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FIRST EDITION
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
ClllJJtCII LITIGATION.
Is Music a Fart of Religious Service?
Walnut St. Trcsbytcrian Churcb.
Conrt of Common I'len.
This morning the following interesting decision
was delivered by his Honor Judge Pelrce:
In tho mii1tr of the propound amendment to tho
charter of The Walnut Street I'rosfoytcrian Uhurch of
Philadelphia.
fierce, J.-This in a church orRnniznd, In the languiiRO
of the charter, for the purpose of worshipping Almighty
(iod according to the uimikos and forms of the ProHbytfrmn
Church. Several amendments have been propound to its
charter, and exception have been tiled to a part of tho
proposed fourth amendment. The part of tho amend
ment to which exceptions have been tiled in us follows:
"The auid Trustee shall havo power to appoint an
orffanixt (ruhject to the approval of t ho session), a sexton,
and anynther persons they may think novewarjr for I'm
interests or convenience ofthe corporution.and to pay their
salaries."
'I he exceptions filed are as follows:
"First. 1 he music of the church being a part of the reli.
gious services or worship in the sunctuury, should lie sub
ject to the; control of the Session of the church, and the
Trustees, whose duties relate exclusively to the temporal
affairs of the corporation, ought to have no voice in the
election of any one appointed to conduct tho worship o:
tho house of tied. ...
"This exceptant behoves to be in accordance with tho
fundamental law and usage of the Presbyterian Church.
"Second. The languaReof the proposed amendment isnh
jected to for indehniteness. It (imposes to confer on the
Trustees an unlimited power of appointment. Tho lan
guage employed, 'Shall have power to appoint any other
f lemons,' ones not limit tho power as to number, nor dues
I specify what oflices the Trustees may create and till.
Nor does it define the duties of the persons to be appoint)- I.
It is also objectionable on the ground that no chock is
placed on tho amounts for which the Trustees may bind
the congregation for salaries to be paid.
"Third Thn triiHteRs. under the foregoing clause, claim
to further control the worship ot the church, by setting up
a right to introduce into earn cnurcn a paiu cnoir, which,
r eluimAd lv f ha executant, is in opposition to the wish
of a majority of the nienibers of said church and congre
gation, and in support of this allegation, the Court is re
spectfully referred to tho annexed extract irom tlio min
utes of the Hoard of Trustees, of an adjourned meeting
hold on the 7th day of December, A. D. 1H68."
Kxtract from saia minutes:
"Mi- If niuht. moved that it is the sense of this Foard
that under tho amendment of Article 2 to tho charter, as
reported by the committee at congregational meeting, No
vember 1M, lHoH, that this Hoard.have the power to engage
a paid choir without the content of the Session."
"Sccondod by Mr. Christian and carried.
"Messrs. Davis and fine voiea in me negative.
"Tii. Prauwlont. hre desired to enter his protest against
ih.intin iti.t. iiRHsod. anil stated that It waa in direct
violation of the organic law of the Presbyterian Church,
and would he totally inoperative."
The question raised by theso exceptions is. What aro the
relative duties and powers of trustees andchurch sessions
in a cnurcn organir.eu ior inu .ummii i nLuuminx iu
the usages and forms of the Presbyterian Church This
question has received consideration from time to time by
Am hifhoat. iudicatorv of the Church, aa will be found bv
reference to the digest of the acts and deliverances of the
ticnerai Assemiuy 01 ma rresoybcriuu uun-u an me
United States of America.
N.ii niirnat. nana 48. "It is not inconsistent with the
Prosbvterian plan of government, nor the institution of
onr Lord Jesus Christ, that trustees or a committee
chosen by the congregation should have the disposal and
application of the public money raised by the said congre
gation, to the nses lor which it is designed ; provided that
they leave in the hands and to the management of the
deacons what is collected for the Lord's table and the
poor. And that ministers of the gospel, by virtue of their
office, have no right to sit with or preside over snob, trus
tees or committees." Minutes 1762, p. 24R JT
New Digest, page 108. "It being moved-to tho Synod
whet her a church session hath power to introduce a new
version of Psalms into tho congregation to which they
belong, without the consent of the majority of said con
gregation ; it was voted in the nogative, nemine nminvti
centr." Minutes 175S, p. 255. 1 HIM
Subsequently tne wnolo sunjeoi oi a nooa or rsaimoay
was hrougut to tne aneniion or me uenunw Asseiuoiy, a
committee appointed for the preparation of a Book of
Psalms and Ilynius, which was demo, and tho book recom
mended to the uso of the churches. New Digest, pp. 6o3
The subject has received further consideration from
what is familiarly known as the Old School Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church, since the division of the Church
in leav-o. ineiorraoi (nivuniiurin bhh ir wor
ship are tho same in both brunches of the Presbyterian
Church known as the Now School and Old School
Churches.
In 1H45, in reply to an ovorturo from the Synod of Cin
cinnati on the subject of instrumental music, the follow
ing minute was anoptea :
Whrrtat, By our Constitution (Form of Oovernment,
chapter ix, section 6, and Directory for Worship, chapter
iv, section 4) the whole internal arrangement of a Church,
as to worship and order, is committed to the minister and
Session; tneroiore.
