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NEW YORK.
The Excise LAw-Sympathy for the
Cuban Insurgents.

The excise LAW-Sympathy for the
Cuban Insurgents.
NEW YORK, April ia mass meet
ing Of Germans was held at the Stsdt
Theater yesterday for the purpose of CIV
ing expression to the German sentiment
in regard to the proposed amendments to
the excise law. About $500 persons
were present, representatives of various
clubs or societies, numbering at least
5000 voters. The meeting was adj
dressed by Mr.. luxembourg, formerly
Charge de'Affairs to Mexico, and by Mr..
GosS.
Henry Arcularius, formerly promi>
nent Democratic politician of this city,
died SUDDENLY at the Park Hotel.
Deputy Sheriff Moran plead guilty Of
permitting the escape of King, the bond
robber, and will be sentenced to- morrow.
In the United States Circuit Court
suit was brought te~day by John and
Emma Perry, Of Connecticut, against the
Erie railroad to recover the amount of
dividends on sixty-four shares of pre-
ferred stock purchased by them. and
to compel said company to make state
ment of its financial affairs.
Both branches of the City Council to-
day adopted resolutions expressing sym~
pathy with the Cuban patriots.
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CUBA
Threatened COnfscafiOn-Heayy Re
ports from Spanish Sources.

Threatened COnfiscafiOn-HeaVy He
ports from Spanish Sources.
KEY WEST, April IA private letter
has been received here from a reliable
source In Havana, in which it says the
government intends to confscate the pro-
perty Of all suspected parties. The
writers urge Cubans now in the United
States, to lose ne time IN placing their
property in the hands of foreigners.
HAVANA, April 1.-THE Diario re-
ports that the insurgents at Signori de-
capitated a young girl and shot two
others.
Brig. Gen. Tetonia, of the Spanish
army, has arrived at Havana.
Gen. Dulce, at a recent meeting of
officers, made speech, in which he
highly complimented the volunteers for
their courage and zeal.
The Diaro says the woods surrounding
Puerto Principe have been set on fire,
and adds that the troops will soon clear
the vicinity ofrebels.
Many small bands of insurgents are
operating near Ciencio Villas. Their
numbers are Increasing in the vicini-
ty of Santiago de Cuba, and it is
supposed they are going to Cinco Villas,
where they will mass their forces. This
movement is thought explains the recent
disappearance of the Rebels from the
jurisdiction of Jiguayo. A report was in
circulation yesterday that Aspedes had
been captured, but it proves to be un>
founded.
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Foreign Ministers and Ihe
Pacific Observation-Disclosures Exempt
ed from Taxes,
NEw YORK, April l2.-The Herald
states that Gen. Sickles has accepted the
Mexican mission rendered him some
days since by the President. His name
will probably be sent into the Senate for
confirmation to-day.
The Times says large batch of noms
nations, mostly for foreign appointments,
will be sent to the Senate by the Presi-
dent to-day.
Many leading appointments, such as
Motley for England, Curtin for Russia,
Shellabarger for Portugal and Sickles for
Mexico, haze been agreed on for some
time, but withheld till the larger part OF
Of the foreign list was adjusted, as the
number Of tirst-class men applying for
the various positions rave been such
that there has been great difficulty in
making the selections SO as to suit all the
considerations of merit geographical To-
cation and political preference.
The Tribune states both the officers Of
the Union Pacific and Central Railroads
have decided not TO haye any opening OF
any excursion over the road this summer
for the reason that it viii take all theiI
time and rolling stock to do the legiti
mate business over the road to get il il
flrst class condition, as everything so fal
is pushed to an early construction. They
have given all members of Congress FREE
passes over the roads, which are good fo
one year.
Assessor Aebster's war on the broker
was summarily wound up on Saturda,
by the new Commissioner, Mr.. DelanC
who sent a telegram to Collector Shook
of the third district, containing instruc
tions which virtually exempt the broker
from taxes, which if collected woult
amount TO ten millions year.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
Proceedings In the senate

