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PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY. 8, 1870i
DOUBLE- SHEET THRbJHJ OK NTS.
VOL. XL NO. 7.
1L 1 i A 1 1 A 1 1 A UI iLvXVJl iiJlo
FlliST EDITION
THE SCIIOEPPES.
A Paul Sclioeppe and hi Father Con
victed of Forgery in Prussia i
. They Emigrate to
America.
there Two Paul Bchoeppe or
is
Are
there but the) unef-ruDiic
Opinion in Germany
Makes Them the
Same.
The Grrman Dcmokrat of this city republishes
'. from the New York 8taat$ fr itting an article
bavin; possibly an important bearing upon the
case of Dr. Paul Scuoeppe, whose conviction of
the murder oi Miss MennecKe, ai trusiu, id
this 8tatc, has created such a profound excite
ment, and Riven rise to such herculean efforts to
ref cue the doomed man from the scaffold. In
commenting editorially upon the article in ques-
' tlon, the Dcmokrat deprecates the publication
of anything that could possibly prejudice the
case of ' any person accused of an infamous
crime, before the judicial proceedings against
him were brought to a close; but it gives place
to this article because, as it alleges, there Is no
proof that the Faul Bchoeppe who was con
victed of forgery in Berlin is the same
Paul Bchoeppe who is now an inmate
of Carlisle prison, and because the latter Paul
Bchoeppe is not and has not been on trial for
forgery. The Demokrat then proceeds to argue
the question of Schocppe's guilt, and, as in 'its
previous comments on the case, declares that
there is no evidence to substantiate the charge
of poison. The further fact is cited that the
f riend6 of Dr. Bchoeppe have produced from
the old country evidence of the high character
i which he bore before emigrating to the United
States.
We do not wish in any degree to be harsh or
tiniust to the unfortunate man whose fate is still
In suspense, but simply follow the example of
two of the leading German papers of the country,
by presenting to our readers the following trans
lation of the article Irom tuc JNew lorn waats
Zeitung, without attempting to solve the ques
tion as to whether the two Paul Schoeppes are
one and the same:
The latest Oerman paper-those of Berlin, Earn-
burg, etc have been very generally considering the
ease of Dr. Paul Schoppo, but In no way show that
sympathy for the accused which he llnds, or at least
has found up to this time, with his countrymen In
' America. The cause for this want of sympathy 1b
to be found In the German papers more or Jess
Identifying the accused with an Individual against
whom a nreludlce would certainly De jusunea. as
the German papers had discussed the case bo cxten
alvely, and as, moreover, steps have been taken to
Inform the Pcnnsjlvanla authorities of the ante
cedents of Schocppe, or the Individual Identified with
him. it would be entirely useless for the Ocrman-
Ajnejjcanjircssjo attempt to suppress this evl-
deuce.
The facts made known, principally by the Nord
ehuttche Alljtmeim Zeitunrj, of Berlin, concerning
U'e circumstances which prompted the Law Associ
ation of Berlin for the present to decline giving an
opinion In the case, Impose on us the painful duty to
publish what has since yesterday come to our per
sonal knowledge. We, therefore, in the following
lines, give the most Important contents.of a letter,
written by Prof. Rudolph Greist, Berlin, December
19, 1869, that came to our bands yesterday:
Your favor of November 84 I received Ave days
ago, ttte different papers three days ago, aud in toe
greatest nurry i nave rauseu w uu uuuu cveryiuiug
in my power ttiat ceuld save the lire of a country
man who was poHSlbly sentenced to supreme punish
ment without belug guilty of the crime Imputm! to
him. It was not easy for me to do so, as in these
days the sessions of the Diet, and my participation
in the name as reporter, took up all my time.
An oftlclul opinion of the Law Faculty could not be
Obtained, as dates, eUi, on which to base a judicial
decision, were al'ogettter missing, the course orro
cceOUiRS lu court, uud the whole evldeuce against
the accused not eveu having been trauBmltted lu
the form of newspaper reports. (A printed copy of
the proeucings, mailed by as a few days later, had
evidently not reached the professor. MdiUtr.) The
only thing possible was to prove the conclusions and
facts arrived at, by the chemical and medical ex
perts, entirely insufficient and lanlty. I have, there
fore, communicated the case to the Law Association
of Berlin, which immediately appointed a speela
committee, with Instructions to consider what steps
could be taken In the luterest of Paul Schoeppe
Our onicial court experts have voluntarily takun
port in these considerations, principally by Professor
Llniann, women's physician, and the chemical ex
pert. Professor boiiueiiHchelu. whose Indisputable
authority wi.l also be acknowledged lu the United
States. These gentlemen approve of the opinion
expressed in your paper by American experts,
thut the proceedings to establish the existence
f poison and morphine la the corpse
were entirely Insufficient and most decidedly
wrong, our experts would sign every word of the
opinion criticising these proceedings. This opinion
is given by men whoso names are well known
' amongst us, and would undoubtedly bo acknow
ledged as those of experts. But these opinions
have already been submitted to the Attorney-Ueue-ral
and the Governor; a mere repetition of the same
would therefore form a new authority. The Attorney-General's
report declares these opinions to bo
not decisive from reasons against which little can be
aid, In the view of the laws of your country.
