8 HIE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1670. c l x in TBLLi anitcn. OUR RIVER FRONT. The Appfnrnore ! the Delaware Wharves The Arrival of Prvduce-Oyaters Merchant mm and NKamr. Our Delaware wharves now present quite a lively appearance In all departments of river and ocean tiade. The fruit and fish markets are la the height of their season, and produce of all kinds is now coming In briskly. At Dock street wharf peaches in any quantity can be found, and also corn, new potatoes, berries, tomatoes, appies, squashes, cu cumbers, and numerous, other articles. Tomatoes appear to be the most plentiful at present. At Pier 14 South Wharves, Immediately above Dock street wharf, the sloop River Belle Is unloading a large carpo of towaties, onions, apples, and watermelons, and on the opposite side of the same pier, another nloop and a lighter have just arrived, loaded entirely with watermelons. Several fishing boats a'solle at Dock street. Some of these have loads of halibut from the down river fisheries, and this morning the boat bands were busy chopping otr the heads of these river sharks, ripping them open and removing the intestines, previous to exposure lor sale In the markets. Large piles of the headless bodies were on the wharf, and another pile of the unsightly heads lay on the boat-deck ready to be taken away by whoever might want them. The wharves of the Philadelphia Oyster Company, Tier No. is South AVharves, are now being exten sively repaired, and the several oillces thereon are being refitted In a superior manner. At this wharf there Is (iiiltc a shciil of oyster boats, notwithstand ng the fact that the months without the "Jf'are not favorable to the trade. A dozen or more boats are collected at this wharf, all fully loaded with oysters and clams. The commercial carrying business Is prosperous. The steamer .Norman of the Norman outside line for Boston is loading at Pine street whirr, and will sail on Saturday next. The steamer J. W. Kvermnn Is two or three piers above the Norman, loading for C larlestOD, South Carolina, and will sail on Frldy. Two large merchantmen at Pier No. 9 south, which is just above Walnut street, have lately arrived from foreign ports, and have discharged a cargo of foreign products, and will Immediately load one of American exports. The wharves of the Camden iiud Amboy Company are full of merchandise, as usual. of the various packet boats, one is la port for the rr vidence and Boston Bucket Line, the Whirlwind, a little mack boat, and two for the Washington and Richmond Line. The propeller John O. Shrlver of Baltimore, via the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Is loading at Pier No. 4 and will sail at 3 o'clock. The Wilming ton da ly packets are loading as nsuai, and their carpos exposed on the wharf embrace Iron, paper, carriage springs, beer barrels, etc., etc. The An thracite and the Tacony, two boats of the Swift sure line to New York, are at pressnt at the wharves of the company. The boats of the daily New York Express Line are at Pier No. 2, and the propeller tiraut of the Albany and Troy Steam Line, via Delaware and liaritan Canal, has Just discharged a miscellaneous cargo of cut marble mantels, hard ware, etc. The E. A. Burhard, sailing vessel, Is lying loaded at Lombard street wharf, which wharf Is tilled with crude Biigar la hogsheads. At the adjoining wharf is the Southern cross. The propeller Experiment is between Walnut and Spruce street, discharging a large cargo of oil of vitriol la carboys, brought from the Tacony Chemical Works. The name of the carry ing vessel'is certainly appropriate to its cargo. Abraham B. IIttton. It Is with feelings of deep regret that we announce the death of Abraham U. Hutton, the principal of the Pennsylvania Institu tion for the Deaf and Dumb. He was a graduate of Union College. Subsequently ho became a student in the Theological Seminary at Princeton. Owii:g loan affection of the throat he was obliged to relin quish the study of divinity. Ia March, 1822, he en tered the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deafanl Dumb as an assistant teacher. Here he hail the good fortune to receive instruction from the distinguished Laurent Clerc, and made rapid progress in his profession. In this situation he continued until Mr. Lewis Weld, the principal, was called to take charge of the American Asylum at Hartford. Mr. Hutton was appointed the Principal on the resignation of Mr. Weld, on the 4th of September, 1830. His unceasing assiduity and untiring zeal to promote the welfare of the institution, and his successful management, gained for him a high reputation as an admirable uacher. But he was not satisilod with merely en larging the minds of his pupils. He took trie greatest pains la cultivating their moral powers, and In Implanting the pure les sons of religion in their hearts. He was a pious Hon, an atrcctlonate brother, a faithful friend, and a kind preceptor. He possessed a cultivated ralud and a reUned taste. His attainments In Natural Pniioso phy and Chemistry were very considerable, and he took great pleasure In Bclentiflo pursuits. Uls pro ficiency In drawing and engraving was such that bad he made either of these arts his special study he would have ootained a high reputation. But to Instruct the deal mute In the most etll clent manner was the great object of h's life. To it he devoted all his energies, and the success with which his labors were crowned is the best evidence of his ability and fidelity. Such a man was Abra ham B. Hutton. He died at the residence of his sister, at StuyvcBant, Columbia county. New York, on Monday night the lsth Instant. He was on a visi to her during the vacation. His earthly re mains rest witii his kindred ; his spirit has gone to his God. TEK WASIHKCiTON! AN TEMPERANCE SOCIETY, NO. 1, of Philadelphia. This society was organ zed several weeks since in the Mariners' Bethel, Front street, below Christian. A meeting was