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my photograph was that OF the departed Abra-
ham Lincoln; didn't feel any spiritual presence.
Cross-eXamined--I nave never been in the
humbug business; have always given the people
the worth OF their money; the Woolly Horse was
a remarkable curiosity; Il was exactly what
represented 1t to be; IL was not a horse woolled
over; am glad to enlighten the public on this
point; there was no deception about IL whatever;
did not intend to humbug the public in that
matter; the horse was exhibited Just as il was
born; the mermaid was represented to me TO be
what represented II to be to the public, and
have never been disabused of the idea; the mer-
maid was presented to the public as believed it
to be; never owned il; hired it; I have never
taken money for things that l had misrepre-
sented; l may have draped one or two of my
curlosltles snghty; the nurse OF General WASH
ington was bona tide; had bill of sale for her;
have endeavored generally not to have a very
profound belief in what did not actually know
to be just so; paid $1,000 for her; / believed in
her at first, but subsequently may have had
little doubt about her; l never put myself out
of the way to disabuse the public even after
! began to doubt the genuineness of the old
lady; have seen Numbers writing, and think
L would know it now if / saw IL; / can't
say how many letters passed between us;
think II was seven years ago; there we're three
or four letters just enough to complete the
transaction; Mr.. Kennard told me about the
Mumler humbug; he said that Mumler had been
selling" the Boston people, but was getting
played out; he said he was sharp fellow, and
advised me to negotiate with him for an addi-
tion to my stock of humbugs; my book speaks
of the photograph humbug, but at the request of
either himself or employer l did not publish
his name; when | called on Mr. Bogardus yes
terday, asked him to bring down the spirit of
Joyce Heath WashingtOn's nurse, but he said
he could not do it, as the old lady's vitality was
somewhat exhausted. Much of Mr.. Barnums
testimony was greeted with laughter, so that the
scene was anything but court-like.
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Rio Janeiro has arrived. The allies forces in
Paraguay were making preparations for a final
attack upon President Lopez, and expected to be
roady to advance into the interior before the end
of ApriA
LONDON, April 2S.-At the Newmarket races
to-day the two-year-old plate was won by Guy
Dayrell," with Gertrude" second and Mont
Blanc" third. Seventeen horses ram
HAVANA, April 2S.-According to a Havana
journal the news from the Eastern Department
has of late been favorable to the Government
NO great results are announced but several
sklrmishes, in which the Spanish troops were
victorious, are reported. The two vessels cap
tured off Vuelta Abajo coast prove to be wreck
ers. An order has been issued by the Governor
OF Porto Rico, prohibiting vessels from entering
the harbor of San Juan at night. t. ., II
NUEvITAs, April 26.-General Lesca left here
last week on his return TO Puerto Principe, and
on Friday had reached San Antonio without
firing shot. Generals Letona and Escalente,
with the Catalonian volunteers and modified
colored troops marched from Nuevitas; on the
10Th, for Puerto Principe. Four thousand men
were actively engaged in making temporary re-
pairs on the railroad between Nuevitas and
Puerto Principe, in order that provisions may
be transported to the latter point before the
rainy season sets in. .... .
. 1t is reported that the insurgents are dissatis-
fled with General Quesada because he is always
organizing and never fighting. The insurgents
still hold Napoleon Orange as prisoner. They
have also arrested an American named Robert
Stevens, for condemning the retention of
Orange. Dates from Santiago de Cuba are to
the 22d. The American brig Germana was
wrecked off Inagua, and her cargo, consisting
of munitions of war, was nearly all lost. The
wreck was in charge of the Custom House Off
GERS.
New YORK, April 2S.-A special from Havana
the 27th, via Key West, 2Sth says the Govern
ment had received notice that an expedition has
left the Gulf for Cuba, under escort of steamer,
and two war vessels were despatched to intercept
it, On receipt of the latter Information the Ad-
miral of the flagship Corona sailed early on Sun
day morning in n tug-boat.
There is an exciting rumor in circulation that
a conflict has taken place between monitor and
the Spanish men-of-war and that one of the
latter was sunk and another captured. The in
surgents have reappeared in the vicinity of
Sagua and again destroyed. the railroad.
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Foreign Affairs.

