FT! TO lAPMo Hi VOL. XI. NO. G. PHILADELPHIA, KM DAY, JANUARY 7, 1870. DOUBLE SHEET THREE OENTS. Mi ri LJ a 1.1 I'M FIKST EDITION FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN. A Nortfcrra Route af Commercial Traeslt Be twees 1'nffct Mound and the Atlantlc-Tlio Proponed JNttmnxa Mhlp Canal. The article given below, which la taksn from the Detroit Vrt Prtu of a recent date, will be rtnd With deep Interest by alt our commercial citizens. Vie project referred, to U In nttlng keeping with the spirit of the age, and la shown to bo not only emi nently dcilrable but entirely feasible: At a meeting of the Detroit. Hoard of Trade yester day, Oeneritf T. J. Cram, of th United btauM Corps of EDglueerH, rend, by Invitation, a memoir upon the northern intcroceanlc route of o nnmerolal tra'i- (sit between tidewater of l'uget Sound of tno Ptjeltle, and tirtcwater en the Cmif of fct. I.awren-je of tho Atlantlo Ocean. The paper hai biou prepared with a vast anioont of labur nn1 selentlflc research, and wbl be a valuable reference. Tho Uoneial favored, tno construction of a North ern I'acllio road from a point at the head of LaKe Superior, through Wisconsin. Minnesota, DakoUti, Moniana, Idaho, and Washington, with a branch through Oregon. The Northwest which this route will serve con tains 6o,()t)0,000 upon which the construction of this railway will bring prosperity. It embraces the winter wheat rwglon; It la supplied with valuable do POhUh of the priceless metal, timber, and stone, an abundance of water, and with a temperature so mild aa to render It extremely healthful aud proline. Jt can snrply vast quantities of game as well as sub sist countless herd of cattle; ami for the develop ment or tills region railways are absolutely essential. Congress hus donated a strip of land about ten miles wide through Minnesota, and during the re training 1MH miles, twenty miles on either side. Its l ngih will be 1775 miles from Luke Superior to rupct'a Sound, and tho lands donated will embrace 68,1160 aqunre miles, or 42,170,400 acres, which, at a valuation of 1260 per acre, would create a fund amounting to f 169,817 per mile, for tho construction of the line. The rivers which traverse the section will greatly assist In bringing trade to the road, and along their banks great cities may be built, and an gilcultural population find every means of support. The necessary iron can be secured from the Lake Superior region. An eztcut or country equal to that before mentioned will be round In Hrttisa America, which will also furnish burliness for the proposed line, and which It will, In turn, aid in developing. From the eastern terminus of tho road, at tho west end of Lake Uirperlor, the remainder of the distance to the East ought to be by water, In which connec tion the General touched upon the condition of the lake and river outiev, and the improvements now required upon them. If Superior City bo made the terminus, the harbor and docks can bo built at a cost of 1760,000; if Ashland or Bay field, the cost of these improvements would bo greut'y lesscued, but this would necessitate the const.-notion of fifty or sUty miles more of railroad. If Duluth should be the terminus, the harbor aud docks would cost (1,000,000. The next important Improvement on the route la St. Mary's Canal, tho docks In which ought to be deepened so as to give sixteen feet upon the mltrc Bills, against only ten and two-thirds feet at the pro Heut time, and tho canal should bo made seventeen feet deep with vertical. The entrance should be made safe, aud another lock should be built along side the present lock, with a chamber 350 by 60 leet, overcoming the rail with one lift. Tho estimated cost or these Improvements Is f '250,000, all or which can be accomplished without detriment to the pre sent cannl. Home improvements, such as removing rocks, straightening of some channels, eto., would be required in St. Mary's river, the entire cost of which, It is thought, will not exceed iH9 021. These Improvements once made, vessels could pass in tho channel and make the passage as well in darkness as In light, which they cannot do at present. The ship cauul on the tit. Clair Flats ought, In the opinion of General Cram, to bo deepened so as to give sixteen feet of water, which can be done at an additional cost of 3n,ooo, or it may be made twenty feet deep at an expenditure of (50,000. It Is already Beven-eighths finished, and will be completed about the nrst of August, 1870. The Important question of constructing a ship canal around Niagara Falls, on the American aide, was next discussed. Of the numerous plans pro posed for carrying this stupendous project Into exe cution, the General expressed his preference for that of Mr. John Burr, of Detroit, who proposes to make a short cut of eight miles from Blosscr to LewiBton, and to overcome the entire fall by one lock of more than 300 feet rise. iThe details of the plan have been already published In the t'rte I'rean.j Tho Well and Canal is not ade quate to tho demands of commerce, and it would be a bad Idea to expend our money for its enlarge ment, especially as It Is upon foreign soil. Tho other plans proposed by Colonels Blount and For Bhey may properly be reckoned of questionable utility, tho llrst Involving numerous locks, and tho other being a complex and dangerous system. If the Welland Ciinul were Bought to be enlarged, It would be necessary, no doubt, to dispose of a largo amount of rock at the entrance In Iiko Erie, whluli would iuvolve much too great expense and delay. The speaker atated that there were Borne quostlons yet remaining to be determined, principally con cerning the practicability or Mr. Burt's plan, as ' arrangements for proventing the damaging effects of cascades from the rocks, which might perhaps be accomplished by a plating or iron, the resisting power of liif) great