8 THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 18G9. THE LAKE SUPERIOR RAILROAD. The (JrtfU Norliwc(.tle Need f HIhwY Inr.hanstibl lte..rce-Tli ""u0 Hallronil n Wwces..-A Feeder to the Northern rarilir-i apnbilitlea of the IjUt. Yon Our Own Corrtr"ient- . ,. St. Pavu Minn., Aug. 8, 1S69. After a most delightful journey from Phila delphia, oir Lul Superior excursion party ar rived In tbis city on Friday evening. Thanks to pkwennt, pcnlal companionship, the loiij? di tance travelled was mndc a comparatively short wnc The Just day of onr trip was especially vuioyablo. As we rode over the beautiful rolling privies of Iowa and Minnesota, we were do flrod wKh the view as to be hardly able to control our enthusiasm. This Northwest i a j,a.ind country grand in its climate, in its pro ductions, and in its people. urn cry much pleased with the latter. They xhibit nn energy of will and effort that would stonii;h our bustling Easterners, and they have something tangible in the extent of the great empire which they and their children have to dovclop. Everybody here is alive and eager on the subject of the Northern Pacific Kailroud. That topic is the firt one introduced and the main one dwelt upon by all whom wo have as vet met. The whole Northwest is looking that way, and I had no idea of the intensity of the feeling upon the matter until I came among them- . . , , Governor Fairchild, of Wisconsin, witu whom we had the pleasure f travelling a short dis tance, expressed himself with intense earnest ness on the subject of ibis -real highway across the continent. General lluik'n;'!;, whu has just arrived from Mout:ma, says, l'lie cou.itry is the greatest the Lord ever made, and the road cannot but lie a success from the start." The Governor informed us that a large number ot the people of Wisconsin are selling their im proved farms to Norwegian settlers, and arc going to Montana to live. In Chicago and St. l'aufwc hear the same talk. It is on every body's tongue "Give us the North Pacilic.'' Let nie venture this prediction, which I believe a couud one: It won't be three years after the road shall have been opened up to Montana be fore it will have a larger population than Minne sota now has. I always was a lover of our American institutions, Uut this trip has made ine more so than ever. I uitu sympathize with our English friends at the smallness of their island. We have got the greatest empire in the world to develop, and I cannot but feel proud that we have such an inheritance. And now let me say i lew words about the Mibject of our immediate interest here, the Lake Superior road, in which so many of the citizens of your city and State arc largely interested. A hhort time since it had an existence only on paper, and in the brains of its wise projectors. Many will remember what a few months since it was that the bonds of the road were put into tho hands of Messrs. Jay Cooke A: Co., and how within lit tee.i days the whole loau was mar keted. To ascertain its true condition, we yesterday ran over it as far as completed, and for the bene iit of those who have invested in it, I will try to give you its exact status. As far as my observation and judgment extend, it is most admirably constructed. The t oad is as smooth as your own great highway, and the station buildings are ciiial to any. Everything promises security and prosperity to tho bondholders The road-bed is well made, wide, and well ditched on every side. The grades are easy, the curves very few and slight: in fact, at one place the road runs twenty-six miles in an air-line. The telegraph is substantially constructed, and will be linished in three weeks. The road-bed is now open to Ru.-li City, lilty-luur miles from St. Paul. The road-bed is made eight miles fur ther; and bv this time next week that much more iron will be down. The track will be laid to tins Lake division, thirty miles from Duluth. before cold weather. As for the prospects of trallic if the elevators were now up and the road linished a great busi ness would lie done this year. Its trade even now is not to be despised." In the single item of transporting cord wood to St. Paul, it will earn twenty thousand dollars this year. At Snake river, sixty million feel ot lumber will be cut this year, most of which runs into the St. Croix, and theiiue to the Mississippi. When the Lake Superior road is open, that lumber will be sawed at. Pine City, and shipped by it to this city. Talk about the cars coming back empty ! Why, lean tell you that the wheat tratlie must look to its laurels, or the lumber will beat it. Besides, iinthraeite coal can be brought from Erie, and retailed here at ll-r0 per ton. The grain pro pellers will gladly carry it cheaply for ballast. There is no end to the capabilities, of the Lack Superior and the Mississippi Railroad. Rmni-m-ber that it will receive a large proportion ol the carrying trade of the North Pacific, and contri bute in return to the latter, for the building of this is now only a question of two or three years. It is simply ridiculous to talk of there being no traffic between the head of the Missis sippi and the St. Lawrence. Mr. Dunlap, Superin tendent of the Chicago and Northwestern Rail road, says this road will carry five million bushels of grain in its first year's trade. And one of our companions, Mr. B , whose name is a tower of strength financially and morally throughout Pennsylvania, declares he would not hesitate to recommend the bonds us au investment to his dearest friend. I will repeat that the construction of the Northern Paeilie route is urgently demanded by the necessities of this wonderful section, and that the people arc determined to have a conti nental highway running by their own doors. From my partial observations, ami from exami nations of un(iiestioned data, I believe its cou Htruetlon will be easier than the Central and Union route, while there can be no comparison between them in regard to wav tratlies. Financi ally it cannot but prove a success. Eastern folks have no conception of the capabilities of these Western roads, hi the past three months the Central Pacific Railroad had gross earniu"s amounting to 1,W1,:K0: ,ts operating expenses were iM),.l. and net earnings of wi equal to seven millions annual' receipts with profits nearly one-half. Anv one who is acquainted with the natural resources of the belt ol land stretching from Lake Superior to the Pviwilie, will concede that a road I'osteriii" the development of mines of gold, silver coir per, iron, coal, timber, and its y'wh farm 'lin Is will richly reward its enterprising projectors Pr. x x . CITY IHTKLLHiiJXCK. AUMiTTKn W) l!A.i..At S o'clock; this niorninir mum. Lockloirtt clanged Wllh . Hll, ,,r", K .tiilileH M;iituni. mi I.V i.l-.i' ..r 1 . """Ji- 01 hearing before Aldcmmn Kerr." Y.r 2 resident pli.vsmmmt the Pennsylvania II. J,,, J tilled that Magiure had iniinv,M "!, ,, h '' i ' ' )lfewnsout of danger, wh.