VOL. IX. NO. 150. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 18G9. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. FIRST EDITION POLITICAL, Meeting of the State Convention, of the Republican Party of Pennsyl vania at Concert Hall This Morning. This merntng at 10 o'clock the State Convention of the Republican party of Pennsylvania met in Con cert Hall, Chcsnnt street, west of Twelfth, for the purpose of placing in nomination candidates for Governor and Judge of the Supreme Court. The hall was handsomely decora ted upon the walls, balconies, platforms, and chandeliers with nume rous flags and banting. Midway down the room a barrier was stretched from wall to wall, pierced with tmt a single opening, upon the main aiale. Between this dta-lalon and the stage the benches bad been removed and chairs sub stituted In their stead. This space was reserved for the delegates to the convention, the remainder of the hall for citizens generally. The platform was amply provided with tables and chairs for the otllccrs f the convention and representatives of the press, and a couple of pages fatted hiHier and thither In waiting on the delegates. The body or the hall was well filled, the presence of so many of the citizens evincing their interest In the result of the deliberations of the convention, and the political contest of which it is the precursor. At half-past 10 o'clock the convention was called to order by Hon. QaluBha A. Grow, In the following words: Gentlemen of the Convention : Before fulfilling the duties incident to the position I hold, allow me one word of congratulation on the auspices under which you meet. One year ago the people of this country were entering one 01 tne most vital political con tests in their nlstory. It was to be the last closing scene of the bloody drama of eight years, in which pro at principles were being settled forever In the institutions of the country. In that struggle the ' Republicans led the forlorn hope, and they bore the banner of the party to triumph and victory in October. Around that ban ner cluster memories of the notable battle waged In that decade of our history. That haaner represents to-day the nnity of the Republic, the perpetuity of Its institution, an enlarged mid noble patriotism, and a hunanlty as broad as the race. It Is young in years, but old in Its ideas and the might of its grand achievements. On the 80th day of May, ISM, Con gress, under the control of Democratic principles, repealed the Missouri Compromise, and enacted what was known as the Kansas-Nebraska bill. Tliedovotens of human bondage thought by this act tliev had se cured Its perpetuity. It went forth with lire and sword, and planted Itself in the Territories of the Union. Fifteen years havo passed away, and the sun In Its course across the continent from ocean to ooean no longer rises on a master or sets on a slave. (Applause.) To-day every human being beneath the flan of your fathers stands up in the dignity of his manhood, proclaiming to the world "I am a man !" This is the mighty achievement of the organization - which yon represent. The darkness ot human bondage, struggling against the enlightenment of the age, sent your sons and brothers to the battle-field to battle for the Institutions of your fathers, and three linmlred thousand of them sleep in honored graves. This is the sacrifice while sorrow sits by almost every fireside the sacrifice which was made to per petuate the institutions and blessings bequeathed by your fathers. No thinks to the organization which yon oppose to-day, we have a country to love and Institutions to revere. Had Its des tinies been entrusted to them, the honored flag of our country might to-rtny be lying trailed in the dust; and, gentlemen of the convention, you have now to perform your duty 111 perpetuating the greatness of the country. You uro to select to-day . a standard bearer for the contest th"t closes in Oc tober next, and in the Keystone fcta. acknowledge now, as then, that in this great struggle we ore ready to fight for the truth. For remember that the din of arms is no longer heard, but the war of ideas goes on. This is the war of the age. You battle in the sume Hue, although the organization of which you arc mem bers! has successfully withstood the inarch of human bondnge on tills continent. You have now a work to perform in perpetuating the great aud material luterestB of the country. A truth has dawned upon yon ; you have realized the dream of Columbus we must go westward to-day to llnd the Indies. This grand achievement has been accomplished in your history, aud you meet here to-day as the representatives of the party which has aided this great work. Tour principles insure the progress or the age, and you are to select a leader to curry then out Vour stan dard bearer, whoever he may be, has a great duty to -perform. Many of you have made sacrifices to save the country, and you now must have a man . who, in the political contest of one year ago, helped to save the party which you represent The next business in order, gentlemen, will be the railing of the roll or delegates, after which I will re-x-t ive nominations for chairman of tUo temporary organization. At the conclusion or Mr. Grows speech, tlio call lug or the roll was proceeded with, as follows: . SENATORIAL DELEGATES. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. 1st District Eliab W ard, M. D. d District Robert M. Evans. 8d District Mahlon If. Dickinson. 4th District Charles Thomson Jones. CHBSTBH, DKI.AWAUK, AND MONTGOMERY. 6th Distrist O. V. Billiard, W. IS. Wadclell. BUCKS. Cth District George Lear. LKHIUU AND SOKTHAUrTOH. 7th District IL L. Bunhlelu. HBKKS. 8th District E. C. Kitchen. SCHUYLKILL. th District Linn Bartholomew. CARBON, MONROE, PI KB, AND WAYKS. 10th District D. K. Shoemaker. BKADKOKD, Hl'St'KU ANNA, AND WYOMING. 11th District M. C. Mereur. I.t'ZBKNK. 18th District H. M. Hoyt. POTT BR, TIOOA, M'KBAN, AND CLINTON. ltsth District .8. 1). Ball. LYCOMING, UNION, AND SNVPKR. 14th District Hon. (eorje F. Miller. J.-OKTHUMBKRLAND, MONTOUR, COLUMBIA, AND 6UL I.tVAN. 15th District It. M. Frlck. DAUPHIN AND LEBANON. 18th District II. D. Huston. LANCASIKR. 17th District Captain J. .K. Hutter, Theo.A.Kiuzer. YOKK AND CUM UK KL AND. 18th Distrlot Win. McConkey. ADAMS AND FHANKI.IN, 19th District Win. King. 80MEHSET, BEDFORD, AND FULTON. 