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THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 18G9.
CITY I IH T 12 Ii K y 13
Trn? IRorHT.-Wftfpr in otir rpq70lr" E''?;!
to "it row small ami beautifully less, m jvi'i he n
by the following statement of tlio amount in eaoh
basin this morning: ,;,
ltrvrrmr. . . . 6 feet 6 inches
Kensington . j
Falrmount
Corinthian Avenue 4 ,.
PPThpofn t'hcWV"wa'i foot 6 Inches below
tnednm at Falrmount. at the time the foregoing
men" VrcmentH were made this morning.
Tnl "s wc have rain, i.y no possibility can the
...nn vat Kalrmonnt he kept up till Saturday evenlnif.
Kery far relltierv, and other establishment
making large use of water has been notified by tho
Hntli rlt cs to desist, and numbers of them Have
either entirely ceased operations, or else make only
half or quarter time. ,
The pecuniary loss by thin suspension, both to em
ployers and employed, Is enormous. It reaches
niahy thousands of dollars each day.
Housekeepers will have to be careful of their kit
chen boilers, else, In case anv diminution In the sii
ply actually happens, they will be 111 Imminent
danger of explosion.
Manv of the factories In the city, and other estab
lishments that use large quantities of water daily,
have already eommen I the excavation of wells to
furnish them in case of necessity, aid most of the
old wells covered up for years have had pumps rein
serted Into them lor me emergency.
The necessity for a sparing use of the water on the
part of each uiid every one Is manifest.
Pkath of Alexander J. IIakpek, Esq. Alexan
der.). Harper, for many years connected with the
city administration, illjd this morninir, at the resi
dence of his father, James Harper, Emu., on Walnut
Htreet, above Eighteenth, lie had been complain
ing for some time, but was not bedridden until
within a few days past. Ills disease was congestion
of the bowels. , ,
The deceased represents) the Ivghth ward for
right years past as a member of the lower body of
councils. He was President one term. He was also
for some years chairman of the Committee on El
name. During his term of service he was ever
active and vigilant, and he intimately identllled him
self with all reform measures. At the time of his
death he was a member of the (.las Trust. For a
number of vears ho has taken an active part In the
politics of the day, and during tho last municipal
contest was prominently mentioned in connection
with the mayoralty chair, lie was also a member of
the Union League and the National Union Club. The
flags of both of the houses of tho latter organiza
tions, on tho announoemcnt of his death, were or
dered to be draped.
The American Po.mi.oiu:ai, Society. The tlnest
and most extensive exhibition of fruit cvet seen In
America will doubtless be made at the meeting of
the National Pomologieal Society to be held In
Philadelphia, on the 15th of September next. The
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society will hold its
autumnal exhibition of fruit and flowers at the same
time. The Massachusetts Horticulture) Society, ho
famous for ltB line fruits, and the Western New York
iruit growers, also distinguished for superb fruit,
will be fully represented, as will also the great West
with its abundance of grapes, and California for the
first time. The South will also send full sets of de
legates for the lirst time since the war. The fruit
frrowers from abroad will be the guests of the Penn
sylvania Horticultural Society, and will bo hand
somely entertained by an evcningreception.
Tnl! Washington Monument. The workmen en
paged in enclosing the Washington Monument
finished their labors this morning. The railing Is a
substantial one, and sufllclcntiy heavy to keep the
passers-by from marring i's beauty by chipping oil'
corners or from defacing it with rotten peaches, etc.
Home scamp, but a few days ago, on passing the
monument, threw an immense quid of tobacco,
which alighted near the nasal organ of the statue
and spattered over tho flf lire. To remove this Olthy
substance required some hours of delicate labor on
the part of an artist.
A Series of CiiAiiiiKs. James Derbyshire is a
huckster. Yesterday he was vending tomatoes
through the Seventeenth ward at a llgure loss than
the grocery men could afford to dispose of them. As
a matter of course, a little jealousy incited these
people to look closely after .lames, and they dis
covered that lie hud no license und that his horse
had no shoes. A warrant was procured and James
taken before Aldermuu Eggleton, who lined him in
the sum of 814.
A Starbino Affray. About half-past 11 o'clock
last night a difficulty occurred on State street, be
tween Kace and Vine, and Fifteenth anil Sixteenth
streets, between Peter Klker and Charles Lewis,
both residents of that locality. During the utlVay
Kiker was cut pretty badly In the faea. Subse
quently Lewis was arrested on the charge of doing
the cutting. His case will be hoard this afternoon
at the Central Station.
MORE Carelessness. The police of the Fh-st dis
trict last night found the doors of twenty-four dwell
ings open, and in the Fifth district, six houses were
found in a condition for robbers to easily enter. The
pate of a yarn manufactory on Chesnut street, ubove
Thirty-llrst, was lounuopen, ami on tneotiicer going
in tncyard aa discovered a wagon containing c-ouu
worth of zephyrs standing unguarded.
Casualties. At an early hour this morning an un
known woman fell or was knocked down at .seventh
and Bedford streets, and received two cuts in the
head.
A similar accident occurred to an unknown man
at Seventh and Shippen streets. Doth cases were
removed to the Hospital.
A Fast Driver John Diglcr yesterday spent
four dollars in hiring a team, lie had with him his
sweetheart He wanted to show the speed of the
animal, and plied the "gad" pretty freely. At
Third street and Cermantown avenue a policimr.ui
overhauled him and took him belore Alderman
Eggleton, who lined him an additional J.".
