1 IRAFHo H 4 J. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 18G9. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. VOL. X. NO. 43. FIRST EDITION AT THE CAPITAL. How the Government Buna Itself The Dent Family in General, and "Judge" Dent in Particular Chase's Presidential Aspirations. From (frtr Own CorrenpontlrnU Washington, Auk- 18. Out of Town. In the exciting Presidential campaign of which resulted lJ the election of Andrew Jack son, the supporters of the -Treat Tennesfccan made considerable capital with the masses by sticmati.iii'T the Cabinet of John Quiney Adams, Jackson's Immediate predecessor, as "the travelling Cabinet." Din ing his term as Tresident Mr. Adams had visited his New Eng land home once, and two or three members of his Cabinet had been called away on one or two occasions from Washington on account of sick ness in their families. The aggregate absence of the President and his Cabinet olliccrs did not amount to more than a week, but the Jack eonians knew that it was unpopular, and they made the most of it. In those primitive days, the popular notion was that the President and the heads of departments should remain con stantly at their posts, through all seasons and in all weathers. It mattered little how hot it was, or whether the White House was healthy or un healthy, in the summer months, it Andrew Jackson had undertaken to spend the months of July and August away from Washington during his first term, the probability is that he would have been defeated when he was a candidate for the Presidency a second time. But the Ideas of the reorle were crude then. They exacted too much from their public servants. The Republic w&s young and it needed constant and careful nursing. The entire expenses rf Cnvuminnnt. iliil not reach twentv milliotVinuually, and the taxes were corrcs-pondjnV- light, and easy of collection. Look iugTock upon those days from our advanced position, one would suppose that the President and his Cabinet could better have afforded to 6pend eight mouths of the year away from the capital then than one week now. Andrew Jackson, with all his conceded ability, probably never made the important discovery that the Government can run Itself. Even the truant Adams possibly felt some compunctions of conscience while en joying his hurried trip to New England, and his sleep may have been troubled with visions of things going wrong at Washington. If "Old Hickory" and his partisans could by any possibility revisit the scenes of their former straggles and triumphs, they would see taat we do things differently in our day. As I write, not only the Tresident and the Vice-President, but all the members of the Cabinet are out of town. And yet the Government seems to go on as usual. A few bureau ollicers, with the aid of several clerks, whose services cost a few hun dred dollars a year, run the machine, and for all practical purposes, they might run it all the year round, it Is so well oiled and regulated. 'rmiibliiiK. There will always be some persons dissatisfied. I heard a Republican Congressman, I will not Bay which house he is a member of, swearing the other day because he came here several hundred miles from his home, to transact some business for his constituents, and could neither find the President nor any member of the Cabi net, except the Secretary of War. "If there is no need for these officials,'' lie said, "we had better abolish their ollices, and have an under standing that we can transact business with the clerks. I tell you," he continued, "the people of my section don't take to this sort of business, and it's going to hurt us like in the elections." This man is probably a grumbler. He don't seem to understand that the "arduous duties" of the President, as the phrase is, may wear him out, and that with the Cabinet, as with children, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." The public men of our day have evidently studied and profited by the sad history of the younger Pitt. They have no notion of going down to their graves prematurely worn out by the cares of state. Why should they? Are not republics ungrate ful, and is there any reason to suppose that a President who takes it easy and enjoys himself will stand a worse chance for re election than one who remains at Ills post all the time, and takes the weight of public affairs upon him ? It is said Grant is indifferent about the succession. He told old Ben Wade some time ago that "the Presidency is not what It is cracked up to be." With all this, I have heard the grumblers 6ay, not Democrats either, that the President thinks he can make more capital.wlth the masses by spending the sum mer at Long Branch than by remaining at Wash ington. The Ilcnt Family. In my last letter I alluded to Judge Ueut as ' the President's Jonah, and intimated that he had no special love for Boutwell. Since then his Honor the "Judge" has made au assault upon the Secretary of the Treasury in the public prints Dent threatens to be as great a nuisance this summer in the way of riling letters as Uinckley was last summer ju the way of deliver- In" judicial opinions, mere ia resemblance, I have heard it paid, between the productions of Dent and Blnokley. In the gene i.i rf news, the correspondents eagerly seize upon whatever they can get; and I ..i. ,i,iuMt..r Dent's letter will am cu- am"U " ' ; ad infinitum. We shall ESTKcUns the members of the Cabinet In detail. After ho has finished Boutwell, ho will probably go after Crcswcll. Hoar, Cox, and ? n?.T, ' .2 Sit i, taken up and dealt with in their turn. Who knows but that Dent will finish 1 ... ..... iwj,i,.t himself ? It is to be regretted wuu ui . r.