-n the inaBiKt rj.l." Vl. ,7 .! prisoner 10 bail 111 the sum of ,H, M i'ni .IiiMi'Ki) OvfKB0AKn.Thi8 moruuig, at 9 o'clock awing and rcspectablv-,Ucss..,l (iennan ijirl rail fore she cou;,i,l"" r"Ur7,,"'v tr, 'e!, nd,b,!i vT 21lI stopp.i.1, )Ui,i,,-, uito the Delaware. dr.?wLed U n ,,1.W1'V,'U,I,, '? r1"' '' bid she was lroi tl. Her liody has Hot U-i-n recovered. .FJi J.iVo r?L0,'.K,KO At ,,alfi"t 6 o';lo k this mornlnj 'Ijeragiitoroof .latvih Walter, No. ass ox i0rj.' 8 K; r w ,Un"lK-l by lire to the value of fMiO. ihelrewiig extinguished by the Taylor Hose Company. 0NDBHNKii.Uob.rtMctJean, aged four teen rears, residing In Creuu.n u,,...M Kivll, ur,l was lomid drowtt.'d thin morning in t.w lielaware Itvffi )il9 home or wycrwi uj pan. THE LABOR CONGRESS. If Third Annual rtcnxlon. On Monday morning, at 10 o'clock, the National Labor Congress will assemble in this city, at Assem bly Mulldings. This organization, which was started in 1KM, now Includes representatives from almost every branch of lalHir. The following table will (rive an Idea of the nu merical strength of gome 01 these organizations: KATIOSAI. INIONS. f.,jy?n'A , , . liranehee. Member. Carpenters and Joiner 77 gooo Cigar Makers ftr, ft;,MK) Bricklayers 70 lfi mxi Typographical I'nlon '.'" ua 1V000 Knights of St. Crispin 147 o'i V?r- 20 r,0 Plasterers 1R uVnn Iron Moulders 204 1,0,10 Machinists and Blacksmiths, no io'ooo Grand Forge of the United States. 4 i7.nt Engineers 11 Tailor m Locomotive Firemen 35 aim :" 8 SSfS Painters s j'vi0 Metalworkers a 'W)0 'iirar Makers . 'in 9 mo Miners ;,'.',', 8o 30,000 To,al iota 10S,571 This table, It will be hcpii, Ineludes only a portion of the different branches 01 labor represented in the National labor I'nlon, lut a fair emlniate can be ninde from the above as to Its strength. The (iermans or tins city nave penuctpd a IJentral Lalor I nion, under the control of the National, and me now busy orpanizinif branches In every ward Tin: Congress which in to assemble on Monday will be the largest and most Important, one vet con vened, and will he al tended by delegates from almost all the States an. I Territories, mong the eminent guests 1 expected to be present are (j.merai Wynn, or isaii hnineis.'o: ex-Judge Urigs of Ne braska: (feneral Hugh Wvun, ol Kansas; Vieneral ' '"'"er of Massacliiisetts; Senator, spr.igue and howler, Kepie ntaiives .lulian und Ca v and Jtrick I-omcioy, r New ork. J' As the l nion makes no distinction as to color, creed, nr scx.thcre will be a number of colored dele! gates present, and 11 i'Mi"sentatlve from the Sara toga Woman's siiiirage CokVciition. Since the -leiilh o the late I 'resident ol tl;e I'm,,,, the duties of that olllce nave devolveil upnu Hie YIee-Presidenr Mr (' 11. i.ueker, of New York, who has just issued 't,. following: ill OFFICE OF THE Nationa T, 1,01011 I'smon, Pnir U.FI ruiA,July . IHS. -To tho Working P,' ,1. ," U ,,tB,'i hla..s:-1hR recent ml,l,n dnatt? of , ,,r honnrml n Ijiincntnd Icador. Mr. W,ll,m II. Sylvm, ha, unoxpc " tlr .lev.. m,1 upon in,-1 , ,.,,r,. ,,d ros,H,nil,ilitie8 , tendini tho 1 loB.den. y t tin. NHtinl Lithur Pnion. W ,1"o 5 deeply , lfph.ro our almost irreparable less, and , ia md..niss..,n to the deciee ol an inscrutable Provid "n. it become- my imperative .Int.v, as his succe.Hor to .,re upon t he woikinctuen and women of the country w th re newed i-arneMnexs. t he importance of l,PinK ru .resent ml the ensuing bossioii of the Labor ConKrJ. and re pledging mir devotion to thoso principles in the pro mil gut urn and carrying out of whlcfi the iolfaro of the t" " a millions of tho country ih inn, vml. The session n, I, Ji!? totorc announced, jvill be held in the cily iaiel hia commencing on Monday. Aumst hi, at 111 o'clock A m' -legates ,ll please report on their arrival a So ' i i Harmony street. H. LUCK Kit, , rremdent National Ibor Union. A large number of the dele-rates are exneeted in Moiid'v''1''3' lvMMmi,:r "-twceii this ami The 'mllowliiff nre the Kesldent Committees on Labor Depart inent mid lOlglit Ilour:-Hesident Co n" mitteent ashingien. D. c.,l. c. C. Whulev "v Campbell, A. M. l-ii- ti. . c. C;imeron, and' il II Ha. Coniinittee on i.a .or Department. a lev' ( aiiiile, A. C. Cameron, and A. T. Cavls Com' ti.ittceon i-jght Hour Law J. C. C. Whalev A T Cavis. autl S. t Cnrv. - i. The Sicicl.irv ..i .he Nvv Vnrl-lli, Arrival iMiilny Afi.i-i,ooii-III, Kecepiioii of the OHIci-rs This momliiK. 1 cstcrday intern,,,,!,, about 5 o'clock, Hon. George M. Kobeson. Secretary of the Navv, arrived in tins port on board the I nited states steamer Tallapoosa hence roui Annapolis. Vlee-Admiral David D I'orl ter and his private secretary accompanied him As the steamer m arcl th! yard, the distinguished per sonages she earned were saluted with tlfrc-n guns from the I nited States receiving ship, and welcon ed by the cheers of the men ou that vessel The Tallapoosa drew into the wharf. ' Commodore Marehand, commandant at the Navy Yard in com. pany with some of the ollleials, was in waiting. On Wilding the Secretary and Admiral were received and an informal welcom- was tendered them There were no speeches nor ceremonies. A carriage was near by, and Secretary li'ibeson and Admiral for. tor entering it, were driven rapidly to the Continen tal Hotel. l hcreaniii(iiiry was made for General Sherman, who, accompanied by his daughter, had arrived in the city from W