THE DAILY KVKNJG TELEGRAfH miLADELFniA; YDNESDAg, JULY 27, 1870.
Sampling.
The Rtturo f ibe Uamblln-; Fraternity to
rUlatlOtAla-The Glided Palaces la Fall
HliiMsA Du.oerou Man to norteiy,
BlBce the departure of Mr. Gibbons from the
thalr of the District Attorneyship In the Court
f Quarter Sessions, the gamblers, who had been
cleared away from the city by reason of the
isulp g of bench-warrants for their arrest and
the 'capture of the paraphernalia of their estab
lishments have returned, and now walk our
'Greets by day with perfect Impunity, while at
'.light they ply their business with the same
' effrontery that was so apparent a few months
since. Afpromcnader along Chesnut street can
readily pick out the gentleman of the cards and
rvulelte from the crowd which infests the
cinity of Ninth and Chesnut streets, and
Inwards midnight he can as readily pick out the
gambling hells, which of all abominations are
the greatest, and to which particular attention
should be paid by our police authorities. But
few months since, by the promptness of a city
official, the gamblers were driven from Phila
delphia and their places of resort closed, and
our citizens experienced great relief thereat.
There is no reason why the same state ot
affairs should not be in existence stiil. These
pests of society should be torn out every night,
and finally the gambler would give Philadelphia
a wide berth. Many of the professionals have
reaped a harvest at the watering places, while
others have picked up considerable money from
tourists who have made use of our city as a
Btopping place. Only yesterday a Loulsvllllan,
who was on his way to Niagara, stopped a gen
tleman.on the street and wanted enough money
advanced on his watch to enable him to return
to his native citj, from which he had been ab
sent only a few days, having really Intended to
be away for a month. His tale was similar to
th.it which is daily related at the Central. He
had met a gentleman of elegant address, with
whom he soon became intimate. With
him he had been induced to take a stroll
along Chesnut street, and after having imbibed
pretty heavily of the ardent, had gone into one
of the second-story gilded palaces, out of which
lie had come without even enough money to
pay bis board bill at the Continental. In addi
tion to the above means of fleecing the people,
we noticed the other day a fellow with a barrel
stave on his knee ut one of our prominent places
of amusement, playing three-card monte, en
deavoring to get some one of the crowd in his
vicinity to venture a small sum. While sitting
sit the Blue Bell Station on the Baltimore Kail
road, on Wednesday last, waiting for the train,
we were accosted by a fellow with basket on
arm, with the remark, in broad Irish accent,
"Any groundnuts, sir?1' Noticing that he had a
cloth covered over his basket, a gentleman near
by lifted one corner, and there beheld. Instead
of the nuts, a small roulette board. We after
wards learned this fellow has for years been en
gaged in that this business, and that he finds ready
customers among our Market street merchants.
Although for years dally seen on our prominent
thoroughfares with his basket, he has never yet
known the inside of a cell. He is an Italian by
birth, but makes his brogue suit the assembly
and the occasion. To-day he is a German and
to-morrow an Irishman, and by hU Ingenuity
has succeeded In laying by quite a fortune. He
can accommodate you with roulette, cards, or
the "little joker." and always has with him an
individual whose success, at either is a sullicient
inducement for a stranger to try his hand. He
is one of the dangerous men in Philadelphia,
and should be arrested, as his conviction, by
reason of the material found on him, would be a
certainty.
OUR WATER SUPPLY.
Work at the Fairmount Water Works is
tTOgressing rapidly, and numerous im
provements are being completed. The
new Cornish engine, which was put in
operation early this year, is now pumping about
8,000,000 gallons per day. This engine, with the
others in use at these works, pump about 18.000,
000 gallons per day, an increase of 7,000,000 per
day, as compared with the period of drouth last
summer. A larger engine, of the same pattern,
which will be capable of pumping about 10,000,
000 gallons per day, is now under way, and will
be finished next March.
The second large turbine wheel built in the
place of the old breast wheels is completed, and
now pumping about 8,010,000 gallons per da'.
A contract was made some time since for the
third turbine wheel, and the work has been com
menced, but Mill not be completed until next
year. When this is finished but two of the old
ereast wheels will remain.
One section of the new reservoir at Belmont,
to supply West Philadelphia, has been com
pleted, and in a few days will be filled with
water, the new engine at the new works, near
Belmont Cottage, having been finished. The
capacity of this engine and pump is 5 000,000
gallons per day. As soon as the second engine
lor these works is built and put in place, the
old engine-house near Girard avenue will be
at-andoned.
Although the work on the new iron bridge
over the Wissahlckon has been in progress for
more than a 3'ear, yet it still lacks completion.
The object in erecting this structure is to pro
vide for the conducting of water from the Rox
borough reservoir to the Twenty-second ward. It
was intended that the affair should have been
completed about the 1st of January last, but de
lay after delay has occurred, and the work yet
drags slowly. A great deal of this is owing to
the wretched manner in which the reservoirs on
Roxborough heights were built, their want of
greater elevation, and the inetlicient power of
the engine placed there. To repair these blun
ders Councils nave appropriated $147,000 for
another and larger engine, and for other im
provements. MASONIC.
The Work oil the New Temple Am Encamp,
uitnt at Allautlc City Services of a Kalht
Rewarded.
The work on the new Masonic Temple at
Broad and Filbert streets is progressing rapidly.
The capplng-stones on the second story are in
position, and the iron girders for the third floor
will be soon in their places.
An encampment of Knights Templar has been
arranged to take place at Atlantic City next
month, commencing on the 18th and continuing
until the 24th. The camp will be under the
auspices of Cyrene Commandery, of Camden,
and other New Jersey organizations of Knights
Templar. Delegations from our city comman
derles will be present, and probably one of our
commanderies will go into camp with their New
Jersey brethren in a body.