Larceny of Washed clotiiino. This morning,
about 5 o'clock, a policeman caught a negro coming
from the yard of a house at Broad and Lombard
streets, withabuudle of fresh washed clothing under
h is arm. wttich he hail stripped from the clothes
line. He gave the name of Samuel Moore, and will
be at the Central station tuts ntternoon.
Grocery Storb Robued About 2 o'clock yes-
terriay morning thieves entered the grocery store of
Richard French, at Twentieth and Mount Vernon
strecls. and robbed it of a small sum of money und
a few cigars. An entrance was effected through the
ransom over tne front door.
Pi.kiht Fire. About half-past 4 o'clock this
morning Policeman Furrel, of the Sixth district,
discovered a tire lu tne cigar store of .John luninf.
at No. 2122 Market street. He broke in the door.
and succeeded la extinguishing the Humes with but
trilling damage.
For Gloucester. This delightful spot Is within a
few miles of this city, and is connected with it by
large and comfortable steamboats, which leave
South Btreet wharf every few minutes during the
day. Hundreds oi our citizens, with lliuir iatullles,
make weekly trips to tins resort.
CANTILLON
Death of Napoleon's ScrKeunt.
1110 sergeant cautillon, wiio.se death was
lirielly annouueed a few days siuce, deserves a
Jew words ot notice It ouly on account of the
greatness which was thrust upon him. After
the battle of Wagram he was promoted to the
rank of sergeant of grenadiers of the Imperial
liuards. Towards the end of December ot 1815
a pistol was fired at the Duke of Wellington in
one of the strceti of Paris, and all tho sous
lliccrs of the Old Guard resident in the city
were arrested. Suspicion more especially
attached itself to Cautillon, who was arraigned,
but acquitted for want of evidence. Napoleon,
however, seeming to look upon his old sergeant
uomcwhat in the light ot a hero, bequeathed to
liim in his will the sum of 10,000 francs. Tho
legacv was paid to Cautillon in by M. l.af
fitte, "at tho same time as the legacies to Baron
Larrey and others. Bonaparte'b recollection of
his guardsman seems to have been an after
thought, for the beqiuMt forms part of the fourth
codicil to his will, und is dated April 2i, KWl.
The terms of the will are as follows:
Fifth Item. Ten thousand francs to sub-ofllcer
Cantillon, who has been tried for conspiriug to
assassinate Lord Wellington, of which ho has
lieen declared innocent. Cautillon had as much
right to assassinate that oligarch as those had
who sent mo to perish on the rock of St. Helena.
"Wellington, who proposed this attempt, seeks
to justffv it by the interests of Great Britain.
If Cantillon had actually assassinated Lord
Wellington, he would be protected and justilled
ly tho same motives the interests of Franco to
despatch a general who, besides, had violated
the capitulation of Purls, und in doing 8 ren
dered himself responsible for tho blood of tho
martvrB Nov, Labedovcre, etc., and the crime of
plundering the museums, contrary to tho text of
tne ireaiien.
EDDINO INVITATIONS ENGRAVED IN
th pewMt inn neit man nor.
LOU1B DBiKA. Kl.tinnor and Knrraver,
THIRD EDITION
DOMESTIC
AFFAIRS.
Chicago without Was er Distress of the
People Thereat The Susque
hanna Railroad War Strike
of the Plate Printers
Tax on the Bro
kers of New
Yc::c.
FROM . KW YORK.
The Eitiltez.liiiK Han't lYrniilent -The Rimmey
f iinii'iiii'T ( nil',
Despatch to The Kve.niug li iraph.
New Yokk, Aug. )'.'. ' iconic R. Rutter, late
President of the Tennessee National IUnk,
charged with defaulting to the amount of
ituiu.iHHJ, was brought ir ore .nidge .Mccunn on
n habeas corpus, his counsel, General Pryor,
claiming there was no regular authority from
Governor Hoffman to hold him. Tho matter
was adjourned to allow I'.ic proper warrant to be
obtained.
Judge Barnard has reil fed the bail of Ramsey,
n the contempt pro ceilings in the Susquehanna
Railroad war, from S'.'d.O'K) to $1000.
Jtrrnvery of stolen .Honey.
Rocheteu, August I'.l It Is reported here,
on good authority, that SUil.000 of the money
stolen from the American Merchants' Union Ex
press Company near Albany, a few days since.
was found on Monday last secicted In a barn by
the railroad, near Newark, Wayne county, fine
of the boys who made the discovery is named
Kelly, and belongs to this city.
Arrenled.
Ai.itANY, Aug. 1!). George J. Havens, a clerk
in the employ of Croft it Wilson, clothiers, has
been arrested on the charge of robbing them of
goods valued at $1000. Much of the property
was recovered.
David Kinsman, who last April falsely swore
that he was worth .4500, in order that he might
be accepted as a bondsman, was traced to War
ren county, and brought here last night to an
swer the charge.
The Nrw York Stork Mnrkrt.
Nbw York, Aug. lit. Stocks steady. Money steady
at c;i T per cent, uola, ins 1 ; ; 5-208, 1862, coupon, vtt ;
do. l-04, do., 121 vt ; do. 18o&, do., 121 ;4 ; do. do. new,
l'i(' '; do. 1S67, 12ti?;: no. isivs, 120 ; 10-4s,
na.'ii ; Virginia fixes. ; M'ssourl sixes, Kiijrf;
Canton Co., M; Cumberland preferred, IS.v.rN.
