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VOL. VIII-No 28.
PHIIiADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1867.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
TENNESSEE.
Vk Stat mt Affair Freecdlaff tbe Klec
tlm DIpoltldtt of Troop i -TlU-l(francbUt
Cttla Leavlns;
Tew Exploit of a Gaarllla Baad la
MNary County Ktharldg aad Wil
liams Driven Out of Jackafcoro An
drew Jobnisa for th United State
Sanat from Tannesee.
Nashvillh. July 80-Tha exact fltrures of
registration are white 6A022, and black 37,218,
with twelve counties to hear from. The negroes
are in th majority In nearly all the counties of
Middle and Western Tennessee, but the white
are In a large minority In East Tennessee. The
registration of .Henry county ha been thrown
out by the State authorities for alleged fraudu
let action on the part ol the Commissioner.
' General Thomas has given General Duncan,
commanding the District of Nashville, the en
tire direotlou of affairs on election day In this
vicinity, so far as the United Htales authorities
are concerned, and the Government ha as
signed blmtothecommandofsuoh Btate troops
as are within the District. General Duncan
declared his intention to severely punish the
authors of any disturbance, no matter to what
party they belong. He will station the troops
at the outskirts of the city, away from the poll,
that there may be no charges of intimidation,
but yet near enough to be immediately avail
able in case of riot. The city will be patrolled
by cavalry squad, whose duty It will be to
pallor) to headquarters with the first Intelli
gence of trouble. General Thomas Is expected
here to-morrow or the day after.
The Mayor ha Issued his proclamation for
bidding prooession aud meetings, and order
ing the closing of all bnr-roomsou election day.
The political organization of the Young Men's
Conservative Club baa decided to forego lis In
tended parade.
The radical authorities withdrew their appli
cation to the Mayor to appoint a portion of the
special three hundred police from radical citi
zens, leaving him to take the responsibility of
selecting an entirely partisan force. lie made
the appointment to-day, and chose a portion
of the men from the radloal element.
A new regiment of State militia la rapidly or
ganising In the vicinity.
Detipiie all these preparation against an out
break, the publlo mind 1 very uneasy. Busi
ness will be partially suspended on election
day, and many merchants and citizens, espe
cially those who are disfranchised or are not
voters, are preparing to leave the city to
morrow, taking with them their wives and
families.
Captain Cramer, an ex-Federal officer, who
baa settled In thin State, and who has been as
sisting in the duties of the registration commis
sioner, was assaulted and knocked senseless to
day at the Chattanooga depot by a man for
whose loyalty he had refused to voaob.
Captain Hamilton, commanding a company
of State Guard at Purdy, in MoNary county,
report to General Cooper that some eighteen
or twenty armed guerilla dashed Into the town
on Friday night, and attacked him. A desultory
skirmish continued until daylight, when the
troop charged and drove the guerillas from the
town on the road down the Tennessee river.
They suffered a loss of three wounded, the State
troop escaping without loss. On the next day
a flag-raising by the Loyal .League, In which the
troop participated, led to a disturbance. In
which a Sergeant was shot and the Sheriff of
the county mortally wounded.
despatch from Knoxvllle state that Ettae
rldge and the Congressional Candidate, Wil
liams, were not permitted to speak to-day at
Jacksboro. They were followed out of town by
the crowd, who Urea pistol and threw atones
one of the latter striking and Injuring Wil
liam. They subsequently addressed a meet
ing at Clinton, which was followed by a slight
disturbance, In which one or two were slightly
hurt.
It 1 said that the conservative plan In the
present canvaxs is to secure the election of their
candidate for the Legislature, with a view of
returning President Johnaon to the United
State Senate next year. They openly confess
their Inability to elect Etherlrige, and hence
bave started independent rndioal candidates,
fostered splits In that party, and put Brown
low's name on many of their own ticket. If.
Y. Herald.
TIIE TURF.
Trotting Match at th Riverside Track,
Boston, Between Dexter and Brown
Cteorge and Mate Dexter the Winner
In Vhree Straight Heats The Beat
Time Kver Made on a Half-mil Tracla.
' Boston, July 30. There were eight thousand
persons present from Boston and suburbs on
the Riverside track this afternoon, to witness
the trot between Dexter, in harness, Brown
George and running mate. There never were
so many persons present on the track before,
and this was in a great measure to see the "King
of the Turf," rather than to see the fast, time.
Of course there was no betting except on time,
and this v as fixed at 222, although many
marked as nigh as 2 "25. The judges were
Messrs. Cavanaugh, of New York; A. Carpenter,
of Hartford; and Colonel James Cheney, of
Manchester, N. H. 8oon after the time an
nounced the horses were called on the track.
There were two talse starts made, Dexter
having the inside position. On the second
attempt the word was given and the race com
menced. First Heat The word was given with th geld
ing to the fore full half length, and in his inside
place he made the mobt of it, leading three
lengths at the quarter pole. This was retained
to the homestretch, when the team began to
close, and the gap was lessened to two lengths.
On the last ishird quarter Brown George broke
twice and lost two lengths, but by a fine spurt
the team closed the gap to a couple of lengths,
and in this position they came home, Dexter
winning the heat in 221JJ. The quarter was
one in 85 seconds, and the half mile in 109.
The time of the first heat led to some betting,
and as much a three to one was ottered and
taVfn that 2'20 would not bo beaten.
S !cend Heat On the second scoring the word
-was given, Dexter having a lead of a full length.
The gelding weDt away evidently to mAke time,
ad at the second turn he had gained half a
lengtb. On the backstretch there was a very
fine display of speed, Brown George doing his
very best, and closing the gap. On the upper
turn Brown Georee broke up, but this only
eased him, as he was at once caught, and the
two came down lapped amid the most enthusi
astic cheers; but Dexter won the heat in the
shortest time in harness on record, 219, and
three-quarters of a second less than Flora Tem
ple's best time on a full mile track, while this
was made on a half-mile track. The gelding
never broke during the heat, and this remark
will apply to all three. The quarter was made
Jn 36 seconds anil the half in 1'IOJ.
