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VOL. XIV NO. 95.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1870.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
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FIRST EDITION
The Eastern Question.
Russia Preparing for War.
The Roman Plebiscite.
How the "Leoniaes" Voted.
The Combat in the Air.
Etc. Etc.. EtC. Etc., CtC.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
ItunMnti Pi-rpnrntlona for Wnr.
A gentleman writing to a London Journal from St,
Pett-rshnrg, fepteinber 30, says:
The Eastern question 19 again looming on tlie po
litical horizon, and quiet rumors are beginning to be
substantiated liv fae.ru. Hero. In thn n.ila.-p ir. is r
) longer a secret that Russia will seek tho earliest nn.
portimlty to.disengage herself from the obligations of
the Treaty of Paris. There are many rumors ailo.it
some correct, many false about the policy anil
actions of the Russian Government with regard to
thin important question.
1 herewith furnish .you with a few facts, for the
acc uracy of which I can vouch :
1. Russia Is actively pushing forward her arma
ments. 2. Soldiers on unlimited furlough have received
orders to be ready at the shortest notice to return to
the wnks.
3. 'Intro la a movement of troops towards the
south.
4. The abrogation of tho Treaty of Tal is, or at
least a rai t of It, is looked forward to as a certain
result of the present disastrous struggle between
Prussia and France.
With regard to tne movement of troopB towards
the South, the ostensible reason Is the following:
The Emperor intends starting from Tsaiskoe Selo,
near Petersburg, for the Crimea, on the 24th ((. S.)
of this month, lie purposes holding a grand re
view cd his arrival at KietV, ami for that object all
the troops in that part of Russia have f r some time
been cn rcute for that city.. It remains to be seen
whether after displaying themselves before the Kra
peror, the troops will return, or whether the review
is only put forward as nn excuse to enable the Gov
ernment to assemble troops in tho South without
exciting suspicion.
As to the fourth point, tho firm idea here among
all classts is, that England alone will never come
forward in aid of tho Turks. Franco, R9y they, will
be thoroughly crippled with the pressnt struggle,
and England will have nothing to do but to acquiesce
in whatever liussia may propose. She may grum
ble, but single-handed she will never tight. It Is
paid that the Emperor, on hearing of the capitula
tion at Sedan, drank oil a buropter a"d, striking his
K-Ihss tn the table, exclaimed, "At last, there's an
end to the Treaty of l'aris." This may or in ly not
be true, fcut It suillcicntly indicates the direction or
public opinion here. And, after all, who can blame
the Rus'ianB, politically speaking, for endeavoring
to seize the lirst occasion of extricating themselves
from a position which they have always considered
as humiliating.
There seems to be no doubt, and, In fact, I was
informed yesterday only, by competent authority,
i hat territorial aggrandizement is far from enter
ing into the plans of Prince (iortsehakoir. Tne great
desire is to obtain lloerty of action on the Black
Sea. There 13 no knowing, however, how rapidly
this idea may expand, should not the affairs of
France take a more favorable turn.
A Constantinople correspondent of tne rallSMl
Garrltc says:
When Admiral Farragut made his visii two years
npo to Constantinople, he made a formal applica
tion to the Turkish Government for leave to pass
the Bospnorus; and, as he expressed it in a private
conversation, "poke his nose Into the IJIack Sea.''
While the request was under consldcraUon, and
while the authorities were eagerly asking the vari
ous foreign ambassadors and envoys what conse
quences such a precedent might be likely to entail,
the Admiral got his steam up, and, with all his flags
flying, passed quietly up the straits and entered the
Black Sea. As though to show that It was through
no curiosity to see Odessa, nor to visit the site of
Hcbastopol, that he came, be cruised about for a few
hourp, and returned to the anchorage before Con
stantinople the following day. Bach, at least, Is the
story told here, and I believe it has met no contra
diction. I only mention It now as having a strange
relation to a paragraph which has just appeared In
a St. Petersburg paper, the Wwdemosti, whose Odessa
correspondent wrltf a thus: "The rumor goes here
that. General Ignatieil' has presented to the Porte
a formal demand for the revision of the treaty of
16Sa Meanwhile, Odessa is preparing a grand
and festive reception for the fleet which the Russian
Government has purchased in America, and which,
to the number of seventeen iron-cladt, will demand
the right to pass the Bosphorns under American
colors and enter the Black Sea. Should this demand
be refused eighteen days being given for the de-
liberation on it the troops of the Czar are to enter
and occupy tho Danublan provinces.'' I simply give
you this as a sample of the sort of tidings that meet
ready acceptance among many here. The anxiety
of the Russian Government journal to deny any
warlike intentions, or any projects of aggression
with regard to Turkey, are understood at Constan
tinople as almost the Invariable precursors of a
quarrel; and this is an apprehension shared by the
Austrian Cabinet, however little It is felt or acfcnow-
ledged hy our authorities of Downing street.
AN EXCITIXQ ELECTION.
The Italian Plllm'ltuBi-IIw the "I.eaalnea"
Veted la It in e.
A correspondent of the Pall Mall Oaie'le
writes from Rome, October 2:
"Despite tbo prohibitions, the manoeuvres to
prevent their voting, the banner of the inhabi
tants of the Leonine City floats alone in front of
the Senators' l'alaec of the Capitol. Six thou
sand Romans, inhabitants of the Borgo, simply
because St. Peter's and tho Vatican chanced to
be built in their midst, condemned to have their
Rione, reduced to a Catholic Ghetto as one of
k their returned exiles put it pithily Impossible!
8o the 'I.eonines' gave it clearly to be under
stood that vote they should, vote they would, if
prevented legally, by setting up a private pWis-
it of their own, -TheGiuuta was at its wits'
Cud, Lubza Wvlug' s6 expressly exhorted them,
'not to embroil him further with the Pope.' At
last some wit suggested that, instead of summon
1 ug the Romans, they vole by classes or corpora
tionsmerchant!', tailors, soldiers, sailors. Thus,
they had a mind the Leonines could come in.