V. Central, 20t ' ; Krie, 12s; Reading, 9ti-; Hudson
Kiver, svy; Michigan central, inn; Michigan
Southern, lo."?; Illinois Central, i:irt; Cleveland
and Pittsburg, 10& V, ; Chicago and Hock Island,
115',; Pittsburg and Foit Wayne, 51',; Weste.11
I'nion Telegraph, 3S'.
The New York Produce Market.
Nkw York, Aug. T.) Cotton tinner: middling
uplands, 34.'.iC lour tate and Western dull
and .'? IPC. lower; superfine to fancy State, t.V9oi.
.a; superfine to choice white wheat Western.
t.'iilowTta; Southern quiet and drooping; common
to choice extra, ?r iS( ll-ir,; California lower; sales
at J9'7.n!)-75. Wheat dub and unchanged; No. 2
spring, fl'52(S:l ((; amber Tennessee new, two.
Corn very Bcurce and lc. higher for new Western
mixed; sales at iise.m 51-19 for unsound and $l-20f.
1-93 for sound. Oat a are a shade lirmer: nw
Western, CSia.Cfic. Heef quiet. Pork dull ; new mess,
$33-05; prime, J27-7.VJn-.mi. Lard dull ; tierces. 20c.
for steam-rcndereii. w hisky quiet; free, fl'li.
FROM WsltiHlJVGTOJV.
Treaty Hot ween I'nlleil Slates and France.
DexpalcK to the A siweialed I'retm.
Washington, Aug. 10. Ollicial proclamation
has been made of a convention between the
United States and France securing in their
respective territories u guarantee of property in
trade-marks, to take cflcct on October 3, and to
continue in force for ten years.
t'ovode nt the Capitnl.
Sprrt'al Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Washington, Aug. 19. The Hon. John
Covodc arrived Jiere this morning on business
connected with the Internal Revenue Depart
ment, and left again at noon. He had a loug
interuew with Commissioner Delano.
The Tax on the ltrokerH.
A delegation from the New York Board of
Brokers called this morning upon Commissioner
Delano to protest against the recent decision
taxing their capital. They asked that it be re
versed, a request which the Commissioner will
hardly grant.
The Plate PrlnterM.
The pressure upon the Treasury for fractional
currency is so treat that it has been resolved to
transfer the printing from bank note companies
at New York to the Treasury here. This is the
result of the strike of plate printers, which,
from information received here, shows no pros
pect of coning to an end. J
FROM THE WEST.
Ti-icliliiie in (iiletiffo.
Despatch to The Evening Ti legrapfu
Chicago, Aug. 10. a large German family is
suffering greatly from tho effects of trichina1,
having been in the habit of eating raw ham.
Other cases of same disease are known. The
Board of Health is investigating.
Ciiicavo Without Wnter.
A large part of the city is suffering greatly
by lack of water cau-ort by the breakage of pipe
in the river by the anchors of two vessels. Two
weeks may elapse before the damage is repaired.
Hotels, opera house, and business buildings
around are almost entirely without water, and
in AVestDivision the I n k is still more terrible. A
fire would receive little check.
The Importation of Ten.
Numbers of hotclkecpers and citizens are club
bing together to import a quantity of tea direct
from China. It is expected that tea now cost
ing $:J und more will be obtained for 00 cents.
FROM XE W JERSEY.
Hull nt ' oiik Itriincli.
Long Bhancii. August 10. Governor Hoff
man, General Meade, and other celebrities, will
be present at the ball at the Continental Hotel
011 Fridayexening. Invitations have been scut
to the President, and to Generals Sherman,
Sheridan, and others.
Tim Iliiliiniorc I'roiluee Market.
Baltimore, Aug. lit. Cotton very linn at 34c.
Flour dull and the demand light; Howard Htreet
Mipertlne,t6j2Ri7: do. extras, 8i-25(rf8-2.rj; do. family,
tSWa'.SfNi: City JliKs Kiiperllne, til-sncn-ifi; extra
do., 7-25(SK-Vf; tin. laiuily, JS-7!XrHO-7S; Western
Hiiperllne, 8-r0( iw.'i ; do. extras, f7-2ft,7"7S; do.
family, S(a8-fi(l. Win at steady at -Ka 1-tift. Com
linn; prime white, I-U: yellow, II '10. Oats, rti
t.8c. ltye, IHiiKi l'lfi. Pork llnu at $34. llacon, ribbed
sides quiet at 19.'., o. ; clear do., lit)tfoi 19 i4'e. ; shoul
ders, liii.i 10 c. Hams advanced to 2.'c. Lard linn
ut20tij,21c. Whisky sti; k Bcarce at 1-1S.
Hlock fliiotntloim Tclrgrnph-'j P. IH.
Glendennlng, Davis .v Co. report through their New
York house tho follow im::
N. Y. CenUU 2'i'.",iWest. Union Tele...
Ph. and Ilea. It Uti!.. Toledo fc Wabash K
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7S-I,
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. 19 V
.13 J
M lch. . and N. I. R . . 1 116 Mil. St. Paul it.
Cle. and Pitt, It 10."
.Mil. .k Kt, Paul pref.
Adams Express
Wells, Fargo Co...
Gold
.Market very UulL
Chi. and N. W. com . . 8sj
Chi. and N. W. pref.. fn'.'
Chi. and H.I. R U.v
Pitta. F. W. Ctn. R.lftij,"
PacUlcMAllSttum... u 1
FROM THE COAL REGION.