20th District C W. Moore. BLAIR, HUNTINGDON, CENTRE, MIFFLIN, JUNIATA, AND PERRY. 2l8t District William D. Lewis. CAMB1UA, INDIANA, AND JEFFERSON. 23d District W. J. McKnlclit CLEARFIELD, AMKKON, CLARION, FOREST, AND ELK. Kid District Hon. G. W. Lathy. WFKTMORKLANI), FAYsTTK, AND GHEENK. 4th District Hon. John Covotlo. ALI KC.IIUNY. 26th District A M. Brown. Thomas M. Marshall. WASHINGTON AND BKATK.' Sdtb District Captain David Hhielde. J AWRENCK, BVTI.KK, AND ARMSTRONG. 27th District Hugh Morrison. MERCER, VENANGO, AND WARREN. 26th Districl-A. D. Woods. CRAWFORD AND ERIK. 80th District Matthias Hartleb. liJEPRESKNTATIVK DELEGATES. rUli.ADEI.PlllA. Bradford al)ri pullivan N. Elsbree and L. J. An drews. Wr William H. Lloyd. ' inbria Alexander Kennedy. Onrlxm and Monroe Captain John Shields. j Centre Cantaln A. B. Hutchinson. Clarion and Jefferson Dr. A. P. Helchhold. Clearfield. Forest and Elk Henry Souther. Clinton, Cameron, and McKcan C. Cornforth. Chester Joel W. Hawlcy, Dr. John P. Edge, and Dr. it. W. Hutchinson. Crawford K. I Litchfield and K. O. David. Columbia and Montour C. . Jackson. Cumberland Captain J. V. Gish. Dauphin Hnmuel Humell and George Larch. Delaware Robert Oartside. Erie C. O. Bowman and Miles Caughey. Fsyrtte-O. W. K. Minor. Greene J. Kodgers. Huntingdon, Miiilin, and Juniata William Woods and John J. Patterson. Indiana and Westmoreland Dr. J. 8. Crawford, D. W. fchryock, and W. J. Hltchman. . Lancaster John Htrohm. A. J. Kaufman, J. S. Shirk, and Colonel Emlen Franklin. . Lebanon George F. Khinehart and Captain H. T. fcuston. . , Lehigh Samuel Mcllose and William II. Alney. Lycoming, Colon, and Hnvder Theodore Hill, Cap tain Thomas Church, and Joseph Wenrtvh. Luzerne J. G. Miller, K. N. Wlllard, and John Hundley. Mercer, Ijiwrcnce, and Butler John O. White, David Saukey, H. W. Grant, and John J. Spear man. Montgomery W. R. Bray and J. S. Shearer. Northampton Samuel Straub and W. S. Klrk pntrlck. Northumberland John Yonngman. Perry and Franklin Samuel Koath and A. F. Bchaflilrt Schuylkill C. F. Schindel, R. IL Coryell, II. L. Cake. Somerset, Fnlton, and Bedford General William II. Koone and and J. B. Cessna. Susquehanna and Wyoming A. Grow and P. II. Ousterhaut Tioga and Totter William H. Smith and Hon. Venango and Warren Hon. Junius IL Clark. Washington and Beaver Major John nail, James If. Kelly, and J. Kltner Hurrah. Wayne and Pike George G. Wable. York II. G. Smyser aud George Gelger. lelegation from the I'emwylvania Jlejiubliean Amo tiation of Wathinnton, J). C L. I Minor, D. L. Eaton, D. R. a Nevin, D.Welch, T. IL N. McPher Eon. When the Tenth district comprising parts of Car bon, Pike, and Wayne-counties, were called, a dele gate rose and contested the seat of Mr. D. K. Shoe maker, of that district, in favor of J. D. Pyott t In the Twenty-second district, composed in part or Cambria, Indiana, and Jefferson, the name of J. K. Thompson was substituted for W. J. McKnlght After the calling of the roll a delegate moved that J. D. Plgott be admitted as a member of the Con vention for the Tenth district, la place of D. R. Shoemaker. An amendment was made that the matter be re ferred to the Committee on Credentials. Agreed to. Mr. Henry Souther, of Elk, was then escorted to the chair as temporary president of the Convention. On taking the chatr Mr. Sonther spoke as follows: Gentlemen of the Convention : I return to you my sincere and heartfelt thanks in being called upon to preside over your preliminary organization. I may say that I have no speech to make upon this occasion. I congratulate myself and I congratulate the members of this Convention upon the great unanimity which appears at this opening to pervade your counsels. (Applause.) I hope that It may con tinue to the end, that we shall place upon this occa sion In nomination a gentleman who will carry the banner of the Republican party next October to trhimpti and success, (cneers.) it Is a proud record for any man. however humble, to helonu: to the Republican Part v. (Applause.) It Is a party which goes clown to history as no other parry ever will go down to history in those United States, it is a party which curried on and fought to completion and success one of the bloodiest wars that history has ever recorded; and its oillce now, gentlemen, in the Keystone Stab?, us it has been in times post, is so to conduct us that our banner shall not be lowered in the dust, buL that whatever wo may do we may have the consciousness to know, when we iook i-uck upon our acis, in acting wii.u me ureat Republican purty, that we have aided the cause of right and patriotism. And with these remarks the Chair Is ready to en tertuin uny motion which is In order. Mr. Miller, of I'nion, then nominated Messrs. Smith, Litchfield, Morgan, and Bullock as temporary Secretaries. The names were agreed to by the con vention. tin motion, the following gentlemen were selected sb a Committee on credentials: Messrs. i. w. Woods, of Mifflin; C. O. Bowman, or Erie; J. E. Kelvcy, or Allegheny; Uenry Uuhn, of Philadelphia; and Linu Bartholomew, of SchuylkllL A motion was then made that a committee com posed or a delegate from each Senatorial district lie appointed a Committee on Permanent Organization. A delegate objected to this, on the ground that it would look like a put up machine, and would give too mnch power to a rew men. . ! The motion wus then withdrawn, when a motion that a committee or thirty-three be appointed of the members or the Senatorial aud Representative districts to be a Committee on Permanent Organiza tion, was agreed to. i Mr. Brown, of Allegheny, then moved that a committee of thirty -three from the dlirerent Sena torial districts be appointed to adopt a platform aud resolutions for the guidance of the convention. Agreed to. It w as then moved and carried that all resolutions be referred to the Committee on Resolutions and Platform Without debate. - The Hon. James L. Graham was then nominated as permanent Chairman of the convention. At Mr. Graham's own request the motion was with drawn. The following resolution was then presented: Jtesolved, That this Convention lelleves that the time has arrived when a revision of the organic law of the Commonwealth should be made, and tills body hereby ask the Legislature or the State, at its next session, to pass a law that will bring the mat ter directly before the people. Referred to the Committee on Resolutions. The names of the Committee on Permanent Or ganization was then read, as follows; lHLtri-tt. Mtrict. 