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WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Impending Cabinet Crisis Reasons for
Delaying the Bendral of Mr. Stanton
Secretary Seward to be Called
on to Resign The Tostmas
tcr-Gcneral Anxious to Dc
scrt-Secretarj Mccul
loch's Successor
Another Rebellion
Organizing in
the South.
WifHiwoTOH, Angntt 11. I am informed to
Bight that one cause of the delay on the part of
the President In removing Mr. Btanton u a dis
agreement among hlu Cabinet members as to the
firopnety of the ttep. You will remember 1
elegrapbed last week that Messrs. Seward and
Weed were opposed to the removal of Mr.
Stanton, and 1 have reason to believe that state
ment was correct. It is said that Mr. Seward
Las taken so decided a stami in the matter as to
have occasioned a bad feeling in the Presi
dent's breast. Mr. Be ward all along has
been the chief adviser of the Cabinet. lie
hat enjoyed the confidence of his master,
and has bad nearly everything his own
way in the matter or appointments. The delays
and conciliations that have so otten disgusted
the friends of the President are supposed to have
been the result of Mr. Seward's unwise counsels.
Mr. Johnson now, perhaps, sees his mistakes,
and is anxious, even at the eleventh hour, to
remedy them by something like decision of
character and promptness ot action. t is said
that he has resolved to request Mr. Seward to
resign, in a note of somewhat equal politeness
and brevity to that delivered to Secretary Stan
ton. Should this be true and I do not pfetend
it is. lor I cannot make the statement i au
thorityit is believed Mr. Adams will be
recalled from England, and offered the portfolio
of Secretary of State.
It is said, moreover, that Mr. Randall and Mr.
VcCulloch' are not altogether to be depended
upon in their fidelity to the Johnsonian policy,
l'ecpla say that the former contemplates resign
ing at an early day, and that he desires to do
something that will enable him to regain the
confidence of his party. As to Mr. McCullocb,
there are many minors, one beiog that the Pre
sident believes his Secretary of the Treasury has
brought discredit on the Administration bv
appointing improper men to office, and that his
management of the national finances has not
been all that was expected of him. The rumor
as to the difficulty between the President and
Mr. McCulloch places matters at such an ex
treme point as to mention the name of a proba
ble successor, In the person of Moses Taylor, of
fc'ew York,
Mr. Stanton's Reason for Refusing to
Resign Another Southern Rebellion
to he Crashed Out.
' It has been stated here on very good autho
rity that one of the reasons which actuated Mr.
Stanton when he refused to resign at the Presi
dent's request, is tbat he received information
of a scheme which it is said is on foot tor arm
ing military organizations in the late insurrec
tionary States, whose ultimate object is another
assanlt upon the Government; and he has deter
mined to remain at his post to thwart their
designs. It is further said that one of the causes
of the late rupture between the President and
the Secretary of War was the refusal of Secretary
Stanton to assign to a militia company of
Maryland, composed mainly of returned Rebel
officers and soldiers, a battery of light guns for
which they had applied. The President is said
to have directed him to turnish the battery, but
that Mr. Stanton declined, and still refuses te
do so.
The Alleged Plot of the Impeachment
Conspirator.
The absorbing topic of conversation In this
city at the present time is. the development of
the allceed plot to manufacture evidence against
the President with a view of securing his im
peachment. As might naturally be expected,
public opinion is nearly equally divided as to
the real object of the conspiracy, as.wellasto
who are the real conspirators. Many persons,
Jirlncipally radicals, believe that the disclosures
ust made through the application of Conover
lor pardon are a part of the operations of a plot
between the President and certain of his friends,
with Dunham and bis satellites, to create a re
vulsion of feeling in regard to impeach
ment, to bring contempt" upon the efforts
of the leaders of that movement, and in
all probability work very beneficially upon
the next Presidential election. They say
they cannot believe that a politician so shrewd
and crafty as Ben Butler would ever be guilty
of so ecrcgious a blunder as to compromise
himself by plotting in company with a criminal
convicted of perjury, to concoct false evidence
against the President of tbe United States.
Ihete people are confident tbat a few days will
suffice to clear ur these charges against Ashley,
Butler & Co., when the true character of tbe
clot will be made manifest. On the other hand.
the number ot those who entertain no doubt
Whatever of the genuineness of the revelations
is very large, and it is claimed by them tbat a
tew days, instead of revealing a conservative
plot, will lay belore tbe country aeveiopments
still more startling than any hitherto. If. Y.
Xtrald.
DISASTER TO THE GULF CABLE.
Parting of the Cable Near the Buoys
Twenty allies from Key West Two
Days' Unsuccessful Grappling for the
lost End.
Off Kir West. August 9. via Lake City,
Ausrust 11. We left Cuba paying out the cable
on tbe evening of the 6ih Inst., and arrived at
" the twenty mile buoys off Key West in twenty
hours, and while drawing in slack to make the
shore, on the evening of the 7th, the cable
parted half a mile from tbe ship, in a hundred
and thirty lathoms of water. We have been
grappling for the cable for two days, but have
thus fur been unsuccessful. One hundred and
twenty-seven miles of cable have been used in
crossing the Gulf, on account of the current)
drifting the Narva to the eastward of her
course. We may grapple the cable to-morrow,
and it may take a month. Tbe United States
steambbip Tahoroa left yesterday for Mew York,
having been relieved by the Lena pee, which
win rentier me Narva an assistance required.
YACHTING.
Running of the Ocean Sweepstakes
Tfc Palmer the Wluner The Huuadron
to Disband In a Day or Two.
Newport, E. I., August 10 The grand ocean
sweeDstskes. open to all vachts helmipincr to the
New York Yacht Club, for a service of plate
presented by the Commodore of the squadron,
cameolf here to-day. The course was from tbe
llghlboat at Brenton's Keef, in line with Beaver
fall 1 i rVi in a. ntjik f hnafc tiiphnMii
- " -" u 'iLVJ Buuuii UUC
mile et by north iron, the liarhthouBe on Sundy
w iA VUaU filanrl Tim A, m . J .