-:-: - - -cBioctcd. I am (lint Uenl can; viuu...v. 11 " : J ,mnff was not as well under ainuu tu. - - ,",. aa t, ls now. But Ktnod Wlien UO waou JV.V...B- , bt.?. .hould not be a matter of criticism perua -"--. . a ood a right to Pro-"3 :.m T "c- as the elder Wei ?PC1 r.r"r fcu MIM with a "we." Still, "LTwee these things, especially In a 1 ' tro to be trovcrnor o a soverc.gu STUS Breaking, this man Dent pro- mils to make trouble, if he is not curbed. L ke mists to ma b(cQ throwntoth0 stances over which he had no control. The fact that he is the President's brother-in-law makes it possible for him to write an impertinent let ter to Secretary Boutwell. Had he never been dragged out of obscurity by Grant's elevation to the Presidency, it is just possible that neither Governor Boutwell nor the country would ever ! have known that there was such a person as Judge lent. The worst feature of the business is that Dent claims to be acting with the consent and coun tenance of the President. Whether he is or not, there is good reason to believe that he has the sympathy of Mrs. Grant, for the Dents are very clannish, and stick together. If there is to be peace in the Cabinet the President must put an embargo on his brother-in-law, for men like Boutwell will not submit quietly to assaults from any quarter. The Chief .IiimiIcc nt Work. If anybody supposes that Chief Justice Chase has given up the notion of being President before he dies, they are mistaken. He is as eager for it now as when he iuiiaugurated the Chasc-Pomcroy movement, just before the close of Mr. Lincoln's first term. The Chief Justice knows how to improve his valuations. His visits to the Southern States, and more especially to that famous resort of defeated Confederates and disaffected politicians, the White Sulphur Springs, mean something more than recreation and pleasure. He has the sagacity to avoid that mistake of all Presidential aspirants, letter writing. What he does to advance his prospects he likes to do in person. There is reason to believe that he views with undisguised satisfac tion the result of the recent elections in Virginia and Tennessee. He hopes that Mississippi and Texas will repeat the operation. If Pennsylvania and Ohio go respectively for Packer and Pendleton this fall, it will be a fresh argument with Chase and his friends for the formation of a new party. "The conservative wave," as he said to a friend not long ago, "which has commenced to sweep over the South, will culminate in a new party." Of that party he hopes to be the leaderaud the can didate, lie knows that he stands very little chance with any of the parties now in existence. If he ever readies the White House it must be on the shoulders of a new organization. Joseph us. CUBA. In Probable Ao-iilxition by the United Stute. The London JVet'.s makes the following edito rial comments: "there is scarcely room to doubt that some negotiations arc going on for the acquisition of Cuba by the United States. At any rate there is nothing in the strong ollicial denials transmitted from Madrid to discredit the very positive state ments which are made both irom that capital and from Washington. Neither need we give much heed to the rooted objection which the citizens of the Union are alleged to feci to the extension of the territory of the republic by purchase. (ireat objections were made to the treaty under which Alaska was obtained irom Russia: butthey were in great part the expression of hostility to Mr. Seward and President Andrew Johnson. It is notorious that ever since the conclusion of the civil war it has been the object of American policy to acquire an im portant naval station in the West Indies. The negotiations with Denmark for the island of St. Thomas were undertaken for this purpose, but the prospect opened by the outbreak in Cuba, which followed the revolution in Spain, appears to have been unfavorable to the completion of the conditional bargain which Mr. Seward made with the King of Denmark. The sum of .0,000.000 lias been mentioned as that which the Spanish Government would receive for sur rendering its rights in Cuba. Considering all the circumstances which make it difficult for any European State to keep a hold upon unwill ing colonists in America, and that Cuba is at present in a state of insurrection, we shall think the Spanish Government very fortunate if any thing like eJO.dOO.OOO ever reaches Madrid as the price of the island." A Stupendous Victory, If True, of Ynliiiu-tcdii. Bayamo, Augusts. Colonel Palacios, resid ing in Vuelta Grande, having ascertained that the rebels from Holguin intended to pass a large convoy with cannon and oilier artillery to tlio Ramon, immediately marched to ambuscade in the jurisdiction ol Santiago ue Cuba, demanding the conjunction of Colonel Canizal, aud duly advising General Vaimesecta ot the pro- ected movements, lne iiencrai immediately ordered Colonel Andrianl, with the greater part if his column, and Col. donzares tsoct, with Ins ontra-guerillas, to proceed toVuelta Grande and Baire Abujo, and to take position in enta de Casanova, on the margii of the Contramaestre, there to be ready to co-operate with the other forces and prevent the convoy from concealment or refuge. The Yalnmseda division