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EUROPE.
IRELAND,

Death Of a Great Public Works Man.
LONDON, February S.-William Dargan, the
Irish railway contractor, who failed a short time
ago, and whose liabilities were very heavy, is
dead. Mr.. Dargan had been allng during the
last days OF the past year, and was confined to
bed by illness since the I'd OF January. HIS late
failure involved a large sum of money-some
say million and half sterling-and the occur
renee proved heavily on his mind.
He was self-made man, born of humble
parents in the county Carlow. Endowed with
a clear business perception, untiring industry,
and great energy, he made his way from the
position OF a small suo-contractor for land
drainage and other local works TO be the man.
moth public and Governme eRt works contractor
of the island, building docks and quays, rail
roads, bridges, monuments, and deepening and
dredging rivers, and reclaiming waste lands as
profitable ali over the country. His overseers,
engineers, and workmen were met with on
every side.
Mr.. Dargan's example was !set forth by the
English Government as one worthy of imta-
ton by his countrymen, and his efforts spoken
of as more likely to really benefit the country
than those OF all the leading political OF war
men 1t has produced, from Brian BorOihme 10
Grattan. and from O'COnnell to James Stephens.
When Queen Victoria was IN Ireland she hon
ored Mr.. Dargan by making a special visit to
the humble cottage in which he was born, and
taking seat in the chair which had belonged
to his mother.
The deceased gentleman was a very shrewd
hnancer, but not regarded as liberal in his
announcement or rewards to faithful employees.
He enjoyed means of learning the exact social
and political condition of Ireland almost daily,
and his sudden money failure and Wnding-up
at the most alarming crisis of the Fenian reyo-
lutionary agitation, was proclaimed by the
Stephens party in Ireland and America as
positive, solid evidence of the real alarm
| created by their movement, and the belief
| entertained at that time in well-ipformed quar-
ters that they would make good their words by
| deeds.
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National Cemeteries.

A Washington correspondent of the Rochester
democrat furnishes the following information
from official sources:-
There are in the command of General
Thomas the following national cemeEeries:-
AT Natchez, one of SIX acres, containing
$500 dead.
'Vicksburg, one of twenty-five acres, con-
tanning about 200.
"Memphis, twenty-five acres, about $4,000
graves. The dead from Columbia, Kentucky, to
Helena, Arkansas, along the Mississippi are
gathered here. From Helena to Grand Cult
they are inferred at Vicksburg.
"Corinth has one OF twenty acres, containing
about 5000 graves.
"Pittsbnrg Landing, twelve acres and 1000
graves. This contains the dead from up and
down the Tennessee river. Fort Donelson,
twenty acres and $500 graves, containing all the
dead OF that field, and all along the Cumberland
below Nashville. Nashville, siXty-two acres,
5000 graves. This contains the bodies from
many hospitals, and a wide region of country.
"Stone River, sixteen acres and 5000 graves
Chattanooga, seventy-ive acres and nearly
$4,000 graves. Knoxville, four acres and 5000
graves.
Marietta, Ga, twenty-five acres and 10, 900
graves. Andersonville about $1,000 graves.
Millen, 1000 graves; small enclosure Sayan.
nah, 5000 graves; Cumberland Gap, KY, $50
graves; Loudon, 800; Mill SPRINGS, over 500;
Perryylle, 1900; Camp Nelson, 1900; Lebanon,
$50.
ain city cemeteries there are collected az
Coyington, KY, 900 dead; Lexington. 1000:
Richmond, 500; Danville, 400. AT Columbia
Tennessee. there are 1900 graves.
cat Montgomery, Ala, about 500 graves; IN
Mobile l000.n
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LEGAL INTELL1oENcH.
Court of Qunrter se,alonn-Inauo

