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A STRANGE STORY.
The Reported Plans Of Prim and DuIs

The Reported Plans Of Prim and Dubee.
The Washington Star, in Its issue of yesterday
afternoon, Bays:--
Private advices from Cuba received here
make the strange statement that the revolution
was informally planned by Dulce and Prim, who
hoped TO shake the rule of Queen Isabella in
Cuba, and then to revolutionize the mother
country, but Spain Unexpectedly took the initia-
tive, and now the very generals who desired to
make Cuba free are endeavoring TO retain the
island as n colony of the new Spanish Govern
ment. The Cubans were not willing to be trans
ferred from colonists of a monarchy to the same
position under republic, and they therefore
determined to continue the warfare. The Spa
nish authorities, it is said, will make deter
mined effort TO hold Puerto Principe and Neuyi-
tas and the railroad between these places. Com
municatiOn must be kept open, 1t is said, be-
tween the coast and the interior, or the Spanish
will be hemmed in at Puerto Principe. Numbers
of murders are reported of persons who availed
themselves of the amnesty, they having been
shot by the outposts of the patriots. Several
parties have been taken from the Jail at Puerto
Principe and shot by order of General Dulce's
chief of staff. Large sums of money have been
offered to prominent leaders of the rebellion If
they would leave the island. The Spaniards are
doing everything in their power to prevent the
recognition of the insurgents by the United
States"
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The New York Money N1arke 6.

''The completion Of the Pacific Railway and the
proposition to begin paying OF the national debt
avery buoyant feeling In the street to-day. How
ever largely discounted the former enterprise has
few months the actual completion of the great work
could not happen without giving one more impulse
to the railway interest, which has received unusuai
prominence as source OF Investment .l aII
''The speculative feeling was assisted by the easier
state of the money market, which was the natural
sequence OF the Saturday bank statement In the
Government room the rate was six and seven per
cent, but on miscellaneous collateras the full legal
figure was exacted. Commercial paper felt f6e
easier condition OF the banks, and the extreme uuo
tation for prime endorsed notes, for periods from
SHY Gays rays 70 To- iour months was seven 70 nine per
on the part OF buyers. =
'The determination Of Secretary Boutwell, TO put in
operation the Sinking Fund act was productive OF
still further animation In the Government market
and large advance in quotations. The Importance
in the quick response at the London Exchange
where hve-twenties opened this morning at TSs
closing price was 7sS The home arbet v as Cot the
rativey insensible TO these changes but remained
steady at prices within the range given in the follow
United States 6s, 1881, registered I19kta1i9i|. 40
coupon, llsH@ilsz SOS, registered, iiSsi1S% SSS
1l6A@11526; do do, coupon, 1855 116lSCaii6Sc do
do, coupon 1865, new, 1178@117a do. do, coupon
1867, 117N@117A do. do, coupon, 1855 ii7,SSiIg,1:
do, 1O40s, registered 10s@ @i6sh do do connc1S
lOest@ lO9; currency bonds G6h(610GZ. '
"SoId closely responded to the foreign quotation
Ior bonds selling as low as 1871 at the opening OF the
Gold Room. The dealers in gold would ike oficiaI
information as to the intentions OF the Treasure with
reference TO the purchase OF bonds. win the woid
sales be continued or will the purchase OF bonds he
considered the equivalent thereof? In one case two
millions OF the metal will find its way to the mareet
every week If the purchase is not made with chr
Isncy. Iey - Ine recent advance induced great MANY
snort sales, as shown by the better demand for asR
gold, the carrying rate for which ranged nom iht
tiOn at nat NJ "ii7a0-
Foreign exchange was dull and weak altnonon
some OF the prime bankers were unwilling TO drssyy
at less than lO9f for sixty days sterling the range
merclal, 19a1OsI; good to prime BANKERS,
hS lhOSZS@l0ga short sight, 1Os4@11O; Paris, sixty
DAYS, oTI5@oi0A short sight, 515@518Z; Ant
Hamburg, S51@SS2s; Amsterdam, 461S @94OSs Frank,
fort 4OA @4o3S; Bremen, 7s97sal Prusslan thalers
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THE DEAD.
Remains Of Confederate Soldiers UneRrthed-
Twenty Acres of Human Bodies.
EI0li fhe Richannnn DisnnAch- M0idnn

