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VOL. XNo. 86.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1868.
DOUBLE SHEETTIMEE CENTS.
FIRST EDITION
RELIGIOUS.
Triennial Convention or the Protectant
- piseopal Church.
At tbe Convention held In Trinity Ohnrch.
Now York, yesterday, among other business
the following took place:
BISHOP Or MISSOURI.
On notion, tbe election of tbe Rev. Dr. Robin
aon s Bishop of Missouri was referred to tue
Committee on tbe Consecration of Bishops,
KEW DI00E8B8.
The Rev. Dr. Adams, of Wisconsin, presented
memorial from that dlooese for a change In
the fifth article of tbe constitution on tbe ad
minion of new dioceses, In reference to the
admission of new dioceses, which hecnaraoter
iKed ss wnchurobly and obstructive, sbaokllng
tbe Ctnarch, and preventing Its propagation,
particularly In tbe West. Tbe memorial recom
menda tbesubsiltutlonof an article embodying
tbese provisions:
Finn. Keoogolr.ing tbe principles of tbe Bee, and
piovtOIng thai there should Ultimately be Bishop of
ttie Church, with bH Bihhop's caurob or cathedral, la
every lt) of the land, a
Becood. When Id any diocese It shall seem expedi
ent to divide and erect a new Hea.lt may be done
upon (be vo'eot a majorliy of both orders pasted la
two consecutive Conventions, with the approval 01
tbeUenerat Convention.
Third. That the dlvinlnn of tbe perlsbe and Ibe
assignment ol limits between the two sees should e
made by mutual consent, tue final decision thereof
resting wltn tbe Uinbops. oiergy, and laity of tne
whole B'a'e, or a committee appointed by Ibein.
Helerred to the Committee on Canous.
Tbe Rev. Oeorge P. Lee, of Illinois, also pre
sented for that diocese a memorial for trie re
peal of the filth artloie of tbeUoosiltution, and
tbe restrictions therein Imposed. Tbe memo
rial "requests the General Convention to repeal
this fifth article wltn all tbe restrictions that It
Imposes upon tbe Increase of tbe EpUoopato, In
accordance wltn primitive and Scriptural
nsages, or to so modify and change tbe same by
such provisions as the wisdom of theChuron in
General Convention assembled may supply."
It also requests tnat such legislation may be
had as will place a Bishop "in every principal
city, with bis cathedral the centre of all his
work, religions, educational, ami benevolent, a
blest ed temple and heavenly home, to which all
eyes may turn and in which all hearts may re
joice." Referred.
The law alluded tola to be fonnd In articles
of tbe Constitution of 1789, and provides that
no new diocese can be formed without the
consent of the Bishop and Convention of each
diocese concerned, as well as the General Con
vention; tbat there cannot be less than fifteen
self-supporting dioceses, with thirteen presby
ters wbo shall have been at least one year or
dained, and no city to form more than one
diocese, giving tbe Bishop of a dl'icese the
power to choose wbloh diocese he will belong
to In case of a dlvlKion, and directs tbat new
dioceses shall be subject to tbe constitution and
canons of the new diocese.
BISHOP LBB'S SERMON.
After reoess a motion was made by the Rev.
Dr. Goodwin, of- Pennsylvania, to print 8000
copies ot Bishop Lee's sermon delivered before
tbe Convention. Borne objections were made,
as tbe former number primed was but 1500, and
tbe mover accepted the number.
Mr. Wallace, of BU Louis, Mo., said be thought
tbe sermon was calculated to do harm, and
moved to lay the resolution to print on tbe table.
Tbe Rev. Dr. Llttlejobnand tbe Rev. Dr. Mead
both rose to protest nurongly against laying the
resolution on tbe txble. It was a thing unheard
of to refuse printing the Convention sermon,
and would be a breach of a rule of courtesy
wbich bad always obtained In this body. Dr.
Mead said tbat though be differed in tolo caelo
li om the doctrines ot that sermon, be should be
corry to see such a discourtesy practised.
Mejor George E. Fairbanks was opposed to
printing a controversial Bermon. It was time
tbat a bad precedent was stopped. If courtesy
were to obtain In one Instance, it would in all.
Be would In future, as now, vote against print
ing Convention sermons. The adoress of the
Uouseof Ill-hops, published with tne Journal,
expressed tbe consolidated views of the Bishops,
and there was propriety in publishing tbat, but
there was no propriety in publishing the views
of an Individual Blsbop.
The Rev. Dr. Haigbt spoke In favor of the
rf solution. Borne might not approve of the
douirlne preached, bnt tbe Bixhop preaobed ao
coidtng to bis conscience, lie hoped the ser
mon would be printed.
Tbe Rev. Dr. Goodwin sa'd we could not legis
late for future conventions. He hoped they
would not (be would notsay lnsuit) show soon
disrespect to a Bishop, and one of snon high
standing. Tbe Bishop spoke according to his
conscience, and they were not to sit in Judg
ment on nlm who wan appointed by the Con
vention to preach the sermon. He (the speaker)
might agree to all, or some only of tbe doo
trines preached by the Bishop. Was that a
retmtn tbat tbey khonld reluse to print bis
sermon T He was amazed, and so be would sit
dowv (Laughter.)
'J be Rev. Dr. Mead said he had a book of ser
mons lu bis band preached slnoe 1789, and If
tbey were to refuse to print that sermon now,
It would notoniv he disrespeotfal, but leave a
blank In tbe history ef the Cnnron.
Xue lion. 8. B. Ruggles.of New York, favored
the priming on the same grounds as the pre
Vlouo i eakers.
Mbjor Parsons, of Kansas, would vote against
tbe printing, not as a mark of disrespect to
the Bishop, but because the sermon was con
troversial. The Hoo. John N. Conyngham, of Pennsyl
vania, favored the printing, and spoke elo
quently bgainst showing any disrespect to the
Bishop of Delaware. The sermon would be
print d whether the Convention wonld agree to
it or not, and If tbey wished it to be read by
every one, and to throw a halo of martyrdom
round Its author, tbey could not do so belter
than by refusing to print.
Tbe Rev. Dr. Adams, of Wisconsin, also fa
vored the publication. He strongly urged on
the Convention not to refuse to publlsa a ser
mon preached in Trinity Church by a bishop of
the Church on their own appointment. Any
man would print that sermon who bad sound
reason and common sense.