The laws on collection of evldeuce In the case of
homicide, poisoning, etc, are very clear and decided
with us. under our laws, such Irregular and insuf
ficient proceedings would be impossible. With you
(as In the case of l'aul Hchoeppe) there are, to my
knowledge, altogether no certain rules for these
proceedings, but they are, like all other questions,
left to the sovereign decision of the Jury.
Cerlaln)y, only this decision dare not be
fa'.ttiUed by errors of law hVlitor.) This decision
is formed from the entire proceedings and evidence,
and one cannot deny that the collection of evldeuce
contains some very weighty points against the
accused. (The writer here enumerates several of
these points, concerning the weight of which he
will bv this time Drobablv have changed his opinion
alter he has received the minutes of the proceeding
. in court. Kdltor.) Already these circumstances make
it impossible for a foreigu expert conscientious! t
to give a decision that declares the proceedings of
the jury to be hasty or unscrupulous. The Vitality of
i incidental evidence cau 'or a conscientious man make
the Kuilt certain, even If the tludlngs of the assi-iting
aheuiists uud expeits were still more decidedly
wrong than in this case. Publlj opinion certainly
forms Its decision as to guilt or innocence from
geueral Impressions. But also these are very un
favorable to Paul Bchoeppe, it he seeks for the sop
port of bis couutrjmeu Just In Berlin. Our
courts have some six or seven years ago found one
Paul bchoeppe to be a most dangerous criminal, and
have sentenced blin for grand larceny and counter
feiting to the Penitentiary. (From German papers
we see that Hchoeppr, nr., at that tune Private
Secretary to Count Blaukensee, stole from his em
ployer 127,000. Eoitor.) Name, age, description of
personal appearauce, etc, all answer exactly to
your Paul HcDoeppe. The father was a country cler
gyman, sentenced In the same court for larceny and
receiving stolen goods. This also suits to your J'aul
Ktchncmie and his father. At our police louarters 1
find the statement that father and son emigrated to
Korth America. The Attorney-General in our former
proceedings against Hchoeppe most emphatically
suites, that the documentary couuterfelUugs com
mitted lu America are done in exactly
the same manner and after the same
method that our Paul Bchoeppe used to
adopt. The minutes of our courts contain a con
siderable Dumber of documents with very clever
imitations of other people's handwritings. You will
n.t wonder that public opinion accepts the Identity
of both Individuals as certain. 1 shall remit to yon
Hevrral Berlin papers from which you will see that
we have been Interested for Paul Hchoeppe, but that
public opinion very soon turned agalust him.
The writer of this letter, moreover, adds tnai it
was, under existing circumstances, Impossible for
Mm to give a positive decision In favor or scnoeppe.
In a postscript he says that he on several occasions
had consulted Mr. Bancroft and the Coroner's phy
sicians at Berlin ; that, however, they were unani
mously against any Intercession. . '
The reports in Berlin papers concerning the pro
ceedings of the Berlin Law Association ana me
lnalviduals held to be identical with the two
Schoepnos coincide In every point with theabivr.
We also hear that telegraphic communication of
these circumstances has been transmitted to Phila
delphia,
OUTFLANKED.
Kr. fntln m. Bad Wat-Ilcr fllerrhante Cm-
nlnin Hint Louisville tJctn All the Pout aern
"Trade. .
l.nnlsvllle. by her admirable system of rail
roads and the liberality and enterprise of licr
merchants, has succeeded in obtainiug a large
amount ot the Bouincm traae. isincinuan ana
Bt. Louis are lealous of her increasing pro&po
rlty, and will leave no means untried to check
Louisville and obtain control of the Southern
trade.
A larfre meeting of merchants and otners was
held in Bt. Louis on Tuesday, at which it was
stated that the paramount object was to recover
the Southern trade. The remarks of President
Smith and Major Bbyrock show where the snoo
ulnrhe.
The President stated that the 8outhcrn roads
had been discriminating airainft St. Louis and in
favor of Cincinnati and Louisville. Letters were
read from several Southern cities, showiug that
freight from Louisville or Cinclnnotl was carried
through on schedule time, while freight from
Bt. Louis was delayed on an average of thirteen
days. Chicago is furnishing more provisions to
thn Bonth. twice over, than St. Louis. This' is
being done by direct railroad connection, whilst
onr cltv depends too mucn upon uie river, umer
cities are taklnir our trade from our very doors,
by pushing forward their railroad facilities and
croviding for the cheap and speedy transporta
tion of freight. When once any given avenue of
trade Is lost to us It never returns.
We must either help build these railroads or
we lose our position as a commercial mart of
any importance. Cincinnati is getting the trade
of Arkansas by loading a steamboat once a week
for the carrying of through freight; here a boat
could not be loaded once a month. Orders are
now pouring into Louisville for produce and
provisions almost in an avalanche, whilst here
the orders are comparatively nothing. The
merchants must go to work and do something.
Let us build cars, put down our money and or
ganize a movement for the transportation of
if relirht. We must work against the discrimiaa-
tion which is made against Bt. Louis. He would
like to be one of a hundred people to build the
Iron Mountain Railroad to Memphis. The stock
could be obtained at fifty cents on the dollar.
