The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, September 07, 1857, Image 2

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rupted-hy Invasion from other States. ; In the
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the, pitmens' of 'HisaburijTde
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7’ ’' ealleci to it ih bythe puhiic, jbhniSls,
? 7,Vno.fo.nnalj'aii4:alriioBt; no ‘informal, step Was
, '
an’flyenf.Boypnd thoparWc of, wo believe, two 1
i 4; of the Volunteer companioi 6£ lhlSv'city,;(l)ut
;4* : 4t)Se!w7^psJly,,'en^ t i>ppropHately,7.‘cplnposed,
:• ’tf'rpf'.tfo'/spps- pf ‘,kie n
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' V'M peoples tp -'let' the iwo’rld ; sec
-t ‘V.t&tjiwsi;remepbej7,^pie?7Mio?»ej^P? 1 i oar:
•i,fi ){ *pgntjjj;ip‘ J ',thfi, peril,
f. Wo aro nut disposed to attribute; tbis ' noglect
, ! ‘ But itfa land whore thidi
people iuVosomuolito' ho
.ijtUnd SO ( freo and so happy as this—rip pcca
- '74\jtion ’Should be -suffered /toVpass. without re
- .Wogntjingithosewho.thaTo done-so niuch for
“7*¥? n g ; tt»'ilta<6lbus benefac
ri>%
•j’rd S pwnerous. .The marriago pf ono of .the tmom-'
/i: .ViMpi-of n ro34li7JhmitySih.e' jofi V
‘'f'' 'monarch—the ! 'antilVersary ! of; ; a: bktHe/-afo'
3l '< jhsde uthO '-pretoxt/ forZ holidsyi/. iifdi .for
:7;' evpiaditurO; i>f-pnhlic, monlqr./ There 'li;
; -&ia,-’nspMtiffiP'for! sub 4
;'J^|||dilifrigkt«!i n itt^sliht'cnjayi
t,7;ment..Here,:hpwoyer,.woaroso:uttorly‘utlll
. fc"i7.^iMr*Bd"so,fiwtid J fP^fd i^7!pte »?p>t and,’,
,i'.:u[sraiyripBßiicipatipn In alf ijie'rig|its olJgoVpni
•?* ;stm%|ir/’'tßit'':''oui (: blessings l 'become Ifsuii
■«7 .7u»r.’*ud wo uforget those. who! com,
i , simifly; heesuse we i'do>
; iwyr- ibadly'wo'ihduld fare'without
U 'Zithemt/'Thongh’hißtory' is Crowded,with events
•;?f- ; ‘Jwh|ch?;,tith : people of Europe!, would-' gfedly
~'7 '..'Commemorate if tliey daredj ‘how/feW occa
;,f 7.sions so lnteresting as the birth-day of Lafat
it/ZynjigaroiEresenled forthelr gyatefulpmfse!, ,!
7;. 7 ,i ;diiSi.rKT i r,? would have ; booa one hundred.
■*< 'old slcrda’ if hr ■’ itill, livi.
. . yoars old yesterday, _ .10. were, si .iving.
-■■ He was horn at; Chsvßnioc, in' the province of
. Auvergne, 6th pf September, 1767. He was
' 'y‘ivo conspicuous And a in the;
,j He • fought .'first at. the battle of
r . < ■ Cvßrandyedna.i where be watwduUded, //At
.. .■•>» ; As i *mspieuoW vilor. rrai
- 'of Yorktojvh, and was,, present J
, «»?•>'. surrender, pf ZGoHwiiuh. f ' But
,-*t-l«S*t^th^ot%whoiy;df,tße‘wry^ea'which, he
to ottfr bplovrf'coWijt.fThisy'ftre,
•ayaStoftS emaHejljpartlpf pmk. ::.Hls -whole
.-; life 5 is-flllod with sacrifices to constitutional
j'.c.jflwrtyeuWiiienj yet';%,!ishp|?,;i(asng htai-iiof
</;!! jJ"'-*tho grait conflict for freedomin -America, ho
({ iff?,'..si fitted put a.abip at his own Vxpensej and after
i| over tbe v otdor of'the
if 'fj- f fKingj'the family,, (except Kii
| ;M a ' noble ofife,)-antl the intrigueU of the fjngllsh,
.f'ihP'ContrfVed.-ttfCSQapc taour. shores. He was
l! r i -Sf« MaJ@ Gpitei'ilhflfdro he wajf twenty, and the
if j-'-d t ;i fHehdoand/coh{ldanhof Washihutok and'
>, yi-.j .Haniifos j’ttoip‘first, to Bchirning', id,
;; >• ’ W Frimcd/ tqvi7j'9,i he was ' welcomed S by 'all
•| t , j, tWttefpinhimathomejOrflre
, pj.' he--turned';lt to. tlio account- pfahis adopt-,
' ■■'/) ■•- «duoolmtry;’fprocuredVpw/axmy 'to fco
jj/l-Kr operate; withi.| .'the; British on
k >*/ • these shoresjl and - 'returnediftdltte'Hilited
■T'l 6r;tiio Wdifefhe:hMd - ic-‘
' -■< I ®pifipltoadj' r andvwhen,Wmbw'oioiiand the.
" s(qitgg&jn
ardetitlydiiir hb.-iabor for .lila .sdepted conn.
i, f.. ( try, thiit Cpunt de-MAcaEPAs, the head of the
forttmafo'
•«i fox! not, tote
r . : |t;lfit& hishciid to strlpyßraailles.of Itsfurnt
-'/'turd td' ; sendto ! ;htadaar:Amerlc»n«,ash;s
W 4 fS^-'iwSfoßhldleareer, t": '..f, i/l IVf.'Ci
La
;where,
&?■';£.-;|:§.W^^u£wfßt£'agata#t.-.Gie^tO"BritaU(;‘.- A
k- was-'.waPlvSdt'.on’.
tti depth* of ths;
•nilent feelings of Sp^^W D, |rt§i %
Britain. In the midst o® c i o l*i
for now levies, ftom ■th^S!«J®/®^9p^ 1 ?
for the United St|fes, 'f'®'!','
ment when Lafayette had plaocd himself
at the head of men, so as to march upon
Canada, peaco was concluded, tho tidings o
Which it waa the wish of Lavaybtti to bear
to the Vtimm*-} I*? Wf returned to
his adonted country agoiu, and the wondrous
‘sdene^fe^ml£afoMa'sfdS' : fiVdcBMla’dn'
the- tW/times.J, 4fte'r thS?, peace,
when he had returned, to his own country, he
was bf immonse service to the United States
aiid .to ropiibliCan priticiples every where, pro
i4diisg"th^ l of.'the United States in
franco jand Spain with indofttigable industry,
and corresponding with General Washington
and ifr. JEFVKESON during tho entire period.
Ini tho Fronoh be was’ a cou
spicuoiis character, and allliohgli his conduct
.lias.been .criticized and assailed by those who
'derift it 1 fashionable to detract from the merits
of the great and good after' they have ' pasSod’
no part of his cqtoir
which seems .to us more admirable than this,.
He' wasjja’s Mr. jEfFEasos said,-«the very
xtiatruo.ho could,
not erect upon tho bloody ; foundations of that
.such a Republic.*® ours,
yet his action* ’wefa.cohsistpnt with his
American record, ami with his pure and
upright character.' Ho was placed at the head
iof'.tjie l ifational Guard,' 8,700,000 strong,
and in this important. position, was capable
of gredt service to'.tliC cause of true freedom,
dtis iinheccssaß’ that. WO. should,recount his
relations to the unfortunate king—his aubse
’qqant resignation as tho coromahdoroftlio Na-
war, with tho extremes—his
Arrest bytho Austriahs-r-hia long Imprisonment
—his romantlc escape and capture—the efforts
of Madamo.L'AFAYBTTE, pf iVAsninaTON and of
HAwtTONto effect his release—even the inter
position in theßritish House of Commons in his
favor—-of the.samo Taemton, who hdd fought
agaiiisf jim'.iit America, backed' by Wtinaa-
FojtoS and'Fox—hia sufferings in captivity, and
finally .hisfeieasoWhcnthoManof Destiny, Na
poleon Bonaparte, appeared in the field—hia
rote agaiiißt making Napoleon Consul for life—
jl* tefi&sl Of .tho Ldgion of Honor—tho offer
to him by Mr.' Jfav*anon of the Governorship
of Louislanaiwhich ho declined—the Impor
tunities of ifAipoiior.to/bring him into pub
lic JUb, whlch ho roaistod—his extreme poyor
typhaving wasted ids fortune in heroic efforts
for this country—his re-appearance after tho
Restoration.as the advocate of tho principles
of-American representative liberty—the reso
lution of th'e.Congress of the United States
'inyiting'himJo vis# this' country—bis extra
erdinary reception hora,passlng from State to
State' and from cltyito city, amid auch an
ovation its no country has ever extended to
a ‘public benefactor, and finally his return to
France, and his last appearance In tho House
of Deputies,- still tho consistent champion of
Treferm, fbUdwe'd.by as’ Chief
of the National Guards. All these even)* make
hp a charactef whtch, for, consistency, In
tegrity, ■ moral courage, and entire unselfish
ness, hasrsrely beoriecutalledlniiuniautuiiials.
-Such ; was' Lafayette, tho early friend of
',|he : 'United; Sta'(eal‘ 3 ;;L‘et' Tib never cease to
cherish .hiii(.example,, and to manifest the
warmest; gratitude,foryliis servicos. ... <
wav ta PHILADELPHIA THE CREDITOR
-'cmrt- ' .
Amid the crash of brokers and ihe wreck of
-banks, jn the great metropolis that stretches
its mammoth proportions ovor tho; Island of
Manhattan, deeply as 'wd deplore the calamity
that has overtaken it, here in Philadelphia ws
*ro r tn a fortress of comparative peace and of
.‘jileiity,' jdoney is.hifeli, and credit Is low j for
tha.iconcussion,in New York has been heard
and'felt, but os yet none of our institutions or
.hanks hayo boon reached, We are indeed tiie
Creditor City. Why la this so 1 It la hot our
full and overflowing harvests; for.the fields
ptliar nations and other States
'^re^ap/.hhiuidahtihnd'frill..//<’is. oiir • cooi
fitltUlhoi kattt tavidm from mini,- A fWr es
timate is,, that thirty millions of dollars are
piid 'hiip OUr.peoplo' every year,
by tliose Who consume. our, coal y, and . this it
Ihei .bafrjcr which has roslated fee wave; of
Railroad/ greatly
stock Ka|T dojiKplAM^andJndustrlonjjly
as its aolVency.ia assailed, is ope pf Die main
inattiiments in'”tho production and transporta
tion of this gh6nt. stdple;' and the Schuylkill and
Lehigh Navigation, and; Delaware Cgnal, have
yearly assisted to swell the -onormoua yield at
af/th'd'vSritras';points' of «®!e.‘ Those who
speak of tho' debt of the railroad, and its ex-
shouideompare the cost of
ing and repairing it with the cost of other
roadd.'tfait hayo a''comparatively small hnsi
ness; and ifto this/is’ pfldcd/tho immense
roUlugatock of the former, and. its prodigious
;capacitles : fortransportation,'it will stand out
not pjily-ag tin'improvement that has greatly
assisted our people and the whole country, and
saved onr business interests from disasters, hut
is sure to' be ono of the best paying roads in
the world, and,as certain to ihlill all its obliga
tions in tho end. ■
STATE POLITICS.
