The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, August 10, 1861, Image 1

THE PRESS,
PUBLISHED DAILY, (SUNDAYS HXOSPTBD
BY JOHN W. POBHBY,
OniOl Ho. 417 CHESTNUT BTHRIET.
DA 111 PKKSS.
■wblvz Onm Pbr Wxxx, parable te the Oarrlsi.
■ailed to Subscribers out of the City at Six DoLlxxa
XX Anitn, Fovx jUoLLxxa pox Sisht Mouths,
XXXZ Dollxxx pox Six Mos*hs—invariably la Ml
as** for tha time ordered.
TRIWEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to Sabaoriben oat of the Oitr at Yxxxx Doi
ts*. Fax luma, in advance.
EXCURSIONS.
*J\) NIAGARA FALLS AND BACK
FOR $l9.
mainn
EXCURSION TICKETS
WILL BX BOLD
DAILY THROUGHOUT THE SEASON,
VXOlf
PHILADELPHIA TO THKFaLLS OF NIAGARA,
AND RETURN.
FOR TWELVE DOLLARS.
Via Philadelphia and Readme, and Catarriaaa, Elmira,
and Bufialo Kailroada, affordim the opportunity to
VISIT AND VIEW THE
FALIaS OF NIAGARA,
AT THE MOST TRIFLES GOST.
TICKETS food for sbvsn cats pkom bats* As
oommod&tiont throughout are first class, and the
Sooner j along the route is unequalled.
For information as to hours of starting, fto. ( &pplj ft
Fo ft E.« Throneh-Tioket Office.
If. W. Corner SIXTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS
H. D. M£ASfi, 6«noral Afeat
G. T. LEONARD* Tioket Agent. jylfln
SEA BATHING.
SSXBHiBH
IKBaS9CSBISSC9B
gEA BATHING.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.
TWO AND THREE-QUARTER HOURS
FROH PHILADELPHIA.
ATLANTIC CITY is now oonoeded to be oso of tho
moot delightful sea-side reaorta in tho world, it, bath
inf la nnnrpaaaod ; it, beautiful unbroken beaeh
(nine mile, in length) ia unequalled by any on the con
tinent, aave that of Gaiveaton; ita air is remarkable
foritiarynau; ita latling and fiahinn faoilitiei areper
f*ot; ita hotels are well furnished, and as well kept ee
thoee of Nearport or Saratoga, while ita avenue, and
walka era eleaner and broader than those of any other
sea-bathing place in the country.
Train, of the CAMDEN AND ATLANTIC RAIL
ROAD leave VINE-STREET WHARF Philadelphia,
dally, at IX A. M„ and 4P. M. Returning, reach Phi
ladelphia at 9 A. M., and 7:M P. M. Fare. Rl.BO
Round-trip tiokete, good for throe days, 32(0 Dis
anoe. (0 miles. A telegraph extends the whole lenith
of the road. jyl# tf
FOR OAPJB MAY AN 0 NEW
« YORK. TUESDAYS, THURSDAY*,
sad SATURDAY*, a'.9>s o’ciook A. M.
New York and Philadelphia Bteam Nevic&tion Com
pany. Steamers DELAWARE, Captain Johaaton, aad
BOSTON, Captain Crooker, will leave for CAFE MAY
aad NEW YORK, from first wharf hoiow Spruce street,
«v«rr TUESDAY, THURSDAYS wd SATURDAY,
at9X A. M.
Returning, leave *»'ew York same days at f r. M.
Returning, leave Cape May SUNDAYS. WEDNES
DAYS, and FRIDAY*, at 8 A. M.
Fare to Cape May, Carnage Hire iaoluded #1 BO
Fare to Cape May, Season Tickets. Carnace
Hire extra- 8 00
Fare to New York, Cabin-.-.—.-... -. 800
Do. Do. Deck—— 1 60
touch at New Castle going and retarning.
Freights for New York taken at low rates,
JAMES ALLDERDICE, Agent,
JyO-tm 814 and 316 Ponth DF.LAW*RK Avenue.
JR— n. FOE GAPE MAY.—The
and oorafo*’table Bay steamer
“GfcOßGts WASHINGTON,” Captain W.WhiUdtn,
gives Arch-street wharf, for Cape May, every Moa
jr. Wednesd&T. and Pndtr moralnt at IE o’olook,
irnraing, leaves the lsndin; everyTuesdar, Thurt
dar.and Satnrdw :nornmr at 8 o’clock.
Faro, carriage hire included.—, RI.SC.
“ servant’s, carriage hire included. —, LSI.
Freight taken at the tunal low rate,.
Stopping at New Caatle going and returning.
jyg-teel*
FOR THE SEA-SHORE
fIKJRiSESB-CAMDKN AND ATLANTIC
RAILROAD.—On and after MONO AY. June 171 h, train*
will leave VINE-STREET FERHY daily, (Sundays
ezeep ed); ..
Mail train—.-. -—.— 730A.M.
Express train— . 4.00 P. M.
Accommodation—— ~ -- ... .. *OO P. M.
RETURNING, LEAVES ATLANTIC!
Mail 4WP.M.
_Aooommodation_l — -3.1 S A. H*.
Fare to Atlantio. 81.80 ; Bound Trip ticket*, good for
three days, 83 00.
mnst be delivered at COOPER’S POINT by
OP. Ml The Company will not be responsible ior any
good* until received and reseated for^^e^Agent,
f.ig-tr ‘ ' AcVnt.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
gUTPLEY, HAZARD, A HUTOBINSOH,
NO. 118 CHESTNV* SV„
OOKMIBSION KESOHAHTS,
FOX TSE SALE OF
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
nUUa
BANKING.
BELMONT 4 00.,
BANKERS.
50 WALL STREET NEW YORK,
luu Latton ot aredit to travdlti*. arailable in all
parti of Europe, through the Henri. Rothsohild of Pi
rn, London, Frankfort, Naples, Vienna, and their cor
respondents. faK-dm*
LOOKING GLASSES.
|MMENBE REDUCTION IN
LOOKING GLASSES,
OIL PAINTINGS,
ENGRAVINGS.
TICTSRE AND photograph frames.
JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
816 CHESTNUT Street,
Announce the reduction of SB per cent, in tho pncoe in
all the manufactured stock of Lookin, Glanei; also,
n Encravings, Picture and Photograph Framea, Oil
Paintings. The largest and moat elegant assortment in
the country. A rare opportunity now offered to mate
purchase! in this line for oash, at remarkably low prioea,
EARLE’S GALLERIES,
JyP-tf 816 CHKBTNUT STREET.
CABINET FURNITURE.
FURNITURE AND BlL
warp tables.
MOOSE £3 CAMPION
Re. 361 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
In wnnectlon with their extenalve Cabinet BnaiMaa
an now rnanufacturing a anwrior artiele of
Wfeiofa are pronocDoed, br all wbo h»T* vsed them, te
Mnpericr to all other*, . _ ~
For toe quality and finish of these Tables the nann
tiertror* refer to their muaorou patio&s torouhe**
toe Vniosu who a?* familiar vith the sharia ter of then
wtk.
PERSONAL.
WM. S. HKLVERSON, UNDER
TAKER, has withdrawn from the old firm,
and is now at the northeast oorner of ST. JOHN and
COA i aB Streets. jpM-lm*
COPARTNERSHIP NOTICES.
TVISSOIiUTIOK O* PARTNERSHIP
-S-' The partnership heretofore erieUiifbftween
fIAMUEL 8. THOMPBON and BAMUBL fl. JENKINB,
under the firm of THOMPSON A. JENKINS* ie thiq
day dissolved by mutual consent* The business of toe
late firm will be settled and wound up by flamuel 8.
Thompson, at the store. No. 604 MAitKE'f Street.
s. Thompson,
LEGAL.
fpSATFORD ys, THaTFOBD—O. C. P.
* Dr., asm. No. 3!—DIVORCE—Tho reaaondent
will pleiae notice rale to show cause why divorce, a
«t»cu/o mat'imonii, ahnu d not bn decreed. Return
able on eeptember .0.1831, at 10 •. M.
To HAHRIET L. THaIFORD.
aul-w’lt
IN THE ORPHANS’ COURT FOR THE
OJTYAND JjqUttTY JOF r PHI LA OELPHIA.
KBtate Of B‘ MJAlfilN MIL H *B. dtOMSetL
NOTICt IS H WBEoY tfIVKN the widow vfsaid
decedent has filed in the Orphans* Court her petition
and appraisement of the pertonal estate. elected to be
retained Hy her under the act of *prii 14 1851. and
April 8. 1859* and that the same will be approved by the
laid Court on BM*A’KMB£.R 21* 1861, unless exceptions
are filed thereto. h24~wb 4t*
IN THE ORPHANS’ COURT FOR THE
CITY AND COUNTY OPPHILADEDPHIA.
____ „ Estate ofJO4N KIDD* deceased-
NOTICE is given- tbat the widow of the said
deoedeafc ho« Q»d in the Orphans’Coa t her pet ti a
and ippraiument of the pars sal estate elected to be
retained by tier under the act of 14. h 1861*
and April 8 1869 a ; d that the aame will he approved by
the Court on FRII>/.y, AUGUtT 16.1861. unless ex
ceptions are filed thereto. M. ft. TuaYcJl«
Jrdi-wJcstt For i-etmoner.
rtfUTlGE.—The subscribers having com
i * plied with the requirement! of an set of the Legie*
latere of Pennsylvania relative to vendors ol Mineral
Waters and other bereraaes. iierebr caution all per
sons against buying or selling- £rafljp*ing. or «=nr
anj Bottles maiknl “ DOODi *- tU.i” under tnß
penalties preßoriDßd in the atbieaaid act and the auppie
mant thereto. DOOUY i 00..
533 Sooth WATER Street.
lea «Bt*
JVNI 19. 18*1.
CO Ale.
GEKAT KKJLMjOiION. LEHIutH
< Hazleton) COAL, of a »unenor duality.
B*< and Stovu uses at $4OO ser ton.
Nut size •• -9A * “ .
Wia be sold at the e mtes until the let of Ootoben if
dehve ed ant oi enrb and nor huf >roh atree e
To have advantage of this *reat reduction in pnot»
each order uuist be acoompanie t with the Cash.
