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Mail Dates to Sept. 11.
Spain and the United States What
Might Result in Case of War
The Byron Scandal
More Reminiscences
Raked Up Napo
leon's Health.
Yesterday morning the transatlantic etcamship
Scotia arrived at the port of New York, ami
from the European files she brings us wo take
the following extracts:
The 8ianlh KcKcncy.
The report gains ground that it will bo pro
posed to extend the Regency of Marshal Scr
rano for three years, thus postponing the choice
ot a permanent ruler for that period. Wo nre
assured that all political parties, including even
boihc Republicans, acquiesce iu this arrange
ment it is not easy to see with what ulterior
Views.
Chances of War Between Spain nutl the United
Pitmen.
The London Bail; Telegrapht discussing the
chances of a war between the United States aud
Spain, which is "on the cards," says the mercan
tile navy of America, which has but lately begun
to recover from the shock of the civil war, would
again be driven from tho seas; our cousins would
lose the carrying trade which they are now win
ning back; tho markets of the whole world would
be affected by the disturbance of commerce; and
Spain herselt might utterly lose tho chances of
political and financial rehabilitation that seemed
to be afforded by the revolution of September.
The danger may look remote; but grave events
have ere now sprung from diplomatic passages
at arms far less menacing thau tho present. It
urges the resumption of the overtures for tho
purchase of Cuba, and says, In tho interests of
all concerned, it would be matter for grave re
gret if any extreme resolutions at Washiugtou
put an end to them.
Tho London bail; News says a rumor Is afloat
that the proposal of the American Government
to Spain for the purchase of Cuba on tho basis
of the payment of $100,000,000 guaranteed by
the United States, has found a very powerful
friend in the Spanish Administration, whose
name for tho present the News thinks it de
sirable not to mention. One cannot -close one's
eyes to the Increasing probabilities that the per
tinacity of the rebellion, tho prolonged and accu
mulating expense of the measures necessary to
confront it, and the persistency and unanimity
of a certain party in tho United States in their
endeavors to secure the island at this juncture,
may possibly wear out the patience of Spain.
Effect of the Byron Scandal.
The librarian of an extensive library in Glas
gow writes: "Since the publication of Mrs.
Stowe's narrative there has been quite a 'run' on
Lord Byron's poetry. Six copies are out, and
have been out this last week, and I have had
since Wednesday thirteen additional applica-
tions for tho much-coveted volumes. I may add
that the demand has mainly come from young
ladies and from youths of sixteen or seventeen
years, and the Tarisina' and 'Don Juan' are
most sought after. Two young lady members
have four times asked in vain for Tarisina.' "
A Venerable Dowager's Story.
A correspondent of the Loudon Times says:
"1 am permitted to give some details furnished
mo by a lady of great natural abilities and keen
observation, unimpaired by advanced age
(eighty-two), whose knowledge of the world
fashionable, political, and literary both of days
long past and of these is, perhaps, unsurpassed.
The Dowager Lady S writes as follows:
"'We have a great subject of Interest In Mrs.
Stowe's account of Lord Byron. I waut to know the
truth. 1 have seen a great ileal of Mrs. Leigh
(Augusta), having passed some days with her aud
Colonel Leigh, lor my husband's shooting near
Newmarket, when Lord Byron was in the house,
.and, as she told me, was writing ''The Corsair,"
to my great astonishment, for it was a wretched
email house, full of her ill-trained children, who
were always running up aud down stairs ami going
Into "uncle's" bedroom, where he remained aU
the morning. Mrs. Leigh was like a mother
to Byron, being so much older, and not
at all an attraoUve person. I afterwards
went with her, at her request, to pay a
wedding visit to Lady Byron when she returned
to town, and she (Mrs. Leigh) expressed the greatest
anxiety that his marriage should reform him. He
opi ned the drawing-room door himself, and received
my congratulations as savagely as I expected, look
ing demon-like, as he often did. But my astonish
ment at the present accusation Is unbounded. She,
a Dowdy Uoudy, 1 being then, I suppose, a young
line lady. Bcrupe Davis used to come to dinner,
and talked a treat deal to me about Byron after
wards, when he resided in the country, and I never
remember a hint at this unnatural and improbable
liaUon when all London was at Byron's feet. I have
nearu irom jLauy a 1 , relative to , ana to
Mrs. Leigh, that my recollection of her was per
fectly correct. She says "she was an amiable and
devoted wife aud mother of seven children. Her
Imshand was very foud of her, and had a high
opinion of her. She must have been married (in
1&07) when Byron was quite a boy (he was nineteen).
She had no taste for poetry. She had sad misfor
tunes in her later years. Her excellent and only
surviving daughter nursed her with the tenderest
affection in her last illness. How any one could have
been so wicked as to write so horrible a story of one
too long dead to have friends left who could refute
the story, seems beyond belief.'"
The Pope and American Froednicn.
The Loudou Post says that tho condition of
the emancipated negroes in tho United States
has attracted tho attention of tho Holy Seo, and
the Roman Catholic Church is about to make a
great effort to bring these outcasts within her
fold. No less than two hundred of them aro
now, a correspondent says, studying for tho
priesthood at Rome. There arc, as the writer
quoted says, certain features of the Roman
Catholic ritual which render it specially well
adapted to captivate tho negro imagination,
and it will, ho thinks, bo not surprising if a
large portion of the black population of the
South Is brought over to tho Jhnrch of Rome.
This will not bo pleasant news for Protestants.
Napoleon's Health and the Destinies of France.
The London Times, In its comments on tho
crisis in Franco, says:
. The Emperor Napoleon cannot afford to bo
ailing. It matters comparatively little whether
his malady Is acute or chronic, or, finally,
whether it all arises from shattered nerves and
depression of spirits. Tho fact is, ho does not
preside at his council, and every ouo can ima
gine what tho Imperial Council is without the
Emperor. A great crisis is impending. A mo
mentous change la in progress. Ono can almost
imagine tho Empress meeting tho members of
tho Cabinet in tho council-room, and, address
ing them iu "Lady Macbeth's" words,
telling them that her lord "grows worse
and worse," and bidding them "stand not
upon the order of their going, but go at once."
