r EiWMNIN Gr rrn A VOL. XV. NO. 35. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1871. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. "TrTT " j Ajj As. JXJJLo 't A I FIRST EDITION ENGLAND AND AMERICA. ThcClaims Commission Its Tew Members. Who and What They Are Tho San Domingo Commission The - Fears for Its Safety. The Overdue Tennessee The Commission and Officers. Theories, Rumors, Hopes and Fears Btc.i KStC.t Etc. KIC, Etc. THE CLAIMS COMMISSION. A Prospect far the Adluatment of Our Dlflleul llee with Ureat Britain The Communion ot Ten for their Hellleuient The Members ef the Coinmltilod and their Careers. After protracted agitation and repeated fail ures of attempts at settlement, there is at last a prospect that the vexatious Alabama claims, L and all other points at issue between the Gov ernments ot tne Lnnea states ana ureal Bri tain will be speedily settled. The President, yesterday, in accordance with the result of recent negotiations,appointed five commissioners on the part of our Government to meet those of the Eng lish Government for the discussion andsettlement of the Alabama claims and the fishery question, and all other matters in dispute between the two governments. The following are the names of the joint commissions: Vnitri State. Great Brit tin. lion. Hamilton Flsn, Sec- Earl de Grey and Rlpon. retry of State. i Professor Montague Ber- Gen. Robert C. Schenck,' nard. American Minister to Sir Edward Thornton, Gnat Britain. I British Minister to the Hon. Samuel Nelson, United States. Associate Justice ot tne Sir John A. Macdonald, Supreme Court. I Canadian Attorney-tien- IIod. Ebenezer It. Hoar,1 eral. ex-Attornev-General. Sir John Kose. lion. George II. Williams. Below we give brief sketches of the members of the joint commission. TDE AMERICAN COTinHSlO.XEtH, Hon. Hamilton Fih. The Secretary of State, lion. Hamilton Fish, of New York, is the President of the Commis sion on the part of the United States, by virtue of his official position as Foreign Minister. Mr. Fish is descended, on the maternal side, from Peter Stuvvesant, the last Dutch Governor of 'New YorK, and was born in New York city in 1809. He graduated at Columbia College, New York, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1830. Entering-upon political life, he served in the Legislature of the State of New York; was for two years in the National House of Representatives; was Governor of the State of New York from 1843 to 1850; and after that served a full six-year term in the Senate of the United States, from 1851 to 1857. Before the organization of the Republican party he be longed to the Whig party, but since that time he has been a consistent though rather con ervatlve Republican. On March 11, 18G9, he was appointed Secretary of State, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Wash bnrne. General Robert C. Hchenckt who occupies the second position on tho Ameri can branch of the commission, has recently been appointed and confirmed as Minister to Great Britain, his departure being delayed by the prospective negotiations to take place at Washington. At the time of his appointment to the Court of St. James, we published a lengthy sketch of bis military and political career. lion. Kbenezer K. Hoar. Hon. Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, one of the American Commissioners, was born at Concord, Mass., In 1816, graduated from Harvard College in 1835, and was admitted to the bar in 1840. He became an active politician and held several ollices. He was a strong anti-slavery man. He was the starter of the Free Soli party, he having written the circular which called the State Con vention together. In his efforts la behalf of this party he was untiring. Through his exertions, In a great measure, the party which began with only 36,000 votes, in the course of three years broke down Daniel Webster and the Whig party, elected Charles Sumner to the United States Senate, and made Secretary Boutwell the Governor of the State of Massachusetts. In April, 1859, he was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, which po sition he continued to hold until his appoint ment to a seat in the National Cabinet. His name was in the first draft of ?resldent Grant's Cabinet, but after holding his position of Attorney -General for some time, he became very unpopular, especially lu the Senate, and his resignation was tendered and accepted June 15, 1870. In December, 1809, his name was sent to the Senate by the President as Associate Jus tice of the Supreme Court of the United States, but his nomination was rejected by a majority of nine votes, after a bitter and protracted contest. Hon. Samuel Neltti, another of the. American commissioners, was born la Now York, In 1792, and after a success ful career at the bar and on the bench, was, In 1845. appointed an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by Presl dent Tvler. his judicial service now amounting to over forty-five years, ne Is one of the ablest inmr fin the Supreme