CD H A PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1870. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. VOL. XIV NO. 119. S(OEA i; ft FIRST EDITION THE NEW WAR CLOUD. The 8ultan and the Czar Gortschakoff and Fuad Pasha. i Sketches of Their Careers. Naval Duel at Havana. Fall Report of the Battle. Economy in the 11. S. Government. $69,000,000 Saved in One Year. Etc. ' IUC, Etc.- EtC. Etc. SULTANAHD CZAXl. - ALEXANDER! J, EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. Ill Career Before nod After Ascending the Throne. The war cloud in the East brings a new per sonal element into interest, and we therefore (ire sketches of the men in whose hands the question of peace or war is held, commencing with Alexander II, Emperor, Czar, or Autocrat of all the Russias, as he is variously styled. Alexander II is the son of the late Czar, Kicholas I, and was born on the 19th of April, 1818. in the reign of his uncle, Alexander I. The first seven years of his life were barely com pleted, when the death of Alexander I, and the renunciation of his rights by his brother Con stantino, led to the elevation of his father Nich olas to the throne, to which the young prince beeame beir apparent. For a moment, however, his own destiny and that of his house trembled in the balance, as a widely spread defection, which was only quenched by torrents of blood, exhibited itself in the garrisons of the capital. The reeolnte spirit of Nicholas I overawed the rebellious regiments, and from that day, December- 26, 1835, he rnled over a nation of slaves. The whole tenor of the young prince's life was altered, the gentle sway of hU mother, the daughter of Frederick III, of Prussia, hav ing been changed for the discipline of military governors and tutors. The substitution of the tern regimen of the barrack-room for the more genial influence of domestic life proved so irk some to the future Czar, that he enfranchised himself from it at the earliest possible period, and sought in travel and the society of the female members of bis mother's family the softening influences of intellectual culture and taste. This predilection for civil rather than mili tary life was opposed to all the traditions of the Russian court. Gloomy forebodings prevailed respecting the prospects of the crown prince, whose succession It was feared might po?sib'y be disputed by the old Muscovite party. Their half-barbarous, half-soldierly predilections found a more suitable object in Nicholas' second son, the Grand Duke Constantino, and such an amount of antipathy and distrust grew vp between the two brothers, in consequence of this preference, as to become the subject of general remark, and even of quarrels. Upon one occasion Constantlne, who was admiral of the fleet, carried his animosity so far as to put his brother under arrest an act ot tyranny which Nicholas 1 reproved by subject ing Constantino to the same punishment. Kicholas I looked with so much apprehension at the growing differences between his two children, that in 1843, upon the birth of Alexander's first child, he required Constautlne to take an oath of fidelity to the heir to the throne. Again, in his last illness he summoned his children to his dying couch, and on making over to Alexander the imperial throne, obtained from both a solemB promise to remain forever closely united, in order to secure the peace and kapplness of their common country. The Czarewitch on this occasion, in the pre tence of the ministers and the estates, declared his intention to enter on the government of the empire, and was immediately, March 2, 1855, proclaimed Emperor, as Alexander II. The same afternoon the estates of the empire and the military stationed in St. Petersburg did homage, and at a conncil held under the presi dency of the new Emperor, it was resolved not in any way to iuterrupt the course of the war with the allied powers in which Russia was en gaged. Alexander's first act was to issue a manifesto to the nation, notifying his accession, and de claring, in general terms, his iutentlon to uphold the glory of the empire as it had been upheld by Peter, Catherine, Alexander I, and Nicholas I. He at the same time summoned General Rudiger from Warsaw, aud conferred upon him the command of the Imperial Guards, until then held by himself; renewed the powers of his plenipotentiaries at Vienna, and through them announced his adherence to the declarations made by Prince Gortschakoff on behalf of his late father. On the return of peace, one of the first steps taken by Alexander II in the direction of reform was the reduction of the army to the lowest limits compatible with the dignity aud safety of the empire. Vigorous efforts were mide to place the national finances on a firmer basis, and to promote commercial prosperity. But the greatest reform of all was his emancipation of 23,000,000 human beings from the bondage of serfdom, and an Imperial ukase pro claimed the liberation' of the serfs, on certain conditions, March S, 1661. A period of two years was assigned for the settlement ot terms! with regard to the quantity of land ceded, and the rent, labor, or purchase money to be paid for it. In February, lb64, the same boon was conferred npon the PolUh serfs, with a view to weaken the Influ ence of the Polish nobility, who owned the greater part of the laud, and were cousacjueuUy aU-poweiiui. f owe years will necessarily j elapse before it can be seen what the final effects of this reform will be. .The