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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1870.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
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FIRST EDITION
THE FUGITIVE COLLECTOR
His Defalcations Over $100,000.
Oar Coal Trade Statistics.
Heroism of ix Oliilcl,
Etc. F.tc, i2tc, iuc, i:tc.
THE FUGITIVE COLLECTOR.
Thu Oefnlrntlon Hnitl b Upwnrdu of
S lOO.OOO Hn Halley Committed itnlclde- f
The mysterious disappearance of Collector
Bailey was the chief topic of conversation In
the city yoBterday. An army of detectives spent
both Saturday and Sunday in a vain effort to
strike the trail of the fugitive. It was jrcnerally
thought that the Collector had left New York
with but very little money. Borne of his friends
eaid that they believed he had committed sui
cide. His heart-broken wife fctill remains at his
residence very ill.
THE LAST TIMB
the Collector was seen in public was on Tues
day afternoon, during the progress of the Fuller
ton trial before Judge Woodruff. At the close
of the trial, Bailey told a friend that he was
satisfied that Fullerton would be acquitted. He
eecmed nervous and agitated, and at the closo of
the conversation walked off very rapidly. A
rumor was spread on Saturday that Bailey had
lctt a memorandum which had been found. In
it he Is eaid to
CONFESS HIS GUILT.
He acknowledges himself a defaulter, but
says that ho had no intention of really defraud
ing the Government. He intended to make up
the amount of what he had abstracted at some
future time. It was also very needlessly said
that the Collector's bondsmen were beginning
to feel anxious about bis disappearance. On
hearing this, said one of the special agents of
the Treasury, I thought of the Dutchman who
trudged through a furious storm with the snow
np to his knees already, and murmured all the
time, "Eh, Hans, it's peklnning to snow !" His
bondsmen are Messrs. George Opdykc, II. E.
Dawes, Henry Clews, George Douglass, and the
representatives f the estate of Henry J. Ray
mond. ARREST OF HAILEY's CHIEF DEPUTY.
On Saturday afternoon Mr. Child, Bailey's
Chief Deputy, was arrested in the office at
Cedar 6treet, by Colonel Whittlesey, of the
Secret Service Department, on the charge of
being implicated in Bailey's defalcations.
Childs is well known as one of Bailey's right
hand men. He says that Bailey's frauds may be
traced back for nearly twenty years. From
what Childs has said it appears that there was a
balance of about $5000 against Bailey when he
was transferred from the Fourth District, and to
assume the balance against him now to be
$ 100,000 would be to make a small estimate.
But Mr. C. 8. Banflehl, of the Treasury, is per
Bonally making a thorough investigation, and
from information already received it is expected
that the total defalcation will amount to between
150,000 and $200,000.
THE IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF BAILEY'S FLIGHT.
The Immediate cause of the sudden flight of
Bailey was personified in Solicitor Ban Held, who
was sent on from Washington to Investigate the
affairs in Mr. Bailey's department. Solicitor
Ban field is a man who is not deceived by a garb
of high respectability and deep piety. He had
Been what some other gentleman in the Govern
ment employ, who stood equally high and
seemed equally irreproachable, had done.
Solicitor Banllcld knew that false figures and
wrong accounts will offset a seemingly very fine
character, and make it kick the beam too.
He grated very harshly against Mr. Bailey;
there was no soft spot to be found in him. Com
missioner Delano had arrived here before him,
on the same errand, but had returned with a
report that all was right. Solicitor Smith, of
the Internal Revenue Department, came with
Solicitor Ban Held. Mr. Smith was rather more
hesitating than Mr. Bonfleld. He had a very
high opinion of Mr. Bailey until plain black and
white showed him the truth.
$60,090 woKTn of whisky.
A number of cases have been found by the
in estimators which are interesting. While in
the Fourth District, in January, 1807, he gave a
Mr. Frank Edwards permission to transport 600
barrels of whisky to the First District of Cali
fornia. The whisky was to go to the bonded
warehouse of McCandray & Colsane, one of the
largest shipping houses In San Francisco. The
firm and the bonded warehouse were found to
be mere inventions, the liquor was never sent to
California, the bondsmen were unsubstantial
be In 2-s who had no existence on this globe, and
Mr. Frank Edwards betook himself to anknown
quarters.
$20,000 FOR MB. BAILEY.
While in the Fourth district, in January, 1867,
i Mr. Bailey seized the rectifying establishment
of Th. B Kerr, Nob. 138 and 140 West Seven
teenth street. This establishment was not In
Bailey's district, but that made no difference to
him. After holding the place for twenty days,
he released his hold upon it. The following re
ceipt will tell the story:
OFFICIAL 1
No.6l Chamdrks strkrt.Officb of Collector of
Internal Krvknub, Fourth Distkict, statu ok
Ktw iork, jauuary xm, inus.-ueceivoa rrora'moraas
B. Kerr the sum of 820,000, In settlement of charges
connected with the seizure of premises in West
Seventeenth street, subject to the approval of the
lion. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Joshua Bailbv. Collector.
Bailey was satisfied with the $20,000, but Kerr
Bought to recover his money after a number of
months. Bailey then commenced to suit to re
cover a legal forfeiture of the money, but was
beaten in the courts. Kerr only recovered some
$13,000 after all.
nOW JOSEPH JONES A CO. WERE FLEECED.
The third charge against Mr. Bailey is that he
received $32,000 to settle the caso of Jones &
Co., wholesale liquor merchaut in Whitehall
street, and that ouly $7500 of the amouut was
accounted for to the Government. The esta
blishment of this firm was seized about two
years ago by Mr. Bailey. Nostatementhas been
made about the disposition of the amount re
tained from the Treasury Department.
