7 ? IH j (T"rr U I U i , Ji-JLLo LL. J. J. VOL. X. NO. 130. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 18G9. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. TSTlRMJlMCQ- I luiltLi FIRST EDITION ii a. T I. nportant News The Fall of Cape IHaytien The Capture of Sal nare's Navy -Continued Successes of the In surrectionists. ftc.t lite, lite. Etc. Etc. frpm the N. T. Herald of to-day. St. Marc. Nov. 18. 1889 News m received In this city yesterday that the sinking 01 the HUlo learner Artibonlte, formerly used as a transport. and the capture of the Fleur de Marie, by the llay, tlen steamer Terror, alia Picquolt, the last acquisi tion of Salnave. Both vessels, however, had time to onload their cargoes and to land their crews In safety. In the afternoon of yesterday a schooner brig from Fort-au-Prlnce for New York came Into this bay and landed six young men who had run away from Salnave. These young men conflrn the "prouuncla jnento" of Vlctorln Chevalier against Salnave, and also that of his Joining the revolutionists, with all the forces under hira. As you already know, this is the general who surrendered the town of Oonalves to the revolutionary party two months ago. After this he was appointed by Salnave to the command of the forces besieging Jacmel. which position he occu pied until the 4th of November, when ho yielded to the revolution and declared himsell against Salnave. -' He was reeeived with enthusiasm lu Jacmel, and the day after, the nth, taking with him all the pickets that had surrounded Jacmel for fourteen months, he marched on to Port-au-Prince, In company with general Vll Lubln, a warm partisan of Salnave. Vlctorln, on advancing, sent General Lubin forward with 200 men. In order to take possession of Rlzoton fort near Port-au-Prince) In the name of the revo lution. But Vll Lnbln, having taken possession of tide fort In fact, continued for Port-au-Prince, and ttns divulged the plan of actton to Salnave. Vlctorln, learning the defection of Vll Lubln, re peated to Llogane, and was marching against Petit .oave and Grand Goave, there to Jolu the rebel Army from the south, when both armies will resume Ahelr march on to Port-au-Prince, f Salnave Is making preparations to receive his foes. Nwd is foitlfylng the town, lie is intrenched in his balace, and swears that he will play his lost card there, and, sooner than surrender, he will blow up (he city and burn it to ashes before he abandons his (eat or government. This afternoon the news of the taking of Cape laytlen and the capture of the war vessels Alexan der Pctlon, Balnave, and Roullloue, in the port of v'ape Haytlen, was received. So that at present Sal ave has nothing remaining for him belonging to the v public of Ilayti, except the arrondlssement and I' e city of Port-au-Prince V mE UAYTIEN NAVY. he Rebel Bam Atlnnln Her Departure Tor llaytl. itn the early fart of May last much inquiry was kclted in Philadelphia by the mysterious purchase I the late Rebel ram Atlanta from the Government. Me was taken from League Island to Neafle & Levy's ehipyard, and Mr. Sidney Oaksmlth, a lawyer of this lit j, and once United States Consul at llaytl, ar ranged with that firm for sundry repairs and altera Jous. . ' The hull and battery casing were substantial, and Y I machinery in tolerable order. The guns had be, en removed, but no person was allowed to enter M sow tne battery aecK. The instructions were not uypuiine vessel in regular ugnting trim, out merely I vf prepare her for a short sea trip. This trip was Mpposed to be for Cuba, although it was said that We purchase of the vessel was a private speculation. On the 8th Inst., alter becoming ready for hex, the vessel was seized by the Custom House authorities, on the order of Secretary Boutwcll, under the plea of an infringement of the neutrality laws. A& arma ment of four cannon had been placed on board, to gether with small arms, ammunition, seventy-live men, ?and; the necessary provisions. Explana tions were, however, made, and the Government became satfslledthat the vessel was merely intended tor the Government of llaytl. She was, therefore, released, and Mr, Sidney Oaksmlth, who has acted as agent of the Haytlen Government lu the aiUlr, will sail In her to-morrow. The Haytlen Rebels against the Government of Salnave are said to have oirered Mr. Oaksmlth an advance on the purchase money of f 100,000 in gold, If he would turn the ram over to them. The cannon on board are two 180 pound rilled guns on pivots, firing from the front aud sldo ports, and two 100 pound broadside rifled guns. She is under the com mand of Rear-Admlral F. Ellms. of the Haytlen navy. Mr. Oaksmlth has made two trips to llaytl sliice May, and asserts that after several attempts to uce nis aerencuon irom sainave, his 100a was soned. 'he Atlanta was originally an English Clyde-built amer, and ran the blockade on the 12th of Sep- ioer, lsei, unner tne name or me r mgai, naving .... ...1 anwAMl hAttAna Af Dlnl'allt ml nil ,1 n ,1 er munitions of war, all of which were landed in fvannah. During the following January she at- noted to leave that port with a thousand bales of itton, but was prevented by the gunboat Wlssa i knn. fine was then unloaded and converted into I iron-clad, first nnder the name of the Georgia, but bsequeutly under that of the Atlanta. On the 84th January, 1S63, she was ordered to en ige the Union blockading squadron, aud, in the uneral fire, run out to sea. This order was, how ver, countermanded, and on the 7th June she ' ached the head of Wilmington river by the way of L Augustine creek. In Warsaw Sound she was iptured by the monitors WeehaWken and N ah ant, id was fully equipped and provisioned for a year. J. Y. World of thin morning. - AN AMAZON. V Plttsharger Attacked by Rufflans-lTIs Wife (Interferes and t-SlH.be one of the Assailants. The Pittsburg CommereM of yesterday has the ollowlng : ( About eleven o'clock last night Officers William vber and Lawrence Cook arrived at the watch use with a woman named Mrs. Mary Higglns, h"ra they-stated to Captain Heed had beeu