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VOL. XV. NO. 48.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1871.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
FIRST EDITION
THE PRICE OF PEACE.
Alsace and Lorraine
Hcstorcd to Germany
Their Area and Population.
Vicissitudes of tho Fast.
The Changes in Rulers.
Under French H wny.
(to.( etc.. Etc. Etc.. cto.
The preliminaries of the treaty of peace be
tween France and Germany have been signed
according to despatches which are published
this afternoon. Previous despatches staled the
terms which had been accepted by M. Thiers,
as Chief Executive of the French Republic, and
which include the cession to Germany of the
ancient provinces of Alsace and Lorraine.
Area and Population of the Conquered Terri
tory. It is probable that the whole of Alsace is in
cluded in the cession, but it has been generally
understood that Bismarck would be content
with a portion only of Lorraine, although it
will be Impossible to designate the future boun
dary line with exactness until the full terms of
the treaty of peace are made public. The two
provinces have been divided, under French rule,
into six departments, the area, population and
land revenue of which are as follows:
Area. 7j. Jiergnue.
Alnatt: (.Arret.) (IRtit.) (1851.)
Upper Rhine. ...l,lS8,i oo 677,uoo 12,270,000
Lower Rhine. ...1,026,000 610,000 3,150,000
Lomint :
Meurthe 1,622,000 429.000 2,380,000
Meuse 1,557,000 305,000 8,355,000
Moselle 1,342,000 446,000 2,b05,000
YOSgeS 1,620 000 415,000 ' 1,850,000
Total 8,105,000 2,688,000 113,670,000
If, as is likely to prove the case, only those
portions of Lorraine which are included in the
lite of the Moselle are ceded to Germany, the
entire department of the Meuse, and parts of
those of the Moselle, Meurthe, and Vosges, will
remain under the jurisdiction of France, reduc
ing the entire territory annexed to Germany to
about 6,000,000 acres, wilh a population of about
2,000,000, and a land revenue of about $10,500,
0C0. The conquered territory comprises about
four and a half per cent, of the entire surface
of France, with about live and a half per cent,
of her population, and five per cent, of her
land revenue.
The History of Alsace and Lorraine.
Alsace is separated from the Grand Duchy of
Baden by the river Rhine; its southern boundary
is the canton of Basic, in Switzerland, while
toward the north it borders on Rheni6h Bavaria.
Lorraine (Lothringen) is situated between the
' "Campagne" and Alsace, and extends toward
the north to the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg
and to the Prussian Rhenish provinces; in the
south to the "Franche-Comte." The situation
of the two provinces, therefore, naturally ren
dered them debatable ground, and their history
is full of vicissitudes of ownership. Alsace was,
even in the days of Caesar, a battle-field between
the Celts and Germans. It became in time a
German Duchy, but the line of its hereditary
dukes became extinct in 1268, and it was then
parcelled out among several members
of the German empire. A part of the Austrian
portion, with a present population of about
227,000, was ceded to France in 1618 by the
treaty of Westphalia, by which the Thirty
Years' War was brought to a close. France de
manded this territory by way of compensation
for the aid she had rendered Austria, and,
although the population at that time was
entirely German, it was turned over to its new
ruler without the remotest idea of consulting
the inhabitants. The clause of the treaty by
which the cession was made reads as follows:
"Tne House of Austria cedes the city of Iireisaeh,
the landgravlates Upper and Lower Alsace, the
fcundgau, grid the jurisdiction over the ten free
cities In Alsace, namely, liagenau, Colmar, Schlett-
stadt, Weissenburg, Landau, Oberehnhelm, Boss-
helm, Munster, Kalseraberg, ami Turkheim. All
shall be Incorporated with the crown of France,
and the Emperor and Empire (German) shall have
so further claims upon this laud."
The ten free cities lost their nominal freedom
immediately, France seizing upon them, in time
of peace, in the year 1674. Colmar made a
heroic resistance, and Weissenburg and llage
nau.tas well as others, were only reduced to
complete subjection by being burned by the
French. In 1081 Louis XIV laid violent hands
upon nearly all of Alsace that was left to Ger
many, and this in a time ef profound peace
Soon after Strasburg succumbed. Leopold I,
who then sat upon .the German throne
was threatened by the Turks in the East, and
could offer no assistance, when the city was
beslged by a French army of 40,000 men. Re
sistance being impossible, Straaburg asked to
be taken under the protection of France, which,
by the treaty of Ryswlck, in 1697, passed from
under the dominion of Germany, together with
all the territory which had been occupied by
the French troops on the left bank of
the Rhine. Louis a IV had guaranteed to
the people of Btrasburg many of
their liberties, but his first acts were
to rob the Protestants of their churches, and to
give the great cathedral to the traitor Bishop of
Zabern. During the eighteenth century, a few
more sections of the province passed under
French rule, at the time of the acquisition of
Lorraine; but, at the outbreak of the first
French Revolution tne republican city of Mul-
honse and a small tract of country still ac
knowledged the supremacy of Germany. The
National Assembly declared their possession by
Hermanr unnatural, and their annexation to
France promptly followed. Thus by force,
fraud, and shallow pretense was the whole of
Alsace transferred from Germany to France.
