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immy, -- ;.z0,;,- 41Y. „CHESNUT = sumer;
ti ..;„.; • . ,
;
Rirß Os'srs _ tßa West, payable to the earriers.
Naffed to Subscribers outor the Vity, et Six DOLLARS
InDirtAlant ; Nova tooLidse poi Blow, !donee; TORII
DOvams toe Six,g(nerns, invariably in 'Armies for the
time Ordered:
.TR -
.; -IyEEKLY PRESS,
1611e4 to Suboitibero out of the City, at Teals DOL
irst_kanqin; in advance' •
VUEEKIf.Y PRESS.
WISH . 401 'b• sent' to Subscribers .by
, res) . lp(Oeihnourn,k in advante W
,) at oe
Thies Oopiesp".% ,4 6 OS
gee ,as ' 00
San , - l2 00
DriMit,Y gepiesi,o • it (to one eddress).- 20 00
147,Q0ph, or over, ,! (to address. of each
~
or ,o(iba a' criber)' Olb , each 1 20
, F 'et Titeuir-ono or over
, will seed an
kitiri 1;00 to the ketter.q. of the Olqb. "
• De , yostioesters are te(luested to act as 'Agents for
ItS6WhistrPaiim , ;- • , •
ate es, -4 .fir.
1116.1LEY , CHESTITETT STREET..
41-11"."-10 Ililantitic , turetw' of
" 4srtifillf EIIiKRUNG BMUS - WARN, -
inerotion:,' on the proMices ,eiclusionly
itiltisenaarld Straiigare are iniited to visit oat ; mann
!alio
4TOITES:
,
ilciatitkinVii on hand mplendid stock of Superior
Wetohea, of all the celebrated makers.
, , ,
'rq A M.O N.D
441,410;jYrkoil.tit; Winger-1
oleo.in the, misnorei
prologs ; 4,AlW,.Plififf:flq3- 1011 -kc, ode free of
dwew for these „wishing work made to order.
3 48101# 'GOLD JEWELRY. '
tsotifal assortment of all the new styles of Sine
° ittceed,ttime an 4 Sell Nivea,
? - 51.tottb
ILmmip
&o.
ilia Marble oiooo, 'of neweit , styles,
and of superior quality,
.: 1 1' ::: ';':rt,'50754,16,-
tygorosxts": pit v,uatilstuti.o ; TO
VAITAIVOIL PIitILIO
991c.irOpkilitINIAlir.iss, xis Vanyto altry nth. •
" . - Vilitsitingten, - Octoberlett ,lB . sl :
,Vial,sl/ANottt‘e ,provielona ,of - the " Act 01
jirovide, for jeAenting.` the, putille,priiting," ap
priNed'iktiguit 26.1858, sealed proposals will be reeeirial
ar thiiiiinee;pt the Capifol; until the drift Monday' (7th
daypffilfeeetobor nest, at twelve (Mock , M., for for-
Wishing• the paper that may be 'required' for= the public
r ioting for. the year ending on the brat day of Decera-
Nne pubjohiedlist. specifies as n'aarlp as can ba ewer
tattied: the:quantity, quality, and description of each
land ofpaper that,inil he required:
a c me' t. -
io,o6etiaii tine- printing paper, nonfood:red, to
massage 2i 88 Inches, and to weigh forty-lire pounds
Willa ream of 480'sheets.: -
firm taluttog paper, osleederei4 to measure
by CLASS 11.
"38 fueles, and to weigh fifty-six pseuds to the
m
of 480 sheets,
CLAs$ tit. ,
s,oooreams imperEine sired and calendorett printing
to inesitire 24 by 35 inches, and to weigh f 1 fty
pounds to the ream of 480 sheets. , ' -
200 reams superfine hard-sizednridoilnndesed printing
mer i ,pii,trieruittre 24. by 321nehes, nod to weigh forty
eight pormai to the ream of 420 oheiitc ,
01488 V.
L9l_,Xl reams , a nperfine „sired and calendered map
Paper4f it:el:vatted at may? be 'required ; corresponding
in weight with paPerinomturing :19: by 24 inches, and i
weighing twenty pentids peerream of 480 sheets.
t f,
• 2 9. 0 r4a1ng iSPPetfine,Ploo , paper, (caleudered or un
nefendered, ae may„berequired,)l9 by 24 inches, and of '
knell Weightper'ream as may be required,
"-The Ore of 'the paperer each of the - above; disease to
be :of linen and cotton, - free train all edalteration with
mineral ec .other ,subitances, of a ilirlyttiteattell, and
huddles
up in quires . of twenty-four sheets each, and in
huddles of two reacts each, each,ream to contain 480
perfect sheets. Uniformity in color, thickness, and
weight will , be' required; and no bundle (exclusive of
wren, Fs ) Yarling over or under five per cent , from the
standard weight will bo received, and the gross weight
= lu all cases, be reqiiired. Mixing or various thick
ilessOeln the Wee bundle to make up the weight will
be Airinsideredia: violation of the contract.
.; t/LADS TII.
~-:-.11::;,`1,-1,0Diemlis quarto post writtog.paper
2:2,000 reams hemp writing paper;
resins deini writing - paper;
4-44000 reams folio post writing paper;
_; No„.8-800.reams medium writing paper ;
' No. - 8-50 owe royal Writing paper ; -
— so.l-50 resole super-royal writing - paper ;
“Nd. B=6oreanie imperial Writing paper; •
• No. 9-100 reams colored medium (assorted.)
, t _ s 1 •
_ NO: 1—.5,000 reams writing paper, 19 by 28 inches, to
'lreigh;tirenty-eight pounds per ream.
'No.-2 1 4,600 reams Writing paper, 19 by 20 inches, to
weigh twenty-three miands per ream: • •
No. 8-4,100 reams writing paper, 18 by 25 inches, to
weigh twenty-six pounds per ream.
roams, writing paper, by 22 inchta, to
Velgh - twenty-fonrpormds per retail.
'140:6-910 reams writing. paper, 18 by 18 :inches, to
xeigti.twenty4wo puede per ream.
No 8--490 reams _writing paper, 12 by 18 inches, to
weiglftwelve pounds per ream. ,
5 111 - Mie Pipers designated in classes 7 end 4 are to be
of the best materials, friefrom a:filters - lien, Bud finished
in theibest manner. The papers in , class I are to be
whitenr,blus, of the regular atsudard aloes of the cos
- neetiViskindai ,Of each weights as may be required
• --- tiymilgammrrtisselsCcdssa fc-als; m'white, and ot
the sisiskrid 'weight snoolestritillie-sorigdow, ,---4,
- •TheirighMis reserved of:ordering a greater wr less)
hquantity of each arstavery kiwi contracted for, at such
ates end in suck quantities as the publics service may
ienulre. , _
Each class will benonsidered separately, and be Sub
jets to a separate contract ~ but bidders may Oder far one
or more of the classes in the game proposal; and the
privilege is reserved of requiring a bilder,who may have
mote then one' Mies assigned him to take all such
Classes 'or forfeit his right to any class.
Bmmilea (not lees than eon quire) of each kind of Pa
per bi for, and but one sample of each kind, must AC
comp-air (1116 bid; and, in classes '1 and 8, be numbered
to Correspond with the number of the paper proposed foi
in that schedule; and, in the 'first six 'classes. to be
a: properly designated on the eample, or it Vat notlie con
sidered. AG proposals and samples must be transmitted
t 9 thiseace,free of postage or ether expense.
Each - proposal must be signal bythe individual or firm
making it, , end must specify the price per pound (and
but mieprice for each) of every kind a paper contained
firths c.o,,,proposed for., - z
AN thelipper in the several classes intuit be delivered
at siichldece or places ad may be disignatedinWashing
fon eityitn good order, free ottill and every extra charge
or Opel/synod subject to the impaction count, weight,
and pacaaarement,of the Superintendent , and-he in ell
res - peas satisfactory. , ,
,Blank forms fdr proposals will be furnished at this
°mos Uri ntane ali for them ; and 'none ill be
14kell WO pe conside p ra p ti y on ng
unless substantially agreesng
therewith..,„ '
, - .
— Sonds,, - With approved securities, will be required;
and - the - supplying Or' en inferior article in any of the
Mama; or a failure to supply the quantity required at
"W.be considered a violation of the contract
bidder required , to. furnish with his proposals
stactery evidence of his ability to execute them;
aitWisals Meacconipatiett by such evidence will be
The nwspestals ,will be opened in the manner required
14 law, 4, on the first Tuesday after the Bret Monday in
December next, (SW,/ at ten. o'clock A. M., at the
Asa or llie SdPerintendent: •
Trepaisala will be addressed to the f' Superintendent
gttkejtiblio,Printing, Capitol of the-Baited States.
Veabingtattf, and endorsed ". Prop late for Supplying
Paper.'l ' A, G. BEAMAN,
-"oe8 ' Superintendent of "Public Printing._
iIikROFOSALS FOR ERECTG ME
BABB: 0 100 AT PENSACOLA.. PL IN
OBIDA.AR I N •
.
~.1 : - SAPP' DEPARKIIIINT, '
-19'.4bington, September 21, 1867.
,SMA I TTI:Pitt3POSALS,eadorsed . 4 f Proposals forbuild,
ing Marine Ihirrackeat Pensacola, Florlds,t , will be re. I
delved at thiedepartment until the Bth day of Nevem.
ber, ISM, at 3 o'clock P. M.. for the' construction of
the Marine Barracks authorized to be erected at Pensa
cola, /load s , according to the plans and : specifications
prepared by. the, direction of the Navy Department,
copies of which may bo oeen at the offices of the com
mie:dente Of the Navy.yards at Portsmouth,New Han*.
shire, Boston ' New York, Phlledelphia, Norfolk, and
Pensacola, and at the Navy Department. - ~
The proposals must be for furnishing all the mate
rials' IMl"completing the work In a manner satisfactory
to the person who may be .appointed by the Navy De
pertitieute euperiotend the same and the department
reserves the right toseject or accept any of, the propo
sals herelultivited, whenit deems the interest or
,the
Milted Staten fertufris it, • • " ' •
Ninety pecbtit, Of the - amount of wcirk done and the
Mariam deßritred will be paid for from time to time,
iss,t e,wort,piegeoes upon:estimates made and corti:
fled to by the shperintsilidthit on tbe, part of the United
Statelwaid tin Orient etelned until •the r completion
Of the'..contract - aod• acceptance of the work . - by the
PA superintendent and department, and be forfeited Su
the event of. non-fulatment .of the .coutract presided
that to bill 'dial! iiiiiadde for au' zoiimeit legs than flee
thousand dollara.
.Iraohlyroosai must be accompanied by a written guar
antee; signed bytare responsible persons , fortified to be
so by a navy agent, Postdmuiter , district' fu dge, or sotto
other officer the 'United fitatend t e stun of five
thousand doliarei that tbe bldder will, when required,
s proposal 1* accepted, enter Into a contract and
hood with Proper and suilleient security Mr eta faithful
porton:napes:. • : • - ,
-- Blddefs'are Invited to aainine the plane and iticialfl.
witinsit-tini offices herein-before mentioned.
The proposals meat be totaled and 'adrenal •to this
department eat plainly endorsed "Proposals for build
iiigAlurfue 'Dumas at Pensacola, Florida."
"Thelsidder only wiefteafer may' be accepted will be
• ISOtifiedould' tho 'contract will be forwarded an semi
thereafter-as :practicable, whicii he , ill be required to
(tread° within ten days after its receipt at the post pace
lamed by , h l 4%
Ait the above work is to be eothpleted In all respeCte
hem/Wog to'thei plaza and sPecilleattima Within twelve
immtlistfromtandafter the date of the contract.
• IflikAa TOIICET, -
,„se2fitha..u4l , , Secretary of the Navy.,
IPIROP Ogitts 'FOlt RATIONS FOR 1808'
Mdßitil 008 PS,
L' Washington, OctoborlOillibt.
FOULED PROPOSALS will be received
sAthe ocalceitintil..TllVlDAY, the 10th of November
nextistkololock, P. kt.,for furnishing -Rations to .tho
tridted,Stgep 111pritte Corps, at the following stations,
• " ter thriierie 1868, vis';• • '
'
• •iiTharteettown, Massachusetts;
.-, • • .
