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VOL. XIV NO. 5.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1870.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
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FIRST EDITION
THE CHINESE LABOR QUESTION.
The Great San Francisco Lottery.
Tho Fire at Constantinople.
loss of Over $30,000,000.
Scene of the Pckin Massacre.
Etc.. Etc. Etc., ' Etc., Etc.
IU1XESE rLASTATIQy IIA.NDS.
J oh la the nnr Flrlda-The hlvalry Klndlr
Dlapaaea Toward Lllin.
The New Orleans Jiepublican of the 3d insU
ays:
The steamer Great Republic arrived on Thurs
day from St. Louis. She brought one hundred
and forty-one Chinese laborers, who came under
a contract to work on a sugar plantation a short
distance above the city. This company of la
borers came under the charge of Mr. F. W;
Gardner, of 8an Francisco, who is regularly
engaged in the enterprise of supplying Chinese
labor to any portion of the Southern country,
for agricultural or other purposes.
These men have caught so much of Americau
manners that animal food forms the staple of
their nutriment. Seated or squatted In groups
of five or six around a species of table, extem
porized by placing a piece of board on four
tricks, each man held in his right hand a panni
kin filled in some cases with hashed meat, and
in some cases with rice, while the two chop
sticks were held between two fingers of the left
hand,' and so managed as to open and shut like
a pair of pincers, the feeder conveying his food
from hand to mouth by this means with a dex
terity worthy of a first-class professor of leger
demain. Tne chopsticks are simply two sticks
of wood, about as thick as a lead pencil and
abont seven inches long. A man unused to
them might become very hungry before he
learned to manipulate them with proper effect.
The body of laborers we here speak of dif
fered very materially from the company that
came on the Villa de St. Lo, being much stouter
and heavier men in fact, as robust as the ave
rage of Americans, and with the appearance of
as much muscular strength. '
Withal, their habits are temperate, so that
their capacity for continuous labor may be
relied on. We were informed by the supeiin
tendent of their labor that they yesterday gave
a most satisfactory specimen of what they could
do and how they could do it, in unloading a
cargo of bricks In an incredibly short time.
Although, with the exception of their inter
preter, they understand no other language than
Chinese, yet it seems to be no Impediment to
their efllciency as workmen. They readily and
accurately apprehend what Is required of them,
and they do it willingly.
The exception above mentioned is the inter
preter. Ills name is Lee Fook Wing. He
wrote by request in English and Chinese.
Each word in the latter is represented by a
Bingle though complicated character, a good
idea of which can be bad by inspecting any tea
chest, lie informs us that he is a Christian of
the Baptist denomination, and Is licensed to
preach. He said that he is in the habit of
preaching to his countrymen; but it is rather a
slow business. As he expressed it, "mucb.ee
preach makum little good."
From the time of their departure from San
Francisco to their arrival near New Orleans,
none died from sickness, and but one death oc
curred from accident. This was at the mouth
of White river, where three of the Chinamen,
in violation of orders, went into the river to
bathe, and one was drowned. When a long
search for the body had proved fruitless, and as
the steamer was about to resume her voyage,
the countrymen of the poor fellow leaned over
the side, and simultaneously raised a most
appalling yell, as if to call his attention to what
they were about to do, and then threw overboard
his clothing, hat, boots, and a bag containing a
quantity of Chinese money (cash). This was
evidently a species of funeral ceremony, and
was probably intended to enable the drowned
man to take his departure for the next world
with a proper outfit.
The gentleman who has engaged the services
of these laborers is very sanguine as to the
result, and certainly the enterprise looks pro
mising. It may be proper to state that Mr.
Merrill engaged these laborers, not from a
depreciated: estimate of the qualities of other
classes of laborers, but from a conviction that a
large additional supply of labor Is needed to
develop the resources of the Southern country.
There is one thing that will perhaps at the
present time militate against the employment
of Chinese laborers on small farms. They are
not willing to engage except in large bodies,
probably from a feeling of insecurity. This will
make them available for large plantations only,
at least for the present. But there i no doubt
that, as they become acquainted with the man
ners and customs of the country, this feeling of
insecurity wm suosiae, ana men tney can De
had in email numbers aa well as in large bodies.
THE SAN FRANCISCO LOTTERY.
The Mercantile Library Scheme.
The Mercantile Library of San Francisco is
trying to raise a large sum of money by a lot
tery enterprise. Allusion has already been
made in these columns to this scheme, and
the following details from the California corres
pondence of the Chicago liepublican give a full
account of it:
''The predominating passion in the breast of
a Caliiornian is a desire to lay up treasures on
earth without the preliminary toiling by which
such treasures are generally accumulated. To
this laudable motive must be attributed that
spirit of speculation which has led our citizens
to spend tl.000,000 in lottery tickets within
fourteen days. The State Constitution expressly
prohibits this mode of gambling, but the Mer
cantile Library Association having incurred a
debt of 250,000 in the erection of a new build
ing, appealed to the Legislature for relief, with
the rtBult that, notwithstanding the pro
test -of the ultra-pious, a special act was
passed, enabling the impecunious Institution to
hold tbree lotteries. The first of these under
takings, has been projected on a magnificent
scale. Two hundred thousand tickets have been
issued at f 5 each, entitling the holder to admis
sion to a grand entertainment, when, in addi
tion to other novelties, there will be an Ixlonlah
perfoimance of binding the audience to a lettery
wheel. Gifu amounting to 500,000 will be re
nrned to ticket-holders, the first prize consist-
ing of tlOO.OOO. the second of 50,000, and so
on in a descending scale until 425 sums of $100
each make up the staked half million.
