T r RAJ CD H O VOL. XIV NO. 12. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1870. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. ALA FIRST EDITION The Ularysville Riot. Mr. Motley and the English Mission A Presentiment Fulfilled. Etc., Etc., Etc.. Etc.. Etc. WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY I William Lloyd Garrison on the Dickens On en lion. In this week's Independent Mr. W. L. Garri son writes on the question, "What is it to bo a Christian? Ho- confesses "to a good deal of bewilderment, first, as to where the line Is to be drawn, and, secondly, as to the competency of this or that person or tribunal to pass sentence f x cattedra. "Was he a Christian ?" But what is it to be a Christian? Shall the test be Fro testant or Catholic ? Shall it be a creed or a covenant? If so, whose, authoritatively? Shall it be the Bible? But that is received with eo.ua reverence by a multitude of rival sects, and from them proceed a thousand conflicting in terpretations. Every new sect is a fresh heresy, to bo de nounced and persecuted until it is strong; enough to be taken into general partnership. Then when its reproach is wiped away, it joins with alacrity in persecuting the next dissenting body that makes its appearance; and the offensive repetition goes on from one generation to another. Certainly, Jesus was not a Christian in the modern use of the term, for that implies what is most respectable close conformity to what is established and popular blind veneration of the past. He had no religious reputation whatever. What was said of Him, what was done to Ilim on account of His heresy, we know. He was charged with being guilty of sedition, a Sabbath breaker, a blasphemer, and having a devil, and treated accordingly. He was a Christian ! The term has lost its original signification, and through utter perversion has become worthless as a test of true religious character Those who claim to be His followers are bound to show that they are animated by at least something of His pplrit in a readiness to bear testimony to un popular truth, cost what it may. But the loudest of such claimants are those who are careful to be on the popular side: and as scrupulous in tithing mint, anise, and cummin, and neglecting the weightier matters of the law, as were the ancient Scribes and Pharisees. For one, I care not how high any of this class praise the dead, or how great may be their professed veneration for Luther or Calvin, for Whitefield or Wcslev. for Roger Williams or Swedenborg, for Moses or uavid, ior Jesus or raui. u auoras no evidence of any vital appreciation of those "of whom the world was not worthy." The cowardly and time-serving, the hypocritical and tharisaical. aro ever nromnt to anDear as the special champions of all departed, canonized worth. The last persons in the world who should presume to profess admiration of the bold dissenter, the upright heretic, the righteous agitator, the heaven-inspirea ianatic ot me past, are they who dread to be found in a minority, who are always consulting the vane of public opinion, who shrink from grappling with pre vailing iniquity, who shudder at the thought of perilin g their reputation, ana w nose aim is to pass through life without the slightest connec tion with anything deemed extravagant or fana tical. It seems to me that we should feel far more concerned in never having our Christian char acter questioned than In being regarded as out of its pale on the part of its facile and dogmatic professors. THAT TERRIBLE MOT. 'Another Slander Nailed" now the Demo crals Make Capital. Yesterday, says the Harrisburg Topic of the 14th inst., an Investigation was made before his Honor Mayor Cole, and the following affidavit gives a truthful version of the moat terrific riot which is bo fearfully exercising the Democracy all over the country, from Maine to Texas: AFFIDAVIT OF CAPTAIN THOMAS PETBRSON AND LIEU' TENANT EDMUND ROBINSON. "on tne morning or tne rourta or j uiy, the com- ranv was formed on Fulton street, west Harrisbure: inarched to the railroad depot and took the cars for the picnic grounds, borne time after this a difficulty occurred on the porch of a tavern between two white and two colored men, not soldiers, the result of which was, the two colored men were whipped and ran awav. 'The news of this fight was brought up to the grounds by the two colored men who had been beaten and by others, stating that roughs at Marys vllle were abusing the colored people there, and then, tor the nrat time, a number of the colored sol diers, not more than one-third of the company, and of whom not more than six had their guns taken without the knowledge of the officers and not one of which was loaded, left the grounds and went down to MarysvUle. At no time was there more than one-third of the company away from the pic nic grounds; and those who went to Marysvllle went thereto protect the colored people, if possi ble, by stopping the quarrel, and not to create a riot. 