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:■> pertinent asklrigfor 'tie dtobandingofthe illope
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■ . ..'■ ' oHa wdald do-'mijofi Jo' pArent' distnrlmnies «i'
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," j .nji.ng'a jpan bp thepHy or-$450,000; wasj oonptir-'
jr rodVip.iaAiesolßtfon WM paaMd inqnlrtng Into
4 the of the hood
ii.vj? 'Dri-englnea, nowl that thh/ateun ( apparatus.for
,: hhi' ! :feepomii?' l '«o! '|popu : '
•pw!. :, J lhrs^;Jn ;
ppppiptod. *&. ..meet :■ ar dorfeoppndjng •
" ; .oemmlttee freintheßaleatll ranch, to'lhqhirelnte
■ the Fire'
- tjjere&r! a .paid
,
- '. theHeUearelilßjttrtorio hpTliig’a^
i: ’ titiderioyitWfioiSehoe iSd,Aie*oi,’p|¥'jiflaiidoppo-, 4
•I } 'hft£d]i?oltj)f/jSd thal'MT’PMt,.TJqriena he,in-.-
'■ ; jnt<) the matter. The reso
;l :^;’Si^pi 4 *i^i^’di j tq I , 'i4iij(>onnoU» > after some 1
I‘. 'i o.tMt hurihesa. pf a not.wry Important ohirOotqr,
.-odjtrarned.; I \ n
' ‘,' ' The Cpari of (Jdarter Berdoas waj yo* - -
■■■■■■} ; .M^iJ’feiMe^inSlsrßdwardtßlßtleasoharged’
in.‘ih»'es» ofptoborl
.r. ,qhargOi<wUli'perjiryi'r«tttrn'ed to, the.
- s? 4 st j^ft^iLOf'di'dajr'/otoUhgjlßoi;
-r > •'•' t 'mltnddd ! a fnrUier>()on ’
: «;i|a«aßbtt'of.iSe..iSMe, add In;th’eo»e#jpg.'returced
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; The;Pe«msrtvania Batik. Building.
-c. i'-i »' ! The magnifioent granite building erectedfor
*f> 'Hl»s Pennsyiyania wilibe aold-at
M. THOMAB& Sona, on
tho26th dayof October, under the orderoi
vthßaSsighees,' This ft a’ sale that in'll!, attract
■tStenjion ;pf. .capltaUaia in;all parts<ifthe
ai jy*-v The' building itself is •"one- of the
t bMUt|All arch!te<itiirai prntunentB of - this
ed
ibelng, only e<iuaiied by the • perfection of
> of'its into
*,ri suitable for
‘■'tfrl eerftorfttit>n'B, each of r,whlch is fireproof, and
, thelocation of tho building' is suchaa to so
only
,; t ha« ij-°hjChestnnt; : atreet, • facing - the
: -A\ offlcera
p (inn
"' -'ttie value ofthe lot by aecnrlng for the bjmk a
t Ycomna odious connection in'the' rear wlthiMeiv
-\i chant street,-and .the stores .'on Market street.'
*'» the hand* of i the work,
j : . then for upwards oftwoyeara, and no pains, or
■a* <eiji'efise'was ( aparedW m'ake it In : ovory re
_. _ V'jSect pflrfhct.'. Ita actual costup to this time
' baa been|B3o,ooo, and there can he 'no qnes
• :, ;.'tian : beisg'thebeat binklng house in
America. ■“The, ! b!dder^„fet, it!froria abroad
' e WiliSi be.lnhmerons,-as Itgives
f a tempting opportuhity to' invest' a 7 latge sum
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‘ ' 'means of the'tenants for whom it is especially
t? 1 adaptedywlllYilfidoubtedly ylold/a- largo in
''•tetestytT —f ;; ■?' *
puthoriUes' hayo it
‘.in contemplation to : purchase the building for.
' ; thepresoryaltdii of the public records. It is
. 1 V crying .evil thattherecords of deeds, wills,
: v- court proceedings, and similar documents, on
, - . whichtbe secure possdsslon of half the pro-
Vf^ peWy' in .Philadeipliia -deponds, should. bo 1 at
" ,j; the mercylofi,the flames in the ovent ef.nny
- ■ great ; .<!fpnflagraUon, { 'and : exceedingly Insecure
' agajrisf flre in’foo, very places of deposit them-
SBlvas..-,.The, pnbl|c;jonrnaia have, for years
. urged upon O otincili the necessity*! attend-
Sib thls'raatter, arid lt : fa wlthpecallar satle
tjpn'tfiat.wejßar'thatqurolty,Government
?■* 'is .'abbafc«trj'lngi' to£«eoor£ thir pepnllarly
aiiprdprlate'building. 'tor thepurpose. , The
knowledge that anch an edipoe hnd been pur-
I' would give auoh
Wi#i aaViifaetlon' to- the? Whole community) as
- fo ;lJt«^lf : ia'kTstltuae to
’. fee pnbifc;.ae|reanta', who-feronght about the’
consummation ofthe sale j while ’all'Who de
~ lightiri'extiibUidns 'ofwhat’is called poetical
“ ' justice that ao jgratid a'jbuilding,
«built ’fp^ an ls.iiow'famous for
. aqnanderiOg the weaHh 'of thoaeWhd ffilsted
Uj'
?; :
&iperseyeretiilthl'«’ireatutsß'ts perfonnid'and
- j -t i PthiB , fei^if^qd‘litttiheds;,^'e^Wi i A'ir^:gboa'
;’ 4 yy)§iviuarvEj at tbs
I‘ , ijS*e'iangelonlToMrfay;j!**K i i(AlarSe(rportlon'per, ?
' amptory.-; See Thomas A Soßshidvertlsemesta,'
,v euotipn -Gfttaioguoj td-liiorrov.-' r ,«
i ; ■. ' - d'-, '■/ . :V‘*' ' I- ’
■’'iYsKsg-VjijibiiaLjs: (>aS>»m^vBiß ,
Messrs. Thomaa k Sons have for private sale the
'valnsble'-ipTOpwtj iiatejy .'oceapied-'by Messrs..
, ' r ßatiey* ! fl(^;OKeeHsu»;atV'«its‘iib6v«FourtHhllreet,-.
.i .-a'-H-.-, y-.
Immekse HaaDsoy Bfffrito.'—A gohtleman
*:
ss iierie heM bf'bnirtlo.tntimbtjlck several hundred'
V. tbonettrt, was in thstneiffhboruood.eovSrlrigthe
v v prairie formiles. The ofnnefkahdßoldle're ■'m< thei
! Wan it oft 'o r '(it 188•);’ Oaxelie
,-'.C';hai itfbiipbeeeuiooaptrUled 'turtle
Ipte
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Loss of Ocean Steamers.
Several of the persons who have survived
the lossOf tho Btoamijr Austria have made
cijcnipjtanc'eo of herNcon-
only;f)n the main
incidents)''but - as details.lt is
scarcely piobabie that; anyof the other snr
vlvoffcrthd'forty.who tfore taken to Fayal—
can give additional information.
Briefly recapitulating the main facts, they
lure simply these, that, in mid-ocean, instruc
tions,..were given to fumigate the vessel, by
caitingvheatfal iron into,a quantity of tar;
that the Pin ■so heated was a chain, which set
tflttf’tlf the tar f'that flames Immediately arose
and widely spread, suffocating the engineers,
‘and so pinch alarming’ the officers and crew,
as“ vfeti 'as the'‘ passengers, tltat nearly every
to'.haye!,“been instantaneously de
privedofpresonoe ofmlnd j that the Captain
and. his-officers selfishly .attempted to effect
without taking the slightest
hcea.forthe preservation of even the women
Md Ohlldren who were under their care | that
thejCaptain was drowned, while several of his
officers escaped) that several of the boats to
which the doomed passengers looked for safe
ty, against the iron hull
of-thei steamer; that; in the midst of the con
flsigfatlohV’the magazine exploded, adding to
,the horror and danger of the scone ; and that,
finally,-out. of Six hundred persons on board
oily.sixty-nine were saved. ;
■- Two points especially are worthy of notice
here. ( First, the,extreme folly of fumigating
a,steamer, while 'performing her voyage, by
meains bf snch an inflammable vehicle .as tar
and, secondly, the extreme impropriety of a
steamer’s having a magazine— o/ powder, as we
judge from the fact of its having exploded.
Jit Is well known .that, in eld, wooden ships,
where rats haye commenced .colonization, al
most the only way of getting rid. of them is to
batten down,all the hatohes, to exclude'the air
as much as possible, and then, by .means of
toning sulphur, WhiCh speedily exhausts the
pxygan.literaUy to smoke the rats out. At
the' end of a few hours, when the hatches are
'opened, heaps el dead rats are often fonnd in
thO'hoid, where -they have been suflfocated.
Bnt this operation is rarely, if over, performed,
exceptin.iarbor. V. , '!
' In wooden ships, there is a necessity for it
the, rats, - unable :to' live without
’water,'frequenOy gnaw, holes through the hot.
tom of .the Bhips, in their frantic excitement
to gCt to it. In iron' steamers, there is not
thlsdanger)hcir do the annoying vermin so,
milch affect those - vessels. In a hew ■ iron
steanior,’ such' as the Austria was, the number
of rats on hoard would be too small to justi
fy fumigation,' at sea, on thoir; account. Tho
prqcess,was probably undertaken to get rid of
some'offensive stench—but »roa steamers have
somhch less bllge-water than wooden, that the
fito’rifiafs necessity of doing this, at sea, and
within a‘ few- days of: land, is by ho means
■evident. 1 "' There were; ho offonSive smells In
th'ffstoerago, It ls affirmed. .
As to passenger-steamers having powder
msgazines on board, we shonld say, at . onco,
‘that 'shch’ a.thing must have' been almost im
possible . on' the: Austria, which'need only
oainry,';«f the ntfnpst, a pound or two of gun
powder—just enough to, Are a gun on depar
ture-or arrival, But, the Cnnard steamship
•Arabia, whjeh arfiyed at New York on 'Wed
nesday evening, brings intelligence os fol
lows': - " , ‘ /, '' ,
"The steamer Jlammonia left Hamburg for
New York on the'l4th.. Shortly after leaving
port her magazine was exploded j and she was
forced to put bade. Jive of her passengers being
injured. Bhe whs to sail again on the 19th, with
three hhttdr«d.t>aasehgerß.
~. .Wh,at necessity was thero lor having a pow
der-magozlno on the Hammynia, any more
than on,tho Austria! ‘Here wo havo,another
explosion)'with' five of the passengers 1 injured,
and the. damage* might have been infinitely
worse. In’ future; let us'hope, these maga
zines will bp wholly dispensed with.
. A fire on land Is bad. enough 1 at sea It is
horrible, because it Is almost hopeless. A
whole .block of houses may be burned down
without any loss of 11 fa. A ship, however
small, cannot be,burned at sea without the
ibss'of .many livos. There wore six hundred
humanbeings oil board the Austria, of whom
sixty-nine;were saved, (some of them,very
badlyburned,) and five hundred and tblrty-one
Were,’.drowned,' The necessity of guarding
against Are, therefore, is intporative, and
shqnld,,jfaye prevented that.fatal ihmigation
which broke into sucha destructive conflagra-
tlon; I'. ; ; ■
''Another point should be borne in mind.