Tim hUtorv of Lorraine presents a similar
story. The country fell to the lot of Lothalr, a
grandton of Charlemagne, on the breaking up
of the Weetern Empire, and he was succeeded
by a line of princes who acknowledged fealty to
the German Empire. Its unfortunate position,
however, marked it ont as the battle-Cell be
tween France and Germany, and for centuries
it was the scene of interminable conflicts. On
tie death of Louis XT, the last German Em
peror of the line of Charlemagne, Lorraine
was annexed to France, and erected
into a duchy under the rule of
Regnier, the hero of the celebrated satire of
'Reynard the Fox." Subsequently about half
of the province was torn away from France by
Germany, and placed under the sway of dukes
who were nominated by the German Emperor.
Eighty years afterwards the German Emperor
Henry III again succeeded in uniting the whole
province in one duchy, which was bestowed
upon Albert of Alsace, xne line ot princes
founded by him lasted . seven centu
ries, producing during that p9riod
some of the most gallant rulers who figured in
the stirring events of the Middle Ages. Simeon,
the fourth of the line, after reigning twenty-two
years, retired into a monastery. His nephew,
Frederick, who succeeded him, was celebrated
as one of the most accomplished men of his
time, but perished miserably by poison at the
hands of a favorite mistress. Ills brother, Mat
thew II, lives in history as a monster of cruelty.
One of his exploits was the skinning alive of
the governor of some small town, who was ac
cused of maladministration. Raoul, his suc
cessor, was killed at the battle of Cressy, and
John, who followed, left his kingdom in order
to follow the fortunes of his godfather and
namesake, the King of France. He was cap
tured by the Black Prince "at the battle of Poic-
tiers, and shared the captivity of the French
monarch. While he was away his dukedom was
the prey of internal troubles, the unscrupulous
oppression of the nobles having provoked the
peasantry into insurrection. This rebellion
was for a time successful, and the horrors of
the Revolution of 1792, were enacted on a
smaller scale, much of the best blood In the
duchy being poured out by the infuriated
Jacquerie. Next came the war of the disputed
succession, which forms so prominent a feature
in Walter Scott's novel, "Anne of Geiersteln. '
Charles of Burgundy claimed the duchy for his
vassal, the Comte de Verirtandois, but was de
feated near Nancy by the rightful heir, Duke
Rene II, and died in a marsh just outside the
city. Rene acted with the greatest magnanimity,
refusing to confiscate the lands of such of the
nobility of Lorraine as had supported the pre
tensions of Charles, and only taking a crystal
vase out of all the rich spoils of the Burgundlan
camp. In this vase, on the evening of the
funeral of Charles, be drank tothe "oblivion of
vengeance." Upon his death his wife took the
veil, and the ceremony of her initiation presents
one of the most striking pictures
In mediaeval history. This house
reigned over the destinies of Lorraine
until 1736, when Francis Stephen exchanged his
hereditary duchy for that of Tuscany, in order
to be able to marry Maria Theresa, the Empress
of Austria. The province was then conferred
upon Stanislaus, King of Poland, the father-in-law
of Louis XV of France, who made his resi
dence until 1766 in Nanzlg (Nancy) and Lucn
stadt (Luneville). He was one of the most
singular men of his times, by turns a reckless
debauchee and a superstitious devotee, more
interested in kitchen affairs and poor attempts
at rhyming than in the concerns of State. One
day, as he was stooping down to light his pipe,
his dressing gown caught fire, and he was
burned to death. Lorraine then passed under
the dominion of France, but not without re
peated and serious manifestations of discontent
on the part ot the population.
Under French Rule. '
Thus a century has passed away since the
whole of Alsace and Lorraine has been under
the sway of France. At the end of the great
wars which resulted in the downfall of the first
Napoleon, there was an earnest desire on the
part of Germany to recover possession of her
lost provinces, but Ruesia and Austria interfered
in behalf of France, and only Landau and a few
other unimportant places were restored to Ger
many by the treaty of 1815.
French customs and the French language
gradually made inroads upon the customs and
language of Germany, practically supplanting
the latter in the western portions of Lorraine,
but never obtaining more than an equality In
the remainder of the provinces. Until the Revo
lution of 1789 but Utile effort had been made to
substitute the use of the French for that of the
German language. The present Idea of com
pact nationalities, co-extensive with the bouuda
rles of the several countries, was then almost
unknown. Germans remained unmolested in the
use of their language, as the French subjects of
several German princes in Alsace and Lor
raine had always enjoyed full liberty in using
their idiom. But from the time of the Revo
lution the French Government has been inces
sant in its efforts to make the German popula
tion of Alsace and Lorraine a homogeneous
element of the French Empire, and by the
gradual introduction of the French language
Into churches, schools, courts, and all other
public relations, to extirpate the last remnants
of the German nationality of the inhabitants.
