ML 1 EYMN H H H J. DOUBLE SHEET-THREE CENTS, VOL. VIII -No. 44. PEILADELPniA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 18G7. "TO FIRST EDITION AUSTRALASIA. Terrible Floods and Circ.it Loss of Lire In New South Wales and New Zca land Hurricane Lasting Four Days, Etc. Tla Tanama we have later mail dates from Australia and New Zealand. A continued storm f wind and rain, hurricane and floods of unpre cedented magnitude, had taken place in Mew frouta Wales and New Zealand. The Sydney and Wellington papers furnish full accounts of this disastrous hurricane. Yee-rlble Flood la New Boutb. Wtltt V 'turllllBg Incidents Lm of Life, Etc. From the Sydney Umpire, July 1. The steamship Ruahine, which leaves the port f Sydney this day lor Panama, will convey intelligence which must be most shocking and distressing, not only to those who teei an In terest in the prosperity of these colonies, but to all who have regard for humanity. Tula country has been visited by a more terrible flood than any that has beeu known since the first white man set his foot upon the soil, and its results have b'en most desolating, making whole families homeless, destroying life and property to an extent which Is as yet be yond calculation. When the Kilkourra left .Sydney, on the 1st of June, it was noted that the rain had continued, almost without intermis sion, for two months.; but up to that time no great fears of destructive floods were enter tained, thoueh business was Interrupted by the wet weather and the continuous downfall of water caused general inconvenience. The Kal konrra had severe weather on her voyage to Wellington, but left that place for Panama on the 6th of Jane with 06 passengers and 4500 ounces of gold. Tbe weather continued bad on this coast, and on Wednesday, tbe 9th of Jane, culminated in a storm which has been described as a hurricane, and which continued for four days. Great fear was entertained in the city of Sydney that the low-lying lands of the country uoEt exposed to floods by reason of the nu merous water courses falling through them, and the narrowness and circuitous course of the outlet to the sea would be inun dated; but no one expected that this was the beginning of the most disastrous flood that had ever occurred in New South Wales, and that the sympathies of the people of the country would be tasked to a degree beyond anything that had ever been previously known. Yet so it has proved. On Friday, the 21st of June, sccounts reached Sidney which startled and alarmed the whole of the inhabitants, but which, unhappily, proved to be true. The whole of the valley ot the Hawkesbury river had been flooded to a height unknown and unrecorded by the oldest inhabitant or by story. Tbe town of Windsor was surrounded by water, and so sudden had been the rush of the flood from the high lands, in consequence of tbe previous satu ration of the ground, that the farmers and their families had to flee for their lives, abandoning all they possessed to the raging waters. The in cidents that occurred were most shocking. In one case a farmer sat upon the roof of bis house with his family for twenty hours, holding his youngest child in his arms until the rotant died from the effects ot cold and exposure, for the rain was still pouring down in torrents, and the whole of the surrounding land was one wide sea of water. The lather then had to throw his dead child into the flood, and take up another iu the hope of preserving it. On Satur day morning, tbe 22J, the house gave way, and was swept down with, the flood, drowning the mother and nine other children. The father and tour others were saved by tue boats which had been sent off to rescue these unfortunate sufferers. By this time the whole of the valley was inundated, and the fertile district of Rich mond presented the appearance of a great lake. Fesrs were felt that the to wn of Windsor itself, where at this time some thousands of persons were congregated, would be involved In the general devastation, but happily this did not occur. The flood was so sudden and so overwhelming, that all means of escape seemed to be cut off, and many families, some consisting of weak mothers and young children Buffering trom severe illness, had to remain for hours on the roofs of tbelr houses during the severest weather that has ever been known on this coast, until succor could be aiven. As soon as this sad Intelligence was known, the Gov ernment acted with the utmost promptitude. Boats, and crews to man them, were despatched toy railway to the nearest point to Windsor, and although the flood was still rushing down in a torrent, and a part of the railway was sub merged, the brave men who manned these boats succeeded at last in reaching the scene of desolation, and in rescuinz very many who bad Almost given up all hope. Tht Flood at Wellington. Extract from a letter dated Wellington, June 18. On Thursday night the river commenced rising very fast and continued rising until Saturday, by which time tbe few dry spots about the lower part of the town were surrounded by a wide- stretcning sea. xnai myimcai personage, "tne oldest Inhabitant," remembers nothing like it. The Macquarle on the Wellington side backed tip the Bell water, and spread over the flat front ing the town to the depth of anout three feet. It was up to the