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THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAFH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1809.
FIRST EDITION
F LAN IS 13 I!
Seizure of the Gunboats wJiich are
Being Built for Spain What
the Cubans Think of
the Seizure.
Vmn th y. V. Tribune of thin mnrniruj.
TheKpanlsti go se wsj jv ""'.' ... .......
Of the neutrality sauce which has HiWy im-n ho
HbrmllT dispensed ti the Cut an gandor,Mr. Dcla
mawr. the shipbuilder, took a contract about three
niontb ago to build 80 gunboats for ttie Spanish
terumcnt. Of those in are being built at, Mystic,
Connecticut, eight at Del imater's yanl, ut the Mot
tif Thirteenth street, Norm liver; four ut, Pollloii's
Hip-yard Brooklyn; anil throe at Stuck' ship-yard,
Creeiipoint. Marshal Harlow him lately received In
tel maiion, the source of which he Is nmvlillng to
tin clone to f he effect that those vessels wore Intended
to be liscd against the frlen lly Oov.Tnmatit. of
1' ru. Having' saiistlcd himself pretty well on this
in nt, lie sent two deputy mi''sha Is to Mystic yes
p t ay by the 8 o'clock express train, to seize, the
vts els, having previously i.:oirianhod to the Con-
net lent Marsna1 ro p num j ""
iciiv bit. Marshal Harlow has been authorized by
. - . ........ Ann ut tli ,i iinuii.iln IVrtui
ii.c . i.mmiHKlon ne nas roceiveo nmu . m ii.-m-
illimission ''; "
to prevent violations of tlin Neutrality
In the Stale of Ccniectieut. Marshal II u-
lent
i in
llW 1 ISO lleSPllfcneu mill m-pii' o-?., in. ni'u'in n"'
v'-Wiwn CJr 'fftr, to Pclaiiiators ship-yard to
,.. th,. v,.shi'i tnere. in-iri? ami his com
rades evidently felt that tliey were performing an
iiiicoiigeiiiul tk, nml an tney tttruril the dusty
rorniT of Thirteenth and West streets they hiug
down their heads as if they nxpee'e I some of their
aidHti friends to me t them vlili the re)r.),iehful
words: ' i' ", Unite " Tliey were not tut rr.i;it,,i,
.however, bv auv such apparition, ami valiantly
bonn'i d the gun' o its 1:1 the teeth of the woi-kin si
Tiplovod on tliem, who, however, took no noli 'e of
the presence of them; nulablex. They wore acou'ed
fcy Mr. Kcvno.iK the person in chaty.e, to whom tiey
lin-sehteil't'ic following dociiinenl :
l N,ni' Si'A'i'i.s Maiimhai.'k O" hi k, horriiEfii Dih
tiiiit ok Nkw VoIik. August, IS.S-C. II. Ohi.vm vriui
Fsu V'. ' Kir: Hy diri'iitnin of tho Provident, im I
unili'r the inai ructimn which I lm to prevent vlnluti.ma
ni he iiHiiirnlity lw. I linn liy soi.n tf wir vcsisla,
bu If'ini: furjc,,r Spjinin (iovominnnt, nnd new at or noir
ti or wird mm wnrkn. Th-v urn Miizcd on th ennui 1 o
tntm-'!".! .) Kins t thc nmoit, of JVr.
Youm, etc Wabren A. B ntx)W.
Mr. Ke'vnoids Btatea that tne iluputiea were very
polite, Slid disposed in maKi; tli-iuselvea aifrueablu
Thcv took a walk over the vemels, and after Inrorm
Inn Mr. HeMii'ldB that the work eould.be proceeded
ith and that the vessels we-e .imnly in cha'j of
Hie I'nited States Marshal, they shook hand very
peacefully and left. The lour vessels on the stock
in l'oiilou'8 yard were who seized, and those at
Orcenpolnt. Tne vessels are In charge of the nigh;
watchman as iidiial. Throe f til vesie's are on
tocki) at (ireellpoln four are g:Min in
helr machinery at Urlamato 's, the other
lour are on Mocks at I'olllon's. Those at,
Mystic are in various stage of progress, two
er three being nearly ready to sail. Tne boats ave
rage 105 feet keel by 25 feet beam. Tliey are about
eight feet deep, anil ilrv about Ave feet of wafer.
They will be about 188 tons burden, and are Intended
to tarrv one loo-pounder. Tne propellers are very
umall, and the vessels are evidently not iutended for
leep water. They would do very well to ply up and
down the rivers and lakes of Peru, or any South
American country. The Peruvian t'onsul has re
ceived information concerning these vessels
which he does not think it proper to make
public at the present tim, and the Spanish Consul
is prudently ignorant of tlu whole atl'.iir. Marshal
Bartow states that these vessels are not seized under
any writ, but under the general commission which
he'holds to prevent any violation of the neutrality
laws. It is suspected by some that, tins leaders of
the Cuban cause In the I'nited States exerted some
influence in the atrair. The Deputy Marshals de
tailed by Marshal Barlow to secure the Spanish gun
boats at Mystic were Messrs. Winslow and Chrystie.
Wluit the Culmnn Think or the Seizure.
Yesterday morning several Cuban leaders re
ceived telegrams that orders had been sent to Mar
tina I Barlow to seize the Spanish gunboats now
liuiitling in this city and at Mystic, Connecticut. The
Cubans were in high jubilee over this news, aud
have since expressed hopes that this action p irtends
a more favorable policy on the part of the Govern
ment to Southern republics, both new and old.
It is alsojfervently hoped that General Sickles'
mission will result in the sale of the island,
not to the United States, but to the na
tive Cubans. Seuor Lemus and the principal mem
bers of the Junta assembled yesterday In secret ses
sion, and deliberated on the probable policy of the
United States towards Cuba. It is more than likely
that aid in men and arms will speedily bo sent to
Cuba from some Florida or Georgia port. Colonel
Hupp and several other ofllccrs of the late expedition
are in dally communication with the Junta. Seuor
Kuiz is not a diplomatic agent, either of the Cuban
l-ioveriimeut or New York Junta, but Is a rich Cub m
who has given his funds with a lavish hand to the
cause of his country's freedom, and holds, on that
account, a prominent position among the Cuban
patriots ill the United States.
Additional Piii'lleiilnrs.
From the .V. Y. Herald of this morainj.
