The New York Herald Newspaper, July 25, 1870, Page 11

AMERICAN TRADE UMONS Their History, Growth and Present Condition. BIATISTICS OF MEMBERSHIP. Power and Growing Influence of Trade Organizations. The labor question 1s every day becoming more ‘and more tmportaut and attracting increased public ‘attention, particularly so since the agitation of the Chinese problem, Powerful organizations, repre- Benting thousands of workingmen, who are con- Bcious of their strength and numbers, have been enrolled, and are now being consolidated so as to exert a formidable influence upon trade aud manu- facture, The following article is an attempt to show the Actual status of trade unions in the Unitoa States, their history, present condition and prospects, and Js compiled mainly from information furntshed by the unions themseives;— ORIGIN AND HISTORY. ‘The history of trade unious has never been written; they appear to have been an offsnoot of the ancient guilds of merchants and craftsmen which were so ‘Common during the feudal ages in most European fountries, These flourished most duriug the thir- teenth century, and doubtiess had some influence in introaucing the democratic element into svciety, by thetr resistance to aristocratic tyranny. According to Hallam voluntary associations ex- isted as early as the Saxon period in England ‘for Mutual defence against injury” and ‘for muwual re- lief in poverty,” and these may be considered the originals of our modern trade unions. Mention 1s also made by Hallam of the first demand of any number of workingmen for an increase of wages. ‘This was in the twenty-third year of the reign of Ed- ward IIL, just after the dreadful pestilence of 1348, When the number of laborers and servants having been greatly reduced by that calamity the remainder demanded an advance of wages from their employ- ers. This was refused, and a law was passed fixing the rates at what they nad been before the pesti- lence. The first trade union in Engiand was orgau- ized about the time of Queen Elizabetn, apparently a8 asubstitute for the powerful Influence of the Church, It was formed by a fellowship of ‘Cuulers, and restricted the term of appren- Uceship to seven years, besides imposing penatties Dpon breaking the rules of the body in regard to the seasons of work and other technical matters. An act of Parliament was obtained in 1624 on behalf of , this body, which stated that its objects were to pro- | Vent the bad workmanship and “deceltful and un- ‘Workmanly wares” which had been made by cutlers not belonging to the union, and empowered the ‘PMlcers of the latter to make such laws as were neces- Bary to protect the interests of thelr trade, ENGLISH TRADE UNIONS. From this period the history of trade unions in Bngland shows a steady advance in their numbers and influence. At their first general conference eighteen societies were represented, wiih a member- Bhip of 201,690, and it is now estimated that they Dumber 700,000, with branch organizations in 403 towns in the United Kingdom. The following are the statistios of some of the larger unions:— Members. Names, Engineers and machinists. lors ron founders. oller makers. ..... Engine driver’ and firemen, Many of these have ample fands. One society has Qn income of £17,762 and a general fund of £12,334; another, has £18,245 income and a fund of £15,000, While the largest of all, the amalgamated engineers and machinists, had an income in 1867 of £85,255, ‘with an accumulated fund of £125,283, or over half @million dollars in gold, The expenditures of this Bociety during the year 1867 were as follows:— Out-of-work benetits . £58,243 Sick benetits..... Superannuation benefits. Accidents... Funerals., Total....sseeesesere tenes Amount per member, £2 11s. 74. ‘Lhose figures show the relative proportion of out- Jay. The amount expended for strikes was only. £7,000, » ve FRENCH TRADE UNIONS. Trade associations In France have been common gince the reign of St, Louls, but they have been of & somewhat different character from those in other countries, Originating in Paris, in the interests of working tradesmen, who combined the functions of seeeeens £86,087 the capitalist and shopkeeper with that of the skilled ,workinan, they were gradually extended into the other towns of France until they were common throughout the country. They were encouraged by the government as being a source of revenue, as ‘well us a species of police, About the year 2260 there were 101 trades in Paris subject to their regulations, and in 1766 there were 124 power- ul trade corporations in that city. ‘The interests of master tradesmen were alone con- pulted in managing theso unions, but the journey- men were protected by rules especially established Jor their benefit. The principal regulations in force were similar ‘to those now in vogue, and restricted the amount of trade which individual employers could carry on, the number of apprentices and other matters, Since the French Révolution greater restraints have been placed on workingmen’s associations in France, and they have not made equal progress with those of England. Their power and numbers, how- ever, have been felt by the government, and greater Uberty has been given them, particularly of late years, and they now exert a formidable influence upon political affairs. UNITED STATES, The labor movement in the United States bogai about 1853 In opposition to the gradually increasing tendency towards class legislation in Congress and Other places. Organizations were begun among dif- ferent trades, one of the first being that of the iron moulders-of Pennsylvania, who, in # few years, were able to form an international union, which now com- prises 200 branches and over 10,000 members, and is considered to be the most thorough trade organiza- tion in the country. Other trades followed the tron Moutders’ example, until there is now scarcely a single one without an organization of some kind. International unions have been formed in turn, and in addition to these workingmen’s unions, compris- ing delegates from different trades, have also Leen @stablished, 80 as to admit of a united and harmoni- ous action among all kinds of artisans. There are a@bout 2,000 trade societies comprehended in the Cen- tral National Union, representing 250,000 workmen, and their numbers are being added to every year. In New York State, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts aud Almois the best unions are to be found, but they are fast being Introduced into other States as well. There are 280 workingmen’s associations in New York State, including the following trades, with some late additions:— ron Moulders’ Unions Bricklayors’ Unions... rpenters and Joiners’ Unions. , ‘Achinists and Blacksmiths’ Unions. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers of divisions... ‘Typographical Unions Early Closing Associations. Cigar Makers’ Untons... Laborers’ Associations. Patnters’ Unions. Ooachmakers’ Unions, ceniaaes Unions... nipearpenters and Gauikers? Woolien Spinners’ Untona 7Longshoremen’s Associatiol New York city is the meu jis.of labor 0. everything else, and takes the jead of all other American cities in this respect. ‘There are over 70,000 workmen connected with trades uniond in the city, many of Whose organizations are large and pow- eriul bodies. The following statistics of different trades unions are maimly derived from oMctal Sources, and exhivit their exact condition and pros- peots:— CARPENTERS AND JOINERS, The Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Natioial Union is One of the best organized in the country, though number NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 25, 1870.