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DRESS GOODS, To which, with a handsome assortment ot BLACK AND FANCY SILKS, SHAWLS. MANTILLAS. WHITE GOODS, EMBROIDERIES. And other goods In their line, they Invite the attention of elir And eauutry dealers. mht.tf yABD,GILLMORE, As Co, HOB. eiT OSISTNUf wd £l4 JA.YHE Streets. Have now open their SPRING IMPORTATION OF SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, WHITE GOODS, LINENS, EMBROIDERIES, &rn Amir”—Who will Succeed Him: I>lrs. Norton, Anthony Trollope, or Wilkie Collins * Dickens’ Australian Tour The new Revolutionary Song, *»Le Lion du Quar* tier l,nliu, >k freely iransluted—M. Pechter Writes a Flay—Mrs. Kean’s Heavy Yiolante —First Volume of “Fun”—Dr. Camming’s Third and Last Book of Prophecy—A Law- yer’s Hymn Book—New edition of William rut'sllorntlon Trnnslation--”Greai Expectations’’ in Paris. [Ooirespoudcoco of The PreßS.] London, March 22, 1862. The most startling literary news for some time Is the announcement that Mr. Thackeray is about resigning the editorship of the CornhUl JMttga* siut r. Tlicre is much speculation as to the cause — for to give up four thousand pouuds a year, which Thackeray’s salary has been put at, requires some strong motive. All that has transpired amounts to Ibis—that be and his publishers (Smith, Elder, & Co., 65 CornhUl) continue on the beat terms, and that his principal reason is discontent with the cares cl his editorship. Judging from the Magazine itself, these cares have been few. The main labor was to provide the monthly continuation of his own story, ** The Adventures of Philip j 7l for the rest, if he threw forty miscellaneous articles in prose and verse into a box, shook them well together, and then took out nine or ton at haphazard, to follow his own ? the result would have been a literary hodge-podge like the CornhUl Magazine. He must have exercised his judgment, however, when he admitted Mrs. Stowe’s “Agnes of Sorrento,” whose heaviness has much oppressed all readers, and Mrs. Trollope's “Brown, Jones, ami Itobin* son,” at once feeble and vulgar—the continuation of which, let me tell you, wilier appear in tho April number. As an equivalent, however, in the Roundabout Papers vriU be given, by Thackeray himself, the opening part of “ The Notch on the Axe: a Story A-la-modt .” Richard Doyle will not contribute to the April number. Like most satirists, Mr. Thackeray is remarkably thin-skinned, (you remember his internecine foud with Edmund Yates, on account of an allusion to his broken nose?) and, as editor of the Corn full , he has been pestered, it is said, with countless let ters of abuse, advice, insult, pity, and contempt. The mosquitoes sting the lion to death, and his editorial correspondence has affected Thackeray. His immediate friends assign ill hqaUh ftS & rea* son lor his abandoning £lOOO a year—almost the salary of our Prime Minister. But they declare that, after the conclusion of “Philip,” in May, he Will commence another novel. It is sail]) t9Q> Mutt' he seeks leisure to write his long* threatened His tory of the Reign of Queen Anne—as a continua tion of Macaulay. lam confident that he has too much good sense to think of it iu that light. Tho massive power and pictorial grace ot' Macaulay differ greatly from the quaint mannerism and cyhi cal satire of Thackeray. For my own part, I doubt the History. Thackeray-Is now cfose on gfjsy— an age when few desultory authors care to sit down to collect materials for a great historical work, the composition of whiohmust occupy years. Various persons arc named as likely to succeed Thackeray in the Cornhtll editorship. The salary will be reduced from four thousand pounds a year to o?ie, and, at that, will be a great catch. Mrs. Norton, the poetess, has been spoken of, but has little chance, I should say. With all respect for her sox, who are particular about their age being hinted at, Mrs. Norton is half way between fifty and sixty, and has not sufficient stamina to devote herself to such man’s work as editorship. Resides, ghe conducted the Court Magazine when it was the property of Bull of Holles-street, and conducted it to its death. Anthony Trollope, author of “Doctor Thorne.” and half a dozen other capital novels, would, pro bably, have the first offer of the vacant editorial chair, for his Framley Parsonage” much helped (h? Magazine in its early days, hut fee bold? ft high situation in the Post Office, the duties of whieh sometimes take him away, for .months at a time. Within the last fire years he has thus been seat to the West Indies, South America, and the United States. A tratelling editor would never do. Perhaps, among the crowd of authors, able and anxious to work lor a large salary, my small friend Wilkie Collins has. most chance. He has no par ticular engagement elsewhere, is a popular Maga zine!, and has the ear of the public. She only ob jection I know is this: Thackeray has not been on cordial terms with Dickens since the Edmund Yates affair; Thackeray will doubtless be con sulted on the choice of his successor; Wilkie Col lins writes for “AH the Year Round,” and is on the most intimate terms with Dickens; therefore, Tlmekeray may object to him. Two monied men here, who took the All-England Eleven crack cricketers over to Australia, to play a match against the Eighteen picked players of thftt world, are Messrs gpiyrs and Fond, who go into all sorts of speculations. They have just offered to take Charles Dickens to Australia, to deliver his readings in the leading cities there; (be time of-absence being les3 than eight months in all, and the secured net remuneration, paid over before he left England, being some seven thousand pounds. A great offer —but Dickens will scarcely accept it. The recent anti- Government sensation in Paris, which has led to numerons arrests and the suppres sion or suspension of various ednoational institutes, was causod by a ballad, “Le Lion du Quartier Latin,’ ’ sang by the law and medical students, which every one in Paris seemed to have by heart the day after it was first chanted. Here is a transla tion, such as it is. The words slaughter and quar ter are Cockney rhymes, 1 grant you ; No, no! onr young men are not dead! They rise with noble wrath about them; Let Caisar look bis gates be sped— Twhs a yonng Lion roared without them! He sleeps—you think ? To smile—you try! But soon he’ll stretch his limbs for slaughter He’s by! Ha only sleeps with