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HAVANA AND ST THOMAS


By the Black Warrior, at New York we have
the following news:
Senator Douglas, lady and children were passen-
gers in the Black Warrior from New Orleans to
Havana. The news from Havana is devoid of in
terest. The Opera was flourishing The health of
the city perfect. The new dry dock will be ready
for work in about two months.
Sugar market dull, and would continue so until
after the holidays. Stock on hand 80, 900 boxes
Nos. IL and II, 81 @934 rials per arroba Freights
dull, and no present prospect of improvement
Exchange on London, l212 to 49, New York, 3 to
81; New Orleans, 515 premium.
At St. Thomas a few strangers are arriving for
health. The weather has become more temperate,
and we shall have much fewer wrecks and other
disasters to record in the coming month. Health
crops and business good.
Philadelphia and Baltimore -four rates at Sc. 500
6.75 per bbl.; mess pork Sl89l9, and American
hams 90 at Is cts. per h.
His Danish Majesty's screw corvette Heimdal
Capt. J. l.. Gottleib X. D., $50 horse power, car
rying l6 1927 bomb guns and complement of 300
men, arrived at Fredericksted, St. Croix, on the
29th.
Exchanges on United States, at go DAYS sight
bank drafts = per cent. premium; days sight l
per cent. premium; private, 60 days sight par to
p per cent. discount.
Two Spanish vessels of war, the Ferrolaner and
Isabel I'd, have arrived from Cadiz, each with
colonel, Is officers, and l,072 soldiers between
them.
The United States steamer Despatch sailed Ilth
inst. for the United States.
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Fatal Railroad Casualty

SoNERvILLE, \. j., Dec. 2l.-Corneus II. Van
deryeer, of Somerville, instantly killed to-day
on the Jersey Central Railroad. He was walking
on the track, when passenger train of thirteen
cars and coal train of fifty passed over his body,
which was dreadfully manged. 1t is thought that
he must have been deaf, and did not hear the train
coming alone
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Accident to the steamer Aubrey and Loss

ST. LOUIS, Dec 2l.-The steamer Aubrey met
with an accident few miles above here last night
by which four or five lives We're lost. The boat ran
on the wreck of sunken steamer, bursting the
steam pipe connecting with the mud receiver, which
caused panic among the deck passengers, who,
rushing en- nasSe into the yaw upset it, and seve-
raj were drowned. Their names are unknown
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The Northern Railway

ToRoNTo, c. W, Dec. 21.-The Government In
spector has ordered the stoppage of passenger
trains on the Northern railway considering it un-
safe to allow them to run. Freight trains with a
passenger coach attached will, however, continue
to be run at reduced speed Considera Bile excite.
ment exists in consequence of this along the line Of
the road.
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IMPORTS AT BALTIMORE.

MALAGA.-Br bark Electric
1881 boxes raiSns 5S61 hlf do. or do 10 bales
do 142 bbls. do, 900 trails do 500 prunes 500
do figs 24o do lemons 293 do oranges ia kegs grapes
Schwartz & Dix.
DoMISICA.-Schr. Wdkeag.
900 oranges bbls. ginger root, Is punches bana
mas, master.
C0ASTWISE
CHARLEsToN.-Schr Ninnehdba
269 bags rice -four lis bales cotton A. c. Schaefer 100
tres. rice Wilmington Montell; box cigars, G. W
Gail; 63 hhds. molasseS Jno Williams l. Som bag gin
seng, j. Y. Long, box mdse, Geo SMALL 25 bales cot
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More FilibuSterino

