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PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1871.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
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FIRST EDITION
THE SAN DOMINGO COMMISSION.
ZVXr. Wade and President Baez
The French Relief Fund.
Fitting Out the Steamer Worcester
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Etc.. Etc.. Etc.. Etc.
SAN DOMINGO.
Arrival of the Camml.alon nt Han Damlnce
Clty-Addrea to Baez-HIa Kepiy Inter
view. Between the Dominican fre.ldeut and
ComnUsleaer Wade.
We take the following from a lengthy account
In the New York Tribune of to-day, describing
the arrival of the United States Commission at
San Domingo:
It was o'clock when the three commis
sioners accompanied by Mr. Fred. Douglass,
General Sigel, Mr. Burton, and a few others
entered the principal splendid apartment of the
palace, which was ret apart on this day as a
reception room, its lofty celling resounding to
the tramp of every foot on the floor of tesselated
marble, and the stately figures of the two
parties Baez and his Cabinet, and Mr. Wade
and his coadjutors multiplied by the immense
mirrors upon all the walls, seemed a throng as
numerous as the court which in auclent days
was brought to the palaces of Santo Domingo
by Don Diego Columbus.
Each commissioner in turn was presented to
President Baez, whose manner throughout the
interview was affable and polished. Mr. Wade
then read the following address:
ADDRESS OF THE COMMISSION.
Mr. Tresldent: We have the honor to place in
your hands an autograph letter or the Piesident of
the United Stater, which will explala to you the ob
ject of our mission. Your Excellency will gee that
it is a mission of peace and good will, We come
under instructions from the Congress, commis
sioned by the Tresldent ;of the United States, to
make sundry Inquiries regarding the Republic of
which you are tle Chief Magistrate. These Instruc
tions explain themselves. We trust we shall be
received as friend, and airorded Buch facilities for
the prosecution of our Inquiries as may be necessary.
Accept from and through us the most cordial
wishes of the people of the United States for the
lasting peace and prosperity or jhe Dominican Ra
pnbllc.
FRE8IDENT BRANT'S LETTER.
Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C , Jan. 15,
1871. His Excellency B. Baez, President of the He
public of Santo Domingo Sir: in accordance with
a joint resolution or the two houses or Congress of
the United States, I have appointed these
distinguished citizens or the United
States, to wit, the Hon. B Wade, for
many years a Senator, President A. D. White, Cor
nell University, and Dr. 8. G. Howe, distinguished
for his philanthropy, learnlng.and services in reliev
ing the blind and the mute of much of the monotony
or lire natural to their intirmitics by opentng to tliem
the world or letters, as commissioners to visit the
Republic or Santo Domiugo, and to obtain the in
formation called for by the resolution. Associated
with the commission is also Judge A. A. Burton,
Secretary to tne same, a gentleman who has honored
h's count! y by serving it In a diplomatic capacity.
I beg to Introduce these gentlemen and to as it for
them your kind offlces. With great respect, your
obedient servant, U. S. Grant.
President Baez replied In Spanish as fellows:
ADDKES3 Or PRESIDENf BAEZ.
Gentlemen : I have received with much pleasure
the autograph note which his Excellency, President
Grant, has scut me through so highlv appreciated a
medium. I understand that your mission, ordered
bv the CoLcress or the United States, is one abso
lutely of peace This is the aspiration and object of
this republic; one or tne grand motives of which has
produced these negotiations. Our people da-
sire the pacification of the country, the
development of its riches by means of labor, and
to see guaranteed the existence, liberty, and pro
perty of the citizens. You may count on the most
ample and absolute liberty in the exercise of your
commission. The Government offers whatever data
vou may consider necessary, and wll' take especial
pleasure In giving vou every satisfaction. In mak
ing your Investigations as to the spontaneity of the
resolution of the Dominican people, we desire
ardently that you will consult not only the immense
majority In favor of annexation, but also those who
are opposed.
The group then took seats at the north end of
the room at first in stilt and formal row, ac-
cording to rank, but soon breaking up into little
groups of three or four, who engaged in ani
mated conversation. On one side Mr. Delmonte.
Minister of Justice and Education, and Mr. Gau-
tier, Secretary ot state, were engaged with Dr,
Howe, General uigoi, ana rred. Douglass; on
the other, President Baez and Mr. Wade,
President VVblto and others. Baez spoke in
French fluently and accurately. Preslden
White was Interpreter between him and Mr.
Wade. Omitting compliments, there will be
some Interest In this, the first conversation
between the Dominican President and the Ohio
statesman, who spoke for the United States.
BEN WADE'S INTERVIEW WITH BAEZ.
President Baez Our trouble, sir, In this
whole negotiation, from the commencement, has
not been with our own people. At the first
mention of annexation they were well pleased;
but not so our neignoors. we iouna that we
nuiRt at once nrenare to defend the l)-minl(a.n
republic from a Ilaytlen Invasion our old and
often-repeated source of trouble. The Hay tiens
were determined to pievent, if possible, our
alliance or union with the U nited States.
Mr. Wade Are not many of the Dominican
people with Cabral?