- • Portsmouth, New
V. Brooklyn , Loud Wend, New Mork; , ,
'Phifidelphia, Pennsylvania'
Orisport, near Norfolk, Virginia; -
Martineau, Florida; and•
Wilablugton, District of Columbia.
Ea& rotimito,consist of one pound and a quarter of
*
fresh - Mac Vine e•Ainar tare of a pound of mesa pork;
ett e tif bunta ot bread, made of best auporeno emir,
ot loperduedourf at the option of the Idoverrunent;
Alit it the rate' of'aix• Ponade 'of good coffee, twelve
pounds of best New Orleans sugar, eight quarts of, beet
klad beans, four quirk Of vinegar, two quarts of Salt,
frldipooride or abed ham •hrown soap; and one-and-a
ban pounds of good bard dipped tallow candles, . to one
jiundred rations.' 1: • ,„
The, bset,required 'than he' delivered ou the order of
tbi'griziltOkOditag facer of. Path station, either in bulk
deb, thiii:dinipe ration, add shall ee6ert ef the hest
sad most oho ice pieces of the- eemee the pork to be
v q ,lptime sees pork, and the groceries to be of the
beet quality of kindanamed., inneciao.;
Nd Mdwilt be entertained nate& aoemnp a rtied by the
rumen of two surictise known to thls'oince ) or' certified
to bylpomi glad, penaa/ To ,hi 0066nold.,“.prpphip,
fey t Nattons.ts IM,,P,anA addryssod to.the (we t te r _
9ti e htr• thjsel,Nill,P9Tl/0 Vtosziogtoo,D, 0,
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t.•l-• • • - 41006triAlittr; '
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The paper pObliehing2this,advartisementi
• Varf Wiloiiffie.firS!iplartion. to,thist mgr. f e y
natldtl: fed by dtiplicath accord of the
-• 0 - "0106041de - a 'lb oeiita tot WO Pos,lvrit
is - 4,l*.terg cents Tait , 2ao Omm for all eubsetainiti
• Tutelfigencei, Star,- /44 - Eitatep, -
intUM,ld,„ 'Cl.'".o.kgrui,;Pertiand, Me' .; Patriet, Concord,
11;11.;WaketterPorisinbtith,•••10.11".; Post end - Courier,
tyy Yank F-grAtgeport 4irthet,l39no,l Daily 'News
= • Mid 4MitapNiir.t• Nagie,Braoktn, iq Artyea, Rene,.
• Philadelphia, : Pena: gotraot,
wipubipan,falliTskre.,,hr , ‘.i duets,-
30114 and ArtdriftiOdotkrifilit •Deniootat, , Pentiardla,
'lllle 4 osltwitir Muff Ortepidater New ' , OrimMi, • 44l -s will
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VOL. F4O; 67.
:11rts$.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER.. 17, 1857
"SABBATH READING.
,01 4 wirY, TO TH E , POOR
As ,
we pass along ,Chestuut street and be.
hold the display of luxuries, public and pri•
vete, and, ga t ze upon the spleudid . reansions that
adortf the Palette' avenue of Out 'beautiful me
tropolis, we ask ourselves whether, from all
this Wealth and ibutedatice;' there may riot be
spared a Just ' tifoPortien'tollici brave arms
and stout hearts of, those who, in times
of contribute to the true sta
bility
.of the country, and in times of • war
go out to fight our battles ? ' 'We notice with
pleasure that our authorities are doing all
they ean; tonsiitent with public duty, to alle
viate the, public distress. 'We, hear with:
yleas'uie that Mr. Buiiimtis.x, our venerable'
President, is determined to, exercise a wise
.discretion, in the same .direction. And, we
know that there are hundreds of men, of sub
stance,' whok in times of wildest extravagance,
retain' their simple' habite' of are now wit
eitend from 'their:means at leiet partial
.Ik4lilitid comfort the,Poef in,their several
localities. lint what will :Otherfi ,div 1 What
will,
,the owners of the- splendid equipages l
which still roll along our• streets give to the '
commons fund for • charity's sake ? What will ,
the leaderfi 'Of fashion do? Surely they do.
'not intend to' maintain the style of living
whieli, has only lately distinguished them.
Thousands of these are still rich, though
' it may be somewhat inconvenient for them to
reduce their retinue and to dispense with some
of the• eleganeleil and refinements, without
- which, only a few weeks ago, they believed
they could not exist. ' •Yet what a noble" spec
tacle it would be to see them surrendering a
part, of all these 'hi - pries to the holy cause of
benevolence—to the poor widow thrown out of
employment, to the poor women cast, out of
our factories for want of work, and to the in-
dustrions, honestmen who'begin to cluster in
our streets, gazing vacantly, as it were, into
the perilous , future, hopeless, and, unless soon
assisted, we fear homeless too. Many such
thoughts occur to us, and doubtless many
similar Inflections have presented themselves
to the minds of our readers.
OUR EtTspiciii. DIFFICULTIES, AND
TWAR , NODAL ,coNsiequENcEs.
DY ODAYDDADD•
EP er The Prowl , , , . , ..,
- In a aloof trouble,,suoh as the onein whielevre arc,
now enguiphod, the meet unsafe rule, for us to follow ,
is the fanatical dictation of one-sided philoSophers
The evidence' of man's dependence upon man is
never made op apparent as when a oertainmember
of the body politic becomes infected with a malady
which, in its- nature,. sympathetically affects and
permeates the whole. In the present instance, a
single interest (the finanri aIY has received a
mighty blow, and, lo ! with the rapidity of the
lightning's dash, all its subordinate and co-rola- 1
tire interests have been made to stagger beneath
its sweeping fury. Of the various shooks of this
Character; to which a united people aro subject,
that which is now upon us is, in a temporal sense.
perhaps the most appalling, if we except civil
war and universal famine. A local pestilence,
each as has occasionally spent its fury in sourei
of the, large cities of our Unions is sad and
disaetroua surely, but the, return' of . a health
restoring -frost -is prayerfully looked forward
to by a sympathising people, and which elleaturd
purifier, from the nature of our eat.tecoes can at no
time ho very long delayed, ,-.b. national war, snob
kaFastdwarsi El ago, carnally
• "Vete ilie igiss oe , aldlutal ; th letimiiateut
affect the interests; of the community geteraity, as
we, knew it throws a, gloom around tr' hearth
stormed thousands who, are thereby m aentarily
exposed' o the pangs of, sudden heroavolent ; yet
all mob amdety may, be emceed with abope that
the community,antl the individual may bs,re warded
with the honor of a compensating aohirvement.
In a,pan(6 like the, present, lower/roams the
moat sagacious, eye of prtphesris dimmed with
perplexity Anadoubt, when tie immediate future
opens up before use prospeetfo of privation and
suffering„ which the. refiectivimind cannot over,
look, and when the prospects del lef to the million
can alone be found in the pro exercise of tosn'r
humanity to man, then it is th the sway of Om
pipotedee.,is recalled to our I.ld, and we feel.
OS we are, not, wont to fog\ that there is
a Supreme Power that ovorrue our destinies.
Not that heaven in every case apes our ends—
God. forbid i•=for the evidenceStre around us,
li
think es the, autumn leaves, the 0 erob-enemy
of heaven, by the 'consent of mamem, to a
fearful extent, Asia office to hims . Of this we'
may test assured, that if wo willow paying a
penalty, it is pot beetsuee that pens r bamot been
o } .
merited, Blasphemers may .taun heidea and 1
scoot the confession; and, as I ant rrgo say, a
writer,in a New , York rentempora hs already
done,,yet they prove nothing but e mm Made
quaoy to grapple intelligently with *difficulties
that are now before us, : I believe in the part
,
of life ' s drama which we are now led upon to
act, there is hut one, way to paths rigor, and
that is, for the people, irrespeetiv birth, color,
name, or sectarian ; prejudices, to ret themselves
into a nurvansan Arm SOCIETY, every man
and woman in the community glitil scope to
the smothered, promptings of a hen-implanted
charity; and if we do this to the ; extent of our
reasonable capacities, and at tlieje time lotting
the reasonaUsness of themeven ka deep margin
of the golden hue of ch.arir, we') experience in
I
11 1
this heaven-favored land f 0/2 II a realization
of the Divine truth, that i i is 4s blessed to give
than to - receive," as she 'char e dark gloom
of our contemplated tem raft ing into a sun
beam of redeeming glor tb's nders of which
may be trotted in ,heav that oat the endless
ages of eternity: Thi n id sentimentalism.
Our ease is not so bad 'lt t the stock from
which we boast of ny 8 ng . would have
hailed itt as st , pared orpa d with what they
endured to achieve a oid leasing, which we
i
are now permitted t Dr' out fear or moles
tation... 4, mean oars, and eligious privileges.
wh o 4 ec ti ne i n steekdep salon of trade, and
tho less of credit, ationitim, and we have all
telt them ;, and , if - sal imnkruptoy in mer
cantile circles co tortured into a universal
want of the Doom fine, it might well drive
us to praying' for itition of the miraculous
mums. , 40, Ma , without any such minion
-1
lous increase the cough and to spare; all it
needs is a little e tion. to tumor° comparative,
comfort to ail. T ityof self-support must not
be lest sight of, • i by such as will need a
0
Iselpingliand; ' is to be hoped that all our
operators. Who hands - will Strain every
pecuniary - nerve nue to afford employment,
at some oompen their operatives. Quite
a largo number r largest operators have al
ready resolved to at - all pecuniary hazard,
I
rathew
„than It eiltablit distress upon, the
families of th heir employ — cad all honor
to them for it. ill bless them, the commu
nity will helm and the future will reward
them for their magnanimity. Hundreds
may, and donb II be saved from poverty's re
lentless grasp; of capital making this praise-
Worthy saerifth addition to this, let the Coln
muniv.43o.its ards„averting its pinching
tessera. Let t profess to be the followers of
Ilirayrho " w tit' doing good " emulate his
exam pl e by' r its their hearts and showing
forth in . thei a willingness to " go and
do likewise ;Ito' minister of the Word, who
Is receiving iy doubly sufficient to support
his family wioirting"fthgality, - and who is
1 1
anxious to ot heaven an additional seal to
the faithfuls labors , divide hie,' this year's
portion, with r; and seen his way rejoicing
There are, i of a few who will do this, and
mall;Who will be equally jus
tified by cl'ti, ' t theft eau."
,To generous,
noble hearte4ablevromlus, this appeal need
1 12
scarcely be do stay the hand of that pinoh
log poverty, has confessedly consigned so
many of her ate elsterste, that irreolaima;•
i
hie abyss—it. f timed-she needs not this ap
peal, I trust • , -, r ,
gall, w ith riding to imply any want of
feeling and eist.On her.part, ,I 'nay, add,
thailh ' e l is eitio'garb:'whiclishe may' be
induced. to le . ,the sake" of devoting the
balance` of oatly-artiolete the poor, win
be an angel elide 'which the rustling silks
of mins! es. Would bee despicable tin-
41; 'Most 'we are 4.lrawing 'nlih to a'
Per,lod in Iv if : Cs a people, . will beaf- j
forded the isle privilege of " covering a
miltittide o the promised reward of charity.
''''APPfifoe 'ts" now are; the severest season
Of'tho,fortr, t, too,, with 'a prospect, that,
tinder the able eironnsetelseee we have a
right toe re to herein our midst thou
sands of o matures, equally deserving as
we "XI, wif,fueene.ofnarning , a livelihood.