posts in front of Parson's hotel, and tbe cellars of the Australian stores escaped being flooded by a lew inches only. One or two houses have been washed away trom the banks of the river. Paddy the Chinaman's house, fences, and all, have been carried off, and nothing but the bent and broken fruit trees are left to mark the spot "where once a garden smiled." Over at Monteflore's it rose up to Sor well's door, and made an Island or the Commis sioner's quarters. The lree selectors about Pouto have hud to take to the mountains, seve ral of their farms havlug been completely Inun dated. Eleven hundred sheep, it is reported, have been swept awav at Murrumbldgee. No lives have been lost here, but two families at BnrrandoDg are drowned. Out of eleven per sons in one funnily who were shepherding for Blunden, only the lather and two children nave been saved. I also bear that a family have been drowned near Dubbe. I fear the next news we get from down the river will be most disastrous, for hundreds of miles It .will be a wide-spread sea of desolation. For our part, we have great reusou to be thankful it Is no worse. AFFAIRS ON TUE PLAINS. Frt Hays Surroundsd by Indians Work Stopped on tbe Pacific Railroad Largo Quantities of Block Stolen bjr ludlans Am Expedition stent Against Fobt II at a, August 20. The Indians are all around us and very troublesome. Work has been stopped on the railroad beyond this point for the last week. The Indians have been tiring at every person venturing beyond the fort, and . ' ...nnoortorl in tuklTltr a crreAt iIaoI nl To-day a strong expedition has lett this fort aralnst them, composed of three hundred men . . i 7,1 imtoor Kfl.nKR.fl CtlVllrv anil tW. 1-1- regular troops. Captain Ames. The expedition rtflsimis striking some of the Indian villages ou r. ?"! j..r ati dnvai march trom here, tin tne B . . roOD. -0 nrenRra n , move rapidly. More troops are demanded ler or the Territory will have to oe abandoned. The commanding oflicer of this fort la completely crippled, being surrounded bv savages, aaS Ufa fcMtUT corporal's guard 1 men. EUROPE. LATEST NEWS BY STEAMER. THE CHOLERA. Terrible Ravages of the Disease In Italy Over 63,000 Cases and 33,000 Deaths In Blx Months Midnight Meeting In a Cemetery, Etc. Ktc. Florence August 8) Cor. London Daily News. From a report on the cholera lately published, we find that the caes from January to July this year have been as mnny as 63,376, followed by 32,874 deaths. The Sicilian provinces have been the most grievously anected bj the malady. In Glrgenti 16,014 cases are reported, and 7310 deaths; In Bari (Neapolitan provinces), 11,116 cases, and 6412 deaths, at Caltanisetta (SicilUu provinces), 7191 rases, and 4110 deaths. In a word, we find that death followed the at tack in above halt the number of cases. Not one ot the forty-nine provinces ot Italy has been spared, though in some cities, such as Florence, ouly a couple of cases are re potted. But another alarming symptom a symptom ot moral disease quite as melancholy as tne physical malady has been observed throughout Italy, especially In the Calabrlas and Sicily, though even the northern provinces are not free from its contagion. This symptom Is tbe dread of poison, the belief in its presence through various malevolent agents and noxious influences. In Sicily this dread greatly excites the minds of the Buffering population, and adJs to their calamitous stare. A thirst tor ven geance upon the soldiers, who are supposed to be in some mysterious manner connected with the cholera, is lelt by the people. The unre mittlng zeal and kindness of the officers and men in tbe care ot the suffering and sick have done nothing to calm the popular feel ing. Even when they are assisting the sufferers, they are regarded with hatred and suspicion; nay, frequently sabjected to violence. Some instances of this may be cited. At Mehill, near Syracuse, such was the excitement of the Sopulace, owing to their belief that poison had een administered by agents of the Italian Gov ernment, that a large meeting was held in the dead of night in the public cemetery, at which it was resolved "that all ths Carabiniere and Italian aeents resident in the place should be killed for spreading the cholera." The plot was fortunately revealed by a woman to one of the Intended victims, who telegraphed tbe news to the authorities of an adjacent city; and a company of rifles was sent to guard the public safety, But the panic shows itself In every lorm. Some days ago, on the arrival of the mail train from Catania, where the disease is prevalent, at Calatabiana, about a hundred armed men were waiting at the station, and they peremptorily commanded the driver to go back at once without staying au instant. In vain did the officer in charge ot the mail, who happened to be the only traveller in the train, entreat for permission to leave the post bag at all events. He was not listened to, and the train returned whence it had come. Catania Itself presents a miserable spectacle disease, suffering, misery, and terror are seen under every possible form. Very few shops, not more, it is said, than ten in a hundred, are open. All who had the means ot escaping have already abandoned the city; prowling dogs and sickly mendicants have the place almost entirely to themselves. Even the upper