"II .TL? mU) A TCP TUT H J A II MVUJ -LLa-iL JiJlo Li i I J. , Ua VOL. VIII-No 118. PHILADELPniA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 18G7. DOUBLE SHEET-THREE CENTS. X EDITION Mount Vesuvius in Volcanic Action autl a Grand icmpilon Imminent. Important Cablo Nows. The Wonders of these Latter Days- Terrible Hurricane In tin; Southern Por tlon of Porto P.ico Two Hundred Lives Lost The Island ot Tor tola Submerged Ten Thousand Lives Lost. IE to., Etc., Ktc, Bio., Stc. EU, MOUNT VESUVIUS. The Volcano In Action A. Pillar of Fir Ji'lamluft Forth New Crat.K Formed 11 nl Hot Stouti and Invi Jt'jecled and n urnd Kruptlou lututtueut. Naples, Nov. 14. Mount Vesuvius, on tho cast eide of the Bay of Naples, is in volcanic action and rending lorth n pillar of tire, which has a maeniiicent effect a Been Irom the city. New craters bave been formed, and the usual point of issue in latitude 40-49 north anil long' tu'p 14-20 east in also enuccd. Daring the past night red hot stoues were ejected in large qnnutiti-s Iroai the burning mountain. The surrounding earth is in tremulous motion lor a considerable Oistance; the lava is pouring i'oitb and running down the sides of the moun tain in volume and with rapid flour, aud the general upheaving from the volcano gives warn ing of a grand, unusually grand eruption, irorn which we may look for very serious conse quence, as in former years of the more re markable phenomena from Vesuvius. The first emotion of the more serious kind from Mount Vesuvius occurred in the year 79, when the elder Pliny perished, and the then vast cities ot Herculaneura, Pompeii, and Sta big were overwhelmed by the burning torrent, and buried in lava and ashes thrown from the crater. Forty-nine eruptions of Vesuvius oc curred from that disastrous period to the year 1850, of which the most celebrated m history took place in the years 472, 1778, 1794, 1819, 1839, and 18i9. PORTO RICO. 4Terrlbl Hurricane In the Southern Por tion of tlte lalaucl Crops Destroyed, and Two Hundred Ltvea Lost. Havana, Nov. 14. Advices from Porto Klco to the 7th inst. have been received. A terrible hurricane had visited the southern portion of the islaud, destroyine all the crops. Two hun dred lives were lott, and four thousand families aie destitute. Provisions were to be landed duty lree for two months. TORTOLA. The Island of Tortola Submerged Ten '1'honitnit I.lvea Lout, Havana, Nov. 14. Tortola, one of the smaller Brltbh Wert India Islands, between Virgin Gorda aud t. JohtiH, containing an area ot fort.v-eight square miles, hai been cou pletely submerged by the flood following upon the great paie of the 7th instant, and it is re ported that tin thousand lives have been lust. DESCRIPTION OF TORTOLA. Tortola, which a despatch by the Cuba cable announces has been submersed, witu a loss of ten thousand perso is, is ue of the Virgin Inlands, West ludn s, belong'mgto CSreit Britain, situated between Virem Go.da and St. Julia's. The length of the Inland is twelve miles, aud its bieadtb four miles. It consists mostly of a ranse of hills rising to 1000 feet in elevation and in its north part encircling a harbor, on the west side of which is the towu of To'tula. The Island is very unhealthy to Europeans. Tortola has its Governor, Council, and Legislative Assembly. It became a British possession in 16C0... ST. THOMAS. The Inte Hurricane I.oss of Bpelca and Merchandise on the Liverpool Steam it-llurulng of Unbuiled Uudles Havana, Nov. 14. Subscriptions have heen opened in llavaua lor the lelief of the suUerers of St. Thomas. The Liverpool steamers which were sunk during the huiricane curried down $2,000,000 in specie and mercbaudise. The loss of the Steam ship Company4 at St. Thomas will amount to $12,000,000. Borne five hundred bodies remaining uuburiod have been burned on the island. IIAYTI. Popularity of the JmprUoned General Monies A Court Martial to Try Him Partisans of GefTrard Ordered Out of the Country. " Havana, Nov. 13.-News has been received here irom the republic of liayti up to the 2d inst. The news is important, as it shows that the cause of (ieueral Monte?, now routined in a dun geon at Cape Haytieu, has become universally popular, probably owing to the reaction In sen timent caused by the recent liotous proceedings at Port-au-Piiuce against the meniDers of the House of Assembly when demanding of the Government its rrasons tor keeping him con fined unconstitutionally, aud without the beaetlt of a trial. A court-martial has been ordered to assemble instanter for bis trial on the accusation of bavins? headed a revolt. The lending GeffrardisU have been expelled the republic. VENEZUELA. The Rebellion Quelled A. New Cabinet formed. Havana, Nov. 14. Advice from Veuezuela to the 26th ult. have been received. The rebellion had been quelled and the insurgents pardoned, A pew Cabinet had been formed. LOUISIANA. Money Panle Probable la New Orleans The German Citizens Rampant Over the Depreciation of the City Currency. NbwOrlbjnb, Nov. 14. A money panic, and possibly a riot, is near unless Hancock arrives soon and reconstructs the city government. At a mass meeting of five hundred citizens, mostly Germans, last night, violent speeches aud pro ann oaths were uttered, aud a riot was oeenlv Muted at. A committee was appointed to con fer with IIai.oock, and a mas meeting will he i.M in l uiuvi'tte touare at an earlvdav. The