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SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1863
Tlu Alining Dlstrlcts.
We have been at some trouble and ex
pense to lay-before our readers a statement
of the condition of aflairs in the mining dis
tricts. Tht report, on another page, pre
sents the result of the observations f ono
of the gentlemen connected with Tun
PnEss, who has just returned from a visit
to the regions. he so graphically describes.
It will be seen, from what he says, that a,
great feeling of discontent exists in the re
gions that contain the rich mines of coal that
enter so largely into the wealth of Penngl-
ThiS mining district, which lies be
tween
the Lehigh and Schuylkill, has exer
cised a great influence over the destinies of
our State; and the rambling politician, the
- writer, or the publicist merely pays a tri
bute to its influence and enterprise when he
becomes eloquent over the mineral wealth
of our grand old State. The coal trade has
strengthened and sustained large interests in
this State and country. )early $15,000,000
was produced last year; a population peculiar
and isolated is sustained by it., and its
transportation has built up. and established
ninny lines of railroads and canals. •Our
State legiilation, our Federal relations, 'our
politics, and in some cases the politics of
the country, havC received color and inspira
tion from this single interest. The mineral
resources of Pennsylvania have given - the
country tariffs' and filled its treasury with
wealth, and it lies become a part of our
State pride or religion to develop these re
sources to their utmost capacity
this development has been paralyzed by the
rrtas•VilifAsiSTßlA.
tal are often overthrown in a single night.
These outbreaks are generally.
.within the
power of the sheriff's local posse, but at
times they require the stern hand of the mi
litary. In the month of May last a most
serious difficulty occurred, and for the time
it was thought that blood - would be shed be
fore peace could be restored.
Since the month of May we have not
heard so much about the troubles in the
raining districts. Occasionally an obscure
paragraph in one of the -local newspaper's
would tell us how a - few laborers had
"struck," and under the influence of liquor
- attempted violence—and how, rifler a little
trouble, they were arrested, tried, con
victed, and sent to prison. After a sum
mary example of this kind peace was re
stored, and no more heard'of troubles in the
mines, until after a fortnight or two, when
the same story was repeated. It is evident
that there is now, and has been for a long
time, a very restless:and uncertain popula
tion i n these mining districts, and that
content is deeply-seated. In this question,
as in -all questions, there are two opinions
to be heard. Some tell us that the heart
of the miner is predisposed to wickedness—.
that his ways arc wholly evil, and. haVing
some strange predilection for crime, he does
nothing but drink wretched whisky, and
demand higher wages—that the capitalists
are badly-used gentlemen, and the victims
of this popular depravity. The other side
of the story is that the capitalists, and more
particularly the men who work the mines,
are hard, grasping, avaricious men—Shy
locks in the coal business—who oppress and
crush their laboring men and keep them in
misery, while they roll in luxury. As we
are neither espousing one opinion nor the
other, but seeking for truth, we may proba
bly fmd in this case, as in the ma
jority of cases, that truth lies between
the two extremes. We know very well that
laboring men, and particularly men who
live in Communities like the miners, and,
from the necessities of their situation, com
pelled to live an humble life, are too often
led into excesses by the seductions and false
hoods of unscrupulous, bad men, who use
them for their own selfish and ambitious
purposes. The demagogue would ask no
better audience than a company of humble
miners. They pre - susceptible and easily.
impressed. They are anxious to find a
reason for their poverty and their misfor
tunes ; and, like Most men who Are poor and
unfortunate, they can easily be led to believe
that the fault is at the doors of the rich, and
that every dollar wealth possesses repre
sents so many hours of their unrequited toil.
When men have -these feelings, the way to
violence and crime is easily discoYered.
At the sane time we are far from believing
that the employers are free from blame. His
Excellency the Governor, in his last mess
age, dwelt very earnestly upon the injustice
of what is known as the " store-order " sys
tem. As we understand this system, it is
thus: The owners of a colliery open a store
in the settlement around their mines ; they
stock it with all manner of articles for use,
luxury or comfort, and pay the miners in
orders upon the 'agent who manages it. Of
course, the agent can charge his own price,
and, by advancing his rates 25 or 50" per.
cent., reap a large profit from the buyer:
There is no competition . , and the men are at
the mercy of the store-keepers. "It is a
system,"-says the Governor, "most unwise
•and unjust, and it affects classes of useful
citizens who, as they live by thweeeds of
their daily labor,have not adequate means
to resist it.' I have no doubt that most of
the difficulties which occasionally occur be
tween employerS. and their workmen are
due to the prevalence of this system." This
is very positive evidence, and, although our
own writer states that the store-order system
has been divested of its offensive features,
the only cure for the evil will be to abandon
it altogether. It may be that it is not as
oppressive as the workmen declare' it to be,
but the principle is manifestly unjust, and a
law should be passed prohibiting it alto
gether. •
We believe it possible for some system to
be adopted, fair to the capitalist and the la
borer, permitting these rich regions to be de
veloped to their utmost capacity, and at the
same time enabling the miners to live in
comfort and happiness. There is no reason
in the world why men who labCr at the
mines should be more ignorant and unhappy
than men who labor in other departments
of industry. They are a Vold, shrewd;
courageous, active people. Their fearful
trade requires calm nerves, and a contempt
of fear. difhe qualities that make them, so
troublesome and dangernua—that-lead -- thern
to organize into rude secret societies—to di
rect general stiikes,.and, indeed, to main
tain such a thorough and complete organi
zation through the whole region, are quali
ties that, when well trained and cultivated,
make men upright, faithful, and happy. We
think these mining people may become so,
and we think that the men who control the
mines, and find themselves involved so fre
quently in serious and troubleiome quarrels,
might.do a grod thing for themselves, for
humanity and. civilization, by endeavoring to
improvii-the condition of the men under their
charge. necessary, we believe,
that the Condition of these people Should be
known to.lead -to its amelioration, and for
this reason we have been at so much trouble
to lay before the public the observations of
a calm, uniijudiced,' and intelligent• ob
server.
The Distresuil Irish Cotton Operatives.
Yesterday, at the Corn Exchange, In one
hour, over $2,030 was subscribed for the
distressed cotton weavers and muslin* em
broiderers in the North of Ireland, and this
amount will be considerably increased there,
as also by the public generally. Two ladies
thoughtfully and kindly sent their respective
donations of si"i each. In the course of
- next week; the relief committee will ship
their first Instalment of charity; probably in
flour, which is.inuch needed by the starving
out-of-work• operatives, male and female.
The misery to which they are subjected is
snore iuteriFe and appalling than that which
has afflicted Lancashire.
ST. PATltlvit'd DAy.—Next Tuesday being the
national anniversary of St. Patrick, the patron
mint of Ireland,
“ Who (hove the frogs into the bogs,
And haLished all the varmint,”
the various Irish societies will celebrate it, as
Usually, it being a point to drown the shamrock in
something stronger than water. The Hibernian
Society for the Relief of Emigrants' from Ireland
will dine at the Girard House on that occasion.
LETTER FROM "OCCASIONLL." •
WASHINGTON,' March 13, 1863
Manifestly there arc two opposing ele
ments in what was the Demoeratic.party
that which denounces the preservation of
the Republic at whatever risk or cost, and
that which pray s.for the salvation of slavery
before the Government itself. The same
struggle is going on in some other associa
tions ; but as the former strength of the De
mocracy lay in the unity of the slave
power, now in arms against the Union, the
conflict in that party will be most violent
and mbtracted. Your meeting 'at Musical
Fund Ball, on Wednesday evening, ought
to go far to decide the question in favor of
the right and against the wrong principle..
A reading and thinking man, unless he is
of the school of those 'who are sincerely
averse to the doctrines upon which our free
institutions repose, and, therefore, indiffer
ent to the high obligation of maintaining
the Government, would not remain a mo
ment in the Deinocratic, or in any other
party, after finding that its purposes
were 'hostile to his country. There
are tens of thousands of such citizens
who will rend the speeches of Democrats
like Andrew Johnson, Jos. A. Wright, H.
B. 'Wright, B. H. Brewster, and will either
try to rescue their old party from treason
able influences, or will leave it forever.
How, indeed, can such examples be re
sisted ? Democracy is not :the synonym
of treason. If it means anything, it is for
the rights of man, and for every progressive
and improving measure. It is not, in this
the..morning of the world's liberation from
tyranny, like the bat or the owl that flies
froni the light. Can it be posiible that con
tact 'with slavery has so changed our people
ti. he
end ev
signalinnovation and e - Vitfty. -
for every ata holys)__ls now the apology
- foi;1116: Vfanetitt — urnan — ut - -tuw7—asci-....-
the shield of the murderers 'of Liberty?
Iles that great party, the threshold of
'which is crimsoned With the blood of the
Reformers of the Revolution, and from
whose vestibule have issued forth ideas
that have shaken oppression in every land,
become the sanctuary in which rod-handed
Rebellion against God and man hides from
detection and punishment ? The answer to
this is found in the increasing volume of op.:
position to the traitors, in the Democratic
hands that attack it in the field, and the
Democratic votes that assail it at the ballot
box. I care not if we, lose an election now
and then, and if the friends of the Govern
ment are for the time being overborne.
- We are advancing, neverthelesslEvely re
verse only fortifies and hardens us for a
new endurance. There is not an hour that
does not add to our cause a thousand honest
and unchangeable convictions to supply the
places of the dead and rotten prejudices that
fall away from us. We lose the soldiers of
fortune and secure the heroes_ of principle.
'We get rid of the aristocrats and weld to
and with us the Democrats. If the Arnolds
desert and betray, the Lafayettes and the
Jeffersons stand fast and unshaken. For every
sneering Reed, who looks 'with fiendish com
placency upon the bleeding body of his
lacerated country, we get au Andrew John
son, 'who proves his sincerity by offering
his life as a rampart for her protec
tion. So, therefore, • Democrats, when_
ever you want counsel and encouragement
to sustain your , country, you have them in
the fact that the real principles, the . pre
cedents,and the leaders 'of your great party,
are all arrayed on the side of the Union,
and against the rebellion. You can no more
escape from this fact than yon can escape from
death. The Christian iAight as successfully
attempt to deny the Bible, as for any one of
you " to rail this seal from off the bond."
And, above all, do not delude yourselves
with the thought that you can preserve your
loyalty by offering such sham support of the
Government as is borrowed from the 'heart
less philosophy of the Cynics and Jesuits,
the Pharisees and aristocrats, 'who now
dominate in the old Sanheilrim. These men
are no more of you than you are of the re
bellion. • They have as little faith in what
you hive been taught, and in what you be
lieve, as you have in the creed of the
Turks, or the teachings of the Chinese.
Arise, then, at once, and forever ! Save
your party from their baleful presence, if
you.can; but, at all 'events, save yourselves.
OccasrozrAL.
Additional Copper Aline Statistics.
From correspondence from the copper•mining re
gion of Lake Superior, and the most reliable infor
mation we have been enabled to glean from gentle
men in this city who are familiar with this great
metalliferous section, and who have taken some in
terest in its development, we are led to believe
that at no distant day the region referred to will
form a, If not the chief attraction to capitalists; and
there can be no doubt that the next few years wilt
make immense fortunes for those who have the saga
city to enter the field befo . re the furore becomes
general.
"tandem" is the name of a new mining company
formed to work a large tract of mineral land in this
section. The property is a rich and valuable one,
having, several large veinsin it. The directors of
the company are among our most prominent busi
ness men and capitalists.
In our notice of the "Bohemian "mine, on Tues
day last; we stated that its yield of copper was about
eon pounds to the cubic fathom, an amount large
enough to pay g handsome profit ; but - the accounts
received since then make a still better representa
tion. Over 800 pounds of mineral have been pro
duced in one week by the corps of miners engaged
in sinking the No. 3 . 6 haft, and the show of copper
throughout the mine generally is Raid to be of the
most promising character. All the openings appear
to be yielding well of the three descriptions of cop
per p,cduccd in the Lake Superior region, viz:
moss, barrel, and stamp. The entire foroe of the Bo
hemian Company is engaged in "opening" the
mice—a stage which must always precede the re-al
production of mineral, or storing, as it is termed.