New York, Dec. 22.-The Washington CORES
pondent OF the Post says there is to believe
that two more vessels have left are about leav-
ing the country with tilibusers, and the President
has taken measures to stop them.
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wood belonging to James Hooper, Light street wharf
lhey were held for further hearing by Justice Boyd
Alfred McCaskey arrested yesterday afternoon by
ofhcers Arnett and Redgrave charged with assautng
Michael Nolan. Justice Wheat held him to bail for
Court -
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FROM New MExIco.-A correspondent of the
Kansas Journal of Commerce., writing from Santa
Fe, Nov. 2l, says:
Major Wells, connected with the stage line. ar
rived here this morning from on the Neosho mail
route, having deemed it unsafe to proceed with the
mail, after hearing of the deplorabe disaster
which, he informs me, occurred to the last outgo-
ing mail party. 1t seems that the party which left
Albuquerque on the 18th instant, for NeoSho, had
some of their animals stolen by the Indians, the
Camanches, of the Plains, which the party, how
ever, pursued and recovered. The Indians there
upon largely reinforced themselves and attacked
the mail party, which after several repulses they
eventually succeeded in overpowering. The entire
party was massacred, and all the outfit including
the mail, was destroyed.
Maj. Wells learned these facts from some Pueblo
Indians, who came into the settlements and report
ed the facts. These Indians brought with them as
evidence of their statements, of the spokes of
the stage wheels and some of the curtains of the
carriages. Their story is fully credited here espe
cially by those who know that the mail party CON
sisted of but five six men, and that the Indians
on the route had declared vengeance against any
party that might attempt to open a new road
through their country.
The Pueblos state that the mail men fought long
and well before they were overcome by the greatly
superior numbers of their red enemy,
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For Shipping Intelligence, see 4th page

~ ]. D. PRATT & CO.,
Are prepared receive and transmit CLAIMS FOR COL
LECTION in any city county in the United States
British Provinces Being in direct and frequent
pondence with reliable Attorneys city and county
our facilities for efecting speedy and prompt C0LLEC
TIONS ares such as will give entire satisfaction
OFFICE OF THE MERCANTILE AGENCY, corner
baltimore and South Charles streets. mr6-h
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United States Senntors Iolcctch

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 22.-The State Legislature
to-day by concurrent resolution elected Henry H.
Lane and VIM. NJ. M'Carty United States Senators
in the place of Messrs. Bright and Fitch, whose
election was declared to have been illegal. The
former serves till 1860 and the latter till 1861
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Certificates of EIectinn Eefnseh

ALBANY, Dec. 22.-The State Canvassers have de-
cIded to refuse certificates of election to six Con-
gressmen recently elected from New York city, be-
cause the returns read ''for Members of Congress"
instead of Representatives in Congress"
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LATE ST n E W S.
TELEGRAMS
RECEIVED AT THE OFFICE OF 1.-THE DAILY EXCHANGE. II
[ From our Ocn Correspondent. ]
From Washington.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 22-There was an exciting
discussion in the Senate to-day, pending the con
frmation of the Naval nominations sent in by the
President yesterday for restoration to the active
service list. High words are said to have passed
between Honorable Members, and rumors of a per-
sonal difficulty rife. In the end however, the
whole list was confirmed, as follows:
T. Paine, W. Ramsey, N. Inman, L. w. Le-
compte, W. NJ. Armstrong, A. X. Long, F. John
son, L. ID. Shaw, W. d. Porter, c. G. Williamson,
,. b. Bissel, j. j. Glasson, A. II. Kitty, W. Chan
dler, r. W. Meade, A. Gibson, II. Rolando, F. A.
Parker, w. B. Fitzgerald, r. NJ McAran, A. c.
Rhind, A. 7. Byrens, J. j. B. Walback, j. A.
Doyle, NJ. c. Marin, r. B. Rel.
As were also the following recommended to be
transferred to the leave-pay list:
b. Z. Voorhies, H. c. Flagg, NJ C. Perry, j. N
Watson, I. Brownell, j. F. Abbott j. p Hall, J.
c. Carter, S. C. Barney.
Additional nominations sent in to-day are Lieut.
Mercer for restoration to the active service list
and Lieut.. Harrison to the leave-pay list. Leuten-
ants Bissell, Carter, Kitty, Chandler Meade, Glib
son, Porter, Williamson and Glasson are promoted
to be Commanders. The Senate also confirmed a
whole batch of Postmasters, Consuls, Land-offcers.
etc., nominated during the recess thus clearing
the Executive calendar. The only nomination re-
jected was that of Land-offcer appointed for the
State of Minnesota.
Fro" the Reporter Of the Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-General Cass in a letter
to Capt. Levy, of this city, dated Monday last,
whlle giving his reasons for withholding author
ltative censure of this government of the proceed
ings at BoOgna,in the of the boy Mortara saws
as an individual he has no hesitation in expressing
his surprise and regret at the deplorable occurrence
IN the Papa States, and that it is difficult to con-
ceive how such act of injustice could take place
IN the middle OF the nineteenth century, and in the
heart of Europe. He says the Judgment of the
world will condemn it.
The Senate to-day confirmed r. w. Wolley,
OF kentucky, as Secretary of the Legation to
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NAvA1-The United States steamer Arctic ar
rived on Wednesday at Pensacola, Florida, from
Washington, via Nassau, n. p, and Key West.
She brought the officers of the chartered steamer
Metacomet, which vessel has also come down from
New Orleans. 1t would take two weeks to have
the Metacomet ready for sea. Her officers are:
Lieut. Commanding William H. Macomb; Lieuten-
ants j. W. Moore, R. Fairfax, and Greenleaf Gil
lev.
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The New York Herald says of the ball at the
Academy in aid of the funds of the Mount Vernon
Association: The people were very fashionable,
very select, and, of course, very late the attend
ance not being up to its full strength until eleven
O'Clock, when the house presented a brilliant spec
tacle
The music was admirable, having all the life and
sparkle of champagne. 1t was addressed of course
to the heels rather than to the head and startled
people off into a waltz, a polka or gaop, before
they had time to think whether it was exactly the
thing to dance. Musard conducted with his usual
saroire taire, and the two bands in cuded nearly all
the best players in the city. The ladies unani-
mously ''declared" that there never had been such
dance music here before, and their criticism upon
such matters is final.
The people present included all classes and sub
divisions of metropolitan life. OF course there
were a great many snobs who would take their hats
on the floor and do other stupid things to show
how clever they were; likewise many ladies, with
singular ideas on the subject of full dress, and
some uncomfortable looking men of military turn
of clothes and meek aspect; but what would any
ball be without them, we should like to know. The
"Lancers' might well be omitted On the
whole there were fewer badly dressed and ill-man-
nered people than we have at any public
ball before, and every one behaved with the ut
most prOpriety. In compliance with a suggestion
which has been made in this journal several times
no spurious liquors permitted to be sold
within the Academy, and the effect in preserving
peace and quietness was better than battalion Of
policemen.
The last of the fetes, a popular concert, was an
nounced for yesterday.
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~ EW LUMBER YARD.
TOHNSTONS' BANK

