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VOL. X. NO. 72.
PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 18C9.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
FIRST EDITION
SPAIN AND CUBA.
The Administration Backing Down on
the Cuban Question Minister
Sickles' Note .Repudiated
Rumored Recall of
Sickles The Bat
tle of Las
Tunas.
FUh I rat p. .
The New York World has the following special
jlogram this morning:
Washington, 8cpt. 21. There is a rumor In
well-informed circles that Secretary Fish Is bo
incensed with Sickles that he has demanded his
recall, and the sudden return of President Grant
is believed to have some connection with this
demand of the Secretary of State. There Is the
l)C6t authority for saying that Sickles lias ex
ceeded his instructions, and made demands upon
the Spanish Government which are not only
needlessly irritating, but are in express defiance
of the cautions given him when he left Washing
ton. Secretary r'ish, it. is now said, never de
signed that Sloklcs should have any discretion
in this Cuban business; hence he lirst used a
special ngent, Mr. Paul Forbes, and subse
quently conducted the negotiations through the
Spanish Minister in Washington. Sickles' un
authorized interference has set everything out of
gear.
Mlnlnter Hicltlea' Note Repmllnted.
In the HrralDm Washington correspondence
of yesterday we find this:
There were many rumors flying about town
this morning of the prospects of a war with
Spain, but they were all set at rest this after-
noon by a more definite story, which at once
Sained ground, that there is to be a clcau back
own on the part of our Government. It is de
clared that Sickles exceeded his instructions
greatly in presenting propositions for the sale
of Cuba to the Cubans, and our Government is
eo alarmed by the violent and belligerent tone
of the Spaniards that It has formally repudiated
General Sickles' action, and has pledged itself
to censure its representative at Madrid. This
will, of course, reBnlt in his resignation. Those
in authority here disclaim any intention of de
siring to effect a settlement of this question, ex
cept in the most friendly manner, and the
present excitement in Spain is attributed
entirely to the injudicious utterances of Minister
Sickles.
What the Recognition of Cuba Will Enta.il.
-JL statement is made here this morning, appa
rently well founded, that the Spanish Govern
ment has notified the American authorities that
the recognition of the Cubans as belligerents
will be regarded as a direct intervention In Spa
nish matters, and a just cause for a declaration
of war. It is noticeable in this connection that
during the last few days there has been a marked
change in the sentiment expressed towards
Spain by officials here. More caution is ob
served, and fewer words of hostile character
spoken. It is a clean back down on the part of
our GovernmeBt under the threats of the
Spaniards, and it is so re arded here by most
men. The shame and indignation of all who
have hoard the news know no bounds.
The Patriot Victory at fas Tanaa.
Havana, Sept. 11. Accumulating facts prove
that the victory of the Cubans at Las Tunas was
well-nigh complete. One new fact deserves
attention. General Bcncgasi, in going to Tunas,
had a convoy of 280 horses, loaded with supplies
of provisions and arms, which was .guarded by
543 men. The insurgents fought him two days
after the Tunas battle, at a distance of 400 me
tres from the town, of which fact the correspon
dent of La Voz speaks as follows: ''Because of
our deeply-felt losses, aud for the reason
that our forces were small aud overworked, we
passed the remainder of the 16th, the 17th, and
half of the 18th in great anxiety, fearing, as we
did, a repetition of the work of the 10th. At
abcut mid-day of the 18th Llcutenaut-Colonel
Benegosi arrived with 500 men and a few pro
visions, which animated our spirits greatly.
This officer took command at once of this cen
tral point of operations, aud is now at work en
larging the fortifications. Excepting the centre
of the town, everything is lu ruins."
Here it Is clear that the insurgents took in the
fight with Bcnegasi most of his supplies. Two
hundred and eighty horses should have carried
a large amount of provisions and war material,
yet La Voz's correspondent acknowledges that
very little of this convoy got safely into Las
Tunas. The bad condition of the Spaniards is
made more manifest by other language used
in the same journal: "If it be well for us to
keep Las Tunas, it is useless to send up
there 800 or 400 men. We must forward at
once 8000 or 4000, well provided in all re
spects. The enemy have been
about this place eleven months, and have been
during all that time harassing our troops."
The JHario de la Marina publishes the fol
lowing statement, which is, at the least, amu
sing: "We have under our eyes statistical
tables, made up from the oillciul reports of our
officers, which go back to the 13th of October,
1808, and terminate at the present time. The
losses of the two parties during the time Indi
cated were as follows:
Cuban; I FaaniarJt.
Bead 14,691 ' Dead .. 370
Wounded e,T14 Wounded 62
Prisoners 1,601 ! Prisoners 9H
Surrendered 14,301 Contusions
13
Rescued...'. 1,273
Total .. 1,078
Totsl 88,642 ,
This show a difference against the Cubans of
37,509.
Another table is printed which reports a loss
to the Cubans of 8254 horses (taken by the
Spanish), 48 cannon, 8792 fire-arms, and 20:W
arms of other kinds, while the Spanish lost only
40 horses, and no arms.
THE METHODIST BOOK CONCERN.
Another Hide to the Wtory No Truth In tho
Humored Wefalcatlona-Ubel on the Manage
went The Concern In a Flourltihlng (Joudl
tlon. Frtnii be X. V. Herald ofthi Morning.
A morning paper of this city sought to make
a sensation yesterday by attacking the preseut
management of the Methodist Book Concern.
