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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1869.
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FIRST EDITION
DUCATIOIJAL.
The Nntlonnl Erinrntlonnl Convention Ameri
can Norinnl Mrhnol Axaoclntinn -It Orgnni
.ntlon How Shnll Pupil lie TnnultMo Tcnrhf
Kdurntlonnl Irirn of Srliool Architecture
Kduritllon In llic Month Normal 'ournn of
Study I'innoo The Hpirltiinl I'.lcmciit of Edit
ration. From Our Own CnrreupmulenU
Thf.nton, N. J., Auk. 1", 1800.
Morninig MpmnIoii.
Nearly nn hour of this morning' session was
consumed by the National Superintendents' As
sociation, with hut little profit, although to-day
was properly assigned to the associate Ameri
can Normal School Association.
On motion of B. C. Holibs, Slate Superinten
dent, Indiana, it was resolved that the presiding
officers nnd executive committee be instructed
to confine the business of this association to mat
ters pertaining directly to the educational sys
tems of cities nnd States, to the general educa
tional policy of the nation, the educational rela
tions of the States to each other and to the
(ieucral Govcniment,and of the General Govern
ment to other nations.
After a long, rambling, nnd uninteresting dis
cussion upon the propriety or impropriety of
the meeting, the association, by a vote of four
to three, ndjournud to meet In the oilier Normal
School building, at 0 o'clock on Wednesday
morning.
The main business of to-day the session of
the Normal School Association then recurred.
This organization was constituted at Spring
field, Massachusetts, in 18."7, for mutual consul
tation nnd aid in this comparatively new and
untried field of educational effort. Nearly every
Normal School in the United States was repre
sented nt thnt time, although only six States
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New
York, New Jersey, nnd Michigan had then
adopted this system, containing ten schools in
all. Now all the Northern States, except Ohio
and Iowa, have one or more in operation,
amounting to forty in all, while four or five
others are in the Southern States. The first
public meeting of the American Normal School
Association was held In August, 1858, in the
same building as used in this session. In the
followh year the association met in HulTalo,
"VtndalJle subsequent sessions have occurred in
connection with those of the National Teachers'
Association. The statistics of Normal Schools
is as follows: Maine lias two; New Hampshire,
one; Vermont, oue; Massachusetts, four; Rhode
Island, one; Connecticut, oue; New York, six;
New Jersey, one; Pennsylvania; four; Delaware,
one; Maryland, one; Michigan, one; Indiana,
one; Illinois, one; Wisconsin, four; Minnesota,
three; Missouri, one; California, one: Nebraska,
one. Others have been established, but are not
yet in operation.
In the absence of the President, M. A. Newell,
of Md., the Secretary, A. L. Barber, of Washing
ton, called the Normal Association to order, and
introduced the first Vice-President, John Ogden,
Principal of the Nashville Normal School. Rev.
J. D. King, pastor of the Green Street Methodist
Church, opened the proceedings with prayer.
In accordance with the programme, a paper
was read by Rev. Joseph Alden, LL. D., Presi
dent of the New York State Normal School at
Albany, upon the topic, "How shall pupils be
taught to teach ?"
In the United States, normal schools arc o
recent origin, nud European experience in such
schools is not available to us. Our work is to
build up institutions to prepare teachers for the
common schools. This is a work worthy of the
best trained minds. How did we learn to teach ?
Did we not all learn to teach by teaching, or
trying to teach ? At the outset we selected one
or more of our teachers as models, aud their
example was our chief instruction. Teaching is
an art, and the teacher is an artist a professor
of the finest of the fine arts, that o giving form
aud vigor to the immortal mind.
The first thing we need for the benefit of our
pupils in normal schools Is good teachers, model
teachers. The very best educational talent
should be secured. In the next place,
we need to teach our pupils the
branches they will have to teach. It Is for
this reason, nud not because it is an unfortunate
necessity, that the elementary branches should
be taught. We should teach principles as far as
we can, but I apprehend that these pupils will
be best fitted for teachers by a close connection
with class instruction as exemplified in practical
teaching. If they are taught, ns they should bo,
by those who know how, they will be apt to go
nnd do likewise. Practice in the art of teaching
Is rightly judged to be of the first importance;
hence there must be a school for practice In the
Normal School. In this department the students
should supervise the teaching of whatever
branches they may respectively design to follow.
A period of ten weeks at least should be
assigned to this course, and the chief ntteutlon
of the pupil should be giveu to It during that
time.
A discussion of considerable length ensued
upon the paper. Prof. William D. Phelps,
Principal of the State Normal School, Minne
sota, trusted the day would soon come when the
teaching of the common branches In normal
schools bhould be dispensed with, and the purely
professional work of teaching how to teach
receive its proper attention. In this respect he
differed from the paper read. Though model
schools aro good, yet a distinct training In the
. principles of education, as founded in the laws
of mind aud body, is as Important.