President Baez Far from it. Let me explain
We ask for protection. Whj? Not to protect
Dominicans from Dominican, but lromilaytl,
which outnumbers us ana is nosuio to us,
Cabral, about whom so much is said in the
United States, and so little here, is really not at
the head of discontented Dominicans; but he is
with a force of Haytiens, a few other
foreigners, and a very small number of
persons related to or connected with
himself- lie is of little Importance. The force
is llavtien; its officers are Havtlens. He does
not command it, in fact: but a Ilaytlen Uenerai
is in command. The llavtien Government, by
bis aid, is making as vigorous a demonstration
as possible, just at this particular time, in order
to a fleet the people of the United States, and
prevent the neighboring Dominican republic
lroni belner uDited witn a strong power.
Mr. Wade Your statement is something new
to me, and will be new to most of our people
18 it entirely certainr
President Baez Beyond question, and per
fectly well known to us here. Here are several
letters received from there recently. Ha
showed two letters recently- received from the
Ilaytlen frontier, and con firming his statement. 1
Theie and plenty of similar proofs that you can
have at any time show that what you hear of as
Cabral's movement, so far from being an insur
rection of the Dominican people, is really a war
upon that people by a Haytien invasion. Cabral
Las a dozen or two of men whom he has
gathered from abroad, and perhaps as many
from this country; but he is with a Ilaytlen
force, which is commanded by a Haytien
Uenerai uenerai uamomen.
We ascertained on the iron tier mat an envov
rame from Nissaee Sacet, who is at the head of
the Haytien Government, to Cabral, bringing
word that this time bad been selected for a de
monstration against the Dominican Republic, i
in order to prevent the consummation of the j
friendly relations between the Dominican and I
the American Republic. This ambassador wai
John Lynch, a colored man of American
origin; be carried instructions to
Cabral to make the greatest effort he could to
rouse some of the Dominican people, by the aid
of the Ilaytlen force, appcaliug to them with
the idea that this annexation movement was a
mask; that its real purpose was to take all
power from the black and colored people, and
place all in the hands of the whites.
Mr. Wade Cabral has created so much stir
he must have a considerable force. How many
men in reality has he now?
President Baez There is one regiment about
full with him now, and he is expecting two or
three others to come to his aid. He is on the
frontier, just inside the Haytien line,as shown
on the map. His present position is about sixty
miles west of A zua.
Mr. Wade The people seem to be very quiet
about here. Are they generally so ?
President Baez Our people are quiet and
fieaceable; they are orderly, and take no part
n this affair. As the Haytien force, with which
Cabral is. advances, the Dominicans have all
fallen back in this direction. The Insurrection
is a pretense, it is, in fact, an invasion. Well,
how do you Northern gentlemen like our cli
mate? President White It is delightful. We came
from snow and cold winds so recently that this
warmth is very welcome.
President Baez Ion will, of course, preserve
your perfect independence in making your In
quiries. I wish you to gain all the knowledge
that can possibly be obtained from all
sorts of people understand their wants
and feelings. What they mostly desire is
security aeainet invasion. Every two or three
year comes an invasion from Hay ti; and we wish
tranquillity, uur people are quiet ana inenaiy
to each other. Here there is equality among all
the people perfect equality before the law. Of
course, anyone may In bis social life, in his own
house, indulge such prejudices as he pleases;
but in the country, as a nation, ana oeiore tne
law, there is perfect equality among races.
Mr. Wade l our invitation to us to consult
with all parties shows that you have full confi
dence in the justice oi your own cause.
President Baez Perfectly, perfectly, i have
myself done what has been called a very bold
thing. In order to obtain the expression of the
true sentiment oi the people, l sent out to nae
an election held with a perfectly free vote, and
the people responded in the same spirit.
The Town of Santa Barbara de Saniana.
During the stay of the commission at Samaria
Bay the Tribune correspondent wrote as fol
lows: -f
Samana is a poor little dirty place enough, for
all its romantic and picturesque appearance. It
Is built in a random hap-nazara sort ot way
along half-a-mile of curving shore at the foot
of a ridge of high wooded hills, and what with
its rambling lanes and grotesque nuts, l thlnu it
is one of the most absurd places I ever saw.
There arc SO or WJ buildings, all told, consist
ing for the most part of a light frame work of
scautlings brought irom the Mates, ana clap
boarded with bamboos split in half and pressed
flat by piling stones upon them while wet. The
rude planking made in this primitive manner is
from four to six inches wide and a half a quarter
of an inch thick. Paint is almost nnknowD, but
most of the huts are whitewashed. The roofiag
is of cocoa leaves bound together with vines.
The flooring, when there is any, which is not
often, consists of rough-hewn wood, or bark, or
boughs, or the same leaves that are used lor
thatch. None of the houses or, perhaps, I
should eay cabins have more than one story;
few have more than one, or, perhaps, two
rooms. Doors and windows are luxuries which
the majority of the people have learned to do
without; but there are two or three houses in the
village roofed with shingles and supplied with
all such modern conveniences as plant floors,
partitions, and doors and windows. In the
centre of the tettlement is the Plaza, or square,
without which no Spanish-built town is thought
to be complete, and here is a liberty tree, of the
royal palm species, plauted by the villagers five
or six years ago t replace one cut down by the
Spaniards before they were driven away. We
landed from I he ship's boats on a wretched wharf
which runs out about 100 feet into the shallow
water; and if the village looked comical from
the frigate, what shall I say of the nearer
view ? The platform swarmed with men.women
and children of all shades of color, gazing,
open-eyed and open-mouthed upon the strange
arrival. At least half the children under eight
years of age were as naked as when they first
came into this wicKea world.