A F. <iU.L AGHaM,
N. £ FRON r atd POPLAR Streets.
außllt*
MißuHal’S SALK.— By virtue of a
writ of sale b; the Hon. John Codwalader. Judes
oi th* Distriot < ourt or the L'mted out tea in •no for
the eastern bist-iot of Pennsrlvaula. luadmirait), to
me direoted wn bo sold at publio sale, to the highest
and best bidder, it oash. at ,■* ead-ailey nhari. on
'iffUASDar. Aasußl 16. IMU at 12o'clock M,
« UE HHtH BE»tR*L rutHlLi..
Her taokle, asp.rel. am furniture, as she now lies at
■aiu wharii the stud sins Orion about MO tom bunion.
WiLLlntn MliiLivt a«D.
JUT-sw-tt D. M. marshal js.D.of * enna.
PROPOSALS FOR ARMY BAGGAGE
•* WAGONS.
UwAmTERMASTE* Grnbral’k Office,!
Washington, June Jl, 1861. \
BTonosala are mnted for the furnishing of Arm 7 Bag
gage WaKor.a
Proposals should state the prioes at whioh they can be
fnrainned at the places of maqnfaotore. or at New York.
Philadelphia. Baltimore, Washington* or Cincinnati,
as preferred hy the bidders.
The number which can be made by any bidder within
one month after receipt of the order, also the number
whioh he can deliver within one week.
The Wagons must exactly conform to the following
speoifioatioGs, and to the established patterns.
Six-mult (covered; wagons, of the eiie and descrip
tion as follows, to wit:
The front wheels to be three feet ten inches high,
hubs ten inohes in diameter, and fourteen and a quar
ter inches long i hmd wheels four feet ten inches huh.
hubs ten ana a, Quarter inohes in diameter, and fourteen
and a quarter inohes lonr ; fellies two and a half inohes
wide and two and three-quarter inohes deep:
oast iron pipe boxes twetve inohes long, two and a bait
inches at the large end and one and seven-eighths inch
at small end; tire two and a half inohes wide b* five
eighth* of an mch?h'ok- fastened with one sorew bolt
and nut in each fellie: hubs made of gum. the spokes
and fellie of the best white oak,fret) from defects: each
wheel to have a sand band and lraohpi* band two and
three-quarter inohes wide, of No. 8 band iron, and two
driving bands—outside band one and a quarter inch
br one-quarter inch thick, inside band one moh bv
three-sixteenths inch thiok; the hind wheels to be
made and boxed so that they will measure from the in
side of the tire to the large end of the box six and a half
lnonesi and front wheels six and one-eighth inohes in a
parallel, line, and eaeh axle to be three feet eleven and
three-eighth inohes from the outside of one shoulder
washer to the outside of the other, so as to have the
wagons all to track five feet from centre to oentre of
the wheels. Axletrees to be made of the best quality
refined Amerioan iron, two and a half inohes square
at the shoulder, taperng down to one and & half inch in
the middle, with a seven-eighths inoh king-bolt hole in
eaoh axletree; washers and Linchpins for each axletree;
aixe of linchpins one inch wide, throe-eighths of an inoh
thiok, with a hole in eaoh end; a wooden a»ook four and
three-quarter mohes wide and four inohes deep? fas
tened substantially to the axletree with oiips on the ends
and with two bolts, six inohes from the middle, and
fastened to the hounds and bolster, (the bolster to be
four feet five inohes lone, five inches wide, and
three and a half inches deep,) with four half-inch
bolts.
The tongue to be ten feet eight inohes long, fonr
inohes wide, and three inches thiok at front en<f of the
hounds, and two and a quarter inohes wide by two and
three-quarter inches deep at the front end, and so ar
ranged as to lift up, the front end of it to hang within
two feet of the ground when the wagon is standing at
-TW be six feet two inches long,
three inohes thiok. and four inohes wide over axletree,
and to retain that width to the baok end of the tongue;
laws of the hounds one fojt eight inohes long and three
mohesequare at the front end, with a plate of iron two
and a half inohes wide by three eighths of an inoh
thick, fastened on top of the hounds over the book end
of the tongue with one naif-inch sorew bolt in eaoh
end, and a plate of iron of the same size turned up at
eaeh end one and a half inohes to eiarap the front
hounds together, and fastened on the under side, and at
front end of hounds, with half inoh sorew bolt through
eaoh hound, a seven-eighth inoh bolt through tongue
and hounds in the oentre of jaws, to secure the tongue
in the hounds; a plate of iron three inohes wide, one
quarter inoh thiok and one foot eight inohes long,
scoured on the inside of jaws of hounds with two rives,
and a plate of same dimensions on each side of the
tongue, where the tongue and bounds ran together,
scoured in like manner ; a brace of seven-eighth* Of an
inch round iron to extend from under the front ajtfe
tree, and take two bolts in front part of the hounds,
same braoe of on inoh round to continue
to the baok part of the hounds, and to be fastened with
two bolts, one near the baok end of the hounds, and
one through the slider and hounds; a braoe over front
bolster one and a h&li inoh wide, one-quarter of an ineh
thiok. with a bolt in eaoh end to fasten it to the hounds:
the opening between the jaws of the hounds, to reoeive
the tongue, four and three-quarter in? has in front, and
four anda half inches at rhe baok part of the jaws.
The htnd hounds four feet two inohes long, two and
three-quarter inohes th’ok, and three inohes wide; jaws
one foot long where the* olasp the ooupling pole: the
Mister four feet five inohes long and five inohes wide
by three inches deep, with steady iron two and a half
mones wide by ose-haif inoh thick turned up two and
a half mohes and fastened on each end with three
rivets; the bolster stocks and hounds to be seoured with
four half-inoh sorew bolts, and one half-inoh sorew bolt
through the ooupling pole.
, The ooupling pole nine feet eight inches long, three
inches deep, and tour and a half inohes wide at front
end, and two and three-quarter inohes wide at back
end: distanoe from the oentre of king bolt hole to the
oentre oi the baok axletree six fqet one inoh. and from
he oentre of kins bolt hole to the centi e of the mortioe
n the hind end of the pole eight teat nine inohes: king
bolt one and a quarter inches diameter, of best refined
iron, drawn down to seven-eighths of an inoh where it
>asses through the iron axletree; iron plate sue inohes
tag, three mohes wide, ana one-eighth of an inch thiok
on the doubletree and tongue where they rub together,
iron plate one and a half by one-quarter of an inoh on
the sliding bar* fastened at eaoh end by a sorew bolt
through the hounds; front bolster to have plates above
and below eleven mohes long, three and a half inohes
wide, and three-eighths of an moh thiok. oorners
drawn out and turned down on the sides of the
bolster* with a nail ra eaoh oorner, and fonr coun
tersunk nails on top: two bands on the hind honnds,
wo and two and a half inches wide, of No. in band
iron $ the mb plate on the coupling pole to be eight
mohes long’ one and three-quarters inohes wide, and
one-quarter of an moh thick. Doubletree three feet
oet ten inches long* singletree two feet eish: inohes
long, all well made ot hiokory.with an ironnng and
oiip at eaoh end, the oentre dip to be well seoured; lead
bar and stro toper .to be three ieet two inohes tong, two
and a quarter inohes wide, and one and a quarter inoh
thiok. Lead bars, stretchers, and singletrees for six
mule team i the two singletrees for the lead mules to
have hooks in the middle to hook to the end of the fifth
ohain,' the wheel and middle pairs with open rings to
attach them to the doubletree and lead bar.
The fifth ohain to be ten feet long to the fork; the
fork one foot ten inches long, with the atretoher at
tached to spread the forks apart; the links of the dou
bletree, stay and tongue ohains, three-eighths of an
inch in diameter; the forked ohain seven-sixteenth
moh in diameter; the fifth chain to be seven-sixteenth
inch diameter to toe fork; the fork to be five-sixteenth
inch diameter; the links of these and of the look ohains
to be oot- more than two and a quarter iuches long
The body to be straight* three feet six inohes wide,
two feet deep, ten feet l-ng at the bottom, and ton feet
six inches at th* top* sloping equally at each end all in
the clear or inside; the bed pieces to be two and a half
inohes wide and three inohes deep; front pieces two
inohes deep by two and .a half mohes wide; tail piece
Sro and a naif mohes wide and three mohes deep; and
or inohos deep in the middl* to rest on ’he ooupling
pole; top rail one and a half inch thick by one and
•even-eighth moh wide ; lower rails one inoh thick by
one and seven eighth inoh wide; three studs and one
rail in front* with a seat on strap hinges to elose it up
u high as the sides; a box three feet four inohes long.
