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President's Financial Bee . emsnendaiions: HOUSE :Beath • of Thaddeus Stevens Announced --Speechis by Members. •E'By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.] • WASTEINOTON, Deo, 17,1868. . , SENATE. - Idr. - SHERMAN had the jeurnal correct . ad- to read that- the Finance COmmittee • \ r • yesterday reported in favor of laying Mr. r Edmunds' resolution on the table. Mr. CHANDLER introduced a bur to 4 glint lands to aid in the construction of the - Wisconsin and Lake Superior Railroad. - , Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. SUMNER,,presented a petition of the members of the Bar of Mississippi, that jP. the United States Court may hereafter sit "". at Vicksburg . Referred to the Judiciary f , 'Committee. • . Mr. McCREERY, submitted' a resolution to amend. the Constitution, designed to _ • protect the. rights of minorities, and to provide against-the contingency of bring-- - 5 - Mg the election of presidentandiViCiPres - _Went to the. House ..of" . Representatives. • F. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. - . Mr. SHERINLAN, trim the Finance Com mittee, reported * bill amending the act imposing a tax inpOn spirits, tobacco, &c., by extending the for affixing stamps f dill thb 15th of February, whichpassed. r House bill remoting political disabilities ••"•:, 3, from citizens of. South Carolina elected to State offices,. pattsoi. Mr. PO MEROYintroduced a joint Asolu. ••- 4 tion• Providing Unit all men who volun teered to amens 'Soldiers or cooks for three Nears. , or daring the rebellion and were - honorably' discharged shall, receive the i t :same additional' bounty as Other soldiers under the:acts: of - July 28th, 1866, and acts amendatory tnereto, notwithstanding they may have been borne on the rolls as slaves. Referrpd to Committee on Military Affairs. On motion. of Mr. SUMNER, the Senate ,took up the joint resolution of sympathy --Li with . the people of Spain in their efforts to • ;I' establish a new order of things. Mr. : fiHAYER<j moved an amendment -- •:substituting for the last quoted words, the •werds,"a Republican form of Government." Before the vote could be taken, the morn • •,4 -lag hour expired, and the Senate resumed the consideration of tharesolution r' eported •• 3 3 by the Finance- Commi ttee pproving of the Pres i dent 's Sloan al recemmendation. 1 Mr. DIXON wasomPosed to - repudiation si - in every and any form,but was not. Willing, ) to admit the President had repo -diation, for the reason, among others, that he did not propose to make it \compulsory public creditors to swept his plan. • - 4 • Mr. DIXON then discussed at length Senator. Morton's plan for resuming: specie , , ;•i payment, and hoped it would not be adopt -ed, because it would produce a stateot protracted financial agony up to the time when specie myments were to be resumed. /ndeed, he 'doubted Whether specie pay . merit could be resumed merely by legisla • ;, ton at all. Certainly it had never - been resumed in that -way. If 'after the war • Congress had established andadhered to a - - rigid system of economy, refusing to in -crease salaries and retrenching, in every -department, the currency would now, in 1- his judgment, - be at par, and his plan for resuming specie payment at the earliest possible moment would be, first t , o4nstitute such a system of economy, stopping every „afinecessaiyOutlaY. stopping, if necessary, S • the Pain& Ilailivad, and certainly the pur ,: , chase of real estate by the government; and socoiul, to remove all political disabilities I • -from the, people of; the. South, as proposed i-,,, by his colleague, Mr. Ferry. The debate was continued by Messrs. • Terry and Morton. •1- 1 ' Mr. DIXON moved to amend the resolti •by stating that Congress agrees with' the "z 1 President that our 'inational -credit should be sacredly observdd. „!: • • Mr. HOWARD objected and Mr. DIXON -advocated the amendment. I . Mr. HOWE'mOved to amend the remain, tion so as to "state that Con,gress agrees with - the sentiments yrbiCh Ought to have been. but were not, expressed in the President's message, that Lila national faith should be , :sacredly obsiervtaL •• • A : Mr. WHYTE was O pposed to repudiation 'inany:form, but wits no moreivilling to loin in a clamor against the President on m g • count of the plan proposed by him than 'he -would 6eto'fitn in an outcry against any •'-Senator who might Propose to pay the debt ti by calling , itin and making a re-issue at •lower interest. b • . Mr. "VICKERS denied the Presiaent had proposed repudiation, and expressed the •opinion that the Government could not get specie enough in th*world to pay its debt. The amendments were lost. " • " The resolution as reported by the Com -41, • - mittee was then adopted.