CORK, April 2S.-A dinner was given here last
night, blythe friends of Warren and Costello. ON
the occasion of their departure for America. The
Mayor of the city was present, and made an In
hammatory speech, warmly euogizing the guests
of the evening. He was followed in similar
strain by other gentlemen. The building in
which the banquet took place was surrounded
by large crowd of friends and sympathizers,
who, during the evening, formed procession,
and marched through the streets with bands and
torches. The proceedings were marked by
much enthusiasm and excitement, and some
disorder. rF r4I
BERLIN, April 2S.-In the Prussian Diet Won
Bismark, in reply to an inquiry, said the con-
vention made with the United States for the
protection of emigrants ON shipboard had SO far
failed of any practical results, owing to obsta-
rcles in the way OF establishing an international
tribunal for the adjudication of cases arising
under the treaty.
MADRID, April 2S.-In the Cortes, Yesterday
one of the Republican members made a speech
in which he advocated atheistical principles
and alluded to the Christian religion in terms of
disrespect. He was interrupted by Rivero. Pre-
sident of the Cortes, who declared that the de
remarks. The Republicans, Indignant at the
decision of the President, withdrew from the
Chamber. They subsequently returned to their
seats and proposed vote of censure against
tbe President A stormy debate followed, and
ternninated i'm the withdrawal of the resolution
Canon Menterola's amendment to the Constitu,
lion in favor of maintaining the present unity O.
the Catholic religion and worship In Spain wai
EIsBoS, April Ss.-Tbe mail steamer from
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NEWS svNEnrARx.
CITY Affairs.


AT the late meetings, April 10 and 27 Of the
Board OF Trustees of the jefferson College of
Philadelphia, the vacancies in the BOARD were
4lled M 10y oy the election of the Hon. Ellis Lewis,
JOS 1atterson, Eco, and George w. Childs, Esq.
The Board is now composed of the following
gentlemen-Hon. Edw. King, LII. D.; Hon.
Jesse X. Harden, M. D.; Hon Thomas s. Smith,
Hon. James thompson Hon. James X. Ludlow,
Hon. ii. M. Phillips f. B. Gardette, M. D.;
General G. NJ. Provost, Hon. George w. Wood
ward, Hon. James Campbell, Anthony j. Drexel
Esq.,; George W. Fairman, Esq; Hon. Ellis
Lewis, Joseph Patterson, Esq; George w. Childs,
ESQ.,; Hon. Edw. King, LII. D., President;
George w. Fairman, Secretary and Treasurer.
At the Board Of Trade Rooms last evening
an address was delivered on the postal telegraph
by Gardner g.: Hubbard, Of Boston. In the
course of his remarks he referred to the fact
that the rates were in this country from twice to
eight times as high as in Europe, and maintained
that reduction and equalization of the charges
would have the effect of greatly extending the
sphere of usefulness of the telegraph, as at pre-
sent it is only used by certain classes of busi-
ness.
Jacob Ehan, twenty years old, residing at
No. 402 East Ann street, while riding on
freight train on the Reading Railroad yesterday,
tell off at Conshohoeken, and, the train passing
over him, he was terribly mangled, and died
soon after his admission into the Pennsylvania
Hospital He was not an emplOye of the COM
pany. t.lt.
Hugh McMenamin, five years old, residing
at No. 705 Moss street. was run over yesterday
by an ice wagon, and had an arm and leg frac-
tured. lie was taken to tlle Pennsylvania Hos
pital.
A little child named Annie Matthews, whose
parents reside at No. 1902 Mountain street, in
the First ward, fell into the cesspoo yesterday,
and suffocated before she could be taken out.
She was but sixteen months old.
About II o'clock last night n fire was dis
covered in the old depot of the Germantown and
Norristown Railroad Company, on the southwest
corner of Ninth and Green streets, and in short
time it was totally destroyed, together with
twenty-five or thirty freight cars loaded with
store goods for Norristown Manayunk, ETC. A
lot of cotton, wool, and grain delivered late in
the afternoon was also destroyed. The books
and papers of the office were saved. The depot
had front of about so feet Green and
about lbs feet on Ninth to Depot street. 1t was
two stories high on Ninth street, and this por-
ton was used for Offices 1t was the oldest depot
in the county, having been erected before loco
motives were used on this road 1t was in rather
a dilapidated condition, and the company was
about making arrangements to build a new one
Mt Ninth and Master streets. The loss on the
depot is covered by insurance. The extent of
the loss on freight could not be ascertained. The
roof of dwelling on Green street, occupied by
Mr.. JONES' was partially destroyed. and his fur
niture damaged by water.
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M U M L E R.
The Great spirituaIistic Case Barnum Gives in
His EXperieDce-What He Says OF Humbugs-
The ''WOOlly HOrse'' Redivivus.