THE OLD.WHIG- DOCTRINE OF MIOTEO-
: Th* .ao'ot.riqe of,“Protacting Amoricsn in-,
forests” so vehemently and ably contended for,
especially after tho Compromise Tariff, ar de-
Ociindlng Acale of 1883, was superseded by tiib
high .tariff; of - ; iB42,is not, entirely abandoned.
The success of the Revonuo TariffoflB46 has
greatly Wakened ■ this' doctrine, and givon a
y’ast advantaga to the principle of free trado;
but there, aro very many men, scattered ovor
this State, who still'cherish Protection among
their political Idols.'' These citisens are by no
raeahs A smatl pari l of the community. Thoy
are both influentiai ahd intelligent..,
By on#, of the freaks of tho tlmoa, one of
the Changing'scenes of party theatricals, how
ever, tho Republican Conveation of the Stato
calls upon these friends of protection to rote
;for an impenitent free-trader for Governor!
'Mr. TVu.HOr is not only opposed to protection
per it,, but, by ills record, to all those who
favor it. He regards iron-masters, and all men
interested in obtaining a good markot for coal,
(in other words, all opposed to tho Tariff of
184 G!) as so many aristocrats, battonlng and
fattening upontho. labor of their Workman, &c.
It ia a no less, amusing, part of this country,
that Mr.'HAieliHtmsr, who is speaking for pro
motion all oyer tho State, and.who has always
keen; a good Whlgtill. ho, became an Ameri
can, |r harshly cohdethned because he does
n'ot'supporttho free-trader, Mr. TVuhot, whose
boast of Domocracy was as loud as,a trhmpet
■blait, till lie found it necessary to got votes, by
dropping Ms voice in harniony with the oppo
nents Of that pfinciple. :
’'Woknow that Mr. TVitHor Ib not 1 bo much
free-trade now as he is free-spoech; he is not
so bitter ; against' the. iron-masters as against
the siavo-mastors, as ho calls them; but when
we reflect that tiis effort to re-onlivCn the Abo
lition agitation is a far inoro hopeless one than
-the'effort of - tho old TVhlgs to revive the doc
trine of Protection; and when we know that
this latter effort is a serious oue j the canvass
for Mr.Wu.Hor suggests to its quite a numhor
oif anittsingfeflectjons.; '
IltE PRIMARY EI.EOMOSS.
~, Wo ire told that, great excitement pro vails
-in tho varioua wards preparatory to the Demo
cratic primary elections this evening; and, if
thoqxcitomont brings out a full and fair vote,
and gives sis disinterested delegates; and up
right,-honest candidates, wo shall rejoico at it.
Some men are named, for, high offices whose
seiectipn would dishonor this great city, and
Wrf'baif'fbj9 IMqrMtfolMtt these, elections as
a wholesome slgn' that such men cannot suc
ceed. ' Primary eleqtlqae are on 6 thing, but
-there'is agenoral eloctioufifter them that will
sift the bad from the good. l This feet, if, lost
Bight of,by delegates. Will Wot bo lost sight ef
by tie people’: On this pdint there should bo
no raistake.Parties can‘ only be respected
when those who represent them pro worthy of
confidence, and can stand the teat of a most
starching scrutiny.' -
; The Democracy of Clinton County are up
and working. We,perceive that a meeting of
thoparty is to. be bold at Lock Haven, to-mor
row' evening. Our osteemod fellow-citizen,
Hon. A. V. absorb, bas.bonspntod to ad
dreSa it,and an.eloquent speech may bo ex
pected. i - a
The hahdsome Church of St. Jacquoß, at
Amiens, has best) almost entirely destroyed by
Srv>
MQRRESfm&EN&k
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[CorreipoQlenct: of Tha I're.st.l ' | ,
R«latlve to ihe Intro*
' duetlon of Camrli into tbU Cotmtrr—Tbeir
Succpe* for Military Purpoio, and for Trans
portation of Burdens and Rapid Travelling
Fully Proved. ,
Wiflm.NQTOx, Soptember 0,1857.
In tho Navy Appropriation Bill, approved
Maroh 3, 1855, it tt&a provided that $30,000 be ap
propriated* to b» expended under the direotion of
the, War Department, in the purchase of oomeU
and importation of dromedaries, to be omployed
for military purposes. Tho Secretary of W ar, in
execution of fhialatr, selooted Major H. 0. Wayno
ps'ohief of tho expedition, and the Secretary
of the Navy dot&iled, for tho use of tho expedi
tion,' the store-ship Supply* under command of
Lieutenant D. D. Portor. Tholatlernfßoerreport
ed from New York, May 28th, 1850, that thirty
four camels and' dromedaries had been safely
transferred to tho steamer Fashion in tho south
west pass of the Mississippi for Texas, In a better
condition than they were when they came on
board. An Asiatic provorb says, “when you want
to travel, take a dromedary r for ho will cross forty
mountains without showing fatigno.” Thoy have
been used in all ages, not only for, transportation,
bat by swift-going couriers and by scouts, boforo a
hostllo army, or in an enemy’s country, with groat
'suocom. 'ln the Persian army thoro arc Zem
boareks, or tho Dromodary Field Artillery. Thpy
are so styled from tho Persian word Zemhour , a
wasp, indicatingby a metaphor, common in tho
East, ihe oohstant and incessant annoyance of this
Light Artillery to the troops itlsordorod to pur
sue and attack.
As Maj. Wayne proceeded in his investigations,ho
found many parts of Asia Minor and Persia cor
responding so closely with portions of Texas, New
Mexico and California in all tho for
camel life, that to thqm ho direetod his attention as
the region whonco the animal may.be transported
to America with the greatest probabilities of suo
oess.
Within the limits of the United States, in Texas,
California, Now Mexico* Utah, and the Messila
Valley, thore aro extensive arid plains, ono of
them being aptly termed tho journey of death,
(Jornada dol Muorto,) where, if those animals can
ho introduced and domostio&tcd, they will bo of in
calculable benefit, for carrying burdens, for trans
porting tho mail speedily, and for offenslvo
measures against tho Apaohcs and Camanches, now
so mnoh tho terror of onr oitizons in those States
and Territories. To test tho oamels and dromoda
rics imported by the tiovornmont, most of them
were turned over to Lieutenant Boaie, to bo used by
him in making the Southern Wagon Road across to
California.' 'That the test has boon a full ono, and
that camels and dromedaries may bo doinostieatcd
in that region, will bo soon bytho subjoined letter,
a model of terseness and clearness, which we aro
permitted to copy by the War Department:
* En Paso, July 24th, 1857.
“ Sir, I havo the honor to report my arrival at
this place with tho expedition under my com
mand. Thus far wo havo progressed rapidly mid
without a single day’s delay since leaving San An
tonio.
“It gives me pleasure to report the entiro success
of the expedition with the camels, so far as I have
tried it. ' Laboring undor all the disadvantages
arising out of tho foot that wo have not ono singlo
man who knows anything whatevor of camels, or
how to pack thorn, wo have, nevertheless, arrived
hore without an aooident, and having used the
camels every day with heavy paoks, havo fowor
sore .backs and alsablod onos by far than would
have bsen the case travelling with pack mules On
starting, I packed nearly 700 pounds on eaoh
Camel, which I feel was too hoary a burden for the
commencement of so long a journey; they, how
evor* packed itdaily until that woightwng roduood
by onr dinroal use of it as forago for our mules.
“ I trust they may stand tbo remainder of the
journey as well As they have thus far, and I see no
reason whatever to doubt it. If thoy should, the
experiment of .their usefulness is demonstrated
fully* and it Is to be hoped a lorgor number will be
Imported. For Indlau soonts, with infantry com
panies, in countries as badly supplied with water
as Texas and New Mexico, they would prove an
invaluable aid, though theso we hAvo with us
are net the most valuable kind for burden,
being all fomales* with three exceptions. The
regular burden oamel would make the same journey
we have made, and in-the samo time, with 1200
pounds, as e&BUy as those with half the woight.
I dosiro to oall your attention particularly to the
fact, th&t they lire and keep up on food rejected
even by mules, and whloh grows in the greater
lu the most barron of our American
deserts—the Qreasewood a small bitter brush, use
less for any other purpose. >1 have been able
to ; discover, except os being a valuable food
of the camels. Although they eat grass, when
staked out to it, if left to thOmseives, they will
instantly leave the best gramma and browse
greedily On bushes- of any kind whatevor
m- < preference,, I was told by the highest
authority on leaving San Antonio, that not one of
them would evor soo El Paso; that thoy would
give out in tho feet, Ac. Ac. This prediction has
not been vorified by; foot. The road from here to
San Antonio is certainly tho'most terribly trying
on unshod; feet I have, ever seen, consisting of
sharpy coarse,' irregular, flinty gravel, about
the sirs of a pea, and smaller, acting on the
feet’like i steel rasp/ This, is so true that
I ‘ have not an unshod work mule or horse
thatiis notlamo, the foot having been unable to
resist the grinding naturo of the road. With tho
camels I havo not to this time a Bingle tender
footed animal, I attribute this not so much to
the spongy gutta-percha like snbstaneo which
forma, the feet as to the singular regularity and
penjendionlar motion with which tho foot is raised
aha.putdown. In horses and mules there is al
ways more or less of slip, shuffle, friction or Bliding
motion imparted to the foot by the action of tho
animal* but the oamel lifts hfs foot clearly and
porpondioulariy from the ground, extends tho leg,
ana replaces it squarely and flatly without the
least shuffle or motion to oro&to friction.
“They are the most dooilo, patlont and easily
managed creatures In tho world, and infinitely more
easily worked than mules. From porsona! observa
tion of them I would rather undoriako tho manage
ment of twenty of them than five mules. In fact
the'eamel gives no trouble whatever. Kneeling down
to receive his load, it may bopaton without burry,
at the oonveoionoo of the master, and tho process
of packing Infinitely easier than that of mulo’pack
ing. Those animals remain quietly on their knees
until loaded. Contrast with this tho lassoing; tho
blinding, the saddling, tho pulling and hauling of
ropes, tiro adjustment of the puck on an animal like
the male, flying round in all directions, to say no
thing of tho ohanco of a broken limb received from
one of Its numerous kicks, with the patient qutotof
the camel, kneeling for Us load. We have had
them on this journey sometimes for twenty-six
hours without water, exposed to a great do
gree of heat, (he mercury standing at one hundred
and fear degrees, and when they came to water
seemed almost indifferent to It. Hot all drank,
and those that did, net with the famished eager
ness of other animals whon deprived of water for
tho same length of time.