The order for the seizure was jointly received by
Vmted States District Attorney Pierrepont aud
United States Marshal Barlow a few days ago, aud
though the whereabouts of the vessels were at the
time perfectly well known to these ofllccrs, some
little time was needed to lay their plans for
the most perfect and cillcleut fulllliiieut ol these
orders in the premises. Yesterday morning every
thing was working well. General Burlow ami a
posse of deputies proceeded to the pier foot of Thir
teenth street, and there, stretching some distance
up the river, along the adjacent wharves, tliey found
fifteen gunboats. Eight of these boats had their
boilers iu, aud were having their machinery rapidly
completed and lilted iu under the personal sup jiiu
tendence and business promptitude of Mr. Deluma
ter, the lirst builder of the Kricsson monitors. The
work, for the purpose of despatch, aud which
we specialll note for the beneilt of Govern
ment, was divided amoxg several shops. The
manufacture of the boilers of these vessels
was contracted out by Mr. Dulamater to a
firm in Newark ; so that the completion of the boat
was going on simultaneously lu their various parts
in (Itftereat places at one aud the same tim j. It may
be here remarked that n j expense was spared on
the part of the Spanish Government for ttie speediest
fruition of their intentions and desires with regsrd
to these small but most perfect and formidable
vessels-of-war. The best efforts anil mo3t urgent
appeals of the Peruvian Minister were of course
not wanting In representations to the Govern
ment as to the actual object ana proposed
determination of the Spanish Government with
regard to the special services to which these
vessels were to be put. But for some considerable
time, as before remarked, the authorities at Wash
ington were deaf to all these represents ions and
remonstrances, till quite suddenly and all at ouoe
the order came to this city a few days since f or
their seizure. But besides the capture of these
lifteen vessels here lu the city the Marshal has sent,
In the charge of proper olllcerH, the mandate of the
Government for the seizure of fifteen other gun
boats, which also, under Spanish contract, were
being then built at Mystic. Connecticut. These ves
sels have, therefore, also been seized, making thirty
In alL Four of these were already launched, arid
one, it is said, would have sailed out of the port on
fciat nrday next.
The seizure entails no loss upon che contractors
engaged in e.ther constructing tne hulls of tlio ves
sels or making the machinery. The Spanish govern
ment has been most liberal, even lavish, lu Its dis
bursements. A million dollars lu gold arrived in
this city some two months ago, In the hands of a
trusted emissary, to pay the instalments agreed upon
as the work progressed. According to this contract
$400,000 have been paid over every twenty days
during the progress, which sum fully iiidemniiles the
contractors for the work done up to the pi etent mo
ment, so that no feeling of pecuniary loss comes on
to mar the higher feeling Inherent In the breasts of
all American citizens at seeing a great, undertaking
ilesUrned to overthrow or crush the aspirations aud
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struggles of a brave people after liberty has been
brought to naught. The contract for arming these
vessels was held by a tlrm at Cold Springs, but to ail
Inquiries whether the seizure of '.lie war material
then ready and in course of preparation for the
arming of these vessels was Included in the order
for the seizure of the vessels themsoWes, It was Im
possible to get a positive reply.
H were needless to say that the tardy recognition
of International comity us due by the united States
Government to the people and Government of Peru,
and of relative t.istlce as between tlio patriots of
Cuba and the Spanish people, lias been hailed with
heartfelt delight by the three nationalities most ln
"terestcdln the issue by the people of the United
States, who feared for the honor of their Hag, appa
rently aiding the strong against the-weak, as op
posed to all the grand principles of the republic; by
the Peruvians, who ask nothing but fair play aud no
favor, and by the brave liberators of Cuba, who had
a right to expect sympathy if not support in their
Hunts for emancipation and freedom from an
oppressive and hateful yoke.
on the other hand, the Spanish authorities here
are as crestfallen and cast down as the opposing
Junta are Jubilant ami elated. The flimsy subter
fuge that these captured vessels were designed to be
used in the suppression 6f revolution in the ever
laithful isie having been seen through by the Gov
ernment aud their true character recognized, even
at the hist moment, and tho polity of the United
States vindicated therein, has given fresh nope not
itc'y to j'wu tut to tr.e junta,
II I LDE It It AM).
Frtilf lew) Pnrmilf of the J rent .YlUaourl Outlaw.
from the Ut. Jauii Democrat, A uj. 2.
Col. Bowen, the leader of the police detectives
who for several months have been scouring the
wooiIb of Washington and st Francois counties In
nearch of Sam Uildebrand, the desperate murderer
and outlaw, returned to the city yesterday, and re
ports that all efforts to capture Uildebrand have
proved unsuccessful.
Several weeks ago Col. Bowen and his men made
a vigorous march for lllldchrand, and more than
once were upon his trail, with a strong hope of
catching him. but the wily woodsman eluded the
pursuit, slid stills roams at largo, the terror of the
whole people of two or three counties.
In their eagerness to caplnro the desperado, the
pursuers resorted to rattier harsh measures In seve
ral instance, hut their action in every case was ap
proved by the law-alilillng i itlzens, who have been
kept In constant terror by the lllldchrand gang.
In order to obtain information concerning the haunts
and habits of llildelirand, it was sometimes deemed
necessary to frlKhten and torture persons who were
believed to possess the Information desired, and who
refused to divulge the secret. Sever.il men, said to
be coiimi'ted with the outlaw, were hung up by the
neck until they consented t() tell what they knew,
and It was a matter of regret with the people of the
neighborhood liiat some of them were iut left
hanging.
At one time Illldebratid was traced to a cave on
Big I her, and an eilort miuic to smoke him out, but
this lallec, atnl some of the mildest men of the parly
emen d the cave, only to mi l that, the outlaw had
escaped at another outlet.
A week or two ago, Governor McClurg went down
to the scene of lUidcbramtv exploits, and throiuh
lus efforts companies of turned men wcru formed In
us hington, Madison, mid !. Francois comities for
the purpose of enforcin;; t!ie law a:id bringing to
justice not only llildeliiand, but others who are
nearly as bud.
It is well known tlin t tin m- counties are infested
by Lands of desperate mm lawless men, who com
mit numb r and robbery u Ci Impunity, and keep iu
cm, stunt tircud the peaceable uud honest, fanners,
lio are afraid to invoke rti- law against them. The
object of the aimed companies, acting under au
thority ol the Governor, is to protect the Innocent
and bring the guilty to ju i'ce. The Idea that such
large Ioici s are designed simply for the capture of
one mall Is fallacious. Ililoi orand is not alone iu
his in (amy ; but there are whole bauds of outlaws who
must be iliiven out, and ii r ipiires concert of actio. i
nint legal authority on the part of the people to do
this, llildelirand himself is a wanderer and a fugi
tive, who lives in eaves, s.vnmps, and Inaccessible
pliici-B, but others, not so , 11 known, commit daily
depredations upon the peaceable inhabitant, anil
lay their sins upon his shoulders. The intention is
to organize companies in a.l the counties south of
WiiKliingtcn, even as far down as the Arkansas line,
and rid the country of the desperadoes who infest it.
There will be something more serious than mock
hangings, if these men do not take warning and dis
continue their unlawful practices.
A IGIITOrTEKnOK.
A Known Town IteiuolUhcil bv a Ilurrlcnne.
