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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JULY 26, 18G9.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
VOL. X. NO. 22.
TO)
ICLd V iLdl 1L1N1
FIIIST EDITION
LEGAL irJTEI.LIGi:rJCE.
THE ltEGISTUY LAW,
Judge Peirce Grants a Mandamus
, Compelling the City Commis
sioners to Comply with
its Terms.
fswirt of Common 1'len.M .IikIkp Trirrp.
The cas(! r the (-'ily Commissioners wo resumed.
City Solicitor Harder imulc rotuni to tho alternative
imtwlumiis us follows:
'Hie rrMioiirlimlH Kav, 1st, That hy swttinn G of the
act, of April 21, isf.s, it is provided, "Tlmt no debt or
, twwitraot .hereafter incurred or made tchall be binding
l on the city of Philadelphia, uiiIcxh atitliorixod by
, law or rdtimnce and un appropriation mitlloli'tit
to pay the Mime lie previously made by Councils.
I'tovitM, That persons claiming unauthorized
debts -or contracts may recover valnnt the person
or persons illcKiillv making the miine.'' That by
section 4 of said net or April 81, lsas, it Is provided
flat the city Commissioners or the said city here
after chosen " and that no debt shall be
ontrneteil orwitrrnuts drawn against the city liy
said Commissioners except lor purposes legally
amh rized, and not to exceed the appropriation
heretofore made bv Councils. That by Hcctloti W of
th" act of May 13, ISMS, It In provldeil tlmt "hereafter
11 Roods, merchandise, and other articles of any
kind, and labor and service required for
the city of Philadelphia, lu any department
thereof, shall be purchased or contracted for
only in such manner as shall be provided by ordi
nance, and for that purpose the Councils of said
city are hereby required to direct by ordinance the
manner and time of making the yearly estimates by
the several departments of said city, and of receiv
ing proposals lor such supplies as aforesaid, which
proposals shall be prescribed by advertisement, and
no contract shall be awarded to any but the lowest
bidder, who shall give the requisite security there
for." That by section 41 of the act of April 17, 18ti!t, under
which the present application Is made, it is provided
"That it shall be the duty of the Councils of the
ity of Philadelphia to tlx the amount of county tax
to be assessed personally and individually on the
qualified electors of the said city, atju rate sulllcient
to provide for the payment of all election ex
penses In the said city, and no part or said tax
assessed and collected shall be applied to any other
purpose, and the said Councils shall appropriate
annually a sufficient sum for the said purposes, and
the City Commissioners shall furnish all the books,
blanks, stamps, stationery, and materials necessary
for the purposus or this act, which shall be paid tor
out of the appropriations to be made as aforesaid.''
That no appropriation whatever has been made by
Councils providing payment for the books, blanks,
stationery, and materials which the relators de
mand that the respondents shall furnish under said
section 41 or the act of April 17, lstiit.
That the respondents are advised, in view of the
premises, that any contract entered into or measures
taken by them for the purpose of furnishing the
said books, blanks, stamps, stationer, and inuteriula
demanded by the said writ of alternative mandamus
would be unauthorized and illegal.
(Signed ) David I Weavkii.) (,lt rom.
John 1j. Hai.mkk, uty cora
Mr. Dropsie demurred to this action, and In addi
tion to the argument heretofore advanced submitted
that the Act or Assembly could not be nullilled by an
ordinance or Councils. In fact, any ordinance or
acta in contravention to this Hegistry law were un
constitutional. The case of Smith vs. the City of
Philadelphia, and tho Allegheny tax case, were re
ferred to, and it was contended that the City Com
mistioners were State olllcers as well as
municipal, and that they did not
allege in their answer thatj they could not
obtain tho necessary money unless appropriated by
Councils. The acts of the courts with reference to
the South street bridge were referred to, and Mr,
l)ropsie held that by the refusal of ttie Commission
ers to comply with the law the citizens of rhiLadel
phla may become disfranchised.
Mr. liarger declared that the Commissioners were
lesirouB or conrorming to the law, but their great
trouble was the amount or responsibility they ought
to assume In the race of the diit'ereut acts ofAssem
bly. He still thought the remedy was against Coun
cils, who should be commanded to make the appro
priation. Jndge Peirce said he had no doubt the Commis
sioners were actuated by right motives lu this
matter. Their position was one of delicaoy. and
would naturally cause them to pause before taking a
step In the matter without having some construction
of the law. It was his opinion that the Commission
ers were bound under the law to furnish the books
and stationery, and if Councils should hereafter re
fuse to make an appropriation the Courts could com
pel payment by the City Treasury. The peremptory
mandamus requiring the Commissioners to furnish
the articles as required by law was granted.
ALMOST A HOKROU.
Full of n KtagiriK, with a Tbouaaml Children
Illion It Their Narrow Escupe from a Fright
ful Calamity.
The Cleveland (Ohio) Leader of Saturday con
tains the following:
On Friday evening an accident occurred at the
Forest City Rink, which narrowly escaped being,
perhaps, the most frightful calamity which ever
happened in our city. Our readers are aware of
the fact that for some time past rehearsals have
been in progress, with from a thousand to fifteen
hundred children, under the direction of Mr.
Snffern, for a grand song festival. The concert
was announced to take place on Friday evening
at the rink. For two or three days workmen
had been engaged in putting up the staging for
the children. This was completed on Friday,
but, as the sequel showed, was constructed in a
dangerous and unsafe manner. It was arranged
in circular tiers of seats, rising one above
another like the seats in a circus tent to a height
of thirty or forty feet.
In tho evening an audience of five or six hun
dred people assembled for the entertainment.
As the time approached for tho concert, the
children to the number of over a thousand, took
their places upon the seats. At 8 o'clock, as the
programme was about to begin, a portion of the
staging gave way beneath tho weight, owing to
the breaking of one or two of the stanchions.
These were by far too light, and some of them
were much weakened by knots.
