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VOL. X. NO. 54.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 18G9.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
FIRST EDITION
e u xi o r e.
Interesting Advices by Steamer.
"What if we were at War with Eng
land? Horrible Hassacre in Spain
Sir Samuel Baker's Expedi
tion to Egypt A Berlin
Scandal Case General
News Summary.
' Wc UVe the following cUraets from files of
European journals which have just reached us:
fr'rliclitlnl .1lnwrre In Spnln-Hnrbnrltles Hanc
Honed by I lip vrrnmriit.
A letter from Madrid gives us some of the de
tails of a frightful massacre which, for down
right atrocity, can hardly be excelled. The cor
respondent writeB: The country is much excited
nt the execution of nine men, without trial, by
Lieutenant-Colonel C'osalis, near llarcelona, nnd
at the fact that the colonel had been promoted
lor his action. On the 5tti of July he (the
writer) saw a column of troops coming out of
the little village of Tiana. The troops passed
towards the woods in the direction of the foun
tain called the .Mongcs, and were soon out of
fight.
In half an hour discharges of firearms were
heard, accompanied by terrible shouts, which
silenced, as it were, other cries. Other groans
succeeded to other shots. From the depth of
the wood he neard one voice exclaim, "Pardon!
Mercy, my God !" Ouc more discharge sounded
and all was still. He was stripetied for some
time, not knowing which way to go. He was
ronsed from his stupor by the side of a detach
ment of Carabineers on the march some dis
tance off, who were followed by another of
Civil Guard, and a third, some time after, of
volunteers. He divined that some blood y drama
had been carried to a head by the troops. He
took the road to San Fausta to hide himself in
some house. In the middle of of the wood he
met a woman running. He called her. but look
ing tcrrillcdly at him, without answering,
she hid herself in the thicket. Soon
after he met a wood-cutter, who was
flying also. Stopping him. he asked
him to do him the favor to tell him what had
happened, when he exclaimed, "Throw down
your gun, for if the troops meet you they will
shoot you, for they have just shut nine men who
were down there under the pines." Throwing
down his gun he ran, and, dead with fatigue,
arrived at fean Fausta. Everybody was fright
ened, and from all directions women, children
and woodcutters Hocked into the pueblo. The
facts were these. When the columns were in
march, one of them called at the house Cour
rerio, finding there a poor fellow who was a
gamekeeper, a poor simple creature whom tliey
asked if he had seen the Carlists. The unfortu
nate fellow answered, "'No." They laughed at
him, nnd, seizing him, made him go with them
as guide. Either his wile or his mother rati to
fan Fausta to tell the Alcalde, terrified with the
attitude of the troops. The Alcalde with out
lrom the place with all haste to intercede for the
gamekeeper, and on the way he heard
the volleys. Coming up to the
column, he told them he was the
authority of the place. They answered him:
"You come just in time; take charge of the in
terment of the nine bodies you will tind between
those pines." One of those bodies was that of
the poor gamekeeper. He was the son of a
Kreat Progresista of the community, who, for
his liberal opinions, had been once transported
by the late government of Isabella. From the
rustics who arrived the writer learned the fol
lowing: The column, guided by a sure spy,
reached the fountain, and took, without rcnist
ance, eight individuals, whom, together with
the wretched gamekeeper, they bound together
two and two, and shot them on the spot. The
bloody corpses of the dead testified to this fact,
for when they were brought to the cemetery of
San Fausta, covered with forest leaves, even
then they were bound two and two. Thus were
they shot without any council of war, and, what
is more horrible, without confession.
The most shocking part of this dreadful deed
is not that it has been unpunished by General
Prim, and not even that it has been rewarded by
him w ith promotion, but that it is in pursuance
of orders eniauating from him. In his speech
introducing his fust Ministry to the Cortes, he
said the Government would, if needs be, be cruel
in sustaining order and putting down rebellion.
Under -date of July 1. the Miuister of War
issued-the following to the Captains General of
districts:
"Place yourselves in accord with the civil
governors, that they warn energetically and de
terminatcly the Alcaldes that they lend all pos
sible assistance and aid in the persecution of the
rebel parties ('malechores,' literally evil doers),
all which ought to be shot on the spot (or in
stantly) (paxalos por las annas en el acto), if
they are uppreheuded with arms in baud, and
even those w ho throw them down when pursued.
By order of his Excellency I transmit this to
you, trusting you will be good enough to com
municate his instruction to the Alcaldes of the
pueblos, In order that they may give to this dis
position the most exact compliance."
islr Mamuel Halicr' Expedition Into the Inte
rior of i:yin
A letter to the London Daily yews, dated at
Alexandria, August !, says:
"The Immense mass of merchandise and
various articles selected for the commencement
of commercial relations with the native tribes
have arrived at Alexandria, and will be des
patched to the interior within a few days. In
concert with the Egyptian authorities, and with
a view of facilitating the transport of the goods
through the wearisome deserts In Khartoum,
8ir Samuel has determined upon forward
ing them by two routes. The heavy
goods, including machinery, :ind the steel
steamers will pass up the Nile from Cairo to
Korotko, slinlitly northwards of Derr, well
know n as the capital of Nubia, whence. they will
be forwarded by camels, already -fckgaged,
through the great desert of the province. The
lighter articles, carefully packed in cases, two
of which will form a camel's load of four hun
dred weight, will bo shipped from ISue. to
Souakim: thei en they will be eit by camels, a
distance of two hundred and seventy miles,
across the desert to Berber, eighteen degrees
north latitude, to be conveyed by boats to Khar
4011m, the capital of the Soudan, at the conflu
ence of the Blue and White Nilei.
"It is expected that the entire material of the
expedition will reach Kharuoiui on the Hotli
October, or thereabouts. The troops appointed
for the expedition have already started. The
flotilla of vessels, consisting ol leu steamers and
thirty sailing vessels, will hi a few days tike ad
vantage of tilt High Nile, ami leave Cairo to
ascend the vataracts aud navigate throughout
the course of the river to Khartoum. Fifty pro
ficient shipwrights will accompany the shipping,
nnd are to ho employed in their -metier' for the
flotilla eventually required on the Albert Nvanza.
