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Mr. WHITE introduced a resolution rquestltig the geeietaiy of the Common- Wilelth to interx the,peßate if the Super **dint of , Ptthlieting • had made the necessary annum reperte: Passed. HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. BILL DEFEATED. The Sheep Brolieis' 'Association bill Was recalled from the Senate and de feated. BILLS PASSED. ' The bill preventing the destruction - of oil producing wells by water from non producing and "unfinished wells in Ye :tango, passed finally. The general militia Supplemeni passed finally, with the fine reduced to fifty Mr. WILSON called up the bill for the introduction of petrolia calcium gaslight into the public' building* and grounds. Pending consideration, the House ad journed. - ' • Both Souses will ,meet on Monday evening. NEWS BY CABLE. Telegraph to.the plttsburgh 0 uette.) SPAIN. blAratti, March:l9.—The troubles id .Axtdaluala continue. At Jerez de la Prontera the opposition to military con scription termhatted in-s•ilattle between the insurgents and troops.; The engage ment was short but very fierce. The in ,surgents were defeated and routed; six hundred of them were lAken prisoners. hi - Sian:ton at the head' of the Carnets, bad appeared at Patents, in the moult- Aetna -near Almeric. The troops have <been'diepatched to that neighborhood. JAPAN • Yosonkat Februaty 13; via LONDOI4 , March 19.—The foreign ministers have ~,,,annonneed the termination_of thelti • war is ,Tallati;and , withlitaLthettlgtig or of nentralitz,:,, ' , =Ea ALEXANDRYA, March 19.—The waters of-. the Mediteranean have been sudcbax= fully admitted into Bitter Lake, through the Suez Oanal. AUSTRIA. V,IENNA, March 19.—A Royal decree is just published. establishing .trial by jury, for offenses against the Press law. MARINE NEIN S 'QuErartrrowsr, Mardi 'l9.—The steam- ship City of Antwerpt from Liverpool idirch 17th, for New Xork, put into this' port to-day with keen:lain shaft broken. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.. Lorrnorf,. March :11-Evoting-Con• sole for morifity,ll3pl4for account 93,;; s : 2o's quiet and steady at 84. Stocks nn 01M:fired; Erlir Ki I ll inois, 973 i. Tallow .-495. Sperin it £lOO. Sugar 395. 6d. : Linseed ,011 £3O. Calcutta Linseed 595. 6d. Spirits Turpentine 325. Refined Pe ' 'froltun - 113:134 4 /d. . ' - "Aavniriltr, March 19.:-LPetioleum dull - 5414®55f. ORT,Match.49.Bonds dull at PARIS, March Rentes 'HAVRE, March 19.-Cetton market fiat; afloat 143 f.; on spot, 142 f. LrrafteooL, March /9.-Zcotton quiet and steady; Uplands, 125.; Orleans, 12fAs.; 10,000 bales; 'week ending Thurs day, 54,000 bales; for export, 4,000 bales; - speculation, 5,000 bides; stock, 254 ; 000; of which 105,000 bales Is Americ an. OaU fornia while.Wheat..9a.A.o; red western, Bs. Bd. Flour, 235. Corn, 305. for old, and 295. for new: Oats, as. 4d. , Barley, ss. Peas, 41s. Pork, 1002. Boef; 90s. Lard, . 70. Cheese, Ms.. :Bacon, 625. 6d. Tur pentine, 31s. 6d. Spirits Petroleum, ' ?Md.; refined, ls. 8 1 4 d. Tallow,4ss. 9d. Linseed Oil, 32e. Goods at Minchester ilniet tut firm. - -Georgia leghlature—Final Adjourn ment. 111 1 .1 ; 34egnI T P a h , 71 th atI l h lt 471 1 3 1 Zh " l e lO te of the Legislature adjourned ante die last night. • - On - yesterday: a motion was made ID- Alie' Senate, authorizing the Sheriff of ; pany coum,to ..c4ll, on the ,Government 'for Uni States troops to assist him Arlistiever be deemed it necessary ` . ' Mr. Illingerford, a Republican, thought the "Midi:Mott unnecessary and moved to,lay , it on the tttble. The nntidn was sus- - tatted. r • • _ a 92 I "t o 40 1 t 4 .—esider.kthe • ie ihnetit elf , the XVth Amend ( j . zZieigliinday,.the _resolution was sus =alas iameridment put on its lima passage and defeated by the fbllow ing vote: RePithlicans 'voting for., ita * 40 0912 eight; Democrats voting for its ado p t iore , tivbarepublibinefoting against its adoption_ L eleven; Democrats voting •':' ,3 thiteigitaattid4 'aline; Republicans nt, eight. a. Zßotbalotuata pip l ood34 o immoral appro= .priation which . was signed by thb - 01)YelIKIX, The Housevejected• thel3eti ate ludo to ptuehpse the Kimball " ( Vera atithit r ror • ,litlloAfflt Champion.. Any l'eleir/Yiph to the Plttlibuilb Gezette..3).a .Lotrarrgillanie. 19.