THE DAILY EVENJNG TELEGRAPH TRIPLE SI IK BT I'll 1 L A. D E Li P 1 1 A, BATUKDAY, OUTOBKIt i70.
JV1IX QVIXCY ADAMS AyD TllK
WOMEN.
From thf Bnntnn Ai'vnttier, Oct. 22.
Qrixov, Thursday, Oct. 1 .1, 1 8 70. M rn. J alia
Ward Howe and others of the Womau's Suf
fuse State Central Committee::
Lndiea Permit me to thank you for yonr
clistinguUbed favor of this morning, in
which yon do me the honor to inquire first,
whether I run "in favor of extending the
fiufl'rege to tho women of Massachusetts,"
a id, Pecond, whether I am "willing to aid in
cft'eclirg tLtir enfranchisement. The con
text iKdicr.tes that your enriopityis concerned
with my opiiiiotin only bo far as they are tho
views of a candidate of the Detnocratrc party
for a State otiice. You are, however, aware,
I presume, that it is customary for a oaudi
clute who nceepf.s a nomination to accept with
it the oMigatiou to support the opinions of his
party, in so far. at least, as toey may be ex
plicitly declared in the resolutions put forth
by the uomirnting convention. I pray you,
therefore, not tj regard mo as wanting either
in candor or in profound respect for the
earnestness of your devotion to the cause of
female snfir.ig", if I crave your permission to
submit to you, ms my answor to your ques
tions, the foliowiug extract from the resolu
tions of tho convention held nt rilchlmrg
yesterday:
"We coi:! i ler tho proposition to extend tho
Buffrngc to the women of this Common wealth
as involving too many social considerations
to be sumimirily treated as a mere political
question. ?'
I have the honor to be, ladies, your msst
obedient, humble servant,
JonN Q. Adams.
X lint a Mrvcr French Wouinn Hart of
Atucrleiin.
A good mr.ny Americans will remember
laJame Ohnijie Audouarde, a French woman
who Euught among us fame and fortune as a
ltctmer. AY lieu homo she published a book
about us culled "Lie Far West," in which she
fays: "If not. a 'Yaukee' by birth or inclina
tion, you wiil, after a residence of a few
months in America, become a victim of a
violent spleen a strange, inexpressible dis
couragement. The word 'business' is forover
Bounded in your ears, until a great longing
takes pessession of you to fly far out of this
prosaic atmosphere."
She compli.iiiH of the absence of filial love
and genuiue family life, but acknowledges
that she is lost in admiring wonder at the
process of national assimilation which is all
the while going on the annual recasting and
fusion of :;.) ,()() or 100,000 emigrants, mostly
farmers, mechanics, and adventurers, into
one free, cLlij.-.htenod, and powerful people.
She says lu.it in Franco there ara not to
day, probably, hrdf a dozen sincere lb: publi
cans. (Whr.t would Fiance, who has just
proclaimed n republic, say to that ?) She
thinks that I hey are by nature iuclined to
Cii'Sarism, and that every Frenchman contains
within himself the materials for n smdl
despot. If lui obtains but the shadow of
power, he is nt once ready to abuse it and be
come an tiiib ci at.
In America it is altogether different. If
you should transplant to that country tho
greatest of autocrats you would behold his
power and his autocratic tendencies melt in
tho warm sunshine of universal freodom. If
the youth of France were for a generation
educated in America, you might, when you
brought them homo, place even King Bouiba
on the throne with perfect impunity, for he
would have to succumb to tho liberal spirit of
the people.
The German, whoso liberal tendencios are
on so many points in perfect harmony with
American ideas, becomes at onee acclimated
in his new transatlantic home; but the
Frenchman seldom or never develops into a
wdel American.
The Germans sarcastically say the French
Lave earned the riyht to be called the most
noted geographers in the world, inasmuch as
they are so conspicuous for their ignorance
of it. It is asserted that they have proved
it, especially during the present war, by
planning to bombard German ports which
they could not even reach except on paper.
Not very long ago a certain French paper
sent a correspondent to Vienna, who made a
good many geographical blunders in hi3 let
ters. The Germans laughed because he
called llaycnce an old French town, and
spoke of "(he celebrated University of D;is
Beldorf," which existed only in his imagina
tion, which he called one of the literafy
focuses of Prussia; but they give up trying
to follow him when he calls Thunngia the
cradle of l'ms-iin, which, two hundred years
ngo he s:is. was merely a "Palatinate of
lirar.deubiu.!"
A Quaint Town in Normandy. Tii9 af tar
neon light was fading over a lovely country,
with fertile meadows like England, and glens
just like Scotland, as we took our last bit of
railway travelling to St. Lo, where the reign
of locomotives ends and that of diligence
begins. It is a little town, set picturesquely
on a hill-top; people told us there was
"nothing to see" in it; but is there any plaae
where there is nothing to see ? I have ever
since mourned over St. Lo, which we reached
at dut-k, and quitted at 0" next morning feel
ing quite sure that it would have been worth
r email. ing there at least a day or two, so
charming "old-world'1 was it, so quaint and
kindly the inhabitants.
