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VOL. XIV NO. 9. , I
PHILADELPHIA; TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1870.
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FIRST EDITION
THE POPE'S TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR.
Archbishop Spalding and
American Priests.
Justice Done in Texas.
Life on tlio Plains.
A Elan , Buried Alive.
Etc. Etc. Etc. . Etc. Etc
TEXAS JUSTICE.
II ft off oc of Cattle Thieves Dispersion of the
UanK.
Wc copy the following from the Galveston
Bulletin:
By a gentleman who came as passenger on the
steamship Harlan yesterday from Indianola,
we learn the following particulars In relation to
the banging of a portion and dispersion of
the balance of a gang of horse and cattle thieves
in Matagorda county: It appears from his
statement that there has been, for the last
twelve months, an organized gang in the
counties of Matagorda, Wharton, and Jackson,
who have been engaged in the stealing of
horses and cattle, and who have not scrupled, at
limes, to put out of the way individuals who had
rendered themselves obnoxious, to the gang.
At first their operations were carried on with a
certain amount of secrecy, but at last they be
came emboldened and arrived at the conclusion
that the entire community stood In fear of them
and would not dare to interrupt them. Un
scrupulous parties were found who were willing
to purchase the hides of the slaughtered beeves,
and by this means they were enabled to reap an
immediate return from their villainy. Com
plaints were, however, at last made against
them, and warrants were placed in the hands of
the Sheriff of Matagorda county for their arrest,
which they managed to avoid, being notified of
the fact, by escaping to another county. At
list, stung to desperation, citizens of the
three counties, numbering one hundred or
more, comprising those of the first standing,,
determined, if possible, to put a stop to their
depredations, and having organized, started in
pursuit of them. The gang having received
notice of their intention, scattered, but on the
20th ult. they came upon four of the number
with a large number of bides in their possession,
whom they made prisoners, and who acknow
ledged their crimes without hesitation; three of
whom were, after a full confession, hanged where
they were taken, and the fourth released after
much pleading or promise 01 lmmeuiateiy leaving
in the county. The names of those hung were
B. V. Lunn, Eddie Lunn, and John Smith, a
brother of the latter being released.
The party then proceeded to the house of a
Colored man named Joe Grimes, who was ,
known to be one of the gang, and where they
expected to find W. W. Lunn, also known as
one of the ringleaders. On riding up to the
house, Grimes, who was within, opened the
door and fired upon the party, killing one of
their number. . He was, however, captured and
hung. W. W. Lunn is supposed to be still in
the coun'y, having been accidentally wounded
in the knee by the discharge of his own pistol.
A i eward of 1000 is offered for his apprehen
sion. Two or three members of the gang, find
ing themselves pursued, went to the residence
of the Sheriff for the purpose of surrendering
themselves, but he being absent from
home they deemed it imprudent to remain,
and when last heard from were cross
ing the Sabine river into Louisiana. Our infor
mant states that at points on the Trespalacios
piles of slaughtered beeves have been found,
numbering in one instance as many as eight
hundred head. At other points huge piles of
burned bones have been found, that method
having, been employed to destroy the animals
killed. Finding the nelghborhoad of the Tres
palacios too hot for them, they removed their
operations to the Carankaway, where they
erected a slaughter-house, pens, etc., the former
being immediately over the bank of the stream,
Into which the animals were thrown as fast as
killed and their hides stripped from them.
In addition to the stealing above mentioned,
it is known that three colored and two white
men have at different times been killed by the
gang, the victim, in one instance, having been
a boatman, supposed to have money with him,
who was killed, a stove attached to his neck,
and his body thrown into the creek. Our in
formant also states that one individual is known
to have purchased five hundred of the stolen
hides since the 28th day of May. Our informant
is a gentleman of standing in his community,
and his statements are vouched tor by gentlemen
of this city, well known to ns as wholly reliable.
He stated to ns that Mr. Conrad Franz, the
Sheriff of Matagorda county, had used every
exertion to capture the gang, but without
success.
i AMERICA AND TUE POPE.
Archblsbep Bpauldln and the Infallibility
From the Baltimore Catholie Mirror. .
The reverend clergy of this diocese have
elgnad an address to the Most Rev. Archbishop,
which wa are ktndlv permitted to codv. This
document speaks for itself; there is in it no at
tempt at rhetorical display; its language breathes
that love and confidence that the father and
friend commands. Yet the expressions of the
signers' opinion on the great subject which en
grosses the attention of the Catholic world are
unmistakably clear. There is no doubt, no hesi
tancy, but a positive affirmation of the truth. It
will he a source of gratification to the Catholic
community as well as to our venerable Arch
Lishon to know that the clergy of the diocese of
Baltimore is a nnit on a question whleh, unhap
pily, has divided many a diocese.
We give below the address, with the names of
tna reverend genuemen wno naa signed it up to
toe time ot our taxing tne copy, i uesaay noon.
As it was desirable that the address should be
forwarded by Thursday's mall, a copy has been
retained by the Very Kev. Dr. Coskery, to whom
the reverend clergymen who wish to give their
adhesion to thU testimonial of love and confi
dence are respectfully invited to forward their
names. The copy, with the new names ap
pt nded, will be forwarded to the Archbiohop at a
later day:
TJ . .. V.ait nt S3 Ptr Anil Panl 1U7rt
Dear Archbishop Spalding: Whether secular
or religious, there is not in your diocese a priest
who does not feel proud of his Archbishop, on
account oi nla course in tne great Vatican coun
cil in relation to the "infallibility" question.