“If the Department in tend 3 carrying the importa
tion of them farther, after this prosont experiment,
has been more fatly tested, and I havo reported ‘
my sneooss, or the want of it, I would strongly ro
commond a new saddlo to bo prepared for them,
to replace the present clumsy contrivance, and also
thatacorps of Moxieans bo employed in herding
and using them. Americans of the class who scok
such employment are totally unfit for it, boing for
the most part harsh, oruot, and Impatient with
animals entrusted to their care. The Greeks and
Turks who are with ns know no more of camols
than any American, living in New York, knows of
buffalfl. Tho animal is usod in their own country,
but they know nothing about it. My only bbjeot
in employing them, at the high rate they are
paid,-was that they, knowing tho harmloss
character, ef the eamol, would give con
fldenee to the others omployed In the
management of an animal, which, with
all its gentleness, has a most ferooious looking set
cf teeth, which it displays with a roar rivalling
thatof the Boval Bengal tiger. The two Turks,
Hassan and Sinllman, who really did know all
about camels, and who were the only ones that
did, that I eonld discover, refused to acoomp&ny
the expedition, being desirous of returning home
to their own country.
Wo are getting on rapidly and very pleasantly,
and I hopo to be in Washington again on Christ
mas day. *, A a # *
I havo tho honor to remntn,
Veiy respectfully your ob’dt servant,
E. F. Beale.
Hex, 3. B. Floyd, Secretary of War.
EUROPEAN NEWS BY THE ARAGO.
In advance of tho actual arrival of tho Ara go,
a summary of the news has been received and
telegraphed. It is four days later than that
brought by the Asia and the Vanderbilt,
There Was no fitrthor intelligence from India,
but the French navy were ordered to assist
the English in convoying troops to India.
Parliament had boon prorogued. Somo heavy
commercial failures had occurred at Liverpool.
An acknowledged political failure was reported
iu tho person of Lord .ioiist Russell, who,
olovatod to a peorage, will find his proper
place in tho House of Incapables. His volun
tarily quitting tho House of Commons may be
accepted as a candid confession that lie had
loßthis weight and standing in the country.
The Sub-Treasury.
In 11 making change” at our deek the other day,
soys tho New Haven Register, fchoro turned up ono
of the old copper doviocs got up by tho opponents of
the 11 Independent Treasury" system in 1837. It Is
in tho form of a penny—and has upon it tho figure
of S ship called the “ Experiment,” whoso spars are
all going by tho hoard, while tho lightning is repre
sented as giving it tho strongest kind of licks! Sur
rounding it are tho words, “ Von Burcn’s metallio
ourreney.”
Twenty years had gone by—and to those of us
who remember the warfare of those days—how
tho Independent Treasury was inoossantly do
nonnood, ridiculed and scoutod ; how vehemently
tho groat statesman of tho opposition prodicled
ruin to all business interests, if it was adopted; how
tho timid trembled, and tho Domooraoy, stood firm
in tho faith of tho measure whioh they had pro
posed; how tho whole country was convulsed by
mass meetings, and violent harangues ; how fear
paralysed business, and self-protection closed the'
avenues to credit; how its friends breasted tho storm,
and strove to oonvinee its opponents of the folly
of thoirmadness; and how tho Democratic party,'
in 1840, were overborne by a panic at once resist
less and ridiculous, growing out of tho suouoss of
that moasuro; to snob, now that the Independent
Treasury has loug boon conoodod ono of tho wisest
plans over adopted by our Government, thorn is “a
sermon’.’ fruitful of pleasing roflootions.
It tells us of Domooratlo wisdom, its struggles,
Its endurance, its victories; and it gives to Homo
oratlo faith in the intelligence of tho masses a
firmor hold and a more vigorous growth. Millions
of those lfttle scoffers at the “Sab-Treasury” wore
dropped into the currents of trade to prejudice that
measure; and they are' ocoaßionally'“turnTng up,”
to remind us of its usefulness, and the mistaken
violsnee that opposed its establishment.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY.. iSEPTEMBEtt 18w>
the latest News
DKemdo roa tns PRisa.]
New Commissioner ot Patents—'Justice of Su*
Srtme Court In place of Justice Curtis—The
[aval Courts—Frigate Roanoke', fee*
Washington, Sept. 6.
It Beomn to be settled beyond doubt, as I lonru from
good authority, that Thomas 11. Holt, Esq,, of LouU
vlUe, Kentucky, will succeed to the vacant place of
Commissioner of Patents. Mr. Holt, It will be romem
berSd, is the gallant Democrat who ran tU» race with
Hon. Humphrey leading'spirit among tho
Know-Nothings, for Representative in Congress from
that district, and who reduced the latter’s majority orer
one thousand. '
Judge Buharmak, of Michigan, was a prominent rival
fortheCommlflslonerfihip. I understand that his ser
vices in tho lost canvass and his omlnent qualifications
for tho position have boon acknowledged in h&ndßome
terms.
Speculation Is rife with rofercnco to Judge Cu&tib’
successor on the Supremo Court Bench, and there are a
great many aspirants to wear the judicial long robes
thrown off by the unambitious Bostonian, and the con
test among them will bo a warm one. Gov. Walrus,
of Kansas, Is talked of by hts friends. Ho has ambition
for Buch a place, but net residing in the New England
Judicial district, it ia problematical whether his chances
are of tho most promising character. Secretary Tou
oey Is also raoutlonod; so is cx-Attomoy General Cusu
inq. Out of them all, lam led to bollovo that Hon.'
Natuau Clifford, of Malno, a, gentleman of large
learning and extensive experience in courts of law, Is
!moat likely to be selected.
On Monday the throb Naval Courts will be fully orga
nised for the prompt transaction of business. The re
maining cases have been prepared by Mr. Oarlislk, so
as to bo acted on htoro systematically and yotwith more
despatch than before tho recess.
Lioutenaut Gnonoa B. Qrat and Pajaod Midshipman'
March before tho first Court; Charles WiXDBBjEsq.,
Judge Advocate.
T. U. Blount and P. Phillips, E&q9., counsel for ap
plicants,
Lieutenants Abbot and Williamson boforo the second
Court; Cuablbs Adbbt, Esq., Judge Advocate. Com*
mandor Sauurl Lockwood and Lieutenant Glasson bo?
fore tho third Court ; R. M. Little, Esq., Judge Ad;
vocato.
J. M. Blount and P. PniLLirs, Esqs., counsel for ap
plicants.
• Tho President has approved the finding of the Court
martial convened lately in New York, in the caaeCfr
Lieutenant J. Bahclt Caktbr, who was sentenced to
dismissal from the Navy for drunkenness and Insubordi
nation.
Tho United Slates steam frigato Roanoke has been
put out of commission and her officers detached for
other service, g This vnssel, when launched, was so
much strained that she has boen almost useless over
since.
There were located at Fort Dodge during tho month of
June, 1,101 warrants, calling for 134,794 acres—an aver
age of 5,068 acres perday.
The Soerotary of tho Treasury has appointed W. C.
Goodalh au assistant Light Liouse Keeper at P#Jpt
Conception, California, at a salary of $4OO per anuom.
Tho Government has succeeded in renting tho build
ing known as tho Exchange, at tho cornor of Washing
ton and Battery streets, San Francisco, for the sum'of
$lO,OOO per annum. It will be occupied by tho United
States Circnit and District Courts. Tho rent paid last
year for tho same purposo was $37,000. X Y.
FOUR BAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
THE ARAGO OPE CAPE BACE.
THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT PROROGUED
Difficulties between Sardinia and Naples.
Persecution of Europeans by Madagascar.
COTTON ADVANCED ONE-EIGHTH PENNY,
Sr. Johns, N. T., Sept. o.—The United States mall
steamship Arago, Captain Lines, from Havre and South
ampton on tho 26th August, passed Capo Race at,about
noon of Thursday, the 3d Instant. "The Arago will bo
due at New York on Monday next, for advices, which
are four days later than those received by the Vander
bilt and Asia at New York, were obtained by a fishing
smack and brought to this port. Commercially they are
of considerable importance, but in a political polut of
view they ar© of but littlo intorest.
1 This is the first,successful attempt to obtain news from
Europe by the steamers passing Cape Race, which In
Itflctf is a highly important achiermont; demonstrating
salt does thp practicability of obtaining news, were a
steamer employed, in about soven or eight days from
Europe.
The Arago has about 220 passenger* and $lOO,OOO in
specie.
Parliament has beeu prorognod.
Bpollen, who was acquitted of tho murder of Mr. Lit
tle, of Dublin, had boon re-arrested for hts robbery, and
would soon be tried therefor. - ; • •
It was reported that Lord John Russoll was about to
be elevated to the peerago.
Several failures among commercial men at Liverpool
are reported. The names are not given, however, in
the dispatch.
FRANCK.
French ships of war are ordered to ren«t every ne
cessary aid In their power to the English vessels pro
ceeding to India with troops.
The nows from Algeria la' favorable to the French
arms.
The differences between the cabinets of Turin And Na
ples are unsettled, and matters look decidedly unfavor
able in that quarter.
RUSSIA.
Tho cholera was abating at Bt. Petersburg.
TURKEY.
Tho harreat in Turkey has turned out highly success*
ful.
PERSIA.
Th« Shah of Persia was increasing his army.
MADAGASCAR.
The Queen of Madagascar httdrecommended tho porse'
eution of Europeans by her subjects.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL*
LIVHRROOL COTTON JIAJIKBT. .
The Liverpool cotton market closed with an upward
tendency, at prices j«d. per lb. higher than those of
tho previous Friday. Tho market had been quite active,
tho sales of Monday, tho 24th, reaching 20,900, and
Tuesday, tho 25th, 12,000 bales.
* I.IVEBPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET.
The Liverpool Brendsluffa market was generally dull,
with a declining tendency.
Sugar was buoyant iu tho Liverpool market at 6d ad
vance.
Consols for money closed on Tuesday the 25ih,at9%
LissarooL Cotton Makkbt.—The Cotton market
continued active, atul prices were tfd. hotter.
Livbkpool Bkbiostupvs Markbt.—The Breadstuffs
market has a declining tendency, occasioned by a do.
wand on the part of buyers for a reduction,
BuOAtt closed buoyant.
•' c Lojidok Monbt Markbt.—Oonsola closed at DO# for
money.
The United States Agricultural Exhibition*—
The Sixth and Last Day,
Louisville, Sept. s.—There was an oxhibitlon of dif
ferent grades and elassos of horses and other animals to
dav. In the buggy-ring the first premium was taken by
South Carolina, and tbo second premium by Kentucky.
This morning the Judges on aged stallions reversed
the decision made yesterday, and gaYo'a bluo ribbon to
“ Scythian,” belonging to R. \f. Alexander, t
The exercises closed with a grand cavalcade of the
premium animals and implements.
The committee havo all concluded their reports,
whleh will be delivered on Monday.'
This evening the officers of the Society aod a latge
number of invited guests, repaired to the Gulf Honso,
to partake of a grand closing banquet j
The weather has been delightful during the Inhibi
tion, and everything baa passed off in an agreeable man
ner. No accident lias occurred to mar tho fontfritlos.
The attendance has been large and brilliant frekn the
commencement to the end.