There was a landlady, the very face of
whom tempted us to Btay, instead of going
on, as we lirst intended, to Coutances; and
no otl er room being at the moment vacant,
she es' ablished half of our tired quartet in
her ov n. It was quite a picture. The f urni
ture v as mahogany, almost black with age;
the 1 angings were of the pretty cretonne
which corresponds to our old-fashioned
chintz. Reside one of the beds was a velvet
prie-d en, and over it a shelf, on which were
arrunj ed a number of religious oruv-uents.
In a c rner was a child's ciib (M-idarue was
still a yourg worn in, with little children
about her, but whether wife or widow, I do
not kr.ow,) ai:d in the window-bill was fitted
up an apurtiuen', quite perfect in its way.
There was a doll's toilet-table, a doTs
chair, a doll's cradle; and in this cradle
lay two young ladies (of wax) attired in blue
Julousef, like children, nut boasting magnifi
cent thignons. Everything about these
fortui ate dolls was as complete as French
tact ai d skill could make it. Numbers Turee
and Ft ur were full of artistic admiration, and
Numbt r Two thought of her own little girl at
home, to whom it would have been delight
ful to carry off the whole, even though, as
usual at two years of age, total ruin of the
treasure ensued within six hours.
Our table-d'hote dinner was most satisfac
tory acd plentiful in politeness. The ein
pressenent with hich the garcons forced
upon us an extraordinary dish supposed to
be liver (query, of what animal') and beef,
which I can only describe by the adjective
nanglant was amusing, if not appetizing.
Hut afttr the bread-soup, we felt no food to
be safe, till we came to the pears huge,
aweet Normandy pears which, with a good
piece of bread, were almost enough to dine
upon for a Frenchman. Undoubtedly we
Britons rest far too much upon our beef and
mutton, and suffer most ignominiously when
deprived of them as we did this day.
While looking forward anxiously to the ciff
au hit and bread and butter, of whiob. alone
we could be quite sure, Numbers Two and
Three being patient folk, and not exaspe
rated by inevitable ills sallied out to post
some letters and arrange about the diligence
journey of to-morrow. It was a still, clear
night, and the quaint streets, dimly lighted
by a new moon, looked most tempting. St.
Lo was already on the point of retiring to
rest; but we found one shop open, where a
woman, with the charming politenoss of tho
French middle class, nay, all classes, not
only explained the way, but sent her little boy
to show it to us. The small fellow trotted
nloDg by our side, chattering his pretty
French, and ns courteous and considerate us
Lis ciders all for pure curiosity, too, for
both he and his mother looked quite asto
nished at the gift of a few sons. F inally
poliie, iu that free way to which we are so
unaccustomed iu England, was the old in iu
of whom we took our places for the diligence,
lie explained, with the greatest care, what
soit of vehicle it was, nay, oven went out of
his way to show it to ns, and impresiod upon
us, with most fatherly anxiety, that we must
take plenty of wraps, as it was suro to be very
cold: also that it started at ; A. SI, and that
we end our baggage must on no account bo
later than that hour at the bureau. The,
author if "John JLili'fti.r, Ueuticmrtn," in St.
J'avl's.
Manx r.( Ti'i;ixi Gbeen Tea. Let us first
suppose that we are witnessing the prejmra
tiuu of green ten. It being quite exceptional
to meet with a tea-farmer who is likewise
a Manipulator, the sun-dried loaves are often
couvejed many leagues; but tho further
they are removed, and the longer they
remr.in in the unmanufactured condition,
tho more likely they are to deteriorate. Un
der favorable circumstances, the leaves
usually reach the pans within two hours
after being plucked. Tho pans are half
filled, and the heat so regulated as to in
crease very slowly, yet not beyend a point
which would prevent a workmau using his
bare Lands. Keeping the leaves in constant
motion for five minutes, he scoops out the
whole with a curved porcelain implement
into a bamboo basket, transferring its con
tents lo the rolling table or frame, around
which several manipulators are seated. The
first grasps as many leaves as his two hands
can contain, which he works into a ball, em
ploying all the prossure at his command, and
rolling the mas;s about on the tables at inter
vals. It is then passed on to tho next, who
gently brnis63 it, rapidly twisting each loaf
between the finger and thumb of both hands:
alternately rolled, then disintegrated and
retwistcd, the ball passes from one to another
round the table, and is finally rubbed between
the palms of the last workman's hands into a
shallow vessel, which, when full, is once more
emptied into the heated pan.