This is a, sad picture, and in any other than a
Christian community would be fraught with the
most fearful forebodings: In this community,-
however, the extremes which have been predicted
by some cannot be realized. The lesson which
Providence is now so impressively teaching Hs
cannot fail to awaken within us a nobler humanity,
and which, I trust, will prompt us in any oinergen
oy to extend that generous aid which alone can
save a large .portion of our fellow-creatures from
resorting to desperate extremes in the dark hour
of necessity. A movement promising groat good,
and. which has been already sot oft foot, in view of
the prospective emergency, is the forming of How
ard associations, for the relief of the poor in the
several wards of the city., This effort has been un
dertaken by the young men of our city, and is one
in which they should have the hearty co-operation
dell who have it in their power to aid them.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Beecher on the Mites
It would seem as if it wore ono• thing for a
clergyman, reosiving rt fat salary and preaching
to a wealthy congregation, to discourse upon hard
times, 'and quite another for others who may be, in
a worldly sense, lace prtumataly oituated. At a
.
time when the whole %Immunity are advocating,
retrenchment, and are putting themselves in renai
noS to do ponaneo for a heretofore reckless ex
travagance, the reverend Henry Ward Bomber
thunders forth the cheering orsit,ke to his delighted,
hearers, that if you have been in, the habit of:
riding out, don't sell year horees. Take your ride,
\ :1
fil you bare beim : accustomed t do, morning, ,
afternoon, and evening Love mu o. rind reerem ;
Lion. Go to the Philharmonic COD arts," etc:, etc.
' Sneh sentiments, now, will doub ess fall plea
santly upon the ears of many who ire so situated'
as to make the beet of this adviso,'ihough it is
certainly little Calculated to prepare the heart to
" weep with them that weep" over the distress
that Is now staring thousands in the Ikea. Per
haps Mr. B. thinks of the present financial storm,
as Pat thought at the time of the Flood, ',!' that it
won't be much of a shower, after all."
1 EFFECTS OP THE ACTION OF THE ELMWOOD i
ASSEltniX.—The Synod of Tennes.see, ati: a late
meeting, adopted a resolution declaring themselves
Independent of the General Assembly which' met
at Cleveland, with but one dissenting voi e ‘, on
account of the action of that assembly on the
question of slavery.
The Synod of Missouri, at a meeting hold it
few weeks sines, adopted a similar resolution, de .
elating themselves independent of the Cleveland'
Assembly. The Synods of Mississippi and Vir
ginia have also withdrawn from the Cleveland
Assembly, all of which has been on account of that
body having censured members of the church for
holding slaves, and that without a hearing or
trial.
StrOCESSOR TO REV. DR. LUDLOW.--The
General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church
met yesterday (Wednesday) intim oily of Newark.
to Amose a successor to the Rev. Dr. Ludlow. We
infer from what has baasod in private conversa
tion as current opinion, that the Synod will be
nearly unanimous in its election of 5 distinguished
divine, whose learning, eloquence, and fame ore
cherished, within and honored far beyond the
bounds of the church whose interests he has long
sewed.—Christian Intrifigencer. .
/)
1, DBEEIS PIIOS.FROTEATANT CIIRISTIAN:S 0
FR es.—Protestant Christians of Franco: hay
obttl nod 5,443 signatures to an address on lit
slangy question, to all their 'brethren in the Unite
States, which is now circulating in cortical oxl
change papers. Such interference, on a subject
which they . evidently misapprehend, will be detim.
4 highly improper—the more sons it invades the;
relations of the question to State authority.—
Christian Observer. \
REVIVAL AMONG THE NEOROEfi.—The
Lynchburg (Ye.) Courier says: "One of the!
effects of the great revival among colored people
has boon the establishment of a regular sy,ficw, of
prayer meetings for their benefit. Meeting's are
held every night during the week at the tobacco
[ factories, the proprietors of which have been kind
enough to place those edifices at the disposal of the'
colored brethren. The owners of the several foc
i tortes preside over these meetings, and the must
absolute good oonduot is exhibited "
A NATIONAL TIZA.NKSCIIVING.—A correspon
dent f the Washington Star recommends the'
25thtf November as a day of national thanks
giving for tho abundant crops ,with which the
eountfy had been favored this year. The ivriler•
also siggestalhat, the President mane a reeenunem'
distort ,proolamatieri upon Gut eublea: •
1313ItOEfST TO HARVARD COttaaE.—Boston,
October oth.—Among the bequests, of the late
Johg E. Thayer was $50,000 to the Vervard Col
logo the income of which is to be applied to the
aid of the ten best under graduates who may;
be limed of pecuniary substance.
R v. William A. Graham, of Berlin, Aid.
demted this life, at the residence of his father,
in Ciarlisle, Pa., on the 28th ultimo, after an ilk
nefi of three or four weeks. Mr. Graham was al
, member of the Baltimore Presbytery.
Rev. P.. 1. Timlow has removed from Mari
etta, Pa., to Alexandria, Vs., and taken charge
of the Second Presbyterian Church at the latter
place.
MISSIONARIEEI LIIIERIA.—Eight mis
sionaries sailed in tho brig Ocean Eagle : on Tuce•;
day of last week, for Liberia. The brig took dot
frome•work for buildings for the Epimonni mission. ,
to supply the loss of those at Cape Palms. which
were destroyed during a reoont attack by the na
tives.
OLIVET PEEEIIITTERIA.I4 Crtunon.—Thirty..
four members were added to thlschuseb, under th
pastoral care of Rev. M. Newberry, last Sabbath,
to eighteen of whom the pastitr Oninieterocl the
rite of baptism. I
, THE RELIEF LAW.
, .
[For The Press.)
Aolosor perusal of the vablous sections of the
Relief Bill satisfies us that ii is not what this com
munity had a right to ex[p'et It does, indeed
save the corporate existence of the banks until
neat April; but at snob cectrifice of the constitu
tional rights of our eity,fisnirs, and, through thorn,
of our business men, that it may be doubted
whether it will not be rejected.
Several of the sections are objectionable ; but
the fisted will, ty.4 think, stand forever conspicuous
as an instance f hasty and ill-advisedlegislation,
full of injus co, subversive of the plainest prin
ciples of so d currency, and palpably in violation
of the ConOtution.
It provides in so many words, that our banks
shall reeidve, in payment of debts duo them, the
notes of ell the other banks in the litato, whether
the latter are specie paying or not. What this
will amount to our city banking institutions will
discover, when they find their vaults stuffed with
the irredeemable promises to pay of doubtftd and
distant banks, who will flood the State with their
notes.
Wo look into our Federal Constitution and road,
that "No State shall make anything lad gold
and silver eoin a tender in payment of debts."
What strange blindness bus struck our law-makers,
that they should either overlook or disregard so
plain a prohibition? It may be urged, perhaps,
that as,thls eeotion is not obligatory on the banks,
without their acceptance, that it was competent
for the Legislature to make anything a legal ten
der with the consent of the creditor.
But we answer, that if the Legislature, in re
newing or extending a charter, can oblige n
bank, as a condition, to swept anything else than
gold or silver in payment of debts, it can also put
them under the same obligation in granssng a
charter ; and, if they can do it In a special char
ter, they oan, also, in a general banking law—for
it is a voluntary not on the part of corporators to
accept a charter or not. Thus, by a mere subter
fuge, the Legislature of any State could violate or
render nugatory that constitutional provision
which guaranties a currency' resting upon a gold
and silver basis.
In regard to this third section, however, it is
said, that each bank has an ample protection in the
provision which authorizes information to the Go
vernor and a commision of inquiry against any
bank that is unsafe. Who can say what consti
tutes safety? or who shall disclose the facts, upon
which safety or unsafety is predicated? or who
shall turn informer, and take the risk of such a
proceeding?
In such a proceeding, a mere presentation to the
Governor would destroy the credit of any bank,
and close its doors, to all into Its and purposes, as
effectually as a judicial decree of forfeiture.
The inevitable result, we think, of this section
must be mutual suspicious and jealousies, prosecu
tions' and retaliations among the banks of our
State ; and we predict that before the first of April,
1858, there will be more discredit and distrust
among themselves than has ever existed before.
Gold or silver in payment of debts is the only sol
vent of the difficulties of all credit systems; and as
legislation deviates from this standard, to that ex-'
tent will difficulties accumulate.
As the matter now stands, the more worthless
bank notes, being the cheapest, will be sought for,
to be used in payment of bank debts, tho course of
exchange, will bo obstructed, and the institutions
who aro most careful of their credit will find their
Melina 'absorbed by being compelled to carry the
Over . ..issues of those who are. least careful. If a
difference oxide between the notes of different
blinks, in this State, of two per cent. In specie,
paying times, that difference will run up to
six and ten per oent. when their notes be
irredeemable. Of ems°, debtors will pur
chase at these rates; and we shall have repeated
in these days what occurred during the Revolu
tion, when Continental money was declared to be
slept tender—the creditor running away from his
debtor to escape from the payment in depreciated
'currency.
This section was the favorite of the Governor
and his Attorney-General. and it contains the
hard terms upon which alone they wore willing to
afford relief. We hope our business men will fee/
duly grateful for the favors thus obtained.
PHILADELPHIA, SATURPAY,
..6 CTOBEII. 17, 1857.
THE CALIFORNIA NEWS.
THE NORTHERN LIGHT
AT NEW YORK
OVER A MILLION AND A HALF IN OM
WELLER. ELECTED GOVERNOR I
Full List of Passengers by the Lost Steamer
Central America
AMOUNT OP TREASURE LOST 5L219,159S
NAMES OF THE CONSIGNEES
United States mail steamship Northern Light,
E. L. Tinklepaugh, Earl., commander, left Aspin.'
wall at 10 P. M,, on the sth inst., and arrived oft
Itavana on the night of the 9th. Loft Havana ne,
10 A. M. on the 11th, (having taken on board 3(10
tons coal,) and arrived at New York yesterday ,
morning.
She brings the Calitornin moils of September
21, $1,8131,200 in treasure on freight, and 723 ,
possongers.
•
Ootober s.—Loft at Aspinwall, United States fri.'
gate Wabash, boating tlto broad pennant of Com
modore Paulding, to sail immediately on a abort
October 13, at 9.30 A. AL, lat. 31 N., lon. 79 W.,
fell in with the wreck of a ship of about 500 tone,
Eastern built, water-logged and deserted, leftmost,
maintopmast, and bowsprit gone, spars drifting!
alongside, name gone from the stern, with the ex-,
eoption of Q. N
' Oho termination of the name of
her . port.) metal letters'. She had evidently been
hoarded, as her anchqrs, chains, sails, ke., were'
gone.
P. M. S. S. Co.'s steamer George L. Stephens,.
J . T. Watkins, Esq., commander, left San Fran
eieee September 21, at 101 A. M., and arrived at
Panama October 5 at 4 A. M., bringing 797 passen
gers anti treasure, as follows, vie
Par New Torte 91,1183,829
Nor ' gland.
Nor Panama
.$1,60,1553
Wo ore I n debted to Purser Mitchell, of the
Northern Light, for epeeist favors.
The Passengers of the Lost Central America.
We have received by the Northern Light a fall
list of the passengers who wore on board the lost
steamship Central America. including those com
prised in the supplementary waybill, and those
taken on board at Aspinwall. The names are as
follows: _ .
DIM CABlN—Judge Manson, Mrs Lockwood, daugh
ter and two children ; Mrs 11 Thayer, rhlld. infant, and
servant; Albert Priest, Sir Farmer, A I Easton awl wife;
1' S Hawley, wife, 2 infants, nurse ears-ant; IV McNeill
and wife, Copt F W Badger awl wife, lam F A Thomas,'
Kirshileld, M Lasiskl, T O'Neill, 00 Ridgway, Peter
Brown, Wm Birch end wife, Mrs Pahud, two children
and infant; Jnbez Howes, J A Foster, N Montgomery,
S I , Parker, J N Van Hagan, wife and Infant; Mrs Eliza
Carothers, Samuel 9 Shreve, J V Dobbin, 'Mrs Elizabeth
Smith, J Pell wife, and two infants ; 0 A Low, a C
Vanzlinin, S I) Dement, Hit Childs, M White, F 30000
and servant, James E Dirch, F A Bokeo, Mrs J McKim
Rowley and two infants, Dr 0 Barney, A J Alston, N
'Sanyer, Charles Oibb, D 'Penney, C M oore, A Pond, S
Aker, A II Smith, wife, child, and three Infants; Theo
dore Paine, It D Reach, E M W;1110ms, Mr. Baron', Dr J
Travis, wife, and two infants
SBCONii 04 ow—D. B: Naomi, Chas. Blum, D. Lorick,
L. Fallen, daughter and Infant, 0. N. Gaul, N. Cutter
mann, ltobert Niemen, J. F. Reed, J. W. Tompkins,
Isaac N. Tompkins, George Idanott,S. 0. Wheelwright.