The results of these efforts have, thus far, not
been considerable. Even to this day, there are a
large number of communities where French is
unknown. The number of churches and schools
in which German is still used exclusively is
very considerable, and In nearly the whole ter
ritory which since 1648 has been torn from Ger
many, the German language is even to this day
the predominant language. Thts territory of
the German language embraced, in 1831, in
Alsace a population of 1,007,477 inhabitants
out of a total population of 1,093,376,
and in three departments of Lorraine
(Moselle, Meurthe, and Vosges) a German
population of 351,681 in a total population of
1,21)0,585. Thus France bad in its eastern
nrovlnces German-speaking districts with a
population of 1,359,158. Besides these Germans,
France had in the two departments of Pas de
Calais and Nord a population speaking Flemish;
the dialect of Belgian Germans, numbering
together 341,917 inhabitants, who added to the
above number give an aggregate German popu
lation of 1,701,175. Of these about 200,000 are
supposed to have more or less lost their nation
ality, and, with regard to their language, have
become more French than German; leaving
about 1,500,000 inhabitants who, as far as their
language is concerned, are even to this day
Germans.
From 1815 to 1870, disunited Germany did not
utter a single official word Indicating a claim
upon Alsace and Lorraine, and it is probable
that such a word would never have been uttered
if France had remained content with her spoils,
wid Lad &ot, aaUer tie leadership of the la
Napoleon, started on a grand crusade, the illy
disguised object of which was the humiliation
and weakening of Germany by the extension of
ber boundaries to the so-called natural frontter
of the Rhine. But when France struck the first
llow, the old feeling in favor of the restora
tion of the lost provinces was
again called into being, and
the struggle has not been destined to close nntil
it has been fully tatisfied. The large cities of
Alsace and Lorraine, which, as great railroad
and governmental centres, have been subjected
to the strongest French innovations, are hostile
to reannexation to Germany, and even the
countrv districts are not free from this feeling.
But it is, in great measure, a relic of the
disorganizing strife which prevailed throughout
Germany previous to the separation, and will
doubtless speedily give way before the more
peaceful influences which pervade the Father
land of the present day. There will long be
manifested a feeling of discontent under Ger
man rule, but it will assuredly take less time to
Germanize Alsace and Lorraine t han It did to
Frenchify them.
A F1E5DISII ACT.
Attempt to Murder Two Famine bv Poison.
The town of South Windsor, Conn., says the
Hartford Courantt was startled by learning that
the families of Mr. Lester Dewey and E. It. Pit
kins had been poisoned by eating candy which
came through the mail last Friday. Mr. Dewey
received a package of pri.e candy about 3
o'clock on Friday, and opening the same ate
two gam drops, and handed it to Mrs. Dewey.
cne ate two or tnree, ana turned out tne con
tents to discover the prize, which was a trifle.
As she did so she noticed the crumbs of candy
and considerable white powder in the bottom of
the box which looked like sugar. She wet her
finger ana touched this and put It on her tongue.
remarking that it tasted queer for candy. Tbey
were just ready to ride out, and so giving the
children a taste ot one or two apiece, the box
was put up.
i his seems to nave Deen a great mercy: lor
that white powder was arsenic, and if they had
eaten all the contents of the package no medical
skill could have saved their lives. The two
children who ate were a boy fourteen and a girl
thirteen years of age. After they returned from
their ride Mrs. Dewey began to complain of
Eain in ber stomach and bad feelings In her
ead. Simple remedies were resorted to, which
had no effect. Her distress Increased, and be
fore long Mr. Dewey began to feel sick. His
head was heavy; there was a pain In his stomach,
and the perspiration started through every pore,
which is a symptom of arsenic poison. He
began to suspect something wrong, and took a
small dose of gin, which so far counteracted the
poison as to vomit him. lie now suspected
poison, and gave a glass of spirits to his wife,
which was the first relief she obtained.
Continuing to n gin, they succeeded in
throwing the candy out of the stomach. But
the quantity of arsenic Mrs. Dewey took upon
her finger was so large that she was prostrated,
and for two days has hovered between life and
ueatn.
During Saturday Mr. Dewey learned that Mr.
Pitkins' family were in a like condition, seven
being prostrated in that family. Two packages
came to Mr. Pitkins' family and a valentine.
The valentine was postmarked Windsor Locks.
This clew was followed up, and the officials in
that office testified tliat a woman mailed three
boxes and a valentine at thatoiilce on Thursday,
tne aay oeiore tne poisoning.
It is believed that the poison was sent by a
Mrs. Stiles, who formerly lived in South Wind
sor, and manifested a very jealous disposition
while there. But it is difficult to Imagine what
could have been the motive for this fiendish
work.
Mrs. Stiles was examined before Edmund
Watson, Justice of the Peace, in Eist Windsor,
on Wednesday, ice testimony of Lester
Dewey, of the physicians and others, including
the postmasters who received and delivered
tre boxes, was heard, and she was bound over
for trial in tne sum ot 2oUU. Airs. Stiles is a
tall, fair-looking lady, about forty years of age,
wnom one would scarcely suspect to De a crimi
nal. She bad no counsel at the examination,
but made a statement, not unaer oatn. tnat a
week ago Monday a gentleman came to her back
door and gave her the packages and a letter.
requesting that she should mall them. She
thought It strange, but found a note inside sav
ing that the reason of the request would be
known hereafter. She made other statements.
which were somewhat confused; saying that she
could not think what It meant, and had no rea
son for doing anything of the kind herself; that
she bad no poison of any kind, and never had,
She repeatedly remarked tnat sue "wondered
at it," and asserted that there was a five dollar
bill in the bundle of packages to pay the
postage.