grlevnnce complained of ia the depreciation of tbe city currency rrotn iwu uu n " military interference to eighteen per eent. It Is ot political movement, I Is voxpojmK. FIRS RECONSTRUCTION JN ALABAMA. The Convention Proposition to Confis cate a Portion of a Kallroad Debts f Atrrulna- ftom the Hale of Slaves The , (iuflraae (iuestlon Proposition to Pay the Krohiiitn for the Time They Were In Servitude After .lanuary 1, 1HA3. Montgomery, Nov. 14. Iu the Convention lo-day biuchiun otlered an ordinance proposing to eohaschte the portion ot the Alabama lud Mihsisnpfi Ha'lrond Irom Uuioutown tj the Mississippi State line, and appropriate it? future pro tiis lor the support ot common schools. He urncd as jiinili'cuuoii for this pleasure taat this road was built by the ltebel Government, and could let t innately be confiscated. The Conven tion dtxided to act upon the ordinance this day week. Mr Dykes oflered an ordinance that all debts contracted prior to 18G1, now remaining unpaid, shall be held valid aud recoverable at law, except debts accruing from the sale of slaves. Mr. Kapler folded) otlered an ordinance niukiuer nil colored male persons citizens ot tho Sta e ol Alabama. 'Ihe report ot the Lceislatire Committee was. prt senU'O. The report recommends the alop tiou ot the articles of the old Constitution of the Mate upon the powers aud duties of the IcfMblative department, with a tew unimportant modifications, lhe report ntis made the special order of discussion on Saturday next. The Chairman ot the Committee on 3ulTriigo trade a motion that the further discussion of the report be poetooned unttl Monday next, which atter some debate was agreed to. The dcoate upon this question so far has dedeloped so ereat a dillerence of opinion nmong the delegates that the managers ot the Convention have decided to settle tbe qucstiou in party caucus. Mr. Strother, colored, otlered a resolution re quiring the Committee on Ordiuaucea to in quire inlo the expediency ot passing an ordi nance giving the colored people of this State a fair equivalent for their services frim thjso per sons who held them in slavery from the first of January, 18G3, to the 20th May, 18G5. This reso lution was adopted oy a test vote of 03 to 31. OBITUARY. James Montgomery. We atinoonce elsewhere the death of Mr. James Montgomery, a gentleman well kuown throughout this city and State. Mr. Montgomery was a cooper oy trade, but he quit that business many years aeo, aud became a conveyancer. He atlerwaids commenced the publication of a ptper culled the Dvlawan Inquirer, which, in 1860, was the organ of the Houglas Democracy in this btate, and achieved a wide circulation and reputation on account of tbe fearlessness of its oolitical articles. When the war com menced the paper gave its adherence to Mr. 1 incolu's AdiiiiniBtitttion, and became a Repub lican journal. Mr. Montgomery, besides editing the paper, contributed stories and ven-e to it, and also ti some other papers. During the war be sold out tbe paper, and afterasboit term of service as capiaiu oi ODe of the companies in tho 5th Dela ware Bcgiment, he went backjo the business of conveyancing, und was also engaged afterwards in the manufacture of a new kind of powder. He was a prominent local politician, and inti mately Identified with the Republican party ever sitce the beginning ot tho Rebellion. At the time of his death ho was enga&ed with his brother-in-law, Mr. McManus, iu the meat-packiug business. His death was very sudden, and was caused by heart disease, from which he has been occasionally sullcring tor two or three years. His resolute and earnest loyalty ma le him mauy warm liipnds, who sincerely mourn his sudden death. Wilmington Oommercial. The Largest Grapevines In the World. The third, if not the secoad, lurgest and most productive grape vine in tbe world is on the preuoiscB of Mr. Joseph Buckel, who resides iu this city. Having heard of this remarkable vine we called in jestcrdav to see it, and to test the quality of its lruit. Tbe vine Is over lorry feet Ions, and the ernpee of a delicious flavor, rather more pungent than that of the Catawba. Tbe vine was planted in 1852, and is con sequently only fit teen years old, yet in 18(15 it produced nine hundred bunches ot graper.; in 18B(J it produced one thousan J three hunired bum lies, and this ear it has produced one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. Mr. liurkel received the original cutting as a prest nt from Professor Hast, who received it from parties lust arrived Irom Italy. Toe grapes on this vine this vrar are larsrer aud better than they have ever been belore. This vine matures aud ripens its fruit irom year to year, end some how has the lunk to escape the mildew and blight which auects bo many vines in this country. Ve faid that Mr. Buckel's grape vine U the second or third iu size, and luxuriance in the world, so tar as is on record. Tbe first is the celebrated one in London, which lias produced in one season 2000 bunches of grapes. But this vn e is one hundred years oia, is unaer a root, and has had the nurturing attention of the best pardeners and men of science that could be pro cured, rue one claiming 10 u mo tecuuu in rank is in Ohio, and is fifty years old. Up to last season it has never proaucea over 14U0 bunches. If it has done no belter this year it must yield the palm to the Louisville vine. Louisvuie jaurnai, inn. The New French, Ministers. The cable informs us that I he lOmperor Nnpo leou has appointed M. Magne Miuister of Finance, and that M. Piuard has been appointed Minister ot the Interior. M. Magne was born at Perigueux, December 3. 