r H A PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 18G9. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. VOL. X. NO. 118. L U..1J .o FIRST EDITION TXZ23 XCTSArJE rooiL How Lunatic Paupers are Treated in Wilmington They Sleep on the Floor Without Covering or Fire in Winter. 1 he Wilmington (Del.) Commmial has a long artl cle on the abuses In thn Insane Department of tho Almshouse of that city, from which we take the fol lowing passages: Department of the Insnne Poor. The Insane Asylum of the Almshouse appears Irom the old part of the city to be a handsome pressed brick building embowered amongst trees and standing In the midst of handsomely laid out grounds. It und Its grounds are separated from the Almshouse proper by a high wall, and the casual visitor to that Institution who does not visit the Asylum will probably go away with the Impression t hat the unfortunate Inmates are surrounded by all pf fHlble accessions of conilort for the amelioration of their condition. . ,, 1', is an old brick building, long and low, which forms a wing to the handnomu pressed brick building aireaoy alluded to. On the liit tl'ior are a number ol siec ing-rooras, the keeper's room, and a little sit-tmg-rooiu, about ID by 1f feet, unventlluted, ami heHted by a large stove, t round which were huddle t eight or trn men and boys, and one woman, In all stugi 8 of ksaiii'y from gibbering Idiocy r.p to n dnn gi rous insBintv, which made it necessary to keep the hands in' one of the patieuta constantly Mianm ieiL This Is the only room provided tor th3 a i-iiinnioiiatlfcii ol these people in day time. The Bleeping apartments in this building are little dens about i by feet, in some of which are narrow iron lutinrstls, ami in others nothing but piles of straw, such as would be thrown dow n for the bed of. an animal. These rooms have no ventilation ex rept such na they get by chance, and nre only heated y one stove-pipe ruunihg along near tho ceiling, thrnnirh them all. In I act the.v arc not rcall.v heuted at all, and yet in them must lie, without covering other than ordinary clothes, all those who aro so violent that they cannot be furnished bedding. In one of these dens was a young woman of eighteen or twenty, who Is Bubjoct to such Bts oi violence that bub cannot be put in the room along with other women. tShe had no bed or bedding anil hatcroHhed on her pile of straw brooding and sullen. One Serious Charge against ti e management is that they discharge luna tics unlit to lie at large. Men and women are some times arrested in tne streets of this city who are evi dently entirely unfit to be at large. They are brought before the Mayor, or otner committing magistrate, uud, It being evident that they are Insane, tney are committed to the insane asylum. It. is the only thing that can be done, a the oilicer lias no right to send them to Jail. The oilleers deliver them to the keepers, and they receive them In due form, but, It is alleged, discharge them utmost as soon as the ullleer b back is turned, so that the.v are sometimes back in the streets again before the otllcers get back. We recently Inquired of the Mayor if a certain crazy woman was at large, and ho said she was. We re lated to him an incident showing that she was really a dangerous character, and that she had violently hurled a large stone at the head of a lady a few weeks ago. lie said ho was aware of the fact that she was a daugerouscharacter, unlit to be at large, but it was out of his power to do anything. He had no right to send her to Jail, because she was Insane, and when he had sent her to the asylum she hail been let out so soon that she was back iu the city again almost as soon as the officers. This is a stale of a Hairs that evidently demands a remedy. Hut while real lunatics are thus improperly dis charged from the asylum, we found A Snne Woman Conlincd In the Asylum. She is an old Irish woman, at one time kept a dis orderly house in this city, we believe, at a place called "Whisky Bridge." llor establishment was, in course of time, broken up, and Btie, being deprived if her illegal means of support, liniilly found her way to the almshouse. There she was kept for some time, but she refused to submit to any regulations or do any tiling that was required of her, uud maul tented generally such a vicious disposition that the managersof that institution declared hur unmanaga ble, and had her transferred to the asylum. Klie is said to be a bad, vicious woman, and being sane, she has an influence over the insane women, with whom tshe is associated, which It would be unreasonable to expect that she would exercise for good. The proper place for such a woman would be in a 'House of Cor rection," but she had better be in jail than in this asylum, llut probably one of the greatest faults here, as iu the colored oeiartment of the almshouse, ia ther .Failure to Properly Separate the Sexes, and this is probably as much due to the utter unfit ness of the buildings as to any carelessness on the part of the keepers. Men and women confined la such close quarters, bo