1. Kllab Ward. 16. Captain J. R. Rutter, 2. li. M. Evans. Theo. A. Klnzer. 8. Mahlon II. Dickinson, 18. J. S. Gish. Mttrlrl. 1. John W. Dubrce. 2. George Hchafler. 8. William Matthews. 4, Thomas Noble, f.. E. S. Yard. ; a. w. 8. Stokley. 7. 11. O. SickeL a Jllrum Porter. q .1 iimes V. Neall, Aduuis J. n. uuroomw. Alletiheny-James L. Graham, n. W. Oliver, Jr., Winfield 8. Purvltuif e, B. W. Morgan, C. W. Bache lor, and J. E. McKelvy. Armstrong John Ralston. Berks Captain William A. Sands, George Lau iran, C. Kitchen. Captain W. G Moore JJuck swuuvl B. TUatoher and J, Paul Knight hintrict.. 10. Henry Huhn. 11. Thomas J. Smith. VI. William II. Maueely. 13. Wesley Stephenson. 14. Gideon Clark. 15. Adam Albright 16. William M Taylor. 17. Edward Bone. Is. Cnristinu Kueass. . 4. Charles T. Jones. 6. Robert Gartslde. 6. William R. Brady, Samuel B. Thatcher., 7. Samuel Mcllose. 8. Maj.-Gen. M. Lauuiau. 9. C. F. Bhindle. 10. M. C. Mercler. 11. E. M. Millard. 12. 8. D. Bull. 13. G. a MUler. 14. C. G. Jackson. 15. E. II. Euston. 19. Alex. F. Schalfant 20. in-n. W. H. Koonly. 21. Wm. M. Lloyd, William Lewis. 22. Gen. J. L. Crawford. 2.1. Hon. G. W. Lathey. i24. J. Rogers. 25. Henry W. Oliver, C. W. Batchelor. 28. M. 8. Quay. 2T. H. W. Grant 2S. E. E. Klupp. 29. E. O. David. Mr. Mahlon H. Dickinson was made chairman of he committee. tiThe following gentlemen were selected a the Committee on Resolutions: VUtriet. 1. John W. Dubrce. 9. II. G. SlckeL 8. James F. Neal. 4. Christian Knenss. 6. William B. Waddell and J. 8. Shearer. 0. J. Paul Knight. 7. II. L. Bunstier. 8. E. C. Kitchen. 9. R. II. Coryell. 11. N. C. Klbree. 12. John Hauley. 13. C. Conrorth. 14. S. F. MUler and Tuos. Church. ICS. John Youngman. Id. Samuel Hummel. 17. A. J. Kantfman and Colonel K. Franklin. 18. II. C. Siniser. 19. William Klucr. 20. J. B. Cessna. 21. A. B. Hutchinson and Samuel Roth. 22. A. P. Herchhold. 'IX Henry Souther. 24. D. W. It Minor. 26. A. M. Brown and W. 8. Purveyance. 26. James H. Kelly. 27. Forbes Holton. VS. John G. White. 29. Miles W. Caughey, A motion was then made and agreed to, to adjourn until t o'clock P. M. The call for the ratification mass meeting to be held this evening at Concert Hull was then read. Adjourned. IContvuud in the fourth Edition. Speaker Blaine, too, Is goiog to California Drake, the Chicago baker, had an Insurance or $lui,ooo on his life. ' Cadet Grant stood head Of his class la demerits Mb first year at West Point FRANCE. The Elrrllon Riots In Parln-A Week af Con tinued DlKturbanres-Attenipla to Threw l !nrrlradc. A correspondent writes as follows from Paris, June 10: There were disturbances on Monday night, caused entirely by the police. The yard In which the print ing ofllce of Lt J(a)ifl Is situated was early thronged by a dense crowd, impatient to hear the result or the elections, which they made sure was to announce M. Rochefort's victory. As return after return came In, each extinguishing still more his chances, the crowd became Irritated, and upon the cheer being raised by M. Jules Favre s friends, a general melee ensued between the adherents of the respective can didates. The police stupidly Interfered, and In that brutal way which disgraces the French police. The man ner of this Interference, even more than the Inter ference itself, raised passions to a high pitch, and the disturbances spread from the yard to the neigh boring boulevard, which was densely thronged. There was great excitement In the crowd in conse quence of tne election, and It would have beeu true wisdom in the police to have given the excitement elbow room ; It would soon have exhausted Itself aud expired. The Injudicious conduct of the police brought on a collision, some arrests were made, but as midnight drew near the throng dissolved. The following extract gives the incidents aud dis turbances on the succeeding night: NlKht Scene on the Boulevard. From Iht rati Figaro. From the Rne Lafltte the Boulevard presented Its usual aspect; all the cafes remained open, with the exception of the Rlche and the Grand Balcon, which only let out their customers, but refused to admit any. The routes or the omnibuses had been changed alter 8 o'clock; public carriages were allowed to circulate, but were not permitted to take places on the stands. Our cab was stopped a little beyond the Rue Montmartre, where the Boulevard was barred by a detachment of municipal guards, on horseback and on foot The former occupied the roadway, and the latter the foot pavement on each side. That force, preceded by drums which beat the usual sum mons to disperse, drove the mob back towards the Porte Saint Denis. The appearance of the Boulevard at that moment was most singular; the troops stopped, and the vehicles which were following naturally did the same ; then a roll or drums was heard, and the sol diers again advanced preceding a long procession or cabs and carriages, and accompanied by the cries of the crowd, which, after escaping by the lateral streets, returned and formed again a mass behind the municipal troops. On arriving at the Pulut-de-Fer, as there remained no one behind the sol diers, the officer commanding suddenly ordered his men to turn about and charge; then the car Tinges were obliged to turn buck in the direction of the Madeleine. Kiosks Destroyed. A Quarter past Eleven. Such a strange kind of tmaite was never seen before ; open carriages with ladies in tnem were parading up ami down tne Bou levard from the Opera Comiqne to the Varietes; their occupants langhing and chatting, while wait ing for the sight they had come out to see. Boys with long sticks called out "keep back 1" but the drivers paid no attention, and still advanced; how ever, at about twenty minutes past eleven the gas lamps were broken, some of the newspaper kiosks were destroyed, ana an attempt was made to form a barricade opposite the Varietes Theatre. - Boulevard Montmartre. Half-past Eleven. A band or abont a hundred In dividuals, the majority young men, wearing caps and blouses, and armed with stakes and bars or wood, arrived on the Boulevard Montmartre, crying out "Vive Rocherort 1" The police had then left the spot The rioters at