r 7 H A A A. O VOL. X. NO. 103. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 18C9. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. 6 FIRST EDITION 13 It, O O It B. The Revenue Detective at His Work Again The Illicit Distilleries in the Interior Examined Discoveries of Fraud and Subsequent Seizure of Two Establishments. Kevonne Detective Brooks linn got bank into Die old groove agatn. The distll'crs in the Interior of the fcftate are In a nutter of fear and anxiety. Wherever fraud larks, Brooks is sure to expose it, nml to bring down upon the caputs of those who practise it the vengeance of outraged law. Assisslns and Whisky Ring desperadoes do not appal him. Ills latest exploits are thus related by the Lancaster (I'n.) I'xprew of last evening: Quito a flutter prevailed last night and this morn liiK among ferial u dlHtillers and dealers in whwKy In this city and county. Mr. J. J. brooks, tho well kuowu Revenue lietectlve, arrived In town a dny or two since, and at once Bet to work to ferret out ccr tut n partit a whom it was believed were defrauding me revenue. i.enmj iirriiijii wo uAteumve tllstillery f .Tacob H. Uood, in Martlo township, was eMzcd, and last evening the extensive establishment of Hart in au A Co., mauufacturers of Mtahler's Herb Bitters, in this city, was also seized. The specilic ground upon which these seizures were made Is not yet known, as thu detectives as well as the otUuera connected with the revenue department here are exceedingly reticent about tho matter. The facta, however, will no doubt be brought out in a day or two. We learn that the officers are out investigating the business of other distilleries, and it is probable that mors seizures will be made. It Is hinted around that an extensive "whisky ring" has existed in this county for somo time past, and that some very Important disclosures are about to lie made. Since the above was written wo learn that evi dence was heard before Collector Muhlenberg this morning. One of the witnesses a young colored man In the employ of Dr. llartman testified that ho was instructed to carefully remove the revenue stamps from the barrels of whisky which came from iiood's distillery. It appeared also that these stamps were sent back to the distillery, where they were again placed upon full burruls, and by this moans the fraud was perpetrated. Detective lirooks discovered this in examining the books of the II rm of Hurt man A Co. It is proper to say, in this con nection, that the books of the storekeeper at Good's distillery were found to be all right. Such Is the report, at all events. In the hearing of the statements this morning be fore tho Collector, reporters and all others, except those immediately concerned, were excluded, and what is stated above was picked up piece-meal from those who were present. All concerned seem to lie more or less reserved in speaking of the matter. Perhaps, in the course of a day or two, we shall have a lull history of the case. We learn that Dr. llartman Is away from home, having gone to Indiana a few days since on business. SHERMAN. . His Political Opinion. A correspondent write s from Wasnlugton On more accounts than one it Is adviaable that tho army be speedily relieved from political administra tion. The General at present commanding it has a lustrous name, but he is immensely opinionated, and if his bark be any Indication or his bite, he Is not an enthusiast for Indulging the popular will. His latest speech was delivered at a little picture store liere, dignltied, as usual, as an "Art Gallery," where a Shtrmau, having expressed himself upon the capital removal, took opportunity to say that the people had as much liberty as they wanted, "and more too." In sensitive times, like those of Jefferson, people Would have exclaimed, perhaps indignantly, that the commander of a standing army should be the last man to denote, even In jest, any measure of liberty. But General Sherman has been so lrcqucut and so llippant in his letter-writing and his oral criticizing that he is not minded much now-a-days. While John Sherman is an adept at going all round the barn, W. T., his brother, enacts u perpetual march to the sea, in exhausting every topic by a slap-dash sentence. He is already on record on a great variety of sides of a great mauy questions, and he would liave such a comfortable time in running for the Pre sidency that his contempt of tho popular will would lie apt to get much looser after that event. The President, without Sherman's brilliant quali ties, keeps hi tongue well in its scabbard, ami, when the Magistrate is reticent, tho General ought to be dumb. 1 venture to call General Sherman's at tention to another small matter inside of his profes sion. He is too slovenly in his dress. We may have as many soldiers as wo want, "and more too," but we should like them, for the sake of their small number, to burnish up. With one Shcruian a Sena tor, and another a Judge, the lamily is well enough represented in opinions. Another gentleman of note In his profession has lately been venturing upon politics. SCOUTS. The Secret Service Hyxteiii During the Late War. One Rev. I- P. Roe, who was a chaplain in the army during the war. In a recent lecture gave an interesting account of the secret service system adopted by our Government: Much had been written about female spies, and a halo of romance had been thrown around thest, which was really more romance than truth. Some of these women had, however, done some good ser vice to the Union, uotably the lady who had recently been appointed Postmistress at Richmond. Refer ring to the reliable contraband, the speaker said that most of them were ignorant, and were too axloua to give Information, falling Into the fault of answering aurmatively all questions put to them. Colonel Sharpe had, however, a system of question ing the negroes wnlch often elicited valuable In formation. Scouts taken from tho l uioii army were generally reliable men, and they were tried before they were admitted iuto the secret service. If they Firoved go( d scouts they were promoted and paid rom two dollars to five dollars per day, and some times fcwo ior an excursion. These men differed in characur, some ueli.g .remarkable for sagaity, and others for unlimited brans. Their plan was generally to cheat and deceive as longus they could, and when