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T. ont.hn. /anti of., Fractional` €ukrencY ' Appointments — Sta tement Con i• 'Undated --.:Threigik- ''''AiPoint• t i - ' merits In'the Hands of Hr. col lax—Department Reports Near. - ly Finietted."4lenittor„ Ross to be bripeiteheil - England With dranra Her Claim to Occupyllitn Jttan-Conests Marriage—Cash in the Treltanry—NO More Goy . eTrune'nt IpinKoyees Wonted. ' - tilfleteaiaoh tiche , Pg sbursh 6arkite.l v s': . WASHINGTON, November 14, 1868. " • The fractional currency ' , printed during - the week amounted to 1526;500; amount ;shipped; 3458,147; Inoluding lap,oop to Chi- 3 ' ; cago. National bank currency 1)113,400•', 't • amount in circulation, $299,946,925Lnati0nal , L currency redeemed, $436,760. t"' . . The following appointments •were made tio•dity 4- GriageitSohn'...l-vors, Second Mk: - _ trial Missouri; Henry Harper,, Third. DM . trite, lowa. , Storokeepers—John E. Blur . ray, -Fourth District: Kentucky; S. E. Un derhill. First •Diverlct Illinois; Henry J. , - ' Pilch, First District Missouri; A. D. tfolg:-- man, Fifth - District Kentuckr` Win. Will , lams, Third District Iowa; James Good, ,i ; la' ih - Dsrie nt ty k i . N, Ar Y' H. , 'PiurtiUstrict, Keni y; .j t , •-A statement which' a - been - published I that the disbursing officers' of the Freed -men's tureen are paying bounty in fall h-- upon the receipts of claiments, the said re ceipts being furniskedhyanybody, are -in -correct: Every dollar due claimants is „paid to them in, person, and any deviation frern.lhis rider would be totally without =authority from Gen. Howard. • • 1..: - Privateadvices - - from authoritative Eng liattsources ma, ,to the : : effect that the Brit . ish 'government has'aitteed” to withdraw her titlepflaint - Ocdupapcy to : the isimid of: 'I lain Jpep - -, '• - }, ' - i. '• - - • ' I, Heil. Schofield is in- Ealtimere, _, e will 6fetitrn'rftere to:night: = 4- -, ' - ' . 1, rilenzGTant wilt remainf in New York all: .o'3 neiriVetle:, < =“ !'; .... .. ' --I mr,rultertortilitOiiit gent back to New York to make farther invetigittlons- into, the reveataltettda-r ' i "*"' , :l-11•FI; CoinmissiOnernsin hard at wort; oh his-report, and ir,peelvesnO*hi, tom - , '.t.2. ~ All of' the'Deparinteritreportswill',b : kilted next week, and , the President will be.'.: gin his; messageon Monday week. •-"," The ibceipts of Internal Revenue ye - stet: - .day amounted to over a quarter of a mil; aip a dollars; toldavAL *ill approach'a hair a anillidaf , 4 , 4- it Collector t • Perry Fuller, the lat New Or. ice'' /Wept a4tnno,datervtevr •lelth the ent - reladtritetfratids in the Crescent: Judge qtrnisb -- baid ed riot tOgt R o ut h . Be *lll rental& here - fig' the' wrn ter. ; 1 Senann Pomeroy , .the .Legialata.re of Kansas Will have but one Democratic mem :bee in it. and that Senator Ross Will be im peached, If he does ,not renign.* , z r ' Secretary McCulloch bas dete rmined, . ot - to remain in office-after neat . Marsh.He _ isendeavering to leave the Department in : -. .. t, ranitecnt4- - eonditlooas possible fot4bis sue lar.-Dedrees, Public Printer is Jn receipt" • , Of a great manylettem askipi for employ , meat. He says he 'cannot accommodate nn y more of the'craft. f,....•,- F,, ~ ~.. ' It is said that the appointments for for 4.- :4n offices will •be ieftso-.Mr,Volfax, who will no doubtrecommend editors, authors and men of lelfowsfor;mtatt positiOns. Most of the Internal revenue appointments Will lie_givenio suldlifri. - „_.-.---- I • --, The wedding of Speaker Colfax and - Miss Wade - take& plate at Andoverrphio r on Wednesday next. ' j - - v • Tbeaulotint of Coin In -.tke Treasury at this date, fe,abont 87 ,000,000 - orz - dollara, of which I.22,oop,epoare represented by gold ortifleates. '`' _ -_ ' 'YrDenitufs'.4laviLarrived here from • o'us States, seeking Government em ,p, , yrnent.-:lnatead of ,incressing, the De partrnents: are Aitnikbibing, their, ;,forcesi ' and therefore there'll no prospect of sue 1 i IN NM El Ellir I I ,P HI?D/P4a4' i, _.,:.ii.:, -;:.T.176:,-'1,L;7.-_-, , • .ntestea Electioneascs—lDestractire Fire --ForepaugAi Menagerie Destroyed. cat Veautokbeperatsourge fiazette.l PAnitipierhisre.'Novainbetr--14.4n the • cohtested election cases before the Court of etlion Ply= day, & motion was made, •by Democratic lawyers to quash the petitions, on the ground that the affidavits - , ar e defective The Court fixed. Friday neat for the argument on the motion. A fire occur red,this evening in the saw mitt of•Rosecoe, , Clark &Cc:, in the north._ west part of the city. It was entirely" de; strVelL - Lost 43 014048d:et $0,000; small 'insurance The adjoining building, used for wintering Forepaugh's menagerie, was partly destroyedi 'Several 'valuable ant , e male were consumed. and others escaped, into the ::street, _ causing great alarm, bat' didtb ..:'- •• , , •, • , Africatilion.T*ss caught In. the street by throwing over him a bor. used for mixing mortar. J A leopard rushed into a hour, where there wereseveral women and -children; but the mat was as much fright. • cued as the humans and took refuge in the cellar without biti n g • , lo sszavanaDELFßlB,,Diovemberls.