bench, but is rather conservative in his views, and gained consldera Lie unpopularity In the North by joining In the famous Dred Bcott decision in isof. Ilea. (Jeerae II. Wllllame the fifth commissioner on the part of the United fctatci, was born In Columbia county, New Yoik, March 23, 1833; received an academical education in Onondaga county, studied law, and on beirg admitted to the bar in 1814, Immedi ately emigrated to Iowa; in 1847 be was elected Judcof tho First Judicial District of tbt State; was a Presidential elector in 1852; from Presi dent Pierce be received, in 1853, thi appoint ment of Chief Justice of the Territory of Ore gon, and was reappointed by President Bu chanan in 1857, but resigned; was a member of the Constitutional Convention which preceded the formation of a State Government; and in 1864 he was elected a Senator in Congress from Oregon, for the term commencing in 1805 and ending In 1S71, serving on the Committees on the Judiciary, on Claims, on Private Land Claims, on Finance, and the Special Committee on the Rebellious States. He was also a mem ber of the National Committee to accompany the remains of President Lincoln to Illinois. Senator Williams has been a firm and consistent Republican during his service in the Senate, and has ranked as one of the ablest men in that body. The recent election of a Democratic Legislature in Oregon prevented his re-election. since which time he has frequently been named in connection with a Cabinet position. THE BRITISH COMMISSIONERS. Earl de tJrev and Rlpon. The President of the English branch of the commission, George Frederick Samuel Robin son, Earl de Grey and Ripon, was born in Lon -don in 1827, and succeeded his father as second Earl Rlpon and his uncle as second Earlde Grey in 1859. He served as a member of the House of Commons for Huddersfield, and sub sequently for the West Riding of Yorkshire, from 1858 to 1859, when he entered the House of Lords. He was Under Secretary of War in June, 1859; Under Secretary of State for India from January to August, 1861; Secretary of War from 1853 to 18G6, and was appointed Lord President of the Council In Decemb er, 1803. He is a liberal in politics. Hlr Edward Thornton, . the British Minister to the United States, who sits on the commission by virtue of his diplo matic position, is about sixty-two years of age, and is the 6on of the late Sir Edward Thornton. His diplomatic career began about 1843, when he became an attache of the British Legation at Turin, then the capital of tho Kingdom of Sar dinia. In 1815 he was appointed a paid attache at Mexico, and In 1851 Secretary of Legation to Mexico. From April, 1853, till October, 1853, he was Secretary to the late Sir Charles Ho tham's special mission to the River Platte. In May, 1854, he received the appointment of Charge d'Affalres and Consul-General to the Republic of New Grenada, but did not proceed to Bogota; and in September of the same year he was transferred to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. He filled that post for five years, at the end of which period he was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic. On the 27th of July, 1865, he was sent on a special mission to the Emperor of Brazil, and on the 10th of August following was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minis ter Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brazil, from which pest he was recalled to succeed the late Sir Frederick Bruce as Minister to the United States. He arrived in Eogland, on his way to this country, in December, 1867, and on January 27, 1808, arrived at New York, to assume his diplomatic duties in this country. In February, 1808, he was made a companion of the Honorable Order of the Bath. He also bears a Portuguese title of nobility, that of Ceunt of Cassllhas, to which he succeeded on the death of his father, upon whom It was con ferred by King John II of Portugal, for three lives, his own being one, and the others to be accomplished In his descendants in a direct line; but the license granted by George IV, per mitting Sir Edward to accept the title, forbids him 'or his heirs assuming or using it in the British dominions. Mr. Thornton's official resi dence in the United States has given general satisfaction both here and In England, and he has recently signalized it by at last bringing the Alabama claims to a successful issue. 