A DEFICIENCY OF $43,000 IN HIS ACCOUNTS.
The next charge against Collector Bailey is
that there was a deficiency in his accounts in
the Fourth district of $43,000. When Mr. Hugh
McCulloch was Secretary of the Treasury, his
attention, it is said, was called to this fact, and
he made a private investigation of the aff airs of
the late Collector, and withheld or rather did
not give the evidence to the public. This
trouble, however, was suffered to reHt till Mr.
Bailey became Collector of the Thirty-second
district, when it was again revived. It is
averred that Mr. Bailey intended to make up
the deficiency while in the Thirty-second dis
trict. The above, with other charges, appears to
have removed any confidence which Mr. Ban
field may have previously reposed in Mr. Bailey,
and he acted accordingly. He transmitted the
result .of his examinations to Washington, and
the result was Bailey's removal and llight.
These are only a few out of many cases.
General tteasonton will probably suspend all
thjeiuJlfl begun by Bailey. N, Y. San io-day.
THE COAL TRADE.
Official Statistics f-nnl Trade of the United
Maim.
From the Miner's Journal Coal Statistic 1
Register for 1870, just published, we take the
following interesting passages:
Anthracite Coal.
It will bo seen by the following table that the
supply of anthracite coal has fallen off 183,030
touB, while the semi-anthracite and bituminous
coals now embraced in our table have increased
1)40,800 tons during the year.
The whole supply of anthracite sent to
market
InlftflB WAS 13,221.880
In 1668 WU8 13,400,014
Decrease In 1889 183,630
Bcml-anthraclte and bltumluuus in 1869. . . . 0,086,930
" " " " in 1868... 4,140,070
Increase In 1RC9 946,800
Making the whole Increase in anthracite and
bituminous coal embraced in our table, for the
year I860, 703,230 tons against 1,779,309 tons in
18W.
The whole supply of coal miaed in the United
States in 1809 we give as follows:
Tont.
Official quantity of anthracite sent to mar
ket 13,22t,8S
Consumed in coal regions (estimated) 2,500,000
18,721,350
Bltumlnons (official), Including 423,810 tons
Imported 5,080,930
Bituminous mined and consumed In the
United States, In 1809, not embraced in
our tables (estimated) 10,000,000
Total product for consumption in 1669. .30,81 1,316
Trade CoinpiirUonn.
The consumption of coal in England in 1803
was 103,141,157 tons. In 1859 it was 71,900,000
tons, showing an increase of 31,241,141 tons in
ten years. Our consumption seems small com
pared with the consumption of Great Britain,
which is not as large in territory as the States
of Pennsylvania and New York. With ample
protection to our home industry, our annual
coal product will increase in a very short time
equal to that of Great Britain.
To give a stronger comparison of our trade
with that of Great Britain, we can state that the
whole product of anthracite coal sent to market
from the Schuylkill and Lehigh regions, from
1820 and 1822 to 1809 inclusive, amounts in the
aggregate to 112,640,032 tons, and only exceeds
the product of Great Britain in the single year
OI 1SUS, U, 499, 485 tons.
Of the total product of 15,721,386 tons anthra
cite mined in 1809, about 6,700,000 tons were
consumed in the regions and on the lines of the
transporting companies short of tide-water,
leaving but about 9,000.000 tons that reached
tide. Of this quantity, there was not less than
7,000,000 tons sent to New Jersey and markets
east of New Jersey. Besides the consumption
of Philadelphia and vicinity, there were only
171,031 tons, including 17,182 tons sent to for
eign ports, Bhipped south of Pennsylvania, from
Philadelphia.
Hupply or Different Regions.
The supply of anthracite coal sent to market
in 1808 and 1866 was furnished as follows:
1868. 1869. Lott Gain.
Wyoming Region.. 6,990,813 6,068,369 .... 77,556
Schuylkill " ..4,414,350 4.74.8,1109 354,613
Lehigh " ..2,507,582 1,929,583 595,799 ....
Shaniokin " .. 492,265 474,525 17,740 ....
13,405,010 13,221,380 595,799 412,169
13,221,886 412,169
183.630 I 183.630
To chow the course of the trade and the sup-
low!
irom dinerent regions, we subjoin the ioi-
owing for reference:
Vtar. RclnniVHH. Wimmino. Lehiah.
1860 .' 3,27U,510 2,941,817 1,821,774
1801 2,691,489 8,055,140 1,738,317
1862 8,890,598 8,145,770 1,351,054
1863 8,438,265 8,759,610 1,984,713
1804 8,642,218 8,960,836 2,054,609
1805. 8,735,808 3,256,658 1,822,535
1806 4,633.487 4,736,610 8,128,867
1807 4,334,820 5,328,322 2,002,446
1808 4,414,356 6,990,813 2,607,682
1809 4,748,900 6,008,309 1,929,583
At the close of last year's business we stated
that if Congress, then in session, would remodel
the tariff in the interests of domestic industry,
and adjust our national finances, the market
would take about one million tons increase be
tween the coal regions and the seaboard. They
did not settle either of these questions, and the
increase was 703,230 tons.
llllne Inspection.
Mr. John Eltringham, the Mine Inspector ap
pointed by Governor Geary, under the act for
the safety of the lives of the miners, passed by
the Legislature last April, entered on his duties
on the first of May, and has sent his report to
the Governor for the period extending from that
time up to January, 1870.
We have been permitted to examine some por
tions of the report which are of public Interest,
and have gleaned the following statistics from
the same:
Whole number of collieries examined in
Schuylkill county since May 1, 141.