—The •by-the burnin,r of Foxepaugh's Menagerie, last : night. is about/0 5 490,4W which there ,was no insurance. None tof the animals were burned,„ but , a large Alumber of ex , • , petudve showPwagons r tests. etc., were en tirely destroyed.- The loss on Roscoe tit leitixstitslS,ooo; . partially in , Tillsraerning building on North Bev.; enth•iitmet,,, usedas a United. Stateasnint Szefor. tiearlf , fo years, • was destroyed by lOU - - RIO .TAMMY.,'- , riragtiaYans Iteptitsed talth'",u toss,of over ....._ Three -nnuareit -Itilien r - and 'Wounded— f • prestientLepez Bhootitts two Brothers 'Tools'Elese v.er Telegraph to the Plttsbargh Gaze*Y4 , " - 1424002/s November I . 4 .—The, mall:Steam . 4:tr fronk Ble ltmeiro brings later news from ,the4Wr,of war- :The - ill:fed airily was be . fore Augustora. The Paraguayans_ came 0...i„.. ut in force ,and, attacked it, but were re. uiswlth aless` of-three hundred and ; inhty killed and wounded. • It was fUlly confirmed that Prealdent Lo, z had shot ii/8 two bribers, Betting° and enatillM' • - ' , • • 3tain e l of Lopez's treops were deserting. (Er LXXXIII: City Telegraohsto the Pittsburgh' 6asette.l NEW YORK, November 14,1868. ACCIDENT TO A FERRY BOAT—LOSS 0/P , ,- II The follOwing-Particalars show the cause° of the accident to the ferry lioat on Sa tur day: The Hamilton left her slip • on , the • . Brooklyn Elide* .7;20 with a great_number of iiesiieniorry.tindas die neirial; the New York side encountered the flood tide. She' was headed down stream in order to meet tbe counter. tide and enter the slip. •At this timelt le alleged" a 'l36iithein propeller, which was endeavoring to enter a'neigh boring .slip,; let go her stern line and swung around, thus. blocking..np, the en trance to the rultffixi Ferry% silp,j_ThA helmsman ofir gienitMded . his boat be iin* L'the !Tirol:4o.of and Bulkhead, ? cirder . 4 tOL-'enter There was not sufficient ,room be tween tbe propeller and the pier, .and it at once ,becaine.evident. that'. a collision was unavoidable. The propeller scarce moved,' Out a `moment ! the Hamilt on crashed against Abe ferry ; boat Union, which lay In'a slip adjoining her own. About one thousand passengers wore an board 'the Hamilton, coming to their business ; ithe city, fullyone-lialf of whom had !crowded to the forward part , of the boati Thlelarge. number wised the for- Ward deckiti the Hamilton to sink several inches beldw the" guards of the Union, which latter boat had a light load on board., The momentum of the Hamilton carried her gaards,ulider those of the Union._ The Poniard' deck of the-Hamilton was very densely packed with passengers, and the warning was • so brief that it was Amponffilelor them to retreat,wudirnuin -!ber-wereeanght between,thpguardwisfthe two boats; as they overlapped, and were terribly crushed. The ladies'cabin of the Hamilton.wite crushed In and the scene be came heartrending taiyond description. Tersilled Wiffilen and" children screamed. 'for help, while the cheeks of strong men were blanchediwlth i fear. • For. ' - a moment those in the'ciibln expected to see the boat go donii or •be crushed, An effort was made by "many of. thf.:lnisseingeratin the cabins to reach the shore,believing the beet was about to sinkil'atffiseVeral•Persone were knockeddown andtrampled caiylve peril:ins - were killed orrnortally wounded, and twenty seriously Injured. - , :•••, BECRI7I4ING PORABA CEAKETpir• Recrultinglor the Cuban expedition,. it is said, has teased this city,"l3Olonel eibboni blaring -already enioliek 6,500 . men; which 13 . 1,590 more than hearants;' He alfeges that the whole command is to devolve upon a wealth* Havanese, who is famous as a .militarr leader under Don Carleilarid Maximilianlind who sci;fer - litTer, .fa•lnfibed allWfunds necessary: The noon Is to annex,Coba to the United Aimee: publicaieelingis kr', be held in relatinkto tidiasatter in Cooper Institute. riZOTPAT AGMNSTitHE CONTROU*N TAX. -Panama advises' state :thap• A " the : Drawl giat,ei".Conauf, witirelras other reprowrite tiveaof foreign Gov rn to OdvisesAirier‘ leans .if the bieri ed oammeretareontrf tffition tax IsenEfted toll". proteela with him and they:will beforwarded to,Wash-", ington. lie regards theoontributiOn as all aXtraordinzu7 tax, and(tite various Consuls' have ignited In a remOnatrance.agaluit the tax, *hien 'is-levied, Ittaid the revolation ts against' the Dovernment. ° BOLD TEM% Ao Mr. JohuT, Sell:l9l4er, Congressman elect from the Second. Distrlct"of New York, alighted froth Wi.o3itaffisintv, stage, - al the corner of Amity street, he was set upon by wee - 04941 of th em,stolea.dianiond 4 9 v al4l l, ' 4 74otpteand dollars, from Mr . SChinriiikeenatarl bosoin igict