classes are not entirely tree from the common terror and delusion. The condition of the city is so sad that the whole active work ot lite is performed by the soldiers, who too frequently fall victims to their arduous and overtrained labors. They nurse the sick and bury the dead, and in return tor their services are frequently repulsed by the suspicious inhabitants, who often refuse food and medicine trom tbelr bands, revile them with their dying breath, and perish fully believing they have been poisoned. The agita tion is indescribable throughout the country. At Bagnara, in Calabria, where cholera is making fearful ravages, an exciting scene latelv occurred. Four infirmary servants from an adjacent city, who came to aid the sick, were believed by the people of the place, either through something unprepossessing in their appearance or unusual in their dress, to be cholera agents. A popular tumult was the con sequence. Cries arose of "Out with the poison ers;" "Away with them;" "Out, out;" and such was the fury displayed that, in spite of the strenuous arguments and explanations offered to the people by the public authorities, it was found necessary to send the poor fellows away, though they had been specially requested to come, and there was of course urgent need of their services. A strong escort had to guard them from mischief on tbe road. Similar cases, though less violent in the north than in Sicily and the Neapolitan provinces, are, however, retorted in the vicinity of the polished and enlightened city of Milan itself. Women oppjse the removal from their homes of cholera pa tints into the hospitals through fear of poison. In fact, in the northern provinces, as every where else, there is a sreneral tendency to attri bute the malady to individual malignity rather than to any natural cause. Bergamo, Brescia, Cremona, and Como are sorely afflicted. The Milanese sanitary commission service has been carried on with ereat efficiency and assi duity, and the clergy have been indefatigable in attending on tbe sick. All, however, have to struggle against an amount of blind Ignorance and prejudice, which sadly reflects upon the intellectual conditiou of Italy. The subject of cholera is at this moment so absorbing through the country, and tbe noble devotedness of the Italian soldiers and officers iu the service of humanity has been to much talked of, that, betides an order of the day signed by General Revel, to those brave men, expressing the grati tude of the Government for their behavior, a vote of thanks to them has been pasoeJ in Par liament. One Hundred and Ninety Deaths Dally In Palermo. Naples. August 9. Cholera is maklngterrible ravages at Palermo. The average number ot deaths is 190 daily. A Royal Victim. The cholera has found a Royal victim at Borne, In the person of Queen Maria Theresa, of wapies, wno died on inuraay. tier Majesty was the dauahter of tbe Archduke Charles, the celebrated leader o'f the Austrian army during the wars of the French Revolution and of Bona- I i arte. She married Ferdinand II of Naples, n 1837, became a widow in 1859, but continued to reside with her stepson till the ex-king was displaced by Garibaldi. One of the daughters ot tne late yueen is me secouu wite or the pre sent Archduke Charles of Austria, brother to tbe Emperor; another daughter is married to the Archduke Charles of Tuscany. The Cholera at Warsaw Three Hun. area uaees a vay. The cholera is said to be muklntr alarmiu? progress at Warsaw. As many as 300 eases a dav occur in a population or 300,000. Since the id or June, wutu tuc cihuuhmv, "i"", nuuut iium r.rnns have been attacked, and more than half the cases have terminated fatally. THE BALZBURG CONGRESS. Austrian Account of the Imperial Asscm. ' blaao and lie Objects. From the New Free Fre oj Vienna, A ugutt 0. The suppositions of those who wun to misre present the character of this vllt of the Em peror Napoleon to the Emperor of Austria are both improbable and without foundation. Its object is simply an act of reciprocal courtesy, originating, in the first place, in the earnest de sire ot the Emperor Napoleon to express per sonally and before all Europe his sympathy with the imperial house of Austria on the occa sion of the terrible blow by which. It has just beB stricken. This drslre the Emperor communicated, as is well kuown, to the Austrian Embassy in Paris od the morrow of the day on which the sad ne vs from Qui retaro was received. If the Kmoeror Napoleon has been prevented from putting that project into execution, it was probably with the object of agalu rendering possible and assuring the visit of the Emperor ot Austria to Pans, to which the Emperor ot the French appears to attach a certain Importance, and which the painful incident which hm occurred mieht in any case have impeded. The visit to Salzburg will no doubt lead to the attainment of that object, and it is almost certain that the closing of tbe Paris Exposition will be b' mured with the presence of tbelr Austnaa Majesties. THE WArTn CANDIA. Russian Aid to the Refagees Vh Turk ieh Insult to the United States. The Journal ae St. Peter thvtirg publishes the following despatch, dated Constantinople, July 30, via Odessa: After having insisted with tue Porte upon fresh Instructions being sent td Omar Pan ha, the Ambassador of Russia