TEEE EYE PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1869. DOUBLE SIIEET--TIIREE CENTS. VOL. XI -No. 17. FIRST EDITION CS IX TV T. Tho General's Early Career-! Curious Chapter i'roin the History of tho War The Battles in the Southwest. The N. Y. 7w' Wat-hiLfcton correspondent as unearthed some interesting facts from the archives of the War PcpKrtincut relative to General Grant's early command in the South West. They have not heretofore been publicly known, ana their publication now will prove ol interest. Breaking of Omul's operations in tho vicinity of Vicksburg, the correspondent says: rahliiK now rapidly forward, we come to the cverntions that nlled up the autiunu of and the early month o." 18i:t to those Dinner one tentative against Vicksbnrjr, the deeply interesting story ot which has bo olteu been told. It is weil known tht these attempts were, each in succcfsion, lamentable failures. Well, asain politicians, press, public and military superiors grumbled and clamored. McCler nand, a vain and ambitious political general, declared he was "tired of furnishing brains for the Army of the Tennessee," and was assigned to an independent command. The old rumors about Grant's personal character . were revived, iiie was pronounced utterly des titute of genius or cnersjy. Kveu Liucoln's limitless taith did not extend beyond "trying him a little longer." When fluully he ran the' gauntlet of the batteries and turned eastward to invest Vioksburg Irom therear.the au iacloua enterprise CHlled forth condemnation from head quarters. The kindly President afterwards wrote him that he thought "he bad made a mistake." It may be imiimned that the dissa'.is faction was not decreased by the occurrences that attended the early period of thcsicge. . He was blamed for inaction, and it was sagely predicted that Joe Johns-on would fall on his rear and destroy him. Then ho was censured for an attack he made and failed In. Theasatne, towards the end of May. anoi her assault of the works, which was also a failure. Aud then there was that done at Wah.uyton which has not hitherto been known uu order wai sent to General Baiiks (then inventing Port Hudson) directing him to rohuJ take the command of the army lrom General Grunt ai d to assume it liimRelf. I have said that this fact has nver hitherto been publicly known. It U not only in none of the Lives ot Geueml Grunt not even in that of Badcau, who bad access toeverswrapot known . documentary material but thcie exists not a written trace ot the necret among the archives of the War Department or of the office of the General-iuCiiieC , It remains now lo add a t.t'11 more surprising fact ibe secret of this critical passage iu his life was, until wltbiu n mouth, never known even to him It so closely touches, was never known to General Grant uiair-elf! The oflicer who wus directed to uporede Grant In command of the armv in resting Vicks burg was, as 1 have already said, General Banks. The order was an imperative one. Nevertheless, General Banks did not obey the order. He replied, expostulating against it. s The considerations on which that officer "based his expostulation will appear when this remarkable correspondence sees the liu;bt. This much, however, may be said, lie pointed out that lor him to abandon h's position at Port ' Hudson would be to give up the key of the Mts ntssitpi, imperiling not only the tenure of New Orleans, tout jeopardising our possession of any point ot vaniaue on that vital water-line. To this rejoinder came from Washington a renewed command to supersede Grant, and when the impolicy of the step was again pointed, ont by Banks, he was severely censured for dis obedience of orders. Well, this remarkable correspondence went on and on, and bade fair to be indefinitely pro longed, when suddenly Vicksburir fell, and the military freutlemen and politicians who at Washington had been plotting Urunt'u destruc tion, were forced to tune their pipes in pteaus and Jo Iriomphcs to the laurel crowned com mander. Every scrap of paper braving on the subject was spirited away inm the archives in the departments, while Banks, putting the writings safely by, kept ni own couusel. How it came hont that a short time siuce the General-in- Chief got wind of this secret, and, obtaining copies of the correspondence, learnt for the Ural time this notable episode in his career, it is not for me here 10 tell. Let us rather follow out one or to of the lines of suggestion that radiate from this pregnant lac. And, Brat, one cannot but note the absolute mann r in which the destiny ol the captain who biouuht the war to a close depended, in its keenest crisis, on the will and decision ot one man. The examples arc frequent ot generals who were made or marred by what men call chance or fortune. Bat this is not a case of this nature: it is a tuiDg apart and unique. For, nothing is more man feet than that, had General Banks carried out his instructions and relieved General Grunt at Yick&burar, Grant's histone career would have been abruptly and forever dosed. Vicki-burg was the knife balance of his fate. Triumphant there, the prestige of his victory gave hitu commind of larger means and ampler opportunities, aud so on, alon the entire chain of luterdepeudent events, up to this hour. But, suppo.