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GoTera ? ?^°fc-Sepoygj’,'
Communications, - CoTfOspotuioiico, A Kemi
nireeuco.jlia. Lews oi. tho Central America,
Mr. Glatt on:Agitation and Negro,. Equality
Mith the Whites, Gonoral News. ik-.pv.
. OmTHB- Fooßr*- Pace.—Poetry -Hemarks
■ oi<Hon. , : jP.;R; .SuAKsos, pt.tlio
Mass &t.', Faoeti'ai.i - ,!•' *.
■ SLANDERS 6Ni«RRCASni,E CREDIT/..
■Wetppi; occasion ,<$ Saturday! last to eali
opon theo mercantile community of Philadel
phia ,to ..Stand, by each pther ,in tills hour of
their-nesdj.as a duty.tlipy owo to themselves,,
and as a meaiitre of self-interest. There aro’
other' cuniuderationi Which the. state, of/the
times suggests, l , that,we desire htoccmment
upon;Anphji/' Mfljieuces ■’ndfe'
operating to, depress] trade .and, to impair eonfl
dehco,.notthe leist'of them is the circnlatiPn
of false']jejerta
ing of many different flrms in our. city, both
stdall. • Ift‘tlmBs;llhd these ifa know
how rife, puch rpmors?ad4rays,.hec6mo: .'but'
they are'too often ,unfounded and unjust,-and
too frequently the mefmj’of'hringinjflpiisjand;
, misfortune ipn men who, but for. slanderous re
portSjWoulihave malntainedthelr credit uinim-
jjo see/thjs kabit.dfmutua/.
disparagement corrected andput down. Who
shail do it? We answetj the merchants them
selves. Let them- help] ]ftn4 .sustain, each:
other, not only with material-aid,but'with
their moral lufluencd.; .Let the 'vile slantferer'
who openly? breathes, hla] polluted breath on
the fair credit of our honest business men,
struggling to brave] apd weather. tlfe storni, .hp
turned away with Indignant , frowns. Let the]
oossening knave, whoso 'whispers' 'of sus
picion ahd.djstustifp quite asmiseUiavops as
his more unblushing compeers/- he .told that l
this is]jid 'seastm. firf the iindulgenph of bad
feelinge" and evil passions.LstPiimercah.:
tile men do this/and they will aid greatly to'
re6tor^']&p]’p,PnMenM,,which has/bpeh lost,
and the,credit of Philadelphia .will rise higher
and stronger than eVer/ purifled by'the terri
blo ordeal jbropgh.yihichwe are passing. -] ,
Business rivalry- will-sometimes beget a
jealous feeling; and, perhaps/ Some littidfes&t,
ment. Bpt who would choose his opportunity
now to'strike’down 'his brother to build -Up
himself]/].;D.ead/nitist' ttiii/man;, bp]to every,
sparfc’.of] honoraWe .feeling. who 'would/ in:,a
crisis like this; seek-tO injure his Competitor in
trade j/.ahd the retributive justice, which rules
alike in tlie' Jaws tho,prinQiples:
of businoSs, will overtake, him, perhaps when,
ho least expects it., We rejoice to think, that
our merchants, jn general, aimloobighever to,
.stoop to so, low, a sentiment,:, ;jr . r
But there-are. rnen. who. gp about just now,
and by tlieir, rash . talking, by.thfip bints and
innuendoes, and that “ambiguous giving out”
whioh, sometimes, iamore fatal -than an open
slanderer,- are doing,a ‘seripus injury-to some!
of tho best liouses'on tho Ktroet. lt ...against
this class, of sappers and, miners, engaged in
destroying thp fairest credit of Philadelphia/'
that wedosire lo'cantiofetiife readers I .]. ,
' Slander .is.at.'aHtimos a sinj: biit-'to the
merchant, ,who has to cherish’ his good.ttiuno '
withrmooasing watchfulness, it is a caiamity.
Credit was. never so essential to ourprosperity
as at ihistune/aml it should be sUstuined. bx,
every jnsfc and honorahle means in. our powCT»
Mob who ireiiowmeef hearing]
them • manfully, are' taen 1 to lobe, respect,' and'
support. Their charaotersmnst notbe unjustly
assailed/ Let Ps hb ‘thiir defenders, not/thp]
inshum'ents'of,.Gib&/miBt , p‘rftiiips, In giving,
them hope and encouragement, let us think of
the liridß of thb] immortal hard of Avoir: ’ . „ ,
“G ootl n ame in man er woman -•
Is the immediate jewel of their soohi.
Who steals my parse steals trash; , '
’Tissomething,nothing; "
'lsrasmioe,-lßs fiisi/and has been ■slave' to thorn
■ sands
Bat he that filcHjSHMJfcy,good name •- -
Bobs mb of that whibh opt cnrichcfi him,' - - -
And makes me peprurpfled.” : :
Ouo word moro’cnibunSel to our friends.
Bs not alarmed I Most of thoßo who bare
been compelled to yield to the pressure of the]
times show'ft large surplus. .Their collections
have failed to come in as they had anticipated,
and in this wise they have becomo embarrasa
-cd and compelled to stopAioßut the wealth of
tire country remains and'- pur
resources are undiminishe(b I f'yui] emharrnss
• Bents, we firmly behove, are only /temporary.
At no former period 'of gener|a;-,distfess;iras
there been so amall an amount of actual bank
ruptcy. : We.' have Baspenaionsi'and ■ failures,
but the exhibits show'that the/p ls'enouglr to
pay ell, and ' that ‘actual .bankruptcy]’is the
exception, not the rule; Our industrial inter
ests, thus far, .sire are glad to' know,' have; aiife
ferred but little,, while, the Jheart glows with
pride, and wijb,gratitude to God,, in contem
plating the vast yields' of 'our golddn'irarvdats
throughout , the, country. Agriculture, tjio,
woalthand tho happiness of, Rations, agaip
eomes to rescue fends and commerce and: in
dustry frpm’the evils of which wo complain.
Let ns be ,of good cheer, apd stout,of heart,
and firm of will;-let ui faceour difficulties
and overcome them.,’
THB EAST APPEALS TO Till! WJSS^.
The present financial crisis demands of ns,,
and of 'every Joanfeels an interest in the
welfare of bisfollolva, to exert our utmost
strength and influence to mitigate' the suffer-'
ings of the business, world. We find our
selves most-suddenly,■ and without,’as we
think, any adequate cause, involved%iu .the"
mott serious embaijnsament., lit a
like the present ..the,- West, with her, multi
plied 1 resources,' can materially'-assist the
East. Wo areVjreditofs ,td .-ihej.direst
to a largo amount/ and much of- the
want' now - felt ‘for money 'arises ’from
the failure of remittances, bni'which our bush
ness, men have too' confidently relied. We
now mate an appeal to our business friends in
all sections of.the country, to come’ forward,
to the Ihll cxtent.df their means, and with all
the promptitude in their power, to : assist the
traders and importers of the Eastern 1 by
sending forward every dollar of their, available
moans,to pay the indebtedness which at this
time stands-againsttheta. Let them‘not
wait, to accumulate, their, thonsaqds, but.
send on their hundreds without delay.—
They can do it, we are convinced, without any
inconvenience! They are situated quite differ
ently from onr Eastern merchants. If, an im
porter of trader among us allows his note to
go to protest, his credit is gone. But in the
West,, .and all., regions .of ,the. country
where- there -. aro <ho banks to close the
door at the; inexorable bout of threo .o’clock,
nothing is more common than to . let the
appointod’dayof paymoutgoby, without meet--
ing its demands. And in such times, of whom
do they risk indulgence? . .We answer; of their
Eastern creditors, whose liberality hoe never
be'en taxed in vain: Now the thing is reversed,
and although our-bnainess men do, not oijkatiy
favor of tkeir Western, customers,'yet they
expect tbernto respond, as freely and ,as-fully
as their best exertions will allow, to tho wants
and demands 1 of; onr' monetaty ra affairs, . Let
debtors remember the fayers of their creditors,
and discharge, if they can; the debt of business,
and tho debt of gratitude, tnider which they
labor. .Their exertions to relieve ttye stringen
cy of the money market now prevailing in all
•nr Eastern cities, will not be-forgotten.- It
will bo more than appreciated, and the time
will soon come when onr-merohante will roturn
tenfold-every obligation and every kindness
under whioh they may 1 now ho'plaoed, 'The
East appeals' to the'West. Will the appeal be
heard aid answered ?, ■ .. « . - ..
The loss-in this country, by' the Insurances
on th’e golden freight of'the Central Jtnericit,
amounts. toV*SSO,OOO, Of.the remainder,!ab!
much as $950,000 falls upon tho London un-
ln
louden, ott -advice of tiio wreck, the whole
amount insured will be paid, to gold;'at once,
So fligr, §fepng' , jßjiis ;ori. lohdoni to that
amount, are the same as cash- la New York,
pf qrnp®*¥«,J and 1 probity,
thc-mfiifinitoaoroditj.and.wU! .muck crinflnn
jepitfaltieU’fersoiyefiey arid Ijonesty, the:
day,*as looptas was an-:
nottoptt];jhatj 'would ‘pag= the whole"
amount of s6ofi,i)®,'for whiohtiiey were liable,
: on thrinauqLproof of. the loss!The relief to
,- the Jfhis’.duplex |
,ip Loridpu apd 'NeW'Voyg'jpf tj»e tosprapep'
llaipts into cash, i* very' great indeed,
tIfIEKAtACTIOS.
[ABOUT THE EUROPEAN NEWS.
By the steamer Indian, whiph left Liverpool
o]n the 9th inst., and arrived, bn Saturday, wq
hive advices from EuropcjfS^sdireo'*'dhyS ? ,
hrtor date than those received' by ttic JRtj’sie;
'The most important newgjfi t||t, tfep is]
nothing later il-om
faulty arrangement—or,? rather, want* of ar
rangement—on the other side of tho water,
pare spools the departure of mail-steamers from
Kogland, is-likely.to leave us without any
fprther Europeaupnd Indian newsfor tho next
fortnight. TbeJ Mty iof' BblHmire) leaving
Liverpool.on-the-Sthjthadayjonwhicbthe.,
Indian, took her departure, not bring
aiiylateripteiiigpnce.thari.wp have now., Be
tween the 9 th and the-22d,-(whoa the Fulton
Wiejto' i leas , e.Havre,yno/mati-^oanid i r l tvb]ateYof
,w/n,depart from jlprope for,tiieretsimresbiTbe
Fulton would call at. Southampton on Her way;
andj there take in the English 'mails , of the
28d; on .which day, the City of 'Washington
would also JeaVo, Liverpool. ’ Ip the pf esent
.commercial'.And, we may addipplilical.crisis,
itlsluucll too bad to be withont news from
Etfrppp fpr'-pearly] a ; lit ~6hc ffepfeli/
Care should be .taken, by: the different 1 com
panies .owning; the various : mail-sfeAmera and
/cpnfeoiling'thcir days of departure,'to arrange
so tliat an European mail arrive here at least
'oncp i'Week/, ■' 1 .