Tho day before and tho day after the delivery of
his speech in tho Senate, Frince'.Napoleon was
closeted with his Imperial Cousin at St. Cloud.
Tho truth appears to bo that tho necessity of a
better understanding between tho Emperor and
Prince Napoleon begins to bo felt. Thore aro
men who think tho l'rinco has been always a
trump card in tho Emperor's hand, to bo played
ktfmn great emergency, and that even his late
Virrect knowledge of men's minds. If
yleed tho purpose, tho result was
red, for tho clamor raised by tho
Viniaco Franco's real liberal
inoll.
Jazelte writes
from Rome: 'The preparations for tho council
In the commissions are proceeding. As to tho
wnv In which It Is to be conducted the follow
ing" semi-ollhial statement has been made: 'An
abstract of all the separate matters treated by
the commissions will bo submitted to all the
Bishops for Inspection, who may then ex
amine the various questions. At the same
time they w ill receive a draft of tho resolutions
proposed, that they may also examine them
before they arc submitted to tho council
for discussion. By this means unnecessary
speeches w ill be spared, and tho session of the
council shortened. This is tho purposo of tho
preliminaries. ' The council itself is to be named
Concilium Valicanuin. Thirty bishops witli their
suites will be boarded and lodged lu the Vatican.
The public buildings, monasteries, colleges, etc.,
arc placed at the disposal of the commissioners
as far as they have room to spare, and they have
also received 100,000 francs witli which to hire
private lodgings. Several palaces of the Pope
have also been offered for tho reception of his
guests. The Holy Father has decreed that
foreign bishops., etc., may read mass and
breviary, but only accordiug to tho Roinau
directory."
WILL THERE HE WAIl I
(.'rncrnl Sickles' Note to the KpnnlNh JHInlMtry
Spnln to "Hlae an One .Man" Aiilni I'm
lron-1'lnrig nnI Hlood and Thunder How
Hrklrn Tnltrs It.
The New York raid's Madrid correspondent
writes on the 0th Inst.:
Without having seen the despatch of General
Sickles, which was sent to the Ministry of State
on Saturday last, your correspondent has seen
another person connected with the Department
who has seen it, and without pretending to
know more than he does know, If his memory
and C3'csight of it Bcrve him correctly, the fol
lowing Is a reliable version of the diplomatic
document which has caused such a furore in
Madrid.
Gen. Sickles sent a note on Saturday afternoon
to the State Department here, stating "that his
Government had requested him to communicate
to tse Spanish Government that tho state of
public opinion in America was so strong In favor
Cuba that It would be extremely dillicult to
withhold much longer tho recognition of the
Cubans as belligerents. Furthermore, that If the
war in that island continued that for humanity's
sake it would be incumbent upon the United
States Government to take immediate steps
towards the recognition of the belligerency of
the Cubans. The reports from Cuba from spe
cial agents were of so serious a nature that duty
to humanity compelled the Government to take
this course."
Here we have as good an account of General
Sickles' despatch as if the General himself had
furnished us witli a copy of it, and in a more
compendious and comprehensible form. The ex
citement consequent upon its appearance has
not abated in the least. All classes are being
stirred, if not to action, to the encouragement
of each other to make a more determined effort
to the reduction of the Cdbans to obedience to
the mother country. Six thousand men will
leave in a few days for Cuba, and a further num
ber of 15,000 is spoken of as probably bound for
tho same destination.
La Politica, Serrano's organ, speaks in this
wise of Sickles' note: - "But if General Grant is
working thus unconstitutionally, and has given
directly these instructions to General Sickles
with the intention of annihilating tho Spanish
flair, entire Spain will rise as ono man to protest,
with the energy of glorious times, against those
intimations. JVo; wo will hear nothing of eman
cipation in sucli a way. No; nothing of ces
sion. JNo; nothing or abandonment. Mean
time, while we prepare fitting response to
this Yankee note, our iron-clad licet must
instantly prepare to sail for tho waters of
Cuba, with 20,000 men on board, whilo all who
can bear arms on the peninsula will hold them
selves in readiness to march to Cuba at a mo
ment's notice. The sons of the illustrious war
riors who conquered tho New World will show
the Yankee Government that they will not aban
don Cuba except with honor to their beloved
flag; that they will fight aB becomes the Iberian
race, it matters not against whom or against
how many. Before this force, before this grand
demonstration of power, the rebellion will bo
speedily extinguished, and tho United States
shall see how Spain will treat ofllcious and inso
lent interference."
The Iberian organ of the Couucil of State thus
again: "General Grant, to-day President of the
United States, may take to memory the gentle
manly procedure of Spain during the late civil
war in America, who alone of tho nations in Eu
rope knew how to preserve the most exquisite
neutrality, and in tho same way we feel inclined
to believe that tho American Government will
worthily correspond. What favorable condi
tions have the Cubans for this luterfereuce of
America? None. Their army and we must be
pardoned for calliug it one is neither disci
plined nor numerous, nor was ever fouud in a
condition to meet tue panisu army laco to face
In the field. What battles have tho Cubans
gained? What cities have they taken? Under
what walls have their arms triumphed? No
body can answer."
La Vorrespondencia, El I'uehlo, El Certamen,
El Centiurlo del Pueblo, the Opinion National,
etc., are very bclllpotent, aud do not content
themselves with doubting tho existence of tho
letters, as El Imparcial,but excito the masses to
meet, to assemble in all the plazas for a mutual
understanding upn the courso Spalu should
follow.
