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Letter from A1r. David A. Wells.

From the Pau. Mall Gdzette, oct. 25
The following letter from Hon. David A.
Wells, Commissioner of Revenue from the
United States, to an English holder of $40
bonds is of considerable Importance at the
present moment, when reputation doctrines
WIN respect to these bonds are being mooted by
purposes:- -O- ''00'ioHeoAA"s
sr;-l have the honor TO acknowledge the re-
celpt ,ot your note OF September a which bse
peen forwarded to me from London. II 1,onId
have given me pleasure to have Afforded Won anu
interview, but | sailed from Liverpool IN t5n Sn
day your letter was dated. AS reSards the
question you put to me, whether the princinaI
as we'll as the interest OF the Five-tWentv bnpSs
will be paid in gOld would say that have
no doubt whatever that all such payments will
be made in gold. II the law does not bevond
doubt express this fact, you must remember
that there Is no such expression in the British
ConsOls or in the French Rentes, and II would
be absurd to suppose that great nation like
the United States is going TO conduct itself in
regard to the principal and interest OF It's debt
other than In accordance with the recognized
laws OF commerce and morality.
am, sir, yours most respectfully,
DAVID A. WmLs,
pnised Staten Commissioner Of ReyenGS,
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE..
OPTICR OF TIE EVENING TELEeRAPH,l
Friday Nov, s, 1857 J

There was very little disposition to operate in
Stocks this morning, but prices were without
any material change. Government loans con-
tinue dull 1OlA was bid for 1O4Os; 1865 for 1905;
ll2 for 6s of 1881; 1884 for '62 6-2Os 1864 for
64 5-2Os; 1864 for '66 2Os; and 1919 for July
56-20s. City loans were unchanged; the new
issue sold at 102, and old do. at 81.
Railroad shares were inactive. Reading sold
at 48A no change; Philadelphia and Erie at
2402l2, q decline of {; and Lehigh Valley at
6lS, no change. l24l was bid for Camden and
Amboy; 503 for Pennsylvania; "a for Little
Schuylkill; 81 for Minehill; 81 for North Penn
sylvania; l2 for ElmiIa preferred; % for Cata-
wissa preferred; and 424 for Northern Central.
City Passenger Railroad shares were In fair
demand. n was bid for Second and Third; "a
for Tenth and Eleventh; l8 for Thirteenth and
Fifteenth; "a for Spruce and Pine; 45 for Ches-
nut aud Walnut; 10 for HestonVille; and 5Oa ioI
Green aud Coates
Bank shares were firmly held al full prices
9O4 was bid for Second and Third; 100 for Soath
wark; 1868 for Kensington; 80 for Western; 6C
for Commonwealth; and 60 for Union.
In Canal shares there was very little move
ment. Morris Canal preferred sold at W, nc
change: 99 was bid for Schuylkill Navigation
common; 2O4 for preferred do;; 3S4 for Lehigh
NAVIGATION; So for Morris Canal; 10 for Susque-
hanna Canal; and 90 fer Delaware Division.
Quotations of GOld--l03 A. NJ, 1889; ii A NJ,
1881; ~ NJ, 1891; l p. NJ, l8o an advance OF {
on the closing price last evening"
The Washington Star says:-
aThe cable Informs us that hereafter United
States l0-40 bonds will be quoted on the London
Stock Exchange, and we learn that already
purchases of this class OF securities have been
made for Shipment. The interest on these
bonds Is only hve per cent; but 1t is payable in
coin and even the Tepudiators' concede that
the bonds must be redeemed IN coin at matu-
rity. The law itself pxovides for this in express
TERMS II is not long slnoe these bonds were
selling Ia New York at about ninety cents; but
OF latei especially since Il was claimed that our
b20e should be paid of Ia currency, they have
steadily advanced, until now they are firmly
heid ~ small pEcmium, We predict for them
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NEWS BY TIE CUBA CABLE.
MEXICO.