The Horse Fair at Elmira* N. Y—A Race*
Elmira, N. Y.—September s.—At a race wMck came
off to*day on the grounds of the Ta!r, Flora Temple
won against Lancet and Ile«l Bird. Three straight
heat* were made, with thp following time:—Firsl heat,
2 minutes 36tf seconds; second,2 miuutea 10 s«conds
third, 2 minuvsa 25 second*.
Nb er Orleans, Sopt. 4.—Two Aren occurred here llila
morning, causing an aggregate loss of $30,000. ' Tto flrAt
fire was at the buildings of Messrs. Malouy ft. Brfct., on
Magazine street, and the second of a Coffeo IfmHoon flt
Charles street. There was a two-third Insurance hi tlje
lost.
Arrival of the Black Warrior at Now Orleans.
Naw Orleans, Sept. 6.— Tho U. 8. Mail sWhihfp
Black Warrior, from New York on August 27, and Havana
on the 3d Inst, has arrived at this port.
Business had not yet recovered.
The stock of sugar at Havuna amounted to 2k),000
boxes. '
Norfolk, September o.—Arrived, the barque Dora;
reports that olf Bermuda, bound to Pornambuci, she
was run Into by bftrquo Roman, from Cardiff, bomd to
FloridA: carried away her bowa and atoved. The Ifoman
was badly Injured by the collision. The Cora sailud in
company with her for two days.
Nan-Arrival of the North American,
Montreal, September 6.—The stcamor North Ame
rican, now about duo at Quebec, with lator foreign in
teliigenco, was not signalled at that port this morsing.
And by somo unexplained cause, the lino to that ety is
not open this ovonfng.
rtTTSßtmon, Sept. 6.—The Soap and Candle Pattory
of D. A O. Sawyer, with all Us contents, was destroyed
by fire laat rtlght. Their loss U estimated atsl2,ooo,
ou which thore la an insurance of $4,000 iu PJtt.ibirgh
olHcc*.
nosrox, Septomberfi The jury in tho case or Mrs.
Abigail Gardner, on trial tor thomurdorof hor husbind,
Into postmaster at Brigham, by administering arsenic to
btm, returned this morning to Court unable to agree
upon a verdict.
Wisconsin Republican Nominations*
Chicago, Bept. 6.—The Republican Convention wiicli
mot at Madison, Wisconsin, yesterday, nominated A.W.
Randall for Governor, and Charles Bhurgfor Lieutcnaut-
Governor.
Explosion of a Ldfcomolive—Fatal Result,
Bellows Falls, Sept. 5 — A locomotive ou the
Choshlro Railroad exploded to-day, killing the onglnper
and seriously injuring the firoman. '
Norfolk, Sept. 6.—Twelve negroes have escaped to
tho North, from this vicinity, within tho last few days.
New Orleans, Sept. 4.—Cotton—Sales to-day of 80
bales,iocludlug 40 of tho uew crop. Receipts, 120 baljs.
Tho raarkOtelosedfirm atl6)£ alec for MiddlingOrloats.
The rccoiptft for the week amounted to 1860 bales, in
cluding 280 bales of now. Thero is a stock of 6000 bales
In port-
Floor has adeclinlngfc enddndyj sales At $7.27e7.85,
Red wheat is quoted at SI,TO per bushel. Mesa Pfrk
continues buoyant, and an edvuncoof nrlco is still asked
by holders {quotations at $27&28 3?'bb). Lard closed
buoyant At 2Te', an advance demanded by holder*. The
other markets without change. .
New Orleans, September 6.—Cotton—Sales to-diy
700 bales. Flour is dull ar.d unsettled. White Corn
quoted At 780 j yellow at 83.
BY TELEGRAPH.
FAILURES IN LIVERPOOL.
BREAD STUFFS BECLININd.
Consols 90#,
GREAT BRtTIAN
LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.
CONSOLS
Commcoclnl Intelligence*
Destructive Fires at New Orleans*
Marine Disaster*
Fire at Pittsburgh*
The Gardner Poisoning Case:
Fugitive Slaves.
Markets by Telegraph.
} THM CITY.
. FRIGHTFUL COLLISION
os' VHB OAMDEff AND'ATLANTIC RAILROAD,
three mKn killed.
«—*■
A Number - Wounded. -
A most frightful find distressing collision took
plaoo ft short dlatanco below Wbito Horse, about
miles from Cnmden, on the lino of tho Cnm
den aod Atlantic Railroad,'on Baturday afternoon,
at about 5 o’clock. Tho rogulur express train for
Atlantic City,'consisting of a baggage car and throe
pnsSongor oars, started from Cooper’s Point, N. J.,
at a quarter aftor 4 o’clock. Tho freight train for
Camden, being made up of somo six or eovon
freight ond ono passenger car, left Atlantic City
at half-past twelve o’clock.
Tho express was running on time, and at about
five o’clock, when a short dlstanoo below White
Horse, and whilo rounding a ourvo, a freight train
was discovered by the enginocr, rapidl* approach
ing the passeneor cars, In oonsequenoe of the
speod attained by the trains, and tho shortness of
too distance betwoen them, a frightful collision
was tbo result.
Tho oxpross train was running at tho rate of
about 26 lullos por hour, whilo tho speed of tho
freight train is said not to havo been so groat,
Immediately on the ocourrpnoo of tbo collision,
tho bnggfigo car of tho oxpross train waa driven
about htuf-way through tho lorward pas?ongor car,
thereby severely injuring the roar car, wnilo tho
iniddlp pnp was scarcely ufleotod by tbo collision,
Tho baggage and forward pßMonjjpr fiarf wore en
tirely demolished. A nmuhor of persons in tho
baggage oar wore more or loss injured. Tho con
ductor of tho oxpveas train, Mr. Win. Donnelly,
.who was in tho baggago oar at tho tirno of tho col
lision, was horribly mutilated, and expired iu ft
Very short U mo after tho ocouronco. Tho wife and
oh»d of Mr. P, wore aboard tho car nt tbo time,
and tlio shrieks and soronins &f tho wife wore
most agonizing, Tho docoqsgd wqa about thirty
oight years of ago, ami resided at Ooopor’s
Point, New dgraoy, Re was ono of tho most care
ful conduotora ouchorqftd and was highly ostoomed
by tho Company, os also dv all who knewhlm- R 0
leaves awifo and three ohildrcn to mourn his un
timely end. Mr. Vf m. A. Sincr, of Philadelphia,
who was Boated in tho first passongor car, received
sayerp internal Injuries by tho cofiiaion which re
sulted in his doath- }Io together with tho
wounded wore brought to pnmt|on bv a apor
olid express train despatched by the Company.
On arriving* Mr, Slner stopped from tho oars,
and walking with apparent P a3 ° t( > tho forry-boat.
seated himself iu the cabin, tljo W a r»
about half way ovor tho river, Mr. Siner reached
bis hand to a friend seated besido him, and almost
Immediately expired, (lying on tho arms of Mr.
William Widborp of tjus pity. ?ho debased was
a married man and in street
above Poplar, Ho was originally phgagod in tho
brick-making h u B‘n°ss« bnt more recontly was con
nooted with Urn fina of jfolfooly, Siner and Wal
lace, leather manufacturers. Tho deceased thq
time of tho occurrenoo was on a visit to Atlantic
City, -whore his wife and hor family hnd boon so
journing for sovoral months. The lost words tho
uocoaspq uttered ffpre “My God ! my God !” Tho
family of Mr. S. aplyed Foint yester
day morning- IH$ wife was nftt thpn ftwafo °f h|s
decoaao, sbo having of tho accident
but not of his death,
The fireman of tho oxpross train, Mr- Joljp B.
Edwards, was instantly killed by tho collision.
Tho decoasod was a single man, about 23 years of
age, and boarded at Cooper’s Point, with Mr. Win.
M&rtbajl, tho acting suporintondont of tho road.
He had bgog ;i) Jho omploy of tho company but a
short time.
In the oxciteraont incidental to the occurrence,
but littlo reliable information can bo obtained in
relation to thoso wounded by tho acoident. Hear
say Information substantiates tho opinion that many
of the wounded b&vo bpon rpovou to their homes
by thoir friends* who ap yot, havo not bpop hoard
from. The following is a corooted list of the killed
and woundod as far as yot ascertained:
KILLED.
Wm. A. Smor, of Philadelphia.
Wm. Donnelly, of Coopers Point, conductor of
the express train.
John B. Edwards, of Cooper’s point, f|rem an of
the oxpress train.
WOUNDED.
Geo. A. Richard?, of Philadelphia, Hightly in
jured.
Riohard B. Osbourne, tho engineer who built thp
road, badly injured.
John H. Osbourne, of Philadelphia, slightly in
jured.
Robert Prazor, a boy six years of ago, ft son of
Mr. Frnzor, of Philadelphia, Secretary nud Trea
surer of tho road, slightly Injured,
Jumos Russoll, of Philadelphia, Cashier of tho
Ponn Township Bank, slightly injured in tho right
shoulder.
Wm. G Lowo, of Wilmington, injured in tho
right shoulder, so as to render amputation proba
bly noooesary. Takon to tho Pennsylvania Hos
pital.
The deceased has friondi residing at tho K- W.
corner of Fourth and Spruco stroots.
E. B. Wolf, of Philadelphia, leg broken.
James Gordon, engineer of tho express train,
slightly scalded.
Wm. Mosey, of Philadelphia, slightly injured,
lying at Haduonfiold.
William S. Bmitu, formerly momber of Select
Oounoil, PklladolpbA slightly injured, lying at
Haddonficld.
William H. Bniloy, of Philadelphia, slightly in
jured; lying at Hnddonflold.
Samuel Richards, of Philadelphia, brothor of
the /fiX-Pxosident of tho Company, slightly injured.
There wore a nambor of prominent on
board of .tbo express who oßcapod injury.
Among thoso persons worwMoßsrs. Ohas. J. lugor
soli, Johu Clayton, Stophen Colwell, Charles In
gerSoll, and John Broadbeod, Prcaidont and Bup
orintont of tho coiopauy. Ho was most nntirbig
in his energies to assist the wounded.
Upon the oxpress- train thoro wore about 160 in
dividuals, while on the freight train there wore
about 15 passengers. On this train no one was in
jured.
KMI'ANNKLLIXO Otf A JURV,
Yostorday morning at half-past nino o’clock, the
Coroner, Paul 0. Jiudd, cinpannellcd a jury at
Hamer’s Hotel. Cooper’s Point, consisting of tho
followingnniuod individuals:
Isaac V. Collins, foreman, Joseph Mo?ors,
John Sands, Jcsso E. Huston,
Richard M. Raul, John T. Davis,
James W. Shroff, J/iias Halljduy,
Josiak Shlvors, Asher Dowss,
Allen Ward, Charles Brown,
Josoplx J. Bondor, George Clark,
Robert B. Glover.
Aftor tho jury had been sworn thoy repaired to
•tho residences of William Donnelly tho conduotor,
and John B. Edwards, firemen of tho oxpress train,
whoro tho bodies wore vlowed by them. On rc
aMombling, tho jury adjournod until two o’clock,
for tho purposo of visiting tho&oenoof ihp 4i s a a t9 r *
COOI'KRS’ rOINT.