Tin,!, tins Assembly do not feel themselves
called upon and obliged to take any further order on this
subject, but leave to each Session the delicate and im
portant matter of arranging and conducting the music as
to them shall seem most for ediiication, recommending
great caution, prudence, and forbearance in regard to it.
n elder in the Presbytery of Iowa, asking the Assembly to
define the rights of the session of a church in regard to the
singing in the houso of Cod. The committee recommend
that tho petitioner 1)0 referred, for a sufficient answer, to
the action of the Assembly in 1845. Assembly's Digest,
P-The Church Session consists of the pastor.or pastors, and
ruling elders of a particular coegrogutiun. Korm of Uov.,
chap. it, section 1. . . . .
form oi uov., cuap. n, bvu. v, wt in as un
ions, viz. : , . .......
-ri'iiAthiirnh Session is charged with maintaining the
spiritual government of the congregation, for which pur
(ose they have lower to inquire into the knowledge and
Christian conduct of the members of the church; to call
before f hem offenders una wn.nenses ooing mourners ot
their own congregation, and to introduce other witnesses
where it may be necessary to bring the process to issue,
and when they can lie procured to attend ; to receive mem
bers into tho chnrch ; to admonish, to rehnko, to suspend,
or exclude from the sacraments those who are found to do.
serve censure ; to concert t he best measures for proinot ing
tim utivitimt interests of the congregation: and to aiinuint.
delegates to the higher judicatories of the Church."
Directory lor vtorsuip, cusp. sju. y nimve reierrea lo.
is as follows, viz. : "The proportion of the time of public
worship to lie spent in singing is left to the prudence of
every minister; Dut it is recoiium-owim umi more umo lie
allowed for this excellent part of divine service than has
been usual in most of our cluueuea."
It will benerceived from these standardfl of anthnritv
that in the Presbyterian Church the spiritual government
of the congregation, including tho public worship, is com
mitted to the minister and church session.
It is usual to commit the temporal interests of the con
gregation and the custody of the church property to the
care of tho trustees, though these interests maybe man
aged by the congregation at large.
l'he objeot of tie association of the Walnut Street
Church, as set forth in the churter, is the worship of Uod
according to the usages and forms of the Presbyterian
Church. Thisdirectd the modo of the worship and pro
scribes who shall havo control of it. It is a Presbyterian
church, and is to be governed in its worship by tho usages
and forme of that Church. The duty of directing that is
committed, by the law of the Church, to tho minister and
I'.linreh Session. A majority ot the congregation, however
numerous, cannot direct oinerwise, or give to (lie trustees
a power to control or afloct tile public worship in any man
nor whatever. This is according to tho forms and usages
of tho Presbyterian Church, and is declared by the high
est judicatory in one brunch of the Church to be the fun
damental law of the Church.
Hut it limy be a question whother the Church Session
have the (lower of Incurring expense or contracting debts
for the purpose of public worship which will bind the
congregation or Trustees. They have (ho solo control ot
the public worship, but whether expenses for that, pur
pose can be incurred without the consent of tho Corpora
tion or the Trustees empowered for that purpose we do not
decide 'l'he aflairsof the Corporation, as provided by tho
charter, are to bo managed by the Trustees. The worship
and spiritual direction of the church, by tho fundamental
law of tue Presbyterian Church, belong to tho Minister
and Church Session. F.ach body moves in its own sph'iro.
Neil tier can interfere will: thnother. if a particular mode of
conducting the public worship, which is in harmony with
the usages of the Preshytonan Church, be deemed do"
sirahle, tho uiiuisterand Sossion may uuthoriKa and est ah
lish it, but it is desirable that this should bo dono in har
mony with tho views and wishes of the Church and con
gregation. Usually the incurring of such expenses is a
matter of arrangement between tho Trustees and the
Session. But if such expenses be incurred in the neces
sary maintenance of the public worship, and there be
funds of the church aduouate tor their payment, it would
seem to be the duty of tho Trustees to so apply them ; ami
such duty could perhaps be enforced by proceedings in
equity if tho Trustues should so refuse. But of this we
express no opinion.
There is nothing in the fundamental law of the Presby
terian Church which requires that Trustees shall be nieni
bers of the congregation. They are such persons as tho
corporation may select for that purpose. As Trustees,
they are not In any sense a part of tue Church, and are not
amenable to discipline, and may be, through negligence or
want of knowledge in selecting them, men of imiiriral
lives. To hold that such persons should govern and con
trol the worship of the church would be to introduce an
element into the church that might prove its disintegra
tion and destruction. Kucha view is repugnant to com
mon sense, and ropellunt to every proper idea of the wor
ship of the Supreme Being.
'Hie rules of law which govern the rights of members in
church organizat ions tiave been well settled by numerous
decisions in Pennsylvania.
Kuhgious societies may organi.s as Independent
Churches, and then their law is found in their own sepa
rate institutions; or they may organize as associate
churches, and then their law is to be found in their own
rules and in those of the associated organism. MuUiuuia
vs. Wataon, 6 Wright, 9.
In general organizations of united churches the law of
the general organism is binding on all the individual
churches, and even a majority seceding lose all their rights
in the church property. Ibid.
The majority may control consistently with the laws of
the organism, liut not in violation of them. The question
snot which party has the majority, but which i right
itCOiuiBJ W th L? wti'1 IM) body has Un livrW MD-
sented to he governed. Sutter vs. Reformed f hurch, 6
Wright, 508. . .
In Chnrch organizations those who adhere and submit
to the regular order of the Church, local ami general,
though a minority, are the trne congregation ami corpora
tion, if incorporated. Wlnebrenner vs.Colden, 7 Wright,244.