gates, and the ingenious arrange ment of his counterpoint. The plan, however, looks promising, and he would not be surprised to find that it will eventually be adopted. General Crutn considered tho plan proposed by Colonel Forshey, a description of which could ba little understood, by no means practicable, and withal fraught with danger, and likely to result In reactions and damaging delays, repairing and ad justing machinery. The canal of the short route could, In his opinion, be easily defended In case or war, and, taking all things into consideration, he ' was in favor of that route over the others. The pro bable cost wonld be some $18,000,000. After passing l.ewlston there are no obstructions to navigation until reaching Gulop lUplda, in tho river fct. Ijtwrence. Here Is encountered a roach of 100 miles, extending as far down as Montreal, in which there are seven rapids, around which Cana dians have constructed small canals. Paisenger steamers jump these rapids. Other craft go through the canals, which allow the passage of vessels only 186 feet long, anil 43 feet beam, the maximum bur den ol which Is BOO tons, equal to a carrying capacity or 10,000 bushels or wheat. The cost or enlarging these canals to chambers 46 by 350 feet, giving a depth or 16 reet of water, would be about fi,'i00,ooo. From Montreal to 'Three Klv eru. up to which latter place tidewater comes, is vo miles, In which ships drawing 80 reet or water safely navigate, and from Three Klvers to the Gulf of St. Lawrence is 500 miles more. The extent of the various branches of the pro posed lntcr-oceuulo lino is shown In the following table: Northern raclllo Kallroad 17T5 Ijike 8nerlor, Huron " 1ot Itlver navigation 35:1 Canal navigation. 63 Total.. 8253 The following shows the estimated expenses: Northern Pacific, t40,23U per mile yi, 162,826 Harbors and docks l.ooo.ooo Improving Uault Cauals Sifto.ow Deepening St. Clair Flats, cunal, etc 46,000 Nlsgara BMp Canal 13,4n7,r0 Enlarging bt. Lawreuco Canals. 6,200,000 , T.)tal 1102,263,605 The coat of all the work, except the construction of the ruliroads, would be 20,10i;2S0. ' The estimated time that would be required for moving heavy freight, from Puget Sound to tide water is: by rail, six days and two hours would be comumed ; on tlic lakes, allowing one day for trans shipment, six days and lifteen hours ;on the canals, one day and three hour, audio the locks one day aud three hours, making a total or sixteen days aud eighteen hours. The cost per ton or freight from Pugot fionnd to Lake Superior would be ti'fW upon tho water, after wards til -.S3, making a total from tidewater to tide water of f 2M2. At the present time it costs $'J-2.' to move a ton of freight from Lake Superior via Krlo Canal to the seaboard. Unobstructed navigation would bo gained by the proposod Improvements on tho American side of the lakes aud rivers as far as a point In tho river St. I-awreuce, sixty-live miles cast of Lake Ontario, and their construction would pay If only to accomplish this. It is probable that our future relations with Canada will be such that no dtmcultles need bo ap prehended, and that the works on both Bides would constant) one harmonious whole. The address was listened to with deep Interest, and, at Its conclusion, a unanimous vote of thanks was tendered General Cram for his address, 6oo conies of which have been ordered printed in pam phlet form. Almost every day's Southern exchanges mention Ihe fact tnat gin houses, frequently containing mauy baij'a of cottoD, here and there tu tie South, have STATE FINANCES. Thn lAnaaal Itrport of the Mate Treanarer The Financial condition of the Common wraith Inrln the Year lbOf-HKcstlon to the Lrflalaturr. The following Is tho report ol R. W. Mackey, State Treasurer, showing the financial opera tions of the Commonwealth daring the fiscal year ending November 80, 1809: To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Gen tlemen: In the performance of my duty I have the honor to submit tho following report of the finances of the state, and my action since these affairs have been under my control: The indebtedness of the Commonwealth at the end of tho fiscal year ending November SO, 1603, was 133,280.946-13. The Indebtedness at the close of the fiscal year fending November 30, 1809, was $33,814,-540-95, showing a reduction during the period of 472,405-18. The total debt as given above amounts to tho sum of (32,814,540-95, from which Bum should be deducted the follawing amounts, now in the Treasury, and set opart for the payment of the debt. Amount on hand for the payment of overdue loans, interest certificates, and relief notes, 382,314-02: amount applicable to tho payment of the live per cent. loan maturing July 1, 1870, aud now parable on call, 1,018,548'47; total. 1,400,80-49. Total debt, less cash in the Treasury on Nov ember 30, 1809, 31,413,6784J. The receipts for the fiscal year ending Nov ember 30, 1808, exclusive of loans and pre miums and Interest thereon, wcro $5,214,807 61. For the fiscal vear ending November 30, 1809, with similar deductions, $5,230,20494. The total payments for the year ending No vember 30, 1804, exclusive of loans redeemed and interest paid on overdue loans, amounted to $4,392,039 19. The total payments for the year ending November 30, 1809, with similar excep tions, amounted to $4,oSl,35698. The total receipts for the year ending Novem ber 30. 1809, amounted to $5,241,711-28. Bal ance in the Treasury November 30. 