id(G"IBl CD I 1 1 f 1 i M PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 18GG. VOL. VI.No. 93. DOUBLE SlIEETTIIItEE CENTS. A 11 lUUtLd II iJJ A V i M 1 n -LLJL M MM V THE SADLE CONVENTION. Full Bepnt of the Highly Amusing Debates of Yesterday Tha Besolutions m Adopted The Eight Thousand Negro Voters of New York up for the Highest Bidder Address to the Repub licun and Democratic Parties, Albamt, October 17. The Colored Convention assembled at 0 o'clock: this morning, and at tnce,.coniroenced to deliberate upon the resolu tions which follow, audjwhich will constitute the chief labor ot the body. The attendance to-day toas been sparse, but the spirit ot dobate ran high, and was marked as usual by some sin gular eccentricities. TWB BESOLTTIOlfB. . The Business Committee reported a series of absolutions, which, so , lar as adopted by the Convention, I ive below. The colored citizens of New York State In Convention Assembled express their opinions In i'oim of resolutions as follows: Hetolvtd. The electivs franchise in this repnblio Is not a ftiit.'bat a right belonging to all native-Dora men) that birth in the Country is the only legitimate tet 01 fitness to exercise t bat right ; that when native Lorn men are deprived ol Its exercise, it 11 not to be bestowed but restored. Httototd, That the colored people of the State re sitrii ilia K2f.fl elauRC in the Ntate Constitution un just to them, and contrary to republican forms ot coverall ent, on ine pnucipw inaiuiorinnnuu a property qualification of 250 insures the rignt to decree a property qualification of a larger amount, ndo to inorease it as to place republican iusulu tions at the mercy of the lew landed proprietors, and to create thereby a landed ari-tocraoy. JletMved, That the men who are affected by the laws ehould have the right of saying who shall make ttiote laws, except they have lorleited the right oy crime, Jtetolved That the claim we make is for impartial eudrage, and that the duty ot the Kopnolican and dJcmocratio patties of the btate is to assist us by -every means in their power. The first, or Repub lican party, because It proiosses to base all its action upon the Declaration of Independence, whioh says that "All men are creatod (politically ) equal." And the otuer. the Democratic party, because it protessos to believe lully in the Jeilerscnian doctrine of 'equal and exact JuBtice to all men." Httolved. lhat as a moans to secnie said support, and for other purposos, we appoint a otate Central Committee of twenty-live, who shall interrogate candidates lor onVe, and otherwise carry out the letter and spirit of this series of resolutions, and Which committee shall, in addition, seek tj mass the votes of the colored people to accord with the . spirit of theso resolutions. That this committee have power to fill any vacanoy in their number, and to appoint us many sub-committeos as may bono CAfwarv. livtolved, That a committee be appointed to dralt ana publish lmuu-amteiy an aoaress 10 me co orea people ot the State in reierence to tbo securing their political rights; the support of schools; the honest acquisition ot money, trades, and land, and the responsibilities laid upon every colored man in the pre. ent Juncture of national and State affairs. Rnmlivd. lhat this Convention tondors its heart iest thanks to the soldiers of the war, and especially to their immediate representative", the colored men; that they p edge to them every effort to obtain them a lull recognition ot the rights whioh thev fought to secure; that we 'approve ot the effort to keep up the military knowledge acquired, and believe that as cittern soldiers they will honor us as they honored us when soldiers in the Hem. Resolved, That we heartily approve of the pro voted convention ot colored soldiers and saiton called to matin Philadelphia. January 8,1 807. to seoure lull recognition by the Government of the country, and that wo appoint a committee of five members of this Convention to meet with and express to them our congratu a ions. The above constitutes the platform of the Convention. The remainder of the resolutions are simplv of a business character, and provide for the publication of five thousand copies of the address of the Convention to be mtide to the colored people of the State, and the distri bution ot live thousand copies of a second ad dress to be issued to the Democratic and Repub lican pal ties of the State. The evening session was opened with prayer, and permission was srranted ex-Senator Andrew J. Colvin (white), of Albany, to address the Con- ventioD. He spoke chiefly in relation to the rejection of Miss Husan Authony from a partici pant in the proceedings. AMUSlNU SCENES IN THE CONVENTION. On the coming up of the question, last even ing, as to the admission of Miss Susan B. Au thony to a full participation in the caunsels of the body. Mr. Pey ton Harris, ol Butfulo, who is a plump, jolly, rotund, grey-beaded colored in dividual, possessed of considerable Imitative power, but few ideas and less language, arose and said, amid shouts of laughter "Mr. Speaker, I, as one ot the vice-presidents of this great con vention of colored folks of the great State of New York, the Empire 8tate of the world, can not go for to go the admission of the lady into the body of this convention. (Cheers, and im moderate laughter.) Now, eeramen, you all am aware that I bab a great allection for the ladies, both black and white, but we must not do any thiig here to disgrace our proceedings, which I am of opinion we shall do if we admit any white trash into this meeting." (Great sensation and cries of "Mr. Harris, time am up.") Mr. Harris (to the Piesident, feelingly) "My time alnt up yet. 1 was to have ten minutes, and shall not retire from