once more distinguished itself. The capture of the convoy took place partly near I'ainia feoriano and finally in Remanganagua. The ox carts, forges, and other irksome effects were destroyed, but the cannon aud other trophies were 6eut to Havana via Mauzanlllo. Among the materials preserved ire two brass cannon ot twelve cm., cast in lSti:i, and in perfect condition for service, hav ing been used; three spherical balls of twelve em., twenty-seven packages of grape-shot, forty-two cylinder grenades of eight em., twenty-two packages of grapeshot for cannon of eight cm., tKX) friction quick-matches and many other warlike wares. While the troops were renosino- in R,if..n Arriba, General Valmaseda, full of joy, haran gued the men before the departure of each de tachment to us post, i lie enthusiasm produced by this victory greeted the General all the wav through Jiguani and Baire. He had gone a dis tance of thirty miles with only twenty-five horse men and some of Boet's contra-guerillas, to be present at the general jubilee. me political prisoners that have come hern from Santiago de Cuba were sent to Jiguani on the lith, all excepting Don Gonzalo del Villar, wliose Bufferings did not admit of his removal. Their request to have Colonel Gonzales Boet as their couusel in defense was granted. The Secretary of War and the Patriot. A Washington correspondent ot the Syracuse (N. Y.) Journal, under date of the Hth IusUut, relates the following: General Rawlins especially ls delighted at the situation. His sympathies have been aroused almost to Intensity by the Cuban struggle; yet here he had to hold still, and even do more than that actively Impede their movements. Imagine, then, if you can, the delight with which he looks at the legal occasion afforded the smouldering quarrel between Peru and Spain to stop these Spanish gunboats. Yester day the General was met coming from Cabinet meeting by a journalist here. An Inquiry was made, or rather felt towards, with regard to the probability of the Government letting go its hold on these vessels. "Let them go!" was Rawlins' reply at once; "not a bit of it. We've got 'em, and we'll keep 'em, too." The words came out with a snap. The President ls reported to have said the same thing. The legal reason lor the seizure is that, when com pleted, they will undoubtedly be used to relieve the Spanish fleet in Cnban waters and allow them to be sent against Peru, a friendly nation, in whose interests we are bound to prevent harm coming to by acts of our own citizens, or mate rials vl war purchased In our DISASTER. An Ohio Klver racket Hlown I'n Flltrrn Per nonn Killed -Complete Wreck of the Boat find Totnl I.ons of the Cargo. J'rum the Cincinnati Tim? of A tig. 17. The Evansvillo and Cairo packet Cumberland exploded her larboard boiler at Shawncetown liar at 4 o clock on Saturday morning. Full particulars of the terrible disaster have been fur nished to the Evansvillo Journal of yesterday by persons who were on board, from which we condense: The boat was on her downward trip, and at Shawncetown bar the pilot had just rung for heaving the lead when her larboard boiler ex ploded with a terrible crash, leaving the boat a complete wreck and killing and wounding a large number of her deck-crew, a few passen gers, and the mail-agent, as is supposed. Engi neer Redman, who was on watch, hearing the call for the lead at once tried the water in her boilers, and finding it satisfactory returned to the engine to lie ready to answer the "slow bell," which he expected, and had just taken his posi tion by the engine when the boiler exploded. It is the opinion of her engineers that only the lar board boiler exploded; but till the boilers, three in number, were blown overboard. Only a small piece of the exploded boiler and two small pieces of the Hues attached to the boiler-head were found. Jim Mathcny. who was at the wheel, was blown overboard, as was also Bruce Hunter, second clerk, who was on watch when the ex plosion occurred. Mathcny was but little stunned, and was not only aide to save himself but also aided Hunter, whom he found helpless on the water, by clinging to portions of the wreck till rescued by a skiff. David Pearson, the mate, was blown up in the air, and fell into the hold beneath the furnaces, among the coals of lire. After having worked his way out of the hold he discovered that the boat was on fire, and though badly stunned, bruised, and bleeding, lie rallied such of the crew as he could find able for duty, and with their aid succeeded in extinguishing the fire, which broke out in another place, but by the timely efforts of the mate and crew, assisted by Alex.'liowell, Captain Lowth, and others, ft was agtiiu extinguished, and the wreck, and no doubt many lives, saved. In the meantime the anchor was cast out, and the J. L. Graham came up and towed the wreck to Shawncetown, when it sunk gradually, her "buts" having been started by the explosion. When the explosion took place Captain Lowth and Jim Daniron were buried in the wreck of the Texas, and had to burst their way out, which with much effort they succeeded in doing, and joined the mate and crew in their efforts to save the boat and assist the wounded. Captain Lowth was especially active aud efficient in securing the comfort of the wounded, and was nobly seconded in his efforts by Captain Howell and 'Mr. Daniel Jacobs, of Shawncetown, and the people of Shawneetowu were earnest in their efforts to