Polish national spirit at present is, to all appearances, entirely crushed by the total failure of their attempt to achieve Independence. As regards education, great efforts have been made by the Emperor to place the state colleges on a level with the best educational institutions in Enrope. A still more notable reform, how ever, is the Inauguration of elective representa tive assemblies in the provinces. The first of these met in 1805, and it is anticipated that this measnre will pave the way for the introduction of a national representative assembly. The reign of the present Csar, however, has not been withont its personal dangers. On the 16th of April, 1866, an attempt upon his life was made by a yonng Russian landowner, Demetrius Karakasoff by name; but a peasant by the name of Osslp Jwanoff, who was standing near, ob served the would-be assassin aim his pistol at the Czar, as the latter was abqnt to enter his carriage after a promenade. Jwanoff struck the arm of Karakasoff just as the latter fired, and the ball passed over the head of the intended victim. For his timely action J wauoff was pre sented with a patent of nobility and a large estate. Again, on. the 6th of June, 18G7, an attempt was made to assassinate the Czar, while he was in Paris on a visit to the ex-Emperor Napoleon III. This attempt also proved futile, and was found to have been the act of a crazy man alone. The official investigation into the first attempt npon the life of the Czar proved it to be the re sult of a political conspiracy, and thirty-four persons who were compromised by the disclo sures at the trial of Karakasoff were found guilty of high treason by the Supreme Court. One of these, Iscbutin by name, who was con victed of being the founder of the Society of Communists in Russia, and of having incited Karakasoff to attempt the life of the Czar, was condemned to death, and fifteen others were sentenced to exile in Siberia. This attempt npon Alexander's life created a profound sensation throughout the world, and the Congress of the United States embraced the opportunity to testify to the friendly relations existing between the two countries, by voting an address congratulating the Czar upon his escape. The presentation of this address by Mr. Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, was the occasion for a general out burst of enthusiasm in Russia on the part of all classes of the people. In a letter to President Johnson, in answer to the congratulatory ad dress of Congress, the Czar said: 'I pray yon to be my interpreter to Congress and the American people whom it represents; tell them how much I appreciate, and with me the whole of Russia, the testimonies of friend ship they have given me, and how happy I will be to see the American nation grow in strength and prosperity, bv the unlou aud constant prac tice of civil virtues that distinguish It." The attempt of Karakasoff upon the Czar's life was not the last that has been heard of the Com munist conspiracy in which It originated, de velopments of the continued existence of which have been made public from time to time up to a recent date. But the Russian Government has taken such pains to keep all knowledge of its existence and objects from the people, that but little concerning its extent and influence i; known. On the outbreak of the Rebellion in this country in 18C1, the Czar addressed the Gov ernment a letter in which he expreseed the most friendly feelings towards the American nation and people, at a time when nearly if not quite every European ruler looked npon the prospective disruption of the Union with joy. This letter was the basis of the close and friendly relations which have ever since existed between the two nations, which prompted Congress to congratulate the Czar on his escape from the assassin's bullet, and had its full weight in persuading Congress to vote over seven million dollars in payment for the barren tracts of Alaska, the purchase of which signal ized the foreign policy of Secretary Seward. The course of the Russian Emperor in the present war between France and Prussia has been watched with a great deal of anxiety, but he has maintained a strict neutrality through out the contest, although it is apparent that his sympathies have been with the German cause. When M. Thiers recently visited St. Petersburg on a diplomatic mission from the French Re publican Government, he was kindly received, but only in his private capacity as a statesman of long experience and influence. The Czar Alexander II .married Maria Alex andre vn a, Princess of Hesse, April 23, 1841. By her be has a large family. The eldest ot the Princes, Nicholas, the late Czarewitch, was born September 20, 1843, and died prematurely at Nice, in April, 1865. Alexander, the present Crown Prince, was born on March 10, 1845, and was married on November 9, 1866, to the Prin cess Marie Sophie Frederique Dagmar, of Den mark. riUSCE GORTSCHAKOFF. The Bnaalaa Premier aad II U Career. Prince Alexander Michaelowltsch Gortscha koff, the Prime Minister aud most trusted ad viser of Alexander II, is a coisln ot the cele brated General who defended Sebastopol, and was born in 1708. He was educated at the Ly-' ceum of Zarskoe-Selo. His diplomatic life was begun at the Con gresses of Lav bach and Verona, at which be was present in the capacity of attache to Count Nesselrode. lie was Secretary to the Russian Embassy in Loudon, in 1821, was Charge dAJairet to tbe Court of Tuscany in 