This embraces all the collieries in this county
mining and shipping coal to market. There are
about twenty-live small collieries mining coal
for the supply of the different towns in the coal
regions not embraced in the report:
The number of drifts are is4
Nnniber of slopes us
Number of shafts 13
A drift is run in horizontal above the water
level. A slope is sunk on the inclination of the
vein below the water level, the pitch ranging
from 10 to 80 degrees. A shaft is sunk perpen
dicularly through the overlying strata to the
vein desired to be worked.
The deepest slope below the water level is
1560 feet. This is the Duncan Colliery, which
was abandoned at the close of the year, with
eight feet of the finest red ash coal produced in
the region at the bottom of the slope. The
nextldecpest is 1443 feet, another 990, and
another 972 feet. The other slopes are all of
lesser depths.
The deepest shafts are the Wadesvllle, COS
feet; the St. Clair shaft, 620; and the others are
of the following depths: 000, 304, 850, four of
300 each, 257, 250,140, and 124.
In the ventilation of the collieries below water
level there are used:
Furnaces. 89
Fans. 00
99
In ten collieries where the furnaces are used
there Is but one outlet for the men; but these
collieries are not extensive, and some are new
ones, which do not require much ventilation.
The number of men and boys employed at the
441 collieries were. 22,197
Number of mules used 1,625
Number or drift cars 6,206
Number of steam engines at mines 400
Aggregate horse power 25,221
The number of persons killed in the 141 col.
Merles in Schuylkill county, from May 1, 1809,
to Jan. 1, 1870, were 57 in 38 collieries. The
number of injured were 91, in 41 collieries.
Taking the quantity of coal mined after the first
of May, it would give one person killed in
Schuylkill county for every 87,000 tons mined;
and one person Injured for about every 42,400
tons mined. At least two-thirds of the deaths
are caused by falls of coal and slate, and a large
proportion of those injured arises from the
same causes. But few deaths, comparatively
speaking, have occurred in' Schuylkill county
from explosions, which are caused by bad ven
lllution in mines.
A TRAGEDY.
Dramatic Catastrophe at a Fire.
A fire occurred recently at Marion, S. C, de
stroying several bouses, and causing a loss of
40,000. The Star of that place thus relates a
deplorable incident:
'"Mr. Iseraan, one of our oldest and most re
spected merchants, lost his life in his hnmane
exertions to rescue a lady from the flames.
Believing that a female was asleep In the upper
story of one of the buildings then on fire, he
rushed up the stairs to save her. On reaching
the third story he found that the lady was not
there; then, attempting to return, he found
escape impossible from the smoke and flames
which rendered the whole stairway Impassable.
Rushing to a window, ho was seen by the crowd
below, who cried out to him to Jump to the
ground, and ho in return begged them to intcr-
5oee something to break the violence of his fall,
uet at that moment a keg of powder in the
lower floor of the building, occupied as a store,
exploded and shivered the wholo structure, and
the unfortunate man was lost in the burning
ruins. The next morning only his bones wcro
found among the smouldering embers where the
house had been."
THE INSANE WELL.
Illntorv of the ItorlnK ol the Deepest Hole In
the World-The Final Keport of the Umpcr.
Inlendent.
The St. Louis Republican, March 15, says:
' It is well known that the feature in connec
tion with the design of the new County Insuno
Asylum was that the water supply was to be
derived from an artesian well. The boring was
commenced almost at the same time with the
erection cf the building, and was continued
without intermission until within a few mouths
ago, when it was abandoned. The boring was
carried to a depth greater, we believe, than
any similar well in the world; but the sub
terranean water was not reached, at least where
It had sufficient strength and volume to riso
above the surface of the ground. There was
something evidently wrong in the geologi
cal and other forecastlngs, and, after a largo
expenditure of money, somewhere about
tl00,000, the work was thrown up in despair by
the County Court. Yesterday, Mr. C. W. Atkin
son, superintendent of the undsrtaking, sub
mitted a lengthy report embodying a history of
the work, from which we make the following
abstract:
The work of boring was commenced on the
grounds at the south side of the Insane Asylum,
in a well which had been dug to the depth of
seventy-one and a half feet. The tubing having
been placed in position, a 4-inch drill was put
down on the afternoon of the 31st of March,
1806, and the boring commenced, and was con
tinued day and night, with ouly the necessary
stoppages, until the 9th of August, 1869, whea
It was stopped finally; at whieh time the well
had been sunk to a depth of 3843 feet. In the
entire depth, 63 feet of cloy has been passed
through, 6 leet of coal. 300 feet of shale, 2725
feet of limestone, and 080 feet of sandstone. A
number of specimens have been saved from
each formation. At a depth of 1222 feet the
water was a little paltish. At a depth
of 2140 feet a flinty opening was
(truck, which niada the drill deviate from a
straight course, and the spot was passed with
difficulty. This opening contained sulphur
water. At 2513 feet the rock was found tliuty,
with small openings, and the hardest yet met
with. On the 14th of November, 1807, the poles
parted 900 feet from the top of the well, and
oli-o parted near the top, allowing twenty-seven
poleB to pass down by the side of the lower
poles. At the beginning of the boring the drill
fell on the bottom 44 to 50 times per minute.
At the depth of 3000 feet, 28 to 30 tunes; and at
the depth of 3843 feet, 24 to 25 times per minute.
At the depth of 3029 feet the temperature is 107
degrees Fahrenheit; at 3127 feet it is 106 de
grees Fahrenheit; at 3264 ft. it is 100 degrees also.
