H A. A PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1869. VOL. X. NO. 105. DOUBLE SHEET THREE GENTS. hi FIRST EDITION CONFESSED. A .llnrderrr'a Ktniement or n Horrible Crime. Writes a correspondent to the New York Times, fj cm Spring Valley, New York : I q'he innrdcr of Joachim Fuertcr, near the station In this village In March last, lias been a proline source of anxious conjecture am) surmises since tlio first discovery of that crime.. The Coroner's In quest, with the arrest, of Atitolne Maurer, ami the recovery of the murdered man's eilccts, rather In creased and aggravated, Instead of allaying, the universal excitement, and now that the assassin hits received his ini partial trial and has heard his sentence to lie hanged by the neck for his crime the people are even yet nn Biitlslled with their knowledge of I lie circumstances that attended the perpetration of the deed. Maurer was consigned to his cell In the County Jail at New City, preserving still the coof lndlil'erenee and innking positive denial of guilt a denial that w.is as circumstantial and clear ai the proofs against hlra were direct and conclusive. Gradually lie has ad mitted lact after fact, until last evening he made a cotilcsslon reciting the entire story. When the sentence was pronounced, Maurer ex hibited as little emotion as tie had during the trial,' but as the days wore on he became more and more alfccted, and'he began gradually to let the story out. Last evening one of the Deputy Sheriffs visited hts cell when, in answer to inquiries, Maurer gave the following statement: "I heard a loud voice last night (Oct. 2S) telling me that 1 must own up. I don't want to he left alone again till I tell somebody the truth. I did kill Mierter, and 1 am very Borry lor It. Hut I had help. 1 will not tell who helped me. Wo went to Kraus.-T house and struck Fuerter's window with a pole, lie came to the window, and we told hl.u if he would comedown we would give him some money the money that I owed him. Pretty soon lie came down, ami we walked oil' together. We sal down in a little while, about 12 o'clock, and my friend had a bottle of whisky. We each of us drank from It, and Fuerter got pretty drunk. Tuen my friend and 1 led him t) waids the woods, and 1 struck him with a stave that 1 carried In my hand. We took oil' his clothes and got some water and washed him. Then we put some clean clothes on hi in and carried him out into the Held. Wo took what we supposed was all the nionev he had. We killed him to get. his money, for we were both very hard up. My friend took the money, twenty francs, and 1 took the clothes, which 1 afterwards pawnod. We then washed ourselves HJid went away." The refusal of Maurer to tell who helped him do the deed seems to be Impossible to overcome, but a clue is said to be possessed which there Is every reason to hope will end in the arrest of his co-murderer. To-day oillcers from our county arc In New Y'ork, where the guilty man Is supposed to be, hunt ing on the trail which they think they have obtained. I have thus given you the Urst and last of one of those deep tragedies such as Uermaus and French men such as Maurer for he has the blood of both nations in his veins had, until recently, almost the monopoly. Hard, almost unconscious villainy such as this man has shown lu his crime and in his persis tent denial or it, has but few parallels in the history of murder here, but they have their counterpart I might say their highest exemplification in the tra gedy that now excites France. To compare Maurer with Traupraann would be a study Interesting to the student of the worst phase of mankind, and to some of them it may yet furnish a theme. There is, if the supposition of Traupmann's guilt be correct, the same cool, well-devised, and well-matured plan, the same tlendishness in the commission of the crime, the same end In view which was the prospect of gain alone. The oversights by which they were both detected were similar, and are indeed characteristic of every grade and character of assassin. HILDEBRAND. The Notorious IHInnourl Oinlnw Huen Tor Peace An Authentic Nkelch of Ills Career. The St. Louis Democrat of the 27th lust, contains the following relative to the greatest of Western desperadoes : A letter was received in this city a day or two ago from Sam. Hildebrand, the notorious outlaw, stating that he-had come to the conclusion that he could no longer keep up a war against the whole country, and begging to be "let alone." lie promises that he will never more molest anybody, and will in future act like an honet and peaceable man. This letter is in the hands of some of the friends of Hildebrand gentlemen who served In the Confede rate armv, and will no doubt be published. An effort is also being made to raise a subscription for the outlaw, to set him up in his new home. We are not prepared to say whether Governor MoClurg, Colonel Jlowen, and the people of St. Francois county are willing to allow the outlaw to pass the remainder of his days in peace, or whether he will be followed to his new abode and brought to justice. Last night we met with Judge Sebastian, of Farm Ington, who has known Hildebrand for many years. The Judge gave us a short sketch of the career of this most daring and desperate outlaw of modern times, and as it is doubtless strictly true, we publish some of the facts. Hildebrand is an illiterate backwoodsman, unable to read or write, and the letter in circulation here must have been written by somebody else. At the breaking out of the Rebellion Hildebrand went to Arkansas and joined the hall-civilized band of Jetr. Thompson. He made a business of stealing and running oil' horses, and Jetl' was strongly Inclined to hong him, if he could have caught him. Finding . that the rude soldiery of the "Swamp Fox" were d sposi d to punish him for his misdeeds, Hildebrand lei I the army and came up into southeast Missouri as a bushwhacker. He continued to steal horses from the farmers, and made no distinction between the property of friends and foes. He shot his partner in the bush whacking business, and the German troops In the county iinlshed the man soon afterwards. Hilde brand also killed Rowan, and Kowau's son, in retali ation, killed Hildebrand's brother. Hildebrand killed an old man named Ringer, and shot young Mcllva ne while he was at work in his tield. How many men he killed is not known, but his last victim was Mc