AmoDg the lower classes if I may be par
doned the expression economy in costume Is
not confined to the children. There are men
whose whole wardrobe consists of a pair of
pantaloons, and women who boast of no gar
ment whatever but a torn calico gown not so
much as a ragged handkerchief.
The population of the village is about 250,
and of the whole peninsula about 3000. A ma
jorityat any rate, of the villagers speak Eng
lish. There are very few white men Mr. Burr,
a live Maine Yankee, of whom more hereafter;
Mr. llorau, a sort oi Spanish Pennsylvania
Yankee, (If you know what that is), who has
spent many years in New York; Mr. Price,
formerly purser oi tne lyoee, ana now buuaing
up for himself a good business here; Mr.
Marciaque, a French merchant, formerly of
New Orleans, but more recently a partisan of
Salnave in llaytl. These, with three or four
more, are all that I bave heard of. Mr. Fabens,
Judge O'Sullivan, and some others, spend a
great deal of time here, but can hardly be
called inhabitants. All the colored residents
speak Spanlth, many speak French, and
certainly a majority oi an men, women,
and children speak English. Very few are
natives of the island; indeed, I have not thus
far, to my knowledge, met one who was not an
immigrant or the immediate descendants of im
migrants. Probably a half of all the blacks, or
their ancestors, came from Philadelphia. The
earliest of the colony settled here in 1821 under
President Boyer, and others bave been sent by
colonizatifiu societies subsequently, or bave lied
bilher from Hayti.
8n Doming City.
The same correspondent describes Sauto Do
mingo City as follows:
Hanto Domingo City is notblwr but a ruin.
bave been here now two days, and bay
searched vainly for anew house, a fresh brick,
a newly-quarried stone, or a lately-sawed scant
ling. Apparently there is not, in the
whole city, a structure that is not 200
years old. All the houses bear the proof of
great age. drumming stones, concrete tailing to
decay, ivy and other vines clinging to the walls,
moss and mould and discoloration everywhere.
Every street is but a copy of its fellows. Its
houses are like prisons, with thick wa'ls, mas
sive doors, and barred windows. But the Tri
bune readers are familiar with descriptions of
this ancient town, and I am glad to leave It In
Its decay for the etory of the present.
STARVING PARIS.
The
French Relief Ve..el la Beatoa-De.crlp
uoa ol toe Worcester.
The Boston Transcript says:
"The rapid changes which have been going
on the past week in the magnificent UDited
States steam frigate Worcester, to fit her for a
etoreshlp, to carry provisions to France, al
though making sad havoc with the recently
completed Interior arrangements, are highly
complimentary to the spirit of the Government
and the Naval Department, which responded so
quickly to the calls of the Boston Kelief Com
mittee. "The vessel selected is doubtless one of the
finest in the American navy, if not in any ser
vice. Her keel was laid at the Navy Yard in
Charlestown during the Rebellion, in 1803, and
she was launched in 1805, shortly after the
launch of the Saco. Since that time the war
and the demand for a large navy ceasing
work upon bcr has not been carried on with any
great vigor until within a year past. Last sum
mer, however, she was completed, but she has
never been to sea. She is a full-rigged ship of
two thousand tons, with powerful engines
applied to a propeller, but spreads canvas
enough to make a passage anywhere, should
any accident befall her motive power. Under
sails alone, in proper trim, with ra stiff
breeze on the quarter, she will, it is said, pro
bably make from twelve to fourteen miles an
hour.
"The alterations, began about a week ago,
bave been pushed with great vigor, and are now
nearly completed, the whole force of carpenters
and joiners of the yard and about thirty joiners
from the outside world having been employed.
On the berth deck (below the gun deck) all the
officers' staterooms and storerooms have been
removed, the whole deck being cleared from
stem to stern. A space on the forepart of this
deck, partitioned olffrom the remainder, has
been reserved and fitted up as a ship's store
room. Substantial stanchions each side of the
engines, leaving a passage aft, have been
erected. These, with others aft, inclose all the
available space on the deck, and in the apart
ments thus formed will be stored the relief
cargo.
"On the gun deck the armament has all been
removed. The portholes have been planked up
for protection, and tightly caulked. Forward,
about one-third of the way in left a bulkhead for
the uec of the crew, who will be quartered for
ward on this deck. Most of the bulkheads,
usually so numerous on war vessels, will be
closed as soon as the ship has been loaded. The
quarters of the crew will be partitioned off from
the cargo, which will occupy most of the re
mainder of this deck, stanchions having been
erected here as below. Aft, howevor, the cabin
of the officers remains. The rooms have been,
or will be, in many cases, partitioned, to accom
modate all those gentlemen in the narrow limits,
ard a few rooms more will be erected.
"1 be spar deck remains the same as before.