-e he had been stripped of his com mand a month before the tall o: tho stronghold on the Mississippi t Wouli not his have been a earner iu.nqtieea. lailure? Recall to mind what bus alieady been set forth that be had fallm ni.der the displeasure of the military chiefs who ruled at SYaihnigiou chiefs who bad before removed him irom command, to which, indeed, he seamed to relaose merely by hazard chiefs who had pre vferred beioro hun, in one case, a second rate politician, in another an obscure quartermaster. That would have been but a beeearlv prologue, which, including Belmont and Bhiluh and Hamea' Bluff, stopped short, and roe not to the swelling themes of Vickburg and Chattanooga and Five F'iks. It stairs the niiud to attempt to follow out the lines of conjecture that soiree themselves In the event that Bauk bad obeyed his orders and diiplaced Grant; but the inference would certainly seem to be fair enough that the opportunity for whatever the President elect has grown to, as well in tho Military as in the polit cat way, he owes directly to that officer who, neiug ordered to supersede nta, (kdiufti to supers' de him. It is warrauta ble to assume that Vieks'jurg would equally have fallen, without reference as to who tutebt have been In command;' for the surrender was the result ot the olockade, and was an Inevita ble lesult. But. had Vicksourg capitulated to Banks not Grant, what a different history of tbe war woum mere nave ueeu to write i 1 ha V.v f ' it 1 . 1 A The London Star says that for the past four months tbe manufacture of the French Atlantic cable has been actively going on at Greenwich, l'be cable Is nearly similar to those laid down in 1866 and 1800, with the exception of the core in tbe present being larger, and weighing one nrindred pounds ol copper more per mile. The strain being 7 tons, while the strain required for Iftvlig need never exceed a ion: ana to nam in any laid portion the strain would not be over a eoupbs of tons at the most. The first section, irom Brest to Kt. Pierre, measures 4326 miles, nod tbe second section, from fit. Pierre to the United fctatef, direct to Mew York or Mine point between New York Biid Boston, is 751 mUs long, making a total in mllesot cable, 307,). The laree core of the cable is to attain areatfr speed in transmission. Sir James Andenon fuperliiterds the whole work tor toe coiuo iny. He is ot the opinion that by keeping upon the Milne Bunk, aud around tbe southern edge of the Grand Bank, there can be no possibility ot Injury to the cable from iccberirs. And it Is a well-known tact that tbe Icebergs never "bottom" iu over ninety fathoms of water; so, by acting on Hir James Anderson' advice, the line would never be out ot Ave hundred fa'.homs of water. By June, 1860, the Great Kastern will be under way with her precious cargo. WILL MURDER 0 UT? The Ilecciit Trrticediri Hie. iu Our I.nriro The N. Y. Commercial Adoeriisir of yesterday speaks editorially as follows: ,. Tho police have been, It seems to us, wrongly blamed for not iimiiediatrly dlt-covering the murderers of Mr. ltogers. The case is a singular one. (Suppose a man standin ' in the street; suppose two men wrfifdo uotkmw him. have no sort ot relation to or connection whn him ot any Fort or kind, chance to ravs ami, and Irom a sudden impulse stab him, cither because they covet hl watch aud chain, or, what is not im possible, (imply lrom a hideous impulse to kill!1 (Suppose tic muideieis escape tor the moment, and disappear f roui tho smut of those Who chance to see the deed done ? What is there in such a story to give a clue lo the police? 'ibe detective who works up such a case has nowhere to begin. He tiuds no motive in tho murderer, of haired or cupidity; no traces of a plan; no connection between him aud bis victim which he could use as a thread to lead him troui one to the other. His chief opportunity lies in a genet al scrutiny of the bauiits ot the criminal classes lo see where, perchance, f ome one is suddenly mlssiug, upon whom suspicion might lairly'rest. H'lw slight is the chance of discovery under such circum stances any one may see. Some years ago, in Philadelphia, on a rainy day, a man walked into a shop on Cucsuut street, inquired the price of an umbrella, and while the shopkeeper was speaking, stabbed him to tbe heart; walked out of the shop, before a bewiloercd clerk could stop him. aud disappeared. He was not intent on roobry, for he did not even take away the umbrella. Tbe bhopkeeper was a niiiu of blameless lite, without enemies; ana ail the uttempis of the police to trace, the asassiu were fruitless. Nor is it to this day known certainly who did this murder. Months afterwards two women were murdered in anothsr part of that city, and a wretch nnmcd Spring was arrested on suspicion ol having committed the crime. At first only slight circumstantial evidence pointed to spring; and it is douDtful it he could have been convicted, bad not his own sou, a lad fourteen or fifteen jears of age, appeared as a witness against htm. 'ibis boy, who accompanied his lather in a vagrant and restless li e, related tho circumstances of the murder. Thereupon the father, a hideous-looking creature, accused his sou ot being the murderer, and told a circum stantial but incredible tale of juvenile depravity, declaring himself to have been the unwilling witness of his sou's crimes. It so chanced that the boy woa' a youth of singularly mild features and timid bearing, while tho father was a person of re pulsive features and gross auimalism, so that nis tale bore falsehood upon its lace. The trial was long aud intensely exciting. All through it Spring maintained that his son was the mur derer. Spring was lound guilty aud handed; but, with singular malice, he would not, even in his last moments, give a sign of repent ince of his lie. The police, it is said, found reason to btlieve duriug Spring's trial that the Chesnut street murder was also tbe act ot Spring, and he seems to have been a mere brute, given, when perhaps under the influence of spirit, to an uncontrollable