--43 yeas, to 6 nays. „ • _ 7 1 ; Mr. TRUMBULL introduced a bill to pro f - Tide for giving effect to the treaty stipule --_tions between ;this • and foreign"' &Yarn iments for the extradition, cif criminals. Re ferred. ; I; • • • It provides that whenever any person ,1: shall be delivered bye foreign government it to an dgent of the. United States for the purg 4 : pose of being brought- within the United 4 •- states and tried for a 'prime, of which he is accused, the President of the United State* I Shall have power to, take all necessary measures for the transportation and safe keepingpf such accused person and his protectidtt against lawlessness and lence. Mr. CONKLING offered a resolution, re ; questin' the President to communicateany information -in his; possession concerning the exercise by the .United States Consuls " in Japan of judicial powers in cases arising between American citizens and citizens of foreign countries other than Japan, and state under what authority such powers have been exercised; aleo, what further ; 'legislation is necessary' for the better pro tection of the rights otAmericans in Japan. Adopted. - _ • Adjourned. _ lIM lOUSE• OF REPRESENTATIVES. The.death bf Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylv,a- Wu, was announced by Mr. DICKEX, There Watt a large audience in thergal leries. Speeihis Were made . ; by Messrs. _Kelly, Wood, Broomall,:Dickey, Poland, Moor - bead, Maynard, Ashley, of Ohio, Miller, Yarnswerth: Koontz,- Connelly, Cake, 'Woodwaid, Robinson', Tatwrence, of Ohio , Bud SYPher- - • The . House then adjourned, .ear-ny r ~..w+~s-"=~ w=~ 3 E._r~:.~ ,~ ~ r : .~ ~t:~ rt. ' -~ .. ~ i. , FROM EUROPE. Affairs in Spain—The Recent In ,• surrection—Those in Revolt, Proclaim for a Republic and Cheer for America—American, Consulate a Refuge for all, Nationalities Turco-GreCian Difficulty-. The Ultimatum of the Sultan Rejected Greek Steamer Attacked by a Turkish Min•of•War—English Press on the Alabama Negotiations—Mr. Bright Accepts a Position in' the. New Cabinet—Earthquake and Famine in India. tor Telegraph to the Pittsburgh titutette.i SPAIN. LONDON, December 16.—The dispatches which were forwarded from Cadiz Decem ber. 16th were oetained in transmission. They describe fully the situation of affairs at that time, and state that the government troops were badly beaten in an encounter with the insurgents. While the fight was progressing, Captain Farrell, the American \Consul ni , mounted the barricades in unifor • and holding the American Sag in his hand, as led upon both parties to atop the strug gle, `and put an end to further bloodshed. The fight was shortly after brought to a close and' hostilities ceased. Nnmero le buildingisthroughobt the city bear eviden ces of the struggle. City Hall was badly shattered by cannon shots. Vessels in the bay were filledivit.h people departing. The government troo‘ps are replrted to have Amen guilty. of.great .excesses, and plun dered some of the deserted houses. A number of English and. American tourists were arrested by the military authorities, but were released through the interposition of the American Consul. On \ their release they were forwarded to the American Con sul's private rssidence, which was the re sort of people of all nationalities \for pro tection. The insurgents loudly proclaimed in favor of a Republic, and cheered loudly for America. They .also declared that\if the pity was bombarded they would ask \ that the country be annexed to the United States, Senor Nevem has been appoihted Minis ter to Turney. MADRID, December 17.—Rumors re. gprd to the difficulties among the members or the Provisional Government are de nounced as false and unfounded. The present Cabinet, it isbelieved, will remain intact until the meeting of the Cortes. CADIZ . , Dec., 17.—The city is tranquil and the recent Ifugitives are returning to their homes and•businesii. GREAT BRITAIN. Lcorirnox, December 17.—Mr. Bright has accepted •the position in - the Cabinet as President of the Board of Trade, and Mr. Lafard has been appointed Cominissioner 'of Public, Works. " • - The Times says Mr. lieverdy Johnson's assurance that the Alabama negotiations 'are closed must 'be accepted, though .*ith surprise, seeing he increased his demand aftei Lord Stanley had surrendered all. that could be abandoned honorably. It re grets that so much has ,been made public about the negotiations. The Telegraph . thinks Mr. Johnsofi •would have fared better had he been zealous for \The 80inclard asks if the radical zeal for Anierican interests - will continue in the Government, now that Lord Ciamdon is Foreign,Secretary.? A telegram from the East states that the Greek steamer Erasis, pursued by a Turk ish man•of-war, took refuge in the harbor of Syria, where she is blockaded by Hobart Psalm, AdMiral of the Turkish fleet in the Archipehigo. „ _ , • " TURKEY Cormirartimopix, Dec. 17.