"The Mercantile Library has entrusted the
management of the affair to two well-known
gentlemen, paying them 125,000, out of which
every expense, including advertising, clerical
help, cost of concert discounts to brokers, etc.,
inufctf be deducted, leaving, according to best
authorities, but very small margin for profit.
"On the day fixed for opeaing the ticket
office, a crowd assembled that reminded one of
the post office of 1850-51, on the arrival of a
bteamer. Israelite, Infidel, Christian, China
man, and representatives of every conceivable
nationality poured into tne lempie oi fortune,
all intent upon taking the odds. As the litho
graphers could only turn out five thousand
tickets a day, the demand was so far in excess
of the supply that the managers commenced
receiving cash in advance of delivery, with the
result that every ticket was sold in less than a
lortnignu
"As was to be expected, the scheme has
developed an amount of superstition that jars
strangely with the boasted enlightenment of the
age. Dreamers of dreams placard the walls with
oilers of reward for certain numbers; mediums,
clairvoyants, astrologers, and the rest of the
mysterious fraternity who live on the credulity
of fools reap rich Harvests by casting nativities
to determine the day and hour tickets should
te purcnased, and by selling lucky num
bers; Egyptian seers who tell the past,
present, and future, dispose of infallible
charms by the wholesale, and the brotherhood
of impostors is obeying tne Shakespearian man
date, 'Put money in thy purse,' with a success
that argues very poorly for our sense. For
ticket 1849 seventy-two orders were received by
mall and telegraph, the owner repeatedly re
fusing to part with it at f 50 premium. Number
1770 was sold at an advance of $20, and 1870
changed hands for $35. Some one announces
to-day that he will pay $100 each for 86,153 and
30,158. And numerous fives, tens, and fifteens
are offered for other supposed fortunate combi
nations of figures.
"With a few honorable exceptions the Cali
fornia press has been bribed into silence by
column advertisements, while the epithet 'sanc
timonious' a word that contains within itself
the essence of all Billingsgate has been so
freely hurled at those who were antagonistic to
the project, that conscientious opponents are
afraid to speak out. The Roman Catholic
Crphan Asylum tried to secure an injunction,
but tne application was reiusea on a teenm
cality, and the plaintiff exposed to a newspaper
blackguarding of Congressional security."
T U R K E Y.
The Great Fire 'at Constantinople.
We have alreadv clven br teletrranh the trene-
particulars quoted from the Levant herald of
June 13 will be read with interests-
No sooner was it known that the Are was really a
great one than the terraces and balconies of every
house were Oiled with anxious spectators ; still the
furious gale Increased ; engine npon engine, carried
on the shoulders of its crew, was seat to the ;ont :
horses with bags of water on each side of their pac
saddles were hurried up toward the conflagration ;
sakas (foot water-carriers) ran along after them,
witn meir portmar.teau-iooKing Bains oi water; sol
diers and police w 1th axes and tlre-hookS Joined com
pany ; here and there a bearded Pasha, surrounded
with guards, pressed on to issue necessary orders ;
troops ran at the double through the streets to ren
der service where required ; women rushed toward
the residences of their friends, thoughtless, for the
first time in their lives, of costume or personal ap
pearance ; and when a few men of any nationality
crowaea tegetner, tney coiuuiueu uu nasienea in a
body to assist some fellow-countryman.
. The course, or rather courses, which the lire took
after it had once trot thoroughly hold, it would be
scarcely possible to describe even to those well ac
quainted witn me locality, ior mouga evemuauy me
whole place which was the original seat of the tire
was enveloped, at nrst ine conflagration presented a
sporadic appearance, and at one time, m race, it ap
peared as if half-a-dozen distinct Urea were raging,
more or less remote ffom each other. The combus
tible nature of the houses that first fell a prey, com
blned with the rushing wind, which carried not
only showers of sparks and embers, but large
fragments of burning matter to an incredible dis
tance, was the cause of the extraordinary spread of
the nre. 'ine wma, moreover, swept over tne
blazing houses in such a manner that the flames,
instead of rising vertically, were blown horizon
tally, and attacked buildings apparently a long way
out of reach with a fierceness and pertinacity
which can only be compared to the jets from a
blow-pipe. Nothing not stone nor Iron, still less
wood as" Cry as timler-ould resist- these -toees-Bant
fiery blasts, shot out from places
which were burning with an intensity sur
passing that of furnaces in an iron foundry.
Iron , shutters were red hot; Iron girders and
bars were twisted in all manner of shapes;
and the glass in the honses were all run into
solid masses which did not preserve a trace of the
original forms of their component materials. A
stilling heat and odor pervaded the whole of Pera ;
the volumes of yellowish smoke, which for some
time obscured the sky, resembled an eclipse of the
sun ; afterwards the flames shot up with such vivid
ness that long before dusk the sky above Pera had
changed from its ordinary azure to a deep red. It
can easily be imagined what alarm spread among
the Innumerable Perotes who had already taken up
their summer residences on the Bosphorus or Mar
mora, and who had no means until the next
morning of getting into i town to relieve their
suspense as to the fate of their property
and of their relatives and friends. There was a
literal risk in some places of being scorched to
death or suirocated even in running through as fast
as possible where that was practicable. Unhap
pily, many persons did actually lose their lives In
the street, after they had made their escape from
their burning dwellings; and their can be no doubt
that if a thoroughfare had been sooner made by the
soldiers fewer lives would have been sacrificed, and
many people would have been able to have saved a
great deal more of their property. The authorities,
however, like the public, were staggered at the fury
of the conflagration, and could not have foreseen
that it would have spread so much and In so many
unexpected places, apparently at the very
same moment. The panic among the house
holders added to the confusion. Ilamals (porters)
were In great requisition, and, of course, took full
advantage of their opportunity, demanding twenty
times their usual fare, and then In many cases, after
receiving it in advance, dropping the articles a short
distance off In the street aud going elsewhere to
dispose of their services, or, In other cases, carrying
them a much greater distance than was bargained
for, and never being heard of again. A number of
such scoundrels, it is said, were Intercepted by the
police. Goods, In a great number of instances, were
removed several times over, according as the tire
spread, and were, after all, burnt In places which
had been supposed Inaccessible to the fire. Thus,
the Servian Agency, a fine large stone balldiug
some streets off the nearest burning house, was
opened as a depository, and Itself subsequently fell
a prey to the flamea, At Galata-Serai (the Imperial
Lyceum) In the Grand Kue an immense number of
goods were stored, and those placed ih the grounds
ran considerable risk, as did, indeed, the building
itself, for which, when it was heard that the British
Embassy bad caught fire, great fears were enter
tained, the Koolook (police barracks) hard by having
been gutted long before the theatre and other
houses in the Grand ltue higher up had been
touched. The Grand Kue from that point down to
Galata was filled till after midnight with thousands
or people carrying away ineir nousenoia goous.