Those mines are invariably the most successful and
the best-paying in which the largest amount of vein
has been opened before the second or sloping opera
tion is freely entered upon. At the present time the
stopes of this mine are yielding a daily average nf
1;00 pounds of pure metal. The South vein has
been opened at several points, though more in the
way of exploration than for any direct mining work
at present. So far as opened, the vein shoWs great
richness. The agent of the mine writes that the con
dition of the latter was neveibetter . than now, and
expresses hie confidence, based upon what strikes
us as very plausible data, that if properly wrought,
the Bohemian mine will this year not only be self
sustaining, but yield a handsome profit.
Legislative Excursion.
Hannismnao,• March 13.—The members of the
Pennsylvania Legislature yesterday visited the iron
ore banks on the North Lebanon Railroad, distant
about thirty-one miles from Harrisburg, and six
from Lebanon. A special train of three cars were
placed at the disposed of the party, who were accom
panied by Messrs. Nichols, Milholland, of the Phila
delphia and Reading Railroad, and Mr. Weidle,
treasurer of the. North I.chrinun lino. Three hours
were spent at the ore banks and at the furnaces, the
propel iy being owned by the Ooleman
The ore is in three hills, the largest of which is
three hundred and fifty feet high, and which has sup
plied material for the manufacture of arms in three
wars, viz : in the Revolution, in 18j2, and in the
present contest. The ore is smelted in three fur
naces, and veins of copper are scattered through the
hills, the metal being sent to Baltimore to be refined.
The iron ore rests upon trap rock, - and appears to
have been ejected by volcanic action—the whole BUN
face covered being not more than seventy or eighty
acres.
Upon returning from the ore banks the members
were entertained at Lebanon, and speeches were
made by Judge Shannon, of Allegheny, Judge
Naine, or Fayette, and others. The Hon. Relater
Clymer, of Buck a county, was loudly called for, but
was not present. A. vote of thanks was returned
to the Philadelphia and Reading, North Lebanon
Itailioad, and non. Dlr. Coleman, member of the
House, for originating the excursion. The party
then returned to Harrisburg in a special train under
the tuperlntendence of Win. H. Stickhutd, of the
Rending Ciunpany.
A VOICE PEOM T/TR AltatY.—Tire
iig is en extract from a letter received in•thbr city,
dated Murfreesboro. It is written by a member of
the Anderson Troop :
We are looking with much interest to the North,
although we can hardly bring ourselves to believe
that the copperheads" will be allowed to create a
new division in our unfortunate Republic. The
hatted of .our army of the traitors of the North is
even more intense than that against those now,be
fore out lints; but we hope that when the designs
of three partici; are better understood by the masses,
that tiny will rot m such a contemptible minority,
that their (Torts to aid their brother traitors of the
South Will prove utterly futile. •
Acetherletter, from a soldier at Newport News,
says:
4. • . A a 311 •
At the same time, I do not doubt the•great
ma
jotity :of officers and men are opposed heart and
soul to the action of their Representativeslat home.
From all I lend lo the papers, I am led to believe
there is a sti ong reaction In the North taking place.
I trust and hope myjmpression may be correct. If
only the people—the undivided people of the free
States—gave the army an earnest sympathy and
hearty supportif only they.would agree on this
point, ektabliih the Union, and for that be willing
to sacritice any party, any man, any institution,
save religion Itself, to conquer all prejudices, to lay
nettle all jealousies, I feel assured, we, of the army,
feel assured foot . many months would paec . ere law
end justice would reign over all the land.
'With or wlthout..this unanimous sympathy, the.
army - win tight, as it ever has fought, bravely and•
well, end though our prospects ate not the brightest
now, it must, under God, conquer rebellion and
establish union.
The army is rapidly being rid of officers who can
not "conscientiously' , fight since the first of
January, 1663, and 1 think the cause will not suffer
without them. I can't but believe that in many
cases in the army conscience means cowardice.
NVA.SH.IN GI-TON.
Special Despatches to is The Press."
II ASHINOTON, March 13, 1563.
U. S. Senate—Extra Session.
On the meeting of the Senate to-day, the body
immediately proceeded to an executive session.
The President of the United States having no fur_
ther communication to make, as was ascertained by
a committee appointed to wait upon him, it was
agreed that the Senate shall adjourn without day
to-morrow.
Departure of Secretary Chase thr. New
The Secretary of the Treasury left this morning
for New York. It is believed that Secretary Cumin
visits New tork to make a loan of fifty millions of
dollars, which is required for the payment of adjudi
cated claims.
Conlirmations by the Senate.
The Senate to-day confirmed the,following nomi
nations for officers in the Revenue Cutter Service,
under the act of February 4th, last:
To DE OAPTAINS.--john A. Webster,George
Walden, Henry B. Nonea A. V. Frazer, Douglas
Ottinger, Thomas Sands, Francis Martin, Stephen
Cornell, John McGowan, George Clarke, John
Fannee, John S. S. Chaddock, John A. Webster, Jr.,
John Carson, Ameea L. Hyde, George R. Slicer,
Gilbert Knapp, D. C. Constable, John M. Jones,
Thomas M. Dungan.
Toni. FIRST LlitllTENANTS.—.fames D. Usher,
Benj.'F. Kellum, Rielmrd A. Morsel, Anson SAlD
germ, Alfred 13. Davis, Alvan A. Fenger, John F.
Schultz, J. Wall Wilaop, Robert H. Travers, Timo
thy Treadway.
To DE SECOND LrEUTErlArgra.—John G. Bond,
Daniel D. Tompkins, James M. Seldon, John E.
Wilson, Henry 0. Porter, Edward A. Freeman,
Samuel C. Colesberry, Jolen G. Baker,Samuel S.
Warner, Henry J. Benson, Robert S. Ralston, Theo
dore N. Spencer, Joseph Amazeen.
To Inc TIITRD LIEUTENANTE.—Thomaa W. Lay,
Charles F. Shoemaker, Thomas Moffitt, Martin
Phillips, Frank Barr, Henry D. Hall, C. Everett
Webster, Augustue G. Catry. Hugh R. Graham,
Martin C. Rogers, Daniel B. Dodson, Wm. C. Pig.
gott, Wm. E. Holloway, Wentworth S. Simmons,
Cyrus W. Pease, George Walden, Edward D. Dick
..expon, David Ritchie, E. C. G ardrpr.
of the Court ordiaims.
Gharlea t. Estee to itSI..TIAIIIII.4 . Crtmmi.einn.r Ai
Sohn W. Houray, of New York, to be Consul of
the United States at Laguayra.
Cbarlca M, Proctor ; of Maine, to be Consul at
Guayaquil.
Hanson A. Risley, of New York, to be Consul at
Eingston, Jamaica.
B. O'Duncan, of South Carolina, to be Consul for
the Grand Duchy of Baden.
Edward Conner, of Californial to be Consul at
Guaymas.
Dolphus S. Payne, of New York to be United
Idaho.
Elias Marshal for the Territory of
Elias Perkins, of Connecticut, to be COnsul at
Lahnnia, Sandwich Islands.
UNDER TILE ACI TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF
THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Colonel Joseph G. Totten to be brigadier general
and chief engineer.
Lieutenant Colonels Thayer, De Itussey, and
Bachete to bv colonels.
Majors Bowman, Barnard, Callom, Benham,
Humphreys, and Macombe to be lieutenant colonels.
Captains Kurtz, Alexander, Albert Reynolds,
Majors.
First
F. Smith Hunt, Stuart, Blunt, Foster, and
Du a ne, to be
First Lieutenants Craightell, Comstock, Wheeler,
IVeltzel, Houston, McAllister, Elliott. Palfrey,
Robb, Putnam, Paine, Merrill, Reese .s.;cFarland,
Purdy, Cross, and Bower, to be Captains.
Second Lieutenant's o , Boorke, Farquahcr, Dut
ton McKenzie, Gillespie, Burr, Oughs, - Salter,
Smith, Mansfield, and Wharton, to be First Lieu
tenants.
Seholan, of Kansas, to be Assistant Adju
tant General of -Volunteers.
Private George Lancaster, of the 17th:Regirnent
of Infantry, to be second lieutenant.
Holmes Hare, of Illinois, to be assistant quarter
master of volunteers, with the rank of captain.
Limit. Wolcott, of the 41st Regiment of Ohio volun
teers, to be additional quartermaster of volunteers.
Captains Moulton, Insley, and Elan, assistant
quartermasters of volunteers, have been confirmed
as assistant quartermasters in the army, with the
rank of captains, to till vacancies.
Other minor military confirmations were made,
and the appointments of about fifty hospital chap
lains were acted on.
To nr. BEHIADIEE GENERALS OP VOLITNTEERS,..—•
Lieut. Col.-Alfred W. Ellet,,Ool. Alfred T. A. Tobit,
Ist New Jersey Volunteers, from November 29,1862.
Col. George L. Andrews, 2d Regiment of Massa
chusetts Volunteers, from November 10, 1662,
To nE MAJOR GENERALS.—Brig. Gen. Fredk.
Steele,' of New York Volunteers, from November
29, 1862.
_
Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut, of the United States
Volunteers, from September 17, 1862.
To RE BRIGADIER GF.NRRALS OF VoLtmrszas.—
Col. James Nagle, of the 48th Pennsylvania Volun
teers.
Col. Thomas:Virelsh, of the 4.sthPeruasylvania ya
lunteers.
Col. Pobt. B. Potter, ot the Gist Volunteers.
Vol. Francis L. Vinton, of the 43d New York
Volunteers.
Col. Albert U. Payne, of the 4th Wisconsin Volun•
tees.
Col. Isaac Wistar, of the 718 t Pennsylvania
Volunteers, from November 29th, 1662.
Col. Joseph R. West, of the Ist California Volun
teers, 1 rom November 29th 1862.
Col. Alexander Hays, of the 63d Volunteers,
from Sept. 29, 1662.
Chicago Commercial Convention.
' In pursuance of a call published in . the Chronicle, a
meeting was held at Willard's Hotel on Wednesday
evening, for the purpose of choosing delegates from
this district to the National Commercial Conven
tion, which Is to be held in Chicago in June odd.
The meeting was organized by the choice of 13. F.
James. Esq., chairman, and Robert H. Morris and
W. 0. Stoddard secretaries.
The following is the list of delegates :
Hon. Edward Dates, Hon. Robert J. Walker,
lion. It P. James, Gen. S. P. Heintzeiman,
Gen. J, G. Totten, Prof. James Henry, .
Prof. A. D. Beene, Fred. W . Seward,
J. Madison Cutts, w. P. Dols,
Ward H.'Lanton, W. W. Dananhower,
James N. Edmonds, jOol. James B. Fry,
-..
Col. Steven H. Long, Admiral A. H. Foote,
Admiral J. A. Dahlgren, F P. Blair, •
John C. Rives, Robert H. Norris,
W. O. Stoddard, ' Gov. A. W. Randall,
Dr. Peter Parker, John W. Forney,
W. W. Seaton, P. P. Stanton,
A. Penfield, . S. P. Hanscom,
C. Storrs, J. M. hlerriam,
Horace White, Hon. Richard Wallach,
Judge Andrew Wylie, J.. L. nays.
Dr. Ray,
Feeling for the Union in Germany.
The following is an ?ictract from the letter referred
to by Ex-Governor Wright in his speech at Musical
Fund Hall, on Wednesday evening last:
U. S. C/OlintiLATE GENERAL'S OFFICE,
FRAINKFORT•ON-TIIE-MAIN, Jan. 26, 1813.
• • * The middle classes in Germany, since the
proclamation of emancipation, manifest for us a great
degree of sympathy. Hearing that our soldiers need
ed socks, and our wounded men lint, and linen band
ages, they arc sending In those articles to me in
great quantities. I shipped some three weeks since
about one thousand pounds of lint and linen—and
on Friday last over four thousand pounds of lint,
&c., for the use of the sick and wounded.
I have also sent a large amount of woolen socks.
These things are the gifts of friends and relatives of
Germans who are fighting in the Union army, and
are contributed mare or less from every town in
Darmstadt, Haden, Heise Cassel, etc. S. 11. Mc-
Donald & Co. pay all freight on the some from Ham
burg to New 'York. • • '* I could, if desired,
send over in one month more than twenly-flee thou
sand veteran soldiers to , add to our army, and I could
do it, too, without any violation of the neutrality
laws of the country. My office has been thronged
with men desirous of entering our army to fight for
the restoration of the Union. Many of these men were
in the Crimean and Italian wars.