-TRIPLE SHEET. Rot 40 large as some otherd, The number of carpen- tera within ite territorial jurisdiction 13 about The majority of unions are in the those in the West ranking second, Thore are branch unions, with soees ot bg red average wages are about PR O lowest annd ‘$4 the highest. ‘Seven capenters aud joiners constitute a suMcient number to legally con- ‘stitute a local union, and may have a charier on ¢ roper application ' being made to the National ver nion, are the following differ- In New York State there a jomers ent branch unions of carpen' 7m 262 Brookiya. «+ WDM cases se este cavtp cena cnsasesnsnkaysnscs Qh The Union in this city 1s not a large one, but it in- cludes @ very intelligent class of workmen. There is also @ German Carpenters’ Union, already poeta | over 1,000 members, which has been recently formed, while the New York shipjoiners have 100 members who receive $3 75 to $4 per day. BRICKLAYERS’ UNION: ~ This trade have a large organization, with a national union having 70 branches and from 15,000 to 20,000 members, Im New York State there ave #6 Dranches, having §,009 to 10,000 members, about helfof whom are found in the vicinity of the city. Union No. 2 has 1,400 members; No, 4 $00, and No, 12 the Same number aiso—the latter 1g composed of Germans, There are other unions in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Greenpoint and Jersey City. ‘The total number in New York City is 2,800. Thetr strike last Fang was an expensive affair, costing about $40,000; jut, far from peing discouraged by its failure, they are confident of soon obtaining the eight hours, for which it was kept up, OPERATIVE MASONS. _There is no national union of masons. In New York City there are two unions, The Operative Masons Was organized in June, 1860, and numbers about 700 members, They have a handsome balance of about $1,200 in bank, There 1s also @ body of German masons, numbering 208 members, who are opposed to the eight hour system, and do not sym- pathize with those who support it, ‘There are In the neighborhood of New York the following branch societies of masons:—Paterson, 44 members; Staten Islaud, 100; Jersey City 800 to 400; Brooklyn, two unions, 800; Englewood, N. J., 50; Troy, 100—making a total of 1,000 members, who are governed by the fame rules ag the New York Society, but are not subject to tts authority, Tue entire number belonging to the trade is about 2,000, COOPERS’ UNIONS. The Grand Society of United Coopers, which is cons Anod to the States of New York and New Jersey, has 1,700 members and @ fund of $3,400, In New York city there are three coopers’ societies, The United Coopers No, 21s the oldest trade association in the city, It was organized in 1561, and has 700 mem- bers, There are societies in Brookiyn, Williams- burg and Jersey City, wiih a total membership of 1,200, those in the city having abuut the same num- ; Wages $4 vo 4 60 per day. PLASTERER: The Plasterers’ Union was organized in 1863 and numbers over 1,050, with & fund of $4,081, It is composed of the best paid ana wealthiest workmen in the city. Their wages are $4 50 and $6 pér day, andon account of the limited number of the craft they are almost independent of thelr employers. During the brickiayers’ strike of 1868 they contri buted $4,000 to the laiter’s rellef, which slows their weaith and liberality. At the last seasiou of the International Union dele- gates from eigiteen branches were present, repre- Senting 2,500 members. The Albany Union ‘has 400 members, Brooklyn 400 and Philade!phia 600, OPERATIVE PAINTERS. The present society of painters was formed by a consolidation of two untons—tie New York and the Union Practical Painters—last February, and num- bers about 800 members, “The society i8 an intelll- gent body. ‘The longshore ship painters have also 135 members, and the coach painters about the same number. Altogether there are about 1,500 members in the trade, TRON MOULDERS. The Iron Mouiders’ International Union is dne of the largest and beat organiZed in the United States, Its first branch was founded tn 1853, by William H. Sylvis, of Armagh, Penn., the late president of the body, and who has largely promoted its efficiency, ‘There are 204 unions in the United States and Canada, with a total membership of 17,000; wages $3 50 per day of ten hours, in this city Union 25 has 860 inembers, and there are in all 1,600 mem- bers belonging to different unions, with a fand of $2,000. The following are some Of the largest uaons in this Stare:— Unions. Members. 460 Albany Hudson . Fishkill. MACHINISTS AND BLACKSMITHS. The Machinsts and Blacksmiths’ Union numbers about 130 branches, of which nearly one-fourth are in New York. ‘Tuetr membership can only be esti- mated, and will not probably exceed 10,000. Among the principal branch unions belonging to this body in New York State are the following:— Meinders. 800 Unions. Buffalo. Cohoes. Se eeeeeeseeeesenees sreeeeee el 207 There 13 also a union of blacksmiths, numbering about 700 members, in the city. OTHER METAL WORKERS. The Grand Forge of the United States is composed exclusively of tronfounders, aud number about 60 branches, mostly iocated in the State of Peanayl- vauia, with a membershtp of about 2,099, ‘Tue bragsfounders and finishers of this city have 2,000 members, who are paid $21 per week, The gas anu steam fliiters have 115 members, wages tie same, aud the brass moulders have 190 members. ‘The Metal Roofers’ Union have 75 members out of about 239 workiwen engaged in the trade, ‘They receive $4 per day of ten hours. The Tin Roofers have 350 members, who receive $18 to $24 per The Slate Roolers have 55 members; wages §: 30. she New York Amaigamated Engineers aro a branch of the English Suciety of Engineers, which has already been referred to a8 one of the largest trade organizations in Great Britain. There are eleven branches in this followsi— dvembers. Bloomington, Ill. couatry, situated as Paterson.. Pittsburg... New York, No. 1. New York, No. 2. Total... seseeeees ‘Lhe oldest New York society wi years ago, and No. 2 in 1867, The wages average at present $2 75 to $3 per day. TAILORS. The Tailors’ International Unton was organized in 1865, with 6 unions, and increazei to 11 in 1866, 24 in 1867, and now .has gvout 35, with above 2,009 members. In New York city there are estimated to be 20,000 the trade, who are in a very poor condition, many of them being unable to earn more than $9 to $10 per week for sixteen hours’ work. They have several organizations, including the Tailors’ Protective Union, 803 members; German Journeymen, 100, and others amounting to 2,800 in all, with a fund $871 84, Walter Fairbairn, Canada, is President of the Inter- national Union; William Kettler, Washington, Vice President; Henry Tucker, New York, John McCarty, Philadelphia, Treasurer, CLOTHING CUTTERS. The cutters formerly possessed a large soclety, Which, about three years ago was allowed to ve broken up, but in the spring of 1868 was revived and how numbers about $00 metmbers comprising both English avd German workmen, poveg the past year their wages have advanced from $16 to $24 per Week, Which is duc to the effects of organization, Last Aprii a strike took piace in this Union for an increase of pay from $28 to $24 per week, which was Obtained, The clotting manufacturers have a num- ber of tradg secieties for mutual protection, No 10 in this c:*s numbers over 60 members and there are Seyerdl hundred firms in the trade, These meh con- Stitute the shop clothing manufacture, or those who take work from the wholesale otothing estab- Iishments for the purpose Of menufacturing tno same. Some of them employ @3 many as 40 or 50 operators. Tne following wutons also belong to the clouning trade:— ecretary; Name. Memixrs, Pay. Funds. 