A PRECOCIOUS PORTRAIT PAINTER.
What a Bey of Fifteen Can Do.
The Louisville Courier-Journal of the 23d
inst. has the following:
Those who appreciate the fine arts, and ad
, mire works of genius, will be glad to learn that
a life-size portrait of tne great jurist, Judge
George Klenardson, by Master Nevil Cain, son
f T..l,n a f'ntn T?en rf f Vila Ww mill I, a sin
VI UV11U KJ VUli l.rJ.I VI bUiD I I Hilt UC UU
exhibition at J. V. Eecott's gallery until Satur
day next. We are disposed to indicate it as
evidence that there is a genius in our midst
that will one day rival the great masters of the
art whose names are immortal. Nevil Cain
has heretofore given unmistakable evidences
of his remarkable gilts in the likenesses of
Judge Stiles and Judge Bruce, which are hung
in the Common Pleas and Circuit Court rooms
of this city, and which none would imagine tbe
work of a boy barely In his teens. But this
painting of the venerable Judge Robertson is
the crowning triumph of his boyish ambition
His reputation, for one so young, could rest
here, fearing no rival; for in this his friends are
assured, not alone of the promise of a tyro, but
the achievement of a master.
We do not wish to be lavish of our adjectives,
but those who have seen this work will bear us
out in the assertion that it is truly a wonderful
likeness. The fine, prominent chin, the brist
ling eyebrows, the clean-cut, breathing nostrils,
the massive head, the keen eye every feature.
in fact make a portrait which, as a work of
art. will bear comparison with the very best.
We understand the Legislature will authorize it
to be purchased of tbe young painter aud hung
in ue room oi me (Jourtoi Appeals, xne as
sociate judges of the Hon. George Robertson
pronounce it the most correct likeness that
could possibly be painted ot the eminent jurist
We participate in the pride of his parents, and
are nappy to claim niin as a citizen ot Loui6vuie
we sbaii watcu nis progress fiereaiier, and, pre
diet tor him an enviable reputation.
The proposed change In the time of school
vacations at Boston, if carried into effect, will
give the boys and girls about half a week
more of holidays In the year than they now get.
Tbe heroic death of "Doc." Simmons at the
New Hamburg catastrophe has elicited a large
number of enthusiastic lines. Among the best
are those which appeared in one of our Western
religious papers and Included these stanzas:
It Is said that when a piece of new muslin
is torn in the dark a line of light is observable
aloDg the torn edges. It is not known whether
this arises from electricity or phosphorescence;
but it seems to depend upon the dressing ot the
cloth, slnee, after being washed, the phenome
non does not manifest itself. A piece of stout,
twilled new cotton is said to furnish the beet
tubject of experiment.
SECOND EDITION
PEACE AT LAST.
rRELXXVllTCAXlXBS SIGNED.
The End of the War.
A Despatch from the Emperor.
it
Gratitude to Cod-"
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A Good Sunday's Work.
The 'Efforts to Retain Metz
Tho Humiliation of Paris.
Tho Triumphal Entry To-day.
FROM EUROPE.
Tho Preliminaries of Peace Nlcned -Despatch
from Kmperor William.
Baden, Feb. 27 The Emperor William tele
graphs from Versailles as follows:
"With a deeply moved heart in gratitude to
God, I inform you that the preliminaries of
peace have been signed. The Bordeaux Assem
bly must yet ratify them. Wilhelm."
f SECOND DESPATCH.
Official Announcement.
Bordiatjx, Feb. 26. An official despatch
from Paris states that the preliminaries of the
treaty of peace have been signed.
M. Thiers arrives at Bordeaux to-morrow.
The Better the Day the Better the Deed The
rreiiminariea Hisaed od Monday.
Paris, Feb. 27. The preliminaries of peace
were signed yesterday at 5 SO P. M.
Prussia's Demands.
Favre cedes Alsace and Metz. Bel fort is re
tained. The war indemnity is fixed at five mil
liards of francs, tor the payment of which three
years' time is granted. The Germans are to
hold the fortresses nntil paid.
the Armistice
has been prolonged for a week.
The Entry Into Parle.
The Germans are to enter Paris immediately.
Baron Kothtchlld
has been summoned to Versailles, as are also the
railway presidents who are to arrange to carry
the German troops back to Germany. Their
departure will be preceded by a review in the
Champ de Mars. It is said that the
Marseilles Election
has been annulled and Deligny declines to
assume the deputyship.
Proposed Purchase of Luxemburg-by France
ana xrnnsier to t.erraauy.
London, Feb. 27. The telegraphic despatch
f'om Versailles, dated the 26th, says that M
1 biers has proposed the purchase of Luxemburg
by France and its transfer to Germany, it Metz
is restored.
The Emperor's Ilealtb.
The Emperor William is much improved in
haalth.
Movement of Troode.
A despatch from Amiens, dated the 20th, says
an order has been received for the movement of
troops towards Rouen.
Legitimists and Orleaalsts.
The Morning Post contradicts the reported
fusion of the Legitimists and Orleanists.