hold in the church corner Sixth and Federal streets, to consider the subject of providing a temporary heme or shelter for the unfortunate victim of rum; and, Instead of bitters, furnish him with a cup of coffee or tea, or, if medical aid Is needed, furnish that also, and when restored to sense ami reason get, him to sign the pledge of total abstinence. The society propose that every evangelical church in the city have, as soon as practicable, a branch of the Washingtonian Temperance Society organized, and that the subject of temperance be brought be lore the people at least once a month. The mana gers of the parent society are to be the ministers of the respective churches. The ministers to whom the plan has been submitted approve highly of the iueabure. State House Bow Improvements Workmen have for several days been engaged la Improving the sidewalk in front of the State House How. Tho old curb has been taken up and reset with a broad dag. A trench is now being dug for the accommodation of the drain pipes which are to be laid from Filth to Sixth street. A slate pavement, one and three quarter Inches thick, will then be placed from the curb to the buildings. The old steps iu front of the Mayor's and Receiver of Taxes' oillces and in front vt the entrance to Independence Hall will be re placed with granite blocks. When completed, the front of the State House will present quite a tidy ap pearance. X. T. K. Tills evening Mr. B. F. Buane, the X. T. K., will have a complimentary benefit at the Assembly Building, wheu he will appear In his ruu Bical melange entitled "Ninety Minutes iu Kweer Kompany." Mr. Duane, It is almost needless for ns to say, is a mimic of extraordinary ability, and his entertainment is something out of the usual line and infinitely amusing. The programrao for this evening will present several novel features, and we can promise those who attend a very enjoyable per forniance. As the city Is amusementless just at the present moment, Mr. Duane ought to have a crowded house this eveniug. Singular Casualty. Win. Fischer, aged twenty years, was amusing himself yesterday at New Mar ket and Green streets with snapping percussion caps with a hammer. A piece of one of the missiles fctruck a little girl ia the neck and indicted au Injury of such a nature that her life Is despaired or. Fischer was arrested, and given a hearing before Alderman Cohlll, who committed hlra to await the result ol the injury. Picking Pockets A fellow giving the name of T. 11. Vance has been held by Aldermau Allison, for ticking pockets. He took passage in the German town cars, and shortly after leaving the depot he abstracted a pocket-book from the pocket of a lady. Being caught In the act, he jumped Irora the iraln and was pursued and captured. While running lie threw tne pocket-book away, it was recovered. Base Ball. The Athletic Base Ball Club of this city and the Marylaud play to-morrow afternoon, on the grounds at Seventeenth aud Columbia ave nue. The Athletic will make their appearance ia the new uniform, consisting of white flannel cap, hhlrt, and pants aud blue and white stockiuga. Attempted Suicide Ann Spear at au eulv hour this morning attempted suicide bv lumping into the Delaware from Walnut street wharf. Po licemen audersllcf and Phillips were oa tho spot, nd succeeded in rescuing her. The Heat. Thomas Brown fell at Eleventh and Lombard streets at half past 0 o'clock last evenln, Kurterlug from the heat. Ho was removed to his residence, No. mo bontii juniper street. Still-born Infant Found. The Schuylkill Har bor Police yesterday afternoon found the body of a Will-born infant on the wreck of a canal-boat In the river mar Market street urmge. Drinking Fountain Damaged. Yesterday after r.cnn an lee-cart ran against the drinking fountain located at Passyiink road aud Sliippen street. The IJIUUM WHS badly datUHged. JOHN AND SAMBO, ttinirnrntlve foot of Negro and Chinese Labor. Borne time ago. early In the planting season, Bays tho New Orleans Titntt, our planters were much pressed for labor. What with the disor ganization which always follows the Christmas holidays, and that great cause of disquietude on the plantations, the new demand for laborers on the railroads, the planters found their forces considerably reduced. Extraordinary efforts had to be made to procure hands to fill up the va cancies created by these causes. Among, other plans, that of importing negroes from Virginia was resorted to. Many planters went to Virginia themselves, selected their hands, brought them on at their own expense, and set them to work on their plantations at the same rates given to their other laborers. Others procured them through brokers and agents. Several houses or firms were established in Virginia, which, through agents and brokers, have for some time carried on quite a brisk business. The following was tho modus operandi: A broker here would come to a planter, and ask if ho did not want a good lot of nrst-cla59 field band?. "Of course," was the reply. Then hero is a telegram from 11. it N. that they can supply you on the fol lowing terms: You must advance the passage of the hands by rail, say tti, fi a head for rations, $10 for commission and brokerage to the Virginia parties, and when they reach Kenner villo the broker who receives then there must be paid $10 and t'J each passage money by steamboat to tho plantation. Thus the cost per hand amounts to nearly $50 outlay before the hands arrive on your place or you have seen them. Taere arc other expenses which increase this sum to nearly sixty dollars. And this you piy without any knowledge of tho character of the hands you invest in, aud with a liability to lose some, many, or all of them, after you have advanced the railroad fare and rations. You luvc no means of holding them to their contract or of reimbursing yourself. 