Third Heat This heat was very well con
tested, but Dexter had the lead, which he kept
to the end of the race. Ue made the first quar
ter in 85 seconds, but at the halt-mile pole,
which was done In 111, the team lapped him,
and on the backstretch a line race ensued: but
the "king of the tun" let out then, and won a
comparatively easy heat, and the race In 221i.
There ifl considerable. Jubilation in town to
nteht from the tact that on one of our local
tracks the best trotting time in the world, tn
harness, has been mado, aud this on a half-mile
track, while it has always been heretofore
claimed that 219i. time made at Kalamazoo,
MichlL'an, was the champion time.
The following is a summary ol the race:
Bivxbsidb Coitbsk. Trotting. Purj $5000,
mile heats, best three in five, between Dexter
and Brown George, and mate, Dexter in har
nesr. Bodd Doble named b. g. Dexter
j jjoughey waiaeo wowu mwi aua
tttaU.
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THE MORGUE.
Description of th New York Dsad-Hons
Disposition Mado of th Bodies
Inmate of th Morgue Shadows on
th Wall Th Unknown Dead.
On the upper side of Twenty-sixth street, and
very near the edge 01 East river, 1 an unpre
tending apnrtment, situated on the ground
floor of the" Ilellevue Hospital, bearing, in severe
Elltlettersoverthedoor.aname which Instantly
give rise to many mournful reflection, but
which irresistibly attracts the attention of the
passer-by. It is "Thk Morocr." The room
devoted to this use is small scarcely 20 feet
square.
Immediately upon entering, you are Btrnok
by live general appropriateness of the Interior.
The floor la made of small bricks, the alternat
ing red and white of which form a curious
checker-work. There is a prevailing dampness
In the air, but It is oool and pleasant. The room
ia divided Into two compartments of about
eqnal size, the separation being a glass parti
tion, commencing at the street door and run
ning the length of the apartment. Tue right
band aide of this partition la utterly devoid of
furniture, .The only object upon the bare
white wall la a walnut-lramed copy of the
printed rulea and regulations of the Morgue.
Tbey are almple and few. They describe the
disposition made of the unknown dead bodies
which are brought to the Institution, and the
time tbey are preserved for identification. The
glass-room, as the other compartment may be
called, is devoted to the exposure of the bodies.
It contains four tables, with Iron frames and
heavy marble slabs for tops.
Upon these tablea the bodies, after being
stripped naked, with the exception of a cover
ing about the loins, are luld on their backs.
India-rubber tubes are suspended from the cell
ing, and from these a constant dripping of water
falls upon the forehead of the dead to keep It
fresh and cool until identification shall have
taken place, or the time expires for the expo
sure of tbe body. Twenty-four hours is the
usual time. If tue remains are identified they
are given into the banda of friends, together
with whatever clothing and other property
may have been found upon the body; If no iden
tification takea place, the corpse, after the usual
Inquest of tbe Coroner, la Interred, and the
e fleets which eame with It are kept a number
of months for whomsoever mayjcall for and
Identify them.
This dead-bouse of tbe metropolis Is not so
thickly and Incessantly peopled as the Parisian
Institution from which it borrows Its name.
Certainly, In all conscience, we bave victims
enough 01 crime and self-murder, but the ephe
meral temperament which gtveB to the Boine
an additional number of suicides In cloudy
weather Is seldom a characteristic of our popu
lation, and the "found drowned," as a general
thing, form a comparatively small portion of
those wretched unknowns who are brought to
tbe glass-exhibition of the Bellovue ded-house.
Frequently the tables are found entirely
empty. At such tlmea the visitors are few.
being mostly confined to philanthropic old
gentlemen, strangers in the city, who move ob
servantly about tbe oool, mosalced hall, or curi
ously study the rules and regulations, with
chins supported meditatively by their gold
beaded canes. But scarcely a week pauses with
out tbe marble tables of the Morgue showing
one or more sad candidates for recognition.
Tbey all give rise to thousands of suggestions;
and It would appear that the dark mysteries of
the Morgue are sufficient to supply;romancera
with inspiration for their elaborated notions
for any length of time. The result of all
crimes, all phases of sudden death, are to be
found here. You are inspired by the atmo
sphere of tbe place with a visionary idea of
hundreds of blood-red bands raised against the
blank wall. The long splinter of summer sun
shine which pierces the casement In the
rear is transformed into the glittering dagger
of tbe midnight assassin.
Perchance the spirit which was once the ani
mation of that poor stabbed clay npon the trea
ties saw but once the deadly glitter ere the steel
wa burled in the breast; but It is mute and
silent now. Tbe ghost of the murdered one
may shriek avengingly in the unknown vil
lain' ear, but the closed eyes are Incapable of
accusation, and the poor pale faoe 1 vainly up
turned as if pleading with dumb eloquenoe for
the pitying tear of some friend who come not.
A shadow, as of fierce bands In a strangling
death-grip, la flung nualnst the wall by the
strange upper work of tbe window-frame. Those
bands, and tho.se alone, must have encircled
the thin neck of tbat poor woman corpse lying
on the second table; for there are the marks of
thumb and finger on the throat, the straining
eyeballs seem bursting through the concealing
lids, and a shriek of horror ia frozen on the
pain-wreatbed, parted lips.
There Is more and yet more to be seen and
fancied. Tbe bowed shutters of one of the win
dows In tbe rear are blown open by a breath of
tbe awakening wind without, a flurry of light
darta serosa the walls, and for one Instant there
1b a changing picture of murder before the eyes,
spectrally distinct. Now you see tbe reeking,
ligbtless by-lane; tbe lonely passenger approach
ing; the sinister eyes awaiting him In the
shadow of the stoop; the stealthy, encompass
ing, single startled exclamation, and the awift
garrote of tbe serpent-like arm encircling tue
neck from behind ; the nure, sudden stab
between the shoulder-blades, or the whirring
plummet of tbe slung-shot tilling upon unoou
scIoub temples; the rapid rifling of the pockets;
tbe hasty, slinking, guilty retreat: and a corpse
left motionless on tbe sidewalk, dimly revealed
In tbe scant moonshine that struggles through
tbe raln-olouda.