N. Strauss, P. troller, L. Dorßov, J. 0. Stevens, 0. W,
Iltitchinson, J. C. Clow, Peter MeOliardy, 3. li. Adams,
II D. Kent, Mr. It:minium, Geo. Loa.
Sltmt ton] —W It Van Natter, Si Ford, A W Eastman,
Hew, L A Folios. A P Manlove, W P Dcahond, J
Vanhorn, 0 Simon, T Sigel, T Ravenna, It E Roberts,
IV Vita Reed, E Sohn, W Flangan,B Caldwell, 0 Nar
ramore, D 11 C Chapman, J Boynton, 0 McCormick, I',
Moran, D Morn,,, J Morris, B Sheldon, IV Ypung, Jean'
P Chaillan. Frank, F Ash, A Mack, E Wiley, J
Blackman:Al r Carter, J Wiley, R Richards, James Wha-'
len, Barr, Buret, N Barr, .1' Leech, Rliutehinson, 11
A Anderson, II Mural, W Geary, 0 Gilkey, Jllollkey.
IV Reese, .1 ilnencer. 0 Simon, JWoodworth,C Kilburn,
W Delyan, J MeLellund, It 0 Farnham, J Kerr, J 11
P mkt', P Krim, Mr Mcflrenery, 0 Berns J Oaliskran,'
It Smith.. J Fichinendientin, A fitakol WI Fish, J
blangol.l 7 It Stinclitiald, IV Newman, J Chapman, R'
&star, info ant infant, Mr &subtlest, E Wells. T Wil.,
lett, Mr Maynard, J George, D Howo,',l Chort, W Ede,
Davis, 1) Beaver, It L(I arrlson. It II Horn, J N Horn 11 I
P Colt, L Calm. II Headley, Jams Sullivan:*
Browning. Alra Shaw, II 141 Cretin, 11 Adalusi,
It Reed, .1 Stetson, J Tanner, J D Herne, It Wade
I 0 Mitchell, 'V Ricks, 11 Bunnell, Y. Hibbs, It Short, Ip
Frank, C Zliumerliti, W Falconer, D 11 Smith, it Hutch.
Inman, Stereos, It Reese, DI P Sanborn, WTI Hen.
d rick; IV Bell, W Welgo, IV Lao, W Corley, W Chase, It
Itnckway, Mrs N O'Connor and sou, 0 Covello, A F,
Crowell, I. 'Wood, J Etnanil, 1, Murray, V Murray, A'
Theborgo, (1 Hahn, wife and ton; 0 Pope, U Ira.skletor.
J Kuhbo, Nina, W Prohort, N hopper, L 11
Young, E II that, Al I. McOloy, P Flannigarti
W Brainard. A Greenlee., 8 Lo o k, I) S Look, 0
1' Vertu, 1.1 Caste, L Daley, B IV Bagwill, A MOMS
11 Young, Casey, A Orlut, Ousheak
Crider, 11 Palmer, It W Iltote P H Ridley, ti AII ,*
P Vail Weldbohn. Baciondzortf, Mrs Dull' x , ••
P Oroloty 0 .D.llhpppoidi
'Barber., CI Kirk, It Fisher, Jr, J Banbo
Kan J L Weeks. J 1, Buchanan, S 9
wire and infant, iV U Owings. 0 II Tuck, Charles
Wigan, IL flirt, Slr Vlllat, Mr' Fletcher, Mr MAW,
11 Loring, J SOh riAtinan, IV 9 Eaten, J Dag
laml SlllllllollB ' IV It Fenner, L Montaguen,
White, D Willett, J Schuber, 'l' II Hughes, II Sibbot, A
Closer, L Miller, W 0 Berry, J Bround, PLean, Mr Pol.
len, Mr Morse, F A Wells. E Moron, AI Murphy, J Ste
vens, E Luckeman, If Crimmins, P Ball, I Mathy, II
Mallard, J Itodwallodwife,o Lane, P S Smith.J Powell,
A',lturus. J EJenes.ll F Jones, It F Headley, J H Strom,
Ir Thomas, Mr Guild. Sir Johnson, Mr Steward, nos
1 Blanton, Mr Blanton, Mr Gnerpon, II II Bedell, P
'pinery, 11 I) Spaulding, V Mitchell, Mr Haag, John
Tams, It Hodge, C Methigan, 11 Ilembler,ll 1' Lugden,
Mr Danberg, .1 Denman, (I Itruyn 0 MeOuire,Jno 0 Con
nor, A Strnere, II Bnnllrk, E Condos. J F Hoagland, Dan
Mahoney, It AI Loo,J N Harrell, 1) Clark, MrPool, John
Taylor.
SUPPLEMENTARY WAY-BILL.
CABIN—Mrs Dr Kittridge, Chas A Von, T
Brown.
Serosn 0A BIN—J Danford, J IV Mullen, Noble Fish,
It Richman, J N Munger,
STUETIAGE-3 Meyer, J 1) Wells, II Q 4nderbon, 11 11
Miller, Mary Carnet, Benjamin Hassey, James Smith,
Mr Anthony, John Kelly, J B Werner, D Butherfrnl,
tirade and brother, If Kimball, Sir Robert:3ou, N
Frelerlc, 7 Bubb, .1 Forrest, P Dugan, J R Cheney, D
Kerr, W Thomas, II W Foust, I, A Wells, Chatles
Taylor, J Christie, Goolnew, T McNaah, J Lowen
thal, J Wallace. C Pritchard. M Fredt, It IV Ogden Sod
brother, If Y Cabell, Ii Shipman. Elt Merry, T B
Ball, J W Anderson, It Taylor, A .1 Gumtree
Senor Jose Leguin, Consul-General for Peru, In Now
York ; Nicolas Vrackl, his secretary ; Adolfo Oltagueand
brother, of Peru ; Sonor 4. RIChOn. Consul of Belgium at
Limo. partner in the house 0 lihmtann & Co.,
Dom Peru for New York ; J A 'Phone, for New Yotk ,•
Senor Escudo, for New York ; S de la Cove, Infant and
nurse, for Havana; Dr Corpancho, for Havana; San
tiago Olivia ' for Havana; C. do Laßcola, for Hama ;
Charles Taylor, for Now York; J McCarthy, for Sew
York ; F. M. it Smith, for Now York; grat
ing, for Now York;' Captain Walter 0. Dyer, for New
York , J. Sellatner, for Now York; (horse Gaul; for
New Orleans.
STEERAGE—Ong Barlow, New York: Jas. 01101,
do. E, Flinador, Havana; M. Bertrancl New OrICSIIS;
Frank Carpenter ; W ; Wm Piasso ; Mr 01-
fur; A Anon; 0, W. Grilfeths I'. J. Morris, Wm Os
born, F. Uridith. nos Maloney- 1 32,
List of Treneure iy the Lost eentral America.
Wells, Fargo, & C0.5242.3001H0wes & Crowell.. 10,000
Am. Exchange Bk. 231,510 Treadwell & C 0,.. 10,024
Itallott, &Co 130,000 NorlCse,SpatzokCo 10,000
Order 107,914 John Durand &Co 9,929
Jammi Patrick 105,0001
h Aspinw'l 67,470 J
Duncan & Sherman 1 , 0,091
P. Kelly & C 0... 41,0001
Freeman h C 0.... 1.17,000,
Ilogg,Falc&ner,A , co 9 2912
F. Al Dread 25,0001
W T.Coleman & 24,00&
J Strauss,ltto ,&Co 91,029
Total
MARKO OF ThEASURE
W. S. & Ca 26,600
9, A- ll 20,500
W. IL & Co 10,600
"W'' (in a diamond) 10,900
&,
List of Terosure by
Wells, Fargo A: Co $238,600
Howland & Aopin-
wall 213,035
Am. Ex. Bank.... 181,000
Order 128,378
Duncan, Sherman,
& C0............122,057
Robb, Haller, & Co 110,000
James Patrjek.... 84,080
E, Kelley & Cu. .. 551,00
W.T.Coleman &Co "GOO
Preeman & C 0.... 41,000
Van Tleek, Reld &
Co 25,000
Ilona, Falconer&Co 23,604
PllOll ASPINWALL.
A. Belmont $1,860 F. :theirlot—.
McLean& Lints..... 044 IJ. Avozzuna..,
L.Lanslngburaßro. 650
Total
FROI HAVANA.
Henry A. Colt 596,0001 Danl. Curtis & C 0... 6.123
Denny, Bro , & Co. 70,000 B. Brandeis 5,600
J.lll Cernnos ..... 0:1,000 Order 6,000
Maitland, Phelps & G. C. Lord & C 0..... 3,094
Co ....... 20,000 It San Judo 1,000
Penont, & liro4 13.350 TIIOB Owen & Bon— SOS
Ilene & litllni 0,450
Total $1,063,713
Wo published on Wednesday morning a telegra
phic, summary of the California news, roooived by
way of Now Orleans Of the election, tho result
of which was thou announced, Om San Franoisco
IJullet:n says :
We have not yet got full returns from some of
the distant counties ; but the vote about realises
our anticipations. fio far as me are ablo to make
it, the following is a gorrPet Bumming up of the
veto for the three gubernatorial c3mil4ates
For Weller ,
For Sonia.
For Stanley .
Whole number of vote 4
By this there will be seen that there Is a great
falling off from the vote in the late Presidential
contest, which was 110,217. The total vote east for
Governor will not exceed 00,000 Weller gels
some 11,000 majority over both Bowie and Stanly—
while Stanly's majority over Bowie is but little
rising n thousand. The majority in favor of pay
ing the State debt is very deals ve. Indeed, but
two counties Weida Clara and Humboldt) voted In
favor of repudiation. The Republican vote leads
the American by about 1,000.
The Legislature is overwhelmingly Democratic.
The people have resolved to pay the State debt
by n majority of 10,000 against repudiation.
The proposition for rollingu c o n ven ti on f or re ,
vising the Constitution did not prevail. A ma
jority of the votes cast the election wan required
to carry it, but so great wns the indifference upon
the subject that only a moiety voted upon the ques
tion.
Tho mining operations throughout the State are
carried on as vigorously as over. Various flaming
companies on the rivers were getting fairly to
worn, and many of these enterprises were result
ing successfully.
The crops throughout the State have generally
been garnered in excellent condition.
The immigrants by tho overland route are pour
ing into the bitate in great numbers. The great
Innjority ortho truing had more or less difficulty
with thwlidiwws. -
Trade IgiSan Francisco and the interior was
genertillytAull.
/ 4,1 Summery of News.
fkrora the Weekly Alta California, Sept. 21 1
Tile 814 n.---At the dated our last semi-tnonth
ly Humint4,leiv and unreliable returns only had
been reeelVed or the State election of the 24. The
official Malt has since been declared in most of the
eountios.;;L.The total vote polled fails seam fifteen
thoutatinlJohind that of the preceding election.
The retaone show a majority for John B. Weller,
the Dorroeratio candidata fur Governor, of eleven
thoneanditver bath Bowie. American., and Stanley,
ItepubliOn TlOThilleDß. The latter leads his Know-
Nothinx. ihnitpetitor one thousand votes Tiro Legis
lature LIAO overwhelmingly Democratic.
Chief 'Artistic° Hugh 0. Murray died at Sacra-
.mento olpthe lath inst., of disease of the lungs,
and hiedeceaso has caused oonsiderabla sensation
throughout the State. lie arrived in California
early 11'4839, and was shortly thereafter elected a
'inembarld the Ayuntamiento or Town Council.
Ile istfahflerwarde elected by the Legislature as
one of On lodges .of the Superior Court of San
Franehice, from which dice he was promoted to
that of gssocinte judge of the Supremo Court, to
fill a Vitioney:
The following year ho was elected by the Demo
cratic party for the unexpired term, and at the
State Chaim, in 1555, elected by tho Know-
Nothink party for the full term of six years.
A. dsalperate duel was fought near Stockton on
the 15,th diist., between Col. Caiey, of Merced
countyfand C. M Blair, a resident of San Joaquin
county,te,,,Thoaffalr originated out of .a.dispute re
garding a young lady, of whom both were admirers.