At the second roasting the charcoal fire ia
partially smothered in ushos, in order that a
minimum heat may be evolved, but the leaves
are not permitted to remain a moment qui
escent. Thus far they are still moist, soft,
and slightly glutinous to the touch, so that
they readily retain mnch of the configuration
or twist imparted by the dexterous fingers of
the manipulators. At this stage the superin
tendent, going round the pans and tables, de
cides what further treatment the contents
Bhall undergo; the larger leaves, according to
quality, being again rolled with a continuous
circular motion on the tables, so as to pro
duce Gunpowder, Imperial, and Twankey;
while tho younger, smaller and finer, which
meanwhile have been rapidly picked out by
boys, are twisted, leaf by leaf, several times,
into Young Hyson, Hyson, et3.
During the interval tho furnaoes are livened
up, and the pans heated to a point short of
redness. For about an hour their contents
are roasted, but kept in continual motion.
When no more vapor rises, and the leaves
have assumed a fixed, dull green, they are
considered eafe from fermentation if kept
from the damp, and may be permitted to re
main unfinished for twenty-four hours, or till
all the packing on hand has been similarly
treated. The following morning the tea is
passed through a winnowing machine, and
afterwards through graduated sieves, which
finally determinr the qualities. Each sort,
carefully kept separate, is again
rousted from one to four times, the
coloring pigment being applied before
the second last firing. Formerly the
facing powder w as composed of chunam or
native lime, and Prussian blue, but an inno
vation has found favor in the shape of a
mixture of extra-calcined chunam and finest
solt indigo, modified as occasion may require
by the use of turmeric. Doubtless this change
is referable to the injurious effects on the
constitutions of green-tea drinkers which
European writers ascribe to the use of Prus
sian blue; strictures with which the large tea
merchants and native brokers could not fail
to become acquainted during their frequent
intercourse with foreigners at the various
treaty ports. This powder being in readiness,
the workman scatters it in the form of impal
pable dust over the contents of tho pan, iu
the proportion of about one ounce to four
teen pounds of tea; he then thoroughly
manipulates the whole with his hands till
the color is equully distributed, taking care
that during the operation the furnace fire
is damped. Five minutes usually serve to
complet3 this operation. During the various
Btisges, two boys attached to each workman
have been busy picking out all coarse leaves
and ntnlks which may have escaped the
sieves. This they accomplish with the ut
most dexterity, without in the least retarding
progress. The next step sees the tea con
veyed to the picking and classifying room,
where it is carefully gone over by females.
From this chamber, after a final roasting, it
is removed to the packing-room, which ii
maintained at a high temperature; the classes
are separately bulked and packed in a hot
condition, when the packages are immedi
ately soldered up ready for exportation. The
Fevd Journal.
The Italian Fkasant. The peasantry of
Paly ore not muoh addicted to dancing, ex
cept in carnival, and the priests denounce it
as a peccnto mortale, or deadly sin, when
they have the chance. A village fete in most
paitscf Italy is a day on which there is no
thing to do, when people walk about in their
btfct clothes, eat acd drink better than usual,
and go to church three times instead of once;
once to mass, once to vespers, and once to
funione in the evening. The distin
guishing features of a village "wake"
in Italy a harvest home, a vintage
feast, or a veglione in the dead of winter are
eating and drinking, intermixed with singing
(sacred and profane), and the offering up of
prayers. Many lads of fifteen can rhyme and
versify in the most surprising manner, now
and then extorting praise (and money) from
tomibts, few of whom are, perhaps, aware
that the improvvisatori of Italy are in the
habit of using the same pur3 over and
over again, as people tell a Joe Millar, or a
favorite pun, in different houses. The Nea
politan peasants are. or used to be, quite
famous for their extempore songs
many of them very elaborate which
they pang to their own music, like tho
wood-cutters of the south of Franc,
alluded to by M'me San 1 in her story of the
"ilaitres Sonneurs." I have heard of Italian
peasants who could w rite verses about their
friends and acquiintancps who were working
in the fiehls, and sing them (instead of work
ing themselves) in a clear, soft, theatrical
voice. I have heard of other peasants (also
Italian) who could piny the llute or flagoolct,
and dance as nimbly as a ballot-mam and of
others who could fence and play at chess. It
will be said (not without reason) that these
accomplishments are not likely to be of much
use to a bard-working clodhopper; but a cer
tain civilizing or refining influence may ba
attributed to them, just us boors are likely
to be improved by being brought into the
society of ladies. All the Year Hound.