We know that this assurance Is not necessary to
one whose sense of duty is his only motive of
action; but wo know also that this unprompted
expression of cordial concurrence on the part
of your priests, whom your unvarying paternal
Klii tinea i has laugnt w tovo juu, iua wuuui you
have ever honored by soliciting, valuing, and
treating with deference their advice.
If, dear Archbishop, all America has a right to
feel proud of him who so deservedly hold the
first place amongst her prelates, surely your
immediate clergy may deem tnemseives at
liberty to give expression to their feelings. As
often as we shall in future bear proclaimed
llbillty of Peter's successors, a dogma which
Christ himself proclaimed more than eighteen
centuries ago, we shall think with pride of the
eealoua and able advocacy which our
own Archbishop gave to ' the defini
tion of a dogma the proclamation of
which, we feel assured, will give to religion
throughout the world a powerful impulse and
renewed vigor of growth. God loves to see His
words and revelations noticed; the definition of
the Immaculate Conception of the B. V. M. has
been followed by a degree of religious pros
perity" unknown to any previous age of Chris
tianity; to the definition of the infallibility of
Peter's successors we confidently look forward
for an equally consoling result.
We have, dear Archbishop, the honor and
happiness to subscribe ourselves the priests of
your diocese. .
' A MAN BURIED ALIVE, i I
Swallowed up la a (inlrksaadHerale Effort
to 8ay the Victim How the Accident Oc
curred. A correspondent of the Kansas Journal says:
This afternoon the citizens of Silver Lake
were shocked by the Intelligence that a man,
by the name of Price Roberts, was partially
burled in a well out on Big Soldier. In com
pany with Dr. Ward and others of this place, I
repaired to the scene of disaster. The circum
stances are as follows: Mr. Elmore Randall
engaged Mr. Roberts to dig him a well. When
he had it sunk to the depth of twenty-five or
thirty feet, he commenced curbing with rather
frail material, using grapevines secured by
boards. When at the depth of forty feet having
dug five feet below his curbing, he was
urged by Mr. Randall and his friends to come out;
but, having struck water, he was anxious to
secure the prize. Shortly afterwards Mr. Ran
dall's ears were startled with the cry for help.
Seizing the windlass, they dragged him np about
fifteen feet, when the treacherous curbing gave
way, forcing him to one side and under the
bank, breaking his hold and entangling his legs
in the curbing. Buried up to his chin, and with
the fearful prospect of another slide every mo
ment. Mr. Randall, with heroic fortitude, de
scended the well and commenced digging him
out. Death was around him and above him on
all sides. Yet he worked until he had got the
laBd away to hiawalst. Weak and exhausted,
he was pulled out. He mounted his horse and
rode after help. When we reached the
spot, we found Mr. Roberts still alive, and
giving directions to those above how to pro
ceed. We constructed a curbing about twelve
feet long, and let It down, but owing to the
curbing below, we could not get it to the bottom
within three feet. Moments were eternities
with the poor fellow. The first to descend the
curbing wag a young man. fcy jhe nam? of. John..
Eton,' who pulled the sand away from his face,
came up, and Mr. R indall went down with a
hoe. Mr. Roberts' appeal, "Save me, Mr. Ran
dall!" and the response of Mr. Randall, "My
God, Mr. Roberts, I will save you if I canr
struck deep into the hearts of those above. This
noble youth worked until, fainting and ex
hausted, he was pulled up and placed on a bed,
and restoratives given him. An experi
enced well-digger was the next to
go down. He worked faithfully, but gave up
ail nope oi getting mm out. i ne sun naa Bet,
and deep down into the darkness of that "cham
ber of death" Mr. Roberts still continued to give
directions. Dr. Ward went down with a lan
tern. A bottomless box was lowered, which the
Doctor Dlaced over his head to protect him from
the inroads of the quicksand. We were fulfilling
other orders of the Doctor, when he exclaimed.
"He Is cone!" Another slide completely covered
him, and almost fastened the Doctor in. Every
effort was put forth to save him, but in vain.
V e returned nome witn sad reflections that we
had seen a fellow-being burled alive.
THE INDIAN TERRITORY.
The Cheyenne and Camanchea on the War
Path-8caJplng and Tomahawking A Number
ot White Butchered.
From the Fort Smith Herald, July 2.
The quiet that has prevailed amone the
prairie bands of Indians in the western part of
tne inaian xerritory and jn ortn western Texas
has at last given way to open war.
About a montn ago one nunarea lodges oi
Cheyennes, under Medicine Arrow and other
chiefs, came among the Klowas and Camanches,
near the Antelope llills, and induced them to go
to war against the whites. The first act of open
hostility was about the 1st of June, when a
Earty of forty Camanches dashed in on the corn
elds, near the Agency, about four miles from
Fort Sill, and drove off the workmen with their
lances. On the same date they carried off a
man named Barnard, a watchman at Shirley's
mill, and it is reported that he was killed and
scalped.
On the 13th of June a party of Indians dashed
on the corral, about a quarter of a mile from
Fort 8111, drove off the guard, and succeeded in
getting away with seventy head of mules. They
were pursued nearly one hundred and fifty
miles by Captain Walsh, and a detachment of
the 10th Cavalry, but could not be overtaken,
having taken refuge among the immense herd
of buffalo on the upper Red river.