once commenced smashing the lamps and windows of the kiosks; they next, npset almoBt all these latter from the Rue Mont martre to the Rue Richelieu : they threw down the seats, and even attempted to tear up some of the young trees. With the wreck they had made they formed two barriers, abont two feet high, right across the road. The work of devastation would have been carried still further, but that a detach ment of the Garde de Paris on horseback, preceded by two bodies on foot, issued from the Rue Drouot Their arrival was welcomed by the applause of the fmblic, who were indignant at the acts of vandal sm Just accomplished. After the trumpets had sounded a warning, the soldiers fixed their bayonets and charged at a quick step, while the rioters fled in all directions. The troops then patrolled the Rue du Faubourg-Montroartre, de la Grange-Batellere, and Dronot, but met w ith only a number or idlers, who dispersed before them. At midnight the troops con tinued to parade the streets without finding any of the individuals who had tied after alarming the neighborhood by their acts of destruction. The Flace de la Baatllle. naif-past Twelve. At this moment the crowd rushed away in the direction of the Madeleine before a charge of the municipal guard, both mounted and on foot, and who cleared the Boulevard ; the horses rushed at full speed, while the lnfautry ran along the foot pavement We were obliged to turn and take refuge lnhe Rue de la Michodlere. The troops passed like the wind ; paused for a moment at the corners or the Rues de la Chansse-d'Antln and Louts-le-Grand, and then started afresh to sweep the thoroughfare as far as the Place de la Madeleine, The boulevard was now rree, but all the way Trom the Chaussee-d'Antln to the Rue Richelieu bore traces or the passage or the rioters; iron chairs had been dashed through the windows or some or the pavilions, and still remained fixed there. In the Place Louvols the newspaper kiosk was also thrown down. A crowd likewise asseraeled on the Place de la Bastille. I'ntil about hair-past 9 there was little disorder, but on the police attempting to clear the place, this intervention, which had now become necessary, exasperated the people. Stones were thrown at the force, and the mounted municipal guards were obliged to lend their assistance. A charge around the column of July put to flight the rioters, who directed their course principally into the Faubourg St Antolne. - FARRAGUT. ' Two Anecdotes of the Admiral. During the excursion down Boston harbor last week, Admiral F'arragut told the following anecdote of former times: Just fifty years ago the present month the old frigate Independence was coming through the Narrows In charge of the pilot, Wilson, bound Into Boston, Farrsgut then being a vounir midshipman on board ; and as he was standing by the man at the wheel, the executive olllcer of the ship seeing a coasting vessel directly ahead, suddenly shouted, "Helm hard-a-starboard ;" but Wilson, seeing the imminent peril of such an action In so narrow a channel, only replied : "Tell them to say their prayers," and the frigate kept on her course. In a moment more the vessel was run overand sunk ; but fortunately her crew safely scrambled on board t lie frigate as their craft disappeared under the waters. The anecdote was told to illustrate the bravery and cool self-ptsBesslon of the Boston pilots, tor the prompt action taken by Wilson saved the frigate from a serious disaster. The veteran pilot Wilson referred to died a tew years since at a ripe old ago. The gallant Admiral wishing to pay a flying visit to his friend, Commodore Rodgeis, on Saturday, at the Navy Yard.without making an official fuss, arranged with Captain James Deliver to have the tug Hamlin ready at an appointed hour, and prompt to time he stepped on board. Over his uniform he wore a light water-proof, which he threw when he landed, and. conducted by Captain Doliver, he proceeded to the house or the Commodore, who was not at home. The Admiral left his card, exchanged a few remarks with the officers who had by chance recognized him, but before they could find men to load the saluting battery he was once more on board the Hamlin on his way towards the cltv. He had selected the' time ror his visit when the operatives of the yard were absent at dinner, and hence he knew that it would be impossible to have the guns loaded. The whole visit was arranged with as much taut to accomplish certain end, as if he had planned a naval operation, and was emi nently successful. He expressed his satisfaction to Captain Doliver that he had succeeded so well, but regretted that he had failed to see nis old friend, Commodore Rodirers. The Government, however. had saved its gunpowder and wads, and this was souieiuing to console mm. uotwn t raveller. A GAMBLING MANIA. Tho old Countess Klsse letr. wifo of a former Russian ambassador to the Tullcrlcs, is said to have lost a million of money at rouieue, Rnd is well known to me nauuues oi me guuibliiiir tables of Baden-Baden, Welsbaden, aud particularly of Homburg, where she hobbles In on her crutches or Is wheeled up to the table to pass the evening, raking in or paying out her plies of gold. Her husband told her sho must either give up rouieue or mm, and sue toon uie lauer alternative, and week days and Suudavs. morulugs and evenings. w as the first at the roulette table and tlie last to leave. She is now In her seventy-third year, with the ruling passion of her life still unimpaired. The most fashionable street of Homburg is called artor nor, ano is mat tn which Mr. wasunurne, our Minis ter in Paris, will reside. Probably he will make the acquaintance of the old Countess herself, Possibly ne may oe pecuniarily the worse tor it SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. Yellow Fever Ravages in South Ame rica Earthquake Shocks Affairs in New England. The Dedication of the Gettysburg Monument. FROM SOUTH AMERICA. Arrival of the Arizona at New York. New York, Juno 23. The steamship Arizona, from Aspinwall tho 15th, has arrived. She brings 300 passengers and $123,505 In specie. 