The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, November 15, 1860, Image 2

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.lietoly*, Majority; Porker, 3,000; Ronyaa.
MM. .{lpocHoonlf eieotore oro Horsblowor, Irina,
Btaeor, and Brown. I
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ot-WtttSttetoMre the people ftotu peytng
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credit to hjmaelTbecause his predictloturdf;#
ta jfeft «r«pt
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ttfOinf,Wanton's predtettbiis of eyfl to tola:
MWr genamUir Terifled. As.- be bias
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. oitJwHobUe Rigitter.nAzn?,
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MoVIIIBKK )$. 1860.
, Philadelphia—par
eagtced lathe Sonth
./dghted to beer -that a
> beisforpalsed in erery
and
- 'tint more then one
+he Vote for Douglas and fat Breclun-
'• i
' It will bo a curioUaandipptructivu task, when
fl»e M returns of the
States at the recent PnMidenlial elictiobia
received, to contrast pfballets
polled for Jons C» "In :1855,,
when ho was the Democratic candidate for
Vice President, running upon a popular sove
reignty and non-interhention platform, and in
1880 wMtt-he was the Secesslon candidate for
President npon a platform based on the theo
:fy of lntervehtionfor the protection of slavery
ha
obtained a large popularyote; -Thus, In New
Hampshif* H|
he obtained 2,092. (withV.ihMeelt small towns
to he*r’fls§»;)'; In MaslSohuSetts, in 1866,' he
Obtained 89,240. votesin iB6O his reported
vote in that State is 6,074,. The same extra
ordinary reduction is apparent'in all the other
NewEngiandStates,exceptCpnnecticut,where
by some sort of a fusion arrangement, the vote
Claimed for Bszceihsidox was swelled up to a
little less than half the vote he received in
1866.
> In New York ho distinctive Bueokikkihok
Electoral Ticket was kept in the field, bnt the
small amount of strength hi%friends contribu
ted to the Fusion Ticket will be Clearly shown
by the vote' polled for Mri Beady, the Breckin
ridge candidate for Goyernor, who received In
New. York, city 4,100 votes,' while Knur, the
Douglas candidate, received 66,767.1 n
the Empire State/ in 1866, Hr, Briceix
nincE received 195,878 votes.' It' is very
(lonbtiul whether more than 20,000 of her.
voters desired,his election in 1SG0; ' ‘
.. In New Jersey,in .1866, Beeokihhume re
ceived^,94B votes.! - His .friends cannot now
pretend to claim that more than one-fourth of
those.'wbo supported the fusion Doaglas-Bell-
Breckinridge ticket were supporters of the
latter.
In Pennsylvania, in 1866, BlKOKuramas re
ceived 280,710 votes. His exact strength, in
1860,- In this State, was designedly concealed,
by the' Welsh Committee, by the withdrawal
of. the Cresson fpsion programme—which
'Would have disclosed it—because they know
that it wohld have been utterly impossible, with
all the patronage of the Administration and the
misrepresentations of its organs, to secure for
him more than 60,000 votes.
In the great Northwest, in 1866, Bbeokin
xroox received the following vote:
-170,874
118,670
...........105,348
10w*...... 36,170
Hieblcu. 52,130
62,843
Ohio
Indian*....
1Uin0ta........
T0ta1......;. ...536,041
. in 1860 bis friends were so few in allthat
region that theymimber but a few thousands.'
Not one man In twenty of those who sustained
bib ■ fonr years ago supported him in the re
cent contest. ' '
The rote in the Southern States is almost
equally significant. In 1866 he carried them
til except Maryland, by overwhelming majori
ties. It is now dear that in Delaware, Mary
land, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri,
Louisiana, he.obtained much less than half
of the total vote polled. In Missouri he has re
ceived less than ope. tenth of the votes cast in
the counties which have been heard from. In
his own State, Kentucky, Bmu has a large ma
jority—although many votes were polled there
for DouatAs, In North Carolina, Alabama,
Georgia,- Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas, and
Texas, the vote for BaxcKraarooE in 1856 was
nearly 'twlee as great as that polled against
him} in 1860 it will evidently bo but a little
more tban tho combined vote for Docglas and
Bran. ,
Tito total vote of all the Southem States in
1866 was as follows
For Baohanen and Breckinridge 609,587
For Fillmore and Donelson. 479,465
. Majority.... 130,122
~ Instead of obtaining a majority of the whole
Southern vote'& 1860, the supporters of
BnxCEixaiDaK were , this year in a. decided
minority inthat section.
So far as the vote for Hr. Douglas is. con
cerned, the recent canvass was evidently ho
test of his actual strength with the- people,
because the fear that, by throwing the election
into the Honse or Senate the Bnchanan dy
juastywould be perpetuated under the ride of
into 'fits opposition, ranks
thousands -of independent men who would
otherwise haTe cbeerftilly and earnestly sup
ported:. JudgeDonoiAs. „ 'Even, with this
disadvantage agaitjßt him, however; itis proba-;
ble from tho present appearances of the . re
turns: that he has received a largor popular.
vote Uironghout the country than any other
defeated candidate - who was ever placed in
'nomination, for the Presidential Chair.
- Thototalpopular vote polled at the Presi
dential election in. 1852, was 3,147,542. In'
1860 the total popular vote was 4,042,204,
showing an Increase of a, little more .than
900,000 in four years. It U therefore proba
ble that 5,000,000 votes were polled, at the
recent election. Of these BsxceixßinoE . has
probably obtained about aainanyas the wholo
Sonth polled fbr Bcchasam in
Bsu." has . probably obtained about as many
votes as FazxoXßsecnred ln 1858—875,000.
The remaining 3,625,000 were divided be
tween Lixcbi.it and Domnas, the former prob
ably receiving about 2,000,000, and the latter
abont 1,525,000. These are, of course, mere
estimates, but we think- they will prove tole
rably accurate..
Georg eD. Prentice, of Louisville.
There-is. no-name more ; familiar -.to the
readers of - the American newspapers than
that' of Mr. Pbixtici., For a quarter of a
century he has occupied a prominent position
as one of the most eminent and classical con
ductors of the American press. An earnest
and a bold man in the expression of bis faith —
in some respects' a party man, in no re
spect a pirtlsan—never yielding conviction
to compromise, and . never forgetting, that
he is ’ a gentleman—Gxobox D. Pbihtice
has bronght honor to onr nohlo
and celebrity to himself..as one of its most
efficient'members. Differing lrom us on
many questions of B&tionsl policy, and to-day
estranged on many points of party principle,
we have invariably fonnd Hr. Pjlsntice among
the defenders of onr Constitution, and of a
Federal Union under that Constitution. He
never y ieldedMs.opinion to the clamors of a
section, andwhllo believmgiu and endorsing:
the peculiar iastHutions ef fats State and its
people, he has hot forgotten what was‘due to
his, whele country and tho interests oi its
citizens.,'..-
Hls paper. the Louisville Journal, is one oi'
the ln this country, and to the-
IsdMpJffiwt'fs ft of Mr. pKOMiioE it owes that
recint canvass it gave an'
Bell
'pi ‘the", levins journal of
theif ttlth, used every: honorable method to
accomplish the success or the Constitutional
Union party. True to the instlhcts of his
heart, however, Mr. Penmen recognized the
Secession Issue, as presented to the country
byßsxcKuißii>oxaadl.Aiiz, tol)? thecontrol-
Hng feature oi the canvass, and fought Disunion
and its defenders with-extraordinary snecesa.
The noblereaponse of Kentucky to his thrill
tog andeloqueot appeals shows with wlat re--'
suite timae labors of -Mr. Pbxstiox were re
warded. In the’ present crisis, we 9nd hlm as
flrmly ahd nhtilterlngly si' ever J on tbo side
of the Union, and jia opposition to the: in.
Mgues of ffiiranlohleMers and the unthinking
and dlilbyaJ enthiulasm of their followers.
; Wo are led to' these remarks on our dhsttaf
nouncement, in Pile joprastfif.
thathe will TliltFhth«liitt>WonnottT»iefe:
to,4eHver a
•tetj end library company, taoTOias'it&r
Harrison Literary Institute. •HiVthemewiU
'ica and Politicians : of"tho JJnlted
and certainly no, one conld'trOat lt
grace, eloquence, and a; thorough
of tho subject. He delivers the
the invitation of the Harrison—a
/ring anduseltil literary institution,
Its’ pifinniaiy benefit. Wo,trust.that
,JM: Of Philadelphia will,'tender to
.wrrio* a reception worthy of his groat
expressiyeof the attention and ref
entertain for him,u ascholar, poet,
' wit,a distinguished cltiaen of the
an unselfish and devoted friend of
and its laws.
ttaMnuj'jtf Hr. PreildefltßcoHAJiAX Is
M-, should isine hi* proclo.
Srt the 'DtoanloaltU, is a duty fie
birttfhe’doesio, Hr. Cobb and
'PSOK Win uadonttedly retire froih
Therefore he is silent.
What is its Population t
A leading New York journal declares that
the papulation of Gotham —nicknamed “ Tho
Metropolis”—has .'been- summed up at some
thing.sbout 611,000. Our own correspondent
informs its, on the' authority of belligerent and
politioal Marshal Etndeku, census-taker, that
“ the footings will show a population in tho
city of Now York of about 856,000,” and that,
“ including Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken,
ami Staten Island, we [the Now Yorkers] shall
have an aggregate population of 1,125,000.”
WUI this is mere unreliable guess-work.