Court OF Quarter seasions-Judvo rra.
low.-Ths morning the Court, instead OF 9oins
on with the usual Saturday business took Iss,
the trial OF William III. Clayton and John A
Cooley upon a charge OF the larceny OF $500.
belonging to Adoniram Fall Mr.. Fall and
Mr.. Willard, both OF Montana Territory, Arrived
in this city on January l. and stopped at the
While sitting in the barroom that evening, q
man named Meyers and the defendant
MeyyeTs who had seen Willard introduoedi
Clayton to him, and Willard introduced him TO
Fall. After taking several drinks at the hotel,
they started out, and upon the suggestion Of
Meyers they went into bawdy house in San
som street. In there Fall showed his money to
the girls, and afterwards sat down by the side
OF one OF them. He afterwards stood at plano,
with number OF the girls around him. He
drank wine, ETC., there, and started out. 70
on leaving this house they started into an
other of the same character, and there Clayton
left the party. Fall, Willard, and Meyers started
corner OF Ninth and Chestnut streets, Meyers
proposed to go into cellar to drink. They
Cooley, and several others sitting in corner.
Meyers called these parties up TO drink, and
while they were standing at the bar, there was
jostle in the crowd standing around Fall.
They started out oil the saloon, and on reach-
ing the street Fall discovered and mentioned
the loss of his money. AT the bar, Clayton was
standing next to Fall. and when Fall said he
had lost his money, he began to edge away from
the party and ran away. rI
He was arrested the next morning at the
saloon on the northwest corner of Ninth and
Chestnut streets; Cooley on the night OF January
ring, aud gave him a $500 bill. When he was
arrested and told of the money he had been
seen to have, he said at first that he had bor-
rowed $3.50 from a friend in New York. after
wards that he had borrowed $500, and again $500.
AS to Cooley, the defense showed that IL was
no rare thing for him to be seen with large sums
of money, and on New Years day he was seen
with several hundreds of dollars. On trial
Supreme COurt-Chtef Justice Woodward,
and Judges Thompson, Strong, Read. and
Agnew.-The exceptions to the answer of Judge
Stroud to the mandamus served upon him
were argued. This affair rose out of q case in
the District Court. The case was that of Schloss
VS., Conrow, which was tried three different
times, the two first OF which there were verdicts
for the plaintiff, and the third verdict for de-
fendant.
Plaintiff presented q bill of exceptions to
Judge Stroud's charge for him to seal, Judge
Stroud refused to seal the bill, and an applica-
tion was made to the Supreme Court for a writ
of mandamus, commanding Judge Stroud to
confess or deny which writ was granted and
served. Judge Stroud made answer, confessing
and avoiding, and the exceptions to the answer
were argued. Biddle for Judge Stroud; Sellers
against. ..
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THE FINAL SCENE.

The Sheriff and tailor then stepped forward
and adjusted the rope about the prlsOn.er heCK'
this point, during the terrible suspense Whlcn
was natural to the occasion, the prisoner showed
the first signs OF emotion, trembling violently,
mis- legs shaking beneath him like an aspen.
The sheriff placed the white cap on his head,
ana anSe GREW m ast9ts and draw back from his fate
and apparently desiious to steal yet n few
moments from the great world OF eternity,
leaned over and whispered to the Sheriff. This
occupied perhaps half n minute, though TO the
anxious specta tors IL seemed long time. The
iaIlor then guided him forward on to the drop,
and retired leaving him standing there. There
was scarcely an instant of pause, when the
Sheriff struck the rope with his hatchet, and
the prisoner fell quivering into the air dis
tance of five feet.
turned around slowly, backward and forward
as the rope twisted or untwisted. but there was
not the least sign of life. Not muscle seemed
TO move or a nerve to culver. His neck was
doubtless instantly broken, and at twenty-one
minutes past IL o'clock, Andrew Peter ARM
strong was dead, according to law.
At five minutes before /, DR.. Ferris, the jail
physician, announced that life was entirely eX-
tinct, and the remains were lowered into "a
handsome cherry coffin, placed directly under
meath.
It's generally rumored that he left written
confession. but this is not the case. He has at
no time denied the murder, but up to the time
of the execution he persisted in the statement
recited above, and persstently denied burytng
the clothes. His whispers to the Sheriff on the
ScafiOld, were to the eItect that he wished IL 10
understood that he did not deny the murder,
but that there were circumstances connected
with it which no one living would ever know,
but were known only to himself and his God.
THROUGHOUT THE EXECUTION
good order was maintained, and after it was
over the crowd quietly dispersed.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR HIS BURIAL
are not yet concluded upon. and our state
ments yesterday. require some modification.
The Trustees of the Presbyterian church at
Middletown declined to have the remains
inferred IN their ground. and there is much
position.
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CHINA.
Grand Educational Advance,

LONDON, February S.-Despatches from China
state that arrangements have been made for the
establis shment of European college IN Pekin,
with the consent of the Chinese Government.
This measure, if carried out, will place all the
other outside great powers on an equal foot
ing with Russia in the capital of the Cen
tral Flowery Land, and It's negotiation has
most probably been brought about by France,
England and Prussia, the rulers aud statesmen
of which countries have long been jealous OF
the vast influence which the Czars welded
through the existence of the Russian Ecclesias-
tical College-composed of eight or ten mem
bers-which has been permitted in Pekin for
very many years by the Emperors of China %
the exclusion of other foreigners.
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
OFFICE OF THE EVENING TELEGRAPH,
Saturday, February 8, 1867.

