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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-03
Despatch from General Sheridan.

In order that the following from General
Sheridan be fully understood, it should be stated
that he was absent from New Orleans when the
disturbances commenced in that city,
New ORLEANS, 1'30 p. NJ, August l, lsG6.-To
General U. s. Grant, Washington, ID. C.:-You
are doubtless aware of the serious riot which
occurred in this city on the 3Oth. political
body, sty ling itself the Convention of 1864, met
there on the 30th, tor, as 1t is alleged, the pur
pose of remodell.ng the present Constitution of
the State. The leaders were political agiators
and revolutionary men, and the action of the
Convention was liable to produce breaches of
the public peace.
had made up my mind 10 arrest the head
men if the proceedings of the Convention were
calculated to disturb the tranquility of the de-
partment; but had no cause for action until
they committed the overt act. About forty
whites and blacks were killed, and about one
hundred and sixty wounded.
Everything is now quiet, but l deem IT best to
maintain military supremacy IN the cty tor
few days, until the affair Is fully Investigated.
| nelieve the sentiment of the general Commu-
nifty is greatly scandalized at this unnecessary
cruelty, and that the police could have made any
arrests they saw fit without sacrificing lives.
P. III. SHERIDAN,
Maor-General Commanding.
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RAILROAD SIGNALS. - The varieties of the
''toot" OF the locomotive, and the gyrations OF
the arms OF conductors BY day, or lanterns by
night, are about as ineligible to most people
as trstclass Choctaw. Their signihcation is as
tollows:-
One Whistle-"Down brakes"
Two Whistles-"Of brakes"
Three Whistles-"Back up"
Continuous Whstles-"Danger."
A rapid succession of short whistles IS the
cattle alarm, at which the brakes will always
be put down.
a sweeping parting Of hands on level of eye is
a signal 10 ''go ahead"
A downward motion of the hand, with eX
tended arms, ito STOP"
beckoning motion of one hand, to 'back."
A lantern raised and lowered vertically is
signal for ''starting;" swung at right angles or
crossways the track, "to stop;n swung in
circle, 'back the train.n
A red flag waved upon the track must be
REGARDED as a signal of danger 80 OF other
SIGNALS given with energy.
Hoisted at a station, Is signal for a train TO
stop.
Stuck up by the roadside, it is signal of
danger on the track ahead.
Carried unfured upon an engine, Is warning
that another engine or train is on its way.
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MURDER AT FORT SCHUYLER.

A YOUNG WOMAN BRUTALLY MURDERED BY SOL
DIERs IN NEW YORK HARBoR-A CITIZEN BEATEN
ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT OF THE MUIR
DERERs ETC
Yesterday morning, about o'clock, party
of soldiers from Fort Schuyler, consisting of
Sergeant John Doran, Corporal Thomas Fitz-
gerald, and privates Michael j. Canty, Michael
Martin and Charles and John @. Burke, bro
thers broke into the house of Alexander Elliott,
in the town of Westchester, Westche.ter county,
and Thomas Fitzgerald deliberately shot young
woman named Ellen Hicks through the body.
She lived until about six o'clock, unconscious
most OF the time. The young lady was
standing in the door of her own house in COM
pany with her sister, having been alarmed by
the soldiers breaking INTO their house. as well as
the house OF their aunt who lived III the next
house. She was shot through the body with
heavy musket bait, the ball entering in front
and passing out her back. She Immediately fell
to the floor, pulling her sister down with her.
Muskets were placed at the breasts OF Others
of the family, and threats were made to shoot
them, but the threats were not carried into exc
cution. The soldiers then left for home.
At about IL o'clock in the eveni ng there had
been difficulty with Mr.. Alexander Elliott at
tavern near by, which, though threatening vio-
lence, resulted only in words, and Elliot left for
home. He was pursued by the party, attacked,
and his lett arm broken with bar OF iron in
the hands OF one of his assailants. They had no
guns with them at this time. They left him
lying in the road and went to the fort. Elliott
managed to get home.
About l o'clock they returned to his house
and demanded admittance, threatening to kill
him. He escaped from the house, jumping from
an upper window. He snalched gun from the
hands OF one OF the soldiers standing in front OF
his house, and ran for his life; two of the
soldiers chased him down the road and across
some fields towards the Westchester creek; Ell
lott outrunning them, waded into the creek
and swan across, when he aroused some OF the
people living there, ana messengers were imme-
diately sent to the fremont Station of mounted
police and to the Harlem Station House.
About O'Clock yesterday morning they were
all arrested, except Fitzpatrick, and he was
arrested about IL O'Clock, and they were all
locked up until The arrival OF the Coroner, who
had been sent for. The Coroner arrived about
O'Clock in the afternoon, and empanelled a
jury. The testimony taken showed that Fitz'
| gerald deliberately snot Miss Hicks, and that
| the other men were accessories to the killing,
and the Jury, after a deliberation of about
fifteen minutes returned verdict to that effect.
| The Coroner then committed them for the
action of the grand Jury of Westchester county.
Fitzgerald, on being asked by the Coroner
| (0liver, OF MorrisaniN) ii he had anything to
say, said that II he shot the lady he did so with
| no intent to kin or shoot her; he fired without
any deliberate aim. The rest denied any com
| plicity with the aflair-N. Y. World.
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Philadelphia Trade Renort.

