KCG-BAJP hi A VOL. XIV NO. 13G. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY", DECEMBER 9, 1870. DOUBLE SHEET THREE GENTS. I I P 1 1 A FIRST EDITION THE GWRHMT FINANCES. Report of Treasurer Spinner. Our Receipts and Expenditures. Counterfeiting TrcasuryScnds A Startling Conspiracy. life in Besieged Paris. Strange Sights and Scenes: THE TREASURY. Report of United Ntalea on the Keeelpta and Trenaurer Nplnner Expenditure lor From the annual report of General F. K. fcplnner, Treasurer of the United States, we make the following extracts: The books of tho office show the following to have been the receipts and disbursements dur ing the fiscal year ending J unc 30, 1870: Cah, Dr, Balance in treasury lroin last year tlW.,6,340-85 deceived from loans 1288,474,826 00 Received from Internal revenue. 184,890,766-49 Received from customs.. l4,r)3b,i)74-44 Received from lands 3,H6 ',481-76 Received from War 60,476,490-63 Received from Navy..... 6,712,733 12 Received rrom Interior.. H.r,48s-01 Miscellaneous 3fl,32i,279-68 Total receipts for fiscal year 771,4(54, 43)-oi Total Ctih, Cr.i raid on account of public debt Paid on aecouutof Hie Army Raid on account of the Navy Raid ou account of Interior Raid oa account of Treasury proper.. Raid on account of customs Raid on account of Treasury Interior. Raid on accouut of Internal reveuue.. Raid on account of diplomatic Raid on account of quarterly salaries. Raid ou account of War (civil braujli). Balance in treasury t330,144,77u-86 1539,017,029-83 127,13,16u-03 , 27,4'2,U64-U 32,43H,(US 33 li,Vi,).Z rt H,63,iU4-30 5,4.r)0.3IS-82 ,0J2.S147'J 1,511.641-76 433,52.V'J1 940.2S0-&4 , 149,502,471-60 Total t'JSO, 144,770-40 "The receipts, as stated In the foregoing table, were carried into the treasury by 11 ,800 covering warrants, which is an iucrease of 808 over the preceding year, and of 1703 over the year before that. 'The payments were made on 25,S04 autho rized warrantu, for tho payment of which there were issued 2b '.).r4 drafts drawn on the treasury, and the various branches tuoraof. In both or thete two lubtnamed items there wai a falling oil from the numbers issued in the year pre ceding. "The two foregoing tables Ehow: the first, the cash on Land at the commencement of tbe tiscal year, and the various amounts that were re ceived and covered into the Treasury by war rants issued and entered upon the books of the oliice for the liscal year, including payments, re payments, and counter-warrants; and the second, such amounts as were paid out on warrants, in cluding corresponding amouuts transferred by counter-warrants, and such payments that were repaid as are included in the first table, and also the balance of cash on hand at the cloic of the fiscal year. ' These payments and repayments, and trans fers by counter-warrauts equal to each other, and In most cases representing tho same moneys, help to swell the aggregate amount of both cldesof the ledger beyond the actual receipts and disbursements. So, too, they may contain warrants issued within the then current fiscal year; but the moueys that they represent "m a v. have been received in the preceding or the succeeding fiscal year. "The tables, therefore, do not show the pre cise amounts received or disbursed within the fiscal year, commencing with July 1, 1839, and ending with June 8'J, 18.0." Tables are also given showing the actual re celpts for the year to have been $70l,S03,01517, and the actual expenditures $7lO,935,yu-4'J, in both cases exclusive of counter warrants and balances from previous year. The following table of receipts and expendi- tures, by warrants, excluding such as were issued for payments and repayments, for tho last ten fiscal years, is given, that the movement of the office from year to year, and for each year, may readily be compared with that of any other year: Far. Ket!pi. Expewti'iirtt. lix.l tSl,208,tiXV5 -H,f783flf 1862 bNl G2d.l6l'26 670.S41.70 )25 Wi 818,082, 1W05 897i(i,S30-1 1804 l,nb,4flti,963-4l l,i8,0M,101-8S ISCfS 1,80l,7U'i,i!iT-M 1,8'.)7,64,'J24 09 78C6 1,270,114,173-11 1,141,074,004-09 1807 1,1SI,0(W.821-M 1.09:f,u7,rt.,.V27 18G.1 l,lMU,I4VlB'&a l,US,8Sa,iU-J t lHOJ 009,t2l,S2-2T &S4,777,9:0-11 1870 704,803,045 17 710,9:15.9 14-44 Total f9,491,301,U77-41 t J,3.8J3J,ajJ 3S In the following is shown the amount of tho face value of the various kinds of paper muey destroyed since 18G1 as money: Old demand notes $V,2.8r.2-.v Ix-gal-teuder notes, new issue 8iJ,v!J-f,S2i -ft-J Ial-tender nutus, serios of 1869 97,655-00 One-year notes of 18C3 4i,3vj,8MiM Two-year uotes of 1H03 16,42:1, 750-00 Two-j ear coupon notes of lsi3 149,tfd2,suo-00 Compouud Interest notes 24t.40i,2yi-oo Fractional currency, tirst U.ue. lt 752,2J,-C5 Fractional durreucy, seiond Issue... ' l.9oO.Hil3 to, Fractional currency, third isaue 75,.VH,74J2l Fractional currency, fourth Is.ue.... W,74S,tKi.t 4 Coin certiflcat-s W2,93.900 00 Coin certificates, series of 1870 8,J2i,eoa o Total amount destroyed as money. 11,430,053,058-49 Total amount destroyed statisti cally 3,333,831.1.03 fil National bauk notes tu liquidation... 