THE DAILY KEENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 18G9. 8 CITY IHTU I 1 i K C K THE ECLIPSE. llawr I ho Phllndplnhln Horn WorkfHi noil Wl.nl They , , n.nrf A letter hat been CB,w,H,m,lwJ2m K Morton, dated Monday last, 'nt l'Le8 nulling he arrival ot : hu p.rty o c uen -nrono mers and photographers at Barungu" , In their ''sl0r;:; onof 7 of ?ff oJmn, of c,cordnc,e with the orders m ir e the Naatlca I Almanac Oil ice ! 7 'rfy insisting of S h u Clliior.1, .lames creemer, and V. v Ttin"r and were joined on Thursday t.y Mr. Tohn Carm "f, photographer of Chicago. Pro cessor E C Ilcfcwfmr. with his apparatus i for 'general ihvslcM" observations, accompanied them. The T,yof ' the party, with the JHt.yHi.ur telescope, fron continued fifty miles further to ott.imwa, wh"re a 8aU.-n had been fixed for them: this last IvwTncon"lHV-dof Professor C. F. Mines, Mr. J. ?tmSy Mr. E. Moelllng. Mr. J. J. Browne, and Professor Morton's party on 'l nurso hum l... uinl si sncctroscope for astonoinlcul Zl I .ions. The "lair grounds" outside the city were selected as the best location for c .V. r, .... .i i.,irtni.u nerm sslon of M observations; nvor strawn in tie Agricultural Society, a "photographic dark- wuu constructed, and the linger instruments i,.,i in iKisition during the aftcnioon. ot. a Sun i w of the sun was caiight .luri g he day, and a ffillng rain on the succeeding Friday dampened ii.e siilrits as well as the clothes of the party. fro eisorMorton says:-"An ancient inhabitant rather triumphed over us, saying that It served us rTffht for trvii g to peer into the works of Providence. When however. Saturday, notwithstanding un favorai.le wind, dawned clear as crystal, our worthy ?lemr oml triiefohis. olors, and told us this was io dhow us what Providence could do, and that we would be tixed oir before afternoon, Fortunately, Providence had kinder Intentions, and In answer to nctitions that, on the part of some of us, at least, were hearty and sincere, pave us such an opportu nity to increase our knowledge of the laws by which the Creator rules Ills creation as could nut have tnn Improved. "Ml day long we were busy at our preparations and' preliminary trials, and as the momentous mo ment approached I felt, no .small anxiety, though the beautiful working of chemicals and apparatus, In sun-pictures which we kept taking from time to time for practice, gave us conlldcnce. At last Pro fessor Watson announced that the llrst contact would come in six minutes, and each one went to his post Messrs. ( arbutt. CliMord. and Hanger shut themselves in the dark room to prepare and de velop the plates. -Mr. creemer took the holders with prepared plates, from a window arranged In the dark room for the purpose, and handed them to Mr Wilson, who placed them in the camera, while I kept the telescope on the sun by means of the finder, and managed the exposing slide and trigger. One minute of the contact came, and a plate was inserted; with one hand I worked the handles of the tine motion adjustment, and with the other on the trigger, was ready to make the first exposure at the insiunt that Professor Wat son, by raising his hand, should announce the Urst contact. "It was a curious illustration of human faith, as well as human foresight and ability, in the direction of accurate calculation. There shone the sun, amid a sky so clearly blue that it seemed the grossest uo Burdity to suppose anv dark body could be within a thousand miles of its direction; and yet, then; we were, ail waiting for the instant wlvn urlcn a huge black ball would roll out of the azure space across this clear white disc. The moment came, at three hours, fifty-three minutes, eleven seconds. Profes sor Watson's hand went up; my linger went down; the trigger snapped ; the exposing slide, with its one fortieth inch opening, ilashed across, and we had a picture of the jolly sun, with the least possible per ceptible dent in the side of his face. Picture after Picture alter this was exposed in pretty rapid succession, in lading four plates during the 2-.V2 of totality, one of these we lost by an acci dent, the others gave us Strom; impressions ol the 'solar tlames,' though for want ol clock-work the deflection is not good, it being impossible to give the telescope the proper motion by hand. The pictures obtained bv the oi her instruments of our party at Ottumwa and Burlington will, however, supply all the Information needed in this direction, and these, which are fully us good as I hoped lor, will be of great value, as showing hew liue-h may be done with even a small insiriimeir, on future occasions, if it has a clock-work niiveiiciit, and will be of great use in showing the eil'ect of short exposure.! during totality. "I had little chance, as may be Imagined, between the working of tangent screws a:i 1 nuking expo mires, to see the total eclipse, i gut a glance or two over my shoul:ler, and was r.itli'T disappointed. The corona was seemingly of a red color, and only formed a narrow fringe of rays about the moon no far-reaching brushes of light such as are shown in many drawings taken on previous occ asions. As regards the moral, or rather mental Impression, It seemed to me like a great experiment, in which I was concerned, and had hard work to keep up to time. This was. however, from my peculiar posi tion, which prevented me from giving mv attention fully to anything but my work. The people around the grounds cheered as the totality came on, and Judge Vale told me that his little boy, about eight years old, jumped up and clapped his hands in do lighted approval of the sight. After the totality, we continued to expose plates as before, until the end of the eclipse, and made iu all about forty good negatives. "From the division of our party at