To sum up. now. the loss of property : The nam
ber of houses destroyed cannot be estimated at less
than 15,000, and the money loss at 6,000,000 or
7,000,000. A very small proportion of houses was
insured. me itoyai agent, Mr. uarneid, returns
IhA IriBQAfthof rtl (n at lun ttl tli. fmnaplul U e
Clifton) at 26,000; the Bun (Messra. Hansons) at
aw.oou; Draiaes widen a number or nouses were
insured in the two Swiss offleea. the "Baloiae" and
''Helvetian," whose returns or -estimates we have
not yet been able to obtain.
The above figures, representing as they do so vast
an amount of distress, unhappily constitute the least
part of that dreadful truth. The loss of life has been
far beyond that recorded of any conflagration In
iuodtrn times. The morning after the tire scores of
bodies of men, women, aau cnuuren were found
lvlnsr about the streets, more or less dlstltrured. but
as the ruins were explored an immense number
were found Durned to death or suffocated In the
stone houtes where they had shut themselves up in
latuitous reliance on the security of stone wails and
iron shutters, Ignorant that tha roofs were as com
bustible ss those of any wooden houses, aud it was
there.as in the case of the Kmoassy, mat tne niajorti y
amounting, from what is already known and all
the ruins nave not yet been explored, or all the
missing (8400 whose names were given in at the
Municipality by their relatives and friends) ac
counted for to more than 1900. Only on (Saturday,
the bodies of eight men connected with the Greek
Church of St. Constantino were found near the
church. Whole households of 10. 13. and 14 were
burnt to death or suffocated. There are Innumer
able episodes of horrible deaths, hair-breadth
escapes, and heroic devotion. The narration of
some of the most remarkable of these is necessarily
ueitrieu, wuu mmuj uiuer uiteresuug aeuuis.
The St. Louis Republican thinks the treat
i steamboat race on tne Mississippi, between the
j Lee and Natchez, will stand unparalleled in
I ancient or moaern umes.
rnoFEssoit mo rse.
A Statne to be Erected lo Central Park
James D. Held, chairman of the fund for a
proposed testimonial to Professor Morse,
acknowledges the receipt of over a thousand
contributors, amounting to nearly two thousand
dollars. The subscriptions are mainly from
superintendents, operators, and messengers in
the telegraph service throughout the Union, and
ranged in amount from twenty-five cents to
twenty-five dollars.
Contributions are now increasing in number,
and the necessary fund for the proposed designs
of the subscribers will probably be soon secured.
It is now the intention to erect in honor of the
Professor's memory a fitting and permanent tes
timonial in the form of a marble statue, standing
bv the side of which will be placed the first form
of the Morse Register on a suitable support, the
whole to be raised upon a single step of plain
white marble and encircled bv an open railing to
protect it.
nye tuousaua uonars win uo necessary ior
this object, and the work will probably be begun
by a New York sculptor within a few days. The
Commissioners of the Central Park are under
stood to have given their corfcent for the erec
tion of the statue upon the Mall, and an appro
priate site will be selected. ,
This is the first acknowledgment ever pro
posed by Americans to Mr. Morse for his great
invention. From the sovereigns of Europe,
however, he has received numerous honors. By
the Sultan of lurkey he has been presented
with the Order of Glory; from France, the
cross of the Legion of Honor; from Italy,
the cross of a Chevalier of the Order of St.
Maurice and Lazarus; from Portugal, the
cross of Chevalier of the Order of the
Tower and Sword; from Spain, the cross of a
Knight commander oi tne uroer ot Isabella;
from Denmark, the cross of a Chevalier of the
Order of Dannebroge and Knight Commander;
from Austria, Prussia, and Wmrtemburg, the
National Scientific Gold Medal; and from the
special congress of ten nations in 1858 an hono
rary gratuity of 400,000 francs.
It is now proposed to unveil the statue on the
27th of April next, his eightieth birthday. JV.
Y. evening rost.
CHINA. .
The iUarder of C hristiana at Pekln Scene of
the JMaaaacre.