ar rested for stabbing a man named Selbert. Her has and had been lu a fight with four men, and she had interfered in his behalf, stabbing one of the assail mts of her liege lord Selbert as above stated, k upuiin Reed very reluctantly received the prlsouer, eoause of the men not having been arrested, but 'inally concluded to lock the prisoner up until the matter could be investigated, v After being placed in a cell, the woman, who by to way appears to be respectable, staated tbat her :sbsnd went away from their house on Pike street, Vir fourteenth, early yesterday morning, and she iird nothing more of him until after dark last eaing, when she ascertained that he was quarrcl- with some men a short distance from the m, IBlie immediately ran out with a child in her as, a little girl two years old, and noticing that v husband was down, and that four men were beat ;Uim, asked a woman named Connors to hold her tl while she would go and save her husband. Her 'lest was complied with, when she went among uwu, and catching one of them by the shoulders, l,"w him off the prostrate form of tier husband, ,.t then one Of the assailants she does know which one.' neither does know the names of any of them) knocked her m, and she was almost smothered In the mud. i u she arose to her feet her husband has regained equillbilum and the assailants had withdrawn. -,-Jr husband wanted to follew them, but the wife ln I N'Hted that he should go Into the nearest house, Mr. Carnes', and she would see after his hat, which had been lost in the melee. He consented, and she picKea up his hat aud carried It to him. After the ti'lray had terminated, Higglns was examined, and )m was lound to have suHtalued two ugly gashes on tlie ton of the head, Inflicted by either a knife or a Kick from a boot. His wounds were attended to ' properly, aud although painful are not considered ''"iigcrous. nt now comes the singular part of the affair the st of Mrs. Illggin8. It seems that about half an ir after it occurred Offlcers Barber and Cook d at the house where Mrs. Higglns was, and re nted her to accompany them to the Mayor's oltloe, ng tlrnt a man named Selbert had been seriously ut-,'1 in the breast during the affray jutt de od, aud that she was charged with using the lira. Higglns asked permission to go home chunge her dress, the one she had on being -1 with mad, but it seems that privilege was d ner. Afterwards, however, she was allowed ud for another dress, and after procuring it was rt hed to the lock-op. where she now la awaiting a irlw?. Two of her children were in bed when she luime, and the other, the little girl referred to, a bitterly when her mother was compelled to go !i tas ofllcera. RAILWAYS. A furious Chapter of Kallwav Mnnnnempnt The Pennsylvania Central and the Erie Itoadw. Peter B. Sweeney, the Bismark of Tammany Hall, has been Interviewed, after the latest fashion of Journalism, and while on the rack the following con fession was extorted from him. It reveals an im portant item in the railroad history of the country, and, If trne (which we have reason to doubt, while we have every respect for the high moral character and great ability of Mr. Sweeney), It shows that our Pennsylvania Itallroad is UBing every exertion to direct the Western commerce of the continent to this city, with the Interests of which it is so closely connected. We are aware that the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroad secured the passage of an act which was approved the third day of Febru ary, 1869, which provided for a ciasslDcation of the Board of Directors as stated by Mr. Sweeney. There was no act of the Legislature of 18C9 relative to tho Pennsylvania Central Railroad published in the laws for this year. Plain, UnvnrnlMhed Tnle of "The Erie Bill" (Infolded. Reporter While on general subjects, how about the "Krie bill" that the Republican press make so much fuss about? Sweeney There never was a subject so misrepre sented and misunderstood. The Republican press have lied about it with a purpose. The bill In ques tion Is Just as much a New York Central Railroad as it Is an Erie bill, Is in precise words a copy of the law adopted by the Republican Legislatures or Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana, and an- f roved by the Republican Governors of those States, t was passed by the Legislature in this State when both branches were Republican. The vote on its passage In the Senate wns nearly unanimous. It was laid on the table in the Assembly for about a month for objections, but none came. The bill pro vides that a certain number of directors shall go out each year Instead of the whole board, but it does not Interfere with tho power of the courts to correct abuses, nor docs It tie up legislation. It can be repealed at any time. It has not been of any prac tical value to either the Erie or Central road. The Erie stockholders at their election in October last unanimously elected an entire new board without availing themselves of the advantages of tho law. The bill was Introduced Into our Legislature purely as a defensive measure against the action in the Pennsylvania Legislature looking to the control of the Erie road in t lie interest of that State and sub ordinate to the Pennsylvania Central, by which the trade of the West would he diverted to Philadelphia from New York. The Pennsylvania Legislature, having passed a bill precisely like that under con sideration for the protection of the Pennsylvania Central, authorized the company to make a large foreign loan, which It leaked out was intended to buy up the Erie stock for the purpose I have indicated; Governor Hoffman held on to the bill for objections, but not a single stock holder remonstrated against it. Those who did confer with him, urged him to sign the bill as being calculated to settle the wrangling and issuing of stock to control the road, and likely to work to the advantage of the stockholders. At all events It was an experiment, and if it did not work well it could be repealed at any time. Since Its passage the stock has been