1,000 $25 a $30 - 90 ba 20 - 700 Wa 18 $1,400 ORDER OF KNIGHTS OF ST. CRISPIN, This bouy, which has 147*branches, with a total membership of over 50,000, 18 @ most influential ly. It ha#only been organized three years, but has’ already spread thronghout the country until it has brancnes in nearly alt the States, with lodges iy every large town where shoemaking 13 carried on, Milwaukee Lodge No. 1 was the first organized, and is recognized as the centrai body for the set- tlement of all questions of interest to the whole, until a national lodge snali_ have been formed. In New York city, Brooklyn and Williams- burg there are several oranches, haying about 4,000 members in all, imeotuding the ladies’ shoemakers, 82 members, and team shoemakers, 690 members. These were receiving on the average $17 per week, but they not long sines struck for an advance and are now getting $18. The objects of this associa- tion are to lessen the supply of labor and to secure steadier employment and hetter wages. obliged to require af every apprentice ronwondote term of ereice before he that be considared & full cratteman. Asi ® now thirty or Afxty daya' service is deemed s numelent time is soquire got Knowseige ot the ‘art of shoemaking; and the result is that in most ol the hoe towns the market is crowded with tis class of balf-trained an who can afford to" work ‘cheaper fet well: trained workmen, The ‘consequence of this polley ts that ever there ie an notive demand for ‘shoes these bum: crowd in, rye hig short time, and scat: {er again when Yimou goue dull, to the permanent iajury of The assoctation is in favor of co-operation, Its motto is, “United to support, Bot combined to in- jure.” It ts opposed to strikes if any other means of Settlement can be found, and is not in favor of the Eight Hour law. Willlam J, McLaughlin is president of the order, BAKERS! UNION, There are between 3,000 and 5,000 bakers in the city, who have several organizations, numbering tn all 3,200 members, Last June they struck for an advance in pay of 83 per week, whidh they obtained, and thetr wages are now, for foremen, $21 to $22: first hands, $17 to $18; second hands, $13 to $15, for twelve hours’ work, ‘The Journeymen Bakers No, 3 | have $750 in bank and the Practical Bakers $2,058, with — members, ‘The Pie Bakers have 50 mem- bers, who on recelve $7 to $10 ou an —— per week. The three 1 a 4 societies have the follow. ing membership:—No. 1, 870 mens No. 2, 650, and No. 8, 700, The two last are mataly Germans, THE WAITERS’ PROPECTIVE UNION, previous to thelr strike against the hotels last spring, Was one of the largest and most powerful trade or- @anizations in the city, having 1,800 members, of Whom vv were in good standing, witha capttal of $6,600 in bank. They are now in a leas prosperous condition, on account of the failure of their eifort to obtain an advance of wages; but still are a powerful body. The union ts composed of watlors employed in our beat hotels and restaurants, and inoludés all nationalities, though the English speaking members predominate, No persons are received tuto the association Who have not worked two years 1n the business, and evon barkeepers, une Jess the are also waiters, are denied admission. In England, among sumilar societics, seven years’ apy prenticesiip is required, The wages received are $30 to $85 per mouth, with board and lodging, and $12 to $1¢ per week without, for au average of fi- teen hours’ labor, i THE BUTCHERS’ ASSOCTATION has over 100 members and a fund of $1,000. The object is to maintain the interests of the cattie trade, and it comprises members from Hoboken, Jersey City and Brooklyn, CARTMEN AND COACH DRIVERS. The cartwen of New York, who are alarge and Intelligent body, organized a Mutual Proteciive Union in August, 1365, which has about 300 or more members enrolled, who earn $2 50 to $3 per day. ‘They complain that their business has been injured by persons who lilegally engage tn it, and do not pay for licenses, as they are bound to do by law. Une of the primary objects of the association is to put down this unjust and ilieg@ competition and to bring of- fenders agalust the revenue law to justice. Thee ave about 6,000 cartmen and expressmen in the city, of whom quite a number belong to the association, THE JOURNREYMEN HORSESHOERS’ Society was organized in 1851, and numbers about 300 members. It was one of the first trade unions established in the etty. NATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. This body 18 composed of printers, the most intelll- ent class of artisans, It was organized in 1362, and ias increased very much during the last few years, In 1866 there Were 101 branches and 4,013 members; 1n 1867 there Were 6,761 members, and at the annual meeting In 1968 there were 112 unions and 6,900 members, This is almost the only important trade organization whose branches predominate in the West and South. It has taken an active share in discussing trade questions, particularly the move- ment against strikes in this State, and if ts au active ana influential body, Union No. 6, m New York, ts the largest in the country, and numbers about 2,000 members. In this city there are about 2,250 male and 500 temale compositors, besides 220 press feed- ore, all belonging to trade.unious, In addition there are separate organizations of bookbinders and folders, pressmen, proof-readers, stereotypers and type casters, but their numbers cannot be given. About a year ago Uniou No. 6 carried on one of the largest and most hotiy contested strikes that iias ever occurred in this country, The strike lasted over ten weeks, and finally terminated in a compro- mise, upon terms which night have been obtained at first. About 360 printers were out of work at the beginning of the strike, and this number was re- duced to an average of 160 idie men. The loss to the men in relief given to those unemployed, and in the value of their wages, was $59, while the em- ployers suffered an equal loss in the business which Was sent out of the city, The New York printers re- celve $20 per week for ten hours’ work. CIGARMAKERS AND MANUFACTURERS. The Cigarmakers’ National Union ts a large organ- ization and has about 100 branches situated in all parts of the Page particularly in the Middle and estern States, with @ membersnip of about 6,000, The income of the society is derived from & revenue tax of twenty cents upon each member, assessed annually, and twenty-five cents per month auditional for a reserve fund. The Ger- man Cigarmakers’ Union No. 90, in this city, has about 1,200 members and @ fund of $2,000. They eet at ‘Turner Hall, No, 37 Orchard street, Union No. 16 has 368 members and $700 m bank. The