ashington at 11 o'clock A J ., and put up at the Continental. The General was absent, paying a friendl, visit. The Secretary then Vi'vy Y-ild''1'" hls c:llTiilf?"' was driven back to the Tlils morning at f, o'clock he and the dmiral. while awaiting breakfast on the ship, sauntered oil' into the yard and made au inspection of the diilerent workshops belote the men ha1 arrived. Workmen and olllcers were taken somewhat bv surprise when they learned ol this trick of the Secretary to secure a lair view, unobstructed by saluting scores or un impeded by oitleloiis kindness. Everything how ever, was found in order, and all was satisfactory. During the morning Heimral Sherman came to the ar,l, ana was at (.nee located in the rooms of the lallapoosa which had been set apart for him Kx secrctary at the Navv liorie also appeared, and as sumed quarters on this vessel. ' At liaii-past 10 o'clock the Secretary formally re ceived the olllcers or the yard. A company of ma. l ines, in full uniform, was drawn up to do 'him ser vice, and a salute of eighteen guns was fired in his honor. The olllcers were all in the uniform of their rank. J he reception was devoid ol ceremony, no speeches being made save those of introduction. r ,rorT-,Vhe rt', (l'n,;on' Mr- li- Jiau'd, Engineer of the Tallapoosa, had, m accordance with orders, got up steam, and was lo be readv to start the vessel at any moment. The reception over, the Secretary at once returned to the vessel, and at noon she steamed down the river. .oimW,fr lK1,:l7"?' P'oce of destination, after s opp ng for a brief while at the League Island iron clad depot ; thence she goes to Newport, to Uoston, In P.irtuiiirintli tut., . v -iii, nini M, J.ilS'tH.ri. .111!,, Tub Scottish GAME-.-On Monday next the eleventh annual games of the Caledonian Club of this city, will be helo at Oak-lale Park. These exhibi tions have heretofore attracted large crowds, and he present one promises to have very large num- P,',n,'L8,'h,i',R,rH' 'llu S!,orts "f t"e lav include I uttlng the Stone; tat,llng Jump; Tossing tho tabet ; Throwing the Hammer; Running High Leap; shot t Lace (on,-,- round-. ; short Itace (bovs under 14 vears.f age): w.t. h and Kick; Sack Race; Highland 1-llng; Sword Dance; VHtiiting with the Pole; Hurdle Kace (three times round;; Hurdle Race (boys under 14. ars, twice r.i.uii: Standing High Leap; Long I ace (three times -,p d); sa,-k Hxice (boys under 14 years o age) ; tmoits plaved outside tho circle). The , ! '"; ' "I'f .W."' "epot of the (fcrmntitnwn L.ulroad at S o clock in t he morning, from their head quarters, at Eighth a ni Walnut streets. 'Tiik IlEi'i'Hi.ti As Ismnciiii.es" is the name of me new iiepubitean er.-mlzation formeil last night ai (.askells Ila I. i iimilon. K .1 ,.i A...r.. I'., was chosen I'm Bid,.., with Mr. Aludana tuiy. A coniinittee inili-ifr rouoi pare il coustitntiiiii i imusts of .1. V M,.m...i in....,.. latthews, Aidermiin Cutler, and Jlr. l'itgerald. I he dlilereiit towns! ips of the county were repre-si-ntcd. and thooruau zallon evidentlv nioniia oi.nui. in PS." Ulld Will make hi nest, unit oamout viu.-r,.'.-o against the rings thai run New Jersev and rulo hoi- pi ople w llh a red ,.r rou. A Dimiomst lir.Ai ni:u Last evening, Charles I oi nt. arrived at the Metropolitan Hotel, on Arch street, above Si:;th. aril was assigned a room on au upper tloor. Later in tie- night, Charles was found secreted ill the ri-iun of a fellow-boarder, and on lung escorted to t! e Mice he was searched, and a licwiv-maile ski let- n I ev was found on his person, lie was then him, CI into the custody of a police man, who lucked him up in the Fourth District sta- o . no win have a heal ing at the Central station this afternoon. YouTiiiTf. 'l ui k vis Hugh Duffy, aged lifteen vears, and Will'ton il"uiii8, aged nine years, were captured yesterday n'terunon by Policeman Crook, wlu'e engaged in puilinc boxes of spool silk from tho windows at Ilorienr iiii's factory at Klith and Cherry streets. The vein gi-'ers. when arrested, had already one box in their posm-psIou. They were taken bo o.rn '.-ruiaii T laud, who held them lor a further hearing. Ham. at tiik sr. Kmuksion Hoitak To night the grand itr s b-U of Iho season is to bo given at the Sea Vic-v ' AcutHion House, Atlantlu citv. l-'or the i-cc.-iii "idati. n of those contem plating a visit t Atlnt'" City tc-day and remaining over until Mot. .tav. ' railroad company have agreed to soil tie' . ts. Ine'iniiiig tho price of admis sion to Die bid' ' ' '"he seashore for 15. A Cot N-ritYM. n, , i.iiziei Samuel Trice, a country man from I ks county, yesterday became ena-noivrt of a yiuinir di inselln the vicinity of New Market and Noble xtrce'K, ami accompanied her to a house on crooked place, where he was relieved of 1T. He entered complaint brtore a magistrate, who lias fqiueO a win rum or tc arrest of the eniale, THIRD EDITION DOMESTIC AFFAIRS. Frightful Disaster to a Railway Train Nine Miles North of Harrisburg Two Men Killed Three Cars Crushed Judicial Complications in Chi cagoA Cunning Criminal in Boston. FROM HARRIS BURG. Terrlblp Itnilronrf At-rident North of the City An J-:xrrw Train Ntrikpn a Mnttt of Kock Hint bnil l-'nllrn on the Trnck l.nrntnoilve nnd Three Cnrn leninllNlird-Tvo itleu Killed nml Number In lured. Special Dcxpatck to The Evening Telegraph. JiAumsui no, Aus,'. 14. A terrible accident occurred to the RufTalo nnd Krie train which left this city nt 315 this inorniii";. When the train had reached a point about nine miles north of here, it struck some lan;e rocks which had fallen upon the track from an overhanoing; embank ment, nnd tho enoine, together with bairijaijc, express cars, and one passenger car, were thrown from the track. The train beimr under great headway at the liino, tho force of the concussion v as terrible. Tho engineer and fireman, whose tiamss nre not yet ascertained, were instantly killed, uml several other attaches of the train severely injured. The locomotive and bacrae and express cars were crushed into a complete mass of ruins. A portion of the ikhri remained on the carriage road ml joiiiiny; the. track, and the remainder went into the canal below. The passenger car was thrown on to a wall, on the other side of which was a declivity of twenty feet. Provi dentially the car did not go over, nnd was only saved by a torn-ttp rail which had been thrown over the wall, one end beinir driven into the ground, whilst the other supported and saved the tottcrinjr car, which was full of passengers. The escape is one of the most miraculous on record. Had the car gone over the wall, the loss of life would have been fearful to contem plate. None would have escaped injury. "While the car was in this perilous position the passen gers all got out safely, not one being injured. The loss t the Northern Central Koiul by de struction of rolling stock is estimated at '..