By request of Dr. Llttlejohn the Secretary
read an extract from White's Memoirs of the
Protestant Episcopal Churcb, in relation to tbe
action of tbe Convention of 1820 on printing the
sermon of Blsbop Moore.
The vote was taken, after considerable dlsmis
Sinn, and the moilou to lav on tbe taole lost.
The resolution to print 1500 copies was then
carried. - -
MEMORIALS.
The Rev. Dr. Hilgnt moved the following,
Which was passed, the members rising-
Resolved That tl8 House bas besrd wl'h deep re
grelof the death of the M'ist Keverend Dr. nl erd,
liisbop of Montreal, wuoae preoeuoe and services at
the last Ueneral Convention gtve so muck pleasure
and that this Honie do couimuutctle to tne House of
lPuhoDS its dem re to loin Win then la suub ex ores-
biods of regard for tbe departed Ulabop aad lejpeot
tor nis memory at toey snail see at to prepaie.
StCLEO ATKS.
The following are tbe delegates from Penn
sylvania and adjacent Stales:
Pennsylvania M, A. DeW. Howe, D. D., D R.
Goodwin, I), JJ., George Ktnlea Hard, D.D., Au
gustus A Marple.Jobn N conyngnam, William
VVelab, George L. Harrison, Lemuel CofBn.
New Jersey Alfred btubbs. D.U., K. M. Aber
crombie. D. D.. J. 8. B. Hodges. L). D.. Hoenoer
!M. Rice, Josnpn Thompson, tieury Meigs, Jr.,
iit. H. Conover, J. C. Garthwalte.
f Pittfbn g Marlson Bvllesby, John Roar
botougb, John F. Hpaoldlug, William Wblte,
John 11. Bhoenberger, George W. Cass, Thomas
1. Howe, B. B. Viucent.
f Delaware Charles Breck. John B. Clemson,
T P.. J. Lei hi on Melvtro-T. G. Llttell, William
T. R el, James Brown, Franklin Fell, . M.
Lor tin.
NA TURALIZA TION.
Tbe Frauda Practised In Philadelphia.
The New Yorx Tnbune't correspondent, from
Ibis city jeskrday, in spewing ot the gross
Irands now Deing perpetrated uy vue uemocracy,
v'bat ii to be doneT The majority of the
iides have done nil tbey can do, for Judge
Williams has not vet taken tbe oath of ouVe.and
lbs Cosrt will hot sit in bane till alter tbe
flection. The Atioroey-Ueneral has done hi
Wst to expose this gigantic crime and bailie its
elector. Out there are tbe 6000 fact tbat
ion'toot COaO aliens, protected by a Uemo
aat c Judge, who walk the streets In citizenship,
.ud who will go drunk or lober, probably
drp.flV, to the polls next wrek. To fmppress
this many leggea monster of fraud would be a
taik for a t ew Hercules. It is easier to create
voters by vice than te unmake theru by virtue.
Yet tbese voters must not be polled, If a fair and
an honest election is to be held in this city. To
me it teems that tbe only way to save the repu
tation of the city Is that suggested by Tui
EVFNIXQ TXLEOBAPH.
Tbat paper poluti ont that the District Attor
ney i tbe law officer ot the county, and tbat by
his oplnton, In the abseuco of judicial decisions,
the executive officers of the Commonwealth are
governed. It therefore falls wltbln bis pro? Ince
to advise the election officers of the illegality of
these pretended naturalization certificates, and
to Insttuct them to refuse the ballot of every
ptreon who attempts to vote on paper. obtained
in the ninnnrr practised in the Supreme Court.
If thei-e Instruction are it$ued and obeje I, the
action of the election officers will ultimately
and ipeedily come before the (Supreme Court,
and It will be sustained by a majority of the
J wipes.
Tbus stands Philadelphia to-day. TJoqnes
t'onahly by a large majority a Republican city,
cbe Is about to beeiveo overtothe Democracy by
a careie rrotnonotary. a piotcRstonai perjurer,
an nnlaithlnl judge. -and a dishonest tlpstave.
ROBERT TILER.
The Son of the F.xPrealdeiit Add reuses
the Ieinocracy.
Mr. Eobert Tyler, eon of ex-PreeUent T?ler,
genially and familiarly known as Bob Tyler
during his la'her's term of office, now reetdlntr
in Montgomery. Ala., addressed a letter to a
recent Democratic mass meeting in Belma, from
which we make the following extracts:
The radical party well know tbat it will be
ouite Impossible to find a more peaceful and
patient population tban ours on the face of tbe
earrb ; and they further know that for Southern
men to engage, under these circumstances, in
civil violence and rebellion, would simply show
tbat every man who did so was an idiot. Tbey
know all this well eooueb, but in their extre
mity they have resorted to this political fraud to
avoid meeting the people on their own too vul
nerable record. Their ud ceasing effort is to
escape from their own acts. Wben asked to ex
plain wbat has become of the billion and a half
ot tbe people's dollar they have collected and
expended since tbe close of tbe war, they shout
by way of answer, "To the fiont, boys in blue,"
"Forward. Tannere," ' Up with - the flag,"
"Hurrah for Grant." When asked why,
alter declaring radical reconstruction a perfect
success in the Chicago platform a few months
ago, they now admit it to be a disastrous failure,
they at once cry out tbat Toombs aud Cobb ana
Wise and Hampton are conspiring to incite
"another rebellion." When asked why the
public debt Is Increasing in volume and why the
public credit is sinking lower and lower, thsy
beQ'n to declaim frantically about the horrors
of Cenfederate prisons and to weep tears over
the dead of the war. Tbey dare not allow the
ruindd of the people to consider calmly the real
issues of the canvass and to form an uuexctted
and deliberate judgment upon them. They dare
not, In other words, answer to the people for
their extravagabce, corruption, usurpations,
revolntionary aspirations, and individual and
public immoralites.
Tbe matter which vitally concerns Tie is to
ascertain whether the people cau be thus de
luded and betrayed into a position of dreadful
peril from which they may not be able to escape
in safety when at last undeceived, or, fearful
thought! it is to ascertain whether the people
have themselvta become so corrupt as volun
tarily to lay down tbe franchises of freemen,
and to put on the badges that shall mark them
as tbe servile subjects of a centralized despot
ism. A few weeks longer and the 'ate of our
country will have been settled for weal or woe.