'Returning home, the company was formed at the picnic grounus aepoi, ana marcnea into tne rear car. Pass ids through MarysvUle, atones were thrown at the cars, and shots were tired from both sides of the road, injuring several of the colored people. No shot was returned by any member of the comnanv. nor was a shot fired frou the car containing the col ored soldiers. JNO mussel was aiscnarged on tnat day. either at the picnic grounds or at MarysvUle. No musket was loaded before leaving Harris burg or af u rwards. Ne ammunition has ever been Issued to this company, nor been purchased or provided by the compauy, and any shots fired, either at MarysvUle or from the train returning, by colored people, were irom pistois or arms not belonging to, and by persons not members of, the company. It is not known mat any niemoer 01 tne company had a Biatol on that day. No private residence was at any time entered or interfered with by any of the colored soldiers. A white man fired three or four pistol shots from the aoor of a house at a crowd of colored men; be was pursued as far as the foot of the stair way, Just inside the door, but was not followed any further. It is probable this plBtolwas not loaded with anything but blank cartridge, otherwise some of the colored men must have been either killed or wounded. "On the arrival of the company at Harrlsburfir. it was formed at the raUroad depot, In the presence of an immense orowa 01 citizens, ana marched through the streets of Harrisburg. We appeal to the public sentiment of this whole community as to the con dition and appearance of the company. Did it justify the unwarranted sensational telegram that had just preceaea tneir arrival 7 "Thomas Peterson, Captain. "JSumdnd Robinson, Second-Lieut. "8worn and subscribed, July 13, 18T0, before me. "okokob B. cole, Mayor." 1I0X0R TO GENERAL M'CLELLO. lie la Appointed Knalneer-ln-Ohler ot the D purluicnt of Dock of New York. The Department of Docks held their regular semi-weekly meeting yesterday aiternoon, Mr. John T. Agnew in the chair. Present the full board. On motion of Mr. Henry the rules were suspended for the purpose of electing an Engi- neer-in-eDiei. Mr. Wilson O. Hunt offered the following resolution: Jiesoloed, That Major-General George B. McClellan be appointed Eugineer-in-Chief of the Department of Docks of tne city of New j or, 10 aate irom J uiy 10. The resolution was carried unanimously, and, on motion of Mr. Smith, the Secretary was directed to notify General McClellan of his tj ; oiauccot.-A. X. Times, to-ay. A LITTLE HISTORY. Motley, Badean, and the EnaUsh Mission. There are wheels within wheels. I he re moval of Mr. Motley from the post of Minister in London, while it is in so far defensible that it relieves the public service of an eminently uc1cfs even if not wholly nnornamental func tionary, uncovers a curious little subterranean "unpleasantness" also between that functionary and the President. When Mr. Motley was sent to London the President insisted upon his tak ing with him as Assistant Becretary of .Legation one of the President s particular friends, "Gene- ..P tta.laa.l Thnra saamnri tr. PrnaMnnf Grant to be something quite "literary and appro priate," as Mrs. Malaprop would say, in this com bination. Mr. Motley had written a history, the hero of which was a soldier "William the Silent," of Holland. General Badcau has also written a history, the hero of which was a soldier l lvsses 8. Grant, also "the Silent," of America. There was a difference betweon the histories, to be sure, In that Mr. Motley s was an interest ing book which had brought profit to its pub lishers, and to its author both profit and Lime, while General Badcau's was a very dreary book, which had brought anguish to its publishers and to its author neither gold nor glory. To this difference General Badeau, naturally enough, was blind, while Mr. Motley, perhaps as natu rally, saw this auterence only too Keenly. The conseouenco thereof was so much and such persistent snubbing of the Secretary by the Minister that the former returned in tears and wrath to Washington, complaining sorely to his hero. The hero heard and sympathized as what hero could fail to sympathize? with the undervalued and insulted author of his own Odyssey. JJeJ sent General Badeau back to London, not as Secretary, but as a Consul General, the head of our commercial as Mr. Motley was of our diplomatic representation in Great Britain. This displeased Mr. Motley as much as it delighted General Badeau, and the feud between the two grew even more and more bitter. The restiveness of Senator Sumner on the question of St. Domingo at last settled the mat ter. Mr. Motley, who was appointed to please Sumner, is now ejected to displease him. and General Badeau is avenged. i he lesser Histo rian of the dumb hero living triumphs over the creator historian of the dumb hero dead. So earthller happy is he who colleagues with silent Ulysses of Galena smoking in the White House than he who' communes with silent William of Orange sleeping within his immortal dykes. "Behold, Omy son! with how little wisdom tno worm is governea, jsew xorK 11 orld, to-day. FEARFUL PRESENTIMENT. Startling Realization of an Ominous Dream. The printers in the German newspaper offices. Bays the Cincinnati Commercial, are discussing, with bated breath and startled faces, a peculiar circumstance well calculated to send a thrill through a superstitious body. It is all about "only a dream, out mere is a marvellous coin cidence in the case. Charles Boehler, the