clain, whom he shot only a few mouths ago. A good deal of sympathy has been excited In bp half of Hildebrand by stories of his wrongs the burning of his mother's house, the killing of his brothers, and the persecution of his whole family ; but Judge Sebastian assures us that Sam was the fljst aggressor, and was never Ill-used before he committed depredations upon ethers. About two weeks ago Hildebrand went to Farra lngton, at night, and removed his wife and six chil dren. He crossed the Mississippi at Rush Tower, in skill's, and la now in Southern Illinois. Mrs. Hilde brand had an Interview with Judge Sebastian just before the removal, and she assured him that her husband would never more molest auy one, as he was tired of being constantly pursued and In danger of his life. A few weeks ago Hildebraud came one Iiight to the store of Judge Sebastian, in Farming ton, and made the Judge walk backwards latg a Hide, room, keeping his eye steadily Axed noon him. He had four revolvers in his belt, lie wanted two canisters of gunpowder, having obtained three at another store; but the Judge did not have the article needed. Hildebraud expressed his desire to Hbamlon his mode of life, and live at peace with the world. When asked why he acted so badly, he re plied that he had commenced, and had thought he ought to tight it out. It is to be hoped that the Southeast is permanently rid of the most audacious outlaw that ever preyed upon a community, and that we shall hear no more el Sain Hildebrand. COWHIDED. Public Cnntiunllou of a New Yorlt "rimes" Correspondent , Journalists have no immunity rrom the Ills or every sort Unit befall humanity, as the following despatch to the New York Jlepublin will testify: W AXHiNii'i'OS, Oct. 2i. Loren.o Littleton Crounse, the chief of the New York Time Ilureau of Corres pondence In this city, was publicly cowhided this morning in front of his olllce on Fourteenth street, opposite Willord's, by Henry Marston, Ksq., of New York city, late Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue In the Sixth New York district. The castigatlon was laid on without any reservation whatever, and the atlair is the talk of the capital. ... The ott'ense was most heinous, being nothing less than a vindictive assault in the columns of the Time of the 23d of last August, In a letter from 8aratoga, written by Crounse, aud signed "Cymon,"ln tlio course of which -a coarse, unprovoked, aud grossly urigentlemsnly series of references were made to the wire or the gentleman who to-day cowhided the correspondent, , , . The lady was referred to in patticular and unmis takable terms as ".niiuiijiiia uuu n a luuujcno, such assertions being a wanton blunder on oue of . .l...in.t a..,?.l,l 1.1 lu)t.il mwl Vwi II ti 111 I T.ne nest cuuuuom, ...... women whom New York has ever contributed to the society or the nation. Mr. Marston, at the time of tins letter, secured Mr. lilgtiow's promise to dis miss the correspondent of the Time. That not having been done, Mr. Marston took the vindication Into his own bauds, and coming on from New York last night, vigorously lashed the shoulders and face ol the oiionder with a new cowhide to-day. Crounso and Mr. Marston tire Just equal In size, and thcro is no disparity except in spunk, Crounse prov ing a bad defendant. The objectionable letter was the latest of a s rles of newspaper attacks, without provocation, which have been written against Mrs. Marston for two years past, and now the just retalia tions arc setting in apace. There maybe more of this sort of thing to do; if so, It will be done, Crounse is the companion and putfer of Doorkeeper Dent, atidamanwho has done many things unworthy of true journalism. At present he suiters too much to enlarge on his dlscomliture. Vote for Horace l i re e ley. DISASTER. Four IVi-noiin Ituriirdio Heath In Nov York. From, the i. 1. Tribune of thiit morning. shortly alter 7 I. M. yesterday a Ore broke out In the building No. 03 Liberty street, occupied by the Patcrnon Iron Company and A. S. Raymond, prin ter, the latter occupying the second floor, and the former the llrst. 'I lie third floor was vacant, and the fourth was occupied In part by the Janitor and his imnilv. The firemen reached the spot within a few moments of the iirst alarm, and In a short time subdued the flames, which did not accomplish any great amount of damage, although the water destroyed considerable 'property, and somewhat injured the building. When the building was Inspected after the fire, a inoHVtior rible siw hi greeted the cyesof the firemen. In a room on the lourth lloor. whose door had to be broken open, they found the bodies of a man and woman and two small children, all horribly iiurned and charred. The woman and children lay In one corner ol the room, Joined together in a cldse em brace, while the man lay a few feet from the door. It Is supposed, from the fact that the door was licked on the Inside, that the man, who was the janitor ol the building, hearing the alarm of lire, and seeing the llremen about to enter the house, retired to his apartment for the purpose of preparing for tllght, ami locked tho door to guard against intru sion. He was seen on the street a few mo ments bcrore the lire, with a bunch of keys lu his hand, and had probably just finished locking up the building for the night. The other victims were his wife and children. It Is supposed that the smoke had sultoeated them before the flames reached them. The family were well known In the neighborhood, by sight; but, strange to say, no one could be found who knew their names. The bodies were removed to the Second Precinct station- house, where they were viewed by Coroner Flynn. The building Is owned by Frederick Marquand of No. 4a Wall street, but as this gentleman was absent from the city, his brother, Mr. Henry Marquand, was telegraphed for by Captain He Camp, that the name of the victims might be ascertained If possible. The children, a boy and girl, were respec tively six and twelve years of age, but he parents were so charred and disfigured us to render an estimate of their ages aa utter Impossibility. While the bodies lay at the station-house many persons, led thither by a curiosity more revolting than that, which leads men to execu tions and prize lights, applied for permission to view them, but (apt a in De Camp very properly refused to grant their request. As the building is located lu a business locality, which