render assistance and relieve the su ffering. Million Wright, the first elerk. was slightly burned in his efforts to save Bruce Hunt er's little boy, who was asleep in the office, in which lie was successful, though the boat's safe, in the same room, was blown over board. George Birch, the steward, had his right hand badly smashed aud slightly burned, but will soon be ail right. Samuel Copeland, the mail agent, it is sup posed, was making up his mail for Shawnee town, and was not seen afterwards. The offi cers of the Loreua, whieli passed up last night, reported that six dead bodies had been re covered, including the body of the mail agent, and one of the colored porters. Copeland leaves a young wife at Metropolis. Illinois. We are told that he had only a lew days since taken out a life policy for j'OtlO. A young man who lived between Shawnce town and Equality, Illinois, a passenger, was terribly mangled "and instantly killed. His name was not ascertained. Nine of the negro deck crew were at Shaw ncetown wounded, three or four seriously. Four or five were very slightly wounded, lint were able to assist in saving the wreck. There were twenty deck-hands and four firemen on the boat, of whom not more than fourteen or fifteen are accounted for, aud it is supposed that four or live passengers were killed, but as the books were lost in the confusion attending the disaster, the exact number, or the names, could not be ascertained. There was but one lady passenger, and she escaped without injury. The officers of the boat are highly commended for their efforts to save the passengers and crew. The Cumberland was built at Millersport, on the Upper Ohio, by Captain Bill Knight, if we mistake not, in IStU, and was called the Rachel Miller. She was sold to the Government after having made two or three trips, and converted into a gunboat, and at the close of the war was remodeled and named the Cumberland. Her boilers had been giving much trouble for some time past, and it is said her officers and crew had determined to lay her up when they readied Cairo. We are told that the boat was insured for 0000, and there was i'TOOO or 80)0 insu rance on her cargo. A RUFFIAN. He Write a Remarkable Letter. A Nashville paper says: Our readers will agree with us that the following document is a most unique illustration of the queer times in which we live: "(ilVK THE DEVII. 111H DIE! "To the Editor of the Banner: I have re cently seen a flaming account in the newspapers of an outrage 1 committed on William B. Hill. I wisli to explain James Bosson, a nephew of Goloncl William Bosson, and a cousin of tills Mr. Hill, of Murfreesboro, blacked and disguised himself and went in the night to where he could find John T. Rogers, a son of Geueral Rogers, of Rock Island; found and shot Johu T. with a pistol through a window, and has crippled him for life, for which ho was sued. James Bosson came to me who was present and agreed with me that if I would go away and run off the witnesses, so that Rogers could not obtain their testimony, that I should have a certain horse and another as good belonging to the parties, and &)0 to boot, for which 1 hold his note unpaid. 1 was to slip away the horses, or steal them away if you choose, to carry out the plun and blind the public.whicli I did accordingly. I ran the witness off aud went myself to Alabama, Not lomr thereafter Bosson aud inn ottered a reward for me and the horses, not expected by me. I was pursued, arrested, handcuffed by this Mr. Hill, and cast into jail, where I lay for months, and costing me about )".J000 to get out. 1 thought it right, and determined that Mr. Hill should pav this damage. I sued him for it by arresting him and keeping him in custody until he refunded my JO00; which he did with his own mm s sa i t. was rlflil. aim MV wao dumb fied. I treated lilm better than I was treated when in his custody. I knew It was wrong when I was running- thn witness away, as well as when arresting Mr. Hill, but believed the two transac tions wei-fi nbniit. Annul. Every person is Sllfo that will let me alone for my misdeeds during the war. Bud Cahter. "P. S. I hope such newspapers as have no ticed this transaction will give me the benefit of this explanation, and assure the public they are in no danger from my hands if they attend to their own business. On the first of July the Western Union Tela graph Company hud 104,534 miles of wire and 103 milcB of cu ble. A Western reporter calls a marriage license "a preliminary way-bill to be freighted over the sea of life together." Governor Denuison will be conspicuous on lie evuwp oi Vhio U4s JaU, SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEORArH. The Educational Conventions in Tren ton 'Something for Women Bet ter than the Ballot" The Gettysburg Reunion Transfer of Bullion from California East. A Shocking Accident in Cincinnati. FROM JVEW JERSEY. The Nnlional Superintendent AiutnciRtion In SeMMlon nt Trenton t'atknrlne H. Ileeeher nml Wonniii'ft Work Ktlucnilonnl Toplon. Special Depatch to The Evening Telegraph. Tkenton, Aug. 19 The National Superin tendents' Association this morning elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Presi dent, J. 1. Wickcrsham, Pa.; Vice-Presidents, S. S. Ashley. N. C: John L. Warren. Johnston. Me.; B. C. llobbes, Ind. Secretary, William R. Breery, Ind. Treasurer, James Cruikshank, N. Y. A scries of resolutions were adopted to appoint ommittee of three to act In connection