d. Cali
fornia Wheat, lis. 4d. ; No. U red Western, 10s. Id.u?
los. 'Jd.
Thin Afleriioon'H Quotation.
London, Sept. 82 P. M. American securities
quiet. Slocks quiet.
i'AKtH, Sept. H Kentes, Tlf. noc.
I.ivmirooi., Sept. 32 P. M Cotton is a shade
firmer. Stock of Cotton alloat 11)3,000 bales, of which
1 i.ono bales are Amerlcun.
Yams and fabrics at Manchester are quiet but
tlrm.
iieceipts of Wheat at Liverpool for the past three
do s 40,ooo quurters, 22.0OO of which are American.
Flour, 2T.s. yd. Com, 3os. ltd.
Uavkk, Sept. 3. Cotton opens quiet but steady.
FROM BALTIMORE.
ltcciine Seizure unit t'oiiinromiMC -A Front
I.UMt MkIiI.
Sjienal Detrpateh to The Evening Telegraph.
B.uriMOKK, Sept. 3. Tlio case of the United
States against the extensive distiller, A. .1. L'll
mati, owner of the South Side distillery, on
Washington road, which w as seized some weeks
ago for violating the internal revenue laws, has
been compromised by lllinan paying as a
penalty 40,000 and costs.
Frost is reported iu the surrounding country
last night.
Base bull continues to be an absorbing topic.
Another match game to-day. Business is Im
proving slightly.
FROM WASH fNG TON.
Secretary Kuwllim It covcrliiK.
Drijiatch to the Atmociated 1'rex.
Washington, Sept. 51. Secretary Kawlins
was very ill last night, but towards morning
thcie was a decided Improvement in his condi
tion, and he is uowmnch better.
The New Vorlt Hiock lHarket.
Niw Tokk, Sept. It. StockJ unsettled. Money
unsettled at 0iT per cent, uold, 13.'.1,; ; 6-20s, 1HU2,
coupon. 123 li ; do. is4, do., 122 '.j ; do. 186. do.,
122 'o; do. do. new, I2P; do. isot, 121,'.-, ; do. Isf.s,
111',,: 10-408, lll'; Virginia sixes, new, no; Missouri
sixes, ; Canton Co., ; Cumberland preferred,
81 New York Central, 2o6', ; Erie, 34 : Hearting, !!' ;
Hudson Hlver, isitl' ; Michigan Central, 12-.io ; Illinois
Central. 13S; Cleveland aud Pittsburg, 10; Chicago
and Hock Island, 114; 1'lltsburg und Fort Wayne,
issj Western Union Telegraph, 81 V.
The llulilinore Produce. Market.
IUitimohic, Sept. 8. Cotton dull and uominully
84Xo' Flour tlrm and active, and In good shipping
deiiiand: Howard Street BupeiUue, fUutoKfl; do. ex
tra w -ww T : do. family, city Mills tiurier
llne. 0rf0; do. extra, ilo W.T-T5; do. family, s-2S
(aiuu: Western superfine, lx46-2; do. extra, tii-ftU
lo tto; do. family, ooMn. Wheat tlrm aud ex
cited; red, ltw. corn nnu; white, I1M8. Oats firm
at eote, Kye dull Mess Pork quiet at H4o.
Bacon firm ; rib aides, 19S,c. ; clear do., 19'c. : shoul
ders, 10V'. Hams. 24w2Ac. Lard dull at 20'Jlc
Whisky quiet ti-10; could he bought for less.
l'lrvAxei; con.ui:nci:.
OmCI 0 TUB EvHTM TLRIUMI,t
Friday. Sopt. X 1SSD. t
There Is no quotable change tn any of the main
features of our local Money market to-day. The
HM'culativc demand for loans on call has greatly In
creased within the past, three days, and as the sup
ply of capital at the hanks la short, if the ordinary
business demand, the pressure on tho outside mar
ket has Increased w u n it. There Is a general dlssat
Islm llon, however, iiiik ng business burrowers with
the rates now demanded ut time loans, and a dispo
sition to postpone their tiursac.tlons as long as pos
sible, In the hope of h favotable change within the
coming week. Ilen-e there has beeu less activity m
the discount market f r the last few days. Money
Is to be had on cull verv readily at IcrfS per cent, at
lhe banks, the hitter llgure bring manipulated in the
usual manner. Discounts are tlrm ami, as usual, Ir
regular. Oold opened at 133",, an advance of 1 on yester
days clotting quotations, and closing at noon tlrm
at i:i.v...
't here Is little doing In I'nited States securities,
but the course of tlm market is with gold, ami the
(notations are in advance ol those of yesterday.
There was a moderate degree of activity in the
Stock market this morning, but prices were hardly
so strong. Pennsylvania lis, wnr loan, sold at ino'.
city loans were steady, wilh sales of the new issues
at till'.,.
Heading Kallrond was less active and declined .,
selling at 4S4'; Pennsylvania Itailroad was rather
stronger, selling at 57 V ; Philadelphia and Frio Kail
road sold at 30V 31, " ; Cutawlssa Itailroad pre
ferred at JWji ; und Lehigh Valley Railroad at MP,.