1803, $1 012 925'37. Total moneys received by me, $6,254,030 05. The total payments for the year ending Novem ber 30, 1809", were $4,853,774-10. Showing a balance In the Treasury on November 30, 1809, of $1,400,802-49. . . TI1E SINKING FUND. At this point I deem it proper to explain to the Legislature the action ol the uommisaloners Ql the glukiug Fund with reference to this J balance, and also to show the exact obligations assumed by them, and the reasons which gov erned their action in the premises. The amount of debt payable on call on tho SOth of day of October, 1809, was $385,0(W-87, and tho moneys held by tho Treasurer, iu ex cess of these claims, amounted to $1,140,781 17. To let this money remain idlo whilo the State owed a largo debt, seemed doubtful policy, par ticularly as our State now enjoys a very high character for excellent credit admitted to bo higher than that of any other State in the Union. If onr credit had been liable to any unfavorable shock, holding - a considerablo balance might, perhaps, have been defended on some financial principles. But, iu view of our good standing in tho money market, the retention of so large a sum seemed to me unnecessary, if It were not unwise. I therefore proposed to tho Commis sioners of tho Sinking Fund to call in the five per cent, loan maturing July 1, 1870, and to offer to pay it on demand with accrued interest to date of presentation, giving notice at the same time, that interest would censo on July 1, 1870. Tho amount of this loan was $1,012,153-29. While I do not hesitate to nfllrm tho wisdom of this act, It hus placed tho Treasury in the position of being voluntarily liable for n sum much greater than the amount of cash on hand. Its liabilities now are ns followe: Tho amount outstanding, and payable on call, of over duo loans, etc.. is $382,31402; the amount of tho loan outstanding, which I am now authorized aud directed to pay, is $1,483,-815-05; showing a total of liabilities of $1,800, 129 07, or an excess over the amount of cash on hand of $405,30718. Sly ability to meet these calls will depend, .first, on a prompt and rigid collection of tho revenue; second, unre mitting efforts to force the payment of taxes heretofore evaded, and now the subject of legal actlou; third, the gradual presentation of tho loan at the olllce of tho Treasury for re demption. For the first two of these I hold my self responsible. For tho last I rely on the un sullied aud excellent credit of the Common wealth. , THE RECEIPTS. The gross receipts from all sources Into the Treasury for tho last fiscal year were $5,211, 71118, a Bum which Appears to be suliicicnt for the current expenses of the Government and a gradual extinction or the Bute debt, liut the attention of tho Legislature is respectfully called to the manner in which the income is distributed by law, and a necessity for a change in its dis tribution. As the law now stands, the amount set apart for the payment of the general ex penses of the Government was, for the past year, $1,077,15191, while the actual amount paid on account ot general expenses was $2,590,059-80, or $910,907 95 more than the sum provided to meet this Item of expenditure. In my judirmcnt a cbungc in tho law will be neces sary to meet this ditliculty, aud I content myself with directing the attention ot the Loioluture to this subject. ISCOLLECTED TAXES. A larere amount of uncollected taxes has ac cumulated In times Past, until it has reached the enormous total of $1,800,000. Efforts are now belntr made to collect this by legal process. I nm sanguine that a large proportion of this Bum will be recovered, and to Uiat extent relieve the tax ravers. So far as the suits of the Common wealth ' against theso delinquents have pro gressed, we are justified in looking forward with hone. One of them that against the Credit Mobillcr of America has been tried, and re sulted iu a verdict against that corporation, and in favor ot tho Commonwealth, lor $407,000. The claims yet in controversy possess equal merit with the one just decided lu our favor, and it Is fair to hope for final triumph in them ail. ESTIMATED INCOME. The revenues are believed to ho amplo; and with economy will enable tho State to meet its current expenses, and to continue the paymeut oi a portion oi me luuaoa acoi ycany wuuout rjeCiHiatlng a loan for that purpose. This has been done during my administration of tho Trea- Bury, for the first time, I think, in the history of the" State. And whilo I am not vain enough to clulm any credit lor the improved condition of our finances, I am ardent enough to hopo t'aat there may not be any retrogression from this Mattering prosperity; and I trust my successors mav be cuubied to continue a course wnicu commends itself to every tax-payer iu the State SUKl'LVS FUNDS. Notwithstanding the calling in of a largo por tion of the debt, there still is a large amount of money accumulated in the Treasury, as will be seen from the annexed statements. The State should derive some benefit from this accumiiln latlon. To Bceuro this benefit, 1 suggest that the Commissioners of tho Sinking Fund bo authorized to purchase tho bonds of the Com monwealth at the price which they command from time to time. In speaking simply as a business man, this appears to mo the proper course to pursue. . It is certainly wise to reduce the debt with tho surplus fund. It is impossible to do this if an arbitrary price is fixed on the bonds below their commercial value. The com mercial theory Is, that if the bonds of the State are worth more than par to the holder, they are worth no less a Bum to the State; for by the nontly red need, and the interest ceases for all time to come. My wish Is that the Legislature shall provide some way to utilize the balance, which cannot be prevented from accumulating, and 1 commit the subject to their wisdom. BOND OT TBI TnEASfRER. The bond now required of'the Treasurer is $80,000. If any bond can furnish the State ad ditional security where the ollleer has at stake not only his reputation, bnt his character for the faithful performance of a public trust, then this bond is ridiculously inadequate as a safe guard to the State. To secure snch asafeguard, through this agency, the bond