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VOL. XIV NO. 13G.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY", DECEMBER 9, 1870.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE GENTS.
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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
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OshLch T It....
60
2u aocp. ..c.mo
43 do
6 sh W Jersey It..
100 sh Hham'uC.boo
60?,'
62,
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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
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00 do.. .18. 86. 51-66
850 do 51-58
HOO do 18.5156
100 do. C. 6156
100 do. ...S5AI. 51-66
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100 do 61 -5
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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.