MEXICO.
Santa Anna .RusticRting-Juarez Sue-
cessful-Mexican Loan in the United
st1tes-The Troops UnpRid-Naval.
HAVANA, Nov 7,-General Santa Anna is
here, engagedlin buying farm. The steamer
Georgia. from Vera Cruz on the 3lst of October,
has arrived. She brings news from the Mexican
capital to october 20. President Juarez has been
triumphantly reelected
A commissioner has come to negotiate loan
Of S12 000 600 at Washington.
Government has left the troops unpaid, and
has used four hundred thousand dollars for
other purposes. The United States steamer
Yantic is still outside Tampico bar. conducta
of six hundred thousand dollars In specie had
arrived at Vera Cruz. The steamer Whining
ton, Captain Cole, sailed for Sisal and Vera Cruz
on the 4ih inst,
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a still further advance, and see no good reason
why they should not before long be worth as
much in the market as the I've per cente, which
mature IN 1874, now selling at about one huu.
dred and ten. At present rates we think these
bonds are quite as profitable TO hold rs any
others. Thus person buys 100000 of 1881,
elk per cents, at cost OF say $ll2SOO OF course
he only receives an interest OF $4,000 per annunas
which is but 81 per cent. on what his bonds
have cost him, and when the bonds mature he
actually loses his entire premium Of Bl2,6oo,
which Is equal to one-eighth OF the face OF the
bonds, and reduces the interest for the whole
time to less that Eve per cent upon the amouDk
Of the Investment. lfthese BgUres are reliable,
and it is quite easy to verify them, the time
would seem TO have come for a further issue OF
these securities, or others OF like character, by
which large annual saving to the Government
would be Effected rI f,. .'H8 I'll. p
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO-DAY
Reported by Dehaven a Bro, No. 40 3 Third streea
BEFORE BOARDS sA
l6O sh Sch N stk.e.c, "a 100 sh Read R.".o4o- 4sx
.,ooo s.oO.,s, - FIRST BOARD; n,o .s.k
sSSS % 1lllsie loo 'h eHS
's 'SS City g SsS! ls . pn Ss'isSSn EIs,
tiSSo reh qM9@Snlo-lqa Ss az SSS SSSS,. S,S st
iiSSS San An Sc iSS Do. SS:..-.. :s s
iGS e g IGLr1. 1iS y s.; g iSS SSSsS
ssR FsnRS S-... 9 tSS SS-.:..:SsS- 4 -
No. S6 8. Third street, report the following
rates of exchange to-day at IL o'clock : Gold,
l39@139t; q. s. 6s, 1881. 1l1b@1l2t; q. B. 6-3Os,
ls62 l0sf@l0ss; do, 1864, l0649l05s; do, 1895,
iSsglGS4 Ss4 SG July lS5 lO7@953 DO 4 1u
1905, I'd series, lO5l@1O5f; Sd series, 1865 a
1066; Compound Interest Notes, December, 1854,
49,. May, 1866 117t; August 1865, 1184; Sep
tember, 1865, 1l5l; October, 1865, ll54
-Messrs. Jay Cooke q Go. quote Govern:
ment securities, etc., as follows:-U. 8. Sc Of
1881, l1l5@112t; old 5-2Os, 109b0lOS3; new 6.20s,
1864, lO5l@l053; do, 1865, 1066o1O6I; do, July,
lO79@lO7g; do, 1857, 1O7l@1O7g; 10-4es, IoIt@
1861. Gold, 13ss@l39t. ~ r1 ~. =
M Schultz q Co; No. lss: Third street, report
werp; = London so days sight, IO9@lo9s<; do. Q do.
DO, l0s@ OHIO Paris so do, de-, l6; do do.
do, 5f154 4@5Ll31 Antwerp go do do, 6Elsl05G16;
bremen 90 do. dO 7s4@7ss< Hamburgo 90 dc. do. 35x
@36; Cologne. Letpsic, and Berlin so do. do,
Amsterdam and Frankfort 60 do do, 401kGD4i. Mar
ket irm Gold at noon. ls9. '.f0 nt
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The Pedestrian Weston.

SCHENECTADY, Nov. s.-Weston, the pedes-
trlan, arrived in this city at 10 o'clock last night
An immense crowd of people had assembled to
meet him. He left here at halfpast o'clock
this morning, expecting to reach Herkimer, a
distance of sixty miles, this evening. Weston
expressed himself as feeling in the best Of trim
and confident of success
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FROM BALTIMORE TO-DAY.
The Oaso of Kidpapping-Rew CITY
Council, ste.