passed to a:Odallideraik.l,whO Made `his escape. Two of the robbers, giving their n ames as 'Wm.'l3:Roth and John E. Townsend, were ~arrested on tneanOt. • cora:lkm * Onciiiied •' A collie& in. ,orr the South Sid Railroad of Long Island this forenoon ne Jamaica. A han"d:car filled with workm n Was run into by a passenger. train, the workmen harely escaping, witn- their lives 4 . juivinfram the Caw. Theangine was - ,considerably. damaged. - OEN. GRANT'S MOVEKENTS. • Hen.. Grant took 4 drive .in the Central Park yesterday, and thus.avoided an army of visitors, He wenVl.o 'West Point last ,evening and wilt reftewthe corps of,Cadete nett .. weelC, His 'eon will graduate next year. • - The picked nineslof New York and Brookz :lyn_played their Second: genie of base ball 'on Friday, the Brooklyn nine winning this time by eighteen Ur thirteen.. John Beller , a well,known- base ball 4tlayer, our Friday, frac t ured one • of blilegs.by a'falL - It, Is new pretty certain that t green back 'combination la at work - again, and anOther pinch la looked for soon. Some currency is combagin. from - ,the West, but not enough to affect the market. TROIIBLEs OF THE . WHISKY BIND. The leaders of the whisky ring are_great ly alarmed about- the reports from Wash ington; , and it is Said that' some persons are preparing to make tour of Europe. KiscELLAIrKOITS NEWS ITEMS. - The number" of meteors seen here last night exceeded 2,600. by actual count. Gen. Grant has left for Wet Pont Ac- companied by Mrs. Grant and s Gen. i Dent. He will returgorridoriclay. , • \ Commissioner' Acton has beim as. rionsly ill, but is now Considered out of immediate' anger. , - 41rattdalent Check .Wlia - deteeted at the Manufacturers' and Merchants' Bank this forenoon, but the originator has yet escaped capture. A little,boy who presented it was arrested but proved innocent ..and was ~• released. , Benj. F. okie, Sentenced. torten years im prisonment some; eighteen' months since for embezzling a letter while clerk in the postoffice;bas been paidoned by the Pres ident. • Three highWaYmeri; who - knocked down and robbed a man in BroaoWay last night, *ere contizifttfid thrtrhil. The grain, elevator Manhattan, lying • olk, the AtjaisticedeOkiWatf_ jpartly destroyed by fire last night. Len 00,000. ' i.Wm. egad in 'Brgaltlyn for damages fOr the alleged commissiort,of an outrage upon a little girl, has been honors blyseSidttelLz . , Abill-Will be presenti3d, to the next New , ersey.Legialature for the : oonsolidation..of .rentey_qty, Hoboken and Hudson City as one city:- 'The'prtotobsititinls , garded the:places Anter.asted. The gunboat Talatxxxst run lute d achoon er outside Sandyllodk limit night dabsing her to leak badly.' • • 4 7, 1 *EH' • • NEW Yong, 1.5.-=The steamship 'lterthen, frcen - Bremen,od9ber; Bisk and Southampton tlietid,' his arrived. - • - • t reerrittrcixivit ' ring. Between tikeive and. one o'clock this morning a fire was cliodovered in the rear of the dining rooms of the Stuart Rouse, No. • . EABE-aALt ITEMS 011 MINBACK:C I ONTITNATION AT WORE . TrOlftiifruDivlON 480 „Broadway.",lt , ItkeupPoliedl4o. .have caught from a furnace an the rear -et the dining rooms oaths first Boor. IThe flames spread to the send and upper story, with such rapidity" aft tin aft Mir Abe egress of lodgers and they were rescued.hy the fire men with ladders:- •"Idri Sttillit‘ crieurlied, the first, second . and third - .stories, of 47& and 480, which were cempletely /ratted. His loss on fif rintureatvi stock ii about,3o,- 000 p fully inhurred.-"-16salointlin the base meet is damaged to the ;amount of About, 32,000; From the second shirty ft worked UM 470 X, occupied by Louie B. Tldbill, as a toy and fanc7 store. ' His leas Is about 18,- 000;• insurance Is not yet aseertained. The premises Aanderneath, were, to the the fire extent of abaft $2,000. The' tot" loss by, yl ] ; Wreindh about MOOO. ANOTREtt FMB. i': ''..A. &ea/aired:lite ftlibeeSiiiliffilt the ry oil cloth manufactory of.FAlward 'Marshy,. loeited In Bergen 'street; near • Vainferbilt avenue. Brooklyn. ~ The fire, originate& in the - drying room Intildifirahil the stook. was entirelyotnisunted, Involving- adhes'of fifty housand w aged the ad joining was damaged to the amount of abpat four thou:land .dollats. c iThitnisnr.,g. ancesoxe not aicertained. ; 4 . ~ _ . R&P,lsain CIISE,S4, N X.N A NNW ROLL Mn'Major Pitulinektilihtuab, alias Har-'. riot Ward, the' noted Union, spy, during the rebellion; arrested; witf ast - . evening on complaint of A. R. Newcomb for the lar-' cent' of 'forty-one dialers from his p erson,- and committed. -, - - • wAtersiro'ilei um whin*: Late last night a dispatch Wes , receive , 'from, , Wormald,' froin Boston, stating he would fight 093aldwin at two week's notice for 51,000 or 115;900. • n ' -‘ - -.;•"-,-. ""- . ','. J'a '' - \ . 741 - 111, '..:- '• ' ...1. --' METEORS. V. , Meteoric Showers in Washington Rieb. 7 !mond, Fortress Monroe. Lotifsillle „, Charleston san Francisco and other Place; `. 