Then, according to the surroundings, tbe fly
ing phantom chanees on tbe wall. You see
the unconscious drnnkard pushed from tbe
door of tbe rum-hole where be has been
drugged and robbed; you see him totter reeling
from the high stoop, fall upon bis bead, and be
silent "found dead In tbe street: name un
known; supposed to have come to bis death
from a fall while Intoxicated." Then the dark
edge of the river, the strange sailor peering
through the darkness of the outline of bis ship.
the cat-like advance of tbe loathsome "wharf
rut" from behind, the cowardly blow with stick
or stone, tbe pnsb Into the water, and the float
ing body of the stranger, "supposed to be a sea
larlng man from his dress; no valuables found
upon the person." Or you oatcb a broader view
of tbe sweeping stream, with the dim silhouette
nfft inne. friendless woman frantioally rushing
along tbe pier for the fatal plunge:
"Mad from lire's nistory,
Glad to death' myaterj ,
bwlfl to be burled
Anywhere, anywhere,
Out of tbe world."
Ani with the ranld evanescence of tbe fancy.
ha ihminwv outlines form and re-form them
selves into every conceivable shape ot guilty
darknesB and erlme, with only the cold, nude
bodies before tbe eyes as mute evldenoes of the
wickedness done, until the sunshine slowly
broadens over tne Dianit wans, ana tue leii-mm
shadows disappear before the fresh, healthful
breeze tbat blows through the casemate, and
seems to know naught of auylhlng that ia not
life-giving and beautiful.
It Is hardly worth while giving any statistics
of the Morgue. Our dally polloe reports supply
Information of all bodies taken there, and the
tale doea not materially differ from day to day
aud from year to year. But the sight to be
seen there are manifold and interesting. The
victims of every crime, from assassination to
self-murder, people the dead-house. On one
day it 1 the ooay 01 iwu -uausor muuu uu
In the streets. A number of people are looking
through the glass panes to see the corpse. It
lies white and tranquil; the face, perchance, la
finely chiselled and handsome, and money or
revenge may bave been the motive of tbe deed.
Aa vou gaze upon it the pressure of the
crowd of gazers around you beoomes
mysteriously aud horribly oppressive.
You burst from it with a shrinking
dread; for perhap the peering stranger
at your aide Is tbe murderer. His face Is white
as a sheet, and tbe sinister eyes dwell with a
mysterious meaning on the dead body. But no:
be moves away, takes a chew of tobaooo, and
peak with a friend. You bay unwittingly In
jured a guiltless man. Then there 1 the clatter
of a earrlage at the door. A woman, yung aud
beautiful, enter at the door. A glanpe through
the Klaus, and her fainting, despairing shriek
proclaim ber the wife ot him whose warm
pulse once thrilled the thing of clay upon the
niarblo slab. Everything 1 uttered in that
shriek friendliness, despair, hprror, and ven-
?;ance a broken heart and a bomedesolated
orevermore on earth; but the utterer Is carried
away, aud perhaps the attention U attracted by
anotbex eorv.
TTere.on nnotber table, la tbe body of a ant
elde. It is that of a woman. Bhe must have
been beautiful at one time very probably
beloved and honored and bright with the trntrt
and beauty of womanhood. But upon the noor
worn countenance are to be seen the deep line
of a vicious and unhappy life. Bin alone oould
bave made those ominous crow's feet around
the eyes and cheek-bones. Those mean more
than they seem. The history of a life the fall
from purity to depravity; toe Impulse ot the
last step which hurried her to self-destruction
and to untold horrors beyond the tomb, are
written in that wan countenance In unmistaka
ble characters.
The water from above falls with a steady
drip, drip upon the death-marble forehead, and
streams over the emaciated shoulder and
breast. It serves to keep the body fresh and
recognizable lor a time, but there is no kind
eye to identify it now. The friends and lovers
which the brilliancy of those closed eyes and
the pulsation of tbat silent heart once madeare
dead and absent now, and all is over of the
madness which to ber was an apology for ex
istence. A general mournful and respectful silence Is
observed by all who visit the Morgue when
dead bodies are npon exhibition, and tbe
Morgue itself is one of the moBt melancholy of
our metropolitan necessities. N. Y. Tribune.
TIIE EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.
Another Letter from Ei-Commliiloner
Uuld.
General Robert Ould has written the follow
ing letter to one of the editors of the National
Intelligencer:
Richmond, July 18. My Dear Sir: I have
read the remarkable discussion in the House.
Mr. Kldricige is substantially right in what he
said. I o He red early in August to deliver all
the Pick and wounded prisoners we had without
requiring equivalents lor them. I would have
made the oiler earlier, but for the tact that some
considerable time before I had made an offer of
exchange, man for man, to which I could get no
response. I waited for a response until early in
August, and falling to receive one, I then
made the offer above named, at the same time
nrpmg haste on the part of the United
Btates Government, as the mortality among
the Federal prisoners was very great. During
the lull; I apaln and again ureed haste, giving the
same reason. I informed the Federal authori
ties that if they would send transportation for
16,000 men to the mouth ot the Savannah river
I would furnish that number ot sick and
wounded, and that I would fill up any deficiency
with well prisoners. I did not require a cor
responding delivery of our pnsouers, though 1
expressed the desire that they might be sent.
Fiom early in Aueust we were not only ready,
but anxious to make this delivery. It was our
urpose, as well as our offer, to continue the de
livery ot the sick and wounded at all the depots
of prisoners, and npon the terms mentioned;
that is, "without requiring equivalents. Trans
portation was not sent until December. The
United States authorilies brought in that mouth
some 3000 prisoners to the mouth of the Savannah
river, and received over 13,000 in return, many
of whom were well men. The 3000 delivered
presented as melancholy a spectacle as Ander
sonville ever disclosed. Most, if not all, of
them had been brought from Blmira. Some
died between Elnnra and Baltimore muy be
tween Baltimore and Savannah. I do not be
lieve ten per cent, of the number are alive
now. All these facts are koown to Federal
officers. Rebels may lie, but yet the fact is
fully established by other evidence that the
Federal authorities sent 3000 and received
13,000. They would have received more if there
had been accommodation. Why was transport
ation sent to Savanuah for the prisoners unless
I bad agreed to deliver them ? Why were 13,000
delivered and only 3060 received, if I insisted on
receiving equivalents ? There Is nothing in the
published correspondence referred to by Gene
ral Butler which, in any manner, contests any
one of the facts I bave mentioned. Gen
eral Mulford will sustain everything
I have herein written. He is a
man of honor and couraee. and I do not think
will hesitate to tell the truth. I think it would
be well tor you to make an appeal to him, as it
has become a question of veracity. General
Butler says the proposition was made in the
fall, and that 7000 prisoners were delivered. It
was in August, and over 13,000 were delivered.