WWII. W. MURPHY.
To Hon. Jos. A. WRIOILT, U. S. Senate, Wash
ington.
Admiral Porter's Narrative of the Con
struction and Career of his " Dummy
Monitor."
A private letter has been received at Washington,
by a naval officer, from Acting Rear Admiral Porter,
which has created much amusement in Cabinet
cir-
Iles. It seems that Porter was much surprised to
learn, on the 25th of February, that the ram Queen
of the West was at Warrenton, seven miles below
Vicksburg, with the rebel flag flying, and steam
up. The account Porter had received from Ellet
led him to believe that the Queen was In such
condition that she could not be repaired for
some time. "I knew," says Admiral Porter in his
letter, "that Brown could take care of the Webb
by himself, but I have no idea that he will be a
match for the Queen and the Webb both amusing him
at the same time. The Indianola isa weak vessel
and the only good thine' about her is her battery.'r
He proceeds to Bay that, "during the time of the
'mining of the blockade, by the Queen and Indianola,
five rebel guns were burst and dismounted in their
forts. Therefore it was an object to make them fire
as much as possible.' I got a mortar In easy range,
and opened on - that part of the town where there
was nothing but army supplies,.and soon provoked
a fire of four of their heavy batteries. The shell at
first fell over the mortar and around it, bursting
(dose to our men ; but the range began to grow
shorter and shorter, until they let us have it all our
own way. Finding that they could not be provoked
without an object, I thought ofgetting up an imi
tation Monitor. An old coal barge, picked
up in the river, was the foundation to build
on. It was constructed in twelve hours, of
old boards, with pork barrels piled on top
of each other for smokestack, and two old ca
noes for quarter boats. Her furnaces were built of
mud, and only intended to make black smoke, and
not steam. On the night of the 24th we heard, at
o'clock, heavy guns about fifteen mites below. We
knew thrit the rebels had nothing but light guns
there, Which could not be heard at any distance. So
we thought it was the Indianola engaging the batte
ries at Carthage, fifteen miles below 1 , ickaburg. Not
knowing that Brant Was in peril, we let loose our
Monitor. It was towed to within a couple bf miles
of the tint battery, and let go, when it was disco
vered by the dim light of the moon thatVickaburg was
in a stew. Never did her batteries open with such a
vim. The earth fairly trembled, and the shot flew
thickly around the devoted Monitor, which re.
turned no shot with her long wooden gun. The
Monitor ran safely past all the batteries, though
under a heavy tire for an hour, and drifted down
safely to the lower inoutikof the canal, where she
was tucked into an eddy. The rebels were com
pletely deceived by ber. Ae soon ae they paw her
by daylight they Opened' on her again with all the
guns they could bring to bear but without a shot
hittlag her to do any harm for time shot went through
one side and came out the other, without causing
the vessel to sink, as she was full of water already.
Our GOMM shouted and laughed like mad, but
the laugh was somewhat against them when, at
dnylight, we discovered the ram Queen of the West
lying at Warrenton ; and the question at once arose
what had happened to the Indianola. Had the two
rams sunk her or captured her in the engagement
we' had heard the night before? One or two of the
eo Idiot got the Monitor out in the stream, and let
her go down on the ram Queen. All the forte com
menced firing and signalizing and as the Monitor
approached her, the ram turned tail and ran down
the ricer as fast as she could go, the Monitor after
her, making all the speed that was given her by a
five-knot current. The forts at Warrenton tired
bravely and rapidly, and it was reported that they
hit our Monitor in a very vulnerable spot. .
Revenue
HA
• Board.
•
RRIBIIURO, March 13. 1563. •
fixed the valuation of the
Tho floveauo Board has
following canapes as below
All. all en y $26,123,119
Adrims—• • • • 4, 138.91/0
Arinstroog .. 3,014,404
Benvt r 4001,151
Bedford
Barks 23,020,418
Blair ' 441(1,74a
dford ......
"'"o` • 19,29182.1
Butler' - 1 4.344."
cansliris ' ' 2;407.774
313,6]9
CHIIIOII 2,464,5i8
Chester . 24,273,007
Centre 4,4U),939
Clarlou 80,211.032
Clinton • 3,068.478
Clearfield 1.0.15;011
Columbia • 3,280,273
Cnirr ford 5.616.&71
Cumberland 11.235.5%
IDauplf it , 3 2 029.140
Delaware 10.137,44.5
Brie 1 1,731.1113
Farette '5,4'7,731
Franklin ' 42.64.963
Fulton 1,197 . .497
.
ironed ' , .... ' 17.4213
Grectle 3.12 , ),671.
(Huntingdon 4,7:10.612
THE PRESS.-PHILADRT ! PHLi, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1863
FORTRZEISI MONROE., March 12--The Ericipon,
from Hilton Head, came up Hampton Roads Last
evening, passing the guard boat, and turned about
and went to sea again without communicating with
the shoji,.
A military commission is in session at Norfolk,
Va., for the trial of Alexander Spence, charged with
tiring buildings. It is composed of Lieutenant
Colonel Z. P. Boyer, l'f3d Pennsylvania "Regiment ;
Lieutenant Colonel G. M. Guion, 148th New York;
Major T. F. Bates, 99th Now York; Major Yohn A.
Bolles, judge advocate.
The rebel General LongstreeVs headquarters are
at retdrsburg, • Va. He has 18,000 troops twelve
miles this side, between there and Blackwater. It
is said that they do not intend to make an attack.
The steamer Adela has just come up the Roads.
Battle on tho Yazoo River—Seven Thou-
Enna Bobolo Captured—More Rumors of
Rebel Raid
CINCINNATI, March 12.—A. special despatch from
Memphis, to the Cametic, gives a report of a eight on
the Yazoo river, and the capture of Bevan thousan
rebel prisoners and eight transports. No particulars
of the affair are given. " . _ -
A letter from Florence, Ala., to the • Mobile 'Regis
ter, says that "Wayne county, in that State, la full
of renegades, styling themselves Union meri, who
had been joined by deeertera from the Southern
army. They eave become more formidable than
ever." .
Much excitement ; was created in Cairo yeateilay
by reports of the capture of Forts Henry and Donal•
eon by the rebels.
There is no news from Vicksburg of interest.
011.1CTIMATT, March 13. , --The Onnmercial has a
rumor, telegraphed from Cairo, that the rebels have
repossessed Forts Done'son and Henry. Though it
is not credited, troops were ordered there for an
emergency.
The Gazette has received a report from Memphis
that General Grant has captured Yazoo city, to
gether with seven thousand prisoners and eight
transports. I fear the news is too good to be true.
[Correspondence of 'rho" ' , two - - •
nAicxr.ricTenn., March 10
Mk REGENT DISASTER.;
.... •••••••—n...---I , inc.myself conversant with the
disaster which has taken - 0....-wcor- here, I antpre
pared to transmit you the following, which ig rg
lisUle
:
. I was In Murfreesboro when the tight took place,
but was compelled to go by the way of Nashville) to
reach Franklin with safety.
Upon my arrival at Nashville I learned enough to
suggest a letter, which I immediately sent you, con
taining, necessarily, one or two miatakes.
As far as General Gilbert is concerned, notivith
standing those who are best informed say no blame
can be attached to him in this case, be is of trifling
account, and has but few friends in this army, I can
assure yoll.
In this allhir the officers in this command censure
Colonel Cob= (33d Indiana), commanding brigade,
and defend General Gilbert.
Colonel Coburn evidently wished to make a mark,
and failed to telegraph to Gilbert, who, however,
would have reinforced him reluctantly, as hie deser
tion of 'Franklin..would have been deemed Imprudent,
owing to the nature of his military situation.
The National froops were drawn into an ainbus
cede, 'and most fearfully whipped. The advance
skirmished slightly, until reaching Tompkins' Sta
tion, when the tebels pounced down upon them from
two rondo, protected by three batteries masked upon
a similar number of slight elevations. Our troops
were thfown Into confusion, but rallied and fought
splendidly. .130 .tbe rebels came pouring in by the
two roads from Spring Hill, and ouimen were forced
to succumb.
The rebel force actually engaged numbered about
twelve thousand, comprising two r4 , iments of
Indians. The rebel generals engaged were Forrest,
Raines, Wheeler, Armstrong, and Whitfield.
OUR FORCES AND LOSSES.
The Federal force numbered about three thousand
men, about half of whom were placed tore de combat.
We ]oat no officer killed, and but one wounded, Col.
Baird. The following is an accurate list of the loss:
8i11ed..... 65
Wounded . 259
Missing, (prisoners,) 1,062
Total 1 406
The enemy JAI - lied our dead, and retain our
Wounded, and have hurried their prisoners to Chat
tanooga. • •
The rebels concede a ions of a hundred killed on
their aide, but decline giving a liguretor thiir
wounded.
WHAT BRAGG IS TRYING TO DO.
By what we can learn, there ilea large rebel force
at Spring Rill, 'and it seems to be universally be.
lieved that Bragg is massing hie left with the .inten
tion of turning our right. Should such an event suc
manfully take place, the Army of the Cumberland
would be placed in a perilous situation.
OUR TROOPS REINFORCED. •
Heavy reinforcements have been sent frOm Mur
freesboro and Nashville, and we look for a Willed
engagement to-day or to-morrow. 1.7.
Before this reaches you, if we are permittecf‘ use
the telegraph, you may he- the recipient OriitWant
news.
As your readers are unacquainted with the new
base of operations, a sketch of the localities will be
interesting.
THE THEATRE OP WAR.
Franklin, situated on Harpeth river, eighteen
miles south of Nashville, is the county seat of Wil
liamson county, and is the centre of a rich and fer
tile region, abounding in everything' for the . sus
tenance of man and beast. It is what is known as a
limestone region, finely timbered, and admirably
watered. Franklin had a population, before the
war, of fifteen hundred, and was consideind one of
the moat charming idllages of the State. The Ten
nessee and Alabama Railroad passes through the
place, and furnished easy access to all parts of the
country, North and South. In the commencement
of our troubles, the sentiment of the county and
town was largely Union, but so thorough was the
change, that, in the election of June, 1901, there
were but twenty.eight votes cast, out of a voting
population of over 2,000, against separation. '
At present the unconditional Union men of Frank
lin number less than a dozen, but certainly they are
of the genuine stamp. Thompson's Station .is ten
miles south of Franklid, on the railroad, and near
the pike, and is in a fertile valley, surrounded by
commanding hills, upon which the rebels had skit
fully posted their artillery. It is a shipping point of
some importance, large quantities of tobacco and
cotton finding their way to market from this point.
Spring Hill, three miles farther, south, is in the edge
of Maury county, and is now the headquarters of
Van Don). It is ten miles from Columbia, which is
on the south bank of Duck river. It is a town' of
some size, having before the war a population of
3,50. Duck river Is a stream of considerable size,
draining alarge and fertile section of country, and .
emptying into the Tennessee river. The bridges
over this river are all destroyed, and the rebels now
use.a pontoon bridge at Columbia, B. 0. T.
Return of Gen. Grang er — Flight of the Re
bels—Union Men inAlabama—Curious and
Alarming Reports from the Sontii—A
Planter's Story.
CINCINNATI, March 13.—Gen. Granger's forces,
sent in pursuit of Vas Dorn, returned to Franklin,
Tennessee, 'ifin Wednesday. The rebels have fled
beyond Duck river. There Were several cavalry
skirmishes, and some 300 ragged fellows were picked
up in the pursuit.
Rebel advices show that in northern Alabama the
loyalists are giving the rebels a deal of trouble.
Surprises, skirmishes, and all the incidental horrors
of a neighbbrhood war are constantly occurring. •
Onvcirn.wri, March 13.—A gentleman who left
Savannah on the 20th ult. arrived here yesterday.
He is a planter and a member of the South Carolina
Legislature. He reports that the rebels are massing
two immense armies in Tennessee, one to hold Rose
crane in check, while the other flanks him, eaters
Kentucky, and marches directly on Cincinnati and
Louisville. They are only waiting for the rivers to
fell and the roadsto dry to begin their movements.