many in so small a apace, can not but have opportunities for mingling together, and, as already noticed, we found one woiiibu ia the men's sitting-room. There appears to lie no ground for the charge that any children have been born of insane parents in this building lor many years, but those whose opportunities for observation sur pass ours assure us that there is need fur greater care there. The Kemedles for the existing cases seem to us to be the'cmploy. mentof a careiul, Intelligent, and humane superin tendent who has had years of experience in some established and reputable asylum and for the pre sent the heating of the building by steam, and pro haoiv the devotion of a greater portion of the build- iug to day uses. Any remedy of this kind can, how ever, be but partial anil temporary, me nuiiuiug chierly used for asylum purposes iu totally and radi cally unfit for the purposes to which It is put, and should bo replaced by a structure in which pieuty of heat, lieht. and air could be had. The Trustees, we are informed, will shortly appeint a new superinten dent. This Is probably wise, hut the trustees must make some Improvement themselves, as the best su perintendent in tne worm cauuoo maite mu iiinuuo enmfortable in such a miserable building as that now leveled to their use. A christian humanity, rather than a elose,calculatlng, niggardly "economy," must characterize any enoris uiai are to result iu i viu Improvement. THE SPANISH THRONE. The IJrratKlnn Question Prim's Position To wards .Ionurchlni and the (;hurch. A correspondent of the London Time writes as follows from Madrid, Oct. 9: The question which now agitates Spanish society Is that ol the choice of a monarch. All parties are agreed, or at least pretend to le agreed, that by Home means or another the preseut Interregnum must come to an end, aud the edifice be crowned." Whom to "crown" it with Is the problem for the mintum nf which an etl'ort Is at last to be made. 1 am by no meaus sure that these eitorts will result in anything definite. The one paramount de Hire, however, of General Trim (and in this I believe him to be actuated bv the purest motives and a soldiers imnatlence to be rid of a heavy but self-ira- nneert hiirili.llt in to bend all (lUeHtiOUS tO tllO OU0 great question the choice or the sovereign. With this view he has, after a world of trouble, got Minis ter xorrnia and tne progresiHias 10 suane uuuna wim Minister Ardanaz and the unionisms in the Cabinet, uud nersuaded all Dartles to bury the hatchet "until niter the election of the king." 1 cannot help thluk- inr this course, though certainly the very best that ;ould be adopted. M not a very kmu one to- wxrilH the kiniz himself, who la thus notified nelorehand that the truce Is but temporary, aud that . by common consent the floodgates ol p.irty strife are iO De oncneu wine as nwn n u " no on the throne of Han Fernaudo 1 '1 lie quarrel of the past week was about the clergy, or rather the ilgure lor which the clergy should be put down lu the esti mates of the Finance Ministifr, tSeuor Ardanaz, arid .. !, Uiniuror r uw.n and Justice, Henor l.uU U. ...H. iim.u uiiur tnuiutud on reducing the num. tier of archbishops and bishops, In view first of ... vni.iiu UHcvnn.iiy nf their Inutility, am thi'rriiv i.f Hih conduc t, munv of them adopted In respect to the oecree the Govern ment Wnued bearing on tho complicity oi ..I...T1 In tliM I'uillut. InaiU'recLion. He went so far as to declare he would not remain fifteen minutes in a cabinet which refused to go With him . thin extent. He. however, did remain, and re mains still. Minister Aiilttiiu. and the unloutatas .,i.,o. t.ii to this mode of ileulins with the clergy, aud simply proposed the cutting down of their Utate pay thirty per cent., not as a muesure of reform, but as a .uin,.iMiira of economy, considering tho state of the Treasury, and how necessary It Is to seek to re tinae the Claims uyuu iu vvur Linn iwiro wjuwm' ... ., ...imimuts fouirht Ions and earnestly, until at last the agitation spread to the great political bodies of whom these two ministers are represeuta t.athe nroirresiRtaa and unionist. uT!?r..Ui t.rvnied Prim from arappllne with tbe question of Ue monarch, whlcU lie thought of more Importance. So strong a position did 'he unionlstas assume on the point that on Sunday nig t Inst Prim invited the uniomsta deputies to a irlen l y conference. He expressed the reasons which, la his Judgment, called for the maintenance of the ' c n clliation," at least until after the election of the king, and he pictured the consequences of its rup ture. "The dungers which will srlsc,'' said he, "can only be favorable to thu enemies of liberty and of the uountry." He reminded them of the in my concessions (he might have said cringings) the pro gresistas ttud Democrats hud made to the unionisms Bincc the revolution. Iu his blunt way he appealed to them thus: Gentlemen: It is necMwiry we hould bo frank with ew.'h. other. Tell me, what mean you by these dally diillculties? Is U tliat you wlh to fatigue and destroy us in skirmishes? llut this