with me of the Teachers' Association, to confer with the authorities at Washington in regard to the best interests of the National Bureau of Educa tion, and to represent to Congress their unani mous desire that it be clothed with ample owcrs, although no interference be designed with established State systems. The American Normal School Association re solved hereafter to hold independent sessions a week previous to the Teachers' Association, at the same place. Miss Catharine E. Beechcr, at 8-:!0 A. M., ad dressed through Miss Potter, proxy, a large assemblage, mainly of lady teachers; subject, Something for woman better than the ballot." She advocated the organization of a branch of the American Women's Educational Association, to establish a comprehensive institution to train their sex for the practicable duties of the family state. The subject will be discussed by the ladies to-morrow. The National Teachers' Association aeccptcd the resolutions of the Superintendents' Associa tion in regard to the Bureau of Education. Miss Randolph, New York, read a paper on natural reading. Hon. J. D. Philbrick. superintendent of Bos ton schools, discoursed discursively on the school aud the workshop. Messrs. Valentine, of New York, Forsyth, of Maryland, aud Read, of Missouri, were ap pointed the special committee to a congress of delegates from twenty-eight States. Dako tnh. District of Columbia, and Canada are re presented at this association. FROM THE PACIFIC COAST. .Honey Market -Trimmer of Gold. San Fkancisco, Aug. 18. Vice President Colfax, Senator Stewart, Dr. Linderman, of Philadelphia, and others, appealed to Secretary Boutwell to allow the transfer of several mil lions from the sub-treasury here, the amount being replaced in the sub-treasury at New York, as a relief for the present stringency in the money market, but received no answer. It has since transpired that the Secretary of the Trea sury permitted one firm to draw funds from the San Francisco Sub-Treasury, and thus take ad vantage of the public necessities. The action of the Secretary is denounced by the press, and is exciting the indignation of the entire com munity. Exportation of Specie. The steamer Golden City sailed for Panama to day with :380,OOO in treasure. Of this :i(W,(KW is for France, tiboutf 10,000 for London, aud 10, 000 for Panama. WlinllnK Intelligence. Advices from St. Lawrence bay to July 24 of the whaling fleet are unfavorable. The whale ship Corinthian, which left St. Lawrence last winter, has been sunk and Is a total loss. The following whalers have bceH spoken: Ships H. Y. Taber, Active, California, George How land, Hibernia, Josephine, and Ohio, with two whales each; ship John Howlaud, six whales; ships Helen Mar, Onward, and Florida, one whale each; ship Trident, four whales; ship Progress, five whales; ship Daniel tVebstcr, one whale. Mnu FrniieiHeo Markets. Flour is quiet at f.V50&.'0. Wheat, choice, i.oniinal at 41-75. Legal-tenders, 75. FROM THE STATE. The GcttVBburK Reunion. Gettysiu kg, Aug. 10. The boarding-houses and hotels of this new watering-place are rapidly filling up, in anticipation of the attendance of the generals of both armies at the indication of the battle-field to commence next week. A re cent military arrival here reports that he had an Interview with Geueral Lee, and expresses the opinion that that General will eventually at tend, not that he wholly approves of the mea sure, but that, regarding tue Indication as a foregone conclusion, it Is, perhaps, due to the men he commanded In this battle to be present at a work which will probably assume a historic character; but, above all, because he desires to avoid the misconstruction which would be placed upon his refusal to attend by the enemies to pacification and reunion between the two sections. It is proposed to mark the termination of the labors of the distinguished military visitors by a grand ball, in which the fashion aud beauty of the principal cities are expected to partici pate. FROM BALTIMORE. DUgrnreful Affnlr-The Workluiruieu' Move, nient. Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. Baltimore, Aug. 10. There was a disgrace ful row on board the steamer State of Virginia on her landing at Light street wharf, at 11 o'clock last night, returning from an excursion to Whlto Rock. Five or six persons were se riously injured by being hit with billies, etc. The Philadelphia Grimes Bay Yacht Club galled for Norfolk and Annapolis. The workingmen's movement here ls taking deep root, and promlsca to become a powerful organization. FROM EUROPE. TTit Mornlnti'n Quotations. By the Anglo-American Cabte. Ix)ndon, A tiff. 19 A. M The weather ls fair, and favorable for the Kfowlnjr crops. Consols, 03 for money; for account. U. S. Flvc-twentleg, 83 for the bonds of la; V tnr old bonds of ISfiS; and SIM for bonds of 1 HrtT ; IT. S. Ten- forties, 74 . Krie Railroad, ia' j Illinois Cen tral, I.IVKKPOOt., Aug. ia A. 1H. lounn active; niui- dlltiK uplands, VV.i. ; mMrtllnit Orleans, 133; d. The sales arc estimated at ltVK) bales. London, Auk. 19 A. .vi l.nisoed on, ai its. Supar. to arrive, quiet and steady. Calcutta Lin seed, (WS. (HI. London. Ann. lt The minimum rnte of discount of the Hank of England lias been reduced to 2M per cent. Thin Afternoon' Oiiotntlonn. London, Aiir. 19 Afternoon. Consols 93 for money aiirto:)', for account, American securities unlet. 