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VOL. VI. No. 25.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JULY 31, 18C6.
DOUBLE SHEET-THREE CEKTS.
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THIRD EDITION
VERY LATEST NEWS.
By Atlantic Submarine Telegraph Cable.
THE PEACE.
Treaty of Amity Signed by All
of the Great Powers.
CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS ADVICES
Important fxoiii London.
DEBATE ON NEUTRALITY.
England Awaiting the Ac
tion of Congress.
THE LAWS TO BE REVISED.
Tlte PrcrioiiH Dcsputclics.
HOW ENGLAND QUELLED A REBELLION.
Tlic Dividends on Mexican Bonds.
NO CHANGE IN DISCOUNT HATE.
xsto. Jfcito.. jet., jsto., to.
TIIK TREATY OF PEICE.
AN ARMISTICE FOB FOUR WEEKS AGREED UPON
LASTING PEACE TO BE TUU RESULT.
New Yobk, July 31. The Herald has the fol
lowing special despatch over (he cable:
QuEEh's Hotel, London, July 28. An armis
tice of four weeks from yesterday has been
signed by Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, and the
other German power?. The propositions em
brace a lasting peace over the whole eontinent
of Europe.
ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS.
The following is the amplified text of a des
patch just received through the cable by a die
tiLguished public officer of this city:
London, July 28. A treaty was signed at
Vienna yesterday by the sovereigns of Prussia,
Austria, Bavaria, and Hesse Durinttadt, and tue
representatives of France, Italy, Spain, Russia,
Portugal, Great Britain. Turkey, and the Ger
man States. It is a compact securing a lasting
pence throughout Europe. Prussia is to have
sole dominion iu the German States, excepting
Hungary, Bavaria, aud the Danukian Princi
palities. King Wilhelni is to be made Emperor
of Germany. Italy is to have Venetla and three
fortresses of the Quadrilateral. Austria sub
mitted to every demand gracefully, the recent
terrible defeat at Olmutz having decided tho
Emperor's course.
The British Parliament.
IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS LAST WEEK THE AME
RICAN CLAIMS ENGLAND AWAITING THE ACTION
OF THE UNITED STATES UPON NEUTRALITY THE
BRITISH CODE TO BE REVISED, ETC.
Tbe New York Tribune has a special dated
Fiiday night, which says:
In the Ilouse of Commons on Monday night,
Lord Stanley said that the Cabinet was anxious
to remove any irritation arising oat of the
caes connected with the war between the
North aud South. If the claims were presented
by the American Cabinet, the English Govern
ment Intended to Issue a Royal Commission to
Inquire into the neutrality laws, and, it possi
ble, revise them.
DIVIDENDS ON TIIE MEXICAN BONDS.
New York, July 31. The Tribune's special
over the cable, dated London, July 21, savs
Baring Brothers announce that large remit
tances are on the way to pay the dividends on
the Mexican bonds.
NO ALTERATION IN TOE ENGLISH BANK RATE OF
DISCOUNT.
No alteration in tbe bank rate of discount
was expected for the week.
THE REFORM RIOTS IN LONDON ROYAL H0B3B
GUARDS CUAROE UPON TUB PK0PLE.
The Reform demonstration in Hyde Park, on
the 231, was prevented by a force of 1S00 of the
Metropolitan Police, who protected the Park.
The gates were closed, but the mob broke the
Iron railing and forced an entrance. Several
nersoni were inlured. The Horse Guards
charged upon the people, but did not use their
swords.
COMPLETE SUCCESS OF THE CABLE
Four Thousand Words Transmitted
In One Day Explanation of Last
Night's Commercial Des
patchesLatest Dates
Resolved on Mon
day at Noon
TheTarlrTof
Charges.
Nsw Yobk. Julv 91. The first business meg
sage to the Associated Press was received over
the cable from London at 1 '60 A. M., to-day,
Tuesday, (it was published In the Philadelphia
morale? Diners.)
ThprW-f eotton lld u tbe Liverpool
market of the 28th, Is doubtless that of mid
dling uplands, rather than middling Orleans.
The grade quoted Is not stated In the despatch,
but as middling uplands have been almost uni
formly given when he price of one description
alone was reported at Is probably the description
referred to.
We are informed by General LcfTerts, engineer
of the Atlantic Cable Company, that the company
has not yet fully decided upon the subject of
telegraphic charges lorbupincss between Londou
and New York, and will not until it shall have
been aeflnltely ascertained at what rates of
speed it is possible to signalize through the
cable a point which, General Lefferts informs
us, may not be decided for several days.