-.,ooo. FROM JVFJV YORK. ISextrurflvc Fire In C'nnron. Canton, St. Lawrence County, August 14. This morning a lire was discovered In the basement of T. Caldwell's store, in Union block, which resulted In the total destruction of all the buildings below the Post ullee. The property destroyed Is as follows : riaimleaUr oitlce, loss, jvwo, Insured for 83500; T. Caldwell A- Co.. loss, io,oou, insured for$Mi60; A. J. Cage, building and stock, loss, 81(1,000, insured for 810,000; 1!. 15. Tionton, loss on I'nlon block, $12,oon, insured for $7ooo; II. Saekrider As Cs., loss, $7000, fully Insured ; M. V. Lawrence, loss, 8'on, no insur ance; A. T. Weaver, loss, $1000, insured forSWiO; .1. H. lloyle, loss, fl.MW, partially insured; Cooke V 'i'anner, loss, fctnoo. fully Insured ; K. C. Smith, loss, J'jooo, insured for Jtooo; Henry Smith, loss, f 12,000, no insurance; V. Ilarker, loss, f-ioon, insured for 81iHio; Lawrence Irwin, loss, fisoo, insured for looo. There was no wind, and through the exer tions of citizens the llodgkin House was saved. The New York Produce Market. New Yokk, Aug. 14 Cotton firm; 400 bales sold at 33j,.' Flour active, and advanced 5(f 10c. ; sales of nooo bids. State at StViT-tiO; Ohio at 8"n!7-I."; Western 8)75; Southern at 7ia 11-75; and Cali fornia at 87m fi So. Wheat active, and advanced 1,', 2e. ; sales of 30,000 bush. No. 1 at 81'75; No. 2 at 81'-r7 ( 81 -OA; and red Western, 81 '72," 1 '75. Corn heavy; sales of 2s,ooo bush, mixed Western at tll4itli. Oats dull, lieef quiet. Pork dull and unchanged. Liud quiet; steam, 20(a20jc. Whisky quiut.at 81 -i:!,V. FROM THE WEST. ltnilron.il Accident. CntcAco, Aug. 14. The train of last evening on the Milwaukee and St. Paul Kailroad ran oil' thetr.ck near St. Paul. Patrick O't 'miner, fireman, was killed, and L. Page, engineer, seriously Injured. Charles Weed, Jr., baggage-master, was injured slightly. Judicial Prnccediiin. Ciiicac.o. Aug. 14. The I nited States, represented by Joseph Glover, United States District Attorney, last evening Hied a bill seeking to declare uuc in stitutional and void the act of the last Legislature of Illinois donating the lake front to certain railroad companies for depots. The bill proceeds on two grounds, viz. : that the grant, is in derogation of tlio rights of the United States as owner in fee and trust for puDlie uses, and also an interference with the navigation, which by the Constitution of the United States Is subject to the sole jurisdiction of Congress. FROM JVE1F ENGLAND. A Sharp Criiulnnl. Despatch to The Kominrf Telegraph. Uoston, Aug. 14 While waiting for his sentence this forenoon, Henry D. Young, committed for issu ing a forged order on the .Mount Vernon .National liank, slipped the crowd of prisoners and made his escape from the Court House. The llnltiuiore Produce Market. Baltimore. Aug. 14. Cotton very linn at 33'-o. Flour quiet, with small business; Howard street su perllne. 8t-25f 6-7&: do. extra, 87i:s; do. family, 8s-2fii9; City Mills superfine, J(i-25ia,7; do. extra, 8,tS'2fi; do.family, S-.Mki10-60; Western superfine, 8i;--i-n6-f0; do. extra, 87(n;7-75; do. family, firffH-ftd. Wheat llrm; red, fi-wMi-m. corn wnite, friu; vellow, $1-14. Oats, ns, 0e.piye, 8M5. Mess Pork firm at 83434-2. Ilacon linn; rib sides, ioi.c. ; clear do., lUXCn ia Vc. ; stiouiuers, it,;e. Hams, 24 (a 2rc. Lard very firm at 20;oi21c. Whisky quiet but llrm at jl'is. , 1H K JHUKIAL-lII IT Jn -uin;i Ul deaths In the city for the week ending at noon to-day r,n a .lix-r.-uuo Of IS from luut Was Oil, OCIliK " vi v,. .v ...... week, and a decrease of 9 from the correspond- lug period OI lam year, ui iiici iT ',"Y .T. ""'". 210 minors; 260 were born In the United States; M were foreign; 12 were unknown; IS were people of I I'J l.nmtfhn ...lllltlV Of ttlO Fl 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' P. T color; miu i. uuiii,,, . - , a : died of congestion of the brain; b of inflamniatlon of the lungs; m or marasmus; iuwus.-, on 6ft of cholera infantum. The deaths were divided as follows among the diii'erent wards: H'arin. i Htn'tf. First " Fifteenth Second 20 Sixteenth. 21 13 10 17 23 .23 6 .12 .12 . B 10 21 .14 . 4 Third 10 Seventeetitn Fourth 10 Klgliieeiu i Fifth 12 Nineteenth Sixth 4 Twentieth. Seventh 21 Twcnty-lirst. .. . . . Eighth t Twenty-second... Ninth sTwenty-tliir. ..... Tenth 6 Twenty-fourth.... Eleventh 1" Tweiith-tlfth Twelfth 7 T wiMltli-sixt.il ..... Thirteenth 8 Twenty-seventh.. Fourteenth 7 Twenty-eighth.... Water! Watkh ! ! The request made by the Chief Engineer of tho Water Department, pub lished some few days since, that our citizens siioum refrain from any unnecessary use or waste or watt r, waa neither hastily nor Idly made, owing to '.tie long and excessive drought, the Schuylkill river, from which the city is supplied, has fallen so low as hardly to yield any water to the forebay abovo the dam. The wheels, as a consequence, have been unable to keep up the usual quantity In the basins or reservoirs, which are now nearly empty. A sug gestion has been made, and not at all void of reason, that if our steam tire engines were to go to the Schuylkill this evening, and pump water Into the reservoirs from the river, the present scarcity of that element upon whien the citv so much depends could In a great degree be alleviated. Will thvj act uponthe idea The Emperor of China U to be married this year. Jle is fourteen years iJd. anil 18 bC't'U engaged this good while, OUR NAVY. Torlnrrn