Applying the fundamental law of the Presbyterian
Church, which gives the direction of the puhlio worship
to the minister and Church Session, and t he rules of law
which define the rights of ministers in chnrch organiza
tions, to the question submitted to us in this case, we
think that the exceptions to the proposed fourth amend
ment to the charter are well taken, and must be sus
tained. The amendment pnifioses to give power to the
Trustees to appoint an organist (subject to tho
approval of the Session). The duties of an
erganist are connected with the public worship.
This is solely under the control of the minister
and Chnrch Session. It is a violation of the fundamental
law of the Church to place this power in the hands of the
Trustees, even though it. lie qualified by requiring tho
approval of the session. If provision he made by the con.
gregatinn or the trustees for the employment of an organ
ist, (ho exclusive power of appointment, direction, and
removal of him belongs to tho ( 'hurch Session, otherwise
they have not that direction of tho public worship which,
by tho law of the Presbyterian Church, is committed to
tbrm.
Tho same objections apply to that other portion of the
proposed amendment which empowers the Trusteos to
uppoint "any other persons they may think necessary for
the interest or convenience of the corporation, and to fix
their ralaries;" if it be intended, as isalleged, to provide
thereby for the employment of a choir to assist in the
church mnsic.
Tho language is further object ionable as being too gene
ral, and conferring powers on tho i'rustees'not sufficiently
ascertained and limited as to prevent confusion aud possi
bio contlict of authority in a church organization, when
two separate bodies, within their respective spheres, direct
and control the associate body.
The exceptions to the parts of the proposed fourth
amendment, above epocified, are sustained. The other
proposed amendments are approved.
Judge Allison being a member of the corporation peti
tioning for these amendments, takes no pari in this de
cision.
HEW YOK.IIISIYI3,
From. Our Own Correspondent.
Nkw York, May 15, 1809.
Thlnklnpr, perhaps, that the readers of Tun Tm.K
fiRAru might not lie unwilling to have something
from an eye-witness of the ptrfionnellc of some of tho
principal women connected with the Equal Righta
Convention, whose meetings are Just over In this
city, I took the trouble to attend their latest sittings,
and I have come away a happier and a wiser man.
I do not present myself In the aspect of a convert,
but I am content to lean back and exclulm : "Shinny
on your own side, girls 1" when I see any demonstra
tions among these women's rights women which
seem to threaten to infringe upon ours.
The last meeting was held in this city on Thursday
night, at Cooper Hall. Almost every seat in that
oblong room the more correct term would be "ob
wide" was occupied, although the price of admis
sion was twenty-live cents, and no half-price for
men. No printed rules In reference to the admis
sion of infants were visible, but since no babies were
visible, perhaps it is not unfair to conclude that chil
dren in arms were not admitted. The audience was
heterogeneous. Here sat a Quaker, with his grey
coat-tails, long enough to be tied In front of him,
folded across his knees, between which his broad
brimmed hat was nicely balanced. There a poetic
faced young woman lixed her gloating liquid eyes
upn the speakers in turn, and losing all self-consciousness
in her admiration of them, presented an
artless contour to the slightly supercilious observer.
Scattered on the right and left were bearded men,
brawny as backwoodsmen, who were evidently there
for the first time. At the concluHion of the even
ing's entertainment I heard one of them remark
that it had been as good as six meals to him, and
that Miss Anthony ought to be boxed up
and sent South, both of these re
marks remaining a pleasing enigma to
me. At frequent intervals through the audience oc
curred the various well-known conventional types of
the principal grades of modern society. The intellec
tual and knobby-browed woman, with very convex
eyes aud shining spectacles ; the imbecile-mouthed
man, with small chest and no legs; the curled and
perfumed minion of the drawing-room, with astonish
ing necktie, and hair parted in tho middle ; the com
monplace clergyman, bent on putting the best face
upon an equivocal question; the thorough home
woman, deluded thither by tho persuasion of
friends these and the dill'ereut shades that blend
with them made up a large measure of the audi
ence. Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton is the head and front
of the offending. She has been often described, aud
those who have ever seen her like describing her.
She is a noble-looking patrician of about sixty, with
an abundance of hair perfectly white clustering
around her forehead, and culminating at the back of
her head in a natural chignon of which Lydia Thomp
son might be proud thirty years hence. Her favorite
dcess is of black moire antique, anil she Is devoid of
ornaments. Her eyes are dark and fervid ; her man
ner composed and repressed. She always seemed to
me to be on the point of saying something which she
orbore to say, yet whenever she did speak it
was happily and to the point. Vexatious
trifles she laughs off. She rarely raises her
voice much above an ordinary level. She
possesses a great deal of tact, and knows how to put
a meeting In good humor. Her fuce is lambent with
dignity and a sense of humor. She Is too prudent
and forbearing to say the severe truths that might
flood up to her lips. She introduces speakers to the
audience with the quiet grace that might characterize
an introduction in a drawing-room. She "shuts
down" on masculine Interlopers with an unconscious
gravity that Is truly comic. Her tactics are to ignore
their presence by deciding who has the floor, and
that decision, whenever tho masculine really au
interloper, is Invariably In favor of some nice young
eiieminate fellow among the sisters on the platform.