The Lawrence (Kan.) Jminml of July ill) gives the
following particulars of the destruction by a hurri
cane of the town of Kansas in that State:
The storm that passed over Lawrence Tuesday
evening will long be remembered by our citizens,
not particularly tor the severity of the wind aud fall
of ruin, as it will be for the unusual aud almost con
tinuous glare of electricity that tilled the atmo
sphere. The heavens seemed to have been lit up
with one continual blaze of electricity, and the
otherwise dark night was more brilliant than if illu
minated by the "round laughing moon." The thun
der at times was very severe, I ut its severl.y was
more spasmoJic it seemed well enough satisfied
with staying oil at a distance and indulging In one
incessant growl, like an angry lion. No damage was
sustained near Lawrence that we have heard of.
The fury of the storm had beeu spent be
fore it reached our city, but northwest
and west of Lawrence in some places it
wasterrillc, especially where it reached the head
waters of the Kansas river. Messrs. Thomas
Thompson and S. N. Beman, who reached this city
on Wednesday evening from the West, informs us
that they stopped on Tuesday night at Detroit, a
small town about six miles east ol Abilene, on the
Kansas Pacific Koad, and that about nine o'clock
tlie storm burst forth upon that devoted village In
all its fury. The thunder aud lightning were terrl
tic, and the wind swept past, a perfect hurricane.
The station is known on the railroad map as Lamb's
Point, but a town has just started up whhtli was
named Detroit, Some eight or ten houses had
already been built, and a number of persons were
camped on the town site, who were living in their
tents until they could put up temporary dwellings.
Kvery house in the village, with one exception, was
entirely destroyed; furniture, bed, and bedding
were scattered over the prairie and lost aud de
stroyed. Fortunately no one received any serious
injury, although a number were slightly injured.
People were compelled to stand out on the prairie,
after the buildings were blown away,
and endure the terrors of the hur
ricane and the pitiless pelting of rain and
hail. Only two families had secured anything like a
shelter from the storm, and one of these did so by
taking refuge in a cellar after the building had
been demolished, and by this means secured a par
tial shelter from the fury of the elements. Those
In tents fared better than those in houses. Although
the tents blew down, yet they fell upon the occu
pants, and thus saved them from a severe pelting.
A log-house that had braved the storms for the past
eleven years, being the lirst house built iu that lo
cality, and which had been used as a house of enter
tainment or hotel, was levelled with the ground. In
many places the corn has been completely riddled
bv the hail, nd wheat that had been harvested ami
shocked in the field was scattered in every direction.
The hurricane struck the fated village from the
northwest, aud the work of destruction was (juick
and terrible.
LYMil LAW.
The
HitiiKiiiir of the Illinois llorse-tblcf-A
Ili'Mii inii' lliiiiil-io-iiiiiiu Mum.
Brief mention has already been made of the killing
of Deputy sheriff Pratt, of Tazewell couuty, Illinois,
by a band of horse-thieves of whom he was in pur
suit, and also the wounding of the jailor. The fol
lowing are the particulars of the killing, the arrest
of the supposed murderers, and what followed their
arrest. The horse-thieves had been a. rested, but
their attorney succeeded iu releasing tliem
on the ground that no warrant had
been issued. Procuring proper papers,
Deputy Kheriif Henry Pratt, with three
others, among whom was the jailor, started after the
men. This was on Friday morning. Between 8 and
10 o'clock at night they met three men on the road,
who looked suspicious. Upon their refusal to halt,
the Sherill'and party llred, using every shot. When
they closed the desperadoi s Ured; the llrst volley
killed Deputy Sheriff Pratt almost instantly, and
seriously injured the jailor. The thieves succeeded
in escaping, and the party returned home. When the
facts were known t he wildest excitement prevailed
at Pekin. on Saturday morning Marshal Stone,
with lll'y citizen volume i s, armed to the teeth,
set out to capture the villains. They scoured
the whole country, aud found six men
who could not give a good account
of themselves. These Were brought to
Pekin and put in jail. The excitement was now at
fever heat. Men lrom all puns of the country came
pouring into Pekin, swearing vengeance. A mob
was soon raised, coiunosed of from live hundred to
eight hundred men, and embracing leading citizens
ol Pekin aud Delavan. The throng surrounded the
jail and demanded the prisoners Not getting tliem,
tliey threatened to force the jail. Nothing, however,
was done until late at night, when the crowd in
creased. The clamor was kept up until 8 o'cl jck
Sunday morning, when the doors were broken down
aud the mob rushed lmo the building and de
manded the keys of the cell where the ring
leader, Bill Berry, was conlinod. The Sheriff
refused, when a blacksmith was procured
who beat down the door of the iron cull. Here a
desperate haud-to-haud encounter in the dark tank
place between tlio doomed man and the . tM'.oil llli.lt
During the melee three men were slabbed bv Berry
one it is thought fatally. Several shots were llred a,
him, one passing through hi head. ne was il-iallv
overcome and dragged I the nearest tree anil
lynched, where his body hung until daylight. The
excitement is by no means allayed, and the populace
still thirst for blood, onioers are atill in pursuit of
another man, who is supposed to have shot Pratt
When lie Is taken, a repetition uf the above may be
expected. J
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven A Bio., No. 49 8. Third btroot.
BETWKHN BOARDS.
fiooo Leh Cold 1.... Uf
100 sh bt Nleh Coal. 3'
f!40 SchN s,'82.2d 01
11000 B-'ids, 'Oft, cn. Yll,
tlliOOO Clt y 08, N . . b5. lno'j
f Usui Leh V R n bs. 01 ,
$16000 Phlla A E 7s. Hi
100 sli llcstonv'e.bSO 18V.
8 sh Leh Vallt. ... BT I
mo uo hi
MO sh Read H..KI0. 40
100 do..b80wn. 49
100 do 4S
iiOOBhN Y A Mid..
sBwn.. B
20 sh Ch A Del St. 41
SECOND BOARD.
friOO City 68, New.. 101
8 sh Cam A Am R.121 V
Itfooo Leh Con I
07
lou sn ieu v ai n. . . . di
100 sh O O A A ltbOO 40
IMHK) C A A 6s, '83. . .
n sti Penna bs.
26 do
3 uo
B7
67
B7
1!)0 sh Fulton Coal. BV
100 su Reading RH..4SU4
Dumas has been considerately presented with
a bunul lot. .
Menotti Garibaldi is to vlBit England shortly, ao
ctutj.uid Ui try.-a-la-'.v.
S E CO N D E DITI0N
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
Prince Napoleon and the Throne of
Spain Three Men Killed by a
Railway Accident in Con
necticutA Horrible
, Murder in Boston.
FROM EUROPE.
Prlnee Nnpoleon nnd the Mimutnh Throne.
By Atlantic Cable
Maiikio, Aug. 4 It Is said that thn candidature of
rrlnce Napoleon to the throne of Spain will be sup
ported by Prim and Olozaga.
rtllnUtrr Nliellnbnmor.
I.0NPON, Aur. 4 Samuel Shellabarger, the ti;!w
American Minister to Portugal, has arrived at South
ampton. Thin .llornlna'a notntion.
London, Aug. 4 A. M Consols, on for both
mi y and account. U. S. Five twenties qnleta-id
steady at, 8tf. Stocks quiet; Erie, 19; Illinois
Central, 1)4 v.