1 hey may leave at any point they desire on the road, or they may pre fer to contract with some one elste after they get here. You have no remedy whatever; you have only helped a number of Virginia negroes to emigrate to a new field of enterprise and labor. How many young white men there are who would be deeply grateful for a like assistance! But the negro feels no such gratitude for the assistance rendered to him, and when he arrives here looks around and makes tho best bargain he can. Thus it has happened that a good many thousand dol lars have been thrown away by our planters. Tew of them have been able to retain their bands. The very condition that their passage money should be reimbursed out of their monthly wages has encouraged this delin quency and bad iaitu on the part oi the hands. Then, again, the hands accepted and paid for as field hands here, the great majority of them. at least, proved to bo not field hands aud utterly unfit for tho work on our plantations. lnus the wnole system of importing our labor from Virginia has proved an expensive failure. aud will be abandoned by anybody who ever tried it. Compare this system with that which is now in full operation under the direction of General J. G. Walker, and of that enterprising firmO'Fal- lon & Hatch, for the importation of Chinese laborers irom California. The followintr arc the terms on which this labor can be procured through the gentlemen referred to: 1. Wages, $14 coin per month, payable monthly. 3. Employer to pay expenses of transporta tion from ban Francisco, not to exceed &70 to $80 per head. u. icrmot service tnrce years, commencing from date of laborer's arrival ou tho premises of the employer. 4. Laborer to buy his own clothing, pay his own medical bill, and lose time of sickness. 5. Extra work to be paid for at the current rates of the country. 0. Employer to furnish food and quarters. Contracts upon the above terms can be made with responsible parties in California, who will give security that the men furnished by them will comply with their engagements. In this latter condition the planter has a secu rity which he cannot have In any contracts with negroes or others. Beside tho known fidelity of the Chinaman to his engagement, there is tho additional security of most responsible parties to reimburse tho planter for his advances in case of any desertion or violation of contract. This is the chief merit and recommendation of this system, and gives great value to it. Tho constant uncertainty of our planters as to their laborers is the principal obstacle to largo uud energetic cultivation. Let any landowner or planter have an assurance that ho can depend upon his laborer for three years, aud there will be immediately communicated a powerful impulse to the cultivation of our great staples. ESCAPE OF PRISONERS. During Act of Convicts at WlIllauiNport, fa. The Williamsport Gaittte and Bulletin of the 10th instant says: Four prisoners escaped from our county jail between one o'clock and daylight on Sunday morning. Their names are Tnomas McCabe, awaiting trial on a charge of burglary at Muncy; Johc Ueiueman, awaiting trial on a charge of hiring a horse and not returning it; Arthur Kaighu and John l'rescott, committed for burglary and robbing the house of Mayor Hcrdic. T he management of the affair displays considerable skill, and shows that accom plices from the outside had furnished the prisoners with tools to work with. Prescott had managed to saw oil a large bolt which locked his cell, and must have accomplished that work by closing the outer door, which is of solid oak, and sawed during the day, when not watched. This ena bled him to reach through the grating with a stick and push the bolt of his door back aud walk out. This accomplished, he released the other prisoners, whose doors were bolted but not locked, but could not be opened from the inside. A prisoner by the name of Coder, under a sentence for some misdemeanor, has had charge of the ball at night, and has been very faitbiul in seeing that all was right. The libe rated prisoners went out to his cell, which was not locked, and threw a quilt over his head and face, so that he could not inuko the slightest noise. On his struggling thev held a revolver to his bead, and told him if he made any noise they would kill him, and were about to gag him, when he said his mouth was sore from a wound received in the army, and it would kill him. They then placed a guard of three meu over him, while a fourth proceeded to the grated window at the rear end of the second story hall, and commenced the work of sawing oil a bar. When he became tired ho would come and stand guard over Coder, while one of them would take his turn at sawing. The instru ments used for this purpose were two old table knives made into saws by filing teeth in them. When the bar was sawed off, the prisoners tied whole sheets together, forming a rope to the ground or near It. They then tied Coder's hands and feet, put a towel over his mouth, and passed through the grated window aud into the jail yard. There they found a clothes line which they threw over the wall, securing the end ou the inside, and made their escape. Coder finding that they were out, crawled on his hands and knees and knocked at the door of another cell, the occupant of which gave the alarm, when Sheriff Piatt came to the scene to find that four of his boarders had left without paying their bills. The Sheriff was up at 1 o'clock and looked through the hall to see if all was right, and Coder did not go to sleep till half past 1. The escape was effected between half past 1 and half past 3 o'clock. The scamps naa taken the precaution to turn the water on ia the closets of the cells, so that the noise made by that would drown any made in the prosecution of their work. Of course all this could not be done without accomplices from the outside. Some one uaa conveyeu mem tne Knives for saws, a revolver, and a dirk all from the outside, as the prisoners were searched when they wers put in. l'rescott concealed the tools iu his cell by cutting