No-vessel should be permitted to goto sea
without the amplest means of preserving the
liveß of every human being on board. ' There
shonld be a fall supply of life-boats, sbip’s
boats, and life-presorvers. Mr. Axfeed Vk
.zin, one of - the few survivors of the Austria,
says that as soon as bo saw the Are extending,
he immediately proceeded to look for some
thing .which would sustain bis mother aod
sister, in the event of being obliged to take to
the water'. , He eearched in vain for life-pre
servers, and had procured a bucket as a last
resource, when he found Jiis way back to his
relatives intercepted by the flames, so rapidly
had they spread. Finally, ho snstained him
self in the water, for an hour, by hanging on
to a rope from the stern, and eventually saved
himself by swimming to a parcel of corks
covered with canvas, which he saw in the
water. He is confident that “ there were but
few, if any, life-preservers on board the Aus
tria. He examined hfs own state-room several
Umes without finding any. Those who at
tempted to sustain themselves with chairs and
Btoois fonnd them of no nso.’’
1 The safety of ocean-steamers is pn object of
great interest. Since the loss of The President,
in 1840, six American, three British, one
French, and one German ocean-stendier, have
been lost.' The number of lives thus sacrificed
is'stated; ati two thousand six hundred and
ninety-five,'the value of tho vessels and cargo
Is Estimated at $10,660,000-
Democratic State Central Committee.
■ There have been many surmises in reference
to the Democratic Stato (Central Committee.
Nobody could exactiytell what had become of
them. During tho revolution in Franco of
1798, a representative body in tho Island of
Santo llomingo, finding that the great mass of
.tho people were against their pet moasnro,
left in a .war. .vessel to- lay their so
phistries before tho Assembly of- France,
and, following their example, it was not .cer
tain that the State Central Committee had not
gone with ,their address to the moon or some
.where else. It seems now that they bare had
several meetings in .Pittsburgh and .Phila
delphia. The of contention has been
the Lecompton. qiiostlon. Wo understand
that Mr. Joni* Hamilton, tho surveyor of this
port, well known as tho enemy of Mr. Bu
cnANAN, insisted' upon the endorsement of
thelCunsas'polioy of the Administration, not
withstanding the Democratic candidates for
Congress and for other offices are anxious
that no test shall be made. The committee
adjourned until the 4th er sth instant to dis
cuss this matter.' The speakers, too, who
have been introduced before our peopfo hire
in this city, have, bitterly denounced Judge
Douglas and insisted upon a full endorsement
of the, Kansas polioy of the Administration,
and In doing this have lost to tho professed
Democratic candidates thonsands of votes.
It is a notorious-fact that most of those who
have,been put ‘forward to raako speeches have
been the life-long onomles of Mr. Bcciiasan,
and 'are' tinctured with tho many Isms of the
day., j.. ,V ", .'
-j , . Owen Jones at Manayunk.
With an energy and desperation oharaoteristio
ofsinking fortunes,’ Owen Jones baa been proseou
ting the canvass in bis district; and notwltbstand
’Jng. the'/rtpalses with which be meets at every
grewa more and more persistent In his
:demrmiaatt6n t 0 still farther embarrass himself.
Like tbO moth attractfid by the taper's glare,
wbtdh , With each flutter of its wings, approaches
.nearer, and nearer, to the luting flame, Owen, oap
' Hvated.by .thO-honors which duster around a se
cond Congressional term, each day and' night
e'lpdaeshlmseif lotheflanie dfpopnlariridignatlon;
hnjh'liko hfs Wingtd pidtBtypij>tif tak'e'no warn
'iiig from the siogeing' blase. until, lile. ambitions
Wt|igs.are,rendyred powerless, and-his body is
gasping in the thro.es of political death.' As we
remarked to him, with reference to hkf.frlend
Bnnks’s sjieioh, of whioh;he ho listed at Pott Ken
nedy, his ovftt lecklefadleregard of popular sontl
mont reminds ns of: the pit Deacon's ram, whoso
butting propensities were proverbial, andwhioh
the Deadon hid determined to oure at all hasards.
For the' purpose a Singing beetle was employed,'
'which’ hislramsbip UoEooneraaw than bo construed
ijtdnto a, challenge .for a trial of hutting skill.
jHe .nepordlngiyj j‘p)*!>hed In” for a regular en
oounter j andi as the beetle, at eaeb -rebound,
id'b're .and 'ttpri rapid in -its -yitirations,
-itjf ‘ ihtagbnlst -' - kept:, awfully ’ busy' to
if!^e‘%; , to.' i Me'.’.’'’ir4ie .unequst oohtest con-,
tiined untlj after nightfall, epd the eld deneou
retired to his ooueh in high glee at the sport, and
not a littl» s curlo»» as to-.the result. Next morn
tug, bright' and oarly,'ilO Was up to take a view of
the BCoile—whon, lo! "tho beetle still maintained
its pendant position; unharmed, while the poor
.ram wee-'totally demoUshed—nothing remaining
ijbufc its tail, whioh kept bobbing defianoa at .its
'taunting antagonist. Taking a reoonnolssanae, the
{ deaeon wound up hisjjoliioquy with the remark,
that be admired the Vain’s sjpunfc, but thought but
'little of his discretion'..
So it is with OWert: ' He Is battling against the
swinging. beetles of popular Sovereignty and pro
tection to American industry, until, Jn the nn-„
equal oontest, there Is nothing left for him bnt'
the tailof a ohanoe, bnt which he keeps bobbing
away in Bbecr desperation and bate. We admire
his spunk, bnt tbink tie has less dtsoretion even
than the ram. t ...
Upon ‘ tho occasion of this Manayunk effort
Owon was unattended by his “ fight bower"—-he,
doahtless, having grown weary of servioe in so
hopeless a cause; bnt ex-Speaker longaker was
present, with hts prosy tirade, and Joshua flwtin,
of Germantown, Representative Candidates. Hr.
tiongaker made the assertion that jack Wood could
not be a good tariff man, inaemuob as the pig metal
from whioh be manufactures his oeiobrated imila
tlon of Russia sheet-iron, is Imported by him from
Russia. How many men oonld fall into bo absurd
a blonder, if blonder it is, or hew be could have
the andaoity to hazard suoha falsehood, we oan
not eonjeoture, There' is no snob artiole known
in our market as Bnßsia pig iron. Besides, Mr.
Wood uses only the productions of bis own, and ad
joining States—purely, "home productions,!’ and
the groator proportion of whioh is from Messrs.
Colwell & 00., of his own town of Oonshohooken.
These are facts known to the people of the dis
trict, and Mr. Longaker’s assertion is simply
ridionlons. , - .
Charles Kelley, of Darby Creek, of the Dele
ware and Chester district, read an address to prove
that Owen’s tariff, views were the correct ones.
Mr. Carlisle, of Roxborongh, who left the Democra
tic: party in disgrace; and re-entered It in disgraoe,
also lent bis weak aid to the foeble cause. 1 Truly,
misery makes Strange bed-fellows; and In this in
stance it is strikingly illustrated—Charles Kelley,
an Irishman, and Robert M. Carlisle, onoe an ao- ■
tlve Know-Nothing, chiming an affirmative bray
to Owen Jones’- protestations that he is the' ‘ 1 true
Demoorat," after his shameless violations of
pledges, and the open disregard of the will of hts
oonsritnents.
Owen himself, having had no time to rehearse a
new speech, was bnt brief In a rehash of the old
ones, in whioh the same begging of the tariff ques
tion and an effort to shirk the Kansas issue were
the distinguishing features. In the discussion of
the Sootoh pipe affair, npen whioh he appears to
he peculiarly sensitive, he was awfully embar
rassed by interrogations—so muoh so, indeed, that
he had to abandon the field ingloriouaiy, amid the
repeated hoots and groans of his own former Demo
cratic supporters. To-night he wilt he at Frank
ford, where the same cooling reception, awaits
him
Notwithstanding the honorable gentleman’s as
severations, which formed the burden of his new
song, that he and his supporters constituted the
true Demooraoy," and that all otherß are spuri
ous,we have the assurance of Democrats who were
his former friends, that although his majority In
the Philadelphia portion of the district was some
350, there wonld be found, In the coming contest,
a majority for his opponent, Jaok Wood, of be
tween eight and nine hundred—a slight change of
over 2,000 votes! Nor are these changes alone,
discernible in the lower portion of.the distriot—
throughout there is the same determination to ad
minister a soathing rebuke to the man who >0 base
ly betrayed his constituency, in trnokllng snhsorvi
enoy to Southern dictation and Executive power!
BY MIDNIGHT MAIL ,
Letter from t( Occasional.”
(Correspondence of The Press ] •
Washington, Sept. 30,1858.
There is one feature of our'governmental policy
for the past fire years whioh deserves-pointed re*
mark. As a result of the Mexican war, we obtainod
the possession of the shores of California which
were richest In the Paotollan sands of the long opd
far-famed Ophlr. Without the possession of Califor
nia, Washington would have remained
unsettled for years and deoades of years in the fa*
ture. To the Pacific slope, after the discovery of
gold; Our hrotherH.Erid fathers ahdfrfenda went to
seek their fortunes. There they have built up an em
pire. Therefore it was only natural that we should
endeavor to draw ourselves together In the olosest
ties of friendship and communication In our sepa
rated relations. Railroads have been projected;
but, while they have, In some of the States upon
the Atlantic slope, been completed or are jn a con
dition of oompletten to the we9tem~fc«uud*riorur
those States, Hjs now too bo on to oxpeotfoll suc
cess to this great enterprise. But It will ulti
mately be an absolute necessity. The growth of the
trade with the 'East whioh Logins to dawn upon
the fine port of Sap' jfranolsoo, is the surest argu
ment for, the construction of a Paoifio railroad.
As it if now, we have the Government building
wagon-roads aoross the Continent, In the North
and the South, and by central'reutea. These
roads may not compare with the Applan way from
Rome, or the stupendous highways which Pres-'
oott describes as having been ereoted under the
Inoas of Peru, but they will more than either of
these f&oilitate the transportation of a vaster com
merce, and a more generous body of travellers.
Prince of all the pioneers who have orossed the
plains, noted most of all for his learning, his
courage, his sagaoity, bis kindness, famous tho
world over for his discovery of a pass upon the
thirty-fifth parallel, whioh shortens the journey to
California hundreds of miles, Is Lieut. Beale, who
for gallant and valuable services amongst the
California Indians, was commissioned general by
Major General Wool. But it would be unjust not
to speak in praise of the earnest efforts of the
Seoretary of War to secure the greatest success to
these really national works. He has not only fol
lowed the plans of his predecessor, General Davis,
but Seoretary Floyd has put his shoulder to the
wheel, suggested means additional, and afforded
every aid for their complete trial. This is a mat
ter whioh concerns the whole Union, for while we
are jubilant beyond degree because we have grap
pled Europe to fc9ls Continent, why should our own
follow-citizens he kept at arm'ff length 1
The intensest luoto/itis felt here for the receipt
of your address. CafSnet Ministers, heads of
bureaus, clerks, and people of every class, have
ordered copies beforehand. It will have a large
audience here. You would doubtless be astounded
at the number of warm friends And admirers yon
have In this olty. I look tor yonr document with
hopes of the good results to flow from it.