Remains Of Confederate Soldiers UneRrthed-
Twenty Acres of Human Bodies.
From the Richmond Dispatch, Monday.
While our ladies are mounding and decorating
the graves in Oakwood, and while the massive
stone monument to the memory of those who lie
in Hollywood is gradually approaching compile
tion, ii is distressing to hear OF the neglect OF
the bones of those who are buried where they
fell--on the hillsides and valleys in other parts
of the State The reports that reach us of the
sacrilegous conduct of many Virginia farmers
are so shocking that we hesitate TO give them
credence, although our duty as journalists re-
quires us to lay them before our readers A few
weeks ago we published an account of the state
of affairs at Fort Harrison, which subsequent
Investigation. proves too true. Now comes
most narrowing story from Malvern Hill, where
somany of our best and bravest with their last
drops of blood sealed their devotion to the
Southern cause. On the northwest side of the
fort most terrible scene presents itself. Thou
sands of Confederate soldiers having been buried
where they fell twenty acres or more have just
been ploughed up by the owner of the field, and
the ploughshare turned to the surface all the
skeletons Over the whole tract the bones are
strewn in prOfusion, and grinning skulls stare
the visitors in the face on every hand. When
the farmer was questioned he said the land was
now the richest piece he had, and, in justifca-
ton of the sacrilegious act, stated that ''he
didn't put 'em there nohow." The writer
learned afterwards that the bones had been
taken away by the caTt-load and sold to fertili-
zing mills In Richmond. Two humane men, too
poor to do anything else, came one day we were
there. and attempted to burn some of the bones
to prevent the wretches from earting them off.
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LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
Explosion Of a Tug in New York
HarbOr-Three Men Fatally
lnjured-An UnfOrtu-
nate Actress.
Affairs in the Pennsylvania
Mining District = The
Miners Determined
to Hold Out. q
FROM NEW YORK.

Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. .
The Importation and Expectation of Treasure.
NEW YORK, May 1.-THE steamer Cimbria,
sailing for Hamburg this morning, takes out in
specie $4,000 ......, .f
The steamer West Philadelphia, from Brest,
arrived here this morning, bringing 765,0O0
francs in treasure.
into the Air-FRtal Injuries.
Early this morning q steam-tug named the
Joseph Barker exploded her boiler in the New
York harbor near Governors Island. Three of
the deck hands employed upon her were blown
high into the air by the force of the explosion,
but were finally rescued from the water. They
were all badly injured by scalding, and two of
them cannot possibly recover. The steamer is a
perfect wreck.
Fisk's EntergEiseT s, Takes Adyant"se Of the
Fisk has leased one of the finest offices in San
Francisco, California, for general ticket office
for the Erie road, and he has sent out six picked
men to take charge. His purpose is to immedi-
atey commence the sale of through tickets from
California to New York, Philadelphia, and Bos-
ton over the Erie road and connections. ...
officers of the companies that control the rgaa
have temporary understanding that the fare from
New York to San Francisco should be for second
class passage seventy-fiye dollars, and for first
class one hundred and seventy-fve dollars.
Unfortunate Miss Bailey.
BUFFALO, May 11.-Mss II. f. Bailey, while
personating 'Juliet," at the Academy of Music
last evening, accidentally caught her dagger in
the folds of her dress, penetrating below the
left breast, striking rib and breaking off the
point of the dagger. The wound is serious but
not dangerous. A probe has failed to reach the
piece. ..s -I .l
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FROM .HARRLSBURG.

Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph
HARRIsBURe, May 1.-THE following eircu-
lar has been issued from the School De .,art-
ment:-- us
DEPARTMENT OF COMMON SCHOOLS, HARRIS
BURG. May 10, 1S69.-Notice Is hereby given
that the arrangements adopted with refere TO
the examination of the graduating classes at the
several State Normal Schools for the present
year are as followe;-
KUTzTowN
The examination will commence on
Tuesday May 25, at 2 o'clock P. M. The
Boarj of Examiners will consist of Principals
Cooper, Carver, and Ermentrout, the State Su-
perintendent or deputy, and the county superin-
tendents of the counties of Berks, Schuylklll,
and Lehigh. r... t.a.1t
.t.# ... MANSFIELD. ts1r
The examination will commence on Wednes-
day, June 2, at o'clock 2. NJ. The Board of
Examiners will consist of Principals Brooks,
Ermentrout, and Allen, the State Superintend-
ent or deputy, and the county superintendents
of the counties of Tioga, Wyoming, Sullivan,
Susquehanna, Bradford, and Lycoming. Il,
EDINBoRo. - .f.f.
The examination will commence on Monday,
June Z, at o'clock A. NJ. The Board of Ex-
amners will consist of Principals Allen, Brooks
and Cooper the State Superintendent or deputy,
and the county superntendents of the counties
OF Erie, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, and Craw-
ford. D tl ELi rNI
." MILLERsvuIE. uz'uvi9
The examination will commence on Tuesday,
July 9, at o'clock A. M. The Board of Ex-
aminers will consist of Principals Ermentrout,
Allen, Carver, and Brooks, the State Superinten-
dent or deputy, and the county superintendents
of the counties of Lancaster, York, and Lebanon.
BLOOMSBURY. f . .us
The commencement exercises will take place
on Thursday and Friday, the oath and 25th of
June. There will be no class to graduate this
year. ....r f- .r,I
The principals of the Normal Schools under
stand that it is imperative that they should
attend the examinations to which they have
been appointed, and il is expected that the
County Superintendents designated win make
every effort to comply with the law that makes
their attendance part of their official duties.
j. w. WICKERsHAM,
- Superintendent Common Schools.
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FROM THE MLNING DISTRICT.
The strike of the 1Iiuers-The Situation
Workmen 20 Hold Out.


Special Despatch 10 The Evening Telegraph
MAUCH CHUNK, May 11.-But little in addition
to yesterdays dispatches has been learned con-
cerning the strike at the coal mines The miners
in Wyoming region at latest adyices, were still
at work, but considerable discussion to the
propriety of striking was going on. A COM
mittee of Hazleton strikers left that place yes
terday afternoon for the Wyoming mines, for
the purpose of inducing workmen engaged there
to stop work. Summit Hill, Nesqsehoning, and
Hazleton mines, with the exception of those en-
gagged in Sharp, Wess s. Co.'s mine, went
out yesterday. They are holding meetings for
the purpose of inducing or compelling other
miners to join in the strike. So faras can be
ascertained, nothing has been done by the com
panies towards effecting compromise or ac-
ceding to the demands of the disaffected work.
men. 1t is thought that they will hold out for
long time and accept nothing less than the in
crease now demanded, which is about fifteen per
cent. The strike will no doubt become general.
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LEGAL INTELLTaHMcr.
Court of Oyer and Terminer-,Iudges Au,..
and LudlOW. S~eAASoh

Court of Oyer and Terminer--,Iudaes Aut.,,.
and Ludlow. '
This morning the case of the Commonwealth vs Tos,
Droll was called for trial The prisoner a Cermsr nf
appearances, and represented by Charles w Potne %
Edgar M Ohipman Esqs,, is chaIg I'd with the
Thirty first and jefferson streets -" "' Z" brewery
At the close of report counsel were anoao.d =, 4,
selection of jury e~e0N " Vhe
District Court, No. Judge Thayer.
James A. Clay, Administrator Of Robert p Rio0 -
The Farmers and Mechanics Bank garnisheas 81 Is vs.
$500 iOr pialnth
John w. Evernan 90. vs. Clement l. Hn.Ao.
action 70 recover Tor goods sold and delivered a. an
District Court, No. 2-Judge Hase. TRIAL
Jeremiah hhoads ys George IL. Beaumont An act,on
VI ~ 70 ~ ~ 'ne ute OF real estate. On trial
In the divorse case OF Angler vs. Angler hsS....
bbelant, 'N'N'V' IN MVor OF the
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Despatch to the Associated Press.
Naval Orders.

Despatch TO the Associated Press.
Naval Orders.
WASHINGTON, May 11.-Lieutenant-C Command
er E. p Lull is detached from the Naval Aca-
DENY on June s, and ordered to be ready for
duty on the Lancaster. First Assistant Engineer
Henry L. Snyder and Second Assistant John
Borthwick are ordered to duty at the Naval
Academy.
Paymaster j. B. Rittenhouse viii relieve Pay
master Watmough from duty as inspector of
provisions, ETC., at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
on July 1.
Lieutenant NJ. B. Buford has been placed on
waiting orders.
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In Buffalo bogus health inspector orders pre-
misses cleaned, and shortly after confederate ap-
pears to do the work at reasonable rates."
On the 14th of September next an Industrial
Exhibition will be opened in San Francisco. The
Celestials as well as all terTestrals invited TO
help
A Western somnambust walked from second
story wind. W, gashed his face terribly, and next
morning was found standing by the wall still asleep.
A Southern Yankee has constructed safe so
that the application OF chisel or drill will explode
magazine and at once blow a thief into the next
world
An Indiana correspondent says that the connu-
bial coalitions in his vicinity the past year have been
mostly secondhand, and that they lack the desirable
quality OF adhesiyeness
"A Scotch college awards prizes for "best reading
Of Scripture"
Professor Tenney, OF Williams, delivered half
a dozen courses Of lectures in Illinois the past
season.
President Chadbourne will withdraw from the
Wisconsin University at the close OF the present
term.
The acceptance OF the Harvard challenge by the
Oxford crew creates excitement among boating col
jeRianB
Bates College at Lewiston, Me-, win have its
commencement June 80, when seven students will
graduate.
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FROM BALTIMORE.