The seats which gave way were about midway
between tho top and bottom. Fortunately the
children, saved themselves from falling by leap
ing upon the other seats. A scene of the wildest
alarm and consternation followed, which battles
description. The children were all panic
stricken, and rushed like frightened lambs down
the seats. Fears were entertained that tho en
tire structure might give way and precipitate all
to the floor. It was almost miraculous that in
the rush many were not thrown down and
severely injured, if not killed. Some of the
littlo ones screamed with terror, calling for help
' in piteous tones. Many lost their hats aud other
articles of clothing. In the audience were a
large number of tho parents ana menus oi me
children, and they manifested the keenest anx
iety for the safety of their little ouos.
It was at length ascertained that none of the
children were seriously Injured, one or two only
slightly bruised, and the alarm gradually sub
sided Of course tho concert was broken up for
that night, and all dispersed to their homes. Mr.
JHuflern announces that it will take place on
Monday evening, but we doubt if tho children
will be induced to trust themselves agalu upon
a structure that son early proved fatal to many.
' Tho carelessness of the management in erecting
such a fragile staging, and piling upon it twelve
hundred children, cannot bo too highly repre
hended, and it will not bo strange if tho parents
oi the children refuse again to entrust tho lives
of their darlings in hands that have proved bo
unworthy of trust.
The Bengal (iovernment has ruado a grant
r,f XUX) to Mr. Bloehinun for preparing a C ata
locue lUisonne of the Arabic and Persian MSS.
bought at Delhi by Major Nassau Lees for the
Calcutta JdadriBBa.
GENERALITIES.
A Mork Fnnrrn.1 nnil Its Itrnult.
tine Saturday nlpht recently a party of (Jcr
Hinns gathered in the bar-room of tlio New York
Urcwerylat Haywood, (Jul., for a spree; laser
tlowed free and lust, songs were Ming, and many
a bumper was drunk to the honor of the dear
Fatherland. Finally, on ''time" being called for
another round, one of the party named Hess
failed to respond, and his friends, wlitt supposed
he was playing off, suggested a little amusement
at his expense. It was proposed to have a mock
funeral. A ladder wns procured, and the ine
briated Teuton stretched upon it. The pall
bearers were selected, a procession was formed,
and the party marched about the room, carry
ing their insensible companion. They hummed
the dead march, sang dirges and hymn, and
finally repaired to a barn in the rear of the
brewery to ix'rform the burial rites. The mock
ceremonies being over, they repaired to the lar
cooiii, ordered p more "lager, and patiently
waited, expecting every moment to see the
'corpse'" ttiter. Hut he came not, and upon re
pairing to the place of bin "interment'' they
iound that the man was indeed dead.
KcHmIop nmoiiK the Oregon IniliniiH.
The liito-rnmp-inecting held at the ISiiiicoc In
dian Itc-ervatlon, Oregon, is spoken of by white
visitors from the Willamette alley as the most
decorous convocation thev ever witnessed.
Eighteen Indians from the WTnrm Springs Keser
vation joined the church, together with eight
of the employes on tho Yakima Agency. One of
the Warm Springs Indians who attended the
( iinilMineetiiig was killed while returning home.
His horse becoming unmanageable, the rider's
head was struck against a tree, causing his
death.
NiKMM'NNfnl Attempt to Educate the Chinese.
A ban Francisco correspondent of the St.
Louis Democrat writes as follows: 1 have be
fore mentioned the offorts being made and suc
cessfully made to educate our Chinamen.
Whilst wild Irishmen and rampagioim street
urchins are constantly endeavoring to make the
poor Celestials' lives a curse to them, whilst
miners of all nationalities are persecuting them
as interloper) in the land, several excellent per
sons are unostentatiously devoting their best
efforts to the improvement of the Asiatic's mind
and heart.
On the 10th of January last a Chinese Sabbath
School was started in connection with Dr. Scud
der's Church. The school has risen since that
time from eight to one hundred and twenty
pupils. They are divided into small classes,
and arc taught reading, spelling, writing, arith
metic, and geography. The present intention is
not to interfere with their religious helief till
they arc able more fully to understand the bene
fits of our educational system. They progress
wonderfully, however. In four months many of
them become fluent readers of our language.
They sing popular hymns in very good style,
pronouncing each word so distinctly that I
lancy some of 'Otir eity choirs might profit by
their example. The Chinamen, however, rather
overdo the thing.
This is the third effort I have mentioned in the
above direction. A fourth has been recently or
ganized in connection with our city mission
ary society, and there is no doubt that ere long
all ot our prominent churches and religious so
cieties will nave Chinese schools attached.
Three FersoiiM
PeriHh from Thirnt on
I'liiinN.
the
A correspondent of the Salt Lake Telearaph,
writing from St. Thomas, Pah Ute county.
Arizona, June 20, gives the followiug mournful
particulars of the death of three persons on the
desert:
Brother James Davidson, with his wife and
sou, the latter a boy about twelve years of age,
left St. Thonvis on the !)th of June, intending to
travel to St. Georce in company with President
Erastus Snow and Elder Joseph W. Young, but
laiiea to connect with tnem, as tnesc brethren
went on ahead, not kuowine of their cominr.
The family then started alone, though unac
quainted with the country, and about the middle
of the forty-mile desert, on the new road that
leads to est. ueorge, their carriage broue down.
It is supposed that the old gentleman, who was
rather feeble, was unable to fix it up, and sent
his son with one horse and a keg, for water.
They were within five miles of the
Coquay Wash, where there is water
a little off the road, which the boy looked for
but failed to find. He then started for the Beaver
Dam Well, twenty-three miles off, but when ho
- ot within half a mile of it he must have fallen
off the horse exhausted, as his body was found
two days after. The horse went on to the well,
where there were two men from St. George
cleaning it out. They tied him up, and thought
no more about it for a day and two nights, when,
as they were taking their mules to feed, they
found the body of the boy, which they buried.
