II HhnTT T VOL. IX. NO. 119. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1869. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. FIRST EDITION CRIME. Klnarulajr Detection of Fraud. The Cashier of the lulon Assurance Company, Turin, nearly fort? years In their employment, baa inst been arrested for rmtiezKllnK l,lwi,000 of franc, jle wan Intrusted with blank chuck, sinned by the (batman, anil filled them up for h la own use. The fraud was discovered liy one of the young director dreaming, two nights running, that the current rash account ought to he examined with the bank hook. He did bo, and all was found out. Oue-bulf of the abstracted money wax lost In stock spis-iilatlons, and the other was lent to the director of the Htrndnrd, , scml-offlclal journal, who, with the Cashier, husbcen arrested. A Murder for Thirty CVntn. The Waxahochie Texss) ArqttH tells the following shocking tn)ry of another milrder: "A wivk ngo lost Wednesday, Charlie (Jreen and James King, who were brothers-in-law, had a difficulty at the house of the former, alont ten miles northwest of lllllshoro, which resnlted In the kilting on the next night pre ceding of the latter, Mr. King. (Jreen went to the house of King and demanded the payment of a debt of thirty cent. The latter denied the Justness of the debt, it seems, and" refnscd to psy It, when the former entered King's house and took therefrom a pitir of spurs, a box of paper collars and pair of gioves, in remuneration for the debt. Ad angry dispute now arose, and probably a violent scnillu ensued, but the result was not serious. The next flight King was at the house of Mr. Abe Wilson, and irecn sought him for the purpose of killing him. which he did by shooting. Green has not been arrested." The Long Island Assassins. Commenting on the recent railroad catastrophe on 1ong Island, a New York paper says: "It 1 now generally believed by parties who have given attention to the late and lamented slaughter ing of human beings' on the Long Island Kailroad, ' that the disaster Is to be attributed to a wicked con splracy on the part of Individuals on the line of the road. H Is shown very conclusively that the rail which caused the calamity was a new American rail laid last Neptemter. The marks upon It show con clusively to the minds ot all who have examined It, that It had been deliberately cut with a cold chisel, and so battered as to make It appear like a break. This Is certified to by experts in the Iron-working business. This railroad tragedy demands the most searching Investigation. The scoundrel engaged in this fearful crime should be brought to justice. We trust the Long Island Railroad Company will leave no stone unturned In bringing the scoundrel to jus tice." A Live Man In a Dead Man's Coffin. The latest attempt of a convict to escape from prison occurred at the Jollet Penitentiary last Tues day morning. On the evening previous a colored convict had died, and Ills dead body was placed In a rough coffin for burial, on Tuesday morning, when the remains were about to be conveyed to the bury, ing-gronnd, which Is a short distance from the pre mises, one of the oftlcers perceived a slight movement of the co 111 n lid, which had not yet been screwed clown. The ltd being raised, lo and behold, in stead or a dead black man, a live white convict was found lying in the coffin, lie was bustled out summarily and required to give an explanation. It appears that early In the morning, while the other convict were at breakfast, he smuggled himself into the room where the coilln was, removed the corpse of the colored man, deposited It in an empty barrel, and got into the coftln himself, expecting that he would be carried outside the walls, and before reach ing the burying ground jump out and escape. Being almost smothered, he raised the lid slightly to get a breath of air, and was t hus discovered in time to spoil his "little game." If he had remained quiet a minute or two longer, the lid would have been screwed down, and he would probably have been smothered to death. COLLAPSED. The Failure of a Prominent Iln liking Firm in New York Liabilities Over a .Million ot Dol lars Intense Excitement In AVu.II Street. Says the New York Tribune of this morning: The unfortunate mania for gold speculation which has of late years led the most clear-headed financiers into transactions which, to say the least of them, were extremely fool-hardy, yesterday caused tho downfall of an old ami prominent commission house, a firm which has borne an enviable reputation in Hub city and abroad since ltft, Messrs. Schepeler k Co.. of No. fi-2 Wall street,when they adhered to their legitimate business, were German bankers and ex porters of petroleum, provisions, ami other products, their transactions being conducted on an Immense scale, ltut of late they, in common with other speculators, have been operating largely for a fall In gold, trusting that the weekly sales which tho Secretarv of the Treasury was expected to make, and other circum stances, would produce the ell'ect they desired. In spite of their etrorts and their seemingly well-founded expectations, however, gold has been steadily rising for several davs past, anil at each rise Schepeler & Co. have lieen forced to speculate heavily to cover their former losses. It is said that home time since they agreed to furnish certain parties with J10,000,iHM) of gold at a specllled price, expecting, of course, that the causes alsjve enumerated would combine to lower the market. When gold commenced to rise they considered that its Inflation would he only tem porary, and still continued to fult'.l their contract. Finally, however, the payment of heavy margins towards the last of 7 and Js per cent. exhausted their exchequer, and on Saturday they were forced to confess their Inability to meet their obligations. The amount of their deficiency is alleged to be 11,600,000. The failure of Schepeler A Co. was rimored on the struct at eight o'clock yestcrnay morning, but so well known was the tlrm, and so well established their reputation for shrewdness anil business tact, that by many the rumor was regarded as a "clever dodge" to allect the gold market. However, at tho hour when those struggling, hustling, yelling masses of humanity, yclept the Gold and Stock Hoards, as sembled at their rooms, it was demonstrated beyond a doubt that the rumors were not only not un founded, but, strange to say, were not exaggerated. Immediately the excitement became intense, and Schepeler A Co.'s failure was the interminable theme for every Wall street gossip for the balance of tho day. It was somewhat amusing to note the amount, of knowledge evinced regarding tho downfallen Una by certain parties who belong to the widely-disseminated class of "I-told-you-sos." They had fore seen the crash and were clear of it, and hugged themselves exultingly at their escape from a danger which the wildest Imagination could scarcely suppose them capable of encountering, But there was a large cluss who said nothing, gave no sign, but were yet largely involved by the failure of this tlrm, whose connection In this city, as well us in Europe, was very extensive. Of these many were reported to have failed with the larger firm; but late yesterday afternoon It was ascertained that all hail paid up with the exception of two Messrs. hchn.