discovered they would endeavor to light their way out of their dlille.ultles. Lee's spy system was oerlcct: ho knew our urmy organization, its num bers and its position, while our ae.nerals wero at llr t absolutely in the iiurlc in renpejt to his. In the third yi fir of the war this position oi affairs became ti. tolerable, and General Hooker orjt miiiod a Uureau t r Military Information, and placed Colonel Sharpe at the head. This olllcer had command over all the i lcs, the balloon ami the signal corps. He deter mined to know as much about Lee s army as I.te did himself. This was a Herculean t wk, but he aecoin p'ished it. first coiiceiitralii.fr nil his resources upon a single division (General Heath's division of A P. Hill's corps), lie soon found out everything con cerning It, Its brigades, regiments, and oillcers, and verified his information by Bonding over one of his nicn disguised in u Confederate umlorm, who, being strictly examined, easily passed as a member of Heaths division. Colonel Sharpe pursued this svMtem until he knew the numburs and cotninaudurs oi every Jbrlgudo and regiment In Lee's army, and could tell at any time, within a lew thousands, Uls ititire numerical force. SAN JOSE. The Great Chilian Volcano. A., correspondent writes this from Valparaiso (Cl.ili), on the I7th ult: 'I'liHI'lllnC Olir mm rrrnut r ..... .!.,... r p.-nv ll'llll VJI Kill lllUUUhO WO kr "i i V I " oiu a gentleman wno J ii!, TlulullJ' 01 lnu oau Jose vol- .. f he erater of thin volcano, which has been net Vr MltleA thA vcar 1w.t ...1.1..1. ;.r . i I I . "i nun wmeii, aeuui ti- o Pissls. rises to tho height oi ftr82 metres above level of tho sea, is on the loftiest neak of the in whicn closes tne iiasin of the river called Del lean, tne urst large amuent of the Maloo. Fifteen 1 . v If, ., . . , "lu m oe nearu limt Hia nloi'A. 1 kH Mm imitrMr w. . ......... lu uirn unttfi.rruiit'uri rm uuu i. ........ ... ... ... der or the rumbling produced bv a loaded rallwav train passing over a bridge. Home of the shocks eie strong enough to compel men to quit their work on account of Showers ol stones. At other times they were threatened by huge avalanches of snow and fragments of rock, winch, rolling down the mo'iwaia awe, added to the WMW . - . , . .u..v.v. I,.,. ... 1 1 1 m .M 1 1 f Mil n. kindness of the subterranean noises and Oiled the olr with dust. This state of things continued ror tne space of four days, when an eruption from the vol cano restored quiet, with no other accident than the death of a boy who in crossing the narrow bridge which spans the river Del Volcan was surprised by a shock, at which bis horse, taking fright, sprang Into the river, whore both perished. When the volcano began to smoke, the country people recovered their composure. "Don't be afraid, sir," said the peons, "the furnace Is burning." Bo, without having read the Cot-mos, they repeated, in their own familiar speech, the oft-quoted remark of Humboldt In refer ence to earthquakes: "Active volcanoes are safety valves for places lying In their neighborhood." CUBA. The Merciful Prolecm ttt l Rodas to Bnf clic-r I'nlortunale Cuban. Ve make these extracts from a Uavina letter dated October 16: A paper entitled Supptemento el Lahnrante, In the Interest of the insurrection, has been quite exten sively circulated through the city durlug the past two weeks. Its leading article Is a cursory yet very energetic rexume of the situation from a Cuban point of view. Speaking of the public circulars and reserved orders of Captain-General de Kodas, ii'i Laborante does not believe In the merciful intentions of the Spanish head centre, as may be seen from the following: Circulars of General Rodas have been published prohibiting the putting to death of any one without iielng first tried j but the reserved orders of the same General Kodas which have been received by the governors and chiefs of columns "to slMot without trial any whom they may deem suspicious," are not published. No one doubts that tho circulars pub fished are complied with, and the reserved orders complied with faithfully. Thousands of countrymen are already counted as assassinated. Those most exposed are those who poss iss property, which Is distributed among the assassins The persuasion of theirs that the more Cubans they kill tho fewer sol diers ,ho insurrection will have, is the cause of this infamous butchury. By robbing and killing they translate the celebrated programme of Justice and morality. Spnin's Shabby Recruits A Growl from ''El Lnboranle." In reference tt the soldiers which Spain sends out here, certainly shabby enough In appearance and without arms and accoutrements, El Laborante thus expresses itself: If we have to form an idea of the power of Spain by the soldiers she sends us, poor, Indeed, must she be. It Is true they are all young men, but It is also true they all come unarmed, naked, without shoes and hats. What docs Spain wish us to think of her when we behold her poverty and her misery ? Will she exact of us our admiration, or, better, ex pect our contempt? Indirect contradiction do we llnd what her papers tell us and what we ourselves see. . They speak to us of their Inextinguishable riches, and we alone can contemplate the spectacle of her misery. For uod's sake, for God's sake! no more Quixotism. Let the truth be told and let it be confessed at once and forever that Cuba Is to Spain as the heart is to man her main artery, without which life is Impossi ble. T.et them not have scruples in saying that with out Cuba Spain cannot live; she cannot 1111 the exi gencies of her extravagances and of her govern ment; that Cuba is indispensable to her in order that she may annually extract millions of dollars, and which are sent to Spain ; that Cuba is what clothes, shoes, and arms those ridiculous hordes whick she sends here tn light against our aspirations of being free and Independent; that from the resources of Cuba, and alone of Cuba, she draws tho wherewith to light against Cuba. And now, is this to bo rich, strong, and potent? Come, come, that will do. Ponce de Leon on Cubnn Independence. The following document has been found among the effects of an lusurgent encampment recently taken In the Kastern District. It is entitled "Rule's for promoting our independence," is addressed to Cuban citizens In districts no under our (Spanish) control, and