The Snp-nlon lUovnnrnt-ThrlPrnlmnllitT of
f.r'"r. T """""Kllon -Th MhmU," anil the
lHaxntlnlnrtlon 11 linn Ciuinrit.
XjtciaX Dttpatch to The Evening TeUgrapK
Scranton, Pa., Aug. 19 Tho lii'pnhUrnn of
this morning contains the following: Tho finale
of the suspension movement Is culminating with
great rapidity. The developments of the past
three days have shown conclusively that both
companies and men are ripejfor a resumption of
work, but as large bodies move slowly, it Is
natural to Infer that some time would lie wasted
in fruitless negotiations before the miners would
formally abandon the basis and accept the tempt
ing wages now paid for that class of labor in the
Valley.
While the Eclawarc, Lackawanna and Western
Companies' men have unflinchingly demanded
the basis at their several Interviews this week
with the general coal ngcnl, it Is a significant fact
that the burden of their talk hasbcen toelicit from
that otiiecr a specific proposition for an advanced
rate of wnircs.
We have been personally assured that all ex
pectation of a basis had been abandoned by the
men two weeks ago. and that if the agent would
offer the men tho wages paid by the Pennsylva
nia Coal Company they would accept it as terms
of settlement, and be in readiness to go tj work
at once.
Whatever merits or demerits the question of
basis may possess, the large companies have the
power to successfully withstand the claim for it,
and this they will do, if necessary, to the bitter
end. Learning last evening that Mr. Thomas
Dickson, President of the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Company, was in the city, we called upon
him to inquire what policy he had adopted
towards his men in this crisis.
He was emphatic in his assertions that the
principle of the basis would never be enter
tained under any circumstances by his company.
The rank and file of the miners and initio
laborers are uneasy to be nt work. The leaders
have avowed their determination to abandon the
basis and with it their disastrous alliance with
Schuylkill and Lehigh.
The committee have said that an offer of
Pennsylvania prices will be accepted as a coin
promise, and the strike terminated; and, last,
though not least, the Philadelphia and Wilming
ton Railroad and the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Companies have ollicially signified their
w illingncss to pay the Pennsylvania Coal Com
pany's prices.
The Doing In tlio Vlclnli v ol'WIIkc-dmrrc The
Water in the .Hiucn.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
The Union this morning has the following
from Ilazleton: Matters are quiet among the
disappointed laborers at this point. The pumps
were stopped on Sunday morning in conse
quence of the engineers refusing to tend the
engines, and from interference on the part of the
laborers.
When Sheriff Rlioads arrived 011 Monday
night with the cnirincers from Wilkesbarre he
found that the mines were rapidly tilling with
water, and in a few hours incalculable mischief
would have been done. The pumps being started
it was found that the valves had been reversed,
and tampered with to such an extent as to bo
perfectly useless. The defects were soon re
paired and the mines relieved of water. No
attempt was made to interfere with the en
gineers, and the pumps have been working
steadily.
On Tuesday the laborers had a meeting at
Wegan's, which was preceded by a public de
monstration, and a procession headed by a brass
b nd 1rom Harleigh. The men were peaceable
and quiet, and from the appearance of things,
the sheriff was of opinion that he would not lie
needed.
FROM NEW ENGLAND.
I nlon Pncilie Knllrond .HeetliiK.
Boston, Aug. HI Tho quarterly meeting of
the Union Pacific Railroad was held here to-day.
There were present as Government directors
ex-V ice-President Ben Wade, Hon. Hiram Price,
and Hon. James M. Nelson, both the latter of
Iowa. Mr. Nelson fills the vacancy made by the
removal of the Hon. James Brooks, of New
York. Mr. Brooks had been just elected to fill 1
vacancy created especially to continue him in
the board.
The Weather at the Kea-sliore.
The following was the record of the weather
at the sea-side this morning:
Atlantic City, wind ea6t, clear, C8.
Cape May, wind southwest, clear, TO.
GUILLOTINE!).'
The I.nnl of Pierre .Mouible, the St. Denis .11 ur-ileri-r.
A Paris correspondent writes:
Pierre Monible, the St. Denis murderer, was
guillotined on the morning of the 5th hi the
Place ue la Koquette. Ho savagely killed his
mistress, who had long lived with "hhn as his
wife, from a feeling of jealousy, which, accord
ing to tne oatn 01 tun police agent who was tlio
object of his suspicion, was unfounded. Mom
blo was a man of low organization, and had he
killed the woman onlv would doubtless have,
obtained extenuating circumstances. But he
also hacked to pieces with a hatchet in
the dead of night her son. a lad 11
years old, who was sleeping by her
side. M. Alex. Laya, his advocate, in
vain attempted to persuade the jury that the boy
was killed accidentally. M. Laya subsequently
had an interview with'the Emperor at St. Cloud,
to solicit a commutation for his client 011 the
ground that he was a coarse, brutal man, scarcely
responsible for his actions. The Emperor kept
M. Laya with him three-quarters of an hour,
listened most attentively to all he had to say,
showed a thorough knowledge of all tho points
of the case, and concluded the audience, accord
ing to the established usage, by saying he would
talk the matter over with the Minister of Jus
tice. The conclusion come to was that the law
must take its course. At the execution an un
usual and horrible spectacle occurred. By some
inaccuracy in the mode of strapping the criminal
to the plank his neck did not come Into the
groove exactly under the knife, and one of the
executioner's assistants had to pull the head vio
lently into the right place, and hold it there till
it was cut off, when it fell into his hands. The
name ol the present executioner Monsieur l
J'aris, as he Is grimly called bv old usage Is M.