4 :miciarßeport front Comitiodeni`sanas; Saperietendent of the Naval Observatory. ter,.Telegraph to the PitteBnrighlhsB444) , • WA.sittlniroir; November 14, 1888.- - 4cd lowing is the official report from Commo dore, Sande, .Superintedent of the - Naval,. Observatory, in regard to' the meteoric shower, received at the Navy. Department thlaafternoon : 1. U. S. NAVAL ORSEVATORV, / r WASHINOTON, . 14, 1888. Sze :---I have the h onor . Nov to submit the fol. lii ng•prellininaryreport of the meteoric shawer-i----g.this morning. During the atm -Inger the 18th inst., there •were•no greater number of meteors to be ' seen than are usually observed on clear nights; -Inatil abonteleven o'clock, when there seemed ;to be an J.noreaseinnuinberahild 'brillian cy, though not-sufficient to indicate the. beginning , •of a shower., At' midnight the \ - number had Considerably increased, and the prevalence, of trains was, gener ally _noted. , At thirtY-five minutes past midnight Prof. Reitman and Messrs. Harrison, Frisby and gays, began to count meteors and to'plot the "fraeks of the prin cipal ones that appeared In that portion of • the.fugMinfulovered bY" thkatar chart con.. sitraated at theObservatery In-1881. At one himr andthirty 7 five minutes A.x. 300 mete. , °rated-beat counted, moat quite brilliant.' 4in&nearlyallof thamleaving green blhe or red trains. Thus fit? the display lia¬ been confined to any portion of the sky, but most 'of then': were in the , northern and • southern heavens, and scarcely Any In ap position' the plebe in the star chart.` Many of -the , ftlis were visible - several minutes. One lasted. ten minutes, and the•track of one near Draa Minor was seen thirty utes - 'titer the - appearance of the' meteor. After one, hour and fifty minutes Professor- Eashenan, assisted by Mr.. Harrison, devoted his time to mapping and noting the time of apparition of the principal .mete Ors, and succeeded in sketching ,trecks "of about 99. Outing one hour and forty-three' minutes 400 had been counted, and afterwards the, neceAnve hundreds were observed in the following- , intervals., [The intervals fare here ' given by Commodore Sands.] The 'observations were continued , till after six - o'clock in the morning, at which time there had been counte4 live thousand And seventy-eight. At _two 'hours -and twenty • minutes A. at.i. Professor Mores land son joined the party- of obserYatlon. and as sisted in counting meteors - in the Western heavens. 'During the whole display there were many meteors - seen in the went, but from four o'clock till Ilya the numbers were about equal In the -- east , and west. The, thaft, of maximum „fro:Wens:l_ was about.fiye "hours, When they fell at the rate of about two thoristineper - hair: The "radiant point was . quite well defined dur ing "the latter end of the shOsrer",`filid found byestlmation to he 4 botitonehundred and forty-nine degrees in right ascension and twenty-two minutes thirty aeconds-In dee - dilation. The trains were, unusually bril- Rant, presenting the various green, blue, orange and rod, &c., remained visible for an unusual time, frequently as many as dive could be seen at once presenting ah ap •pearance When -nearly; dissitaitedo le..l l Sht 'cirrus clouds. The shower commenced several hours before it was expected, as it was predicted last year 'it - .would be' seen in 1888 in the Pacific Ocean- Only a few star charts were distributed a number of days aggio the various _Observatories and' Pat Leo men et the conntry,,asidit is likely' many, viluable • observations have been made, of which we shall soon learn. • Very respectfelly, your•ObiPteervant. • B. F. SANDS, Superintendent. ' NEW. YORE,: NoYember -14.-Dispatches from Harvard, Pouglikeepsle,Portreas Mon roe and Richmond mention a brillian me. • teoric display during the night. • , SAN FRANCISCO, weveMber 14.—A ex traordinary meteoric shower took place last/ 1 night, commencing about Afalf-paht ten 1 1 : o'clock, at night and lasted until an early hour this morning. The display at two.! o'clock this morning rivaled in splendorj that of NteleMberll4,lBB7,. rflevaal 'of the meteors left trails of light 'distinguishable • for many seconds. The general direction, appeared to be frpm east to west. ' • • CHARLESTON, S. 0., NoveMber, 14.—A brilliant meteoric shower was observed here this - morning. • ~ ~,-, •_. I .., . '.. Loutsvitax, November 14.—The meteor rio snowarocourred this morning at. three o'clook And tutted' till 8:30: - The display, was one of ,the'finest ever seen, excee d ing at,times that of 18112. The whole heavens' ' "appeared M'be traversed nititecortVand, espeefally the northwestern pertien Mew ,of them were very brilliant. • Occasionally one would - explode, lighting up the heavens with an intense light. ' •.. Mittrniti, November ' 13.