William Barringer, Newark, N. J., agreed
with the essay read. The only way of leaning
to do a thing is to do it. Exactly in proportion
as our schools become teaching schools they be
come good schools,
Professor Brooks, Mlllersvlllo, Pa , believed
normal 6chool instruction aud academic traluiug
to be different; the former being more positively
analytic. Careful Instruction upon the princi
ples of the human mind should be followed by
a careful discussion of the principles of school
organization, and this supplemented by the actual
practice referred to in the essay.
Mr. Nilcs, N. Y., Mr. Hooso, N. Y., Mr.
White, Ohio, also spoke upon the subject under
discussion.
Professor Phelps, Principal of 8tate Normal
School, Minnesota, gave an address upon
"School Architecture, with some account of
the new Normal School building at Winona, and
the educational ideas It embodies." The cdiflco
was commenced In im, and was nearly com
pleted at a cost of 1150,000. The main principle
of its construction was founded upou the belief
that the school building, should sustain the suuiq
relation to the school that the body dojs to the ,
soul; it should assist It in its outreaehes Into the j
world; it should aim to educate, and also to
obey the behests of tho animating spirit. The i
architectural style was the modern French; '
the height, three stories above the basement,
with a west wing of four stories; the length 5
by 80 feet, flnuked with two wings of 45 by 85
feet; the ccntrnl corridor 10 feet wide by K'f
long; the exits on the lower floor, five in number.
Tho materials were a buff-colored magnesian
limestone nnd the well-contrasting red-pressed
brick.
The first floor provides for five mo lei schools,
each of a different grade, to be taught strictly
by model teachers. Three schools remain to be
used as schools of practice. These nrc carefully
kept distinct; for a school cannot be a model
school and at the same time a school of practice
for inexperienced teachers. The pupils are sent
into the model schools, as into the school-room,
with note-books to observe and report results,
and to give the reasons therefor.
The scholars have single scats anil desks.
Each one has a separate compartment for u
wardrobe, nnd is instructed to carefully arrange
their articles in the proper place. Daily they
are taught to have a place for everything and
everything in its place. The sexes arc to be co
edueatcd. They will pass together through the
same course of training, be inspired by the same
great nnd noble principles, and go side by side,
if need be, intent on the great work of instruct
ing the people.
By invitation. Professor John Ogden, of Nash
ville, spoke upon the necessity of normal
schools, and illustrated his views by n number
of propositions more abstract than practical.
The meeting then adjourned until 'V, .j o'clock.
Afternoon HcMMlon.
Professor George W. Fetter, Principal of the
Philadelphia Normal School, was called to the
chair nt the opening of the session. Professor
Ogden resumed his address, and adverted es
pecially to the need of normal schools nt the
South. There a great deficiency in the supply
of teachers existed, nnd it might with propriety
be said that forty schools were waiting for each
competent graduate. So identified are our in
terests now with the progress of education
among the frccdmen, that we, :n a pjople, will
rise or fall with the colored people. It has been
said that circumstances create teachers: but cir
cumstances, unfortunately, do not mike good
ones. We have too many of that make now on
hand. We want trained teacher, not circum
stantial, or occasional, or accidental teachers.
The State should provide one normal school for
every three hundred teachers in her borders.
In the prostration of business and educational
interests in the South, the American Missionary
Association has done a noble work. During the
past three years it has maintained, on the aver
age, five hundred teachers or missionaries, at an
annual expenditure of .2!tO,000. In this view,
the claims of that institution to be recognized as
an auxiliary ought to commend itself to favor
able consideration.
On motion of Professor Hart It was resolved
that, In subsequent programmes of exercises, the
Normal School Association should have the sub
jects discussed at its meetings limited to its
special purposes.
Professor Fordyec A. Allep, Principal of State
Normal School, Mansfield, Pa., read a paper
upon the "Course of Study for a Normal
School." Normal schools are not now doing
their appropriate work, but they are paving the
way. The schools themselves had to be their
own forerunners, declaring "Prepare ye the
wey!" The question what should be taught in
a Normal school is most important. Ruskin
says thnt what is most honorable to know is
most profitable to learn. A man ought to know
three things. First. Where he is? that is to
say, what sort of a world he has got Into; how
large it is; what kind of creatures live upon it,
nnd how; what it is made of, aud what may be
made of it. Secondly. Where is he going ?
That is to say, what chances there are of any
other worlds besides this; what seems to be the
nature of that other world, and whether
for information respecting it he had
better consult the Bible, Koran, or Council of
Trent. Thirdly. What had he best do under the
circumstances? That is to say, what kind of
faculties he possesses; what are the present wants
and state of mankind ? aud what are the right
means in his power for attaining happiness !
Practically, the education for a teacher might
be classified under five great divisions: mathe
matics, language, natural science, miscellane
ous, and professional. But beyond all these,
that which is most needed in the teaching is the
power to breathe into them the true spirit of the
teacher. The teacher must have a genius for
teaching and a love for his peculiar and delicate
mission. This genius for teaching generally
comes from a love for teaching. The teacher
must be greater than his work.
.Professor John C. Harkness, Principal of State
Normal University, Wilmington, Del., followed 1
by appointment upou "Normal Principles of
Education."