should bo largely increased, And I recommend that it be raised to a sum not less than $250,000. CREDIT OF TUB STATE. The vocation of those who once insisted that our debt could never be paid ended the moment we began to reduco its total. In like manner the people will not be apt to believe those who insist that our financial affairs are mismanaged, in the face of the inexorable fact that Pennsyl vania maintains a credit in every money market and on stock exchange superior to that of any State in the American Union. I am justified, I hope, in congratulating the Legislature on the excellent' condition of our finances; on the fact that the estimated reve nues are sufficient for the current year; that no Increase of taxation la necessary; that tho pros perity of the people renders the UBnal income sure, and that, under this prosperity, wo are each year payiug, without distress to our citi zens, the great debt bequeathed to us by the last generation. The Legislature has cast upon it the responsi bility of levying all taxes, by means of which money llows into the Treasury. By their direc tion alone can any money be paid out. As they have the responsibility of providing ways and means, and directing all expenditures, so, too, have they a right to all tho honor which must flow from the successful working of our finan cial affairs. Economy in legislation relating to expenditures on their part, and an intelligent management on tho part of the executive orllccr whom they choose to collect and manage the revenue, now seem to be the only things neces sary to enable Pennsylvania to speedily pay otf the residue of her once enormous debt, and to assume a positiou of prosperity which shall render her alike the pride of her own people and the envy of her Bister States. cry respectfully, your obedient servant, B. W. Macket, State Treasurer. EXCHIXG SCENE. A niudmnn Urcnln from an Asylum A Wild Chase nnd Desperate Ntriiffalc. The Chicago Tribum ot Wednesday has the fol lowing: Alexander Dntton. proprietor or the livery stable In the rear or the Shurman House, who Is an old and well-known resident or this city, was suddenly and quite unaccountably aillicted with mental derange ment on last Monday, lie came to the barn at the usual hour in tue morning, and soon ncgan to snow symptoms of mental aberration, which shortly de veloped into unmiutaKaoie proois oi insanity, air. Dutton Is a man of prodigious physical strength, and it was not long Dcrore ne orongni some or it to ptay upon the ".stable men. Nothiuft serious occurred, howe ver, aud with kind words he was kert In pretty good humor. Mr. Dntton's friends, having a feelluir of delicacy about keeping him shackled, or other wise in Close conunement, yesterday Rave mm mto the hands of the Sheriff for safe keening, until such time as might elapse before ho could be removed to the Insane Asylum at Jacksonville. Yesterday afternoon ho was quite docile, and tho ofllcers allowed him tho privilege of the Sheriff's olllce in tno basement. uo seemed well pleased with the arrangement, aud for a timo amused him- sen in giving ail manner or orders to all sorts or imaginary people. But suddenly a great chango came over him. Ills eyes began to look flereo and wild, ho rolled up his sleeves as for combat, aud suddenly, to the sarprlse or a hair a dozen bailltl's and a dozen loungers, jumped upon a table, aud with a yell, sprang ttirougti tno window. Ho carried pa,li and all before him, and the clatter was great, liefore theSheiltrs offlccrs could fairly realize tho. situation he was half a block away. As soon as possible the men entered upon the chase, and filled the air with their cries of "dtop that man." At the northeast corner of the square a dozen or more hackmen are usually congregated, and fully that number placed themselves iu line, at the gate, to Btop tue maomans progress. ui iney proveu li.tlA .hnn Cpf.nra 4., . 1 1. win a r. .1 1,. li.nuhnJ Hint? UCI.ICL U1.IU Buuna iu UIB itj, ruu iiu ui 'tnuui! thbm away as he would a cobweb. But the hockmcn were persistent, ana Harassed mm m a way mat de layed bis progress, and allowed Jailor ifoltz to come upon the scene. They grappled each other with the strength of Samsons. They swayed to aud fro like mountains in lanor, anu it was omy after a Hercu lean effort that Mr. Foltz got any advantage over his maddened and powerful adversary. When finally secured, the unfortunate man raved In a distress ing manner, and it was long before his wrtth cou'.d be appeased. Finally, on being returned to juli, he became good-natured again, aud took great (leiicnt in oruenug auout more liuaein.irv Hire lings. This case is truly a sad one. It is to be hoped that this attack of Insanity will bo of but short aurution. TI1E GENTLEMEJS JOURNALS. "Wilkes' 8plrh" Ant. "Turf, Field, and Farm." Yesterday afternoon Charles J. Foster appeared before Justice Howling, at the Tombs, New York, and made complaint that The Turf, b'ithl, and Farm, a newspaper published at No. 87 Park row, had published an editorial, entitled "Hying - of Criticism," which he believes to mean George Wilkes, editor and proprietor of WUkex' ftpirit, and that the words and language used are libellous and scandalous towards Mr. Wilkes, who is meant, as deponent believes. Tin Turf, Field, ana Farm, it Is further alleged In the affidavit, is edited by Saunders H. Bunco and J. C Simpson, and that the printing, publishing, and cir culating of the newspaper containing this article was done maliciously and wilfully by Hume and Simpson, 'with the Intent to degraio the said Wlikts In the community, and hits a tendency to provoke a breach of the peace." The following is the portion ol the article complained of: "Unlike the famous suthot of polished eplgrami, the second BaniuHon in n editor and not a popular orator. He opened hie Infant uun this earth, Heaven know. Low, whvn, or