1806. He was first a clerk to the Prefect of that city, then studied law at Toulouse, aud returned, in 1831, to be come an advocate at Perigueux. He beld a number of minor positions, but wai introduced Into public life ih Paris by Marshal Bugeaud, aod Irom a clerk in the Treasury, rose to be an Under-Secretary of Finance in 1849, and Minister of Public Work9 in 1851. This olliee be resigned on Oct. 26, 1851, but on the 1st of December of the same year, on the very eve of the coup d'ttat, he was reappointed, to this position. He aeain resigned April 10, 1852, on account of some difficulties relating to the pro perty of tho family of Orleans. He, however, resumed his place five months afterward, in 1854 he again became Minister of Kinance,which he did not leave until the end of November, 18G0, He then became, with M. B lot, one of the firt two Ministers without a portfolio. In Murch, 1863, he resigned, and was appointed bv tbe Emperor a member of the Privy Council. hi: Magne had been appointed a Councillor of btate, with tbe title ot President or the section of Public Works, in January, 1852, and Senator in December of tbe same year. After being a Commander of tbe Leuion ot Honor from Octo ber 29, 1857, be was made Grand Officer A igust , im 4, ana nnauy tiiand i ross. M. Piuuid. a magistrate of France, was birn at Auxerre in 1801. aud studied Ww at Pails. beins admitted to practiso in the lloval Courts. in which be soon di-tirieuisned himself and be came a member of the Council, lie was made, in 1848. successively, Advocate-General and At torney of the Republic in Paris, and uext year a Counselor in the Courts of Appeal. He was decorated with the Legion of Honor in 18W, and made an otlloer Anuust 12. 18(12. M. l'mard has pnblished two interesting works: "Lo Baireau de Paris," 1845, and "Le Baueau au XIX Siecie." in two volumes, containiner ao- counts of tbe principal lawyers of France, who were his contemporaries up to 1864, besides L'HtsloJre do 1'A.uaience," in eight volumes, ItMH. lucKKDUEiBM in BooTLASD. While all Eng land Is uneasy about the Fenians, Scotland is trimmed by incendiaries, who have been an usually active of Lata. They seem to prefer to tarn Lama and LayfiUck. THE METEORS. Interesting Scientific Speculations Concerning Them Observations Made at Havcrford College Yesterday Morning. Now that the time appointed for tbe grand meteoric shower bus fully passed, from the re sults, imperfect and unsatisfactory uh (hey were, we are justified in conceding a great tri t in I'll to the science of Astronomy. The full light of the rooon was undoubtedly the cause ol our witnessing only the more brilliant meteors, and the magnitude of these was greatly rtduced by It. If tbe early morning of i steiday had been clear and dark, we are war ranted la bOileving tlmt the display would bave been equal to those of 1833 and IV'J'J. It g a l.otewoitby fact that the shower of stars reached its maximum at about half-past 4 o'clock jeslerday morning, wliloli was two hours only after the time foretold by the astro nomers. Whatever may be the true theory of these Interesting phenomena, it is certainly a gland trlunipu for science that Its devotees should be able to predict with almost absolute certainty the recurrence of en uslronoiutoal phenomenon whoso period or cycle is thirty, lour years, especially when the data on which ti eir calculations were based were so Imperfect, and the laws governing these wandering bodlts so difficult of interpretation. The theories which have been advanced to solve the interesting problem ot meteorto showers are various and conflicting. By the ancleut Gieeks, it whs believed that the me teors were generated by vapors asceudlug from tl e earth, an hypothesis which has found many advocates unill within a recent period. By other wise men of the oldeu time, It was claimed that ihey were projected to too earth iiom the sun. Kepler, who did much towards laying tbe foundations of modern astronomy, auhered to the belief adopted lu the Middle Apes, Hint tbey were In no definite way con nected with our planetary system. Careful observations prove conclusively, how ever, that they are not of atmospheric origin. It has been established by Brandes, lieis, tsohmidt, Olbers, Hersctiel, aud Professor New ton, that the average height, of shooting stars on tneir llrst appearance Is 72 miles, waife they diSHppear usually at an elevation of 62 miles fiom the surface of the earth. The are described by ordinary shooting stars, of which about fif teen per hour can be seen by a careful observer at almost any time, is generally mauy miles in length, the stars moving over it at an average velocity of about 84 miles per second. Tue periodic meteors approach the earth much nearer than ordinary shooting stars, are of gaseous matertal, and range between 100 and 13.000 feet iu diameter. But at the altitude at which shooting stars usually appear, the at mosphere is too attenuated to support the vapors of which tbey are composed, if those vapors arise from the earlh. Another theory, which has found much favor in times past to the effect that these curious bodies bave been