If yon will get Pollard's "Lost Cause," ard refer
to the chapter on exchange, there you will find
the whole question accurately stated. Every
word of the chapter is true, so far as it pre
tends to give facts. The book was published by
subscription, by Treat & Co., of New York.
You can make public any portion of this letter.
I defy contradiction as to any statement I have
made, and challenge scrutiny. I will prove
every word by Federal testimony. Who, then,
is responsible for the suffering ot Andersonvilla
during lho period of its most deadly mortality,
from Aueust to January r
Yours truly, '. Robert Otjld.
A CARD FROM MR. UERR1CK.
To the Editor of the Ntw York Tribune:
Sir: The Tribune of this morning contains a
paragraph from the anonymouB correspondence
of a Western Journal, tbe statements in whieh
derive their only Importance from being attri
buted fo the President of the Cnlted States. 80
far as I am concerned but lew words seem neces
sary. I did not vote for the Constitutional amend
ment abolishing slavery in consequence of a
bargain with Mr. Ashley or anybody else. My
reasons for that vote were explicitly stated at
the time, on the floor of the House of Repre
sentatives, and my action on that occasion has
been fully justified by the event. Many Demo
crats who then denounced my vote have since
acknowledged that I was right and they were
wrong, and 1 have never had reason to regret
the course I then pursued.
It Is well known that President Lincoln felt
very kindly disposed towards the Democrats
who had supported what he regarded as the
great measure ot his administration, and thai
they were not neglected in the distribution of
official patronage. He nominated my brother,
a well-known and active Republican partisan,
for Assessor of Internal Revenue in the district
I represented, and the Senate having adjourned
without acting upon the nomination, the Presi
dent promised to appoint him during the recess.
The assassination followed, and the especial
friends of Mr. Lincoln strongly urged President
Johnson to fulfil a promise which his predeces
sor would undoubtedly have kept had he lived.
It there had been any such a "bargain" as is
intimated, it must have been with Abraham
Lincoln. Is this credible ?
I may say, in conclusion, that President John
son has never appointed my brother, as he is
said to have done. Respectfully, etc.,
Anson Hbbbick.
New rorfr, July 30, 1807.
Alleged Forgery at Pongbkeepsie.
Poi?ohibbpbib, July 31. One day last weekTa
man entered the Farmers' and Manufacturers'
Bank of this city, and presented what purported
to be Henry D. Varlck's check for $2500, and
asked the cashier, Mr. Davis, if the check was
goad. Receiving an affirmative answer, the
man then said: "Please certify it, as I do not
wish to use it now." The check was accord
ingly certified. A day or two since It was re
turned to this city from the Hanover Bank, New
York, where it had been paid in eood faith by
Mr. John T. Barker, cashier of the bank, and a
former resident of this city. When Mr. Varlck
made up his account he ascertained that he was
short, and npon examination pronounced the
above check a forgery, Tbe affair to being Investigates,
SECOND EDITION
LATEST EUROPEAN ADVICES.
Financial and Commercial Report to
Moon To-day.
Up the Atlantic Cable.
LoKDON, July 81 Noon. Consols for money
04; United States Five-twenties, 72; Illinois,
Centra). 7t Erie Hailroad, iHlA Atlantic and
Great Western, 22,
LiVBRPOOi,, July 31 Noon. Cotton is quiet
and unchanged; the sales to-day are estimated
at 10.000 bales.
Corn, 80s. Provisions and produce quiet.
Antwkrp, July 31. Petroleum closed last
evening at i'2(. 60c.
Steamers Germanla and St. David. Ar
rived Oat.
Southampton, July 81 Noon. The steamer
Germanla, from New York on the 20th Inst.,
arrived here at 6 A. M.
Glasgow, July 81. The steamer St. David,
from Quebec, arrived to-day.
Two o'clock Market Report.
London, July 812 P. M. Consols. 04 3-10; U
8. 6-208, 72 13-16; Illinois Central, 77; Erie. 40.
Livkrpooi, July 81 2 P. M. Cotton very dull.
The sales to-day will not exceed 80U0 bales.
Quotation are unchanged.
Breadstuff's, Produce, and Provisions un
changed. London, July 312 P. M. All the markets
are unchanged.
Antwerp, July 312 r. M. Petroleum flat
and nominal at 421. 60c ..
TRIAL OF JOHN II. SURRATT.
Washington, July 81. The trial of John H. Bur
ran was resumed this morning In tue Criminal Court,
Judge Fisher presiding. Tbe attendance upon the
J -art of spectators was much greater IJuau it has Deen
or some days past.
Mr. Merrick proceeded to address the jury for the
deiense, and said the feeling with wlilcli he an-
'loacbed the dlncusslon of tue caae was Indescrl
uble. as the muKuitude of the case was beyond any
he had ever known, and Its BurroundingB were pain
ful beyond description. Tbe prisoner U In tbe hands
of tbe Jury, and bis future destiny Is committed to
them; but there Is something In this trial beyond the
ordinary arraignment of tbe prisoner, Ue llndH ar
rayed against his client tbe best talent,
and some bigb omcers or tbe Government
ablins a legal combination surrounded by
spies and delrcliveN, alued by tbe treasury
01 tins Government, ana ai 1 arrayed agmnst one man
to urge bun on to the judgment. In discussing ibis
case lie would go Into some ol the motives that actu
ated the prosecution in this case, aud be would show
there has been a conspiracy here to commit a murder
under tbe form of law. W'by is it all ihese appli
ances and this vast machinery are in tbe case? Why
all tbe wonderful array of counsel here and elsewhere?