The Kmperor In Paris.
The London Telegraph has a despatch from
Versailles, dated the 26tb, announcing that the
Emperor will lunch at the Elysee Bourbon with
his court, and return to Berlin next Saturday.
iThe Opening of tho German Parliament
has been fixed for March 16.
The Triumphal Entry of tho Germans Into
Berlin
is to be delayed two months, as the wl ole people
cf Germany will observe
Six Weeks' fflonralac
for the victims of the war.
M. Thiers offered another
Milliard of Thalers to Keep Metz,
but the offer was refused.
The Feeling- In Paris.
Paris, Feb. 26 The Republican manifesta
tions continue, with perfect order, but the feel
ing among the people is strong and deep for
Future Kerens; I'pen tSerraaay.
The Prefect of Police refuses to assume the
responsibility for the preservation of order if
the Prussians enter.
The Mortality In Paris
Is greatly lessened. Provisions are abundant.
An English Opinion Rea-ardlaa the Triumphal
entry.
London, ten. a7 iso p. ai. it is now
thought that the German army will not enter
Paris, aud it is eald that the Emperor and Prince
Imperial will certainly not do so.
Prince Charles of Ks a mania
is still resolved to abdicate.
This Alernloa'a Quotations.
London, Feb. 2V-1'80 A. M Consols ltf.for
both money and account. American securities
flrmer. U. S. bonds of 1S62, l,v; of 1866, old,
W ; of 1S67, 80 ; :o-40s, 88 Erie Railroad, ;
Illinois tCentral, 109; Great Western, 80.
London, Feb. ST Calcutta linseed, sis. ed. Sugar,
ov.
aktwidp. vy. 87 Petroleum. 60 francs.
Liverpool. Feb. 8711-30 A. M. Cotton dull:
uplands barely 7d. ; Orleans barely 7;d. Tne sales
to-day are estimated at iu.uuu oaies.
This Afternoon's Quotations.
Livxrpool, Feb. 7 18-80 P. M. California wheat
buoyant at lis. 10d. ; new red Western spring
buoyant at 10a. Dd.lis. Sd.; fur the lowest grades
of No. s to the blehest grades or ISO. . uau, ss.
fid Pnrn R for new.
London, Fed. 87-1 80 P. M. Consols 92 for both
money ana sccounu tn nnrui, i.
I nvnnii. Fh. 7. I.lDSeed Oil, 818. 15(1.
Livbbpool, Feb. 87l-so P. M. Wheat active,
but unchanged in prices, porx, dm.
FROM JVEW EA GLAND.
A Vermont Reform Hehool Graduate.
M ovtpelieb, Vt.. leb. 27 A young man
named Gustavus Sherman, of Waterbury, Vt.,
for refusing to pay his fare on the Vermont
Central train last Saturday night, was put off by
the employes near Middlesex. He thereupon
fired upon Conductor Irving, but missed him,
the ball entering the side of the sleeping-car.
Sherman was pursued by Sheriff Brown, cap
tured yesterday, and is now in jail awaiting ex
amination. Be is a graduate of the Vermont
Reform. School.
FROM WASIlIWaiOJV. i
DfjxUck t (as AuoeiattA vwa.
Washington, Feb. 27.
The Joint Wan Commission
met this morning at eleven o'clock at the Stati
Department. All the United 8tates Commis
sioners were present except Mr. Hoar, and ail
the British Commissioners except Sir John A.
Macdonald and Sir Stafford Northcote. The
proceedings are to be conducted secretly.
Naval Orders.
Surgeon Macgruder has been ordered to pro
ceed to St. Louis to attend the oQlcers and their
families, to examine recruits, and give medical
attendance at St. Louis Arsenal. Commodore
Gillis has been ordered to the Naval Asylum at
Philadelphia. Surgeon DuBols has been de
tached from the Naval Hospital at Chelsea, Mas
sachusetts, and ordered to the Dictator. The
ordering of Surgeon Kennedy to the Dictator
has been revoked.
FROM THE STATE.
The Overcrowding-of the Eastern Penitentiary.
Special Despatch to TKt Evening Telegraph.
Harrisbcrg, Feb. 27. It is understood that
a message this afternoon will be transmitted to
the Legislature by Governor Geary, calling the
attention of that body to the necessity of some
action looking to a prevention of the overcrowd
ing with prisoners of the Eastern Penitentiary.
The Governor will urge that the surplus of
prisoners be sent to the Western Penitentiary at
Pittsburg, and also that In future commitments
by the courts tbe Judges can have power to send
me convicts aireci to rittenurg.
flavann Markets.
Havana. Feb. 25. Suirar Prices stiff, but Quota
tions unchanged. Pales of the weak, 6000 boxes
and hogsheads. Exports of the week to foreign
commits, 18,000 boxes and 8200 hhds. Exports to
tbe V n lied States. 7000 boxes and 8000 hhds. Stock
In warehouses at Havana and Matanzos. lss.ooo
dozfb ana i,uou nnns. jjacon ami. nutter flat.