Council, etc.
ESPECIAL DBsPATCH TO EVENING TELEoRAPH.l
BALTIMoRE, Nov. S-The Philadelphia
negroes who were brought on here O few days
ago by certain agents, and fraudulently shipped
for the Nevassa Islands to dig guano instead of
to dredge oysters In the chesapeake Bay, are
now being seen to by General Gregory, OF the
fore Judge Bond, on the plea of fraud and
deception.
The new City Council met yesterday-"all
Democratic" They rejected a proposition TO
open the proceedings with prayer, one men,
Der asserting H. was preachers who were respon.
Eible for the late Rebellion and all the d ficul-
ties now dis urbing the country. Mayor Banks
senttn brief m sssage asking an investigation
into certain supposed fraudulent acts OF the
Chapman NATURALIZATION.
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Markets by Telegraph.

NEW York, Nov. 8.-Stocks are strong Chicago
and Rock Island, $50 Reading. 95&, Canton, AZ. :
PitishnrS 10. d hveSo Sro.t Vx xHs aa. MIch
gan Central, 100; Michigan southern, 7sz9 New York
Central. l12; Illinois Central, 214 Oamberand pre-
ierred, l23 Missouri Is, 9 Hudson RIVER i21 United
States Ftye-twenteN 1902 lOsai 40 se lO's 90 1850
IO55; 1856 lOd Ten -nrties, l0lM Seven-thlrties
l06n. Money 6@7 per ceAs, Sterling Exchange' 1925
Gold, 1e9.
NEW YORK, Nov, 6--SOtton steady at lsh@l9s
Flour quiet $500 barrels sod-state. seeele4o ONO
e0'66Ds; Western $50 1900. Southern tolA Oaiiior
na, tlbe@l9b0 Wheat dull. Corn aotiye ana IN ~
70. higher; $1,000 bushels Boid-miNed Western tdi
1856. Oats dull Harley drmer. Beef quiet Pork
dull; new mesH, e2lO5. Lard dull. Whisky quiet
SOMEWHAT CoNRUsRD. Indiana paper
the New Albany C0mmerci0f-is said 70 have
recently headed q local article as follOWs:--
''ROmanCe Of Crime--Crime on the Rampage
Man Steals Cow, and another Man his
Pants Both IN Adjoining 0eIa."
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PORT oF PHILADELPHIA. NoVEMBER 8,
GRAPH OFEICR
IA M'"'"oo II A. M."...-....sO u P. M..........ss
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
BaIque LOUISA Cook, Cook, Genoa e. A. Soudor q Go
bSW19ne W Ann Elizabeth, NOrgrave, Gibraltar orders,
schr Daniel Pierson, Person, Key West, Merchant a
schr N: A. Loughery, Loughery. Washington, ROM
schr Minerva Knight, Bush. Boston. do.
schr tioIence NOVEL;, Fennimore, Boston, L. Auden
schT 9. 7. Wines. Hulse. Newport, BlakIstOn Graei1
schr Jane N. Baker, Wilson, Gloucester. do
schr Eliza Frances, Henley, Portland, Borda, Keller
sch[ ~ May. Franklin Fan River. Oaatner. stIckney
Str w. Whiiidin. Riggans. Baltimore, j. d. Ruor.
ARRIVED THIS MORNING. 3 I-r4.s
sem hr f NoSslll Fen,ns,imore ,s,I from Boston.
schr V. McCsbe Pickup from NEW New i5avau. s,
schr G: T: Wines, Hulse. from New York %" j.
Steamer iSS% hSSs Ti%nssNS rO sssI
Steamer Decatur, Young. 10 hours from Baltimore.
with mdse TO j. D. Ruoh Il7H
oorrsspOn4enes of ne Paaaaezpheg EreAaaOs.
for Antwerp and brig q. Il Ward Tor MaEseies. .6otS
'f sTiE AaTiO o@ FSaGspSS 81 for GIBRALTAR went
schr Maryland, from St. John, N b.. tor Phadel
phla, passed IN the oapes this evening
tow the gStshP for the Gross Ledge is as the BrsaR
water eoaling, and VIII proceed 20 The me station ..
"A.
Steamship Hendriok HUDSON, Holmes, ashore OF
the Moro Castle was towed of and taken into Havana
| 7th inst by Spanish war steamer,
BeIqne sc6&myI Crosby, hence Tor AEarssnlss. was
| apOk en- 10th ult., lat. 3S 20, lon. a.
BsIgue Bride. Biauvelt hence. at Baroelona 10Th
Bar9ue Arthur Kinsman, hence for Salem. below
Brig <. g. York, York. tor Philadelphia, cleared a.
Brig Oak Point, Visns. hence for Genoa, at eibrAl.
sc6is his II. N. Miller and Mary E. Amsden, hence. as
OsaS sc6T j. B. smith from New London for Philadel-
phia, az New York yesterday. 80, -. ~. Z
phia. cleared AZ st. John, N. B., SIN inst.
schr Ann 3. Cannon, Cobb, hence Tor BOSTON, at
scbr Harry LSndeii, Johnson, hence, At New York
scsr H. wellington, for Philadelphia cleared az
schTs +. Lake and B. Strong, hence at Providence
0s sc6T j. crOekiOrd. Jones' tor Philadelphia sailed
sohT EsR,ngais Ing wthsS hsnCefOr BOasOn A'Nsw
schE ". Copes, hence, at Portland yessrday. cns,a
sehEs r. Lsw York Is ddilyer 5 Taylor and NJ
Wilson, Brown, for PhiladelpniA' SAns0 "N'- =,
sc H r. Graham hence for Boston g. 5saTn9
Hole repOrts;-Morning Of Slstnio o "a mast GUS or
miles dislspt psssed pssssse To 70 vessgPb s gPbrada
Hchr Reindeer. Baker rom ~ N Harnegat beach and
phia struck sIn5Ssa O'clock Srsw Were
al sSneeaG captain 9na 9aaai loss. The wreck on
sayea The yesssas struck has been yaeS pssans n
| ~ nSasine vessels, ana eNN'
| that vicinity. ri ftafI
., NOV. s-ArTived. steamship Europe,
/ n,6.5 HAVE. Via BreS]
'sOih DoArnsTTO PORTS:
NEW YORK Hpx; 5-1 ArriVeo' 1''@"'lNP N'AsNfA
BlaaI BllIS r j. EauEsnCs HosfneE rom HaEahuEg.
ssIsss ss1s ssIt &vsSn. JeakinS. hcm hGenSs AyEQ,
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HAYTI.