Meantime various messages are being trans
mitted over the cable from Europe, probably
subject to future decision in regard to tariff, etc
The la test London dates to private parties In
this city are to Monday forenoon. Four thou
sand words were transmitted through the cable
in twelve hours, on the 28th instant.
The rates of tarifT decided upon last year
were as follows: TwcDty guineas for each mes
sage of twenty words or less, not exceeding one
hundred letters, and twenty shillings sterling
for each additional word, from London to Now
York, counting the date, address, and signature
as part ot the message. It is very probable, we
understand, that the same rates will be fixed on
for the present year.
Extract from ti Jonrnsl of the "tire
EaNteiu."
Ahpy Bay, July 30. Mr. Dean, the Secretary,
having refused copies ot the journal to the mem
bers of the press, 1 have cleaned the following
from passengers on board :
July 27, 4 "20 P. M. The Terrible is firing a
salute. Cheers from ship and shore. The cable
is on shore.
4'3S. End of cable put through the telegraph
house and window. Tremendous cheers by tno
British tars who carried it ou shore.
.SECOND DESPATCH.
Heart's Content, July 28, via Aspy Bay,
July 30. The following are extracts irom the
Journal of the Great Lantern :
All went well until 1220 on the 18th (Green
wich time), when the first real shock was given
to the success that has hitherto attended us, and
this time we had real cause to be alarmed. A
foul flake took place in the aftertank. The en
pine was immediately turned astern, atd the
paying ot the cable stopped. We were ail soon
on the decks, and learned that the mnning and
paying out ot the coil had caught three turns of
the flake immediately under it, carried them
into the eye ot the coil, fouling tun tov-out and
hauling up one-half turns trora the outside, aud
five turns oi the eye of the under flakes.
This was stopped, fortunately, betore entering
the paying-out machiiits; stoppers ot hemp with
chains were also put on near the wheel astern,
aud Mr. Canuinir gave orders to staDd by to let
go the buoy. This was not very cheering to
hear: but, though the calm and collected man
gave us contidence that his skill and experience
would extricate the cable from the danger in
which it was placed, no (Inking line was ever
entangled more than the rope when thrust up
in apparently hopeless danger from the eye of
the cable to ihe deck. There was at least 5000
feel ol rope Ijing in this state, aud in the midst
of the rain and increasing wiud tho cable crew
set lo wort to disentangle it.
The Boiphin was there, too, patiently follow
ing the lights as 'hey showed themselves, ihe
crew now passing them forward and now aft,
until at lust tbe character ol the tangle was seen,
and soon it became apparent thm ere long the
cable wou)d be javed and uninjured down to the
tank. Captaiu Anderson was at the ta (Trail,
anxiously watching the strain on the rope (we
could scarcely make it out, the nieht was so
dark), endeavorinir to keep it up aud down,
going on raisinar with paddle and screw.
When one reflects for a moment uaou the rise
of the ship and the enormous miis she pre
scuted to the wind, the difficulty of keeping her
stern, under the circumstances, over the cable
can be appiebended. The port paddle-wheel
was disconLected, but altcrwards there was a
shitt ot wind, and the vessel came to the wrong
way. Welcome voices were now heard passing
the word alt from the tank that the heights
were cleared, and to pav out.
Then the huge stoopcrs were quietly openel,
and at 205 A. M., to the joy of all, we were once
more discharging the cable. They veered it
away in the tank lo clear the screw, and the
paddle-enginea were slowed so as to reduce the
speed ol the ship to four and a half knots.
During all this critical time there was entire
absence of noise and confusi n.
Everything was silently done, and the cable
men and crew worked with hearty good-will.
nr. canning nas uaa experienced tout nakes
belore, and showed that he Knew what to do in
tUe eu.ergency; but what of the electrical con
dition ot tne cable during this period? Simply
that through its entire length it Is perfect.
JL Bfeaaage from Mr. field American
4 latin on the British Government.
Valbntia, 2-53 P. M. Stuart to Field Con
gratulate you and your fellow-citizens on your
complete success. Are you in satisfactory elec
trical communication with New Yore and other
cities 7 How soon are you likely to be so?
Valentia, 27th July. Stuart and Glass to
Field: We Intend opening the line to the pub
lic to-morrow morning, and so place beyond
question all parties on equal fooling.
Friday NionT. In the House of Commons on
Monday night Lord Stanley said the Cabinet
were anxious to remove any irritation arising
out of any cases connected with the war between
the North and the South.
If the claims were presented by the American
Cabinet, the Enelish Government intended to
issue a royal commission to inquire into the neu
trality laws, and, if possible, to revise them.
Completion of tho Work The Shore End
Laid and the luntruujula Attached on
tbe 27th instant TUe Line net ween the
two Continent wow Perfected.
