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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-20
PhIIndelnhia Trade Rennrt,

SATURDAY, Feb, 20.-The Flour market is
devoid of animation, and in the absence of any
demand for shipment only 900 barrels were
taken for home consumption, including super.
fine at $5@5'25; 300 barrels extras at SO 5O@7 the
latter rate for choice; Pennsylvania and Ohio
extra family at sS@lO; Iowa. Wisconsin, and
Minnesota do. at $7@7 75; and fancy brands OF
to quality. Rye Flour ls worth S7@7'25 per bbl.
Nothing doing in Corn Meal.
The Wheat market is extremely quiet, the
demand being almost exclusively for prime
lots, which are in small supply; sales of red at
81 75@l'90 for fair and choice; amber al Sl'05;
and white at $2I0@2'20. Rye is steady at 81 55
15S per husnel for Western. Corn Is quiet at
former rates; sales of 1000 bushels yellow at SO
@S9c., ana new white at S5QS7c. Oats more
steady. with sales Of 5000 bushels Western at
74@76c. Nothing doing In Barley or Malt.
Sceds-Cloverseed is in good demand, with
sales at 50 5000; Timothy ranges from SO 750
4. Flaxseed sells TO the crushers at 81 62@2 S.
Bark Is firm at $50 per ton for No Quer-
citrOn,
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.FROM CUBA.
EOlguin Surrounded by Insurgents-
Communication Between Cities Cat OF
The Situation.

EOlgufn Surrounded by Insurgents-
Communication Between Cities Cat OIL
The Situation.
HAVANA. Feb. Is. via Lake City, Feb. l9.-One
Thousand OhasSeurs arrived to- day from Spain
and landed amtd enthusiastic demonstrations.
The DiuTie says General Cespedes and the
greater part of the rebels are within the juris-
diction of Holguin; they draw their supplies
from the hacleGdas
The Spanish forces in arms on the island
number 20 eco men.
AdVires frym HOlglin to the 7th instant have
been received. The communication with the
troops there has been cut off by the Insurgents,
who surround the town and intercept supplies
OF cattle.
Families are flying from Remedies. alarmed
at the approach of the rebels. The telegraph
lines connecting with Havana have been de
stroyed and mails have been captured by the
insurgents.
At JaghaY party of one hundred insurgents
were surprised. Sixty were captured and the
rest dispersed
TIE Insurgents were near Trinidad on the
l7th. They were under the command OF RlOios
and Bravo.
At Cientuegos 1t is reported that the troops
have retaken Manicaragua, with 200 insurgents
prisoners.
Troops have been sent again to Santiago,
Manzanlmo and Bayamo; but operations lave
been suspended by superior orders. and VAL
Inaseda's forces have been divided between
Santiago, Jignani, and Bayamos
Nulanes and others have surrendered them
selves to Valmaseda and asked for permission
to leave the country.
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Louisiana.

We learn from the officers of the Louisiana
Petroleum and Coal OH Company thai in their
explorations for petroleum in the parish Of
Calcasieu in Lhls State, they find increased
Indications of that valuable commodity, the
deeper the work progresses, and at n depth Of
six hundred feet from the surface, which they
attained on the Stn instant. that the foreman
telegraphs increased indication Of OIL, and that
everything is all right. But the most singular
part of the borings is in revealing bed of pure
sulphur at the depth Of four hundred and forty
two feet. The stratum Is about two feet thick,
and for continuous depth of ninety feet the
auger went through strata of sulphur in gray
lime, the latter containing about fifty to
seventy five per cent. OF sulphur, aud Mt times
the auger passed through strata of six to eight
feet of pure sulphur in this gray line.-NeW
Orleans Republican,
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ID E s OIL U tt o N