RThe reh-lang, as the ecclesiastical mission
under French protection is termed, lies on the
northwest corner of the city walls. The history
oi Ibis spot of ground has been perhaps as
eventful as th at of any foreign location in the
Far East. The original site was granted to the
French Jesuit missionaries who first visited
China, by the Emperor Kanghl the Augustus
of Chinese literature and theysuccessfully held
it for some years. At length a violent persecu
tion against the Christians broke out,
the Mission buildings were razed to the
ground, and the priests were proscribed and put
to death. At the close of the war, in 1800, its
restoration was made a special subject of. treaty
negotiation, and a handsome church (the tower
of which was restricted to a height of 60 feet,
lest it should overlook the imperial harem),
dormitories, and schools were erected by tne
French Government. In 1804 these were, how
ever, destroyed by fire, a valuable museum
founded and filled by the naturalist David alone
escaping the devouring element. Again did
fresh buildings arise from the ashes of their
predecessors, the members of the Chinese For
eign isoara assisting tne loreign ministers
in laying the foundation-stones. And now
these, too, have shared the fate of their pre
decessors. The Russian church was situated
between the United States and British Lega
tions, and has Ions: been a conspicuous obiect
iroia.lhe.jrall8 . of Pekin. Of unpretending
architecture, the cross with which it was Bur
mouuted was plainly visible above the low roofs
of the surrounding native buildings. The tele
gram does not inform us whether it was also
destroyed; but the mention of several Russians
betas killed would lead to the inference that
their legation, within the precincts of which
the church stands, naa been also made a subject
of attack.
FREE LP YE AGAIN,
The Balley-Cujler Army Romance Waiting
ior ine veruici.
Savannah, Ga., June 28. I met to-day an
officer of the 3d Artillery, the regiment so f re-
Suently spoken ot in connection with tne
alley affair, as being the one of which Mrs.
Bailey's lover, Lieut. Cuyler, was a member.
In tne conversation i naa witn tneomcer about
this celebrated romance, he informed me that
Lieutenant cuyler, tne quondam lover oi Mrs.
Bailey, was dead; that he died at Oglethorpe
barracks, near this city, last November. The
officer further told me that it was well under
stood by all the officers of the 3d Artillery that
had Lieutenant uuyier not died Mrs. uauey
would never have troubled ber former husband,
the Colonel; that the Lieutenant intended marry
ing Mrs. Bailey.
Death, however, supervening, Mrs. Bailey was
left without a lover, whereupon she shamelessly
turned to her former husband for assistance and
support, it beint' well known that Colonel Bai
ley Is a man oi ample means. The refusal of
the old gentleman to receive back his erring
wife on the death of her youthful lover, or to
accede to her demands for money, has precipi
tated his present trouble upon him. But the
general court-martial which tried the Colonel
having eompleted its labors, the sequel of the
imbroglio is anxiously awaited.
The action of the authorities in Washington
in thus meddling with an officer's private and
personal affairs has caused much unfavorable
comment throughout army circles; so my infor
mant tells me. Cor. N. Jr. 8un.
THE PRESIDENT IN NEW T0RK.
A Day In the ftletrepolla A Trio of E(-Gv.
ernora with the Party.
General Grant arrived in New York tn route
for Washington, by the City of New York, at 6
A. M. yesterday, and was met at the pier by S.
B. Jewell, Esq , and one of the proprietors of the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, where the President estab
lished his headquarters. Port Surveyor A. B.
Cornell, and Special Treasury Agent Colonel
Frank E. Howe called on him during the day.
The President took a stroll into Fifth avenue
end then returned and took a lunch with ex
Governors Jewell, Hawley, and Buckingham,
the Marquis de Cambray, Generel Babcock, E.
B. Grissell, and P. R. Carroll. In the afternoon
he drove out with Mr. Darling, of the Fifth Ave
nue Hotel, behind a fast trotter, attracting some
attention in Central Park. Following in an
open carriage were Mrs. Grant, Miss Nellie, and
General Porter, and in another ex-Governor
Buckingham and Mr. W. Grissell.
At 8 o'clock the President and his party re
turned from their excursion, and the following
were formally introduced: The Hon. Thomas
Murpbv, General Pleasonton, Judge Folger, the
Hon. W. A. Darling, General Bharpe. General
Hillier, VV. Augustus Ford, Surveyor A. B. Cor
nell, and A. T. Stewart Ex-King John Kennedy
rushed in just as the President stepped into a
carriage, which was driven to the New Jersey
depot in time to enable the party to take a
special train, which left at 9-40 P. M.
THE NEW YORK COLLECTORSHIP.
Thurlew Weed Out for Alurphy.
The following letter appears in the Uoramer
cial Advertiser of yesterday evening:
Hlnce my constrained retirement from the Commcr
eial Advert iter, morefihan two years ago, you kauw
how entirely I have abstained from business aud
politics avoiding, under strict medical injunctions.
as far as possible, mental labor, anxiety aud excite
ment. Although never insensible to the welfare of
my country or the Interest of my friends, seriously
impaired health prevents niy doing anything lor
either. I was grauiied with Mr. Gnunell u appoint
ment as Collector. It seemed a suitable reward for
a long political life distinguished for zeal, liberality
and patriotism. Nor was I aware of any
sufficient reason for his removal. Bnt the
statement in a morning paper, that I have "long
been opposed to Mr. Murphy,'and that I "Inspire"
articles against him, Is an utter misapprehension.
I have known Thomas Murphy from his boyhood.
He has grown up in and with my regard, friendship,
and confidence. Though not, in my Jadgment, in
all respects adapted to the office of Collector, he has
good sense, lirge business experience, and integrity ;
and he would, 1 have no doubt, call to his aid men
who would et able him to discharge the duties of
Collector creditably to himself, satisfactorily to our
merchants, and usefully to the Government.
T. W."
GENERALITIES.
A Ileartleae Charce.
For several days pasf a report has been quietly
circulated that one of the superintendents of No.