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE Senate
met at noon, Mr.. Anthony presiding.
Messrs. Hamlin and Anthony were APP
pointed committee to inform the PRESS
Dent that the Senate was ready for bus
mess, and an order adopted to meet at
IL O'Clock.
The standing committees continue as
at the last session.
The Senate then went into Executive
session.
After about two hours spent in execu-
tive session the doors were reopened and
Mr.. Hamilton, from the committee ap-
pointed to wait on the President, res
ported they had performed that duty,
and the President replied he would send
in a communication Immediately, and
others as occasion might require. A
number of nominations were then re-
ceived and the doors again closed.
Senate adjourned at $3.50.
The following nominations were sent
in to-day
j. Lathrop Motley, Minister to
England Leopold Markbreste, of Ohio,
Minister Resident at Bolivia; j. R. Part~
ridge, of Maryland, Minister to Mica
ragua w. A. Pile, ofMissouri, Minister to
Venezuela J. R Jones, Of Ohio, Minis
ter to Belgium; John S. Carlisle, ofWest
Virginia, Minister 10 Stockholm; j. R.
Clay, of Louisiana, Minister Resident
and Consul General to Siberia; R. C.
Kirk, of Ohio, Minister Resident to Ar"
gentine Republic; S. A. Hurlbut, Minis
ter to Bogato; L. A. Hudson, colored, Of
Iowa, Minister, Resident to Gutamala;
E. D. Bassett, colored. Of Pennsylvania,
Resident and Consul General to
Hayti; Andrew G. Curtin, of Pennsyl-
vania, Minister to Russia; Jno. j. Jay, of
New York, Minister to Austria; L. P.
Evans, United States Marshal Eastern
District Tennessee; w. G. Whipple, At
.orney General East Arkansas. Assessor |
If Internal Revenue, f. w. Sparkling
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INDIANA.
Reelected Democrats Again In the
Legislature

Reelected Democrats Again in the
Legislature.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 12-The boiling
members of the House appeared this
afternoon and were sworn in and the
House completed their organization by q
resolution continuing the officers and
employees of tho regular session. After
the passage of the resolution, Speaker
Stanton rendered his resignation as
Speaker of the House, and Hon. G. A.
Buskurk, Republican, of Monroe county,
was elected Speaker.
On motion Of Mr. Pierce, Republican,
of Parker county, q resolution was
adopted postponing action on the fif.
teenth amendment until Tuesday lth of
May.
In the Senate there was no quorum
until after the passage Of the resolution
in the House pOstponing action on the
amendment question, when the Demo-
cratic members appeared and qualified,
and the regular business of the session
was commenced.
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CHICAGO.
Singular SUieide-ReassSmbli Ofthc
Legislature.

Singular SHiciGIe-ReRsssmblt Ofthc
Legislature.
CHICAGO, April ia somewhat noted
character named K. L. 0ttman, com.
mitted suicide last night or this morning,
in basement saloon corner Madison
and Clark streets, in peculiar manner.
lie was discovered at about 8 o'clOck this
morning lying on his back on a table in
the saloon directly under a common gas
chandelier, from one of the burners Of
which rabber tube extended
into his mouth. Under his head
was a cigar and over his face was
spread coat probably to prevent the
escape Of gas from his mouth. When
discovered he was found dead although
it is asserted that during the sitting Of
the coroner's jury, which was called
Immediately after the body was discoV-
cred, there were signs of life, but no at
tempt was made to resuscitate him.
There seems to be 10 doubt that Ottoman
committed suicide in the manner named
The Legislature Of this State will re-
assemble on Wednesday next, after a
recess of nearly five weeks. 1t is not
anticipated that any new business will
be inaugurated, but simply pass upon
the bills which the Governor has vetoed
Snow fell at Ottawa, Illinois, forty
miles southwest of this city, to the depth
of four inches this morning. II also
showed at Springfield, Illinois, yester
day, and this morning, quite large
quantity falling, but melting as it fell.
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NEW SERIES --No.I94