On the 22d instant a party of about forty
Indians made the circuit of Fort Sill from the
west, around north, east, and south, passing
out to the west again. They attacked several
trains, and killed two men and wounded one
mortally. The men killed are named William
Hall, of Kansas City, and Mexican Jose. The
latter was scalped. The wounded man is
named Levi Lukens. He was shot within fifty
yards of the Kiowa and Camanche agency. On
the night of the 22d a dash was made on the
post by Indians, who tried to drive off some
stock. They were repulsed and scattered.
On the 23d of June a train was attacked on
the Texas road, fifteen miles from the post, and
one man named Charles Henderson, from Illi
nois, was killed. The bodies of the men killed
were taken to Fort Sill and buried. Parties were
sent in pursuit of the Indians after each of these
outrages, but they would take to the moun
tains, and scatter and could not be overtaken.
Satauk, the Kiowa chief, is the reputed prime
leader in all tne mischief. Friend latum, the
Camanche and Kiowa agent, has a strong guard
at ms agency, and nas asKed uenerai urlerson
to arm all his employes, which has been done.
It is presumed, now that the Indian war has
been Inaugurated In the Kiowa and Camanche
country, that Texas will suffer greatly from the
inroads ox noeuie oanas. it is believed tnat an
expedition will be fitted out and start soon from
f ort Bill to punisn tnese marauders.
. THE ST. J01ISSYILLE MURDER.
The Independence Pay Tragedy-A Horrible
From the Mohawk Valley Eegitler of Satur
day we procure the facts in relation to the ter
rible murder committed on Independence day
In St. Johnsvllle. the victim of which was
Thomas . BurdlcK, a well-known and esteemed
resident of that plaoe, and the perpetrator,
Charles Backer, an employe on a larm sear ot.
Johnsville.
It seems that Mr. Burdick had been opposed
to Jtacker at several times in suits ot law.
wblch caused considerable feeling on the pari
of Eacker.' These little aff airs worked upon his
mind to such an extent that he became almost
a monomaniac on the subject of revenge, and
threatened a number oi times to kill Burdick.
In April last be bought a five-barrelled re
volver, boasting at the time that he had pro
cured it for the purpose of killing Burdick, and
on Monday laei lie iuiniied nil threat.
, Mr. Burdick, on that day, had been called
upon to assist at the celebration exercises by
reading the Declaration, and this proof of the
esteem in which he was held by the citizens
served to still further inflame the mind of
Kacker. In the evening there was an Iodepen-
liUCf llt Am i.tOlW. ftted a. ttftUtJi
was' assisting in selling tickets In a room
between the dining-room and bar-room, until
half-past eleven o'clock, when he left to escort
his wife and daughters to the ball-room. One
of bis daughters requesting a drink of water,
Mr. Burdick came down stairs and procured it.
He Boon returned the glass, and was setting
it on the bar, when those present were
startled by a pistol shot, and Burdick exclaimed,
"Boys, I am shot. Go and tell my wife that 1
am shot!" At the same time he commenced to
walk backwards towards the door leading to the
hall, with his eyes fixed on the one who fired
the shot Charles Eacker. With some assist
ance the injured man reached his room, and laid
down, never to rise again in life. A physician
was at once summoned, but he said there wai
no hope of saving Burdick's life. After lingering
in pain all night, at balf-past ten o'clock on
Tuesday morning the unfortunate man died.
Mr. Burdick was a native of Fulton county,
and in the fiftieth year of his age. He had been
a school teacher for thirty years and a Justice
of the peace for fourteen years previous to his
death. . ,
Charles Eacker, the murderer, is a short,
thickset man, about fifty rears of age, and has
always been known as a dissipated and quarrel
some man among his neighbors. He was imme
diately arrested after the commission of the
deed, taken to Fonda, and lodged in J ail. '
ROME.
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Yope Plus the Mntb to the Marred College
The Twenl y-fiftn Year of Bis Pontificate.