half an ays. The Lion of the Latin Quarter. The student marches on before, The workman follows close, and wary; They tvOaS It. gw SAtkideS they wore In July and in February. The race who did not fiinch for kings, At Areola and Saroy’s slaughter. He springs! Along the tract the lion springs— The Lion of the Latin Quarter. Oh! France, our Franoe ! in tby thiok night We grope our way to find the traitor; | Bo long the gloom, bo faint the light, 1 Forgive us that we slumbered later; But look! there shines the blessed day! And faithful to the task of slaughter, Away! lie scents again bis hated prey, The Lion of the Latin Quarter. " Ah, fuddled crew! churning the dregs, The lees, of the Imperial liquor, Your revel’s on its latest legs, The bright Bun makes your tapers flioker. See how your eagle screams with fright ! v ’ He smells the blood of coming slaughter— He’s right! Eagle and eyrie’s but a bite To the Lion of the Latin Quarter. Come, if you doubt us - nay, or come If you defy us—we are here. Gee lid, the scholars, in our hoine ; Babble your cynic dostrines there, Old Nisard, good a moral in, And Edmond About, sworn exhorter, Come in ! Let’s see if ye a sneer can win At the Lion of the Latin Quarter. Sick of its lying, loud and long, The People warns the Moniteur / The People, by the students’ (segue. Warns a “ third warning!”—ah! be sure It knows you now a knavish thing; On Aventine it calls to slaughter, False King! It bounds upon thee with fell spring, The Lion of the Latin Quarter. And thou, poor nation ! that has munched Only five monarchs in your hunger, ’Twee hut a inor&el Jf.tt Mire crunched This hundred years; but wait no longer ! Set to on him who pays the carte This, your last feast-day; kill and slaughter! Do smalt' He smacks his lips for Bonaparte, The Lion of the Latin Quarter. Authorship and actorship are going together, it seems, in the case of M. Fee liter, who has written a play called “The Holden Dagger,” which will be brought out, in a short time, at the Prinoess’ Theatre, with the author in the leading oharaoter. This eyening, Mrs. Charles Kean (Ellen Tree) boldly will attempt the old part of Violmitt , in Mrs. Cenlivre’s Spanish comedy, “The Wonder.” Advisedly I use the word boldly —for nearly forty .years have passed since this lady, then abont 19, first played this part, in London. In those remote days she was slight in figure and handsome in face The public will now see a Violante ot greator weight than usual—Mrs. Kean being estimated at two hundred pounds avoirdupois. A rival to Punch, cleverer and cheaper too, is Fun, of which the first volnme, with 300 amusing engraving?, baa just been completed. Punch, as you may be aware, does not sell (and dees not pay) half what it did fifteen yean ago. Dr, Cumi&iPg’snewbwk, “The Millennial Best,” of which 3,500 copies were printed, was subscribed for, by “the trade,” 3,350 copies at cue sale. It is advertised as completing a series of three works : **ln the firsts ‘The Grant Tribulation,’ Dr. Cum mifig describes what St. John oalls the Tribulation the Great, through which we must pass, and on which the world has already entered; in his (Re demption diaweth nigh 1 he collected the various signs of the glory to come. In this new work, 1 The Millennial Rest,’ ho describes that bridal ofhe&veu and earth, to perfect a world that will never fade.” Tho Reverend Doctor, who is what is called “a popular preacher, 11 is the most exhaustlcss of writers. His works would form a small library— but all that is original in them might be printed in a sixpenny tract. Sir Roundell Palmer, our Tractartan Solicitor General, is going to press with a new hymn-book, selected from various sources. Pope (tho edition commenced by tho late J. W. Crokor, and now completed by Mr. Eiwyn, ex editor of the Quarterly Review,) is ready for the printing machine at last. It will be th&■ edition. Works, Life, Letters, of Alexander Pope, the poet of Ann^aseign. In the new Life of William Pitt, (the son,) by Lord Stanhope, is printed a poetical translation, or rather paraphrase, of one of the Horation Odes. As a cariosity, from a pen, hero it is s Ilor. CarmLib. Hi, Ode 2. How faless’d, how glorious they who bravely full, Their lives devoted, at their country’s call! Death, too, pursues the coward as he flies ; Thfe d&Yt hiin, and dUgraeM he died. No mean repulse intrepid Virtue knows ; Spotless and pure her native splendor glows ; No gaudy ensigns hor’s, of borrowed pow’r, No fame, dependent on the varying hour; Bow’d to no yofeo, her honors are hoc own, Nor court the breath of popular renown. On wing sublime, resistless Virtue soars ; And, spuming human haunts and earthly shores, To those whom godlike deeds forbid to die, Unbars the gates of Immortality. The Paris Journal Le Temps is reproducing Dickens’ 14 Great Expectations,” day by! day, translated as “ Les Grand Esperancea.” From General McClellan’s Army. SHIPPING POINT OCCUPIED BY OUR TROOPS. SKIRMISHING BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES. List of Casualties on the Union Side. Washington, April 7—The Fortress Monroe boat, which arrived at Baltimore this morning, brings information from the neighborhood of York town up to Saturday afternoon. Shipping Point had been taken by our troops, and other places, on tho route, formerly occupied by the rebels. Some skirmishing and cannonading had I taken place between tho outposts of tho enemy and our forces, in which tho following casualties are said to have occurred; Kim.es — Edward Lewis and Charles L. Lord, of the Third Massachusetts Battery; and John Reynolds, of the Fourth Rhode Island Battery. • Wouxnuo — Timothy Donohue, in the hand; Freeman Hearing, in the leg; and Charles T icker, in the chest —alt of the Third Massachusetts Bat tery -, Sergeant J. Wade, Company 0, in the arm -, Cyrus Wilcox, Company C, by pieces of shell in the leg; and C. W. Peck, of Company F, in the leg—all of the regiment of sharpshooters. Our man arc in good spirits, and ready fi r any contest. Interesting from the Lower Potomac. Washington, April 7. —General Sickles arrived here ftita belew to-day. He reports that a reconnoissanco had been made to Stafford Court House, about soven miles from Fredericksburg, which resulted in the capture of six prisoners, large quantities of stores and a valua ble mail. It was ascertained that there was cot a very large foroe of rebels at Fredericksburg. - Tbs Etsamer Freeborn has arrived up from Li verpool Point, bringing some additional particulars of the skirmish at Stafford Court House. General Sickles’ troops captured some forty horses belong ing to tbe rebel cavalry, a number of small arms, and the mails in the Stafford post office, in whioh were found many letters, some of them being pro bably of importance to the Government. Six prisoners were also taken, who were brought up Sn tho P.