registered and its capital is on a permanent basis. If the Governor had not signed the bill, and the result had been that the Pennsyl vania Central obtained control of the Erie road, he would have been condemned on all hands for the undue and Improper exercise of tho veto power. This is the plain, unvarnished tale of "the Erie bill." Why don't the Republican press pitch Into Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania, and the Republican Gover nors of the States I have named, for having signed the same bill, word for word? The bin has thus far been of no advantage to either the Central or Erie road, and does no harm that I can see, because the vole for the new Erie Board of Directors was unani mous, as I have stated. It had one advantage it arrested the schemes of the Pennsylvania Central road to obtain the control of the Erle and divert trade to Pennsylvania. A WONDERFUL JOURNEY. A 8evcn-yrnr'Ol4 Hoy Walt Tro Thousand Allien with a Crazy Father. ,. . From the Cairo HI.) liuMin, Abe. 24. Many of our local readers will be able to recall a memory or one samuei ii. donnson, an individual who wore a perfect shock of red hair, and delighted in the sobriquet of "Professor." Although not a resident of the Immediate city, he was daily In our streets, and by his quaint ways, strange and some times Incoherent expressions, attracted considerable attention. Those who knew him well knew his mind to be bordering on insanity, while others probably ascribed his Irregular demeanor and rambling speech to an occentrlc nature. He sometimes appeared in our streets bareheaded and frequently barefooted, treutlng all who approached him with due courtesy, but permitting familiarity on the part of none. Early last Bummer the "Proressor," without any preparation, and even without announcing his pur pose to his wile, left home, taking with him a little Bon aged about seven years. A day or two was per mitted to pass by, the wife and mother anticipating an early return of the husband and ehild ; but as they came not, she Instituted inquiry as to their wherea bouts. Although understanding the unsettled con dition of the husband's mind, slio never believed for a moment that he had summarily disposed or him self, and she was equally assured or the safety or the child. Weeks and months passed, yet no tidings came of the absent ones. It could not even bo ascertained by what conveyance .they left the city. They had departed with such clothing as they had on their persons, and if the "Professor" had auy money, his wife was not aware of the fact. A few weeks ago Mrs. T. received a letter from Dr. Taggart, at' Salt Lake City, enclosing to her a paragraph clipped from a California paper. This paragraph announced that; a man, answering the description of her husband, accompanied by a seven year old boy, had been arrested as an Insane person near Sacramento, California. He was ragged and travel-worn, and the little boy was in a condition equally pitiable. The whole distance from Cairo to California had been made by them on foot. They had travelled steadily, begging food on the way, sometimes fasting and thirsting for days, but con tinuing their journey the while, at if the route abounded in extravagant plenty. The "professor," Inspired by the idea thatCallfornla'was indeed a land of gold, exerted a superhuman strength, carrying the toy In his arms for hours after the lad's wearied legs had refused to support him further. Night and day, week after week, the Journey was pnrsued, until the gap between them and home had widened out to a distance of more than two thou sand miles, closing the last day with a walk of over thirty miles. Stopping for food and rest at a resi dence a few miles distant from Sacramento, the "l'rofessor" betrayed such unmistakable evidences of Insanity that the "man of the house" felt called upon, In the Interest or humanity, to have him properly prov hied for. The following day a Jury of inquest was; Impaneled, aud upon their verdict the "Professor" was admitted into the Stockton Insane Asylum, where he now is. These facts being communicated by the news paper paragraph spoken of, the relatives of the un fortunate man placed themselves in correspondence with the keeper of the Asylum, and, by a recent mail, received a photograph or the "Proiessor," which any one who knows him will recognize at sight, The HUlo boy speaks of affectionate and pa rental treatment durlDg the long and laborious Journey, and of the father's rrequent and remarkable Beil-denioi ior nis comiuru Philadelphia Trade Report. Tuesday, Nov. 80. The Flour market Is without perceptible change, and In the absence of any de mand for shipment, only 900 barrels were taken in lots by the local trade, at f55-23 for superfine; S'8TX6'62X for extras; t5-T68-8T.tf for Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra family; t&38-3T) for Pennsylvania do. do. ; 1038-60 for Ohio do. da ; and noT-60 for fancy brands, according to quality, Rye Flour sells at $8 V barrel. There is no improvement to notice in the Wheat market, the demand being limited to the wants of the local millers. Small sales of Pennsylvania and Delaware red at fl-80l8& Rye may be quoted at 1-101-1X Corn Is in fair request at former rates. Sales of -old yeUow at tl'OS&l-lo, and 4000 bushels new do. at 8To. for damp up to 95c for prime dry. OaU are unchanged. 