1830, and wss attached for the first time in 1S33 to tbe Legation at Vienna, where thu'djath of his superior, the Russian Ambassador, gave him great influence. In 1841 be was sent on a mis sion to Stuttgard, where he negotiated the mar riage ot the Grand Duchess Olga, of Russia, with the Prince Royal of Wurteniberg. During the eveuta of 1843 aud 1849 Prince Gortschakoff maintained a ditrnifled neutrality, but it is rumored that In 1850 he exercised some influence in procuring tbe abdication of the Emperor Ferdinand 1 iu favor of his nephew, Francis Joseph. Tbe Prince was Ambassador at Vienna during tbe dispute respecting the Eastern question, and it was at bis instance thatthe Russian Government accepted the four points which formed the basis of the Conference of Paris la 1850. From this post be was recalled to 8t. Petersburg in 1S57 to replace Neaselrode as Minister for Foreign Affairs. A proclamation of his, very hostile tr tha Wtalcru powers, during the biciliaa and Neapolitan revolution, excited much, attention, and his policy during the Polish insurrection of 1863 has been conch commented npon. The course pursued by him in the present complica tion is still before the pnbllo, and his future movements will be watched with great anxiety. ABDUL.AZIS, SULTAN OF TURKEY". The Career af ihe '(( Raler. Abdul A,zls Kban, the present Sultan of Tar key, is the second son of tbe Sultan Mahmoud Khan, who died in 1839, and brother of the lite Sultan Abdnl Medjid. lie was born on the 9:h cf February, 1830, and ascended tbe throne of Tukey on the death of Abdul Medjid, June 545, 1861. according to the eustom which prefers a brother to a sen as heir. He has much stronger military tastes than his predecessor. His gov ernment succeeded in raising several loans in the London money market, for the avowed object of reforming the finance of the empire, but whether these reforms are real or illusory, time alone can prove. One of the most troible some questions that has for some time affected the interests of the Porte that arising out of the ingenious gium-polltlcil scheme of M. do Lesseps for the formation of the 8uez Ship Canal assumed a rather unfa vorable aspect, from tbe decision of the Empe ror of the French in favor of the company against the Viceroy of Egypt, by which the suzerainty of the Porte was virtually ignored, and its claim therein imperilled for the future. The Sultan, who has concluded treaties of com merce with France and England, visited the exhibition at Paris in July, 1867. He also landed at Dover on July 12, and was enthusiastically received in London. The reign of the present Sultan has been any thing but a quiet one. He has been repeatedly in trouble with the semi-independent rulers of tbe Danubian principalities and with the Vice ley of Egypt, whose aspirations for entire inde pendence of the Sublime Porte have only been forestalled by the decided stand taken by tbe great powers. In 1867 a formidable insurrec tion broke out in the island of Candia or Crete, and was only suppressed after a pro tracted struggle, which would have been fruit less, if the Sultan had not enjoyed the substan tial sympathy of the great powers. In his home administration, however, he has displayed con siderable energy aud tact, and especially by the encouragement which he has given to the con struction of railways in his European dominions, has contributed greatly to the consolidation of bis power and the preparation for the great and final struggle with Russia which has long been inevitable. . FUAD PASHA. The Turklah Premier. Mehmed Fuad Pasha, the Turkish Min;ster of Foreign Affairs, who in that capacity conducts the negotiations in the present difficulty, on the part of Turkey, is one of the most distinguished and able statesmen which Turkey has produced. He was born in Constantinople in 1814, his father being a judge, while hi mother, the celebrated Lalla Kbatonn, was one of the few Ottoman poetesses whose works have been printed. Fuad sttftlied medicine in early life, served lor a time in the Turkish navy, and afterwards entered the Government Interpreter's ofllce. Ilia first diplomatic service was as Sec retary to the English Legation; in 1S43 he was made second interpreter to the Porte, and soon after sent on a special miasion to congratulate Isabella II on her accession to the throne of Spain, as well as on a mission to the Portuguese Court. He served subsequently as Ottoman Commissioner at Bucharest, as Commissioner at the headquarters of Omar Pasha during the Crimean war; was promoted to the rank of Pasha in 1855, and in 1856 was made Minister of Foreign Affairs. From 1861 to 18G3 he served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman empire; was Minister of War from February 11, 1SC3, to February 11, 1337, and at the last named date again became Minister of Foreign Affairs, a position which he still holds. Fuad Pasha belongs to the liberal school of politics; and, like his mother, enjoys a reputa tion as a literary man, having publl-hed, about 1844, a poem entitled "The Alhauibra," em bodying bis recollections of Spain. This work gained for him great and well-deserved popu larity with his eouL.tr men. THE NAVAL DUEL. The Nnval Flgtit oil the Part of Havana-Full Particulars Vhe Captala-Ueoeral of Cub Acta aa I'auplre. The New Orleans Times of the 14th instant, just received, has tbe fullest details of the singu lar naval4battle off Havana yet reported. Tue following is the account: By the steamshlo