1( a vases of the Yellow Fever. The yellow fever was dreadful at Tac, Peru. The smallpox had broken out nt David Chiriqul, and the town is nearly deserted. Knrthqnnke. A slight shock of earthquake was felt on M, 25, but the damage was inconsiderable. A grent storm hnd occurred at Valparaiso, by which the Government buildings were damaged to the amount of flOO.000, besides other damages. FROM THE STA TE. The ettysbnr Celrhrnilon .Major-General Meade to be Present. Gettysburg, June 23. Mnjor-Gcncral Meade has accepted the invitation of the Committee sf Arrangements for tho dedication of the monu ment in the Soldiers' National Cemetery at this place, to perform the ceremony of unveiling the monument on the 1st of July with appropriate remarks. Ex-Governor Morton will deliver the oration, Bayard Taylor will read his original poem, and the prayer will be pronounced by the Rev. Henry AVard Beecher. The National Union Musical Association of Baltimore will be in at tendance, and take part in the musical portion of the programme. General Meade's Jicidqiiitrters will be located in the new hotel nt the Springs. FROM NEW EXQLAXD. Annexation In ftlnnsrtchimetts. Boston, June 23. A vote on the annexation of Dorchester to Boston was taken yesterday, and both places voted for tho union Boston by 3420 to 565 and Dorchester by 028 to 726. The act takes effect on tho first day of next year. Another Prize Fight. Springfield, Juno 23. A prize fight oc curred yesterday afternoon In the outskirts of this city, between King and St. Lawrence, but was broken up by the police. Three hundred spectators, one-third women, witnessed the affair. Vlarketa by Telegraph. Nw York, June 23. Stocks firm. Gold, 137. Exchange. 9W. 6-20s. 1862, 122: do. lSftt. 110 : do. 1S65. Il8'i new, 119V; do. 186T, t 10-40S, 108; Virgi nia 6s, 61; Missouri 6s, 91 X; Canton Co.. 61 v ; Cumberland preferred, New York Central, ISO ; Reading, 98 ; Hudson River, 159-; Michigan Central, 1B2; Michigan Southern, lofi3, ; Illinois Central, 142; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 97; i.'iiicairo ana kock miano, uox; nttsourgi aua Fort Wayne, 156?. New York, June 23. Cotton dull ; 800 bales sold at S8o. Flour active and advanced iim20,,: sales of M.ooo barrels State at t-vlOwi; Western at $5-lM 7v!0: and Southern at 0-C0(All-75. Wheat active am ad anoed 23o. ; sales of 64,000 bushels No. 1 at 11-61; No. Sat l4(ailf; and white California at tl'S)V. Corn firmer; sales of 86,000 bushels mixed We: tern at 63Cs fi9c by canal, and 8490 by railroad. Oats quiet. Beef quiet Porkheavv; new mess at faa-02)tf. Lard dull at I997c Whisky dull and quotations are nominal. Bai.timokb, June 23. Cotton unchanged. Flour active at full prices. Wheat firmer; prime Valley, HS(il76. Corn dull ; prime white, 909lc ; yellow. 83e. Cats dull at 72c ror ngnt. Mess rone nnn at fH4; bacon nnn; no sides, isgi8io.; clear ao., is wlS'i'c. : shoulders. 15C1BVC : hams, 22W.22V. firm at Ka20.V- Whisky Arm and unchanged. Lan 3 Htork Quotations by Olendinnlng, Davis A Co, York house the following :- N. Y. Central R. ISO Ph. and Rea, R. 98 Mich. 8. and N. L R..106 Cle. and Pitt. R. rrx Chi. and N. W. com.. 78tf ChL and W. W. nref.. 94 ChL and R. LR 116S'. Pitts. F. W. CM. K.1&0V Pacific M. S 86 Telesrnph. I P.M. . report through their New West. Union Tel 88 v Toledo and Wabash. . 71 Mil. and St. Paul K. e. 72V MIL and St. Paul R. p. 84 1, Adams Express. 60',' Wells, Fargo.... 80 united states 69 h Gold 137 Market steady. TEE EUROPEAN MARKETS. This Morning's Quotations. By Atlantic Cable. London. June 23 A. M. Consols for money. 93: for account, 9S,V; United States Five-twenties quiet nut steady at so. stocks nrm; i.ne,iv; lllUnl. I.I..MI OK Livkhpool, June S3 A. M Cotton quiet; mid dling uplands. i2Vd. ; middling Orleans, Via. Esti mated sales, 10,000 bales. California Wheat, 10s. 8d. ; red Western buoyant at 9s. Id. Flour, 23s. 6d. London, June 23 A. M. Sugar afloat quiet, but steady. This Afternoon's Quotations. London, June 23 P. M lTnlted States Five-twen ties, su. tjiocus sveaciy ; r-rie, u4. Liverpool, June 23 P. M. Cotton active. The sales are now estimated at 12,000 bales. Califor nia Wheat. 10s. 8d. : red Western, 9s. 3d. Cheese, 76s. Havkk, June 23. Cotton active ; on the spot, 146f. ; anoat, i44xi. THE GRASSHOPPER SCOURGE. An Army or the Innecta Invade Utah. ' From the fe't. Joseph (Mo.) Herald, June 18. Countless myriads of grasshoppers have lately made their appearance on the north and eastern shores of Salt Lak. and are marching or hopping towards the City of the Desert. The ground around Promontory Point is literally black with the young and rapacious lesects. They are now about three fourths of an inch in length, black In color, and more resembling a cricket than a grasshopper, lint as they Increase in size their color changes to brown. From the account given us. it appears that our city will again be visited by this scourge. We learn that the scourge which passed over Suit Lake two years since continued us marcn, aim tne lonowing season made its appearance in the- lower end of the tireut llusin, where the scenes of the previous year were enacted. This season the hordes have appeared in the extreme southern Mormon settlements, where they are destroying everything before them. They are now some 600 miles from Salt Lake, the localities over which they have passed having had one year's respite from their ravages. It seems that when these Insects reach maturity they deposit their eggs in the soli and die. The following season the egs are listened by the wanntn or the spring, and a new army follows on its march. About two weeks since tbeso pests made their first appearance in that section, being then about as eighth of an inch in length, and having the appear ance of suud crickets. They grow rapidly and are very voracious, destroying everything In their way. For miles the track of the railroad is black with these destroying Ipsects, the ties and rails being Hidden iroin view uy tne uiousamis percneu mereou. Suit Lake City has been cleared of vegetation before by tliene pests, and In each case the countless hosts have made their first appearance to the north aud west of the city, devastating the fields and gardous when on their way to the south and westward. Two years since such a scourge swept over the city, de stroying every green tiling, even to the growth of wood and vine of the previous season. Millions of the Insects perished In the lake, for it seems nothing turns them when on their destructive march. Jn s day the beautiful gardens and orchards of the city were left as bore of verdure as though a fire had swept over them. DISASTER, Terrible Explosion at the Frradale Colliery, I'nglnnd. The explosion which took place In the Ferndale colliery, Kngland, on Thursday morning, the lot It Inst., has not been attended with such fatal results as was at first anticipated, bnt still is of such a char actor as to stamp it as a most appalling one, Inas much as fifty-three poor fellows nave been hurried into eternity without a moment's warning, and who but a short time before were In the full enjoyment of health and vigor. The shaft Is abont three hundred yards In depth, and the colliery is divided into three districts, namely, the itrtoudda, itlacnllecha, and DufTryn, and at the time of the explosion there were nearly slxjiundred men In the three districts. 