-iwiud, Frank A. Sclieppcr, of Exchange place, and Messrs. Kreta A Ilertel, of Ilroad street. These Urns were reported to have failed, but there was nothing detluite ascer tained as to them. When the news of the failure reached the Gold Hoard, gold, which had previously fluctuated con siderably, on ttie strength of the citr'v rumors, went ap from 140'..' to 14'2'.i, fell again to HI itf, maintain ing this figure until afternoon, when it rose to 142, ..iinn gt iai ' In the abseuce of cable quotations, uhii.h must, nuiiallv cause the variations in the gold .i..i timiiH ti tift nations are attributable solely to the failure of Messrs. Schepeler A Co. 1 here was much comment at the board on the absence of these nuotatlons; but the members had probably forgotten that the Whitsuntide holidays are now occurring at Loudon and Frankfort, and that the business of both of the grand commercial centres Is suspended .i,.nnr liir continuance. lium Wcheneler A Co.. It Istho'-.ght, Will not lie able to meet a tithe of their heavy liabilities, as they used all their avaiiuoie iuuiib uu .-'uiuiuuj m nun heavy foreign call. AT LOGGERHEADS. The (nwe or Ihe nullum i.eviNiiiiuro-iMti Kulilv the I 'ill ecu I h Aiiiciiiiuciil It The New York Tribune editorially explains tho state of affairs In tho Indiana Legislature thus: 1. A majority in either branch of the Legislature of Indiana la Kepumioaii. o Thiii. maiorltv decided and have voted to ratify h fifteenth amendment to tho Federal Cousll- 8. The Constitution of Indiana requires the pre r two-third of the members elected to either house to coufctitute a quorum for the transaction of luiMincHtl. 4 1 The Democratic minority of the Senate, seeing no 'other way to defeat the ratification, with the ex eentlon of two or three who represented doubtful districts resigned, thus breaking the quorum. Those who resigned were re-cicu -it" "'oThe Legislature, which the resignation had snd i,,,i,...i m was now reconstituted the Demo- . -u.i.. ,,,w,rit refusinif tocoine in till It had beeu amendment should not be acted till a specified day, before which all other business could be finished. This engagement was kept. . Now the amendment was taken np again, and the Democratic member, with one or two excep tions in each branch, thereupon proffered resigna tions, intending to break the quorum. T. In the Senate the Democratic members kept on voting until the constitutional amendment came np, and acted as If they had precisely the same right as other rncmlMTS. The moment the amendment wa reached they raised the point of order that no quo rum was present, nearly all of them having resigned. The presiding officer ruled that, as no official notice of their resignation had been received, and as they had continued acting as members, he must treat them as such. Their theory of action was like that of the hnnter who aimed at the animal in the dis tance so as to hit it if a deer and miss It if It was a calf. 1'hls ingenious theory was not accepted, and the amendment, on receiving due majority, whs sent to the other branch. 8. In the House the Governor' message an nouncing the resignation of forty-two of Its members, was received before the amendment came up. One of the remaining Democrats raised the point of order that this left the Isisly without a constitutional quorum. Tim Speaker ruled that while, under the state requirements, sixty-seven meiniM-rs were ne cessary for a quorum to do business, this was a mea sure sent from Congress concerning the National Government, ami that required nothing more than a majority to constitute a quorum for dealing with it. ApH-al was taken, the chair was sustained, and then, fifty-four members (more than a majority) being present, the amendment was ratified. Hereupon, 9. The proper officers will doubtless certify, If th"y have not already certified, the fact of ratification, leaving Its validity to tie adjudged by the Federal Secretary of State" or by Congress. Such, stated succinctly, are the facts in the In riiana case. THE ST. THOMAS TREATY. Views, of a Lcndinir Dnnlsh Journnl on the 4iicmIIoii. The Copenhagen Dwiladct, one of the leading pa pers of Denmark, contains. In its number of April '24, an article on the St. Thomas treaty, which Is cir culated by Danish agents In this country, as "an earnest appeal to the American people from the Danish people, by which they hope to call forth such an expression of public opinion In America as will secure that prompt and Just action by the American Congress to which Denmark has been so long enti tled.'' The article first calls to mind that Denmark did not wish to sell the islands, and has been nei ther benefited nor allured with offers of sale. The treatv being concluded, Denmark has lieen guilty of no neglect in fulfilling her part of the negotiations. The article then complains of the delay of the Cnlted States to act on the treaty after its official submission by the Government on the 3d of December, 1MS7. In conclusion, the article ex pressed a belief that the treaty will nevertheless be ultimately acknowledged by the Americans, for while the formal right of the Senate to reject the treaty at the proper time Is not. denied, now t he case is entirely changed bv the Senate allowing the proper time to pass by. The convention was submitted to It on the 3d of December, 1867, that Is, before the Danish Con gress had received any information about the dis cussion, and a whole month before the vote was taken on the Islands. A prompt and decided No from the Senate would have put an end to the whole matter without a disregard of the forms of inter national courtcsvT or a risk of further compromising the Danish Government. The Danish Special Com missioner was at that time In