Cuba, which hns Just arrived In nort. we learu that an unnit-use atnouutor excite- went baa been prodaced iu Havana iu cousequouco ol a navul duel winch took place lu sight of city on tbe 9tli, between two monitors baanug tuo French and Prussian cilom. Taesn vessels, the Bouvet (French) aud the l.Ifteor O'rusNiin), had, alter cruislt g tbruugh tuc Caribbean aeu, a sulddutly found themselves together lu the sane port a fe v days preceding 'he flht, and as all paities, oill reri Ld men on board the Elea nors, wero lmp.uliut for the fray, the Inirenilmp fluht was no secret in the streets of Haviua preeeding tnj eiu jiuler, aa I larpe bets were iu consequence ma Is a to ton result In the first manauvrlDg with a view to the settle ment of Una iievilon. the Mele.ir left port wittt a tacit uriderstuudlng that she would be folluwed out side, but returned Vav same day tj find tii.tt her nal bud been detained thu twenty-four h iursde n ended in auh cases by i.eutral givernmu:iti. The Frenchman on the 8iU sailed frjui p ire witu a view to tliH setilenient i f the qnestiou, aud waited nine miles from prt for the expira tion of the Hunt agreed upon by 1-. Wh 1j so awaiilng on tl'o n.oruliif.' ol the Ptti the Hti-anlnp Cuba, from U .uimoie, was entoiing port, and, in accordance with the usaveof war, wa.se ik u upon by a shot from tue Itouvt t to show her colors. l'ln Cuba uot having snswer.1 the deiuaud in any great baste, a sect rid shot followed, which pisaeil witiim about thirty feet of the atuuof thu vessel. Tue American ring was thereuivi displaced, aud ah irtly after an ortker of the lioavet ca no oa iio ir 1 t j apologize fir what be claimed wai a nsceBsary pre caution. To return, however, to the Metev.wnic'i hal b?on awalt'ng the reseribed delay. Oua o'clock had been fixed upon as tbe ti ne for leaving prt, aud at that hour the flat-roofed houses of iiavHiia wero covertd with th lusandaoi spectators of b;tli atxea, aimed wlih field and opera glares. Tlu Meteor started out of the long nurr.iw harbor of Havana punctually to the mit.ute, aud was f allowed by the Knmilkh ii.nn.i.f-"ar the lleroiiut Cortes, luviu ou I "Card Captain General De It dits and siuir, the Coiunsudanteof tre Marino, the CIvU Governor, three uiedictil author! ties, and a larg uu u'er of other guests. Tbe Kjiacish Canor.ero ElCenteuelt was aUo on haul reaily to renter Ul thu assistance necessary, gnu doubtless also to see tiieti;ht. The houvet was already in waiting, lying orf the eastern coast, aud at 1-37 the sfeteor passed the iloro (whose towtrs were all crowded with ipno tators), aud stetred din-ctly for ber evpectaut enttiiv. bhe was followed by the Cors, ami her direction wss iiOitheat by nor'h. Tlio It. mvet ; Lt .il.,.Gli bule uoiiU up.-i tier liUai-ijt vciuf with her prow natural? turned in the direction cl cvrt, la huicXluis and rcaii&ess la luauearruif the French vessel was now discovered to be slightly superior, drawing, ntne feet of witer to ibe Mete.ir'a six, which latter consideration rave ber a superiority In steadiness of motion and accuracy or lire. Hne bad also a snperloritv of ten men, or seventy to sixty. The sky was cloudy, but tbe sea was smooth, and every other consideration favored a fair test of naval prowess. Is soon as tbe two monitors came In sight the Meteor put on steam and the ttoavet eorainenoed tacklnir, the latter pointing her pnw towards Mora Castle, At S o'clock the Meteor took lu sail, and this movement was imitated by the Bos vet. Ten mlnntes after the Meteor passed beyond neutral waters, and at 8-35 the Bouvet opened Are and hoisted three battle-flairs. The Meteor thereafter ran up colors to its pruw and masts. Three snots were fired by the Frenchman, or, accord in It 10 some accounts, two, the last passing over the top of the Meteor. The Utier then fired a shot, which paaHed to the stern. Tbe two vessels posing by each other, an attempt was mad bv the Frenchman to irratp!e, thoiiga wltbont success. The two monitors thereupon rounded te, and the same movements were repeated without cessation of the Oritur, in the second pat sage of arms the two vessels hrashed by each other without scarcely stopping, the Frenchman, bow ever, making desperate efforts to grapple, and at the same tltiie throwing on board eight or nine hand-grenades. One of these, In exploding, tore on the top of the head t f a Prussian mat ine. Tbe Bouvet was again uuable to grapple, and failed In dolog so, either owing to the speed at wnluh he was sailing, or to the giving away of the rigging of the Meteor. Be that as it may, the masts of the Prussian were completely cut otr, and their colors temporarily lowered. At the same moment, how ever, Just as the vessels were colliding, the Metnor succeeded in inflicting a blow which more than counterbalanced thl disadvantage. Tula was by a well-directed it-pounder shot, which penetrated the Bouvet amidships, tearing a hole through the steam dism sufllclcntly large to Introduce a ina-i's head. By this accident one man was badly scalded and two ethers slightly a third being disabled by the splln'erlng of a piece of wood, Tbe Bonvet being thus disabled aud her machinery nseltss, besides losing ber foretop mast br tne olll ston. gracefully abandoned the field; that Is to say, she Immediately set all sail and continued on in the direction in which it was then moving to the port of Havana. Three guns were subsequently Urea at the Bouvet (which were replied to, according to some accounts) though