Major Shryock said the reason the railroads
outsti'io tho river as a means of transportation,
Is because grain Is carried in the formerin sealed
cars aud in bulk, cm the river it had to be
loaded in socks. This is the reason, to-day, that
Louisville is beating us, and will beat us, so long
as we depend entirely upon the river. St. Louis
could handle, in the next six months, an incal
culable amount of flour, if she could ship it
South in sealed cars over the Iron Mountain
railroad. He could have sold fifty thousand
sacks ot flour in Savannah If he conld have
Ehlnned It there in bulk by railroad. lie con
cluded by offering the following resolution:
Ktitolved. That a committee of three be appointed
for the purpose of conferring with Mr. Thomas Allen
in reference to a fast freight line, and report to this
meeting on the mu insu
Captain Smith stated that a convention of all
tho Southern railroads would be held at Atlanta
on the 12th of January, and he would move as
an amendment that the committee be empow
ered to attend that convention and conter as to
arrangements for the transportation of fast
freight.
Major Shryock accepted the amendment, and
It was embodied in the original resolution. The
resolution was adopted unanimously.
INHUMAN OUTRAGE.
A Nameless Crime :oinmltled on n ileal nnd
lluinuiri-Arrr ui insunuiv nrcicn.
The last number of the Jiuchauan county
bulletin, a weekly newspaper published at In
dependence. Iowa, chronicles the commission in
that vicinity of one of the blackest crimes in the
calendar, aud one which, considering the help
lessness and misfortunes of the victim, and other
aggravating circumstances surrounding it, proves
the brutal perpetrator to oe someming icbb tuaii
human. The facts are briefly statedas follows:
Mr. Daniel Thomas is a resnectaoie, enter
prising farmer, who resides in liaxleton town-
. . r' . . .u - T. 1 a
ship, auout ten nines uurtu ui j.uuecuuuuco.
For some time past he has had in his employ a
young man, Emerson Kuymond byname, twenty
years of age, who lived with Mr. Thomas, and
was lOOKea upon as ouo ui iuo lueuiuem ui ma
famllv. A beautiful young girl, named Rock
well, about uie same age, mouest aim intelli
gent, but deaf and dumb from her birth, is a
member of the same family, in the capacity of
help.
. - . a . i ,ri .
(in Wednesday oi last wcbk nr. i nomas ana
wife went out to a wedding in the neighbor
hood, leaving Raymond and tho deaf and dumb
trlrl aloue m uie nouse. miai lonowea was
related bv the latter some days after the occur
rence, aud with evident reluctance, induced by
fear of the consequences with which Raymond
had threatened her If she disclosed his crime.
Shortly after Mr. and Mrs. 1 nomas left, Miss
Rockwell went up stairs to get a pan of Hour,
nnd was followed by Kaymoud. When there he
seized her, threw her down upon the floor, and,
upon being stoutly resisted, jumped upon her
with his kuecs, uruuiug nor uuiua ana uouy in a
shocking manner. Being a poor, weuu: girl,
unable to scream by reason ot ner innrniity,
she made all tho resistance in her power, but
was soon compelled by sheer physical exhaustion
to succumb to his unholy desires.
Upon her return, Mrs. Thomas discovered that
something was wrong, but was unable to get
from the girl any satisfactory explanation. The
next dav Miss Rockwell went to the residence
of a brother-in-law (also a deaf mute) net far
away, and there to her sister related the tale of
her cruel and outrageeus wrong. The brother-in-law
Immediately wrote a letter to Mr. Thomas
with the facts above statod. Kaymoud, who la
the meantime had remained in the neighbor
hood, but not at Mr. Thomas', discoveriig some
indications that the secret was out, decamped.
By means of an intercepted letter, the ollicers
ascertained that he was at the bouse of an ac-
onalntance on Crane creek, la Blackhawk
county, about ten miles west of Fairbank, where
he was arrested, brought to Independence, and
lodged in jail.
In commenting upon the above, the Bulletin
says tbst it is hardly possible to find an epithet
sufficiently expressive and "severe wish which to
invest the perpetrators of such a crime. The
misfortunes, the deprivations of speech and
hearing, which commend the poor girl to the
especial pity and kindness of a man, were made
by this lecherous beast to aid in the accomplish
ment of her hellish undoing, and the other
brutalities attendant upon the transaction
make it one of the most aggravated cases upon
record. It is to be ferreutly hoped that the
wretch may be visited with the most stringent
penalties of the law.
Four hundred letters were recently discovered'
by an agent of the f oat Office Department at a hotel
in Boston, addrssed to guests, but never delivered.
lie fceut litem to ui vewi Letter un.ee.
COINAGE.
Th rrpd New Mlv-r Olas Descriptions
ana muiuraiiona.
The sceimptnjlng tuts represent th proposed
silver tolnage, specimens of which hav Jmt been
struck at the I'nltcd States Mint. It will be observed
that thcie are three different devices on the obverse
of the pieces, from which one may be stleoted, with
the approval or the proper authority, provided the
coinage be authorized by law. The reverse of the
coins are a' of the same device consisting of a
sin pie wi cath of oak and laurel, with tie denomi
nation of the piece la the centre.