He also says that it is the general talk in the South
that a fleet of ten iron-clad steamers will be ready in
foreign ports this month, with which the rebels pur
pose to clear the Mississippi, and co-operate in the
movement on Kentucky.
Our Union Friends In Arkansas .Ohnsttse
the Rebels—Sturdy right near Arisadel
phia—The Rebels Discomfited by a Noble
Baud of Unionists, &c.
FarsrrEviLi..n, Ark., March 12.—Capt. Drown, a
Union man from Arkadelphia, has_ just arrived at
this post. He had eighty-thrl& men in the moun
tains on White river, near Arkadelphia, where his
little command were attacked on Sunday, the 15th
of February last. The fight lasted from sunrise till
noon, when the rebels were completely routed, with
a loss of elxteen killed and twelve wounded. , CaPt.
Brown lost two killed and four wounded.
Capt. Brown brought in some recruits for the let
.
Arkansas infantry.
Captain Vanderpool came in yesterday with two
hundred Union men—mostly recruits for the volun
teer service.
All Quiet at Charlestim, Vicksiatitt,, Asia
Port Hudson—Great Scarcity of Food lit
the South—The Expected Federal Denims
st rat tong' °lathe eon, t.
H.EADQUARTIMZ Or TMC ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
March 13.—The Richmond Examiner and Dispatch of
the 12th have been received here.
They centain no news of interest from Charleston,
Vicksburg, or Port Hudson.
A despatch from Charleston, dated the llth, says
all was quiet there. The city was full of rumors of
en impnnding attack, but nothing authentic was
known. -
The Diapata, in its leader, speaks discouragingly
of the prospects of obtaining food, and says the im
pressment of flour and grain by the Government
discourages its production.
The Examiner contains an announcement that
General Beauregard has revoked all furloughs, and
recalled absentees to their posts. .
:From Cairo—Reported Capture or a
Guerilla Band. '
CAIRO, March 13.—Memphis papers of the 11th
have been received. They contain nothing later
horn below.
It is reported that Colonel Richardson, a noted
guerilla chief, and four hundred of hie men, were
captured at Covington Bend on Monday, a Federal
force having surrounded them.
BALTII4OItU, March I3.—A .fire took place in Fort
McHenry this morning, destroying the officers'
quarters. Several officers lost their baggage And
other private property. The origin of the lire was -
accidental. ' •
DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA.
ARMY OF•THE
AUNT OF Tup.cumBERLAND.
Wli.o WAS TO BLA.IIIE7
AN ANIIIISCAD
THE REBEL FORCE
ARMY OF THE FRONTIER,
STATES IN REBELLION.
Fiie, at Fort Mclienry.
EUROPE.
The Australasian at New York.
NEW YOEF, March 13.—The steamer Australa
sian, from Liverpool on the 28th ult., yin Queens
town on the ist, arrived at this port to-night.
" The Polish question was the all-absorbing topic
of interest, excluding almost the arrant attending
the American rebellion. In the British House of
Commons the policy of Rinds WAS strongly de
nounced. The movements of the insurgents conti
nue in l'oland with unabated zeal.
The response of Mr. Seward to the mediation pro.
posed by the French Emperor has been published,
and produces in general unfavorable comment..
The ministerial crisis in the Spanish Cabinet still
continued.
The London Times says that 'air. Seward, if not
preternaturally right, is compmhensibly wrong;
and, after "criticlsfug.and dissenting from his view of
affairs, says that he iB at Nat consistent with all
that he has written from the commencement of the
rebellion; hut whether he is consistent with the
facts, the Times would rather leave events to de•
aide..
The Morning rod treats the subject with much
bitterness. It tooks upun the letter of Mr. Seward
in reply as a mere piece of buncombe; but, emana
ting, as it does, from the Washington. Cabinet, it
is "truly incredible," according to the Post, "that
that body should have sunk so low as to endorse so
much arrant falsehood and absurd nonsense.,,
. The London Morning Star, on the other hand,
praises the despatch of Mr. Sewanl,`and considers
that it is thummverahle in argument. It shows that
henceforth not eveffthe mildest form of interference
can have the least hope of acceptance from the Ame
rican.Governrnent.
It is stated that the Confederate loan has all been
-.freely taken in the Contieentai markets.
The captains of the relief ships George Griswold,
Achilles, and Hope, were entertained at a grand
banquet by the mayor of Liverpool, during which
friendly speeches were freely interchanged. The
Consul of Dudley, in a speech, asserted that it was
the earnest desire of the American Government ns
well as the people to perpetuate amicable relations
with England. .
The Princess Alexandra had left Copenhagen foe
England, and was received with great eclat along
the rritlie route. •
The claims of the Britlab Government against Bra
zil have been modified e.es-hatf. •
The Polish queen% continues the prominent topic
in England.
An important debate had taken place on the sub
ject in the British House of Commons, in which all
the :ipeakers condemned the policy of Russia • but
the future action of the English Government was
left untrammeled by any resolution.
FRANCE.
The feeling in Paris continued decidedly In favor
of the Poles; but the general impression was that
the diplomatic measures already inaugurated would
suffice for a settlement of the difficulty..
PRUSSIA
- -
An important debate was progressing in the Prus
sian Chambers on the neutrality of that Govern
ment. The policy of the Government in interfering
Was vehemently attacked by many of the speakers.
M. Bismark defended the ceil tee of the Government.
It ishasertcd that the reports as to. the terms of
the convention with Russia are mythical. No troops
are to be allowed to pate the frontiers of Prussia
without the express consent of the Government.
POLAND.
The despatches show a continued if not increas
ing activity on the part of the insurgents. •
Engagements had taken place at various places
with varying successes. A report was current that
General Klapka had gone to join the insurgents.
The veteran general, Dembinski, had also left Paris
for Poland. The total force of the insurgents was
estimated at 45,000; but no single corps numbers
more than 3,000.
It is stated that the Emperor of Russia has or
dered the authorities at Warsaw to suppreca the in
surrection in Poland, at any price of blood or trea
sure, within thirty days.
A' ministerial crisis bad taken place at Madrid.
SCAM. Narvaer was at ibrst spoken of as the succes
sor of O'Donnell, but at thd latest advices he was
out of favor, and Id. Mayans and Concha bad been
summoned to the palace.
. CaLermra, Feb. 12.—Shtrtings are quiet, ex
change 2s. 3,, , 441., freights to London 1000.
Boast y. Feb. 12.—Cotton goods are active, but
cotton is (lull; exchange 28. 1X(1.
THE LATEST, VIA QUEENSTOWN. •
LONDON, Sunday, march I.—ln the Stock Ex
change yesterday (Slamlay) Consols, after official
hours, were quoted at 9.23;a933‘.
In the Paris Bourse, Renter opened at sater:ic.
A Cabinet council was held yesterday afternoon.
The drawing•room held on behalf of her Majesty,
by the Princess (loyal, was most numerously at
tended.
The carpenters engaged in erecting seats around
St. Paul's have struck for higher wages, but the
contractors refused to comply with their terms.
The Paris correspondent of the London Daily News
announces that the French Government has received
the most embarrassing news from Mexico.
General Forey says he despairs of taking Puebla
without a much greater army, and calla for large re
inforcements.
ITALY
Tmtn, Saturday, Feb. 28.—1 n the Chamber of
Deputies, to-day, tee debate upon the proposed loan
was continued,
• The Minister of 'Finance gave an explanation of
the financial condition of the country.
The Chamber has passed a bill authorizing the Go•
vernment to contract a loan.
• SPAIN.
Mannan reb. M.—The Mama is or Rare, has been
charged with the formation of a new Ministry.
Rumors are current that Senora Mayans and
Cara Vane will enter the Cabinet. Therein no longer
any question of Marshal Narvaez beingicalled upon
to form an administration.
RUSSIA AND PRUSSIA..
FRANKFOUT-011•THE-MAIN, Feb. 23.—TheFrank
fort Journal of to-day states thnt the form of con
vention between Russia and Prussia, Redrawn up
at St. Petersburg, had been considered by the Ber
lin Cabinet. It was decided to be too general in its
character, and the Prussian Government had re
quested that its bearings should be more distinctly
defined.
The same paper states that the desire or Prussia
has led to further negotiations, which are, moat
likely, not yet concluded.
• P.RIISSIA AND POLAND.
Bsßita, Saturday, Feb. 29.—1 n to-day% sitting of
The Chamber of Deputies, the debate on the affairs
of Poland Was conti„„„a...
Herr Stinson vthemently attacked the policy of
the Government, asking, if the re-establishment of
Poland would be a misfortune for Prussia, what
more ill-advised steps could be taken by the Govern
ment than to supply the Western Powers with the
pretence of getting up a European question.
Herr Von Sybell said it appeared that Count
Bernet= the Prussian Ambassador in London, had
not been made fully acquainted with the contents
of the convention between Prussia and Russia, and
this circumstance had given rise to a dangerous de
ception of Europe. Never before had a more un
justifiable game been played with the interests of
the country.
.Herr Von Sybell concluded by saying
that we desire to preserve " the country to our king
and the king to our country." The motion of Herr
Horerbeek and Oarlowitz, recommending neutrality
on the Polish question, and asking that both the
Russian soldiers and Polish insurgent. should be
disarmed on entering the Prussian territory, was
put and adopted, with a slight modification of the
wording, by a vote of 246 to 57.
THE JOURNEY OF THE PRINCESS ALEX-
ANDRA
Ricritist; Feb. 28—Evening.—Prinee Albert of
Prussia, nephew of the King, will leave this even
ing for Minden, to receive Her Royal Highness, the
Princess Alexandra.
Sir Andrew Buchanane, the British ambassador
at Berlin, and Lady Buchanane, will likewise pro-
ceed to Minden, and accompany Her Royal High
ness to the Belgi uml frontier.
MADRID, Feb. 26—The Ministry has been an
nounced, as follows :
Minister of War and the Colonies—Duero.
Foreign Antra—Palisade 'Herrera.
" " Interfor—Canovas.
" " Finance—Salaverria.
" " Justice—Mayans.
• " "
'" " Public Works —Luhan.
. . .
LIVERPOOL, March i—Evening.—The Prussian
Chamber of Deputies have carried a resolution in
favor of neutrality with the affairs of Poland by a
large majority.
it is reported that the Russians have been again
severely beaten.
On the Paris Bourse Rentes closed at 69@55f.
CRACOW, Feb. 28.—The Czar of to-day announces
that the Bunking have been beaten by Langteeriez,
near Malagoszec, after an engagement which lasted
for five hours. The town was laid in ruins.
LONDON, Feb. 28.—The Bombay and Calcutta
malls reached Suez last evening.
CALCUTTA, Feb. 12.—Shillings are firm, but there
is little doing.. Copper Sheathing is higher. Indigo
is improving. Bice is higher. Jute Jinn and active.
Exchange on London 2s 3ld. •
Bost nay, Feb. 12.—Freights on Cotton to LiverpOol
75'shillings. Exchange on London 2s 130.
Commercial Intelligence.
lavenreiot., Feb. 2S-Cotton.—The sales of to-day are
estimated et 5,1110 bales, including 2,006 bales to specu
lators and for export. The market is quiet Breadknife
are dal. The usual authorities report Flour Yen , dull,
and lower. Wheat heavy. and declined on the
week; red Western 9h@ioe 7d; red Southern ailWs 7d;
white Western 30-(Telth; 6d; whit° Southern 11811 s ad.
Corn dull, and 666 d lower; mixed 268 fidtgidOs; 'white
auk ®3os 6d.
Pnovtstoxs continue dull. 'The circulars report Beef
with a downward tendency, and quotations 28 61 lower.
'Pork quiet but steady. Bacon easier. Lard quiet but
eteady. Butter very dull. Tallow quiet.
Thiourea. —Sugar declining. Coffee firm. Rice steady.
Petroleum quiet, and very dull. Spirits of Turpentine
inactive at 120 a. Rosin is quoted at 2643268 6il for
common.
LONDON MARKETS.— Breadetuffs declining; Sugar
steady; Coffee advancing; Rice steady; Tea Arm; Tal
low older; Rosin dull; &Arita of Turpentine firmer.