must not be. You are those who, with the most earnestness, cry out for the conclusion of the interiridtul. The U v ernment recognize its Importance, anil hive dis cussed and formed Their opinion accordingly. Tae majority of the Ministry count on the almost una nimity of the progreslsta aud democratic deputies. Is the union liberal disposed to vote the candidate who receives most votes In a meeting of the majo rity of the Cortes? If so, the live Ministers who have a common opinion will accept your proposition as regards the clergy, thus giving one more proof of their desire to inain'uln the conciliation, which Is so epsentinl, until the election of the monarch. If not, the responsibility is not ours, and God help us. (Diua no rtyade.) Prim's appeal, however, was listened to, but met no response. He left thu unionists to deliberate on their course. RIOT IN CHICAGO. A Pitched Battle at a Dance House. Frovi the Chiemjo Tribune, Villi. The "German House," corner of North Wells and Indiana streets, was the scene of a bloody riot between 11 aud 12 o'clock last night. A regular pitched battle took place between about a score of rowdies ana a squau oi ponce, uurmg wnicn mere was some promiscuous stabbing, divers broken heads, and numerous bloody noses. The dlttlculty arose under tne iohowiuk circnmsiuiices: Mr. J. C. Itonlon, a boss carpenter, whose shop is at the corner of Illinois aud La Salle streets, cele brated the anniversary of his birthday yesterday, aLd, In order that others might rejoice with him over the event, he gave a bull to his numerous em ployes at tne German House, lasi evening, every thing passed off very pleasantly until 11 o'clock, when a gang of rowdies, about twenty in number, accompanied by half a dozen young women, pre sented themselves at the door. As the ba 1 was of a private charucter, Mr. Goetz, the janitor, who was acting as doorkeeper, denied them admittance. This did not abash the intruders, however, and, deter mined to ellect an entrance, a couple of stalwart rowdies took him bv the nape of his neck and threw him down stairs. Mr. Goetz sustained some severe injuries by the fall. The crowd then took nrs sesslon of the floor, and ordered the r usle to procctd. The legitimate party to the dance re sented the intrusion, and a general light was soon in frogress. Meanwhile word had been sent to the luron Street Station, and Sergeant Gerbing, with a squad of a dozen policemen, was soon upon tho scene. When the blue coats entered the hall, the rowdies presented a solid front and gave deter mined battle. Chairs, clubs, bottles, and all manner of weapons were brought into requisition, and for nearly half an hour the hall was turned into a per fect pandemonium. The police being the better armed and disciplined party, finally gained the mas tery and placed the rioters under haudcuil's. One of the rowdies, numeu oosepu jviorgau. was tattooed ia the leg, probably by one of his own friends, in the course of the fight, and half a dozen others pre sented faces that their own mothers would fall to recognize. Kighteon men and three women were taken into custody auu trausicneu to me uurou Street Station. CUBA. An Appeal to the lllarlts and Coolies to Strike lor r revuoiu Havana. Nov. 6. In Havana and throughout the whole island there has been scattered the following artful appeal to the blacks, wherein they are Invited to revolt aud incendiarism, but are enjoined to spure the property of tuose wuo treat inem wen : The negroes are as good as the whites. The whites aro not the Slaves oi, nor uo twey worn ior, me Mucks. The Cubans desire that tne negroes should be iree. The Spaniards wish that the negroes should continue to be slaves. The Cubans are battling against the spamaras. The necrrocs who have any sense of shame should go out aud light Bide by side with the Cubans. The Spaniards desire to kill the Culians in order to pre vent the negroes from ever becoming free. The ne groes are not fools; they have great courage, and they will fight with the Cubans. When tne cumins are at any point ukuiiijk or BMr- mlshing, then let the negroes go there to assist them. Should the Cubitus bo ufar oil', the negroes should hasten to overtake them, but first they sliouli burn the estates. If on any estato there snotiiu ue no staves, mit on the contrary tho negroes are paid for their labor, that is to be considered a good establishment, be cause It gives free support to the poor aud needy. if on any estate the negroes should have nothing more than dry hides (tasugo Is referred to) to eat, all the money there wade by tho master Is used to help the Spaniards. n Should the estates be not burned, the crop will be gathered, the money lor which It may be sold will tail into the hands of the Spaniards. With it many soldiers can be gathered together aud sent out to the Island, with mauvgitns aim cunuon, oy wiwu mo Cubans may be sluln, and the negroes will In such event forever remain slaves. The time ror name tins arrived, at is oener w by the side of the Cubans, to the end that all men here, both white and black, may bo made free, who are now working aud toiling as slaves. Huzza for Liberty. Put lire to the sugar estates, and in the face of the world let us struggle against the Spaniards. 