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VOL. XIII. NO. 13.
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1870.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
FIBST EDITION
C U 13 V.
Address of the Captain-General to the
fe, Inhabitants of the Island Ex
planation of Spanish Rein
forcements and In
crease of the
Navy.
Havana, Jan. Among tbe strongest rea
sons tor dlbbehevh-K tUo oft repented assertions
f tbe Spanish auti. cs and press that the
Insurrection In this islau insignificant and on
the point of suppression i -ie fact of the con
stant arrival of large rclnforv. icnts from Spain
and increase of the naval force la these waters.
Ills Excellency the Captain-General has the
sense 4o appreciate this, and accordingly iu a
New Year's address to the inhabitants of Cuba,
recounting the situation, he gives an explana
tion cf this seeming anomaly which at least has
the merit of plausibility. The following is a
translation of the address:
Imhabitantb ofCi'ma: At thebcglnnlug of
the new year, in these days of congratulations
and rejoicings, it is with great satisfaction that
yonr chief felicitates you on account of the nota
tle change in everything that relates to this ter
ritory. The danger to the peace of the island,
radically disturbed by a part of the natives, who,
if at first cloaked the bastard ambition that
guided them with alluring programmes, ceased
when at last they threw aside the mask, declar
ing themselves the apostles of arson and extermi
nation. In view of the fecund triumphs favora
ble to the cause of order, justice and right,
names synonymous with that of Spain, bad, - at
the ending of the year 18(i!, the dissipation of
tbe illusions of those dragged into tho rebellion
was a natural consequence. The summer, fatal
to Europeans in these latitudes, passed
without having to chroniclo a single
defeat to our army, nor have fevers, eun
and rains combined prevented it from occupying
sections of the island where ordered, administer
ing at the same time severe lessons to the rebels,
and always gaining more credit in overtaking
their adversaries than in fighting them. On two
occasions Las Tunas and Santa Cruz the rebels
attempted the' offensive, and you all know tho
severe reception they met at the hands of a few
sick soldiers that garrisoned these points. It
was then when despair blinded tho rebel parti
sans even to the point of their proclaiming as
holy and just the use of the assassin's dagger
and inceudiary's torch, reducing their country's
wealth to ashes in order to rebuild tho social
fabric, and from then dates tho presenting of
thousands that daily eccnpe tho nomado life and
horrible misery to which they were subjected by
violence and intrigue, c.-owding for protection
beneath the tutelary a?gls of this Government
Lcueath the flag which In Cuba is symbolical of
sure and certain progress. The rebellion is re
duced to partisan bauds that roam over tho
'mountainous and unpopulated part of tho island.
The elements at hand were more than sufficient
to have subdned It, nevertheless powerful naval
and military reinforcements have arrived. Do
yon know why? Because our brothers in tho
peninsula, who knew and applauded your sacri
fices, have wished to share them, and that all
arms of the service and all the provinces may bo
represented here, giving thereby a proof of tho
unanimity of their sentiments respecting Cuba,
though they differ among themselves upon other
questions. For this reason, though the island is
occupied militarily, martial law has not been
proclaimed, and the civil authorities and tri
bunals continue to exercise their functions.
For this reason the jails are empty. For the same
reason insurgents present themselves in such
numbers and are received as brothers that in
the rich district of Cinco Villas the army is left
without occupation. The lleet that encircles
the coast and serves as a formidable nucleus in
the seaports is destined to destroy the hopes of
those who still expect aid from filibusters, sala
ried and recruited from the dregs of society,
though the important declarations of tho ruler
of a friendly nation have retarded in a great
measure these expeditious. Tho rural police,
scattered among the sugar and other estates, are
to be the guardians of property acquired by so
much toil. These stores, with tho army and
navy, render Impotent tho proposition of de
struction, and render facile of realization tho
dChlrc of our country, likewise that of every
noble heart that of shortening the horrors of
war and limiting them to those who resist the
law.
Volunteers, your unbounded patriotism, your
noble aspirations, the self-denial with which you
have firmly aided the authorises, render you
worthy of my kind congratulations.
Soldiers and sailors, you have again uphold
the honor of Spanish arms. Your constancy in
work, endurance of fatigue, your rigid disci
pline, the generosity wun wmcn you nave suc
corcd the orphan and unfortunate, without in
quiries, and even wben knowing them to be
enemies, are virtues which have not escaped my
notice, and being your general, as well as of
yonr brethren in arms, the volunteers, fills me
wish pride.
I thank all, and particularly those Cuban
militiamen who. taking part in vour actions,
have magnified their loyalty; and why should I
not ardently congratulate vou, merchants, In
fact ail who compose this worthy people?
Worklngmcn, anxious for peace, you offered
even your lives to end the war. Citlzcas, you
rendered efllclent aid, proffering resources to
Government as one man. Lovers of your coun
try, you have elevated its credit in a manner
' that has no example in history. Preserve this
precious union, which is your strength: fear
nothing from the future, W ith tho help of God,
whom only unthinking men despise, aad that of
honest men, your Captain-General hopes soon to
pacify the island aua congratulate you auow.
Caballeho djs Kouas.
Havana, Jan. 6, 1870.
DEATH IN A WELL.
A Woman Throws Herself Into a Well while
la Delirium 1'roiu Smallpox..
The Bt. Louis Republican, January 13, says:
About 8 o'clock yesterday morning, Mrs. A.