The parties fought with Colt's navy revolvers; dis
tance ten paces; terms--oath party to fire at
option, Col. Caney received four balls in the right
sulo,*i'of which were mortal. Six ehots each
were fired by both parties. Mr. Blair escaped in
jury, and left after the duel for his ranch, where
lie has Sinn remained unmolested by the offi
cers of the law. Casey died on the lath instant.
One of the most interesting events which have
come- to our knowledge during the fortnight, is
that of the arrival at Son Diego, on the 31st ult.,
of the first of the overland mails, which left San
Antonio on the oth and 24th Julv, under contract
between the Government and James B. Birch
The trip was made in the unpreoodentedly quick
time of thirty-four travelling days.
Colonel Fremont has been in Mariposa attending
to disputes about his great claims there. lie has
paid a large number of judgments against him.
General health prevails throughout the State.
On the evening of election day a severe shock of
an bartliquake ISM experienced in most of the in
terior counties of the State, lying along the base of
the Sierra Nevada, and on the 14th a smart shock
was felt in this city.
, Tnr; City —On the day following the chock of
the earthquake of the nth inst., the sea-beach en
the neighborhood of Black point, and the rata
striking the beach, was full of small reddish ani
mate, all dead, and. SO numerous no to discolor the
loiter to the distance of ninety feet from shore.
Thor varied from an eighth to a half inch in length,
Ware soft in substance, and in form like aaterpil
lats. They are supposed to have been the larva of
some species of marine invertebrate, probably of
thb eines of araphitrito; each was enclosed in a to
tailor shell which appeared to have been broken off
af,aorno hard substance at the bottom of the sea, by
the action of the waves.
The Mechanics' Fair, the first ever held upon
two Peeifie coast, was opened on the morning of
lhn 9th inst. A handsome pavilion hest - men erect
ed for the purpose of the Fair, built in the shape
Of a Greek cross. with four arms sixty foot wide,
by one hundred and eighty feet long, covering an
Area of 18,000 square feet, the centre square sur
mounted by an elegant and spacious dente sixty
feet high.
' Owing to some recent developments tin regard to
the United States branch Mint, the Grand Inque4
of the United States for the Northern Circuit and
District have been in session for the purpose of
'examining, closely into the administration of its
'affairs. On Friday last, Augustin Haraszthy, late
.molter and refiner at the Mint, was arrested by
U. 8. Marshal Solomon, on an indictment for em
bezzling 8.000 ounces of gold bullion, of the value
0150.550, and one bar of gold of the value of $l,OOO.
The indictment was found upon the information of
Major 3. It. Snyder, Treasurer of the Mint; the
Superintendent, and others Col Haraszthy ions
admitted to hail in the sum of $20,000 no prinoi
pal, and in the further sum of $lO,OOO, Thomas
Hayes and Dr. Prouht being suieties.
In connection with the affairs of the Mint, wo
would add that two clothes dealers, by the name of
Herman and Isadore Ilium, have been charged by
John A. Szabo, ne=sistant assayer, with attempt
ing to extort a largo sum of manor from him under
the following eiromustances: The Blumshad been
acting as agents for Szabo, in depositing various
sums of molted and othorgold in the mint, and draw
ing out the same in coin, Ito (Szabo) for sense reason;
now supposed criminal, not wishing to appear to the
officers of the mint ma party interested. In thelast
instance they drew some $BOO belonging to Szabo,
and wishing to work upon his fears, they, asstria•
lug that he had been for some time defrauding
tre:ll,ntted States,. threatened him.with exposure
01101—bffieers Abe' mint; unless ho would
pay them the jinni of $9,000: They 130611 - r suo-,
coeded in getting from Szabo n receipt for $O.OOO,
in part payment for a ranch belonging to him.
They also retained the $BOO drain from the mint
an his account. The Blume are yet on trial. On
the examination of Szabo as a witness, be refused
to answer certain questions touching his business
relations with them, and concerning the gold de.
posits, on the ground that the answers might tend
to implicate himself. Much smmicion in attached
to the case of Ssabo, and all the circumstances of
the affair are being Industriously and faithfully
made the subject of investigation by the grand
jury of this United States district.
OREGON.
Our dates front this Territory are to the sth inst.
The Constitutional Convention was making rapid
progress, and the more important roport, had been
under discussion. The slavery iF91.10 finds little
favor, and, as in California, the citizens seem dis
posed to let it alone.
- .
Our dates from Brigham Young's dominion aro
to the sth of August. The "Saints" still 'breathe
defiance against- the Government, and seemed de
termined not to submit peaceably to the mandates
of the official representatives who are en route
thither.
A ridiculous report obtained some credence here
a few days ago to the effect that General Ilarney's
command bad been defeated by the 3forrnons with
groat slaughter. It is well known that the former
could not, at present writing, have arrived in the
territory occupied by tbo polygamists
By tho way of Oregon wo have dates from Hono
lulu to August 7th. The finances of the Hawaiian
government aro in excellent condition. The in
fluenza was abating. There had been an earth
quake felt at Hilo. Business was again reviving.
During the past fortnight, our stocks of assorted me,
chandise have been eivollon by the arrival of nearly one
third of the whole loot which, at the date of our last
review, was advised as being on the way hither from
home Atlantic ports. The imports, therefore, in some
respects have been very heavy, and have had a demos.
aing influence upon the market. This remark holds
good with reference more particularly to Candice and
Raw Spirits. Ca the other hand, we may remark, that
in the face of very considerable receipts of several de
acriptiona of provisions and OtOentiei, the market has
sustained itself remarkably well, and the jobbers have
evinced somewhat more readiness in taking up desirable
invoices than has been their cent for some time hack.
This wee owing, however, be it remembered, to the fact
that some kinds of these goods came into market at a
time when it was almost bare of stocks; for instance,
at the commencement of this month, there was very
little Pork, Bacon, Lard, or Now Orleans Sugar, either
in first or second hands, and naturally enough, buyers
came forward with alacrity for fresh parcels arriving,
and senora were enabled to realize good prices. It is,
however, only at such junctures that thin market now.
tdaya will hear up against largo receipts of part 'cuter
lines of goods; it they chance to be of those riescrili-
Cons whereof we have already large stock a, it does out
matter how those stocks nro hold, prices droop at once,
and buyers you hardly ho found upon nay terms.
During the past two weeks, there has been a fair in
quiry from the interior and North Coast, and the lim
pression generally obtains that, for the remainder of
this fall the demand for consumption will be steady,
but that the country traders, with come particular ex
ceptions, will not lay in large stooks. Ouch is now the
facilities of communication with meat all parts of the
State, throughout the whole year, that there Is no
necessity for laying in supplies for such lengthened
periods as formerly, and In proportion, of late, aa the
country retalllera purchases of the city jobbers have
been curtailed, so have the latter class taken fewer
goods from that hands. It results, of course, from this
condition of matters, that when particular lines of goods
aro in ample or large supply, the bulk of the stock
mutt be carried ; by the importer or commission mer.
clusnt, and the difficulty of maintaining remunerating
prices becomes vastly greater than It was formerly,
when ajobber would fregoontly buy a three or four
months stock of an article which promised an extra
profit within that period. The jobbers blase found to
their cost that operations upon such a scale cannot be
carried on in thin market, and they buy now nail a
careful eye to the immediate wants of their customers.
Parties abroad will do well to carefully appreciate the
Intcreasing difficulty of placing largo amounts of goods,
even at figurea not covering the coat of importation
For this reason, excessive shipments, If persisted in
hereafter, will result in still more ruinous losses than
have been heretofore realized.
The arrivals in detail since our last review was written
have been the Flying Dutchman and Flora Temple front
Now York; the Fair Wind, Belvidere and Mary from
Boston; the Johann Martin, Fanny Suffield and Pro
tector front Liverpool; the Rapid from Hamburg, and
Nil from Bordeaux, with assorted cargoes; the Cornelia
and Genova from Mazatlan, with specie and Mexican
produce ; the Augusta Kaufman from Calcutta, with rice
and sugar ; the J R. Mora from Costa Rica, with coffee ;
the Nablemoff from Silks, with ice; the Queen of the
Isles from the Society Islands, with fruit, and the May
!lower, (whaler of this port) from a cruise. Three res.
eels from New York arrived jut at the close of the pre
ceding fortnight. and the sales made out of their cargoes
are included In the operations of this fortnight.
with the five vetsela noted above as at hand from New
York and Beaton, wo have a total of eight arrivalswithin
two weeks—or more than one-third of the entire fleet
which was provioully advised as on the way from home
Atlantic ports.
non —The tendency of the market has been to In
creased firmness through the fortnight and Super fine
Domestic as we write will bear a quotation of $0 The
demand for consumption has been steady, both from the
country and city trade. We need hardly remark that
the firmness of breadatuffs is owing to the farmers con
tinuing to withhold their wheat from market, a line of
action which, if persisted in for a few months longer,
may induce considerable shipments from the Bast,
where the harvest this season has been one of the most
abundant ever known. By the Flying Dutchman there
were received E,OOO bbla College Flour, which still re•
mains unsold. Seine small lots of Gallego, In al/
probably 150 bble, were sold from first hands during the
fortnight at $12.50.
Wusar —The market has been exceedingly stiff during
the fertnight, and as lafgh as an paid for Choice mill.
Jug emu/ilea To - day, however, the receipts were
hdavler, and prices are drooping ; we quote 32010 for
ordinary to chofee,ns we write.
POSK—lmrnediately after the departure of the mail
a purchaser upon speculation came Me market and
took up about 400 bhls Clear, at a range of s32a $34 ; 50
ht do do at $10; 200 bbls Mess at $32 503133 ; 100 hf
do do at $ll 50. 84 bbls Prime Mess at $2B. The S3lrlo
party afterwards resold about 300 bbla and bf bbls at
Mein for Mean and $35 for Clear in bbls; sloos2o
for Clear and $lB f or Mess, in bf bbls. Later, the ar
rival of the Flying Dutchman and other ships with con
siderable quantities tended to lower the market a little,
but the leading holders ev hieing a good deal of firmness
they succeeded In effecting Wes to the trade of flout
Ii Eleasuler & D.
. 0,600
W. Appleton & Co. 6,090
Eiustein k Tiro . 4,000
E. &J. llngetdeld 2,600
& Co. 2,620
Ileory Strybing.... 2,600
S. (1 Hand & Co.. 2,600
$1,219,1V
oNHIONED TO,ORDER
Allan l'ifcLatio 10,000
A. L. T 5,000
.1 11. & II ..... .... 3,304
"L" (in * diamond ) 3,000
B. if . If ..t. 00 3,000
the Northern Lien.
G B. Wilbur 20,000
C. S. Drott 15,600
Conroy & O'Connor 15,180
Coleman, Bailey, &
Co 12,048
II F. /toilet. 12,060
IVm.llellor & Co., 0,000
R. bleade&O.Adame 8,400
Howes &. Crowell... 8,081
F. Einstein & Fro.. 6,200
Morgan, Ilatbaway,
& Co 4,500
E. &Y. Rosenfield_ 2,400
T 0 . . Hand & C 0... 2,000
48,000
10,814
79,899
SALT LAKE
SANDW/011 ISLANDS
San Francisco Markets
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept IS
1100 packages without hing obliged to submit to any
material decline, and the market closes steady and dem.
We note sales, dace arrival of Flying Dutchman, of 100
bids Mega at $34,• 160 do do at $32; 100 do Clear at $35 ;
123 ht do do at $10.50; ,200 do do do (from second hands)
at the same figure ; 000 ibis Alces oral Clear (ex Dutch
man) on private terms, and last sales of 55 do Hess, in
too lots, at $2304.34.
BACON—We are cognizant of sales of 80 htuls extra
clear, ea recent arrivals, attho average rate or 23e—oil
to tho trade.
11.111.1d—Tha market has been very quiet, and scarcely
so firm, for parcels in brine, although the imports of
the fortnight have been quite moderato. We vote
sales of 50 hble Barber's patent-covered, on private
terms; 50 hf hints in dry sail (received (rain Austr4-
lie) at 15)i c, 50 bbls and 80 its Gregg's patent-covered
at 20c; 50 to brined first quality in two lots, at fle (the
extreme figures obtainable for best iota in market,) and
107 Ws Ames' patent.eovered on private terms) 40 tea
shoulders sold at 13c.