this position until my ten minutes am expired," TWPiwhd.r.t ."tfou are right. Mr. Harris." Mr. Harris (from the President's stand) "Mr. Speaker, I was going to observe when 1 was dis turbed by those gemmen down there, who will never stand upon the platform upon which I now stand upon, and whence I take a sensible view of them, and measure them for all they are worth, that I was opposed to tho admission of Miss Anthony to these here deliberations. She may be a verv good woman, a very talented woman, a very spicy woman, a very eloquent woman, a very it june woman, a very friendly wnmnn in nnr cause, but she can't come in here, ond I rulfifi mv voice asalnst it from this ele vated place (sensation) as oao of the pre siding oUicei-s of this meeting." Whereupon Mr. Harris subsided, to be tol lnnrori vo Mr, Mvpro. who said i "Mr. Pre sident 1 am in Mo in favor of the unqualified, Immediate, unquestioned, ana everlasting aa Tniui.ui t wnmen to this and all other couven tinna of our neonle. This is not all; I want unmpn. hnth white and black, to unite with us and help save our cause and the country. We must not deny to others what has always been imind in ii. I am in favor of the admission ot Indians nnrl Imlianespcs. if thev can help to tor- ward our cause. I am opposed to the last gen tleman who spoke, and I want to tell him that hnrkwards. I never knew only two to run away, and they were Ward and Logan, one of whom is upon that platform there ns one of the Vice-Presidents of this Conven tion. Miss Anthony mutt be let In. That's my voice end vote." WHICH PARTS' THE NEOROFS WILL VOTE WITH A curious position of the Convention, openly expressed in the two addresses, one to the Ttamocrats and one to the Republicans. Is to be found In the tact that they advertise in these documents to cast their influence and their votes with the party tbat will grant tue colored element of the State tbe largest number of . mui, thla nlip na ulreudv Staled, they juvurtf. t, 1 1 n ,u vvjvM - i nn,.iut r-nmmittees to wait on the vari ous leaders and sound them on the subject of the pending issues In the campaign, which action has already caused some commotion among the said leaders and wire-pullers. A small number of the delegates, among them vinnpi wiiiia,., mph rf Trov. who made a sensible speech, are lor clinging to the Repub licans at all hazards, but I think the majority are inclined to make decided overture to the Democrats. THI ADDBEB8 TO DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS The following, is the address of the Convention in the Democrats and Republicans of this - JfBlXOW-ClTWBNB TBI FTATB OF NW YORK! -Immea of W iraaa ol4 Cv;onwvttU, who brilliant past is, we trust, but the earnest of a glorious Tutors t the represeniativaau sonvention assrmbrd, of that portion of your body pohtio which, by an invidious liiMinotloo Incorporated in your organ c law, is debarred, save voder onerous conditions, Item tho exercise of our indetoasi.ito right the elective franchise salute ju in the name Ot woo ana 01 noercy. In tbetn sacred names we congratulate you that tbe civil war, which for four ynrt had convulsed the land, has terminated in tbe disooratlture of treason, and tn tho triumphant vindication of tne supremacy of the Fedoral Caion. En to perpetual We corgratu'ate you also that, In the providence of God, tbe nation emerges from the iery ordeal ot battle with a firmer beiiet in human rights, and a higher conception of social tlutios sealing iu devo tion to the cause of Daman freedom by th sacrifice of its brst blood, and demonst ating Us sincerity by the emancipation of In bondmen. Klianng, as we believe you do, In this national regeneration, we indulge thehope that you wilt hasten to illustrate the motto of your State by breaking the shackles of casie, so unworthy of you, so degrading to us, and thus alevate the entire popu lation of (be State to a higher embodiment of con stitutional liberty. We doepir sympathize with you for tho bereavement and desolation in many a home, caused by the absence ot your gallant aoad, who fell battlinrl against treason, or yielded up their lives as prisoners of war, beneath the fiendish torture of Kobcl bate, For now, in the hour of thanksgiving and chas tened exultation, having ohocrlnlly borne our allot ment of the , general burden, and our share ot the common risk, we, too, can point with honest pride to honorable scars and mutilations reoetved in the defense of constitutional government, the only safeguard of our common liberties. We, too, have sacred monfuries of onr departod btave, whose mangled forms are mingled with the toil ol many a battle-field, whereon they died, fight ing beneath tho starry flag, whose folds now proudly wave supreme throughout the land. I'hone soars, these mutilation', and these memories, irretragible proofs of manhood's nobleat duty lully done, and pledges for its tutuio performance, being imnre- script! bly ours, and our posterity's forever, do bat bind us the more firmly to the test of our fellow- citizens tor whom ana with whom we havestiug aled. endured, and triumphed. As native-born Americans, we fool it to be our duty to act as soldiers in war, as native-born Ameri cans, we believe it to be our right to act as citizens, in peace; not only in obeying tha laws, but also by co-operating, through appointed Inrtrumentalilfes, in making them. or we believe tbat governments are inttituted among men lor the preservation ot individual rights, and derive their Just Lower from the content of tbe governed. We hold with Mon tesquieu that "in a free otate every man who is supposed to be a free agent ought to be oonoernod in his own government ; therefore, the legislative power should reside in tb whole body of tbe people or