'JI1KJUW1A IjIIIHHIAUUII. vr Havana, Oct. 1, li09. THE TRAPEZE. A Fearful FuII-Exrtiln Hcene In a M. i.oms 'lliemrr. m... ...r.i ...iii rr !,,,., nf Ht. LoillS was thO scene of an accident ou Thursday eveniug last. wmen is thus described in tuo m. u city The daring feats of a young girl known as Mad'lle Zagrlno, who is only about fourteen years of age, nave nr some tune exciteu tne wum..j. ""--tlon Of the habitue of the Varieties Theatre. That a girl so youthful, handsome, and seemingly artleBS should attempt and successfully perform f eats on the nyuig trapese which older penuiuioi ci afraid to undertake, inspired the spectators with en thusiasm that often broke forth in the wildest ap plause. Mounted upon bar hanging twenty-live XIjUJP OF THE feet above the floor, this beautiful child wonld b.ilnnce herself, with arms outstretched and a s nl e upon her face, and then swinging in long o cill. tious, stand upon one foot, looking more lUe a crea ture of the air than a being of the earth. So danger ous did her performances appear, that many persons predicted that Bhe would fall anil break her neck. Last night the prediction camo very near being verified. Mad'lle Zagrino was going through her usual trapeze performances, and had come to that part where she stands on one foot, with the b ir in rapifl motion, wnen sue lost ner balance. Mite at tempted to grasp the bar with her hands, but mUscd it, and fell headlong upon the floor inside or the orchestra railing, striking on her right hand ami breaking her wrist. A deep gash was also cut in her forehead and her shoulder was severely bruUed. A cry of horror arose from the audience as the girl fell, and men started up In the wildest excitement. Every cheek turned as pale as ashes, and men and women became as tremulous as though stricken with palsy. On striking the floor near the bass viol, the girl lay still, and it was suoposed that she was deiid. Her father, who had been watching the peifirmance from the stage, at once came forward, aud leaping In the orchestra, lifted up the lifeless form oi bis daughter, and placed her upon the stage. She was then carried behind the scenes, and three physicians were sent. for. The show went on two comic songs being next on the programme. POLITICAL. The .Situation In Texas. Concerning the political situation In Texas, tho Galveston Cicilian of a recent date says : As matters now stand the negroes have majorities in fourteen out of thirty Senatorial and Representa tive districts in Texas, although there are three times as many white as colored people in the State. The districts are so arranged as to give tho blacks the majority in as many as possible. This Is one of tho pieces of liberality and fairness on the part of the late radical Keconstruction Convention, which the peoplo are asked to uccept with gratitude. Under the census of lstiO there were 42l,64 whites and 169,679 slaves In Texas. The whites have since increased much more rapidly than the colored popu lation, yet by the arbitrary courno of the Boards of Registration, in rejecting the whites, and admitting negroes under age to register, only a little over twelve thousand more white than colored voters were registered. Hut, as though this were not enough, the convention bo arranged tho districts that, if but a single one more could have been given to the blacks they would have had as many as the whites in the State. The (Situation In North Carolina. The Richmond Whig gives the following account of the political situation in North Carolina, from the Copperhead standpoint: "Things do not appear to bo improving in North Carolina. The negro militia, which was quartered in Wake county.not far from ltaleigh, is still there, and its depredations and outrages upon the surrounding country are of an atrocious character. The Governor said the militia was sent there by an ignorant magis trate, without his knowledge or sanction, and that he would disperse them. But he has, as yet, doue nothing, and the number is daily increasing. The cause of the trouble appears to be that the Union League, mainly composed of blacks, has become an organized band of rogues, who plunder far and wide. under assurance from the carpet-bag judges that stealing is no offense In a negro. ims sort of law naturally induced-all who had any property to take its preservation tnto their own hands, aud, when they could, to punish those who Invaded their rights. This natural result was probably expected and de sired by the carpet-baggers, as affording a plausible pretext for calling out the militia, lie this as it may, a very sad state of things exists: violence on one side has provoked violence on the other, and both parties disregard tke law. From what we hear of Governor llolden, we think he is disposed to do all ho can to bring about peace by quiet means and to revive a better state of feeling, llut he is mastered by circumstances. The novel