ID ESOL u T ION
~ OF Request 10 the Legislature of Pennsyl-
Vania not to pass Bali Onartering o Railroad
Company on Twelfth and sixteenth streets,
Whereas, a bill is now before the Legi stature
to charter o company Tor the purpose OF con-
structing Passenger Ratlway on Twelfth and
sixteenth streets, without requiring the assent
OF Councils or OF the citizens residing or Owning
property on said streets;
Al d wh ereas, Such a railway Is not needed
for any public uses, and would appropriate FOR
railway uses the only two streets between the
Delaware river and Eighteenth street nnt
already occupied for railway purposes; be IL
therefore
Resolved, BY the Select and Common Conn-
ellis of the City of Philadelphia That a charter
OF company 10 construct passenger raiiwav
on Twelfth and Sixteenth streets Is not reuuira1
by any public necessity or convenience and
that the bill before the Senate appronriatino
these streets TO railway company is opuOsad tS
the interests and opinions OF the citizens
Resolved. That copy OF the foregoing Draann.
BILE and resolu ution be forwarded to each hranch
OF the Legislature and 10 the Governor
LOUIS WAGNER.
Attest So"AA"AA'
JOHN ECKsTEIN.
CLERK OF Common Council
WILLIAM =. STOKLEY,
approved this sixteenth day OF February
anno Domlni one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-nine "a. d. 1867 ~ "''''
S,a,. DANIEL M. FOX,
"N" Mayor OF Philadelphia,
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The Harrisburg Ie e0raph Of yesterday after
noon says:-
DR.. w. M, jennings, of ritusvlle. on Tuesday
last, teeibg unwell, went to McDonald's drug
store and, ss was his habit on similar occl.
siOns, took goblet and proceeded To- the front
OF the store to obtain some incture of orange
peel. AS he passed behind the counter mis-
attention was attracted by man standing near
The stove, who had engaged him in converse
tion. While answering some casual inquiry
he turned partly towards his questioner, and
as he did SO took down the bottle containing =
tinciure of aconlte. poured into his goblet
nearly an ounce of the poison, and without ex-
RminR the abel replaced the bottle. He then
medlaiely swallowed the preparation at a SIM
gle draught. causing his death In couple OF
bouIs. DR.. Jennings had resided all his life In
the oil regions, where he was universally
known anu esteemed He was born in the
vicinity of Coopertown Ven9nE0 county, whore
his father SIN resides, ana had completed his
thirty y-seVenth year,
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FROM EUROPE.
The Alabama Claims Trs saty-COmments
ON the Recent Action of the Senate
Regrets and Hopes.

The Alabama Claims TrS rSaty-COmments
ON the Recent Action of the Senate
Regrets and Hopes.
BY Atlantic Cable.
LONDON, Feb 2O.-The failure of the United
States Senate to ratify the treaty recently con-
cluded between Clarendon and Reverdy John
son, for the settlement of the Alabama claims,
has elected the following comments from the
London journals OF this morning:-
The Standard (couseryatvel regrets the re-
lection of the convention. after the protracted
and laborious negotiations. Advances for O
new treaty must come from the United States.
England is now unfettered from concessions,
and will only treat hereafter ON terms Of abso-
lutte equality.
The Times says the present treaty has testified
the amity of England, and it's failure does not
endanger the friendly relations between the two
countries, but will rather serve as u warning in
arranging the points of new convention.
The Post tconservative) regrets the rejection
of the treaty only on account of the delay 1t
will occasion in the restoration of friendly re-
lations between Great Britain and the United
States.
GLASGOW, Feb. 20, The Anchor Line steamer
Columbia, from New York, was Off Movilie this
II ornlng.
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9S1~ AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
E-E RNRrd of DLactnIA Of Iha ERA NKI.IN EIR u

sS9 AT SPECIAL MEETING OF The
80 e, Board Of DiIeeto[s % Of ~ The gR4NKLIN FIRE
held at their Office FRIDAY MORNING, February
10, 49, g. the following resolutions were unanimously
adopted
Res olved. That IBIS Board with unfelgnsd feelings
ar ruIy respected President OF this institution.
RI solved. That In the deceRse of CHARLES ".
rreparable loss universally IlstlngnSh ed he
for his unbl9nished character, his high sense of
honor his elevated moral and religious fe aud his
uneguaM8d knowledge OF the bushes OF this COM
pany giving, lie did his faithful and devoted ser.
vices TO it since ls2s-that being the year In which
the corr Grafton was founded by him.
RESOLVED, That this Board sYmDa'hi25 most truly
with the family of the deceAsed with whom they
sincerely Condole in this melancholy bereavement,
the grea' est they could huBtain.
Resolved That this EOnrd VIII pay their last tribute
of respect the venerable deceased by attending hs
funeYSl In q body,
Resolved That the Vice. President be requested 10
Communicate copy OF these resolutions to the
family OF the deceased. IL
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TREASURY RINGS.
what Has Been Paid for the Secret Con-
version of Gold Into GreenbRchS.