1 he explosion took place in the Dutrryn district, and upwards ol one hundred men were at work when the catastrophe oecsrred, which Is now sup posed to have been occasioned by a large fall of the roof, and the large escape of gas by some means be came Ignited, and those who were uninjured escaped to the surface. . Up to lost night forty-four bodies were brought to the surf nee, some of which were frlghtfnlly bnmed, while others appeared to have died from suffocation. The recovery of the bodies was prevented In the afternoon by some part of the workingtaking fire, to extinguish which It was found necessary to wall tn the fire, and this, as a matter "of course, occupied some little time, and from yesterday evening up to 10 o'clock this muru hig no bodies were brought to the snrface. liunnrens or persons from tne adjoining places arrived st the pit this morning, it being known that these nine poor fellows were still In there working. Soon aJter 10 o'clock the signal was given for tha cneo to ascend, and on reaching the surface the life less corpse oi anotner poor leliow was exposed. The body was discovered to be that of Kvan Rich ards, a married man, making the totnl number brought np fifty-three, and eight are still left in the pit, but it is expected their bodies will be recovered this day. Messrs. Davis, the owners of the colllerv, provide the cofllns for the dead, but we are unable to say how the widows and fatherless children will be provided for in future. PRUSSIA. What Kfnderstood by Kelisrioun Liberty. The A venir. of Berlin, publishes a letter from an Inhabitant of that town giving a singular Idea of the manner In which religious liberty Is understood in Prussia, in the month or September last a son was born to the WTiter, who resolved not to have It bap tized ; but as, according to the Prussian law, Chris tian parents cannot deprive their children of that rite, the father made a declaration to the effect that he left the Church. The Consistory, however, ob jected that as the father was a Christian at the moment of the birth, the parent could not escape the obligations in question ; the case went before a tri bunal, wnicn gave judgment in lavor or the Consis tory, and decided that the ceremony should be per formed, notwithstandiugthe opposition of the father, as soon as a guardian could be found. Some weeks later an individual, a complete stranger to the family, presented himself in that capacity, and de clared that he would exercise all the rights which the law conferred on him as a legal protector of the child. The father energetically refused to submit, and now informs all whom it may concern that he will resist any violation of his domicile. He re marks, in terminating his letter, that there is little dhference between the abduction of young Mortar a at Home, and the arbitrary act with which lie is him self menaced in the "State of Intelligence," as the Prussians love to designate their country. SWINDLING IN FRANCE. The Farls Fi-iaro gives an account of a charge of swindling just tried before the Tribunal of Correctional Police. Count Raynold de Cholscul engaged in 1863 M. Bosch to raise for him a sum of 2fto,ooo francs on mortgage, and at the same time promised to leave with the latter 50,000 francs of the money, with which he was to found a banklnx-lum.se, and on which interest at the rate of 10 per cent, was to be paid. Bosch pro cured the money, but the Count then refused to take It, probably thinking the conditions too onerous, aud the project was not carried out. However, some time after, the Count was again in want of money, and handed to Bosch bills to the amount of lft,oi)0 francs to get discounted, but from that moment he was never able to obtain either the cash or the re turn of the securities, and now took the present pro ceedings to recover the one or the other. Bosch maintained that the 10,000 francs were a part of tho 60,000 francs which the Count had undertaken to ad vance, and that money to that amount had been already expended in the preliminary outlay for tho establishment of the proposed association. The Tri bunal considered that no fraudulent Intention bad been proved, aud dismissed the case. REVERDY JOHNSON. The following note from Reverdy Johnson has appeared In the Boston J'ott: "Baltimore, June 19, 18C9 My Dear Sir: I have your note of the 16th, and thank you for it. I thins I shall write upon the Claims Convention ; but if I do, I shall certainly not offend diplomatic propriety. Mr. Sumner'S nnjust and unkind Insinuations in his speech as to the motives of Mr. Seward and myself In hastening the negotiations. I cannot Burrer to be unanswered. Nor can I fall to let the public know what his opinion npon the subject was when I was appointed. If I write anything, I will send you a copy. I am gratified to know that my course in England has your approval, and remain, with sin cere regard, your obedient servant, "Rbverdy Johnson. "George W. Searle, Esq., goston." LEGAL 1WTELUE.CE. Court of Quarter Heeaiono Judge Ludlow. There was but one ease before the Court tiil-t morning, which was that of a colored man named George Rickets, charged with assault aid battery. It was alleged against him that several o fleers went to his house to arrest him npon a compUlut, and he resisted them, rushing at one of them wit i a razor, and being prevented from using it by be tig shot in the shoulder by some one behind him. O J the other hand, he alleged that the officer refused to produce his warrant when it was demanded, anl therefore declined to go with