urgently pressed that they should be acted upon; and he gave orders to Captain Boukatow and to the Riissian Consul in the island of Camlia to convoy to Greece, according to an arrangement concluded with the Turks, the Greek families who had taken refuge in the caverns. Tbe ambassador ot Russia conferred ou this subject with the Charge d'Affaires of France, the result of which was that the reoresenta tives ot these two powers forwarded Instruc tions to the commanders of the ships-ot'-war of their respective States, stationed in the Turkish waters, to convey from Crete to Greece the Christian families of the island. The Porte was informed of this in writing, and its co-operation was requested. Tbe Prussian and Italian Minis ters joined in the step thus taken. The Turkish admiral took by force, from a messenger of the American Consul, a letter which the Consul-General of Russia had written to the United States representative. The Ameri can Minister has protested aeainst that actot violence. OBITUARY. Pierce Dutler. A lew days ago this gentleman died at one of his estates in Georgia. The deceased was, a native of this city where he was boru during the early part of the present cen tury. His family being wealthy he wa- enabled to obtain a liberal education, which he after wards placed to excellent use. He graduated with honors, and, atter studying the profession of tbe law, was admitted to the bar of Philadel phia, and soon became one of its ablest and most distinguished members. In 1834 Mr. Butler was married to Miss Fanny Kemble, the well known actress and authoress, who had arrived iu the United States from England, about two years previous, and who retired definitely from the stage atter this event. The marriage life was short and unhappy. The tastes and temperaments of Mr. and Mrs. Butler differed so widely that tn 1849 the lady applied for a divorce. Mr. Butler resisted the application, but finally a divorce from bed and board was granted. Much was said at the time of the causes of this domestic infelicity, the friends of Mr. Butler asserting that the desire to be rid of her husband was the result of undue influence on the part of her friends over the mind of Mrs. Butler. Be that as it may, however, a bill ot separation was granted, subsequent to which she took up her residence with the Sedg wick family, at Lenox, Massachusetts, at the same time resuming her maiden name of Kemble. In his political sentiments Mr. Butler was intensely pro-Southern; consequently the dogmas of State sovereignty and the right of secession were recognized by him as sound and constitutional. Notwithstanding these views, together with his undoubted ability, the deceased never held any prominent political position, ex cepting once, if we recollect aright, when he was elected one of the State electors ou the Pierce ticket. In his social life Mr. Butler was distinguished for bis courtesy and refinement. Being a gentleman of large erudition and a most agreeable and fluent conversationist, he gathered around him a laree number of warm personal friends, many of whom diflered greatly with him on political questions. SCIENTIFIC NOTES. ASTRONOMICAL. Father Secchl has presented to the French Academy a drawing of the nebula of Orion, which was lately prepared at the Roman Col lege, and which he proposes to publish on his return to Rome. Spectrum analysis of the nebula proves it, like its fellow, to be composed essen tially of some gaseous compound. A NEW SALT. M. Nicies has caused chlorine and mangauese to unite in such proportions as to form a deuto chlorlde of manganese. The new salt is, he finds. less stable than tbe corresponding haloic salts of this base. A NIW BURNING WELL. A burning well has just been discovered at Narbonne, France, by workmen engaged in making borings for an artesian well. The water, which is charged with sulphate of magnesia, gives off in considerable volumes carburetted hydrogen gas, which burns with a reddish smoky flame, but without emitting a smell ot either bitumen or sulphuretted hydrogen. The "sinking" tor the spring was made on the left branch of tbe Aude, in a plain situated about two metres above the sea-level, and composed of alluvial mud. The alluvial mud extends to a depth of six metres, then follow tertiary lime stone and marls, with the remains of marine shells. At the depth of seventy metres the spring containing this Inflammable gas was found. A TEST. Herr C. D. Braun states that the sulphate of aniline is a very delicate test for nitric acid. The sulphate is dissolved in sulphuric acid and placed In a watch-glass. A glass rod Is now dipped in tbe suspected liquid, aad with it the aniline solution is stirred around. If nitric acid is pre sent a red color is produced. OZONE. M. Soret, who some time since stated the density of ozone to be one and a half times that of oxygen, now has given convincing proof ot the accuracy of his opinion. By causing the two bodies to "diffuse," he has found that the velocities ot transmission give the same value for the density of ozono as that already ex pressed, viz., one aud a half times that of oxygen. Daniel Drew ox Ilia MuacLK.There was some excitement at the steamboat landing last night. It was occasioned by Daniel Drew, the famous steamboat king, teaching a negro hla business. The negro