Heitert, wife of William lleitert, of No. 1610
Broadway, destroyed her life by plunging head
long into a well near the house. An Inquest was
held on the body by the Coroner, elicit lug tho
following additional facts: Mrs. Heitert bad
been sick for about one week with smallpox,
and in the fever she was perfectly insane.
During the night previous her husband had
watched her from midnight until about 7 o'clock
In the morning, when' ho weut down stairs to
pen his store.
While he was gone she managed to escape
from the house. Upon his return to the room,
, and missing her, ho at once instituted search
down to the river and back, and finally found
he bad plunged into a well near the house, and
that she was still alive in the depths. Ho Imme
diately lowered the bucket and Mrs. lleitert
seieedit. Her husband commenced pulling her
ut, and wben near the surface she spoke a few
words of joy at being' thus quickly rescued.
Almost at the same moment the chain or rope
broke, precipitating her back Into the well. After
several attempts to reach ber, Mr. Heitert went
down and, securing ber by means of ropes.brought
ber to the surface, not however, uutil life was
extinct. This was abont 9 o'clock in tbe morn
ing. The Coroner held an inquest at 10 o'clock
n the body, and the jury found a verdict in ac
cordance with the above. She was thirty-four
years of age, und born in Germany. She leaves
three children.
THE PRODIGALS.
The Itev. Cook 8(111 a Wanderer The Chnrrh
Hlaterhood ol Conrse Vet Itself Oat on AlUa
Jnhraton.
To-day's New York Herald has an additional
chapter upon the Cooke scandal:
The sensation of a mystery yet remains
around the clerical scandal. "Where is Mr.
Cooke ?" and "Where was Mr. Cooke and MUs
Johnston during the four days?" is knowledge
sought with avidity, but answers to these ques
tions are at present among the things not gene
rally known.
TUB FEMALE I'KODIOAL.
Miss Johnston is at her father's house, suffer
ing still from the reaction consequent upon the
excitement of the last week and the notoriety
sho has so unwittingly obtained. All who havo
known her, either as a fellow school teacher or
as a member of the church and congregation,
speak of her maidenly modesty and the unlike
lihood of her being a temptress to her clerical
adviser. Mr. Johnston's family is greatly re
spected by tho society and congregation of the
Seventh Street Methodist Church, and Miss
Mattie was the last young lady in the church
whom nny ono of its members would have sus
pected oi an escapade of this kind.
Mattie docs not obtain so irreproachable a tes
timonial from her "sister" friends. Feminine
loveliness, when it attracts to itself the passion
ate devotion of a prominent, distinguished, and
handsome man, especially when that man is a
gushing clergyman, is a sure incentive to the
arousing of woman's green-eyed jealousy, and
con.cqucnt inuendoes. andjliitits that the erring
sister could not be any better than sho should
be.
One of theFe ladles, who certainly had long
since passed the years where the maiden and the
woman meet, was withering in her pantomimic
sneers at Miss Johnston being described as so
very young nnd so very innocent. "Young, in
deed! why she will never see twenty any more.
She knew what she was about. Innocent, in
deed! I should like to know what she went to
his study for, unknown to his wife." And so,
by inuendoes that may mean anything or nothing,
they take their little revenge upon poor Mattie for
being so unfortunate as to take "our pastor's"
fancy.
TIIE INTERREGNUM.
The filling up of the period from Saturday to
Tuesday by a statement that Mr. Cooke and
Miss Johnston went to Rah way, N. J., from
Philadelphia, receives no confirmation from her
friends, though it is not unlikely to be correct.
Miss Johnston seems to have bad very little of
the society of her clerical admirer from the time
they left New York, and the evident indifference
shown by her as to Mr. Cooke's whereabouts is
strongly confirmatory of her innocence. With
the present limited knowledge of how Mr. Cooke
and Miss Mattie spent the four days, the only
satisfactory conclusion to arrive at is that Miss
Johnston has bad a very narrow escape, and
that she has been the victim of a youthful pas
sion which led her into a very serious indis
cretion. WHERE IS MR. COOKE?
Yesterday evening Mrs. Cooke had no more
idea where her truant husband was than any
other inhabitant of the city of New York. From
the night of his return up to last night she had
never seen him nor heard anything more of him
than that which has been communicated through
the newspapers. All that either any of his or
ber fiieuls knew was that when he left the
Tombs, a young man, one of the members of the
church, weut with him to a Broadway restau
rant and there breakfasted together. On coming
out Mr. Cooke said to his young friend,
"Now I don't want you to go with me," and,
putting out his hand, he bid tho young
man "Good-bye." Tho latter went on to
his place of business, but has not the slightest
idea of where Mr. Cooke went. When they
parted ho supposed Mr. Cooke would go to his
home, to his wife and son. That ho did not do
this is very certain, and bis departure or his
hiding away leaves a very large margin for con
jecture, and all kinds of stories are afloat. Each
is quite as reliable as the other, and all equally
alike unworthy of belief. Those who know Mr.
Cooke best are convinced that he is not likely to
have come to an untimely end, and they believe
that he will "turn up" in the course of a few
days a melancholy, repontent prodigal, worn out
by the stings of remorse and outraged con
science. THE INFATUATION OF PASSION.