FRIDAY, August 3.-rhe Flour Market to-day was
very dull, and only q few hundred barrels were
taken by the home consumers in lots, at SS87k0
7'50 y bbl for superdne S7609s so for old extras,
SO 759l1 for Northwestern extra family, S10@1I as
for Pennsylvania and Ohio extra family and sl20
13 for fancy brands according TO quality No sales
OF Rye Flour or Corn Meal have been reported.
in Wheat but little doing, and the offerings are
very small; sales of 1900 bushels talr new Delaware
rcd at 81 5O-a decline OF 30 " bushel. Nothing
doing in white. Rye continues very quiet We
quote Pennsyly ania at 81, and Western at 9Oae6c.
The receipts and stocks of Corn are trfing and the
demand limited; sales of yellow at 93c., aud $500
bushels Western mixed at $4,000. Oats remain as
last quoted; small sales of new Delaware at 64S6c
and old Western a. 506a5Sc
In the absence of sales We quote No. QuercitrOn
Bark at $36 y ton.
There is limited demand for ClOVerseed, but
there ia little or none here. We quote at S6 50&97
p GA lbs Prices of Timothy are nominal Flax.
seed is selling st $3'45.
Whisky moves slowly with small sales OF Penn
syvanla at s2'23a2 "a, and Ohio aC 50 30.
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Letter from General N. p. Banks.

General Banks has written the following
letter relative to the cause of the New Orleans
riot:-
WASHINGTON, D. c., August Ito the editor
OF the National epubtlcdn.-Sr:-A communi-
cation published in your journal this morning,
signed william H. q. King" gives an incorrect
representation of the condition of affairs and
the causes of the recent massacre IN New
Orleans. It's Incorporate tone dscloses and
defeats its purpose. Nevertheless, kno wing
the history to which it refers, | deem it my
duty TO say that in my opinion it is unjust to
the loyal men OF Louisiana, and unworthy OF
credit. The convention was the ostensibe, and
not the latent cause OF the outbreak. 1t was
peaceful and9awiul assembly. One word from
the recognized Authorities or the United States
in New Orleans Wolld have secured its adjourn
ment.
There were other causes of ofense than the
were, and had been, firm supporters of the
enemies. They were, therefore, marked men.
The wounds inflicted upon the body of DIR.
Dostie will show, by their number and result
the intent and assurance OF his murderers.
knew him well. No country ever gave birth to
more unselhsh man, a truer patriot, or more
devoted friend of liberty. He and his associates
were dangerous men to the enemies of this
country. The unseen hand that smote him was
that which applied the torch to the CITY OF Ne "
York, and by which Lincoln e. HIS death will
be avenged and in tnis as in all trials of good
men, the blood of the martyrs will be the susie
nance OF the church.
/ am, sir, respectfully yours, ETC.,
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RECONSTRUCTION.
The Rebel RecOnstr ucGiOn TN Arkansas-
No Hopes for the Ratification of the
constitutional Amendment LeItor
from Governor Murphy