1 Cotton Mill had choked and otherwise mal
treated a young girl who worked in the mill to
such an extent that she died. We are assured
on the best authority that there is not a word of
trnth in the story; that no difficulty has
occurred in the mill; and that none of the em
ployees have left it on account of bad treatment
or for any other reason. We are informed also
that the author of the story is to be prosecuted
by the party against whom the charge has been
made. Lancaster Intelligencer.
Fall Over a Precipice.
Yesterday a man named Barclay, a resident of
Alleghany, who was in attendance at a picnic at
Monitor Grove, met with a terrible accident,
which may result fatally. It appears that he
was walking, or standing, on the bluff over
looking the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago
Railway. By some means he missed his footing
and fell over the rock, striking the ground below
with great violence. When picked up he was in
an insensible condition. He had both legs
broken, one arm fractured, and the flesh on his
face and body was badly lacerated by coming in
contact with sharp-pointed rocks. The inj ufed
man was a butcher by occupation, and was in
the employ of Mr. Ackley. lie was brought up
to the city last evening and removed to his resi
dence. It is feared that he will not recover.
nttsburg Chronicle, Qlh intt.
Desperate Attempt at Suicide.
An old German woman of 70 years, says the
Cincinnati Times of Tuesday, named Bertha
Daring, made a desperate attempt to commit
suicide in the Ohio river, opposite the Little
Miami depot, at 11 o'clock to-day. Some of the
men connected with the depot Saw her approach
the river, deliberately divest herself of a portion
of her clothing, and then take, what she evi
dently intended to be the leap of death. The
men, however, ran to her rescue and succeeded
in hauling her ashore just in time to save her
life. After being with great difficulty resusci
tated, she was taken to the residence of her son,
on Sixth street, near the market-house, and
placed under the care of a physician. It seems
that during a recent trip from Louisville, on ono
of the mail line steamers, she was robbed of all
her little store of money, and that the loss has so
preyed upon her mind that she resolved to end
ner troubles oy aeatn.
Great Ilall-atornt In Delaware.
'We have just been informed," says the Mil-
ford Mutual Friend of last Saturday, "by a gen
tleman irom Bassex, mat one oi tne most sin
gular and violent hail-storms ever witnessed
passed over a section of Frank ford on Wednes
day last, commencing about 12 o'clock, and
lasting three hours. The thunder and lightning
were ternnc, tne rain ieii in torrents, and nail
stones as large as hen eircrs descended In showers
with terrific force. The citizens were consider
ably excited and alarmed at.the fierceness of the
elements and the unusual ' accompaniments of
the storm, and the contrabands at work in the
swamps were dumoiounded witn terror wheu
JJbWahail-etones began to rattle about their
ears. The fruit trees and growing crops sus
tained great damage rrom tne wind and nail.
Just think of it, a hail-storm with the thermome
ter at 100 degrees !"
SI x Yeara' Railroad Accident.
In the vears of 1862-67 -1268 persons were
killed upon the railways of the United King
dom, and 4426 persons were injured. Among
tnem were passengers Killed and d3'J7 in
jured without any fault of their own, and 97
passengers killed and 29 injured owing to their
own misconduct or want of caution, or at least
attributed to this cause by tne railway compa
nies. In those six years the railway companies
paid 1,460,568 as compensation for personal
injuries done npon the railroads.
ui tne passengers Killed in lbbU. 12 lost their
lives by collisions of trains, 4 by part of the
train getting off tne rails, l (a child) was killed
by the carriage door on the off side giving way
wnen sne was leaning against it, n by alighting
from or attempting to enter a train in motion, 1
(a child) by falling out of a train in motion
owing to want of care on the part of his parents,
6 by incautiously crossing the line at a station.
2 run over at stations through their own want of
caution, and l was Kiuedtty "incautiously look
ing out of a window when near a station, his
Yipnri pnmlntr In rnntjiot with a hrldr nnlw 1.11
inches from the window." ;
A Runaway Bteanibeat.
An incident both ludicrous and alarming,
says last evening's Wilmington Commercial.
occurred in the Christiana, near Market street
bridge, yesterday. The little harbor tug-boat
Martha was lying at vvarner s uo. s wnarr.
about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when one of
the steamers of the Electric Line, just arrived
from New York, whistled sharply for the tug to
clear ber berth, un tne tug were the engineer.
Captain Downing, her commander, and Francis
Barry, Esq., one of her owners. The latter
rasped tne neim, and tne engineer started the
oat, but the tide running strongly she drifted
against one of the piers of the bridge, careened
over, and threatened to capsize, whereupon the
engineer jumped or fell overboard, supposing
the boat about to sink. Captain Downing and
Mr. Barry being within easy reach of the pier,
stepped ashore, when the boat, to the surprise
of all, suddenly righted and started ahead, mat
ing a bee-line ior tne wnart ot the J&iiza uan
cox, across the river, after which she turned
down along the wharf, and making ic between
the sloop and the wharf, was captured, and her
machinery Btopped. The whole affair occupied
less time than it requires to describe it, but for
a moment, while the little tug was cruising
about without a crew, she created a decided
consternation.
LBOAL XXTTHXi&XaXircCS.
Prison Caaea.
Court of Quarter Sessions Judge Paxson.
There is very little business in this court to-day.
Henry Kelly owned up to the theft of a barrel of
beans wortn about f 2, belonging to Stephen Cox.
Klitabeth Brady was convicted of the larceny of a
small quantity of clothing.
A triiiiug assault and battery case was next taken
up, and consumed uie rest or the morning session.
Weather Keperta.
JriT 7, 9 A. M. H tml Weather.
Plaister Co ve N. N. W, h azy.