6-'20."s, for x6Z s; 81 K for fss.Vs old, and sii furisBT's. ltMii's, 741,. Railways quiet. Erie, rj5. Illinois Central, 4. Livkki'ooi,, Auk. 19 Afternoon Cotton active and excited; uplands, 13 13 V'. ; Orleans, HiV"? lii'.d. The sales to-day will reach S,ikh) bales. Pork, 103s. tid. liaeoti, 04s. 6d. Tullow, 4.')S. 9d. 46s. FROM THE WEST. Iliirncd to Heath. Cincinnati, Aug. 10. Mrs. Fitzgerald, of Starres township, was burned to death a few days since by the explosion of a coal-oll lamp. COUNTERFEITS. Three Hundred nnd I'll'ty Tliotixnnd Dollar' Worth ol'ISiMirloua Noted to be rut In Clrcnlii. tlnn. Yesterday morning a part', whose residence is not a thousand miles from New York, entered Marshal Tookcr's olllce and presented to that functionary a letter which ho had received from a firm In this city, announcing that they have $350,000 of counterfeit United States notes on hand of the denominations of of $5, and itlO, printed on first-class paper, and so well executed as to defy the scrutiny of the most argus-eyed expert. These notes, thev inform him, are made up In packages of .fiOO each, and will bo disposed of to a select few of such of the Western wide-awakes as may choose to risk some of Uncle Sam's greenbacks in their purchase at the following rates: :00 for 20, 400 for 835, 1000 for 80. The advantages sure to arise from this invest ment arc duly set forth, and the receiver of the letter is strongly urged not to let slip so rare an opportunity for becoming a millionaire. Lest, however, this coulettr il rose view should fail to iuspire the person addressed with the necessary confidence, they offer to scud him by post or express one i'iOO package to begin w"ith, if he will only remit them 45 of the price iu advance, the remaining $15 to be paid within so many days, should all go well. In conclusion they cau tion him to keep close if ho means to venture, but expect that he will not betray them should he deem it more prudent to decline. On receiv ing these glad tidings the man hastened to New York to seek an interview with the coun terfeiter, and to have ocular evidence that the bogus greenbacks were fully up to the descrip tion, but when he inquired at the number of the street named in the letter as the firm's place of business, he was greatly chagrined on discover ing that no such firm was there to be found, whereupon, in the bitterness of his diappoint ment. he went away to the tribunal of justice aforesaid, and put the whole matter into the hands of the authorities, who will, doubtless, hunt up the gentry in question, if their domicile is within the jurisdiction of our metropolitan detectives. A". Y. World of thin morning. AW1 COMMERCE. Office of the Kvf.nino Telegraph,) Thursday. August lit, lstjU. We notice no change of moment in our local finances to-day. The demand on timo loans con tinues active, and, so far as the banks are concerned, lu excess of the supply. The outflow of currency to the West to move the crops ls daily increasing, and these remittances tend to a local stringency of money, with u higher scale of rates. The banks generally ask 7 per cent, for money, subject to call, anil readily obtain it. The supply of paper Is verv abundant and groat discrimination is made, especially at the banks, be tween short and long dates. Hills of the latter class are generally avoided there, and are only negotia ble with the note discounters at l(Kn'.l2 per cent. The average llgtire for prime paper of not more than thirty days is aw hi per cent. Gold Whs steady at the closing price of yesterday. Government loans were very quiet, and prices have slightly advanced since the opening sales of this morning. The stock market was exceedingly dull this morn ing, but prices generally were steady. Nothing was done in State loans. City sixes were quiet, with sales of the old issue at 9ti34', with 101 bid for the new. Heading Railroad was Inactive, closing at 4SV bid. Pennsylvania Kuilroad sold to a limited extent at B.V67: Lehigh Valley Kallroad atfiO'i: and Mine hill Hallroad at 3? ; 37X was otl'ered for Catuwlssa Kallroad preferred; 30r for Philadelphia and Erie Kailroad; 49 for Northern Central Kailroad; and Yi'iy, tor Cumden and Amboy. In Canal stocks not a single transaction was re ported. 85tf was bid for Lehigh Navigation, aud 17M for Schuylkill Navigation preferred. Hunk shares were iu better demand. Western sold at 32) ( 32V, and Glrurd at h". Coal shares were neglected. Passenger Railway shares attracted but little attention. 45 was bid for Second aud Third, and 30 for Fifth and Sixth. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES. Reported by De Haven & Bro., No. 40 S. Third street. FIRST BOARD. 1400 City 6s, Old. . . 90V, 6 sli Mech Bank 32tf 32 4' 67 M7i :m do 96 Jhooo Pa It 8 m 7tf HX)Clty 6s, New. loti fwuo do 101 v I 80 do is lOBh (Jirard Bk... 47 su I'enna It. .Is 100 do. Is. 67 M0 do 101 i, JR(KH) Elmira K 7s. . . b i!000 Leh V new bs. 233 do IS. 67 13 sh Mltiehill It... 63,',' 2ii() sh Ocean Oil... 200 do reg.. 95 y Narr A I-aonek, Bankers, report this morning's Gold quotations as follows: 10-00 A. M 133S 1023 A. M 133 10-07 " 133'B 1030 " i:)3.' 