used language towards Mr. Drew that was impudent, and made threats towards the "old man," when the lat ter knocked the negro down and dragged him, off the boat, and was then taken away by some of bis companions Albany Knickerbocker, Monday. Mazzoleni. The London Athenaum says that Signor Mazzoleni, "a robust tenor" (as the classification of voices runs), has entered into a three years' engagement at the Grand Opera of Paris. There are 54,000,000 aores of land In Min nesota. "Uncle Sam is rich enough to give as all farm." WASHINGTON GOSSIP. The RcmoTal or Sheridan -Sickles to Go West Important Letter from Geo. Grant, Etc. From the N. Y. Herald. Sheridan's Removal. Washington, August 20. The assignments, it will be noticed, are exactly as I have stated in my previous despatches, though 1 still bave rea son to think that Hancock may even yet get command of the Fifth Military District should a certain contingency occur. Tbe order as pro mulgated to-day is somewhat different trom that which was at first prepared some weeks ago. Tbe lacguaee ot the first order was rather stronger, stating that the ground for the removal of Sheridan was that he was an impedi ment to national and constitutional reconstruc tion. The President's order directing General Grant to issue the necessary instructions to carry out the removal of Sheridan is dated tne 17th -last Saturday and was received by Grant on that day. I have information from a high source that immediately on receiving the order General Grant protested against the action. It occurred pretty much in thl3 wise: The President, in an unofficial note, submitted the order to the General, and suggested that he would be happy to receive any suggestion on the subject that the General might consider firoper. This note was simply Intended as an nvitation to General Grant to suggest any changes in tbe reassignment of the three gene rals in question. General Grant, however, seems to have regarded the note in another light, uud accordingly sat down and wrote a long statement to the President, protesting against Sheridan's removal, and giving his rea sons therefor. This letter is written in a very friendly way, entirely respectful, and altogether without reproach. I do not pretend to give even the substance of the letter, but I know that the General took tbe ground that the step would be most unwise just now, add that it would be contrary to the wishes of the people of the American republic. Tbe General dwells on this point, and suggests that the wishes of the people oueht to be respected. This letter was written on Saturday, and was received by tbe President on Monday. Mr. Johnsou answered the letter on the day of its reception. The answer of the President is pretty full, and much in the same triendly style as Grant's. The President alluded in terms of praise to the military services of Gen. Sheridan especially as a oallant aud dashing cavalry officer, who deserved well of the country, but stated that in the present condition of the country the national interests could sustain no loss by tbe transfer of "Little Phil" to the Department of Missouri, and the appointment of General Thomas to the command of tbe Filth Military District. General Thomas, the President stated, was an officer whose services were also of a high order, aud by no means interior to those ren dered by General Sheridan. He believed, more over, that Thomas possessed the discretion, pru dence, ripe judgment, and impartial mind that fitted him in a higher degree than Sheridan for the command of the Filth Military District, and In making the proposed change he (the Presi dent) was only acting for the best iaterests of tne country at large, as to tne allusions made by General Grant to the wishes of the Ameri can people, he (the President) asks to be in formed whrn the question of the removal of Sheridan bad been submitted to the American people for an expression of their opinion. He (the President) believed that the supreme wish of the American people was expresst d in the American Constitution. He believed the Ameri can people desired that their Constitution should be obeyed, and he believed that Sheridan was rot administering the government of the Fifth District according to the spirit or intent of the Constitution. These are about the chief points of the c res pond e vice. Both the President and General Grant decline to give the correspondence to tbe press, but you may rely that the above state ment is substantially correct. I am informed that General Grant promulgated the order be fore receiving the President's answer, and that since this epistolary interchange of views they have had an interview and came to a satis factory conclusion on the subject. General Grant attended the Cabinet meeting to-day, and harmonized pretty fully with the other advisers of the President. Iudeed, I am now informed that Grant is in pretty fair accord with the President, and that their relations are quite cordial. Probable Early Removal of General Sickles. General Sickles Is likely to be the next victim of the Presidential guillotine. It is understood that lately be has taken many steps entirely antagonistic to the President's policy, and that unless he recedes pretty promptly he will be removed. Tbe trouble grows out of his inter fering with tbe mandates of the