Sir Samuel Baker nnd party, consisting of Lady
Baker, Lieutenant J..A Baker, It. N., and a
medical man upon his staff, have fixed the 10th
of September as the probable day of their de
parture from Suez. Is will he seen that Sir
Samuel thus contemplates giving his 'materiel' a
guilicient start to enable him to keep it ahead of
.him, without undergoing needless personal
C'Teace among the tribes will be enforced as
the starting point of success. The authority of
rovernment will be established, and e .ery chief
will i ordered to state the number of his neo
yie Tle ten despotic vreroK'lT which. Sir
Samuel will nsc will be that a certain acreage of
corn shall be cultivated by each tribo in propor
tion to the popidation a happy Inspiration,
nnd calculated to obviate the grievous famine
which now decimates the tribes engaged in per
rctnal hostilities. A good road will be con
structed from Gondokoro, parallel with the
course of the Nile, In short until the last cata
ract is surmounted. At that point (north lati
tude 3-32) the general depot will he established,
and ns the river will be navigable, the shipping
will be brought into play. Carts, horses, camels,
mules, etc., are already prepared for the expe
dition: and in a very short time a communica
tion between Gondokoro and the depot will be
opened for wheeled conveyances, which will
materially facilitate operations. In fact, the
dilticultic"s of the expedition will speedily vanish
w ith the means at the disposal of its leader,
combined with the energy necessary to insure
success.
"It is impossible to estimate the results of the
present expedition from a financial point of
view. But laying aside the returns to he made
of Ivory and gum and beeswax and other pro
duce, w hich should more than cover the cost of
the undertaking, it will be interesting to men
tion, as a portion of a great plan conceived by
Sir Samuel, that ho hopes to render Egypt the
grand cotton-producing country of the world.
Nor is there anything exaggerated, improbable,
or Quixotic in such an assumption. Should a
railway be carried from Souakim 011 the Ked
Sea through those wonderfully-fertile districts
of Upper Egypt to Khartoum, described by Sir
Samuel in his 'Nile Tributaries of Abvssinia,'
from Cnsala to the banks of the Blue Sfile. the
extraordinary resources of that country would
be awakened."
An English paper says Dr. Gedgc, of Bury St.
Edmunds' has accepted the post of superintend
ent of th'3 medical staff in Sir Samuel B iker's
expedition to Lake Nyanza. Dr. Gedge is also
Intrusted by the Viceroy of Egypt with the col
lection of natural history specimens for a
museum abont to be established at Cairo.
TlioNnvnl Defense of Uront Krimln How an
American ICncinv Could Operate.
A letter from Loudon, dated August It), con
tains the following:
Let us for a moment imagine that, in the
event of a war with England, America were to
despatch a largo licet of iron-clads to Ireland.
As a matter of course, our whole iron-clad fleet
would be moved to the westward for the pur
pose of defending the coast of that island. In
the meantime a portion of the American licet,
consisting of a couple or so of large iron-clads
and as many gunboats aud monitors as had been
brought across the Atlantic, would come up the
Euglish Channel, destroy Portsmouth, and then
pass on to the eastward. I maintain that in
twenty-four hours from leaving Portsmouth
London would be at the mercy of the in
vaders. There U nothing whatever to hinder
or prevent hold men from carrying out.
this plan. From Portsmouth all the way
round to Kamsgate and Margate, with the single
exception of Dove-, the defenses of the coast
are such as would not turn back a baby that had
any pluck. At Dover the guns of the fort can
be avoided. At Sheerness we have a dockyard
and a few men-of-war. but no iron-clads. .From
Sheerness right away to London Bridge there is
nothing but forests of masts, belonging to mer
chantment in dock, to be seen ritrht and left of
the river, inviting destruction as it were, from
any hostile vessels that got so far into the
bowels of the land. I am quite sure that half-a-dozen
guubouis could in one morning utterly de
stroy many millions of dollars' worth of "ship
ping on their way from Woolwich up to London.
And, as I said before, defenses that could really
prevent even a single gunboat from making its
way up the Thames. and destroying
in a few hours half the shipping and
three-fourths of the most costly merchandise in
England; for you must remember that nearly all
our warehouses are, built close to the river, and
in them are stored away millions upon millions
worth of goods from every part of the known
world. England has never since she was a
nation contemplated such a war as now hangs
over her head in connection w ith the Alabama
question. During the long war we had with
France, our enemy had no navy that could be
compared to ours. Moreover, he was depending
entirely upon the winds of heaven or, indeed,
we all were before ho could move his ships
about or as he wanted them. But now it is en
tirely different. Steam has not only bridged
over the channel, it has also bridged over the
Atlantic. And remember that steam helps
an invader far more than it does a
defender. In the days of sailing ships an
invader of the Thames might have a fair wind to
start with, but be in a terrible fix for coming
back. Unless fortune so far favored him that
w hen there was a change of wind it should take
place exactly at the right moment, he would iu
all probability fall into the hands of his enemy
long before he could return. But with steam it
is far otherwise. The same power that brings
an invader up the Thames could take him down
again. And remember ' that not only could a
lleet of gunboats penetrate to London Bridge at
all hours of the tide, but that In doing so these
vessels could burn and destroy far more property
than the Alabama ever did.
The moral of my story so far is this: What
ever faults Englishmen have, a warn, of calcula
tion is not one of them. When the?' hear of a
fleet of Att'erican iron-clads being otf the coast
of Ireland, then they learn that in every Irish port
on the west coast there ar men of ours disem
barking men who will fraternize with their
Irish fellow-countrymen. When they know that
the English lleet has gone to protect Ireland and
that gunboats have found their way up the
Thames, in such different cases, I say, will not
the Alabama bill bo paid down to the very last
cent? 1 believe indeed, I am certain that it
w ill, and that it will be your lault that is, the
lault of your diplomatists if it is not.