On the 17th Bishop Lorenzo Young was corning
over the same road, and found the father and
mother lying dead in the bed.
Another "Haunted House" Sensation.
The Boston Traveler of Saturday evening tells
tho following.6tory:
There has been no little excitement near
Springfield street, at the South End, for some
weeks past, about a "haunted house." The story
is, that the house, a very genteel one, was fitted
up and occupied between April and the 17th of
June last, for a first-class boarding-house, and
was well filled immediately with paying
boarders. On the 18th of June, suddenly all tho
bells in the house began to ring, and from that
day to thiB have continued to ring frequently
every day, generally beginning at an early hour
in the morning, and ringing at intervals all day
but never in the night. And this has continued
even since the wires of the bells have been cut.
These bell-ringing operations have been followed
by heavy pouudings on the floors of the house at
different hours, and by the sound of the deep
gruff voice of a man; and some profess to have
seen spirits flitting around. Multitudes have
been attracted to the house, and among others
the-Ohief nnd Deputy Chief of Police; but none
can fathom the mystery. All the boarders have
been frightened away, and the woman who now
occupies the house is anxious to get rid of her
lease and leave the haunted premises.
Sudden Dentil ol'the .Mini Who Drew the C'ronby
Opera lloune.
The Cincinnati Emiuirer of Saturday says:
On Saturday afternoon a pleasure party ar
rived at the Burnett House from Portsmouth,
Ohio. They were bound for New York, aud
among their number was Mr. A. II. Lee, of
Prairie dc Koclier, 111. Mr. Lee retired to his
room at .quite-an early hour on Thtisday even
ing, and ou being called yesterday morning com
plained of feeling sick. He continued to grow
worse, and a physician was sent for, who did
everything in his power to alleviate the suffer
ings of the sick man, but all without avail. Mr.
Lee died about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
His disease was ascertained to be that of dropsy
oi the heart. Ho was about 51 years of ago, and
resided at Prairio de Itocher, 111., where his body
will be sent for interment.
P? Mr. Lee held the ticket which drew the Crosby
Opera House at tho lottery which took place in
that city some two years ago. Ho was at that
time a farmer, living quietly at his home in
Prairio do Kocher. He drew the opera house,
and, having disposed of it at a largo price, ho
has since been taking matters easily. At tho
time of his death he was making his way East,
intending to spend tho summer at some of tho
Eastern watering places.
An earnest attempt is being made very much
on the suggestion of Mrs. Chambers to intro
duce into Italy a system of industrial schools;
the object being to show tho Italians what has
been accomplished In tho way of helping nature
by the English aud Americans in their "fight for
life." Two or three model schools have been
already founded in the Peuinsula and in the
island of Sardinia, which, wo understand, arc
highly appreciated,
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
Advices by the English and French
Cables.
The Carlist Uprising in Spain Serious
Defeat of the Insurgents The
Irish Church Bill Com
promise. FROM EUROPE.
The Cnrllst liiMirRrntn in Snnln Pefented nul
IMierwed--iO(M l iuler Arum In l,n IMnnrlm.
A (ienrrnl KInIiik Expected.
Ily the Old A tlantif Cablt.
Madkid, July SH. At last the Carlist outbreak
so long expected has occurred. Five hundred
well-drilled troops, under the command of Gene
ral Sabricgos, have taken tho field near Ciudad
Keal, where they were defeated and dispersed by
the national troops commanded by General Tor
nabeti. The battle took place in the morning,
and it is reported that tho Carlist party 1( st fif
teen in killed, and a number of others who are
wounded. Only three officers arc reported
killed on the side of the (iovernment trooi s.
Near the town of Manzanaries a strong party
of the Carlists also made a demonstration, and
subsequently succeeded in intercepting the rail
road trains and cutting tho telegraph wires.
The latest accounts state that 4000 Carlists had
arrived in the province of La Mancha. and that
Government troops have been despatched to the
scene of action.
The agitation is general throughout the whole
country, and the people are much excited over
the late news. No further hostilities have as yet
been reported, although it is feared that a gene
ral rising may be expected all over Spain now
that Don Carlos has crossed the frontier and has
opened communications with his numerous
partisans.
The IriMh Church Kill CoiinirnniUc The F.dk-
iihH i eieuriiu jhii.
fty thf. Una A tlantif Cable.
London, JulyiM. The House of Commons
generally regard the Irish Church bill compro
mise with satisfaction.
After Wednesday's Cabinet Council, Lords
Granville, Cairns, Dr. Ball, and the Irish Attor
ney-General met to discuss compromise terms.
The Government and opposition accepted the
conditions after the Premier's statement that the
Irish Church bill only awaited royal assent.
A clause has been introduced in tho Telegraph
bill protecting submarine cables landed on tho
shores of the United Kingdom, and building a
post-office to collect and distribute messages. '
Granville Murray was ejected from his club by
a vote of 190 to 10.
It is reported that a new cable is projected
direct from Milford to ho American continent.
Tills Morning's (notations.
By the Old Atlantic Cable.
London, July So A. M Consols, 93.V for both
monev aud account: U. S. 5-20s quiet and steady
at Stocks steady; Erie, 19; Illinois Cen
tral, UM.
Frankfort. July 26. U. S. 6-20s, 87M87.
Livkki'Ooi July 'i6 A. til. Cotton Is a shade
firmer: middling uplands, 12'sWl'2.sid. ; middling
Orleans, V2,3i(A12;B'd. The sales will probably reach
12,000 baleB. Kud Western Wheat, 9s. 2d.($9s, ltd.
London, July 20. A. M. Tallow, 48s. 3d. Linseed
oil, i.'31 iss.
Thin Afternoon's Quotations.
London, July 20 P. M. Consols, 93,' for money
and vAift.va-i tor account, iinueu states rive,
twenties quiet at 82 . Stocks quiet; Illinois Cen.
tral, 94.