projected from voleauoes on the earth and moon lias likewise been demolished by recent observations. Tbe most sensible and satisfactory theory which has been advanced, is that the solar sys tem contains numerous zones or clusters of matter which revolve aro.ind tbe ceutral sun of the system in regular orbits, the same as the earth and other planets. At certain periods, the earth, in the course of her path, encounters these zones, sometimes barely grazing their edges, and at other times passing fairly through them. When the earth chances to be in that portion of her orbit which intersects these meteoric zones, the masses of matter are Ignited by the friction of the atmosphere, and thus be come viHlble, the smaller and more frrcKular ones being termed snooting stars, while those of larger dimensions, and those which appear in immense numbers at slated Intervals, are denominated meteors. At times, these wander ing mosses are so large that the heat generated by their passage through the air is insufficient to vaporize the whole of their substance, and they fall to the earlh as aerolites, their compo sition being found to be metalio and magnetlo iron, theoxidtsof tln.silicates of various metals, olivine, etc. The periods at which the earth encounters, several of the meteorlo zones have now been ascertained with a tolerable degree of cer tainty: aud oneof the most remarkable facts established Is that the diflerent streams of me teors follow the track of certain coraets. Ills b lieved by astronomers that those which ap .,. , i i h months oi August follow the path of the great comet of 1804, whose period is 112 years; while the November meteors follow a minute telescopic comet known as T. 188(1. There are five different orbits which they could pursue, and appear at rogular intervals of 33 or 34 yeais. .. Tbe observations of the meteors wblcu appeared in Kurope anu Asia last year, liave established the fact that tbe orbit of th November stream is very elliptical, and that in the interval between one display una me next tbey travel out to the remoter portions of tbe solar system, past Mars, Jupiter, and Haturn, to iho neighborhood of Uranus. 1.800.000,000 of miles from the earth. In January, 18t0, it la supposed that the comet which travels In their vanguard crosfed that point lntheearth'sorblt which the latter reached on the 14th ot Novem ber, and tbal tbe host or diminutive comets, or meteors, followed closely after it. Uenoe tbe earth on that day last year plunged Into the meteoric stream, wuion isiu.uuu uiues in uiiok ness, and swept along it at tue rate of 1600 miles per minute. It Is probable that, In November, 1833, the rorth intersected the train of meteors following in the wake of the comet, at a point very near that body, thus accounting for the magnitude and brilliancy of tbe display of that year. borne Interesting and valuable observations of the meteoric display of yesterday morning were made at Haver ford College, near thl city, by Prefessor 8. J. Uummere and Mr. Benjamin V. Marsh, with a number of Assistants. The latter observed and mapped the path of the first meteor at 'i minutes 7 seconds past 11 o'clock, mean time, Philadelphia, on the even lug of the 13th, By 20 minutes past 2 on the mornlna: of tbe 14th. be had timed 61, and mapped the exact path of 86 of them. His ob nervation showed tbe point of radiation to be tbe centre of the space enclosed by the "Sickle" in the constellation of Leo, a circumstance agreeing precisely with the observations of the showers of previous years. The xact point of radiation wag in 148 degrees of right ascension, and !4 degrees or north declination, near tbe star x. This point is directly over tbe point in space towards which the earth was moving at the tlm.6. After 2 30 o'clock the meteors increased in numbers so greatly that, by 4 o'clock, it was found lta poksible to trace their paths, and nothing could be done exoept to count them. About 4 30 one of Mr. Marsh's assistants counted as many as 89 within a minute, and, as be could see but one-fifth of the hemisphere, this would render the whole number which appeared during lhattime about 200. Professor Gummere counted about loot) previous to 4 o'clock, and mapped out the course of a large number; but tbey were then making their appearance at the rate of from 180 to K00 per minute, and 11 was impossible to count them any longer. About 4'o'clook, au ob server at CresHonville counted 103 within two niluutes. whlcn would make tbe number ap pealing in the whole hemisphere about 200 per minute. The observations made in and near this city, taken in connection with the results attained at other points, will doubtless enable astrono met s te settle, with greater certainty than heretofore, the laws whioh govern the pheno mena of shooting stars. Prevtous tdlJo'oiook last night, several meteors of more than or dinary brilliancy were observed by person on the streets, aud also during the hours succeed ing that time; but the -shower reached He maximum yesterday- morning, and those who sat up to watch for the euootlug stars were not as amply rewarded this morning as they were yesterday. ' Sir Richard Mayne, C; B., the Chief Com miBBioner of tho London Police, has at last made up hia mind to have the principal police stations connected with hia office in Whitehall by telegraph linen. Also to bave telegraphlo communication established