Halifax E. clear.
New York 8. E. misty.
Philadelphia . . cloudy.
Wilmington, Del S. E. foggy.
Washington 8. E. cloudy.
Fortress Monroe S. W. do.
Iticlimond S. do.
Charleston K clear.
Savannah 8. do.
Augusta, Ga E. cloudy.
Oswego W. do.
Buffalo S. W. car.
Pittsburg 8. do
Chicago N. E. clojdy.
Louisville N. W. raining.
Mobile 8. W. clear.
New Orleans.. W. do.
Key W.est 8. W. do.
Havana 8. W. do.
Thtr.
10
75
78
8J
60
72
bi
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t-3
8J
78
81
60
60
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8(1
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61
63
All the filibusters of the second Upton ex-
Ipedition to Cuba have teen captured, and are in
jail in Jloiguit.
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
TO-DAY'S WASHINGTON NEWS.
Honors to Commander Selfridgo.
Letter of Secretary Robeson.
Etc., 13tc. Etc. Etc.. Etc.
FROM WASmWOTOJV.
Secretary Rebeeon Congratulate Camoiander
gel fridge.
EpeMaX Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Washingtoh, July 7. The following letter
has been addressed by Secretary Robeson to
Commander Thomas O. Selfridge, congratulat
ing him relative to his recent expedition:
Sir: I conarratulate tou on vour return from
the preliminary survey of the Isthmus of Darlcn.
i taxe tms opportunity to state to vou now
much gratified I feel at the efficient and ener
getic manner in which you and your officers and
men and the civilians who were associated with
you,have carried put the wishes and instructions
oi tne department.
J bee leave to say to you tnat you nave tuny
met my expectations In the amount of work
performed, and although you have not been able
as yet to find a practicable route for a ship canal,
you have gained a large amount of very valuable
information which will be useful to science, give
the world geographical knowledge hitherto
unknown, and settled ail doubts regarding a
communication between the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans at those points already surveyed.
I desire that you will express to all those
under your command my appreciation of their
zeal and enterprise under very trying circum
stances.
I remain, very respectfully,
Geo. M. Robbsoh,
Secretary of the Navy.
The European Fleet.
Rear Admiral Gleason's orders for taking
command of the European fleet have been
so far modified that he is to proceed to
Southampton, England, and assume command,
after which Admiral Radford will return to Mew
York in the Franklin.
The President at the Capital.
Despatch to th Associated Press.
Washington, July 7. The President returned
to Washington in the early morning train, and
is te-day engaged in attending to official datles.
Several Senators and Representatives have
called on him during the day, and a number of
the members of the Cabinet have had inter
views. COH K ESS.
FORTY-FIRST TERM-SECOND SESSION.
Menate.
Washington, July 7. Numerously signed peti
tions against the continuance of the income tax were
presented by Mr. Cameron, and memorials from
uamorma againat -n. oppressive features or tne in
come law b. Mr. Casserly. Laid on the table
Mr. Trumbull, In response to various petitions for
an amendment to the Constitution allowing women
to vote, reported the same back, and aBited to be
discharged from their consideration, bo ordered.
I Mr. iViorrlll (M.), from the conferencejcommlttee,
on the bill relating to the navy pension fund, sub
mitted a report, which was agreed to.
iur. xoye introduced a oni to regulate ranx in tne
navy of the United (states and for other purposes.
Keferred. .
Mr. Sherman, from the Finance Committee, re
ported amendments to the Civil Appropriation bill,
making provision for the extra clerical force re
quired by the passage of the Banking and Currency
act
Mr. Fenton addressed the senate upon the subject
of our commercial relations with ths Spanish
American countries or this continent, and said that
our political relations with those countries were In
timate and friendly, but our commercial relations
he thought had been too much neglected, lie be
lieved that onr commerce with them was capable of
a very large and valuable Increase. Ourtotal foreign
commerce, imports and exports, fer the year ending
june au, lBttu, was so,oou,uuu. or mat amount
f 246,000,OCO was with this comment and adjacent
islands, but of this only 173,000,000 was with the
countries known as the Spanish-American States
and Brazil.
Mr. Fenton proceeded: Yet these States t refer
to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela,
Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chill, the Argentine Re
public, Uruguay, Paraguay.and Brazil have a popu
lation of over thirty millions, and occupy a territory
extending over an area of more than seven million
square miles. From the last annual report on the
commerce and navigation of the United States, I
learn that the total of our commerce, Imports and
exports with the conntriea I have named, for the
year ending Jane 30, 1S09, was 175,601,84.
This is an average of but two dollars and a half
per capita upon the population of those countries;
onr commerce with the island of Cuba, having a
population not exceeding one million and a half, was
177,902,116, an average of over fifty dollars a person.
The great Increase of which our commerce with the
Spanish-American States Is capable is more clearly
seen from the magnitude which our trade with the
island of Cuba alone has reached.
1 do not propose, Mr. President, to enlarge upon
this subject. Now. to enter upon the theme of what
an extensive and rich commerce these tropical and
privileged regions might furnish to us, with proper
care fpr Its development, and how large a proportion
of their present valuable trade passes by our doors
to Europe, but I do wish to Impress upon the Senate
the fact that, with the Spanish Americau States on
this continent our political friends and allies, with a
population of over thirty millions, our commercial
intercourse at the present day, when we
should be looking abroad for new markets for the
products of our soil and of our industry, has only
reached the sum of $75,000,000, or f'J-60 per capita
upon their population, against a commercial deve
lopment already happily achieved with a people of
similar character, a little nearer at hand, of over 850.