The Metliodlsts are not only a very powerful,
but probably the most numerous religious con
gregation in the country, and the Book Concern
beliinr their Dubllshlncr centre, an attack nnou It,
as a matter of courso, must vibrate to the farthest
of the land. Hence as a sensational
article It was well planned. As a truthful and
reliable statement of fact it was a failure. The
pith of the statement, accusation or charge, or
whatever else it may be called, was. contained
in tho assertion that great corruption and fraud
had been discovered in that establishment, in
vr.ivinir losses to the amount of several hundred
thousand dollars; that not a dollar had ever been,
lost by the duiaication or us managers irora me
commencement of the business in 1790, but that
unfortunately that cannot be said of the Metho
dist Book uncern any more.
. This was a very serious accusation, and calcu
latcd to create uneasiness in tho minds of all
Methodists throughout the country, who indivi
dually as well as collectively have an interest in
the Concern, and in having it honestly and ho
norably conducted. Fortunately for the mom-bers-oi
the Methodist Church, but unfortunately
w those who put this libel before the public,
the facts show tho assertlonaynado by -the paifltr
In miestion were based on mere rumor, and that
of the Kina so ui uwtirw u mv ewif vi tuu
three Muck crows.
All that there is for a foundation for this
damaging charge consists iu the fact that two of
the employes oil the agents have been suspected
of unfair dealing. One was employed in making
purchases, and it is believed that in doing no ho
received on over percentage from the manufac
turers or dealers who sold the merchandise to
him for the Book Concern. It is yet a disputed
point whether the prices paid by the Concern
were any higher than the regular market prices.
But the mere suspicion ot the agents, plausible
from the facts which came to their knowledge,
was sufficient to induce them to discharge the
man at once. The Concern may not have lost a
cent by these transactions, as all the dealings
might have been at fair prices, such as it would
have had to pay by ordering the same goods
from other houses. Yet so far as this is con
cerned the agents are busy making correct in
quiries, though they believe from this causa the
establishment has suffered but very little.
Another one of tho employes was also sus
pected, and ho was also at once discharged.
The amount caused to be abstracted by his un
faithfulness could not yet be ascertained, but it
is believed that it cannot be near so great as
mentioned, since in the regular transactions of
the firm for months and years past nothing was
found missing. The funds were all right in
bank, the accounts of stock, of books, aud ma
terial on hand were found to be right; in fact,
but a comparatively small value could have been
misused, so small, indeed, that at no one of tho
many repeated investigations was it missed.
This suspicion of a small defalcation by two of
the employes of the agents, who were at once
discharged when tho suspicion at first became
grounded, was all that there was to go upon by
the sensational writers to make an elephant of
ally.
The Methodist Book Concern was never so
prosperous nor ever so flourishing as it is at
? resent, or as it has 1ecn for some years past,
ts entire assets, according to the consolidated
exhibit of November 80, 1808, were $1,340,919,
and its entire liabilities Vnly 175,295, while tho
net profits for the year ending with that day,af ter
the payment of all orders after general confer
ence, were $114,678. This is more fully shown
by the following detailed exhibit:
ASSETS.
Real estate, Kcw If ork Concern.. .flU.CSO
Real estate, Western Concern 124,000
8233,650
Merchandise, New York Concern.. 803,610
Merchandise, Western Concern. . . 298,111
Casli on hand, New York Concern. 62,629
Cash on hand, Western Concern. . 13,314
Notes and accounts, New York
656,722
6K,8t3
Concern (net) lfS,9C3
Notes and accounts, Western Con
cern (net) 220,740
379,703
Total assets fl,340,l9
I.UB1UTIES.
Notes and accounts, New York. . . . 142,937
Notes aiid accounts, Western 132,367
1176,295
Net capital stoek $1,165,624
Earnings, New York 83,009
Earnings, Western 69,873
1S2.8S3
Paid by order of Genoral Con
ference 89,204
Net protlt.
$114,678
A montli later, in January of this your, the
concern showed a little better balance-sheet.
They owed not a cent, had more money in bank
subject to draft than they had any present need
for, and their publishing business was steadily
on the increase, yielding increased profits.
They then purchased the building on the cor
ner of Broadway and Eleventh street, paid tho
first instalment in cosh, as agreed upon, and to
day, with the exception of the deferred pay
ments on the building, which are not yet due,
are again entirety free from debt, with a haufl
soino cash balance at their disposal. Hence,
if any defalcation has been committed
and there is ground to believe, that there
was it is so small as not to inter
fere with the financial standing of the concern,
nor with its prosperity and its encouraging In
fluence upon the cause ot tno jaetuoaist Church
in this country; and most certainly was it not of
such moment as to cause a prominent journal of
this city to notice it wltU such, emphasizing
pomp and circumstance. Indeed, it is stated
that the article ot the journal in question, in so
far as it relates to the present managers of the
Book Concern or to the agents personally, "that
no more can it be said that the Methodist Book
Concern has not lost a dollar by the defalcation
of its managers," it is an actionable libel, aud
legal advice was sought yesterday by one
of the agents as to the most proper steps to be
taken to enforce a retraction and prevent its
repetition.
The Charges) Substantiated Their Truth Con-
iriuea.
Although the New York Herald asserts in
positive terms that there Is no ground tor the
charges of corruption In this establishment, the
world and Tribune as positively connrm tueir
truthfulness. The Tribune remarks:
It appears that the managers of the printing
and binding departments, instead of buying the
jmper, ink, muslin, leather, and so on, used in
the manuiaeture oi uooks aireciiy irom aeaiers
in those articles, have been in the habit of mak
ing their purchases through two intermediary
Earties, and paying by this means iudirectly a
eavy and unnecessary brokerage, as the pur
chasers obtained irom tne aeaiers a nanasome
commission on everything sold to the concern.