Were it not an every day occurrence for a
man to blight the fairest prospects in order that
a master pusslon may ride triumphantly like a
juggernaut car over his en4.ire moral nature, it
would havo been a marvel that Cooke should
have been so blind to his own earthly interest as
to do w hat he has done. He was the idol of
bis church and congregation, lfe was ad
mired and respected, ana this admiration and
respect took tho substantial form of a
salary of $2000, parsonage, coal, wood,
gas, and other perquisites, besides church
fees that yielded a very respectable addi
tion to tbe salary. His church was increasing
in tho number of its members; he was in the
middle of "a revival" in the society, and out
wardly all was well. This cancerous, fostorlng
spot o'f an illicit love has blighted all, and, for a
time, has done barm to tbe common cause of
professing Christianity. Mr. Cooke's congrega
tion speak highly of his preaching. His ser
mons were attractive and were enjoyed by all
classes of his hearers. 1 he only noticeable fea
ture has been that of late there has been a want
of spiritual tone in many of his sermons,
though not so marked as to provoke much
remark.
MRS. COOKE.
Mrs. Cooke, with ber son Baldwin, who seems
a clever boy, of about sixteen years of age, left
the parsonage yesterday afternoon for her
mother's bouse at Williamsburg. The church
does not intend to desert her. A subscription
has been started, which has met with very libe
ral response, and for a time, at least, Mrs. Cooke
will bo placed in a position that will prevent her
from seeking any outside assistance beyond that
of ber friends. In the meantime it is hoped that
her misguided and Infatuated husband will have
been able to adjust himself to the ordinary rela
tions of life and become a bread winner for bis
family.
ERIE EXULTS.
The Erie and Atlantic and Great Wefctrra
Difficulty Hettled-Ono LJne, One Alanaio
tent, One Destiny,
Much surprise was occasioned by the fact that
the enterprising princes of Eric made no attempt
to disturb the harmony of the meeting recently
held for tbe purpose of reorganizing the direc
tory of tbe Atlantic and Great Western Railway.
The mystery of this "masterly inactivity" is now
dispelled. For some days past active negotia
tions have been carried on between Messrs.
Gould And Flsk and tbe parties principally in
terested in the prosperity of the Atlantic and
Great Western lino, and an arrangement has
been finully concluded between tho "high con
tracting powers" by which the Atlantic and
Great Western is placed under the solo control
of tho Erie Railway Company. This arrange
ment, besides meeting with the hearty approval
of the prominent parties in either interest, is
endorsed by tbe direct sanction of the courts of
New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. By the
new arrangement the Erie Railway Company
pays thirty per cent of the gross earnings as
rent. Ibe lease is similar to that made last
spring, with the exception that it contains the
ample guarantees required by the Erie Railway
Company that the thirty per cent, shall be ap
plied for the benefit of bondholders. Having
thus preserved their line unbroken between
Cincinnati. Cleveland, and New York, the Erie
chiefs have taken "On to Chicago" as their next
war cry,
TIIE INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE.
Frrther Corrranoudonne on tho flabjeet Tho'
Kale of tho Royal nnd New York Yacht
Clnba,
1 be lollowlng correspondence in regard to tbe
projected international yacht race will be foaud
interesting:
8dbz Canal, Port Raid, Egypt, November
14, 1809 II. Morton, Esq., New ork Yacht
Club, No. 41 Wall street, New York Dear Sir:
You are aware that I have already had the plea
sure to send you the necessary certificate to
enable the Cambria to sail for the 1801 cup; but,
unfortunately, the committee did not consider
my communication of the 3d of October, 18o3,
as a formal six months' notice, and this circum
stance, so far as I know, only prevented my
leaving for New York on or about tho 1st of
September last to compete for tho cup in ques
tion, as I intended. My movements and engage
ments for six months here are uncertain; but if I
wish to contest for tbe 1851 cup I have
no choice but to give the stipulated
notice, and to trust that circumstances may
not prevent my acting thereon. Mr. Ben
nett has tbe option of racing the Cambria
from Cowus to New York any time in March, or
from thcl't to tbe liith of July, 1870 no coudl
t one. On the possibility of "Mr. Bennett eloct
i ig to sill in Match, I give you six mouths'
notice of mv intention to raco for tho cup on
tlie Hith ot May, 1M7, tho course to be a trian
gular course from Htatcn Island, forty miles out
t sea and back. The cup having been won at
Cowes under the rules of the Royal Yacht So
ciety, it thereby follows that no eentre board
vessel can compete against the Cambria in this
articular race; but in all other respects I must
on form to tbe stipulations and rules of the New
York Yacht Club. Rule seven of the Royal
Yacht Society Btatcs: No vessels which arc
fitted with machinery for shifting keels or
otherwise shall be permitted to enter for prizes
given by the Royal Yacht Squadron.
I remain, dear Bir, yours truly,
James AsiinuRT.
Office Secretary- New York Yacht Cluu,
No. 41 Wall street, N. Y., January 10, 1870.
James Ashbury, Esq. Dear Sir: In answer to
your communication from Suez of November 14,
180!), wo beg leave again to call your attention
to the conditions upon which tho New York
Yacht Club holds the challengc-cup won by the
Arvcriea, from some of which there is no power
to deviate. Among others, when challenged by
the representative of any foreign yacht club, "In
case cf a disagreement as to terms," the match
is "to be sailed according to the rules and sailing-regulations
of the club in possession.
While desirous of meeting your views, as far as
possible, in other matters pertaining to the
match, under no circumstances can this com
mittee entertain a proposal which excludes from
the race any yacht duly qualified to sail under
the rules and sailing-regulations of tbe New
York Yacht Club. Respectfully,
George L. Sciiuvltu,
Moses II. Ghinnell, Committee.
F. Owooou,
METHODIST ROOK CONCERN.
Ri port of the Hub-Committee of Investigation.