--Thettnitenrie shower seen here at four n'elock yesterdar• morning - IS said to have been hriPant; = • CHARLESTON' ContestecElection"Cass—rtuni e r s Great Excitement, -' BYNOXragll to t 1101!. A t9uriq l ;ol4tlts4:-. 'CrIAULFATON, S. 11, August 15.---Thli hearing Of,khe contested. election ease will begin to-morrowadersicllng the laws before City .Counci l • • Rumors are afloat that'an attempt will be made to-morrow\ to instal Pillsbury as Mayor, bylorce. - . • , All Is quiet So far, tint the deepest excite ment pervades the community'. Rent 11111101 , • FROIti\gUROPE. ‘.' meteoric DteplAt-RoSsini,- the /tltisical , Ctinstottoin; - Dead-The / --,-- / Prussian , --- Iludgetßing Wii ./ientß not -cognizant / of his Ap / I, 94 l thielitalr 4/1 4 . 14,141 iPerni ' ' 1114 h; - 1? . - il A til'''' : Air -ition ntursa a e-- Ival 1 , of 44442 Atlelitiliiiii•Prelidorif Sltrutiersto's?folee SUP. for War alltiglish Elections-Journal and' Otheri-Corivicted--Laer . ~ test &Om the / Paraguniun War , -410fot toAss; * .: vnie--1 Rebels Capture Railroad Trains and Tear np the Track. [ply Telegraph to the PlttOttrich pasetted ' i difEAT tikirriot: . ' '. , mew YorieVorember 14 The Hera lda London lipeolal says:. Mr. Burlingame niartlitttdit taih r ieliiiin,;iili 'be offl chilitrecelied by the Queen , at Windsor on the 20th Latent; • - 1 . Lownew., November 14.-A fine Meteoric' splay_ was witnessed by the observers at the Giford- Untverilti.' • •-• -' • ' • • 1,401):10N i ' November 15.--The elections' absorb the attention of all r elasses of people, rand littlebaslnetstwill be done during the week. The oaten trade at Liverpool will be suspended on and Wednesday, 'and the broadstuffs market will probably Vied. l ob -Lbws. daYa'att . London the St li kxchange 'will be closed Tuesday. Sanguine Liberals estimate that Gladstone 1/111- have a majority of 130 in the next , HoP.se•• 4 ~• /WIRTH AMERICA. • Lorinori;Noiember 14.—Rio - Janeiro ad _ ~' ' ..... .. , . Tistexite:.-October' 24th are received. The news from Raraguay say that the allied forces have reconnoitered the position held by Lopez, and-lt is thought to be ilnassail ablei; 1.-- - • • .1 . Gen. --- MOBfahon, the new United 'States listirtisterto Paraguay, had arrived at Rio - laneirostrosle for the spenciof his labors., AdvideaLfrom Buenos Ayres - indicate that the tpkw President of the Argentine Confederaltietn, Barmiereto, is in favor of the continuance of the war with Paraguay. - !. LO*DOtt, November . li.-r-The i i i 3 gotith American malls bring the following tent- IteXiee front - VarSlPtanul Mucus: A battle took place on the 24th of Septemberzat Vil let a; wb Lopez was strongly entrenched • • - lilit'lltops. Ilep allied•itifeeit at= • edliis 'ignition, ha- satire renulsed by . maim/ at ambuscade; "'which bad been bad' in , the. woods. .The - loss' of - the - Brasilbuieinkftleict• and *rounded Urea very heavy.' Alter this defeat:the allied army , fr 'ont into ' camp at Palma& •_ There they were constantly harassed bY the PeragusY an guerrillas; who frequently cut oil their supplies and interrnpted their boutmtuOck- , The Brazittaa iron elide hid bobibarded Augustan, buttitthouteffout. It _ le' rumored that , revolt has broken out in the AritmthleConfederation again st Prothleut Sartuleuto, I IMI , • SPAIN. At a meeting held 4 iij. the various *AM• aid dabs Madrid.' it wee U nanimously ~ ' agreed to'seeept monarchical form of gov •ernment not based on Divine right, but sovereignty„or the people, expressed by universal suffrage.' - The .Prcivisional government' has declared all Spanhdl colonial partake*, and 'anchor age duties-are abolished... Iffattnni; Nevember . ls.=.4! nand - Of Mal 'contents who held , on of Seville since thetevolution, t 4101414°1y refused to obey the orders of Ihtiliationar Govern. recut, were yesterday unarmed by the reg- east truce:wafter atlereecomhat. Complete quiet has now been restoredln that city. I' , Lownori, November 15.—The pmseca lion bY the Prei% government of ,tlie par. ties who i ,promote the subscription for a monument over lhevarspf Banding one of the victims of the comp d' efat,of the second of December. has resulted in -the conviction ef several,Joruit Wats andothers, all of wham lave lxieh hastily fined and additionally mudahed bjAbe suspension of their dill rights. The decision of the Courts in these cases causes much popular indignation in Patti. and ` -Symptoms of agi tailor have appeared. The police and mil itary authorities in the city are taking ex -traordinuy-precautians - against• disturb- Nide, November I'4 'Rossini; the great Italian musical oomposa in NA 77th year. i. ,IPBUSSIA.