8000 bushels Pennsylvania, Western, and Delaware at 0O62a Nothing doing In Barley or Malt. Bark The last sales of No. l Quercitron was at 130-60 v ton. Seeds Cloverseed la In steady demand, with sales of 400 bushels at 8-208-60 V M pounds, an ad vance. Timothy may be quoted at 13-60, Flaxseed sells to the crushers at t'i-UO. Whisky is not so firm. It Is offered at tl-oellO V rllon for wood and iron-bound Western. SECOND EDITI01N LATEST DT TSLSORAFQ. A Royal Snob How Prince Alfred, of England, was Taught Manners Woman Righters and Wo man Strikers. An Absorbinj Old Question Finally Settled A Jnry Definitely De clares that Lierer Beer is not an Intoxicating Drink. utc, JEtc, i:tc, i:tc, iuc FROM WASHING TON. The Chenapcake and Ohio Ilallroad. Despatch to the Associated Prest. Washington, Nov. 30. As much Interest is manifested in the Chesapeake aud Ohio Rail road, the following particulars are made known. The eastern terminus is Richmond, and the Western at the mouth of tho Big Sandy river. The length of the line, complete to the White Sulphur Springs, is.225 miles, and incomplete, 200 miles. The cost of tho construction, esti mated nt gold prices, $12,000,000; debt, $3,000 000; estimated cost of completion, $10,000,000. Tho amount to he furnished by the contract ing parties is $15,000,000. Its connections will be: Western via Lexington, Kentucky, Louis ville, St. Louis, and Memphis, via tho river route Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago, and In dianapolis via the Chlllicothe and Columbus branch lines, embraced lu the charter; Coving ton to Lynchburg, 100; Coalsmouth to Point riensant, 45 miles. The total vote of the stock holders nt the recent meeting was 56,000 6hares, of which 51,000 were ca6t for the contract, and 5000 against it. Special Dexjmtch to The Evening Telegraph. Washington, Nov. 30. The reported re moval of rostmaster-Gcneral Creswcll is in correct. Mr. Earle, the First Assistant Post-mastcr-Gcncral, h.is resigned, and Mr. Marshall, of New York, a personal friend of Mr. Cres well, has been appointed in his pi ace. The ap pointment was made nt the instance of Mr. Creswcll. . A Royal Snob. Denpateh to The Evening Telegraph. Washington, Nov. 30. In a despatch just re ceived from the flagship of tho Asiatic squadron, the following reference is made to the arrival at Yokohoma of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred. The Prince saluted Admiral Keppel (English), but did not salute cither Admiral Rowan or the French commander. The day following ho hoisted his. royal standard, which every one sainted with twenty-one guns. After the firing waa over, word came on board that his Koyal Highness would have a reception on shore, and people wishing. to know hlra could have an Introduction. As he had not treated the American or French com manders with common courtesy in the matter of the salute, they botn declined to attend. This caused considerable talk, and the next morning Prince Alfred hauled down his royal standard, hoisted the "gridiron" at tho fore-top, saluted first the American Admiral with thirteen guns, and afterwards the French, thus acknowledging the corn. Danger to a U. H. Steamer. Tho U. S. steamer Idaho, on this station, was last month caught in a typhoon, and was only saved by being worked to port under jury masts. Her bottom is so badly damaged that she will be turned Into a storeship at Yohohama. The President and the Jew. Deapateh to The Evening Telegraplu Washington, Nov. 30. This morning a dele gation, consisting of Messrs. Wolf, Solomon, Sadler, Jacobsou, and Abram, introduced by Governor Boutwcll, waited on the President, and laid before him an appoal to use his best efforts with tho Czar of Russia, through our Minister resident there, to effect a reconstruction or modification of the late ukase, which expatriates 2000 Jewish families Into the interior of Russia. The President, in response, said that It was too late In the day to persecute any one ou account of religion, race, or color, and that it would give him great pleasure to lay their appeal before the Cabinet about to assemble. FROM NEW YORK. Murder In Williamsburg. New York, Nov. 30. Oillcer Langan was this morning called on to protect the inmates of a boarding house in Williamsburg against a raid on them by a drunken rufllan named Moore. Moore fired at but missed the oflicer, who re turned the fire, blowing out Moore's brains. Langan gave himself up and Moore was taken to the dead-houso. Air. ItlchardMon'a Condition. New York, Nov. 3011 A. M. Richardson Is not as well this morning as yesterday. He is comfortable, but his symptoms are less favor able. Arrivals. The Pcreire arrived to-day from Havre and Brest. Among the passengers arc S. B. Ruggles, the delegate to tho International Congress at the Hague; General Thomas and family; James G. Bennett, Jr.; and Senator Chandler and family, of Michigan. Infringement of Patent. Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. New York, Nov. 30 Proceedings were com menced to-day by the owners of the patent for the Nicolson pavement to recover $00,000 from the city for the construction and use of the so called McGonagle pavement, which it is claimed is an infringement of tho Nicolson patent. A similar suit in Chicago has boon decided In favor of the plaintiffs. New Yosk money and Stock Market, Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.. Money is more active at 07. Discounts unchanged. Gold still exhibits great weakness. To demonstrate the excitement now existing It need only be said that the brokers rendezvoused at the Fifth Avenue notel last night, and there continued the operations of the day. The open ing price this morning was 122; but it rapidly fell to 121, and thence to . In sympathy with gold there was also a fall of about In the Government bond market, currency bonds only remaining steady. Stocks are weak and Ir regular, the main feature being Northwest, wlkb le being beavily bulled. FROM NJSWt EJVQLAND. Arrangement for KerrUIng the Peabodr Re main. Denpateh to The Evening Telegraph. Boston, Nov. 30. Tho city government paiscd an order last evening to make arrange ments for the reception of tho remain of the late George. Fcabody, which are expected to ar rive here In a few weeks. Important Legal Derlxlon. The Supreme Judicial Court, in the case of Thomas Kershaw vs. Albert II. Kelsey, has de cided In favor of the plaintiff. This was an action for rent of a plantation In Mississippi, leased during the war by a citizen of Mississippi to a citizen of Massachusetts, and for corn used on tho plantation. The defendant had begun to cultivate a cotton crop, when he was driven off by guerrillas. The defense before the jury was a surrender and cancellation of tho lease, but the plaintiff having