tneir representatives;" ana weauirm that sooioty can neither justlv ignore our rights, nor absolve us from our duties. Coming together, therefore, on this occasion to consult as to what measures are best calculated to turthor the varied mtoresis ot fifry thousand of your population five thousand five hundred of whom went forth to battle in defense of the Union, and five thousand of whom are voters, notwithstanding the barriers erected against them in the shape ot discriminative constitutional requirements, alike ab surd and injuilous we deem it our duty to make this BOlomn appeal in their behalf, to those of our fellow-citizens in wnom the law ol tne btato virtu ally vests a monopoly of its rights and immunities, and to ask ol you. as a measure of Justice, to removo tbe hindrances which partial legislation has thrown in tho way 01 onr progress and development. Fellow-citizens of the Empire (state, your ConsM tution affirms that "We, the people ol the btate of Mew York, grateful to Almighty UoClor our free dom, in ordor to secure its blessings, do establish this Constitution." We thorelore would urge tou. irrespective of party, lo manif'e't your gratitudo to uou, ano your appreciation ot tne tuvioiahie char' acter of the freedom He has bestowed upon vou, by no longer withholding from us a lull aud froe participation In its blessings. Wo charge you, before Him whose name vou invoke, that to deprive any citizon of the 8tato, of lawiui age, 01 avuuu mina, ana unconvicted 01 crime, of the right to vote, is a violation ot the car dinal nrinoiDle of the American thuorv of rorprn- meut and subversive ot its existence. ollow oiti- zens, your constitution provides (article thirteen, section two) that, ''At the general election to be hold in tho year iHtits, and in each twentieth year theieufter, tbe question, 'Shall there be a Conven tion to revise tho Cons' itution and amend the name?' shall be decided by the e octors qualified to vote for members of the Donislamre." 1 ou are, therefore, about to be caned on to decide whether eaid Couvontion, for the purposes specillod, shall be held; and as we are duep.y interested in your decision, we won d entreat you by your votes to cause that Convention to be held. We are aware that mere are otupt reanoun wur a revi sion and amendment 01 our etate uonscituuoa at this time is desirable ; reasons wmou, re ating as tney do to the better regulation of our metropolitan Gov ernment, and the purer administration of justice, we appreciate as of the hiuhest importance to the gene ral weal ; still tbe interest of tho fifty thousand whom we represent, depending upon the opportu nity which will thus be afforded of restoring to ns an tnual participation in tbe rights and immunirios ot citizenship, is paramount to every other present consideration. In the event of its being made' a partv quebtion, it alone will determine how tbe votes Wlilcn we now pofe snail m cast. In conclusion, lollow-citizons, we would say that we have endeavored lo address you, not as parti sans, but as patriots, as juen, nign-miuueu men, lien who their duties know: as such we ssk you to see tbe coming occasion, and to remodel the Slate bo tbat Sovereign law, that State's oollected will, may indeed Sit empress crowning good, repressing ill, and dispensing equal and exact Justioe to every citizen. So shall vou vindicate tnose imperishable trutL s to the maintenance of which, on toe 4th of luiv. 1776 vonr representatives in congress assem bled William Floyd, I'h'ho Livingston, Francis Lewis, and Lewis Morn pledged for themselves and vou their lives, their lortunes, and their saored honor JV. Y. Herald. Death of a Newly Harried Couple on the From the Cleveland Herald, October 15, united in the bonds of wedlock, in St. Stephens (Catholic) Church ot Newport. Kentucky, Mr. Tony Laukotf to Miss Aenes Krietf, both of tbat city, ine young anu nappy cuupiu eiiiuyeu their bonovmoon on u riaay, sauiruay, ana tsuu- dav. dctermlninir that on Monday morning they would settle down to a commencement 01 ineir new life, with all ite" business, responsibilities, triniH. ptc. On Monday morniner thev rose at an early hour, ana rouiug tuemseives in tueir , . I d. A 1. I- , LnnU inn. everyaay aiuru, went io mean mow dtou vum- plainea Ol DClflg senousiy in, ana ueuuer cuuiu eat. The husband was compelled almost lm- medintelv to retire to bed, and in a few minutes his wife followed him. A physiciau was sent for, who, upon arriving in the sick chamoer, and a ter examination 01 tne pum-uis, pro nounced their disease the chilcra. Immediate attention was given to them, but during the da they continued to grow worse, aim at o'clock tho husband died. UU holy was re moved to an adjoiuine room. His wire was also in a collapsed condition, and at 830 o'clock she too followed her husoaud into fhe dark valley of the shadow of death. The nridetrroom and bride were robed in their wedding clothes, and on Tuesday were buried in the same grave. An Historical Bell ou the (stage. A bell which is heard lu the first act of Dsn Juan d,Autriche,no'n playing at the Thentre LVdniuica y lovlu la svnn rxf thnaa rt'hlnlt it the 24th of August, 1572, gave the sizoal for tbe I 1 ailt I IS M. IT, 13 VUU Ul IUUOU if II II "1 vrn massacre ot St. Bartholomew. Being put up lor etile during tbe Revolution, all the bells ot St. iermain l'Auxerrois were nought ov a founder named Flauban, who parted with the smallest ot them to the theatre named. It was ruug for tne brut time at the theatre in 101, at the first performance ot Mdouarden Eooese, by Alexander Duvai. An Unsuccessful Experiment in Fremh. A Paris letter-writer says: "There's a tale of a Turk an attache who preferred taking a governess to a tutor to learn French. After six