J'OlUl't jpiUlsa, miauui uiomuco Wttt TOlXj
I).. UUh 4 Via oAnltriii tt tt.a A 11 m
torn, and FleurdeLU.au the yachts were etv
a A ft lou7 a full Mall hrOPJO fS-sim V. u
west The start was a very Eood one. The winner
x a ia iha KAAnof Palmar sv .-1 L.
Or toe ltKl' v.ucu uy
Caplain K. P. Lopee, who passed over the course
ltt uVe flours auu. ctcu tu.uuiw. t?upiuu,
Idler. Kambler, Fleetwing, and Dauntless fol-
JOWfO ID quna iuwctjiuih mw A,cit u,
and Nautilus did not sail the entire distance.
The squadron will disband here W at Kew
Ttiiosl wi;t! oaj or .wt.
EUROPE.
TUB LONDON TIMES.
Claim of Joint Proprietorship In the
Newspaper.
Coxjkt or CnAMOKRY. London, Jnly 27. Be
fore the Lord Chancellor. Piatt vs. Walter
Walter vs. Piatt. This part beard appeal trota
Vice Chancellor Rtoart, whioh was oommenoed
some time back before the Lord Charoellor and
tbe late Lord Jastloe Turner, was then pro
reeded with. The first bill was filed by Messrs.
Piatt, who are part proprietors of the livening
Mail, to obtain a declaration that the proprie
tors of Ibe Evening Mail were entitled to the use
of the matter and typea of the Timet. The
plalntlfTs derived their title under a pur
chase In 1820 Irom William Walter, a son
of Mr. Walter, who founded the Timet in
1W8 and the Fhxtning Mail In 1790, slnoe
which time, until the year 18frt, the practice had
been to make up tbe Jitvening Mail oat of the
preceding Issues of the Timet. There was no
agreement in writing which touched on tbe
question; so that the point mainly depended
upon usage. Tbe bill also asked for a dissolu
tion of partnership. In the second suit Mr.
Walter bad filed a bill against Mensrs. Piatt and
the other proprietors of the Evening Mail(ot
which Mr. Waller was one), praying for a disso
lution and Rn account of the partnership, and
that the affairs and business of the partnership
might be wound up under tbe direction of the
Court.
The Vice Chancellor was of opinion that the
plalntlhX Messrs. Piatt, had failed In matting
out anything more than a license to use the
matter and typos of tbe Ttmes, and his Honor
therefore dlsrulHsed their bill, except so far as
It sought a absolution of partnership, and made
a decree for dissolution in both suits. From this
decision tbe Messrs. Piatt appealed. The cose
was not concluded.
MAXIMILIAN'S DEATH.
No Written Confirmation of Ills Exe
cution. From the Memorial Diplomatique, July 30.
As we cannot with propriety publish the name
of the writer of the letter given below, we t hi uk
It our duty to retain the original, in order, if
necessary, to prove tbat we have confined our
selves to printing it word for word. The missive
in question runs thus:
I beg you will be good enough to announce
the following facts, which are inconlestably
authentic, and in case of need I can further
furnish olllclal evidence of my assertion. M.
Barandlarln, Mexloan Minister to Vienna, has
bad several Interviews with Baron de Heust,
and with the Under Secretary of Klate, Huron
de Meysenburg, relative to the frightful intelli
gence of the execution of the Emperor Maxi
milian. From these conversations, which took
place on tbe 10th, 20th, and 21st July, it appears
that tbe Government has not recoived any
official written despatch confirming the news
of the sanguinary catastrophe. The last com
munication from Karon de Wydenbruck, Min
ister of Austria at Washington, bears date the
80th of June, and was written on receiving the
intelligence forwarded through New Orleans.
However, the Baron gives not tbe slightest
detail respecting tbe execution, nor has he
given any since. Captain Oraner, commanding
the Austrian frigate before Vera Cruz, who Ik
stated to be tbe forwarder of the telegram ad
dressed to Washington, has sent neither courier
nor written despatch. The Austrian Govern
ment is, therefore, entirely, without written
judicial proofs of tne death of the Kmperor of
Mexico, and the English Government and tbat
of tbe United States are lu a similar position.
This it is tbat explains the course taken by
ijora ueroy in oegging j-iora tteaonne to wiln
draw bis motion for an address of oondolenoe to
the Queen. 1 have tbe honor, eta.
After reading this letter the presumption ap-
? tears to be that the absence of offloial informa
ion respecting tbe tragic end of the Emneror
Maximilian is tbe reason why this painful
event has not yet been made known to the Em
press Carlotta.
Carlotta Bald to Have Been Poisoned In
Mexico.
From the Memorial Diplomatique, July 30.
If we can trust a letter from Trieste, written
by a person worthy of confident: , tne suspicion
that the Empress Carlotta had been poisoned
oeiore returning to i.urone no lonser appears
to be a mere hazard. The practical eye of so
aoie a practitioner as ur. Buiaens was struck
with the abnormal symptoms of the august
patient.
However violent ana painiui may nave neen
the emotions which the Empress has expe
rienced since her departure from Mexico, they
could not, according to the laws of pathology.
pe tne oniycause oi tne mental exaltations ami
moral prostrations which alternately succeed
eacn otuer, aua seem to aery tne resources or
science. It is certain that in the month of
July. 1866, her Majesty, after having embarked
at Vera Cruz, was seized with a sleeplessness
occasioned by a How of blood to the bead, and
wmcn continued during tne wnoie voyaee.