During tho entire day, Coopers’ Point was alive
with vibitorc from all diroutfons. flomo who hud
como meroly for tho purposo of gratifying an Idlo
curiosity, while hore ana there might be scon in
dividuals whose couutonanoosportrayed tho deepest
anxloty to loarntho full particulars of this terrible
calamity. So groat wap the rush made for vohiolcs
and other moansof convoyapoos, tliqt, by poon, not
a singlo convoyanco was to bo obtained wßpin qri're
o? tho disaster, Tho bar-room of a publio house at
Coopors' Point, prosontod a scono of confusion ami
oxoiteraont bnt seldom wltnessoq, apd tho ipgidonta
of the day worp discussed with groat ?onl and ardor.
On ro-nsscmbling in tho aftornoon the jury found
it imposslblo to reach tho soeno of tho aisastor, in
consequence of no moans of convpy anco having boon
provided for reaching tho grounds Beyond
nioationa wore scut by the CoronertoMr. Murshall,
tbo noting Superintendent of tho road, who wus en
gaged tho entiro day In suporjutondim: tho
removal of tho wreck, to endosvsr, if pqsriblo, to
sond a locomotivo up tho road to oonvey tho jury
to tbo ground, Mr, Mihail having no authority
to soeond suoh n request.
At half past four o’clock, whon tyr, Johnßrod
hoad, Presidont and Superintendent of tho Com
pany. together with Mr* Samuel Riohard and Wm.
0. Mulligan* Directors of tbo Company, arrived nt
that place, and Immediately had a team put jn or
der for tho purposo of convoying tho jury to {ho
econo of disastor. During tho entire d a F theso
gentlemen wore ongagod iu visiting tho woundod,
and in payiug all attoution to thorn that humanity
could suggest.
BPKXK OF TIIE DISASTER
At about half past flvq o’clock a numbor of in
dividuals, composed of the President and pirootors
of tlio read, coroner’H jury, and reporters of the
press, stepped into a car nt Cooper's Point, and
were immediately oonvoyod to tho spot where tho
aecidont happoned. Tho soone of tho dfaster is on
tho lino of tho Camden and Atlantjo RqUroad,
about a quarter of n milo below White Horso, and
nearly four miles from Long-n-Coraing.
Tho first object that attracted our attention was
the baggago and passouger cars of tho express
train, which had been romovod from tho socno of
tho disaster, a short dlstanco up tho road. The
pnssongor car was literally in pieces, tho baggage
car on tho occasion of tho collision having boon
driven half through it, whilo tho two remaining
ones wore almost pntiroly.Uoiuftllshed.
A short distant}o dowi) the rood thp ongiqos of
tho freight and express train, mot our sight. Both
those engines wore battered to pioces, tno ground
for somo distance around being strewn with tho
wreck of mnehinory, remnants of wood, Ac. Ao
Both tho enginos, tho “Wovo” and tho “Monoc
eacy” on tho occasion of tho collision, roared high
into tho air, and thon retarding, parted, and wore
thrown into the woods to somo distance on tho
right hand sido of tho wall. Tho Wave was a now
onglne, mid hud boon running on tho road about
five-wopM- Tby “Monpooijoy" was qp old opo.
Tho ours of tho freight train' hacj boeu removed
from tho road when wo reached there.
The greatost oxcitomont was manifested In this
neighborhood during tho day, tho grounds having
boon visited by ovor ton thousand Individuals.
Mr. Marshall, tho acting Suporlntomlont of tho
road, bohaved with much onorgy throughout tho
day, in romovlug tho ruins oft the wreok.
now Tins AcrjnuNT oceuuni:n,
From all oqufd aa<jej:tylu jn fotyttaq to this
disaster, tho facts of tho'caso appears to bo as fol
lows Tho froight train, Geo. T. Brooks, engineer,
itobt. M. Tuttlo, couduotor. left Atlantic City on
Saturday, noon, at 1 o’olook, wliioh was a half
hour behind limo, as will bo scon by tho tablo appen
ded tyelovr. r- i}rook« informs us thnt ho rouohcd
Long-a-Oom»ng at 1 about 4 u’oluak, and loft thoro
again at a quarter aftor that iioqr. JJq iliqu stales
that ho had 30 mintuto to mako Wblto Horse,
a distance of sorno fivo miles, which would allow
him a ten mluutos siding wait for tho passage .of
tho express train. Ho atatos that tho run would
have bpen mndo in twouty minutes, ho being about
aquurtorof fpon) White Horso when tho
collision occurred.
Tho express train loft Camdouat a quarter aftqr
four o’olook, and it is customary with all eycur;
aion trains to mako no stoppages.
Tho following time-tablo of tho Company for tho
running of trains, will show tho timo to be made
by the train? on that day:
Bvjwosb. MM?f* Pwn triiip. vp Wfi.
Cooper’s Point, Leave 4 5 0#
Hftddonflold, “ ........Oft 433 4.23 Arrive.
Ashland, “ 3* 4 41 4.08 “
White Horse, “ IX 4 45 J 58 “
Long-a-comlog, “ ........5 4 57 333 “
Jacksou, “ 3X £O5 3 10 “
Waterford, “ 3 312 3 01 “
Spring Garden, “ ........JX 04T 3-40
Window, “ .....,.,2X §43 3.30 “
Ilaiuiuouton, “ 6 217 “
Weymouth, “ ........4 % 5.4 ft 158 “
JJra Harbor, “ 4X 6-65 1.4 - If
flwahipSidlug, “ ®-Jl J.lp “
Übsocom,- , “ 6X 633 12 55 n
Atlantic, Arrive V 0 45 13.30 “
Notloor-Froight trains will bo in tho siding ten
minutos before tho timo marked on tho tablo.
From tho above it will be seen that tho froight
train was duo at White Hcrsej tho point which tho
attempted to make, at 3.58, but which,
»£ r ll n !i. 0 n B' n °er’s statement, did not ar
\m, |, ‘it 0 Piaco of collision, somo distance from
WL to Horao, until 4.35.
4A ,¥ .V ain . Wiis duo at White Ilorto at
*' tjmo it left that place, thereby moeV
mil *iii^ aw a T uart4)r of ft mile below on the
time b ° BOlllO vt or sevcit minutes behind
«f °, a occurrence the engineers
b l- , , * ra,ns shut their throttle valves, all of
»pf h, r h B we Y or ’ woro Purpose.
nnillv 0 i 7 ,ngare a fowof the rules of the oom
panv applying to this particular case.
at nlll |timw aMenEer trainS BbaU hav ° the track
tn trains will wait and not attempt
.1.. J 1 l, u B tat l on or passing point, unless it can do
iB*d° nainutea before a passenger train
>° o*~Freight trains will wait for all pasacn
gor excursion traius, '
s"’,° r'i - -;?“ vor ran ahead of time.
Kulo 37. II any doubt should arise in tho mimls
the employees, relative to the regulations, adopt
o safe sido, run suroiy and with care, and in
running around curves, run them regularly, as
making tune isnocessary to safety.
♦nM Tl 1 now 1,03000 that what blamo is to bo at
tached to Anyone, lies betwoen the conductor and
engineer of tho freight train. They were roost
uimoubtodly behind timo. ovon according to tho
of tho ©nginoor, and should have waited
tor the passcugcr train at Long-a-coming instead
°** ,s hiog tho ottouipt to reach tho sideling ut
'Vhito Ilorso before tho arrival of the down train,
iuo engineer of tho down train is a singio man,
about toventy-throo years of age, and has beon em-
P l °y° d on tho road sinco tho first of last April.
Kobt, M. Tuttle the Conductor of thodown train,
wua arrested ut Cooper's Point yesterday afternoon.
aa di committed by Aldornmn Shivers in default of
\dUOO hail, to await a houringou Tuesday morning,
at ton o’olock.
roo jf 3 > WH9 arrested and committed, last ovening.
A Mysterious Circumstance. —The engineer of
tho _ express train states that immediately after tho
collision a man run to him from tho freight train
and asked him what time he thought ho would be
able to roach tho town.
Tho engineer being Tory much oxclted at tho
Umo, used rather rough language towards the
gtrangor, when ho was informed that if ho did not
give him an auswor he would bo roportod to the
oompauy. This tho ongincor paid no attention to,
and immediately loft him to rcsouo the body of the
iiromon from tho scuttlo of tho engine, into which
it hadbocn thrown by tho foreo of the collision.
On digging him from the from the ruins, the
stranger approaohod tho enginoor a second time,
and pulljiig tho body of tho docoased from him,
caught him by tho neck, and threatened violouoo
if ho did not givq him some decided information.
At this stage of tho proceedings tho attention
of tho stranger was oallod into another direc
tion, and the engineer saw no inoro of him.
From what wo have hoard, tho company
viow this matter as most myfltorious. What
tho Phjcot of the stranger could have been
no one can divine. It is well known that tho train
for Now York was to loave Camden that afternoon
at 5.15, and that the Atlantic train was due at 5
o’clock.
matter qf groqt Importance must have caused
tho strangor to act in such a manner. Could the
stranger, through means of a bribo, boon the in
strument of causing tho train to run the risk of
White Horse?
We think tlio facts, ns exhibited above, will en
tirely cxoulpato tho Company from all censure in
this nm lt Pr- Tljoir rules for running are perfectly
oloar and explicit upon the subject, whllo tho
figures of tho tinic«tahlo show that their rules have
boon violated.
Every relief has boon rendered by tho Company
to tho sufforors, upon whom, os also the commu
nity, this sad calamity has fallon with a blighting
influoneo.
Tho inquest on tho eases of those who diod in
Oqindoq will ho he!4 by tho jury this morning 8
o^oloes.
Coronor Dolavau, of this city, will hold an In
quost on tho body of Wm. A* Slnor to-day, ut noon,
at tho Eleventh ‘Ward Station House.
A Dreadful and Mysterious Affair — Proba
ble Murder of a Wife by her Husband. —Ono of
tho most horriblo and mysterious affairs that ba3
ever occurred in Philadelphia, came under our
notico yesterday. Murders in this city are
of raro occurroncc, but generally tiro dotqila of
theao trnffio affrjrfl npo torriblu in the extreme
Yesterday morning at an early hour a woman
namod Catlmrino Voider, apparently about thirty
eight yoaro of age, was found doad in her bed at
hor residence in tho third story of the building at
tho northoast coruer of Seventh and South §trqot?,
where sh? Itoen resides vrlth bar husband for
about two years. Ordinarily, this announcement
would ho viewed with feelings of perfect indif
ference, but in this caso tho circumstances all con
tqiired to coullim tho impression that a premedi
tated and mosi* brutal and foul murder had been
committed, and thnt Mrs. Voider was tho violin? of
qno Rf tho moat tprrildo Uagodio3 ever perpetrated
In Philadelphia.
About a quarter to seven o’clock yesterday
morning, as officers Fitzsimmons and Carlin wero
in the vicinity of tho southeast corner, of Seventh
and South streets, they hoard a singular noise
proceeding from tho third story of the building.