months' study, minting uimseu master or tue language, he wrote home, "MossW le mlnisse. J'e l'honnn heure de vou-z-alnforme;" and he was retailed to Constantinople by'Mossleule jfllfllBse." RAILWAY'S AND WARFARE. Vnlted States Military Hoads Report of Brevet Brigadier-General D. C. McCal lam, Director and General Manager from 1804 to 1860. In February, 18G2, when General McCallum was appointed by General Order of the War De partment Military Director and Superintendent of Railroads in the United States, "with autho rity to enter upon, take possession ot, hold and use all railroads, engines, cars, locomotives, equipments, appendages, and appurtenances that may be required for the transport of troops, arms, ammunition, and military supplies," there were Just seven miles of railroad, from Washington to Alexandria, in the possession of the United States Government. Before General McCallum closed his labors he had seized over two thousand miles of track, employed at one time twenty-five thousand men, built twenty six miles of temporary and permanent bridges, laid and relald six hundred and forty-one miles of track, and disbursed more than forty-two millions of dollars. On General McCallum's assumption of his duties, Mr. Stanton, with that imperativeness which rendered him so efficient a War Secretary In war times, gave him verbally this Napoleonic order:"! shall expect you to have ou band, at all times, tbo necessary men and materials to enable you to comply promptly with any order given nor must there be any fa lure." To comply with these exacting requirements 0 neral McCallum organized a transportation corps to control the movements of trains, and maintain the rolling 6tock, and a conotruct'on corps to lay, tear up, or repair railroad tracks, build bridacs, and burn them if necessary. In the Department of the Mississippi his construc tion corps, live thousand strong, was organize 1 Into six divisions, each a distinct body in itself, provided with all necessary tools, camp equip age, aud field transportation, and ready to move anywhere on emergeucy; bis transportation corps numbered twelve thousand men. Some of the achievements of General McCallum's de partment deserve to rank with the niot re matkable encineering teats of modern times. The wonderful bridge over the Chattahoochee, seven hundred and eight feet long and ninety to feet high, was built by the construction ci rps in tour and a half days; the bridge over tbe Potomac creek, at Aquia, four hundred and fourteen feet long and eighty-two feet high, was built ready for trams to pass iu forty woraing hours. . In their leisure time this corps rebuilt the Chattanooga rolling mills, which turned out tn a tew montns nearly tour thousand tons of rail road iron for the Government, and were sold at the end ot the war lor a hundred aud seventy five thousand dollars. With justifiable pride General McCallum classes the attempt, to supply hermau's army of a hundred thousand men, aud sixty thousand hordes and mules, TroTi a base tbice hundred aud sixty miles distant, over one line of a single track, as one of the boldest idecs ot the war. Whole corps, and even armies, were frequently transpotted hundreds of miles on the mere verbal orders of their com manders. In 18C5 the 4th Army Corps were transported from East Tennessee to Nashville, a distance of three hundred and sixty milos, with out delay or difficulty this herculean task re qt iiitig nearly tttteen hundred cars. Nor were tho services Ihus rendered unat tended with dunger. Guerillus and raiding; par ties dogged tho footeteps of the Construction Ct rps wherever they went. In the first six months of 18G5 one wrecking train picked up and brought into Nashville sixteen wrecked locomottes and nearly three hundred carloads of wheels and bridge iron, the destructive handi work ot ltebel raiders. Hood was -a thorn in McCallum's side; but tho damage he did was repaired with wonderful celerity. In October, 1804, Hood, passing louno etnerman-s army, tore up thirty-Uve miles of track and burned four hundred and fifty feet of bridges between Chattanooga aud Atlanta. The damage was fnude good and the line put in working ordr agaiu in thirteen days, between Tunnel Hill and Resaca twenty-ove miles of track and two hundied and thirty feet of bridelng were recon structed in seven days ana a nan. General McCallum's report contains many olhpr fnots ot eaual interest with tho iorciroiiirr. Put Into a more attractive ana connectea shape, it would form an important contribution to tho history ot the Groat liebellion. Were Geneial McCallum an Kngiishtuan he would oe made a baronet, as Sir Morton Peto was for similar services. Were he a Frenchman, the rlhlmn of the Legion of Honor would unques tionably decorate bis breast. As a citizen of the great republio.he rests content with a brevet Biigadier-Ucneraiflhip. TERRIBLE FXPL0SI0N IN ST. LOUIS. A Wood-Turning Factory Blown Up- Heventecu mvci l,osi. St. Loui9, October 17. A terrific boiler ev- nlosirin occurred this morning, at the wood- tnetorv of Van Brock, on Franklin avenue, bv which the lactorv itself and an ad- iacent two-storv dwelline were destroyed. The explosion snooa toe outiuings in tue viuiumj lor the aistauce oi several squares uno earthauake. and the atmosohere was filled wiin Bmnup ana asnes. 