8lr J hn A. ftlaeitanald. Sir John A. Macdonald, G. C. B.f D. C. L., another of the British commissioners, la a pro minent Canadian politician, ne was born in the year 1815, and receiving his education at the Royal Grammar School in Kingston, Ca nada, studied law aud was admitted to the bar In 1835. In November, 1844, he was elected a member of the Upper Canadian Parliament for the city of Kingston, which constituency he continued to represent through all the different changes in the form of government. In May, 1847, he was appointed a member of the Execu tive Council and Receiver-General, and in De cember following, Commissioner of Crown Lands. This Cabinet resigned In March, 1S50, and the Reformers, under the leadership of La- fontalne, Hincks, and Baldwin, who succeeded them, held the office until September, 1851. The reservation of lands for the Protestant clergy find other vital questions caused the defeat of the reform ministry at this date, and Macdouald joined the new coalition Cabinet as Attorney- General. This position he held until May, 1802, a portion of the time being Prime Minister. In January, 18W, he was appointed Minister of Militia, but the Cabinet was defeated In Its Mllltla bill and forced to resign. In May, 1861, however, Macdonald again entered the Cabinet as Attornev-General. under the leadership of Sir E. P.Tache, at whose death, In July, 1805, he became also Minister of Mllltla again. But Tache's Cabinet failed to command a majority In Parliament, and another coalition was formed, the leaders of both parties, including Macdonald, uniting to mature and consummate the project of uniting the Canadian and maritime provinces under one general government. He was ap pointed in 18G0 one of the delegates to arrange with the British Home Government the terms of union, and on their arrival in London was chosen to preside over their deliberations Matdonald.cntered the Cabinet of the New Do minion July 1, 1867, as Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, which position he ttlll nolda. Hlr John Have. TLe fourth British commissioner, Sir John Rose, the well-known (janadiau politician, Is a Scotchman by birth. He was educated at King's College, Aberdeen, but at an early period emigrated to Canada, with whose politics he has ever since been connected. In 1843, when twenty-one years of age, he was called to the Canadian bar. He made his mark, and in 1849 was appointed Queen's counsel. In 1857 he was appointed Solicitor-General of the Province ot Lower Canada. From August, 1858, to June, 1861, he was a member of the Executive Council, and from January, 1859, to June, 1861, ho was Commissioner of Public Works. In 1861 be acted as Commissioner of the Home Government of Gieat Britain to settle with the United States the claims aris'ng from the Oregon treaty. In 1807 he represented the Protectant interests of Canada at the ColooUl Conference in London. Iu that year he was ap pointed Minister of Finance and sworn In as member of the Privy Council of the Dominion. I'relenaor Montagu Bernard, the fifth member of the commission on the part of Great Britain, is Professor of International Law in the University of Oxford, and a gentle man of high attainments. Lord Tenterden, the secretary of the commission, is but little known in politics. He succeeded his uncle as third lord a short time ago. Previous to that be was employed as a clerk in the Foreign Olllce. THE TENNESSEE. Grave Apprehennlon fintertnlned na to her Safety Thlala the Veaael'a Flrat Hea Vovuko The Mynterv am to whir nhe hns not been Spoken the Theory Entertained la Jtesaru to the matter. The Washington Patriot of yesterday says: Members of Congress and visitors to the Capitol were painlully excited yesterday over a report that the United States steamer Tennes see, which conveyed the commissioners from New York for San Domingo, had foundered at sea. and that all on board were lost. It was stated that a despatch to that effect had been received in New York, and was bulletined at the Tribune office. The report gave no par ticulars, but simply stated that the vessel had foundered. Senators and Representatives gathered In knots In their respective chambers nud discussed the probabilities of the truthful ness of the rumor, and, while the report seemed to come direct, no one was willing to believe the horrible story. A despatch was sent to the Tribune by Mr. White, their correspondent here, and an answer soon returned that there was no truth In the report. So far as can be ascertained, the report seems to bave originated in this wise. It seems the following despatch was sent hence to the New lorK 'Iriounc on Tuesday night: "The Tennessee sailed three weeks turn wirh Mm San Domingo Commission on board, and aomn sur prise la beginning to be felt at not hearing from her. Mie was iiut expected to be more than nine or teu Uajs on the outward voyage, and aday longer would have carried a despatch to Havana, the nearest cable station. Admiral Porter to-day expressed surprise at not receiving Intelligence, though he does not ap pear anxious. It Is hoped, however, that some news win be received in a day or two." A gentleman In New York, who has a son on board the Tennessee, became excited and anx ious, and telegraphed here to know further par ticulars in such a mauuer as to excite alarm. and this was the occasion for the report. ine report spread irom. tne Capitol uo town. and the Navy Department was, as a matter of course, immtdiately thought of as the proper place to which to direct inquiries, and thither a messenger was sent from tha White llouso the moment the story was heard by the President. Secretary