total number, in the city, of workmen belonging to this trade 1s nearly 1,500, and their wages vary from $15 @ $20 per week, THE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS and dealers have also an organization numbering over 100 members, whose Shieot ig to protect the tn- terest of the trade by seeing that the law regardip: the manulacture and sale of cigars is enforced, and also by resisting strikes and arbitrary demands of their workmen, THE GERMAN UNITED CABINET MAKERS is one of the largest trade unions in the city, havin, above 2,809 members, who receive from $19 to $2! per week. They have a large fund in bank, about $3,000, This trade igs now almost exclu- sively confined to Germans, who from thet paper economy and skill are able to supe! sede all other workmen in it. Their work is often of the best description, and both m design and execution will compare favorably with the best for- eign productions in thts line, CARVERS AND GILDERS. The Carvers’ Protective and Benevolent Assocta- tion meets at No. 295 Bowery, and was first organ- ized in 1863, 1t has over 600 members and a large sum in bank, Wages range from $16 to $30 per week, a successful strike having been made last March for an adyance of ten per cent on thelr old pay. The gilders number about 450 members and re- ceive the same pay. Tae German wood turners held thelr first meeting May 6 to form a permanent organization of their erait and enrolled a number of members. Wages for this class of workmen range from $12 to $20, and they propose to demand an increase. THE VARNISHERS AND POLISHERS have two societies, severally composed of German and English speaking members. The former num- ber about members and the latter 260, They were CF pegs in 1868. Their work inciudes piano and cabinet polishing and marble polishing. Their wages at tue beginuing of the spring averaged $18 per week, but they have since strack for an advance of twenty per cent, which has been granted to them, gud they now average from $20 to $25. TUB UPHOLSYERERS’ SOCIETY was founded in 136 and now numbers 70 membera out of 750 men inthe trade. Their pay 1s $2) to $25 per week. THE DRY GOOPS, GROCERS AND TEA DEALERS’ CLERKS have an organization which meets at Early Closing Hall, 835 Broadways, with the object of having their hours of labor lessened, SHIPPING TRADE, The fact of the general decline and almost com- plete disappearance of the business of shipbuilding anu repairing from New York 4s too well known to need proof, During the last ten years the number of ship carpenters, caulkers, boiler makers, ma- chinists aud other artisans has dwindled away until itisamere nothing, The nuimber of untontsis con- nected with ihese trades ts about as follows :— Unions, Members, Wages. Funds. . 5) $13 00 $2,000 200 21 00 z 350 21 00 = 8,500 a lafge 6,000 16 00 5,180 Shipjoiners, 100 22 50 - Riggers... 2 50 ss Totals ......s008 $7,180 'LONGSHOREMEN, ¥ The "longshoremen have several trade societies, with large memberships, No, 1, of New York, had 1,030 members; No, 2, 2,380, and No. 3, 1,100; while No. 1, of Brooklyn, has 1,100, making a total of 5,530 members, who receive forty cents per hour for day Work and sixty cents for night work, This body is, perhaps, te largest in the city; but its members are not of the most Intelligent class, ahd it will not com, pare with many much smaljer organizations, either In respectability or inflies:26. 4 INTRRNATIONAL UNION OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN. This organizatioh was first instituted at Jersey Chr N. J., Abril 20, 1864, under tha supervision of Willan S. Devian, at that timo & locomotive fire ian, firing on the Jersey Centfal; the first snbordi- nate Untoa was formed shortly after, also at Jersey City; the second at New Haven, Conn., and so on, unui the order numbered twelve subordinate Unions, A convention was then calied at Jersey City on the 25th day of Ocrober, 1566. William 8. Devian, of Jersey City, was elected Grand Master, and Henry Hoppman, of Schenectady, N. Y., Secretary. The constitution dnd by-laws were amended and the association was placed upon anew and more solid basis. In order to Insure the success Of the s¢ ty and to give the Western firemen af opportunity to connect themselves with the association, a spéctal convention Was ordered on the J7th day of Aprti, 1807, at the city of Burfalo, N. “Y.; circulars were issued and sent to firemen on the diiterent railroads throughout the United States inviting fremen to send delegates from each ratiroad and division of the same. Many railroads were represented, twenty- two delegates were initiated and became members of the orde and were furnished with the proper papers to organize subordinate divisions on their respective roads. At a special convention held at Chicago tweuty new Unions were formed, Arrange- ments were then made to establish a monthly journal in the interests of the body, which has since proved very succesful. The union has now over thirty-five branches and numbers about 3,000 members. Wages are fifty dollars a month for fourteen hours work per day. Among their leading members are Henry Har- yey, Thomas Dormady, Peter Van YVorst, Edwin Wemple, James Van Vorat, Jonn Frame, Dock. Pat- terson, Jacob Vrooman, F. Horsman, of Division 83, Scheneciady, N. Y.; Peter Arthur, Wiillam Wicks, in Shaler, Edwin Delevan, John Cau, of Division CAR DRIVERS. ‘The car drivers are a rather namerous boily, and formerly possessed an excellent trade orgaptzatiou, which is now disbanded, They have had sever strikes this year, those of the nd avenue having struck once a it or hours of labor and for an addition of fifty cents a dag vo weir pay. The drivers on the asked WA = ber ad dollars per day—which was immediately The foliowing ate the number of trips made and the pay on the city ratiroad lines:— No. Trips. Pay. Bixth Avenue. 1 $2 2 Eighth avenue. 225 Seventh avenue to Fifty-first street. Third avenue, short trips,. rey ‘nird avenue, Harlem., ‘irat avenne, Belt road. Second avenue, old ums Second avenue, new time table, LABORERS? UNION, ‘There are six laborers’ unions in New York city, numbering altogether about 6,500 members who average $2 75 per day. There is a branch union on Staten Island with 200 members. The New York body have fund of $1,476, They will probably make @ demand for an inctease of wages during the coming season. There is a union in Ogdensburg with 150 mombers, and one in Troy with 200, The following are some molgcellanpons) tradea:— Pb pact fembera. lod carriers. Mille: saceeas ress aces tees SEssss Blue stone cutters, Quarrymen, “ lavble rubbers. Marble polishers. Marble cutiers, Brown sioue cutui Stone rubvers.. THE NEWSDEALERS have an incorporated association numbering about 200 members, with @ capital stock of $20,000 in shares of 1 each, no member being allowed to own more than shares, The association 18 verned by a board Of twelve trustees and has for is object we printing aud publisiung of books, pamphlets, &o., ahd the distribution of papers and other periodicals, JEWELLERS. The number of persons engaged in the city at work connected with the manuiacture of jewelry 1s far Deyohd What moat persons would imagine to be the case. During the past fifteen years the jew- elry trade with its Incidental branches has assumed gigantic proportions, and since 1840 the annual amount of business has exceeded