The Mor.MON Cl-kiiency. The Mormons
reached Salt Lake Valley in an utterly im
poverished condition. The cash capital of
the entire community, says a writer in tho
Overland Kouth'i for September, would not
probably have exceeded tl(MM). The Califor
nia migration furnished them a market for
their surplus products; but, as they had but
small use for money, they preferred taking
of the miners, instead. something which
they could either eat, drink, or wear, and
not procurable at home. As they increased
in numbers and means, merchants
established themselves among them
to use their small stores of money in
tho purchase of needed supplies. Their
great distance from market, and the small
proportion of their crops which would boar
transportation, have, however, at all times
made money extremely scarce, and have led
to the pcipotualion of a complicated and
often amusing system of barter. Hundreds
of farmers, living in reasonably comfortable
circumstances, and having largo families to
clothe and educate, wiil not see a dollar in
money for years. Such a farmer wishes to
purchase a pair of shoos for his wife, lie
consults the shoemaker, who avers his wil
lingness to furnish tho same for one load of
wood, lie has no wood, but sells a calf for
a quantity cf adobes, the adobes for an order
on the merchant payable in goods, and the
order for a load of wood, and straight
way the matron is shod. Seven watermelons
purchase tickets cf admission to the
theatre, lie prys for the tnition of his
children seventy-five cabbages per quarter.
The dresf maker receives for her services four
squashes per day. lie settles his church dues
in 6or;.!bum molasses. Two loads of pumpkins
pay his annual subscriptions to the newspa
per. He buys a "Treatise on Celestial Mar
riage"' for a load of gravel, and a bottlo of
tootling syrup for the baby with a bushel of
string beans. In this primitive method, until
the advent of the railroad, was nine-tenths of
the business of the Territory conducted. And
even now, in the more remote settlements, a
majority of all transactions are of this charac
ter. The merchants, purchasing their goods
in New York or San Francisco, must, of
course, 1 avo money to pay for the same; but
they sell their goods for cattle, flour, and
dairy products, which are then marketed for
chbh in the adjoining mining territories.
Tue Colob of the Skin. In Europe we
find three varieties of colorations of skin,
viz.. olive brown, with black eyes; black hair
and beard; auburn hair and beard, with dark
blue eyes; and fair complexion, with fair hair
and board and light blue eyes. The Scytho
Arabio race has only a-half of its representa
tives in Europe and Central Asia: the rost is
ppread southward towards the Indian Ocean,
differing in complexion from blond to
black between the latitude of the north
ern frontier of India and that of its
southern extremity, tho Hindoos of the Hima
layas being almost blond; those of the Dec
can, Coromandel, Malabar, and Ceylon being
darker than many tribes of Africans. The
Arabp, olive and almost blond complexioued
in Armenia and Syria, are decidedly swarthy
in the Yemen and the Mascate country. The
Egyptians present a chromatic gamut, rising
from fair to black between the mouths and
sources of the Nile. The Tuariks, dwelling
upon the southern slopes of the Aths range,
are simply olive complexioned, while those of
their brethren in the interior of Africa are
black. The ancient monuments of Egypt
represent males of a reddish-brown com
plexion, while the females, who lived ex
cluded, have a pale-olive complexion. The
Mantchoo Tartars, during their long stay in
China, have become almost fair; and the
Chinese women of the upper classes are as
fair as Europeans. The Jewesses of Cairo
and Syria, whose faces are always
concealed from public curiosity, and
who rarely go out of doors, have, in con
sequence, a pale rather than a fair com
plexion. Among the copper-colored races of
Sunda Straits, tho females, closely covered,
tnd seldom allowed to go out of doors, pre
sent the same feature. The Equimaur,
during tho severity of the long wiutera of
tLeir desolate regions, gradually become
fairer. These phenomena are doubtless the
results of several simultaneous influences,
and light is not the only element that con
tributes to them; heat and minor conditions
intervening in thoso chromatic acts, although
the particular and effective aetiou of lumi
nous radiation is unquestionable.
MiMiE Machinery. A correspondent
writiiig fiom London says: "The most ex
traoidimuy machine in the exhibition is, be
yond question, the one for miorosoope
writing. This enables a person to write in
the usual way, and to duplicate his writing a
million times smaller, so small, indeed, that
it is invisible to the naked eye, yet with a
powerful microscope become so plain that
every line and dot can be seen. The inven
tor claims that with this instrument he can
ccpy the entire Bible twenty-two limes in the
f-pace of an inch. The Astor Library, I pre
Bume, could be transferred to a sheet of note
paper. Practically it will be of great service
in preventing forgeries. With one of these
machines, a private mark can be put on bills
eo minute and perfect that the forger can
neither perceive nor imitate it, but the bank
clerk or broker, knowing where to look, can
at once detect that a bill is genuine. The
machine is the invention of a Mr. Peters."
SCIIOMACKERfcCCVS
0 RAND SQUARE AND VPRKIHT PIANOS.
These celebrated Instruments are aciaowledtred
ttie nuirit durable and lately tlnlahed I'iuuo made, and
have iiialntalued their litRti reputation as
FIRST CLASS
for nearlv a halfjrentury. They are now the leading
Pianos iif tt.e world, and can be obtained at MAM -FAi'Tt
UK 1:8' TRICKS, thereby savin the prollt
UBua W made by the Agent.
ALSO,
THE BIRDETT COMBINATION CABINKT
OKU AN, with the beautliul 'Celeste'' attachment.