Heidenrecli, and it is'stated in the papers for the
first time that he was once a surgeon In the
navy. About SO.(HH) people were present to see
Monible die. The cabmen of Paris are always
the first to know of the hour lixed for an execu
tion, and they canvass the jeuncsse donv and
their fair companions, as they turn out during
the small hours of the morning, from Boule
vard supper-rooms, to take a rido for a lonis
and see the sight. A great deal of custom is got
in this way.
Kern piiiM.
Charleston Is sending cabbages to Florida.
-Birmingham, Conn., manufactures UOu.OU!),
000 pins weekly.
A hugo niastadon tooth was recently found
at Ottumwa. Iowa.
Not a single woollen or cotton mill Is now
riinn lie in t 'lib'iKn.
The barbers of Winona have been haviug a
11.111 -i nning I tin It'll .
Tho child of a Norwegian emb'r.int clidi at
Detroit from starvation.
MITCHEL REMVIYUS.
The "Irlnh Pntrlol" Fnovln Hwrrt Hevcnio
nt tienernl IHx'a Kxppnno.
From the. Xctv York Times 11 to-day.
While in command of tho Department of the
Atlantic, in 1805, General John A. Dix caused
the arrest of John Mitchel, who first became
known to the American people as a fugitive
"Irish Patriot," and afterward during tho Re
bellion as a writer of violent and vituperative
articles against the North In a Richmond paper.
Ho was committed to Fort Lafayette.
After two days' imprisonment In Fort Lafa
jette, he was transferred to Fortress Monroe,
v here he was kept in confinement about four
months. Ho has now commenced an action
against General Dix for the aforesaid imprison
ment, laying his damages at $25,000. The fol
lowing is the affidavit setting forth the grounds
of his action, on which Judge MeCunn issued an
order for the arrest ef General Dix:
Superior Court of the citv of New York.
John Mitchel, plaintiff, vs. John A. Dix, defend
ant. John Mitchel, the plaintiff above named,
being duly sworn, says: That during the several
times hereinafter mentioned he was, and is now,
a citi.en of the State of New York, and of the
United States of America: that heretofore, and
on or about the 1-lth day of June. ISiVi. at the
city of New York aforesaid, the said defendant
maliciously and with the intent to injure the
plaintifl, by force took him (the plaintiff) into
custody and unlawfully confined him at the city
of New York aforesahf, and compelled him to go
ou board a vessel under the control and com
mand of him (the defendant) at the city of New
York aforesaid, such boat or vessel being then
at that place, and the defendant imprisoned and
retained in close confinement this plaintiff for
the space of two davs, and from thence this
plaintifl, by command of said defendant, was
taken to Fortress Monroe, in the State of Vir
ginia, and further restrained of his liberty for
the further period of four months and fourteen
days. 111. iking in all four months and sixteen
days, without reasonable cause, and without
any right or authority to do so, whereby the
plaintiff was not only injured in body and
mind, hut was injured in his credit and
reputation, and was also prevented
from attending to h!s necessary
business during that time; that by said impri
sonment his family were deprived of their
means of livelihood and support, and subjected
to great privation and distress; that at Fortress
.Monroe he was confined in a casemate, without
liberty to read any book except the Bible or to
converse with his fellow-prisoners, or even to
smoke for the first mouth of said confinement,
and treated like a common felon; that the pro
visions furnished him were unclean, unwhole
some, and unfit for use; that in two months he
was prostrated by sickness, and seldom able to
rise lrom his bed: that by day and by night an
armed sentinel, with fixed bayonet, paced his
beat backward and forward in his prison case
mate. After such confinement for two months, he
was informed by his attendant physician that he
was dying. Then, for the first time, he was
furnished with wholesome food and permitted
to takeout-door exercise.
That he has never been informed or in any
way apprised of the offense for which he was
arrested and subjected to sucu liarsn treatment,
by reason of all which ho has been subjected to
great damage, to wit, the sum of 425,000. That
tlie.piaintui lias commenced an action against
the defendant upon the cause of action above
stated. John Mitchel.
Sworn in before me this 10th day of July. IHliO,
Douglas A. Levieu, Notary Public, New York
City.
General Dix having been taken into custody
by Slierill V Bneu, has been admitted to bail lu
ao,ooo.
lORKERV.
:H0 l.ont In Nebi nsku.
From the Omaha Jlcraltl. A if. 14.
A tew days ago a genteelly dressed and man
nered person, who registered his name at the
hotel in Nebraska City as "C. G. Whitman
irrived in that place and made a deposit of
sixty-four dollars in gold, $:!05 in currency, and
a draft on the National Bank of Blooniington
for $3500 on Gilniore, Duulap it Co., of Cincin
nati. He checked out small sums to pay on a
lease of a store In that town, as he gave out
that he was going into business there, doing
considerable talk around about ou this subject,
telling Mr. Ware that he wanted to start next
morning to buy his stock of goods, all arrange
ments having been completed. Mr. Ware gave
liim a draft 011 the Importers' and Traders' Na
tional Bank, New York, for 4:501 K). The Blooni
ington draft was undoubtedly a forgery.
This man ''Whitman" appears the next day in
Fremont under the name of William T. Allen,
where he again wants to go into "business."