Washington, together with the American Agent, for the special purpose of being enlightened as to the probable position of the Senate; but, so far from any doubt lieing raised a to the result, he was officially strengthened in his behalf that there would be no dif ficulties whatever. lnder such circumstances, the vote on the Islands took place, and the Danish Congress gave its consent, although with feelings of sorrow, and not without some resistance. Now, to what a position has the American Senate brought the King of Denmark, and the responsible Govern ment of Denmark, before their West India subjects, and before the Danish people7 Tho word No, If spoken before the expiration of the time agreed upon, that is. before the 24lh of February, isas. would have been formally justifiable, although a clear breach of international good breeding; but to push the whole question aside, and to leave It unde cided through two legislative sessions, that Is a sliirht which the Danish people feel very keenly. The members of the present Danish ( Jo vernnieut Gene ra Kaas otr especially are so closely connected with this affair, that they cannot leave it in its pre sent uncertain condition: our, at me same nine. their responsibility is such that they will consider themselves obliged to resign, If the Milted states hould see lit to withdraw from their Obligations." FISK, JR., AG AIN. The Libel Null of the Lively Little Com inotiore. The Hartford Time again dashes Into Commodore isk, Jr., In the manner: As for Fisk's suits for a million or more against the commercial editor of the New York Times, he has effectually, I think, blocked his own game by publishing a most malicious card against the editor a curious iiiiAinrc oi superior K"" uiiii inieien grammar wherein Fisk charges Mr. Norvell with uiving "been constantly in the naoit of incurring ills which he .consider sufficiently paid by the favors his editorial position enables nun to confer, f this means anything, which the peculiar con struction of the sentence scarcely admits of. it means that Mr. Norvell has been using his position to black-mull brokers, and Fisk s trank expression if opinion on the subject will be a nice offset to l'isk's estimate of damages to his own character by what Mr. Norvell bits written of him and about him n the TimtM. I hone it isn't libelous to sav that risk. Jr., Is making altogether too much noise in New York : nor subieet matter for another suit to mention tne ex raontinary uniiorm ne uons wnen ne appears as a commodore'' on the lirisiol boat wharf : nor false to say, as evcryliody does say, that he Is the poorest of poor managers; that he Is in a constant row with his subordinates, and that he has never made a single shilling In either of his theatres. These are mean things to say or tnc great millionaire; and h ne only gives us the! cheap cubs he promises, and so supple ments the public beuelit he has conferred by estab lishing the ferry at the foot of Twenty-third street, why, we will pronounce hi m to be I ho II nest fellow in the city. Let the millionaire manager slide; only, consnlrr ng his si.e and the comiug warm weather, he is more likely to run. DEFALCATION. A -MIWniK 1'nrrner Ilnni Away wllh I1',000 - Mil lur io iiin m uerciiuouiM. The following are the facts of the alleged decamp ment of a New York banker, with tll-2,000: On Saturday afternoon Mr. Aiken, of the lirm of Davis A Aiken, of No. 4S Ilroad street, left his office with the object stated of transacting some Important business. As he had failed to return at 3 o'clock, Mr. Davis proceeded to tho Clt National Hank, where he learned that Mr. Aiken, had drawn two certified checks and some securities which were on deposit. He went buck to the office, but nothing hud been seen or hcurd of Aiken, who. It appears, had decamped. An examination or tne amnrsoi the urin showed that the following checks, etc., had been taken: Check ror :tf,4ir ou the .N. v. city iiauk cerlilied). Check for 2a,fi.')0 on same bank. UK) shares I'acltlc Mail, No. H4,274. too slisres Northwestern Common, No. lii.yjfs. 100 shares Northwestern Common, No. Iti.oiT. 100 shares New York Central, No. 3!l,sfi9. N) shares New York Cuntral, No. 40,ltW. ISO shares New York Central, No. 44,foo. The total value of checks and securities is about f 112,000. Aiken is supposed to have left the country. The llrst check of .ir,4l:i certillcd by the City Hank of New York was for bonds bought by Jay Cooke A Co. of the linn of Davis A Aiken, the second check for i'l.tViO, certilied by tin; same bank, was from the firm of Chase, Mc.Clure A Co. It appears the lirm of DavtR A Aiken Iu this transaction, as carried out tiy Aiken, overdrew their account at the City Hank to the amount of about tn.ooo. The proceeding, how ever, was of the ordinary character, and excited no suspicion ut the time. The house of Davis A Aiken is a new one, having been in existence about a month. Mr. Davis has always borne a good name, and Is believed to have been entirely Innocent in this matter. His friends express much sympathy for him. A California paper calls White Pine a "stupen dous perhaps." The chief product of the Canary Island now is cochineal, which has sprung up Into extraordinary i,.,i,.,. nf hue vears. Cacti are grown wherever tin'ro la u niece of safe ground. On it the mother or mailrt of the Insect arc placed. The plants are soon covered with young lusecw. The accounts from Northern Vermont of cattle starvation are fearful. One farmer has had six of his cows die of starvation, and others have bad to feed them on flour, potatoes, etc. Hay Is :w per ton, and the road are so bad that It cannot be carried to E W-V O K K I S M 8 Frcm Our Own CorrtApondtnt. Niw York, May in, lscs. Summer tourist have discovered that it I a cheap to mate a trip to Europe and back as it 1 to sojourn at any of tho fashionable watering-place or tnc United Wate. Consequently, not les than seven hundred passengers left for Europe last Saturday in the various steamer. To have been to Europe, or to be about to go to Europe. Is absolutely Indispen sable nowaday, even to young men of moderate mean who have not tho honor of being born Flfth avenoodle. It I the shortest, surest way of making an ass of oneself, no conversation being so delight ful as one stuccoed over with the remarks, "When I was In Indon," "When I was In Paris," "When 1 was in Vienna," et cetera. Nowspaper people who have travelled thus are Just a little worse than any body else, and since they have the opportunity of re lating their experience to