House OF Assembly MObbed-salnavo's
Man@uVres,
HAVANA, Nov. 7.-At Port-au-Prince, on the
night of the 18th of October, the Assembly de-
manded of the Ministry that Leon Monies
should be liberated, maintaining that he was
unconsttutionally Kept in shackles at Cape
Haytien.
A mob OF six thousand armed men and wo-
meR surrounded the House OF Assembly, who,
however managed to make good their escape.
The mob kept firing on the palace, cheering all
the while for Salnave, at whose tnstigation
they threatened to sack the city.
Salnave is taking every measure to secure
himself in the permanent occupancy OF the
Presidential chair.
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THR FINANCIAL SITUATION.

the Credit MObilior.
The NM. Pereire have sent the following com.
municatiOn TO the Paris Journals
PARIS Oct e. Iso7.-We owe " 20 our sharehOIdexs
and To ourselves TO put an end TO the rnmOrs, 40
credited BY mRleY0lence, respecting the motives %
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Thomas Hood,s Tribnte to LItorature.

Thomas Hoods Tribute to Literature.
My own obligations to literature are a debt SO
immense as not to be Cancelled, like that Of
nature by death itself Adrift early in life
upon the great waters-as pilotless as Words
Worths blind boy in the turtle-shell-ifI did
not come to shipwreck, 1t was that, in default
OF pateInal or fraternal guidance, was rescued,
like the ancient mariner, by guardian spirits,
leach one lovely light" who stood as behcons
to my course. InhIm health and natural love
of reading happily threw me, instead of worse
society, into the company of poets, philOso-
piers, and sages-to me good angels and minis
tiers OF grace. From these silent instructors
VINO often do more than fathers and always
more than godiathers, for our temporal and
spiritual interests-frOm these mild monitors,
I learned something of the divine, aud more of
t tne human religion. They were my inteFpre-
t SeLs an the House Beautiful OF God, and my
NSiISs Na,nns among the Delectable Mountaine OF
tenal They reformed my prejudices, chas-
nv my passions, tempered my heart puri6ed
asnirstt, eieyated my mind, and directed my
probIe@s ss,. ! was lost in chaos OF undlgested
tmnniaas' islse theories, crude fancies obscure
hI,ht ~ ana Dewilderng dOubtswhen these
~ darhnas snces called my mental world Out
s.t1o sreas nike new creation. and gave y
.bwo gtehs hghts," Hope and MemOry--the past
SOT @osn' and the iWiOFe J0r apaR,
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LATEST SHIPPING lATELLIsENCE.