Captain Bxsnxas, who takes tho Census for-
New York city, has no authority to count in
the dwellers in Long Island, (Brooklyn and
Williamsburg,) nor those in Jersey City and
Hoboken, places in the State of New Jersey.
The point to he determined is—what, upon
a stated day, was the actual number of real
inhabitants in any named placo, on that day.
We are bonnd to confess, that our Census has
not been taken correctly, at any time. The
English plan Is to have it simultaneously taken,
npon one fixed day, and tho_ return then in
cludes every person who has slept, in any and
overy place, on a particular date.
Apply this rule to New York, and what
will Us population be ? Deduct those of its
presnmed “ inhabitants ” who dwell within
its limits, excluding those who live in Brook,
lyn, Ne,w Jersey, Staten.lsland, .and upon tho
marge of the Hudson rivor; (even as far as
Hyde Park,) and we arrive at tho actual
population of New York. This, too, without
discounting the large number of persons from
tho South, who camp to tho New York Ho
tels} on business or pleasure, when the Census
was taken, after the heat had driven them
northward, and before the summer had set in
to send New Yorkers to country places.
We repeat—our National Census, to be ef.
fectlve, should have been taken on one and
the same day, all over the Union.
The actual population of No(v York city,
counting in all who sleep therein on any
given day, is probably as much as 760,000:—
that is, some 60,000 less than tile population
of Philadelphia. In this estimate, we may,
perhaps, somewhat under-calculato our own
population. If so, let “ metropolitan ” New
York have tho advantage.
We undehstand, from good authority, that
the Germantown mooting, upon which wo
commented yesterday, presided over by
Harey Ihgeisoll, the lato defeated candi
date for Congress in tho Fifth district, was a
sort of confidential ailair. Had the notice
been public, the Democracy of the neighbor
hood would have rallied in, and would have
addressed the South in other language. The
Breckihtidgers in and around Germantown
seem to hove made up their minds that every
man who voted for Douglas is henceforward
out of tho Democratic party. Mr. Ingersoll
himself—heretofore unknown in our politics,
a highly respectable gentleman, and for a long
period a gallant and accomplished officer In
the navy—knows as little of tho machinery of
parties, and the depths of public opinion, as
he does of tho management oi a locomotive
and has, therefoio, been easily convinced
that there is but one political gospel, and that
entire subserviency to the fire-eaters of the
South. We beg to remind him that tho De
mocratic organization of Philadelphia is not
a close corporation, but an open and public
affair. If there is ever to be a reconstruction
of tho old Democracy, it mnst bo upon the ori
ginal Democratic creed—viz: hostility to se
cession and nullification, and non-interven
tion with slavery in the Territories of tho
United States.
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
Letter irom “ Occasional.”
t Correspondence of The Pres*. 1
Washihotok, November 14, 1800.
Among the troubles Mr. Lincoln’s election will
bring npon the country, few will produce more
Borrow than tho vexations of the office-holders un
der the present Administration. Thpy have gpne
so far in denunciation of him that I fear ho eannot
Induce them to remain in their plaoes. Ho has
been, in their eyes, a Qorgon dire; a fiend in
human form; a remorseless incendiary; a fire
brand and a powder magatine.' Perhaps, as he
approach** the Presidential chair, the face and
features, that seemed formerly ao rugged and so
ugly, will assume a Softer and more benign aspeot.
It is said that tee best way to secure the favor of
the lUdstrioue Captain Tyler was to congratulate
him npon hie good looks; and those who occupy
tee dSlieldug. imggeries under the present Ad
ministration, and who refused to tolerate the pho
tograph Of‘the “ rail-splitter,” new contemplate
his physiognomy with mingled emotions. When
Napoloon flashed down from Elba npon France,
he was denounced'as a Caligula, a dospot, and a
usurper; but the nearer he oame to l’aris the oorscs
of; his enemies were exohangod tor oompltmentsi
and the wildest threats for tho warmest welcomes.
Doubtless Mr. Lincoln will have a cordial greet
ing to; this oily. Of course all those who have de
noupcod him will resign their offices on the spot.
Even the Tim- Ltnklbwnters in the departmonte—
the fossilised remains of a past ago—the bamaolos
on the Shlp pf State, who hare become so attaohod
to it as'tb obhoeire themselves a vital part of tho
entiro raaohine—even those who imagine that tho
eompleX.system of government mnst Instantly fall
to pieces if one of them should, by ohanoe, drop
ont of his} orbit, by death or aooldent, for they
never resign—startled the oommnnity daring the
late election by exohanging exeorations of Linooln,
and by stopping ail newspapers that favored him, or
that refused to recognize the Seceders as the high
priests in the Democratic Church. Of course they
will all resign. Tho Southern plaoemen will In
stantly throw up their commissions, from Maryland
to Tens, They Will not condescend to bold office
Under a constitutionally elected President, because
he happens to be a Bepnblloan."
, What, a procession of these resigning patriots
Philadelphia will show to a weeping world!
The tell, handsome form, and tho intellectual
ponntenanoe of Mr. Colleolor Baker will lead
tha van; and when he announces his indignant
determination not to serve under Mr. Lin
coln, ho will expect all his colleagues to follow
bis example, ’'Some of these have made excellent
officers, and would donbtless agreo to hold over,
but Hr. Baker’s word will he tbs' law, and having
obeyed him before, they oannot resist him now.
They will tearfully go.
The Southern Dlsnnionists are certain to ba sur
rounded and overwhelmed. Not this time
by a cordon of free States; not by a pha
lanx of enemies. armed to the teeth; not by
John Brown and his men, with pikes in hand,
but ’surrounded and overwhelmed by the kind
ness and consideration and lova of their
own Southern neighbors and friends. Mr. Yancey
. and bis companions will in a short time be like 11 a
dish of ripe strawberries all smothered in oream.”
Tennessee, with a benignant smile on hor faoo, re
strains them with a gentle hand. Even rough old
Kentucky, strong,- vigorous, and resolved, while,
resting his . brawny shoulders npon the pillars ef
the ’Constitution and the Union, becomes soothing
in His invocations'jo ,thh wild apd turbulent sisters
who desire to break the friendly oirolo. Missouri,
herself one of the youngost children of tho Repub
lic, and one of the most powerfal—the very Ama
zon of the sisterhood—points to the mouth of the
Mississippi, and ’ declares her determination to
. maintain' her right to It. ‘ Old Virginia, the mo
ther of Commonwealths, represses, with matronly
dignity, the fiery sons that snrround her own
hearth-stone, while phe turns, with ma
jeetio mien, and admonishes those who seek
to sednoe them from her side. There will
be no need of Northern bayonets, as in
deed there'is no call for Northern throats. The
destiny of the Union may well be entrusted to the
conservative States of the South. It is a sublime
sight to see how, within a few days, they have
roused at the oall of the country; bow, while the
Executive halts and hesitates, they have placed
themselves In line, net of battlo, hat of fraternity,
throwing themselyes llko a wall around the vio
lent and unreasoning men who threaten to pull
down the temple of oar freedom.
.'The 'Seoeders are beginning to realize the awful
(gala they have undertaken. They will shortly
i discover the difference between contending against
jM argumenti and the affections of those who are
‘ uhltod to them by every tie of neighborhood and
’ 'irjjrieregt, and against the legio and combinations
! Vd’ijtelr distant nonntrymen of the free States.
lTheDiaunionlits will, I repeat, be overwhelmed
I thu public opinion of the South—an opinion
sh,’ in the post, spoke through Washington,
tfton, and Madison, and thirty. yoarS ago
' WaZ triumphant in the example. of. ApjlHs&’Jaok-
Southern statesmen laid the tihshhtion of
l)fai‘J6epubllii, Southern statesmen, 'ijpjtjped the
Constitution, a Southern President.ibjiiiaGd tho
serpent of nullification thirty years ejej ind I am
quite willing to confide the destiny draw country
to thekeeping of the Southern poople. Beit the task
of the Northern Democracy and of the Northern
Republicans—while standing aloof from tho mighty
stiuggle now going on in tho Bouth-—to extend the
’ heartiest sympathy and eboourjsgeinepi to the
Union men in that section, by refraining from all
taunts or threats. If, In defianoh Of the entreaties
of thopatriots of the South, three.oribur Southern
■ States .should determine to ie/s'xitfl»tthe cpnsc
fuencts it on their own. heads A, I Will not lift,the
veit;'or anticipate the.oloHfii
' :•/ L\a <. OfIOASJOttAL.
The Capnda tieiow'Boston.
• 1 ' Boston, Nov. 14 —Tbaattiiiiship Canada, from
H?«rpool via ZUUfa?, isVbetoijr, and friU bo tjp
•boat one o’clock A. M; ‘Her malts *lll bode*
Bpatohed by the morning train, and bo duo in Phi
ladelphia to-morrow night.
THE PRESS.—-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1860.
tn« DUKE OF eoV|»IIO'E BASKB, AND
mayor
AND REAL BSf AND LOUISA
ANA HONEY-STAmUtrorFME BTOCK HOUBEBf
[ Joiroßpondenoo
" Noy. u,
As I never happenwltobeGovaniorof a.Btatt, I
am not competent'to'^judge; of the difficulty F of
writing a Thanksgiving proclamation, so as to
introduoe topics and thoughts not previously em
bodied in documents of that sort. They must, of
nocosalty, contain allusions to bountiful harvests,
fruits of the earth, happiness as a State, prosperity,
of the people, peaoe, plenty, &0.,A0. - These,- too,'
usually form the staple of the introductory para
graph to the annual messages of t our Governors.