administration of justice by carpet-hag Judges, by which thieving is encouraged and all personal property deprived of the protection of law, must go far to bailie his efforts. The Cnnadlan Annexation movement. Mr. Anbin, editor of he Patio, the radical French Canadian organ of Montreal, who came to Washing ton as the representative or the auuexatloulstB, will remain for several weeks. He repreients the an nexationists as strongly opposed to reciprocity, de claring that such a poiley indefinitely prolongs Bri tish rule and colonial dependence on this continent. Want of reciprocity Is commercial ruin to the cana das Even the most bigoted loyalist In the provinces who is not in office will, under the pressure, come over to those who demand independence or annexation. Mr. Aubln represents the independ ence policy as growing continually all over the New Dominion, while the annexaMonlsts are strongest In Upper Canada and the maritime provinces. in Montreal there is a growing organization in its favor, the active men in which are British-Canadians. Tho agitation for independence is regarded as tho half way house to annexation. The past few days have added materially to the number of Senators and Re presentatives now in Washington, and the current week will increase the list still more. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. Court of Oyer and Terminer Judges Pelrce and Pax sou. This morning the session of Oyer and Terminer for the .November term was commenced, a pauel of one hundred jurors having been summoned to at tend. THE D0I.AN HOMIfUlR. The case fixed for to-day and called for trial was that of the young man Robert Colling, Who is charged with the murder of Dennis Dolan on the 6th of July last. It is charged that on the night of July Mh, about o'clock, the prisoner was in the neighborhood of Seventeenth anil Helmuth streets, in company with two young women, and a crowd of boys were taunting him until he was so angered that he kicked one of them. Afterwards he went into an ice-cream saloon with the women, and some of the boys stationed themselves about the door to catch a el'mpse of his face, and when he came out, some of them followed him. The women leit him, and lie standing alone, tooc a pistol and lirtd twice at the crowd of boys, the second shot taking effect In the body of Dennis Dolan, and caus ing his death. William D. Wetherlll, Richard Ludlow, and Joseph A. Bonjiam, Esus., appeared as counsel for the pri soner. At the time of our going to press, counsel were en gaged in selecting a jury. U. M. District Court-Judere Cadwalader. This morning the term for Jury trials was com menced, the Court appointing Caleb Cope foreman of the Grand Jury. 1 he Judge charged the Grand Jurors briefly as to their duties, and dismissed them to business, saying that In all probability there would be but little for inem to do. s SUEZ OACTAX fix a:ci2 a hp commerce. OmCI Or THS RVKNTNa Tkucsraph,! Monday, Nut. ifi. lfcoH. ( The week opens with a moderate degree of activity in thn discount market, and a small demand for brokers' loans, but the latter are decided favorites with the banks, as heretofore so often noted. Ap pearances lavor the impression that tha banks have made some Improvement In their supply of funds during the past week, and If their weekly statement, to be published thiseveiiing,siistdin8 lr, there can be no doubt that the market for discounts will be forced down despite of present bull Influences to buoy it up. The rates demanded for time loans have only been ohtalned by reason of the temporary pressure induced by haekward collections West and ;South, and are not the result of any fgreat discrepancy be tween the supply and demand. Call loans are first favorites with all clashes of lenders, and may be quoted at 6n 7 per cent, on Gov ernment and mixed collaterals. First-clussbusiness paper, well secured and endorsed, is current at 9a,li per cent., chicily the latter. Gold Is steady this morning at Vi&svitii. Gov ernment bonds were dull, but prices continue steady at Saturday's closing quotations. The Stock market was moderately active, and prices, with but few exceptions, were steady. State loans were without Improvement. City sixes were unchanged, selling at 101 u-for the new issues. Lehigh Navigation was taken at 3331 with 14 bid for Schuylkill Navigation preferred. Reading Railroad was iu fair request, and sold at 48 il-lti, cash, and 483,W4HM. b. o.i Camden and Aid do; Railroad changed hands at liu and Pennsyl vania Railroad at KiK. 70?4' was bid for Norristown, B2 Vi for Minehill, 34 for Catawlssa preferred, and Sii lor Philadelphia and Erie, Coal stocks were quiet. St Nicholas sold at 3'.'. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES. Reported by De Haven ft Bra, Na 40 S. Third street. tiooo City 6s.New.ctoi I lOoO Leh gold 1.... 9tS 1700 do. 101 ',- 13800 (10.....1S.C.1U11, 11000 do 101.!,' 1200 do Is. 101,'.- 700 C A A m S3 '89. 88 tftOON Penna 6s... 87 v taooopa R 1 m.... 97 J2000 Leh YKnbu. reg.... OS 20000 do 2d. 9f 12000 do 9o 10 sh Ca& Am K.ls.119 v 37 sh Penna is. tu'tf 3 do 85. 