An impression obtains amongst the ungodly that
Miss Susan IS. Anthony is raw-boned aud red. This
is not the case. Seated at a table upon Mrs. Stan
ton's right, with one hand supporting her chair or
the side of her head, and the other grasping the
treasury, as symbolized In a black morocco satchel,
Miss Anthony looks an Interesting and highly- intel
lectual invalid. Her abundance of fine brown hair
is brushed plainly back of her cars, and runs otf into
a waterfall of moderate dimensions. She is tall,
thin, and of olive complexion. Her cheeks
are sunken, and her glass-enshrouded eyes
are surrounded by circles of gloom. Her voice
is monotonous yet not unpleasiug, and what she says
is characterized from time to time with a grim
humor. Upon the evening in question she evidently
thought that Miss Dickinson had done the associa
tion much injustice in not keeping her promise to
lecture for them. This was obvious from her air of
not having said by any means as much as she might
have said, and I should not bo surprised if the
masHive-jawed Quakeress and the fiscal Susan have
"some words' together when they meet. Miss An
thony wears black Bilk, with a punier us retiring us
her waterfall.
The most remarkable-looking woman who ap
peared during all the meetings of the convention
was Madame Auneke, a (ienmm, who has fought in
several battles, commanded men, had horses killed
under her, iniuiuged u newspaper, and been hunted
from country to country ull over Europe. The last
country sue was hunted to was tho United States,
where sho pursued the rival occupations of sword
and pen that had bceji such favorites with her in the
old country. Hut let us describe Madame Anneke's
personal appcurancc. Shu wears a black velvet
dress with a short skirt, ami opening nl front some
thing like u man's vest. Around her neck and wrists
Is expensive lace, and her lingers are adorned
wan several vuluable rings. Her pr
noniulle is masculiuo. She looks aa Vestvall,
free from flubbiness, might look twenty years from
now. Her eyes are blue, capable of Intense expres
sion, ami most or the eloquence of her countenance
lies in them. Her thick hair is cut off at tho neck so
as not to touch the shoulders in its fall. and. perhaps,
I ought to add, as a distinguishing peculiarity, that
n is jmnuu 111 mu iiimmo. ncr vo(ce (g as smooth
aud mellow as the mellowest notes of a trumpet. I
don't believe that Mr. Levy, even from the cornet-a-puton,
produces more exquisite vibrations than
dwell in her tones. Her gestures in tolklnjr.standing.
sitting, are tliowe of a ma. Before bug roe,and while
only the tipper portion of her body conld be seen,
many or the audience thought she was a man. She
sits with her hands resting on her knens, the
knuckles bent downwards; or with one arm over the
back of the chair ; or she Is momentarily mopping her
fao with a pocket hankcrchlef, or settling her gold
spectacles, or clearing their glasses. When she
bows to, or saluu-s, an acquaintance, It is with a
distinguished inclination of the head. When she Is
introduced to a stranger, it Is with a profound obei
sance. Her smiles of recognition, of pride, of ap
proval, are very pronounced, very cordial, very brief.
The moment passed, the expression is dismissed a
though, having served Its purpose, it is done with for
evcr.and the countenance resumes Its wonted gravity.
Madame Auneke Is one of the most unmitigated of the
women's rights women, and I have no doubt that she
would look well at the head of a regiment.
In striking contrast to her are Madame de l'Herl-
court anil Mrs. Ernestine L. Rose. The former is a
Frenchwoman, who addresses her audience in
French, and with a perspicuity and vivacity which
make one wish she were young and beautiful as
well as talented. Her attire is by no means elegant.
Indeed it is so dantfytsh you might think it was Kn-
gllsh or German. She is addicted to crinoline which
reveals boots and ankles from which the eye of the
observer Is kept from being riveted from the
fact that her animated voice rivets the ear,
and you seek an accompaniment to it in
watching the expressions of her countenance. Her
compexion is ashen and glittering. Her eyes ure
full, liquid, bright, and grey, and a great deal of her
eloquence Is due to the liberal action of her fore
finger. This makes her remarks more "pointed"
than they would be without it. Madame de l'Heri
court is an emotional woman. Her hobby Is univer
sal suffage, and her countenance Is momentarily
beaming over recitals of happiness, or drawn down
about the mouth at taleB of woe. '
Mrs. Ernestine I Hose is very erect, and, notwith
standing her petite form and mild, cold blue eyes, is
somewhat termagantlsh. She Is a German who
speaks English with singular correctness, and
has ldentilled herself with the woman's suffrage
question for thirty-live years. She Is, therefore, "no
chicken," but must, at the lowest calculation, be be
tween fifty and sixty years of age. Her thin, greyish
hair is elaborately curled, and she usually wears a
ribbon wreath of some bright color. She likewise In
dulges in an Interest ing lisp, and although she speaks
English remarkably well, she has not yet familiarized
herself with all our little turns of expression. She
wants the name of the association changed into the
" Woman's Rights'' Association, is wltheringly bitter
against Congress, and don't wish to be construed by
them into "a man and a brother."
But the time would fail me to tell of Mrs. Liver-
more, and Lucy Stone, and Mrs. Norton, and Olive
Logan, and Mrs. F. E. V. Harper, anil half-a-dozen
other women whose names are familiar all over the
land to those Interested in the female suffrage ques
tion. And so I close this scandalous and wholly in
defensible letter, with the hope that when they get
the right to vote they will know how to use it.
Am Haba.