with the principal Ution frf the Fire Brigade. Thus England moves but ilowljt SECOND EDITION Increase of Gold in tho Bank of Franco. The European Market To-Iay. Wreck of the Steamer Oneota PolIard-Wlsc Case In Baltimore. Etc., Etc., Etc., Ktc, Etc., Kto, FROM EUROPE BY CABLE. The China. Arrived Out. Queen btown, N iv. 15. The steamer China, from Boston via Halifax, has arrived. Increase Of Gold In France. Paris, Nov. 15. The bullion in the Bank of FiaDce has lucreased 10,000,000 francs. Noon Report of Markets, LoNDorr, Nov. 15 Noon. Consols for money, S'4; United States Five-twenties, 70J; Erie Rail road, 474; Illinois Central, 84j. Fbankfort, Nov. 15. United States Five twenties, 76J. Liverpool, Nov. 14 Noon. Cotton The sales for the week have been 60,000 bales, In cluding 10,000 bales for export and 2000 for speculation. The market opened dull, and prices have declined jJd. The quotations are as follows: Middling uplands, 8id.; mid dling Orleans, 8d. The stock of cotton in port is 528,000 bales, including 117,000 American. The sales to-day are estimated at 8000 bales. Breadstuffs, Provisions, and Produce are un changed. FROM WASHINGTON TO-DAY. Internal Revenue Blatters Report of Commissioner Wells. SPECIAL DESPATCH TO KVBNIKQ TELEGRAPH 1 Washington, Nov. 15. The Jreport from the Hon. David A. Wells, United States Revenue Commissioner, on Taxa tion, Revenue, etc., will be completed and laid before Congress before the middle or close of December. It Is understood he will recommend thefrepeal of the tax on cotton, and a reduction of tho tariff duties on imported cotton and wool len Roods. His report will alsj suggest some changes lu tho present system of collecting the revenue, which will secure greater accountability on the part of revenue ofheers, diminish the expense of collection and the temptation to fraud and cor ruption; but how this Is to be brought about has not yet been disclosed. The present laws governing revenue officers are stringent enough and abundantly sufficient to prevent corruption where they are really enforced; but it Is all nonsense to expect any improvement while the power ot controlling such officers is nomi nally placed in the bands of the Secretary of the Treasury, while in fact the President can appoint and remove them over hia head, which effectuHlly nullifies the powers which should be exercised exclusively by the Secretary. There are plenty of men In office to-day in whom the heads of departments have no confi dence, but as they are friends and parasites of the President, any attempt to bring them under discipline would be visited with their hostility upon the Secretary who would dare to Interfere with them. FROM BALTIMORE TO-DAY. The Meteoric r Bhowsr The Pollard Wise Imbroglio Doings .of the Mayor and Council, Kto, SPECIAL BBSPATCH TO EVHNINO TELEGRAPH. Baltimore, Nov. 15. There was a handsome display of meteors here between four and five o'clock yesterday morning. Some who wit nessed the display assert they saw fifteen hun dred to two thousand. They were of various hues, sizes, and colors many large and bril liant. Persons from the auraoun cling (country also report having witnessed the display to great advantage. ' Edward A. Pollard, who was shot yesterday by the Wises, is Buffering Intensely from his wound, and lockjaw is apprehended. The Wises, after glvlDg $3000 security each, to appear fo trial, went home to Richmond. The witnesses go before the Grand Jury im mediately. Smith & Wills are Pollard'a counsel assisting the prosecution. Ihe Wises are defended by Messrs. Marshall, Teackle, McClure, and GriCth, all able lawyers, There la no doubt of an Indictment being found. It was John 8. Wise, the ex-Go vernor'i son, twenty years old, who did most of the shooting, and hit Pollard. Our City Council has authorized Mayor Banki to suspend further Issues of the five hundred thousand dollars Union Railroad bonds, en dorsed by tho preceding Mayor and City Council, Minnesota and Wisconsin Elections general fenerman. Cmoioo, Nov. 14. The latest returns from Minnesota make the Republican majority 5600. Tbe Legislature will stand as follows: Senate Republican, 15; Democrats, 7. House Repub lican, 83; Democrats, 13. Negro suffrage is carried. Latest returns from Wisconsin make Fair child's majority 6213. General Sherman and staff, General G. M. Dodge, Hon. Alexander Ramsey, Hon. B. Cook, and Hon, W. D. Mclndoe, all bound for Wash ington, were in this city yesterday. From Nashville Horrible Crime, Nashville, Nov. 13. Major Work, an old and formerly wealthy citizen of Nashville, lately resident Id Bowling Green, Ky., committed suicide yesterday in this city. He cut bia throat with a razor, Pecuniary embarratainent was the cause. Wreck of a Steamer. NewYcrk. Nov. J6. The steamer N'ghtin gale, arrived from Now Orleans, reports falling In with the steamer Oneota disabled. All han Is were taken off, and the wreck abandoned When last seen the Oneota wa rapidly breaking up. The crew arrived here on the Nightingale. The Oneota was fell in with 40 miles off Cape Lookout on the 12th Instant. She bad boen dis abled in a gale at that time prevailing. Marine Disasters. Greenpoint, L. I., Nov. 15. Schooner E. S. Berns, of Albany, with sand and lumber for Taunton, Mass., has sunk oft Orient Point. Sua is a total loss and all han is were saved. Markets by Telegraph. " Sw York, Nov. IS Blocks onen verr strong. ( MciiKOMid Kock fH'ftiirt, (HiJ,; Heading. 