witnout any effect. The wheel of the Meteor bad, meanwhile, been so incumbered by the rigging, whic h went over tier sides, that she was for half an hour prevented from following. The loss to the Meteor was three men killed and one wounded. No d image wax sustained in the bull or machinery. The fl. ing, which had lasted an hour, was ended at 8-86, by the Bring of a gun from the Herman Cortes, as a signal that the B mvet bad passed into waters subject to the Jurisdiction of fralu. The armaments of tlto two monitors were given In the morning papers of Havana as one sixtj pounder and two thirtv-thlrty pounders for the Bouvet, and one elgh I v-pounder and two- thirty pounder for the Meteor. It need hardly be said that tbe tight was discussed in Havana during the following evening with the greatest excitement, and that various opinions were expressed as to the details aud actual results of the engagement. All, however, agreed that the right had been conducted with treat gallantry, and that in the combat which will doubtless follow in a short time between the two vessels, the chances are evenly divided. At the sailing of the Cuba, which brought the news, the wounded had been sent to the city hospi tals, and the two monitors were lying at different extremities of the harbor. I0REIGN MAIL SERVICE. Operation and Reaolfa for the Year Endlon June 30, 1870. DtPtch to th Atnoeiattd Pruts. Washington, Nov. 18. The following statement for the fiscal year ending June SO, 1870, will appear in the annual report of tbe Postmaster-General : The postages on United States and European malls were as folloas : The aggregate amount of pnBtage (sea, Inland, and foreign) on the mulls ex changed with the United Kingdom ... 64,72 t With North Uerman Union 668,7-7-7o " Fracce I4i,tfr4-3T " Belgium 10.S76-48 " Netherlands 17,979M4 " Switzerland , 8,8;w-o Italy 20,106-80 Total postages 11,443,942-6.) Being 157,830-45 less th in tli amonnt reported for the previous year. (Owing to reduced rates or post age, which took effect o.i the lt of January.) The postages on malls stnl to Europe were as fol lows, viz. : To United Kingdom f 339,673-30 " Nerth German Union 878,49$T France 81,88-76 " Belgium 6,4' n as Netherlands. 9,281-85 " Switzerland 16.910M5 " Italy 8,wi-aj Total S73M19 96 The postage on roalis revived from Burope was s follows, viz.: From United Kingdom $07.0S9il " Nerth German Union 20,22-63 France 61,7Ml Belgium n,4tfol3 Netherlands 8,607 29 " Hwtuserland 17,8u5t5 Italy 11,92162 Total $706,022 64 Postages collected in the United States. I92f,t 4-56 " " " Europe. 618.818-U4 Excess of collections In the U. 8 ... Knmber ol letters sent from the United blahs Number of letters sent from Europe.. . . f403,306'52 7,099,787 6,101 7119 Total 13,201,46 Being an Increase of 1,772,8J5 over the number re ported for the previous year. The excess of postages on mails n, from the United States to d liferent countries of Europe over that on mails rtcrived iruin the same countries was aa follows: United Kingdom $32,583-63 France 17,14415 Netherlands rt4-56 Total $Hi'24u The excess of postages on malls received, over those sent, was as follows: XNonn ucriuau luiou ,,,Tii5i t .l-Vr'ianA .miii Belgium 4)-7d $16,4t.VlJ8 Number of letters and newspapers, and a'uouits of United States pontngK so far a reported, on ma'ls exchanged with Canada, the West, India Island, l'annnia aud South i'uoiuc,, Mexico, lia.lse, Urazll, bandWlcn imauua, Jtpiu auu tjniua: Canada 4,131 89:i West Innies, et fcis. U) 1'auama aud South 1'acltlc 1S3.72T Mexico 45,014 hrazu U6..SSI Halise 8,a7 tsaiidwlch It-lands.. 20.71T .1 spa n end blna... 111.770 Kova Scotia, etc 77t,.)74 $S51,6tJ-35 1S1,46 81,4)41 1M 553 67.HIS 100,470 sV.'ibi U4,k40 8MV2-43 5.5WK7 80,3C5 S71-8T 3 RltJ 77 1S.3S;VS5 3.541-44 B,157,3i 1,419,543 $518,421-84 Psymecta to ocean mail mt dtiship lines, per'orm ii g aervu-e on basis at pos-age earuti gi, during lUcal year eliding Julo DO, lb70: A wt'tunt f Liue. Compmvitioii, on b German Lloyd Hamburg American Flicket Co $114,599.34 Inman Hue 95 475 44 Oman! UliH..., 4S,4l-6i Liverpct 1 ana Great Western liu 11,1 8-53 i auualan line 6,487-13 Kniiar Umthers 1'44-lD fciean shlp line to Wefct Inules. Mexico, Hsiuburg, etc T2 450-64 Total $34,744-71 1 ho total number or letters exchanged wlh for eign countries during the vear wa Is 3"J SIS, an in crease of 11, 859, 8 7 3, or 18 41-1.0 perceut, over the number reported in l63. Of this number. 9,764,153 were sent from aud 8,605,. 2VM were reielved lu tii.i Uuliel Statea. The total postages of 1 tier mail exchanged wltti foreign countries were $l,9t4,664-49, being $50 618 less than the pontages for the previous year, the de crease raving been caused by reduced rates of letter poetape to Great Brltala and other countries on tbe coiitiueat of Kuroe on the first of January last. 1 he total cost of the United 1st a tea ocean mall stei-u shiD service, including trio amounts paid for if i il subsidies to tbe steannuip Hues to Japan smi China, rtrHXll, and th llwlla'i islands, U f 1,107,- i kia to; uiu subuiit being a.W.ujo. I Twelve postal conventions with foreign countries have levii mt.ua Uuiuif the ;ar, ia ail i; w&x there have been rcdnced postages: from twelve fo SX cents with Ureal Britain. 