This gentleman, for over an hour, delivered a
scries of commonplace platitudes, destitute of
nil point nud interest, and In a manner so wildly
declamatory as to cause frequent laughter. Ills
associates good-naturedly endeavored to bring
his speech to an end by hearty applause In In
appropriate places; but, as an American free
man, lie declared he would not be put dowu,
and gave utterance to the dreadful threat of
printing his lengthy article in all the news
papers. After the Impressive exclamation, "Is
this free America?" he was finally silenced by
Professor Hart's point of order that discussion
in regard to woman's rights had no bearing on
the subject assigned him.
The meeting then adjourned till eveulng.
Evening Neion.
By Invitation, of (lio city authorities the even
ing sesi-ion was held iu Taylor's Hall, and a large
audience gathered there.
By appointment, Professor Brooks, Principal
of Statu Normal School, Millersvllle, Pa., read
nu excellent, suggestive paper on the topic, "The
Spiritual Element of Education."
The problem of education Is tho problem of
civilization. Upon Its correct solution depends
tho. welfare of tho individual, the purity of so
ciety, and the perpetuity of the State. It Involves
fundamentally two elements: .uau io uc euu
cattd. and knowledge to be used In education.
And tho character of education depends upon
the relative amount of Importance attached to
these elements.
Tho early systems of education were abstract
and impracticable. A reformation was uccueu.
The abstract systems were to Una Uicjr com-
pletcncss by taking to themselves a practical
and material clement. Bacon was tho trumpeter
who stirred up the battle. The strugglo was
long and determined. Scientific culture was
opposed and its disciples persecuted. But it has
triumphed over opposition and persecution. It
has battered open collego doors, revolutionized
common-school education, and sits proudly in
university chairs. Having won a position In our
educational system, it is beginning to put forth
claims of importance which cannot but be recog
nized. The tendency of tho times Is towards
materialism in thought nnd culture My aim Is
to counteract this extreme tendency, nnd to pre
sent the higher subjective or spiritual element
in education.
Education must begin In tho concrete. Tho
mind awakens into activity through the senses,
(iod has so arranged the two great existences of
the universe that the material seems necessary
for the education of the immaterial. Nature is
the first schoolmaster, or rather tho first text
book, in which it learns nt least the alphabet of
knowledge. The material sciences give culture
to the senses the lowest form of mental ac
tivity. The naturalist becomes sharp-eyed,
quick to detect similarities of form and color,
with his memory well stored with facts. Tho
facts which he gathers are compared nnd classi
fied, and tho results organized into science.
This gives exercise to tho faculties of judgment,
generalization, nnd classification, nnd affords
the means for their growth and development.
But here they stop in their educational iutluence.
It Is evident, therefore, that natural history will
not satisfy the demands of the spiritual clement
in cducn'ion.
The power which the study of mathematics
confers commands the admiration of mankind.
By them, man determines the velocity of light,
puts his measuring line about the sun, and
weighs a planet as in a balance. Ho takes tho
facts which the long arm of the telescope has
dragged down from the skies, puts them into an
equation, and by an algebraic manipulation pro
phesies the condition of the heavens for centu
ries to come. lie sits down in his closet, works
away with diagrams and symbols, catches a
wandering asteroid in his algebraic lasso, and
turning to the 6tar-gazer, tells him to point his
telescope to the heavens, and lo! a new-born
planet marches ncross his field of vision. But
still they fail to educate the highest aud best
parts of our nature.
The importance of the sciences in education
should be fully recognized. It has bauished
dreamy speculation, given definiteness to
thought and inquiry, and put a vitalizing spirit
in certain departments of elementary Instruc
tion. The Baconian innovation, by which the
mind burst the shackles of ancient methods, has
given birth to more elevated ones. The triumphs
of science have been wonderful. By them Cu
vier picks up a fossil bone, and lo ! the animal
walks before him. Agassiz finds a single Qsh
scalc, and, by the touch of his scientific wand,
transforms it into a living fish of tho Paleozoic
age. Lyell tells you how long Niagara has been
flowing. Hngh Miller unrolls the earth like a
scroll, aud reads the history of the creation iu
the great physical Bible. Sciences should never
be omitted, yet should occupy a lower and sub
ordinate position iu a curriculum of study.
Facts are important; but to deal with facts only
would be to dwarf our higher nature. A man
of mere facts is either a sceptic or a bigot;
he lowers himself to the Iowct plane. This is
confirmed by tho materialistic philosophers of
ihe age.
Spiritual culture demands tho education of the
reason, or intuitive power. The spiritual eye is
to be made bright, and its range of vision en
larged, that it may find a (iod in nature and re
velation. The sensibilities claim their share iu
this higher culture. Heart culture is as impor
tant as head culture is it not more important?
A good feeling is worth more than a fact, a sen
timent than a principle.. A fact is a stone In the
temple of science: a sentiment is a stone in the
temple of character, aud character Is better than
science.
The third element in spiritual culture is the
will. It is the sovereign among our powers.
Seated upon its regal throne, it issues its man
dates, aud intellect and sensibility afford a wil
ling obedience.