Paris, Aug. 4 The Bourse last night closed quiet.
Rentes, ''. o?c.
l.ivKKi'oot,, Aug. 4-A.M. Cotton firmer; middling
uplands, iu'd. ; middling Orleans, i;l ,i:u,-.. Tins
pales will probably reach li.uoo IkiIcs. Other articles
line hangcit.
Havhk, Aug. 4 Cotton last night closed quiet and
steady at lf4f. on the spot.
This At (crnniiii'M Onnliulons.
I.CNOON, Aug. 4-P. M. U. S. Five-twenties quiet
at n:i ; Atlantic, and Great, Western, W.
I.ivKiu'Oiii,, Aug. 4-P. M Lard firmer. Tallow,
4fis. ml.
Havisk, An?. 4. Cotton, 1M;$f. on the spot.
FROM WviSJUJVGTQjV.
The New (rccnbni'kH.
Special DrRjtaU-h to The Evening Telegraph,
Yasiiim;ton, Atis. 4 The work of cn
gravine; the. iw plates for the national currency
is rajiidly iro!rre8Hiiiir at the Treasury Depart
ment, and w ill be completed in a short time.
The plates for the new ones nnd twos are fin
ished, and the workmen arc now engaged on tho
plates for all other denominations, from the five
to the one thousand dollar notes. The cn
gravinfr, however, of the new issues, tho print
ing of the faces and the scah of all the denomi
nations, will be performed in the printing and
engraving bureau, w hile the backs will be printed
in New York. Every possible caution will be
taken to prevent frauds, including the taking of
lead impressions for electrotype plates.
Held In Abeyance.
Commissioner Delano lias not yet nominated
the etipcrv.sor of internal revenue for the Mas
sachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island dis
trict. He relics upon the suggestion of Mr.
Boutwell for the appointment of this olllccr. It
is expected Mr. Rotitwell will determine the
matter during his visit to Massachusetts.
Pci'MOnul.
Assistant Postmaster-General Earle has re
ceived a despatch from Postmaster-General Cres
well, stating that he was rapidly recovering from
his recent injury, and expected to be in Wash
ington in the course of a week or ten days.
.Secretary Robeson is absent on a short visit to
Long Branch, but is expected to return to
morrow evening.
J. W. Douglass, Esq., Deputy Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, has returned here from a
brief visit to Erie, Pa.
FROM JVATF ENGLAND.
Unrequited l.ove nnd Murder in Boslon. I
Despatch to The Evening Telegraph,
Boston, Aug. 4. Kate, the wife of Dr. Alva
Hobbs, of No. VH Washington street, was shot
and killed lastnight in her own parlor, by Major
Thomas L. White, about IIO years of age, of
Mississippi, who had been boarding with Dr.
Hobbs, and was under medical treatment.
It docs not appear that there were any suspi
cions of his design on the life of Mrs. Hobbs
until about the time he shot her. Two shots
were fired from a revolver, the second one enter
ing tho woman's left breast. Her death was
instant. The murderer wusimmediatclv arrested.
Mrs. Hobbs became acquainted with White at
the South, and through her infatuation he en
deavored to obtain her affections, failing in
which, he shot her. The murdered woman was
the second w ife of the doctor, and was thirty
five years of age.
An examination of the room of tho murderer
after his arrest revealed a scene of the wildest
disorder. Books and papers were scattered
about in every direction, and innumerable letters
were found in a partially consumed condition.
A Hold Hui-Klury.
During the absence of the family yesterday,
the mansion of ex-Mayor Fay, iu Chelsea, was
completely cleared out of all the silver-ware and
other valuables by burglars.
A 1'nlul Itnilwnv Disnslcr In Connecticut.
Dexpatt h to The Keening Telegraph,
Bethel, Conn., Aug. 4. Yesterday morning
the trestle-work on the Fishkill and Providence
Railroad gavo way with the dirt trains, and one
man named Kelly, a carpenter, was killed in
stantly. Two others died within half an hour,
:ind lour others were hurt and are not expected
to nvc.
miner liioiii' to tVork.
tprcial Le.iutch to The Evening Telegraph,
Wii.Ki stiAitKE, Aug. 4 The miners of Hie
Pennsylvania Coal Company, numbering in all
ibout fibO, at u meeting last night unanimously
igrecd to go to work at the oiler made by the
onipany of thirty cents per ton advance and no
Iticstion of basis or sliding scale of prices. This
vill give the miners from :."() to 45 per day,
vhich is accepted as satisfactory by them.
Tlio Alloonu liM-ciitliiirlcM.
Ai.toona, August 4. Tho motion for n new
rial in the cae of the inccudiaries Thomas A.
Beaks aud Thomas Duke, after an able argu
iicnt was overruled ami the prisoners brought
ip for sentence Ilcalcs to ten years and Duke
olive years and six months in th Western
Penitentiary.
Mi' A lnltuiiiii lIccliou.
Pf.i.MA, August !. Tho election passed off
Itiictly. Reports from several beats show aeon
ddcrable falling oil from the vote of last year.
The vote iu this city resulted as follows: Buck,
JOliS; Mann, 511. Republican loss, 511; Demo
cratic loss, lea. In tho Union beat Mann has
32 votes and Buck none.
Tin Wnilii ut tlie Sa-Ile.
EThe following was the state of tho weather at
tho sea-side at 9 o'clock this morning:
Atlantic City, wind west, clear, 70.
Cape May, wind southwest, clear, 71.
Long Branch, wind north, clear.
nn"iCk ,uo,n,Ion b Telegraph-1 P. HI.
York ttuf8fnJP t&elr NeW
PhndeK".i? 2,0 Pcmo Mall Steam... Bl'i
M lclL. S InrtN V Vi ' ' 97 MIL A St. Paul It..... 80
THIRD EDITION
THOSE GUNB0 ATS.
President Grant Exercising Himself
About the Seizure How the
Affair is Regarded at
the Capital.
FROM wa smjva TON.
The Nrl's.nrc ol thn Hiinnlnh (Jnnbonts
Special lieMjiatch to Th Erteninn Te.legranh,
Washington, Aug. 4 The seizure of the Spanish
gunboats at New York yesterday was not under
direct authority from this city, though It was not
unknown to the Secretary of State ami other mem
bers of the Cabinet. Some time ago It was deter
mined that the gunboats building at New York for
Spain should not be allowed to leave American wa
ters, If any pretext or color of law could be found
for detaining them. The President has all along
been hostile to their being built in our ports, and on
one occasion expressed the opinion that he did not
think they would get to sea when finished.
It will be remembered that the Spanish
Minister complained to Secretary Fish that
the iron-clails purchased from our Gov
ernment by Peru were Intended to be used
against Spain in Spanish waters, whereupon
Mr. Fish answered him by pointing to the contract
entered Into by the Peruvian government, that the
iron-dads were not to lie used against anyirovernment
at piace with us. The new Peruvian .Minister, M.