1 iauoa a Lil Organs to rent.
KCUWMACKSR k CO.,
WAREROOMS No. lioa CHKSNUT Sireet.
N. B Special discount to Clergymen, Schools,
aiid Atadi-uiie. 10 29 stiun m
FOURTH EDITION
The Armistice Question.
Giemarck and Granville.
TQ-DM'S WASHINGTON HEWS.
Army and 2avy Orders.
'mpcriant Treasury Statistics.
FROM WASUTJVaTQjV.
N'nvnl Ord-r.
Washington, Oct. !.",. Ensigns F. S. Ja
sett and Uriah II. Harris aro ordered to the
Pacific fleet on November 1st. Ensiga E. A.
Field, N. E. Mason, and John . Uriggi to
torpedo duty, Newport, Iihode Island. En
sign II. O. Handy to the Boston Navy Yard.
Tassed Assistant Surgeon W. S. Fort to tem
porary duty at the New York Navy Yard.
Second Assistant Engineer 13. F. Wood to
examination for promotion. Lieutenant
Commander B. I. Smith is detached from
ordnance duty at the Boston Navy Yard, and
ordered to the Chief of the Bureau of Ord
nance for duty; Master Daniel Delahanty
from the St. Mary's, and placed on wait
ing orders; Master E. W. Bridge, from
the Frolic, and granted three months
leave; Ensign A. B. Wickoff, from the Nan
tucket, and granted sick leave; Surgeon C.
If. Burtank, from the Kearsarge, and placed
on w aiting orders; Assistant Surgeon P. P.
Eeilly, from the Lancaster, and granted sick
leave; Paymaster B. M. Mead, from tho Kear
sarge, and ordered to settle to his accounts.
Treasury Mtntemeotn.
The United States Treasurer holds this day
as security for circulating notes $:U,."ftr,CjO,
as security for deposits and public moneys,
fls'KiO.ISl.OriO; mutilated notes burned during
the week ending thi3 date, 2!1,80(; total
amount burned, .'U,17'.',t;8; bank cur
rency issued for bills destroyed
during the week, $1511,170: total
amount issued therefor, I50, tSi.,,(!3.-'); balance
due for mutilated notes $i;'.)G,8:5:5; bank cir
culation outstanding this date, $;501,fc!i;,"."iD;
shipments of currency during the week,
notes, !$1,820,L(;('; fractional currency,
.!74,37."'i; receipts of fractional enrrency
during tho week ending this date, $522,0: 10;
fractional currency destroyed during the
week, $3rV,16-40.
The AmIiuIc Fleet.
Bear-Admiral llodgers has relieved Vice
Admiral Bowan of the command of the Asiatio
fleet. On August 20th last Admiral Kodgars
reported that he would leave for Hong Kong,
Chinn, on the 22d of that month. Yioe-Ad-miral
Stephen C. Bowan, late comminder of
the Asiatic fleet, reports under date of Au-
gut 'J- that -bo would loavo Singnporo in tho
flagship Delaware on the 2'M of that month
for the United States. The Alaska was at
Singopore.
The Armistice OueHtloa.
Information from an official sonrce by
cable was received here to-day to the effect
that Bismarok does not consider Lord Gran
ville's note as a proposition for an armistice.
He thinks the proposition should come from
France. Thiers will probably be permitted
to go to Versailles, but there is uncertainty
about his being allowed to enter Paris. Her
Majesty's Government have not yet received
a reply to their suggestions from Prussia.
FROM EUROPE.
American Mecurltlea.
London, Oct. 20 :$ P. M. American secu
rities closed quiet. Stocks quiet.
ALSACE AND LORRAINE.
A Hcheine of Mediation.
The London Times of October 15 observes
that the only etumbllBg-Mc-ck iu hQ way of
peace is tho surrender of Alsace and Lornuue,
and tbat this surrender is demanded by (Jer
many for no other reason than for the Bake of
becuring herself from future attacks by France.
In this country we honestly believe Germany
would be sale from attack by France without
this surrender If Alsace and Lorraine were de
nuded of strong places. We cuunot therefore
hesitate to Incur auj' rcmoto responsibility that
iniLt depend upon the supposed erro'ueou
nature of our persuasion if we could thereby
secure the gain of peace. Little more th m
three years ago we were coutent to enter Into a
substantial guarantee lu order to prevent war,
end the fact cannot be overlooked in any du
liberatiC'U now on the means of concluding the
war. TukiD.u: our stand upon this basis, let us
put this hypothesis: Buppose, after secur'uiir
what uiiht, we believe, be easily secured -the
co-operation of Austria and Uusia, we addressed
the two belligerents lu something like thu fol
lowing peuse: "It U admitted that the inhabi
tants of the disputed provinces are averse fr.ua
the transfer ot their allegiance; and, speaking
from the experience of each of us, we know the
coiiftunt danger to peace resulting from t'ai
necepfity of governing a district inhabited by a
people resenline: the rule imposed upon them.