German printer, who, In a fit of delirium tremens, killed himself by jumping from a third-story window, was buried yesterday, July 12, his funeral being largely attended. Some three years ago this unfortu nate man was working at the case, side by side with his intimate friend Chris. Stieler, at the Volksblatt office. One noon Stieler came into the composing-room, having an unusually se rious expression. Asked as to the cause, he gathered a group around him from among the printers, and as they sat in a neighboring saloon over their Deer, ne described to them how, in his sleep, from which he had but re cently awakened, he had seen, slowly drawn before him by wacK-piumea wmte norses, a sombre hearse, containing a full-length coffin. on which. In large letters, was Inscribed "Charles t)vi .Tl? in" This dream, no more singular than many that every reader 01 tnis nas naa, Dut leanuny ominous to a superstitious mind, did not have much effect at that time on many of those who beard it. It was not forgotten, however, for on the 10th of July, last year, uoenier was con gratulated by his friends who knew the dream on the fact of being alive and in good health. Boehler remarked: "Well, I ve got another vear to live yet." He had only a year, however. tor, according 10 tne aream, ne was ouriea on Julv 10. It is tnougm oy some mat uoenier naa brooded over this dream, as the fatal day surely and swiftly approached, and that he was superstitious enough to be thrown into an ex citement from which he sought refuge in liquor. Uewever that may be, liquor brought him to his grave on the day 01 ms aream. FROM EUROPE. This Moraine's Unotatloaa. London. July 16 ll-30 A. M. Consols 92'.- for both money and account. American securities flat and nominal. United States 5-208 of 1862, 87; of 1S6S, old, 87 ; of 1S67, 87 ; 10-408, 86. Stocks flat and nominal. Erie, 17; Illinois Central, 107; Great west ern. 25. Liverpool, July 1511-30 A. M. Cotton nominal; middling uplands, 9Kd.; middling Orleans, 9'.d. The sales are estimated at 7000 bales. The sales of the week have been 5S,ooo bales, including 7000 for speculation and 4000 for export. The stock lnport is 593,000. bales.of which 820,000 are American. The re. ceipts of the week are 72,ooo, Including 73,000 bales American. London, July 15. sugar quiet and steady at 27s. 6a. anoat. Linseed 011 nrm. ThU Afternoon's Quotations. London, July 15 l o'clock P. M Stocks and all securities are flat and nominal. Breadstuff are ex cited and advancing. London. July 16 1 P. M. Consols. 91? for meney and 9 for accouat. American securities flat and nominal. United States 6-208. lftfta, 86?'; 1866s, old, 86 V ; 1867s, 86. Stocks flat and nominal trie. km. Liverpool, July 151 P. M. Breadstuffs exolted and advancing. California white wheat, 10s. 8d. ; Red western, 88. lid. ; ilea winter, 9s. lid. ; Flour, 23s. 6d. LIVEBPOOL, JUly 152-30 I. M BtOCK 01 COttOn afloat 403.000 bales. Including 70,000 of American, California wbeaUOs. 6d.10s. 9cL ; Red Western, 8s. lld.c98. ; Winter, 8s. 10d.9s. lid. Receipts of wneat ior tnree nays, xo.uuu quarters, including 22,600 of American. Corn, 82s. Lard quiet and steady. Pork firmer but not higher. Beef, 1138. (id. N. V. MONEY MARKET YESTERDAY. from the 1?. Y. Eerald. The war news irom Europe, varying and con- fllcting as was Its tenor la the mass of despatches received to-day, was exactly reproduced in the wide nuciuauoDH oi goiu. "Before tne reeniar commencement or bus ness. and while the street was still opera tins: on the relics of the previous day's news, the Impression that lTUBSia was likely to make demands on France for her overbearing attitude on the llohenzollern question led to a strong marked, and the price ad vanced from 112M to 113. At the board it reacted temporarily to li but here the cable announced In con Urination of the above, that the Prussian King Dad given tne iTencn Aiinisisr at ueriin ms passports. The effect was a rise in gold to 113,, especially as this piece of Intelligence was accompanied by the rebort that bonds in London had declined to 85 V0 86. A denial of the story concerning the French Minister's dismissal from Berlin was followed by a reaction to lm,' : but after 4 o'clock rentes at the Paris Bourse were reported down to 67-50, and gold started up again, touching 114 V. More peaceful telegrams, late In the afternoon, led to a decline to 113M attain. "Money was easy at four per cent, as the gene rally prevailing rate on call loans. Exceptionally some of the stock houses had to nay five Der cent. and a few of the Government deaiers had balances left with them at three. Commercial paper is scarce ana in gooa ueiuaua at to I per cent, ior prime double names. "Foreign exchange was dull and firm at previously quoted rates. The (ierman huunes asked, la fact, an eighth per cent, higher for sterling viz., 116 for sixty-day bills but the English Uouhcs were willing SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEGRAPH". The War Cloud Breaks. , ... , tran P. P IlPmarPC Vfll fin PriKCia I I MIIMV WWWIMIWW I.MI Mil MWWIMI The Insult to Count Benedetti. A Ten Strike for Grant. The Indian Bill Must bo Passed. The Last Day of Congress. Red Cloud and Peace. Financial and Oommorclal Etc.. Etc., Etc.. Etc.. Etc. FROM