The Methodist of this week publishes some
facts In regard to the Book Conceru financial
irregularities, the investigation of which was un
dertaken by a sub-committee of three, which
committee devoted nearly a month to the matter,
and made a report, of which the article In the
Methodist is a summary. The report (made
November 4) showed:
(1.) That under the methods of business adopt
ed by the Concern any amount of loss was posslblo.
The committee Btatcd that tho vouchers of tho
Printing Department wore not original bills, but
only monthly statements; the original bills were
asked for but could not bo found. (3.) That no
one was found whose duty it was to examine
and check invoices of goods purchased by the
Concern, and to certify their correctness before
they were paid by tho cashier. This work, If
done at all, was done by the head of department
purchasing; bills wcro found erroneously cast
up, which had beeu paid without being exa
mined by anybody. (3.) That the wages book
ot the bindery 6howcd that, sinco the last Gene
ral Conference, more than S'tlOO had been drawn
by the superintendent, under the bead of mis
cellaneous articles, for which no vouchers were
rendered, and concerning which no satisfactory
Information could be obtained. (4.) That the
committee could not obtain from the accounts of
tbe agents an' correct idea of the compensation
of the bead of tho bindery. Careful inquiry,
however, showed the following facts: In Janu
arj', 1804, his salary was raised from $1003 to
$2000, nnd on this basis he was settled with in
September last. . An examination of the wages
book showed that be bad drawn, on three several
occasions, since the last General Conference,
t 100. Further inquiry showed that this had
been done for years, in pursuance of an agree
ment between him and the agents, by which his
compensation was to be increased $300 per year,
but was not to appear on the books as a part of
his salary. Still further inquiry showed that
the gold-swccpings bad been given him for
several years. The committee estimate the
value of these gold-sweepings for tho
last six and a half years at fl0,500, or
more than $1600 per year. It was found
that other employes were receiving
perquisites, but the amounts were not ascer
tained. (5.) That the committee found nothing
in the accounts ot the agents to snow that tue
quantity and quality of goods rocelved corres-
Eondcd with the quantity and quality of goods
ought. "In fact," say the committee, "there
is no record to show that goods were received at
all." (0.) That the committee were led by tho
discovery of these defects of method to inquire
whether there bad beeu actual losses on mer
chandise in the bindery. Their examination
showed that, reckoning from December 1, 18(57,
there were 1400 dozen of skins not accounted
for, which must have cost tbe Concern not less
than $20,000. The chairman of this sub-committee,
tie Rev. James Pike, of New Hampshire,
did not sign the report of tbe Book Committee,
and is understood to dissent from it.
FATAL MISTAKE.
A Drngslst Sells Opium frr llhnbard It I Ad
ministered to a Child and Produces Kpeedy
Death.
The FIttsburg Commercial of yesterday has
the particulars of another of tho druggists' mis
takes which have latterly been so frightfully
frequent. The Commercial says:
On Wednesday Justice J. P. Berry, of Mc
Eecsport (by request of Coroner Clawson, who
was unable to attend to the case, bold an in
quest upon the body of a child named Jennie
Ilarger, aged 4 years.
The following is the testimony in the case:
William Maxwell sworn Am stepfather of Jennie
Ilarger, deceased ; on the loth instant my wife had
given the child, who was about three years old, a
bottle of castor oil; In the evening I went to Sill A
Itlggs' drug store, In M ml in township, and asked for
twenty-live cents' worth of pulverized ihubard; I got
It, and weut borne, and my wife mixed up about oue
tnird and gave It to the child, and the child threw it
np as quick as she swallowed It; my wife took about
one-hulf of what was left, and mixed It In molasses
and gave it to her; she then saw her stagger on ber
rent ; she then took ber up stairs aud put ber to bed ;
lalso laid down; my wile called In a few minutes
that tbe child was dying; I got up aud looked at ber,
and she was black lu tbe face; 1 went for aad gut Dr.
Rutin; he sent me to tbe drug store; there tasked
Mr. Steel what kind of medicine he gave me; he
handed me down the opium jar and tho rhubard jar;
I said It was not rhubard that I got ; he sutd It was
Ms mistake, and that be gave we opium; I weut
home, and the child was dead.
A. 8. Steel sworn Mr. Maxwell came to the drag
store and asked for twenty-flve cent worth of pul
verized rhubarb, and 1 gave him pulverized opium
in a mistake; the two jars stand one above the
other and are labeled alike; 1 mistook one for the
Other, an do aot deny that I made the mistake.
Alter deliberation, the Jury returned, (ije fol
lowing verdict: That the said Jenny ITargar
came to her death in MltHIn township, on the
10th day of January, 1870, by having pulverized
opium administered to her by her step-father in
place of pulverized rhubarb, through a mistake
of A. S. Steel, in Sill A Riggs' drug store, in said
township.
BUTLER'S SWORD SUIT.
The Defendant Ordered to Rhw Cooae why
an Attachment Nhonld not laane Against
Him.
In the suit of Miss Rowena Floranco against
General Benjamin F. Butler, for the recovery of
the value of several jewelled swords and a quan
tity of silver plate alleged to have been loft the
plaintiff by General Twiggs during the war, an
order war mado requiring Butler to appear In
court, and submit to an examination before trial.