The plan of this coinage Is briefly Indicated In the
recent annual report of the Director of the Mint,
inlfiht luterest our readers to present it In d
tall, although it would be Impracticable to state
all the arguments urged by those in favor of the
change In our silver coinage. The following are its
main features:
First. To reduce the present weight.
Second. To make a close limit of legal -tender.
Third. To limit the amount of issue.
It Is also proposed to keep this coinage In gooi
condition by recalling the pieces when too much
worn or defaced, and reissuing pieces of full weight
in their stead, without loss to the depositor.
The advocates of this measure claim that by this
change of legal weight the Mint can proceed at once
to supply the country with a fractional currency of
silver, In place of paper, without delaying for the
resumption of gold payments. They also claim by
such reduction In weight, hoarding and exportation
would be prevented, and that In the future the peo
ple would aot be deprived by war, panic, or gold sus
pension of their change, as has been the case three
times within the' memory jjf many. These sliver
coins would be equally current whether gold were
at par with paper money, or at a premium say of
from 20 to 26 per cent : their value for payments de
pending on statute, an! not on the price of bullion.
Our present silver coinage under the dollar, con
sidered as bullion, Is also below the gold value ; yet
not enough to ksep them now In circulation and out of
the melting-pot and exporters' bands. How much
the reduction should bo is an open ques
tion. These specimens given weigh respectively
1M, 77, and about 31 grains, which Is four-firths (4-6)
of the present standards, whiU thru ar of 4sl
purity. This last sentence Is emphasized, as many
persons have been misled respecting the proposed
coinage, by reading or hearing that It was an attempt
to (it base our coinage. The standard fineness
remains the same as at present ; the standard weight
Is reduced, as was done by act of Congress in 1863.
To the eye the pieces look as large as our present
silver coins, the difference In diameter being very
trifling lu the hair dollar ono (1) millimetre, in the
quarter dollar one and one-half (1) millimetres,
and In the dime one (1) millimetre less In diameter.
Email change is one of the necessities of
civilized life, and nothing is so well adapted
to this uie as silver. Fractional currency
In paper soon becomes dirty, ragged, and
worn out, so that it has to be called la every few
months to be reprinted. No other country has such
a currency. The convenience of the people in pro
curing the new coin would be complete. Instead of
sending silver to obtain the coins, all that would be
necessary would be to deposit greenbacks at
Uie Mint, cr it any agency designated by law,
and receive in return the silver change. The Mint
cannot Indeed make lngets out of paper, bat with
the paper it will manage to replenish lta stock of
bullion. It la claimed that br uicv adherence to
111f jgp
.
the second and third points named, via., making A 1
clrse limit of legsl tender, and limiting the amount
of issue, these coins may be kept from any possible
depreciation say make the limit of the former not
above two or three dollars in any one payment, and
the latter limited within the absolute requirements
of the people. Under these restrictions the store
keeper would never find them accumulating on bis
hands; on the contrary, the demand upon him would
require him to pay them out as fast as received.
When a profit Is derived from the coluage it becomes
the positive duty or Government to keep the cur
rency in good condition. England and Germany
no w act upon this assumption, although in tnis coun
try it has never been done In our sliver coinage.
The public should not bo annoyed, as In former
times, with smooth, illegible pieces. To avoid this
would not require a recoluage more than once in
twenty or thirty years. The advocates of this coin
age argue that gold is the only unchanging stanuaru
of value the world over, and that silver is
only used for the purposes of change, or manufac
turing, and therefore no conntry, no matter what
her situation mny be financially, should bewitnout
currency In sliver, to meet the requirements of the
people for change. They also argue that there is
now, and will continue to be, an ample product of
silver from our own mines, which had better be em
ployed at home than sent abroad ; and that what re
mains of the present legal silver coins, being hoarded
and lying idle, could quickly bo brought Into use by
recolnogo at the new rate. Nearly all of
our silver coin has been drawn oil to
Conado, the West Indies, and Booth America,
or else converted Into bars of commerce In Kumpe,
so that we are in the best possible condition for
tnklDg a fresh start, with a practicable standard.
They also argue that the introduction of tho now
coinage wonld pave the way to a gradual ana more
certain resumption of gold payments by accustom
ing the people to the dolly use of a precious metal
currency, thuB establishing confidence, which is the
great element in the accomplishment of the de
sired end. The views and argument abovo men
tioned are presented that our readers may know
upon hat grounds this Important change in our
coinage Is uigcd. Tub Tkleohapu's views on the
subject were published some months since, on the
appearance of an able article on the subject pub
lished in the Hanker' Hagazint The coins, artisti
cally considered, are very beautiful, and reflect
credit upon the office s under whose supervision
they have been executed.
EARTHQUAKE IX JiEYAUA.
Tru Shocks In One MkIu -Serlouii anil Srrto
Camlc pccii-.