There is a rumor here amongst the Californians
that an expedition is heing fitted out against So
nora. I place little faith in It, for the roason that
the purchase of Sonora has for months been a mat
ter before onr Government Moxloo Is willing,
and tbo only difference is as to the pride. So it is
stated from first authority.
Jehu G. Jones, in view of his defeat in the
ooming election, will be sent to St. James. Flo
rence will not go to Mexico. His laok of know
ledge of the SpanlSh language is an estdpper. He
will get a fat office under Baker, the oolteotor of
Philadelphia. Phillips will go to Jerusalem.
Mercantile Library*
fPor The Presi 1
Mr. Emtob : A communication in your paper
of this morning contains several errors of foot
relating to the Mercantile Library, which deserve
correction. -
The Westminster Review was subscribed for
when its character was qaite_difforont from what
It has become within a fow years, and w%s taken
at library till the early part of 1850'' It was
thon discontinued by the board of for
what I suppose seemed to them valid
Near the olose of l&Qt year a petition was pre
sented to the board, asking them to to
the Westminster t£e National Review,
and four other English periodicals. These were
all ordered and placed on the tables The Janu
ary number of the Westminster, which was the
firßt number issued after the work was ordered,
contained an article which was regarded as of
very hurtful tendenoy, and the board of directors,
supposing It to be indicative of the character of
the Review, ordered it to be discontinued.. The
subscription was immediately eanoeUed, and this
periodical has not since been seen on the library
tables. This was over six months ago.
“AReader” understands “that another fine
English periodical has been discontinued on the
ground that it is .Unitarian in-principle. l l The
Librarian' says,he does not know what the title of
the periodical is.
Your correspondent further states that the works
of Fielding, Smollet, Swift, and others, have been
taken.down from the shelves. Bat the foot is, that
the Library has in dally use excellent editions of
the works of Fielding, Smollet, Swift, and others.
“A Reader” asserts that the petition for the
Westminster was “ signed by a large number of
the stockholders,” and that in this petition “ the
sense of the stockholders was declared.” The
number of stockholders in the Moroantilo Library
Company at that time was seventeen hundred and
fifty.. The whole number of signers to this peti
tion was thirty‘tight. How far, then, thirty-oight
were 1 representatives of the whole number of
stockholders m&y be matter of opinion.
Yours respectfully, N. 8. N.
PHILAWStPHtA, Sept;' 30,
["We publish the above ? tho author having
given ue his name, on Uie principle, of hearing
both sidbs of a question. The writer will per
ceive that wo have; struck out a good deal of
verbose matter, which really.went.outsido of
the foots of tho case. The article objected to,
In'the' January-number, of tho Westminster
Review, probably is that entitled « The Reli
gious WoaknoSs of Protestantism.”]— Editor
Press. . . , r * ’
Another Fluid Accident.—A lady .named
Maiy Campbell, residing at Vo 2HAbotm street, *r»s
severely, burned,* last'ereniog, whllrt ftlhn a- fluid
lamp, *
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBEfe 1, 1858.
Dcttcr flora New York.
fROPOSBD RESTORATION OP BISHOP ondkbdonk, pa-
TOHBD'BT niBHOP p'OTTBR’AND HBV. DR, lIAWKS—
* SOitMABY -OV BISHOP POTTBR’B * LABORS—CASS . ,OP
roinra rogebSjxACTion op copbt op Aprßxta
PARTOSB OP Q’ JAUBB (NOT ON HORBRBAOK)
WALLAOK ; B rTHRATRt f NSW SCfl-XUBINB DCRLBSQU*
nt 1 BR O UGH i tt-'-tHS-’V PS® IOIA; B0T ? 8 EXHIBITION;--
' RXOBbfION OP DEtROiT 1 PIbKitUN—THS QPK&A WAifr-
OAPt. DBRIVIEBB PROPOSrS TO LBOTDRB, BET DOSSK’T
—MARRIAGE OP GAtI.OBD Cl.Afax’B DAUOQTStI—GRBAT
RICH TO HORttoW AT FASHION COUitSS-STOOKB.
[Oorrespondenoe of The Press.
It Is understood that a proposition for the restoration
of Bishop Ooderdcnk-to’the JSsi*Cop&to will bfc made,’
this evening or to-morrow,- la the Diocesan Convention
now in session. Bishop Potter is understood to be in
favor of the measure, which willvhave great weight
with many bf the oleriosl end lay delegates. It is also :
said that the Rev. Dr. Hawks, who for many years past
has occupied a position of antagonism to Bishop Ondrr
donk, Is now in favor of his restoration, if this be
true, aod of its accuracy I am informed from a source
in which I place gfe&t confidence, there can be little
doubt hut that the Rollon of the Convention, recom
mending his restoration tti full ecclesiastical functions^ -
wonld be approved by‘the General Convention, which
meets next year at B'ehmond. The dehate on the pro
position will elicit some of the best debating'- from the
ablest men, olerlca! and lay, in the Convention.
Daring the past year Bishop Potter has attended two
hundred and fifteen' services ; held one hundred and
elghty-five coDfinnations, and preached one hundred
and seventy-four sermons, besides various other ser
mons whioh were not striotiy official. There were con
firmed three thousand nine hundred persons, wanting
three, which was nearly seventeen hundred more than
last year, and nearly twelve hundred more than had
bOen confirmed in any one year for a long period, even
when Bishop Wainjvright had. collected together a
number of persons -for several years baok. .fifteen
persons were admitted to the Deaoonate, ten deacons
were ordained priests;'and there were twenty-nine can
didates for holy orders. .Last year there were thirty
two candidates, and ten were received during the year.
There are now. forty-six, twenty-nine Instead of ten
having been received during the year. Twenty-four
clergymen were reotived from other dioerses, five
churches were consecrated, three obrßer-ston.ee
laid, and two clergymen, were instituted!
The Court of Appeals hare overruled-the decision of.
our Supreme Court, in allowing a writ of error In the
case of young Rogers, convloted of the .murder of Mr,-.
Bwfinron. Bis sentence"and execution follow se a mat
ter of eonrse.
Among the passenger* who might have been Been,
wending their way (not on horseback) 1 on Wednesday!
last, to the steamer Persia, an route for England, was !
the prolific Q. P. B. James, with wife and two children*'
Be carries with him the good wishes of many clever
people hereabout. * • •
, Wallack’s Theatre will open In a few days, with a
new comedy from the pen of Stirling Coyne, and a npW
metaphorical, musical, allegorical, submarine filtration
of passing events, written by John Brougham, entitled
:‘*The;Beitnre of the Seaaj or, Neptune’s Defeat.”’
Brougham says it’s good, 8o say we all.
The Benicia Roy, accompanied by his trainer, and a
few confidential friends and hackers of the flstlolcple
order,' left town thlß morning for Canada, where the,
grand “ mill” of the year is-to come off between slm
and Morrissey. The usual preliminary exhibition for
the edification of the c * fancy,” and .benefit of
nloia, took place last evening at Mozart Half, at walsh
about a thousand spectators assisted. The price of ad
mission was one dollar, which had the effect to exoindo
a large portion .or the “roughs,” whose great merit'
consists In .“.efforts from the.sboulder.” . ; : —-
Delegates from several ef our fire companies aisem
bled last evening to make arrangements for the recep
tion of Engine Company No. 0, of Detroit, who sire to
arrive here to-morrow morning, at 0 o’clock fn the Al
bany boat, They are to be feted and fed by ouf fire
men, Hose Oompany No. 25 taking the principal part of
host. «-
The operatic contest between Maretzek and Btra-<
koicb (blood cousins and great friends) .Increase*
in spirit as the season of each draws tola oioie.
Last night, Strskosoh' gave a cheap '(fifty-ceabO,
entertainment,* and to-night Maretsek follow* *nlf,
with parts of < ( RJgoletto ” and “ WH!Un\ Tell,”
and a balleti dlvertisement. To-morrow night Btra
koscb illustrate* in .Brooklyn, on Saturday at Bur'
ton’s, and on Mondayls tff to Boston, where he
opens on Tuesday. Maretsek continues another week;
then to Havana. TTUroaa then assumes the managerial
chair. Piccotomini was to*have sailed from Liverpool
yesterday. Dllmsn has received the contract with Jo-
be hie pioture-oard after the
musical princess. , ,
The public’s friend, Captain De Biviere, aouonneed
that he would, last evening, give a tecturo on Lota ’ 1
at Hope Chapel, and a fair audience, doubtless attraoUd
mainly by hi* romantic efforts to Induce Mist Blount to
change her local habitation and name, assembled to
look at and listen to him; bnt aa the gallant 7 t ouave wae
about to enter the hall he waa arrested on a charge pre
ferred by Captain Grant, of the army, of
having aant that go*y warrior a challenge to fight a .duel.
After being marched over to the station.house and de
tained longer than salted the patieoceof hi* audience,
he waa allowed to depart until this morning, whence
appeated before Jostlce Welsh, in common with other
vagrora men ” who were comprehended by the muni,
dpal constabulary during the mght. <
The marriage of. a daughter of Lewis Gaylord 6Utk
the veteran-and -fVr* Knfrlvyfrftft-fr
thiß afternoon at Dr.
church, which was cro vded with the youth and the
beauty, the literary and artistle talent of the city. The.
happy man who has pwwuadei the lady to H ehange,her
local habitat on and name!’ Is - Mecklen,«ineoetuhl
broker and clever. gentlejaaQ,.. The speetael% at the
churth wa*very beautiful, . A ,.., ! < v '
To-rodirow finishes,up the raring at,the' ffashlon
course, when we shall have the most brilliant 4ay’«
racing ever witnessed on Long Island, as, in addHlcn to
the race at four-mile heats for the purse of 9l t OOO, and
the race at two-mUe heats for the pttrte of the
entries Tor which cloied to-day at 12 M, we are to see me
result of a match at the course, for 95.000 a side, ib(de
by the owners of Slasher against Don Juah.dworhile
heats. These horses ran first and ueond yesterdayjn
the handicap, and, no doubt, are as closely
point of speed as any other two horses In the eounity,
tho Don only winning the race by a neck.
Stuck* before the second board were active aal
higher. At the board the feeling wae not eo tyioy&ri,
and the market cloeed rather feverish and lower, la
compared with this morning’* prices La Croue
Grant* rose %; New York Central X» but closed at 8($(j
Erie fell X on a report that a change would be mad* fa
the direction. The report ia wholly groundless, and tie
board will °ot be essentially changed. Rook lilaid
rose#, and &a Grosso tf. ...
NSW YORK BTOOK EXCHANGE—Sept. :
SECOND BOARD..
1000 Missouri st 6b 84#
4000 Cal 7s N Bds ' 83
6000 Virginia fit Os 43
1000 Harlem R let mtg 86
2000 do 8d mtg bds 60
6000 Illinois Can Bds 02
1000LaC&HLG*bd 26
167 Pacific Mail Co. 106
165 do 105 V
100 do blO 105 X
16 do 106#
660NYCenR 81
60 do bSO 81
200 do. slO 60#
160 do slO 80#
360 do 80#
60 do b 3 80#
20 La Crosse & MU B 4#
- 16 do 4#
60 Panama R 117#
MARB
Asaaa quiet, with' small
Pearrs.