Since then symptoms have been constantly re
marked indicating a prorounu alteration in tne
blood, which, from her Majesty's youth and
rooust constitution, cannot possioiy oe ex
plained otherwise than by the pernicious action
of a physical agent. Everything therefore tends
to tne oeiier mat some suotie poison naa Deen
administered to the Empress by the traitors by
wnom tne court or miapui tepeo was only too
closely surrounded, and tbat her Majesty In
leaving Mexico carried with her the germ of
the frightful malady which broke out on the
4th of October following at Home. In faot a
lew days after tbe departure or tbe Empress
certain American Journals, probably initiated
Into tbe terrible mystery, pretended that
during the transit from Mexico to the port of
embarkation her Majesty had given manifest
signs or mental alienation- tnat news, men
firemature, was to be verified a few months
ater. Tbe Empress herself instinctively sus
pected tbe truth; for as soon as her mental
faculties besan to be troubled she was beset
with the Idea that she had been poisoned, and
she still remains under the Influence of tnat
eonvlctlon.
Our correspondent terminates his letter by
announcing tbat the royal patient Is Koinsr to
be submitted to a treatment calculated at tbe
seme lime to calm ner mind and neutralize the
effects or tbe alteration ar her blood; and If, as
Dr. Bulkens hopes, this treatment succeeds, a
cure, siow wiiuuuv uuuuv, euu possioie.
EUGENIE AT SEA.
Her Majesty's Visit to the War Ships at
From QalignanVt Metienger, July 30.
The Empress arrived at two o'clock on Satur
day at Cherbourg from Brest in tbe Imperial
vaont. ana was samtea oy tne iorts ana vessels
In tbe harbor. Her Majesty shortly after went
to visit tne iron-ciaa snip or the line Magenta,
ana auerwarus ino American irigate r rauKlin.
Admiral Farragut was not on board, having
left In the morulng for Paris.
The Empress afterwards went to the military
port and distributed some deoorat long.
In tbe evening a dinner of twenty covers
took place on board the Koine Hortense,
followed by a reception and concert on
board the Magenta, Her Majesty aflewards
returned to the imperial yacht, which
left yesterday morning for Havre, whioh pori
the Empress reached in the evening. Her Ma
jesty, after a short delay, left by speolal train,
Sasslng through itoueu by the station of the
:ue Verte at balf-pattt 9, and arriving at the
Tullerlea towarus i m iue morning.
THE PRINCE IMPERIAL.
The Heir Apparent In Convalescence.
From Oalignani't Metsenger, July 80.
A letter from Luohon has tbe following: "The
health of the Prince Imperial of France leaves
nothing to be desired. The waters of this plaoe
bave produced a most marvellous effect. His
Imperial Highness makes excursions dally,
accompanied by General Frossard. his gov
ernor, the Marquis d'Espeullles. ald-de-camp;
and Dr. BartheB. He will return to Paris about
the 4th of August. The guides ol Luohon, same
short time back, learning tbat the Prince was
soon to oommeuce riding excursions, presented
him with a whip of honor. These men have an
lnriHla rilrHe In the use of their whir.
Under tbe balcony of the Prince Imperial one
or them left the ranas aou ui m uuuung can,
The rent Immediately answered, and so admi
rable tnuethtir u to produce the strangest elfant.
The Prluoe was delighted, and did not oonoeal
U ' l leas are oabwrieaoed Jroia lUa ow4
oectacle. Tie asked Btwlce that the corleie
should flleoir before him and repeat the par
format oe."
THE ROMAN CHURCH.
Pop Pins the Ninth to the Catholics of
Kngland and Scotland.
The Pope has forwarded the following answer
to the address sent him by the Catholics of
England and Scotland during the Convocation
In Rome:
Beloved Rons: Health and Apostolical bene
diction. We congratulate you, beloved sons,
that yon show yourselves true oflfrpring of
saints. Proof of this Is that grateful remem
brance with which you foster tbe blessing of
tbe faith once carried from this Homan
olialr to your it-land, and of late restored aod
Increased. Proof, too, of that holy transport
with which you commemorate tbe constaucy
of your fathers and their suflerlnas for the
Cat hollo fulth. Proof, again, of tbat unques
tioning obedience to this Holy See, whose
primacy of honor and jurisdiction you assert;
whose doctrine you declare that you venerate
and embrace with your whole heart; whose
civil rights you bold sacred and necessary unto
the free government of tlie Church; to which, in
flue, you acknowledge yourself most devoted,
and promise a better and perpetual adnerence.
Ard, indeed, you could put forth nothing more
excellent than these CuMes, which are the sig
nal approval of your faith, and nothing to us
more agree: ble, to wnom tbey give the greatest
delight, because we desire nothing more than
that all should have nue soul, one heart all
be one with us, so that we all may be one In
CbrUt.
United with this Holy See, your fathers
fought, and suRering with fortitude the loss of
uoods, Imprisonment, torture and death,
banded down to you the faith which they bad
received whole and entire and sealed with their
blood. And yon, closely treading In these
noble footsteps up to this time, have sustalued,
together with us, a more perilous, though It
may be not so ferocious a form of conflict; but
It was with tbe assurance that so long as you
were fixed in this rook, against which the gates
of bell shall not prevail, victory must be with
you. Go on, then, ever In this way the more
firmly; proceed together with us to contend by
the arms of Justice against the haters ef re
liidon and truth; endeavor yet more siu li
ously to propitiate God by your zeal and works of
mercy, in which He takes most dellgnt; perse
vere in prayer, and, acquitting yoursulves as
men, wait for the Lord, who, at length prevailed
upon by entreaty, will scatter the darkness ot
errors, still disturbances, and, without doubt,
restore tbe reign of Justice and peace. We augur
for you the Joy of this result, and the abund
ance of all heavenly gracos, In token whereof.
and in witness imewiso ol our paternal good
will and kindly atlection, we most lovingly
Impart to all of you, and to the wnole of Euk
land, our Apostolic beaediction.
Given at Home, at St. Peter's, on the 10th dav
ol July, 1807, of our Pontificate the twenty
second year. Pius P. P. IX.
THE SOUTH
TENNESSEE.
The State Mllltla to be Mastered Out-
Negro Proscription Dying Out. .