1,302, lnu -00 CertiOcates of indebtedness, re deemed und cancelled 592,00a50-26 Total amount destroyed up to July 1, 1870 It 4K,4 0,803-87 General Spinner winds np his report with an earnest appeal to Congress for increased com peneation to the employes of his bureau. COUNTERFEITING TKEASURY BONDS Btarlllnar Cootiilrney Arreitt of m Wealthy tJllizea lor uirauian ibe 4 vernuteot. A wealthy person named William Brockway, alias William Spencer, alia$ "Long John." was arrested, early last evening, on a charge of having been piominently engaged in quo of the most extensive counterfeiting conspiracies known in this country. The accused was taken into custody ly Deputy Marshal Kobinsoa, tue warrant lor bis arrest being issued by Doited Plates Commissioner Oeborn, on complaint 0 WlUiKl J". Ywd Jvrpjerly Cfcwt 1 the fccerct fterrice Division of the T cv ury Deirtment. He wu ccurged wiih havlsr assisted in making the celebrated counterfeit 7-0 bond plate, by means of wUlch bonds were piloted and ) la ei In circulation to the XtCBt of nearly fKKJ.COa without exciting any suspi cion on the part ot the Go . eminent as to their gctiuincLesa. According to the statement of Federal officials the accused commenced his operations in company with sevenl counter feiters s'x or seveu years ago, or at the time that the National Government first printed bonds of the f even thirty issue. It Is said that bo labored for years, with the assistance of his as sociates, for the purpose of engraving a plate from which to print bonds in exact imitation of those lcsncd at Washington. Tbe bona file bonds were executed in such a manner that it wss deemed utterly impossible lor any one to counterfeit them so as to evade detection. The utmost nicety was difplayed by the Govern ment engravers In making the various parts of the plate from which the genuine bonds were printed, and scientific means were utilized to make it perfect. A system of photography was used for the purpose of drawing some of the lines on the face ot tue bonds, .these lines were so faint that they were not perceptible ex cept with the aid of a magnifying glass. Des pite all these obstacles Brockway, as alleged, undertook to imitate them, -and succeeded so far that, after years of patient toil, he was enabled to (rain a large fortune by dealing in the coun terfeit bonds. It is said that the accused, who is an expert engraver, prepared the vigiiette for the fraudulent plate, and that one Ulrich, a very skilful German, now serving a loug term of imprisonment at tbe State Prison in Missouri, executed the other portions ot tue plate. The engraving was done in this city, ind the ringleaders ot ine plot were aiaea oy a select corps of assistants, sworn to secrecy. Charles Adams, who is now confined in jail, in Maice, on a charge of burglary, was one of the counterfeiters, and was the man who placed the bonds in public circulation. It was through liim that the daring conspirators were betrayed, his expote being made after a very large amount of the bonds had been purchased by bankers and others in ignorance of their true character. About U,UUU In good money was expended at the Bub-Trea6ury in this city in redeeming the bad bondB. which were mostly Bold by well-known bankers, including the firms of Jay Cooke & Co. and Vermilye & Co. The latter, it is proper to mention, were not aware that they were counterfeits at the time, nor were they discovered to be baa by tne iav- crnment officials until after they had reached Washington. Even after thev had been detected, it was found impossible to trace them to any particular source, and the investigation was finally abaudoned. Subsequently Charles Adams fell into the clutches of Chief Wood, the head of the secret service force at that time, and it was through the latter that the conspiracy was re vealed to the Government. Chief Wood has the reputation of being tbe most skilful detective in this country, and of having seut more culprits to prison than auy other living man. By means of the custom known as "pump ing" among detectives, he gained a slight clue as to tne origin ot tne counterfeit seven thirty bonds, which be followed up by seizing Brockway, wtiom lie lountl sojourning at tue 8t. James1 Hotel, in fashionable style, lie re moved Brockway to Taylor's Hot' 1, at Jersey City, and in a very short time he came into pos session of information in regard to the trouble some plate. Brockway agreed to deliver up the plate at the house of ex-Judge Stuart, who acted as his counsel. Chief Wood visited the house of the latter geutlcman, and, sure enough, he found the plate, together with a counterfeit die of the red seal, which appears on the face of tho genuine bonds. It transpired that tho plate and the die were left at ex-Jndge Stuarts house for the mrpoRe of falling into official bands. Captain iVood subsequently Kent the two trophies of bis detective skill to Washington, bnt the die was afterwards abstracted from the Treasury De partment. A search whs made for the thief, but without success, and the officials came to the conclusion that one of tbe attaches of the de partment had been bribed to steal it. The plate, w hich was considerably battered at the time of its capture, was brought