On this deck are the only guns remaining on
the frigate, two rifled pieces, one fore and the
other aft. It is not probable that there will
be any portion of the cargo on this part of the
vessel.
'.'Below the berth-deck the magazines and
store-rooms of the ship remain without change,
although as much of the cargo as can be
conveniently stored there will be thus dis
posed of.
"The vessel has a capacity to safely stow away
about 10,000 barrels of provisions, and the following-named
stores have been already pur
chased by the French Relief Committee: 8000
barrels flour, 800 barrels beef, 100 barrels
shoulders, 100 barrels beans, 100 barrels peas,
and 100 barrels pilot-bread.
'Each barrel bears the following inscription:,
'Contribution de Boston, Etats Unis
d'Amerique, Fevrler, 1871.'
The work of loading began at an early hour
this morning. Teams are constantly arriving
with provisions, all in barrels, which are de
posited near the vessel, then taken by the work
men through some of the portholes not yetclosed
up to the gun deck, thence to the lower decks,
which are to be loaded first.
"It is the opinion of many that, if nothing un
usual retards, she will be loaded and ready for
sea in a rcek.
"Her crew will consist of ninety-eight men.
The officers who have already reported for ser
vice are as follows: Commander, William D.
Whitiner: Lieutenant-Commander. Alfred T.
Mahan; Master, II. G. O. Colby; Ensign, Wil
liam Barry."
BOLD JAIL DELIVERY.
A Baron TrencU In f.anna.ter Desperate but
Nurcew.ful Effort to Eaoape from friaon.
The Lancaster Intelligencer of last evening
says:
A convict, named James A. Hamilton, made
bis escape from Lancaster County Prison about
1 o'clock on Sunday morning, and has not since
been beard from. He was confined in iron
clad cell No. 59, situated near the farther end of
the left band range of cells on the second floor.
An examination of the cell shows that he must
bave worked a long time before elfecting his
escape. He worked at shoemaklng, and
several weeks ago complained that his bench
was too low for him, requesting that a
couple of short strips of 1-inch board
might be placed on the floor under the legs of
the bench, so as to raise it that much higher.
This request was granted, and Hamilton at once
went to worK witn his Knife to cut through the
floor of his cell, concealing bis operations by
placing the strips of pine exactly over the cut
and setting bis bench upon them while working
at his trade in the daytime, or wheu there was
any danger of his being interfered with. Having
in this w ay removed a number of flooring boards
in the southeast corner of his ceil, he encoun
tered the masonry of the arched cell below him,
This he removed little by little, and probably
replaced it, loosely, from nigtit to night.
Haviner Quarried away the masonry from
under the floor to the depth of about a foot and
the length of three feet, and broad enough to
admit his body, be next attacked the three-feet
thick stone wall of the prison. Making a breach
in it was not so desperate an undertaking as at
first sight it would seem to be. The mortar
used in the construction of the wall is of a very
inferior quality, there being so little lime in ft
that it can be readily crumbled to pieces. Still
be must have worked bard for many nights to
remove the mass of stone and mortar neces
sary to make the aperture through which he
escaped, ihe debrw, amounting, we think,
to about a cart-load, was this morning
found carefully piled under bis
bed. His bed rested on slats six feet long, and
about five or six Inches in width. These he had
split, or rather cut, In two, lengthwise, with his
knife, and had mortised a number of boles
through each of them, and had made a number
of rounds to fit the mortises so that a good
ladder could be made of the pieces in a few
minutes with which to 6cale the wall. He
bad made a miscalculation, however, for
the long slats would not pass through the
bole in the wall, on account of its peculiar
t-bape and' position. Leaving bis lad
der behind him. be descended from his
cell to the yard by means of a very thin but
strong cord made of shoe thread. Once in the
yard, he went to the wash-house, into which he
entered through a shutterless window by break
ing a pane of gloss, and retnovlug a nail on the
inside which fastened down the sash. Hore be
got a bed-tick and some old clothes. The car
penter chop is a second-story room over the
wash-house. Breaking into it, the prisoner
selected sufficient lumber to construct a lad
der with which to scale the jail-yard wall
The ladder was made by lashing together
with strips of bed-tick and old clothes four
long, narrow boards, reaching to the top of the
wall, and tleing across them at Intervals the
staves of a barrel which the prisoner had broken
up for that purpose. Placing the ladder against
the wall near the Orange street gate, bo went
over a tree man, ana nas not yet been captured.
Hamilton has long been regarded at the
most dangerous and desperate inmate of the
prison.
A New Orleans juror made an excitement
In the Criminal Court the other day by publicly
announcing that one of bis colleagues bad
attempted to bribe him. The accused man was
sent to jail.
A Troy paper reports that Asa Kittle, the
blind murderer, inquired recently, "Say, if they
bang me, would I die ?" and when he heard the
prisoners in adjoining cells laugh be joined
quite nearuiy, eviueuuy luinaing u a capital
joke.
General Schenck was In Dayton, Ohio, on
the 14th instant to attend the wedding of bis
neuhew. who Is about going to China in an
official capacity. General Schenck was suffer-
in e aeain with a painful affection of the face.
Jiis friends insisted on pouring in on mm witn
Jjrjendly eetlng.
