The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-14 00:00:00

Railroad Company, due on September 1, will be paid at
the Ocean National Bank of New York, and the coupons
of the Peninsular Railroad Company will be paid at
the office of the Chicago and North Western Railroad
Company, on September 1.
Old and experienced cotton factors at Augusta, Georgia,
who aro in correspondence with most of the cotton States,
put down the cotton crop of the present year at from two
and a half to two and three quarter million bales.
The following is an official record of the Exports of
Cotton during the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1867, as
compiled at the Bureau of Statistics :—Upland and sea
island exported from all the ports of the United States,
667,137,870 pounds; value in currency, as declared by the
exporters on their clearances, $202,870,910. The admix-
ture of sea island with the uplands explains the seemingly
high valuation. Official comparison with the foreign
statistics reveals the fact that the cotton on arrival abroad
fully realised in the market the values sworn to here,
although the price of cotton has declined since October
last. The exports of cotton for the fiscal year ending
Juno 30th, 1866, wore, including sea island cotton,
650,572,829 pounds, valued at $281,385,223.

(From E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular, Sept.ll.)

Per Java we have advices from Now York to the 27th
ult. By a telegram, dated Now York, September 10th,
per the Atlantic Telegraph, the following prices have
been received :--Gold, 114 ; United States Five-Twenties,
1141; Illinois, 130 k; Erie (common), 691-; Exchange (GO
days), 158.
The following is the return of the New York banks :

Aug. 17, 1867—Discounts, $253,232,411 ; specie,
5,920,557 ; circulation, $33,669,757 ; deposits,
$194,016,591.
Aug. 24, 1867—Discount, $250,07,679 ; specie,
$6,028,535; circulation, $33,736,249; deposits,
$188,744,101.

The Great Western of Canada traffic is, for week end-
ing Aug. 22, 1867, £12,955 19s. Bd. sterling, on 350 miles,
or £37 Os. 10d. per mile per week ; Aug. 22, 1866, £11,611
12s. sd. sterling, on 350 miles, or £33 14s. 10d. per mile
per week.

The Grand Trunk of Canada traffic is, for week ending
Aug. 24, 1867, £25,413 sterling, on 1,377 miles, or £lB 9s
per mile per week ; Aug. 25, 1866, £26,786 sterling, on
1,377 miles, or £l9 9s. per mile per week.
The Detroit and Milwaukee traffic is, for week ending
Aug. 22;1867, £7,to 15s. 3d. sterling, at 189 miles, or
£4O 15s. 10d. per mile per week; Aug. 22, 1866, £6,771
13s. 3d. sterling, at 189 miles, or £35 16s. 7d. per mile per
week.

Since our last of this day week the market in London
for American securities has been mainly affected by the
steady advance, amounting to 21 per cent., in gold at New
York, the premium last quoted being 44. The decline,
however, in 5-20 Bonds has not been more than to 1 per
cent., consequent on the large steady absorbing demand
from the Continent; partly, however, to supply sales pre-
viously made. At the close 1862's are 721 to 73, and 1865's
70 to 71.
From the same cause Illinois Shares are about ono per
cent. lower, and Erie have experienced a similar decline.
Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Bonds have
given way one per cent., but Debentures remain steady,

(From Messrs. Bowles, Drevet, and Co.'s Circular.).

Paris, Sept. 13, 1867.

Via Queenstown we have but trifling change to report
in the general market since date of our last circular; but
Americans have been adversely affected by tho advance in
gold in New York, quoted in a despatch just received at
148 i on the 11th inst. _ _

The above advance, occasioned by somewhat disquieting
political rumours, has had a very depressing effect upon
the bonds of the United States, which close on the
12th inst.

At 821 for the issue of 1862
At 89f to } 1865
The Rente closes at 7O
The Italian closes at
Exchange on London 25 21

7HE JEWS IN MOROCCO.