At 8393 feet the water was 2 degrees salt. The
variations to 8473 feet In saltness and tempe
rature were trilling. At3543 feet a soft, whitish
sandstone was struck. The borings change by
exposure to grayish red; some places brown,
other places yellowish, but the red predomi
nates. The water from this rock showed
from seven to eight degrees salt. In
many places this formation is exceedingly
hard. At 3837 feet the temperature is
105 Fahrenheit. The tcpts of temperature were
made with a registering thermometer of Fahren
heit scale. Another test was made. The white
of an egg was tightly inclosed in a short tube,
with a plug screwed in each end, and let down
3825 feet, and let remain one and a half hours,
after which it was taken up. It had undergone
no apparent change. In boring to a depth of
833 feet the drill wasoften observed to be highly
magnetized; after passing this point there ap
peared to be no such influence. The loss of
time, from various accidents and causes, is
stated to have been less than 10 per cent, of the
whole period occupied in boring. The well was
left in a good condition for resuming boring at
any future time. Mr. Atkinson remarks that
here is a good opportunity of exploring at a
cheap cost a hitherto unknown region of the
earth.
THE PARAGUAYAN WAR.
The Agreement Between the Allied Powers
lor the Withdrawal of a Portion of the
Troops from ParajtuaT.
At an interview held in the city of Asuncion,
Paraguay, on November 24, 1869, between the
Minibter of Foreign Affairs of the Argentine
republic, Dr. Dom Mariano Varela, ana Coun
sellor Dora Jose Maria de Silva Paranhos, En
voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotenti
ary of Brazil, on special mission, an arrange
ment was entered into to settle the proposal
made by the Argentine Government for the
reduction of the respective forces in the opera
tions in Paraguay.
The Argentine Minister stated that thanks to
the successive triumphs gained by the allied
forces, by which the enemy had become re
duced to an insignificant number of soldiers,
who could not offer any serious resistance, and
who were hidden in the woods and deserts, his
Government believed that the opportune mo
ment had arrived for diminishing the heavy
charges that the three nations hud been hitherto
supporting, both in the expenses Incurred by
the war and the absorption of so many of the in
habltuuts. He acknowledged that for his Gov
ernment this measure was not a convenience that
could easily be dispensed with, but a necessity
urgently called for by the present circumstances
in respect to the Argentine republic, a necessity
that it would only disregard in the event that
the intentions of the alliance demanded it, which
had been previously demonstrated by the act of
restoring the operative forces for the attack on
Piribebug and Azcurra, which forces hud been
definitely withdrawn. That the Oriental Gov
ernment not only agreed to the proposed reduc
tion, but also most willingly withdrew its former
decision so as to allow the retirement of the
entire Oriental division, as shown by its note
addressed to the Argentine Government under
date of the 3d inst.
The Brazilian Minister declared that his gov
ernment was fully as anxious as its allies to
leeeen the great sacrifices imposed upon it by
the existing war, and being informed of the
dispositions entertained by the Argentine and
the Oriental governments, it has hastened to
authorize the desired arrangement, always pro
vided that Count d'Ku, Geueral-lu-Chiet of the
Brazilian forces, did not see any serious reason,
in the present state of the campaign, why
the allied forces should not be reduced.
Fortunately such measures perfectly coincided
with that Prince's views, and thorefore
the Minister adhered with pleasure to the
measure in question. Allowing in princi
ple the convenience of a reduction in the
allied forces, the ministers agreed that the
quantum, as fur as the Argentine and Brazilian
forces were concerned, should be submitted to
the views of the respective generals in chief. At
the same time the Argentine Minister declared,
that in reference to the import of article two of
the treaty of the Triple Alliance, and the fact
of the chief part of the Argentine army being
in the field, his Government desired the imme
diate withdrrwal of the National Guard; and the
Brnr.lllan Minister also declared that it wns
Count d'Eu's intention to rcduco tho Brazilian
f rees by the withdrawal of the bodies of ihe
Volui teers de la Patrla and of the National
Guard. ...
In reference to the withdrawal of tho eutlre
Oriental division, already considerably lessened,
thev left the matter solely to the decision of the
Oriental Government, the Paraguayans who had
formed part of the same division being sub
mitted to the orders of the provisional govern
ment of that republic. Although tho measure
in question had already met the approval of
the Government of the Republic of Uruguay
(Oriental) in the recent note above alluded
to, and the othcrprevious declarations, the repre
sentatives of the Argentine Hcpubllc and tho Um
pire of Brazil deemed it necessary to solicit fresh
and special adhesion on the part of that Govern
ment. Judging that the present arrangement
fully meets tho friendly views of the Allied
Governments, congratulating themselves on tho
hnppy issue and protesting, in tho name of their
respective Governments, the greatest reciprocal
confidence and the greatest desire to fulfil tho
terms of the alliance, the Ministers declared tho
conference concluded and caused the present
report to be drawn up and signed by their two
signatures.
Mariano Vaiiela,
Jose Mauia de Sii.va Paraniios.
Buenos Ayres, December 1, 1809.
Approved, that tho above note be forwarded
to the Government of the republic of Uruguay
(Oriental) and published. J B. Gokostiaoa.
REMARKABLE HEROISM.
Three Uvea Saved bv a IJIrl (Inly Eleven Years
Old.
Tho Elyrla (Ohio) Conttilutionalist, March 16,
says: At a point on the east branch of the
Black river, near the intersection of Fourth
street and East avenue, is a pluco where it has
been convenient for pedestrians to cross tho
river when bridged over by ice. Tho thaw of
last week bad a weakening effect upou the ice
previously formed over the river and rendered it
an unsafe passage.