SECOND EDITION!
TO-DAY'S CABLE HEWS.
Extension of the Armistice.
The Emperor Seriously 111.
French Assembly and the Monarchist!.
The German Rcichsralh
Austria, Russia, and Prussia.
Austro Hungarian Parliament.
The Rou mania Question
I2tc. Etc. Etc.. Etc. Etc.
FROM EUROPE.
Hon. John Bright.
Loxdon, Feb. 21. The statement that the
Hon. John Bright is likely to return shortly to
Parliamentary duties is not well founded. He
will not probably resume bis duties at this ses
sion, and his reappearance In the House is most
likely to be preceded by a visit to his con
stituents. Bright's health is progressing steadily
towards restoration.
The Armistice Probably Extended.
A despatch from Paris, dated lebruarySO,
says: "It is probable the armistice will be ex
tended until March 1. The scarcity of fuel is
much felt, and the administration of the North
ern Railway shares its fuel with the population.
Coal is arriving daily, and
Pari Will be Lighted With Ja
on (Saturday, ine .London mans tor Paris are
now forwarded via Calais."
French War Teasels.
The London Daily iVeu says seventeen ves
sels are in the French port of Dunkirk, all
formidably armed.
The New Assembly.
Pakts, Feb. 21 The "Jockey" and "Rue
Royal' clubs bave resolved that all candidates
for membership of German birth be excluded.
The city is quiet.
Elealth or Emperor William.
Loudon, Feb. 21 The Standard is Informed
that the health of the Emperor of Germany leads
to grave anticipations. The Telegraph has a
despatch from Saarbruck which says all
The Oerman Wounded
capable of rejoining their regiments are being
sent to the front.
Paris, Feb. 21 There is
A Litre e Assemblage of Troops
at Cologne.
Assembling- of the Relehsrath.
Vienna, Feb. 20. The Reichsrath reassembled
to-day. The new Ministry were present, and
the ministerial statement was submitted. It ap
pears therefrom that the Government will abide
by the Constitution, but Is wi'ling to initiate
measures for the alleviation of the unnecessary
restriction upon the autonomy of the provinces.
The Frieudenblalt newspaper says the
Relations of Austria with Kusala and Fruaala
are unaffected by the change of Government.
Prince Aletternleh.
The Wiener Press makes the statement that
Prince Metternich is anxious to secure the em
bassy to London.
Pesth, Feb. 20. In the lower house of the
Austro-Hungarlan Parliament
to-day, a declaration was made by the Govern'
ment that interference with the
Internal Affairs of Ron mania
was not Intended so long as the powers are
agreed upon the principle of non-intervention.
The statement was also made that the interven
tion in the Franco-Prussian war could not well
be effected.
Monarchists la the Assembly.
Paris, Feb. 21 Although there are nominally
400 .Monarchists in tne Assemoiy, against oUL ot
all other parties, the former are equally divided
in favor ot different aspirants lor the throne,
with little promise of harmony or coalition,
from the fact that many who are rated as appa
rent outside Monarchists are really straightfor
ward Republicans who advocate for France the
American system of government outright. They
are in opposition to the iteas and an sorts of
republicans in auination with the uommuuists,
They bave similar tendencies with the
irench uemoerata. i hey do not hold the re
public responsible for the failure ot Gambetta
and bis associates, or for the disorders which
occurred under the rule of nominal republicans;
but they condemn the extreme ideas of certain
republicans as inconsistent with the safety of
property or life. If the Assembly Is disposed
to lay tne foundation ot a legitimate ana iree
government, founded on the political equality
of the whole people, every moderate, including
the so-called Orleanists. will support them. This
is the meaning of the election of Grevy chair
man.
FROM W.iSHIJVaTOJY.
The Duty Woollens.
Dpatch to the Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 21. The woollen manu
facturers and woollen commission merchants
before the Ways and Means Committee ask a
uniform duty jf 3 cents as on carpets, wools, or
free wools, and consent to a reaucuon to w per
cent, ad valorem on manutacturea woollens.
The speakers were Mr. Spalding, of the firm of
Hunt & Co.. of New rorK; ait. iiunt, ot ine
- vr a m
firm f Tlillnehast & Co., and Mr. Harris, of
Rhode Island. This is the first time manufac
turers have appeared asking for a redaction of
the tax.
FROM JfEW YORK.
Destructive Fire.
New York. Feb. 21. About two o'clock this
morning a fire broke out In the two-story brick
slantrhter bouse Oi uavis a Harrington, nos.
770 772 and 774 rirsi avenue, aesiroying mo
entire building, and three hundred sheep. Loss
on building, 135,000; on wool, 17000. The fire
originated in a, drying room, suppoed by wool
IIIE late mo-ms cuiutETr.
Letter of William Lloyd Oat rise.
The Father of Abolitionism has written
the
following letter to a friend:
It Dear Friend: I have received the Intelligence
of the death of our honored and revered friend.