where. He rew to mauliood, loving Uov ernor Seward ranch because be refused to pardon youth ful indiscretion. For awhile he made hie home on the l'acilio cot. te&obinir the adventurous men of tnat nolilen land the value ot law and order; winning immor tality as tbe friend and heir of the mvdered Hrnderlck, and then returning to New York with the spoils of friomlithlp to eHtalilislt a sport inc paper, Kaininfr frenn laurels by driving the genial Win. T. Porter, a ruimtd man, into a drunkard', (rave, rlinoe then he has figured at many a prize tight, has been an honored guent at the Palace of bt. Jamo. without the knowledge of tbe t.iuoen : adulated in carrying on a stupendous war by .pecu lating in substitutes; has furninbed Congress ana tbe (overnment with ideas of practical importance; has be come a moral censor; has puriliod aud elevated the turf; has ably represented Aui.rican character abroad; has dtmonnlrttsrt the t-nnproxity of his nature by ridiog through tbe streets of Paris in an open carriage with the Menken; has grown merry at tbe courtesan's wine table, and then Iulb shown bis gratitude to tbe profession by making it the subject of a sonKattonal newxpapor article. Keceiuly he has amused himself with slaugh tering the entire Unglinh nation, tjueun and all, and has knocked the Harvard Koor ou tbe lioad, simply because tboy hud the mnulimin to confess that tboy fad been fsinly beaten in the lute inrernational match on the Thames. Uis smbitir n is boundless. Like Alexander, he continually BiKbs for new worlds to oomiuer. Having killed oft everybody of imiHirtancewith hi. sledge-banimer criticism, he now deigna, with a single stroke of kis pen, to wipe out of existence tbe Turf, Piebl, and farm. We are extremely sensitive, and it is not to be presumed tbst we c.u witlibtand his ferocious assaults. Alieadyweare wounded to the beart, and have wrilton to Mr. Conner, the 'aide Maurius,' to prepare our obituary; or, if he have not time to get up a tirst class liitnary, to at least furuUh us with a brief but touching epitaph." FJIOM BALTIMORE, Political Matters. Bp trial Dotrpatea to The livening Telegraph, Baltimohe, Jan. 7 Tlio political excite ment at Annapolis yesterday crew Into a con siderable fight amongst several axe-grlnders, who were arrested and held to keep the peace. John Thompson, -4n the Interest of Col ton Edclton, the Annapolis representative, gets the State printing, in which A. Mills, of Baltimore, has also a compromise interest. Nearly half tbe Baltimore Democracy are SECOND EDITION LATX.3X by Tni.nan.Arn. The Operators Strike They Euchre the Bankers' and Brokers' lane California NewB Ma ryland Politics. ITlnniiolnl iv ml Commercial IJtc. EUc.t I'tc, Etc. Etc. FHOM WJ.S11TNQTON. - Rrattrrlna- tf Army Oftlccrx. Special Dtpatck to Th Evening Telegraph, Washington, Jan. 7. Secretary Belknap is determined to clear Washington of army ofllcers as far as possible. Accordingly, ho will shortly order nearly all the ofllcers in charge of the different branches of the War Department to stations in the Far West, where ho thinks they can better serve their country than in idleness lu Washington. Oar Iron-clad. The Iron-clads which were brought to New Orleans from Mound City last summer for re pairs will remain there during the winter, where they will be kept in proper order to be brought to a Northern statiou early in tho spring. The Strike In the South. Washington, Jan. 7. The Richmond State Journal, received here this morning, states that in consequence of the strike they have no news from any point. This contradicts the statement Of the Telegraph Company that Richmond ope ratives had resumed work. The Executive Committee of the National Labor Union is in session at Willard's to-day, and will pass resolutions sustaining the telegraph strikers. FliOM NEW YORK. The THcKraplilo, Strike. Special Denpateh to The Evening Telegraph, New York, Jan. 7. Tho Bankers' and Brokers' Telegraph Company was this morning officially notified by the Telegraphers' Protective League- that they must stop sending aud receiv ing the business of the Western Union Com pany. It appears that the Bankers' and Brokers' is in a great measure owned and controlled by the Western Union, which has been using it to help them out of their present dilllcultics. The Bankers' and Brokers' lino operators are nearly all members of tbe League, and if the company persists in doing the business of the Western Union they will strike at a moment's notice when ordered to do "so by tho Grand Chief Ope rator of the League. A despatch was received here this morning at the headquarters of the strikers, dated Frecport, 111., stating that tho operators of tho Northern Division of the Illinois Centra! Rajlroad, held a meeting last night and resolved to sustain the strikers and give them all the material aid in their power. FROM THE PA CIFIC COAST. Billiards Id Hnn KranclMCO. San Francisco, Jan. 0. -Decry nnd Dion are practising daily for the championship billiard match to come off on Saturday. Much excite ment is felt in the result. The indications are that the case will be closely contested. Newspaper Enterprise. The Bulletin to-day is printed on its eight cylinder lightning press, the first of tho kind on the Pacific coast. Con.1 Oil Declined. Devvcs coal oil is quoted at 55c., a decline of 20c. New Steamship T.lne. William II. Webb, of New York, and the mer chants of Los Angelos were In consultation yes terday, with reference to the establishment of a line of opposition ttoamors on 'the Southern coast. The interview was satisfactory. More Earthquakes. A severe earthquake occurred at Bakersville on the night of the 3d i'net. Alialps Matters. The Crown Point Mining Company have levied an assessment of $7-50 per share, which will be delinquent on tho 8th of February. California Markets. San Francisco, Jan. 7. Flour quiet at f 4-02(a'5-50. Choice wheat $105. Legal-tenders, 83. FROM JfEW ENGLAND. A Relic of Fort Royal. Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. Boston, Jan. 6. The U. S. steamer Wabash, 43 guns, now undergoing repairs at tho navy yard here, was lAthe thickest of tho fight in the great naval bombardment of the forts at Port Royal in November, 1801, taking the lead, as the flag-ship of Commodore Dupont. At one time she was within bIx hundred yards of tho Rebel batteries. The shot from Fort Walker pene trated her hull in several places, and a consider able number lodged in her timbers, besides cut ting off her mainmast and disabling ono gun. n Monday tho workmen extracted two solid shot from her frame one a shot from a ten-inch Columbiad, which entered beneath tho water's edge, abaft the mainmast; the other a six-inch 32-pounder ehot, from another portion of her hull; both being on tho starboard side, which lay next to Fort Walker. The wood of tho vessel adhered to portions of the surface very closely, and both of them bad a very rough and ugly look. They are to bo placed in the Navy Yard Museum at Boston, and will remain valuable and suggestive souvenirs of tho part taken by the United Stute'8 navy in tho "war for freedom." FROM THEVEST. Meeting; of Ntrlkera In Cleveland. Special Veepatch to The Evenina Telegraph. Cleveland, Jan. 7. A largo meeting of tele graph strikers of this and neighboring citlos was held here lust night, and addressed by R. F. Trevelllck, President of tho National Labor Union of the United States, lie said that 000, 000 men sympathized with them la their strug gle for Justice, and that he pledged the tele graphers the support of the cnttro Labor Union throughout the length and breadth of the United States. After the meeting Mr. Trevelllck sent despatches to ofllcers of iho Union at Now York, Boston, Philadelphia, and other places, telling Uivu iw Uw U iu Uulr iu',vtr ;j U FROM EUROPE. Tata Mornlnc'a Quotation. Bt the Anglo-American tabu. Paris, Jan. T. The Bourse opened nnlct Rentes 7Sf. DtC Antwirp, Jan. T. Petrsleum opened firmer but unchanged. liRKMEN, Jan. ". Petroleum closed quiet and unchanged last nlglit. Hamburg, Jan. T. Fetroleura closed quiet and nnchaneed last night , London, Jan. T 11 A. M. Consols for money, 9V ; for account, Vi. V. 8. Klve-twentles of ISSi bt; 18S6B, old, wv; 1887s, BBi: ten-forties, 84V. Erie, 17 V. Illinois Central, loa,! Atlantic- and Great Western, sr. v. Liverpool, Jan. T 11 A. M.-jOotton quiet; middling uplands, 11(1.; middling Orleans, 11 Vd. The sales of the da? are estimated at lo.ooo bales. The bkIob of the week have been 04,000 bales, of which torn were for export and sooo for speculation. Stock SM.000 bales, or which l,000 bales are Ameri can. Receipts of tho week S1.000 bales, of which 81,000 are American. California Wheat, 0s. ed.; red Western, 8s. ld.$xa. 2l London, Jan. 7 li A. M. Turpentine, a9s.rm Su. This Evening' Quotation. LONDON, Jan. T 1 P. M. Consols for money, a ; for account, 92. American securities dull; o-UUS of 186a, 60 V. Stocks quiet ; Erie, 17tf. Livt-Ri-oot., Jan. 71 P. M Cotton The sales are now estimated at U.ooo bales, stock of Cotton afloat, 1170,000 bales, of which l3,000 are American. Yarns and Fabrics at MancBester are quiet. Wheat, 9s 4d.t.i's. M. for California whlto. and 8s. td.ss. lOd. for red winter. Receipts of Wheat at this port for tho past three days, 20,000 quartors, of which 16,000 are American. Flour, D's. Corn, 288.60. Lard, 71s. Bacon, 61s. 8d. Fi:AiC13 MDCOMMERCE. Orrica or xas Evbhiho TsLnonnr-H,! Friday, Jan. 7, In 10. ( , Jndging by the freer action of the banks In the matter of discounts, the turning point of the currency market has been reached, and appearances generally indicate easier rates for all clauses of loans early in the coming week. The wants of depositors are- supplied at the banks on limited amounts at the usual rates, but In the out side matket the very best mercantile paper passes at 10 per cent, or over, according to the pressure or credit of the applicants. The activity In stocks Is absorbing considerable loose funds, and as prices are somewhat Inflated, it will take more money to carry them, and this feature will continue to affect the business in call loans. The rates are 67 per cent., the latter on tho street. Cold Is airaln strong, opening at HI V, advancing as high as 121, and closing strong at noon at H. The market In Government bonds follows In the wake of specie, and prices have generally ad vanced. There was a very active demand for stocks this morning, and tbe transactions were heavy at a fur ther advance. City loans were active, with sales at 100'iforthe new Issues. Lehigh gold loin sold at 91 f, strong. Heading Railroad was active: sales at 47V(4,t7V, and 47?.', b. 30. Pennsylvania Railroad was wanted, aud sold at .'A, Camdun aud Amboy Railroad waa taken at 119 v ; MluehlU Railroad at 62; and Phila delphia and Erie at 2s, and 28 V, b. o. In Caual stocks there was more doing; sales of Lehigh at 8P.X. and b. o. In Bank stocks there were sales of Philadelphia at IMS, and Northern Liberties at 123. Ttis balance of the list was neglected. ' The Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company, In accordance with the act of Assembly, publish a list of their asscU, consisting of mortgages, loans, bank, railroad, and other corporation shares, real estate, and cash, and amounting In the aggregate to $1,034,- 29042. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALE& Reported by De Ilaven & Ero., No. 40 S. Third street. FIRST BOARD. i20ocityes, Ncw.ioo'r 42 sU Pcnna RTC.. B4U S700 do 18.100'- 11000 do 80. 100 (4 4000 do 100 1 $500 do 100',' 1-1200 do 18.100. SOOO C A A m G3,S9. 93 11000 do 93 f 1000 C A Am Ch, 89. 82 llCOOLoh Con 6s... b5ivn.... 74 liooo N Pa 10s 108 12000 Lch gold L.... 91 X 11000 Phil & E 7s.b3. 