THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, THUIiSDAY, AUGUST 13, 18G8. 8 THE LATE THADDEUS STEVENS. Hla mm Bsarralaat Spirit tb fW JMMor a Th4 Jbmtnff JWepraph. Ia8ketchof the Hi and public eertlcea of Hot Taaddeua Stevens which appeared la Tim TBLMvin of yesterday I find the follow. Xni FMaf raph, which, m a friend tad corTet pondent of the lady alluded to, I know to b altogether true: Io ooaoeottaa with Mr. Stevens' conns In raffer Mmm tha public school system, an interesting aad aaractarlsllc anecdote It told. As It hH never ao paarea la print we giro place to It here, to Illustrate tha raaeroas Impulses of a man who has frequently beeai tmuud of ft totftl laca of thi quality. A ei tala lady was to pleased with Mr. Btavene' axer tlnwa la bsbalf of the school 7'Jn ah caniraeiaorated tbara iu ft 'f l,r,0, .p"" ' Thii oame under tha notice of Mr. ftOTjnj, whe dioiared it to be ft gem of lu , kln a equeatly bla attentloa wm agala directed to tli poem by a prornloeat Justice of our Buprem (Jonrt. Mr, Htevens expressed hla hearty apprecla tloa of tha compliment, and inquired wbat would ba a flltlrg reeponieoo I la pait. Hta friend Informed bin that Ilia minor of the lines wm the owner of a faira which was hnsvlly mortgaged, aud Ibntabe Wai nable ta cler off the Ineumoraoce. He then sng- f:ete4 that Mr. Hteveas mlicht satisfy tue claims of he mtriixi and present the release to the lady. "I'd deli I'' responded Mr. Htevens, promptly, and lie waa ai good as bla word. I feel greatly pleased that the public should know that Mr. (sicvens acted thus generously towards an estimable woman, but 1 think that we should not watt until hi? death to know that not only the credit of suegestion to Mr. Stcveus, but the actual paying off oi the mortgage, Is due to the best and kindliest of men, Judge Ellis Lewis. Ho obtained ot Mr. Steven the promise to clear off the incumbrance, but fearing that In the cares of public business the promise might be forgotten or postponed, the Chief Justice at once himself paid the money necessary to clear the farm, being, of course, reimbursed by Mr. Stevens. The lady so bcuetllted was one of the brightest intellects of the coun try, an one who, unembarrased by pecuniary or other troubles, must have made her mark before the age. Unfortunately, she married early in life a man ol seldsh ana indolent habits, who, to use her own words, was naught but "a useless burthen upon her heart and hands for more than thirty years." Making at times large sums by her literary labors, she was forced to remain silent and helpless, and see tue earn'ngs needed tor the complete main tenance of herself and children collected and squandered (there being no law to piotect married women in their earnings) by one whom ahe could neither love nor respect. Under the pressure of want and suffering she became unable profitably to use her pen, and waa reduced to the condition of the veriest slave and drudge, being her own laundress, housemaid, and cook, and in the intervals of such labor, sowing, that she might be able to procure clothing for herself, and those depen dent upon her. "DrHgged, as suited the whim of her oppressor, from one place to another, she was at last heard of in a Western town as being in an extremely distressed condition. Judge Lewis travelling in her vicinity called urou her, and. finding her in great necessity, determined (sltuougli she had no claim upon him except Unit ot genius and misfortune) to render her more c.iniforiuble, if possible; aud to do this purchased a sufficient quantity of ground near her to enable her, with the assistance of her children, to rise above actual want, anil generously pave it to her for life, wisely, how ever, withholding; a deed of gift, which would have given the worible? husband powr to appropriate this; as he had all other of her pos sessions, to hiAOwn use. This most judicious kindness rendered the lady pecuniarily comfort able for the remainder ot her life, which, unfor tunately, lasted but a few years. Without any desire unnecessarily to glorify Judge Lewis, I feel that all women should know of this good deed, and Le.-tow upon him the thanks and blessings he deserves for rescuing a highly-gifted sister to man from the "Slough of Despond," in which, without the assistance, she must have been helplesjly and hopelessly en gulfed. The Lat Thaddcus Stevens. From the N. Y. World of this morning. Ibis remarkable man, who bad all the intole rance of tne radicals without their hypocritical cant, la more favored la the opportuneness of bis death than In the beneficence of bis life. Ha bad attained an over-ripe old age; and although the indomitable audacity of bis spirit left him only wltb his parting breath, his intellect and bla ascendancy In bla party bave been declining for the last year or two. Tne policy to which be waa devoted was ebbing as manifestly and aa irretrievably as his faculties. As be tended Its cradle and gave it hla aflecUons.lt lsa mercy to him that be did not survive a few months longer, to follow Its hearnfi. In tbat conjuncture requiring prompt ac tion unsupported by reasons, Mr. Bteveua was pre-eminently fitted for a leader, lie bad the thick-skinned, Invulnerable audacity, tbe contempt of cant, the directness of purpose, tbe assuming arrogauoe, the Inflex ible will, tbe parliamentary tact, to strike boldly and at once for what bis party vaguely wished but knew not bow to accomplish. Con tempt of tbe decorum due to the President, con tempt of ordinary aud settled forms, contempt of the Constitution, contempt of everything wbieb could be considered as argument, cou tempt