She-bottom frw-mob—■-wide froes sulo. urns arntw. TntTf~
inohes deep, and eight and a half inohes at the top m
parallel line to the botfy all in the clear, to be sub
stantially fastened to the front end of the - body,
to have iron «trap passing round eoob CDdi 10-
oured to the head pieoo and front rail by a nvet in
eaoh end of it passing through them, the lid to be
fastened to the front rail wirh tvo rood strop hinges, a
strap of five-eighth iron around the box a half nch from
the op edge, and two straps e&me size on the lid near
the front edge* to provent the mules from eating the
boxes; to have a joint hasp fastened to the middle of
the lid* with a good wooden oleat on the inside a strap
of iron on the oentre of the box with & staple pissing
through it* to fasten the lid to: eight stuis and two
rails on eaoh side ; one bolster fastened to the body,
lix inches deep and fonr inohes wide at king bolt bole.
iron rod in front and oentre, of eleven sixteenths of an
inch round iron* with a head on the top of rail and nut
on lower end; iron rod and braoe behind, with shoulders
on top of tail pieoe, and nuts on the under side, and a
nut on top of rail; a piate two and a half inches wide*
of No, 10 band iron on tail pieoe, across the body ; two
mortices in tail pieoe and hind bar two and a qnarter
inches wide and one inch thick, to reoeive pieoes three
feet four inohes long* to be used as harness bearers;
four rivets through eaoh side stud, aud two iivets
through eaoh front stud* to eeoure the lining boards, to
be of the best quality iron, and riveted on a good onr:
one nvet through eaoh end ot the rails; floor
fire-eighths of an moh oak boards; aides five
eighths of an moh white pine, tail board three-quar
ters of an inch truck, of white pine* to be well oleated
with five oak oleats riveted at eaoh end through the
tail-board; an iron plate three feet eight inohes long,
two and a qnarter inohes wide, and three-eightns of an
inch thick on the uwder side of the bed piece, to extend
from the hind end of the body to eight mohes in front
of the bind bolsters. to be fastened by the rod at the
end of the body, by the lateral rod and two three
eighths of an moh screw bolts, one at the forward end
or the plate, and the other about earn-distant between
it and the lateral rod. A half* inch round iron rod or
bolt to pass diagonally through the rails, between the
two hind studs to and through the bed pieoe and plate
under it, with a good head on the ton ana not and sorew
at the bottom* to be at the top one foot six mohes from
inside of tail board, and on the bottom ten inohes from
toe hind rod. An iron clamp two inohes wide, one
quarter of an inoh thick around the bed pieo*. the cen
tre bolt to whien the look .ohain is attached passing
through it, to extend seven inohes on toe inside of the
body, the ends, top, and bottom to be seoured by two
three-eighths moh sorew bolts, the middle bar at the
ends to oe flush with the bed piece ou the lower side*
Two look chains secured to the oentre bolt of the body,
one end eleven inohes. the other two feet six inohes long*
to be of three-eighths of an moh round iron; feed
trough to be four feet six inohes long from out to out*
the bottom and ends of oak, the sides of yellow pme,
to be eight inohes wide at bottom, twelve inches wide
at top* and eight and a half inohes deep all in the dear,
well ironed, with a bond of hoop-iron arouad the top,
one around eaeh end and three hetween the «nda,
strong and suitable irons to fasten them on the tongue
when feeding: good strong chains to be attached to the
top rail of toe body, seoured by a staple with a hook to
attaoh it to the trough. Six bows of good ash, two
inohes wide and one-half inoh thiok, with three staples
to confine the ridge pole to iteulaoe; two staples on
the body, to secure eaoh end of the bows; one ndee
pole twelve feet long* one and three-quarters inoh wide
by five-eighths of an moh thiok ; theloover to be of the
first quality ootton duck. No. —♦ fifteen feet long ana
nine feet eight inohes wide, made in the best msnner*
with four hemp cords eu eaeh side, and one through
eaoh end to dose it at both ends; too rings on eaoh end
of the body, to close and secure the ends of toe cover;
a staple in the lower rail, near the second stud from
eaeh end, to fasten the side oords* The outside of the
body and feed trough to have two good ooats of white
lead, oolored to a blue tint, the inside oi them to have
two eoats of Venetian red paint: the running gear and
wheels to have two good coats of Venetian red darkened
of a chocolate oolor, the hub and fellies to be well
pitched, instead of painted, if required.
A tar-pot, an extra king bolt, and two extra single
trees to do furnished with eaoh wagon, the king bolt
and singletrees similar in all respeota to those belong
ing to it. v
Booh nde of the body of the wagon to bo marked Vt
B.* and numbered as directed: all otner pares to be let*
teredU.S.; the cover, feed box. bolts, linohpins, tar-«
St, and harness bearers for each wagon to be put up
a strong box, (coopered) and the contents marked
thereon.
It is to bo distinctly understood that thews tons are
to be so oonstrnoted that tne several parts of anyone
wagon will agree and exactly fit those of any other, so
as to require no numbering or arranging for putting to
ra the best workmanlike manner.
The work may m inspected from time to time mit
frogrcMM by ail officer or agent of the CLnartermasteris
ro0I1 ?» and ■ nono 11 8M& li be painted until it
S IBB 2° ote d and approved by cud officer
authorised to luiDQut it. When firi.huH
Sauted, and aeoepied by an offioer or atent or the
r th Q *“4 delivered a. herein
»*reed, they shall be paid for. M. O. MFIGB,
je »-tr duartermaster General U. 8.
fit. J.
pro Libellant.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY AND TREA
SURKR, 80LDTER8’ HOME, Nkar th* City
or WABHIIfUTONt ***** sum oity
BE&LtjjD PROPOSALS be received &tthinnffinn
u&iil *.UEBDAYJnoon,) th* 29:h of Aocn*t, 186??Sor
the construction of two Buildicta, at the Soldiers’
Home, somewhat similar to the two now there known
as officers’ quarters. M
The plans and speoifioation* may be examined at this
omoe. where ah information relative to rhe location
and oharaoter of the buildings will be given.
Every oner for .the construction of these baildincs
must be accompanied by a responsible written guaran
tee that, if the bid should be accepted, the pa to or
parties will, withm ten days, enter into an obligation,
with good and sumoteat eeountj, to erect the proposed
buildings according to ihe plans and peoi float ions
which have been or may hereafter be iurmshed and
adopted*
Tjie proposals will state the difference between
faoing the walls with white stone or marble, similar to
the buuoitzga already erected, or facings with the best
pressed bricks; or bidd-rs may,in addition, makesuoh
proposals as to other materials as their experience may
suggest,. 1
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VOL. S.—NO. 9.
OFFICIAL
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1861,
Peerages from the People
It is well known that several of the British
peerages, even of the highest grade, have
sprang from trade. Most of the law-lords,
as they are called, were sons of petty trades
men. Lord Thnrlow, when Chancellor, was
applied to by the Heralds’ College for particu
lars of his family, that his arms might be “ ex
emplified,” and his pedigree set forth. The ge
nealogists made him descended from Secretary
Thurloe, who was famous daring the Protecto
rate. “ There wete two of my name,” said
he, “in my own county of Suffolk: Thurloe,
the secretary under Cromwell, and Thnrlow,
the carrier. I am descended from the carrier.”
Lord-Macclesfield, who, like Francis Bacon,
was found guilty of venalty and extortion, as
Chancellor, was Bon of an atteney; so was
Lord Hardwicke. Sir William Blackstone,
greater than a peer, as author of the << Com
mentaries on the Laws of England,” was son
of a silk-mercer in London. Lords Stowell and
Elden were sons of a coal-fitter. Lords Ten
derden and St. Leonards were sons of hair
dressers. Lord Lyndhurst’s father was a paint
er. Lord Gifford’s father was a grocer; and
we might readily extend the list, had we
Burke’s Peerage at hand-
William Cavendish, who founded the peer
age now enjoyed by the Duke of Devonshire,
now one of the wealthiest nobles In England,
was Srßt page and then gentleman-usher to
Cardinal Wolsey, himself son of a butcher at
Ipswich. The Duke of Leeds descends from
Edward Osborne, who was a petty tradesman
in London, of which he rose to be Lord Mayor.
The late Lord Melbourne's wealthy ancestor,
who founded the family, was a tradesman.
The Mr. Smith who was made Baron Carring
ton by Mr. Pitt, was son of Abel Smith, a
country banker. Sir John Wrottesley, the
Wolverhampton banker, was raised to the
peerage, as Baron Wrottesley, in 1838. Mr.
Samuel Jones-Lloyd, the Manchester banker,
was created Baron Overstone, in 1850, by ad.
vice of Sir Robert Peel, who bad previously
converted Mr. Alexander Baring into Baron
Ashburton, and one oi the newest of the Vic
toria peerages is the Baron of Tannton, con
ferred upon Sir Henry Labonchere, whose fa
ther, little more than twenty years dead, was
partner in the mercantile house of Hope &
Co., Amsterdam and London.
In fact, as fast as the old peerages die out
new ones are created. Law contributes
largely to swell the roll of the House ot Lords,
for every Chancellor mnst be a peer. There
are numerous peers who have obtained their
honors by valor in war. The latest of those
is Lord Clyde, formerly Sir Colin Campbell,
who completed poor Havelock’s gallant at
tempt to resist and quell the Indian- revolt.
Thei church returns thirty-three archbishops
and bishops with seats in the Honse of Lords;
and about half of these hare sprang from the
middle rank of life. Science has no repre
sentative in the Upper Honse, and Lord Ma
caulay stood alone, as tho first and tho last,
ennobled on account of his achievements in
literature.
At one time, if report be trae, George the
Fourth was anxious to show his regard for his
physician, Sir Henry Halford, by raising him
to the peerage. He mentioned his intention
to Lord Liverpool, then Prime Minister, who
did not much relish the idea of having a me.
dical man in the House of Lords, bnt was too
crafty to openly cross the King’s desire. “ I
remember,” said his Majesty, “that we have
an illustrious precedent in Italian history.
The Medici, once so famous in Italy, derive
their family name from the profession of their
founder, and tho tbroo pills on their armorial
-boarmgn'-perpetuate the fact.” Lord Liver
pool quietly asked : «Has your Majesty
thought of a title for Sir Henry 1” The King
answered that ho supposod, as was usual, the
new peer would assume the name of his
landed estate. “Because,” continued his
lordship, “ whatever name he may assume,
people, remembering his obstetrio profession,
will certainly call him < Good Lord deliver
ns l’ ” That was quite sufficient. Mo man
was more afraid of ridicule than George the
Fat and Fourth, and, rather than have the
laugh raised at his expense, abandoned his in
tention oi elevating Sir Henry Halford to the
hereditary peerage.
The peerages of Ashburton and Taunton
are connected with each other, and, inde
pendent of the Ashburton treaty, there are
other causes why Lord Ashbnrton should be
considered with some interest in the United
States : His wife was a Philadelphian. Lord
Ashbnrton, who negotiated the treaty between
the United States and Great Britain, in 1812,
was originally Sir Alexander Baring, second
son ot Sir Francis Baring, long the prince of
London capitalists. Two hundred years ago,
one Peter . Baring lived at Groningen, in the
Dntch province of Overyssel. One of his
sons—Franz Baring, minister of the Lutheran
Chnrch at Bremen—was called to take charge
of a congregation in London. He had a son,
John, who was well acquainted with the art oi
making cloth, and, settling at Larkbeer, in De
vonshire, there established a factory. This cloth
manufacturer had tour sons and a daughter*
The latter married the celebrated lawyer, ugly
John Dunning, who was created Baren Ash
burton, in 1782; but on the death of his only
son, the second Lord Ashbnrton, 1823, the
title became extinct.