or certainly uncontrolled and fiendish Impulse lor murder, or passion for blood. Will murder out? Who killed Mary Rogers, the c gar girl? Who murdered Doctor Bardell? Mis. Burdell is still living In California, aud, we have heard, irithtened an American travel ler almost out of his wits, who met her iu a lonely shanty in Lower California, where, on a stormy evening, he sought a niuhi's todeiug. It was surely a startling apparition to 'a New Yorker, familiar with the history and character of this womau, as well as with her lace, to see suddenly those fierce, pitiless eyes gleaming upon him in a lonely Calitornia cabin, Major Hall's device to advertise the only trace ot the murderer, the envelope, is certainly bold and original. To oiler the companion aud accessary of the murderer ealcty and three thousand dollars was alto a shrewd stroke. And yet suppose the two men were lying con cealed iu tho same hiding place? Supnose them both to become aware of this olfet? Would the brute who stabbed poor liogers hesitate to use his knife also upou the luckier wretch who saw him do the deed, aud who is now temi.teu to give him up? NEW ZEALAND. Tlie 3inorl War Again Persecutions of 111" UulOlllMtM, 7ow the London Utandarcl, Jan. i. We can hardly reflect without a shudder unon the perils to wliich hundreds of our defenseless coumrjmen English men. women, and chil dren are now exposed in new &eaianu perns which the tmaeinaiion of those who are home staytrs la scarcely able to yrasp. This is tne wo i st calamity wuicu we nave to tear, in anticipation of the next mail Iromew Zealand. DiBastus in the held, or rather in the lores are hutot comparatively smalt account in a distant country, where loss of this kind of prestige does not i lead directly to loss of power. The Maories are acute enough to know both -their strenuth aud their weakness. They have never beeu able to cope with the regular soldiers of fcugland on anything like lair t jruis, , and they uie not likely to challenge auy more conclusions iu the open held. Their rare in stinctive capacity tor war has taught them, long be I ore this, that they have no hope ol prevailing against the superior discipline and organization ot Kuroucnu soldiers. They have become aw.tre that their only chance ot success Is iu a de sultory system 01 Dusii tignting, ana nicy seem to have added, eitbtr in their dcspiir, or in a new access ot savage animosity, a kind of tac tics which, however it may affect the ultimate Issue or the event, they know will be most mischievous to their enemy. ' A systemaiic massacre ot tho whi'e settlers is a form of warlare which weshall rind it ditli jult to encounter or to provide auainst. living to the nature of tho country aud the scattered character of the Knglish so tlemrnts, which are naturally dispersed along all tne most open a id delenseless districts of the island, tbe Maories, who inhabit the wooluu and mouutaluous Interior, will be able to make great havoo among the colonist. Ouroulj nlaces of strenath are on the sea coast 'oo far away to atford any real protection to the districts of whicu they a'e the nominal capital". In the art of occu pying and fouifjing detached posts 1u ttie interior we seem to be interior to tbe Maor)e, nor have we force sufficient to keep up suh garrisons in our inland redoubts as miht be edective for purposes of defense. The war upon which the colony has entered is, in fact, precisely one in which tbe Maories risk nothing, and bavo every advantage, and in which the Kiglish settlers risk all, and which they have to wasjo under the most unfavorable circumstance?. If left to be conducted by tbe colonists alone, we must be prepared to hear of many pieces of news from New Zealand unflattering to our national pride and shocking to our leellogs of numanuy. we need hardly say wny it u mat the colony of New Zealand is unable of its owo resouices to carry on a war with the tlaorlcs in an pffprtlvA munvtA flnlAnl.t. au a viiia a ra neither warlike nor military. The settlers aro men who have come to the country with a view ol punning their fortunes, some by trade, others by agriculture and by sheep farming. They have neither taste nor aptitude lot tho business of fiehtiLg, and they have naturally a great reluctance to abandon their ordinary pursuits in order to wace, at their own expeue, what must be an unprofitable and may bo an inelorious war against savage tribes. There has been no time as yet fi r the growth of a native Europeau population similar to the hardy pioneers of tho Western States of America, able, to.imtch tho Maories In their on gifts, and to flg'it them in their own way. The Gavernmput itself has no money to spend upon a regular army, and such recruits as it is able to get for the militia ars nio-tly the scum and refuse ot tho towns, and of the older Australian settlements. It is uot sur prising, therefore, that the iusigniQcant colonial forces have proved themselves incipablo even ot holding the'r own Bcamst the Maori insur gents. There has been, doubtless, a good deal exceptionable feebleness and mwnranagement displayed by tho Central Governmental Wei lington, in their conduct of this Muoticampaign, but time is more excuse than we iu ourlmpa tier.ee of military disaster". eera inclined to allow lor the ill-success of the colonial arm. The question is. whether the mother country is prepared to noandon the colonists of Nw Zealand entirely 10 thslrowa re.