Freyre, has since his arrival here been busy looking
after the Spanish gunboats, nnd for this purposo has
spent must of his time ut New York. He has an Idea
that they are to be used against Peru as well as Cuba.
Since Peru has recognized Cubn, the Spanish Gov
ernment has regarded the old quarrel as renewed,
for there has been no peace declared ; though on ac
count of having so much trouble on hand, Spain
could not resume active hostilities against Peru, it
Is understood, therefore, that the Peruvian Minister
caused information to lie lodged wirh the United
States Marshal, which led to the seizure of the gun
beats. If the Spanish Minister enters Into bonds that the
gunboats shall not be used asrainst any power with
which the 1 lilted States is at peace, ihey will pro
bably be released.
FROM NEW YORK.
The President nnd llie Seizure of the Spanish
GiuibciLI.
Despatch to The Evening Telegraph,
Nr.w Yokk. Aug. 4. President Grant paid a flying
Visit to I'tiiteil States District Attorney Plerrepiint's
cilice In the I'nited States Court Iliiilding, in Cham
bers street, but Hurting tlie District Attorney out, he
almost immediately left. It is reported that he
desired to see both Mr. Fish, the Secretary of State,
and the District Attornev. Pierrepont, to confer with
them in relation to the late seizures of the Spanish
gunl oats, l'lsli and Pierrepont are now at Garrison's,
and Pri side::t Grant is to go there.
The Markets To-day.
The market Is quite easy. Call loans nwrt lor
Governments, W7 for stocks. Foreign exchange
weak; prime 110, less 1-0; sight, lln$; late exports
of grain at reduced sales caused a reduction in ex
chai.gc. Gild dull, liiiiialitfijjin ,;(( 'j. Southern
State bonds dull uud lower. Governments quiet
until alter awards, when a firmer feeling prevailed.
The awl, :ds at the Government sale of gold were
.yv (I IW. .b:y Cooke took $1,180,000 at 121 -48 and 71.
Itates were V ft-io and 121-71. Railway mortgages
firmer; central, (n'JS; Harlem, Hudson River,
Pacific Mail and Northwestern advanced a trille.
The New York Slock Market.
Nbw Yokk, Aug. 4 Stocks firm. Money steady at
H(n T per cent. Golo, 13.V;; 6-os, 1S2, coupon, lA'ij
do. 1S64, do., Hi!5,, ; do.lS6S, do., 123?i ; do. do. new,
do. 1807, i'iy. do. I8s, 122V ; 10-408, llft'i;
Virginia sixes, new, fil ; Missouri sixes, H;
( 'anton Companv, 02 ; Cumberland preferred, 84 ; New
York Central, 210.t ; Erie, 28 ',' ; Reading, 97 '.,'; Hud
son River, 1A,V: Michigan Central, 1S2; Michigan
Southern, loil.v: ; Illinois Centra), 141 ' f : Cleveland uud
Pittsburg, 107; Chicago and Rock Island, 114H' ; Pitts
burg and Fort Wayne, 163; Western Union Tele
graph, 39.
Nov York Produce Itlnrket.
New Yokk. Ang. 4 Cotton steady ; 200 bales sold
at83;,.,c. Flonr quiet and without decided change;
sales of "rfO barrels. Wheat, firm hut quiet; sales
of 20,000 bushels No. 8 at 1-56(41TT; r ;d Western,
pros. Corn firmer, and advanced lia2c. ; sales of
f8,000 bushels mixed Western at. IM2. Oars dull
and declined lea 2c. ; sales of 21,000 bushels Western
at 80c. Reef quiet. Pork dull; new Mesi, f;i3'2e.
Lard quiet. Whisky steady at $1-10.
FROM THE PACIFIC COAST.
Movement or Steamer.
San Francisco, August 3. The steamer Constitu
tion arrived from Panama to-day. The United States
steamer Pensacola sailed this morning for Victoria,
Vancouver's Island.
The Sun Francisco Democracy.
The Democratic, City and County Convention
nominated Frank McCappen, the present Incumbent,
for Mayor.
S1J,000,(00 In Gold Locked Up.
It is stated that twelve million dollars of gold coin
is locked up in the Assistant Treasury lntliis city, to
the great injury of the community.
Haw Tliey Die in the Golden City.
The report of the Coroner of San Francisco for the
past, twelve months shows a total of 13 deaths re
quiting Investigation, 39 of which were suicides, 11
murders, and S2 accidents.
Tlit San Friincisro Markets.
Flour, $.vn7; sales of Oregon extra at J.VU.V.&'S" ;
choice, $ 1 '78. Legal-tenders, 74.
Arrest of n Culprit In Ilnliiniore.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph,
!A!.TiMOKKAug. 4. Ayouiig man named W. S. T.
Pullman was arrested here yesterday, on authority
of a despatch from Boston, charged with passing a
hundred-dollar counterfeit note on a railroad agent
there. He hail In his possession the ticket he bought,
which is held for identification.
The Itnllluiore Produce Mnrkcln.
Baltimore, Aug. 4. Cotton dull and nominal at
33)fcC. Flour dull and scarce; Howard street super
fine, JCmfl.Mi; do. extra, $0'7B7'M); do. family,
M''ifri9; City Mills superfine, f.?8'75; do. extra,
i'7fi(n 8; do. 'family, $s(a10-5o; Western superfine,
S.V7fn G"2f ; do. extra, $(J-7fiW7-2r; do. family $7 '7(5:
si M). Wheat firm for good to prime; sales atf'.-5
in 1 65; low grades neglected. Corn dull; white, $l-02
iil'('f; yellow, $l-owil'l0. Oats firm at tiia o.v.
Rye, $120 for new. Mess Pork linn at $:i4. Bacon
active and advancing; rib sides, 19c, ; clear do.,
19?c. ; shoulder. Rise. Hams, 23ii.24c. Lard firm
at 19j(20c. Whisky quiet but active.
CAUGHT !
Arrest In New York o' Two Knulisli Foraerx,
wlih 3(l,OOu in Gold on Their 1'crnoiin.
I'row the S. Y. Herald of this morning.
An important arrest was made yesterday by De
tectives Tully and Irving, of the Central Department
of the Metropolitan Police, when they took into cus
tody two men and a woman on a charge of commit
ting a series of forgeries in Kngland, they having
just arrived in this city per the steamship Russia,
It appears that Superintendent Kennedy received a
cable tclcgn.ni from Inspector Hailey, of Loudon,
on the 1st Instant, requesting him to havo two men
who would arrive lu the steamer Russia arrested, u-s
they were accused of having committed an exten
sive series of forgeries. These men had taken pas
sage for New York under the name of Chalmers, aud
were, It was believed, accompanied by a woman wlio
passi d as tlie wile of one i f them.