United States Supreme Court in Wilmiugton, N. C. I tele graphed you last week that the President, after mature deliberation with his Cabinet, had re scinded Sickles' famous Order No. 10, and ordered General Grant to instruct General Sickles accordingly. The United States Attorney General alse gave instructions to the United States Marshal at Wilmington to prosecute criminally all parties obstruct ing the executiou ot the prosess of the Supreme Court. General Sickles, it seems, in disregard of theie Instructions, has ordered his subordinate at Wilmington to pay no heed to this order of the Attorney-General until fur ther advised by him (General Sickles) on the subject. This is regarded as a palpable con tempt of the order of the President, who con siders that, according to the decision of the Cfiief Justice, the Supreme Court is in full ope ration in the South, and its maadates should be obeyed. General Sickles, it is understood, takes the ground that if the Federal courts are per mitted to enforce their decisions in his district, they may very soon declare the Reconstruction acts unconstitutional and void. It is said that General Sickles has written a spicy letter to General Grant on the subject. Thirty theatres amuse Paris. Dante is to be "done" in Dutch. The King of Portugal sang a duet with Rossini. Very few persons are travelling among the Adirondacks this summer. It is too oold. A new Greek play baa appeared at Athens. Its subject is Philip of Maoedon, and the name of the dramatist is Antoniades. A new singer, Madame Paul! Markovios, from Testh, has appeared at Vienna, in Robert, with entire success, says a contemporary. Pike's new Opera House on Eighth ave nue, New York., will cost about 500,000, and will be finished about the middle of Oc tober. It B rumored that John B. Gough, has been engaged to deliver a series of lectures in Chicago this winter, for which he is to re ceive the handsome sum of 12,000. The dramatio critioa of New York have Invited Mr. John Oxenford, the distinguished critic of the London Times, now in this coun try, to a complimentary dinner. In Harper'$ for September there will be a curious article by Olive Logan, entitled "The Yankee before the Throne." It la reminiscent of the lady'B girl-Ufo In pria. SECOND EDITION THE LATEST NEWS. THE EIECTION IN COLORADO. A Republican Legislature Elected. El'ROFEAN MARKETS TO. DAY Legal, Local, and Financial Intelligence. Etc., Ktc Etc., Ktc, Ktc, Kte FROM EUROPE BY CABLE. Kaon Report of Market. London, Angut 21 Noon. Uuited States bonds, 73 j; Erie Railroad, 45. Othr American securities and Consols are unchanged. Livbrpool, August 21 Noon. Cotton quiet; tbe sales are estimated at 8000 Dales. Bieadstuffs and Provisions are steady. Antwerp, August 21. Petroleum is nominal, there being no buyers. London. August 21. Despatches from Shang hue state that tea Is very active, and the new crop is going off rapidly. Bbrlin, August 21. The Prusslaa Govern ment has decreed free trade In salt. Arrival Oat of the St. Laurent Brest, Asgust 21. Tbe steamer St. Laurent, from New York on the 10th, arrived to-day. Market Report to Two o'clock. London, August 212 P. M. At this hour American securities are quoted as follows: United States Five-twenties, 73 j; Illinois Cen tral, 774 Erie Railroad, 45. Consols for mouey, 9 h Liverpool, August 212 P. M. The cotton market is rather more active, and the estimate for the sales to day is 10,000 bales. Lard, fil. 6d.; Cheese, 60s.; Bacon, 43s. 6d. Other articles are unaltered. Personal. Indianapoltr, August 21. Bishop Joseph C. Talbot, of the Diocese of Indiana, leaves here to attend tbe meeting ot Bishops at Lambert, England, in September. '1 he Colorado Election. Dkn ver, August 20. Sufficient returns show that the Republicans have a majority In both branches ot the Territorial Legislature. Markets by Telegraph. New York, August 20, -Stocks dull and heavy. C'tilcatio and Kuck Island, 1W'4 Heading, 1'4'4; Canion Company, 47; Erin, 6S; Cleveland and Tuledo, 124 Cleveland and Pittsburg, 93; Pittsburg and Fort Wavne. 104s.: Mlcnlean Central. ICS: Michigan Southern, Si; New York Central, 10S; Illinois Central. 119; Cumberland preferred, 31 '4: Virginia Sizes, 611; Missouri Hlxna, 1! '4; Hudson Klver, 12I1-,; TJ. K. Five-twenties, 118V. do. 1H64, 109';: do. 1865, 110 V, new Insue, 108; Ten-forties, 102V Seven-thirties, all sort. 107. Money, 40S per cent. Sterling Exchange, I095,(vll'7 Oold 141J. New Yobk, August 21. Cotton dull at 282sl.Jc. Flour firm; sooo burrels sold; Southern, f I0 2d(al4: other branOs unaltered. Wheat easier; 21, uoo bushels sold; amber Michigan, !l2'3!t; amber Southern. l,:'Aut) 2 37. Corn easier; 80,000 bushels sold: mixed Western, f riWiftftl'IS't- OaU dull and unchanged. Provisions quiet aud steady. Wnlsky quiei. FINANCE AND COMMERCE. OryicK or trb Evbkino Tblborapb,! Wednesday, August 21, 1M7, There is no material change to notice in the Money Market. Call loans are quoted at 66 per cent. First-class mercantile paper ranges at from 68 per cent, discount. The Stock Market opened very dull this morning, and prices were weak and unsettled. Government bonds were inactive and rather lower. June 7-30s sold at 106 1, a decline of 4; 102 was bid for 10-40s; 111 for Cs of 1881; 109, for 04 5-20s; 1104 for 'b'5 5-20s; and 107j for July, '65, 5-20s. City loans were unchanged ; the new Issue sold at loij. Railroad shares were the most active on the list. Reading sold at 52 3-16, a s,iht decline on tbe closing price last evening; Pennsylvania Rail road at f3j, no change; and Camden and An boy at 128, no change. 