THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17; 8Gii
NEW YORKISMS.
from Ow Own Oorretpondeni.
Nw Yoi, Not. 17, IMS.
The icUlle of tbe
rCtTOH FCRBT OOMISIOK
r bf this time known, by telegraph, to most
f the readers of Thb fivewwo TFtEOBAPii. It
Is one of those foims of death which are pos
tibia every daj, yet which ferry crossers mlpbt
go for a lifetime without encountering. The
public are to blame lor It as ranch as the men at
the wheels tbe respective Itiom of the boats.
The primary cause of all the trouble, however,
ie laid upon the Union Ferry Company, which
has a controlling Interest In the East Biver
fridge stock, and U bsbU uous in endeavoring to
prevent Its erection.
The Corona's inquest is busy over the vlcWm
nd Investigation, end It Is to be hopeJ that
its usual 'foiling of stupidity will not I'&n to
Virtue's ride of general acijutttal.
TDB BLSJCTtON rBACDS
are being investigated by a net of Jurymen tbat
micht have been chosen by the faaai'.lar spirit of
old ffammany.
Tbe selection insinuate that that familiar
spirit Is not only willing that :Oie ballot-box
flhould be dragged in the mire, but also that
Justice should fold her hands at3 smile greasily
oyer tbe desecration.
The Jury, in fuct, is packed with Tammany
contractor and politicians, pnd one of them is
a candidate for the seat Hoffman is to make
vacant.
Tbe streets and steamboats of New York and
its vicinMy are gradually to be deprived of one
of their most romantic associations. Tliis
jomanticism is the
ITAIJAN " OBGAK-ORIMUSTS,''
who rre met with in every other block, find
make the ferry trip melodious with hsrp-adap-Utloos
of "Captain Jinks."
"Orgau-frrifldiiits" is the generic term, though
few or them grind organs. Their musical capa
bilities are mainly confined to the harp and
-tioKn.
One or two of them have really fine voices,
lacking 'culture of course; and duricg tbe fine
summer and autumn nights crowds eurrouoded
them at the doors of beer-saloons, and rewarded
their cbaunts with libations of pence.
Tbe boy, In spite of Mrs. Partington, Is father
to the man; let us believe that tbe desp'ned
Italian organ-grindist is tbe germ of future
Urlgnolis and Aroodios.
However, it is a fact that a bill, prohibiting
Ibe exportation of boys lor e inging aud organ
grinding purp ees, la soon to be passed in the
Italian Parliament.
Then will this feature of the New York streets
and steamboats finally dioappear. "Farewell
tweet child, larewell."
One last word on this subject;
Tbe otber evening Ole Bull wa9 crossing the
Fulton ferry, to give a concert in Brooklyn.
Only a few people were on the boat at the time,
and the Italian boy's industrious violin was
little listened to and ill rewarded.
The venerable stranger took the instrument
from the hands of the wandering youth, and
improvised a surprising fantasia on a popular
negro melody, tbe buiden of which is that the
singer ie "just as happy as a big sunflower,"
sunflowers possessing a capacity for enjoyment
unequalled by any other phase of vegetable cre
ation. Then he ecnt the rejoicing son and brother
round, aud the rejoicing gathered ten-cent
postage currency inuuroer-ible, and turned to
thank his benefactor (in choice Italian), but ho
had fled !
I tell tbe tale as the ferry boat reporter told it
tome. Do I believe it? No; but then it is a
very pretty 6tory; aud Ole Bull would have done
so bad been there aDd felt like it, and was iu the
habit of improvising fantasies on negro
melodies, and was acquainted with the meaua
of escaping horn a ferry-boat in the middle of
the river.
BEGGARS
increaf and multiply by more 6wiftly acting
laws than those which regulate tbe ordinary
jacana of propagation."
It is easier to keep the wolf from the door
than them.
The only way for the charitable to get rid of
there la to turn his eyes to the study of the
beautiful, and to shut his pocket from a sense of
what the Interests of art require from him.
MAJOR PAULINE CUSHMAN,
worse known as Mrs. Harriet P. Ward, cele
brated last Babbath by appearing before the
Jefferson Police Court, at the instaneo of
Deputy Marshal Abuer B. Kewcomb, to answer
the charge of having stolen $500 from that
official.
Mrs. Ward said that if there was anything
,tbe was soiry for she was glad of it, aud willing
to be forgiven. So Abuer relented, and the
Lady of Lyons departed in peace.
TBI BOWERY GRANT CLUB
has been dining and wining over General Qranti
and the Bowery Seyoiour Club has been dining
and whiniig over another individual,
HENRY WABD BEECHES
has been preachlDg an "all-tired" sermon about
the "whisky ring" in New Y.ork.
He sajs that Now York and Brooklyn are
little better than Sodom and Gomorrah, though
I scarcely think he believes wo aie nearing de
struction for our slue, as those two unnaturally
-voluptuous cities did.
At the conclusion he prayed that judges and
all other "frauds" migUt be made away with in
a tnap-fcbort of time.
TUB COMING PRESIDENT
has betn doing West Point und is uo reposing
in tbe. bosom or one ot the principal hotels.
A telegraphic despatch lays lie wore lavender
colored kids whilst doing tbe hand shaking at
Weft Point and 011 his louruey hither. Thut
may be so, but the gloves Were black when he
got through.
MAX MARRTZEK
havine loosed himself Iroru Miss Kelloeg for tbe
time bciug, has taken np the forsaken Lt Grange,
and la .prepared to weave together for four
sip Ms aud one matinee the complex elements
of German and Italian opera.
As I passed tbe stage doors of the Academy as
early as half-past teven yesterday niornln?, tbe
porters were hauling in the chorus sinners'
trunks, and it made mo miserable (for two
seconds) to think of the thiltlug fortunes of
operatic manager and the mutability of opsratlc
ventf.
Last night Agatha States, Madame Cellini.