This system was adopted by direction of the
agent, tne Kev. dames rorier, ana me oroKers
wno pronteu uy it i ine extern oi ai least
$10,000 a year were his two sons. The super
intendent of the printing department, Mr. Good
enough, was a man who stood high iu the confi
dence ot tne cnurcn aim or ine peopib, naa neia
manr religious offices of trust and emolument,
and 'was at the time treasurer of the Sunday
School Union. Mr. Hoffman was in charge of
tho bookbindery. In binding, eo many articles
are used from various sources that it is easy to
make a handsome percentage on the articles
bought. Goodenough was permitted to resigu
about two months ago, and Hoffman was
dropped about a mouth ago. '
A larger share of blame must attach to tho
Methodist Church ht large. It is gross careless
ness to confide to a well-intentioned clergyman
the management of large secular business- with
out an interest and without security agaiust loss.
The Bible House is not thus conducted, nor is
any well-managed publishing house. The ac
counts of the agents are examined only by oue
6ingle committee, who call in no expert, are pre
cluded by . lack of time from examining the
books, accounts, and vouchers, aud have not
sufficient acquaintance with book-keeping and
the publishing trade to render their opinion of
any value.
The World saj's editorially:
"The Irregularities which have come to light
in the Methodist Book Concern are no marvel
now that the mode in which the business of
that ooueern has been transacted . has come
to light. It appears that the supervisory
authority has been vested not lu men of busi
ness, but in clergymen elected by tho Confer
ence of the Church, and, as a matter of
course, utterly unacquainted with tho details
of th(( business whlehthev were set to oversee.
The consequence was, what it inevitably
must have been, that the officers thus appointed
have, in some Instances, been easily bamboozled
by the heads of the departments, and others
under their nominal coitfrof, into believing
whatever it was for the Interest of those subor
dinates that thev should bollevc. The result of
tlite course now appears in a series of fraudu
lent practices which were made possible of
commission by tho utter iinacquaintance of
agents and inspectors with tho details of
tho business. As a check upon waste or
swindling, they were, and could be, of no
value at all. A single competent layman in
their place might have sayed the louft wklcb
are now shown to have been embcKr.lcd. This
exposure will furnish a new argument to tho
advocates of lay representation in the councils
of the Methodist Church, which has until lately
been refused, and whieh is even now in suspense.
Laymen will not long be content to stand by
and see their funds misappropriated, through
the inefficiency of those who are empowered to
administer them, but who Are incapatlatcd by
their education and their profession from ad
ministering them wisely.
ABDUCTION.
A Wall Mrret Broker Held In Defnnlt of
S3U.OOO Hall lor Criminal Arnault on a Lady.
The N. Y. Hirald this morning publishes the
following:
Yesterday afternoon, at the Tombs Pollco
Court, before Judge Dowling, Mr. John W.
Gould, residing at No. 40 East Twenty-sixth
street, New York, and who had been appre
hended at midday at his olllce, No. 58 Wall
street, by Officer James Glllan, was charged
with abduction of aud criminal assault on Mrs.
Anno Mead, of No. 73 Presidentelect, Brooklyn.
The circumstances were very remarkable, as
will bo seen from tho following summary of
Mrs. Mead's affidavit, sworn to before Judge
Dowling yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Mead Is a
lady of considerable personal attractions, of
lady-like manners, and evidently accustomed to
the manners of good society: She said that on
the 14th of September she received four letters
signed with tho initials S. W. G.. requesting her
to meet the writer at the Hamilton ferry house,
at the foot of Whitehall street, on some business
connected with her husband. She went there
and met a gentleman whom she partly recog
nized as having seen before. He ap
proached her and asked her if
she would like to find out about her
husband. She replied that she would very much,
and he informed her that her husband was stop
ping on Staten Island, at the hotel at Vandcr
bilt s landing. He then requested her to go with
him there and Inquire about her husband. She
accompanied him there, and tho prisoner told
her that tho hotel was kept by Mr. Newport.
When she arrived at tho hotel the prisoner in
formed her that her husband was out riding with
a lady and was expected back shortly. He re
quested her to remain at tho hotel until her hus
band returned. After waiting some time the
prisoner told her it was likely that her husband
would be in at supper, and he requested her to
accompany him to see if she could find him at
tho supper table. She went, but found her hus
band was not there. He then requested her to
have some supper. She did so, but they sat at
some distance from the regular supper tabic,
and there they partook of some refresh
ment. The prisoner and herself returned
to tho parlor, and there they continued to re
main waiting for her husband to return. The
prisoner then went out of the parlor and went
down stairs, but shortly afterwards returned
with some soda water, which she drank. Thea,
as it was getting late and her husband did not
return, 6he told the prisoner it would be better
for her to go home. He then asked her to re
main for the 9 o'clock boat, but she replied that
she did not like to wait so long, as she should
like to be home by 9 o'clock if possible. She
had some conversation with the prisoner, in the
course of which he informed her that his name
was John W. Gould, and that he resided at No.
40 East Twenty-sixth street. Shortly after
wards she found herself in a stupor, and she
had a faint recollection that she was in a bed
room with Gould, and that he was taking off
some of her clothing, and that he was endeavor
ing to place her on the bed. He was undressed.
She has no recollectiom of anything else until
the morning, when she found herself in a room
in the second landing of tho hotel. Sho has
since been Informed hy Mr. Newport that his
attention was called to the rooms on the night
of the 1 4th of September by some of the board
ers of the house, who said that there was a great
noise in (the room, and that something wrong
was going on there. Mr. Newport sent his clerk
up to the room to inform Gould that Mr. New
port desired to see him. Gould went down
stairs, and Newport informed him that ho could
not stay at the hotel, but that the lady could re
main. Gould said that the lady was sick and did '
not desire to remain. Gould went down stairs
and took Mrs. Mead with him, and asked Mr.