EUROPE. IneOectunI Intervention of the Grent Powers. Brussels, July 15. The intervention of the great powers for peace has been ineffectual. Napoleon will announce to-day the rupture of relations between France and Prussia and declaration of war. France Declares Wnr against Prussia The insult to vount ueneaetti tne (Jnuse. Paris, July 15. An extraordinary edition of the Constitutional just issued (at noon) an nounces that in consequence of the insult offered to Benedetti, the French Ambassador, France accepts the war which Prussia offers. The Mews Con Armed. Paris, July 15. The declaration of war has been announced in the Corps Legislatif. The Situation In Paris. Paris, July 14 Evening. It is reported on the best authority that an angry interview oc curred between the Emperor and the Prime Minister Olllvler, growing out of the latter's known disposition for peace. The Emperor violently denounced Olliviers efforts in this direction. The Movement of Troops Towards the Rhine frontier is incessant. Eastern France is abso lutely alive with soldiers. The troops which have hitherto garrisoned Paris have gone and raw levies are slowly replacing them. Ambu lances and caissons throng the streets of the city on their route to the East. The preparations at the different naval sta tions are on a similarly large scale. It Is the general belief here that war will be declared. The Popular Feeling in France. Paris, July 15. The Bourse Is flat. Rentes, 65f. 60c. There is great agitation here, and many demonstrations in favor of war are made by the people. During the night crowds of students and others paraded the streets and boulevards, shouting " Vive la Guerre!'" "Down with Prussia: ' etc. Borne persons wno pro tested were hissed and insulted. The police did not interfere. The crowd stopped at the Prussiam Embassy and shouted insultingly. It is asserted that the Prussian Ambassador leaves Paris to-day. Aus tria professes neutrality unless a third power intervenes. How the Markets are Affected. London, July 15. The news is more warlike again to-day. The feeling at the exchanges ot Europe is one of distrust, and the prices ef secu rities generally are at the lowest point yet reached. At Paris, at half past 11 last night, the Bourse was excited and rentes fell to 67 francs. At Frankfort United States 5-30 bonds closed yesterday at 88 against 96K, the usual price, and at the London Exchange this morning stocks and foreign securities opened flat and nominal at a heavy decline. The following in teresting despatches bearing upon the situation have been received here to-day: The Excitement In Prussia. Berlin, July 15 The King returns here to day. There is great excitement here. Particulars of the Withdrawal of Benedetti, Berlin, July 15 The North German Gazette has a despatch from Ems to-day giving the par ticulars of the withdrawal of Benedetti. It seems that he accosted the King of Prussia while the latter was drinking the waters, de mandlng peremptorily his intentions on the pending imbroglio. He was therefore dismissed immediately. The same paper cays there is much activity at the Prussian ports, which are being put in a state of defense. Fourteen iron-clads and frigates are ready to start from Brest and Cherbourg. THE NEW ASUS BELLI. M. Benedetti, the French Minister to Prussia. As announced in our cable despatches this afternoon, the casus belli has finally shifted from the candidature of Prince Leopold to the refusal of King William of Prussia to grant a further audience to M. Vincent Benedetti, the French Ambassador, who, on applying to the King yes terday for an audience to exact that the royal veto be applied to any fresh approaches to the Prince on the part oi spain, was turned away with an answer through an aide-de-camp to the effect that his Majesty had no further communi cation to make. And now, according to the statement in the Paris Constitutional of to-day, Napoleon is prepared to fight Prussia on account of the insult thus heaped upon his representa tive, and the declaration of war has been an nounced in the Corps Legislatif. M. Benedetti, who is thus suddenly elevated into prime importance, is of Italian extraction, and was born in Corsica about the year 1815. He was educated especially for the consular and diplomatic service, and was appointed Consul at Palermo in 1848. He soon afterwards became First Becretary to the embassy at Constanti nople, and in May, 1859, was appointed Envoy to Persia. This position, however, he declined, and some montus aiterwarus ne was ap pointed director of political affairs to the Foreign Minister. He acted as secretary and editor of Uie protocols areei uoia at tho Ci gress of Paris in 1850, became the first French Minister to the Kingdom of Italy iu 1801, and was appointed to his present position as Ambas sador to Berlin on November 27, 1804. As the Emperor only desires a pretext for fighting, an insult to M. Benedetti will of course answer as well as any other. FROM WASIIIAGTOX. The President at the l!apliol. Itefipatch to the Associated Press. Washington, July 15. The President re mained at the Capitol till half-past 12 last night ard returned to-day at 10 o'clock. Be and the members of his Cabinet occupied the President's room, attending to business. A