When tbe sun sets on the 3d day ot next No
vember the American Union will have acquired
a new promise ot hope aud regeneration in the
tuccei-s of tbe national Democratic party, or It
will have assumed a form of govern aient un
known to the constitution of our fathers, whose
powers, first partitioned between the General of
the Army and an 1riesnon1ble Cou cress, must
rpeedily become coueolida'ed in tbe bands ot a
Congressional oligarchy or of a military dicta
tor, as tbe struggle between them shall deter
mine. GRANT.
What ir be la Elected, According to
Southern Opinion.
Tbe Louisville Democrat contained recently
the lollowing:
Let us say in the beginning that from a calm
and considerate view of tbe canvass, founded
not on tbe opinions of one, but all parties, we
believe Grant will be defeated. This is our sin
cere and candid belief. Yet we must not deny
tbat tbe result Is by no means certain. Tne
questions are so new, tbe people so unsettled,
toe indications so unreliable and the great
lever of control held by tbe radicals In Congress
so powerfgl, tbat tbe election of Grant Is pos
sible, and we look at tbat possibility.
Let uh say once for all, that all those who
advise the ttoulh to resist, who assert tnat It
will resist, or under tbe olroumstanods thlnK it
ought to reklat. are wrong. There would be no
help to them from tbe North; they must not
believe It. There may be some in the North
who urge them to take np arms; bat the89 are
mere demagogues. If a resistance was agln
organized in the Bout b, it would be met, as it
waa before, by tbe whole power of the North,
and crushed as it was before.
We say this not because we believe there is
Ibe slightest Intention in tbe Boatu to resist,
but because we see the silly utterances of some
Bout hem and Kentucky papers are caught up
in tbe North and used. There is no such de
sign in tbe South. Tbey are powerless and
know it. Belore any Bonlbern resistance to
oppression can come It must be first organized
and commenced in the North. It would then
be right and proper for the Booth to strike a
blow for ber freedom, bnt it would be madness
to strike a blow before that lime.
There will be, therefore, no resumption of
hostilities. Tbe question recurs to the internal
condition of tbe Boutb. We do not believe dis
turbances In that section wlil greatly increase, 1
We do not believe the radicals themselves will
carry out tbe threats of their speakers, and we
tto not believe Grant will allow It. We have no
confidence in his humanity or statesmanship,
or his consideration for the Houlbern people.
We rest our hope on a lower level, suited to bis
character aud capacity. Grant is a disciplina
rian. He is arbitrary, but be will have no
orders but bis own. The probability Is that he
will depend more on the army, whloh he
knows, than on tbe people be does not know,
lie will not have much retpeot for these b gus
governments In the Boutb, but be will aim to
keep np a sort of order by the military.
There la another point In Grant's onaraoter.
Although he is now tbe head or instrument of
radicalism, Grant is, by education, prejudiced
Kgalnsi tbe negro. It is not Ibe prejudice of a
philosophic statesman, wbo sees their incom
petence to discharge tbe full duties of citizen
ship, but the narrow prejudice of date, and it Is
personal against the negro. When be comes to
be tried, wben bis natural peculiarities are
allowed to come out, Just as be would have
been cruel as a slaveholder he will be cruel and
violent as a ruler. Theatronxprejudlue will find
a vent. Tbe negro will not be protected in bis
sphere as be would blunder Sevmour; butlt is
likely he will be persecuted. It will be a vin
dictive government. The negro, when be com
mits any violence, will be extirpated, and the
race will be tre .ted by Grant with cruelly and
oontempt. Tbe Houlbern wblte may expeet
little sympathy from him; tbe Southern negro
need expect none. It will be a bad government
in the Sonth as bad as can be. H ill. It w 111 be
a government. Grant is not a man wbo will
allow bis rule to be a nullity. Ha is much more
likely to be a tyrant than a King Log. lie
may be arbitrary, violent, vindictive: but be
will not permit anarchy and a disregard of bis
edicts and a tyrant Is better than a mot).
B1NQKLEY.
What He Thinks of Irremediable Errors.
To the Editor of the Tribune. Hn Tbe edito
rial notice jou bestow upon the factor the dis
charge of all the parties wbo were accused by
me os tbe 20lh of August last. Including Mr.
I'pmrjolHSlpner Rollins, involve some inlaap-
rebenslons of grave importance to the public
The fact that the undersigned whs exoladtd
from participation In tbe proeeoutlon before be
bad time to adduce the evidence
on whloh. in great quantity, be
bad begun the proceeding, Is well
known, but that by express direction of the
Attornev-General be was exonerated from all
responsibility for the subsequent management
or the case is, perhaps, not suspected by yon.
Tbe case, therefore. Is Identified with my name
at Its close merely because It was began by me,
not because I bad anything to do with It, It
has been in no sense my case since It waa en
trusted exclusively to other bands. ,
Again, yon appear to take It for granted that
the operations wbloh I have conducted wltnln
my own official sphere respecting revenue
frauds are discontinued, and tbat my under
takings in tbe premises at large have failed.
This is by no means the case. They are In
active progress, and lurnlsb a prospect of early
and serious results. As tbe chief dlinoulty lain
getting control of documentary and other
proof, withheld through, tbe Influence of
great numbers of persons of ofliolal and
social standing, an Influence against
which no headway can be made except
by enconraglng witnesses to speak ont, I regret
to say that the almost omnipotent press, un
wittingly I hope, exert their power in a man
ner wmch actually operates to proteot fraud.
If yon believed that a lona flile attempt was
making to break up those powerful combina
tions of corruption which the press everywhere
habitually denounce, tbere is no doubt you
would support it with all your power. Now,
It is at least possible tbat such an attempt is
Disking In good faith, ir yon hid supported it
mistakenly, tbe accused, tbe courts, the press
everybody would have It in tnelr power to
fionlsh the Impostors. Bnt what if you resist
t mistakenly ? Even now consequences strik
ing at tbe root of civil order are developing,
wblch only the powerful support of the press
conld have rendered possible. Consider, sir.
Whether yon might not possibly bo committing
a great and irremediable error.
Respectfully, John M. Bincklky.
New York. Oct. 8, 1168.
OBITUARY.
General William Oaten.