An ineident just told to me by ajrlend, in refer
enoo to Governor Banks, reminds me that it bas
been reserved for him to pat in the neatest and
most attraotive garb I have yet noted, the usual
proclamation for Thanksgiving in Massachusetts.
It is so altogether out of tho usual hum drum
style that I copy it, not having seen it In The
Press. It specifies ihe following subjects for
thankfulness:
For the favored position which separates our be*
loved oountry from the political complications that
torture other nations, and eeoures to us wCll-regu-'
lated liberty and universal peaoe.
For the preservation of the States united;
For the publio health and prosperity;
For the rich harvests of tho year;
For the privilege of general education ;
For the capacity and hope of future Improve
ment ;
And the never-failing consolation of Gbristain
faith:
Let us remember in every act of thanksgiving
for our in&ppreoiable privileges, the opportunities
that are offered;
For the relief of those in want;
Tho suocor of the oppressed ;
The oonsolation of the afflioted;
The comfort of the Imprisoned;
The encouragement of snob as are oast down;
And the recognition of all men, of whatever
caste, condition, or dime, as children of a common
Father, and Bubjeots ot one universal and incom
prehensible deßtiny.
What I more particularly designed to sky Is this:
During the late tour of the royal party through
the United States, the older members were of course
observant of the men as well as manners and cus
toms of those with whom they b&me in oontact. It ‘
was natural that so brainy abd sagacious iitates
man as the Duke of Newcastle Bhould look ibout
him for the olever people, the clear, bold, prompt,
executive men, with whom it would be safe to en
trust the government of a State or nation. When
ever the party paused to receive the courtesies of
the people, Borne person whom the natives thought
olever, was of course put forward, or put himself
forward, to do the honors; he ought, therefore, to
have seen and heard some u smart ohaps,” At
Portland, on the day of embarkation for England,
the Duke, while oonversing with an intelligent
gentleman about the men whom he had seen during
the tour, was asked this question: “ Among the
various prominent persona with whom you have
bsoome acquainted, whatones have particularly
struck you as representative seen?”. The Duke re
plied that be had seen many, of whose abilities, do.,
ho had formed a high opinion; but there were two
who had Impressed him strongly as men of marked
character and decided power.” On being request
ed to-name them he replied: “ Governor Bants,
of Massachusetts, and Mayor Wood, of Ne%o
York. ' ’ Coming from a Cabinet m Inlster of Eng
land, whose life has been passed among oleverpeo*
pie, the inoldent is, perhaps, as worthy of print as
a thousand other personal allusions that dally find
their way through the types out to the people.
The panio of the last two weeks has affected
stocks to a far greater extent than real
CBtato. Tho latter, though dull, nevertheless
attracts the attention of capitalists. Yester
day A. J. Bleeoker, the heavy man of the.
real estaters, sold fifty-two loti in the upper part
of the oity at an average of $1,60.0 per lot, whioh
was admitted to be a fair prloe. Among the rhe
torical splurges usual with auctioneers upon such
occasions, many of whom knock down lots, adjec
tives, houses, verbs, stores, prepositions, and con
junctions with a reokless disregard of the rights of
Owners and the rules of grammar, Mr. Bleeoker
took occasion to say that there “ was not a time in
five years when this properly would not have
brought more; it would have brought a, great deal
more during the antediluvian times. It would
have sold for much more a month .ago, before the
dissolution of tho Union. It was their best time
to buy now, during this excitement. It wonld sell
for more than had boon-bid in the United States of
South Carolina.”
It may here be well enengh to mention, that
notwithstanding the notes of South Carolina banks
wore yesterday selling to the brokers at twenty
five per cepfc. discount, and public confidence in
them seriously impaired, New Orleans money was
taken at about the usual rate, and the commercial
drafts of her banks received without hesitation.'
One of the curious foots connected with the panio
is, notwithstanding the stooks of Missouri,
Tennessee, and Virginia haTe. within a mons.
fallen from 60 down to 72, New York Central from
68 to 70, Erie from 33 to 20, Reading fr0m47t032,
and others in proportion,' not a single stock House;
has failed to meet its engagements The' .losses?
though enormous, have been met with a prompt
ness and pluck that show* any amount of honor
and backbone. Htfatpitt'
P. S.—l give you tho Prince of jfales and hti(j
reoeption here in tho shape of dollars and cenlfi
The table wilt be interesting to those carious in' 1
royal matters: . • }
THS OENBBAL COMMITTEE OF TDK BALL IM BOSOB
OF THE PBMGJS OF TTALEB IK ACCOTOt TOTB
ITS TREASURER. . ~ ,
Db. To expenditure of the “ Committee on InWta
tiom {lsaac if. Brown's billj. w 8M 00,
On ' * Ticket* and Finanot eundr j bills —. MB 84
On ** Kfceptlon”—sundry bi115. «i...... ‘Hi »
On " mutlo and House sundry mils.. , 4 410 GO
On “Peooratlons”— sundry 7,644-4|
On ** Supper and Floor "—sundry bill*.-..-...: ..15i,466J)0
On “ Police and Carr i&seseandry bill*—.—, 80 6S
‘•Topiooeed to Canada**....-. . ml.
“ To proceed to Washington”... ’. toll.
Bythe Secretary (Clerk hire, Printing, Station
ery. & . 1,075 10
Balanoe -IjfAOOO
‘ 941 006 «
To enclosed Check for <58065 sent to each of. •
the four hundred Members of the Commit
tee).-. 913,700 00
Cr. By amount reoeived from the four, hun •
dred Members of the General Committee—
-9100 each... —,• 940,000 00
For Thirty-three Supplementary Tickets js- •.
sued by order 6f the Jbxecuttve Commutes,
at 915 eaon-- 00
Forprooeeos of articles left over from the .
ball. 811 66
By b&lnnca brought down in favorpf the '
miuee .... op
ROYAL PHKLPS/TieWrer.
E. E. New .Ypaic, November U. 1060. ■
We have esamined the above account, have found
proper vouchers tor. every item, and we declare the be
fcrrL!. 12 ' 280 “ flVor of feMW’Bttfflb,' 0
A. T..S CEWARt!
Of £ne Fmanpe Comjpitteo,
Nisi Pbius—Justice Read.—The North.
Branch Passenger Railway Company vs. The Chest
nut and Walnut-streets. Passenger Railroad Com
pany. An application to prevent the defendants
interfering with the plaintiffs in their work of
connecting the traoksoy the two railways at Fif
teenth and Chestnut, and Sixteenth and Walnut.
The North Branch road being chartered one year
before the Chestnut and Walnut, claims a right
over the Chostnut and. Walnut. This case was
before court yesterday. No argument was had or
decision given, the judge suggesting that the matter
be disposed 1 of formally, eo as to bring the question
before the Supreme Cour| in banc. Accordingly,
by consent of all the counsel, a formal decree dis
missing the bill was entered, and an appeal taken,
and thus the ease will be heard before a full bench
early in January.
District- Court—Judge Sharswood.—;
John Rioe va. Charles Beal.. A feigned Issue. A
verdict for defendant was taken by agreement. J.
F. Johnson for plaintiff; Page for defendant .
Milton P. Mifier aid T, Jefferson 1 Miller, late
trading as Miller A Miller, vs. Samuel Bchaber.
An action oh a promissory note.' .The defence ait
up that the note in question was given to Rd. T.;
Mott, now deoeased, as an eocomiaodatlpn; that.
M?. Mott got a loan from 'plaintiffs and deposited,'
with others, the Mr. Schober, As collateral.
The note was originally $1,000; but by lucoWaive
payments the loan* was . settled, ahd at each pky-r
ment the notes were dooreased in amount. The,
loan being paid, the only matter in dispute, to
cording to defendant, should be the interest, and
not the $2OO note now sued upon. Verdict for
plaintiff for $174 3L j. M. Brown fer plaintiff;
Cuylor for defendant., _
Henry Vanborh vs. The Frankford, and South
wark Philadelphia City Passenger Railroad Com
pany. An aotion to reoovor damages fer injuries
received by falling from a oar of' the company do-'
fondant. The plaintiff took the oar at.'Frankford,
and got up on,the top, And when he readied the
depot, he endeavored to come down by the ladder;
but this being Insecurely fastened, It fell, with Mr:
Vanhorn with it. lie received severe injuries abeut
the ankle.'
Benjamin Jacobs vs. John Xlabsti. An action for
goods sold and delivered. No defence. Verdict
for plaintiff for 3J72.57. Keljey 'and Coffey for
plaintiffs.' 1
District Court—Judge Stroud.—Susan
Wisdom vs’ The Pennsylvania-Railroad Company.
Before reported. Verdict for (defendants. Mo-
Mur trie and Paul for plaintiff; Cuyler for defend-,
ant.
The City of Philadelphia vs. The Citizens Pas
senger Railway Company, (Tenth and Eleventh
street.) An action to recover the amount of per
centage on dividends. It oame up here in order
to have a verdlot preparatory to carrying the oase
to the Supreme Court, where the question whether
the charter of ihe r oompany requires the payment
of the perpentago'on their dividends. The verdict
for plaintiff was $1,800.' X*az And Sellers for plain
tiff) St. George T. Campbell and G. M. Wharton
for defendant.
Alexander E. Dougherty, as signor of Wm. H.
Kern, vs. E. T. Moßormott. An aotion on a re
plevin bond. No defence/ Verdlot for plaintiff
for $132 50.