a iioie in ms maiiress ana supping them in when he was not at work. A reward is offered for their detection. THE l'ARADOL SUICIDE. Mens. Bertheny Telrnrnoiin to Tarla for trncilona. M. Berthemy,the ex-French Mlnister.ls in New York on his way to Europe, and had engaged passage to sail in the Lafayette on Saturday. The I rench Consul-General, on his behalf, sent word this morning to the agent of the line that he relinquished his state-room, though it was not certain that his departure would be delayed. He had telegraphed to Paris for Instructions, which would probably arrive to-night or to morrow. M. Bellonet, the Secretary of Legation, to act under M. Paradol, has not yet arrived in this country. The only persons now in charge of tbe French Embassy at Washington are tbe Count de Turenne, an attache of the third class, and the Count de Pourtales, a young attache at large, without definite position. M. Bcrthemy has been appointed the French Ambassador to Belgium, where his presence is much needed. The late M. Prevost-Paradol remarked on his arrival here that a leading feature of his mis sion would be to negotiate a postal treaty with this country. The French Government, he sa d, desired to i educe its rates of postage, but could not lower them to the standard of United States charges, on account of tho great expense of its Post Olllce Department. In this country, he said, letters in country towns and villages re mained with the postmasters, and were called for by the recipients, while in France, every letter was carried to the individual to whom it w as addressed, without reference to the isola tion of his dwelling. A'ademolselle Prevost-Paradol arrived here on Tuesday, and left last evening, it Is said, on the boat for Newport. A despatch has been for warded announcing the sad news of her father's death. M. Bertbcmy, until advices from Pari, will act as French Minister at Washington. M. Berthemy was with Paradol four days in Washington, and left him on Monday last, per fectly well, mentally and physically. Deceased, he says, had a well-balanced mind, and was of a cheerful and pleasant disposition. There were no pecuniary difficulties) that he is aware of, nor any domestic trouble of any kind; ho was a widower, about forty-two years of age, and has two children, who accompanied nitn to the country. M. Berthemy thinks it possible that the deceased may have been affected by the excessive heat which has prevailed at Washing ton, and wblcb is so distressing to strangers. He cannot possibly advance any other theory. N. Y. MUSKY MARKET YEH rKltOA V. from the JV. J". Herald. "The continued deferment of actual hostilities between the armies of ! rauce and Prussia is re flected in the steadier movement of the gold market to-day, although it was very feverish and unsettled between the limits within which it move I. "A new Influence, however, is now operating on gold and stocks, aud its effects were the reason of a heavier market; ior ooin. ueierencc is uau to tne growing activity of the money market. The rate on can nas Dcen sreauuy auvancing nnuer me swelling proportion of the gold speculation and througn a more widespread operation of that feeling, wnlch is sensitive to financial disturbance, and withdraws capital from speculative reguns whenever dinger appears. The marking up of gold to 123 has created a de.raud for many millions ot money, and the demand increasing as the lenders' confidence decreases there is a twoiold reason for higher rates. Hence it was that the upward movement In gold to-day was check' d In a great measure by the penalties of dealtn in It. holders of gold oetnflt required to pay as high as 8-64 per day Interest equlva'ent to nearly 20 per cent, per annum, Dounties, wnen tne noia uoom is thus robbed of its attractions with the outside and numerous class of opfrators, the rorelgn bankers will find it less easy to get up a sensation on the next war bulletin. "Hence It was that gold and stocks, again reversing their movements, showed a concurrent downward tendency to-day. The lowest price of gold was 121V, made In the early forenoon, on the also exploded idea of lnrge specie shipments, the amount sent to-day being only 12,080,000. From this point there was a rise a small one, by the way te 121 jf, on exaggerated reports of a decline In live-twenties In Louden, which were said to be down to 70. Later the suicide of the French Minister was made a pretext for an excitement which ran the price up to 122. From this point It fell oil' to 121 H on the submission of bids for onlA 1026,000 of the tiovernment gold, the Rtreet Inferring that the foreign bankers In refusing this opportu nity of getting gold, which they argue to be so cheap at current prices, were no longer buyers but were ready to sell to the public. Later gold advanced to 1228 on the report that the Gov ernment had suspended its programme of gold sales, although nothiog was known positively about the matter further than that orders had been received at the Sub-Treasury not to readvertise the balance of the million un sold to-day. The bids were all accepted and the gold awarded as follows, to the extent of 8025,000: fiooo at 1122-40, gnooo at f 122-01. J5000 at f 121 -79, (in,ooo at f 121, gMto.ooo at f m ro, 120,000 at $122-05, f :io,ooo at 1121-40, $20,000 at (121-23, 30,ooo at f i-wsti. This Influence disappeared as the afternoon wore on, and as no further news was received by cable the fear of high rates for carrying gold to-morrow led to a selling movement, under which the price de clined to 12l(122 at the close. "The rate on call ranged from Ave to seven per cent. The former was the very exceptional rate ou loans with pledge of Government bonds. On stocks the rate was six to seven per cent. In the earlier por tion of tbe day, with more doing at the latter figure, which In some instances was exacted In gold; but toward the close of banking hours there was a bet ter supply of money and balances were ott ered at six per cent. In commercial paper there Is little doing and rates show a hardening tendehcy, buyers being indisposed to purchase prime double-name acceptances at Jess than seven per cent." DIED. (For additional Death we fifth pan.) BwDtK.t-At Havana, on tne morning of the isth Instant, Makaii Fkkdbkika, wife ol Thomas Riddle, In the 25th year of her age. PROPOSALS. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS. Office, No. 104 S. Fifth Street, Philadelphia., July 21, 1871). ) NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at the Ollice of the Chief Commissioner of Highways until 11 o'clock A. M. on MONDAY, 25iU iust., for the construction of a sewer on the line of Amber street, from the southwest curb-line of Setterly street, to connect with the sewer In Sertreaut street. And on the northwest 6ide of Girard avenue, from Vienna street to tbe south west curb-line ot Montgomery avenue, said sewers to be constructed with brick, circular in shape, with a clear inside diameter of three feet, with such manholes as may be directed by the Chief Engineer and Surveyor. The under standing to be that the sewers herein adver-ti-ed are to be completed on or before tho 30th day of September, 1870. Aud the contractor shall tke bills prepared against the property fronting on said sewer to tbe amount of oue dollar and fifiv cents for each lineal foot of f out on each tide of the street as so much tah ruld; the balance, as limited by ordi- n nee, to be paid by the city; and tho contractor will be required to keep the street and sewer lu eood oider for three years after the sewer is finished. When the street is occupied by a city passen ger railroad track, the sewer shall be constructed alongside of said track in such manner as not to obstruct or Interfere with the safe passage of the cars thereon; and no claim for remuneration thail be paid the contractor bv tho company u: lng said track, as specified In Act of Assembly ni proved May , ltx. Each proposal will be accompanied by a cer tificate that a bond has been filed iu tbe Law Department, as directed by ordinance of May 2 tn. 1800. If the lowest bidder shall not exe cute a contract withiu five days after the work is awarded, be will be deemed as decliaing, aud will be held liable on bis bona for tne unter ence between his bid and the next lowest bid der. Specifications may be bad at the De partment of Surveys, which will be strictly adhered to. The Department of Highways re serves the right to reject all bids not deemed Ruili-fiictorv. All bidders may be present at the time and ulite of opening the said proposals. No al lowance will be made for rock excavations, txeept by special contract. jiAUi.il. it. uitvirvsu.', 7 21 Ct Chief Commissioner of Highways. TIllttD ED1T10K AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL The Suicide of XkX. Faradol. Baron Gerolt in Washington. Bids for Government Bonds. Mr. Freliiighuysen and England. etc. i;tc. Etc., etc. etc. FROM WASBIXGTOJf. The Steven nmtery. Sfeial Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. Washington, July 21. It is understood that the Navy Department has ordered certain ex perts to examine the large floating iron battery now under construction at Hoboken, under the direction of General McClellan, with the view of purchasing it for the naval service. Hear-Admlrnl l.namnn reports but little change in political affairs in Uruguay. Though there is not tho samo appa rent excitement publicly expressed as hereto fore, yet he is informed from a reliable source that the interests of the two parties are much nearer a solution than the public generally sup pose. Admiral Porter is amused and surprised at tbe telegrams sent abroad that he had recommended tho enlistment of eighteen thousand seamen, and for the Presi dent to call an extra session of Congress. He says it is true the navy ought to be greatly In creased instead of being of reduced and weak ened as it has been. But he has no intention of recommending the enlisting of men so long as the existing law does not authorize the Increase, and as fara-i recommending the President to call an extra session is coucerned, it has not been alluded to by him. Female Trenmiry Clerk. Under tho new law passed at the late session of Congress, several ladies in the Treasury De partment were yesterday promoted to first and Ecconu-class clerkships, to receive the same salary and stand the same on the lists as the sterner sex. Itenr- tdnilral ftadford reports his arrival in the Franklin at the Downs, Eng., on the 5th Inst., seventeen days from Lis bon, Portugal. There was one case of varioloid on bord, but upon the appearance of the disease steam was gotten up and he was soon cared for on shore. The Admiral, at the time of writing, had no war news to communicate. As soon as he is relieved by Admiral Glisson, who is now there, ho will sail in the Franklin for New York. Kenned to M. I'aradol. The Secretary of the Navy has ordered a marine guard at the house of tho lato French Minister, out of respect to his positiou, and tuey will remain there until after the funeral. The 1'renldent, with his family and his private secretary, Gene ral Porter, left this morning for Long Branch. He does not expect to return for a month unless there should be urgent public business. IHr. FrellnghuygMi has written a friwnd here to tbe effect that he has not yet fully made up his mind to accept the mission to England. Neither the President nor Secretary Fish has received any informa tion to tbe effect that he would accept. The Funeral of Hong. Paradol. will not take place until the return of M. Ber themy from New York. The latter gentleman telegraphed to-day that he will not arrive here until to-morrow or next day. Paradol's children will be here to-night from Newport. Berthemy cannot leave New York until he hears from France, whither he has telegraphed for In structions. Southern Press Association. A meeting of ISoutherners of Republican persuasion was held here last night to form an organization for the purpose of counteracting Rebel press despatches from tho South. They elected a number of Republican Congressmen officers of the association. General Nherldan is expected this evening on his way to Europe He will receive some instructions from General Sherman relative to his European tour. Baron f.erelt. Denvatch te the Associated Press. Washington, July 21. Some of tho news papers are mistaken in saying that Baron Gerolt is in New York. He will remain here One of the members of the legation left here for that city on Friday last to attend to the in terest of the North German shipping. FROM CAPE MA Y. Death of General I.earh Illnens of a PlilladeU IH1I11 merchant A l.uriie uxcurnlou. Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. Cape Island, July 21. Tho sudden death of General William A. Leach creates a profound sensation among his many warm friends here, Harry Thomas, Esq., a wealthy Iron merchant of your State, Is very ill at the Stockton House. The excursion of St. Francis' Church, at Fair- mount, brought down about twelve hundred It is a very pleasant and agreeablo party. FROM JVKW YORK. Proposals lor Government Bonds. New York, July 21. There were elghtecu proposals foe the purchase of Government bonds to-day, amounting to 14,072,250. The highest price was 108 30, and the lowest price 107. Tho awards will be about 11,000,000 at 107. Khlp News. New York, July 21. Arrived, steamship Angliu, from Glasgow, and City of Mexico, from Vera Cruz. Shipment of Mperle. The steamship Abyssinia sailed to-day, with 8o3,0C0 in specie. New York Pteck and Money Market. Mew York, July 21. Stocks strong. Money active at ' per cent. Gold, 121;. 6-20s, lsai, coupon, lOi"; ; do. 1SC4, do., 108' ; do. 1365, do., los j do. isas, new, 107 do. lstif, 101 'i ; do. 1808, 10$4 ; 10-4'Js, 100'. Virginia sixes, new, 60; Missouri sixes, 89 V; Catitou Company, 60; Cumberlaud preferred, 3 ; Xew York Central aud Hudson Kiver, 04.' ; Erie, ti'4 ;'Iteading, Adams Express, 65tf; Michigan Central, 11$; Michigan boutliern, 8i; Illinois Central, 110; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 104; Chicago aud Koolc Isiaua, 112; Pittsburg and Fort Wayuo, iA Western t uion Telegraph, Ml,'. Mew York Produce Alarket. NiwYom, July 21. Cotton nominal; S00 lu'es sold ; for middling uplands aoe. was asked. Kloir 7000 barrels Bold ; Biate, is-ftoT-fS; Ohio. ti 2ft $ 7-60; Western, 15070; Southern dull aud heavy; sales at id 40U0-23. Wheat unsettled at a deoiiue of 8a8c. ; 60,000 hushels sold, No. 1 spring at f l-SJrftft; Wiuler lied Western li-sal. Cora nrmer with out sales. Oats firm hut no sales. Bunt firm. Pork depressed; mess, $-l-7B; prime f22-.V)24. Lard dull ; -Hovn rendered. lotfiT1. , c. ; kettle rendered, uyt:. Wliittk tnii at lot. FOURTH EUITI0N LATEST NEWS BY CABLE. Religions 4spect of (ho War. The Neutrality of Austria. NEWS Fr.OM THE CAPITAL. Important Hallway Decision. CtC Etc., . lite, lite, Etc. FROM EUROPE. A Religions View of the Vnr. Paris, July 21. One of tbe journals of this city to-day accepts the war between France and Prussia as "God's intervention to check Fro- testanlsm." Austria's Neutrality. London, July 21. The fact that Austria is ordering the movement of her troops for an ex tended field of manteuvres In Hungary, Is ac cepted asproving the sincerity of her neutrality. Fallinc Off or American Kinlcratlon. Berlin, July 21. It is estimated that the de cline in the number of German emigrants to America this year will reach fully two hundred thousand on account of tho war. The Itnnk ol England. London, July 21. It is said that a still fur ther advance iu the rate of interest in the Bank of England is contemplated. Ship News. Glasgow, July 21. Tho steamship Europa, from New Yoik for this port, was signalled off Movllle this morning. The hull of tho Sarah M.. before reported waterlogged, entered this harbor in tow yesterday. This Afternoon's Quotations. London, July 21 1 I. M. Consols Si,' for both money and account. United States 6-20s unchanged. 10-408, 79. Stocks steady. Erie, 15J ; Illinois Cen tral, 101 ; Great Western, 21. Liverpool, July 211 V. M. Middling uplands cotton, 8J,rt. ; middling Orleans, 8.5,d. The sales for to-day will be lo,don bales. London, July 21. Llnsoed oil, 31 10s. Calcutta Linseed quiet. H AVtiK. July 21 Cotton closed quiet yesterday at 90 francs for both on the spot and afloat. FROM jyA&UIJVOTOJY. The Kansas Uallrond. Washington, July 21. Tho President has finally approved of the decision of Secretary Cox that the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Rail road Company has the solo right. to construct a railroad from Kansas across the Indian Ter ritory to Texas. Tho decision of tho Secretary of the Interior was based upon the fact that this road had arrived first on the southern boundary of Kansas, designated by law as the point where ono railroad was authorized to enler the Indian country. Despatch to the Associated Press. Customs Iterelpts for the week ending July 10 were as follows: New York, 3. 404,708; Boston, $:ii!),045: Phila delphia, 1'J0,530: Baltimore, $200,540; San Francisco, to July 2, $45,050. Total, 3,389,8S3. FROM THE DOM1JVIOJY. The I anndlan Fisheries. Toronto, July 21. Tho boats and fishing tackle seized on the St. Lawrence river near Cornwall by tho overseer of tho fisheries are to be given up, according to the Instructions from the Minister of the Marine Department. The order on the subject states that a circular Is to be issued, instructing the Canadian overseers of the fisheries to make a distinction between foreigners fishing merely for pleasure and those fishing for trade. Foreigners will also, on appli cation, be gratuitously furnished with printed permits, to be counteisigned by the local over seers of the fisheries. A Perfect Tornado swept over this city last night, resulting In con siderate damage to property. Tho rain fell in torrents. Some unfinished buildings suffered, as did many private residences. FROM JVE W YORK. Storm at Kochester. Rochester, July 21. A fearful storm visited this city last night. Several buildings were struck by lightning, but so far as kuown no person was injured. Three buildings were set on fire and destroyed. Fatal Accident. This morning a laborer named George Clare, at work in Powers' Block, was killed by one of the roof arches giving way and falliug upon him. FROM THE WEST. fJerman Meeting In St. Louis. 