-clorn Mid IfllfSH t« the Old OafilAl Prison. As the crew of the Freeborn were getting off the horses and othpr property captured, the rebels opened a heavy fire upon them from the thicket, but on the Freeborn returning tho com pliment with shrapnel, the enemy hastily de camped. ‘ The mails ftr California, Oregon, and Washington Territory are now transmitted overland from St, Joseph’s, Mo., to which place correspondence can be sont from any post office. The Rebel Steamer Merrimac. Washington April 7Xke following in regard to the Merrimae has been received at the Navy Department: When she ran for Norfolk, on Sunday, the 9th of March, in the evening she had seven feet of water in her'liold, Ono shot from the GnmOorlanit had riddled her, and one shot . from the Monitor, through her port-hole, dismouated two guns. The Monitor put a bail through the boiler of the 2‘u hid 71t.ni y, and killed two men and scalded others. From General Banks’ Column. Woorstock, Va., April 6.—A limber box at tached to Dannis’ battery, containing one hundred and twenty-five pounds of powder and thirty shells, exploded here yesterday, Blightly injuring one man and two horses. The body of Colonel HoHiday passed through Winchester this evening on the way to New York. While marching from Strasburg hither yesterday, he left his command, went into a piece of woods, and blew Ms brains out with a pistol, while stand ing on the bank of a river with the intention of falling into the water. Federal Troops at Shelbyville, Term. Wi.suiNC'MN, April 7th.—Telegraphic advioes have been received here, announcing the arrival of part of Gen. Buell’s army at Shelbyville, Tennes see, and stating that they were welcomed with great enthusiasm by the citizens. Shelbyville is the seat of justice of Bedford county, and is fifty nine miles southeast of Nashville, with which it is connected by a railroad. It is only about fifty miles from the Alabama line. FIGHT AT NORTH EDISTO. THREE COMPANIES OF THE PENNSYLVANIA FIFTY-FIFTH ATTACKED BY FIVE HUNDRED REBELS. OUR LOSS, FIVE KILLED AND TWENTY HISSING. By the arrival of the United States transport Atlantic, at New York, on Sunday night, from Port Royal, April 4, we have the following intelli gence : An attack has been made by the rebels npon a portion of the forces stationed at North Edisto. In formation was conveyed to the rebels of the posi tion occupied by three companies of the Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania, and their capture was attempted by three battalions, each five hundred strong, moving simultaneously last Saturday morning, at daybreak, upon their, separate positions. It happened that two companies had moved their camps the day be fore, and the two rebel battalions in search of them were obliged ts retire, having effected nothing. The third was less fortunate. Thirty men of com pany F, Captain Bennett, nnder command of their first lieutenant, were at Hannahan’s plantation, on LUtle E(|i|to/ separated from the largo island and the main font by a crick, the bridge over which was destroyed by therebels, and thoirretroat completely cut of. This insignificant force, thus attacked by 500 rebels, maintataed a dosperate defence for an hour, falling back toward the bridge, of whose destruc tion they were unaware, availing themselves of the inequalities of the ground as a oover, and partially screened by the thick fog, through which, however, the flashes of their guns betrayed them to the . Ttfey ytcadily maintained this unequal conflict, nntil when within a tkindred yards of the bridge, their askannition gave out, and no other defence was possible. Still, they would not Bur render, but, tnrovinp their muskets into the river, sought relugo In/thicknts along the hanhs. Fire men escaped by swimming, and were afterward picked up by onejof the Crusader’s boats. Five are known to hare been killed during the fight. The remaining twenty, some of tfiem wounded, M? mifsing, and undoubtedly prisoners, The rebel plans included also the capture of Colo nel White, of the Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania. He bad moved his hi&dquartcrs, like the two com panics, only the day before, and the rebels, in their advance, paised unaware by the house in which he and his adjutant and. quartermaster were sleeping. At the oner house, they found Captain Waterbury’a company, whiah had been roused by tbo flrln-J at Uunnjjiau’s, drawn up in lino of hit tie to-receive them, and as they had contemplated only a surprise, and were not at all eager for a fight, and only numbered about ten to one, they hastily withdrew; In the house ooeupied by the thirty, a risk mm was loft In upper room, tnl, undiscovered ty the rebels, beard the address ef the rebel loader to his men before the attack. The rebel flag was afterward hoisted on the house, but remained only a few minutes, their force with drawing t« Jofioreo Island and making no effort to hold the ground. HISArPOISDIENT OP THIS REBEL JjEADEnS. —It lias been aeocrtainod that the rebel Isadora arc grievously dl#onoerted by the change in the dispo sition of the aimy of the Potomac. They had early information oi the preparations for the transporta tion of Gen. JKcClellan’s army, and, supposing that the whole atm of the Potomac csss to be withdrawn from the vicinity of Washington, had arranged a programme fir a bold dash -aoroßS the Potomac above Washintton, and a foray upon the capital through Marjfland. Gen Jack£pn' s command was to lead this enterprise, and to bo supported by Smith and Johniton's forces. It was expected that the rebel sympathizers in Maryland would raise the standard of revdt there, and aid the execution of the project, by the destruction of railroads and bridges, and the isolation cf Washington from rein forcements of U*oa troops. LATE SOUTHERN NEWS. THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE COMING BATTLE. The Last Message to the Bebel congress. COMMENTS OF THE RICHMOND PRESS, MORE ABOUT THE STEAMEB MEBBIMAC. AFFAIRS ON TIIK SOUTH CAROLINA AND GDOIUifA (OAST* Rebel Account of the Winches ter Battle. A Free-Trade Policy Declared by the Bebel Congress. Th? following extracts from late Southern papers possess unusual interest. The battle of Winchester is claimed &s a victory for Jackson, whose retroat was a necessary result, not of the charge of our left wing, but of the evacuation of Manassas, and “ had been ordered some days previously. 