The Great SpirituaIistic Case BRrnum Gives in
His ExperieDce-What He Says OF Humbugs-
The ''WOoIly Horse'' Redivivus.
There was a great deal of fun in the Tombs
Police Court, New York, yesterday when the
prosecution brought out its closing testimony in
the great Mumler case. Abraham Bogardus, a
photographer, was on the stand and testified
that he was familiar with photography, when
counsel for defense procured a Bible, and read
chapter twenty-eight of First Samuel,
He then asked witness whether he believed
that the spirits there described possessed voices
and forms. Counsel for prosecution objected
that this was a criminal and not a theological
examination and that witness was there to testify
as n photographer, and not as theological
student. More Bible tests were then read by
the defense, but the Court Overruled them all.
The great L. L. Barnum was next examined, and
his testimony kept the Court and audience in
constant good humor At times it looked more
az if play was being enacted, rather than pro-
ceedings in police court. His testimony is eX-
ceedingly interesting, and we give it, therefore,
in full Here it is;-
/ have devoted portion of my life to the de-
lection of humbugs j have never had a per-
sonal interview with Mr.. Mumler; have known
him by reputation for seven years (at this point
the counsel for defense fought every inch of
ground with utter desperation, every question
being objected to and argued fully; had some
correspondence with him; do not know where
the letters now are, but | think perhaps they
were burned in the Museum. L have searched for
them, but could not find them; those letters
were dated in Boston, and the Mumler TO whom
wrote was in the employ of Bgelow Broth
ers Kenward, the large jewellers;
do not remember his first name; cores
ponded with him subsequently; all the
letters were dated from Boston; wrote to Mum
leE saying that ! wished to expose
all the hnmbugs of the world; lie sent me u lot
of photographs which he had left over (the
thing was played out In Boston by that time),
and paid him about $40 apiece: they repre-
sented iCeloradoe Jewett Henry Clay, and Ma
poleon Bonaparte; they were labelled as ''spirt-
ual humbugs" and in my book devoted one
chapter 10 the Mumler humbug; believe in
'spooks," IL is very easy TO see them if Won only
believe in them; ! went TO Mr.. Bogardls yester-
spirit on il; could detect no fraud on his part
although ] watched him closelyi the spirit on
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CLEARED YESTERDAY

Mails are forwarded by every steamer the regular lines
The steamers for from Liverpool call at Queenstown
cept the Canadian line which call at Londonderry The
steamers for from the Continent call Southampton
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domestic Annirs.