They immediately entered tt?e house and nrdi
eeoded to a smart room in tho roar of tho third
story of tho building, where they found a German
named John Voider, deporting himself in a par
tially insane manner. 110 was roving in German,
aud the officers wore unable to understand a
singio word ho said. Tho sceno which pre
sented itself to them, in the corpgr of ihe
rrwm, was a m QS * wyoUlpg Oathqrioo
Voldoz, bis .was lyiqg iteqn fh^qea^th
hor throat oiit tpom cqr tq cap, in a most
shocking manlier* faoo, firm 3, hands, and
body wero bespattered with blood, and n pool was
lying beneath hor head, upon the bod. Sno had a
number of other wounds upon hor person. Tho
left arm had a deep gash asro3sit, spposito the el
bow. Tho left arm was also badly lacerated i\eor
tho samo point. Tho right wrist hi\4 a deep gam
across it, ns thoughH had boeu'reoelyed in a strug
gfo, and tho hands woro covered with blood. A
razor, half open, was lying across hor loft am.
Tho officers immediately took Voldoz into-onsto
dy and conveyed him to the Control Polico Sta
tion at Fifth and Chestnut BtpQotp, .wh or ? h° \ yas
lqckofl pp tq awqlt a hearing.
T|»o building in nfhioh this dreadful affair took
Since, Is literally a tenant houso, being occupied
y no less than eight German and Fronon families;
ovory room in tho building has in It ono or more
fiuuilioa. Tho other occupants of the nouse appoar
to know little or nothing about tho affair. The
family opposite this room, on tho same floor, stato
that Yoldcs called at tho room at six o’clock yes
terday morning, and said smqptbiqg tuurt bo the
mattof with Ijis w|fe, fW hPF rqoni was jookod.
After sqjuo time V°|dpz proko open the door, which
was about tho tirao tho officors entered tho house.
Voldci is about 40 years of ago, a tailor by tiado,
and, it is alleged, of intemporato habits. His wife
was a Gonnau, but tho occupants of tho house
knew nothing of hor antecedents. She has two
children, ono of them 15 yoare, who aro now TO*
siding at Wilmington, Del. Yolfliji. eoon flt j 3
o’clock on Saturday nighty cqrnor, iq a
fcctly sober tintl anno oomUtion.
Th”o room in which tho dreadful affair took nlaoo
presoqtod pathor a squalid appaaranco. There
was no carpet upon tuo floor, and tho furniture
consisted of a .stove, a table, throo chairs, a hooch,
a looking-glass, and a cot bedstead. Thoro was a
largo pool of blood oxtending from tho centre of
tho room tu tho bed. Thoro was no blood upon tho
door, walls, or stnir-ongo. A fIOQI of W°°d was
Kqindiipqq thoifaftrqf a qpt-bo\taa, which
cquld nqt bo qccqnnted for. Ancrtb°f snspioioua
ciroumstanoo is tho fact that a lamp and rontoh-
wero found behind fh° stovo, both of which
tforo oovored with blooa.
Vestorday morning Coronor Delevan viowod tbo
body and in tho aftornoon investigated the case.
Frederick Schwartzoup, sworn—Kesldes at the north
(torner of Seventh and South streets; l occupy tk©
frput narlot house; I rent one-half qf It; I know
njan aud h>s wife.
Cro3i : oxaiuipod-rl have known them more than two
year?. Tho husband of tho decoasod llvod with hor, and
jlinropm adjoining. 1 hoard no noise or screaming
in the room last night. I know they quarreled about
two wooka ago, about a step-daughter, who is about
19 years of age. The daughter was sick at tho time,
aud tho doctor ordered her to g« to tho country.
Be obioctod, as ho was unable to pay sue!} qq ex
pense. there l\ad hoop pr crying last
I would hav° hoard it, as i was up nU night,
t was iu tho bake-houso, and Up stairs during the
night, but did not hear tho least noire. 1 hoard no <lia
or quarrel for tho last week. X saw him go out
ait night at 8 o’clock. 1 beliovo ho belongs to a Lodge
of the Odd Follows. My neighbor saw him coming homo
at 12 o’clock.* This man never got drunk. I never saw
him drunk. During tho past two years they llvod hap-,
pily and comfortably together. This inuruiug at ?
o’clock I hoard Mr. Voider hallooing very much; I went
up stairs to ascertain the cause, wheu I saw V. hopping
htouud tho rpoin in tp* s)»irt-sloc\ es. Air. V. then told
mo his wifo had killed herself. I went in tho room and
saw ftfrs. yoldez, apd when I wanted to go dovrn stairs,
an pfticer camo aud arrested V. This is all } know*
Ctemeuiuo Punt, sworn— tho a&tue house sa
ti}o lost witnois j I popupy tho adjoining room to Mr
y. j f have lived there allout six months; this morning,
between MX and seven o’clock. I hoard soma one knocking
against tlio wall of the room; I heard Mr V. call
“mother,” “mother,” by which name he usually called
his wife, but I heard no answer; not receiving any an
swer, ho knocked at his door, but could not got in; ho
then knocked at my door and called for my husband;
my husband and I camo and went with Mr. Y.; we
pushed open the door and my husband saw tho woman
lying dead; juy husband camo and arrested Mr. y. ; thta
night Mr. Y. did not sleep with hUvlfo, bqlqUhaiiUiQ
pop, in ho ad[mning n>pn\; tl/ qopr* ip their room has
jikoy,but laid hotub.sor>B ![ in the door; IJheard po
noise during tho night i l no\ or heard th© least quarrel
or disnuto during the four months wc havo lived in the
house, during tho night 1 heard no footsteps iu thoir
room: I saw tho deceased at half-past seven o'clock
last night cleaning tho entry,
Peter Punt, sworn—Resides with and is the hnsband
of the last witness. 1 was called this raorniDg by mv
wtfo, who said there is trouble among the Gernmp*. j
got wp and saw V. looking through Ity*
c-Alled •« wife,” “ xfifo,’* hqt h« ryviyed np ansqer. }
tlien y. tyivo a key, Who attempted to onen thu
dqor. I then c'allod iny neighbor'. Tpo VAke/ of tao
pas there hoforo I uqs th?f e - \ never heard tho
doceasod , qndh ,3r qU t >l' :iD d quarrelling.
Oro^a-oxamlnod—l did not soo any strange men come
to the room last night; I do not know at what hour lost
night he came home: at seven o’clock last evening I saw
Mr. V.; I asked him if lie was going to take a glass of
lager beer; be said no, he was going to take some codec;
Sir. V. was a good neighbor of mine; I canqot leH
w bother or not thoro was a koy »n th<> I (lid
look through the key hole, but eaij Mr Y. pxduqg
through it.
AU}l { .(i\v"£hoiita4, aworn—diosido in the same house: I
occupy one room on the simo tloor with Yoldez; this
morning at 6X o’clock, I hoard a great noiso and some
on© knocking tho door; I knew it was Mr. V’s voice, but
could not understand what ho said; Mr. Punt then
knocked at my door and told mo Y’s wifo was dead In bed;
I then saw two policemen taking Sir. V dowq stairs; 1
beard of nothing during tho night; I tja>y hiVn\t o.
o’clock in tho moruing; if thoio'had hdqu any acrcam-’
ing pt 'qajl6Tng J'ihoMid'hfive ueard if.
Crosu-oxauiinod—l never know Mr. Yoldet to strike
his wife; I havo heard loud words iu their room, but
could not understand what they were saying.
Theso witnessos were either Fronoh or German,
and thoir ovidooco was given through Mr. l)avid
A. Davis, iutorprotor, who gave a most intelligent
and statement of tho qoqqnnt gWou by
t|>o«o uttont^qq*,
'fhn Owner* of Veiseh should bear in mind
that tho timo for roooiving proposals, at tho Navy
Dopartmont in Washington, for tho transportation
of not oxoooding 4,000 tons of anthraoito coal
from this port, iu such quantities as may bo offered'
and tho Department deem proper to.aocopt, to pa
(Jeliyorod'tq thp Vnltod Staieq Naval Storekeepers
at Hong'kbns and Shanghai, expires op tho 15th
instant,'
Probable Infanticide —An inquest was holc\
at the Third Ward Station House, yoatorday, odl
the body of a male infant ohild, about throe months
old, who was found drowuot) at Loipbard street
Wharf, The body exhibited uqmeroui} signs of vio
lonoo.
Suicide.—Coroner Delayau liold an inquest
yestorday on tho body of a man namod John l|as,
sor, who committed suicide on Saturday At his resix
donee, ut TvreutysFiret apd VTUUanr itrpotj, by
swallowing a largo quantity of araonio, A verdieb
was rendered in accordance with tho facts.
Vessels in Port . —Thore wefo in port yester
day, three steamships, thirteen ships, nino barks,
four brigs, and cighteen'echoocora.
“DomhL?23 on Sotardaj,
cel? wi,h ““kod «no
,’ finding Mr. Burloau too
C f‘' 'aft®*. Mark Smith as
an.«*ei«9t Majot Ba/ptotiti Tho femolo porta
T er? 8 {5^ D 5 have seldom seen a
mdji impressive Edtth than Mrs Hudson Kirby,
n °T a livelier and more vixenish Susan Nitmer
whn was rendered to the life by slrs. Frank ifrew!
Even il/r*. Slcwton—onfi of the most difficult of
the eld.women line, was hit off to a nicety by Mrs
Muzzy. We have to notice the ability with which
Mr. W. Briggs individualized that nondescriot
Toots. Ho looked the oh&racter as well as spoke
it,—on the whole a performance of mnoh promise.
Mr. W. Myers, who took the part of Caritr, should
know that the head-clerk* of a leading London
inorchant could not make himself ridiculous by
woaring strongly developed moHitoclss, especially
at tho timoof the play, before these hirsute appen
dages had boeu tolerated in England. He would
nave been as much in character with abugo cauli
flower wig upon his head, ns with upon
his uj)pe r Up. a man is only half an aotor, bo his
atelities the greatest in the world, who considers
himself, or places himself, above the noceisity of
adapting himself even in appearance, to the proper
costume and aspect of each oh&racter he plays. We
notice this, because there has gradually grown up a
habit of clinging to even in charao
tors which ought not hare it. Tho a 10003Iillinors”
was tho afterpieoe. in which Mr. Burton was well
snpiwrted by Mr. H. Watkins, and the half a doien
young ladies, (including the apprentice,) who eo
contribute to tho fhn or this screuningfarce.
’. Tl, “ Serious Family” and “ The Toodlcs” will
OC played this evening, the only night of their
;ndV , T MOS< ’ ther - 1 Copporficld” is
r T JIl A . nc “ s ™ket Tukatuk has lost Mrs. Bowen
for somo time. She has gone lo Boston to play an en
gagement there, which will probably detain her
for q fortnight. This ovemng, quite recovered
from his reoont severe illness, Mr. Davenport
makos his first appearance in comedy, taking the
part of Benedicl'. in “Much Ado About Noth
ing, ” with Mrs. Davonport*"AS Beatrix, (ono of
her finest performances,) Miss Emma Taylor as
lino; Claudio by Mr. Tannahill, and Messrs
Thayer and Clarke as Dogberry and Verges. “ The
Merchant of Venice, M and “The Tooales ” will
bo played to-morrow, and “ The Serious Family M
is underlined. This is very like carrying the war
into the Burtonion territory; but tho opposition
will bonefit both houses.