1 be Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Bwiteerland, and the North German Union, from fifteen to teu uenta PKACTlOAti KCONO.Wr. Tbe Hern.lt of aa Keeaemtcal tamlolatratlea f the Cleveramebt-Nearly sus.ty.alae Mil. lleaafSavea dartea tee Pn-t Year. r rom a statement prepared by Treasurer Spinner, wbicb will accompauy b s report to Congress, Hap pears that the total incrcas -J receipts and defeated expenditures of the Government amount daring the past year to '8,7.'4,nvg 2f . Refrrlug to this galu tbe Treasurer says: ''In erder to eiplain mora claarlv to inch paranni Mara not. in W. titbit ol thinking of money Or tha million, of dollaia the ana (wring ibit baa baan mada to IB. ira. auri of tha batted htaaa in the laat tionl yearavtr tna cae preoedina it, tb atatrmvat ia hare made that alter ritMOcitina fci Ba-iday. and f -ax lral ivli lava from tie l)t-5 lay, 80V eicntiT 1.je raoinin ia tha jeai.in abich time tha narinfof (68.7D4 OM'SW was mada: thai the ava raice KavioR on tba working daraof tie iiinal yew that clo.cd wil n Jon. 30, 187U, over tboae of tie vear praoedine: was or S23,44 per day, being over CH8t"8 par boar, and ever SI64 par inate. Doing 'ore tban iual to tha extra dropping or a ? fcu Into tba con en or the l retail j is ever aecond of tha tim." The Treasurer in his report again speaks of the inadequacy ol the pay of his clerks and otllcers, and claims that this fact demoralizes the busluess and is detrimental to the pnbllo service, lie thinks clerks In his office are entitled te more pay tnan in other departments, because they are held persona1 ly responsible for all pecuniary mistakes. Us baileves the best reform in the civil service is to Increase the compensation. He speaks of the suffer ing in the families of many clerks, and details the troubles tl.ey Incur in keeping out of debt. He says that many of them have to go to the pawnbroker, aud that if they are suddenly in want of money they borrow of sharpers, giving a lien on their pay, and pay ten per cent, a month as Interest Several pares ate devoted to arguments for Increasing salaries. The number of persons now employed in his otiice is 814; the nnmber employed when General Spinner came to ofllce was 0. The following details are also given in the report: miitncr F-ml. Amouat recaivad from van nil neraons from December. lKM, np to and including June ail, 1S69, &I13.?91'RI ; and during the lineal vau- auding June 80, I Mo, t:l,4r.8'(3: total amount received aiaoe Movamner 80, !M3, 117,3S7 M. Atmy ai d Aary mriont. The following ia a statement of tbe pension, paid to eoldiera and sailora for the eight et from 1863 to 1S7U, both inclusive: ARMY rCABIONS. J8f3. (W9.SS-5o. JHM, 4.12.6610I: IMS, 9,l9t,1!t7-02: ISMS, 13 4X3.) 19; lt-67, $19,4W,(WH t; lHS, i3,57,4tWI4 ; lt-S, 23,C23.twU'47; 1870, 4iMu5,733 43. Total, lii),57i, S3i?4. NAVY PENSTOS. 1S3. 1SS 188-38: 18i4. $lS4.756-04; IMS. 7,2ai.42479; tSUS, J3.871.CW- 33; IS',7. fM.3I8.7Hii 4; -of, Si',sis tSI; 535, m 34 ; 1S70, $476,320 84. i otal, $ 16,it5.85U 65 Fourteen ra Uton dollars from the above amount ol pensions for the year Just closed was placed to the Naval Tension Fund. Two hundred aud ten thousand dollars have been placed to the sa'tie fund In the last year, that la not included in the last item of the above table. Th Treasurer also presents a tasable showing the expenses for the army during ench of the years from 1860 to 1870, inclusive, the total of which, for the elev-n years, reaches the sum of 3,4li8,620,P34 79. The naval expenditures for the same per d were f490,429,060'ffi. A tame u also insenea snowing tne amount or paper money This includes rtdieuert and destroyed sine 1861. ceniand nn'es, legal-tender notes, compound luta- rett notes, fractional currency, national oanit note, etc., toe total amount destroved reacuing tne enor mous sum Of 14,437,839 44 27. A CELL VACATED. Escape fiem the PtttabarsT Jail. The Pittsburg Co7mercol of yesterday says: Yesterday morning shortly after 8 o'clock a colored man named Edward Lucas, who was con fined In tbe Western I'eulteutiary, e fleeted bis escane from that institution by a well executed movement. He had been convicted iu 1466 of horse stealing, ane was sentenced to fourteen years' imprisonment aud thus bad served four Years of his term. It appears that be 1b subject to epileptic fits, and the physician of the institution, Dr. Rankin, ihought work in the open atr would be beneficial to hlin. Yesterday mornlnc after breakfast he, in company with several nttiera. waa avalpned to do some whitewashing in the prison yard, aud an overseer was placed in chatce ol the snuad. Lucas engaged himself for a few moments in mixing lime, but aa soon as the olllcer in charge had turned his back he started to- waid the noith west corner or tne wan. ana reionej that point before he was missed, lie then produced a rope constructed of bed ticking and pieces of old bags, with a sma'l block at one end. lie succeeded in throwing the hook end over the wall, and secur ing it- firmly, and in a moment or t ro he had climbed 1o the too of the higi wall surrounding the prison. He bad tied small pieces of wood to the rope six or eight inches apart, and was thus enabled to ascend the rope very readily. After reaching the top he placed tie hook securely on tno inside of the wall, and then slid uuietly down luto the park. Tbe keener missed bim In a few moments and immediately gave the alarm, and In less than live minutes parties were in pursuit of the fugitive. while others notified the police of the escape. The neirro was tracked to White Oat alley, lu tbe Third ward, w here he was lost sight of. He has not yet been apprehended, but as every etlort