A few days since the members of Mary Com
mandery, No. So, Knights Templar, of this city,
presented, through Past Eminent Commauder
William J. Kelly, a magnificent gold modal to
Mr. Godfrey Keebler, as a token or their appre
ciation of his very satisfactory efforts at tha
recent encampment at Williamsport, while act
ing as quartermaster for the commandery.
Robbery in Broad Street. Last night the
residence No. &iH North Broad street was en
tered by a thief, who in his ransacking of the
place attracted the attention of the neighbors.
The police being warned, the house was
searched, but no thief could be found. The
officers then locked up the place and left.
About 4 o'clock this morning some of the resi
dents saw the rascal leave the building, carrying
with him a bundle. It has since been ascer
tained that the thief was locked in one of the
roems, aud, after the ollicers left, bad by bard
work cut a panel out of the door aud thus
effected his escape.
A Sad Case. James Duudon, one of the
workmen injured by the falling of the scaffold
at the oil works near Point Breeze, died last
night at the hospital. Deceased was not twenty
one years of age, and bad only lately arrived
from Ireland. Unfortunately he has not a
friend or relative here to see after his remains.
Ten Dollars William Williams was yes
terday arrested whilst in the act of stealing Ho
from a drinking saloon on Sixth street, below
Arcti AWermaa jjjwjft tett fcim to prison.
THE SIXTH WARD TIRE.
The Insurance on tho PennavVwinla Pnm
Mugnr Knery -The Kulns klo Moraine.
Tho rains of the Pennsylvania Steam Sugar
Refinery, which was dentroved by fire fast eve
ning, wcro visited by thousands of people this
morning. A large posse of polico were on the
grounds, and they prevented the masses from
approaching too near the walls yet remaining.
Workmen were engaged in clearing Race street
of the debris, in order that the passenger rail
way cars might make their regular trips. On
an inside pago will be found a full account of
the fire.
The following are the Insurances effected by
R. 1). Shcrrerd fc Co., insurauce brokers, on the
building, stock, and machinery.
OH STOCK.
Fame. Philadelphia. 13,000
Insurance Company of the State or Pennsyl
vania 10,000
Delaware Mutual Safety Insurance Company,
Philadelphia 6,000
American Fire, Philadelphia. 6.000
Mechanics' 5,ono
Franklin 10,000
Lamar, New York 6,000
Security, " fi.ooo
l.orlllard, ' 10,000
Humboldt, " 6,ooo
Hanover, " B.ooo
Home, ' .; ITYii
uermanla ' ' -H)
Kesolute " a, ))
International, New York 2,500
New Amsterdam, " 6,0cm)
Atlantic, " 6.000
Excelsior, " 10,0Kf
Tradesmen's, " f,ooo
Importers' and Traders', New York 6, two
Umpire City, " 6,000
Irving, " 6,000
Globe, " fi.'HK)
Astor, " 6,000
Firemen's, " ' b.ooo
Metropolitan, 6,ooo
American Fire, " 6,oH
Niagara, " 6,ooo
Commercial, " fi,(XM
Manhattan, ' 6,000
Columbia, " 6.000
Republic r,ono
Corn Exchange, New York 6, 000
North British and Mercantile, L. and K lo.ono
tynecn, Liverpool 6,000
Imperial. Liverpool 10,0'jO
Royal, Liverpool 4,000
occidental, Han Francisco 10 000
Firemen's Fund, Kau Francisco 6.000
Union, San Francisco. ... 6,000
Providence Washington, Providence 6,000
Western, Buffalo, N. Y 6,000
Buffalo City, Buffalo, N. Y 6,oo
Firemen's Mutual, Newark 2,6'K)
People's, Trenton 2,600
Commerce, Albany 2,500
Albany City 6,000
Capital City 2,500
Merchants', Chicago. 6,000
Republic, Chicago .. 6,000
Independent, Boston 10,000
Lycoming County Mutual, Pennsylvania. . . . 6,000
Charter Oak, Hartford 2.600
Home, N. II 5,000
North American, Hartford 5,1100
Connecticut e.nmt
Norwich, Connecticut 2500
Springfield F. and M., Massachusetts 2,600
People's, Worcester 6,000
National, Baltimore 5,000
Merchants' and Mechanics', Baltimore 6.000
Maryland, Baltimore &,ooo
Total 1300,000
ON MACHINERY.
Spring Garden, Pliila . jrs.noo
Security, N..Y 5 .000
Phoenix, Hartford 10,000
Putnam, " 3,000
Hartford, " 4.000
City, " 5,000
international, N. Y ; 3,000
Home, " ,50o
Home, " 7,000
Mercantile, ' 5,000
Buffalo F. and M., New York 6,000
North American 5,000
Xellef. ., 5,000
Sterili g 5,000
Phenlx 10,000
Market i,boo
Washington 6,000
Pacific, San Francisco 10,000
Union 2,600
uowara, isait. 5,000
M no, New York 5,000
Guardian, New York 5,000
Commonwealth, New York 5,000
Sprlngtield, Massachusetts 5,000
National, Boston '. 5,000
Hide and Leather, Boston 6,000
NarragaDHett. Providence 5,000
Atlantic, Providence 2,500
Norwich. Connecticut. 2,600
Firemen's Mutual, Newark 2,600
Queen. Liverpool, ling 10,000
North British and Mercantile, Liverpool, Eug. 20,000
Liverpool, London, and Globe, " 10,000
Fire Ins. Co. of County Philadelphia, Fhila.. 6,000
Fire Association, Philadelphia. 5,000
Union Mutual 5,000
Reliance 5,000
Insurance Company of North America 6,000
Total I
ON BUILDINGS.