The death of General William Gates took
place In New York olty on Wednesday last, at
the ripe old age of eighty years. Deceased en
tered the Military Academy in 1801. and gra
duated In 1806, when he was promoted to a
second lieutenancy in an artillery regiment,
and did garrison duty until the boxlliltles be
tween the Unltea States and Great Britain took
filaje, In 1812, when he was advanced to a first
leutenancy, and was engaged In the capture
of Toronto (then York), Upper Cauada, and
In the bombardment of Fort George. After
the settlement of tbe then existing dtilloullles.
be served In garrison and frontier duty
and rose through various grades of his
profession. During the troubles of South
Carolina In 1832-itt, wnen nullification was
threatened in the Palmetto State, General
Gates, then Major of 1st Artillery, was stationed
at Fort Moultrie In Charleston Harbor. He
took an active part in nearly all the Indian
troubles, and when the war with Mexloo broke
out be accompanied tbe 81 Artillery a Lieutenant-Colonel.
In 1846, and tor two years sub
sequent, be acted as Governor ot Tampioo,
Mexico. Slnoe then he did many years' ser
vice in 1863 and was bre vetted Brigadier-General
In 1865 for long and faithful services, Gda
ral Gates waa one of tbe old school one of the
few remaining links tbat connect nswltn tbe
past, He was engaged tor over half a century
in the service of his country, and be has at
lengta retired to that conch or rest from the
sleep of whlcb there comes ni waking.
General Adam J Slemmer.
General Adam J. Slemmer, commander at
Foil Laramie, died at his post on Wednesday,
of heart disease. He was a native of Mont
gomery county, Penn., tbe grandson of a sol
dier of tbe Revolution. He graduated at West
Point in 1850, and was assigned to tiutyln tbe
1st Artillery, and ordered to Florida, to hold
the Seminole Indians in cheok. Having been
promoted for gallantry In bis encounters with
the Semlnoles, be was ordered to Ban Diego,
California, and thence lo Fort Yuma. Next
be was ordered to Fort Moultrie, Charles
ton Harbor, and soon thereafter was in
vited by Superintendent Bache to Join tne
Coast Survey; but the absence of the Secretary
of War from his Bureaup re vented, and before
tbat officer could return and give bis assent to
the transfer, the Superintendent ot the" West
Point Academy had made a requisition for
Lieutenant Slemmer's services as a leaober in
that institution. He served four years In that
capacity, and wai again ordered to Fort Moul
trie, and subsequently to tbe Peusaoola Station,
where he was put in command. Lieutenant
Slemmer married the accomplished daughter
of tbe Rev. John Reynolds of the Episcopal
Church, once a Chaplain in tbe navy. Tne
thunder-burst of tne Rebellion found Lieu
tenant Slemmer with a small garrison in Fort
McRea. Hastily gathering from the Navy
Yisrd a few troops wbo had proved faithful
among the faithless, and Joining to these a force
of marines from the war steamer Wyandotte,
then in Pensacole Bay, be tnrew himself,
with his little force, numbering only about,
eighty men, Into Fort Ploaeus. He had
secured himself against immediate attack
fiom Fort McRea, on shore opposite and about
a mile distant from Fort Pickens, by destroying
all the ammunition that was not locked in the
magazine of the former fort, and by spiking the
t una and ramming the tomplons so firmly into
ibe muzzles tbat they had to be bjreJout.
Lieutenant Slemmer beld Fort Pickens while
President Buchanan was temporizing with the
Rebels, nnlil the LSlb of April, 1861, without re
Inforcements, rtjeoting meantime a Reoel offer
of 12000 and a commission In the Bebel army,
and $500 to every private in his oommand, If he
would surrender this key to the Gulf or Mexioo.
Lieutenant Slemmer oommanded until the 20th
of A prll, when be yielded precedence to Colonel
Brown, wbo had been aent to provision and
amply garrison the fort. A like honorable
career in tbe subsequent history of the war
yielded promotion after promotion, until he
attained to tbe high oflloe whloh be beld at the
lime af bis death.
CONNEGTIO UT.
Democratic Mathematicians) Do Some
Wonderful figuring.
In speaking of the remarkable aptitude of the
Democracy for figuring out gains wbloh clear
headed people don't see, tbe Hartford Joal gives
tbe following:
Figuring is tbe forte of Democracy Just now.
With a Republican gain or 6000 In the majority
in Vermont, tbey set to work to figure out that
wltb corresponding changes in every State in
tbe Union they should elect Seymour. Maine
came down upon them with her Republican
msjorlty almost doubled with a gain of 0000
and they worked up the figures so successfully
as to show that If the same progress was made
by tbe Democrats In the otner Slates as they
had made la Maine, Seymour and Blair would
be triumphantly elected. Now they have
the town elections in Connecticut to figure on.
These show large Republican gains in nearly
every town, a gain In tbe aggregate of from two
to three thousand, and a net gain of twelve
towna In tbe State. Cut of these oheerful sta
tistics our Democratic friends of the lme$ and
Ktoiiter gather the greatest encouragement lor
tbe party. Tbey are beginning now lo bellave
there will be no opposition to Sevmour and
Blair. Tbe Times telegraphed to the WorlU Mon
day night that with such piogress as tbese re
turns ludicHted the Democrats would carry tbe
State by 6000 majority. And, verily, It would
not be a matter of surprise if, oue week from
to-day. after Pennsylvania, Iudtona, and Ohio
have all given handsome Republican majori
ties, these lancy flgurers and lightning calcula
tors should Inform their reader tbat it was ail
oue way , aud it was very doubtful If Grant and
Col lax got a single vote. Well.now.wbaloan you
call ibis sort of thing? We bate to pronounoe
ltlylDg. But. after all, what else is It T It isn't
evusloh, prevarication, equivocation, exaggera
tion, or any other allon tbat we know of. ex
cept deliberate falsification. When tbe editor
of the Times sits down, with tbe knowledge of a
net Democrallo loss In tbe towns ot Hartford
and New Haven of nearly 1000 votes, and of tbe
fact that the Republicans have made gains in a
MHjorltyof tbe towns, gaining entirely ten or
twelve towns, wberetbe Demoorats have gained
but one, and undertakes to show fiom suon
figures that the Democratic majority In tbe
State wonld reach 6000 what do you call HT If
it isn't lying, tbe word hatn't been invented
that covers the case.