is signed wit h the name of Neator Ponce de Leon, a member of tho Cuban Junta: First. Win the sympathies of the Spaniards by all practicable means, rendering them apparent good that the prejudice may be greater. Second. Try to Involvo them In ruinous litigations, and appear to be generous and disinterested towards them, charging nothing at llrat for professional ser vices, in order to disarm them and avoid their sus picions. Third. Annoy them by attributing to faulty legis lation and to the injustice oi judges tho cases that Hiay be decided against them. Fourth. Get possession of all the ofllces of the ad ministration, whether important or not, and answer all claims from Spaniards, be they on account of wrongs, delay or service, or otner causes, ny (naming the superior oiliccrs (provided they are not Cubans) aim me nuvcruiiii'iu ior uu lauus hi uieprocoeuinfrs, feigning to sympathize with the claimants ami ap pearing yourselves to sutler from the same arbitrary measures. Fifth. Get control of the educational Institutions, and do your best to withhold from tho children all knowledge of heroic deeds In the history of Snaln. and Instruct them only upon those relating to Cuba. sixtn. r.nneavor 10 escape paying laxes or contribu tions, whether direct or Indirect, but try to iret em ployment by the Government, that you may take memoranda and give information, when wanted, without their knowledge. sevent n. uuy no tickets in lotteries, nut try to d s- credlt their object. iehth. Dispose or your Slaves ny seiiinor them to the Spaniards, in order that they may lose them as the revolution proceeds. isinth. watcii careiutty your Spanish relatives. and 11 you do not choose to cause them injury when ever an opportunity oners liseir, uo not ai least give them any substantial assistance. Tenth. Get possession of all money-making situa tions, whether in banks, railways, telegraphs, post olllces, piers, hospitals, etc., wllhthe main object lu view of being useful to our cause, and of depilvluir the Spaniards of said oillces, and, consequently, o;' the encouragement for them to como from Spain or to remain among us. Kleventh. In all your purchase and business transactions give always the preference to foreign ers, and never buy from Spaniards valuable ouiects, such as jewelry, fancy articles, perfumery, and fur niture, nor even clothes or provisions. Twelfth. Get U rearms, to be prepared for any emergency. Thirteenth. Circulate all rumors that may Jcad to prejudice the actual prosperity of ihe island ami damage business, so that many may leave and few come. Fourteenth. Circulate the advantages of Chinese Immigration, which, for many reasons, is and yet will lie more necessary to us. Fifteenth. To contribute, each one according to his means, to our sacred object, deserves no praise; for we are bound to do so, byhe oaths upon the lives of our children, our mothers, and our wives oaths more sacred than common formulas. Nestok Ponce pe Leon. MAX KLINULER. lie Pleads for Pardon. Max Kllngler, the youthful but hardened murderer, savsthe SU Louib Jemarat of Tuesday, is giving evidences of his insanity by making appeals to In fluential persons to intercede with the Governor, and secure a commutation of his sentence to Im prisonment for life. Yesterday he wrote two letters, oue to Judge Prlmm, and one to Circuit Attorney Johnson. In his letters he expresses t he hope that tho judge, who treated htm so humanely, will con tinue his kindness, and induce the Governor to save his life, by commuting his sentence to imprisonment for life ; after which he hopes to be "unconditionally pardoned." He also beseches the Circuit Attorney to Intercede for him. When It is known that the voung murderer threatened just before his convic tion, that if he should be acquitted he would "put a knife into Johnson's heart," the coolness of his re quest seems refreshing. For two years the boy has been confined in jail, and all that time ho has been nattered with hopes and promises that he would be acquitted; and even now, when in less than two months his career will probably be terminated on the gallows, he Is still encouraged to hope for ultimata pardon. Till) is wrong. He should bo taught to prepare fordeaMi. and whatever good may remain In his perverted ami hardened mind should be so nursed that he will be better prepared to meet the doom that awaits him. Then, should he be allowed to live, he will have at least shown something human by repenting of the horrible crimo he committed. A Curious Collection. We hear from private sources that In an old barn in one of the country villages of New Jersey there is rotting away a very curious and valuable collection of books and autograph letters, formerly part of the library of Mahlon Dlckerson, who in his day was a very prominent statesman, and In close correspond ence with all the prominent Americans of the time. Merely as a collection of original autographs, the contents of this barn left are of great value. The rats have found out the treasure, and feed upon it undisturbed. The owner of the property does not allow the collection even to be examined, and takes no pains to preserve It, owing, we believe, to some litigation connected with the estate of which it forms a part. TIGHT LACING. Will Oar Fashionable Indies Take need? Mrs. Dr. Lozler, of New York, has delivered a lecture npon the evils of tight lacing and that too before an audience of ladles and gentlemen, though wby the latter should lntrudelthemsetves npon such oceaslonls a matter quite incomprehensible, save npon the ground of censurable masculine curiosity. The pith of Mrs. Lozler's discourse is thus con densed, and may our lady friends read and ponder: In visiting educational, benevolent, and reformatory institutions, both In Europe and America, one of the saddest sights that I have seen has been, In many of the first schools for young ladles, yonng and grow ing girls so laced and stlflened up with corsets that they conld neither think clearly nor act naturally; and I could scarcely forbear telling the learned pro fessors who were trying to beat into their dull and aching heads and stupid bruins some occult problem, that they had far better let science alone and turn their attention to the art of dressing their pupils healthfully or at least give them some practical lessons In physiology, beglunlng