-ources, nud w hetDer, if she does so, tho has elected, what is a fair corollary to this position, to relcae ihe eclon s's irotri their allegiance to Unglaud. The colonists themselves lire beginning to nsk what advantni'e they derive irom t lie imperial con ncRiioi). seeing that while, in the event of a war undertaken by England (without their consent) against a Kuropeau power, they would be ex-po-ed to the perils ot invasion and n'tack from outside, they get no assistance from England in pro'cctirg themselves against their ovu enemies. They urge, not wiihout reason, that this Maori war is really a foreign war that the Maories are not enemies ofiheirown maKing that they existed when the English came to the island, believing it to be a British cntony that the qunrrel Is ratiT with tho Queen's Government .hau with tho colonists: that there are no specldc grievances alleged by the Maori insurgents against the colouial authorities that tbe insurrection has for its sole object tho throwing off tho British supremacy, a thing which it concerns the whole empire to d( lend, and uot only the single colony ot few Zealand And before ws adopt tbe policy of non-interference in New Zoiland aflairs, It is only just that we should consider, fcud answer, it possible, the case as submitted on behalf of our New Zealand icllow-country-nien. TJ1E PROSPEQTOR. Ibe 1'ccnllnr Mum ol tlie Mineral Ke K'ioud. There is a class ot nieu peculiar to our new mineral territories to whom the world has not yet done justice. In truth, they are but little known, individually, though in .he Hgan-gato they have accomplished wonderful things f speak of those vagrant saints comm uly called prospectors," who never mane nnythiug for themselves, but ore always on the move to make forunes lor other pe.pp. ltegular miners, traders, aud speculators belorgto an entirely ditlerentrenus. They come in after the way has been opened, but with thorn the spirit of adventure is not a controlling power. They are no more to be compared with the genuine "prospector" than the motley crowd of mer chants and artisans who flocked over to the New World In tho tracks of the great Columbus are to be named iu the same day with that re nowned discoverer. The prospector is a man of imagination. He is a poet thouah not generally aware of the fact. Rasrged aud unsbaved, ne owns millions, yet6eldoni has two dimes to jingle tn his pocket; for his wealth lies iu the undeveloped wilds. The spirit of unrest burns in his blood. I)e ccorns worK, but will endure auy amount of hardships In his endless search for "rich leads." There is 1.0 deert to barren, no tiihe ot In dians too hostile, no climate too rigorous for his researches. From the rugged canons ot the Toyabe he roams to the arid wastes of the Great Basin. Hunger, thirst, chilling snows, and scotching sands seem to give him new life and Inspiration. It matters nothing that he discovers "a good thing" a nest ol" ledges worth say a million apiece this is well enoueh, but he wants something bettor; and after a day or two spent in ''locating his claims," he is off again, nobody knows where, olten with scarcely provisions enough to last him back to Ihe settlements. He travels on mule-back, when he happens to own a mule; on loot, when he must; with company, when any offers; without, when there tsnone; any way to be driving ahead, discovering new regions and locating claims. He locates so many claims that he forgets where hia posses sions are locited. It he discovered a lodge of pure silver, he would die in.a week if ho had to work it on his own occotiut. His industry runs in another direction. Variety is the spice of hie existence, tho motive power of his life. J. Jtoas Browne. CONFLA&RA TION. Destruction of Valuable Painting. (shortly after 9 'o'clock last evening a flro wa3 discovered in the ceutre of the second tloor ot" the four btory building Ho. 080 Broadway, occupied by H. W. Derby a9 a picture gallery aud bookstore, generally known as the Dei by Atheiucum. The ore was so:m extinguished, but not until the pictures weie very badly damaged by heat and smoke. Rothermei's niatinitieent picture, ' Reccpiion at tho Waite House by President L'ucolu." valued at S30.0DU. was so badly blistered bv the heat as to reuder it worthless. Several other pictures were also baoly damaged, and a few coinpleiely destroyed. Air. Derby i.stin ates Ins loss ou stock, bv tire and water, at j0,000; tunired lor SDu.OOO. bv city companies. Tue third and fourth doors are occupied by the Saxony Photosrapa Company. Their damage iras slignr. The building is owned by tho Kast Kiver National Bauk Com pany, ai d is damaged to thu amouut of $300. Insured lor $I2.01M ty city companies. But for the carelul manner iu wliich the Fire Depart ment was handled by Chief Kegmeer Kiues land, and t h prompt action of the Fire Patrol In covertntr up the the remaiudor of ihe pictures and s'ock, tlie lofs would hae been very much greater. Officer tfeuuscu of the Fire Marshal's Bureau name au examination, but could not discover the orlpiu of the hie. There was no gas light or flue near, and how the fire coalJ have originated is quite incomprehunsjle. JV. Y. 'Jribune. THE E UR OPE AN MARKETS. By Atlantic Cable. Tli In BIornlnir'H (Inotatlona. Lonuon, Jan. 20 A. M. Consols, fjJ'for both money and account. U. s. 6-20s. i. Stocks firm: Kne Kailroad. 203: 111 uois Central. OH. Liverpool, Jan. !i0 A- M. Cotton firmer, but not higher: middling uplands lUUSd.: mil dllns Orlenn-, lljlljd. Tho sales will proba- oiv leach ill.UUO titles. London, Jan. 20 A. M. Common rosin, 6s. 0s. 3d. Havre, Jan. 20 A. M. Cotton on the spot jji.; nnoat, int. This Afternoon' Quotations. London. Jan. 2nr m tt. s. f,.2n. 7fi fetpcus steady; Erie, 201; Ilbnois Central, U34. I.ivebpool, Jan. 201 P. M. Cotton firmer. mlddliuR uplauds on the spot, lljd.: afloat, 11 jd.; middling Orleaus, lljd. The sales are now cmiiuavcu io.oou bales. Cheese, 72s. Tar peniine, 31s. 6d. London, Jan. 20-P. M.