moor IN the main corridor eff the
laL he lies upon mattrass, with
ms head supported upon pillows.
one foot chained securely to an iron
staple in the floor, a verV strong
leathern strap passes over his bod Y
and is fastened to the floor for the
purpose Of securing him during his
paroxysms. Iron staples have
been driven in the floor on each
side of him at about the hight of
his arms, and one or the other
wrist is fastened to ono Of these all
the time by means of a handeuff
and a chain. Every hour or two
the handcuff and hobble are chang
ed to the other hand and foot to
prevent WEAKNESS.
During Wednesday night he
rested pretty well until about 8
o'clock in the morning, and then
for two hours he struggled terribly
to free himself from restraint. AT
ter this paroxysm had passed by,
ne was comparatively quiet up to
dark last night. Friday morning
the deputy sheriff had a converse
ton with him, in which the pris-
oner spoke freely of the deed he
had committed. BE stated in sub
stance that ne first struck his, wife
with grub hoe, down near the
bars; that. she screamed terribly |
and fought him, but that he finally |
knocked her down with the ak,
and then stabbed her nine times; |
after which he carried her to the
granary, where her body was
found; that the screams of his wife
aroused Maggie, his eldest child,
and she ran out of the house. He |
SAID he had hard work to kill Mag |
gle, she struggled so hard, but that
he killed the others easily.
The statements that the prisoner
has made have all been drawn out
of him by questioning, and they
are incoherent and in some parts |
contradictory. He certainly at |
times knows something about what
he had done, and always persists in
saying l have killed them, but he |
has never yet given a detailed |
statement of the whole affair and
probably never will be able to do
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The Secretary of the Navy has made
official recognition of the heroic conduct
of a young midshipmsn, F. B. M. Mason,
not long since member Of the Naval
Academy at Indianapolis, who saved the
lives Of two enlisted men in the harbor
of Rio de Janeiro, on the Sth Of February
last. The men had been imprisoned in
the launch of the United States flagship
Guerrero, Commander Woolsey, and
jumped overheard to escape, but see>
ing one about drowning, young Mas on
plunged into the water and rescued him,
and the other being also then about to
drown he again plunged in and rescued
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MEMPHIS ITEMS.

The subjOined paragraphs are copied
from the Memphis Sun of Saturday last
A Velocipede with two riders made its
appearance on the streets yesterday.
DIR. T. II. Todd, of Whites Station, on
the Memphis and Charleston road, aged
I'll, died last Thuraday night.
Mr.. Thomas McBride's house, on Walls
nut street, with all the furniture, was
entirely consumed by fire yesterday.
Judge Trigg has concluded to refer the
Keno" question to Judge Swayne, Cir
cult Judge, now at Washington sitting
on the Supreme bench.
At a meeting of the committee Of ar
engagements for the johnson reception
yesterday, it was resolved to give Mr..
JohnsoR banquet at the OVerton Hotel.
The war Of the Roses still continues.
1t seems to be conceded that the Radical
household is pretty effectually divided,
and that Hunter is in the ascendant. The
scramble is over the CHARACTERISTIC.
The steamer Bermuda was sold at
MarshaPs sale yesterday, to Capt. Chas.
Church, for So, $50 with the understands
ing that claim of $4,000, now in litiga-
ton, may be decided against the steamer
Mr.. George Nelson, the gentleman
whose hand was SO badly injured in The
Bradley block tragedy, is improving
rapidly, and will soon recover the use OF
his hand.
1t is calculated that sixteen thousand
bales of the cotton now in this city is the
property of merchants and spectators
most of whom purchased from planters in
the interior at rates above the present
market. The cotton thus owned is worth
nearly two millions of dollars.
The beautifully knit Afghan, manu-
featured by Miss Jennie Pickett, and
dor ated by lottery at the tablsax last
night, was drawn by the little daughter
of Jesse Page, Esq. The lucky nuns
Der was 1913.
Nearly twenty>four thousand bales OF
cotton is now on hand here. 1t is worth
over two and half millions of dollars, al
present prices. A nice little sum to dis
tribute among the people.
The mighty Mississippi is still on the
! rise, and fears are expressed that ar
overflow is imminent. Already The
water is over the banks in many places
The news from above.is not encouraging
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FrLLIBUsTERING.
Armed Expeditions to Aid the CnbaI
Insurgents.