BUTTER—The sales from first hands since our lust re.
view add up about 1,000 firkins. For two or three very
choice invoices 40c has been paid, but the average figure
obtained for good lots has not exceeded 314 c. Prune
invoices of ordinary quality, without guarantee, were
sold at 30330gc. Within the last two days the in
quiry is again better and at a shade better prices.
Lstn—The receipts during' the past fortnight were
considerable, of which the Vlying Dutchman brought a
large proportion. fly making' d concession of about
half a cent lb on cases, buyers were readily found
for the bulk of arrivals, which receivers wisely thought
preferable to storing for an advance. Prior to the ad
vent of the Dutchman, 4.D ee Chlide & Dougherty's,
Decker at Online's and one or two other brands were
aken by the trade ex ship at 24e; and 150 do Jewell,
larrison, S Co.'a, in iota at 25c Since the arrival or,
,
that USN! there have been sales of 60 cs outside brand
on private terms; 800 do Childs 4 Dougherty's and
Decker & Oodine's at 23 (o and about 200 do Jewell,'
narrison, & Co.'s at 240200 - 600 kegs ex recent ar
riVabi had been prevlouelY taken at 700 do, with.
out parented sold at auction a few days since at
21)021%c
Stockjobbers , Panic in Pride—The: Credit Ole.
biller and Ca'see Generale In their Decline.
[Prom the London Tlnstra, Sept. 73 '
English legislators and governments },eve been sub
jected to much vituperation on account. of their obsti
nate perseverance In the system of laissezfa ire „It is
au insular maxim that every man has a right to make
hia fortune if he can, and to ruin himself if he thinks
lit. Tho proportion of cepal employed in trade and
speculation is exclusively determined by the judgment
of those who own it. If they succeed, they attribute
the merit to their own reigacity, and among the ex
cuses for failure they are unable to suggest the Interfe
rence or the remissness of the public authorities.
The reverses of commerce and the panics of the
money market have often been attributed to the ah.
sence of official supervision, but the present condition
of the Parisian Exchange suggests e reasonable doubt
whether the theories of administration which prevail
en the continent prov,de any security to enterprise It
is evidently the intermit of a government to avoid all
reaponsibifity for commercial misfortunes, even at the
cost of disclaiming the merit of prosperity, for in public
at well as in private relations, resentment is a more ac
tine feeling than gratitude. On the other elite, capi
talists, however blind to their own interests, are supe
rior in acuteness. and especially in singleness of pus.
pose, to any Minister of State who might assume a con
trol over their operations d government may 1m
tempted to stimulate or discountenance enterprise by
mutate altogether Independent of the profits to be
realized.
The second Empire In Franco Inherited from all its
predecessors the aesumed duty of regulating the com
mercial transactions of the country. The great Napoleon,
mole especially, claimed the right of Interfering in every
department of human activity, but among all the less
manageable element, of 'moiety, none puzzled the Irri.
tasted lion en frequently as the rebellious movement. of
the Stock Exchange. Ito acquiesced, but unwillingly,
in the representations of decrees that his admirals must
necessarily take account of winds and of tides; but Mot.
lien and his other ananclel advisers could never wise
him understand that a "bear" was not a political mat.
content. The admiring historian of the Consulate and
Empire constantly records, with a hesitatiug protest,
the Impotent declarations of kin hero, that he would
bring la .illestieurs tee Poi/totes" to their emcee
Napoleon 111 lea hotter economist, and if ho has cow •
witted errors in encouraging or In restraining specula
tion, he is net capable of profiting by experience. Ths
loudest murmurs which have been uttered against his
ini oistration proceed from a class of capitalists which
at one time seemed to enjoy an unusual share of omelet
favor. It was a mistake it foster a ;spirit of gambling ;
but it may be doubted whether the evil in remedied
either by the rearal to concede new public weeks, or
by the notarial patronage • awarded to heavy coinediee
' against Mods-jobbing. Public opinion Yogi:in/a to be
undeceived of the imereenion that credit depends on
any support except that of Integrityand of wealth. •
The Cities° Generale des Chemins de Feria an Institu•
lion orgenized by 11. Mired on the tozanzandits prand
ial°, in rivalry of hi. Fereire's Credit Mollifier, and the
shares of both undertakings hare from similar causes
suffered a heavy fall. Indeed, it would seem that no
financial Cu isle was neeesaery to account for want of con
fhlence in a company which, after investing a large par.
lieu of Its funds Ina Spanish loan, bad employed a still
more considerable corn in purchasing the concession of
the Roman railways. The Pope and Queen Isabella me
not precisely the customers whom a prudent man would
wish to Sod responsible for the principal part of bin as.
sets. Certain coal-pits in the south of Franco, and gas
works at Marseilles, would probably find more favor In
the eyes of ordinary c.spitaliste ; bat, on thew hole, pub.
lie confidence has been shaken., sad It became desirable
that it should be re-established. for this purpose, amt
with the collateral object of inainuating charges against
the government. an - ingenioile little comedy wax cons.
posed and exhibited at a regent. meeting of the coin.
peaty.
M. Mires, the roomier and responsible director of the
Odes° Gleuenile, commenced the performance by an
elaborate exposition of Ids reasons for retiring from his
poet. A delicate personal susceptibility. an elevating
emih usiosm for the honor of stocky obbing , and a re.
spectral disapprobation- for the recent policy of the
flovernment, render the farther progress of Ms scheme
repugnant to his feelings. "'Enterprise," he says,
allies, like war. Its honor and its glory. The acorn.
plashinent of great things in trade and finance is ai
noble and attractive as in literature, in sets, and in
politics " Of this ambition M. Shires la not ashamed ;
It fie Ills aspiration to make grand ways of comma
micntion, to eenettniet 'sanitary works in populous
cities, to dig feel from the bowels of the earth, to
found manufacturing and mining establishments;
"last of all, to give to State, and Governments the
financial assistance which provides theratrith the movies
of war and of peace and which has elevated finance to
the level of a political sclera." Loudon dealers in
stocks and shares follow precisely the same occupation;
but they are Incapable of rising to so poetical and disin•
torested a view of their unconsciously sublime functions.
A rise or fall of an eighth in the quotation of any stock
would, we fear, Interest the vulgar share jobber morn
earnestly than the sublime reflection that ho has
seconded the beneficent operations of nature.
It wine that French society atpresent labors under a
similar want of enthusiasm. Wherever you go,"
earl ht. Mires in his flowing eloquence, " at the thea
tre, in drawing-rooms, in books, on the bench, In the
pulpit, at the legleatave tribune, in town, in country,"
there prevails an almost unanimous hostility in bust.
ness and men of business—" ce ea' on opprlle ire of.
faires,et ler homtnes gni lee forte," The Bourse and
its " steps" ace profoundly unpopular Th 9 reasons
which have led to this general injustice can only be en
dlosted with caution and delletacy. The public hare
misunderstood the preventive measures of the Govern.
meat. The minister announced that no new railway
concessions would be granted, and an, ignorant comma.
pity ban supposed that be wished to restrain specula
tion The consequence is mend alarm, %fall in ex.
isting shares, and an absence of f nether opportunities of
profitable ineestment The change& in the share list
aro, according to Al. Mires , cool assertion, equivalent to
the annihilation of several milliens worth of property.
,tt the same time, the benefactors of the human rate,
who have invested their money in joint-stock companies,
are exposed to the most shameless calumnies, and it is
suggested that credit can only be restored by giving full
protection to its representatives, or, in other words, by
securing M. Mires against criticism. " Chamfort has
remarked that Moliere, whq brought all other Omer, of
society on the atage, has spared financiers; and he adds
that Colbert had induced Louie XIY. to prohibit him
irons representing them The inference is obvious,
that M. Pould falls far short tf his famous predecessor.
On these grounds M. Mires, endered his resignation;
bur Count Simeon, in an equally elaborate speech, pro
test, against his resolotiola, hod at the unanimous de•
sire of the meeting the menace le eventually withdrawn
The shareholders of the Calete Generale can no longer
blame their representative If their dividends gradually
decline and their shares go down In the market. The
imperial Government most bear the responsibility of
their /twee, although It would seem that speemlataons
an Spain and Italy were beyond the reach of ailministm
tiso encreach anent,
It is not likely that the Emperor or his Ministers
will extend the law of libel after the precedent of Col
bert. M. Poniard, though he is not exactly Moliere,
has been rewarded for dedicating his satire on the
Bourse to the successor of Louis XIV. But if the ora
tory of M. Mires is somewhat turgid, his coinplainte are
not altogether without foundation, It Is true that the
Interference of the Government has lowered the value
of chores which had, in merry CaSee, been raised to •
premium by the same machinery. Joint-clock propria.
tors have a right to complain or an artiticinl deprecia
t lion of values, and It Is not Surprising that they attri
bute to administrative caprice the consequences of a CO.'
luntary and officious fofeeight. The Credit Mobilise
an d the Cal3Se Generale may, af ter the experience of
the post, safely be left to fi nd their oton tenet.
af
The Troubles In the ThreeOreatltloney Markets
of Ike World.
[From the London News, Sept. 18.]
The announcement of a bank and railroad panic in
the United States is peculiarly unwelcome at the pre
sent moment, when so depressing an inihiencv is ex°,
cited upon commercial and monetary affairs in this con.:
try by the attempted revolution In India, and when still
greater gloonereigns in France. It is a most unusual
circumstance for the three great money markets of the
world to be Una simeltaneonsly stricken In England,
however, the mliet is merely the quiet of caution; in
France it results from financial exhaustion consequent
upon a previously inflated speculation. In America the
situation presents many features analogous to that in
Franco, but with this difference—that the rottenness is
nearer the., surface of things. .
Wo have long been familiar with the desperate haste
of the American speculator to get rich. That specula
tion shall beget extravagance seems to be a law of nature,
for what is lightly earned is lightly spent. The result
is witnessed in that reckless profuse style of living
which forms en striking a feature of society, both in
Paris and New York. We in London are quite sober
by comparison. For the root of all this, we must look
mainly to the facilities afforded to speculation by the
modern mania for joint-stock enterprise, especially in
the direction of railways England, we may Dope, has
passed through her phase of trial, and the lesson has
been so bitter that there is not the slightest fear of her
again exceeding prudent limits for a very long period
to COlllO. In fact, the mere mention of a 'proposal
for the construction of new railways within these
islands is sufficient to make capitalists button
up their pockets in haste, unless a liberal
guarantee from a powerful company, or some
similarly exceptional inducement, be held out. Sub
scribers in England will scatter their money to the four
winds of heaven, and construct rai l lwayis for any civ
ilized nations of the earth, hut t e idea of making
fresh railways at home, after the experience already
gained, they utterly scout. The cost of this experi
ence la 81101 proportion Pt the 1300,000,000 sterling
and upwards already expended as him been absolutely
Wasted; and a vast sum this proportion represents.
Other countries have yet to pay for their railroad ex
perience, and the price will probably, In ninny In
etances, be a high one. Of late years France has been
repeatedly on the verge of serious financial embarrass
ment through investing too largely in earth works.
In America, the establishment of the railway system
has led to periodically recurring panics, all inferior in
severity, however, to the present one. Americana re
fuse to allow that they have made their railways too
quickly, yet bow often do DO bear them contrasting the
number of miles constructed in the States with them
executed by Europe, and boasting of the superior energy
and enterprise of their fellow-conntryinen. After
making allowance for the comparatively lOw cost of the
American railways, this very comparison is sufficient to
induce an apprehension that I. young community like
the United States, whose Moneyed capacity is as yet
far below that of England or France , Lan sown the seeds
of the present difticultlee through undue haste in rail
way construction.