Same vs. Same. Sain* aotion. Verdlot for
plaintiff for $246 85. COlemin for plaintiff; McAl
lister for defendant. 1 •
Thomas J. Megears vs. Thomas Sheridan. An
aotion for mesne profits, the value of certain j>ro
gerty in the wrongful poseession of defendant. T. F.
mjth for plaintiff; Brfnton for defendant.
Allen Sobmldtand Barbara Schmidt, his wife,
in the right of the said Barbara, vsJ Wa. Botfc
An aotion on apromlegory bote; Jury out. Rsmak
for plaintiff j W\ J. Rada for defendant.
Quarter Sessions—Judge i
Nearly the whole seisiop Was occupied .wJtk wV
trial of Jeremiah Kleckner, on & ohargeof dbsal£{
ing goods nndpr/glso pretences. On trial. 'i
Tire Virginia JEiepfiqp.;
Va. t ijor. l^.—The last
from the State are unexpectedly favorable foJWpf.
The full opolal returns may be ?;
Our New York fetter.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
LATEST MEWS
SpeoMDegpatckeitb^ThpPreis.”
Washington, November 14, 1860,
Good News.
It is not doubted that Senator Pharcb, of Mary
land, wilt take an early occasion to indicate his
determination td resist the plansof the Secession
isi's in the Senate'of the United States, and that he
will be backed by bis colleague, Hon. Anthony
Kennedy, in the good work.
Hon. Amos Kendall,
This old Jaokson Democrat, who has grown rich
by absenting himself from party politlos, but bag
never lost bis faith In the. Democratic party, has
received many Jotters from different parts of the
country, congratulating him upon the entire fulfil
ment of his predictions in regard to the designs of
tho Breckinridge organization.
' New England Politics.
Tho speech of Wendell Phillips, at the late
ratification Lincoln meeting in Boston, filled, aa it
was, with ridicule and denunciation of the South,
is generally condemned by the Republicans in this
quarter.
A Now Paper in Washington.
Id anticipation of the Administration of Lincoln,
it Is proposed te establish a daily paper here, inde
pendent io iff tone, and yet filled with the progres
sive element of the New York. Philadelphia, and
Boston journals. Suoh a daily would suoceed in
Washington.
Gov. Wise Still in the Union,
It gives me pleasure to state that, although Lin
coln has been elected for some days, Gov. Wish
still consents to remain in the Union.
Major Breckinridge and the Cincinnati
Commercial.
The* intelligence that John O. Breckinridgs
intended to deolare against the Secessionists
created .great oensternation and anger in the-
South; and,.notwithstanding bis denial, tho Cin
cinnati Commercial will Insist that he has indi
cated suoh a disposition. - •
■ Senator Hunter, of Virginia.
This quiet and cautious statesman is preparing a
strong appeal against any resistance to Lincoln’s
.eleotion, Until he shall commit the overt^ct.
Invitation to Northern Mechanics
While Northern men are being expelled from the
South, because of their supposed anti-slavery opi
nions, an organization is in process to invito hun
dreds of Northern mechanics into the slave States,
to assist in building up a system of exclusive
Southern manufactures.. . .
Business in Washington.
Rents are advancing in all parts of the oity.
Everything promises the presence of a large orowd
at the opening of Congress.
The Defeat of Mr. Speaker Pennington.
Since the defeat of Mr. Speaker Pennington,
his name is generally mentioned—particularly in
view of the large vote which he received over his
own party, in his dlstriot—as a probable member
of Mr. Lincoln’s Cabinet.
Discontinuance of the Washington Con-
Sir William Browns, editor of the Washington
Constitution, is preparing to vacate his editorial
chair. Little doubt is entertained that the con
coin itself will oollapje r for why should the Seces
sion,party have a paper oalled the Constitution ,
when they intend to violate the Constitution?
The Philosophy of a Panic.
There has been so much talk about the'Seoession
panio, that the Republicans have hardly discussed
the distrlbutlon'of offices. Hon. Tom Corwin, now
here, thinks the Disunlonlats have, In this, dono &
great favor to Mr. Llncoxn.
Great Struggle in Alabama.
J,ate news from Alabama indicates that the con
test against the Dlsunionlsts in that btate will be
tbrrifio. Mr. Senator Olay is in ill health, and
Mr. Yancey by no means popular, on acoount of
hits conservative declarations in New York and
Boston.
Governor .Letcher? of Virginia.
Within two days past, Governor Letcher bas
announced his determination to stand by his cele
brated platform, at all hazards,vis: uNon-inter
vention by Congress with slavery in State or Ter
ritory! or in tbo JMstriot of Columbia.”
The Two Cobbs.
There aro two Cobbs— the Secessionist and the
Seorotary. The latter has no doubt that all of the
loan subscribed will be taken, and that there will
be sufficient money and sufficient credit to conduct
the Government, even after he has left the Union.
He seems to be at war with Cobb, the Secessionist.
THE SECESSION MOVEMENT.
- Tho Sentiment in Virginia.
THE IUCHMOJD ENQUIRER URGES A PEACEABLE
*; ' SETTLEMENT.
‘Richmond, Nov. 14 —The Enquirer urges that
a State Convention be oalled at an early day,
'which might, settle peaceably the dangerous ques
tion. It sayß It,was with> view ot concentrating
publio opinion upon anon a convention, as well
as to prepare the people for any unseen emergency,
that ex-Governor Wise inaugurated the Minute
Men; and that be contemplated no raid on the
Federal Government/
Secession Speeches in Georgia*
FEUDS IN THB LBGISLATUnS.
' Millbdgivillh, Nor 14.—Spoeohes are nightly
made to excited crowds by Messrs. Toombs, Thos.
R.iJobb, and others. In favor ,of the seoecslon of
the. State. Messrs. Stephens, Johnson, and others,
take- the opposite ground, and oppose the argu
menta of the seoeden.
Bitter feuds have arisen in the Legislature
among the friends of .Mr, Iverson ana Howell
Cobb Tn relation to the Benatorshlp.
Nothing of interest ha? transpired here to-day.
of Sensation Reports*
Charleston, Nov. 14—The Mercury reports
that the burning of the West Point Rice-Mill was
oahsed by the machinery. The loss is $75,000.
The same paper, referring to the special
despatch in a Philadelphia paper about the taking
of Fort Moultrie, says that It is totally unfounded,
and unless the Northern journals send out more
tellable correspondents they must expect to suffer
in pooket as well as have the fears of the people
exoited by unjust apprehensions.
341,006 65
From Washington.
1 Washington, Nov. 14 —Many of the prevalent
reports and conjectures concerning the aotion of
the Government Ate untrue, and most of them ex
aggerated. The course of toe Administration will
affoid so just cause for increasing the present ex
blteuent either South or North, as It will endeavor
fairly, firmly, and impartially to perform its duty
as the .oases for its aotion may arise, always keep,*
Ing Ihe Constitution and the lawn in full view. The
remirk attflputeCtp the Hon. Mr. Heltt, that the
President Is pledged to seoesßionVhas been reoeived
herewith muoh astonishment.. His friends do not
believe he is correctly reported.
■ It is well known that the President has never
made such a pledge in any public paper, and his
most intimate friends have, never heard anything
from his Ups which would lead to the belief that
he entertains any sentiment whioh is not warmly
in favor of preserving the Constitution in all its
integrity., ‘
Tbs postmaster at Orangeburg, Mr. Keltt’s resi
dence, nsa forwarded his resignation as postmas
ter,, to take effect on the Ist of January, unless, he
says, his much-abused and boloved State, South
Carolha, shall sooner secede. The resignation has
been locepted, and ho requested to designate a
suitable person as his successor, who will give the
proper bonds for the discharge of all the duties
requirtd by the laws and regulations of the Post
Office department In the event of no snob per
son befcg found to fill tbo offioa it must bo discon
tinued. .
Lieutenant Colonel Gardner has, In the ordinary
routine of business, beep relieved of the Command
of Fort'Moultrie, and will bo succeeded by Major
Anderatn, who is next to him in rank in the first
regiment pf artillery.
~ The newspaper report, that Fort Moultrie was
occupied by a military company of Charleston, la
the only information of the kind reoeived in this
city. T?o War Department has neither given an
order nyr reoeived, any oqmmupioation on # the
eubloot. ' ‘i \ ' ‘ ‘ ‘ ’
The fits thousand stand of arms, recently men
tioned af having gone South, were purchased in*
Washington by Virginia for the use of that State.
They wpm of itifariorqqaHty.
The Electoral Vote of New Jersey.
.. Trenton, Nov. 14.— The official vote of the
State is n \yr in; . The following persons are chosen
electors: william Cook, Democrat; Joel Parker,
Democrat; Theodore Runyan, Democrats Joseph
O. HomNower, Republican; Charles. E. Elmer,
Republican; EdwardW.lvins,Republican; Isaac
W. tiouddtr, Repubtioap.; The three Douglas De
mocrats aip elected by between 3,000 and' 4,ooo
majority/. The straight Douglas tioket carried just
enough votes, from vroom, Worts, Condit, and
Brewer to defeat them. Brewer and Wurts are de-.
fe'ated by seme 1,500, while the others loso it by
; from 100 to.SOfc In some parts of the State the
people voted as thongh tho news of tbe fusion had
; never reached them. AU the votes taken together,
there' Is a majority of from 3,000 to 4,000 against
Lincoln.