Brigaoll, Orlandini, and Barill appeared in II
Jrotaiore. Thla evening FidtUo is to be pre
toted in German Cellini, Hotter, IIabfruian,
IficLardt, fVormes, and Hermanns, Ou Welnta
f!f D'itt La Grange will aj'prar io the .Italian
Jtobeit le Liab'e, and on Friday night in the
German Irrysehutt.
bs. eoorr sinuous
is to be the leading lady ot Booth's sew theatre,
which Is to open on Christmas Eve.
Axi Daba.
A CANARD.
A Cnrrent Falsehood Corrected.
In reference to tbe false report! concerning
Dr. 11. T. Jlelmbold, the well-known druggist
and chemist, of New York city, we copy with
pleasure the following denial from tbe N. Y,
JCvtning Telegram:
"Borne of me papers recently gave eurrenoy
to a report that Dr. Tlelmbold, tbe famous
druggist of this city, bad been attacked by a
sudden UlncM which bad a Hoot ed bis brain
pnd Incapacitated -htm from business pursuits.
Thin rumor, we are glad to say, bad not tne
llKtert foundation lu fact. Dr. tlelmbold has
recently been engaged In renovating, we may
almost aay In rebuilding, bis handsoiuestore In
tbe Metropolitan Hotel building, aud with bis
customary energy and enterprise bas been de
voting nearly hlsentlre time In superintending
tbe hpiendld improvement. Tbe aotlve interest
hnlwk In Kie recent campaign compelled him
bIko 10 receive a large number of visitors in hi
leisure htwrs, which wire few, and to attend
annny Important political consultations. The
reaction after bis laborious duties were brought
to a close, aud the excitement consequent upon
tbe handsome reception given by tne Doctor
on the openirg ol his new establtubment, pros
trated him 1r u while, but he speedily re
covered, and la bow quite well aud engaged as
usual iu bit buMneta. Dr. tlelmbold Is tt man
of Immense buliMs capacity, strong mind and
active habits, an. I it would not be an easy
waiter to shake either hi constitution or bis
brain. He has curried on fur years one of the
rni. si extenslvo trades in the metropolis la a
manner unexcelled as a business man of ca
pacity and enlarprlao, aud has built up a
princely fortune iu a comparatively brlet apace
of time. He tins done this not by parsimony,
but by a lliierwl end shrewd use of the means at
his commend, til career is a pattern fur yoim
business men 10 follow, ami we wisu every
meielisut In trie city was Just about as crazy as
Dr. Helm bolt."
The Mew ork Democrat contains thefollow
iiiR vtrslor. of thesirali:
"There must hnve been near twenty thousand
people in and out of Dr. It. T. Jlelmbold's
great drug palace lu the Metropolitan Hotel
bnlldlng 00 Wednesday evening. The recep
tion, v.'iilch lasted urn II too lute au hour for us
to be able to do it justice in our issue of yestnr
terday,wns a reception of the public without
distinction of persons, thoroughly democratic
in spirit and in the manner of its arrangement,
and a more generally festive time has rarely
been experienced. The Doctor relied on tbe
resources of the Messrs. Inlands' famous house
for tne mnterluls of bis entertalnmeul, and the
accomplished cooks and oalerors of that
htit'jllshiiiedt provided an fuexbaustible
supply of lobster' and cbloaeu salads,
Bund wlches, tongues, hams, and such
other comestibles as go to make up what
is known as a collatloa. Moreover, for tnose
who were convlvially tnolined, there was no
lack of sparkling vintage and exhilarating dis
tillations. The throng came and went from 8
o'cUick till nearly midnight, aud, considering
the miscellaneous elements of its composition,
was marvellously well cjuducted. A strong
contingent of the Fourteenth precinct police,
under Captain Garland, attended, but their
services wi re only required to occasionally or
eanlze tbe stream ot lugress and egress, and
subdue the demonstrations of a lew rather too
Juvenile members of tbe company. The details
of the reception were superintended by Dr.
Helmbold In person, acslsted by an elHolent
force of courteousnud eeiillemaullke assistants,
many of whom rivalled the most exquisite of
'.Brown's young men' lu the lmmuculaoy of
their general get-up and tlegage ease and
grace of style and eonveisatlon. Mrs.
Helmbold, a most eleguut and fasci
nating woman, witn her beautiful aud accom
plished daughter, brightened the scene with
their presence, and warmly welcomed all who
had the good fortune to be introduced to them.
Taken altogether, the uitttlr was one to be lonir
remembered, and was probably a season ot
greater enjoyment to a greuter number of per
sons than any thing of Its kind that hs oc
curred lor a loug time. This reccptlou of Dr.
Helmbold was nrrauged to commemorate one
of the most extraordinary ellorts of business
eneigy and enterprise that was ever successfully
altumpted and oariied lntoexeoulloii. Tne uu
nrecedeuted expanslou and development of Dr.
Heluibold's wholesale aud retail dealings Im
peratively called for an Increase of resources
and an enlargement of space. The Doctor re
solved that this Increase and enlargement
should be mane in so snort a nine as 10 luter
lere us l'ttle as possible with the wants aud con
venience of t he nubile His oblect was to ner-
lorm his Aladuin-llke feat wltbln the limits of
one week, and, by the exercise of almost super
human endeavor, that object was accomplished
in nve days, u na premises were remodelled, so
as to carry the former depth of loU feet
through 275 feet from Broadway Into Crosby
street. On the former hard wood floor was lati
an inch and a half of Horn an eoment, aud on
Ibis slHbs of white Italian marble cut from ttta
solid block. Tnese slabs are six feet by three.
and make a magnificent pavement. Without
contdderlDg the lmmeuse value of the new
stock laid in and this would have to be reck
oned in the hundreds of thousands the Im
provements of the stone alone cost more than
twenty thousand dollars. Tbe Helmbold palace
is perhaps the most dazzllngly resplendent
d bob of its kind on Broadway, and eonse
quently in the world. It Is a gem of exquisitely
blended color and soft radiance, and may be
rtgaroea as tue most noiao'.e monument extant
ot what courage and liberality oomblned, lu
tbe direction ot an ordinary pursuit, will even
tually create. It is with sincere regret we learn
that Dr. Helmbold's arduous and prolonged
exertions resuiieu in attack or nervous prostra
lion, from which it will labe'hlm a brief Inter
val of repose to reeover. We are equally gla 1
to snow thai tne reports or me matter in tue
evening papers were unintentionally exag
gerated." CITY INTELLIGENCE.