LiVEttrooT, Jnly 20 P. M. Cotton unchanged,
California Wheat, 10s. 7d. Lard flat.
Havkk, July 20 Cotton ou the spot, 160;.
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The Exploring Pnrty Heard From All Hands
In Oood Health ood 1'roMveets Tor the New
Koad.
I Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co. have received the
following despatch from Air. 1 nomas U. Can
field, of the exploring party sent out by their
house to survey the proposed route of tho North
ern raeillc Kailroad. H-d. Evening Tele.
GRAPH, j
Unatilla, Oregon, Latitude 47 North; Long!
tude 118 West, July 23. Our party has reached
this point safely, and all hands are in the best
health and spirits, and are delighted with the
magnificence of the country through which we
arc travelling. All that we have to complain of
at present is the excessive heat, our thermometer
registering 100 in the shade. As for the country, it
is one of the garden spots of the continent; game
and fish of every kind abound in tho greatest
profusion, and we havo been literally living on
the fat of the land. The route of the Northern
FociUc Railway thus far explored more thau
realizes our most Bangulne expectations. We
arc now on the track for Montana.
FROM JVEW ENGLAND.
Finishina I'u the French t'nble.
Despatch to l'he Homing Telegraph.
Dux ut'iiv, Mass., July 20. The work of lay
lng the land cable across the marshes to the
main office here is progressing rapidly, and the
work will be finished this afternoon. The over
land line to Boston is nearly completed.
Drowning or Two ounsr Girls.
Boston, July 20. Two Misses Turner, Addic,
aged sixteen, aud Flora, aged seventeen, daugh
ters of John and Horatio Turner, pavers, of this
city, were drowned iu Lake Auburn, Me., ou
Saturday, by the sinking of a row-boat.
l'll4'OltlII14'l'i(ll IVjivcllerw In
Jlultiniorc.
Speeial Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Bai.timoke, July 20. The Court of Appeals,
in the case of Kiias Ward, of Now Jersey,
non-resident trader, has affirmed the decision
of the Baltimore Criminal Court, fining him five
hundred dollars for selling without a licenso
Several others, similarly offending, will havo to
abide the same decision, unless it is reversed by
the Supreme Court, to which it is to be ap
pealed.
The Maryland Base Ball Club left for Phila
delphia this morning.
The Weather U Hit: Meii-sfric.
Tho following was the state of tho weather at
the sea-side at 9 o'clock this morning:
Cape May, 8., cloudy. 08.
Long Branch, 8W.. cloudy.
Atlantic City, K., cloudy, 08.
1eath of a Prominent Pennsylvanlnn.
WiM.iAMftr'OHT. July 26 Hon. A. B. Packer
brother of ex-Gov. Backer, and late Associate
Judge of Lycoming county, (Ued in this city
yi'fctcrdjiy, aged ears,
FROM NEW YORK.
rri.0 Bi..b an. I Mnnev Markets To-Dny.
Special Despatch to The Kvtninn Telegraph.
xt -v .. t.,i oa Tim Rtnck market to
day is unusually active, and the entire list shows
Among the most marked were Harlem; New
v i. ivi.ni an1 lln.lui.n Hurlem Is rix tier
cent, higher, and is quoted at KW; Hudson
Bivcr 4 per cent, higber, and is quoted at 1!W,'
New York Central is 4 per cent, higher, and is
qUOtCfl at ll IS SUUOU iuu cuunwiuumwu ji
.1 w..lo ..111 Kn nnnaiiitiTiliirnrl 111 A tlir llKt II ItOTl
ilicru nl.urt nui v.. ............. - " . . , 1
a basis of W0 for Central aud 200 for Hudson,
anu mat mo new cuiiiuuiuuuuhi 'v iVjI ....
per annum upon the stock.
1 IlC new national oimm I'.scimuni; i miv
i....i nrw.,...i twlav tn tlw.ii tiiw rormifl.reeentlv
l,mi W .v. Mnj . ...v-.m ...... ,
occupied by tho restaurant of Berry, opposite
lr ItriMid ntri.pt l'he market
lor government securities is genei-iiu
and unchanged. Gold is steady at an advance
,.r i ,,.. i I j ..I nt ,i:tr.:l.'. It. is re-
1JI H y t llllk., H..U ... ...v.v-. : ,
ported the Frisian govemuicntis about to bring
.i... i.' . l-.. i. ......I li'in fi,t rmi. biirl-
Oll II1C r.unq'Cilll mill i L i nv; . ' ......
dred millions thalers, which if true, will have a
bearing on 5 20 bonds in Europe. Money is
steady at 0(7 per cent. Sterling is quiet and
. . . ,x 1 1.1 A .....1 "III .I....J
iiigner; w nays sens at i iu nim i,jo
NkwTork, July 20. Stocks firm. Jioncy steady
at 7 per cent, t-toid, 130 '., ; 6-20s, 1S02, coupon, I2:t ; ;
do. 1864. do.. 121',, : do. lbS. do.. 121 A : do. do. new,
12o;'; ao. 1867, 120 ',,; "o. lsCN, 120 ; HMOs, 111 'i ;
I..!.. . .. ....... na. . llln.,.,1111 i!j f lllti-lli I'll
Illinois Central, 141; Cleveland and Plr.tsburR.
los;i : Chicago and Hock Island, 11 1 : Pittsburg and
FortWayue, lS2j ; Western Union Telegraph, 37
i LAflicu and :o:vim:ie r..
Office of thk Kvknino Tf:T.rconACH,
Momlny, .Inly'Jti, lH.i!.