Insurgents.
New YORK, April l2-The Post says
it Is reported that fast sailing propeller
of about 700 tons left this port few
days ago to aid the Cuban insurgents. 1t
is said that after she left port a number
of guns were put on board. She took
100 men, nearly all of them Americans.
The Cuban Junta held meeting at
the Julian hotel to-day to hear the re-
port of Senior Rinez, who has just re-
turned from Washington.
The report and proceedings of the
Junta were kept secret, and it is intima-
ted that strong expedition in aid of the
Cuban revolutiOnists has set sail from
Southern port under command of a
distinguished American officer.
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A WASHINGTON letter says: "One Of
the most spirited contests while it lasted
was that which took place between Gen.
Sherman and Secretary Rawlins. The
General, who is nothing if not autocratic
in his instincts and acts, wished to abb
sorb the entire war office in his person.
To this Rawlins emphatically objected.
He said he did not take the portfolio Of
war for the mere purpose of being an
ornamental fgure>head to Gen.. Sher~
mans little arrangement. The results
are that the order directing the chiefs Of
bureaus to report to Gen. Sherman are
rescinded; very bitter feeling between
the new Secretary and the General, and,
lastly, GOODNESS between the President
and Gen. Sherman. 1t is stated that
this littls fasco has had more effect in
disgusting the President with his newly
acquired honors than anything that has
yet occurred to him."
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A WRITER in tho Ohio Farmer SAYS
that after the horse is nine years old a
wrinkle comes on the eyelid, and every
year thereafter he has an additional well
defined wrinkle on the same spot. If,
for instance, horse has three wrinkles
he is twelve, if four he is thirteen. Add
the number Of wrinkles to nine and you
will always get the age. As a good
many people have horses over nine, it is
easily tried.
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MEM PHIS.
The Coming Races-SuIcIde

MEMPHIS, April l2.-Six prominent
stables arrived for the spring meeting On
the 10Th inst. Several others are
exnected to morrow from New Orleans.
Wm. Mcnamara committed suicide
this afternoon by laudanum while safer
ing with delirium tremens.
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VIRGINIA.

The Election BilI-The Meat That
Makes Wells Eat.
RICHMOND, April l2.-Gov Wells this
morning addressed a large Republican
meeting, giving history of the passage
of the election bill by Congress, and att
tributing much of the success to his own
eXertions in its behalf.
Gen. StOneman, with the Twenty first
Infantry, left to-day for Baltimore, en-
route for California
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FUTMAN's Monthly Magazine has
had an cid hoax palmed upon it for new
one. The well known poem of the burr
al of Sir John Moore is compared with
certain old poems, and a plagiarism
alleged. But the "old" poems were
written after the lines on MOore's burial,
by writer in BentleyS Magazine.
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In competition with Historian Motley
for the English mission, appears the his
torically memorable name ofJohn Jay,
with probabilities in favor of the former.
Jay is supposed to represent the phase of
public sentiment which demands active
and vigorous treatment of the Alabama
matter, and is furthermore said to have
hankering after the Canadian and other
British provinces OF the new Dominion.
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The prospects for a fruit crop in the
West are becoming better as the season
advances. The peach crop of Michigan
this year will be the largest ever gathered,
and in Southern Illinois the late frosss
only killed off the superfuous buds,
which could be spared.-6. Louis
Democrat, AprR 10.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-04-13

THE New York Evening Mail says
Chinese jewelry recently introduced is
daily increasing in popularity among the
ladies, and that the spring style for gem
tlemen differ very little from those of
last season.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-04-13

JOSEPH JEFFERSON is to get twenty-five
hundred dollars week for acting Rip
Van Wrinkle at Booths theater in New
York. This is playing to some purpose.
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CUBAN ExrLEs "A large number of
wealthy Cubans have arrived in Wash
ington from Havana, not deeming it safe
to remain on the island any longer.
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THE Boston Post enviously says:
philadelphia feels nice, because Mrs.
Grants piano came from there"
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by telegraph.

CHICAGO, April 1.-THE st. Paul
Press of yesterday says that Gray,
the insane murderer of his wife and
four children, has been removed
from the cell where he was first
confined, and is now fastened to the
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POLITICAL.

AppOiD tmeRts and Combinations
Foreign MInisters-COuEress and the
Pacific RRtIrORds-BrOkeFs Exempt
ed from Taxes,
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-09-19
TIE XVIII AHEHDNEuT.