The Stock Market was very dull this morning,
but prices were steady. Government bonds
were firmly held. Is of 1881 sold at 1881; and 73Os
at 1861; 1909 was bid for l040s; and 10St for old
5-20s. City loans were in fair demands the new
issue sold at 1904.
Railroad shares were inactive. Resding.sold
at 624 slight advance on the closing price last
evening; Northern Central at 46t, decline of /;
and Camden and Amboy at l3l3 no change;
57l was bid for Pennsylvania Railroad; 33s for
Little Schuylkil; 56B for MinehIll; 35 for North
Pennsylvania; 6S for Lehigh Valley; 80 for
Elmira common; Al for preferred do; 20 for.
Catawissa preferred 544 for Philadelphia and
Baltimore; and 80 for Philadelphia and Erie.
City Passenger Railroad shares continue
dull. Thirteenth and Fifteenth sold at I01. &C
was bid for Tenth and Eleventh; 81 for Spruce
and Pine; 80 for Chestnut and Walnut; II for
West Philadelphia; ID for Hestonville; 27 for
Girard College; IL for Ridge Avenue; and % for
Germantown.
Bank shares continue in good demand for in
vestment at full prices, but we hear of no sales
1853 was bid for Philadelphia; 1876 for farmers
and Mechanics; 100 or.Northern Liberties; 33 for
Mechanics; 100 for Southwark; 3l4 for Manu-
facturers;' Al for Consolidation; and SO for Com
monwealth.
In Canal shares there was very little doing.
Lehigh Navigation sold at 544, slight decline;
225 was bid for Schuylkin Navigation common,
324 for preferred do; ll9 for Morris Canal pre-
ferred; 12T for Susquehanna Canal; and "a for
for Wyoming Valley Canal.
Quotations of Gold-103 A. NJ, 1871; IL A. NJ,
1865; IL M, 1879; ] P. NJ. l37A,a decline of on
the closing price last evening.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO-DAY
reported by Dehaven q Bro, No. 40 S. Third street
FIRST BOARD.
eSS s "a sR sR Rsa Hssa 3
5000 City IS, New.....lOOA do.....tranf 81
iJ0OO do......ls.lO0i4 ~ sh Leh scr...-ls. 171S
flOOO ia m 6s... loo 20 sh Central.....- 4616
s2n00 Pa RE- m 6s.-.s- 975S 200 sh Ocean Ol.... 2I
$1,000 & IS 'ss....... ss1S sh Acad M s5wn 521s
-Messrs. William Painter d Co., bankers, No.
36 South Third street, report the following rates
Of exchange today at IL o'clock:-U.S. SIS, 1881,
coupon, 1Osa@1Os6 U. s. 5-2Os, coupon, 1852
1e8s@lOSb; do, 1864, 108&@l07; do. 1866, 1914
@l0739; do; new, lO6@lO5l; 1O-4Os, coupon lOOs
@lOO5 U. S. 7'30s, ist series, lO5t@lO55;
do, I'd series, lO5@1654; Sd series, O5SiO5i.
--Messrs. De Haven & Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates of ex-
change to-day at P. M.;-American gold, 1879
@l374; Silver Is and IS, 1872; Compound Interest
Notes, June 1854, III; do, July, 1854, l6l; do,
August, 1864, 164; do, October 1864, l54; do,
December, 1854, l4} do, May, 1865, IL; do,
October, 1865, l0l.
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PhiIadeIphia Trade Report.

SATURDAY, February 9,--There is no improve
ment to notice in the Flour Market. There is
no demand for shipment, and The home con-
sumers manifest no disposition to purchase be-
yond immediate wants. Sales OF few hundred
barrels, chiefly Northwestern extra, az clio
$780, including Pennsylvania and Ohio do. do.
at $ll.75@I3'5O, including 200 barrels Lancaster
county at sll'50@l2, fancy brands at $l4'5O@lG5O,
extra at S99lO'5O, and superfine at SS@S75. Rye
Flour may be quoted at 81. Nothing doing in
Corn Meal.
TIiere is very little Wheat Offering and good
and prime late are in steady demand, while
common grades are neglected. Sales OF 1000
bushels Pennsylvania red at $2SO@290 South
ern do. at S3(D320, and 800 bushels California at
$780, Rye sells at Sl'S5Dl'3S q bushel. Corn is
active with sales of 10000 bushels yellow al 9Oc
for Pennsylvania. and &c. for Southern. Oats
are selling at 5S@57c u bushel, 1000 bushels
at sl'35 for two-rowed.
Provisions are quiet, but prices remain with
out change. Sales of go tierces picked Hams at
l3@l3l8c., and $50 tierces Lard at 1896.
Nothing doing in Whisky and prices are
nominal.
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EDITIO N
From Fortress Monroe.