The (esthetic nature demands culture. Nature
enjoins this duty by the provisions she has
made for it. Art comes laden with its treasures
for this work. A stanza of poetry every day, in
place of a problem in the arithmetic, will pav
both pupil and teacher. A school-song in the
heart of a child will do as much for its character
as a fact In its memory. The cradle-song that
fell from a mother's lips becomes a sacred me
mory that inspires the life.
Spiritual culture requires the training of the
moral nature. Moral power is worth more than
learning or genius. The intellect of the nation
should be consecrated to virue. Learning should
be put Into the channels of righteousness. The
youth of the land should be made to feel that
"the fear of the Lord Is the beginning of wis
dom." The religious nature should receive culture.
Religion embraces three elements faith, love,
and obedience. To develop inquiry is right:
but there is a place where Inquiry must stop.
The exclusive study of the sciences tends to un
dermine faith. Seeing effect related to cause, it
tails to discover a Urst cause Pupils should be
led to see that all science begins and ends in
laith: that beyond the known stretches a great
unknown; that tho loftiest attainments of the
intellect are but a mountain peak from which
we may catch glimpses of a land of glory be
yond. The religious nature is the mother of art; It
aids the progress of science. Religion was be
fore science; religion kindled and preserved the
llame. Tho learning of the ancient Hindoos was
with the priests; tho priesthood watched over
the light of knowledge In the dark ages; and
priests went down to Spain and brought up the
learning of the Saracens, and spread It over
Europe. The religious uature reaches down
ward and elevates science. It Inspires it with
divine attributes. Inspired with religious feel
ing, Plato could sav, "(iod geometrzies;" Kepler
exclaim, "O God!" I but think Thy thoughts
after Thee!" nnd Muller believe that r,tho eve of
man may eatcli the eve of (iod bcamiug out from
the midst of all His works,"
For spiritual culture inspiration is better than
instruction. It is better to inspire the heart
with a noble sentiment than to teach a truth of
science. The two great teachers of antiquity
were Plato and Aristotle. Plato was warm and
poetic; Aristotle was cold and logical. Aristotle
has guided the mind iu tho search of knowledgo,
but Plato has inspired the Imagination and tho
heart. Aristotle has instructed tho Intellect lor
centuries, but Plato has quickened the heart
beat of the ages. The best work of tho edu
cator is the training of the spiritual nature. Wo
honor the discoverer of a new planet or conti
nent, but posterity will hold In more sacred re
membrance those who put a single idea or senti
ment into the soul which shall Incite it to a
higher lite. In tho day when the Great Master
makes His awards, the brightest wreath will be
placed upon tho brow of him who has done tho
most lor the spiritual culture of. the race.
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SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TELE CHAT II.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Favor
able Report by the Exploring
Party Educational Con
ventions in Session
at Trenton The
Crops in Ma
ryland. FROM NEW JERSEY.
Second Dny'n NrNlon of the American Norinnl
Scliool Convention-1 In Otllorr-Tne National
Tcnrlirr' Annnclntlon-lnlltitl Proceeding.
Special Desjmtch to The Evening Telrgraph.
Tkenton, Aug. 18. The second day's session
of the American Normal School Association was
presided over by Vice-President Ogden. The
Committee on Nominations reported in favor of
the following gentlemen, who were elected:
President, John Ogden, Nashville; Vice-Presidents,
John M. Oleott, Indiana; Thomas Smith,
Arkansas; John W. Armstrong, Oswego; Edward
Brooks, Millersvllle, Pa. Secretary, A. S. Bar
ber, Washington. Treasurer, Albert G. Hoyden.
Mass. The Normal Association then adjourned
till to-morrow.
The ninth session of the National Teacher'
Association commenced at 10 o'clock. Rev.
Samuel Lockwood, of New Jersey, made the
opening prayer. An address of welcome on be
half of the New Jersey State Board of Educa
on was delivered by Judge Fields, of Prince
ton. He bid the teachers welcome to tho hospi
talities of New Jersey, and thanked them for
the honor conferred by their meeting here. It
was fit they should assemble in this normal
school, ns it was presided over by Dr. Hunt, one
of the founders of this national association of
teachers.
President L. Van Bokkclen, of Missouri, re
turned his thanks for the cordial greeting,
which was the more valuable as recognizing the
value of their labors. It encouraged them to
renewed exertions in their responsible but soul
satisfying duties. They had met together for
personal encouragement and interchange of ex
periences. He tendered his thanks also to the
intelligent American press for its past and pre
sent encouragement. It is the great educator of
the people.
FROM JVElf" ENGLvlJVD.
Ainerlenn ANsoriutlon for the Advancement of
Science.
Desjiatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Sai.em, Mass., Aug. 18. The eighteenth meet
ing of the American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science commenced its sessions in
this city to-day at 10 o'clock. The Mayor of the
city delivered an address of welcome, and J. H.
Foster, tho President, responded. The forenoon
session was devoted to general business. This
afternoon the association will attend and assist
in the dedication of the Peabody Academy of
Science.
Pnrnde by tho Knight Templar.