8t. Lovis, July 21. The Germans held another meeting last night. Mayor Cole and several prominent gentlemen spoke, and great enthus'asm prevailed. Resolutions express In? the deepest sympathy with Prussia were adopted. Considerable money was raised. LSQAL XrcVHX.LZQEirCS. tioaiog Out. . Court of Quarter Sessions. Before Judge l'axsoa there Is very little buslaess to-day. there being but two prison cases tried, one a conviction for stealing a horn from the ltobert Mor ris Hote Company, and another for stealing a purse f rom a man In search of a boarding-house. The list for the month Is very nearly disposed of, aud to morrow the court will adjourn for the month. Before Judge Ludlow, in the old court-room, a case chargirg a man with an outrage upon a woman Is on trial. The jury will be discharged to-day, und to-morrow and Saturday will be taken up with mis cellaneous business. PHILADELPHIA STOCK KXCHANGE SALES. Reported by De Haven & Bro., Nr j. 41 S. Tuir,l street BETWEEN BOARDS.' f'.OOOLeta Gold L... 8S: 100 so Uoad R....C. 4T', 500 City 6s. New. 101 200 do. ,. DUO. 47-81 U-2d. HH ,. .. 47. ,...C47-6U .. ..'..47-8J .blO. 474' ...0.47'OJ i 1000 rait con m us 400 do... 200 QO... 2ot do..., 100 do... 100 do... BOARD, loo sb Read R . loo . do.... loo do.... reg.... 99 lOOshLeh V R 67?,' 17 sh OCA A B.ls 46 j 200 sa Read It. ..Is. 47-09. SECOND 1100 City 6s, New. 101 ;i ; 607 bu PenuaH..la. 67V: 8'iOsh Th & E....1S. 25j :io sh Cata Pf ao 2S0 do is. Stf .b5. 47 loo do. .sOOwn. 47-51 100 sh Leu N St.b5. 33 HATS, TRIMMINQS. ETO. 237 (SOUTH H X IS 15 U X. GREAT BARGAINS IN STRAW, GIMP AND HAlU HATS, VOR LADIES AND MISSES, To close out Summer Stock. Sundowns, white, black and brown, 40 to 60 cents. Ribbons, Crapes, Klowers, Ruches, Frames, eto. Hash Ribbons, all widths and colors, bo, 60, 75, f 1. 1 he best bargains of the season iu Sash Ribbons. We are receiving barotites from Auction daily. MAR&L&NDti Store for good articles at low prices, 7 20 tuth3w) No. 837 SOUTH Street. Ladies, DOtke Trim jour Hats while you wait. PROPOSALS. 1)ROFOSAl 8 FOR RTAMTKD ENVELOPES . AND NEWSPAPER WRAITERS. TOST C-FFtCK PKPARTMKKT, July 11, 1fi70. SEALED PROPOSALS will be received until H . o'clock M., on the 11th days of August, 1S70, for furnishing ail the "Stumped Envelopes'' and "News paper Wrappers" which this Department may re quire during a period of four (4) years, commencing on the 1st day of October, 1S70. vlK : STAMPED ENVELOPES. No. 1. Note slr.ft, 8j bv BV Inches two qualities. No. 8. Ordinary letter size, 8 1-16 by B'i Inches three qualities. No. a. Full letter size, 8f by Inches three qualities. No. 4. Full letter size, (for circulars), ungummed on flap, 8 by 6$ Inches one quality. No. 5. Extra letter size, 6)4 by etf Inches three qualities. No. 6. Extra letter Bir.e, 8tf by 6 Inches tfer cir culars,) u mainlined on nap one qualilty. No. 1. Oillclal size, 8 16-10 by 874 inches two quali ties. No. 8. Extra official size, 4j; by 10.V inches one quality. STAMPED NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS. ' Six and a five-eighths by lx Inches rouud cut) one quality. EMBOSSING, WATER-MARKS. PRINTING, RILING PAPER WTYLE OF MANUFACTURE. All of the above Envelopes and Wrappers mnst be cmbrssed with postage stamps, of such denomina tions, styles, and colors, must have s;nm water marks or other devices to prevent Imitation, and. bear such printing and ruling as the Postmaster general may direct. The envelopes must ie made in the most thorough manner, equal in every respect to the samples furnished tj bidders by the Depart ment. The paper must be of approved quality, specially manufactured for the purpose. Whenever envelopts are order of the styles known as 'Black-lined" or "Self-ruled," (lines printed in side, or ruled on the face), the same shall oe fur nished without additional cost, the contractor to pay all charges for royalty In tue use of patented inventions for said lined or ruled envelopes. DIES. The dies for embossing the postage stamps on the envelopes and wrappers are to be executed te the satisfaction cf the Postmastcr-Ueneral, lu the best style, and they are to be provided, renewed, and Kept in order at the expense of the contractor. The Department reserves the right or requiring new dies for any stamps, or denominations of stamps not now used, and any changes of dies or colors shall be made without extra charge. Before closing a contract the successful bidder may be required to prepare and submit new dies for the approval of the Department. The use of tho rresent dies may or may not be continued. The dies shall bo safely and securely kept by the contractor, aud should the use of any of them be temporarily or permanently discontinued they shall be promptly turned over to tho Department, or Us agent, as the Postmaster-General may direct. GUM. The envelopes must be thoroughly and perfectly gummed, the gumming on tho flap of each (except for circulars) to be put on by hand not less than half an inch the entire length ; the wrappers to be also hand-gummed not less tliau three-fourths of au Inch iu width across the end. SECUhlTY FROM FIRE AND THEFT. Bidders are not itled that tho Department will re quire, as a condition of the contract, that the en velope and wrappers shall be raanufacuired and stored in such a niauuer as to Insure security against loss by lire or theft. The manufactory must at all times be sublect to the inspection of an agent of the Department, who