Insurance Company of North America, Phi
ladelphia Home, New Y'ork
Standard, New York
Hartford, Hartford
Lamar, New York
Royal, Liverpool
Fulton, New York
Niagara, New York .
American Fire, Philadelphia
Putnam, H artf ord
National, Boston
Manhattan.New York
Phoenix, New York
Internat.onal, New York
North British and Mercantile, London and
Edinburgh
Pennsylvania Fire, Philadelphia
Imperial, London
Liverpool and London and Globe
10,000
d,0O0
8,000
6,000
11,000
2,600
11,000
10,000
2,600
6,000
6,000
6,000
16,00
6,000
5,0'K)
20,000
4,000
6,000
6,000
Total . 1130,000
RECAPITULATION.
On StOCk 1350,000
On machinery 220,0hi
On buildings i3u,ooo
Total t7oo,ooo
The Fifth Maryland in Philadelphia
The 2d Regiment National Guards, of this city,
have, through Lieutenant-Colonel Neff, tendered
an escort and entertainment to the 5th M dry
land Regiment on their return from Cape May,
on Saturday morning next. The invitation will
in all probability be accepted, as both commands
are anxious to have this opportunity for friendly
interchange of feeling, etc. The necessary
committees are at work, and have assurances
that the programme Is perfect. Particulars as
to arrival, route, etc., will be announced as soon
as Col. Herbert's wishes are known. Our citi
zens, merchants, manufacturers, and others are
called upon to decorate their residences, stores,
factories, etc., on this occasion.
Death from the Heat. Yesterday Thomas
Henry, a boss bricklayer, engaged in building
the new market house at the corner of Nine
teenth and Market streets, was found in the
yard of a house at Twentieth and Pemberton
streets. lie could not tell how he reached the
place, nor give any information relative to him
self other than his name and residence. A phy
sician was cane a in, wno pronounced the case
one ot sunstroke, ice sunerer was then re
moved to the First District Station Jtouse, and
thence totiie residence 01 Ms son-in-law. No
1144 South Fifteenth street, where he died last
night.
1Tsif-i T? il u u r U V I a at Ylltrht IntArmniUn
tvt u i ,tuuiii.ii a i.Mu j- u w tutui iuu.iivu
was lodged at the Sixteenth District Station-
house that the residence situated on the S. &
corner of Thirty-ninth and Chesnut streets had
been entered und robbed of several hundred
dollars' worth of silverware. Ofliccrs were at
once detailed to investigate the matter, but
could find 110 clue to the thieves. Subsequently
one of the servants of the family fouud the stolen
rrocertv hid behind some bushes in the vard.
Again the ollicers were sent for and placed on
guara, dui uie inieves aia not return.
Till-Tapmno John KIdd. aged M years.
has been sent to prison by Aldermau Randall
for stealing 20 from the drawer of a trimmings
store on Haverford street, above Forty-nrat.
Kldd was caught in the act of removing the
money.
George Smith, a thief of ebonv hue. was cad-
tured about 8 o'clock last night, whilst in the
act of tapping the till of a store on Amber
street, above York. Alderman llelns sent him
j to prison.
Firbma- Injvred. Frank Meyers, a mem
ber ot the Assistance Engine Company, whilst
proceeding to the fire at Third and Wo xi streets
last night, was struck in the back by the tongue
of the William Fenn Hose carriage and badly
injured. He was removed to his homo.
Another Nbw York Bat -Cxccrsios. The
success of the former excursions to New York
Bay has induced Beck's Band to give another of
the same kind, tho fourth, on next Monday,
August 1. The trip this time will embrace Long
Branch.
Shofs James Wilson was arrested during
the continuance of the fire at Fourth an J Race
streets last evening, for the theft of a pair of
gaiters from a store near by. Alderman Swift
sent James to Hotel de Moyamensing.
Fme titis ArTRrsoow. The alarm of fire at
2 tA lock this afternoon was caused by the ex
plosion 'of some whisky in the snb-cellar at-tacr-ed
to the rectifying establishment of II. fc
II. W. Catherwood, No. 114 South Front street.
Fire. About 1 o'clock A. M. the grocery
store located at Tenth and Parrish streets was
somewhat damaged by fire,
Sunstroke. An unknown man was prs
trated at Second and Callowhill ttreets early
this morning.
N. Y. MONEY MARKET YESTI.HOAY.
From the A. F. Herald.
"The Wall street markets have been again
affected by the warm weather, and were it not that
stocks betrayed a weakness which compelled the
brokers to be constantly on the watch ut the
Long Room, stocks and gold would have been dull
altogether.
"The waning ipeculatlve spirit of the Gold Room
keeps pace with the ahsence of startling news from
Europe. The market was very stead? to-dav. Tho
highest price waa due to the lower quotations lor
our securities in i.odood, wnere a very uneasy feel
ing was reported to exist In consequence of the
alu'ged Franco-Prussian treaty. Mill tho lack of
rai war news checked the rise at 121 The Gold
Room wishes events, facts, fait accompli, now. in
stead of impressions or rumors. Hence a selling
movement to realize the advauce provoked a decline
to 120?. especially as loreiun exchange was re
ported lower and as there was comparative silence
concerning me Binp'nems or specie 10-moirow.
Manv of the 'hulls' alsol became impatient and sold
out with the Intention of taking the chances of buy
ing oacK ai a lower price oeiore a oatue snouui
come off. Afterward the confident prediction that
the rate of discount In London and Paris will be ad
vanced to Ave per cent, within the current week led
to a return to 121.