Heart's Content, July 27. The route of the
shore end from the Med way to ihe land at
tachment is now marked out, and men are
engaged in digging an earth canal leading from
the wharl to the telegraph house.
All the unemployed men In tbe villaee have
been p.es-ed tuto the service, and are now
working with a will.
The officials who are to have charge of the
Atlantic Telegraph have takpn possession ot the
branch offlce ot the telegraph office, an I are
now adjusting their instruments preparatory to
sending messages from Newfoundland to Europe.
Cyrus W. Field has lecelvcd the congratula
tions of the whole village, ana Is still under
going a very vigorous handshaking.
The Medway came to anchor opposite the tele
graph office about ten minute before 2 P.
M.j when a hawser was attached, and four
small boat), manned by powerful crews, com
menced hauling the heavy shore end to its
point of attachment with the land. During this
operation, Captain Anderson, of tbe Great
Eastern ; William Canning, and iwv.r.1 nt.hir
gentlemen, left the Medway lor the purpose of
The shore end was safely landed amid a scene
of the greatest excitement, tbe people cheering
lustily and the sailors fighting among them
selves lor the honor of dragging the massive
wire on shore. The end was lately brought to
tbe cable boose.
Alter reaching tbe telegraph house the cable
wa coiled alongside of the building, snl tUe
end pulled round to the little aperture made for
its reeption, and where it was thortlv after
united with Var'ey's Instrument, in the Interior,
preparatory to sendiLg the first message to
England.
The cheering on the completion of this opera
tion was, if possible, louder and more enthu
siastic than any preceding. During this time
the electricians and directors were assembled iu
the office, congratulating each other, and re
ceiving the applause of the excited crowds.
About five o'clock, religious exercises took
place at Mr. Gardner's church, in thanksgiving
for the successful completion of the great enter
prise. Four Episcopal clergvmen officiated.
The solemn services were a fitting finale to the
eventful day, which will be 'ver memorable iu
the annals of science. The Rev. Mr. Phelps de
livered a short sermon, taking his text from tbe
twenty-first chapter of St. John. The discourse
was appropriate te the occasion.
During the evening Mr. Field received several
short despatches from different parties, among
othtrs from Mr. R.Stuart and Mr. Glass, con
gratulating him on the s nccss of the cable.
The steamship Great Eastern was the theatre
of n lively scene, the sailors marching up and
down the deck beating drums and kettles and
enjoying themselves to their hearts' content.
Rockets were sent up irom the deck of the Great
Eastern, which illuminated the heavens, and
from the shore hie works were displayed in
abundance.
Mr. Field has despatched the steamer Niger to
repair the cable acrors the Gulf of St. Lawrence,
under the direction of Mr. Mackay. The steamer
Bloodhound, of St. Johns, has also been char
tered by Mr. Field to assist in the work. The new
cable will lie laid across the gulf by the Medway
as soon as the end of the Atlantic cable is grap
pled and attached to the shore cable, thus
making two lines of electric communication
between thin place and Europe.
The Great Eastern will coal Immediately, and
by Saturday next will proceed with the other
vessels, to pick up the cable f 1805.
It is not decided yet what time the line will be
opened frr business.
The following is the first official dispatch sent
to an official pcrsonaee in England, alter the
completion of the line:
mi:, ooocn to lord stanlky, foreign ofkicb,
WHITEHALL, LONDO.1.
Hearts Content, N. h, Juiy 27. Mr. Gooch
ms the measure to lnlorm Lord Stanley that the
Newfoundland snore end ot theA'Iantio cablo was
laid to-tlay, and ihe moot pcucct telegraphic com
munication e?tab lshi'd between England and
Auorica God grant it may b? a fasting service ot
gieat benefit to our country 1
'I he message of tier Majesty to th? President of the
Utiuoa States lias been received, aud I hope airnnuo
ninits will be completed by Monday, when it will
be ut once forwaruod.
LATEST NEWS BY THE EURO
PEAN STEAnKRS.
The ArmlsilcA Step; dilation at Naps
Iron' fiuKtrrbilon.
The Paris Moniteur of July 20 says: Prussia
has engaged, at the suggestion ot Napoleon, to
abstain Irom all acts of hostility for five days on
condition that Austria nursiics'a similar course,
and within that time the Austrian Government
must make known its acceptance or refusal ot
the basis agreed upon. It the reply from Vienna
be in the affirmative and lulv gives consent, an
armistice may be sianed iumediatuly.
AUSTRIA ACCEPTS.