John and Francis Baring, eldest and third
sons ot the cloth-maker, established them,
selves in London, with tbe double pur
pose of selling his manufacture and of im
porting the wool and dye-stuffs necessary for
its production. After a time, John withdrew
with a modest competency, and Francis, born
in 1740, largely and boldly extended the busi
ness of the firm—first known as Francis
Baring & Co., and subsequently as Baring,
Brothers, & Co. During the ministry ot
Lord Shelbnrno, father of the present aged'
Marquis ol Lansdowne, Francis Baring, who
had become very intimate with him, was con
sulted very confidentially npon the financial
operations of the Government. At the age
Francis Baring received the title of baronet.
His three eldest sons, Thomas, Alexander, and
Henry, were in the Arm when Sir Francis
Baring died, in September, 1810. The eldest,
who then became Sir Thomas, soon withdrew
from business. The third, who wonld be called
« fast ” in our days, was a dashing gambler,
delighting in playing boldly in the salon* of
Paris, and was bonght out of the house j
which then remained solely represented by
Alexander Baring, who had received his
mercantile education in the great Honse of
Messrs. Hope, of Amsterdam.
. Towards the close of the last century, Alex
ander Baring visited the United States, where
he bonght large tracts of land in western
Pennsylvania, and also, to th© amount ot
$lOO,OOO, in Maine. Moreover, lu August,
1798, he married Anna Louisa, eldest daugh
ter of Hon. William Bingham, oi Philadelphia,
then Senator, and reputed the wealthiest man
In the United States. It is said that, by Se
nator Bingham’s death, as much as $900,000
fell to his danghter as her share of his for
tune. Mr. Alexander Baring, who sat in the
House of Commons for many years, was pre
sident oi the Board oi Trade and master of the
Mint during Sir R. Peel’s short administra
tion, in 1834 6, and on AprillO, 1836, was
raised to the peerage, as Baron Ashburton
taking that title, as first cousin to the gentle
man by whose death, in 1823, without male
issue, the peerage became extinct. His di
plomatic mission to the United States in
1842, is historical. By his death, In 1848, his
title descended to his eldest son, William
Bingham Baring, grandson of Senator Bing
ham, of Philadelphia. On receiving the
peerage, Lord Ashburton retired irom busi
ness, still conducted by members of his fa
mily, with Mr. Bates, and others.
The peerage if Taunton, conferred upon
Mr. Henry Labouchere, in 1869, is curiously
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1861.
connected with the Barings. Lord Tannton
has filled various high offices In the British
Government, from 1832 to 1858, namely:
Lord of the Admiralty, Master of the Hint,
Chief Secretary for Ireland, President of the
Board of Trade, and Colonial Secretary. He
was a Gabinet minister for eight years.
At the time of the revocation of the edict
of Mantes, the family of Labonchere quitted
France, and became established in Holland.
Peter Cmsar Labonchere, born at the Hague,
was taken into the great honse of Hope & Co.,
Amsterdam, as French correspondent, at the
age of nineteen, on a good salary. He had
frequent occasions to visit England, and was
an acceptable visitor at such times, to the
family of the late Sir Francis Baring—it
would seem particularly acceptable to one
member.
At the age of twenty-two, when his engage
ment with Messrs. Hope was nearly ended,
he sought au interview with the senior mem
ber of that firm, and, without preface, asked)
“ Wonid yon give me a partnership, without
demanding capital, if I were Francis Baring’s
son-in-law, with his promise to throw the bulk
of hiß foreign business into this honse 7” The
answer was in the affirmative. Mext day, he
went to England, and formally had an Inter
view with Sir Francis Baring, from whom he
demanded permission to pay his addresses to
his daughter, Miss Dorothy Elisabeth Baring*
Sir Francis responded that, personally, he
had no objection, bnt it was impossible that
he could bestow his daughter’s hand and for
tune on a gentleman who, however estimable,
was only a clerk in Messrs. Hope’s house.
“ Yes,” said Labonchere; “ but when I mar
ry, I am to be admitted as partner.” The
marriage took place, and so did the other
partnership; tor Mr. Hope and Sir Francis
kept to their word, and thns made the trick
successful. This occurred in 1796." Mr. La
bouchere eventually settled in England, where
he died, in 1839; and his eldest son, now
Lord Tannton, inherits his great estates in
Somersetshire.
Thus endeth this chronicle oi peerages
sprung from trade. One additional remark
may be made: In all cases, that of the law
lords excepted, it is necessary that the recipi
ent of a peerage shall have ample fortune to
support «tho dignity ”of the title. The mi
nimum was fixed by George 111., we believe.
It is understood that, before a commoner can
be elevated to tho rank of baron—the lowest
grade of nobility, as a baronet Is not a noble
man—he must show his ability to set by, in
perpetuity to the whole succession of eldest
sons who will respectively inherit the title, an
annual income of not less than £lO,OOO a year.
The otheT ranks run thns: for a viscount,
£20,000; for an earl, £30,000; for a marquis,
£50,000; for a duke, £lOO,OOO a year. When
a peerage is conferred for military or naval
services, the Crown usually grants a pension
of from £2,000 to £5,000 a year, for three
livos, to the recipient. When the Speaker ot
the House of Commons retires, usually with a
peerage; his pension, for his own life and that
of his son and grandson, is £4,000 a year. The
Lord Chancellor is invariably made a baron,
when be takes “ his seat on the woolsack,”
with a salary of £lO,OOO a year, and when he
quits office he gets £5,000 a year for life—be
cause the etiquette of the English bar pre
vents a judge from returning to practice in the
courts. There are now five ex-chancellors
thus pensioned—Lords Lyndhnrst, Brougham,
Oranworth, St. Leonards, and Chelinsford.
Lord John Rnssell, who has. just been cre
ated earl, would, probably, have been shelved
in the Honse of Lords, years ago, bnt for the
fact that, until lately, his private income was
never mere than £2,000 a year. His brother,
the Duke of Bedford, who died a few weeks
ago,-bequeathed him additional landed pro
perty to the value of £5,000 a year. Even
with this, the whole of his income Is but a
fourth of what earls are usually expected to,
have. . .. - • -I
Income Tax.
[For The Press ]
It strikes me, as perfectly plain, that the
act means to allow tbe benefit of the $BOO to
all parties. Section 64 fixes the rate of three
per cent, on income, by the nse ot the follow
ing words: “ beyond the sum of $800;” and
further on, in the same section, adds, “ and
in computing such profits, gains, and incomes,
there shall be deducted, besides the sum $ BOO,
as aforesaid, all local taxes,” &c. It is evi
dent,* from the wording of the section, that
the $BOO shall be deducted in computing the
same, with the object, I presame, of equal
izing taxation in this respect—otherwise, an
individual with an income ot $BOl would be
compelled to pay a tax of $24-03, while
another, with an income of bnt a dollar less,
would go tree. Such a construction would be
so evidently mijnst that I conld not believe it
so intended, even if the wording of the sec
tion was less clear. A. D.
[This interpretation appears to be correct;
bnt, in the collection of the British Income
Tax, whenever the exemption limit is ex
ceeded, the impost is levied on the whole
amount. Than this nothing can be more
unjust. We are glad that a fairer principle
is adopted here.—Ed. Press.]
The Spirit in Kentucky.
Editor or Tan Prhss: The extraat below is
from a business letter written by on* of the moat
reapeotable firms in Central Kentnoky. It
breathe, the right spirit, and ia bat a sample of
the loyal and patriotlo expressions we daily re
oeive. Mabkbt Btubbt
“ Onr election oomee o& on Monday, and we In
tend to give tbe Rebel party snob an almighty
whipping they will never again raise their heads
In old Kentnoky. Onr firm are all unconditional
Union men. We are in fsvor of Kentnoky not only
lnrnishing men, bnt money too. When it becomes
necessary, onr firm will have a representative io
the field. Oar little oity has now nearly a fall
oompany for the servica of tbe Federal Govern
ment, and it will be fall and on the maroh as soon
ss the election is over. We Intend to increase onr
majority over that given Mr. Crittenden, one ban
ds*.”
(For The Press.]
Onr Female Reserve.
O, not to man, alone, tbe honor yield
Of the well-won or well abandoned field !
Women we boast, whose bosoms’ every nerve
Thrilled with a daring whioh disdain* to swerve.
One from among these Goddesses of War
Uhall tax onr praise as muoh as half a score.
Whose hand was that whioh, at Fort Clinton, flung
The last death shot the gosling foe among ?
’Twas Woman’s breast opposed the deadly spot—
Her rose leaf hand that fired the latest shot!
Whenoa, ohnrls would prove that ladies, now, as
then,
Love the last word in skirmishes with men.
®*«A -U| wngdl lmrt moM ik»n fliroftlO. Slid
sure,
Slaee those sro “true as stool, I 'thorn must bn
trasr.
Howe’er that be, all praise to her we yield,
The mistress of her spouse, if not the field :
Dabbed Captain Molly, worshipped by the ranks,
The lapse of years augments the nation’s thanks.
To Monmouth's field her woman’s love she brings,
Pure ss the wave she so oops from neighboring
springs—
Death, in a thousand forms, she hovers nigh,
And blesses lips, which never oan reply:
Thrills many a breast, which bleeds away Its fife,
With visions sweot of sister, mother, wife
And when her own mate drops beside her, dead,
Bhe moans not, weeps not, o’er the mengled head,
But stores her tsars, (they wonld but mook the
brave),
And Utob the cannon o’er her loved one’s grave.
Worthy suoh sonl to onrse the royal George.
And patriots bless, who starved at Valley Forge!
Suoh deeds that age beoame, ’tis said; hut now.
If husbands would, the fashion won't allow.
Home belles, unsated yet with slaughtered beaux.
Ply “ killing arts ’’ npen their lovers’ foes.
Hearts pieroed by love, to them are bat a jest-
A musket ball would do the business best—
Sharp words—Sharp’s rifles—form their ammuni
tion,
With Colt’s'revolvers, just for competition.
In Love, as War. the aim may be the heart,
And ballots doftly act tbe billets’ part.
