TV, EYE H A DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. VOL. IX. NO. 108. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 18G0. TEILdS CIBl -A.IP ML FIltST EDITION "CHERRY HILL." Vnrtlrth Annnnl Krpnrt of the In.pi-rtor of the I'.nnlcrn Penllcniiitry-ObHiTValloim on the DlNclplinr-Operations ilnriiiK I lie year 1 NUM. We have received from the Hon. HichaM Vaux a wpj of the Fortieth Annual lb-port of the Injec tors of the Eastern Penitentiary, and present the following Interesting and Important extracts: "Half a century uko, when the Pennsylvania sys tem of Penitentiary reform was vslutillshcil By the Legislature, the theory of separate Imprisonment of convicts was attacked liy earnest men In Massachu setts, New York, ami F.ngliuul, with a series of ob jections, which in themselves were thought to lie fatal to it successful administration. Then, penal wiener, as an element of nodal science, was almost unknown. Thinkers and students had avoided It as repnlslve and incapable of development. There were no data, there was no knowledge, nor experience, from which to 1oluce a reasonable conclusion as to Its results. Its opponents resisted It on several grounds. They assumed that It would he, if cur ried out, destructive to health, injurious to the mind, and useless in its iutlueuces on those under Its discipline. Against Hint system they set up the congregate plan, of commingling convicts by day at work, in prison, separating them at night. 'I he distinction between these systems was radical. The separate system rested on "the philosophy that, punishment was a separation of the convict from society, to be treated for his crime as his Individual character required; to produce that regret which might cause an amended life; to aid or induce re formation ; to protect society ; to prevent discharged criminals from organizing into a class In the commu nity to prey on It with success, and by acquaintance with each other, made in prison, thus recruit the number and prevent any from returning to honest pursuits, or forming domestic ties. This was the basis on which the separate confinement of eonvlcta was placed. These were the reasons which induced th founders to press It to a practical trial. The theory of the congregate system, on the other hand, may be thus stated : that as convicts were associated with society, association on conviction was obedience to social law, and in prison, therefore, they should work together; that each knew his degradation, and that crime was its cause; yet legal punishment was complete when thus Inflicted, though measured alone by the period of degradation, and t hat on its termina tion the convict was either a lietter man or a worse one, society only requiring crime to be punished and the criminal sentenced to it prison. The effects on the individual which; his punishment produced were never considered, except so far as that it should not injure his health nor his mind; and it was not cruel, because these convicts worked together all day, ami went to separate cells at night A Penitentiary as a place of reformatory penance for crime, may repre sent one system; a factory, as a place of primitive manual labor, may represent the other. "This is plainly stilting the opposite theories of the two systems at the tlin to which we refer. It cannot le denied that since then changes have been made in both systems, by which they have been Improved. In both, experience has done much. In both, reme dial and reformatory influences have been intro duced. "To test, then, the force of the objections origi nally made against the Pennsylvania discipline, and negatively in support of the congregate, it cannot be deemed unreasonable to rely on the information which the past fifteen years cover, as convincing evidence at this time of the obtained results from each. A comparison, now, cannot be refused as proof ; cannot lie rejected as unsatisfactory ; cannot lie denied credence as conclusive oe the questions involved. Appealing, therefore, to past ex perience, we are Justified in une quivocally asserting that the Pennsylvania sys tem of penitentiary discipline, understood and properly applied, is not injurious to the health, has no injurious influence on the mind, is neither inhu man nor cruel, that it benefits the convicts, that it protects society, that it tends to strengthen the dis charged prisoner in a determination to lead an honest life, that it does not entail on the prisoner the known degradation of his condition, that it pre vents the organization of a crime-class in communi ties, and that, if properly administered, it is now the most philosophic and effective system for the treat ment or crime as an actual condition of persons in all societies. "The Inspectors do not now propose to repeat the various and able arguments which have heretofore liecn made in favor of the Pennsylvania system. To meet to-day the original objections to it, which now reappear, It is deemed only necessary to give the Legislature facts, which have been proven by the ex perience of past years. These facts are presented In a form which renders them easily comprehended. An examination of them, with ordinary Intelligence, will substantiate the assertions here made. On these acts the Pennsylvania svstem rests for its sure de fense. In the range of theories in science or iu morals, there Is not one which has been so thor oughly tested by practical experience, as the theory of the advantages of the separate discipline of con victs in a penitentiary. Taking, then, the test of comparison of the results, of separate and congre sate penitentiary discipline, this Institution, and the Mate Penitentiary at C'harlestowu, Massachusetts, are selected as the two penitentiaries under the most carefully arranged supervision. "In order to show without difficulty the results of these systems, taking them as administered in these respective prisons, the percentage mode is adopted as plainly manifesting the purpose of this com parison. "From a history of the Massachusetts State Prison, by the warden of that Institution, we extract the following data, and furnish the corresponding data from the records of this penitentiary: Mvsarhuett Kastern Suite Stat1 J'riiHiu, Penitentiary, lee. 13. S0f, to Oel. 2A, 1S-2&, to Oel. I, lstfs. lire. 31, 16S. 7400 . . . . 