It must seem to others, as it does to me, that this
subject merits grave attention, as it is one of great
Importance to our commercial and Industrial lnte-
ICBt8
Mr. Fenton then submitted the following, which
was adopted :
JUvolved, That the President of the United States
Is requested to institute an inquiry, by such means
a in his judgment shall be deemed proper. Into the
f resent condition of Uie commercial relations be
ween the United States and the Spanish Americau
States on this continent, and between those coun
tries and other nations, and to communicate to the
Senate full and complete statements regard
ing the same, together with such recommendations
as he may think necessary to promote the develop
ment and Increase of our commerce with those
regions, and to secure to the United States that pro
portionate share of the trade of the continent to
which their close relations of geographical contiguity
and political friendship with all the States of Ame
rica justly entitle them.
FROM EUROPE.
Thla meratae'e Uuatatfans.
London, July 111-30 a. M Consols for money,
92,, and for account, 9t. American securities flat.
United States 6-208 of 1S62, SO,1 ; of lb5, old, 00;
and of 1857. 69V: 10-408. 67K. Railways Hat: Erie.
19; Illinois Central, lUJj ; Atlantic and Great West
ern, -tlx.
Liverpool. July T ll'SO a. M Cotton firm ; mid
dling uplands, 9d. : middling Orleans, lOd. Sales
to-day estimated at 12,000 bales. Flour dull. Com,
30S. !id.
London, July T 11-30 A.M. Sugar firm; Linseed
Oil llrm ; Turpentine urm ; iiops quiet.
UaiMBN, July 6. Petroleum opened heavy at 6f.
oa i nil closed firmer nut unctiaiiireu.
IUmbuiw. July 6 Petroleum opened firm and
closed quiet at I3f. 14a
Thla Aftrroaen'a Uuotatlona.
London, July T 1-30 p. M. Consols formeney,
92; ; for account, 92'. American securities quiet.
United States 5-20s, l2, 90i; lt07, b9.J, ; 10-403,
MM. Stocks quiet. Jtrie, 18V
UvxaFooi July 1-130 P. M.-Cotton steady,
Cheese dull at M id.
FROM TUB WEST.
The Ohla Ilerae Fair.
Cincinnati, July 7. The horse fair opened
very favorably at Dayton, Ohio, yesterday. In
a trot Bay Jim carried off the palm in three
straight heats; last heat 2 J . Balls Wright took
the second premium in coach horses. Balls
bays took the first premium, Grass team the
second.
FINAXCIS ASP COMMERCE.
Evening Telvoraph Offtcb,
Thunday, July 7, 1870. (
There is no perceptible change in the rates
for money to-day, nor any material reduction in
the supply, but there is a more careful discrimi
nation as to time. The banks are not free
lenders at existing rates of discount on paper
having more than sixty days to run, bnt on call
or thirty days paper money is freely advanced
at 4 and 6 per cent, respectively. The absence
of large numbers of our citizens from the city
restricts the business demand for loans within
very narrow limits.
The Gold market is rather 'quiet, with the
sales up to noon ranging from 112111,
opening at the fermer and closing at noon
at 111.
Government bonds are steady, bnt the trans
actions in this market are small. Prices con
tinue at last night's quotatatlons, with the ex
ception of the currency 6a, which show a frac
tional advance.
The Stock market to-day is fairly active, and
prices show only trifling variation. City loans
continue firm, with sales of the old sixes at
1003, and of the new do. at 101, an advance.
Reading Railroad was inactive but steady at
53'445S3. Pennsylvania sold on a small scale
at 58; Camden and Amboy at 119; Lehigh
Valley at 57: and Minehill at 50, ex. dlv. Oil
Creek and Allegheny is again in demand, with
free sales at 4747.
In Canal shares the only sales were In Lehigh
at 84f34 and Delaware Division at 47.
In Hank shares there was more doing. Sales
of Farmers' and Mechanics' at 123; Philadelphia
at 101; Manufacturers' at 30; and Mechanics'
at Sl. The balance of the list was quiet.
Small tale of Ilestonville Passenger Railway at
14.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE 8 ALES.
Reported by De Haven A Bro , No. 40 8. Third street.
FIRST BOARD.
S30oo city es,N..is.ioii
I W00 dO 85.101?,
113200 do....,bl0.101H
1100 do ClOltf
19000 do Old. Is. 100
11000 Fa K Con m bs
Cp..SdS...95V
11000 NPenna 6a. c. S3x
11000 Phil A E6S.... 92
3 sh Far 4 M Hi. 123
II do 122V
oshPhlla Bk..ls.l61
100 sh Penna R.... es
17 do la. 08,
9 do 89
139 ah CA Am R.1S.119V
10 ah Lett V R (
loo sh Ilestonville.. 14
lOOshOCAAR.... 47 if
100 do t60. 47
16 do. 47 K
100 do 2d. Vi
100 sh Del Div 41
100 sh Leh Nav.860. 84 ft"
I40UU jben v nil dus
vx.
90
16000 PhUa A E7a.
D1U..
11000 do
I'zooo do bs.
13000 Steub A Ind R
69
697g
90
es, Ber r eo a.uo to
UX88RS. Di Havkii It Brothxb. no. 40 8. Third
Street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations t
U.S. ea of 1861. neons: da, 1869,1119112;
do. lsci, lii,v∋,';aa ls6AiiIvn2;do,l8o,
new. 110V91H: :do. 1867, do. ll0?ram w; do. 1868.
do., 1100111; 10-408, 108j,r(l08; D. 8. 80 Yeai
6 per cent Currency, II49IUX; Due Comp. Int.