FINANCE ANDCOXVXZVZZ3RCX1
Office of tbf. Kvf.niwo Tf.i.f.ohaph,)
Saturday, May lu, j
Mr. Boutwell's policy in relation to the disposition
to be made of the Government-bond purchases still
remains in much doubt, and as his avowed intention,
at his assumption of oilicial duties, was to adminis
ter the atluirs of the Treasury for the interest of the
country aud not for the benelit of speculators, we
trust that he will favor us by a distinct olllclul
statement on this subject. That tho perma
nent withdrawal of a million per week would
tend to advance prices muterfully at home, and thus
check the downward tendency abroad, is self-evident,
as such a movement would show u conscious
ness of our ability to cancel that amount of our debt
per week, whilst any doubt as to his policy must
necessarily affect the market unfavorably. Let the
Secretary therefore Inform the public whether ho
Intends holding these bonds us u reserve or to imme
diately cancel them.
The Loan market indicates no change In any mate
rial feature. The regular rates are unchanged, bt
balances are merely nominal.
Government bonds continue active and strong.
Gold Is excited, the market opening at 139'.;, ad
vancing to 139, and declining to 13!)', at 11-45 A. M-
The Stock market is quiet, and prices are not so
strong. In State loans no change to notice. City
6s were firm, with sales of the new certificates at
KHJifelOlJs ; the Lehigh gold loan was taken at
OS's.
Reading Railroad was less active, and sold at 48 ;
Pennsylvania Railroad was quiet at 87; Lehigh Val
ley liailroad at tifl; Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
at3U( 30X; and North Pennsylvania Railroad at
36i.j ; l!W was bid for Camden and Amboy Kail road ;
54 If for Minchill Railroad; aud iii for Cutawissa
Railroad preferred.
Canal shnres were without improvement. ' 100
shares Lehigh Navigation sold at 33'i, b. o.
In Coal stocks the only transaction was in St.
Nicholas, which sold at 1 3-l.
Rank shares were quiet, with sales of Mechanics'
at hi.
Passenger Railway shares were steady, but the
transactions were limited, and a few shares of Se
cond and Third sold at miiwoO, an advance of 2' ;
4f'tfwa8 oll'ered for Chesnut and Walnut; lrt for
Thirteenth and Fifteenth; til for West Philadelphia,
and 13 for Hestonville.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE! SALES.
Reported by De Haven A Bro., No. 40 S. Third Street.
FIRST BOARD.
12700 Clty68,New.l8.10lj, 1 sh Penna RR.. .. B7
12000 N Pa 6s 89
tlOOO Elmlra R 7s... 91
toOOO Phil A E 7s.... 67 K
ftiOOO do b80. 1X
tMOO do btW. 87'i
14000 do
11000 Junction Ri!d
mt6s.. 91
v000 Sch N 6s, '82.. 66
tnooo do bfi. 60
tiiOOO Leh 68, '84.18. 83
lllioOI.eh soldi.... 96 '
10
do.
do.
.C. 67V
... 67'
.C. 67
8
100
4
100
10
63
100
100
do.
do.
67
do.sownAI. 67
do 67
do allot m's. 66'
do bSO. 67
do bOO. 67
do allot m's. 66 'i
6
ir mi mm Am K.128
100 sli Phil A E.bOO. 30
ISOO d W.'tf
100 (II)
100 do
400 do b30
100 sh Leh Nav
80 V
6 sh Meeh Hk 81
60 sh Leh Vul....is. 00
30
100 sh Read R..C.4S 1-16
100 do 48
loo do 1)30. 4rt
100 sh N Pa R..b6. 35V
600 sh Niell CI.. 1)30.1
3-16
15 till 2il A 3d St .18. 60,';
Messrs. William Painter & Co., No. SO S. Third
street, report the following quotations: U. 8. 6s of
18S1, 12tl's(a,121'. ; B-2()S0f 1802, 120iio)120;g ; do. 1864,
llfi?(Sli6is'; do. 1866, 116t116'8; do. July, 1866,
118a)llS'.,'; do. July, 1867, U8'uiH18, ; do. July,
1868, 118,(0 118?,' ; 58, 10-40, lOo.lOU.','. Gold, 139 '
139,V.
Messrs. Jay Cookb & Co. quote Government secu
rities, etc., as follows: U.S. 6s, '81, 12K4121 ; 6-208
of 1862,120'.1f120;s;; do., 1864,115V110; do.,Nov.,
1H66, llflt")!!' ! l0- July, 1866, 118'(i)ll8Ji ; do.,
1867, 118!.4(dll8M; do., 1868, 118,':,(oH18 ; 10-40S,
101XS109,1,. Paclilcs, 106;u(a)106',. Gold, 139.!(,".
Nauk A Ladner, Bankers, report this morning's
Gold quotations as follows:
10-00 A. M VMX '11 -35 A. M 139-'u
10-14 " 18U-V12-12 P. M 139,'i
lNitlndelpliIa Trade IKeport.
Saturday, May 16 Tho Flour market continues
quiet, there being no demand except from the home
consumers, who purchase sparingly; sales of 700
barrels, including superfine, at 5(a'5-25; extras at
5-7ri;6-26; Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra
family at 6-607 ; Pennsylvania do. do. ut 86-75(7-60 ;
Ohio do. do. at 7-7tMatt; and fancy brands at
floor 11 -60, according to quality. Rye Flour sells at
$7((A7-V8 in small lots. Nothing doing In Corn Meal.