1'ieces oi me luui-u, spongy bo'ler were aUo thrown to a great dis tance. Buildings a block off were pierced by the tlviug fragments, and a car hall a oiock fr im the explosion was thrown from the track. The scenes that ensued were horrible. Women were rushing frantically about in search ot trtoir husbands, 6ons, and relatives supposed to be liurled in the ruins. The police were active in keenintr a rush ot spectators back, and the Bremen were throwing w ater upon the flames iu the vain hope ot saving some oi ine Batterers, some ot whom were Doing ex ricated as fast as the circumstances would allow. Some twenty-two men were at work in the establishment at the time of the explosion. They were all buried In the ruins. The carriage and wairon factory of Mr. Edward Beersch, on tho west side, was also blown up. A number ot men were at wortc in it at tne t me. The pro prietor, Mr. Van Block, escaped, as did also his engineer; though the latter is this evening re ported in a ayiug couaiuon. Thirteen oouies in nil have been taken from the ruins. In -tue vurd adjoining the premises, about noon, there were lour uouius uurt-iy recoguizuDie, ourni iu I J 1 , 1 , a i cinders. This evening the force is still at work removing rubbish. One woman had a narrow escape, being; given up as lost, when fresh e Hon s were made and Bhe was rescued. Tlie fire was extinguished shortly after 2 o'clock, but the Bremen continued playing on the ruins long ater. This is the most appalling calamity of the kinJ tbat has ever befallen e?t. Louis. Colored Jurymen In Boston. Tho rwiMtnn Comm.onwt.alth savs: "It Is an inte resting fact, and an evidence of the progress of tbe age towards equui nguis iur mi, wuue itiu black, that in the Superior Court of this county for criminal business there is, this term, one colored turyman, and in tne oupenor uonrt lor civil business, first session, one, and in the second cession of the same court there are two, No objection is made to them; but, on the con trary, it is eald they are an improvement on muny white perfonB nereioiuic urniteju jor mis purpose. This is the nrst term oi tnese courts where colored men Dave oeeu put on me juries, although tn a recent term of the Supreme Court in a iiial for murder, as we nave recoruea, mere was one who served, THE OUEDEC FIRE. Several Mora Bod its Recovered from the Ruins Subscriptions for tha Sufferers, Ktc. Ktc. Toronto, October 17. The conflagration of Sunday at Quebec seems to be the only subject talked of throughout the province. Several more bodies nave heen found beneath tho ruins, and several persons ate still missing, who, it is feared, have been killed by the falling of ralters wnue attempting to remove their property. At a meeting at the City Hall last evening, in Quebec, a very stormy discussion ensued in rtgardto the political aud relic Ions faith of tbn sufferers; but through the influence of several influential gentlemen present quietness was restored, and subscription lists were handed aronnd by the members ol tho Relief Committee, wlten $18,000 was immediately collected. ine iue.anctioiy loss or life and sutlering of these poor houseless creatures throws a dark eloora over the whole country. The ruins are vi-ited by thousands, while here and there can be seen men, women, and children groping their w ay through the rubbish of their former homes, and In other directions can be seen working parties in the melancholy duty of hunting for the bodies ot their missing friends. Several women, it is rumored, have died from exposure; and, unless immediate relief is furnished!' it is feared hundreds of women and children will follow. The comm'ttee are doing evervthlnor n their power to provide food, clothing, and shelter for the needy. The ladles of Quebec are organizing sanitary societies to prepare clothing, and attend to tue sick in toe Hospital, while otheis contri bute from their private stores provisions for the bulfcrers, One charitable gentleman is support ing hi teen tanvlies at his own expense, and another sent this moraine eizht cart loads of cooked provisions. The draymen of the city have placed their horses and carts at the dis posal of the Relief Commttee, for the purpose of hauling provisions or removing furniture saved from the ruins to a place of safety. Sheds aie springing up among .the ruins as last as lumber can be hauled. A man named Detold. ased seventy years. died this morn.ing from injuries received on ruii'iij, A soup-house was opened last nlrht at the Jacques Cartier Market, and over ten thousand perple have nen furnished with soup. An appeal is to be made to the people ot Eng land and France for aid to build up the city, and a committee has been appoinrea lor this pur pose. It Is feared that If the Board of Health do not tnke proper precautions to prevent thespreid of di;ense among tbe poor that one halt of tbem will be subjects for the hospital before many weeks. Mr. Mills, of the English Episcopal Cathedral, is organizing a company of singers, to give a concert in Quebec, tbe entire proceeds to be devoted to the sufferers. Tbe following is the amount of subscriptions received : The Gov.-General, $200: the Mayor, S200: the Archb'.shon of Quebec. S1000: the Seminary ol Quebec, $2000; the Cure of Quebec, $100; the Cure of St. hoch, $100; Rosa & Co,, $1000: Thompson & Co., $500; Thos. McGreevy, $500; Tetu & Gorneau, $1000; Uamcl & Feeres, S4UU; mover r orv, iut; j. Liemisureur, iuu; tbe Recorder, $40; J. W. Henry, $200; Rov. A. Rucine. $40; C. Delaerave, $10; Rev. W. Cos grain. $40; Patrick Vallee, $100; Dunicl Cary, $20; R. Pobrell & Co., J8500; B. Bennett, $500; James Gibb, $400: Behan & Bros., $50; M. D. Robitaille. $50; D. W. (Jampiieii, 50; Jamos Pbaw, $100; L. Fb-et, $100; I. Tetu, $100: J. Thibadeau, $000; A. Tesslor, $200; L. Fiset, Sr., $200: M. Baby, $200; J. Renaud, $100. The following Insurance companies intend to remove from Quebec if immediate steps are not taken to put tbe Are and water departments on a more satisfactory footing: The London and Lancashire, Queen, Royal, Liverpool ami Lon don, North British, Lancashire, Imperial, and vvestot hngiai a. The weather continues fine darinz the (lav. but is very cold at night. TUB