even of tbe weak-willed members who dreaded the lash of his sarcastic- tongue, this acrid contempt and the audacious assumption of superiority which made It possible, were the master qualifications which enabled Mr. rite vena to act, with signal success, the greatly mischievous part of leader of tbe Thlrty-ntntu, Congress at the beginning of its first session, and to secure for all lime a name In his coun try's history. Tbe occasion required more than prompti tude it called for lorestalling precipitance. It would not do to wait for the President's mes sage and aee wbat be bad to say la defense of bis policy. It would not do to have tbe quea tiona in Issue publicly debated previous to action. Everything depended upon wbat waa done during tbe first hour of tne session; it waa necessary that the members should be -committed In advance to a cause which would promply cbeckmate the President before he could even be beard. A caucus of the Hepubll oun members was hold, In which Mr. Htevens was tbe ruling spirit that eminence being eon ceded to him because he bad tbe courage to do what so many others feebly desired, aad beoause nobody else could bave administered party dis cipline with so strong and pitiless a hand after it waa found that a majority would sanction bla policy. Tbe result -was tbat when Congress came together Mr. Stevens waa not merely its leader, but Us despot. He had chalked out a programme la tbe caucus, and in carrying It out bis will was .s absolute aa that of a general on the field ot battle. Everybody felt that that conjuncture -was a crisis a great turning point in lue polloy of tbe Government. This mail's sway was so absolute because be bad a wlll,when other ineu . .bud only wishes; a plan, wheu other oppimeuts of the President were blindly groping; courage aud the capacity of leadership, wheu none of bis confederates durst take the responsibility and hazard of conducting tbe party tuey knew .not wblt her. Had be been a man of more wis lom or less andaclty, be would never have un dertaken such a pari; but the ascendancy he acquired by bis success enabled htm to dotal iter over Congress for a long time afterwards. There waa never anything else la Mr. Ste , ens' career which gives blm a title to be is n vembered beyond tue generation in wnloh be m red. Hid be died at theageof seventy-three, lD ilead of seventy-six, he would bave been ra, iked considerably below many ot the men wn served with blm la Congress. A public ruHl who passes threescore aud ten without ruvl unaccomplished anything remarkable, is ,n,ire Indebted to accident thun abilities if ha ttlu-rv 'arris achieves something worthy of ra. men.b ranee. Mr. Htevens entered Congress ut tne in iure age of fifty six, and served four later wa elected again, and bus continued to be re-electei during the war be wa eualrman oTtheCoi nniltieeof Ways and Means, aud aa Kiinh was ll,e recognized leader ot the House. uTrrianfln financial notions were ao crude as fn make hi. v a laughtng siock-partlcularly bis iS. H tha.tU: elegul-lendi-r notes o.iuld be kept ii n.r ifv nei tul JegUlatlon. The most lmport nf Hiil reL orled by bis committee were r7..h fnrwi wd and explained by other mem i S!g wr Sn aiding reporting tbe first five fLntv bill a J Mr. Hooper Iheseooud. Mr. waa tin ' forenioat advooate of ooua-ict. Y iu anil 'led to the oh let credit of that l1"1 Snd exasli rating measure. HlMnTL'1'' was narrow, bis Infor. ilmitia u'd ,uu,!, ofu obsolete; but " 11. cZttnic I , wn views were alngu lariv eUar and lncis.' v. and were marked by a alreotuW'e and consls tenoy borrowed from his ttwa" cuaraoter, Ue fcwned deceit and cunt, ll bout, .velghtor dlHiluctton. Tea years and had the courage to t strictly logical. The policy which be advocated waa ontaide JheOon. atltntlan; aad without mlnolng rnattera, ne frankly proclaimed It to be ao. we aoppoaehe bad in him elements of klndneaa. but he i waa also a good hater, and the malevolent side of bla character waa alwaya the moat TOnsploaoua In bla Congressional career. On tha floor tbeUonse.be waa ratoer " man a regular debater-direct, pungent, ooneiae, a great master of sarcasm and unsparing In the use of It. Ilia business qnallOcallona were ex cellent, and tbe business-like eaat of his mind rescued him from many of tbe worst faults of average members of Congress proeinesa. Irre levance, a circuitous mode of approaching a aubject. and a love of hearing themselves talk when they bave; little or nothing to eav. Ha waa a man who could bave made A considera ble figure only in revolutionary times, and then chiefly by bis strong will, arrogant temper, and reckless defiance of the traditionary soru pies Inherited from calmer times The Influ ence of such a man will be Interred with his bones. LOUISIANA. Governor Warmontti'e Letter to tha Pra aldeat Confirmed. The New Orleans Republican of Monday last aye: . The following statements of tbe mnrders and ootrsL'es which havo occurred in the country parishes, as taken from letters, petitions, etc., which have been received at the Governor's oiDce, will, we believe, fully justify the state ment made In Governor Warmouth's letter to the President, that oue hundred and fifty mur ders have been committed iu the country pari-hes within the lat month and a half. In addition to these statements wo are informed that there are others ot a similar character In the ISovernor's possession, stiowlug the law lesne of the country parishes and that he is daily receiving compluints from Union men that unless something is done to protect them against Kebel malice, it will be impossible for them to live in tbe country. We