Serenity, mailione, Employment has been given to above 20,000 persons, Including 4,000 jewellers, 2,600 jewelry box mukers, 500 diamond setters, 2,000 polishers and burnishers, 900 siiversimiths and 800 string pearl work makers, besides other classes of workers, from unskilled laborers, = with $5 nod poo to artists with salaries of $i er annum. In this occupation there is onty a limited number of arttsans connected with the trade unions, the total being about 1,000, who recelve op the average $25 per week, * PIANO MANUFACTURE. There are several classes of mechanics engaged in the manufacture of pianos, each of whom have separate trade organizations. ‘The plano case mak- erg have 300 members and receive $20 to $25 per week, Tho finishers number 480, regulators 390 and the piano key makers 500, ‘The litter receive $15 to $20 and have a fund of ro. There are also piano machinists, sawyers and planers, but their number cannot be given, The total number of workmen ib the trade is 2,170, NRW ORGANIZATION, A Plumbers’ Protective and Benevolent Union was organized on the saine date and has received above 700 members, ‘Their wages ave $3 75 to $450 lor ten hours, The German architects, designers, and others of that branch of art have taken steps to form ah or- ganization for the advancement of their profession, The journeymen barbera, who are one of the hardest worked and Worat paid class of workmen in the city, are taking steps to form a mutual protective unton. MISCELLANBOUS TRADES. Unions. dtembers. Pay. Funds, 50 Looking glass framers Picture frame makers, $i8a $22 a Trunk makers. 4a 18 _ Paper hangers. Wa 18 $100 Pencll case makers. isa 21 800 Blank bookbinders, 224 — -- Buokbinders... 24 = - The following is a general summary of the statis- tics of trades unions in the whole country:— NATIONAL UNIONS. No. on Name. Branches. Members, Carpenters and Joiners. 11 6,000 Cigarmake 95 5,000 Bricklayers. 70 15,000 Pypographi ms. 112 6,030 Knights of St. Crispin 141 50,000 Coopers. .... 20 6,000 Plasterers: + 18 2,500 Iron Moulders. 200 17,000 Muchiniets and Blacks: 10,000 Grand Forge of the United State 1,600 Engineers. 4 621 Tailors. 2,000 Locomotive Firemen 3,000 Total.......-+ sees 004 123,765 These figures, though im most cases derived from oficial , are only am approxi mation to the actual numbers, Several trades claim a larger membership than they are here credited with, as, for exampie, the Knighis of St. Crispin, who say that their body includes 200,000 shoemakers, This probably means that that number of shoemakers are in sympathy with the ob,ects of the association; but there is no proof that the unlon is even as large as we have stated tt to be. In New York State, excluding this city, there are about 160 unions aud 80,000 members, ‘The follow- ing are the uulons in the city:— NEW YORK CITY. Name. Unions. Members, Funds. Clothing trade 1 6,979 $5,000 Building trade aL 825 20,000 House furnishing. 20 5,090 Food producers. 9 10,000 Shipping trade 7 74000 Publishing. tray sub 11500 Metal worker 16 2000 Lavoriug.. 8 1,500 Miscellaneous, 6 5,500 Total... 70,000 $50,000 AVOTHER BOSTON DEFAULTER. Twenty Thousand Dollars Involved. (From the Boston Journal, July 22.) tiga painful duty to give publicity to another ease of criminal folly by a young man of bright prospects, led away by dissipation ‘an extravae gance of living Which complicated him so badiy in money inatiers that he chose to attempt to postpone the evil day by forgery. Saturday, the 9th inst., Captain M. E. ge left this eity suddeniy and tn a manner to glye rise to suspicion, For some time past he had been engaged i business at No. 605 Washington street, jast above Boylston Market, where everybody supposed he was doing @ prosperous business, as otiers had done there be- fore him. Friday a sale of his business was made, and before completing it persona)ly, he left Satur- day movning for New York, it became speedily known that he had become so involved pecuniarily that any honest issue out of his troubles was impos. sible, It appears that as far back as two years ago he entered upon a style of living outside of his own family that his busivess would not justily. It was done quietly, and few were aware but thar tg habits were perfectly correct, haying -% jegattful wife and two children living af #76 soath End. The demand for money ever’ what his business gave him tempted be to rorge the name ot lls uncle Upon BECSs, Which he used to obtain mouey on. @ began in a small Way, and took up the holga as they became due, etther by paying thers with money or other notes of a similar kind, al}. of them bearing the forged signature of his DxGle and the forged endorsement of his brother and faiher. In the course of his business he #ofnetimes obtained large bills of ds 9% credit and gave these notes as collateral. Py payig exorbitant rates of interest he wie? 2aed to postpone the evil day, but he became deeper afid deeper involved, until a short time since he was forcéa fo make a clean breast of the whole matter to bis father 2nd intimate friends. Kither,he did not Know or coula Zot tell the extent of his forgeries, Tor. parties were employed to look up the ferged paper, and it was fiopea to. take ib up quietly and save the disgrace and pain with @ publicity to Suen an affair causes beyond the calculation of thosa not intimetely associated with the erriig party. An investigation, however, showed that probably $20,000 would not be a large estimate of the extent of his forgery, and it was found impossiie to meet it, and it was decided to repudiate tt ail When the deciston was Kaown Captain Bigelow left a8 above stated, and has not since been seen in the city, and it is possible that he 48 now out of the country. His other Iavilities ior goods purchased and not paid for will probamy amount to more than $10, ay od irregularity of over $30,000, The matier has been put tn the hands of detectives, Who are in pursuit of him. He was for a long time an officer on General Burriil's Stall, of the First brigade of the militia, and was @ very fine soldier, He is about thirty-iive years of age, fine looking, and was popular with every one who formed his acquaintance. He was frank and generous to @ fault, and undoubtedly took thé first step in his folly from a sheer inability to say “no,” and @ want of moral resolution, So desperate were his circumstances that he persuaded a lady with whom he was acquainted to loan him $1,000, about two weeks slice, Which she raised by mort- gaging all che property she had, His resignation as an oficer on General Burrill’s staff was compelled by the flagrant irreguiarity of his conduct, which hig friends then urged him to abandon. A wide cycie of friends will read this with a regret which oafuot be expressed, and many, no doubt, Wowk as suon learn of lis death as his disgrace. A SAD DROWNING CaSUALTY.