The Paris M:miteur, of tbe 2tst of July, says
Austria has accepted the proposals ot Prussia to
abstain from hostilities, during: which the Court
of Vienna will have to notify its acceptance on
the subject of preliminaries to peac.
AU-TBIA TO RETIRE FROM THE CONFEDERATION.
It is asserted from Paris that Austria has ron-M-nted
to retire from the German Confederation.
TUB ENGLISH" INTERPRETATION.
The London limes, speaking belore the Moni
tcu. 's announcement, hays if the report of the
acceptance of the armistice be true, it is a sus
pension of arms with a view ot signing un armis
tice of six weeks, which period will allow ample
time for the settlement of tbe details and the
signature of peace. The suspension of arms
implies a preeonceited agreement on the basis
of pacihe arrangements. Prussia would lose all
by defeat at Floridsdorf, and with victory could
gain little beyond what she has already done.
Austria, on the other baud, if defeated, would
risk being swept from the face of Europe, while
if victorious she could hardly hope to regain her
position in Germany.
PRUSSIAN DEMANDS AND PREPARATIONS.
The London liiues savs that Prussia limits
her demands very nearly to the exclusion ol
Austria trom the new federal or imperial com
bination. She is preparing for a German war.
PRUSSIA MAY TAKE HANOVER.
In the English Parliament Lord Stanley de
nied n statement to tbe effect that England
would not allow Hanover to be handed over to
Prussia. The statement was entirely unfounded.
TUE COMMERCIAL EFFECT.
A despatch from Liverpool, dated July 21.
says: -"The announcement that Austria had
accepted the proposals for the suspension ot
hostilities had caused great buoyancy iu all
markets."
The prevailing opinion, especially among
Germans, was that peace Is almost certain to
be concluded, and, consequently, there will be
no resumption ol hostilities. The Italian answer
had not yet been leccived. There were no re
ports of further fighting.
A HUGE AUSTRIAN FOBCE IN FBONT OF VIENNA.
A correspondence from Vienna states that the
Avsrrian forces gathered togetner tor the de
fense of Vienna are estimate J at four hundred
thousand men and six hundred field guns. It is
Slid that one bundled thousand men are
crowded within the Intrenched camp of Florida
dorl. From sixty thousand to eighty thousand
fresh soldiers from Venetia have joined, and
everything betokens the coming conflict as
inevitable.
CONFIDENT IN BATTLE.
The London Times' correspondent says the
contidence of Austria is not shaken. A battle
on the Danube may reverse the battle on the
Elbe. Success is a necesity tor the Prussians.
Tue consequence of a reverse is beyond calcu
lation. Tbe Prussians have marched five hun
dred miles into the enemy's country, and have
lelV hostile fortresses in their rear.
PRUSSIAN INVASION OF HUNGARY.
A portion of the Prussian army hai crossed
the river Marsch, near Horn. In Hungary.
Archduke AlLrecht had issued a proclamation
announcing his assumption of the command of
the Austrian army at Vienna.
General Uenedek, who has been relieved from
his functions as commander-in-chief of the
Northern army, remains commander of an army
corps. i
The Frankfort contingent has been disarmed
ano diiDanaej, ana tne military clubs closed.
Frankfort hud paid a contribution of six mil,
liocs of florins towards the maintenance of the
rrust-ian troops.
The Prussians had occupied Wiesbaden and
Hochst, and had commenced a regular siege of
the fortress of Mentz. Boats on the Rhine were
not allowed to Baas the fortress.
The War ta Italy.
A despatch from Liverpool ot July 22 rennrfn.
In tbe great naval tight oft Lissa the Italian
iron-clad lis d1 Malia was soak by collision at
ine commencement oi tne pat up.
An iron clad boat blew up with all on board.
amid cries ot "Lone live tbti Klru and lti t
from tbe crew.
Italian accounts state that the Austrian
squadron ret red alter one man-of-war and two
steamers bad bren sunk.
A Vienna despatch says: The Italian fleet.
driven back, waj being pursued by the Aua-
irians iu me uirecuon oi Aneona.
As already announced, the Italian fleet opened
an attack upon the island of Lissa, on the
co ist of Dalmatia, on the 18th of July.
The Italian official reports state that after
seven hours' obstinate fighting the fleet silenced
tne port oi nr. ticoige.
The irn-clnd frigate Re d1 Italia, which was
sunk by the Austrians, was built by William H.
werib, in new lork, in 18G3. She was launched
on the Ibth day of April, in that year, and sa led
for Europe eight or ten months later. The
length ot her keel was about 277 feet, and over
all the Pieasurement was 289 feet. The breadth
of the ship was flfty-two feet. She was plated
with fonr-and-a half inch iron.