DISC0UNTING
ON COLLATERAL SECURITIES
J0HNSTONS'
COLLECTION BANK
Is making Collections speedily and at low rates.
This BANK makes advances on Collection paper.
JOHNSTONS'
EXCHANGE BANK
buys and sells Bank Notes and Exchange
bic terms,
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The republicans of st. Louis have organized
central democratic Republican Association" de-
signed as nucleus of an efficient State organiza
tiOn. 1t is proposed to extend branches into every
section of the State
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ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO KML.-Yesterday
afternoon two men, sailors, named George Frank
and Samuel w. Cooper were in Gray's sail loft, in
the third story of building at the foot of Ann
street, when alteration took place in regard to
some money which Frank said Cooper owed him,
him, and hurled him down pair stairs of about
sixty steps. Fortunately Cooper did not receive
any serious injury. Justice Griffin held Frank to
bail for further hearing.
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New ORLEANS, Dec. 2O.-The Kansas City tele-
graph line, now in operation from st. Louis to
Leavenworth, opened at this point for business to-
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General Scott was received in Charleston with
every attention due his years and rank The hotels
were nung with banners and the shipping in the har-
Dor displayed their colors throughout the day. At
halt-past two P. NJ. detachment of the Washington
Artillery fired salute Of fften guns, on Citadel
Green. During the day he received attention from
the Washington Light Infantry and on his depar-
city.
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:. A porter of the banking house of B. W. Phil
lips d Co, Chicago, was knocked down with
slungshot about five o'clock on Saturday evening,
and robbed of three packages of money, amounting
in all to 81 ,4s0. The robber escaped.
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Miss Fannie Poindexter, daughter of the Rev.
Mr.. Poindexter, was knocked down in 5th street,
in Richmond, few days ago, and robbed of a
purse containing $50. The robber made his escape
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STARVED TO DEATH.-The Paterson New York;
Guardian says that Jane Hutton, an AGED Isdv
wife of Donald Hutton, was found at her apart
ments in that place on Sunday morning, in a des
titute and dying condition. She is REPRESENTED as
having had nothing in the house for several davs,
lack of food and the necessary comforts ofIfe The
woman died soon after being discovered bv the
neighbors, assistance having come too late for her
rescue. ~
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JoHNSToNS BROTHERS l. CO.,