In Was, as Marriage, widows WOO mishaps,
And all the “ oaps” set are percussion-caps
The heaviest “ oharge ” e’er was. or will be mode,
Is that of females of the Light Bkocadb
0 bediencc yield, since, if yon lack that art,
At balls they met you, so with balls yon’ll part.
That virtue’s not hereditary—no ;
Adam and Eve hod none left to bestow
still, in the abstraot. wives obey their lords 1
Those flourish scissors, and then brandish swords
Damssl and dame, if every sire and sen
Toll on the field aB you, at homo, have done,
The bayonet halves with you each prise it wins,
And owns it carticd at tho point of—pins.
To you return, (perchance you know them not),
Th« blessings whion you Mattered, and forgot.
Some dying youth, stretohod on tho gory plain,
Shall dresm of you, nor dream of you la vain:
Bball kiss those oates of sister, mother, wife,
Waioh soothe the anguish of departing life.
Kemembranoe fond shall yield his bosom bliss,
And startle sweet dreamt from lu drear abyss.
'Blood, agony, and life, roooda from view,—
Ha dies, and, dying, blesses heaven end you.
A. Lakcamml
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON
[Pram *nr Special Correspondent. J
Washington, August 0,1861.
It was certainly with a feeling ol relief that
onr people looked upon the adjournment of
Congress. For we have passed at last through
the necessary preliminaries of the war, and we
can now calmly look upon It in all its aspects,
calculate its coßt, and anticipate its inevitable
retails. With the adjournment of Congress,
legislation ceases—and when the time of deli
beration is over the time for action com
mences. The career of the Republic has thus
tar been an experiment, and necessarily an ex
periment. We aro a great people, but still in
many of those things which give greatness to
Commonwealths we are inexperienced. Our
experiences have been purely peaceful—and
in tbe ways of peace we have advanced - to the
vety front rank of nations. We have built the
railroads, the telegraphs and great ships; we
have patented more inventions than England
and France combined; we have given cotton
to the Old World, and improvised a literature
which will enter into a comparison with any
literature existing; we have tanght man the
rights of man; we have made the wilderness
blossom and bloom as the rose, and on toe
aahes of romantic and barbaronß communities
we have established the fabric of the most
perfect Government the world has ever
seen, and developed free institutions into
the purest and best form of republican
democracy. We have done all this, and yet
without meeting one of the stem lessons of a
nation’s life—lor the life of a nation has its
stern lessons as well as the life of a man. We
have not had a war which would fill more
than ten pages of the History of America
written in the year of onr Lord 2061. None
of > l thoae landmarks which trace the path of
English greatness from the battle-field of Has
tings to the battle-field of Waterloo; none of
those landmarks which show the rapid, strides
of the Gaul from the sovereignty of Charle
magne to the dictatorship of Napoleon; none
of those landmarks which carry the eye of
the stndent from Rome to Greece, from
Greece to Carthage, and back to the uncer
tain wars of the early Pharaohs, rise along
the smooth and anbroken road over which
America has been travelling since she parted
company with Great Britain. In fact, we
have not been tested as a nation, and our first
test will be the severest, for no calamity can
fall upon man more terrible than civil war.
And the nation which can crash a civil war Is
capable of passing through any possible trial
which can befal it.
With the adjournment of Congress the time
for experiment closes. Mr. Buchanan ex
perimented on forbearance and failed. Con
gress tried the experiment of compromise,
but the cannon balls of Fort Moultrie went
through it, and it was torn to tatters. Then
we had an experimental war, in whioh the
world was to behold the novel spectacle of
an army in Washington, commanded by valiant
newspaper editors in Mew York. This ex
periment also tested the value of a scanty
commissariat, reckless quartermasters, in
competent generals, insufficient artillery, and
undisciplined volunteers; aud it closed under
the hills of Manassas, and closed forever.
Then we had the legislative experiment,
which terminated in a success yesterday
morning. For, among other things, it taught
ns whom we had to fear among those at home,
abd what we had to fear among those abroad.
It adjourned just in time, for had it continued
its sessions a week or two longer, we do not
know in what embarrassing position it might
have left the Administration and the country.
- As it is, everything -that the legislative
power can do to save the Republic has been
done, and now we look to the Executive,
uongress goes home, and leaves Mr. Lincoln
a heavy pnrse and a well-sharpened sword.
-It has sanctioned every power he assumed,
and has clothed him with powers which he
hesitated to ' assume. It has said to him:
“We commit tbe Republic to y onr keeping,
and we charge you to see that to it comes no
harm.” And the people pour out their trea
sure, lay their lives at his feet, and say to the
voice of their Representatives, “ Amen.”
The Peace experiment has been a failure.
Mr. Cox gave us bis “ ration d means,” but
tbe “ rational beings” of Congress could not
exactly see how anything was to be accom
plished by sending Martin Van Buren and se
veral respectable statesmen to Kentucky te
tinker up the battered compromise arrange
ment of Mr. Crittenden. Mr. Cox either be
came ashamed of his workmanship or afraid to
: have . tested by-his people, and so in the
: very last minntes ol tbe session be begged
hpaxdon and promised to sin no more... I con
gratulate Mr. Cox ou his repentance and only
hope he is sincere, which I am frank to say I
do not think. He fell into very bad company
when he was voting with Henry May, Ben
Wood, Burnett of Kentucky, Vallandigham of
Ohio, and Ancona, Cooper, and J ohnson of
your State, and if he thought he could gain
the ear of the House and command a respect
able party in the North, he would not hesitate
to repeat his obnoxious proposition. This is
at least the general opinion of those who know
Mr. Cox, and know how eccentric he has be
haved upon many propositions which in other
days agitated the Honse.
You must look to Maryland. There is a
nest of copper-head conspirators at Frederick
who are preparing to sting that State and send
their poison into its heart and extremities-
The Maryland Legislature, and ot that body I
speak, does nothing but engender an angry
and discontented feeling among its constitu
ents. It is controlled by men who are as ini
mical to this Government as Mr. Yancey or
Mr. Wigfall. Yon know how they attempted
tor many months to bully Governor Hicks in
to calling them together, and how, after they
bad frightened him into that measnre by the
massacre and anrchy of April, they attempted
to take from him the powers of government
and divest him of every efficient power with
which the Constitution clothed him. They
hare been holding frequent and brief sessions,
ani at each session they transact no business
but that calculated to annoy tbe Administra
tion. At their present session they are making
armngements to inaugurate a thorough Dis
union campaign, and lor that purpose have
called their Convention to meet in Baltimore,
September 10. Why should General Dixnot
be present as a delegate from Fort McHenry ?
Hit counsels and bis example would be inva
luable. J. R. T.
Letter from south Pass City.
[Cirreapondenoe ot The Press I
Camp keab South Pass Citv, )
July 26, 1861. J
My Dear Sin : The Oregon Escort under
ednmand of Captain H. E. Maynadior, which
left Omaha, N. T.j on the Ist of Jane last,
ctjoßutiDg of about sixty mounted men, and
eliven wagons, drawn by five yoke of oxen
etch, has at length reached this point, after a
trip ot nearly two months.
'Onr journey as far as Fort Laramie was ior
tie most part monotonous, and devoid of in
tjrest, being over a level prairie country, with
bit little to relieve tbe routine of travel.
To one unaccustomed to this kind oi life the
ceasing of the Plains is attended with many
hardships, bnt so nrach interspersed with no
velties and many new enjoyments, that the
tyne passes away pleasantly, and all trouble is
iirgotten. The air of the Plains, and espe
cially when in the mountains, is so dry and
mre, that it strengthens the lungs, and in
nses life, health, and vigor into everything
around, so that it is impossible hut to feel in
tie best of spirits.
Our expedition reached Fort Laramie on
tie sth of July, where we were elegantly en
hrtained by the officers of the Tenth In
flntry. We remained here a day or two, and
tken continued our journey np the north side
<f the Flatte river, to the Mormon Ford,
uhere we crossed to the south aide, in order
to avoid, as much as possible, the dreaded
Slack Hills, which are extremely barren, con.
tuning little or no grass and not a stick of
timber nothing but a wide, mountainous
waste. The crossing of the Flatte river,
which runs over beds of quicksand, on ac
cimnt of tbe recent rains, was attended
with some danger, bnt, under the able man
agement of onr captain, onr train passed over
it safety.
We proceeded np the south side, passing
several beautiful creeks, (two of which—the
La Frele and Box Elder—have particularly line
water,) until reaching a small village named
Seer Creek, where we halted a tew days for
the purpose of shoeing and recruiting onr cat
tie. This place contains a post office, store,
and blacksmith shop, and is the Indian agency
of the Sioux, Rappahoe, and Cheyenne In
dians. When we arrived the annnal presenta
tion of gifts to these tribes from the Wakpah
mini, or Indian agent, was being made, and
representatives irom each nation were present.
Some ot the Indians were fine-looking speci
mens of what I consider (and since starting
have become more and more impressed with
the idea) tbe degenerate state oi the red man.
These, however, seemed to be well clothed,
and amply led. The two days we spent at
Deer Creek passed away quickly and pleasant
ly. We then recrossed the Platte river, some 30
miles above, over a fine bridge nearly a quarter
of a mile in length, and which occupied two
years in its construction. We then travelled
as far as the Red Buttes, heavy, red sandstone
bluffs on the opposite side of the river. They
present a beautiful appearance. We - here di
verged Irom the Flatte, and parted from it
as from an old friend, having travelled along
its banks a distance ot more than six hundred
miles. The Sweetwater river was the next
stream we touched upon, and tbe first camp
we made upon its banks was directly opposite
Independence Rock. This is a solitary rock,
standing ont from a spur of the Rattlesnake
Mountain. It is about two hundred feet in
height, and about twenty-five bnndred feet
in length. Several of onr party ascended to
its summit daring the evening, and were
fully repaid by the splendid view which met
onr eyeß. Mountains and valleys lay stretched
out before ns for miles and miles in one long
continued vista. Several of the emigrants con
nected with the different trains under escort,
bad brought up their musical instruments with
them which sounded beautifully in the cool
night air, far above the bnsy camps beneath.