—The steamer . „ .4__ n auli9p hia , from Bt . Louis , fur Clnoln • a&W . rtiatirebirmel pier of the rail . road bridge on the larboard side. By "r• Throwing overboard a portion of the deck ,fsi.pr. Including barrels of sand and bags 'corn, • the' boat Was lightened above hole lathe hull and kept from sink- The damage to-the boat is slight; - 1 uld the= .entire /twinge tO the boat and cargo can be coyeredprith $l,OOO. The freight thrown coei r iboard was for 010; .elnuatt, By Telegraph to thelntrahlrgh ctazette.l INO3tior - AlioicS: t. The only nomination submitted to the Senate today. was William Richardson as Assistant Seeretary of the Treasury. THE COMMITTEE OF WATS AND MEANS Called in a body to-day upon President Grant, Secretary I3outwell and the Com missioner of Internal Revenue. They had a long talk with Mr. Boutwell upon money affairs, in the course of which he declared his determination -to sell gold publicly, never in private. He believed he had power to invest the surplus gold in bonds and thought he would do so. He info* medi the Committee that the in come from customs was increasing. The conversation with Gen. Grant was main ly of a social character. Mr. Robetts, the new Spanish Minister, to•day presented a letter of credence to the President and made a few remarks expressive of•thti desire of his country for the sympathies of the United States with the new order of things in Spain.. He would endeavor by all the means in his reach to maintain and strengthen the friendly relations which always exist ed between Spain and the United . States. The President replied : "Mr. Roberts, lam happy to receive you as the Envoy Extraordinary and; - Minister Plenipotentiary of Spain in the United States. The recent events in that country, to which you advert; have excited, and will continue to maintain a kindly interest here,, , hoping as we do that they may ultimately lead to an in crease in the welfare and happiness of the people of Spain. The disposition which you express, to exert,younielf dur ing your mission to the end that these familiar relations, which.;:have always existed between the two countries, may be strengthened, will be cordially recip rocated by me." NAVAL, AFFAIRS. The Tuscarora, Commander Queen, and Kearsarge, Commander 'Thornton, have been ordered from the Pacific to the North Atlantic Squadron, and will report to Rear Admiral Hoff off Cuba. - Dispatches from Admiral Hoff, dated Havana, March 12th, say, that in compa ny with the newly appointed Consul General, Mr. Hall, he had called on the Captain General of Cuba, and secured the release of Mr. Triestez, an American citizen, native of Cuba, who was a short time since arrested on a charge of con spiracy against the, Government. The action of the Captain General in this case was marked by great courtesy, he having ordered the immediate release of the prisoner, althougli the charges were serious. - „: • IMlxtuarnelLOPßigi Acisrisrs. . The Postmaster Metrel 'lt tired IkObrd the Comm:salons of Special Agents of the Department, who are not under pay and assignment, to be revoked from, and , af ter:the 31st of March. " The commissions of all Special Agents,expire 31st of De cember, and must then be renewed. NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. The Senate to-day confirmed Elizabeth Tan Lair, Postmistress at Richmond, Va.; John Titus, United ;States Judge for Ari zona, and Badly N. Haynes, Pension Agent at Brooklyn; vice Porter:resigned. The case of General Longstreet, notni• nated as Surveyor IX the Port at 'New Orleans, was under consideration yester day by the Senate Committee. It is un- . derstood that a majority of the Committee were opposed to the confirmation, not especially because General Longstreet was a leading rebel during the rebellion, but on the ground that there is an abund ance of men'who were loyal to the gov ernment from the breaking out of the rebellion 'to the close, and who ought to be provided for in preference to the class to which General Longstreet belongs. •The Committee, however decided to report his name to the Senate without recommendation, and let , that 'body take such action as they may think pro per. • The next pubic debt statement will -show the precise condition, of the Tress, ury books at the close of business 011,the '3lst instant, instead of being withheld for several •daliqi, as formerly, to await returns ftom New York - or hgter impor 7 taut points. This is a radialtl change. kiparetary . 11oUtwell • hi, much pleased with the condition orthe Treasury as Qzhibited in the mato= And revenue re ~feippttss,, whioh,•since the first of January, ,hate.been.,unnaually largej and are in oreaidng` hieadily.. The antioute taxes, which will soon come in, will swell the tigures larfielV • .c BROWER OF THE TREASEEY.. , A number of Pennsylvania Congress. • men called to see President Grant this" morning shock the . 