Inflicted I'pon Hon mm on llonrd the IT. H. Mleiimrr Pawnee Hoys Wrlihril llotvn wllh Ironn Nallor itobbea of .Honey The nnrt-.tlHi-ilnl. The N. Y. Herald this morning gives the following account of cruelties Inflicted on our seamen, whrti will astonish those who have believed that mercy and kindness are distinguishing features in our Naval Department: The last cruise of the United States sloop-of-war Pawnee terminated with her arrival at. Portsmouth, and on the 21st of July she went out of commission. About a month before her arrival, while on the voy age from Klo Janeiro, Acting Assistant-Surgeon Henry C. Eckstein was robbed of money and Jewelry amounting In value, it is said, to about 8700, which was taken from his stateroom while he was asleep. It has become tolerably clear, since tho arrival of the Pawnee, that a colored man named Robert Shorter was the party guilty of the theft, a por tion of the stolen jewelry having been found upon his person, and he Is now In the Portsmouth Jail awaiting the action of the urand Jury of the United states Circuit Court on a charge of larceny upon the high seas; but no one suspected Shorter during the voyage, Roderick W. Turner and John A. Simmons, two of the wardroom bovs of the Pawnee, both colored, were suspected of the theft, and with the view to extort from them a confession of guilt, they were both contlned In double Irons. For thirty-eight hours consecutively thev lay upon the deck upon their breasts and faces, their ankles Ironed together with one pair of Irons, their wrists Ironed together with another pair, their feet bent, behind them, and both pairs of irons being tied together Iwhind their backs. A more painful position cannot easily be conceived. At the end of these forty-eight liours they were raised from the deck, put to stand up back to back with their ankle irons still upon them, the arms of each being bent backwards around the body ol his comrade in torture. At each meal bread and water were allowed them, with ten minutes sus pension of punishment to enable them t eat it. No other suspension of torture was allowed, not even when the calls of nature had t; lie answered. Consequently tho lore peak where they were enn lllied became insull'crably lllthy and tho whole crew wire made. In a measure, partaker In the punishment. A most docile nnd submissive set of men they must have been or they would have risen in mutiny on so extreme a provocation. For four days these men were kept ironed hand and foot and bound together back to back. The intense heat, of the place Increased their sufferings, and sleep be came almost impossible. Simmons testilied before the United States Commissioner on the occasion of the examination of shorter, that both and he and Turner otlered all their wages for the entire cruise to the master-at-arms if he would suspend their punishment for a single hour. But no suspension was allowed, and day and night the cries of the tor tured ones rung In the ears of the crew, calling for release or death. Suffering without sleep induces dementia. On the sixth day of his punishment. Simmons became wild and insane, and the sull'erers were parted. Simmons was still kept in Irons. Turner was not only kept, in Irons, but his wrists were ironed behind hint and tied or triced up to one of the beams above his head. In this condition for many hours he remained, tied up so closely that his toes barely touched the ship's deck, his body hanging chielly 'by his wrists, till his brain became giddy, anil hi made a confession, which is believed to have been false, that he had stolen the gold and jewelry and had given them to a white sailor named Patrick O'llrien, When his reason returned to him Turner retracted the confes sion which his tortures had wrung from him;bnt notwithstanding this retraction, and notwithstand ing OTtrien denied all knowledge of the larceny, and none of the stolen things could be found on him, O'lirien was seized, contlned In double irons, iu the same manner as the others, and tied up by the wrists so tightly that most of his weight hung upon his wrists. For three days and nights he was kept thus, when the irons had cut Into the tlesli, and his wrists, swollen to twice their ordinary size, pre sented a frightfully ulcerated and gangrenous ap pearance. When the vessel reached Portsmouth the condition of O'Hrien's wrists was such that at first amputation of both hands was felt to be neces sary to save his life. Hut under the skilful manipu lation of Surgeon (iorgas, at the Naval Hospital, the Inflammation was assuaged, and tho hands were saved. The captain of the Pawnee (Clltz) denied all knowledge of these punishments beyond the con ilncment of the men In double irons. Tin counsel for the executive oltlcer, Lieutenant Commander II. P.. Seeley. intimate that he knew nothing of these tortures, but that the master-at-arms, a petty oilier. iniucica tnem wnnoiit authority, i nus the specta cle is presented of cruel and unlawful punishments indicted on board of a public vessel of the navv, during a period of about thirteen days in all, wl'h both the commanding and executive olllcers all'ec! ing to have known nothing about it. Not a word of inlormation touching these nn authorized punishments reached the Navy Depart ment through the ordinary ottleial channels. Pair, Charles Cowley, a Uoston lawyer, formerly Naval Judge Advocate, took the ailidavit of Turner and Simmons, who employed him as their counsel, and forwarded it to Secretary Kobeson, with a request, lor a court-martial. About the same time llenrv P. Holfe, United States District, Attorney for New Hampshire, sent a letter to Secretary Kobeson touch ing the torture of O'P.rlen. Both of these documents were referred to a Court of Inquiry, which was con vened at Portsmouth, consisting of Captain Guest, Commanders McCawley and Wills, and Commander Temple, Judge Advocate. Mr. Cowley and Mr. Kolfe appeared before this Court iu behalf of the complainants. The proceedings of this court, have been conducted with the secrecy common with such tribunals. Hut the facts above recited were Incidentally elicited iu the examination of Shorter; and tho same facts, in greater