Philadelphia. Maritimb Ektbrprisb Ax
Additional Steamer for tub Loriliard Line
to Jew York. One of the most prosperous
and succeestul maritime enterprises that was
ever projected in this city is the Loriliard line
of steamers that ply between Philadelphia and
new York, rue business 01 me line nas been
steadily on the incresse eversince the establish
ment of the line, and lately so much so as to
necessitate tbe construction of an alditiouitl
steamer. Tbe new vessel is called the "Volua
tecr," and will be under the etliclent commaud
of Captain VV. B. Gallagher. She arrived at the
pior of the company, No. 19 North Wuarves,
last evening, and attracted cousiJerab'.e atten
tion. Tie new vessel is constructed entirely of
iron and built in the most substitntial maimer.
Her length is 1C4 feet, breadth of beam, 3(1 fejt;
depth of lower bold, 8 fort; depth between
decks, 7.J feet, and is over GOO tons burthen. Too
vessel has three water-tight iron bulkhead,
with Gale valves to each, and two force pump,
csch lour inches in dmme'er aod five iucu
(stroke, fche bas a donkey ennine and centrifugal
pump, capable of throwing 2UU0 callous of water
l er minute, aud a 40-inch cylinder. The vessel
is well supplied with boat, hose, and life
preservers. Mie was built by Messrs. iieaucy,
bou & Co., Chester, Pa,
The Scpfolk Street Stadbino Case. The
following is a correct version of the stabbiiur
CHte that occurred on Sunday night lu Hull'olk
street, near Ninth. It appears thut a mm
named Patrick t'lynu engaged in a tlht witu
another man named Tetreuce McGjire, anl
after tbe tijjht M.iGuiro went out into tho yard
and washed hiuucli at a hydrant. Flynn fol
lowed him out, and going quietly up to him
trui k McGulre iu tbe buck with a shoemaker's
knil. A citizen undertook to arrest Flyou,
when be whs Immediately kuocked down by a
man named Edward Murray. Aldertnuu Bon
fall committed Flynn, wbo was soon afterwards
arrested, to await the result of McGuire's
injuiies.
Tiik ! air In aid of the Industrial ITome for
Tlind Women was opened last niiibt under very
brilliant auspices. The Kev. Dr. Ctowell made
an appropriate prayer, and waj lollowoj by
t.oveiuor Pollock, wbo, iu his usual happy
niaunrr, made an eloquent and stlrrlne address.
The room was elegantly draped wl ii the
American (lug, an J the tables handsomely
decorated sod loaded with articles combining
besuty and usefulnecs. The art gallery needs
ml to be seen to be appreciated. The youug
?l tue ' ost 0,Uc8 ere busily engaged in
tbe delivery of letter. We hope the interest
will continue to increase throughout the fair.
Th Twmtt-fourth Ward HoMicina Casb
Corowbr's Invrwioatiow. At 1 o'clock this
afternoon Coroner Daniels held an inquest In
the case ot William McKeive, wbo was kdleJ on
Sunday afternoon last, on Lancaster avenue. In
the Twenty-fourth ward. Tbe tnqnost was beKl
at the Commissioner's Hall, Tbtrty-sevsnth and
Market streets. A large crowd was la attend,
ance, and tbe caie appears to excite grea,', int
rst In tbe Twenty-fourth ward,
The following limed person, who are
charged ;;"n participation In the affair, were
uroitfchtto the Hall for identitlcatlon:-Jamci
Hunt, Henry Bnatz, Levi Stiles, John Dougherty,
John Baxter, John Morris, George Young.
The first witnes sxamined was Michael
Kenny, who testified that the deceased, together
with witness and two other, was arolng up
Lancaster avenue, at about ten minutes past 6
o'clock; saw three young men coming down,
who appeared to be drunk, and they stsegered
against Mr. BIcKieve and witness, and male
some insulting remarks: these men passed by,
when the decease, who was behind them with
Mr. Wadlow, said "Hoys go on, we don't want
to have anything to do with ynu;"onoof the
three men had a club (witness recognized Hart
as one of the men); stones were then thrown
at witness and deceased; the latter
was bit in the bead, knocking his hat offi wit-nei-s
to-'id tbem to stop tht," they were doing
wrontr, when tr.ey said, "G for that " with
a hifih hat on, meaning witness; deceased wa
all ihis time lying uuder a lamp post; witness
saw a man rrme acres the lot and struck the
decened wfili a club wailo he was flovn;Mr.
Wadlow told wituest to watch the man with a
white hst (Hart), as he was the mm
wbo struck the deceased with a btirk; Hart tip
and run ar d witness and Wallow run after him
aDd catxrht him as h was iurrping a fence:
Hart appealed to the crowd not to let tbesn
cltizetieako him; wtttiesi said "you have killed
a man," aud Hart auid "I wiwi it had been
vou; I'd kill half a dozen such-ram."
The next witness wis Joseph McGulre, who
cotroborated the statement of the previous
witness.
Or. bbapluteh testified fl follows: There
was a severe contusion in the leit tern ole; a
wound au lurh aud a half lot.g behind and
above the leitear; these wounds extended to
the skull, and seemed to have beea made by
some sharp instrument ; tbe whole of tha back
part ot the head was bruised, aud there wts
murh mtlused blood beneath the scilp; there
was a Iracttre of the ssttll on the riehtside,
four inches long, running from the pro
minent fart of tbe parietal bone
downwardc and upwards through, the pa
rietal and temporsl bones; another
fracture on the leit side, starting at the middle
of tbe upper part of the occipital bjne and
running forward aod slightly downwards
through the occipital, parietal, and temporal
bones; there was a largo clot of blood resting
upon tbe leit hemisphere of the brain; much
blood was found elfused beneath tbe mem
branes, over a quarter part of the brain; the
deceased came to his death by comprcsjisa ot
the brain, tbe result of violence.