6S2H I I'erti. V-rrl. 5412 7314 avi 6 41! -M 67 10S lots n;; siii maj list 8"u 31 511 6 'US U '1M 3 -04 a -03 ! 41 Mi 4 'OS ;is '47 '14 I 1 vi 658 7'54 m 1013 S5 iTis i 483 I TeT Whole No. Committed. Diach'd by Kipiratiou of Sentence. . . Order of the Court, et3. . Pardon " Death " Suicide M urderod by other Con victe Hhot in Attempting to Kftcape Kscnped Neut to Lunatic Asylum. Ilanrad (I). IS. Convict). in Confinement at laM Report, letie Committed Second Time 'This statement proves, for it is a record of facts, "tiat the mortality on given numbers In each Peniten tiary white convicts in Pennsylvania, ami convicts of all colors in Massachusetts, is as li-Ul per cent, in the separate system to 8-HO in the congregate, a dif ference of O-Ntf per cent, in favor of the separate sys tem, extendlug over a fixed period. Now it is not known as a fact, that negroes in this Mate, sent as convicts, are frequently admitted iu unsound health. Climate and various causes enervate them, especially muluttoes. Therefore, to make the comparison just to the Cliariestown Penitentiary, and unjust to the Pennsylvania Penitentiary, owing to the enfeebled constitution of a large number of admitted negroes, as the mortality in this Peniten tiary is so remarkably increased from this cause, we Hive a table covering a period of fifteen years, from IsM to lbGH, Inclusive. "W e leave this subiect, tnen, witn mean remarug, that the objection to the separate system that it in jures the health is proved by facts to be an error, and that as to the mortality under the separate system, it in not appreciably greater than In the best conducted congregate peiilteutiury in the I'uited States. If re formation of convicts is to be attained by prison dis cipline, then we propose to test the two systems on this point The Pennsylvania discipline professes to induce reformation, by special influences most di rectly applied to each prisoner as his individual characteristics require. This cannot be done iu the congregate prisons. Taking the past tlfteen years, ami the Bame Institutions, the following comparison to made: 4ujiuWiu' Mute iVi'o A'uv.Cft Mate i'eniteitliary. J'mr. Jie-etm- Itr-eom- mil- I'm-CI. JVo.lfe. mil. Vtr CI. MraU. !, nuiUt. B4 22-81 m 8 (Tift 17 ll-Ofi HO in ls-33 24 17-27 1411 10 6-H5 21 13-12 237 27 11H9 81 lolifl 207, 17 8-21 24 14-72 20ft 19 9-27 14 9-72 2f 81 11-97 21 10-Otl lh2 22 12t)9 20 19-61 Lift . H tt-Vi 16 141 lh3 13 7-10 10 12' lr0 9 fl-00 6 0f 267 IS fi-Ofl i'l 8-Vl 84 29 7-97 12 9'87 291 26 8-93 28 16-56 263 19 71 I m 313 lit I b-T No.He- 149, iHWi... lHf... INMf... lKW... bwiy... 1H61... 1MS3... i4. .. 1K5... Usi6... IMU... 141 1UH 168 144 197 102 1UM 7 im 'Ml I!ih 1Mb... "From the above comparison It will he seon that, taking the last fifteen years of the Massachusetts State Prison, which under Its superior management, is perhaps Its best period, and comparing It with the KasU-rn State Penitentiary, the reformatory In fluence of the separate system Is 4-tW per cent supe rior to that of the congregate system. To this we have to add the statement of a State authority, who, after two years' experience In Massachusetts prisons, thus writes his oillclal opinion in lsar.: 'But do our prisons work reformation of the criminal? Uo to our prisons, as I have done the past year. Inquire of the officers, hear the story of the convicts, watcn the workings of the system, and you will see that Instead of reforming they harden the criminal.' " The report then proceeds to discuss the subject of mental disease as a cause of crime, ami says: "From Investigations was deduced the fact that a disturbed mental condition developed Itself In crimes, as well as In other well-ascertained forms. The most ordinary observer cannot fail to have dis covered that the Increase of crimes, which can only be satisfactorily comprehended or explained on the now admitted cause of mental unsoundness, is yearly made manifest Insanity, or some degree of mental madness, is likewise Increasing. This Is the result of causes well understood. It Is not proposed here to discuss them. It may be mentioned Hut now there are LW6 convicts iii Sing Sing, one of the three state prisons In New York, with but 12im cells. This is a larger number than in the two state penitentiaries of Pennsylvania. The report for the year 1mm of the New York Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction, shuns that under their cure were inso persons In the Lunatic Asylum, a public charity, receiving those committed by the municipal authorities of that city. f these lXi died. This does not include U9 idiots under the same cus tody. This fuct Is here presented to show that In sanity, in some form, Is the established coudifi in of a certain number of persons in communities. Taking this fact, the deduction Is undeniable that a certain portion ol Insane commit crimes, else the best, pre ventative of crime Is Insanity. If then criminals are Insane before conviction, It is no objection to the separate system of Penitentiary punishment that insane persons are convicted to Its custody, or develop insanity afterwards. During the past year, lsW, there were three persons sent to this Penitentiary, recorded as insatm by the resident physician on his examination of them, at. the time of their reception. Hut, further, to prove the proposition now under consideration, we quote from special authority that at one of the three State almshouses located at Tewksbury, Mas sachusetts, under the control of the Hoard (if State Charities, last year 220 Inmates were received or ex changed from