Canal shares were rather iil"'t. Lehigh gold loan
sold ut DTV; Schuylkill Navigation preferred was
taken at lS(i 1Hv' ; ' v hid for Morris Canal pre-
icrreu.
In Coal, Bank, and Passenger Railway shares no
sales were reported. 4ft was ottered for Second and
Third, and 12 for llestouvllle.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK KXCIIANGE SA .EH.
Reported by De Haven A Hro., No. 40 S. Third street.
FIRST BOARD,
ginoncttyes, New..l0l4 i KM) sh Heading RR.. 4St,
fiiimiN PennaOs.c. s: loo do ..bAin. 4S'.,
12000 Ph A K7B..S.V SA i 200 do ..1S.S30. 4S'
lieiKH) Pa 6s WL Cp.1oo'. voo do Is. 48',
:on wn gold i us ion do ni. 4sy
4sliPenua H..ls. bV-x' son sh Ph A E...b.:o. 30'.
!! do Is. r.7S NX) do b30. 30','
MO sh Leh Val R.h5. M', UK) do 30 x
rs do is. r.o'g 300 do. .is.i;o. 3i
luosh CataPf..buo. .is, toshScliNav Pi., is
20 sh W Jersey it.. 112 loo do ld
Jay Cookr A Co. quote Government securities as
follows: U. S. OS of 1Sl, 12B1('t23' ; 6-20s of 1SlS2,
123S(123Vj; do., 18tV4, 122!t$122:i; do., Nov., lsor,
122 -4 122 V ; do., July, PWi, 121 ',,1121 i; do. 1867,
121 !..(12l '4 ; do., 1H6S 121S.r12P, ; HMOs, 11 IV
112'i ; Currency tis. 111 '.(wlllf,. Gold, 13.V.,.
Mksskr. Dk Havkn A Ukotitkr, No. 40 S. Third
street. Philadelphia, report the following quotations:
F. S. 68 of ISM, 123',13 ; ; do. tSt',2, 122'4u123' ;
dn. 1S64, mXdi 122 V ; do. 122't.irf 122 '4' ' do. 18tt,
new, 121 ?,W 121 V. ; do. IS07, new do. 121 '.i 121 ; 00,
inns, I21.,i'12tv. do. rs, 10-log, Hi7;m; U.S.
:io Year 6 per cent. Cy., Ill V(3illll.i ; Due Comp. Int.
Notes, 19 ; Gold, 13fil32.'i ; Stiver, 12'.),4i31.
Narr A Laiinkh, Hankers, report this morning's
Cold quotations as follows:
10-00 A. M 13ft v 10-4 A. M 13,v;,
10-82 " I3.V, II -M " Xy
10-38 " 13.V.J 12-00 M 13 cj,
Sciirvi.Kii.i. Navigation Coai. Tkik for the
week eliding Thursday, September 2, 1S0D:
y.i.w. Cwt.
From Tort Carbon 2,431 in
From Schuylkill Haven 2,224 00
Total tor week..
Previously this yc
Total
4,ii.V 05
4i,2,-3 14
"M),948 1!)
To same time Inst year.
631.139 15
Stock Quotations by
Glendlnnlng, Davis A Co,
York house the following:-
Telegraph-1 P. .11.
report through their New
N. Y. Central R 21 5
N. Y. and Krle H.... 84
Ph. and Rca. Ii. 98
Mich. S. and N. L R..104B
Cle. and Pitt. R. loT
Chi. and N. W. com. . 2 '
Chi. and N. W. pref.. 90,
Chi. and It. I. H. 114,'
Pitt., Kt. Way. A Ch. 87 v,
Pacific M. 8 t01,'
Western Vnion Tele. 37 ' ,
Toledo A Wabash It. W'.j
Mil. and St, Paul R.0 7S'.
MIL and St. Paul K. p.
Adams r.x press.....
Wells, Fargo.
United State
fr'-,'
II)
Gold
I Market steady.
..135'.
Plilladelpliia Trade ICeport.
Friday, Sept. 8. The Flour market Is steady,
with very little demand, except from the home
trade, who purchase principally of the better grades
of extra families. Holders, however, In consequence
or the advauce In wheat, are firm In their views.
Sales of sOO barrels, Including superfine at
J5-50, extras at 0-60t, Northwestern extra
family at 0-50(3.S, the latter rate for fancy Minne
sota ; fo-2.'H$7 25 for Pennsylvania do. do. ; r-75i7-75
for Ohio do. do; and s4io for fancy brands, accord
ing to quality. Kye Flour is offered at i 00 per
barrel.
The Wheat market is active, there being a good
demand both for shipment and homo consumption.
Sales of 3000 bushels Ohio and Indiaua roil at i-55a
1-57; 500 btiBhels damp Indiana do. at 1150; 1500
bushels Delaware do. at l-60; 2S00 bushels Penn
sylvania do. on private terms : and 21,600 bushels
Western do. on secret terras. Rye is quiet at 11-12
for Western. Corn moves slowly at former rates.