FORTRESS MONROE February THE schooner
General Grant, from Baltimore for New York,
with a cargo of corn, arrived here to-day, and
reported having been twenty days stuck in the
ice In the Chesapeake bay and was uninjured,
having been In the harbor OF Sharp's Island.
She reports having seen, last Tuesday, an un-
known schooner ashore at Poplar Island, appa-
Tently cut through, and the ice piled up against
her as high as her rail- The schooner was one
of about 1b0 tons burden.
The Baltimore steamers have commenced
running regularly on the bay again.
The steamers Thomas Kelso and George Leary
arrived here this morning. Both of these
The steamer Planter arrived at Norfolk from
Baltimore, bound to Moorhead City, N. O., with
ordnance stores.
The weather is unsettled, the wind being from
the eastward,
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Grand Gift Concert Man in TrOuble-They had

Grand Gift Concert Man in Trouble.-They had
a grand Gift concert sensation in Wilmington,
Delaware-Southern Emigration Company
5000 600 TO be given away on February 2lst-
the whole thing humbug, and the "secreteFS" :"
in iail. The scheme was advertised extensively,
and as usual lots of greenbacks were sent by
ereenies through the mails to enrich the specu-
lators.
Earthquake in Belgium shocks of an
aarthouake. which lasted some seconds, were
fell at Spa, in Belgium, towards noon on the
2d of January-the day of the great earthquake
M,iwaukee Tanneries The Milwaukee Mems
has a long account of the tanneries of Mil
YANKEE. some twenty In number, which last
wear manufactured some 2,200, 900 pounds of
leather, worth about Sl,5Oo,OO0.
Grand Army Of the Republic There are said
IN he fifty thousand members of the Grand
Army of the Republic in Ohio. The State Con
yentfon meets on Thursday in Columbus.
suffering on the Plains Reports from the
Plains say the recent cold weather caused much
suffering Many men have been badly frozen,
and IL is feared that whole trains will be lost.
Minnesota Fur Trade "A Minnesota paper
saws that furs have never been 30 plenty In that
State and on ITS northern frontier as the present
year.
Sheep Poisoned by White Clover.-At Tiche-
Vile, in France, recently, ffty-two sheep out of
q flock Of one hundred and twenty.nine, were
poisoned by eating some white clever,
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known to be able to carry but coal enough to

known 70 be able to carry but coal enough 10
last her thirty days.
This, however, need cause no anxiety; for,
even should her supply OF coal be exhausted,
she could easily sail under canvas, and unless
met of the coast by some severe storm, may be
looked for at any hour at Fortress Monroe. The
secret OF this apprehension, however, has yet
to be told. II is designed to have the trial Of
ment business, and in this way:-Some leading
radical lawyer (probably MIR. Bingham, OF
uhio, who figured in the prosecution OF
be retained to assist in the prosecution
Of fSurratt. who will avail himself Of this oppor-
tunity TO rehash all the horrible circumstances
connected with the death Of the late lamenIed
Lincoln: this 1t is believed will revive the in
tense popular feeling which prevailed at the
arouse prejudice against his successor, and on
the strength OF both the impeachment matter
will be pushed through the House at once. OF
course the radical press will do It's part in this
work, to say nothing of the radical orators, so
that you need not be surprised to hear of the
formal impeachment of President Johnson
early in March.
The radicals claim that they have nearly
House, but they prefer to wait for the meeting
of the next Congress, in which they will be
stronger, and by, which time they hope that
there will be larger popular sentiment in
favor of the high-handed procedure.
THE NEXT CONGRESS.
Speculation is already rife as to the presiding
officers of the next Congress, for as Senator
Fosters term of Office will expire on the 4th OF
March. a new President of the Senate will have
to be chosen. This latter, however, is a small
matter compared with the Spealzership OF
the House. Speaker Coliax is anxious for re-
election, and his personal popularity is such
that his prospects are very good. But recently
it has been ascertained that there is an under
current against him.
A number of the leading radicals are quietly
working in opposition TO him. fearing lest he
may not give them the assistance which they
will need to secure the success of their projects
Thad. Stevens is understood to favor the selec-
tion of new Speaker, as he feels sore al
being called to order few days since for his
remarks about Mr.. Bingham, of Ohio, and the
call being sustained by Speaker Colflx.
He has not named candidate for the Speak
ership, but it is believed that he would prefer
the election of some bitter radical, otherwise
too mild to offer the slightest opposition to any
pToDosition introduced or endorsed by him
Yet it is not likely that the opposition to the
reelection of Colfax will amount to much.
The present Speaker is intensely radical, and
has never refrained from expressing the most
extreme views when such expression might
prove advantageous TO him partisan. He
will lend all the aid in his power to the i'm.
peachment of Mr.. Johnson, so soon as he
thinks that the majority of his party favors it.
". Y. World.
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The Dtrectorv of RerIin.