Flour. —The market for State and Western Flcar is
very ha&ry. and about 10c lower. ; The receipts ate to
a fair extent; sales of 8,200 bb.s, at $6.16e6 26/or su
perfine State; $6.4,606.66f0r extra State; $3.7664 60
for rejected State; $6 05e$5 26 for superfine Western:
$6.4005 70 for common to fair extra Western
$5 7506.90 for shipping brands of extra round-hoop
Ohio. Southern Flour is dull; sales 1.000 bbls at $6.40
06 00 for mixed to good brands, and $6 95058 for fate/,
farorlte. and extra brands. Canadian Flour isqdet;
sales 300 bbls at $51605.20 for superfine, aod $5.60®
6.60 for extra brands.
Grain.—The Wheat market Is very dull,'and nomi
nally l®2c lower. The transactions were limited to
about 2,500 btuhtlH at sllBol 26 for Southern red, «nd
t1.25fe1.60 for' Southern white Corn Is dull; nles
27,000 bushels at 70©76c for mixed’Western,'the <ut
side price for choice. Oats are steady at 35e46a for
Siathern and Jersey, ana 40a52e toe State and Weston.
Bye is firm and unchanged. : " I
Mol’assss —By auotion, 100 bbls New Orleans mu at
cash. - T
• • WnisxßT is unchanged j sales 100 bbls at 23c. /,
l Provisions.—Tha Pork market iB dull and droofeg:
‘«l«s2pobblsatslo,9oi>l7 for meis, and.sl4.7s®! M
for prime. Beef Ib dull at $14014 2° for
e>go mess, and fl6«l6.26forextia meuj- Out mats
rule very duUftt for shoulders, add jg®
BXc for hams. Bsoon is unchanged. Lard Uqtet;
sales small at l]®ll#o. Butter and ehoese are nbi
nally the same.
Occasional.
The Grave of Franklin*
[For Tho Press.]
In The Press of the 20th ult., is an ar cle
setting forth that 'the printers and telegraph pe
rators of New Orleans wero about to oolleot mtiey
to ereot a proper monument over the grav of
Benjamin* Franklin, which Is dosoribed as bi ng
“ dilapidated and neglaoted.” 1
Dr. Franklin left minute directions in
where he wiehod to be buried—besides his WVs
remains; and how he wished to bo buried—benith
aßtoneslab, supported by brlok-work. Ho gar/the
dimensions of the*stone, and the insorlption b be
put upon it, and named the person whot he
wished to out it. Alt these directions
fully carried out. The ground in which he f In
terred belongs to his descendants, and it is qg of
the most unlikely, things in the world thajtkey
will permit any person whomsoever to intrfero
with tho present tomb, dr erect anything oto'U,
or in place of it. ' • “
The tomb Is not neglected, and the
of .one of its corners wns a wanton outrage, ooimlt*
ted ten or twelve years ago by a weU-dresseiper
son oalling himself “ a gentleman from Georfa;”
but a splendid monument would he just oe auoh
exposed to similar outrages. The .scroll in the
hand of the.figure of Washington, upon the t<p
the monnment in Baltimore, was hit (and I bllevo
destroyed) several years ngo by a ball fired (‘oni a
rifle. We pay great respeot to monuments a this
country!
Immediately after General W&shington’death
Congress resolved to ereot a monument to Is me
mory in Washington city., Is it done? Tonty
five years ago the corner-stone of amonuientio
Washington was laid in Washington Squ&i. Col.
John Swift headed the procession, BishopWbite
made a prayer, and D. P. Brown, Esq detiired an
address. - The stone WAS oovered-up, and tat was
the end of it. Some say that the squlrro have
since scratched it up; others snpposo that te stone
is working its way through the earth, as to boys
think tho sevouteen-year locusts do, andthat It
will be seen next In China or Australia/ On thing
is very oertaln —the second stone will not >o laid
in this oentnry. What has become of the Ind for
a Washington monument-that'the anotefc and
honorable Society ofthe Cincinnati woreodeoting
for so many years? Was it all ipvest&Jn the
stock of the Bank of Pennsylvania?
. About thirteen years ago a number of getlemen
in New Orleans were in oorrespondenoi with
power, the sculptor; for a atatuo of Franklhr} tbq
Eon. Richard H. .Wildey aredl , M gentlom.sn from
Georgia,” was hfc thp headof the movement. Mr.
Wilde died a year or two afterwards, pro -(
jtwtdied with hint.,
' Six or pight years ago a meeting of printers,
publishers, bookbinders, literary men, io., Ac.,
wdS held iu this city to take stops for the erection
of a monument to Dr. Franklin. Sundry stump*
speakers were delivered of their ideas, a numerous
committee was appointed, and there was the end
of the mattor.
Monuments of marble and bronze &ro too often
meant for the glorification of those who set thorn
up., The.best monument to fir. Franklin’s memo
xj ’would he for his fellow-oitieens to prootieo
those lessonßof industry, economy, and honesty
which he preached and.practised. Had suoh been
the case during the last thirty years, we should
not hare seen such widespread ruin as was brought
over this oity by the United Btates Bank, the
Girard Bank, the Schuylkill Bank, the Bank of
Pennsylvania, and savings institutions without
number. •
Nrw YoRK,'Bept. SO, 1858.
.Of any really great man it may be Baid, with the
English poet:
Nothing cuu cover his high fame hut heaven;
No pyramid set off his memtiry
But the eternal substance of his greatness,
To which I leave him ” , Vbrbom Sat.
From Buffalo, New York*
[Correspondence of The Press.)
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 23, ’5B.
' Residing with,a family where The Press is a
daily and welcome visiter, I bavo an opportunity
of reading its interesting and talented matter, and
freoly accord it all that praise which the principal
paper here—the Commercial —has bestowed.
Colonel—pardon the familiarity—those “ leaders”
•ot yours make “Rome howl,” and those Men
.dors’ ’ on tho first pogo cannot fall to elicit tho
warmest encomiums; they are evidently the work
of an adopted citizen—he being so well posted on
European matters.
Buffalo has a population of 100,000, of which
30,000 are Gormans. The Gorman portion reside
almost exclusively in tho northers part of the oity,
t whloh is oalled “Germany,” by way of distinction,
Almost overy German owns a hops® and lot, and it
'is quite a curiosity to see a “houseless” German.
as they do all together, they do all thoir
trading with eaoh other. 'There are entire streets
of stores owned and oooupied exclusively by them,
who depend upon their countrymen for support,
end it is not withheld, for they are very clannish.-
But they are good citizens, apd a'thrifty and indus
trious raoe.. >
Buffalo supports seven dally papers—the Com
mercial Advertiser, (Arnorioan.) Express. (Re
publican,) Courier , (Democrat.) Republican,
(Democrat) Post, (Democrat,) and two German
dallies, the. Democrat, (Demoorat,) and Tele
graph, (Republican.) These papors are well sup
ported, and enjoy a large circulation. Tho Demo
crats have a large majority in the oity, Buchanan’s
being nearly four thousand in tho last Presiden
tial election.
We are going to annex Canada to Buffalo by a
bridge—wo love each other so well. It is to be
called the “International Bridge ”, But there is
a slight difficulty at presont about tho amount to
be expended on the structure, which, however, will
soon be obviated. The oity will he required to
. give her hood to pay the interest on the coßt of the
bridge> for fifteen years. The Buffalo and Lake
Huron Railroad has offered s4o,ooo.per annum for
the right to and the Niagara and Detroit
Rivers Railroad, as yetunbniltbut the stook taken
up, offers $20,000. each read terminating in Buf
falo. The advantages to be derived from this un
dertaking are incalculable, particularly for this
oity.
Another new ond important feature with us is
the introduction of steam on the canal. It is a
fixed foot, and recent experiments have proved
its feasibility. The pioneer trial-boat made, it is
. true, but four miles per hour, a result to be anti
cipated on the first trial ot any new invention;
but we shall soon have boats that will make eight
And ten miles per hour The great difficulty to
overoome is to have & boat make good speed, and
yet not disturb the water to that extent aJt to ren
der the banks liable to he washed away. This, wo
fee) satisfied, has been aooomplishod. and we bid.
good-bye to horse-power and snail speed.
Oat-door sport oiaims considerable of our time
at present, and we go into it with a will worthy of
an Englishman. Base-ball clubs are the most
numerous, and we pride ourselves in possessing
some crack players. The Ningara Club, is at pre
sent plaving a matoh goirio with the Rochester
Flower City Club We have also two or three
cricket o)nbs, who have a- splendid field of about,
30 nores wherein to exerolse and show their mnsele,
activity, and good play. The St. George’s Club a
day or two ago played a match gamo‘ with our Ca
nadian friends, the Clifton Qlub. The former
proved victorious by 29 runs. The Buffalontaus
and Canadians agree amazingly well, trade with
each other, visit and not like .Christians. In foot,
we export and import—under the reciprocity
treaty—wives, Old feud 9 and differences are for
got, and wo may as well he ono in peftoo as in war.
Aro you a visiting people, Colonel ? If you are,
and visit the Niagara Falls during the summer
months, I odviso the Philadelphians to stop a'day
or two in our beautiful oity, and see the sights We
will treat you well, and deal honorablv and.
fairly. If yea are disoinles of Isaak Walter,
take a walk down to our Marque, and procure a
skiff, fishing tackle and bait, and take a row into
the’river, nnohor, throw in your line, and my
word fnv ft gAM.Mtn fintohsome of the finest black
buss, weighing from
ever laid eyes oh.
If you are a sporting nbaraoter, 1 bring along
your shooting-iron and et ceteras, apd you will,
find plenty of game to bang away at.’ If you are
an oamirorof splendid soonery, take a passage on
tbe little steamer Arrow, and visit “Falconwood,”
a beautiful island, oovered with, shade trees, and
all the necessary accommodations and attractions
to* while away a. day pleasantly and agrooably,
or as long as you like, for there is a good hotel on
tho island. You can also visit Lewis F, Allen’s
model farm on the island, stocked with the choicest
imported breeds. The old gentlerdan delights to
point out their different points of quality and
beauty to visiters, and knows how to treat stran
gers. . Johnny.
THE LATEST NEWS
Washington, Sept. 30 —ln addition to tbe measures
taken some months ago to introduce the tea plant Into
the United States from China, inquiries have been
made by the Patent Office, through H’. Mo*de, our
Minister to Brazil, for obtaining tea seed from that
country, where It 'has been successfully cultivated for
thirty years.
Measures are about being takon, through the naval
expedition to Paraguay, to introduce into the United
States the mate, orParagaay tea, and also a valuable
medicinal plant, called nard, believed to be a sure
epeolfioagafnstthe bites of venomous insects or leptiles,
and a peculiar'kind of honey bee, whioh builds on
branches of trees, instead of in hires, or in trunks of
trees, or with the common bee.
100 Brie R .MO 171
100 . do sioir
400 do 17
200 do «60 lfv
5. do \&
100 do *3O hfc
40 do 1014
50 Harlem R fitf
60 Illinois Oen R
450 Reading R e3O 4t5
100 do *6O 4s}
OOMlehlganOenß 6jjJ
50 do sBO UX
*6O Mich Bo &Nla R SBY
600 Chic & R ls!d R s 3 <5 V
250 do . ifij
50 do s4d6
60 do b6065X
60 do bOQ66^|
The balanoe in the IJnlted States Treasury on Mon
day was $10,669,000. ‘ The receipts for the week were
$926,000, being a redaction, as compared with the pre
viousweek, of $1,240,000. The drafts paid were $2,221,-
000, and the drafts Jewed $2,266,000.