A Vituperative Divine AnnuMm 11 Bride In I'erlin.
A Berlin correspondent mlates the followiug:
Some time ago a bridal couple were standing
before the altar to be married. Unfortunately
for them, the ofliciating clergyman had heard
that thu young people would in a few weeks
have again to request his services at the baptis
mal font. Iu the speech with which, accord
ing to custom, he opened the ceremony, he al
lowed himself to allude to the prospective
event. Then, 'jecoming heated with his theme,
he took upon himself to enact the representa
tive 01 an avenging Deity, reprimanded the
weeping bride, aud wouud up by box
ing her ears. Against this terrible affront
the bridegroom remonstrated with wonderful
meekness. His one object being t be mar
ried, and by marriage to repair the past, he
said a few word to the vituperative priest, and
requested him to proceed. Amid the tears of
the ladies and the rage of the gentlemen present
the rite was accomplished. Ou arriving at
home the bride became ill, and the following
day was delivered of a dead child. The thing
got wind aud was discussed in tho nubile press,
though, of course, those Immediately concerned
would have preferred to keep it a secret. Upon
this, the pugilistic, clergyman at once wrote to
a conservative paper declaring the whole story
a lie, aud not even condescending to explain
how it was that such an extraordinary invention
could have been fabricated at his expense. At
this juncture the young husband, a music mas
ter, finding concealment out of the question, re
solved upon having tho only satisfaction possi
ble, and brought an action against the self-alleged
innocent. At the hearing of the case eleven
persons took their oath that the blow had been
given. Unheeding their depositions, tho clergy
man persisted In his denial, and, as his solo de
fense, referred tho judges to tho evidence of his
own conscience and God's knowledge of his In
ward thought. The Court, in pursuance of the
ordinary rules' affecting the testimony of wit
nesses, left his conscience alone, and sentenced his
body to three months' imprisonment; at the
pame time, the favor of "cxtennnting cirenm
runces" teir.g accorded to 101:1, nc mm mLoaou
tho option of cither going to jail or paying a fine
of 300 tbalers. But no sentence of a more earthly
indgc could shake him. He knew too well
his own worth, appealed for a reversion of tho
sentence to a higher court, nnd In the mean
time appeared again In the pulpit to Justify him
self before his congregation. The ecclesiastical
authorities did not Interfere. It had been gene
rally expected they would have suspended him
from office pending the final decision of the
case; hut no such decree was Issued, and In this
unsettled state the matter remains to this day.
Violent Deaths In Italy.
Some statistics respecting the number of
deaths from violence In Italy have just been
issued by the Italian Government. In 1807, Sttao
homicides were committed, or 1084 for every
100,000 inhabitants. In Spain, the proportion
was 8-124 for tho same number of Inhabitants;
Sweden, 2 02; Great Britain, l'H5, and Belgium,
0-10. Tho greatest number of homicides oc
curred in Southern Italy, there being !!) for
every 100,000 Inhabitants; while In Northern
Italy the average was 15-70 for every 100,000 In
habitants. Compared with ltMl, there was a de
crease in 18f7 in the total number of violent
deaths to the extent of 481. Of the MM homi
cides committed during 1857, 204 are described
as involuntary, 22o! as voluntary, and 103 as in
fanticides. Of tho last nnined, there was a dimi
nution ol !54 in 1807 as compared with 1S00.
C U A '
The Spn nihil HFIiilxler Write 10 De llniln,
l.eller llnit Never KpiicImmI tin I'mper le.
liiiiuiuii lint w 1-oiiutl in the Imereepied
Note.
I 'rmn the Xw York Sun of thin wnrninn:.
The following intercepted letter from Miuis
ter Huberts to General do Kodas has been for
warded to us by a prominent patriot. It eame
by the Missouri:
I.khation ok Spain, Washington, Aug. 22, ISO!).
Caballero le Hoclas, CnptaiB-dciieral of Cuba
iJoarSir: In reply to your communication of the
Ittth Inst, relative to the probable future action of
the Government of the I'nlted States, I can only
answer you from opinions formed by myself after
having given due attention to the subject by con
sulting with gentlemen of reputed intimacy with
this administration.
Respecting the gunboats ordered by our Govern
ment, they are being pushed to completion. Twelve
of them will be ready to receive their armaments by
the Kith of September; but under surrounding cir
ciunstanccs, I have advised the agent not to purchase
any armaments for the present. 1 am inclined to
believe that. If the vessels were ready for the arma
ments, and they were shipped, it would give a new
excuse to the administration to seize more firmly
upon the boats. While tho present standing order
for their detention is a mere formal affair, or so
considered by me, I think that it would please the
administration if It could have some more potent
excuse for holding them until Congress meets In
Iiceembcr. The shipnunt of American seamen
even to take the boats into Cuban waters will neces
sarily have to be dispensed with, and other arraugc
mer.ts made. But there will be time enough to act in
this case after I obtain more satisfactory informa
tion regarding the designs of this Government.
As tilings stand at present. I note a manifest
change of opinion among members of the Cabinet of
General Grant. Secretary Fish is the most indexi
ble of the Cabinet; still I fear that he respects our
rights more 011 account of the Alabama question
with Knglaud than out of any respect for our Gov
ernment, Respecting belligerent rights being grunted the
rebels, 1 am loth to believe they whl be conferred in
haste The pr" s of this country is clamorous and
may yet succeed i'l forcing the administration into
granting belligerent rights to the rebels, our great
est fears are that the gunboat release question will
be delayed until Congress assembles, and that body,
I n.nst confess, will not, be si w to indicate to Gene
ral Grunt tliut Cubuu independence must he acknow
ledged 1 have repeatedly urged my Government to for
ward at least K,ouu more men to Cuba and witli the
least possible delay. Also, I have urged that a mani
festation should be made of t he intention to for
ward reinforcements, which would dampen the zeal
of American sympathizers and decrease tho popu
larity here of the insurrection. If General Prim pos
sibly can, he will forward riooo men to you Iu Octo
ber, consequently you will have to rely wholly upon
your present command for continuing supremacy
until you can be reinforced.