General Sickles understands diplomacy to bo
always reticent and guarded, to answer ques
tions of correspondents vaguely, apparently uu
coucerned or unaware that ho had written any
very great and important despatch, and tho
members of tho Legation preserve tho same
commendable reserve. From the Legation no
thing can be gleaned.
Minister Roberts has written a letter to his
Government that ho sees signs of danger in tho
Cuban horizon; that, in fact, Cuba is all but lost
If the Government of Spain will not immedi
ately despatch 10,000 more men to Caballcro do
Rodns.
Queen Isabella, it is rumored, lias offered to
cede Cuba to tho United States if the Govern
ment on its part will undertake to rescind its
recognition of Serrano's Government and recog
nize herself as tho rightful Queen of Spain.
The "World" Declares the Cabinet Aroused at
Last-Sickles to be Kecnlleit.
Tho N. Y. World publishes tho following spe
cial from Washington, which looks a little as if
tho writer's prejudice had influenced him in his
statements to the disparagement of Sickles more
than the real facts iu tho case would warrant.
This despatch differs so materially from tho
others scut at the same time from Washington,
that ono Is led to doubt its authenticity:
Washington, Sept. 22. The President re
turned here to-day, two days sooner thau ho at
flrt Intended, in obedience to a special telegram
which was forwarded to him by Secretary Fish.
Soon after tho President's arrival he proceeded
alono in his carrlago to tho State Department,
and remained in conference with Secretary Fish
most of the afternoon.
Tho result of that conference has been most
Important to tho relations of this Government
with Spain, and with regard to tho attitude of
the administration towards tho revolution in tho
Island of Cuba. In brief, the buuirllnir diolo-
macy of Sickles at Madrid has caused a full re
jection by tho Spanish Government of tho offer
of mediation regarding tho Cuban situation
made throuch him bv this administration.
This rejection has been acceptod this day In
all of Its usefulness and meaning by President
Grant and his Cabinet, aud Sickles has been lu
formed bv sueclal cable teleirram to that eitoct.
Ho has been further directed to say to tho
Spanish Regency that this proposition for a
friendly mediation was first suggested to the
Government of the United States by parties
desiring to secure tho return of peace and com
mercial prosperity In the island of Cuba; that
the President, anxious for tho same end, agreed
to tender its friendly offices to Spain in accord
ance with tho proposed plan of purchase and
cession; that this offer having been declined,
this Government now withdraws tho question of
a mediation in Cuban matters, and leaves its
relations with Spain as heretofore.
This olliclal action ends the wholo matter. It
is quite likely to bo followed by Sicklos' recall;
for his mismanagement of this important diplo
matic mission has disgraced himself and dis
graced tho new administration in its first diplo
matic step.
The correspondence between tho Stato Depart
ment and Sickles has been transmitted by cable
during the past week a fact which has hastened
the cud of these negotiations.
In addition to the above trustworthy Informa
tion, your correspondent has but to reiterate his
despa'tch of Saturday last: that the administra
tion does not Intend to recognize tho belligerent
rights of Cuba, but to get rid of tho whole ques
tion by turning it over to Congress. Thus It
avoids the constant pressure made here by tho
representatives of Cuban insurgents for recogni
tion, and holds Itself up in the meantime for a
rigid enforcement of the neutrality laws.
Milliliter Slcklcs'l Note to the Regency H.im
tained. This Is what the Herald's correspondent says:
The despatches published in two of tho New
York papers to-day representing our Govern
ment as being dissatisfied with the action of
Minister Sickles in regard to Cuba seem to have
no foundation whatever in fact. So far as known
the administration is satisfied with course pur
sued by General Sickles, and therefore the state
ment that his quasi belligerent attitude would
be repudiated by the President Is purely sensa
tional. The fact Is, that my despatch sent from here
last Sunday contained In a condensed form a
true statement of the status of tho Sickles
Cuban negotiation, aud nothing has since trans
pired that changes materially tho condition of
affairs. Inquiries to-night In tho highest quar
ters .lustily mo in making this announcement.
Minister Sickles was some time ago in
structed to offer the United States Gov
ernment as a mediator between Spain and
Cuba, representations having been made
to it by respectable parties who had visited
Spain and obtained interviews with prominent
personages that its friendly offices would meet
with favor, such offers not being uncommon in
our own history and that of other nations. Min
ister Sickles approached the Spanish government
upon ths subject, and had the desired interview.
Contrary to European telegrams, there Is no rea
son for supposing that the Spanish government
took offense, or has sought to involve other gov
ernments in its action.
And tho Times correspondent backs this state
ment with the following words:
All that can be said is that these stories about
the indignation of the administration at General
Sickles' course, his alleged recall, or the addi
tional statement that lie has exceeded his in
structions, are wholly aud absolutely fabrica
tions out of wholo cloth, aud known to bo such
in most cases by the persons who sent them.
Briefly, so far as the Government is informed,
there is nothing new in the Spanish situation.
There is pending a friendly offer of mediation.
It has not been finally replied to by the Spanish
Government, and it may bo said that the pros
pect of its success is apparently less pro
mising than it was. General Sickles
has not been censured; ho had not ex
ceeded his instructions at last accounts,
and I have good reason to believe that the note
which seems to have caused so much frenzy In
etpnin is simply a request upon tue Spanish
Government for a direct answer upon the pend
ing propositions. General Sickle's is credited
here in official quarters with having thus far
acted with excellent judgment aud sound dis
cretion, and the feeling among tho members of
the administration is as quiet as a summer
morning.
FIX Alt' 12 AXI cotpieuci:,
Office of the Kvknino Terror aph.I
Thursday, Sept. SI, ltm i
The absorbing feature to-day In money circles Is
the excitement in the New York gold market, aud
the consequent break In stocks. The ell'ect upon all
branches of our domestic and foreign trade can
hardly be calculated, whilst the derangement In
commercial values and the advance of commodities
regulated by gold cannot fail to bring great losses iu
their train.