87, Canon Co., M: Erie, 7s; Cleve and and Toledo, los.'f: Cleve land ki,d PltiBhurg, 8V. Pittsburg- and on VVnynn, ; Wlrlilun CenirHl. iuS; MIcIukhu southern, 81'-: N-w York Cei.tral. in,1,: Illinois Centr&l, 7UV: do or lerred, 1HV; Pf nnnj lvanl- Coal, so'i: c unherlsnd preferred, 26: Missouri i, S5: uudion River, I '.Mi,; Flve-twentlex, lwtt, lue'i: do. 14, Hi5i: do. lsno, ltw,; Ten-forties. Seven-lhlrnMi, vab'. Hterllng Jtx- cliunge. 1J6. Money. 7 per cent. Mold. 140','. Iiaitimohk, Nov. 15. cotton anil 17(0)18 Cents Tor middlings. Flour dull and anchaugnn. Wheat fitaly Corn active and nuchsncert Oats dill at 7f(.tt74 cent. Kye. 1'33(3-S5. Provisions very dull. Lard active at 12X ceun, with ssles for export, Nitw York, Nov, 14. fotton qulot at 'Stfo. jror middling Uplands. Flour oull and 5(10c. lower; sales ol MOO barrels Rl ate, 8 SuftSlO -ls Ohio. M-SO nilH: Western, s sftl2-o (Southern. I0-Iwqi4 25; Calirori.l v 12(oj18-S5. VVh-ai dull. Corn dull: 74.A00 bimnels s'tid; rnlxed Wesu-rn. l-HMi(g)l 3S. Oals quiet at 7H'i. Barlev dul-. Beer quiet. Porlc dull; new mess Ii075a 22. Lardqnleu Whisky dull. w Dear Bread in Francr.AI h nnnnmi held a few weeks since at St. Cloud, the ques tion oi tne price ot tooa in l ranee was con sidered. It la said that the Emperor waa espe cially concerned about the matter. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. COTJKTOF QUARTER SESSIONS-Judge Petrce T. B. lwlght, Asstsiant District A' torney.--l.i the case ot the Commonwealth vs. William wiuaon, charged with asBault and oatterv upon William Moore, at tbe election poll or Hie Tenth Division or the First Ward, he lore reported, tne Jurv said tbey could not agree upon a verdict, complained that the Jury- room was cold, and were discharged frou a fur ther consideration of the case. Lydla Robinson, colored, was charged with the lar ceny of clothing and household goods, valued at4i. belonging to Julia Reese. Tbe defendant took the articles from the house No. 1027 Fllsert .treet to wasn Ibem.she being In the employment of Mrs. Reese from week to week as wasn woman, and nawned them w ith a broker lorf2. When she was arrested she ronHssed, arm stated that she bad intended to redeem them. The goods were recovered. Verdict guilty, John Dobbi was cha'ged with the larceny of a oat belonging to Jacob Hunter. The prosncuUir, who keeps a store on Frank ford road, testified that about 7 o'clock line evening a week or so ago, the dereudtut and a companion entered his store, b ub to their shirt sleeves, aud asked to look at Rome coats. The com panion, unknown to Mr. Hunter, and as yet at large, first dunned a coat, aud It hi him beaull'ully. Tu -n the defendant tried on one and was also wed pleased. While be was ta'klng about the price bis compaulou tnesked away. M, Hunter, as soon as he saw the game these men wanted to play, shut the door and kept the defendant, In uiitlt a policeman ws produced. The defundaut. when tasen before the Alderman, said the coat was his, he having bought It In fsh'ppen street so ue two months before that. But when the Alderman askei hlra how mauy colors were In the coat be could not tell. The coat was ot many colors, like JosepU's of old. and there'ore the Alderman committed him Kllen Murphy wns convicted of a charge of assault and battery UDon Hluion Smith aud Mrs. (smith, t-he was a Bervant at Mr. Smith's bouse. No. l;ii (4. Hxth street. On last Friday, while she was Ironing, she called for Mrs Smith. That lady went to her. aud the defendant struck her on the breast with an Irrn. Mr. pmlih, beailng the noise, rushed to tne rescue and he also received an Iron on tha tana. Shi w as at the time fighting drunk, and left that she oould wu p her weight in wild oats. Jehn Parry was charged with assault and ha'tory ii(.on Pollremnu David Kemble. Tbe officer testified that on October fcuih be saw the defendant and sum her man going along Montgomery avenue, near Ten Hi street, bulb drunk, and saying they could whip anybody In tbe street. He advised them to go home, and they replied they would not, and that heciuld Dot arrest lliem. He arrested Barry's companion and Hurry then struck him seve'al times. He then drew a hitickJsrR and struck Barry on the head with It. A uoihr ofllcer came up, and tbe arrest was effected. Two other policemen testified lu the csce.one su)lug that Barry stuck Kemblo on the chin, and the other that he struck him on the breast. Tbe dPleDse offered evidence to prove that the two men. were gi ing along peaceably when this pol cmaci arrepteii liurny's companion. Baruy offered to take his friend home, end entreated the ollt ;er not to ar rest him. The nlllcer told him if he did uot go away he wind arrest him ton. lie again placed bis hand on the officer's arm and hi gged him to Mllow his friend to go home Willi him, atid the officer raised his black-jack and struck htm no less than six limes. Kvldeuceof good character was also offered, In rebuttal of which the prosecution "pn.duced a pollreinan, who testified that tne defend ant, when drunk, was very troublesome. On trial. UN1TKI ISTAI'KS DISIRICT C jURT IN AD MIRALTY. Judge Cadwalader. Homer vs. Tue bteamer tstars and rUrlpes. A libel for damages for Injuries gonial ned by tbe defendants runnlug I mo the Madonta In the river Itlaware last June, and sink lng her. The steamer was