bIeo learn that in many instances the old oflicers ref use to surrender to the newly elected, which increases the difficulties of living in the country, and encourages the already too exten sive reign of terror. A letter from G. W. Hudspeth. Opelonsas, July 21, mentions several murders In West 8t. Landry; the murder ot two ireedmen and child, and the wounding of two trcedmen, on the night of July 7, by a party of men iu disguise. A let er irom Emerson Bently, Opelousa, fays tbat for several nights two armed meu have lain concealed within thirty feet of his dcor, where they have remained from sundown until midnight. Last nii;ht the number was increased to lour; two lay prostrate near the fence; two conceuled themselves in tall weeds, near a path he was accustomed to travel. A petition signed by Isaac H. Crawford, James Mathew, K. H. Curry, W. M. Holland, Wade II. Hough, P. T. Crawford, A. K. Whit ney, W. G. Wyly, A. W. Faulkner, and O. H. Brewster, btates tbat at least fifty murders, and many oiher outrages, have been committed in the parish of Fraukliu. These murders and outrages have been perpetrated for the purpose of driving away and exterminating every loyal man in the country. Also speaks of the orguul zaticn of secret societies which have the 6aoie end in view. A letter from John L. Lewis, Claiborne Parish, July 10, states tbat a short time since a prisoner was rescues from the sheriff by men in disguise, wto drew their guns and threatened to shoot him if he did not give up the prisoner. The prisoner has not been heard from since, aud no cflort has been made to discover the persons who rescued and made away with the prisoner. Civil officers do nothing to protect the people or enforce the laws, in Homer a white man was tied, stripped, and whipped on tbe 8th iusiuut; uot a word said nor anything done to bring the guilty to punishment. On the same night the Homer Idad was broken open, types, press, and everything broken, scattered, and dt&troyed; civil officers have not done a thing to ferret out the guilty parties. Mathan Greec Henry Corwin, Moses ilulTnim, and Marinda Huffman were murdered on the 21st of March, on Holloway prairie. ACOlored man was killed by Bins P. Dcapattcr, as leported by A. J. Sypher, Sheriff. James Madaen rc ports that two men were killed at a wood-yard near Alexandria, and a house burned by unknown parties. Green, Corwin, aud the Hullmans were t:tken from bouses while attend ing prayer-meetings, and one of them shot and the others bung. A letter from John W. Creagh, Sheriff of Avoyelles, Marasville, July 27, states that armed bodies oi men ride ana patrol the roads, streets, etc., of our town aud parish. He ha) seen two such companies marching the roads and halting the citizens. One company was composed of about tniriy meu. uue citizen was uuen irom his house a lew nights siuce, his hands tied behind him, and marched some distance, his life threatened, but was finally released without barm to his person. A letter from Luke Maiden, Madison Pariah. August 3, tells of the killing of colored men and the burning of their houses. Bverv man from the "Bend" has to be on the watch all night to protect his life from the rebel guerrillas, and that men belonging to the Republican party are being murdered. All the colored men in the remote parts ot the parish are coming to De Soto. Threats are made that every man who votes for Grant will be killed by guerrillas. In Claiborne parish a man by the name of Meadows was called to the door at night by armed men aud murdered, in May. Iu Morehouse, Sinclair was murdered in March, in Bienville Uonneus was called to the door by a band of unknown men. who shot him He was the registrar of voters for Bienville parifD. k IiIav tf tlio lilrrlAaf a li 1 w t tm XTAn.nn dated August 2, elates: "The terror caused aaiong the frecdmen by the murders at Rayrille. and chewhers in the parishes of Morehouse aud Franklin since then, is preventing us irom pro greesing with the work on the road as raoidlv as we expected. Ail of Bum's hands have left him; and even toe nanus at crow Lane are so frightened that It is with difficulty they can be induced to remain at work. Until lately they would desert their cabins and tents at night, and sleep in the woods, lest the E. K. K.'b would kill them. Home or the lie Del planters are begin nine io feel the effects of this state of things, Tbe hands on Mason's, Ttesevant's, and other places on ISayou Macon and liceuf river, have left and are leaving fear of the K. K. K.'sis tbe cause assigned." A Ilebel View. The New Orleans Crescent disposes of War- mouth and his "appeal" thus: Whether we at tribute tbe extravagant assertions ot this com municalion to a frenzy of pauic, or to the cool coutuvance oi a cunuimr and maunant parti san, theie can be no doubt that radical noliti ciana at tbe North will make haste to turn it to ihe purposes of a campaign document. And yet, when critically examined, nothing could be more calculated to prove tbe scaudalous and disastrous failure of the radical reconstruction policy. By Governor Warmouth's confession. civil yovu'utnent Is an impossibility under tbe conditions imposed by this policy. By bis con fession, the State has been reduced by this policy to tuch dlbtraction and disquietude that the attempt to organise a State militia would be simply to orgauize civil war and anarchy, or, In his own word", would produce "long continued If not hopeless confusion, disaster, and ruiu to the State." Iu this part of his testimony h screen with the belief of our best and most peace-loving citizens, and if those citizens give coujiieuimce ui