Centre Hahhou, N. II., Aug. 18 The grand
parade and encampment of tho Knights Tem
plar of New Hampshire commenced here to-day,
and will continue three days. A large number
of commanderies nnd delegates are already pre
sent. Noted Templars are expected, including
Hon. William Sewell Gardiner, of Boston, Most
Eminent Grand Master of the Grand Encamp
ment of, the United States. The encampment
opened with guard mounting, followed by
company and battalion drills, and a dress parade.
On Friday there is to bo a banquet and a ball.
THE NORTHERLY! C1FIC RR.
Arrlvnl of the Exploring Pnrtynt Helena, IHon
liinn Availability of the Country for a Itail
rond. Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co. this morning re
ceived the following telegram from tho party
engaged in exploring the route of the proposed
Northern Pacific Railroad:
Helena, Montana Territory, Aug. 17 We
arrived here last evening. The entire party are
well, and all its members are surprised with the
availability of the country for a railroad and as
tonished at the richness of the soil and tho mild
ness of the climate. Wo crossed tho Rocky
Mountains without knowing it, at a point cov
ered with fat cattle grazing on an elevation not
exceeding 5000 feet above the sea. The grade
was so gradual as hardly to be perceptible. We
leave for Fort Benton to-morrow to examine
Cadott's Pass, and return hero In about a week.
TnoMAs II. Canfield.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Yachting The Crops Relieved bv Rain.
Sjiecial Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Baltimore, Aug. 18. The Grimes Bay Yacht
Club, in their yacht Mary MeCabe, in all thirteen
members aboard, arrived hero safely yesterday.
They had a fine run. They go dowu the bay
fishing to-day, and will sail to-morrow for
Norfolk.
The first bale of new upland cotton arrived
here from Savannah and sold for forty-five
cents per pound,
A heavy rain fell here last night. It has been
pretty general throughout tho surrounding
country, and there are indications of more. The
drought has been terrible.
The lJalliinore Produce Market.
Baltimore, Aug. is. Cotton Arm at 33)tfe. Flour
dull and prices weaK; Howard street superrine,
to 6ti( 7-60; extras, 7 -saw sub; family, fs-ftt)w)9-ft0;
City Mills superfine, ftl-607-2S; extras, t7"25(n!8-vs;
family, tS-irka'KKB; Western imperii tie, $-50m 6-75 ;
extras, $7-2ff7-75; family, 18 -60. Wheat dull and
lower; prime red, tl"60; g(,01 a- -B0i 1-68. Corn
tlrm- white, 1 ! 2c 1 "1 Oats, MwMc. Provisions
easier. Pork, 34.' Bacon, ribbed sides, lflVfe. ; clear
do lie. : shoulders, 10!e. Hams, 24(S25c. Lard,
20glc Whisky, tl-ntM-l-
Tlie Wentlier ut the Nea-wliore.
The following was the record of the weather
nt tho sea-side this morning:
Atlantic City, cloudy, wind east, 08.
Capo May, clear, northeast, 71.
The New York Ntork Klarket.
New York, Aug. 19. Stocks dull. Money steady
at 7 percent. Gold, 132 'l; 6-208, 1862, coupon, 120;
do. ls4, do., 120; do. 1865, do., 119; do. do. new,
111)','! do. 1807, 119; 10-408, 112; Virginia sixes,
new, CO; Missouri sixes, 80.V; Canton Co., fwstf;
Cumberland preferred, 85; N. Y. Central, 8 94 ;
Erie, 28; Reading, 96H ; Hudson River, lS4Vf ; Michi
gan Central, 131; Michigan Southern, 100';; Illi
nois Central, 139; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 105 j
Chicago end Rock Island, 116 .; Western Uulon
Telegraph, 8S?.
The New York Produce Market.
New Yohk, Aug. 18. Cotton firmer; 1200 bales
sold at 83(io. iflour dull and declined BVaioc.
Hales of oooo barrels State, 17 -40; Western iadow
7-7B; Southern, Itln&uMMo. Wheat dull and declined
Kac; Sales of 1000 bushels No. 9 at $1 -68; white
State, $17; amber Ohio, I1-C8. Corn Urraer and
advanced Mo. Stock scarce; sales of 43,ooo bushels
mixed Western at H'ltMl-za. Oats dull and de
clined Mtfi. i sales of 24,000 bushels Western at 62
ttic Beef quiet: new mess, 8-60$13-60: extra
mesa, I11K.417. Pork dull ; new mess, :o33'l0, Lard
dull ; ste-uw, 20ft WUBk j Arm ttt fflT
THIRD EDITION
W A S II I TJ G T o w.
J The Custom House Blank System
Rumored Departure of a Cuban
Expedition The Galveston
Railway Litigation
Transfer of Na
tional Bank
Securities.
FROM WdSHlJVQIOJV.
IVIoxIcnn Claim.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph,
Washington, Aug. 18. The Secretaries of
the Mexican Claims Commission arc busy now
receiving claims to bo adjudicated by the Com
mission in December next. Printed copies of
the rules prescribing tho manner of proceeding
arc now ready for distribution.
Plnte Printing.