28 was bid for Little Schuvlkill; 67 forMinehill; 67 for Lehigh Val ley; 29 tor Elmlra common; 42 for preferred ditto; 284 tor Catawissa preferred; 28forPoila delphla and Erie: and 43j for Northern Central. In City Passenger Railroad shares tuere was nothing doing. 62 was bid for Tenth and Ele venth; 18i for Thirteenth and Fifteenth; 28fcfor Spruce and Pine; 47 for Chesnut and Walnut; 134 'or Hestonville; 30 lor Green and Coates; 26 for GLrard College; and 354 for Union. Bank shares, as we have noticed for some time past, continue in good demand for investment at full prices. Commercial sold at 574: and Farmers' and Mechanics' at 142 i: 107 was bid for Seventh National; 166 for Philadelphia; 100 for Northern Liberties; 68 for Penn Township: 5 for Western; 32 for Manufacturers'; 70 for City; 4r for Consolidation; 64 for Commonwealth; 70 for Corn Exchange; and 63 for Union. Canal shares were unchanged. Schuylkill Navigation preferred sold at 29. 46 was bid for Lehigh Navigation; 15 tor 8usquehanna Canal; and 45 for Wyoming Valley Canal. Quotations of Gold 10 A. M., 140!; 11 A. M... 141; 12 M 140J: 1 P. M., 140J, a decline of ) on tbe closing price last evening. The New York Tribune this morning says: "Money continue in rail supply at 4uS5 per cent, to first-class borrowers, and tm percent, to the street on miscellaneous securities. Tbe drain or currency to the West is dally Increasing, and although It bat Dot ?et Deen fell In tbe street, tbe amount of surplus undahaa been materially reduced, and tbe offering of money to loan la muub less than It was last week. Tbe Banks are moving wltb great caution, and show no desire to lend at current rales, except on flrat-claas security, and wltb large margins. Tbe discount de mand is moderate, and Is met at 6X(s7 per cent, on hurt time paper." Regarding the alleged failure In the Trea sury Department, the following correspondence is of great interest: Treasury Uepabtmekt, August 17, 1887. A. H. Van Uyck, Kaq., ASMlsiant Treasurer, New York .-Sli:-Itiave received fr m you Nos. 1 and 1 ot the tlvtx, which seem to be devoted to assaults upon the Treasury Department aud tbe national credit. No man In tbe country has a deeper luterest than myself In knowing wbetuer or not there have been oer iRSues In tbe Printing Bureau of the Treasury Depart ment. I bave, therefore, as you hae already bee a advised caused a searrbln examination of that Bu reau to be made, from lis organization UP to tbe 24th of January last, by some of the most competent and ii.i7i. muloves of this Department, from their reDort I am satisfied that there bave not been any over-lRUies of Uoverament securities, or Uoverumeut obi b ot f,'.. ...! Ituriurt.lll publio may reel satisfied that the monthly statements of thecoDdltlonor tne irnwuij, u.n tue signature of the Secretary ere entirely correct. am statements regard to the suppression of reports of examining commltteue are likewise ' I'enc'lose a copy of the partial report of the Cora mltt made to me on tbe 22d of March last, whleb was extensively published at tbe time. Tbe full re port confirms tbe conclusion of tbe Committee as Stated In Uislr partial report. " I am, very truly, yours. II. mccult-ocit. Secretary of tbe Treasury, TeaAsrav or th United States, Washington, March 22, 1S7. Sir.- Tbe Committee appointed by 7eu"lotiwlnu securities, perfect or Uuperlvct, inallons of any aiuu; ... i . ave been Miaamijwuj '"-' '" iter narls 01 luecuuu'rjr .u v. ... m , Bin. are wituout lounaauon. The i.,tiered or In course of prePrHrn. together with all plates, d'es, etc., In the posislon of Mr. 8. M. Clark. Chief of the First Division National Currency Bureau," respectfully report: That since January 8t, the date of a partial report made by them In refe rence to the examination thus directed, they have been dally employed In the duty assigned tbero; and as fouie time must elapse before a final report can be made, they deem It advlable to make a further mar tial report. vlr: That theCommitiee bave made. careiul Invesiallon with reference to the iasneer Bonds. Treasury Notes, and Coupons, and, no to the present time, find no evidence that there has been anv fraudulent or over issue of such securities by the Oovernmentof the United states, through the Trea sury Department, or otherwise; and they do not hesi tate toexpress the opinion, baaed upon tbe Investi gation, that no fraudulent or over-lsoe has been mitde. An examination ot the oftlna of the Register of the Treasury, In which redemptions of each securi ties are registered, confirms this opinion: the appa rent duplication, to a very small amount, of Treasury Notes and Coupons, being most reasonably accounted for as being errors made In numbering, or by altera tions made after their Issue. Very respectfully, (Signed) A. 8. PKATT. In D. MOOdK, A. V. WAYMAN, b. W. MSltlH. Committee, Hon Hugh McCullocb, Secretary of the Treasury. The following comparison shows the stock of grain and Flour at Ctiicago on August 12: 1SS7. 