Ills counsel having informed him that, as hit)
petition to have his cause removed into the
United States Court had boon riled in this Court,
he failed to appear. Plaintiff's counsel then
moved for an order requiring Bntler to show
cause why an attachment should not issue
against him. Judge Frccduian yesterday ren
dered a decision in tho New York Court, bpld
ing that the verification to the petition for ro
moval was insufllclent. Judge Freedman, in
bis opinion, concludes as follows:
"The aflidavlt annexed to defendant's petition
was sworn to before one Robert B. Caverly. re
siding at Lowell, In tbe Commonwealth of 'Mas
sachusetts, who certified the same uudur his
band and seal as an alleged commissioner for the
State of New York, appointed purstiaut to the
laws of 1850 and 1857 of said State hereinbefore
referred to; but there is no certificate of tho
Secretary of State subjoined or alllxcd thereto.
Not being sworn before a person authorl.od by
Congress, it cannot be read in evidence in any
court of the United States; aud not bciug
authenticated, as prescribed by the laws of
the 8tate of New York, it cannot be used
here; for the statute of 1850 provides not only
that it shall not be read in evidence, but also
that it shall not be used for any purpose what
ever. In either aspect of the case the defendant
has failed to comply with essential provisions of
law, upon tbe strict compliance with which the
validity of bis entire aflidavlt depends. Ho,
therefore, has not complied with the require
ments of tbe act authorizing a removal of the
case into tho Federal Courts, and subsequently
the action has not been removed, but is still
pending In this Court. Under tho circumstances,
the plaintiff is entitled to an order requiring the
defendant to show cause why nn attachment
should not issue. Tbe motion is granted."
LEGAL irTTELLIOHITCD.
NImI Prlua JuIko Ardcw.
In tho case of Demot vs. Demot, which was a con
troversy between husband andlwlfe about the cus
tody or their child, the Court this morning delivered
an opinion, confirming the nsual line of reasoning of
the Quarter Sessions in such cases, and remauding
the child to the custody of the mother.
(Supreme Court In Banc.
The Court this morning was engaged in hearing a
discussion of the charter of the Pennsylvania Medi
cal Society.
Court of Quarter Sessions Judge Paxson.
Among other habeas corpus cases heard this
morning was one in which Frank UiUlganwas
charged with burglary, lie was arrested In Jennings'
woods by Detective Miller, as ono of the gang known
ns the "Forty Thieves," and charged with burglary
because certain stolen goods wero found on tho log
upon which he w&i sitting, but there was no evi
dence to prove that he had been engaged lu the bur
glsry, and therefore ho was discharged.
Court oruuurter Meaaioua JihIkc Pclrce.
John Little was convicted of embezzlement. He
was employed byanillk dealer in Eleventh street,
and authorized to collect bills. Some of the money
was unaccounted for, and upon being arrested he
confessed that he had used It.
Court of Common jpieai Judge Ludlow.
Cheyncy et al. vs. Wright et al. Motion for an in
junction. The defendants In this bill hold a Judg
ment agalnBt the plaiuilils for f ll.KOy-60, entered on
bond arid warrant of attorney in the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Delaware county. A transcript of the
record of this jiulgmeut has been tiled in the District
Court of this county, execution has issued on this
judgment, and tho SherliT has levied upon certain
shares of stock of the "American Hot-cast l'oroe
iotn Company."
The Court was naked In this bill to enjoin the
Sheriff from selling t his stock ; to restrain the execu
tors of Mr. Wright, deceased, from Issuing any exe
cution on the judgment; and "The Porcelain Com
pany" from transferring any shares of the stock,
belonging to plaintiff's, to any purchasers under the
execution Issued upon the above recited judgmont.
Injunction refused. Opinion by Ludlow, J.
The regular Saturday business was before the
Court.
TUB NEW YORK MONEY M.VUKET.
From th N. Y. Herald.
"All the animation In Wall street to-day was after
the board, for during the regular hours or business
general dullness prevailed, not only in stocks, but in
gold, Governments, aud securities of all kindH, the
street manifesting an Indisposition to do anything,
but for what special reason did not appear, unless
it was that the smaller operators were waiting tor
the leaders, who have been rather quiet since the
first stage or their 'bull' movement. After the
boards and in late street transactions there was con
siderable activity, and the stock market elosed
strong, particularly for tho Vanderbilt shares, which
rose to92X for the stock and 87 for the scrip.
"Tbe money market was easy at six to seven per
cent., the former being the general rale In almost
all new loans. Commercial paper was quoted at
tight to twelve per cont for prime double name and
ten to twelve ror single name acceptance). The
suspension ot the woollen house of De Host & Co.
was aunounced to-oay.
"The gold market opened quietly and heavy In the
absence or bad news from Paris, and the price de
clined to 121 Its undertone was feverish and
sensitive, however, so that when, later In the day.
foreign exchange advanced, a rumor was started
that Parts was again In commotion, ami the price or
gold advanced to 122. Little credit was given this
rumor by the majority or dealers, but It mado the
'shorts' uneasy. At the cIobo the price returned to
121'-,', at which the offrrings were quite plentiful.
"The decline in gold led to a falling off of from a
quarter to a half per cent. In Government bonds,
especially as the London quotations csme lower to
day. The subsequent rise in gold to Vi'i did not oc
casion a recovery, but simply steadied the market,
which fact indicates a discredit of the reports on
which gold was run up.
"Under the demand for Saturday's steamer foreign
exchange was active and firm, although at the open
ing rates were lower than at the close of the day
previous. The market showed signs of speculative
manipulation, but in what connection It is difficult
to discover. Perhaps the troubles in Paris are the
secret or the advance. Sterling closed three-eighths
per cent, better than the lowest price or the day
and rrance about an eighth, the market having al
ready been well up for the latter."