Robeson had received no Information of any accident, ana discredits the whole story. Every naval officer at the department also discredits the report; but at the same time it cannot be denied that there Is some cause for anxiety. Ine steamer leu rsew lorkon tne loth of January, and It was expected that she would have arrived in seven or eight days at Samtna, where a steamer had been ordered to start at once lor Cuba with a telegraphic despatch for Washington. It was believed tbaf, this telegra phic anuouncement of the arrival of the com mission would have reached here about the 25th of January, yet it is now twenty-two days since they leit rew iorK, ana nothing has been heard of tbem. Tho Tennessee started without hav ing made a trial trip, except from Washington to New York, after her new engines had been put in, and naval men think that some parts of her machinery have given away. Other otneers say that tne delay in not bear ing from her Is because of the long route she took, far eastward of the Bermudas, out of the line of vessels coming up the coast. These officers do not seem to doubt but that she has already reached her destination at the eastern end of the island of San Domingo, but there are neither telegraphic nor mail facilities at hand to bring back the quick intelligence. I he unlet ciem ot tne navy Department did not leave his office for several hours afjer the regular closing time yesterday, in order that he might receive any news of the Tennessee which should be forwarded to the Department, but there was nothing received from any quarter whatever. Romethlnc Wroni. From ths Washington Chronicle, Feb. 9. Notwithstanding: the general disposition to discredit the report, those who are familiar with the distances between the West India Islands and the means of communication existing there, say that we should have had intelli gence of the arrival of the Tennessee on Tues day last. Their calculation is that it would re quire about one ween lor tne lennessee to i each her destination; and as she left port on the 16th of January last, she was due at San Domingo on or about the i6tx ultimo, inat two steamers leave San Domingo every month for Port au Prince, and that the last steamer should have left there on Tuesday, the 2d instant, and arrived at Port au Prince about the 5lh instant. From there communication can be had with Havana In two days. Therefore, if the news of the arrival of the Tennessee was sent by the last steamer, it could have been telegraphed from Havana on Tuesday, the 7th Instunt. The following despatch was received last uight:- "Havana. Feb. 8. The United states steamer Severn, with Admiral Leo on board, arrived to-day at noon. An wen. eiiu win sua ior jvey west. Tn bit ffimmiiiilcation to the Senate on Tues- dav with reference to San Domingo, the Presi dent 6aj s Admiral Lee wrote to the Sucretarjr of the Navy from San Domingo. January 11, 1871: "I would like to wait here for the com mlstlon. but think it best to be near the Cap- taic-Ueneral ot Cuba." now, as iiavaua u uuv two or three days' sail from ban Domlugo, it would seem that Admiral Lee waited in the Bay of Samana until a few davs 6ince for the arrival of the commissioners, and that they had not arrived at the time ot his departure for Havana. The Tennessee must therefore be delated some- wLere between New York and the Bay oi Samaua. The Departure from fort. The Tennessee, having on board the San Do mingo Commission, set-sail irom this port Tuesday, January 17. The final preparations of thn ofliclal Dariv were over early in the aay, and at IU o'clocK tney were congregated iu me . X - l . i. private parlor of Senator Wade at the Astor House, ready for departure. Leaving shortly after, they embarked on board the revenue cutters at the foot of Whitehall street, and in the company of numerous menus steamea away for the Tennessee, which was anchored In the stream close under the shores of Staten Islaud. Tt.ir,nr v,A inrt nasssai'e down the bay. and after the party was transferred to the deck of the steamer, until the anchor was finally weighed f- iarinrr &U was hiarh spirits and merriment. A trial trip of the day before had shown that the vessel could make about nine knots an hour, so It was judged she would be about seven days in mavinir t.hn mn from New York to the islaud. As the tuir came alongside and Mr. Wade stepped on tha deck of the frigate, salute of fifteen guns was fired in honor of the ex-8enator. He was followed by the entire party, and while the baggage was bring got aboard conversation flawed amio? all panics without cessation. No dread seemed to Le entertained among the voyagers, although at that season they were likely to find the trip rather a boisterous one. After a while there was Hie shaking of hands and the leave taking. 