18M. Flour, bbls.... 7311O Kwrn Wheat, bush. 152,315 1 S'H Corn, bush H01.K9 0I8.H73 1SS7. ' 186 Oats, buih......l 1.711 8-7.2'i7 Kye, bush 2J,7fi 27, ' Barley, bush... M,I4 oiijie PHILADELPHIA STOCK KXCIIAN'JK S.vLKH TO-1) NY Beported by Dehaven A Bro , No. 40 is. Third strec t FIRST BKAKJD. 750Tj87-8osJeKiu...l'.V, KKsU Bead a, bao.v.'.i-iH .b5V.'3-l ..b&..52S-M - W-i ..HlU. M', 10 ao...Jy.sui...lu3 lino City 6e, New....... I111 J, ;o do. New.. mis Initio PaSs.l series....lu2S moo do nrj 4:iu do inv,S I2u00 ficll N s 'Hi 74 1 sb Coui'J Bk 57 lull do . J'SJ Jim 21111 IHO do. do.. do . do.. M sb Peiina H is. ovi h'O sb Mob NV Pf.riCO.. tv 109 do WO. 20 & Co. quote GovMrn Messrs. Jay Cooke ment securities, etc., 1861. lllllli; oh as follows-. U. 9. 6s of 6-20s, 113511.14; 6-208, 1864, 1091094; do., 1865. HOKojUut: do., July,. 107J1084; do., 1867, 107108i; 10-408, 102 lo24;7'30s Aug., 10GJ(Tf)107i; do.. June, 106( 107; do., July, l0Gjjlu7. Gold, 140J141J. Messrs. William Painter A Co., babksrs. No. 36 S. Third street, report the follow ing rates of exchange to-day at 12 o'clock : O. S. 6s, 1881, 111UU; U. 8. K-20S, 1862, 1131134; do., 1864, 10910Ji; do., 1866, 1101110j; do. new, 1081084; 6s, 10-40s, 102 fTfil02i; U. 8. 7-30s, 1st series, 1071074; do., 2d series, 10701074; 3d series, 107 d) 1074; Compound Interest Notes, December, 18(4, 1174. Messrs. Be Haven a, Brotner, No. 40 Bouth Third street, report the following rates of ex change to-day at 1 P. M.: II. 8. 6s of 1881, 111 1114; do. 1862. 113(31134; do.. 1864, lt9 1U9; do., 1865, 110iCu)llu4; do., 1865, new, 107j 108; do., 1867, new, 107i108f: do. 6s, 10-408 , I02i1024: do. 7-30s. Aug., 1071074; do.. June,106J (651071; do..July,106J107f 5 Compound Interest Notes, June, 1864, 11940; do., July, 1864, 119-40; do. August, 1864. 119-40; no., October. 1864, 118J118; do.. December, 1864, 1171117I; do., May. 1866, U6J117I; do., Aug. 1865, 115j116J: do., September, 1866. 116Ja 1161; do. October. 186S, 114J115,j Gold, 140ii 141. Silver, 134135j. Philadelphia Trade Report. Wednesday, August 21. Tbe Flour Market remains in the same dull and apathetic condi tion which has characterized this department of trade for some time past, and with the ex ception of a slight demand from the home con sumers, there Is nothing doing. Bales of 200 barrels superfine at $7 60, fresn ground extra at S9'5010'60, do. do. extra family at tll'5012 50, and fancy at $1314. Rye Flour Is held firmly at f8 759. Nothing doing in Cora Meal. Tbere la not much aotlvlly In tbe Wneat Market, bat prices are well sustained; sales of 2000 bushels. Including new Pennsylvania and Bout hern red at$2'25'2-4D, and Kentuoky white at 82 05. live has again advanced: sales of 600 bushels old Pennsylvania at fltiO. Corn la quiet but steady; sales or 2000 bushels yellow at $125, and Western mixed at$l 22-24. Oats are dull and weak; sales of new at 7U(s)72o. Nothine doing in Barley or Mait. Seeds Cloverseed sells at 18 '50(3)9 64 lbs -Tlmotby ranges from II to I3-12U; Flaxseed uaav be quoted at 2-752 80 bush. - ' LITEST SHIPPING WTELLIGEHCeI For additional Marine Newt tee Third Pag. POKT OF ffllLAUSLf H1A AUGUST !.' STATU OV THKBMOMCT IB AT THI BTV HMIMa TXXB- SBAPH orricH. T A. M . ......7;U A. M....m.b2J p. ti CLEARED THI8 MORNING. Bchr Jane C. Patterson, Corson, Boston, J. C Bcott A Sclir Nuncio, Ellis, Baltimore, Bacon, Collins A Co Bchr J. W. Knight. Plum, .Lynn, Westmoreland Coal Schr L. A. May, Baker, Georgetown, Penn Gas Coal BcbrC. W.May. May, Roxbury, do febr Annie May, May, Marbiebead, Tyler A Co Bchr U K. Vlckery, Kenton, Dltfhlon, Blaklston.Graet A Co Bchr J. B. Cunningham, Boath, Norwich. Caldwell GorannAOo. Bchr Vicksburs, Kendall, Boston, E, A. Bonder A v Bchr Dart. Calloway. Annapolis, Captain. Bcbr M. Bowman, Charleawortb, Milivllle. Camaln Bl r Mlilvilie, Kenear, Millviile, Whitall. latum A Co. ARRIVED THIS MORNING, u B.r,K wyer,S days from Wood's Hole. In ballast to L. Westersaard A Co. Kcbr Ella Amsden. ttmlth, 6 days from Provlne. town, with mdae. to G. B. Kerfoot A Co. Bchr J.Truman, Glbbe. S days Irosa New Bedford With box boards to captain. ora' Bchr Caroline. MoCUntock, from New York with salt to A. Berr A Bro. w"n Bchr J. McK night, Plum, from Boston. fecbr L. A. May, Baker, trom Boston. Bcbr Annie May, May, from Boston. Bcbr O. W. May, May. from Boston, Bcbr J. B. Cunningham, Koath, from New LAnrtmi BchrC. K. Vlckery. Benton, from IMghton. - Bchr A. E. Amsden. Bangs, from Batem. Steamer J. B. Bbrlver, Dennis, is hours from Bait I. more, with mdae. to A. Groves, Jr. . AT WILMINGTON. DEL. Barque Antelope, from New York, to load for Santa E., 0, . M KM OK ND A. bnip Bt. Peter. Good win. hence, at Havre 8th ln. sajOTom Muetrw'te'.tn 0lt"a' To'- , Antwerp it 4&1S E-Kltby' 0uti". hence, Bt. Thomas atBKluoTJtrndn0srtI,h,15e,ph, ,n Instant. s'eptune. Bllszard, hence, at Washington Mth ln.TaUntf " BD' Merb0l. ""06, at Wilmington 17th taSfw" BMUel'1 Thori-'0". "ence. at Norfolk 17th .tBBSsrtrnTnsuiard,,,6 for lladelphla, cleared pSvVdSSfS?.',"". fawtucket, frohrv.rmD.Wmu.Ve "lUdrtphU, saUed isfhau"7 Frow l. nce. at Portsmouth lrmhw1B.Eur5,rst??ny,e, 'r "WPhto. salfed butnt0' "-iU. "Ilea from New- . DOMESTIC PORTS. iKffi Ave'rp1ooT.ArriT,d' 'W BcOtW Bieamshlp Kulton. lownsend. from TtM bteatusklp Arlsgna, Maury, tmSVfiEfa
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