Superintendent McCartce, of the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, is still in New York,
endeavoring to hasten tho work of printing tho
fractional currency, but is expected back on
Thursday. If his visit is not successful, tho
work will bo immediately transferred to the
printing bureau here.
Vnntn More Pny.
The United States agent appointed to examine
the accounts of our Consuls In Europe has
been engaged for several months in travelling
on the continent. Besides the stipulated salary,
his travelling expenses are paid and five dollars
a day allowed for his board and lodging. In
submitting his first account to tho Treasury De
partment he complains that tho allowance is
not sufllcicnt for his daily wants, and respect
fully requests the Secretary of the Treasury to
Increase tho same, that ho may enjoy at least
the benefits of second-class accommodations.
The Nntlonnl linn km.
The amount of bonds exchanged by national
banks at the Treasury Department since July 27
is fll, 500,000. These are mostly Ten-forties.
Clinton! Iloiue IHnnkn.
Heretofore Custom House blanks have been
printed in the cities where the respective Custom
Houses arc located. Hereafter the blanks for
all Custom Houses are to be printed at the (!ov
crnmcHt printing oillcc. It is said this will be a
saving to the Government.
A llrllit Youth.
A negro boy named Keeso stands nt the head
of the apprentices recently examined at tho Gov
ernment printing olllce for admission to learn
the printing business.
An Expedition.
There Is a rumor here that two hundred and
fifty men left tho city nnd went into Virginia for
the purpose of embarking for Cuba from some
Southern port.
Decree in the (JalvoHton IlnilrontI Case.
Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Washington, August 10. In the case of N.
A. Cawdrey and others against tho G-alveston
and Houston Railroad aud others, Mr. Justice
Swayno has made a decree, holding tho railroad,
etc., of tho old company subject to tho mort
gages and dismissing that part of the complaint
which claimed the property of the successors of
the company, and an individual liability of the
parties. Both parties tako an appeal to the
Supremo Court. Cawdrey, representing the
bondholders, is placed In possession of tho rail
road until tho appeals are determined, he giving
security to account for tho rents and freights
while in possession.
FROM THE STATE.
The Strike In the C'onl Kcslon-A General
NunpenNlon Tnklng Plnce-The Mherllf and n
Ponhc Out to keep the Peace.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Wilkesbakiie, Aug. 18. Reports from tho
Schuylkill and Lehigh regions are to the effect
that a general suspension Is taking place. Tho
Union of this morning prints tho following
latest advices from tho Hazleton mines:
Everything is quiet here for the present. The
strikers have made no demonstrations to preveut
the engineers from Wilkesbarro from entering
tho mines. The pumps have been put to work,
and no danger to the mines or works is appre
hended. Parties Interested In tho German Company's
mines nt Trescan, Carbon county, are asking
assistance, which it U impossible to afford, tho
location being outside tho bailiwick of Luzerne
county. They require men and engineers to
put the pumps in operation, but will bo obliged
to obtain aid of the Sheriff of Carbon county.
Since tho arrival at Hazleton of Sheriff Head
affairs have assumed a more tranquil appear
ance, and while the laborers positively doelino
to render any assistance to prevent damage to
the mining comrany's property, they refrain
from any breach of the peace.
Last night the Sheriff was reinforced by forty
policemen from Schuylkill county, but it is be
lieved that their services will not be required to
maintain order.
Shippers find great difficulty in obtaining cars
for the transportation of their coal. Parties
having cars loaded will not give them up.
FROM EU1WPE.
Thin .tloruiiiK'a Quotations.
lly the A iuiIo-A imitean Cable.
London, Aug. 18 A. M. Consols for inonev, 92'i ;
fur account, :i. V. S. Five-twenties, &;!'.. for the
issue of isc ; 82 Ji for istffts, old ; aud M ', fur lsTs.
American stocks quiet, Erie Railroad, ID1.;; Illinois
Central, 4'...
l.rvKiti'ooi., Aug. is A. M. Cotton active. Mid
dling uplands, lit -d. ; middling Oi lcans, la vl. The
sales to-day are estimated at lft.ooo titles.
Corn Bis. od. Other articles unchanged.
London, Aug. 18 A. M. Common rosin, 5s. ild.
Sugar quiet both on the spot and ailoat; ,o. li Dutch
standard, nllout, i!Ts. yd.
TIiIh Aftrrnooii'N OaotatloiiH.
London, Aug. 18 P. M The weather is fair, and
favorable for growing crops. American Domestics
quiet. Illinois Central, 1)4 ,.
LtvEKfooi., Aug. 18-1'. M Cotton active; up
lands, i:v'13,VI. ; Orleans, 13.,,,. x. The sales
tu-dnv will probably reach 'Jii.ouu bales. SliipiicuH
of eotten from llonibay to August 12, per Router s
telegrams, !0 bales. Lard, 71s. H.
CHASE. "
He Kuvom a New Party.