-Tallow. 47s. Od. Hivbb, Jan. 20 P. M, Cotton unchanged. Fbawvobt, Jan. 20. U. s. it-tin. nni,.i. Antwbbp , Jan, 20, Petroleum firmer at bcuovr. SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. TheAmcricftn Colonization Focietj -Its Work for I8GS-TI10 Kcfgers Murder The European Market Keports. ETIimiKiiiil and Commercial FROM WASHINGTON. Drxpatch to the Associated iY, ..WisiiiyoTON, Jan. 20. The report of Hie American Colonization Society now in session here, shows that the balance in the treasury January 1, 18G8, was $342M. The receipts for the past twelve mouths has ben as follows: Frcm donations, $2(1, 10!); from lega cies, Jlfi, 784; other sources, $8381; total, $51, 281. The sum of !fr1.7GG47 has been expended for tbe transportation of emigrants, their support on the voyage, and for the first six months after landing iu Liberia; $15,009 has beeu expended for repairs to and sailing of the ship Ujloouda. and $ 7,657 lor other purposes. Daring tb last three years the treasury ba9 been enriched with about $70,000 from tho e-tate ot one who had long been a generous friend, the late Bben Fairchild, E?q , of Bridgeport, Connecticut; and within a lew weeks $6000 have been re ceived from the estate of Hon. Ed ward Coles of Pennsylvania., Appreciating the hih purposes for which this society and Liberia were founded, and which they promise to fuldl, Robert Arthington, Esq., of Leeds, England, has lately rausmltted his contribution ot $6600, to be used in sending persons to Liberia. During the last three years the society's outlays bave exceeded the receipts by $62 000 The excess in the treasury is thereby almost exhausted, aud it its income bo not speedily aud largely aug mented, the work must be considerably re duced. The several trios of the ship Ooleonda are noticed at leDgth in the report. The total emigration during the year was 413, or 100 less than In 18G7, and the total emigration uuder the auspices of tbe Colonization Society, and at its expense, numbers 12,995 persons. Reference, is made to the large number of app'icatioos being received from colored people anxious to emi grate to Lleria. Peace, and agricultural and commercial development, continue to pryvail in Liberia. ' THE ROGERS MURDER. Arrest of a NtiiptMi Accomplice In Connecticut. Special ' Despitoh, to Tie Mvcttuig Te qyrapJu Watebbcby, Conn., Jan. 20. The Waterbury American this morning has the following para graph: "Monday night a New York detective arrived here and succeded in finding a certain Tom McGivin, who has been In the employ of the Woollen Company here for the past two weeks. The arrest was made upou suspicion that McGivin was the party In whoso care the letter was Intrusted by the Koaers murderer, which was indorsed 'Tom will give this to you," and which was found upon the ground near tbe scene of the assassination. McGivin is the convict who escaped to New York from Sing Sing some time siuce, and succeede t in reach ing New York by secreting himself under some lumber on a barge. He was met in New York by friends, who quietly sent him to Waterbury by private conveyance. The detective who made the arrest succeeded in securing tho pri soner, and conducted him to New i'ori last evening, and our city officials knew noihiug of the matter until after both persons were on their way. A brother of the prisonor arrived here late last evening, lrom New York, doubt less to put his brother ou his guard, bit was too late." Railroad Accident. Sybactjpb, Jan. 20. Two men named Cum niings and Brown, laborers on the Central Hail road, were killed near this city yesterday after noon by a train of curs. They both leave families. Fire In Mlnuesota, CniCAao, Jan 20. Four of tho largest busi ness houses in Leroy. Miunesota, were burned yesterday. Loss, $5(),00. , Tlie Kew York Money Market. Jroiii the JleruUI. ' "An luieif stlnif and perhaps Important decision u rpLilcrtd tu-unv bv.lie United nialei HuiiihluO Coin I id connection with tlie mta brou(ttu oy lb Nutv york Imtiks ,o vni ue nnt oi luu&iuttt to i uua-u blMte Becurtlo", TUP Cm-f juhuch read lad opinion Oi Ujb Court to llie etl'tM-t time uwrilllcies of luduit eouetik, lou uio ly known Uirao per o-nu ana greenuuctB arts vxt-uipi, irnui buvu muu trtiiinre our bunks sua corporations, in prouurluif tbelr uduI aiulviueut, Iihvh been nceuatouua lo convert tlielr Kexourut-s lino United rtlniis bouda la order lo mcupe lb! ioal Impost; but under me de Cmlon jusl rbuuereu it win u suiuuie'ii, in luiiire to llftVe IDeir lUUUS iu uiree per ueum hum KreeuuuMS, 'i be mony mar. et to-any wi extremely welt snpi llnl, l'boob ft ralher uiiftrp demand win re ported H.I tue uioeo, owiug bj iu- mui. iuui. uurni weia, m mm elation oi iowei rl", had pjamuuej laelr ei)ngemeDH until tbe close. Tue ruiluK rati wai I Ll f 1 L e ! . iUMi.n'uuvv.uj,iB,iii9 uui i'iiiu uuiim, kiid fvored rnstoniers. wlin prime collateral, wme tieel sin-plied at 6. Tbe bttiikl are KluileJ wltti uulioDBi baulc iiOtes wbicb have beea nuuplied bere i u laige mnuuti from tbe Interior, and purUoulHrly Irani tue Went, nud are Detuning to exubnie in em at ibe t-uo-irenury lor tnree .er emus about reventeen mil, Ions of wbich yet remain imltinoed. This exenauga In hnneUolal bota ways II provides funils lor tn- Immediate exp-naeao. tbe Movernnient. "d ll Inoreaiea tbe legal re erve of tbe baiikn, miauling ibe lat er in be still more geueroiib lu extending accommodation to tbosa wlsb i on loans nd discounts. Tbe inouftv market Is ai present model ol good oruer, a"u iransacnorm lake place wlth,,ul tuucb annoyance. It la wiiblu tne power ot CouK'Cas lo