to this city a lew weeKs ago, and was introduced as evidence in the suit commenced by tbe United states in the Dibtrlct Court, before Judge Blatchford, against Jay CooKe & Co., lor the recovery of several thousand dollars, luo suit arose out of the redemption of some of the bonds by the Gov ernment. Brockway was sent to Ludlow Street Jail, last evening, in default of 30.000 bail. This arrest was caused by District Attorney Davis and Mr. A. H. Turd v. to whom Chief Wood made strong representations concerning Brock- way's fraudulent operations. The cause of the long delay in securing the prisoner is attributed to the tact that the Government desired to ascertain whether the bonds could be proven to be bad in court before they took measures to arreH any of the alleged offenders. A'. Y. Tintes to-day. INSIDE PARIS. Life In the Bcoleaed i:ity-Strnngo Mhta LOU seeaei. From the "Diary of a Besieged Resident," published in tbe London Daily Aeics, we make tbe following interesting extracts: DIDO IN A DOORWAV. One of tae most curious phases in this remark able siege is, that the women seem to consider the whole question a political one, which in no way regards them they neither urge the men to resist, ntr clamor for peace. 2'ros Tyriufjue seems much the same to them; a few hundreds cave dressed themselves up as vlvandieres, the ethers appear to regret the rise In the price of provisions, but to trouble their beads about nothing else. If they thought that the cession of Alsace and Lorraine would reduce the price of butcher's meat, they would ia a sort of apathetic way be in favor of the cession; but they are so utterly Ignorant of everything except matters connected with their toilettes and M. Paul de Kock's novels, that they contiue themselves to shrugging their shoulders and hoping for the best. The word armistice btiu beyond the range of their vocaoulary, they call it 'I'amitiistie,' and Imagine that the question is whether or not King William is ready to grant Paris an amnesty. As .Ivleas and Dido took refuge in a cave to avoid a shower, so I for the same reason found myself with a young lady this morning under a porfe ooclwe. Dido was a lively, intelligent young person, but I dis covered in the course of our chance conversation that she was nnder tbe impressiou that the Rus sians as well as the Prussians were outside Paris, and that both were waging war for the King of Spain. Sedan, I also learned, was iu the neighborhood ot Berlin. TBE AMERICAN BELLE. The French have a notion that, go where you may, to the top of a pyramid or to the top of Mont Blanc, you are sure to meet an r.ogiiau. man reading s newspaper. In my experleuce of tbe world, tbe American girl Is far more inevl table than the Britisher; and, of course, under the Stars and Stripes which wave over the American tents she is to be found, tending the sick, and, when there is nothing more to be got for them, patiently reading to them or playing at cards with them. I have a great weakness for the American girl; she always puts ber heart in what she is about. When she flirts she does it conscientiously, and when she nurses a most inviting-looking Zouave or Franc-tlreur, she does it equally conscientiously; besides, as a rule, f Le Is pretty a gift of nature which I am very lar vow undervaluing. tue rooo SCFrLY. How many oxen and cows there still are I do not know; a few days ago, however, I counted mvself 1500 in a large pen. The newspapers calculate that at the commencement of the siege ibere were 100,000 horses in Pari?, and that 1 there are now 70,000; 80,000 will be enough for : tho array, consequently 40,000 can be eaten. The monnt of meat on each horje averages 500 pound; consequently we have 0,0(K),000Munds I of fresh horse flech, a quantity which will last us for more than three months at the present i rate of meat couKiimptlon. These figures are, I think, very much exaggerated. 1 should say that there are not more than 40,000 horses now in Paris. Ibe PcUte Voiturt (Cab) Company has 8000. and offered to sell them to the Government a few days ago, but that proposal was declined. As regards salt meat, the Government keep secret the amount. It cannot, however, be very great, becsnstitis on y derived from animals which have been killed since the siege com menced. The stot k of Hour, we are told, is practically nnlimited, and, as no attempt is made to prevent its waste in pastry and fancy cukes, I presume that the statement is correct. ine Health of Farls is far from satisfactory, and when the winter weather regularly Bets in there will be much sickness. Mo one is absolutely starving, but many are without sufficient nour ishment. The Government give orders for ten centimes worth of bread to all who are in want, and these orders are accepted as money by all the bakers. In ench arrondissmcnt there are also what are called ccufines economiqucn, where a mess of soup made from vegetables and a small quan tity of meat can be bought for five centimes. V cry little, however, has been done to distri bute warm clothing among the poor, and when it is considered that above 100,000 persons have come into Paris from the neighboring villages, most