The Gold Hill (Ncv.1 Acws of Dec. 27 lias the
following:
Last night a scries of earthquake shocks, of
irreatcror less force aud duration, visited this
section, commencing at 0 o'clock in the evening
and contiumng at intervals until n liltlo past U
o'clock in the morning. There were ten percep
tible shocks in all, and some people think they
distinguished even more. They came in scries
of three at a time within a few seconds or
minutes of each other, and accordiug to tho best
of our knowledge and belief occurred succes
sively as follows: At G o'clock, thrco shocks; at
9'50 o'clock, three shocks; and at 3-10 o'clock, oue
shock. The vibrations oi the nret appeared to
be in a northerly and southerly direction, but
the latter ones seemed to be more east and west.
The first shock occurred at just about 0 o'clock,
town time, and was the most suvero yet experi
enced since the laud of Wat hoe has ltelongcd to
Rnm. It was vcrv stronclv felt throughout
Gold Hill and Virgiuia, arid Tt is dillicnlt to say
at which place it actually was tne heaviest,
although at Virginia there was the greatest
alarm and damage. Jn both towns the popula
tion sought the streets in a great hurry, and ttie
endoi ail things was tuougui to ue cioso iy.
Some bocame suddenly and uuusually devout.
others hilarious, some falut, and very many were
much frightened, especially the denizens of
brick hotels and dwellings, the least frightened
were good mechanics in wooden buiidiugs, or
persons walking uie streets.
The duration of tho first shock was from ten
to twenty seconds, and nono of the others much,
if any. exceeded that length of time. Each
shock invariably ceased when people had just
trot properly shaken into a state ot fright
thereat. The alarm was general, and the streets
were alive with Sifcty-scckers men, women,
and children. ' Even the horses in the stables
were almost shaken from their feet by the first
shock, and were much frightened: The six
horses attached to the Gold Hill 'bus, standing
In front of Vesey s -Exchange, started to run,
hut were directly checked. The men In the
mines, especially at Virginia, felt the first shock
very sensibly, and a general hurrying to the
surface was the result. At the Virginia House,
on South C street, three or four of the lady
boarders fainted, and the scene is described as
heartrending and serio-comic in the extreme,
Many persons in that citv walked the street all
night, afraid to go to bed. J he prisoners in the
County Jail were much frightened, but had to
stand it. Door bells were run, and many clocks
stopped running.
Several bricK Duuuings were more or less
cracked or damaged, as for Instance, the front
and rear walls of the Gold Hill Exchange build
ing, the rear wall of the News office and others
The cornice or fire wall of the big brick build
ing, corner of Taylor street, Virginia, fronting
on a street, to the extent oi twelve or ntteeu
feet, was thrown down upon the sidewalk, for
tunatcly, however, injuring no one. The heavy
brick front to the vault or safe in Weils, Fargo
& Co.'s Express olllce, in this city, was badly
cracked and shattered, in most or the grocery,
drug or liquor stores, more or less sneit gooi
were thrown down and smashed, and
in tw or three instances, from $10 to
420 damage being done. Pretty much all the
damage sustained wtis irom the lirst shock. The
second heavy one, at twenty minutes to
o'clock, was of less force, yet it was powerful
enough to throw a bar of bullion, weighing
twenty pounds, out of a pigeon-hole down upon
the floor, in Wells, Fargo at Co.'s Virginia ollice,
throwing it directly west; tne piles ot coin in
the boxes were also shaken and thrown cast and
west, showing the vibrations of that shock to
have been in that direction. In many houses
the globes and chimneys of kerosene lamps were
thrown off und smashed, but fortunately no
lamps were broken, otherwise a conflagration
might have ensued. None of the mines were at
all Injured.
The earthquake was sensibly felt at Sacra
mento, Carsou, iteuo, and elsewhere. Con
siderable damage was done to siicu goods in the
drugstore at Dayton, and athandulier thrown
down came near creating a big fire, but it was
quenched in time. The stage drivers from Reuo
this morulDg report Steamboat creek as flowing
full to the banks and dillicnlt to ford; and the
stage between Carson and Reno was dotaincd
over an hour on account of it; but whether this
Is attributable to the earthquake, or sudden
rains, or melting snow, we are not exactly pre
pared to say. The Steamboat Springs are re
ported to be spouting forth niOBt furiously to
the teigut of ten or fifteen feet.
FROM EVIWPJS.
Thleltlarnlnc'a Uutatlona. .
By th Anglo-American Cable.
I onpoh, Jan. 811 a. M Consols for money, 93 ;
for account, MX- U. H. Five-twentlea of lwi, Mi;
1868, Old, hbi 18678, 86 J ten-forties, 84 X. Erie
Railroad, W)i ; Illinois Central, lViXi Great West
em, 86tf.
pakih, Jan. 8. The Bourse opened firm. Rentes,
74 f. BYC,
MvKBroor, Jan. 811 A. M. Cotton quiet;
upland middlings, lld.; Orleans middlings, lljfd.
The sales are estimated at 10,000 bales for to-day.
Wheat, ts. 4d. for California white; ss. Id, for red
Western ; and M. d. for red winter. Flour, Sis. Sd.
. Ahtwuhp, Jan. 8. Petrsleuiu opened tbruver aud
BUvhacgta,
SECOND EDITION
.LATEST BIT THLX3QXIAPXX.