—Many ens peeted Greiks are detained here by the Turkish authorities, It Is Stated that the Porte declines to admit to the Bosphorus the iron-clad sent there to take on board the Greek Amtnumador. VIENNA, .fiDecember 17.—The following unofilnal dispatch has been received here: ' Constantinople,' December 16, -10 P. M.- The nitimatbm of the Sultan has been re jected by Greece, and the Greek Envoy h-re has received Ma passports. All Greeks remaining in Turkey after a fort night, women - excepted, will be regarded as subjects of the Sublime Poite: A squad ron has sailed hence to reinforce the fleet of Hobart - Pasha. An mgagment took place betwllen the Greek steamer Erasis and a Turkish °ruiner. Particulars of the fight are not yet known. ,GERMANY:. BEBLIW," D'ecember 16. Prussian in terests are bearing strongly in favor o - maintaining European peace. The (lover nient has endeavored to induce Greece conlply with the demand of Turkey, soar as the demands are founded upon Intel.- national law. RIJeSIA: S. PETEitsEtau), Deo. 16. ? :-It is offichillY stated the designs of Bungs in Central Asia are not with a view of the extension of territory, but for the purpose &strength ening- the late treaty with. the Eirkir. of' Bokhara, and securing a more permanent peace. HUNGARY. PESTIF, Decetriber 16.—Intelligence from Transylvania state that the foreign emissa ries'were recently detected conspiring with the Roumain soldiers. They were well EntopHod witb,money, #nd were wonting in the interests of Russia. INDIA. LONDON, Dec. 16.—A telegram from India reports an earthquake and &mine. • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. LONDON, Dec. 1 7.—Consols for money 9234; 5000unt,9234. • Americansecurities are quiet; 5.20 bonds 74%; Erie 2M; Illinois 96. Stocks dull. FRANIEFOTIT, Dec. 17 .—United iikates bonds 79. LivraPoor,, Dec. 17.—Cotton quiet; mid dlinz. uplands 10% on the spot; to arrive 1034; Orleans 10%; sales 10,000' bales Cali fornia. Wheat 175., red wei3terrn 9s. 9d. western., Flour 28s. 64. Corn—No. 2 mix ed Ms. 641 1 . - Oats as. 7d. Barley 6s. Peas 465.:', Pork 86s. Beef 105 i. Lard Ems. 'Cheese 68s. Bacon 548. ‘Petroleum quiet; spirits 7d.; refined Is. 7d. Tallow 95. ed. Turpentine 2 75 :::.:., ::,. \ Arrrwzne, Deo. ,17.7-Petroleuin 65%; .. 5e1. lens ask 5 more. " Havltz, -Dec. 17.—Cotton 123 francs on the spot. . LoNnort, Dec. 17.—There lean inireasb of Bullion in t,he Bank of,England of 317,000 pounds. - CHICAGO • Close of the Army Re-Union—Departure of the Heroes—Prize Fighthig-- - The Con test Between Bussy and McAlpine. [By Telegraph to the. Pittsburgh Gazette.) CHICAGO, December 17.—The grand Re. , union has disunited, and.the larger portion of the heroes that represented the four great I Armies have returned to their . peacefUl homes, ready to engage 'is their peaceful ' pursuitswith renewed logo for their -wan lilgo try and their mradea. -.The city is quiet again. ' The eat has/ been one of great interest to e r guests and. pleasure „to ant' citizens,'Who'havelfelf a pride, in, meeting them and extending such civilities as their 'character and services to the country cer tainly, entitle them. It is believed that they go home with none bat pleasant re membrancea of their visit to ;Chicago. The Army of Georgia met: at the Sher man House this merning,„Gen. Sherman in the Chair. The Chair announced as au. Co Historical o mittee, penk:l3.-M.-Whittle— aey, J. E. - *Mi he11,,,:a.' A. Barnum, Wm. Coggswell an A. E. Dee- '-,, Gen. Zottle k offered the following reso lution, was,ndopted: ~.' Resolved',' at at the next:re-union all officers and Kadin* are requested to appear in full uniform, designating their rank. The meeting then adjourned, subject to the call of the President. -J I The prize fight ibetween Fred. Missy, of Chicago. and Thos. McAlpine; of Detroit, for five hundred dollars aside4came off to day over the State -line in Indiana.- The ground selected for the disgUsting exhibi tion, was between the landing and the Joliet crossing by the Columbus and Indi ano Central' Railroad. Being - unable to charter a special train of any company, the bruisers and their friends were compelled - lciletive Chicago by the regular passenger train at a quarter of eight o'clock. About two hundred admirers of the "manly art" took passage on the train -- - The fight com menced at eleicen o'clock. Jerry Donovan and Denny Mom:than seconded McAlpine; E. S, Burns and —Reese.seconded Bussy: Dick Hollywood was referee, and James Ward time-keeper. There were seventy five rounds fought, of which McAlpine was down seventy-four. McAlpine was terribly whipped. He had to be held up, as he could scarcely stand. In the seventy-fifth round, while they were down on their knees, Mussy struck - a' foul blor, and so lost the tight, although he` was as fresh as when he stepped into the ring.. Another match was made for a purse between Harry Smith and Stark Ward and immediately fought. Ward won in five rounds. - - - \ \CINCINisTATI. Destructive 'Fire—Losses and Insurance. lily Telegraph to tite \ Plthsburgh Gazette.) CINCINNATI, December 17.