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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-12
Domestic Affairs.

Gold closed yesterday at 1919.
Visitors at the White House are becoming
more numerous every day.
Vice President Colfax left Washington last
evening tor the North.
"A delegation from Georgia, headed by Eos.
ter Blodgett. waited on the President yesterday.
South Carolina and Georgia have wheeled
into line, and adopted the fifteenth amendment.
The lease Of the Columbus and Xenia Rail-
road to the Little Miami Road was ratified yes.
terday.
Both branches of the Maine Legislature
have passed a resolution adopting the fifteenth
amendment
The terrible pressure upon Senator'S aud
members OF Congress by Office hunters is be.
coming unendurabe.
lit Is thought that Major General Scho6eld
will be assigned to the command OF the Pacific
Ensign Whitaker who was shot by the boy
Chaloner, at the Qdeoec skating rink, died on
"Wednesday night.
The Rhode Island House OF Representatives
yesterday defeated the Female Suffrage PROPOSE
tiOD by vote OF 16 10 So.
President Grant has sent to the Senate the
name of General James Longstreet for surveyor
OF Customs at New Orleans.
General Badeau's military History of U. s.
Grant, is being translated into the French,
German, and Spanish languages.
"A meeting OF the New Orleans Chamber Of
Commerce is to be held, to take measures to
commence the sale OF cotton for gold.
during snow storm yesterday, mouse al
Point Levi, Canada, was blown down. aud
Mrs. Josephine S. Gritling, a prominent
advocate of female suffrage. is candidate for
the Postmistresship of Washington city.
Secretary Borie Is actively at work in the
Navy Department, and we now have the assurS
ance that at last we have live man and a stout
heart at the helm.
The recent Appropriation bill passed by
Congress discharges from the Patent Office
twenty-one clerks of the $l4C0 class and four
teen OF the $1,000 class.
"A company has been organized at st. Louis to
construct branch railroad from Salt Lake to
Ogden, to connect with the Union Pacific Road.
Brigham Young has been chosen President.
"A perfect avalanche of begging letters from
aspIants for Office has fallen upon the President,
Vlce-President, the different Secretaries, and
the representatives OF "the great Yankee ma
tion." Let them have peace for awhile.
The Public Credit bill was discussed In the
United States Senate until its adjournment,
yest rday. The secoud section, which legalizes
contracts hereafter to be made specifically
ayable in coin, was, on motion OF Mr.. Sumner,
atr
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Whipping. Post and PilIOry.
The Hat Question in the English House
of Commons.

II is curious to observe, writes a London
correspondent, the nervousness and wonder
ment which sit in the faces of the new mem
bers of the House of Commons. They have
tried to master the numerous and intricate
regulations as to what they may do and what
they may net do, but forgetfulness ensues,
and mistake after mistake is committed.
For instance, you may wear your hat as long
as you like while you are In your seat, but if
you stand with it on your head, there is i'm
mediately a shout. / have this week seen a
poor country gentleman utterly bewildered
by this soft of salutation. He turned to the
right and to the left in dismay; but
the noise of "Order order - in-
terspersed with laughter, continued
until friendly neighbor rose and whispered
in his ear that he must remove his hat.
Under no circumstances may yOu. wear your
hat while you are standing; but even old
members are apt to forget this as they enter
the chamber, and often stand for second,
Just inside, with their hats on. This habit is
encouraged, no doubt, by the liberty allowed
at the clubs. In every other place where gen.
tlemen meet in England the person who enters
a room where others are eating meal un-
covers his head; but in the clubs men stroll
about the dining rooms as they would about
the streets, only cOndesoending to sit bare
headed when they are themselves at their
food.
This hat question in treublous times has led
to many disturbances and quarrels; but 1t is
merely an affair Of manner In the cases re-
ferred to. l noticed, however, that when the
address in reply to the Queens speech was
read to the House of Commons by the Speaker
some of the radical members kept their hats
Oh, while every one else showed his respect
for the Queen by holding his hat in his hand;
and this, suppose, was intended to be IN some
way a political demonstration.
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HOW Quickly They Learn /,

The Montgomery lAla,) Maj records the fol-
lowipg:-- s.1. .
A prosecution was Instituted before one OF lhe
magistrates of the city, against freedman who
has been driving "A good speculation at the eX-
pense OF others. He had been doing regular
brokerage business IN the hiring OF negroes.
He engaged to furnish planters with hands at
go much head, and when the hands had got
upon the premises of the party who had en-
gagged for them, he would induce them to leave
aud go elsewhere TO other parties, with whom
plan OF hiring and rehlring of the same negroes
TO different planters, upon contracts, he has
amassed the nice little sum of one hundred and
the negroes thus engaged with him have been
proceeoed against for obtaining money under
ifaudulent devices.
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DELLA WARE.
The Peach CrOp.