The plasterers employed on the Oapltol extension,
about seventy in number, have struck for an advance in
their pay to $2 50 per day.
Halifax, Sept. 29—To Gyros W. Fikld, New York:
I bring instruments and regulations for testing and
working on certain days, when the Yalentia electricians
will be particularly watchful for signals.
It ia hoped that, by establishing a systam of .unison
between the tiro stations, to get signals through. The
conductor is sot broken. The defect is the Wa of in
sulation at two hnodred and fifty miles from Valentia.
It is possible, by sending a cortain kind of Sleotri
oitv, to Improve the insulations, and thus ovoreomo the
difficulty for a time. From the nature of the defect,
sfgoa's, even at preseat, may be reoeivod at Yalentia
'from Newfoundland,but not vice versa.
Everything will be done to restore the communica
tion. Mr. Brett thinks the cable can be lifted and re
paired. 0. W. Lonnr,
Assistant Electrician from the Yalentia Office.
;btb.
L sales at f 6 for Potsand
■ Savannah, Sept 30.—The steamer Oatawba bring*
Havana and Key Went advices to-the 25th Inst, ;
The barque Eglantine, from New Orleans for Boston,
wan at Key West, discharging in order to repair a leak.
The barque Oapolla, from Galveston to New York,
had put Into Key West, with her crew Kick.
Bugar at Havana was doll, in consequence of the
stringency of holders; prices were nominally unchang
ed. In freights nothing was doing. Exchange con
tinued very firm.
Heavy rains had fallen throughout Ouba.
SouunviLi.E, N. J., September 80.—'William Patter
son. of Perth Amboy, (Lecomptoo). was nominated by
acclamation, to-day, for Congress, by the Democratic
Convention of the Third Congressional district
The dissatisfied delegates will probably nominate; Hon.
Garnet B. Adrian for re-election.
The Fashion Course Races--illatcn. for
$lO,OOO.
Nbw York, September 80.—The owners of the horses
Bon Juan and Slasher are dissatisfied with the result of
the Handicap over the Fashion Course, yesterday, and
have agreed to run tbo horses for a match of $ (0,000
to-morrow.
The New York Yacht Regatta.
_Naw Tons, Sept 30— In |he yacht regatta of this
afternoon, the yacht Rebecca came In first of the Jrat
class yachts. Of the second-class, the Maunering came
la first, and tbs Fanny came in first of the third-class
yachts Owing to the Rebecoa having to give the Una
time, it is not yet known whether the Rebecca is enti
tled to the prize or not.
AtLKNTOw*, Sept. 30.—The annual exhibition ocf the
Lehigh County Agricultural Boeltty commenced 1 yes
terday. The display of live stock, manufactures, fruit,
etc . has not, heretofore, been equalled. The number
of visiters at the ground to-day la estimated, by compe
tent Judges, to have been no less than fifteen thousand.
The hotels, and most of the private-houses hero, aro
crowded with strangers.
Health of Southern Cities.
Aoodsta, Sept. 80 —Tbo oity continues healthy.
fUvASSAH, Sept 80 —Thero were three interments
from yellow fever yesterday.
Boston, September 80.— Mach excitement prevailed
here to-day among the holdors of Pewablo Copper stbek,
owing to a statement that $30,000 was not satisfactorily
accounted for by the agent of the mines. ;
The application of the Lowell Bask for an injunction
to prevent the Suffolk hank from circulating thirty
thousand dollars of its bills, for which specie had be»n
tendered and refused at the counter of the Suffolk Bank,
was refused to-day by Judge Bigelow.
Charleston, Sept. 30 —Sales of Cotton for tbe lost
two days 3 200 bales, at an advance of # for the finer
qualities: middlings arequoted at 12>f.
Savannah, Sept. 80.—Sales of Cotton yesterday 670
bales, the market closing firm.
Chicago, Sept 30.— Flour is dull. Wheat ditto, and
lolower; sales at 76c. Corn quiet atadecline of 10>2o.
Oats dull. Shipments to Buffalo—No Floor, 29,000
bushels Wheat, and 20,000 bushels Corn. Shipments to
Flour or Wheat, 68,000 bushels Corn
Becepts—2B,ooo bbis Flour, 70,000 buahols Wheat, and
85,000 bushels Corn.
Mr. Wright, of Hartford, Me., had his sleep
ing room invaded by n burglar, who stole his re
volver, and mode off. Mr. W., in attempting to,
oateh him. jumped out of the window Into arose
bush, with n* garment but his shirt. By the time
he had exlrioeted himself, and picked out the
briars, the thief was a long way off.
Telegraph. —Five thousand dollars havo
been raised at Leavenworth, Kansas, to connfot
tjjat olty by telegraph to Booneville, Mo.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Washington Affairs.
The Atlantic' Telegraph.
Later from Havana and Key West.
New Jersey Politics.
Lehigh County Agricultural Fair.
Financial Affairs at Boston,
Markets by Telegraph.
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, ]. ’
.. ACAD*MYOV Mosio.—“ Theßayels.”. / ; V
Wmatlkt * CtAittt’fl Akau’kxnnwi Thihh,-
“Oladd&tlne Marriage’’—“ Alarming Sacrifice.”
Mbs. D. P*. Bowers’ Walho*.Blbbbt Trsatks,—
<< Louise de LigDerolles”—Qut Friend Peter."
Oorobbt Hall.—Sanderson’s Panorama of the Rus
sian War.
National Hall.—Panorama of the Bible.
Asbbublt BoiLmnas.— ‘ Signor Blits.”
Proceedings of Councils.
The regular* stated meeting of Councils took place
yesterday afternoon, at the Oeuncil chambers.
BILKOT SBAEOtt.
The following communications wer? received i
A petl ion from John Snyder, asking pay for damages
In the opening of Broad street.
One from citizens of the Twenty-fourth ward, asking
opening of Fitzwater street. ) ' '
One from the Oity Controller, recommending Coun
cil' to pass certain ordinances respecting claims against
the city In the hands of the Solicitor, and for the prompt
payment of aldermanio # ees into the city treasury, and
for other purposes calculated to exhibit the amounts of
interest paid anddne, for which an ordinance describing
minutely how such interest should be paid was pre
sented. Referred to Committee on Finance.
One asking for the removal of the preolnct house of
the fourth precinct of the Fifth ward
A communication from the Chief Engineer of the
Fire Department, asking for the disbanding ef the Hope
Engine. Franklin Hose, and Niagara llose. for riot and
disorderly conduct. Referred to Committee on Fire
Department.
■iioports of Committees.^—The following reports were
receired:
Fro ® th® Committee on Water, enclosing bills, with
a resolution asking payment of them. Also. & reaolu
»? vrater pipe in Bundry streets.
Mr. Neal moved to reFer the last resolution back to
the committee, giving his reasons therefor, which was
agreed to, and the resolution was adopted.- .
i j f'° m the Committee on Schools, aceompa
nmd by an ordinance ap-ropri&t’ng $1,906.75 for re
pair# to scbool-houses, furniture, water pipe, and other
expenses of the department.
Mr. Befdeman moved to amend by adding the sum of
$2,000.f0r general repairs to heaters, $206 65 for clean
ing wells, and s42s'for paving in front of school-houses.
Agreed to, and the ordinance was adopted.
Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Railroads, re.
ported an ordinance regulating travel on the city rail
roads, providing that only a limited number of cars in
escb train shall he hauled together through the oity,
an* also that the trains shall be kept a fixed distance
apart. Laid over, under the rules .
Mr. Bliae (Committee on Law) reported an ordinance
for the better regulation of the law department, pro
rid ng for the sue of real estate, Ac. Laid over.
Also, a resolution changing the place of holding the
election of the 4th p'eoinct of the Fifth ward from the
Hope Hose Company’s .house to the northwest corner
of Union and Front'streets j which was afterwards
reconsidered, and changed to No.-126 Spruce street.
Agreed to. ' 1 * "
Mr. Thompson, of the committee to examine the cash
account of the City Treasurer, reported the funds on
deposit to be $189,106.88. -
The preamble and resolution fromCoramon Council,
ascribing to General Horatio Hubbell, of this city, the
credit of having originated the laying' of the Atlantic
telegraph cable, was concurred-fn ; 1
A resolution was offered and agreed to, that the Com
mittee on Fire Department make inquiry whether, since
the introduction of steam apparatus, there is not more
hand apparatus than necessary, and if so, what com pa
mes it would he desirable to dismiss from the depart
ment, and to report accordingly, •
Also, a resolution requesting the City Solicitor to
consolidate the laws respecting the government of
market houses. A long debate followed this move,
which resulted in the reference of the resolution to the
Committee on Law.
The ordinance from Common Council providing for
the loan of $140,000 was eonenrred in, and passed finally
by a vote of 17 to 2.
- A resolution from Common Council, to meet ou
Thursday next at five o’clock, to elect a Chief Commis
sioner of Markets, was concurred in
The ordinance from Common Council- regulating the
sale of fruits and esculents In the market house# .was
concurred In, ss also the ordinance providing for' the
. payment of damages occasioned by tne opening of Lan
caster street. - «
Also, the ordinance from Common Council, appropria
ting funds to the Guardians of the Poor, wan referred
to ihe.Oommittee on Poor, to report next Thursday.
The ordinance providing for the construction of cer
tain drains and oulverts was concurred In, and the Cham
ber adjourned.
' COMMON COUNCIL.
. This body convened at the usual hour, and after the
usual preliminaries, proceeded to business.
. Petitions and communications being first in order, a
number were' received and appropriately referred,
among which were one for the lease of Ohestnut-ittreei
wharf; o» e for the place of holding the elec
tions in the fourth precinct or the Fifth ward; a com
munication from the Chief of the Fire Department, 8.
P. Fearon, informing Council that he had suspended the
Niagara, the Franklin, and the Hope fire companies, for
disorderly conduct, upon several occasions, and Inci
ting to riot. Referred to the Committee on Fire De
partment.
Reports of committees were then received. Mr.
Hacker, from the Committee oh Finance, submitted a
communication from the City Controller, of considera
ble length, which was ordered to be printed for the use
of members.
■ The Coramfttee of PoUee made a report, with an ordi
nance annexed, making appropriations for.the repairs
of old, and the erection or new station-houses—the new
ones to be In the First and Ninth wards. The ordinance
was ordered to be printed, and to be taken up at the
next meeting of Council. The amount of the contem
plated appropriation is $20,648. ‘ )
The Chairman of the Committee cn Highways made
report, with accompanying ordinance, making appro
priations fdr paving certain localities, and regulating
the mode of payments; also for the'payment of certain
damages sustained-in opening new streets) Ac. Upon
a second reading, considerable discussion took place ot
tw-eu Messrs. Maseher, Bullock, and others, during
which a postponement was moved. Not agreed to.
Upon the final passage of the ohlifiance, it was agreed
Resolutions were a’fco Bubmlited authorizing the
paving of cert&ib streets by contract, and specifying the
.limit* of the same, and Agreed to. The resolutions
specify that the contractor shall collect the amount of
paving street* from owners Of property along the same,
and that the city shall be to no expense whatever for
req uTmt toVee pt£ e i aine Vn rorr nrTrcSvUcfone
year from the completion of the oontr&et. -
An ordinance, authorizing the constructionof a eer*
tain drain or culvert, in the Fourth ward, wan reported
and pissed; also, a similar ordinance with reference to
the construction of drains or culverts in the Eighteenth
ward.