Ottumwa, 1 hear that thirty-four good negatives were taken, inclu ding four during the total phase, and from llurilng ton, that forty-two were obtained, including six du ring totality. We have thus, as the work of the 1'hiladelphla party, an aggregate of one hundred and sixteen good negatives, Including ten or the total phase, with three inferior but valuable ones of the same period." This morning, at 10 o'clock, Professor Morton and his corps arrived safely in this city, in the special car kindly furnished for their use by the Pennsylva nia Kuilroad. Professor J. II. C. Collin, In charge of all the expeditions, has returned his thanks to them for their efficient services. The Philadelphia photo crapliers comprising the party are already at work printing from their negatives, and copies illustrating me Hiiigei, u. no; line ec,nps win soon oe on sale, Gkako )i;ess Ball at Atlantic City. The prami dress hull of the season wil. be given to-mor row evening hi me cea mcw House, Atlantic ci 7. preparations of the most extensive character have ueen periecieu to make tins the bailor the season, HUM LIHISU W1IU ULICICI CUIIUOL Dill III! gl at I He I Wit ll ine anair and speiui an evening of unilloved plea sure nun enjuj meuu 1 ne niimoiT 01 visitors on the Island at the present time is very great, and a large unci oniiiani rnroiig win grace the occasion with ineir presence, j wo last trains, eaHi through In 1 ' nonrs, run tiirougn to a lautlc, leaving respectively . ASl'Al.TY OK A STEAMHOAT V()VH IIOItSKS 1 mow NKD. About ;i o'clock tins morning, lust, afler iih; oioucesicr 110:11 iiau lelt the slip at. liloiiceslur a Mampeiie occurred among t lie horses attached to market wagons aboard, the result of which was that the inmid-chuiii was severed, and before the ani mals re checked, two double-teams attached to we:i-niieu miirKet wagons went overboard. Tim wec'ins an', noises disappeared and were seen no more. The teams belonged to Mis. Price and Mr. iNasn 01 tiiouccMcr. Si i KiivisoHs Ai'I'Ointki. Mayor Fox has named the following additional Supervisors for the city Fiist Ward Samuel Peak. Second Ward -Charles l'eak. Tilevcnth and Twelfth Wards Tohn A. Johnson. Thirteenth and Fourteenth Wards Jacob S. Fish. Nineteenth Ward '.'.eortre Rover. Twentieth Ward First division, Henry Myers; neconu division, William Thorn Twentv-Iirst Wurd Tinmthv CIcltH. Twenty.fourth Ward Second division, Samuel Winn. rm.icR Appointments. The following appoint ments nave l eu recently made by Mayor l ox: First l)istrlct,I(ilin linl.lnmm. Fourth Dlstrict-iieoriru Smith. Uiehard Dillon, T honias jtoach. Sixth District Charles Moran. Kighlh Itistnet-William n. chandler, lentil District Frederick Couturier. " weltth District Nicholas Schoales. Delaware llariior Iteiijainln V. Kobinson. Jtomiilsinan John j. KHIey. A rur.KVioiiT at point aiuv At. 3 o'clock yes terday afternoon, Lieutenant Smith, of the Harbor Fol'.ce, heard t hut a p,.jze nKi,t waH t, comeoirat l'oint Airy, lie maimed a boat and proceeded to the sprt, where hu found the contestants already at work. Some four rounds had been fought. The participants saw the t,i COnts, and immediately twok to their boats and pat out for the Jersey shore, nd so quicn were, ineir luoveineuts that they suc- eeatu iu e i""is' Kitten by a jkh 1 cwerday afternoon a man nuned Creamer was badly bitten In the abdomen by . vicious d g at J-.igtnn and Filbert streets. The Mtjjjial was shortly auer uespaicuuii by a policeman.. was loino.i by a corps under the clmrg.; 01 rroicssor w3mn of he l uiv.THlty of Michigan, consisting of Fro Watson, Professor J. M. V an Vleck of mmViThowt Coin.; Professor Merrlinan, of the A l.thnuilll. I t'S K'-lll M 'III' II .1 in ... m. ALMOST A MLKDr, A C'ltlM Yomtffthlc. About 1(1 o'clock last nlfrkt.,n)in Sharkey, a resi dent of the northeastern na A of lho ct wa Riot and beaten by Constable cn,Wford at Howard and Oxford streets. ) particulars, as we have been able to glean the WPre , follows: Sharkey and James Crawfor rf a t.rotber of the constable, were with a friy in Martin's tavern, on Frnnkfonl ro above Norrls street, in the early rirt of the evening. both drinking prejrt.v Ireely. They got to blows, hut were separated, be-fore niiy damage was done to either. Tim tr'juble was reconciled, and the two left to polher, and went to a tavern at Front street and Montgomery avenue, where, before long, they got to pummcllA'i each other again. During this melee Sharkey bit a pretty good-sized piece from the upper lip of THWford. Sharkey was expelled from the place, and, while staggering around the place, was taken in charge by a pollceman,who knew nothing of theocourreiic e. The otllcer wanted to take him home, and they started, but. had not gone far before they separated, Sharkey promising to go to his dwelling. Instead of this he went through to Howard street, where he sat down on a step and entered Into con versation with several men and women. While sit ting there William Crawford, George Crawford, and a third party came along, and, getting In front or Sharkey, recognized hlii). Those sitting with Sharkey say that, without speaking a word, the Crawfords commenced beating him with blackjacks, lie got otf the sten and ran up Howard street to the corner of Oxford, where he entered the tavern of William linker and then ran out. into the yard. William Crawford fol lowed him, and after passing through the door leading into the yard, 111' d a shot, the ball striking Sharkey in the hip and abdomen. Crawford then left, and the Injured man was taken to St. Mary s Hospital, where his wounds were attended to. This morning he was doing well, but the physician In charge would not certify to his being out of danger. W illiam Crawford, It is' said, had a warrant for the arrest of Sharkey, mid only struck and shot him when It was rendered necessary. Sergeant Helss, of the Tenth district, tit 1 o'clock visited the res.dHice of George Crawford, on Trenton avenue, near Wood strcH, and succeeded in capturing him In a neigh bor's house, where, it is alleged, he had secreted himself. William, at 3 o'clock, woke up Alderman llclns, and delivered himself Into custody. The magistrate committed him for a further hear.:)'.'