the other State almshouses, and re ported nearly every one defective In mind or body. "The sanie report further states: 'We are con stantly making such transfers and receiving such returns, besides numbers of patients from Stite lunatic asylums.' The Almshouse at Tewksbury had last year 'an average number of 767 Inmates,' report ing 'iiio deaths. From the same published Informa tion we make the following statement: "The following table will afford the best Idea of the extent to which a commonwealth may be mulcted with mental and moral disease: Whole ntmibpr of pntipen in Magachurtetta, in- ( Incline KliHl insune, 1K7 57,349 Whole number of pernona committed to State and county prisons 10.SS6 Whole number of pupils in reformatories (exclusive of nlmtihouhes) 1,599 W hole number of insane at all hospitals and asylums, except almshouses 2,428 Total 72.261 "Adopting these figures as approximating to the number of persons iu a state shown to be iu an unhculthful social condition, with its population of 1,207,031, they give 6-70 per t ent, of the whole as a class iu which crime is produced, anil latent or patent Insanity, or some condition of mental disease, Is therefore necessarily existing. Of these 372s were insane. 'It may not be out of place to give the following statement, as throwing some light on the cause of crime, the character of criminals, and the ne cessity for a close scrutiny into that branch of social science which indirectly relates to the best preventive means against a crime class. In Massachusetts there are 335 towns. In the year 18(W, these towns supported or cared for, in various ways, 81.870 paupers, besides 2411 sent out of the State or transported to their friends. If this be true of a community professedly so far advanced towards perfection in social development, it is not surprising that, in other less favored populations, the crime cause more largely exists. If, then, mental disorders are productive of crime, the percentage of criminal insane should bear an ascertainable pro portion to the whole number of convicts." Alter lunuer quotations, uic repurt procecua to discuss the subject of the proportion of insane con victs to the populations of State penitentiaries. It savs: -For the past forty years, out of the 66t2 different persons committed to the separate or Philadelphia Penitentiary, six were sent to the State Lunatic Asy lum, or 0-10 per cent, "For tho past forty years, out of the 4723 different persons committed to the congregate C'harlestowu (Mass.) Penitentiary, a less number In the same period, thirty-five were sent to the State Lunatic Asvluni, or 0-74 per cent. "For the past fifteen years the annual average mortality of all prisoners in the separate or Phila delphia Penitentiary was 01s percent. "For the past fifteen years the annual average mortality of all prisoners in the congregate, or Cliariestown (Mass.) Penitentiary was 0-90 percent. Since the year l2o, out of 4723 different convicts sent to Cliariestown Penitentiary, the mortality has been 8-91 ami the Insanity 0-74. The average yearly population of that penitentiary is, by the same au thority, stuted as 'being about 876,' and 6 as the annual mortality, being au average yearly mortality of 1-83 per cent. "It is shown also that 14-SO per cent, of the 196 con victs sentenced for life died iu prison. About 60 per cent, or li7 convicts, were pardoned; and 19 were discharged in other ways. "We leave this branch of the subject, confident that every intelligent and candid mind will admit, on a careful examination of the comparison here made, us to the 'mortality' and 'insanity' in the separatu and congregate systems, that this Penitentiary or the separate imprisonment of convicts, by actua facts, has vindicated Its claim to superiority." The report then proceeds to notice the compara tive cost of the two systems, saying: "It is beyond doubt that the experience of forty years in penitentiaries on both these methods of punishment will show that neither cun be perma nently self-supporting. It is idle to talk of making money out of the yearly labor of convicts in a single prison, when a State has paid millions of dollars to siipjiort its general pauper and criminal class. 'Would it not be better for State rather to attempt to depauperize some of the 40,ooo honest poor, than so employ 600 convicts iu one prison as to make a prollt, Uiereon to base the avowal of the superiority of the congregate system of peniletlary discipline '! "How purposeless, how absurd, to claim supe riority for the congregate system of convict impri sonment, that it may be made a profit-gaining sys tem, when, where it is best administered, the people lire taxed $2,600,000 iu a year to pay for the cost of charities and prisons ! "The self-supporting idea of prison institutions must he abandoned, unless the 'contract system' is made to compete In prices with mechanical or other labor of the out-door population. This will not be permitted, while the present opinion of these indus trial classes Is regarded bv legislators as worthy of consideration. The agitation of the industrial classes in States where this 'contract system' is adopted for convict labor already betokens serious opposition to its continuance. "We quote the following facts from the annual message the Covernors of the State of New York: "For the yeor 1WI6, the excess of 'expenditures' over 'eurnings,' At King Ring snd Auburn prisons, was $153, 141 '9H In the same prisons for tlie year 1HH7, whs ITO.ikk) ix) " " 1bim, was 2il,5U5'23 "In tKith these Stale prisons this coveted 'con tract system' Is adopted and carried out to the fullest extent its most ardent admirers and advocates could desire, "It need not then be Bcriously considered, on tho basis of econouiv, by what specious or plausible L.Tiuiuiion the tieiiul Institutions of anv State, with a large and settled population, cau be made to yield a nrollt to the public treasury. This penitentiary