Thomas Uarrett, with profound emotions, f held
htm m one of the test men who ever walked the
earth, and one of the most beloved among my nu
merous menus and coworkers in tne cause of an
or Dressed and downtrodden race, now hannllr re
joicing In their Heaven-wrouetit deliverance. For to
no one was tne language or .iod more strictly appli
cable Uian to himself :" When the ear heard me,
then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave
Fitnees to me; Because i oenveren tne poor tnat
cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none
to help blm. The blessing of him that was ready to
perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's
heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it
clothed me; my judgment was as a robe and a dia
dem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the
lame. I was a father to the poor; and the cause
which I know not I searched out. And I brake the
jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his
teeth." This is an exact portraiture of your friend
a most comprehensive and graphic delineation of
bis character as a philanthropist and reformer.
Did there ever live one who had less or that "fear
of man which brlngelh a snare" than himself? or
who combined more moral courage with exceeding
tenderness of spirit? or who adhered more heroio
allv to his convictions of duty in the face of deadly
peril and certain suiTerlog? or who gave himself
more unreservedly, cr with greater disinterested
ness, to the service or Dieemng humanity 7 or wno
took more joyfully the spolllngof his goods as the
penalty of his sympathy for the hunted fugitive 7 or
wno more untiringly kept pace witn an tne progres
sive movements of the age. as though In the very
freshness of adult life, while venerable with years?
or who, as husband, father, friend, citizen, or neigh-
Dor, more nooiy performed an tne duties, or more
generously distributed all the charities of life? He
win leave a great void in ine community, sued a
stalwart soul appears only at rare intervals. Dela
ware, enslaved, treated hlrn like a felon; Delaware,
redeemed, win be proud of his memory.
- uniT tne act ion t oi in just
Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust."
Ills rightful place is conspicuously among the
benefactors, saviors, martyrs of the human race.
1 truBt some one, wen qualified to execute the
pleasing task, will write his biography for the firand
lessons bis life Inculcated.
Tours, in full sympathy and trust,
William Lloyd Garrison.
FirVJaH;B AN CO tlMEUCB. '
Evening Telkoraph Omci,
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 1871. i
Ihe bank returns yesterday are not ouite
favorable to the future condition of the money
marKei, tne aeposits showing a loss for the
week of $615,850, and the specie of $27,040.
The loans also bave been contracted $106,483.
On the other hand there is a slight increase in
the legal-tender reserve amounting to $203,558.
The business ot the week is moderately large,
but considerably less than that of the preceding
one. The balances, however, are $2G9,883
higher than those given In the previous returns.
there is a moderate demand for loans to-day
both on business and speculative account, but
less actively, perhaps, than we noticed yester
day. All wants were supplied at former quota
tions. Gold is moderately active and steady, ranging
from 111W1U, opening and closing at the
lower figure.
The Treasury is a purchaser to-day of
$2,000,000 in bonds, and prices show a further
advance.
The stock market was active, but prices were
weak, fctate bs, nrst series, sold at I0o; city us,
old and new uonas, sold at luii.i.
Reading Railroad attracted but little atten
tion. Small transactions at A(d.. Penn
evlvania was active but weak, opening at C1K
and selling down to 60 s. o. Minehlll changed
bands at Little Schuylkill at Cata-
wisea preferred at 399tf 89Vi, the latter b. o.
and Philadelphia and Erie at 27 b. o.
Jn Canal shares there was no change or move
ment.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven & Bro.. No. 40 S.Thlrd street.
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MB8SR8. Dl HAVRN BROTHBR. NO. 40 8. Third
street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations:
U.S. 6a of 1881, miU'i: do. 186-i, mv(iia;
da 1864, lupins ; do. 1866, lii'.niH ; da isb,
new, iiuv(iiu4 ; ao. isot, aa iiu(iio; aa 1868
da Iio(noj; 10-408, lioxanotf. n. a bo Year
6 per cent Currency, U34UVi; Gold, lltft
111KS Silver, 1Q6M108; Onion Pacioo Railroad
IstMort. Bonds, 810yS'iO; Central Paclflo Railroad
840&900 ; Union Faclno Land Grant Bonds, 71X4 725.
Pblladelphla Trade Report.
Tuesday, Feb. 21. Bark In the absence of sales
we quote No. 1 Quercitron at 30 per ton.
The Flour market Is dull, and prices favor buyers.
The demand Is confined to the wants of the home
consumers, whose purchases foot up 600 barrels,
including superfine at f9-50; extras at 5-756-25;
Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra family at
6-767-60; Pennsylvania do. da at I8-25-3T, the
latter rate for fancy ; Indiana and Ohio do. do. at
SC-677-7S; and fancy brands at SS9 50, as in
quality. Rye Flour may be quoted at f 5-756. In
Corn Meal no sales were reported.
The w neat market is ue void oi spirit, ana prices
are weak. Sales of Indiana and Ohio red at l-5." $
1-60; amber at $f60(41C"; and white at fl-80$l-b8.
nye sens at fi-tk-wio ior western ana Pennsyl
vania. Cotn is not much soutrlit after: salua of
yellow at79(80o.. and Western mixed at 7Iw78c;
Oats attract but little attention; sales of Pennsyl
vania and Western at 6264c.
In Barley we notice a sale or 5000 bushels two-
rowed New York on private terms.
Seeds Cloverseed is ami at iuvca.no. w pound.