53 i 2sh Read R...tyf. 48 5 do 48 V 100 do c.48 3-ltf 1000 do boo. 4n; 100 do C48 3-1tf 10O sh St Nich C.... U'i 40 sh Minehiil..'2d. 5z;f Jay Coo kb & Co. quote Government securities as follows: U. a 68 Of 1881, 117;.j117 '4'; &-2US Of 1862, 11D'411B; do., 1864, 112(i:2'i; do.. 18C&, 113(4 113x; do., July, 1665, 115Vllft!4 ; do. do., 1867, 115,11V, do., 1868, llft.4'(mi: 10-408, 107 107)s ; Cnr. 6s, 107 ?"! 108; Gold, 126?. MKR8H8. Db Uavkn Bkothkk, 0 No. 8. Third Street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations: U.S 6s Of 1881, U7V(117?i'; do. 1862, llUtlia;-: ; do. 1864, 112?;113; do. 1805, ll?n4113;i; do. 185, new,lifiVH54 ; do.1867, do. HB)tfli5J8 ; do. iw, do., 1151, ; 10-408, I07ylo7.stf; U. S. so year 6 per cent. Currency, 107V10S; Due Comp. InU Notes, 19 ; Gold, 120 vtgm ; Silver, I24mf. Mark & Ladnkk, Bankers, report this morning's Gold quotations as follows: Iodo A. M 120,'i 11-12 A. M 12i;i 10-15 " 126SJ 111-37 " 126'.' 10- 81 " 126?j11-43 " 120',- 11- 08 " 120?, 11-50 " 121 11-09 " 126 Philadelphia Trade Report. Monday, Nov. 18. The Flour market Is quiet there being a total absence of any demand for ship ment and only a limited inquiry from the home con sumers, who purchased tka 000 barrels, lncludin r superfine at 15(5-25; extras at f J-37;(oA-62; ; spring wheat extra family at t5-75i5i0-25; Pennsylvania do do. at (5-ifiia 6-60 ; Ohio and Indiana do. do. at $6(n 6-75; and fancy brands at fit'bO, according tj quality. Rye Flour is steady at 6. Corn Meal li neglected. The Wheat market Is quotably unchanged; sales of Western red at $1 -aam l -HO; and Peunylvanla and Delaware do atji-37r;;9. Rye maybe quoted at fl-)4(ii 1-05. Corn is firm, and the offerings are light ; sales of yellow at gl C5; new do. at 87(a9oc-, and Westernjmixed at DHc.ti $1 us. Oats are steady, with Bales of Pennsylvania aud Western at fW 00c. ' Barley is unchanged : 1500 bushels two-rowed New York Bold at $1, and 1500 bushels four-rowed do. at 1 -25. Whisky Is firmer; sales of loo barrels wood and iron-bound Western at tl-or. Philadelphia Catllc Market. Monday, Nov. in The market for beef cattle to day exhibited little or no change from laitweek, and the tendency was for a still lower ruuge of figures. We quote choice at )it) c. ; prime, 8ia ; drm to pood.6jw8c. ; and common, ft6o. per pound, gross. The arrivals reached about nw head. The follow: ing are the particulars ol tlw sales: 15A. Christy A Kro., Virginia, 7k.jP;. 60 Daengler A McClecse, Chester County, 6;.,.'f5jS. 75 P. Mcl'lllen, Western, 7nK 102 Hathaway, Western, 6;tS8.'. 8ft James S. Kirk, Chester county, ;S;S,V. V8 B. McFllien, Western, 7( 8. 100 James McFllien, vV'esteru, 7(0,8';. 100 E. S. McFllien, Western, 7a8;. 105 Ullman A llachman, Western, 7o9;;. 152 Martin, Fuller & Co., Western, 7o;8. 104 Slooney A Smith, Western, 7s?. 120 Thomas Mooney & Uro., Virginia, 67 . 85 H. Chain, Western Penn'a, 5i(7.:. 1J7 John Smith A Bro., Western, iisa. tB J. A U Frank, Virginia, 0j(o,8. 53 H. Frank, Virginia, 6jf 8. 85 Hope A Co., Virginia, 0u 7g-. e3 M. Dry f oos A Co., Virginia, 6Vau. 74 Elkon A Co., Virginia, 6j(n,74. ok i;ns. Schamberg, Virginia, 6w9-. 40 B Baldwin, Chaster county, OiftBjrj. B4 J. Clemson, Chester county. 7. B. as Blum A Co., Chester connty, 61038. 20 chandler & Alexander, Chester county, 7id,8. 13 A. Kimble, Chester county, 15 L. Home, Delaware, 5ro;6. 88 Aul, Chester county, 67. 84 M Mayne, Chester county, 5;(a,7 vf. lT Jesse Miller, Chester county, 7a;j. 69 S. Frank, Western, 6o7. 108 G. Ellinger, Virginia, 6i&6. ia Jefreys, Virginia, 6. 10 H. John, Western, 4(S5)r. 23 Saunders, Chester couuty, fca 8;4. 26 John Chain. Western, &4i&7. to Thunt. Western, 6l4. Cows and Calves sell readily at full flgnres ; 200 head sold at 4f75. SprlngerB may be quoted at 4si?een were extremely inactive, and a decline of vavo V lb. on the better descriptions had no effect towards stimulating the demand. I0,0ti0 nead were received at the Park Drove Yard, and sold at from 4toexa ) lb., gross, the latter figure for choice. 6000 head changed hands at the Avenue Drove Yard, at nrices ranging from 4 to 6M0. V lb. Hogs are held firmly at the late decline. 3302 head old at Henry Glass' Union Drove Yard at prices varying frviu 1 to 114-00 V 100 lbs, for cora-fed, S U EZ . THE GREAT CANAL. CompletioT of the Monster Under taking, and Preparations For Its Opening. The History and Character of the "Work Its Different Division s and the Prospect of Its Success. The completion of thu Sue. Canal is one of the grandest accomplishments of modern times, Despite discouragements anfl obstacles, its bold projector, Ferdinand de Lessens ha9 never fal tered in his determination to succeed; and bj his Indomitable will tho ditlleulties of nature, of finance, and of insidious opposition have been at length entirely overcome. Europe and Asia have now become near neighbors, and tho pro ducts of the Irid.es are to be exchanged for the manufactures of the Kttropean factories at a transit charge across the Kgyptinn peninsula of onlny oe-lourtb tne former rates. The chief