The chief questipn of interest to the English mercan
tile community is,itove far will the effects of the present
panic extend! It is likely that the shock to confidence
will lead to much disturbance of legitimate trade? So
feces an opinion can at present be ventured upon, we
think the answer must be in the negative. The worst
feature of the time is the run open the banks; and,
unfortunately, no very high opinion is entertained
of the caution of American bankers. When the
market is easy, they are ever ready to lend reck
lessly upon all kinds of railway and other securities;
and when pressure arises, a wholesale contraction by
the banks frequently precipitates * otitis. It will
WO CENTS.
certainly go hard at this Juncture with banks which
have too large a portion of their means locked up in
advance, on railway securities, for the fall of these
has been terrific, and no progress could be made with
sates under present circumstances The banking his
tory of Scotland shows the inevitable consequence of
such a departure from the roles by which all banking
institutions ought to be governed. But should the
high class banks weather the storm, as It is believed
they will, the period of trial to the commercial commu
nity will probably be brief Afore failurea are undoubt
edly to be looked tor, both In New Turk And in other
cities of the Union; but there Is strong ground to be
lieve that them will be moiety confined to speculators
And speculative establishments Should this turn out
to be the cage, the ; apprehension of embarrassment on
this side, and of a lengthened interruption to the cuurse
of legitimate trade, will he greatly alleviated.
But this it only part of the evil. After the Ameri
can railways have been completed, the stockholders,
as has also happened. In England, have exhibited a
censurable degree of apathy, by entrusting the manage
ment, In many cases, to men of strongly pronounced
speculative tendencies, under whose guidance a peril
ously lax system of accounts has grown up. ileum
has arisen a large mass of Boating debt, calling for
renewal periodically, whatever may be the state of the
money market. At a period of panic like the preterit,
there is, consequently, a complete scramble for money
on the part of such railway companies as inayhuippen
to went funds to meet liabilities falling doe. What
can be imagined mere discreditable to the whole
American railway interest than the Scene described by
the last mail of the entire financial metropolis waiting
in trembling impatience to learn whether one or the
leading rallwey companies would be able to obtain
from •the bankers money sufficient 16 discharge the
Interest on Ito hancis 7 A singular sight we should
think it in Englaod to see a crowd of London and
Northwestern Railway proprietors besieging the doors
of Ileum Glyn's banking-house. en the tip-toe of im
patience to learn if the Inn would condescend to pay'
the Interest on the company's debentures The finan
cial blots of English railway management frequently
call for strictures of the press, but shrink almost Into
insignificance compared with those presented, and
passed by :without comment, on the ether side of the
Atlantic The fact is, the whole system of American
railway firraticoneeds purification, and one good resale
will be gained, lf, the forthcomLog exposures beatitude('
by serious discouragement to the practice, hitherto by
far too rift, of remitting immense Masses of bonds for
sale, frequently at serious discount, in the English mar
ket, But the fitted step towards financial reform must
be an improvement In the competition of the railway
boards. Unless the public have confidence in the men.
they cannot possibly have' confidence in the property
which those men administer.
71E COURTS.
YESTERDAY'S PROOEEDINGS
Reported for The Press ]
UNITED STATED DISTRICT COURT—Judge Grier.—ln
the case of Ewing tw. Blight et al , before reported,
the jury to try the issue of the citizenship of the plain
tiff, came Into Court, yesterday morning, and stated
they could not agree. Judge Grier discharged them,
remarking that be had sent the fuse to the jury merely
to :satisfy hie conscience, but that he entertained 00
doubt of the plaintiff's right to Ole his bill, and ordered
the respondenge ansWer to be tiled within the Usual
time The Court was then adjourned until Monday
morning at 10 o'clock
Seruizea COMET—J[Idg. Kuog.—The Washington Star
Savings and Loan Association us Bernard Hagan. In
this Cale Jade Knox made the following order: And
now, October 16, 1807, it is ordered that theplaintiff Is
et liberty to procee I and collect of this judgement
$52262, with interest from March 2, 1667, and for the
residue the judgment is opened and the defendant ii
let into a defence. The judgment to stand for the plain
tiff's declaration, and the plea to he payment, it being
admitted that the real debt, when the judgment was
entered, was $750, instead of $l2OO.
In the matter of Mason es. The Kensington and
Philadelphia Plank Road Company, before reported, -
the motion fora preliminary injuoction was refused.
Gillespie es. The Camden and Amboy Railroad. In
this case a demurrer wag flied to a bill of discovery flied
by the defendants Judge Knox made, yesterday morn
ing, the following order: "It IN ordered and adjudged that
the plaintiffs, or some one of them, answer the qaeatious
propounded in the that interrogatory Contained in the
defendants' bill of discovery; to the word 'estate' in the
fourth line of said interrogatory, and that the twelfth
Interrogatory be also answered in like manner. The
demurrer no sustained as to all the other interrogate.
nee, and they are directed to be stricken oat as irrele
vant and impertinent. The answer made by one to have
the game effect as though made by all of the p.aintiffe."
James E. Gowen, Constant Guillou, and W. A. Porter,
/leers., for the plaintiff; St. George T. Campbell, and
John M. Reed, Esere,. for the defendants.
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Com
pony et. The Philadelphia and Delaware River Rail-
road Company.—Motion for a preliminary injunction
This motion presents for consideration two questions;
viz:
lat. May the Philadelphia and Delaware River Rail•
road lawfully crora et grade the Philadelphia and Read•
leg Railroad, at a point where the latter road crosses
Frankford avenue
2d. Dan it so errors, without first making or tendering
or securing compensation for the damages which may be
thereof sustained by the Philadelphia and Reading Rail,
road Company I
If the first question is answered in the negative, the
second becomes of little practical Importance to the
case In hand, for In that event no damages would be na l
tamed.
The twelfth section of the general railroad act prof
vides, " that whenever In the construction of Inch road
or rondo, it shall be necessary to cross or iuteraect any
establiehed road or way, It shall be the dui) , of the prei
sident anddlrectors of the said company, so to construct
the said road across such established toad or way, as not
to impede the peonage or' transportation of persons o t
property along the manta." This provision Loapplica
ble to the defendant corporation, for it was expressly
made subject to all the provisions and restrictions of the
general railroad ad, except se far as they were altered
ut repealed,by the epeeist wet of incorporation.
In the case of the Commonwealth vs. The Erie - and
Northeast Railroad Company, 3 Calves, 339, the words
of the charter were that " the said railroad shall be :a
constructed as not to obstruct or impede the free usd
of,auy public road, street, lone, or bridge," Re. And
it was there held that the railroad could toot be built on
a street no as to cause any material obstruction, and
that only such impediments could los created as could
not be avoided, and that those which were not epee-
Gaily necessary to the making and using of the railroad
were unlawful ; that the "Managers see bound to have
the street as nearly free from obstructions as they can,
and for that purpose to spare as reasonable expenditure
of motley or labor."
The words need in the get referred to, and those in the
general act, do not differ so as to authorize a different
role of construction, and, consequently, under the au
thority just quoted, I Lave no difficulty in coining to thq
conclusion that " The Philadelphia and Delaware River
Reams'!" to bound to cross the Philadelphia and Road,
lag Railroad In the way that will create the least imps ti.
meat to the free use of the latter road. It is also very
clear to toy maul that the one road eannot lately be
crossed by the other at grades.
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, at the pro.
posed place of crossing, is conetructed upon * descend.,
mg grade, towiusla Port Richmond, of thirty-three feet
tothe mile; and according to the affidavits presented,
upon the hearing, during about nine months in the
year, a coat train of immense burden presses this point
every twenty-five Palpates en an average in the twenty,
four hours. It is also apparent, that the crossing of
the passenger cars of the defendant corporation would.,
be at intervals, dating a portion of the day, of only a,
few minutes, as the road lo to be used exclusively as a
City Passenger railway. Under Otis state of facts, I
am finalyameriueed that the use of the mime track, at
the point of crossing, by both roads, would not only,
seriously impede the passage of each other's care, but;
would also greatly endanger the safety of persons and
property.
It the General Assembly had expressly authorized
one road to cross the other at a grade, or it such was the
only practicable way of crosolng, the evil, great as it ap
parently is, would Imes to be borne. It is. how
ever. not pretended that there to any express legislative
authority so to cross; and the evidence shows that the
crossing, by meaneof a bridge and embankments, may
be made entirely safe, at an expense of from fifteen to
eighteen thousand dollars. This amount of expenditure
can scarcely be said to offer an Dusupersble obstacle to
the plan proposed It would rather, 1 apprehend, be
found, in the end, to be an economical use of the corm-,
pony's money, Slut it is alleged by the defendant that
the right to cross at grade is secured by the action of
the board of Surveyors of the City of Philadelphia.
The Supplement to the Consolidation Act, loused 21st
April, 1883, provides " That hereafter no Railroad Com
pany, obese rasa does or shall terminate within the
city of Philadelphia, shall have the right or power to
locate and construct that part of said road, which shall
extend within the Inuits of &aid City, without first sob.
milting the plans and surveys thereof, exhibiting the
grades awl routes to the Board of Surrey of said city,
who shall have power to conform the same, as far as
may be practicable, to the general plan and regulations'
of said city, as adopted at that time, and all charters
authorizing the construction of any redlroad within said
city, shall be taken subject to the above restriction."
On the 27th October, 18511, the board of survey passed
a resolution approving of the proposed plan of crossing
at grade, nada the Prankford avenue ahoald be perma
nently iraded for curbing and paving.
I do not think thin action of the Board of Survey Is
Concludes upon the rights of the plaintiffs eorporation,
for it had no notice of the submission of the plan and
applicatiop for approval, and besides which, 1 am In
clined to the Writer' that the board exceeded Its power
in approving of a temporary plan which did not corres
pond with the grade of Franklin Avenue as fixed by the
City Ordinance Again, the act of 21st April, 1855, is
entirely restrictive in its character, and it may well be
doubted, whether, in any event, the approval of the lo
cation or plan of a contemplated railway by the Board
of Survey, Is conclusive upon the question of the law-,
fiances of the place Or location.
It is also urged by the defendant tact as the grade of
the avenue ;moth of the Reading Railroad has WA been
flied by the city authorities, the Railroad Company
have no right to mate an embankment on said avenue,
corresponding with the grade on the north side. I see
uo difficulty arising from this suggestion, The grade of
Frankford avenue, north of the railroad, has been esta
blished at 18 feet 8 inches above the level of the nail.
and there is no reason to suppose that any other or dif
ferent grade will be fixed for the avenue south of the
railroad, end if it is not, the embankment necessary to
be made in creasing the Reading Railroad, will corres
pond with the grade of the avenue, and at the same
time will enable the defendant company to comply with
the provision in the general railroad act already quoted
If n the Philadelphia and Delaware River Railroad
Company" hag the right rouse Frankford avenue at all,
it may so use It in crossing other establiahed reacts or
ways, as not to impede the passage or transportation of
persons or property along the same.
Upon the whole elite I au, clearly of opinion that the
defendant's railroad cannot lawfully cross that of the
plaitotill'a at grade, because such crossing will Impede
the passage or transportation of persons and property
along the wane. I am further of opinion that it may
lawfully cross by means of a bridge, erected so as to
correspond with the grade of Frankfora avenue, and
that the necessary embankments may be placed upon
the avenue on either side of the bridge.
The power of this Court by injunction to prevent one
railroad company from unlawfully interfering with
another in the location pf tin reed, is beyond all ques-
tion, and to my mind, tt Is clear that a proper case is
here sheen for the exercise of this poorer. As already
Intimated, the second quesion becomes en unimportant
one, and therefore it is unnecessary to consider it
It is ordered that upon the complainant Ming a bond
in the penal SUM of five thousand dollars, with sufficient
surety to be approved of by this Court, or soy dodge
thereof in vacation, conditioned to indemnify the defeu
danta from all damages that may be sustained by the in.,
Junction granted upon this motion, an injunction be',
awarded commanding. the Philadelphia and Delaware'
River Railroad Company, its officers, directors, and
agents, named as defendants in this bill , strigtly to at,.
stain from building or constructing any railroad so as to'
cross the complainant's railroad at grade, and strictly to
abstain from coastructing any railroad serail the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad along Prankford
avenue, at a lower grade than eighteen feet and eta
inches, an the grads at which Frankford avenue has been
established and confirmed above the track of the Read
tog Railroad, on the north side of said railroad- and,
also, etrictly to abstain from interfering or intermeddliog
in any manner with the rails or track of the Philadel•
phis sad Reading Railroad.
This Injunction to remain in full force until the final
bearing, or until the further order or this court.