What yon say regarding conducting an expedition
into the Central Department, with Trinidad or Nue
vllas for an objective point, I am unprepared to ex
tend you any counsel. It appears to me of most vital
Interest that no seaport should be allowed to fall into
the hands of the rebels, for I am made aware of the
ominous fact that a number of commercial houses of
both New York and boston are perfectly willing and
ready to supply shipping and goods for the rebels
whenever they shall have a port of entry.
The draft sent me for paying Delaiuater Co. was
duly presented, paid, and the amount accepted by
the firm. Respecting the next instalment, it should
be paid according to contract, for its non-payment
may causo not only annoyance but unnecessary
delay.
W hen I receive further instructions and a lvice 1
shun be prompt tocoHiruuni 'ate with you.
Yours, respectfully, Robkkt.s.
Spread of the Revolution.
Havana, Aug. 21 The fires of revolution
are increasing, and have spread to San Miguel.
The civil guard had a fight yesterday with the
insurgents, two hundred strong. These latter tit
tered the revolutionary ery near Colisco. Tho
Goverument has demanded reinforcements, by
telegraph, from which it would appear that up
to the present the said rebels had not been put
now n.
Spnnlhb AlrocltlPH.
An net of Don Juan Aivudin, commander of a
party of disciplined militia, operating iu the
Cinco Villas country, is now being much dis
cussed. Recently he arrested two young brothers,
eight and twelve years old, who had ' employed
their time in giying the patriots news of "the
Spanish movements.
Argudin sought to induce them to Inform him
of the locality of the iusurgents, their number,
etc., but no means of persuasion availed. He
thereupon threatened to shoot the younger.
Four soldiers were ordered to present their
pieces, w hich were only loaded with powder.
I he boy refused to say" a single word, and re
ceived the discharge of the soldiers a became a
man. The other boy was then fastened, though as
yet ignorant of the fate of his brother, and was
placed In position to be shot.
Fe refused positively to communicate any
thing, but simply demanded to be allowed "to
draw a tew whiffs from the cigar that he was
then smoking. Tho discharge was as ineffectual
ns the lirst, the guns being loaded in the same
way, and Argudin became so enraged that he
ordered the little Cubans to bo shot in the old
fashioned style, but the captain charged with
the duty refused to carry out his instrucfrms.
All the news received points to the spread of the
rebellion.
The towns of Guinea, Guanajav, the Clnco
Villas, Bcmedlos, Colon, and the Vuela Aba.jo
country are also on lire. Nothing more is needed
really at present but arms and munitions of war.
Men are abundant; but arms! arms! that is tbo
true want of our patriotic bauds. Lnst Sunday
the volunteers in Guanabacou, having no one
else to light, concluded to get up a row among
themselves. There was a smart' light for a few
minutes among them, but no one was seriously
harmed.
The New York sioclt iHiirkee.
Nsw Yokk, Sept. 1 titocHS unsettled. Money
easy at awl per cunt, uom, UBVf; 0-ws,
coupon, 123: do. lstu, do., ; do. 1S0&, do.,
ViVi; do. do. new, I'll',; do. IStfl, do. lstts,
Vlii 10-408, 1121.,; Virginia sixes. nw, tw; Mis
souri sixes, til ; Canton Company, r6; Cumberland
preferred H2 ; New York Central, ii()3 ? ; Krlo, ui ;
Reading, 67?,-; IJudt-on River, IKS','; Michigan Cen
tral, 18 Michigan Southern, m ; Illinois Central,
; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 10S i Chtoago and
Rock Island. 114 V. Pltuburgand Fort Wayne, 18sv';
Western Vmon Telegraph, a" y.
The laltlmore Produce Market.
Baltimore, Hept. 1. Cotton nominally 84 vo.
riour fairly active and firmer; Howard street supor
Dne, Wo6W; do. extra, 80(o6TB; do. family, Mti;
city Mills superfine, $tk,6 N); do. extra, i (SK4T-76;
do. family, $SKBtf IO N); Western superfine, ItfB-SS;
do. extra, la-NHa f -eo; do. family, I 6K8-6B. Wheat
nrm; rei, i46ai-M. Cora lirm ; white, fi8;yellow,
i-o. oats nrm at 67w 6O0. Rye dull aud nominal.
Mess Pork quiet at f!t40. Bacon firm; rib sidos,
ID.Vc. ; clear do., lvaiUVe. : shoulders, ltt.
lisms. V4i2Ro. iM quiet at ao.sV.Ho. Whisky
kltauj ; muui l fl'li.
MYSTERY.
Nimnrrtrrf Polsonlnsor n Wealthy Heclnne nt
Vonkern, N. V.
Within the past few days an unusual excite
ment, coupled with various rumors and a multi
plicity of speculations In a partially suppressed
form was gaining ground among tho well-to-do
residents of Yonkcrs, owing to the peculiar cir
cumstances surrounding the recent death of an
old and wealthy citizen of that village. On the
24th ult. Dr. Carleton Gates, a retired physician,
ow ning and living upon oue of the most valu
able estates In tho village, expired at his homo
after a short Illness, but not, however, before
informing his spiritual adviser and personal
friend of a startling theory, which tho dying
man said would, if Investigated, explain the
cause of his decease. It may ho
well hero to state that Dr. Gates
hnd never married, and latterly was of rather
secluded habits, not even mingling with
his immediate relatives, owing to an estrange
ment existing In the family for some time past,
lie recently returned from an extended tour on
the Continent of F.nropc. The precise nature
of the disclosures made by the deceased to tho
clergyman and confidential friend before
alluded to has not been made public, but a por
tion of it has been divulged, and this Is in sub
stance that deceased expressed a strong belief
of his having been poisoned, and In connection
therew ith wholly exonerated his relatives.