7Pglstryshie gOf Treasury,- having hWt that it was to be given to (blond Burnside instead of .Ex e veri man Alliaork of their State.. 'The' dint 'told 'them that Secretary Boswell . had , nominated, , end he ,would be appointed 'uniew the Settetary should" recommend some ... • else. He added that he had, chosen° owif-Vabiriet;- , bat ) Intended to leavei subordinste,sppointments to th . held them reeponsible. sPi t ofirtzeit additirite INRIAZTO.'" . " Secretary COX- says the 'President bee, fully deteripinelLop e tbe , poitay of send.. ing Quakers to deal ' "Vrithittie Indiana/. and will soon begin appointing . prominent members of that Soddy. as Superletendl ants and Indian Aver% MISSION TO RUB/OA. Governor Curtin, it is stitte4i' SO' cepted the Russian Mission, and is Mak ing preparations for his journey. He will be accompanied , by Col. A. S. Moe Clure, of Franklin.' f• ~~:~ fi ~ -;;. THE CAPITAL. WasiiiNfrroN, P. C., March 19, 1960. NEW SPANISH MINISTER. TO BE•RSLEASED The' President' has directed. Brevet Lieutenant Colocel Pease to be relieved from duty as Professor of Military Tac tics at State University of Wiagongn, at the end of the present college term. GUARD DISCONTINITEp. The Prescientordeged the dis continuance of the military guard at the White House, and hereafter the, protec tion of the premises will be in charge bf the doorkeeper and-4hree police officers. 'BILIt SIGNED, The President signed the, bill, for the further security of equal rights in the District of Columbia. CUSTOMS. t• The - Chstoin receipts frOM March Bth 13th inclusive were $3,806,503. THE CASE OF LONOSTEEET. PUBLIC DEBT. SECOMI EDITIOII. VOILTJEt O•CLOCS A. M. FORTY-FIRST CONGRSS• [FIRST SESSION.] , SENATE: Debate on Tenure-of. Office Act Continued Without .i. Action. '.11011814 Indian Ap.: prOpriation Dill Considered and Passed—AdJ °unsure' nt Un , tit Monday. (133 r Tplegraphto the setuelirsii 431;zette.] _ _ , IffmartsoTter, starchl9,lB69. Mr. POMEROY, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported, with' amend, ments, the joint resolutioms enabling sus, teal Settlers to purchase certain Chem kee and Osage Indian lands, and extend ing the time to construct the St.-Croix and Lake Superior Railroad. Mr. CASSERLY, from the Committee _on Public Lands, reported a bill amen datory of the act to protect the rights'of actual settlers on public lands, approved July 27th, 1868. The bill provides that Agricultural College scrip shall be re-1 ceived from actual settlete in payment of pre-emption claims, in-the same man ner as bounty land warrants, and all lo cations of such scrip within thirty days after the passage and approval of said act, -and otherwise in conformity with law, shall be deemed legal and vaiid. Mr. TIPTON introduced a bill to grant lands to aid In the construction - of a rail-. road feom Lincoln, Nebraska, to Denver, Colorado. Referred to Committee on Public Lands. Mr. RAMSEY introdticed a bill grant 4ng lands to Michigan and Minnesota to aid in the construction of a rallroltd front Menomee. river to St. Paul, and from Green Bay to La Crosse. Referred to Committee on Public Lands. Mr.'BENTON introduced tt bill to en courage the building of steamships in the United States, and to provide for the transportation of the Uniied States mad to Europe by such vessels. Referred to Committee on Postoffice and Post Roads. Mr. DRAKE submitted a substitute for the bill to reorganize -the judielat saystem lately reported from that Com mittee. The Senate refased to take up the order fixing Friday for the 'consideration of certain Committee business. . . The bill regulating the,rights of mar ried women, and relative to divorces in the District of Columbra, - paissed. be bill to earrminto,elleet the decrees 'of the Court, rehilive .to • British imamate seized in the rebellion, was taken up. , Mr. STEWART in a speech declared I ' himself opposed to the bill, and opposed to compensating British subjects, under any circumstances, f,r ships seized by our Government dtiring the la'e war, un til Great Britain should eettle our claims against her. i Mr. FESSENDEN was astonished at the avowal from the Senator from Neva da, and thought the policy which that Senator advocated inconsistent with the law of national honor. The pending bill was intended to carry out