On account of the difficulty of ejecting foreign
exchange, our export trade, with the exception of
cotton, for which there is an urgent British demand,
has received a quietus for the time being, ami this
will necessitate large shipments of gold, us our im
ports are very heavy at this time.
There is no very marked change in tho loan mar
ket, except an increased activity In call loaus aud
additional firmness in the general tone of the money
market.
Gold is entirely under "bull" Influences to-day, and
all New York appears in humble attitude before the
"golden calf." Tho sales opened at 14U, aud ad
vanced to 14, closing a little before noon at 143s, a
Blight advance of per cent, on closing price of
yesterday !
United States securities are completely demoral
ized, and prices show a further decline throughout
the whole series. '02s are quoted atWhelen Brothers'
at 120s ; '05s at 119 'i ; ami l0-4i)s at losv.
The Stock market was dull and feverish, but the
tone was rather stronger than at the close last even
ing. State and city loans were unchanged, lot was
bid for City 6's, new, and 97 for the old.
Reading Railroad changed hands at 47i3471-lC;
Pennsylvania Railroad at f6'i ; Miuehlli Railroad at
Vl ; and Philadelphia and Krle Railroad at 29, b. o. ;
120.V was bid for Camden and Amboy Railroad ; 42
for Little Schuylkill Railroad; aud B7 for Catawlssa
Railroad preferred.
Canal shares were steady. Lehigh Navigation sold
at 30 ij, b. o., and Lehigh Gold loan at, !i3V.
Coal, Bank, and Passenger Railway shares were
neglected. 18 was bid for Thirteenth aud KUteeiilh.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven & Bro., No. 40 8. Third street.
FIRST BOARD,
J1000 W JerltCs.... Ul
100 bU Read R. 800.47 110
J21HIU OO. 91
J.iooLeh gold l..c. 9S.V
100 do c. 47 1-10
UK) do C. 47 1-10
UKt do c. 47'f
05 do br. 47
70 do Is. 47V
'25 do trf. 47!.f
81 sh Leh ValR.ls. 60 'Y
100 Hit Leh N St. 1)00. SO
loostil'h AH...b:i0. 29
100 do .... bOO. 29
jmjo uo...s5wn. us1.
fliiflOLeh 6s, '84....
ftoJfl Bel A 1) 2 m . .
8 sh Minelull It...
fcSshPenna R..ls.
60 do
1M0 do 1)30.
81
80
52
fit) if
60 'i
100
4
do...
,b:so. 60
do....
60Ai
7 sli Cousol'n Bk. iiys
Jay Cooke & Co. quote Government securities as
follows: U. 8. 6s of 1881, 119120: 6-'J08Of 1802,
180121)tf do., 1S04, 119?,'110M ; do., ISOS, 119 V
120; do., July, 1805, mills','; do. do., 1S07,
1180,119',-i'; do., 1808, lnllS', ; 11M0S, 10S ',(
10y, ; 6s, 107;108 ; Gold, HI?;.
Messrs. De IUyen & Bkotiier, 40 No. S. Third
street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations:
U. H. 6S Of 1802, 1205,i(.il21i ; do. 1804,119 ',.
liox; do. 1805, 119,54'(!120: do, lsiis, new, 117';
118Y; do. 1867, do. llSfailB'.;; do. 1808,
do., 117i118; 10-408. 10Stl09; I'. 8. 80 Y'ear
6 per cent. Currency, lo7i,aios,v; Duo Comn. Iut,
Notes, 19 ; Gold, I43i 144; Silver, I37i 139.
THE NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.
The following extracts snow the state of tho New
York money market yesterday :
From tht Herald.
a "?!'e ' eition8 would have been amply grati
fled iu VVall street to-day, where the excitement was of
the wuilent character, ounaeciuent tiou a panic in that
niuut erratic of btiK-kn, New York Central, and a break
correiiponilinKly (treat in the frenerul lint. Attain moveao
rapidly nowaday, that it seoma tedious to attempt any ex
planation of the cause of the wonderful change which haa
come over the street. The facta are all that are demanded.
J he time fur reasoning has gone hy. Although tiie West
ern railway stocks have heen the scapegoat here! ofora for
the bear attack ir was not until Hast uigst that New York
Central received their attentions. It was the pivotal
point of the whole market te-duy, and with it turned all
tho values m the Ktock Kxchange. The decline to V.n'i
the evening previous was the muttering of the storm
which burst in all its fury ruidwuy at the call of the Hi-Ht
session nf the board. Central had mat gone down to lWi.
It hesitated for a moment at that ligurc,t hen broke two
or three per vent, at a time until it touched 176 a fall on
extreme quotations of over twenty-two per cent. The
ruhh to cover short salos caused a reaction, and the price
ran rapidly up again, the brokers who were dealing on
narrow margins taking advantage of the cuaooe sell before
it should Kttui elude Oivw. ihi nvriuuble, cover ia-
ducd a roily to 111, from which, hownver, it again went
otl to 1K7. Rallying once more, it asponded to li'i'v, and
the iltlls, who had not bnen eacrincerl wnro grewing
jubilant, when another break carried it to 185. Tho spe
cial influences at work in oneuting thpae changes are
bnofty traced in the flying street rumors, that were ae
thick as "leaves in Yallombrnwi The most, prepoatnnis.
one of these was to the effect that Commodore Van
riorbilt had diod very suddenly, although those who
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"mp KVirui m dih.iv . hit) lllri III ll. llli'l
seen him safely on a special train rnutr to Albany, I
whitnerno whs going to carry out, consolidation. It was
the gilded scheme of consolidation that niado the street
so ready to purchase yesterday and tins morning, wh"n
the prntpect. of an enormous scrip dividend was paraded
before the public eye. Next in crder came a report that
an injunotion bad been issued by tho Supremo .Court to
prevent cohsolidntion, the applicant represent inj himself
asabolderof Hudson Hiver stock, whose interest wero
about to be prejudiced by the schome.