He makes the acquaintance of Mr. Fowler and
other gentlemen, buys a lot for a residence and
leases a store, paying small sums as an evidence
of good faith on each, and steps into the banking-house
of E. II. Rogers fc Co. to get his draft
cashed, accompanied by a gentleman who acts
the part of a swindled friend in the transaction.
Mr. Rogers cashes Mr. Ware's draft, the
swindler disappears, the discovery is made, and
some unfortunate victim is to lose 43000.
This W. T. Allen is probably the same man
who was going into "business" in Omaha, where
he forged Murray's name for 4200.
Attempt to Obtain SIKMO on n MpnrloiiH Draft.
Another exceedinglysharp financial operation,
this time fortunately unsuccessful, has to be re
corded. On Moudav morning last Messrs. Brown
Brothers cc Co., bankers, No. 5t) Wall street,
received a letter dated and postmarked Balti
more, Md., August 14, enclosing a draft by tho
Third National Bank of Chicago on the National
Park Bank of this city, in favor of II. C. Phelps,
for 4IMH0, endorsed by Phelps to the order of H.
M. Horton, and by tho latter to Brown Brothers
oc'c'o. Tho writer of the letter desired the
amount of the draft to bo remitted in sterling
exchange, in favor and to tho address of "H.
M Horton, Post Ollieo box No. 345, Baltimore,
Md " Messrs. Brown sent the draft in tho usual
course of businsss to the Park Bank for accept
ance. The authorities there not having been
advised that tho Chicago Bank had made such
draft, telegraphed to inquire, and received for
answer that the oulv dralt out was for thirty
five dollars. The large draft was then protested
for non-acceptance, and 11. M. Horton advised
by letter. Meanwhile, Superintendent Kennedy
was informed of the facts, and at once tele
graphed to Marshal Farlow, Chief of Police at
Baltimore, to put a watch at the Post Ollieo box
'545 and if H. M. Horton, who would receive a
letter next day, was not perfectly well known,
t arrest him for forgery. A letter of advice
was also sent to Marshal Fallow, giving tuller
particulars.
On Tuesday morning a detective was placed
on guard at the Baltimore Post Ollice, and ho
was not long in position before a woman ap
peared and received the letter addressed to llor
tou. She walked alone from the post ollieo to
the' Philadelphia railroad depot, on President
street, where the detective left her and returned
to report to his superior. When he returned
she was gone, of course. Nothing has since
been heard of either Horton, who may be a
mythical personage, or of tho woman. From
inquiries made at the poet office by the Balti
more police It was discovered that a tew days
since a woman called to rent a box from that
date until October next, and took box No. 345,
in the name of II. M. Horton. The clerks knew
nothing further of the matter. Tho police,
doubtless, feel sheepish about thU mysterious
affair, as they manifestly left tho trail at tho
moment when, perhaps, they were within a
short distance of the forger. JV. Y. Herald.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALK8.
Reported by Do Haven A Bro No. 46 8. Third street.
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FOURTH EDITION
WASHINGTON.
The Test Oath in Virginia Departure
ot the Poet Clark Dent ana
Boutwell Absence of the
Cabinet Officers The
Customs Receipts.
E U K. O P E.
Comments on the Forthcoming Boat
Race False Report of the Assas
sination of Shere Ali.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Washington, Aug 11).
Srrrctnry llnwlinn.
who lias given such a positive contradiction of
the story about his resigning, left hero last even
ing for a visit to his family in Danbury, Con
necticut, and will lie absent a week. No mem
tier of the Cabinet Is now in the city.
.Iiirijtc Dent,
whose antipathy for lioutwcllis growing warier
every day, leaves us on the 5th for MissN-dM'i,
to press his nomination as candidate for the
(iovernorship of that State.
Wall W hit inn 11,
the poet, has left Washington. He takes a few
weeks vacation from his clerical duties in the
Attorncy-fiend'al's ofllce,and varies a visit to his
good mother in Brooklyn by "laying off" not
only on the solitary sea-shores of Long Island,
but among the crowds and fashion of Broadway.
The Test Ontli.
It has been authoritatively stated that General
Canbv will not exact the test oath from
members of the newly-elected Virginia Legisla
ture unless the opinion of Attorney-General
Hoar is to the etlect that It shall be adniiuls
tered.
Cii-tnin IIoiimp lircrlptN.
Despatch to the Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. 10. The Custom House
receipts from August 7 to August 14 were as
follows:
New York
Philadelihia.
Baltimore
i3.2!l!l.0O0
i::i.rc.i
-2! 4, AV,
N'uviil A II I r.
Admiral W. W. Hoff left the North Atlantic
Suuadion in charge of Commander W. W,
Queen, the senior ofliccr on the station, who
was at Kcv West In command of the 1 uscarora
Qi.'adet Engineer James Steel, of the Albany,
died at st a on the 15th hist, of fever, and was
buried in the ocean on the following day.
The Franklin, flagship of Kear-Admiral Rad
ford, f the European Squadron, arrived at Na
ples July 2fi from Genoa.
The Plymouth arrived the fame day from
Leghorn.
rtotfim IHnrHhala nnri Detective.
The lveveuuc Ollice receives many complaints
from different parts of the country, particularly
from the large cities, of bogus Deputy Marshals
and Reserve Detectives who arj engaged in
levying black mail. Hie public should know
that all artics making demands by authority of
the revenue laws are provided with the written
authority for so doing. Prompt men -tires have
been taken by tho Commissi .incr to have such
impostois dealt with according to the strict rigor
of the law.