On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Beeze, a woman
who bad reached the declining age of life, in
company with two boys, aged about ten years,
started for their home on the east side of the
river, taking the usual route. After reaching
the river at the point above designated they
ventured to cross, notwithstanding the unsafe
condition of the ice. Having proceeded almost
to the opposite shore the ice suddenly gave way
and instantly precipitated the three into deep
water. The unfortunate trio made every effort
to save themselves, but these efforts were' unsuc
cessful, as it was Impossible for either of them
to rise above the ice.
At this juncture little Mary Sudro, aged eleven
years, whose parents reside on tho west bank,
close to the river cr ", hearing the cries of
the distructed wo- , n ,d terrltied children,
quickly ran to the v, ;aei s edge, and perceiving
at a glance the perilous positiou of tho struggling
trio, with remarkable presence of mind in one
so young, seized a long pole that lay near by
and heroically vontured upon tho weak ice to
their assistance. At every step tho ice bent and
cracked, as if to warn the little hcroluo back
from her brave purpose; but still, with the hope
of saving their lives, evon at the imminent
probability of losing her own, she bravely
kept on her way and finally succeeded
in placing tho pole within reach of the now
almost exhausted woman. Here the child re
mained for some time, reaching the polo to each
of the suff erers, and thus affording a sufficient
support to keep their beads above water. At
this juncture a number of men who were pass
ing by came to the relief of the distressed per
sons. A boat was despatched to their aid, and,
after much difficulty, the sufferers were rescued;
not, however, until one of tho men wh' had
gone in the boat had narrowly escaped drowning
himself.
The woman was taken to a neighboring house,
where she was carefully attended, but so serious
had been her fright, and bo exhausting her
exertions to save herself, that it was several
hours ere she could be removed to her home.
The children did not seem to be much ex
hausted. Had it not been for the heroic pre
sence of mind of the little girl a painful calamity
would undoubtedly have resulted.
THE NEW YORK MONEY mAKKBT.
From the JV. T. Herald,
There was less speculative activity during the
week as compared with the period atteudiug the
excited decline in gold. The greater dullness was
due to the greater firmness in the gold market,
where the extreme fluctuation was Irom llll,4
113, both of which prices were made on tho same
day viz., Monday and In the order of the higher
to the lower price, the decline being due to the In
troduction of Senator Sumner's bill to compel the
banks to hoard their specie at such a rate as to turn
their reserve eventually into coin. After this flurry
the market became quiet and comparatively steady
and firm, the price 112 being made on Saturday,
during the earlier hours of business and before the
table of exports and Imports was made public. The
firmness in gold during the week was due to a quiet
buytbg movement on the part of those who think
gold "cheap" at such prices, no resistance being
ottered, for the reason that the "bears" are afraid
to sell at the figures which now prevail. The
exports having fallen on from the previous average
encouraged Die "bulls," but on Saturday the Import
for the week showed a diminution over two millions
as compared with the previous week. The eirect on
gold remain to he seen. Meantime the prospective
1 aliure of the Funding bill in the House gives the
"bulls" temporary support in their views of the
market.
During the decline in gold the effect upon the
Government list was to a considerable extent coun
terbalanced by the advancing quotations in Lon
don, mill the demand for bonds on European ac
count Both these latter Influences were lo.t to the
market during the past week, five-twenties In Lon
don being weaker, and declining on Saturday to as
low as 5)0','. The etl'ect was a slow decline of a frac
tion tach day, until on Saturaay the lowest prices
were made in the second downward turn which
Governments nave taken since their original 'break,'
when gold went to 110X, and tho Funding bill
passed the Senate.
The rate on call ranged from four to Ave per
cent., with exceptions at six per cent, on miscella
neous collaterals. On Saturday loans were made as
low as three per cent, on Governments. The out.
flow of currency expected In connection with the
spring demands in the rural districts has not been
as large as originally anticipated, the banks hav
ing lost only half a million legal-tenders during
the week, indeed, with the low prices of farm
ing products It is doubtful If the farmers
will require as mnch money this spring
as heretofore. The prospect of light returns for
their labor checks their agricultural enterprise.
Again, the disposition of Wall street to discount the
activity expected at this season has assisted the de
cline In prices in Wall street and the shrinkage of
values sets more capital at liberty, llenee the rate
on call has not responded to the prospect of activity,
especially as the banks In possessing a surplus of
(25,000,000 above their legal reserve, are In a posi
tion to meet the drain to the country should it be of
normal proportions.
New York Money and Stock markets.
Niw York, March 81. Stacks easier. Money
easy at 6tf6 per cent. Gold, 112. Five-twenties,
1862, coupon, 1091 dO. 1864. do., 108'i i do, 1868,
da, 109; do. do. new, los;,; do. 187, louf
do. 1868, 109 V; 10-408, 105j; ; Virginia 6a, new,
Tl; Missouri 6s, 91)tf; Canton Company, 62; Cum
berland preferred, 26; Consolidated New Vork Cen
tral and Hudson Klver, ny, ; Brie, u ; Readlng,96 ;
Adams Express, 60; Michigan Central, liu;
Michigan Southern, 66tf; Illinois Ceutral, 140 j
Cleveland and Pittsburg, 98'i ; Chicago and Itock
Island, 119: Pittsburg aud Fort Wayne, 195; West
ern Union Telegraph, 82)4.
New York Frounce Market.
Nsw York, March 81. Cotton quiet and steady;
middling uplands, 23X0. Flour State and Western
dull, sua prices favor buyers ; Southern quiet. Wheat
dull and declining; No. spring, 11-12, delivered;
Ho. 2, II. Corn firm ; new mixed Western 9$98o. j
new white Western, 96c. Oats firm but quiet. Beef
quiet. Pork and Lard dull. Whisky dull and nominal
atfiai-oa.