arming ana arming iu open und legitimate ways, it is only that peaceable and law-abiding people may be prepared for the catastrophe which the Governor professe-i to d precufY as the cousetiueuce ol a radical militia oiian izanon. rrotedloii to tucjftu-iilc Kailnmu AgalmU nnurt It wa reported last winter that the sheds nuiit by the I'aeiic umlroad Comuanv to nro tect their track from the deep anowa of the feierra Nevada Mountains were crushed bv the weight ot mow tbat fell upon them, and that some ainrr meinou oi protecttou would bave to ba devised. It f eems. however, bv a letter in ibe Pan Francisco Bulletin tbat this plan of miLiuing tue iraea uai not ncen aoaudonea. The company are now engaged in erecting eheds over the cuttings and other exposed points. They are of heavy timber framework, with pointed gable roofs, and look aa it they could withstand almost any pressure of tnow. Nearly forty miles of the track will bave to be thus covered, and the quantity of timber are(i will be normou.a. Not lcis than twanty-two aaw mills, moat or then worked ay tteaaa, are mn. n1Rtt and dav, nw-ng naarly two tuea- ruu lumiaiu jet tuey aa not work up to mo nccda f tha company. In a few weeks tweaty eight mills will be running. It ta estimated that it will require ao leaa than 800,000 feet of lumbal to construct a mile of sheds. Bo great is the demand tbat tbe conntrv on both sides of the track li being rapidly denuded of its forests. THE OAT TLB PLAQUE. Abatement of tha Dread ad Fasttlense. The New York World of this morning aayss A visit to the Abbatoir at Commuoioaw. yes- teiday afternoon, showed that there had been hut little apread of tha disease among the cattle since Monday. There was not a large number oi came in toe yards, nowever, ana an tne ois eased onea except twenty-three, which are kept in quarantine, had been killed, and sacri ficed to the rendering vats, to be made into tallow. Arrivala are expected from the West and Houtnwest to-night and to-morrow morning which will probably decide whether or not tbe disease extends as widely as is now feared. Eighteen bullocks from Champaign county, ill., all enppoped to be diseased, were slaughtered yesterday, which was as large a number as the company could dispose of in one day, and not neglect their regular work of supplying their customers with the other meat. To-day, afieen more will be killed, the remaining eight being reserved for tbe health pbysicians to make observations and experiments on. These eight have been quarantined in two separate pens since Monday last. When first put In some of- them appeared to be very bad, but none bave vet died. Their symp toms are carefully watched, and if one of the animals die the sanitary officers propose to have the body thoroughly dissected, borne of tbe carcasses of the eighteen diseased cattle killed yesterday looked extremely bad as they hung up in tne dressing-room. The lean portions were a fiery red. and the fat was of a sickly yellow color. The carcasses were the same all over, iuside and outside. These animals are not so thoroughly bled as if they were intended for the market, and their unnatural appearance is therefore partially enhanced. several Texan bullocks were killed in the afternoon, and their carcasses were found to bo in a perfect healthy condition. In fact no traces of the disease have been found in the cattle at all, notwithstanding they are supposed to com municate it to the Northern cattle. Tbe general belief is, as it has been heretofore in respect to the Spanibh fever, that the home cattle, feeding upon pastures where the wild Texan cattle havo grazed previously, become inoculated with the ditease in some nijsterious way. At tho Bergen Hill yards several carloads arrived yesterday from Warren couuty, Indiaua. The train started Monday with sixty five bead on board, and put off twenty-one sick at Camp ville, in the western part of tliii Bute. Most of these died shortly after. Ou reaching the yards, about one rmlo west of Bergen, the remainder of the cattle were un loaded, and three more being lound diseased, were knoeked on the head immediately. The others will be quarantined. At the slaughter house in One Hundredth street, over 1000 tine, healthy cattle from different parts of the Wet were sold to be butchered. We have been assured many times that there is no possible danger of the dieeased meat finding its way to the retailers and thence to oar tables. And even in that case, the meat is declared by the physicians not to be dangerous. In answer to tbe despatch sent by the Presi dent of the Board of Health to Governor Fen ton, asking that cattle be officially inspected at Salamanca, Kimira, Buffalo, and Albany, the Governor telegraphed as follows: "I have adopted measures in accordance with your views CITY INTELLIGENCE. tlTOK ADOlTIDVAl, LW.L ITKU8 MM M J2TBXDB rAOBn.J Local Chips. A recipe for warm weather a look at little children running before ap proaching cars. Your blood will surely run cold. The bootblacks held a secret conclave yes terday, borne dozen of them were sitting upon their boxes at Fifth and Chebnut streets boxes in a circle, elbows on knees, while they dis cussed tbe most feasible plan to raise the price of a "shine. ' The corner-stone of a new church is to be laid this afternoou at Whitemareb. Tbe site it occupies has been sacred since 1710, in which year a log building was erected for religious purposes. The painters working upon the steeple of 'Independence Hall" were again swinging iu the air during yesterdiy. Viewed irom the sidewalk they were nothing save good-sized flies. The American Pharmaceutical