On the 17th June Cardinal Patrizi, in the
name of the Sacred College, presented congra
tulations to Pope Plus IX on his entering on the
twenty-fifth year of his Pontificate. The Unita
Catolica publishes the following reply made
by the Pope:
1 thank the Sacred College for this new proof of
their affection and love, and wnile you say that the
present Pontificate has been signalized by tribula
tions and by glories, I will say frankly that the pre
sent Pontificate was at Its commencement encoun
tered by an effort of enemies of God, for political
emancipation, to introduce subsequently religious
emancipation. It was useless in these first fervors
of the movement to cry out to the unthinking, in
considerate people, "Popule mens, qui te beatum
dicunt ipi te eeducunt." The emancipa
tion was attempted and accomplished,
and the revolutionists obtained their
end. After political emancipation came religious
emancipation, in whose name was perpetrated what
Is known to every one spoliations, usurpations,
prisons, exile, and everything penal for the Uhurch
and her ministers. However, to these evils worse
succeeded, and our country, repeating the blunders
of other nations, advanced their false doctrines, and
even though, as on a former occasion, incense was
not burned to the Goddess of Reason, It
was upheld, and is still upheld, that reason
should not submit to faith, and that learning should
not be guie! tj hand of religion ; and, m a
natural consequence, a thousand other errors are
being propagaterLand find,unrortunately,a following
and followers. They are embraced by all those who
are foolishly dazzled by the beauties of the world ; by
all those who, that they may abandon themselves to
it, live tranquilly under the tyranny of certain
names; by those who work, think and discourse ac
cording to the journals which they read and the cir
cles they move In, who adore and venerate what Is
called public opinion, following its principles even
when they are contrary to Justice, right, reason and
truth. And why this? The first source of these
errors, not the only source but the first, is ignorance
Permit me to relate two occur
rences which happened te me some
two years asro. I will be very brief, because I don't
wish to incur the blame of wearying my audience,
as sometimes happens in some corners of the world
when certain orators speak. On tro different occa
sions there came tome two distinguished person
ages, who occupied a most distinguished position in
the State to which they belonged. The first, after a
snort conversation, announced to me, to my great
consolation, that he was a Catholic, and. moreover,
that being a Catholic, he believed In hell ; however,
tnat tne nen in which ne Deuevea was not as it was
commonly understood, but a place In which God
condemned sinners to perpetual melancholy,
and nothing more. The other, who
came shortly after, spoke with me
on certain laws and principles ot the Church and of
religion. As we could not come to a clear under
standing he broke out into this classic blonder : "I
know," he said, "the religion cr Home and a part of
Italy is different from the religion of the rest of the
world; for In Rome you have the religion of St,
Peter, and elsewhere the religion of St. Paul ;" and
then he added, with ill-adjusted erudition, "precisely
on this account God showed to St. Paul the sheet
filled with unclean animals to be eaten." I congratu
lated him on his time being occupied In reading the
Acts of the Apostles, but I added that the vision was
not made to St. Paul but to St. Peter that the two
apostles were in perfect accord, and both brought
round the conversion of Rome and the world ; and
Paul wrote to the Romans, and boasted that he was
a Boman citizen, and with Peter he was martyred in
Rome, confirming with his blood the same faith
preached in Rome and outside of it by the prince of
the apostles. Mow, I say, why all this T I repeat it,
dearest brethren, because of ignorance principally.
And whose duty is it to dissipate this Ignorance,
whose to eliminate certain prejudices which, pene
trating even to the highest classes of society, prod ace
therein evils without end T It Is my duty, it is your
duty, venerable brethren, since both you and I have
been placed by God as sentinels to watch day and
night over the safety of 81on Super muros tuoe
cvnutitui euetodee; tola, die, tota nocte, in perpetuus
non tacebunu It behooves us to teach the people
their duties; to us it belongs to dissipate the
errors which gather on this earth, and to direct so
many even perhaps good people, but who do not
know, from the position whieb they occupy, tae
truth of certain principles or the existence of cer
tain facta. Wherefore, having invoked God's as
sistance, I will say In the first place that among the
sentinels posted by God for the custody of Ills city
of Slon, that is to say the Church, there are some
who forget the greatness of their dignity, and
who even abandon the insignia of their high
degree that they may assume :certain customs and
manners that will suit them better to mingle with
worldly people; there are sentinels who think that
they can approach the world and pretend to love it
under very specious but vain pretexts; but the great
St. Leo says to them, "Pacem eum mundo, nini
amoliri mundo, habere non jxMunf." Those Who
hold out a friendly hand to this world in order to
negotiate conventions with it, forget, though the
apostle St John tells us very clearly that the world
does not know Jesus Christ Mundu&fyum non cog
novit. . And If the world does not know Jesus Christ, or
pretends not to know Him, how is it possible to do
homage to It or to seek its favor? Or Is It the world
that has beautified our souls with the sacerdotal
character, with that character which, as I and you
hope, will shine brilliantly in heaven when God B&all
call us Into the presence of His glory? Was it the
world that enriched our souls with the other sacred
favors? Was tt the world, in fine, that, separating
us from the rest of men and placing us over them,
endowed us with gifts of wisdom, understanding,
counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and the fear of
the Lord ? Or was it not God Himself who poured
out heavenly treasures into our souls? To Him,
therefore, let us offer our thoughts, our affections,
our work, and our gratitude. But I will conclude
these remarks with a heavenly benediction, which I
impart to you with all the expansion of my heart;
and first I bless these first ones of whom I
have been speaking, and, raising my hands
to heaven, I pray that God may look on
them with an eye of mercy and enhance
the blessing with ttie grace of light, to the end
that, groping about as .they are amid obscurity
and darkness, they may find an exit from that con
fusion to witness once again tne Deauty ana splen
dor of truth. I bless the second class, and they are
those that hesitate, wavering in dua partes, and yet
cannot bring themselves to all Intent to defend the
rights of the Church, and I beg God to unite with
the blessing the grace of fortitude, to give them
courage once for all to emancipate themselves from
certain doubts and indecision. I bless the third.
who are by far the most numerous; and the blessing
1 give them 1 ask God to unite with it the grace of
perseverance the greatest grace wnicn uod can
bestow on his Church and bis people. Ah, if
hitherto they have trodden the paths of truth and
justice ; if hitherto they have been examples to the
clergy and to the people; if hitherto they have been
full of seal for the glory of God and the salvation of
souls, henceforward may they ut ijigatite currant in
vivas euaa, continue as giants to run from
virtue to virtae in the . space , of lire
which God deigns to grant them; and thus
having nnisuea tneir mortal career, may
thev at the last hour hear that heavenly Invitation.
Huge, etrve bone et Jidtlee, intra in gaudium lktmini
tuu And I pray also that all those wno yet wander
in the plains of Sennaar may come to us i that all
united in the apostolio hall, we may pray to God
unaiUmiter peraervantee in oration, and ask of 111 in
assistance for ourselves, for our brethren, for the
entire Church, and tna propagation of ths Uuurou
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH".