many thousand times as many people a ordinary folks have, perhaps they are by that much less pardonable. Consequently, when Mr. Chips returns from his six months' loitering at Paris, I shall expect to see Issue shortly afterwards a book made up of his letters published here while abroad, the letter In their turn having been com piled from tourists' guides and Murray's hand books, and liberally spattered over with the poly glot utterances of courier who battened upon his verdancy. The Trilmne has had Its last managing editor. Horace swears he will never have one again never no more. If I were inclined to be scandalous, 1 might say he ha aged extremely within the past fortnight, and that his old white office coat Is taper ing into a winding-sheet; but he has got good stuir in him, and it requires a stern shock to kill him off. Mr. Young will remain in New York, I understand ; at least that Is his present intention, bo that his ene mies, who wished to drive him from the city as well as from the Tribune, are only half victorious. The internal economy of the Tribune ha undergone a change, Horace was anxious for Young to remain, begged him, in fact, to do so; but Mr. Young saw fit to refuse. So, seeing that he could not have hi old protege by him any longer, Horace has resolved to shut down upon any other aspiring young man. The managing editorship is dead, and there is no new successor to cry long life to. Mr. Whitelaw Keid oc cupies what is known as the night desk. Mr. Hasan) is Installed at the day desk. Little Jimmy McCon nell, who won distinction lately In the Albany halls of legislation, has been installed In the post of city editor. Jimmy Is a I'hiladclphian, and, as such, is hated by his New Y'ork peers, who declare that Phllndelphlans can't write and can't manage, and can, in short, do nothing but imitate the cnnnnlng of her noto rious lawyers. Mr. Gallagher, who used to manage the weekly Trtbunr, ha become assistant city editor, and Mr. Sinn, formerly assistant city editor, ha hcen appointed to Gallagher's old place. Mr. Sinclair, who represents the old fogy element of the Tt ibvnf, signs the checks, for which pleasing task hi physique yet remains sufficiently robust. And so the old regime has passed away, and a nine day' scandal is at an end, with the exception that Dana daily continue hi cat-spitting In that mighty luminary the .S'kii. By hi late action, however, Mr. Dana has introduced a new spot into that orb which is just big enough to blacken his reputation. Mr. Y'oung has plenty of friends here and elsewhere, and his position Is enviable beside that of his detractors, libellers, and Informers. A Mr. D. L. Kennedy of this city ha invented an endless chain saw, which Is attracting a great deal of attention and bids fair to supersede the use of the circular saw. It is composed of links or sections, each perfect and complete in itself, and joined to Its fellows by a peculiar joint, without lap or rivet. I saw a model of it at Mr. Kennedy' office, No. 30 CourtlandtBtreet, where many visitors were satis fying a similar curiosity. The advantages claimed for it are Its unlimited dimensions, its continuous motion, its straight line action, its unliability to In jury, the small power it requires, its economy of wood, and its saving of wear and tear in machinery, and Uiese merits have already begun to realize a for tune for its lucky inventor. Mr. Fisk, the fascinating cuss ot the Erie lUllroad, who is nothing 11 not quarrelsome, is us much aitlicted with broils as Job was with bolls, and usually has on hand a triangular row with an editor, a Sua day School superintendent, and an tqk'ra bmifft Iui pressurlo. Between libels and libretti he manages to keep his hands moderately full, but when he can spare a few moments perhaps It would be well for him to regulate the disasters on the Erie road, since they cannot lie suppressed, and sec that in future when train ran oil' 'the truck, they shall run oil' by rule, and butcher according to the nicest calcula lions. Very extensive preparations are being made a Niblo's for Hiubml the SniUtr, which Is to be produced next week. Like everything else of Uie kind, I sup pose several postponements will be announced, and at last the thing will be produced, for the first nigh or two, In a rather slipshod manner. Miss Thompson is to be the "Sinbad," and the play Is to be an admix tore of pantomime, spectacle, and burlesque. The brilliant Farnie furnishes the libretto. The principal scenes are to lie "Sinbad's" ascension, by means of the roc, from the valley of diamonds, a sale of Cir cassian slaves in the market at Constantinople, and high-life ou one of the Cunarders. "What larks" for Miss Ixigan'B "yellow-haired nudities;" With regard to other places of amusement, IIU mry Hiecary Ihhk has been postponed until !) night. Lurlinr Is pronounced a failure. People ex pected that Parcpa-Hosu was going to sing in it, am doubtless confused that lady's autumn enterprise In English opera with the present attempt at the Aca demy. Mrs. States, Madame Testa, Miss Mcculloch, and Mr. Ilabelmann, each of whom is acknowledged to le separately more than ordinarily accomplished as a singer, are not attractive together, and so far from I.urlitie Isiing a failure, It is never even men t loned. Mr. House, some years ago dramatic editor of the Tribune, has beeu appointed musical and dramatic editor of the Time, in place of the late Mr. Seymour. Opinion is divided In regard to the suicide am pseudo-murderer Talbot, but seems to Incline lo the belief that he was insane. Al l IUhv. TELEGRAPHY. Liabilities of Comimiilra Fitiliiitf lo Trniitmi .HeHNitireM. On Friday the case of Wurinir et al. vs. the I'nited States Telegraph Company, which has ts-eit on trial Iu the Court of Common Picas. New York, for sevc nil days, was concluded. The plaintiffs claim 'J:t;it uuiimties iur me iiiuure or defendants to transum telegraphic messages iu December. lbo4. from Pitts. burg to New York, ordering the sale of petroleum oil. it was shown by evidence ou the part of the plaintiffs that they were assured the despatches would is! In New York in one hour from the time they were received. The defendants claimed that the failure to send them arose from causes beyond their control, uud that thev were not. therefore liable. The jury rendered u vnniiet in favor of the plaintiff of ijtiiKHi, with Interest, amounting In all to about fio.ooo. The New York Time of Saturday, In commenting on iiuscuflc, remarks that "the verdict was nisi ami timely, and furnishes a