This report was fronted rather indecorously
by the street, was laughed at, in one place, anp
was feared in another. Its successor was one that it hail
not boon served in time, and that tho meeting took iilaen
without interruption, whilo at ill another version of tho
difficulty said that when tho injunction reached Albany,
it was vacated by one of the judges there, and that the
Directors were allowed to meet, in peace. It became
pretty certain late in the afternoon ttiat tho meeting had
taken place, and the street began to t hink Cent ral was a
fmrchase. It was in this buoyant period it touched tho
liirhest figure of the reaction. Hut a new set of rumoi-4
attacked it again. They wero to the) effect that
Central was to he put. in at 1MU and Hud
son River at, the samo figure, the former
being allowed a cash dividend of eight per
cent. As many brokers were unahlo to barrow money at
three o'clock, there was a pressuro to sell tho stock, which
uninvorahle ctrouimtance occasioned tho last and lin-tl
decline of the day. The courso of the rest of the market
was hardly as synipHootic with tho decline in the V:ind;r
In It, stocks until later in tho day, when they yielded to the
stringency in the money market, and to the genora!
depiession which was at lest the result of
the great decline in the special stocks referred
to. Hudson Kivor at its lowest, touched 100 and
Harlem 140. The lowest point of the day lor the otlier
railways was reached on the street after the adjournment
of tho l.ong Koom, the exulted crowd swaying in amass
boiore the doors ot the (Stock Kxchango until near mglit
fall. The figures thus a tainod are shown in tho list of
street quotations further on, and are as near correct as it,
was possible to obtain thorn in the vibratory choracter of
prices.
"The scene in the Stock Kxchanca hnd its counterpart
in the Hold Room, where tho 'hours,' oinbold.mud by their
success in the railways, essayed a sharp attack This wad
to sudden the 'hulls wore taken unawares aud the price
fell to lit" 'u. Tho latter, however, instantly rullind and re
turned iho assault, putting tho price up an eighth per
cent, at a time, and allowing but few reactions until they
looked down on their assailants from the crowning poiut
of UK(. The 'bears' became frightened, and largo num
bers cowered, their fears being t eighteued by reports that
war with Spain was imminent, as Ceneral Sickles
had domanded bis papers, Yet cash gold was
heavy in transactions for the Clearing llonso,
and the 'bulls' paid from seven por cent, gold, to one
eighth to have thoir balance oimeU. The strategy of the
policy which the gold oliipie have been pursuing in keeping
tue Interest rate in the cnriying column instead of on tho
borrowing side was of the shrewdest kind, and is only
ennmensornte with the skill of the wnnle movement.
Tli.y have shown that the 'bears' are at their mercy and
will be until gold comes this way from Kurope. (Several
consignments are now on shipboard, and henoe many
inferred that the 'hulls' were giving the markot a last
squeeze preparatory to graoefully evacuating and adopting
the bear tactics. Whether tliey r.ave reached the point to
drop from roma ins to be seen ; but tho raoro confident of
tiie bears predict that the culmination of the prico is near
at hand.
"In essaying the movement against stocks and gold the
'beurs' rendered money exceedingly active. There was a
panic-like inquiring for funds lung alter bank hours, and
the irost extravagant rates word paid tor 'turning' stocks,
which is the expedient for avoiding the charge of usury,
and showB that Wull street, ran always get around tho
law whon so disposed. In tl:e ordinary stocks this dif
ference between 'eah1 purchases and 'regular' sales
was an eighth to a quarter percent-, hut as high as ono
per cent, was said to have been allowed iu tUe case
of Central and the othor high-priced shares. Tho
commercial paper market was stagnant, as might be ex
pected in such a time Foreign exchunge was utterly do
moralized, and notes do not hear quotation this evening,
liovernmont securities Btood tho storm bravely, but yielded
between a half to three-quarters per cent , tho '67s at one
time touching US' a. When given as collaterals money was
had - Upon them by the leading Government houses at
seven per cent., but the street paid gold interest. The
changes in Southern securities were not very important,
but they gave way to the sweeping force of the demand
current, particularly for the more speculative bonds."
Philadelphia Trntlo Report.
Thursday, Sept. S3. The Flour market is
quiet at yesterday's quotations. There la no de
mand for shipment, anil only a limited Inquiry from
the home consumers, who purchased 1000 barrels
In lots at tS-xfXH S 62;tf for superfine ; 85-758-2S for
extras; 17(9775 for Northwestern extra family;
$6-2S7,25 for Pennsylvania do. do.; 8d,75(a7,7.'i for
Ohio do. do. ; and JS10 for fancy brands, accord
ing to quality. Eye Flour Is steady at 80'37tf
barrel.
The Wheat market is without Improvement, and
prices are irregular; sales of 304M) bushels red at
?1-4G for common up to f 1-52, and 800 bushels choice
Delaware atfl-S4. Itye Is quiet at f 1-15 ft bushel
for Western. Corn Is In limited request, but prices
are wen sustained, owing 10 tue ngnt receipts and
stocks ; sulcs 2500 bushels Western and Pennsylvania
yellow attl'liiyf l'iO, and Western mixed at fl -10(h)
1-14. Oats are without change; 3000 bushels Penn
sylvania, Delaware, and Western sold at C05o.,
chiefly at 64c.
Whisky is firmer, and loo barrels Iron-bound
Western sold at fl-18 per gallon now held higher.
Brigbam Yottn";, it is said, lias lost his
family roll-call, and is terribly muddled about
Lis children.
One of Brigham Young's daughters tried to
elope with a young Gentile, but was ruthlessly
dragged home by a Mormon policemen.
The Spanish Duke of Ossuna, though a
rapid penman, hjis so many titles that it takes
him fifteen minutes to write his name in full.
LATEST SHUTINU INTELLIGENCE.