Just previous to her departure for Italy, in
December, 18C3. she made a trial trio to Fortress
Monroe, and was run on the Jersey shore. It
became necessary to throw her guns overboard
in order to get her off. . Being among the first
of the Iron-clads built in this country, she was
not, for obvious reasons, so good a 'vessel as
those afterwards mode.
A despatch from the headquarters of Gari
baldi, dated 8tord, July 19, says, in conse
quence of recent engagements, and tbe occu
pation of Combino and the Val de Ledro by tbe
volunteers, the Austrians in Fort Angolia have
leen compelled to capitulate, conditionally,
alter an obstinate defense.
Prince Carlgnano and the Minister of War
hnd congratulated Garibaldi on his success.
The Italian vanguard was at Piavc on the 20th
of July.
The army had been separated into two carps,
one under General Cialdiui, consisting of ti'toen
divisions, and the other commanded by General
La Marmora, composed of six divisions.
Intelligence received from Rovleo reports that
the Austrians had erected batteries on all the
roods leading to Padua, and that Brevion, the
commander of the fortress of Verona, had
ordered the inhabitants to provide themselves
with provisions for three months.
Prince Napoleon arrived at Venice on the 19th
of Julv.
A decree had been officially promulgated
organizing an administration lor Venetia.
The Marquis Pcpoli had been apoointed
Ilnli in Commissioner at Padua, Sisnor Mardinl
at Vicenza. and Sienor Alhevi at Rovigo.
In Ik-r'iu, the Prussian Minister of the Interior
had had interviews with some of the leaders of
the political parties in Prussia, in reference to
the convocation ot the German Parliament.
Some prominent men of the National party,
belonging to tbe different German States, had
been invited by the Prussian Government to take
part in the conference.
The official lournal says, the Prussian Govern
ment ha no intention of eontrolline, but desires
to give the German nation the benefit of IU
advance, and to consult tor that purpose, re
gardless ot party politics, those men who place
national unity above all other considerations.
CABE OF TUE WOUNDED.
The Prussian correspondent of the Times
writes: "An overwhelming majority ot Aus
tiians is noticeable in the hospitals ot the Prus
sians, consequent upon tne latter remaining
masters of tne various battle-liclds. In their
praiseworthy enneavoi to provide all neces
saries for their hospitals, the Government are
zealously assisted by the public. Large contri
butions ot money, as well as ot every imaginable
article of food and clothing required, are con
tinually flowing iu to the numerous committees
cstubhhed in the capital as well as the pro
vinces. From the variety and prolusion ot the
gilts supplied by the benevolent, the central
depot at Berlin is a perfect industrial exhibition
tor the noblest of objects. Imagine tbouaudi of
shirts heaped up by the Bide of hams, iellie"-, and
bauduges ol'Jall sizes and dimensions. Moun
tains of lint may be seen in strange, but, a'as!
but too appropriate, juxtaposition with casks of
Cape wine and other restoratives, while stock
inus and ice, Bibles and combs, plates and turn
I lers, slippers and novels are some other of the
multilarious ingredients of this incongruous
hospital fair. Thedept is superintendi-d by
the n.ost aristocratic ladies of Berlin, who cure
fully sort the eoods pouring in, and daily send otf
chests full of the various articles io the places
where they are most wanted. Rockoning the
cash and the diflerent commodities together, the
voluntary contributions are estimated at 4000
a day.
"An especial good office has been rendered the
sick by tne Crown Princess suggesting a new
kind ot pillow to lay wounded limbs upon. Very
small bits of paper, torn so as to otter uneven
sides, are put into a linen case, and this again
into a covering ol thin leather. Thi6 simple
and inexpensive invention, which is said to be
cooler than an ordinary pillow, has employed
thousands ot little hands In schools and families,
enormous patience being required to tear no
enough of the tiuy shred t to make cne cushion.'
From San Francisco.
San Francisco, July 27. A Victoria despatch
sas the bark Onward, of the Collins teleiraph
expedition, sailed yesterday for Petropaulowski.
Bids for $50,000 worth of seven per cent,
school bonds of the city and county of San
Francisco, have been awarded at 84, 822. and
81 . They run fifteen years from April 1, 1866.
Ad auction sale of Circle sugar took place to
day. It sold at il cents less per pound than
at the previous sale.
The arrival of the titat Greenman, the first
ship that ever came here from Siam, has caused
difficulties at the Custom House, the officials
here claiming ten per cent, additional duties on
the caigo, because there is no reciprocity
between this country and Sium.