Gold closed yesterday at 1881.
"A commercial convention met in Chicago
yesterday.
The President has appointed P. H. Jones to
be Postmaster at New York.
The Virginia Conservative State Convention
assembled at Richmond yesterday.
Twenty clerks were removed from the Post
Office Department at Washington yesterday.
-Walbridge A. Field, of Boston, has been
appointed United States District Attorney at
Washington.
School Convention met at Newark N. j., yes
William Livingston, defaulting clerk of A.
T. Stewart, was arrested yesterday. He alb
seconded in August last
General Hiram Walbridge has been ap-
pointed Railroad Commissioner, vice Horace
Greeley, acceptance withdrawn.
Martha Sprague and Alexander Connell have
been arrestedat Peekskill, N. Y, on the charge
of numbering an infant.
Five hundred clerks will be dismissed from
the Treasury Department, and no appointments
made for the present.
The Grand Jury for Wilde county, Me-, has
Just found thirty-siX true bills; principally for
violations of the liquor law. ....... ...
s. B. Chittenden has been appointed n
member of the Board of Visitors to the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, vice &. Vanderbilt, re-
signed rr
Since the 4th ult., one hundred and twenty
two collectors and one hundred and nineteen
assessors of internal revenue have been ap-
pointed.
Senator Sprague yesterday, for the first
time, called on all the Cabinet officers and bade
them adieu. He also called upon the President
Judge Mink johnson, of .Centreville, Ind,
accidentally poisoned himself by swallowing
aconite. He died thirty minutes after taking
the drug
The closing exercises of the annual exami-
nation of the Artillery School took place at
Fortress Monroe yesterday. General Sherman
presented the diplomas to the graduating class.
The Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western
Railroad Company yesterday sold at auction, in
New York, $4,000 tons of Scranton coal. The
prices obtained were an advance on those of
last month
Mr.. Charles f. Smith yesterday resigned
his position as President of the Reading Rail-
road Company. on account of falling health.
Mr.. Frank Gowen, late the solicitor of the
company, was chosen to succeed Mr. Smith.
New YORK, April 28.-The great pigeon shoot
ing match which was to have taken place at
Dubois Track, on Eighth avenue and One-hun-
dred-and- -forty-ninth street, this afternoon for
$4,000, between John Taylor of Jersey City, and
John Tucker, of Providence, Rhode Island, was
prevented by Henry Bergh, the President of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
All the preparations had been made for the
match, and several hundred persons were pre-
sent including two or three hundred from Pro
vidence and Boston, when Mr.. Bergh appeared
with twenty-five policemen, and threatened tc
, arrest the principals if the match was proceeded
with Much excitement and Indignation were
manifested and the presence OF the policemen
only saved Mr. Bergh from being roughly
handled.
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THE ARTILLERY SCHOOL.
The Annual Examination General sherman
- Presents the Diplomas.


FoRTREss MONROE, April 27.-General Sher-
man, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, accom-
panied by Colonel Audenried, A. ID. c., arrived
here this morning from Washington, for the
purpose of being present at the closing exercises
of the annual examination of the artillery school,
and presenting the diplomas to those of the
officers who have just graduated. ,.....1
The school was organized and formally opened
on the lst of April, 1868, in acceptance with
General orders No go from the War Department,
and was composed Of the following companies
of artillery, viz-Battery q, LIST United States
Artillery, Brevet Colonel George Y. Henry; com
manding; Battery X, I'd United States Artillery,
Battery A, Sd Artillery, Brevet Major j. b.
Shrine, commanding; Battery #, 4th Artillery
Breyet MajorJ. b. Campbell, commanding; Bat
terry G, 9th Artillery, Breyet Major b. +, KIT,
Barry, Colonel ID Artillery, was assigned 10 the
command OF the school, with Breyet Brgadier-
General j. b. Roberts, Lieutenant Colonel 4th
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PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF I

j. PRICE WETHERIII, J
SAMUEL G.. STOKES COMMITTEE OF THE MONTH
JAMES DoUGHERTY,
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MARINE TELEGRAPH.
For additional Marine Ne,cs see First Page.

ALMANAC FOR PHILADELPHIA-THIS DAY.
Sun RISES. 500 MOON SETS. 1910
SUN SETS. 653 HIGH WATER 426
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CLEARED YESTERDAY.
Steamer Il. Franklin, Pierson Baltimore, A. Groves,
Barque Sarah A. Sloan Sloan Frontera Mex, g. c. VA
Horn.
Schr Sabpo. Currier Apdonaug, S. l.. Merchant & Co.
Schr L. b. Wing, Endicot, Great Egg Harbor Captain.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-07-21