Important Foreign 1 . XJcws.
The Tekin Massacre a Hoax.
The Spanish Throne Question.
Death of Admiral Dahlgr en.
Advices from the Pacific.
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-The' Canadian Fisheries Difficulty.
Etc. Etc.. Etc. Etc. Etc.
" 1 ; FROM EUROPE.
The Pckla Massacre a ITeax
Paris, July 12. The London Post recently
published a short telegram from Tientslen, China,
dated June 25, announcing the massacre of the
French Secretary of Legation and other resi
dents by native Chinese at Pekin on the 21st of
that month. Nothing whatever confirmatory of
this despatch has since been received. The
Government has nothing on the (subject, and no
despatch treating of the matter, other than this
special to the Post has as yet been made public
anywhere in Europe.
' Private despatches received by a gentle
man in this city from Pekin direct, dated June
22, a day later than that on which the reported
massacre occurred, in which nothing at all is
said concerning a matter of so grave importance
to France as well as to the whole world. It is,
therefore, quite probable that the Post's special
telegram was a hoax. '
The Foreign War Question.
Paris, July 127 A. M. The foeling to-day
is much quieter, and there is apparently more
confidence among all classes of people. The'
Bourse at midnight was still excited, though
rentes had made a decided advance, the last
sales being made at 60f. 25c. The Emperor
arrived at the Tuileries early this morning from
St. Cloud. '
Olllvler and Prnsala.
Baron Werthcr, Prussian Ambassador, also
arrived from Ems at 11 o'clock last evening.
Prime Minister Olllvler declines to accept as a
gage of peace the King of Prussia's withdrawal
of his sanction of the Prince of Hohenzollern's
candldature,unlcss he does it as King of Prussia
and not as the head of the family.
An English Opinion.
London, July 12 The Telegraph says:
"Were Prussia to reply to the French note
exactly in the sense France demands, the fact
would not guarantee peace an hour." Referring
to the reported preparations for war on.ljhepart
of France, the Telegraph "regrets that fuller
details of movements cannot be ascertained.
The introduction of the treaty of Prague into
the controversy, and the report that France will
compel Prussia's observance of It, are denied."
Tata moralaft-'a Quotation.
London. July 1211-80 A. M. Consols 92 V for both
money and account. American securities steady.
united Estates o-wa oi intra, ck$ ; oi ltMsa, Old, 68 ;
and of 186T, 8Si4'; HMOs, 86. stocks firmer;
Erie Railway, 17 ; Illinois Central, llltf ; Great
"Western, S6X.
Liverpool, July 1211-30 A. M. Cotton dull
and Irregular; middling uplands, 9Xd.; mid
dling Orleans. 9a)9j.'d. No estimate of the
amount of sales can be made now. California
wheat, 10s. 4d. : red Western, 8s. 7d.8s. 80. ; winter,
VB UvlMtf0 tvui uaa vviuj wvoe vui
FROM THE PACIFIC COAST.
Uenerai Hchofleld.
San Francisco, July 11. General Schofield
arrived here last night.
Specie Shipment.
The steamship Continental, from Mazatlan,
July 1st, brings 1526,000 in Mexican dollars.
Heavy Kalaa.
There have been heavy rains and water-spouts
In the valleye, doing considerable damage to
property and driving the inhabitants to the
mountains.
By this arrival further particulars of the cap
ture of the
rillbuaterlug steamer Forward
by the United States steamer Mohican are re
ceived. After leaving Guaymas the Forward, with
the two sailing vessels in tow, proceeded to
Chlcola, in the Ban Bias district, where Losado's
vessels discharged their cargoes, a portion of
which, it is said, was sent to Tepic. The For
ward then proceeded forty miles np the river.
When the authorities of Mazatlan heard of , the
raid on Guaymas they conjointly, with the
American Consul and the merchants, urged
Captain Low, of the United States steamer
Mohican, to pursue the Forward. lie consented,
and after cruising for some time, proceeded to
San Bias, and thence to Cbichlca, and there
ascertained the whereabouts of the Forward.
The Mohican reached the mouth of the river
on June 16th, arid Captain Low at once sent an
expedition of boats, with 60 men, up the river to
cut :out the filibusters. .When the boat was
nearing the Forward they observed a boat leav
ing the side of that vessel, and hailed it. The
Forward boat refusing to stop, the officer in
command of the Mohican expedition gave the
order to fire on it, which was promptly obeyed.
At the same moment the Mexicans on the river
bank opened a heavy fire from a battery of five
12-pounders, supported by infantry.
Ensign Wainwright and the coxswain of the
Mohican s boats were killed. The expedition,
however, captured and destroyed the Forward,
and took the following prisoners: George
Holding, first officer; James Lee, second officer;
E. W. Johnson, engineer; and H. Martin, llarry
Keogb, and Joseph lllghbeck, seamen. The
expedition retreated down the river under a
running fire from the bank, but there were no
further casualties. The wounded prisoners were
taken on board the steamer and carefully tended.