by clipping their corset-strings, and putting shoulder-braces or sus penders to their skirts. Fashion should not be dis regarded by any means, but should alwavs be made subservient to common sense, nature, comfort, and beauty. Not only headaches and back-aches, but how many heart-aches arise solely from a want of proper circulation ol the blood? Death by strangulation will take place ly compressing the waist as well as the neck, and, although ltl s slower, it Is more deliberate suicide. Free circulation ot the blood Is the primary principle of life! Why? The larger veins in the human body lie very near the surface, and any undue pressure upon them Immediately forces the blood Into the smaller and interior veins, where, being gorged, congestion and Inilammatlou ensue, ami aggravate numerous and fatal results. Pressure upon the ab domen Is equally pernicious as tight lacing. The Intestines are forced from their natural position and, as in the human body there can be no vacuum the diaphragm is dragged down, ami then as tho chest orguus must follow the lungs sink and con sumption begins. And remember that though there Is less sensibility there is greater susceptibility In the interior organs. Think, then, or the great and fatal injury done by binding a human being about tho waist and checking the entire circulation of the body. EUGENIE. The Press and tho People's Opinions of Hie French fciniu-ens -Her I npopiilurlty.i Things of strange audacity are now said dally In the Paris journals. I do not mean, of course, lu the Conxtitutwiinel, Ihe i'nia, the l'atiie, or that laugha ble little nonentity, the Journal OjtfcUl, papers the sole end and aim of whose being is to lick absurd pomp, and crook the pregnant hinges of their knees where thrift may follow fawning, but in temperate journals, edited by men who have a real public good In view, thiugs are daily said that Louis Napoleon has not, for these many jears 'hat he has basked lu the sun of flattery aud uncontrolled personal power, been Bccustointd to hear said with impunity. What then do you think must be sai l in tho newspapers controlled by the irrcconcliables; where the Hugoes, all three, with Kochefurr, Auguste Vu'iqueric, and rest of the band of clear-hearted, kecit-wKted, fear ltss haters of despotism and despots everywhere, but hating, most of all, with vlolcut, persoual hatred, the man who embodies the despotism that keeps Its heel on the heart of France where such men as these do all the writing and thinking, what sort of things do you think must be said? But, wild as some of the writings is, and a little too fond of wasting their strength on triiles as some of the writers in these journals are, there Is, to an Ameri can, nothing to Justify the scornful way in which a few of the leading Knglish journals speak of them. For instance, the Jiapfl. the other day, spoke of F.tigenie as "Madame Bonaparte," and afterward. alluded U her as "la femme do Napoleon III." I, for my part, cannot Ree what there Is so monstrous la this that the London Tvie and Standard, and tho French papers that limp after these august journal istic Turveydrops, trying In vain to iinitut their majesty, should be so angry at. First, let them re member how Knglish newspapers, without number, used to speak about the good, the blameless Prince All ici't, and then let them ask who Is Eugenie that she should be spared? She has no right to immunity, even as a woman, for she continually obtrudes her self a:id her opinions iuto public notice, aud is doubly unpopular, bjth aa being 8paulsu and as being, It is generally believed, at the bottom of much of the pettv despotism of Louis Napoleon's reigu. Then, lu r attempts to unite the characters of a reli gious devotee a book is actually to be seen in thu shop windows called "The Empress as a Sister of Charity !" with that of leader of fashion excite only ridicule. We read lu one paragraph of her buying the most expeusive of costumes from Worth tho uian-milliiier, the most expensive milliner, man or woman, In the world by tne dozen; aud In the next, that, ou her journeys, she has no sooner reached any town than she goes at once to the church and bears mass, and then to the hospital, or the scene of the latest accident, where she gives away small sums of money with ostentation, taking care that her left hand shall read in the next day's newspapers all that her right hand doetlu 1'arin curretpondenee of the S. Y. t ribune. THE CUBA. Preparation) lor DIsniaiitlinK Her. I'lOtti the Wilmington (.V. C.) Journal, Oct. 2(5. Under the personal supervision of the United States Marshal for this State, S. T. Carrow, assisted by Deputy Marshal Nell, preparations were made yesterday for dismantling the Cuban man-of-war Cuba, foiclbly seized by the Government Ust week. A Hat and a small towboat were carried alongside In the afternoon and a considerable portion of t lie ship's supplies taken oil. These are still being removed and stored in one of the warehouses attached to the Custom House. It is then proposed to remove the powder and shell on board to some sale magazine in all probability to Fort Caswell and then tow the steamer up to the Custom House wharf, where the work of dismantling will be completed by the removal of the guns, etc. There are now on board tho Cuba 8100 pounds of loose powder in the maga zine, besides numerous percussion shell and car tridges. Too much care cannot bo exercised In their removal, and none of this ammunition most be allowed to come within the city limits. In this nctiou we understand the marshal Is acting under orders from Washington. But one more act In the drama is to be performed the condemnation and sale of the vessel. Whether the Government will awult the due process of law through the courts, or conclude its arbitrary action by one more arbitrary bt ill remains to be seen. AYONWALE. Who linn the Money f from the Ilarri&burg Telegram, Out. 20. It Is announced that up to tho istli instant but ;t4,UhB of all tho moneys raised by contribution in and out of the State for the relief of the widows and orphans of the unfortunate miners who perished in the Avoiidale mine had been received by tho trea surer of the fund. The total amount collected for this purpose we have seen estimated at t'uu,'K)0. it was not, certainly, under fino.uoo, and thu fact that so small a portion of It