. Doth George and William will be at the Central Sta tion this afternoon. THE (;iiEATFIRE. Insurances of Henry S. Illinois iV Co. From the Insurance Agency of Sabine ,V Allen, northeast; corner of Fifth and Walnut streets, we this morning received a full and detailed list, of the goods stored by Henry S. 1 Iannis .t Co. in the Penn Warehouse, Front and Lombard streets, destroyed by the great lire there en the 4th Instant, with the insurances thereon. It appears that this llrm In Section "A" had !5S barrels stored, rated at from ?Vfii to S12'fii) per gallon, and valued at i'Js;,!-,!!, upon which there was an Insurance of $:ts'j,riiio. In section "F" they had 2ir0 barrels stored, ratid at. from 82-10 to ft-s.'. per gallon, and valued at, J'2.'.4.:hii -80, upon which there was an insurance of $3(12,0110. In section "G" they had 2()7:i barrels stored, rated nt from J2'f0 to 4.V.5 per gallon, and valued at (272,021 -30, upon which there was tin insurance of (HfSO.OOO. In section "H" they had 2724 barrels stored, rated at from ?2 to (f per gallon, and valued at ?:it2,(!24'4.', upon which there was an Insurance of 8:i41,2f)(. The total number of barrels in the four sections was 7tKif, valued at I -1,1 27, r. upon which there was an insurance of Jl,;ii.'i,7ro. This Insurance v as divided among so dill'erent com panies, the loss of each of which on the whole stock burned in the warehouse has already been published in our columns. On the poods of the llrm of Hannis A- Co. alone, the heaviest risks were taken by tne following companies: Imperial JM.Otio State of Pennsylvania ,s4,soo North America 72,oim Itoyal C'V'OO Liverpool and London B7,t)on Geminnia r4,ono Maryland, of Baltimore, :i!,0i) Dkluiep. And the waters came, and great was the damage thereof that is, the premises Nos. Ml and r2 South Fourth street were inundated last night by the overflowing of a large tank in the third storv. The building is occupied bv several parties. Starting from below, Joseph Urower, who sells toys and books, rents the cellar; i). a. iveiier, tooaceo- nist and cigar manufacturer, has the llrst floor; the second, third, and fourth stories contain the sales room and (uctirv of John H. Stetson, hat manufac turer. In the third storv this gent ienian has erected a tank to hold the water used In the building of his t'les." This reservoir it ivus which, by tilling to its edire. and then pouring its waters over, played the nrank of last night that resulted in a damage to goods amounting to about giiuno. It is supposed that, i-'ome of the employes of Mr. Stetson did not turn oil' the cocks, as thev should have done, on quitting work last evening. This morning, when the place whs onened. it was flooded, the boxes mid other llirht articles enjoying at. unexpected swim, and huts, ciaars. and tovs flouting around at will. Mr. Ketl. r estimates his loss at. laimo, perhaps more, ami Mr. Drower at Sluoo. The damage done to the stock of Mr. Stetson It was impossible to ascertain. JftOao worth of leaf tobacco, stored In one port'on of the cellar, fortunately was not reached by the water. Hkavy Whisky Ski.chk I'nited States Marshal K. M. Gregory, of this district, this morning seized the whiskv distillery of George Mount joy, situated on Charlotte street, above Beaver, for alleged viola tion of the revenue laws. The property taken com- nrises about 7000 palions of whisky, and all the para phernalia connecreu wuu such 1111 iiisuuiuuii. mm was libelled bv the Collector of the Third District, and is 1 no of the most extensive distilleries lu the State. IlKVKNrr? Seizi kks. I'nited states Revenue De tective lleilman has seized the large rectifying establishment of James Dazley, No. I40I Fraukford road, for aliened violations of the revenue laws. 1 l.e same oltieer. lor tne same reason, nas at tached the whiskv distillery of Thomas llrophy, situated at Twenty-third and Master streets. Crvki.tv to Animals. Michael Siegel was ovi r- hauled by a policeman at Third and George str.eis yesleidav, while Denting a mule in an outrageous manner with a club, lie was taken before Alder man 1,'Klillc, who lined him. A DisiioNKST TitANSACTiox Atithonv Arthur was arrested by Sergeant Lynch, of the Sixth district, for the larceny of a horse and wagon from onway s stable, on Locust street, above Kleventh. Anthony, it Is alleged, hired a team two or three days ago, since which time he has failed to return them. He was taken belore Alderman Bcitler, and held In tir.00 for.itiul. ii 1: a a ii 'tk iiii 1 u ' n Court of Oi.i.i'tcr SenMioim-Jiulgo rewter. In the case of Thomas II. Hidgcly, charged with lar ceny and assault and battery with intent to outrage before reported, the jury rendered a verdict of Eiiilty of simnle assault, and bal tery. Christian Wcnzcl was convicted 01 gening oiuiik and creating general misery in his lamlly and parti cular v tteiitinir his wife. Hachel Mitchell, colored, was convicieu 01 ine larceny of several artic!"s of clothing from Janes Cooke, her brother-in-law. The clothing was missed from Cooke's room, afterwards found in the prison er's possession, and after her arrest she acknow ledged Hint sue nad taken iiicin. illliim Fetter was convicted of the larceny or a (ireman's hat, belt, and shirt, which he took from the Independence Hose house to wear while Bitting for his nliotiigraiin. .101111 rue, pieuneii guiiiy 10 a charge or entering a house with intent to steal, having been found lu a gentleman a residence 111 Germautown: and was convicted or assault and imtterv upon tne policeman who attempted to arrest mm, and also or carrying a concealed rteudl Y. weapon. John Kobinson u boy, was convicted of stealing a ban from a farmer s wagon on Market street, and was senl to me House 01 lteiuge. William Crumley, a little boy. was acquitted. 