WASHINGTON, August 2.-Governor Murphy, of
Arkansas, IN writing to ID. III. Bingham, indors.
inc the call OF the Union Convention, dated July
26, states that there is not a paper IN Little
Rock that will publish the call, and but one in
the whole State in the interest Of loyal men. At
our election III August the Rebel element will
have full control, excepting, perhaps, in a few
northwestern counties. The feeling towards
Congress is more hostile than during the war,
and hatred OF the Union soldiers and Union
men is a matter OF ambitious pride. The indus
trious classes are being little dsatfected towards
their late leauers. Their tone is 80 yenemous and
disloyal that they begin to fear their success
will bring to the future the scenes OF the past.
We just hear of the ratification OF the Constltu-
tional amendment by the Tennessee Leg stature
and hail it as an omen that the measure will
become law. | would have called a session
of The Arkansas Legislature had it been possible
to have procured a quorum, but from deaths,
designations, and removals to other States, it
could not have been had. l regret this much,
as the Legislature to be elected will be chosen
from Rebels who have done good service IN the
war. Everything can do to unite the Union
sentiment of the South will be done.-N. Y.
Tribune,
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-Lamirande, the runaway Cashier of the
rested in Canada. 1t appears that since his
escape from the custody Of the Deputy. Marshal
in New York, Messrs. Coudert Brothers, the
counsel of the French Government have oeea
making continual efforts to recapture him. They
had him traced from place to place, and received
on Wednesday from one of their clerks
whom they had sent to Canada, despatch
announcing that Lamirande had been arrested
near Montreal.
1t Ia reported in one of the foreign journals
that between Pardubitz and Prague the Prussiaus
took an imperial mandatory OF tobacco, con-
tanning 3s00 900 pounds of tobacco, and q, 900,
600 pounds of cigars, which would give fifteen
pounds of tobacco and lO8 cigars to every Prus-
sian soldier, estimating the army at $50 600 men.
A correspondent suggests that in consequence
OF this the oonaict will end In smoke.
Round wells are coming into fashion again.
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"A young girl in Indianapolis took terrible
revenge upon an elder sister for fancied in
jury. Procuring stick of nitrate of silver at a
drug store, she dissolved it in her sisters wash
pitcher. The young lady performed her morn
ing ablutions and was horrided in the course OF
the morning to find that her hands had turned
as brown as those of mulatto. A look at the
glass revealed the alarming fact that her face
was the same color. 1t will be some tine before
she turns white again. The younger sister says
she will not do SO again.
"A lady app cared the other night at con-
cert in the Champs Elysees, in black and white
muslin dress (the Prus sian colors) embroidered
all over with needle'guns, and with Prussian
soldiers moving down Austrians with the MUIR
derous weapon; and the little cockade which
now serves as substitute for a bonnet was
trimmed with aiguillettes Of the needlegun
pattern.
The stiff waterfalls which all women dislike
but have submitted TO, are to be replaced by
divers braids OF punches of putfs or curls, worn
usually in net much higher upon the head
than formerly.
w. II. Russell, who witnessed the fight from
the Tower of KoniggratZ, had his head cut open
In the retreat, and narrowly escaped capture by
the Prussians.
The Shenandoah Herald says that most
the mills burned by 'lttle Philip Sheridan are
now ready 10 grind wheat and other grain.
The fall and winter musical campaign at BOs-
ton opens with Den PdSQWaie, given as parlOr
opera by local artists,
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COnGsOatiOn OF santa Anna's Estate.

The Imperial Government Of Mexico has
ordered the sequestTation of Santa Annals
domains by decree, as follows:-
We, Macmillan, mperor of Mexico, decree;
Arucle i. There SHAH be appolnted a receiver to
taEe lnventory of the property winch Don An.
tonic Lopez de santa Anna possesses WI hin the
hinIts OF the empire
Article 2. sald receiver shall keep exact
account OF the revenues yielded by sucn properly,
anu shall make de osI OF saId revenues TOR safe.
keeping, without deducting any sums except such
as, with the appreciation Of this Government, shall
be allOtteu to the members OF Santa Annals family
actually residing within the territory of the empire
Article 3. No contract having re alton to the sa ID
properly shall have the iOTce of law without the
written spproba ION OF said receiver.
Our Minister OF tue Interior Is charged with the
execution OF the present decree
uIven Ut the Palace, IN Mexico, the 18th of July,
1866. MAMMALIAN,
By order of the Emperor.
JOSE SALAzAR ILARREGUI,
MLnISter OF the Interior.
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CuriositIss Of the Marriage Service.

A clergyman i'll Hampshire, England, writes:-
ii you had married as many couples as have
you would be aware that it is not only when
German princes appear at.the hymeneal altar in
England, that novelties in pronunciation oc-
cur, and foreign matter is introduced in the
marriage service. In my parish it is quite the
fashion for the man in giving the ring say to the
woman, "With my body thee wash up, and
with all my hurdle goods thee and thou" To
which strange trio he pertinaciously adheres,
in spite of all my endeayors to correct the text.
One man who could not read, but had taken
praiseworthy pains to learn his part beforehan
had perfectly mastered what he was taught,
only unluckily his "coach" mad blundered upon
the baptsmal instead of the matrimonial service,
so when interroeated as to taking the woman to
be his welded wife, the bridegroom stoutly
affirmed, "All this steadtastly believe" The
women are usually better up in this part of the
Prayer Book than the men; but one day a bride
Caught in a Government school, startled me
by making the extraordinary vow to take her
husband ito AVE and to 'old from this day
for,nt for betterer horse for richerer power in
siggerness else love cherries and to bay" What
meaning this marvellous iarrago conveyed to
her mind it is beyond the power of mine to
imagine.
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THIRD EDITION
FROM WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON.