Association holds its annual meeting in the new College, Tenth street, below Bace, on tho 6th proximo. The feoclety numbers 727 members. A printer for preferring the picking up of jewelry to the picking up of types was sent to prison yesterday by Alderman Beltler. Provoking To have a big-foeted fellow on the lower step of a street car trip you down on your exiton the merciless cobbles. The brows of the blacks were three shades blacker yesterday, at the death of their great champion, Tbaddeus htevens. "The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals" Society publishes a number of useful and hu mane suggestions. An excursionist to AHantie City bathed on a portion of the beach marked "dangerous." iiesult drowned. The "Grant and Colfax" Club, of the Seven teenth Ward, is Increasing in strength and en thusiasm. The famed "Athletics" went through the "Brandy wines" yesterday afternoon. Score, 65 to 21. Blankets and quilts were la demand last night vests and collars this morning. Chilly. The "Great Commoner's" memory is houored In thi6 city by the thing of flags at half-mast. The Bricklayers' Union, No. 1, hold a meet ing to-nighl. The Smyrna people say they can send us no peaches. CITY CRIMINAL CALENDAR. A Disorderly House HobblaR a Kooaa , mat gteellag Vegetables. George Branhurst and wifere;ido at No. 1 Helm's place, in the rear of No 317 Gardeu street. Yesterday a complaint was entered before Alderman Massey that they were continually in an intoxicated condition, duriug which they annoyed the neighbors. On the hearing tie Magistrate required them to enter ball in $800 for trial. The charge of robbing a room-mate of some clothing was the charge preferred yesterday before Alderman Hutchiusonagtunstone August Bretscbneider, au employe at the brewery of Bergdoll & PfOlta, on the Schuylkill. The Alderman concluded to hold the accused for a further hearing. Jacob Hunkle is an individual who yester day walked to a farmer's stand at Dalaware avenue and Vine street, aud picked up a basnet of potatoes and walked off. Not having paid for the same be was haltei, marched back, and then taken to the Eleventh Ward lock-up. Alderman Toland bound him over iu $;JU0 to answer. Casualty. Ambrose Hawkins while walk ing alomr the embankment on tho Schuylkill front of Futrmouut Park last evenlnp, lost his footing and fell to the bottom of the hid. His moans attracted the attention of the passer by, who repairing to the spot discovered that the unfortunate individual had broken a leg. He was taken into the mansion, and from there conveyed to his home, at No. 716 Wood street. Collision. On Tuesday afternoon a freight train on the West Chester Railroad and a pas senger train on the Pennsylvania road collided at the junction of these roads, in West Philadel phia. Two of the passenger cars were over turned, bat fortunately nouo of the occupants were injured. ..load Accidents. George Berkeley, a member of the America Engine Company, and residing la 8U John street above Button wood, waa admitted to the Hoopltal at a late hour last night, having a root terribly lacerated. It seems tbat he waa returning from Cape May last even Irijr on (La excursion train, which stopped at a atatlbn lor taking In waier. Berkeley, with others, got off for the purpose of picking eome herriea. and while engaged, the whistle sounded, All rushed for the cars, and Berkeley missed his hold and fell under the wheels. It was found necessary to amputate the Injured member. Anthony Brown, who keeps a china store on Filth street below Shlppen. yesterday took atrip to Wilmington by the steamer. Wishing; to return by tbe cars, he went to the depot, and was standing alongside of the track when tbe tender ol a locomotive which was backing struck him in the temple, killing him Instantly. The deceased waa partially deaf, to which la assigned the cause of the fatal accident. Tha body was brought to the city and taken to his late home at Third and Catharine streets. Th Thermomrtkr. The weather for the P"9' 'aw daya has proved very acceptable after the Intensely warm weather with which we have been visited during the season. At a late hour la night an overcoat could have besn worn without in any way Inconveniencing the wearer. The lollowing table exhibits the state of the thermometer to-day, in comparison with the same date for the last ten years: J"ira tA tf. 12 At I P. If. ltm 65 75 '- 1K7 70 KJ 85 18'!6..... 67 71 71 JW5 65 76 79 18ti4.. 80 03 64 WC8.. 75 85 87 W2 70 80 83 1P61 70 63 61 1800 77 84 72 1869 .. 75 88 8 1 Grand Concert asd Hop at the Sarf House, Atlantic City, N. J. A grand entertainment, consisting of a concert and hop. will take place at the Surf House, Atlantic City, on Saturday evening next. Madame Josephine Schimpf, Miss Leonie Petry, a lady amateur; Theodore Habel mann, Henry G. Thunder, Jean Louis, William Stoll, Jr., and Carl hentz and orchestra will all take part in the concert, the programme for which is one of the most brilliant imaginable. After the concert a grand hop will be inaugu rated, at which several novel features will be introduced. The whole affair will be under the capable direction of Mr. Jean Louis, who has made ample preparations to make the entertain ment a decided success. Eblievkd. Commodore Thomas O. Sel frldpe, who, since January, 18G0, has been in command of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, has been relieved, and is to be succeeded by Com modore John B. Marchand. Commodore 8el iridge is on the retired list. He has been In the service since the jear 1818, and was last at sea in 1862. The Philadelphia Navy Yard has been in excellent