number of bills were signed by him, including the Tax and Tariff and the Funding bill. "Red Cloud" nnd Peaee. The Indian Bureau has received the following telegram from Colonel Chambers: Fort Fetterman, July 14. Red Cloud and sixty lodges of Sioux came here yesterday and left to-day, with the detcrminationof Inducing all Indians in the country to make peace. He goes from here direct to the Cheyennes and Arrapahoes. The Senate Asks an Extension. The Senate has passed a resolution, now sent to the Donee for concurrence, providing for an extension of the session two hours, being until 2 o'clock to-day. ThiB extension is asked by the Senate with a view of enabling the commit tee of conference on the Indian bill to adjust the difference between the two houses. It is probable there will be an accommodation on the basis propoeed by Senator Morrill, of Maine, namely, that the aggregate sum of six millions be appropriated to bo expended under the direction of the Pre-ident for the purpose of fulfilling the treaty stipulations, without men tioning any particular treaties. The committee of conference consists of Senators Harlan, Pomeroy, and Davis, and Representatives Alli son, Dawes, and Holman. The Ueoraia Bill. The President has signed the Georgia bill. Frellnghuysen's Nomination, The Senate is still considering the nomination of Mr. Frelinghuysen. Closing Ncenes of Congress. Special Despatch to The livening Telegraph. Washington, July 15. There are large crowds of people at the Capitol this morning to witness the closing scenes of the session. The galleries of the House are full, and it is almost impossible to get through the corridors. The Senate has been in executive session all the morning on the nomination of Frellnghuysea as Minister to England. Mr. Sumucr is making an elaborate speech in favor of Mr. Motley, but it is understood that he will yield to allow a vote to be taken before adjourning. Both Houses to Adjourn at 4 o'clock. In view of the fact that the Indian bill is still in conference, with little prospects of agreeing, both houses have passed a joint resolution ex tending the time of adjournment from 13 to 2 o'clock. This, it is thought, will give time to come to some agreement. A Possible Extra Session. In case of Congress adjourning without pass ing the Indian bill, the President has prepared a proclamation calling an extra session. It will be read at once before the members can leave the hall, should they adjourn without passing the Appropriation bill. Russia to Join Prussia. Baron Gerolt, Prussian Minister, is in receipt of additional despatches to-day from his Gov ernment, which state that Prussia has deter mined to meet the menace of France with a declaration of war. According to' these des patches Russia is to join Prussia. t ne inaian mil. Despatch to the Associated Press. Washington, July 15 The committee of conference on the Indian Appropriation bill have agreed to a report. The amount is about the same as proposed by the Senate, six mil lions. They have avoided the point in dispute between the two houses, namely, the Indian treaties of 18C7 and 1868, made by the Sherman peace commissioners, by neither affirming or denying their validity, ihe proviso agreed upon by the Indian conference committee is that nothing contained in the bill shall be held to affirm the validity of the treaties made by the Peace Commissioners. con b uss, FORTY-FIRST TERM SECOND SESSION. (senate. Washington. Julv 15. The executive session of last evening was continued till 3 o'clock this morn ing. At 0 o'clock this morning the 8enate again met, ana at v au wem mm cvuuo oxaoiuu. House. The House met at 9 o'clock. The reading of the jonmal was dispensed with, and Mr. Dawes made a supplementary report uu mo 11IBCBLLANK0C8 APPROPRIATION BILL, striking out that paragraph relating to the municipal appointments ox waHmngion, wniua was not in the report made last evening, lie stated that he was entirely ignorant, as were his colleagues on the com mittee, now tnat paragrapu naa got into tne report. He knew notniog or it ouui ne nara it read irom the Clerk s aesx. Tne report was agreed to. TEXAS CONTESTED ELECTION CASE. Mr. Paine, from the Committee on Elections, re ported a resolution in the Texas contested eiectiou CI&BO VI Ui(uwu .iuur vuuvi, vuab V. 1 a 1 LVJ U ,a not entitled to the seat, and that the consideration of the right oi uonnor, tne sitting member, be post poned till next session. Agreed to. THE INDIAN SERVICE. A messaee was received from the Senate announc ing that it uau passed tne Din appropriating nve mil lions for the Inaian service, with a substitute, being the Senate Indian appropriation bill. Mr. feargent moved its reference to the Committee on Appropriations. Messrs. Paine and Holman objected, and as the yeas and nays were being taken on ordering a call of the House, tuo iuiq wuiu uub uu lULorruputsu vj motion. As soon as the vote was announced. Mr. Sargent moveu a non-concurrence in tne Senate substitute for the Indian bill, and the ap pointment of a committee of conference. Mr. Dawes called the attention of the House to the serious question involved in the disagreement be tween the two nouses, -me question was no more nnr less than wnetner tne iiouae snouici nave any voice