The Indiana Election*
Indianapolis. Nov. 14.—Returns resolved from
eighty-three ectintlos of the State give tho follow
ing official aggregates:
' Lincoln. . ..107,031
BbugiAs;: 84,531
. 8re0k1ntidge..............;;..;.' 11,235
. Bell.;;; 6,003
Llheoln’tf plurality is 22,500, and will probably
reach §3.000 His majority over aU will be about
?,O0f)./, ; /, \
AYankeo School-Teacher Banished
from South Carolina
.Boston, Miss., Nov. 14.— Mr. William G. Wood
arrived here to-day as, a passenger by the ateamof
South Carotbia having oeen oivtily requested to
leave tho btata of South Carolina. His passage
was paid; Mr. Wo6d had gone South to fulfil an
engagement as a school.teacher In the Barnwell
district.
The Papular Vote <»1 Georgia.
' nspORTkO lI.LNE3B Of MR. DOUGLAS.
Augusta, N*V„ 14. —'The popular vote of Geor
gia exhlbJls the fact that there was a majority
oftwo’ihdusahdVotescaßtagainstßreckinridge. -
iV ;X£;WM reported h'efe that a- despatch* was re
*®«tt:.3cahHfdiy from MUlcdgevillo, stating that
afl.wis exceedingly Til at some place in
1 FRihireinGinciunali.
«»y! u.'—Maißrs! $ BTshpr.
jpTOal'ersV hWe rwI«T V a!gn ‘
Tjie amount ot liapltitisß i? potstatej.
stitution.
TH E C 1 T Y.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING,
—Continental Tekathb, Walnut st„ above EishMi.—
Abo Great American Consolidated Cirous Company. „
«• E£? LLJ JP r 'f3? B *r Theatre. Walnut and Nunn stsi—
“ The Dead Heart”-A Popular Comedietta.
WHEATtET'&. dLAREE’S ABCU-STBEBT THEATRE,
above Sixth.—“ Hamle- —“La Majade;
Olympic (Tate Gaieties), Raoe street,
in a Bat*itoonf”'' no * e Toro’s Cabin Ten Nights
• B . A f ,ll l.sheBtnut street, above Twelfth.—
George Chnstr’s Minstrels.
oi,:?t™“-co° t fc E ,rt n &’ Eleve "‘ h * trMt ’
• Hbadquartreb, Franklin Plaoe.—Concert nightly.
SKETCHES OE CITY LIFE.
A Night'ln the Police Station
The even-handed law, so beautiful in its theory
of aid'to the weak and protection to tho feaefal,
assumes In Its practical operations a most hard
hearted and inadequate guise. Not &lono*may its
sheer formalism be misinterpreted by the elo
quence of hired attorneys and the shallow judg
ment of ignorant juries, but the brutality of its
executive officers is tho natural result of familiar
ity with orime. The flinty oharaoter of police
magistrates is proverbial, and the only legitimate
apology for a frequent change of municipal polioo
offioers, is the consequent introduction of a new
elemept of executives, whose feelings are not alto
gether hardened. We passed an Interesting night in
an up-town station-house some time ago. It was tho
hour for the nlght-watoh to go forth when we en
tered. Tho men were removing from pegs on the
wall sundry great overcoats and heavy alarm rat
tles. An ocoaslonal revolver or bludgeon was ex
hibited, ns the heavy forms wheeled into line. The
, Sergeant, seated behind a desk, called the roll*
and etontorlan responses ran down tho rank. Tho
Lieutenant then gave some wo;ds admonitory, and
the muscular oolumn wheeled out of doors and trod
heavily down the-pavement, each man to file off at
his peouliar beat for a solitary and chilly vigil.
We improved the opportunity to look into the
cells, by guidance of an aged turnkey. This old
publio functionary had managed, in some inexpli
cable way, fo survive administration after admi
nistration and yet retain bis place. He had
been retained under the shifting dynasties of
Swift and Gilpin, Conrad and Vaux and Henry,
and in his sere and yellow decline; no administra
tion could have the hardihood to disoh&rge him.
He was not, withal, a tender man, and invidious'
distinctions between unfortunates and criminals
he did not care to make. We followed him into
jthe basement, whieh had a oheerless aspect, with
Tts bare knotty floor and grated windows. A large
stove oooupled the oentro, from whioh flues ra
diated to the upper stories, and the Btenoh from the
neighboring cells was almost insupportable. The
doors of these were of iron, panelled on the out
side with wood, and leaving a small grated hole
near the bottom for the efflux of dense air. These
were four of them, numbered over the top.
“This,” said the turnkey, opening door No. 1
and releasing some foul smells, whose sudden es
cape struck us like a blow in the nose, “ this is.
the best oell in the row—dedicated to tlje wimmen.
We keep it werry dean, so as to niake it, oomfit
able.”
.We said through our fist, although in a state of
semi suffocation, that it certainly bad salubrious
air and ooplous. ventll&tion At the latter remark
a puff of chilling wind drove in at tho broken,
window In.the side, and almoßt extinguished the
g4«-
‘.‘That window,” we remarked, “might be
mended; isn’t it cold for them at this season of the
year?”
The solemn turnkey, rubbing his palms as if not
altogether insensible to tho wind, said sagaciously,
that a “wimmin” had the recent effrontery to
Eunoh the glass out of the window, so that her fins
and might pass a grog bottlo to her. He had
therefore determined, out of retribution to all
womankind, to insist upon the pane remaining
broken all winter; after whioh he launohed into
an eloquent tirade against all females.
“ Wimmen ain’t got no right,’.’ said be, " to take
up our time; they are a nuisance, and oughtn’t to
come here. The law won’t allow you to He rough
with ’em, and they knows it, so they are a heap o’
trouble. 1 bad a wimmen to manage last night;
dog’on if she didn’t try to bite me, ah’ there waß
no use a’ hlttin’ her. for she ma.de filch a noise as
drawod people around the winders,and the Sergeant
said he couldn’t allow it. There ought to be somo
other place for wimmen; they ain’tgot no right
here, and Is a nuisance.” ‘
Oell No. 2 was appropriated to the houseless,
whether poor or inebriated; cells. No. 4 and No.
6 to parties arrested on suspicion, or held to answer
the result of investigation upon certain charges
In No. 4 there was already a prisoner. lie had
been confined as a witness in a certain murder case,
and having no friends toenter bail for him, seem
ed destined to a temporary residence in h|s un
wholesome quarters.
“Cap’n,’* said he, addressing the. turnkey
through tho orifioe at the bottom of the oell, “ for
God’s-sake, how long are you going to keep me
here? I ain’t done nothing that Uyo.got to be
locked up like a dog, and’feqon confounded
soup and soraps.-’
“ qo ’long,” said the estimable and 8 of
the keys, “ the alderman’s ordered you to bp lock
ed up; we aint got nothing to e&y.”
- “ I say,” said the * njan, that itW ap outrage.
I went into a place to got a drink, and iamem»
low struck another, whioh I couldn’t shot my eyes
to help from a seein; so I’m locked up, and the
man as did it has gone free Yon goin’ to keep me
here till you eatoh him? Spose you don’t do It
for a year—say ?” •
{i Go ’long,” said the turnkey; a can’t attend
to you.” . *
The man continued to exclaim that it was an
outrage. -
Just at this time wo heard the ‘ramping ot feet
np stairs, and hastened above to see the new ar
rival. •
It was a wife-boater, very oowardly and brutal
in guise and appearance. '
The Sergeant searched him;
The fellow was very pale;'his shirt was torn,
and his hair matted, as thongh he had woken from
a drunken sleep.
“Isay,» said he; with a coarse tone of bravado;
“ you got to ’rest her, too; eho pulled my hair and
broke my bpttler-d—n her.”
“ Go 'long,’’ said the estimable turnkey; “ amt
you ashamed to ory out agin your wifeV* ■
“ No, I aint;“ said the prisoner, rolling kUeyes
end working his heavy jaws; “ what is she, I want
to Know, but a ?*' * ’
“Oh? Tununas,” said a broken voice at tbe
door, as a woman with a great red mark on her
forehead, swollen and rapidly turning blue, el-‘
bowed through the orowd and approached him—i
“ain’t it enough, Tummar, that you should heat'
me, and turn the ohildern out 0’ doors, and emaeh
all the winders, and break my ’art without oaUing'
me that?” ' *
She put her 1 hands to her head and burst into
tears.
“Toh—l with ye/’ safd tho squaliid man un
moved, knitting his eyebrows and sneering as he
Bpoke ; “ what do ye come here for with your baby
face and snivelling eyes? Go homo to yer brats!”
He cursed her again; she only looked at hip).
What a look! The agony of regretful years,
trampled, but always loving, was softened in her
ey«. A* broken heart seemed melting up and
dripping away in the tears that streamed over her
bruises.
“Tammaß,” sho said, not with a burst of
anguish, but a quiet and pleading tenderness,
“ when you was sober and hard workin’, and let
rum and bad oompany alone, you wasn’t what you
are. Ton didn’t come home to beat
Lord knows j’m a workin’ my fingers to tha
for the ohUdrep. Then you was cornin’ on in the
world, and we' was proud pf you - How do you
daxt to cell me suoh names after raisin’ this welt
on my ’ed, and testin' the clothes off o’ my
baok?”
The man growled something, indicative of shame
if not of repentanoe. When he was led away to
the oell the woman begged for his release, and was
sure that he would not beat her again. When he had
sone5 one down the stairway, and we heard the coll
oor shut, she raised her hand to the blaok knot
on her forehead and went out sobbing.
We ventured to say that this was a hard case,
at whioh the Sergeant, with a turn on his bee),
said: “So it was; mighty hard ;'Vbut that the
woman onght to have lftown tho worthless pharag
ter of the man before she married biml
“ He allwers was a brute, ’’- said the man of all
eorts, entering the caee on a slate. “ Bo ought to
§et six montns below this time, though it won’t
6 him much good!”