is deserted after dark by all save janitors, it was very ditllcult to collect any In formation relative to the sad atlair. It was thought that tne lire originated in Mr. Raymond's printing office, although or this there is no proof. The Coro ner's inquest, which will be held to-day, will probably develop the lull facts. EXPOSED. Thw Trick of a Spiritual .Medium. From the S. Y. 1 imes of this morning. Last evening, at the Kverett Rooms, Dr. W. T. Von Vleck gave au exiose of the manner In which so called i-pii'itual mediums perform the tricks by which they deceive the public Into the belief that they, the mediums, are In actual communion with spirits. After showing that he could produce the mysteri ous rappings of the Fox girls, which he explained was done by contraction of the muscles, Dr. Van Vleck entered a cabinet like that used by the Daven ports, and, after having his hands bouud securely, as it appeared, behind him, to a staple In the cabi net, he plaved on musical instruments, drank a glass of water placed on his lap, tied and untied a strip of cloth placed round his neck, and finally cut himself loose from his bonds. A number of other tricks of a similar churaeter were performed without a single failure, and lu quite as good style as the Daven ports periorm theirs. Dr. van Vleck's explanations of the modus oierandi of these manifestations It would be Impossible to give without practical Illustrations. It must suffice to say that the doctor showed that sometimes by slipping his hands through the cords, and sometimes by slipping the cords up nis arms, he was enabled to get his hands free, and that very few knots, however secure they may appear, are really so. As proof of this, knots made with great care by persons in the audience were slipped by Dr. Van Vleck with per fect ease. To-night the doctor will explain, at the Everett Rooms, in Hroadway, the manner in which the cele brated medium, Foster, performs his deceptions. All who have any lingering belief in spiritualism, so called, si '.on Id go. ALASKA. INDIANS. The Want of Schools. From the Alasca Times, Oct. 18. AnatooU and other head men of the Sitka tribe of Indians had an Interview with Vincent Colyer, the I'nited States Indian Commissioner, at the head quarters ol the commanding General of the Depart ment of Alaska on Tuesday last. General Davis, Colonel Brady, Dr. Bailey, and Captain Mclntyre, of the array, and Madame the widow of MichaloiV, iHt chief of the Sitkas. were present, Messrs. David Shirpser, Sukon, aud William Phillips acted as interpreters. The object of the meeting was to ascertain if -the Indians would care to have schools established among tnem; a sanitary supervision exercised over their village; and an hospital and medical attendance provided for them. To alt of these proposals the Sitkas gratefully as sentcd, promising to uss their best endeavors to secure the attendance of their children and un employed grown people at schools, and to find help to aid the Sanitary Superintendent lu his efforts to cleanse ana improve tneir village, xney consented also to a grant of land on the hill-top for the erec tion of a new market for their benefit and the people's convenience, and agreed to remove such of their dead as might be in the way of the new en terprise, wnen tne question was asKeu ir tney wlhhed for a freer trailio in whisky for their tribe, they said most emphatically that they did not, and gave that as the cause of a riotous dlstubauce lu their village ine nignc neiore. -i ne interview was a most agreeable one, and "pot latching" or entertain ment was resorted to. They are very intelligent Indians, and Mr. Colyer says, "quite equal to anv that he has seen in his extended tours in the Indian countries of ihe United States." IX CHAINS. Inliuiiinn Trent men t of a Naval Prisoner. From the X. Y. Worldf this morning. A year ugo Robert D. Bogart was a clerk at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. On the 1st of December a de falcutlou of (fuooo was discovered at the yard, and Bogart was charged with belug the guilty party, lie left the country aud went to Cuba, whither he was pursued and brought back to the Navy Yard and tried by court-martial. Y'esterday he was handed over to United States Marshal Dollon for trial, the Secretary of the Navy having decided thatthe naval authorities hud no jurisdiction in the matter, Un cart tells a story which, if true, shows tho lntliction of great and unnecessary cruelty on him by the naval oillcers having him lu charge. He Bays that. for the llrst fortnight or his confinement In the Ver mont, he was loaded with double chains. At tho same time a marine, with loaded musket, stood guard over him. The commonest prison fare was Furnished him. He was treated like a convicted felon in every respect. His friends were not allowed to see him without special permission of the Secre tary of the Navy. Representations were made to the Secretary of the Navy in regard to this cruel treat ment, and Bogart was allowed the freedom or the ship. Irons were removed from his wrists, but those on his ankles he wore constantly, from tho author July until he was given into the custody or Marshal Dollon yesicraay. Our Onrmiien. From the Providence Journal, Oct. 29. We some time since referred to tho victory won at Cherbourg by a crew of tiie United States steam frigate Sabine, undor Lieutenant Commander Bart lett, ot Providence. It seems that the fame of this victory remains, ami that they may be regarded as the champion oarsmen of the Tagus as well as or the English Channel. While the frigate was at Lisbon an oiler was made to row the twelve-oared barge belonging to the Sabine with any boat belonging to the British squadron then In the harbor there. There were aiout sixteen of the finest Iron-clad shins In the British nuvv at Lisbon at the time, being a combination of the Mediterranean and Channel lleets. but the oiler of the Sabine oars. men was refused, and the British oillcers frankly acknowledged that they were afraid of being beaten. CHINA AND JAPAN. C'hlnrne F.mlnrallon Shockln Crimp al Hantiw rlnda Blow ing I'p of a J link and I.om of I.lfc. The Shanghae Krir Letter, Just at hand with other China ami Japan Journals, received by way of San Francisco, comments on the question of Chinese emigration. "We are glad to see," it says, "by the last Pacific mail papers, that In every part of the United States the question