Two competing stage lines in California
advertise "free meals and free rides," each
hoping to drive the other from the course.
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
JTn Icing; tlio Census.
Fires in the South and West.
The ltccont Supreme Court Decision
Senate Nominations To-day.
i:tc, Ktc, lite, lite, lite.
FROM WASHIJVaTOJV.
Namlnntlonn to the Senate.
SjM-eial Despatch to The Evening Ttlcgraph.
Washington, March 21. Joslah R. Stanton,
who recently passed the Examining Board at
Philadelphia, has been nominated to the Senate
for an Assistant Paymaster in the Navy. Lieutenant-Commander
Montgomery SIcard, U. S. N.,
has been nominated for a Commander.
The IIoNmer Case.
In order to correct a misapprehension tho
agents of the Associated Press are requested by
non. B. B. French, 8econd Auditor, to state
that the recent decision of the Supreme Court
in the cane of the United States, appellants, vs.
Henry J. Hosmer, applies only to men who en
listed for three years, between May 8 and J uly
22, 1801, and who were honorably discharged.
('ennui Circular.
E(j tht Ainociated Prtsa.
Washington, March 21. Francis A. Walker,
Superintendent of the Census, has published a
circular annouueing that the act of May, 1850,
requires that tho Assistant Marshal shall bo the
actual enumerator. Subdivisions cannot be
farmed out in whole or part, nor can the dnty
be performed by deputy er proxy. All that
the law allows for this service must be paid to
the mon who actually do tho work. Marshals
are required to keep tills fact distinctly in view,
and to form their subdivisions with express
reference to their enumeration by single assist
ants. C 6 It 12 H 8.
FOIITV-FIIWT TEIt.n-ECOM HESION.
Ncniite.
Washington. March 21. Mr. Carpenter in
troduced a bill changing the time for holding
the Circuit aud District Courts of Wisconsin.
Referred to tho Committee on tho Judiciary.
Without transaetlnz 01 her business, the
Senate, on motion of Mr. Sherman, went into
excutive session.
Ilouae.
Bills were introduced and referred as fol
lows: By Mr. Lawrence, to provide for the support
ot the Government, the payment of the eutlre
debt, and the reduction ot taxes, lie stated he
was not the author of the bill, but that it was
drawn by one of the ablest statesmen of the
countrr.
By Mr. Trumbull, to provide two local in
spectors of steamboats at Paducah, Ky.
By Mr. Arnell, to do j ustice to female em
ployes of the Government.
By Mr. Smith (Iowa) to divide Tennessee into
two judicial districts.
By Mr. Wells, donating certain condemned
ordnance to the Lyon Mouumeut Association.
By Mr. Bates, to incorporate the Indian Ter
ritory and Gulf Railroad Company, etc.
from tuFso OTIl.
Destructive Flren.
New Orleans, March 21. Twenty small
houses, in the square bounded by Morales,
Annette, Good Children, and St. Bernard streets,
were burned last night; loss, $50,000.
The steamboats New York, from Bayou Bar
tholomew, with 900 bales of cotton, and Charles
IL Durfree, from St. Louis, wero burned this
morning at the foot of Bienville street; loss,
$150,000.
FROM NEW YORK.
The Steamship City of lirumiel.
New Yokk, March 21. The reported arrival
of the steamship City of Brussels last night is
probably an error. She cannot be seen outside.
It is very foggy.
FROM THE WEST.
Organ Fuctory Burned.
Milwaukee, March 21. Marshall Brothers'
organ.manufactory, at RIpon, Wis., was burned
on Saturday last. Loss, 112,000; insurance, $5000.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
FROM EUROPE.
This ftlorntna's Quotations. .
By the Amjlo-American Cable.
London, March 2111-80 A.M Consols for money
93 ; for account 93V. United States 5-20S of 1862,
90;1865S, Old, 88X: 18078,89',-; 10-403, 8T. Krle
ltallwav, 81X ; Illinois Central, HBtf ; Great West
em, 1.
Liverpool, March 21 11-30 A. M. Cotton flrra;
middling uplands, 11 '(!.; initialing Orleans, lljd.
The sales are estimated at 12,000 bales.
Havke, March 21 Cotton closed quiet at 138f.
on the spot, Saturday night.
Bkbmkn, March 21. Petroleum closed quiet here
and heavy at Hamburg, Saturday night.
FUVJlTVCIS AIill COMMEHCE.
OmCI 0 I UK KVENINO TILS(JHIPH,(
Moodar. March 21. 17U. i
There is no special activity in the loan
market this morning, and money continues
easy and in good supply. There is no apparent
improvement in general business, owing chiefly
to the unsettled condition of national questions
involving important results both to llnauce aud
trade. Business is thus retarded until some
definite conclusion on these matters shall have
been reached.
We continue to quote call loans at 56 per
cent, on Government or other safe collaterals,
and discounts at bM per cent.
Gold is comparatively quiet, but tho market
is decidedly strong, opening with sales at 112,
touching as high as 112, and closing at noon
at about 112T an advance of
Government bonds are dull, and prices some
what irregular, a few of the Issues showing a
falling oil and others an advance on closing
quotations of Saturday.
The Stock market was active and prices ad
vanced very generally. Sales of City (5 at 102
for the new certificates. Lehigh Gold Loan was
taken at 88.
There was a sharp demand for Reading Rail
road, and the stock sold up to 48J b. o. Sales
of Pennsylvania Railroad at 5Xi m advance.