Newport to s?nd for a carriage, TfbieU Ue refused
to do, and then Gould left the hotel. Mrs. Mead
said that she had every reason to believe that
Gould had committed a criminal assault upon
hcrthat she had been informed that Gould on
the following morning had said that he was very
sorry for what had taken place on the previous
night, . and that he had been offered $5000 by
Mrs. Mead, the mother-in-law of deponent, to
act in the manner he had, for the purpose of
procuring evidence against Mrs. Mead, Jr., so as
to euable her husband to obtain a divorce.
The application for the warrant to arrest
Gould was made by Mr. Howe, who is counsel
for the prosecution. In default of $50,000 bail,
Judge Dowling committed Gould to answer the
above charge.
THE Rl((jiRA.'I)E.
Outrages by Indiana, Mexlcanx, and Cattle
Thieve Multiplying.
Flake's Daily Bidhstin says:
"Affairs on the Kio Grande are aesuming a
serious aspect, aud demand attention. System
atic robbery has been the rule. Mexican com
panies cross the Rio Grande and drive off im
mense droves of cattle. Nearly all the hides
used and sold in Mexico are of the cattle stolen
in Texas. The Texans appear to have gone to
work in earnest for the suppression of these
robberies.
"There is imminent danger of a war between
tbG robbers of Mexico and the plundered people
of Texas. The outrages of Mexican marauders
have been answered in a spirit of rigorous reta
liation. "The indications are that the Mexican relatives
and friends of the incu who have been hinq
will wreok a bloody vengeance. As a matter ot
course the people of Texas will respond. Armed
parties will cross tho Kio Grande, battles will be
iought, men will be killed, and it is feared that
houses will be burned and property destroyed.
. "A young man named Cleveland was mur
dered by the cattle thieves, and a sort of mixed
commission, part military and part volunteers,
was sent out to arrest the murderers:
"Tho commission left Browusvllle on the 25th
of August, accompanied by a force of about
forty-five cavalry, under Lieutenants Vernon
itud Lynch, and about ten citizen volunteers.
'They moved by way of ranches Vlejo and
the Tabernas crossing of the Arroyo Colorado.
"The commission found lu tho latter ranch
three men who had been hung and afterwards
cut down, and their remains were found almost
eutcn up by the h(jgs. The remains of one of
the said men had the appearance of having been
burned. The ranch aud corral at this place wore
ui5o urutu iu me grouua.
"It is confessed bv the Mexicans vnnnrallv
that they cannot restrain their citizens. In view
of this fact the citizens of Western Texas had
best be preparing to take care of themselves. If
Bias Leys should pass to this bank he should be
handled in such u manner as to render such au
undertaking vtry unpalatable lu future.
KIDNAPPING,
The Abduction of Mnuth Ron lalnaHoru.
The Sydney Morning Uerabi announces that
the Governor of New South Wales, with tho ad
vice of tho Executive Committee, has appoluted
a commission to inquire into and report on cer
tain cases of alleged klduapplug of- natives of
the Loyalty Islands in the years 1807-8, reported
tary of State for the colonies, and gouerally to
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untune iuiu uiiu rejui i uu uie state auu prouu
bin results nf l'olvnnutnn 1 mtn 1 1 r rn linn M
According to the Melbourne Ag. thore has
been but one feeling of disgust and Indignation
, uiuvuk v ivvv'i"jv tvrVuru4 uie practice vi
porting Polynesian islanders and selling them
into slavery under tho pretense of "civilizing"
them, even before people were awaro of the
cruelty practised. The Age says:
"Tho arrival at Melbourne of Hugo Levlnger,
supercargo, of a vessel in which three natives
were murdered during ad attempt at kidnapping
them off the Island of Paama, brought this feel
ing into practical effect. Levlnger was put
npon his trial for causing the death of one of
the unfortunato Polynesians, tho Crown retain
ing the power of prosecuting In the other cases,
should there be an acquittal. In the course of
the trial the presiding judge intimated that if
the jury did not find tho prisoner guilty of mur
der, there should be an acquittal: but tho Attorney-General
submitted that it was competent
for them to bring in a verdict of manslaughter.
The jury did convict him of manslaughter,
and the point was reserved for the full court.
Their Honors ultimately upheld the conviction,
and Lcvinger has been sentenced to seven years
imprisonment. Two of Levinger's accomplices.
Captain Hovcll and a Polynesian sailor named
Kangl, were convicted of murder in Sydney,
and there sentenced to death; but the sentence
lias been commuted to imprisonment. No4goubt
this prompt visitation of justice will go far
towards checking the evil, if it does not bring it
to a speedy cud. But this is not all. Iho
Queensland Government, hitherto authorizing
the introduction of Polynesiau labor, in igno
rance of the vile things done under that gulso,
have cancelled the license issued to oue of the
most active agents. "
BREACH OF PROMISE.
The Fnrtlrn Mty Yearn or Awe.
The Cleveland Herald, on Monday last, con
tained the following:
Many readers of our daily report of the pro
ceedings in the United States Court, during tho
past week, may have wondered how the case of
Nancy Sloan vs. William Peudcrgest. for broach
of promise to marry, could have got into a court
supposed to be given exclusively to less sensa
tional matters. But it got there in a perfectly
legitimate way, and had just as much right there
as any other.
The law permits a non-resident defendant in a
suit in a State court, to have the case transferred
to the United States court. Nancy Sloan sued
William Pendcrgcst. then a non-resident, in tho
Trumbull Common Pleas, by attaching a farm
alleged to belong to him. He preferred to have
the case taken away from local influences, and
so transferred it under the provisions of the
above-named law.