A Savoyard schoolmaster la bo horrified at
bearing the name of Boobefort that he has
applied for permission to change it.
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TELEGRAPE
A Terrible Tragedy in Massachn-setts-Baltimore
Bonghs Still
Coining into Pennsylvania
The European Market
Reports.
Flunuclal and Gommorclal
FROM BOSTON.
Shocking Affair An Insane Father mur
ders tils Two Nona,
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Boston, Oct. 9. Mr. John Richardson, of the
firm ot Richardson A, Co., well-known exchange
brokers tn this city, arose trom his bed at about
one o'clock this morning, laboring under a fit of
insanity, and cat tbe throats of two of his chil
dren while thoy were asleep. The eldest, a boy
of thirteen years, died immediately, bat It is
hoped that the younger may recover. Mr.
Richardson escaped in bis night-gown, and has
not yet been found. He has probably made
way with himself.
Lateb. Mr. Richardson was found at day
light this morning; in a barn adjoining his resi
dence, a raving maniac. The affair has thrown
profound gloom on 'Change, where Mr. Richard
son Is well known and highly esteemed. Ills
extensive business is said to have been the
cause of his Insanity. He was preparing to go
abroad for his health.
It is ascertained iroji one of the members of
M r. Richardson's family, that atter cutting the
throat of his eldest son, who was lying sleeping
In his room adjoining that of his parents, Mr.
Richardson attempted to also kill his youngest
eon in a like manner, bat the child's screams
having awakened the mother, she finally suc
ceeded, at the peril of her own life, in forcibly
separating them.
Mrs. Richardson states that her husband
seemed for a moment cousclous of his terrible
deed, and Immediately rushed from the house.
From Mr. Richardson's appearance when cap
tured it was evident that he had jumped over,
board into the harbor, as his night-clothes
were wet. He wandered around Longwood, his
residence, and probably succeeded in secreting
himself in his barn after daylight this morning,
as it was locked previous to that time. He
remains entirely unconscious of his deed, and
has been sent to the Insane Asylam this morn
ing, at Booierville, Mass.
FR 0M BALTIMORE.
Itonglis Colonizing- in Pennsylvania A
Sew Planet.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Baltimobb, Oct. 9. Baltimore roughs, it -is
ascertained, are still being sent to Pennsylvania
to vote the Democratic ticket. Quite a number
Of suspicious characters left yesterday and this
morning, on the Northern Central Railway, for
York and elsewhere. Some of oar vigilant Re
publicans are en their track to point them out
It Is surprising to learn the numbers of con
servatives here who have abandoned the Demo
cracy, whilst many of the most influential
Democrats are known to be favorable to Grant.
One Grant club contains over seventy Demo
crats who left the party. Others are similarly
constituted.
Throughout the city thousands of citizens
have been gazing all morning at a star which
now appears brightly to the naked eye.
THE E UR OPE AN MARKETS.
Tbia Morning 'a Quotations.
By Atlantic Cable.
London, Oct. 9 A. M. Consols for money,
94$; lor account 94J. Reuter's telegram giving
tbe closing prices of American securities at New
York has not yet been made public. Tbe fol
lowing is tUerelore made without reference to
tbe condition of the home market: United S ates
6-20s, 74 ; Railway shares Arm; Illinois Central,
964 ; Eric, 32J.
Liverpool, Oct. 9 A. M.-J-Cotton steady.
The sales to-day will reach 8000 bales. Sales of
tbe week 96,000 bales, of which 19,000 were for
export, and 23.000 lor speculation. Stock of
cotton 427,000 bales, of which 89,000 bales are
American. Tallow, 48s.
PiRtB, Uct. 9, Tbe decrease of bullion in the
Bank ot France is 22,000,000 francs.
Tbla Afternoon's Quotations.
Lonpon, Oct. 9 P. M. Contois for money,
94); for account, 94Jt. United States Five-twenties
quiet and steady at 744- Stocks easier.
Illinois Central, 95j; Erie, 324.
LrvEKPOoL, Oct. 9 P. M.. Cotton steady and
rather n.ore active. The sales will reach 10,000
bales. The stock at sea amouuts to 611,000
bales, of nhich 11.000 are American. Lard hrm.
Petroleum dull. Fine rosin, 15s. 6d.
London, Oct 9 P. M. Sugar on tbe spot quiet.
Havkb, Uct. 9 P. M. Cottou,.135 Irancs for
tres ordiuaire.
Liverpool, Oct. 9 P. M. Cotton steady.
Wheat heavy; red, on tbe spot, 10s. 2d. Peas,
46s. 6d. Ccrn firmer, owing to the scarcitv of
stock, and prices have advanced to 38s. Pro
visions quiet. Spiiiti of petroleum, Is. 2d.
Yarns and labrlcs at Manchester are heavy.
Schooner Sunk, Four Persons Drowned
Chicago, Oct. 9. The schooner Torfar sunk
orTMuskegnm, Michigan, yesterday, and four
persons, whose names are unknown, were
drowned.
Markets by Telegraph.
NiW Tobk, Uct. . Hlockt stead y. Chicago and
Bock Ialaud, li Heading, Oanion, 4tt;
krl-, 40,i Cleveland aud Toledo, 1(M'; Olevsiaud and
pillMburg, my,; ftiUiunrg and Irort Wayne, lln:
Miclnsaa Central, 117S; Michigan Bouthero,
Mew York Central. 12H; Illinois Central, UK Cuui
berlaud preferred, SH: Virgiula da, 64; Mionrl Si. 81:
lHUdHi.n Klver. my,. t-M. Wl, 112V: do. l8t, llo;
do. itsa, ni'Hs do. new. h.': lo-m. MH Gold. U,
it one j, (oi7 per oen U Exchange, .
"fULTiMOBH, Oct. 9. Cotton flrmert ' middlings
2'ii26jo. J'lour more active at yesterday' quota
tins. When firm: ckolce red, S2-7S. Cora Arm;
wblte, SI 2Ul'8o. Oata hrm at 7fr$78a Ry un
rnatigrd. (Tiiveraeed quiet at SO. Provisions flrmj
M est 1'urk. 3U 60. Bacon, rib Hides, 17ai clear aides,
17o. bpuuidoin, Ho Uami, &j(i)Aio, Lard, WMaio.