The Mohican started immediately to Mazatlan,
and the prisoners were delivered to the Mexl
cans, who treated them shamefully, even the
representations of the American Consul falling
to procure them any consideration. Charitable
foreigners were then appealed to and promptly
responded, and the poor fellows were made
comfortable.-. They all pleaded innocence in
regard to the charge of piracy, and after exanit
nation before a judge in Mazatlan, were sent to
Guaymas for trial. The body of Ensign VI da-
.tirit w a Virnnirlit. tn ftnn T?rnrplw
Hut.ei CanUceaUl.
FROM WASHING TO JY.
' ' The Canadian Fhtherlea. 4 f rn f
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph, ' -
Washington, July 12. Commander Wilson,
of the Frolic, reports from Nova Scotia, July 5,
that he is en route to Bay of Chaleur, passing
through the Northumberland Strait. From Cap
tain Scott, of the English Reserve, commanding
the Canadian vessels on the fishing grounds, he
learned that the articles of the treaty of 1818
will he strictly adhered to. Fishermen will be
allowed to enter Canadian harbors for shelter,
repairing, damages, purchasing wood, and ob
taining water, and for no other purposes what
ever. . ;
Fishermen have been in the habit of filling
their vessels, running into the Gat of Canso, re
shipping their fish, and themselves returning to
the fishing grounds. This is now prohibited,
and no American fisherman can trade In a Cana
dian port. These restrictions will bear hard
upon our fishermen. Two of our fishing vessels
have already been forced to leave Canso.
In the waters ot Prince Edward's Island the
Canadian officers have orders to give twenty
four hours' notice before seizure. , , .
The American Exiles.
The United States steamer Quinnebaug has
arrived at Charleston, S.C., with destitute Ame
rican exiles on board from Brazil. After land
ing most of them at Charleston, she will proceed
to New York and Washington.
Death of Admiral Dahlgren.
Despatch to the Associated Press.
Washington, July 13 Admiral Dahlgren
died this morning at the Navy Yard, of which
he was commandant. - , -
The "ittehleaa" Case.
Commodore William Rodgers Taylor, com
manding the North Squadron, Paclfle Fleet tele
graphs to the department that the United States
steamer Mohican, while off the coast of Mexico,
was attacked by a Mexican or Spanish vessel,
and Master Walnwrght and one man J of the
Mohican are reported killed, and five or six
wounded. The piratical vessel was sunk. No
particulars.
Navy matters.
The United States steamship Quinnebaug, upon
her arrival at the Norfolk Navy Yard, is to be
laid up.
The President to-day nominated Commodore
William Reynolds for Chief of Bureau of Equip
ment and Recruiting, Navy Department, vice
Commodore M. Smith, promoted to rear-admiral,
and whose term of office as Chief of Bureau
has expired.
Lieutenants C. II. Pendleton and K. P. Leary,
on retired list, to be lieutenant-commanders on
active list.
Zachary T. Brown and John A. Sullivan-for
assistant paymasters in the navy.
The guard of forty, marines . on board the
Guard at New York are to be transferred to the
marine barracks, and will not go with the ves
sel upon her receiving orders.
Army Orders.
First Lieutenant Benjamin H. Rodgers, Twen
ty-first United States Infantry, on account of
disability was dropped from the regimental rolls.
The following transfers have been made in the
First United States Artillery, to take effect Sep
tember 15. Captain Thomas Ward, from Com
pany A, BatteryK; First Lieutenant Michael
O'Brien, from Battery , K to Company A.
Second Lieutenant Isaac T. Webster from
Company A to Battery ; Second Lieutenant
E. M. Merriman from Battery K to Company A;
Second Lieutenant Clement L. Best, Jr., from
Company B to Battery K; Second Lieutenant
Henry W. Hubbell, Jr., from Battery K to Com
pany B. Captain William Myers, A. Q. M., has
been assigned to temporary duty in the office of
the Quartermaster-Genesal during the absence
of Colonel Ludingt on.
FROM NEW YORK.
' Ship New.
New York, July 12. Arrived, Ocean Queen,
from Aspinwall, with 132,136 in specie.
GENERALITIES.
The Iloosao Tunnel.
The doubt as to the ultimate success of the
Hoosac Tunnel, which has so frequently dis
played itself in public expressions in Massachu
setts, is not shared by the Hon. Walter Stanley,
the contractor for its construction. In a recent
speech before the Boston Board of Trade, he
stated that the tunnel has penetrated a mile
and a half on the east side, and more than a
mile on the west side. The work proceeds upon
two faces. The central shaft, sunk in the
middle, is more than 1000 feet deep, and within
90 feet of the grade line of the tunnel. At the
end of three months there are to be two more
faces of work started for this centre. He says
that there is not the slightest doubt on the part
of himself and his associates that "within three
years from now a train can be run almost on a
dp ad level from Boston to the Hudson river."
There is therefore a breathing spell of three
years before all the trade of New York wili go
touosion.
Another Premising Bantling Gene.
The last words of deDartinsr existence come
from Indianapolis. Another infant journal has
perished. Lihe the one of New Albany, Ind., so
recently deceased, it survived birth only about
eight days. That one died silently, nor asked,
in view of its brief destiny, "What was I begun
for ?" This gives a dying wall. Its release
from the trials of life Is accompanied by a few
words from its editor. He describes the sick
ness, which will at once be recosrulzed as a dis
ease which, when Inherited, as this was, is inva
riably fatal. "There wasn't any business to
manage." The melancholy experience has.
however, given him new knowledge. He feels
"enmnetunt to close the affairs of any uaDer on
the shortest notice." Let him, then, hold him
self in readiness. There are other bantlings of
the American Press Association that may need
the cervices of the editor of the late Indian
apolis Timet to "shatter the leaves before the
mellowing year." He might also prepare him
self, in view of recent symptoms, to assist at
parental obsequies.