"The heavy realization m stocks and decline in
prices during tho past few weeks have afforded bor
rowers on call a better supply of funds. To-day the
rate for money was unusually eaBy, and before the
close of banking hours large amounts were offered
at fonr per cent, xne stock nouses m tho earlier
hours of the afternoon were freely accommodated at
five per cent. The government dealers were sup
plied at three to live per cent. Commercial paper
shows the disposition of byuers to purchase at rates
which will compensate for the expected activity in
money next lan. iience mere are no transactions
at less than seven per cent., and the rate for prime
paper ranges from that figure to eight per cent.''
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Wedn esoay, July 27. Cotton Is advancing and
about all the middling here has been taken on New
York account as 20c. for upland and 21c. for Now
Orleans.
No. 1 Quercitron Bark Is steady at 30 per ton, but
no transactions las come nnder our notice. A lot of
CbcBnut Bark sold at f 16 per cord.
The movements In Flour are less active, partly
owing to a falling off In the demand, and partly
owing to the absence of desirable grades to operate
In. About 800 barrels changed hands, including
superfine at $5-605-62; extras, Is-SJe 60 ;
Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota Extra Spring, i 60
(37-26. The latter figure for choice lots. Pennsyl
vania do. do., 17(37-60; Indiana and Ohio do. do.,
7(8 62)tf, and fancy lots at higher ligures. There is
but little Kje Flour here and it commands In a small
way f 0. Prices of Cora Meal continue nominal.
There Is more Wheat coming in and the demand
Is limited at yesterday's figures. Hales of 6000 bush,
red at 8106 lor Pennsylvania; 81 -59(iH-s-2 for Ohio
and iDdiana, and l'60($r&& for new Delaware. Kye
is unchanged. Corn is dull at the late decline.
6ah s of yellow attl'lOl-Jl and 3000 bnshelH Wcsi
ern niUed atlivil. Cats are dull. Sales of
Pennsylvania atoaiO&c.
V hisky la lower. Sales of 60 barrels Western at
II -04.
LITEST SIHPPI5Q INTELLIGENCE.
For additional Marine Newt see fmidi Patjea.
By Telegraph.)
Kkw York, July 27. Arrived, steamship C!m
brla, from Havre.
Ban Francisco, July 27. Sailed, ships John
Bright, for New York, anl Briatoiean, for Bristol.
rOJtT OF PHILADELPHIA july 27
etats or thermombtxk at rn kvhninq tklkgraph
OPFICB.
7A.M 64 111 A. M 928P.M 98
CLEARED TH18 MOKNINO.
BtT Anthracite, ureen. New York, V. M. Balrd & Co.
Steamer Frank, Pierce, New York, do.
Bchr W. Boardman, Billard, Truro, Slnnlckson & Co.
Bchr T. Sinnlckson, Dickerson, Providence, do.
Schr B. Bradley, Managle, Norwalk, Uo.
Bchr Cnas. Cooper, NicKerson, Harwicnport, do.
ARRIVED THIS MORNTNO.
Steamship Prometheus, Gray, 70 hours from
Charleston, with cotton, etc., to 8ouder A Adams.
bteamer It. Willing, Cundlff, 13 hoars from Balti
more, with mdse. and passeogcrs to A. Groves, Jr.
Kteamer Hercules, Ketchum, from Portland, in
ballast to J. 8. Utiles.
Bark Almoner, Preaoott, 15 days from Sagua, with
molasses to 6. it W. Welsh.
Bark Annie Anttusta, Davis, 13 days from Guauta
namo, -with sugar to G. W. Bernadou & Bro.
Behr Sewell, Bt, l day from Indian Kiver.with
grain to Jas. L. Bewley A Co.
Schr Maggie Magee. Young, from Boston.
Schr E. M. Khaw, Snaw, from Boston.
Bcnr J. B. Van Dusen, Young, from Providence.
bchr Caroline Young, YouDg, from Fall Kiver.
Schr J. L. Maloy, Kussell, from Salem.
Bchr C. W. Locke, Huntley, 5 days from Boston,
with Ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co.
Bveeial Dtsvatck to The Evening Ttlearaoh.
Uavkk-dje-Ghack, July 27. The following boats
leit tnis morning m tow :
John R. Glover, with lumber t Patterson & Lip
plncott. WUkesbarre Coal and Iron Co., with coat, for Wil
mington. F. W. Swan, with lumber to D. B. Taylor & Son.
MEMORANDA.
Captain Barrett, of steamer Tonawanda, at this
port yesterday from Kavanoah, reports having seeu
the Lightship on Frying Pau huoaU iu her usual
position on Sunday, !!4th inst., at noon. The Llght-
uuip naa oeen reporter, oy an arrival at savannah,
as not Deing in ner proper position. I
Br. ship Speculator, from Ardrossan for Philadel
plua, was spoken 25th lust., off Absecum, by a New
York niiot boat.
Br. steamer City of Antwerp, Lettch, for Liverpool ;
steamers Virgo, Bulkb-y, for Savannah ; aud Niagara,
Blackwood, lor Bichmond and Norfolk, cleared at
10m jemeruay.
Schr J. Max held. May. hence, at Boston 25th inst
J?chr K. B. colton, Kobmsou, for Philadelphia, a id
from Fall River 23d inst.
Scbr Alabama, Vaugtlder, hence foi Bralntree, at
Holmes' lloio P. M. 23d inst.
Bchrs Nellie Belle, Btahl, hence for Salem; Annie
. uaskin, was. 111, uo. lor i.ynn; Albert Field, ,
from r rovlnceiown for Philadelphia: P., A. Sanders.