The New York journal Of Commerce prints the
following Washington correspondence:-
The nice little arrangements OF these worthless
are likely TO be broken up, leaving only the
pleasant recollectIons of a remunerattve past
10 console them In the future. Senator Conk-
lings bill was reporte from the FINANCE Com
mtItee on the 10Th Instant and will be consi-
dered in the Senate when Sherman's bill is
disposed Of 1t now seems to be the intention
Of both houses to pass bill this session pre-
venting, as do COnkling's 8 and Judd's bills, fur
ther secret sales of gold and bonds.
The bond ed debt of the United States, as 1t
now stands, has been put in and Withdrawn
from the market no less than three times.
Whenever 1t is hinted that the Government In
tend secretly to place upon or secretly with
bonds or gold, the greatest excitement is created
in the money market rendering 1t exceedingly
have known and taken advantage of the real
facts of the case at the time are to-day reveling
in the wealth thus obtained, while the great
mass interested in financial matters have
suffered great inconvenience and loss by
being forced to await the final action of
the Treasury Department in every instance
where such secret sale has been made. In
addition 10 this the premiums or commissions
paid to brokers in the Treasury ring have
amounted to a very large sum. No more COM
missions will be paid after the pending bills
properly stated Tor the Information of the
public, and especially of commercial people In
tanned in aformer letter, prepared the folIowing
detailed statement, the facts of which have been
obtained from the best official sources Dom.
missions paid by the Secretary of the Treasurv
to brokers outside Of his department, on secret
sales, purchases and conversions OF bonds and
gold previous to April 49, 1868, the greater part
since 1861
Commissions paid by the Secretary
of the Treasury to outside brokers
for the secret conversion OF gold
into greenbacks 1921 $4,000
Commissions paid on the secret sale
of q portion of the loan of July IL,
1861 the bulk of the loan being
sold direct by the Secretary COCOON" 36,l09l0
Commissions paid To secret sale
brokers on the conY ersion OF sum
dry securities into the 500 loan
authorized February, 1862. ........ OBS, 1902
Do. 10 40 loan, authorized March, -
9OOipOo 10
Do 520 loan. authorized June, 1864" 45,4S7 90
The entire commission paid to out
side brokers on the conversion OF
various securities into the bonds
authorized March, 1865, Is not
Vious 10 April %, 1868, was. s. -" l8l,256g
Commissions paid To outside bro.
keTs on the conversion OF various
securities into 7'30 bonds of June,
1864, and March, lS65....".....".".,, 1898 Si5I5
Total conversions previous to April
26, " OOf71I4O
Nearly all the last-named 730 bonds have
again been converted into the 500 bonds, au-
thorized March, 1865 OF which $685., ,342 800 have
been issued, but the entire amount OF commits
sions paid TO secret sale brokers for the service
have thus far been unable To ascertain.
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FOURTH EDITION
WASHINGTON.
Suffrage Amendments Now Pend
iDg-PrepariDg for the Next
Census The Cabinet
Offices.
FROM WASHING TON.
Special Despatch TO The EUeni,s0 Telegraph.
Suffrage Amendments.


WAsaNGToN, FEB. 20, The members of the
House judiciary Committee are in conferences
with the Senators who have had charge Of the
proposed suffrage amendment TO the Cousttu'
ton in that body, with view to fixing up
something that will be acceptable to both
branches. 1t is the opinion of Governor Bout
well that satisfactory conclusions will be reached
so that some measure can be got through before
the close of the session. 1t is thought, owever,
that either OF the joint resolutions which have
been before Congress will be successiu.
Tne Next Census.
The committee On the next census had
meeting today and discussed the proposed
bases OF representation, and they will probably
report in favor of increasing the members OF the
House of representatives TO three hundred.
They will make the Census Bureau a seoprate
department, instead OF having 1t, as heretofore,
connected with the United States Marshars
Office.
Financial
the Senate Finance Committee day cou'
sdeIed the supplementary currency act, aud
decided TO strike out Mr.. Coburn's amendment
and either substitute the original Senate bill or
the amendment reported by the House Comuit-
tee on Banking and Currency.
The question as to what action should be
taken on the Tax bill was not decided. The
sentiment of the committee is against any
action on it al this session.
COntCMpt.
The Sergeant-at. Arms was very busy this
nerning hunting up members who were absent
last night when there was call OF the House.
There are about forty recreants, who will be
arraigntd at the bar of tie House at l O'Clock
in accordance with the order passed last night
to show cause Why they should not be held in
contempt for aosentiue themselves without
| leave.
Representation OF Pennsylvania iHa the
Cabinet.
| II is said that the Pennsylvania delegation,
| despairing OF obtaining any representation in
| the Cabinet FROM their own State, owing to the
violent opposition OF various political factions,
| have agreed to throw what influence they may
| have with General Grant in favor of ex sena.or
| Creswrll of Mary land. CresWen is now here,
and hard at work among his friends.
| Absent Members.
| Atl O'Clock the order OF the House made last
| evening, relating to members absent without
| leave, was executed. A large number were
| produced by the seIgeantat-Arms and
a1ragned at the bar. Among them were the
following from usylvania:-H L. Cake and
g. N. Pettis. On motion OF Mr.. Broomall, of
Pennsylvania, all further proceedings under
the call were dispensed with, all fines remitted
and the fees to the Sergeant alarms were
ordered to be paid out of the contingent fund
of The House. These fees will amount TO about
one hundred and fifty dollars.
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DARCY MCGEE.
WhaIen's AccOmplices In the Assassina-
IiOn.