Coal oil steady at i reals. Flour steady at f U-7.V3
16-60. Hams active. Lard dull at 1S7319. Tallow
Market supplied. Potatoes steady at $4-6044-75.
lioney active at e reals. Lamber Mai ket su pplled ;
wime pine, zottzi ; pitcn pine, lAKatwio. UO.T
Shocks Market, supplied and quoted at 8 W9 reals.
jiogsneaa boooks steady at s? wx-e. Empty
hocaheads In demand at 4.i4 23. Frelehtafl&t:
dox oi sugar to iMorinern ana eouwern ports oi tne
Untied States, 75(tS0c.t hogshead of sugar to
.Northern and Southern ports. 13-60(84-85: hocs-
heads of molasses to Northern and Southern ports,
i oiaa.
JAPAN.
Arrival of the First Japanese minister to the
lo ilea mates.
Prince Mets Fuslmi. uncle of the reicnlner
Emperor of Japan, with seven attaches; Jugoi
Aronorl Mori, Charge d Affaires of the uovern
ment of Japan In the United states, with two
secretaries and one attache; and 18 students, from
18 to Vi years ot age, together with eight ser
vant?, have arrived in town, and are staying at
the St. Nicholas Hotel. The Japanese Consul at
Ban Francisco, who for eleven years past has
been tne oniy agent oi tne uovernment oi Japan
in this country, accompanies them, and will
proceed with Mr. Mori and his suite to Wash
ington, and see them duly established in their
Legation-nonse oeiore returning to uaii
fornla. The title Jugoi, which Mr. Mori
bears, is equivalent to that of lord. Mr. Mori,
-who is tbe ant native diplomatic representa
tive ever sent by tne uovernment of Japan to
reside in a foreign country, has served as mem
ber in the National Council at Tedo, and is a
strong leader of the parly of progress who now
control the Government. He speaks English
quite well, and converses freely on the changes
wmca nis uovernment is undergoing, and the
active measures which are taking to make her
system, bom civil and military, accord with
those of the great powers of tne world.
Xne rrlnee win remain in this country for a
snort lime, studying our institutions and estab
lishing in schools a portion of the young men,
and win men proceed to Europe wun tne re
mainder. Nine of the young men will study
medicine in Prussia. The Government of Japan
has already sent to Christian countries to be
educated about 400 young men, and will send.
it is stated, about 600 more during the present
year. Mr. Mori recites with much interest the
evidences oi progress in tne educational system
of JapaB. Already they have established
a collcire at Tedo, at which there are four Ame
rican instructors, two inguso, and two trench.
It is aso proposed to establish free schools in
ail parts of tne country, inerrencn system
has been adopted for the army and the English
system for the navy. There are now eight
regiments in service wearing the European uni
form. Air. Mori says mat tne people of Japan
feel under more obligations and have more love
for the United States uovernment than for any
other. The present Government is endeavoring
to obtain all possible information as to the
mode in which the various departments
of the leading nations are carried out. To
accomplish this, the Government sends abread
members oi tne imperial family ana others as
students. These are all young men. who can
the more readily acquire the foreign languages.
They are maintained and supported at the ex
pense of the Government, and when they have
finished tneir course of studies, or nave accom
plisbed the mission on which they were sent,
they return home to give their country the
benefit of their experience and education. At
the present time there are about two hundred
Japanese students in the various colleges ani
universities of 'America. By the next steamer
due at San Francisco, a Japanese Charge d'Af
faires, accredited to the Emperor of Russia, will
arrive. M. X. irwune, lu-uay.
THE QUAKER CITY.
the Fonnders Off tun Ifalteras The Cap.
tain's niai.iu.au
The late commander of the Quaker City.
Captain M. M. Gorman, reports that he left
Poit-au-Prince on the night of February 4. with
400 tons of logwood and a quantity of hides,
and bad fine weather for seven days after.
About midnight of tbe lltn he encountered a
eale of wind from the S. S. W Cupe Ilatteras
bearing N. by W., distant 110 miles, wherein he
lost his alter smocs-stacK.
The gale continuing with Increased violence
occasioned the loss of the other smoke stack.
At 4 A. M. of the 12th tbe ship commenced to
leak badly, the deck pumps being uuable to
keen her free. It was still blowing heavily.
and at o A. me water nau risea to eigut
feet in the eneine room, putting tne ores out.
He then lay to, using all the means in his
Dower to keep the ship afloat, but the
water gained steadily. Capuiu Gorman seeing
that the vessel must shortly founder, began
preparations for taking to the boats, when the
bark Howard, of Yarmouth, N. 8., Captala
Shaw, hove in sight, answered the signal of dis
tress, and took otf all hands. The Howard made
two unsuccessful attempts to reacn tortrees
Monroe, aud was nually compelled to nuauge
her course for Bermuda, which she reached on
the 19th. The vessel was owned by Admiral
Dejols, of the Haytlen navy, who was a paesen
ger on board. She was uninsured.
FlIVAftlJis AN1 COMMEIICIS.
ktxniho TBtxoHAPH Ornoit.)
Aloud.. Feb. 27, 1871. 1
There Is a moderate activity ia tbe loan mar
ket, but most of the activity is due to the lively
movement in stocks. Currency is abundant,
and freely advanced on all good collateral
pledges at 5 per cent. The wants of manufac
turers and merchants are comparatively light,
and all good paper is taken readily without close
calculation as to time at 7 per cent. The ten
dency of the market la Rewards further case and
a loner rcale of rates. At le iflt such is tbe look
it now wears.