, . / Tho European news now- reoeivod may bo
i conipressed-intoanu(Bhell. The meeting be
! 'tween, thp two Emperors (of France ond Rus
: pigjiwas-to, take .place immediately ‘at Btnt
. gard. It is irnposaiblo to tiiihk of thiß with-'
i pul being strongly Impressed, with a similar
, . Interview between -another Napoleok and an
other Aiexanakh, which’took place haifa.cen
feryiago on a raftyat,,, Tilsit; at,which France
and Russia-made ’the secret ‘treaty,,,by which
* AiEXANDEttwas totako possession of Tufkoy,
while Napoisos was to .extend his sway over
as much cf western and southern Europeas
he could master, without let,, hindrance, or
iopposition. . Who cam say whaf : ‘may be the
result of: tho present Interheir l Alsxasdeu
ia ambltious, with anatural anxiety to recover
i the status which Be lost, to a certain extent, by
/the] defeat pf.Jhis arms in the Crimea. Napo
: Akos—astute, clear-headed, and inscrutable—
' must have • some great Idea on that'busy brain
of his. The French require excitement to
, keep] them out of, angrily, entering. into home
• politics, and the army; above all ? want' action
/and the chance of winning honor,'pnd promo
tion,; and, spoil, life, cannot believe that Na.
Ponrion will rest content—havinga magnificent
army in] readiness to carry out any plan of
conquest and, glory, without making a bold
stroke somewhere for something great.
The Pope has returned to Romp, and was
well received in! “ the Eternal City.” ■ -Franco
and Denmark have a difficulty respecting the
peficjd when. the commutation of the Sound
Dues! (which we abolished) was to be paid.
Thp jSultari has dismissed llESOum Pacha, his
grjmß-minister. , , r :
, jTne losses sustained by the hreakiug of the
Sub-Atiaritic Cable—that is,/the yajue, of the
portion whichtwas lost—have been paid by the
underwriters in England/ Concerning tlmt
cablbj thero is a circumstance which, as, far
;as we have had the opportunity of'observing,
'has .hot-''been noticed by any journal, in
th/s j country, or abroad. As our readers
know, between three and four hundred
milej of ;tho cable were] left . In tho
Atlantic, after having suddenly snapped
off; [while ft;was being “paidout” from,the
steaip-frigate. As one end. was strongly se-
at Valentia, there conld be no difficulty,
if a littiebcpre;wuro taken, in recovering all
hat [was thuS abandoned*. Indeed, we believe
agreement has bcon raado with th’o un
der Writers, by which'the Subr-Atlahtic Tele
grapii Company were permitted to retain the
cable, if .they succeeded in recovering ft. But
(as in our flies of English news-
received by the Persia) two distinct and
regime portions of tho'submerged cable had
been picked up, or fished up, and brought to
Ireland.- This fact appears celtaln/'for it is
mentioned in different journals. .
- Now, the,question arises—how was the ca.
bie eut ? From Vaientia; to where it snapped
■off, an unbrokpn length of three hundred and
eighty miles had been loft in the water. What
Wife the action; at tho, bottom of the ocean,
which out off the two separate portions con
veyed back'to Ireland? -Did the cable chafe
against the uneven and sometimes rocky floor
of the ocean upon which It lay ?, ,Tho circum
stance; at all events,'is worthy of considera
tion; and examination, with reference to future
attempts at establishing telegraphic communi
cation between the old world and tho hew. If
there be any action in the depths below by,
which the cable is iiable to bo cut in two; the
whole matter' must bo looked upon as hope
less. . ... ■!,
', -• PURSUIT OF GAIN.
• The irresistible impulse that has been given,
wlthihthe;last few years/to ’ every branch of
indiiatry, has been productive of great good.
But .every human' benefit Is apt to be closely
attended by corresponding evil. The lightning
and the tempest purify the elements, but, at the
same time, are the agents of death and desola
tion. So, too, while the whoje country bears
evidence 1 to the physical: prosperity of onr
people, it is equally evident that there is a too
intense, and absorbing devqtion to gain. This
affebts the whole bodypolitto. Ithaschanged,
and will yet more radically change, the whole
order of society. « The great principle of de
mand and'supply,’’ said Mr. Calhoun, in one
,of.h>s speeches on the Sub-Treasury, “governs,
the moral-and intellectual world no less 1 than
tlie business and commercial. If a community
b 6 sojconstituted as to cause a demand for high
mental attainments, as if its honors and rewards
arc allotted to pursuits that require their de
veloprnent, by creating a demand for intelli
gence, knowledge, wisdom, justice, firmness,
courage, patriotism, and tho like, thoy are sure
to go produced. But if, on tho contrary, they
be allotted to pursuits that require inferior
qualities, the higher are sure-to decay and
perish.”
Fortunes have beta so rapidly accumulated in
our! country out of tho regular and beaten paths
of ordinary pursuits, that a rage for sudden ac
quisitions universally prevails. Wealth is fast
.becoming tho citorion of merit, as well as of
-individual and social consideration. . Tho in
fluence' of this upon the intellect and more
manly qualities of a people is disastrous. All
the’ higher and nobler faculties of the mind
dwindle away, whon brought in contact with
the schemes of speculation and tho arts of tho
stock-hoard. In that .presence they are as
surely blasted as the green spot in tho desert,
when swept by the devouring sirocco. “Wis
dom, justice, courage, patriotism, and . the
like,” dorive their inspiration from a very dif
ferent source. It is true, to make money, In
the Sharp competitions of trade, may require
and develop quickness of judgment and promp
titudo of action—qualities deßirabio in them
flelyes, but by no means the highest and most
desirable. That nation has arrived at a critical
stage to its existence; when wealth, and the
ease and luxury it secures, are become tho chief
objects of ambition. . ■ , - , , ,
"111 fare: the land, to hastening ilia a prey,
Where wealth.accumulates aud men decay.”
Tiifi heroic virtues’’have then departed.
Duty and honor no longer, hold sway. In any
great crisis affecting for weal or woo the good
and glory .of, the country through all coming
time, the decisive action will be determined,
not by public, and patriotic considerations,
but by those which, are personal and pecu
niary*' The professions, and especially the
higher career of politics, will be adopted, not
as the means to acquire honor and reputation,
and <lo the Stite service, but as the means of
making money. Other considerations will be
sacrificed to this. A generous ambition withers
and died whenever the passion of acquisition
gets possession of the mind..
It is on this ground that wars have been vin
,dica(ed. It bast h<?eii said” that thoy withdraw
the attention of mankind from those objects
that are dwarfing and benumbing them, and
fix it upon things of a larger and more mo
mentous character.- Their bosoms are aroused
apd j agitated by march and encounter of
armies, by gallant deeds, and heroic sacri
fices. . They become inscnaibly imbued With, a
higher and.loftier spirit, and obey with alac
rity.'the ball of honor or duty. Such is the
argument, and certainly it is not without seem
ing force,' Lei u? hope, however, that a,more
'effectual -means to check ’the undue and un
righteous .worehip'of Mamindri , may"be found
in the wider idhlbsioh of a sound and enno
bling literature and the re-awakehing of a more
heftHhfhlmbfaltdhe\. . - '>
formerly a; member of the legislature, died on the
7lh instant.
CORRESPONJQENpE,
FROM WASHIHOTON.' [iy'
ft ■ .-r-.. hn)i I
?App'olhtiiif»t&-lTr6a|i9 for' Utah—Land ’
i "]>lon—Coarta, &c. f>-.‘
of Press, ( j
' r , '. vWiaßis'aTojij Sept,
''The Secretary of tho Treasuryhias made the fol*
lowing Lighthouse appointmenta: ,
Henry Ogden, assistant keeper northwest passage
Lighthouse, Florida, in plaoe of John <!)hrlstior,
resigned. Balarj*s3oo per annum, and one daily
ration.
Lester B. Reding, assistant keeper Sand ICoy
Xlghthouse, Florlda, in William, Taylor,
resigned. Salary $3OO per annum, and one daily
■ration.' 1 1 . * i 1
I). Clark, assistant koeper Lighthouse at Carys*
ford Reef, Florida' ih‘place of John s Rubes', re
signed. Salary $3OO per r annum, and one daily
’ration.’ 1 ’ 1
D. Lewli,’ assistant keeper Lighthouse at Carys*'
ford Reef, Florida, in place of Daniel’ Millor,, re
signed. ; Salary $3OO per' annum, and' 6no daily
ration. , , \ ’
Tlie* President has appointed Jacob Barnes,
register of tho land offloe at'Duncan, Michigan,
in place of Charles H. Taylor, reatgpejl.
. Tlao Aoting Commissioner of Indian Affairs has
'received a despatch from St. Louia, dated Septem
ber 18, slating that Governor CupVmings was to
havo loft Fort Leavenworth for Utah bn the 18th
inst., with six companies of dragoons.
It is reported that largo numbers of letters ad
dressed to France and c6untrie3 beyond, and in
tended for transmission .in the Frenoh mail, aro
received at Hew York from the interior offices in
sujfiiictttly patd by stamps, and are In 1 conse*
quence forwarded by that ( office to their destina
tions charged, with postage os wholly unpaid.,
We attention of postmasters generally, and par
ticularly those at the large cities of the - interior
and West, whore most of such letters are mailed,
is specially called to the importance' of collecting
the proper amount of postage on letters to be for
warded from this country by tho Frenoh mail, as,
by the provisions of tho postal treaty, with France,
all letters insufficiently prepaid are treated as
wholly unpaid, no aooount being taken of partial
payments of postage.
Postmasters should be particular to rate letters
for the Frenoh mail by the 'quarter-ounce scale,
charging a single rate for eaoh” quarter ounoe. or
fractional part of a quarter ounce. As this rule
is applicable only to: letters despatched in the
French zhail/grtat caution is necessary to prevent
mistakes the proper postage.
, There is‘no principle better settled than that
conterminous .proprietors of lands bordorisg on
permanent bodies of water hold their aerations
as riparian proprietors; Intersporsed, however,
over tho are multitudes of shallow
lakes, many of f whioh in the early public surveys
were supposed to be permanent bodies of water,
and wore moabdered accordingly; yet in the
changes of climate, and other natural oauses, many
of these-lakes are disappearing, in wholo or in
part, and have become dry and arable lands.
The General Land Offioo has decided that no
lands of, this olass fall undor tho swamp grant, and
that ho right attaohes theroto under tho riparian
law; but that in all oases of this kind the publio
surveys must be oxtonded over tho former bods of
such lakes, and that the lands must bo disposed pf
as other publio'domain.
In all eases, however, where settlers, or other in
terested parties, aro desirous of soouring titles to
any such lands, application should bo mado to the
Surveyor General for the suryey to be oxooutod,
and propor returns thereof to be mailo to the dis
trict and General Land Offioes. The lands thus
become liable to pre-emption, and, after publio
proclamation and ordinary entry, aro subjeot to
private'sale T .
Before court No. 3, in Lieut. Watson’s oase Com
modoro Kearnoy and Commandor G. C Larnor
were] examined On the part of tho applicant, and
LlsuJ. ‘ Charles Hunter ant! passed assistant Sur
geon} Dungan testified In 'behalf of tho Govern
ment.
In court No. 2 the defence of Lieut. Hunter was
read«
In.court No. 3 tho defonoe of lieut. Glasson was
read; Capt. Calhoun’s oaso comos up on Monday.
X Y.
Land Decision,—Naval Intelligence—Marine
. Barracks at Pensacola—Naval Courts,
[Correspondence of The Press.]
’ M Washington, Sept. 18,1857.