Tbey nominally represent theUoveruuient. but all the
trial convinces blm (Mr. Merrick) tbat there are two
sets, one representing the Government In lis assumed
oflecded majesty, and tbe other who represent the
olllcers of the United Stales, seeking for tbelrown
pun o?en the shedding ot innocent blood. In acase
of tbis kind, all evidence tbat would bring llghtsbould
be given to tbe Jury, but In this casw all tbe techni
calities of law have been used to exclude 1 hat testi
mony. He would not question tne decision of tbe
Conrt on points presented, but be wonld say tbat no
opinion changed: bis view tbat the testimony should
have been ett In.
Instead of representing tbe United States npon law,
every leellng and semlmeut to excite preju
dices bave been persistently urged. Tne District
Attorney In one breath congratulate tba Jury
upon the return of peace, and in tbe next
tears open old gaplug wounds made by tbe war. Why
did be speak of the murder of Union soldiers T Why
call the prisoner beforehand a traitor and a mur
derer? But ask the Jury to decidn tbe case accord
ing to the human prejudices engendered bv tbe war.
Peace baa come, but all its consequences never will
come if tbe United Btates, before ajury, continues to
tear open tbe wounds made by the war, it will never
be peace at long as fratricidal strife is again stirred
up,
Continued in our next edition.
From Fortress Monroe.
Fortress Monroe. July 29. The gunboat
Tennessee, after having undergone slight re
pairs at tbe Oosport Navy Yard, is lying In
Hampton Hoads, adjusting her compasses pre
paratory to sailing lor the West Indie. Gulf of
Mexico, and Mexico. She sails to-morrow. The
following Is a list of ber officer: Commander.
John Irwin; Lieutenant-Commander. F. 8.
Vielle; Acting Ensigns, M. M. Gorman, John
W. Thompson, and John Bishop; Midshipmen,
CbaB. T. Hutohlns, J. J. Yates, and U.S. Arnold;
Assistant Burgeon, Q. S. Ramsey; First Acting
Assistant Engineer, G. Gillespie; Acting Second
Assistant Engineers, G. M. Wheeler and George
H. Russell; Acting Third Assistant Baglneers,
Isaac A. Conover, Henry H. Allen, Henry W.
(Speight- Captain's Clerk, Daniel Saint; Paymas
ter's Assistant, Edward Cocklln,
A Pole was arrested in Portsmouth to-day by
two. poliee officers, upon tbe complaint of seve
ral parties Interested, who charge him with
obtaining money In New York under false pre
tenses, and after being put under bail In that
city, was in tbe aet ol escaping from Norfolk by
one of the Liverpool steamers. Tbe defendant
deposited In bank, subject to the order of the
city authorities, the amount of bis New York
York bail, and was dismissed until a further
bearing could be had.
Tbe business men bave lately been greatly
exercised over an order said to bave been Issued
by Major-Generul Sickles, prohibiting tbe ex-
fiortation of corn from tbe State of North Carol
ina, In view of tbe great depletion in the sup
plies of tbat cereal. It now appears that no
such order has been Issued by General Sickles.
Tbe Raleigh Sentinel of Saturday says authori
tatively no order to that effect has been made
public. Norfolk is gradually recovering the
market tor all the grain trade of eastern Caro
lina. Accounts irom the various counties of
North Carolina say that tbe corn crop will only
be an average one. Reports from the southern
counties of Virginia are more favorable.
A desperate tight occurred in Portsmouth last
night between a colored man named John Page
and bis wife. He struck his wife, and she, while
In a fit of violent passion, picked up a knife and
stabbed blm in the left breast, Inflicting a dan
gerous and probably fatal wound.
Tbe interesting ordnance experiments which
bave been made here for some time past with
the Dyer cylinder, Invented y General Dyer,
of Washington, 13. C, to counteract the heavy
recoil of guns on Iron eastings, which still
continues to be a serious obstacle to their use,
bave not yet culminated in any result whlon
are calculated to meet the expeotatlon of the
Inventor. On the 0rsl trial the recoil of tbe
f un acting on tbe piston of the cylinder drove
1 completely through the rear end, tne com
pressed air from some cause failing to act In the
manner designed. Tbe cylinder has been re
paired and Improved, and better result are
now expected from this novel and important
invention.
Suspension in Troy.
Tboy, N. Y July 31. The first note of the
coming financial crash was heard here yester
day, in the euapension of the prominent whole
sale grain house of Moore k CowelL The lia
bilities are $130,000, while the assets are said to
be in a condition to realize but little. It is
alleged that the firm have been financially em
barrassed for some little time. The immediate
necessity for a suspension arose from the recent
sudden death of the junior member, Mr. Silas L.
Covell, who fell from a grain elevator some days
since. A very general regret is expressed here
at the suspension of a house enjoying bo large a
degree of the publio confidence. A large por
tion of tbe indebtedness is held in Troy and at
the West,
' Affairs in St. Louis. , ;
' St. Loris, July 31. Mike McCool's training
near this city encourages many of his friends
here to lav heavy bets that he will whip Aaron
Jones in the coming prize-fight.
The health of the city is remarkably good.
There are no signs of the cholera. . Laat year at
this time it raged here fearfully.
Parties from New York are here negotiating
for the Southwest branch of the Paclflo Railroad,"
which was lately forfeited by Fremont.
Sailing of the Cuba.
Bobtow, July 81. Th steamship Cuba sailed
this morningi taking seventy-on pasaengors
to Liverput fliO.vvS in upecjo.
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE.
Tl Cmrancemnt To-Day Highly In.
taresttng Exercise Conferring of De
grees, Bte.
SPXIAL DMrATCH TO WSNIUS TBLSOBAFH.
Easton, Pa., July 81. The commencement
exerolses of Lafayette College were held this
morning, at the First Presbyterian Churoh, in
this place. The occasion drew together a large
number of people from different parts of the
State, and all tbe hotels in town are packed
full. A large number of the Alumni are
present.