watnimr which all our tele gruph companies will do well to heed. We have known several cases of heavy loss and grievous dls appointment by uciriiircnc in the teleiranh oltlcei similar to that which bus Just beeu puuished in this exemplary manner. Two or three of these cases were of a peculiarly aggravated nature; and yet the sum-rers could get neither redress nor explanation from the telegraph comnanles. A few verdict like this would do a good deal towards milting these matters to right." A gentleman in Pittsbunr nuhllshed the fol lowing offer: "I will donate -tO for every passage of Scripture where the immortality of the soul is mentioned, to any church or Sunday School the under may elect" His address is John A. Hest, SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. iattle with the Indians on the IMains-They Meet with a Disastrous Defeat. Calamities in the "West-Move ments of General Han cock and Staff. AlviK IVoiu 'ati!i?. FROM THE FLAWS. Th e Indiann Attnrk n Wnvon Trnln-Tliey are Omaha, May 18. A wagon train of the Fifth 'avalry arrived from FortMcPlierson yesterday, niter command nf f .1nut.in.iiif Pii.nik1t nnA report that seven companies of the Fifth Cavalry, under General Carr, while moving from Kansas towards Fort McPhcrson, struck a camp of about five hundred Cheyennes. A fight ensued, and the Indians were badly defeated, leaving twenty-five warriors on the field and carrying off a large number of wounded. General Carr lost three men killed and one officer and two privates wounded. He is still in pursuit near Medicine lakc creek. FROM T1IK WEST. Chlcnuo to Test a Stale Law. Chicago, May 18 Resolutions were last night introduced in the Chicago Common Coun cil, proposing to test the constitutionality of tho law passed last winter by the General Assembly of Illinois, conveying the lake front to the Illi nois Central, Michigan Central, nnd Chicago, Hurlington, nnd Qtiiney Railroads. Dccerntion Day. The Methodist clergymen of this city met yes terday, and passed resolutions strongly protest ing against the ceremony of decorating soldiers' graves being performed on the Sabbath day. (enrral Hanrock nnd Hi a IT. Major-Gencral Hancock and staff arrived at St. Paul, Minn., yesterday, to take command of the Department of Dakotah, with headquarters at St. Paul. Yielding a Paint. The Young Men's Christian Association has passed a resolution recognizing the right of -women to become members of the Association. A .Murderer Convicted. Lcesing, who murdered his etep-child, two years ago, was convicted at St. Peter's, Minn., on Saturday. Calamities. William llolgren was instantly killed at Wa- tertown, Minn., yesterday, by the discharge of a gun, the lock of which wa kicked by his horse. A farm-house near La Crosse, Wis., fell on Saturday, killing a little boy and seriously in juring Mrs. Olcson. The Farmers' Hotel, at La Crosse, was burned yesterday. Anson Olcson was burned to death while try ing to save his property. ItlarketB ty Telegraph. New York, May in stock firm. old, 141; Exchange, 1U9V. 6-lWs, lSi-2, 121; do. 1M, lirt ; do. 1865, ink?; new, 119', ; do. 1867, 119'4; lo-tos, Wi; Virginia 6s, 62; Missouri 6s, h9; Canton Co., 62; Cumberland preferred, 8(iv;; New York Central, 12 ',; ; Reading, 907, ; Hudson River, 156; ; Michigan Central, 127 ; Michigan Southern,106', ; Illinois Cen tral, 147; Clevelund and IMtUiburg, ;i', ; Cleveland and Toledo, lufi7,'; Chicago and Jtock Island, 120,'4 ; Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, lfti!. Nkw Yokk. Way 18. Cotton quiet; 200 bales sold at 28. Flour steady; sales of 6WK) barrels. Wheat nrnier; sales or vi,m) niiHiieis mo. u, fi-40. corn heavy ; sales of 29,000 bushels at 78.i K6c. Oat heavy ; sales' of 14,000 biiHhels at 76(a.77c. Reef quiet. Pork lirm; new mess, t:ii(n,:ii-i2'.'; prime, f24-rx)(a'.2f'60. I.nrd firm at lsvailsc Whisky lirm at 7(o,9Sc. Hai.timohk, May IS. Cotton firm but not active; middling uplands. 38. fFlour dull.vith small leisi iicbs. Wheat very dull and weak; choice valley red. f-2'10. Corn dull : prime white. biiuc'.H: : yellow. 82(.i 84. (Jats dull at 76i 7S for heavy ; and 6sr.f,7a for light live dull at fl-itSM!"). 1'ork qnict at I31fwi 31 -7ft. Bacon II rm : rib sides, 16'.; cle ir rib sides. 17jC. ; shoulders, 14'.,c. Hams, lw2lc. Lard tlrm at 19. Whisky tlrm and scurce, auu ueiu at ac ; some holders ask f 1. San Kkancisoo, May 17. The Overman Mining Company hits levied an assessment of tld a share, ileliiiniie'nt .lime IS. Flour linn. Sales of 29,000 barrels for export at 14-87 ;(? -26. Choice v neat, ji -WKai-.v). I.egal-tenders, THE EUROFJLW MARKETS. This .Morning's Quotation. Bi A (lattfic Cabtt, IxjNnON, May is A. M Consols for money, 92 V ; ami for account. 92V. Railway quiet. Erie. 19 io : Illinois, 95'u; Atlantic and Ureal Western flat at 24 V Lokdov, May is A. M Petroleum dull at Is. d Turncntlne, . 9d. ljVKKi'OOb, May Is A. M. Nothing doing in Cotton. Other markets dull and Inactive. Thin Afternoon' DiioiiiiIoiim. London, May 18 P. M vi ilrmer at 78';. ltail- ways steady; Illinois ueuirai, a; Atlantic ami i:reut Western. 'XiX. Livkktooi., May is P. M. Breadstuff quiet; Naval Stores heavy. Provision heavy. Cotton at Havre dull; tres ordlnaireon the spot, l4f. 1. 1: (ML in x i: i. i.i a i: v i:. Court of Quarter Hesslons Allison, P.J. Prison cases were tried to-day. Johu Hughe was convicted of the larceny of a pair of pants. He was seen to take them from a house In Logon street, and whs immediately arrested. Ida Foster was acquitted of the charge of assault ami buttery. lohu Williams was acquitted of a charge of larceny. A lady swore that she caught a man leaving her house with clothing belonging to her, and thai the man had but one hand ; but this prisoner hail both hands, and was evidently not the man mentioned in the indictment. I'noii application by the prisoner's counsel, the triul of James ilaggerly was H.ed for Thursday next, provided the witnesses for Uie Commonwealth can be then produced. I'. N. District Court .1 nil we Cndwnlndcr. lury trials were resumed this morning. The I 'uited States vs. One mash-tiiu, etc,, claimed by Edward McLaughlin. An Information of forfei ture for alleged tulse returns of cluiiinuit's business. Verdict for the Government. The I'nlted States vs. Thirteen barrels of whisky claimed by John Hiiggerty. An information of for feiture for evusion of the tax by branding raw whisky as rectified. Verdict lor the Government, District Court, No. I -J mine Thayer. O. W. Riley, to use, vs. Bunker Brothers A Co, An action