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PEILADELPniA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 18G7.
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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,
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lino City 6e, New....... I111 J,
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4:iu do inv,S
I2u00 ficll N s 'Hi 74
1 sb Coui'J Bk 57
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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