- — Bantus, Boveniber 14--This Pruazdari budget was submitted .to the Diet , today. Baron Von Der Heydt. Finance •Dfinister, in his remark!, said the fitumelal difficul ties of Pruasia were merely transitory, and affairs in Bizrope were favorable to thepres- - ervatton of 'peace. Nothing of-an Official , Character has yet' been made public or submitted to, the Diet l• with reference to the uinidreship of King' William,on' the question of 'the claims of the 'Baied; Statea n ti" artier Britain for depreciatlinza cot ' the 3 V'. GERMANY. -Count Vondergrotz, Prussian .Thnlizut the present p a t reo P ar is,' e n t . Ministerhi s ra resigned, " Austria,V 41hWa r t her, been theri appointed to fill the liaestiq.'" FIifiAIirCIAL"ANO:COISSEERCIAL, tbitioic 14overisbef 14. , -Vonsofs, 04q;. FiroMwentlas t: 744; -Illinois Oential, Erie is buoyant at 20. •FnAll KNOftTi NOVI= Der .14.fetr. S. Bonds 785@7.9. ir.II4.I4XPORT, Novemberl& 1 . 14 . 4'4 closed at 78S. .!: • ;,•.. '3.5. , 80ur5e closed, .yeater.day , :heavv.-.--Bentes'Bot4o.-- . :Member 140- 1 3aSt(in Is not qualaW.:lo.loer,'. wlthlialed kOOO bales at, TOA(d; for Middllng : Uplindk;i*k WI. : far, Briladattiffii are , 'Upli g katyplkit Prou visions—Lard is held at Ws. ' pow; gh L , 1304`,9W.,:chee5e;:6994.110471195. Pro../ duce-Tallow, 595. 9d. 'Common itoshi has roicnopr,:Novemoor 14 .-onseed 011.! 'is held atati.;•'L 1 31', „ ILANBA,EavembO:44.-,-00itdi itud . unchSp . _ LONDON.," oveniber ih4ticr afloat closed t,hiaClefisaing 'active , Bd i fot' ' 116 ' 70-I Priei tton closed last Ohitligeds • V* . =5 11111 vox* o.cxxocis. MI ; 711, 413 r AN.ei. 'Address Puerto Prinelpins—With. ' BT hie ,Dispatch. Nut True-- z - re Para na f te'Reeelve the Fillitiusters --Vourie liti - the 'Captain Gemmel Ap.: proved- 7 0mb of the Havana Junta. [By Telegraph to the rlttabah Gazette. 3 NEW YORE, Novembe rl4.—The _Herald says: A private letter from a prominent insurgent in Cuba: states that the reiolti tionary Junta in Havana has sworn-to de stroy the Prepeirty of every individual who shall, ,under. his signatu.re, offer his life, wealth, or protectien, favor of the Gow ernment causes. In no other case shall property be attacked.` • HAVANA, November 14.—The inhabit tants of the city of Peurto Principe and vicinity have issued_ ini;addreair to the Capt. General, Ouba,/4,erstiidi, regretting the depredationersif She .revollitioniata in vari ous parts _Of the ,Lihind and,offering their ' the ,The signers say they hope 'fbr a speedy peace,..and be lieve the inauguration of, the tefonns given by the mother co u ntry will soon bring about that resul t. The dbeumeilt fa signed by the mostlminential portiorrof- the pop-, uUtio__,n many,native Cubans,- and among_ them Verona. Vlie add • arra:lost cer tain to exerci a influent* thrbtigh- --- out, ;the ISM - Ed, writ, is well;known-Petuto Principe has always .been .considered the Principal stronghold 'of the Repliblidans. 1 Ca tarn GerieratLeranndr denounces, art a falsehood, the statements, published In certain New York journals of his hiving prohibited the ' • Ameriban Consul from Bending a dispatch by the Cnba_ cable to Washington, asking the . American govern , ment to send a squadipp to Cuba. The following is authoritatively giVen 'as the true version of -the affair: The American Consul wished tp telegraph to Washington fhaePuerto Principe had revolted: Captain • 'General Lerstindi, certain the intelligence • was untrue, convinced the Consul, of that fact, whb immediately and voluntarily withdrew the'dispatch. - - - - The dispatches from New ,Ydrk alumna-, dug the attempt to organize a fillibusbiring eapedition that city end New Orleans against Cnba;Were promptly received here. 'The Captain General is also in receipt of diipatches to the same effect. All the nd cessary precaution has been taken to ,re ceive the -.invaders. The Spanish war_ steamers are cruising about the coast. 001. - QUiros has returned to Santiago de Cuba, .from -the insurrectionary districts. He was unable to remain there any longer, 11 as he , was Without provisions and the region was entirely bare. • ". • Captain General Lerriundl has received a dispatch from the Provisional Government at Madrid approving his course in every particular. The dispatch mentioned - the fact of the appointment of Gen. Dula as Captain General of Cuba. who was nomina-,1 Led on account of the receipt of the resigna-: tion of Lersuridt. HAVANA,• November 15.—The 'rebels have appeared on the railroad track be tween Newvitas and Puerto - .p They captured. train pf cora linth 4 , liti of Passitriirers on board. Four of the lat bar, were -retained as prisoners -and • the others were allowed to proceed to their des tination on band Awe. The baggage cars were: lundered of their bontents, and the railroad track torn •tip for a considerabledistance. Heavy and continuous rains during the' past week, have prevented. cane _grinding on the plantations. The United States Flag Ship Contocoeck,' has arrived at this port from Norfolk. SA LOUIS.. • Fllillaisters In SC LOtai.-L ht Skeletons Itnearthed—supposed Murderer Arrested —A Large lindctiestrnetive Fire. , (By Telegraph to the Plitaburgh Oust. ) ', ' S. Lours, November 14.