* Tub Walsut Street I'heatrb re-opened for the
season, on Saturday, with the domestic drama,
“All that Glitters is not Gold,” and tho lively farce
now called “Bob Nettles.” In the play, tho load*
ing parts {Martha Gibbs and Stephen Plum), were
played by Madame Ponisi, a versatile and reliable
actress, and Mr. 11. Showell, a performer of con
siderable morit, from whom a good deal may bo
looked for before long.' In the farce, Mr.
John Sefton took the Frenehmaa’s part, (which
Bourpicauit plays, with such pathos and force).
Mr. and Mrs. Sloan wore amusing as Wad
dtlove and Bob Nettles.— This evening, two
candidates for public favor will appoar
Mr* Hermann Vezin, (a Philadelphian by
family and education,) will take the part of St.
Pierre in “Tho Wife,” and his wife will appear as
Mariana. Wo have heard a good deal of this
gentleman and lady, and Shall be glad to find them
equal to expectation. They will be tried before a
fair tribunal, and ore likely to play to a very
crowded house, as some Interest has been mani
fested ip their favor on the part of the press, and
by tho publlo at large.
Rush Attempt at Suicide—Frightful Scene on
Board a Ferry Boat.— On Bunday, at noon, as the
steamer Mary was lviug at her slip at Market
street wharf, a well dressed young woman was no
ticed walking rapidly up and down the West Jer
sey Ferry House, adjoining. As the last bell of
the Mary was ringing, tho young woman ran into
the ferry houso and oame on board of her. Bhe
immediately proooeded to the forward part of the
boat, where sue remained a few minutes, and tbon
oame aft, where she took a seat on a bench in tho
oxtreme end of tho boat. Her oondnet here was
rathor singular, and soveral passengers, together
with tho Captain and dock hands, closely watched
her movements. After the boat had passed through
the canal she arose and jumped overboard. One
of the deck hands, a tall, fine-looking fellow, ran
lor her am) attempted to grasp her, out he failed
ifl tho attempt. A long bench was snstantly thrown
over, and several life-preservors. Several persons
wero ready to jump alter her, but seeing that hor
dress, a silk ono, with plenty of hoopa beneath t,
boreherup. they awaited tho action of tho engi
neer, who instantly hacked the boat, and in a low
minutes she w&S brought cm board the boat, eonsid
er&hly wot, but not the least injured.
Bho was taken to Camden, and subsequently
brought over to this oity. The name of this unfor
tunate woman, who is quite young and pretty, is
Elizabeth Taylor. In consequence of some dis
agreement botweon herself ana husband, they re
cently separated, ar,d at an early hour on Thursday
mofmpe last the husband had her taken from %
house or lil-fsme, in Market street. She was sub
sequently sent to prison, but procured bail, and on
Saturday night saw her husband and told him ahe
intended to drown herself.
Tho consternation among the ladles and children
on board the boqt TO* really appalling for a few mo*
monts. Jhoy seeing men run for life-preservers
imagined that the boat was on fire. The officers
and dook hands of the boat conducted themselveg
with marked propriety throughoutjthe entire scene.
We learn that the following appUoaHona fbr
now banks in this city will bq made at tho next
session of the Legislator*: Butchers* A Drovers 1
Bank, ; And the Keystone Bank, $150,000.
Yhe 'Tradesmen s Bank will apply for an icerease
qfoapitaUa the amuunt of $150,000; the South
wark Bank ter an Increase of $150,000, and the
Bank of tho Commonwealth for $250,000 An ef
fort is also to be made to have the “Bank of Quid”
chartered, with a capital of $lOO,OOO, \\ itdeaigned
to bo a bank of deposit of gold silver only, and
located in this city, vritfc Ike privilege of increas
ing its cap\*Al tft Wte million dollars.
Mailers. —There wore but few cases
of interest before any of the police magistrates
during yesterday. The city was vqrr quiet, and
the beat order everywhere prevailed. All of the
churches were crqwdod, &pd tperc was less exhibi
tion of disorderly than wo ever remember
to witnessed op a Sabbath In Philadelphia.
Stabbing Affray.—. Last evening a difficulty
occurred At tbo oornor of Ninth and Morris streets,
in tho First Ward, between two Individuals named
Burt Davis and Isaac Leeds, during whioh the
former was stabbed under the right Arm, and in
the loft breast by the latter, and seriously
wounded. He was attended by Dr, Duifly, and
taken to his Leeds was arrested.
Gouden was
found drowned at Ann street wharf, Richmond,
yesterday, An inquest was hold by Alderman
Fiold.
T he Coroner was summoned last evening to
hold an inqueßt on the body of an unknown lad,
who wus found drowned at GaUawhlU street wharf.
MATTEnS AND THINGS IN NEW TORE.
(From tho New York papers.}
The cose of Holdship vs. John Thompson, in
whioh the plaintiff applied for an order of arrest
against the defendant, was docidod by Judge Pea
body on Friday. .Holdship brought the action to
recover some $6,000, which had been deposited with
Mr. Thompson. The Judgo donlod the order of ar
rest, on the ground that Mr. Thompson did not aet
ip a fiduciary capacity, and was not liablo to ar
rest.
Tho'Croton Aqueduct Board issttil in a quandary
os to who is on titled to the contract for building
tho now grand reservoir. Tho two lowest bids were
somewhat informal, bat the contractors claim the
privilego to amend them. The lowest formal bid
ders contend that the ethers cannot amend their
bids, and oach party has engaged counsel. The
argutqont of the second and third lowest bidders
was heard yestord&y, and a full statement of the
oase will bo found elsewhere.
Governor Kingi tho Lieutenant Governor and the
State Comptroller, under tho escort of tho Quaran
tine Commissioners, and a numerous party, took an
excursion down tho bay on Friday, and inspected
tho Scguine’s Point Hospitals and tho different lo
calities in the harbor that havo been favorably
mentioned ua suitable sites for a permanent Qua
rantine, At Scguine’s Point they were met by a
largo party of Staten Islanders, who were not back
ward in informing the State officers that if Sc
guine’s Point was mado a portion of the permanent
Quarantine establishment the present buildings
aud other structures that might be erected there
would not bo allowed to stand a long time. Mean^
time tho QuarantineCommiwionera^navesubmittod
a report announcing thesoleotion of Seguinc’a Feint
and the old Orchard Shoal, to he oonjoiuUy used
for a permanent Quarantine. An early report
upon tho m&Uo? la promised by tho State officers.
As r.ho stands, the subjeot is resolving itself
Iptoa&hapo surpassing in interest any prior as
pect it has assumed.
The proceedings in the Supremo Court relative
to admitting Mrs. Cunningham to bail, were, after
argument of counsel, adjourned to Tuesday, when
Judge Peabody will tender bis decision. A large
assemblage of speotators were present, including a
oousiderablo number of women. M l *. Cunning
ham’s npp&aranco was very much the same as when
slio was upon hor t{\al, h a d the same thick
no as of yoU, and the same strong look, occasionally
by a But the same ooonsel,
th? group of sympathising friei ds, tho tearful
daughters, the unoonscious children, wore no
longoi’ thoro. She eat alone, and though tho room
was crowded, no ono sat within two or throe yard)
of her. The crimo scorned to surround hor Ukean
atmospbore whloh all shrank from qntetfng.
By consont of coupsqh thft Cowmiisionar
cases, whlfh we?« tu haye been arguod before
.Tudso Vuahody on Friday, were postponed until
AH»S next-'
An accident oqcwred on the Long Island Rail
ro.adi between Deor Park and Jamaica, on Thurs
day aftornoon. The locomotive was thrown off tho
track, tho tender and baggage car smashed, the
front part of the first baggage oar was demolished,
and an oiderly gentleman, named WMKvho was
standing on the platform, \n tfmreraaiion with the
brakeman, wag (jariauUy injured- A sen of Mr.
Willis. toe frewt scat of the car, was
iqsq inyirp.d. freight that had fallen unob-
lb® freight train just before, caused
be trouble.
Rev. Mr. Ki.ycaip (who sailed on the City oj
Edinburgh, from New York, for the Mission iq
Burmah, his wifo and family remaining in this
country for a yoar longer) dolivwed bis farewell
address in thq Btqnt§r\ s»tre«t Baptist Church the
qvomng 4* r « K. was the boaror of dis
watclips from the King of Burmah to President Bo-
CH.vxan. At New York ho coUeoted considerable
nld for tho Classical and Theological School for the
education of native to&chcrs ana priests over whloh
he has chargo.
Tho preliminary steps are being taken towards
creating a Contyql park. Over five hundred men
are epiployfedon tno grounds at present in digging
ditohes fbr draining tbo swamps, of which there
are any quantity, removing the bashes, tearing
down stono fonccs and carting off etono. Thoklng
dom of sh&ntydom, which has long boon dominant
in that region, is to be swept like that of the
Modes ana Porsiani; all snotties that are not de
molished by the 15th pxox. will bo sold by the
Commissioner of the Central Park. Tho engineers
aro at work in four divisions, and everything is
progressing as rapidly as ciroumetanoes will per
mit. It will be a long time> nevertheless, before
the Cental Park Grounds lose th* characteristics
whloh at present aaslmilate them to a great pig
styo'. The stench that arises from the Stagnant
pools up there is quite as strong aa il agreeable of
a warm day.
Miss Emma Stanley was ono of the paaeecgers
by tho California stqamor on Saturday.
Coroner Ferry hold an inqdeat yestorday upon
tho body of a man named Robert Armstrong, who
died from tbo effcota of injuries accidentally receiv
ed by bolng run ovor by an omnibus in Broadway.
Tbo evidonco olioitcd wont to show that the driver
was not to blarno, and that the accident was un
avoidable. In viow of these foots the jury render
ed a verdict of “ accidental death,” attaching bo
blamo to the driver of theomnihns. Deceased was
40 years of ago, aud 4 &*Uve of Ireland.
THE MONEY mupfiV
; PHrta&txjrsu, !j -j ■;
The stock sales of to-day, though'not.large, show an
improvement open the dosing prices (tlyesierd&ii*
Beading, and a steadiness in other stoeks, which,
taken into'consideration with
money market, augur fwell for a rapid and sot remote
advance. The sickly feeling which was brought out by
the panic has gone off, and tl.ongh paper mQs at high
rates, w» quote good endorsed paper at 18 to tS par MBt.
-we are sstisfled that (he general feeling Is that it is hot
a temporary tightening, and that money will toem ha
obtained at ordinary ralea. > ; i
The New York bank statement of next week wiliahow
“ m *terial increase of epeeie, though the statement ha
tog of the outage in hand for the whole week, wiU by
a .° sh ow so mueh as they will hnve in hand at Its
e ose, the being largest during its Inst days.
Exchange is down so low that no specie to speak of wdl
go out of the country for some weeks, and before the
ead of the present month so arrival or two from Cali
fornia will put a brighter face upon matters.