condition since ho assumed com mand of it. Commodore Marchand is on tho active list. He entered the service in 1828, and was last at sea iu 1865. Fatal Casualty. Yesterday afternoon a lad residing at Gaul and Hewston streets, Eighteenth Ward, was engaged In flyiug a kite, the "cobs" of which became entangled in a tree. He climbed up the tree, and in attempting to extricate the "bobs," lost his hold, and fell to the ground. The body was found lying there by a citizen passiDg, who on turning it over, discovered life to be extinct. The attending physician stated that the neck had been broken In tho fall. Revenue Seizure. Yesterday morning Re venue Detective Brooks made a seizure of four barrels of whlfcky, at Fourth and Parker streets. The barrels were seized upon tbe sidewalk, in front of a vineear establishment. They had no marks upon them. Keoioved to Bankson's boiided warehouse. ADroiHTMENTB. Maurice Harrington, D. R. McLean, and Thomas K. Broadhcad have been appointed United States Internal Uoveuue Gaueers and Inspectors of Distilled Spirits lor the First District of Pennsylvania. Sudden Dbatu. Yesterday mqrning an un known colored woman was found dead in the entry ol a house in the rear of No. 13 Emeline street. Coroner notified. Death of a Young Lady from Disappoint ment In Lore The Boston Journal of yesterday says: "A aad but interesting case of the death of a voimv lady named Susan King, is a general topic ot converfauon at woDorn at me present time. The deceased had been affianced to a young man, to whom, it appears, she was deenlv attached. Some weeks since she happened to observe him in company with another young woman, under such circumstances as to give rise to feelings of jealousy on her part. She upbraided him for his conduct, and he replied to her remonstrances in a spirited manner, which further provoked her to dismiss him. It seems, however, tbat she still cherished in secret the old affection, and the disappointment so weighed upon her mind as to cause a severe nervous attack, resulting, about ten days since, in utter prostration. She remained in this condition until her death, which occurred on Saturday last. Tho circum stances having been so peculiar, and the malady having bathed the skill of the physicians, it was deemed proper an autopsy should be performed, which was tore on Monday by Pre. Cutter and Abbot. No trace of disease, or obvious causo of death was discoverable, but the system was apparently in an entirely healthy and normal condition. The deceased was a person of excel lent character and fine personal appearance, and waa much esteemed and beloved. LEGAL JNTELLldENOE. COURT OTf QTTARTER SESSIONS Jadfe Brew ster. William U. Kuddloiao, Prosecuting Attorney There weie nouie fourteen or fifteen dock applloanta for Jut ace this morning three being of (lie tender sax. KABCAI Pbadwood Davis, an Impudent-looking mulatto boy, was charged wlib the larceny of a roll or cloth, and with an air ot bravado pleaded gulliy. On Saturday lanl he entered a more at the corner oi E'gtnb. and t-pruce ttreets, took up this piece of cloth aud ran out with It. Ha wan pursued and captured at filalh aad IMiieBtieeiB.aud then owned up. DUBKT THIEF, James Buck, colored, wm convttet or a charge of stealing a net of harnens, valued at ,'5, bHloaglag ro William HtokPH. it waa taken from Mr. mokes' stable ob tbe night of June 30, and on the following day the prlaouer was seen takfog ft over tbe Mark-t street bridge. When questioned as to his poasesslan ol the haruPKg be Haiti Hi at lo was ou his way to a mender In West Philadelphia, by tbe order oi his mas ter, lie waa takeu to tbe utatiou House, and an In vestigation wus made, wblub proved bla statements lalae, Mr. Stokes went to tbe biullou House and ideu titled the property as bis. HUBGLABY AND DEATH. Jnbn Vagee and Frank Johnson two strong leal tli y looking yonng meu, who no doubt ceuld eaaliy earn an honest livelihood, were this morning .rltd ioran attempt to c uiu.lt a burglary. Tbe evi dence against tbeui was that on Wednesday nigbt an nneucctBbful attempt waa wade by bur lars to open the cellar window of Cbrlntupher Lililon's tavern, at tbe Dortbweiit corner if Twenty-lourlb and Kent treats, aud consequently on tbe lollowing (Tburuday) n Is tit si, Jilnou's son. 'Ihouias, aud aujtlier boy, John Harvey, were on the watch for toiru. Between twelve and one o'oloctc that iilglii Ibay, walcblng from the seoond-story window, aaw ibree men approach the celUr-wludow on KeiitRtreet and try to lorce It open with a hat chet! they tailed in this, however, and sat down, for a few tnotueuls In ihe street; while tbey were sittlug there tbe boys recogulzd them as tbe two pnsoier, aiid Bweeuev, who lived in tbe nelgnboriioodj they soon walked around to tbe Ride of the bouse, and Bneeney climbed over .lie feaoe, opened lbs gate, and let tha oth.tr Into the J ard. Pweeney went off a few Hups to tbe corner of the yard and stoot ed an If picking up some tbli tr, aud then yonng Dillon tired a guu at hlua Irom tbe window; ha fell dead, and the others scampered away. In a few momenta however, they returuet without their sboes and coats, as If tbey bad been reused from boneet slumber by toe report of the gan, and, having hurriedly donned but a portion of their dree, had run to tha scene of tbe ex clteuienL A detective hastened to tha ground, and while Magee held a caudle forhlin, searched the dead man. nudlug upon blm a hretwtpln. a key. and several other articles. About two hours allerwards. In consequence of a statement made by young Ulilon, idagee waa arrested while lying upon a cellar door surrounded by