' The city of Boston Is talking of a popular
loan, in sums of $50, 100, s500 and $1000.
LATEST SIHPPINQ INTELLIGENCE.
For additional Marin Nem e InsitU Pajts.
(By Mtfiraph.)
Ban FrtANCtsro, Jan. 14. Arrived, ship Horatio Uarrli,
from KoMton ; Kbip Niubt, from Baltimore; ship Waauioit
ton LibLj, f rem Uallao.
Cleared, ship Borlha, for Liverpool, with 34,000 looks of
wheat.
t'OHTliass MONHOl, Jan. IS. Passed In Barqns
Tbamea, from Liverpool fur City Point. The weather is
thiok.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA...
.JANUAEY 15.
STATS OF THKBMOMZTKB AT Till ZVKNZNO TIUtUBAPIl
orvtua.
7 A. M 88 1 11 A. M U I J P, M 4
CLEARED THIS MORNINO.
Bohr John Kennedy, I-onx, Baltimore, D. Ooopnr.
Bohr Anuie, Adams, Baltimore, do.
Bctir Annie J. tiaakill, Uaaaill. Newbern via Norfolk, 8.
Lathbury A (Jo.
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Bteemshie brunette, Done, a hour from New York.
With indue, to John b . Obi.
btearaer George II. Htont. Ford, from Waahinffton, D.
C.wilh mdae. to W. P.Olvde A Co.
nteamer K Franklin, Piereon, 18 hours front Baltimore,
witn ucUo. to A, Urovee, Jr.
MEMORANDA.
Steamablp Ariea, Wiley, henoe, at Boatoa yesterday.
Hleamer Centipede, boua4 out. Was M anchor ia to
SECOND EDITION
2.ATZ3ST 337 TELnQRAFIIe
Heavy Railway Subsidy The Striking
Telegraph Operators Still Firm
Advices from the Pacific
Coast To-day's Cable
Quotations.
ITinnnclnl fviid Commercial
I?tc., Ltc, Etc., Etc., Etc.
FROM CALIFORNIA.
Heavy Kalna-Sblp Newa-Inpartant Eject
ment Mult.
Ban Francisco, Jan. 15 The rains for seve
ral days past have been quite general throughout
the Pacific Btatcs, and the prospects for the
crops are most favorable. There is no longer
reason to apprehend danger to the coming grain
in this State from a want of rain.
The ship Chieftain has been placed under the
San Salvador flag, and her name changed to the
Clotllde.
Jacob Benjamin, executor of the estato of
Frank Decatur Forrest, a deceased minor, heir
of Joseph L. Folsom, has commenced suits of
ejectment against over 200 defendants for a por
tion of the Ranchd de los Americanos, In Sacra
mento county. Tho property is valued at a quar
ter of a million dollars.
The town of La Porte, in this State, was near
ly destroyed by fire on the 11th of January.
Kan Franclaco ItlarkctH.
San Francisco, Jan. 14. Flonr, f l-62M SBO;
sales of wheat at (1 8 for choice ; barley for brewing
uus advanced to tl-2Sl-ir. Legal tenders, 8.1.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Fnnrral ol Father Dolan.
Sprcia.1 DtKjmtch to The Evening Telegraph.
Baltimore, Jan. 15. Father Dolan's funeral,
yesterday was the largest ever seen here.
Several priests and prominent Catholics wcro in
attendance from New York, Philadelphia, Wash
ington and elsewhere. .
Hallway Matter.
About half - of the most important sections of
tho ordinance giving tho Western Maryland
Railroad thirteen hundred thousand dollars
passed the first branch of tho City Council last
night, by a large majority. Tho entlro bill will
undoubtedly pass both branches nearly unani
mously. Mr.,Valnvright, President Of tho Fredericks
burg and Gordonsville Railroad, is now here, and
has had finst mortgage bonds of the company
favorably placed on our market. The enterprise
Is well thought of.
FROM EUROPE.
Thin MornliiK'a Quotation.
Ihi th Anglo-American Cahl.
London, Jam 15 11 A.M. Consols for money, 02 tf ;
for account, 92. American securities quiet and
steady; United Mates Five-twenties of 18C2, 87 V;
of 1SCS, old, Sft','; of 1S67, 8tf; Ten-forties, S5.
Krie Kailroad, 174 ; Illinois Central actlvo at 102 ;
Great Western. 8 Market closing steady.
Paris, Jan. IS. Xlio Bourse opened (luict. Rcntos,
73f. 66c,
Fi;AIC13 AI1 COMMERCE,
Office of thk Evening Telegraph,!
Saturday, Jan. lu, 1S70. j
There Is an unusual degree of quiet in financial
circles this morning, the absence of all pressure on
tho market and the disagreeable condition of the
weather restricting the amount of business within
very small limits. In New York the market has
been restored to comparative case. A million dollars
was paid out by the tub-Treasurv for bonds, and the
rates immediately fell. It Is noticeable that there
Is a very large accumulation of national bank notes
In most ot the money markets of the East, and In
some, our own among the rest, loans in that cur-
rency are made at lower Ugurcs.
We quote call loans to-day at fsa per cent on
good collaterals, and discounts average 8 per cent.
Gold Is quiet to-day, but the premium is unusually
steady, the entire range being between 121iand
1215j.
Government securities were dull, and prices de
clined a mere fraction. There is very littlo specula
tive or investment demand to-day.
