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CUBA.
DipIOmatic Correspondence-The Speakman
and Wyeth Executions.

Diplomatic Correspondence-The Speakman
and Wyeth Executions.
The full correspondence between Secretary
Fish and Minister Roberts on the Cuban busi-
ness has just been published. We take from 1t
the following account of the execution OF
Messrs. Speakman and Wyeth, as sent by
General Sickles to the Secretary OF State;-...
1t appears that Charles Speakman, a citizen
of the United States, residing in Aurora, Ind,
where he has wife and child, being by occupa-
tion sailor, about the end OF April shipped as
seaman on board the schooner Grapeshot, of New
York, signing articles for Falmouth, in Jamaica,
in good faith, knowing nothing of the objects of
the voyage. While lying in the lower bay of
New York the tug-boat which was to tow the
Grapeshot to sea arrived at midnight, bringing
some fifty armed Cubans, with considerable
supply of munitions of war. Speakman objected
to continuing the voyage, and desired to return
to the city in the propeller; but the captain
assured him that, although he had taken the
Cubans on board he would not risk his vessel
by attempting to run the Spanish blockade but
would proceed at once to Falmouth, land the
Cubans and go for cargo of fruit. When off
Cape Maysi the Cubans took charge of the YES
sell ran her ashore and disembarked.
Speakman, who had a quarrel with the cap
tain about the engagement, was forcibly put on
shore with the Cubans. They were soon at
| tackled by the Spanish troops, routed, and dis
He took the first opportunity to give himself up to
the Spanish authorities, and on the 10th of June
| was brought to Santiago, subjected to private
| examination before the Fiscal, in the presence
| of an interpreter, and condemned to death i'm
mediately:. The Consul of the United States
made application to the Governor of the place
| by letter to grant reprieve of few days to
| enable Speakman to obtain from Jamaica the
| proofs necessary to establish his innocence.
| The letter of the Consul was never answered.
He then, in company with the English
| Vice-Consul, made a personal application
to the Governor. The Governor replied
that his orders were positive alluding to Cap.
tain General Dulce's proclamation of the oath of
| March, 1869, and added that owing to the dis
sensions prevailing in the Spanish forces, the
dissatisfaction of the Catalan volunteers and the
danger of a counter revolution against himself,
it would be entirely impossible 70 grant even
executed on the morning of the 18th June,
within fourteen hours after he was f.D brought G e
cial reports of the Acting United States Consul
DIR. Phillips, Admiral Hof, and the dying state
ments of Spealman, and of those who were ex'
ecuted with him, who united in declaring his in
nocence of all completely in the objects of the
expedition. N
And il further appears that Albert Wyeth, Of
Pennsylvania, young man OF only twenty year,
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JAIL DELIVERY.

Two NOtOrious !cs.a !Rsspsr9YsG'es Escape from
The Chicago Republican of January IL has
the following:-
About O'clock last evening two notorious
rufians confined in cell No. 80 OF the County
Jail effected their escape from that institution
OF the escaped prisoners, John O'Brien was in
carcerated for burglarizing house on Wabash
avenue of 800 worth of plate last summer
and the other, Thomas Kilcore, alias Jones,
was confined for assaulting and robbing man
on Kinzie street last September. The last-men-
toned ruf1ian was held under 100000 bail. The
escape was undertaken and effected in sig
nally bold and expert manner. Just pre-
soDes S0es to Soeng up number .es o pT
engaged In carrying water to the
different cells; the occupants of No. 80, taking
advantage of the confusion, "pried" open the
lock of their apartment with an iron hook which
was used for hanging clothes upon. Having
succeeded in opening their cell door, with the
cognizance, doubtless, of their fellow-captives,
the two men stole along the corridor leading
eastward and terminating in the scaffold re-
Gently erected for the contemplated execution
of Daniel Walsh. On the south side of the
platform, which is erected about three feet above
the floor, some planks were left off affording
an entrance into the basement; leading through
an enclosed doorway into the new left wing of
the courthouse. When the fellows had rxanaged
to get all clear one of the prisoners informed
Jailor Stone of the escape effected by the two
desperadoes. That officer instantly gave the
alarm, but, as matter of course, without avail
- the birds had flown, and up to the latest ac-
counts had not been recaptured.
The frequency OF such escapes from places of
confinement in this city tends to show lack of
capabihty somewhere. Either the prisons are
improperly constructed, or the guard placed
over prisoners is insufficient. One man placed
in the jailors office cannot If he would, prevent
such escapes that of last evening. The
County Jail is pre-eminently conspicuous the
most insecure of all the leaky prisons with
which Chicago is afflicted.
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rhiIadeIpr,Ia Trade Report,