New TorkStocU Quotations, a P. if.
Received by teletrrapb from Ulendlnnlng &
uavis. EHOGK Brokers. N o. 48 h. Third street.-
FOURTH EDITION
THE LATEST NEWS.
Sudden Death of Howell Cobb,
of Georgia.
Advices from the Tacittc-A Large
Fire in Cheyenne -A Trize
Fight in New York.
N. Y. Cent. R. 129U
N.Y.aud K.Hh.m, 9
Phil, and Kea-K.... 95
Mich. H.and N.I. R. 85
Cle. and tftt. R 87
Chi. and N. W. coin. 8! Z
Ohio and N. W. prt M'2
( bl. and K. I.K 10 ,
11 1 U. F. W . and Chi 1 10)2
Pae. Hall 8 tea. Oo..l2ft
roieoodt wab M i
Mil. A Ht M nn... liu
Adams Express (Jo f)Z
Wells, Fariro (Jo 29
U B. Express..... iVX
Tenn. 6s, new....... Mi
Gold ....m'4
Market strong.
OBITUARY.
Ieatn or Howell Cobb, of Georgia.
New York, OoU 9 At half past 10 o'oloek
this morning Howell Cobb, of Georgia, dropped
dead In the corridor of th e Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Sketch of Howell Cobb.
Howell Cobb, whose sudden death Is an
nounced In the above despateh, was a native
Georgian, having been born at Cnerry Hill,
Jefferson county, In that State, on the 7th of
September, 1815.
He had therefore Just completed his fifty
third year. While a child bis father removed
to the town of Athens, Georgia, whloh has slnoe
been his place of residence. He waseduotted
aiFranklln (Jollego, Athens, where hegraduated
in 1831. He then tnrned his attention to tne
study of the law, and was admitted lo the bar
In 1836.
The first office held by him was that of Sollol-tor-ueaeral
of the Western Circuit ot Ueorgla.to
which position he was elected by tue Legisla
ture In 1837. He beld the office for three years,
and during that period laid the foundations of
an extensive and luoratlve practice. In 1813
commenced his long and stormy Congressional
career. He was elected a member of tue House
of Representatives four times In suoosislon,
serving front 1813 to 1851, holding the position
of Speaker during his last term, that of the
Thirty. first Congress. During the whole of
this period he was one ot the boldest and most
efficient leaders of the extreme Southern
party, and by his unquestioned ability and
strength of character ranked as a leader of that
party. As tbe result ol the compromise mea
sures of 1850, a strong opposition lo hloi and his
parly was developed lubls native ttuie, but at
the expiration of his Congressional
tour he was elected Governor of the
fc-tate by an overwhelming vote. His term as
Governor was for two years, and at its expira
tion he resumed the praotloe of the law until
1855, when he was again elected a member of
Congress. In the campaign of 1856 he stomped
several of tne Northern States for Buebanan,
and was rewarded with the position of eo ro
tary of the Treasury In tbe letter's Cabinet.
Since that period he has figured so prominently
as a leader of the great pro-slavery Demo
cratic Rebellion, as a member of the so called'
Confederate Congress, and a Brigadier-General
in tbe Rebel army, that his record is yet fresh
in the minds of the people. At the o!ose of tho
war, like many of bis kindred spirits in rebel
lion, he failed to reoognlze the results of tbe
war, and was still to be ranked as a disguise J,
11 not an open enemy, of tbe Union.
FROM NEW YORK.
A Brntal Price Fight Between Two
tVell-knowu Houghs.
Special Despatch to The livening Telegraph.
Kiw Yobk, Oct. 9,k very desperate prize
fight came off this morning, in Brooklyn, be
tween two roughs, named Wagner and Dolan,
both of Williamsburg, N. Y. Thirty two brutal
rounds were fought, when tbe tight was declared
won by Waaroer. The fight occupied one hour
and eight minutes. Both men were badly pun
ished, and neither was able to leave tbe ring
alone. Wasner's nose and month were badly
disfigured, aud his ribs were one mans of lelly,
surrounded with lumo: while Dolau'a head was
twice its natural size and both his eyes were
closed shortly alter he was taken from the ring.
Detsrnctive Fire Pacific; Railroad.
ST. Louis, Oct. 9. A fire at Cheyenne on
Wednesday entlrelydestroyed a blooaot irama
stores on Sixteenth street, and several bull Jl rust
on Ferguson street. The loss is not s.aied.
Tbere was no Insurance on tbe property.
Tbe Union Faolno Railroad Is forwarding
ninety car loads of construction material to lua
eud of tbe track daily. A lRrge number of
sijOW ploughs have been placed at convenient
distances on the mountains, ready for use.
From Connecticut.
Norwich, Ct., Oot 0. The sessions of the
fioura of Foreign Missions closed ibis morning,
with an immense meeting at Brotdwavoburou.
After tbe opening exercises, Josepn It iocs, of
Boston, proposed a resolution of tuaoksio the
people of Norwich, and others, for their kind
ness and attention to this Board. The President
announced the Committee on Ne Membarshio
for the coming year. The meeting was ad
dressed by the Hon. A. Buckingham, Hoo.
James Child, John Klugatmry, Dr. J. B. Condtt,
Dr. Stearns, and others.
Rowing Match.
Bostok, Oct. 9. John Tyler, Jr., of this etty,
has challenged Walter Brown to a ro ving- match
for from $1000 to $2000, to take place on the
Hudson river at Troy, New Yorlt.
Latest Markets by Telegraph.
Hiw Ton, Octi 9,-Oottoo firmer at 2W$2ft.
Flenr firmer; .ali-a ol ll.OuU barrsla mat. at tt 73 4
S su; Western, ( 7S-50j Southern, S8-7o(j 18 16: 0li
fornla, 8 (iVIO-75 Wuat dul'i .alas or lU.ilue saitiei
spring i Sl tis Corn Suoy.nl and advauod Utdto.;
lof 76 10 bmnels at 1U(1 18 Oats quiet at
74&74C B.efqnint. Pork firm at I2 12i. Lard quiet
at WiX. Whisky qoim.
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Orrica or tui Jivknims Tklkobafh,1
Friday, Oct. , ltws.