of whom are dependent upon public or private charity, it is evident that, even if there is no sbBolute want, there must be much suffering. DOG.BERHY AN1 VERGES. Anything more dreary than the Boulevards now in the evening it is difficult to imagine. Only one street lamp in three is lighted, and the cafes, which close at 10 o0, are put on half allowance of gas. To mend matters, every one who likes is allowed to put np a shed on the sidewalk to sell his goods, or to collect a crowd by playing a dirge on a fiddle, ihe conse quence is that the circulation is rendered almost impossible. I suggested to a hl:h authority . that tbe police ought at least to interfere to make these peripatetic musicians "move on," but he told me that, were they to do so, they would bo accused of being "Corslcans and Ite actionaries." These police are themselves most ludicrous objects; they walk about in pairs, ar rayed In pea-jackets wltn large hoods; and when it is wet thev have umbrellas. Their bubiucBs appears to be never to interfere with the rights of their fellow-citizens to do what they please; and so helpless do they look, that I believe if a child were to attack them, they would appeal to the passers-by for protection. EATING WIMJ BEASTS. I see that one journalist, in calculating the amount of meat left in Pans, includes the animals of tho Jardin des Plautes, so that one mav have a chance of getting a tiger steak, or clubbing with one's fneuds for a round of rhi noceros, unless tbe government seize upon the beasts for the public use. It is a little odd they should have beeu allowed to live so long. Ihe government cau scarcely think them more valu able than the Palace of St. Cloud, and, now that menkeys and dogs are considered by epicures rather ns delicacies, u is oimcuit to see wnat food can be found for them which might not be eaten bv human beings. There Is a young American lady here, tho M ile of an ambulance (as this seems an odd expression, let me explain that the doctors, on strictly hygienic principles, encourage pretty and well-dressed young ladies to enliven the wards and administer small doses of flirtation to patients), who Is Just now ia the depths of despair about her dog a splendid Siberian wolf-hound, valued at .t'100 in hard cash, and of unappreclable value in the softer coin of Fcntimeut. ihe authorities have found bim out, and declare a dog which eaU two and a half francs' worth of food a day cannot be allowed to live in a besieged town. Tha wild bfat-ts must, therefore, be in considerable danger. A SCENE OF RUIN. A Cemetery Drarerated by War. A correspondent ef the London Times writes from Metz: 'I ouit the Forte Maze'.lles and make a visit to the great civic Cemetery de l'Est, passing on my way the utile one or rseue iroix, now closed. The narrow space available within tbe walls has necessitated the refusal ot perpetuity to the in mates, and every few years their ashes are dis turbed to make room for new comers. Only in the new Cemetery da 1 Let, lying a long way out side, is perpetuity conceded. The path winds round between the Inner and outer ring of forts, a steep ascent presenting a succession of exten sive landscapes of the grand unique panorama of Metz and the great Meuse Valley, backed by an amphitheatre of mils ana torts, which lonn a vast sweep around the promontory, on tbe slopes and summit of which the city is built. Here are nunureas oi ine pleasure gardens and summer-houses of the citizens, glad to escape irom me crampea ana siiumg streets. So utter and mournful a scene of ruin I have never seen; not a tree, not a plant, not a build ing Las been spared; all sacrificed to so-called military necessities ot deleasc, which In this case were precipitate, aud proved to be of no necessity at all. The little Belle Croix Cemetery has its fencing grubbed and stubbed up to tbe roots; the tombs are all tottering in tbe rotten soil, many fallen. It has great fissures; it is as if an earthquake had passed over It. Anything so desecrated 1 have never seen. On the Isle Chatn- brlere I noticed that a number of gravestones had been used as foundations for the camp huts. The great Cemetery de l'Est has its exclusive quarter filled with many costly tombs. In the common portion gravediggers were busy laying out a city of the dead, the mortality must be great in Metz at this moment, for I counted forty open graves lying in long rows." LEOAL irJTI3I.X.IQ3IMCI. The Thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets Kail way in uouri. Xi&i rriutChitf Juttict Thompton. Thetiirnrd College Passenger Railway Company vs. the Thirteenth and fifteenth streets Passenger Kailway Company. This case came before the Court on an Injunction to restrain the defeudants from laying a track on Master street from Fifteenth toltidpe avenue. Their original charter save them a complete circnit, and adds the optional privilege of laylnu a track along Master street from Fifteenth to Kldge avenue. For teu or eleven years they merely used their circuit, and only recently began laving the connection tra:K. Tbe complainants arVucd that they had lost this right by nonuser. The case of the Seventeenth aud Nineteenth