—A fire broke out this morning at ha lf --past eight o'clock, at No. 5 Vine street,.ftx,the fancy grocery establishment of IL D. Rodgers & was entirely .deetroyed. Nos. 27 and 29, adjoining, were also severely damaged. The amount of loss is not less than fifty_ thousand dollars._ The loss on Rogers 3i - Co.'s stock is twenty thousand dollars; in surance, six thousand dollars in the ollobe, and five thousand in the Westernsti2dFlte-__ man's, all of Cincinnati. The building wag owned.by C. - W.Starbuck, of the Cincinnati Times:-loss five thonsand dollars; hm -ranee three thousand, in the Phoenix, of Hartford. Mclntosh, Noonen&Co.,whisky dealers, also occupied part of No, 25; their loss is ten thousand dollars; insurance, five thousand dollars in the Merchants and five thousand is the Continental of New York. The buildings Nos. 27 and 29, owned by Mrs. Susan Lee and others, were dam aged to the extent of nine thousand dollars and insured for four thousand in the Hart ford, six thousand in the Fulton, of New York, and six thousand in the Home Com pany. Talmadge & Co.'s loss on stock is probably ten thousand dollars; insured, for seven thousand dollars in the Delaware, Philadelphia and Underwriters, of New York. At - about half past nine o'clock a fire brOktiout'at NO. 31Vini street; Loss about thirty thousand dollars; insurance, four thousand dollars. It was occupied by Rein hart & Co.,,confectioners ; Total loss by the' two' fires, - nearly , eighty thousand dollars. It - is not yet ascertained how either of these fires originated. A number of girls were working in the fourth story, but they were all rescued with some difficulty. - Latei—The fire this morning at . No. 25 Vine street - is' understood to have been caused by_ he falling of a large bundle of papers on the stove on tlielotErtti story. In addition to the losses already mentioned,' A. E, Chamberlin & Co. lose fifteen Ittmd died dellara, covered by insurance; Dorn, Bar khouselt Co., liquors, about the same. The';,block in which this fire occurred is of the most valuable in the city. The stores have , mostly lire proof shutters and heavy partition walls. Most of the bonded spirits in Cincinnati is in this neighborhood, and could the fire have gotten full headway It would have been one of the most • dines troturtvii hava had for yetu.s. CUBA, Falters of rrops-illamage by Insurrec thine—Arrival of Reinforcements front Spain—Large Wire—American 'Consulate Burned—Tobacco Crop. 2. • [By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.] December 17.—The ~Diarco, . which is strongly in the ,Spanish interest, says that within' the jurisdiction of `Ratiti ego de Cuba this year co crops will be gathered. The Insurrectionists carry off coffee as fast as .it ripens and feed sugar cane, to their horses. Steam transports with expected reinforcements from Spain arrived to-day. "The Spaniards since their• arrival feel more confident that the revolu tion will speedily terminate. The Diarco publishes aceounti of the misery prevailing_ in Santiago de Cuba, which it says is heart-rending, and which ever party wins, it is certain the prosperity the eastern department Irr ruined for years to come. The account of the capture of Cobre by the revolutionists, published in the, New York journals, is untrue. The Diarco says the volunteers .at San tiago...de Cuba ask that arms be given them so • that they may be led against the revolutionists. A fire in Cardeaux destroyed the largest hardware storein the town. The United States Consulate was located in the build ing and all the books and papers of the office lost. The tobacco crop in the Vuelta Abajos district is very promising and planters ex an abundant yield. . • The Florida Imbrog li o. • . City Telegraph to the PittsburghQuetta.