There Is considerable demand for gold for the
payment of customs on Imported goods, and the
market continues very steady, with sales ranging
between llli(aini, closing at H.
in Uovernment bonds there is also an active
movement and a very firm feeling among
holders.
In stock Investments there was a fair business
at about Saturday's figures. City fa, new bonds,
sold at 101X! ante-war do. at 103; and Lehigh
gold loan at bb.
Reading Railroad was dull and neglected at
about 49, without sales. Pennsylvania was
ratber weak, with some sales at 61)(5)61;
sales of Camden and Amboy at a)&
uaiawissa preierrea at iSV!4; Philadelphia and
Erie at 27U; and Oil Creek and Allegheny at
47?sff47X, the latter b. o.
In Canal shares there were sales of Leblsrh at
85K35X', the latter b. o.; 17 was bid for
Bchuylklll preferred.
l be balance of tne list was overlooked.
31 PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven ft Rro., No. 40 S.Thlrd street
FIKST OARD.
100 City 6a, New.ioi.
tttoo do. prior to '68.103
I7 sh Penna R..... 61
28 do 61'.'
100 do S.V 61V
lOOshPh AB ft. b5. 27 V
8 ShOC A AR... 47'?
00 do Id. 47W
800 do bOO. 47V
3O00 do 16.101'
iieLeh v es. cd. 4fe
12000 Ca Bur It os 67
liooo Leh as, 6fi
liooo Len gold U.. BSM
in in (jam Am
.116 V 800 ih Leh N...D60 35 V
69 do IIS'4
WQ do 85
100 do.... B30. 8VI
6 sh Reading R. . 49 60
iuo Bn cat it. ..ub. bvu
'1300 dO 33 V
HKB8R8. Dl HATKN O.
BROTHER. No. 40 8. Third
Street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations :
U. 8. 6S Of 1881, 114V4U4' : do. 1868, 112 V(A112 w
00.1864. II-24II2 V; dO. 1866, 1123113V 5 dO. 1866,
ucw. Hunting , uu, tool, UU. 11114111 V : aO.
da lllMlllXi 10-40S, t12vU3. rj. 8.80 Year
per cent. Currency, 113V,113W Sold, lllVc
lllv; Silver, 100 wios; Union Paolflo Railroad
1st Mort. Bonds, 8arva845 Central Pactflo Railroad.
60470: Union Paolflo Land Grant Bonds, 735.4750.
HBSBRS. WILLUM PAINTS a J0.. NO. 8 8. Third
street, report the following quotations: U. 8. es of
1881S, 114114? 6-80S Of 1868,ll8H(jIUV; do. 1864,
112,S118W; do. 1866, 112VIHV; do.,4uly, 186tt!
U2U3H2H: do., July, 1867, lnviutf. do. July,
1868, 111 !iwlllV; 10-408, 111 Vllli. Oold,lllV&
111H. V. 8. Paclflc R. R. OurTcy 6a, 118,H113x.
habb kijadnbr. uroxsrSj report tola morning
gold quotations as follows
1000 A. M lll' 10 50A.M. lliv
10-15 HlVilO-68 " 110
10-28 " lUKilO-63 1U1.
1040 " ..Ill 11-01 " Ill
10 41 " Ill 1216 P. M HI V
Philadelphia Trade Bprt
Mokpat, Feb. 87. There Is a good demand for
Cloversced, and several lots changed hands at 11
lljtfc. Timothy and Flaxseed are scarce ; we quote
the former at to -50, and the latter at fi-iq per
Dusneu
A sale of 40 hhds. Quercitron Bark on secret terms.
We quote No. 1 at $:so per ton.
The ravoraDie teuor oi tne Liverpool accounts has
had no perceptible eil'ect upon the Flour market.
The trade Is dull, all Inquiry being confined to the
wants of tbe home trade. About Too barrels changed
hands, Including superfine at $5-87.v(a5 60; extras
at f5-75r&6: SDrlnir wheat extra famllT at lrt-7VA
70; Pennsylvania do. do. at ae0i7; Indiana
and Ohio do. do. at 877-75; and tit. Louis at S7-75
9. 100 barrels of Kje Flour sold at 15-87. Prices
of Corn Meal are nominal
The Wheat market is very quiet, with small sales
of Western red at tl'55ai-so and 1200 bushels
white at 11-82. Iiye comes forward slowly and sells
at 11-10. Corn is In better demand and higher. Sales
os 8000 bushels yellow at 70$30c.; and Western
mixed at 77c. uats are steady, and 2000 bushels
Pennsylvania sold at 6465o.
Whisky la quiet. Bales of Western iron-bound at
83c. ; and wood do. at 91 vc
Philadelphia Uu(sIe Market.
Monday, Feb. ST. The market for beef cattle was
devoid of animation to-day and prices, though
quotably nnchanged were rather In favor of buyers.
We quo1 choice at 8s vc, fair to good at 6M&
7ic, and common at 436c. per pound, gross.
Keceipts, 1975 head.
The following- are the particulars of the sale:
Ecut.