LONDON MONEY MARKET.—Console 023(41923i.
Alif RATAN STOCKS. —lllinois Central Railroad shares
4.1.k@40, , e Vi cent. discount; Erie Railroad 4.l3 , ;esidg.
HAVRE MARKETS, Feb. 2.—Cotton has n downward
tendency; miles of the week 0.000 bales, one-half on
future delivery;• New Orleans Das 233 f. Stock in port
07,000 bales.
' There Is a small stock of Brmulstuffs on hand, and the
prices are fully supported.
Trade in the hiterior is stagnant.
TLe F)mich lu Atexlco.
SAX FRANOTSCO, March 13.—Advises from the
City of Mexico to the 19th of February state that no
immediate attack was expected on Puebla at that
time.
It was estimated that there were 34,000 Mexican
soldiers centered at thnt point, while 00,000 more
were in the neighborhood.
The city of Mexico and the fortifications of that
oily were being greatly strengthened. The arsenal
was engaged during the day and night in manufac
turing the best rifled cannon and other improved im
plements of war. .
The troops were generally well armed and equip 7
ped, and apparently capable of making a formidable
resistance to the iltrtaer aggressions of the French
ftones•
The New Hampshire Eiection.
BosToN,lVlarch despatch frorn the office of
the Concord (N. H.) Statesmen gives returns from all
of The towns of New Hamashire, except thirteen,
which gave last year 414 votes for Berry and 614
for Clark. Taking that vote for a basis, the ma
jority in the State against the Democratic candidate
16 abOilt
The totalvote cast this year was tbout 66,600. At
the election of last year it was 62,00.
For Congress, in the First district, Marcy (Dem.)
has f r om 60 to .15 majority.
"jo the r3econd district, Rolling (Rep.) has about
300 majority.
In the Third !harlot, Patterson (Rep.) is elected
by about 690 majority, '
The Governor's Connell stands three Republicans
and two Democrats.
In the Legislature, the Senate stands nine Repub
licans and three Democrats, and in the House the
Republicans will have from forty-live to fifty ma
jority.
Brigham Young Arrested for Polygamy.
BALT LAKE CITY, March 10.—Judge Kinney this
day issued a writ against Brigham Young, under the
,polygamy act of Congress. United States Marshal
Gibbs served it without the aid of posse. The writ
was responded to, And the defendant personally ap
peared in court. After a preliminary investigation,
the judge held tim in two thousand dollars bail,
which was promptly given. •
Union ;Meeting at,Newark, N. J.
NRWAItIC (N. J),; March 13.—A Union meeting,
under the auspices .of the Union League, was held
In this city to-night. The speakers were Senator
Wright, of Indiana; Governor Johnson, of Tennes
see ; Horace Mayn,ard , of Tennessee, and Hon.
JAMES Wadsworth, of New York. The audience
was large and enthusiastic. Governor Johnson and
Mr. Maynard were received with special applause.
Exaittion of a Murderer.
Wrryartaxo, March 13:—Robert G. Poole was exo
cuted to-day, for the murder of Adam Birch, in this
city, in the month of August last. . ' • '
• -
liunklug . .9l l l,L • g ro per
New Havxx, March 18.': The paper mill at Sey
mour was deatroyed . by fire to4le&y. Loss $lO,OOO.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLIkTIME•
nmuumunta. March 13.7883.
SENATE,
The Senate was called to order at 11 o'clock bine
Speaker.
Petitions.
151(warF. N 'CROIX and RI DG WAY preeonted :Petitions
from ph ysioiann and rintetitionern of dentletry in Phila..
dolphin.. melting for the Incorporation of the I.ladolpein
Dente) Colloye.
RElLft, three romonstrances against permitting
corporations to hold Jande for mining purposes; also, a
petition in iltvor of a National Convention.
Mr. ILIESTAND, the memorial of members of th 3
medical profesaion of Luncabtor city, for the passage of
the hill to facilitate anatomical researches,.
.Sills Introducedl.
Dlr. REIMS; abill to incorporate the• Keystone Gold
and Silver alining Company. -
Mr, McSHERRT, a bill to incorporate the Inland Tele
graph Company
Mr. BIESTAYD, a bill to extend to the cities of Harris
burg and Lancaster the provisions of at act fur the-ar
restor pronoodonal thieves and burglars in the city of
Philadelphia:
Mr. LAMBERTON, joint resolntlons requesting the
Governor to ask for the return of the Pennsylvania Re
serve Corps to this State, for thh purpose of recruiting its
decimated ranks.
. Resolution.
' Mr. CONNELL offered a ' , Pt:dation providing for after
noon sensions on Tuesday% end Thursdayn, for the COD.-
aldenttion °fiat rate bills. widen woe agreed to.
Rills Cnissii;area,
The supplement to the free banking law, anthorlring
banks to depoiej, stocks to double the ammtut of their
capital stock, abd to recolvo.from the Auditor Genoral
the par value of said stocks in notes for circulation, came
up in order on second reeding.
The pending question was on the amendvaent to in
clude stocks of the United Stater, whirls was agreed to.
The bill then passed finally.
Mr. CLYMER called up the bill imposing a ' , Pedal tax
in the township of Penn .and borough of Doraville,
Bucks county, for the payment of bounties to volunteers.
Pasted finall. •
Mr. CONNELL called up the bill relative to the Moan
mental Building and Loan Association: Passed finally.
Mr, DONOVAN called up the bill to exempt from taxa
tion the house and eventide of the Sisters of St. Joseph,at
Chestnut Hill. Passed
Mr. GUSTAV called up the anpplemont to the bo
rough of 'Marietta. Passed. • -
Also, the bill to extend to.the cities of Harrisburg and
Lancaster the provisions of the act for the arrest of pro
fessional thieves; which pamd finally.
Mr. SERRILL called up the bill to establish a free
bridge at Penrose Ferry, which passed finally.
Mr. WALLACE called up the bill relative to the Ty
rone and Clearfield Ballrouil Company, which passed
finally.
Mr. hfOTT called, up the relating. to the charter of
the. Jefferson Railroad Company which passed dually.
Mr. NICHOLS called up the bill to exempt from taxa
tion the Spring Garden and Moyaineallng Literary Insti
tutes. Passed finally.
The Senate adjourned until Monday evening, at half
past mien O'clock. •
The Haase was called to order at 10)4 kM. by Speaker
Cessna. ,
Inti•oihteca.
Mr. RAINS, au act to rumilate places of public amuse•
ment in Philadelphia. •
Mr. \VEI DNBlt, a supplement to rho act incorporating
the Eliot PC7O3 - Iyanin. Railroad, (allowing an extcusiou
of the road to the Pelaware riyer, with six mile
branchea.)
Mr. BECK, an act to incorporate tlio Williamsport.
Passenger Railroad Comrsuar.
Mr. NEllifal!, an act for the consolidation of the loans
of Permsylvanta.-
Mr. COCIIRaIf, an act to allow civil causes to be tried
with outjury LT agreement among the parties in Plats.-
del lila.
A so, an act paying the revenue commloslonerS $6 per
diem, with mileage and expenses.
Tho bill was considered, and Mr. SAM moved to
amend by inserting *S.I per diem.
Zdr. RITTER moved to amend by - making it EL
Finally it was fixed at $6, and the bill passed. •
Mr. JOSEPHS. an act to authorize the Harmony Fire
Company to sell out their interest In the Ere Ass--
ldr. *Ain stated that be had read "an act relative
to public amusements in Philadelphia " at the request
of Mr. Moore, who was temporarily absent. •
General Appropriatign
The House went into Cominitteo•of'the Whole to con.
eider the genend arrropriation bill , Kr. Jackson, of
Sullivan,. in tho chair. Sundry amendments were
made.
Among other amendments, li[r. BARGER moved to
appropriate $5,000 to St. Joseph's hospital, which woo
agreed to.
dlr. JOSEPHS moved to appropriate' 35,000 to St.
Vincent's Home. Ent agreed to. Adjourned.
• AFTIC/INOON SESSION.
The Honsa reconvened at half-past two o'cloCk P. M.,
When the consideration of the Annual Appropriation-Eitt
was ;emir:led in Committee of the Whole. 7'he 25th sec
tion being before the committee, the amendment of Mr.
Koine, to add an appropriation of $5,000 for a residence
for the resident physician and officers of the Western
Hospital was agreed to.
air. REX moved to amend by striking oat nineteen.'
and inserting ten, thousand dollars for the new Dixtuont
Dr. P.aTTON opposed the amendment. He thought
that the Douse might put implicit confidence in the as
sertions of the officers of the institution.
The amendment of Mr. Rea was &ab' lost.
The 26th section was agreed to.
The 27th section was also agrsod to.
The 26th section (appropriating $9O. .0:0 to the Philadel
phia School of Design for Women) was read.
Mr. SMITH. of Philadelphia, moved to amend, by
striking out twenty and inserting thirty thousand
dollars.
Dlr. LABAI moved to emend the amendment, by
striking but the whole section (which was declared out
of order).
KiX moved to amend the amenament,by striking
out the thirty and inserting In lieu thereof Ave thonuald
dollars.
Mr. SMITH, of Philadelphia, spoke at length In sup
port of the wants of woman, appealing to the feelings of
the Mose, reciting somo of the benefits of this institu
tion. He said that through it hundreds of women had
been saved from the grave of eternal degradation, and
that if it were properly encouraged it would save thou
sands mort. This institution was to give employment
to indigent women, and it is the Want of employment
that has always tempted the women of our land to 1.01-
proper acts.
Mr. SMITH baying withdrawn his amendment,
Mr. REX moved to amend, by striking oat twenty and
Inserting five thousand dollars.
Mr. TRIMUER opposed the appropriation. He did
not believe that this was the proper way to ameliorate
the condition otwornan. Re would vote for an appro
priation of twice the amount to the common schools of
Philadelphia—becaufe there was the only proper place
for the virtuous cultivation of woman/
-•• • .
After further debate, in which Messrs. Smith, (Phila
delphia), nor, (Mooffromety). Lobar, Lee, Reston,
Vincent, and others participated, the amend
ment was lost—yeas 17, nays 40.
RES moved to amend by hautnee the sum ele
ducttdfromllic funds of the common schools of Phila
delphia, which was lost, and the original section was
agreed to. • -
'The yhh section wits read, (providing for nn appro
priation to the common aud - Normal schools of Penn
sylvania.)
Mr. IBEX offered several amendments, 'striking out
appropriations to different normal schools, which were
not agreed to.
Mr. TWiTCGELL moved to amend by inserting an
gPliar, ri se t glitet.ti:gift i O ) fi
and giving -be Maohers of the State the benefit of the
appropriations.
After a slight Modification and further discussion, the
amendment passed, as' follows :
And the coin of five thonsand dollars to the State
Normal School of the Second district, in the county of
Lancaster, but that neither of the State Normal Schools
shall alienate nor divert to any , other uses than those
provided by act of May 20, 1587. any of the real or per
sonal property belonging to said schools, wituout nest
reimbursing to the State the whole:amount of any ap
propriations that, have been, or may be, made for their
use and benefit;*and that, in case either of the said
Schools shall have issued stocks upon which dividends
may be declared, Olt before any part of the appropria
tion hereby made shall be paid the trustees of such
school or schools shaltproduce to‘he State Superintend
ent good and sufficient vouchers that an amount equal
to the appropriation hereby made has been cancelled by
the holders of such stock or stocks."
The 30Hli, 51at,3241, 33d, Slth 80th . and 313th sections
were read and agreed to.
The 37th section was read, and on motion of Mr.
NAINI9; wag amended. instructing the State Treasurer
not to pay George Bergner. publisher of the Record, for
matter used more than once.
. .
The 35th, 99th, 40th, 41st, 42d, 43d, 44th, 45th, 96th.
47th, 9811, 49th, and 50th sections were read and agreed
to.