Counterfeit .Money.
The Treasury Department is daily in receipt
of lcttc.'s from all parts of tho country, contain
ing enclosures of U. S. greenbacks of various
denominations, with inquiriei as tojtheir geu
uinenes -.
FROM EUROPE.
The Iiont Kace.
By the A nglo-A merkan Cable.
Lonhon, Aug. 19. The Times of to-day has
an editorial ou the forthcoming international
boat race, and says the Harvards shew signs of
hard work, as their time made last night not so
good as formerly, and the men seemed much
more fatigued than on other occasions.
A False Ituuior.
despatch from Bombay, dated Aug. IT, says
the rumor of an attempt to assassinate Shere
Ali is false.
KriwrtPd Capture.
It Is reported that the city of Herat has been
captured.
The Hunk of Frnnre.
Paris, Aug. 1'.). The specie in the Bank of
Franco has increased 11,:500,000 francs since last
week.
Tun I.adok Conokkss. This afternoon, at 2
o'clock, pui'huant to adjournment last eveninir, the
Congress of the National Labor I'nion of the I'nited
States again convened in the Assembly liulldlngs.
Tho minutes of yesterday's sessions were read,
corrected, and approved.
Vpun motion of Mr. Daley, the ex-President of the
National Labor I'nion, Mr. (i. C. Wlialey, was in
vited to a seat upon the platform.
Mr. Walsh succeeded in getting the floor by privilege,
and pronounced false the sentiments contained in a
communication which appeared lu a morning con
temporary. The debate upon this matter promises to take a
wide range ns our report closes.
GOVERNMENT SALES.
AUCTION SALE OF HOSPITAL ITRXITl'ItE
KTC.
Assistant Medical
Pi'rve yob's Office,)
Washington, D. C
July 120, isii'j. f
Will bo oirered at public auction, in this city, at
Judiciary Square Depot, E street, between Fourth
and Fifth streets, on WEDNKSDAV, the tstli day of
August, at 10 A. M., a large assortment of Hospital
Furniture and Appliances, among which will be
found the following, vi.. :
3000 Tin Basins, 300O Iron Dedsteads, 3000 Delf
Bowels, 900 Leather Buckets, M0 Wooden Buckets,
10,000 Tin Cups, VH500 Delf Dishes, assorted; 1S.0O0
Knives and Forks, each; 2000 Litters, 300 Delf
Pitchers, 4000 Delf Plates, 800 Delf Tea-pots, 600
Salt-cellars, 11200 Razors and Strops, 1WM) Spittoons,
10,000 Tablespoons, 6000 Teaspoons, 60 Mess Chests,
mio Rubber Cushions, 5000 yards Gutta-percha Cloth,
2000 (iutta-percha Bed-covers, and a largo variety
of other articles, embracing Funnels, Corkscrews,
Dippers, Gridirons, Lanterns, Scales and Weights
(shop), Slates and Pencils, Bedside-tables, Sick
chairs, Cots, Horse-litters, Coffee-mills, Tin Tum
blers, etc, etc.
With a small exception the above articles are new.
Catalogues with full particulars furnished upon ap
plication. Terms cash, in Government funds only ; 25 por
cent, deposit required at time of sale, and all pur
chases to be removed within five days.
CHAKLES SUTHERLAND,
Assistant Medical Purveyor, Brevet Colonel United
States Army. ?134t ...
ROBERT S. LEAUUE A CO.,
Tic. COMMISSIONERS.
NOTARIES PUB
ETC. Depositions
and Acknowledgments taken or any tjtate ur Terrl
twy of the United (States. T 30
FIFTH EDITION
THE LATEST ITOCT5.
The Suspension of Coal Mining Latest I
W 1 A- S A A
European marjtn uuoiauons.
FROM THE COAL REGIONS.
The Miner Rexolvn Not to Itenume Work.'
Special Desjxitch to The Evening Telegraph.
Scranton, Aug. 19. A large meeting of
miners was held here to-day, and notwithstand
ing previous Indications of an ngreement, it
was decided not to resume work at present.
FROM EUROPE.
Thin I.veiilnu'd Quotation.
By the A tno-American Cable.
LOKPON, Aug 19 Evening Consols closed at 93
for money, nnd for account; Five t.w-nMes of
1MV2, S3 V;do. ISffs old. do. 1K67, 81 J 10-408.
T4; Erie, 19; Illinois central, 94VC.
LiVRKi'nnt., Aug. 19 Evening Cotton closed ac
tive at 13 ,d for uplands, and 14d. for Orleans. Sales
to-day 2ii,(i(io b iles, including booo bales for export
and speculation.
Lop hot, Aug. 19 Evening. Sngar closed quiet,
steady and unchanged ; linseed oh, .31 15s. ; spirits of
turpentine, 2iis. d.(n2Gs. 9d.
PROPOSALS.
"VFFICE OF ASSISTANT COMMISSARY
W CEXKRAL OF SUBSISTENCE, AND CIIIE1T
COMMISSARY OF SUBSISTENCE, DEPARTMENT
OF THE EAST AND MILITARY DIVISION OF
THE ATLANTIC,
Nkw York City, Aug. 10, 1869.
Sealed Proposals, in duplicate, will b. received by
the undersigned at his office, room No. 43 Army
Building, corner of Green and Houston streets, or
directed to I'ost Ollice box No. 2269, New York,
until 10 o'clock A. M., September 10, 1869, for sup
plying tho following Subsistence Stores, to be deliv
ered In Philadelphia, as follows, viz. :
25 barrels Pork, Mess or Prime Mess which to be
stated to be at least 200 pounds of meat per barrel,
in original packages preferred.