70 owenumun, western, 7.V.
60 John Smyth A Bros., Western, 7(AR.
60 Dennis Smyth, Lancaster CO., (7 V.
85 A. Christy, wete4n, 7(39 V.
82 Jas. Christy, Western, 7X48.
82 Uengier & xncuieeae, uuester CO., 6V7 V.
T5 P. McFUlen. Lancaster co.. 6(48!.
60 Ph. Hathaway, Lancaster co.,
m dames o. ruin, cuesierco., .9i.
K B. F. McFUlen. Western. oAnV.
140 James McFUlen, Western, 7i88.
70 & b. Mermen, western, 7s.
net mitwAn B. U stH mn r T antuutn itA Y O
IU J iiujau am. uaviifxittUi unuvaawi 1 ujOt
S70 J. J. Martin & Co., Western, 6a8U.
100 Mooney Millar, Western and Lancaster CO.,
65 Thomas uooney lira, western, 9XSX'
60 H. t haln, Jr., Lane., co., 6i47tf.
67 L. Frank, Lancaster CO., 6Jti(7)tf.
0 Hub. Bchamberg k Co.. Lauc co.. 6V(7 V.
100 Hope A Co., Western 6X(?8V.
85 u. ranK, west Virginia,, TOTtf.
20 B. Baldwin, Chester co., 618.
S8 J. Clemson, Lancaster co., 7g8.
40 Win. Alexander, Chester co., 5a,8.
45 John McArdle, Western, iXQ'iX.
61 B. Maynes, Western, 5a,7)tf. .
80 V. Young, Chester co., 67.
80 El corn A Co., Chester co , 1.
82 J Frank, Michigan, 7I
81 J. Evans, Chester co., 55V.
18 C. Welher, Chester co.. 4v4".
Cow s and Calves were in steady request, and 200
bead sold at f4075, as In quality.
Sheen attracted but little attention, and changed
hands In a small way at 66C. y lb, gross. Ke
ceipts, 12,000 ntaa.
Bogs The late advance was well maintained, and
there was a fair inquiry. Sales of 4500 head at tlO(4
10-60 for slop up to tn12 for corn-red.
LATEST SlIIITIJitt INTELLIGENCE.
POKT OF PHILADELPHIA FEBRUARY 27
BTATB OF TBJCBMOM BTSB AT TBI BTBNINS riLBOBArB
orrica.
6 A M. 48 I 11 A. Id. A9 S P. M 60
Sos Rises.
Bun eT8..
6 87 MOON 8BTB...
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0-K9
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(Du Cable.)
Liverpool, Feb. i7. Arrived, steamship Norway,
from Savannah.
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Steamship Achilles, Colburn. Providence, T. M.
K'cbarus.
Sed. bark Cygnus, Petterson, Gibraltar for orders,
L. Westergaurd A Co.
Swed bark Uermelin, Borjesson, do , do.
Bark Aua McAdam, Partridge, Trieste, W. Brockle.
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Steamship Centipede, Wllletts, 24 boors from New
York, with mdse. to U. Wlnsor a. Co.
Steamship Volunteer, Jones, 24 hours from New
York, with mdse. to John F. Ohl.
Bteamer Jas. 8. Green, Vance, from Rlcbmond Via
Norfolk, with mdse. to w. P. Clyde A Co.
Bteamer New York, Junes, from Washington, D C,
with nidae. to W. P. Clyde k Co.
Steamer W. W allium, Kiggans, IS hours from Bal
timore, with mdse. aud passengers tc A. Groves, Jr.
Steamer Josephine Thompson, Moore, 11 hours
from Baltimore, with mdse. to A. Groves, Jr.
bteamer William Woodward, Young, 13 hoars
from Baltimore, wltu mdse. to A. Groves, Jr.
Hr'.g K. P. Stewart, Holland, from Sagua Feb. 14,
wun sugar to B. A W. Welsh. Sailed in company
withschr Mary and Louise, for Portland. Left la
port, barks Yumure, for New York, loading; O. da
Zaido, do., do. ; and Daring, for North of Hatteras;
brigs w alter Howes, for Philadelphia, loading ; Wind
ward, for Baltimore; John Sanderson, fordo. ; aud
J. H. Kennedy, for North ot Hatteras; and scbr
Loul?a Bliss, just arrived. Captain Randall, of bark
E. V. Herrlman, died suddenly at Sagua, 14th inst.
Schr T. D. Wilder, Kenney, 14 days from Clen
fuegos, with ssc ar and molaases to a. F. Cabada fc
Co. 1 at. 84 44, long. 76 14, experienced a heavy gala
from N. to N. Jt, which lasted 24 hours.
Schr K. a. Ely. McAllister, from Norfolk, with
shingles and old iron to Croskey fc Co.
Schr George S. ReppUer, Brooks, fm York River,
With mdse. to master.
Schr Lena Hunter. Perry, from Portland, wltH
headings to S. A W. Welsh.
Schr General Grant, Walteman, from Gloucester,
M ., with fish to captain.
Schr We B. Thomas, Wlnsmore, from New YorkJ
Schr Ualtle Paige, Haley, from M
Scnr Anne . Martin, Weeks, fro;
A