NiSHviLi-E, Tenn.. August 10. An order has
been issued directing the muster out of all the
State militia, excepting a few companies which
remain in west xennessee. tdis action, it is
understood, is suggested by General Thomas,
Wbo is now on a tour throueh Tennessee.
Proscription against freedmen is gradually
dying out, and there are now very tew idle
neeroes in the State.
Tbe radical press here is bitterly opposed to
universal suffrage, and scouts the advice of New
York papers on that subject.
ALABAMA, - . '
Arrest of Citizens for Flogging Negroes
The Conservative Convention.
Montgomery. Ala.. August 10. Three citi
zens of Monroe count? arrived here yesterday
under arrest, charged with flogging a freed man.
They will be tried by a military commission.
The conservative Union meeting to-day ap
pointed an executive committee to select dele
gates to the Conservative Convention of Septem
ber 4. The meeting was very small, the freed
men not participating.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Protest Against the Appointment of Gov
ernor Aiken to any Office of Honor or
Trust Congratulation over the Radi
cal Triumph In Tennessee.
Charleston. S. C. August 11. A committee
appointed at a Republican meeting have ad
dressed a letter to General Sickles protesting
against the appointment and retention of ex
Governor Aiken as a register of voters, statlner
that, in their opinion, he is ineligible to any
position ot honor, pront, or trust, having aided
tbe Rebellion by contributing, through the
blockade, ammunition and guns to the Confede
rate Slates, and having received and entertained
during the war, at his residence iu this city. Jell'.
Davif. The meeting al-o adopted resolutions
congratulatory ot the Republican triumph in
Tennessee.
RICHMOND.
The ex-Federal Soldiers' Convention.
Richmond, August 10. This evening a meet
ing of ex-Federal officers was held in the Ballard
House, for tbe purpose of taking measures to
call a State Convention. An address was read
by Surgeon Mansfield strongly denunciatory of
the late proceedings in convention; after which
a preamble and resolutions were ottered; but on
motion it was decided to lay them on the table
until the meeting had formed a proper organiza
tion, framed a constitution and by-laws, and
were in a position to ipsue an address to the
people of Virginia. A committee ot five was
appointed to draw up a constitution, but owing
to the lateness of the hour it was decided to ad
journ till Tuesday next, when tho committee
will furnish their report.
Suicide In Rome, Oa.
Cincinnati, August 10. L. C. Johnson, son
of a former Governor of South Carolina, com
mitted suicide last Thursday at Rome, Ga.
New Southern Railway.
Cincinnati, August 10. The Nashville and
Northwestern Railroad has been completed to
Padticab, and trains will commence running to
Memphis on the 22d Inst. This new connection
saves five hours between Nashville and Memphis.
The Position of Kx-Senator Harris.
To the Editor of The Evening Journal.
Sir: My attention has been called to what
purports to be a letter written by me though
signed "Ira K. Harris" and published in the
Mew York JleraUl of this morning. No such
letter was ever written by me, or by
my authority. I have not been in tbe
city of New York slnoe the 13th of
July, nor bave I seen the Herald' t article
headed "The New Crisis " I have no knowledge
or its contents. Tbe fabrication imputes to me
sentiments which I do not entertain. I am
earnestly in favor of the Congressioaid policy
of Reconstruction. I believe It right to enfran
chise the negro. Nor are tbe statements of a
personal character attributed to me any nearer
the truth. My. two sons served "under the
Union flag-," but neither- of them has fallen.
Nor is It true that I have purchased a planta
tion in Alabama, or that I contemplate re
moval thither. In short, 1 pronounoe the pub
lication a forgery false both in its statements
of facts and in the opinions it ascribes to me.
You will oblige me by the publication of this
Hole. - lHA UABBtd,
Albany, August 10, 1867.
Gen. Steedman to be Secretary of Wart
Nw Orleans, Aug. 11. President Johnson
has tendered to Gen. Uteedman tbe position of
Secretary of War. Uen. Steedman left last night
lot Washington
SECOND EDITION
FROM EUROPE THIS P. M.
Financial and Commercial Report to
Noon.
I y the Atlantic Cable.
London, Augutl2 Noon. Consols and Five
twenty bonds are firmer; Consols at 91 ; United
States 6-208, 731; Erie, 46; Illinois, 77J.
Livbbpool. August 12 Noon. The Cot'on
market Is Bimer, and there is niore doing. The
sales will probably amount to 13,000 bales, bat
the quotations are unchanged.
Tbe weather here is very favorable for the
crops. Brcadstufi, provisions, and produce
unchanged.
Antwbrp, Auenst 12 Noon. The market for
Petroleum la uncbaneed.
two o'clock Market Report.
London, Augnst 122 P. M. Console, SU;
Five-twenties, 73; Illinois Central, 77$; Erie, 4U.
Liverpool, August 122 P. M. Breadstnrt's
uncbanged. Cot on advanced to lOJrl. Pork
declined to 75s. 6d. Beef declined to lis. Me
dium Ro'ln declined to lis. Liu bee d cakes ad
vanced to 10 6s. Other articles oauhangeJ.
The Case of Lawyer Bradley.
Washington, August 12. Pursuint to notice,
a meeting of the members of the Bar was held
this morning in the Criminal Court room, of the
City Hall, to consider the order of Judge Fisher
dismissing Mr. Joseph II. Bradley, Sr., from the
roll of attorneys.
Mr. Merrick called the meeting to order, and
upon his motion, Mr. W. D. Davidge was called
to the chair, and Mr. T. Carter Marbury ap
pointed Secretary.
Tbe choir stated that all present knew the
object of tbe n eeiine. and he was ready to
receive any proposition.
Mr. Aablord said all knew whv thev had con
vened. It had somehow got abroad tbat this
meeting was called in hostility to toe court.
He was not authorized to speak for his brethren
of the bar, but lor himself he would say he did
not come, here In any spirit of hostility. The
fubjret that had colled them together was one
of crcat delicacy, and should be approached
with cure, it Is the duty ot the bar to support,
protect, and dtiend the dignity of the Court,
and be for one would never be found partici
pating in any meeting hostile to the bench.