1 laving appointed an esteemed personal
friend, who is a physician In tho city, joint ex
ecutor of Ids will with tho reverend gentleman
above indicated, no effort is being left untried to
solve the mystery foreshadowed by the deceased
in his lnst moments. Previous to Interment an
nutopsy was made nnd the abdominal viscera
removed to New York, where a thorough chemi
cal analysis is now being made. Should traces
of poison be found, the prosecution of the sus
pected parties may lead to some curious devel
opments. The will of the deceased was opened and read
by counsel in the presence of the family aud
witnesses a day or two ago, and it has since
been offered for probate at the County Surro
iiate's office, when letters of citation were
issued, returnable on the ltfth instant. No nieu
tiou is made in tho will of any member of de
ceased's family, which is accounted for by tho
statements that Ills parents are comfortably
situated, nnd that the estrangement mentioned
above precluded the possibility of his other rela
tives being benefited by his death. The estate
of the late Dr. Gates Is valued at 200,000,
which is disposed of in his testament as follows:
To the village of Yonkcrs Is bequeathed for
public purposes the family mansion and grounds,
estimated at not less than $lx.(KK); to a female
friend named Darling, SiO.000; to his house
keeper, $!)00; and to each of his servants, 650.
His cabinet of curiosities, containing the collec
tions of many years, and said to bo one of the
most valuable in the country, the deceased left
to Dr. James K. Wood, of New York, while the
remainder of his estate, deducting contingent
expenses, he bequeathed to Hev. Dr. llurlbut,
of White rialns. A'. V. Herald of this awning.
U E X T E It.
lie iU a lies n lUIle iu to a ISonil Wnuon.
Yesterday afternoon. In presence of about one
hundred members of the Prospect Park Associa
tion, of Brooklyn, Dexter made the greatest
performance that any horse ever accomplished
on a trotting track. Mr. Bonner, who is an
honorary member of the association, drove the
"little wonder," as ho is affectionately styled,
over to Brooklyn; and, after informing somo of
his friends that he intended to make a fast mile
with him, drove on the course aud started
tho horse at a moderate pace, but Dexter,
getting warmed to his work, came up
to the stand at a tremendous pace. The first
quarter was made In SI seconds, the half mile
in l'OSj-o, the three-quarters In W..$, and the
mile in "the extraordinary time of In
order to appreciate this performance, it is only
necessary to state that the best skeleton wagon
time ou record Is 2-24 (made by Dexter himself
iu lSOTI, while ou this occasion Dexter carried a
road wagon aud a driver, together weighing
Mill pounds. Tins marvellous feat was witnessed
bv nearly all the leading members of tho asso
ciation. The judges were Messrs. W. M. Parks,
George C. Hall, and .Tames H. Bach. Mr. Parks
made the time 3-31 "i, Mr. Hall made it 3'31;,
and Mr. Bach 3 21 4-5.
Mountain Boy.
Commodore Vanderbilt's bay gelding Moun
tain Bov and Mr. McMann's bay marc Lady
Thorn trot for a piece of plate valued at $3000
on Friday next, mile heats, best three in live, in
harness, at the Prospect Park fair grounds.
These horses have trotted about a dozen races
w ithiu the past two years, and Mountain Boy
has beaten the mare about as many times as she
has defeated him, but his victories have gene
rally been on tracks not suited to the mare's
style of going. The owner of Mountain Boy is
ever ready for a race with Lady Thorn. This
feeling promotes sport, and a race between tho
old mare and the gelding is sure to draw a large
attendance. Hence the willingness of proprie
tors of trotting tracks to offer liberal premiums
for them to contend for. A'. Y. paper of to-
JIORRIKLE DEATH.
A Shoveller Hiiioihered In Wheat.
I.nst Saturday night about 1 1 o'clock tho canal
boat George J. Whitney, of Rochester, was tak
ing on board a cargo of wheat tit the Plympton
elevator. The three diff erent compartments had
nil been filled when the shovellers discovered
that .John Marshall, one of the gang, was miss
ing, lie had hron at work aH afternoon and
t ening without his supper, aud it was thought
that ho had gone to his home, Utt Kentucky
Mrect.V,
A man went to sec, and returned reporting
that he had not been there. Ho had boon seen
dining the tilling ol the middle hatch, aud tho
terrible suspicion arose that he had been buried
In the forward hatch, which was tilled last. So
sine did this conviction become that the men
ii.-lstod upon having the wheat removed from
the fore-hatch. The elevator men dually in
K i ted the elevator leg and took (jut two thou
, and bushels, when the men found the missing
11.1m dead at the bottom of the hold.
The poor fellow had been working all day and
nil night, and Is supposed to have become so
weary that when the boat moved iorward to
allow the leg to pass from the middle to tho lor
nrd hatch he lay dwn l 'i0,, 1iol.,,f ttlul ful
iihlcep. awakenini: only to tt"j h 'i self covered
v ith wheat to such an extent that he could not
extricate himself or call out loud enough to bo
'" Mar'shall wa a comparative stranger In the city,
and his eomrades say that he had drunk nothing
1.01 -er than pop during the evenin-r. Marshall
h ivea wife and live children iu dostituto clr-
I nirt- ices and Coroner Morrow, who took
pro'of the rc.nal.is, was about making a.
gctncnts to inter them at tho expense of the
0 mtv but the shovellers camo forward and
SM'tffir rejKliness to give their le
a respectable burlal.-''.f ' (A ) -pres 0
Monday. m
Tim Washington Chronicle says: Tho state
mcmUu ti e Democratic papers that Hon. W. B.
K i.kes lato Republican candidato for Governor
o Tennessee . I now in Washington for the pur
pose of t rocutin the removal of certain office
L.lders who supported Senter iu tho recent
c l cMon,Tsh ntruo and unjust. I 0 has made no
auueal to the administration in tho Interest ol,
SSTO?afor olllee, bovver wort by Ifo Is
in "Washington to take couusc y, 1th, I Is friends
In regard to tho alarming condition of ienuessoo,
eoon to revert, by a system of i.npuralloled
frauds, into tho control of tho Kebel Democracy,
and especially In rotr-'ird to tho now perils sur-
iOliLdiLU iLu Luiou IUCU of IU0 OU.0.