Timothy is nominal at tS6-25, and Flaxseed at
la-oegS'iu,
Whisky is quiet, wiui aaica ui wetsieru irou-Douna
at 83c
LATEST SIHPi'lNH INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA FEBRUARY 81
TATI OP TBIRMOUBTf R AT TBI IVINWO VXLBGRATH
OFFICII.
8 A. M 40 U A. M 41 1 1 P. M. 41
BCD RIBM 6-45 MOON BBTg.- 8- 0
SUM 8TO B42 HIOH Waths- 3-20
(By Cable.)
Liverpool, Feb. 90. Arrived, ships Escort, from
New York, with 1500 bales or couon, ana ateiicito,
from New Orleans, with 8015 bales.
Feb. SI. Arnveo, amp regisi, iruiu new unoara,
with 8226 bales of cotton ; bark barah Douglasa, fat
Galveston wltu Ix'V Daiea; oieaiuKr oaiavin, irom
New York, with 1419 balei; and ship Huron, from
Savannah, cargo unknown.
KiwTnic. Feb. 21. Arrived, steamships Wis
consin, from Liverpool, and Cleopatra, from Havana,
uoi uBri Iloi.B. Feb. 20. The brig Elsey has arr'd
from Uatlen Jan. 24. She left at that port the United
States steamer owaiura. vi ban uexv morning ior
Cai St. Nicholas Mole, to find the nagalnp Severn.
Admiral Lee: and If the Severn was not at that
place she would proceed to Cuba. The Elsey landed
a mall at Holmes Hole from the Swatara.
CLEARED THIS MORNINQ.
Schr Kate E. Roeh, Doughty, Cienfuegos, is. tr.
Cabana & CO.
ARRIVED THIS MORNINQ.
Steamer J as. 8. Green, Vance, from Richmond via
Norfolk, with radBe. to w. r. uiyue co.
Steamer O. H. Stout, Ford, from ) OeorgeWwn and
Alexandria, with mdse. W. P. Clyde A Co.
SUsamer J.b. uunvci,
more with mdse. and passengers to A. Groves, Jr.
Steamer octorara, Reynold. 13 hours from Balti
more, with mdse. and passenger to A. Groves, Jr.
MEMORANDA.
Steamer Hercules, Doughty, bai.ed from Portland
tiJ mvJUJ'g K'l JCSWn,
centhai. man school.
The Semi Annual Commencement.
The Sixty-fifth Term-Exer
cise at the Academy
of Xtlnsic Orations by
the Students De
grees and Awards
of Merit.
At 10 o'clock this morning the semi-annual
commencement exercises of the Central frio-h
School were held In the Academy of Music. The
doors were opened at 9 o'clock, and long before
the hour nxen ior tne Deginning of tho exercises
the house was filled In every part. For a half
hour before the commencement of the regular
programme the audience were enter tainetfwith
numerous musical selections by Uassler's orches
tra, which was In attendance.
At the time appointed the stage was filled by
the members of the Board of School Control ,
the Faculty of the High School, the members of
the graduating class, and a delegation of the
mak'Vpubllc school teachers. The graduating
class bad seats assigned tnem in front of the
stage. M. Hall Stanton, the President, and the
officers of the Board of School Control, the
Committee on the Central High School, and
Professor Riche, the Principal of the school.
occupied the centre. In front of them were
three tables loaaea down witn boquets and
designs In cut flowers, the offerings of friend
to the graduating students.
The following
Order of Exercise
was observed :
March "Souvenir" Hassler.
Prayer Rev. William Catncart, D. D.
Overture "Fortuna" Lelppe.
Master's Address Mr. Benjamin F. Houseman
(Of the Class of February, 1866.)
Selection "Orpheus" OiTenbach.
Natural Selection (Third Honor),
J. Harry Buckingham
Cornet Solo "Young America" Lew.
Creed of Mahomet (Second Honor).Oeorge W. Cloak
Polka "Sleigh Ride" Jullien.
Oliver Cromwell Edwin R. Booth
American Institutions , Alexander Kodgers
Overture "Marriage of Figaro-' Mozart.
The Student Edward A. Lincoln
The Benefits of War Frauk Fisher
Waltz "Consortien" Strauss.
Honorarv Address (The Soul). . .George R. Buekman
Swedish Song "Spring and Autumn" with Zither
Bolo Hoffman.
AWARDING TESTIMONIALS AND CONFERRING DKORKI3.
Rondo Russe "Les Grelots" Ascher.
Valedictory Address (Fourth Honor).Henry G. Harris
Galop "Studenten" Koessell.
The AddroM of Prof. Rlche
The following address was delivered by Prof.
Riche, the Principal of the High School, in
awarding the testimonials and conferring the
degrees:
"My young friends: I am reminded at this
moment that to-day is one both of sadness and
rejoicing. Of sadness, as it shuts out a past of
pleasant associations and faithful perform
ances. Of rejoicing, as it opens up a future
big with glorious promises and joyous anticipa
tion. Happily the hope overshadows the re
gret, and you take leave of your old school, not
with sighs and tears, but amid the approving
smiles of a crowded audience and the inspiriting
strains of beautiful music.