Also, an ordinance authorising similar Improvements
in the Twelfth ward, on the line of Randolph street,
between Poplar and Parish, under the same restrictions
and eoporlntendenee.
A report wsa made from the special committee on
elections, with a statement of the expenses incident to
the investigations of a certain contested election oase,
which w&s referred to the Committee on Pittance.
Mr. Gordon submitted an ordinance authorising the
appropriation of $2,000 to the Controllers of Public
Schools, for the purpose of establishing and sustaining
public night dnwing schools, the consideration of which
was postponed.
A resolution was passed that Common Council invite
Solect CoQicil to meet them in convention, on Thaw
day next at five o’olock, for the purpose of electing a
Commissioner of Markets and Superintendent of Public
Trusts.
A preamble and resolution were submitted by Mr
Cattell. setting forth that, whereas, there are, at pre
sent, a largo number of able-bodied men in the several
almshouses, and as it Is essential that a system ot re
trenchment be resorted to, that they be employed in
the work of repairs, &c , upon oertaln parks and public
grounds of the oity. .
A resolution 'was offered providing that a committee
of three be appointed to confer with Dr. Oresson as to
the best disposition that can he made of the liquor
which is employed in the gas retorts. It is contended
by the resolution that' the’ liquor used in the retorts
was suffered to run off into the* Schuylkill,' instead of
being employed, as it could be profitably, in the manu
facture, or sulphate of amnson’a.
Mr TPetberill desired a postponement, as he under
stood the liquor was being, at present, employed for
that purpose, to a certain extent.’
A resolution was offered, that a joint special commit
tee of five be appointed by Seleot and Common Council,
Jo inqnire Into the expediency of disbanding the present
Tire Department, and substituting therefor a paid de
partment. Passed.
The President announced the foUowinggentlemen as
the special committee under the resolution: Messrs.
Po'ter, Mascher, Henry. Gordon; and Kelly.
Mr. Gordon submitted a resolution, instructing the
President of Council to appoint a committee of visiters
to Girard College, which was agreed to
A resolution was offered, to the ’offset that the Chief
i of the Fire Department be finable, in the sum of $25,
i for each refusal or neglect to inform against fire corapa
i nice for every violation’of ordinances .regulating the
! Firo Department—the fine to be deducted from the sal
ary of the said officer.
A resolution that the office of Commissioner of Mar
kets be dismissed fron} the City Department was sub
mitted and agreed to.
Mr. Hacker submitted a resolution providing that the
Mayor bq authorized to publish in three dally papers in
Philadelphia, axd two papers in llew York, that pro
poflals will be received for the loan to the city of the
sura of $460,000, authorized under a joint ordinance of
Oity Councils—the proposals to be made for any part of
said loan, under the provisions of the ordinance.
Agreed to
Mr. WetberiU submitted a preamble and resolution,
that, whereas, the extension of piers or any other mode
of Increasing the Island opporite the city, is injurious
to the navigation of the Delaware, that the Port
Wardens be lostnioted to examine into the same, and
report to Council. . The resolution was agreed to.
Mr. M&sobeT called up the veto of the Mayor to the
ordinance making appropriations for the removal of cer
tl&n fire-alarm telegraph stations, and for eortain otber
purpose* relative to tho same. The question being,
shall the ordinance pass,'notwithstanding the veto of
the Mayor!? it was not agreed to.
The ordinance, passed by Oommon' Council, making
an appropriation to the companies compoein i the fire
department, and .to which several amendments were
made by Seleot Council, was called up, and the question
being npon concurrence in the same, the amendments
were not agreed to. They strike out appropriations to
certain companies and lessen and increase others: and
the subjeot is one upon which there is considerable in
terest felt by firemen. *
After the transaction of some other unimportant busi
ness, and an Inda'genoe of protracted tanning discus
sions on the part of members. Council adjourned, having
bad a long and tedious session.
Accidental Shooting — On Wednesday af
ternoon a boy named Woolheimer was shot, at Camden,
by another boy named Hatch. The boys, who were
about fifteen years of age, were snapping percussion
caps upon a gun which neither of them knew was
loaded. One of the caps finally ignited the ebareo in
the gun, and the load took effect la the head of Wool
helmer, killing him Instantly. Young natch is the
son of Mr. Hatoh, who was shot some time since by a
Frenchman named Lenair, while the latter was at
tempting to defend himself against the violence of
Hatch The coroner’s jury in the case exonerated
young natch from blame
A Grand Parade on the Tafib.—The first
grand parade of the Independent Order of Cadets of
Honor and Temperance will take place on the 27th
instant. This being the first parade of this order, they
expeat to make a very fine display. Pome twenty sec
tions will be out in force. This order Is a split from
the United Order, a* their Grand Section does not tax
tbe subordinate sections any per oootage. Sections
from Manayunk'and Frankford will be guests of Good
Samaritan Seotion, No 1, of this city. The route will
be announced in a few days.
Reconnoitring Officer Injured. A
posse of officers were sent, on Wednesday night, to a
nay stack, a place of rendezvous of a gang of thieves,
for the purpose of arresting any of the parties who
might be foand. Telegraph Operator Slonaker clam
bered t 6 the top of the stqck to reconnoitre, when he
slipped off, and ent his hand severely. The officers
were unable to discover any of the thieves.
Accident from a Mortar Explosion.—
Yesterday afternoon, whilst a number of persons were
ensgaged in experimenting with powder at the Frank
ford arsenal, the mortar exploded, the ball, a 24-
pounder, striking a Mrs. Picket, breaking her leg and
ar<n. and injuring her thighso severely that she died in
one hour afterward.
Gas for Richmond. — The main to supply
the old district of Riohmond with gas from the city
works is now being laid from Broad street east. A very
large portion of the pipe is down, and the trench is
already dug the entire distance. When this pipe is
laid the whole of the old district of Richmond will be
lighted by gas manufactured at the city works.
Woman Dead.—Mary Hill, aged forty-five
years, who w&s picked up in the street on Tuesday night,
and couveyed to the Seventh-ward station house, was
attacked, on Wednesday morning, by congestion of the
brain, and expired at 12 o’elook Wednesday night. Tho
body w&s taken oh&rge of by the Guardians of tho
Poor
Return Match "Ended. —The return match
between the Germantown and Young America Cricket
dubs has been doncluded. and resulted in favor of the
former by eight runs. The Geruiantowo scored 80 on
the first innings, aod 47 on the second , making a total of
133, The Young America scored, on the first inning 65,
and 70 on tho second Total 125. ,
Political Meetings.—Two mass meetings
of the Democracy were held lastevenlng—one at Frauk
ford and one at Broad and South streets. A meeting of
the People’s party was also held at New Market and
Coates streets. These gatherings were oharaoterised
by the usual amount of partisan *al, and & number of
speeohe* were made,
Railway work on the
tfJ>pM «iH Iftf.'Second and Third-street Railroad le going;
ou rapidly. 'The rails are down to Oxfoid street and
Germantown road, at which point a connection will he
made.'
The Firb. ok Wednesday Nzanr.—The
fire On Wednesday night, at a late hoar, was in Hun
tingdon Valley, Montgomery, in ft bam belonging %■»
Gharles Danenhomer.
Hospital Case.— A. boy, named , John
Boyle, aged six years, was taken to the Pennsylvania
Hospital last ovening, having fallen and broken his
thigh, at the corner of Eighth and Willow streets
Leo Broken. Yesterday afternoon, at
Eighth and Marion streets, & hoy fell Into a collar and
broke his leg. He was taken home.
Horse Kzlled^— ?A valuable horse was
killed yesterday afternoon,by being,crashed between
two cars on the Willow-street Railroad.
Boy Injured.—A. boy named Beck'was run
over by a wagon last evening, near Harxowgate, and
severely injured.
Slight Fire.—*A alight fire occurred yes*
terday afternoon at the Yigilant Hose house. Damage
trifling.
THE COURTS.
YESTERDAY,’B PROCEEDINGS
[Reported for The Press .1
CotfMOH Pleas— Judges Thompson and Allison.—
Orphans l Court Argument List.
Quarter Sissioks —Judge Ludlow —The jury in the
case of Robert J. Douglass, charged with per jury,before
reported, returned a vsr.lict'of guilty.*-An application
to di charge the defeodant upon ball .was made, which
the coart refused. Messrs. Kelley and Coffee for the
Commonwealth; Messrs. Webster and Brlnton for de
fendant.
Edwin R. Biles was pnt on his trial on the charge of
forgery, in altering the books of in the eata**lish<nent of
Messrs. Hoskins, Heiskel, k Co., Market street Mr.
Biles was the confidential olerk, and it is alleged that
he made numerous- false entries in the books of the
firm, defrsu Hog them of a large amount.
The bill of indictment which he Is tried charges
the alteration of the figure six to a five in the.footiog
up of a column, making it $5 055.65 instead of $6 465.65,
a difference of $5OO.
Prancis Hoskins, of the firm of H»Ukel & Co., was
flret examined, ana testified that the defendant was first
employed as assistant book-keeper in April, 3851. Mr.
Biles was subsequently made confidential clerk and book
keeper. and remained iu the employ of the firm nntil
May 26th; 1857. ‘ r * •
The attention of the defendant, on the afternoon of
the S6th. was called to an error in the cash book,
shortly after which he left, and was hot seen again until
arrested, after the return of General WMherls army,
afr Hoskins was then' examined as to the condition of
the entrieß in the books of which Mr. Bileshadcharge.
On trial. District Attorney Longhead and Perkins for
the Commonwealth; Gustavus Bernik, Eeq, for the
defendant. 1
FINANCIAL and commercial,
The Money Market.
. FHiLiO.LpnU, September 30,1838.
The money market Is without essential change. First*
class paper is very scarce out of the hanks, which
Absorb it all -ns fast a£ it is made, and have the ca
pacity, by exchanging the large amounts of Government
Securities they hold, to' still further extend their regu
lar discounting, to the exclusion 'of the brokers. All
second-class paper,"howeVsr, aocf most of that made by
parties .who are known to have suffered severely in the
panic, goes npon the street, where it is sold at various
rates, from six and seven per cent, up u high as fifteen
to eighteen.
Fancy stocks remain very dull. _Beading Railroad
stock, in which the bulla have been trying very ear
nestly to get up an advance, fell hack to-day to 23#,
a decline of #; Susquehanna Canal bonds sold at 89, a
heavy fall from the Ust sale, at 47; North Pennsylvania
Railroad bonds sold at's7#, and Camden and Amboy
shares at 110#. The interest on the Pennsylvania
Railroad second mortgage bonds 'falls due ou the' first
of October. They sold to-day at 92#.