—Th Vries of of this morning ssys about thirty young men tinder the lede ship of-two. or - three old fillibusteri h eld a,s meeting here last night and an organization : as eted with a view to , raising recruits for,an expedition to Cuba. I, • The Buker HilV(Minois) Gazelle States," in substance, that, in a' barn attached. to a place where a tavern has been . kept for , years near that town, the remains or thro B human hemp have' been found buried beneath the barn floor, and that *the skele.. tons of die other c men, supposed: o have peep Murdered, •have , been , dthoovered in the neighborhood of the same premises. The innkeeper has been. suspected of hav ing been engaged incrobbery and murder for years. The Gazette 'says be , has been arrested and is new. imprisoned 'awaiting Arial; bail having beenirefused. , •, Tho large hardware honor) of Skinner, Neal it Co., on Main street, between Vine and Washington , avenue, took' Are about six O'clock tonight, and was, almost totally destroyed, together with tbe QueeneWare house ; of W - estermius :dr, Moir, on the south :The .hitter, bonne was .cempletely gutted, but . some , of the , stock probably be . Hayed. Skinner,: Neal as Co.'s stock •was valued 476,000, and -insured as follows. Liverpool, London and Globe, and dttna 'of Hartford, . pl,OOO each; Charter Oak of Hartford, 82,000,nnd $5,000 each in the noward-bf, , New, . - York, Girard „Of . Philadelphia, Phuiniz,, Pacific, and Ltunbalmtuse. and, Mechardm, of St. Louis; Hartford, Connecticut, British and. Mercantile, London, and Edinburg, Nara. kennel! of Providence, Merchants ,X Chi , cage, and Pacific of San - Francis's': Tire stook of Weeteman er n Weir was valued at $45,000 Sud_inanred for $BO,OOO, mainly in home companies, the South St, Louis, Jef; ill _ferson Mutual, St. Louis atualand Washl" ington Mutttat being •litiong• them. The extensive :dry goods ltoasa oMenry Sons will suffer _some loss fro in bid '• no estimate can he made of it, ght: , The buildings, were owned Cbantean and valued at about 11/8,000 each, ,011 which there is _an insuranee cif $5,000 each. , Mae. B. Lord, ItidgeOf thicaigyati court, died this a ft ernoon. . The Times states that a geritleintin who left this "salty yesterday for Ness York, was ituthtmlied, on behallbf a prominent friend of. gBht with MeCoole. ill this city, to 'arrange . fore ./i;ohtt,C. Iteenan,. prckvidingiher tern% place, ,co dro.,pld, • beagreed upon. 'The report from,. the east , that Dublin. for Tricks etas broughk snit, againet AteCoolis r ifP;o3',.dge hMitai'the for the Gaups, dant, is authoritatively stintratlist id.hers, EiT:Doithrao. Miners to Araelbe r -: These Taken In Anne. bielhot—The Island t Tratignit:46:. ,Irsirreetten AgAinst the Hats Government ; Si n tero g x : esll ,ge' ! 'kel'esis titrti•die'llttsimirgh estette.l • 241t1y-Tortz,,,provemberl4.,==Th'e"Steraidti: Porto Biel) OgrAsiondsaiifjeitirs that fret? i liundrod to one thotnnind - prisoners are :held in . Araclbo E seme of them.being .the ispost, prominent men in the Islan Those taken in arms are to , be tried by itary ; courts, and wlll probably be thot. The island, according to the government' is now traggnil. A.dvicee from St. Domin go state that the insurrection against the ,Baes goVernment'is inactive progress:. C The Gress..BoarisitilCasetaroad /firm, , thy Tele g raph to thp Pitts urstitiozetto:l BOSTON, 21 . 01/0131ber IL.. Judge - Clifford in- the 'United States Circuit Court this'. , _ morning delivered his o pinion l the, great Howladd will case, in which Pretty Robin-- son; nowlitra. Edward H. Green, was corn plainant against. Thomas Landoll and - oth-- et% executors under, the4last will of . Silvia Ann. Howland,- to have the - will set aside. The whole case rested an admisidon '-the del:sedition of Mrs. Green, and this COnzt flecidedinadmissiblOsofar as relatedto a contract between her. and BM. How=.` land, and`-the"bill' of complaint 'was dis missed with. oasts. An appeal to the '-Ea- Preatr' Court we:slakes. , Two passenger cars on the. Lowell Rail waywere j badly smashed _this.' morning, 'owing to - a broken rail. Two 'persons were• slightly injured. ., I , . - • The political organization known as the Parker House Committee' have nominated , George W. Messenger for Mayor. One Perm of Rebels - Rooted and Another- Forced to surrcnier—The Revolittion not. PRlPTessed• - • {By Telegraph to the PittehurgeGazencl Niw. tonic; Novernbar 14.-rAdvi•cea from, , Bog., ta - 1t port . that the national trociis had routed one force - of•tilicela and compelled ~ •anothar. ts•aprrander. The revolution is not .yet sußresinxi, and another : attack is o.!l.,ctairon Bogota. - • Gen. Butler writes Another Letter. , in) Teleinunt to the Ilthibareb easette.i LontsviLtai November 14.