The Inquest was progressing at 10 minutes of
2 o'clock, when our report lo"d.
Thf Morton IIomicidh. Coroner Daniels
resumed the investigation this morning ia the
ense ot William MurUn, who was shot on the
night of the October election at the polls Sixth
and Tasker streets. 6evcrul witnesses were
examined, but, except oue, thuir testimony had
no bearing on the question.
C harles B. Cieeny swora Wal at my nncln's on the
nlglit ;o( the llltb ot Ociobei: there was a pany lainii
down from ham A'eak'rf, at Hlxih und JJlukerson
streets, headed hy ban Keddintr: became In the br
1 00m. then went ont and wnt ov-er no the other side
of ibe sireet; then there was a l"d tired la front or
tbe bouse; Bedding then ra over, and as hooii as he
put bis to t 00 the curbsioue he lifted uo his nand ftnd
ssld, "Ah, you son of ." and tired at Mor
ton, jut at he was at tbe bill-board: he then
ilrtd at-o'l'er load at Mortou. who tell as be was
cumins h' .the door: Morton called "Olr!" as he tell;
be was it ked np by a nin named Thoirp en; there
was auothi-r man Btandlog In the csr track with a
dimblt-riarrelrd sun in bis band, and sUU another
with a munket: alter shomliK Morton, Keddlog ran
up Worth street; I then went to Dlckerntn strnet, and
heard it.ildlng nay that It lils pliK)i bad (tone oil' ne
woa'd have tluei a man. that be had it up to his
head; I am oor tldent that Redding shot Morton.
The jury then rendered a verJict that William
Morton came to his death from a gun-hot
wound, at the house of 1'ainel Keddiug. ot) tbe
nlnht ot October 13, 18G8. at a. W. corner of
fcixlh aud Hickeison streets.
Jcbticb in I Delaware. A practical exem
pli ricallou of the manner iu wnich justice is
iidiuiiili-tcred iu the ''Diamond Stale" has just
bi en brought to lieht For some time p 1st pus
fereers wbo travel over the 1'hlla ielphia, Bil
tiniore, and Wilmiugton Hail 10a J, aud who stop
at Wilmington to get relrehnients, have been
greatly annoyed by tho operations of thieves,
who enter the cars when the trains stop and
quickly snap up the bagace of passengers who
temporarily leave the care. One ol this gaug
wub recently caught in the act ot stealing a
valise from a car, aud be was arrested aud tried
for tbe otlense. He was found guilty aud sen
tenced as follows: He is to receive torty lashes
on tbe bare bHck at the New Castle whipping
post on Saturday next; made to stand in tho
pillory for lour hours, undergo au Imprison
ment of one yenr, and mute Qtull restitution of
the amount of value of tho articles stolen, or
remsin in prison until he has done so. Tutsi"
undoubtedly questionable jus'.ice, but it will
have the effect to make offenders acainst the
laws of Delaware rather careful in their ope
rations. Pale of Stocks and Real Estate. At
neon to-day ttie following stocks and real
estate were sold by Messrs. M. Thomas i Sons,
at tbe Merchants' Kxcuange:
THIRD EDITION
U T 1 3IOK 13.
60 shares American Life Insurance Co..
ejeaaon Ticket Area titrest Theatre..........
1 share Mercantile Library Co
8 Bliarf a Continental Hotel...,
flOHrrtp Markot I ire Iniiurauc Co.
I ahrfre foiul Breeite Park ....
t shared Academy of MiibIu. Willi tlciet. .......
Si(brss Klttaun.nK UoaICo
14 skarea Union Hank of Tene.e.
4(1 shares Camden aud Atlantic itaiiroad, l're-
lerred
B A ll IJUOUK a venue, Kast of .Fortieth
Frame I'W.-IMuk
MtilM VKKJSUN btreet, No. U07 jlsiuvsl
Dwellinr
WALLAUK. Sio. 1W-Modern Kwiueace
Ol HAUL) AVeaus, io. loltt Modora Kaal-
deece
TWJtLk"lU(Nuilk), io. 628 Atodera iteni-
deoce
J Kb HmoN, Kail of Tweuty-seoond
Valtiahle I nt.
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XX:
Chief Justice Chase Holding Conrt
Decisions in Admiralty Cases
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Philadelphia Skating Risk. Philadelphia
will soon brmet ol one ot the largest and iiio.st
commodious hka'ing Rinks lu the co mtry.
The structure will be located at the corner of
Twentj-tir-t and Hucc btrev'tt, and will b; under
the supervision ot a corup'iuy of well-known
gentlemen ot this city. Tbe Kink will Im
48, 8U6 square feet in extent, and will coutuiu
dresbitig and reception room, mid ample ac
commodation tor spectators. It will he well
ventilated, aud c in bo used in summer time for
horticultural ah'iws, tOLcerts. public ino'ting,
etc. Tbe tttnk will have :i lroul ou K:icu street
of 150 feet.
TheTwentt-fochtu Waud II.micidkCarb
The lolloping parties buve been Hrre-.td
tha rued wiih (larticipatiou lu the murder ot Mr.
McKieve, in tbe Twenty fourth wurd, on S ju lay
afternoon: Henry Stnteb, auo I 18 years; Levi
Btietz, aged 19; John Djugheity, agi d 19: John
huxter, aged 17; John Merris, anci 20, and
George Young, aped in. 8o'n of the party, it
is alleged, pu.hcd aesinst McKieve as be a-
walkibg along, aud Halt, wu us arretted on
Motiduy, it is stated struck him in the beai
with a brick after lie was knocked dorvn.
Ikterfeiuno with ah Offickb. Police Ser
geant Houpe bsd a warrant for tbe arrest of a
man named John ChM .who resiles at Kalmon
and Maple streets. While about to serve the
warrant a man named Catr interterrel.with him
in the discharge of his duty. The officer was
seized by Carr, and a eligtit struggle ensued, but
tbe affair culminated iu Call and Carr both
being arrested and titken before Aldermtn Neili,
who held Call iu fl5U0 and Carr ia fUUUbUto
answer.