'God speed" was wished the travellers and then the pnrtics separated; who were to go re.nained aboard the Tennessee, the others boarded the cutters again and returned to the citv. At about 2 15 anchor was weighed and the frigato put to sea, as her commander was anxious to get out with the high tide which would reach i'i full at the balf hour. While running down the 'bay a mcetirg was held among the commissioners, durlrg which it was decided to land at St. Do miDgo City, touching at Saraana Bay only on the course. JV. Y. World to-drru. Penerlptlon of the Krlaate. The Tennessee Is a wooden steam frigate of 3000 tons burden, built at the Brooklvu Navv Yard In 1864. Her armament consists of twettv- one guns, and her engines are of the Ericsson pattern, capable of being worked up to 800-horse power. She was originally built for one of the fast cruisers, to look, Alabama-wise, for Eng lish or foreign commerce in case of war. She was designed expressly for speed, and was filled with machinery, boilers, and coal-bunkers, leaving little room for the accommodation of officers and crew. No use being found for her In this condition, she was greatly altered. Four boilers were taken out. the coal-bunkers on the berth deck were removed, and a light spar deck was added to her, making her a double-banked frigate. She is a good sea boat, tolerably fast Under steam, and a clipper under sail. Her bat tery is very heavy, consisting of sixteen pine inch guns, in broadside, on the gun deck; two eleven-inch guns, pivoted, on the spar deck; two nine-inch guns, and two one hundred- pounder rifles, in broadside, on the spar deck; one sixty-pounder rifle on the forecastle, and iwo iweniy-pounuer uamjren rule Howitzers on the poop twenty-five guns in all. Her Pnnaencera. The rarty on board is a verv large one. and embraces many distinguished and prominent Kciiuemeu. ine commission consists oi ex- T1 . Senator Uenjamln . Wade, Hon. Audrew D. vvnne, president oi Cornell University, and Hon. Samuel G. Howe, of Boston. The Secre tary of the commission is A lieu A. Burtou. The scientific men attached thereto are Prof. W. P. Blake, mineralogist; Prof. Tarry, of the Agri cultural Department, as botanist; Prof. New comb, of Cornell University, general naturalist; Prof. Ward, ot the University of D rchcster, geologist; Hon. George Gcddes, Preident of the New York Agricultural Society, formerly State Engineer, in the agricultural interests; and an assistant mineralogist from Yale and an assistant botanist and niliierAlnirur. frnm Hjmnr.i College. General Sig 1 jrnes oui in a private capa city, and l'rofessor C. F. Cram, of Cornell Univer sity, got s In the capacity of nrlvate secreturv t,i President White. Iu addition to these there are a large nuniuer oi journalists on board. Her tMllcerH. The ship's oftlcers arc the following: Captain William O. Teinn'e. Llcutenanr.Coniniauder and Executive Officer- George W. 11 aj wood LK'utcnunt-conininndcr and Navigator Charles b. cotton. Lieutenant-Commanders George F. Wilde and G. V. a. uiiddnn. Lieutenant S. Wallace Orabam. First Lieutenant of Marines Francis D. Webster. Masters Frank W. Neal and Abbott S. Ross. Ensigns Dennis H. Mahan, .lohn H. Collin. H. T. juoiicnun, d. w. uraiaen, ana tficnara Mitchell. Chief Jhngineer navid u. Macomb, First Assistant .Engineers Ed war! A. Macee. i nuries o. jucioui" n. h'econd Assistant Engineer Edward G. Allen. Paymaster Thomas 'as well. Surgeon James McMaster. Passed Assistant Surgeon William S. Fort. Assistant Surgeon M. R. Ruth. Sailmaker Francis Boon. Gunner Thomas P. Venable. Carpenter W. I). Tov. LoatawalD Charles II. Miller. FllVaVnCIS ANI COJIMKHb'li. Kvkhino Telkuhaph OrnoK.t Friday, Feb. 10, 1871. t There Is only a moderate demand for money to-dav. and with a full supply of available funds someaimcuity is ten in disposing ot bal ances at rates which are considered favorable to lenders. Call loans are quiet and eaty at 51's6 per cent, on acceptable collaterals, i'rime business paper lsjincreasmg very siowiy, ana an oilerlngs are freely taken at b(a7 per cent. These terms are considered satisfactory by bor rowers, as a rule. tioid was stronger, selling at at tne opening and at 1115s at the close. Government bonds are in demand ana snow a further advance of K3. There was a large business at the stock Board at a general Improvement. City 6s, old and new, sold at 1013, and ante-war issues at 103. J here was a lively movement in canal snares. with sales of Lehigh at 34 3; Schuylkill at 83; and Morris preferred at 74. I he balance ot tne list attracted dui iittie at- tention, the only sales being Commonwealth Bank at 54 and Central Transportation at 4!). PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES. Reported by De Haven ic Bro., No. 40 S.Third street FIKST BOARD. ItoonoAm Gold in,v KioshPenna R...C. 60 f.'.uuumiy on, uia...iuiAi 11600 CUT es. New.1013 IT ao G04 8 do CI 43 do 60ft f 10(KH) Pa A N Y C 7s n Etwu hen uoia u. . . ottfi 25 sk Com'h FIc.... 64 ash Lit Soli KR.. 43V 8shLeh V R.... 60S 600 sh fata Frf 8S, 41shCam & Am.. 116 ti ao 6D i (HI ao . ...DbU. tw7i 20 sn Reading K... 49 600 do 49-44 1000 8h Sell Nv 8k 254 sh LeU Nav St.. Zl KETWKSN f 100 C A A m 68, 69 06 I 600 Leh 68, '84.... 