01 a cluirue of entei inif a store witli Intent to steal. Abraham Utill was acquitted 01 a cnarge 01 lar ceny. llAliliKKTY S CASK. This morning James llaiigerty was brought Into court, and having proven that every effort to secure tne attendance 01 1 lie 1 omnionweaiiii a nnuessi's had failed, the District Attorney moved lor a con tinuance 01 ins case. Win. II. Mann, Ksq., representing Mr. urook-e, HiiL'ifcrtv's counsel, stated that he doubted not the District Attorney's riirht to continue the case at this stage, and therefore merely wished that it should iinni.Hr noon the record that the prisoner did rot agree to or assent to It, so that his way may be clear to move for his discharge next month under the two t.rm rule. The Court allowed this and granted tho continu ance. AFPIC15 O ii X 11 15 MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. OF PHILADELPHIA, N. W. COK. OF AKCII ANU SKV1SHTH. The Director, in announcing their HKMOVAL to turn locution, with increiuwd lucihlies for biimnois. would re BiKM t fully auliuit the patronage of thoir friumU anil Die iiublic, believ.UK the advantages to tha asaurod ra equal w OALKB CLOlUIER. President n. u rillVUIN smo. itu.19, 8 10o( THIRD EDITION WASHINGTON General Sherman Departs to Meet Secretary Robeson in Philadel phiaA Return' of "Con science" Money to the Treasurer Naval Or ders and Ap pointments. FROM WAS11WQTOM. Prpnrt.ire offJenrral Sherman. Dfjmtfh to the. Aiiociatnl 1'rrsx. Washington, Auir. i:. Ceneral Sliennun left here to-dny for Philadelphia, where he will join the distinguished party on hoard the United States steamer Taapoim, and proceed tvUU the Secretary of the Navy on the tour of inspec tion of the navy yards. Appoint o.cnfn. David T. Mann was to day appointed stoic keeper for Philadelphia. W. T. Perkins was also appointed weigher in the New York Custom House, in place of Gene ral T. W. Engan. A number of appointments w ere to-day con firmed for the New York Custom House and Sub-Treasury. Mnvnl Order.. Commander Y. V. Spicer is detached from the command of the Dacotah and awaits orders. dinner (icortre P. Cashman is detached from duty at the naval magazine, Ellis Island, and awaits orders. He will be replaced bv Gunner William W. Caster. Lieutenant-Commander E. T. Woodward is ordered to ordnance duty at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Ciimc ofConsclence. A German citizeu of Buffalo has remitted .r0 to the Secretary of the Treasury, to satisfy his conscience on account of his neglect t ) make an income return. FROM JVJSIV YORK. .yinrsbnl Rnrlotv linn a lllilllnrv Bodvuiirtrd. New Yokk, Au. 13. An evenimr paper savs Marshal Harlow has a company of armed United fetntcs soldiers at his ollice to resist any attempt to arrest him for contempt in violation of Judac McCunn's order relative to the Confederate Pratt. The New York Stock Mnrkct. NBW York, Aug. 1:1 Stocks llrm. Monev steady at (ii7 percent. Gold,13 ; 5-ws, 1S62, coupon, 12;c ; do. 1S64, do., ; do.lBOft, do., 122 ., ; do. do. new, 120s,, ; do. 1SG7, 121 ; do. Im'.s; 12ip, ;10-40s, 114'. ; Vir ginia sixes, new, on1 ; Missouri sixes, sT'j ;; Canton Co., 5 ; Cumberland preferred, 35 : New York Central, 21 P4-; Erie, 27 Reading, 9ii ', ; Hudson River, lssvr; Mtcniffan Central, 132; MlclilR.an Southern, 197; Illinois Central, 142'rf ; Cleveland and Pittsburtr, 105'.; ; Cliicasro and Rock Island, 117'; Pittsburg arid Fort Wayne, 153; Western Union Telegraph, 33 '. The New York Produce Market. New York. Aug. 13 Cotton firm: sales of 1 mo bales at 33. Uu'. Flour active, and advanced fiirfltic. : sales of 13,(M)0 bbls. State at 85l)5i 7-50 : Western at i"5 9f(o 7-75 ; Southern at C-Sir.trfll 75. Wheat active, and advanced lm 23. : sales of (H.ooo bush. No. 1 at SI 20; No. 2 at HT7s?l-63jtf; red Western, f I '70V. Corn dull ; sales of 2s,ouu bush, mixed Western at 1BA 1 -IS ; white Western, gl-l. Oats active ; sales of 3C,ono bush. Western at (l'.iii75c. for old and new. Beef quiet. I'ork quiet ; new mess, 33'o. I.ard linn at I9.1.,'gl!-,,c. Whisky quiet at Sl-12'.r (3 1-13. -cm s from Cuba. New Yokk, Au. 13. An evening paper savs the Ciiptain-tieneral of Cuba has ordered the Spanish iron-clad Victoria to Dcmerara to cap ture the two Peruvian monitors. FoitTitrss Moi:oe. A 111;. III. Passed 111 steamer Baltimore, trom Bremen. Arrived, Y . S. steamer (icttvsburir. Commander Irwin, from Key We.-t. The Hultiioore Produce Market. Bai.timokk, Aug. 13. Cotton quiet and steady. but nominally aujc. Flour is scarcely so llrm, with fair business"; Howard street superfine, Stt-2." (nO-75; do. extra. f7mS; do. family, JS"2.V!l: city Mills superfine, JO-2rvrf7; do. extra, 7iifS'25; do. family, Jv.M.i UifiO; Western superline, ii"2.nn (j'fiO; do. extra, f7i7-75; do. family, gxn v.M). Wheat dull, and receipts large; sales of fed at f ru'Wlim. Corn -wnitc.F in'..; vi now, jl-15. uuts, tide. .Mess i'ork llrm at f:t4i :;4-25. Bacon firm; rib sides, It'Sc ; clear do., l'.ii.i l'.i :,'c. ; shoulders, l(!' :c. Hams, 24 (a.M'. I.ard tirm lit 19 '..