From the Toronto Telegraph. Feb. 10.
Whalen stated that there were two others
engaged in the Internal plot, the carrying out
Of which has forfeited his life, and that he did
not re the shot. This, however was not stated
On the gallows, We enoW have certain evidence
before us which, In very strong sense, confirms
this statement On the northwest corner of
OIConnor and Sparks streets stood building
occupied by Mr.. George Clarke as hotel. A
lady who was boarder in this house, and who
then occupied front room on Sparks street.
recoliects hearing a buggy drive Off from the
front OF the building about or Immediately
after the report of the pistol shot was heard on
the morning of the murder. Now, further past
fhia hotel there was n nee, and the field was
nnen across to Queen street. On Queen street,
fipst IOt east from the corner OF Bank street, is
a smaII two.story frame house. In this build
ine lived Mrs Davidson. little after
nSeiock ON the morning OF the murder she
heard the report OF pistol shot, ana shortly
after her attention was attracted Dy tue sound
Of a hurried footstep coming across tne lot:
Her child being unwell she was awake. anu
went 0uickIy 10 the front window IN doing
M All made q noise by ups citing sm9ll stanu.
This noise attracted the attention OF tne parry
on the street: for on looking out OF the WlnaoW
ahe saw q man standing. or rather pa1siing ~ L0a i
an Instant, and who gave hurrleu anu LILY
glance behind him, as II peerlng lnto tn9 un a. %
hess to discover II he was followe1. ne Snoh
barned. ran across to the west slde OF Dana aa
street, then paused for an instant again loohe1
pAeh' ana then ran hurTtedly ON up bAhk
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Markets by Telegraph

NEW York, Feb fo-Cotton steady and 300 bales sold
at -Four heaXy a. Sne aeGgipg a. soSG barrels
ern s650@266 Calfornia, $685. for DAD, and IS ESQ
10 for new. Wheat heavy and deCllG ed lGD2c; b5OJ
bushels sold, white California aJ SiSJ@gl 81 Corn
duh ard market avoFs buyers sales OOJ bushels
sales Of q et0 bu!hss Western at 7'@76e, Beef
lower; steam, l944GlsI6c. Whisky heavy.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-stoCks steady. Gold, 1885,
1865 l12: new llOS; 1867, ll0a; l04Os lO97. Virginia
6s x; Missouri 6s S74; Canton Company, so; Oum-
ing, s226 Hudson River lsGll Michigan Central, us;
iand aud Pittsourg, 9S2S Cleveland aud Toledo lO5;
Chicago and Rock Island. l271s Pittsbarg and Fort
RILTIMoRR. Feb 20 -Cottoa very dun and nomi.
naiy 2s4C, Flour outlet and steady. Wheat very
gg8c yellow s5@s7o Oats and Rye unchanged. Pork
Gulet vt sgS So Bacon quiet; rib sides. 17360l7Ic
clear Sides, l8h @lSAc shoulders l5}s@l51l1, Hams
2Oc Lard quiet at 2ic.
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LTTLER.
A RemInIscence OF Early Days.

m ItVEHIHI5UVWC5 Oh IstEIJ HUJ5'
The explanations and qualifications made
by Butler TO take Off the edge OF his Wednes-
days tnsolence, remind one of that early legis.
lative experience of his--his quarrel with
Speaker Bliss, of the Massachusetts House of
representatives, many years ago. The occa-
sion OF his rage then was decision OF the Chair,
pressed o wish to "knife the old cuss," as he
elegantly expressed It, Being called TO account
ior sncn language, he declared he only wanted
" Ahile tnS speakers decislon," which ls q
very harmless, If not very intelligibe
amusement Mr.. schenck's support OF
General bWter, and his renestiQns on
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FIFTH EDITION
THE LATEST NEWS.
Gerald Eaton Respited by the Gov
ernOr-The Coming Inaugu-
ratiOn-The Alabama
Treaty.
Speoia, Despatoh to TAe EOentnO 7s,o oOrapA.