THURSDAY, Jan. 1S.-The Flour market is duh, and
in the absence of any demand for shipment only a
few hundred barrels were taken in lots by the local
trade at "a 42b@4bO for supernne s476@5 for extras
s5a6 for low grade and choice Iowa, Wisconsin,
and Minnesota extra family; s5@6T6 for Pennsyl-
vania do do s5T5@e25 for Indiana and Ohio do. do.
and s66O@750 for fancy brands, according to
quality. Rye Flour may be quoted at s5 per barrel.
There is no Improvement to notice In the Wheat
market and prices are weak Sales OF prime Penn
syvania red at 81 270s1 and fair and good do do
at 81 25@1 26. Rye is quoted at 81 for Western and
Pennsylvania. Corn Is active at the late decline !;
sales OF old yellow at 81 OF and 12O0l bushels new
do. at S6@SSc. Oats are inactive $500 bushels
Western and Pennsylvania at b4a<b6c. Nothing
doing in Barley or Malt.
Seeds-Cloveiseed is less active and lower; l50
bushels sold at SS@S12H. Timothy Is steady at
s4'Tba5 Faxseed sells in small way to the
crushers at 80 20@226.
Bark-The last sale of No. Quercitron was $50
u ton.
Whisky is firm; 20 barrels lron-bound Western
sold at 81 l03S1O5
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o. age, end very respectfully connected, sailed
in the same schooner Grapeshot at Falmouth,
jamaica, for the benefit of his health. On learn
ing the real destination of the schooner he ener-
getically protested against taking part in the
enterprise. When the expedition disembarked
he was forced TO land with the Cubsns, and took
the first opportunity to surrender himself to the
Spanish authorities. He was shot on the 21st of
June, and so far as can be ascertained, without
even the pretense of trial. The acting Consul
of the United States, in personal interview
with the Governor, urged in vain the extreme
youth of the prisoner, his respectable social
standing, and his innocence of any criminal in
tent, as reasons for Communication or reprieve
of the sentence.
Admiral Hoff, in his report to the Navy De-
partment, which is accompanied by all the evil
dence necessary TO support his conclusions de-
clares that these men were sacrificed through
'the weakness OF the Spanish official at this city
Santiago de Cuba) in yielding to the demands
of the Catalan volunteers, and of misconstruing
or acting upon the cruel decree of the oath of
March, 1862" In this opinion, aud the forcible
language in which 1t is expressed, the President
fully concurs, and the undersigned is instructed
to demand of the Spanish government full repa-
ration to be made to the families or representa-
tives of the said Charles Speakman and Albert
Wyeth, in so far as pecuniary compensation can
make reparation for these unjusti6able homi-
cides.
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THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
Plans for the New Department Building

The plans for the new State Department
building, prepared by Messrs. A. b. Mullett,
Supervising Architect of the Treasury Depart
ment, and Edward Clark, Architect in charge of
the Capitol Extension, have been approved by
the commission, consisting of Secretaries Fish,
Belknap Cox, and General Mcher, appointed
to examine the same and select site for the
building. 1t has not yet been determined of
what materials the new buildings will be con-
structed, though it is probable that granite will
be selected. 1t will have a front of 200 feet and
q depth of %, and be of the French Renaissance
style. The general design consists of q centre
pavilion, with wings three stories high and Man
sard roof. At each corner of the building there
will be a pavilion of three intercolumnia-
tions, and carriage porch on either
end. The extreme height of the building in the
centre will be 95 feet to the main cornice 1t will
be So feet; and to the top of the attic story 70
feet. terrace balcony will extend along the
main front by the suite of rooms for the secre-
tary on the second floor. The centre pavilion
will be crowned with pediment having sculp-
tured composition in the tympanum. There will
be about fifty rooms in the building, besides a
number of rooms in the fourth or attic story for
flies and number in the basement for heating
apparatus, etc. There will be two halls in the
building, lengthwise with stairs at entry end,
and the other crossways. An octagonal rotunda
occupies the centre, and around this Will be
grouped the water-closets, bathrooms, etc.
ample ventilation for which will be secured In
the supporting piers of the rotunda. The build
ing viii be entirely fre-proof, with tile floors,
iron roof, and slate covering.
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ARCTIC EXPLORATION.
Letter to Captain Hall from the Bremen COM
mittee of the German Polar Expedition.
Tho follow;np communication will eyDloin