detail, must have been brought out before the Court of Inquiry. That court has complete.! Its labors, and will, without, doubt, be followed by a Naval General Court Martial, before which all who were concerned in the infliction of these tortures will be brought for trial. c u n a. An Inside Chapter of I'uhnn Aflulrti Some In lerestiiiK Development)!. Senor J. M. Lemus. Minister Plenipotentiary from Cuba to the United States, has commissioned Senor Jose Manuel Maclns as an agent of the Cuban Government to treat with any authorities of Spain referring to the independence of Cuba, or to negotiate with private parties In Europe for sup plies of war. Senor Maclas left this city for Europe last Saturday. He will meet General Prim in Taris, or at some city In France. Immediately on his arrival there, and if General Prim keens his pledge to the Cubans, as given a year ago last June, the Cubans will soon he in possession of their patria, and the alleged main object of Gene ral Sickles' mission will have been settled as per private and honorable compact made between the revolutionists of Spain and the rebels in Cuba. That Prim, Serrano, Topete, Udeate, Modet, Cas tillar, Hernandez ana others, who were ready four teen months since to receive Cuban gold and make fair promises to Cubans in return, have not fulfilled their contract Is most true, and to make them fulfil It is the object of the prearranged meeting! n France or Mac his for Cuba and Prim for the original revolu tionary junta of Spain. It appears that 81,f",o00 in gold was furnished Spanish revolutionists by Cuban patriots to assist the Inaugural of the revolution in Spain, by which Itourbonism went down and the present revolution ary rulers gained their probably short-lived c mtrol of 'uncontrollable Spain. The only two officers in the Spanish army In Cuba who were made cognizant of the arrangement between the revolutionists of Cuba and Spain were Udeate and Modet, then colo nels commanding regiments or Spanish regulars on the Island. The Spanish rcvolut'onlsts promised the Cubans that in return for their funds and moral aid they would give them autonomy, at least, if successful; and if lailuru became imminent, a portion of the Spanish army would sail for Cuba and assist au eilort to be made to free the Island. A correspon dence was carried on between tho Cubans and their Spanish allies, which extended to include some American politicians who were to assist in liberating Cuba provided Spain failed to dethrone Isabella. When Spain did succeed homo ambitions appeared to cause Prim and others to neglect their promise to the Cubans, w ho then determined upon finishing the eilort to become free or perish in the attempt. Senor Lemus, it appears, nas been p-esslug Prim and others to a fultllnient of their promises, and that is what has brought Bbout the meeting sjoii to occur between General Prim and J. M. Maclas X. Y. Herald. Kumor About Cnptnin-Gonornl De ltodiia and the Peru Mini .Hunllora. rumor, sutd to emanate from the Cuban Junta of New York, is current that on the receipt of Inlor mation relative to the seizure of Spanish gunboats building in the United States, Captain-General Do Kodas ordered the Spanish iron-clad frigate Victoria to follow the Peruvian monitors, and either capture or destrov them. The report also states that the Victoria immediately left for sea. Tills seems decidedly absurd. Advices from St. Thomas, ilatml July 1ft, staled that at last accounts the Peruvian monitors had arrived at Cayenne and left therefor Para, and the probability is that they have by this time arrived at and departed from Klo Ja neiro, Hrazil. The Idea of sending In pursuit of them would be (juixotic. They would doubtless have turned the Cape before the Victoria could reach Kio. We; hardly believe Captain-General de Kodas no stupid as to send after them, and they at least twenty days' sail ahead of the Victoria, which war vessel, if she used steam alone, would be compelled to make numerous stoppages to coal, and if she de pended upon her sails couid not luafce eight knots no Ltur. FOURTH EDITION WASHINGTON Cutting Down Wages in the Revenue Department Important Rail road Litigation Naval Orders. EUROPE. Death of the French Minister of War The Austrian Forces to Re main Undiminished More Carlists. Pauis, Aug. 14. Marshal Mel, Minister of War, Is iieao. Vikns , Aug. 14 The Prrse, Government organ says that, business relations between the Turkish and l.oinbardy Hallway Companies have been en tirely broken off. Huron Von Heust, in a speech in the Relchsrath vesterday, defended the budget, and said the main tc nance of peace would tie easier If the defensive forces of Austria are not, diminished. Paris, Aug. 14. Several additional bands of Car lists have appeared In diii'erent parts of the country, but it is believed they are by no means formidable. St. Pktkksiu ko, Aug. 14. The Insurrection which reci nt ly broke out in t tie lvirglilz country has been entirely suppressed. FROM WASUIJVGTOjy. Importniit Case Relore Judue Swayne. D' x ateh to the A ated l'renn. Washington, Aug. 14. The cause of Cowdrv vs. The Galveston. Houston, and Henderson Kailroad Company will be heard by Judge Swayne here on Monday. This case Involves the ownership ol the road tie! ween Galveston anil Austin, now the most valuable road in Texas, receiving giiotMi to $l(i,0tw per milt! annually, and being the trunk road to the const. 1 he suit, Is brought to foreclose mortgages on the road or over sitmymo, and is resisted by the par ties wno nave purchase.! under execution. A di cree for the sale of the road was made bv Judge Watrous, of Texas, last year, and the questions now arising before Judge swavne relate to the settle. ment of the accounts and the liability of the rolling stock ami station buildings to the mortgagees. Tin counsel for the bondholders Is W. G. Hale: for the defendant, W. P. Hill. W. P. Itallinger, P. C. Tin ker, and Jlon. jere Ulack; lor the receiver, r. A. Hangs, It eroiimilMHloneil. Alexander Fulton was to-day recommissioned as Supervisor of Internal Kevenue without regard to territory. Pay Keduced. The acting Secretary of the Treasury, upon the re, commendation of the Commissioner of Internal Kevenue, has retimed the pay of assistant assessors in North Carolina ami Tennessee from f.'