hos passed the iolnt resolution postponing for
three hours the time fixed for the meeting of
the House OF Representatives Of the Eorty.frst
Congress. The object is to allow the members
OF the House to participate in the inauguration
which takes place en- the 4th of March. These
ceremonies take pace at noon; and should the
House meet as now provided by law, 1t would,
at the time, be engaged in electing its officers.
1t will not, therefore, meet till p. Al.
The Tenure Of-O Office Act.
The Senate spent long time to-day wrangling
over what order of business should be taken up,
Finally a majority were found in favor of
tabiag up the bill repeating the Tenure. Of Office
act. The vote will be very close, but the i'm.
preston is that the Senate will ultimately pass
the bill as II came from the Senate.
The President
has noifed his friends that he will veto any
modification of it.
Despatch to the Associated Press.
More of JOhusOn's HALFWAY VetOes.
WASHINGTON, Feb, 20.-The following bills
and joint resolutions having been presented to
the President on the 9Th instant, and not having
been returned by him within the constitutional
limit of ten days Sundays excepted), have
become laws:-
Bill appropriatipg $50, 600 for the temporary
relief of the poor and destitute people of the
District of Columbia.
Resolution relative 10 the recent contract
for stationery for the Department of the Int.
rior. 1t suspends payment to Dempsey d
C'Toole.
EResolution respecting the provisional govern
ments of Virginia, Texas, and Mississippi. This
provides that persons holding Offices in these
states who cannot take or subscribe to an oath
of office accord ng to the previous act of Con-
gress shall, on the passage of this resolution,
be removed therefrom; and ii shall be the duty
of the different commanders to fill the vacancies
so created by the appointment of persons who
can take the oath: provided that the provisions
of this resolution shall not apply to persons who
by reason of the removal of their disabilities as
provided in the fourteenth article of amend
ment to the Constitution, shall have qualified
| for office.
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Mr.. CiIfax, go to show that there il
some truth in Lne story (which we hoped was a
fabricatioh) of growing hostility towards the
Incoming administration on the part of some
of the leading Republican IN members OF Con-
gress. They evidently disirust Grant aud
mean to make combination against him; but
not venturipg asyet to attack him openly, they
show their tllwlll towards Mr.. Colfax his assS.
clate on the ticket and his intimate friend
This is after the fashion OF the small boy, who
said, when angry with his school fellow, al
don't care; If / can't lick you | can MAKE mn
faces at your sister" But q 3lfax, as we'll as
Grant, can afford to smile at their suspicious
and their ill-nature.- -SDrp1fteEd Republican,
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FROM BALTIMORE.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph,
Denth of an Old Merchant

BALTIMORE Feb. 2O.-Charles A. Gambrill,
ore of our most prominent, opulent, and re-
spected merchants, the owner of the Patapsco
Touring mills. and the most extensive miller in
the State, formerly President of the Corn and
Flour Exchange, died this morning of diabetes
after several weeks illness. He leaves large
estate, and will be deeply missed. The Board
of Trade and Corn and Flour Exchange appro~
priately notice his demise.
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From st. Louis.

ST.. LOUIS Feb. 2O.-An examination of the
books of White & Erickson and Thurmond d
Co., tobacconists, discloses the fact that the
former failed to report to the United States
revenue officer sales to the amount of 5000
pounds of tobacco, on which there is due the
Government tax and penalty of $21, 900; aud
that Thurmond & Co. sold rs. 500 pounds more
than they returned, and that they owe tha
Government tax and penalty Of $26, 500.
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street toward the woods. This man is described
as tall, having light trowsers and dark
coat, and wore n beard on the chin
a goatee. Now, this really does compare favor
ably with Wbalen's statement, and ts also COZ.
roborated by that of LRcroix, who, IL Wlu pe
remem bered said he saw a man run OIL IN s snns
direction. Public opinion points very str0ngy GE
to the person who drove to Aylmer as oelnR
one OF the other two to whom Whalen reIers;
and the third, we are informed, VINO answers
Mrs Davidson's description, could YET DC ar
rested. Be this as 1t may, there 1s evIuenbiy
screw loose yet, or yarn In the skeln 10 De
nm lnd-
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From Minnesota

ST. PAUL, Mnn.. Feb. 2O.-Detective Sergeant
OF Boston, and City Marshal Fitt OF Newbury--
port, Mess, have arrested Leonard Choate, the
alleged incendiary, and terror of Newburyport
for many years. 1t is estimated that over fifty
buildings, including four churches have been
burned by him.