Steelman, from Newburyport for do. ; aud Mary H.
Westcott, Gandy, from Lynn for do., all at Holmes'
Hole 24th lust.
Bchrs U. B. McCauley, Cain ; M. A. McGahan, Call ;
J. J. Spencer, Wheeler; and llattie K. Sampson,
Blake, hence for Boston, at Holmes' Hole 85th lust.
ttchr M. H. Read, Bention, for Philadelphia, sailed
from New Bedford 23d inst.
Schr Nellie 11. Benedict, Ellis, and Jennie A. Hud-
oie, cranmer, hence, at New Haven 25th inst.
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THE FRENCH SECRET TREATY.
The American Yacht Dauntless.
AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL
The Alaska Seal Contract.
MOM EUROPE.
The frret Tr-aty-Ita Existence Denied.
Paris, July 27 The Journal Ojftclel has an
article this morning in relation to the pretended
treaty recently published in the Loudon Times,
having for its object the acquisition of Luxem
burg and Belgium by France, on condition of
France not opposing the union of the States
of the South with the North Germat Confede
ration. It says that after the treaty of Prague in 1S0G
several conferences were hell at Berlin between
Count von Bismarck and the French Ambassa
dor on the subject of a projected alliance.
Some of the ideas set forth In the London Times
were then advanced, but the French Govern
ment never had any knowledge of the project
described, and as to the propositions which
were discussed at the interviews mentioned the
Emperor rejected them. It can escapo no one
that this publication on the part of the London
Jimes is designed merely to influence public
opinion in England. i
FROM JfEW YORK.
The Htnte Teachers' Association.
Straovse, July 27. The twenty-fifth session
of the State Teachers' Association is now in ses
sion here. The attendance is large and the
proceedings interesting.
Destruction or a Flour .11111.
Oswego. July 27. Battle Island flour mill.
near Fulton, was destroyed by fire last night.
Loss, $35,000; insurance, 120,000.
Moecie fehlpment.
New York, July 27. The steamer Wisconsin
takes out 1800,000 in specie.
New York Mtock and Money Market.
Njcw Yonit. July 27. Stocks heavy. Money 4r.
5 per cent. Gold, 121'. 5-20s, 1862, conpon, 109;
00. r)64, uo., lusjf ; (10. ioo, no., iuw; uo. isoo, new,
107X5 do. 1667,108',-; do. 18(58, 10S1,' ; 10-4)3, 100.
Virginia sixes, new, uo; Missouri sixes, &j; canton
Company, 60; Cuniierlana preferred, 35; New
York central ani ii unson uiver, i trie, w;t ;
Beading, 94.,' ; Adams Express, 64.' ; Michigan Cen
tral, 116; MH;higan Southern, PS;f ; Illinois Central,
12"; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 105; Chicago and
1 In.ilr 11il ' Ti ft Ohll f. . at1 Vnt lU.l.nA
81 ; Western Union Telegraph, 83 !.
New York Produce .Marker.
Nkw Yobk, July 27. Cotton dull; sales of 3M)
bales middling npiands at 20t4C. ; middling Orleans,
20?4c. Plour dull ; sales 11,000 barrels State at 15-30
(;6 80; Ohio at tfiOSao; .southern at ll-AW? 10.
Wheat dull and heavy ; sales of 35,000 bushels No. 2
at tt'B0il-36; white State at 11-87. Corn steady:
sales of 29,000 bushels mixed Western at 96c.((fl.
Oats llrmer ; sales of 22,00') bushels State at 67(Sc ;
V estern at 5658c Beef Arm. Poric quiet. Lard
firm; steam, 16X'W'.c; kettle, lTnj.e.
Whisky quiet; Western, free,
FROM WASHING TOJV.
The Yacht Dauntless.
Special Vcupatch to The Kvtnhyj Te'e'jraph.
Wasuikoton, July 27. A private despatch
received hero from Long Branch states that a
vessel, pronounced by experienced yachtmen to
be the American yacht Dauntless, passed there
at ten o'clock this morning. Some of her rig
ging was damaged.
The leora Election.'
Attorney-General Ackerman is of opinion that
the bill which passed Congress for tho admis
sion of Georgia leaves the question of holding
an election in that State this fall to be decided
by the State courts and the State Legislature,
lie thinks It is altogether out of the jurisdiction
of the military power of the United States.
The Alaska Seal Contract.
Secretary Boutwell has referred the whole
question of the Alaska far seal awards to the
Attorney-General for an opinion. The Secretary
thinks the law as it passed is very equivocal,
and he does not profess to understand it.
FROM JVEW ENGLAND.
BurnloK of a Cordace Factory.
Boston, July 27. Nickerson's cordage fac
tory, on Boston Highlands, together with five
small dwellings, was burned this morning.
Loss, 105,000; insurance, f 50,000.
FROM LONG BRANCH.
The Yacht Kace.
Long Branch, July 27. The yacht which
recently passed this point, supposed to be the
Dauntless, proves to be the English yacht Alge
ria. Neither the Dauntless nor Cambria has
yet been heard from.
THE SITUATION AT METZ.
The French Position last Sunday-Alone the
Dues.
London, July 20 A special correspondent
at Metz on Sunday night sent the following let
ter, containing a clear statement of the French
position:
I left Ilagenau on the 23d, taking the train by
the line which leads past Bitche and Sarregue
mices to Metz. Along this line warlike prepa
rations of every kind were to be seen. I passed
field-batteries parked complete at the different
shunting places until I got tired of looking at
them. Although the French carry their infantry
and attillery a good deal over the railways, they
seem inclined to allow the cavalry to march
along the roads.