Every year, says the Pail Mat Gazette brings
its new "Post Office Directory" and some
curious observers are always found to count the
number of familiar names and note the varieties
of strange ones. This has just been done with
the Berlin Directory. We are not surprised to
hear that in the capital OF Prussia there are
1867 persons who bear the name of Schulz, and
929 who bear the name Of Muller. Schmidt has
1884 representatives, Meyer 500, and Lehman 474.
After these classical names we come on a very
large class OF persons who take their titles from
menial offices.
There are ALA Winners, 264 Cooks, and 1877
Bakers; l66 Golfers and 284 Fishers. Animals
also give names to various classes. OF Hares
there are ia, and of Cocks lao; SO Stays aud
"a Foxes; 7S Goats, Oxen, 6 Sheep, with 8S
Butchers. We next come to "a Pike, So Eagles.
l2 Storks, Sparrows, IS Finches, aud rs
NightDgales. The seasons are unequally dis
mers, s8 Autumns, and Sc Winters. SO we
mount up TO IA Popes, 48 knights, u Counts,
80 Dukes, ll6 Kings, and 55 Emperors.
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where is surrattt-Important COnnec-
ttOn Between His Trial and the Im-
parchment OF President JOhnsOn-A
New Radical PlOt-The SpeakershlP Of
the Next House.
WAsHINGToE, February Gone OF the chief
topics OF discussion in radical circles just now
is the arrival OF John II. Surratt, who len
Alexandria more than a month since on the
steamer swatara. The vessel is now fully q
week overdue, and some apprehension ia =
pressed for her safety, the more, Rs
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Heavy Loss The pecuniary loss arising from
the cattle plague in England is estimated at
f3,500,000.
Rosa Bonheur is decorated with the Cross
of the Legion of Honor.
Bishop Daggett preached IN Richmond on
Sunday.
General Joseph E. johnson was in Lynch
burg, Va, on Tuesday, en- route for Selma, Ala.
Philippe lie Bon, French Engineer, dis
covered the use of gas.
Lord BrOugham Is the oldest M member Of the
Royal Society.
--The-Duke Of DeVOnshiYe is sc,
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MURDER NEAR CINCINNATI.

"A Mhh In a BUGGY ShOI by FfIShWhy-
men-The Horse Runs Away with the
Corpse and the Expected Booty.
CINCINNATI, February S.-A terrible tragedy
was committed here last night-one of the most
horrible in the history of Cincinnati.
Mr.. James Hughes, the cashier and book
keeper of R. b. Smith and Co., coal dealers, left
the city in his buggy last evening, according to
custom, his residence being three miles and q
two or three highwaymen, it is supposed, and
when he reached lonely spot he was shot
through the head and instantly killed.
The horse took fright at the report and ran
away, the corpse still chnging to the vehicle,
and the murderers failing in their designed rob.
berry. The horse was stopped by some residents
on the road, and the body, still warm, was re-
moved. The murderers escaped. No trace OF
them has been discovered so tar.
Mr.. Hughes was highly respected citizen.
He was sixty-nine years old, ndieaves family.
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Shipment of Snecie.

NEW YORK, February 9.-The outward-bound
steamers to-day carry out the following amounts
of specie:-Steamer Europe, $l5O,000: City of
Paris, sos 900; Union, $1,000. Total, $2l6, 600.
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Election at Reading.

READING, February 9.-At the municipal elec-
tion held in this city yesterday, william H. Ger.
iCrty over Henry Van Reed, Republican. There
was very light vote cast
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Death Warrant signed by Gov. Geary

HARRISBURG, February Ex-Governor Geary
to-day issued a warrant for the execution of
Alexander B Wiley, of Luzerne county, on
Friday March Is. Wiley was convicted and
sentenced TO be hung for the murder of Alck
McIlwee, last May.
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Raising the Salary Of Judges.--A bill has been
introduced into the Minnesota Legislature 20
raise the salary Of its Supreme Court judges.
They now receive only $4,000 year. II is pro-
posed to increase their salaries to $4,000.
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Arrest of the Robbers OF the DuncannOn
Iron Works,

HARRISBURG, February "a telegraphic des-
patch from Pittsburg announces the arrest of
three men suspected OF committing the heavy
Thursday last.