Mrs. Sloan, a few months after the death of
Mrs. Pendcrgest, in Liberty township, Trumbull
county, becama his housekeeper, and, as sho
alleges, under the arrangement that he was to
marry her in due time, aud that she was to re
ceive tl-25 a week if he should marry her, and
if he did not, such a sum as should be deemed a
fair compensation for services. She kept house
for him some fifteen months, and received her
$125 compensation and no more, and Pender-
est refused to perform his agreement to marry,
ut got a relative of his into the house, aud
after a while sold his farm so he swears to a
widow he never saw. on promises to pay $13,500
in United States bonds. This payment was
mad?, it is sa d, a short time after how
ever, but what Is most peculiar,
is that the old man, in a marvellously
short time after the sale. married the widow pur
chaser. He moved also into a neighboring State,
and remained there until after the suit was com
menced, when ho came back to the old farm.
Mrs. Sloan commenced her. suit against him,
then a non-resident, by attaching this farm so
sold, as Pendcrgcst saj s, to the widow, as really
the property of Pendergest in other words, she
alleges that the so-called sale was a mere sham,
and made for the purpose of preventing her ever
collecting any judgment against him.
Both parties are aged, she being near sixty
years, and poor, and lie apparently older and
well-to-do. It Is one of those suits in which
sympathy is naturally evoked for the woman,
no matter whether she has a clear legal case or
not. The Jury could not agree, and wore dis
charged. LEGAL I NTGLLIClFiKCE.
Court or Quarter Sessions AlllHon, P.J.
Prison cases are yet before tho Court.
Charles Lee pleaded guilty to a chorge of larceny.
He was employed In the store of a Mr. M
Mackin, and at the first opportunity stole 60 and
fled. Upon being caught he confessed.
James Williams (coioreti) pieaueu guuty to a
charge of robbery, and William Suiltii (colored) hav
ing filtered a ilea of not guilty, was put upou trial
for participation in the offense. The testimony was
to the eilect that one afternoon last week, about 3
o'clock, two men were seen to rush out of an alley
running off St. Mary street, above Sixth, seize a
passcr-uy, ani one noiuing uim uy inu uuuk, uim
other was seen to ritle his pockets. They ran off,
but Smith was Immediately caught and Williams
Boon afterwards, aud both were Identified as tho
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William Bovlo and James Magnire were tried
upon the charge of the larceny of a horse, a waion,
and a set of harness. It was testified that one night
recently a stable at No. 41T uiraru avenue was
broken into and the horse aud wagon stolen awy.
The parties were pursued to Oermarjtown. ana
Jtoyle was there round lying m tne wagon m-un.
Maguire was arrested several days afterwards, aud
acknowledged tliat he had committed the theft.
James Hal not, a ooy, was ineu upou a uuaic ui
th inn pnv nf a blanket. The testimony was only
of a hearsay character, which was not sufficient to
base a conviction oi ieion.v auu iuihibuuiucim. uh.
John Kauffman was charged with assault and bat
tery upon Jacob Small, it was testified that he went
into a beer saloon kept by Small, and behaved in
such a disgraceful manner that he had to be put out
Into the street: he re-entered by another door and
struck Small several blows upon the head, which
made severe cuts. .
" He ran, was pursued and caught, and upon
him was found an Iron knuckle, which Is kuowu to
bean ugly and dangerous weapon, ""i'"1:1' "f
hA. uhnhivatvir. iMinim their heads, the pri
soner ottered no testimony, aud the Jury rendered a
verdict of guilty.
i -
THE NEW YOltli IUONEV MARKET.
Tho rnllnwlnir extracts show tho state of the New
York money market yesterday:
Frvmth HrUd.
...bt dih nrt vn tn.dav. and the
i ll money iiiuiivcv . ' - "V
demand general at as high figures as the law allows
"-" .8 l" . ini,.Bt Uevtin nnr cent.
TOM "hS all around among the stock
nouses and in "iKhtir Pr cent, per day paid for
"Uirnlnir" it ck. On ilovernmeiits the supply of
funds was more abundant, and borrowers wore ac
commmlate.1 at seven, currency. Those who take
niJ. lwTs cherfui view ol the present situation are of
opintoi l at M.e regular fall activity in money has
set l i as shown by the Increasing demand from the
WeBt'aUhS tiieimiulry from that region so far
ha! been only tot the smaller denominations of cur
?euc as to meet a local want in that specialty of
mimJv The peculiarity of this demand Is accounted
for bv the theory that the bauks In the Western
cities have sent all their sma 1 currency nto the In
tirior to nav the laborers and farm hands who are
now becoming entitled to their quarter s wages. As
n?Wcrons are only just beginning to move the de
mniiiiror the great bull of money has not yet been
iwt From the South the lnaulry Is more active, the
wiwiv lu -"easing receipts of cotton at the different
mni Val !(? "? money. There Is little doubt
ffso that tile 'bear' movement against gold and
iiaa withdrawn a great deal of money from
c rcma lol and the plan of the cliques not being
niiKiimmated as yet, the money Is not returned, but
stllJ "kSSt out or tile market to aid the cliques lu ob
tiininff stocks as cheaply as possiblo. Those who
tSki a more hopeful view of the situation Incline
u tho belief that the combinations have- made
monev very tight to-day to give the market a Utial
'Suoms 'preliminary to the buoyancy which must
n ?I the Government disbursements of currency
?h week As the Treasury will purchase two
n llllons of bonds on Wednesday and one million on
V,iiV,ia the local money market will receive a con
'tribnuod iof three and a half millions of currency
before Friday morning. Then, as the disbursements
k will be oventwo millions against the sale
nfoniv a million of gold, hopes are entertained that
it'wuY not U i very difficult to bridge the money mar
ketfor the reinaludM ol September;
'Foreign exchange was still unsettled, owlnj to
the modulations vt Uie gold market and uudur a
continuation of the pressure to soil bills to procure
gold for delivery on short sales. Rate were nomi
nal on a basis of lo; v los1, for sixty day. and 101 j
(&108X for sight sterling bills.