C0nueot.ugafst.
Northern Line Packet Company,
Keokuk Packet Company,
Omaha Packet Company,
and Ns"iogs Railroad Line.
Al Memphis Wiui
Memphis and Whit. River Packet Co.,
ArkHnsas hiN,r Packet Company,
Memphis aud ChArisston IA. n
ari missi--ippi = Tsnnes.se -,.E
A. Nirk-hprg With
SsIoo River Packets, aud
Nichsburg aud Meridian RAILROAD.
Giving through hls lad,nr md ticket. 20 an avslat'-
points by rail 90 river.
CHA7 T. HfNpE, General Agent
Ofiice on Mhug.boai
~. sie.pN Ticket .ui Passenger Agent
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The Evrs,wo BuItrris is published every after
aeon. al No IL Tenth Street, (Thornton Bock), by
iobu H. oberly 4 Co., for circulation by carriers,
o.. snen. and The mails.
rnc WEEKLY BULLETIN, large eght-page forty col
ur,n paper. ia issued on Thursday for the mails, and
for sale at our counter and by newsdealers
ss-specmcn copies furnished rRrS. Address, 4
JOHN Il. ORERLY q CO.. Cairo ~, -
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for Cardenas. All these were leaking more or less,
and some had lost masts and spars ALI except the
last mentioned will discharge cargo.
The steamer Imperatrice, from Vera Cruz,
brings still later dates from Mexico. There were
many rumors, some of them claiming to come from
reliable sources that Mexico is on the of
luton. 1t is asserted that the people are disgusted
with the administration of Juarez that the Presi-
dent is controlled by Lerdo de Tejada; that the
government officials act as they please, and that
there is no protection for American residents.
An American was murdered outside the walls of
Vera Cruz shortly before the sailing of the French
steamer. The assassin, although known to the
authorities, was suffered to escape, and arrived at
Havana yesterday. The United States Consul at
Vera Cruz is powerless to obtain justice. The
Mexicans are much ncensed against the United
States, and some of them clamoT for another war.
It was reported that General Alatorre would head
a revolution against Juarez, for the purpose of
placing Poririo Diaz at the head of the republic.
Commercial advces from Jamaica report the
market for sugar there rather animated
LONDON, Jan. THE political news both here
and on the continent is meagre and untmport.
ant TO day.
PARIS Jau. The Sublime Porte has sent
commissioner to this city, asking for a post.
ponement of the Eastern question for eight
days, in order that instructions may be pre-
pared for the representative of the Turki3h
I,nNarnmpnt
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AcclimatizatiOn OF Parrots in England.

Once Week says Mr.. Charles Buxton, M.
p, in paper on the acclimatization of par
rots (Which he read to the British Association
excursionists to Northrepps Hall, Norfolk,
has shown that with due care parrots may be
bred in England, Notwithstanding Mr.. Dar-
wins views to the contrary; and some of the
facts recorded are interesting in more than
one point of natural history. At one time
nearly fifty parrots might be seen about the
grounds OF Northrepps Hall; the number is
now reduced to twenty -four, the reduction
being mainly due to the guns of theil enemies
whenever they left home. Unfortunately,
they are occasionally seized with desire to
See the world, and will then take flight to a
distance of ten or fifteen miles, or even more,
and fIem these flights the flock seldom re-
turns in its original force. In one case
flock flew to place full twenty-five miles
away, and eleven of them were shot. The
history of their breeding is thus described by
Mr.. Buxton:-
"a pair of cockatoos led the way by most
unsuccessfully attempting to make nest in
one of the chimneys; before it was half fin
ished it gave way, and the nest and cockatoos
fell to the bottom. 1t being summer time
they were only discovered after spending
day and night amongst the SCOT, and when
they were brought out they looked like two
dwarf chimney-sweeps." Nothing daunted
by this catastrophe, they made next attempt
IN a box Whlch hau been hung OUTSIDE the
gables of the house, with the hope that it
would be thus used. Two eggs were laid
and carefully sat upon; but, alas the eggs
turned out added. Then came pair of
green parrots, which, making their nest in
box, succeeded in bringing up one
young one; but long before it was tedged
it was cruelty murdered by a cockatoo.
"The year after" says Mr.. Buxton, "this
pair brought up two children; and it was
really beautiful sight to see the family party
| flying about, always together, and living on
the most loving terms. But the mother and
her eldest son were both, unhappily, shot"
This must be regarded as the first real success.
| Afterwards a common white cockatoo, who
had selected very large rose-oolored cockatoo
OF a different species for his bride, scooped out
| a nest in the rotten branch Of an acacia tree,
and this pair brought up two live young birds;
and the following year they repeated the ex-
pertinent even more successfully, and brought
up three young ones, thus making up family
party of seven. Unfortunately, when the next
breeding season occurred (the past summer)
the old birds found their nest preoccupied by
pair of grey parrots, which kept possession
and brought up two young birds. These are
the only cases of breeding mentioned by Mr..
Buxton.