Letter to Csptain Hall from the Bremen Com
The following communication will explain
itself:-
BREMEN, Dec. 30, 1S69.--To Captain Charles
Francis Hall, Arctic Explorer, New York
Honorable Sir:-As Secretary of the Bremen
Committee of the German Arctic Exploring Ex-
pedition, have the honor to send you herewith
a short account of the plan of our expedition,
which left Bremen and the German shores on
the 18th of June, 1869, in two ships, steamer
and sailing vessel. presume that you, dear
sir, as an experienced and celebrated Arctic
explorer, win have peculiar interest in
our enterprise. You will see from reports
that the ships are provisioned for two
years. Their plan is to reach the eastern coast
of Greenland this year, and during the next
summer to go as far north as possible, either by
land or water Ships were seen last on the LIST
OF August in latitude 70 north and longitude 10
west of Greenwich. According to the account
received from whalers cruising in these regions
at that time, we have reason to believe that our
ships will have succeeded in piercing the ice
foes which surround the eastern coast of Green
land, so that after wintering the expedition
might have good chance of exploring these
unknown regions farther north than has ever
been reached by any one before To the Bre-
men committee it is interesting, In the mean
while, to get every new account of Arctic travel,
even from foreign countries.
/ presume that you will have drawn up a
report of your long sojourn in those regions and
given IL to some newspaper or society.
we snould pe very glad II you Would Klnuly
send us such a report. You intend, under-
stand, to return next year to the Arctic regions.
In this case you would greatly crafty us If you
would give us notice when you go and where
you are going. We may trouble you with some
letters to our Arctic friends. Though not pro-
bable, it is within the bounds of possibility that
such letters may reach them somewhere through
the Esquimaux.
Apologizing for my request and the practical
purpose l have suggested, yours most respect
fully. M. LINDEMAN,
Secretary to the Bremen Committee of the Ger
man Polar Expedition.
Address to Mendeshafre & Bremen.
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FROM BALTIMORE.
Priests Remains Lying I'm Stnte.
al Despatch TO The Epenifl0 TeLe0rdioh

Special Despatch TO TIE Epenfng Telegraph
BALTIMORE, Jan. 13.-The remains of the
Reverend Father James Dolan, of st. Patrick 8
Church, at Fell's Point, who died yesterday
evening, are now lying in state, and thousands
are visiting the corpse.
The CnpitatIOn Tax.
John w. Garrett, of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Co., answers Governor Bowie's mes
sage, and gives the reasons for not paying the
capitation tax on the Washington Branch. He
believes IL unfair and unconstitutional, and asks
only for the same privileges and rights given to
the main trunk. He wants the whole matter
legally tested.
Railway Subsidy.
Some sections of the ordinance giving thirteen
hundred thousand dollars to complete the West
ern Maryland Railroad passed the first branch
of City Councils. Its passage entire is sure.
The MARYLAND state TreasurershIp.
The State eTreasurership is still the bone of con-
teDtion at Annapolis. Merriman's chances are
in the ascendant. If no agreement ON Fowler
or Merriman is arrived at, Joshua Van SAINT, of
Baltimore, has the next best chance as a third
party.
Baltimore City Register Elected.
John A. Robb has been elected City Register
of Baltimore, in place of John H. Barnes He
was Barnes assistant or deputy.
The Telegraph Strikers Hold Out.
The telegraph strikers here all resolutely hold
out. They say the company's dispatches about
their going back are all incorrect.
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FROM EUROPE.
Treatment OF FenIan Prisoners.