The Telejmtpher' Strike Contradlo
toiy Statements A E ail way
Company . Refaiei to Fay
the Capitation Tax.
FROMWASHUraTOJf.
TlieDarlea Exploring Expedition. . .
rtal DttpaUk to Th Homing Ttlegraph, ,
WisruNOTON, Ju. 8 Arrangements have
all been perfected for the sailing of the expedi
tion for making surveys of the Isthmus of
Darlcn. Orders have been given- to fit up tho
Guard, which will sail with the other vessels
about the 2d iust., and upon her arrival there
will be used as quarters,
Carliaa l'ateut for linprTcmcnt la Steam En-
amen.
The application of 11 r. Corliss to Congress for
the extension of his patent will be vigorously op
posed by all the engine manufacturers through
out the country.
In the remonstrance to Congress against tho
extension ot the patent they make wut a very
strong coco against CorliES. Among other strong
and valid objections, they state that he has re
ceived from the public directly and Indirectly
from this patent not less than one million of
dollars, which is considered a full and adequate
remuneration for any benefit conferred upon tho
public by the same. t
Corliss Is a man of great wealth, and will plant
himself here at Washington during the session
of Congress and make a strenuous effort to get
his patent extended.
It is the nndlvidod opinion of men who ought
to know, that If the application Is decided by
Congress on its merits the extension of the
patent will not be granted.
Navnl Pfotulnntlonn.
The President will send to the Senate on Mon
day the following naval nominations:
Commodore John Rodgcrs to be a Rear Ad
miral on the active list. Captuln John J. Almy
to be a Commodore on active list. Commander
R. W. Shufcldt to be a Captain on the active
list. Licutcnant-Commauder Thomas O. Scl
fridge to bo a Commander on the active list.
The Adams lxire Kobb crv.
Vrapatch to Tltc EcrrSng Tel-graph. t
wakuinoton, Jan. . Since the first an
nouncement of tho robbery of Adaim' Express
oflice, all sorts of rumors in regard to the affair
has been in circulation, the tirH story being
that the stolen money was lu bouds from a New
York bank, intended for the Treasury Depart
ment.
Another story is that the bonds belong to a
Boston firm, and were to have been delivered at
the Treasury in exchange for registered bonds
Tho safe containing these bonds was safely de
livered in the oflice on Sunday, but, although
checked, the package was not delivered. So
much for the stories.
The fact that tho moeny was stolen appears
proven by a coafidcutlal circular addressed to
the bankers of this city, which circular Is dated
January 5, and was not received until Thursday.
This circular states that the sum of $29,500 was
stolen from Adams Express at Washington on
January 1, 18T0. Thero were 27 $1000 in bonds
and five f500. These were of the first and socoad
issues of and of the July issue of 1807.
Tho number of each bond Is given. The
bonds, it Is stated, are the property of Adams
Express Company, who claim the right to seize
them wherever they may be fouud. Any por
son to whom these bonds may be presented is
ref pectfully requested to notify the agent of tho
company of the fact. The circular Is signed by
Henry Danford, and is written in Ink. As the
number of each bond was taken, the prospect is
that they will be recovered. The first an
nouncement of tho robbery created quite a seu
satlon among the Metropolitan police detectives,
who appeared greatly surprised that they wore
not called to lerrct out the theft. The company,
however, are working out the case with their
own detectives. The following are the numbers
and classes of the bonds stolen:.
Of 1st loan of lSrtU, the following; No. 50819,
for $1000; No. 63831, for $1000; No. i!95. for
500; No. 21)210, for toOO; No. 37'J35, for $500.
Of tho 2d loan of 18U2, tho following: No.
27503, for $1000; No. 275U4. for $1000; Irom No.
B5187 to 05823, both Inclusive, for $1000 each.
Of the July loan of 1805, from No. 77175 to
7718S, both iuclnsive, for $1000 each; and No.
85)055, for $500. Of the July issue of 18(57, from
No. 13N45 to 13804), for $1000 each; Nos. 145738
and 145730, for $1000 each; aud No. 101751, for
FROM THE PA CIFIC COAST.
The Telearapblo HlrlUe la Nan Francises.
Bin Fhancisco, Jan. 7 The tolegraphlc
strike continues, without retarding the business
of the Westtra Union Company. The Alta Cali
fornian approves the position of the manage
ment on this coast. The Bulletin, after publish
ing the statements of both sides, closes a long
editorial as follows: "We cannot believe that
the Eastern operators were correctly Informed
of the slight cause for the strike in San Fran
cisco before taking a step which forces tho ne
cessity upon the company of maluUluiug lu
position at all hazards. '
Haprciue Judne Appointed.
Governor Haight has appointed Jackson Tem
ple, of this city, as Judge of the Supreme Court
in the place of J udge Sanderson, resigued.
Mlaluif Matters.
The Chollar Mining Company has declared a
dividend of oue dollar per share, payable on the
10th iust.
Hnn Francisco Markets.
8ak Francisco, Jan. 8. Flour is in good de
maud, with an upward teudency. Wheat quiet,
choice, $105, Legal tenders, 83.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Ilnmlclde Cain,
Spirit Deapateh to The livening TelegrupK
Baltimore, Jan. 8. Nicholas Wallalns was
shot through the head yesterday evenlug by a
man named Albert Clifford. It is believed he
cannot survive. Clifford is in jail.