Imlay's and BiekneWs Bank Note Reporters have
been united, and the publication appears to combine
the pecdliar excellences of boih. The publishers of
« Imlay’> say in their announcement of the union' •
“Of BickneWt Detector , the oldest publication of the
kind on the continent, and fo- thirty j ears past the con
gtant compampu of the cashier «nd olerk in the bank,
countlog-house, manufactory, and workshop, it can he
fearlessly asserted* that it has always baen conducted
,with and that no breata even of calumny- ha\
ever yet sullied its honesty and reliability. By tbe-pufi
lie-spirited interference of eminent merchants and mu
tual friends/a union of the. two papers was suggested,
and the Butrgestlon has become a fixed tact. Henceforth
the two will work together for the publlo ■ good. By
this combination of wise experience and vigorous youth,
the publlo are guarantied a continuance and increase of
those advantages which hare been disseminated with bo
nparing.hand over so wide a space, by the separate, ef
forts of the two journals.”' . ~T‘
Henry A. Mott,recently elected'president of the
Safeguard Insurance .Company, of Pennsylvania has
just resigned the office in a letter, In which he gives,
as a reason for his-resignation, his belief that the
affairs of the company are not in inch a condition as to
warrant any farther connection with it. This resigna
tion was accepted, and a committee of three stockhold
ers were appointed to make a full examination of the
ciroumstanees attending the' organisation of - the com
pany, its present and future prospects, Ac., and re
port at a future meeting.
The return from the Bank of England for the week
ending the 16th of September, gives the following result*
when compared with the previous week;
Public deposits. .*».*£8,001,078....1ncrea5'd.‘.£606,845
Other deposits 12.301,969....Decrea5e*. 66,087
Best. ,3,396,110....1ncrea5e.., v 8,6^
On the other ( *ide of the account
Gorm’t securities. ~£10,970,614.. ..Increase.. 15,245
-Other seeuritles .«•. 361311,274.. ..Decrease.. *51,416
Notes unemployed... 12,279,970... .Inertu«.. 521,250
The amount of notes iq *~- * a *l l Tll
-trsiog aa increase of £i4o t 43Q, and the atook of bullion
* in both 'departments is £18,648,915, Showing an Increase
of £609,450 ’When compared'withthe preceding return;
At the half-ye*ly meeting ofthepropriefbra of the
Bank of-Kngland, a report was submitted’ showing,
that the profits for-the six months ending August 31,
amounted to £628,790. A diyidend, at the rate of 4j{
percent, for the half-year, was declared. Satisfaction
was expressed that, notwithstanding the low.iaie of in
terest lately prevalent, a distribution of this rate could
be made.
Statement of deposits and coinage of the United
States Mint at Philadelphia for the month of Septem
ber :
GOLD BULLION DEPOSIT*!*.
From California******.*****
Other sources
Total gold deposits
81LVBR BULLION DEPOSITED,
Including silver purchases 677,670*10
Spanish and Mexi'can fractions of a dollar
received for exchange for new cents 86,783 90
Total silver deposits $714,864 00
Copper centß (O. 8.) received lor exchange
for new cents
Total deposit*.
COINAGt ' BxtCOTBD.
• GOLD.
jVo. of Pieces,
7 087 ‘‘
6.396
7,320 •
42 200
Denomination.
Doable' Eagles.
Ha f Eagles....
Quarter Eagles.
Dollars
...62,003 $229,220
StLYBR.
Total
Half Dollars....
Quarter Dollars.
Half Dimes
.. 302,000 $’61,000
. 636,000 169,000
. 320,000 16,000
1,268.000 $326,000
GOPFBB.
2,100,000 $21,000
HBUimCLATIOn.
62.003 • $229 220
.1,268,000 , 326,000
.2,100,000 21,000
Gold coinage.
Sllrer “
Oepper
Total number pieces 3,420,003 $676,220
Tbe following is the amount of Goal transported over
the Hazleton Railroad, for the pact week, and since
February 1,1669:
Tone.Owt. Tods Owt. Tons. Cwt.
Hazleton 00*8 Mines..' *,466 09 72,180 16 76,656 05
Cranberry ....2.626 19 41.467 05 44,063 04
Diamond 1,810 04 24,872 18 79,712 06
Bust tngar Loaf. 9,932 19 74,723 01 78,336 01
Oouncil Ridge 2.813 19 56 164 02 56.468 01
Mount Pleasant 707 13 12 340 13 13.114 06
T0ta1....; 14,447 OS 285,333 15 299,670 01
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES,
September 30, 1858.
REPORTED BT HAMLET. BROTH, & 00., BAXJCXOTE, ITOOK.
AND HXOIUNO* BRORBBB, XOBTBWBBT OORKBA TRIAD
AND oasSTNVT BTRBRTS.
FIRST BOARD. <
5000 Penna 65,,.,,,.. 80 2Penoaß .... 44
>OOO do 90 8 do 44
1090 City 6s 98# 6 do 41
1000 do R& 93# 80 do b 5 44
600 do 98# 6 d 0....; b 5 44
ISOMorrisOaoßerip. 87 lOGlyardßk .11#
1000 Catawlssaß 65... 42 13 Mechanics* 8k... 28
2000 N Penna R 65.... 67# 10 Union Bk. Tenn.,looV
2000 do '. 67# 6 Germantown Bk.. 67
2000 do 67# 6Bk of North Am.. 137
600 d0......i...Q 67# 6 d 0..... ..137
1000 Peona R2m 65... 92 # 1 do I*7
1000 do .i.,92# 6 do 137
1000 d 0...... 02# 100 Reading 8,..55wa 23#
2000 d 0........... 92 # 60 do 23#
3000 do.*.. 9*# 6 1 ) do eswn 23#
lOOOSufqQanGs...... 89 3 do 23#
3000 do 89 100 d 0... 23#
1 Penna R 43#
SECOND
8100 jr 4 Bth 75...b6 88*
6 Otm 8c Am 110#
60 Reading B.; 23#
10 Union Bk Ten 2d 100#
9 do ,2 da 160#
6PeonAR 44
7000 Penn* sfl 00
2000 do 90
800 do 89#
*BOO do 89#
IOOOLi'tN fob R 75.. 62#
2000 Lflh Yal R 0fi.... 84
6000 do ~ 84
AFTER
6000 Elmira R X mtg 7b.,
0L03IN& PRH
Sid. Asked.
U 8 8s ’74 103 103#
PhilaCs 98# 69
* do R 98# 99
do Now. .103 108#
Penn* 6a ...89# 90#
Reading R. .28# 24
do 8d5’70..82 83
do Mtg 6» *44.90 92
do do ’80.70 70#
Penna R 43# 44
do lstra6s...loo 102
do 2dm 6a....92# 62#
Morris (Jan Cod .. <1 43.
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Bid. Asked,
BohNavlmp6s...69# 70
do -'8t00K....« 8 . 9
do Pr0f......16# 16#
Wrasp’t&Elmß.lO 10#
do 7s Ist mtg 73 74
do 2d mtg....60# 61#
Long Island 11# 11#
Oirardßank... f ..11# li#
LehOoal&Nav.,.46# 49#
NPeimaß 8V ■ 8?
do >6B 67# 68
Now Creek # #
Oatawfssaß 6# 6#
Lehigh Zinc 1 1#
do Prof 101 #lol#
SohuylNav6s’B2,66# W
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS, Sept. 30-Evening.
The Flour market'continues inactive, but holders are
firm in their demands, with sales of GOO bbls superfine
to note at55.6005.62#, as to brand; 1,000 bbls do on
terms kept private; 300 barrels Pennsylvania extra
family at $G 25; 800 bbls choice Kentuoky do at
$6 75, and 160 bbls sour Flour at $4 15a5 W bbl. The
trade are buying moderately at the. above prices, ac
cording to quality. Bye Flour la scarce and 'selling at
$4 12X V bbl. Oora Meal is also scarce, and the laat
Ba lea of Pennsylvania Meal were at the same figures
Wheat—There is more offering to-day, and the market
Is dull and drooping, with araall sales ooly to note at
128®183c for reds, and 13501430 for white, as in qual
ity. Rye is wanted, and B°o bushels Southern sold at
83c, and 250 bushels Pennsylvania at 87c. Corn is little
inquired for; small sales of good Southern yellow, at 92c;
1,000 bushels musty brought ?6tf c. Oats are better,
and About 3,500 bushels Southern brought .44©45c, tho
latter for prime. Of Barley Molt a sale Is reported at
110 c 4P bushel. Bark—Quercitron ie wanted, and a
small sale of Ist No. 1 was made at $3l, which is an &fi.
Cotton—There is very little doing for.the want
of stnok, and only a few small lots have been disposed
ofatl4®l4tfft for Uplands, cash. Nothing new in Gro
cerlea and Provisions, and but llttledoing. ' Seeds—Tbe
movement is fair; about 250 bushels Oioverseed sold at
bushel, and 800 bushels Timothy at
s2.ooft ® 2 Utf bushel, mostly at the former figure.
Whiskey is’rather scarce, with sales or bbls at 24# ©
hM» »t 23), Oj Ul<J frndg, at 32), a 23. f
THE BUEETHtF OF THE ATJSTEIA.
Statement of j[r« Alfred Vezin.
Ur. Alfred Teiln, of Philadelphia, «u among the
passengers rescued by the French barqu* Maurice. His
mother hod two* tote re—the letterrespeetfvely nine acd
seventeen years of age—accompanied him, ani were
among those lost When the fire broke out fit. Yezin
was engaged in conversation in .the.after hart of the
steame. Mr Yr sin’s sUters were on deck, but his mother
was cot. He hurried towardthe cabin in search of her,
bat was driven back by the smoke, and fire. * Ur Brew
took a chair and dashed in the cabin skylight} when Ye*
tin saw his mother down there with the'stewardess. Ho
shouted for her to come'on deck, through the wheel
house, and she did so. .She ires., weeping, bnt i.*w
calm and firm, holding her daughters- by the hand.
The man at the wheel was asked to alter the direo
tton of the ship, so that the flames and smoke might
Be blown over the aide. No heed, however, was
paid to thereqneat, as there were no officers risible
to entires it. When women were screaming and la
hysterics, children crying from the suffering they en
dured from the heat; and passengers rushing about inf
wild confusion, not knowing what was to be done, ttao
officers behaved like Imbeciles or cowards When the
fourth officer ran np from the steerage, after carelessly
or otherwise setting the .vessel on Are, he rushed eft,
jumped into one of the life-boats, followed by several of
the passengers. As the boat was beinglet down, the cap*
tain made a spring after it, bnt did not succeed in reach*
ing it. He caught a rope, however, bnt the speed at
wh ch the vessel was running war so great that he wss
drawn under, and he was soon exhausted, let go his
hold, and sank. The-boat, war smashed under the
propeller, and all on board of her were loit. Ur. Ve
zin. with others, succeeded in drawiatr up eeveral
moaMy ladies,'from the oaMn, through the skylight.