The Wheat market is greatly depressed, aud there
is no inquiry except for iirime lots, which are in
small supply ; sales of red at tl-65rfl-00; amlier at
$l-67(,l-70; 1000 bushels choice No. 1 spring at tl-60;
and 600 huKliclifcjirlme Michigan white at ft. Itye
ranges from 11-43 to 11-40 per bushel for Western.
Com is quiet and prices are weak ; sales of uooo
bushels yellow at 86oi 67c. ; and 2600 bushels high
Western mixed at 86a,87(5. Oats aro steady, with
sales of 2000 bushels Western at ba&io. j aud South
ern and Pennsylvania at 60v70o.
Nothing doihg in Barley or Malt.
Bark In the absence of hales wo quote No. 1
Quercitron at 52 V ton.
Whisky is freely offered at 94c V gallon, tax paid,
in Iron. Iwuud barrels.
Tlie 1'4'nce JnltUee.
Boston, May 18. Madame Parepa-Ros. has an In
vitation to sing in the Grand Peace J u illec. The
work upon the C'olweum is going lorwa.d rapidly,
Dye hjimlrcd mcchauiva being congttuitly iu wwfc,
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
The Somi-Aimiial Whipping Day in
Delaware Men Lashed at
New Castle -The Work
of. the Sheriff.
ADVICES FROM WASHINGTON.
FROM DELAWARE.
Another Specimen of llarlinrnim ('ivlli.alion
The Pillory and the Whippin-Poni Ajiain in
llrninnd.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Nkw Casti.k, Del., May 16 Tlie Criminal Court
cf New Castle county began its semi-annual session
on Monday last, and before the week was half over,
a line lot of work was laid out for the Sheriff to-day.
The old weather-beaten Idol upon which the historic
"eyes of Delaware" have gazetVJwIth mingled adml
ratlnon and awe for so many years, had at last be
Ciime so shaky aud dilapidated that its devotees
were afraid to lay their offerings on its shrine once
more. So the council of high priests, known
as the County Jail Commissioners, determined upon
demolishing it, and erecting in its place a new and
substantial shrine on which to place the offerings of
Jtistico. To-day, for the ilrst time, the reconstructed
pillory and whipping-post Is to be made available for
the purpose of demonstrating to the whole world
how very far in advance of the rest of the universe
is the great State of Delaware In its holy regard for
the majesty of the law, and Its holy horror of all who
defiantly attempt to evade it.
The following is a list of the victims who are to be
made to appreciate, In all their gentle severity, the
consequences of daring to set the majesty of Dela
ware law at detlance, with the nature of their
offenses and the character of their punishment :
James Kdwards, a gentlemanly-looking white
man, about twenty-two years of age, who pleaded
guilty to the larceny or an overcoat, a pair of panta
loons, and a pair of boots, for which he is to pay
'double restitution, receive ill teen lashes, and stiller
one year's Imprisonment.
John Peterson, colored, who appropriated a pig,
and had no defense to make for so doing; sentenced
to pay restitution, receive twenty lashes, stay In jail
one year, and wear a convict's juckct for six months'
after his release.
John Willis, a white man, who pleaded guilty to
stealing a suit of clothes, receives twelve laches,
nine months in jail, und a convict's jacket for six
months after his release.
Morris L. llelmes, a white man, who pleaded
guilty to the larceny of an assortment of bacon,
valued at 11-20, for which he receives the same pun
ishment as the preceding, with uu additional Hue of
12-40 by way of restitution.
John Pierce, a gentleman of color, who was found
in possession of a set of harness, but protested his
innocence of the charge of having stolen It, sen
tenced to pay double restitution, receive twenty
lashes, stay in Jail one year, and be decorated with
a convict's Jacket for six months after his release.
John Rush, a white man, who admitted that he
drove off bull and two cows, for doing which he
has to pay Jiioo restitution, receive twenty laahes,
and suffer a year's Imprisonment.
John Reeley, a colored Individual, who was found
in the possession of a lot of silver spoons, an over
coat, shawl, and other wearing apparel, and for being
so found pays f300 restitution, stands in the pillory
an hour, then receives twenty lashes, and winds up
with a two years' tenancy of New Castle jail.
Aaron Conner, a colored boy, who pleaded guilty
to assaulting a white girl, with a view of committing
an outrage on her person, and is sentenced to pay a
fine of fftOO, stand one hour in the pillory, receive
thirty lashes, and suffer an imprisonment of four
years.
George W. Thompson, a white man, who stole a
horse, and forgot to remove the halter before he
drove the animal off. For stealing the horse he has
to pay 1300 restitution, 200 tine, stand one hour in
the pillory, and receive twenty lashes. For not re
moving the halter he has to pay 2 restitution, the
costs of prosecution, receive ten lashes, be im prisoned
one year , and wear a convict's Jacket for six mouths.
Timothy Doran, a white man, who stole a ham
worth 110, and has to pay 3 restitution and costs,
receive ten lashes, live in Jail six months, and wear a
convict's jacket for six mouths after his release
making tho ham a rather expensive one. .
second sreciAL despatch.
The Crowd Admitted.
New Castle, Del., May 16. Promptly at the ap
pointed time, 10 o'clock, the jailor threw open tho
gates, and admitted an eager and expectant audience
of pepper and salt complexions, who were in the
highest state of excitement to witness tlie grand
show provided for them gratis by Delaware Justice.