As expressive of his views he submitted tbe
following proposition:
"It Is line alike to ton Bench and the Br. the dlR.
titty, independence, and liorior ol wbicu we snould
w atch wllb care, and lalvr to preserve, that the ta;is
and clrciupMances wbicu lied to the action of Judge
FiRlier lu ordering Ibe name of Joseph U.' Bradiev,
br. to be stricken from the roll of attorneys,
Bhould be Investigated, and inasmuch as tne action
of tbe Judge lias left tbe Bar uninformed
as to tbe facts and ciicutnslances Inducing such
action on bis part. Ihe importance of the subject
demands that we should not proceed hastily or under
the influence ot any personal or partisan pr Judice,
the Judgment pronounced should not commend itself
to all uien of correct principles and well-balanced
minds, therefoie be it
Heiolvttt, Tbat gentlemen be and they sre hereby
appointed a committee to inquire Into and ascer
tain the facls aud cireun nuncfS of ibe disa
greement between Judge Fiiber aud Mr. Bradley,
arisine In Ibe course or tne trial of John H. Htirratt.
and upon whlcb Judge Klsher passed tbe order dis
missing Mr. Bradley, mid that they report the same,
together with such recommendation as they may
deem advisable, to the bar, at a meeting to be held on
tbe day ol . 1867.
Jit iolved, That the meeting do now adjourn to tbe
said , day or , 1867. at 12 M
' Oo motion of Mr. Merrick, the first blank: was
filled by inserting seven, .members,, and the
second and third blank by Inserting the first
Tuesday in September.
Tbe chair appointed Me-srs. P. It. Fendall,
Johu C. Kennedy, J. J. Comb", A. M. H.
Phillips, Enoch Totten, Walter S. Cox, and S.
D. Mcpherson, as the committee of seven, and
subsequently Mr. Davidge was added to the
committee and made the chairman. The meet
inn then adjourned.
It is proper to ssy with reference to the above
meeting that the members of the bar this morn
ing applied to Judge Cartter for the use of the
court room, when be stated that the room could
not be used if the meeting was to be held in a
spirit of hostility to the Court, but if it was to
be held with a view of explanation aud recon
ciliation, be would permit Its use.
Tbe court room was crowded with spectators
during the proceedings of the meeting.
From Portress Monroe.
Fortress Monroe, August 10. The Boiling
brook Fne Company, of Petersburg, Va., have
been visiting the Fire Department of Norloik,
and partaking of the hospitalities tendered
them by the citizens generally. To-day the
whole Department turned out, headed by the
band of the United S'a'es ship New Hampshire,
and escorted their guests to Portsmouth, where
tbe usual interchange of civilities also occurred.
They embarked this afternoon on tbe train for
their homes.
Intelligence received from Hyde county, N. C,
states that the corn crops have been entirely
destroyed. The floods of July completely de
vastated tbcm, and now. beyond roasting cars,
the entire yield will be insignificant.
Hvde county lies upon Lake Mattamusket,
whic h, being fed by the raios altogether, is con
sequently fresh water. The lands are of rich
alluvial soil, and are drained into the lake on
one side, and by Pamlico Sound on tbe other;
but being almost level, aud the depression barely
appreciable, they are always subject to overflow.
This unfortunately occurred this season, and
the farmers aud planters wbo expected to reap
large crops are doomed to a sad disappointment.
Governor Pierpont addresses the citizens of
Noriolk this evening on political questions, and
on Monday visits Suffolk with tbe same inten
tion, returning to liichmond on Tuesday.
The bark Trinclon, from Kio, sailed to-night
for New York; and the schooner Virginia, from
Norfolk for Denmark, with stores.
Ship News.
Fortress Monroe, August 12. Arrive 1, ship
David Smart, Valparaiso, with 3000 bushels of
wheat for order; the brig Lcander, from Balti
more for Nassau, was ooarJed yesterday outside
the Capes, by the revenue cutter, and towed into
tne Day. uiijuij ounuc miiuicuucu a neavy
gale, loslDg spars, saile, etc.
She reports speaking schooner Pilot's Bride,
from Havana for New York, with the American
consul as a passenger on board.
Marketa by Telegraph.
Now York, August 11 Btocksstrong. Chicago and
Itoclc Island, luH,V Heading, Iu6'4; Uunlou Ooiupauy,
4'J4t Krle, ''! Cleveland and Toledo. 23: Cleve
limd and Pltuiburg. D44; Pittsburg and Fort Wayne,
ln.v7.: Michigan Central. I 111: Michigan Houibern, si,V,
New York Central, 101.'; Illinois Central, 119; Cum
heriandiprelerred, ss Virginia 6s. W; Missouri 6s, lift:
Hudson kiver. lis; United bt.ites Flve-twuutles, lm-i.
lmV, do. of 18M, in".': do. of isos, ion'4': do, new
lsue, W4: Ten-forties. H2',; Bevcn-thlrtiee, first Issue,
H7;.: all others. 1"'W Mouey,4 46 per cent, ,olerllug.
9,: sight, K. Quid. HO.
THE CABLE OF 1806.
Situation of the Break Examined.
Heart's Content, Newfoundland, August 10.
Tbe English surveying steamer Oulnare has
returned to Bt. Johns, alter an examination of
the locality In whicn the recent break in the
Atlantic cable of 1866 occurred.
Captain Kerr, of tbe Oulnare, reports that he
examined the position of the cable break, and
plaued two buoys on a bank which is three
miles in diameter and in from forty to fifty
fathoms of water.
The bank is in latitude 48-26 and longitude
61-39. The bottom rises gradually to It from
one hundred fathoms fifteen miles north and
east, and from ninety fathoms the same dis
tance west.
There were do Icebergs seen. All well.
OBITUARY.
Ira Aidrldge, tha Negro Tragedian.