There was very littl'j doinjr at the Stock Board this
morning, nml prices are Bteudy. in City loans there
wtre free sales ot the new sixes at 100.V, with CK bid
for the old.
Heading Kailroad was dull with sales at 47 3-16
TK ; Pennsylvania Kailroad was quiet ; one share
was sola at 64 ; Lehigh Valley Railroad was taken
at 53 and My b. o. ; and Northern Central at 43
Bft.y b. o, was bid for i'atawissa preferred, and iisf
for Philadelphia and Erie.
The miscellaneous share list was entirely over
looked. A valuable and useful publication for hankers,
statietiBians, aud capitalists, has lately been
published by an enterprising banking firm In this
city. It Is a pamphlet of eight patres, neatly gotten
up, containing the highest and lowest quotations or
gold from January, 18w, to January i, 1870. The
quotations are iu tabular form, aud give the ex
tremes for each day in the years named. Tliero Is
also a table giving the dlil'erent gold values of Gov
ernment bunds for the past six years at stated
periods. The pamphlet can be obtained gratui
tously of the publishers, B. K. Jamison A Co., norin
west corner of Third and Chesnut.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven 4 Bro., No. 40 a Third street.
FIRST BOARD,
17000 City os,New.ls.luo'-
MH) 8ch Nav S, "88 M S
loo su Lea V R . . boo. ts:iy
it do.. .(I bill. B2'(
100 dO..Opgt1t. 53
1 sa Penna Kit.. M1,'
SshNCent It.... 43jtf
f '-IMHJ UO IW
fiooo do loo v
tM)00 C k Am 6s, 83. 8f V
tr.ooo Le gold 1....C 9ix
(3000 (10 18. i'A
Jit Cooki ft Co. qnote Government securities as
follows: V. a 68 Of 1931, 117?4'(iJ118; 6-SOS Of 1882,
lin(ail67i ; do., 1864, llDxailo-tf ; do., I860, 116 v
116; do., July, 18C8, lW'MlUX', do. do., 186T,
H4U4?i; da, 1868, U4(iu,y; 10-40,
1MH ! Cur. 68, 109J,'1097i. Gold, 121
Mbsbrb. D Uavkn ft Broths a, u No. & Third
Street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations!
U. 8. 68 Of 1881, U7X"8; da 18C2, 116i(Sl 16J
da 1864, ll6''ailB,'4 ; do. 1S65, Uft.v&ueij-; do. I8t,
new. Il3ctil4.s'i da 1607, do. ii4',(iuy o. lses,
do., 1136141 ; 10-408. 112XC4H2,V; U. 8. 80 Year
percent. Currency, 1094,(101); Due Comp, Int.
Notes, 19; Gold, i2ix3Mi ; Sliver, lie&UH.
Naur A Ladnbb, Hankers, report this morning's
Gold quotations as follows:
10-00 L M 121 S ,10-40 A. M 12l
1084 '. Wl.V
-
Philadelphia Trade Iteport.
jsAiTRDAr, Jan. 16. The Flour market is charac
terized by extreme dullness and depression, and, la
the absence of any demand for shlpmeut, only 6600
barrels were taken by the home consumers In lots,
Including superfine at 1 1-254-50; extras at $1-62
(34Tx; Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra
lamlly at tft6, the latter rate for choloe ; Pennsyl
vania do. do. at t5B-78; Ohio da da at 5-76q-tt;
and fancy Western da do. at 16 -SOOT -60, as to qual
ity. Itye Hour may be quoted at 3 per barrel.
Prices of Corn Meal Hre noiuiual.
Tho inactive condition or the Wheat market noted
yesterday still continues, aud prices are weak.
Sales of 1000 bushels prime Pennsylvania red at f 1-25,
and 600 bushels choice Genesee white at f 1-60. Rye
may be quoted at flc.l-OS fsr Western and Pennsyl.
vunla. Corn 1b less active bat steady. UoOO bushels
new yellow sold at boo. for damp up to hi).so. tor
prime dry. Oats are unchanged ; 2000 bushels Penu
sylvanla sold al Miif6o. Ho further sales were re
ported In liarlcy or Malt.
Heeds Cloverseed is quiet at -m2,8-11 per 64 lbs.
Timothy may be quoted at f4-7txs5. Flaxseed sells
In a small way at H-H42-2A.
W hisk la dull and nominal at ligi-oi.
THIRD EDITION
WAoninason.
Secretary Robeson will not Notice Ex
Secretary Welles The Latter Pre
paring a Second Blast Th
President Hopes the House
Virginia Bill may Pass
the Senate Naval
Affairs.
Investigatioa of th) Wall S'.ree; Gold
Speculations. ,
FROM WASUUfaTOJT.
Salaries of PayinaetrrV Clerk.
SpeMaX Detpeuck to The Evening Telegraph,
Washington, Jan. 15. In the annual report
of Payinnster E. T. Dunn, U. S. N., Chief of the
Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, Navy De
partment, he says, In regard to
Halnrle Clerk to Pay m net era.
at the navy yards, that "I deem Itj proper to
renew the recommendation of ray predecessor
in ollico for an increase of the salaries of the
clerks to paymasters of navy yards aud sta
tions, and to paymasters and inspector in
charge of provisions aud clothing at navy yards
and stations, so as to place them, in regard to
pay, on an equality with other clerks in navy
yards, whose duties are not more arduous or re
sponsible than theirs.
"The recent order of the department requiring
semi-monthly instead of monthly payments to
tbe mechanics and others employed in navy
yards has greatly increased tho labor of pay
masters' clerks.