obtained a verdict, the case was taken before the full Court upon the ques tion of the legality of the contract. The Court decided In favor of the plaintiff, upon the ground that the lease of a plantation In Mississippi and the delivery of corn thereon were not acts of commercial intercourse, nor prohibited by tho law of nations, or by the act of Congress and the proclamation of the President. An Old Question Settled l.ngrr Not an Intoxi cating Drink. In tho Superior Court, in the case of Henry Pfaff against Pctctiah B. Osgood, to recover thirty-two casks of lager beer, tho defendant contended that it was sold iu violation of the laws of tho Commonwealth. The judge in structed the jury that If the lager beer sold was intoxicating liquor, within the mcauing of the law, the plaintiff could not recover. The jury found for the plaintiff. Women Righters and Women Strikers. Despatch to The Evening TekgrapK Dover, N. H., Nov. 30. The weavers em ployed by the Cocheco Manufacturing Company, in anticipation of the proposed reduction of wages of 12 per cent, which goes Into effect to day, are on a strike; tho streets yesterday re sembled a Holiday. A mass meeting of the strikers was held last evening. The sympathies are with the girls. Maine's War Claims. Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. ArousTA, Me., Nov. 30. The Commission on War Debts has completed its work. The total amount of reimbursements to the town will reach three and a half million dollars. Since I860, a large increase lu tho State valua tion will be shown. The gain Is chiefly in the cities and manufacturing towns. Senator Morrill will leave for Washington to-morrow. Stock Quotations by Telegraph t P. M. Glendlnnln?, Davis & Co. report through their New York house the following: N. Y. Central K. 160 PaclflcM.S 61 N. Y. and Erie It.... Ph. and Rea. It. Mich. 8. andN. I.R.. Cle. and Pitt. It..... CIO. andN. W. com.. ; Western Union Tele. B1-. 98 : Mil. and St. Paul U. o 67 h 8S'i Mil. and HU Paul pf.. sa 80 Adams Express...... B73a 73?;, Wells, Fargo lTtf 80 United States 52 Chi. and N. W. pref. , Chi. and R. LB. 14J. Gold il v Pitt, Ft Way Ch. 86y l Market weak. FROM EUROPE. This Morning Quotations. By Hie Aniilo-American Cuble. ",- . , T)nT.CI?, Nov. 8011 A. M Consols, for both money and affiOSDt: U. & 6-)sof W-Vmm;; 18vl old, 88f; imvtb, wi',' J'-40b, HO. rw Railroad nat at ll ; Illinois Central, 9m; QT'f Wi-stern, -M. LlVKRi'OOl., Nov. 00 11 A. M. CoiuVi market, steady; middling uplands, ll6giltv'' t'ifii.ljil!fr Orleans, ViViii. The sales are ebtlmatuil at 12,000 bales. Breadstuffs linn. London, Nov. 30. Sugar opens quiet and steady, both on the spot and ailoat. Linseed oil, ii Whale oil, 41. This Afternoon's Quotations. I.OM10N, Nov. 301 P. M Consols. 93Tf for money and account. Five-twenties of 1802, 8t ; ikcsu, old, 83 a'; 10-40S, S0V. Railways firm; Erie, 2iv; Illi nois Central, 99.V. LrvEKPOOL, Nov. 301 P. M Corn, 29s. 0d. ; Wheat, 9s. 7d. for California white, and 8s. 8d.ss. 6d. for red Western, and 9s. for red winter, llo ceipts of wheat at this port for three days, 11,000 quarters, including 10,000 of American. Lard, 75s. Pakis, Nov. 30 The Bourse opened dull. Rentes, 7 if. eoc. Liverpool, Nov. 302 P. M Cotton firm ; up lands, It ; Orleans, 12Vd. ; sales to-day estimated at 15,000 bales. Yarns and fabrics at Manchester nrmer at Detter prices. P-HBMEN, Nov. 30. Petroleum closed last night fiat here, and at Hamburg heavy at 18 marca banco. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. TUB ESTATES OP MINORS AM IMPORTANT DECISION. The following decision has been made by Judge Pelrce, in the Court of Common Pleas, in the matter of the estate of Lucy A. Packer, a minor: In the month of February, 1800, S. Leaf Smith, of the City and County of Philadelphia, guardian of Lucy a. backer ana Mary u. rauser, minors. The said minors were owners in fee in remainder of cer tain real estate in the city of Reading, in which Catharine Zieber and Mary E. Packer, mother of the said minors, had an estate for life. in the montn or dune, isuo, tne sain guardian pre sented his petition to the Orphans' Court for the county of Perks, where the said real estate is situate, and obtained an order of the said Court for the sale of the said real estate, including the estate of the tenants for life and the estate of the said minors. This Bale was made nnder the act of the 15th of April, 1 .',:), commonly known as the Price Act ; and the guardian gave security under the act in the sum of ten thousand dollars. After the said sale, and after the said minor Lucy A. Packer had arrived at the age of fourteen years, she camo into this Court by petition, aud elected and had appointed as her guardian, George K. Adlor, in place of the said 8. Leaf Smith, who settled his account as guardian of the said minor, showing a balance lu his hands of t'2760, subject to the life estates of Catha rine Zieber and Mary E. Packer in said sum : being the proceeds of sale of her moiety or said real estate subject as aforesaid. The said guardian, George S. Adler, then applied to the Court for an order on the said S. Leaf Smith to pay to him the suld sum as guardian aforesaid. To this the said 8. Leaf Smith objected, and the Court de cided that a guardian having sold, under Price's Act, an interest' of his ward in real estate, and having given security to the Court of the county in which the land lies, is a trustee under the control of that Court, and cannot be required to pay over to another guardian appointed by the Court of another county where tho ward resides. Supreme Court. BKOAD STREET, The Supreme Court of this State has nnanlmously determined to re-hear the argument in the case of Hammltt vs. The City of Philadelphia. It will be re membered that In this case the Court decided the act of 23d March, 1800, authorizing the Improvement of liroad street, to be unconstitutional, on the ground that property holders could uot be taxed for a second pavement, having already been taxed for the cobble stones, to which decision Mr. Justice Read