Drawned lldv Recovered.
The body of Captain William Z. Clacidge, of
Cambridge, Md., of the sloop Young America,
was found in our harbor yesterday, after being
drowned three months.
Railroad Capitation Tax.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
has allowed the State Treasurer's draft for two
hundred thousand dollars for money due for
capitation tax to be protested. This will likely
beget serious litigation. The company say it it
illegal and they hate no right to pay It,
FROM JVEiv YORK.
fpteUA DpaUh to Th Xveninf NegrapK
PiW IOHlr. Jan. B.-Ijj ui.n...ihiri
morning held the largest meeting since the com
mencement of the etrike. He matches of cheer
and encouragement wcr j read from every city
in tne union, a vvamu?t in dexnntcht ....
that the War Dcpartm nt tolcirrnuli B.fflc i
closed, and Socretary B i knap says to the boys
-cue; you nave my sympath)'."
The reports of rcsump.ion in the South, f-lmn-
lated bv the comtany. wera clonic! , Jop.
patches from Rlchmonl, Lynchburg, Peters
burg, Savannah, ChatUaj'a, Nashville, Mem
phis, and New Orleans.
The company is offcrin r amnesty to tho who
return now.
A message was real from th iniiiadninht.
strikers saying that one r two of tho league
naa rcsumea wo k, ana others were wavering,
owing to mlsr presentations made by
the. company's offlcani. Thn .'iTn.mn.
of tho perjurors arfi Ifnnwn If .ni1
when it is ascertained bevond Tn. Annht n..i
they have resumed, tLo League; authorities here
win scua uieir names to all the telegraph offices
in the country. All the trades, unions am com.
Ing to the aid of the telographors, and everv-
tnuig iooks very utvorauie for their success. .
Anniversary of thi It.utle of Mivr OrJeaa.
Vftpaicn 10 1 nt nvemnj jncyrupn.
;new i ork, Jan. . ine nags, on me city
TTall nnd nubile bnlldlnirs are raised to-dnv. ooin-
niemoratlve of the battle of New Orleans.
Fir ax nocnesier.
Boo hesteu, Jan. 8. A fire oceurred this
morning in Ellis & llazelton's flouring mill,
North Water street, causing , damage to the
amount of $15,009, which was insured. :
FlX-ALftCU MDCOMMEKCE,
Omcs or thi EvBwiwa TawtnaAFH,! 1
Baturdar, Jan. 8, 1S7S. J I
The effect of the January dividends aud Interest Is
hclnir gradually felt In our market, and money
tieKiiis to look, to easier points, though the Improve
ment is hut slow. We quote ou call at S37 per cent,
on prime collaterals, and prime discounts at tlf
per cent, on 00 or w dajs.
Puhllo attention Is being attracted towards the
operations of the New York Hold Kooin, where some
gigantic scheme Is in process of evoiutlou, which
bids fair to eclipse, In the Importance of Its results,
even the panic of September. The market opened
at Vl'iJi and advanced to l'-':t, but the point was not
maintained, though every cUort Is being mode to ad
vance the premium to i'it. The movement Is en
tirety speculative, and will teud to disturb conn
deuce and enhance and unsettle mercantile values.
Government bonds went in active demand, and
prices show a further advance of ()tf percent, on
yosterdaj's closing quotations. The range of gold
was between Yi'i and 123, closing at noon at m?f.
There was only a moderate activity at the Stock
Board this morning, and prices continue without
much chauge. Cttj sixes sold at loo.'i.
Beading liailroad was quiet; sales at cash,
and 47 1). o. ; Pennsylvania Kallroad was steady;
small sales at 65 ; Lchlpli Valley was taken at 63;
41V was oirered for Little gcbyulklll; 80 forCata
wissa preferred; and 8S for rnlladelphla and Kne.
In Canal shares there were sales of Lehigh Navi
gation at 83X. Nothing doing in the balance of the
list.
I'lIILADELTniA STOCK EXCHANGE 8ALES.
Bcported by De llaven k Era, No. 40 S. Third street.
FIRST 11UAKD.
11000 City 68, New
800 Itetdlng.ls.b30. 47
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4600 Bel. A Del 2m. b'i
lib sh Fenna ....is. 60
KiO do.-s60.sano 60
1(0 do C. 63
?00 do SCO. 66
200 d0....l8.C; 65
4 sh Mcch Bank.. 8tV
n sh Leh VaLcAp. 68
100 do....cip. 63
16 do..d b.ls. 63
19 do.d bill. Is 63
100
no. ...... .,41-44
do 630. 47V
do D30.47 M
do... ,1s. C 47
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dO....D6&L47'4
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loo sh N Oarbond.o. 9
&9 eh IJtSch K. le. 43
100 sh Leh NSC... 83tf
IIesstir. Vis Haven a
Brothkb, 48 No. & Third
street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations:
U. K. 6s of 1881, U7X14U7 ; da 18a, H6(4ii6tf;
dalS64, luvrfjia; do. lsas, Ii4,vii6; de. 180,
new, tll3V(H4; da. 1807, do. 114 V4114K j do. 1868,
do., liam; kmob. llis,-lia; U. 8. 80 Year
6 percent. Currency, 109 Vesioai Due Comp. Int.