(. i)oc. Whisky firm at ?!.:!. FROM EUROPE. This Aflenioon's Quotations. fin the A iitilti-Awerican Cable. I.ivKurooi., Aug. 132 V. M. Cotton active: mid dling uplands, 13'd. ; middling Orleans, 13 'il. It is now thought the sales will re u h 15,nn0 bales. Stock ol cotton ailoat, t76,(iou bales, of which 19,0011 are American. Yarns ami fabrics at Manchester are quiet but llrm. JUvhk, Aug. 13. Cotton quiet and steady. Ntock Onntatlona by Teleirn.h-'J I. M Glendennlng, Davis A Co. report tUrouzli their New iorK nonse ine ioiiowing: N. Y. Cent. K 211;1.' West. Union Tele 3S' N. Y. A- Kl ie 2S I'i'oledo .V Wabash K. 74 Mil. & St. Paul R S2' .Mil. A St.. Paul pref.. 9o, I Adams Express fts', Wells.FargoiCo 20 I'nited States lis Ph. and Hea. R SH1V Mich. S.andN. I.K..KI7 Cle. ami Pitt. R 105 Chi. and N. W. com.. s9 '' Chi. and N. W. pref.. 9S'n Chi. and K. I. R 117.'$ Gold 131'X Pitts. F. W. A Chi. R.153'o Paclllc Mail Steam... S3:',, Market seady. THE CAI'ITOL. W hat the VnliiMoii HnildiiiK are Word.. Mr. L. T. Heuvis, of St. Louis, communicates to tlie Jhmorrat of that city the ioiiowing in formation touching this subject, lie says: Last fall, when 1 began to collect material lor let in favor of the removal ol the capital, 1 addressed 11 letter to Secretary MeCul i... 1 m-kintr 11 111 lor Luc amount 01 e niiumiic made bv the (iener.il do 'eminent in the District of Columbia. I received the following answer: "TliKAsritv DKl'A htm knt. Sent. 2s, lstjs. L. T Heavls, Ksq., St. Louis, Mo sir: In answer to your inquiries, I liuve to say that the total aliiouiii ex tended in the District of Colombia, from the tune the seat of government was located there to June 31), lRtis, for public works of every description, in cluding buildings and works of art, is j;i7,3'.hi,s.'j . "Tim real eslate. exclusive of biiildmifs, was as- sessed at 1 13,41 2,293 '2ii in lsf,s. since that time there lias ueen 110 assessment of which the department m auvisco. cry respect! 11 1 v. "llcon Mi'l'ri.i.oi'H, "Secretary of the Treasury.' ilius it w ill be seen that the entire expense of the (iovcriimeiit for imblie buildings and grounds in the Dirdrict of Columbia since 171KI has been but a trille for this irreut, nation. Be sides the expense, 1 received a letter from Secre tin' Hrnwuing stating that the (iovcrnment owned 111 the District of Columbia, iucluding grounds, parks, gardens, navy yards, etc., 573 In reference to the erouunds owned bv the (icueriii .overmncnt in tho District of Coluni- uia. tuo 11011. iienry T. Blow has nut upon re cord a standing offer of live hundred acres of lauti to tuc jovcruiuent, w hereon to erect public buildings, and, in addition, oilers to put up a ruiiu v.ui imiuuti oi ouuuings. suitable lor oi- tices lor clerks, etc.. and rent n. at id.nan rates as the same kinds of builJiiiL's are. rented at lu Washington City. But there are men who ciaim 10 00 iiiiewgeui, and many of them in our city, who say it is a "serlona niT.miin.i" with them whether the capital would not kill St. Louis if were to come, RACE EXTRAORDINARY. ;renlTrotln nnfTalo between OoliUn.lth Mnlrf, Amrrlrnn Jlrl, nad Pnlmrr The FaMimt Time, for Three HiicrfwlTf llealnton Keror4 jnlrinmtlh ,lRld the Winner. Yesterday afternoon, In the presence of 20,000 persons, who had assembled on the Buffalo (N. Y.) Driving Park, three trots came off, one of which proved the most extraordinary on record. The purse for this contest was 10.000, free to all horses; $5000 to the Irst horse, $2500 to tho second horse, $1500 to tho third, and $1000 to the fourth. This race was considered tho great event of the meeting, and the attendance at tho track to witness the race was Immense, (toldsmith Maid was the favorite, Ameri can (iirl the next choice, Palmer selling for al most nothing. Lucy did not start, she being lame. There were large amounts pending on the result. Palmer had a great deal the best of the Bend off. Goldsmith Maid the second, two lengths ahead of American (iirl. The latter did not get around the turn well, (loldsmith Maid trained on Palmer very fast, and was lapped on him nt the quarter pole, which was passed in thirty-five seconds, Ameri can (iirl six lemrths behind. Going down tho back stretch Goldsmith Maid went to the front, and led four lemrths to the half-mile pole in 1'0S?4. Palmer second, two lengths ahead of American (iirl. Going around the lower turn Goldsmith Maid opened the gap, and Ben Daniels did not seem to urge American (iirl. but let the others tro on with the lead. As they came into the homestretch (toldsmith Maid was six lemrths ahead of Palmer, who was one lcmrth in front of American Girl. Goldsmith Maid trotted steadily on, and won tho heat by half a dozen lengths in S-l'.tl', American Gii'l second, one lcmrth ahead of Palmer. Second Hr.AT. Dan Mace then took Ameri can (iirl. (toldsmith Maid was a great favorite over American (iirl. She got away with the best of the star. Palmer and Amoriean Girl head and head. As they passed around the turn Gold smith Maid led one length. American (iirl se cond, two lemrths ahead of Palmer. At the quarter pole, in thirty-live and a quarter se conds, (loldsmith Maid led two lengths, Ameri- an Girl Second, three lengths ahead of Palmer. ioing down the backstretch American Girl shut up the gap, and was at Goldsmith Maid's wheel at the hall-mile pole, six lengths ahead ol Pal mer, time 1 (Hi. Going around the lower turn American Girl worked her wav up to (toldsmith .Maid s shoulder, and when the latter came into the homestretch she led her half a length. A most exciting strugglo to the stand ended bv toldsmith Maid winning the heat bv a head, iu HMo. Palmer was ten lengths behind. Tin hi. Heat Goldsmith Maid broke up as soon as the word was given, and American (iirl went to the front and led one length around the turn. Palmer second. Goldsmith Maid third. At the quarter pole American (iirl led one length, aimer second, one length in lront ol Goldsmith Maid. Time, thirty-four and three-quarter seconds. Going down the backstreteh Palmer trotted close up to American (iirl. At the half