has been forwarded to the treasurer, several weeks having elapsed since the collection ceased, Is remarkable If not suspicious. One can scarcely imagine that money raised for such a purpose would be purloined or misapplied by per sons to whose custody It had been entrusted; and yet It is full time thai every dollar of it should have been accounted for and Balely deposited in the hands of those whe have been appointed to take charge of aud administer the fund. The widows aud orphans stand in need of tho asslsUiuco which the geuorous contributors designed to render, and It should not bo delayed. The treasurer huggests that ho has ad vice of huge collections which have not yet reached his hands. All parties having these fuuds in their custody are requested to remit Ihe same to "aim ut once. It Is the present expectation or the commit tee to give :K) per year to each wldowj and $HH) per year to each child under fourteen aud sixteen years ol age. New York Htoek Market. Niw Yokk, Oct. 2s Stocks unaltered. Money 0 (ST per cent. Gold, 1J9. Five twenties, lsai, cou pon, 119?i; do. 1S04, do., US; do. lsus, do., llnwr; do. do., new, do. 186T, 116',; do. lsw, HUM; Ten-forties, luffc. Virginia 6s, new, ti ; Missouri 6s, 87-; Canton Company, D2; Cumberland preferred, 88; New York Central, 188if; Krlo, 30?i; Reading, 90; Hudson River, 172; Michigan Central, Ui; Michigan Southern, o; Illinois Central, 188; Cleveland aud Pittsburg, 80; Chicago and Rock Island, 104 Pittsburg aud Fort Wayne, 1S6; Western Colon Telegraph, 80 ?j. A Cincinnati religious paper Is about to publish a life or Jshn Smith, and explains that it is not that man whose lite was saved by Pocahontas, but that oilier man, eminent aisive his compeers for wit aud humor, as well as for his power as a preacher, popu larly known as "Raccoo' smith. GENERALITIES. "Ills Death was Sudden." One of onr Texas exchanges prepared a notice of Admiral Farragut on the recent announcement or bis death. Not wishing to lose prepared "matter," a little sentence was Inserted in the first paragraph rejoicing that the announcement of his d ;a'h was premature. The necessary corrections wore not made, however, In the rest of the article, and there Is a delightful mixture of "was" and "Is," ending w lth the statement that "his death was quite sud den." India's Finances. The London Globe of the 16th of Octo'ier has the following: "Advices from India give an unfavor able account of the lluanctal position of that coun try. The expenditure estimated for by Mr. Massey has been exceeded by jC40O,O0O, anil the surplus of 243,oon expected to do shown by the budget of isw 69 w 111 become an actual dellclt of 9,273,302. The revised budget of 1HC9-70 shows a deficit of X 1,727,402, Instead of Sir R. Temple's estimated surplus of f8,GM). The cash balances have, of course, under the circumstances greatly diminished, ami imme diate suvlngs are contemplated by the Government as well as the Increase of the salt duty in Bombay and Madras, and a temporary addition of one per cent, to the income tax." Child Stealing. Child stealing is coming to be quite common In Great Britain. The Londou Times oilers a reward of mio for tho recovery of a child seventeen moutlii old, which was seized from directly under the eye of tho nurse. The other day a poor man applied in great distress to a Loudon magistrate for the re covery of two of his children, who had been stolen, and a district In Ireland has been thrown Into con sternation by the disappearance or numerous juve niles. These children are doubtless stolen to Oe trained as beggars or placed under the tutelage or "Faglns." The 'all Mall Uazette says thi kidnap ping is increasing to an alarming extent. Our Ten Great Libraries. The number or books in ten or our greatest libra ries Is given as follows: 1. Library of Congress, Washington IS'i.OOO 9. Boston Public Library isn.u.M) 8. ABtor Library, New ork ias,oiii 4. Harvard College Library, Cambridge H8,oon 6. Mercantile Library, New York lo4,foi) fl. Athemeum Library, Boston IOO.ikk) 7. Philadelphia Library Co., Philadelphia.... 8ft,oo0 8. New York State Library, Albany 70,000 P. N. Y. Society Library, New York B7,Oo lu. Yale College Library, New Haven 60,000 Rush's Request. At the New York Social Science Meeting, on Tues day last, Mr. Spotl'ord, the Congressional Librarian, Bpoke as follows: "Here Is oue more example of a broad and liberal bequest narrowly bestowed. The Idea of excluding from a great public library, which Is to become his torical, the representative periodical literature of the times, is very luecnsidemtc. The greater part of the published literature of our day Is ia no respect elevated above our best dallv Journals, whether as regards dignity of subject, breadth of view, elevation of aim or excellence of style. s. far from being In any peculiar sense the 'teachers of disjointed thiuk ing,' the newspapers ntlord to the authors of many books their sole chance of influencing the world, their thoughts being for the Urst timo reduced to order, condensation, and coherence when distilled through the alembic or the dally press. A first-class daily journal Is an epitome of the world, recording the lite and the deeds of men, their laws aud their literature, their politics and religion, their social and commercial statistics, the progress of invention and of art, the revolutions or empire, aud the last result or science.-' Jersey Crops. A heavy yield of crops is reported by the Orange (N. J.) Journal, which siys: "A friend, whose grounds run from Scotland street to Lincoln avenue, has one and a half acres in garden, ou which he hns raised the following crop:- m bushels potatoes, 100 bushels corn, CO bushels turnips, 7 bushels beaus, 10 bushels sweet corn, 1 bushel pop corn, 18 bushels beets, 20 bushels tomatoes, 10 bushels Bweet potatoes, 6 bushels peas.is bushels parsnips, too bushels mangel and carrots, 2000 heads cabbage, 800 heads celery, 60 pumpkins ondBquames, and 6 bushels scollop squash, 180 water melons, 25 musk melons, besides asparagus, cucumbers, onions, egg plaufc aud pars ley in abundance, with strawberries, raspberries, currants, grapes, and other fruit by the bushel. Ilia gardener did not break ground until late In April, and the drawbacks of tho drought prevailed through August and September. Two of tho squashes weighed respectively 70 and 73 