Tbe church was filled with a large and into,
rested audlenoe, the orations by tbe members of
tbe graduating class being received with great
favor.
President Cattell conferred tbe degree of A. B.
on the following members of the Senior Class:
PeterS. Bergstresser, of Berrysburg; Edward
Fayson Conkllng, of Mount Pleasant, N. J.;
Ezra Shlve Heany, of Doylestown; Robert
James Hess, of Easton; Samuel Loy Johnson,
bf Ickesburg; John Harvey Case, of Danville
Samuel Worman Knlpe, of Columbia; John
Michael Pfonts, of Jersey Shore; Llndley Charles
Rutter, Jr., of Cbesnut Level; Robert Henry
Smith, of Lower Chanceford.
A number of honorary degrees were conferred
by authority of the Trustees, given at tbe
meeting held this morning. The degree of
Doctor of Divinity was conferred on Rev. Wil
liam B. McCloy, of Ballemena, Ireland; Rev
Nathaniel II. Griffin, of Wllliamstown, Mass.;
Rev. Alexander G. McAuley, of the Reformed
Presbyter Ian Church, Philadelphia; and Rev.
Thomas M. Cunningham, of Alexander Presby
terian Chnrcb, Philadelphia. The degree (of
Doctor of Laws was conferred on Hon. Wil
liam Strong, of the Suprome Court of Pennsyl
vania. This afternoon tbe Alnmnl dinner will be
given, and promises to be an occasion of great
interest.
The weatber has been exceedingly fine.
At a meeting of tbe Trustees this morning.
Rev. A. Bloomberg, of Princeton, N. J., was
ejected Professor of Modern Languages in the
College.
COURT-MARTIAL AT BUFFALO.
Trial of Soldiers for Par ad Ins; with a
Fenian Association In Union Uniform.
Buffalo, N. Y., July 31. By order of the
Secretary of War the following officers have
been detailed on court-martial duty at Fort
Porter: Colonel Hamilton, 1st Artillery; Cap
tain Huxford, 42d Infamy; Captain Thyme, 1st
Artillery; Lieutenant Stewart, 4th Artillery,
Captain Pajne, 42d Infantry, Judge Advocate.
The Court assembled yesterday morning, when
seventeen privates of Battery M, 4th Artillery;
were arraigned for parading in procession with
a body of Fenian? at their late picnic. The
prisoners are charged with couduct prejudicial
to good order and military discipline. In the
specification they are charged with joining with
out authority a Fenian festival, and discarding
the uniform, or parts of the nniform, of the
United Slates soldier, and dressing in the nni
form, or parts of the nniform, of a Fenian Asso
ciation ; that they paraded with said Association
under arms, said Fenian Association being an
institution reported to be in armed hostility to
the Government of Great Britain and Ireland,
with which tbe United States is at peace. All
this at Black Rock, N. Y., and on the 17th day
ot July. These charges and specifications are
signed by John Mendenhall, Brevet Colonel 4th
Artillery.
Markets by Telegraph.
' New York, July SI. Stocks strong;. Chicago and
Ttock Island, lug; IteadlriK, 1U7; Krle, 70',; Canton
Company, 61!?: Cleveland and Toledo, Cleve
land and Pittsburg, 93,V; Pittsburg and Fort Wayne,
107 J,: Michigan Central, 110S,; Michigan Southern,
8i?; Mew York Central, 108,,: Illinois Central. W;
Cumberland preferred, 88; Missouri 6s, 104; Iludson
River. V204; Five-twenties, 1862. llljfr do. of" 1864,
V9i; do. of 1865, ioy: da new Issue, hw.'; Ten-for-tles,
1(1.; Beven-thirties.nret series, iu77,; all otbers,
107. Bierllng, 10; sight, H-. Gold, 140. Money, 5
cent. . . .
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Ornca or thk Evenino Tbt.bsbaph,
Wednesday, July 31, lbttf.
The ease in money which has so long pre
vailed has not yet operated to produce a rise in
Government and other investment securities,
such as micht be expected under such a state of
aBairs. The leading dealers, however, are
more sanguine than ever of a renewed buoyancy
and animation within a week or two. The
main inquiry continues to be for the late issues
of Five-teutie and Seven-thirties. Compound
Interest notes, too, sre in active demand. ThiB
morning there was a fair degree of activity for
Government loans of all issues, and prices cou
tinued very steady. 1114 was bid lor the coupon
6-20s of 1862; and 102J lor the coupon 19 40s.
City Sixes were in good demand at 99J100
for the new, and 86 for the old. Btate loans
continue dull.
The Share Market was a little more lively,
with a slight advance in Reading; Pennsylvania
was off f. 126 was bid for Camden and Am boy;
30 for Little Schuylkill: 64 for Norristown; 67
for Hinehlll; 35 for North Pennsylvania; 68 j for
I.ehiph Valley; 29 j tor Catawlssa preferred; 63J
for Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore;
and 28 tor Philadelphia and Erie.
Railroad and Canal bonds were very dull. A
lot of West Jersey Railroad bonds sold down
to 86.
The following bids were offered for Passenger
Railroad stocks: 75 for Second and Third; 20
lor Thirteenth and Fifteenth; 29t for Spruce aud
Pine; 464 for Cheiinut and Walnut; 304 lor Green
and Coales; and 24 for Girard College. West
Philadelphia was not offered under 72.
The Canal and other stocks were very dull. We
quote New Creek Coal at i bid; New York and
Middle at 3; Fulton at 6; Big Mountain at 34;
and Keystone Zinc at 1.
Gold ruled during the morning at about 1391
140, closing at the former rate. The Treasury,
it Is understood, is not selling to-day. There Is
a diminished interest manifested In relation to
the aspect of affairs between France and Prussia,
but no strong disposition to sell the premium
down In view of the steady demand for specie to
export. The shipments have latterly been
larger than was expected, considertns the enor
mous aggregate of gold in the banks of England
and France, and these have imparted a tirra
tone to the market, notwithstanding the absence
ot an active speculation for a rise.