About 4 o'clock we reached the Vosges. This
range of hills, which takes rise near Belfort,
runs tolerably parallel with the Rhine until it
elopes down to the lowlands about Coblentz
and Mayence, where the Strasbourg, Bitche,
and Metz lines pierce the range. As a military
obstacle the Vosges has always been considered
the second line of defense possessed by France
on the east. Still, tho thinness of the range,
the breadth of which near Bitche is
under twenty miles, and the
large number of valleys which cross it iu a tra
verse direction, prevent it from formiifg a very
considerable military obstacle. There is a
society called tho "Francs-tireursof the Vosges,"
which on a small scale bears some resemblance
to our volunteers. As a self-organized force it
seems contrary to the military genius of Franco.
Tbey have always been considered in an amus
ing light by the French journals, which are,
ho ever, now beginning to express their aston
ishment at finding that the bands of the Vosges
are seriously demanding permission to elect a
general and to eo-operato with the regular
forces.
After winding for some time through a defile,
and before we had altogether descended the
western slopes of the Vosges, we arrived at
Bitche, a small fortided place with a strong
citadel, the strength of which seemed to lie iu
the high and scarped sides of the hill upon
which it was perched. From Bitche to Sarre
guemlnes we passed camp after camp. True,
many of these were small, but everything con
nected with them unmistakably revealed that
these were the outlying parts of the huge force.
From Bitche to Sarregucmines is about twenty
miles, and throughout this distance and for
about twentv miles west of Sarreguemines, forty
miles in all, the line constantly approaches
within a few miles of the frontier.
Between Bitche and Sarreguemines their
numbers evidently inspired the French with
confidence; but beyond the latter post it wa
clear that the line, which, as it leads from Metz
to Uncle, is just now pi extraordinary import
ance, was carefully picketed. All tho trains
were filled "with soldiers, cheering and being
cheered; stations lined with sympathising spec
tators; trucks laden with guns in such numbers
that one ceased to take interest in them; the
roads when they could be seen from the trains
encumbered with cavalry: and lastly, for the
twenty miles between Bitche and ftarrcguo
mines tents so thick that I could hardly mako
out whether I was passing through one or seve
ral camps.
riUXCE LEOPOLD'S CANDIDACY.
Secret nistery of Prim's Neretlattons Prlore
Leopold Notions About the True 1'olley of
tpaln.
By the arrival at New York ef the steamship
(Jity of Paris, we have European mail advices to
the 14th. A correspondent of the London Daily
"eu"s writes from Madrid under date of July 10:
Little, if any, change appears as yet in tho
minds of the present rulers of Spain. The min
isters show no signs of withdrawing their candi
date. They held a counell yesterday, but tho
proceedings were strictly private. Prim went
to the Progresista Tertulia l ist night, but he
refused to touch upon the present situation.
All he said was that liberty ran no danger. Tho
members were rather bellicose on their speeches,
but they could not draw Prim out. lie told
them laconically he would speak about the sun,
the moon, or anything else they liked, but not
about the present crisis.
Prim's agent in the negotiations with Prince
Leopold was a deputy in tho Cortes, Scnor Don
Eusibio Balazar y Muzarredo. lie at first was a
warm supporter of Dom Fernando of Portugal,
and early last year published a pamphlet advo
cating that candidature. When It fell through,
by the persistent refusal of Dom Fernando, he
Fublished another, calling attention to Prince
lohenzollcrn. This was in the autumn of lSili).
Ills suggestion did not meet with any favorable
reception at the time, but eventually, finding
himself baulked in every other quarter, Prim
took it up. I nder the authorization given
him by the Government and the Regent
to "look out" for a candidate, he employed
Scnor Salazar to visit Prince Leopold. Up to a
certain point things looked promising, but after
the Prince had heard of one or two stormy
"scenes" in the Cortes, and of the bloody work
at Saus Cracla and Barcelona, throutrh the in
surrection against conscription, he formally de
clined. He was the "fourth candidate" referred
to by Prim In his "explanations ' to the Cortes
recently made, but he declined then to name
him, and asked the Cortes to appreciate his re
serve. He hardly need have done that, for moat
people know whom he meant.
Prim despatched Salazar again and again,
who held repeated conferences with Prince
Leopold, thoroughly posting him up in Spanish
affairs, with the result that ho finally wrote to
signify his willingness to be put iu nomination.
Scnor Salaar has just reprinted the pamphlets
I have alluded to, with a preface dated 8th
Instant, in which he states he fulfilled
the mission General Prim charged him
with, and holds the Prince up to view ni
just tho king Spain wants. He combats the
charce that he Is a grandson of the hated Murat.
making out that he is a great-grandson, not of
Murat, but of one of Murat's brothers. He
asserts he is related, through the Velascos, to
one of the first families of Spain, that of the
Duke do Frias. The Duke de Frias Is married
to the divorced wife of Sir John Crampton, nee
Balfe. Senor Salazar says that when Prim
asked hira to see what he could do with Prince
Leopold, be pointed out to Prim that np to a
certain point the candidature would be littlo
acceptable to France.
He was met with the reply that they had suf
fered defeats in Lisbon, in Cintra, in Florence,
and in Harrow, to all of which places they had
recurred first; that it was notorious tho Duke
of Montpensier and the Republic would both
receive the veto of Napoleon, and that they
were both only going as a last resort to offer tho
crown to a Prussian to prevent tho work of
September being condemned to perpetual inter
regnum. Senor Salazar argues that France has
nothing to fear from a Prussian King of Spain.