will compare favorably with any such penal esta blishment, when It Is known that the labor of its convicts is not Uie only aim of its punishment, not the single purpose of its discipline. Whenever a people force its Legislature to make laws for pro ducing a profit out of the laUr of persons convicted for crimes, tho degradation of that people Is msnl fest, and the civilization which should regard the amelioration which penal science introduces in o penal Jurisprudence is degenerating into a sordid and blind materialism." The following paragraph Is likewise of interest: "We venture, most respectfully, to express the hope that the legislation on tho subject or punlsn ment lor crimes, under any circumstances, will be directed to the perfecting of county prisons for the lesser offense. The wisdom of separating prisoners In all prisons will yet bo vindicated. I he wisdom of preventing an organized crlmo-class In community by the force or association or congrega tion of convicts in prison Is daily becoming vindicated by the sod experience of dense populations. The true pruiosopu j of euiiguumed lt'laiaUou ; tUc tugU- est benevolence; the safeguards of Society fombhie to protest against the result of penal Jurlspru l -n -u which temporarily punishes a person ouvlct.vl of crime, for the lirst time, or or crime or the le.Mer de grees, by permanently making him a convict, u;i I marking him as such during his after lite. "The nearer tho punishment is applied to the home or neighborhood int1ucuc.es and associations of this grade of prisoners, the loss likely is It that, such person will leave these Iniluonccs, after the punish ment Is over, lie can then obtain a social position, ami thus le saved from the Inevitable results of con gregate degradation with congregated convicts, when his liberty Is regained.'' The report linally states; "The post year's' history of the State Penitentiary for the Kostcrn District of Pennsylvania has no record of a single exception to that of the forty years of its operations. Iliiring these forty years It lins been the only Institution on the separate system which has had laid upon it the duty of faithfully ad hering to Its designed purpose. The inspectors, by devoting their time ami energies to the full de.cliqi inent of its real character, have established it beyond truthful and successful opposition, if that opposition Is animated only by motives which tinlila-ised and enlightened investigation will satisfy or convert. "If those who now seek to Introduce into Pennsyl vania penal systems which have not been sufficiently tried, or though novel here have been shown to be unable to realize their promised results where they have been fully tried, would piitieutlv investigate, after duly qualifying tnemselves to judge, and would not. until alter such investigation decide the Penn sylvania system of Penitentiary discipline and reform will yet become the standard ol ameliorated penal institutions.'' Appended to the report, which Is signed by the lion. Hlehard Viiux, as President, are several Import ant tables, from which we make the following ex tracts: The following Is a summary or the table or popula tion statistics for the year: Mill". AVillVt. 7Vf. Penitentiary population for the year Ihiw'. 861 18 879 W hole number committed during the year 260 3 253 MiuiiImt remaining in prison, December 81. 1868 019 11 030 Average number for the year 18(18.". 22 Number died during the year.. .. 7 7 Average daily number, from Oc tober 25, lb29, to December 31, 1S68..... Cost per capita per diem, for the year 18S exclusive of amount appropriated by Commonwealth, 80 cents. The rollowlng tables set forth several interesting particulars respecting the inmates received during ltis: NATURAL RELATIONS. While. jVo. V. Cl.brrd, -Vo. l'f.CI. Mules... 215 84-98 Males 35 13.3 Females 3 1-19' Females 218 8C-171 . ;if 13-83 HEX. IV. el. ilium s. .V.,. I',: el. 13-83 White Mules.... ISO 71-15 40' White Females. 2 -79 1-68 Mulatto Males.. 18 7-12 1-97, P.lack. Males 8 3-10 V'lutc Males 35 White Females.. 1 Mulatto Mules... 4 I'.lack Males 5 45 17-78' AUK. Fami jV. IV. el. IVo,, Flider is. ...... ..12 4-72 86 to 40 18 to 81 83 13-05 40 to 45.... 21 to 25 74 29-25 45 to 60. . . . 26 to 80 45 17-80 60 to 00 80 to 85 22 8-7000 to 70. . . . 186 73-62 1 KDUCATIONAt ltEl.ATlONS. Illiterate Itcad only Read ami write 207 82-22 IV. el. 10-28 8-95 5-63 6- 63 1-19 ...26 ...10 ...14 ...14 ... 3 07 26-48 .Vo. Pr. f t. . 41 16-20 . 20 10 lis .180 73-62 CON.Il'OAI. KKI.ATIONS. I'nnuirried. . Married Separated... Widowers. .. Widows '. HAiurs. Abstainers Moderate drinkers Sometimes intoxicated Often intoxicated 100-00 1N0C8TKIAI. KK1.ATI0N3. AV. I'liapprenticed 2"5 Apprenticed and left 31 Apprenticed and served until 21 years of age 17 IW- rl. 81-03 12-25 0-72 253 1O01HJ The discharges of the year were as follows: V.. i .Vo. White males 221 Colored males 21 W lute females 4 Colored females 3 25 V. 30 13 7 1 Sentence expired Pardoned Uemoved to County Prison Died Commutation of sentence (l". S. convict; Of the 4792 different prisoners discharged since the opening of the Penitentiary forty years ago, only 4s2, or lo-OG per cent., have again been sentenced to this Penitentiury, viz. : White Males 353 . Colored Males 110 White Females i Colored Females 4 362 1 120 The report says: "Hut it is worthy of note, that many of these 4s2) reconvicted convicts, had been subjected to the influence of the congregate system of coiillnement. prior to their first imprisonment here, as exhibited in the following analysis of their convictions recorded on their urst reception here." Then comes the following table : .v-. Ftrst conviction to this or any prison so far as known 302 pr. t t. 62-6I! Second conviction, but lirst here, the pre vious one being to u congregate prison. . Third conviction, but lirst here, the pre 95 19-71 vious two being to a congregate prison . . Fourth conviction, but lirst here, the