women, and shortly after wards Johnson waa taken lnlocus'ody. On the part of tha prisoners, Klleabeth Johnson testified that she was aroused by the report of the gun. aud looking out ot tha window saw Magee ruu up the street Into tha yard, and then lift up Hweeney, wbo was lying there almost dead. Magee was wlth uui bat. shots, wixmt. Ou trial, THIRD EDITION THE INDIATVS. Beloas of Captivo White Children -One Still Detained. Cte, mt Bta lata., , mt, FROM WASHINGTON. Detpatch to the Attodated Preiii ladiau Capttvee uelaassa. Washington, Aug. 12. The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs has received a repart from Indian Superintendent Thomas E. Murphy, dated Atchl on, Kansas, August 6, enclosing two letters from John K. Tappan, who was a member of the late Peace Commission, dated respectively July 1 3 and 26, 1868, and stating that the Kiowas had delivered np to him, as a proof of their friend ahlp for the whites, a boy about four, and a girl abont thirteen years of age, and that he bad banded them over to General Alfred Sully, com manding the district of the Upper Arkansas. Superintendent Murphy on his recent visit to Lamed, aaw this boy and girl at Fort Ilarker. General Sully said he intended to send the girl to St. Mary's Mission, to be taken care of by the sisters, and to keep the boy until it can be as certained where their friends and relatives reside. Tho Comnnchcs had also brought in and delivered up to Agent Wynkoop, without ransom, a girl about nine years old. This child Agent Wynkoop preferred to keep with his family, until it can be ascertained where her father and mother reside. Be aaya they were not taken prisoners nor killed, that her name is Cordell, and her grand father's name is Albright, but cannot tell what Stale or coantry they reside in. The Comanchea still hold one boy, who they have promised to deliver np to their new agent when he gives them their annuities. They say positively that this la the only white captive now held by the Kiowas and Comanches. Canadian Affairs. Ottawa, Aug. 13. The Minister of Customs has under consideration the prevention of im portation into Cauada of cattle from the West ern (states, in consequence of the disease re ported to have broken out among them. The prospectus oi the Merchants' Express Company, with a capital of $1,000,000, has just been issued. It is intended to supplant the American Express Company. A mediae will he held this afternoon lor the formation of a provincial board of directors. From Boston. Boston, Aug. 13. A fire occurred early this morniDg, which destroyed the greater portion of the chemical works of Taylor & Barker. The lots on building, stock, and apparatus, will riach eight thousand dollars, which Is nearly covered by insurance. Latest Markets by Telegraph. Xw Yobk. adi. JS. Ootton steady at iO. Floor quiet, sales of suoo barrels at yeateiday'a priced. Wheat steady, sales rf fc'UCO biiBbels spring at Iz ifi. Corn arm, ana auvancea ia, sa-es or mu.u'ii oumeis at Sri4&rt0, Oats dulllat 8ii(j$82Sc. Beef quiet. Fork dull at (28 2H. Lard quiet. Whisky quiet. Baltiuobk, Aug. 18. Ootton quiet and steady nominally at 29tut. Floor not ao strong, but In fair demand Wheal unchanged; prime red li'Oio)! 7. Corn doll: white. 81 20: yellow, li-.ii. Oata dull at 8S6A 82 cents. Bye arm; prime, 81 5t, Mew Pork brm at :-K 60. Bacon active; rib sides, 7.it; clear Bides, ni:a) i;: Bhou'ders, H't cents, Uamr, 22(23 cauls. Lara quiet at it cents. Sam FbanciscO, Aug. 17. Flour quiet at IV60a 5i Ortgon extra floor, ft oO. Wheat, l 7lKgl-7. Legal- tMBil.r.. fiBl. Ban Fbangisco, Aug. 11. Floor S C0i$f 68. Wheat flrmatino. Legal tenaers, w Tork Stock 4,uotatloae-a p.H, Received by telegraph from Qllendlnnlng A Davis. Stock. Brokers. No. 48 H. Third street: N.Y.Cenl. K 128V;iFaoino M. t. Co 10.T N.Y. aud . B.h 671 Western U. Tel.. Ph. and Kea.R. 91 Olev. & To). H.. Mlch.B.and N. L K..S5U Tol. & Wabauh Cle. and Pltt.R 8714' Mil. and St. P.com 75 Chi. and N. W. com. 83 lAdams ExpraaaUo. 52 Chi.and N.W.pref...82l Wells' Fargo 26 Chi. and R. I. K 112 ,U. H. Express......... 44 Pitta. F.W.and Chi. Tennessee 6b, new.. (J3 R ( aaaaaaa108J OO 1(1 147 Condition of the Bunks. The following la a report of the condition of the banks ol New York, Phlladelnbla,and lioeton, show ing their condition cn the ma of August to have beea a lotiow.: LOANS. Bostoa .... .8lo8.861.M8 tw York... g7.7l6.78 Philadelphia.. M.ftM.oiS coisr, Boston New York....... Philadelphia. Total -....,tS8 210,687 DaroaiTH. BostoB...-..-.4 tt JfiS Hi W YDrl,. ..'Witw Philadelphia,.. 40,841,032 Total ...81117.018,842 I.KUAL, TKMlir.B. Boston. .....815,763.f8 new lora 74.031 m Philadelphia....... 17,7w,5 64,968 .24,784 417 1S4UU7 Total ......i.80 871 I'T.I'II I 1-TflM. Boston ..........10,12,45l Nw York . 114,074,874 Philadelphia ...... 2s,187,l Total. f8 814.189 Deposits 4,417.018 MS uixcuiaiioa. ...... i.sy.z8i Total, ..