The majority of the crowd were small boys, upor
whom the exhibition could not fail to
have a most salutary effect. To say that
they highly enjoyed the performance would searculy
express their delight at the crack of tho whip and the
cries of the victims, as the lashes descended upon
the trembling flesh. Ten colored women were pre
sent, who alone appeared to havo any sympathy for
the sufferers, and they gave utterance to many ex
clamations of pity in under tones, us if they feared
that outspoken expressions of opinion at the bar
barity of the whole affair would subject them to a
similar punishment.
The Men in the Pillory.
Cannon and Rellley were In the pillory when tho
gates were opened; they remained there one hour,
and as the weather is warm and pleasant, they appa
rently suffered but little. When Thornton, the
horse-thief, was placed In the pillory he
also remained one hour, aud evidently
did not relish his position. Ho ap
peared to suffer more than the other men," but
stubbornly refused to utter any cries. At 1 o'clock
these three, and the seven others under sentence, are
to be Hogged. This Interesting ceremony was post
poned until the afternoon by the Sheriff, after ho has
had his dinner, as ho feels uncomfortable about tho
job, and does not wish to undertake it on au empty
stomach.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Report of Cuban IIiKIIcn.
Sptcial Denpateh to The Evening Telegraph.
Washington, May 15 The account of the battle,
alleged to have taken place between the Spanish
forces and tho Insurgents in CubaJ Is not credited
here. Notwithstanding tlie battle is said to havo
taken place some two weeks ago, neither our Gov
eminent nor the Spanish Minister has received any
thing respecting it.
The Reported Triple Alliance
was talked over In tho Cabinet yesterday, in connec
tion with Motley's instructions, and it is understood
that It was decided not to make any change in his
instructions from what was originally determined on.
Secretary Fish Is not for making them on the basis
of Sumner's speech. He will be left pretty free In
his action, and will bo controlled somewhat bj
events.
Arrival of CougrpMiinen.
Quite a number of Senators and members have re
turned here. Many of them were at tho White
House to-day,
AltniHter Hnle.
A letter has been received here from Minister Hale,
In which he says he Is preparing a reply to the
charge that be smuggled goods Into Spain. II Q
says he wjJl be ubje tg dif rgye tbcm oug sjx Oil,
FROM CHESTER.
A NewINlmm Cotlirr for ifcf tUtnl Trade-De
nrriplion of the Vrmw-I.
8irial Despatch to The Kvtnintt Telrrtmph.
Chkhteh, Pa., May IB. The lron-scrcw collier
"Rattlesnake" was succwwfully launched to-day
from the yard of Messrs. Reaney, Son & Archbokl, at
this place. A large liuuilierof gentlemen Interested
In the coal trade was present at the launch. This
vessel is destined to cause a great change In the
transportation of coal to the Eastern States. Her di
mensions are: Length at water-line, 100 feet; length
over nil, 160 feet; depth of hold, from base line, 19)f
feet; beam, over ull, 2fl if feet She has live water
tight bulkheads, and a water lottm to hold TO tons
of water, to be used as ballast Tor the ship when re
turning her to port of discharge. She will carry six
hundred (000) tons of coal on eleven feet draft; sho
has one single engine on un Improved plan, a 34 inch
cylinder with 28 Inch stroke, and also a surface con
denser. The second vessel of this kind Is to be
launched by Messrs. Kenney, Son A Co. In about 8
weeks. She is to lie called the "Centipede.'' The
subject or steam colliers has for a long tinio engaged
the attention of Mr. W. 1). Crane, the projector of
this vessel, und under the patronage of the Reading
Railroad, the oftlcers of which have taken a lively In
terest in the matter, this ves.el has leen constructed.
Combining strength with simplicity of construction,
she Is most admirably lifted for the coal trade. Cap
tain W. 11. Gallagher personally superintended the
building of this staunch collier. The machinery la
almost completed, and on Monday next she wlB
commence tak ng on board her first cargo.
THE EUROPEAN MARKETS.
This Morning's Quotations.
London, May 16 A. M Consols 92 V for monej
and 2 'i for account, I'nited States Five-twenties,
78',. American Stocks quiet. Krie Railroad, 81:
Illinois Ceutral, 96; Great Western, 26.
LivKKrooi.. May 16 A. M Cotton market opens
quiet; Middling upluuds, llvd. ; Middling Orleans,
12;,d. The sales to-day are estimated at 8000
bales.
London, May 16 A. M. Sugar Arm, both on the
spot und alloaW-; Sales on the spot at 39s. 3d. ; afloat.
2D8. ild.
This Afternoon's Quotations.
London, May IB P. M Consols closed at 92V for
money and 2,' for account; Five-twentiesTSf.
Railways quist, Krie, 20,y; Illinois Central, 96; At
lantic and Great Western, 2S;rf.
Liverpool, May in P. M.-fcotton a shade easier;
I plands, lljfd.; Orleans, lld. Sales to-day 8000
bales. Wheat, ss. 7d. for No. 2 red Western. Corn.
20s. for new.
Sl'AlX.
Wlint in Snld About tho PoHNibility of a War
Willi I he I nited Sin ten.
As an amusing specimen of the style in which the
Spunish-Cuban papers speak in regard to the contin
gency of a war with this country, we translate tho
following:
Great, indeed, would be tha sovereignty, which the
United States would exercise over the seas with her pre
sent naval forces!
Let us suppose now that war should really break oni
with Spain, and that the latter power should send one oc
two iron-clud frigutes to blockade New York, another to)
Boston, and another to the Ualaware to shut up Phi la.
delphiu, where those tubs called monitors are another to)
the Mississippi, and two more, with six or eight woodea
vsssols (any of thorn a greut dual better than the famous
Contoocook), to be ready to go wherever they might be
needed.