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TBLUGH Aril.
The South Jersey Institute Laying of
tb e Corner Stone Judge Dent Off for
Mississippi Revenue Affairs in
Ohio Estimates of Whisky
in Bond.
FROM .YEW JERSEY.
I.nvinu of the 'nrnrr--Oone of lh Hoiitli Jersey
limtlluttt at llrldurioii, New .lerey. J
Spreial Utnjatch to The Kvenityi Telfttraplu
BmnoETON, N. J., Sept. 1 Tho laying of the
Inscription stone of tho South Jersey Institute
was observed with appropriate ceremonies to
day. The building is a well-proportioned brick
building of three stories, with a French roof in
addition. It has over ten acres of wood-lands at
tached. Tho services were held In the grove,
and an attentive audience was present. The
programme was as follows:
Music, anthem, and Invocation by Rev. A. J.
Hay, of Greenwich, Scriptural reading by Rev.
W. R. McNeil, of Bridgeton; music, ' Before
Jehovah's Awful Throne;" historical statement
by Rev. G. Wright, of Roadstown; music, J "All
Hail the Power of Jesus' Name;" reading of the
charter byQRev. R. J. Young, of Had lonfleld;
addresses by II. O. Weston, D. D., President of
Crozcr Theological Seminary, Pennsylvania; J.
F. Brown, D. D., of Plscatawny; and Rev.
Lemuel Moss, editor of tho A'ational Baptist;
contents of box announced by Rev. J. II. Brit
tain, of Vineland; music, "My Country, 'tis of
Thee;" depositing of the box by II. J. Mulford,
Ksq.; prayer byflRcv. W. Wilder, of Bridgeton;
benediction by Rev. E. M. Barker, of Ccdar
ville. The dinner was prepared by tho ladles.
An address was delivered by Rev. 1. S. Henson,
D I)., of Philadelphia.
FROM WASIILJS'G TOJV.
Iteveiiuc .la((erx.
. (( Denpalch to The Kvenimj Te.legta.pK
Washington, Sept. 1. Supervisor Young, of
the Southern district of Ohio, was in conference
with Commissioner Delano this morning regard
ing the adoption of rules affecting the assign
ment aud transfer of gangers and storekeepers,
nnd to urge measures to secure harmonious
action on the part of collectors aud aisessors.
His business also relates to revenue frauds in
his district. General Young has tliuj far re
ceived no official notification of his trausfcr to
the Louisiana and Arkansas district.
In II0111I.
According to the statistics prepared at the
Internal Revenue Bureau, there are now 18,217.
000 gallons of whisky stored in tho bonded ware
houses of the various districts.
Jm'Ku l.ewln Dent
leaves this afternoon for Mississippi, where ho
w ill consult with friends before the nominating
convention assembles. His belief that he will
bo selected as the conservative candidate for
Governor is strouger than ever.
FROM BALTIMORE.
A Mow nt the Dlnrvlnnrt nomocracy IJane Rail
Special Despatch to The Koeniiuf TelegtapK
Baltimore, Sept. 1 Tho workingmen held
another important meeting last night, and ap
pointed persons to regulate affairs In every
ward, determining also to organize thoroughly,
and run an out and out working-men's ticket for
local and State officers. This is a serious blow
to the Democracy, who greatly fear it.
The Maryland Base Ball Club play the Phila
delphia Athletics hero this afternoon, and to
morrow the Pastime will play them. Ou Friday
the Pastimes plays the Haymakers, of Lansing
burg, New York, and on Saturday the Mary
landers play the same club.
The weather is very cool.
FROM EUROPE.
Thin !Iornin'a Quotations.
Jltl A nijIo-Amerii-an Cable.
London, Sept. 111 A. M. The weather Is fair anil
favorable for gathering the crons. Consols, :$'.,', lor
both money and account. American securities quiet.
ft-20SOf 1863, 4t 5 18658, Old, 8.Hf; 1S67S, 83 ; W4U9,
76 i; ; Erie, fi( ; Illinois Central, tu,v. ; stocks steady
Liverpool, icpt, 111 A. M. Cotton quiet; mid
dling uplands, la.d. ; middling Orleau4,13i $l3d ;
the sales are estimated at 6000 bales. California
wheat, 108. led. ; red Western, Da. Gd.&vs. Td. Other
articles unchanged.
London, Sept. 111 A. M. Sugar firm both on
the spot and afloat.
TIiIm Alternnon'H Quotation.
London, Sept, 1 I V. M American securities
quiet and steady. 5-20s of lt02, 84.1,' j lsGfts, old,S3? ;
1M67S, fi ; Krie, 24.
LivKKi'oot,, Sept. 11 P. M Cotton is a shade
(Inner, aud it Is thought the sales will reach b'JW
bales.
lireadstuffs firmer. Bacon, 67s. ; Tallow, 47s. 9I.
IIavkk, Hep. 1. Cotton opens qutet both ou the
spot and afloat.
Paris, Sept. 1. The Bourse is excited. Rentes.
T2f. be. tt
l'l.A.'Vt'i: AII COJIJII2KCU.
Office or tub Hvesino Telegraph,!
Wo lncBdav. Sept. 1, lm.
The local money market to-day Is without any new
feature of interest, but the rates, if anything, are
less lirm both at the banks and ou Third slreet. Tho
disbursements of gold aud currency ou account of
interest on bonds and pensions to the amount of
over Jf'Jfi.iiOO.ooo and which commence to-rtav, seem to
lead borrowers to believe that money, a weoK hence,
will be more abundant and cheaper, but Inasmuch
ns It will be nhsortied by tho entire couutry, we
doulit If their hopes will bo realized to the full ex
tent, though it is quite possible that a favorable
i liauge may take place for a few days only. At any
rate, the market was less active tu-d.iy, aud the In
ference Is a fair one that borrowers are "waiting for
something to turu up."
Call loans are pretty steady at 7tf?.s per cent., and
discounts, as usual, take a wldo range.