• ;i A tattler in Oregon Territory lately requested
an answer to tho following question: x
. ‘‘Will final proof of four years’ aotual residence
and cultivation bb deemed sufficient to seouro a pa
tent; or must the yroof show that the sottler re
sided upon and cultivated for four full years from
the date of his original notification, less than three
months only?”. /
The Land Office decides that, by tho Cth section
of tho act of September, 1850, granting donations,
settlers aro required to give notice of tboir claims
within six months after the survey has been mado;
or, where the lands had been surveyed before set
tlement, then within throe months from tho com
mencement of settlement. In either oase, tbo final
proof must show four juars’ continuous residence
and cultivation from the eoirmenccmetit of the
eeultnunt.- ■
Tto steam frigate Powhatan,now- at Norfolk, will
soon ! be pat in commission as flag-ship of tho East
India squadron, to relieve the San Jacinto.
- ; The flag-ship of tho Mediterranean squadron,
the frigate Congress, Commodore S.‘ L. Broese, has
been ordered to tho United States.
",'Tho steam-frigate Susquehanna, attached-to the
Mediterranean squadron, and whioh assisted In
laying the telegraphic cable, has been ordered to
Key, West for duty on the homo squadron,
The steam-frigate Niagara has been ordered to
New York. .
The sloop-of-war Levant, Comm&Uder William
Smith, attached to the'East India squadron, has
been ordered to the United States.
Captain Josiah Tatnall has been ordered to tho
command of tho. East India squadron, with tho
Powhatan ns flag-ship.
• Tho United States sunroying sohoonor Crawford
Lieutenant Commanding J. N. Haffit, suffered
severely in the gale of Sunday and Monday last,
and was in imminent danger of being lost. She
anchored off the Wolf Trap, Chesapeake bay,' and
rode out the gale with tho loss of boats and. port
anohor, and . leaking badly. She anchored in
Hampton Boads on Wednesday. 1 >
TJie dealgnß of Thos. U. Walter for tho marine
barracks.at Pensacola have been acoepted.
In naval eourt No, 1, in the cose of Lieut, Wat
son, Commodore Sloat and Capt. Tatnall were ex
amined for the applicant.
Ih court No. 2, in Lieut. Hunter’s easo, Lieut.
Tronoh&rd, Commander Goldaborough, and Capt.
Walker were examined for the Government.
In court No.- 3, the case of Lieut. Glasson was
concluded. His defonco will bo read to-morrow
by Mri Phillips.
Capt. Calhoun’s case will next como up.
X. Y.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS,
That splendid ballet of action, “Faust,” will bo
reported every evening, this wcok, at the Academy
offijfaslo. The manner in whioh it bos been got
up, in scenery, costume, music, and accessories, is
wonderfully magnificent, correct, and pleasing.
We have never hod any thing to compare with it,
on this side of tho world, nor, save by this troupe
of Signor Bonzani, in any othpr place. Independ
ent' of Madllo. L&mourcux, who deserves to be
orowned as tho Queen of Dance—for she equals
Ccrito, Catlotta Gris!, Maria Tagltoni, and Lucille
, Grahn—-thorp are ten first-olosafemale dancors, any
ono of whom, by horaelf alono, would ho a loading
attraction at any thontro. Signor Fillippo Baratti,
one of thebeat-mado men wo ever saw, is incompar
ably superior to any male dancer who has yet ap
peared in Ambrioa.'
At tho Aroh Street Theatre, thisovening, “Ham
let” will bo repoated. The oharaoters are judi
ciously oast. Mr. Wheatley, as Laertes , has a part
which exactly suits him; in this case it is “the
proper man (and a very proper man, too,) in the
proper plooo.” His fenoing eoone With Mr. Dav
enport, in tho last act, is one of tho most beautiful
triple of skill imaginable. Both theso gontloinon
are flrst-olass swordsmon, agile of limb, ready of
hand, quick of glance, and extremely graceful in
action. It is a treat to see them fence. Of Mr.
Davenport’s Hamlet , a very fine performance, wo
need not repeat our opinion here. The farce of
“Sketches in India,” with Dunn as Count
Gtorieuz’, Clark as Tom Tape t the Cocknoy;
Thayer as Sir Matthew Scruggs; Airs. Thayer as
Jjculy SeraggSy and Miss Cruise as Sally Scruggs,
the stage-smitten; is tho dosing piece, and amu
sing enough it is.
At the Walnut Street Theatre, wo are to havo tho
leading comedians from Wallack’s Theatre, New
York. Place aux Dames! Therefore, compli
ments to Mrs. liocy, the fixed and brilliant star of
Whllock’s, a charming actress, lady-liko, graceful,
extremely clever, and very handsome \ our play
goers moy rocolloct her as Mrs. Russoll. She is
the most popular, accomplished, reliable, and suc
cessful aotress in New York. Her taste in oostume
in exquisite.- She opens as Miss llardcastle in
“She Stoops to Conquer.” Thou thore is Miss
Gannpn—lively.‘Mary Gannon, onoo a Bhiniog
light at Mitchell’s Olympic, in Now York—who
will also bo remembered hero. Sho appears as
Christina in “ The Captain of tho’Watoh.’ 4 Mr,'
Blake, w,ho la a favorite everywhere, takes the part
of Old HardcastUy and Mrs. Blake, that of Mrs.
Hardca&tle. • Therois another, among the Wal
lackians, who deserves eBpooial : notioe. Mr. Wul
look Lester, (son of old James Wallack,) who in
oomedy and molo-drama, is “master of tho posi
tion.” Mr. Lester is an artist, in tho fullest senso
of the word, with a fine person, handsome features,
and good declaration. Ho dresses'oxtremoly well,
and acts extremely well, also. This evening he
makes his first bow to a Philadelphia audience, as
VUctmnt de lAgny , in the “Captain of the
Watch,” and Young Jfiarlow in tho comedy.
At tho National, Thpatro, Bti;. Bprton has seoured
a novelty for this week, in the person of Miss Kim
berly. To night she, plays the Countess, in
Knowles’s play of “Love.” Mr. J. Seymour, from
New York,' takes Tyrono 1 Power’s old part of Pat
• Rooney in “ The OmnibuSf!’ He is a clever actor.
On this day week, Mr. James E. Alnrdooh will
commence an engagement here.
THE PRESS,-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1857.
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
THREE BAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
JRRIVJZ OF THE
BTBAMEBB INDIAN AND ANTELOPE.
TUB M6HIS3AL OF REDSCHID PAOJIA.
Suspension of Arrangements for tho Spanish-
Mexican Invasion.
'REINFORCEMENTS FOE INDIA.
SLIUUI DIFSICCJOTY IJKTIVTiEN FRANCE 1 AND
Qoeooc, Sept; 19.—Tho steamer Antelope, with I.lv
erpool advices to the Bth Inst., has arrived at Bt. Johns.
Tho steamer Indian, with Liverpool advices to the
Cth, haa arrived at River du Loup. Advices from Eu
ropo, three day’s later than received by the steamer
Persia, are furnished. !
The English underwriters had settled for the losses
occasioned by the breaking oft the AUautlc cable.
Nothing later from Ipdla is furnished. .
Tho reinforcements from Great Britain .to India
amounted to 40,000 men.
' The Mormons had held their sixth annunl'conference
in London. Tho reports submitted elhibitod tho fact
that their tenets were making headway In England.
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMER 9.
The Cunurd steamer Canada arrived out, on the sth
,to*L ‘
The Angle B&xon arrived out on the Bth.
The TJ. S. frigate Cumberland, and sloop-of-war St.
Louis were a'; Cape Verdes on tho 26th of August.
The U. 8. frigate Congress had quitted ConatantU
aopla. .
The steamer City of Baltimore left at the same ,tlme
With the Indian for New York.
The steamer Ariel was to leave Southampton on tho
samo day.
' Tho steamer Ar&go arrived at Southampton on the
xnorhipg of the sth inqt. 1
The Leopold I. arrived at Southampton from New
York od the 6th.
' .The Anglo Saxon had on board the passengers taken
from the steamer Clyde, from Quebec, bound to Glasgow <
,lost on Niagara Island, Gulf of St. Lawrence, August 24,
A slight difficulty had occurred between France and
Denmark as to when the Sound Dues redemption should
bo paid. ,
Preparations woro making at Btuttgardt, for a meet
ing between Napoleon and Alexander of Russia.
The bullion in the Dank of France had increased £l,.
400,000 during tho month.
Vagde rumors were again current in Paris of an ap
proaching visit of the Pope, to be followed by the corona
tion of the Emperor. t
Tho silk trade was improving. Corn was declining in
France.
Tho Spanish Government hs<l ordered tho suspension
of preparations for the Spanish invasion into Mexico.
The question will be settled through the arbitration of
England and France
Adyicosfrom Spain, via Paris, say the Mexican Govorn
mont had accepted the proposition of tho former for a.
settlement of difficulties by mediation.
ITALY.
The Pope had returned to Romo fromhia Italian tour,
and was cordially welcomed. (
It was rumored Maiaiui wos organising another Ita
lian Revolution.
Late Intelligence from Rome'indicate a favorable
Issue to the movements in progress for the settlement
of 'the difficulty between tho Holy Beo and Mexico. It
is said that the sale of church property, and the sup
pression of convents that have alroady been effected in
Mexico, aro to bo recognized in Rome.
It is stated in explanation of the rocent concentra
tion of Russian , troops on tho Austrian frontier, that
thoy aro marched thero meroly ror review by tho Em
peror, while ho Ison his way toGermany. *
Mr. Wright, the new United States Minister to Bor
lln, has, at a private audlenco, presented his credentials
to the Ring. , ■ , ,
The Prussian Government had announced by procla.
ination tbo legal equality of tho diiforont religious de
nominations.
PERSIA,
Herat had not been evacuated by the Persians.
TURKEY.
Tho dismissal of Rcdechid Pacha is confirmed.
THE CHINA QUESTION.
A most perfect understanding oxlsts botween France
and England on the China question,
If Lord Elgin falls to got satisfaction, war will bo de
clared simultaneously.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPII TO LIVFRPOOL.
Lohdon, Wednesday morniug, 0 o’clock.—The Times'
‘city article reports dullness in tho funds and an active
demand for discounts.
Tho Daily News says that speculation is stagnant, ow
ing to the absence of further advices from India. The
stock market, to a certain extent, was prejudiced by
gloomy accounts from Paris and Now York. The Em
peror Napoleon has sent £lOOO da personal contribution
to the Indian Relief fund, and £4OO has been contribu
ted by the French Imperial Guards.
A dispatch from Copenhagen of tho oth, says that
Baron Docknchild, the Swedish Minister, is dead,
A dispatch from Vienna or Tuesday, kiya the Molda
vian Minister of the Interior, "together with severe*
other officials, bad been dismissed from office for abusiag
their functions. <
The London Timt* of Tuesday report* tha following
Sales wn the day previous, under the influences of advicos
announcing the failures and financial panic in New
Yorklllinois Central shares, 3 per cent, premium; do
7’s of 1875, 88o87; New York Central sinking fund of
1883,80.
Commercial Intelligence.
/ LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Bbptekbkb B.
The] Cotton market in buoyant, with more bnyora than
sellers. The sales of tho two days woro 20,000 bales*
Including 4,000 to speculators.
THE LATEST—Sbttbmdrr 9.—The newspapers re
port tho' market as unchanged and buoyant, while
Messrs. Richardson, Spence, tc Co. report an advance of*
on middling quantities. The sales of three
days past amount to 80,000 balea, including 5,000 bales
to speculators, amd 1,000 bales to exporters.
LIVERPOOL BRBADSTUFF3 MARKET, Sbptawbbb 8
—Breadstuffs are generally firm. Corn activo at 38so
38s 6d.