pre vious three being to a congregate prison, Fifth conviction, but lirst here, the pre vious four being to a congregate prison. . Sixth conviction, but lirst here, the pre vious live being to u congregate prison . . Old convicts, lirst here, the previous cou- 5-00 1-46 0-41 0S3 victions being tou congregate prison 45 9 -34 42 10'CUO "From the alwve," says the re part, "it will be seen that of the 42 reconvicted convicts, lut 3ir or 62-00 per cent, about five-eighths, were on their lirst con viction sentenced to this Penitentiury. "It Is a gratifying fuct to the friends or the sepa rate system to know that of the 4792 diileient indi vidual prisoners discharged (ami liable to reconvic tion) during a period of more than tf years, only 802 or 6-30 per cent, returned of those who had been sul jected to no other system of confinement than that known as the separate or Penns Ivunia system.'' p or the 0228 prisoners received Into this Peniten tiary since its opening, October 25, ls29, 8100, or49-i7 percent were 26 years of uge and under; 1261. or 20-09 percent, were minors: 1S55, or 29-02 percent., were between 21 and 26 years of age. Of the 253 prisoners received during the vear lsds, 134 were 25 years of uge and under, a per cent, of 62-97 ol the prisoners received, with au average age of 21-27 years, and au average sentence of 2 years 4 months and 21 days; of the number (134i 45 were minors and 16 hud served iu the army. In the rol lowlng statistics of crimes against property und per sons, the percentage is calculated upou each class separately. The following table shows the crimes for which the 030 prisoners who were inmates ol the prison De cember 31, IsOs, were convicted: Murder, . 87 Incest, Fornication and IT ( Bastardy 21 Conspiracy 17 Misdemeanor Assault and Unitary to 14 Steal Heceiving Stolen (uiods. 22 Attempt at larceny 29 ireacli of Prison 60 larceny Knit . 11 Highway Robbery 94 ( uunterfitiiiiig 83 KeepiiiK bawdy House. . . H, Aiding Prisoner to Kb- 801 cuos Mayhem 8 Assault and Buttery ,., 8'ibornation of Perjury.. 13 1 loisonuig llKafe Keepiug"!!!! ltape A rson MunslsuKhtor Assault aud Hutteiy to Kill Assault and liattery to Kape HurKlaryand larceny... Home Stealing Attempt to commit Hur- . Ri0 llurulary Kobliury Attempt to ltob Forgery Attempt to commit Fe lony Passing Counterfeit Mo ney Assault and lluttery Concealing Death of Child 1 Total KW The following Is a list of the otllcers of the institu tion: LuHjiscUir-JUvliwU YmuI, Alexander Jleory, 253 100-00 A. If. rL . 143 50-92 . 89 35-17 . 3 1-19 . 15 6-93 . 2 79 253 100-00 JV,i. fee el. 40 15-80 134 62-97 59 23-32 20 7-91 253 1 Thomas II. Powers, Furman Sheppard, Anthony J. lirexei. President of the Hoard Richard Vaux. Treasurer Furman Sheppard. Secretary Thomas II. Powers. Warden John H. llalloway. Resident Physician Henry M. Kliipp, M. D. Moral Instructor Kev. John Kuth. Clerk A. J. Otirt, M. D. riNANCI ATJDCOI&XVXEIICS Office of thf. KvF.Nrna TTi.ronPH,l Wednesday, May 6. 1869. 1 The main feature o our Money market to-day ls the largo excess of supply over tho dciinuul. The bunks arc daily iiunincntiiiK their reserves, and appear to experience a considerable tlilli ciilty in Undine; an outlet. Hiisiuess, tliou'li much improved by tin; present ease of the mar ket, is not very brisk, and fears are be ginning, to lie entertained by many that a spirit of (-peculation will spring tip and tend to disturb the present con dition. This is generally the concotnituit of an easy money; market, and already sins are manifested of its revival at this juncture. An active condition of trade, such as we arc wont to have at this season, would prevent so unde sirable a result by crcatinir a more healthy rte lnaiitl for the large unemployed surplus on the market, but fairnisr this, the other alternative, in accordance witii precedent, seems inevitable. Money on call is very ensv to-day at per cent., according to the collaterals ofleretl by borrowers. Rates for prime commercial paper remain at ofn'H per cent.; 7 per cent, beino; the average for well-endorsed names. (iovcrmnent securities arc a little off from the closing prices of yesterday, and very dull. (Johl is also weak. Premium at opeiiing, Rl'ih'; at 12 M., 1:55. There was considerable activity in the Stock market, but prices, witii few exceptions, were weak. State loans were quiet, w ith sales of the third scries at 107, and the coupon war loan at 101 J. City sixes were stronger, selling at 101 IOIJ jj for the new certificates. The Lcliijru gold loan was taken at Rending Railroad opened at 4"-(i9, and closed nt 47.j, iv decline of Si- Pennsylvania Railroad fell oft , selling at 54(8)54; Lehigh Vallev Railroad changed hands at 55j, a decline of . Philadelphia and Krie Railroad, 2!,V: Cativ wissu Railroad preferred, 35: Mine Hill Railroad at 54,'i; mid Camden and Ainbov Railroad at Canal shares were quiet hut steady. Sales of Lehigh Navigation at Xi; 17 was bid for Schuylkill Navigation preferred. Coal shares were inactive. 4y.( was offered lor New and Middle: 5 for Slianiokin: 5 for Ful ton: 5i.j' for Big Mountain; aud for Feeder Uum. In Rank stocks nothing was done. 20" was bid for North America: 58 lor Commercial; for Mechanics'; and 75 for City. Passenger Railway shares 'were without im provement. The following were the bids: J-t1 for Second and Third: 85 for Fifth and Sixth; 71 for Tenth and Klcvcnth: 2(i for Spruce aud Pine; nnd IS for llestonville. In addition to the statement made yesterday of the semi-annual dividends by our city banks, we present the loiiowing: .'!'. ilntl Dir. Ilir. . .8 per ct. 7 per ct A nit. In be 1''ifiilfil. Ili..linre I. 11,500,000 $105,000 flfin. Philadelphia Commerce. . Mechanics. .. N. Liberties. Western .6 6 250,000 12,000 soo.ooo 600,000 400,000 :too,ooo 400,000 2.17,000 :u 10,000 300,000 260,000 750,000 1,000,000 600.000 12,500 60.000 24,000 1S,000 24,000 11,S60 15.0OU 15,tHKI 10,000 37,500 35,0011 .10 ...a 10 0 0 Consolidation.. 