We recognize, however, tho justice of tho de
mand made for euuie guarantee of future safety,
and we feel that the dismantlement of the bos
tile places In the provinces, the possession of
wLich Is contested, may be deemed an iuiulli
cient security by the one and au uncalled-for
exposure to attack by the other. Wo are ready,
therefore, to make the following olfor: Lot ths
strong places of Alsace and Lorraine be disman
tled, and we will enter into joint and several
guarantees with each belligerent to join cither
against the other In case one 6hould make an
attack upon the other without nrst submitting
to our oibitration as neutrals tho grouuds on
which such an attack is songht to be justified."
It is quite possible such an oiler might be un
successful, but there are reasons why some
efforts should be made to promote it. No man
cau doubt that the present war will revolution
ize the conditions of public law iu Europe.
It is evident enough that an abstract declara
tion iu favor of arbitration without a penalty
a declaration such as was contained in the
Treaty of l'aris in lSSti is useless, and perhaps
worse than useless. There is another reason,
somewhat peculiar, perhaps, to ourselves. Our
position is much misunderstood on the Conti
nent at the present time. We are accused of a
tellish isolation, of being uncoucerued at any
misfortunes ot our neighbors, and of a craven
temper that would buy preseut immunity from
danger at any price. We could not more
clearly disprove these charges than by taking
the initiative in ofterieg terms of peace that
would attest a genuiue desire to protect our
friends from injury.
LOST AT SEA.
Th MrMrir f I lie Aleanoiler fertfi-'he l
rml an n ovnfte while In n lit-nky (Jv-nrililsu.
Another Instance of sending ships ts?a in an
nnfcawtrthy condition has jut oecurrresl, ntid
resulted disastrously. Oa the Oih day of Sep
tember ti e steamer Alexander I'eiton, which
had formally belonged to tho llavtieu Govern
ment, but which t ad btcu lately boM to the
n erc nntile firm of M. Klvier, left i'ort au Prince
for l'erit (-uavc. a neitthburln port., where she
was to lie loaded with logwood for Hoston. On
her nrrhal there it wa? discovered that she was
It nklr', mid this was reported to Captain Gor
don, w ho gave orders that tho donkey euino
sl'iild be ned in clearing licr.
The next (iiilioulty to be surmounted was the
obtalt.iiur a crew, some of the hands having dc
KTtcd, declaring that they were
MIT GOING TO 11B UliOWNr.l)
with their eyes open. At last, by means of de
ception. sMiie Lands were cajoled into coming
on board, on the assurance that tho run was t
be only to Xussau. hhe started, however, short
manned to such an exieut that the ciblo w is
cut and the anchor left behind. Seriously leak
ing or d utterly ur.seaworthy, she put to son ou
the tlth of September. Sho labored heavily,
straining as It she were eoiutr down every
uu ment. while the leak made terrible aiv.uce.
lu this state of things the captain and
THE OFFICERS II !5I.I A t Ol Nl II.,
nnd determined to bend hor off for Nassau, then
about fiOO miles distant. The next dav the leak
had put out the fires, eo that the vessel was
drifting before the wind. Seeing that she wa
rapidly going down by tho head, thu captain
ordered that the boats be cot ready and pro
visioned, and leave the vessel to her fate. lie,
w ith fourteen meu, entered into one boat, while
the chief officer, James Watson, entered into
the second one, accompanied by eleven men.
When they left tho steamer she had nine feet of
w ater in her hold. Oue hour after they had left
her they
SAW IIF.U GO DOWN.
The two boats kept together, signalizing each
other every half hour during tho night, unt'l,
about 4 o'clock la tho morning, the captain's
Loat disappeared.
HVrFEMNGS OF THE MEN.
The sufferings undergone by both boats'
crews were very great. For two days before
the steamer weut down they had no fresh water
to drink, owing to the rising of tho water on
board the Fctiou above the tanks, and having to
work night and day, were literally exhausted.
On the third day tho men in the captain's boat
suffered so much from thirst that they swallowed
large quantities of salt water, which they
scooped up w 1th their hats.
TEItnillT.E DESPAIR.
Tho captain did all he could to encourage the
untortimate men, but at last he too lost all hope,
and said, "Let her drift, boys; we have done
our beet; we can't do more; wre mast either get
help or die." Wheu fully resigned to their fate,
and having abandoned all hope, in the evening
of the fourth day 6iuce the steamor went down
they were
l-ICKED VV I1V A 8CII00NE11
bound to Texas, hading from Mew York, the
captain of which, after treating the exhausted
nun with the utmost kindness, further con
sented to deviate from his voyage and put the
men down at Key West. Those who arrived at
Warsaw were cared for by tho authorities, in
the absence of the Ilaytien Consul; and at Key
West they were also cured for by the authori
ties and sent to New York to the llaytieu Con
sulate, where they are duly cared for and scut
away as they desire. It Is said that there Is no
Insniance on tho vessel and cargo. The agents
at IJoston, Messrs. Canoll and Trailer, have
placed the entire control of the matter in the
baDds of the Haytien Consulate In this city.