84, J-200 do 0. 84 ?, 12 8h Phil Bk..b10.lfM lOBhBk N Lib.... 128 27 Bh Cam A Am.ls.119 2 do 54?- 150 do Is. 63 BOO Reading .ls.sOO. 47Jtf 100 do 47Jtf M0 do ..ls.b30. 4TV 200 do IS. 47 2O0 do 18.4750 100 sh Leh N St.bso 33,' 200 do b30. 83; 200 do 08. 33V bl sh MlnehiU R..IS d bill.. 62 100 Eh Lch VaL.db. lots.... 62V 200 sh Phil AKR... 2S, 100 do b30. 2S3' MkS8RS.Dk IIaykn A Brother. 40 No. S. Third Street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations: u. r.osoi isi, uoxcuiO't ; "o. iso'i, ll4'i'till4'; ; do. 1864, 1149114.V: do. 1S0S, U4 4114M J do. I860, new, US'.WUiJ'i ; d. 1867, do. 113-4113; do. lsos, do., 113?ill3x ; 10-408, UlKiAUi;,; U. 8. 80 Year 6 percent. Currency, 109?i(ioi; Due A5omp. Int. Notes, 19 ; Gold, 121X(sU21?; ; Silver, 117119. Jat Coo ib A Co. quote Government securities as follows: U. a 8 Of 1881, B-20S Of IStf'i, 114,'ai14K ; do., 1864, 114114 da, 1863, 114 114s; do., July, 1868, lis-flis?; da da, 1867, 1134H3 ; da, 1868, 118f.113, ; 10-40S, llll W ; Cur. us, 109,ua;i. Gold, 121. Flillatlelplila Trade Iteport. Fridat, Jan. 7. The Flour market Is without change, there being no demand for shipment, and only a limited Inquiry from the home consumers, who manifest no disposition to purchase beyond their Immediate wants. A few hundred barrels were token, Including superfine at f4 -254-60 ; extras at 1476035; Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra family at 5 26626; Pennsylvania do. do. at $r-253 676; Ohio and Indiana da da at t57S625; and fancy brands at tS'60(760, according to quality, in- eluding 600 barrels Quaker City Mills on private terms- Rye Flonr sells at t5512X per barrel. Nothing doing in Com Meal. There is not much activity In Wheat, but prices remain without change. Sales of 2000 bushels Penn sylvania red at $l-2si-80, and Delaware do. at tl-ao 1-32. 600 bushels Western Rye sold at $1. Corals without quotable change ; sales of old yellow at fir 1-02; 8000 bushels new do. at anisic, and Western mixed at fl. Oat are without improvement; sale of Pennsylvania at 65&S70. Nothing doing lu iianey or siair. Bark In the absence of sales we quote No. 1 Quercitron at 130 per ton. Whisky is steady at 89c for wood, and 8102. for iron-oouuu nesiuru. The papers have boon reporting for the last two months mat "a young iaay is running tor Engrossing Clerk In the California Legislature." As the oillce was filled long ago by the election of a mail, and as the young lady must be weary from r111111ln.tr by this time. It is suggested that site be permitted to rest lu the future. LATEST SlIIPriXG INTELLIGENCE. For additional Uarine Neiei lee Intid Page. (Bv TeUorao. Washington, Jan. 7 Paaaed oat from Norfolk -Brit Cecelia, tor Ln.rpool. Armed, barqu.ntine Wjborg, from Kio in 52 days, for order, lb ateanuUip Libert passed ont, bound to iluTaaa. Kan Francisco, Jan. 7 Arrired, ships Asa Eldrt(t(re, Dexter, and 8. U. Heed, f rom New If ui k ; Kraina Maria, iroiu uimuurf; aiju Diou&ana. irom Australia, uioared, ship rteraii.a, for Ixindon, with 14,ou0 sacks of wheat. Bailed, auip Jessica, for Liverpool. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. JANUARY 7. STATS OF TBEBXOUITBB AT TBI BVENINl TIMEOBAPB Or-HCC. 7A.M 87IUA.M 8fi9P.M.... ..38 ARaiVKD TIII8 MORNING. Ship Tuscarora, Rowland, M dars from Liver-pool, with mnse. aad 66 oannenaers to Gone Unm. llr.ship John Barbour. Chapman, 4ii days from Liverpool, with indue, to Penrose, Mansey A Uo. riteainer J. H. Bhrirer, Her, 13 hours from Baltimore, Wlvu 1UU.B. A. unj,on, u r. Kteainer II. L. Gaw, Webb, 13 hoars from Baltimore, with mdse. to A. Urores, Jr. M. U. barnue Stat Broad Brock. Nfaolarsnn, 48 dsn from Liverpool, with mdse. to Penrose, Masse? a Uo. vessel to I,, wwuriura u. , Bcnri. a. iiewns, .rosier, oaays irom rroviuenoe, wita mdse. to captain. bohr Uharles K. Jackson, Oulio, dart from Salem, Mass., with mdse. to captain. Mcbr Ocean Wave. Bryant, from Newport. Bobr R. (teaman, Beainaa, from Provi.lHoe. 6vbr M. I Uliuore, Ubaae, from ham Voik. MKMORANDA. Ship Banspareil, Mo Alpine, from Antwerp for Savannah, was oft Uaminits ll'i ult. ltaruue Manadna I, Kantne, for Philadelphia, remained at Lisbon 21st nit, wind bound. Baiiiue Soli doo Gloria, Wieaandt, benoe, st Bremor haven 21st ult. Usnjue Malvina Deftnsr, Bpreng -r, henoe, at Oonos Slut ultimo. Briar J. R. Iwei, Hand, for Philadelphia, sailed from iaMlw Wis. UiW THAT "CXXX&D Or SITS." More About Medora Leigh-Hsr Me lancholy Story and Her "Strange, Abnormal Propensities.' We referred a few days aco to the storv nt Medora Lclli, just published in England, and tbe book itself having now come to hand, we lay before our readers tbe essential portions of It. Uke Airs. Htowe sffanfic article and htsr "Ladj Byron Vindicated," this volume is got ud for ale, and It is filled with a Tast amount of irrele vant matter that has no positive value. Tbe editor is Dr. Charles Mackay, well known as a bitter British Copperhead, and the fact of Mrs. Btowe being a Northern woman and an aboli tion is t is made the pretext for numerous sneers at the loyal portion of the American people, whom Dr. Mackay attempts to make responsible for Mrs. ( towe's Indiscretion and bad taste. More than one-third of the book is a review oi her Atlantie article, In which tho editor poes over the same ground, and not by any means In aa able a manner, as most of tho newspapers and magazines ol America and England; and another third is taken up with a vindication of Lord Byron and a report of conversations with Lord Byron In Greece by the gentleman who after wards acted in behalf of Medora Leigh. All this Is pure padding, Intended to swell the volume to a salable size, and much of it is but a repetition of what has been said again and again. The matter of real importance is the autobiography of Medora Leigh, the fourth daughter of Lord Byron's sister, and