He says Prince Leopold belongs to the Catholic
branch of Prussia, very different for many cen
turies from tho reigning branch, the Protest
ants. He asks, could a parliamentary king in
volve the country in war ? Does Brazil in any
way depend on Portugal because the house of
Braganza rules in both? He asks, very perti
nently, what did the relationship between the de
throned King of Hanover and Queen Victoria
avail the former in 1866 ?
He quotes a remark made to him by Prince
Leopold to show his views on non-intervention:
"I know not what may be the opinion of Spain,
but here in Germany those who study foreigu
politics believe that the Iberian Peninsula, by its
geographical position and its special conditions,
could gain nothing, but could lose much, by
joining in European combinations. Her pole
star ought to be a policy of strict neutrality."
Next, Senor Salazar cites the Spanish marriages
of 1843 as an example of evil worn wrought
through fear or jealousy of rival powers.
Spain, he says, might have been happy to-day,
if a puerile fear of England had not prevented
Queen Isabella marrying the Duke of Montpen
sier. He closes by confuting the absurdities
circulated as to the Prince's unfitness for the
post, remarks that the revolution was effected
to the cry of "Down with the Bourbons!" ana
that Prince Leopold is the only Catholic prince
in whose veins there runs no Bourbon blood, in
addition to which recommendation he is married
to a princess of Portugal.
The Pall Mall Gazette of July 13 has tho
following:
The papers here dwell upon the dangers of
secret diplomacy, which often at the last mo
ment finds public opinion rising up against It
and stopping the road. In this present affair
Prince Leopold, after having writteu a letter
accepting the offered crown, communicated tho
fact to his aunt, a princess of Baden, who tele
graphed the information to the Princess Marga
ret, wife of Don Carlos, now at Vevey. From
thence the news passed into the columns of the
Legitimist press of Paris. It is thought that
had the secret not come suddenly aud unex
pectedly to light, Marshal Prim, who was about
to visit Vichy for his health, would have broken
the matter gently here, and that the affair would
then have been treated in tho ordinary way
without the phantom of Count Bismarck being
evoked. The negotiations, however, being
secret, were suspicious, and became dangerous.
WAR ITEMS.
The Coiiilnc Carnage.
The Paris Journal des D- ba!i of July 15 say :
Let ns not speak lightly 01" war, and especially of
modern war. Tried soldiers look grave wlin they
speak of this shock of denso masses to baled in a
few days to a field of carnage, th.-re to mike trial of
.he engines of destruction with which the two belli
gerent powers are amply provided. The dead ili
be reckoned by hundreds or thousands, aud the next
day there will be mourning In a million of families.
The antique courage of tlios) cavaliers, mailed iu
iron, whose lightest exploits were pompously cele
brated, seems pale before the resignation of the
modern soldier, exposed uncovered to the fire of
cbassepot and mitrailleuse.
There is talk of experiments made within these
few days, in the environs of Pans, with cannon of a
new model, breech-loading, and tiring forty balls at
each discharge. It is the pistol revolver system ap
plied to artillery, with this great diu'urencu, that t'm
projectiles do not fullow the oue line of lire, but
form a semicircle. 1 hese guns are divided In four
sections, each portable by one niau. They are put
together and m-reweil up light 111 three or four
minutes. The Prussians alsa have, it seems, their
revolving gun and thdir Held mitrailleuse. We real
that thebe weapons have been tested and con
structed with the greatest secrecy. The pl.n'e of
manufacture was surrounded by a cordon of troops,
under the most precise orders to repel all curious
Inquiry.
A Manifesto fro 111 Kocbefort.
M Henri Roi-hufort writes from prison to his con
stituents: "The dynastic comllct, which is at. pre.
sent troubling business aud tho public iiiiud, Is the
most terrible condemnation of the monurcUl.ul
principle. If, Instead of expelling the Sp iuish ro-
fiubllcaDS who had taken reluga on thu Preud soil,
he Cabinet bad favored the establishment of a re
public in Kpaln, we should not now have to upset a
Ling whose dethronement will perhaps cost o-.eaus
of blood and years of misery. Nor should we either
have had to fear the sudden lorinatlon of secret alli
ances, the combination 01 which is repugnant to
the straightforward character of republican ins'itu-UVP,"
FOURTH EDITION
IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE.
Tho Frojected Treaty a Zact.
"Wliy it vas Xroposcil,
"Settling Day" In London.
FROM EUROPE.
The Secret Treaty Ita Exlatenee Verilletf.
Berlin-, July 27. The Correspondence of to
day prints tho text of the treaty the French
Emperor offered to Bismarck. In its comments
tho Correspondence says that the Emperor
waived all opposition to German unification,
provided Russia would abet the French acquisi
tion of Luxemburg and the reduction of Bel
glum. Minutes of the secret treaty in Bene
dcttl's autograph are preserved in the War Office
at Berlin. Before the war of I860 between
Prussia and Austria, Napoleon had offered to
aid Prussia with three hundred thousand mea
with which to attack Austria, as the equivalent
for the cession to France of territory on the left
bank of the Rhine.
Why the Trenty wm Proposed.
Paris, July 27 All the French organs repre
sent that the secret treaty was not seriously pro
posed by France, but rather as an attempt to
test Bismarck.
"Settling Day" In London.
London, July 27 To-day and to-morrow are
"settling days" la the share and foreign ac
counts at the Stock Exchange. They are the
most anxious settling days ever known, accord
ing to the Times. It is thought that many ad
ditional failures will be announced.
Chinese Advices.
Tams, July 27. A despatch just received
from China overland states that four French
yessels-of-war had arrived before Tlctsln. A
Chinese functionary, SBong Ho, has been ap
pointed Chinese Ambassador to Paris, with a
mission to offer satisfaction to France for the
recent outrages on French citizens. Pckln Is
quiet.