Streets Passenger Hallway Company vs. The same defendants was argued at the same time ou an la junction to restrain them from laying a track on OolQUilila avenue west of Seventeenth street, and to restrain the Union line from laying such track for their use. The Chief Justice holds that the Thirteenth and Fifteenth htreets Hallway Company have lost their right to connect with the Glrard College Kailway nnder the option they had In their original charter, by failing to exercise It or to extend their franchise In a reasonable time, and also upon the Implied revocation of It by tbe Leila Inure In granting the line of right to four other companies before the attempt to act under the privilege by the Thirteenth and Fifteenth btreeta Kailway company had been made. That a mere option to exercise a privilege or eiteud a franchise may be lost by nouuser, although a post tive grant may perhaps not be, aud a defendant mav m l up a loss of such option by want of exercise as a defense without having it declared by the Com- monweaiin as ioat; aoaiso may us revocation oa set up. Mainly on these grounds the companies eui braced la it! $ m are. enjoined. SECOND EDITION WAR NEWS BY CABLE. The Siege of Belfort. Tho Situation in Paris. The German War Loan. Grant's Message in England. Severity of tho Times." Financial and Oommoroinl Etc.. Utc. Ctc Etc., Btc FROM KVROrE. Montamla Evacuated. Tours, Dec. 9 Montargis, in the Depart ment of Loire, has been evacuated by the Ger mans. . The Army of the Loire Las again started on a forward movement. The Hltaatlon la Paris. Advices from Paris have been received by bal loon to the 8th. The situation was satisfactory. The Prussians were actively at work construct ing defensive works in the rear of the lines from which the French recently drove them. A large number of prisoners had arrived at Paris. They were captured in the battles at tbe east and south of the city on the 3.1. Ilaerot'a Victory. The Prussians in their attack hurled over 120,000 men against Gen. Ducrot. In spite of these immense numbers Ducrot held his ground and repulsed the enemy. the Hleae of Belfort. Advices have been received from tbe girrison of Belfort to the 6th. The siege was progress ing vigorously. Tho Prussians had attempted to storm the place, but were beaten off. One of their regiments was entirely cut to pieces iu the attack. The fJerman War Loan. Berlin, Dec. 9. Three million pounds ster ling of the loan recently authorized by the North German Parliament will be allotted .to subscription in London. eruiaa I'nltv-Kloat William to be Made Em peror. The following letter from Kinr Louis of Bavaria to King John of, Saxouy has just been made public: "The Germans, led by the King of Prussia, celebrate the brotherhood ot arms, giving glorious proof of the importance and power of United Germany. I have negotiated to this end at Versailles, and now invite you and the other German princes to urge the King of Prus sia to assume the title of Emperor of Germany, united with Presidential functions. Proud thus to take the first step in crowning German unity, I hope for your assent and that of the other princes and free towns." The London "Time" Severe Upon 13 rant's lucuNaae. London, Dec. 9. The Times this morning bas an editorial article on the recent message of President Grant. It believes that certain recommendations made in it will fall still-born, like many of those of Grant's predecessors. The document marks another stage of the President's downward career, and teaches how- far the highest authorities will go when the balance of parties is unstable. JBx-)aeen Isabella Proteata. Madrid, Dec. 9. Ex-Queen Isabella has sent a formal protest from Geneva against the elec tion of the Duke of Ao?ta as King of Spain She states that she has co Intention of appeal ing to force. An Interview with Uambetta. London, Dec. 8. A special correspondent of the World, Mr. O Gallagher, writes from Tours ou the 2d: To-day I had an interview withM. Gam- betta. while he was correcting the proof-sheets of bis speech, which he had just before de livered. He was exceedingly affable and in blgb spirits. He gave me many details not be fore made known. He said a combined move ment of the armies of Paris and the Loire had been agreed upon. THE l'OWEKS OF TUB AIR VGAINST FRANCE. The balloon carrying a despatch from General Trochu to state that he was ready aud that General de Paladines might " go ahead," was blown to Norway. An account of tne de scent of this balloou at Christiana was published in the World despatches a fortnight ago. Irom Norway the balloonist sent bis ixiesfage in cipher. Precious time was thus lost. "What of tho army of the West?" I asked. M. Gatnbeita replied: "Had I arrived at Le Mans two hours latter, the town would have been evacuated. No sooner had I left the sta tion than I saw myself bow things stood, and placing roysell at the bead ot several regiments, inarched to meet the enemy. Thus I spent three days in organizing victory at that weakest of all our weak points. "Cannot the Prussians come and surprise us at lours" l asked. "They cannot take me at Tours!" exclaimed M. tiam betta. witn eyes