Gold Is rather uctlve and the premium lower.
Kales opened at I3:v', aud closed at uoon at i:i;i.
hill ing the morning some sulcs were madu a-t low as
lan'o.
'Ihere Is not much activity in Governments elthsr
.'or specnlatiou or investment, but tho prices are
kept linn ti.v the contemplated continuance of the
bond purchases for the Treasury.
There was a decidedly stronger foellnjrln the stock
market, aud more activity. Prices of almost every
thing on the list were higher. State and city loans
were ouiet. hales of the old at Ui, uud tho new is
sues at loi V. Lehigh gold loan u.lvuuced, soiling
at tm4.
KeiidiiiK Railroad was in better demand, ami Im
proved , selling at 4SV. Pennsylvania Railroad
Hold at67;Iehlgh Valley Railroad sold at &''; and
Camden and Auihoy Railroad at Iti1,. Catawissu
Railroad preferred was decidedly strouger, selling
as hijrh as its1,.
In Canal shares no essential change. Lehigh Nav
igation cluitiKf d hands at H7
in Coal, Hank, and Passenger Railway stocks no
salts were reported.
Jay Cooke A Co. quote Governraont securities as
follows: U. K. 6s of lbbl, l8t,"0t!;' i 6- of lS6i,
12!H123Vi do., 1864, m4i2S; do., Nov., lstW,
m v,tl2B; do., July, 1866, Hil',(121 ; do. 1867,
wijjiaLV, do., lHtts, 121 ,'(ikh. ; lo-ios, m(
U2S ! Currency 6s, 111iv11U. Gold. 133 V-
Mksshs. 1)R Mavkn Hhothkr, No. 4u s. Third
TJ,. W!8i do. 1866, 132!W(12Hi(l0. If
UV
8.
Notes. i9i ; (id"in5V .' "um?:Aa.'r
PUILADELTIIIA 8TOCK EXCHANGE SAXES.
Reported by Do Haven Bra, No. 40 8. Third street.
.,.,. - FIRST BOARD.
1200 City 68, New.. lOlV, SshC&mA Am
liooo do Sd.iow
lfinaH t W ti... . Art
tflOO ! I ll. I 1.
do e. 87','
100 sh Reading RR..48 69
12000 Alio Co iw...,
2A00Leh 68, "84...,
12000 Loh R loan. Is
tMKlLeh gold 1...
a sh 1'enna R..c
10o do
8 do Is
75 no
84 S00
87 BOO
PR 200
67 800
f7 100
fiT Nin
im ..onin.4H'6
do .. is. l10. 48 94
do. ..Is. hits. 4SY
do..ls.2d&i.48'69
do ..binwn. 48'f
do SfiAI.AfittU
do lN.ft 1A
205 do...
Is. 67 100
K1 ly I inn
lo...b0.49 1-lJ
do. 4m v
do.....Ai. 4H
do o. 48 i
1 do.. . .
111 sh Leh ValR.ls. ih loo
21 do. mx 1M
2:t do M I boo
dO.ls.b60.49 1-16
Narr A I. a oner, Bankers, report this mornlnc's
flfilH nimtatljiiia au f..ll..ura. "
10-00 A.
10115 '
M i.,.133'i 10-30 A. M-
133 V
13'.'
133V
i:t.
133 t
133;',
183 V 10-82 " ..
133? J ,10-8(1 " ..
181V;lt-45 " ..
181',', 11-46 " ..
132' 112-15 P. M..
1141 L'i
10116
10M9
ti
101:t "
10-15 "
10-20 "
.. C BIC 1 II I MII-il.7,1 II., IIMT llillt.i.lie-. Ol ,IIOI.
James Pollock, Director, tno following stat.vneia of
the coinage of the V. 8. Mint for the month of Au
gust, 1809:
We
fumlohA.) Km tVtn . .
(iold deposits
Silver deposits und purchases
Total deposits
COLNAtiE KXECLTKL).
OOLD.
. i dm i tin ''iw, JVo. Piece.
Klne Lars ....
vtllur.
202,f-.9-M
101,612 42
.;o.,a:2'05
iti.
7,4i-OJ
17,464 03
I a. 00,100
. 6,970-14
$10,970-14
$.'9,00010
3,300 -(Ml
$32,300-00
25,0001)0
33,0iK)-00
Total...,
IMlars.
Fine liars...
SILVER.
25,000
Total 26,000
KICK EL.
Five-cent Pieces 680,000
Three-cent Pieces 110,000
Total
silver Coinage.
Rase Coinage..
690,000
KKCAHTULATION.
25,000
760,000
Total No. of Pieces 1,949,160 $5M,O0 )im)
Owing to a suspension of t lie operations for repairs
In the Chief Coiner's department, the above state
ment represents the coinage of but nine working
days.
The following is the statement of the business
at theoftice of tlie Assistant Treasurer of the United
States, at Philadelphia, lor thu mouth uf Aaniist,
1M.9:
1S69. Cr.
Aug. 1 Balances on band at this date. . $t'i.87fi,(M4 02
Receipts during too month, viz:
" 31 Account General Treasury, Inclu
ding Customs $2,7.-10,620-69
PostOtllce Funds.... 29,625-79
Interest Fund
Disburser's Fund 615, 704 -so
;:,95,r,9l-2s
$;,373,96.VliO
Tir.
Payments during tiio month, viz:
HI Account tie n era I
Treasury 52,332,874 S3
Post (.lllice 89,647 T.5
Interest 121.938-80
Lnsbuisers 6.-8,0I9-04
3,22,510-22
Balance at close of business this day. .$7,171,420-68
TKMl'OltAKY LOAN DKKAKTMKNT FOK THE MONTH OK
Al'UTST, 169.