Political Movements-Doings of Cuban Sym
pathizers. n.
Special Despzsch to The Eceni's Telegraph.
BALTIMORE, May 1.-THE Republicans of
Cumberland, Md, elected yesterday their Mayor,
Lloyd Lowe, by ninety-four majority, and two
Councilmen This is gain of three hundred
since last fall, when the Democrats carried the
entire ticket. The Democrats of Baltimore
seem much dissatisfied, and are splitting among
themselves. The Colored Republican Conven-
ton last night appointed delegates to the State
Convention on the 1st of June.
Cuban sympathizers here are growing more
active, and it is believed secret movement
is on foot to aid the patriots.
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THE WEST INDIES.
Scheme TO Get President Grant TO DecIar
in EnV0r of the Annexation of 81. Domingo.

n
in Favor of the Annexation of st. Domingo.
Washington telegram 10 the " y. Post
new movement is on foot here, which, II sue
cessful will materially strengthen the Cuban cause
Prominent Americans are endeavoring to induce tn :
President 10 take some step or make declaration
showing his approval OF the plan OF anneXing tn /,
Island OF St Domingo TO the United States, and tha
ne is in sympathy with any movement which has this
object in view. This would be merely an open deca
ration the part OF the President, of what he does
not hesitate TO admit in private conversation and to
a certain extent an official announcement OF these
views When this is done, it is claimed by those who
urging this cause, that President Baez, OF st.
Domingo will at once reorganize the belgerency OF
the Cubans, and extend such aid as Will insure their
success in obtaining their independence, As the
island OF st. Domingo is but few hours sail from
Eastern Cuba, where the insurrectoR is strongest,
which to ship munitions Of war; and commit depre-
dations upon Spanish commerce with small vessels
which could out OF and into the harbors at plea
DAYS ago but Kept secret for the fear that it would
be frustrated. Whether it is successful not per-
sons we'll informed as TO Cuban movements assert
with great confidence that St Domingo will soon
recognize the Cubans as beligerents.
Trouble Ahead.
II is thought that the Infamous proclamation is
sued on the 4th OF April by Count Nalmaseda, the
Spanish commander in the Eastern Department Of
Cuba will II carried out, lead TO trouble between
Spain and the United States. 1t provides that every
man from the age Of fifteen and upward who may
be found absent from his home, and cannot
give a justinabe reason for having so alb
sented himself, will be shot. The proclamation
is regarded in official circles here as
one of the most Infamous ever issued by COmman-
der having any pretensions to civilization. As there
are many American citizens in that part or Cuba, II
is feared that an indiscriminate execution OF the
proclamation may result in the shooting OF some of
fhem Should auy American citizen be shot under
this Decree our Government will be prompt in pun
shing the outrage and it is understood that nstruc
tons to this effect have been sent Admiral Hon since
the proclamation was Washtgtoa CO'Tespo,s-
denee N. y. Herald
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The PrOhibitOry Law.

BosToN, May LIN anticipation of the pro-
posed prohibitory law and metropolitan police,
the liquor dealers have formed an association
under the title of the Massachusetts Protective
Union of Hotel Keepers, Manufacturers, and
Dealers in Wine and Spirits" and have voted to
raise $10O,OO0 to be expended for the best in
terests of the association.
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THE EUROPEyAN M.4RKETS.
This Mornings Quotations.