Money appears easier anil more abundant at the
banks tliau for several weeks past, and tliey appear
disposed to relax somewhat the close conservative
course which they have hitherto pursued. It Is not
absolutely certain, on this account, that they are in
creasing their deposit lines to any great extent,
as this change of base may result from a
falling otl in the demand for call loans or
from a lull In the stock market, but the statement
which will be published this evening will clear up
the matter, and give us an Insight Into the future
prospects of the market. The probabilities at pre
sent of an easy or very abundant money market ore
rather remote. There will be an active trade this
fall, judging by present appearances, an4 the unu
sually heavy crops this season will bring currency
Into very active demand, and tend to keep up the
present tone of the market.
Call loans to-day are rated at J(7 per cent., and
discounts at Hm 10 per cent, for very good names.
(old opened firm at 1:10'.,. and continued up to
noon at that llgure,nii advance of ,y per cent, since
Saturday.
(iovernment loans are quiet and prices are very
firm at an advance of (S ou closing quotations of
Saturday.
The Ktock market was active, and prices were
higher. State loans were neglected. City sixes
are stronger, selling at 100 for the new issues.
Heading liallroad was iu good demand, ami ad
vanced 1,V, closing at 49; Pennsylvania Kailroad
was stronger, selling at 57, and Lehigh Valley Kali
road at f6 ; 122,'tf was bid for Camden and Amboy
Kailroad, ex div. ; 37 x for Catawissa Railroad pre
ferred; and 30?i for Philadelphia and Erie Kailroad.
Canal stocks attracted more attention, and prices
were better. Sales of Lehigh .Navigation at S17. an
advance of Jtf. 20;tf was bid for Schuylkill Naviga
tion preferred.
Coal and Hank stocks were without change.
In Passenger Hallway shares no sales were re
ported. 46 was bid for Second and Third.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven & Bro No. 40 S. Third street
FIRST BOARD.
11200 City 68, New..l00'', 200 sh Read.bSwnAl 49
2800 do c.lOO'i
100
200
100
200
100
5
100
100
100
20
200
10
10
20
600
100
100
5
100
100
100
115
100
100
100
do b3. 49
do 49
13000 rnlla & K7s.
bSO.... 80
900 Lch 68 K Lll. . . 87X
82000 Leh Con Lu.sS
lots.. 80
100 sh Leh Nav.bOO. 37
100 do.... sMsl. 87
100 do 37
100 do C. 37
100 do 37
100 do b30. 37
6 sh Cam A Am R.122,tf
101 sh Penna...ls.e. 67
0 do 1)3. 66 J
100 do b30. 67
40 do Is. 67
200 dO...lS.b30. 67
198 do. receipts 66
32 8b. Lch ValK.ls. 6fl
100 sh Head H...2d. 49
100 lo....b5.Vi. 49
100 do 49
100 do 2d. 49
200 do. 49
do ..soown. 48)f
00.
do.
..la c. 49
.2d. 49
do.
49
49
49
49
49
49
to
do 2d.
lo.s5wn.ti.
do....c.trf.
do b30.
do trf.e.
49
do 48-94
do c.trf. 49
do 49
dO..,2d.ti. 49
do.. SOOwn. 48-91
do 49
do c. 49
do b30. 49
do..s30wn. 4S'
do is.e. 49
do..s60tlat. 48?,'
do C. 4X?a
do 49
Nark A Ladnek, Bunkers, report this morning's
Gold quotations as follows:
10-00 A. M 186 1 11 M7 A. M 13rt!tf
10-16 " 13tilll'36 " 130!4'
Messrs. Wim.iam Painter A Co.. No. 36 S. Third
street, report the following quotations : U. S. 6s of
1881, 120 '120;s,-; 6-20SOf 1862, 123(S1233r ; do. 1S64,
mV22; do. 1865, 121122; do. July, 1805,
120J,(4l20,si,' ; do. July, 1867, 120 W12OV; do. July,
1868, 120?(1204 ; 6s, 10-40, llll'll ; U. 8. Pacltlo
It. Cy. 68, 108(1 08.V.
Mkssks. Dk Haven Bkothbh, No. 40 S. Third
Street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations:
U. 8. 68 Of 1881, 121(4121 Vr. do. 1862, 123fo 123;
do. 1864, 121(01,121 ; do. 1805, 121VW122; do. 1805,
new, 120V(126)i; do. 1807, new, VMdi 120;'.,' ; do.
1868, 120fc(il20)tf; do. 68, 10-408, 111 S,X111?; IT. 8.
80 Year 6 per cent. Cy., 107?,i(a)108V ; Due Comp. Int.
Notes, 19tf ; Gold, 136 W130Ji ; Silver, SQt. 132.
Jay Cooke & Co. quote Jovernment securities as
follows: U. S. 6s Of 1881, 121f l2l,5i ; 6-20sOfl8B2,
123123ft; do., 1864, 121122; do., Nov., lMrt5,
121Ji(al22; da, July, 1806, 12O(ai20'$; do., 1867,
120-gl20f; 10., 1K68, 120'(412OM: 10-408, 111& Co)
llli ; Paciflcs, 108108. Gold, 130.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.
ThP following extract show the state of the New
York money market on Saturday :
fVvm the Herald.