Says the Wilmington Commercial! of Wednes-
day.
The peach crop is not injured yet. 1t is true
the usually mild winter has forced the buds to
an unusual development tor this season of year,
but as the recent cold spell was not accOmp4-
med by rain, no harm was done either to the
Leaf buds, or the larger buds containing the
germs of peaches. Levi g. Clark. Esq, of this
city, who has 20 600 trees which should bear
fruit this season, has just returned from an ex-
animation of his orchards in Kent county, and
has left with us specimen branches cut from
the trees of both early aud late varieties. On
the latter there is but a slit.ht development of
the bud, and they are probably not sufficiently
advanced for any weather 10 utterly destroy
them. In the early varieties, however,
there is considerable development, -.the buds
having begun to swell when the recent cold
spell came on. We examined these with care
and found the embryo peaches inside living and
uninjured. The twigs are in our publication
ofice,and any one familiar with fruit culture can
readily satisfy himself that they give no evi
depce of any injury to the fruit.
The great danger now is rain followed by
severe cold. The cup like structure of the fruit
bud which is separate bud, OF course from
that which produces the leaf. enables it to hold
water which, beng once frozen, entirely de-
stroys the infant peach. Should the present
rain be followed by freezing weather, the early
varieties, II not the whole crop, would be in
imminent danger of destruction.
Ii the crop does fortunately escape all the
dangers arising from our variable climate, 1t
promises 10 De very large one, tne ouus oelnS
most abundant and the trees in fine, thrifty
condition.
Whipping. Post and PilIory.
The same journal gives this also:-Messrs.
K1llgore and Hare discussed the whipping post
question before large audience, last evening,
at the American Mechanics Hall. The argu-
ments were forcible and elaborate, and each
gentleman had done his best to fortify his
opinions by statistics. Mayor Valentine, in
giving the decision of the judges, compimented
the disputants in their courtesy, aud then gave
the decision IN favor OF Mr.. Killgore and the
were Hon. j. s. Valentine, John H. iams, Dr.
d. W. Stone, George H. Walter, aud Wesley
Talley. The first four approved the decision,
aud Mr.. Talley dissented.
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fI&S PHILADELP HIA, RICHMOND
2A&&Es AND NORFOLK STEAMSHIP LINE
ThhOU6H EKEI9HT AIR LINE TO TEH
SOUTH AND WEST
EVERY SATURDAY,
Street,
THROUGH RATES and THROUGH REOEIPrs
TO all points In North ana South Carolina, via SsA
board Air Line Railroad, connecting st Portsmouth
ana TO LynchDurk, Va, Tennessee, and the West via
Denville Railroad,
Freight HANDLED BUT ONCE, and taken a,
LOW Err RATES THAN ANY OTHER LINE,
The regularity safety, and cheapneas of this routt
commend IL TO the public rs the most desirable ms
dunn for carrying every description OF freight
No charge for commission, draysge, or any sxpsnss
of ftransfeF
Freight received daily. =
No. IA North and South WHARVEa.
W. p. PORTER. Agent At RlOhmOnd and City
fSsni T,P, oRowEL1 d CO., Agents at norfolk. su
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STOVES, RANGES, ETC.

.ssa. NOTICE.-THE UNDERsI GNEp
sk% would call the attention OF the puOlic to his
MRS NEW oOLDEN EAGLE FURNACE.
V9& This Ia an entirely new heater, 1t Ia
structed TO at once commend Itself TO general favor
being combination of wrought and cast iron 1t IL
very simple in its construction and Is perfectly air
tight; selfcleanng. haysnstoo pipes or drums to bs
out and cleaned. II to- arranged with uprgh
dues as 10 produce larger mount Of heat from The
same weight of coal than any furnace now In use
The hy u Ometic condition OF the air produced by
my new arrangement OF evaporation VIII At once de
monL trae that it h the only Hot Air Furnace thai
viii produce PERFECTLY healthy atmosphere.
Those In want OF y complete Heating Apparatus
CHARLES WILLIAM,
Nos. 1872 ana llS4 MARX ET street,
Philadelphia
A large assortment of Cooking Ranges, Fire-boaro
Stoves, Low Down Crates Ventissors, ETC., alwayi
N. B-Jobbing OF all kinds promptly done. lQ
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India papers report the upsetting OF
railway train by coming in contact with
large elephant.
The rainfall in Calcutta in 1868 was forty
eight per cent. above the average OF the last
fifteen years.
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PRICE OF PABSAGE
In gold (including winel,
TO BRESf OR HAVRE
First Cabin. second Cabin s95
no PARIS "
Qncluding railway ticke!s furnished on bosrd)
First $l4b second cabin
These steamers do LOT carry steerage passengers.
edicsl attendance ee OF charge.
American travellers going TO or returning from
the continen Of EUROPE by aking the ste Amers OF
this line avoid unnecessary risks from transit py
Engsh rallw ays and crossing the channel, besides
saving time, trouble and xpense
GkOk9E M lCkENZIE, Agent,
a. NO. 5S BROAD WAY, New York.
For passage In Philadelphia, apply 81 Adams
Express Company, to ii. L. LEAF,
lLe No. 800 CHESN U street..
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CLEARED YEsTERp