on uu oil contract. Before reported. On trial. Dlatrict Court. No. 2 JuiUte Hare. Crow vs. Wolliert. An action to recover damage for the alleged unlawful obstruction of a highway. Before reported. Verdict for plaintiff, t'25. Briutou, Cooper 4 Stokes, to use, vs. Brinton k Henderson. In this case the platniurs complain that they purchased a steam pump of the defendants, which was represented by the latter as of the best quality, which proved worthless, and therefore they claim damages for the I Jjury alleged to have been done them by this deception. The defense set up that the pump was all it wa represented to be, and 8UMNER'SJrEECH. The nrltlftk I.lon Irritated and Enraed-Wlll he Miow Klght or Pay f -An Interesting Ques tion. The New York TWotin of this morning publishes an Interesting letter from G. W. Hmalley, dated London, May 6, In which he says: I say to-day that so far a I know we have not. in that sense, a single friend in Ensland. of course I do not mean that men long conspicuous for their sympathy wltn us nave on a sudden become enemies, or that they recant anything they ever said on our side. But they dissent wholly from Mr. Sumner talement of tho American claims and grievances. 1 hey lind rault with the tone of his speech and the extent of his demands. In more than one particular they are misled, or some of them are, bv thn misre presentations of the London papers, all of which make Mr. Sumner say some things which he clearly does not say. Comment on the speech continues dally, In the press and everywhere else, and while there, s a difference In the degreo of resent m-nt ex pressed In different quarters, the ugreemeut of opinion Is practically unanimous. England will fight rather than yield to the claims made or indicated In this speech. She will tight rather than even nego tiate on any such basis. If Mr. Motley's Instructions cover anything like the ground taken by Mr. Sum ner, he will be met by a point blank rufusal to con sider his proposals. At this moment, 1 doubt whether any proposals whatever would he listened to. If popular feeling counts for anything in the Foreign office, they would lie simply scouted. Of course, I don't mean that Mr. Motley Is likely to be reclved with Incivility. The most furious would greet him with politeness enough, but all parties will resist with equal resolution an attempt to enter up.m any negotiation which does not disavow. In fact If not in terms, Mr. Sumner' authority to speak for the Ame rican uovernmenc I do not care to follow the London nsners anv further In their attacks on Mr. Sumner. That would only be to rewrite my last letter. language Intem perate enongn at nrst no grown daily more violent. Mr. Sumner is bracketed with Mr. Chandler, and the two are held up together to public hate as meu who have gone mad In their aversion to England. Tho Trtbune comes in for Its share of vituperation, snlte of its dignified protest against Mr. Chandler's ex cesses, its real oiteiiBe is in being tne leading radi cal journal in America; radicalism being In England the chief of the seven deadly sins, of which a new catalogue needs to tie promulgated by ecclesiastical authority. The tulk about Canada Inflames the popular fury, and it does so notwithstanding the known opinion of leading Englishmen that Canada ought to go, and some day must go, and when she goes must be absorbed into the Republic. The most thoughtful among English statesmen would rejoice to be rid of a costly dependency which keeps them in perpetual fear lest It should tie lost disgracefully In the first war that may break out Rut they never will let it go under menace, or while Its cession might expose England to the sus picion of surrendering It from fear. . Hence, even the suggestion that Kngland might offer It to America with the consent of the colonists themfclves, pro vokes wrath. The Daily tieten, misled, I suppose, by the Spettator, denounced It as a "scandalous" pro posal, that Kngland should be required to hand over her province as a penalty for her Alabama wrongs. Next day the .Yews, which certainly does not mean to be unfair, corrected Its mistake, and to-day it copies enough of your article on Mr. Chandler to show Its real drift. But even the .Vrtm Is swept away by the irresistible current of popular opinion against Mr. Sumner and his speech, and every American view ou the Alabama question. I do not, however, think the war party is a majority here, any more than it is In America. Between dis senting from Mr. Sumner's speech and declaring war t he interval Is a long one. Some of the men who are vehement against the speech are most emphatic in protesting against war,-and even those who say they would tight rather than negotiate on Sumner's basis, do not all desire hostilities. They persist in believing that Mr. Sumner has a bill made out for some four or five hundred millions sterling, but they are far from believing that Mr. Motley I going to present It for payment. Xlie New York Money Market. From the Herald, v "Wall street had a tlrst-closs sensation to-day In the failure of a prominent tlrm for a sum variously reported between a million and a million and a half of dollars. The suspension really took place at a late hour on Saturday afternoon, but was not made public, and was not known beyond a few of the credi tors until early this morning. It seems that the Arm were 'short' of gold to the extent of about s,ooo,ooo,. and that they were really bankrupt a few weeks since, but mode a doubly large new venture with the nope of retrieving their ill-fortune. Gold, however, continued to advance, and thus plunged them only the deeper In disaster. Tho street is full of all sorts of rumor with reference to the character of their operations. It is said that they abandoned their original legitimate business of a commission house and gradually expanded Into transactions iu gold, governments, and stocks. In their full they have implicated several other firms, ami Exchange place was in a state of the greatest commotion all day. So far as has been ascertained at the close of business to-night, only one small tlrm is so embar russed as to be compelled to suspend. The ot hers have been able to meet their liabilities promptly. When the llrst signs of distress were apparent ou Saturday afternoon, the popularity of the tlrm, was such that their friends tendered them about half a million dollars to help them resume, but they declined, on the ground that their liabilities would require a sum at least twice as large. A meeting of the creditors