Sales of yellow at 11-11-20, and Western mixed at
l-12il10. Oats are without change. 120 bushels
Delaware and Pennsylvania at 64tfti0c No sales
were reported tn Hurley or Malt.
liark The last sale of No. 1 Quercitron was at 135
per ton.
Whisky is offered at S1-34&1-26 per gallon ftir West
ern. The market is bare.
LATEST SHIITlMi INTELLIGENCE.
for additional Marine yews tee Iiuide Paget.
(! Antltt-Ameriran Cable.)
OiTFENKTOWN, Suptl 3. Armed, toimjhfp 8ootia,
fr.'in New York. .... .
Ui.im,ow. Sunt. .1. Amred, tteamsbip Cambria,
from New York and Bt. Andrawa, from Quebec.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA
..SKPT. :
STATU Or TIUBMOMETEB AT THK EVENING TCLKOIUl'H
Oi't'ICE.
A. M 6 I 11 A. M 70 I 8 P. M 74
CLFARKD THIS MORNING.
Stoamer Bristol. Wallace, Nam Vork, W. P. Clyde A Co.
bin one Jamoa Campbell, Hording, Kingiiton, Ja.t V. I'.
Van Horn.
Kidir CriBiH, Bowen, Warren, Day, lluddollt A Co.
Kcbr H. . Wliddin, Kenminore, I'rm uloDce, do.
rii'hr J. '. Thompson, Vauzant, UambridKepcrt, do.
hchr Alfred Huddull, Look, Boston, do.
h hr It. H. Dean, (Jook, Taunton. do.
helir l.izie, hrambeN, Provhlnnca, do.
S, br Jna. ImikIisIi, Uiikr, l'rovidnc, d,,'
hehr Kllen Baruoa, Clifford, Pawtuokot, Hlakiaton, Graett
A Co.
Srhr Jiiinea Veldren, Cavalier. Salem, do
Ncbr Harriet West brook, iaitlejobn, Portland, rlo
Barge Lough rAiyle, Oawley, Uackensack, do.
ARRIVED TliTs MORNING.
Steamer I. t ruuklin, Pioraon, IK hours from Baltimore,
witb mitoe. to A. Ioovbs, Jr.
Kteamur J. S. Blinver, Ounnis, 18 hours from Baltimore,
with incise, to A. drove, Jr.
MnaiHor K. C. Buldlti, MoCus, 34 hours from New York,
wilb mdae. to W. P. Clyde A Va.
Hr. barque Pernia, lieck, 66 dayi from Alicante, with old
iron to J. K, Hazlty.
N.G. haruue bottnung, Wallis, 45 days from London,
uith nidHe. to .1. K. Ka.luy A Co.
Nchr Karali, Cobb, 3 daya from New Bedford, with oil to
liantim: Co.
Si br S. H. Hample, Little, 1 day from James Rivor. with
railroad ties lo Alliriitbt A Co.
bobr i'oaiuiuK Ken, Jame. 6 days from Norfolk, with
aliinglva and iron to Croekoy A Co.
Sctir Mart burilb, s days from Boston, with bones to
Tiers A Co.
Aulir K. IS. Irvin, Atkins, from Boston.
Ni-lir J. W. Hall, I'owull, from Uoaton.
Hchr T. lleilgoa, I' ranklin, from Kut Creomrioli.
Hohr F. Nowell, i'eiiniinore, Iroin Portituioutu, N II
8iihr D. Collins, Townnond, from Boston.
Scbr F. Thompson, Knilioott, from Warren.
fvhr 1). Williams, Oorsou, trom Lynn.
Si'b Pathway. Haley, trom Salem.
HcbrM. ltfliuliart, Hand, from Portsmouth, N. II
Holir Keadinv 11 K. No. 44, t rainer, trom Norwiob
Solir It. 8. Brooks, I jine, trom Boston,
Sohr Trudewind, llotTman, from Providence.
Holir W. O. Bunion, ilnrtlutt.trom Providence.
Kohr O. Chamberlain, Porter, trom Newport.
Schr II. May, Racket t, from Fall Uiver.
Kohr Uncle Tom, Look, from New York
Tuk Oouiiuodoro. Wilson, from liavre-da-Grac .ti, .
tow of barges to W. P, Clyde A Go, ce, wdh a
t'orrrtpont' nrr of Th Krrninq TrUcrnph
KAHTON A MoMAllON'8 BIJLT.FTIM
NiwYohk Urr-ICE, 8e,t. l-Kiri, hl i
tow t.i-BightforBaltimoro.'liKtit. h ' ' iu
i , ' " " " ior i-uiianeliibia.
J. Crouse. with ilour, for Philadelphia.
Hit TlUlllllr Ull a VI. its St..... 1 "
Minnie Repplier, Hose Ann. Ironsidaa. al, ,., ,
Wm. Portor. Ohaa. llolirat. N ' H ,?V AJVa .- '.
Umden, all with coal, tor New York ' u J- J' Uf
ti II ilikl bun Ha..
aVKI ffi E-T bar
tw w im-, UIKI1I
i-. 8. C.