ueu BANKERS.
NOTICE.-Messrs. Thomas w. Webster
= and Pny A. Webster, on the Tenth day of Decem-
err 1858 executed Deed OF Trust conveying all their
property and effects joint and separate the subscriber
The Deed provides for the payment of expenses and
tain preferred debts then for the payment If such cred
tors OF them or either of them shall within go days
after the date of said Deed to its and
the PARTIES and then for the payment of all other
tors of the said Thomas and Pny, either of them.
All which will fully appear from the said Deed
of which, ogther with the Release may be seen at
the counting ghouse of Smith and Nicodemus. No. 3sI
west Baltimore street. SAMUEL R. SMITH,
balumore 18TH Dec 1888. Trustee.
dis 3taw4w
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CITY INTELLIGENCE.

BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A WoMAN.-Y esterdav morn.
ing man named John Zergehaver was brought
before Justice Audoun, charged with brutally beat
ing young girl named Elizabeth Crutzer, do
mestic in his house. The woman was convey yed to
the magistrates office, and she presented a shock
ing appearance; both her eyes were closed and her
cheeks and head cut in number of places Ter
glehaver charged herwith stealing five dollars, and
made the attack on her, swearing he would beat
her until she returned it. When he was in the
magistrates office he threatened on being free
again, to renew the attack. The Justice committed
him for Court, and sent the girl to the almshouse
she has relatives in the city to take care of
her.
FALL OF WALL AND MAN Hurry esterdav af.
ternoon about2 o'clock portion of the wall of an
old stable, which was being torn down at the cor
of Hoffman street and Jordon alley, fell in and
buried beneath it an old man named Wm Hush
field, who time keeper for the citizens line OF
omnibuses. Several workmen on the building were
present at the time, and after much trouble sue
ceeded in extricang the sufferer from his painful
situation He was conveyed to his residence on
Republican street, between Baltimore and Fayette
streets, where physician in attendance.
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For SAyANNAH.-The steamship Commerce sailed
from this port yesterday morning for Savannah
She has full cargo of freight and seven passen-
gers.
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THE SPIRITs.-Mr. C. H. Collagan, an artist of
Boston, publishes in the Boston Courier an ex-
posure of }. o. Mansfield, medium, who besides
table tipping, &C.. was engaged in spiritual Por
trait painting" Coagan being the ''the Spirits
and the portraits being painted from Ambrotvpes
Daguerreotypes, &c. Collagan gives accounts of
several pictures and says:
Mansfield would sometimes say when he gave me
ORDER that it was for a believer and that |
need not be very particular about it, as they were
very easy to please; but when one was done for
skeptlc he would criticise it and occasionally wish
me to draw another. He said many people made
inquiries concerning me- and said / was the best
medium who had ever been developed, and that he
told them that | was a nobemans son and did not
wish to be known a spritualist.
Drew another picture of a little boy from des-
cription and sent it to Mansfield by express and
received six dollars for it in return He often told
me that the descriptions he gave me were written
through him by the spirits, and at other times he
would forget himself when criticising picture and
say that the friends of the subject had told him
how he or she looked and that did not get the re-
semblance exactly right, but that he should say to
them that the spirit had changed much since leav-
ing EARTH
One of the last pictures l drew for Mansfield, was
what purported to be the spirit bride of clergy
man of Portsmouth, n. H. Mr.. Mansfield stated
that they had great wedding and married the
clergyman to the spirit. He told me the name of
the clergyman, but have forgotten it. He said he
was very wealthy, and instructed me to make her
hair gold color, and dress her in white muslin robes
lie represented that 1t was not so material to the
style of face so long as it very beautiful; and
the name he gave to this spirit was Mary. He
owned to the humbug of marrying the clergyman
to the spirit, and we had hearty laugh over it.
Wanted rose drawn in the brides hand because he
said the minister was fond of flowers
was paid six dollars for this picture, and he said
the minister would only pay ten dollars for it. |
afterwards the portrait in his office in massive
gilt frame. The next time l called it was taken
away, and Mansfield said it was to be hung up in
the clergyman's church in Portsmouth. He said
the minister was delighted with it, and found only
fault that the hair not exactly of the right
color, but that the portrait had created great ex-
citement in Portsmouth,
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MARKETS RY TETFCRApu