The Times of this morning says of the New
York market:
"Tbo Foreign Eiobange keep up very cloae to th
Bpccle shipping polum. tbougb y bear of no conside
rable business for tbe Boston mall beyond tbe ctisco
mary credit settlements witb tba bankers, and tbuse
aramadeon tba burnt of llu, cent., 611 days oa Lou
do. Tbe Publlo Funds are firmer to-day, while the
Uold . Boom ia aasier. and wa bear little or
nothing ld, as on Moriuay. of 'War oloiids' In
Kurope. The 20s of 1W2 sold at in. aud the
other gold-bearing stocks were also higher bv
Jit Si P' oeut, than on Monday. , Tbeoneriugs of
money from tbe Banks and iUnkers to the grout deal
ers la tba Publlo I unils continue with marked free
dom, end in larga sums at cheaper rales of lutereat. la
many Instances, than we bava heretofore quoted. We
are advised ibat balances are left with several of th
leading deulera aa low aa 8 percent, per annum,
though we deem thla exceptional. Tbe other brokers
are paying from 4 to 6 per cent, on approved colla
teral, aud lb supply cam easier to-day la all duao
tloas than usual' . w
Th 1 Providence Journal says of Printing
Cloths that the market Is very dull, with a few
small sales to piece out light styles prints, lor
which tinij aa xU quulltj ol good aia !
wanted. The following are the eale:-23,e00 '
pieces 64x64, 9c 30 days.
rillLVDELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE RAT.f.S TODAY ;
Beported by Cebaven A Bra, No. 40 8. Third street
FIKHT HOARD.
W)00CA Am mflH.'sit... rai
100 sb Read B.. .b5. MTj
r-'w city ft, r e w vn
fvuo do.New...o. SH?d
KKIsh Morris CI...
( sb Penna lt..H. M4
20 do b&- V
la sb. Lab N stk 4S
80 do............
2.1 h 10th and nib..- S .
loo sb lltfltouvllle-.... 14
10 do....M..a90L 14
100 do..u.... 14
l.mo do.New...c. B9'
txoo do. New...o, 8h;
7lfl0 do.N.v ctt
Unit do...Oid....e. M
iVlXO Ih (It) '84l)6WU. 89
'20 M r CI B Iaisb..,.. 90
4000 W Jerlts...... M
Messrs. Jay Cooke
A Co. quote Govern
ment securities, etc., as follows: U. 6a ot
1881, 110fjll0; old 6-208, lllilll . 6-20s,
1864. 109410!i; do., 1865, 109i!10U; do., July,
1084108J; do., 1867, 108i108J; 10-408, 102 m
102; 7-30s, Aug., 107J108; do., June, 1074
197i: do., July, 107il67; Gold, 139i1404.
Messrs. JL)e Haven Hrotner, No. 40 bouth
Third street, report the following rates of ex
chance to-day at 1 P. M.: U. S. 6s of 1881, 11
1104: do. 1862, lllirtilllfj'do., 1864, 109i(ij
109; do., 1865, 109I109j ; do.. 1865, new, 1084j
108; do., 1867, new, 108410Hi; do. 6s, 10-40e,
I02jl02i; do. 730s, Aug., 1074108; do.
June,107ai07J; do.,July,107rt5)107j; Compound
Interest Sotes, June, 1864, 119"40; do., July, 1864,
119-40; do. August. 1864, 1191194; do.,
October. 1864, 117J&118J; do.. December, 1864,
imping; ao., 4iay,iBti&, Ii(iil(s)ii7; ao., An?.
111 nty a 8 auni , touut xiu4y 1 1 ' f uui( n u.;
186S, 116i116; do., September, 1H65, 1164116i
4;
October, 1865, 114J115: Gold, 140140J. 8U
ver, 133134$.
Philadelphia Trade Keport. '
Wednesday, July 81. There is no spirit lu '
tbe Flour Market, there being; scaroely enough
doing to establish quotations. There isa limited :
inquiry from the home consumers, but no tie- :
in and for shipment. Bales of a few hundred
barrels, in lots, at $88'25 for superfine; 8'30
9 Si for extras: (10(aiU for Northwestern extra
family; I1O012-6U for Pennsylvania and Ohio
do. do.; til lor new wheat extra :and S121S 25
for new wheat extra family and fanoy. Bye
Flour 1 lower; small sales at t8'268'60. Mo
th ing doing In Corn Meal.
There is more doing in Wheat, and sales of
5000 bushels were reported, at ti 'Ju for common
up to $2'802'3o for good and choice. Ity ranges
from 81-65 to $160. Corn Is very scarce and held
with much firmness. Bales of yellow at $118, -and
4000 bushels Western mixed at ti ll. Oata
are unchanged. Bales of new at 8085o, and old
at 90& 93c. Nothing doing in either Barley or
Malt.
Beed Cloverseed sells at 18 509; Timothy at
$3-50376; and Flaxseed at 833 05.
Whisky Common 1b offered at 2530o. V gal
Ion, in bond.
Petroleum. During the past month the
Petroleum Market bas assumed a peculiar and
unprecedented phase. Owing to a heavy specu
lative movement for a rise, a corner for July
was attempted, and was to a great extent sue-
oessful, and from 2i cents for standard, it rose
as high at one time asU5cents,andmay be fairly
quoted now at 8:l32 cents lor tbe balanoe of
the present month. It would appear from the
statements made by various brokers, that this
corner will be continued during the best part
of the month or August, and that on the first
day of that month, a combined call will be
made "by tbe holders of August bnyero' options
contracts, in which case there is no foreseeing ,
to wbat price it may go. There is, however, no
real or plausible reason why prices should
be Increasing, . and a soon as the corner
or speculative movement dies out, we
confidently believe In greatly lower
prices. The European market bas followed
ours, and a rise of seven francs a barrel ha
been obtained. But why? Simply for the fol
lowing reasons tbe exports from this port
alone, during the present month, are larger
than for 6 months together or last year, and the
stocks In Kurope greater than ever before; the
rise, therefore, In Europe is simply In anticipa
tion of the receivers there rejecting their oar
goes, on tbe ground of non-fulfilment of con
tracts, as the oil was not shipped from this side
wltbin the specified time; therefore, when these
shipments arrive in Europe the owners, or
rather tbe purchasers, of these cargoes will
reject them on the above grounds; and the '
heavy stocks thereby thrown on the market 1
will cause a beavy fail and bring prices down
lower than they have ever been. We may con
fidently expect to see refined Petroleum stand
ard white selling at the prlnolpal ports or
depots of Europe at thirty francs, between the
15th day ef Aug nst and the first day of October.