84 8snLehYaUt.... 601.' I BOARDS. loo sh Reading R . . .49 44 C'-'U dO 49'4i MB88K8. Dl IUVKN fc. JjKOTHKR, NO. 40 8. Third street, Philadelphia, report the lollowlug quotations u. s. 6s of issi. xisumm'i ; do. lm iumiiiv: do. 1864, 110&C41107J ; do. 13C6, 110?J 110 ; do. I860, new,109)f(.aio9,!tf ; do. 18CT, do. H-8iiiesj ; do. 1868, da lluwsloo.; 10-40, . U.S. 80 Year 6 per cent. Unrrency, 111,111?;; oid, 111V(4 1st Mori. Bonds, 7uoASO0: Central l'bculo Railroad, 9&rA935; Union Paclfln Land Oraut Bomts, cjoUO. M abb ULADNBR. tfrosnrs, report this uioruing cold o notations aa follows ! 10-00 A. M lll'i-lll 18A. M. llt 10-20 IU H 11-29 U 10-5 " 1113''11-3S " Philadelphia Trade Hepori. Fbihay, Feb. 10 The Flour market is less ac- tlvp. hut htilcrrg are verv ilrm In tlielr Views. The demand Is mostly Irom the hrme consumers, whose purchases loot up too barrels, ln-iludlim nuperdue at tnaB-60;eJtra8att.vT5(a!6 25; Mir hwetern extra family at $0 -767 -75; Peuiisylvaula do. do. at 10-85 (40-io; tuuiana ana unio uo. ao. m iri;x9', u St. Louis do. do. at g.a)9f0 as In qualit,. Kve Flour sells at 16 bbi. In Corn Meal no sales were reported. Th markpt la Doorlv suiiDlled with prime Wheat. and this iu the only desc ription for which there la any Inquiry; salts or Indiana red at fl 604163, Pc unsilvaula red at 1 4.V-41-4S, Ohio red at II 66,4 im. and aiiier at tl t.2wl-65. Kyo may be qunted at f I for PeunsUvaula aud western. Corn attracts hut little a'teulton: tales of ye'low at 73iS0o., and Western mixed at 77c. Oats are unchanged; 150 Imrrela Pennsvlvanln sod Western told at 6"0. 10O0 bushels four rowed Western Barley changed hands vpKterrinv afternoon at 11-05. Seeds Clovei seed U scarce and Arm ; we quote at 11 1 o. y pound, and irom secona nanus ai rt& 12vC. jimoiiiy may uo quuicu i in w, wmiu' fiouil at. tV.-lu. Whisky Is unchanged; 70 barrels Western Iron- bound sold atwu. Hmw York Prduc markttl. kw vnHi. Feb. 10. Cotton quiet and steady ; uplands la e. ; Orleans luc ; sales looo bales. Flour Craer; sales 11, ooo barrels State at .i-i6 47; Ohio at 6 fcft(7t.9; W estern at a-157 75; Southern at $6-9ftiiS-7S. Wheat a shade firmer but u.uil; uew isprliig, $l-64cl-55; Winter red and a-uber Western, it-Mtiai-ftO. Corn dull: sales Uti.000 bushels new mixed Western at b4i85o. Oats nrin; sales 28,000 bushels Ohio at S4u67c. Beer quiet and steady. Pom dull; new mess, H'i.frT; old mess, Sri; prime, 19 COfcsio. Lara quiet, w antsy very uriu at . SECOND EDITION hO KEWS OF THE TENNESSEE. Howe'i Sewing Machine "Worki Barned Other Destructive Fires. Affairs on tho Tacific. To-day's Cable News. Tho French in Switzorland. The New. Assembly Elections. Delivery of Arms at Paris. FROM EUROPE. The (Jnmbetta Ticket Carried. London, Feb. 9. In the elections at Brest and Havre tbe Gambctta ticket has been car ried by a heavy majority. Delivery ef the Captured Arms at Parla. London, Feb. 10. A despatch from Versailles says tbe delivery ol the cannon and small arms of the Army of Paris to the Germans com menced on the 7th and continued throughout the 8th inet. he French In Nw)tr.erland. Berne, Feb. 9. The Swiss Government has ordered the sale of horses beloneinz to the French cavalry interned in Switzerland. Sixty two railway wagons laden with Provision for the French Prisoners have arrived in Switzerland from France. Behlin, Feb. 9. The PruBnlan Diet will probably close Its sessions on the 18th Inst. nine ofKInc Charlea. Stockholm, Feb. 9. King Charles XV is quite ill. Ills malady is not of a dangerous nature, but his recovery will be slow. Liverpool Cotton market. Liverpool, Feb. 94-80 P. M. Sales of cotton shipped In Februarj or March from Charleston or Savannah at 7Xd. for middling uplands, and do. from New Orleans at 7d. for middling Orleans. FROM THE STATE. Fire la nucha 4'ouaiy.and Nad T.eas of Life Two I hlldreu Hurned to Death. Special Despatch to The Bvenina Telegraph, Dotlestown, Feb. 10. A fire, attended with loss of life, occurred in Northampton township about half-past 12 o'clock this morning, and is the theme of general conversation here. It seems that shortly after midnight of Thursday a fire was discovered in the tenant house owned by Dr. Cornell, situated near tbe Bridgeton Fike, Northampton township, Bucks county, and all attempts to check the progress of the flames proved fruitless. The names of the occupants are not known. The wife barely escaped with her life, so rapid was the progress of the flames. She and her two children were in bed at the time. Bewildered and almost frantic, she rushed from the apartment only to encounter the flames, which were crackling and belching forth in almost every part of the house. She ran down tbe flight of stairs through the flames, not, however, without sustaining serious In juries. Her two children perished in the flames, although every exertion was made to rescue them. Kkcape of "Curley" Harrl from a Fljla Paoli, Pa., Feb. 10-10-20 A. M.