10-15 " 133 Hi 1034 " 133 10-17 " 133J 11-J0 " 133 V 101 " 133H 1121 " 133W 10-20 A. M 133'l200 M 133,' J ay Cookk Co. quote Government securities as follows: U. S. Cs Of 1R81, 122V,123; 6-20S 0flStS2, 123U23H(; do., 1S04, 121 -12l ; do.. Nov.. lsus. 121V m5: do., July, 1805, 12lvai2ilsu . do., 1S07, 120(1207i ; do., 1SGS, 120 Hi (4120 ; 10-403, 113 '(A 114; roclllcs, 10s?., (ft lot). Gold, 133Hi'. Messrs. De Haven & Brother. No. 40 S. Third Street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations: U.S. 6S of ISM, 122 'ii123; do. 1S02, 12V4lMvr; do. 1604, 121 H,(a i21X. ; do. 1S05, 121H,(S,121)tf ; do. 1S65, new, 120.V&120)tf ; do. 1SC7. new, 12iik;al20V ; do. 12llt'12U?a ; UO. CS, 10-408, 1134iil,114; U.S. 30 Year 6 per cent. Cy., 1im($1(W ; Due Comp. Int. Notes, 19X ; Gold, 133'133J, ; Silver, 123130. The receipts of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company for the month of Jnlv, ls09, were 267,"7S81 For the same period last year 207,600-71 Increase For the seven mouths ending July 31, lsOU 11,718,171-24. For the same period, ending July 81, lsoti 1,441,08127 JOO.lU-90 Increase t274,os997 THE NEW YOUK MONEY MAttKET. The following extraots show the state of tho New York money market yesterday : from the Herald. "Wall street that is.so much of It as Is not accus tomed to exercise any deep consideration upon the complex features of the greut financial problem which ls here every duy presented for solution in some new and hitherto unthought-of shape, or the hidden currents flowing from unknown aud to them undlscoverable sources that feed this great lake of speculation, producing varied agitation as their volume or number increase or dimmish, aud that U no small portion of It was surprised at the exceed ingly light otlerlngs of bouds made the Qoveruuiunt Uwlay upon tne occasion of the third of the August jiufchuacs pj Ajmauat Vswmi Vuttr. flcld under Secretary Bontwell's order. Proposals were wanted for the sale of $2,ooo,ooo five-twenties, as on the llth and 4th Instant. Vpon these dates tho offerings had been of t)7,2M),ono and 14,400,000 re spectively, while at a later date, when proposals were invited for the sale of $1,000,000, the offerings were $2,268,000. To-ilav, however, the amount offered was short, of the number advertised for, aggregating only $1,13,2h). and these were mostly at ligures above the current market. Under the cir cumstances, of course, the whole amount offered was accepted, and the Assistant Treasurer subse quently announced his Intention of advertising for the balance of $S63,soo for purchase to-morrow. The clrcumstancee of so few offerings of course Immediately suggested a combination on the part of leading dealers, who did not appear as sellers, with a view to Influence the open market. It is not as serted here that such has not been the case, coali tion of that kind being by no means a thing likely to be nnthought of by many operators dealing pretty largely in Government bonds, but there ls a possi bility that the Incident which suggests It may havo occurred without any concerted action. It has been more than once mentioned here that the offerings of bonds on the market were very light, and especially of late, since the recent depreciation became so marked, and that the receipts from the country had fallen off to almost nothing. Moreover, brokers hav ing orders for large amounts nave found It extremely difficult, and In some cases Impossible, to All tlient at the current figures of the market, the quotations of which were mostly made upon dealings In very small lots, the large holders declining to sell unless at a very considerable advance upon the market. It ls apparent Irom this that the recent decline In prices has beeu brought about mainly through the weakness and timidity of the snail ex-dealers un ncqmiliited with the strong under current that ex isted In the market, and frightened at the decline la gold. Under these circumstances, to those who un derstood all this and tho undiminished confidence which investors, great anl small alike, had In a speedy upward turn, it was really less a matter of surprise that the offerings to the Government were so light to-day than would have lieen the offer of any very considerable amount at tho price at which they were then quoted on the streets. It is probable that If there had been any suspicion on the part of the large dealers that the proposals to sell would have fallen so much short of the anion nt to be pur chased, some of them might have otl'ered bonds at figures above the market, on the chance of their bids 'being accepted; but. of course, no such knowledge was attainable, and each acting from their own understanding of the real firmness or these securities, the larger dealers knowing; this best, might naturally enough, and without any combination, have foreborno xj submit any pro posals, it may be further remcmtered, lu support of this theory, that one of the most prominent deal ers on the street did not offer any bonds to the Government upon the last two occasions of these purchases, and that on Thursday last the entire amount of $1,000,000 was obtained from one house below the then market ligure, which oiler has not been repeated. It Is not Impossible to-day that the offerings may greatly exceed the amount to be purchased upon the speculative idea aliovc suggested, but It would not be safe, therefore, to assume that this was the result of another combination. Tho market for Governments was buoyant and active after noon, when the proposals were opened, and prices ad vanced generally from 1 to tf per cent. 