decrees of oar Courts. •'• . Mr. STEWART did not hold himself tinder any obligation to carry into effect -the decrees of any court to pay British claims until our claims.tagainst Great Britain should he in a failway of Fettle merit. * The decrees were no doubt legally correct, but were based on legis lation long anterior to the war and had reference to the conduct of Great Britain during. the war. It would have been perfectly proper during the war for the United States to retaliate on Great Be:- tale. by destroying her commerce. It Might not have been wise, for it would olcouree,lead to °pi" war. Even as itwas • avivierter, there had been war between the countries, but it had all been on one side. =Mike till went over at the expira tion of the morning hour. The Tenure-of-Office act came up as unfinished' business. ' :Mr. SCOTT resumed his argument to show that the power of removal from office is within the ;jurisdiction of Con gress and may be regulated by legisla tion. The Republican party was com mitted to that view of the Tenure-of: Office act by the vote on impeathment, and by. its party platform. He hoped, therefore, that the Senate would stand upon principle and refuse to repeal the law; but he would vote for its suspension with proper qUalffications and safeguards Mr. SCHURZ thought that a man might declare himself in favor of repeal ' or against it, without being open on the one hand to the wit hout of o bsequiousness, or on, the other under a charge of die ebarteey to the President. Had theques tion been presented to him sifriply upon its merits, he might have voted for re peal. Be believed the law to be strictly constitutional, . but the constitutional view` was hot Always the only one, nor sometimes even the most important view of a qdestion, and in this case there were 'certain great practical questions to' be taken into' consideration. One of the greatest problems presented to the statesmen, of the day was, how to reform the public service and root out the de. grading and disgraceful corruption and 'lnefficiency now existing there. The main source Of corruption was to be Sound in ;the exorcise of the arbitrary power OU-removal by, the:Executive, in thesystem of the appointment of pub lici9ffitiaea at random . from_ personal or political favoritlina t - de Upon the prinot pl. -' that to the ' ' victor L belongs the spoils. Whilst t hat: system ,should be - continued, -it would be i question whether ;11 law like tha„Tenure-of,oilice act would not do more harm by . *event-. 'rug Salutaryremovaremovals by a • . .. ' Pied dentiittian it Wouldtio 'good .y Itrecent , lug Improp er removals bye' bad frost ; 'dMi"t. -- ` lirtifebhdylaitici Wail Atha. '. itrainiflottakieditilii; h.*** well 10 have ut band:ready - 40, pet ' prcomptly,apower.; Agit, etnetl - like ` o', ableltitu power of;' 46 ft 014 ' 4 ' he ,00t. be *11 .10.14 .10.14 *obi ' .;',T6pitid,.ott believed 6N ther l4 4 Inc tda)biltYir the lerfite Was in favor 'of keeplOg the law :,on the, statute book in its present form. It seethed, however, to tie generally understood that if it was not repealed v it would.. have to be ' modi:. lied st.the the; session:, For this reason, paradoxieal as it might -seem, he would now "vote.:egainst repeal, because he hoped that when the subject should come up again, Congress having , Already at tempted reform.id - the wrong direction and failed, would go to the root of the , • '7 11 7,V:V . Xi* • , "41,-;v0..rt,t,11.„, evil, and at least attempt a true! reform, by establishing a system of examination of appointments for merit and removals for cause, thus giving respectability and permanency to the public service. He did not expect to bring about the millenium by an act of Congress, but he did. hope at the next session one step would be taken In the right direction. With this hope he would vote to suspend the law, in prder to facilitate, the action of President Grant in removing unworthy publicolii cers. He had 'heard, with regret, ru mors that the President felt Sensitive on the subject, and would' not sehd any nominations to the Senate until the Ten ure-of-Office act should be repealed. These rumors, though doubtless without foundation,'had a tendency to make trouble between the Legislative and Executive branches of. the Gov ernment, . and were, therefore, to be deprecated, because although the strug gle of Congress with Mr. Johnkon had shown that a President, even with the tallest official power and patroziage,"was in the end powerless