"It Is my duty, at such a time, to speak a few
words of counsel, and I promise that they shall
be brief. The degree which you have just re
ceived is the reward of labor. As it represents
work in the past, so it pledges you to work
hereafter. The High School commissions you
to-day to uphold the cause of education, not
merely by word but by example, and the re
sponsibility rests on you of vindicating your
Alma Mater by lives of enlarged usefulness to
the community.
"But you must remember that not only labor,
but labor well directed, is essential to succes.
It is too often (he caee with American youth,
that, fixing their eyes on a far-distant goal, they
undervalue and overlook the smaller ambitions,
whose fulfilment so frequently beautifies and
dignifies a life. It is never to be forgotten that
the great eminences of distinction are not gained
at a bound, bnt that we are raised to them gra
dually by the seemingly trivial successes of our
humble and obscure daily life.
"Bear in mind, also, that the success which
you desire Is not always that which Providence
vouchsafes, and that it is often in failure the
true purpose of our lives Is realized. We need
to learn the lesson that not the accidents of
external circumstances, but the essentials of
character, constitute the real hero. There is a
niche for each of you in God's majestic temple,
if you will humbly and faithfully accept and
fill it, and the work, which you perform In
obedience to the Divine behests, however
obscure and lowly in the eye of man, will secure
for you an unfading crown of glory."
The Decree, Dlattnrtlona, and Award f
lHerii.
The following Is a complete list of the de
grees, distinctions, and awards of merit:
MASTER OF ARTS.
LM of those admit'td to the Deokek op Master ok
Arts, being Graduates of the Four year's Course, of
nut less than five years standing.
Benjamin F. Houseman, Edmund M. Evans,
Frauk H.Welsh, K. A. Farrlugtou, M. D., William J.
Volkmar, U. 8. A., Clement It. Bowen, M. D. Neoe,
Samuel C. Coale, Jr., Roocrt G. Sdlft, fra MacNutt,
U. 8. A., Edward M. David, Frederick K. Chriatiue,
John J. McFariane, Andrew McKarlaue.
BACHELOR Or ARTS,
Lut of those admitted to the Dkohbb OK BACHELOR OK
ARTS, having completed the t'uur Years Course.
George R. Buekmau, 99-4; George W. Gloat, 7- ;
J Harry BBCkingnam, 97-6; Henry G. Harris, 95-7;
Edwin R. Booth, 94 0; Walter Boswell, 04; A. Harry
Lane, 93-8; Edward A. Lincoln, 93-1 : John A. felmp
iod, 98; Benjamin F. Te.ler, 92-3: Alexander
Kodgers, 91-4; George W. Chupraan, 91 ; Joseph 8.
1'ottcr, 90-9; Andrew Ilctforn, 89 5; Charles P. But
ler, 881 ; Charles F. Van Horn, 87 4; Frank Fisher,
M B; John D. Btratton, 86 4; Lewis C. Lcldy, 8d-6;
John fctockum, 83 5; and bv special resolution of
the Faculty, Benjamin H Hodgson, A S. A.
PARTIAL OOCKSEd.
LM of those receiving Certificates of huoiiur satis
factvrily omnpleted PARTIAL (JOURJKS, with their
A oerages.
For Three Years Horatio G. Pilling, 738;
William D. Schetky, eu-l.
For Two and a Hale Year Henry O. Schelde
maiiD, 73-7; Mercer Brown, 75 7.
For Two Years. Alfred Darrach, T3-4; Aaron
F. Harris, 74; Howard A. Snyder, 96-4; George J.
Crosby, 90-1; Harry Kapp, 87-2; Otto WoliT, 861;
Charles H. Parbs, b3H; Auion Horning, 79 6; James
L. Poalk, 79-j; Joseph H. Williams, U lj Henry U.
Cooper, 72 8.
w " ' DISTINGUISHED.
List of Students declared Distinguished, having at
tained Ttrm Avtrayes of 9a or over.
Cl0is A. George R. Bnckman, 99 4; George W.
Cloak, 979; J. Harry Buckingham, 87-8; Henry G.
Harris, 95-7 ; Edwin It. Booth, 94 'ft.
Class B Robert N. Simpers, 97-8; William U.
Rock, 97 ; Frank Rlgler, 9 6 ; Louis Tissot, 94-9.
Class C. Charles W. Neely, 97; 11. Stewart Moor,
head, 96; John C Eastlack, 95-7.
Class v. Clarence Mottit, 90 4 ; Charles E. Stanley,
86-8; Thomas Keely, 96; Solomon 8. Cohen, 94-9;
Peter H. Boyd- 94 6.
Class t'. Howard A Bnyder, 96 4 ; Reginald H. W.
Lewis, 96-2; William 1L Curtis, 95.
Class . Curtis TUto, 96 4.
meritorious.
List of Students declared MERITORIOUS, haoituj attained,
Term Averages of Ob or over, and less than 95.
Class A. Walter Boswell, 94 ; A Harry Lane, 93-8 J
Edward A Lincoln. 93-1 ; John A. Simpson, 93; Ben
jamin F. Teller, 92 8; Alexander Rodger, 914,
Ct n( in uitniU &.vxn& ; gg