of Chinese immigration Is living earnestly discussed, and that our fellow countrymen are already clearing their minds from tbelr hazy notions of this empire. "They see millions of industrious men, In whoso hands is the key to the great problem of cheap labor In America. WJth practical men decision soon fol lows discussion, and wo may bo sure that the Southern planters and the capitalists of the newly opened West will not be long In supplying their wants by organized Immigration rrom China. It is rumored that the Pacitlc, Mall Steamship Company will aid and encourage this new passenger trailio by an early increase In their steam line. Supposing them merely to employ their spare vessels, it would be possible to have an extra steamer every mouth, which would be sufficient for a short time. But the labor demand In the United States is so multifarious that It Must soon cause an 'advance along the whole line' of China. "The province of Kwangtung will continue to send men suited for our mines and railroads, ami for such other employments as demand u certain amount or adventure and hardihood. Hut for the Southern plantations, and for the grain fields of the Northwest, it seems probable that the best laborers will be found among the quiet and docile peasantry who Inhabit theMower valleys of the Yangts.e aud Iloanglio. The mountainous provlnco of Shantung Is also known to contaiu a superfluous population, unable t i subsist olf the soil, forbidden to delve under It for mineral wealth ; many from there might be Induced to emigrate to America, Instead of to Manchuria, where the experiment of settling has been tried with Indifferent success." Intelligence has been received from Safnarlnda of a shocking murder committed on the istli of August on board the British barque. Jane, Captain s. Rich, ardson. A cabin boy on board, who had be;m de tected in tho theft of some gold ornaments belong ing to Mr. Carleton, a passenger on board, laid In wait about 7 P. M., armed with an axe, with which he struck Mr. Abel, the chief mate, on the head, in dicting a very severe wound. Mr. Abel tell stunned, and while he was down the boy struck him a second blow on the left thigh, making a gash nearly a foot In length. Mr. Carleton, hearing the nolso, went to see what was the matter, and as he stepped over the outside doorway ol the cabin, he was struck by the boy on the left breast, dividing the breast bone, three of the upper ribs, and severing the heart. The murderer escaped to the shore, where he was captured by the j it; ten authorities, wno nave commenced an inquiry Into the affair, but he is now on his way to Hong Kong for trial. The murdered man was an Ameri can, well known and respected In Hong Kong. From Swntow the Ganges reported that on tho Pith of September a large Saigon rice Junk blew up, killing about thirty Chinamen and wounding fifty more. The junk immediately sank, and had drifted foul of the Douglas' moorings when the Ganges left that port. MTHERSOX. Ills Last Moments. In a letter commending T. D. Jones' model for the Mcl'herson monument, General William E. strong, wno was inspector-General or Mcpherson's corps, says: now nanv times nave i seen mm on tne iieid or battle at the front check his horse sharply, and suddenly throw his right hand (grasping his held glass llrmly In it) on his right hip and gaze oil' at his own troops or the enemy, withnls eyes hirlf-closcd and piercing. The last time I ever saw him alive less than ten minutes before ho went down he looked just like this. While memory lasts I can never forget it. I was riding on his left, ami we were going at a rapid pace. He checked his horse so quickly that I shot by him, and wheeled my horse about and rode buck and received his last order. 1 was partially in front or him, and I watched him keen.y aud closely as his eves swept the ridge and gap between the Hues. The expres sion of Mcpherson's lace at this moment Mr. Jones has caught with wonderful accuracy. In a moment tills shai p, searching, piercing expression was gone, and the old smile crept back again over hiB faue as ne Knocked tne asncs rrom ms cigar, anu tout ine ro bring up Morgan L. Smith's division to throw in the gap, and to join him at once at Giles Smith's. In twenty seconds more he was on t-p of the enemy's line of bat'.lrt, horse and rider riddled with bullets." CUBA. ( unnlsh Connivance with the Insurrection. Y'ou are already aware of the fact that thu present Captain-General, De Rodas, has furnished the Gov ernment of Prim prool of the connivance of several prominent Spaniards witli the cause of Cuban inde pendence. The Voz de Cuba, De Kudus' organ, in referring to the telegram, says: "It is more tbnn a month since ttafl Voz dr CSihi. confi ding in document ami data of a positive nature, declared . : ;., ; W .. .1 -. . .1 . . iu. ! .... wuak w uuw hiu iu uiauiiu irnjicv i ma uuuinvauuv uo tween the icuursentsaod the Kuimblicana. and discovered by Goneral (Jaballero de Rodus, when the latter least ex- peeled it. we navo no neweominuDi'iry, tnereiore, to ada to this notice, and only once more bless the lucky star of this tioner.l. whkh has permitted him to do his country this new and inestimable service, to which, perhaps, tlio lsiana 01 uuiis owes us saivaiion. Then, to the discovery of this "connivance." and not to the "aorixolado patriotism of the great majo rity of Its Inhabitants," is due the preservation to Spain of the Antilte. Truly, these Havana journals are Batiricai without knowing it. vorreuonUeuce rem Havana. The Celebrated "Illstorlens." A London correspondent of the Chicago Vonrna'. thiiu l..o..ril,Aa Xf, Va.nnn IIukiaii, II I I in. m.l. a 'I "He is six feet two inches In height, and straight os an arrow, out spare in irame, not yec navitig reached the period when men of his stature usually expand Into rotundity. His features are bold and prominent, pleasing without being exactly hand some, aud his eye is like that of an eagle. His hand is tne smallest ana win test ana most perfectly beauti ful one that I ever saw attached even to a lady's wrist, and, if I am not mistaken, he is fully conscious of nis physical peneciion, anu u ne nas an evident weakness it is revealed in a tendency to its display. ' A Chinese Translation. In a recent work on China by the Rev. Mr. Nevius, occur some amusing illustrations of transla ting from Knglish into the Chinese jargon known as pigeon English. The author says: "1 saw, before leaving China, a translation into this dialect by an KDgllshman. or the address familiar to most school boys: 'My name is Norval;on the Grampian Hills my fajher feeds his flocks, etc. ; a few sentences of the beginning of which may bo given, by way of illustration, as follows: 'My name b'long NorVal. Tcp side Keh-lam-piau hill ine fader chow-chow he sheep.' Hardly a word of the next sentence 'A Irugal swain, whoso constant care U to Increase hU stole' has an equivalent in this poverty-stricken tongue, so a tree translation is made: 'Mv fader very small heartce man too much likee dat pieuie dolla,'" The I ; row th or Niaten 111 1SB0 Illinois had a population of SM.OOii, Mis souri of ovooo, and Iowa of llM,ouo. Ten years later the population of Illinois and of Missouri hail doubled, and that of Iowa had increased nearly four fold. The railroad system had ell'eclcd those great changes, in lsiu Iowa will have a population of l,uuu,uti0. Five railroads are being coustruct-xl east and west across the State, and others are antici pated. The plan Is to have a latitude railroad l:i each tier of counlit s, or which there are nine. The State W fertile beyond compaiison. The crop of grain raised is immense. Out of its million acres in the State, 8,uUO,ioo were devoted to grain in 1SU7, aud these produced N),Ooo,00O bushels of corn. 14,000,000 bushels of wheat, and IB.imiu.ikiii bushels of oats. Only a portion of this was used lu the State, the residue went to feed the hungry elsewhere. Tnls grain must be transferred on the railroads, and heneo we may form some Idea or the ultimate value of the railroad system or the Stale. There is no north aud south lino in the State, though one Is chartered. Iowa Is ami will be essentially un agri cultural State, and every rami will furnish freight. Kmlgration . Is constant there, aud In politics tin people are irreversibly Republican. The more foreigners come in the more intense becomes the Republican sentliuaML This is a State for tho South to tlo to. NCw alliances are recommended there. HtorW Quotation by Glendlnnlng, Davis Co, York house the following :- N. Y. Central It. 193 V N. Y. and Kile It.... B Ph. and Rea. R. 0(1'.! Teleraph-1 I. M. . report through tholr Mew PaclOoM.8 B9 Western Union Tele. BoV Tol. and Wab.lt. It.. 64 Mlch.S. and N. Lit. 8 Mil. aud 8t, Paul It. c es Mil. and tsu Paul pf.. bov Adams Express. mm Wells, Fargo. n United Htaleg fiuv Gold l'ifl Cle. and Pitt. K. . . . . hay, Chi. and N. W. com.. 6'V Chi. and N. W. pref.. 84 Chi. andK. I. R 104 Pitt., Ft. Way. & Ch. nav Market steady. SECOND EDITION LATEST S7 TULDailAPn. IORK IIOIIRORS. Terrible Conflagration in Ohio Burn ing of an Insane Asylum Ten Lunatics Roasted to Death Sinking of a British Barque in the Pacific. GENERAL HEWS. The Tennessee Constitutional Conven tionWhat it will Accomplish Johnson Anxious to be a , Delegate Affairs in the Northwest. FROM TIIE WEST. A Journnlint who Wants a Divorce. Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. St. Lonsi, Oct. :0. John Hitting, one of the editors of Das Anzdgrr, has filed a writ for a di vorce, lie having experienced bad treatment nt the Lands of his wife recently. AleC'oole leaves here on Sunday for Cincinnati, and will take up bis quarters in Kentucky. It is under Btood hero that the flht will take place twelve miles from Cincinnati. This evening MeCoolo will be presented with a set of colors. Tlio I'oync-Kcnritoii Flit lit lins fizzled, and stake-holder, Murray, has re quested the parties to withdraw their deposts. Horrible Calami! v in Ohio Ten Insane Pcrnons llnrned to Ociuti. Despatch to Thi Evening Telegraph. Guanviu.k, Ohio, Oct. 80. At 2 o'clock yes terday morning n lire occurred at the Licking County Infirmary, situated two miles south of this place. The stone and frame buildings were destroyed. The former was occupied by ten insane persons, and when the fire was dis covered, it was too late to rescue them, they being locked in their rooms, and all perished. The victims' names are John Devon, Moses Carroll, B. J. Morton, William Van Dyne, George Criucr, Samuel Clark, John McManus, Frank Martin, Julia Morgan, and Mrs. Rostover. The fire originated from the furnace. FROM THE PACIFIC COAST. Abandonment of a IlritUb Itnrnue The Crew Take to the Vnwl. - San Fkancihco, Oct. 20. The British barque Stralhshey, hence September 13 for Queens town, with a cargo of wheat, encountered u cyclono September 21th, in latitude 79-15 north, longitude 123 west, sprunk a leak, and was abandoned on tho 2ftli. ''Witb.iu three minutes after the captain and crew left the vessel she went down stern foremost. They sncceedod in getting from the vessel one hundred pounds of bread only. At first they occupied two boats, but having only one set of nautical instruments, they all took to the long boat, and shaped their course for Mount Cloud's island, distant just one hun dred miles. They were seven days and nights at sea, and were within twenty miles of tho island when tho French barque Sarceny picked them up and brought thera to this port, arriv ing to-night. They suffered severely from exposure and want of provisions. A New Railroad. The first rail of Ben Halliday's Willamette Valley Railroad, In Oregon, was laid to-day. United States Senator Williams and other pro minent Oregonians were present. Fire at Nwartzvllle. A destructive fire occurred nt Swartzvllle, California, yesterday. Tho principal buildings were burned, and the loss is heavy. The Rllnes and Indians. Additional rich mineral discoveries arc an nounced In tlio Reese river district, near C'ailln, State of Nevada. Arizona advices report that the Indians are troublesome throughout that Territory. Tho news from the Big Bug mining district is favorable. Snn Franclnco market. San Francisco, Oct. 20. Flour is Hrm at l-3T S-7S. Wheat quiet at JlfliKifTO for fair to strictly choice. Lejral-tenaers, Arrived, French barque Henenot from Bordeaux. Cleared, ship Lyttleton for Montevideo, with 8tou barrels Hour. FROM JYEW YORK. Variation In Vanderbllls. D,patch to The Eoening Telegraph. New York, Oct. 30. For the hundredth time the ever variable Vanderbilt shares are affected fey rumors of consolidation, the rumor this time stating that the basis of the arrangement will be promulgated on Monday. This time there really seems to be some probability in the story since several parties known to be iu the ring, are buying heavily. From the fact that the majority of these carry New Vork j udges in their coat-tail pockets, there is but little fear of In junctions. The money .llnrliet. Money is easy at unchanged rates. Govern ments fchow firmer feeling, with tigeuci alaclvauco of to Stocks other tlr.in tlio Vanderbllts are about steady. Tho Receivership of the Gold Exchange Bank will probably be vacateil to-day. Gold is 129 and llrmer; the shipment was 453,000 per Pcrelre. FROM EUROPE. Thin .Morning;' Uuolalloun. By the Anglo-American Cable, London, Oct 80 11 A. M. Consols, M'tf for both money and account. Auierk-an securities quiet; I lilted States 6-'J0s of of istift, old, M''d; iw.!T . m-.in, .Till.'