against the, will of the people and their Representistivea, yet sohas shown he could imperil, and to me extent neutralize the effect- of legislation. He (Mr. Schurz) could not himself believe any of these stories. He was not one of those who, availed themselves Of every oppertunity to fly into a I parox ysm of adulation of President Grant, but he had too favorable an opinion of his character and judgment to believe that he would not avail hithself with avidity of every aid to what the country expected him to do, whether that aid came in the shape of suspension or re peal of the Tenure-of-Oflice law. Mr. SPRAGCE followed * with an argu .t. ment for repeal Mr. CORBETT made an argument for repeati . , Mr. 'BAYARD also spoke in favor of repeal, because he believed- it unconsti tutional. At 4:40 the Senate went into executive session and soon after adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTAtiIVES. Mr. PAINE listrodnoed a resolution to refund 115000 advance money to Mil waukee for improving its harbor. Re ferred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. JULIAN introduced a bill that agricultural lands sold for nou;payment of •taxes in late rebel States, be sold in sub-divlsions not exceeding forty acres each, arid so much only sold as will dia. charge the legal obligation. Referred to' Comniitteo on Public Lands. I Mr. DOCKERY introduced a bill tore fund to distillers of brandy frompeaches, apples or. grapes the special tax'. exacted under section tifty-nine, act of July 20tb, 'INS. Referred to Committee on Ways end Means. * Mr. JOHNSON offered a subslitutel'or the Alaska fur protection bill. Referred to the Committee on Commerce., Mr. WILSON offered a bill granting laird" to' Mb:mem:de . Whitmore Ithe fixer at St. Anthony's Falls. Refereed tothe Public Land Committee. The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the Indian-appropria tion bill, Mr. Judd in the Chait. Mr. DAWES explained the bill, which was simply the House bill of last session, without the Senate amendivents. - The whole question,of the Indian poli cy of the Governuient was opened np by an amendment offered by Mr. WOOD, to add an appropriation to Arickars, Gros ventres and Mandans, and the discussion was participated in by Messni. Wood, Beck, Axtell, Dawes, Lawrence, May pard, Julian, Blanjamin and others: Mr. WOOD denounced the system of making treaties with Indians as a sys tem of fraud on the•Treasary and an in jury to. the Indians, and declared that apprppriations had been made for Indian tribes, which had no existence. Mr.' LAWRENCE, a member of the Committee on Appropriations, charao terized the whole Indian Bureau as en tirely rotten and a den of thieves. The only question for the House was, wheth er it would root out that den of thieves and save the people from the plunder and robbery that was going on under cover of the treaty making power, or , whether it would surrender the legisla tive power to the treaty making power:. He denied that there was any such thing as an Indian treaty. Mere contracts were made, `but treaties were conven tions between sovereign nations, and it was a farce to apply such a term to tribes of wandering savages. Mr. JULIAN remarked that General Grant had intimated his intention of placing the Indians under the Control of the sect of Quakers, and had told him (Mr. Julian) expressly that he was op posed to every form of taking:the lands of the United States and giving them to corporations either through Indian trea ties or any other way. Mr. LAWRENCE—Thank i God for General Grant and his policy. i Treaties have been put through the Senate when there were not six Senators! present. Every man who participated in a fraud of that sort is unfit to occupy a seat in any deliberative body. I wish I, to God I could reach the Senate, and the ears of every man in the country, until the Sen ate' should be compelled to pay. some heed to the voice of the people, and.have some respect for the Interests of the peo ple, Instead of squandering their money. Mr. NEGLEY inquired of the Chair whether It was parliamentary to apply such language to the Senate? The CHAIRMAN—As .the Chair under stoodit was rather broad. and the 'Chair suggested 'to the gentleman • from Ohio (Mr- Litvrence) that in referring to a co•ordlnate branch of the Legislature he should be a little more -careful and choice trislanguage. Mr. LAWRENCE—Yes; I Shall be more careful. I could. go a good deal farther than that,' and say things a good deal worse, and