dissented. The case will be re-heard in January next, and its nltimate decision will settle the question whether the citizens generally or the persons chiefly benefitted are to be charged with the new pavements which the people are uow demanding. Court of Oyer and Terminer Judes Pelrce and PaxHOn. TUB KILLING OF COLONEL BEIBERT. In tho case of the Commonwealth vs. Philip Flan nigen, charged with the murder of Colonel James J. Selbert on the night of the 12th of September at 13th and Wood streets, a Jury was obtained from the regular panel, and tho case of the prosecution was proceeded with. The testimony of fonr witnesses examined made out the fact that about o'clock In the evening of the 12th of September, tne deceased was standing at the northwest corner of Thirteenth and Wood streets, with Moses B. Born, when the prisoner and a man named Murphy walked up to them, and the prisoner utruek both of them on the bead, one of Ue wftneises saying he hid a blackjack In his hand. The two men who were thus rnthlcsnly attacked fell senseless npon the ground and their assailants walked up Wood street. Colonel Helhcrt was first taken to a dmg store and thence removed to Horn's residence, in Callowhtll street, above Thirteenth, where he remained un consctons until the 14th of tho month, when he died. When the deceased had been carried Into the drug store, the prisoner returned to the locality and said to the crowd, "I can whip any man whose weight is one hundred and twenty-eight, and 1. guess I've given him enough for to-night." In answer to this the defense called wltneRses to prove that the Commonwealth's witnesses had pre viously made statements concerning this matter entirely dlilerent from those mado by them In court; that the man who struck the blow was described at first as wearing light clothing, and the prisoner that night was dressed in black; and (Inally that he was not at the corner of Thirteenth and Wood streets until the deceased had been attacked and woundod, and then he was Intoxicated. The examination or witnesses as to these points was then begun, and at the close of our report was still in progress. FIIVANCll A!I CO.U.HIlBtCi:. Office of thf Fvfvtno Tnt,ronArn, Tuesday, Nov. 30, lxtjy. j The statement of the banks yesterday shows a welcome improvement in moBt or the material rea tures affecting the market, The deposits have In creased I142.S08: legal tenders, 281, b83; ami the loaus 2:,UT. Specie has also increased $40,875. The general business shows an expansion in the large increase in the clearings of $;i,377,808. This exhibit may be fairly taken as an indication that the climax or the protracted stringency has been at length reached, and with the relaxed pressure for money which may be expected for tho balauce of the year, we may anticipate a steady improvement from day to day. Call loans are very easy to-day at per cent., with sonic heavy transactions at n per cent, to heavy ope rators In stocks. The discount market is fairly active, but there is little pressure, and money is abundant at 10 per cent. In the outHide market. The gold market continues to indicate a steady downward movement, and the very slight variations show that it is not a feverish spnsm ouly, but ouu that is likely to be permanent Sales opened at 124, and now stand at 121V. Government bonds are weak, and up ;to noon prices show a further falling oir of about Vt per cent. There Is a general disposition to sell, which tends to this decline. There was a 'air degree of activity in the Stock market ;this morning, but prices generally were without material change, state loans were ne glected ; City sixes were unchanged, selling at n 102 for the new Issues. Heading Railroad was iu good demand, and about 2000 shares were disposed orat49(9 1-lfl cash, and 49 V b. o. ; Pennsylvania Hallroad was dull at 53 ;e, and Lehigh Valley Kull road atS34(?53x; 11X was bid for Camden and Auiboy; 42tf for Little Schuylkill; 70V ror Norrls town; 53 ror Minehlll; 87 ror North Pennsylvania, and 34 V ior Catawissa preferred. Iu Canal shares the only change is a deollne or in Leblgh Navigation, wnich told at 83 , ; LehlgU Gold Loan was takeu at 97 . Coal shares were Inactive. Mechanics' Bank sold at 32. Passenger Railway stocks were without change. IS was ottered for Thirteenth and Fifteenth; 4",' lor Chesnut and Walnut; and 00 for West Pailadelphto. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES. Reported by De Haven St Bra, No. 40 S. Third street. FIRST B5AKD. 1500 City s,New.c. loijf 3 sh Mech Bank.. 82 tm do c.ioift! Ssh Leh Vol.... Is. 53 1200 do. 101 v! 21 do Is. 63s; 10000 tlO. C.102 I 22 do. ftioo do cioi?j looshReadRc Is. 63 v ..49 1-10 .... 49 1200 C 3c A III 6s '89. 911 I 700 do. 12500 C A A 08, '83. Is. t'.l(K)0Ph & K 79.1s. 2500 Leh Gold 1 8 sh Fenna R 72 do Is. 84 200 800 100 do., do . do., do . . .8.10. .. .IS. ..b00. 49 49 49 l 85 97 54 200 100 .b30. 49 do.. ..C.49 1 10 130 do., .18. 63J, l'JO sh Leli N St. . .c. Bltf U.amja UTrr n i u Hi i v-n-.j m. fn vrA o ti mut-. street, report the following quotations : U. 8. 6s of 1881, llS'.llBjTWiOSOf 1802, 112.V4U2V ; do. 1S04, no.(ano? ; do. 1805, noin ; do. July, risos 113$118V; do. July, 18S7, UMU3r ; do. July, 1S08, 113&113V; 58, 10-40. toaxQ'ioT. U. S. Pacldo 11R. Cur. 0s, 107J,107i. Messrs. I)b Haven & brother, 40 No. B. Third trwt, Philadelphia, report the following quotations: -J. R 6sof lfl,415(5(115l.f; do 1802, 112V($112V': do. 1894, ilo;,ano;0 ; do.lS05, novUl; do. 1S&5, n?w, llHm,'' j do.l8SI, do. H3f,-itii3V; do. 1909, Uu., nslia,'j; M-408, 10V$107; U. 8. 