.-fti) to?.', per day, In the Gulf States from fii-fiii to fit, and in the states and Territories on the Pacific coast from $s to t , per day. Nnval tlrderM. Assistant Surgeon Krasinus C. Dunning is de tadied from the Dictator and ordered to the Severn; Assistant surgeon James M. scon from the .lunlata, and ordered to the Dictator. The order assigning Assistant Surgeon Abel F. Price to the Severn is re voked, and he is ordered to the Juniata. FROM THE WEST. Htriiiiihoat 1'olllhlon. Voht HruON, Michigan, Aug. 14. The sMc-wliool slwnner Silver Spray ttml thi? pnp;ll(r Comet col Uvi near the mouth of the St. Clair river last night. The Silver Spray Hank in lifteen minutes after 'the collision. ThepJissenirt rs and crew were brought to l't rt Huron by the Comet. THE NEW YOKK MONEY MARKET. Tho following oxtraetH show tho state of tho Xew York lin nry market yesterday : From theH. J", ihrnht "The money market continum to work f reply at six and soven jut cent., and was (tistiiitfuisht'd to-ilay Ity lurtftj utttrin:s to ovtrnmnt houses at tho lower tijj;iir Seven per cent, continues to bo the ruling rate v. it ti tho banks and stuck houiH'ti, with an abundant Hupply of currency, rut her in excess of the demand. Shipments to the South west continue on a moderate scale; but with returns from other quarters, anil tho extraordinary Treasury dis bursements prommod on bond purchases, but little apprehension is i'olt ot any greater strin gency, at nil events for tho balance of (lis month. What the tuture condition of the money market may bo when Secretary Houtwoll has completed his t perations, as announced, is exciting considerable at tention, nd as it will greatly depend upon his course somo un-iety is felt to learn his intentions or proposed dealings tor September and the succeeding months. It is very generally telt that in a matter like this, where all classes ot business men are so direct ly inoiested, and where the publication could not possibly result to the injury of the (lovernmeut, that tho extreme reticence of Mr. Houtwell in regard to his policy is uiu allod for and unfair to the public. Tho complaint is made t hat the Secretary seems to regard the public as one party and the Government, as am ther, between whom there is no reciprocity, and that be, as the agent ol the Government, is charged with the duty of guarding its financial policy in secrecy aud en ve oping its operations in mystery, lest it be overreached by the rival public. This is certainly a mistake. The lit vernment and people are one touching all questions relating to the financial condition of the country. Their interests are identical and should bo dealt witu ia bar mtny. On questions of national policy looking to great changes in financial administration they may hold 1 lifer ent views, but in regard to the simple working of there pttrtment, the balancing and adjusting of monetary dis turbances, when tho Treasury commit a itself to inter ference with the course of exchanges, the Government and the business men of the country have but the same interest, being both equally desirous of maintaining a healthful condition of the money market. As the best experience aud ripest judgment of our merchants and financiers are always at tho command of any administrA tron, to aid it in tho solution of whatever linancial pro blem may call for the advice of practical meu, and all the knowledge they possess ot value in such connection treoly at its disposal, this childish etlort at mystification on the part of Secretary boutwell. which serves no good pur pose, and distracts men of enterprise, introducing an additional element et uncertainty into their calcula tions worse than all the other chances they have to prepare lor, is not only outside the spirit of our institu tions, but both ungenerous and unjust, perplexing most thone who are most entitled to the very opposite conside ration It is not even charged that Mr. lloutwell intends to be thus offensive, and, with the same indulgence that other errors of his have been received, it is readily ox plained as a consequence of his inexperience. Without any previous training iu linancial matters of a practical nature, it is felt that he quite possibly does not coinpieiieiui too perplexity mat may arise iroiu a u-itnt. ot knowledirn in regard to his future action, and allows himselt the opportunity ot changing his mind re garding that action, if it has even been made up. by not giving it publicity. Such an excuse has served during the dullseueon; but with the opening ot the fall and the in ception of the grain and cotton movements, producing grave changes in tho monetary situation, something more is wanted than a disposition on the part of the Secretary to act as occasion may in his judgment require, or an assu rance that he will be guided by circumstances ad operate only for the best Interests of the Government, without prejudice to anye'asa or indivinual Preparations nave now to be made to meet the possible chauoes of the money market during the c miug tall and winter, and ft is important to know wnst Mr, ooutweil lutouas uoing during that period. Has be made up his mind, and will he speak HI" Commercial paper continues dull, and only hret-cla0 acceptances are current at high rates, nine and ten per cent. "(old opened with a firm feeling this fronting, the de cline of yesterday inducing large purchases by importers, who have been waiting tor a tuvornhie opportunity to hoy. The lirst sales were made ar, KIP,,, hut the price quickly advanced to V Krom this point there was a steady de cline on speculative sales to l'H'(ll which figure wms reached at shortly alter two o'clock. From this point it reaatod, and on purchases to cover advanced to closing in tho room at 'M a. Subsequently "ales we-e made at HU'v. I'M i, and 134'. i, the market leaving ott at the last figure. In the han market ch gold was at inter vals in demand, tlm rates ranging from b to 1 per cent, for carrying to Hat for borrowing." Foreign Time. Quails abound in France. KarthouakcH trouble