bTaddtttO'lGI Marine NeSVs see Third Pa0a;
PORT OF PHILADELPH H1A. NOV EMRER a
STATE OF THERMOMETER AT THE EVENING rRLH-
GRAPH OFFICE,
IA M,....,.....50l II A. M........., IL p N . "A
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THE SUNDAY CAR QUESTION.
Opinions Of Chief Justice Wood
ward and Justice Thompson.
The Statute of 1894 the Only
Refuge for the Petitioners.
Sunday Cars Necessary and Rum
ming all Over the State.
No difference Between Steam
Trains and Horse Cars.

nto. Etc, Etc., Etc. ETC., Etc.
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ARRIVED THIe bfORNTrSc

for Antwerp and brig @. r. Ward for ll1es both
from Philadelphia, went TO sea 9Th inst,
Brig AdTio nom Philadelphia for Gibraltar went
10 this evening. ..'l .|I
schr Maryland, from ST. John, N. b., tor Philadel-
phia, passed IN the Capes this evening.
Steamer Gen. Putnam. from New York, having In
tow the ghtshp for the Gross Ledge. at the Break
water coaling, and will proceed 30 the station.
Wind w, JOSEPH LAFETRAs
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
GOLD CLOSED 1873 7-s.
FROM WASHINGTON.

NEw YORK, Feb. Is.
Times Washington special says that the
Attorney General has prepared report in
answer TO a resolution of Congress, stating
that in no instance has the President failed
to execute the Civil Rights law, in accord
ance with its term
Collector Smythe testified before the Gus
tom House Investigation Committee, regard
ing the evidence which fell into his hands,
saying that he was approached by woman,
now believed to be asister of the Stenograph-
er, who told him that there was important
evidence, affecting him. before the Commits
tee, which he could have for fifty dollars.
H declined to have it, but she subsequently
called again. offering 1t for fifteen dollars, and
he, not thinking that he was violating any
rule OF the Committee, purchased it. He al
so states that he was cognizant OF other par
ties who were in possession of aconsiderabe
portion of the lost money.
The Worlds Washington special says that
the rumored resignation of Postmaster Gen>
eral Randall is untrue.
If the tariff bill don't pass By Wednesday
the President can pocket it. 1t will be diih>
cult to get it through before Wednesday.
WAsHiSeroS, Feb. IS.
The Senate to>day returned to the House
the reconstruction BILL as amended. 1t was
temporarily laid on the Speakers table, fol-
further consideration, There was large at
tendance of spectators, expecting exciting
proceedings.
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LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
Midnight Report.
FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Feb 1s
Commissioner Bogy has succeeded in
having transferred to the charge of the Indian
Department, the seven thousand Navajoe
Indians now held as prisoners by the military
in New Mexico. These Indians cost the
Government last year, for food and transpor-
tation, one and half million dollars, where
as, by transfer, the Commissioner proposes
to take better care of them at not exceeding
one>half the expense.
A delegation Of the Missouri river Sioux
Indians, numbering for ty>four, arrived here
yesterday.
The following nominations were confirmed
to-day:
Milton w. Wardell, Internal Revenue
Collector for the 9Th District of Ohio.
David Turner, Internal Revenue Collector
for the 9th District of Indiana, and Norman
Eddy, Collector for the same. Jesse Alex
ander, Collector for the 7th DISTRICT Of In
diana.
An order has been issued in the Depart
ment of the South, dated Charleston, Feb
ruary l4th, that all men undergoing confines
ment BY sentence OF court martial for deser-
ton, when they shall have been six months
in prison. are to be released.
petition from the Legislature Of Utah
was presented to Congress to day; it asserts
that the police guard has had great influence
in saving the people from personal violence
and other threats of evil
In the Supreme Court to-day. case No. 422,
States rs. Browne, error to Circuit Court oil
Northern Illinois: decision below affirmed
No. 1872, Rubbing, plaintiff in error, rs.
City of Chicago; judgment below affirmed.
Gen. Griffin, commanding in Texas, has
enjoined the observance Of the Sabbath upon
his troops
In the Supreme Court, the case decided OF
Thompson IS. Bowie, an action on certain
promisvry 1otes of Hon. Thomas +. Bowie,
Of Maryland; the defense was, that the notes
we're gwen for gaming considerations, and
among other evidence, the defendent being
unable directly to prove his allegations. The
Court below permitted proof, that on the
date of the note, the defendant was drunk
and when drunk was addicted to gaming
and that the holder of the notes was keeper
of a gambling house in Washington, where
the notes we're made at that time The yer
dict was for the defendant. and plaintiff ap
pealed to this Court. where it is held that nc
such evidenbe should be admitted. Justice
! Cries dissents, holding that the defense wa.
one of alleged fraud in obtaining these notes
and such evidence was admissible in tha
view of the tase.
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FROM NEW YORK.
Ngw YoRK. F,