The "Uard Post" Letter System.
A postal experiment is about to be attempted
in JLugiana wniyn snouia oe watcnea wiui atten
tion, as it may prove of great benefit to the
public. It has been tried in Germany with suc
cess, ana is mere Known as tne cam-poet system.
The cards are Issued by the Post Office at a lower
price apiece than the regular postage on a letter.
They contain a space for an address, another for
a message, another for signature. The people
of the German cities buy them and carry them
about in the pocket, very much as we do with
vlsitinar or bublness cards, but use them to write
letters upon, usually in pencil, in the street or
anywhere, and simply diop them into the
nearest post office receptacle. Thus, for all
mesjages that do not require secrecy, one can
dispense with pen, ink, paper, stamp, and en-
. velope. In England, the card la to coat but one
half-penny. If the experiment succeeds among
the reserved Britons, there need be no question
about it here, where so many rather seek than
avoid publicity of private affairs.
There are ten Chinese Snoday-Rfhools In
LX3C2A& imLLI (3 H Iff CJ3.
! Knlghta of Pythlaa.'
Oitrf Common Pleae Judge A llieon.
The argnment of the Iniunation In the case ef t
Chancellors of the Knights of Pythlaa was rertimcd r
this morning at o'clock. At the close of the
tpeeches the Judge intimated that he would proba-
Court ef Quarter Sessions Judge Paxcn. ' t ' 1
John Kino-wafl fOUOd guilty of cnttlnsr a rowboat '1
from a vessel in the gcbuylkill and stealing her
away. He was caught in the boat.
John WcKenna, a little boy, w convicted of ther . )
larceny of fifteen pounds of wool JOja Benjamin
Bullock & Bros. , - ' i
: - The Case of Baeephalae.' '' i '
Court of Quarter Sessions Judge Ludloie, t ,
In the case of Elijah S. Pennlnrton.
with crnelty to a horse, before reported, the jar '
to-day rendered a verdict of not guilty. , . .
FUfAtf CE AWI COMMEltCC.
.'1 I f S' Evknin Tm,boraib Offkj. .-. 1
Taesdajr, Jalj 1J, 1870. J . '
In the absence of an unusually large nninber 1
of our more prominent business men from the "
city, traue couuuueu eiceeaingiy quiet, With a
corresponding condition in money affairs. ' The
banks during the past week have suffered some
depletion, especially in legal-tenders, which
have fallen oft $606,680, but they have gained
ftu,CN in specie, mere is aiso a contraction
in, the loans of $370,696, whilst the earnings also
snow a diminished business as compared with
the previous week. This exhibit is not of a
character to affect the loan market to anv matn.
rial extent, anu rates remain aoout stenay.
Gold is still active, and the premium is sub-
iect to constant but not violent fluctuations. -'
?he range of sales up to noon was 113;113fr , ',
opening at and closing about noon at . .
, in uovernmeni Don as mere is considerable
selling, though less than yesterday." Prices
continue unsteady, but the 5-20s are generally ' '
Stocks are active but weak. In City 6s there ' '
were some sales of the new bonds at lOl1. cu
in Heading nauroaa mere were sales at ol . 0
51-56. Sales of Pennsylvania at 5858$, an, ,
advance; Oil Creek and Allegheny at 47; Lehigh
Valley at 586; Mlnehill at 51; and Catawissa
preferred at 37g38. In the balanee of the 4
list thare were no sales. Farmers' and Mecha
nics' Bank was taken at 123. 1
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES. !'
Reported by De Haven h Bro , No. 40 S. Third street; "
FIRST BOARD.
fl900Clty s,N..ls.l0ix
11000 N Penna Ts... 80X
$7000 Phil & S 78.1s 89
800 sh Read R...H.B1 66
100 do bCO.MW
80 do C. IXH
100 -j do 66. 61.
100 do.C0d.baf5. 61
600 do ..18. BOO. 61
100 do b6. 61
800 ' do S10. 6ltf
100 do.... .D60. 61)tf
100 do 830. 61V
800 do is. BW
800 do ...18.DB. 61 X
696 sh Penna R . is. 68 .
15 sh MinehlUR.in. 61 ,
100 sh Cat P...D60. 38
100 do boo. 31'i
11000 dO H9'i
14000 Phil A BOs.... 82
$1000 Ta It con bds.
cp. 86. 90X
20 sh far A M BH.12J
6shOCA Alt... 4T
14 dO 40 V
4 do 4T
SshCom'l Bk.... 60
8 sh Leh VR 68 U
16 sh Cam A AmRllTJi
4 do 1173K
47 do ls.117
JiyCookb & Co. nnote Government securities aa
follows: D. 8. 6s of 1881, 114114; B-80s or 16CV
110.VG1U: do.. 1864,li0ll0 ; do., Nov. 1666, m
Glioji; do. do., July, 109,V110; do. do., 1867,'
1093!i110X J do. 1868, 109?1IC ; 10-408, 101?ta
108;Facinc8,114lUM. Gold, 112.