. Stocks auiet: Kriu Rail road 2Uj : fllinols Central, (ireat Western, i!5. LlVKiu'OOt., Oct. an 11 A. M. Cotton buoyant; middllnir uplands, Via.; iniddllnjr Orleans, lr,d. The sales to-day are estimated at lfj.OiW bales. Other articles are unchanged. Ixinoon, Oct. an. Calcutta Linseed, 01s. tJ.(j'iis. Od. TliU Afternoon's Quotation. Paris, Oct, so-li-au V, M Tho Bourse opened steady; Itentes, Tlf. IM. London, Oct, 801 P. M. Consols closed at 93; for both nionev and account, I nlted States 6-20s of 1H62, bW, of istifi, old. Hltf J or 1B7, 88; 10-408, 76 ; Erie, ; Illinois Central, 87; Great Western, Livkbi'OOI, Oct 301 P. M. Cotton closed buoy ant ; upland middlings, JU'.d. : Orleans middlings. lDVtiMU'.d. The sales have been 20,000 bales, of which 7000 bales were takeu for export and specula- tlon . Lard quiet. Cheese, 69s. Od. FROM THE SOUTH. The TrnnriMtee I'onntltntlonal Convention. ' benpateh to the hvening Telegraph. i "Nashville, Oct. 30. After a good deal of discussion the Constitutional Convention bill j was perfected yesterday, and passed to its third j rending in the JIouso. It will pass In the Senate I without any material alteration. It provides for the election of one hundred delegates, to bo voted for by nil male citizens over twenty-one not convicted of any Infamous crime. After the adoption of the new constitution it w ill be submitted to tho people for their ratifica tion or rejection. An amendment was olTcred by radicals, confining tho action of the conven tion to the repeal of the franchise law and tlio removal of disabilities, but It was voted down by a party vote. Tho second Saturday in December has been set for the election of delegates, and the first Monday in January for the meeting of tho convention. ICx-Preldent .Iolinon was on the floor of the House again yesterday, and remained for some time listening to the discussion. There is little doubt that lie will be delegate to the convention. tiESERAUTlES. Curionn Phenomena. The rock in Mr. Flynt's granite quarrv at Monson, Mass., has been playing curious freaks lately. Seve ral weeks since, a sheet of rock one root thick and lltty feet square lifted Itself into the air and broke into pieces with a noise like that of cannon. The explanation seems to be that the rock to that depth hed been expanded by Ihe heat, and tho frequent passage over It of loaded teams caused It to become brittle, us does Iron or steel iiy long hammering, and at last it had not tenacity enough to hold it lu Us bed. Another remarkable phenomenon was where the rock moved up hill of Itself while yet undetached at one end. A strip of rock, 85t feet long by 6 reet deep and 8 feet wide, was split by wedges from tho main rock, anil Immediately it began to movo up hill, being free at the upper end, though the inclina tion was more than oue foot in twenty. This rock moved one and one-half Inches, and another strip, 1M feet long, moved half au inch nearly all while we were present. Amherst (Ha.) Stuient. No ForeiKiiern Nerd Apply. The Congregational Society of Milford, N. II., It appears, are iu a singular dilemma. Having re paired their church and raised their pastor's salary, they set about providing their minister with a par sonage. Contributions of fMiOj were made, au I a house bought, the deed drawn up, and the money ready to be paid, when it was found that the owner could not give a deed satisfactory to the committee of the society. The former deed, the Nashua Tele graph Bays, was given in Know Nothing times, for bidding the sale of the land to any foreigner, aud also forbidding any foreigner to ever reside or build upon it. As It is possible that the society m.iv at some time desire a raster not "to the manor born," and as such a one would be precluded from residing in the house In question, It is not likely that any property will be purchased on such un'reiHona'ilo terms. A Memorial Edifice. List Spring ()'anre Judd. p;oprietor of the Amri can Agrieulturixt, lost a most promising boy. Willie, though only twelve years of ap'.hud travelled all over the continent, visited every European capital, was a line musician, an excellent draughtsman, and con versant with the Nreek. Latin, and French lan guages. Willi all his accomplishments Wil le pos sessed a lovely character, and lie was with giod rea son the Idol of his parents and a loving circle or friends. He was ready to enter the second of third term, sophomore year, of college, and was eagerly looking forward to the dav when he should leive for tho college at Mlddletown, Connecticut. For months succeeding his death his rather was almost heart broken. He has now presented JOt.lHio to tho Mid dictown University to erect a natural science build ing as a memorial edifice to his dead boy Willie. Correspondence Chicago Journal. The MInmIdnIiipI Rnr. The New Orleans ITice Current is beginning to despair or any permanent relief from the drawbacks to commerce resulting from the shallowness of the water at the Mississippi bars. Many projects have been suggested, and some made to deepen the waier, out ume siiusianiiai oeoeui lias Deen realized. It is now proposed to use I lie Government, dredger to tow vessels through the mud, as her ability to clear it away has proved a failure. The vol ume of water on the bars varies considerably, there being a greater depth of water on theiu whea the river is from twelve to fifteen feet below high-water mark, than when at a high stage. In tho former case the tides flow further in, and on their return carry out large quantities of deposit, while in the latter the bulk or the river water breaks the rorceor the sea-tide right on the bars, and causes a large deposit. The anxiety concerning the impedi ments In approaching New Orleans is