This Mornings Quotations.
LONDON, May ia. M.-COnsols for money, 92%,
and for account, 92si United States Five-tWenties
firm at TO- Railways steady Erie, 1881 Illinois Cen
tral, 90; Atlantic and Great Western, 2416
IivRRPooL, May ia. M.-Cotton opens dull ;
upands II Ka11 sd Orleans, II 14@11JSd. Sales to-
day estimated at 5000 bales
LONDON, May 11-A M.-Sugar firm both on the
spot and anOat Spirits OF Turpentine, 9Os. Sd. Lin
seed OIL e3l
This Afternoons Quotations.
LONDON, May lip M.-5-2Os easier at 7s5S. Rail
ways steady. Erie, 20.
LIvERPooL, May lip. M-Red Wheat, So Cd
Corn, 26s. 3D. for new. Provisions dull; Lard, 6ss
Spirits OF Petroleum, Sd. q gallon.
Cotton at HaYre anoat, 1871
LIVERPOOL, May 1l-2P. Motion duh Yarns
and fabrics are dull at Manchester.
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The Bible sOcie1y ina New Jersey.

From the annual report of Dr. Sheldon, who
has these interests in charge for New Jersey and
Delaware, we gather the following SUMMARY of
Bible Society affairs in New Jersey during the year
Just closed:-Thcre are in the State twenty-one
County Bible Societies. with twelve lesser
affiliated associations, all of which have cele-
6rated their anniversaries with well-sustained
interest, and prosecuted their appropriate work
with commendable vigor. At the several
county towns, and other central points, Bibles
are kept ON deposit for sale at simple cost and
Tor gratultous distribution among the poor ms
well as the supply of Sunday Schools and various
public institutions. For these uses 10 oS7
volumes have been introduced into the State,
Twelve distributors have been EMPLOYED during
the whole or part of the year, who have visited
27,572 families, embracing 1855 persons. and
furnished copies of the Scriptures to 2537 desti
tute families, embracing 1865 persons. More
than 3l5 Missionary and other Sunday Schools
have been supplied with these important text
books. The volumes in large numbers have
been placed in hotels, almshouses, the County
and State Prisons, the Reform School at James,
burg, and among the transient population, in
cluding sailors, boatmen, and mule-drivers on
our canals, and Others. The net receipts, or
amount forwarded to the American Bible Society
in New York, are $28, 348'O5 If to this be
added home expenses for freight repositories
and colportags, the gross receipts are about
$33, 34S'O5 being a considerable advance ON the
previous year.
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Arrest Of "a Murderer.

"P'otu1 DeSLutcH 70 TIC EOeltIlg IeLe0rdph
New HAVEN, May 11.-George McVetry, the
alleged murderer of Louis Bensch, at the New
Britain House, in this city, on Sunday night last,
was arrested about noon to-day He was found
secreted in the basement of building nearly
OPT osite the scene Of the murder
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Professor WinlOok, OF Harvard, 10 70 make COM
plete observations OF the total eclipse OF the SUM-
August I, at bh9lbyvie, Ky.
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THE THEODORE ALLEN CASE.

The proceedings in this case, which was
almost forgotten resumed yesterday afternoon at
the jefferson Market Police Court before Justice Led
with, Mr.. VIM. F. Howe representing the defense. and
Mr. Da Costa appearing for the plaintiff Allen charged
ing released Henderson. escaped burglar whom the
officer endeavorlng to rearres in Mercerst
OF Prince opposite the Bernard House kept by Mr.
down. Allen crossed the street and pulled the escaped
convict from under the officer. and the made his
rested and yesterday Theodore Allen sworn In
behalf He testified that he had been convicted OF
assault aud battery and sent to for four months
in 1854, and was never convicted Of any other
OF March last. he crowd OF people
coming down Mercerst In tho direction OF the hotel ar
terward saw Townley holding smaller man down upon
the pavement did not recognize Townley at the Time
but afterward his face, and knew who lie was he
Uhe witnessJ seized the smaller man by the arm and
pulled him up and no walked slowly away up the street.
TONS when he tho wltnes crossed the hotel and
entered at door, he T0wnley with Police Officer
Black at another, Allen said Go out, or will club you
BOTH they left, and Townley afterward walked back
and said 10 Allen, The Allen will DO with you
yet, and II You come out here will lick you" Cross.
e1aninedIdd not hear Townley say anything about the
strange being escaped prisoner and did know
until aerward thought at the time that IL ordi
nary street 1gh Townley back with Sergeant
Chryse ana several officers and arrested the witness;
he was taken TO the Station House. and from thence to
Jefferson Market Police Court was never arrested and
convicted for grand larceny la 1857 at any other
time Charles White, real estate broker. who In
the crowd and the fight, testified to the
did also five other who were sworn
anined. The room filed with hashily dressed
assembage OF sports who were evidently friends Of
az pm when It II probable that the hearing of ovi
denee will be concluded