nasuing ure. "wneu I am taken 1 will be at the head of the Army of the Loire!" I gazed at him ia admiration as he pronounced these words not la bravado, but with calm dignity and determination. M. Gambetta's eyes are of great power, aud lit up with the mens divinior of the inspired poet and orator. He proceeded: "We can hold the Prussians in check. Tbe army in Paris and tbe army of the West are able to deal with the Prus sians at Paris, and General de Paladines is able to keep Frederick Charles employed until ne eitects a juuction witn irouna ana uucroi. General Mantuuffel will require a three days' march from Amicus to Paris, isetore that im portant events will have transpired." Tho cor respondent adds: Europe does not yet know Gambetta. It will kupw him at no distant future. I cannot now reveal his combinations, Even should tbe present movements fll, others ate etill in reserve. Tola Moroloa'o Quotations. and for account 92 V. United feutea tViOaqulet and atealj. ot lbt3, feH; ot 1S6M5, ; of l&til, Ws; 10-40B, R7V. Htoefca ateady; Erie Railroad. 20Ji; Illtnnia t tontval 111 1 1 1 cau r VJL' uutikrn uQ l s FBANsroMT, l)ec. United States bonds, U'i tot iteya. Liverpool, Dec . Cotton opened quiet: ro'd dling upiauua, bii. ; nilddilug Orioaua, K'.d. Toe gaits to-day are estUiaud iU 'Oouo bales. Hamfwo, Tec. .-Petroleum closed arm at 13 mure liancoH. 8 a hllllr in. itiuiN, Dec. s rc troienm closed at o maters si g oats. Antwkbp. Dec. I. retro i am closed heavy at 50 francs. This Afternoon' Quotations. Lokpon. Dec. 1 -so P. M. Consols formonev. S8; for acconnu 292tf. American securities quiet. r. P.C-WS or infiis. ; or iss-i, oiii, 8S; ot ltttii, soy. Btoc-ks quiet Illinois Central, 111. LivBRrooi., Peo. t l as P. M Cotton dali; mil- dling npiani s, 8,cSd. ; middling Orleans, 9f.91d. Pork firmer. Beer, lies, for new. Bitcou marKet bare. Fli OM THE WEST. Refnelnc a Colored Tote. Cincinnati, Dec. 9. Lnnsford L. Yowcll bas been indicted by tbe U. S. Grand Jury in Covington, Kentucky, for refusing, as Judge of the election, to receive the vote of a negro. - Defrauding the f Jovernmeat. Harris Huston aud Joseph Huston, of Mont gomery county, Ohio, in the U. S. Court here entered a plea of "nolo me contendere" to an in dictment charging them with conspiring to de fraud the Government in the shipment of spirit, and have been fined $1000. A clergyman of the Bame place, convicted of the same charge, has been fined f 500. Coart Adjournment. Chktknne, Dec. 8. The United 8tatcs Dis trict Court for the First Judicial district of Wyoming Territory, J. II. Howe, Chief Justice. presiding, closed its session of three weeks to day. Much important business has been trans acted. A Jury Indulges In a Game of "8even-l7p." A telegram from Rawlins says that Judge Kingman has discharged the petit jury there and fined the jarors each ten dollars for in dulging in a game of "seven-up" in tho jury room while deliberating on a case. FROM NEW YORK. Coaey Inland Railroad Depot flamed. New York, Dec. 9. The depot of the Coney Island Railroad at Gowanns, Brooklyn, was de stroyed by fire this morning. The property belonged to C. Godfrey Ounther, of New York, who loses f 100,000, which was not insured. Other parties lote about $10,000, partially in- suicd. FROM THE SO V Til. Alabama Politics. Montgomery. Ala., Dec. 9. This raornine Smith withdrew from the contest for Governor. and yielded the office to Lindsey. Every hlng ia joyful, and no demonstrations were made ex cept of thankfulness that the conflict is over. FROM JfEW ENGLAND. Bit by Farming: In Concord. Concord, Dec. 9. II. C. Mclctyre, charged with implication in the late baby faim'n case, is held in 115 000 bail. FROM THE STATE. Fire In Oil City. On. City, Dec. 9. A fire this morning de- stroyed several carloads of coal oil. DANGEROUS AIR V0TAUE. Tbe I.ateat Parln Balloon Kent. The Echo du Nord publishes the following In- teres-tine narrative: "lbe balloon L 'ligailto leil on the ina. ultimo near L,ouvaln. "The Egalite is the largest balloon which has left Paris since the investment of the city. It was inflated with cubic metres ot air, and contained five passengers, Captain Wilfrid de Eonvlelle, his lieutenant, a cavalry oUIccr. charged with a special mission, a merchant from Dieppe, and M. J. ltouze, the two latter having paid lor their journey 3000 irancs. The balloou also contained nine Hundred pounds of ballast. A sixth passenger was to have come, but arrived too late. "lbe Egalite left the works at Vaugiraud on Thursday morning at 11 o'clock, aud shortly after passed over tne rrusrian Hues at St. Detns, rierrenttc, uompiegne, ana t. uuentin, at an altitude of 2500 metres. Over live thousaud rifle shots were fired at the balloon, to which the inmates replied by letting fall a large num ber of copies of the Journal Otficiel de la ifo publique. The weather was magnificent, and tbe panorama included avast exteutot country. At Compieenc Paris was still in view, and be tween Doual and Valenciennes Brussels was sighted. The atmosphere was as balmy as on a fine August day. ine balloon made a straight line over the Northern Kailway as far as Quevrain, at which point