• We were taken into the second story, and shown
the sleeping-room of the officers. Small Iron cribs
or bedsteads were arranged in three rows down
the long floor, and kalf ot them were tenanted by
targe-limbed men, snoring solemnly, and fast
asleep. The gas was turned down in the room,
and through the dinf'light the huge forms of tho
sleepors were disoerned.
Theirs Is a sad life and a thankless duty. Three
years of official labor—a change of administration
—a summary dlsoharge. When tho brazen badge
is thrown aside,' all enmities incurred in the faith
ful discharge of duty roour to them. Tho associa
tions of home aro denied thorn inthisstern bivouac,
and the citizens, whose hearths are defended in tho
prowling hours*, grumble &t breakfast of ths legion
of “loafers” sustained by ta^eaof their toil,
and read' with delight, fn tho penny paper, somo
sneer upon their oraor. The idlepe?* of a few re
dounds to the abuse of tho many, and if a odd and
hungry officer pauses in a oorner tavomtowanu
himself at tho stove, or undergo that imbibition
common to mankind, he Is straightway reported to
bis lieutenant, and his number despatched to tbo*
Mayor.
A select museum of harmless curiosities was then
unlooked to us, consisting of sundry out-throat in-
token. at various times from innocent
prisoners. '
The first shelf, was .filled with iron kruokles,
averaging in weight a pound and & half. None of
them fitted ovor the second knuckle; a handle
fitting Into the palm sufficed for a fearful thrust:
neither bone nor musole could resist a lunge from
these in the handl of a desperate man. Firearms of
all kinds filled three shelves, from the horse pistol
of antique manufacture, with flint look, end barrel
of heavy wrought iron, to the handsome revolver
of Colt’s patent, ivory handled and richly? chased
upon the silver' mountings Bludgeons of all or
ders of delicacy were remarked. One of these
weighed sixteen pounds, and appeared to have been
a bell clapper. Most of the knives were of butoh
or’s pattern; there was a motley assortment of
razors, and a fair sprinkling of borne, sheath, apd
dirk knives’ ' With suoh humanizing weapons of
good will to man, do hundreds of our ruffian chiy?
airy tread the highways at night, under tho ohuroh
ahadowfl, md PNW tolew at sowe eursory window,
whore a bapar by the bedside of the siok’ keeps
vigil ovor tire sleeping, and sends its faint radi
anoe through embraoing curtains into the lonesome
Bt Tho articles In question, of whioh thero were
some throe hundred, wore trophies of throe years’
oolleoting. How many artioles of similar pattern
had fallen into the hands of offioerawe did not atk.
Suoh reveries were disturbed
by now arrests. The second offender was a bus
peoted housebreaker, who had been caught in the
act of soaling the fenoe of a suourban dwelling.
Making soma resistance to an arrest, the officer
bad applied a billy to bis erown, and the blood
was streaming over hlfl-forehead. He was evident
ly a German, wearing a pale mouataohe, curled at
the ends, and looking vindictively through a fal
low gray oyo. On searching him' a dhoemaher’s
knife was found. He whs taken doWn to the base- f
ment, bis head washed and bandaged, and thrust;
into cell Ho; 4. The individual already efisoono'ed ;
there made considerable to belong ofOEOtcd !
with a thief, and said, in 6Us)Btonpe, that
fupate ifitneßB pf a p'fcfirrenpe shouldn’t ‘be '
piloted with known -depredators, who not only
’saw but took* His remark did not taka
It being eleven o'clock, the turnkey sagely said
that tho hopr had arrived for the outcasts to apply
for lodging. It w*s oold without, and soma drops
of r&in'wpfe falling, came np through
the darkless, and •toler' atafcion-bouM like
coobU. Ood of thourmur ydtrßf"; she bore a baby
ams, and har.faoe jßfemed to hare been
BtnoKdu Into stono to'the manner of Lot's wife. It
devoid oi Ml hope;smile would play
£!L. ““*•* iunbeam:on & coffln. and the urchin in
£** * tm *> lf be lnto her eyes, might
head ® ro * n up w ' l ** * r *d*ot«d sphynx on his fore
wojaan waß disposed to endure neither
of no ' the Booms of time. She
«ob wrn*nofLa D^ a A lt^e b°7» whose solitary boot
t te « at th ? i oo > on 'he other foot ho
h»nKIi ted wi. r ot ,1 K an i °t and.he'.waa hire-'
headed. What he lacked in other reipeote he
odrtainly taoda up In amplitude of coat. TClje fat
ter bad been made for a party of tba inches of the
Sergeant; It bung upon the ground, and covered
his arms and hands, and the great creasy collar
stood about his nook, answering the purposes of
both coat and hat., > r
This youth appeared to be whimpering, nod was
observed to say at one time, “ Mommy, put me to
bed," whereupon tha stern woman, who wore a
crooked straw bonnet, jerked him savagely and
B&id aloud, “ Johnny, be still till £ whap ye."
The estimable turnkey looked at these ereatures
In the manner of a savage oriifo at borne theatrioal
tableau At length, he said in* tone oommensu*
rate with the depth of the word : “ Well?"
The tall woman looked up; the youpg one down;
Johnny whimpered. ‘ The two said, simultaneously,
“ What’s the matter with ye," said the turn*
key, softly—“ Oan’t ye pay no rent ?"
't he woman explained, in a formal way, that the
ohiidren belonged to the melanoholy woman who
bad married her son. who waß very worthless and
had run away. The party had followed him to
Philadelphia, by the kindness of a free-pass over
the Camden and Amboy Railroad. Neither .party
said anything pathetio; their spceoh was quite as
oheorleas and spare as their wasted faces and skd
eyes. The Sergeant offered to .take the ohiidren
aßd lodge them on his own bed \ the woman re
fused, and the party were disposed ot. in what the
estimable turnkey called the “ bummer’s cell."
In this place, we beg parden of all.parties
named for this familiar recital.
Aa the night grew apace new arrests were made;
at midnight the sleeping polioemen were awa
kened, marshalled, and despatched upon the beat:
those who went out in the early evening returned
and turned in to rest.
In the two small calls, appropriated to the home
less. twenty-seven persons slept that night. About
two oclook in the morning a-terrible scream is
sued from cell Noil, followed by a succession of
fallings about and confused noises. It appeared,
that Johnny in the huge coat had lain himself to
sleep on the beaoh at the side of the cell, and a
careless female lodger had ■ sat down upon him.
To this he responded with a scream which awoke
his mother, who made pugnacious demonstrations
toward the woman.'
4* if Inspired with similar good humor,' the par
ties in No. 2 instituted a similar difficulty. One
man protested that he was being murdered, and a
second asserted, that his intention merely amounted
to a desire to “ polish him off."
At length ell settled into stillness. We stole
down onoe to the reeking oells and breathed a mo
ment of the stifling air; then, in the late morning,
sought the centre of the oity by a posy car.
The evils of our.present mode of discipline at
city station-houses will be deduced from the above.
At present, there Is notbiog to sty;
Thu Inundation . in the First Wabd—
Scexbs and. Incidents. .The orevasse in the
bank of the Delaware river, below' tbe ooal
wharves, .assumes a more serious aspect than'it has,
heretofore done. -We visited, the Neok, yesterday, .
and found a broad extent of country completely
inundated. About forty farm-houses are depopu
lated, the water surrounding/them on every due,
so that they wear* collectively, the appearance .of
a scattered Venice LoDg atrips oT dike' Qr back
furrow the broad surface of the water, and a' few
trees lift their trunks from the tide.
Wherevor a bit of meadow land stands uncovered,
it is crowded with melancholy cattle. They*cluster
around the doorsteps of deserted houses and look
at tha floating pig-’pens as if very lonesome and de
sirous of fodder., Files of fence separate fertile
sores of tide-water, and a few stables drift about
like errant arks seeking rest. 1 but finding none.
The road leading to the' from the
built-up portion oi the city IsorqifibTfed. About
one hunured houses, mostly, frames,'afe, built a
short distance below the old Southwark canal.
These, of course, are surrounded by the water.
Small boats were necessary in order to reach from*
on© house to the other- These , buildings are oc
cupied principally by poor Irish and oolored
families.
The breach in the dike below the ooal mart is
about two hundred feet .wide; at high tide this is
yawning like the mouth of a broad creek. - -
The coal wharf, where a large number of-men
nro employed, can only- be reached by means of
boats from the Point road. The water extends as
far b&ok as Smith’s meadows, on. old Second
streol, thence to the southward as far as the Wil
low gardess or Slonehouse lafle: ' ’
About fifty workmen are laboring at low.tide to
fill up the gap. They are wheeling barrows of
Olay into the broken dike-and a lime otowdof
idlers walk daily down the strip of bank to witness
the operation.
The water has also overflowed Stamper’s lane,
and all the old meadow farm houses, bams; pig
pens, stables, obicken-coops, &6, are inundated.
Xf&d the orevasse occurred during the " tmcking"
or agricultural season its effects would have been
very disastrous.
Trial of £tkam Fire Engines.—.On
Tuesday afternoon, a trial of a new steam fire'en
gine, built for the Northern Liberty Hose Com
pany, was announced to take place in the violnity
of the bbse-house, New Market street, near Brown.