interest of Americans In this work centres in tlie fact that it is another gigantic tri umpli of human skill iu advancing; international intercourse, and affords an additional argument for the speedy construction of tho canal across the Isthmus of Darien. Commercially, the Sue. Canal is a rival to our Pacific Railroad, nnd by its advantages of time nnd expense will tond to etaln the bulUof thetradeof Asiaintheold ports. Kven with the opening of tho Darien routo, the rich carrying trade of the East will not necessa rily fall into the hands of our own merchants. For from London to Canton via Suez it is 10,000 miles. From New York to Canton via Panama 11,500 From New York to Canton via Pa cific Railroad 10,500 " London to Canton via Pacillc Rail road i:i,50l) " New York to Canton via Suez Canal.11.500 " Or, taking time as the test for the transit from London, it will compare as follows by their routo and ours: By Mnriu-ilUn R,j Knr York ami nnd llnnihau, .j frniwl.nt. London to Hons Kong. .:$!) days. 47 days. London to Shanghai 4:5 4:5 London to Yokohama. . .48 " 3S " The Ancient Canal. The idea of cuttlnrr through the Isthmus of Suez does not oripnally belong to M. Fcrdinaud de Lesseps. Lonjj before his day, the sovereigns of Egypt had thought about making the isthmus the route of exchange between tho East and West; and it is even possible that this route, in the time of her greatness and prosperity, was the real source of those Immense riches which enabled the pride of her kings to satisfy their stupendous fancies. It would other wiso bo diffi cult to explain the construction of the wonder ful tombs which those despots raised to shelter their skeletons against tho waste and ruin of centuries. Herodotus Informs us that tho labor spent in tho erection of the Pyramid of Cheops represented the work of one hundred thousand men during the long period of twenty nine years. By calculating the dally wages of the laborer at .fifteen cents, we lind that this monument cost the fabulous amount of ninety millions of dollars, which we may regard us lost to the country, no ulterior advantage having ever accrued to It therefrom. The cutting through of the isthmus, the utility of which is incontestable, will not necessitate tho sacrifice of so much life and treasure. All tho ancient kings of Egypt had not, how ever, the ruinous vanity of Cheops some, hap pily for the people, having studied the useful fclde of sovereignty. Among others, Noeos was one of the first who undertook to establish com munications between tho lied Sea and the Medi terranean. The labor spent upon this project exceeded the long term of one hundred years, and, after the lapse of two thousand five hun dred years, vestiges of the works arc still visible in the neighborhood of Suez, where tho geolo gical consistency of tho soil resisted more suc cessfully the destructive fury of the Caliph Abasslde Abou-ulalar-el-Man.our.whodestroyed the canal about the middle of the eighth cen tury of our era. Tho canal of Neeos, wlileh connected the Nile with the Dead Sea, and was in active operation during fifteen hundred years, was constructed, of course, upon a much smaller scale than than tho one about to bo opened by M. Lesseps. At that remote period, maritime exchanges were less exacting, and in tercourse between the nations less frequent; their largest galleys, or triremes, did not mea sure more than sixteen yards in length, drawing t0EtetuHll7 much lew water than tUpa cX modern sly.e and construction. The Phariinhs vein unbilled In appropriating one of the Nile branches, and supplying with its waters a canal thirty yards in breadth, twn to three yards in depth, and ninety mile!" In length, amply suf ficient, however, for the wants of tho period. Althongh of small and Inefficient dimensions, as compared with tho modern canal, it never theless necessitated the excavation of sixteen millions of cubic yards of solid matter, during the long space Of a hundred years, it is certain that tho car al of Necos, which was long main tained in an efficient slate by the Roman and Mussulman conquerors, served also for the Irri gation of adjoining lands, in common with the other fresh-water canals constructed by the ancient Egyptians. Vhen sent by the Directory to Egypt, in IT!) 8 Napoleon was the first to discover nnd bring to notice the traces of the old canal near Suez, nnd immediately named 11 commission to examine ind report on cutting a now one across the Islli niits. the report was made oy si. ia rerc, wuo was at Us head, nnd is an uble though utterly incorrect one. He theorize largely on the pe culiar formntion of the Isthmus, and insists it was formerly a part of the bed of the sea, which had gradually been reclaimed from It by natural atices; citing many curious facts in support of his theory. nut wnen it enme to me practical cngineerin details, he is all wrong: for he declared the love' of the Red Sea to be thirty feet above the lcv s of the Mediterranean. Subsequent research ha proved the real difference to be not so many inches actually. Yet the blu .ider of M. la Pere was