Mining stocks are weak. Ophir, $245; Gould
A Curry, $705; Imperial, $91; Chollar Potosi,
2178. Legal-tenders, 71.
An i val of Ilamill, the Champion Oais
man. Ilamill, the champion oarsman, arrived yes
terday morning by the City of New York, and
was welcomed back by many of his friends,
whom be entertained at his hotel with anecdotes
of the manners aud appearance of the North
umbrians, among whom he had lately been
sojourning. He regretted that his arrangements
did not permit of his being in London on the
evening of Thursday. July 19, to witness the
presentation of the 1000 stakes won by Harry
Kclley, his antagonist in the great sculling
contest. He confesses to having been beaten
iu the first race from High Level Bridge to
Leamington Point, on the Tyne, a distance of
four and a half miles, and in the second race,
from High Level Bridge to Paradise Quay and
back, a distance of five miles, which latter race
was run In thirty-eight minutes and twenty
seconds. Hamill says be waa treated with the
greatest kindness by the people of Newcastle,
with whom he became a favorite, and who,
notwithstanding national prejudices, seemed to
be. rather desirous that he should win. He
atlirmt that the race were conducted in the
ntest honorable manner, not the slightest foul
play being shown or disagreeable feeling mani
fested, and that the utmost harmony and good
will prevailed at the contests. His Newcastle
friends, on his departure, presented him with a
massive gold watch and chain, ai a mark of the
esteem In which he was held. N. Y. Herald.
A Blacismith Deawinq a Prize. One of the
firizei ef five hundred thousand francs belong
ng to the Mexican bonds, lately drawn in Paris,
waa gained by a locksmith of the Morals, named
B4AtB.
FROM WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON.
BFBC1AL DISPATCBE8 TO EVENING TELEOBAPH.
WAsniNOTON, July 31.
Mr. Bloanaker Appointed Collector of
Internal Kevenne for the Flrat la
me!. Mr. Albert B. Sloanaker has been appointed
Collector of Internal Revenue for the First Dis
trict of Pennsylvania, vice Colonel John H. Tag
gart, removed. Tbe President handed the com
mission to Hon. Samuel J. Randall, M. C. for
the First District, this morning, at whose sollel
tationjthe appointment was made. Mr. Rankin,
Mr. Flanigcn, and others recommended Mr.
Sloanaker for the position also.
The Cnatoma Collector.
It is understood that the President has con
sulted Mr. Attorney-General Stanbery relative to
the case of Colonel William B. Tnomas, Col
lector of the Port of .Philadelphia, and he ha
decided not to remove that official for the
present.
Confiscation.
It Is ascertained at the Treasury Department
that the amount of seizures and confiscations
for the year ending June 30 exceed, by over
$1.')0,000, the cost incurred in protecting the
commerce and revenue from smuggling.
I'arrnant'a and Porter's CninuiirMlon.
Tbe commissions of Adaiiril Farragut and
Vice-Admiral David D. Porter were, on Saturday,
signed by the President and fhe Secretary of the
Navy, and forwarded to each respectively, to the
former at Long Branch, and the latter at the
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.
Cnatoma.
The Secretary of the Treasury has directed
Collectors of Customs, who have rented private
property lor the use of the Department, to re
I ort the total number of buildings and rooms
occupied, the amount of rent paid, and their re
spective locations. It Is the intention of the
Department to dispense with all unnecessary
apartments of this character, and as soon as the
reports shall have been received there will be a
lnrge retrenchment of expenditures for the
above-named purposes. The Government annu
ally pays over $100,000 for the accommodation
of custom and other officers.
Financial.
The expenditures of the Treasury on aocount
of the War, Navy, and Interior Departments in
the week ending yesterday, wore as follows:
War Department, $S48.990; Navy Department,
$1,116,729; Interior Department, $230,850; total,
$2,199,486. The amount of .fractional currency
received at the Treasury Department for the
ending week was $251,000. Amount shipped,
$177,500. Amount destroyed, $342,400, a large
portion ot this being received from Portland
ruined by the late fire.
Codifying Cnstomi Laws.
Tnder a recent joint resolution, General Gar
field and Senator Creswell have been appointed
by their respective branches of Congress to
codify the Customs Laws. A third person is to
be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Naval Prize Claims.
The prize list ot the United Slates ship ifonl-
(joinery for the capture of the prize Bel has
been prepared, and is ready for payment at tho
office of the Treasury; but owing to the tact
that the claims ot the crews of fifty-five vessels
lor the Red river and Mobile captures are yet to
be settled, this list will not come up for paymeut
lor five or six weeks yet.
The Equalization Bill.