-Curley narrls, the notorious rough who was being brought from Pittsburg to Philadelphia for trial, charged with murderous assault upon nughy Dougherty, jumped from the Cincinnati express train about one mile west of this place, at 2 o'clock this morning, while the train was at full speed. The train was stopped, and immediate search made, but up to this hour nothing has been seen or heard of him. The prisoner was handcuffed at the time ot his frightful leap. FROM NEW ENGLAND. Police Otncer Acquitted. Boston, Feb. 10. The Coroner's Inquest In the case of Joseph Murray, who died in the hospital from a pistol-shot wound Inflicted by Ofllcer Hinds, in Newton, resulted in a verdict that the officer fired the 6hot In self-defense and In the discharge of his duty. Fire lu Bonton. A fire in the baggage-room of the Boston aud Albany depot this morning destroyed several trunks and damaged the building to the extent of I15C0. FROM NEW YORK. Content of an Eipreaa Car fturoed. Vrw YniiK. Feb. 10 At 9 o'clock last nlsrht. as the Cincinnati Express train entered the ea-it end of Bergen cut, fire was discovered Inside of one of Adams Express cars. The train stopped at the west end of tbe cut, when half a car load of silks, ribbons, and var.eties aoiaze were thrown out. Loss, 4000 to 15000. The fire caught from locomotive sparks entering the side door of tne express car. ine gooas were consigned to Philadelphia and Biltimore. The New IIninrf Acciuenc. TVinmiKRRPsiH. Feb.10. Ed ward Bartlett, re- nnrud Bmonir the killed in the late disaster, near New Hamburg, is alive at Rondout. Alleged Murderer Arremeu. Rmirnni. Feb. 10. Vandercook, the per son who shot John Fellows at Clitton Park on Tuesday, was arrested yesterday. Tbe condition ot Fellows is still precarious. FROM WASHINGTON. The "renDeee"-Ne Ne-4oiher Theorr. Despatch to the Asuociated press. Washinoton. Feb. 10. No intelligence uaa been received at the Navy Department up to noon to-day concerning the steamer Tennessee. It has been lueptsted that pernaps tne commis sion, after tbey reacted sea, resolved to com mence their txamlnation om the part of the Island distant from tne capital or can omino, intending finally to visit President Baez. This is given as tbe only reasonable explanation 01 tne delay in bearing from tne commission, as tne naval authorities here have faith in the strength of the vessel. FROM THE WEST. BolHrie ofa Uiti. Cincinnati, Feb. 9. A girl, supposed to be named Gertrude Roib, committed suicide to-day by throwing herself into the canal. The Dee Convention, In session here, held a night session discussing various questions, among them tha advantage of salt and the best flowers for honey making in a bad bee country. The advantage of crosses was also discussed. Deairnrtlre Fire la I arilnna. Indianafolis, Feb. 10. Howe's sewing machine factory at Peru was entirely destroyed by fire this morning. Loss 1 100,000, partly in sured. The fire, it is supposed, originated la the dry kiln. FROM THE PACIFIC COAST. California and Anatrallaa Itlalle. San Francisco, Feb. 9. In consequence of tbe destruction of the mails at the Hudson River Railroad accident, the steamship Moses Taylor, connecting with the Australian steam ship at Honolulu, will be detained until the 16th Inst. Creat millarda. In the billiard match between Dion and Deery to-night, at the end of the tweuty-fourth Inning Dion bad scored 115 and Deery 124, counting 50 given him in the game. rEXXSYLYANtA. LEGISLATURE Nenate. IUrrisbcrg, Feb. 10 Among the bills reported from the committees as committed were the follow in r: House bill autboriztof? the Councils of PhUadel phia to establish markets for farmers on any street north of Laurel, east of Howard, and northwest wardly to Thompson street, where the property, owners give their & nspnt. air. Fetrlken read a bill in place, authorizing the city of Altoona to provide a supply of water and borrow money. Also, one providing that any trustee, guardian, executor, Or administrator appointed by a court or by virtue of any last wil.' or testament, may lawfully execute tho duties of the trust, whether a resldeutof the county or not; but the court having Jurisdiction of the accounts of such trustee may, in its discretion, nppolnt or refuse to appoint any per son not a resident of the State, requiring, however, a bond for faithful services. Mr. Duncan, one exempting from taxation all the parsonages Id Adnms and Franklin counties. Mr. Council, a Joint resolution to paythe expenses of the sub-committee of the Legislature to whom was referred the report of tha Civil Code Com mission. Mr. White, one appropriating 15000 to complete the Improvements and remove the obstructions in the navigation of the ousquehanua river, above the line of Clielton county. Mr. Brooke, one repealing the second section of the supplement to tho art regulating turnpike com panies, and passed April, 1S90, so far as It relates to th.i Ridge Turnpike In Montgomery connty. Mr. White, from the committee of Jconference, made a report In favor of giving II. O. Demming, clerk in the Frlce-Lynd case, 30O, and