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla., December the Supreme Court yesterday. Lieutenant Governor Gleason tile a writ of errotend asked the' Chief Justi ce to sign a citation, which• was refused. Gleason left forVash ington last night on business, supposed to "be the placing of;his case before the United States Supreme Court by getting the signa ture of an Associate Justice to the citation. The State Court adjourned till next month. • • • ROIL FRI DA The following nominations were made by - the President to-48y: -Hiram •Ketchum, for Collector of Customs at Alaska; Thomas Wade, of Montana, Agent for the Black feet and other tribes of Indians. Willis Drummond is:appointed Supervisor of Lip terns! Reveaue for the 'district ton 3 ....ad of Shafisateant - -baira4diansaatamsatt. - ka aralTarritory'Of:DkVAW" INDIAN AFFAIRS. The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. at a Meeting today, considered the House bill pro sing to restore the Indian Bureau to the War Department. It is said the Committee are not In favor of the measure, and prefer to Ancrease the power of the Bureau by expinding it to a department; its head to have a ' Beat in the Cabinet. THE ' COLORED MEMBER. Mr Menard to-day received his certificate from Governor Warmouthsas member elect from Louisiana. It will be, presented in the House tomorrow. Severe papers will also be presented in behalf of ;Col. Hunt, who contests Menard's right to a Seat. - BONDS ISSUED. Bonds bearing date from the 16th inst were issued from the Treasury Departmen to-day to the Union Pacific Railroad Com pany, amotuding to $640,000. - • OENERAI; ?MAIM Was at the War,Datifirttnent this morning He leaves Washlngtosn _tuidght for Phila adelphla. The Custom receiptsrfrom December 7th to the 12th. inclusive 'amounted to f 2, 162,580. 'Large Land Sale to' a Swedish Colony-- Attorney Arrested for - Forgery and Um. bezzlealent—illysterlous Disappearance-- The Weather and Navigation. (By Telegraph to tbp Pittsburgh Gasetas.: Sr.'LOUIS, 'December 10.—The; National Land Associatien completed a sale , here of thirty thousand of the Kansas Prairie _ Railzbad Company's land to a colony of Swedes from Northern - Illinois. These lands lie in one body on the Saline River, in Lincoln county,- north of Ellsworth, and will be occupied in the spring by two hun dred families. • The National. Land Contpa . ny have sold to actual settlers ,within the past ninety days sixty thousand acres of the land of the Kansas Prairie Railroad Company. An attorney named E. R. Green was ar rested to-day charged with embezzlin,g sev eral hundred dollars froth Fletcher dr, Mc- Bride, city contrsetore. He Is also charged with' perjury. . . A 'gentleman name'd H. F. Bridges, of the firm of ildcKinny t Co., of Girard, Il linois, came to this city on the sth inst. to' settle some, hardness. He brought $4,000 in checks ' anti two or threebundrial dol; lars in cash. He paid $2,000 to House, Tay lor dt Bro., after which he 'mysteriously disappeared and has not since been hoard of. A brother is now here endeavoring -to ascertain his whereabouts, but so far search has been unsliccessful. it is supposed that he has wandered away under an aberration of mind, he having on a previous occasion been affected In that manner. He lit a gen tleman of character and property. . The weather has been very mild today and the ice in the river a ve seri ous obstacle to navigation. not Three ry boats left. for the South yesterday, and tw.), to 'day, and several are expected to arrive from below to-morrow. The thaw is pretty general thronghout - the west, and naviga tion'will be fully resumed in a few days. 037 Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette. Pats,. December 17.—The --.Appeca's Daval's Bluff (Ark.) special this a ft ernoon says that 'when the Evening Star left'Att gusts, late yesterday evening, some firing on the pickets bad occurred In the 'morn ing, in which one picket was killed. and another, wounded. The citizens of Jack sonport will stop outsiders.frohi attacking Upham, who has prlsoners,in "lough Block, with powder underneath', and he threatens to blow it; up if attacked. Col. D. O. Cross arrived here taday, hiving been compelled to leave his home in Cross county. the mili tia threatening to hang him if captured. , DECEII HER. 18, 1868. SEEM Eifl'lol. POUR O'CLOCK A. M. 'TILE CAPITAL. Major Gen. • oward Mustered Ont Meade= NOMinations APpointed Bonds to Union Pacitic fialfroad--Cus , toms.4The'lndiais Bmean—Dle nard, the Colored Representa tive from ' Lonisiana--Genrgia Alfairs—Preparation for. Gen. Grant's Inangura ion. • -- - [Ey Telegraph to the PIM esaette.i D mber 17,1868. IttrSTEBED By direction of the President, Major Gainnid 0. 