NEw YoRK, Feb. IS.
The Feni$ profess to believe that fighting
is going on In Ireland, and are working with
energy to send aid to the men in the gap
Col. Downng's card has met most hearty
response. Quite number of respectfully
dressed yodng men have their names re-
corded, and express a willingness to hand
over 500. Each ward in the city of Brook
lyn, Williamsburg and jersey City have con-
tributed.
There is to be q meeting of Circles to send
agents all over the city and into every State.
The object is to collect funds, arms and
clothing.
1t is understood that Mayor Hoffman has
consented to speak at great demonstration
on Wednesday evening. Several other prom
inent gentlemen win be present
Col. Roberts states that if any practical
movement of formidable warlike character
is commenced in Ireland, the Brotherhood ol
which he is the head will furnish all the aid
in their power to render it successful. In
the meantime the Circles, under the instruc-
ton of the Colonel, are perfecting another
campaign against Canada, which promises to
be Of formidable character.
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FROM TOLEDO, o.

ToLKpo, Ohio, Feb. 18.
The ice in the Maumee river, opposite the
city, broke up yesterday morning. In moving
down it gorged At the bridge at the foot Of
Cherry street. The water rose rapidly, food.
ing the warehouses, lumber yards, Easements,
and along Water street, which is completely
submerged at several points. The railroad
depot, Island House Hotel, and large por.
ton OF the territory occupied by the railroad,
and known as the tsMiddle Ground is also
inundated.
About eleven O'Clock this morning the
Cherry street bridge, upwards Of three-fourths
of q mile ih length, gave way, and nearly
half of the entire structure was swept out.
There were FIVE persons on the wrecked por>
ton, all ofwhom escaped on the ice. The
damage to khis bridge viii probably reach
fifteen thousand dollars
Fears were entertained for the safety of the
G. 4 I. railroad bridge, which has been re-
bnilt during the present winter, and just
completed. 1t was at one time in great
danger, but was saved by stretching train
of heavily laden freight cars across it.
The steamer City of Toledo broke from her
moorings and drifted down stream some dis
tance, but finally swung along side Of the
Michigan Southern dock, where she was Sc
cured. The small steamer Belle also went
adrift, and shortly disappeared lake wards,
and was probably sunk towards night.
The gorge has broken, and the water quiet
ly subsided to its average level.
1t is reported that the bridge at Maumee
City, ten miles above here, was carried away,
but it lacka confirmation.
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FROM NEW YORK.

NFw YoRK, Feb, l8.
The Fenian excitement in this and the ad
jacent cities yesterday was Of the most in.
tense character The news from Ireland
published yesterday had the effect ofcausing
a general migration of Irishmen from the ups
per part Of the city about the newspaper of
6ces and the headquarters of the Fenian
Brotherhood in Chatham street. The an
nouncements of meetings, open air demon
strarions, military conventions, published this
morning, indicate an earnestness of feeling
and a determination to begin plan Of action
TO cooperate with the revolutionary party in
Ireland on the part of Irshmen. 1t is sup
posed that Stevens is in some part Of Eng
land, about to inaugnrate cooperative
movement in that country on very exten-
sive scale. A congress will be held here
soon to form the organization. A call for
volunteers to go to Ireland has been made
and promptly responded to- Money to very
large amount has been subscribed, and libe-
raj promises of aid made to the leaders in the
shape Of arms. men and money.