Algeria. The Isle of Man Las a Legislature of Us own. In L'ltiter there are lMHi,000 Catholics and 8U5,(H10 Protestants. North Wales produces 350,000 tons of slate a year, valued at Sti5,000 Tho Viceroy is to recruit a foreign legion to guard tho lsthmuH of Suez. An English lord has paid back 4100,000 land damages to a railroad company. Engineers say that tho Channel tunnel Is practicable, but will tout .4" 10,000, 000. The bridgo f boats across tho Ooldcu Horn is likely to bo replaced by an iron one. A jackal has been captured at Ayr, Scotland. Nobody has anv idea how it came there. At South Kensiugton, after next year, in ternational exhibitions of tho Fino and Indus trial Art and 8cituUno Inventions will be held annually. Upon a restaurant at Amsterdam, near tho great exhibition, is this card: -'Customers arc not robbed here as at Faria during the exhibi tion ot IbOT." , FIFTH EDIT 101 THE LATEST NEWE FROM NEW YORK. The Hliuail.n ml the Mnmhnl'sOfllre rralt mm Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. NBwiom, Aug. H. The mtnatlon at the M itiRl's office here remains unchanged. Marshal JIk low left Mlftten Island for his oiflce on SatimU morning In a Government tug, having a nnarl board, but on landing hs walked to nm office ui attended. A guard remains permanently statlont In the room connecting with his olllce. i The Marshal says that If he has a right to dnta.' Pratt he also has a right to resist an attempt arrest himself. He does not believe that Mr. JustK Medina Intends to employ force to either arrest hit or release I'ratt, but it being possible that he mtgi do so, lie has placed Pratt In a secure place and su rounded hiniHclf with the soldiers who now protv 1 1 1 in. i Arret of n Custom House Oftlrer. I On an affidavit made by n. J. Javne that Fra W ebb, a foreman In General Kgans district, had, t, the 1st tilt,, In collusion with (icneral Kgan, made fiilso pay-roll, a warrant was tsisued for his arres and entrusted to Deputy Marshal Crowley to serv; About 1 o'clock on Saturday morning, Crowlt found ebb In a gninbllng-snloon at No. 713 Klghf avenue and took him Into custody. As Crowley wt leaving the building, Webb broke from him and cori nienccd to run. Crowley ordered him to stop, bit he kept on, and Crowley then tired at him four shof In rapid succession, the fourth shot nurrowly niim Ing Webb's he:m. 1 Webb fell, and Crowley had just seized hlnkwhe about lifteen gum birrs, who had left the saloon art followed Crowley and Webb, came up and made ai attempt to rescue ebb, but Crowley threatening 6 Ktioot tho first tiinn who should put his hands of Webb, Hie gamblers were held at. bav until assis mice cHine to Crowley, when Webb was taken t l.udlow Street Jail. J lluiikriiDtry Chc. I During the week ending on the 14th Instant Marcus lliintou filed a petition hi voluntary bankruptcy, ant Isaae. Meyer received a discharge in bankruptcy. The NiiNiieliiuiim War. I Mr. Justice Barnard has granted an order rt (iili ing the sliernl of Albany county to make a fullei return, on the ltltli inn, of the reasons governlni him for allowing the defendants to be taken out oi his custody without any evidence of violence havlnt been used against him. Mr. Justice liirnard salt that he was under the impression that Judge Chute County Judge of Albany county, should be punished n'i uuim-nipt iu issuing me writ or nabcas corpus ol which the defendants had been discharged, but M wiiuio inn uiNe ucitou uniu me 8iii'riu nail madet inner return. fiaT OFFICK OK THE COIXECTOlt O THK DKMNQl'ENT MIMTIA TAX. 1 he unibirsifrnert rpupectlully informs the citizens of th . .... ...... ..il ni iiimii.ipiii,i nun nt ih now prHparmt to receive the above tn lit his office. N. W. vai ner Seventh mill Arch streets, second story. Otfire hours from till 3. 1 (i. HAKWOOD, .111.. . Uolbctnrjr. fVEDDIXG INVITATIONS ENGRAVED IX the newest nnd bet manner. luiis WKKKA. stationer nd H.ntraver, S No. Ui; UtlKHNUf Street. m BOARDING. rHH NTKY HOARDING FOR CROWN PERJ SONS- Fifteen minute' rido of tlm iliv l, mil ni sirable locution. Address H. H.. 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IMPORTANT TO ALL INTERESTED THE 1 arrears of Pensions must be applied for within i Ave years after the death or dischargo of a soldier, sailor, or marine. Those who fall to apply lose 96 per year. There are thousands In our midst, widows, dependent fathers and motherland orphan children, who are entitled, but who have not yet applied for a pension. All who think tluv are entitled should at once call on Messrs. ItOBEIlT S. LEAGUE A, CO., No. 135 South SEVENTH Street, who will promptly obtain their pensions, or cheerfully give any infor mation, free of charge. Remcmler that the Ave years' limit allowed by law is fast drawing to a close. T80 I)RIZE MONEY FOR NEW ORLEANS All interested in the capture of New Orleans by Farragufs fleet, as olllcers, seamen, or marines, will hear of something greatly to their advantage by calling upon in person or addressing tho General Collection Agency, ROBERT S. LEAGUE & CO., No. liiBl South SEVENTH Street, Philadelphia. Al information given free of charge aud correspondence promptly answered. 739 rpHERE IS NOW OVER S,000,000 PRIZE MONEY" m unclaimed in the 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 tho subject at No 80S. SEVENTH Street. T 30 ' MMIERE ARE A GREAT MANY PERSONS A having claims upoti the United States or State Governments, who have comraittod the same to the care of Messrs. George Cragg A Bro., or T. li. Peters Co. They will hear of something greatly to their advantage, ou application, either in person or bv mail, to the General Collection 1 ..,..- , South SEVENTH Street. ' 1J ' 80 ROBERT 8. LEAGUE A CO rpo CREDITORS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MEXI COThe undersigned are now prepared to prosecute claims before the joint commission created under a recent treaty between the republic of Mexl co and the I nited States, aud would lnvit ti. tentiou of claimants to the imm.n. ui uu euny ap plication to Becure a consideration. ROBERT H. I FAfiltn. 1 nn 7 30 NO. 138 S. 8JYgTU 8tret, Phila, CO
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