BIZ the Franco-AnseTican Cable
LONDON, Jan. 13.-A deputation of English
and Irish workingmen combined waited yes
terday upon Mr.. Bright, urging him to propose
the appointment of a commission to inquire
thoroughly into the alleged ill-treatment of Fe-
nian prisoners.
Outrage by Chinese Pirates.
Advices from Hong Kong to the 7th inst. state
that the ship Grafton reported abandoned near
Maico, had in fact been attacked and captured
by pirates. All of the Europeans on board were
murdered except the captain and six men, who
were taken prisoners. The Portuguese war YES
vel Cormore proceeded to the scene of the out
rage and inflicted severe punishment upon those
concerned in it, and burned the village near
which the murder occurred.
The Condition of Paris.
PARIS Jan. 13.-The city to-day is entirely
tranquil. The report of yesterday says:-"The
occurrences at the funeral of M. Noir, in the
Partisan journals, and their extended accounts
of the shooting are sensational, and much exag-
gerated There was no conflict and no disturb
ance of the peace"
This Mornings Quotations.
By the Ango-AntericGn Gable.
LONDON, Jan 18-11 A.M.-Consos for money, 921G
and for account, 92%. U. s. Five-twenttes OF 1862
s716; OF 1866, Old soy; OF 1867, se Ten-forties s5
American stocks nrm Erie Railroad, IT; Illinois
IIvERPooi Jan 18-11 A. M.-Cotton quiet !;
middling upiands, 11Ad.; middling Orleans, 15Sd.
The sales to-day are estimated at 10000 bales Corn
2Ss.
LONDON, jan 1S.-Tallow llrmer, 4es. 3D.; Spirits
Turpentlne, 29s
PARIS, Jan. l3-The Bourse opened hrm; Rentes,
74fTc.
HAMBURG, Jan. 1s.-Petroleum opened firm and
unchanged yesterday both here and at Bremen.
This Afternoons Quotations.
LONDON, Jan. 18-1 r. M-Consols for money
925S, and for account 92x. American securities
quiet; U. s. Fivetwenties OF 1862 SIS; OF 1865, old
1T4.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 13-1 p. M.-Cotton flrmer. The
sales OF the day are now estimated at 900 bales
Pork duh Lard quiet; Cheese, Ills.
PARIS, Jan. 19.-The Bourse closed dull Rentes,
T8f. 62c.
ANTWERP, Jan 18.-Petroleum opened firm at 6OaI
HAvRR, Jan. 19.-Cotton opened quiet at 1861. n
the spot
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FROM THE SOUTH.
The Norfolk and Great western Rn,rro

The Norfolk and Great Western Railroad.
NoRFoLK, Va, Jan. 13.-The Board of Direc-
tors of the Norfolk and Great Western Railroad
held meeting yesterday to consider the propo-
sition made by responsible New York parties to
build the entire road from Norfolk to Bristol,
Tenn. A committee consisting of Colonel T. s..
Flourney, President of the board, Colonel B. NJ.
Jones, and Col. James Mckay, were appointed to
proceed to New York at once, and close the con-
tract on the basis already communicated to the
board for the construction of the road. The
board then adjourned without transacting any
other business of public nature.
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FROM NEW JERSEY.
Hydrophobia In HaddonGeId.

Special Despatch 10 The Boeninq Telegraph.
HADDONFIELD, Jan. NV. II. Braddock, of
Philadelphia who was bitten by rabld dog
some eight weeks ago, is still in a critical condi-
ton at the house of Mr.. Justice, in this village
and but slight hopes of his recovery are yet mani
tested. At first nothing was thought of the
accident, but during the few last days the symp-
toms have been of dangerous character.
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FINANCE
AND COMMERCE..
OFF1cE OF THE EVENING TRLxenApu,
Thuradnu- Ian "a lam

THURSDAY, Jan. 10, 1870.
The local Money market opened this morning easv
me SUPPLY being fully equal to the demand, both az
the banks and outside. The apparent symptoms OF
strlngency noticed yesterday have disappeared to-
day. and lenders exhibit liberal disposition towards
applicants for loans both on call and time. we no.
tice no material change In the scale of rates, but
occasional exceptions in favor OF borrowers occur
when round sums are wanted on what Is classed by
the market as nrst-class security. The demand for
call loans is unusually light, and they are less in
favor than formerly both among borrowers and
We quote call loans as per cent as the rule and
discounts at 9S1O per cent for hrst-class names.
Gold Is weak a.d on the decline. The sales opened
Governments were duh and weak.
The stock market was dull and weak. Sales
OF OF CITY loans at 1OON@1oOk. Lehigh gold loan sold
Reading Railroad was fairly active, with sales at
4I%@41% b. O. Pennsylvania Railroad was quiet at
641S@o5; Lehigh Valley Railroad sold at 5qss and
Mnehill Railroad at BIZ s5l bid for Catawissa
preferred; and 2sA for Philadelphia and Erie
No sales OF Canal stocks.
In Banks there was sale of Manufacturers at 30;
40 was bid for Second and Third; 81 for fifth and
Sixth, and 11A for Hestonville Passenger Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad Company, from July
2s, 1852 to January g. 1870 sold 24 S-ioO acres
for which they received $500 4l2 Os equal to s456
per acre.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven Bro, No. 20 s. Third street.
.oo FIRST BOARD;
$4,000 Am 6s, SO. s51 1000 sh Reading Is. AK
',oo ,"o c,'r .. m & se s$s
800 City So, New .100K 80 sh Manuf Bk. 80
Sl2O0 do ...... is. lo0h 20 sh Mlnehin II :. 6lX
$1,000 do, ,.... ..100A 2b do........ blX
$1,000 Leh gold Lis. 91xl
JAY COOKE a. Co. quote Government securities as
follows:-U. g. 6s OF 1884, 1173a11S1S; b2Os OF 1852
115%@116b; do, 1854, 15S1l5X; do, 1866, 115H(S
l16X; DO, July, 1865, ll4A@1i4N; do do 1857,
l14A@114T; do, 1865 114X@1l5;' l0-4Os 118@
1i3A Cur. 6s, 109slQ71l0. Gold, 12l%.
MEssRs. DE HAVEN a. BROTHER, 20 No. s. Third
street, Philadelphia report the following quotations
u. s. 6s OF 1881, 117%@11s do 1862, 11b94 C9116H;
do 1854, 116x@11b5{; do 1855, nbK@l164 do. 1896,
new, 1141@l14S do. 1851, do. 114%@114S do. 1898,
per cent Currency 1o91i@1iO; Due Comp. Int.
Notes, 10; Gold, 121A@121H; Silver, 117@119.
--NARR LADNER, Bankers, report this mornings
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New YORK Money and stoch Markets.