For additional Marine Newt see Imide Paje.
New York, Sept. 2.1. Arrived, steamships Villa do
Paris, from Brest; Smidt, from Bremen; Cambria, from
Clasgow;and Cimbria, from Hamburg.
(Hii Antfln-Amrrirun Cahte.)
QtT.ENSTOWN, Sept. 23. Arrived, steamship Franoe,
from Kew York.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. SEPTEMBER 23.
STATE OF THERMOMETER AT TOE EVENING TELEQIIAPB
OFFICE.
7 A. M 681 11 A. M 72 3 P. M 74
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Ship Sanspareil, Mo 4lpin, Antwerp. Peter Wright & Sons.
(Steamship ranita, lirooka, New York. John F. UUl.
bwed. barque llurmoliu, Nieseu, Liverpool, L. Wester
gaard A Co.
ARRIVED TlTlS MORMNfJ.
Steamer H. L. Uaw, Iler, 13 hours from Baltimore, with
indse. to A. Groves, Jr.
(Steamer W. Wbilldin, Riggans, 13 hours from Balti
more, with nidse. to A. Groves, Jr.
Steamer M. Maasey, Smith, 24 hours from New York,
with mdse. to W. M. Haird A Co.
Hal. barque Rosina Bruno, Paturzo, 19 days from Gir
genti, with brimstone to Cunningham it Son vessel to J.
K. Bazley A Co.
Prig Proteus, Drisko, 8 days from Rockland Lake, with
ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co.
Brig Nuevitaa, Trask, 5 days from Boston.
Bchr V. Kpotford, Stern 7 days from Boston, with salt to
Bumm A Son. . , ... , .
bchr H. B. Gibson, Lincoln, 7 days from Frovincotown,
with liBh to O. S. Orowoll A Co.
Schr K. V. Meany, Lewis, b days from Portland, with
BtKchr-o "om Fall
River, with machinery to Merrick & bona.
Sobr Royal Oak. Erricksou, 2 days from Greensboro,
Md., with railroad ties to Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
KeVir Judge Hopkiufion, Fenton, froui few Haven.
Schr O r Hawley, Bayles, from Brookhaveu, N. Y.
Schr Veldren, Cavalier, from Salem.
Bohr Ontara, Spraguo, from Boston.
Schr Dirigo, Snow, from Boston.
Schr Ha.leton, Gardner, from Boston.
Bohr O. Kienmlo. Struderman, from Boston,
Schr Olive, Reynolds, from Boston.
Schr W. II. Howe, Whittemore, from Boston.
ScLJ Grey Eagle. Howes, from Providence.
AT QUARANTINE.
Brig Altavela, from Cardenas, and achr Vesta, from do.
T -i c.,,1 9" Pissed up. baroue Sir flnlln
rw'nbell froiulv gtut. Greenland, and brig Alvarado,
tZPMX. 1',buaua "delrbia. aud
ton: Vraie, f rom no. ior n , "ouaiui 'uaaea,
from dofor Gloucester. Mass. ; J. l'rioe. from do. for Bo.,
ton- W B Darling, from Georgetown, D. 0., for New
York ; War Eagle. Sn for BUton; and brig
Nellie Ware, from do. ior Bangor. Ale.
MEMORANDA.
Steamship J. W. Kverman, Hinckley, henoe, at Charles-
tStetma!i'iS)JB"liett6' F"eman' henoe at Nw York yea
teBarq'u Soandia, Thorbjonuen, henoe, at Dantzio 6th
'"BaVoue J. L. Wickwire, Wiley, from Glasgow for Phlla
deliihia rmt into Greenock tu nut., to stop a leak.
Brig Nellie Mowe, Merryman, henoe, at Barbados Bth
ln?T unit Miled 7th for St. Lucia.
'Yet?. Fawn? Baker; J. G Baboook Baboook; and 0. II.
Midler Hrown. henoe, at Boston 21st inst.
Bchr uVnh LitUe, ot Philadelphia, which wm driven
ashore at l'alrhaven in the gale of the Slit lust., baa been
gotten off by staging ber with oaska.
KcbraCohasset. Gibba, and Hmma M. Fox, for Fuil.
delpUia, sailed frm Huw liedfgrd UUt uuU
8 At'thT Dataware Breakwater ,-Sohr. D. W. Vaughan.
frrTmCaDeHenry.Va., for New York; Joseph and Frank?
lirooPR KStkt.'n, from York river, Va., fordo.; O.
W ' LwkeVfrom Philadelphia for Boston ; W. 8. Doughten,
vv . ixae, i" Abb elngall. from do. for H,u,
ironi uo. it
SECOND EDITION
LATEST 23 IT TELDCIII Am.
Emancipation Celebratioa by the
Colored People of Cincinnati Mur
der of a United States Soldier
Mr. Teabody's Movements
The Loudon Times"
and the Spanish-
American Dif
ficulty.
i:ic, i:ic, i:ic, iuc i:tc.
FROM THE WEST.
Fmnm lpiilloii AnnivcrnvT A Colored Orator.
Cincinnati, Sept. 5 Yesterday tho eolored
people of Dayton aud vicinity celebrated the
anniversnry of the Emancipation Proclamation
Peter W. Clark (colored, of this city, delivered
an address, saying, amongst other things, "I
have within a few weeks had tho good fortune
to find myself in accord with the good old Demo
cratic party, and to have uttered sentiments ap
plauded by its organ." The above refers to
newspaper comments on his Louisville speech,
in which he said, l'I find on reading over my
speech, which has so pleased my Democratic
friends, that I demauded diual education and
equal ballot for tho colored man, aud for this I
am admitted into full standing in the Demo
cratic church."
; FROM NEWTORK.
Excitement In the Oold Market Operation of
the Hulls mid lienm.
Despatch, to The Koeairv) Teleuraph.