—A sad affair hap- pened on the Connecticut river, In Hanover, on the 20th. John W. Huntley bed been out on the river in a small for an bour and a half, in company with Mis Ciara M., daughter of Hon. Asa Fowler, of Concord. Ho Had even explained to her the course to bo pursued if the boat should be capsized. Sud- denly Hahtley’s foot hit the young lady and he slid ito she water, capsizing the boat, Miss Fowler cluag to the boat, and was rescued after being in the water some twe ~* minutes, by @ person on the Ver- aiont side, In spite of the efforts of the young lady to hold him up Huntley went down and was drowned, he having been taken with an epileptic fit, of which be had. had three within a few years previous to fal to the water. The dead b ‘Was recovered in anhour, Huntley ae wimen ber of the Freshman clase of Darwou' was nineteen years of age. TURKEY. Another Eastern Hoax—Roported Murdor of a Prince—The Objects of Some Money Specu- lators—Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling Lost in Two Hours—It Was “Gained,” of Course, by Some- body—Bogus lelegraphs. (From the Levant Heraid (Constantinople), June 29.) On Saturday Galata was mace the victim of a hoax, the excitement occasioned by which has not et subsided, Shortly after the opening of the jourse the Greek paper Neologos published a spe- olal supplement containing what purported to be a telegram from Buchar reporting Uat while the Priuce and Princess w: on the previous evening returning. frou @drive three persons of unknown nationality sprang upon the carciage and fired several shots at their Highbesses, killing the Prince on the spot and wounding the’ Princess in we arm. The news of Sr og spread lunmediately 3 Wi through Galata; consolia ent down with a rut and speculators for the rise were 1n consternation, Reuters ayency haying communicated no conf mation cf the news, we applied at the telegraph oftice, ue Roumantay agency and to the police for in- formation on the subject, but in vain—none of all three knew anything about it, At jengttt Fikri Bey, 18 Governor of Pera, telegraphed to Varna for in- tel gen anda prompt reply tuat the rumor was whoily faise was received. An hour or two later the Neolugos published a second Sorgemant contradict. lug the news, but not efore a loss of sume £50,000 had been occasioned to various speculators. So great, im fact, was the manic that the Khan was closed at moon to prevent further mischief, Police ageuls were set to Work to discover the authors Of tue report, bat up ll yes- terday without any satisfactory result. The office of the tneulpated newspaper was at once closea and Sealed, aud its editors “invited? to atiend for exa- mination before the Minster of Police. Yesterday they issued a circular in Greek and French, giving tn subsiance the following ex- planation of thelr share in the incident “arly in the morning im question a stranger handed to the Ramat attached to the oftice a sealed velegram addressed to the paper, ‘This tie Aamal placed on the editor’s table, and, on the arrival of the latter some time alter, he, seeing tuat the message bore the signature of his Bucharest correspondent and was otherwise apparcutly in order, hastened to print and publish it in an “extra? Wate it Was yet in the compositors’ hands, however, he admits that he carried the news ‘to # friendly broker close by, and that the latter lost no time in speculating for the tail Wisden at once ensued, Later, when the falsity of the despatch was ascertatnod, inquiry of the hamal—who is in cua. tody—elicited the information that the “stranger! who had brought it was not in the uutform of the telegraph messengers, and further scrutiay of the message itself showed that waut should have been the lupressed stamp of tie telegraph odice on the envelope Was merely an old iinpresston cut off ane other envelope and pasted on that which contained the fabricat It is urged, however, that eal news ied to oversight of these de- wage Was printed, and the fullest tw before the me investigation ts inviied. In the interest of the public morality we trust the very striciest inquiry wiil be iustivuted, and that if the guilty parties can be traced, Husni Pacha will Wake such an example a4 Will not soon be forgotten, In the meantime, though the affair is sud juctioe, tt can prejudice no ove if we make one or two obvi ous remarks. Plainly, then, we hasiy puviication of the forgery Was, to say, the least, a grave indls- cretion, The certainty that it would aect the mar- ket should of itvelf have excited suspicion, which a careful examination of the message and (still more) inquiry at the telegraph vifice, Would have at once coniirined. We do not for a moment insinuate that in this case anything worse tha an indiscretion has been committed; but low as is the siatus of a nume- rically large section of the local press, for We honor of tue whole we earnestly hope that the most searching inquiry may result in absolutely acquit- ting the paper concerted of any graver blame, The Neologos has hitherto ranked ‘amon Speciable aud ably couducte journals, aud 18 entltied, the sumption of innocence Uli tie proved. To those, however, who made it the instru- ment of the fraud neither preseat charity nor fuvure mercy should be extended, aud as tie names of more than one gambler who benelited by the lorgery are kuown to the police there should be no real dimeulty in wacing it v0 its source. 1i Uils be done public opiuion will approve the very severest punishment that can be aillicted on ali Whu have been in any way guutily Goucerned. the most y local Gr re, tO every pr reverse has been What the Turkish Pross Tales About, By the ocean mall with the above we have the following reports of the Turkish press on general subjects under date of June 20;— An witramontane journal, the Sedai Hakikat (the voice of truth), published in the Turkish language, but in the Armenian churaciers, published a violent polemic agatust tue Turkisn pa) vi ‘ki (pro- gress), Which it accuses of interiering with the rell- gious questions of Catholics from whiei it ought to abstai, it says, considering that it 1s a Mussulinan organ. ‘The Wtramontane priut takes advantage of tue opportunity to rectify some siatements of the ferakki, aud matniatns that the antt provokeu the disorderly scenes which occu Armeno-Catholic church of Psamatia, where five or Six Hassounists, with the force ‘of faith (sic) repulsed the aitack of 160 Of thelr adversaries, The Teravké replies that 10 had never meddled with religious questions, eid had conflued iiself simply to defend’ the interesis of a lace number of tts fellow eitiz ties of Ue uliramontanes, de now of a liassounist rel part to its followers such a p haiural power as the Sedai wo' peuple believe.” ‘A Bosnia paper, the Gulehen-Seral, contatns a re- markable article, in which it inquires why tie popu- lation does not make as much progress as ts di able, notwithstanding its intelligence and Ube eiforis Uuncéasingly devoted to that end by the government. Itisof opinion that the cause is chiefly owing to ons that exist among diferent orders and ideas, and deplores them greatly Gulehen ®lds that the OUlV hope of Luproventont ts to be found ia the diffusion of Knowledge auung ail of society, aud quotes a suying of the . who said the believer ought not to neglect es against the im- ring “that it did ion Wiel gould Lin gious and super A Wisk lO MaKe nd Lnstruction cepi tiem from What- ever quarter they may © NCLgON 1S Lat Mussuimans ought to accept the science and imstruc- lion of Kurope im order Ww dake the same progress as Huropeans, An ariicle of a similar kine appears tn the Bassivet, which is of opinion that the amount anauaily ex- pended on public instruction is very insuliicient, “Purkey,” it says, “Will its 40,000,000 (sic) of in- habitants has not as yet a universiy worthy of the name, While asmall ‘State like Greece, formerly a province of the empire, possesses one, aud in her pride at such a possession, fancies itself capable of uumexing Turkey. Certainly Greece has not tae proportions necessary to digest so much, Sut the jact that ® handful of —peopis, ~ who yesterday were Otioman subuecis,’afier ha @ecied one of our proy.bees dito ah Indepae* Siate, pow presume io put theme! “ wciy With TS, docs not speas me and tis, no doubt, Cause, ans to believe that we are, ag & nan, ly tucapable, Some people even bY. that we arg about to fall inio the same 15 4e83 condition as’ the aborigines of Amaia, after that couatry was peopled by the Western nations, Such an optuion, however, can- not be seriously entertaiued; for, besides the fact that we belong to the same Caucasian race as the Europeans, our civilization, such as it is, bears no resembiance to that of the wborigines of America. 