yet keep within the bounds of truth: , (Litmghter.) ' Mr. DAMPUziasaid he wotd3l :have-felt surprised at, the remarks of ids colleague "on the Committee, (Mi. Lawrence,) only for the fact that that gentleman had not finindlit consistent with his other. public dittleglo attend the meeting of the Copt- mattes at which the : quesdonaluigl i been fully considered.. If iwi:tad done so he probably ,w.tinld not have, s hot - off'in a 40wdrolt his, own, but ;would have, 'stood 07 his associates In their , effort to. insane the. Treasury. ifiza* , founda-t don storieiff this bill was tb' NO: a stop: to Ihiiiiilurtil:lreatieti and refuse to go farther thin fnlitllliast thit stipulation of Arcades that have the sanction 'of all branches of the , UOveinment.• , There was not'an Rem in the hilt that **tine 'under any of these new:treaties which had pro-- DerlY called dawn - the' ahatheinas of-This colleague,;; Mr. ILawrence. If his 'col league bad kflown What was in the bill, theifotupe would have been saved his . , ' I ' , . • • . , . - . • . . . . . . . • • I • ' 1 *MI rlf , , ~ •:. • • , .e i , - : ~ . I • . A\ - cc, M / , . • . , ~,, ~ . , - , . • . .._ . . • . , i remarks until the amendments of the Senate should COMQ in, when such re marks would be in order. If .the Honse were to resist those amendments at all, it would have to do so by standing by the bill as reported from the Committee on appropriations. If the members were to depart from it, or undertake either to introduce amendments .or to abandon the lawof the land, they would be all at After further discussion, Mr. Wood's amendments were rejected,and the. Clerk proceeded with the . reading of the bill, which was, occasionally interrupted by the: offering of amendments, which brought up the same general question for discussion. At a quarter past four, the Committee rose and reported the bill to the House, and it was passed. Mr. JUDD, from the Committee en Foreign Affairs, reported a resolution in structing that Committee to inquire into all the circumstances relating to the al leged imprisonment of Bliss and Master man in Paraguay, and into the conduct of the late Ainerican Minister to Para guay and of the officers commanding the South Atlantic squadron, with power to send for persona and papers, and report at any time. . The SPEA.KER, presented a communi cation from the Governor of Massachu setts, with the action of the Massachu setts legislature ratifying the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution. Adjourned until Monday. , • The Insurrection in Cuba. I By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette. 2 HAVANA, March 19.—The insurgents have burnt live of the largest plantations in the jurisdiction of Sagas La China, one near Cienfuegos and another near Managua. It is ppsitively asserted that the insurgent Generals are carrying gut their declared plan of burning every where. A detachment of insurgents had left, all well mounted, to burn plan tations in the vicinity of Jabacoca. The" planters are terrified. Authentic infor mation from the insurgents admit many plantations have been Burned within a week. Another steamer has arrived from Spain with troops. General Bnceta and aloe lento were passengers. The troops have gone td Nenvitas. An , engagement took place between. the troops , and the insurgents yesterday -near Alvarez. The insurgents were routed and divided ; one force fled to wards Macagua and the other towards Jacury Grande. • . An engagement has, taken place at Guracabulla. The_ official account re. ports one hundred and thirty-six insur gents killed, and only one Spanish sol dier wounded. The Infmrgente are active near Bolon donon. Troops from Matanzas have gone there. - - When The bittle of Sierra Cubita was fought; Quesada was sick with the small pOs,,and Jartsga comnanded. Thuapairgsntel are! off ''the slaves froniltie‘platitationa and making them soldiers. The number of insur gents in Sagua and Remedios districts is estimated at from seven to nine thou sand. The F-sqnera plantations, near Trinidad, have been burned. The five places btirtaKi in the Sagas district •pro duced nine thousand hogsheads of sugar annually. Tile insurgents have destroyed the railroad and telegraph between Alvarez and Macagua. BRIEF TELEGRAMS. —The five convicts who escaped from Sing Sing. on Thursday; were recaptured. —Col. Chandler is announced as Chief Quartermaster of the Fifth Military Dis trict, and will relieve Col. Moore. - =The Hon. J. C. Penniston, - member