It Is ald that Just after the result of the Virginia
election became known, Chief Justice Chase wrote a
confidential letter to a prominent politician in Ton
nesseo, an old frleud of his, whorelu he expressed
much gratllleation at the defeat of the bitter enderg
In Virginia, and rejoiced over the success of the con
servatives. The Chief Justice expressed the hone
that results similar to that In Virginia would be pro
duced In Tennessee, Mississippi, and Texas and
strongly hinted that in hit opinion the Republican
party had served Its day, and the time was at hand
when a new eo-nservailve party mould bo formed
which would embrace the moderate men of all x
lstlng parties. This letter was kept very nulet for
some time, but after the Tennessee election the gen
tleman to whom It was addressed seemed to con
sider the seal of secrecy remoued, and showed It
aroood quit freely. He refused, however, to give It
.0 the pre.-aA, Cw, y, iie,aia ' "
CARIVS ROCK.
C'rnfi-Riott of the Sinn who Cnnned the Ter
nblr Knilrotul Oiwwteron the 15th of Am itt
The New York Tribune f to-day has the fol
lowing: On tho 15th of April, 1808 tho public wr-i
horrified by the occurrence of a distressing acci
dent on the Erie Railway, near Carr's Hope.
The details of the affair have not been forgotten,
nnd ever since detectives employed by the roa t
have been searching for the parties by whom it wa
supposed it had been caused. A Mr. Knight was
nrrested on suspicion, but released for want of
evidence.
On tho 25th of May, 1800, John Bo wen, the)
man who had first aroused suspicion agabft
Knight, was committed to jail on a charge of
tampering with the track, and of having com
mitted perjury in swearing that he saw Knight
engaged in the same wav on the night prevbvn
to the accident. Soon nfter his committal Bowen
made a partial confosiou exonerating Knight
from the alleged crime, nnd acknowledging that
he himself unfastened the rail nnd then charged
it upon Knight, for tho purpose of securing thn
reward of 2000 which had been publicly offered'
by the company for the dctectiou of any person
engaged in such a crime.
Yesterday llowen sent a message to Mr. Rol
ington. superintendent of the Delaware Division
of the Erie Railway, staling that ho desired nni
interview with him, as ho had au important
communication to make. Mr. Redington accord
ingly visited Bowen in his cell, where, in tho
presence of the witnes.-es whoso names arc ap
pended, llowen made tho following confession.
It was made voluntarily on the part of Bowen,
Mr. Kcdinglou having assured him that he need
not expect to receive unv leniency from tho
company if he had been "guilty of the crimes
mentioned. The following is the confession:
"I reside tn Orange counti. I have read the B'bie
nnd prayed lately, and hope to get some of my sins
pardoned. I may not live long, and don't llke'to die
with so much on my conscience. I wish to lighten
itallttlw. About between summer and fall, three
years ago, on the Krie Kali way, between the Dela
ware llridge and Sawmill Hirt 'and Kennedy's Cut, I
was going along (i was not working for the company)
one day, aud I kicked a stone from the middle or the
road to the edge or the track against the chair; there
t lodged 1 didn't think If would do any damage,
but It did, It started two or three cars otr the track,
home time in February, rue year ago, there was a
crooked rail nt Hosa's switch, near the chair. I took
a piece of iron and pushed the roll out of the chair,
and raised it up and put a spike under it at the
bended place on a second quarter tie; I shoved It
back Into the chair, bur. it wouldn't go in without
something heavy to force It. In : I left it. at that, and
along came a freight train ami broke It oir, and the
train rati oil do vn the bank. Abont the lfth, a year
ago last March (Ap-ih, at :t o'clock in the morning,
1 came down the track j left my place earl v), and
had been at, La. ka .vaxe..; I went to see about a
mine I had burning (.nt tie re. I dropped a stone on
my foot, which hurt me so I walked slowly down the
track until I came to Can 's Hock ; a freight train
passed me there, going west; I stepped aside till It
passed; I saw (on llm rlv-r side) a rail (crooked)
which was wot king Mp ,,,, ,,,wn as the train paftst(,
I took a piece or th - cap .,;r a rail and tried to fix it
s well as I cauld; s,ved tho rail out of
the chair ami nut a block under
L .f?H0 . it:, 1 n,lt n 8Pike under
the quarter-tie, in or.p..- n make It come straight
to its place again. I didn't think ft was going to do
any damage at all. I trav. lied on from half a mile
to three-quarters down the track, then I heard a
great noise. I thought If was the stones slipped
down Into the water; instead of the stones It was a
train going east, and in two or three days I heard It
was the train Instead or stones. That was theCarr's
Rock calamity ! 1 felt, very 8 -rry from that, time to
this; since I have been here I don't sleep nights. I
was not then In the employ of the Krle I Company
before any of the occurrences I hail been employed
by the Krie Company, and had been discharged bv
the company and sent to jail under a charge of
forgery. I knew when I put the spike under that
rail, if a heavy train came upon that rail afterward
it would break that rail, but If a train had come from
the Last It would have drove It down. I didn't know
from which way the next train was coming.
t , . "John Bowen."
The confession was made by John Unwen. August
16, ls9. al the Milford Jail, Pike county, Pennsylva
nia, when; he Is coniined to answer the double crime
of tearing up the railroad track, and committing
perjury by charging one James Knight with the or
lense. The crimes for which he is confined were
committed in the spring of this year.