11 Prepara tions are being made upon an immense scale for the coming battle in the Southwest, which may have most decisive results upon the termination of the war. This 5s a fact fully appreciated by the rebels, who are making every effort to concentrate vast armies. To aid this purpose, Jeff Davis recom mends that the rebels recently released by our Go vernment bo absolved from the niee sense of honor which might impel them to observe their terms of . parole, in order that they may take up arms in the struggle for “independence jeff’s message—violation op parole recom- JIENDED. The Richmond Mxamintr of the 19th ultimo states that a message from Jeff Davis was sent into the rebel Congress, in secret session, on the pre ceding day, recommending that all the rebels paroled by the Federal Government be released from the obligation of their parole, so as to bear arms in the rebellion. The recommendation (says the Examiner) was urged as a retaliation for the infamous and reck less breach of good faith on the part of the North ern Government with regard to the exchange of prisoners, and was accompanied by the exposure of this perfidy In a lengthy correspondence conducted by the War Department. We have been tabled to extract the points of this interesting corre spondence. It anpears, from the correspondence, that, at the time p'ermiesion was asked by the Northern Go vernment f&r Messrs. Pish end Atn&a t& visit their Srisoners within the jurisdiction of the South, our overnment, while denying this permission, sought to improve the opportunity by concerting a settled plan for the exchange of prisoners. For the exe cution of this purpose, Messrs. Conrad and Seddon were deputed by our Government as Commission ers to meet those of the Northern Government un der a flag of truce at Norfolk. Subsequently, a letter from General Wool was addressed to General Huger, informing him that he (General Wool) had I‘nct \pntfiority to settle any terms for the ex change of prisoners, and asking an interview on the subject. General Howell Cobb was then ap pointed by the Government to mediate with Gene ral Woo), and to settle a permanent plan for tbe exchange of prisoners during the war. The ad justment was considered to have been satisfactorily made. It was agreed that the prisoners-of-war in the hands of each Governmentshould be exchanged, mas for man, the officers being assimilated as to rank, ftc.; that our privateersmen should be ex changed on the footing of prisoners-of-war; that any surplus remaining on either side, after these exchanges, should be released, and that hereafter, during the whole oontinuanoe of the war* prisoners taken on either Bide should be paroled. In carrying out this agreement, our Government has released some three hundred prisoners above those exchanged by the North, the balance in the competing numbers of prisoners in the hands of tho two Governments being so much in our favor. At the time, however, of sending North the hostages wo had retained for our privateersmen, Gen. Cobb bad reason to suspect the good faith of the Northern Qmriffittnt] and telegraphed in time to intercept the release of a portion of these hostages, (among them Col. Corcoran,) who were en route from points further South than Richmond to go North under a flag of truce to Norfolk. A number of these host ages, however, had already been exchanged. It now appears that, in contravention of tho solemn agreement of the Northern Government, not one of our privateersmen has been released, and the Fort Donelson prisoners, instead of being pa roled, have been taken into the interior, where they are still confined. As a. judgment upon this open and shameless perfidy of tbe North, it is proposed that our prisoners who have been paroled by the Yankees shall be released from their obligations. There is as little doubt of the honor of such a pro position as there is of its justness and xneetness as a retaliatory measure fer an act of flagrant perfidy. THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND THE COMING Tho Memphis correspondent of a Savannah paper, in his letter of the 13th ult., states upon hearsay evidence that thirty-two transports, under convoy of a gunboat, passed up the river by lteynolds burgh, in Humphries county, on Monday evening preceding. Fourteen other transports passed up during the night, and others again on Tuesday morning, but in what number he was not informed. The boats were laden with troops, artillery, caval ry, wagons, mules, &c,, and were making, it is be lieved, for Savannah. Some regiments had also been thrown forward to Paris, about thirty miles southwest from Port Henry, and on the direct line to Memphis. The correspondent says ; “ This looks as if Gen. Snell did, not intend to let the grass grow under his feet. With the present stage of water in the Tennessee river, the gunboats cannot ascend beyond Pastport j yet it is evident a bold push will be made to reach the line of the Memphis and Charleston railroad, and to gain a position to turn our forces and defences on the Mississippi. Mean while Gen. Halleck is massing a heavy force in the rear of ITew Madrid, on the west bank of the river, and below Island No. 10. Thus it will be seen that the enemy has put in motion two heavy co lumns —one on either side of tho Mississippi—and that they are gradually moving southward. Buell’s division, owing to the facilities afforded by the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, has made great er progress than Hslleck’s, which has many physi cal difficulties to encounter and overcome. The ef fect of Buell’s advance, however, is to help on Hal leck.” Here is a striking paragraph that foreshadows the result of the eoming battle at Corinth : Wc shall never be able to stop the progress of the enemy until we are strong enough to hold both banks of the river, for if he be allowed to pass us on one side, and gain the river below, he may at any time cut off onr communications, and virtually close the water-way by his field batteries. When sball we able to iziabo asucoessful stead, aud