mile pole, which was passed in 1 -081 American iirl lcil one length. Palmer second, two lengths ahead of Goldsmith Maid, (toldsmith Maid began closing on the lower turn, ind was lapped 011 Palmer's wheel as she came to the three-quarter pole. She then broke up and ran into the homestretch: when she recovered she was a length behind Palmer, American Girl on the lead one length. American Girl began to show signs of quitting before she reached the draw-gate, and Mace commenced using the whip, when Goldsmith Maid came gamely along. closing nt every stride, and at the distance stand was on even terms with the (iirl. From there to the stand she left American Girl and wou the heat by a length. American (iirl second, more than ii length ahead of Palmer. Time of the heat. tM!i"f. which is the fastest three miles in the aggregate that were ever trotted in the world. The Pacing Ilnce succeeded this great trot. 1 Ins was lor a purse of $500 for pacers: .:50 to the first, 1()0 to the second, and 50 to the third horse. There were five entries, W. Brown's c. g. Yankee Sam Thomas Roach's g. g. Dan Voorliees, John Damn's ch. m. Lamplighter, John Watson's g. g Coldwater liillv. Kd. Hart's r. m. Polly Ann. Dan Voorliees was the favorite. Fiust Heat. The horses had a staudin start. Pollv Ann got awav first. Dan Voorliees second, Lamplighter third. Coldwater Billy fourth, and Yankee S11111 last. At the quarter pole Polly Ann led. Dan Voorliees second. Lamp lighter tliird, the others tar behind and out of the race. Lamplighter cut down tha others on the turn, ami won the heat by six lengths in -yYt. Polly Ann second. Dan Voorliees third. Yankee Saiii far behind, and Billy still further oil'. SkconoH eat Yankee Sam had the lead at the start. Lamplighter second. Dan Voorliees third. Cokhvater Billy fourth. Polly Ann withdrawn. Yankee Sam kept the lead all the way around to the homestretch, when he was passed by Lamp lighter. Dan Voorliees then came along, and won the heat by two len: was then postponed. rths In The race II A V T I They I' lire I. use 11 4i.iiil.ntit. Xcgdtiufions have been pending for some time between the naval authorities and the liayticn Government (Buez branch) for a naval vessel, to be delivered to the latter Government at this port in a condition for active service. The altair culminates in the Haytiens being able to raise funds. Yesterday General" lioclie. a Spanish negro, waited on Kear-Admi-ral Goilon. commandant at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and ellected the purchase of the I'nited Stales steamer Algonquin, a vessel somewhat noted for her race several years ago with the I'nited States steamer Winooski, in which the Algonquin was badly beaten. Since her race the Algonquin has' been supplied with new machinery ut a heavy expense. The price paid for the vessel could not be ascertained. K. Biondi. formerly a volunteer master in the I'nited Slates service, was oflered the command ami accepted it. A'. '. Herald. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES. Reported by De Haven A Hr., No. 40 S. Tliird street FIKST BOARD, faooo Leh Gold 1.... '.Hiy, looshlJead U..b:n. 4sv JHIOO do OTK SOU do Is. 4sv, 12000 do Is. PDVi 20 do 4si Mitl Pa Cs2 Be 1H9 I t do 4s': J.MIO do Is. c.los I 210 do. ..ls.b:',0. 4S! JluoilPa Gs WI, Cp.Klli'i 201) do siil). 4SJ, I'JUOO City 68, New. Is. 102',,. 100 do hr. 4SV. 1 sh Cam A. Sc.. tiii 200 do ls.4s-44 lift sU Penua It. .Is. 67,i 10 sh Leh Val.bMvn hi mo do f.T' r0 do Mi'," loiishCata Pf..biiO. 3d', 6 do bft. so;, loo sh Phil A E It.. 3ov ISETWEEN BOARDS. tloooPhlla A ETs. so I l uli Head... sswn. 4"?; loo Ia Cs, 2 se IOS loo do 4sfi. 4.1 V 74 sh bit Sch R.ls. 42i: fi do 2d. 4swr Id sh I'enna Is. biy.. Cm) do . .ls.b;!o.4s-44 40 sh Muiehill It.ss 54 " 1 nri sh Leh Val H.b3. 60,'i SECOND BOARD. 11000 C A A 0s,'83. .. sfii 200 sh Read R.IS.S30. Sy 11400 CltvOS, N...H.V 102-1,' 40 sliPeuna Kit.. 67 1 sh Cum A Am K.121 I $10,000 TO LOAN ON MORTGAGE. Apply to J.KWIS II- REOXKR, No. 7:11 WALNUT Ktraut.- s 13 2t QRAND DRESS BALL or the srsAsoni To be given in the MAGNIFICENT BALL-ROOM OP TUB SEA-VIEW EXCURSION HOUSE, Atlantic C'lfy, W. . On Saturday Evening:, August 14, 1869. TICKETS, INOU'DINQ RAILROAD FARE TO AND t ROM PUILADELPllIA, 5 00. CARDS OF ADMISSION, $2'00, admitting a (tentlomia and ladies. Prevlom to the march a GRAND DISPLAY OF FIRE. WORKS.under the direction of Profeuor S. Jackson, will b kIyvb w lawa in Ii put of the house, V V3 2i FOURTH EDITION DOMESTIC AFFAIRS. Difficulty Between the Government and State Authorities in New York An Expected Con flict The Southern Cotton Crop. FROM NE W TOR K. The Monrv nnd Stork Ouotntlonn. Sjifeial Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. New Yokk, Aui;. 13. The Vanderbllt stocks arc all about 3 per cent, higher to-day than at the close last niirht. It Is said tho cause of the dvnnce is In consequence of telegrams from Saratoga which state that 'the consolidation has been finally agreed upon between the different roads represented there. New York Central Is now iiotcd 212K; Hudson Kiver, IS!); and Har lem, HI.".. The market Is very buoyant and prices arc advancing. Western stocks are steady nt about previous prices. Gold continues dull, heavy grain and an abundant harvest having a depressing effect upon the premium. The price remains unchanged since the opening hour, and Is Ftill quoted nt 134;'4. Governments are dull. Money is steady at 7 per cent. Foreign ex change is a trifle firmer at an advance of about i per cent, since yesterday. ton II let of Authority Thi (". S. Mnrvhnl to itCHiMt I lie .Iik'ki a Willi Armed rune. Denpateh to The Evening Tckyraph, New Yokk, Aug. 13 Marshal Barlow has re ceived an autograph letter from President (rant requesting him to use all the