Thin Afternoon' Quotation.
London, July ST 1-30 P. M Consols, 9V for
money snd account. American securitlts llrmer and
higher. 6-20S of 1S02, 88; of 1S65, old, 81; and of
18i7, 81 Jtf ; 10-408, 80. Railways firmer and higher.
Krle, 14; Illinois Central, 102; Atlantic and Great
Western, 81.
I,ivkri'ooi,, July 27 130 P. M. Cotton Irregular;
uplands, 88'., d. ; Orleans, 84(8(l. Sales X
bules. Pork buoyant. Bacon, bus. for Cumberland
cuts.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Naval Orders.
Despatch to tht Associated ire.
Washington, July 27. The following orders
have been issued by the Navy Department:
Captain Thomas H. Stevens to command the
Guerriere on August 10th next.
Lieutenant Charles M. Thomas; Ensigns Ken.
nedy and Moser; Midshipmen Baker, Jouett,
WInslow, Crosby, Reas, Graham, Mayer, and
Fickbohm; Surgeon Walls; Passed Assistant Sur
geon Rundlett; Paymaster Walsh; Chief En
gineer Long, and First Assistant Engineer Burr
to the Guerriere.
Lieutenant-Commander Mitchell ; Lieute
nants Judd and Berry; Midshipmen Harris, Mc
Crackln, Schaeffer, Wise, and Emerick; Sur
geon Bates, Paymaster Woodhull, Chief En
gineer Ayres to the Shenandoah.
Commander Breese to the Naval Observatory.
Passed Assistant Surgeon Bingham to tho ship
Independence.
Detached Commander Wells, from the Navy
Yard, Portsmouth. Lieutenant-Commander
Glensey, from the Naval Academy, and ordered
to the Guerriere. Leutenant-Commaader Reed,
from the Michigan, and ordered to the Guerriere.
Lieutenant-Commander Chad wick, from torpedo
duty, and ordered to the Guerriere. Lieutenant
Commander Niles, from the Navy Yard, New
York, and ordered to tho Shenandoah. Lieu
tenant Crocker, from duty at New York, and
ordered to the Shenandoah. Lieutenant Buford,
from the Hydrographic Office, and ordered to
the Guerriere. Surgeon Woods, from the receiv
ing ship Independence, and ordered to the Naval
Hospital, Navy Yard, Mare Island. Assistant
Surgeon Heyl, from the Naval Academy, and
ordered to the Shenandoah. First Assistant En
gineer Havenberg, from the Navy Yard at New
York, and ordered to the Shenandoah.
Important to Clear manufacturers
In reply to the question whether a cigar
manufacturer who manufactures by contract for
another cigar manufacturer can use the brand,
caution, label, etc., of the last named manufac
turer, the acting Commissioner of Internal
Bevenue states that the actual manufacturer
rami use his own brand and labels. He cannot
ur-e upon cigars which he manufactures tho
brands and labels of another manufacturer.
FROM NEW TO RK.
The Itegnlar monthly Auction Sale of Coal.
New Yokk, July 27 The regular monthly
auction sale of Scranton coal was held to-day.
Eighty thousand tons were disposed of as fol
lows: 1,000 tons lump at $4 i304-37j 10.1WO
tons steamboat at $4-45; 16,000 tons grate at
.f4-87'(4-95; 10,000 tons egg at toVa-S-OJi.;
20,000 tons stove at f .V505 02; 12,000 tons
chesnut at t4-40(6 4o0. Average increase
lump, 25c: steamboat, 30c.; grate, 21he.; egg.
aac; stove, oS;4c; chesnut, 12aC.
Infanticide.
New York, July 27. Miss Estler C. Cowton,
aged twenty-five, unmarried, was arrested this
morning on the charge of strangling her new
born nfant to death. The coroner was notified.
FROM NEW ENGLAND.
Army nnd Navy Kounlon.
Boi-ton, July 27. Preparations have been
perfected for a second annual reunion of the
rock'ty of the Army and Navy of tho Golf at
Music Ball, Boston, on the 5th of August. Ad
miral Farragut will preside, and General N. P.
Banks will deliver the oration. Reduced rail
road and steamboat fare will be provided for
members attending. Application to Brigadier
General Sharpe, No. 30 Pine street, New York,
will secure passage tickets from that section.
Hiork Quotations by
Olendlnning, Davis fcCo,
Telecrayh-a P. 31. .
. report through their 5ew
York House the following
N. Y. CeuU Hud R 1
Oon. Stock
do. acrlD. 86V!
N. Y. 4 KrieKail. . oj
Ph. aDdltea.R
Mich. South. 4NLR. 69tf
PaclfloKall Steam... 39 B'
Western Union Tele 33
Toledo Wabash K. 47
MIL 4 SU Paul K.G011 69
Mil.4St.PaulIt.pref. 75','
Adams Express ex-d. 64 V
Wella,Pargo4CO.... 1
United States 43
Tennessee (is new... 61 v
Gold 18 1
Market steady.
Cle. and Pitt. R. 1053
Chl.and N. W.oom.. 8
Chi. and N. W. pref.. 84
Chi. and H.LR U3
Pitts.F. vV.&Chl.R. 9iM
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven 4 Bro., No. 40 8. Third street
KKCOND BOARD.
HHiO O 4 Am 68,89. 90 I sti Read R 47f
.-,(K CUT 6S, NeW.HM 86 h 13th 4 l&tu R 88
l-.oo do 18.100 V loo sh Cat Pf. 35
86 sh O 4 A R.ci-p. Iioe do b60 3d
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