Camden and Amboy was steady at 115. Hales of
Leblgh Valley Railroad at W(54; Mlnehlll
Railroad at 51; Oil Creek and Allegheny
Railroad at 42; Northern Central Railroad at
4b; and Philadelphia and Erie was in request
at ZtX.
Canal shares were not offered to any extent,
and no sales were made; 31.1 was the best bid
for Lehigh; XA for Bchuylklll preferred, and
45 for Delaware Division. Miscellaneous stocks
attracted very little notice, and tho only salo
was in Mechanics' Bonk at 31.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK KXCUANOB 8ALK8.
Reported by De Haven Bro., No. 40 S. Third street,
FIRST BOARD.
tWO City 6s,N...ls.l0
100 sh Read R..C.48 1-18
800 do.. is.b3').
100 do.sl0wn.48 1-18
4oo do.siown. ls.w l-lrt
l do..... ooo. 48 j
S00 do ....C 43 1-16
B00 do 48 V
20 sh C Am It. Is. 115
sosnLehv K...ls. 6?tf
l . do Is. Mif
eooshTh K IUs. 27v
100 do bB. 87V
008hOCAAR.ItM 4
100 do tiHO. 42
?00 dO..l3.bC0. 42
2'iOOO do I3.10-1
11000 do bS.101
tiooo do 102
1100 do 101
trooo Amer Gold.. . .na;
15000 C A A m Oh, "89
bown.... 91
ffiOOO Phil K 78.18. MX
iooo w Jer it 7s. ... 98
11800 Lcti KLonn... 8V
lOshMcfli Bk..ls. 81 ?t
S3 do Is. 81 'i
83 so Pcnnalt.-ls. M'i
8 do c. Wy,
sh Minehill..ls. BtM
Missus. Db IIavsn a Brothkr. No. 40 S. ThtM
Street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations:
U.8.6sof 1881, 114114V; do., 1S62, 109VUJ 5
do. 184, 108V109; no. ib66, 108?iCH: ' do. 1665,
new, N7Ji(aioi;i ; do. 18S7, do. IOS'IOOj do. lass,
do., 10vumv; 10-4US, lori105f ; u. r, g0 year
6 per cent. Currency, 112" ..4ll2 ; Duo Cotop. Int.
Notes, l; Gold, ii2V(li2.v; Sliver, lll,Vv112)tf.
tnlon Pacific R. R. ut Jlo'rt. Bonds, $sWi8i; Cen
tral PacUlc R. R. 1st Mort. Bonds, fv3&&V43: Union
Pacific LandUrant Bonds, itcWtb.
JAT C'OO KB A CO. Ollotfi Oovi-mmpnf aofurltlo.
4"OllOWS: U. a 68 Of 1881, 114;114Vt 6-208 Of 1862,
Ji-Byjiuw , nu., lim, m (Sioa; dO., 186ft, lOJ WYr
109: do., July, 18n, 107108; do. do., ib7,
108.'100V; 1868, 1UIM1109.V; do., HMOs, 105'.'(A
loftH; Cur. 6s, mu(ati2.Y. Gold, 112
Narr A Ladnkr, Bankers, report this morning
Gold quotations as follows:
10-00 L Al 112i 10-42 A. M U2'i
10-07 " 112V 11-02 " U2)f
in-16 " 112 " 112'i
10-28 " .... 112V
Philadelphia Trade Iteporc.
Monday, March 21 Bark Is dull, and has again
declined ; sales of 23 hhds. No. 1 Quercitron at f 21
iton.
There is no Improvement to notice In the deraan
for Fiour, which Is limited to tho immediate wants
of the home consumers, who purchased 4(3,500 bar
rels, In lots, at 4-3744-90 for superfine; $l-62,w
4-87X for extras; s-2Sgo-75 for Iowa, Wisconsin
and Minnesota extra family ; 15(35-75 for Pennsylva
nia do. do. $5-256 for Indiana and Ohio do. do.,
and J6-257-B0forfancy brands, according to quality.
Rye Flour may be quoted at I4-62X V bbl. Prices
01 Corn Meal are nominal.
There is very little doing in tho Wheat market,
and only 800 bushels Pennsylvania red sold at 11-24
Cl-20. Rye ranges from 5 to 97o. Corn The re
ceipts aud stocks are light, and there 18 a good de
mand. Sales of avoo bushels Pennsylvania and
f-outhcrn yellow at 0$92c. In the cars and from
store, an advance. Oats are steady, with sides of
2500 bushels Western and Pennsylvania at 54($55o.
Whisky la quiet at SKglfl for wood and iron
bound packages.
Philadelphia (Juttle Market.
Monday, Marcu 21 There was only a moderate
demand for Beef Cattle tu-dnv, and prices of all de
eorlptiiuis were weaker. W e quote choice at 9 V(
9 V-; prime ut SX Oc. ; fair to good at 7X(aSVe. :
and common at Bj4(n.7c. V lb, gross, according to
quality. Receipts, liuo heud. The following sales
wero reported :
HrtM,
60 Owen Smith, Pennsylvania, 79;f.
40 A. Christy & Bro., Western, 7)$39.
58 lit-niiis Smith, Western, 6i$8,v.
80 Daengler A McCleese, Laucaster CO., 7uiS'4.
59 P. McKUIeti. Western, 7CU.
00 Ph. Hathaway. Western, 7)$8J!?.
48 James 8. Kirk. Lancaster county, 7K'$9V-
31 B. F. McFlhcu, Laucotiter co., 7i4(sbV.
70 .lames McKlllen, Western, 6(l(i.