Nabk & Ladner, Brokers, report thlB morning
Gold quotations as follows :
10-00 1. M 113f 11-26 A. M. 113V
10-16 " 11311-30
10-17 " 113:11-65 , " 113 ,
10-82 11311-65 " 113
10 30 " 11318 X5 P.M.... 113'
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Tuesday, July 18. Barkis scarce and held at
$30 per ton for No. 1 Quercitron. . ,
Seeds Cloverseed and Timothy are dnlU and -nominal.
Flaxseed is in demand by the crushers
at $2-25. i
The Flour market is quiet, there being no de
mand, except from the home consumers, who pur
chased a few hundred barrels, inclading superfine
at $55-25; extras at$5-25350; Iowa, Wisconsin,
and Minnesota extra family at $5-75(3615, the
latter rate for choice; Pennsylvania da do. at 16 25
6-75;Oblo do. do. at$6-856-76; and fancy brands
at $780, according to quality. Bye Flour sells at
$5-25. In Corn Meal nothing doing.
The Wheat market Is steady, bnt the volume of
business Is light. Sales of 2000 bushels Pennsylvania
red at $1-42(1-45; Western do. at$l-38(l-40, and
white at fl-4531'60. Corn There is less Inquiry,
and the offerings are larger. Sales of 2000 bushels
Pennsylvania yellow at $l-08ai 10; Western do. at
$1-07, and Western mixed at $il-03, as In quality.
Rye may be quoted at $1 for Western, and $110 for
Pennsylvania. Oats are quiet. Sales of 3000
bushels at 60o. for Western, and C3$64c. for Penn
sylvania. Nothing doing In Barley Malt.
Whisky is nominal at 97c for Western Iron
bound. latest siuppiyq intelligenceT-
. . For additional Marine Newt see Inside Page.
(Qr Cable.) ! " ' .
Quesnbtowm, July 12 Steamship City of Paris,
from New York for Liverpool, touched here last
evening. 1
. By Telegraph.) " ' -';
1 Niw York, July li Arrived, steamship Silesia,
from Southampton. , , . ,
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA... JVbj 12
BTATJ OF THXRM0HBTKR AT 1'HB IVENIHQ TIUuBAJH
urrivs.
T A. M 80 1 11 A. M 88 1 P. M M
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Steamer Sarah, Jones, New York, W. M. Balrd A Co,
Steamer M. Massey, Smith, New York, do.
StT Beverly, Pierce, New York, W. P. Clyde A Co.
Br. bark Sir Colin Campbell, Murray, Ivlgtot, B
Crawley fc Co.
Schr Lizzie, Stetsoo, Augusta, Me,, Lennox A Bur-
Tug8liudson, Nicholson, Baltimore, with a tow of
barges, W. P. Clyde A Co. ' .
Tug Fairy Queen, Wilson, Jlavre-de-Giaoe, wJth
tow of barges, W. P, Clyde A Co.
ARRIVED THIS MORNTNG.
Steamer W. Whllldln, Kiggans, is hours from Bal
timore, with mdtte. to A. Groves, Jr.
Steamer A. C. Stlmers, Lenny, 24 hours from New
York, with nidse. to W. P. Clyde 4 Co. .
Schr Glen wood, UlcWlnson.4 days from New York,
With salt to William Buiuiu k Son.
Schr Niagara, Townsend, from Boston. 1 '
Schr Polly Price, Smith, from Boston.
Schr Sarah Watson, Smith, from Dresden, Mc,
with Ice to Pennsylvania Ice Company.
Schr II. B. McCauly, Kane, from New Yerr.
Tug Hudson, Nicholson, from Baltimore, with a
tew of barges to W. P. Clyde A Co.
Tug Fairy Queen, Wilson, from navre-de-Grfcee,
with a tow of barges to W. Jr. Clyde A Co.
BpeeUft Despatch te The Evening Telegraph,
Uavkx-ik-Gkack, July la. The loJlowuig bojts
left this morning in tow :
John Lingafeit, with lumber to Watson, Malono
A Co. t . .
Iris, with pig Iron to R. B. Cabeen A Co. r
J. L. Walters, with lumber to Mcllvain A KDSh.
Harris Wilton, with lumber to l. E. Trainer A Co.
A. G. Posiltthwait and General U. 8. Grant, Witn
lumber to D. B. Taylor A Co.
Colonel Balluger, with lumber to Patterson A Llp
plncott. Star, with lumber to Baylor, Day A Morle.
It F. llartman, with luuibei to D. Trump A Son.
(ieneral Selgle, with lumber to R. Woolvenou.
E. A R. S. Gould, with lumber to II. Crotey & Co.
MEMORANDA. ; '
N. G, steamer IloUatia, Meier, for riymouth, Cher
bourg, and Hamburg, cleared at N. York yarerdity.
bteamers Manhattan, Woodhull, from Charleston,
ana ueueiacwr, renuingtou, irum w mn.Ug Wli, ti,
C., arrived at New York yesterday.
Fr. bark Sicily Juliette, La Porte, from TUUaAel
phla May 4 for 8t. Thomas, was lost May 13 on tbe
Angada Reef, Tortula. .
N. G. bark TheodoHlus Christian, ScbwenWt-cer,
hence, arrived at Hamburg 2th ult.
Bark O. W. lloibrook. Poileys, for ll)ila()fphla,
sailed from Mat an naa 1st lust. .i . ..u '
Bark India, lpschlnaky, hence, arrived tt tcUia
J4( h ult.
liriir Kaiirv. Turnir. horcp. tj" 'tn'lirir Birr,s.
J i'.tti'.UUl..
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