'1 he idea was adopted, and the diflerent arts and
trades chose their rendezvous, and with flags and
music marched to the different voting place, and
tbence to the piazza of the Capitol up the Via
Crucis, down the central staircase, at the foot of
which are the two Egyptian lions. Each corpo
ration was bailed with a buret of music from
one of tho three bands which occupied the
piazza, the squeaking, piping efforts of tho 'or
phans" band being decidedly en amateur. The
most imposing procession was that of the artl-
ans ocr 5000 and the Inimitable gesture of
their standard-bearer as he tnrned at the top of
the central ttaircue, between the statues of
Caste r aud Pollux, and, pointing to the Immense
line, seven file deep, which reached down to the
Geeu, exc'aimtd, 'Here are tho four faziaii,' or
tltt nrV.Arc f9 t Via fipnf. will vr La fwrntinn
by those who heard and saw. He allucTed, of
course, to the Papal expression that there are
but 'tour malcontents in Rome.
"The tnct respectable procession was that
of the jewellers, about 20(X), with their flag,
'Arte deiiil Gran.' ine most touching proces
tion was that of the returned exiles, who, If all
were here, would amount to '.JO.OOO. They came
with tLcir flag, 'Returned Exiles,' and had a
magnificent welcome P.ut the procession of
tte day was mat oi tne i.eonines. une illegal
voters Lad prepared a crystal urn, in which
they deposited their 'els with a notary to un
lawfully witness, tiun, and seal. All uigLt they
worked at their bauuerej at 11 they started
troin tho Piazza San Pletro, deafeniug
1'ope, cardinals, and priests with the
'Royal March.' They had over forty
banners. Our eyes grew dazzled at the eternal
'Si. si, si. We will the annexation.' The flag of
the city was splendid, with 'Citta Lconlna," in
Roman- characters, 'Si, Si, 81,' and the words
'Liberty and Work.' At least 2000, on they
inarched, with their sealed crystal urn in front,
applauded by the spectators on tho pavement,
by the myriads from the balconies and windows.
On to the Capitol, where each voted in propria
prrsona, amid the shouts of the populace and
the music of the bands. The Papal soldiers for
got to wind np the St. Angelo clock on the
morning of the 20th, and the Leonlnes insist
that it shall never be wound up more."
A STRANGE STORY.
That Combat lln the Air Belligerent Aero
nautics. -
The telegraph, awhile ago, mentioned the fact
of a battle between French and Prussian ivro
nauts up in the air. Now wo have the follow
ing details:
From the Bcliian Xnuirllc du Jour.
"Paris, Oct. 1. Nadar returned September
SO to Paris. His return was not effected without
trouble, although his balloon was directed by a
good wind and favorable currents since his de
parture from Tours. But let me relate tho par
ticulars of his voyage In chronological order:
He left Tours at 0 o'clock in the morning, and
tno oojd a'roiiaui arrived in view ot Fans at 11
o'clock, floating about 3000 metres above the
fort at Charenton. At this time, as the Intre
pid, which was tho name of M. Niular's bal
loon, appeared in sight, a second balloon was
peen in the horizon. M. Nadar was obscrvod to
display a long streamer with tho French national
colors. Immediately afterwards a national flag
floated from the car of the other balloon.
"V lgorous hurrahs and cries of 'C'est Durouff.'
irom the garrison of tho fort, greeted the ap
pearance of the two icronauts. whose balloons
graduallv approached. Suddenly, and when at
a thort distance from each other, a loud report
was heard in tho air, which report was followed
by a scries of explosions. These were at first
supposed to be victorious slernal3 or demonstra
tions, until M. Nadar wa3 seen to fling himself
into the nettinir oi his balloon, and to clinff to
its sides. During this time tho other tcronaut
continued discharging shots at M. Nadar and
iiis balloon. Ihe Jntrcpide was descending
rapidly, and it appeared evident to tho specta
tors below that some incomprehensible event
had happened above, lint mark what the
irenen Hag ot the neighboring balloon came to.
It was withdrawn, and a black and vcllow
standard was observed to be floating in its
piace.
"All was explained. 'J reason! It is a Prus
sian balloon!' 'He has fired on tho Intrepide!'
were the cries that burst simultaneously from
the French people. Nadar was supposed to have
oeen lost, no was seen to descend rapidly in
his car. and his balloon had once more nearly
reached tho earth. He however, cast out his
ballast, and he again ascends. M. Nadar again
clambers up tho network of his balloon.and by
ajaarvellous effort he succeeds in stopping the
hole made in his balloon by the shot of his ad
versary.
"ihe intrepid then becomes the assailant.
and several shots were fired from the car into
the Prussian balloon, which suddenly whirled
about and fell to the ground with giddy velocity.
As soon as it reached the earth a detachment of
uhlans, who were on the plain, aud who had
bean following the aerial combatants through
out this exciting struggle, rushed forth, and
surrounding the balloon, received their cham
pionGod knows in what condition. They then
hastened off at full speed to tho Prussian ad
vanced posts. In the meantime M. Nadar
descended safely at Charenton, where he is still
at this moment."
XOTES OF TEE WAR.
INSIDE PICTURES OF PARIS.