pounds." Whom Shall American Girls Marry? The Lord Amsley denouement ought to servo as a warning for those ambitious maidens among us who arc so given to falling in love with unknown foreign era, and who aspire, above all things else, to be matrimonially tied to a sprig or royalty. American girls cannot do butter than to marry American men and hereabouts. They may deem themselves fortu nate lu doing this, even without iioping to make away with tho aJections of lords, dukes, etc., who may temporarily come among us. Dick Rad ford is not the first Individual whose nobility rests on a "stable" foundation, who has attempted to palin himself oil' as a lord upon the American public, nei ther will he bo the last. Entertaining su'jh Ideas as do many foreigners of Americans, others will, time audugain, try similar experiments. One who Ave years ago, for a time, passed himself otf successfully us a French Count, Is now keeplug a lager-beer sa loon on Sixth avenue .V. Y. Pont. A New Armor. The Austrian review Archives of the. Marine, an nounces that an Italian called Muratorl has otl'ered to sell to tho Emperor Napoleon the secret of a composition Intended to neutralize the destructive ctlccts of the new weapons, the principal component or which is a sort of felt mixed with various other substances, and thus transformed iuto a compact and adhesive mass. This felt, alter being kneaded by powerlulmachlnes, then made liquid, and Unnlly coded, will resist, it is said, even at a short .llutimjio aa tins hiwn m'riir.1 lo avrw.w.l.mn. rule and pistol balls, bayonet thrusts, and sabre strokes. A Chassepot ritle ball, at a distance oi rather more than half the range or that weapon, cannot pierce a cuirass mailo of this material, which is said to be well adapted for covering the hulls of shlps-of-wur. aa a substitute ror the heavy and costly Iron and steel at present employed. The felt plates, uesiuca, possess ino auvaiuage uiai, unlike those made or metal, Instead of being broken to pieces by a cannon ball, they yield to tho Impact, aud tho holes made by tho shot close of themselves, as If the felt were so much India rubber. We are further told that the composition does not cost much more than the fourth part of the price or steel and iron. IVrKoitnliticM. Marshal Canrobcrt is bankrupt. Guizot has live volumes In press. Goethe detested smoking aud smokers. Emile Ollivier is likely to become blind. Madame Rossini has been very ill. Paul de Kock is charged with 102 novels. Joe Jeirerson is gunning in Ohio with his son. Johnston, virg nia's new Senator, ia a Catholic. King William of Prussia Is frightened by thunder. General Toombs is so much better as to bo able to attend court. Miss Ida Lewis Is reported to design establishing a rowiug school for young ladles. Otis Mills, founder of the Mills House, Charles ton, 8. C, is dead. He was ft Yankee by birth. Gates B. Dullard, or St. Johusbury, has been appointed Surgeon-General or Vermont, with the rank of Brigadier-General. Nathan B. Wiggins, Esq., a prominent citizen of Bangor, died on Friday last, aged seventy years. For many years bo was a lumber surveyor of that city Robert Stewart, of MtiBkegon, challenges any man In the United States to roll a log at from $25 to ti6o0 a side. He docs nut explain whether he means a test of strength or speed. John ISrlglit, while visiting Dumfries, Scotland, lately, paid a visit to tho grave of Robert Burns. Ho also made pilgrimages to places or historical note on tho Scottish border. Samuel Holmes, of nterbury, Conn., has cstab lished live f looo scholarships lu Yulo College, open to students from the public schools of Waterbury, Walcott, Prospect, and Mlddlebury. A puragrnph is on Its rounds recording the death In Kngland of John Hattleld, a centenarian, who was a soldier in the time of William and Mary. This Is only a century or so out of the way. Alonzo P. Palmer, M. 1., or Ann Arbor Univer sity, or Michigan, haa been appointed lecturer on theory and practice or med)clne, and Alfred Mit chell, M. D., of Brunswick, lecturer on pathology, U the main medical school at Bowdoln College. Htoek (luotntlons by Telesrraph-1 P. HI. Glendlnnlng, Davis A Co. report through their New York house the following: N. Y. Central R. 188 tft Paolflo M. 8 .......... 60 N. Y. and ErleR.... 80 v Western Union Tele. 36 Ph. and Rea. R. 90 Tol. and Wab. It R.. 04 1 - Mich. S. and N. I. R.. 9o;i,MU. amlSt. Paullto 7 tie. and Pitt R. . . . . 86 Adams iixpreas. I'M. and N. W. com.. 70 Wells, Fargo. 65 V .. 201 .. 63, .. 67tf ..129 Chi. and N. W. pref.. 63)tf Tennessee 6s, n.. ChL and R. I. R. KU .United States... Pitt, Ft Way. & Ch. 84.'. Gold Market steady. SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TBLDOUArn. METEORIC PHENOMENA. Brilliant Fire Balls Seen in the West Last Night Explosion of a Me teorolite Over an Ohio Town The Houses Shaken and the People Frightened. Financial ami Commercial FROM THE WEST. Explosion of a Meteor. Vepateh to The livening Telegraph. FuKrsT, Ohio, Oct. 28 Between the hours of 2 and 3 o'clock yesterday morulng tho in habitants of this placo were startled from their sleep by the explosion of a meteor of great brilliancy in the southwest part of the heavens. The explosion was of such force as to shake the C finest houses and shatter glass in the windows. There were three distinct explosions in quick succession. It was seen about two minutes be fore the explosion. Pendleton a President at Ija. Cincinnati, Oct 23 (JeorKo II. Pendleton has been appointed President of the Kentucky Central Kailroad. Meteoric. Yesterday morning a meteor passed over Day ton, going northeast. It was largo and brilliant, with a long train, and during Its passage emitted a rumbliug sound nud a sulphurous smell. A Town Ptnrtlcil. Despatch to The livening Telegraph. Kenton, Ohio, Oct. 28 At three o'clock this A.M. the inhabitants of our village were suddenly startled from their slumbers by n terrific noise, accompanied by an oscillatiug movement of their beds, battling of doors and windows, and a gene ral f linking of buildings, cv.iciru mauy to rush out on the streets to ascertain the meaning of the strauge phenomenon. Tho earth's oscilla tions were distinctly felt by several persons who happened to be upon tho Btrcots at that early hour. A few miuutcs before tho report tho northern sky was illuminated bright as day; tho same sound, preceded by a vivid light, was no ticed at several places In different directions from lieie. As yet tho unaccountable occur rence is wrapped in mystery. Kullrond InnpectorH. Fokt Wayne, Iud., Oct. 28. The gentlemen appointed as a committee by the Board of Trvie of Cincinnati to go over tho route of the Fort Wayne, Muncy, and Cincinnati Railroad, ar rived in this city this A. M., accompanied by prominent railroad capitalists of this placo. They made the tour of Inspection of the com pleted end of the road, and it is understood ex pressed their approbation of the same. The track is laid about eighteen miles south of this city, and the next two weeks it is thought will see it completed to Bluffton, twenty-live miles from here. The work is pushing forward expe ditiously. FROM BALTIMORE. The Mnrvlnnd Awrlculinral Pnlr The Tele ttrniili Operator' Mtrlite. Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. Baltimore, Oct. 28. Postmastcr-Geucral Creswell and other members of the Cabinet, and dignitaries from Washington, arrived hero this inorninft, aud visited the State Agricultural Fair. This is tho great day there. Thousands are going. The operators of all tho telegraph lines hero met last night, and resolved t give aid and com fort to the Franklin operators, now on a strike. A slight sprinkling of snow fell here ' this morning, and it is now very cold. FR OM THE STA TE. An Inrorreet Report. Special Dtftpateh to The Evening Telegraph. Hakrisbfhg, Oct. 28 The statement tele graphed from here that Deputy Attorney-General Lewis Wain Smith had consented'to remain in office is incorrect. Judge (F. C. Brewster tendered him a reappointment, but it was de clined. He vacated his office on Tuesday. FROM EUROPE. This Morning's Quotations. Bu the Anglo-American Cable, London, Oct. 28 11 A. M Consols, 93 tf for both money and account United States Plve-twonties of 1SC2, htii ! Of lSiifi, old, 81; aud of 1S07, Stf1,; Ten-forties, 7tiV; Erie Railroad, 82; Illinois Central, 97 V. ; and Great Westeru, 24tf- I,"ivKKrooL, Oct. 1M11 A. M. Cotton firm; mid dling uplands, ll;B(i12d ; middling Orleans, 12 ','(.) 12 VI. The sales to-day are estimated at lii.ooo bales. London, Oct. 2 suirar Is quiet for on the spot and afloat. Linseed Oil, X'J'J. Common Kosln, (is. ud i6s. (id. ' Paris, Oct. 2S. The Bourse opens Urm; Rentes. 71 f. 7t)c. Livkhtool, Oct. 23 -Shipments of cotton from Donibay to the lutli Instant, iovo bales. I I.W H V U AMD COMMEncii. Ofkcb or tax Bvenino Teleotuph,) Thursday, Oct. -M, latiH. Tliete Is a fair degree of activity both in loans and discounts, and the exacting terms of the street lenders are generally compiled with when money must lie had and is not obtainable at the banks. The tone of the market everywhere indicates Increased firmness and an anticipated plneh for money during November. There Is no material change In tho rates, however, and we continue to quote call loans at m,1 per cent, on Government collaterals, and at 9.rflo per cent, on mixed securities. Prime commer cial notes are readily negotiated at 89 percent , but the market is poorly supplied with what dis counters are pleased to term iirst-class, and very little Is done at these llgures. The gold market experienced a break this morn ing which brought the premium down to las',', but It rallied slightly, dotting at noon at 120. in Government loaus there was little doing, and prices tend downward. There is less lirmiieiis In the Stock mnrket this morning, and the volume of business is light. State loans were neglected. City fls were steady, with sales Of the new lasueg at 100!i(ii KHii,,, Heading Kailroad was quiet at 4Sa4S 8-16; Penn sylvania Kailroad Hold at 55,v ; Little Schuylkill Hall road at 42, and Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad at 117'tf. 87V Wtta 1,1(1 '"r "'awisaa picferred ; 8 if for I'hilailelu piita ana .rio; aa lorjNortli Z'cunsylva- u'unsylva- nla. and 70 for Norrlstown. Canal shares were inactive. Lelilirh Navigation. 33,- was oifored for Coal shares wero neglected. Hank shares were steady, with sales of Mechanics' at Bx. Passenger Kallway shares were neglected. 20 was bid for Spruce ami Pine; 17 for Thirteenth and Fiitcen'.ll ; 4n for Cliemiut and Walnut; for lles tonville, and Mtf for West Philadelphia. President Oraut was lu atteuduuee at the Kri .ED!?.6 th.!8 nomine, being eortcd LgYl t.hbull,,lnS by Senator Cattmi. Hia pre- busing '0me l PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES. Heportcd by De Haven A Bra, No. 40 8. Third itreet. 1740 City 8,New.li'.10o2 I"i00 da 1(M). I "wo do la.c.loo& t4d00 Pa Ira ria.Mi. 9T B sh Mech Bank . . 83V 19 sh Leh Vai. allot. lota.... B?v Bsh Phil A T H...117U M sh Penna R.ia. rrM 20 do lOOsURead R..M0. 4AV 100 do blO. 48Vf 200 100 100 100 800 100 400 100 do.la.b30. 48 B-18 do c. 48 dO 48 dO...b80.4S 8-16 do la. 48 da..b30.48 8-18 d....ls.O. 48 do ta 60BhLlt8chIb6wi 43 .......... Jat Cookk A Co. quote Government aeenritiwi follows :-U. 8. 8 Of 1881, Moi of 1Rfi 120.H,12U' 5 do., 1884, 11118, da, I8e 118V ll',; do., July, 1865, U"(m; do. do.. 1H6? 110,117; rtO., 1808, llrt8'in 5 10-408, 10Tai08W; 68, 107M107J Gold, 129. MK88R8. D Haven A Brotrkr, 40 No. 8. Third street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations: U.H CSOf 1881, UtfVUli: do. 180'i, 120t'(l!0V: do. 1864, llscAllS3,; do. 1865, Uh$U9; do. 186ft, new, 116 id'-; da 1967, do. 116 (4116 V; da 1868. da, 116M116,; KMOs. 107C10S; U. ti. 80 Year 6 per cent. Currency, J07VAHX 5 Due Corap. Int. Notes, 19 j Gold, I2(l29.s ; Sliver, PA127. THE NKW YOKK MOIVBY MARKET. The following extract snow the state of the New York money market yesterday : From the Herald. "The money market was easy, and after 3 o'c'oek balances were to be had as low as four per cent. In the previous transactions of the day, however, the prevailing rates were live and six per cent,, with exceptions at seven. There is very little move nent. of currency to the West, but a good, steady oveniow to the South and tkmthwest. "The Increasing exports of cotton have led to 8-) free a supply of bids drawn against shlpm mts that tho bankers have been compelled to modify their rates for foreign exchange, and bills under went a rather sharp decline this afternoon. There Is also reason to believe that some of the large drawers are desirous of funds, on what account is not specified, and are selling bills rather than enter the market for a loan. After 8 o'clock prime bills emu its uiw tw looi, oui mo nominal range CqB-ltVa; Switzerland, B-22( 5-16 V; Hamburg, 88 (:,; Amsterdam, 4o.'