cbock and drive him baok ? Not, I fear, until large rein forcements shall have reached the field. It is easy enough to blook the way against the Federal gun boste, but closing the river dees not prevent the land forces from moving on. We must not only hold the river against the gunboats, but by opposing equal forces to the columns advancing down on either bank, check and drive them back. To do this will require a large army, aud the utu&st skill and energy. The accounts from the river above are conflicting. For the present, I can only say it may be found necessary, in a few days, to make some other changes in our positions before we take iip a. final line of defence. It will require thousands of lives and millions of money to repair the loss of Forts Henry and Honclson. It was through those neglected gateways the Trojan horse was intro duced. The correspondent then states that Jeff Davis is to take the field in person in Tennessee, and adds that bells for Beauregard continue to come in. Many of the plantation bells used for indicating the time and calling ihe negroes together weigh from 100 to SOO pounds, and are oomposed of the best metal for cannon. Boats arriving are not permit ted to land their cargoes, except of certain kinds, and the vvtten, eager, ueiosses, *«., new in the city, are being sent to places of safety. All this can have but one me&niag- Tbe Memphis Appeal says: We learn from an officer, whose position gives him many facilities for obtaining correct informa tion, that General Van Horn is rapidly concentra ting his forces, and will immediately move to Poca hontas. Ills object 1§ to move against New Madrid, and assist in defending the great Valley of the Mis sissippi. It is far more important that we should hold the Mississippi than the hills aud swamps in Southwestern Missouri. A despatch from Des Arc, Arkansas, dated tho 25th ultimo, states that the rebel troops are gather ing in large number's at Jaeksonport and Pocahon tas. They are in the highest spirits, in prospset of immediate service. General Van Horn and General Jeff Thompson are preparing for an early move ment on some point on the Mississippi river. DAVIS AND WIGFALL. The Mobile War Spirit prints the following story, which is credible enough, although not vouch ed f«r: Mr. Wigfall, of Texas, is one of that sort of men, we take it, whose bump of revorenee has no largo development to impress him with an uncomfortable feeling of awe in the presenoe of greatness. We will describe a scene between him and the Presi dent, as it was described to us : Wigfall. Davis, you are a groat man, a smart man, aheap smarter than I am. The President. (Replies with a nasal grunt not suseeptible of being indicated by any combination of tbe letters of the alphabet.) Wigfall. Davis, you ore a mighty knowing man, but if I wore in your plaoe, as the Chief Magistrate of this struggling yeung Republic, I would know a sight more than you do, and a great deal that you won’t. ThoProtidant. (Putting an mi air of prim in dignity, replies with two grunts.) Wigfall. Davis, if I were President, as you aro, I should deem it a duty I should owe to my coun try to know something of what others know. I would put myself in free and easy communication with men of mind, whether in official or private sta tion, to seek information from thorn, and losrn their views concerning public affairs, in order that I might profit by thorn in tho conduct of the groat affairs of State. No man is so omniscient but that he may learn something by association and free converse with his feliow.s. (Exit the President consulting his watch.) THE BEDEL DEFEAT AT TVIIfCHESTKIt The Memphis Appeal publishes the following from Richmond, 25th ult., via Charleston, and Au gusta, Georgia: Gov. Letcher has received a despatch, which Bays that at half past four o’clock Sunday aCicrnocu, TWO CENTS. “Stone-Wall” Jackson engaged the enemy, 18,000 fltrong, at Barton's Mllfl) fire miles this sido of Winchester. After a severe battle Jackson wa9 compelled to retreat, with a heavy loss of men and officers. Capt. Antrum, wounded and a prisoner; Liouts Dalle and Watson, Fifth Virginia, killed; Capt. Buford, Major Jackson, and Lieut. Williams, missing, supposed killed. Our loss about two hun dred. Gen. Jackson retreated to Cedar creek, leaving his baggage in his rear. The enemy was advancing. following is frofia RliLfii&bd, Sfilk, t& ik& same paper : “ A despatch has just been received at the War Department, in this city, from General Joseph £ Johnston, which states that the Feder&lß were repulsed with great loss. General Jackson held the field, having lost 200 killed and wounded. Be fell back the same evening, under cover of the night, to Cedar creek. Jackson’s force did net ex ceed 6,000 ” The Appeal says, editorially: “We have two re ports from the recent buttle in the valley of Yin ginin. That of our regular correspondent is, it will be seen, founded upon official intelligence received at the War Department, from General Johnston, and is favorable—really indicating a victory for the Confederate arms. The retreat of General Jackson was a move which was the socoesary result of the evacuation of Manassas, and had been ordered some days previous.” PROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORCIA COAST. The Savannah of the 21st ult., has the following; Official information was received here yesterday of the landing of 1,000 of the enemy at Blulfton, early in the morning. Later accounts, brought by passengers on the Charleston train, state that a courier arrived at Bardensriile, in the afternoon, with the intelligence that 15.000 were landed from their gunboats, and were preparing for a march upon the railroad. There was considerable bustle in the city last night, indicating that some of the Georgia boys were about to have a chance to par ticipate in the fight. We shall, perhaps, hear of important developments during the day. Moßt of our readers have probably already heard of the capture, on Edisto Island, of Lieutenant Colonel Bennett* of the Fifty-sixth Pennsylvania Regiment, Lieutenant Kirby, of the Forty-seventh New York, and a Mr. Willis, a “United States Government agent” to steal cotton from the sea islands. These worthies had wandored in a buggy about three hundred yards from their camp, near the Daily Bouse, when they were pounced upon, and carried off in triumph by three of our Frog Level scouts. In this connection, the following letter and enclosure from General Evans will be read with interest: T 4 HAi.QUAitTEr.s Tmni> Mn.TTAHY District, Adams’Run, S. C., March 19, 1862. j To the Editor of the Charleston Mercury : In order te let the civilized world know the cha racter of the enemy we are fighting, I would ask you to publish the enclosed instructions, I found on the person of the captive, Benjamin Willis, of the State of Maine, United States. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, FT. G. Evans, Brigadier General C. S. A. Headquarters U. S. Resident Agent, ) Hilton Head, S. C., Feb. 8,18G2. j Mr. Benjamin Willis , Port Royat: You will proceed to North Edisto Island, with Col. Noble, and assist Mr. Gideon Reynolds and Mr. Braiton in collecting cotton and other property on the island, and performing such other service as they may require. Very respectfully, your obedient servant. Wit. H. RkVxolus, Lieut Coi. i-irsfc Regt. R. I. Artillery, U. S. Resident Agent. A true copy: N. G. Evans, Brig. Gen. Com. Third Military District, S. C. The Savannah News of the 21st ult. states that our troops had erected a battery on the Martello tower on Tybee iriand, zvhich threw a shell over Fort P'nlnsbi. They have al9o erected a battery on Decent creek, southeast of Fort Pulaski, near Lazaretto creek, an old hull' , whichit is thought will also throw shot on the fort. The Republi tan sayei The Yankees have been quite busy in our river, both above and below Fort Pulaski. They have one rifle cannon on on old hulk near Decent island, 22 miles south of Fort Pulaski; one on the Mar tciio tower, and a battery of Dahigreng and COlum* biftds on the point of Tybee; and a battery on Daufuskie island, apparently of four guns. The fleet at Tybee consists of one sloop-of-war> one bark discharging, and tvf o 99a] §9b99B9rS off tho point. On Thursday week the rifled cannon on the Martello tower was fired once at a boat near the north wharf of Cockspur, twice at the hospital, and once at the fort, neither shot taking effect. No ad ditional batteries have been erected on the liver above the fort. FROM SHir ISLAND, The Richmond Examiner says : Ship Island has proved a graveyard to the enemy, even in mid* winter. The first army which they lauded there was half destroyed by disease, the second is shar ing the same fate. The equinoctial storm which is now upon us will bo over in a few days, and then will commence all along our Southern seaboard ike joint reign of mosquitoes and malaria. The enemy will fail to get into the interior, and will be com pelled to move their forces to higher latitudes. We have seen their last naval expedition for the pre sent seasoih No other will bo sent out: and those already on the coast must in a few weeks beat a retreat. There will, therefore, be a great concentration of their armies, and consequently of our own, during the summer, Tho greatest buttles ever fought ou the American continent, and as great as ever occurred on the globe, will be fought on the plains of Piedmont, Virginia, during the campaign now openod. We are on the threshold of great events, find cur people will bear themselves in a manner worthy of tbe cause and the arista- Declaration of Free Trade by the Confe derate Congress. [From the Richmond Examiner.] X till for abolishing ibo ianffj and ibrowrag open our Confederate ports to the commerce of all the world, except of the United States, has passed the House of Representatives with extraordinary and unexpected unanimity, and is now before the Se nate. It iS 6BC fif the fiSSt 4Vld4hcei that have been given of a disposition to establish an original policy of our own, and to desist from a slavish imitation of tho Washington Government. Tbe argument in favor of free ports and free 6 ftffi SO fttUltlf&fM tfid htiiiierotis that no doubt remains of the hill passing the Senate, and of the measure becoming the established policy of tho Confederacy. In the brief discussion which the hill elicited in the House, the fact transpired that the revenue from the tariff so far had been only sufficient to defray the expenses of the custom house establishment. Duties upon a blockaded commerce were absurd enough; but a oustom-houso system that paid only enough rovenue to defray its own expenses, leaving nothing fa? the public trea sury, caps the climax of absurdity, and discloses, in colors even ridiculous, the futility of the mea sure. ******* Tbe act repealing the tariff law and throwing open our ports, sa far as our aeti&ft eaa do 36, to all tne world, except the public enemy, will proclaim a policy in which all maritime nations are deeply interested, and which cannot fail to array them sooner or later in solid phalanx against tlje adiug enemy. Tho amoronco between such a law and the present tariff act, levying, albeit, only six teen per cent., is the difference Between day and night. It is the diflerence between free trade and restricted on unpopular institution and odious policy of the past and a policy new, liberal, enlightened, and gracious to the commer cial world. It will do more to open our ports, and, whether these are open or not, io fill our country with fo reign goods, than a great navy could effect* Under its operation we shall not see, next winter, our sol diers going barefooted in the mud, and tracking their pathway with blood. Extortioners, specula tors, aud contractors out of doors, and their crea tures in Congress may oppose it, but the interests of the people, of the army, and the government de mand the law trumpet-tongued. The welfare of the country so imperiously demands the measure that it almost amounts to a sort of treason, to op pose it. The bill providos for the repeal of all laws by which duties are laid and collected on foreign goods, wares, or merchandise imported from foreign coun tries, except as regards those imported from the United States of America. The Occupation of Washington, N. C. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT—TnH UNION SUNTIUENT OF THE PEOPLE. Washington, April 7.