An opinion prevails that the Bounty Equallza
tion bill, which passed Congress on the last
nieht of the session, will cost the Treasury
several hundred millions of dollars. It is proper
to say that this opinion is based upou the bill
first introduced in the Senate by Mr. Wilson,
which would have cost front $200,000,000 to
$2,'.0, 000,000. The bill finally adop .e l is a com
promise between the above bill aud the one in
troduced into the House by General Schenck.
The former provided for the payment of $100 per
year to the soldiers who had serve ! three years,
with a Government bounty of not more than
$100, the bounty to be deducted from the amount
thus to be paid them.
The latter provided for tbe deduction ol local
instead ot Government bounty. The bill as
passed is estimated to cost seventy-five to eighty
millions, quite enough, but not so much as
stated by Mr. Fessenden. The Paymaster-Gene
ral says that It will take three years to examine
the accounts of the soldiers to whom this extra
bounty is due. The amount paid each year will,
therefore, be about $26,000,000. The clause in
the new Bounty bill awarding to two years'
soldiers who have received a bounty of $60 a
sum ot $50 more, is inoperative, as there Is no
such class.
General Rousseau' Keala-natlon.
General Rousseau states that whoever applied
to Speaker Colfax to withdraw his resignation
did so without any authority from him; that he
would not allow it to be withdrawn. , He Is still
here, and will return to Kentucky soon.
The Printing- Unman.
It was the understanding here yesterday that
General 8teedman had not accepted the posi
tion of Superintendent of Public Printing, as
thu law requires that the Superintendent must
bo practical printer and binder, and he being
neither, is ineligible. An evening Admlnlstra
tion paper states that Cornelius Wendell has
bem appointed. Wendell was Public Printer
under Buchanan, and distributed the money
used in pawing the Lecoinpton bill.
The Health ol Savannah. ;
Savannah, July 80. The total number of
deaths to Sunday was 95. Two deaths and one
new case are reported to day. The total number
of cases in tbe hospital is 87. The cholera is
subsiding. Three sporadic cases of yellow fever
have occurred in this city. 1
Boiler Explosion in Baltimore.
Baltimore, July 31. The steamer Henry L.
Gate, of Bhrlver's canal line of steamers to Phila
delphia and New York, exploded her boiler this
morning. One maa was killed.
Arrival ol Specie
Niw Tobi, July 8L The steamer Henry
Chauncey, Cram AepLuwall, brought $1,678,000 la
gtld.
HOW I MANAGED M HOUSE
on
200 ($1000) A YEAE.
BY
MRS. VVAIIUEN.
Published by Loring, of Boston.
I Cunt' nued from Evening Telegraph of yesterday.
"And now. dear Millv. I come to that very
prolific and almost unlveisal source of discom-
ion,
"SEBVANTS.
"It Is a fact, however lucre lible It may seem.
that tour women out of ten, perhaps a greater
number, suffer their servants to Decoine their
mistresses indeed are actually afraid ot them.
This auses more from the inefficiency of the
mistress, wnicn renders ner wean ana power
less, dependent upon the servant lor evervthiner.
than from any other cause. My advice to you,
uuy, is to learn everything you possibly can
beloLgiug to domestic work, even wah and
Irou, aud never say to Bridget's succes
sor, whenever she comes to you, 4I don't
know; do It as you like.' iou must
feel that Bridget, with only the little
knowledge she possesses, Is a very tyrant
over you, because she feels that you are
dependent upon her for the most trifling
service that all your cooking is R'ies9 work
that in washing clothe ou would not know the
difference in the result It you were to throvyyour
soiled collars into sca'dlng or tepid water. The
strongest mind will ever be the ruler: it Is the
natural etlect of a cause. Bri.ltret would not
know how to receive company, or hoi to play
on the piano; and if she, by any change of
circumstances, were Buddenly called upon to do
so, she would run away in all right, and throw
herself upon the mercy of any one who could
help her in her emergency; but had she snch
knowledge, she woulu hold her own, fear no
one, Ld be respected.