him, and when it was attempted to force him, he defended himself. On trial, Flft AI1CC AK1 COMMERCE. Omcx or tub Kvtmsa Telegraph.) Wodnody, Jana 88, 1J9. I The official announcement of the Secretary of tin Treasury that in future the gold sales and bond pur chases would be made semi-monthly instead of semi weekly, beginning with the 1st proximo, has given general satisfaction. According to this plan, one million of gold will be sold on every alternate Thurs day, commencing on July 8, and one million of bonds purchased on every alternate Thursday, comnieuc. Ing on July 1. Meanwhile It Is asked what is he to do with his large surplus of gold? The law restricts his purchases of bonds to one per cent, per annum of the public debt, which point will be reached bv the purchase of $t00,ooo to-day. He cannot buy greenbacks or three per cents., because the law prj liibits any contraction of the currency beyond the limit mentioned. The only course to pursue is to wait tor a modification of the law by Congress, and until that tune we may expect a continuance, if not an advance, in the present rates of gold. - The loan market continues easy at B8 per cent., and discounts at 6aH per cent, for prime business paper. The demand Is quite moderate to-day so far. Government bonds are dull and slightly weak, Gold Is quiet and steady at 137V. The transactions at the Stock Board were limited, and prices were stronger. State and City loans were steady at yesterday's quotations. Lehigh gold loan cloBed at 02 '(. OA Reading Railroad was in more active demand, and sold up to 49',, b. o., closing at 4iV; Pennsylvania Railroad sold at &' ; Philadelphia and Krlo at 82; Oil Creek and Allegheny Railroad at 44,V, b. o. ; and Catawissa preferred at 8I.V s. o. Canal shares were quiet, but prices were firmer; sales of Lehigh Navigation at 8l; aud Schuylkill Navigation preferred at 20(, I, o. In' Bank and Passenger Railway shares there is nothing doing. 1 PHILADELPHIA BTOpK EXCHANGS SALES. H Reported by De Haven A lira, No. 40 S. Third Street 1100 City 6s, Old.. wi IMW city es, mew.. d bill.. 100 f?fS00 do..,.cp.loo $1000 do....d hlll.lOO -f iooO Leh V new bs. 1)4 loooo N Penna 6s... SOX 1000 Leh Gold 1 ... . 92 v 20 Bh Oil C. A A R. 44 B sb Penna R.. .. bin loo sh Cats X' s60wn 87 200 do BOO. 87V 100 BQ Ph A E R.B6. 82 100 do C. 89 800shSchNPf.b0. 20 X sn i'ar m uk.nsv 800 sti N Carbondale 3 10 sh Mecli Bk..... 82', 100 Bh Read S..b30. 49- 20 100 100 T 100 200 100 100 100 too 100 800 600 do. tlf. oo..s30wn. 4iw do. do. do. do do. do. do . do . do., do., do. ,.trf. 41V 4l .WiL. 49V ...1S-4H B-1U .....10. 49V ,.,.e.4l 8-10 ....S60. 4V .bKAtll. 49',' ' ..b5AI. V ..40 3-18 Naub A Ladnsh. Bankers, report this morning's 10-00 A. M. 187 .1H2A.M, 10-06 10-1 10-2S 1080 11-00 ...137 ...187 V ...1871 ...WK ...187 1117 11-22 11-80 . 11-40 11-60 ...1S7V ...187 ...1B7',' ...187 ...187 V 137X iww, llfiyailN; do., Jsly.issn, nsanov. 1867, 110. 119SJ do., 188, 11119 IQ-iV. Wo eiOH. Pacifies, 106)(S106. Gold,187. Messrs. Da II a vim a Brother, No. 40 B. Thlr4 street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations t U. S. 8 Of 1881, 120,V121 ' ; da 1862, 12i;(lww f do. 1864, lieVailOJi : da 1868, 11811HJ; rialMA new, U9VU9; da 1867, new, 11,(4U9H: do. 18W, 119(A119.W; da 68, 10-408, 107;w108,V, 0.8. 80 Year 6 per cent. Cy., 10P3(4i0fl; Due Coiup. low Notes, Gold, 187(4187 it ; Silver, I8llta. . i The New York Money fllnrJket. From the Herald. , , i "The fact Is definitely settled that there will bo no change In the present programme of gold sales and bond purchases by the Government before the 1st of July, when the new fiscal year will begin. Hecretmy Jtoutwell was known not to b9 in "Washington, and hence the dis credit of the rumor in the street last nlglit, which was subsequently verified, that h would so modify his policy on and after the 1st proximo as to provide for the sale of less than two millions of gold weekly. The letter of instructions on the subject, it will be noticed, Is signed by th acting Secretary of the Treasury Instead of hr Mr. Bootwcil, who passed through the city tolay In re turning from his Eastern tour. The letter referrt to is addressed to the Assistant Treasurer, Mr. Van Dyck, and says: 'Aftor the clone of the present finoal 7sr, and until furtbor nntio, the 8rrtry of the TreHoury will puruluieo one million of bonda in alternate weokii, enmraenoimr Tbundiy, July I. and will offnr for snlene million of unlit on alternate week, commencing Thursday, July 8, ul!jeo to tho usual conditions. 'j . "Under the new programme the annual contribu tion to the sinking fund will be about $2.000,0i)O. This Is just one per cent, of the nutionaldcbt. Mr. lioutwell Is therefore simply about to put in force during the ensuing year the law of the sinking fund. In buying f2o,ooo,0oo, he will be acting np to its spirit, and will discharge his duty. Should tha revenues of the Government continue to warrant grvstcr reduction of the debt than one per cent, per annum, he will be able to avail himself of his undis puted right so to employ the Treasury balance at any time. To those who wish to see fair play and Justice, this policy must commend Itself am perfectly correct. The Sinking Fund act was never put lu force until he first made It operative. Ilia platform is a simple one. In future he will cancel the national debt at the rate of one percent, per annum. If there be a surplus In the Treasury, be will feci himself at liberty to buy bonds to an amount not greater than a sum equal to one per cent for the time the law was allowed to remain a dead let ter by his predecessors. The street was disposed to) favorably interpret the effect of the charrge, and buoyant feeling set in. The earliest rate for money was gold Interest upon stocks, but the prominent Government houses- obtained all they wished at T per cent, currency. Discounts) remained as heavy as on Monday, and some 'gilt edged' paper was offering at 9 to 10 per cent. In the afternoon there was a rather sharp demand for funds, and the stringency of previous days again visited the market, as high as one-eighth and in terest being paid to make accounts good at bank, which, from the fact that 'cash' stock was sold aa late as fifteen minutes to 4 o'clock, evidently re mained open beyond their usual time to accommo date dilatory customers. The 