CLEARED YESTERDAY.
steamship Saxon, sears Boston. II, Winsor & Co.
schr L. D. Small, Tice, Danversport, Day Hudi iell q
schr L. A. panenhower. Sheppard. Salem. do.
scnr Jacob Kienzle, steelmnan: Old Cambridge, do.
Lsthbnry, Wick ersham q Co.
schr Albert Mason, Rose. Boston. J. Rommel Jr. q
sehT. b 8, sner. Huntley. Bath, do.
Str r. Wiling, Cundia, Baltimore. a Groves, Jr.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
With mss To Js6s S Aon hSSIs ron NsS
wednesday. of Delaware CITY. during a thick fog,
Causing her 70 sink Very 1Ss tt %e All F the
we're rescued by the Fanita, and brought up 20
Italian brig Enrichstts. Enbertl 90 days from Pa.
minEion i. q. with lumber to NorOross q sheets-
scSr John B. Conner. sIercm day from Msguo.
Steamer @ Tn Ann E'sn e hoass from New
wh Bpso msss e GySe o New York
with mdse to w. P. Clyde q Co.
wsS %Gse from New York
York, with mdse 70 w. NJ. Baird d Co.
MEMORANDA.
Stfsmsnlp olhty Nickerson. hence, at Providence
BaIaue Village Queen, Mceray. for Philadelphia,
entered on tSpdOn %t.oIs 2ae St p..as,n,,a
tered out at LONDON go ut:
ss.S R'ssSgs frg% s.
sehTs SsSoS Ray%Snd Hood hence for Pr1yiGe1ce
d.
schr = Il, FpgbeI. Gebb; and J. " Wellington,
scht J. W. yannemsn sharp, cleared at Boston 10th
schr Antbea godfrey Godfrey, at Jacksonville 80
schr Isaac G. Hertz Gray. for Philadelphia. cleared
schr VIM. s. Hiiles. Burgess, Il days from New Or.
leans, at New Y ork To- b met. , x
schrs L. Tay Baker, from Gloucester; Julia L.
New London; and Minnie Kinnie Psrsons. from New
scsT psns McPses Boston 10th from New
Scbr Goddess K elley. hence. at Newport 9th inst
schr d. K. Wolfe, Dole, hence az oregon Mills, N
scSr VIM. Walton. Reeves. hence, at Jacksonville
9Th ir rst -
N. j., at Oregon Mills, N. C' 10Th ult,
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
new steam fog whistle has recently been erected
by the Government OF the dominion OF Canada on
cape FoIchu, the western side OF the entrance to
Yarmouth barbor. in the Province OF Nova Scots, In
close proximity to the Lighthouse, lat 43 AZ % NJ.
During thick and foggy weather and snow storms
the whistle will be sounded for ten seconds In
minute, thus making an interval Of nifty seconds
| between each blast.
The Fog Whistle can be card in calm weather at
distance OF fifteen miles; with the wind twenty miles,
stormy weather from ve to eight miles, and against
'ne "'AN 'i'A- 'A' w p MITCHELL,
Minister Of Marine ana F. sheries.
| Ottawa, Feb. 26, 1869.
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= ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE.

XAR4N i1''''1 ~ "ANOT'
MAIL 5TEAMbHlFb BErWEEN NEW YORK
AND HAVkE CALLING AT BkEST.
The splendid Lew vessels this fAvorLe route for
the Continent Will sail from Pier No. 50 North river
rs IOllows:-
ST. Brocande. Saturday Oct q
WILLIE DE PAkl6..- .Surmont. Saturday, Oct N
Ouch SATURDAY Oot "a
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,6aESA CHARLESTON, s, c.
The South and Southwest
FAST FREIGHT LINE.
EVERY THURSDAY.