THE LATEST. BBPTBUDEn 9.—Tbo circulars report
Breadstuffs closing with an advancing tendcucy on all
qualities.
Flour firm and Odals better ; fair qualities have im
proved most. Wheat firm and advanced 2d for redl
Corn quiet and firm.
Messrs. Richardson, Spence, «k Co. report tho follow
ing quotations:
FLobß—Western Canal, 308 ©3os Od ; Philadelphia
and Bftitimoro, 30*«t31b Od; Ohio, 32f®335.
WnsiT.—Red, 8b 2d®Bs Od; White., 9ia9a 6d.
Corn.— Allied, 3Sa j White, 438044*.
LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKKT—September 6.
—Provlslonß are generally steady. Reef is reported
firm, Pork quiet, and Lard buoyant.
LATEST— September 9 —Beef cloned etcady with an
improvement on fair qualities; inferior qualities are
almost unsaleable*. Pork is dull. Bacon steady. Lard
firm.
LIVERPOOL PRODUCE AIARKF.P, Sspt. B.—Sugar
is steady. Rice buoyant. Turpentine Spirits dull.
LATEST.—September 9.—Sugar quiet. Pot Ashes
quiot. 1 . Coffee buoyant. Rice buoyant j East India im
proved. Jlosin (lull, and with little inquiry; the prlcoß
aroweak. Turpootino Spirits firm, at 37s 6d.
LONDON MARKETS.—Broadstuffa advanced. Flour
Is better. Wheat firm ;la better. Sugar hoavy. Tea
and Rico buoyant.
Inox—Sales of Pig at £6O.
AIANOIIESTERAIARKET.—The advices from Man
chester contlnuo favorable.
LONDON MONEY MARKET.—Consols were active
on theBth Inßt., at 91# ; but on tho 9th they dosed at
for money and on account.
THE SURVIVORS OF THE WRECK,
Arrival of the Marine at Norfolk, with 100 on
Board*
LIST OP TIIE SAVED—II MALKS/32 FEMALES,
AND 27 CHILDREN.
NORFOLK, September 19.—The brig Marino arrived
hero to-day, with tho survivors of the wreck of tho
etenmer Central America. Their names are ns follows:
Capt. Hiram Burt; Judge A. C. Mon*D, of Sacra
luehto; Albert Priest, of Sacramento; Cbtirlcs McCarty,
Chief Engineer of the Pacific Mail Company’s steam
ship Golden Gate, of San Francisco; Frank Johncs, of
Sacramento; Angoßich.of Lima, Belgian consul, and
bearer of dispatches to the Court of Franco; Theodore
Rayoe, of San Franoiaco.
Mrs. Adio Mills Easton, of San ffrancisco, wifo of A.
J. Easton, [saved by the barque Ellon.]
Mrs.JanoA Badger, of San Francisco, wifeofThos.
W. Badger.
, Mrs. Adle Sawley and two children, of San Francisco,
wife of F. 8. Sawley, hardware merchant, supposed to
pe lost.
Mrs. M.V. Birch, of San Francisco, wifo of A. T.
Birch, of tho San Francisco Minstrels, supposed to be
lost.
Mrs. Harriot Lockwood, of Sau Francisco, wife of K.
A. Lockwood, lawyer, supposed to be lost.
Miss Rose Alice Lockwood, Miss Harriet, and
Master R. 0., ion nod daughters of R. A. Lock
wood.
Mrs. Amanda Marviao, of Sacr&monto, wife of W. It.
Marvine, supposed to be lost.
Mrs. Acgeliuo Bowloy and two children, of San Fran
cisco, wife of J. McKinnon Bowloy, supposed to be
lost.
Mrs. Cynthia Ellis and four children, of San Frftu
cisco, wife of A. Ellis.
Mrs. Eleanor O’Conuer, of Bau FranoUco. nor son is
supposed to be lost. [This is probably the lad mentioned
by Mr. Child as on board the Ellen.]
Mrs. Jane Fell and two of Mr. John Foil, of
McAdams Bar.
Mrs. Jane Harris and child, of H&n Francisco,
• Miss Wlnnefred Fallon, aud her brother James.
Their father is supposed to be lost.
Louis Bonnet, a child in charg* of Mrs. O’Connor.
Mrs. Athsonßahft, of Uc«ka; her husband and son
are supposed to be lost.
Mrs. Mary Bwan and child, wLfe of Samuel P. Swan,
of Nevada City. Husband suppnaed to be lost.
Mrs. Mary Bo&g* r and two children, wife* of Benjamin
Soeger, of &au Calaveras county, who U supposed to b>
lost.
Mrs. Mary Ann Rudwell, wifo of Johm Rudwcll, of
Grass Valley, California, who Is supposed ip he lost.
Mrs. Mary Bailoy, of Alameda county
Mrs. Mary Ann Travis and two children, of Alv»'rad°
county.
Mrs. Annie McMill, of San Francisco, wife of Wid/
McMill.
Mrs. H. Van Harper and ono child, of No vado county,
wife of J. A. Von Harpor, supposed to be tost.
Mrs. B. B. Thayer and two children, of gaa Fran?
cisco.
Mrs. Rosalie Hahnd and threo children, of San Fran
cisco.
Miss Francis A. Thomas, of Ban Fragidico,
Mrs. Almira A. KllUdge, of San Frrtnclico.
Mrs. Elita G. Caruthors, of Placer county, Cal.
Mrs, Ann Redding, of Ne>v York. Her husband dll' d
going out to Californio, on the pn}Tiou3,veyag» of th> 9
Central America.
THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
THE CHINA QUESTION.
DENMARK.
GREAT BRITAIN.
PRUSSIA,
Mrs. Ann Small and child, of Newburyport, Mass.—
Her husband died going to California, at the Asplnwall
House, Panama.
Mn. Eliza Smith, ofTuolumny county, Cal.
Mrs. Caroline Shaw, of Amand county.
Mr. Robert Hutchinson, of Novoda city.
Mr/Wm. H. Adams, of-Placer county.
John Oaituner, of Sierra county.
Henry Kimball, of Bacramento county.
Mr. M. L McCoy, of Sacramento.
Douglass Rutherford, of Yuba county.
Josoph Olay, of T.l Dorado county.
Win. Bliss, of Naper Valley.
GUana Tbesto, of San Francisco.
Thomas Bride, of Yuba county.
AloXaader Gardner, James Gallagher, and Thomas
Fryer, three of the crow of the VcspoHian, of New York,
condemned on Old Providence Island.
ornosns and crew op tub orntral i America,
The following comprise the officers and crew of the
Central America who saved themselves in the boats:
George Ashby, chief engineer,
John Blick, boatswain. * ’
Finley Frazier, David Raymond, Robert Long, and
William Jackson, quartermasters.
Seamtn— James Clark, Richard Reed, Frederick,
Reed, Frederick Drougham, John 'Davidson, James
Travis, Edward'Brown, James McOlean, and Edward
Uigginfl.
Firemen—Morgan Badgeley, John Clark, Henry Ho
thington, and Georgo Stewart.
Waiters— Michael Dwyer,'William Garrison, [Capt.
Herndon’s waiter,land Lucy Dawson.
Stewards— Susan P. Etcrcell, Her husband is sup-*
posed to W lost. , ~
The natnos in tho above list comprise one hundred—
intitulingforty-one mates, thuts-two females, ami
ito&tsy.siven children. ■ ■
THE SURVIVORS AT NORFOLK.
Hopes Entertained that Captain llerudou and
others were rescued.
CARD FROM CHIEF ENGINEER ASHBY
. WismsoroN, September 20 —A despatch from Nor
folk, received by the PeteraburgExprecSjAays that the
brig Morin© arrived at a lato hour op Friday night. The
think that othors havo been saved, as they
saw several lights In tbo distance on- tbo fatal night of
the disaster. 1 i ‘ '
There are Also strong hopes of the safety of Captain
Herndon, who waa on the wheel-house wbon the Cen
tral America down, and was last seen clinging to a
plank and struggling manfully for his life;
Wbodth© survivors brought by the Marino entered
thj) parlflr of the National Hotel at Norfolk, many
thrillingaceoeswere presented. The ladies would look
and, failing to recognise their husband, brother,
or aojn among tho assembled crowd, would give utterance
to their grief in loud cries, or fall helpless to the door.
The scsoe was distressing in the extreme, ami beggars
all description-,
A meeting of tho citizens of Norfolk was held for the
relief of the distressed survivors, and the clothing
stores were thrown open and apparel furnished to many
who wsro nearly naked. A fund of $BOO was contributed
by the citizens to aid the sufierers,
CHlef Engineer Ashby will publish ft Card on Monday,
asking for a suspension of pnbllc opinion in relation to
his conduct.
Dr. narvey, of Placcrville, awarda great credit to
Captain Herndon and all his ofiicors, except tho chief
engineer. lie says they stood to their posts nobly, and
wont down with tho ship.
Greatpraiso Ib awarded to Captain Johnson, of tho
barque Ellen, and his officers and crew.
Senators Gwln and Broderick' not Passengers
on the Central America—Additional Names
of 1 the Lost.
September 20.—1 t has been positively as
certained, that Senators Gwiuaud Broderick, of Califor
nia, Judge McCorkle, Dr. Bates, and Oliver Garrison
woro not among the passengers of the Central America.
The following persona aro known to be lost: Sir.
Lockwood, formerly of Lafayette, Indiana, of the firm
of Whitehead A Lockwood, of San Francisco; Charles
11. Boyd, Mr. Hawloy; Dr. Gibbs, of California; Mr.
McNcal, of tho firm of Delong & McNeat, of San Fran
cisco; Mr. Ridgwfty, of tho firm of Spatz A Nowhousc, of
San Francisco; Mr. BroWn, of tho firm of Taft, McCahill
& Co., of San Francisco, and Mr. Rokco, of New York,
late from China.
The passengers report that the Empire City .when forty
hours out from Havana, exchanged signals with the
steamer Star of tho West, hcnco for Aspinwall and Ha
vana, and it is therefore prosumod that she escaped the
fury of the gale, and arrived safely at Havana.
Statement of Chief Engineer Ashby.
Baltimore, Sept. 20.— Mr.. Ashby, tho chiet engineer
of the steamer Central America, left this evening for
New York Ho says he is ready to moot any investiga
tion that may be ordered as to his conduct in lea% lug tlio
vessel or the manner iu which bo performed his duties.
He says he left in tho boat, hy the captain’s orders, to
arrange with the captain of the brig Marino ao in to
bring hi» vessel closer, and that tho crow of tho boats
refused to return to tho steamer with him, all deserting
the boats. Ho say* that the engines were stopped by
the rapid rising of tho water in the hold making it im
possible to got at tho coal bunkers. He, however, gives
no explanation why nil the pumps of tho ship were out
of order, and tho donkey engino unservicoablo.
A number of the destitute widows and sufferers by
this calamity have arrived here, and collections aro ma
king for their relief.
Tho collections at Norfolk now amount to $2,000.
The Arrival of the Empire City.