The wind blew very strong, which prevented a
full display of the powers of the maohine. One
stream was thrown horizontally through an inch
and-a qaarter nozale 254 feat. An attempt was
made to throw two streams at once over the polo
-at the comer ofßrown street, but it was found im
possible, the wind catting the; streams off before
they reached half way up,
Yesterday afternoon a trial of the steam fire
engine, built for the Southwark Engine Company,
tookpl&oe on Washington street, between Fourth
and Fifth, Second ward. The engine was supplied
from a Birkenbine plug, near the corner of Fifth
street. One stream, through an inch and ftELeigbth
nozzle, was thrown 261 feet', and two' streams at
onoe, through seven eighth nozzles, 214 feet each.
Tho playing was with the wind, which bjjlw in a
favorable direction Before the close, aa inch and
an eighth streaip was thrown down Fifth street,
bpi it did pot roach more than 240 feet. The
steam pressure during the trial waa; about 125
mounds, and the power of the engine was taxed to
its utmost ospacity. It is ol the same size and by
the same builders as the Hope Hose steamer.. The
trial shook the plug to and fro, which' did it no
good. The frequent trials of steam-fire-engine*
for display, when they are run at a high of
speed, \z calculated to injure the plogs, and it is a
matter.about which Councils or the Water Depart
ment should exerotae some discretion; * The trials
of steam fire-engines' In the streets have been so
frequept as to be almost “ played out"' The pro
per plaoe to try them would be at the wharves,
where no injury would be done, except, perhaps,
to the engine itself, by being overworked, and in
tb&t oase the loss would full upon the proper
parties. _ .
The River, U arbor, and Pahk Police.
—Mayor Henry signed the river, harbor, and park
police bill on Monday, and it is now a law.' Thd
ordinance provides for the appointment of a force
of eighteen men, with » lieutenant and sergeant,
who shall perform the’duties set forth in the bill.
The portion of the new force whioh will be in ser
vice at the park will be under the direction of the
sergeant, while the river polico will be under the
lieutenant. Two foqr-oared boats will be provided
for harbor doty, and the men will be appropriately
argued tot the peculiar duly in whioh they will he
engaged. Hitherto the river front of the city h?s
: been almost at the mercy Of river pirates. The
polioe on Delaware avenue, and the private watch
men on the whams and vessels, have been nnable
to prevent depredations where the river pirates
have boats at thoir command. Dry goods, gro
oeries, pig-iron, orookery, and a great variety of
other valuable property have been purloined from
wharves and vessels, and, in some instances, the
officers have seen the robbers running of with their
booty, without the ability to pursue them qpon the
water. The new arrangement goes into effect on
the first of January next. There are numerous
applications for places in this new division of the
po(loe force, b,ut no appointments have been made
thus far.
Arrss? of Alleged Thieves. Inst
evening, Detective Officer Riohard Ellis arrived
from Row York, having in charge two young men,
named Charles Riley and John Cochran, alias
Wilson, who are charged with committing a series
of robberies of dry goods along Market street a
month or two ago, to the amount of $3OO. The
goods were sent on to New York by express, and
mere sold* A portion of the goods were recovered
in Brooklyn. The young men. were arrested in
Brooklyn, a fow days ago, by Sergeant Craft, of
that olty, and intelligence of the foot sent to this
city, when a'warrant was issued for their arrest by
Recorder Eneu, and. Officer Ellis despatched
their arrest. . They were-, indited in Brooklyn for
a highway robbery. Thoy wore tacked up iu the
Sixth-ward station-house, to. await a bearing he
fore Recorder Eocy,. ■ ‘ ~
Shocking Accident—A sJan Lossa ms
Eyesight.— On Tuesday afternoon, a shocking ac
cident occurred at a sfone quarry in Upper Marion
township, Montgomery county. A man named
Edward MitohoTi, thfrty-flve years oi age, who
was blind in one oye for several years from a oata
.reofc, was working in the quarry; when a flake of
stone struck him in the good eye, destroying the
eight instantly. Mitchell was brought to this city
yeaterdoy, and admitted into the Pennsylvania
Hospital, fie is now totally blind, hut the physi
oiana at the Hospital entertain tho hope that they
oan resloro the eyo whioh was damaged by the
cataract
Acoidbnis — Yesterday morning lewis
Semple, twenty-seven years of
in the foundry .of Phlller & MoDowell, on Gun
ner’s run. lost a portion of two fingers by being
caught between a pipe and a grindstone, whioh he
was turning.
Edward Murk, nineteen yoars old, was badly
bruised yesterday,mofDicg while diiviog a,furni
ture oar on the wharf, below Chestnut street. Tho
car which Murk was driving came in contact wUff
another furniture car, and ho was thtpvn ta ifco
ground. Ilia horscalso partly fell qverhim> in
juring him badly. - - -
Henry Benner, a aohool-tjoy, nine years old, had
his right leg fractured by falling down a flight of
stairs ?Uhe public school In Sixteotitb street, be
tween ’Walnut and locust
AH these cases were admitted into tho Pennsyl
vania Hospital
Presuntahon to Isaiah Stratton.—On
Tuesday evening a number of the political friendß
of Mr. Isaiah btratton, counoiltnan from, the
Fourteenth ward, Invited him to tho house of Mr.
Moharg, on Ridge avenno, where a oane was ptQi
senfod to him, made of the wood of ludependebco
Hall. - The head is of hoavy go\ff. surmounted
with a Oapc May diamond; At the sidos are
miniature portraits of-Lincoln And. Hamlin, sur
rounded with the maul, , wedges, <feo. Mr. Robert
8 Reed presented the cano Col.-Thornes L,
Cromborgor reeelvod it on behalf - of Mr. Stratton.
Sent to the Kortuktin Home. -Four
children, the oldest of whom was nine yearß o€
age, were committed by Judge Thompson on Tues
day to the Northern Home They had been found,
with their-parents, in a state of destitution, and
huddled in 4l hole whioh they had scooped out of
the ground in an unocoupfed stable, near Twenty,
first and Race streets, and having little else than
straw to protcot tfceiu fjogi the cold.
T »W Bp* Fotrap Aqajnst Tnoiua J
ArustSono.—Yesterday, the grand jury found a
trno hilt againat Thooa. J. Annatring, fh? the
murder of.Kohert Crawford, This is tha mur
der which was commuted In a wagon, about two
month! *U<Vin th». Nineteenth ward The evi
dent against Armstrong Is of olrenmatantisl cha
racter.
* Th«
Church (Was?
beautiful «ud commodious ettfet i* nenrieotafietoi/:
and will be dedicated to the Wvr&ipoT&tSikh
God to-night,(Thursday.) The.pastqr,
G. Butler, has great cause td be grafffiefwith the
success which has attended all his undertakings,
ms unUring zealanienergyinth*. pfoaeottio* of
labor committed to bis bands-A briaf deotriW
HS? °t ‘he building may bn interesting. Itsar
chiteotural ityle i, th. Romanesque, tusefolly *xo
puted in Trenton brown alran'
massive and substantia], the doer »1 WinAeV
dressings bold and well oxesuted. Thn drift ngfi.
windows throughout hava circular beads, aud tba
towers at eaoh comer in bout ora shirked by bold
projections, giring a wry effectivsoutHu* U«b*
edifice. The pediment in the centre betveow the
towers is stmi-olreuUr infera.wHh tb i earn. |UT
tares as the pediments of tbe towers,
nices ere well proportioned, and tb. spire rises
beautifully from, tbe bell-tower to thehtlght of 180
feet from the pavement. The entire frowt
a nerei and Imposing effeet, with durability (x> 7
pressed in every part
The interior arrangement is very 'simp!# It
contains a vestibule stairs ’to tbe gallery 0 robes tie
and audienoe room, with reoees for tha pulpit.
Tho lecture, baudsy-idhool, Bible-cltm, trustees’
ream, and tbe pastor’s study, ore located in tba
rear of the audienoe room. Tbe audienoe rpowi ha#
aßomi-oireular wave with intersecting side erobef,
*?* »'do arohea springing from corbels of bold de
sign. The pulpit reeess has rich bends around tba
?™“ °» corbels. Tha walls ora colored
in imitation of stone, the eeilinge era ales oolored;
o-“i.ff 7“ “ ,t<!,l *« r in form and very neatly
finished with Maes walnut so roll .i an isertris
’r tbla So , o ' , . b , e,D s handsomely carved” Th#
platform and pulpit are lu keeping with tbe other
decorations. The orchestra is a novelty and n*a
ncunoed by competent judges to be ooditraMM’’'
according to the true principles of wirtioe
Fibk in Filbbbt Stbe*t.—Yesterday
morning, about 2 o'clock, a fin broke oat in a sta
ble in tne rear of Filbert street, above Seventh,
just back of tho College of Pharmacy. The fin
oummenced in tbe hay loft, and 1, bad' made con
siderable headwaybefore it woe’discovered. Tba
upper part of tbe building, with th# hay ia the.
loft, was destroyed, involving a loss of about three
hundred dollars. There were eleven horses is ihe
stable belonging to Messrs. JDornaa and doe bran,
mail agents, who occupied the betiding. The
.? r £ e ! ' ,cro “, u «wned safsiy, txoept two that ware
slightly soorohed. A boy, named Willies Daffy,
was asleep in oneot the stalls. He eseoaodun
hurt. The fire is attributed to -—mw The
stable stands in a oonfiued looation, and it is ssr
ronnded by valuable property. By tba aetire az
ertions of tho firemen the-flamee wan pfaroßtad
from extending to the adjoining buildings.