Detectives Tully and li ving were detailed on the
case and tliey succeeded, through the assistance of
.me ol the I'lllceis of the ship, in arresting Clement
llarwood, alias Charles Hope Chalmers, and John
llotcheii and wife, alias Chalmers. These persons
answered the description of tho accused, and were
forthwith removed to police headquarter with their
l.ueiraire for examination, when the detectives were
soiiiew hat astonished to llml their prisoners lu pos
sesion of nearly lio.oao worth of foreign paper aud
L'old coin, consisting of the following description of
securities' 217,rfto one franc bills, 100 gold twenty
franc pieces, fourteen gold ten franc, pieces, and
seventeen live franc pieces, one XBOO bank note on
the Rank of Kngland, twenty Xiou bank notes, two
ami bank notes, one for i.'20, twenty for 10, and
eight for b each, making the aggregate gold value
ilVn examination of the prisoners was had before
inspector Dilks, when he decided tj allow tne woman
to J at liberty, as she evidently had no connection
with the crime imputed to her companions. The
two men were subsequently conllned lu one of the
strong rooms, where tliey will probably remain until
the nival of more specific charges and details.
At present tho police authorities are unable to give
more than a mere guess at the scheme of forgeries
ece to have been committed by their prisoners.
I nil it will probably be Borne days before any decided
tu j sua Ue laKcu tix tlie jaaucr,
EUROPE.
MEWM DV BTKA.MKR TO JL'IYY '23.
Pyan arrival atJNew York yesterday, we have
Kuropcan advices by mall to July 15.
13 RE AT BRITAIN.
Th I rink Church Hill.
The Ixindon Timet speaks of the final settlement
of i he Irish Church question as follows:
"The settlement of a most difficult and long
controverted question may be made the occasion
of a word of common sense, which shall also bs a
word of peace. Nothing has been more common
during the recent discussions than to accusn tho
iAirds, and more especially the Bishops, of having
spoken with the slnglo aim of getting more
mor.ey for their friends. The Primate's speech
latiiightwlH provoke manyjrepetlt Ions of this charge.
It was, Indeed, very fairly open to them. It inn. -a
not be forgotten, however, that the bill Is a disen
dowing bill; It grunts absolute liberty ol organiza
tion, but takeB away property hitherto devoted to
the use of particular persons. What form could
opposition take to a measure like this except that
of attempting to ndtlgate its severity? Hal the
friends of the Irish church at once resigned
everything that was required of them, their
submission would have beeu a confession that they
never ought to have had possession of their endow
ments; and, although we hold this opinion, we
cannot expect them to acknowledge and act upon It.
Do not let us persist in repealing this charge.
Roman Catholic or Anglican, baptist or Presby
terian, ecclesiastic, or layman, no man gives what lie
believes lo be Ills own without a murmur, and 1 1
dill him covetous because he attempts to save as
linn h as lie i an from those he deems his despotlers
is to convict ourselves of narrowness which would
be luiTi ilitile II it hail nut of late become almost uni
versal.'1 I n vi llin llie Prnhodv Memorial Slnliie.
The London Times of July 24 says:
Vesti rilay his Loyal Highness the Prince of Wales,
in the presence of the Lord Mayor and a distinguished
company, publicly unveiled and inaugurated the
statue which the citizens of Iyondon have erected to
ci nunc mnrtitc the unexampled act of munificence of
Mr. ;i orge I'calioily towards the poor of the metro
polis.the renown of which has already become world
wide. The ceremony was conducted with much
dignity. The principal civic authorities, headed by
the idiief magistrate, played a conspicuous part In It;
many of the principal merchant and bankers, in
cluding Hie Governor of the Hank of Kngland, Joined
iu the iiiireaiit. as did also his Kxcelloncv the new
American Minister, with many other persons of con-
biiic ration. i lie windows and roofs or every house
commanding a view of the spectacle were crowde 1
with spectators, and altogether the occasion was ex
tremely Interesting.
The Lord Mayor of London and Minister Motley
ueiivertu long addresses on tne occasion.
Slrnnue I)lliiibiincei in Ireland.
Tho London Daily Telegraph gives the following
account of a disturbance' in the county Wexford:
The young Marquis of Kly, a minor, has estates In
this county, which he lately visited, accompanied
by his mother, the Marchioness. Their presence
was, as usual, the occasion of local fetes; their
tenants receiving them with enthusiasm, and "all
went merry ns a marriage bell." At one of the fetes
the people, towards the close of the day, gathered
around their young landlord, and cheered him
lustily.
His agent, a Mr. nare, stood by his side; and the
Marquis wishing, ao uount, to express nis own
feelings, and to elicit those of his tenants proposed
"three cheers for Mr. Hare." Instantly the scene
charged. The people became furious, groans and
curses were heard Instead of the expected applause,
while a Driest stepped ud to the unnonular aiient and
attacked him to Iim face In the most violent lan
guage. He said: "Sir, I tell you to your beard, yoa
shall get no cheer. Your conduct as agent for this
estate deserves reprobation, not applause. The
curses and the blood of the poor people evicted from
their dwellings at Klllesk lie upon your guilty soul "
During this strange scene the Marchioness, the
young Marquis, ami their friends were motionless
with astonishment; while the people, excited lo
frenzy by the words of their priest., tossed and
swayed around the temporary platform as if they
were bent upon tearing the agent ill pieces. A gen
tleman named Powell indignant, no doubt, at the
interference of the priest made some angry re
marks; tho crowd caught the word "Popery"; In
stantly Mr. Powell was knocked down, but fortu
nately he struggled to his feet, and run for his life
into a neighboring farm-house, where he escaped
the infuriated mob. The priest harangued the peo
ple, again denouncing Mr. Hare, but counselling
them not to strike; a counsel that was obeyed. Rut
unhappily, two soldiers were understood to have
'.'insulted'' the priest; the mob immediately fell
upon them and beat them severely; and one of them,
it is said, died the next day from the injuries he re
ceived. The Thames Tunnel.
On the night of tho 21st the Thames tunnel was
dually closed as a public footway. This undertak
ing, which at the time of its design was consi
dered a masterpiece of science, and which formed a
communication under the river Thames between
Rotlierhithe and Wapplng, was, after numerous dif
ficulties, finally accomplished and opened on the
23d of March, 1843, having been commenced by Sir
1. S. Brunei in 124. The total cost of the tunnel was
about X000.0OO; but the Fast London Railway Com
pany recently purchased It for a little over a third of
that sum. The company will run their trains through
the tunnel, their Hue bringing the Inhabitants of
Wappii,g, Shadwell, etc., within easy distance of
Southwark Park.
The H a y dock Colliery Explosion.
The loss of life through the explosion at the Hay
dock colliery is even greater than the public were
led to expect from the llrst hurried accounts which
were forwarded from the scene of the disaster.
Filty-sl.x bodies have been recovered, and two meu
whoweie brought, out alive afterwards died from
the ellei Is of choke damp.
THE CONTINENT.
Prince Nupoleon's Position.