(sio?i; Frankfort, 40 V( 40'.-; Bremen, TS.'TSft ; Prussian thaiera, 70X s7i y. "The decline In gold and the general dullness of the day, combined with ihe presaure to sell bonds, as evinced in the large ollei lngs at the Sub-'i reasury, led to a heavy and lower market for Governments. Hie total amount oit'ered for sale at the Treasury purchase was nearly six millions. The bonds ac cepted, two millions iu ad, were In the following lots: tGOuO, 1K02, registered, at 114-58; $2M0, 1S64, registered, at 1I4-.19; tli,00o, is5, registered, at. 114-bs; i;i7,ouo, low, coupon, at lU'Bs; tuno.ono, lS(.r), registered, at llfM; irou.ooo, lbOB, ooupou, at 114-f8; tl,()0yic.i, lsti',, coupon, at 114-03. Tha following wen? tho closing- street prices for the Government llt.t: United States currency sixes, 1074(slo";i ; do. sixes, isl, registered, 119V ('119V; do. do., coupon, l!9,J,o',lli ; do. live twenties, registered, Mav and November, 114V 1143 ; do. do., coupon, 186J, do., 120120 ; da do:, coupon. 1864, do., Il8.!,in,ii834 ; do. do., coupon, 1806r llU.V3ll9ij ; do. do., registered, January and July, U63i(117; do. do., coupon, lSflB, do., lltt'lU; do. da coupon, 1867, 1163117; do. fo., coupon, 168, do., 1164(3' U7; do. ten-forties, registered, do. 1074(ail073., ; do., coupon, Ki8(a;iu3-." "The gold market was quiet during the session of the board, and the price steady at KtOi.MHiM,-. About 4 o'clock, however, there was a pressure to sell, in respor.se to tho weak tone of the foreign exchanges, and sales were made ut 1293. At 5 o'clock, when the last transactions took place, t he quotation stood 1-Jli'iiii80. There was uo further intelligence on the street concerning the Assistant Treasurership. The following shows thu result of yesterday's business at the Sub-Treasury: General balauce yesterday $91,209,915 Gold receipts 3,192,740 Gold payments. 3,ir3,919 Gold balance 82,994,610 Currency receipts 1,579,789 Currency pnyuieats 629,925 Currency balance 6,184,083 Gei.cral balance 93,430,027 I- 'or customs (Included In gold receipts) . . . 420,000 IMiilatlcIplilit Trade Report. Thursday, Oct. 28 There Is but little doing In Flour, the Inquiry being confined to the Immediate wants of the homo consumers, who purchased a few hundred barrels, Including superfine at 560 SB-76; extras at Iw$6-2S; Northwestern extra family at 10-8734(37; Pennsylvania do. at 6-2B0-7B ; Ohio and Indiana do. at t6'SO7; and fancy brands at $7-60(8-60, according to quality. Rye Flour is steady at SO barrcL The Wheat market Is quiet, there being very little disposition mauii'estcd by buyers to operate, -even at the decline noted yesterday. Sales of Western and Pennsylvania red at fl-37l-40, and white at II- .1.VA1-65. Kye Is unchanged. Sales of 600 bushels atJl-07. Corn meets with a limited Inquiry at yes. terilay's quotations. .Sales of yellow t $l-03(ojl-0B, and Western mixed at 94(98c, the latter rate for high mixed. Oats are without material change. Sales of 2500 bushels Pennsylvania and Western at 68(a5C. Bark In the absence of sales we quote No, 1 Quercitron at IH2-60 ) ton. Whisky is dull. Wo quote at f 118120 for wood and iron-bound packages. LATEST SIHPriXQ INTELLIGENCE. For additional Marine, Neva Bee Inside Pages. (Bu Telrgraph.) New YORK, Oct. 38. ArriTed, stanmshlpa Indi, from. Glasgow, and Allomanniu, from Southampton. Also arrived, steamship delta,, from LondoD, and ateam hip Palmyra, trom Liverpool. tMiiiTiti-sH M on hoe, Oct. 38. Paaaed In fo Baltimore Bria KlUwortli and rotir Sea View. Paused out Sobi Nancy Al., for Rotterdam; barque Agra, tor Liverpool; barciue J. Steele, for London; barque Windsor, for New- ' lnundland ; and barque SUnna. for Great Britain. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. OCTOBER 28.' STATE OF THERMOMETER AT TH1 XVXXIXa TKUtOBAPB 1 A. M .41 1 11 A. M?l???:...48 I a P. AI g I OLKARKD THIS MORNING. ' Steamship Brunette, i'reeraun. New York, John F Ohl Buue Mary Hideout, McAlhster, Antworp, J. E. Baaley Bj. brig AbsUlnor, Eldnrkin, Bilboa, L. Weteraard A Scur Alpha, Munson, Boaton, George 8. Itepplier. .. RR,IVKP T"I8 MORNINO. Steamship Whirlwind. Sherman, 8rt uoura from Pi donee, with mdso. to 1). H. Stetson A Co frovl. Steamer K Franklin, Pieraon. U hour, from Baltimore with indue, to A. Groves, Jr. "wmore, . ,ipi bHi,lt eroeclo. Kohl. 8 days from New York, in bl Uht to Madeira A Cabada. ' " l Kcbr Mary K. Lonif, Hardy, from St Mary'i, Ga.. with lumber to Kj A. Souder A Co. ' w,la Scbr Saroutd Uastner, ltublnsou, 7 dare from nurilna with lec to Knickerbocker Ice Oo. UArdlner, Schr U.K. Sampson. Blake, 7 days from Gardiner, with ice to Knickerbocker Ice Oo. Schr Susun H. Gilia-in, Hartlott, 6 daya from Boaton wit h old railroad iron to Verroe A Mitcnoll. o"on, , Scbr Youns Teuaur, Uowinan, troui New Bod ford Schr 8. Valkr, lavi, from Full Kiver. Scbr M. Perrin, Packer, from Boston. Solir U. G. Wilson, Hoyd, from Boston. Scbr S. A. Boice, Oaso, from Huston. Scbr O. Ii. Elmer, Corson, from Boaton. Spfial Tenpatrh to Thu Krenhin T-legrarh. Havre ue Uuaof, Md., Out 24 Kiuhteen boat left here this morning, as follows : John K. Glover and Harvey A Showers, with lumber to Patterson A Lippincott. K. J. Austin and Priscilla. with lumber to H. Oroskey. Two Brotbera and CoL Bolioger, with lumber to Haylor, Day a voore. i i i. i - . ... , J W1DI OTIIU IUIIIU.. W ' " , . . . ,. bon. Klla. with lumber to Worcross a lth imh . Cbarlott. lllikwell sad Uarvey Oram, witt lumber, for Hall A Frank, with lumber. Maria AmanJs, with RowUn(j 4 S(m w.r, OH J. H. Mo(linkey. wij'i fc oret)k J. M. Oliuton, with Ume. 'Q MEMORANDA. . ihn Faker, hpear, bence, at Antwerp Nth Inst. ghip"i i" haoa' t New York yeater. ""rftearoabip Norfolk, Piatt, henoe, At Richmond ajta lurtiemer New York, Jones, henoe, at Georgetown, D. 0 kit n insi. ftaruue laaae . isavis, nun, ueuew, nnvt iviu n n v. I I - . mt ...... insl fccbr J. A. Parsons, bence, at Charleston feiterdsy, aut. ii iu- nun uh luiinnn; sterling, sixty days. commercial, 108'4fi',iuH;'4 ; gooil to prime bankers. I(i8(' 109 ; short sight, louwioo ; Paris, sixty days, b'K2 Va B'16 v tshort hight.B-lfHrf.B-IS V : Antwern.siM i