, 1875-09-16

SAN FRANC1sco, Sept. 1&-The PAciAc
Stock Exchange ksld . business meet
ing to-day. Resolutions were offered
providing that the resolution formerly
passed. fining members for doing basi-
ness Be- rescinded and that all old busi-
ness Of the exchange referring to loans
and stock transactions be settled within
i've days and that the exchange resume
business to-marrow and until furthe,
action hold one session each day for the
transaction Of cash and regular business
only. A substitute was offered provid-
ing that the exchange through its Spe-
cial committee confer with the execu.
tive committee of the San Francisco
Stock and Exchange Board to the end
that both board and exchange be opened
at the same time. The substitute waa
adopted.
Collection day is passing of smooth
ly. Nobody is pinched and in most
cases payments are made on demand.
The mercantile community is standing
the best, even better than expected.
LATER.-Collection day has. passed
with no stoppages. Bills generally have
been paid better than was expected,
owing to the large amounts passed ovel
at last collection.
1t seems probable now that the re-
opening of the Bank Of California will
be delayed beyond the 18th inst, pro-
baby until the opening of the Bank o!
Nevada about the LIST proximo.
New YORK, Sept. 14.-Pixley at a
meeting last night attacked the directors
Of the Bank of California and denies
there was any defalcstion. He said the
directors lost their head and acted iks
q lot of school girls in fire and passed
q resolution which broke Ralston'a
heart. ~ 'f
About half-past ten this morning
while experiments were being made
with Udah's patent aerial ladder in Rut'
gers Square. an appalling accident oc-
CURED which resulted in the death ci
Engineer VIM. II. Walsh. Philip Morse
and William Hughes and Of at least two
or three others. It appears that - sooz
as the ladder had been put together and
placed in position in the centre of the
square. the chief mounted to the tor
followed by eight or ten Of his men
The ladder looked to be nearly 10(
feet in haighth. The men had not beer
on the ladder moro than Q minute wher
it swayed backward and forward and
saddehly snapped in two. The mer
were instantly precipitated to the
ground, 8 Of them being killed out
right and As many more dangerously
hurt if not fatally.
The direct cable company tomorrow
when the line opens for business will
transmit messages between America and
Europe for Is cents, currency, pei
word.
District Attorney Britton of Brooklyn
addressed letters to Henry W. Beechez
and Francis D. Moulton. suggesting
that public interests would be best
served by entering nolle proseQ,iiin the
case Of Beecher against Moulton for
Libel. Beecher in reply. concurs. Moul-
ton says he cannot acquiesce in the
action proposed, and concludes his letter
as follows: am indicted for libel in
charging Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
with criminal intercourse with female
members of his congregation. The
charge is true. He knows it to be and
the Supreme Ruler will some Gay re-
veal the truth and vindicate the right
for speaking the truth and that too
under challenge. and in defense of
my own character and the character of
her whose good name is dearer to me
than life itself, have been arraigned
as q criminal and compelled like q felon
to plead with aplifted hands. subjected
to the lgnouy of fbonds against an escape
from Justice, loaded with obloquy by
the public press, frowned upon and
avoided by society, and now after the
indictnent against me has served its
purpose by discrediting in advance the
witness of Rev. Mr.. Beeoher's guilt, and
it is as apparent to yos ~ it is to the
world that I am innocent and must be
At this moment and under
these circumstances I am requested to
acquiesce in nolle perseqa and to SUI
fer my accuser to escape the penalty of
bis perjured prosecutions. Never, sir,
never, I demand trial and shall be
ready on any reasonable notice to make
good nay defense. Very Respectfully,
FRANCIS D. MOULToN.
A London dispatch says at the open
ing of business to-day the chief feature
N the American market was the OK.
reno dullness which prevailed in Erie
md its further decline of one-half.
A private telegram has been received
in this city from Toronto. announcing
that a frightsul accident occurred on the
Grand Trunk Railroad this morning.
A train was thrown from tho track and
several employees on the train killed.
The whole train is perfect wreck. To
add to the horror the cars caught
FIRE and burned q number of cattle
which were buried under the debris and
roasted to death il being i'm
possible to extricate them.
LONDON. Sept. 14.-Dispatches state
that Don Carlos received Gen. Dorrega-
rays soldiers yesterday at Alzondo. He
delivered speech in which he told
them to follow him trustfully until they
hoisted the flag on the walls Of Madrid.
PARIS, Sept. 14.-The meeting Of the
Relief COMMITTEES to.dav