Stbuck wits a Blackjack. A man named
Michael Long' was arrested last evening at
fceveuth and ' Federal streets, charged with
striking two men with a blackjack. He was
committed by Alderuau JBooiull.
FJl OM BALTIMORE.
SptvM Despatch to The Evening Tele graph.
Baltimobb, Nov. 17.
Chief Jnatlce thus.
Is now holding Circuit Court here. He decided
several admiralty points yesterday in what is
known as the "Lulu" cases, where liens had
been claimel against vessels for repairs. His
decision went to show that unless it was an
actual necessity such liens would not hold.
The Stockholders'
annnal meeting of tbe Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad was held yesterday. Tne eld Directors
were re-elected.
Masonic.
"Baltimore, Nov. 17, The regular Atr?ual
I'ouvention of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter
of Ancient Free and Accepted Mason i ot the
State of Maryland atrl District of Columbia ni"t
bere last evening. The Convention was well
attended.
Kew York KtU Quotation, 2 P. 9t.
Received by telegraph from Ulendlnning A
Davis, Block Bror.ers, No. 4tS H. Third street:
N. Y. Cent. K 11UU Pac Mailrt. Uo 115'
N.Y. nd E.K...-..14h; Tol. A Wabash tt... 67
Phil, snd Ke. K ... IW-Si
Mlch.lB.and W.I.H. 83
CI, and PltU K 81
Chi. and N.W.wm. 83
Onto and N. W. prf. 84
l hi. andtt. l.ti iuo
Mil. A St. P. com
Adam Kxprons Uo
Wells, Fartfo aiVo. Z7
U. 8. Kxpress ,. 47',
Tennessee (iu BH
Gold 13i!'h
FLOUR.
WASHINGTON.
rits.F.W.andChl...lt)7 Market irregular.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
Continued from Vie First Page.
Unitf.d Spates District Court Judge
ChuwBisoer. iuo uuimu oiates vs. SOOonelJ,
cuargeu witn carryiiiK uu tug uua.ness Ol a nis
tiller without having paid tbe special tax. Be
loie rewried. Veroiot not guilty.
Tbe United Utates vs. eighteen barrels of
wbluay. Johu K. Southern claimant. Au In
fornuation for the lor'f iture of liquor seized for
alleged violation of the Hevenue law by the
claimant, jury out.
Dim-mot Court. No. 1 Judge Thaver. Tnn
vs. Mettinger. An action to recover damages
for alleged misrepresentation ia regard to the
water on hotel premises at the Ralls of lite
Bchuylklll, purchsHcd by tbe pluiutia'. .Before
revol ted. eruict lor piaintut. j yj.
Dnvld W. Bradley, administrator of John
Bradley, decessed, vs. David I. Nichols. Au
action on a promissory nolo. Verdict by asree
ment for plaint ill. Pi'Mi 3.
Lavinla K. Koberts, guardian and trustee, vs.
jsixit-B J2j. xai;vaiiH.
Hame vs. John Keeney & Co.
Hume vs. McElvarey & McUcvltt.
These were lelsned lssuts to try trie owner
(hip of the machinery of a cotton mill iu West
Philadelphia, tbe pialntllT alleging that the
lather ot tbe children, who&e uaardian she
was, received lu his lifetime cert ma money to
their use, and invested n lu uiis inaoainory.
Ull II 181.
District Court No. 3 Jndeo Hare Wat
son vs. The Philadelphia and Trenton U illroad
Company. An action to recover tor tna loss of
a hoise and carriage, luu over l.-y trie defond-
ants'cars. lieiore reported. eraict lor pluln
till'. tfl04 50.
itaao C. Price vs. Manllus G. Evans and
F.llin his wife. An action to recover com mis
slons aa agent for the sale of ground rents fur
the defendants, me ciuim oeiiin two ner cent.
which the delense objected to as excessive, thn
ctiHtom of tne trade being to charge no more
than oue per cent, wnere no specine reaiuneru'
tlon had been agreed on. On trial.
Court of Common Plbas Judge Brewster.
Tbe Commonwealth vs. Kennedy el al. A
claim of tscnoat. uerore reported. Uu trial.
Court of Ouaktkr Bkshions Judize L.ud
low. His Honor sat In the Old Court Jijom to
fcesr and aelust the dlnerences betwoeu has
bands and wives wbo had become interested as
parties to desertion cases.
FINANCIAL ITEMS.
Tlie Aw ICrle War.
Tbe N. Y. World of this morning says:
"Ibe cllniax of excitement was reacbed la Wall
(t eel lo-Cy. tne tranitactlois In Krla belts' eco-.
nious with euduen aud vluleut tluctuations bsiweun
48 aud si til i us uowo at tu cloaa to KUoutSl.
une time In tbe L tie Koora, Kriu wan neiiiug at a
diBerei ce of a ier teut. at the sam morneot la ull
tert iat parts of tue ioouj. Tbs iiioveuiauts uf the
presrnt beat' combination wbo are now 'buillni'
an aud inakli'g uiout-y as easy a pcsalb-e for lUs
Bibujvot, aieth cUiel tuples of dlkcnt. Ion lu Walt
sir. rt. 'i'Le bear cpqne baa taken tol l ot tbeao'd
nikrket lo 'bu t' It lu corjuoctlou wt h ICrie, aod they
made field so scarce ibat 14 per cent, and as Jilga as
2 ptrceiii. wes (aia ic r me iou;or gu.a.rar ibe k ay,
Tbe New Yoik JJtrald upon tbe tame subject
remaiKb.