A'. 1'. Ihrald, to-da.
N. Y. MONEY DUItURr YESTEttPAY.
From the Hi Y. Herald.
"Tho gold market declined in the forenoon
under the confirmatory reports of tho capture
Of .MetZ and llnzalno by tlio 1'russlau army, aud
the price touched 111,', the lowest point that
has been attained siDce tho outbreak ot hostili
ties in Europe. Here tho 'shorn' began to pur
chase and a reaction to lllr; ensued, the
upward turn being stimulated by a better
demand for cash gold lato In the day.
The speculative interest in tho market
is, however, slowly decreasing and
tbe tone of business becoming dull. The rates
for cash gold showed considerable irregularity
and fluctuated between fiat and yH per cent, for
borrowing. During tho morning the general
figure was 2 per cent, to 1-04 ior the use of
gold, but late loans for tho Clearing House wore
made at 1-32 to J. per cout. After 3 o'clock the
'shorts' paid 1-04 and 0 per ceut. for tho uso of
gold to-morrow.
"The money market was easy at five to six
per cent, early in the day, but after two o'clock
large balances w ere lent at four per ceut. The
money withdrawn from tho street early In the
week, has been entirely restored, owing to the
threat of legal proceedings against tho parties
constituting the combination w ho endeavored to
produce stringency. It seems that tho District
Attorney was consulted at tho time the Cana
dian banks were exacting usurious rates for
their gold; but no proceedings were taken, us
the latter ceased their operations. The locking
up of $2,500,000 currency the other day iu one
of the city banks has provoked afresh the in
dignation of the 'bulls' In stocks, aud a depu
tation ot brokers interested in an easy money
market waited upon the District Attorney to
day with charges intended to be laid before the
Grand Jury. There is great consternation
among the agents of a Montreal bauk as to tho
result of these proceedings, particularly u the
parties who have preferred the charge
are highly influential c-itieus. It wilt ou
remembered that the Grand Jury l.m year
t pared no one, tut imposed line and imprison
ment where the usury was plainly proven. The
Montreal I'auk was besieged to-day by persons
who had borrow ed money of it, and who re
turned loans and took up collaterals, fcarintr
that in caee of an Injunction oh the bauk their
securities would be placi d beyond their reach
for on indefinite tin. c. The penalties recovered
In suits for infractions of the usury
laws ure paid to the Commission
ers of Charities and Correction. The
steamer China, from Liverpool, with a larga
consigi ment of coupons belonging to European
holders of five-twuilies, did not arrive in time
to permit the caching of the coupons at the Sab
TicttMny this afternoon, and hence the corre
Kj oiidii'g remittances cannot be made before
i est week. The steamer is said to have brought
about $5,00ii,000 worth. The anticipated de
mand lor exchange was thus wauling, and
rates, while nominally laichanged, were less
lirm, with acluul transaction out of second
1 unds at concessions of an eighth per cent.
"The Government list was weak during mot
of the day, In rerposso to the further decline In
gold, aud" prices at the Hoard fell off a'jout a
quarter per cent. At the clo.e there was a
Hidden tlisplsiy of strength and prices recovered,
the market closing f.rm, wheui-e it is conjec
tured that the China's mails, which were de
livered in tic fctrcet this afternoon, brought a
large amount of orders to turn tbe coupons into
bonds und send the latter home to Europe in
stead of the gold. The ri.-e Is also attributable
In part to the advance of the London quot itlou,
which closed to-uight at for the 024."
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Kerorted by De Hiven & Uro., No. o S.Tulrd street,
BETWEEN KO AllDS.
1100 CUT Ca, prior 1 bU Head K..!d.494
to ii.. ..102V' 700 UO..13.U0.6J 3-Xtf
isroocity es rsew.iu2 vo do mi
timm I'a 4 N Y C 7s 81 60 do biW. 60','
ttsli OA Am K....116; fitio do iifio. Ml
fisUAc-adMus 'J leoo rto hiW. rw;
l(.')sh Catl'rr..8d. b&X KHUhLeh Nav 8t 3'4
no do 3m i'0 lo..sii0ivn. 31,'
100 sh Phi EK.M
SECOND BOARD.
!C0O W Jersey It la 84 oo li l'hll A B It..
11000 I-ehttsgold 1... $sx siidwu.. id', ;
1.0 bh Kt-ail.h&wiutf 4! U4 10 sti C A Am U....I I3,
to do..-bfiwu. 60 j 1 do lia.v
1 do...etvu. Ml 1
financial..
TI I K
CENTRA MILRO AD
OF IOWA,
Conicctirg t. Louis and St. Paul.