cent Gold, iaS FIVE Wenties isss COUPON T pet
do. 1864, do 11616; do. 1865, do, 116l do do new
ll4; do. 1867, l14H; do. 1868, 1885 10-40s, 1923
pany, 521G; Cumberland preferred, 2116; Consoli-
dated New York Central and Hudson River, 91T: ::
Erie, 22A; Reading 94X; Adams Express, 81 !:
Michigan Central, f1794; Michigan Southern, ss4 /;
Illinois Central, 1871; Cleveland and Pittsburg, SsX ;
Chicago and Rock Island, 1855; Plttsburg and Fort
Wayne, 1ss Western Union Telegraph, 92N.
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FIRST EDITIO N
THE LATEST SENSATION.
The wolf and the Lamb Back in
the Fold.

Return of the Rev. Horace Cooke with
his Young Infatuation-The Bo-
hemian Press in a Night
mare-The Pastor in
Prison-The Pu-
pill with her
Parents.
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FROM NEW YORK.

The Rev. Cooke Discharged from Custody.
New YORK, Jan. 13.-The Rev. Horace Cooke,
the hero of the late elopement sensation, who
was arrested in the World Office last night, was
this morning brought up in the Tombs Police
Court, but no one appearing to prosecute he
was discharged.
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LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
For additional Marine NeSs SEQ Inside Pages.
(By Telegraph.

(Bv Tbegroph.)
NEW YORK, Jan. l3.-AFriyed, steamship Idaho, from
Liverpool. Also steamship Fah-Keo.
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STATE OF THERMOMETERS AT TIE EVENING rELEaRAPH
IA .4sl IL A M. ........M 9P. M.........H
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-09-01
THE
ss a.-., s., TIE t'A p -Ti 'a'<l
Pacific Guano Co.'s Works,
AT
. WOODS HOLE and CHARLESTON, S. C.

The works of the Company constructed at the
above places of the most extensive and complete
character, and involve outlay in fixed capital OF
from $550,000 to 100000 The investment of so
large an amount of fixed capital in works and ma
chnery besides that required for the prosecution of
the trade necessarily Identifies the interests of this
Company with the agricultural interests OF the South
ern and Middle States; hence it is the policy and
highest inter- st of tie Company to avail Of every
within the reach of enterprise and the legti-
mate use of capital to furnish panters with the most
effective concentrated fertilizer that be produced
from the resources at command. Certainly, enter
prise and capital cannot be employed in any more
useful channel than that directed to increase of
the products of labor devoted to agriculture.
The soil is the ultimate source from which the
wealth and prosperity OF nations is derived; hence
those agencies which material increase its pro-
ducts without increase Of labor are of the highest
public utility. --
Agricultural chemistry teaches that the power of
soils TO produce crops depends upon the presence a
them of certain well-known elem ents, which furnish
essential nutrition to plants that without the pres
ence of these elements in adequate quantity a
soil cannot be productive. 1t also teaches that by
long continued culture, without restoration, soils
once fertile become unproduetve by the gradual bat
certain removal of these elements of fertility and
that the only remedy is found in system of udicous
restoration by Of the direct application of the
elements Which have been removed The truth of
this teaching of science is confirmed by the expo
rience and observation Of the present generation,
end the subject now enlists the attention Of political
economists and scientific men in all parts Of the
world to an extent never realized at any previous
period. t-
1t interesting reflection that just at the period
when the necessity arises it is found that nature has
laid up in store ample supplies Of the most essential
elements Of fertility in forms and conditions which
the lapse of time has not impaired demanding as
equivalent the exercise of skill, experience and
enterprise to render them available for the highest
utility in promoting the interests of agriculture.
JOHN S. REESE &. CO.,
General Agents.