then fn the haadsor a licensed Fl'of and the question Involved is whether, when a iceosed pilot 'a engaged to take a vessel Inlo port, though optional with the master, yet If It is right to do so. that pilot If not as much responsible for Inpirlas done by the vessel through negligence or otherwise, as when the master is, compelled by law totakea pilot. Under argument. JiIisTBlCT COURT Judge Hare. The Vulcan Oil and Mnlrg Company vs. blrnous and Weeks. Before reported. The deiense set up that they made no false representations about tbe lands, that they explained everything about them trutbfu'ly to tbe plaintiffs, and that the latter purchased the lands kuowlng all the facta, and giving freely tbe required price. On trial. ! FINANCE AXD COMMERCE. Omca or TBI EvBtrrars Ttclbhbaph,') Friday, Nov. IS, 18S7. There waa more disposition to operate in Storks this morning, but prices were unsettled. Govcrument Iordb weie firmly held. Registered 10-40s sold at 101 J, no change, and '07 6-20s at 107)!, a slight advance. 113 was bid for 6s of 1881; 106 for June and July7-30s; 108 J for '62 fj-'iUs; 1061 for '64 6-20s; 1064 tot '65 5 20s; and 107j for July, '65, 6-20s. City loan9 were in lair demand; the new issue Bold at 101j(uvl01j; a slight decline. Kaiiroad shares continue the roost active on the list. Penneylvania sold at 60, no change; ' Philadelphia and Erie at 24j25, an advance of 4; Camden aud Amboy at 125, no cbange; Mlnehlll at 67, no-chaoge; North Pennsylvania at 32. an advance ot i; Catawtssa preferred at 19320, a decline of j; and Reading at 48j, a Blmbt decline on tbe closing price last evening. City passenger railroad shares were un changed. Hestonvllle sold at 10J; 64 was Lid for Tenth and Eleventh; 18 for Thirteenth and Fifteenth: 24 for Spruce and Pine; 45forChes nut and Walnut; 30 for Green and Cottes; and 26 for Girard College. BaDk sharea were in trood demand for invest ments at lull prices. Manufactures sold at 30, no change; 102 waa hid for beventb National; 95 for Northern Liberties; 30 for Mechanics; 66 for Girurd; 91 for Western; and 71 tor City. Canal shares were unsettled. Lehigh Naviga tion sold at 8031j, an advance of 24 on the closinar price lai-t evening. 04 waa bid for Schuylkill Navigation common; 20 for preferred do.; i0 for Susquehauna Canal; and 46 for Dela ware Division. Ouotattona or Gold 10J A. M., 141; 11 A. M., 140): 12 M., 141: 1 P. M., 141), an advance of on tbe closing price last evening. Tbe New York Jlerald this morning say: "Money waa in lighter demand than yester day, und lendera had some difficulty in employ ing tbelr funds at seven per cent. Loans were, therefore, made in not a few instauces to first class houses at six per cent., without regard to the class of collaterals, provided they were good. On Government cecurifles the rate was six per cent., almost without exception. There is a little less distrust of mercantile credits at the banks, and tbe latter are disposed to accom modate their caitemeis with discounts of the best grade of pnper at seven per cent, but ont side of the balks it has still to submit to 8''? per cent. The propped is favorable to an caw teven per cent, market during tbe remainder rf. tbe yesr, allowing for the drain southward tl move the cotton crop." The Chicago Tribune of Monday sayas . ''Busii ess was very dull lu all ctrclee to-rlar, and at thp banks there was no exception. The demand for money was very moderate, and bad It not been tbat ihe packers were cbeoking with more liberality, tbe volume of btiMness would bave been exceedingly small. Money Is working easier for all legitimate operations, aud drst class paper la readily passed at 10 per cent. Speculative borrowers ate treat- d gingerly, as the banks are anxious fo have tbeproperty now held here shipped to tbe seaboard before navi gation clofes. Exchange was scarce and tirm. at 40c. premium between backs. Moy of tho dealers are fhippir.g currency. Toe counter rates are steady and firm at il-10 discount buying, and 1-10 premium selling." ritlLMiEI.PHI. 8T0CK EXCHANQK RALH8 TOD AT Reported by Sehaven & Mro., No. 10 8. Third Street VIHST III 1 A on lint u H ln-4M.rg.... iouT .Hm U at 7-.Je.....,...Bi.1 f oco do.Je -lefts 1260 Pads lBtaerles...ln (WHiClty s naui...ltiiH $10(0 do. New lot 4a .M Bel Del n Hi friOOO C At 2 m 3... 75 IhhiiiN Pen n a 8s 87 t6 ah Col bilk Mu tuel Manaf Co. 8 8sh C Am R c.129 loo ah Cata Pf...N..hi. 20 2io do......... o. 20 UH) do.... .l30. 1V 6 sh Manor Nt Bk... Sn 25 sh Mlnehlll 67 M au Panna R Kn SO , do....., 60 S do so kSO sb Lab N si....i9 si K loo do....., 81 ino do.....ba, ao 20 do.. to 200 do..,.tuu so 17 do .. 80 so doopg&ini aa 68 do ... 80 H O sh Phil A Krle. 1 100 do.. hSn. 2S 100 d0....M...h6O. 26 100 t do o. 2l,' 100 ah Hest'vle,.,.sta. lojj ish N Penna. ......... aa 300 sh Ocean OU..b6. Messrs. i)e Haven hrotuer. No. in hnntf inira street, report the following rates of ej change to-dav at 1 P. M.:U. 8. 6s of 1881, 11 f&HS;, do. 1862, 108(41084; do.. 1864, 10541 1064; do., 1866, 106(i1064: do., 1866, new, 107J( 108, do., 1867, new, 1074 108; de. 6s, 10-400. 102j1021; do. 7-30s, June. 10543106,; ao?t July, 10S4106A; Compound Interest Notes, June, 1864, 11940; do., July, 1864, 119-40. do. August, 1864, 119-40; no., October, 1864 119-40K20; do. December, 1864, 119jU9; do. May, 1866, 1174U7&; do., Aucust, 1H05, Il6g 116j: do., September, 1866, 1161(31161: da October, 1866, 115J 116. Gold, 14CiU0i Silver, 134Jfil36. . Messrs. William' Painter & Co., banken No. 86 8. Third street, report the followlntr rates of exchange to-day at u o'clock : Gold 140J141i: C. S. 6s, 1881, H2j113; U. 8. iwW 1812. 