preserve la's bealibfui slate ol Hill H ly dull)- away with the preterit system nf quurterly bank staiemeuts aud the suatms and dls lurbaure bicb It produces la iiaauol circles." Jh-om the Times. "Tbe laoney mrket was lalrly aellve at 7 per ceo . amorg tbe stock brokers. Tbere was aorne ronaiug round near tbe close oi bank bours torouiparatlvely moderate sums, to make up tne bank ana main ni r un Ouy, but wltb tbe p-oumieot st x-k exebange llrms and the ureal dealers In tbe public fduds me offerings frorolenileisai7lieroeut. were more man eaual lo tticlr wauia "Tbe publlo funds were active for the old 5 20s ot 1SC2 at li'("li t'i per cent., and for iba uew of 1SU7 at yeneroay's advauce to liHs per cent. The otner 6 aos were steady at Uoniny'g prices, and tbe 6 per ceu'e liMus again sold at lo; cent, In tBeHcu'bern Biaie bonds ibe'e was a reoovery InTeLnessee ol J4'Cfl per cent, on the old and new aud turtber rise of 1 per cent, ou the 8 per ceut l.evee bomlstf Louisiana and pnrcent oo ibe Speroeu. I-evee bonds. Tbe old State peroanw roe to 7S(D78 per cent. In tba a per ceut. Levee bands we bear of transactions late ibis afternoon at Hr,t, per cent. Tbe North Oarollnas, Alabaruat, aud Mlcsourls were steady AlaOsmusaold atM per cant for tbe 8 per oems.. and tbe oloaiug uuotallou was SI bid aud W per cent. nked. "Id the Hallway market there wa much flrmoess lo price, and some exnlivuieat la Naw York Oe-trai, wblobsoldat ltttkltM(fll"V cVl5,WlM.(i fluctutlou of tbe uiaitet were freyusat mJ quite sudden, Tbe Western Bond were generally firm, and an advance of lWl.'i Pr cent, was had on Michi gan Bou'bern.anrt per cent on C'evelftud an Pitts burg. On the mlsce laneons share list. Pad II o Mail was lower man yesreraav: tjaiiMin, nr.irm graph, Mariposa, aiid the Express itocks higher," LEGAL INTELLIGEN CE. Tho Hymen Homicide. Cotjht of Uyrr and Tkrminrr Judses Allison and Ludlow. Tne trial ot Hamuel Holt for tbe murder of Christopher Byrnes remitted, last evenlntr, In a verdict of not guilty. During tbe pre Kress of tbe trial it was observed that the most Intensely interested spectators were members oradnerents or (tie two rival lire com tratilf s, the Niagara (lose, to which tbe deceased belonged, and the Franklin Knglno, In favor of which tbesyinpHtbles of tbe prisoner were said to have been enlisted; and consequently when the proaecutlon would make a decided bit tbe Niagara side of tho auditorium would titter glefnliy, wntle, on the other hand, the Franlt liu side gave audible iodlontionH of nailsraotlon at any nourish made by eounsel for thederease. When Ihe Jury came into court to render their verdict. Judge Allison, anticipating disorderly cono uot from those parties, warned them that any demonstration .made In the o nirt roooa would meet with summary punishment. Not wT bstindlntf this camlou, when the verdict was announced tbe Franklin side clapped their limit's and tossed np their bats. To of tne otlenueiH were Detected by tho ofllsers aud brought up before the Court, dodge Allison said he would make an example of them, in oroer to teach others tout this was a court of justice, and not an ordluary theatre, and that decorumshmiia be observed, under penally of severe punlsbment for tbe breaou of it. They were sent below for forty. eight bours. This morning the prisoner's counsel made a motion for the speedy Impanelling ol a Jury for the trial nf the hill charging him wlttt the murder of Ed ward itvrnes, which motion the (Jourtdirected to be filed. I lie Illll Mnrder-JIrn. Tnltchcll lu Court. This morning, before Judges " Allison-and Pelrce, Mrs. Twitchell was brought up for trial, having been conveyed from tne prison to the court bouse in a carriage attended by her unole and the Bherlrt's oltlcers. She was attired In black and closely veiled, but talked l'reoly with her counsel and her friends wbo sut about the dock in wblch she was placed. Toe District Attorney called attention to tne ease, saying: "May it please your Honors, I bold in my hand tbe bill of indictment charging George 8. Twltchel), Jr., and Camilla IJ, Twitcttell with the murder of Mary E. Hill. To this Indict ment the prisoners bave pleaded not guilty, and the prisoner In the dock baa claimed a separate trial. I now move that a Jury be called to try ber case." Counsel for the prisoner opposing no objec tion, tbe Court directed the empanelling of the Jury to bo proceeded with. Haranel Coopor called; had conscientious scruples against capital punishment, and had formed anopluloiiof the guilt or innocence of tbe prisoner, and was challenged for cause by tho Common wealtn. John H. Cliyton had formed an opinion, and was iheiefore challenged by the Com tnoa wealth. Bamuel Haines bad formed an opinion, and was challenged by tho Common wealth. Lemuel 8. Hunt had neither formed an opinion nor entertained scruples, and was cnosen as the first. Leopold Lawrence was not disqualified by scruple or opinion, and was selected as ajuror. Martin Hmltn had neither opinion nor scru ple, and whs not challenged. Simon Funfe bad conscientious soruples against capital punishment, and was challenged by the Commonwealth. Hugo Ingram was not disqualified by opinion or scruple, and was not challenged. Conrad Michael bad neither scruple nor opi nion, and was accepted. Henry Thompson bad formed an opinion, and was therefore challenged by tbe Common, wealth. Thomas Rementer was disqualified besause of opinion, and was challenged by tbe Corn monweaitb. Cuarles Pressler waschaHenged by the Com monwealth because of opinion. William Stewart was challenged because of opinion. Upon being examined by tbe Court, be said be thought be could Judge the case in