"Tbe transactions on tbe strent In the half-hour
beloie (!) o'clock wers wildly irregular. Krle, wlilc-o
couceutraied ibe earliest business, opened at 53ku6i.
but was rapidly run up ta St. llow much of mat
pi cuilar prvctss known aswsiliirg' was don Ills
ImiJOSBlbte lo say, but ibat P. was practised itu-lDg
tbe day Is irtely cbarged. Kecourse 10 suub. bogus
Bnle sbow how demoralizing; ls.tue tendeucy of specu
lation. At this latter blyhest flsure those long' of
tbe Block begau to unluad.and. aiiuougn thsrs ware
lnlrmidlaie tuddeu aud lursa reactious, lbs price
bad am tend I'd to 4 by I o'clock In tlie ufieraoou
Aif.ru it Is potslb.e to discover throngb tbe i oofn
slou ot tt e bour, and aa near as may be gaibered iroon
the dcr.ru living rumors that agitata lbs street Itap
pears that tbe recrnt grist combination or bears,
bo ho succefully broke tbe market by a steady and
persistent effort, bucame disintegrated ai all lsrga
i odlts will wIicd iliwd comes a dlvlslos or tbssooils
Hence, alter ibe compact wblcb kept tbeui tngubnr
SO loi g bad been fulfilled by iheruunlugof rledown
lo Ibe viclnll; ol 6, a small feuou part.! cooipny
and fora.ed Ttlib au e -director of tna road, who, as
well as a sumber ol'btar' houses, were d loco versa to
be -hi on' 01 tue stock. Tula c iudiiion of tb'ngi
alTi,rdeJ a One opportunity lor u nice llitle plsce o.
tiuauclal sintesy andrtveDg. Tlia gr at cllqa rn
tered Into an aiiiauoe wlib tlie NortbwsAern parly,
etlenslve aud de.enntve, covered on bulb Blocks, and
sent the prices ot Erie to a ligure which produce!
tbantmcsb consummation, If It bus not so auVeied
aoine bonses ss lo create aoi rebeuslocs lor ibolr
stubilliy. Two (allures are reported already and
two or three mora ere wlilsiered on tha street.
One lailure was of a small st ck-broklng tlrn, doing
huslnets ou tl' -wild-cal- system ot ve-y small
marRliis. The r bankruiitcy has embarrassed one of
Ibemembersnt the opeu board, who was lodlreclly
coni.ecled with them, htocks were liotight In for bliu
uui fr ibe rule, but his liifoivency Is not m yet
ser'td. Tbe rauKe of tbe failure was a shin'
venture In Mew York Central. Tbe allUnc,
alirousb emlueutly S"fCfkMQl In advauolng Krl.
wan 101 so mi rcBstul wlih orth eltr , which re
uialo.d stiibboiu la th vicinity of -Vtytj7. Tue
impetus giveu to Kris reacued tbo rest o'
the stuck list at the s snlou ot the iirst open
board ut Id o'u'ock, the trans-e ions enibrao
! g about to 1 00 shares, nearly nne liall' ot whlou
were Krle The dealings lu New York Central ajd
J"rle tcgeilier couBllluHd one half ol tbe bmtuess ot
the to lon if not of ma wcole day. The -bulls '
wbo bi'iietlted ro large'y by tb caa gsor tactlci oi
it e pa' 1 1 f tbtlr late orp-nent'. ih grnat hear cliipi-,
were jubilant lu the enreiue. From ilia lactiliatno
new contrai is lor shnrt' sales uf Krle were put forth
during the day it Is evident that t c.imblnatlnu are
n' ot the stock again at the ieclliin t pries of
tlis altei noun.or luivud abaudoulug It for tne present."
I0UKTU EDITioiN
FITIt I3BITI0N
EUROP DEe
EW BUCKWHEAT FLOUR
FIHST OF THE NKANON,
JLBEBT C. BOBKBTH,
Dealer in Fine Groceries,
11 7rp Oor. ELHVENTH and VISE Btreeta.
pAM I L Y fLO UR,
In lots to suit UKOCtKS, or bj tbe Single
Urrel, for Bale bj
J. EDWARD ADDICK3,
Ko. 1230 MARKET Street,
W 9 Uulp rMLAVEWUlA,
oin inations for Sapmisors nf
Internal Rorenne Confirmed
Others Kojectod.
Destructive Fire in Wiscoasin
The Loss of a Philadelphia Stetnshlp.
Msy inua Ktxoie.
Bavaka, Not. 17. latelliancs has hn
received here that the stcamshig S.sr of the
Union, which sailed Trom New Orleans on
Tuesday last for this port, en route for Philadol
phis, was totally wrecked ou "tne coast of this
Island, near Bah la Honda. The crew and
siscnters wre all saved. Wo other Dsnlcntir
have as yet been received.
Arrived this iMoruinc, steamers Moro CattV.
from New Tor-, and Unrtiada, on Ler way to
vera iruz.
From Washington.
Derpattih to the Aociuted Pre.
WAf-HWTON. Nov. 17. The follow!ne aorul.
nations for Supcrvlfors of IaterBsl ltevenie
were coiitirmcd hy tbo Secretary of the Treasury
this mortjitg: Alexander Fulton, of ISalttmore,
for th Judicial District ol Delaware. .Maryland.
and ristrict of Columbia. W. T. Rennett. for
the Judicial District ot North and South Caro
1 na. The folloainit were rciectsi: rhriPa
Hudson, for the District of Massachusetts, and
Joua N. Commons, for tbe District of In linnii.
From Wisconsin.
KcNOsnA, W is., Nov. 17. Vorrel tt Co.'s stesm
plnnuifz null was burned yesterday. The loss
ISflU.lUU.
Snicide.
CoKCOiui, N. II., Nov. 17. John Titcomb, an
o'd irs.dent of Concord, huutr bimelf this
morninjc. He bad beea long depressed iu mind
Latest Markets by Telegraph.
Kiw York, Wov. 17. Cotton q ilet: bles of 360
bales at 24:i4'.,'. Flour steady; sales of n 0 barre s.
W heat dull ana declining. I'orn steady; sales of St utd
bushels mixed Western at I'I4((VI'1.t1,. Oata dull.