Ngw York, Sept. 20. —Tho Empire City arrived at
Quarantine this morniug. Sho ha* on board thirty-ono
of the passongers and crow of tbo Central America,
•Avfet'bytlis barque Ellen, and sixty saved by tho brig
Marine. The Empire City met the above vessel* in-
Hkmptoa Roads, on fchoir wsy to Norfolk, when the
aubj&ncfc list bt p*sKeag«r« was trinsforrod to her :
Johu N Batafortl, California:\WiUlam Chase, Michigau;
Jbo O Taylor, Cohoes Faliri; Henry Drurnwell, Mlchl
£«nj Edward Morso, Boston; F A tVrlls, Leyden, Mass;
Douglas Rutherford, Wisconsin; Julius Stetson, Kings
ton: Massachusetts; J Camming, Wisconsin; J Quencer,
Watertown, N. Y.; J 51 Casey, Arkansas; B Scgur,
St. Louis, Missouri; ThomasMcNclsh.Bloomsburg,l'a.;
He^ryT.O’Conner, Albany; Henry Ilartmau, New York
Citf j George Bruyn, Ulster county, New York; William
T.Flotcber,Maine; Randolph Caf>ey,Cal.; John SlcCabc,
Ireland; Jno. George, England; Cbaa. Reed, N, Y. City;
R. M. Doe, Pittsburgh; C. A. Vose, Francestown, N. Y;
Henry Allore. Montreal; Miss Smith, San Francisco,
Robert Hutchinson, Virginia; Mrs. Segur and two
children, St. Louis; Ilenry Kimball, St. Lawrence
county Now York: Morgan Bradley, New York
city; Mrs. E. O'Conor, Albany, Lewis Bonew,
dittof W. W. Geary, England; Frank O. Jones,
MrfL Virginia Burch, Mrs. Hawley and two chil
dren, Mrs. Harris and child, ilrs. Thayer and two chil
dren, Mrs. McNeil, Btrs. Rowley and two children, Mrs
Buauand child, Mary Ann Rockwell, Thos. Bride, Mrs.
Palvod and three children, Miss O’FaUou and brother,
Blra. Reading and MrR. F. Italian, all. of California;
James Gallagher, Now York; Thomas Frazer, Now
York; Caroline Shaw, New York; William Plans, Hud
son. Now York; Alexandor Gardiner, Philadelphia;
Genoa Testhor, Genoa, Italy; Mrfc. Small and child,
Panama; Edward Hedges, Bellevilh', 111. The following
formed a part of the crew of the Central America: John
Black, David Raymond, William Jackson, Robert Long,
Finlev Frazer. Edward Brown, John Davis, James Mc-
Law,'Frederick Brougham, James Travis, James Clark,
Richard Reed, Henry Ucthoriugtou, John Clark, and
Georgo Steward.
Later From Kansas.
fly, Loois, Sept. 39.—The Kaunas correspondent of
tho Democrat says that Messrs, Gilpatrick and Camp
bell, frOO-State delegates to tho Convention, were
elected in districts where no consus had been taken.
He also says that they were not really refused seats,
but an investigation of their cases was indefinitely
postponed.
The object of tho adjournment was to allow the busi
ness committees time to mako reports. Tho Demo
ernl’s correspondent asserts that tho real object of tho ad
journment was because the design was to frmno a violent
pro-slavery Constitution, and the fear that if such a one
were made now, the National Domocrncy of tha North
ern States, where oloctions are yet to bo held, would bo
seriously damaged. They also wlah to do nothiug to
deter tho frce-State party from participating in tho en
suing elections.
Minnesota Democratic Convention.
Br. Paul’h, Sept. 17.—The Democratic Convention,
which mot here yesterday, made tho following nomina
tions:
For Govornor—n. n. Sibley.
Lieutenant-Governor— W. Holcomb.
, Representatives to Congress—George T,. Becker, W,
W. Phelps, J.M. Cavanaugh.
For Delegate to Congross—W. W. Kingsbury.
First Mail from .San Diego.
Naw Orleans, Sept. 18.—Tho first mail from San
Diego, which started on tho Bth of July last, arrived at
Ban Antonio (Texas) on the 6th lust., having mot no
obstacles on tho way.
Markets*
NrwOBUMXS, September 38.—Gotton—Sales to-day
of I,6oobales at15? 4 0 15Jfo for Middling; tho sales of
tho woek were 8,500 bales, and tho receipts 10,000 bales.
Tho stock in port is 20,000 bales. Tobacco is stiffer.
Red Wheat quoted at $1 10; White Corn at 75c; Lard
Coifce—Sales of Rio, prime, at ll)£c,;
sales of tho week 2,500 bags ; stock In port 118.000 bags.
Exchange 108 ; Exchange on Now York %<d
1 W cent, premium. 1
Marine Disasters.
NonroLK, September 20.1-Tko Norwegian bafk Ellen
ffport* tho bark Cuba in distress OOmiles south of Cape
llattems.
New York, September 20.—Tho schooner Luciuda
Jano, from Philadelphia, bound to Belfast, Maine, was
sunk on Friday by a collision off Sandy Hook. Tho
etc* was saved, but tho vessel is a total loss.
Tho schooner Albiou from Calais, bound to Philada
delphia, is ashore at Sandy Hook. The crow were
saved. Tho schooner will bo a total loss. She has on
board a cargo of lumber. No insurance.
• The hark Peter DemUl, from Savannah, is reported
ashore at Koyport, broadiddo on, with a strong list to
larboard. She will probably be got off.
fiREADSTUFFS AT NEW YORK.—Tho quantity of
flour, wheat, corn, and barloy, left at tido-water, by
tho cauats of this State, during tho 2d week in Septem
tnV, in the yoars 1866 and 1857, is as follows:
Flour, bbl. Wheat, bu. Corn,bu. Barley,bn,
1866 . . .21.995 241,115 335,536 15.331
10,982 364,037 290,038 104,803
pec n,013 D0c..56,478 Dec.. 38,098 1nc..79,472
Tho agregato quantity of tho same articles left at
tide-water from tho commencement of navigation to the
14th September, inclusive, during tho years 1856 and
1867, la ns follows:
. Flour, bbl. Wheat, bu. Corn.tm. Bariev, bu.
ifl*n 673.708 6.303.824 0.230,579 345,780
18571?.*.... 1,010,348 4,227,602 413,484
p ec 258,293Dcc3,393, 470Dec2,003,017 Inc. .67,702
BALTIMORE TOBACCO MARKETTImro has been
a rather better feeling in tho market for Maryland To
bacco during the week, but wo hjivo no material
ebauffo to noto in prices. Thero was a fair demand for
Dummon and inferior descriptions. The receipts havo
i,u n very light. We, however, coutiuuo to quote an
follows. tG.: Maryland Brown Loaf at s9«s9 50, ns to
oualitv: inferior short seconds $7.50fr?8 ; Brown Leaf
t9eslo, and Extra at sllasl4. Bay Tobaccostlll conies
in slowly, and prices have rather a drooping tendency,
but wo still continue provlqus figures, >ir.: Tipaats9a
Mli Seconds &120516. We are without ,auy transat
ti'so* to note lit Ohio Tobacco, and rccoipts are veay
tiir.St. Wo continue .our quotations for .
Inferior to good common Brown at $3 5055?9.6Q :
mlddl tog to good Rods Slo*rsl2; good to lino Red* and
rood to fine Yellow sl<tf>SoO; fine
Selgax wrappers may be quoted ot S14«t?18. Ko»-
tuckv Tobacco is in fair demand, though by ho means
.cth-e Wo quote: Kentucky Tobacco at *9trs9.6o for
, , | fltsllasl3; medium Leaf at
SSSs?»5i BliSTrfJ »t ?1 f $ 18 ; .rtoct
hJ. Tho inipootlons for tho week uere j 45
hhi. StorS, Mfl ollnr kl»4« S> flfld.-WUI 174
hhds.
THE CITY .
AMUSEMENTS THIS EYENING.
AMBRIOAN ACADEMY OP MUSIC, CORNER OP BROAD AND
Locust Stubkts.—lionzant Ballot Troupe—” Faust.”,
Whbatlbt’s Arch Stbbbt Tubatrh, Arch strut.
AsoTB Sixth.— *« Hamlet ” —“ Sketches in India.”
Wa *£°* STngBT Thratrb, N. B. cobssr of Ninth
£*}* Wamiot strbbts.—" Captain of the Watch”—
‘ oho Stoops to Conquer J”
National ThBatrb.Walnct Street, above Eighth.
7" L^ e ’—“The Omnibus j Or. A Convenient Di»-
tance From Town.»>
J‘ ! —““’“J?,?® ll * lloosE, Eleeisth Street, ieote
Mlm,trol,y - co “ l, “' ta * * ith •
’ Railroad Facilities— Philadelphia and Buf
falo.—Of tho many duties required of railroad
presidents and companies, there is none of somuhh
importance 03 that of accommodation. By. this
tonn wo moan every convenience that can be ren
dered tho -travelling publio in passing from ono
point to another ia the shortest possible period con
sistent with safety, precision m the running of
trains so that conniotiouS can be made with dif
ferent links in the same chain of roads, avoidance
of doltiys in any and every form, and various other
matters which daily occur to travellers. On some
of our roads, wo regrot to say, thoso evils exist to an
alarming extent. And this the case
on tho lino botwocn here and Buffalo, Dunkirk, and
Rochcstor. Tho Commercial List states that pas
sengers who leave our sister cities on the lake, and
other prominent places In Western New • York
for, Philadelphia, nro compelled to go via
New York city, or spend a night in El
mira ; and if by the latter route, about
twenty-eight. hours are consumed in reaching
this city. This is nn outrage on the public-
Wherever the ditliculty exists, prompt measures
should bo takon to work out a speedy reform.
Tho railroad advertisements in the Buffalo papers
represent a through eonncotlon, notwithstanding
this bungling mismanagement on tho part of tho
companies is suffered to continue. If the freight
business of tho Beading (railroad cannot be so
managed as to accommodate the through trains on
tho other end of tho lino, (as is alleged,) that road
must inevitably bo tho loser in tho proportion of
receipts that would naturally accrue from crowded
passenger trains, and its business suffer to aoon
siderublo extent. Tho communication between
hero and the places designated must, to allintenU
and purposes, be abandoned, unless better arrange
ments can bo made. TUoro is groat oomnlaint
about tliis, and of course it has the effect to injure
Philadelphia. There is plenty of travel; and now
that a good fooling Is springing upbetweon us and
our friends in Western Now York, and trado in
creasing with them rapidly, it behooves us to use
over.v exertion in our power to furnish facilities
equal to thoso-afforded by the railroada leading
from Now York city
The'Confidence Lady,—On Thursday morn
ing, Mr. 11. K. Shaw left a note at the store of
Ringgold A Richards, No. 1630 Market street,
(which firm had been victimized by a lady dressed
in deep mourning,) giving bo complete a description
of tho party who practised her deception on them,
that ono of tho firm at onco started in pursuit. Ho
was necoropamcd’by Ofiioor McGinnis,No. 303, of tho
Tenth ward. On arriving at,tho house in which
tho parties resided, (ns Mr. Shaw has stated,) they
wero received in so polite a manner by the lady of
tho house, an elderly woman, that it appeared to
them that she and lior family must be entirely in
nocent of any offence. Sho stated that tho party
described by tho offioer and Mr. Shaw had boon
an ocoupant of hor houso as a boarder, also her
husband. Thoy had left, howover, sho said, early
that morning without informing her where they
would reside in tho futuro. Tho old lady made
this statement in so straightforward a manner that
Mr. Ringgold gave up oil expectation of doteoting
tho party, believing hor statement to bo truo.
But Officer McGinnis had loft the houso, and made
inquiry in tho neighborhood regarding the par
ties, which led to the information that tho lady,
looked for hud always boon recognised as a
daughter. But for this it Is probable tho wholo af
fair would have beon given up, and the' partios
been still at largo.