Notes, 19; Gold, m,&12'J;i 1 Silver, ll'M12L ,
Jat Coo kb A Co. quote Government securities m
follows: U. 8. 6s of 1881, li7vH7x: B-sosoflssa,
llrKf116; do., 1864, 114VS116; do., I860, 114(4
lie,-; da, July, 1866, liaiu; do. do., is7f
114 i, (4114 ; da, 1868, 114gU14'4 ; 10-40S, U2(4H2 ;
Cur. 6s, l0tfg41WK. Gold, laiijtf. ,
Messrs. Wh.mam Painter Co., Na 09 8. Third
street, report the following quotations iU. 8. 6s of
1881, 117 i,(aU17'; 5-208 of 1862, 115118V; da, 1864,
114(4115; da 1805, 114(4116; do. July, I860,
liu?4li4; da July, l&of, 114(4114J: da July,
1868, 114114V! 68, tO-40,118!4uU2X. U. 8. PaclUo
K1L Car.6s,109tf(S109x. Gold, 12182. Market
steady. . :
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Satfrpay, Jan. a The Flour market to without
essential change. There Is no demand for shipment,
and the home consumers purchase only enough te
supply their Immediate wants. About 600 barrels
sold, Including superCno at $4-2694 HO; extra at $4-78
SuB ; Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra family at
10-2696-25, the latter rate for choice; Pennsylvania
do. do. at 1546-76; Ohio and Indiana da .do. at
$5-76i6-25; and fancy brands at 16 -6070, accord
ing to quality. Kye Flour may be quoted at 80. No
thing doing in Corn Meal.
The Wheat Market la dull at yesterday's quota
tions. Bales of Pennsylvania red at tl-29(41-S0.
Western Jiye may be quoted at $1, Corn The de
mand has somewhat fallen off, hut the offerings are
light. Sales of old yellow at 11(41-02; 2000 bushels
new do. at 87(992c; and old Kooton mixed at It.
Oats are unchanged. Kales of Pennsylvania at 65(4
67c. Nothing doing In Harley or Malt
Heeds Cloverseed Is lu good request. 100 bushels
sold at $8-lS)(a8-25. Timothy Is worth 14-25. flax
seed sells In a small way at ft-202-2a
Whisky U stronger, aoo barrels wood-bound sold
at ll-oi.
Clarence Demlnpr, of the Yale nine, Is now re
covering from the ettects of the wound received in
Waleibury, Conn., last July, while playing a. match
game. -
jATEST SHITPIXft INTELLIGENCE.
for additional Marine Neuit tee Inside Paget.
(By TtUffraph.)
Ran FnANrrvo, Jo. H Arrired, ships Aon, from
Ridny, N.8. We1'; Sparkling Deer, from Aostrtlia,;
Uoldtm Kiiii'lr and Lot, from Uliili. Sided, ship Hpe.
ru, for Loudon.
POET OF PHILADELPHIA.,
..JANUARY 8.
STATE OV TmUUIOlfETEB AT TH IT1NIN3 TEUO&Ara
1IFV1CB.
7A.M 29111A.M. 88 1 2 P. M 88
OLKARKD THIS MORNING."
flteamship Volunteer, Jnnae, New York, John F. Ohl.
Bullae Albert, Jduwell, MUium, L. WMtarKeard 4 Oo.
ARR1TRD THIS MORNING.
Steamship Aries, Wilej, 4S hours from Boetna, with
mde. to 11. Wiueor A Oo. Jo.7. at 7 A. M., 26 miles ti ft.
of baruegnt. during heavy Kle from NW., fell ia wiMi
no unknown bri, dinmuted and full of water.
BUeniBliip Volunteer, Jooea, 24 hour from New York,
With mdiM. to John F. Ohl.
Kteuuer Millvillo, Uenear, from New York, with salt
to Win. Bumm A Hon. .
Ktouner H. Willing, Oundiff. U hours from Baltimore,
with nidse. to A. Orovee, Jr.
Bt-hr L. P. Hallook, Le, 1 dy from GreU Kgg Harbor,
wllhrndee. from wrecked teuitaip ikulif.
Sobr K. B. Wheatou, Atkins. S days from New York,
With aidae. to K A. Houder A Co.
Norw. barque fiUUrd Brook, at this port retforda.
from Liverpool, is eouicned, vwuwt to Penrose, Miih)
Co. not as before.
WKST TO SKA.
Mr. Bamuel Sobelllnirer, pilot, reports the following vae
tola livin Kim to sea yetterdu Brig Kite St. Tusker,
for lto Janeiro, ana fiorinanby, for Bayonua.
MEMORANDA.
Bteaniililp Baxon, bMrs, benoe, at Boetna yesterday,
brig J. i. Lincoln, laerrimaa, (rem Uoboken, at Boa to
yoelerday.
hour Kaluh Oarleton, Curtis, heaet for f 0iVlfid, ft
Uwuites' Hole A, M- Ui but,
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