A correspondent of the London Vaibi yews
gays: "The presence of the Prussians at the
gates, and Ihe sound of the cannon, have at last
sobered this frivolous people. Always acting,
uiey are now acting the part ot Spartans, it is
somewhat nmusine to see the stern gloom on
the faces of patriots one meets who were singing
ana snouting a lew days ago more particularly
as it is by no means difficult to distinguish
beneath this outward gloom a certain keen relish,
loundca upon the feeling that the part Is well
Elayed. One thing, however, la certain, order
as at length been evolved from disorder. Ex
cept in the morning, hardly any armed men are
to be seen in the streets, and even in the central
boulevards, except when there is a report of
some success or during an hour in the evening,
there are no crowds. In the fighting faubourgs
there is a real genuine determination to fight It
out to the last. Men, women, and children are
all of one mind in the quarters of the working
men. THE FRENCH "INTELLIGENT CONTRABAND."
"Villagers who have slipped through the lines
and who play the part of the intelligent contra
band of the American civil war are our inform
ants. They represent the Prussian army with
out food, almost without clothing, bitterly
repenting tholr advance into France, demoral
ized by the conviction that few ot thctu will
be again in their homes. We are treated every
day, too, to the details of heroism on the part of
Mobiles nnd Nationales, which would make
Achilles himself jealous. There is, we are told,
a wonderful artilleryman in the fort before St.
Denis, the perfection of whose aim carries death
and destruction into the Prussian ranks.
CRITICAL AMERIC ANS.
"Americans who are here complain very
much of the Parisians in not using the spade
more than they do. Earthworks, which played
so large a part in the defense of Richmond, are
unknown here.- Barricades made of paving
stones in the EtrecU, aud forts of solid masonry
outside, are considered the ne plus ultra of de
fensive works."
INSIDE Or 6TRASBVRCJ.
A correspondent of the Pall Mall Gat- tie
says: "A few hours of occupation by the tier
man troops Sufficed to change the aspect of
flairs In this city In a very suggestive fashion.
Strasbivrg was immediately declared free from
all requisitions. Further, large quantities of
fresh meat, bread, and wine were sent into the
town, and everything wa? supplied which could
be required by the sick and wounded. Germany
has now for Strasburg the tenderness of a
inothttr who greets a child wounded by involun
tary maternal severity. 1 here never had beeu
any serious want in the hospitals any more than
there naa been uunger in me city; but the peo
ple were getting to the end of their resources.
and another week or two would have told a
serious tale.
4 . ' . WOMEN I THB ARMY. '
Two well-known actresses on the French
board?, Alad'lles Massin and Mignard, have en
listed lu The National Guards as catuonieres,
Several of the male actors have already enlisted
either in the National Guards or Mobiles. Gene
ral Trochu is said to be descended from Racine.
RIVALLING MARK TWAIN.
The war map supplied to the French officers
is cald to rival that produced by Mark i wain,
It is a mixture of absurd geographical blunders
The Rhine, ludirinc: It by the stale on which the
rest of the country is represented, would be
nearly five miles wide, and does not rl-e, as is
commculy believed, in the Alps, but proceeds
from the Lake of Constance. Some of the
French papers, indeed, console themselves with
the reflection that, disastrous as the war has
lecn, it would have been much worse had the
Ernperr fulfilled his promhc of leading fn
U0 j s into Germany.
SECOND EDITION
WAR NEWS BY CABLE.
Trochu Anxious Tor Teace.
The Gambetta Party Implacable.
The Prussians at Orleans
Effect of tho War on Germany
IJOMKSTIC NEWS.
An Earthquake in Ohio.
lite, Etc., Etc., JEtc, Etc.
FROM EUROPE.
A Nnvnl Fnnngement Imminent.
London, Oct. 30. Despatches from Ham
burg state that ten French ships of war are out
side of Heligoland. None aro in sight off tho
mouth of the Elbe. Preparations to meet the
French vessels have been made in the Wescr.
Thirty Pout Offices
have been organized under tho Bavarian ollicials
in the Departments of Alsace and Lorraine.
A Desire for Pence.
Brussels, Oct. !20. The Etoile Belje says it
is believed that Trochu and Eome of tho other
members of the provisional government are de
sirous of peace, while Gambetta, Minsstcr of
tho Interior, is implacable.
Nnitoleon'a Private A (In Irs.
Geneva, Oct. 30. General Fleury has arrived
at Lnusan ne, to arrange the private affairs of
the French Emperor.
Prnnftlnn Arrogance Condemned.
London, Oct. 20. The Times, in its review
of the continental situation this morning, cen
sures the arrogance of the Prussians in their
terms for peace, and approves the language of
the Emperor that "no government yielding a
foot of French territory as a condition of peace
could retain Us power a day."
General Itiirnslde
has found it nccessajy to deny that he has been
commissioned by tho American Government to
offer peaces propositions of any kind.
Ten French Frlfntcs
are anchored off Dunkirk with their fires
banked.
Rumor says that the mission of Lauricr from
the French Government to London is to nego
tiate a loan.
BourbaUI'a llefnaal.
The Morning Telegraph has reason to believe
that General Bourbaki's refusal to command the
beaten army of the Loire, was due to a very
natural feeling, and that his offer to command
the army of the North is considered a subter
fuge, as that army is not likely to be forme") at
all.
The TrtiMnlana In Orleans.
The conduct of the Germans in Orleans, ac
cording to the Prussian account, is mHcb. differ
ent from that ascribed to them by the French
newspapers. They were perfectly orderly, and
the occupation was unattended by any violence
or extortions. A Prussian paper says, in the
absence of skillod men from their usual indus
try, Germany is a heavier loser than France by
this war.
The Italian 31 alls.
Florence, Oct. 20. The Italian mails aro all
forwarded by way of Brindisi at present, instead
of Marseilles.
Ill-treatment of the Pope.
A circular has beon issued by the Italian Gov
ernment protesting against the rumors of ill
treatment of the Pope. lie is perfectly free and
independent. All Italy asRs is a ratification of
any determination on his part to leave Rome,
in order that the honor and respect dne to his
office may be paid him.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Nevada Politic.