"Commercial paper continued dull, but makers re
fused to make any further concession In the rates of
discount, which ranks from nine to twelve por cent.,
preferring to make the best shift they could to a
sacrifice, not to speak of tho discredit of larger
figures.
"The disbursements of cofcn Interest to-day
amounted to 142,715. At the Gold Exchange Bank
the gross clearances were hs,102,O0Oj the gold bal
ances, f 2,l46,8i0; the currency balances, 13,01)9,900."
FINANCU ACt 1 COJUIEKCE.
OrncK of tith Evnwri Tkmmbaph.I
Wednesday, Sept. 23, lUtS. (
There Is a continuation of the unsettled condition
of the local money market noticed during the cur
rent week, and the feverish shite of stocks adds
much to the excitement in the usual money circles.
The basks are active In negotiating call and short
loans, but they scrutinize closely all stock collaterals
and receive them only with extremo cautlou. Both
(icniHnd and discount loans are very active to-day,
and the money market may tie safely quoted close.
We continue to report call loans at I per cent., or
rather under that figure on Government securitlas,
and street loans at 10t per cent. Short contracts
are made at the banks in favor of ragular customers
at 8i 9 per cent, when not having more than twenty
or thirty days to tun, and much of the discounting
done at bunk counters is of this character.
Gold opened strong at 137?. and fell again before
noon to litis. The sales are light.
1 nlted states securities continue free from excite
ment, but prices up to noon are steady and some
what strong.
The stock market was active and excited, bnt
there was a general "break down" in prices, state
loans were neglected. City cs were steady, with
sales of the new issues at lot.
Heading Railroad was the most active of the specu
lative shares, but prices receded fully X per cent.,
selling at 47 3-16t47.V, and 41 yj, b. o. ; Pennsylvania
Kallroad was uuchanged, selling at fi6'Z; Lehigh
Valley Kailroad sold at r6V; and Catawissa Huil
road preferred at 87X. s. o.
In Canal shares the only change was an improved
demand for Lehigh Navigation, which sold at 36
3t,y, b. o.
coal stocks were neglected.
. North America Bank changed hands at 233.
Passenger Railway stocks were inactive. 1Sl was
bill for Thirteenth and Fifteenth ; 46 for Chcsnut and
Walnut; and 12 for Hestonvllle.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by Do Haven A Bra, No. 40 S. Third street.
FIRST BOARD.
70(i0 Pa6s, S se....l09!tf, 4 all Leh N Stk... 30
flOOOPaSs WLCp.c.100! 200 do....b60. 86
joouuityos, ew..ioi
Jiooo do.Ncw..o.l01
glOOOLeh OsRLn. .. 87X
3 8h Bkof NAm.M
200 sh Cata Pf. ..Is. B7,v
200 do b30.
200 do bCO.
800 sh Read It.ls.bl0. 41 fi
200
10
100
BOO
100
100
100
sou
800
do 18.47 31
do 47-81
49 sn I'enna it. .is. fW"
do 0.47 81
4
do..
...c
50
do i.2d. 47 V
2S
ftO
r.2
10
do.
do.
do.
do.
tie1.,'
do..BS0wn.
do e.
do.
do Is.
do b30.
47 V
47 V
47'.,'
47 14
47tf
40 sh Leh Val R.ls. SOHf
Narr & Ladnhb, Bankers, report this morning's
uoiq quotations as ioiiows:
10-00 A. M 187.V
10-81 A. M .137?
10-12
131 X
187 i
137 V
137X
137?i
: 137V
10-32 " 13.X
1083 ' 137
10-16 "
10-20 "
101HS "
10-80 "
10-81 "
10-6S " 137,'f
n-20 " my;
1125 " 137K
12-00 M 1B7?
MBH8B& DB
HAVEN a
Brothbk, 40 No. 8. Third
street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations
U. 8. 68 Of 1881, 120(120i; do. 1802, 121f122j
do. 1804, 12O120V; do. 1805, 120W 121; do, 1805,
new, 118U8; do. 1867, do. 118SH8X; do. 1863,
do., H8x118?i( ; 10-40S. I09ot09'; U. 8. 80 Year
6 per cent. Currency, 108(109?; Due Comp. Int.
Notes, 19x; Gold, 137137 ; Silver, W,myg.
Jay Cookb & Co. quote Government securities as
follows: U. 8. 6S Of 1881, 120 Vl207i ; B-20S Ol 1882,
121122fj do., 1864, 120Ji120.tf; do., 1865, 120y3
121; do., July, 1865, 118'4119; do. do., 1867,
n8ri119; da, 1868, 118ilW; 10-408, 109
109J,' ; 68, 108108?i ; Gold, 137.
Pennsylvania Canal Company The following
are the receipts for the week ending September 18,
1S69 121,611-98
PreViOUS In 1S69 t 430,932 30
Total In 1869 1452.57-93
To same period In 1S08. 402,838-14
Increase In 1869. t5O,230-i4
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Wednesday, Sept, 82. The Flour market is
without improvement, and In the absence of any de
mand for shipment only a few hundred barrels were
taken by the, home consumers at f5-50V75 for
superfine; $5-756-26 for extras; IS-753T-T5 for
Northwestern extra family; ta-lOQim for Pennsyl
vania do. do. ; tefX? .775, for Ohio do. do. ; and f9
10 for fancy brands, according to quality. Rye
Flour sells at I6-37X per barrel.
There Is not mueh activity in the Wheat market.
but. prices are unchanged; sales of 600 bushels
Western red at 1 -60; louO bushels Southern do. at
11-51(13; and 8000 bushels Western do., for ship
ment, on private terms. Rye is steady ut $1-15
per bushel for Western. Corn Is quiet, but prices
remain wiinuiu cnangc: sines oi western and
Pennsylvania yellow at gl16i.$l-20, and 3000 bushels
Western mixed at tklli.l13v, the former rate for
h.w mixed. Oats arc firm ut former rates ; sales of
6000 bushels Southern, Pennsylvania, and Western
at 04(4050. jNotmng uoiug in uaney or Malt.