0. Pfoirifd hOilOritbly mus tered out of theservice orthe United stats as Major General of Volunteers, to taka ` - .lfect on the first day of January. General Howard consequently falls back to his rank of Brigadier general in, the regular army, to which he was appointed pecember 21st, 1864. I GEORGIA AFFAIRS. Governor Bullock, having. been sum moned before the Reconstruction Cornmit tee of the Honse,ind requested to give his opinion as to the proper mode of overcom ing his difficulties in Georgia,. recommend ed that there should be a literal,execution .of the reconstruction acts, which require the primal organization of 'the State Legis lature to be made by the admission of those - who could take the test oath or whO have been relieved of disabilities by Congress. This course would restore colored men to their seaterwithone special legislation r and place the legislative department in the hands of loyal men. After the adoption by such fundamental conditions precedent to the State's admission to the Union, all members eligible under the State Constitu tion and the Fourteenth Amendment would be admitted to seats, and no further action by Congress be necessary. THE COMING INAUGUIIIATION. The Soldiers and Sailors National Exec utive Committee have appointed s. ,sub committee, resident in Washington, to pro vide quarters for soldiers and sailors com ing to participate in the inauguration lof the President elect.- The committee met to-night and organized for the work as signed them. Letters asking information as to .quarters, &a, may be 'addressed to" Col. C . . W. Taylor, Seeretary, Washington. NOMINATIONS COBTOPIS. e ST. LOUIS. The Trouble In Arkansas. NEW YORK CITY. Systematic and Stupendous Swindling by Beta!! Grocers --Cattle Quarantine Sub pauled--“After Darit?),lniunctism-,-Par dun by the Presiaent—Death of,otte of Sonnees Vast Moises.Vetry Boat Ac cident., . p [By Telegraph to the Pltt3burgh Gazette.] • - NEW . YOESC, December 17, 1868. The World to-day devotes several col . times to what it calls systematic and, in the aggregate, stupendous swindling, prac ticed by retail grocers and provision deal ers on their customers in this city, by means of false weights and measures. 'lt'sayti the results Of these tests • are fairl3 startling. It is estimated that the loss'to consumers by false.weights and adulterations is full teen per cent. The one million pepple on this Island, counting all ( classes, consume an average value of food amounting to one dollar daily for each person, rich and poor. This is an aggregate of $7,000,000 a week and $864,000,000 a year, so.that with' fifteen per cent. of cheating the people are actually Swindled out of $64,000,000 every year in their purchases of food. 'This gigantic 'iwindling bears most heavily upon the Poor, who make their purchases in small 4nantities and are cheated most. The smallest dealers are the greatest swindlers and the retailers as a class are robbers. Dr. Morris, the State Commissioner, gives notice that the order for the quarantine of cattle arriving in this city is hereafter suspended. No permits will be `requited after to-day. In the United States Circuit Court Judge Blatcbford delivered a decision in the case of Augustine Daly versus Jarrett &Palmer, of Niblo's Theatre, restraining the latter froin exhibiting the railroad scene in the play of "After Dark." - President Johnson has • pardoned John Gainey, • recently lined $l,OBO for present ing fraudulent whisky bond. • A fire occurred this morning in the dry goods store of Bernard Green, No. 680 • Third avenue. Loss on stock and building about $10,000; fully insured. The - steamers Java and Cimbria from Europe,-arrived The celebrated "Auburn" horse, owned by Mr. Bonner, died last evening of .apas motile colic. • The Fulton, ferry boat, America, was run into this morning by a propellor bound down East river. The shock. was severe. No damage sustained, however, though passengers were badly frightened. THE INDIANA TRAGEDY Verdict of the Coroner% Jury. (By Telegraph to the Yltteburgh Gazette.) LOUISVILLE, December 17.r-The Coro ner's jury concluded its investigation of the New Albany hanging tragedy this morning, and rendered a verdict substan tiall,v as follows: ~ ..The jury summoned by the Coroner ot Floyd county to holdan.in quest over. the bodies of Frank Reno, Simeon Reno, William Reno and Charles Anderson, found dead hanging by the neck in the county jail in New Albany township, Floyd county, on Saturday, Decemberl2, find that deceased came to their death by hanging, at the hands of parties unknown tothe'jury. • The' ,ju ,also And. ttutratho pernonnwhotdid-4.00 - - 011attds ; city on_ the_ Friday night train over the Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad; that they, came in a separate car, arriving here between the hours of three and four o'clock Saturday, morning, and proceeding to the jail took forcible posses sion of the same, denying the authority of t e Sheriff and jail _guard, who were over wered, and the former, while in the exer cise of his duty, was struck.en the head and shot in the-arm. They also find that after hanging the deceased thy locked the jaiX J doors and those of the ail residence and carried off the keys; making the' inmates prisoners until the keys were returned by Mr.. Perette, whom they took prisoner to the depot to prevent an alarm being given. They took forcible possession of, the . train on the Jeffersonville road and left the city about four o'clock, going beyond the state prison, near Jiffersonville, where the train was stopped and they•lied in every diree directim, ' , . , \ SOUTH AMERICA. ParagnaY=,-Last Stronghold of Lopez Threatened - . United States Minister Mac. Mahon Ascends the Paraguay River. IBy Telegraph to tie Pittsburgh Gazette,/ Lissoyr, December 17.