MAINE SUICIDE MYSTERY. Discovery of tha Skeleton of the Missing uiri. We find the following sad story in the Lewis ton (Me.) Journal: It will be remembered that on May 23d la?t Miss Greene, seed twenty-two years, daughter ol Jonas Greene, of Peru, Oxford county, mys teriously left school at Kent's Hill, came to A iourn, wnere sne stoppea a lew nours at tne Elm Home, and left In toe mid-alternoon, ap parently In tears. snc was nest ana last seen in a arug store in this city, where she purchased to-and-a-half ounces of corrosive sublimate a quautity suffi cient to destroy many lives. It waa believe 1 tt at the untortuDate girt committed suicide, and diligent search was made for ber body in the Mocas in this vicinity, ana in too canal ana noioinine towns. All efforts to discover her l mains were, however, futile, and the agonized trends ol the missing girl gave up an nope ot e er seeing ber alive, ana neariy an nopu ot e r discovering her remains. Saturday mornlDtr.as U. Lewis ana nis orotner -. 1 li -A. U,U!1. 11.1, V . , r, v ere nuiiung at vruue nm, ioo aumm. they accidentally stumbled upon the remains of a human body, in an advanced state of decom position. There is no doubt It is the body of the u issing girl. , The head was supportea on tne ngut arm, me lees were drawn up slightly, and all tbe flesh tad disappeared, leaving a mere skeleton iu Clothes. A OiacK Straw uat, was lymn uci, havinir probably been blown from the head, now a tleshless ekull, whose light hair was ttreauiiDg hither and thither over it In the wind. The body was clothed with a cotton dress v ith a blue woollen border, a hoop skirt and cotton skirt, shoes and stockirns. It was with out draweis. Overher shoulders a checkered shawl was hugged tightly, and held around her throat, as though shrinking from the cold, and endeavoring to protect herself from It. The v ater-proof cloak was stretched on the rock near bv. which, it is believed, ha I becu blown bv the wind from her shoulders. The shoes and stockings were in periect preservation. Near bv was a reticule, in which were fouud a memo landum book, penholder and pen, an emoty inkstand,, hair crush, nail brush, two soiled pocket handkerchiefs, a pair of new gloves, and a brown veil. Dr. Harris was summoned before the remains were touched, and gave his opinion that the de ceased probably survived from three to six hours after tukintr noion. the probability that she died bv poison bclnir increased bv the acci dental discovery of an apothecary's circular near by, in which it is likely tbe poison had been wrapped. Dr. Harris thinks that the position ot the bodv indicates that tbe deceased died without great sull'erlne, as it was found in the most easv and natural, or reclining posture. From the memorandum book and all other a lleles in ber possession, she had apparently a moved all positive testimony as to her iden tity. Several leaves were lorn Irom the memo randum. Evidently they may have borne t name she wished to conceal, ner desire to de s'roy her very name, was indicated by th let ters she addressed to ner scnooi class, in which sne begged her ciussmaies to forget her. Tbe Pacific Railroad Excursionists. Cnicioo, October 17. Senators Trumbull and Wade, ('nnoressnipn Rnnbl Ohio, and Allpp nf MmiiDhniiiM. o.wl a lorir nartv of the Pacific Rnilrnnd evnnr'tilnnluta. nromlnent rail- on man .v, .v,irt Vduw York on the Silver Palace line of cars on Monday eveuiug last, arrived here to-day. THIRD EDITION Marino Disasters. Nf w Yoke, October 18. The steamer Jamei 8. Gretne, from Georgetown, 8. C, arrived this morning. She reports having seen a large brig ashore twelve miles south of Fcmlnck'o Island. The sea was breaking over her. On the 17th she saw a schooner ashore six miles north of Baruegat. She also saw the steamer Empire, from Wilmington, N. C, for New York, ashore on Sandy Hook. She tried to pull her off, but the hawser broke. She will probably be got off on the next tide. On the 16th the steamer MoniiceUo, from Savannah and Boston, put into the Delaware Breakwater, short of coal. The steamship William Fenn, from London, reports on the ICth, during a heavy gale, having pHsscdJa barque-rigged steamship, lying to. She bad a red funnel. She also passed a quan lity of deal and wreck matter floating. Sandy Hook, October 18. The propeller Em pire, Captain Piice, from Wilmington, N. C, is ashore on the outside of the Hook, opposite Station-house No. 1. She la hogged, and has three feet of water. Her cargo of rosia is strewn all along the bench. She went ashore last night 'J he Dilliard Championship of 3f assacb.u aetto. Boston, October 18. A game of billiards for 1500 points up was played last night between E. Daniels and William A. Tjbln. Tbe latter won, taking the purse, gold cue, and winning the championship of Massachusetts. The National Finances. Washington. Wednesday, Oct. 17. The Re demption Bureau of the Treasury report their total destruction of mutilated currency to date at $1,212,092. The receipt j from internal reve nue sources exclusively, up to this date, amount to over $115,500,000, which Is In excess of $1,000,000 prr diem from the beginning of the piesent fiscal year, namely, the 1st of July. It i believed that the Income from this source will reach to nearly tbe same figures as those of last jpar, which will be largely in excess of the amount estimated and required, leaving a heavy surplus to be appropriated to the liquidation of tbe na'.ional debt. Movements of General Sherman Indian Declaration of War. Tofeka. Kansas, October 17. Lieutenant- General Sherman passed hero to-day en route for St. Louis, on his return from Ellsworth ami Fort Morgan. Tho Indians have declared war and are near to Fort Garland, New Mexico, in sti ong