Kkw Yohk, Sept. 23 The excitement in the
gold market increases hourly. Tho opening
price was 141, but at 11 A. M. the market
rushed up to 144, and has since ranged between
1-U-itnd 143. The Donau, for Bremen, took out
one and a quarter millions in gold, and this, with
the rumors relative to the Treasury action iu
the matter of the November interest, excited the
market fearfully. One bear firm sold three mil
lions at one time, while the bulls bought large
amounts, managing t' keep the market up. Iu
stocks there was a rally, Central reaching 100.
Money is tight at seven, gold, and i is charged
for carrying stocks.
An I purine .Mother.
New York, Sept. 23. Mrs. Halpinc, while in
a fit of insauity, chopped her son's head opcu
with a hatchet, in Brooklyn, last evening, and
attempted to kill one of her daughters. She was
arrested aud placed in confinement.
FROM FOR TRESSMONR O E.
Murder by a Holdler.
FonT Monroe, Sept. 22 On Saturday night,
phortly after miduight. a difllculty occurred on
Vidc Water street, Norfolk, at the saloon of J.
B. Weeks, between some soldiers and citizens,
which resulted in the death of one of the sol
diers, named Charles L. Smith, of Co. K, lth
U. S. Infantry. It appears that Smith was in
liquor, and creating a disturbance, when Ofllccr
George Scuttalis, of the Norfolk police, at
tempted to quiet him. Failing iu this, ho en
deavored to arrest him, but was assaulted by
Smith, knocked down, and very roughly handled.
Smith wrenched the Doliceman's clnli from him.
and was going to strike the ollleer over the head
with it, when Scuttalis drew his pistol and shot
1. 1.1! l.l,,i 1-1..- 1 a t .. m.
mo Bonner, Minus mm inmost instantly, mo
officer was taken in custody by Constable Ashby,
and placed In confinement until an examination
could be had. Scuttalis stated that ho 6hot tho
man iu self-defense, as ho feared the soldier
would kill him. Smith is said to have been a
desperate man whilo iu liquor, and was known
among his comrades as "Fighting Charlie." Scut
talis was taken to the station-house, where his
wounds wero dressed. 8mith had severely bitten
tho lower lip aud injured Scuttalis about the
head. Tho Coroner's verdict was that Smith
came to his death by a pistol fired by Ollleer
Scuttalis, whilo in the discharge of his duty.
Smith has been buried with military honors.
FROMTIIE STA TE.
The It all road DIxiiNler at Athena.
Ataenb, Pa., Sept. 23 Tho jury in tho case
of tho death of Nelson W. Ackley, caused by
tho recent collision on the Pennsylvania aud
New York Railroad, deny that tho odlcers of
said company attempted to suppress tho verdict,
and state on tho contrary that tho officers ren
dered every assistance to a full and thorough in
vestigation. FROM BALTIMORE.
Mr. Penbodv T.onvrs for I'lilladelnhla-Gov-fi'iior
Howie and the l ltv Hull Frauds.
Special Despatch to The Koening Telegraph.
Baltimore, Sept. 23. George Peabody left
for Philadelphia this morning.
Governor Bowio writes a letter fully exone
rating himself from any complicity with tho
new City IlallJBulldiug Committee's affairs.
Tho steamer Liberty, from Havana, and other
vessels have arrived here, and report heavy
storms at sea.
FROM DELAWARE.
Working of a New TeleKrnph I.Iuc.
Lewes, Del., Sept. 23. Tho telegraph lino to
this place is now in working order. Tho weather
is cloudy, with tijstrong east wind. There arc
about twenty vessels iuside tho Breakwater.
FROM NEW ENGLAND.
Dry Dock Opened.
Poktlani), Me., Sept. 23. Tho Portlaud Dry
Dock, at Capo Elizabeth, was opened yesterday.
FROM EUROPE.
The Feeling Towards Siniu.
B)i the A wjlo-American Cable.
London, Sept. 23. Tho London Times news
paper changes its base of editorial argument,
and apparently conviction, on tho Cuban ques
tion. It now supports the causo of Spain
against that looking to Cubau Independence.
TIiIh Itloriilntr'a Quotation.
By the Aiiolo-AMerican Cable.
London, Sept. 2311 A. JI The weather la stormy.
Consols opened at 9'l tor money, and 02 Visit's for
account. American securities flat. 6-iius of isiia,
82; of 18G6, old, 81 Jrf. and of Ihut, sotfj lo-40a, 74.
Hallways lower. Erie, iu.!; Illinois Central, 93:
Atlantic and Great Western, iiT.
LlVEKi'OOL, Sept. a J A. M. Cotton quiet: up.
lands, iaifc'(ajl2jU. ; Orleans. laxwlH-VL The sales
to-day will reach 7UU0 bales. Uieudstutls quiet.
Corn, 80s.
London, Sept, 2311 A. M. KeOnod Petroleum
quiet aud steady.
" M. Lachevro, tho senior mayor of France7
who had ruled at Eprevlllo for llftv vears. has
I juet died.
house or refuge.
"Why Children are 8ent There Its Or
ganization and Discipline Under
Lock and Key House of
Correction Heeded.
A few squares cast of tho slopes of tho Park is
located the House of Refuge. This ten-acre
tract is bounded by Poplar, Parrish, Twenty
second, and Twenty-fourth streets, and although;
so closu to tho jaunting-grounds of our citizens,
but few have been curious cnoHgh to venturo
lnsidc.of Its grim stono walls. This institution
performs a peculiar work in tho community,
strikingly supplementary to tho other public
structures around it. To tho south lies tho
Northern Home for Friendless Childrcu, to tho
west the Foster Home, and to the north Girard
College. These aro all homes for orphauless
children, and aim to provide for destitute llttlo
ones the shelter, comforts, and refining culture
that their natural guardians cannot furnish. To
the southeast rise tho Norman turrets of tho
Eastern Penitentiary, within whoso massive
walls aro imprisoned hundreds of convicts
under sentence for various crimes. Tho House
of Refuge has something of tho nature of each
of these classes, and ia tho connecting link be
tween them. Its purposo is to reform vicious
children by removing them from bad assoclu
tions, and although it is truly a home, yet bolts
and bars arc unpleasantly plentiful.