Tins roifl is built by a Company of .rronar can!-
tallsts, who have pasties their work i'or.TarJ at a
ranid rote.
one million
of rm
Fli-ST BOSTGUE BQHDS
Of the Conipany remain, which are offered at the
very low rate or
80 and Accrued interest.
Among their advantages are
lBt, The road is nearly finished, and the cars arc ex
pected to run across the State in 60 days.
2d. Tho read has been built only of the best mati
rial, the Iron having been manufactured ex
pressly for It, at a much higher cost than that
usually paid.
3d. It runs through a most superb agricultural
country.
4tb. It haa great advantages lu carrying coal North
and bringing lumber South.
0th. TLe Mortgage is only tio.ooo per mil?, w'.ilie
many other roads are bonded tj double this
amount.
Gth. The real Is principally ownod by bankers aud
other capitalists, who have Invested a lar;o
Bum In Its construction, and who luve every
reason to take care of its obligations.
Ttli. A First Mortgage for so small an amount, upon
a road so near completion, and In such strong
hands, may well bo considered a perfectly safe
security.
H e believe there will be no morp favorable time
to sell Governments, and buy Fiml-vlass Hail'
road Securities such ax these than thn present.
With any further decline in Gull, Gocrriiiii"n
must decline also.
f. T.. SIIA.TTUCK, Treasurer,
No. 33 PINE Street, New York.
After a full examination, we have accepted an
Agency for the Sale of the above First Mortgage
Bonds, and desire to rocoinmend them to our cus
tomers AS A TIIOROfOHLY SAFE, A3 WELL
Att rROFITADLH INVJJd'i'MB.Nr.
COOXXB & CO.,
Ffo. I 14 South THIRD Street,
lu WPMitl'M PHILADELPHIA.
1870. A1ITU MtV. 187()
SlMNSGfl SCRWEMSER.
Rich Bs-oche Figured Cotclines
FOR PAD LOUS AND RECEPTION ROOMi.
HEAVY TAMBOURED LACES
TO CORRESPOND.
Why are their pmccs over twenty per cent, lower
than elnewhere for the sameOoodsf
fimt Because they buy lor CASH and receive
heavy di&counts. 1 hese they transfer to purchasers.
Stand Being practical and expertenned mat
branches of the DKOOUATINQ aud UfHOLJTiKY
bublr.ess, they save by personal attention aud super
vision at leant Cfreen per cent. In their expnasua, of
whlth their customers shall also have tho full beneur.
This makes a total of twenty-one per cent, saved
by every customer placing order in their charge,
U'hldcs having their work executed In tho litest
milliner and with the utmost despatch.
OHESNUT STREET. 11 V
10 12 wfoi3ni4p lll.i
ZELL'S ENCYCLOPEDIA,
DICTIONARY, AND GAZETTEER
Is now fast approaching completion. The price for
tbe entire work, unbound, will still remain for a
limited time as originally announced, namely, f .'5.
As it has been found advisable to increaso the slao
of the original work about uoo pages beyond the
number at Urst proposed, those who purchase or
subscribe now will get the benefit of this audition
winioi'TcuAKfiE, otherwise they will be obliged to
nay lor the same. This book is a complete and una
bridged dictionary of the English language, as good
as the best, a Guzetteer of the World, aud a more
complete, newer, and fresher Encyclopedia than any
now in print; the prlco Is lower than that of any
other Encyclopedia and but a little above that
charged lur an Unabridged Dictionary or a Gazet
teer alone und being the latest and beguu a ad
completed within the short space of two vtars not
drawing through an unlimited number of years, as
has always herutofore been the case with works of
this liuignlliide it uiuct necessarily bo by far the
revest in point of inrormatiou, as. for example,
the ftitiflo Napoieou is brought down to his surren
der. rniBsia to tno present war, etc and the popu
lations are given either in accordance with recent
State CViimih oi that ot the tieneral Census of Hits,
year, or Iroiu other relial.le Information, and every
pains taken to uiake the information given new auu
aceumte.
10 1Stuths2iui T. ELLWOOD ZELL, Publislrft-,
Nos. U and 19 S. MXT1I Street, Philadelphia.
DUY YOUR FURNITURE
or
GOULD &i OO.,
XJcs. 37 and 39 N. SECOND Street
AND
K. E. Comer NINTH and MARKET.
LARGiST, CHEAPEST, AND BEST STOCK iN
TH B WORLB. f 1' wfmSmrp
T il E O 11 E X T AMERICAN,
1.02 MAKKKT STREET, pllILAUA., U02
is tho leading Fiirtiitum and Duauiug 11 Use,
bin lug the l.nri:mt, lli-wr. and Cue pest slock,
WAIM'T WOliK A Sl'ECULTl'.
1 Kn'endid Parlor, Caamber, aud l)inin?-roft
I Suits. 10 V4 m frji:m