CONUON PLEAS—Judge Allison.—Orphans' Court List
DI STEUCT COURT, No. 2—sludge Eharswood.—ln the
case of filelutosti rs. The Trustees of the Third Baptist
Church of Philadelphia, before reported, tbo Jury re
turned a verdict for the plaintiff of $1801.48 II 11
P'hillipS and Hanna, Eggs., for plaintiff; H. C. Perkins.
Eaq., for defendant.
John Lindsay or. William J. Deli An action on three
promissory notes. Verdict for plaintiff $319 48. Amos
Briggs, Esq., for plaintiff; John illalntyre, En., for
defendant.
F 61141011 R. Hyde es. Hugh de brut, d,u &WWI 012 •
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mind the following rules :
Ever/ ecnnminication must be staxopenied hr the
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the trpegraphy s but one aide of t sheet should be
written upon.
We shall be greatly obliged to gentlemen in /*lnn'''.
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lowelation, and any teem:cation that will be Interesting
to the general reader
sealed promissory note jury out. 4'. C Err water, Haq,
for plaintiff; Judge Parsons for defendant.
The Merchants' k blechaoks, having
A.vocistion, of
Philadelphia, tr. E. J. Bailey. An action on a promisso
ry note—Verdict for plaintiff 2333.9) Amos Briggs,
Earl. toe plaintiff Pearson, Esq for defendant.
Jan Hastings vs. James A. Freeman.—An action for
damages for selling the plaintiff's goods without proper
unthority. .0n trial, Amos Briggs, Esq for plaintiff;
G. H. Earle, Esq., for defendant.
Qtuklai SaSSlOlls--Judge Thompaon.—Wm Evans.
formerly, a merchant of high standing is the literal of
13arlss4oes, but who has been for Some years occupying
comparatively humble .I'l:attune in this city, was
charged with an assault and battery, with intent to
kill, Mr. A. E. Otzterbridge. It appears from statements
male during the course of the trial, that Evans had
been some time since in the employment of Mr. Outer
bridge, alto occupies offices in the Merchants , Ex
' change, and on one occasion had been sent by him to
Brazil, as supercargo, to purchase a cargo of coffee.
11 1"eit the arrival of the coffee at this port, at was found
to be what is technically termed country damaged, and
Mr. Outerbridge and Evans had some words about the
latter's breach at instructions in purchasing such an arti
cle, which ended ip the disatiss3l of Orion, Slime this
time he appears to' have entertained a grudge against
the Messrs. Outerbridge, and on the occasion of the
alleged aawalt, he acted in a manner that leaves no
doubt on the minds of alt that be must bare been de
ranged. He demanded payment for ao intsglaary ma
chine for making cigars, and then brought into the
rooms of the livers.' Outenbridge a half gallon jar
idled with gunpowder and marbles, and after directing
some strangers who were present to lease. be delibe
tabillf.tbrtust a lighted tiger Into the neck of !helm,
which fortunately did not ignite it, or it would have un
doubtedly kilted all lathe apart.ment at the time Lucia
ding the anfertunate defendant himself. Daring tha
progress( of his trial yesterday, be asked )Ir. Oaten
bridge a number of apparently connected questions re
lative to the coffee speculation. but did not allude in any
way to the charge sparest him. He is a man of
eduratien; speaks several languages, and Is Wade=
to? be an Englishman by birth, and about fifty years of
age. Mr., Gustavus Hemel kindly addressed the jury in
his favor, pleading ills evident insanity. The jury after'
*nine deliberation acquitted him, anthe ground of in
sanity. There was no other ease of any public late
net. ' - ' -
GENERAL NEWS.
Considerable, excitement was created in the
financial circles of Pittsburgh, on Wednesday, by
the arrest of James O'Conner, of the firm of O:Ca
ner Bro.; bankers, en Wood street, on a warrant
charging him with having obtained some 11185,000
from the Merchants' and hfanufacrerers' Bank, of
Pittsburgh, through fraudulent represehtations.
The Chromate says that Mr: O'Connor has, before
this affair, eujoyed,the oonfidence of our citizens,
and that be should be charged even, with the
offence alleged against him, excites not a little sur
prise. He alleges, ,we believe, ;that his account
with the bank, extending over a period of some
months, exceeds, $3,000,000, and that the in
stitution is in error charging him with error
drawing his aeconut to the amount stated.
When it was first found that he had overdrawn
his acCemat, the sum wee fixed ut $40.000. Ho
paid this, and teamed (layer two afterwards that
he wasetill indebted to the bank $. 5 ,0 0 0- This he
also paid, but when in the latter part of but weak
he wee fold that he was still Indebted to the lead
tution $185,000, he refused to meat the claim,
though be expressed his willingness to have the
account examined, and to pay any balance that
might really stand against him. With this view, sad
to show his sincenty in the matter, he deposited
with Mr. C. Johnson $140.000 in promissory notes,
and $lO,OOO in railroad securities, to be applied by
him to the payment of any legal balazieethat might
be against him. The directors, however, would
not be satisfied with this, and took the steps
above stated. The matter is still under investiga
tion.
7u - the Greensburg (Pa.) Argus of this week
we And a notice of the death of Mr. James C.
Clow, ofgalem, Westmoreland county, who was one
of thoeeloit ou theill-fated Central'America. fib ,
father's family, not expecting his return im early
in the fall, felt bat little uneasiness after the news
arrived of the lass of the Teasel, but on Tuesday
they received the heart-rending intelligenee by
letter, from a lady passenger who had beau saved.
When she left the vessel, Mr. Clow committed to
her care a valuable package, with the repast that,
if he was not reamed, she should write to his
mother. The lady's father was also among the
lost. She speaks of Mr. Clow as haying exerted
himself personally, from Eras to last, in the use of
every means to save the Tassel and its inmates
from the terrible catastrophe which. alas! con
signed so many souls to a watery grave, and which
has sent sock walling and tears into so many soma' 1
circles.
Arian Washington died near Route,
Ga., on the dth ult. aged 78 years . She was She
eldest daughter of 'Col John Stith, of Brunswick
county, Va., and grand-daughter, on her mother's
side, of Lawman!. Washington, the school-mate
and companion of General Washington, of Chotank,
Bing George 'scanty, same State. Her father was
an °Mar of distinction in the Virginia line, during
the revolutionary war, hav ing entered the came ,as
a lieutenant, at the early age or eighteen, with the
first nompany, of ' replier troops furnished by his
native State, and atter:Far& being present, among
others, in the hard-fought battled cf Trenton,
Princeton, Itrandywine '
Germantown, and Mon
mouth, in all of which be distinguished himself
for his bravery and skill. In 1805 she married her
relative, Warren Washington, in Xing George
county. Va.
The Galveston (Texas) Newt states that the
camels and dromedaries, imported by the dovernl
Went some years ago, into that State, for the pur-i
pos. Of trying th experiment how they would
answer the purpose on our great American deserts
or in the extreme west of the State, have proven
eminently successful, and come up to the full ex
pectations of all. At last accounts they were CM
their journey, heavily laden, to the extreme fron
tier of New Alex:leo. All are now satiated that
the impartation of camels was no chimerical flight,
as was anticipated, bet a wise, judicious, and eco
nomical scheme, refloating credit on the originators
of the plan. There are now employed nineteen
dromedaries, and thirty-two camels on the fron
tier. The climate agrees with' them admirably,
and but few accidents, by disease or otherwise,
have occurred.
Tho tiegroes implicated in the attempt to
ranrder and rob Mr. William R, Brothers, at hie
residenoe, near Suffolk, Va.„ in July last, were
tried on Monday, and found guilty of Me crime
charged. They were thereupon sentenced to bo
hung on the 20th of November. In this case the
negroes assaulted Mr. Brothers, after breaking
into his house, with an axe, oat off his left hand,
broke his right ann in several places, and inflicted
several severe onto on his breast and bark. Snp
peeing life was extinct, they dragged -him out of
doors and left him on the ground, after which they
proceeded to search for the money which induced
their mime, hat were not successful in finding it_
The negroea date that they wore incited to commit
the not by a white man named 'Nathan Franklin.
who is under arrest and will he tried.
The Wrightsville (Pa.) Star says that Mr.
John &hall, of Chaneeford township, in j.aneaster
county, whose family consisted of himself, wife,
and ten children, has been severely aElicted with
dysentery this season, his wife and Eve of the chil
dren having died with that disease, within the
space of air weeks. Mr. Enoch Smith, of the same
township, also lost his wife and three ehildren
within the apace of two weeks, by dysentery. Him
self and three more of his children had the disease
also, but are recovering from it. Mr. David Shoff,
of the same township, was burled on Saturday last,
and four more of the same family are now down
w.th the same sickness. The disease still prevails
in the neighborhood, but not to the exteni it has
done heretelbre.
In Baltimore, on Thursday afternoon, aboat
2 o'elook, a young man named Charles Nally was
shot and killed at the corner of Richmoad and
Cathedral streets, by a mannamed Samuel Brown,
Jr., the keeper of a drinking•huuse located on the
corner of the above streets A heavy charge of
"B" shot was lodged in his head and fine. After
receiving the shot, Nally ran a few ceps and fell,
and almost immediately aspired. Samuel Brown,
Jr., and David Kenna, alias Dernaott, were taken
into custody at the house by officers Brashears. and
Williams, of the middle district, the former charg
ed with the killing and the latter,with aiding and
abetting in the same. They were looked up.
The Hartford (Conn.) Evening Press in
forms us that the Dalton horse, whams been some
what noted for long races, (one of ten miles in that
city being among them,) is matched against the
Taylor horse, with whom he ran the hundred miles
from Albany, west, last spring. This race is to
come off at Bridgeport on the 234 inst., a dietanoe
of 25 miles, for $2,000. The same horse is matched.
for another race of 5 miles at Chatham Four Cor
ners, the present month. And we hear, also, that
he will run against time at some place this
fall, the proposition being to run a hundred miles
in ten hours.
The New York Journal of Commerce says
" We have seen a note engraved for a bank in Con
necticut, promising 'to pay at. the Mechanics'
Bank, in the city of New York, to or bearer,
on demand, three dollars in notes, of the New York
banks. Receivable for all debts due the bank.
Payable in specie two years after the war.' The
note was dated Feb. 10th, 1515, but engraved by
C. Jocelyn, (now of the Am. Bank Note Co .3 end
issued during the ensuing summer."
A man named John getup, a blacksmith,
employed upon the Bergen Tunnel, was found dead
in the deep oat of the New Jersey Railroad through
Bergen Hill on Wednesday morning. A wound
was found upon one side of his head and face. and
a bruise upon his thigh. It is supposed that he
came to his death by walking off into the cut while
in a state of intoxication. He leaves a wife and
child in Cornwall. England.
The members of the Jewish persuasion
throughout the country are taking np the subject
of a treaty entered into by the government of tho
United States with the Swiss confederation. and
hare resolved to send delegates from every State
in the Union to Washington, to lay their grievances
before the President of the United Z.:Lae?. The
several delegations will meet at Baltimore on the
29th of Ootober.
The editor of the Washington Stales assures
his readers that it is not true that Judge Doeglas
has sustained heavy losses by the ieprc‘itition of
Western lands and stocks; he has, on the contrary.
the best authority for saying that lion. Mr. Dou
glas and lion. Mi. Rice intend to continuo the
handsome improvements they are making in that
city, by the erection of other buildings nest
spring.
The Detroit Free Press of Saturday states
that "a young lady passed through that city on
the day previous, who was said to be Mi., Au 4 nst,..
Cunningham, of New York. She arrived o'n tho
Plymouth Rook from Buffalo, and pas.3ed oa mer
the Michigan Central Railroad to ehicagv. Her
appearance attracted a large crowd on the doek.
at soon as it was noised around who she was F...h0
was on a business trip.
Among recent deaths is that of Elijah
Stiles, Est , of Springfield, N. J.. a useful and
estimable citizen. lie has been known fur many
years in Essex county, as an active Whig, and
held the Positions of a member of the Legislature,
and of the Board of Freeholders.
Tim Farmers' and Exchange. Bank of Bich
mond, Va., has su3pended spec lo payments.
A new steam fire-engine, built by Mr. Latta,
Las arrived at Bt. Louis.