force. Kansas State Capital Building. Toper a. Kansas. October 17. The corner- st'oue of the capitol building of tbe State of Kansas was laid in this city to-day by the M asonic Order. TTIE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION. Official returns from 64 counties in thi3 Slate place Geary's majority at 17,151. The two counties unoiiiciaiiy reported are uuuer ana Forest, both of which are small ana decidedly Republican. The olbcial figures, therelore, wll not reduce the Union majority in the State be OW 17.000. The otlicial returns la the Thirteenth Con pressional District show a majority of 1278 for the lion, uiysses oiercur, tne raaicai candidate uenry. civmer, Alleehenv 7tiW Adams 216 AimsirouK VW Bedford 224 it, arer 9JS Borkg 61H7 niair 762 book 6l4 uradiora 101! Cambria 6yi Butler 400 Carbon 433 Cameron 71 Centre 401 Chester 2279. Clarion 1037 Ciawlord 1745 Clearfield 1133 Dauphin, 1401: Clinton 693 Je aware 1886; Columbia 1618 Krie 8280 Cumberland 680 Forest 20 Elk 640 Fianklln 198 Fayette , 702 ftuotiDgdon 101)9 Fulton 280 Indians 2849 Greene 1MH Jeflereon Iu8 Juniata 298 I anoaster 6002 Lehigh 1672 Lawrence 2160 Luzerne 87o6 Lebanon 1498' Lycoming 677 McKean 167Mittiin. Meroer 684! Monroe. Perry Philadelphia Potter Somerset 8i yder Sutauehanna........ 88 Montgomery 6388 Montour.... 720 Northampton 1803 1 Northumberland. . . . 480 like " 1477 Schuylkill.. 816518a hvan 704; Way no 919 Westmoreland 1116 Wyoming 2tt& York.... 1 oea Lb on Vonar.ro Warren..... Y ashington 64642 87331 87391 ( J eary 'i majority.. 17151 Unofficial. The .Constitutional Amendment. There seems to be a Errowimr Hmnnnitlim on the psrt of the people of the South to accept the vi-iiDbuuiiuuai niueuuujcub, uuii inus ao awav with the pretext afforded to tbe radicals tor hos ti e legislation towards them on the ground ot tueir alleged intractability, ine unariotteville (Virginia) Chronicle says: "The Southern people want rest. To secure it, they would uccept the Constitutional amendment. Gua rantee them rest, and every State will ratify the amendment." The Ralelah (North Carolina) Standard calls upon the South "to lake this amendment to avoid further and greater evils ' while the Charlotte (North Carolina) Democrat prefers the adoption of the proposed amendment to the "abolishment ol our State governments," "eut'orced negro sut lrnge,"and "confiscation." TheNewbern limen tells the people that they should now hasten to adopt the Congressional plan, aud thus secure immediate tranquillity, aud admission into the Union. Tbe Charleston (S. C.) News is now couvinced that there is no other course open to the Southern people, while the Savanuah (da.) hepublican poiuts to the amendment as the Northern ultimatum, and adds that "uothlDg moie will bo required of them. "The New Orleans Picayune Is now presenting to its readcis. from day to day, "practical rellectious upon the amendment," wherein the measure Is t-Lowi) to be not so unjust and unreasonable as many are disposed to think it. WUbiu a brief time tho Richmond and. in fuct, nearly all tho Southern journals, have exhibited a very per ceptible change in tone. Franc lu Depressed Spirits. In France they are expecting the end of the world. Even the skeptics (according to the Paris correspondent of the London t-tar) are beginning to talk in a religious strain ot "signs and tokens;' but their newly found reli gion takes a very gloomy color. The continual rain, the extraordinary character of the late events In Germany, the disturbed condition of the continent, apparently pointing to further convulsions, the cholera, and the precarious state of the Emperor's health, all contribute to tbe general depression, and induce some people to supposo that the end of things is appro-aching. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. Court of Quarter a.in. t t The- ease ol the Commonwealth vr Cahllt was eall'ed for trial. Mrs. Kyan, who wat subpoenaed in this case, bat nerlected to make her appearance wa lined $10 lor oontempt ol Court. Mr, Uoonev snf- ifrea a me penalty lor a ine nomect. Both de linquents will remain in limbo antil the ftnea ara paid. Cohlll, the defendant, is charged with the lareenw ot a trunk whioh was leit in cbarre ot Uillman's llagpage Kvpreso, to be delivered to Mr. Cleaver, at No. 1028 Poplar street. The driver of the wagon, near midnight, stopped at a tavern to ask directions, when a man by the name of Mooneye aimed tne trnns aa nm, stating that he had made a mistake in riving the number of the house. He claimed to have lost the check but rave tbe number of it, receiving the trunk, aoa signing the receipt with the name of Mr. Palmer, woicn was maraea on ine noo laaui, toe ao lendant, was In the room at the time. Two days afterwards the trunk was takento No. 1028 Toplar street, and when examined by an officer $128 wero round to have been abstracted. The case Is still on tnal, when Mr Cahlll's COn cectlon with the affair will be developed-. United States Circuit Court-Judge Cad walatlor. Proctor vs. The Union Passenger Rail way Company, Patent case. This was a suit tor Infringement on Proctor's patent ear for pole attachment to passenger cars. Voidlct for plaintiff. giooo. i ne case oi wie vs. enent ot at. (before reported) is still on trial. Court of Common Pleat Jadee Lndlow. Thistle s Black An aotioa on a breach of con tract. Verdict for plaintiff, 91. Hums vs. uraham. An action to recover pos session of a bouse. On trial. FINANCE AND COMMERCE. Office of thb Evkninq Tbleoraph, i . Thursday, October 18, 186U. J The Stock Market was more active this morn ing, but prices were without material change. Government bonds were In fair demand. Old 5-20s sold at 113, a slight advance; 6s of 1881 at 112j; 7-30s at 105jr7)10;, for June and July; and 10-408 at 99i. City loans were also In fair de mand; the new issue sold at 90 J. in uaiiroad snares there was more doing. Pennsylvania Railroad sold at 66f,57L closing at the latter rate, an advance ot 1; Catawissa preferred at 3030i, a decline ot : Philadelphia aLd Erie at 32, no change; and Reading at 67J ; a slight decline. 