'bears' were again at work operating on the feelings of their opponent by alleging that the change In the policy of the Secretary of the Treasury would not bring relief, for the reason that his new programme would continue to Increase his cur rency balance by the difference between the Crice of a million of gold and that of a million of onds. Even if this dilference be trivial, the new f lan will disburse none of the thirty millions which he present plan has transferred to his vaults, and which constitutes a contraction of the currency to that extent until he finds some means of returning it to circulation. The foreign exchange market was nominally steady, the prime bankers maintaining their rates at 10lM for sixty days and 110? for sight sterling. Bills out of second hands were sold at concessions of an eighth to a quarter per cent, upon these quotations, the holders being forced to realize or choosing to employ the money on call. . "Government bonds were irregular, with the general market, and sympathized with gold. In the buoyant feeling which carried the price of the latter up to 138.V the '67s sold at 1I9; but the whole mar ket reacted late in the afternoon with the decline In gold and the renewed activity In money. -. "The gold market was quite Irregular, the oponlng price being 187 , the highest 13S, the lowest 130,', and the closing 137V. It will be seen that these figures indicate the fulfilment of the clique strategy so visible yesterday. Becoming possessed of the knowledge of Mr. Boutwell's change of policy, they bought gold at prices ranging from 136 to 137 and sold it to-day at 187 to 138. The clearings of the uoiu xmiuk. were over s nunorca minions yester day. It Is fair to presume that they were purchasers of a large fraction of . this sum. Even a profit of one per sent,- would not an enormous amount. Tke surreptitious obtainance of this knowledge by the clique Is a matter which Mr. Boutwell should immediateIy,4nvMtigate; other wise he will lay himself open to the charge which was so frequntly made against Mr. McCullooh, vb., that he was tho toorof the gamblers of Wall street. The market to-day exhibited a lack of faith on the part of the clique lu a higher premium, for they steadily unloaded at the advanced figures. The street In first discovering the fact, run the price down to 186Tjf, but tho recovery at the close was in sympathy with the general upward tarn in values late in tne day. - i . Philadelphia, Trade Report. ' Wednesday, June 23. There Is nothing dolngfia Clover or Timothy Seed. Small soles of Flaxseed at 12-75 V bushel. . ...., There Is no movement in Quercitron Bark, and Ha 1 is offered st 48 ton. . . There Is considerable activity in the Flour market, and more firmness In prices for ail iesorfptiona. The sales foot np 500 barrels, Including Iowa, Wis consin, and Minnesotta extra family at 13 -87(3 W; Pennsylvania do. at 6; Indiana and Ohio do. do.' at 6-62XT-76; and fancy lots at 9-8010-50, Rjej Flour sold at fo-ss. In Corn Meal no transactions. There is a fair demand for Wheat, and prices are well maintained. Sales of 8000 bushels red at 11-48 31t0; and amber at $160. Rye is dull at 11-80. Corn Is In steady demand, without change from yes terday's quotations. Sales or 4000 bushels at 9950. for yellow ; 9la.92o. for Western mixed ; and 8890o. for mixed. Oats are steady, and 6000 bushels West ern sold at 74(ai76c. No sales of Barley or Malt. Whisky Is firmer, and held at 11(31 -OS, tax paid. LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. . For additional Marine A'cu-a tee Insult Pages. , v.um sl-w noon Co. emote Government secu. titles, etc., as follows: U.S. 6s, 81, 121(4121 WS - Uiwla, i4mJ do.,l864,.H6,Mi7; da, Not., PORT OS PHILADELPHIA.. .JUNB 33. STATK OT THXBMOMXTSB AT TBI XVZJrma mMKiM okitio. 7 A. M 70 11 A. M 8018 P.M..... N ARRIVED THIS MORNINO. Steamer W. Wbilldin, RiKRana, 18 bour from Baltfmore, wit b nidse. to A. drove., Jr. Hour Ada Herbert, Somes, days from Gloucester, with n.b. Scbr Ada A. Jsyne, Jayne, 8 days from Rockland Lakb with Ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co. Scbr T. 8. VcLellan. Parker, days from SaCO, Me., with ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co. : , CorrMpondmr fht Philadelphia Kxrlanf. " f Lbwes, DeL, June 21. Barque Proton, ro Harahuitri bria Lopbema, for Piotou; Lavinia, for do.; and Oeree, for CienlueKos, U from Philadelphia, went to eea mm batniday laat. One barque and a brur went in Uwlnr. Scbr Spray has returned after laying huoye on WinteS Quarter and benwick'i Island Shoals... Wind 8W. We tier very warm. L. L. LYOKti, MEMORANDA. ' ' I fillip Progress, Sinioua. for Philadelphia, awled froas Gibraltar let (nut. , , . Ship Bertba Temple. Mitchell, for Philadelphia, entered out at London fltli hist. ii . Barque Vest. Koldrup, heroe for Oronstadt, J ibe Sound, Klsiiiore, tilb inst. ... , barque Blsck Urol her., Perry, 85 days from Rotterdam, New Vork yesterday. - - Barque Irma, Cuuuuings, 13 days from Bsgiu, at Nawj York yesterday. - barque IJryaden, Gahrson, for Philadelphia, 'cleared At London 12tb inst. . ' richrS. P. M. Tarter, Allen, for Oeorgetqvn, ' I). CA' sailed from New Bedford 21st inst. Sclir t). L. Stevens. Small, for Philadelphia, cleared at New York yesterday. Huhr Kate E. Rich, Doughty, cleared at BeetOB 21st taeV for Saco, to load for Philadelphia. - . , Hobr M. O. Moaeley, for Philadelphia, tailed from Ba' vsnusb yesterday. ' ' . . . tk-urs (jon. Hauks (three masts), Ryder ; Philanthropief.' Warren; and Kuane, Hawes, bouee, at Bansor 19th net, K hrs Vrsie, Uason, hence, and lMvid Haboocit. IresJ Boston for Philadelphia, at Newport 2oth inst. Subr Mary laud, Green, for Philadelphia, sailed from Bauaor lsth inst. t - 4 . . . , Scbr John II Perry, Kelly, for Philadelphia, sailed frost New Bedlord list lust. .. , : . Scbr Knima L. Porter, Sparks, hence, at Apponaua VnM Inst. via Boston. ' Sohr Isaac Kicb, (,'roweli, lor Philadelphia, sailed frott Rew Bedford l:'th inst. Sobr Bertha Kouder, Wooeter, hence, at Ralem 17th Inn; Sobr Watauga, Lawrence, cleared at Jacksonville li)H4 Inst., for Now York. 1 hohrsj Walker, Davis 1 Althea, Ooreon; J MaiflnM.' May; L Islew, Blew: A. H- Brown, Flake ; and M. M. i ree! niau, Howes, for Philadelphia, sailed bow Frovidvuwa 1Kb inst. i
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