On the west of the rock is a large alkali lake
covering an area of several acres. The Mor
mons of Salt Lake annually transport wagon
loads of the saleratus which abounds in
these lakes, for which they receive 25
cents per pound. Oar men laid in
'large stocks of it for baking purposes, a very
cheap and profitable investment. The next
morning we came to the Devil’s Gate, which
is considered one of the greatest natural cari
osities of the plains. Here the Sweetwater
river runs between two perpendicular cliffs in
the Rattlesnake Mountain, about five bundred
feet iu height, and the goige thus formed
furnishes a most singular and striking view.
Several of ns travelled through it, but our
journey was attended with considerable diffi
culty. The water keeps up a terrific roaring
over rocks and immense boulders of granite,
to tbe extent of about two hundred feet, when
It resumes its usual calm and placid appear
ance. Since leaving the Devil’s Gate we
have passed through several canons, but
none of them compared with that I hare re
ferred to.
We now travelled up the Sweetwater until
we reached our present encampment. This
point is within fonr miles of South Pass Oity,
and abont forty miles from South Pass—the
dividing line between the waters of the Paci
fic and Atlantic Ocean. Here the altitude is
about 7,100 feet above the level of the sea, and
is the summit or extreme height of the plains.
Heretofore, we have travelled up all the rivers,
but after leaving South Pass we will proceed
downwards towards the Pacific. We will
shortly take Col. Lander’s ent-off, down the
Green, and around tbe Wind river monntains,
thence down the Snake river to the Wallah-
Wallah river, and thence down the Columbia
river to the Dalles. We expect yet to be over
two months on onr route. The Indians we
have met thus lav have been very kind, and
disposed to friendly relations, although, I
think, more from policy than otherwise, as the
appearance of onr train is rather formidable.
We, however, anticipate bnt little trouble from
them, as we keep a sharp lookout, and they
are terrible cowards when they imagine there
will be anything approaching to a fair fight.
We have several large emigrant trains under
onr charge, and will have several more after
leaving here. The Indians frequently attack
emigrants when unprotected, but the appear
ance of United States troops keeps them at
bay. We have had delightful weather, cold
nights and warm days. The health of the
camp is excellent, and we are all in first-rate
spirits. P. R. F.
Letter from Cresson Springs.
[OorrejpondGßoe of The Preis.l
Crssson Springs, Cambria Co., I
August 7,1861. j
Ou tbe 30th alt. an exciting scene occurred
at tbe Allegheny tnnnel station, on tbe arrival
of Col. Cntler’s regiment of Wisconsin volun
teers, e* route for the seat of war. In order
to accord them a grateful reception, a party of
about sixty of our boarders, with the band
volunteered by onr host, Mr. G. W. Muffin,
took the morning train east for the tunnel,
where after an hour’s ramble on the mountain
top, enjoying the beantilnl views of surround
ing Bcenery, the party repaired to the station,
and awaited the arrival of the troops. The
day was warm, the troops well tired with their
prolonged travel, and as the train stopped
many were hastily looking where water conld
be had. Their surprise and gratification
were alike excited by the prompt appearance
of onr lady visitors bearing tin pails filled
with pure mountain spring water in ample
supply for all their wants. As the pails were
emptied new supplies wore brought by others,
and as tbe train was detained abont five
minntes, we enjoyed the gratification of hav
ing supplied them even to tbe replenishing of
their emptied canteens. Daring this scene
yon can imagine how onr ladies would cheer,
and oiir heroic troops would in response hur
rah ; bnt imagine, if yon can, their excite
ment when, perceiving their colonel gallantly
escorting a young lady bearing and gracefully
waving thestarsandstrip.es. As they reached
each car, he called on foe hoys to greet the
daughter of —“ the Hero of Fort Sumpter.”
The announcement that it was Miss Anderson
who was modestly and majestically bearing
onr national banner acted on the troops like
an electric spark. Each car, with one accord,
broke ont in foe wildest cheers, and, as she
returned, each recovering somewhat from his
surprise, greeted her with such “ a tiger” as
only the sincere and the earnest can give ut
terance to. It was truly a scene whien me
mory will gladly treasure np. As foe train
started, the band played onr national air, foe
ladies cheered and waved their “ white ban
ners,” the gentlemen halloed; bnt the regi
ment drowned all out voices in their grand
hnrrah and tiger. Believe me, no pen can
describe the effect of such an unexpected but
welcome surprise; nor can it be that any one
witnessing it can ever forget it. Our only re
gret was, that we had not prevailed on Gene
ral Anderson to have joined onr party. This
would have filled the measure for onr Wis
consin heroes.
The company here ranges from ninety to
one hundred and twenty. Onr host, G. W.
Mollin, is winning golden opinions from his
guests. This place is destined to he a central
ground, on which the pleasnre-seekers from
the West and East will meet on the true plat
form of a social equality. It abounds in all
the needed resources for health and pleasure,
and not foe least among these are foe facilities
for frequent communication East and West,
through the medium ot the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad and the telegraph companies.
Yonrs truly, Sojourner.
The Kentucky Election
[From the Louisville Journal.]
We yesterday tonohed upon' the signifioanoe of
the viotorj of Monday as respests the State; we
now propose to say a word touching the signifioanoe
of the Tiotory as respeots the oeurnry.
Id this relation, twe grand points were made by
the Union candidates throughout the State; name
ly, first, that the independence cf the insurrection
ists ought not to be recognized ; and se
condly, that tho insurrectionists ought to
be compelled to recognize the snpremaoy of the
Constitution, and the inviolability of the
Union. In other words, tho Union candidates
everywhere, in the State announced that the
thought of aeoepUng the destruction of the Repub
lic as a fact was not fit to be entertained, bnt that
the Rcpnblio, at whatever neocssary oost of trea
sure and of blood, must be preserved. Further
more, the Union candidates universally ap
proved the action of the Union Congress
men in voting men and money to proseente
the war for the objeots defined in (ho resolu
tions introduced by the illustrious Critten
den and adopted with all bnt absolute unanimity
by both Rouses of congress. The action of onr
Union Congressmen entered into, and oonstitnted
a part of, the position of every Union candidate in
the eleotion of Mondey. On the other hand, the
Secession candidates deolared universally in favor
of the recognition of the Southern Confederacy and
against the prosecution of the war, for any object.
They openly contended that the nation ought at
onoe to submit quietly to its own destruotion, by
J«ff Davis and nis rebellions ooborts. They de
olared for peuo os the bails of the overthrow of
the Republic. With the issue thni made np, and
made up thus unequivocally, the Union oandidatos,
as we have seen enough to know, were elected by
a popular majority completely overwhelming. The
strong probability is, that the popular majority of
the Union oandidatos is unparalleled in tho history
of the State.
The victory ot Monday, therefore, signifies
clearly, as respects the external relations of the
State, that Kentucky li opposed to the reoog&ition
of the Bontharn Confederacy, and is in favor of
proseoutlng the war 11 to defend and maintain the
supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the
Union with ail tho dignity, equality, and rights ot
the several States, unimpaired ” It signifies that
Kentucky is not prepared to aoeept as a fact the
destruotion of the prond Republic of whioh she is a
member. It signifies that Kentuoky rejects peaoe
on terms so ruinous and so ignoble as these It
signifies that, in the estimation of Kentuoky, there
are advantages more precious than peace, and
evils more pernieiotu than war, and that the pre
servation of tho life and honor, of the nation is
amongst the former, as the loss of both is amongst
tho latter. It sigoifies that Kentuoky thorongly
comprehends that there oonid bo nothing bnt war,
sanguinary and interminable, if the Union should
be destroyed, and that the maintenance of the
Union, in its fall constitutional vigor, is the condi
tion of ths only pesos worth having or worthy of
the name. It signifies that, whatever part other
States of the Seuth may have ohoson, under the
inspiration of a frenzy kindled by hnman fiends,
as tor Kentnoky and hers, they will serve the Re
pnbiie, and stand firmly by it in this dark hoar of
Its Heaven appointed career.
Suoh Is the national signifioanoe of the victory
of Monday. The domestic signifioanoe of the vio
tory, we need not repeat, lies in the fact that Ken
tnoky, as the utmost she can do for the common
eause, is resolved io proteot herself in the irrogu
lar position of loyal neutrality whioh she has as
sumed, and leave the Government to direct its
movements without respect to her exigenoies.
The total signifioanoe of tho victory is not only
that Kentnoky is at heart true to that Union and
the Constitution, bnt that she will’hsnosfortb wield
her neutrality more effsotnally than ever in the
defense of both. Tho victory is manifestly a
eloar and vast gain to the Commonwealth and to
the Republio.
The War Department has ordered the quar
termaster of the department of Missouri to have
oveiooata for forty thousand mem ready by the 15th
of next month. The Missouri tailors will have a
good time of it.
TWO CENTS.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE
Effects of War upon Religion
Whatever may be the ultimate effect of the pre.
Bent war, it has than far placed no check upon the
erection of ohnroh edifioea. From accounts, the
somber of shir ohorchea about being commenced,
no* building, or that have just been oonaeorated,
la unusually large throughout the North Several
new churchee have been oonaeorated by the Lu
theran Synod of Wiaconaiu, within the past few
weeks At Beaver Dam, Hellenville, and Town
Forest, three new ohurohea have just been oom
pleted, and the oorner-atone of a fourth, at New
bury, in the same State, hag juat been laid Con
tracts have been closed for building two Episcopal
ohurohea, to be completed in autumn, one at Kan
kakee, and one at St. Anne, missions among the
Freneh colonists, in upper Illinois. Last month
the Westminster Presbyterian Ghuroh, at Balt
Point, New York, laid the corner-stone of a new
edifice; the corner-stone of Christ's (Episcopal)
Church, Detroit, was laid by the Bishop of the dio
osse—to be completed by November, 1862; and a
new English Lutheran ohureh was dedicated is
ktyherva, Stark eounty, Ohio. St. John’s Episco
palflburch, Brooklyn, la now undergoing altera
tions, which, when oompleted, will coat about $l2,
OCiO The Methodist Episcopal congregation at Alle
gheny, Pa., are ereoting a new ohnroh; the corner
stone of a Baptist ohnroh, at Farmer, New York,
has Just been laid ; and a new Presbyterian ehnreh,
at Aurora, New York, was dedicated on the 23d
nit. The following, from the Boston Journal,
shows that the “ Amerioan Athens,” and its en
vlrons, are contributing their full quota to this ca
tegory:
“Eleven sew ohurohea are going up in Boston
and its vioinity. Fonr 01 these new edifices are
in Boston, namely, the elegant Methodist ohnroh
on-Tremont street, the Bev. Mr. Hale’s on Union
Park street, Dr. Gannett’sou Arlington street, and
Dr Hohtfng&eu’s on Newbury street. Two new
ohurohet are going aptn-Brouklinp, namely, a
tasteful structure in Lonzwood. and a. Smdwuei.
gian onurch near the territory held 'by the Brook
line Land Company. The Methodists in Cam
bridgeport are building a neat brick ohnreb on
Harvard street; the.Oatholios of ChatUsiown have
a spacious ohnroh nearly completed on Bunker
Hill. The Übiversalists of Brighton have erected
a’ small and neat ohureh which is to be dedicated
next Wednesday. The Trinitarian Gongregatian
alists of Watertown are building a handsome
ohnroh on the site of one destroyed by fire some
months slnoe, and the Universalists of Chelsea are
building a beautiful and convenient ohnroh whioh
will be completed in a few months.”