—The Cour cr-jourith&publiehes. to-morrow a private - letter froth General' Butler, in which: he says: "nave arepolitically oPpOsed, think, moat arise froth the , d l ,Tent /.I m .ght 'which we see the 'same" thing. The south has no tether friend that I am, and, ever havelpeen, le a pert of my, country, and although I may misjudge, in the best way to presena the South'froth the conaequen .ces of lOWA regard as a gratt-crime, and still worse, a blunder; yet I would do anythint etirnidL to e convinced it Would tend to ' the properity t -qulet and regeriera dim of • the Sou t h as a part of my country. I bear no hatred towards- South or Southern Men, as such, if I know my own 'heart, but rem opposed only to those who .still war :upon tee' bed interests. of -the country, as L understand them, and that , driptisition'frobt the very necessities of my nature will be a stern and unyieldlngrthe. - I hope to see you and assure yon in person. that I can aaardent a friend in pea ear was a determined and unrelenting _ foe in Tbq Gentner-joarkatssys of this: "As a. partisan we have untiritigly Bred the heav iest guns in our battery at emeriti 'Butler. When le aware. higher and demonstrates that his, will Is equal to his eapseity-: for good, our guns khan be spiked or tnrhed upon those who may assail his acts incur behalf." , - • ' Thanksgiving Dap ' —Meteerie Disp (ity*Esissrapa to the Pittsburgh Guettn.) NEW Witness, November 14.-431oveimor Warmonth has issued a proclamation ap pointing. the, 28th lust: as a day of thinks giVins,and ptsyer. • , ' • A verY bllant Meteoric display .was witnessed last night, lasting from midnight till daylight.' '- • • • • • , , Conotitatlonal Convention befeated. t4Telisraph to the Pittsburgh essette.l anoido. November 15.1tettinie from_ minty-nine contitiesshow that the proPod tioa for 4 qoustft4tion4l Convention 14 ad& Ztte ii defeated. • catito'llarset, By TeleirritDl3 to the Pittaburiqk Olsen.' 1 - • Neve - 1226er market last tight Wasosistive for 'No. 2 wheatr sales were made at 111,08X5i,07. Nothing dose iaq other., . tßreeleiriller to therittiburan easette.l., N4u3wvzram. NovaMber 44.—Cottoa mar ket lanimid; low taiddllngMic; rod or-, dinar), FLORIDA The Reea.cl emon c aw -Governer. Reed Wants a Wrinen Opinion--card atom A. W sanders.. .• 441 ,•,, s' • • , ' .„ Telegraph' to the .Plttabargh Gazette:3 TALLarressoss, _November 14.--Thete 'is no new phase in the impeachment matter. -• The 'citizens are much interested,buto . excitement prevails. The counsel . Reed are J. P. Sandersoo, of Jacksonville?, , , A. J. Peeler, and M. Dr... Papery; or raßa= . hassee, and those forvd,. Gov Lie erne'r Glen , son are ex-Governor Walker, of Talldhes• - ) . . . see, M . P. Holland; of Savannah, and P. A.. - ••• , ...,, . F. Dockey, of St. - Augustine. " With; the' ex . . ception of the•laSt named itlllaieek - -Tetels. L 4 , TALLAHASSEE, kOVGDabei"lti---GOVili1201" 'Reed, ,requieitton Aix I ;tie, Supreme ' Court for a written opinion on . the- legality of the impeachment , 'relent then"' gel as •Articleinuo..comstittttion prcoldingfor an. extmtirdinal7 : session of,theregislatnre, by which only such bush:l6BB eaMbe trans. acted Si lameliticined itith i-, or tmought- • , before theta . while , :::s ession -;' by .;• the-;, `,Governor, except .y . the unanimous ..- consent of tour . ouses. -• He 111136 - statiar, at the fo; •:' : ..., . 8 who voted aaSinators-1, -- •::,.entitled t(Fi'seate by hisproclamis- thin . eclaring their seats vacant, they hav ing held since the last Legislature-, l one the' ornm of Secretary. of State; one tlust4if Cir cult,-Judge; one that of Clerk of Sena and' the other that of Solicitor. , The .Senate hi totriposed' of twenty-four , Metnbers, and. Croveroor Reed o,laims that there were , . only eight present, consequently .. no• extraordinary session cobyened, ...and . their' acts .are:- of-:no - :force. The-Gev ,erner ~ says ate - officers , of the- State , do not know, itrthe 'unsettled and anoma lous condition of things, whom theYslstiuld• recognize, as 'the head of the - Exeoutiye • • Department. The - administration, of. , the ' State Government i • s - cihatructed etid, the peace and welfare - of the whole Mate pop.- ardized,andcle. asks that their opinion ow l the points subjected be given atthe earliest.- I 'moment: - •'' • ' Saunders, independent,- candidate , for -1 CorlFrOis, - in quite &lengthy circsdar.to the voters of the State, - !denounces the nomina tion of iitarolton - by the Republicans as a fraud on the colored voteats, and says Ham-• -ilton's supporters boasted orb eying cheated the colored voters - but of their , last chance: 'Saunders, 'in a circular dated:headquarters of the Union League. of Florida. addr,eSsed to the members of the LeagaQ says the Re publican-Nominating - Convention haireput 'up a man 'whose name , alone insure*: (le-- feat, and calls on the colored Repnblicans. to send a live black Man to the next Con- . gress.• Saunders signs himself Grand Pres ident, of the Union League of Florida. The Democrats have adopted Grant's motto, - "Let us have neaee." BOSTON. 139GIDT.A. 11siehvfile . Market. ~ :". \ ' 0 • ,' N • HMI Ni 1111 E
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