The proposition Of the last Congress
that NO native or naturslized citizen o.
United States shall henccforth be de-
prived BY any State of the Right Of
Suffrage because Of his race or color,
10 emphatieally . measure of pacifes-
ton. 1t is . practical confession Of
the force, OF At least the plausibili,y, Of
. sharp Southern criticism on the Re-
publican National Platform on which
Grn. Grant was nominated-thatth the
North proposed to impose Negro Suf-
frage on the South, but rejected it for
herself. 1t is = correction of existing
anomalies utterly incompatible with
genuine republicanism. And it will put
An end 20 q senseless, fruitless, irritat-
ing, damaging controversy, and enable
our People TO give paramount it not
undivided attention to great questions
Of fiscal sod industrial progress which
imperstively demand undis,rac,ed and
thorough consideration. There is not
. county in the Union which would not
be enriched, hardly . farm, forest or
watsr-pewer, that would not have its
value increased, by a speedy ratification
Of the pending XVIII Amendment.
1t 10 announced from Washington
that the records of the State Depart
ment show that this Amendment has
been
Completely Ratified by-North Carolina.
West Virrinia. Massachusetts, Wisconsin,
Maine, Louisiana, Michigan, South Carolina.
Penns, lv.nia, Arkansas, Connecticut.
Florida-l2
In.perfectly ratified by-Missouri. Kan
Rejected by-Delaware, Kentucky-2
-Th,s list IS grossly Incomplete. New
York has ratified, though our Demo
critic State officers may have withheld
the evidence of this fact from the State
Department. New Hampshire, Nevada,
Indiana, have certainly ratified; and
We supposed tina, Minnesots, Iowa,
Illinois, Nebraska, and Alabama. had
done likewise. Vermont will ratify
soon after her Legislature meets next
and Rhode Island, We are as
sur~d, will do likewise in November.
But these, With the errors in Mis-
souri, and Kansas corrected will but
,vell the list of ratifying States to IS,
and four more are needed -N. y. Ti- |
bune.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-09-19

SuxTLowERs AND BEAss.-Tbe Pitts.
field (Msss.) Eagle says . good story
il told of an amateur agric ulturist, 1iv.
ing not . thousand miles from Berk.
shire county, who was advised BY one
Of his neiehbors TO plant sunflowers
with his beans in order to obviste the
task of polling. He followed the advice;
10 due course of time beans and sun
flowers came up aud waxed strong. the
beans coiling around the sunflower
stalks beautifully, and he congratula-
ted himself on the fact that be had dis
covered an effec,ual method of raising
beans without being driven to the disa-
greeable necessity of carrying bean
poles from the forest. But his beans
were raised out of the soil, roots and
all, in few weeks, by the rapid growth
of his new fashioned bean poles, and
hung whitening between heaven and
earth.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-09-19

TIE latest story of progress in Hin
dostan has a certain grim picturesque
ness which is almost humor. The great
festival OF Juggernnut was held At Sc
rampyre in July. We all know what
this used to be-for is it not in all the
missionary story books and pictorial
Biographies ?-.he priests npon the
platforms of the huge cars dancing and
shouting, hundreds of worsh'pptrs pull
ling at the ropes. and crazy devotees
finging themselves beneath the wheels.
This year the crowd attracted by the
spectacle was small. The cars were
dragged q shor, distance, By hired men /,
and then left half in Q muddy ditch,
with tho idols still in them and the
flags flying. When the priests urged
the people to pull, the irrev-rent Popu-
lace cried out, Why don't you come
down and pull yourselves p Nobody
was crushed, nobody was hurt, and only
three men go. drunk?
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-09-19

No Secretary Of the Treasury, since
the beg,nniog Of the Government, has
more estirely secured the confidence Of
the country than George 8. Boutwell,.
With rare exceptions the Democratic
papers speak of him respectfully. and
without exception the Republican
papers honor him. We have noticed
many opposition compliments to him.
and the following from . late number
of the New Haven Register, q leading
Democratic Journal, explodes one of thu
shallowest criticisms npon his policy:
1, may no, be out of place TO protest
against The statement of some journnI-
that the debt has increased some three
hundred millions during the past few
months. These journals say that be-
cause the price Of bonds has increased,
therefore the amount which We owe
has increased. We regard this as very
silly. We owe about tsen'y five hun
dred millions. If ,hese bonds could
be purchased in Wall street, for fifty
cents on the dollar, We should not owe
any less If Jones gives his note for
81 900. but has so poor credit that il
eaa be purchased for $500, We fail TO
see how be would owe any less. Should
his credit improve he would still owr q
81 900, ami no more. We see no rea-
Sou Why the same should not be true
Of the public debt. The Secretary
rlai:ns to have decreased the debt,
since the 6.s. Of March. about 6f'v mil
ions. We bope thai this is correct. III
he will pay of the whole debt We shall
~, find fault sbuut it. The more the
lent il decreased the better the people ,
; i'll Ike it.