"The week in Wall street has been rather an in
teresting one, despite tlie summer weather and the
tendency of airuirs to relapse into dulness. Doubt
less the few cool days that have Intervened in tlte
'dog days' have had' much to do with keeping up
comparative animation. Heretofore gold has been
the subject of speculative excitement at this season,
mid from the signs at the close on Saturday It is evi
dent that the present season will not pass without a
repetition of this experience. The course of the
price In the earlier portion of the week was to lower
figures, in consequence of the dulness of
foreign exchange and the limited amount, of
gold shipped to foreign ports. Indeed, the 'bull,
dinippoliitment at the scantiness of the demand on
the later account came near leading to a very sharp
mid large decline on Wednesday, when the market
dropped to 134 ?B'. There is a wider dill'erence of
( pinion between tho two classes of operators, and
the gold market is, therefore, the scene of a very de
termined contest. The shipments on Saturday,
however, were suddenly very large nearly a million
and a half of dollars and tho 'bulls' went Into ecsta
sies, and the price to 130X-
'"i'lie money market worked with greater ease
than it has for many mouths. The rate on call hus
gravitated to six per cent In the great, majority of
transactiODS, both on Governments and stocks. The
exceptions during the week wore frequent, how
ever, at live ou prime collaterals and seven on mis
cellaneous securities. Commercial paper was in bet
ter request, and the bulk of sales took place in the
vicinity of ten per cent. The range of discounting
figures for four mouths dry goods paper waH
from eight to twelve per cent., and bankers'
sixty day notes seven to eight. The weekly
tank statement is favorable, but without im
portant feature. The loans have been expanded
over two aud a half millions, and the legal tenders
huve increased nearly two ami a half millions, the
result of which has been an addition to tho deposits
of about five millions. The loss of specie is close
upon a million, showing tho heavy shipments during
the week. Despite this loss, the total reserve has
increased 11,436,130, against an increase lu the total
liabilities of 5,122,20. The banks hold in lawful
money, and In excess of the amount required by law,
127,418,022, against $26,264,624 last week.
''Foreign exchange was stinly held until after the
middle of the week, when some of the prime bank,
era sold at a concession or an eighth to three-six.
teentbs per cent, upon the previous asking rates.
One leading firm still kept their rates at the highest
Joint, despite the reduction: of their rivals. The
air supply of bond bills and the more tomptlag
iternuuye 0 gold ship wt Jit!) rendered tueiuttrkvt
dull.
ovcrnment bonds were Bteadv, bnt dull, except
t those Issues which have suddenly assumed at
tractions for the speculative and Investment demand
from their marked disparity in price with the bonds
wstch are being purchased every week by the
Government, and are. therefore, held at prices
whi 11 eiiue.k investment for the present. An attempt
has been made to bear the market on account of this
disparity, but without success. The fact is that,
with the recent law of Congress, and the steady de
crease of the national debt, our iovernment securi
ties are dislin.Ml to rule with gold.
They are fast approaching an equal
ity In Kurope (31 there would lie par in gold,
0Wln to the diiivreneo in exchange, and the
li'.n e mnrki-t will follow the foreign. We had occa
sion last week to speak of the stock-gambling pro
clivities of our bank oitlcials in connection with the
exchanging of tM"lr bonds on deposit in Washington.
The Financial C r miclv, in referring to the mani
festation of the same evil lu the recent disturbance
of the money market, snvs tlmt ''there are not a few
national banks in the country whose olllcers almost
reside permanently In New York, and use the money
of the bank In Wall street to much better purpose,
ro far us profits arc concerned, than If they soberly
a id quietly sat still nt home and lent It to their
n 'luhbors' in the 1 giliniate way of loans and dis
counts. "There is some doubt whether such banks would
not have their privileges revoked If these privileges,
which really belong to another State, are thus trans
ferred to New York for the sake of extra prollts.
The country banks are notoriously unable to make
such large profits as the banks of the city, but this
Is no excuse lor the abuse In question. We do not
now discuss this aspect of the case, however. We
on v allude to it as an illustration of the vast, prollts
which shrew.l tin n v lenders can make by nianipu
laMt g loanable capital in Wall street. The following
were the closing prices of Governments on Saturday
evening: I nlted Slates sixes, 1m, registered, 'il4
(if l2l,; do. do. coupon. 121 J::(12l ; do. Five
twenties, registered, 121 V" 121 V, ; do. do., coupon,
1862, 123 V' 124,',; ; do. do., coupon, 1804, 12l;V(.fl21 7, ;
do. do., coupou, 1M'!. 121 Jn 121',, ; do. do., coupon,
Uew. Istl5, 'M -' ,(a 120 !; ; do. do., coupon, 1807, 120
nl20B ; do. da, coupon, lsos, 120i 120',;; do. ten
f. rties, registered, 110 vi,l loa ; do. do"., coupon,
Hl.'.'tq'lll?, ; currency bonds, 1871108,."
lMiiladelpliia Trade Report.
Monday, July 20. The Flour market is Bteady,
but ve continue former quotations. There is no de
mand for shipment, and 1000 barrels were taken by
the home consumers in lots, at, $5iWf s -50 for super-
line: f.vro(S5-76 for extras; $0i.7-2n for Iowa, Wis
consin, and Minnesota extra family; 100 barrels
fancy sold at $0 ; $o-26ki.7 for Pennsylvania do. do. ;
$ r.!jt8tftor Ohio and Indiana do. do. ;and $9n 10-25
for fancy brands, according to quality. Kyo Flour
sells at g(i-12i(n 6-26 V bid.
The Wheat market is without improvement. Sales
Of old red nt $l-45(.f,l,55, and 1000 bushels new do.
at $rwf 1-65. Kye is steady, and 608 bushels West
ern sold at $1-16. Corn Is scarce and firm ; sales of
1000 bushels yellow at $1-18, and 1600 bushels West
ern mixed at $l-15f l-10. Oats are quiet, with sales
01 western at !(; (sc. ; and 1'ennsyivania at 70(Si5c,
Nothing doing in Baric v or Malt.
Bark is held at $43 ) ton for No. 1 Quercitron.
Seeds Cloverseed sells at $9'26n 9-.M1 61 pounds;
Timothy at lt.V25a 5-60 : aud Flaxseed at J2-0Ow,2-5.
Whisky may be quoted at $1 -Ofiyi;! -10 y gallon, tax
pain.
Philadelphia Cattle Market.
Monday, July 26 The market for Beef Cattle
was very uuu to-day, and the otreriugs were larger
than for some time past, but holders were Arm in
their views, and manifested no disposition to force
kuich at uie nsK 01 a ueeune. we quote choice at
;e., fair to good at 8j(rt9c., prime at 7a8e and
common at 0a,7c. per pound gross. Receipts, 2000
ucuii. 1 u luuuwiiig saies were reported :
Head.