The inception of this institution was formed
almost fifty years ago by a benevolent Quaker
gentleman of this citv, whoso long life has been
mainly devoted to unostentatious labors In our
many charitable associations. As an olliclal visitor
of the old city prison in 1820, ho saw with surprise
and sorrow that young offenders incarcerated
for childish follies or misdeeds, were living con
stantly witli hardened criminals, and becoming
contaminated with their vices. He resolved to
effect a reformation of this evil, aud establish a
separate building for children whoso detention
was necessary for the good of themselves and
the public. After many discouragements, the aid
of the State was obtained, and over forty years
ago tho House of Refuge was first opened. The
first inmate was admitted on the 8th day of De
cember, 1S28. More than eleven thousand young
persons have since enjoyed its advantages. It
could not bo reasonably expected that all of
them have been reclaimed, but it may bo safely
asserted, that by judicious and parental training
a majority of them have been restored to so
ciety, prepared to sustain themselves by their
industry, and b)' their good conduct to enjoy tljo
respect and esteem of their fellow-citizens.
The House of Rcfiure is not a prison, but a
home; not a place of punishment, but a school,
for disobedient children, who are entering on a
downward course, calculated, unless they be
arrested in it, to lead them to ruin. It is a
school where their physical, moral, and intellec
tual faculties aro developed and Invigorated, and
where, by tho constant caro of their guardians,
they aro elevated, not only in their own opinion,
but in that of their fellow-citizens. Here they
aro prepared to act well their part In this life,
and, above all, arc taught to fear God and to
keep His commandments.
In largo cities such reformatory schools are in
dispensable; for tho temptations to which the
young aro constantly subjected aro startling.
Daily exposure upon tho streets of our city, from
morning until night, and frequently until late at
night, of our youth, whether it bo for business
or pleasure, is ono of the most prolific sources
of juvenile delinquency. Hero tho seeds of
vice are planted, and yield an abundant harvest
in the utterance of wicked oaths, the commission
of petty thefts, the exhibition of lewd conduct,
and the drinking of intoxicating liquors. Such
aro the fruits ot street education, aud if tho
wretched scholars are not checked in their
career, we find them developing into daring
burglars, skilful pickpockets, habitual drunk
ards, public prostitutes scourges and pests to
society. Such as havo taken their first lessons
in such a school become pupils for the House of
Refuge.
The discipline of this reformatory school Is
well planned and conscientiously administered.
The classification of waking hours makes a
happy allotment to work, to study, aud to play.
The children are up and dressed by 5 A. M., aud
after family prayers spend two hours in tho school
rooms. Breakfast of coffee aud bread comc3 at
TJjj, and then a half hour's play is allowed. At
8 o'clock tho inmates go off to their respective
workrooms and do their stated tasks, at which
we shall see them presently. Dinner at noon
of meat, soup, and bread, is followed by other
tasks, and when these are finished tho children
may romp or read, as the mood take3 thomt
until tea time at 5j. After their mush and
molasses they spend two hours in study, attend
family worship, and then aro off to bed at 8
o'clock.
The training of the pupils is peculiarly ulapted
to fit them for honestly supporting them
selves after their release. Their education is
necessarily limited to tue plain English branches,
but special pains aro taken to form habits of in
dustry. Employments are provided suitable to
their years and capacities. From seven to eight
hours a day are spent in tho shops in brush
making, boxmaklng, shoemaking, blacksmlthlng,
and making furniture for umbrellas. Separate
shops are provided iu tho white department for
boys aud for girls, whilo tho samo distinction is
observed in tho colored department. This dis
tinction of four departments is observed
throughout the House.
Tho larger portion of these unfortunates have
been committed at tho request of their parents
or friends. Tho form of commitment specifies
that the child is unmanageable (or a vagrant),
and beyond the control of tho complainant, and
that its futuro welfare requires it to bo placed
under the care and guardianship of tho managers.
Before the child can become an inmate,.thls com
mitment must bo considered by tho committing
magistrate, tho Court of Common Picas, and tho
Board of Managers, and bo sanctioned by caeh
successively. This formality, so necessary for
tho prevention of abuses, having been complied
with, the child is examined by tho superinten
dent, and its statements recorded for reference.
It is then placed in class No. 10. Good behavior
will lead to a promotion each month to a higher
class. From No. 1 tho promotion is made to
Class of Honor, and from this the same good con
duet secures a release or apprenticeship. Tho
theory of tho institution is that ono year s com
mitment is eulllcient to secure a release, and in
pratice this Is often the case.
Tho district from which tho Houso Is supplied
is equivalent to tho jurisdiction of tho Eastern
Penitentiary, comprising tho eastern half of tho
State. Twi-thirds of Its inmates, however, were
furnished by this city. Last year tho total ex
penses were n80,532i tho city and tho State
equitably appropriated M,000. and tho labor?
amounted iu cash to 427,-m. An annual fund
of t'Jtt is provided by iuvestod funds to furnish
rewards to meritorious children. 1 heso inmates
are not deprived of hoftday times; for tho fourth
of July. Thanksgiving Day, aud Christmas org
3ffi ollSof tho House have uniformly been
citizens oi character and influence. John Ser
jeant was the flwt President; then followed
geani was " Tfiomta P. Cope, Thomas
Earr, d jS'jTCclay. Mr.Wlay was
maTe the first Secretary, and performed the du
ties of but olllco for eighteen years, only resign.
I to accept the appointment of Vice-President.
Two vears since Mr. Barclay became President
on the death of Mr. Earp. Thus for forty years
ICVifiwd on the Sct'twid ruse.