The steamships PRoMETHECS, Captain Gray j.
W. EVEkMAN, Captain Vance,
WILL FORM A RkGULAR WEEKLY LINE
The steamship PRomETHEU5 VIII sail on
THURSDAY, March Is.
Through bills of lading given In connection with s.
9. r. II. to points In the South and Southwest.
Insurance AT lowest rats Rates OF freight low
Rs by any other route. For freight apply TO
E. A, 6OUDER q CO.,
ANTI DOCK STREET WHARF.
The New York herald., 1869-09-05

market az the present time, and the supply OF tnem
this season has been almost unprecedented. Inc
sent 20 a,s az sy curing M aae pas
the for Delaware peaches is fast drawing TO
a close. Jersey peaches, however are just now ar
irving In large quantities. The average OF all kinds
OF peaches during the past week has been
about 100 carloads day. carload con-
sists OF 45o baskets, each basket containing
the past week an average arrival in the market
daily OF % 500 bushels, showing demand for tns @
delicious fruit OF which the generality OF the public
have not the remotest idea Yesterday 1oS car loads
arrived.
ana the prices comparatively low During the past
week the wholesale prices for Delaware peaches
have been eighty cents, niuety cents dollar ana
81 25 basket. Jersey peaches do not at present
bring such high prices. the usual quotation being
from fifty 10 sixty cents O basket
Next in importance, as being for some time past
in season and the supply being large, come melons.
In the early part of the season melons sent 10
the New YORK market from Georgia, but the great
sources OF supply when the market has fully set IN
are Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Jersey. The
season for melons began about five weeks ago and
viii last until about the 2sth of the present month.
The market now receives It's supply mainly rom
Jersey, but In the beginning and middle
OF the season Maryland and Delaware respectively
furnish the supply. The demand during the present
season has been very great. During the past week
about 100000 melons came into the New York
market. The average supply from the opening OF
the season in the beginning OF August has been from
$4,000 to 10000 week. The prices now range as
low as from rom fiye to twelve cents each Tor Jersey
from seventeen to thirty-fve cents At the opening
OF the season the prices ranged from $75 to 500
q hundred. The supply has been better and the
quality OF the melons superior to those OF any
for the past seven years.
The season for apples and pears is now fully set
ting In. New YORK and New Jersey are the chief
sources OF supply for New York; but the market
at present depends for its supply chiefly upon the
demand, come from the Eastern States Apples
range at So 25 to 81 barrel and pears at from SIS to
barrel.
The New York herald., 1869-09-05
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

AeHEtOuS ScFVtCeS T0sDhys
Rev. Charles b. smyth breaches this morning IN
the Eleventh street Presbyterian church, between
Second and Third avenues.
At the Presbyterian church in Forty second street
services viii be held at half-past ten A. and at
half-past seven p. N. by Rev. w. A. Scott.
At the Church Of the Reformation protestant
Eplscopan. IN Fifeth street. services Will be held
at a quarter to eleven A. NJ and quarter TO eight
In the evening.
Bishop Snow win preach in the University Wash
ingon square, this afternoon, at three O'Clock, on
'1'he Cleansing OF the Sanctuary
At the Everett Rooms Rev. Moses Hull win speak
before the Society Of Progressive Spirtuallsts at
haIf-past ten A. NJ and at half-past seven p. M.
Anthon Memorial church reopens for divine w0r-
ship to-day. Rev. R. Herber Newton preacnes at
halfpast ten A. NJ. and at half.past seven p NJ.
Az the Pilgrim Baptist church Rev. w. II. Felix
breaches at half past ten A. N. ana at quarter to
eight P. NJ.
St. Georges church reopens for divine worship
to-day. Services at half-past ten A. NJ. and at four
Pm.
AT ST. Johns Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. G.
c. Esray breaches at hafpast ten a. NJ and at half
past seven P. NJ.
Rev. DR.. Blanchard will hold services in the Thir.
teenth Street Presbyterian church at nalfpasI ten
A. NJ. and at half.past seven p. NJ.
At the Eastern Lutheran church Of st. James Rev.
DR.. Wedeklnd will preach at halfpast ten A. NJ and
at halfpast seven P. NJ.
The Fifth Avenue Baptist church reopens for d.
vine worship to-day Rev. William g. Capp breaches
at haltpast ten A. M. and at half-past seven P. M.
At the John Street Methodist Episcopal church
Rev. William P. Corbit preacnes at half-yast ten A.
NJ. and at half past seven Z. NJ.
II. 8. W. Corrigan will lecture on 1.-The Life q
Father Mathew, the Apostle Of Temperance, and His
Reception in America" at the Cooper Institute. on
Thursday, 9th inst. The proceeds to be devoted
to the erection OF new church Of the Capuchins in
Dublin, and the completion Of Father Mathews
church OF the "Most Holy Trinity" in Cork. The
subject alone ought to draw large audience irres
pective Of the known eloquence OF the lecturer
Father Mathew was himself priest OF the Capuchn
order, fact perhaps, not generally known.
The New York herald., 1869-09-05
ROSH-HASHONO.