• The list section, providing an appropriation of $lO,
000 for an extension of the State Capitol Buildings, was
debated at length, Messrs. HOPKINS of Washington,
and VINCENT of Brie, opposiug the section, the latter
gentleman urging that for lire past interest on the sum
proposed to he appropriated (amounting in the first rear
to $2,500), a tempers IT building could he erected tone
commodore the military departments, which would
leave sullicfent accommodations in the main building
for the Legislature: and Messrs. RAINS. NEIMAN,
and others, favoring the section. The rote being taken.
the yens were 51. nays 07. So the section was lost.
The 62d, 61,1, 54th, 65th, and 56th• sections were read
and agreed to.
Ma;=;Zi;E;=g
Tmcw.'•
. The Titiimitometer. •
DIA_R°I:I 13, 1862.
.MAROII 13, 188 a.
6 A. M....N00N....3 P. Y. 6 A. M......N00N....3 r. AL
38 46 463 i 213; 29 25
WIND. WIND.
.........ENE, W by S...WS W.. WNW
TnE PITILOMATITEAN ORATION.--The
biennial oration was last night delivered by Rev.
Kingston Goddard, before the Philomathean So
ciety, at the University of Pennsylvania. The hall
in which it was delivered was graced with 'an ample
sufficiency in the way of audience . _ The Rev. Kings
ton - Goddard made his appearance on the platform
at about half past eight o'clock. The hour an
nounced on the cards of admission was eight. Hav
ing been introducedhy Professor Goodwin, Provost
of the Faculty, the lecturer explained the cause of
his failure in. punctuality. At five in the afternoon
he had received a note, dated at the hall of. the Phi
lomathean Society, signed with the name of the
chairmen of the committee, and stating that the
oration, owing to unforeseen circumstances, would
be postponed until the ensuing Friday. That note,
the lecturer stated, was a forgery, and the fact was
hie apology. It merely remained for him to state
his complete conviction that no oneconnected with
the University of Pennsylvania could hale perpe
trated such an outrage.
The speaker then proceeded with his oration. In
its introduction, its mode of procedure, and perora•
ton, the essay, if such it may be called, was clear
in thought and expression, and happily varied in
illustration. The choice of a profesalon, the quali
ties necessary to procure succoss, and efforts requi
site to maintain it, wero- discussed broadly. Fx
' ample' were drawn from history and biography, the
results of well-directed effort were delineato and
the aphorism illustrated PulV
«A just experience learns, hi every 8011 , '
That those who teach must govern those who toil."
The lecture was listened to with frequent applause
and uninterrupted interest. The band present exe.
cuted in good style some patriotic airs:
AN ATTRACTIVE ESTAJILTSIDEENT.
Among the many new establishments recently located
on Chestnut street, which attract more than usual
attention from paasers-by, is the mammoth carpet
emporium of Reeve L. Knight & Son, at bfo. 807,
above Eighth. This' well-known establishment,
until late, was at 262 South Second street, but on
account of the great increase in business, the firm
removed to their present location,-theold place still
being used, however, for the manufacture and sale
of bedding.
The store on Chestnut street is one of the largest
and finest of its kind in the city, being stocked with
a variety of carpets, oil cloths, mattings, feathers,
mattresses, and bedding, seldom seen at any one
establishment. The assortment of carpets range
from the ordinary rag carpet to the finest medallion,
and some of them are magnificent specimens of skill
and workmanship. The mattings also attract un
usual attention, many of them being of the most
delicate texture, and containing figures which at a
distance much resemble, in appearance, an oil paint
ing, The whole stock is one which would amuse
and instruct merely to examine.
SOMETHING WRONG' SOMEWILBRE.—Par
ties who have contracted to deliver coal at Beau-
fort, : Fortress Monroe,Prist Royal, and other places
on the Southern coast, now in loyal hands, have for
some time past been suspected by the custom-house
authorities at this port, of having swindled the Go
vernment. The plan pursued had been to deliver,
the bulk of the cargo at .the appointed place, and
after collecting the money for the whole, and freight
upon it, to bring back a Portionand 'sell it at our
wharves. Mr. David Toy, an inspector of customs,
seized, within a day or two, a vessel lying at
the wharf which had on board ten tons of coal,
which.had been brought back from Beaufort. The
captain of the vessel admitted that the Government
had paid for the coal and freight upon it to South
Carolina, and that be (the captain) had brought it
back and eold it here. Mr. Wm. B. Thomas, the.
collector of the port, confiscated the coal, and on
Wednesday it was handedto the Volunteer Refresh
ment Saloons, molding to his directions. The
captain said he ,had been induced to practise the
fraud through the negligence of the Government
officials at-Beaufort. The Collector has taken steps
to prevent a repetition of this smell rascality, so far
as the port of Philadelphia. is concerned. The Go
' vernMent hospitabi and refreshment saloons will
hereafter receive the benefit of all coal seized.
A NEW MILITARY COMMANDANT.—The
military commandant at this poet, General Mont
gomery, has been ordered to Cairo. The poet, there•
fore, passes into other hands. The ensuing order
has been issued :
READQUAIITERS, PIIILADELICEITA, PA.,
March 11, 1863.
'GENET:At ()norms No l 6.—Brigadier General W.
R. Montgomery, having relinquished the command
of this post, in obedience to orders from the War
Department, the undersigned hereby assumes com
mand of the same, by authority of, and in the name
of, Major General It. C. Schenck, commanding the
Middle Department and Bth Army Corps, as per
Special Orders, No. GI, paragraph Bth, dated Head
quarters Middle Department, 6th Army Corps, Bal
timore, Md., March 10, 1883.
All existing orders and regulations for the govern
ment of this post will remain in force until rescind
ed. WM. D. WHIPPLE;
Lt. Col. and A. 1). C. U. S. A.
Official—S. R. Fnxxsis, Assist. Adjt. General.
TnE LAnon QUESTION—Many of the
trades have, in view of the increased prices of. arti
cles of consumption. recently demanded of their em
ployers a corresponding increase of wages. Promi
nent among those who have made these demands
arc the journeymen carpenters and painters. It
ceeme, from our exchanges, that these two trades
have made a general movement for an increase of
wages in several of the large cities. Both demand
$2 per day, which liberal bosses acknowledge they
are fairly entitled to, and in many instances the
ralEe has been made. At the present time work of
all kinds is plenty and mechanics are scarce, so that
there will hardly be any neceseity for a strike,which
some of our workmen favor. General strikes are
. exnensive; and but little is seldom accomplished by
them. We have heard of one ease where some half
()men workmen demanded of their employer-an in
crease of pay, which was refused. The men soon
ceased work, and had but little difficulty lo obtaining
employment elsewhere, while the old employer was
obliged to hire other men, and give them the wages
demtuided by the drat. In this instance it would
have been more profitable if the employer bad at
once Acceded to the demands of the employee*
lETEREsTING EXERCISES. -- Yesterday
afternoon the semi-annual commencement exercises
of the Zane-street Boys' Gigammar School took
place at the school building. The room was beauti
fully decorated, as; upon the 'Friday afternoon pre
vious, on the occasion of the girls' commencement.
The exercises embraced declamations and singing by
the pupils. Mr. Stilld, president of the board of di
rectors, presided. Addresses were delivered by
Revs. P. S. Henson, John Chambers, the principal
of .the school, Richard Giessen, A. M., and others.
The proficiency of the scholars, as evinced by the
exercises, reflected much credit upon the teachers
and directors of the school, who
.have at ell times
shown a commendable zeal to make the Zaae•street
School one of the best of our public - schools. .
MIGHT BEEN AN 11CCIDENT.—B0-
tween one and two o'clock yesterday afternoon, in
the vicinity of Tenth and Chestnut streets, a large
piece of timber fell from the top of one of the build.'
inge upon which workmen are engaged. It fell
almost at the feet of a lady who was then passing.
The falling of tiriber and brick-work from buildings
being repaired, or in the process of erection, is a
matter of frequent occurrence. Too much care can
not be used by the workmen employed. The conse
quent accidents are more the fault .of any en
gaged around the building, than of any unwariness
on the part of the passers-by.
MEDICAL . COApfEIiCEMENT.—To-day, at
noon, the ninety-eighth commencement. of the
Medical Department of the University of Penn
sylvania will be held at the Musical Fund Halt
Professor Wm. Pepper will deliver an address: The
class in attendance this session numbers three hun
dred and nineteen, and includes - representatives of
all the States within the army lines. The class for
this session has had painted by Mr. Waugh,the
portrait of Dr. Hodge, Professor of Obstetrics. This
will be presented to the trustees of the institution
for the Wistar and Horner Museum.
LECTURE MY REV. DR. D'HARA.—Very
Rev. De O'Hara, V. G., will lecture at the Academy
of Music on Tuesday evening, in aid of the Rouse
of the Good Shepherd. Subject—" Rome and Ire
land." The object for which the discourse is to be
given, and the lecturer himself, are, more than
sufficient guarantees that a large and intelligent
audience will be present on the occasion.
SAD END.—Ye'stertlay morning the coro
ner was notified to hold an inquest on the body of a
young woman, at a house in Monroe street, Fourth
ward. The house is one of doubtful reputation.
The deceased went there to board, in the early part
of the week, but gave no name. She was then un
der the influence of liquor, and continued in that
state during the past few days. Thursday evening she
went into convulsions, and died about nine o'clock.
ANDERSON TROOP.—Williftni McClure,
of liarrisburg, was among the members of the An
derson Troop who performed efficient duty at Mur
freesboro, Tennessee; but from misprint by the
types, his name has not hitherto appeared correctly
in any newspaper. Wm. McClure is a minor, and
did his duty as a soldier, in a way that proved his
spirit as a man and his worth as a dragoon.
TRUSTEES OF TUE GAS WORKS.—The
Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Gas Works
held an election for officers Last evening, but had not
completed their labors tip to a late hour. It was
unofficially stated that John C. Cresson, Esq., had
been reelected Chief Engineer. The assistant en
gineers and register, it was stated unofficially, warn
also re-elected. It Iva. caao .iated that in the cleri
cal department a clean sweep had been made.
INTERESTIXO LECTMOlS.—teseries of =-
tures will be delivered next week, by a number of
distinguished divines. The first lecture will be on
Monday evening, by Rer. J. Cf. Morris. The lea
tures will be delivered at Musical Fund Hall.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET.
.P.IIILADELPHIA. March 13. 1863.
Gold had another lit of , excitement to-day. It rose'
during the forenoon to 161, when there were rumors of
the passage of a bill in the New York Legislature forbid
ding loans on foreign exchange, and. taxing time opera
tions the same as gold. A panic followed, and it sold
as low as 150, when a reaction commenced, and it closed
at 169. Old demands closed at 160-1 5t cent. higher.
The tone of thoMeney market is still unchanged, 5 @Rl
cent. being the current rates. Government securities
are in greater demand than ever; one-year certificates
sold at par; seven-thirties at 106;‘; sixes, 1381, at 102 X;
five-twenty sixes at 10234.
The stock market was influenced by the fluctuations in
gold and by unfavorable war rumors, and prices are un
steady and Weak, with the execution of Governments.
whicli Show renewed strength. State fives were steady
at EON; now City sixes advanced .34 . ; the old were
steady. Reading sixes and Pennsylvania mortgages
were a shade lower; Harrisburg. sixes sold at 11234;
West Chester sevens at 195; Philadelphia and Erie sixes
at 111; North Pennsylvania sixes at 30X, the tens at 114
—all of which are without change; Pittsburg (H. R..)
sixes 'sold at 02; Schuylkill Navigation sixes. 1833, at
12.1.6; Elmira sevens rose
Reading shares were steady at 45; Catawissa at 7,45,
the Preferred at Sig ; Little Schuylkill et 44134; Pennsyl
vania at 66; North Pennsylvania at 113;; Camden and
Atlantic at 10, the preferred at IS—all gamins yesterday.
Dlinehill fell 34; Harrisbnig sold at 6836; Philadelphia
and Erie at MN ; Pittsburg, Fort Wayne. and Chicago at
GO. Passenger railways were moro steady. Arch-street
sold at 28; Spruce and Pine at 16X ; Green and Coates at
43; Tenth and Eleventh fell 34; Chestnut and Walnut
improved three dollars per share.