M. Hiibaiiic, private secretary to Prince Napoleon,
has sent tlie following letter to the 1'atrie.; but,
although it denies the existence of any otllcial posi
tion, it must not be supposed that the Emperor and
the Prince have notdlBcussed the crisis which men iu
Paris, as you iu London, have to consider now. The
Emperor and the Prince have had several interviews,
and the Prince thinks that affairs are of such great
importance I do not say danger that he has re
solved to stay at Mention, though the Princess aud
the children are already gone off to tlie sea-side.
Here is the letters
Sir: Mny I aik you aa a fuvor to rectify aa error into
which you huve fiilleny In mentioning the members nf
the PriTy Couuoil you name Priuoe Nnpoloon as the first,
but his Imperial Hinhneaa dooa not belen by riuht to Hint
body, lio Iihb beeu noiuimiled Vice-President of it, Imt
returned that poat in lstiA. Conaviuently, Inr the lUNt four
yea i a tho Prince bus not had to tnke any abaro in the
councils ut I he Government. Varioua rumors, very incor
rect, or even ultouetlior talno, are oftun propaKatud bv the
pres relative to tho Princo. Public opinion in Keneral ut
tachoa ton littlo importance totuoiu to necessitate any rec
tification or contradiction ; hut thia can hardly be tlin case
with ri'ifiird to the materially erroneous fact which I have
read in tlie 7'u'iiV, and I (.hull therefore be obliged if you
will correct it by the inaoitiim of Una letter.
r,. iiuaALir,,
Another Ginnnlle Project by Lessens.
"M. Ferdinand de Lessens," says the Italie at
Florence, "after having connected two seas, Is now
propcsii'g to create a new one. It appears that some
enterprising explorers of Central Africa have put
forward the opinion that Sahara is tho bed of an
old sea displaced by a convulsion of nature. On the
faith or that assertion, M. ue i.esseps, a nine tune ago,
sent some engineers to examine ttie configuration
of the soil, and from the result of their labors
has become convinced that the desert In question
was at Its nearest limit twenty-seven metres below
the level of the Red sea, anil that tne iiepression
went on Increasing towards the interior. He is,
therefore, of opinion that a canal seventy-live miles
In lengtn wonid suiiice to put tne iteu ssea ami tne
Sahura iu communication, restore to the latter lts
original destination, and create an easy method of
intercourse wnn ueuiroi Ainca oy means oi inese
artificial oceans."
I'rfm'a Ileelnrnllon of Policy.
On July 14, on the occasion of the announcement
to the Coites of the names of the new Ministers,
tsenor Sanchez Ruano, one of the secretaries and an
ardent Republican, a rising young deputy of tho
latter partv, rose and said he wished to ask tlie Pro.
sideut of the Council of Ministers if tho changes
made were merely of persons, or if they were at the
same time of piiticlples aud conduct? Prim, who
looked very culm and dlguilled, replied as follows,
amid breathless silence:
"I have the honor to anawcr Seuor It nil no. Ho wishes to
knew if the iiiniiiHcaiiou of the Mininlry ia a ohjntja of
policy or only of iieraona. The Government have not the
leant idea of clianuinn their policy. In tne proxr.tmme I
presented when 1 had the honor to introduce lo the
I'hmnlier the rirat Ministry named by his llialineia the
fteuent, 1 detailed the political march tho liovornineni
intended to follow. 'I hat programme ia oura to-day, ami
will bo U) morrow also. Hut. saa tiennr Kuano, it there
ia no chaniie of policy, why waa there necessity that
tenia Blinitlera ahould go out anil others enter into their
phu ei.r lie knowa very well, am an do all tlie deputiea.
The ntceaaity that the three element which form Die
majority should have representation iu the Ministry it
uniiuiihtionable. When the Provisional Government waa
lonneil, thia could not take place by uiroiiiiiatuuooa it ia
now useleas to detail. The aame on oonatitiitinir the
eiecutive power. The necessity liu now beoouui ao
apparent that it can be no longer duluyed, and we
have given entrance to two members of one of the
tract ions referred to the UeiiiiMirala. Tlie change
made, therefore, has obeyed the realization nt the
thought, and the ecuiaite suaceptibibtyof Seuor Martin
de llerrera and Benor Figuerola, most worthy persons.
The Government propose to guard the Constitution and
the laws, and to compel everybody else to pay tliem e.iual
ef pect Tliey will, at the same time, be aevero in all Hint
uuttw ruMy vriVi i'ivi4vi nv".id juui uj, 'J.ii
flonminmt eonld not erpt tho Immnnsn rIoniilblllly
lii h wnuld full npon thoin, 11 lutDcnr wwiKtints mikj
l.oulil ns what has cot ao much labor, anxiety, and
d"TorSome further remarks of flnor Rn an .Prim
replied a little bitterly. He asked If Scnor Ruano
wl-hrd them to gallop like himself to the "Rcpn'illca
Vnltnrla." "Hut we are not Republicans wa are
Constitutional Monarchists. This Is the road w
intend to follow. Could we follow any road which li
not to liberty ?" The present Ministers represented
the Joint policy of the three fractions of the majority.
As to disunion among them, they were all agree4at j
any rate on all point at present on the carpet. !! !
concluded by saving that he as President of the
Council of Ministers would march constantly with j
the banner of the revolution and of liberty in one j
hand, and the battle-ax In the other, to destroy i
everything that had Intent to attack that banner or
to stain Its glorious inscriptions. j
Mlaerr and Anarchy In Kpnln. ;
The Carlists are by no means the most formidable ;
enemies with which the Spanish Government has to ;
deal. Want, beggary, brigandage, and anarchy aro '
rnmpant In certain provinces. At Malaga, Valentin,
Seville, Toledo, and other large towns, the laws are
no longer In force. Everybody does that which Is
right In his own eyes. Tho judicial functionaries
con plain that they have no power to support them,
and that they are powerless to punish crime. The
offender? against law and order Increase In number
and audacity. One smiid town near Cludad Real
was recently Invaded by a band of brigands, who
entered thn houses HcriaWm, and llred on all who
resisted After eating an excellent, supper, and
taking what property they could find, they departed)
carrying off three vnnng ladles belonging to distin
guished families. Two persons were killed and seve
ral wounded by these miscreants. The social state
of Fpaln is undoubtedly deplorable.
The Ex-KliiK of Nnplex.
The rx-KIng Francis II has llnally determined to
sell his claim to his lost kingdom of Nailes. An
Austrian paper states that through the mediation of
France the Italian Government Is about to sign an
agreement, by which the ex-King renouuees all Ins
territorial rights In consideration of an annual reve
nue, which may be capitalized. He will taka up his
residence beyond the "geographical limits" ol Italy,
The ex-King has made a decidedly good bargain.
He has sold that which was worth nothing. Hut
there will be great indignation at Rome caused by
this desertion.
The I.cnitnp of Pence nnd Liberty.
The tlilrd international Congress of the League of
Peace and Liberty Is to assemble nt Lausanne on
the 14th of September next, and the sittings will last
until the 18th, Inclusive. The principal object of
this association Is the establishment of a republican
federation of the nations of Europe. It will discuss
this subject at the forthcoming Congress, as well as
the Eastern question, and the means of terminating
all economical and social antagonism between man
and man. The League, too, will bo reorganized and
its Journal reconstituted. Women are to be admit
ted to the Congress on the samo conditions as men.