NEW YORK, Dec. 22-Flour is firm with sales of 900
bbls at S435d450 for State. and S5.35d5 Ohio
Wheat heavy, with sales of II bushels at 100 cts
for red and 140 cts for white Corn-the market is firm
with sales of IL 900 bushels rs cts for new white and
80 cts for old yellow. Pork-saes of at Slsa
1915 Whiskey-sales at 24d25 cts. Sugar is steady
with sales OF Orleans at 7d7A cts and Muscovado 6
a6@ cts Coffee Is firm and active at lHGl1 cts for
Maracabo. Molasses-sales of New Orleans at 35 cts
Turpentine-Spirts closed firm 4s(G4Sk cts Rosin is
firm at 55 cts.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 22-Flour is firm but the MAJ ket is
generally unchanged Whiskey is selling at 224 cts
Hogs are dull at weak prices but not quotably lower
*
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State Convention of locomotive engineers was
held at Chicago, ILL.,, the 18th and 18th of
December, at which IL roads were represented
The report of the Convention was for the purpose
of memoralizng the Legislature for the enactment
of general law for the better protection of rail
road engineers, thereby securing to the public
competent set of engineers, who shall have passed
examination and received a certificate as the Ma
rine engineers now do,
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2Qnbfr.
TMBER FOR BUILDERS,

IL BURNS SLOAN,
Having made large additions their stock of BUILDERS
LUMBER, prepared to furnish bills at the lowest
ket rates from 1872 Light street wharf, of Euaw
AM German streets. l1h IL
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DRAWER BOOKS AND OXFORD
Il BIBLES can be had of JAMES S. WATERS, No
24 BALTIMORE STREET in greater variety of style
cost than elsewhere in the city Some styles in
RICH BINDINGS, of VELVET, OAK EBONY and
SILVER M0UNTINGS, suitable for PRESENTS, and
never before exhibited, have just been received
dlO2t tn
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FRAUDS ON THE PENSION 0FFIcE.-We understand
the Commissioner of Pensions has received informa-
ton from his special agent, now in Tennessee, of
the arrest of Willis n. Arnold of Henderson coun-
State, for frauds committed by them under the
bounty land laws. The parties were taken before
Judge Humphreys at Nashville, and the former
held to bail in the sum of $4,000 for his appear
at the term of the federal court to be holden
at Jackson in April next. The latter after his ar
rest, became, or ieigned to have become, insanse
and is now undergoing preliminary medical exam
nation Washington Union.
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a L NO. AZ North Calvert street comtorta.
4Di Rooms and Board had for married or single
Pe1Tnon MARTIN GOLDSBOROUGH,
~@&"s Agent for keepers
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Since Jan IT,. .s79, 8,24 s72O7S526 s56,s6S ,533
Messrs. Thompson Bros, Bankers, New York,
quote Land Warrants as follows:
Buy. Sell. Buy. Sell.
40 acres. S1.00 $110120 acres...... 76 50
SO acres 50 Sc l6O acres 50 IS
The bills for 100000 City 6 per cent. Central
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SALES AT THE BALTIMORE STOCK BOARD
MEnNzanLr
Prices and sa,es of Stocks in Ney York.

BY TELEGRAPH.
Through WM FISHER & Son. Stock and Bill Brokers.
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CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

Our readers who engaged in the agreeable dlty
OF selecting Christmas presents for their friends and rela
tves will find the following catalogue very servceable
directing them to the various stores which useful and
ornamental articles may be had:
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HOGS.-The Cincinnati Commercial of Tuesday saws
In spite of the unfavorabe weather. firm buoyant feel
ing is well maintained in all departments the Hog trade
and the market sustained with very great nerve The
prospects of the future in the business being almost specu
latve yet nctes feeling of intense excitement
Ihe bears are almost discouraged in their hopes Of
giving the 'Bulls' that crushing hug which prolonged
delay increasing their desire besow The receipts
from all sources for two days have been about head
and sales reported
1873 averaging 155 Observation-Disclosures. $3.50
Ioo Eoo ....'................. $50
400 2i0 " ...,,,,,,.., 49, : oO
Contracts for next would be very readily taken
by packers at &c. for early November delivery of Hogs
averaging 200 lbs If the principles and views governing
the confident in their transactions are correct such
prices to be fully warranted These are the exhaus
ton of stock Hogs in the country by the present prices
scarcity of and the demands the summer packers