5450 lbs. llrst quality thoroughly smoked Bacon
Sides in tierces, or smoked Bacon shoulders, which
to be stated.
210 barrels of first quality, extra snpcrflne South
ern, St. Louis, or other brauds of Flour.
8300 pounds prime White Beans, to be packed in
oarrels, head-lined.
1700 pounds Carolina Rice, In clean, good stout
oak barrels.
1300 pounds Rio Coffee In sacks.
6100 pounds of clean, dry Brown Sugar, equal
quality to Stewart's "C" Sugar, In barrels, he
lined.
337 gallons Cider Vinegar, In barrels.
430 pounds best quality of Adamantine Can
to be 16 ounces to the pound, packed in boxes.
1600 pounds good hard Soap, packed In boxes, rail
weight.
1200 pounds clean, dry, fine Salt.
100 pounds pure black Pepper, ground, in lb.
papers, packed In boxes.
ISO pounds of plug Tobacco, Army standard.
100 pounds best quality breakfast Bacon, In barrel.
2i0 pounds sugar-cured Hams, packed In barrels.
65 pounds smoked beef Tongues, In box.
160 pounds smoked Beef, in box.
200 pounds Codfish, In box.
60 half boxes Sardines, In box.
35 pounds black Tea, In box.
450 pounds coffee Sugar "A," In barrels.
650 pounds cut Loaf Sugar, In barrels.
60 pounds dried Peaches, in box.
60 pounds dried Apples, In box.
24 cans preserved Peaches,
4S cans Corn.
48 cans Peas.
AH i.unu 1 linn ricnna
24 cans Pineapples. f 2 Poun,, cans, packed
.10 cans Currant .lellv. m "oxes.
24 cans Quince Preserves.
24 bottles Lemon Flavoring. Extract. In box.
24 bottles Vanilla Flavoring Extract, in box.
36 bottles Worcestershire Sauce, lu box.
24 bottles Mustard, In box.
300 pounds hard In 6 lb. boxes.
One-half of these stores are required for Immedi
ate delivery, and the other half about 10th Novem
ber next. No charge for storage. Samples
of all, except the meats, lard, bottled,
and canned articles, must be delivered, if
by express or otherwise, free, with the proposals,
and referred to therein, also a printed copy of this
advertisement must be attached to each proposal.
The seller's name, place of business, and date of
purchase, as well as the name of contents, witH
shipping marks to be hereafter designated, must be
plainly marked on each package.
Blanks for proposals furnished on application by
mail, which must be enclosed in an envelope ad
dressed to the undersigned, and endorsed "ProDO
sals for Subsistence Stores."
C. L. KILBTJRN,
Bvt Brig. -Gen. and A. C. G. S.
8 10
JROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.
Treasury Dkpartmrnt,)
August 2, 1869.
SEALED PROPOSALS for furnishing Stationer
for the use of tho United States Custom House for
the year ending June 30, 1870, will be received at this
department until the 2d day of September, 1S69, at
12 o'clock M.
Blank forms for bidding will be furnished upon
application.
The bids will be considered, and accepted or re
jected, item by Item.
Contracts must be executed by the successful bid
ders within ten days after being called upon so to do.
The articles contracted for must be furnished from
time to time during the year In quantities pursuant
to orders from the department. The entire quantity
will, however, be called for during the year.
Each proposal must be signed by the individual or
tlrni making it, and be accompanied by a bond with
sufficient sureties In the sum of ten thousand dollars
(110,000), approved by a United States officer of the
district In which the sureties reside or do business,
on a form to be furnished by the department, condi
tioned upon the execution of a contract for furnish
ing such portions or the articles as may be awarded
under It, and the performance of the same.
All deliveries will bo subject to inspection by an
expert detailed for the purpose by the Secretary of
the Treasury, and the delivery of an Inferior article
will be deemed sufficient cause to annul the contract
at the option of the Secretary.
Deliveries must be made, free of charges, at the
Treasury Department, Washington.
The failure to comply with any one order under
the contract will operate as the forfeiture of the en
tire penalty of the boud, or tha Secretary of the
Treasury may direct the purchase, In open market
of such quantities of any article as shall be necesl
sary to supply the deficiency caused by such failure,
and charge to the contractors fifty per centum of
the price which It shall be found necessary to pay
for such articles.
Proposals unaccompanied by a satisfactory boner
will not be considered, and contracts will be awarded1
only to established manufacturers of or dealers la
the articles. GEORGE 8. BOUTWELL,
, 86 Secretary of the Treasury.
1RIZE MONEY FOR NEW ORLEANS.
A All interested in the capture of New Orleans by
Farragufs fleet, as officers, seamen, or marines
will hear of something greatly to their advantage by
calling upon in person or addressing the General
Collection Agency, ROBERT 8. LEAGUE & CO
No. 135 South SEVENTH Street, Philadelphia. Al
information given free of chargo and correspondence
promptly answered. T 80
COLDIERS iNJiTIioiiijHsDiiciuRbi
V oa account of Rupture or any other Injury re
eclved in the line of duty, can obtain 1200 bount
and a pension, by applying to
ROBERT S. LEAGUE A CO ,
No. 135 8. SEVENTH Street.
Full information given free of charge. 30
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