The Anglo-American Times, in reviewing " The
Arab's Pledge," says :

This little tale is founded on incidents which oc-
curred in Morocco in 1830, and is intended to illus-
trate the oppression suffered by the Jews in that
country. The story opens with a description of the
city which lieS at the foot of the Atlas, the moun-
tains rising in grand" imposing masses eastward,
while around spread groves of dates, palms, planta-
tions of olives, gardens, and orchards. Beyond, to
the west, are plains, barren for the greater part of the
year, but after the periodical rains carpeted with
grass and wild flowers, dotted with evergreen woods,
and marked in strips of cultivation nearly to the
sea coast. When the author wrote (which he did
after a residence in the country of six years) the
Jews lived among the Moors in a state of abject
degradation. They had to wear a distinguishing
dress, with a black cap and shoes. They had to
pass mosques bare-footed, as well as official resi-
dences, gates of towns, and persons in authority.
For striking a Moslem the penalty was amputation
of the hand, but the greatest danger arose from the
terms of the Mahommedan law, by which if two
witnesses swear that a Jew has repeated the Moslem
confession of faith his denial is worthless, and he is
invested with the Moorish dress, and compelled to
conform to Moslem rites, under peril, in case of re-
fusal or recantation, of being burnt alive. On this
law the plot is grounded. A young soldier of the
Sultan's Guard, named Hassan, became enamoured
of a beautiful Jewess, Azora. As the only means
of obtaining her, at the instigation of another sol-
dier, Abdalem Ibn Hadj, he conspired to swear that
she had made the confession of faith. Next morn-
ing the two visited Azora, whom they arrested and
carried before the Cadi, making the necessary oath.
The judge desired to hand her over to Hassan,
after praising God for her conversion. The girl,
however, resists, declares the oath of the
Moslem soldiers to be utterly false, and an-
nounces her intention never to apostatise from
the faith of her fathers. The Cadi's failing
to overcome her resolution orders her to prison,
when she appeals to the Sultan, which appeal,
when publicly made, cannot be passed over. She
is accordingly removed to the presence of Mulai
Abd Errahman, Sultan of Marocco, about 40 years
of age, swarthy in complexion, regular in features,
handsome black beard and moustache, eyes mild in
expression, though blazing out with terrific energy
when excited by passion, broad forehead, with an
ample turban of fine muslin. The beauty of the
Jewess captivates the monarch, who desires to
transfer her to his own harem, which he dare not do
in the face of Moslem fanaticism, unless he can in-
duce her to make a confession of the Moslem faith.
The story proceeds to describe the attempts of the
Sultan to obtain his object and Azora's resistance,
who elects death in preference to apostasy. The
author takes the opportunity of drawing some ad-
mirable pictures of Moorish life in Marocco. One
of the best is his description of a hunting party.
Once on the plain, the usual mad riding began,
parties of ten, fifteen, or twenty horsemen charging
at full speed, and on reaching the Sultan fired their
guns at his feet, and wheeling off to the right and
left, while others came up in successive charges.
This complimentary custom is never omitted. The
Moors are enthusiastically fond of this ' powder
play,' as they call it, the Sultan himself often joining
in it. On such occasions he takes the centre of the
line, and is always allowed to be a neck ahead of
the rest." It is necessary that a story of Marocco
should bring in both races who rule in Barbary—
the Moors, who occupy the towns and cultivate the
fertile country, and the Arabs of the desert. This the
author accomplishes by making the Sheik of the
Lion tribes the rescuer of Azora. Azora's father
had been the means of liberating the Arab chief
many years before when a prisoner in Morocco,
who gave him a pledge which he swore to redeem
in case of danger to the Jew. Azora's betrothed
Yusuf was despatched by her mother with the pledge
to the Arab, and the cafila be joins is captured in
the desert by the tribe of the chief. limed Ibn
Ishem recognises and prepares at once to redeem his
pledge. The tribes are put in motion, and 6,000
horsemen penetrating through the chain of moun-
tains sweep down on the plains and scour over the
whole open country. The Arab, while himself ad-
vancing in force, despatches a trusty messenger to
the city to watch over the safety of Azora.
The incidents ot the story are tragical, and are told
by one intimately acquainted with Moorish life.
The Sultan, failing in every effort to terrify the girl
into compliance with his wishes, at last orders the
execution according to Mahommedan law. A pyre is
erected half a mile from the city, and Azora is about
to become a martyr to her faith. The procession
has arrived—the green flag of Islam is planted
near a tree, when the Arab's messenger, who is
intently watching for the advent of his chief, sees a
jackal break from the wood, looking back as he runs,
then out from the forest emerge in a long line the
Arab horse. For a moment they pause to re-form,
then the rush of a thousand chargers is heard as
they thunder over the plain, sweeping down the
funeral pyre and scattering the Moore iu the