General Items,
The Xortheast Correspondence, announces that flOOO
working masons have Just struck at Berlin for higher
wages.
Mr. Emlllo Castelar. the Spanish Republican Depu
ty, has arrived In Paris on his way to Geneva, to at
tend the Conference of tho Llgue de la i'alx.
The Journal Ofiiciel publishes an imperial decree
conferring four crosses of the legion of Honor on the
the occasion of the Empress' late visit to the Chil
dren's Hospital at Berck-sur-Mer.
Mils' aptia fazyl Pacha, brother of the Vlcerov of
Egypt, has had an audience of the Sultan, and baa
beeu appointed Minister without portfolio.
Four thousand copies of tho manifesto of Don
Carlos were recently sold In the city or Bilboa during
one day, which fact clearly proves the tendency
of the public feeling.
A Suez Journal mentions the organization of a
company In ew York, with a cap'tal of $:to,000,ooo,
for tlie purpose of opening a regular steam commu
nication between the United btates, Southern Eu
rope, India and Chb a via the Suez canal.
A deputation lrom Dulsburg lately waited on the
King of Prussia at Ems. After having made some
inquiries as to the present state of trade and indus
try, hiB Majesty expressed a confident hope that
peace would be preserved and tho progress of all
branches of commercial enterprise be thus Insured.
Tho Bishop of Samngitia, Mgr. Wolonczewskl,
who had been confined since 1SCG to his residence of
Kowno, has just been transported, by order of the
government, Into the interior of Russia. The motive
of this measure is said to hiwe been a letter of that
prelate found among the papers seized at the house
of Mgr. Dubienskl, Hl.diop of Augustowa.
The Levant Herald says that the Turkish Govern
ment is reported to have ordered from an American,
inventor thirty mitrailleuses, which will throw out
grapeshot at a range of from Woo to 2000 yards. The
same paper states that preparations for the recep
tion in Constantinople of the Empress of the French
are being actively pushed on at Beylerbey Palace,
where her Majesty Is expected next October.
Conrt of Quarter Sessions-Judge Itrewster.
THE OI'KKATION Or TUB HEU1STUY LAW.
This morning an argument was heard upon the
application made for a mandamus against the
assessors of the Fifth ward, compelling them to put
upon the transcript of the Sixth divlslou the name of
the applicant, John C. Smith. His petition sets forth
that he Is a native citizen of the United btates, and
has resided In the State twenty-nine years, and for
twenty-seven years in that portion of the city known
as the Sixth division of the Fifth ward ; at present he
resides at the southeast corner of Fourth and Spruce
stiei ts; lie occupies a room in the second
story of said house, where he Is a boarder
and lodger; the dwelling part of the house is occu
pied by Joseph Garwood ; he has made application ts
George Concnunou and Hector Williams, tlie asses
sors of the said ward, to be assessed uud placed upon
the division transcript as a private resident, accord
ing to the provisions of the Registry law of April,
l(-li!; but the said Hector Williams has refused to do
fo, upon the ground that the lower Btory of the
building is occupied as a tavern by one Stephen Wil
liams; but this lower story thus occupied as a
tavern is in no way connected with the rest of the
building, which Is a private boarding-house by
Joseph Garwood, who rents the same separate and
disconnected with the tavern.
After hearing tlie suggestion of counsel, the Judge
said he considered the chief diillculty in the way of
granting the mandamus to be the fact that, though.'
a citizen be refused by the assessors in the flrst in
stance, he still has other remedies provided by the
act, for he may apply to the canvassers who revise
the lists, and finally at the polls, upon proof of citi
zenship Slid the other requisite qualifications, the
luw would certainly secure him his right to vote.
Mr. Sellers appearing for the applicant, differed
from this view, arguing that the former registry act
of lbitu had for Its chief object the protection of the
miuotity, by giving to every qualified citizen his right
to be registered, so that his election otlicer might be
on his guard, but this act operated solely by the will
of tlie majority, the majority of the aldermen ap
pointing the canvassers, and the majority of cau
vasseis determining the lists, and nowhere were the
rights of the minority looked to, and from the elec
tion experience of this Commonwealth, nothing can
In; exptiled irom the majority of executive ofllccrs.
Therefore he considered it tho duty of tho Court so to
construe this act as to make it imperative upon the
assessors to receive upou their lists tlie names of
citizens who are qualifiied electors, residing In the
dl Islou V here they ask to be assessed. Tlie Legis
lature gave to the citizen the right to be registered
upon this list, and he was entitled to It for the pur
pise of putting the election officers upon their guard,
and whether he chose to vote or not was a matter of
discretion with him. If the Court should refuse to
do this it would deprive Itself of the power of enforc
ing the performance of this duty by the assessors,
and any voter, who chanced to live iu a house, uny
one room of which was used as a bar-room or res
taurant, could be refused registry.
'1 he matter having been discussed by Mr. Prop
sle, representing the assessors, the Judge reserved
his decision.
AN ATTKMl'T AT JIUKl'KR.
Jesso Mitchell, a vicious-looking mulatto, pleaded
guilty to u charge of assault aud battery wiln intent,
to l.i.l Samuel Pulmer. He had formerly quarrelled
with Palmer uud bore him un ill-will. Recently,
l'atiiii r lelui'iii d to the city from a, sojourn In Jer
sey, and Mitchell, seeing him iu the street, crept up
to'liim and stiiick him la the lace with a brick, In
flicting a pululiil uud dangerous wound.
AN I'NKOIl'l'l'NATE MAKK1AUK.
In Hie case of Caroline Grelssler, who was tried
Bi.d convicted before Judge Peiice for knowingly
imirrjmg a man whose w ile was living, the defeuoaut.
was calli d for sentence, and Mr. Vaucleve, who was,
In r counsel, made an earnest appeal to the clemency
of Hie Court. The testimony at the trial was
te tho effect that tlio defendant came tt
America In the samo ship with lgnatz.
Wlssler and his wife. associated with
tl.cin during the voyage, and continued their
aciiiiainiuiico in in is country: and notwithstanding
this, he having deserted his wire and children, sh
man ted him lu this city. Wlssler was convicted ef
bigamy before Judge Brewster, and was seutet ce
but lilts since been pardoned by the Govi rnor.
Judge Peirce said he would bu moderate in his Judg
nit lit, and imposed a sentence of one day's Impri
sonment, a line of $25, and security In $iooo to keep
uic peme
THE RIVEIl B1KD.
Thomas Rellly, who was convicted before .Tinlo
Peirce of assault and battery some time ago, uud
who attempted to escape from the officers yesterday
by lumping into the Delaware river, but wns nuroo.i
uud captured, was sentenced to the County Prison
foi f our months, and ordered to give security in $2000
tv keep the peace,