in the appropriation of money. The position had been taken lu the Hen ate last night that by a treaty alone, without any intervention of the louse of Kepreseutatives, money could be tiken out of the Treasury whether the IIoue of Representatives consented or not. The House could not yield to such a surrender of power. He desired not to be placed on the conference committee, but he warned the Honse in t on tne conclusion wnicn inignt be reached would rest the policy oi this Government In the next generation. Mr. Garileld remarked that the House was now brought face to face with the practical question whether mere suouiu u u extra session or whether the matter should be concluded to-dav. The House was not called upon to submit to any such spur art io view as the gentleman from Massa chusetts referred to as being developed in the Senate last night, it naa ueen tne continuous course of the Si.........,irif .ha, Alna it a fnniiiliitlAn .a i. b a treatl with the Indiana He reminded the House timt it had passed an act in latfl reauirintr these very treaties to be nude, naming the men to ne gotiate, ana aireuuug iue cuaracter oi tne treaties. A MATTE a OP PUNCTILIO. The treaties were made and the question for the shonld be by it rejected and spurned. It was with the House all a matter of punctilio. The Honse was willing to appropriate the money but not willing to admit the force of its treaties. The House was will ing to pour out f.vooo,000, and tell sometwdy to sow it oer the wild west. The House might Just as well appropriate 1800,000,000 and tell the President to take it and run the Government with It. Mr. Paine opposed the Senate amendment, and argued that the punctilio in the matter was on the part of the Senate, not the House. Mr. Allison also opposed the Senate amendment, and stated that these treaties set apart for Indian reservations three hundred miles in the midst of the United States, not for thirty years, but for all time a territory which within five years would be intersected with railroads and filled up with emi grants. It was therefore absolutely inevitable that within three years theso treaties must be broken, whatever might be done now. committee of confehence afpointep. The Honse refused to concur In the Senate amend ment, and Messrs. Sargent, Allison, and Holman were appointed a committee of conference. Mr. Sargent declined to serve, thinking that there should be a new conference committee. Uetaaid he had fought this battle to vindicate the rights of the House, and to protect the public domain and Trea sury, for several wcekB, but now thought the new conference shonld be entirely new; and he set the example of declining, that the committee might not be embarrassed oy ms preconceived opinions. The Speaker thereupon appointed Mr. Dawes la his place. THE OIlKfiON MILITARY ROAD. On motion of Mr. Smith (Oregon), the Senate bill amendatory of the act granting land to Oregon for a military road from Albany, Oregon, to the eastern boundary of the State, allowing change or route, was passed. POLITICAL DISABILITIES. Mr. Tillman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill removing the political disabilities from all persons in the Fourth Congressional district of Tennessee. Negatived. THE CnATTAHOOCniE ARSENAL BILL. Mr. Hamilton (Fla ), from the Committee on Mili tary Affairs, reported a bill donating the Chattahoo- chle ArseDal grounds to the State of Florida for educational purposes, rassed. . MISSOURI CONTESTED ELECTION. The maiortty and minority reports in the Mi3sonrl contested election case of Shields against Van Horn were made and postponed tin next session. THE REID-JCLIAN CASE. Mr. Cessna at half-nast 10 called up the Indiana contested election case of Ileld against Julian, the majority resolution being that Mr. Julian, tne Bit ting member, Is entitled to his seat, and that Held, tne contestant, snouia oe poia 4ouv ior uis ex- Alter aiBCUBSion uie resuimiuus wro nuuuicu. with amendments allowing I2C00 to Joseph Segar, of Virginia, and 11500 to Mr. Uraftan, Texas, for prosecuting tneir respective ciaims luneuta. FROM THE PACIFIC COAST. Promotion of Emigration. San Francisco, July 15 In order to pro mote immigration to the Pacific coast it is pro jected to purchase 7,000,000 acres of land in Northern California and Southern Oregon, along the line of the California and Oregon Railroad, at a cost of $10,000,000, and to encourage and aid the immigration of 300,000 persons from Germany and Northern Europe to settle the land. Female Chinese Immigration. By private advices from China It is probable that representations have been made to the Im perial Government which will result in the pro hibition of female emigration from China to California. A Chinese Consulate la San Francisco. It is proposed to establish a Chinese consulate in this eity. The Chinese Government deeply deplores the loss of Mr. Burlingame. In addition to the pe cuniary benefits accorded to his family, the Government has conferred upon him a posthu mous title of the highest rank outside of the royal family. The Fekln massacre iioax. Passengers from China believe that the report of the massacre of Europeans and native Chris tians in Pekin is unfounded. FROM THE STATE. The Miners' EUht-hour Strike a