129 was bid for Camden and Amboy; 35$ for Little Schuylkill; 67 for Mtne hllt; 39 for North Pennsylvania; 65 for Lehigh valley; 3U lor rjimira common; z lor preferred do. : and 46( for Northern Central. City Passenger Railroad shares were without chance. Thirteenth and Fifteenth sold at 21; Chesnut and Walnut at 64$ ; and llestonville at 15a'15$; 88 was bid for Second and Third; 3D for Green and Coates; and 28 for Girard College. Bank shares were firmly held at lull prices. Mechanics' sold at 334 ; 109 was bid for Sixth National; 230 for North America; 150 tor Phila delphia; 134 for Farmers' anl Mechanics'; 68 for Commercial; 100 for Northern Liberties: 103 for South wark ; ICO for Kensington; 5GJ lor Pcnn Township; 59 for Girard: 33 for Manufacturers' and Mechanics': 100 for Tradesmen's; 68 lorCity; 58 for Commonwealth; 70 for Corn Exchange; and 66 for Unlon.l Iu Canal shares there was not'iing doing. 2HJ was bid for Sehuylkill Navigation common, 3CJ for preferred do., 123 tor Morris Canal pre ferred, 14 for Susquehanna Canal, and 67 tor Delaware Division. The Money Market is more active. Loans on call are offered at 4S&5 per cent. First-class mer cantile paper continues scarce, and ranges at from 67 per cent, per annum. OuotationsofGold 10 A. M., 143; 11 A.M., 1488: 12 M., 148 J; 1 P. M., 148$. The New York Ti'ibune this morning savs: "Money is guoted irregular and dearer. Some of the largest tending-houses put up their loans to brokers to 6 percent., and obtained It readily, and for all new business brokers are ready to pay 6(0Q per cent. In commercial paper no change. Best names pass at 5, and good at 5 j 6. Long bills are sold at 7 per cent., and upon some or the best railway shares 7 per cent, is paid. The demand for currency for the West continues, aud there is no surplus of currency oi1 any kind in the street. "Freights are firm. The engagements to Liver- poo) per steamer are 60 hhds. tobacco at 22s. 6d. To London 10,000 bushels barley at 6d.; 700 bushels corn at 6.Jd.; and, per steamer, 50 hhd. tobacco on private terms. To Bremen 1300 hhds. tobacco at 15s." Messrs. Satterthwaite & Co.'s circular says: "Duiing the latter part of last week the London market for American securities was very Inactive, owing to the break iu telegraphic communication with America. For the last three days, however, there has been a very large business transacted. United States Five twenty bonds, on higher exchange, have de clined during tbe week nearly $2." PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE 8AIES TO-DAT Ueported by De Haven fc Bro , No. 40 S. Third street FIRST fOARD. 100 D S 6S.81 couDl!2f lOOshCatapl sO 80 100 sh do...s80wn80 100 sh do 80 1 100 sh Ph & 82 J 860 sh do.... lots. 82 1 400 sh Leh Cr Irn Co 80 S1600 L8 6-a062oonpll8 S150 do 118 tlOOOU 8 10-408 .... 99 500 p 8 730s Jnne.106 5 0 do ll 1000 Cfc A 6a KOsn Heading blO. 67 3100 City 08 new.l'i 99, 100 sh do 67 eUOOO Leh 6s. 84 .lots 92 100 sh do e 67 18sh Tioira R s6 44 20110 busa Cnlbds 62i 1000 do 62? flfKO do... 62 Oab Mech Banc... Sttf 100 n New Cree . . -68 BoOsh Fulton.... lots 6 200 sh MoClintock... i 20shChos & WalR 64 800 sh Uest'y ota 16 200 sh do.lots80. 16, 8H00U BCh I AT GS 82 88i 60 sh C fc A scrip, . 46 6 sh do o 45 15(bPennit oAp.. 66 2 sh do 67 8shl8thfcl6th. .. 21 J Messrs. De Haven & Brother, No. 40 South, Third street, report the following rates of ex- change to-day at 1 P. M.: American gold. 1481 (?r)148; Silver is and is. 141; Compound Interest Notes, June, 1864, 16j; do.. July, 1864. 16i;dO. August, 1864, 15j; do., October. 1864, 14j; do. December, 1804, 13J; do., May, 1865, 11 i; do., Aueust, 1865, 9J; do., September, 1865, 9j;do., October, 1865, 8j. Messrs. William Painter & Co., bankers, No. 3G South Third street, report the following rates of exchange to-day at 12 o'clock: U.S. 6s, 1881, coupon, 112i113; U. S, 5-20s, coupon, 1862, 113114l; do.. 1864, 1109110i; do., 1865, 1103 C110; U. S. 10-408. coupon, 9999; U.S. 7-iiOs, 1st series, lOGloe; do., 2d series, 105J (106; do., 3d series, 106i106. Compound In terest Notes, December, 1864, 113j114. Philadelphia Trade Report. TBtTRSDAT, October 18. The Flour Market is very firm, and prioes of the better grades of spring and wintor Wheat are steadily tending upwards, but there is no demand exoept from the home consumers, who purchase sparingly and only to supply imme diate wants. Sales of 900 bbls., principally North west oi n extra family, at S12 50 '3'60, the latter for choice, including 200 bbls. Ohio do. at 14; superfine at 7-75a8 76; old stock and fresh ground extras at 012;md fancy brands at 916QX8 60, according to quality. Rye riour is scarce and commands 7 V bbl. In Corn Meal nothing doing. There is no new feature to present in tbe Wheat ' JIarkot, and the oniv le reported ara a few hun dred bush, at 9i -ft (ft10 J?r lSr -Pennsylvania and choice southern red white may be quoted at 810 (o8 26 Rye1J;er;0woudrefl1,).ycommnl, 125 (a 1 28 & buu. (or southern and Western i and CI 80 lor rennsyiv?"'"' ;orn i oomes in slowly, and yellow commnud 1 12 ,bush. Ouo oar load ot Weatern mixed wid of iM-18. Oats aia in steady request, w,th M'e 1 ia0O bush, new Southern at 69c. jjoijtnng doing in Barley or Malt. c;loverseed is telling at 7:nfl 64 lbs., for newt WVky is unchanged; small sales of P.nnsy?. S ii. ww " 2 " "d 0W l ,a 48 n 9 Amman
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