—The mail steam- er from Rio Janiero has arrived. Marquis Cazias was nn tbd point of making an at tack upon'Villete, the last'sstrong hold df • \ Lopez.- MabMahon. United States Min-, lister, had gone up the Paraguay river with American gonboats. Railroad Matters in Alabama. (By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gasette.l' MONTGOMER,Y, Ala., December day the stockholders of a railroad to run from Chattanooga, to Meriden, elected N. D. Stanton, of Boston, President, and Ex- Gov. Patton, Vice President. - The. House has passed a bill applying funds of the State to a road from Decatur toMontgomery. It will probably pass the Senate. The House is discussing the "He'venue bill. No signs of adionrument. • Large Seizure of Tobacco. (By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh' Gazette.] • NEW Ortmues, December 16.—A Quan tity of tobacco, numbe r ringabout eight htlill bnxes, Slid variously estimated -In value from $lO,OOO to 415,000, was seized yesterday evening in a number of the most respectable tobacco establishments of the city; cause, alleged revenue frauds. -Guards were placed over the tobacco to prevent its removal. The seizure was made at the in stance of Mr. Creecy, the, new Asseirsor. • Steamboat Success Sunk. EBv Telegraph to the Pittabureb Bazette.l ST. LOUIS, Depember 17.—A. private dis patch from New Orleans says the steamer Success has sunk in the Ouachita river, and will probably prove a total loss. She was owned in this city by John T. Baker, Capt. Thomas Rhea and Henry Doberman, and valued at 818,000. She was insured for $12.000, 63,000 in the Enterprise, of Cincin nati, and the remainder in Pittsburgh offices. • Wife Murderer Respited. ' Paolitaoxn, Decembir 17.—Gov. Wells this morning respited Peter Phillips, who was to have been hung for wife murder on Friday. until February 15th, at which time the habeas corpus issued by Judge . Under wood, of the Uted States District Court in his case is re turnable. The gallows was being erected,' the Sheriff having deteik• mined to disregard the habeas corpuB. South Carollna Legislature. COLUMBIA, Decembor 17.—1 n the Legis. ,latufe to-day a resolution was introduced authorizing the Governor to arm and equip one hundred men as a reserve force to send to any county where acts of lawlessness are committed, the expense to be paid by a special tax on such county. 1 BRIEF TELEGRAM S —Tho trial of Mr. and Mrs. Twitchell for the murder of Mrs. Hill, commenced at Philadelphia yesterday. —Dr. J. H. Gibbon. of Charlotte, N. C, LC, died at Baltimore on Wednesday, aged 74. He was the father of Lion. Gibbon, of the United States Army, —John McClelland, Assessor of Internal Revenue of the Fifth Tennessee District, was au ddenly taken ill Wednesday and fears as to his recovery are entertained. —lt. H. Dana has sued the Mayor and Aldermen of Cambridge, Mass., for five thousand dollars damages for erasing his name from the voting lists at the late eleo tion. ' —The 'Southwest and - Northweet Rail road was sold at Montgomery, Albamai yes terday,. for $318,000, to a gentleman from Boston, in the interest on . Wells Valley Railroad. ' ' —lt is reported in. Cincinnati-that-the Brie l3ailroad Company are tryitig,tpur chase.the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Von Railroad: Mr. Riddle and Mr: Jay Goad, of the Brie road, are in that city. —J. A. Whitehead, dirk in the 'Union_ Pacific Railroad - freight office, at Omaha, .while at Cheyenne on the night of the 16th, was robbed of nine thousand dollars, rby three men, whp compelled him to walk out on the prairie,' half a mile distant, when they tied and gagged him. —A bill authoriztng the Treasury to bor • row at a rate not exceeding eight per cent. asufficient sum to Meet the January inter est on the public 'debt,. and pledging - the first moneys paid into the Treasury from taxes'and other so ces in payment of the same, has passed t e lower House of the North Carolina islature. —The Pacific Ho se at _St. Joseph, Mo., took fire about one lo'clock Tuesday morn= ing, and was entirely destroyed. - Loss on building, $70,000; insured for 045,00. • Mr. Bagwell; lessee, loses on the furniture $25,- 000; insured for $.12,500. The , hotel was crowded with travelers, and several narrow escapes were made during the fire. —The Alabama Legb3lature have-passed tills opening alljudgments granted by any Courts in that State on debts contracted before the 25th of May, 1865. A bill allow ing the statute of limitation