dependently of bis opinion, but bis memory was so defective that be feared be oould not recollect tbe faots as the trial progressed. The Court sustained tbo challenge. rani Haliowell bad conscientious scruples on tbe subject of capital punishment, and was challenged. Nathaniel Cunningham wa challenged be cause ol conscientious soruples against capital punishment. William Uulbortwas challenged because of conscientious soruples. Charles F. Cai man was challenged because of conscientious scruples. William Lensluburger was challenged be cause of cons-ientious Hcrunlos. Henry T. Fisher was challenged because of opinion, A. F. Granier was challenged because of opinion. CbriRitan Hopnngle was challenged because of opinion. Eiviiie L. Granville was challenged because of opinion. David Wallace was challenged because of opinion. Jacob Weiss was challenged because of bU scruples. Bamuel C. Clark was challenged because of his scruples. Fernando Wood was not disqualified by soru ples or opinion, and was accepted, making the six! b Juror. George Gilbert was challenged because of scruples, - William Bo wen was challenged because of his scruples. Michael Grllner was challenged because of soruples. James Robinson was not disqualified, and was accepted. Coubp OF Quarter Bessions Judge Brew ster, The pi iaou cases, by tne commendable industry of Colonel Dechert, tbe Judge, aud the Jury, bavlnit so reduced In number as iu per mit attention to ball ain& his Honor this morning gave tbe following notice of tbe regu lation of the business All prosecutors, defendants, and their coun sel should take notice that all the ball cases will be taken up. called to. their order, and finally disposed of. The call will commence to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock, and no case will be passed or con tinued without legal reason assigned. Not more than fifty casei will be disposed of auy day. Where prosecutors In cases of misdemea nor do not attend, they will be liable to have the costs imposed upon them. FINANCE AND COMMERCE. OrricH Or trh Kvenino TklK9rph, Wednesday, Jan. 20 ltw9. J Thcte was ruther more disposition to operate in stocks this morning, and prices generally were steady. Government securities wero firmly held. 1073 was bid for 10-40; 112J for Us of 1881; 113 for '02 5-20s; 109J for '64 5 20s; 110 lor'CS 5-20s; and 1084 for '67 5 20 i. City lo ins were unchanged; the new issue sold at 1003. hailrond shares were tne most active on the lUt. UeadinR sold at 47!?47J. a decline of d; Pinusvlvania Kailroad at 67if'57i, an advance of i; Philadelphia and Erie at 27, no change; Le hmh Valley at 6t"ij, no change; and Northern Central at 49. an advauce of i. 129 was bid for Camden and Amboj; (174 for Noirlstown; 33 for Worth Peuusvlvanla; aud 33lor Catawlssa iiralorrml. City Passenger Railway shares were In fair demand. Second aud Third sold at 40, no change: Chesnut and Walnut at 47. no chanjjc; (Jreeu aud Coates at 373H, an advance of 1; and Thirteenth and Fllteenth at 1717j, an advance I; 35 was bid for Fifth and Sixth; 25 for Spruce and Pine; and Hi or Hestoavillo. Hank shares were firmly held at mil prices. Glrard sold at 69, no change. 235 was bid for North America; 1 17 for Pnilalclphla; aud 123 lor Farmers' and Mechanics'. Canal shares were unchanged. Susquehanna Canal sold at 12, and Lehigh Navigation at 294. 10 was bid for Schuylkill Navigation common; 20 tor pteierred do.; and 49 for Delaware Division, We understand an attempt Is to be made in Convreis to extend still further protection to tbe hont manufacture by increasing tbe pre sent exorbitant duties on foreign salt. Soma idea of tbe wisdom and justice ol this contem f la'ed measure may bo lorrncd by contrasting he relation between the present duties and th costof importing it Into this country. The brig Goodwin, from Cadiz, resulted as follows: Cost of cargo, 15,340 bushels, gold , $1169'83 Duty on tamo 1987 -DB Percentapc of duty to first cost . . T70 Again: Brig Sarah Kennedy, from Bonaire to New York : Cost ot cargo, 16,710 bushel", gold . $150000 Duty on same 2160 00 Percentnpe of duty to first C7st . . 1'4I , Now salt is an important article of commerce, not only as a source of revenue and on article of trade, but far blfiher ren-ous, aud sonnd policy In the Government, should protnply lend to a reduction of the present tai'itf on the importa tion of foreiarn salt by at least one-half. Tho Irtome to the Government would probably be larger than at present; or If other ise, the inter ests of the public would not be sacrificed as now to greedy monoplies. The fact-is that the pre sent tariff on the foreign article should be reduced. Since the death of Philin P. Kelly, banker, Mr. B. K. Jamison, of the late firm of P. P. Kelly & Co., has associated with him in the banking and stock business Mr. William M. Stewart, late of the firm of Sutton & Stewart, bankers, Indiana eouuty. Pa., and will resume business at the old stand, northwest corner of Third and Chesnut streets, under the name of P. K. Jamison & Co. Mr. Jamison is well known on Third street as an able business man. The West Jersey Kailroad Company have declared a seml-aununi dividend of five per cent , clear of national tax-. Uy an advert scment in another column it will be seen that the Fame Insurance Company proposes to enlarge its business operations by removing its otlico to a more favorable location and by au Increase of capital. Tbe office of the company will be rcuovd to tho National Bank of the Republic, No. 809 Chesnut street, and the capital etock will bo Increased, in accord ance with a supplement to its charter, to $200,000, in shares of $50 each, pavable on