Op loaming this fact, Mr. MoGinnis again re
turned to the houso and mado a search, which
brought to light tho goods. They aro now at tho
Mayor’s office. Mr. lv. could not recognise any of
tho goods ns those which his firm had lost, but on
sanding word to Messrs. Thornley & Chism, of
Spring Garden street, who had been swindled a
few days before, Mr. Chism oamo and at onoe ro
cogaiscd somo of their goods. Officor McGinnis
then arrested tho party who claimed tho trunk in
which tho goods woro found. Word had been sont
in tho monntimo to tho Mayor’s spooial officers,
who carao and mado tho other arrests.
Police. Items.— On Saturday evening at 7
o’clook, a horso and wagon woio stolon by somo
porson unknown, from a resident of Manayunk.
Tho polioo aro on the alort.
Chas. Woavcr was bofore Alderman Enuo on
Saturday evening, on tho chargo of etoaliug a
ernpo shawl, worth forty dollars, from thodwolfiog
of Richard McCabe, Shippon stroot, below Eighth,
on Monday night last. Ho was committed to an
swer. Tho sumo defendant was charged some timo
sinco with being concerned in stealing a large
amount of money from tho Kensington Fish Com
pany. Ho was allowed to run in thmeaso, in con
sequonoe of a luck of evidence to warrant his final
binding over.
At a lato hour on Saturday night; Offioer John
W. Young, of tho resorvo corp 3, was called in
llorgncr’slager beer saloon, under tho post office,
to quell a disturbance which was in progress. He
arrested B. Brady, W. Bales, and 0. W. Haney,
and took them to tho contr.il station. White ma
king tho arrest ho was struok over tho forehead
with a glass, and received a severo cut. Alderman
Eneu held the accused in tho sum of $6OO bail
each to answer at Court.
Last eroning, befofo Alderman Enou. four mon
giving tho names of Thomas Lummax. Robert Mar
ton, William Tomlinson, und James Marten, were
charged with tho larcony of & horse and wagon,
the property of Jacob Engles. Tho accused woro
held in the sutn of $6OO each to answer.
A numbor of portions woro boforo Alderman
Eneu on Saturday and yestorday for drunken and
disorderly conduct. They wore all appropriately
disposed of.
The Recent Robbery at the Philadelphia
Basil'. —Our rcadors aro acquainted with tho fact
that a tin box of valuable papers was stolen from
tho Philadelphia Bank on Friday week. Tho
losers of (ho box, Messrs. Hacker A Tevis, offered
a reward of $lOO, “ ami no questions asked,” for
tho reoovery of tho papors. On Saturday morning
a gentlemanly-looking man called upon Hacker «
Tevis, and stated that ho bed seen an advertise
ment offering tho Toward, and inquired whotbor
tho promiso to ask no questions would bo faithfully
observed. Upon the gentlemen of the firm pro
misiug to comply with tboir published pledge,
thoy woro invited to go to tho Franklin House, in
Chestnut street, and after waiting ten minutes
nearly all the papors wero placed in their posses
sion, upd tho $lOO reward was paid over. Tho box
and pocket-books had been destroyed. The only
papers which wero not forthcoming •wero some
worthless ohccks.
Failures in Philadelphia . —la the Indepen
dent's list of failures, suspensions, assignments,
Ao., for tho wook ending Wednesday last, we find
that one Philadelphia house is reported as haring
failed, and eloron susponded. These ‘’suspen
sions,” as a general thing, were occasioned en
tirely by a want of oonfldenoo in tho community,
and tho impossibility of raising monoynt anything
like fair rates. Tho various firms mentioned have
assots largely in oxcoss of their liabilities, and if
their creditors will only exercise a little leniency
all will be üblo to extricato themselros from their
difficulties, and within six months bo able to pay
off thoir present indebtedness.
The Death of P. Delaney . —Tho Coroner’s
jury, on Saturday night, rendorod a verdict that
lLDelanoy, who died suddenly on Eleventh streot,
abovo Master, in tho oarly part of tho wook, camo
tahlsdoathby Inflammation of the brain. This
verdict was rendered on account of tho evidence of
Dr. S. P. Brown, who testified to this fact. The
statement made in a cotomporary that a verdict of
‘•Death from causes unknown” was given, is there
fore erroneous. It was rumored that Dolnnoy had
been knocked dqwu, and suffered from this cause,
but Coroner Dolavau last ovening assarod us that
such was not tho case, there being no ovidoneo
whatover to that- offcot.
Misdirected Letters.—Wo arc indebted to
Mr. W. B. Diok, of this city, for tho following list
of loiters, advertised on Saturday, Sept. 19tb, as
remaining in the post office, Now York, uncalled
for, being probably misdircotcd for Philadelphia
housos: John Baird; 11. $. Cambios; G. A'. Crofut;
Davis A Birnoy; Gnns A Loiborman; P. Herat A Co.;
Hogan A Thompson; Henry Horn; Lafourcado, Coxo
A Co.; Lewis, Phillips A Co; Myers, Claghorn A
Co.; McLaughlin Brothers, 3; Robinson A Allen; D.
11. Solis; Welling. Coffin A Co.; B. P. Williams
A Co.; N. AJ. Saunders, (may perhaps bo intonded
for J. A M. Saunders.)
Large Fire inTXew Jersey. —Last night at
cloven o’clock, alnrge fire was raging in Now Jor
sey, opposito Lombard stroot, and apparently about
a quarter of a milo from the Delawaro river. It
illuminated tho sky brilliantly, and caused an alarm
of fire in tho lower part of this olty. One or two
onginca, wo holiovo crossed over to Camden, by
the night boat from South streot ferry. The fire
was still burning at midnight.'
Sudden Death.—Nr. J6hn Vandyke, * aged
Eovcnty-fivo years, foil dead absnt half.past six
o’olock yosterday jnoruing, in Whitehall streot,
above Thirteenth. Tho body was conveyed to tho
fourteenth waid station house, whoroCoronorDola
vau hold an inquest. His death is attributed to
upoploxy. Tho deocasod resided in tho fifteenth
ward.
Incendiarism. —At an early hour on Satur
day morning a largo quantity of shavings wero
piled up aguinst tho door of tho stable of Mr.
Hall, on tho Baltimore turnpiko, noar Mayland
villo, mid set on firo. Tho combustibles burned
out without causing tho flames to communicate
to tho building. -
Serious Occident. —Jane McKenna, aged 35
yonrs, fell down a flight of stairs into a cellar,
at tho corner of Twenty-fourth and Cherry streets,
yesterday morning. Sue was very seriously in
jured, her oollar bono having been broken. Sho
was taken to tho Pennsylvania Hospital.
Serious Fall. —A young man, named Charles
Quinn, felt from a scaffold at Whitnoy’s foundry, in
CallowhiU street, between Sixteenth and Seven
teenth streeU, on Saturday morning, and was very
seriously injured. Tho Hiffcrcr was uonveyed to
the Pennsylvania Hospital.
Parade. —The Philadelphia Grays will parade
to-day, and visit Bolmont Cottago, on tho Schuyl
kill, for target practico. They will ho accom
panied by tho Pennsylvania Cornet Band.
A Mm Meeting of the journeymen tailors
of this city will bo held this evoning at Sansom
Street Hall, Sansom street, between Sixth and
Sovcntb stroots.
Bitten by a Dog.—John Hargrover, aged
about 32 yenrs, had his loft thumb bitton off by a
dog, in Wc3t PhiladdphiA, near the Good Intent
Factory, yesterday morning. Ho was taken to
tho Pennsylvania Hospital,
Water Bents > j 9 the last day allowed
by the Kegistor for tho payment of wator rents,
and to-morrow morning nil tho o o who liavo ne
glected to pay will huvo tho water cutoff from
their houses.
Vessels in Port —There were in port yes
tordny two steamships, twonty-ono ships, sixteen
barques, nineteen brigs, and forty-one schooners.
George Stone, of this city, has boon appointed
an aid to Governor Pollock, with the rank of
lioutennnt-colonol.
Tjiere were two false alarms of Are on Satur.
dny night, in tho lower section of tho city.
The Portland Mcerliser Informs us that tho
summit of Mount Washington was ooverod with
snow on Thursday last.
On. George Rust,' a hanker of Baltimore,
died in thnt city on Thursday last, Ho was one ol
the defenders of Baltimore,
BY THE PILOT LINE.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
of The Pteea.]
NbW Sept. 19, 1857—5.20 P. M.
Although it must be said that tho facilities to ob
tain money are for less than the demand for it,
thero oan be no doubt that the severity of the pres
sure is much relieved, and that for the last four
days (since Tuesday) things have been better; and
I would say ” easier,” could I state that there ia
any material alteration in the rotes of discount
from their exorbitant height. So long as “gilt
edged” paper can bo bought at 14 and 15 per cent.;
first, class endorsed at 15 a 18 percent., and wbat
is entitled to bo considered good paper at 20 to 30
per cent., things cqnnot be, laid to be easy ; out
they aro nevertheless improved, inasmuch as lend
ers are williflgto buy at tnese rates, which they pre
viously were not, from the general distrust, almost
amounting to panic, which prevailed for some day*.
Tho banks arc in such a strong with
specie daily flowing in frbm every direction, in the
regular course of trade, and, as is generally sup
posed, no material deorease in their deposits, that
they can, and, I am led to believe, will do much
to assist the mercantilocommunity, whose interests
are so nearly identified with their own. It is to be
hoped, too, that they will not confine their aid to
what are known as “ rich houses,” for tho sake of
making tbelr loan a sure investment; but that
they will also help the weaker concerns who want
assistance more, and who are equally deserving to
reoeive it. I learn that the, managers of our
principal banks aro alive to this fact, and that they
are resolved to deal liberally within the bounds of
prudence. Numerous as have been oar failures,
when it is remembered that the banks contracted
their loans overnine millions within three weeks,
and rejeoted almost all their offerings, it is only to
be wondered at that the failures wero so few.' It
is a striking proof of tho strength and solidity of
our commercial community that they weathered so
severe a storm so bravely and with so little dam
age. It is confidently believed that the specie
now held by the banks must exceed $14,000,000.
Their last statement of $12,181,857 being their
average for the week,' was far below too ac
tual amount held by them on Monday last,
aad since then, between remittances from different
parts of the country and Canada, and the disburse
ments by the Sub-Treasury, they must bare re
ceived every considerable additional strength.
Were it not for the lamentable disaster to the Cen
tral America, they would have had close on $16,-
000,000 in specie; certainly a basis sufficiently solid
to warrant a material relaxation of the screw.
Tho difficulty in disposing of exchange, tenders it
impossible for produce forwarders to fulfil their or
ders for the shipment of grain and flour to Europe.
Good “produce bills” find no buyers at 106}, and
the best bankers’ bills can be had for cash at 103}.
Francs can bo bought easily at 5.20 a 5.22}. Bank
ers' rates 5.17} (nominal.) The tendency of the
market for exohange is downward, owing to the
number of bills for produce exports pressed for
sale. The redemption of country bank notes by
the Metropolitan and American Exchange banks
goes on satisfactorily. The brokers navo not
thrown ont the notes of any additional banks, and
continue to purchase uncurrent money at tho pres
ent high rates, ranging from }to 1 per cent, for
State and New England. The settling at the
Clearing House this morning was prompt. The
cloaringi amounted to $16,293,708 89, and the
balance paid in coin to $714,335 75.