LATEST SHIPPIHG INTELLIGENCE
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA TTJLY 81.
STATU 01 THXBMOMKTBB AT TH1 CVENINS Tll.a.
skaph oirriOH.
7 A. M.......9ll A. M
For additional Marine New tee Third laoe.
. CLKAKED THIB MOKNINO.
dell & So Btockh,km Cordery, Neponset, Day, Hud-
Bcbr Beading RR. No. 49. Robinson. Georgetown, do.
Bcbr James Magee. Lyncb, New Haven, 00.
Bcbr Mabel Had. Hall. Boston, do.
Bchr adu Twlbell, .Edwards, Georgetown, Caldwell,
tiordon A Co.
Bchr H. B. Wbeeler, McQloughlln, Boston, New York
and Scbuyl kill Coal Co.
Bclir Haitle, Carter, Halem, Castner, Btlckney A Wel
lington. Bchr Reading RR, No. 48, Powell, Pawtncket, do.
BcbrB K. Jameson, Jameson, Rockland, da
bchr W. F. Burden, Adams, Providence, Hammeu A
NelH. -v
Bblu Tamerlane. Curtis, St.. John, N. B., L. Waster
guard ft Co.
Ship Oscar I, Overgaard, Bt.John. N. B., Workman
A t o.
Bhlp Bessla Crosby, Crosby, Quebec da
Khlp Charlotte, Oataen, Antwerp, P. Wright 4 Sons.
Bchr Manaway, Hampton, Milivllle, R. D. Wood (Jo.
ARRIVED THIS MORN IN Q.
Belg. barque Bravo, Van del Hey den. 49 days from
Newcaatle-oa-Tyne, K., with mdse. to Peter Wright A
bona.
Brig John Cbrystal, Barnes, II days from Quayama.
with sugar to John Maaon A Co,
Brig Rebecca Bbeppard, Beaston, from Batllla river.
Ga. . in ballast to captain. Was struck by llgbtnlng.
and lost malntopmast, aa before reported.
bchr Athlete. Cousins, 20 davs from Trinidad, Port '
Bpalu, with molasses to 8. A W . Welsh.
rJchr White Bwan, Collins, 8 day from New York. '
wltb mdse. to K. A. Bouder A Co.
bebr Honest Abe, Conary, from Delaware Break-
Htbr Mabel Hall, Hall, from Vlnalhaven.
Bchr B. B. Wbeeler, McUioughlin. from Boston,
bchr M. E. Arosden. Hmltb, from Boston.
rwnr km ji. r urmr, uuuu, irom iiosien,
Bchr A. Twlbell, Edwards. Irom Paw tucket.
bebr Reading RR. No. 49, Robinson, from FawturteL ,-
Bchr Reading RR. No. 48. Powell, from Hartford. '
Bchr W. F. Burden. Adams, from Providence.
Bteamer H. L. Oaw, Her, is hours from Baltimore,
with mdse. to A. Grovea, Jr. ' .
bteamer Barah, Jones, 14 hoars from New York
with mdse, to W. M. Balrd 4 Co. '
Barque White Clod,MJFreemanAfor Philadelphia or
GB7laB&c5U1(rOD1 FrovldSnce'iSiblnlt3:1 PhU
BosnmnSiV ,or "4P". cleared at
HolmgesHo.eSmhnsItOPklM' bm' " B0tOn' M
t7tSmsuJ' vu"hl"1' VauKhan, hence, at Weymouth
mbbin." Edwrd8 Hlnson, hence, at Pawtuck ,
ABth':ul',JEf0,n,e,s! Ho,m"i Northern Lieut, Ireland
iVri 1 ifior?tf'lp.i'1,,UOU; A.Bhepparf. Bowditoh 1
t2i,I w9" ?' Ueace- " Providence i9th Inst.
)5''n,.wtm- Wallace, bcull, and C. Looser, bnillh,
heuoe, at PorUmoulb 25ih Inst.
Instant B"bcoclt Coicord, hence, at Portland J8th
Vr &.B,ak.r' Bak8r. heuce, at Bath 27th lust.
bchr Vlcksburtf, Kendall, lor Philadelphia, cleared
at Bangor 27lb Inst.
Bchr 0. Fossett, Harding, for Philadelphia, cleared
at Boston ii'Jth Inst.
bchr Belle, Howes, benoe, with a cargo of coal, ar- '
rived below Lynn 24tb lust., aud authored in th
channel to await tbe tide, so aa to get up to tba wbarf,
Lurlne tbe nlKht aba drifted ou tbe fiats, heeld over,
started some timbers, letting; In tba water. Tba eap
tuln and crew spent the remainder of tbe night on top
of tba bouse, and Id tbe morning were taken otr. Tba '
cargo is to be discharged with llKhtera. and bnpea are
enlerlalned that the vessel may be raised and kl otr.
Tbe bell was built in 1869. waa owusU oua-balfby
Captain Howes, wba baa ao Insuranoa In ibarniilAbI
for tax, and the otber ball by various other parUea. ,
bobr L. K. Ogden, Frambes, from Port Joliuoa,wlth
coal.atruck Little Mill Rook. Bell Oata. t P u ..is.tt
Inst, and sunk in fllteen minutes lo water7p feeldyep.
All bauds saved. Mo lusurauce on vessel or oara".
Bbe balled from Camden, N. J.. and waa owned by th '
caplalu and others. 1 '
DOMESTIC PORTS.
NarwTOM. July so.-Arrived, sieamthlp Concordia,
Bears, trm Antwerp. . xr r-t . .
biefcuiBlilpbhernian, Sampson, from NW Orleans,
bhlp Uarpswull. Owen. ttira Havre.
Barque Fiiedrlob Uuntav. Kens, from Leghorn,
he I MathUU, OAwt frvm M1"S