Whisky is more active. 2S0 barrels wood and
Iron-bound Western sold at tl-lfil-16 per gallon.
LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
If or additional Marine Neioe see Inside Pages.
(By Ttlffraph.)
NkwYork.RsdL 42. Arrived, atrmirmhln. Rnnt.i. fmm
Liverpool, and Arizona, from AnyinwalU Xh Arizona
bring! $13,179 in specie.
QTTT-F.N8TOWN. Sent. 22 Arrived, etaunahin riito nr
WaibiLgton, from New York.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. SEPTEMBER 22.
STATE OF TBEBMOMETKR AT THI IVT.NINO TELEOBAPB
OFFICE.
1 A. M 71 1 11 A. M -...75 II P. M 77
CLEARED THIS MORIflNfJ
Steamship Yazoo, (Jatliarine, New Orleans, Philadelphia
Steamer Aries, Wiley, Boston, II. Winaor A On.
hohr 11. G. Hand, Oorsoa, Georgetown, D. 0 Lennox A
Burgess.
Kchr '1 . Merwln, Carver, H&tteras Inlet vis Baltimore, do.
bchr Hannibal, Cox, Calais, do.
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Btoamshin Prometheus. Gray. 70 hours from OiiArln.tn
with cotton, naval stores, etc., to K. A. Souder A Co.
Kteamship Tonawanda, Wakeley, 70 hours from Savan
nah, with cotton, etc., to Philadelphia and Southern Mail
(Steamship Co. Passed a barque ( name not known), oominff
in the Capes, and brig James Baker, from Uaibarien, oS
new iu&Btie.
Kieamer Decatnr. Wood. IS hours from Baltlmnm miit
mnse. to A. Groves, Jr.
riteamerMillvuie, Kenear, '.'4 noure from New York.
with cement, etc., to Wtiitall, Tattfra A Co.
Hclir M. K. Uranant. r ountain. davafrom Saon.with in
to Knickerbocker Ice Oo.
fiolir Wm.Tioe, Tiee, V days from Saco, with ioe to
Knickerbocker Ice Co.
Scbr Trauspott, Crowley, 4 days from Norfolk, with
ahinules to Collins A Co.
Mulir N. H. Kddy, Wood, Irom Halem.
Sclir M. Perrin, Packer, from Boston.
Buhr O. Tilton, Soiuers, from Boston.
Suhr Ephsaim and Alma, Greene, from Boston.
Sclir F. Nickerson. Kelly, from Boston.
Sohr ColonCbaapeY, from Boston.
Suhr J. U.Perry, Kelly, from New Bedford.
Bohr M. B. Harris, Crowley, from Providenca. v
Scbr R. G. W hillilin. Krennmore, from Providonoe.
Sohr Reading KR. No. SO. Carson, from Bridgeport. '
Corretpondrnn of the PhllaiUlphia Raehano.
Lf.weh, Del., Sept. 21 P. M. Barque ltoaina, from ,
csme to the Breakwater -to-day for orders, and left for
Philadelphia.
Ail the tlet-t before reported at the Breakwater wont to
sea this mornina j also, one barque aud a briir, names un
known. LA BAN 1 LYONS.
MEMORANDA.
Steamship Wyoming, 1 sal, benue, at Savannah yester
day. Barque Robert Porter, Eaton, hence Uot Alanka, pat
into Kio Janeiro Aujr. HI, from what eauae not- stated.
Barque A nnie W. Weston, Dawes, from Liverpool for
Philadelphia, waa spoken 1HI ioat. lat. 40 If, long. Ti 10.
Brig Abby Watson, Allen, hence, at Boston Saturday.
Bria- Mountain Eagle, Burgess, from Ht. John. N. B., for
Philadelphia, waa towed to Kail River lHtta lust, for repairs.
tJohr Mary Stowe, for Philadelphia, sailed from Coarlos-
BohrV" Msreer. henoe for Rockland, oollided, 90th
int..with the ship Wm.Tspsoott, from London for New
York, and carried away both uiaaU. The ship was not
""sSbr lawnthenoe for Boston, at H lines' Hols SOuTlnst.
mrrsSalUe1B.'i Oh as. P. Stickneyi Ja.. Satterthwaiu-.
Toa W Wilnons J. 11. Bartlett; Wave Crest : and Henry
u .1 i H.iMton for Philadelphia, and Lath Rich, beau
or SUtv. t UoUntV Uole IWth inst.
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BIT TE LUCIRA PH.
The Pope's Reply to Dr. Cumming
Excitement Inside the English
Church Eugenie's Eastern Visit
The Methodist Book Con
cern Frauds 111 Success
of an Eclipse Party
The New York
Democracy.
FROM TJIE PACIFIC COAST,
Itrlurn of an Eclipne Party.
8an Frascihco, Sept. 21. The United States
steamer Mohican returned from Siberia to-night
with Piefcfsors Hall and Rogers, of the United
States Naval Observatory at Washington, who
went North to observe the eclipse. The expedi
tion was a decided failure The steamer arrived
in Tlovcr Bay July 30, and anchored In Emma
hnrbor. The astronomical party oreclcd an ob
servatory on Napkumit, which Mr. Rogers took
as a station, while Mr. Hall proceeded to the
chief place selected for observing the eclipse.
The weather was favorable until half an hour
before the contact, when dense clouds obscured
tho sun, and this condition-of thlng9 continued
uutil half an hour after the egress, when It
cleared off as before.
FROM JVEJV 1 ORK.