to run daring the war has also become a law. The effect of tbe bill Is to'tvipe out all debts before the war or six years before its passage. —Reno and Anderson, the etpress .rob. bere t had a private conversation with thel Governor while they were in jail in:To ronto, Canada, in-which Reno.volunteered the atatement that he was a partner in the robbery, but that Andersonwas . not; that the latter was one of the gang, and . Was present at the inception bf•ttie • plan which - was afterwards carried out..:: - - —Gen Grant and staffl6en. Thomas,_Gen. McDowell and other. distinguished gentle men who Went to Chicago 'from WaShing ton to attend the Army „Reunion,' left yes terday afternoon for Cincinnati.: Ttiey,:went on &special car on the Pittstinrgh,_ Fort Wayne, and the Cincinnati; Hamilton 'and Dayton railroads. The : party . will remain in Cincinnati one day and go_ thence- to Washington. • _. - '-L-In'tlio - case of Pete' Philyps; sentenced -atilichutolidi to be hung next- Friday juttlinimiming.g_tds wife t afigbeas camas, returnable February"gth; alas giatitefi to day by Judge Underwood, on the plea by counsel that the - Court of Appeals, which decided against the appeal taken in Phil lips' case, was not a legal Court, the Judges being disqualified under the Fourteenth Amendment. —The New York Herald of Wednesday states that the SsMana. Bay purchase has been completed. A Company of capitalists have secured of the Dominican government a perpetual lease of the bay and peninsula, and pay a large sum down to secure the bargain. It is understood that - the United States will proceed to establish a Itairaista lion there as soon as the Dominicass ,give up'possession to the New York lessees. Markets by Telegraph. NEW OnLElxs,__December 17.—Cotton stiffer; middling.239ic;--sales of 6,350 bates; receipts 5,132; exports 7,762. Flour quiet and firm; superfine $7,10a7#20; double extra $7,25a7,50; treble do • $7,75a8,25. Corn firm at 78a80c. Oats 64c. Bran dull at 131,40. Hay firm; western $24a25. Fork active at $28,00a28,50. Bacon scarce; shoulders 13%a 13 ;c; clear rib 185‘c; clear sides, Lard firm; tierce 1734 e; keg 18340. Sugar active and tending upwards; common Na. 93 c; prime 1.214 o; yellow clarified 13a133,c. Molasses active and advanced; common 58a. 60c; prime 1341165 c; cho'ce 66a67c. Whisky firm; western rectified $1,15a1,1730. Coffee quiet; fair 14ai4350; prirne t l634al7c. • CHICAGO, Dec. 17.- Wheat at the evening Ward was quiet with sellers at 111,1334 for Ho. 2, and "nothing doing in- Corn or Oats. ,No transactions in Mess• Pork; 026,50 offered and $27 asked. The mysterious Cushing. A\Washington telegram says: /The mis sion of the Hon.. Caleb Cashing is still a prefoundipystery in diplomatic circles. The Spamsh Minister very bluntly , asked Mr. Seward, `the other day, where Mi. Cushing had gOne,, and received a decidedly equivociil answer. \The fact that he was accompanied by a ,Sparush interpreter gives strengttrto the rumor• that he has gone to make an attempt to purchase Cuba. It is neverthelesa positively asserted thathe has gone to London to assist' in the'settlement of the Alabama claims; and it is weitoow n that Mr. Heivard has 'publicly denounced the protOarto buy Cuba, in the present 'cniadition ofiSpanish slain, as an' insult to the tionor of the American nation. It is absolutely Gertain, however, that . Mr...Cush ing will not return until February. On the whole, the subject 4.decidedly . puzzling. Tint Londen Times of November 30th, says : "The_ close o f ? the'civil war in the United Statei has been signalizen - by a feat of railway enterprise unparalleled, and, in deed, hardly admitting of parallel in any other c)untry. Few empires contain even tioom 'enough • for a line of railway 8,000 miles long; fewer still would find the means of bridging-auch enormous distances with iron rails. •The difficulty of the work, too, was much 'enhanced by the nature of the ground. modern town orythe Missouri river, calleclOmaha City, marks ' the limits of civilization -toward the West. Toward the East this :new city is already connected with the system of American - railliays, but at this point thee lines stop, 'and well they may, for the distance from New York to Omaha is in itself nearly as great as that from Caleutta to Peshawar—in other words, as the whole breadth of - our Indian_empire. No doubt the work is in general more roughly.performed than ours—at any rate, we shouldi'be rather astonished at, hearing ' that a diffieult line was getting on at the rate of ' six miles a 'nay. Even before the 'construction of this wonderfill linty the Americans had just three times as many miles open for traffic as we had, and the en cesa will now, be greatly increased," . • rg UM
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