will require the stipulations of the contract to be faithfully observed. PACKING. All envelopes and wrappers must be banded In parcels of twenty-five, aud packed in strong paste board or straw boxes, securely bound ou all the cngeB and corners with cotton aud linen eloth, glued on, each to contain not less than two hundred and nltyof the note aud letter sizes, and one hundred each of the oillclal or ooitra otllclal size, separately. The newspaper wrappers to be packed in boxes, to contain not less thau two hundred and fifty each. The boxes are to be wrapped and securely fastened in strong manllla paper, and sealed, so as to safely bear transportation by mall for delivery to post masters. When two thousand or more envelopes ore required to All the order of a postmaster, the straw or pasteboard boxes containing the same must be packed in strong wooden cases, well stropped with hoop-iron, and addressed; but when less than two thousand are required, proper labels of direction, to be furnished by an agent of the De partment, must be placed upon each package by the contractor. AVooden cases, containing envelopes or wrappers, to be transported by water routes, must be provided with suitable water-proofing. The whole to be done under the Inspection and direction of an agent of the Department. DELIVERY. The envelopes and wrappers must be furnished and delivered with all reasonable despatch, complete In all respects ready for use. and In such quantities as may be required to till the dully orders of post masters ; the deliveries to bo made either at the Post Olllce Department, AVashington, D. C, or at the office of an agent duly authorized to inspect and receive the same; the place of delivery to be at the option of the Postmaster-General, and the cost of deliver ing, as well as all expense of storing, packing, ad dressing, labelling, aud water-proofing to bo paid by the contractor. SAMPLES. Specimens of the envelopes and wrappers for which proposals aro Invited, showing the din'erent qualities and colors of paper required, the cuts, and style of gumming, with blank forms of bids, may be had on application to the Third Assistant Postmaster-General. This advertisement and a specimen of the sample envelopes and wrapper furnished by the department must be attached 10 aud made part of each bid. GUARANTEE. No proposal will be considered unless offered by a manufacturer of envelopes, and accompanied by a satisfactory guarantee signed by at least two re sponsible parties. AWARD AGREEMENT BONDS.' The contract will be awarded to the lowest re sponsible binder for all the envelopes and wrap pers, the prices to be calculated on the basis of tne number i-sed of the several grades during the last fiscal year, which was as follows: Note slr-e 1,469,25 Lttter size, first quality 69,467,600- LeUer size, second quality 8,956,750 Letter size, second quality (ungummed)..., 3,618,000 Extra letter size, first quality 5, s 16, 750 Jixtra letter size, second quality (un gummed) ' 454,000 Onlcial size &69.90O- Extra otllclal size 3,1 00 Newspaper wrappers 4,936,250 Total 86,2b9,50O Within ten days after the contract nas oeen awarded, the successful bidder shall enter Into an agreement in writing with the Postmaster-General to faithfully observe and keep the terms, conditions, and requirements set forth In this advertisement, according to their true intent and meaning, and shall 11 uke, execute, and deliver, subject to the approval and acceptance of the Postmaster-General, bonds with good and suillclent sureties in the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars (1209,000) as a forleiture for the faithful performance of said agreement or contract, according to the pro visions and subject to the liabilities of the seven teenth section of an act of Congress entitled "An act legalizing aud miking appropriations for such necessary objects as have been usually Included in the general appropriation bills without authority or law, and to tlx and provide for certain Incidental expenses of the departments and otllces or the Gov ernment, and for other purposes," (United States bUttuieB at Large, vol. 5, page 266), approved August 26, ls42, which act provides that la ease the con tractor shall fall to comply with tbe terms or his contract, "he ana bis sureties shall be liable for the forfeiture speclued iu such contract as liqui dated damages, to be sued for in the name of tb' United tuatcs In any court having jurisdiutis thereof.'' t , RESERVATIONS. The PostmBSter-beneral reserves to hlmselftl following rights: 1. To 1 eject any and all bids, If, in bis 1 1 1 r n 31 the interests of the Government require it. ' 2. To annul the contract whenever tbe same J any part tlieieof is ouercd for sale for the purpose speculation ; and under 1.0 circumstances will a trans fer of the contract be al.owed or sanctioned to any party who shall be, In the opinion of the Postmaster General, less able to fuliill the conditions thereof than the original contractor. 8. To aunul the contract, if, In his judgment, there shall be a failure to perform faithfully any of its sti pulations, or iu ease of a wilful attempt to impose upon the JJepurtmeut Envelopes or Wrappers lu. Krior to sample. 4. If the contractor to whom the first award may be made should lail to enter into agreement aud Bive satisfactory bon'ls, as hTeln provided, then the award may be annul ed and the contract let to tlc next lowest responsible bidder, and an on until the requued sgiccmtnt'. and boods ate executed; ai d such next lowest bidder shall be required to fulfil every stipulation embraced herein as If he were the original party to whom the contract was HWhrded' BIDS Should be securely enveloped and sealed, marked "Proposals for Stamped Envelopes and Newspaper Wrappers," and addressed to the Third Assistant Postmaster-General, Washington. D. C. JOHN A. J. CRE3WEI.L, 12 eod 13t Postmaster-General.
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