What would the United States do then, with all its arro
gance and boasting? Get into a passion, spit a good deal,
invent every kind of torpedo and other tomfooleries, saoti
as the Spanish sailors used to lauirh at ; make much noise
and bluster, and say, "We are going to do this and going to)
do that," and wind up by duinir nothing; invoke the fame
of Admiral Farragnt, the malevolence to Spain of Vice
Admiral Porter, and the snub that Commodore Rogers
received from Mondet Nunez; and finally, many oommer.
cial houses would break, whom boasting and bravado
would be unable to save from inevitable ruin; the oom
morce of the country would lo.iout least a thousand mil-'
lions of dollars, and the United States, in wishing to seize
the sceptre of the seas too soon, would immediately lose it.
And all this for what? For the Island of Cuba; for we
could not lose more in any event.
Therefore, from whatever sido we view the question, or
however much we may examine it, in reality it bear bat
little importance.
Jfote. Anticipating that it muy be said that if the
Unitod States do not now have iron clads of large burden,
it soon cidi have them, we would say that these are
things which are not improvised, and in the interim we
should see who would sutler moxt in the war. As to ns, we)
are provided already, and, as everybody knows, "He who
strikes first, strikes twice."
(Siinboats Tor the NpanlHh Government. '
The Spanish Government is busily engaged In
making preparations to prosecute its designs tn
Cuba, aud with this intention has made a contract
with tlie Dclamuter Iron Works, of this city, to build
B0 gunboats of 200 tons burden each, to be launched,
part in 60 and part in 90 days, and be completed
within two months afterwards. These vessels are
designed to act as tenders for service in the shallow
waters along the Cuban coast, and In tho rivers,
and are to be not over live feet draft, and
of a speed of twelve knots per hour. They are to be
schooner-rigged, with turn-screws, and will cost over
f 60,000 each. Kach one is to have a 100-pound Parrott
gun mounted forward oh a pivot. Tne Delamater
Works have transferred half of their contract to ship
builders in Mystic, Connecticut, and will furnish the
other fifteen, themselves. It Is stated that thirty
other gunboats are being built in Spain, and will be,
completed in time for service in Cuba aliout the lat
ter part of June. These, however, will not compare
in excellence with those which are to be built in this
city, as the Spanish ship-builders aro far Inferior to
our own. A'. 1'. Tribune.
Chances AttuiuMt Admiral Iloflf.
The Washington correspondent of the Herald says
It Is complained here by thiMe friendly to the suc
cess of the Cuban cause that Admiral Hoff, who
commands tiie American squadron jstutioned, at
Cuba, is more friendly to the Spaniards thai? hia
duty as an officer requires him to be. In proof of
this they point to the fact that ull his despatches to
tho Navy Department ure full of statements calcu-
luieu to impress our people witn the idea that the
insurgents are constantly defeated, aud have no
reasonable prospect of success. His despatch re
ceived to-day, for instance, is of the most gloomy
character for the Cubans, predicting their complete
subjugation in a few weeks. Tho authorities here
expluiu the course of Admiral Hoff by saying that
necessarily ull the information he gets comes through.
Spanish sources, and that he bus no means of learn
ing what Is going on in the interior or the island.
At Tipton, Indiana, all the liquor saloons are
closed and havo crape on their doors, the effect Of a
revlvul and of a raid by the ladies.
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IBY TKI.KOBAPH.
Foiitufss Monimik, May I6.-Arrived, barciues Wayfarer
and ISIachfurd, from ltio for orders.
TORT OF PHILADELPHIA. MAY 15;
STATE OF THERMOMETER AT TUB EVENINO TxXEOBAPa
OKMCB.
7 A. M 60 1 11 A. M 72 H P. M 71
OLRARKD THIS MORNING.
SteaniHhip Hiunottn, llowo. Now York, John F. Ohl,
Kohr T. J. I'lH.ier, Aludge, Fort Richmond, IS la ten Island.
Workman & Co.
ARRIVED TIGS MORNING.
Steamship Kruiiette, lIoe, 34 hours from New York,
with mdse. to John r Old. ,.
Kteumer K franklin, l'inrsou, 13 hours from Baltimore).!
withmde. to A. Groves, Jr. vui inuwuvri,.
Schr Jnmetown. Itogen, 16 day from Herd's Island
Willi lumber to oritur, and vennel to J. K liazluy A Ocl
tSohrJ Maxwell, May, oduysfrom Bostou. withke te
Knickerbocker lue Co. v
Kchr A. M. Kdwards, Henson, 7 days from Richmond,
wiih stone to captain. wvuuiun4
Sohr Cornelia, Carroll, 4 days from Norwich.
Otnrtiyondrnct of Ih rhitwMhla Exrhano
Lr.WKH. Del., May 14-tl A. M.-At llreakwate H.-h-I.auoiiia,
from Rockland for Riohruond V? ? m'"
Hotelier, from Camden for Jacksonville 1 hTL.""
trip came info the harbor last eveui Ste nwt"4
md b. Weather thick and rainuiV muowtt
LAJJAH U LYONS.
cn xxf t memoranda;
yeste?d.?0niiDg' Juhu".J'-. t Bt John, N, B.J
d Steamship Fan!,,. Freeman, hence, at New York ,tfnl
wafe