Th. new crop of Wheat U mo ring to market; th* nrm
cotton ij reported u on the »»j from all tho prodocra*
region*; the Sugar crop of th. South r —lrp
Jicldi; onr Tobacco ut other .grtaOtral protect*
Md fair to rmrd their producer, pith hury crop* tot •
good price*, ud onr raflnud* »r» terming «p dtt«. *nd
Irado ererj.here orer th* Und, ud nuking It* ■-
more TBtuahie thmn ever before bg th* fhciUtlESth*p.f- ■
ford for getting to market.
Let those who deem the railroads ruined imagine for
a moment what our condition would be without them.
Let them reflect apoa tho immense uses they hare par
formed and are now performing, and of their ability to '
demand and receive adequate compensation for their
services, and they cannot bat feel and know *****
and fairly conducted railroad enapaniea wiU soon hare
their stocks selling at former prices.
The effects or the panic hare fallen heavily upon those
whe brought it about, the stock gamblers and specula
tor*. That the failure of many of these and the insttts
tions who supplied them with funds, and the desperate
efforts to sustain themselves at all hazards and by every
sacrifice on the part of others, should derange for the
moment the business relations of other interest*, is not
at all surprising. But it is a great matter of wonder
that with the whole cause and extent of the hubbub to
Wall street fairly within their sight and knowledge
shrewd merchants and sage capitalists should hare a}!
lowed themselves to be seared by the cry eg
ruin to every body, becanse settlement day to Wal V
street found a few “fancy’* operators wofolij abort.
In times of real bona fidt commercial calamity, no
thing depreciates so little as good busineas paper. M«i
part with everything rather than with their good asm*
aud credit. But what evidence have we of any necessity
for such sacrifices at this time. Hare
largely said to realise funds* No. Dave the s*le* of
real estate been increased beyond the usual t Arw'
more properties advertised for sale under the baam«> :
than usual at this season ? No. We haveheretoforesoei
in tiroes of rtal trouble, ouranetion houses deluged with
goods, sold dally In countless masses at i prices
to realize money for their needy holder*. Is this th»
case now? By no means. The only forced tales rf pro-*
perty that have been made in all this « crash,** so lmg
foretold and so often postponed, because there was aud
Is, and has been no good reason for it, have bees —of
stocks of rallroadj, and their bonds, whieh hare been
hypothecated to raise money for further speenlaSons.
The sufferers by these sales and the depreciations they
have produced, will, we hope, hare been tanght a wheto
some lesson.
The banks and bankers who have been lending Qroir
funds to sustain them in these operations, haragsabiv/
nude themselves all whole again at the expense of these
unfortunates, and they wiU hare more money to spare
for these who use It legitimately, sad whose wpyrtVms
rarely or never bring about either a “exfcttf* o* %
“panie.” The fever of tpocalatyoa baa subsided, sad
though a few days of weakness may intervene, % vigor
ous and healthy reaction is sore to follow.
The people of Bergen county, N. J.,nfo*e to acknow
ledge the paternity of the Bergen County Thu
Patterson Democrat says that not a dollar of Its
is owned in the county, and that the people there hare
always been suspicious of it, and wish it forever rlrusrt
They do not want their credit to be made to suite foam
its failnre. ; _ .
The notes of Oliver Lee’s Bank, which has !&ed are
amply seenred by stocks deposited with the Contrail*
of the State of New Fork. -
The third Instalment of twenty-fire pee cent, on each
share of the preferred stock of &e New Havre, Wew
London and Btoniagton BaUroad Company haa here
called for, payable on the Wth September. . J
The New York Commercial AdurHstra ejn: “ The
return of confidence is quickening its prcgreesV Hoary
continues to comes in, to Urge amounts. The
will have received by to-morrow evening - neatly three
millions of dollars of Bpecfo; $BOO,OOO from the Treasu
ry» and $3,500,000 from South, West and ‘ ~*fh*
Metropolitan Bank has received $lOO,OOO, ‘Yaa'VWk,
Bead A DrexeV s*oo,ooo, Clark k Bodge Bank
©f the~BepuMic $350,000. Bank of Commerce $200,000
American Exchange Bank $150,000*. and ofhei* SSO9,-
floo,kc. The rush to redeem unemreat momj to alio
stopped, and there is but a scanty supply ©f «nqmj to
market. The Metropolitan and American Hk&foagw
Bank* never return the currency they
market, but always send it home. . ' f-, -
The Banks findto&thelf stock of specie mush Iwensmi,
and increasing, are more liberal to hU
their receipts, whieh are large, for ttiff pm
offorioge in Bank are very large; ahd }tlnltopMri£to
satisfy the whole demand. . a
The New Orleans nys of toq tote Wall
street panic, ami its effects upon to
New Orleans: “Short! the failures to New Tack con
tinue, they may possibly procure a slight stritgtßCy to
our money market, but beyond this their efbqt can
aouroeij go, owing to the causes to which we Juilre
fomd. ■'''i'"
The business season with us, whieh
to the unusual healthiness of the cijyapd tba
ing country, to begin a month or six weeks eatUre'ipan
ususl, bids fair to bo see of great prosperity, 'it will,
prebably, eclipse any that we hare ’ ever 1 had. Among
other extraordinary eansea of activity, we fihaiihsgto
to witness the effects of the Tehuantepec tranrit rohte
to California. The stage route, U is understood, will
be open to October, when passengers and Ure govern
ment mails will take that course to and feral tliilPa
eifie, as it will be a saving between this eity.jiw4-.flaa
Francisco of about two thousand miles. It hi aok.rer
purpoM, however, to dilate upon this topic this mcreing,
and wc will close by congratulating our
roadem, especially upon the sound and healthy State of
our business affairs, prospects, and AftanWai mattes.”
The Warren (Fa.) Ledger of September 2d,
the following in regard to the Warren County Bank:
“ On Wednesday last a severe panic toskplaeefo Wall
street, and as New York city is the great monetary heart
of the country, its consequences hare been felt in all
sections. The telegraphic wire* carried reports'of fail
ure of a number of institutions, .toM-njpoag
the rest, the Warren County "Bank' res reported as
broken. Tho news reached this' place 'cs Friday—and
on Saturday morning considerable stir was created on
the street. A rumor was circulated that the ifftet of
the hank in the city had foiled, and how for it irtrald
affect the institution was a matter of conjecture. - This
rumor tamed eat to he untrue'., Dazing the forenoon of
Saturday the of&eere issued the following card:
“ Wiius Oocrrr Bask.* • >
• August 50th, Ifi&T. v
“ To tbs Public.—l» the present excitement in. re
gard to this Bank, it is proper to inform tbepeftße kdeOr
of its condition. Our present tirculqtfon t»9S>,QQ9: fo.
posits, $15,000; which constitutes <mt'4ntire itahuitr
The Bonk hu not sustained the loss of ene>huudred dol
lars, and oo r assets are simple hey end any poetm* con
tingency, and entirely subject !o cur ronton j ssdlhthe
absence of undue excitement, can be mado available
greatly in advance of any demand that can be made oa
as. Me ask thepublic toview the subject with eacdor
“ J- Y. Jxuca, President.
a R. P.Kixa, Cashier.
“The little excitement then was scan quoted
down, and the demand for specie at the Rank was quite
inconsiderable. It seems that the whole trouble had
grown out of the timidity of the agent In NawiTork,
who, after redeeming ever *40,000 of the hbjsysf the
Bank, was seised with the panic himself, and rsfosed to
take up any mare—hence the reported failure.- Thn
Bank is prepared ta meet ail sad kBl-holdere
need have no fears as to the solvency of the inaUfatton.
Ths Warren County Bank has not failed or suspended—
neither will It; the publio may rest assured cf that. 1 '
The Bvllitin says that by the last California mail,
there have been received at the General Land Office f tt
Washington plata of survey of six important ranchos, to
• _ Acats
Estero Americano containing.. 8,849 13
Canada de Jonive... do 10.788 5u
Rincon de las Baliucs Portrero Yiir0..d0....' d'aan
u lota ....to::::;: i;™
Mohnoa do 1T.892 4S
Rancho del Peecadoro. do 88,448 US
* Tho Philadelphia Commercial List Bays: “As we inti
mated in the Commercial List last week, a change has
taken place in the Presidency of the North' Western
Railroad Company. At the meeting held on Tuesday
Mr. John' Thomas tendered his resignation, which wan
accepted, and Mr. James 8. Watson, Was unanimously
elected to fill the vacancy. The change, we regard, aa
very judicious, in view of the present et&bamsseih
condition of that Company. The ex-Preaidea£ while
he la a very amiable Xd pleasant gentleman, aim enjoys
the reputation ot bejng a good business never pos
sessed tho qualifications requisite for a suecesafnlheed of
a railroad corporation. Tho new Incumbent was ejected a
Director in the North Weatero Co., by the City Ceuneiia,
a year ago, and byhis Industry and tact haa proven himaek
well fitted for the position. Wo predict for that organajt
tion a most indefatigable and efficient offleer.and eae wh»
Will, with proper encouragement, place its aSsirs in a
condition to ensure the early completion cf this most
Important work. The Cleveland and Mahoning Rail
road, the other link In the chain from Philadelphia to
Cleveland via the Pennsylvania Railroad, is progressing
steadily, and early next year it will bo finished from
New Caatle to Cleveland. The business of that read ha
rapidly increased—much more to than had been antlcU
pated by the most sanguine. Its earnings for the month
uf July showed an increase of six thousand dollars over
these of tho previous month. Its motive power haa
been Increased in proportion, and thirteen locomotives
have been put open the track. f
A further change took place In the management of
the North Western. At the meeting, last month Mr
J. L. Erringer resigned as a director, and Mr. H. Nelson
Burroughs was elected to fill the vacancy, a* the meet
ing of last Tuesday, Mr. Burroughs declined the honor*
and Mr. Daniel S. Beideman was elected. This Js an exl
celleat selection, and will add much to the management
orth» Company. Mr. Beldomm li n
ljnsmeM man. foil or energy lad porMreronro. wd onea
ho Ukr. on Interest in »n enterpriw it U general!. BM
ecjsful Whet the policy of the ne» ndminletraUon will
be wo ere sot sd.lsed. This, we nnderataad, will ho
mads public in a few days.”
The operations of the U. 8. Branch Mint at Ban Fran
cisco for the month cf July were as follows:
niFOSITS. r , ;i
Gold, (gross weight »fter melting) toctesa
COIKiGE—OOta. _ , ’ ’
49,009 Doable Eagles.
8,000 Eagles
23,000 Half Eagles....
24,000 Quarter Eagles.
10,000 Gold Dollars...
100)000 Total Qold Coloigß.it',,
ears*
26,000 HaifDoiUrt.
1M.090 Total Silver Ootaago . ..liJm.OOO <W
CompiratlTs lUlcownt of tho Imtnr ~ of „
*£« sa - »«*«*«■»
To town oa market... 3,a£aiS
r Sloe. Jan. tat. T«& 1 •2S?fefr WTO
Sjt«re4 at the jorf.je.otJfia- nj jSSIfL »».
Shro ” 08 fn^S^^Jg-gJ
■ •Valae. $940,000 DO
• 60,000 OO
llO,OOO OO
-t 60,000 00
-f 10,000 00
«W,000 00
TH.OOO 00
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