0 City 0 Cominonw'lth.,6 Second Natn'l.. Third National Seventh " Central Republic :'.' 5 4 Germantown B7,50O PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES. Reported by De Haven A Bro., No. 40 S. Third Street. FIRST BOARD. 12000 Leh Gold 1..C. 94',;: S700 City 6s, New.. 101 'J $1400 do Is.lOly $1000 Pa R 2 m 94 '4 $2000 Pa 6s W L Cp. lots.. 101 '4 $4000 Leh Vnbds.cp lots.. 101 V $'.,000 I'll ila F, 7s. M 13 sh Leh ValR.... 55 loo sh Pentia R 54 . x do...d bill. 64 17 do cA p. 64 I 40 do. d bill Is. 64 ! do 64 37 do..(ipgAl. 54,' 16 sh Cam Am R.127V! 2 sh Miuehill s5wu tA'4 ' 100 sh Cata Pf 35 I 20 sh Leh X St 32 V lnOsli Phil A- E..K6. 2t',' 100 do 1)00. 2, 1 led do c. 2!-4'i 500 ilo 830. 29 " 1 200 sh Read R....e.47 0 200 do Is. 47-09 ;)00 do.... Is. t5. 47-69 600 do Is. 47 80O do.. ls.lSH). 471, HtMl 00 Is. 47s, 100 do UIO. 47'. 100 do 1)60. 47 ',' 200 do.. ..Is.b5. 47 , 100 do c. 4T'4, lOo do 47 100 do b5. 47 ' 100 do s5. 47 i 100 do I00. 47 100 do Bid. 4750 100 do bOO. 471, 200 Uo Is. 47'66 200 do 1)5.47-66 200 do 815. 4( 100 do..SlOwn. 47V II") do Iifi.47 '66 100 ill 47'Mi 100 do 1)5.47-60 lt'0 Uo c. 47-56 100 do 29 V Nakr A Lao.nek, Bankers, report this morning's Gold quotations us follows: 10-00 A. M 1B5 11-25 A. M 135'; 1(1-26 " 136 ', 12-15 P. M 13.V 10- 45 ' 135'.-. 12-20 " 18.V 11- 20 " 135', 12-2S " 135 V Jlessrs. Dk Uatbn V Bkothbr. No. 40 S. Third street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations: I'. S. 6s of lssl, lis , 10 119', ; do. 1S02, MS-.Mll;; do. 1M4, 114i 114', ; do. 1S05, 116),.ill6S ; do. 1S05, new, HO-',! 116'V ! do. 1S67, new, 116 116'4 ; do. IstW, llv 116'', ; do. 6s, HMOs, 10hV410S'a': I'. . 3o Vear 6 per cent. Cv., loo-, 106'j, ; Due Corhp. Int. Notes, 19V. tiold, 135 v 136;i ; Silver, 127v.iir l3ij. Messrs. Jay Cook k A Co. quote Government secu rities, etc., as follows : C. S. os, 'si, 119. 119 v ; 6-20s of ls02, lis vsils', ; do.,lS64, 114o iu ; do., Nov., 165, 115.-.(116i4 5 do., July, 1806, 110 '.orlie1,'; do., 1S67, H6(rfl16'4; do., ISOS, llO.vcfillrt '., ; 10-10S, I(is-',10. Pacifies, 100'va 106 Gold, 185-,. Xessrs. Wiixum Paintkk Co., No. 36 S. Third street, report the following quotations: L". S. Os of lssl, llVirll9; 8-2os of lM)2, lls'jtrfllSJ, ; do. 1S04, I13',(rf 114: ; do. 1-65, 116u8116, ; do. July, 1A 110' .of 116 '.j ; do. ,lulv, 1S67, 110.:n (110 ; do. July, 10S, 116.' ..0JII6 ; 63, 10-40, lOtylOsi. Uold, lsr.i.: (a 136;,. lliiln1elliin Trade ISoport. Wkpnksiiav, May 5. The Flour market is dull, but we continue yesterday's quotations. There is 110 dcniund lor hliipment, and the inquiry for home con sumption is limited. Sales of sun barrels, chiefly Northwestern extra family at fO-Mhii 7-25, the latter for choice; Pennsylvania do. do., fo-56'n 7-75; Ohio do. do. at f -i 71'5; fancy brands ut f Iiko.,12; extras at f.v7r.i 0-26, and superfine at $:.i,.'.-.'ki. hve Flour sells at $7i 7-.'6 t per barrel. Nothlnit doina in Corn Meal. There is not much activity iu the Wheat market, but prices are well susluined. The Inquiry is con fined to Rood und prime lots, which urd in small supply : sales of red at $1 -05, 1 -07 ; umber at $l-75m 1--6, and looo htishel white at $2. Hve sell nt $-40o 1-4.5 bushel: loco bushels Western wold at the latter rate. Cum The oileriii84 are linht and with u (rood dcniund, prices are 2c. higher. Sales of 30011 bushels vellow at '.'no. 92c. the hitter for very choice : 2000 bush, inch Western mixed at s6n vc, and 2ooo bushels white at sfKossc. Oats me iu steady request, und holders are a.-kmjf an advance of 2c. "r bushel ; sales ol st'oo bushels Western at so .. 3c, and bum bushels lu-laware at 01m 05e. Nothing doing 111 Hurley or Malt. Hark In the absence of sales we quote No. 1 ffucr. t it roil at $.'.2 t ton. Whisky is selling at 90.0 $1 x gallon, tux puiL Markets Uy Telegraph. Nkw Yokk, Mav 5 Stocks weuk. Gold, 135)f. F.xchange, ',. 6-20s, 102, ils,; do. lx'4, 114; do. 1S65, 115': ; new, 110;;do. m!7, 116 , ; 10-4os, U'sJ, ; Missouri Cs, S2',, ; Cuiuberlund prccrred, 30; New York Central, 173; Heading, f". ; Hudson River. 162: Michigan Ceutrai, 129; MlchlgaiiSouthcrii, 103; Illinois Ceutrai, 146t, ; Cleveland aud Pittsburg, 91; Cleveland ami Toledo, 102; Chicago und Rock Islutid, 130; Pittsburg and Fort ayue, 142. Slock Quaint Iuiin bv (ilendinlng, Davis A Co., Tcletfi'Hpli-l I. SI. report through their New 1 oik nouse tne tenoning: N. Y. Central l 17:11. West. Cnlnn Tel 423,' 71 76 MY OOJtf N. Y. and Erie It... I'll, and Rea. It Mich. S. and N. I. R Cle. and Pitt. it.... Chi. and N. W. com, CM. and W. W. pref, . t")'j Toledo and Wabash. . . 94', Mil. and St, Paul It. c. .losi. Mil. and St, Paul R. p. . 91 Adams Kx press. . h6V Wells, Fargo . 97 United Slates .VA'A irl'enil.H)U4M Au lieur 62 65?, 130 t in. and it, 1. J( I Ills. r w. i.uu ll.iz- uuiu FavilluMailKUHVU... wv Market irregular.. SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. Our West India Squadron Advices from Admiral HoU-Condi-lion of Affairs in Cuba. The President and the Ameri can Union League -Ho will Carry Out to His Ut most the Principles of the Republi can Party. Allaiii'K in v 1ii-1m ul iiikI Mio AWtxt. FROM WASIIUiGTOX. The Nit tuition in Cubn Iiiteri-Klinu Advices Irani Admiral 1 1 oil. Sjitcial )e)xiteh to The Kveniwt Telf'irrtph. Washington, May 5 The Navy Department to-day received despatches from Admiral IToff, dated oil Havana, April 27. The Admiral says: I find upon my arrival here political matters exceedingly quiet. There was an expedition supposed to have sailed from Yucatan, consist ing of a largo steamer and several sailing ves sels, which attempted to land men and arms for the insurgents on tho south side of the Western Department. They were unsuccessful. The Spanish Admiral has left in his flag-ship, accompanied by several vessels, in search of this party, but 110 news has been received from him. The transport having on board the political prisoners