Aug. 1 Balance due to depositors at this
date $J,200-IK)
" 31 Repayment of depositors during
the mouth 300 00
" 31 Balances due depositors at close
of hiisim 84 this day 3,60000
" 81 Fractional Currency redeemed
during the nion'h lS3,88S-oo
Pennsylvania Canal Company. The following
are the receipts for the week ending Angust 2s,
1S69 121,688-91
Previous iu 1869 371,940-78
Total ill 1869 .' $393,629-69
To some period In 1S0S. 339,443'4S
Increase In 1669. .
i-21
Plilladelphiu Trade Report.
Wednesday, Sept. 1. Tho Flour market remains
quiet, and In the absence of any demand for ship
ment, onjjr a few hundred barrels were taken in lots
by the home consumers at $5-25(5-fi0 for superfine;
$5W(go for extras; $6-80T-60 for Northwestern
extra family; $6-75n7-75 for Ohio do. do. ; $6-258;7'25
for Pennsylvania do. do. ; and $tkio for fancy brands,
according to quality. Rye Flour is steady at $6-50.
The demand for Wheat continues good, and prices
are rather llrmer. Sales of BOOO bushels Pennsylva
nia and Western red at $1-4710; 500 bushels Dela
ware do. at $1-54; and 400 bushels common white
a. $1-40. Rye Is steady, with sales at $l-10iiil -14 for
Southern and Western. Corn Is but little sought
after. Sales of yellow at $1-16(1-18; and Western
mixed at $l'l2i,l-in. Outs are unchanged. Sales of
old Western at 63(4650 ; and new Southern and
Pennsylvania at eStoso.
In Barley or Malt no sales were reported.
Bark In the ahsenco of sales, we quote No. 1
Quercitron at $i ton.
Whisky is offered at $1 V,1 -27 y gal. for Western
In wood aud iron-hound packages.
LATEST SHIITI.NG INTELLIGENCE.
Fot additional Marine Hews see hutide Pages.
POUT OF PHILADELPHIA Z...&KrT, I
bTATK OF THEKMOMETMl AT THIS EVKNINO TELEGRAPH
OFFICK.
A. M 60 II A. M 68 ISP. M
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Steamer A. (1. htimera, Knox, Now Vurk, W. P. Clyde A Co
Iiriu K'ivit, Harm, Malum, Win. Ruman A Co.
hurque Mary ratt, Kiilmrn, Liverpool, J, K. Bazley ACo
Sclir Mattie Holinea, Taploy. Komon, r0
1'uir Huilaon, N iuholbou, Baltimore), with a tow of busea
W. P. Clyde Jk Co. '
Tuk Cnmnioilore, Wilson, Havre-do Grace, with a tow of
liargea to W. P. Clydu A Co.
ARR1VFD Tins MORNING.
Steamer E. N Pajriliild, Truut, 24 tiourn troin New York,
with indue, to W. M. hairU A Co. '
Steamer Bristol, W allace, 24 hours from New York
Viith imlhe. to V. P. Clyiln A Co. " X0,,t
llriu H. 8. Bittlmu, W Mulier, lrom Portland.
BriK J. 1. Liucoln, Merriaian, (root Portland.
rn-ur J. Veldren, Caviller, lrom bonton.
hear 1. Brit tain. Carroll, lrom Salem.
Scbr Keanuir Hit No. 4a, KoUen, lrom Middleton Ot
Sclir Kliza aud Keliecca, Price, lrom Providence '
Scbr Snllie ti. Uatuiaii, from Boaton.
Scbr K. Kwiuk. Irmil New Haven.
Scbr K. Vaux, Wniliukir, from Koaton.
Scbr J. Wilson, Connolly, lrom Boaton.
Sclir C. 8. Kdwanin, Hiackinan, lrom Boston.
Schr W. Benient, Ponny, lrom Malum.
Sclir Mary Hilny. Kiley, lrom Koaton.
Kchr Khte, Woollonl, 10 daya lrom PeteiniuiiE, with
old iron and ran lo i-aptain.
Scbr Z. L. AiluinB, Niokcraon, 6 days from Boaton. with
mil ni'. to Meralion A Cloud.
Scbr Ida Jayiis. .luymi, 4 d y from Rockland Lake with
ice to Knickerbocker loa Company.
Scbr Kiclianne, Jouen, 5 oaya from Frederickaburs
Mil., with reilroud tiuii to Hickman A UottinKbain.
Scbr Younii Teazer, Ueuloy, 6 day from Mew Bedford
with oil toStinber AOo.
Tua-TboiiHojJetteinon. Allen, from Baltimore, with a
tow of harnea to W. P. Clyde (Jo. " wun
Tub Ooinmiiiiiirn, Wilaon, trpm Havre de-Grace. with a
UiwotbargeitoW.P.ClydeAOo, ".wan
Sp.rlul DmjHUrh In Th Xmtng TMeQraph.
Uamii dk Ohack, Sept. L The following bou left
tere In tow tlna moinin :
J. W. 1'honipwin, with lumber to Malone A Taylor
M. K. btripe, with lumber to 1). B, Taylor A Sou.
Suxiurhuiinu, with lumber to order,
Sanduakr, with coal, lor Uheaiueake Oity.
MiuuouaM, with fc-'ain to lloiluian A Kennedy.
Cotreiponrlroee qf Th trrmlng Tttrprnpk.
KA8TON A MoMaHON'S BULLETIN.
New York Omn, Anctwt 81. blre bargee leave in
tow to night for Baltimore, lsJk ln
Bali imouk Bhanch omoe, Anattst SI, The following
burgee leave in tow to-nticht. etward " "'""""It
Alpha, ti. U. Stewart, P. VVadbaina, Vf. J. I)0nlt,,.
Dreadnought, Peter 'tanner. Ale. Tome, all with coal
for New York. . . - ,
G. Mayer, with Tln, fer New York. . ,
l(. H.CIattnn, with rain, for Philadelphia
Crawford, with coal, 1.1 1 for New V ork Ut eveiin
. , lb. C.
m MEMORANDA. ' ' '
Phip Wrowlna-. .Ti,!,,,,, frori Liverpool for Pbildtr.hia '
M.a .va.1. --.urv H, iRt, W Jypg, JJ r ru,"uT',lt.