108104; do., 1864, 1054(81(15; do., 1865! 106S1064; do. July. 1865. 107i108; do. Julv. 18C7, 107i108; 6s, 10-40s, 102Jl02j; rj. g; 7 '30s, 2d series, 105j(105; 3d series, 1064$ 106: Compound Interest Notes, December, 1864. 1194 ; May, 1865, 1174: August, 1865, U6i: gepi tember, 1805, 116; October, 1866, 1154. Messra. Jay Cooke A Co. quote Govern ment secuilties, etc., as follows: U. 8. 6a of 1H81, 112113: old 6-20s, 108(?$1084; new 6-2 0a. 18C4. 1054K6J; do., 186S, 106(il064; do., July.' I07i108; do., 1867, 107J(g)108; 10-40a,Tt)2 102S; 7'30s June, I054l06a; do., July, 10646 106J. Gold, 1401(3141. ' . . M. Bchultz fc Co.. No. IS 8, Third street, report the following quotations per steamer City of New York: Iiidou"o flays sight, lostiuirDVl da I do r CH'OMCado"; Parts to do. d ., Bt.lHV(g)5i is: do. s do do., 6f.lWa5r.l2; Antwerp 60 do. do., SriSWf 16 Bremen 60 do. do., 784u78.: Hamburg so O". do. 8o2 ftt8B; Cologne. Lelnslc. and Benin 80 do. do., 71Vd)72 Amateriiam and Frankfort 60 do. do.. 40M(HL Marl ket steady. Gold at noon. 141. aw " mr Philadelphia Trade lleport. Friday, Nov. 15. Bark is in good demand and tbe stocks are light; sales of 16 hogsheads No. 1 Quercitron at (55 $ ton. - (Seeds Cloverseed is In fair request, with sales at $0 757-87 V 64 pounds. Timothy may be quoted at 82 4ii2 05. 200 bushels Fiaxsoed sola at t'2-oO. The aggregate transactions in Flour are small ' but there is 110 disposition to make concessions' Tbe demand from the home consumers is regu lated by the Immediate wants of the trade sales ot a few hundred barrels at J7-S0($8 60 for superfine; 88 o0(g,9C0 for extras; f 10(0)10 75 for Northwestern extra family; Ugjl275 for Peon hylvaula and choice Ohio do. do ; and $f3aM fot fancy braudo. according to quality. Uy0 fior Is selling at 88 50a,9TH barrel. .Nothing aolniri. Corn Meal. 0 ' The Wheat Market is quiet, but the reoel advance is well maintained; Kales of comirU and prime red at 82 2o2'o5. Rye is steady wit vales of Pennsylvania at tl 60 Corn Tue 1 J qulry is moderate, with sales of 8000 busiW yellow at 11-36(1 US, afloat and in the cars at? Western mixed at 81 36. Oatu are held llroal with sales of 1500 bushels Houthem and Penn sylvania at 8(a75o. Whisky N01 bing doing. LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. for additional Marin New tea Third Ptujai -FOHf Olf PHll,AalUJilA NOVICM;Biuai(I. SIATB 01" VBtBKMOMKTBa AT TH aVKHIXS TXO. amru omen. " xd. T A. M.-.. 43 1 u A. M.....M.ga p, If. CLEARKD THIS Mrmwrwi Barque Mlra. Ulx.Cork, tor orders, J. &. BmIoiv. Brig Johu Oood, Crowell, Bremertaven, Work ma a Bohr Island Home. Carver, Barbados, H. L, 0fii bchr T. O. Biuilh. Lake, Chelsea, Van JOu.en. ioch. man & Ce. Bchr K blnulckaon, Wtuamore, Boston, Btnnloksoa dk Bchr Lewis Cheater. Jackson, Savannah, Merchant ft Bchr A. Willis. Young. Ohlncoteague. B. Hanev Bcbr Fort Royal, Adams, Wasblugtoo, Borda. ken . A Nutting. oae Bchr Wide Vorld. Hlldreth. Charleston, J. n Bcott m. Hons. Bchr A. M. Lee. Lee, Richmond, dn hchrC. J . Krrlckson. rttultu, Fawtuoket, S ' Bt'r W. Whllidln, RiggansBaitiuiore, J. Dt Knoll ARRIVED THIS MORNING. Bchr C. J. Krrlcksen. 8iulth, from N.whu. Old Iron to A. Whitney A Bona. wnern, wttbj Hchr J. B. Clayton. Clayton, I days from New vv with salt to W.Bumm&goii. ""ew York, tscbr Lanoartlne, Ulll, t days from New York mitt. muse, to captain. 1 wua iscbrT. O. buuih, Lake, from Boston. 1 Ischr K. BlnoickBou. Wiosmore, from Boston. Hchr L. Chester, Jackson, from Boston. Bchr J. Fonder. Hudson, from New Haven. ' ' Bchr C. K. Young. Haley, Irom New York. Bcbr Paugiissel, Waples, from New York. i Bteamer Decatur, Young, u hours from Baltimore.' with ludse. to J. li. Buoff. " etl , , M KM ORANDA. fromifv0eVpS.12d,lnrUrn,'U' ,0' "lelphla, Sal W A?! 0"a. Bchr H. BlHckuian, Btlilman. from Boston for Phim delnhia. at New York yesterday. "u""u " rnu lntta'iIt.BUCk 1J1"U0U1' 0UnB henoe, at DanversSti. Bchr E. Nlckerson,, for Philadelphia, cleared at Boston Uth Inst. ' " Bchr W niow Harp, DavU, hence, at Provldeuoa i3tl Bcbr Kelly, Kelly, hence for Boston, at New Tork yesterday, v, Bchra k li. Crocker and a L. Herrlck. from Taun ton for Fhlladelpbla. sailed Irom Newport istb lust. Bcbr J. B. Allen, Case, hence, at Pawiuoket Hib Inst. ' BchrO. H. Moller, Brown, from tiiouceater fur fal ladelphla. returned to Newport 12th lust. Bchr K . W. Collins, Randall, heuce lot New Haven,' at New York yesterday. Bcbr Mary K. V anoleaf, henoe for Portland, sailed! from Newport 12lb InsU . , . Bcbr 3. A. Crawford, Buckley, herjoe. at GJouosate "SitVSt. V. Freeman, Howes. ladelphia, salted from Providenoe MJ ' rtduMlfl Bchr R B. Dean. Onok, Iroui 'lunn iw r""" phi, at Newport 12th Inst. pwlooket. at New Bcbr Haalelon. Long, hunoeror jt York yesterday. F.cmlre, lor Philadslpbi,' Bchr Mary K. lumt. sailed from Newport , ;,lBrSt?"ved. ateamahlp Olty or v.a Yoaa. rov", fwfiJsi l-w'trom Vsra Cms. Ww!P "E'&'JialeTfro- Orleans. DOMBWTIO PORTH. , , Yoaa- Nov. M -Arrived, steamship ttfttaa ' uvdir. from Charleslou. , u.- ." p haraunra. King, from Richmond, iilaevaa. War, W Bordaa.
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