Fibs Last Evening.—About nine o’clock',
last evening, a barn in CollOgevUle, Twenty-third ’
ward, abovo Holmasbnrg, belonging to gwoeb Ar
tburs, was destroyed by fin, togetberwiih thirty
tons of hay, and a csrriags aud htfnosi.. TiCee
$1,200 It made a great ligbt, whi.h waj plaiuly
seen from tbe aity, a diatanoe of ♦hjrt-tvq wiilsq
Late in the evening the man in tb* Btsta Hoag*
steeple saw a light, spparentiy another fin,’la the
same direction.
Sudden Death.—' Yesterday afternoon.
Margaret McAtee, aged forty-three yeose, died
snddenly at her roiidenoe, Federal, otnot, above
Fifteenth. 9behad.boandekSoraomatina.ahd...
in getting out of tmd, jeU onabottlt ow tb* fioor,;;
injaring herself se sefnely about the baud
face that ah* died in a few mlnttes.' Tbeoartmer
held an inquest, aud e'verdict, of “ aeoMratal
death” was rendered.
, Official Visit —Vester&tjr » Ctwuß>t-e
-tee of the Fire AamciaUon visited all th* ireecn- -
panies south of Vine street, oonnootafi th*
Association. On Tuesday theyvislted tbe compa
nies located north of Vine atnot.. Fer^-eight
oompeniei are oonneeud with the mssooiatNW. The
annnal dividend will be declared lu jaualry aoxti'
CauELir to a Child.—Ltat “ ovennirt h "
woman, named Elisa Fieely wis eomEuitbad hy Al-.
denaan BeiUer. charged with cruelty to a child ,i
-I?"? P'soea in her charge. Ska'ag.fi
sided 126 Blfretb’a street Tbe ehUd her* th*
marks of extraordinary eruelty.
Militabt.— Last evemng. the '
ton Grayed of Oamdea, mode an ovoulug Mrßga.
and, crossing over into PhUadelphitvMad* a **.'
rade through onr priaelpal sirodts; Tha aanamm* ’
bored about 30 muskets, and prsaeuted a very era- *
ditable appearanoe.
Assault on - a Bot.—Yesterday, Peter-
Ledgor, .an Indian, who sells thooeasin* absut tho
streets, was committed by Alderman Lasts, 11 Ibr ’
beating a small boy, who was following him in tb*-
street.
Fibk at Manatunk.—A slight fire oc<t f
ourred yesterday afternoon, at Arbuekla’i faotorv..
in Manayuuk. Trifling loss. .
Auction Notici — The parlieulsr SttohUM ot:
purobasers is reqaested to tbe large and valuable
assortment of British; French; German;'and Ame
rican dry goods, embracing 825 packages ant
lots of choioe and 'deslrakle rtapia andfenay. .
cles, in woollens, woraM, linn, eotten,
(the feature bein£ 3,6o(rdosea rilk ■gd aisilpii ’
shirts and drawsrs, boaleiy,''gloTef; withtMp&opj
oieths, sossimues, oostiegs, drear goq)bb'MWa)Ms
ble furs, Ac.,) to bo peremptorily sold by oam
loguo on six montbt';. of*dit~eoam*|kilafi this
morning, at 10o'clock—to bahantinaod all day
and part of the oventiig, Without intermlsrion, by
Myers, Cisghorn, 4C0.,N0*.;413{and,415 Arch
street. '
•■'iIVANCtAL AND CpWSIKMCIAL: 1 '' 3 '
The Money Mnjrket. -
Phlladblphia, Nov. U,IBM.
.There ie a better feeling lu the Stock makkot to
day, with more disposition evinced on th* Pfr|,nf
opentora to pombaa* than thoiwhaa |i**n fifi'jgfiji' 1 !
ral days.part:j ;it ii genqr«lly : 'onaswfi»fi that '
Stocks haT* re&ehed tba lowert potai of dawaasla..
tion, and that that* trill be * raptd
tbe late depression. It is evident to ovary die
earning mind that tbe people of tbe South will
never, forego tbe innnmereble lOnsUgw, sear.'
meroial and which the Chios'teeuras to '
them, however maehtke f*wliotspurc,wbe uuhap.
pily dwell amongst them, mlgbt.wtib to deotroy
It, Tbair croakings and tbrsats hair* glvon V
plausible pretext to thote whose interest woaid hw
snbserved by a orash. and they havenyailed them
selves of the opportunity it afforded to tb* fuileet
extent;. .Tb* tid*fdt*i turned, however, and n
rapid appreciation of Stock values mayoonfidentiy
belookedfor ' 1
The sales at tbe Stock Board to-day.ware amoti,
but there was general improvement in th* prleas
of ail descriptions Reading Ksiiroadshorts, which
attracted most tbe attention.of buyers, advanced
11. Tbe market closed firm, with a decided up
ward (endenoy. ’ ‘
Large thlpmehla of specie here taken plaoe to
tho South, within the lait few days, wklch wiU aid
■in sustaining the Southern banks and materially
reduoo the rate of exchange on Southern MUs. :
Tho Now York Courier a?ui Pnqatrgr, in rift ;
renoe to financial tnatt.rsln that City,My,; :
“The money.miiket to-day pneutoaW*
gloomy appearance. Tho want of oOnftMmt A .
the future which hat been ao apparant ii‘Vi etfali
market for some tlme. aeems ta hlTe extended
outside of the apecdlativeeireitt and to bmr'fiK-'
yadtd the counting-houses of the t"** Vrfl^Ti.
. tire merchants. The distrust regarding the wee'
dltion and prosheets of The SoutiSkra beahe e»- :
tinuei, and the Exohange Brokers vary genarajfy
refuse to purchase the notes of the South Caroline
hanks very haary dleoieent.. Tbesaeae~
feeling extends to the bank notes of ill the South-- 1
era States, end eyen New Orleans Hill, whieh kre
among the .best sacand in the country, an at a
discount of-five per cent.
“ Money is very scarce, and oaU loans arejna n
seven per cent. The *—f -~ Tmatfiil *
ing eooarities, end _t.be stiingeMy .tiMthatUt
rather than from any actual scareiiy gf money. '
Stocks whioh ere usually looked urn, it- tke bmt
and safest collaterals, now so Tioluatlx
that bankers are unwilling to tend upon them, abm .
uto oalllsg in.thus V»ns they at present haM. '
This oansu a fresh supply of stock to be put «soq
the market, to be followed by e fresh decline,
“Tha discount market is at a stand-ttiH.. Ye»
few operations are reported, and these are sS '
widely differing rates. The olasslkoation of names
has become exceedingly arbitrary, end thoee which
were rated as first-cl&sa, a short time since, ate
now looked upon with suspicion There have been
some fow transactions iu prime first-olass paper,
to day, at rates varying from T to 9 per cent ;
these, however, have been very few, end In gene
ral the bill-brokers decline to invest further la bills
at present “
Tho New York Post of this evening lays: Wall
street has a decidedly more satiifsotory appear
ance to day, and the reaction from the extreme
depression of yesterday is felt in every dettirt
meat of the money and stook marketa. T.e* de
mand for money is lass urgent and the I triage nev
in call loans has sensibly relaxed, though we do
not as yet notice mnoh diipogitiratH hae paper
e rs - Lave appeared iu th* open market,
bat Uttle business has thus lit. and rate*
are still nominal andverv Molar. ‘
The rebonnd in stocks tromthe lowest points. eJT
yestordaj, is is mosVeases eqotl.to4aadsper ;
cent., and In several instances 6 and ? pur best.’
a considerable portion ef this advance waa
lo3t at the.close—speculative sellers supplying th%
market liberally.
■ Sinoe writing the above the developments of
the market are less promising, the stringency it
money, though somewhat alleviated, wei£hte»'
heavily upon meExohange,-and pricesoj thecal
oylative shares are I to 2 pet - oMlt.. lower than :
Board prioes.
Tho sales of Central reached sharaa.-’ 'Tho
transactions in aibtha railroad shares .were knit' -
and stook came o?t freely at the advance. There
,is still groat difficulty in executing orders on. boy
*w\optton. -~7 - r,yz,
The marketoloses Resettled. New York Cental,
after touohing 74, went Jown to 7 Bh and finally'
leaves off at 73a73|. *
Erie closes at 31, Michigan Central
Michigan guarantied 33, Galen*-fitaedL fiulem
Idkloj.
New Jersey Central, which was yesterday jij
bid. under some forced sales, touched TOO a de
cline of 12 per cent. *
The Slate, stocks gpnarally failed to Sympathise
W R“ the improvement in shares. California# are
offered at 89, North Carolines at 90. Mioeuia
fell off to Tennessoes to 80a81. A lot of
SIQ.QQfI of the latter sold oarly in. the day a i 82
The bond list remains vory weak, and to effect
salsa » reduction of 2 and 3 per bent, is submitted
to. IMnoia Central, Erie, and Michigan Southern
are offered freely at tho quotations.
The following la the amount of coal transported
over the Delaware, Laokawanna, and Western
Railroad for the week ending Saturday, Novem
ber 10: '
Week. Year.
Tons CwL Tona-CwL
... 3.739 12 218 02113
-.17.420 04 7SUB2X4
Hupped North
chipped South*,,
Total 13.17816 939W4 09
For corresponding time lasi year:
Week. Year,
» - TonapwL Ton*.Cvfc,
Shipped North 4.709 01 ]69Jtefd
Shipped South B& MI9*
T0ta1™....-., 17399 34 999,134 2ft
The following is the eoal tonnage of the Shamo*
kin Valley and Pottsvllle Rail road
Weak. Yran
Tonoare for week coding Nov. 19 37««ga00
Same time last sear— -—6«916 Itejgjte
Inoreaie-- —♦
Becreatt—— ——
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