0peuiag of the Festive Season Of the Jews
The Month OF Religious CercmOnics-The
Mystic sSevcn-The Observance in This City.
This evening, the sun SETS begins the great fes.
tive season of Lbe Jews. The evening and the
morning were the FIRST day." says the first chapter
OF the first book OF Moses. And true to this Biblical
statement the Jews observe the evening as part OF
The succeeding day. With this evening, then, begins
the lrst day or the month of Tislr the first day Of
the year 5000 Ammo Mundi, representing the Bblt
cal age Of the world
And here 1t may we'll he said that the general ac-
ceptauon OF the meaning of the term Is not the true
1t is not actually The first day OF the new year,
for that considered TO be tho first day Of the month
Nissan. The month Tishn is the seventh month in
the Jewish calendar, and being season 0f harvest,
OF Joy, OF thanksgiving to the Almighty for the bless
ngs OF the fruits or the earth, it has gradually be-
come the festive month Of the year.
The month Tishri being the seventh was adopted,
1t may be- for the reason tnat the number has
always had o mystical haio about it. In tho dream
OF Pharaoh there the seven fat and the
seven lean cows The Pesach, the hrbor
and other festivals were arranged for seven
days. Among the Egyptians, from whom the
Jews received their knowledge OF astronomy. seven
planets were counted a week had seven days, and
seven times seven years made the cyclic OF the JuDi-
lee II IL no wonder that after the Jews had escaped
from slavery Ia Egypt, under The leadership OF their
awgver, Moses they agam adopted the number
seven. and made the seventh month OF the year the
festive season, Even the Christians did the same
thing In the Apocalypse there are seven churchcs,
seven candiestcss, seven stars anu se'cm "enue,.
| monster, all apparently deducble from the Greek
superstition, which had seven IA devoted 10 Apollo,
| to whom SACRIFICES were offered ON the seventh
day before the new moon; the number seven was
also specially sacred In Greek mythology because
| Di0nysius had been torn into seven pieces; the
Bmotiang had seven gates to their city, seven Sons
| and daughters or Amphyon, seven Archagetes 0i
| clatTa seven lolaide families OF Thespla, seven
s0nlederated States OF Calauria and many other
| evens too numerous TO mention"
From this 1t Is evident that the number seven was
quite potential IN the early history or mnnklnu ana
seventh month OF the year for their annual FESTIVE
| season. Among the oreh0dox the day was at one
time called ION, 7c1unh, the day OF the trumpet,
because on tnis day IN vi synaguoges II was pre-
The New York herald., 1869-09-05
STREET QUOTATIONS.
Five O'Clock =. ".
THE FRtiT MiRkET.
Present Condition of the Mnrkct-Pcsches
wnierm-ions, Apples, Pears, sc.

The present frait season has been better one
than any during the past ten years. This Is true
not only with reference TO few fruits Dut to fruit
generally The supply has not only been plentiful to
unprecedented extent but the fruit has generally
been OF an excellent quality.
Comparatively few OF the people OF New York
have any idea Of the amount OF business done, and
OF the mode OF transactiug It, In the wholesale fruit
market of this city. Washington Market s the head
quarters OF the wholesale fruit trade and forms n
little word III Itself, reDlete with animation
and WIN peculiarities unknown TO the out
side world. the aInount OF business trans
acted there between ave O'Clock in the morn
ing and six In the afternoon IL something
OF which the peach-eating, fruit-consuming people
OF this vast metropolis have hardly an idea Peaches
are cheap or "watermeloas are pentifuin are the
expressions by which the majority OF the New
Yorkers express heu IDEAS Of the state OF the fruit
season. Figures from the most conclusive logic and
o. glance at the following VIII give the reader some
idea Of the vast amount OF fun requisite 10 supply
this great city and OF the relative abundance and
therefore, comparative cheapnese, OF fruit com
pared with former years
Peaches are, OF course, the great feature Of the