means at his dis posal to resist any attempt by the State authori ties to take John H. Pratt, the alleged murderer and traitor, from his custody. The Marshal is now in nis element, and is making such prepa rations to resist any attempt to take Pratt from his custody as must speedily cause its failure. The U. S. Court buildings in Chambers street arc filled with marines, who are in waiting fully armed and equipped, and will resist auy at tempt that is made to take Pratt away. FROM THE SOUTH. TI.e New Col ton Crop. .montoomekv, A In., Aus. Vo. 1 vo more bales of cotton of the new crop were received early this moruinir, one raised in Lowndes cotintv and one lu this cotnity. One bale is to be expressed hnmcdiatclr to Lehman Brothers New York. LOST AT SEA. Wreck or a .ship from fuebec for Aberdeen i:ibl of Iler Crew Lost- .Si.llcriiiKs of the Survivors. Emm the (jucfee Nerevry, A tig. !). The ship Kenlrewshirc lias arrived at Orec noek with the second unite, steward aud live hands of the bark Ihuinonia, of Aberdeen, from (itichec for Aberdeen. The men were picke.i up at sea on the llth of July. They had aban doned their vessel. The captain, mate, carpen ter, sail-maker, and lour hands were drowned. The following details rc'icartlini; the abandon ment of the Ifarnioiiia have been furnished lv the s-urvivinj; members of the crew of the ilf fatcd ship: The llarinonia, (MI? tons register, Captain lVter ltoss, left Quebec lor Aberdeen on r.th of June, with a carijo of timber. Her crew mus tered fifteen, all told. Liiht winds were expe rienced till Monday evening, tlie r.th instaut, when a strong breeze from E. N.E. was ex perienced. About (i o'clock nil tho ship's small sails were taken lu, and two hours afterwards the topsail was reefed; at nine o'clock stowed topsails, mainsail, jib, etc. At midnight the wind had increased to a severe ale, with a heavy sea rutinini;. During the night the ship sprang aleak, and the crew were almost constantly engaged at tlie pumps. Early on the morning of the (1th all hands were called to take the forctopsail off thu ship. The vessel was therefore hove to, the crew again renewing their exertions at tlie pumps in order to keep down the leak. All that day the gale continued to increase in violence, while the ship began to labor heavily in the tempestuous sea. About .Villi V. M. all hands were called to set fore topmast stavsail. in tlie hope of being able to wear the ship. This tail, however, gave way, aud as it was found impossible to get the ship round, tlie crew were again sent to tlie pumps, where they remained till called by the mate to go into the cabin (a poop one) and bring out a sail for the purpose of covering the quarter hatch, which whs found to have burst. At this time the sea was washing over the ship's lee side, and the deck cargo was being washed about the deck. About 11'IiO the vessel fell over on her leain ends, the mast being under water. Seven of the crew, who were eventually saved, managed to get on tlie outside of the ship's side, and there they remained, washed by heavy seas, for about two hours, when the vessel righted in conse quence of the masts going by the board. It was thcu ascertained that the poop cabin aud every thing on deck had been swept away, and that the master, mate, carpenter, and live of the crew were missing, it is believed that thev were all swept away when the cabin was washed over board. The seven survivors ultimately suc ceeded in getting to tlie fore part of the sh'n and found shelter under the topgallant forecastle head. Meauwhile, the storm raged with un abated violence. When davlight came a corpse was observed washing about the alter part ot the vessel. The ship was now completely water logged. Lontined to tueir narrow prison, the unlortunate survivors remained often standing til. to their knees iu water, aud having neither food nor water till next dav, when the weather somewhat moderated. On the morning of the Sth the maiutopinast staysail was secured, and tlie crew succeeded in covering the topgallant fore castle with It, which gave them additional slicl ter from the piercing cold cast wind. D li'ing the earlier part ot tins day no other ship could oe seen, mil lowarus mo auernoou a vessel wa seen to tlie westward approaching them. The "House llag was quickly Hoisted, and this si nal of distress being observed, tlie ship, whi iiiiiiiiutiiv jiiuvi'u in oe me nenlrewsliire ol :..., .m..V' f ......... 1 , . ' ..mi..., v.n.,..!,, i.iUR uiii, nore down upon mi. mm uimuniv icBcuuu uietn. hen taken on board the Kenfrewsliire cverv ktn,in, i.-. shown the unfortunate men, who have lost all , t;.",w.- a, VC(l lvro "ii'naril Cox, nu . r .i '""".. ""ii""! 1'iiguiu, steward; (ieofe Adams, A. B,; (.eorgo Thomson, A. Ii.; Charles Hoss, an ordinary seaman (a nephew of the Captains'); Charles AVemvss. A. Ii.. and Walter Sutherland, A. Ii. They all belong io Aberdeen Ihe names of those who perished were Peter Ross, master, aged 45; leaves a widow and ami ly who reside In Aberdeen. Alexander berde .n"kS' lu"Ve3 ' Abe deen. Simpson, carpenter; wife and Jon ' lUw f" " h- Alexander ober! n, co k, married; wife resides iu Aberdeen A exauder Collie sailmaker, single; be Ion 'so Aberdeen. Gordon Mack, A. Ii married? ,l sides in Aberdeen. Peter 'Gillies. Tu. L Z resides in Aberdeen. Thomas Higgins ft married; leaves widow and family residing in Aberdeen. ' "'uo ' On tho outward passage of the ILirmonta an able seaman named John Murray was lost over hoard in the Pentland Frith on the 8th of 4ril He was unmarried. The Harmonin was' well known on the Clyde, having at one time formed one of the Clyde and American packet shins She was owned in Aberdeen by Messrs. George Mill x Co. h , FIFTH EDITION FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Yachting About the Isle of Wight The Oxford and Harvard Crews More Carlist Invasions of Spain. FROM EUROPE. A t'nrllnt Hand Invade Nimln. rty the A .ii'o-American Cable. Madrid, Aiiff. 