The Stock market was dull this morning, and
prices generally were lower. Government secu
rities were tirmlv beld. 104 was bid forlO-lOs;
113 for 6s ot 1881: 110, tor '04 5-20s; 110i for
'65 6-20s; 108$ lor July, 65, 5-20a; and lu8j for
'C7 6-20s. City loans were unchanged.
Railroad shares were inactive. Heading sold
at 47 69 I(j0al7, a slight decline; Pennsylvania
Hail road at 66ja56j, a slight decline; Lehkh
Valley at 65, ne change; Catawisa preferred
at 34Aa34J, a decline of 4! and Northern Central
at 48 J, a decline of . 127 was bid lor Camden
aud Amboyj 30 tor Blraira common; 40 lor pre
ferred do.; and 20 tor Philadelphia aud Brie.
PUILAbKLPUU STOCK KICHA.NUK MILKS TO-OAT
Reported by De Haven A Bro., No. 40 8. Third street
FlKMT B'lARII.
hoo ra as, i seneo.ia.i04
t6uu CJlty OS, MttW.l8.102V
IIW0 lh an. Hi ........ 8B4
20 lb LliNlT.,., ., sot
4 ah Ih V H M
looah lmK... bl
6 do .............. MS
ire do........ia. 66Ji
aosh N Central........
me following are
200 n Bead R......l AVA
1110 OO C.47KI
S do Is. 080. 477-
loo do.UM... iK
0 CIO .. 47
HOO dO.....)B.t)'0. 47'i
800 do l-0 47 W
loosbCata Ff..b6o. Hi'Z
loo do
this mornlna's gold
quotations, renorled bv Narr A l,ndner. No. 30
nuuiu iuira street:
10-00 A. M.
10-07
10- 21
11- 35
10-40
10-45
10-50
138 11-12 A.M.
139
1391
139J
139
139
138;
11-20
11- 35 "
1130 "
12- 00 M.
12-09 P. M.
138
139
139
139
1.181
13J
FIFTH EDITION
EURO I? 32 .
Reported Declaration of
dependence by Cuba.
In.
Messrs. De Haven 4 Brother, No. 40 Santa
Third street, report the followlug rates of er
change to-day at 8 p. M.z-U. a td of 1881.113
aiUJt do. 1862, 112ArdU2Js do., 180, liu-a
1101; do.,1805, 110Qill0i;'do. 1801, new. iwm
ml; do., 107. new. 1U8J 108(; do.. 18U8, 108J
M109I; do., 6s,10-40s, 104Jtl01f. Due Com.
pound Interest Notes, 1194; do. October,
1865, 119. Gold, 1390139J. Silver, 133135.
Tlio Abolition of Slavery.
By Atlantic Cable.
London, Oct. 9. Rumors are current in Paris
and Madrid tbat Cuba has declared her inde
pendence. The Madrid Junta will bring a bll1
belore the Cortes for abolishing slavery in the
eolonies at the expiration of ten years.
Kew TorU Stock 4lnottlons 4 P. It.
Received by teiegrapti from Glsndlnnlaa 4
Davis, Slock Brokers. M 41 n. Third strait.
N Y. Oent. K 12 i P.clflo K. S " V
N. Y. and E. R. 4Sy4 Western lyTxftlL !&
Ph. ad Ra. R Toledo 4 Waba.bT Wl
Mich. . awd N. I. R 85 Mil. St.Paul oom. Sft2
OU-v. A Pittsb'g It. 88 I Adanas EipreM... 6ld
Ohl. and N.W. eom Sl'i Wells. Fargo Exp." 29(4
Chl.andN.w.ref. Wi V.B. Exp. Jo.Z vQ
Chi. and R. I. R 105' Tennessee s.new
pnu.r. w. a chi. no Qou :.::l:.:lt
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Friday, Oct. 9. Tbe Flour Market remain
in the same apatbetlo condition noted yester
day, and the tendency of prloes Is decidedly
downwards. About 690 barrels were taken bj
the home consumers, mostly spring wheat
extra family at 13 50(39 25, Including old spring
Wheat do. at 19 259 50; Pennsylvania and Ohio
do. at 9 75U 60; fancy brands at $12913 50;
extras at 18(5,8 75; and superfine at S8 257-60
Rye Flour Is steady, with sales of 100 barrels at
18-60. Nothing doing In Corn Meal.
The Wheat Market presents no new feature,
and prices continue to fvor buyers. The stooka
and receipts are moderate, but they consist
chiefly of inferior and medium grades whloh
are unsalable; sales of rd ar. f2,10(a2 20 and
1 i0 bushels amber at 12 2502 28 Rye is in fair
request; sales of Pennsylvania at tl 60 per
Duehel. Corn is sirouger, but the volume of
business is lleht; sales of yellow at tl 24(41-25.
and 1500 bushels Western mixed at 1S0184:
also 600 bushels wblte t $120. Oats have also
improved; sales f Pennftylvanla at 7874o.
Parley Is firm, with sales of Nev York at $210(3
2 20 for two-rowed, and $2 162 20 for four
rowed. Malt is unchanged.
Bark Is wanted at $18 per ton for No. 1 Oner
citron.
Whisky la selling at $1 45 per gallon, tax paid
M. BchQlts A Co., No. 44 South Third street,
report tb following quotations per steamarjlri
Cliy or Part": Ixndon, so days sight, m(AWt;
do. I do., le7iIOt,'t; Parts so do. do., M.3V(i
B' 18V: do. S do., 6USa)f,r.l8U: Antwerp SO do. dol
6r.8ksr.llV: Bremen So do. do..78L,(n7; Humbnrr,
60 Op. do.. 8J.ieX: ColoRoa Ieltwlo, and Berlin 0do.
do., 7ha)7lli; Amsterdam and Frankfort 0 do. do..
4Jiffl41. Market dull.
The tonnage on tbe Canal of the Sobnyklll '
Navigation Company for the week ending:
October 8, 1868, Inclusive, was 84,29914 tons.
Corresponding week last year.-... 29.641 05 "
Increase for the week 4,758.09 H
For the season to Oot 8. 18H8 ..70j26 09 "
For the season to Oot. 1, 1867 759,030 12 "
Decrease .............53, 704 08
LATEST SMirriXB INTELLIGENCE,
tbr additional Marine JYeios set Inside Paget.
PORT OJP PHILADELPHIA......,, OCTOBER 0,
STATS 0 TKBSMOMITSB a THB MVUNIXQ M.