moved that the Senate recede from its amendment of 200. The report was not received. Mr. Connell Introduced a hill exemptlsg the par sonage or St. James' Church ef Klngsesslng Irom taxation. Mr. Evans, to change the day for the meeting of the return Judges of this Commonwealth from Friday to Thursday alter tbe general election, On motion of Mr. Turner, the vote of yesterday on the changing of time for holding elections from fall to spring was reconsidered, and having been amended by attaching the following proviso, was passed : "Provided, further, that the mode of voting in Ltuserna county shall be provided by an ct regulating the mods of voting at IJ elections in tue eoverai oountiaa of this (JonmicDwealth, approved tbe 30th day of Marci, 18, of wuii h the hheriti of aaid county ahall give notice at general election." The title was amended so as to make It read "aa act for the further regulation of elections in this Commonwealth." On motion of Mr. Butan, the resolution providing for an adjournment until Monday evening was re considered, and Tuesday at 11 A. M. was substi tuted. House of Kepreeentatlvea. Mr. Ilagar Introduced an act to require pawn brokers in Philadelphia to be licensed. Mr. Walker Introduced an a",t to establish a de- fiartment of agriculture and mining, and lor the col ectlon of statistics. Mr, Miller, exempting the church parsonage of St. James, KlDgsessing, from taxation. Also, ex tending state roaa from Lancaster avenue to Fifty second street. Senate bill repealing the the act for the salting of tracks on the Germantown road was reported nega tively. House bill, to pay Joseph Singerly, Stata printer, five dollars per voiuroe fjr printing the Pennsylva nia "Record oi the War," was reported affirma tively. Baltimore Produce Market. Baltimore, Feb. 10 Cotton middling upland and low middling scarce and command compara lively higher prices than other grades, which at a dull and weak. We quote middling uplands at 15c. , low middling at 4se. ; good ordinary at 13XO. Flou more active and leallug improved. Wheat dull fo.' low grades and others scarce and wanted and mar ket rather unsettled. We quote choice white a tl-90t2; fair to prime, tl'60($l-85; prime to ctiolci red, l-8f(22; fair to good, 11-601-65; common, 11-81 (31-40; Ohio and Indiana, $l-C541-ti0; Pennsylvania, l &.( 1 -on. Corn whlie xouthern dull and lower at 65870 ; yellow Southern active at 8lc. Oata dull at 60c, Provisions quiet but llrm. Whisky Improved feeling at WSo. lxATEST SIIirriXG INTELLIGENCE. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA FEBRUARY 10 BTATX OF TltSBMOM STKR AT THB IVBNIN3 7KLB0RAPB OFFICS. 8 A. M 85 I 11 A. M 41 P. M. 43 Btjk Risua -6 Moon Bars. SOU 8ST8 6119 HWB WlTKH... .11-13 . 0-14 By Cable.) Liverpool, Feb. 9. Arrived, barks Eva, from New Orleans, with 1955 bales cotton ; Sea Uem, from Mo. bile, with 1638 bales; ship Missouri, from New Or leans, with 2434 bales; Tonawauda, from Mobile, with 8960 bales; and ouccess, from New Orleans, with 36U4 bales. Total, 13,481 bales. (By Telegraph.) Nw Tobk, Feb. 10. Arrived, steamships Al geria, from Liverpool ; ThuriQgla, from Hamburg; and Columbia, ftom Havana. ARRIVED YESTERDAY. BteamBhlp Tonawauda, Barrett, 70 hours from Savannah, with cotton, rice, eta, to Philadelphia and Southern Mail wteam diip Co. Passengers: T. Alexander; Mr. Sirah Tilberg; W. T. Hargles; J. J. Murphy, wife, aud children; Clayton Vaneman, Encountered heavy adverse winds from N. to N. E.. nd fog the entire passage. Met large detached fragments of the wreck of the steamship Kensing ton, that collided wl.h bark Templar, south of Cape Ilatteras. ARRIVED THIS MORNING. Steamer J. 8. Shrlver, Webb, 13 hours from Baltl more, with mdse. and passengers to A. Groves, Jr. Sohr Little Rock, Dennis, from Norfolk, Va., with Old Iron to A. P. Robeits. MEMORANDA. Ship Tonawanda, Turlcy, from Mobile, arrived at Liverpool jester day. IMPORTATIONS. Savannah Steamship Tonawanda, Barrett 1 box Thomas Bellas; 8 bbls. 5 halt do. J. F. Bets; li quarter bbls. , 8 hair do., 80 kegs Uerguer & Eugel ; 10 empty kegs J. h P. Bates; 8!i bbls. scrap lrn, 8 bbls. steel, 64 car wheels, H car-axles Bush's Patent Co. ; 4 bbls. fruit J. Costas; cases dr? goods J. U. A W. Cretgtilon ; lo& bales cotton, 148 do. domestic, 61 do. yarn lughorn, Herring It Co. ; 80 bales cotton W. M. Urleuer 4 Co. ; 1 b x, I bdl. Haarlson, Bros, tt Co, 1 bill. W. L. James; 1 tierce old iron B. at; Jones; lt4 bdls. t-ane reeds King 4 Sweat; IT bales cotton J. H. Livltif bton PrleBt; 44 bbls., 18 halt do. empty W. Msssvy k Co.; 1 half bbl. syrup, 1 bbl. urouud peas A Urns A Morse; 24 bales yaru D. Mo lievitt; V bales coltoa Miller Si Bro. ; 1 crate tudne. outeibridge; IS casks, a half do. rice, 41 nhds., 4 bbls., 1 lot Iron, 8 bales cotton, 48 do., 49 do., t do., 4 do. order; Hi bales cotton Randlph fcjeuks; 14a bales cotton II. Sloan & Sou; 8 boxes orangef Thompson A Blvens; 74 bales cotton, It do. yarn A. WbJden a boo.
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