Ccbtailiso its Issuss.—Tha American Pres
byterian (New Sohooi) in a “ word with its
friends,” in the present Dumber, says that “ be
yond their expectations they have bees enabled to
get out two papers in snocession,” adding that
they will issue no paper next week. Meanwhile,
they call upon their friendß to oome to the rescue
promptly and help them through those dark days.
The American Presbyterian is an enterprising
news journal, oonduoted with spirit, and soundly
“ Union,” aid it is to be hoped will not be allowtd
to snoaumb to the finanoial pressure of the honr.
Thu Sabbath School Convbhtioh of thx
Statb of Nsw Yoke will oanvene at Binghamton
on the 20 th instant, at four o’olook P. M , for re
oeiving reports from all the Sunday schools of the
State, and transacting other business in the in
terest of Bunday-school came.
“ Good fbom Shhxiro Evil.”— The Christian ‘
Chronicle, of this oity (Baptist,) extraots, among
other good results aoorning from the war, the faot
that It has crushed out the Lottery Company of
the State of Delaware, the latter having been
unable to meet its semi-annual payment to the
State of $lB 000, by whioh delinquency its charter
is forfeited.
Midhiqht Mbitirss lit Emslahd.— The mid
night meetings, commenced by Christian philan
thropists in Great Britain same time since, have
attained the dignity of a “movement.” An
English correspondent states that nineteen of these
“ midnight meetings had been held, and through
their influence more than six hundred women
rescued. The movement is said to be spreading in
all the large oities and towns. Of those rescued
eighty-nine have been restored to their friends ;
seventy-five placed in service ; six married ; two
reconciled to husbands; two emigrated; one plaeed
in business; eighty-one now in homes. Many
have been induced to abandon a life of sin and
seek a way of escape for themselves, in various
ways. Judging from the published accounts,
these midnight meetings of. England are new
rivalling, in their visible fruits at least, the noon
day meetings of Amerioa.
Thby will Mabbt.— Bev. Dr. Robinson, in his
addresß to the graduating olass of tha Rochester
Theological Seminary, at the recent eommenee
ment, advised them to follow the example of Dr.
Emmons, the great theologies, whom he had pre
sented to them as an exemplar, and be in no haste
to marry. But, since the commencement, three of
the olass of ten have gone into matrimony, and
three were already married at tha time of the ad
dress, thus showing the shrewdness of the remark
of one of the professors ef the University at the
time, that the Dootor was “ too late ! too late!”
Statistics of the Hbfobmbd Dutch Chubch
—From the minutes of the General Bynod, just
published, we gather the following summary of
the present eooleßiastioal condition of that do
nomination in Amerioa:
Number of ohurehes.-.. 422
“ “ ministers 411
" 11 candidate?. 7
<> families 33,154
Received during tbe year:
On confession 519
On eertifioate l 632
Number in oommnnion ..50 000
Infants baptized 4 050
Adults “ 470
Catechumen5........................... 16.077
Number in Biblioal instruction 12 318
Total number 8. S. scholars. 35-422
Raised for benevolent purposes. $151,738 20
“ “ Congregational ■> 382,506 22
Pronortion to oommunioants, only a fraotion
over $lO eaoh, for support of the Gospel at home,
and tor missionary and other benevolent purposes
Calvixistio Mbthodists—The Religious In
telligencer (St John) says, concerning tho great
revival which has bean in progress in Wales da
ring the last t vo years:
“ As to figures, it appears that the Calvinistle
Methodists, who are probably the largest body in
Wales, have bad tha greatest aeoesslon to their
numbers; 36,000 have been added to them, over
30,000 to the Independent body, 10,000 to the Bap
tists, 4.500 to tha Wesleyan Methodists, and 20,000
to the Episcopal Chnreh—thus making one hundred
thousand in all.”
Chueches ik CiTins.—Now York has 214
obnrohes, Philadelphia 246, Baltimore 99, Boston
94, Cincinnati 73, Chicago 67.
The Mexican Postal Treaty.
The following are the terms of the postal treaty
made between Senor Romero and Postmaster
General Blair and ratified by the Senate:
1. An ezahaoge of mails by means of pso&ots
plying between New York and Havana and Vera
Crnz, the expense of snob transportation to be
equally divided between the two Governments.
2 The post office at New York and the post
office-at Vera Cruz, and each other ports as shall
be hereafter mutually agreed npon, shall be the
offices of exchange.
3. The international letter postage between the
two countries on all letters transmitted to their
destination in eaeh, shell be as follows: Under
half an ounoo, twonty-fivo cents ; half' an onnoo
and loss than an ounoo, fifty oents, and so on, an
additional twenty-five oents for every additional
fraotion of half an ounoe. In all oases the postage
to be paid in advance.
4. Postage upon newspapers and pamphlets to
be the established inland rates of the two countries,
and a sea postage of one oent on each newspaper,
and one cent on eaoh ounce of other printed mate
rial. The deapatohing country to oolleot its own
inland and tho sea postage, and tho receiving
oountry Us inland postage only.
5. The United States guaranty to the Mexioan
States the transit, inclosed bags, free of all duties,
tax, detention, or examination, of all mail matter
sent through the United States, and also proper
protection to any mail agent sent by tho Mexioan
Government to guard said mails.
6. The Mexican States give the like guaranties
for tho free transit of all mail matter sent from one
part of the United States to another, and psislng
through Mexioan territory.
7- The means of transportation of the mails pro
vided by srotlona five and six shall be furnished
by the oonntry Bendiog the mail, and all snob
means of transportation, with tbe men neoessary
to do the work, are to be free from arrest, charges,
or molestation, exospt for violation of tho laws.
8 No postage accounts are to be kept between
the two countries, but eaoh retains the postages
collected
9- Ths steamers employed to bo oonslderod by
the raapeotive Governments as national coasting
vessels
10 In ossa of war between the two eonntries, tho
steamers to bo exempt from its vioiasitndo, until
six weeks after notification shall have been given
and received of tho disoontinnanoo of the mail ser
vice.
11. The Post Office Departments of the two
eonntries may arrange modilleatioss of this treaty,
and agree upon details. They may also arrange
for tho Interchange of mails on the frontiers
12. The representatives of tha two oonntrlea may
send their correspondence interchangeably free of
postage m locked pouohes.
13. The treaty is for an indefinite period, bnt may
be closed on a year’s notioe by either party
14. The treaty to be ratified and exchanged with
in six months, and to take effeot immediately on
each ratification.
Ait other flag of truce, borne by Captain
Jones, of the rebel army, oame to onr lines on
Wednesday. It was mot by the seonts of Colonel
MoCnnn’s brigade, near Alexandria, and received
by the commander of tha brigade. The bearer of
tho flag brought also about three hundred letters
from the Union prisoners at Riohmond and Ma
nassas to their friends here. They state that they
are olosely guarded, but are kindly treated. The
valuables taken frem the body of Colonel Came
ron, including his watch, signet ring, and daguer
reotypes of his wife and daughter, were also
brought to Colonel MoOunn, wiin tbs information
that the grave of Colonel Cameron had been oare
folly marked, so that his Mends may eventually
roeover the body.
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extra aepj te the satter-ap »' tae Ulek.
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FINANCIAL AND UOMMBRCIAI
The Money Market.
Pbu.adbi.phU, August 9, 1891.
A very light business vrai transacted at the
Btook Board to day State fives and City iizee
remain usobanged. Camden and Amboy Railroad
shares fell off 1 PenosylvasU and Reading Rail
road stooko are steady Bt yesterday’s quotations.
The money market is nnahanged in any of its
features Loans on call, with firßt-olass oollaterai,
are freely made, when customers are fonnd, at &
to 6 per aent ; business paper of the best grade,
with good endorsers and having short time to ran,
sells at fi per oent ; smoad-o<aes paper still meets
with no turohasers.
The following is the amount of ooal shipped over
the Huntingdon and Broad Top Monntain Rail
road, for the week ending Wednesday, August 7,
1881, and since January 1, 1881:
Week. Previously. Total.
Tons. Tons. Tons.
S.m 137 M* us sol
S.HJ 100.915 110 U 1
1961
1860
Increase.—, 2.2t2
Tba inspections of Floor sod Meal in Philadel
phia, daring the week ending Aagnst 8,1861, war*
as follows;
Barrel* of superfine.— „. 9.806
00. fine . —. 836
do. middlings —— 31
do. Aye— H
do. Corn Meal.. ..... 67)
do. condemned.... —.- at
Total— 11,348
Philadelphia stock Exchange Sales*
August 9. 1801
Rxroniin nr S. E. SLiTMArnn, Merchants’ Exohang e
FIRST BO »RD.
3HO Hazleton 6i.. fo 1 1 fam ft Amboy R—llol4
14 Minehillß— H . 6614110C> PennaSs . eftwn.. 76
BCam k Amboy R . 110)411000 City 6i on- 96
SECOND BOARD.