"It is the ignorance of the mistress which
raises the servant into a tyrant. This is one bad
state of things; but those who are clever iu every
domestic detail, and have a limited income, so
as to be obliged to niase one shilling do the
work of two, have their trials. They can find
no servant who has experience beyond a smat
tering knowledge ot work or cooking, one who
is too old to be taueht, or one who knows not
tbe value of any article ot consumption. From
such domestics the misire-s generally obtains
the character of being mean, near, and fidgety,
aud never keeping ber servants long, and thus
she gets into bad repute, so that good servants
never oiler themselves, and sho obtains only
those who have difficulty in obtaining situations
elsewhere though she has this reward in her
daily Toartvrdom, that at the end ot the year she '
makes both ends meet. Ii she conceal tbee grave,,
evils from her husband, she makes his home a
happy one, and her bouse orderly; punctuality
is her handmaid, and despatch and comfort re
sults ol her munagemeut: but there is do deny
ing that, in her daily trials of temper, a more
than Spartan courage is hers to enable her to
meet ber husband in ihe evening witn the win-
nice gracefulness which ho loves so well. I am
plan, dear Diwy, mat you now see your nuiband
is one to be thousht of, io be welcomed, and atl
work and complainings to be cast aside to make
his home loytul. In the old, old davs of court
ship, when the lovel one was expected, you
looked forth many times as if to hasten biai on
his path, your work was enst aside, and all waa
unthought of but his presence. I am certain
you never dreamed of amusing him with the
Bhortcomincs of your servants, except it was ta
relate some ludicrous Incident, and so your con
duct then won hiei, It you now withdraw the
screen, and show him the skeleton (for in
middle-class life, a in any other, there are
skeletons in every woman's heart' you stand a
chance to make him remember with" a sigh that
such were not the days of old.
"Hirinn Servants. It you yourself are edu
cated tor a wife, not alone for an entanglement
in jour husband's affairs, you will, in hiring,
ask the servant who oilers herself what she can
do, and how she cooks any particular joint or
dish of fish; say first, 'How do you cook a leg of
mutton?1 You will be sure to be told, 'I boils
It.' You ask, 'But how long will a leg of eight
pounds take?' The reply will be an hour and a
half, or two hours and a hall, or even an hour,
ana oui vureiy mo rigm time, -anu now ao you
fry soles?' I trios 'em.' 'Well, but how?' 'I
puts a little piece ot fat in the pan, and then I
wipes 'em dry and puts 'em In.' Now, If you
yourself dou't know how to do better, how can ,
you tell whether the girl la right or wrong ?
Supposing you don't know you take her into
tbe house, and confusion, waste, and dirt are '
the consequence; but perhaps you are clever,
and d scover that the girl is teachable and clean
you take her in, instruct her, and make her -render
you service.
"Avoid hiring one who has lived as kitchen
maid in a superior household she knows but '
little more than to waste aud to make large fires,
the latter being most essential to her ire portanco, ,
and has a soul above saving dripping, excepting
for her own purposes. There is one thing I
would mention. I have found low-cl issed Lon- '
don servants to have a oertect knowledge o the -price
of dripping; therefore, they will use for ,
the same purpo-e three or lour times over that
in which fish has been fried. Clean dripping, '
tresh from the meat, thev can gel tivepenee a
pound for; hence, for themselves they have
leurned to save, and can do so for a mistress If
tbey choose, but, unfortunately, they will not.
If, when hiring, it is mentioned that to sell
grease- is not per nltted. 'he will understand her
position, and, if found doing so, the only remedy '
is to discharge her.
''Never attempt to hire a servant who pro
fesses to be able to do everything, and who tella
you she 'doesn't like a mistress to come into the -k
lichen.' Be assured Bhe knows nothing, and
will endeavor to upset all your household
arrnneemeuts and plans. She is one also who is
prompt at giving notice,
"Have nothing to say to her who asks yon if
th'd or that is to be done; oue who has never
cleaned a kntte or boot, 'had no call to do slch
things, bavin' always been brought up respect
able? Hire no girl who speaks ill of her former '
initre8s, or who evinces a readiness to betray
the affairs ot the family.' ,
It is all very well for Bertha to write thus;
but where shall I find a servant at all? I men-
tally asked. In London a good general servant
Is not to be had for ten pounds a year; so Mrs.
York, a lady who lives near, tells me, and she
never exceeds eight pounds; but then, cerUinly.
she is clever.'aiid understands all the minuitae of
cooking and everything else. I wonder who
Mrs. York could have been, and what was her
occupation before her marriage, fir she sings
and plays, draws, and teaches hr servants to
cook and to wash, aud she stakes her own
dreses and irons them; but then her husband ,
has only a naudreq ana twenty puuuus a year,
oat of which he has mauaeed to insure his life
for two hundred pounds. I thtnk I must take a
lesson from her book when Bridget goes, and
for the moment I wondered if the latter and I
should ro on together o the end. So I reverted
to Bertha's "rules" ,
" Ketpecting a teroanCs Character. Upon no .
pretext or pretente take one without a character
for honesty and civility. Lay not too much
stress on anything else; what may he cleanliness
in one house may not be tboutht so In another.
Do not take a written character; the appearance
of the mistress and the house will go far to
assist your judgment as to the servant. Distrust
equally ft very good tr rery had character, aad
i