that left here a month since, and sup posed to have sailed for Fernando Po, has put into St. John's, Porto Rico, for repairs. The Captain-General of that island has determined to send some of the passengers to the Canaries, and the balance to Cadiz. Both the Cubans aud Spaniards seem to be unusually quiet, and uo successes arc reported on cither side. The American I'liion I.enmie. A committee of the Union League of America, consisting of Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania; Governor Newell, of New Jersey; Major MeQiiade, of Pennsylvania: and Mr. Alexander, of New York, who were appointed at a meeting of the League In New York last Friday, to wait upon the President and member ol the Cabiuet, arrived here to-day They called this morning upon the President, and informed hint that they have beeu appointed by the League to wait upon him and tho mem hers of his Cabinet for the purpose of assuring them of the determination of the League to maintain its organization and stand by the ad ministration in its efforts to sustain Repub lican principles and to restore peace aud order to the Southern States. The President expressed his gratification at the murk of confidence bestowed upon him by the League, and assured them that he would do all in liis power to carry out the principles of tlie Republican party and ot the League. FROM BALTIMORE. Tne Kccctit Interview ltetwccii rnnl and I.ce -- llepurtin-c ol" a I nited Slule t'ouxnl -Tlie ."WcClclInn Alley DlxiiNter. KlHcial Deiate.h to The Hveniiui Teleijraph. Baltimoke. Mav 5. Samuel Fogart, with whom General Lee sojourned when her, accom panied him on his recent visit to President Grant. He avers positively that aearly all the correspondents, and newspaper notices of that interview are exaggerations and wide of the truth. It lusted only fifteen minutes, and was merely congratulatory, with conversation only about ordinary subjects. Not tlie slightest allu sion was made either to politics or reconstruct tion. The interview was wholly of a social, friendly character. Minister Motley was present. The fcteamer Baltimore, of the Bremen line, sails to-day. Among her passengers aro Major A. M. Hancock and family. Consul at Malaga. She lias a full cargo and a lair complement of passengers. The Mayor and City Council and members of tlie Fire Department attend the ttiueral of Wil liam C. Ross this afternoon, tho third victim of the late McClellan alley fire. There continues considerable Cuban-patriot sympathy excitement here, and it is suspected that secret organizations are forming for send ing oil an expedition to aid the insurgents. FROM JVJSir EXGL IXD. .XeeliiiK ol ilie lrnud l.ixlue of !vfnoii of l u i ne 1 1 orl it-ll ll tl 111 1 A lluir. Sieelal Itexpateh to The Ih eniny IrUyraph. PmtTi.AM), Me.. May 5. The Masonic frater nity was in annual session here yesterday. The Grand Lodge met at U A. M. to-day. Grand Master Timothy J. Murray presided, and de livered an interesting address showing tlie ex cellent condition aud progress of tlie Order. Tlie returns reported from every lodge iu tho State show that there are 148 lodges, 14, members, and 4:T non-affiliated. The uumbcr initiated in past year is 1M11. The Portland Horticultural Society held their spring exhibition yesterday at Congress Hall. Notwithstanding the storui. it was u tine affair. The New lliuiiilili-c Auric ultural Collruc- i;.M-riuit-iilHl Til rutin. .Sjieeiul OtKjmtrh to The Ki'euinj 'J'eU'jroph. Com out), N. II., May 5. An important meet ing of the Hoards of Trustees of Dartmouth Col lege and of the State Agricultural College has been held in Concord. The report of Professor Diniond in relation to the Agricultural College, and embodying 11 plan lor the erection of build ings for procuring an experimental farm and for securing oilier facilities requisite to make the institution second to none of Its kind iu this country, was prcK-ntcd and unanimously adopted by bolh boards. FR OM A LL EMQ f : V. nrawliiu Ilie Frizes ol' n UM Concern. Social DeHjmtch to The Kteniny Telegraph. Ai.lkstown, Pa.. May 5. The drawing of prizes of the Good Will Gift Concern commenced this morning at 10 o'clock. Among the prizes trt 111 fltuixw.wl . 1. . e j e.iul I, irtt editl. . -'u.tu Ul IB OHO Ol " ft" ' five prizes of $100 each iu greenback-, and a .. i ui Yiuueacu in green" pair of carriage horses valued at W. The drawing, which is for tho benefit of the Good Will Steam Fire Engine Company, will contluuo for about a week. A largo crowd is attracted lier to witucM Uio djunrikutloii l prl"8- FROM THE TE 'EST. fGencrotin ;Hnn Civil nml Criminal iilli -I'm Iu ration. S)aal Pexpatrh to The Evening TeletrrapK St. Locih, May 5. Mr. Lee, of Crosby Opera House fume, has generously loaned tho directors of tho Masonic Hall Association ft sullicient sum to prevent their noble edifice from being sacri ficed. The building was but recently completed. Mr. I e invested largely In the enterprise. A libel suit was filed yesterday against tho steamer General McPorter, by Mr. George Fre derick, for running into and sinking a barge laden with Ice. The. grand jury yesterday found a new indict ment against Captain W. B. Donaldson, for mur der. His trial commences to-day. Several hundred emigrants have arrived here during the past ten days, en route toKiinsiw und points on tlie Pacific Railroad. The mercury rose to 00 in the shade yesterday afternoon. 