of the House of Retireseriatives of Ohio, from Pike county, died yesterday at Waverly. - —Postniaster Morton, of Gallipolis, and his two brothers, charged with taking money from letters, were bound over to the United States Court. . . —The Senate amendments t 3 the Stick ney Railroad blli were agreed to in the Ohio House of Representatives yester day, and-it is now a law. . —On -Thursday, in Cincinnati, two workmen, named M'Casken and Beenne, fell three stories from a scaffold and were hurt seriously, perhaps fatally. —At Cincinnati, Friday morning, a negro thief. named John Moss, being de tected in stealing, and pursued by the police, ran L c! the river, jumped Wand was drowned. . • • -Henry _Prenze, a ,Gernian peddler, was robbed and nearly killed at! Wee kawkeu, New York. on Thursday, by a til desperado na t lliam Aikens, who made his esca . . —alouring F 334,473 boxes :of cheWing tobacco were shipped _ in,-bond from Richmond, Va. The tax was pre paid on all suioking tobaceo shipped, ex cept 4,801 pounds. On. August 4th an exposition of the Northwestern woolen mgnufacturers and wool growers products will be held in Cincinnati. , It will last four days. Ef forts • are being. made to embrace the cotton and flax interests. . —A small boat, containing twelve boxes of nitro glycerine, was discovered at the foot pf Whitehall street, New York, on Thursday, enough, is is , said, to blow the lower ..rtion of the city and Brooklyn to ato = The stuff was taken beyond the pity hmits by' the harbor police. . —Rev. J. H, Spingenberg, of Reading, Ohio, sued Rev__ W. • in the Common• Pleas 'Court of - Cincinnati for slander, In' chitrltin* violation 9f the Seventh Cotnmandment. A:verdict was .rendered yesterday for the plaintiff for $lOO. Both.. are Evangelical Presby . leriart Mildaterstutd rivals for the , same charge. , —By theaxplosion of a still in Alex. Scofield 4: conman T's Refinery, at Oleaveland, 0hi0,., on Friday morning. ATtdthew WiltiOn, 9f that firm, was; ; In killed, : and JohnCowan,- a' •gas fitter, probably mortally wounded. They hadnenteraj the still; which was erapy,, for tlioPurpoTte of making repairs, when Cowan struck a match to see his = work, - Which 'caused the —Aresolutionoo was adopted In the New York Assembly yesterday, directing the President and Treasurer of the Brie Minted. to : - ,report within ten days in writing, under oath, to -the Speaker of ;the House, the exact amount of stock of said Company now outstanding: also the amount in detail of the funded and float ing debt of said Company up to and in eluding the date or the passage of this_ - this resolution. - NUMBER 70 FINANCE•AND TRADE. Cl 3 r Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette. 7 I NEW Yowl, March 19, lin. . The Money market was stringent up to two o'clock and 7 per cent. gold interest . freely paid by brokers, but subsequently the demand abated somewhat and loans were made at 7 per cent: currency. The large amount of bonds in the hands of foreign bankers which have to be carried, pending the sale of the exchange against thetii; increases the demand for money and adds , to the monetary dia . tress. These bankers, who are generally lenders are nuw horroweni. There is no currency coming this :way and country bank balances arevery light, and in ~ the event of any extended accommoda tions being required by country banks; to bridge over settlitig day, ;Wall. :street would hats to pass throngb a severe or deal, though stringency might not be so severe as last March-and April. There are no positive 'indications of a lock-up, but should a resort be had to such a mea sure it would greatly aggravate matters. Discounts dull. Sterling exchange • -market demoralized, and there is great hesitancy pending the action of the Bank of England. The Directors are about raising the rate of interest. The recent large purchases 'of bonds by foreign bankers have added heavily- to the vol ume of exchange on the market, or to come on the market, and, the market is dull and heavy at 8%,@8% for .60 days, and 8%,68% for sight bills. The market is not in a condition to take all the ex change made by these _purchasers of bonds, and the bankers have to a great extent withdrawn from the field. Bond bills offered at 79;©8 without leading to much business, and cable transfers were madest 8%. Gold unsettled; opened at 131%, fell to 130%, advanced to 1313;, and closed at 131. The transactions were heavy, and there has been considerable excitement. Clearances at Gold Exchange Bank, 1121,- 000,000; rates paid for carrying 1% to 7 per ceht., and for borroiving 3 per cent. to fiat. These figures indicate a large short interest and are somewhat remark able in Aew of stringency, in money. Governments are irregular, unsettled sod generally lower, the market/closing steady. , Coupons of 1881, 116%@110';‘; do. '62, 119%©119%; do. '64, 114%®115; do. '65, 117%®117%; new do., 113%@ 1133;; do. 