13. Espartos, at the hc! of flvo min.lrcd carllsts, has entered Spain from France at 1 uimerda. The entry of other bands at various points Is expected. There is much excitement at Malaga, owing to a republican movement there. A. ..nestle In France. Taris, Aiir. 13. To-day the Kmperor signed seve ral decrees of amnesty for press and political of fenses. Ynrl.l Knee In Knctland. Loudon, Aiir. 13 There was a tine yacht race yesterday from Hyde, Isle or Wight, twice round the new Victoria course, 4rinlies, for the Uydetown plate, valued at xici). Twenty yachts were entered, but only live started, as follows: Oimnra, Aline, Kirerin. (iuinevre, and Condor. The Cumbria and Alan were entered, but each had a portion of their sails carried awav twice before the start, and, belin? thus dlsublcd, withdrew. The yachts got oil" at 11 A. M. precisely, and came home lu the following order: olniara at fr19 1. M. ; Aline, 5-a-t ; Uulnevre, fi-34; Kfterla, frits ; and Condor, 6-57. The Egerla won by allowance. TI.e Oxford nmt Ilnrvnrd Crrws, PTlic debut of the Oxford Koat Club causes a favor able impression. It Is said that, with a little prac tice, it will be the most finished crew ever on Knjt lisli waters. The llarvards are out every day for practice, and show decided Improvement. Yester day they rowed to Cliiswielc aainst an ebb tide. FROM WASHINGTON. C.ibnn iSe.isnllni.H. Special DcDpatch to The Evening Teleijraph. Washington, Auk. 13 The Cuban sensation story published In the most staid of your morning con t.emnprorles about tlie appointment of a mixed com mission to purchase Cuba, "exploits of a private ReNtleiiian,' Marshal Serrano and Captatn-Oene-ral I'ritu, and much more of the sutne sort, is slightly spoiled by being pronounced "bosh" by the authorities at thu State Department, A'majority of the Cuban stories emanating from Washington should be received with caution ; most of them have their origin In the ;learta of news which prevails here Just now. Prntt, the Tcxn Hanger. The Secretary of War, It Is understood, does not purpose releasing his hold upon Pratt, the Texas niter. The charges against him are of too serious a nature to allow him to be set at large, and the Secre tary holds that the New York courts have nothing to do with him, and that lie is still in charge of the I'nited States. FROM NEW YORK. iTIoreAbo.it i lie Prim ('use. Despatch to The Evening Teleijraph. New Yokk, Aug 13. .Iud;re McCunn to-day an nounced that he had adjourned the proceedings be fore mm in the I'ratt case to Monday next, to await tlie action of the I'nited States Commissioner, and see whether any further action on the part of the State courts would be necL'ssarv. 1 he warrants agains; Marshal Harlow have been signed, but not issued. . i iiugo Mi'i unn is in receipt or a large num ber of letters warmly approving his course. FROM NEW ENGLAND. 1'n.i.nl Dead In a Well. Despatch to The Ecenimj Telegraph. Concoki), N. 1L, Aug. IS. After fourteen hours' work the lifeless body of Deacou George A. Dow was taken from the bottom of the well where he was buried alive yesterday P. M. At o'clock this morning tlie unfortunate man was found standing erect, his left hand placed over his forehead, and the right extended at his side, holding n hummer. Tlie body shows no bruises. FROM CANADA. Five Persons Drowned. Kahnia, Aug. Li. Five persons were drowned here yesterday by the capsizing of a boat. Their names are Mr. Pannel, wife and child, of Strath- rov, aud Mr. Sngeman and wife, of London. FROM CUBA. Arrival of the J.i.iiati.. By Cuba Cable. Havana, Aug. 13. The steamship Juniata arrived yesterday afternoon. All qualities of sugar have slightly declined. HKARiviifl at the Cknikai. Station This after noon at 1 o'clock, before Alderman Kerr, at the Cen tral Station,! Charles Hums and Frank McXamee had a hearing upon the charge of stealing a pocket book containing fino from a Miss Colwell, at Rock dale, during the progress of an excursion at that place. The money had been given to the young lady for safe-keening by Mr. Dny Hates, who accom panied her. lliirns danced with Miss Colwell, imme diately after which she missed the book. MoNamee admitted at the hearing that liurns got the money, and from statements made to the olllcers who arrested them, It appears that after the larceny they made an equal division of the money contained in tlie book. Held in IIMO each to answer the charge. Also George Crawford had a hearing upon the charge of shooting and striking with a billy John Sharkey, the particulars of wliich attack are else where given. Committed for a further hearing. Also Tom Phillips, of some noioriety, had a hear ing upon the charge of robbing George W. White oak of lilS. Held to answer in $1000. AY TEDDING INVITATIONS ENGRAVED IN the newest nnd bout manner. LOUIS DKKKA, Stationer and Fneraver, No. lU.'H UUKSMjf Street. MAllVIN'S Patent Alum and Dry Plaster FIRE-PROOF SAFES ARE THE MOST DESIRABLE FOR (JCAUTy, FINISH, AND PRICr. MAltVIN'3 CHROME IRON SPHERICAL BURGLAR SAFES Cannot be Sledged ! Cannot be Wedged I Cannot be Drilled Please send for a catalogue to ii-Aiivirv co., NO. 721 CHESNUT STREET, (MASONIC HALL), PHILADELPHIA. No. MB BROADWAY, NEW YORK, No. 108 BANK STREET, CLEVELAND, OHItt SECOND-HAND SAFES OP ALL MAKES FOR SALE LOW. 6 12 mwNp SAFES AND MACHINERY MOVED. 'TWERE IS NOW OVER ffl.OOO.OOO PHIZE MONEY unclaimed In tlie United States Treasury. All persons who have been In the Naval service of the United States, their heirs or representatives, should ' make an Immediate Inquiry upon the subject at No.. 88 S. SEVENTH Street. 7 30 t