1t 1s owing to our own negligence that Murope some- times maniiesis absurd prejudices against us to the reat injary of our political and fnaticial interests. We not only negiec and indeed never think of, establishing commercial relations with Europe, but we even leave exclusively to foreigners the care of establishing among us mercantile houses, ana of obtaining from our country protiis of which we arg regardless, Our merchanis and mi fagturers Will not abandon the rouune to whaci enéy Haye been accustomed and decline to Toura new procsses. Our Woalwy countrymen, in- stead of sézding their children to Europe to train them in commétce, desire above 21! things to put them into a governmeut omce, and obtain tann for them In that way. These are some of the Mumerous causes that arrest our progress.’ These views, advocated with Independence, are a notable index of the progress which has of late years peen maue in Turkey, and are, theref worthy of con- gratulation. ‘The tirst step in progress is 10 feel the Wwaut of 1t; the rest wili come of itself, in course of tune, by the perseveviug evorts made by all. The Hadika publishes an interesting article about e Zingacis, Who are treated as parnalis. Although Mussulmans, they are looked upon as pagaus, as belug the descendants of ‘Tehin, and cf Kian, contemporaries of Abraham, Who Were cursed by God, aud Whose women wore no vetis. remarks that these are unjust and absurd that the Zingaris are descended froin a named Thoinguian, who originally cau on ich in our favor, » from China, and that as rezands the fact that their women do not Wear veils, the Same usage exists among all noiad tribes—the Kurds, the Lurcomans, the Yuruks, the Arabs ard the greater portion of the Antulian ‘peas Santry, though that does not prevent them from being copsidered good Mussulmans, ne Hudiva further serves with reason that the Zingaris are far irom being the victis of systematic oppression, and that the contempt, of which they are sometimes the ob- Jects, 15 caused only by their extreme ignorance, Which prevents them from making any eifort to tm: prove their condition, In a lengthy article tho Djerider-Askerie severely blames the luxury of the inhabitants of Consianti- nople, who furnish no contingent to the army, leay- ing the military service to be entirely recruited by the rural population. It alludes, in reference to this subject, to the example afforded by a herole Mussul- man woman named Omunt-ibrahim, who, in an early age of Islamism, when the town of Bassorah was threatened by the enemy, oifered her only son, to whom even princes wished to give their daughters in marriage, for the defence of the country. The Takvint-Vakat publishes the programme of the course of Ottoman jurisprudence which will shortiy be inaugurated under the direction of his Highness Mustapha Fazil Pasha, President of the High Court of Justice, The subjects embraced in this course will be as follows:—"The Ottoman civil code (the parts which are or which will be pub- lished); the rural code; the penal code; the commer. Stal aud maritime codes and the code of commercial procedure; the jations upon the organization of civil tribunals oP aaininceanive cout and the laws and regulations which determine the compe. tency of those tribunals and counciis. At the end of ‘the course, which will last a year, students will ‘pass an examination and be clasifled in three divisions—the first, goneletng those who have a perfect knowledge of these ditfer- ent studies and of Turkish lterature, Will receive tha highest diploma; re Coombe nog on fair knowledge of them, WI ranted i second ceiree; while thé third class OPS ae diploma, but may continue thet studies for a second year in order to obtain ono. ‘The Cretan paper announces that the fricates Fes Bart and Isinail have arrived at the island with 2, purses 1b silver, mtended for the payment of arrears to the land and sea f and to defray expenses anancans upon the construction of the arsenal ab ud, The Touna reports that a brigand named Mehmed vor Kutchogiou, had falien into the clutches of cer- tain lohabitants of the district of Silistria, who had constituted themselves {nto a sort of vigtlance com- mittee and been killed by them, He was one of tne band of the well kuown bandit, Yaghmour Ogtou, re- cently captured by the imperial troops, Siuce the establishinent of the system of Tarkiah Vilacts, the chief town of each vilaét has a print or lithographic press, & MewWspaper and an ofttel almanac with various statistical and general infor. mation, The official almanac of the vilaet of Castar mount for the year 1257 (1870) has just been py lished, it is édvefully lithographed, and gives the yeur’s calendar, the dates of galicnt histortoal @vents, the nauies of the Ottoman Sultans, the mem of the Divan and the leading functionaries of | the diferent vilasts, Aiterward come the sta tstics of the vilact, from whieh we summarize a few details. In the vilaét of Casiamouni there are, it appears, 10 savings banks, with Aepcatie to the amount of 363,915p.; several telegraph sta tions, divided into five classes and open 185 people; 8 primary schools (ruchdte mel with 32 pupils; 2 baines, the celebrated Heracles coal mine Which gives 2,500,000 quintais of coal yearly to the imperial arsenal, atid tie copper mine at Kurd, which was rst worked by the goveruiment, inal been farmed out for some years and yields annui 80,000 okes of copper; 4 sult mines, 7 mine! springs, 57 towns of varions sizes, Which conta 878 mosques, 15 other churches and monasteries, @ public libraries, 1,855 Mussuiman and 16 Christian Schools, 104 khags or hosteirtes, U4 baths, 1,104 shops; total revenue of the vergll’ tax, 16,997,045p.; multary exemption, 176,516p.; geheral an 3,828,000p. ‘The population consists of 355,626 alua- is 833 Armenians. 