A cable despatch announces the death of Ira
Aid ridge, tbe colored tragedian, while on a
slurring tour In Poland. Aidrldge, whose ret I
name is said to have been Hewlet, was born in
a village called llelair, near Baltimore, .Mary
land, about 1810. and was apprenticed to a ship
carpenter, learning bis truun in the same vrd
with Molyneux, the notorious negro pugilist
and prise fighter. From association wltn the
Herman population, whion is very large on the
western shore of Maryland, he learned to speak
the German language familiarly, aud also
picked up a degree of education rarely btalned
tiy those of African descent. When K'iraund
Keanwaaln tbeUnlAd Htates after the troubles
tLat occurred during 1S26. In consequence of
the Cox dlfllcnltles. Aidrldge became his per
sonal attendant, and is said to have accom
panied blm to England, where a natural talent
for the stage was cultivated. He returned to
the United Slates after a short absence, and
sometime snbsequent to IH30 appeared at Balti
more, wbere he appears not to have been suc
cessful. Returning a short time thereafter to
Kngland, he beKan bis career In some of tne
minor theatres of London, and then went to
the provinces, drawlug large houses. At Uei
fsst, In Ireland, he played "Othello" to Kean's
"lago." and also "OroKembo" to the same
artist's "Alban." He thence proceeded to ihd
continent, appearing lu most of the leading
cities and personating characters of every stylo
and nationality, and frequently receiving sub
stantial tokens of approbation. The Klug of
Prussia, at Berlin, wrote him an autograph
letter, accompanying the first-class modal of
art and science. The Emperor of Ausirl t con
ferred on him tbe Urand Cross of Jeopold, aud
at Berne be received Ihe medal of merit, lu t he
shape of a magnificent Maltese cross. Iu Ger
many. Aidrldge was looked on as performing
the I-shakespearlan characters with marked
ntillllu, 1, 1 . t In Vnalanil 1. V. n .1 mn, m nnnn In
any of Shakespeare's plays, except Othello and 1
the Merchant rr Venice, in ".angn." "uro
zemho," "Rolls' "Hugo'' (In the Padlock), and
other characters, the physiognomy of which
suited his color, be Is thought to have displayed
rare excellence. After returning from his con
tinental tour, Aidrldge appeared atCovent Oar
den In 1857, and after the engagement at tbe
Brlttannia was about to visit Sweden. A.
few years since a law procedure affecting
his domestic relatlous (his wile being a white
woman) attracted much attention in London.
AlOridge's decorations prove blrn to have been
reigning sovereign of Haxe Melnlngen, and
brother of the late Queen Adelaide, of Eng
land; membor ol the I'rusHlun Academy of Arts
and Sciences, and bolder of the society's large
gold medal (first class), presented by his
Mejrsty Frederick W illiam IV, at Berlin, Jan
uary, ISM; member of the Imperial and Arch
ducal Institution of "Our Lady of the Manger;"
member of tbe Ilnsslan Hof Versamlung of
Hlgs; and honorary member of the Imperial
Arudemy of Beaux Arts and 8cieuce of St.
Peterburg, and holder of the Imperial Jubilee.
Medal, Ac.
Aidrldge is described as being a full-blooded
negro, wllb crinkly wool, flat nosn, thick lips,
and skin of tbe blackest hue. He had been
engaged to appear at the Academy of Music in
tbia city next month, and publlo expectation
was on tip-toe to witness bis acting. Had he
lived to appear here, he doubtless would have
created a profound sensation among our
theatre-goers, and the novelty of the engage
ment would most likely have attracted miuy
Sersons wbo are not nabituet of the theatre.
K Y. World.
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Ovvicb or th Evknino Tklbobafh,!
Monday, August 12, 1MS7.
The Stock Market opened very dull this morn
mff, , but prices were without any material
change. Government bonds continue In steady
demand. 10 i0 sold at 103, a slight advance.
107j107 was bid for June and August 7-303;
113 j for 1862 6-208 ; 110 for 18C4 5-20s; 110 J for
1865 6-208 : and 108 j for 1866 6-209. City loans
were albO in demand. The new issue sold at
10M1011, a slight advance; and old do. at 97,
no change.
Railroad shares were inactive. Beading sold
at 524, no change; 127 J was bid for Camden and
Amboy; 63J (or Pennsylvania; 27 for Little
Schuylkill; 67 for Minehill; 35 for North Penn
sylvania; 684 for Lehigh "Valley; 28J for Cata
wissa preferred; 27 for Philadelphia and Erie;
and 45 for Northern Central.
In City Passenger Railroad shares there was
more doing. Ilestonviilo sold at 13j; West
Philadelphia at 65; Chesnut and Walnut at 40;
and Bccond aod Third at 79L 62 was bid for
Tenth and Eleventh; 18J for Thirteenth and
Fifteenth; 29 for Spruce and Pine; 30 for Green
and Coates; 26 for Glrard College; and 35 tor
Union.
Bank shares were In good demand for invest
ment at lull prices. North America soli at 230;
107 was bid ior Seventh National; 32 for Me
chanics'; 110 lor South wark; 68 for Penn Town
ship; 59 forGirard; 32 for Manufacturers'; 70
for City; and 45 for Consolidation.
Canal shares were dull. 46 was bid for Leh'eh
Navigation; 16 for Susquehanna Canal; aud 19
lor Schuylkill Navigation common.
Quotations ot Gold 104 A. M., 1404; 11 A. M.,
1402: 12 M.. 1404; 1 P. M.. 1404, n aivauce oi
ou the closing price Saturday evening.