Big Mountain Coal fell 31; Bohemian Copper rose 34:'
New 'Creek sold at 34. Canal stocks are dull, Schuyl
kill Navigation preferred selling at 175 f ; Morris Consoli
dated improving K. Girard Railroad sold at 41#. 135
was bid for North America. The market closed unset
tled;lss3,ooo in bonds and 1,500 shares changing hands':'
Jay Cooke & CO. quote Government securities, Sic., BA
follows: . •
United Sissies Sixes,
United States 7 3-10 Notes
Certificates of Indebtedness
Quartermasters' Voucbers..
Demand Notes
Gold
Messrs. M. Schulze St Co., No. 16 South Third .street,
quote foreign exchange fur the steamer City of New
York, from New York: as follows:
London, 60 days' sight 177 01173
Do. I days 177,4 (0179_
Paris, 60 days' sight If Is I§3f 17K
Do. 3 days ..3f1234( 3f 15
Antwerp, 60 days' sight 3f171 , (41 ,
Bremen, 60 days' sight 123 .
y
129
Hamburg, 60 das' sig 69 69ht 34 .
Cologne. 60 days' sight 117 ..
Lensic, CO days' sight ' - 117 ..
.
Dern°, 60 days' sight' - " 117 ..
Amsterdam. 60 days' Sight gn @ EN i
Frankfort, 60 days' sight 53 14 69
Krim stafemeuts of the banks of the three prlnclixd ci
ties of the Union-for the last week compare with the
previous one and the corresponding nano of 7563 115
:
La9o. Depegit9,l Specie. I Cireul'n.
sew York .... 18038,:in 1 174,6,V3,212 39,70:5,959 9,6(E1,195
BeNton 79,274,199 .39.215.371. 7.552,027 8:1.94.PM
35,603,871 31679.2.59 4.249,0:15 3,905,670
Total V5.976,5.92.240,553,F42, 61,537,1,51. %526,001
Laet week. .... `1)8,057.405%.V4,393,756, 61,: 1 1.1,0791 20.4.55.ni
Last. year 2.V.973.1471141,831.7071 41,713.009 13,137,918
Tim following is the amount of coal shipped over the
Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad, for the
week ending Wednesday, March 11, 18% and state
January 1:
Week. Previously. TotaL
Tons. Tons. Toni.
..4,6.36 41,414 49,070
1862 ..7,87164,570 6%411
- -
Decrease 3,218 . 10,156 13.1374
The inspections of Hour and meal in Philadelphia du
ring the week coding March 12,196'6, were as follows:
Bull Barrels of Superfine 110
Barrels of Superfine 15,010
Do. rine 104
Da. Middlings 36
Do. Rye M 4
Do. Corn Meal
Do. Condemned.. gag
Puncheons Corn Meal - • •
Peterson's Ditector for blotch 4 is out, with a list of
thirty-four new counterfeits.. It contains a very valua
ble table of foreign coins iu the currency of the Uuited
States, and also a table of foreign exchange in: Federal
money, which, is of mallow to those having bmdness
abroad. The editorial matter is exceedingly interesting.
It alsocontains a complete list of works, banking and
otherwise.
The New York Evening Post of to-day says:
The Stock exchange offcts to-day, in its quiet, steady
Progress, as great a contrast as can well he conceived to
the SPannOdie MOVeIIIFMCM which have concentrated the
eyes of the nation on Wall street for some time past. _
The market opened Orin on Governments. and, alter
some irregularity and unsteadiness in several descrip
tions of speculative stocks, closed with a strengthening
tendency.
in Government securities the heaviest transactions
this mottling were in seven-thirties and for one-year
gold-bearing certificates. Of and we
som largo
aina nn t a c h a nged hands at 90%, and we bear of s ates at
For Government and State steaks we note the following
quots lion , • •
Sixes ISO 7 102 IN Y Sevens ISal
Do. coop. IF . 8 .. 7itr1.3....D0..
5;1. ;•;g7 1.4H.....151n Ohl; ......
D o . c on t ., Ky blxog, 103
Do. 040 coupon —WON 11l Cacti', ISIO lW
°reams War 'SI 100 X 111 Sixuu, 1060 101
Do. Os, coup. 411— 16 Do. net 1013(
Do. be, reg.. '7l 02.5.; Do. IS®
..... • • it
-- . —.. . -- Do. War ...
Do..
6s, coup. 11... 96 a Sy:
Do. ss, reg. 74... 1155 , / Ind. War 103 '
Do. Ss. coup. '7.1... 97 3 / 4 Do. 236 W c 673 .
D T SevenglBol ng Mich Sixes. 1818.. ..... 100 .
Do. 1971) ...... —l2O Mich. Sevens, War.... 16 1.
Do. 1565 110 Georgia Sixes 133
Du the declining list we note Pacific Mail. which hits
declined 1%; and Michigan Central, which hes fallen 1
- 11 coat. 'lnc lines are firm at the quotations of last eve
ning
Quicksilver Mining Cou!pany has fallen Il per cent. cin
der the influence of the discovery that the recent suc
cessful lawsuit simply secures to the company the right
to defend is - claim which:as is alleged; is' likely to- be
contests - it ill the'courts.
The course of business generally exhibits a slight re
action agienst the upward spring of a day oi two ago.
We note, however, few changes demanding apeasti. at-
teatioa. The following table exbibitg . the prbicipat.
moverneote:
Fri. Tb. Adv. Deo
11. B. 6a, Maas 102 10131
11. B. Se, 1881,con 103 102 E •
11. B. 7 3-10 p. o. T. N. .106) - 103 i •
11. S. 1 yr. cert 94' 994 • •
. •
American_ gold not lot • •
Demand Notes 161 161
Tennessee 6s 61 62 • • I Missouri 68 62 62!.4 .
Pacific Mail 1134)4 lai4, :.
N.Y. Central 117)4 urn ..
Erie " - X 7111 ..
Erie preferred • 100 100 .
Hudson Elver BIN 90X •
Harlem 35X .89 • • ,
Harlem preferred BIX MX • • .
bitch. Central lei 104 1
Mich. Southern 0134 60% ••
•
Mich. So . guar 108 106 • •
Illinois Central aep 0234 9231 • • •
Galen
and Pittsburg ..... 66 6834
9383 . • • . •
Cloy. and Toledo 99 . X 0O • • •
Chiatgo and Hock Isld.. .. 93
Port War no 04 •
• •
Quicksilver Co 40 49 .. 9
Excbange is dull at 177@1713.34.
We note little petturintion in the gold market, as the
purchases to fulfil maturing engapinents, together with.
the demand for shipment, maintam prices at about the
same point as titled yentordar's aiming transactions.
The tranructions to-day have that hadtlng
is. Irresolute
character which is always Imparted where the merchan
dise exchanged is worth less than being paid for it.
Quotations have ranged from 150301615 i. the tendency
being towards the lower extreme.
The loan market oilers no novel features demanding'
special comment.
Phila. Stock Exch
[Reported by S. E. SLAYIIA X
FIRST
03eatinwituo, 11 Pr t. 244,
120 Little Seta R 46X
900 American C01d...
• 16 t
200 Bolton Jinni eig...0.1 1.0
• 60 New Creek 34
55C0 U S 6 -Year OptiOn.loW
24 Pena CG
700 Mine n h lI R I 11 52.?..4
100 U S 7.30 Tr N..end
• . eash.lo3
430 IT S 5-year option —ION
100 LI S 7.50 Tr 1\ ..bik.10534
50) City 6s New. 11234
BETW E.
2000 City Sc Neir.ll3l•l
50 Little F..elii R.l)fivin 46,34
100 Spruce & Fine R .. 16%
SWUM)
4000
1000 U 8 64 'Bl. ICfIE
Fenn a iccifri
)040 West Clie4ter 7e. • .105
2003 do 105
10032 Spruce & Pine E
10... 16X
do .4,
600 Sclal Nav es 'B2 - ... 72%
6COO U G 6o 'Bl reg 101.%
'WOO American C01d.83.3.60
1000 do 55.1593‘
1000 do 159%
do 151
' 1010 do s5:108N
se Pcnna R
0:1.4
110 Readincß. ...... se. 90
9 Girard. 8k.., ..... .5 an
.. ..
1
10 Harrisburg IL 66:1
WOT Puma 104 s 114
CLOSING PRIC
Bi(l,44ked.
US& apt 'el. • • •102, 4 1 103
S 5.30 D hlk • • :HAM 1063
American Gold--15.43'__ 3&9.4
Pella es old 106 X 107 X
new 113 11334
Alle co 6811 V, 63
Penna.% 106 X 104
Reading R.. . .. 44.91 45
Dn bds 'SO • .113 114
Do bas '7O —IOBX 109
Do bds 'B6 . 104 X lei
Penne-It 6614 66%
Do 1c5m65..117 117%
Do 2d m es. 113 116
Norris Canal • • 6134 6554
Do igt , :fd 10s .133 158
Do 2d xntg
:nag Canal....
Do
Schuri MpridO, 6X 7
7%
Do es '32.. • . 7117% 1
72%
Elmira 11 39 EOM
Do prfd 53 33
Do 7s '73....112'x( 113
Do 10s . ..... 70
N Poona 1 . 1% 12
Do 63 6.634 .
Do 10s 114 115
Ph i la, G er &Nor.
Lehigh Val EL
Do bde
Weekly Review of the Phtlatra. Markets.
The operations of the past week have been interrupted
by the uncertainty in regard to gold and exchange,
both 'of which have fluctuated very materially from
day to day, and business has been drill and neglected.
Bark lain demand at the advance. Breadstuffs are lest
active. Flour and Meal are unchanged. Wheat and
Corn areas fair demand. Candles are firm. The stock
ofCoffee is very light, and prices are firm. Cotton Is dull.
Sugar and molasses are In steady demand, at fall MUM
There is more doing io Fruit. Fish are firm. Hemp and
Rides he eh singe. The Iron market continues very firm,
there being a geed demand for pig, metal, and manu
factured iron. Naval Stores are scarce, and prices look
ing up. -Oils of all kinds are firm. Plaster is scarce.
Provisions are firm, at full &ices, Rice and Salt are un
changed: Cloverseed is less active. Flaxseed is scarce,
at the advance. Tallow is rather lower. ' Wool Is quiet.
'The Dry Goods trade has been very inactive with both
the commission and job houses, and holders of cotton
arid woolen fabrics are firm in their demands, and not
offering their stocks very freely.
There is a firm feeling in the Flour market, Let the de-
Mend for shipment its limited, and the market dull at
previous quoted rates; sale 4 comprise about 6.030 bids,
at 86039, TN for superfine; SS. Ng:. 25 for extraf; s7.so@i
S for extra family, and 83.59 up to 89.8)7 Ishl for fancy
brands, Including about 2,000 bide, mostly 'Western, on
terms kept private; the sales to the retailers and bakers
are limited, at the above rates, according to brand and
quality. Rye Flour is dial at 45 bbl. Corn Meal color
*Butes quiet ; Pennsylvania Is wanted at si, and Brandy
wine 54. Mgt 'ld bbl.
ORAL`.—There is a steady demand for Wheat, and we
advance our qfietations de 7 Lust, with sales of 50,000 but
fair and prime Pennsylvania and Western red at
closing at 1720173 c hI bits; u Lite ranges at from isog
7 bus, the latter for choice. Rye la scarce and lu de
mand ai.looe. 7 bus for Pennsylvania. Corn is in fair
request, with sales' of 25,000 bus new yellow atSialte,
mostly at th e former rate, afloat. Oats are in goud• re
quest, with further sales of iin.o9o bus at 7k for 32 lbs,
weight, and light Oats 48247e'7 bus, measure.. LOXI bin
Barley Malt sold at Me P bus.
PROV/SlONd.—There Is less doing, but the market
continues Jinn dud prices about the same. 8.10 bids
mostly old Western bless Pork sold at SU 75r.15 for old,
and 810.00D16. 50 for new. City-packed Mess Beef is
selling at cdtidlista, and country at 81`.:03 , 137 bbl. Bacon
is quiet, but prices are well maintained. with . sales of
aim and fancy Hums at 9 @Lie; Sides at 64@:..i.te for old
anti new, _Asa a ' , Vera& V lb for Shoulders. Green.