5Iiiii1-Iii1 Selection. Madimom, Intl., May 5 The city election yesterday was hotly contested. Tho Democrats re-elected the Treasurer, Clerk, and Assessor by an average majority of !J07. THE EUROPEAN 'MARKETS. By Atlaitiie. Cable. Tills Morning's Quotation. IiONnoN, Mav ft A. M Consols, for both money and account, linited States Five-twenties, mii. American Stocks quiet ; Erie Railroad, 19. V ; '.tlinoia Central, osy ; Great Western, 24.. LiVKRrooi,, Mav 6 A. M. Cotton market opens rrejrular; middling uplands, ll4'd. ; middling Or leans, I2d. The sales for to-day are estimated at 7000 bales. London, May 5 A. M. Sugars, SSs. 9d. This Afternoon's Quotations. IONdon, May iw P. M. United (states Klve twcntles, 80'i. The Stock market Is without mate rial alteration ; Erie Railroad, li : Illinois Central, 8SV;. London, May H P. M. The shipments of Cotton from Hoiiibav to the 1st Instant, Blnce lost re port, according to private despatches, were 3S,U00 bales. Common Rosin. r.s. Tallow, 44s. d. London, May ft P. M Tallow active and un changed. IIavkr, May 6 P. M Cotton opens fiat for both on the spot and atloat; low middling atloat. V4(if. tres ordinaire on the spot, 143f. The market will In closed on Thursday. FIJI Thf illnmnrre of December .hunt. Although a little over four mouths have elapsed since the dreadful massacre spoken of below occurred, still we have but now received details of it. The news comes from Rewa. Fiji, is dated December 16, and runs as follows: The following account of the recent outrages in Fiji is given in a letter dated Rewa, Fiji, De cember 10: "A fearful tragedy has lately been enacted on the plantation of Messrs. Burt & Un derwood, Nadrogu. Vitl Lovu. For some time past the heathen niouutaincers had beeu trouble some, lying iu wait for the coolies, and beating them whenever they could cutch them in the forest; aud so severely that two of these unfor tunate men died from tho effects of the savage assaults committed upon them. Four more also were poisoned; and to such lengths did the Fijians go that Burt & Under wood gave the coolies arms, and told them to defend themselves when uttacked. The result was a fight on one occasion, when the natives came down upon the coolies as they were cutting horse fodder. Shots were ex changed, aud one Fijian fell badly wonnded, whereupon his companions lied to the hills. The planters now made thcmsolves ready to meet the attack which they well knew the natives would make upon them. Guards were set around the premises at night, and a look out kept by day, whereby several schemes for burning the houses were frustrated. At length, one rainy day, Underwood being in tho cotton plantation with a man named Dick, tho overseer, and the coolies, who were at their usual work, and Burt being at the house attending to the shipment of H lot of cotton, a strong party of Fijians were seen on the river bank at some distance from the house, waving flags of native cloth, and shouting abusive words. Of these Burt took no notice, for he knew the Fijians too well to fear immediate mischief from those who stood still afar off and shouted. But these were only a decoy to draw his attention nwuy from a war party, whteh was even then stealing upon him through the stand ing cotton on the other side of the plantation lrom where the coolies were working. Hearing a noise at last he went out of tho liouso, aud lotind himself lace to face with eomo three hun dred naked, painted savages, who soon had him down in their midst, beating him savagely. An other man called Cammeliue, who was in the house with him at tho time, shared the same fate. L nderwood and the coolies were set upon by another party, who killed four of tho Tanuamen, and wounded Uuderwood aud Dick, who, how ever, escaped, after shooting two or three of the enemy. "The Fiiiaus then he! , , m m , 1 " ttijM thing which they thought would be of any use ...ivi niinu lucy uumea me nouses to ground, together with 140,000 pounds of the Sea lsiiuia cotton: in fact, the whole crop, which o.u uccu 1 iuckcq ana garnered Into tho eotton hotise. They speared and ate six horses, seve ral cows, home fifty pigs, sixty goats, tho four laiinnnien. two little girls, the children (half caste) of one of the planters. Cammolinc is not expected to survive. Several other disturbances Uuve takeu place, and the planters think they have cutise to fear that there is a widespread piot against them. They have, therefore, sent 11 petition to Maa fu. the Tougau chief, calling hnn to their aid, as the Fijian authorities are powerless to defend them against such out rages. -MlggLj1.111'1'1 INTELLIGENCE. ur ,W,',,'"H'' Marine Xew tee Imide Pages. POUT OF PHILADVXPHIA MAY 3. STATE OF TBKBMOMKl'ER AT TUB EVENTNQ TEIXOHAPH . . OXKICB. 1 A. M 52 I U A. M 61 1 2 P. M M CLKARED THIS MORNING. Sliip WyoniiiiK. Julius, Jr., ht. John, N. h.. Cope Bro. Nchr K, Ij. Crocker, 'lliraaber, Taunton, Merniiun Jt Cloud. ARRIVED THIS MORNINO. Steamship liiintr, Huriluiff, Ho hours from Provi dence, with indue, to I). H. SletxuD 4 Co. Steumor 11. i,. (..aw, Ilur, U hour from Baltimore, with indue, to A. (ire. Jr. hvlir Mmisie JetluiMin, Jcffnrson, 7 days from Dennl ville, with nulhe. to eupia'u . .... SchrK. J. Bedford. Tyler. daj from Norfolk. " uliinirleB to J. W. (iioikill 4 Co. ScTir Janiea Ponder, V illiuiin, from New York. Nchr J. Pajne, Kicli, from New York. Nchr J. B. Allen, Cane, from Nanltli ket. Nclir W. T, (iari'iMin, llama, from Bwtn. Nulir W. A. Crocker, Bailer, from Boamo. NrhrW. P. Pliillipa, bomera, from Boawn- Nohr i). (J. i' loyd, , Inim Newport. U..K.T a u...L ,..-i.,.ai .tr.taj' from Wilminuwin, N. V., ia cou'aitfiied to'Patieraon Ijppmuou- l"r V. ' h, "lT ''''. J . u Z Mar-hall. ml... Baruuea Alihi N. I lanklm. or '"ri' ' .. "'"i',' "' J brjje. . V, Williama, lor 'i , s ii pi I 1 . A K KTH A YWUdltYt. MEMORANDA. Ship Oermaiiia, Kvera, lienoe, at Bromprhaven iHth alt.. Baruue Marjory, AlUrdice, henoe, at Bristol, Kug., 3M "'oi'rli',.. France Bourueuf, Perry, for PhiUulclohia. sailed from Bristol istti ull- Bri 8. W. Welsh, Wataon, for Philadelphia, Bailed from Messina lt( U ult. BriKMysiio, Kalpiuan, for Philadelphia, sailed from Messina liiih ult. Una Ida M. Uomery, McLellun, from Sagua, at New York yesterday. Kchr Perseverance, from for Philadelphia, waa apoken 1st iuat.. Ut. 37 37, long. 74 46. Nchr Marion liae, rlheppard, from Trinidad lot PUila delphia, wM "PVkvu SstU lilt, vfl Bviubrvru,
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