accepted by all the leading engineers o. Europe until 1840. Bonaparte was dissatisfied with this report, nnd not delcrrcd by it from. prosecuting the matter; but he was summoned to another sphere, to commence his great career in Europe, before tho full report of the com mission uould be given, or further researches made. LoBRcpn' Project. . . . The first step towards the construct ioux)f tho present canal was made nearly a quarter of a century ago. In lH4t a commission was issued to Robert Stephenson, son of the famous inven tor of the locomotive, on tho part of Grent Britain; toTalabot, the great French contractor, on the pai-tof France, and to Signor Nigrcttl, the sclentilie chemist and engineer, ou the part of Austria. During that year tho isthmus was sur veyed by them and the scheme pronounced feasible. The only serious impediment to tho success of the undertaking which then pre sented itself was the cpminiial danger to which the canal would be exposed by reason of the snnd storms on tho desert. To meet this difli culty various mechanical remedies were proposed and the enterprise pronounced practicable. 'Yet nothing further was then attempted. M. Ferdi nand de Lesseps, who had been French Consul at Alexandria in lSiU, returned to Egypt early in 1854 to receive this project, und was received with enthusiastic affection by lils former com panion, Said Pacha, who hud ascended the throne on the murder of his nephew, Abbas Pacha, a few months before. He was treated as the guest of the Vicerov a palace assigned to his use, as well as 11 retinue of servants; in all respects he was entertained more llko a prince of tho blood than a private individual. He sounded carefully those representatives of the foreign powers in Egypt who had diplomatic functions, but met with no encouragement, ex cept from two of their number, M. Ruysscnacrs, tho Dutch, and Mr. De Leon, tho American, Consuls-General. These two were much struck by the boldness and apparcut feasibility of the plan, and the great advantages which would accrue to the commerce of tho world, in break ing up the English monopoly. M. de Lesseps also enlisted the aid of the two leading engineers of the Viceroy, who were Frenchmen also M. Mongol Bey and Linant Bey and obtained from them accurate estimates and plans, as far as ueh were procurable, and Interested them in the scheme, both on personal and natioual grounds. Having thus prcpured the ground, and secured the influ ence of the two foreign agents who approved of his enterprise both of whom were favorites also of the Viceroy he boldly proposed to 8aid Pacha to patronize the undertaking, and ob tained from him the concession required, em powering him to formun International company for piercing the canal to connect tho two seas. This was In November, 1854. The first exploration of the isthmus under his supervision was mude in December, 1854, and January, 1855, and the present Hue of survey, which was ascertained to be tweuty-niuc French leagues (about ninety English miles) in length, deeded on. In November, 1855, another inter national commission visited the isthmus, but beyond the publication of their report, Jane, 1850, little of consequence was accomplished until 1858, when La Compuguio Universelle Maritime de Suez, or, as it was familiarly known to English readers, tho Suez Ship Canal was or ganized, witli a capital of 10,0000,000. Its Fxeeiulon. For many of the earlier years of this interna tional enterprise English diplomacy threw all the obstacles its ingenuity could devise iu the way of the execution of this work, fearing to allow France to construct a short cut to her Eust Indian possessions. The ingonuity of this nation of merchantmen detected a weak spot in tho concession, viz.: that which provided that "in ull cases at least four-fifths of the work men should be Egyptians;" a clause Inserted through the jealousy of the Egyptian Govern ment to prevent too large an introduction of European laborers into the country. This labor was to be procured, as all Egyptian labor ever was, and is to this day, both lor private agricul ture and public works, by the system of "eorcre," that is, conscription for compulsory labor for a limited period (one month), at a fixed rate of recompense. No sooner, therefore, had tho new company, under tho active superintendence of M. do Les seps, collected twenty thousand Fellahs as laborers, giving them much higher pay than ever was promised by the Egyptian Government lodging, food, and medical attendance, and half-pay when sick then a howl went tip from England and Exeter Hull, whoso echoes reached the East, that tho horrors of the slave trado were being revived by the French In Egypt! Lord Stratford, the English Ambassador to Turkey therefore, demanded of the Sultan to stop thla ' scandal; and a peremptory order from him ' backed by the voice of Eugland, came ;to Baid Pacha to stop the work at once, and dismiss tho Fellahs. The combination was too strong and the pressure too heavy for Said, bold as to waa to diuobey.
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