The cash transactions at the Sub-Treasury were:
—Receipts. $76,337 70; Payments, $124,691 42;
Balance, $10,290,836 79. The receipts at the
Custom nouse for duties to-day were $46,000.
The stock markot to-day was exceedingly heavy
and depressed, and the deoline in prioes iseansed
partly \>y the want of confidence, but mostly from
tho scarcity of monoy for the purchase of these
securities or for speculation. Michigan Centralis
down to 56; Reading to 45}; New York Central
to 68}; Erie to 17}; Penn. Coal Co. to 71; and
Chioago and Rock Island to 71. State stocks have
also declined. Missouri State 6’s closed at 69}; in
deed, almost everything is down, and the board of
brokers seem to be more disoouragod than even at
the height of the panic. The following table will
show the fluctuations since yesterday:
ADVANCED,
Ocean Bank, 3 V cent, Bank of America, ct.
DECLINED.
Eriobdsof *71,1 111. Central, Chic,
and Rock lelaud, 2dP' ct.; Galena and Chi., 2 dpet.;
Helena It. R., SdP ct.; N. Y. Central. 14? ct.; Read
ing R. R-.UP'ct ; Mich Central, 53? ct ; Clev. and
Pittsburg, X dP' ct ; Clev. and Toledo, 1 & ct.; Erie,
4$ ct.; Mil. and Mies., 2 ct.; La Crosse and Mil.,
2d? ct.;, Mich. Southern, 1 ct.j Penn. Coal, 1d?
cent:
SALE OP OHIO STATS, 5, paR CBST. STOCK, BT A. ». COST
LAY, SEPTXUBttR 19
tiXilii 2,000.
glx 1,000.
80* 5,000
SOW 1,000,
SO* 5,000.
80 5,000.
80 3,000.
5,000.
3,000
3,000.
1,000.
1,000.
5,000.
6,000.
46,000
Asms are unchanged, with sales of 45 bbls at $7.87#
for Potsand s7<?s7 06# for Pearla.
BRKADSTorra —The market for State and Western
Flour in less active, with a downward tendency, with
sales of s,loobbls at $5,500(5 66 for common to good
State; $5.70a55 86 for extra do; $5.40©55.66 for common
to good Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Ac.; 85.66©57 60 for
extra do; $5.75<?50 for extra round hoop ohio;s6.so©
$3 for extra Genesee,and $6 &0o$8.&0 for extra St. Louis
Southern Flour is heavy and loss active, with sales of
800 bbls at ss.6Qffss.iX) for mixed to good Baltimore,
Alexandria, Ac.; $G 10®57.50 for fancy and extra do;
$7 for Brandywine, and s7es7-76 for Richmond City.
Canadian Flour is unchanged and steady, with sales of
460bbls atss 45a50.60 for superfine, and $6©57.15 for
extra. Rye Flour is selling at s4®ss 25 for flue to su
perfine. Corn Meal U unchanged, and less buoyant at
$4.16(?54 20 for Jersey, and $4.40«r54.45 for Brandy
wine.
Cofrk is very dull and heavy. Rio U qnotedatll©
ll#c, Java at Xo#c. and Lagnayraat 13c.
Cotton.— There la very little Cotton offering at the
present prices, but the tightness of money precludes
any advance. Small sales were made at the following
prices:
N. Orleans
N.Y.Classification. Upland. Florida. Mobile. A Texas.
Ordinary 12# 12# 12# 12#
Middling 15# 15# 15# 15#
Middling Fair 16# IB# 10# 17
Fair 16#, 16# com. nora.
Q Rinr —Wheat is steady and in good supply, with sales
of 33,000 bushels at $1.37#05l 60 for do white, $1 28©
11.28 for red Ohio, $1 30a51.81 for red Indiana, $1 30
for red Illinois, and $1 47a$1 54 for Southern and
Kentucky white. Oats are in moderate demand at
&o©&2c for State, and 40©45c for Southern.
Ktb la steady at 82#e. Corn Is lower&t 80c for mixed
western, and &3©Bsc for southern yellow.
Hat is in good aupply, and sold freely at 50© 65c for
shipping lots.
Hides continue exceedingly dull, without any change
In prices.
Iso.v—The market is without change. Scotch Pig
sella slowly in small lots at s2Ba|29, 6 months. Bars
are nomiual.
Leather.— The market is less active for Hemlock and
Oak. Light and middle weights Orinoco were quoted
at26©2?c, and do. Rio Grande and Buenos Ayres at 28
©29c. The following is the movement for the week:
Hemlock. Oak
Receipts sides. 62,700 4,200
Sales do. 39,400 4,800
Stock do. 90,600 19,600
Naval Stores.— Ail kinds included under this head
are dnll and heavy. Spirits of Turpentine are little
called for. Buyers offer 45#c aid holders will not sell
less than4o#a47. Crude do. is nominal at (4 per 280
lbs. Common rosin is quoted at (1.86 per 310 lbs. and
fine do. at former quotations, ranging from $2.60«57,
according te quality.
Oils .—Crude Whale and Sperm are quiet at last quo
tations. Linseed oil is dull at a decline, and small
sales hare been made at77®7Bc.
Phovisions —Tho market for Pork is very unsettled,
with sales of 350 bbls at $25-20®525-50 for mess, and
s2o*s2o 50 for prime. Ceef is lower, with sales of 70
lbs at sloesl7*2s for repacked Western, and slB9slB 50
for Western extra mess. Boef Hams are nomiu&l at
$22a523. ltaconisdull at 14#c for Western smoked,
and 12®14c for English. Cut Meats are quite nominal.
Lard is irregular at 14914 c. Butter is heavy at 15©19#
for Ohio; 17922 c for State, and 22®26sfor choice do.
Cheese is sold at 6®9#e.
3oqak3 are very dull and irregular, with & down
ward tendency. Cuba is quoted at 6Vo9c; Porto
Rico at 10#c; Melado at 4c; EnglishJlsland at 7 #c. Of
refined, crushed is sold very slowly at 11c; soft yellow
at 9# «tlo#c, and soft white at 10#®10#c.
Teas are very quiet at the following rates: Hyson
firm ntSSeGOc; Young do at37«rs3#c; Gunpowder at
29e57; Imperial at 45a57c; Souchong at 40«r45#c;
Oolong at 38st5Sc.
Tobacco is dull. Kentucky is quoted at 13a16#, and
Havana at43#c.
Wines am> Snails are in good demand without any
change iu prices.
Whiskey is in less demand and somewhat irregular,
with sales of 650 bbls at 25«25#c for Ohio and State.
- Freights vary but little from former quotations.
For Liverpool, cotton #des-32 ft* i Flour la 6da
Grain bushel; Beef la9do2s
tierce; Rosin Is 6de2s qp bbl. Heavy goods 15s®22s
V ton. Rateß to other ports in proportion.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE SALES, Sept. 19.
riBST BOARD,
27.000 Missouri St 6s 70 V I
2,000 do blO 70 h'
17,000 do o 70
10,000 do s 5 70
10,000 do s2O 70
25,000 do slO 70
3,000 Cal St 7s >75 58
2.000 N C St 6s 92
4,000 N Y Cent RGs 80
3.000 do 79#
I, Erie RConbs'7l 89
J, Hud RR2din 78#
1,000 Uarlom R lstm 60
1,000 lUCenßbds 85
8,000 do 84
100 Irving Bank 90
25 Continental Bk 90
20 National Bk 100
15 Bnk of America 101#
10 do 101
36 Ocean Bank 78
100 Cuinb Coal Cob3o 10#
25 Canton Co b3O 10
150 do 15#
100 Del A UudCnt
CobSQ 107
65 Pa Coal Co 71
42 N Y Ceu R 60#
200 dab 3 69#
300 do 09#
50 do 69
100 do *3O 68#
450 do 69#
00 do s 3 09 |
200 Erie Railroad s 4 17#
975 do e 17#
100 do $2O 17# I
100 do bid 17# |
BBCOSD
100 Erie R s 3 17#
100 do s2O 17#
100 do slO 17#
100 do 620 17#
100 do b3O 17*
550 do c 17#
100 do c 17#
100 Hud RR . 17#
100 Reading R s 3 45#
200 do c 46
100 do o 45#
50 Mich Cen R 57
100 do 55
20 Third Av R 80
10 IU Cen R 02
100 do 01#
100 do sS 01#
115 do 01
lOOClerefc Pitts R 16
25 OlerCol&Cin R 80
50 Gal A Chic R 72
73 do c 71
650 Cleve&Tol R opg 86#
100 do s3O 36
250 Chic k R laid R 72
ICO do 71#
400 do »3 72
200 do b3O 72
60 do slO 72
150 do a3O 71
20 Mil A Miss R 36#
100 La C & Mill R 13
60 do 12#
50 do 12#
165 do 12
IOOMchS&NI opg 19#
10 do 29
10 Panama R 8 -
BOARD.
100 Erie R 17#
100 do blO 17#
100 do *3 17#
100 do l>3 17#
12 LaC A Mil R 12
100 do 12#
55 Reading R 45#
75MickCeuR 55
50 do 55#
IQJ do s 3 56
100 CleveAPitts R 16
3l2Cleve A To! R 86
500 do slO 35#
300 do 35#
60 Mil A Miss R CO
7,000 Mo St fls 70
6,000 do bnwk 70
6.000 do b 5 69#
2,000 Virginia 6s 87
1.500 111 Cenltbds 84#
7.500 do 64
10 Park Bank 88
200 Cumb Coal Co 10#
200 Canton Co l>ls 16
42 NY Can R 69
50 do b 3 68#
158 do 63#
60 do »30 68#
100 do s 3 OS#
43 Erie R 17#
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.
September 19— Evening.— The produce markets have
been brought almost to a stand-still to-day by the storm.
Holders or bark are asking $4O for Ist quality Quer
citron, but there is very little selling. BreadstafFs are
unchanged In any particular article, but about 1,100
barrels Flour ha*e been taken for shipment at $5. 75
for good superfiue and the same price for common
Western Extra; 100 barrels of a better brand was also
sold at $6 qp barrel. The retailers and bakers are
buying to a fair extent at from ss.is®B barrel,
according to quality. Nothingdoing in Com Meal and
Rye Flour to alter quotation*, and the market is dull
at firmer prices. Wheat is coming in slowly, aod
there is very little dolug to-day, the last sales of good
were at $1.35 for Red and $1.40*1.45 for White,
but somo holders now ask more. Corn meets with a
fair Inquiry, and 1.000 bushels of Yellow brought 80
cents in store. Oats are io steady demand, mrd about
2,800 bushels Southern sold at 34 cents In the ears.
Rye—somo small sales are report d it 75 cents for
Penn, and Southern, but there Is not much offering at
th£ rate. Cotton Is but little inquired for, and the
market in tho absence of sates, is dull and unsettled.
Groceries are saleable In small lota ouly to supply tho
trade at about previous quotations, the refiuers are
not buying to auv extent. ,Tho Provision market is
unchanged and firm- but there is nothing doing.
Whiskey is selling as quoted, at 24a25 cents for hhd*.
and 55*26 cents for barrel#.
THE MONEY MARKET.