80 rear i-Ci-nt. Cttrroncv, 107tl07,J. J Due Comp". Int. Notes 19; tkihirj-Vi'11 UU "uIkjekalities. Arrest of lr. Mnrr Walker"r- The Kansas City lluUrttn, Nov. 19, says: Dr. Mar" Walker is agalu a martyr to her idea of reform in dress. This afternoon sho was walking on Main street, when her peculiar garb struck Policeman Kelso as not being exactly the one that a lady should be dressed in. He s Drooped upon the feminine dis penser or pills and powders, and marched In triumph with his prisoner to the Recorder's oitlee. A crowd or idlers rollowed and once again the bold doctor round herseir "the observed of all observers." But didnt her captor "catch it?" Yes, Indeed, she sailed into Kelso, and her words of burning scorn aud In dignation almost set his teeth on edge. She peppered away at the public functionary until theoitlceof Recorder button was readied, and then blazed away at the City Marshal, but he soon stopped the wordy torrent or Invective the little lady was heaping upon him. The Recorder dismissed the case, ami Mrs. Walker strode forth again, free as the winds of "hevtng." "Policeman, span those pants, And don't make any row : In jonth they sheltered tno. And I'll protect them now!" Robbery In the iCleveluud Post Oftice. The Cleveland Leader of vesterdav has the fol lowing: Saturday nignt at aoout nair-past seven o'clock some thieves entered tho post oltlce building, and breaking two letter boxes took possession of their contents and marched off. One of the boxes con tained letters tor the Second National Hank, and the other ror Henry Wick Jc Co., bankers, corner or Hank and St Clair streets. The thieves opened the letters, loeked through them, and then placed the letters, envelopes, aud draiu contained in them in the iron letter box at the post oillce door, it Is supposed that they returned the letters aud contents before ten o'clock. Whether they brought back all the letters or not cannot be aillrmed. There may have been money contained in some of them which was retained. This cannot be determined for some days yet. Saturday morning the clerks weut to the Eobt oltlce as usual.itnd found tho pane of glass in both oxes broken and stained with blood. Ou entering the oillce a pile of letters, drafts, and envelopes were handed to tlnm. The parties who committed the act handled their plunder with great care, and ucscrve a cam oi uiuiikh ior returning everytning in such good order. LATEST SHirriSQ INTELLIGENCE. For additional Marine Netos see Inside Pages, PORf OF PHILADELPHIA. NOVEMBER 30. STATE OF THEBMOMETRB AT TUB EVENING TELEUBIPU oKfiua. 7 A. M 49 1 11 A. M 67 ISP, M 63 CLEARED THIS MORNING. Steamship Fanita, Freeman, New York, John F. Obi. btcnrrsliin OUytnont, Kobinaon, Norfolk and Richmond. W. P. Clyde A Co. N. i barque Aetrioa, Hillol, Bremen, L. Westenraard ft Go. Tug Hudson, Nicholson, Baltimore, with a tow of barges, W. P. Clyde 4 Co. Tub Chesapeake, Merrihew, IlaTTe de Graoe, with a tow of barges, W. P. Clyde A Co. ARRIVED ThTs MORNING. Steamer Bristol, Wallace, 24 hours from New York, with indue, to W. P. Clyde ft Co. Steamer H. L. Gaw, Webb, 13 hours from Baltimore, with mdse. to A. Groves, Jr. Steamer J. S. Shriver, Her, 18 hours from Baltimore, With indue, to A. Groves, Jr. Steamer W. Whilldin, Kwtans, 13 hoars from Balti more, with mdse. to A. Groes, Jr. Brig Herald, Laugblin, 26 days from 8t. Jaso, with sum and molasses to U. W. Bernadou ft Bro. On 13tb tout., lat. 22 88, long. 74 20, at 11 '80 A. M., a pilot boat ouraa along side of ns ana reported having spoken brig Arnold, Kelly, from Nevaasa, bound to Baltimore) was dying on south side of fortune Island, with loss ot hrst mate and three men, they bavin died at the island with yellnw fever. Sohr Anna Leland, Bennett, 10 days from Bangor, with lnmber to Benton ft Bro. vessel to Knight A Sous. Tag Thomas Jefferson, Allen, from Baltimore, with a tow of barges to W. P. Clyde ft Co. Tug Oomuodore, Wilson, from HsvTS-ds-Grsos. with ft tow 1 barges to W. P. Olyds ft Oo. MEMORANDA. Ship Wyoming, Julius, hence, arrived at Liverpool yes- steamers Mlantonomah and Pints, henoe, at New Dean?MUaUleenakst Merahon, henoe, below Boston yeBdfitartIed Fawn, hence, at HaUfaz, N. 8., 27th Inst. Brig Nuevitw, 1'raak. f rout Calais for Philadelphia, at New fork iestrda. nBcowsTiiucTionr. Tiiia LAST CIIAl'riait. Mississippi and Texas Getting Beady to Wheel into Line. The Elections which Commence To day The Issues, the Can didates, and the Prospects. To-day is the day fixed by proclamation of the President for the commencement of the elections la Mississippi and Texas. In an editorial published yesterday, was given a complete sketch of the pro-v gress of the reconstruction movement In theso two States, but there are many details of great import ance which lack of space prevented ns from intro ducing in that article. As these elections aro of such vital importance to the whole country, we give these details below, to enable our readers to have a foil and clear comprehension of the Issues atsUkc In the contests: MISSISSIPPI. The election In this State begins to-day, and will ..f close to-morrow, December 1. The President's Proi-luniallon-I'lauHen or the Now Constitution Submitted to Hoiiarnt Voir. The following is the proclamation of President (Jrant, Issued on the 13th of last July, in pursuance of which the election In Mississippi is to be held Ky tlit President of the United States of Anttri-m; A rKOCLAM ATION. In pursuance of the provisions or the act of Con gress approved April Hi, lsca, I hereby designate 1 uesday, 80th day of November, 18G9, as the time for submitting the constitution adopted on tho loth day ot May, 1808, by the Convention which met In Jack- ' son, Mississippi, to the voters or said State regis tered at the date or such submission, viz : Novem ber 80, 1SC9 and I submit to a separato vote that part of section three of article seven or said consti tution, which is in the following words: That I am not disfttincblxod in any of tho provininns of tho acU known as the lleconatruotion acts of the Thirtv ninthand fortieth Congress, and that I admit the polltl ?"diT" elality of all men, so hlp me Hod ; provided, that if Congress shall at any tune remove the disabilities of any person diHfranclisHi In the said Reconstruction acta of the said '1 hirty ninth and Fortieth Congress, and the Legislature of this State shall concur therein, thon so much of this oath, and so much only, as refers to the said Keonnitrui'tion act shall not be required of snob pemua so pardoned to ontitle him U be registered. And