Tbe New York Herald this morning says:
"Money continues extremely easy, and so long as
borrowers in xood credit oan supply their wants at 4i.4
S ner cent., much lower prices eaonot be ex peered; but
It must be remembered that the denrand lor stocks Is
purely speculative, and that moat of the bulls are
loaded up wllb them. Moreover, tbe opinion of
tbe street is divided as to tbe futare cuuree of
prices, and it Is tberelore more dltiicult to pro
mote a rise than It was when the bulls held undis
puted sway a fortnight ago. furthermore, there Is an
absence or sufficient outside support to exert a ma
terial Influence over prices, aud hence we have
what m known as a brokers' market. With an active
money market It would decline heavily, but monetary
ea.ie sustains It, aod Its tendency is strongly reac
tionary alter every fall. Nevertheless, It U danger
ous to buv stocks at tbe current quotations, and we
sdvise all who areout of the market to remain out of
it: for to enter It is to toticb pitch. Bow long money
will remain cheap and abundant la uncertain, but
there areas yet no signs of Increased activity, and tbe
statement of tbe city banks for the week will show no
luiportaut changes. There Is no way of employing
large sums on loan except on the block Exchange.
Tbe supply ol commercial paper is very light, and tbe
best grade Is quoted at 6(7 t cent."
Of the grain trade ot the lake ports the Toledo
Blade remarks: "The early shipments of wheat
from this port created quite a furore among
Eastern millers, and the rapidity with which
orders have since arrived betoken a very active
trade during the fail. The quality of the Brain
is the best ever shipped from the West, and not
a particle luferior to the best ever grown on
the continent; in fact.it could not be better.
The splendid quality, together with the prolidc
yield tbrough the country tributary to Toledo,
will make thin a favorite point with Eastern
buyers, and thin city will, to a great extent,
monopolize tbe trade in winter wheat for the
next twelvemonths at least."
At a meeting ot the Buffalo Doard of Trade
on Wednesday, a plan providing greater secu
rity for the buyer and seller of grain was pre
sented. It was as follows:
The Committee appointed to muture and report a
rian tor greater seomliy to the seller, beg leave toay
hat tbey bave given tbe mutter practical conHidera
lion, and bave hud the help of suugeatlons from dif
ferent uieiubera of tbe Board. They first sought to
devue a plan which should prevent the making of
bills of lading by forwarders, except as sellers might
dlrec; but they find no way to do this except by so
cumbrous a system tbat it would prob-tbly be followed
only so long sucb eiciiemeut its bus grown out o' a
recent transaction may last. Tbey would at once
bave recommeudad the adoption ot the ChloHgo sys
tem, but the fs:t that we bave uo Ingpsviion beie that
would protect tbe buyer stood In the way. Ttiey have
finally settled upon what will prvteut the buyer as
rtteuiaally as inspection. Objections cu.i be made to
this plan, of course tbey can be uikd.t t0 aay nlua
hut tbey believe that their plan will socure both
buyerand seller in their rights and will be so simple
and easy la worklug that all will be pleased with It oo
trial. . .
Metolwd, Tbat ail deliveries of grain shall be made
by oertlued order on the elevator, or by order on
vessel, accepted by master, aud said grain slmll be
paid for wheu thus delivered, by tertiUed check
or currency, aud seller shall bo iiiUled to wake
Jtfuotvtd. That the seller shall make good his
sample-lbal Is, liesball pay any difference tbat shall
be shown between tbe sample ba has sold by aod the
grain delivered. . ... . ,
HtHiiutd, That when grain Is bought for shipment,
the buyer shall have twenty-lour hours to get It
on boat, and when bought for hololng he shall have
twenty-lour boors lo examine at tbe elevator; If.
when be has bought for shipment or holding, be
shall, within tbe time above specified, claim lf
ference. and If he and the seller tall to agrea. such
difference shall b decided by a board of competent
men, consisting of three, appointed by this Board lor
,UW'jo"v5l,'hst be such committee to determine
dlllerenceii In value, and thelrfVes In-every case where
they act shall be U each to those wbo act, to be paid
by parties Id Unit.
I'lllLADKLPUU STOCK EXCHANGE SALF-3 TO-DAY
Reported by Jebaven Bra, No. 40 8, Third street
BEFORE BOARDS.
3000 City , Kew 10U
rl KMT JlUA
t0 City Ss. W.sev cU.lttl
a m, II R IO-40s.CD.cin3
tioo
III)
oo- new......iii;a.
do. Hew...... 10 l i
do. New lolls
do.New....liMS
doNew...10H
do.. .Old. ...c. ST
do. Old. ...c 7
nioo ptRima.. M'
15 sh Head R- bi!-i
ton sh N Y Mid... 3
100 do. 8
lixisb lIstouvllle la
100 du,..... UX
J .IK I
ivo
Mossrs. De Uaven A Brother. No. 40 South
Third street rcnort the following rates of ex
change to-day at 1 P. M.t U. 8. 6s of 181, 111
(9)1111 d. 12. 113iU3i; do.. 1864, 1MC4
Hot; do.,lH05, 1104ijllU: do., 1666, uew, 108si
109; do., 1BU7, new, imi'Qiw, no os, iu-wb,
I02ttl02: do. 7'30s, Aub., 107i108; do.,
June,107107i5ao..July,107i107ij Compound
Interest Notes, June, 1BC4, 110-40; do., July, 184,
119-40; do. August, lt64. 1194U9J; do.,
October, 1864, 118i8118$; do.. December, 1864,
imH71; do., May. 18G5, llGj1171; lo., Aug.,
I8it, 116J116i; do., September, 1865, 115Jfd
llfif ; do. October, 186S, 114115t; Gold, 140,
140. Silver, 133(3134. , -
Messrs. William fainter A Co., bankers.
No. 36 8. Third street, report the follow
ing rates of exchange to-day at 12J o'clock
fj. 8. 6s, 1881, 11H111: U. 8. 6-20a,1862,
113J113j; do., 1864, 109i110J; do., 1866,
llOJ&llOi; do. new, 108$100;' 6s, '10-40, 102J
(3102&; U. 8. 7-30(1, 1st series, 107108; do.,
2d series, 1073 107 ; 3d series, 107dl07;
Compound Interest Notes, December, 1864. 117J.
Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co. quote Govern
ment securities, etc., as- follows: U. 8. 6s of
1881, llljtffltlli; old 6-0. 113113J; 6-20s,
1804. 11001104; do., 1865, 110j()110; do., July,
irHiH110Hj; do., 18C7, 108JGD108J; 10-408, 102!$$
lu3K;7-30, Auif., 107J(?S108: do., June. 107j)
107J:do., July, 107107j. Gold, 140J(jl40j.
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Monday, August 12. There is a limited in
quiry for Floor from the home consumers, and
prices of fresh ground and old wheat extra
family are well maintained. Sales of a few hun
dred barrels at $7 75tf 25 for superfine; Sa-oWJlf
for old and new wheat extra; J10OH-60 for
Northwestern extra family; S10r2 50 for Penn
sylvania and Ohio do. do.; aod $12 14 50 for new
wheat do. do., and fancy. Rye Flour 1s doll; we
quote at 7 758 25. Nothing doing In Corn
Meal.
There is not much activity in tbe Wheat
Market, hut prices remain without change.
Bales of new Southern and Pennsylvania red at
l2'25ai2-35. Rye Is held at fl-80l-4O for new
Southern and Pennsylvania, and 91 40(3146 for
old Pennsylvania. Corn The offerings are
small and tne demand moderate. Hales of 2500
bushels yellow at $1-201-22, and 4000 bushels
yellow Western mixed at l l()(118. Oats re
main without change. Bales of new Southern
at 7475 cents, and old Pennsylvania at 90 cents.
The laBt sale of No. 1 Quercitron, Barfc woa at
' 43 V ton. s - ' - t. . ,,
Whisky Common is offered at.2530 cents ft
ISI1UU, 1Q UUUU, . . -. , I ;
Philadelphia Cattle Market.
Monday, August 12. The Cattle Market was
moderately active this week; but prlooa were
unsettled and lower; abont 2600 head arrived
and sold at from 1617o. for extra, H15o, for
fair to good, and 10 13c. f lb. for common, aa to
quality. The following are the particulars of
the sales:
173 head Owen Smith, Western, U&WA. '
42 ' A. Cbrlsly A tiro., Western, o8U. cross.
79 P. McFlUen, Western, 89 gross!
133 " P. Hathaway, Western, 7.9W.gro88.
100 James Kirk, Chester co li'iw2.
97 " Jas. McKillen, Western, 8uM. Krone.
60 B. 8. MoFlllen, W eBtern. 78,gros8.
110 " Ullman fe tiaenman, Western. 16Sul7.
196 " M. Fuller Co., Western. 70. urosa.
200 " Mooney dtSmltn, Western, 15 17.
111 " T. Mooney A Bro., Western, OUiaS. gr'a.
60 " H. Chain, Pennsylvania, 7ff. gross.
64 8. Frank, Western, 7SV, gross.
65 " Frank & Shomberg. Western. 14(318.
80 " Uape & Co., Weatenn, Hlail.
107 " Levi A Co.. Western, 7Jg9, gross.
124 ' B. Hood, Chester county, 68U. gross.
180 " Chandler & Co., Chester co., 79, gross
61 " D. W. Oemmell, Delaware, 6W7, gross
Cows were nnonanged. 260 head sold at $50(3
70 for Springers, and S70&90 per head fur Cow
and Calf.
Sheep were rather firmer. 5000 head sold at
from 6J4o1c. per pound, gross, as to condition.
IIous were in lair demand. 8000 head sold at
tbe different yards at from 1010 60 per 100
pounds.net. 1
LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OV PHILADELPHIA
AUGUST IS.
STATB OF THBKMOMKTKB AT TH1 BVKNUIQ TKT.BW
SHAPE OFJUCK.
TA. M-..,..70U A. M.........B3H p. ., tt
For additional Marine Newt tee Third Faoe,
, n . CLEARED THIS MORNING,
fchtp weatoiorelaud, Hammond, Rio Janeiro, Work-
Plilp Isabella O. Jones, Jones, Bt, Thomas do
B& Co1"1 Jn0' '""J-bt- Btepneus, j& A. Soiider
Brl Bride. Blauvet, Gibraltar, J. E. Bailey a fin
ol ' 'n' BoaUa CaldwelEaoTdon A
BcbrC. Davidson, Garwood, Lynn.'L. AndenrlartArm
Nut' Crttl,lloo BatCaKeut?S
ACo". L0ng,TUan611, Frnkft'. Bacon, Collins.
Bt'r A.'Brearley, Mullen, Baltimore J n u
W'rW, wullldlo. Ris-sYos. WassalJas j n r?S
Bt'r B. Melader. Kockuillor "oWeik, Capa.
ARRIVED THIS MORN ma
X.'lurdri:5,4,,rH0.'Jeffe"' ,ro L.i ballast to
morroM'RuTi " " from Baltt-
Hteamer W.Whllldln. Rluiian's frnma.....
nodse. to J. D. Ruoft. "''"18 rm Sassafras, with
fcueainer B. Melnder. Rockbtll. from WnM..i
wltn peaches to captain. "vum Irom Worton'screek,
"-Kailph,a. sailed from
te?ehdPou?
nitaVa ooe'ed.11"' hWM 'lot ' Dl ttlh
detVi 'oe Phiu-
Hchrs t!hrls. Looser, Hualili. and ! T
Orfc, Philadelphia. saUft or
ogtte1pU
iDh,EII.Hol1ate.GoodlurheVcUewbero8th
Hchrs Ontara. Huntley, aod W wli. o ..
Porumouth ,or i'mlae.u1aarH,oMX,.,,S2
ber. Xn1, ;uT0U,6n Howes,
a&KhHrsi.t;reU ""IPhcleawd
BXh!nBhi- K V,reon-
C. IMok Will,?,,'
laueiphla. at UoluW hlus ,or
Hw Yob-! Asf?1"?11!8
Headenrlch. from lras2o;A,rly,,1' sUp Iowa.