82 Owen Smith, Western, msy..
100 A. Christy A Bro., Western, "Stf 9y.
43 Dengler A McCleese, Western, 6a 8.
118 P. McKlllen, Western, 7X(.
110 P. Hatheway, Westein, 89 v.
98 James 8. Kirk, Chester county, 89V.
42 B. F. McFilleu, Western, 7(48.
85 James McFilleu, Western, 8ffl9V.
109 E. 8. Milltsn, Western, m94.
100 Ullmau & Bachman, Western, 8(S9!f.
187 Murtin, Fuller A Co., Western, 8$9 V.
140 Mooney & Smith, Western, 7(49.
100 Thomas Mooney A Bro., Western, -ti,9.
84 II. Chain, Western, 6(f.8V.
90 J. A L. Frank, Virginia, 6VS.
106 Frank A Scliomberg, Western, 78'.
90 Hope A Co., Western, 7Xi9'.i.
66 Elkon A Co., Virginia, ti8.
34 B. Baldwin, Chester county, 7(n8; r,
60 J. C'leiBSon, Chester county, "
20 1). Branson, Chester county, 7 -8.
81 Chandler A Alexander, Chester county, 78',
81 A. Kimble, Chester countv,73'3.
35 John MoArdle. Western. Bias-.
Cows and Calves met a steady inquiry at about
iuiuii-1 ukiih'. nuieH 01 opringers at $35(g60, and
Cows and Calves at 45fi,75. Itee.elnta. I.mi hem!
Sheep were in fair request, with sales or 13,000
head, at the Park and Avenue yards, at 4(.6!tfe. ).
lb., gross.
There is no falling otr in the demand for Hogs, and
C rices keep very steady. Sales of 3500 head, at tlio
nion and Avenue yards, at $13-5014 ft 100 los. net,
for corn-fed.
LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
For additional Marine News see Inside Pages.
lUX TKLEOnAPn.J
Nrw York, July 26. Arrived, steamship City of
Brooklyn, lrom LiTorpuol.
By Atlantic OahU.)
Qitf.p.nstown, July 26. Arrived, ateamship Nebraska,
yesterday. '
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA JULY 26.
STATE OF THEBMOITETIB AT THX ITONTNO TELEGRAPH
oman.
7 A. H 76 1 11 A. M 82 1 2 P. M. 82
t, CfKARKD THIS MORNINO.
Steamer Beverly, Pierce, New York, W. P. Clyde A Co
henr AWarado, Herricks, Saoo, Philadelphia Coal Oo.
Huddeli ,lu1Bnhower Bneppard, Old Cambridge, Day,
Schr . li., Lewin, Old Cnmhridco, do
Bohr Roadmg KB. No. 45, Amleraon, Middletown. do!
Schr Admiral, hteeliimu, Salem, j0
Schr M. K. Carlisle, Potter, Providence, Caldwell, Uiir.
don A Co.
Schr Kdward Wooten, Yountr, Providence, do
bchr Ruth Shaw, Shaw, Salem. do
Schr (J. W. May, May. Salem. do
1 ub fhoa. Jufturaon, Allen, Baltimore, W. P. ClydeA On
1 J(T airy Queen, Perkins, Havre-de-Grace, W. P. Clyde
Tub Commodore, Wilson, Baltimore, W. P. Clyde A Co.
ARRIVED ThTs MORNING.
Steamship Pioneer, Barrott, 6(1 hours from Wilmington,
v C.. with cotton, rice, etc., to Philadelphia and Southern
Mail Steamship (Jo.
Stoamer K. Willing, Cundiff, 13 hours from Baltimore,
with mdse. to A. Groves, Jr. '
Steamer Vulcan, Morrison, 34 hours from New York,
with inline, to W. M. Buird A Co.
Steamer Nevapa, (jruuiley, 3d hours from Hartford, with
ninse. to W. M. Baird A Co.
Steamer James S. Green, Pace, 3rt hours from Richmond
via Norfolk, with mdse. to W. P. Clyde A Co.
Steamer Ann F.li.a, Richards, M hours from New York
with mdse. to W. P. Clyde A Co.
Scbr Izetta, Smith, 1(1 days from Mayaguez, with sugar
and molasses to John Mason A Co.
Bchr Abliie Pitman, timbord, 6 days from Boston, with
mdse. to Knight A Sous. ' '
Scbr Fawn, Baker, from Gardiner, Me., with ice to
Knickerbocker Ice Co.
Schr Taylor A Matins, from Pittston, Me., with loeto
Knickerbocker Ice Co.
Schr R. M. Brooking!), Douglass, from Gardiner, with ica
to Knickerbocker Ice (Jo.
Schr David l-'aust. Wood. 7 days from Gardiner Me
with ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co. '
Schr Alvarado, Herriekcs. from Fast Greenwich,
HohrO. . Young, Richardson, 7 days from Boston, with
ice to captain.
Kehr Ossnlna, Haskell, 10 days from Bungor, with laths
to Kenton A Bro.
Tug Hudson. Nicholson, from Baltimore, with a tow of
barges to W. P. Clyde A Co.
Tug Commodore, Wilson, from Havre de Grace. with a
tow of barges to W. P. Clyde A Co. ' wllQ '
AT QU.UtANTINK.
Barque Golden West, from West Indies, and brig John
Shay, from Trinidad.
Special Despatch In Tho Ki'fnini) TMfgmih.
HAViiK.rK-Gl(ACE, July 2S. Thai following boats latt
here for Philadelphia this morning:- M l8"
Martha AgneB, with lumber, tor Wilmington, Del
Jerry Xiucus, with lumber, for New York.
Oorina.witu bsrk to A. U. Williams.
Little Rob, with bark, for Chester.
De Soto, with lumber, for Now Vork.
Lizzie and Laura, with coal, for Wilmington
Charlie and Holla, with lumber to OaskiU A Son
Nellie and Johnny, with lumber to Taylor A Belts
" Blaokwell, with lumber to Parker, Trucks A Oo.