, . ,,0".N H1UI)'8. Attorney at Law.
Milford. August HI, 1S09.
Confession made in the presence of G. S. Reding
ton, (dive r s iMmmlck, John Cornelius, James H.
Smith, and John I). Blddis. '
I A CI2 AW V'cOMMCKCi:.
Office of the Kvf.nin( Telrghaph.J
Wednesday, August IS, lMH. i
We have a decidedly active money market to-day.
Borrowers are iu strong muster, and rank chiefly
among business men and manufacturers. The
apathy existing among stock speculators leaves the
bulk of the resources of the banks to the class of
business borrowers, and Is a fortunate circumstance
In the present weak condition of the market; but
the uncertainties surrounding tho Immediate Hnan
elui future make the banks exceedingly cautious in
expanding their accommodations.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE 8ALE8.
Reported by De Haven A Bro., No. 40 S. Third street.
BEFORE BOARDS.
iSOOOAm Gold 133
r IKST BOARD.
$1000 Pa Rim 6s.... 98
loo sh Read R...bs. 484
isuu ra s wij cp.ioiji
tiooo N Pa 6s. s. .Is. ss
IKHio Elnilra Ts 89)tf
f30OO Phil E 6S.. 89)i
11(100 Leh R loan . 85. 87
13000 Lell Gold 1.... 9stf
BshMech Bank.. 32V
25 sh Glrard Bk.... 67
59 sh Cam 4 A m. Is.
cash.. 122)$
16 sh Penna....2d. 67
8 do 3d. 67
100 sh Cata Pf..bC0. 87
100 do 37 K
100
QO.
, 2d. 48-81
10
600
200
809
400
400
100
100
200
100
do.,
do.,
do.,
do.,
do.,
do.,
do ..
48 V
...2d. 48 V
. .85. 48
...86. 48
.18.89. 48 V
.18.48 s-ia
,..b30 . 48V
do
.830.48 8-16
do. 48 8-16
An cAA igi
8oo sh Leh Stk.'. .is.' 85?
70 dO 35)
BU11UU4A HIS. 41
Nakr & Ladner, Bankers, report this morning 'a
10-00 A. M...
.133
U'50 A
M.
..132jf
..133
..132?f
..133
10- 82
111)3
11- 20
11-80
133J'
133
132'
11-68 "
11-69 "
12-00 M.
..132?
Jay Cooke a Co. quote Government securities as
follows :U. 8. 68 Of 1881, 121 Mm; 6-208 Of 1862.
i22l';,d-,18W 1120! do., NOV., 1865,
1H0;120X; do.. July, 1865, 11M119; do. 1867.
119(,119',;; do., 1868, 119(119; KMOs, lVixd
Vl ; Pacifies, 107 V.108K. Gold. 133','. '
Messrs. Dk Haven A Brother, No. 40 8. Third
street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations:
-U. 8. 68 of 1881, 121)4(3181 - do. 1862, 121 3122 ;
do. Ib64, 120(S12O)tf; do. 1865, 120120.' ; do. 1665,
new, nfiiSH.i; do. 1867. new, H9H(aai9)rf; ,i0,'
1868, 119(.ill9; do. 68, 10-108, 112)tf$112; U. 8.
30 Year 6 per cent. Cy., Ki7'l08; Due Comp. Int.
Notes, Vi ; Gold, I32.v$.i33l. ;; Silver, 128130.
Pennsylvania Canal Company The following
are the receipts for the week ending August 14,
169 124,882-49
Previous In 1869 320,081-15
Total In 1869
To same period In 1868
Increase In 1869
1348,063-64
292,924-34
156,039 30
llillnl'llilu Trade Iteport.
Weknksdav, Aug. 18. Tho Flour market conti
nues steady, and In the absence of any demand for
shipment the tiansactions are limited to the wants
of 'he home consumers, who purchased 1200 barrels,
including superfine at f5-60(dfiD, extras at .V60rtr6
4C0 barrels Northwestern extra family at d-7ft.
7-i5, the latter rate for fresu ground, 6m barrels
Pennsylvania old at 6'75oi7'25, 6(K) barrels new
Ohio and Indiana on private terms, and fai'i'y
lit. tJ.').lll oi.r.nr.linir In imalllv KVU jMOUri
te"...1:....-. vSferdaV
quoTirHyiis. Sales of 16,ooo bushels Western reo lor
shipinenttwijiecrct terms; 2000 bushel ' Jle i.i,T
syhauia ami Southern red at IliMMil-) " &
bushels choice Delaware at l-70. ls "H1!1
tl-25 bushel for Pennsylvania and "?B?'n 'l
Is quiet but steady. Sales of Bono bushe s yellow at
l-17(118,BUd Western mixed atP16il
unchanged. Sales of old Western at J
new Southern ami Pennsylvania at Wisu -reining
doing in Barley or Mult. v . 0
Bark-Iu the absence of sales we quote MO. I quer
citron at 40 V ton. harrela wnn.l
Whisky is Hrm and advancing: 350 barrels wood
bouud WeBteru sold at l-ltKlil