It Reading A. 18141 a Cam* Arab R_esh 11014
37 Western Bank —l6 60 1190 Oily *e New.—. 96
CLO»ING PRICES—DULL.
Bid. Asked, Bid Asked.
Paila6s... mtofl WK 8614 Boh.Nav Prfd_..OU4 IXI4
Read A - Let CIS Nine. Mg tfi
Read hds ’hi 84 E4S4 NdtMrAtenayf 6M f
Read ml 6i ’BO ’43 .. 9i/tf Worth Pa Ji
Read on e* ’B6- 78 N Penna H U»._7l 76
Penna R—S*>4 3814 Ca'awiaia R prel 614 Hi
Penna Rtd mtt> 87 „ 3d fc 9d-«tt RS„ .4114 .-
Morris Can con 36 36 RaoeS Vi' e-stsß 3
Morris Can Pin 10814 .. W Pnilaßend 61
Sell Nil *B2 . 66 67!418mt1<,e * "ice . 734 6
SohNavimpSa 73 78 | Green Jc Coates 14 16
Boh Day 8k... ..671
weekly Kevietv of the Fhilade phis
Markets.
Philadelfsia, Angnst 9, 1881
The dullness previously notiotd in all depart
ments of trade still obaraeteritss the market.
Barks is wanted. BreadstnS's are steady and firm.
Wheat and Oats, prioes are batter; bat Floor,
Steal, and Corn are quiet Coal is less active, bat
firm Metals are very quiet Cotton is rathsr
better. Fish and Fruit are moro aotivn, and prioes
the same Groceries but little doing, owing to
the Ugh views of holders and the want of stooks
to operate in. Provisions are firm Naval Btores
and Oita are more aotive. Salt is bringing fall
rates. Tobaeoo and Teas bring fall rates Wool
remains quiet Wbi.ky is soaree, and has ad
vanned. In Dry Goods there is very little move
ment, and cottons of moat kinds are held i*} cents
higher.
The Breadstnffs market is without any material
change, and very inactive at previous quotations.
Floor oomes in slowly, and tbe demand both for
export and home nae is limited; the week’s sales
reaohing only 5,000 bbls, in lots, at $3 75t4 50 tor
Pennsylvania superfine and Western extra, the
former for Cbioago; and $4 50a4 75 for late in
speoted and fresh ground Pennsylvania superfine,
including 1,800 bbla, part City Mills, fresh ground
from new wheat, on terms kept private. Tbe sales
to the home trade take a wide range, via: S 3 75s 4
per bbl for old stook Northwestern superfine; $4 I2f
a 4 25 for Western do; $4 37Ji4 75 for r.oently
grennd Pennsylvania; |4 50a5 for Western and
Pennsylvania extra; S 4 75.5 for fresh ground su-
Ewfin., end $6&6 25 for fur.oy lota, aa to Quality,
ye Flour is held at $3 per bbl. Corn Meal is
soaroe; no farther sales of Pennsylvania are re
ported 150 bbls Brandywine sold at $3 per bbl.
Wax at —There is a good demand for prime, and
nriees are better at tbe olose; the sales comprise
35,000 bus at 105alllo per bus for old Pennsylva
nia red; Xllallss for Pennsylvania and Honthern
do; and 115e122i for white, including 1,100 bus
choice Kentucky white at a pries kept private
New Ryo oomes forward slowly, and is taken for
distilling at 52c Corn is firm ; sales of 15,000 bns
yellow at 52.53 c, including some not prime at 50 j,
and Western mixed at 50561 c. Oats ere In good
request and higher, with sales of 25 000 bns at
33 340 for prime Delaware and Pennsylvania, and
25a270 for dark and good new crop Son them.
Pro visions —There has been a limited inquiry
for Pork since onr last report. We noticed sales
of 1,000 bbls Mess, mostly oity packed, in lots, on
terms net made pnblio, and small lots at Rl6 per
bbl. A lot of Mess Beef was taken by the Govern
ment on private terms; sales of lots for ship’s
stores of oity paoked do at sl4a]6 In prime no
thing doing. In Bacon there is very little move
ment. Among the sales we notice plain and fancy
Hams at dalOs, and some sides at 7«Br, on time.
Green Meats are very quiet Lard oomes in slow
ly ; sales of 150 tos. and bbls at 9,9}0, and kegs at
DialOo, usual credit Batter continues very dull;
sales of 50,000 lbs. solid paoked at 8:9o, and roll
at 10,11 c, the latter for ohoioe quality Eggs are
worth 8.9} per dog. , and Choese 8s8) per lb.
Metals.—The market for Pig Iron continues
quiet, and without sales suffioisnt to establish quo
rations. The last transactions in Scotch Pig were
at 921 on time; Bar and Bailor Iron move off slow
ly at quotations Lead is held for an advanoe,
bat there is nothing doing. Copper continues
dull; Yellow Metal is held at 18s per lb., six
monthß.
Bask —There is a good demand for Qaereitron,
and prioes are firm; sales of No. lat $2B per ton.
Tanner's Bark is very dull
Bbsswax is ioarae Sales of Yellow at 28-290
per lb
CAnnuls —City made Adamantine are celling
in a email way for home nse at 17a190, four months.
Sperm and Tallow Candles are very dull at ilal2'
per pound
Coal —Prices remain unchanged, and the da
mand from the East and for home nse is limited ;
the seareity of vessels somewhat rostrioi ship
ments
Corrxu—The market is very firm, bnt tha
want of good stoek tends to restrict operations ;
small sales of Rio are reported at 13Jil5ic, and
500 bags Laynayra mostly at 170, four months
Cotton —There is a firmer feeling in the mar
ket, and most holders are indifferent about real
■zing at present quotations, as tho stock 1b becoming
reduced) a few smilt sales of good middling Up
lands have been made at 163i170, and samples at
154 a; of middling fair Uplands and Golf the mar
ket is nearly bare.
Drugs and Dteb continue firm, with farther
sales of obemicals and Indigo at fall prioes; a sale
of Castor 0.1 was made at 925, on time.
Fbathbbs are unchanged; sales of Western at
36 38s per lb.
Fish —Maokorel are ooming forward more free
ly, and the demand is limited; sales of 400 bbls
old 2* atss 25. The store quotations are si3, s6a
$8 56, and $3 50a4; the latter for small 3s,' and
$6 50 for large do Pickled Herring' range trom
$1 75 to $2 75 per bbl, as In qnality, and Dry Cod
at $3 50*4 tho 100 lbs.
Fruit—Oranges and Lemons continue Tfivj
scares; the latter sell at $4.5 per box, as In quali
ty. Pine Apples raege from $6 to $8 per 100.
Thore is no movement in Raisins, Currants, or
Citron. Homestio Pratt is more abundant Green
Apples are arriving and selling more freely at 50*
750. and Peaohes at SOalOOo per basket.
Fbbiguts.—To Liverpool there is very little of
fering, and the rates are nnohanged To Halifax
and St Johns tha rate is 25c per bbt To Barba
does the last engagement was at 60s per barrel.
In Coal freights there is less doing, end rates are
96a to New York, and 955100 a per ton to Boston.
Gdako is moving off rather more freely, bnt
prices ere unchanged, and Peruvian is firm at quo
tations. ’
Gikbxno —A small sale of orude was mate at
400 per-peund, sash.
Hbuf.—There is no stock in first hands, and no
salsa are reported.
Hops ere held with more firmness, with small
sales at 22*270, as in qnality
Bat is fi-m; old Timothy seUing at 75a850, and
now at 60a70s the 100 lbs.
Hidbb and Leathir —Tbe former is quiet;
there is a geod demand for tho latter, with sales of
light slaughter at full rates.
Ldhdbb.—The transactions have been very
smell; among the sales we notise Bntqnehanna
boards at sllal4, and Lehigh do at $9 50al0
Sprnee boards are rather coarse, and of joist there
are very few here. There is some liquiry for
laths at $1.25 per M.
Molabsbs. —The market continues very qnlot;
sales of a oargo of clayed Cnba at 19j, ana some
prime early orop Matas sas on terms kept soerot.
Naval Btorbs —Ths stock of all kinds is very
much reduoed, end the market exoited Sales of
common Rosin at $4*4.25, and No. 1 at $6 per bbl.
Tar and Pitch are steady at $3 5054. Spirits of
Turpentine bas advanced by the barrel, selling at
90*1209 per gallon.
Oils. —Prices of Fish Oils are firmer; sale of
erndo Whale at 45a460, 4 months. No change in
Lard Oils, and bet little here Linseed is steady
and firm at 540, weight.
Imports of Sperm and Whale Oil and Whale
bone Into the United Btates for tho week ending
August 5,1861:
... - ■ Bbls. Sp. Bbls. Wh. &>*. Bone.
Total for week *,4ss ijro 1,000
Previously 4i,6» si.no Sujso
From Jan. 1 to date, 44184 100.530 639J0S
Same time lest year. 48,410 US.eao 1 ojsjsW
Plastbr is offer*, sparingly ; a sale of soft was
msdo at $2 25 per ton.
Rich is held firmly ; smell sales ai Sisitfa four
months.
Salt —Prioes are firm, but we hear of no irons
sotiona
Sbids aro very qniet; Clovereeed is worth
$4 75 per bus; Flaxseed $1.35 per bn, end Timo
thy at $2 75 per bn; Oalontte Linseed is better.
Sugar —There Is a batter feeling in the market,
with a moderate Inquiry sales of 700 hhdi at s)a
6ja for Cuba; 6ja7fo for Porte Rico, and 6ia7o for
Now Orleans.
Spirits —There Is vory little doing in foreign,
and holders are firm; New Orleais Rum sells at
28s30o; Whisky is soares, and held firmly; sales
at 18al9o for bbls; 18c for hhda; and drudge at
180 per gallon.
Tallow is advancing, and now held at 84a8jo,
oaih.
Xu as— Prices are very firm, and there is a steady
inquiry.
Tobacco —There is not muoh demand for either
leaf or manufactured, but prioes are firm »nd ad
vancing.
Wool —There is ■ good demand torsomlaanand
low grades, suitable lor the meanfaeture of rnr
olothing; sales of oommon at 30a33e, and fine at
400 per lb, cash.