ESPECIAL DEsPAToHEs TO EVENING TELEGRAPH.
WASHINGTON, August g.
Important War Ordera-The military
Academy-rhe BOunty board.
The following important orders have lust been
issued by the Secretary OF War;
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTAET. GENERALS
OFFICE, WASHINGTON, July 80, ls66.-OIdered,
That the Chief of Engineers be and he IA nereby
tary Academy at West Point, and that he turn
over all books, records, and papers relating to
the Academy to the Adjutant-General of the
army. General Schriver, Inspector-General, is
assigned to the charge of the same as the
Inspector OF the Military Academy until further
orders, and, by direction OF the President, is
assigned to duty according to his brevet Oh
Major General.
BY order of the Secretary of War,
+. d. TOWNSEND.
WAR DEPARTMENT., ADJUTANT GENERALS
OFFICE, WASHINGTON, d, c., August l, IS66.-
Ordered, That the act to equalize bounties ap
proved July %, 1866, be referred TO MaiorGeDe-
raj b. $. Candy, United States Volunteers;
General United States Army; and Brevet Major
General k. G. Buchan, Colonel lst United States
Infantry, 10 prepare and submit rules and regu-
lauons in conformity with the act, and to carry
into effect its provisions
By order of the Secretary of War.
E. d. TOWNSEND, A. A. G..
The Asiatic squRdr0n.
Rear Admiral II. II. Bell, commanding Asiatic
squadron, has established his headquarters on
board steamer Hartford, in Hong Kong harbor.
The health of his command is reported good
There is no cholera in the fleet.
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How MsximiIian's Debt TO France Can be
PHid-ExtrAct OF u Letter OF M. DrOuyn
de Lhuys ia the French MLnister in

The Government of the Emperor
(Napoleon) thinks that the simpler and least
burdensome plan for the Mexican Government
Ito secure French intcrests) is to hand over TO
France the custom houses OF Vera Cruz and
Tampico, or of such other ports as may be
iudge0 convenient. Half of the revenue of
these shall BE- appropriated to the payment OF
our three per cent. interest in Mexican claims
estimated at two hundred and thirty millions
princlpal-and the remainder to be held as
partial security Tor the interest due to the
holders OF the bonds OF 1864 and 1865.
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The Asiatie sausdren.
FROM BALTIMORE TO-DAY.

Death OF q Celebrated Cittzen-DeIegates
10 the PniIRdelpntR OOnventtOm.
ESPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE EVENING TELEGRAPH
BALTIMORE, August 3.-Mr. William F. Dalrym-
pie, welLknown citizen, and formerly largo
banker, died suddenly yesterday.
Both wings OF the Union party are appointing
a large delegation to the Conservative National
Convention to be held in Philadelphia. An
immense number of Baltimoreans and other
Mary landers Will be present
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DEATH OF AN Ex-CoNGREssMAN.-The Hon.
Elias B. Holmes died at Brockport, Monroe
county, on Tuesday. Mr.. Holmes was born in
Fletcher, Vt, in May, 1907, and commenced
life as teacher. AT the age OF twenty he came
TO Monroe county, studied law, and was ad-
mitted to practice in 1880. Subsequently he
entered into business pursuits, was a contractor
upon public works, etc and accumulated a
large amount of property. In 1874, he was
elected to represent his district in Congress, aud
was reelected in 1916. He leaves two sons and
a daughter-Neac York Commercial Advertiser.
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THE NEW OR EANs RIOT!
Accounts fPsm CI,tEtns-The Rsb u In-
. sItgatOTs of the MAssaero-MSrs TrOu-
Bile Anticipated CbreaIs 60 Mob the
Loyal Southern Delegate Convention
Feeling Against lne President, Csc.

Die ANTICIPATED -EhrehlS DO MOD bno
Loyal Southern Delegate Convention
Feeling Against Ihe President, EGc.
WASHINGTON, August 2.-Leading citizens
/, ON New Orleans, arrived here to-day, state the
condition OF affairs there is very much worse
than represented. DR.. Hare mentioned killed,
is DR.. William H. Hare, an Engllshman by
birth, q resident of New Orleans Tor the past
thirty.6ve years, always leading Union man.
Alfred Shaw, ex.Sherltf OF the Parish OF Orleans,
DR.. Hare, and the Hon. s. s. Fish reported
dead, are all active members OF Orient Lodge oil
Masons.
have met a gentleman who on Sunday held
consultation with most of the men killed and
wounded, and they all agreed that there was no
violence to be feared, believing that they would
be arrested, aud then the question as to their
right to hold The Convention would be tested by
law. The only man of the Convention who
anticipated trouble was DR.. Dostie, killed. he
did not look TOR such lawless action by the
Mayor. No preparation was made for this sort
OF u demonstration by the conventioners. Had
there been, the results would not have been 80
one sided.
At the meeting to be held on the 18th of
August to send delegates to the September Loyal
lst Convention, repetition OF the late scenes
are anticipated. Attorney General Heron, now
in charge OF the State, says there shall be no
such meeting, and Mayor Monroe Is swearing in
all the thugs as a special force Tor police duty
on that day.
The 100 original free colored people propose
to cooperate with the Unionists in thor coming
meeting, but desire to send no colored delegates.
There Is no reason for doubling that, should
Mayor Monroe inaugurate another riot the ball
will roll into every district South.
The excitement between the loyal whites,
colored citizens and Rebels through the South
is intense. President Johnson is held responsl-
ole for this state of affairs rom his indulgence
OF leading Rebels. HIS instructions to Mayor
Monroe, his taking the Government OF Louisiana
out of the hands of the proper officials and be-
slowing it upon the Attorney General, have con-
spired to shake the latth OF UnlOnists South in
his loyalty. There is in New Orleans but bat
lst Regulars, with not a siugle deld.pece. No
information of the riot ia TO be obtained at the
White House, the War Department or army
headquarters. The reticence in this quarter Is
taken as ominous There is worse news than
that already made public.--N. Y. tribune.
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Condition of the Great Ocean Cable ON
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. from mr.. FIeld.

HEARTS CONTENT, August |, IL A. NJ, via
Aspy Bay, August 2.-To the Associated Press:--
We are new receiving messages through the
Atlantic cable at the rate OF over twelve and a
halt words per minute.
All the electricians are delighted with the per-
fectly distinct character OF the signals through
the cable.
(Signed) CYRUS w. FIELD.
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
OFFICE OF TUE EVENING TELEGRAPH,
Friday, August 3, 1856.

The Stock Market opened very duh this morn
ing, but prices continue steady. In Government
bonds there is less doing. Old 5.2Os sold at 1881;
and lO-40s ut SO. 1894 was bid for 6s of 1881;
and lO44 for 73Os. State and City loans are
rather frmer. Pennsylvania IS sold at 9S; and
new City 6s at 973@97l, the latter rate an ad-
vance of l.
ERailroad shar es are the most active on the
list. About 1900 shares of Philadelphia and
Erie sold at 32@32l, an advance of !; Reading
at 555@56, no change; Pennsylvania Railroad at
563, no change; Catawissa preferred at 3s@3sI,
a decline of /; and Lehigh Valley at 64E, slight
advance; 123 was bid for Camden and Amboy;
5s for Norristown; 55 for Minehill; 3si for North
Pennsylvania 20 for Elmira common; AZ for
preferred do. and 46 tor Northern Central
City Passenger Railroad shares are unchanged.
Hestonvllle sold at lsB; A was bid for Fifth and
Sixth; q for Thirteenth and Fifteenth; and 65
for West Philadelphia.
Bank shares are firmly held at full prices, but
we hear OF no sales. 225 was bid for North
America 54l for Commercial; "a for Northern
Liberties; 80 for Mechanics; So for Penn Town
ship; 55 for Girard; So TOR Western; 81 for Manu-
facturers' and Mechanics; 654 tor City; 65 for
Corn Exchange; and 60 for Union.
In Canal shares there is nothing doing. 27
was bid for Schuylkill Navigation common; asa
for preferred do; 1ls for Morris Canal pre-
ferred. lag for susquehanna Canal, and SO for
Delaware Division.
Quotations of Gold-lO8 A. NJ, 14st; IL A. NJ,
l4IJ; II NJ, las; p. NJ, l475.
The New York Tribune thus morning says:-
Money is refused by some houses at per
cent. from banks and per cent loans are
hpiup maid off For pall lOana the nnntakiOn IN
3G5 per cent. In commercial paper little
doing, Best names are scarce, and can be used
at low rates. The abundance OF money among
stock houses is stimulating speculation rapidly,
and before August closes prices promise TO show
great improvement. The buyers thus far are
mainly young and not over-strong houses and
they have full control of the market. Most of
the old brokers are disposed to be cautious, and
prefer to see August well advanced before load
ing themselves with stocks.n