I further submit to separate vote seotion five or the same article of said constitution, which ' in the following words : No person shnll be elitililo to nv office of profit or trve',, civil or military, in this hiale. who, as a nienilw of the) lgiHlature, voted for the call el the oouventinn tli.it passed the ordinance of socoasion, or whi, as a delegate to any convention, voted lor or signed any ordinance of secession or who gave voluntuiy aid, countenance, counsel, or encmirngeinpnt to persons engagod in armed hostility to the United States, or who accepted or attempted to exercise the funotions l any office, civil or military, nnder any authority or pretendad government aothor ty, power, or constitution within the I'n tid States hostile or inimical thereto, except all persons who aidedivcoiuirue tion by voting for this convention or who haveoohsuiuonal advocated the assembling of this convention, an ahaU continuously and in good faith advocate the aots if ths Fame. But the Legislature may remove such disuhWity; provided that nothing in this sectiin exoept voting for"cr . w no construed as to exclude from nttice the private soldier of the late so- And I further summit to a separate vote section five of article seven of the said constitution, which is in the following words:- The credit of the State shall not be pledged or loaned in aid of any person, association, or corporation; nor shall -tho Ktate hereafter become a stockholder in any corpora tion or association. And I further submit to a separate vote the part of the oath of otllce prftscrtiiud in section twenty-six or article twelve or the said constitution, which is in the following words: "That I have never, us a member of any convention, voted for or signed any ordinance of secession ; that I have never, as a member of any State Legislature, voted for the call for any convention tnat passed any snob, ordinance," The above oath shall also be taken by all the oity and county officers before entoring upon their duties, and by all other Male officers not included in the above provision. I direct the vote to bo taken upon each of the altove cited provisions alono, and upon the other -portions of the said constitution in the following manner: .,, Eucli voter favoring the ratification of the eoriat.1- -tSM 'on, excluding the provisions above quoted, m adopted by tne convention Cl SIsjMtfVibiiH, hhi:i express his Judgment by voting, "l'"or the CCUU'-itu-tion." . - - Each voter favoring the rejection of tho consti tution, excluding the provisions above quoted, shall express his Judgment by voting, "Against the ooi-" tution." Each voter will bo allowed to cast a separate ballot for or against either or both of the provisions above quoted. It is understood that sections 4, 8, 6, T, 8, , lu, 11, 12, 13, and 14 of article thirteen, under the head of "Ordinance," are considered as forming no pait of the said Constitution. In testimony whereor I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal or the United States to be afllxed. Done at the city of Washington this thirteenth day or July, in the year or our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Bixty-nine, and or the inde pendence or the United rJtates or America the ninety-rourth. V. S. rant. By the President Hamilton Fish, Secretary of Slate. The Candidates. - In addition to the voting upon the new constitu tion, a lull State ticket will be elected, as well as members or Congress, members of the State Legisla ture, etc., so that, ir the constitution Is ratified, the -State can at once resume Its long-forfeited position In the Union and be relieved finally from military rulo. These are but two State tickets in the field, each of them claiming to be the only true and origi nal Administration Republican ticket. The genuine Republican ticket, which has received the endorse ment of the Government and of the Republican party, and will be supported by the great majority or the blacks and by all of the thoroughly reconstructed whites, was nominated by a convention held at Jack son In the latter part or September last The con. Bervatlve ticket, which dollghts In calling Itself the ticket or the "National Union Republican" party, and will receive the support only or the dlscon tented white element and or such of tho blacks as can be cajoled or frightened Into voting for it, was nominated by a convention held In Jackson on the 8th of September. The following are the two rival tickets In full : Radical. Cor(iv. GOVERNOR. James L. Alcorn. Lewis Dent. LIEUTENANT OOVEHNOK. R. C. Powers. E. Jeilords. SECRETARY OV STATE. James Lynch (colored). Thomas Sinclair (ool'd). AUUITOB OK PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. Henry Musgrove. A. A. Wills. STATE TREASURER. William XI. Vasser. Joseph McCloy. ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Joshua S. Morris. Robert Lowry. SOl'BKItiTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. Henry R. Pease. Thomas S. Outhrlght. The following are the nominations for members of Congress: JHat. Binliral. (Smutrvalive, 1. George R. Harris. J. L. Woirord. 2. J. L. Morphia, William Kellogg. 9. It. W. Horry. James Dugan. 4. George C. McEee. A. C. Fisk. 6. L. W. Perce. Leroy 8. llrown. HThe radical candidate for Governor, General James L, Alcorn, was born in Illinois when it was BtiU a Territory, and la now flfty-t wo years age.. la ante-wartimes he was a Whig. His parents, who were originally South Carolinians, removed when he was quite young to Kentucky. Some years later he emigrated to Mississippi, and he has resided In that State ever since. Ue served In the Rebel army during the Rebellion, but at Us close "accepted the situation," like General Longstreet and others, and has ever since acted with the Republicans. lie is a successful lawyer, a large planter, a popular speaker, and baa always been a favorite with tho colored men, whose friend and counsellor be has ever been.- living formerly a Whig, he bas ever been la 1 IGsnnniMd or fA Secmd Jty,l -:;- II
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