—The following communi cation has been forwarded to tho Navy Department by,Commander Rowan : United States Steamed. Louisiana, ) Washington, N. 0., March 26, 1862, $ §in: In obedience \o your prfiWS Of the 20th ifißti, I proceeded to this place, arming at the obstructions, about five miles below, on tbe morning of the 21st. The naval column consisted of this vessel, the Delaware, Lieutenant Commanding Quackeubuali, and the Commo dore Ferry, Lieutenant Commanding Flusser. We were iiMlUtAttidd (6 lh£ dUtrUitlons by the Steamer idnu'rat, an army transport, with eight companies of the Twenty fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, Colonel Stevens, and a small tug boat. Wometwithnoresistanco, the batteries having been abandoned and tlieir armament removed by blasting and other processes. Wo soon forced a cbunntl tbrongb the plies, though they licvci been driven very deep in triple iow, and cut off three feet below the surface. At eleven o'clock last night, we arrived abreast the town, tho Delaware bringing from the transport tbe Held officers, two companies of troops, and the regimental band; SThe authorities, with many of tho citrons, met us on o wharf, where I briefly explained to them the object of our visit. The military then formed, and we pro ceeded to the court house, where, with all the ceremo- Ifjcp, WP *« Th? Fl#fi 9? the Union.’* The troypS ictunud to tho Delaware with unbroken front. 1 found, on further consultation with the authorities, on whom I made my demand for the restoration of the Hatferas Light property, that, underlying an apparent acquiescence of iho people of the town and neigh* horiiood in i>< xrmHJbj- the building of gunboats and iho construction of batteries to repel the approach of tbe United States forces wa* a deep* rooted affection for the old Union, and not a little animosity for its enemies—the lattor element not being diminished by the importation Vt t!(’°Ps lr?H! » §{«tC, Ttj«lSB\lH iff this Stilt* or mimro v> to bo anticipated —tho abandonment of its defences by the troop*, followed by the destruc tion of what remained of rebel property by the people. The lauuched guuboat had been towed several mites up the river, loaded with turpentine and fired,«n tho night of our arrival. X few liUßils&d biuksht of meal and uoru li-ftlu tho commissary stores, was distributed td tlifl pOOf by my orders. The moat vuluable part of tho Huttoros light property, the lenses, have been taken to Tarbo rmtgb. I have hopes of their recovery through the in* itrumontttlity or the people uf Washington. Tho rest of thp property is secure, with the chaunul buoys aud moor. “ft addiliou lit (lie batteries on tho other side of tho ob structions, the enemy Lad thrown np breastworks east of tbe town mid jeiPiPffi fading a oiile. Jim ftlw hud fortified their camp, which commanded the high rr«d. A sketch of the river, from the obstructions to the bridge above the town, is enclosed. It includes nil tbe fortifications. The woods and swamps in this and Hyde county ore represented as being olive with refugees from iK* draft. M*»ny of Uieni, ciiccmraged by onr presence, come in. They are deep and biller in theirdtnuociations of tl e accession heresy, and promise a regimeut if called to aid in the restoration cf the flog. i am. very respectfully, yonr obedient servant, A. MtJJifeAV, Lieut. To Commander 0. C. Bcmvan, commanding naval forces Albemarle and Pamlico bounds, North Carolina. THE WAR PRESU. The Wap. Press will be sent to subscribers by mail (per annum in advance) At ..92.99 Three Copies “ “ •>.OO Ifos M » •> B.o# Ten 11 11 « 12.0* Larger Clubs will be eAsrged at the same rate, thus: 20 eqpif-s will cost $24; 50 septa* will cost S6O; and 109 copies 8120. For a Club of Twenty-one or over, wo will send tm Extra Copy to the getter-up of tbvClub. are requested to-act M Agents for Tub Wak Punas. ■7 Advertisements inserted at the vtmsl rates. Slk linen constitute a square. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. THE nun K V MARKET. Philadelphia, April 7, 1898. City sixes improved slightly at the Stock Board to-day, the old issue Railing at 8 U and 06 tiring hid for tho now issue. United States seveu-and three-tenths loati is steady at ono-quarter of one per cent, discount, and the sixes of lSßlai92X‘ Stale five* Hold at B3tf. Penn sylvania Railroad si 1 ares sold at Loading Rail road bhart-B were a fraction Irnttor. The Money market shows no alteration. OFFICIAL BANK STATEMENT. WSSXLT ATBRAORS OP Tile t'HIi.ADXI.PHIA BANKS. Mar. 31. j April 7. 6 283,OOo! 270,463 210,225 445,860! 472,094) ¥31,948 218,345,' 206,334; 161,910 Man. A Mech. Commerce Girard Tradesmen’s.. Consolidation City... Commonwealth. Coro Exchange. Uni0u.......... 880,000! 805,0001 139,000 238,000 j 246,009 142,000 „ ....t aj csrrSßSa 10,030,538 17,024,303 3,078,970 T0ta1,<,,,,,, The aggregates compare with those of preceding state ments aa follows: March 31. April 7. OapitklStock £11,070,096 £11,9*6,656.. Loans 227,831.33 b 28,037,691. .toe. 206,35* Specie.., 5,884,314 6,886,424. .Inc. 2,110 Duo fm other Bks.. 2,134,392 2,231,689. .Inc. 56,49 T Due to other Bks... 5,H 0,186 6,607,468.. 1nc.507,302 Dep05it5~,,,,,,,,, Circulation. 2,904,042 3,318,970,,1nc, 074,42* 1861. Loans. Specie. CirctiPn. Deposits* 6,179,482 5,383,277 0,704,779 < ,404,330 5,688,728 5,884,0 H 6.923,874 Sept. 2 28,557,264 Opt. 7 30,499,119 Nov. 4 28,431,735 Dec. 2........ ~.30,048,96;; Jau, 6,1862.**.31,346,337 Fell. 3 * * 30,385,119 t» 10 29,174,700 5,849,364 5,867,656 6i.BBlt.XOS o*Bo9*7iiU 5.897,891 5,915,535 h 17 29,388,544 24, *, *29,280,049 Mar. B*^ll *' 10....**. ..28,083,499 «♦ 17 28,723,835 <« 24 28.350,615 5,884,314 5,680/124 .27,831.333 .28,937,091 The following is a statement of the transactions at the Philadelphia Clearing House, for the week ending April 5, as furnished by the manager, George E. Arnold, Bar. Mar.51.M............. 09 «3n,&93 48 -April 2,620,314 60 119,920 01 » 2 2,717,214 54 140,680 &r » 3 2,988,227 71 2-15,735 08 a 4 2,570,787 38 201,027 18 5, 2,826,825 08 270,400 30 $16,129,599 31 > Franklin Fire Insurance Company gives a new proof of its excellent management and good fortune in a seinUftDmuil dividend of five per cent., and an eitr* dividend ef ten per cent., payable on and after the 17th instant. The New York Evening Post of to* day says: Stocks open better this week, but are far from aotivs, the Bbseoco of decisive news from Fortress Monro* leaving the market in an uncertain starts. The course of prices depends in a groat measure upon the news Iron* the Potomac army, and there will probably be but little activity till some stirring events take place in that Quar ter. The feature or the market is the recovery in Givanu ment bonds ami State stocks. The sixes of 1881 clow at 92^a02, 7 « Misaouris leave off 50# bid; Tennessee, 54*4 &55. Pacific Mail ia Btrong, closing at 98%a99. Panama 1200121. Michigan Southern