The IMothodlut Book Concern.
New Yokk, Sept. 83. The Herald says tho
report that several hundred thousand dollars had
been embezzled from the Methodist Book Con
cern is denied by the managers, and steps will
probably be taken to institute an action for libel.
The Or inner ntlc Ntnte Convention nt Myrarutte
Hketch ol the ateolarailon of Principles.
Syracuse, Sept. 21. The Indications, as tele
graphed last night, are unchanged this morning.
It seems to be understood that Mr. Tilden and
Tammany are no longer together, and the pro
bability is that the rural vote will be cast for
Tilden as chairman of the State Committee for
the ensuing year. The following Is a more com
plete summary of the platform thai that sent
last night: '
The resolutions will reaffirm the platforms of
past years, demand the restoration of State Gov
ernments, general amnesty, reduction of the
standing army, the abolition of the Freedmen's
Bureau, and the subordination of the military to
the ivil power. Upon the question of finance
they will take ground for equal taxation of the
Federal securities and the payment of the na
tional debt according to contract, and for tho
restoration of a sound constitutional currency.
They will arraign the administration of Grant
as false to its pledges and promises of peace,
and as lowering the tone of our nationality upon
foreign questions. They will opposo the regis
tration and excise laws, and will speak inerra3
of the highest eulogy of Governor Hoffman's
administration.
' FROM THE WEST.
Fire unit Loss ofXire Horticultural Exhibition.
Cincinnati, Sept. 32 Several frame houses
in Central avenue were burned last night. They
were ocenpied as a shop, dwellings, and a
saloon. The loss will reach $14,000, on which
there is f 4000 insurance. Three boys, named
Mintasa, were burned,
The Horticultural Society will keep up the
exhibition all the week. It awarded premiums
yesterday. '
FROM EUROPE.
Einpreaa Eugenie Intlixposed Her Visit to Tur
key. By the Anglo-American Cable.
Paris, Sept. 22. The Empress Eugcule pur
poses to leave St. Clond during the ensuing
week on a journey to Turkey her trip, if com
pleted, extending to Constantinople. The Em
press returned to St. Cloud from Corsica slightly
lame. It seems that while stepping into a boat
she sprained her foot and had to wear a bandage.
She also suffered a good deal from seasickness
during the voyage. The preparations for her
seconl voyage to the East have commenced not
withstanding. The Kltunllata and the Ecumenical Conncll.
London, Sept. 22. The ritualists, clerical and
lay, are just now deeply and very generally ex
cited over the contents of the letter or rescript
of Pope l'ius the Ninth, in which his Holiness
repudiates the idea of non-Catholics or persons
not In full communion with the Catholic Church
attending at the Ecumenical Council In Rome
and taking part in the proceedings. Puseylsm
or ritualism will not do; the delegates must
belong to Holy Mother by profession and bap
tism. Rev. Dr. Cumming will not, conse
quently, have an opportunity of an oral discus
sion with tho assembled prelates. He had pre
pared himself for this, for in a letter of his re
cently published he says:
, 1 wrote to Archbishop Manning Cathollo Arch
bishop of Wefltmtnstar begging or hlui, as the chief
minister of his Church In England, such Information
Ha lie might feel It proper or expedient to furnish on
these points namely : Shall 1 bo heard? Shall I
have freedom of speech within the limits prescribed
by the nature of the Council 1 Shall 1 be allowed to
Bliow why we Protestants stand aloof from the
Koman Catholic Church, and what we should require
of her in order to enable us to resume communion
with her as a branch of the Church universal ? The
Archbishop sent me a long and courteous reply, '
assuring me we should meet with all charity and
respect In making any grave and earnest communi
cation to the Council. At the same time he expressed
his Inability to give any.inforniatlon as to tUemodui
wieiuli at the said Council ; this, he added, depending
o'u the highest authority of all.
This Morning' Quotation.
By the A iujlo-American Cable.
London, Sept. 2211 A. M. Consols fornionoy,
lor account, 2. American securities quiet
but steady; 6-xos of 1862, 83V; of 1808, old, Six:
of lt67, Kl x ; 10-409. 75!. Stocks steady ; Erie Rail
road, 26i ; Illinois Central, 94 ; Atlantic and Ureat
Westesn, 'is. mr
LiVKKi ooi, Sept 2211 A. M. Cotton easier but
not lower; middling uplands, l2M312Xd.; middling
OrleanB, l vl2?sd. e Bftlus Uy will probably
reach 7000 bales. Yesterday the Bales were 3000
bales more than reported. Shipments of cotton from
liombay, according to private advices to the 14th,
lO.oou bales.
London, Sept. 2211 A. M. Refined petroleum, ,
Is. Id. Linseed oil, X31 6s.
Thin Anernoon'sjiuotaHona. "
London, Sept. 22-1 P. MAmorioan securities
.iKft P.M.-The Bourse opens flat.
"uvKkrooiKent. 28 -1 P; M. Cotton miner, but
noV higher CPal?s are now estimated at booo
ISf.
on leoo't and afloat. Kotlned petroleum Urm.
IIavkT Se t. -Cotton opeiw quiet and dull,
tK.Th Jn the spot and afloat; on the spot, wu. ; afloat,
146. ,
Steele Quotation by Telegraph-1 1. .11.
Glendinnlng, Co report through their New
York house tne jouuwmis
N.V. Cent Kv ......
N. Y. KrleKall. . Hi.i,
Fh. and Koa. K Ws
Mloh.S.B
Cle. and Pitt H.ex d.lOBtf
CM. Mid H.W. com.. Viii
CM. and N. W. pref . . 88tf
Clu.andK.LR lof
PiiW. F. W. A Chi. K. 88tf
Pacific Hall Steam... 7.v
Gold 118'Oi
Market ucavj.