it being made to recapture him. It Is likely that he will soou be re turned to bis old home. A reward is offered for bis apprehension. TICTUALLING TIRIS. New Stoorcaa af Foad. The Gaulois of the 27th contains the follow ing items respecting tbe provisioning of Paris: "The managers ol tne Jardin ues riantes nave be (run to sell some ot tne animals in tueir col lection, the least rare and valuable being, of couue, selected, bcveral young buttaloes nave been sold, but the butchers ask enormous prices for them. All yesterday people were admiring or e which was exhibited by a butcher in the Boulevard Haussmann, but tbey did not buy it on account of Its high price. The space between tbe ramparts and the forts has been planted with bitter herbs, which are destiued to counteract the effect of salt meat when it becomes a leadiug article of general consumption. A pork butcher in the Rue Clement had bought a large number of pigs at the commencement of the siege, bnt he refused to cell even the meat which was de livered to him by tbe authorities. He bad also Lired two cellars, and had there accumulated a considerable quantity of provisions. The in habitants of the district gave information to the authorities, who seized all the stores iu his shop and cellars. , Mrs. Cyrus Day, of Cedar township, Mon roe county, Iowa, some time since fouud a ball of apparently pure copper, weighing lib" pounds, which was recently pronounced to be an aerolite by some scientific geutlemen in attendance at the Iowa Methodist Conference. A farmer at 6weetater, Tetin., was badly sold tbe other day by some swindlers in New Yotk, who sent him a package marked gold watches, npon wrueli he had to pay f'Jl. lie re tired to bis own hnu?e before viewing his pur chase, and there fouud that he bad parted with his monev for four pieces of cast-iron. A law suit is at present being tried at Toledo. Ohio, which involves some questious of peculiar interest to landlords. A real estate agent of that city eugnged roobis in oue ot the most fas hionablo bouses of tbe city, and imme- dia'ely put out an Immense sign coutaining a notice of an auction sale, to the disgust of the other residents, and tbe landlord, who considers the case one of trespass, and claims damages in the mm of 5000. Tbe Pilgrim Society will celebrate in Ply month. Mass.. the li.";0tb anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims, on Wodoesday, the 21st of December next. non. itooert u. winmroti, of Boston, has accepted an invitation to de liver ou oration. Ibe general arrangements for the celebration include a meetlag of tue society in Pilgrim Hall, a procession, an ora tion, and services at tbe Unitarian church, a dinner, street decoration, lit e works, and a ball In tbe evptiinir. Tbe BDcricmen of Marvland recently united in presenting a petition to Governor Bowie, ask ing mm to so moauv au existing w an to umv tbe shooting of duck to commence on October 20, and be doue ouly on alternate days, termi nating ou tbe Slst of March. The Governor replies that be has sworn to execute the laws of the State, and that he Is compelled to preserve the Eanctuy ot uls oam, uoAcvcr craca ua iua, sympathize with tuose w no are injuriously a Jected by the law referred to. LSQAL inTBLLIQErJCIJ. Prlaaa i'aaea. Ontrt f Quarter BtmiatfJudg Paxton. Tbe Conrt Is to-day engaged with Vie trial of the mott trivial dock casrs. Francis Mullen was convicted of assanlt and bat tery npon Edward Coffer. These bodies oltlded on the day after election, and Coffer being taken at a dlsnd vantage went down into the gutter. Elizabeth McCutchen was charged with assault and battery upon her sister. The Jury acquitted her. and ordered eaeh t pay the casts. "William Fanshents pleaded guilty to the charge of entering a house with latent to steal. He was dis covered by the master of the bouse, and at ones showed fight. A pretty sharp struggle ensued, during which a policeman entered and tarried tha intruder away. vnimralTaMenApH Orrron.1 1 Friday. Nov. 18, 1870. f I Public attention is trreatlv absorbed in the threatening aspect of political affair in Enrope, and both financial and commercial values art unsettled, and promise to be more so at the breaking of the war cloud which now lowers over Europe. Tbo loan market, however, is rather relieved by the war prospect, and is gra dually recovering irom tbe alarm created by a probable recall of money to Europe. The local demand to-day is light, and currency is offered freely at oJswO' per cent, on call and Jit 7(59 per cent, on prime discounts. tioia is again excited ana unsteady, ran Kin e from 112 to 113, opening; and closing at 112". The Government bond market is quiet and steady. stocks are active and somewhat unsettled. Bales of old City Cs at 101 and new do. at 102; Cs'iDi;. Keadlng sold freely at 50-44(ai50-56 b. o.; renn- svlrania was taken at 59: Little Schuvlkill at 43; Norristown at 100. and Oil Creek and Alle gheny at 4;, in small lots. in uanai snares mere were saies ox Lienign at 82. In Bank stocks there were sales of North America at 2iV.l; Manufacturers' at 31J, and Mechanics' at Passenger Railroad shares were quiet.the only sales being In Chesnut and Walnut at 44 154. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE' SALES. Reported by De Haven ft Bro., No, 40 S.Thfrd street. FIKST BOARD. 130(1 C ft A m 6s, 89 94 UmOO ft K R.C. 45 Biiioo cam & 68 o3.. 