'B7, 113%©1139; do. '6B, 113% 0113%; 10;40s, 105%®105%; Paci fi c Rail road 6s, 102%@102%. State bonds are 'dull. Missouris, 58%; old Tenuessees, 65%; new Tennessee's. 65©65%; North Carolinas, 58©5835. The Hallway market during the fore noon was strong and active. with priagi-' pal business in Northwestern, Pitts burgh, Reading and Michigan Southern, Toledo, Pacific Mail and Northwestern ::improved to 85 for common and 92% for preferre t d. The market continued strong throughout the afternoon, with North western as the feature. • PireNiktreY Prices:--Uumberland, 36(6 89; Wells Express, 309{@31y,; Ameri can,4l@4l%; Adams, 58%@59; Mer chats, 614g,61%; United States, 54%7 55; Quicksilver, 41),%®21 ; Canton, 59; Pacific Mail, 91% Western Union Telegraph, .38©38,,, ; Mariposa, 15%0 15%;,;d0. pref., 34,4g343.;; New York Cen tral, 1593;©159%; Erie, 33%; Hudson, 13915140; Harlem 35037; Reading, 92%,.' 6892 1 7 1 2 ; ;?2-nee, 35®38, , Wabasb, 71%; St. Paul, 69%®09, t 1; prigt,layi®79lA ; Ft. Wayne, 120!4®120%; Ohio and hauls. sippi, 32%®3213,1; Michigan. Central, 117; Michigan Southern, 9t1%@983;; Illinois Central, 138@)140; Pittsburgh. 88®88%; Toledo, 10635 ©106%; Rock Island, 128%® 12894; Northwestern, 85%®85%; prefd., 9234(§92;g• St. Joseph preferred, 1143'; C. C & I CI 43; C. C. C. & 1., 63; Lake Shore, 1069'. - Mining-.shares dull: 'Gress 70: Eldorado, 41; Smith &Parmelee, 165; Montana, 37. Copper Stocks at Boston—Copper Falls, 14; Franklin, 19'; Hancocs, 5; Minne sota, 2%;,Qpincy, 29g. ' • The. receipts at the Sub-Treasury to day were 81,740,645; PaYikiinter ? ,6 67.50l- Balance, 593.481,65). • - • - Bynum), March 19.—Flour quiet: Minnesota bakers $7,25. Wheat inactive; fair white. Canada offered at ,51,50. Corn quiet; a few car loads of new sold at 80® 81c ontrack. Oats dull; sales or one car load of western at 95e in:. store. Rye nominal. Barley- dull; s'ides of .1,000 bush Canada at 52,05, bagged; choice held at 52;10 in the elevator. ',Seeds in fair demand: sales of s,ooo_bush clover at about 59, and 400 bags timothy at 53,40, @3,50. ' Pork- firmer, at 532 for' heavy. Lard and Highwines and:inged. NEW oItLEAICS, March 19.--Cotton; re ceipts to-day, 1,855 bales; for the - meek, 12,164; exports to-day, 6,676; for the week —to Liverpool. 3,127; to Continent, 4;165; coastwise, 4,731; stock on hand, 14,415; sales to-day, 2,400; for the week, 18,300; prices easier, with middlings at 27%c. Sugar firmer; common 12% ®12%% prime 1434 c. Molasses firmer, with prime at 70@75e. Whisky; western rec tified 92%097%c. Coffee dull,lwith fair at 10(340.0, and prime 17®17,0. . CHICAGO March 19.—1 n-the afternoon wheat was in fair demand at ;1,09X for Ile. 2 spring; 'closing at 51,09%i - other grades quiet, nominal and unchanged in the evening. Wheat sold to a limited extent at 1,09 y, and' more could have.. been had at thatfigure. Provisions quiet but held firmly, an odd lot of dry'fauted shoulders sold at 12,34, cash; but sound lots could be bought behriv 12%. Sharpsburg. MEssus Enrreus: As the winter has been, unusually Mild, our citizens have Impioved the time, by erecting a number ot new buildings. Mr. Jacob Mel has _erected on Mein street a fine three story bilck building; the lower part is for stores, and the second and third stories are for public halls. The contract f or erecting our new Bank Builaln4Chas been 'awarded to 'Esquire Merton, who will commence the work4•lts wan as the weather will permit. The building is to be a fine structure, and will,.no doubt be an ornament to our town, Our rolling and planing mills have been in hall bloat, all winter, affording rom an .. emfr went to their numerous hands.. ur Borough Fathers have;made application to* the Legislature for authority to 'lev.v a tax, to the amount of pcsooo for the purpose of grading and . improving' our streets. The next application to the Legislature will be, perher.ps,. far author ity to make a Public Park. So Pittsburgh will have to look to her laurels,' or elab she: will fell behind. More anon. . . , . , t U
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