wa held on Sunday, but no remedy was found to stay the bursting of the storm this morning. One of the sad features of the failure is the heavy individual loss which It has entailed upon a broker iu tioverument bonds a personal friend of the tlrm who, in his trust of their solvency, sent tliein, at their request, his check for seventy thoiiH iud dollar Just ut tho close of bank hours on Saturday. Their own check for a similar amount, which he had deposited early in the day, was returned 'not good' the same afternoon. His total loss is said t be about one hundred and Ofty thousand dollars. He yromptly met all claims to-day and went ou as usual, int. as he Intended retiring from business on the 1st of June, and giving up the 'street' for a more quiet life, much commiseration Is felt for him, and much indignation expressed towards the tlrm who thus so cruelly used a friend. The eirect of thu failure was witnessed iu the 11 actuations of the different markets. "Before the regular opening of tho gold board there was great excitement, under the impression that the 'buying In' of the 'short' gold of the sus pended firm would create a large rise, and the price advanced to I42J,. From this point, however, there was a falling 'off" to 140',', under sales of 'long' gold held by parties who bought at much lowen figure anil were willing to realize. The price .fsaiu re turned to 141.r, at which it was quite feC-ady until very late iu the afternoon, when It suddenly ad vanced to 142 V. closing finally at 142,'r. The 'short' interest is now very small in the market ami the bullish feeling quite general. Loans of cash gold yesterday were made at from 7 to 4 per cent, for carrying, iu the forenoon. There was inure activity in the afternoon and some loans were made 'flat,' "The disbursement of coin interest yesterday were $211,299. "(Joverninents opened with great firmness as a re sult of tint advance iu gold, but. became, less steady auu were inciiueii to nroop in, tne ciose, tiirougti ap prehensions of the ell'ect of the failure on tho for eign market. The day being Whit, Monday and a European holiday, there were no quotation from London or Frankfort. The higher price of gold will, it Is expected, ad unfavorably on the price of bonds in the foreign market, while no little uneasiness pre vails as to the extent of the bills drawn by the sus pended house. If they have conliued themselves to the limit of the articles which In their capacity of a commission firm they have shipped to Europe, there will be no difficulty ; but;tlie street was full of rumors on this point us well as on every body else connected with them. It is fortunate that the day was a holi day in London. Hud the news of the failure goue over early this morning, It might have produced a panic In American securities, if not iu the general market But as the matter closes more hopefully to night and the losses have not produced a panic hero, the effect will be toned down at, the opening of busi ness to-morrow iu the foreign market. "Foreign exchunge was inactive but firm, on the basis of 109'4 for private bankers' sixty duys ster ling. "The excitement of the falluro produced some scrutiny of borrowers' names and collaterals In the earlier portion of the day, and money was active at seven per cent. ; but the uppreheusion wore away, and loans were again made quite freely at six to seven per vent, before the close of banking hours." The Whitewater (Wisconsin) IlegMer reports that pigeons have become a positive nuisance on the prairies in many cases almost destroying whole llelds of spring sown wheat, The Scheremtietr family In Russia recently gave the imperial family an entertainment which cost 100,000 roubles. Fountains of w ' cob, were playing in all the aloous through which tho Imperial family passed. A man In Jacksonville, Fla., stole the recently laid corner-stone of a new Baptist church, In order to get the silver coin and currency closed up In lt The stone was carried some dUi-auee, but the effort FIN A K K AnCOMMKnCE. Omcx or THI Kvkktho Tr.t.rnaAia,l Tuesday, Mjr 18, ltttig, J The weekly statement of our banks Is again higuly favorable, showing an Increase In the amount of de posit or $947,673; of loans of $231,999; and of legal tenders there Is an Increase of $72,fK2. Tho same feature of last week the slow expansion of tho loans compared with the increase of deposits It will be observed, still continues, and 1 attributable to the dull condition of trade. During the last two weeks the deposit show the very large increase of $l,24,ftt, whilst the loan during the same period have expanded les than $.'oo,ooy, leav ing a large surplus over nnd above the wants of the market. Considerable excitement was created In New York yesterdsy by tho suspension or the bank ing tlrm or Schepeler Co., with enormous liabilities, variously estimated at from one to ten millions. The catastrophe was brought about by gold speculations, and the result upon the market wo a rapid rise In the premium. Uums are without change worthy or comment, (lovernment are rather quiet.but firm at last night's quotations. Oold 1 active and fluctuating. The market opened at 141, and at 18 M. tho premium stood at 141 x. , The Stock market showed a good degree of anima tion, and price of most the leading shares were higher. In State loans the only transactions were in tlie second series, which sold at UNkvalOolf. City 6s were without essential change ; sales of the new cer titlcates at 101 v loi , with 98 bid for the old. The Lehigh gold loan was strong at 97. Reading Railroad wa active at an advance, selling at44N'1,. Pennsylvania Railroad also Improved, closing at. 66 Vaft7 ; U'hlgh Valley Railroad advanced 1, sidling at 67 ; Cutawlssa Railroad was taken at 33V ; Philadelphia and Krle Railroad at Sox; Mlnehill Kailroad at MV: Little Schuylkill Railroad at43V. an Improvement of ft, and West Jersey Railroad t CIV. Canal stock were dull, the only transactions being In Lehigh Navigation at m(iA; 1H wa bid for rcnoviMii navigation preierrcu; is ror Susquehanna; and 47 y. for Delaware Division. Nothing was done In Coal shares. i?i was tittered for New York and Middle; BV for Hliamoktn 5 ror Fultou ; 46 tor Iie.ust Mountain : 6 for Big Mouatoln and 1 S, for su Nicholas. In Rank shares there were sales or GIrard at 86 vf and Coinmonweath at 60. Passenger Railway shares were without change. The following were the best bids: CO for Second and Third; 18 ror Thlrfc-enth and Fifteenth; 61 for West Philadelphia: 47 Vf for Uirard College: 43 for Union; mils ror Hestonvllle. uuuu, PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE) SALES. Reported by De Haven A Bra, No. 40 3. Third Street. irn?ST Rnipn ftwipafls.g se....io 6sh PennaR...... $3000 do lOflJtf 85 B4700 Cltv 6s.New.ls.10l 809 aa do.allotm'tUB do. receipts 66 do b6. 