Beefuulel. Fork Cull; new Me s, szs 7d(q2. Lard
cuili Btsam, ie,Mqiis;-c. wnissy quiet.
BUTLER-
lie TuUes the New York "Trlbnuc-' to
Tusk.
TbeNewYotk Trihune of this raornieir con
tains a letter indited to Its editor iu the lollotv-
ibe lanctiaire:
bir: 1 Cmi In tbe Tailmneot the 6th inst. an
nriicle containing souio couiplimeutary aver
tiients about tliu canvii.is in the Filth dis'rtct,
and sonie uot to much so. I should have taken
the bitter with ihc sweet, it eitlier bad been
quite correct. The last will find many to cor
rect; the former only oue.
lu lelhtlon to tbe manner of conducting the
canvars, jou Fay there were three courses to
pimne, and then add, alter first mentioning
two:
8, To say In effect, "Every one who opposes my re
eltctlon Is Impelled by some mean, iual ou, dls
creoitkble, ierroual motive, and Is to be held up to
coi t' iul and delestailou accordingly.
-Tbe last of these alieruailves seem to us by Mr toe
least worthy a (.talesman and patriot; yet It Is that
wblcb General Butler bas oboseu,"
Ths is an entire mistake. I only met with
personal motives those who assailed me, from
mi h motives, with personal aousc and blunder,
and tot all those.
The 1 rthune was on every stump quoted bv
Ur. Dana as opposed to my eiectiou. Yet "I
never replied a word, as I believed It impelled
by no peieoLal motive. The iev. Henry Ward
lieecher came to liosion and preached ogninst
my election. I replied not. I knew he had
uoihim aeuinst me persounliy, nt his last pre
vious public uttcrauce about me was to nomi
nate me for the Presidency.
The Christian CotwpegaUonalist and Recorder
snd other t-ectunan religious papers opposed
the Kepublican nominee ot tne Fifth district in
oi p-dran articles of three colunius, in which
"disboiie6ty, chiotitig, aud repudiation" were
terms ot endearment.
The La CroseeUfmocrawi'h equal fervor and
more brilliancy, did likewise. The Sprmtrtieli
Htpubtican allied my only brother, loo since
dend, to prevent my election. I imputed uo
personal ill will, or mercenary or other Impure
motive to either ot thet-e co-workers in a com
n on cause; weie they not "all, all honorable
men," lending journnH, defending the purity of
the naliou's credit, and tho eacreduess of its
pledged faith ? Nothing but the purest patriot
Urn could have impelled all these so diverse
perfous to use such meat's, acd in such manner,
sL'itlntt u humble cnudidute to Congress lu a
Cnpe district by tbe fur off sea,
I am certain, therelore, you will correct your
statement that Genernl Butler "bas chosen to
ssy every one who opposes my re-eleoilou U
impelled by some malicious, discreditable, per
sonal motive." I only rendered unto "ila;snr
the thn.ps that were Cie.-ar't;" aud it is not my
fault that I could not continue the text by
lurtntr rendetinir eveotbintr that was sent
down to my tllstiict.
As my only supposed offense against the
Hrpublicnn ptrty is an ascrtion of opiuion that
tbe Government mtght pay all its creditors
whether pay due tho soldier disabled in her
service, or pension due the widow who bad lost
ber husband to save the nation's li'e, or the
money loaned by the bankers to the nation at 5
per cent, interest in told each aod ail in one
kind of money when the contract alio. veil it,
snd tho law awarded It. I shatl be forgiven
even if I do notrecaut, which I shall not do, as
1 only see it is wrong to do otherwise.
(Jiatefully yours, Behj. f. Butier.
Lowell, Mass, Nov. 12, 18C8.
We do not care to bandy words with Gen?ral
Bu'ler. We deeply regret that ho chooses to
u ake himself Uf-etul to the party be seems to
oppose rsther than tot list whence he derive
his political -support. The countenance given
by bitu to the national villainy proposed by Mr.
i'eiidloton cost General Grant a great many
votes, and will do gral hsrai as lou a it shall
t-e persisted in. What he says about the
national creditors receivsn? 15 per cent, in gold
on their loans in not tine; and, wh'.le professing
to favor tbe full payment of every public credi
tor, he i acting so as to keep the Government
rliBhouoicd aiid lis creditors deirauied to tne
latest possible moment. We profoundly regret
tbm General Butler's ereat talents are put to no
better use. id. Tribune.
"Japs." We are indebted to General Jo
seph F, Tobias for flies of the Hioo and Osaki
Herald, a new journal recently started ut Hioiro,
one ot the newly opened ports of Japan. We
obsirre Jrom Its columns that D.Scott Hie .v art,
Erq.. of"this city, who was recently appointed
ColsuI to Hioiro. has arrived and entered upou
tbe dvchartte of Lis duties, his first oitu-ial
niBbitesto appearing In the lltraid ot Septeoi-
A Eewabd Okpered. Tbe Good Will
Ensine Compahy, or Trenton, N. J bive
offered a reward of $50 lor the recovery of the
body of Mr. Valentine, who was drowned by
tallica from the Columbia bridge, on the Schuyl
kill river, a lew days siiico. Mr. Vdleutine wa
a member of the company named, aud leit a
wile aud six children.
Blight Firm. About 7 o'clock this morn
ing a sliinht fire occurred at No. 3 Dr.ydcn place,
near Germantowu road and Thompson street.
The bouse was occupied by Frederick 8 tray ler.
DHmage trifling.
Puebs Clob Mbrtiso. There will be a regu
lar nieetiLg of the 1'biladclDliia Press Club to
morrow alttrnooa ftl four o'clock.
Bismnik lo Resume Work-Vosu-
Tius in Tioient Eruption,
By Atlantic Oxble.
Brm.iv, Not. IT. Daren Yon Der UeyJt, Min
ister of Finance, has officially Informed tha
Chamber that Count Von Bimark will rcsunat
his seat In that body some time tn December.
NArttfl, Nov. 17. Mount Vesuvius is In
very violent state of eruption.