3 si us sn cent i rans.is so I4U00 do is. 93;i 11000 Pa K Con m bs 12 sb Ch A Wal.... 41V 100 do : 44 cp 907 j loo sh Read H..M&.60 66 $1000 Lcb V H n bda 200 do. .2d. 50)tf reg.... 100 1"0 100 8(10 mo 400 ISO 6 10 100 209 100 do. do., do. , O. 60)tf ...b60 . 50 S60WU.M-44 300CltVSS, N..C.lC2'i $r,wo do nnftf jliiOOWJer 7s . .c. 95X do. .50-44 $100 city 68, Old... ldl do 2d. 60-44 do.. IB. 030. 50X do 50-44 do.s5wn.trf. bOX do trf. 60 do U10. 60tf do b6. 50f do bSA.50-66 c sn k or in Am.wi 6 sh Manuf 13k... s&wn.. 81V CO sh Penna K..ls. ru 6 8h Lit Sch KB,. 4S 14 sh Norrist'n K..100 23shMech Bk..ls. 81 v loo sn ien w . . . .mo. si 160 do b30. 60V Messrs. Da Havkm & Brothkr, No. 4U s. Third street, Phllade'phla, report the following quotations: D. 8. 68 Of 1881, 113.4113?': do. 1862, 107 Hd 107 do. 1864,106106; do. 1868, 106 V107 ; do. I860, new, 108'(109.'. ; do. 1367, do. 109m109V: do. 1868, do. 109fU09; ; 10-4CS, lt)6(4l06?. U. a 80 Year 6 per cent Currency, UO'-i&lUV; Gold, 112 V( 112?;; Silver, 10C108; Union PaclQo Railroad lstMort. Bonds, 825i835 ; Central Pacltlo Railroad, 906(A915: Union Pacltlo Land Grant Bonds. 72&a740. Mbbsrb. William Faimtes a Co., No. 86 8. Third street, report the following quotations: U. 8. 6s of 1891, 118VM113.V ; 6-208 Of 1862, 107(107tf ; do. 1864, ljesiai06? ; do. i860, 106at04,' ; do., July, 1866, 109(4109','; do., July, 1867, 109109V: do. July, 1868, 10isi09v : ea, kmo, io6-io6'i ; U. S. Paclflo tUi. CJ. 68, llUXOlll. UOld, ll'JX112 Philadelphia Trade Heporl. Fkidat, Nov. 18. Tuo tone of the Floor market is decidedly stronger and most holders are demand ing an advance of 12x25& per barrel. The de mand is active, and fully 8400 barrels changed bands, including superfine at $4-60(4-76; extras at $55-26; Iowa and Wisconsin extra family at $5-50 Minnesota do. do. at $6-25(46-50; Pennsyl vania do. do. within the same range; Indiana and Oblo do. do. at $6-35(37: and fancy brands at $7-258, as in quality. Kye Fiour sells in a small way at $55 150 barrels Brandywlne Corn Meal sold on private terms. There Is not much activity In the Wheat market. owing to the difference between the views of buy ers and sellers. Sales of 8500 bushels Indiana red at $1-36(1-40; some amber at $l-42(nl-47, and 800 bushels white at 1-4S(S 152. Kye ranges from 90 to 95c. for Western and Pennsylvania. Corn 18 steady at tbe recent advance. Hales of 8560 bushels old yellow at tWAvoc. ; x;uo ntisnei new no. at 7(4 82c. ; and some old Western mixed at 85386c. Oats are unchanged, bales of Pennsylvania aud Western at 52 ?i (Sofas. in Hurley and sia't no runner saies. Seeds Cloverseed Is iu fair request, and 200 bush. els sold at $6-25. Timothy Is nominal. Flaxseed commands 2-I0(ff 212, with small receipts. Whlskv is 2o. hiuher. bales or loo barrels West ern wood and Iron-bound at 90c. LATEST SIHPFDt Q OTELLIWEN'rK. For additional if grins fifew m IrutUU Pan. By TtUyrayli.) New YOB K.Nov. 18. Arrived, steamship Colum bia, from Havana. Shakubae, Oct. 12. Laiing tor new xorx, snips Palmer, Montana, Mary Wuitrtdg, Morro Castle, Dllpussund, Anglo Saxon, and Queen of the Age. Sailed, oct. 4, snip uzzio ireaeit, ana on the Tin. ship Lady Elizabeth. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA NOVBMBKlt 18 8TATI OP TnKBMdK STfR AT TUB EVENING TELBOKAPH urnuc TA.M 43 1 11 A. M 47 8 P. M. 49 CLKiRED THIS MORNING. Steamer Monitor, Joues, New York, W.M. Balrd &Co. Steamer I). Ltley, L-avis, New ork, ao. Steamer Tacony, Nichols, New loric, ao. Brig Sarah Priucep, Netherton, Liverpool, L. West. ergaard A Co. Brig Home, Cook, Newbury port, Kulght A Sons. ARRIVED THIS MORNING. Steamer it. L. Gaw. Her. U hour from Baltimore. With mdse. aud passengers to A. Groves, Jr. Schr 1J at lie low, snearer, i aays ira uatn, r. v., with lumber to li. Trump, Sou & Go. vessel to Knlebt k. Sons. 14th lust , W. N. W. of Maukto. saw the masts of a schooner, of apparently sou tons, sunk In about nine iatnoms water, witu neau to il ards the beach. Schr Gilbert Green, Henderson, from Petersburg, Va., with railroad ties. Schr Sarah Wood, Illokraau, from Lynn. Schr J. C. McShaln, Adams, from Derby, Conn. Schr A. Towusend. Kisley. from Kll Klver. Schr Erwin Bay, Smith, from Baltimore. Schr Progress. Koxwe'l, from Kanpahannock. Schr George Nevlneer, Smith, from Boston. Schr C. Wood, Gaudy, . do. MEMORANDA. Br. steamer Tarn a, Murpny, irora Liverpool and Quienstown via itoston, at New York yesterday. Steamers General Barnes, Mallory, for Savannah ; Georgia, crowell, for Charleston; and Faolta aud Ann Eliza, for Philadelphia, cleared at New York, yesterday. Steamer Bienville, Baker, for New York, cl'd at New Orlesns 12th Inst. Brig Moses Dav (of Philadelphia), Loud, from Sa vannah, at New York yesterday. Schrs Sarah Cullen (of Philadelphia), Avis, from Tampa Buy, Fla. ; Lottie, Tavl r, hence for Boston; A. W. Haines, Saln, do. for Fa' I Klver: and A. Uaromond, Haines, do. far hockport, at New Yorc yestt-rday. Scr.rs Mary Ella, Kelly, from Gardiner, and Eve line Halght. Aveiy, frra Provincctown, both for Philadelphia, passed Hell Gate yesterday. Schrs A. Hammond, i'aiue, hence for Hockport; Beading KK. No. 49. Little, do. for Bridgeport: and Alexandria, Davis, do. for New Haven, passed Hell Gate yesterday. Schr J. E. Arey, hence, at Boston yesterday. Schr M. V. Coo, FaUeuburg, beace, at New Bed ford lth Inst. scbr M. W. Griffin, Gnffln, henoe, at New Havers 16th iDSt. bclu a JuUu A. Gnuiu, FoaUr, aul W. U. DmnU, Lake, lor Philadelphia, sailed from Prwldvuce 1CU kttatit.
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