securities are decidedly better. The second mottgages rose cent., the sinking .funds X ; the guarantied closes with satea at 46X* The bonds of the Chicago, Iturlinglon, and Quine? Railroad Company fell 2 per cent, owing to the proposed extension of the line into Chicago bp the. Issue of $1,000,000 new trends The stocß also declined, opening at 62 and falliug off to 7* • The Assistant Treasurer received no United States Treasury notes trom Washington this morning. The cashier of the 6uU*Treasury has disbursed, up te UilitUHß, #1.950,000 lu the hftldeM M' April fiftUMU *£ the 7.30 Treasury notes. Gold is without material change, if anything, a shade firmer thou on Saturday, 102j 8 ffllo2>, / . Exchange on London opens very linn for the Wednes day steamer. Thu leading drawers are asking 11U, and iiave 801 l at 112 & . The weekly bank statement shows no heavy changes. The specie is nominally higher—s33,'764,ooo. The loans and deposits have fallen off $400,000 to #500,000. The circulation bus increased neatly a million dollars. iviiungrSales* April T* taker, Phiia. Exchange.] BOARD. FlilliMlvlphifi Stock *?.v rßeported by S>. 13. Slaym 1 FIRST U 100 Penna 5s 83)4 590 900 do KSO 01 i ICO do KBU 01 IOCO §ch k?av tmp Brt.. 5 Morris Canal Prf.lll# 800 N Fenna 10s 83£ 500 do .......... 83?{ BETWKEI ’ 3 Cani & Ambop R,., I 19 d? ,f r rr,»»»r *-*/l j SECOND 25PennaR 4G# 1000US7.GOTrH.end G9ft 2000 do 003| 1000 do » 11 mm fltfii . 29 liOWgll Scrip.... I 30,£ “31 do 36 V J 22 do 36V 30 do 29 do rftrttrrrr v?/5 1909 CiU05,,,,,,,,,, n 3500 do I*l CLOSING pb: LCES—STEADY Bid. Asked. US Cs 1881.. .. 92* 93 ] USTr79ION Sfi U SOI* I Pinlada Os 90* 91# 1 Philada 6b new. 96* 97 I Peuna 53....... 83 83* I Beading It.. 21.31 21% j 08 OaJ4 : lleadbds'7o.... 87* .. Bemlrotßa’B6.. 76% 77* Penna K 46)4 46% 1 Penna Bl m 65.100 100% Ftmiß R 2 m ?“ ?1 M Morris CnlCon- .. 41 Morris Cnl Pref 111* 112 £cb Far Stock. 4 5 SchNavPref... 10* 12 Sell Nav 6b ’82.. 62)4 63)4 liliuirall.illl 7 8 Elmira R Prf... 15 Elmlri 1b *73.. 73 74 L lelaud R 13,V Le’gb Cl & Nav 50 61 Le Cl A Nav Sep 36 36* N Penna It 7 7* GT* ftft N Penna 10a... 84 CatnwßCon 2 Catawisaa Pref. 6)4 6K Prk A Stbwk It. 42* .. Sffff H 00* Rnce&Yinc-BtR 4* .. W Fbilaia 1t... 53 65 ripruco A'rino,.lo% 11 Green & Coates. 23 24 vhos k Walnut, 30 31 ArcU Street,, i. ISf?* 19X Philadelphia Markets. Arum 7—Evening, There is very little movement in Flour to-day. TUa market Is firm. hut dull at previous looted rates. Balm are mostly to the trade, at $5.12)4 for superfine j $5.37* ©5.62 for extra; $5.5Q®5.75 for family j $5.67® 6.50 for fancy brands, ns to finality. Holders generally refuse 9W Imst figures fersuperfmei wbietr i§sf»f9i Byu Flour Is steady) at 853.2 u per bbh Com Meal con* tiuues dull, Pennsylvania being freely ottered at $2.76, without sales. Wheat is not very plenty to-day, and the firmness of hoidure limited operations to a few Binall lots of Pons vi vania red, at 1280130 c, and white at 13S®l4oc, the lat ter for prime, in store. Ryo i* unchanged, and 1,000 bus Pennsylvania sold at 70c. Corn continues in good de mand, and 9,000®10,000 bus yellow (all afloat) sold at 65c, which is an advance Uah» are neglected and. diill, and Pennsylvania are held at 36c per bushel. Bank. Ist No. 1 Quorcitrou isiu request at $33.50 W *°Cott(>n.—There is no alteration in price or demand, and very little doing lu Iho way of sales* Cirockhiks -ixi) PhonsiDXfn—Tlie markets ror both are unchanged, and about tho usual busiuoss doing, in cluding salted meats at 4)4c for shoulders, and 5% for bams, cftfch. Sekds —There is a steady demand for clover, and about 300 bus sold ftt $6«6.!2fi bn. Whisky is unsettled and dull, drudge selling at 22c, and bbla at gallon. Philadelphia Cattle Market, April T, lU£&if>U of Beef Ofiltle &F& llrgi Uiii WikiU, fiULalilftg about 1,500 bead. The demand is good, and prices re main about the same as last auoted, rouging from $T to $9 W lOO lbs. The following are the particulars of the laid l do Kimble k Kltk, Lancaster county, sB©B 50. 22 Kennedy, Wostoru, sB©so. 70 Jar. McFillen, Jr., Illinois, #B©B.B7*. 50 P. Bathewoji Lancaster county, sB©»* ft! P, McFilhiii lllinoioi $Bo&* 62 Cochran & McCall, Lancaster county, sBo9. 30 J. Seldomiiiige, Lancaster county, $8.60©9.12*, 150 Mooney & Smith, Lancaster county, $7.50©8.T§. 16 SchambergA 00., Ohio, $8 ©9. 27 Landis & Frank, Ohio, $7.u0©8.50. 100 PeHMmer, Ohio. ST 60*6 50. 3*2 J. Chain, Pennatlv&bi&,so®B. 25 J. Aull, Ohio, $7.50©8.50. 59 Fuller & Brothers, IlUnois, $8.50®9. 35 Cwen Smith, Lancn&ttr county, sB®9. SS J, CllTißtJ'i liIHICHSttT CfillßUi s7@*i 30 c. Airsmaiit Lunciibtor couutjr s9r©6 Knox, Lancaster county, $8 50a>9. 31 MasterFon, Lancaster county, $8®8.75. S 4 Ba)maker & Brothers, Lancaster county, s6®9. 00 B. Wiuunn. Lantostei* emuity, $8*8.76. About 125 Cows sold at the Avenue Prove Yard at from $l5 to $3O for Springer*, and $2O to $37 4P bead for Cow and Calf. Tbe arrivals and sales of Sheep reached 3,600 head thin icllibg At from cents He, mto condi tion. 1,120 Hogg sold at the Avenue Drove Yard at from $5.26 to $6 4? 100 Its, net. Tbe arrivals of Fat Hogs at 11. G. Imho CPs Union lirbvt Vaid reached 1.691 head. at from $5 tA $6.75 for still feil, and from £5 M to $6.25 W 100 bs. not. according to quality. > 1,039,00 G 1,046,000 l, 609,545 599.490 l URO77 UUi,fiOO If 248,000; 288,000 K 231,45 8 231,500 Y. 304,000; 301,000 'j 231,422' 233,035 * 13G,f136 : 135,179 j mjm 178,453 409,908. 407,752 ! 150,980; 150,155 i 170,«7t»] 168,221 ■ 314,022 349,581 101.378! 192,344 120,G§5 ! ii3,6Ti 121,057! 110,930 77,785; 75,278 103,000! 100,600 73,000 i 73,000 .5,888,JEM,834,314 | CIBOOLATiOIT. | Mar. 31. >5205,000 308,325 100,000 102,575 99,000 79,395 lea, m 129,000 63,720 174,635 81,660 213.060 mw 137,340 123,306 179,666 112,000* 117,000 2,904»6tt 119,030,712 (20,331,970 20,350,941 21,396,014 20,008,8 M 19,032,586 2,074,0481 2,238,7-39 2,273,0031 2itf43tB2B| 2,145,219 2,144,398 2,191,457 18,692,182 18,777.300 18,641,190 |17,376,7T1 17,253,461 17,0fi6,26T 2,192,512 {2,230,60ft 2i*m4oa 2*076,503 2,032.672 2,707,804 17,024,100 16,636,538 2,904,512 3,378,970 Bftlaucw. Clearings. 11,279,767 Tl 10 Choj Sc Amboy 19W i’wns » Ut m» r iiw* BOARD. . .Now 96* ...... 91 1000 uity os. 500 do 24 Catawisga R Pref 6)4 10(10 Peunfl Coup G«. 09jf 1000 Leliigh Yal tig* . 98* 15 Norristown 1t.... 44 OMinobilLK 43)4 r> du 43* ■.wrfetls PhiiiS^irßiVS 799 Vity 99'59,*iimi 69 Bid. Asked,