DetpatcX to lh$ Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 20. Hon. Aaron A. Sar
gent arrived here to-day from San Francisco,
having accomplished the journey In six days
and fourteen hours. His colleague, Hon. J. A.
Johnson has also arrived. Senators Cole and
Casserly are In San Frahclsco.
Mr. Sargent, who has beon stumping Navada,
says, as the result of hi observations, that that
State will give about twelve hundred unjority
for tho State and the Congressional Republican
ticket.
Lait Monday and Tuesday the
First Snow
of the season fell in the Rocky Mountains.
FROM THE WEST.
Enitlinnake Shock.
Cleveland, Oct. 20. A very sensible shock
of earthquake was felt here . this morning at
about 7 o'clock, lasting 13 or 20 seconds.
The National Bank building, Atwater block,
and other large buildings swayed to and fro,
causing the persons occupying the upper stories
to dock into the streets in the greatest conster
nation. Tl6: same shock was plainly felt in
Meadvillo, Pa., but it cannot be traced to any
other locality. .-
FROM CJIIML
PuaUbuievt of the Tioa-l1a Aaaatnln.
Dondon, Oct 20. Later advices from Chiua
are much more pacific. A despatch dated Tien
tsin, Sept. SO, says two mandarins have been
transported and fifteen men beheaded for com
plicity in the outrages on French residents.
Besides, an embassy Is" preparing to go to
France, j
Baltimore Produce market.
BALTmOKK. Oct. no Cotton quiet and less Arm at
IS V lftxo- lonr rtu" antl h-regular; Howard ntreet
su pern lie, f&cto-is: ao, rua, ioo-id; uo. laniuy,
;$S'(0; City Mills superflua, 5S'i3; do.
extra, Stl-toaT-25; lo. family, tT-60(8-75; Western
superfine. t-VoS'iSt d- xtra, $"'7ft 460 ; do.
family. IStixai-U). Wheat u-ad ; Maryland amber.
f 1-ti.Vn 1-7U; trood to irime, $1 431-60; common to
lair. llYtMl'&s. tJorn auu ; wnito, inauc; yeuotr,
7:;sofl. : Western. looc Oats dull ats&va-xj.
Rye, irinSKc, Aless fork rir in at 117. Bacon firm
and very scarce; rib aides, 1Si ; clear do., lv,c. ;
HStf, W-c, i.wrt f iw t'rt n kij crut v.
THE KU-KLUX.
North Carolina Horror, Itntrherles, Whip
pins and Tortnreo Hcneol nnd Chnrch In
rrndlnrlsm.
The Raleigh Standard ot a recent date says:
Tho tale is a terrible one, but it must be told.
The world should know what has obstructed
law what has subverted government what
hns banished peace and tilled North CArolina
with wallings, fear, and woe. The world
should know why a resort to the military arm
was imperative. The world should know that
instead of exaggeration not one half has been
told.
The following statement is furnished from
the record. Ye commend the catalogue of
outrages and crimes to the attentive considera
tion of our friends throughout the country. It
is the voice of the bleeding, dying poor.
(The Standard then proceeds to print a terri
ble list, occupying two columns of its paper,
of recent outrages, enumerating over 60 Mi
grant case?, and says that hundreds of other
cases of scourging and mutilation aro necessa
rily omitted. We take from the account a few
of the mo&l prominent outrages.)
The jail of Greene county broken open, and
five men taken out; their throats cut and their
bodies thrown in Contcntnea creek.
The jail of Lenoir county broken open, five
men taken out, their throats cut, and their
bodies thrown in Neuee river.
The jail of Orange county broken open, three
men shot at. Two escaped, but one was
wounded, and died thereof.
The sheriff of Jones county and colonel of
militia shot and killed from behind a blind, in
the open day, on the public highway. His death
was decreed, by a Ku-klux camp in the adjoin
ing county of Lenoir. Ho was hated because he
was a Northern man and a Republican.
The colonel of the militia of Jones county,
and a justice of the peace, shot and killed in tno
open day while at work in his saw-mill. A
colored man with him at tho same time badly
shot.
The family of Daniel Blue, colored, murdered
In Moore countv. Blue was wounded and
escaped. His wife was killed. 6 he was en
ciente. His live other children were mur
dered, tho house set on fire, and the boues of all
found next morning.
lwo white men oi tho name or .McLeod mur
dered in Cumberland. Tho men who murdered
them had painted faces. The Ku-klux charged
the murder on colored men, and one colored
man was killed by them on account of it.
A colored minister of the Gospel in Gulf
township, Chatham county, compelled to take a
torch ntd burn his own church, which he and
others had built on nis own land, the next
morning, after the Ku-klux had departed, the
melancholy sight was presented of the minister
ind bis congregation noiding prayer over the
ashes of his church.
A colored woman drowned in a mill-pond in
Orange county, because Fhe had been "Impu
dent to a white lady ! This is the only charge.
A colored boy in Orange county taken at
midnight from his father while they were burn
ing charcoal and handed. The charge was that
ho had made 6ome improper and foolish re
marks about tho white ladies. Uis body hung
ten days until the vultures parti' consumed It,
and no one during that time dared to, take him
down.
Wvatt Outlaw, a colored man, was hanced
near the Court House in Graham, Alamanco
countv. Ho was a leading Republican, an In-
duetrious mecbamc, ana a man oi unblemished i
character. Uls ojjense was tnat uovernor llol
den had appointed him a justice of the peace,
ana ne naa accepted tne appointment, ana was
President in that county of the Union League of
America. It was charged that he had incited
colored men to Are on the Ku-klux on the public
highways, but this statement can be disproved
by respectable witne; sas. He was dragged from
his house at midnight, his little son clinging to
him as long as lie could, ana nis aged mother
pleading for him. lie was hanged near the
Court Hoase, that the Ku-klux might show thtir
contempt lor the civil law.
The Rev. Mr. Conliss, a native of Vermont.
and a teacher of a colored school at Company
Shops, Alamance, was taken from his house at
night and badly whipped. Ills wife endea
vored to protect him, and was struck on the
Dead witn a neavy pistol ana Daaiy wouuded.
Mr. Conliss was lame and went on crutches; but
the Ku-klux had no mercy on the poor old
crippled man. He was whipped because he
taught a colored school and was a loyal man.
John v. ctepnens, state senator, trom the
countv of Carroll, was murdered in the open
day, in the court-house in tho town of Yancey- J
ville. He was killed in the court-house, in
open day, to show Ku-klux contempt for the
civil law.
k Sam. Allen was driven from his house near
Lcesburg, Caswell county. A few nights after
wards pome colored men, friends of his, were
watcLitg at his house with his wife while he
was concealed In the woods. The Ku-klux ap
peared, these colored men tied, and Robin
Jacobs, ono of them, and an old man, not being
able to get awav, was shot through the head and
killed.
The Ku-klux of Rockingham county made a
raid and fired Into a house and shot a colored
woman through the brain and killed her, In
tho same countv. in another case, they thrust
chunks of wood on fire Into tho 'faces and
mouths of their victims !
THE STORM ON THE LAKES.
Lota of a team Propeller nnd Several Uvea
The Wrerka at Cleveland.
The Cleveland I'laindealr has the following
concerning the great gale on Lake Erlo of Mon
day night, in which so many vessels and lives
were lost:
Seldom has so terrific a gale swept over the
lake, and never has one visited this vicinity
which caused so much loss of life and property
in so short a time. The night was extraor
dinarily dark. As it approached midnight it
was evident that a severe storm was brewing,
and many vessels made all sail for port. At
about 12J o'clock, as the sailors report, a hurri
cane burst upon the lake all at once, and many
a captain barely had time to put about his craft
and let down canvas upon the run before the
gale was upon them. A score of gales seemed
condensed in ene, and the wind could almost be
eeen to blow.
Rain fell during most of the continuance of
the gale. On the lake the scene was awful.
Captain Gouidler, the pier lighthouse-keeper,
and Captain Kennedy, the Custom House officer
on nlghtduty, keptwatchouthe pier, looking for
vessel' lights, occasionally catching a glimpse of
a vessel's light rocking on the, waves now in
6ight, now lost In the water gulfs.
At about 2 o'clock they saw a craft but a few
feet east of the lighthouse, and heard the agon
ized cries for help of the ill-tated crew. Not a
person conld be seen, and only once in a while,
as the overturned vessel was lifted on the crest
of a wave into the rays from the lighthouse
feebly penetrating the darkness, could a black
something be spied on the water. A life-boit
was not far off one which Is here for the ex
press purpose ot rescuing people under such
circumstances yet for all the services to
which It could be then pur it might never
have been tent here, because it was securely
locked in a building, and there was no crew to
man it even could it be obtained and launched.
For a few brief moments the eries of the help
less sailors straggling for existence were heard,
and then, one by one, they ceased, and it was
known that they were drowned, and, adding to
the furious beating of the water, could now be
heard the dull, heavy thump of the wreck
against the pier. Another vessel was also seen
drifting with the wind, almost in rsach; but
what manner of craft the was, or whether her
crew were on board, could not be determined.
collect on the piers to look for wrecks and dead
lodies. By 8 o'clock the gal o had about spent
itself, though all the forenoon a high wind and
a very heavy sea prevailed. Tho barge Harvest
had broken loose from the west pier, and was
floating -about. Floating in the water, jii6t east
of the pier was a scow, lying on her side, her
bowsprit and gunwale out of tho water, her
maot, rigging, and broken fragments of tho
hull scattered all around. This was the vessel
seen at night, from the crow of which came
those heart-Piercing cries. Two bodies were
discovered in the water, one of which was
pulled out, but the other drifted under the
Tier to keep company with the others, which
doubtless are there yet.
The identity of this vessel could not be posi
tively ascertained. On a piece of the hull lloat
ing in the water the wora "Detroit" could be
plainly eeen, but nothing more. A number ot
sailors who collected around the wreck were
positive that it was tho wreck of the scow Mary
Amelia, of Detroit, Capt. Kerr. To the north
of the old passenger depot, being thrown
heavily against a line of spiles, lay -another
wreck, the hull completely capsized, the masts
and rlggiDg floating near by. This little craft
was owned by two brothers, Alexander
and William Pierce, who lived on Dare street,
West Side. They were both on board the vessel,"
Alexander being the captain and William assist
ing. With them was a boy, whom thev took as
cook. These three, like tho five on "the other
craft, must, beyond the shadow of a doubt, have
been drowned, and the two vessels must both
have been lost while trying to make this port.
Some two or three miles east of tho river are the
remnants of a wreck. A vessel was driven
ashore aud totally wrecked near tho rolling mill
there, and all on board must have been lost.
A GRIP AT LAST. .
Ihe French AYet Indies to be Onrs-A Trade
of 814,000,000 at Wtake.
TlieN. Y. World to-day has the lollowlng slightly
sensational Washington despatch :
The conclusion arrived at by the administration
in the matter of the recent representation made on
behalf of the Prussian Government iy Huron (lerolt
is found to possess a startling significance in the
light of some recent developments. Even before
the 10th of this month the 1'russlan Government
was .very much disturbed by the repeated and
teavy shipments of arms and ammunition from
this country to France, and on that day its
anxiety was deepened bv the adoption by the
French Government of a decree which substantially
announced that improved arms would be received
by France from any quarter in any quantity, and
paid for at the highest prices. Baron Oerolt made
known tho representation of his Government here,
and it is now very well ascertained that thejadminis
tration has taken, In reply, substantially the same
position as that taken by Earl Qianville, to wit:
That neutral governments cannot be
held, under international law, to act as
detectives against their citizens tn order to preveut
a private tralllc In arms with belligerent powers.
This doctrine being one not heretolore held by this
Government, and being, lu fact, the theory on which
England maintaiLS her view of the Alabama tlalms,
an explanation of such a sudden change in our views
lias been sought, and there Is reason to believe the
s sere t appears In an understanding between the ad
ministration and the French Uovernmcnt of Tours.
l'.y the terms of this rumored understanding, the
United States are to shape their views or inter
national law upon the subject of the neutrality re
quired of them in tho present .European war In
such a way as to give the fullest scope to the ex
portation of arms and war material generally from
this country to France, and in return the Tours (Gov
ernment is to give the United States au opportunity
to secure the long-sought foothold In the (Jarlbocan
by the sale of the French colonies In that sea. So
far ax! regards the administration's share in this ar
rangement, the recent neutrality proclamation was
purposely so worded as to open the door for
the widest exportation of arms to France
by failing to announco any prohibition upon
such exportation, and thus, by implication,
assuring all dealers that no interference need
be apprehended from this Government. The
fiart to be played by the Tours government Is yet to
ie considered. The French West Indies consist of
the greater poitlon of the Windward Islee, or
MartiLique, Guadaioupe, Marie-Galante, Deslrado,
and Saiutec, with the northern portion of St. Martin,
and extend from Porto Kico In a southerly curve to
tbe mouth of the Oronoco, thus forming the eastern
end of the Antilles, as Cuba and Porto Rico consti
tute the wt stern.
As to the intrinsic value of the Islands Involved in
this diplomacy, the annual trado is worth fully
tl2,000.0f 0, the value of the agricultural products of
Martinique alone being some 2,500,000 a year.
Coil'ee, sugar, indigo, etc., are easily raised, and tho
usual tropical market for flour, tlrrber, and manu
factured goods is one that contains fortunes. The
total population of these dependencies is something
over a qnarter of a million, and the area 6oo square
milts. The price is In doubt, but the money paid for
Alaska, 17,000,006 gold, would not be dear.
LEGAL IlffTBLLIOrJWCa.
A Serious Charge.
Ctttrt of Quarter Sessions Judge Ludlow.
The court is to-day occupied with the trial of a
colored boy. upon tne charge of violating the per
son of a little white girl, aged nine years. The
child was positive in her identification of the nrf
soner, saying that while she was In the street on
the nieht of the Oth Inst.. looklDg at a surprise part v.
he induced her to go with him, and there accom
plished bis design. The defense Is an alibi, sotting
forth that the prisoner was at his home all of the
eveninir In question, and did not go out of the bouse
from dusk until the following morning. He 1b re-
presesented by Benjamin II. Brewster, Eq.. who.
in his argument to the jury, told many Interesting
anecdotes illustrative of the unreliability of these
charges, and the scrutiny with which a jury should
scan litem. J ue; ase is yet on triau
nUANCE AIW COMMEKCB.
XTBimta Tbumbaph Orrrctl
'IhundJ, Ool. ), ltflU. i
The loan market Is crenerallv auiet. thouch
tbe stock dealers continue to Keep the banks
fairly occupied in attending to their wants. Ihe
activity noted at the Stock Exchange yesterday
has subsided, but the shifting of loans insepara
ble from sucn a large amount oi speculation
affects the market tor several davs subsequently,
The supply and demand are fairly poised at this
time and rates are thus held steady, but witu a
gradual decline In the regular mercantile de
mand for discount loans we may fairly expect A
corresponding fall in the asking rates. To-day
cau loans are active dui easy at orwo per cent
and choice business paper is lu demand at 7(5 9
uer cent.
Gold Is inlet and steady, with sales ranging
from 112waiai. opening and closing at 112m.
Governments are also dull, and prices are
witr out a single cnange.
The stock market was dull and depressed
Sales of State 6s, first series, at 101; and City
Os. new bonds, at lixi'iCwivjw.
Small 6ales of Readinir Railroad at501-lrtrs
Mil. .V. A K A . I al.lr.h Vsllno a. KttV.
and Philadelphia and Erie at toi&2iS, the
tnttpr h ii 4'5 wan offered for Little Schuvlkill
and 60 for Pennsylvania. The rest of Ihe list
was neglected. Central Transportation stock
was taken at 50, and seventeenth and .Nine
teenth Streets Passenger Railway at 21.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by Do Haven a Bra, no. 40 M.Thlrd street.
FIRST BOARD.
t2100Pa8 1 S.B6.104Ji
tJOOCirjes, N..e.lo ,
2ioo do loa.i,
1300 do C.102',-
Iiooo Pa R 9 mt ea.ioi
6000 Lea V R n bds
reg.... 49-
liooo do cp. 87,
I3C000 AmerGoid....
&wn..U2
Ito.ooo darjiUtwn.liK.'i
tc-oou C k A m 6a, '69
Sdyi.... T
ISflOLehSs, 64....
$00 'do
400 SB Read 60 1-16
lt 0 do b30. bO),
100 do bO. 60'
10 do sewn. 60 s-iti
loo do to
8)0 do o. eov
100 ao usu. vox
SMhLefc Val 68'.'
6 ah Penna R..e. u)V
80 sh Cent Trans. . 60
10 h lTtll &1VIQ bl XI
4)0 8hPh AE R ., S3i?
800 dO DSO.
100 dO So
61 ShOC A R.ls. 41
MXSSBB. Dl 11 ATI M fe
Bkotuxb, No. 40 S. Third
Street, I hiladeipula, report the followuig quotations.
-U.S. 4a Of 111. imU4: do. 1864,11814113!
do. 1864, lllfcatlUV; 1M6.1KA112WI do. 156,
new, U0iit)K i do. lT, do. no .llo-;,' ; do. ia,
in. 110 ' 1110?. :: 10-408. lOSXAlOi'i. u. . so Year
percent. Currency, llKniy; Gold, 112'iuS
113s.! Silver. 107(4109: Union Paciflo Railroad
lutMort. Bonds. tsM640; Central Pacific Railroad,
VvCiavio: Vl-oo Fade Land bract Bonds.
.
Mefphh. William PArNnnt A no.. No. as s. nir,
Street, report the following nnotjftlon-T! a'nf
1P81,113?,(4114; 6-Ws of lSfla, 112'. (4113: 10. ISM.
l?t)0''lAo" JalJ 1lornov;do! Jnlv,
m, no,wio'.-: 6s 10.40, io.w ; u s. racinc
rh. cy. as, influx. Gold, nsaiis.
Nakb IiLadnkr, BroRsrs, report this mornm
Gold quotations as follows :
10-00 A. M H3X
10 20 A.
M.
..11 !(
..113
..113'.'
..113
..111
1005
1010
.113
10 27 "
10- 80
11- 20 "
K.00 M.
12- 27 P. M
..112Ti
..113
..113 V
..113
10-11
10-H
10 13
Philadelphia Trade Report.
TniKPPAV, Oct. 2o. The Flour market is less
active, but steady. There Is very llttlo demand ir
shipment, and tho operations of the home con
sumers are limited to their Immediate wants. 600
barrels changed hands, including superfine at I M0
(S4-76; extras at f5-2Ss&-75; Iowa, Wisconsin, ana
MiEneEota extra family at f.V7StG-75: Pennsylvania
do. Uo. at 6-6(K6 (6: InUana and Ohio do. in. at
i550(3 7-2S; and fancy brand3 at 7-87(?'9 25, as in
quality, jiye r lour mny De quoteu at a-25. in Corn
Meal nothing doing.
The Wheat market is hardly so firm, and there Is
very little inquiry except for prime red and amber.
Sales of 6MW bushels at fl -34(3 1-.1- for Indiana red;
tl-S2 for Delaware do. ; 1 1-48(17 for amber; and
fl-60 for choice Indiana white. Rye Is held at
fif .in. ...... . ''.-.-i ! , . . .
"o, cm. v-uiu n imei nun prices lav or nuyers.
Sales of yellow at 8P(Ssic, and Western mixed at 75
fS0c. Oats are unchanged. Sales of Wes'em at. fii
r)2o., andPennajlvanla at 49ft60c. Nothing dolDe
in Barley or Malt.
Bark In the absence of soles we quote No. 1
Quercitron at 25 per ton.
ni8ky is iirm, and 95 barrels Western Iron
bound sold at 9&c.
N. Y. MONEY MARttET YE3TEU9AY.
From the ,V: r. HeraUL
"There WIS hattnr fnntlns tn nnmmaminl .;r.lo. .
day, particularly among tho dry Roods doalorl, to whom
the colder weather promises lara-ar business, as tho
heavier fabrics will now reouivs tbe demand whlcb had
bpn postponed by tne pleasant weather of tbe pa-t few
neeki. Tlie up town retail basinese is very active. A moo a
the exporters there is a sharp eomuetion for freights, and
a falhna; off In the shipmcntsot cotton Is expected ton
wcea, as me coaners are nearly ail tor tne carrying ot
what. The last tpentiened article was more active to-day.
and the sbipiiiou grades weie Im 2c higher.
"The money market was easy, more so than on any day
Sines tbe activity of lantweek. The prevailing rale in
tnuj uuaiuuFB hub bix per cent. onniocKs .nil live on gov
ernments; but before three o'olock large balances wero
ottered at tive per cent, on the former i-aUatomls and at
four on the latter. There is a heavy movement of poods
to the West, in anticipation of higher rates on tne rail
ways, which goes far to compensate for movement of the)
crops to the Fastern cities. Strictly prime first-class ac
ceptances are current a 7,H'8 por cent.
"The Government sold a million or gold at tbe Sub
Trensury. Tbe bids wore twenty-seven in number, and tor
a total of over 32,b(iu nOO at prices ranging from llin";
112 77. The million was awardod at 112 iicf 112 M. Tbe
demand for cash gold in the Go'd Room was so active in
the afternoon that tho buyers of tho gold paid casu for
nrarly$;"j0,000of it and took it out of the Sub-Tretnury.
Usually payment for tbe gold was not made till tee day
subsequent to the sale. It was feared in some quarter
that the draft of a million dollars of currency frm tba
street would produce activity in money; but. as abova
shown, the miu-ket stood this sudden call and dosed easy
at live per cent. The ovornment will buy to morrow two
millions of bonds.
"An upward movement in the gold market was made to
day tbe accompaniment of a tba rp attack on tin HkIi
market, on the theory that the latter ahould decline as the
former advances. It so happens that tho 'bull.' in gold
are tbe 'bears' in stocks, and the movement in ImtQ
markets was combined quite successfully. It chancedl'thrit
live-twtnties came a little lower from London-9 , so
that a slighs basis was given ( tho 'ball' on which to
begin te advance the premium, but they derived their
main success irom another Squeeze' in cash gold, which
they made so srarco that the 'bears' paid 1-lri i n.l ' per
cent, for the use of balances to make their deliveries at
tbe Clearing House. In subsequent loans the market re
laxed; but niter 3 o'clock the apprehension started up
afresh, and the bears at the close were bidding 3 tH for
gold for to-morrow.