increasing as the efforts of the rival (Jtilf city are developed to make up by increased railroad facilities for the ad vantage the former enjoys by her situation at the mouth or the Mississippi. A 1'rafiT Jail Ilird. James Brophy, who escaped rrom the Auburn (Me.) jail on Thursday, the 2th Instant, madj his escape while the jailor was In the Jail. Jailor Llttle licld did not leave his key iu the door, but locked tho Inside door from the Inside, on entering tho jail, and put the key In his pocket. The prisoners were at the time taking their exercise In the balconies. The jailor passed into another part of tho jail, out or sight or the door. As soon as his back was turned, the desperado Brop.iy took out of his pocket a false key he had devised, unlocked the door and went noiselessly out, locking the outside door, In which he key was lelt, from without aud thus locking the jailor in! Brophy made tracks, but Is supposed to be concealed lu this city, The false key he left in the door. He borrowed a pair of scissors of a prlsoner.ostenslblv to mend some cloth ing, but used them in cutting up a tin dipper, out of which he ingeniously made his false key, usiuir a nail for the handle. The tin is or many thicknesses. aud lits the lock precisely. The lock is one decidedly too simple ror Jail use. The handle Is made by wind ing a black cloth neatly around the nether end of the key, on which the cool constructor worked lu white thread the patriotic legeud "liJd.'' Lewiston (Me.) Journal. LEGAL ITJTELLIGEriCI!. Court of (dinner fSeanloni. THE DISTUkT ATTOllNEYSllll'. This, niorniug George W. Hiddle, Ksq., asked his II....... J1 ...lrrA AlliQMlk ti. Hv nil llfltll. I'..,' lt Illllll'l VIIUv .llimini t m u. I...U. .... ..... iivi.iiii of the petition lor a rehearing and recount iu the contested eleotiou for District Attorney, ami the Judge said lie would be willing to hear itat I'.' o'clock, lu the Common Pleas court-room. KEII. M'l.All.III.lN. This young gentleman, who distinguished himself as a treadi'-rous witness Ui the great lsrooks assas sination case, and who was bound over to aus.vcr a charge of complicity in the cowardly ussau't upon Mr. Brooks, having taken out a writ of habeas cor pus for hli discharge, as this m irnlng escorted Iiitw court by a posse of policemen, who guuded him to prevent uBy attempt at eseaiie. Tne case being called, Kevcuue Delect ivu James .1. Uiooks was sworn as a witness for the Oiuimou wealth, and nar rated the clreumsUiiecs of the attack made upon him on the Otn of September tn Keemu's store, in Front street, above -AMi, us lie testilied at the trial of Marrow and Dougherty, saying that he could not identify McLaugliliu as the man who dtovo tlio car riage. Cornelius Xuplieys, a young gentleman doing busi ness in l'ront street, near Keeiiau's store, said he saw the men who saw the carriage, but could uot Identity the prisoner as that man. W. J. Thomas, who saw tho currla go several days in Krout street, and on the day that Mr. lirooks was shot, saw the driver, aud recognised McLaughlin as t li man. Tills identification of him was positive and absolute. W. If. II. Taylor saw the carriage but could uot recognize the driver. Detectives Franklin and Trvon, who met the car riage iu Callowhili street, ueur Front, ideutliied the prisoner as the driver. McLaughlin's counsel appeared now to give up lithe liope or a discharge under this writ, and applied himself solely to the reduction of the amount of bail rrom jio.ouo to Jaioo or faooo. But his Honor remanded him for trial in the origi nal bail, 120,000. Court of Common Plea Jndjjei Pelroe aud Paxaoa. To-day the Court, on motion or I. Newton Brown attorney pro Sarah Meade, the committee or Nicholas Meade, a lunatic, ordered a mandamus to Issue against the "Assumption Ilenellcial Society," and "The St, Vincent's beneficial Society," to compel them to pay to said Sarah the amount of heneiita I due, or show cause to the contrary thgreof, Old Nlrk'a Wife. Demonogrsphers of old railed to mention that that interesting old fellow who smells or gunpowder had a 'better Imir. This historical omission Is supplied In the following account of the lato New England earth quake. Says the Boston Traveller:-. 8 Woa!"1.1,1 Ilv,n(t a "ul north of Harvard Col mH .? r,,,K' .wttl' awakened out or a A,1., " ,1TP f"1'1 ftt BrBt tll0Kbt the Watcrtowu J1 Sai,tb'owln "P-, His bed was quite violently I l i " no'1"tally four times from north to hnttM.A T'V"6 rtolf8tlo in his family, ti me rcft'caro,K8l.aud who, for the urs which 1! .IT?'1'11 t0 8lcel' In a room ln inrli nt th hn.!v m ? recently died, was so fright ened at the shock that she came wildly rushtno to old -nmH m,U,"Vl":!"Kl "V."1 m!ssusTtt.e the bed !'" uU! 11,0 0lJ '0,Ulin ls uu,,ur I'lNANCU Attl COMMEHCC Orrioa or tee Kvimna Tkumimfr.i Saturday, Oct. 3 , 1S69. I With an active demand for money to-day, and no perceptible increase ln tho supply, tho market wears a decidedly stringent look, vail money Is nominally quoted nt i 7 per cent, but there ls little or none to be had at the lower figure, even on Uovernraent col laterals, whilst on mixed stock securities 9 10 per cent Is asked aud obtained. The tlrm tone of the market ls not due to the activity of general trade, as this Is quite moderate, but to the credit system on which has been based much of the Western trade this season, nnd which hasrf ndered It nece'sary that ninny of our best com mercial houses should tail buck upon their lo-'R' credit to carry them through until scttkments can be effected with their Western customers. The rates of discount In the Of.cn marker, are quite Hi in, as the banks arc not in a condition to ailonl much relief. The gold market ls stronger to-day. Sales at the opening at VJS advancing before noon to lS'i. Government bonds coniltiuc dull, but prices are strong. The stock market was exceedingly dull, but prices on the whole Bhow au Improvement. In Sine secu rities there were sales of (is at 108 for the third series. Cliy 8s were Unit at ino'. Lehigh gold loan closed at V4 V bid, but with no sales Reading Kailroad was extremely dull, but prices advanced, closing at 48 B-lBitfls-; Pennsylvania Kailroad Improved, selling at tsy. 62 was offered for Minehill ; 87!,', b. o., for Catawlssa preferred : and as for Philadelphia and Erie. ' Canal shares met with no sales. Bids of 14 b. 0. for Schuylkill Navigation preferred, and 33'4" for Lehigh Navigation. In the balance of the list there were no transactions to report, aud the bids were nominal as to ail'ord no Indication as to the tone of the market. Iu the cotton trade we notice the following re ceipts at I'nited states ports: hale: ror the week ending Oct. 2! ho.ooo Same time lsos o5,ooo Increase 15,000 PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES. Reported by De Haven A Uro., No. 40 S. Third street. FIHST m.VRD. Jfiooo Clty6s,New.ls.ioo KWshRead R..M3. 