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PHILADELPHIA, KM DAY, JANUARY 7, 1870.
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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