Notes, 19; Gold, 111(3112; Buyer, 1073109;
Union Paclfio R. R. 1st Mort. Bonds, 18459855 ; Cen
tral Paciflo R. R.. t9oo9io: Union Paclfio Land
Grant Bonds, 7S079O.
nark & ladner, uroKers, report this morning
Gold quotations as follows :
10-00 A. M 112 1100 A. M 1117;
10-03 " 112 lll-Ott inj
10-08 ' lllji 11-20 " HI
10-10 " 112 11-30 " 111V
105 " . 112 !tf 12-00 M.... U11J4"
10-40 " ;..112 1290 P. M lia
PlrdlaaelplUa Trade Hep or t. '
Thursday, July 7. The Flour market continues
dull, with no disposition on the part of the home
consumers to purchase beyond their most pressing
exigencies. The receipts and stocks are moderate,
and prices, though quotaby unchanged, favor buyers.
The sales foot up 600 barrels, including superfine
at t3-005-S5; extras at 5-255-50; Iowa, Wisconsin,
aua lumnesota extra lamny at so-joooio. tne latter
rate for choice: Pennsylvania do. do. at l6-25(a-75 :
Ohio do. do. at I6-25&7; and fancy brands at $7-60
b-cu, according to quality. Jtye tiour sells in a
small way at 13-25. In Corn Meal nothing doing.
xne w neat marset presents no new reature, tne
demand bems moderately active for prime lota, tha
offerings for which are light. Sales of 2000 bushels
at 11-43 for Pennsylvania; and 1 1-42(31 -45 for West
ern red. Rye may be quoted at $1(31 02 for Western;
and 1108(1-10 for Pennsylvania. Corn is in fair
demand at former rates ; sales of 10,000 bushels Penn
sylvania yellow at f l-OSSl-lO ; Western do. at l-0t
1-07; and Western mixed at 11-03. Oats are more
active, and 2000 bushels Pennsylvania sold at 61
63 Vc and 1000 bushels Western at 60c.
liarx la scarce ana nrm at sw per ton ror no. l
Quercitron.
Whisky is dull and nominal at 9799c. for Western
Iron-bound.
LATEST SIHTPIiNtf 1NTELUWEMC1S.
For additional Marint Newt set Inside Pages.
Tor (BJf Telegraph.)
lis Jnl7 7. Arrived, steamship Western
Metropo from Danish and German ports, witn
emigrant8 etc
F0KTRK88 monrok, Vs., July 7. Arrived, brig
Harmonte, from Rio, for orders.
Passed in for Baltimore, brigs Italia, from Ponce,
P. R. ; Cleta, from Mayaguez ; and Island Lass, from
Nassau, N. P.
PORT OP PHILADELPHIA ..-.JULY 7
BTATI OF TDBEMOMKTER AT THS BVXNINQ TSLBQRAPH
OFP1CI. , S
T A. M 70 1 11 A. M... v:'.82 9 P. M 87
CLEARED Tfl MORNING.
Steamer D. Utley, Davis, New York, W.M.BairdACo.
St r Anthracite, oreen. New York, do.
Steamer A. C. SUmers, Lenny, New York, W. P.
Citde It Co.
Brig Ida L. Ray, Bradford, Boston, B. Crawley A Co.
Schr Hiawatha, Newman, Newburyport, Knight A
Sons. -
Schr Mary Ella, Thomas, Providence, do. :
Schr Lath Rich, Paddock, Somerset, , do..
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Ship Arcturua, Edwards, 49 days from Antwerp,
with muse, to Peter Wright fc Sons.
Steamship Norfolk, Piatt, from Richmond via
Norfolk, with mdse. to W. P. Clyde A Co.
Steamer Ann Eliza, Richards, 24 hours from New
York, with mdse. to SV. P. Clyde A Co.
tscbr E. G. Edwards, Lee, from Boston.
Schr John Stroup, Crawford, from Salem, Mass.
Schr Marion Gage, Wheton, from Bucksport, Me.,
with ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co.
Schr H. N. Miller, Miller, 6 days from Bath, with
ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co.
Schr Acceis, Collins, from Baltimore.
Schr Charm, Dudley, 6 days from Boston, with
mCse. to captain.
Schr Volant, Buckalew, from Cedarvllle.
Schr Nuncio, Ellis, from Laurel. Del.
- Schr R scue, Uatiield. 11 days from Havana, with
molasses to Geo. C. Carson U ,Co.
AT QUARANTINE.
Brig Home, Cook (late Phillips), fromBlaok River,
Ja., with logwood to D. N. Wetzlar A Co. vessel to
Knight & Sons.
MEMORANDA.
Br. steamer Samaria, At arty n. for Liverpool via
Queenstown, and steamer Kitting Star, Maury, for
Asplnwall, cleared at New York yesterday.
Br. steamer Holland, Thomas, from Liverpool June
22 and Queenstown 2nd, with 1042 passengers, at
New York yesterday.
Steamer Eah-Kee, from Steele, from Bermuda, at
New York yesterday.
Bark Warren White, Lamb, hence, at Havana 29th
ultimo.
Bark Henry P. Lord, Thompson, hence, at Matan
zas uotb ulr.
Bark 8. W. Holbrook, Polleys, for Philadelphia,
cleared at Matanias soth nit.
Br. brig Southern Cross, Brown, for Philadelphia,
at jHayaguea 2i ult.
Schr Ann Amelia, Bush, for Philadelphia, cleared
at New York yesterday.
Scbra Mauantlco, St ay pole, hence, and C. O. Smith,
Fh rili pa, hence for Taunton, arrived at New Vori
yesterday.
Scbr Cora Etta, Cones, hence, arrived at Cardenas
soth uiu