subicribinp.or in instalments of $10 each on the first days of March, May, July, September, and November next eusuiup. The Fame Insurance Company i well known tor its reli ability and tbe promptness of its payments of losses. The prndent management of its alfaira for twelve years has, without Impairing its capital, established it on a firm basts and secured lor It an enviable repu tation among insurers for reliability and fair dealing. Several well-known business men . have recently been elected members of the Hoard of Directors, and they will doubtless Iniuse new energy inti the management ot the a Hairs of the company. Wdlam H. Bbawn, Ksq., tbe Vice-President, is President of the National Bank ot the Republic. Tbe well-known secretary of theconipan-.vvillirtujsl. B'anchard, Esq., will continue to bold that olliee. Appli cations have already been made 'or the greater portion of tbe new 6tock of ihe Fame Insurance Company. An allotment.howev-r, of such stock ' a may not promptly be taken by tho sto"khold ers by the Hist ot February will bs made to new subscribers. PniLAUKLPUlA STOCK KXCIIANGB BILKS TO-D1T Reported by Do Haven & Bru., h0. 40 b. Third street JTlitST B ARD. fsoeocity 8, New., 1110 toiian Beftd R-h.bso. 4V 10(1 do.......60. 47.4 iUU d0........8cft. 7?i 100 dO ,...,.....47 44 28 sh Feuna B....ls. f7X 10 1 do.........b 0, 61 g 11,8 do S60u 67 4 sh N Ceiit,n&WD.Is 49 lO.lsb Shamok CbfiOu S 24 an l aud 8d...... 46 it sh Ches & Wal.... 47 80 so Or & Coates...... 37 SO do.... 88 48 sh 13th A ISth......... 17 4 do nnnm...o- 17 t'iUU uo...... IIUM do two do (soo do... IttiO do .. IB..1WI1, ...LW);, .....lOO1, ,....IOOJj limio du 11000 Fbll A Krle 6s..... 87 i Oi M) Lh tta.gold 1...C. 88H liooo do ............... 08 t2O0U do is. SB')., fiuuu uui,MmiH.H, 1(KM do 8!l 8 Bh Olrard Bk....M. 19 2 ab lb V R 6H iuu sn ruu a, Hi,...V. 27 Messrs. Jay Ccoke & Co. quote Govern ment securities, etc., as follows: U. 8. 6s of , 1881, 1121124; 5-Z0B of 18G2, 113jrJll3i; 6-20?,- 1864, 109 il 09.1: 5-20s, Nov., 105, 109J 110J;July, 18C5, lOSjlOBi; do., 18C7, 108frtf 108; 00. 1868. 10S5fdlU9; 10-40s, 107i108, Union Pacitic bouds, lOlaMH. Gold, 135j. Messrs. De Haven &Hromor, No. 40 Soatb Third street, report the following rates of ex. change to-day at 1 P. M. : D. 8. 6s of 1881, 112 ivin do. 1362, miamn do., isu4. roo 1094; do., 1865,109 Jffll 10;; do. 18C, new, 108J 1083; do., 1867, new, 108A108j; do., 1868, 108 63108; do., 6s, 10-40s, 107J($9t07. Due Com pound Interest Notes, 194 ; Gold, 13541354: Silver. 1300132. Messrs. William Painter & Co., bankers. No. 36 South Third Street, report the following rates of exchange to-day at 12 o'clock: United States 6s, 1881. 112 41121; D. 8. 6-20v 1862, 1131134; do., 1864, 10941093: do., 1865. 10940110; do. July, 1866, lliHlusj: do. July, 1867, 1084'c6108; do. 1868, 103$109; 10-406, 107J (107$. Compound Interest Notes, past due 119-25. Gold, 135413f)j. Philadelphia Trade Report. Wednesday, Jan. 20. The higher grades of Flour are In email supply and command foil figures, but other descriptions are Inactive and prices are declining. Bales of 200 barrels including superfine, at 855 25; extras at to 6 50; Iowa, Wlsoonsin, and Minnesota extra; family at $7-258; Pennsylvania and Ohio do. do. at S8'60t0'50, and faney at Sll13. Rye Flour commands $7-5033. Nothing doing in Corn Meal. Tbere Is very little "Wheat coming forward, but tbe demand Is limited. Hmull sales of red at Jl-80t 90, aud amiier at $22 05. Hye Is un changed. We quote Pbansylvuuia and Western at ?1 60(41-62. In Coin but llctie movement. 300(1 bushels new yellow at sold at 8K$9lo. for damp and dry. Oats ure uucbo ugod. We quote at72jii75o. for Western, and 60(3i70o, for Penn sylvania. Cloversced continues In gcod request at the late advance. Bales of 5UU basnels at ;s-759. Timothy Is firm at 83 75. Flaxseed is in good request at S2 62(s2 65. Bark Is more inquired after, and 80 hhds. No. 1 Quercitron sold on secret terms. Whisky sells at 81 01 04 per gal. , tax paid. LATEST BUirma IA'TELHEt'. For additional Marine Newt tee Inside Paget) TBY TEIiKUUtFH.J Hiw Tojk. Jan. 2o Arrived. ateamahlD Java. trom tilverpuol. " (.By Atlantic Cable.) London nun hy. juu.2o,-Tne ateaaishlp Austrian arrived yesterday, PORT OF PHILl-DgliPHIA,..., JA.NUABY 80. STATX OV TUKKMOMKTKa AT TBS IVINIMa TCLB. HBAPtt OWICU. I A. M-.m 28 ,11 A. M M l P. M.... 40 CLEAHKD THI4 MOKNINS. Brig Clara p. uioba. Parker. MatauEas. John Mason 4fB CO Br. ftubr B. A. Ford. Carpenter, Cftlbarlea. CX O, Va B 'lokmbtl0 &,YUDe' curt. l"bury, ARRIVED THT8 MORN INTO. Bteamshlp Wyoiuinu, Tai. 70 Hour rom Bavan. nan. wltli cottou. hlden. rice, etc., to Philadelphia aiid Woullieru Mall Hteaninhip Co. Paaseairra Mr. J8. llel.er Mr. 1L Hohaff.r, Ml,,. Moi?t.fur. Mrt .J. Xaggart, Mr. J Hsan aii. Mr. uror. and Mr. Brett. bteawHiilp Whirlwind. Oet-r, 88 honra irtun Provi dence, with mdne. to I). K dleisnn A Oo. Nteamer Klcliard Wlllliig, thindilT. 18 hours lrom Baltimore, with indue, to A. Urovea, Jr. Corretondmce of the rhtimuhihia JSxehanoe. Lkwich, Del., Jan. m-a P. M Tba barque Wood land, from Liverpool for Polladelulya. entered the bay tbls forenoon, and itood up wllliout oommuul catinv with the Breakwater. Wind . JOSEPH lAJKTRA. MKMOKANDA. Bohr Thos. T. Tanker, Alien, heuoe,-t Bavannah yenterday. Bohr Mary H. Wentcntt. Handy, from Hlnchani loi Philadelphia, at Holmes' Hole 18th usb POMKSTlO PORTa New Tobk. Jan. 19. Arrived, steamship Nabnutka.' Guard, trom Liverpool. r ,"UI Hieamahlp Oen. bedgwlok, Ollderdale, from Oal Vaton. (uaamsblp Champion, Ickwood, from daAllMton.' itu itaitray, CmbuI. from Jaiuna,
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