181 Ulnuan A Bachinan, Lancaster 00., 89V.
175 Martin Fuller A Co., Western, 7.'.
97 Mooney A Smith, Lancaster co., 7yi9V.
50 Thomas Mooney A Hro Lancaster e.,
100 Johu Sniltti A Bro., Lancaster co., 7r$9.
71 J. A U Frank. Lancaster co., SrjSJj'.
67 Gus. Schamnerg A Co., Lancaster co., Hi&Sys
80 Hope A Co., Lancaster co., 7,Vrt$SK.
18 M. Dryfoos A Co., Penna., 6(v6.
48 II. Frank, Lancaster co., 7(rf8jf.
38 Blum A Co., Lancaster co., 78.
45 S. Knox, Lancaster co., 7(3,9tf.
40 Klkon A Co., Lanster co., 7(8.
20 Chandler A Alexander, Chester CO., 7V(aa.
15 L. Home. Penno., 66 .
40 (. Elllnger, Oil 10. 7AbV.
19 Thomas Duffy, Western, 7Jtf9.
35 John McArdle, Western, 7tfc9X
20 S. Frank, Lancaster co., 7(o.s.
70 Adler A Co, Lancaster co., 6(7.
42 J. B. Laud Is, Lancaster co., 7x;9V.
Cows and calves were unchanged, with sales of
150 head at 45C6. Springers sold at fiOioo.
Sheep The market was dull at former figures.
Sales of 8000 head at both yards at 68 wjc., tho latter
for extra.
Hogs The market was firmer at an advance.
Sales of 2076 head at I t2a,l2-50 for slop and S13($1350
per 100 lbs, net forcorn fed.
LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
For additional Marine Xews tee Inside Paget.
(By Telegraph.)
FORTRESS Monrok, Marcn 21 Arrived, brig Lizzie
Garrow, from Macao, lor orders.
PORT OP PHILADELPHIA MARCH 21
BTATR OP THERMOMETER AT TOR EVENING TBI.EOKAFH
OFFICII.
7 A. M 60 1 11 A. M 6S I 3 P. M 60
CLEARED THIS MORXTNQ.
Steamer Majtlower, Fultz, New York, W.P.Clyde
A Co.
Tug Commodore, Wilson. Baltimore, with a tow of
barges, W. P. Clyde A Co.
Tug Lookout, Shearer, Baltimore, with a tow of
barges, W. P. Clyde A Co.
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Steamship Zodiac, Mines, 60 hours from Charleston,
with nidse. to K. A. Kouder A Co. 2oth Inst, 6 A. M.,
lat. 87 62, long. 74 43, exchanged signals with steam
ship Prometheus, hence for Charleston,.
Steamship J. W. Evennan, Hinckley, from Rich
mond via Norfolk, with mdse. to W. P. Clyde A Co.
Steamer E. C. Blddle, McCue, 24 hours from New
York, with mdse. to W. P. Clyde A Co.
Steamer W. Whilldin, Rlggans, 13 houra from Bal
timore, with mdse. to A. Groves, Jr.
Steamer Philadelphia and Reading RR. Co. No. 35,
Boston, 2 days from Washington, with old Iron to
Philadelphia and Reading Rh. Co.
Br. brig Maid of Glauwern, TUomas, from Co
lombo Aug. 81, via St. Thomas Feb. 10, with mdse.
to C. F. A O. G. Lennlg.
Schr Rescue, Kelley, from New Bedford, with oil
to Hastings A Co.
Schr K."W. Godfrey, Garwood, 11 days from Ma
tan.as, wl'h sugar to johu Muson A Co.
SchrVrule, Mason, 11 duys from Sagua, with mo
lasses to 8. A W. Welsh.
Schr C. B. McShaln, (Julgley, 2 days from Norfolk,
with old iron to Shaw A Co.
Schr John Bradley, Ford, 8 days from Nantlcoke
river, with wood to Scull A Rex.
Schr John M. Broomall, Douglass, 7 days from
Boston, with ice to Carpenter Ice Co.
6c.hr J. H. Parsons, Young, 12 days from Bath, with
Ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co.
Schr James II. Moore, Nlckersnn, 12 days from
Boston, with mdse. to Crowell A Nlckerson.
SchrN. W. Magee, Keteinim, 10 days from Bath,
With ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co.
Schr Caroline, Tlce, 2 days from Millville, with
glass to Wbitall, Tatum A Co.
Schr Dr. John Stradley, Camp, from Tuckerton.
Schr W. A. Crocker, Baxter, from Boston.
Schr Susan Jane, Andrews, from Little Egg Har
bor. Schr Winter Shrub, Bowman, from Millville.
Schr Clio, Brannln, from Millville.
Schr II. O. Ely, McAllister, from Wilmington.
Tug Thos. Jellerson, Allen, from Baltimore, with
a tow of barges to W. P. Clyde A Co.
Tug Chesapeake, Merrlhew, from Baltimore, wittt
a tow of barges to W. P. Clyde A Co.
BELOW.
Schrs M. E. Amsden, from Sagua; M. E. Staples,
from Cardenas; two barks, unknown, one with loss
of fore and malntopgaliant masts.
MEMORANDA.
Schr E. A. Hooper, Champion, hence, at Charles
ton yesterday.
Schr Stephen Morris, Seaman, cleared at Boston
11th Inst for Bath, to load for Philadelphia.
Schrs II. W. Godfrey, Sears, and Dan Gttrord, Ter
rlll, for Philadelphia, were loading at Charleston 17&
Instant
Schr Julia A. Berkeley, Lardncr, hence, at Balti
more isth lust
schr Harriet A. Rogers, Frambes, hence, at Fall
River 17th UiBt '
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