OUTriT roa SAILORS.
'The policy, and indeed justice, of supplying
sailors on their enlistment lu the navy with an
outfit of clothing, free of cost to them, has been
beforo so forcibly represented to the depart
ment that I only deem it necessary to allude to
it. The uccetsity of makiug some provision of
this kind for the sailor is daily becoming more
npparcut, and I most earnestly recommend the
mcusure to tho favorable cousidcration of tho
depnrtmcnt as one well calculated to promote
the best interests of the navy."
The Coffee Katlon.
It is proposed to issue to the crews. of vessels
on some of our foreign stations coffee in the
berry, in lieu of the ground coffee generally in
use In the navy. But as coffee, in the process
of roasting, loses considerably in weight, I
would suggest that the ration of coffee, when
Issued iu the uuroasted borry, be increased to
one and one-fourth ounces, the ration of ground
coffee being one ounce per day for each person.
Coffee-roasters, it is believed, can be attached
to the galleys of vessels with but little expense.
Fitting of Naval Teasel.
The machinery is to be taken out of the
United States steamer Chattanooga, and placed
in the Connecticut, (formerly tho Pompanoosuc).
at the Charlestown Yard. Tbe Chattanooga is
now at League Island, and will bo towed to Bos
ton for that purpose.
The machinery of the Autletatn will be placcu
in her at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and
prepared for sea service by Merrick & Sons, of
Philadelphia.
It is found that it costs tho Government far
less to have tho work done by outside establish
ments than to have it done by tho Navy Yard
forces. Orders have been issued to have the
United States steamer Swatara, now at New
York, fitted immediately for sea service.
Air. Mpencer' Naval Rank Bill.
It Is tho general belief here among naval offi
cers that Mr. Spencer's bill, introduced a few
weeks since, will, with perhaps some very slight
modifications, become a law.
The WellcH-Robeaon Imbroglio.
Special Despatch to The evening Telegraph.
Washington, Jan. 15. The Secretary of the
Navy declines answering the letter of his pre
decessor, Mr. Welles, concerning tho question of
lu justice alleged to have been done the latter in
the recent report of the Navy Department. Mr.
Welles, it Is said, will write another letter, de
fending his course as Secretary during the eight
years he occupied the office.
The Virginia. Question.
A careful canvass of the Senate shows a ma
jority in favor of the bill to admit Virginia with
out conditions. It Is the purpose of Senator
Trumbull to move on Monday the Ilouse bill as
a substitute for that now before the Senate.
The President to-day took occasion to con
gratulate Judge Bingham on the success of his
resolution In tho Ilouse yesterday. IIo hoped it
would pass tho Senate in the same shape.
The Late Gold Flurry.
The Banking and Currency Committee is in
session to-day investigating tho Wall-street gold
speculation and panic of last September. Several
witnesses have arrived, among them Jim Fisk
and General Butterflold
FROM JVEW 1QRK.
Telegraphic Movement.
,feinl Despateh to The Evening Telegraph.
New Youk, Jan. 15. It Is well known In tele
graphic circles that tho English cables have long
been controlled by the Western Union Telegraph
Company; and it is now reported on good
authority that within a week or ten days the
French cuble will bo effoctually brought wider
the same controlling influence, the negotiations
to th at effect being almost completed.
New York Money ana Stock Market.
Niw Yoke, January 18. Stocks nnBettlei,
Money easy at 7 per cent. Gold, 121 . Five
twenties, 1802, coupon, lias; do. iwm, do.,
lie.: do. 1808, da,. 116', i do. do., new,
114! Mo. 186T, 114-i! do. 113, 114; 10-408, U2 ;
Vlrirluia 6s, new. SI ; Missouri 6s, 81; Canton Com.
nanv. 68; Cumberland preferred, Ti ; Consoll
dated New York Central aud Iludribn ftiver, 2',':
Bile, S2,': Readme?, 94 X Adams' Express, 3;
Michigan Central, IWi; Michigan Southern,
Illlno Central, 140; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 9m
Chicago and Kook Island, 105V ; Pittsburg aud Fort
Wayne, 1S7,V- Western Union Telegraph, 82.W.
New York Frodnee Market.
Nsw T0HI-, Jan. IB. Cotton firm ; sales ef 90S
bales ailddlmg uplands at 85j,c, Flour Htate and
Western dull and in buyers' favor; Bute, H t6iK;
Western, 4-4(K6-25; Southern dull and drooping
at I5-6M9-76. Wheat unchanged. Corn dull and
heavy; new mixed Western, 86910. Data heavy;
State, 60r 62c.; Western, o(;oio. oeei quieu i-orit
quiet; new moss, 27-BT27t0; prime mess, 24
24-25. I.ard quiet; steam-rendered la tierces, 16)1
lti.c. W hisky quiet ; Western, il.
FROM THE SO VTH.
New Orlean Market.
KkwOrlkanr, Jan. IB. Receipts of cotton to-day,
82U6 bales. Exports to Bremen, 1441 bales; to Bar
celona, 2118 bales; to Cork, 1300 bales; eoaatwise,
ix,l bales. The week's receipts net 82,110 bales;
gross, 84,684 bales. Exports for the week to Liver
pool, 6126 balss; to Cork, 1300 bales ; to Havre, 1060
bales; to llreiuen, 8740 bales; to Barcelona, 4172
bales ; to Vera Cruz, til bales ; coastwise, WW bales,
ftoes on band, 102,010 bales.