3, Ssulmans, 6,203 Gre THE CONFEDERATES IN PHILADELPHIA. Grand Reception of the Fifth Maryland Regt. ment—The Blue and Gray Intermingling— + Pho Confederate Regiment Parading Uyger the Union Flag. ‘rom the Philadelphia Telegraph, July 22.) ‘ity, from an eariy hour tus wotag, waa alive With men, women aid children, ail anxious to cateh a sight of the famous Filth Mary laud regiment, Although the early hour of five o'clock Was named for the arrival of the “men from the Souti,’? yet in the neighborhood of the Baltimore was crowded with spectators, Unlike their predecessors from New York, the Maryland men ar- rived at the depot at the time named. They were met at the depot by Adjutant Barnes, of the Second regiment; Adjutant Ward, of the Elghih regunent; Clement 'K. See, Aide-de-Camp, aud a commictee of citizens, After the introduction had been gone through with, Which occupied but a few minutes, the visitors slung knapsacks and took up the line of mareh for the Continental. The route was up Broad lo Oris ce to Highth, hence to Wainui, thence to 1 thence to the hotel, stacking thelr arms tn Herkness’ ar. The house of the Philadeiptia Hose Company on Eighth street, beiuw Fitawater, Was profusely decorated with bunting, and from Ue old “General Lee” cannou, stationed on Sweeney's lot, a salute was fired as the regiment marched by. EAKFAST. ed the necessary alutios at seven o'¢ nbers of the Fifth, headed by Major Genera! Robert Patterson, Colones Robert Ss. Gray, Adjutant Barnes and Captai Bee, proceeded tothe main dining room, on Sausom street, Ti apartment had been appropriately decorated for the occasion, and along the south site of te room & table raised above the others extended is entwe Jeng. At the centre sat Major General Robert Par- tersun, and on eicher side were arranged the officers of the guests and those Who had formed the escort from Whe depot, Among those preseal Were Udlonel James RK. Herbert, Licurenant Colonel J. 5. Jencins and Major i. D. Loney, of the Fifth Marylanl; Quio- y, Adjutant Harhes dud Captain See. guests aving seated Lhoimscives, General Pate yn belkall O: the comed the visiiors In a few we Mm Which Were hanvisomely received. ‘Phe matujual meal Was then proceeded with and fuished, At gut o'clock Colonel tierbert 1esponted to the wel- ome speech of Genera: Patterson, during wale he said Unat the citizens of Maryland would forever ne- member the voluntary act upon the parC ol the mill tury of Philadelphia of reviewing and escordug thelr representatives lirough the City of Brotherly Lave while on thelr Way to the seasiie. Le then ssaed an order that (he ment form tn the rear of the Continental at quarter to nie o'clock, afier whict the room Was deserted by the visitors. While this Was going om our OWn solllery Weve notidie, ‘Twelfth street, which had beea nanied Jo: tne place of formation, Was Wie central poiut, from eight o'clock crowds began pourtug thei Mmyany to arrive on the grouud was Com ourth regiment, Captain Ryan, — Next folk 1 Company A, Ce , of the Ninth regi: ent; and next ‘th Kegiment Nation Guards, Major Gorgas, Lieultenaut Colonel Nei 1 confined (o We house from an attack of suustroke, in vck, @il being in readiness, Clement R. ui See, A. D. communicaie | the fact to Colonel ters beri, who at once set hls command in motion, and soon ariived on the ground, The appearance of the Fifth was the vecasion for an outburst of applause from the spectators, which was long continued and | deserved, The men of the Fidh presented a splendid appearance, having been completely ro- freshed by bath and breakfast, and having disposed of their hnapsacks, in their tdy suits of gray they, as they marched by’ with the precision of veteraps, forr tie Lea ideal of soldiers, Atl being in readi- hess the command was given aud the column moved on. THE REVIEW. Tn front of the La Pierre House a sta erected upon which we found Ma M, Prevost and the following on Lieutenant Colonel H. P. Murhead, Inspector Gen eral; Major J. N. Dickson, Assistant Adjutant Gen- eral; Lieutenant Colonel J. E. Mears, purgenn Ma. jor Samuel Bell, Paymaster; Major’ R. Banton, Quartermaster; Major J, Tobias, Aige-a6-cam, There were also present Generals Banks<u and Hole man. At this point the crowd was.dense, and asthe via- itors marched past, moViig Uke <0 many automa. tons, they were vociferotsiy applauded: the men shouted, thg indies waved their handkerc gua the urexing yelled, When about half of the 7 had Paseed the naan a temporary halt'2y ordered, and nannor th which the “nen in gray’? came to r arms? Tatner astonished some of those on a The word of “march? being again 2 more moved forward, tas, plete route:—Out Arch Broad, to Walnut, to Eighteenth, to Chestaut, to Fourth, to Market, to West Jersey ferry. On passing the oifice of the Mayor the ling was AGAIN REVIEWED re by his Honor, who stood on the steps in front of th oilica, Asx each company passed officers and met Saluted him with the exception of Captain ig captain of the Guards, and Captain Thomas Fafr, We can account for Ue latter two through ignorance, bus the action o: Captain Ryan was rather strange, Thag 80 well drijled and so competent an officer knew bet» ter no one will doubt, and for this reason his action was taken by many as the smallest piece of malignity iniaginaple. 034 On passing the Hall of Independence the roll was beaten by the drum corps of the Filth, and on pas ing the Mayor the salute was given in true Southerg, style. The peopie of onr city and the Fifth have altke Just cause for pride, The reception was one of the grandest that has taken place here for years, Macit had been said about the “rebel gray’ by parties who had no desire to see the New York Seventh eclipsed; but, past feelings being buried, the citizens and 1 soldiers of the City of Brotherly Love determined carry out the phrase to its full mean F, t ing being the e ‘the stre ong Which the parad jased wo eat wh tors, while overhead tte Stars Stripes Were evervwhere to be geen, The plaudtt of the crowds aid the wuigstrained, enthusiast $2 all spoke in terms stronger than Words for the reek ings of Philatelphians, and showed to the men from M land that they were doubly welcome, The Fifth ts composed of as fine a body of met (276 in number) as ever visited this or any other city, and in comparison with the Seventh New York cast them completely in the background. Their marching was that of veterans, aud them conduct that of gentlemen. AT CAPE At On thetr arrival at Cape Pitch tents and ys of camp life, thee rations being furnished from the Stockion House, On the 26th a grand ball will be given at Uie Stoektoa House, under the auspices of a joint comuuittee of gentiemen from this city aud Baltanore. eady & large number of the beauties of Baltimore are on the island, and a large remforcement is expecte! by¥ ‘Tuesday; consequently we would warn ail suscepti- ble Philadelphians to be on thelr guard, aud not bo taken prisoners by the many fair oues who witl attend the bail THE FIRE IN GLOUCESTER, CANATA. (From the Ottawa Times, Jul, BThe fire in Gloucester sitll rages violence, and has now assume ly portions. It has reached as far as (1 and in one place has crossed it, A oor farmers: ‘@ been burned out! en Billings pridge and the quarries. Mr. R. Skead's fing perty was in great danger yesterday, aud Mr, acd, and Mr. Drummond, who hobls $4,000 insurances upon it, were out with a coup. of hand fite engines, ready to play upon the roofs of any ot the buddings: which might take fire. Unfortunately, Water ts ver. scarce, Messrs. Bradley and M. Stevensous’ premi- ses, together with the houses tn the quarry villaze, are in very considerable danger. e wink wos blowing hard from the south all yesterday after ythe regiment will 7 93.) 1 1003 Pro= ontreal road, number o| noon, seer the ‘sparks for a long distance. All the people of the neighborhood are dt work tearing down fences, .&c,, and doing’ wi ft Names. the ress of the the wale Of their standing c1 Must urise in cousequouce, t they can to arrest farmers have loac and much distresd o