London, Nt. 17. Baring Bros., bankers,
drew 1,0X0,000 from the bank of England yes
terday for tha Russian Government. It li said
this was on American account, and the money
was In rart payment fir"tbe territory of Alaska.
The Cole-lliscock Case.
ALiiitr, Not. 17. No additional juror bas
been obtained in the Cole caie. This morning
District Attorney Smith announced that he hal
received information that Richard D. Bett, the
fifth jnror empanncled, had heretofore avowed
a decided opinion in the case, and had been in
the habit of frequently visititig the prisoner in
jail. Tbe District Attorney allied that a chal
lenee as to this Juror might be renewed. Tha
counsel fur the prisoner objected, but the Court
allowed a renewal of the cballcnge.nnd witnesses
were sworn In support of the District Attorney'
statement, and the juror was discharged.
The Frie Railroad War.
Nbw York, Not. 17. Suits have beeu insti
tuted by August Belmont and Charles Mcintosh
apainst tbe directors of tbe Erie Railway Corn
puny, and injunctions have been Issued by
Judges Sutherland and Catnssd. Tbe com
plainants, it Is sta'ed, charge that the funds of
tbe company have beeu used to further stock
peculations'.
f Obituary.
New Yobs, Nov. 17. Arrived, barque Flora,
ftom llaracalbo. D.ed on.tbe voyage, Emil
Sturmfel, late. United S'.ates Consul to Mttra.
calbo.
Hew Tor Is Mock Qrtotatlons, 4 P. If.
Eeseived by telegraph from Ulendlnulng &
Davis, fctoclr Brokers. No. 48 H. Third street:
N. Y. Uent. K. lia; Toledo A Wabash., 5T
N: Y. and Brie U... 4H Mil. A Ht. Paul It... 6A
Ph. aud Koa, K 7Ui Anams Ei.1.0. s8'i
Mich. B. and N. Lit. 8.i i We'is Farao A Co.. 27
Cle. and Pitt. K. ...... V, United 8"ates Ks 47!
udi. . w.u. corn. bZVi 'Tennessee, new.... 6
i Chl.A N.W. K. prf.. 6;i4!Uold ...1
thi. and K. I. K 104UI Market irregular.
l:i. is ir J m.i in- '.f, 0
SPEAKER COLFAX.
A Vlllalnona t'wrarcry Braiitleil.
To the Editor of tbe N. Y. Tribune Sir:-On
my return borne trom tbe session of Novembor
10, 1 find nearly a hundred Democratic papers
from all tecttons ot the Union, sent me by
Iriends. containing tt vile aud scurrilous speech,
against toreiEoers, said to have been delivered
hy me in 1854 or 1S5-. and whicti appears to
bare been published, Fiuiultiineou-iy nnd by
concei t, North and Son'b, East and West, in the
cloKiuB weeks ol the recent canvas.
I need no', reier to this wicited and malignant
libel, now tbac the election is over, wpre it not
that, bavine been so ex-ensivety published, from
Maine to Nebraska, and voaciied for si authen
tic by editors who were stippoed to value their
character lor veracity, tome honest peisons of
one party or the other, whose good opinions
I voice, might suptjo-e itposibly true.
Allow me, there-ore, to Bav, as I did publicly
In this Sla'e last month, when this calumny
against me first apptarei, that it ia, in every
word and syllable, a forgery; that I never
unered such sentiments in 18of, nor in any
other year, and that the vulgar and scurrilous
laniMifiee embodied in u never tell irom my
lips, nor wero written by ray pen, in that or any
other connection, on thsttor any other theme.
Precisely this same f-peech wis printed by the
Democratic papers iu this 8tate a number of
years ato, and then attributed to Mr. Wilson,
who was a Kepublicuu candidate for Congress;
but, having been thjs ucd with effect in one
campaipn.it was revamped in the recent can vats,
with my name attHCt.ed to it, by the same
editors, every one of whom' knew that it was
impossible for me to use such vile language In a
speech 011 any subject. m
it will doubtless be used nealnst some other
Republican candidate hereafter; and i have leit
it therefore a duty to expo-e Its hintoty and Its
falsitv. Yours truly, Schuyler Colfax, j
,omh Bend. lud., Nov, 14, 18U8.
(The World published this villainous forgery,
well knowing it to be such, lust before tbe elec
tion, creditm it to the Km'ucky Ytoman. As
it probably made tew voles by the fraud, while
it had nothing of churae'er to lose, tbe ope
ration seems to hnve resulted in a net profit of
so many votes. Editor Tribune.)
Tna Fourth Ward at thb November Elec
tion. At two o'clock tbii afternoon the case of
the election officers of the Sixth, Seventh, and
Eighth divisions of the 1'ouith ward, ana the
Seventh division of ths Third ward, who havej
been arrested for ktowiuily receiving fraudu
lent votes at the November clcc.lon, was called,
up at the Central Station before Alderman,
Jones. Tbe matter ol the Sixtn division of the
Fourth ward was first taken tin, in which J. A.
Kaiinowaser was Judc and Tuomas J. Dag
ucy Inipector.
Fiederlck G. Wolberi swnrn A list of voters
of the Seventh division has been found in my
ofbee, but there aro none for tbe Sixth and
Elelrh divisions; do not think that there was
any of tbe other d.viaions mentioned deposited
iu my cilice.
Csbtain Harry Conner sworn I am one of the
City Commissioners; I have with me copies of
tbe list of taxable In the Sixth, Seventh, and
E'lflib divisions of the Fourth ward, and the
Seventh division of the Third ward. In tbe
Sixth division of the Fourth ward there wero
4'.iG regular aDd 97 extra; Seventh division of the
Fourth watd. 639 rcanlnr snd 144e.xtrs; Eighth,
diviiou ot tbe Fourth ward, G"S3 regular and 215
extra; Seventh divisiouot the Third ward, 7U9
regular and 104 extra.
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lbs roweat and hwit manuur.
Lovin DUh.iL A, Htatlouer and Kris-raver,
a li tfv, im C'tliudM Ui' blnst.