66 V do 18. 66li do.. 0. 66V do 66 do S5. 66V doallotm's. 66 do rcpts.1. 66 doallotm's. 66 Leh SC.. 800. 84 s da is. BSj-i do 34 $1000 Pa R 2m 68.... 95 90 KM) sll Read R..S10. 47 94 100 100 do ..BlOwn. 47 94 46 100 do D80. 4S 100 100 do 48 200 100 do... 1)30.48 1-16 40 100 do 830. 48 45 lOshOlrardBk.... B6tf 17 20sh('om'hBk 60 256 100 sh Lit Sch H.httO 4.H 100 BU 24 BhMlnehill R... MStf 800 loo Bh Cat If 83'.' 17 ... v it. . . ...I . . .... i.i . vw. , nw, oq o. a nirn street, report the following quotation : U. 8. 6s of iH8i, m&nw, B-24isor isea, 121 vomi: da u4. 116."(3116. ; do. 1865, mjiomx ; da July, 1865, H9ail9 V; da July, 1867, Il9 s,ail9'; da July. 1868, 119tS119.S'; 58,10-40, 109,"109X. Gold, 141',' 14l. t Messrs. Jat Cooks a Co. quote Government secu rities, etc.. as rollows : U.8. 6s, fji, 121 30122. j,' ; o-aos of 1862,12ix(,12l?4';do.,1864,116X(ail6;do., Nov., 1R6B, 117f4117; do., July, 1866, 119S,'(41BW; do.. 1867, 119i119X; da, 1868, U9ii9vr; lo-tos! 109109?,. Pacifies, 107 yoi07j. Gold, Ul . HtorU Quotation by Teleirrapb t P. M. Olendennlng, Davis & Co. report through their New York house the following : N. Y. Cent. R 182 . West. TTnirtn Tel. . ... 48 v N. Y. and Erie R.... 29 Cleve. Toledo 106'2 Ph. and Rea. R 96 Toledo tt Wabash.... 74 Mich. 8. and N. LR.. 106V ' Mil. 4 St. Paul R... . T7W Cle. and Pitt, R 93jMIL A BU Paul pref.. f5 Chi. and N. W. com . . lVAdama Express. ...... ei v Chi. and N. W. preX..102tfWells,FargoACo.... 84 CM. and R. I. R 127 (Tennessee 6s, new... 6.V," Pitts. F. W. A Chi. R.lB3,v'Gold 141 Pttcllic Mail Steam... 94 Market steady. " Philadelphia Trade Report. , Tuesday, May 18 Bark In the absence of sales we quote No. 1 Quercitron at $52 per ton. . ,' There Is no improvement to notice la the demand for Flour, and only a few hundred barrels were taken In lots by the home consumers at $55-25 for super fine, $5,756,25 for extras, $6-50T,25 for Iowa, Wis consin, and Minnesota extra family, tO-T&STtfO for Pennsylvania do. do., $7-759 for Ohio do. do., and $9-M)(ll-60 ror fancy brands, accordlnflf to quality. Rye Flour ranges from $7 to $7-25 V bbl. ' Nothing doing In Corn Meal. The Wheat market Is dull, and notwithstanding the decline noted yesterday, buyers refuse to pur chase more than enough to supply their immediate wants. Ssales of 1000 bushels red at il-fWAl no amber at $1-6001 and white at $l-eooa. Rye sells at $l-43(Sl-45. Corn is quiet at the recent de cline. Sales of yellow at S587a; Western miwd at83(S8N; and white at 83tfi84e, Oats are not so linn. Sales of Western at 80082a, and Pennsylva nia Bt Rka;78c. Nothing doing In Barley or Mult, t Whisky is dull and otfered at V495a V gallon, tax paid, in large lota. , ' - f LATEST SlIirPDfG INTELLIGENCE For additional Marine Newt see Inxide Page. T tBT TEXKORAPH.1 ' ' 1 ORTRF.ss Monrok, May 18.-ArriTed, barque Chnti- cler, froui Buenos Ayred for orders. Pawed out Baruuv Clifton, for Rio ; brig llomance, for Nevaima. lHV Atlantic OabU.) . ( QtTFKNSTOWN, May 18. Arrived, ateanuhipi City of Bal timore and City of BoKton, from New York, at tins port: Bellona, from New York, at Havre; and Guiding Bur! from New York, at Southampton. oi KKMSTowN. May 18-"p. M. Arrived, steamship Palmyra, from New York. . PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. . . . MAY 18. TAT 0 XHEBMOIOCTKB AT THI IVXNINO TKLBOMAPH orincs. IA.M 64 1 11 A. M 62 1 P. M 65 OLKARKD THIS MORNING. Steamship tamta. Freeman, New York. John F. ObJ.' Schr JcuUie, Trott, Boston, C. O. Van Horn. . ARRIVED THIS MORNINO. hteamaliiplonawaiiila, Jennfmrs, 70 hours from Savan nah, with col ton, rice, etc., to Philadelphia and Southern Mail Stenmhit( Co. PaHaongnni-Kobert Bidrile and lady. Mia H. M. Itiddln, Mim M. Biddle. Mm. floorer, MiU Hoover, Mini Julia Dunlap, Mint O. flelawaie, Mr. T. Heilloe, It. (;. Hopkina, O. R. Finn, W. K Uixkiton, A. Palmer, V. W. KaUis, Mrs. K. H. Wood, Mi C. MoSuiDrin, Minn IJunlap, Mr. and Mrs. Delaware and two children, Mr. Cleary and lady. Jacob Kued, U. Sunoua, J. 11. Jimns. Frank Onne, O. iu Wilkina. hteamsliip Hunter, Harding, 36 hours from Provi dence, with indite, to 1). S. Sietaon A Co. Steamer M. Maguey, Smith, 34 hours from New York. with nidae. to W. M. Baird & Co. Steamer Docatur, Webb, 13 with uidbe. to A. (iroves, Jr. Slnuiner Diamond State, Her, more, with uulse. to A. (iroves. Jr. hourt from Baltimore, 13 hours from Haiti - Kamue havannali, Ncaite, Jl days rrom rvevn via Bora- lirnro. with irUHno and suluhur ore to Moro 1'hilliiiiL Briir lais, Andotsou, 6 days from butfua, with inolashes to ri. a w. elm. Br. liria Hobin. Douidass. 12 days from Saarua. with mo- lahsoa to S. W. 4 Weli.li. Brig Samuel Muir, Murine, IB Hays from t Henf ueoi, withKiixur and moLumos to 8. 4 W. Welab (aouirieuLally oniittd ycBterduy). ... . Schr A. Ai. t'liarlwii-k, Coane, 36 dayafrom Inictut, with kryolite lo J. K. Bailey & Co. ... , Schr Karuh Louisa, Paitinon, 6 days from James nver, with lumber to liiukman A CottiiiKliam. Schr H. Preaoolt, Freeman. 10 days from Portland, with ueailinits to Ixaac HoiikIi A Morris. Schr Bonny Boat, Kelley, J days from Bonton, with indue, to Murshou A t.'loml. , Schr feyla, Crowell, S days from New York, with suit to W. Iliimni A Son. n . . .., ... Bohr J. Truman, Globs, S days from Nw York, with cement b captain. , . . . Schr Haaleton, Gardner, from Dujhton. MEMORANDA. Barque (5eore Henry, from Liverpool for Philadelphia, was spoken yenterday. lat. 40 40, Ion. 6! 47. BuniueAlbati-OBS, Davis, hence, at St. John, N. B.,ye-. 1 69 r(i ii y Schr Annle May, Mar, cleared at Boston 16th inst . ior Kennebec river, to load for Philadelphia. . . SuurJ. H. Perry, Kelley, for Philadelphia. -eo- from New Bedford lftth inu H a n r. Schrs Lucy Church, Adams, and Je" uani Case, hence, at Nuntui ket 11th iiiHt. a !Hv iwi Schrs Adolph Huicel. Ib'binson kMVn"'; F. B. Colu.n.Somers; aud J. M. F- "' buuU tenc, at Boston Itith inst. . niladelnhia Kchr Oriaia. Owen, te- ""U0JP'". Sailed from Nn.. tucket loth inat. , Adams, hanea w . . Schr (J. 8. WatJth to return ' ' Nt:et lOth inat., and aal'ioyd. Weeden. from TrtnKit . Schr D. SUwvurt iLiu u,., " r"YJflvtlt lo. phi). d-lrbf stipulated bv the Jfl'UtliCajttS t&Ul UlS VlWA
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