"Th freer mow rnent in the exports Of the rCit few
days bas famished the market wuu a bettor supply of
commercial bills, nnd tbe bankers' rates were conse
quently weak at the nominal quotation of 10 (for prime
sty day bills and llS '4 for sight. In fact, the real sjlesof
Biityday bills were at IDS'1 108'.. It is supposed
that the recent sharp advanoe was a portion
of the programme of the desporate specu
lation of tbe 'bears' in stocks, who bought
bills in hopes of embarrassing Ite 'bulls,
who, it will be remembered, had borrowed billi to procure
money for carrying storks. Moreovor, the dearer rates
for cash gold helped to weaken tbe market, ..lording
another striking proof of the apparent hopelessness of en
deavoring to stay the downward movement in gold. Tae
'balls' no sooner stop oue leak of thair vtssel than
another appears. If tboy corner cash gold foreign ext
ent nge declines. If they ru np the price of goH they
let out oargo after cargo of cotton and produce, If they
bid up exchange tbe exporters begin to till orde-s from
tbe other side. And so tbe cirole of obstacles turrouuds
them en all sides."
LATEST SIIirPIXG INTELLIGENCE.
For additional Marine Neiee $es lwthle Patio.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA OCTOBER 20
6TAT1 OF TUBRM0MITBR AT THI IVUNINQ TELEGRAPH.
OFFICK
7 A. M 67 1 11 A. M. .73 8 P. M 61
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Bteamer Anthracite, Green. New York, W. M. Baird
fcCo.
St'r Beverly, Pierce, New York, W. P. Clyde & Co.
Bark Oroius, Partangall, Antwerp, Workman A. Co.
huhr charlotte Pish, WllUams, Ronton, Chas. Lias
lam A Co.
Schr 11. B. McCauley, Hubbard, Norfolk", do.
Tug Thomas JeirersorL Allen, Baltimore, with a tow
of barges, W. P. Clyde & Co.
Tug Chesapeake, Merrlhew, Eavre-de-Grace, with a
tow of bargee, W. P. Clyde fc Co.
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Steamship Hunter, Harding, 80 hours from Provi
dence, with indue, to D. b. Stetson & Co.
Steamship William P. Clyde, Sherwood, 24 hours
from New York, with mdse. to John F. Oil.
Steamer M. Watsey. Smith, 84 hours Irom New
York, with mdae. to w. M. Balrd ii Co.
Steamer Frank, Pierce, 24 hours Irom New York'.
With mdse. to W. M. Balrd A Co.
Steamer E. C. Blddle, McCue, 81 hours from Now
York, with mdse. to W. P. Clyde & Co.
Swed. bark Maria Margaretba, Daler. 3 days from
Ivigtut, with saltpetre to Powers & Weigatinan
veHsel to I Westergaard Co.
Schr tulckBtep, Smith, 6 days from New Market,
N. U., w ith mill wood to Lennox A Burgess.
Schr J. T. Alburger, Corson, 13 days from Charles
ton, S. C, with phosphate rock to Charleston Alining
Company.
Schr M. E. Vanclear, Jones, 13 days from Charles
ton, with lumber to C. E. Baker vessel to Warran u
Gregg.
Schr Saco, Wilson, from St. Man s river, 311., with
lumber.
Schr Anna Myrlck, Richards, from Weilfieet, with
merchandise.
Schr W. F. Byn, Robinson, from Norfolk, with
lumber to Patterson A Lipptncott.
Schr J. IL Perry, Gillum, from New Bedford, with
merchandise.
Schr Hairy Lee, Barrett, 8 days from New Yorlr,
with mdse. to Chas. Uaslam V Co.
Schr barah Clarke, Clarke, 4 days from Boston, In
ballast to Chas. llaslam & Co.
Schr Reading RU. Jxo. s, Davis, from Norwich.
Schr Sydney Pric, Godfrey, Irom Portsmouth.
Schr Henry Croskej, Potter, from Providence.
Schr Odd Fellow, Connor, from White III!!.
Schr Samuel Csstner, Jr., Robinson, Irom Boston.
Schr K. K. Vaughn, v aughn, da.
Schr Bessie Morris, Alien, do.
Tag Thos. Jefferson, Allen, from Baltimore, with a
tow of barges to W. P. Clyde A Co.
Tug Chesapeake, Merrinew, from Havre-de-Grace,
with a tow of barges to W. P. Clyde A Co.
Special Detpatck to TJ Evening TtlegrapK
HAVRK-Di-GKACg, Oct. so. The following boats
left this morning in U.w :
A. Page, Son fc Co.. with lumber to E. G. Fay. .
' Pilot Bpt. with lumber to Allen & Kuight.
Edward Worth, with lumber to Ucllvuiu ft Son.
husMiuebanna, with lumber to Maloun & Taylor.
Martha Jane, wuh lumber to Taylor A Betts.
J. R. S. Ryan, with lumber to It, Woxlverton.
Col. DoliDger, with luinoer to Sylor, Day Morie.
John A. llngaleU, with lumber, for Wilmington,
' 1 MEMORANDA.
Ship Carlton, Hurkae, hence, at Antwerp 6th inst.
Br. steamer Russia, Lott, for Liverpool, and Bri
tannia, Campbell, for Glasgow, cleared at New York
yesterday,
Steamer Tybee, Delincjr, for St. Domingo, cleared
at New York yesterday.
IS learners San Jacinto, Atkins, and Rapldan,
Whltehurar, from Savannah; Manhattan, Woodhull,
f rom Charleston ; and Fanita, Froemau, hence, at
New York yesterday.
Ba;k FJia Avelina, Dowley, hence for Mernel, at
Falmouth 1th inst., with captain sick.
hchrs A. E. Lyon, Hallet ; Fred. Gray, Gray ; E. T.
Smith, Baker; GeorKe H. Bent, Hudson ; U. V. God
trey, McKay, all from Boston for Philadelphia; anl
Billow, Kidridee, from New lUven for Trenton,
rassed iltll Ga'e yesterday.