4fly 69 sh Penna R-lg.c. b6Z b sli Leb Val.allot. lois.x. 52 03 do.alloun's MX f moo i'a its A se.li5.10S 13000 N Pa 7s... ls. so t"-'A0 Ch A Del Hs . 05 12000 ScN 0s,'7... 77 Jay Cooks A Co. quote Government securities as follows: U. 8. 6s of 1881, 1 IIP, (41 19)4; B-ii0s of 182, 119J..120; do., 18H, 117)j0llS; do., Iixi5, US'.'O ; do., July, 1865, HG't$lltP; ; do. da, 1667, llli' ,110,'.., ; do., 1868, 116jdYllO;, ; 10-408, 107V109; Cur. 68, 107?,(n:lii7k ; Hold, 128?i. Messks.Dk Haven & Bkothrr, 40 No. 8. Third street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations: U. 6sof 18sl, UO'linr o. 1862, 119y.ii0; do. 1864,117;.llS;do. 1865, llSV118!j ; do". 1865, new, llil.'.tAlloA, i do. 1867, do. ll.i110 ; do. 1868, do., iig(iio' ; HMOs. 107 i(t08: u. 8. 30 year 6 per cent. Currency, 10704107; Due Conip. Int. Notes, 19 ; Gold, 12S129 ; Silver, 125l27)tf. Messhs. William Painteii Co , No. 3 s. Third street, report the following quotations: U. a 6s or 1881, llOMtSm WWWsof 1862, 119JfU9 ; do. 1864, Il7ll7i; doTli5, HS'us.v; do. July, 1865, liiH6x; do. July, 1867, Il6rf(ail0'; do. July, 1868, llti,.lftiill6)i i 63, 10-40. 107107 ;'V. & PaclUO R. Cy. 63, 107i1075.'. Gold, 12o;,12. Market firm. . Philadelphia, Trade Report. SATtKUAV, Oct. 30. The Flour market is quiet, there being no demand execnt, from the home con sumers, who purchased a few hundred barrels, in lots, at 5WnB-75 for superfine, firt-25 for extras, fti !'7.(a7 for Northwestern extra ramllv, j6-25r6-i5 ror Pennsylvania do. no., fa 00(7 ror Ohio and' In diana do. do., and J7iwf9-ee for rancy brands, ac cording to quality. Rye Flour sells at fd. There is no Improvement to notice In the demand ror Wheat, and only .sooo bushels Western and Penn sylvania red sold at l-37l-40. White ranges from $l-55tolt!5. Rye may be quoted at Jl-05.iio. Corn is Inactive; sales of lnoo bushels yellow at 1 1 ; a lot of new do. at bile, ; looo bushels high Western mixed at Stic. ; and 8000 bushels do. on secret terms. Oats attract but little attention; sales at 67(a,5Sc for Pennsylvania and Western. Bark The last sale of No. 1 Quercitron was at tuVM) per ton. Sec ds There Is some Inquiry for Cloversced, with sales at t7a7-12)tf. Timothy is held at t:t'37' J(S3-so. Flaxseed is lower and sells at J-472 60 per "bushel. W hisky is quiet. 85 barrels wood-bound Western sold at f 1-18. LATEST .IHPrG..ILLIOCIJ? For additional Marine News see Inside rages. (Bu Te'tgraph.) FonTiiKHB MoNiioE.Oot. llu. Arrived, barque Adelaide Pendearast, from Kio, for orders. The buniue Adelaide Pendegrust, Chichester, from Rio for Baltimore, apoke, Oct. Hint, in lat. Is Is S., Ions W., barque O. Warwick, from Kio for New York; on the Ha, apoke acbr Harriot Thomua, from Rin for New Vork and on the same day siRnalled a barque, bouud north' bnwinp " Trowbridge A Son." New Yokk, Out. 30. Arrived, steamship America, from Bremen. (Bu Anfito-Amtrirm Otble.) Glasgow. Oct. 30. Arrived, temhips Britannia, from New York, and Germany, trom Quebec. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. OCTOBER 30. STATS OF TDEBMOMITEB AT THS rVKNINO TaXKOBAPH orrico. 7 A. M 35 1 11 A. M... 44 UP. M CLEARED THIS MORNING. Steamship Kanita. Uro.ike, New York. John F. Obi. bteamio JuaSUreen, Pace, Richmond via Norfolk, Stenmer G. H. Stout, Ford, Georgetown and Alexandria W. P. Clyde A Co. '" Steamer Brmtol, Wallace, New York, W. P. Clyde A Co. 8c br H. B. McOauley, Cain, Boston, Sinnickwu A Co Scbr T. Sinnickon, Dickeraon, Hoilon, Ho. Schr James Ponder, Hudson, Boston, clol Scbr Blondell, Cbnpinan, Provincetown, do. Scbr Annie aud Bobsie, Cook, halem, do. Scbr Alphonso, Vincent, Salem, t0 Scbr S. J. BriKut. Sbaw, Providence, ilo. Schr lla.ellon, Gardner, Tauuton, do. Schr 1. Oiiviilaon. Smith, Somernet, do. Scbr I.. A. May, Baker. Providenoe, do Schr S. W. Woodruff, llunkell, Portiiuioutb.N.H.,do. Schr H. J. Hodgera, Rudders, Kiobwund, Va., ticott. Wal ter 4 Co. Schr Sidney O. Tyler. Nttielmnn, 8avannah, do. Schr David Collina, Townaend. 'hurlnxton, u. Barge Maria Cnnuelly, Connelly, New York, do. UurKi) Schuylkill Boy, Maltbxwg, New York, do. Barns W. H. Dean, Monroe, New York, do. Barge No. 7:1.1, Dunn, Now Yoik, do. Barge No. o!'H, Hunt. New York, do. Baign No. 121. Conway, New V ork, do. Tug Tbomaa Jefferson, Allen, Baltimore, with a tow of barges. W. P. Clyde A Co. " low 01 Tug Commodore, Wilson, llavre de Uruce, with a tow nf barges to W. P. Clyde 4 Co. low 01 ARRIVKD tTuS MORNING. Steamship Aries, Wiloy, 00 hours from Boston, with mdao. to H. Wiusor A Co. Off the Cross Ledge, saw a baripie at anchor ; oft Linton's, one brig ; a light brig oama npasfaraatbeBraudywine Lijjht, and weut back to thl 1 Breakwater. Steamer New York, Jones, from Georgetown and Ala andiia.witb nulso. to W. P. Clyde A Co. X" Steamer Chester, Joiioh, H hours from New York. with, milse. to W. P. Clyde A Co. ' Steimer 11. L. Caw, Webb, 13 hours from Baltimore witt nidse. to A. (iroves, Jr. w Stoauier J, s. Sbiivor, Her, 13 hours from Baltimore with mdse. to A. Groves, Jr. ' Scbr Clyde, Cae, from Boston. Scbr K. A L. Cordery, Grace, from Boston, Schr H. A. Rogers. Uranuier, from Boston. Scbr 8. J. Bright, Sbaw, from Boston. Scbr Trade W ind, Corson, from Boston, Schr 8. A. Hoffman, 1 tollman, from Boston. Schr O. 8. Fdwartls, Corson, from Boston. Scbr M. A. Westcott, Candy, from Lyun. Schr J. W. Woodruff, Haskell, fromNew Haven Scbr Evergreen, Buuoe. from Providence Schr J. D. McCarthy. Simpson, from Providenoe. Schr M. P. Hudson, tall, from Portsmouth, N H Tug Hudson Nicholson, from Baltimore, with a'tow of barges to W. P. Clyde A Co. ww ul Tug Chesapeake, Merriliew, from Havre de Grace, with a tow of barges to w. P. Clyde A Co. miu c. .. MEMORANDA. Steamship Prometheus, Cray, lor PhiU.dolnM ..;i.. from Charleston yesterday. ruiaelphi, sailed d Steamabip Brunette, Howe, hence, at New York yester- Steamer Rattlesnake, Mershon, benos for Boston was. IDgulund Light, Capo Cod, yesUrUay V, M, '