Failure. Sp'Hal Despatch to The Evening Te'ejraph. bCBANTON, Pa., July 15. Trom present indi cations the contemplated strike of the miners in favor of the eight-hour law will prove an entire failure. The meetings of associations held in different regions within the past week have failed to harmonize discordant feeling, and al though the strike was to have begun to-day, nothing of the kind has been done. The upper Lehigh men are all at work. All themines in this vicinity are being worked as usual. The Beaver Meadow miners have deferred action on the eight-hour question until Tuesday of next week. This failure to carry out the resolutions of the Grand Council will no doubt be the means of a general resumption in the Schuylkil'. region. FROMCHUiA. The Tea Trade. Ehanguae, June 10. The departure of the ship Benefactor, on the 4th, for New York, with 338,000 pounds of green and 112,000 pounds of black teas closed the season, making a total of exports to the United States of 19,600,000 of green and 3,806,000 pounds of black teas. Tbe total of the season's silk exports was 42,640 bales, of which 5'J1 bales were to the United States. FROM THE DOMIJVIOJV. Opinion en the Fenian Trials. Toronto, July 15 Great satisfaction 13 ex pressed here regarding the result of the Fenian trials at Canandaigua, showing as it does, in contravention of opinions so freely expressed In English and Canadian jtrurnals, that the trials have been impartial. FROM THE SO UTH. TheMevea Wine Men. Mobile, Ala., July 15. Several delegates from New Orleans on their way to Baltimore to attend the convention of the order of "Seven Wise Men" arrived this morning, and are guests of the Grand Conclave here. They leave this evening, accompanied by delegates from this city. , FROMJVEJV YORK. Obituary. New York, July 15 John R.-Gillies, for merly of Washington, died at State n Island to day. New York Htockand Money Market. Nxw York, July 15. Stocks dull. Money, 4(5 per cent, uoid. 114V. o-20g, lhti'i coupon, iu. ; ao. 1'4, do., 109 ; do. 1865, do., 109 ; do. 1865, new, 108; do. 1C7, 108?i; do. 18d8, 1085 10-408, 107. Virelnla sixes, new. 67: Missouri sixes. 91 : Canton Company, 671,' ; Cumberland preferred, 85 ; New York Central and Hudson Kiver, : Erie, Readlug, 100h ; AdiAns Expren8,67Ji ; Michigan Central, 119 i Michigan Southern, 99',; Illinois Central, 137; Cleveland ani ruuiourg, iud ; i;mcago ana iw K lsiand, ill X ; Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, 94tf ; wett- ern tniou 'ieiegrapn, lb a Aii iCTTn LLiannci. Dull Times. Court of Quarter 8vntion Judge Paxson. This court is still open for tue trial of prisoners, but busmen Is very ulack and se iui liaidly to jus- vers. One party, a boy, was found guilty this morn ing of stealing a bag or rags from the store No. 843 South Water street, and another party was convicted of the larceny of a pair of shoes from a shop in Eighteenth street, above Market. Then It was deemed tit to put on trial a case In which two old women charged each other with assault and battery, and this occupied the remainder of the morning. The ball cases before Jurtire Ludlow, in the old court-room, are of an equally trifling and uninte resting character. FIHAXCE AND COMMERCE. Evening Tjxeghaph Offtce,) Friday. July 15. 1870. $ There is considerable excitement in financial circles to-day. owine to the threatening aspect of European political affairs, and the market ior goia ana governments Is necessarily dis turbed. The prospects of peace are rapidly fading, and speculation on the fnture is becom ing quite uveiy. Meanwhile the loan market continues to rellect the condition of legitimate trade, and is quiet and easy at rates previously quoted. ihe goia market continues excited and stronir with sales all the way from 114114, closing at me miter auuut noon, tne movement is en tirely due to the war news from Europe. uovernment Don as are weak: owmir to a panic among the small holders and a' disposition to sell at current prices. At the stock Hoard there was considerable activity and prices unsteady. Sales of City 6s, old. at nnd nt th now tin at 1016 Lehigh gold loan sold at 89. Beading Railroad was active and sold at 50(a) 50 31. Pennsylvania sold at 58; Lehigh Valley at 57; and Camden and Amboy at 110. - j vvj? - w wui uvii w avx yu in miscellaneous snares the only sales were of Northern Liberties Bank at 125' and Western do. at 68. Ocean oil stock sold at and Dalzcll at 50, and Thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets Railway at zi. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALE3. Reported by De Haven &, Bro . No. 40 S. Third street. BEFORE BOARDS. 100 sh Reading R. bco.. 60 FIRST BOARD. 11000 City 68, Old . . .100 loo sh Read R..S10. 60-31 loo ao loo x 100 do. ..060. DO'f 6031 810.60 3-f ...IB. 60 ....IB. 601 1300 city OS, N.lB.lOl5-, 200 800 400 800 60 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 800 do. do. do. do . do. t'JOOO dO....l8.b3.101 50oo ao 101 1500 Ln KOld Ii.... 90V 13000 Phil A E 7S.1B 89 X S3UOU w jersey k is. vt do.Monday 60 i 4 sn DK JN UD.,..rJ do sio. 60',' do..Mon.50 3-l do.ls.8lS.eO 1-16 do 60 8-1S do 030. 60 Y do....M.0. 60i do Is. co.v voen west hk.... 68 lishLeh V R 67 Tt loo sh renna.sswn. cs S05 100 100 do Is. 68 do b60 . 