a current of air drove it to the eastward, when it was resolved to make tbe descent. Nearly all tho wav from Coraniesrne the balloon maintained an altitude oi 8.000 metres, and Us rapid d.wceut caused tbe travellers a tingling sensation In tho ears and bleeding from tbe nose, caused by tbe rapid change oi atmosphere, lbe landing ot tbe balloon was accomplished at terrible risks tbe Egalite lor twenty minutes dragging thu anchor, wuicn would not taKe bold in sou ground, lbe car of the balloon struct the trees violently several times, and on one occa sion came in vioieut eollUlon against some sloping ground; the travellers at oi.e tiun, although they never lost their $ani frovl, as a certificate delivered by the captaiu attests, be lieved it was all over with them; their position was critical, and, had not the inhabitants rushed to their assistance very promptly, they would have Incurred great danger, finally, after dragging; a distance of three kilometres, they were enabled on the order of thu captain to alight. It was then half pott two o'clock, the trip having beeu made In three hours aud a half. Lieuteuaut Pruvllle and Captain de ronvleile received severe sprains, compelling them to reruaiu at Louvain. me cavalry omcer received a cut in the bead and several contusions of the legs and arms. The Dieppe merchant was uuable to walk on arriving at Monscron, from a contusion of tbe leg. M. Kouze suffered nothing beyond a slight laintness on aiiguung, ana at one time. from the fatigues of the descent, ho nearly fell from tbt car. As for the news from Paris, it may be summarized in one word, "excellent:" subsistence for two months and a half at least, bread for eight months, and wine and cognac for a year, retlect calmness prevails, and abso lute confidence in General Trochu and Julds Fa vre is general. Ihe enormous works of de fense have been carried out. assuming propor tions of works of attacktosucbanextentth.it the Prussians are compelled to construct a second line of investment In the rear of the first, tbe latter being threatened. "ibere are nearly six hundred thousand armed aud determined men in Paris, oue half of w hom there is no doubt will go out. The r reach admirals who are in Paris have beeu enabled to correspond by means of marine blgnals with the Army of the Loire. Messages sent from the urovinces arrive safely. The travellers give tho following as the tariff and present bill of fare for a breakfast at the Cafe de Rouen, Palais Royal: barumes, norse steak, omelette, cheese. a bottle of wine, coffee, cognac, aud cigars the whole for four francs. Breakfast, consisting of a plate of meat, with potatoes, cheese, and half a bottle of 'pettt-bieu wine, may be bad at the caburvlB ; tbe tamers lor sixteen sous." V1IVA!VCI2 A.PIO COlrlAIBBfJIlo TBirnfe TauamAFB Owms,h rridtr. Deo. I. iCTtt. f Money matters continue moderately active and firm in this city. Borrowers are freely sup plied with minute money at 5,'-(?i 0 per cent, on acceptable collaterals, lance transactions being most in favor. Paper is rradnally in creasing in the market, and prime grades and abort dates ten irecly at 7(5 U per cent. Ine banks are doing bnt little in this line, as they have their hands full in looking after the want of the brokers and operators in stocks. the gold market is qmet and steady, with sales ranging front 110;c110Ji. in iiovemmeni bonds the transactions art very light, and prices coutinue substantially tho same as last quoted. At tbe etock Board a heavy business was transacted, aud prices were generally higher. faies oi city os, new bonds, at iuu()iw,Y. Heading ttailroad was in active request, with largo sales at by;(a:rt; Pennsylvania im proved, selling at n,,n)0l b. o ; North Penn sylvania sold at 40; West Jersey at 62 Vi and Phi ladelphia and Erie at 20. 117'was bid for Camden and Amboy and 00' for Lehigh Valley. in canal shares the excitement In Lcnicrh con tinues, with sales this mornlug at 31. 1d)j was bid for Schuylkill preferred. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES Reported by De Haven A Bro., No. 40 S.TUlrd street. FIKST BOARD. rjEoocity es N.is 80 sh Union Bk.M. so 100 sh N Pa It .3d. 40 cAp....160 i(inoo do....:... loo OshLch T It.... 60 2u aocp. ..c.mo 43 do 6 sh W Jersey It.. 100 sh Hham'uC.boo 60?,' 62, 61)4 fit.' ff.ViH) do .Is.cAp.lOO 1700 do. prior to 62. 10l8....1Wtf tW)0 I.eh 6s. K La . 89 loo sh Reading It. loo do e. f&ooo Elmlra 7s 93 v 100 sh Let) N...hCQ. 14 loo do boo. loo do.s5wnAI. BIX loo ao. nvo. 8 619 do Is. 34 100 do..b30wn.61-tS 8 do ...is.tr. errs SOO do.. ls.l10.M-6S 00 do.. .18. 86. 51-66 850 do 51-58 HOO do 18.5156 100 do. C. 6156 100 do. ...S5AI. 51-66 fiOO do 18.5156 100 do 61 -5 75 do.s5wn.trf. 61)tf 12(10 . do. ..Is. 1)30.51 5S 60 do trf.BlM do. 33 200shPenna It.. Is. 61 k 4 do 808 600 do Is do 18 61 H 100 soo do. b5. do 61V 100 do b5. 61 H do. SOOWU. 614 do 61 S do S9. 01', do b60. 61 wr 100 40 19'i ieo MESSRS. WILLIAM PAINTS B CO., NO. 30 8. Third street, report the following nuotatlens: U. 8. 6s of 1881. ; B-208 Of 1862, 107,-,'(10T-4 ; do. 1864, 1641107; do. 1965, 107(A107','! do., July, 185, liwioa?,'; ao., July, isc7, iu9tfi09: do. Juiv, 1868, io-iauo; 6S.