the anfor tnnatc creature whom Mrs. Stowe designates as tho "child of sin." This autobiography is Intro duced as follows: - In the summer of 1843. twentv-seven Tears after the separation of Lord and Lady Byron, ou uiueic-cu iisis auer sue aenvu ot ixra Byron at Missolonghi, there arrived in London from Paris and the south of France, where she had resided for somo time previously, a young lady, with a pretty little daughter, nine or tea . years old. The lady represented herself as the fourth child ot tno lion. Augusta Leigh, the sister of Lord Byron. Sbe was born, she Bald, in 1815, and was (consequently In her twenty eighth year. She was good-looking rather than eminently handsome, had dark eyes and hair, and a dark complexion, and was altogether a very lively and agreeable person: 8he was not, however, In strong health; and, worst of all to her at tbe moment, she was without the means of subsistence for herself and daughter, the little girl Marie, to whom she was passionately . attached, and whom sbe had brought with her from Hyeres. She had come to England to urge a, claim which she had, or fancied sbe had, upon the generosity and kind feeling of Lady Byron; and her expenses from Paris to London bad been defrayed by Captain De B , a gallant veteran of the British army, who had served through the Peninsular war in tho 71st Regiment, and hud received several severe wounds at the battle of Waterloo, for which he enjoyed a pen sion of 100 per annum. This oilleer, who had long been resident in the South of France, had found Miss Leigh In Paris in a state of ntter destitution, had heard her sad story, had re lieved her to the extent his limited moans al lowed, and had defrayed the charges of her return to England, in order that she might plead her causo in person with her wealthy and powerful relatives, and especially with Lady Byron, who had long treated her witn motherly affection, and paid for her main tenance, but who had suddenly withdrawn her favor, and left her and her child to perish of neglect aud hunger. Captain De B (the olttcer just mentioned), in the course of a business visit to his London correspond ents, incidentally mentioned, as a reason for re quiring some more money than usual, the cir cumstances of bis extra expenditure for Miss Leigh, whose parentage he stated, alleging her to bo the daughter of Lord Byron and Mrs. Leigh. This strange statement, if only as an apparent solution of the hitherto undivnlgcd cauBo of tbe separation of Lord and Lady Byron, naturally excited great curiosity and In terest in those who heard it, particularly In one of the partners, who had spent some days In Lord Byron's company in ono of tho Greek islands, and he determined to inquire into the truth of is. Miss Leigh proved to his entire satisfaction, by documentary evidence in her pofcttcfcslon, that she was indeed the daughter of the Hon. Augusta Leigh; detailed to him, and afterwards gave him in writing, the whole his tory of her unhappy life; and so deeply Im pressed him in her favor that he took measures, without divulging their object, to obtain confi dential access to somo of the high personages interested in her case, in order, if possible, that she might be reinstated in the nigh position which she had formerly held In Lady Byron's affections, and which she had strangely for feited, without, as sbe knew, nny fault ot hor own. Bhe alleged (as it satitlactorlly appears from other and corroboratory evidence, with perfect truth) that her mother, Mrs. Leigh, ana her aunt, Lady Byron, had given her what la called in legal parlance a ''deed of appoint ment," by which the sum of i'aoOO was to be come payable to her after the death of these ladles. She was in such dire digress, on the very brink of starvation, dependent wholly upon the pitying charity of an un weal thy oflloer, on whom she hud no claim beyond that of common humanity, that she desired to sell her reversionary interest for whatever Bum, however moderate, it might realize la the market. She also claimed a box of valuable family papers .and letters which she had en trusted to Lady Byron's custody, but which was said to have been stolen from Lady Byron's house in Moore Place, by a French waiting woman and her husband, a valet or conrier, who had been employed by Lady Byron, in the days when she and Miss Ielgh were friends, to act as her ecrvants in the South of France. This man being, as was believed, in possession of tbe box nnd documents, atteitipled to extort money from Lady Byron fund from the Earl and Countess of Lovelace.'by threats of publishing the particu lars of Miss Leigh's birth and parentage, which he thought would bo painful to all tbe noble families interested in and related to tbe Hon. Mrs. Leigh aud her husband. The most active of tho two partners in the firm to whom Miss Leigh was introduced by their client tbe most active, at least, as far as this poor lady's case was concerned was a gentleman whom, for the purposes of this narrative,, we shall desiguate by the initial letter of his nume as Mr. 8 . The documents and papers on which this narrative is founded came from his hands, and are published by his consent and authority. The originals are In the possession of the publishers of this volume, aud will be shown to any one who has any legal pretense to inspect them. Then follows a dissertation on tbe pedigree of the. Byron family, nud tho efforts made by the friend of Medora to effect a reconciliation with Lady Byron through her legal advisers. Medora on her part wrote out aud placed in the hands of Mr. 8 all tho circumstances of her life from her fifteenth year, and it Is this auto biography that now appears an Important ele ment In the Byron controversy. Dr. Mackay tells bow this document came into his Lauds, kf..ii,.un! tn Hit H'-uni -TtW'.l
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