T A. M...............49IU A. M ..6711 P. M, ,U.M
OLWARRD THI8 MOBNTNO.
Eh P, S)5f T,Dkham. avannb. Warren A Greg.
Col tuuimlngs, Miller, Ajpinwall, Merchant,
SieaiDBblp Fanlta. Freeman, New Tork. John F. Ohl.
iaard Act. '' Crta,Bn' e". I Wmir.
awed brig- Anna Mart-areue. Blomldon, Havre, da
Jlgjo 001108 ' Ho,mer- nustoa. Auduuried, Norton
B'lg Harry, Btnart, Bath. Trier A Co.
Bns Augella, r.wn. tuiem. L, Audenrted A Oou
Bohr AlHry and Francis. Buyle. Klclimond. So!
feonr Argus lye, M.yoew, Biem 0rloom A Uo.
Kcbr Helen B. Jones. Pawtocxwi. Lennox A Burxess.
fechr A. M Haines, Barrett, Richmond, Laihoury.
Wlc'kerabam A (Jo.
Bc.hr Win. B. Mann, Stanford. Charleston. B. O.. do.
sHUV-SWentoron."'' NrWU' C""ler'
ARRIVED THI1 MOKNING.
Steamship Fanlta, Freeman, S4 boors from New
Ymk. wlih mdse. to Jttbn F. Onl.
Bcbr Helen B. Jones, s days Irom Bockland, with
nxme. to captain. "
Bcbr Kesoue. Kelly, t days from New Tork, with
n.dne. to Oaivtn Crowell. '
Bcbr Mary and Francu. Boyle, from Derby, Gins), .
rhr A rgus K e. May dew. from Balem.
Bcbr M. Longbery. Lonirnery trom Norwalk, ' '
Br.hr Clara Iiavktnoa,, Jeffera, from Lvno.
BnhrJas Allderdice. Wllietu. trom Boston.
Bcbr J. B. Mvara. Elwo id, from Bust in
Botr Northern Ltgbt. Ireland, from B'ttton.
Bcbr J. T. Weaver, Weaver, trom Boston.
Bchr E, H. Bloxaom. Bioxnim, 1 day from Magno
lia Dei., witb train ta Ju. Barrett.
Steamer A. C Btlmere. Knox, 24 boars from New
Tork. wltb mne. to W. P. Clyde A Co.
Bteamer F. Franklin. Pleraoo. 18 hoars from Balti
more, wltb mdnn. to A. Mroves, Jr.
TurThos. JefTerRon, Allen, trom Baltimore, with a
tow ot bartea to W. P. Clyde A Oo.
Correspondence 0 the Philadelphia JBxehanoe.
Lbwks, Del., Oot. 7 S P M. Brig Alex. Mllllken,
from Philadelphia for Boston, andaohrlra Bllsa, do.
for Providence, went to sea this morning from the
Breakwater
Bteamer Banger, from New Tork for Chesapeake
Bay, and chr Lady Jane, from New Tork tor Nor
folk, remain in tbe harbor. Wind B.
JOdEPH LAFETBA.
MEMORANDA.
Steamship Whirlwind, tieer, hence, at Providence
Ttk lost.
Bng m a Haskell, Haskell, hence, at Balem 7th
Inataul,
Bchra D. B. Btreaker. Vangtlder. and J. Oadwalader,
Bteeiman, tor Philadelphia, sailed trom Balem lh
laatanl,
lTflLMUFE
Fobtbcm MoitMoa. Oct, 9 -Passed np for Balti
note Brig Ists, and acbr Bneoulator. Passed out
cu'uer Del'aafellV",00'! Drl tador',knl Bevenae
EPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS,
OfFHJK. No. 1MB. FIFTH BTBkHfiP. '
MO HUE TO UONTBACTOBd.
Sealed Prop-can will be received at tbe Office oftbe
Cblet t'tmuiiHgioner of Highways until 12 o'clock W,
on a. OM DA Y . li h inai, fur tbe conalruotton of a
Bewer on the line ot Tweuly-nrBt street, from Loouat
to Miruce atreet. tbeoce eastwaid along tbe line of
Brroce kireet 10 a point about soo feel east ol Twen
tieln hi reel.
Bald sewers to be const r no ted of brloks, circular la
form, la co rdance; with apeclflcailoas prepared
byihaChlei Kuilueer and Surveyor, wltb suon Iron
or aione Inlets and menu.. lea aauaybe directed by
the Chief Kiikinet-r and Hurveyor. Tne understanding
to be that tne aewrra herein advertlaed are to be com
pleted on or belore the tat flay ot Deoember, IMS. And
the CXhilrautor aball lake bill prep red agalnal tbe
properly lroutliig uu baid aewer to Ibe amount of one
dollar aud Iwemj-live oenu for each lineal foot of
Irent ou eaob side of tbe atre t aa ao mucb cash paid;
the balance, a. Hunted by ordinance, lo be pa'd by
theclty. aud tbe cootraoiur wtl be required to keep
(he .tr.et and aewer in good order lor three years
alter tberewer la tl.lai eU.
When tbe atreet la occupied by a City Passenger
Palhoad irark tt.e Hewer shall be constructed al ng
s'de of aald track in ui'h luanuar aa not loob.i'ruot oc
iLter'ere wUb tbe aate paseae of Ibe cars 1 hereon;
aud no c'alm for r uionera loo abail be paid the Con
tractor by tbe company uairgaald track, as specified
in Aciol A'aembly approved May S, 1868.
A i h.ddera are luvliei to be present at tbe lime
and pla eof opening ibe ald propoaaia. Kacb pro
poaal will be accompanied by a certlucaie tbat a
noua lias been una 11 toe j.ew Departmeai, a a,
rettfd bv Ordinance of May 5, ln. It the loweat
bidreraball not execute a eonlract wltbln five days
aiier ibe wirk I" awarded, bo will be deemed as de
clining, end will be beld i'ab'e on bit bond for the
dllt'erei re between bis bid and tbe next blgbeet bid:
and Hi In Department ,aervee lie right to tej tel all
blda not deemed aauafao ory. Bpeolftceiloua maybe
bad at tbe Depanmeut of earveys, which wlU be
smelly aoheied to,
mhlon h. noKmsow.
10 tit Chief Oemibutaloaer of JUgbwajrs.