-10 40, uuanoii,'; U.s.Pacirio RK. Cy. 6s, H0j,'tll 1. uoM. 111. MK88R8. DU HVKN a. liuoi . No. 40 8. Third street. Philadelphia, report, t,!ie foiiowlnir Quotations: (J. 8. 68 Of 1881, 113Si11:i : do. 1S8. 107V :107M : ua. loot, iuoxMiui ; uo. iso. I06-Jl07'i ; flo.1306, new, 10.VaiO9-,' ; do. 1867, do. Ui-hIOO', ; do. 1868, do. loj;iiO: 10-408, I06;iil06v u. 8. 30 Year 6 per cent. Currency, liovno-;; Oold, 110HM 110; Silver, 106'10S; Union 1'aciuo Railroad IstMorr, Bonds, 79:kS0B ; Central Paclllo Railroad, 810M920; Union PaciUe Land Grant Bonds. 670 4H!.. nils atiiDNBR, uroicvrs, report this morning uuiu quwtauuua ao iimiuhi 10-00 A. M 110I0-28A. M.. ..110 V ,.1107-i ..110 V ..110?i ..110 V 10 10 " 110V 10-29 ' .., 10-17 " 11011084 ' ... 10-20 " 110V 1120 ... 10-21 " 11074 '1118'i " .., Philadelphia Trade Ileporft. Pkiday, Dec 9. The Flour market remains tn an Inanimate condition, and the tendency of prices Is in favor of buyers. There Is very little demand either for shipment or borne consumption, and only soo barrels changed hands, including superfine at f4-&0(S4-75; extras at f4-75i5-25; Iowa and Wis consin extra family at $5-758; Minnesota do. do. at t06'50; Pennsylvania do. do. at 1600-60: Indiana and Ohio do. do. at fc-25Q7; and fancy brands at 17 -26", as in quality. live Fiour sells In afciDull way at 55-12. In Corn Meal nothing dotrg. The Wheat market Is wlthont change worthy of special note, bales of 8000 bunhtla ludlana red at tl-446$1'45; Ohio amber at i-4fl; and b"0 bushels PennKTivania io., poor, atsi is.-Kye may be quoted at MSCf'Hc. for Western and Pennsylvania. Corn is in KO.d supply, but tnere is nothing doing. Hales of eooo boshe s new Southern yellow at 72c; and some new Western do. at 70c. Oats are steady. with sales of Pennsylvania at MS&Gc, aud Western at frfa fitie. In Barley and Malt nothing doing. 20oo hnshels Can an a barley sold on private terms, and 600 bushels iwo-rowea sew i or at mic. Whisky is firmer, and 60 barrels Western iron- bound sold at Dliii 92c. LATEST SIHFPlNGf INTELLIGENCE. For additional Jfitrins JVa km Itvtide Pcnif. (By Telegraph.) Kbw Top. Dec, 9. Arrived, steamship Wy oming, from Liverpool. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA DECEMBER 9 BT4TC OF TBBBmOm STK H AT TUB IV1KINU TBI.EUKAPU OKI-ICS. TA. M.. . 40 11 A. M 45 8 P.M. iU CLEARED THIS MORNING. Steamer W. C. I'lerrepout, Shropshire, New York. W. M. Balrd A Co. Steamer Mars, Grumley, New York, do. Hteanier a C. Walker. Sherin, New York", do. Steamer Ann Eliza, Richards, Mew York, W. P. Clyde 61 CO. Br. bark Carrier Dove, Saunders, Bristol, Eng., P. Wright &. .Sons. Tujr Thomas Jefferson, Allen, Baltimore, with a tow of barges, w. r. i-iyue wj. Tug . B. llutchlns, Uavia, Ilavre.de-Urace, with a tow oi narges, w. i: cijuo a, o. ARRIVED Tills MORNING. Steamer Beverly, Pierce, 24 hours lroiu New York, with nidso. to W. P. Clyde A Co. htcamer Frank, riercc, 24 hours rrom Now lork, With nidse. to W. kl. Balrd 4 Co. Steamer w. Whtlldln. ltlggaua, 13 hours rrom Bal timore, with mdse. and pasaeuners to A. (jroves, Jr. Br. brig Mary, lluuhes, Ci data from Erowey, with china-cay to Jessup &. Moore. Schr Naneo, mown, 4 nays irom new iora, wnn salt, to W. Buinm A Son. Schr James S. Watson, Houck, from Lane a Cove, With praulte to Barker fc Bro. Schr s. E. Davis, liutcii, from Provlncetown, with merchandise. Schr J. W. limes, l-ane, rrom jncw uearora. Schr J. M. ritr.paUick, Smith, from Boston. Schr A. Bartlett, BHrtleit, do. Schr II. Simmons, Codirey, do. Schr E. B. Emery. Doloeth, do. Schr ). A D. Read, Stlllman, do. Tug Hudson, Nicholson, from Baltimore, with a tow of barges to W. P. Clyde fc Co. Tng Chesapeake, Merrihew, from Ilavre-de-Grace, with a tow of badges to W. P. Clyde fc Co. MEMORANDA. Ship Athenais, hence fur Au twerp, was spoken 17th int., lau 47, long. S6. Ship Maid of Orleans, Houston, hence, at London SMh uit. Ship Enoch Talbot, Talbot, hence, at Antwerp SMh ult. Steamers Ilornet Hudson, for Nassau, N. P.; II. Livingston, tnecseiuan, for Savannah; South Caro Ulo, Beckett, Charleston; aud Louisa Moore, Sal year, lorNewbern, N.C., cl'd at New York yesterday. Steamers Fanita, Doane; 1). Vtley, Davia; aud Sarah, Jones, all lor Philadelphia, cleared at New York yeaterday. Bark J. W. Settcvall, Lofgrlst, for Philadelphia, entered out at Liverpool 24lh ult. Bark Patria, Sodenuauu, for Philadelphia, ent'd out at Liverpool SiUh ult. Bark J. Montgomery, Perkins, bence, at Antwerp Sf d ult. Bark Louis, Wicke, hence, at Bremerbaven 224 ultimo. ... Bark W. E. Anderson, Drummond, from Mernell for Philadelphia, at Klsinore 20th ult. Barks Oraita, Strof, from Mernell for Philadelphia, Id port at Klsinore 1st Inst., leaky. Baika Chancellor, CoClD, bence for orders, anil Star of Hope, Peterson, hence, at Klsinore Vlat ult. Bark Frauk Lovltt, Smith, hence, at Hamburg 824 ultimo. Schrs Pennsylvania, Ewlng, from Stonlngton for Philadelphia; E. M. Dorileld, Hay nor, bence for New Bedford ; S. F. Grace, Smith, do. for Boston; anl M. A. Hammond, Weatgate, do. lor Providence, j anted LtU Uute yesterday.
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