September 19,1»Tf
The week which ends to-day wiU be long remembered
as the most gloomy and disastrous which-'the business
men of Philadelphia have experienced for very away.
years There has rarely been exhibited, ifl thi annals of"
mercantile Intercourse, a more total lack of confident,
and geonrous support than has just been witneaed la
our city, and the only wonder of adisbite rested looker.
on is that our business men hare not made aa»v*meat r
similar to that of the banks In 183 T, looking to a united
determination to demand an extension of their pay*
meats for a short period of time.
That such a movement bu not been made, under the
circumstances through which they have labored man*
fully to meet their obligations, is in itself a very strong
evidence of their real strength, and a cheering indies
tlon that the storm has expended its greatest force, and
will shortly he followed by fairer weather.
Many of our citizens hare permitted themselves to
look forward to a suspension of specie payments on the
part of the banks as a measure of relief. Perhsp few
of those who cherish sueh thoughts know the conse
quences that would follow such an set on the port of the
banks. In Pennsylvania, suspension cost be followed
by liquidation.
We presume that all our banka possess a copy ef Pen*
don’s Digest ; if they do not, let them send to their
solicitors for one, and turn to the title "Banks ”
They will there find at page 81, par. 73, the 2Aih sec.
tion of the act of 16th April, 1860, ufollows:
“ If any bank shall at any time foil or refuse to re*
deem its notes, and nay its liabilities in gold and silver
coin, upon demand being made at the banking-house of
uid bank during banking hours, sueh failure or refusal
shall be deemed sod held to be an aisolmU forfeiture
of tA« tharltr of said bank.”
This Is explicit enough, and the next section of the
act Is equally so. It reads as follows :
u It shall be the duty of the cashier of any such bank,
when required, to give a ceriifieate of the time and
amount of the deposit to every person making a deposit;
and If any of the said banks skill at my time refuse or
neglect to pay on demand in gold or silver any bill,
note, or obligation issued by such banks, according to the
contract, promi&e, or undertaking therein, expressed, or
shall oesleet or refuse to pay on demand tn gold or
Stiver any moneys received in such bani on deposit,
except in the case of special deposits, when the contract
is different, to the parson or persons entitled to reeeire
the ume, then, sal in each cam, the holder of any
such note, bill, or obligation, or the person or persons
entitled to demand and receive such money* as afore
said, shall be entitled to receive and recover Interest
thereon, at the rate of twelve per cent, per annua,’*
Ac., Ac.
Now, these provisions are likely tomeet every poaalbfo
case that can arise, and they point oat a strait and
narrow path for all banks to follow, The remedy is in
keeping with the stringency of these enactments. It
Is easy, severe, and summary. There are no quirks aad
quibbles in this instance to stand in the way of the law
audits victim. Justice follows quickly on the heels of
the transgressor, and her vengeance is promptly ad
ministered.
The twenty-seventh section of the same general law
provides for an applicatiou to any Court of Common
Fleas or District Court, or a single judge thereof, in to
cation, for a citation to the officers of a delinquent
bank, commanding them to appear at not leas th%n four
nor more than eight day* thereafter. And then, if the
court are satisfied of the truth of the complaint, the
directors of the bank shall make a general assign
ukut of all the estate, real and personal, of the Lant
to such person as they may select, subject to the appro
val of the coart. And, thereupon, their corporate pow
ers shall cease and determine, exeept so for as they are
necessary for eertain incidental purposes.
It is but just to say that our banks are In too sound and
healthy a condition to need a remedy likejthls, nor do we
believe that they would countenance th» idea. They
must, however, guard themselves against the dangerous
logic of others, and say to those who are groaning under
their heavy payments, and who hope for a suspension,
‘•Gentlemen’s sejkyonr healing balm'elsewhere, and
lay not that flattering aactioa toyoor souls.”
There Is a bright side to the cloud, which is not only
overlooked by the community, bat which, if what we
isan index of the common opinion, is generally mis
understood. The question Is asked if times are so bad
now, what will they be on the 4th of November, when
our Dry Goods notes usually fall due ! and the answer
is usually entirely in error. From ten days to three
weeks since, the obligations of Philadelphia to Kev
York, maturing all along from November Ist till the
close of the year, were sent over here with orders to *»M
at any price. Our strong merchants were tempted with
their own paper at I,l#, up to 2 per cent, a month,
andiwitted with the remark, «• You may be thought weak
If yon don't boy your own paper at such a iata.’f
Mortal man couldn’t stand it. They bought up their
own obligations, maturing from thirty day* to six
months hence, and all those notes, acceptances, Ac.,
Bo#
Bo#
.... 80#
.... 80#
.... 80#
that usually load down our Importer* and jobbers from
the middle of Ootobes to the end of the year, are gone,
bought up, cancelled, never more heard of. We
have bought future ease at the priee of present tight
ness.' We have paid and are paying dear for our whistle,
but we shall have the whistle. There will be very Utile
due to New York on the 4th of November next. The
balance will be heavily against her. Let no one be ****
down by apprehension of the November payments. Tkt
November payments art alrtndy mads.
A cotemporary asserts that there are several deposits
of specie to special order in the New York hanks, which
the banks under no circumstances i*n touch, but which
are sacredly held for the depositor. This feature of the
financiering of New York we cannot too strongly re pre
bate. No bask or individnal should hare any preferred
creditors. Fair play is a jewel. Why should one do
posit be more sacredly held than every otherT If n
man fears robbery, ana does not keep the golden tempt
ation about him, but chooses the vaults of a banking
house, let him accept one risk In exchange for another.
The risk of bank failure is no greater than the risk of
robbery or murder. But let no officer lend the
shelter of his institution to the selfish wretch who seek*
by a special deposit, under seal to secure his share of
coin, waiting and hoping for a general crash, In order 4»
come down npou the heap of ruin, and pick aad chaos*
what he shall boy with his ill-kept treasure. Do any of
our banks lend themselves to this iniquitous lying Da
wait to prey upon others’ misfortunes ? ■
The stock market show* no Improvement In any kind
of seenrity, and in almost every thing a foiling off of
#to SI per share. This is the natural consequence
of the excessive stringency of the money market.
The Arago, which sailed yesterday for Havre, via
Southampton, carried out only (27,000 in specie.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES,
September 19, 1857.
Reported by R. Manly. J>., Stoeh Broler, No.
SO} IT ainut street.
FIRBT BOARD.
1000 Penna s’a lots 79# 9 Penna R 40
1000 City EC’s cash 86 1 do 40#
500 X Penna R 6's 4S# 100 Heading B 2dy* 22#
1000 do cash 48# 100 do 2drs 22#
1500 Elmira R7*s2cnt 59 50 do cash 23#
6 Bear Meadow R 49 50 3 Nar prfd cash 15
3 do 49 50 do 15
1 'do 43# 16 do 15
50 L Island R sswn 8 50 do 15
50 do aswn 8 5 do mb IS
50 do 8 10 N Bank Ky M lit
-50 Union Canal s 5 5 15 F& tt Bank b6' 60#
60 do 5 15 do » €o#
50 do 5 15 do b 5 60# r
35 Penna R 40 15 do b 5 60# *
42 do 40 25 do fcs 60#
10 do 40 15 do h 5 60#
5 do 40 15 do b 5 60#
BETWEEN BOARDS
75 Union Canl sown 5 100 L Island R 21a js 8
10 Consol Bank 25 105 do Slats 8
7 do 25 2000 Lehigh 6 ( » ’7O ch 84
4 do 25 1000 do cash 84
SECOND BOARD.
6000 Pcnna C’s lots 80 IMinehillß 54
2000 City CoapO’g 01 100 Long Island R 8
300 City 6’a B$V 100 do s 5 8
300 City R 6's 85# 100 do b 5 8
1000 City Gas 6'fl new 80 50 do b 3 8
1000 do new 86 50 do b 3 8
3 Penes R 8 2 Norristown R 57
20 Scb N'ar prefd 35 9 Penna B 40#
100 Reading K cash 22*f 30 do sSwn 41
3 do 22£ 3 do 40*
5 MinehiU R 54 10 Harrisburg R 62
5 do 54 125 Girard Bank Its 10
CLOSING PRICES—STEADY
Bid. Asked.
U 8 fl’a, >6B 118
Philada 6s 86 86 v
do HR 86 86 L
do New 01 92
Penna ss, 76# 60
Reading R 22# 22 V
do Bonds ’TO 69 71
do M 6'5,’44 79 82
Penna RK 41 41
Morris C&nl Coo 44 45
Schyl Nar 63 ’B2 67 % 6S#
do Stock S 10
LATEST
250 L Island 2dys 8 | 200 Reading 2w 2JV '
150 Reading 2w 22# 100 do b 5 22 V
300 do 2w 22# ] 50 do 2w 22#
400 do 2w 2i# 1 50 do 2w 22#
200 do 2w 22*, { 100 do sS 22#
Reading closes about 22#
THE CENTRAL AMERICA CALAMITY.
[From the New York Herald of last evening,]
We continue to receive details of the frightful
calamity to the Central America, and we are re*
ioiced to learn that more lives hare been saved.
Tbo Marino, the vessel that stood by the Central
America in her peril and in her last moments, ar
rived at Norfolk yesterday, and instead of having,
forty-six survivors on board, she has one hundred,
namely—forty-one men, thirty-two women, and
twenty-seven children.
The list of saved now stands as follows:
By the Saroay, at Savannah.
By the Ellen, at Norfolk....
By the Marine, at Norfolk.
Total saved, as far as known..... 149
Mr Parker, of the firm of Parker <k Nichols,
merchants of Sac Francisco; was a passenger by
the Central America, and we regret to state, was
among those who perished.
We find from good authority that the number of
passengers on board the Central America, when
she went down, did not exceed four hundred and
sixty-two.
When the Central America arrived at Haranna
she reported at the office of the Captain Geceral
as follows:
Number of Passengers onboard.
“ crew
Total
Landed at Havana...
Transferred to Philadelphia (probably).
Leaving on board
Saved from Central America..
Number mining.
The PrfNSrt of Havana, of Sept. 8, gives the
names of the paiaengera landed at Havana from
tho Central America, os follows:
G. Cristobal de Loiada. D. Santiago Oliva, D. S.
de la Coba and son, D. Bartolone vorpanchi, D.
Eduardo Fernandes.
M. S. Thresher, Jr., from San Francisco, was no
doubt on board the Central America. He was a
son of Mr. M. S. Thresher, Sen., of No. 61 Hast
Broadway. This young man has been ab&eat in
California eight years and seven months.
We learn from agentleman who received a letter
from Mr. William Turnbull by the lajfc mail that
he did not intend to leave San Francisco HU Oe- .
tobor, and that he would thou bo sccompaniod by "
his wife. According to this information Mr T. i
could not have been on board the Central America
Mr. R. A. Lockwood, a lawyer, of California.
HU family are with him. He went out about a
year ago from Indiana. Mr. L. was the attorney
of Colonel Fremont in his law-suits affecting the
Mariposa. Mrs. L. and children were saved by
the Marine. *
It has been said that Colonel Fremont was on
board the Central America, bat be did not leave
New York till the sth of August, and eotild nok
havo reached San Francisco till the 2Sthof that'
mo ?^-„Jv h6 .? a!BoD S <ln by the C - A - l«ft 'hit eitj
on vne •Dtn ult. * -
Sid. AiHd.
SchylNavPref 15 15)£
Wcup’t it Elmß 13 14
dola!morVr»63 »
do do 2dm 59 50
Long Island 8 8)f
Vicksburg 7)j
Girard Back 9** 10
Lehigh Zinc \ 1
Union Canal 5 sj*
New Creek % H
Catawissa HR 8