Kleveu Brothers, with coal, for Wilmington,
Bartrani, with coal, for Wilmiugtou.
Bt.. m MEMORANDA.
Steamship lamia, Brooks, hence, at New York jester-
oohr ?,troni hence, at Charleston yesterday.
Schr O. 8. Groves, Weaver, for Philadelphia, sailed from
Charleston yesterday.
SohrsWm. M. Wilson, Brown, and George H. Twibill.
Longhery, hence, at Washington, D. O., i)d inst.
Bedford"ad instbb' lnilJell,m' ila from New
Schr Isaao Vanzant, Pitts, hence, at Newport 22d inst.
hchr Chattanooga, Black, for Philadelphia, sailed from
Vangor liid inst.
Solars Addie Fuller, Henderson. Had AltUea. Robert.
THE OUBLIETTES OF GOTHAM.
Essex and Jefferson Market Poliod
Courts Ludlow Street Jail Tho
Tombs Yorkville Police
Court The Station
nouses. Criin 11 ml 11h Ncmt'slH it!
Mow "Vorlc.
Judges, Juries, Gaolers, and Jail-birds
in Knickerbockerdom.
From Our Own Correupmuvenu
Nbw York, .Inly 24, i69.
In approaching tho Hnl.joct of tho TriHonU
of New York, one feels that he has to deal -
with a topic in which Iho cnrioHitiea of crime
present themselves in a two-fold aspect that
of tragedy and comedy. Both of these
aspects loom up perpetually in tho Tarioua
police courts, tho lighter elements being dig- '
missed upon the minute, and tho darker ones
elaborating themselves in the recesses of the
various jails with which the great metropolis
abounds.
In the first place, let me say a word alsont
the New York station-houses in general, and!
v v..l. ....: : t
uuu iiuiv xuia nitiiiuji-mjunu ill jiitrwruuuv
They are twenty-nino in number, and are
presided over by regularly-appointed cap
tains and subalterns. Most of them are de
moralizcd-looking holes, situated in extremely
unattractivo localities, and pervaded by a
general air of bummcrism. The modern
station-house, however, is a great improve
ment upon the old ones. There is somtj
effort made towards decency and comfort.'
The room where the prisoners are conducted
for a hearing looks like a cross betweon a hall
of justice and the bar of a plainly-famished
public house. This room is to the rest of
the station-house what the parlor of a private
dwelling is to tho other apartments. The
lloors are kept well sanded; a lamp burnB all
night over tho police justice's or tho alder
man's desk; tho book of magisterial minutes
is forever at hand for ready reference; the
colored light over tho front door of entrance
is as ceaselessly burning as the ancient vestal
flame; but beyond these insignia of justice
are the pestiferous cells destined to echo with
the groans of the "drunk and disorderlies'
arrested over night.
There is one station-house, however, that
in every respect is in strong and admirable
. . . ,1 . V. .11. , Ti.
cuuumst lu an iuu uiubib. xi is a new one
having been very lately erected, . It is the
Third Precinct Station-I louse, within whose
radius extend such wealthy, handsome, and
valuable streets as Church streot, Vescy
street, Chambers street, sections of Broad'
way and West Broadway, College plaoo, Park
place, and so forth. In short, some of the
wealthiest portions of New York are included
in the Third precinct. It is fitting, there
fore, that the station-house should be a model
one. It is located upon Chambers street, not
very far from Hudson, is built of brownstone,
and was erected at a cost of $40,000. It in
four stories high, has a Mansard roof, and
was occupied for its present purpose on Jan.
1, 18til. Over the entrance, eternally,
at night, burns a blue lamp,
whoso azure glances can be seen for
muny a block. The interior of this station
house is fitted up more like the privato rooms
of a first-class business man than like those of
a criminal headquarters. The windows are
of stained glass, the wood work is of black
walnut, mirrors meet the eye on opposite
sides of the elegant waiting-rooms. If jus
tice ts tardy, as the proverb says, it must at
least be pleasant to be kept waiting for her in
such well appointed apartments as these.
The captain and sergeants are particularly
well provided for, their private rooms being
better furnished than many better persons'
are at home. Even the rooms occupied by the
common policemen are furnished with black
walnut, several wardrobes, and a Beperate bed
for every man. Consequently the police
men on the Third precinct beat are the
envy of those on all tho others. The general
sitting-room is provided with chess, chockers,
dominoes and like harmless games; and while
off duty some of the men have been known
to play the game of "Old Maid," with anti
gambling cards. The prisoners' cells in thig
Utopian station-house are very few in num
ber. There are only seven in all. Evidently
Kennedy does not anticipate many arresta
being made in the Third precinct. It is a
precinct of business men, not bnmmorfif.
Solid old bankers and brokers, millionaires
whose whole catechism is comprised in the
theory that the chief end of man is to glorify
tho almif'htv dolliir nnd ninv if. fnrvir. Ara
not exactly tho sort of people to get
off the track after dark, and "fetch np"
in station-honBes. These seven cells are nofi
larger than those of tho other station-houses",
but they are cleaner, neater, bettor venti
lated, better furnished, and infinitely loss un
comfortable. That no more colls were
needed is proven from the fact, that since the
station-house was opened, no more than three
prisoners have been accommodated in it a6
any one time. It is to a different class of
criminals from the street loafers to incen
diaries, for instance that the officers of the
Third precinct are required to direct thoie
vigilance. The Hoboken ferry, the Erie Rail
road depot, the Boston boats, the Washington
Market, come under their closest espionage,'
for it is those localities that are constantly
visited by stealthy evil-doers, who seek to roan
a harvest by the crime of arson.
Yorkvllle.
Yorkville is far from being an'nnploaan6
prison to visit. It is situated near C tintraj
ivvii(iMa on im &Wi(J rum