68 do 68X loo do 63 Nark k Lapnkk, Brokers, report this mornlns Gold quotations as follows: 10-00 A. M U4X 10-38 A. M 114?; 10-00 " 114 10-OT " U4 lino " liw 11-45 114'. U-4 " 114tf 11-4T U4tf 10-29 " 114 10-30 " 114 10 82 " 114X l-J-OU M. 114 J at Cookb & Co. ciuote Government securities aa follows: U. 8. 68 Of 1881, 11411 4X 5 6-208 Of 1662, 109M109J: dO., 1884, 109(U0; do.. NOV. 1866, 109&110; do. do., July, 108(109; do. do,, 18CT. 108Ji109; do. 1868, 109X1C9S 10-tOfl, 10IM bid ; racwes, ii4xiio. uoid, in. Mxsbks. Di havkn A Brothbb. No. 40 8. Third Street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations t U. 8.68 Of 1881, 1149114; da, 1862, 109S1WJ: do, 1864, 109X110; ao. I860, 109S(il0; do. I860, new, io931osk ; do. lser, do. 108k109 : do. 1868, do., 109X&109K; 10-408. 107f&107; D. 8. 80 Yea 6 per cent. Currency, 114VC4U0: Dae Coma. Int. Notes, 19; Gold. ll4ll4f;:Bllver, 1073109; Union PaclfloR. K. 1st Mort. Bonds, $8351845; Cen tral Paclflo R. R., $ss6(3S5: Union Paclao Land Grant Bonds, 17709786. Philadelphia Trade Report. Friday, July 15. Bark is scarce, and holders ask f 30 per ton for No. 1 Quercitron. Seeds Cloverseed sells in a small way from second hands at 9-259-60. Timothy Is nominal at 7-60(38. Flaxseed la In demand by the crashers at 12 23. The Flour market la steady, but there Is not much activity. The demand Is chiefly from the home con sumers, who purchase only enough to supply their immediate wants. The sales foot up 1000 barrels, including superfine at 14 855-l2jrf ; extras at 1528 W5 si$ ; towa ana w iBconsin extra family at 15-23 for low grade up to 16-60 for choice ; Minnesota do. do. at td-&0(ot6-76; Pennsylvania do. do. at 16-26(37, tue miter laic lur uuukb , luuiuutt tuiu uiuo QO. ao. at 6-256-76; and fancy brands at 17(38-80, as In quality. Rye Flour may be quoted at 5-25. The Wheat market Is firm, but the demand haa somewhat fallen on. Sales of 1600 bushels at f 1-46(4 1-60 for Pennsylvania red, and $1-45(31 -49 for Indiana do. itye is neiu at si ior western anaii-io for Pennsylvania. Corn attracts but little attention; sales of 8000 bushels at 11-08 for Pennsylvania yel low, $1-04 for Western do., and tll02 for mixed do. Oats are unchanged ; sales of 8800 bushels at 6365o. for Pennsylvania and 60c. for Western. Whisky is in demand, and 60 barrels Western Iron- bound sold at $1, and 60 barrels Monongahela on private terms. latest amrrLNa intelligence. For additional Marine Xetos see Inside Pages. By Telegraph.) Nxw York. July 15. Arrived, steamships Cam. brla, from Ulasgow, and Rapldan, from Havana. Ham frakcisco, jury 10. Arrived, snip Otage. from New Castle, New south Wales. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA -JULY 13 jJTATX OF THJERM0MKTBR AT THI IVBNINO TKLBGRAPH Ulrica. 1 A. M 81 1 11 A. M 66 9 P. M 93 CLEARED THIS MORNING. StY Bristol, Wallace, New York, W. P. Clyde A Co. Schr Jonn Btroup, uraniora, Ljnn, sinnickson h. CO. Schr J. Trudell, lless, Lynn, do. Schr Marlon Gage, Heather, Providence, do. Schr Sarah Clark, tirlrtln, Fall River, do. Tug Thomas Jefferson, Allen, Baltimore, with a tow Tug Fairy Queen Wilson, llavre-de-Grace, with a tOW OI Barges, w. r. cijruc a, vu mnnnm Tma TLfnwrrrwn Steamer Chester, Jones, 24 hours from New York, with mdse. to W. P. Clyde A Co. cnr d. a., taugun, ixwiej, iruui vnuncj rvmi with stone. firhr .lames Ponder. ITndsnn. from Kennebec witii Ice to Pennsylvania Ice Co. . . r .iiii-ii m TT 11 1 1 I . f . n .a acnr j. w. xiau, , iruiu u&iiuwvu, wuu ive ij Knickerbocker Ice Co. Schr Sarah Mills, Baker, 5 days from Boston, in ballast to Knight A Sons. ecnr o. a, is., uomon, Drawer, iruiu dubuhii Sfhr HAH. ftharn. Sham, from Petersburg, with lumber to H. Croskey & Co. ftcnr oaran o., wainer, iivm ain juver. Ki hr .Tniia K. Pratt. Ntckerson. 6 dava from Bos ton, with mdse to captain. bcnrAnn juizuoem, &euy, iruiu uw,u, nuu mdse. to Crowell U Nicholson. Schr V. Davwson, emun, irom weuueew Schr Idal L., Pearce, from Boston. Tnollnrtnnn Klrhnlann. from Baltimore. With A tew of barges to W. P. Clyde A Co. l ag lUesapeaKe, jnerrmow, uum n.uwrui.iv with a tow of barges to W. P. Clyde fc Co. gpocia! Deepak to The Evening Telegraph. Havrk-dk-Qrack, July is. The following boats left this morning In tow: C. Lable, with lumber to Wainwright & Co. Jennie Lucas, with lumber to H. Croskey fc Co. John and Harry, with lumber to R. Woolvenon. J. B. Hall, with lumber, for Wilmington, DeL Lady Franklin, with lumber to Saylor, Day & Mono, Harry and Addle, with coal to order. MEMORANDA. Br. Bteamer Batavi, LeMessurier, for Liverpool ; N. O. steamer Bremen, Lelst, for Bremen via South ampton ; steamers General Barnes, Mallory, for Sa vannah; Saratoga, Couch, for Norfolk and Rich mond ; and Uatu-ras, Lawrence, for Norfolk, cleared &t New York yesterday. Bark Francis B. Fay, Rollins, from Pnget Bound,' for phoenix Island and Philadelphia, at Valparaiso loth liitt. Brigs Robert Shaw, Goree, and Canlna, Coombs, hence, arrived at Boston yesterday. Schrs F. Slnnickson, Slnnlckson, J. Satterthwalte,' Kennett, and Reading RR. No. 47, Davis, from Nor wich for Philadelphia; and J.B.Myers, Kilwood. hence for Providence, passed Hell Gate yesterday. Schr Hearting KK. No 4H. Bldwtn, for Elizabeth , UiiwU iWU A3 Uckto. iota Uis