'The money market, worked without new features, and borrowers on call were easily snpplied at six aud seven percent, on (Joveroment anil stock col laterals respectively. At. New Orleans exchange on New York ls llrm and shipments of specie here are reported. The demand for currency from the West ls insiiillclent yet to affect this market, hut the banks here give notice of a probable active demand for funds at an early day. Commercial paper is dull, and prime ranges from tola per cent." Plillailelpliia Trade Report. Thursday, Aug. 19. The Flour market Is less ac tive, but, with light receipts and stocks, prices are well sustained. There is very little Inquiry for ship ment, and the home trade operate sparingly. Sales of 100 barrels superfine at $550; 100 barrels extra at $025; 800 barrels'Northwest extra family at $6-75 775; 200 barrels Pennsylvania do. do. at $C-507-25; 300 barrels Ohio do. do. at $7 758; and 300 barrels sour on private terms. Rye Flour Is steady at $fl37Jtf per barrel. The Wheat market is less active, and prices are hardly so strong. Sales of 2000 bushels Pennsylvania and Southern red at$l-6.V,l6$ji; 1000 bushels West ern do. on secret terms; and 1000 busl-.els Indiana white at $1-67. Rye is steady at $125 per bushel for Western. Corn Is quiet, but firm. Sales of 25iM) bushels yellow at $l-isna19; and 1000 bushels white at $118; Western mixed is quoted at gl-lfi(l18. tints are 2(n!3o. bushel lower. Sales of old Western and Pennsylvania at tlS(A72:., und .'tooo bushels new Southern and Pennsylvania at 55(ritioc. Nothing doing In Barley or Malt. Jiiu k in the utisence or sales we quote No. 1 Quer citron at f 10 r? ton. Whisky Is selling largely at $120 for Western In wood-bound packages. Small sales of choice and iron-bound barrels at. higher figures. 300 barrels new Rye sold on secret terms. LATEST SIIIITLNU INTELLIGENCE. For additional Marine A'eios see Iimide rages. 1IY TRLKGKAPH. San Francisco, August Is. -Arrived, Bhip Maria J. Smith, from Sidney. Cleared, ships NeriiiH, tor Liverpool, with 3l,(IIIU sacks ot wheat; Ulenuroas, for Liverpool, with 83,1 OU sucka; Carnsmore, for Liverpool, with 31,000 sucks aud Portland, tor Liverpool, with 37,000 sacks. Sailed! ships Lady Ann, for Liverpool, and Haze, for lions Konir. (Hi Atlantic CrMr.) MoviiXE, AuRUBt lit. Arrived, steamship Kuropa. from Nets York for Glasgow. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. .AUGUST 19. STATE OF THERMOMETER AT THE EVENING TELEGRAPH OKK1CE. 7 A. M 72 1 It A. M... 78 1 2 P. M M CLEARED THIS MORNfNO. Steamer Chaster. Jones. New York. W. P. Clyde A Co. Br. barque Bolvidere, Harrison. Liverpool, L. Westerttaard A Co. Scnr Lizzie Batcholdor. English, Savannah, Scott, Walter A Co. Schr Kmma L. Porter, Sparks, Boston, do. Si-hr Iinko, Snow, Cliarlostown, do. Schr Sabino, Currier, Newmarket, N. H., do. Scbr Cherub, Layman, Anna'iolia, do. Schr J. I. WorUiiogton, Terry, baiem, John Rommel, Jr. A Bro. Schr Caroline Young, Young, Salem, do. Schr Hiawatha, Lee, Haverhill, do. Schr Kescue, Kelly, Chelsea, do. Schr Sarah, Cobb, New Bedford, do. Schr Khodella Blow, Uonnovan, Med ford, do. Schr M. bewail, Frisbee, Providence, do. Schr S. R. Thomas. Arnold, Providence, do. Schr Ira Bliss, Hudson, Dixhton, do. Tug Tlios. Jetluraon, Allen, Baltimore, with a tow of barges . W. P. Clyde A Co. Tug Chesapeake. Merrihew, Havre-do-Grace, with tow of barges, W. P. Clyde A Co. ARRIVED THIS MORNING. Steamship Brunette, f reeman, SH hours f rein New Torb. With mdae. to John V. Old. St earner Mayflower, l-ultz. 24 hours from New York, with mil he. to W. P. Clyde A Co. (Steamer Sarah, Junes, 21 hours from New York, with indue, to W. M. Iluird A Co. Steamer Tacony, Nichols, 24 hours from New York, with nidxe. to W. M. Baird A Co. N. ii. barque Malvina Degner, Sprenger, 61 days from London, with mdse. to U. K. A U. (.. Lennig. Buniue Marv Pratt, Kilburn, 6 days trom Boston, in bal last to J. E. Bazley A Co. Brig Caroline K. Kelly, Adams, 6 days from Boston. Scbr Alice B., J. 11. Alley, 4 days from Saco, with head ings to Isaao Hough A Morris. Schr Matilda, Brooks, Oakes, from New York, in ballast to Lennox A Burgess. Sic lit Florence tstiay. Hulse, 7 days from Boston, withj ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co. Sohr M. II. Read, Benson, 4 days from New Bedford. With oil to l.anilell A Bro. Schr Helen Uolgate, Uolding, 8 days from Pantego, N. O., with lumber to Norcross A Sheets. Schr J. Truman, Uibbs, 8 days f roiu Now Bedford, with, oil, etc., to Hastings A Co. Schr F. W. Johnston, Marts, from Boston, Schr J. Barrett. Dickeraon, from Boston. Tug Hudson. Nicholson, from Baltimore, with a tow of barges to W. P. Clyde A Co. Tug Commodore, Wilson, from llaVTS-da-Grace, With ft tow of barges to W. P. Clyde A Co, AT QUARANTINE. Sohr Frances, Satterlee (late Tucker, who died at. Fort ress Monroe), from Sagua la Uraudo, with sugar to S. Mor ris Wain A Cp. NbwYohk Orru-E, August IS. Seven barges leave In tow to-nigu lor dwuuiwb, .ikuv. BAivriMoiiK Boanch u'ki:k, August 18,-The following barge, leave in tow to--iht. , -"'ward,:- Mary Kilpai rick : O.H. Rewei and Nightingale, aUwiU t T).do. with coal, or Chester. William Petrie. with coal, for Philadelphia, JU 8. 0. MEMORANDA. Bteamahlp Faolta. Brooks, henoe, at New Tork yestw drfchr Minnesota, Phinney, for Philadelphia, sailed from Hew Bedford 17th inst. bebr Wm. U. Howe, Whittemore, for Philadelphia,' Cleared at Boston lvtb inst. bchrs Morniug Light, Ireland i Suooesa, Richards) ana Lirsie Kaymoud, Lord, beuce, at Norwich lotto inst. IScbrs Nellie hUrr, Poland, bence, and Iowa, UltfOs iim &mv( Xvr i'MMvipiua, nt rvfUttd Kk Mb
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