And while those below., raw no hope.-of escape irons
theirtounents.bnt in deaths tbe spirits .of the few on
the deck were aroused by the appearance' oUeo vessel*
in the horizon. They sad distant
ciaoy miles; yet so iostwflre'aany to all presence of
mind, that immediately on observing them they eosS
menced shouting, “ Ship ahoy ” In the meantime tho
sufferings of those on the after deck increased. Of tbn *
four wooden boats aft. one was- already lost by being
drjgged under the propeller. A second was burned be
fore they could get .the tackle loose. In a third a largo
number of passengers, mostly females were crowded,
and the hoisting tackle being loosed, the strain on tho
chock* becade tod 'great,' when the boat fell and all in
it were lost. Another got off from the vessel with five
or six passengers on board, and Ur Yhiq thinks that
Mr. Hoxle, formerly a jobbing merchant of New York,
but moro recently:a ‘resident or Philadelphia, who
had been some years absent ip Italy, where H< wife
recently died was amoag ttfl number. The bott, how
ever. had no oars, and was soon left far behind—too for
to be discovered.bylhe French barque. The entnoes of
tbe *teamer-continued to rim‘about an hour after the
accident Left, ai they were, without p&ts. the period
of existence of over a hundred penonOfosembled on tbff
quarter deck bectrae one of physical endurance of the
heat. -The flames leaped up the shrouds and licked
along the yards, till the sails were Wrapped Is flames,
and burning fragments of them were oontionslly falling
on tbe persons of those below; and. setting the dresses
of the ladies on fire 1 . On« gsraent after another was lu
this way destroyed, and the loss of eschoniv exposed
hem more and more to the intense beat.' When they
eouli no longer bear np nnder'thls torture they, would
jump overboard. Some, however, retained their
position for a long time, determined to endu*« every
possible suffering before jumping overboard and soon#
of tbe ladies were almost, diarooed before they took
the fearful leap lu the jaws of death. # # * #
* * * * The husbands, iu some Instances,
Succeeded in getting hold of pieces of rope which they
tied about the waists of tbelr wives in the hope of being
able to save them.*' A sea captain from New Orleans
and his wife were passengers. For some time he made
strenuous efforts to extinguish the flrs, by lifting water
with buckets np tbaphip’s sides The tackle, however,
won d become entangled, and when the buckets were
drawn to the deck they, would be half, empty. 'When
Mr. Vetiu' hid gothuf mother and sisters together on
the qQarter-deok, he.endeavored to calm their feat* aad
to persnsde them that tb are was no immediate danger-
He then left them for a moment to look for some meaoi
of safety, and, when, he, returned, they had taken their
position with aboutsixfy oth£r ladies, who had crowded
together with tbeir. children .on one side of Hie quar
ter-deck,’ where he was an Able to retch them Ho
had brought with him a tin backet which he sikeA
his mother to take, and inverting it, use It as a
life-preaerver, Bhe refused it; -remarking that it
was useless. , He again departed in the „hap« to- flod
some other means available 'to save the lives of hie
mother and sisters, bnt his search was frai Je»s. During
all this scene of excitement, the sufferers gazed wish
fully towards the horizon, to watch the approach of tho
vessel which was evidently standing toward them; but
their despair was almost maddened as it became evident
that they mqst .ba lcst ibernre thrkocoor should Teach
them, and one by ooe they jumped into tbe deep, with
their gaze bnt a moment before fixed upon what they
had hoped would rescue them from an impeodloft death.
At last Mr Yesln wad forced to secure some place of
protection from the Inten e heat. , Bnt few of the
whole nnmber who had assembled on the quarter-deck
were* soy remaining. . Discovering a xopo, hanging over
'the itarboatd quarter, he let himself down, ana was
thus secured frouuthe heatA: Bnt the position ho
occupied was underneath some, horning rigging, and
fragments from ’ this 1 were" constantly falling npon
him- ■ Several .-time* his fedat etnght fire, and, as
hie last reaoarcq, he le.t. himself into the water,
stiU holding 'fast to the rope While here he heard
.the explosion of -the keg of powder In themagaxiae. At
frequent intervals persons remainlngon the qnarter
deek would jump overboard, and sink within-a few yards
of where be was floating tuspendedTry Us rope. Mr.
Trott, of New York, swung down to where he was, bnt
•lipping'down fob far, was washed off by the sea, and
lost. Near him ws?e four orfive yoaog Hermans, be
lieved to be merchants' of New York; slinging to a rope
hanging over the stern . They were unable, however,
to sustain themselves, and were gradually-losing their
hold, v and dropped off. one .by, one. Mr. Bogel. a well
known apothecary from Baton-Boage. La., and a very
,kind-bearted.man, bad lowered himself by one of the
boat 'ropes' that hang from the davits near Verio,
atd held on for a time; bnt, the set washed over him
repeattdlv until he became very maon'exhausted,
and expected . momentarily,. to_ be swept from b'.tf
hold. \Tdrning-to' Yesin he desired him, if he lived,
to tell his w<fe that he thought of her in his
last moments, hh uodrlng lore. Ye*
sin promised to do this if he survived Mr. Yes'*
soon-after'discovered'ap .object floating on t! a
water a 1 shortoistance from him. Bis position thait
was eminently critical He was frequently submerged
by the he knew that he most eventually be
exhausted,. The only object near appeared to he a cork
life-baoy, to which heresolved to trait himself. He
communicated his. Intention.to jßogel, and telling him
to take his place, quitted the rope and struck .out for
that which was his only hope of. safety*. In_ a moment
■ was faraway—vlcorous
strokes h’e waif aiMM«imrfeaohhii object. He had not
counted wrongly. It proved to be a canrta bag filled
with bits of cork; and -more than sufficient to buoy
him op so long ,m he should be abe to cling'lo
it. For a time he had been troubled with a dis
ease of tbe heartland ftp to the time when the calamity
occurred he had suffered xnnch from it. Notwith
standfng this physical dlaAhility. he found himself pos
sessed of a renewed strength; which was increased from
time to time after he had floa*ed an- hour or two, that
the vessel hshad watched with such Intense Interest from
the steamer was nearing him.- He' occasionally came
across fragments of wood, which he caught, and, com
bining them with hit bag of cork, made a small raft.
What became of Bogei after Yezin left the' steamer be
oouM not say, but he supposed that he was drowned.
Mr. Yezin floated about for several hoars before he was
picked up. About two hours after he left the ship
he drifted near a' colored Steward named Edward Avia -
dolpb,wbo had a life-preserver similar A*',. b'» Tb*
poor ftllo* was' nearly chilled through, aud h tcew
chattered like one with the ague.' He was ready to givo
np in despair, bnt Yesln cheered him, and they mutu
ally agreed, if either of them were picked op first, to
direct the boat fa search of the other.'. When Yezin
was rescued he kept his rledge. After boating about
several hoursheobserveda boat coming toward him. Ho
hailed her* and in amomenthe heard bis hail answered.
He was assured, then, of his safety, and soon after tho
boat approached and took him in. Mr Eiafeldt- of New
York, was already in the boat', bnt senseless. The boat
was about to pass Kim as dead when he was first dis
covered floating rn the surface, but the crew fortu
nately changed their mind end returned to him. The
subsequent day he was delirious from his sufferings
in the water, and from being' badly burned ,* but
there were.no. fears but that he would ultimately
recover. He continued on the vessel to Fayal. Soon
after Mr. Yezin Was rescued they were hailed by one
of the steamer’i boats, containing the three officers
and some of the stamen of the Austria, They reported
that when they lelt the steamer there were from fifty
to sixty persona binging In the chains shout her bows,
the first,offloer Hahn was asked, to return with the
boat to the steamer to rescue sonte of them be reported
as alive about the bows. He seemed-indifferent to
their fate, and finally declined to return, under the ex
cuse that he had sent his' boat adrift. The. Maurice
continued to sail about the steamer during the night,
and in the morning ran near to the Austria. There
were none then remaining on-the bows. The body of
one man was hanging by the neck over the bova, and
the body of a woman was also suspended by the neck
over tbe stern. They had probably placed the ropes
about their bodies to escape the heat by lowering them
selves over the side, and the ropes slipping, had caught
.about their necks aod-straoglea them.
>. Value; '
.... $66 937 60
.... 32 632 60
.'... $89,470 00
$807,574 00
Value.
$l4l 740
26,080
18.300
42,200
Mr. Yexin states that the number, of boats, even if all
had been lowered safely and filled, .was inadequate to
rescue the passengers. There were only eight—four of
tlieu metallic life-boats in'the bow, ood four wooden
boats in tbe stern. The ntter inefficiency ef the offi
cers, too; the want of life-preservers, and auy means
available to preserve life, .weiesuehas to render the
wholesale slaughter Inevitable. The kindness of the
captain of the Maurice is highly spoken of by Mr. Yeain.
He did everything in his power to alleviate their suf
ferings, which, in the case of those who wefoft umefi,
were great. • ,
Mr. Vesln has furnished the names of the following
passengers on tbe Austria who were probably lost:
Dr. Selden, ofPh IsdelpMa.
Mr. Hoxio, of New York.
Mr. Charles Baudt.of Chicago.
Mr. Masory, of Salem, Massachusetts.
rßßYiousnr.
CITY ITEMS.
" Protection Hook and Laddie Injdeed.—
During an alarm of fire, last evening, there was a col
lision between the Kensington Hose and Protection
Hook and Ladder Companies, which resulted in con
siderable damage to the apparatus of the latter-named
company.
Medical Lectures.—ln no respect does Phila
delphia assert her proud supremacy more-pofently than
In the character and efficiency of her IrfSTitutions for
the dissemination ot medical science. The time for the
winter terms of these institutions to commence is nearly
at band, and in a very few dayr we shall probably see
tbe opening of all our principal colleges definitely an
nounced. From what we have learned, the attendtnee
during the coming season will he large; In another
part of our paper, to-day, will be found the card of the
Medical Department of the Pennsylvania College, from
which we learn that preliminary lectures will be;deliv*
e ed in that institution, commencing on!Monday, Sep
tember 27th, and continued until the opening of the
regular session. It ip also announced that the ninth
annual course ot lectures of the Female Medical Col
lege, in this oity, will begin the 16th of October, and
continue five months.
‘ Williams’s Bible Panorama —We would again
commend to oar readers this brilliant and attractive ex
hibition.' In boldness of conception and artistic exe
cution It equals any panoramic exhibition ever exhi
bited In this city. The artist is a gentleman of emi
nence In his profession, and his Bible Panorama is
certainly a most instructive and ett rtaining work
of art.
How Pleasant to the eye Is a well-appointed
drug store, we ihoaght, as we passed the new store of
Buchanan’s, corner of Seventh and Bpring Carden
streets. Ho has everything that one could wish to buy
InhisHne. ,
" Resolution,” says John Poster, 11 is omnipo
tent ” He that resolves upon any great, and at tfcs
same time, good end, by that very resolution has scaled
the chief barrier to it. He will find it removing diffi
culties, searching out or making means, giving courage
for despepdency, and strength for weakness, and, like
the star in the East to the wise men of old, ever gui
ding him towards the “ Old Franklin Hall Clothing
Emporium” of B. H. Eldrldge, No. 321 Chestnut si., to
buy his clothes.
Philadelphia Institutions —Among tbe many
noteworthy institutions of our city, and specially de
serving a visit from strangers, may be enumerated the
Hall of Independence, Fraoklln Institute, Academy of
Fine Arts, Academy of Sciences. Girard Oellegb, the
Mint, Academy of Music, and last, though not least, (he
palatialOlothing Establishment of Granville Stokes, No.
607 Chestnut street
The Cowet.—DonatPa comet will be nearest to
tlie earth on tho 6th of October, at which time It wi’l
be only fifty-two millions of miles distant Its fifteen,
inillioo mile tail will charge its position ,c for that
night only,” and it will then point directly to the
brown stone Clothing Hall of BockhiU A Wilson,
Nos. 603 and- 605 Chestnut street, above Sixth.
Bucks's comet, they say, has n 6 tail; if it’hould
get along with a long-tailed dress coat, U'could
be accommodated Readily at this popular establish
ment, ’ ?