-IlilS.SM.lSl Total 81I.7.8S8.0I4 1'bla exhibit shows tbat tka banks of tha tbraa cities bave about 28 per cent, reserve in greenbacks, and also hold V 80S 807 la specie, of which amount ail nut fSis.viw is neiu oy tne .new tor uauas, POLITICAL. Tl e Republican says: "The Scandinavians of Chicago sre never lageards in any good word or work." They opened the campaign noblv on Saturday. The vote of the (Scandinavians in this city will be cast almost solid for Grunt and Colfax; and meantime Captain Silfversparre's Tanners will bo seen and beard among the busiest when there is duty to bo done or guard to mount." The Geneva (N. Y.) Courier says: "At an auction held in this villatre last Saturday, a biocranhv ot ex-President Pierco, with a steel- plate engraving, waa offered, and the highest and only nia that could oe ootainea was ono cent, at which sum it waa struck off." Ono oi General Hancock's princfp.il staff omcers, waen a-Keo, auer ine jjemocratic National Convention, how ho liked the ticket, responded: " What uniform do you suppose I wear? Do you think I havo began to wear giey ?" The Springfield Republican, in commenting ou some recent Bcbol utterances in Charleston, adds: "What an extraordinary world this would be it all the predictions made iu South Carolina for the last ten years should come true." General O, II. La Grange, the Commander of the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, is oue of tbe Uepubllcan electors at large in California. S11 of tbe eleven Republican candidates for Congressional honoia from Indiana were sol diers iu the war to crush Rebellion. The lion. Horace Maynsrd has three com petitors for tbe nomination in his district, but will uudoubtodlv be re-elected. It ia said to be the intention o( the Ohio Democrats to run Mr. Pendleton lor Congress in the Firet DUtrlct. An old Confederate cavalry regiment In Louie 1 rd 4 has reorgauized as a Seymour and Blair Club. Blair baa seven children, all of whom will have to ho provided with offices wheu they grow np. Horatio Seymour is not a parent now, nor Will he be apparent alter the election. - , FOURTH EDITION THE OBSEQ'JiES. waaaaawasBM aaai aisakwaBaasM Tho Remains of Thaddeus Stevens Lying in Stato at tho Capitol, Kte., Kte., Kte., Ktc., Etc., Ktd FROM WASHINGTON. Oonraylaax tha Ramalaa of Vbaddaua Htereae aba Vaaltol. Bpcial Detpateh to The Evening TelegrttpK Washinotok, Aug. 13. Early thla morning the late residence of Thaddeus Stjvena was be sieged by a large crowd, mostly of colored people, anxious to view the remains. Only a few personal friends were admitted, as tho rooms in which he lay waa insufficient to ac commodate the crowd. Among those present were Rev. Dr. Gray, Cbaplalu of the Senate; General J. A. Ekiu; Sergeant at'Arms, Brown and Senator McDonald. Soon after 11 o'clock a battalion of Butler's Zouaves, an independent colored military company, arrived at Mr. Ste vens' house, under command of Captain Haw kins. At 12 o'clock the coffin wus closed, and pro parations made to convey tho body to the Capi tol. The pall-bearcra were composed of colored and white men, two of the latter being James Reese and John Chancey, who were in the habit of carrying Mr. Stevens from the carriage to his seat In the House. The coffin was surrounded by colored Zouaves, aud the procession, consist ing of them and a few friends, proceeded to the Capitol, where arrangements had been made to have the body of the deceased lay in state. Aa 60on as the doors were opened, large crowds congregated outside, rushed in, and passed around, viewing the remains of Mr, Stevens in the same place where the body of President Lin coln lay. The Great Commoner ia tho second person whose body has lain in state in the ro" tunda, President Lincoln beiug the first. The catafalque stands directly in front of Ellicota' statue of President Lincoln. Arrival of. a Steamer. New York, August 13. Arrived, ateaiidhip Helvetia, irom Liverpool. Maw Tork Mtock. txaotatioata, 3 P. II. Received by telegraph from Glendinnlng dt Davis, hiock isrokers, n o. is a. xuira streou n. x. uuu ''Y4 N.Y. and Erie R... bV,l Ph.andKea.R Mloh.H.andN.I. K. 85W Hie. and PIU. R. . 87 Chl.AN.W.R.oom. 82Hi Chi. A N.W. R. prt. 82U ChL and R. I. R 112 Fltta.F. W; and Chi. R. R....... 108M Ln At IU Ifnll U 4 IllOl West. Union Tele... SI!?? Toledo & Wabash.. 61 Mll.&SU Paul com 75 Adams Kx proas..... 62 Weils Fargo......... 26J U.8. Express Co.. 44 Tennessee, new.... 63?2 Gold ...1172 Market dull. PHIIADKLPEIA STOCK EICHANGB SALES, AUG. 13 Reported by De Haven A Bro No. 40 8, Third street BKTWEEN BOARDS. $5000 city as, new 1WX HKi0tiehs.g'Old l-.2d. 84 8 sb C AAiu K.S&WD.127H 100 sh Bead It biW. 48 81 100 do .nB. ICQ do .-8..43'1 ; I2O0 City 8s, New loa' 1 1 coo Pa as, w l,.cp...io21 (AOOKead 8s, WJ-W sa'4 85(o 111 ee gold 1 m f 1(100 PIlteb'K 6S.S4WD, 72) l2llhMfcllHK . 81 W 80 sb MorC Pr 70 20 sh Manuf Nt Bk.... 81 SECOND BOARD. 100 so Cata Prf...... SBX 100 ah Leb N....M80- 2I.' 88 sn JP eona H....... 63 28 do...........l8. Wi 20 do.....,M... 68)2 12 do. .. toil I sh t,lt Bert R... 1 sb Head rt. 1 sb Penua K.. 12 do.... 20 sh Leh V It .. lCOsb PlillAK... loo sh Cata Prf... 100 do. ... 45 43 68V ..IS. 63'" ..... MX DSU. SS'j 80. Hearing at thb Central Station. Before Alderman Beltler, at the Central Station, at 2 o'clock this afternoon, William Gush, residing at Ho. 1012 S. Twelfth street, had a hearing upon the charee of getting a suit of clothing front Wanamaker & Brown, and running away with it. Alfred Halloman, a salesman at Wanamaker & Brown, t entitled that the defendant came to the store and was fitted with a suit of clothes; he cent a man to collect the bill at the prisoner'a bouse, when he (tbe prisoner) threatened his life; the defendant then jumped from the win dow and left; he did not pay the bill. Edward Smith testified that he took the gooda to the defendant's house, wheu the defendant jumped from tbe window. Held in $1500 bail. . DRY UO0DS (JU0TAT10AS. PRINTS. Merrimack, W........16'i 1 Amoskea(r...MM..M.,..,. aterriuiacK, Cocbeeo, JL... 14 Bpraeue Pacific: ...14 American. ..................14 Bunnells- .. 14 Aliens .......... 13 Manchester. Free roans. Jirlgcs- A.1 MWUfNMMI 14 .12 11 12 ft GINGHAMS. Lancaster. .18 1 Hartford Berklilre........-....l8 Roanoke. 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