Meats—There is a good dew.and, and prices are firm, with
sales of 1,600 tee Pickled Bums at iiis(gjec; in salt at 1141
0e: Sides at fski@Ocs and Shoulders In salt at 53IsIgibe
gi lb. Lard lass declined, with small sales of tee and
Lists at IlM6,11)(e. and kegs 120124,, n V lb. Dotter is In
.request; sales of Glades qt 2..%4129c; Roll at fisglde, and
solid-pocked at from ISO2le, gtlb.Ege , are lower and
month ISgAle hI dozen, anti Cheese 14.id@15e 7 lb.
DIETALn. —The Iron market continues very firm. and
prices are well maintained ; sales of 1.00.) tons Anthra
cite at $5.1E537"8 ton, cash and time for No. 1; $,e1Ca7.14 for
No. 2; am, $3l for No. S. Bur and Boiler Iron are ias
demand at previous rates. Lead—there is less doing; Ga
lena is held at 10)s cV. lb. Copper is quiet at previous
quoted rate&
BAB R. —The stock of Quereitron continues light; sales
of about 80 hhds at 818 It ton for Ist No. 1. Tannin's
Bark is unchanged, and quoted at .814@16 roe for
Chestnut and Spanish Oak.
CANDLES are firmly held, with sales of city-made
Adamantine at ...1*2.2e, and full weight Western at 19@
20c. 1,C.00 boxes dipped Tallow Candles sold on private
terms. s
- .
coel..—There is rather more demand for shipment
but opening prices have not yet been fully established:
and the market is unsettled, and mther dull for the sea
eon.
07r01 , 1.—The market has been firm, but inactive,
and prites are rather lower, with sales of MI balesllid
things atB6@SSc 0 lb, cash, and inferior lots at 58 Moak.
COFFER has beau quiet since our last report but prices
are firm, and well maintained, with sales or S.Xf bags.
including Rio, at Maio, and Lagnayra at 341dg35a, all
cash and four months.
DRUGS AHD DYES.—There is less doing in all kinds
of foreign. Among the miles, we notice Soda Ash at 4J
434 ; 50 Mtge Gambier and as invoice of 100 toes crude
brimstone sold on terms kept private.
FilernEits are but little Inquired after, with sales of
good Western at 48&47c 0 lb cash.
FlSH.—There is a steady demand for Mackerel, and
prices are well maintained; of 2,500 bbls from the
wharf at $l5 for shore, and $lB.lO for bay is; the store
rates are 816.10@17 for shore, $l3 for bay Is, 0(411 for
2s. $5.71@6 for medium, and n 7.50 for large as. Pickled.
'Herring are telling at .s3so@3@'Sbbi, and Codfish $5.10
the NO its.
FRUIT. —A cargo of 4,01/0 boxes Messina Oranges and
Lemons has arrived, and sold on 'terms kept private: a
cargo sold last week at SS to s4' box. Citron is emcee.
Domestic Fruit is firm. but quiet; small sales of Green
Apples at bbl; Dried Apples at 4g3c; and
Peaches (gene la lb.
' FREIGHT. —There is less offering to Liverpool. We
quote Flour at 3s, Grain at 9,40, and heavy goods at
We. To London the asking rates are Ss ed for Flour, Itki.
fin Grain, awl 3fisfor heavy goods. Several vessels are
'on tbe berth and loading Petroleum for European ports
at 78 adallas ad bbl. Small neutral vessels are wanted
fox the West Indies. A brig was taken up to Trinidad at
fksc, for sugar, and $3.71g4.75 for molasses. Coal freights
are doll at Stall to Boston, and $1.03 to New York. The
rates by the Boston packets are unchanged.
• GIESBLIG Is wanted; there is very little coming, in.
Sales of crude at 90c cash.
GUANO Is better. hales of Peruvian at $04®91, and
Pacific Ocean do at 0 1 0 Per ton cash. • -
HAY is steady at SOCI9Oc the its lbs. .
RIDES are Arm. A sale of in bales Calcutta slaughter,
to go out of El e market, at 82.10; an invoice of Brazil at
31e, and ono of Caraccas?. , ./c, all ea/sh. • '
HOPS are held with more firmness, and the stock here
is very small. Sales of first-sort Eastern and Western,
a ekilc.fiSec 'fit lb.
LI)MBEE, —The sales are limited,. but the building
Beason will open neon, when a more active business is
anticipated.' Yellow asp Boards are worthAtbYrsi M.
MOLASSES.—IIse recent decline in the rates of ex
• cbunge has limited the demand, and there Is less doing.
Sales of S9olthds Cuba Almicovado at 4So tome old crop
at 410; clayed at MigiSSe, and 1,610 Ms New Orleans, by
auction, nt tii®SEtc, cash.
NAVAL STORES.—The market is nearly cleared of
common Rosin; common is worth SW, and No. 1 $ ti". 4
at cash. For Tar and Pitch there is little or no demand,
and prices are nominal. Spirits Turpentine meets
limited inquiry; sales at 33. :3.&1`2 gal. cash.
OILS. —The advance noted last week in Fish 011s•has
been well maintained, lift the demand is limited. Liu
seed Oil sells at al. Sa@il S 6 cash. Lard Oil is held at
sl.leafor 'Winter and Sow for Summer. The receipt , of
Petroleum continue large, with sales of crude at
IU3 r. and refined•at 35(.36e in bond, and kalSe.duty
paid.
PLASTER has advanced; and a cargo of Soft sold,
• to arrive, at si.so per ton.
RICE .--There is but little here; small sales of Rangoon
73g(WSe•iti lb.
SA lA.—There have been uo arrivals or sales of.Turk'e
Island. An Import of 1.900 sacks of Marshall's fine sold
at about $2.2 per sack; a cargo of ground remains un
sold. • . ,
•SUGAR.--There las been less activity In the iriailtd,
but the-prices ate ;.ai.qc better at the claw sales of
1,600 hbde Cuba at 10.31 c; New Orleans at
Porto Rico ut lac, and 2,W0 bags Pernambuco OR Private
terms.
1
-102 X MY
;.106 4632
Et)s4
.:. 94g 1 95 g
.1/1.9 2533.1
.159 166
SPIRITS are firm but dull, with small sales of Brandy,
Gin, and Runs. Whisky is more active; sales of Faun
aylvankt and Ohio bbls at 50aSS•.th, and Drudge at 45.0)/9c.
TALLOW is selling In a small way at 117figt1lc for
Country, and 12}4(§)Wie or nay.
TEAS. —The destruction of nearly a million pounds by
the rebels • has strengthened the market, both here and
hi Now York. and holder= are demanding an advance.
TOBACCO.—There is but little movement In the mar
ket, but for manufactured•prices are less first. A lot of
Mason county sold fdr shipment at a price kept private.
WOOL.—There is a very Arm feeling In the market.
with a limited inquiry for manufacturers', and sale; of
ItO,CLO tbs low and medium at OfkglSl, cash, and some
unwashed at 70e.
The following are (be receipt* of FlonF and Oral* at
this port during the Past week
F10ur........
Wheat..
Corn
Oath.
PHILADELPHIA BOOT AND SHOE MARKET. —The
Shoe and Leather Reporter, March 12, says; The num
ber of buyers in town has been largely Increased during
the present week. marketf the %Western States new
have representatives in although the sales hare
not vet been large; but the decline in gold has induced
hob:fors of goods to offer more freely, aud will naturally
tend to regulate and establish prim. The jobbers have
good stocks to set before customers. and the weekly
arrivals from the East aro less then during last - month.
when jobbers were buying more freely, in anticipation
of advancing, rates. The manufacturers are kept busy;
many are making up work for the regular trade, while
the orders now , uttering by distant buyers are nearly
equal to the capacity of makers. Prices are not steady
or uniform; good seasonable goods are offering more
freely than . ten days ago, and it cannot be said that
Enures have ad wineed.-although there is no appearance
of auy decline; Red, upon a larger demand being' de
veloped, the market will doubtless regulate itself, and
quotations become satisfactory to buyer-and seller.
PHILADELPHIA BIDE maxi sr-The Shoe mut
Leather Report*r. March 12th, says: There has been an
arrival ot at) hides from Porto Cabello; they were nearly
or ,:nite all Ceram's, and have been mold at inc.. cash.
Tito cargo of 16.50 hides from Pernambuco, noticed lust
week, were Rio Grande hides, and have been sold at
Mc... net cash. There has also been a sale of Calcutta.
slaughter at $2.10 each. Dealers are sending out dry
hides to tanyards quite freely; while tanners, who buy
their own stock, are more anxious to purchase than.
heretofore.. • Green slaughter hides have been a little
slack; there 'is, however, little stock offering, and no
material decline In quotations is expected. In act,
slaughter hides. at lac. per pound are lower than . the
prices of slaughter leather,if we judge by . the rale which.
Is often adopted in making the comparative value of the
two, viz.: that .I:sunliu r hides are worth sue-tlttrd the
market rate of leather made from the same hides.
PHILADELPHIA LEATHER MARKET,—The Shoe
and Leelher Reporter . March 12tb, says the inquiry for
heavy Leather has been large, although the decline ton
cold has produced more quietude in lighter stock. The
itceipts of ;kilo Leather continue light, and se long as
the market Is half supplied, We must expeet - finu rates
at the extreme quotations now prevailing. . •
st.traurtta the rough and rollettaliaghter
coming forward finds ready buyers at full figures- the
will trade are purchasing freely. as are also the New
York and Eastern trade. We hear of a few small lots of
Ftrictly prime selling at 40cybut sales are mostly made
at our last 9uotations—lfec
SrAxisli temp.—The s al es Of dry-bide Leathei have
beendarge.• The home tradenre buying freely. and the
stock offering in market has been nearly all taken, by
cash buyers. We qiiete at 3.5(431c, with some lots limited.
at 40e. Prices are quite firfn, and tend towards WI att.
Vance under a scarcity of stock.
e Sales, March 13.
:R. Philadelphia Exchange.)
OA 111).
Nav Praf:l33o 17%
5733R,,adir m 6s '7O —.109
2000 Phila & Erie 65....111
. . .
77 Cam "A Athaß.._ll)
5 do' Pre! IS
trAD U S t-year Certif 99K.
6000 U 57.30 Tr If —Mk
Ap&Oct.lo64
100 Caiawis R eret.l.o 111 g
2000 Penna R Int m.... 117
000 City 64 lay
60 Arch-Pt R
. 8 Pitts, Bt NV & Chi. .
BOARDS.
tr . 5 . 7: . 30 Tr N. •bfk
6000 City 66 Ap&Oct.
.106 X
BOARD.
60 CS 7.80 Tr N...111k.
- ' gpßOct.lo6%
903 d0....b1k.i.1:0.160X
0 100 do ead.lol
FOOO Harrisburg 65 1123]
9COI Reading as '43 114
2003 N Penult& FOX
412.6) N Penna Scrip-. 13716
60 Green S.: Coates R.. 43
16000 Sch el l Nay Nay Pref.. 1330 17X
re( 17
3 N Penna H 11X %
203 Big Mountain 4!‘
26 Catasrit, IL • • •h 3 73i
10 Phila •1; Erie R 36%
OARDS. •
1000 Flttsbg R . 6s Con—. 62
• UNSETTLED,
I EP/. Atka.
Catawison R 735 7%
Do, prfd 2.4.55 24'4
15eaver Mead.)). .. 65
Minchill R
Harrisharg R-•.. 65% • •
Wilmington R...
Lehigh. Nov
Do. share) 58 8)
Do nrip•—• 37% 373
Com & Amb IL • .155
Erie 6S-1103i •••
Sun & Erie 75.•••
L Island R. .....
' Do bag. ....
IDelaware .•
Do . .. •
Spruce-street R•• 17 1.3
Clakt o at-et R 59 •00
art:ll44feet R.• • . 23X Ng
Race-street 11 10 II
Tenth-streOt R. • 41 42
Thirteenth-A R. 22,g 33
W 05 tog
Do
Green street R.. 49 433(
Do' bonds... ..
LEESIMEI
Fiftl.-otreet. 8... 61X 63
Do bonds••:..
Girard College R 27 271 i
Seventeenth-st R lIX 12%
Little Reltripl R• . 46 46
March 13, 1313.
19,300 bbl.s.
04).125 bus.
360 boa.
49,p30 bus: