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4ATCTIIDAY, MARCH 28, 1863
Two Proclamations Or Emancipation.
So trite is the observation, "history con
tinually repeats itself," that whenever an
npparently new question arises, the student
sit once turns to his hooks with well-founded
hope of finding a precedent. It was with
such a hope that we searched through our
national records for some old instance of
what may seem, at first sight, to be au on
e,xampled thing in the United States,
name
ly, a Procla 'nation of Emancipation.
lii
the questions which arose after the siFnirg
of Mr. JAY'S treaty with Great Britain, in
the year 179.3, we came across the object of
our investigation. By turning to volume 7,
pnge 172, e/ Se
of the works-of ALEX
ANDERcIuen
HAMILTON, in that great man's mas
terly defence of the new treaty, the reader
will find that, before our time, a proclama
tion of emancipation was made to the slaves
of the United States by a power that was at
war with their masters—by a power that
called its enemies "rebels," and the whole
adverse movement nothing but a " great
ebellion."
Disconnected from the attending circtim
. stances of the times—such as the manners,
the customs, the religion, the state of popu
lar opinion, and the public exigence— : any
historical precedent may lose its value as a
guide for modern statesmanship. Let us give
these circumstances fair consideration before
attempting to illustrate the year 1863 with
facts derived from the year 1795. With
what favor or disfavor did British eyes re
gard the institution of slavery sixty-eight
years ago ? A brief view of the question
will suffice for our purpose.
England looked with that complacency,
with which she always regards her vene
rable abuses, upon - the toiling million . of
negroes in Jamaica and the neighboring
colonies. She was not even horrified with,
the internal traffic in slaves, which one hun-'
dred and thirty ships under her flag carried
on with the barbarous chiefs of Africa.
Even three years later, Mr. WILBERFORCE'S
motion to .abolish the British slave-trade
was lost in Parliament; and her morals
required an instruction of nine more years,
before she could so far extricate her heart
from her pocket as -to declare the slave
trade piracy by law. The towns of Liver
pool and Bristol were laying the founda
tions -of their present greatness upon the
profits derived by their opulent merchants
from an employment which made man an
article of commerce. The " black skin"
was a sufficient reply to all foreign ob
jectors ; the rattle of the new-coined guinea
drowned the murmurs of the doinestic con
science. There was not a "brave British
tar," strutting above the pestilential holds
of the slave-ships, who did not laugh at
the cargo of " ebony" beneath his - feet,
'with a hearty, innocent mirth, in which all
hearers could join, save the _unfortunate
"ebony" that provoked it. Those were
' grand days for scoundrels. Doubtless the
occupation which inborn criminals found
in the slave-trade, relieved the gallows of
many a just burden. Doubtless the criminal
statistics showed the morals of England to
be in excellent and improving condition.
Why should a man cut a white throat, when
a black one would serve the turn of any
reasonable mortal ? Why should one steal a
• man's goods, when, by simply compromis
ing the question of color, he could ascend to
the sublimity of stealing the man himself?
In those days England had not shaken
with that moral ague, the qualms of which
forced her to abolish the slave trade in 1807
—so long did she cling to this seductive mi
nister-ta her avarice l—and, finally, to abo
lish-human slavery throughout her domi
nions in 1838. These are not old dates; and
we may therefore safely infer that in the
year 1795 England was as sound on the
slave question—defining that term in the
broadest Southern sense—as the Northern
States were in 1802. England, indeed, had'
this great advantage of us—an advantage
which must have overcome all sentimental
scruples and all absurd liberal prejudices—
she had slaves of her own. She must have
been further advanced in slave doctrine, both
ethical and practical, than we can boast our
selves to be; she must have been almost up to
the mark of the London Times, that has
lately detected the sanctifying finger of Pro
vidence in slavery as it now exists in our
Southern States. Certainly, the hardiest slave- '
traders of 1395, with all their license of ob
servation and all theirfierceness of argument,
had failed- to discover anything in slavery
beyond the presence of what a Chinaman
• might call "a good devil." But we are
wiser than our fathers; and it is in the ad
vocacy of the sacredness and inviolability of
this very slavery that our wisdom shows
most conspicuous. It may safely be con
ceded, however, that the Briton of 1795 was
quite up to the Yankee of 1862 in liberality
on the slavery question.
Having settled this point, let us return to
history. During the war between Great
• Britain and the Colonies, the ships of the
former had descended upon our coast, and
at every convenient point they had seat
ashore amongst our slaves a proclamation
inviting the negroes to take up arms against
their masters, and promising, to such as
joined the British forces, or fought upon
their side, a freedom which they were no
more able to secure to them in that day than
the President is at present. Under this pro
clamation about three thousand slaves es
caped from their owners, were taken under
BritiSh protection, and, in accordance with
the proclamation, were pronounced free.
Thus the matter stood at the close of the
war; thus it continued to stand until Mr.
JAY negotiated his treaty with Great Britain
in 1795. One of the articles of the old
treaty of peace which Mr. JAY attempted to
include in his treaty, and which Great Bri
tain resolutely rejected, as. interpreted by
him, was this :
Ant. 7. That his Britannic Wiajestyshall, with 'all
convenient speed, and without causing any destruc- I
lion or carrying away any negroes or other properly of
Me American Dihabilants, withdraw all his armies
garrisons, and fleets from the United States,"
This article was the subject of warm de
bate in both countries. England held that,
by the construction of the treaty, she was
to withdraw her armies without committing
further depredations; America, that Eng
land should make restitution for the negroes
already carried away. The English argu
ment in support of her construction:of-the
treaty, was this : All personal property is
booty, and booty has never been restored
at the end of a war..
o il your negroes were
personal property we captured them as such,
and put our capture to what use we pleased.
If we chose to liberate our booty, that was
our own affair. Whether we should restore
the negroes to slavery was question be
tween the negroes and ourselves. We pro
mised them their freedom by proclamation,
and we shall not forfeit our word to them.
by reOnslaving them. Here follow two re
markable clauses of the British argUtuent ;
and we shall quote them literally from lls-
rarriroß, as showing the view which the
British Government took of slavery, at a
time when British opinion was extremely '
tolerant in regaid to slave property—far
more tolerant than is Northern opinion at
tri - preaent day :
le The negioei in question were either taken in the
course of military operations, or they joined the
British army upon invitation by proclamation,
However dishonorable to' Great Britain the latter .
may have. been, as an illiberal species of warfare,
there is no ground to say that the strict rules of war
did not warrant it or that the effect was not, in the
one case, as well as in the other, a change of proper
ty in the thing."—liamilion, Vol, 7, page 191.
"In the interpretstion Of treaties, things odious or
immorai are not to be presumed. The abandonment
ofofrgroes, who have been induced to quit their mas
ters on the faith of official proclamation promising
them liberty to fall again under the yoke of their
masters and into slavery, is as odious and immoral a
thing as can Sc conceived. It is odious, not only as it
imposes an Act of perfidy on one of the contracting
parties, but :as it tends to hringtack to servitude
men once made free. The general interests of hu
suanity conspire with the obligation which Great
Britain has contracted towards the negroes, to repel
this construction of the treaty if another can be
f loge 192.
It is strange that our English relatives
did not, from this reasoning, discover that
slavery was " odious and immoral " in it
self, and in every aspect. They were but a
single step from the conclusion, and thata
very short:one. -More-than a quarter of a
century elapsed befora they discovered that
the argument, which they so freely com
-sw"rnended to . the reason .of . another,-was ap-
Ocala' to their own ease. They wasted
no words on the admitted fact, that they bad
used the negroes as allies. They permitted
us to put our own construction on that, and
to think of them as we pleased in conse
quence. They were strict constructionists
of the laws of civilized warfare ; and these
they held were not violated by employing
the uegroes as soldiers in their ranks,
What do they say now to the "vindictive,
revengeful spirit of Mr. LINCOLN'S proclaim.
tion ?" Their present moral obliquity is as
sickening as it is false.
The end of Mr. JAY'S negotiation was, that
he accepted the British construction of the
disputed article, and returned to America
without the negroes or any compensation
for their loss ; and no less a person than
ALESAN DEN HAMILTON defended JAY be
fore his angry countrymen for so doing.
We doubt whether, all- things consideredt
it. would be possible to find a more perfee,
historical parallel than that which exists be
tween the proclamation which was discussed
by HAMILTON, in 1795, and that which was
issued by President LINCOLN, in 1862. We
were, from the British point of view, in re
bellion against the British Crown then, just
as the South, from our point of view, is in
rebellion against the constituted Govern
ment now. As their, armies advanced, they
spread before them a proclamation of eman
cipation, as full, in all its provisions, as that
which is borne by our armies at the present
day. The British proclamation gave —free
dom to all the negroes within its reach, and
invited such as were willing, to take up arms
in its behalf. The proclamation of Presi
dent Luccozasr does no more. Whether the
British proclamation was "high-toned, gen- .
tlemanly, and chivalric "—we are quoting
phrases from our .. ; Southern aristocracy, we
believewas no question with'our invaders,
who were honestly bent on doing their ene-,
my all the harm in their power, according
to the vulgar ideas which simple folk have
of serious war. Besides, they were violating
no law of civilized warfare by their conduct..
Shall we be blamed for employing means
which, were used by the " most enlightened
of nations ?" Does any man in his senses
doubt that we are at war with the South, and
are using for their discomfiture all the ma
chinery which art or nature has
.placed at
our disposal ? Have all our legions Marched
before *us in vain ? Can anything
but disciplined armies end this formi
dable rebellion ? Can any process_ of law
do it? Can the combined police force
of the whole land do it? In..what can we
trust .but in warfare, carried on in as de
structive a way as modern civilization will
permit ? Peaceful means ! Why, we were
driven from pea6eful means by the batteries
that bristled around Fort Sumpter. Did we
hint of war while the South talked of peace ?
They struck us before we even lifted our
hands to ward off the blow. Let us hear no
more whining about the " inhumanity of
employing the negro," or any other biped
that will' shoulder a gun and fight under
our banner. Let us not forget that, accord,
ing to British ethics, it is both " odious and
immoral" to "bring back to servitude men
once made free." From which we may
also infer that it is both "odious and ins
moral" for an enemy to hold
." men " in
servitude, however we may regard such
tenure in a friend. We of to-day take our
stand on the same high moral platform
which Great Britain occupied in 1795. It
is bread enough - for us, as well all
. as for
Britons, past, present, and to come. Let
-us not be driven from our position by the
eriticisms.of the descendants of those men
who held the place before us, and upon
Whose footprints we are standing.
Although we have the highest opinion of
the wisdom and justice of President
.Lix
-1 COLN'S proclamation, as a military measure,
and confidently appeal to that philanthropic
nation across the water, to sustain it on pure
moral grounds, we shall not waste time In
its defence. The proclamation of Septem
ber 22d, 1862, is an accomplished fact. It
has gone forth, and is now bearing fruit
after its kind. That the small faction of the
Democratic party, known by the familiar
appellation of "copperheads," is opposed
to its provisions, is no argument against the
edict. Are they not equally opposed to
every other measure of the Administration ?
Opposition is their business. It is the vital
law of their existence. Without this oppo
-1 sition there would be no Democratic party
whatever. They recognize this Eta in every
one of their political movements. If the
Administration had commenced its career
by feeding the country on nectar and am
brosia, filling its ears with the music of the
eternal harmony, and spreading before its
eyes the splendors of the beatific vision, the
Democratic party would have complained of
the entertainment. They would have called
for something more or for something else.
They could only be satisfied by having com
mitted to them the distribution of the Sood,
the quality of the music, and the scenes of
the vision. Sensible people are not to be
deluded by their rapacious clamor. We
have heard it -before, equally fierce and
equally earnest, when the spoils to be di
vided were not the thousandth part of what
they are to-day:
Our object was to show the similarity be
tween the Revointionary proclamation of the
British Government and that issued by Pre-.
sident LuccoLar. We think that we have
done so. Now, let us commend to the di
gestion of modern Englishmen the ideas
which we have extracted from their own
history ; a history in which they have at
least an equal share with ourselves. Take
these things to your consciences, cousin Bri
tons ! Let them lie side by side with what
you think of the "patriarchal institution,"
and with the "necessities Of circumstances,"
and with that more popular idea, a " gal
hint nation struggling for the right of self
government." If the incongruous mass do
not give you an attack of moral indigestion,
the great natural law of cause and effect is
become inoperative in your case.
The Invaikon of Kentucky.
-The gallant State of Kentucky his met a
singular fate in the vicissitudes of the war.
When the rebellion first took form it divided
the State into camps of preparation, and
the rebel pickets were stretched. cross from
Columbus to the Cumberland Gap. We
won the first great victory of the West in
Kentucky, and by the force of arms suc
ceeded in driving the rebel army into Ten
nessee. Although the rebels have never
succeeded in re-establishing their power in.
Kentucky, they have plundered its farms
and villages, and taken away the young men.
There was MortaArt's first raid, and a num
ber of smaller raids by those who endeavored
to imitate the dashing freebooter. Then
came ErRBY SMITH'S and BRAGG'S inva
sion, and the battle of Perryville, and the
rebel retreat after taking the milk and honey
of - that magnificent region. Twice the
rebels. have advanced in full force; twice
they have retreated in discomfiture. -Now
we read of another advance. We have
had indications of it before but ; they
were indefinite and strange, and to all ap
pearances nothing more than the timidity
natural to men who have writhed under the
iron heel of war. As yet, the news is not
definite enough to enable us to judge
of : the extent of the rebel movement.
Some tell us that a large part of the
rebel army is in motion, and that Gene
ral LONGSTREET is in command. Others
think that it is a Mere raid for the purpose
of enforcing the conscription law, intimi
dating loyal voters, and obtaining supplies
for an e.hausted commissary. A more
pi-OWe supposition is, that the rebel gene
rals intend a strategic momement to annoy
and embarrass General 'ROSECRANS. It is
hardly possible that any rebel army large
enough to hold Kentucky as an occupied
territory, or even to enforce the conscription
laws of the Confederacy, can be: spared from
the army of Chattanooga. Noirdo we think
that any rebel general would be likely to ad
vance into a field of operations leaving a
large army in his rear.
Whatever the nature of these movements
may be, we think Kentucky deserving of
sympathy. Her ga . llant people have been
peculiarly placed. They have been sur
ronnded with temptations, and their soil has
. been the battle-ground of armies and the
marauding ground of guerillas and bandits.
They bare suffered more than the people of
any loyal , State, for from the beginning to
the present time they have never been free
from invasion or robbery. We, are patted
to think that many of those who lead these
rebels are sons of Kentucky, and that the
deepest wounds in her mother-breast came
from the swords of her own children. But
if Kentucky has been disgraced by such
mtn, she has been honored by sons as true
as ever yielded allegiance to the flag of the
Union. In all the contests that thus far
have been fought, the sons of Kentucky
have been first in her defence ; and the State
which bore the traitor BuEcKINumoE has
been honored by the blood of the heroic
JAM: SON. The appointment of Gen. BURN
SIDE to command the department of which
Kentucky is a part will go far towards re
assuring the people and giving them confi
dence in the faithful care of the Administra
lion. We are sorry to see the campaign in
the West opened by au invasion of Ken
tucky, but it would be a just and grand con
summation if the State that had suffered
.so
much from the rebellion should be the scene
of its downfall.
Irish Distress.
The sum of -Five Thousand Dollars has
been subscribed in this city, largely through
the Personal exertions of Mr. TirpmAs
O'NEILL, for the relief of the distressed
.cotton operatives and muslin embroidorerS
in and near Belfast and Lisburn. It is 'ex
pected and belleye* That subscriptions to
the amount of $l,OOO more will come in
next week. The case being urgent, the Re
lief Committee have authorized Mr. E. G.
JAM - ES, their treasurer, to purchase and ship
500 barrels of flour, which have been sent
off this week. The Liverpool Mercury, of
the 11th inst., has the following paragraph :
"Seven hundred barrels of flour, a portion of the
cargo of the George Griswold, have been allotted
for the relief of the distressed work people in Lis
burn, near Belfast. One hundred and sixty-seven
bags of Indian corn have also been sent from Liver
pool to Lisburn.),
We may add that , this allotment, at once
liberal and vitally n4essary, was made at
the suggestion ,of . Ri.t.fannsorr, SPENCE, &
Co., of Liverpobt w:hn i se *tention became
interested.httlielr.ish distress as far back as
the middle of last Jaknaii.
WASIIIisTGYroiv.
Special Despatches to Th e press.”
WASHINGTON. March 27, 7263.
Visit of Indian Chiotk to the President.
The representative chiefs of the Cheyenne, Ara
pahoes, Camanches, and other Indian tribes from
the, Plains, accdmpanied by the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs and Superintendent of the Census,
visited the executive mansion to-day, for the pur
pose of having a talk with their Great Father, the
President. They were gaudily dressed for the occa
sion, and formed a semi -circle, seated on the floor of
the East room, and had for spectators, among many
others, the members of the Cabinet, several foreign
ministers and attachda of legation, together with
the ladies of their household.
During the opening speech, one of the chiefs said
they had come hither in obedience to the desire of
their Great Father, and were, thus far, highly grati
fied with their reception. The invitation had come
for them "through the air, and dropped down like a
bird." ;This was in allusion,So the telegraphic mes
sage to the Indian superintendent. The President
replied in a spirit of encouragement. He pointed out
the difference between whites and Indians, both as
to their number and social condition, saying the
former were great and prosperous, because they de
pended upon the arts of peace and the fruits of the
earth, rather than upon game and the bunk. Al
though we are engaged in a great and ugly war, yet,
the main, we are not so much disposed to fight
and kill one another as our red brethren have been
to slay us.
He remarked that it was the desire of the Govern
ment to live on terms of peace with them, and make
treaties and try to observe them. Care would be
taken to have them comfortably returned to their
homes. The Indians were evidently pleased with
their reception, and parted• with the President after
the usual hand.ehaking. The object in bringing them
to Washington was to impress them with the extent
of our.country and the numbers and power of our peo
ple, and to conclude with them treaties of peace, so
important to emigration over the plains.
Stole Prisoners.
The rebels who hare, from timed° time, been sent
South from Washington under flag of truce, always
embark gratified with the attentions of their Se
cession friends. This was the case last night, when
nearly five hundred of such prisoners were taken by
the steamer State of Maine. On leaving the wharf
the rebels returned the salutations from their sym
pathizers, principally women and children, by cheers
and shouts,
which were met with the groans of the
Union soldiers present.
. Appointment.
,
DAVID WAGONER, of York, Pa., nes accepted
the position of disbursing clerk of the United
States Senate, in place of SAVLES S. BOWEN, re
signed. Mr. WAoorEn was for many years editor
Of the Lancaster Examiner, a journal of some politi
cal influence. He was also cashier of the York.
Bank for twenty-sixyears. 13 - os - ?•leffirifeci as ad
mirably adapted Of the responsible position to which
he has been appointed by Mr. -ABNEY.
Hon. Owcu Lovejoy.
The Iron. OWEN LOVEJOY Still continues in
Washington, but seems to be slowly recovering his
health. '
STATES IN REBELLION'
Rebel Newspaper Accounts of Admiral Par
ragut's Daring EXCIIIT9iOn up the Missis
sippi River—The Pledge of a City De
manded for the Risks, ite.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, March
27.—Richmond papers of the 25th and 26th have been
received.
MOBILE, Narch 23.—The Appeal of the 21st says
that the steamer Natchez, with 1,360 bales of cotton,
was destroyed by fire on a trip up the Yazoo.
The United States steamers Hartford and Monon
gahela were allowed to approach within 400 yards
of our batteries at Grand Gulf, when they opened
fire upon them, the vessels replying with broad
sides several times. A dorfn shots struck the ves
sels, and a portion of the crew were seen carrying
wounded men below. No damage on our side.
The Natchez Courier says the Hartford, with Ad
miral Farragut on board, anchored in front of that .
city on Tuesday afternoon, the loth, and sent a small
boat with a flag of truce ashore with a note addressed
to the Mayor, stating that if 'the United States gun
boats were Bred upon by the people of Natchez or
by guerillas, he would bombard the city. The Hart
ford remained all night, and the Monongahela ar
rived in the morning.
The new impressment bill has passed both Houses
of the rebel Congress.
The general news in camp is meagre. The weather
to-day has been fine, with a drying breeze, but there
are some indications of a change of weather to
night.
THE WAR IN TENNESSEE
Cußrnarzoooa, Marsh 23.—There was no move
ment 01 the Army of the Tennessee on Tuesday.
The enemy advanced on the roads from Franklin
towards Columbia, but on Saturday retreated to
Franklin. Van Dorn is still on the north side of
Duck creek. Our forces occupy Florence and Tus
caloosa.
There hal been no movement of the enemy from
Corinth in this direction.
Morgan had a fight at Auburn, Canaan county,
Tennessee, on Friday, with an overwhelming force
of the enemy. Be fought gallantly, and killed and
wounded a number of the enemy, but was at last
forced to retire.
NORTH ATLANTIC SQVADRON.
Capture ofAnother Valuable Prize Steamer
with a Cargo (Wattles and Ammunition.
New Yowl, March 27.—The steamer Augusta
Dinsmore, from Port Royal 20th instant', and Beau
fort 24th instant, arrived this morning.
The steamer Nicholas the First, with a valuable
cargo, consisting partly of sixteen tons of powder
and one hundred and seventy eases of rifles, has
been captured by the United States steamer Vic
toria off Wilmington, and arrived at Beaufort in
charge of Prize Master Everson. •
The Army of the Pottmae.
fiannisnuno, March 21.—Governor Curtin tele
graphs from the headquarters of .the Army of the
Potomac that be finds the Army of the f'otomac in
admirable condition and good spirits, with full con
fidence in their chief and subordinate officers. His
intention, before returning, to to visit nearly, if not
quite all the Pennsylvania troops in this army.
He is much gratified at the reception he has met with
from the officers and men, and is enjoying his visit
greatly. He is the guest of Gen. Efirney, and will
probably not return home until Monday or Tues
day next.
From Charleston.
Cirenves'rOw, March Lille Atiihentie
intelligence that the enemy's fleet at Port Royal'
has been increased to 150 vessels, about 35 trans
ports having been added within the last two days.
The French war steamer Riondelet left here to
day.
The Richmond Whig contains`a detailed account
of the fight at Kelly's Ford, claiming that theirforce
was but 900 to 1,000 cavalry, but subsequently five
regiments and one battery are enumerated. They
claim avictory, because, as they say, the object of
the raid wee frustrated.
Tbe Gold Bill iu the New York Legislature.
ALnariV, 'March 27.—The bill prohibiting banks
, and other chartered money institutions from lending
money on gold deposits was passed by the Assembly
to-day.
From Albany.
ArmAi4r, March 2R.—The water has receded two
feet, but it is still several feet over the docks between
Albany and Stockport.
The railroads are now running - on time and the .
mails are regular.
A Deserter and Spy Shot—Two Disloyal-
ists Arrested.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 27.—Robert Gay, a de
serter from the 71st Indiana Volunteers, was shot
here to-day, by order of the court martial. He was
taken prisoner at Richmond, Kentucky, paroled,
and voluntarily wentorer to the enemy, and after
wards returned to 0/Wilms as a spy. He acknow
ledged the justice of his sentence, and exhorted his
fellow-soldiers to take warning by his example.
Salem Hannegan, Deputy Auditor of the State,
and Bayless W. Hain, member of the Legislature,
were arrested here yesterday for cheering for Jeff
Davis.
Markets by Telegraph.
BALT imam; March 27.—Fibur market is stagnant,
and prices nominal. Wheat lower ; red, 11 1 . 60 13 1 . 65 .
Cam scarce and unchanged. flats buoyant; Penn
aylvanis, 88@93c. Whisky --Obto,--49@t8xe.
THE PRESS. ---- PHILADELPIHA, SATURDAY, MARCH 28. 1863.
The Rebel Invasion of Kentucky—Gen. Pc
gram at Danville with Six Thousand
Men—Capture of Rebel Officers, Enlisted
Men, nod Money —Safety of Our Army
Tra in s—l.ex in gton Safe—Reported Retreat
of she Enemy, &c.
CsiscioNA7i, March 27.—The rebellforce in Ken
tucky is believed to be about six thousand strong,
under Pegram.
It is reported that Wolford's cavalry captured
three hundred rebels yesterday. ClarQs guerillas
still hover around Mount Sterling. Over two hun
dred of his men have been captured Since Sunday.
No apprehensions are felt for the safety of Lexing
ton. The wagon trains, slimes, and camp equip
ments from Danville and Richmond, reached Lex
ington in safety. Among the rebel prisoners taken
were two majors and one paymaster, with $15,000 in
rebel money. Telegraphic despatches from late re
bel papele indicate that a large army, under Long
street, is pushing into Kentucky. One hundred re
bel prisoners, at Camp Chase, have signified their
willingness to take the oath of allegiance. Two men
were arrested at Indianapolis, yesterday, tot cheer
ing for Jeff Davis in the street,
LoniSviLLE, March 27.—The train from Frank
fort, due last night, was delayed by a locomotive
being thrown from the track, which required some
time to remove. The train brought news of the re
treat of the rebels from Danville towards Somerset,
but as the military authorities had not been advised
thereof by telegraph, they consider the report pre
mature. Refugees froth. 'Danville are coming in,
and some excitement exists -at Lexington, but the
popular opinion gains ground that the recent inva
sion of Kentucky was merely a cavalry raid.
11 o'clock A. 11.—The Frankfort train is in, The
passengers disagree in their reports concerning the
evacuation of Danville,some affirming and others
denying the fact. No telegraph intelligence has
been received from that quarter.
THE LATEST.
The Rebels Still at Danville.
Lornevn,Ln, March 27.—A special despatch to
the Journal says that 80 men 'of the 9th Kentucky
Cavalry surprised the rebel pickets near Danville
last evening, when they retreated into Danville in
great confusion. They learned , that the rebel force
in Danville was 2,500 men, including the let Georgia
Regiment. This proves that the rumors of the rebel
abandonment of Danville are incorrect.
LEXINGTON, Ky., March 27.—passengers brthe
train say that our forces had recrossed Duck river,
in pursuit of the rebels.
Othei accounts Insist that the rebels hare ; left
Paesengera from Mount Sterling, just arrived, ie
port all quiet there,
A Coed:Barge Passes the Vicksburg Batte
ries—Three Gunboats at Greenwood.
CAIRO, March 27.—Last Saturday night another
barge, containing 1,000 bushels• of coal, was floated
past the batteries at Vicksburg for the use of :Admi
ral Farragut's fleet.
The Memphis Bulletin of Wednesday says that
three of Admiral Porter's fleet reached the' Yazoo
river by the Sunflower route, and reached Green
wood. The Bulletin further says that our forces above
Gr eenwood had undertaken to force a passage, and
were returning when they met General Quimbra
division en route to reinforce them. A conference
was held, the result of which was unknown, but it
was thought that, in consequence of the success of
the new route, the whole force would return.
Rumors from Beaufort The Charleston
Expedition Delayed—Attack upon Savan
nah Projected—The Colored Brigade Re
inforced—lnjury to the " Montauk," & o.
NEW YORK, March 27.—The Adams Express
steamship Augusta Dinsmore, Crowell, from Port
Royal, March 20th, and Beaufort, N. 0., 24th,
arrived at this port this morning.
From passengers by this vessel our reporters glean
some interesting facts concerning naval and military
movements thereabouts. The project of an attack
on Charleston seems to have been temporarily
abandoned, as the river is certainly filled with tor.
pedoes, and the defences are numerous and strong
enough—so it is reported—to blow any fleet out of
Water attempting to reach the city. Some of the
wooden vessels attached to the expedition, are suf
fering from the attacks on their uncoppered bot
toms by the water worms infesting those waters.
In the attack upon, and subsequent burning of , the
Nashville, the Montauk (iron Monitor), it is now
ascertained, was injured by a sunken torpedo.
Captain Worden says : She was lifted six inches
out of the water, and the steel plate which protects
her boiler was so badly shattered as to require re
pairing. The plate is situated under and around her
boiler, thus rendering it the more troublesome to
re .111 r.
'avannah is supposed to be the real pgint of at
tack now. The general opinion prevails that we
may be able to successfully assail this port; still
tie rebels are very vigilant, scarcely resting day or
night, in strengthening the approaches to the oily
and its surroundings.
On Thursday, March 19, word was received at
headquarters, that fears were entertained least the
rebels should overwhelm and capture the negro re
riments, that had been sent to Florida. The sth
New Hampshire was therefore sent to their-relief.
They were sent by the transport Olty of Boston.
The weather at Port Royal was beginning to be
very warm, the thermometer averaging '7B degrees in
the shade, and the men were literally eaten up by
the sand flies.
' Arrived at Beaufort, 24th, prize steamship Nicho
las First, in charge of Prize Master Everson, cap
tured off Wilmington, N. C., March 21st, by the
United States gunboat Victoria, while trying to run
the blockade. She had previously attempted to
enter Charleston, but was unsuccessful. The Mich*.
las First is an old ship of about one thousand tons
burden, and is said to have been a_prize to the
English in the Crimean war. She left England, bark
rigged, and put into Nassau, where her main and
mizzen 'masts were taken down. When taken, she
had but a portion of her foronmatjitendieg. lehernne
a very *aluable cargo, consisting, In part, of sixteen
tons of gunpowder and 170 cases of rifles. She would
leave for New York on the 26th March,
ADMIRAL WILKES' FLYING •SQVADRON.
The Movements ofthls Fleet Reeently—The
Vanderbilt made Flagship—The Anglo.
Rebel Blockade Runners, &e.
HALIFAX, Dlarch 27.—The steamer Delta, from St.
Thomas on the 17th, and Bermuda on the 23d inst.,
has arrived here.
The United States - steamer Vanderbilt arrived at
St. Thomas on the 12th. The Governor at Ea rba
does invited Admiral Wilkes to dine, but the veteran
patriot declined, saying that the Governor had en
tertained the pirate Main.
Admiral Wilkes had transferred his flag from the
Wachusett to the Vanderbilt. The former was at
St. Thomas on the 16th ; also, the British frigate
Phaeton and two blockade runners, one named the
Aries and the other unknown. Admiral Wilkes
threatened to seize both vessels. The Aries sailed
on the 16th, but observing the preparations of Admi
ral Wilkes to pursue, turned back and anchored.
The captain of the Aries applied to the Phmton for
protection, which was afforded. The Vanderbilt left
the same day, the 16th it was said, for Havana. On
the morning of the 17th Phaeton convoyed the two
blockade runners out. The United States' steamer
Wachusett did not follow them. The commander of
the Plucton had communicated with Admiral
Wilkes regarding the seizure of the Peterhoff.
The bark Fame sailed from St. Thomas on the
27th ult., with the crew of the burned ship Jacob
Bell on board.
It is reported that the'captain of the Princess
Royal Is a passenger per the Delta.
Sax nab - omo, March 26.—Sailed, ship Star
light, from Puget Sound ; ship Any, for Liverpool,
carrying thirty-three thousand sacks of wheat.
The salvor', of the treasure from the wreck of the
Golden Gate have offered to compromise with the
original shippers of the treasure, by paying them 60
per cent. of all the money recovered. Some will ac
cept, and others will contend in the courts.• The
salvors hope to recover nearly all the treasure lost.
They already acknowledge having brought between
$600,000 and $700,000 to San Francisco.
The Legislature hasagreed to adjourn rine die on
the Bth of April. A proposition has been passed
allowing the people of the counties along the line of
the Pacific railroad to vote whether bonds shall be
issued to the amount required for building the road
within the State.
NEW Tonic, March 27.—The rebel Col. Talcott
was arrested to-day, in this city, en route for
Europe, and placed in Fort Lafayette. He was the
constructor of the rebel fortifications at Yorktown
and Fort Darling, and formerly was attached to the
D. S. army.
BOSTON, March 27.—Two children of John Quinn
Perished in the burning of big house, at West Rox
bury, to-day.
NEW YORK, March 27.—The brig Lucy Darling,
from Fara, saw March 20th, in" lat. 32.40, long. 11.33,
a large screw steamer steering east burning English
coal, supposed to be a blockade runner, bound to
Bermuda.
SALT LAKE, March 27.—Everything if! Cow quiet,
and there Is no more excitement.
The Indians burned Boyd's Station, this side of
Deep Creek, last night.
Union Deraoustration at Portland, Me.
PORTLAND, Me., March 27.-.. great Union de
mon stra tion, in favor of the prosecution of the war,
was. held at the Oity Hail to-night.
NEW Youit, March 27.—Aerived, bark Francisco,
from Palermo; bark Clara Haxall, from Messina ;
bark Antoinette, from Palermo; bark Fannie, from
S. agua ; brig. Lucy Darling, from Para ; brig T. W.
Sawyer , from Key West ; schooner R. W. Tull, from
New admits; pne r Robert Moore, from St.l.Tago;
schooner Venue, from /ii.7xsCaYeßi schooner Mutton,
from Baracoe.
Below, United States steamship National ;
harks Czarino and Shamrock ; brie B. L. Swan,
from Porto Rico; brig Randolph, from Matanzas;
brig Pedro Sanches Dolz, from Neuvitas, and the
brigs Luna and Leni.
111 n. FORREST AS " SACK LADE."—Mr. Edwin
Forrest repeated his performance of Jack Cade, in
Mr. Conrad's celebrated tragedy of that name, to
one of the largest and most fashionable audiences
of the season. The eminent tragedian never per
formed the part of the fierce bondman more exqui
sitely, and the enplanes that attended it was conti
nued and enthusiastic.
STAMP DUTIES OF 1862 Awn 1863.—T. B. Peters=
& Brothers bare published, on a card (small 4t0.),
fit for being hung in a counting-house or °Mee, an
authorized edition of the different stamp duties im
posed, in all cases, by the acts of Congress in 1862
and 1863. It will be found generally useful, and is
sold at ten cents per copy.
Air OPERATIC FACT.-At the German Opera ma
tinee on last Saturday, one of the audience went,
from his seat in the parquet circle, into the lobby,
of the Academy of Music, where "books of the
operar !” are sold, and asked one of the vendors for
a libretto. The sagacious youth responded, "They.
don't play that opera to-day, but here's a book of
The Merry Wives.,
SPECIAL SALE OF HORSES, CARRIAaItS, &C.-411r
Herltness will hold a large sale of horses and car
riages to-day, including an entire driving es
tablishment, consisting of a pair of family coach
horses, Watson carriage, Phaeton, Germantown
wagon, sleigh, robe, &c, the property of a gentle
man breaking up his stable.
See, auction advertisement,
DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO.
ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
From San Francisco.
Capture of a Rebel Colonel.
Two Children Burned to Death.
A Blockade Runner.
From Salt Lake.
,slip News
EUROPE.
The "Bohemian , ' at Pow tiand, with dates to
the 13th instant—The Wedding lllaud
ation—Riots on the Occasion in London
The Work of the Alabama—The Polish
Revolution—Great Proclamation of Gene
ral Langiewlez, itse.
FORTLAiD, March 27.—The steamship Bohemian
arrived this morning from Liverpool, with dates to
the 12th and 13th via Londonderry.
The cotton sales for the week were 32,000 bales the
market closing with an advance of 3rd. The sales
to speculators were 6,000 bales, and to exporters
9,600 bales. The sales on Friday were 6,000 bales
including , 3,000 to speculators and exporters. The
market closing firm and unchanged,
Breadstuff's nominal. Wheat firm. Corn ad
vancing. Provisions dull.
LOEDON, March 13.—Conaols 913 g ; Erie shares
41N04244 ; Illinois Central 44% discount.
GREAT BRITAIN
The Bohemian reports: Spoke, March 14th, Nova Sco
tian, bound east; on the 20th, a steamer, supposed to be
the llibernian ;on the 22d, the steamer t. Andrew, and
on the Nth, the Anglo-Saxon, all bound east.
The pirate Alabama spoke an English vessel, and re
ported that she had destroyed thirty-four American
crafts,
Lungiewiez has been .proclabned 'Dictator of Poland,
and be has issued a shoe g address to the Poles.
In the House of Commons the bill substituting anima
tions for oaths was rejected, and one ilitroducing whip
ping as a punishment for "garroters" was carried to a
second reading, in spite of the Government opposii ion.
The crowds in London on the night of the illumination
were so dense that seven women wore killsd,and a hun
dred nrcons bad their limbs broken or were otherwise
serious y injured. In some parts strong men were com
pletely exhausted, and vehicles were jammed together
for four or five hours.
.At Cork. during the illumination, there was some
rioting by organized mobs, and the streets were several
times clearest at the point of the bayonet.
The Prince end Princess of Wales remain at Osborne
about a fortnight, after which they give two grand eve
ning parties at St. James, by command of the Queen.
Sir James Ontram., of Indian fame, died at Paris On
the nth inst., aged 60 years.
POLAND
A Cracow telegram says that the following proclama
tion, by General lmngewicz, dated March 10th, has been
published, and that it has produced a prodigious effect;
"CorsTIIMEli : In the name of the Most High, the
most patriotic sons of Poland have commenced a strug
gle canoed by terrible abuses and directed against the
eternal enemies of liberty and civilization.
"Notwithstanding the extremely unfavorable circum
stances in which the enemy, by a great increase of op
pression, hastened us into an armed conflict, we have
every reason to believe that we shall triumph, in this
great struggle for liberty and independence.
"The struggle commenced by anitinarined people, bas
already lasted two menthe, and galne strength and de
velopes itself with energy in the presence of thin war to
the death—in the presence of the massacres, the pillage,
and conflagrations which mark the Progress of the
enemy.
- "Poland feels painfully the absence of a central power
capable of directing the forces engaged•in the struggle,
and of summoning new associates to the field.
• ' Although the nation possesses more capable and
worthy citizens than myself', and although 0 am heavi
ly-conscious of the heavy duties of the Oleo and the
weight of the responsibility which it involves, yet the
gravity and necessity •of tie moment have decided
me, after consultation with the Provisional Government,
to Assn= the supreme power of Dictator, which I shalt
surrender to the representatives of the nation as soon as
the yoke of the Muscovite is shaken ME
"While retaining the immediate direction of military
operations in my own hands, I recognize the necessity
of establishing a civil government whose functions will
he regulated by a special ordinance, the work of the
Provisional Government. •
' I confirm the principles of liberty and enuality to all
citizens, granting land to the peasants and indemnity to
the proprietors.
"Poles of all the provinces beneath the yoke of the
lirnscovite, I summon you to the struggle against the
domination of Russian barbarism. Come one, come
all. of you. The liberty of Poland must be achieved.
"The concord of all citizens, irrespective of classes,
of religions, of communities, one and all making sacri
fices for the conunon cause, will give to us such unity
and strength as will render our now scattered forces ter
rible to the enemy, and secure the independence of our
country.
" TO arms ! To arms ! To arms ! for the liberty and
in defence of oar Fatherland. LANGIEWWZ.
. .
In the terins of the above, General Laitliew icz has been
proclaimed Dictator of Poland. General Wysoki has
been appointed his military coadjutor and director. The
civil administration has been entrusted to Poeutiouski.
It is reported that all the iudepene eat members of the,
Council of the State of Poland have sent in their resiv
nations.
A Cabinet Council has been held in Paris to consider
what action was necessary in regard to the despatch
from the Czar declaring that he can listen to no over
tures or terms of compromise so long as the Poles con
tinue in armed insurrection.
Prince Metternich, the Austrian ambassador at Paris,
wee about to proof ed to Vienna.
The Eecretary of the Prussian Legation, at Paris, had
gone to Berlin to confer with his Government in regard
to tboPolish question.
A Cracow telegram of the 10th inst., says that prepara
tions are being made by both the. Poles and Prussians
for a great battle.
FRANCS:'
The Pads Bourse closed on the Ilth at G7f.7oc. for
ntes.
The bill for a new loan peeled the Senate with only
five dissenting votes. It was reported that the contract
for the loan bad been signed by the ltothschilds, but the
particulars had not tranepired.
The London Times says that the advicos from Paris
state that the cause of the redaction in the rate of die
coultby the Bank of Franco is owing to a considerable
influx of bullion from America. A further reduction in
the rate of discount was checked by a downward move
ment in Consols on the 12th inst.
LATEST VIA LONDONDERRY.
LONDON', March 13.—Proposala have peen leaned for a
..r400,0t,0 loan to Salvador.
American eecurittes continue to fall.
. .
It is said that the reply of the Czar of Russia to the
courteonaletter of the Emperor of France, is a refusal on
the part' of Russia to make any concessions to Poland
or to accept of anything short of the unconditional sub
mission of the rebels In arms.
forces of Poland aro computed at
ho ship Prince of Wales, from Melbourne, re
ports that she was boarded on the 22d of February, in
lat. 50, long. 44 west, by the pirate Alabama, who re
ported having destroyed thirty-four Federal vessels du
ring her cruise.
The West African steamer has arrived, and reports
fever existing at Zeneriffe.
The Federalnboat Taecarora was to sail from Ma
deira on the 7th i gunst.
Commodore Freeman had visited the King of Daho
mey, and urged him to do away with the horrible rite
of human sacrifices The King replied, that if ho should
give' up the custom he would be poisoned by his subjects,
Ile said he would agree with the requisitions of the
British Government, if It was possible, in the course of
six months.
Mkl3l,lllVl 111 01 K 1 fj 1f.4
TIARRIBBITILG. March 27, INS.
SENATE.
Tbe Senate was called to order at la3a" o'clock by the
Speaker.
Petitions.
Mr. lc ICFIOLS, the petition of citizens and hotel keep
ers of Philadelphia, asking that the act of 1833 may be
amended to form another , class.
! Air. CLYMER, the petition of many Male and female
meth estf_Qhoster.coluity..._in - fifvOr of a.Naifonal Con
iiieMorial or 73 imembers of the
Philadelphia Corn Exchange, asking for the paeeage of
an act limiting the rates of toll on the Pennsylvania
Railroad between Philadelphia and Pittsburg, . which
was read.
Bills Introduced.
Mr. STEM, a- bill to incorporate the Manch Chunk
and Allentown Railroad Company.
Mr. LO WRY, a bill to provide for the payment of dis
charged and diseased Pennsylvania Eoldlers.
/Resolutions.
Mr. LAMBERTON offered the following:
Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee of the Senate
be instructed to inquire into the expediency of abolish
ing the Board of Revenue Commissioners, and to report
by bill or otherwise.
The resolution was adopted.
•
Bills Considered.
•
The supplement to Cho act providing for the adjudica
tion and payment of military claims came up in order,
and was postponed for the present.
The bill relative to the publication of legal notices in
certain counties came up in order, and passed finally.
The bill to incorporate the Innkeepers and Bottlers.
Association of Philadelphia passed finally.
The supplement to the act incorporating the Powelton
Coal end Iron Company, authorizing them to hold ad
ditional coal lands, passed to a third reading, and was
postponed.
Mr. BM:MATER called up the bill to extend the char
ter of the Lebanon Bank for live years from the expira
tion of its charter, which passed finally—yeas ]9, nays 7.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the supple
ment to the Powelton Coal and Iron Company, which
passed finally—yeas 11, nays 9.
Mr. LOWRY called up the House bill relative to the
lands of the State and Normal School at Edenboro, Erie
county. which was amended by providing that the lien
of the State shall not be impaired, and passed finally
After passing a number of unimportant private - Villa
We Senate adjourned until Monday evening, at 73(
o'clock.
HOUSE.
the lTh Housen was called to order at the .ueual hour hi
S
Bills Considered.
The orders were snspended to consider an act seat - lye
to the Tyrone end Clearfield Railroad Company. Passed.
An act relating to the Union Railroad and Mining Com
pany was also taken up, considered, and passed finally.
(The sale and transferrence of certain mining lands of
this company are authorized by the passage of this act.)
The Rebel Raid.
Mr. JACOBY moved to consider a bill for the relief of
Wunderlich, Need, & Co., who lost certain property at
the time of the rebel raid into Chambersbnrg, last Cie-
tuber.
The House agreed, and the bill passed finally, pro
viding or the appointment of eommisaloners to assess
the losses of said Arm at the hands of the rebels, which
shall be raid out of the State Treasury.
The Wyoming Canal Company.
Mr. NEIMAN moved to suspend the orders for the
purpose of considering an act entitled " an act to enable
the Wyoming Canal Company and Its creditors to agree
to an ad iustment of their respective claims. Agreed to—
upon which Mr. Smith, of Chester, took the floor and
made a lengthy speech. Ho was followed by Mr..
lt eiman.
Mr. BAROBR forwarded to the clerk the remarks of
Mr. Connell, made in the Senate on the subject, which
were read. Mr. Barger stating that they were so analo
gous to his views that he would content himself without
sal low as himself.
Mr. HOPEINF., M essrs. gto, also explaimpd his
position, as did Smith of Philadelphia, and
Johnson.
The bill was reported to the House as agreed to
Mr, BECK then offered an amendment.
--- • • •
The first and second sections were read and.ftgreed to,
and the House adjourned to this afternoon at half-past
two o'clock. Adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION
- - -
bill for the relief of the Wyoming Canal Company
was considered and passed finally.
A supplement to the act incorporating the city of Car
bondale was discussed and postponed. •
An act to prohibit the use of deleterious drugs, in the
manufacture of alcoholic liquors, was passed.
A supplement to the act incorporating the city of Har
risburgwas parsed.
An act regulating the mode of obtaining licenses in
Philadelphia, in certain cases, was reported with a ne
gative recommendation by the Judiciary Committee.
Also, as amended, an act exempting the Orphans' Home
in the Twenty:second ward:from taxation.
Adjourned uatil Monday evening at Tip o'clock
THE CIT X.
The Thermometer.
MAACK 27 3 isea. maitcra 270863.
BA.M 12M 3P.M. , 6A.M 12 31 3P.M.
33x 47 62 .. . .. 48
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THE DEFUCT PrrNl) —During
its troubles, the late United States Insurance, An
nuity, and Trust Saving Fund issued an immense
quantity of certificates of deposit, whether by au
thority of law or not, it is not stated, but certainly
there was no lawful authority for representing
that these would be paid, when it must have been
known that the condition of the company was such
40 was subsequently made public; or that they
were "good," &c., when in point of fact they were
very bad. These certificates were issued frequently
vi va a victim became very clamorous for his money,
and' tig they were .drawn in the form of a promis
sory note, pvable at a certain number of uioilths
atter date, they iiC.stponed any further demand until
that date arrived, whefl lip t being paid, the farce
was commenced in another shape, if the was
green enough to permit himself to be further hum
bugged. If not, A suit resulted, when perhaps he
received a part of hie money and promisee for the
rest.
In some cases, when the depositor was thought
particularly sharp, these certificates, or promissory
notes, rather, were endorsed by one or more of the
officers and directors. But tlus too frequently re
sulted in the same non-payment of just dues. The
endorsers were worthless, or had got rid of their
property. Their "ship's in the Havana trade"
vanished like the phantom of the flying Dutchman.
Their estates in the rural sections turned out. for all
practical purposes, to be castles in the air. "Ships
at sea" were harder to find than the "290." The
sharpest had their eyes closed beautifully by these
gay financiers.
In many instances, we are told, these promises to
pay—so easily manufactured, but so hard to collect—.
were given after suit had been commenced and judg
ment obtained, the poor depositors, some how or
other, being made to believe that this was as sure
a plan of being paid as selling the concern out.
There paper promises, it is said, were given for the
purpose of postponing and staying claimants. What
representations were made to induce people to ac
cept_them as payment of their just demands will, of
course, be mane to appear if suit is commenced
against these financial managers. It is further said
that they remained in business long after they -had
been advised to make an assignment. Had the con
cern gone into liquidation when so advised, much of
the misery entailed upon hundreds of familie s
might, perhaps, have been avoided. The develop
ments that will be made in the investigation of this
matter will astound and shock every honest person
in the community. -
SosE
Maitilfg SING ....o.nPAITY.---The
annual hall of the Moyamenaing Rose Company.
-"will take place on Mondayevening, April Bth, whion. ,
is Easter *outlay night
ST rr ite n a rl rm. l2 lVr A . 4 t l h h ie e:c ti e o ll t u e lt . r , C a ie c i t E o n r A o l l :o, l i c iL l 7 . e . G i i t i n y T s l e in7g .
Ig i o s hv expected
i i s ng new and improved style of ash
w t agons,
i e gge s oa t n r
ape
ROIL
streets,
ad ; l ei
that several of them will
be ready for action during the corning week. These
wagons will be drawn by two horses each, and will
bold about five times the quantity of the old ash
carts. The new wagons will be tightly covered, and
are so constructed that the load can be dumped with
ease from the bottom, at the pleasure of the driver.
Each driver will wear a shirt the breast of which
will contain his number, Fro that any neglect of duty
on his part may be reported at headquarters. There
is at present no complaint from our citizens that
the ashes are not removed, as this work is attended
to punctually,, but every one in convinced that the
mode of removing ashes rn carts without covers is a
nuisance. The new wagons, however, will do away
with this great nuisance.
The contractor has secured a large building in
Sixteenth street, above Callowhilt, formerly known
as the old ear-market, where all the inside work
connected with the street cleansing department is
performed. The improved ash wagons are being
constructed here, a overhauled street-sweeping machines
beingrepaired and preparatory to com
mencing work. The season has now opened when
the machines can with advantage be placed on the
streets, and the work will be pushed forward with
great rapidity, so that not more than two• months
will be required to cleanse ;he whole city. The
streets of Philadelphia, today, are in al much better
condition than they have been for years butte, al
though there is still an opportunity for improve
ment. During the cold weather it is a work of im
possibility to remove all the dirt, aft most of it is
frozen to the ground, where it - must" remain until
thawed loose. Now that the weather is more favora
ble, the good work will commence. A. large gang of
laborers were distributed throughout the city yes
terday, in localities where their services were most
needed, and the number will be largely increased as
the season advances.
A SMALL-I'OX HOSPITAL. —The I3oard of
Health have not yet succeeded in obtaining what at
this time is se much needed, a suitable location for
a temporary hospital for small-pox cases. The
disease still prevails to a dangerous extent, and the
necessity for providing .gainst its further spread is
urgent. The Board selected Richmond Hall for the
purpose, but were prevented from using it by express
prohibition of Councils. As the next best place, they
asked for sufficient space for the purpose on the
Almshouse grounds. But against this the Board of
Guardians emphatically protested, and Councils sus
tained the protest. The City Solicitor has addressed
a communication to City Councils, in which he
says:-
" I feel-it incumbent upon me to inform you that
it is your duty, under existing laws, to give the
Board of Health prompt aid In the establishment of
a hospital for contagious diseases until that au
thorized by you, by ordinance of November 24th,
1662, shall be erected.
"I have been ofticiallY informed by the Board of
Health that application has been made you, for the
temporary use of one of the halls, the title to which
is vested in ttie city, antatrtet their application has
been refused. It is not for me to question the pro.
priety of that refusal, but as I have advised the board
that they are without power to appropriate property
without consent for such puroose, it is feared that
no provision will be made, which is now necessary.
If a bill should be found adainetthe Board of Health
(upon the recent presentment of the grand jury) for
not providing such a hospital, I incline to the
opinion that the fact that they applied to Councils
for the use of property under their control would be
a complete answer in law Arid to the community."
8171CTDE OF A DESERTER.—Yesterday
morning, about eleven o'clock, a soldt& named Lud
wick Olive, alias Henry Lenders, committed suicide
at the cigar store of Peter Burr, No. 341 North Fifth
street. During the morning the ,deceased had been
to Myers' liquor store, at Third and Buttonwood
streets, and was offered a drink, but refused. He
then remarked that he had bought a pistol and in
tended shooting himself. He had been in the habit
of visiting Dir. Burr's store, and at the time men
tioned be entered the premises. He spoke to an
other soldier who was there and passed immediately
into the back room. But a few seconds elapsed be
fore the report of a pistol was heard, and when the
inmates of the house went into the room, Olive was
found upon the floor in a dying condition. He
lived but a few minutes, having shot himself through
the bead. The weapon used was a eingie-barreled
pistol, and had been placed so close to his body that
his shirt was burned by the powder. The deceased
was a native of Bremen, but had lived in New York.
He belonged to Segebarth's Artillery Regiment, but
had deserted, and the supposition Viet the' officers
were after him probably led to the commission of
the act of self-destruction.
TIFF COIIIaNG OF WOOD.—An ordinance
Is pending in Councils to regulate the cording of
wood on the public landings and wharves of the
city. The wharves belonging to the city, at Catha
rine, Almond, Poplar, and Maiden stree ts, on the
Delaware, and at Walnut and Pine streets, on the
Schuylkill river, are thereby appropriated for the
storage of cord wood. The ordinance also provides
for the election of Chief Corder of Wood, at a salary
of $BOO per annum, and six assistants, whose salary
Is 1000 each. The rnrders are required to see that
each cord of we od 'hal' be eight feet in length, four
feet in breadth, Amu four feet in height, containing
128 feet, solid measure. All violations of this rule
subject the wood fraudulently measured to seizure
forthe benefit of the Guardians of the Poor.
HOSPITAL STORES, &C. FOR THE 119TH
PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEMS.—The sub-committee
of the Finance Committee of the 119th Regiment,
Pennsylvania Volunteers, ((grey Reserves), Col.
Ellmaker, consisting of Thomas Allman, C. J. Field,
Thomas Marsh, and H. S. Field, started on Thurs
day evening to the camp of the regiment with a full
car load of hospital stores, and other useful articles,
contributed by the friends and relatives of the men.
The committee with their friends were conveyed to
the d6p6t in the ambulances of the Philadelphia Hose
and Steam Engine, and President Felton, of the
Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad,
very kindly placed a car, free of charge, at the dis
posal of the committee.
PRESENTATION OF A SWORD. Last
evening the friends of the old National Guard
presented a very handsome sword to Col. Peter
Lyle, as a tribute of the esteem entertained forhim
as a patriot and a soldier. '
The scene took place at the St. Louis Rotel. Col.
Ruff', of the U. S. A., presented the weapon, in a
nest, eloquent, and patriotic speech. Col. Lyle, now
acting brigadier general, received it in a very felici
tous manner. The gay and festive scene was parti
cipated in by the company, at which speeches were
made by Col. Ruff. E. W. C. Green, T. rd. Coleman,
and others. Patriotic songs were also sung, and at
an early hour the happy party separated, well
pleased with the events of the evening.
•
SLTGRT FrßE.=The alarm of-fire shortly
after nine o'clock, last •evening, was occasioned by
the burning of some combustibles at the morocco
manufactory of Mr. Joseph Neviis, situate on St.
John street, above Beaver. The damage incon
siderable. The tire originated from a stove that
was left closed. The pipe became red-hot, and a
number of sumac bags on shelving ignited and set
fire to the floor above.
ANOTTI23I SLTGHT FlRE.—Between eight
and nine o'clock, last evening, a box of kindling
wood In the vinegar establishment of Messrs.
Spielman & Co., on Old York road, above Callow
hill street, took fire accidentally and ignited the
partition. A person had lighted the gas, and care
lessly threw the lighter into the kindling wood.
The dames were Speedily extinguished.
•
REV. GALUSIIA ANDERSON, of St. Louis,
Mo., pastor elect of the First Baptist Church of
this city, will preach for the people of his new
charge to-morrow, both morningand evening. From
his excellent reputation as a preacher, and for un
doubted loyalty during the early troubles in St.
Louie, he will meet with a cordi4l reception by the
church and congregation to which he has been celled.
DEFICIENCY BILLS. —The Committee on
Schools of Councils have been engaged for a few
days paid in examining a large number of bills, the
payment of which was not provided for in the last
annual appropriation to the Board of School Con
trollers. An appropriation to pay deticienciea will
be-asked for, probably on Thursday.
FEMALE LIPOSTOR.—we learn from Dr.
Harry 0. Hart, surgeon in charge of the U. S. A.
Hospital on South street, that a Woman had been
going the rounds among the residents on Pine street
yesterday soliciting funds for the support of the
said hospitaL She is a base impostor. No person
is authorized to make such collections.
ELECTION OP ScnooL TEAcncEns.—Miss
Kate Winslow has been elected a teacher of the
Boys' Grammar School of the Seventh school sec
tion, and Miss Elizabeth Sheran an assistant teacher
in the Secondary School of the seine section.
•
WE UNDERSTAND that the cadets from the
military academy at West Cheater, under the con.
trol of Col. Hyatt, will drill on Tuesday evening
next at the Academy of Music. This corps is under
the West Point regulations, and drilled by West
Point officers. A great treat maybe anticipated.
SUDDEN DEArn.—A man named George
Roes, sixty years of age, died suddenly yesterday
morning, at the 'tideway House, at the foot of
Market street. The deceased was a resident of Cape
May, N. J.
. OWNER WANTED.—A sail boat containing
a lot of hams was picked up afloat in the Delaware
by the River and Harbor Police. The boat and
cargo await an owner at the station house, Front
and Noble streets.
CITY ITEMS.
PHOTOGRAPHY As AN ART--The great
competition in Photography as a businessis rapidly
giving the supremacy to genuine artistic merit. A.
mere mechanically-made picture, in which the laws
of art are not - Observed, is a very unsatisfactory
thing to persons..of taste ; and among the few es.
tablishments in this city where sitters can feel
assured that they will receive the full justice which
true art can only Impart is thi neatly-fitted up gal.
lery of Mr. F. A. 0. Knip‘ r e', No. 906 Arch street,
above Ninth. We have been shown a number of
specimens of Mr. Roipe's pictures, of four and eight
quarter sizes, in plain and vignette styles, which,
for softness of tone, sharpnes's of outline, and grace
of attitude, we have never seers excelle(ltand rarely
equalled.
LECTUBE BY REV. DR. EDDY.We in
vite the attention of our readers to the lecture of
Rev. pr. PaPt.e/ 0. 41‘.15 , , pastor of the Tabernacle
Ntiet Church,
Ita be cleyvered in Concert Hall, on
evening next, Marco °nil,. in Mel .t
arc.
•
Monday
New England Soldiers' Relief Association. His
subject will be, "Old England and New England:
Their Attitude towards tho Union." Dr. Eddy is
one of our moat eloquent divines, and the subject
which be proposes to treat is admirably adapted to
his style.
Wan ix Eunorn.—A corrosinnident of
the London Times writes that despatches have been
received from the Czar, stating that whatever may
'" thought of the abstract justice of the demands of
the Poles, the Emperor Alexander can listen to no
overtures so /l ion as they continue to be in armed
insurrection. A Cabinet council was held to
consider these statements, We have also learned
that a similar council is soon to by held in this city,
in view of the threatening aspect of the times (not
the London Times, but the financial Wale), to take
into consideration the propriety of recommending
our citizens generally to buy their coal from W. W.
Alter, Ninth street, above Poplar, and from nobody
else. This expedient will be recommended purely
on the groundrbf practical economy.
`}'ENE STOCK Olr READY-MADE CLOTHING.
—We have one word of advice Tor gentlemen of
taste, and that is, that in purchasing, their spring
clothing they /should patronize the popular Olothing
establishment of Messrs. 0. Somers St Son, No. 625
Chestnut street, under Jayne's Hall. These gentle
men have deservedly the reputation of making the
most elegantly-fitting garments produced in this
city., Their stock of ready-made clothing is superb,
and gentlemen wishing to have suits made to or
der will find a magnificent stock of cloth goods to
select from.
DELICIOUS NEW SPitiNG CONFECTIONS.
—Messrs. E. G. Whitman &. Co., the celebrated con
fectioners, Chestnut street, below Fourth, next door
to Adams and Co.'s Express, have now ready their
delicious spring confections, among which we ob
serve a number of choice novelties never bef ore of
fered in.this city. hieing the most extensive mann'
lecturers here, their stock is always fresh, and their
prices =usually moderate for the fine' quality of
goods they keep and sell. it is the place of all oth
e3s to buy good, WhO/esomer, palatable confections.
A FINE BTock of Gentlumen's FurniAing
Ooodo, embracing many novelties, can always be
found at C. °Milord & Son's, under the Continental
Hotel.
FINE QIIALITT FOREIGN FittfiT9.—Tlie
successors to the late C. II Mattson, dealer In fine
Family Groceries, Arch and Tenth streets, havojust
received a splendid invoice of Raisins, of the cele
brated n Crown" brand, the tineat rattans brought to
this country; also, the beat quality of Almonds and
English Walnuts, to which we Invite the attention
of our readers.
SWORDS, SABRES, BELTS, MN:WETS, wild
line DliMary trappings, of every deeeription, can be
had in beet style at C. Oakford h SOWS, under Mee
Continental Hotel.
TuE BEST MARE, and the 1.104t-littilitt:
Shirts, made at George Grant's, 610 (.111elitout Fifret4,
under the euperintendenee of J otin F, 7413-sert,
WESTERN MElielfallerk I.lfaing OatTi
Curtains or Curtain Matcrisls, of ainy dezerip4on,
can till them, at Ilelasoote4h 7:0 4 - ,:-Ixoft#os4 cot,
rah2B-2t
EASTERN 'MARKET CUP:AtA
The lovers of good Cheese WA nutter pic , l••:e'
to learn that W. If. SloeuratJ, wtose siami is is the
Eastern Market, haa eopilsotly QC htta ehOiCe Hot
ter and prime old Cheese, mekete4 100 cAue 411 , 1
judgment, and warranted to pteatre the most 04 , 6tidf ,
ous taste.
WE would direct the attention of our
readers to a remarkable cure effected by Dr. Stevens,
Electropatbic Physician, No. 141 South Pear,
Square, as advertised in another colleen.
THE celebrated Union Cwrpet Sweepers
are for sale at 721. Chestnut street. _
HATING made arrangelnentS With Wil
mington, Newark, Trenton, Albany, Troy, Pough
,keepsie, and all other towns and parties, Dean, 335
Chestnut street, will receive their smaircorporation
notes and checks at par for Cigars,. Tobacco, Pipes,
&e., wholesale andretall.
LACE CURTAINS.—
Jacotiard Lace Window Curtains.
Embroidered Application Lace Curtains.
Tambour Embroidered Lace Curtains. " •
Extra Wide Lace Curtains for Bay WindoWs.l
Embroidered White 'Muslin Curtains.
Embroidered Vestibule Lace Curtains. •
Lace Curtains, from $2 to $65 a pair.
113 Chestnut street,Masonic Hall
mb2&2t •
Wni..CArtmvX..
NEXT TO TEE LAST—A woman with no
friends can't be expected to sit down andeojoy a
comfortable smoke, for she hasn't gat any to back her.
MEE=
Buy your Clothing at the _fashionable Emporium
of Granville Stokes, No. 609 Cjiestnut street, where
the choicest stock of spring garments in the city is
now on hand.
COLDS.
Coughs.
Asthma.
Catarrh.
Bronchitis.
Hoarseness
Any Irritation or Soreness of the Throat caused
by Cold or unusual exertion of the voice relieved by
using
BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES.
'Military Officers and Soldiers should have the
Troches, as they can be carried in the pocket and
taken upon the first apPLiarance of a Cold or (lough,
which if neglected may terminate in 'something
worse. As there are imitations, be sure to OBTAIN
the genuine Brown's Bronchia 1 Troches, which are
sold everywhere at twenty-five cents per Box.
CRIMSON AND GREEN FEENCE MOHAIR
PLTl'6ll.
Figured Tapestry, Moquette.
Brocatelle, Silk Terry.
Setin•de•laine, Worsted Damask.
Imperial Worsted Terry.
Colored Pekin Cloths, in variety.
Printed Worsted Lastiuge.
Plain and Striped Union Reps.
Gilt Cornices, Gilt Bands.
Cords, Gimps, Fringes.
Curtain and Picture Tassels,• •
On sale, Masonic Hall, 719 Chestnut street.
mb2B2t W. H. °ARTIST.
Tim INDIANOLA.—The latest story about
the Indianola is that Commodore Farragut has taken
her from the rebels, who were fitting her up for ser
vice. If newspaper reports and official despatches
are to be believed, this famous iron-clad has been
burned, sunk, blown up, raised, refitted, and recap
tured. Everything about her is eo uncertain that
some sagacious doubters express a disbelief that
such a vessel ever existed. Speaking of iron -clads,
there is no doubt, at least, that there are Impregna
ble iron-clad vests made, and that they are to be pro
cured at the Brown-Stone Clothing Hall of Rock
hill k . Nos. 603 and GOS Chestnut street,
above Sixth.
WINDOW SHADES.
Buff Holland Window Shades. •
Brown Fresco and Gilt-Bordered Shades.
Bich Gothic Sail Shades.
Green Gold• Bordered Shades.
Italian Transparent Window Shades.
Fine Landscape Window Shades..
White Holland Window Shades. •
Pearl and Gilt-Bordered Window Shades.
Buff', Velvet, and Gllt-Bordered Shades.
Store Shades made to order, any size.
hlasonio Hall, 719 Chestnut street,
m1128.2t W. H. OARRYL.
I~'RV~rF6~At
THE MONEY MARKET.
PHILADELPACA, March 27.1963
There was more demand for gold today, and the price
was rather steady at 140 until near the close, when it rose
to 142. closing late at 141. The unfavorable tenor of the
. news from Kentucky and the Mississippi bad an effect
which was taken advantage of by the 1211 s. " Old
certificates are worth 99%, the new £1734. GWernments
are a fraction lower. Money shows signs of contraction.
The anxiety to secure the five-twenty sixes still con
tinues, and at the office of Mr. Jay Cooke. the Govern
ment agent, the conversion to-day up to 4 o'clock.
amounted lo one million two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars, with applicants for more, and orders from
the country still arriving. The good "work goes
bravely on." and, at the present rate, extensive ab
sorptions of the legal-tender notes may be expected,
which many fear will have the effect of lowering prices,
while others assume that they will soon be at a pre
mium. As regards the former assumption, the new
issues will take the place immediately of those absorbed,
and as they are not imperatively necessary to subscribe
to the loan—good bank notes. drafts, Mc., being re
ceived—the large amount in circulation will prevent
them from being at a premium, unless it be very slight,
owing to some temporary demand, the period for con
version being limited to the Ist of July.
The Stock Market was feverish, and a general disposi
tion to realize was developed, which had the effect of
breaking down the prices of the fancies. Sixes. 1851,
sold at Ifs; endorsed seven-thirties at 105; 1083` was bid
for the blank; State fives declined 1 per cent. ; city sixes.
new, declined 2; the old 136; Camden and Amboy 18535
declined 3; 1867 s brought 109; Huntingdon and Broad
Top let mortgages were steady at loll; Rimina sevens
sold at 110; Little Scanylkill sevens at the same; Hea
ding sixes all declined; Pennsylvania Railroad mort
gages fell off largely; 85 was bid for North Pennsylvania
Railroad sixes; 114 for the tens; 7036 for Schuylkill Na
vigation sixes; 105 was paid for 'West Branch ; the same
for Delaware Division bonds.
Reading Eatiroad shares suffered a decline of two dol
lars per share; Catawissa declined 1; Minehill %; Cam
den and Amboy K; Long Island. X; Pennsylvania was
steady at 65; Beaver Meadow at 663 ; Camden and At
lantic at 10; the preferred' at 17K. Philadelphia and
Brie sold at 37; 11X was bia for North Pennsylvania. 36
for Elmira, and 52X for thelapreferred 45 for Little
Schuylkill. Passenger railwayis were inactive. Girard
College sold at 19; Thirteenth and Fifteenth at Ng; the
others were a fraction lower.
Morrie Canal sold at 61; 133 was bid for the preferred.
51i for Lehigh Navigation, the scrip selling at 40. SchnYl
k ill Navigation declined X; the preferred 34". Big Moun
tain Coalaold down to 33t. Girard Bank sold at 42X;
Union at 36; 142 was bid for North America.
. . . -..
The market closed heavy, $60,000..in bonds and 4.000
shares changing ha mic-
Drexel & Co. quote:
..
United States Bonds. 1381 106 10614
United States Certificates of Indebtedness... • 9935 10134
United States 73-10 Notes, 106 107
Quartermasters' Vouchers2..ii 334 d.
Orders for Certi fi cates of Indebtedness ...... .. Ila lgd.
Gold
Demand Notes 40 ier P.
-. p.
New-year Certificates 37.3:093
Messrs. M. Schulze & Co.. No. 16 South Third street,
quote foreign exchange for the steamer Edinburgh, from
New York, as follows:
London,l6o days' sight 152.34 156
Paris,6o days' sight
Do. S days 163 15 LK
.
70
Do. 3 days 3f
3157 60 M '3f
6735.
Antwerp, 60 days' sight •41f611 St 70
Bremen, 60 days' sight . ' ' 11l 113
Hamburg, 60 days' sight 503 t 5124
Cologne, 60 days' sight lOl 108
Leipeic, 60 days' sight 101 102
Berlin, eo days' sight 101 102
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Amsterdam. 60 days' sight 03 i 59
Frankfort, 60 days' sight 88 93
Market dull.
Meisrs. T. B. Peterson & Bro. have published a large
card for the convenience of merchants, bankers, brokers.
conveyancers, attorneys, and the public generally, em
bracing a description of all stamp duties imposed by
Congress,l262, and the amende& list of March 3, ISfil.
The Detector for April lsgis out, with—a list of 23 new
counterfeits, and much val nable financial matter.
CATAWIRSA RAILROAD dOmPANT.—A statement crept
into our columns, a few days ago, rmipecting certain busi
ness arrangements of this en •....,^•• the 1 - ;;;res of the
profits of • •
,ruteh ware incorrect. it was Stated that an
bleak' of 000,000 would accrue to the company from
the several arrangements. But such is not the fact, as
it may not reach $50,000, 'which were tho figures accord
ing to the estimate. The report was clipped from the
columns of an evening paper,
The coupons on the first mar tax° -bonds of the Hun
tingdon and Broadol'op Mountain Railroad Company are
due April Ist at the office of the company.
Holders of coupons of the Reading Railroad Company,
due Ist of April, are requested to leave them at the office
o f the company on or before the 31st instant Receipts
will be given and checks delivered after the Ist.
The Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Rail
road Company have declared a dividend of 3,q' 34 cent.
clear of national tax, payable on and after the lot day of
April next.
The following Is the statement of coal transported
over the Hazleton Railroad for the week ending March
21,1833:
• Week.' Precions Total.
Tons. CNVi. Tons. Cxirt: Tons. Cat.
Hazleton Mines 3,383 02 29.932 02 53,3•X104
Cranberry 1.641 (6 14,404 19 16,045 05
Diamond 76302 8,14815 8,91117
East Sugar L0at......... 2,100 /9 21.331 03 25,4325.404
Council Midge . • 2,893 02 19,242 13 21,035 15
Mount Pleasant 469 08' 4,613 OS 5,112 16
Ebe,rvale .......... 940 11 11,130 10 12.071 01
Hattleigh 980 15 12,003 17 13.623 12
Mllnesville 726 1 - P 0.504 tX/ 10,291 01
Jeddo 2374 113 1. 960 10 24,335 14
Total 16,778 15 157,206 14 170,685 09
Cerrespond lag period
last year 7,916 16 73,578 17 81.4% 13
Increase
The following is the amount of coal shipped over the
Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad. for the
week endir.g Wednesday., /40 1 20 . 1863, and since
January 1:
Week. Previously. Total.
ons. Tons. Tons.
_5 T ,407 61,0 E) 6‘1,187
1862 69.832 7.5,933
-
Decrease . CM 15,872 16,443
The inspections of flour and meal in Philadelphia dn
ring.the week ending March 26,1863. wore aa follows:
Barrels of Superfine 19.659
Do. Fine 8
•
Do. Middlings ' 72
-
Do. Rye . ' . . • 130
Do. Corn Meal 650
Do. Condemned 801
Total 20.727
The New Tort Benny Post of to-day says:
The market opened strong on all deseriptions of Go
vernment 'senor:Lk-a
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In Gnverntneuf, Bezuritim we note a fa !rs ra,, . n .
hesiness. Registered 1.951 are in demand at P4 - ; ' 7,' "f•
I.llti :it YrN, and coupon ave.twenties at L 33, 181 "..
pone at ofttf. and 1874 coupon at % 1 535. , c s ,.
The hnnd lint is irregnlar,but slightly let.sst,ady
ye , terday. Of the Border State fronds, Misloarh, 1; - :''
receded :theta ~ 74 ; wink: Ttnnemiees stand at ai m , -,v
inside agates ot fact evertint4 t‘t;
The snsaniative list 'offers a considerable deal;„
nParly
el
deverintione of shares. The strongest a -, ' 3
list are old Eritv, lthenigan Central , and R 1 i 4 --"'
• I ,! Itt ~.
(erred.
The 1'011 , 1141ot( table exhibit& the chief inovstna,
th e
: market, as ct..atpared with the latest pries;„ - : :::
ev
Fri. Thur. Ada
171, s, 8:41881.re* .... .. ..104N 114474 i
O.K. tin. 1681. c0n... . .... .".4)5V ..
105 L
U. ti 7 1-10 p. C. T. N. .109.4 100'4 '..
44, h, I year Certificates...llE4; 100 !•
American gold 140 133 e
etib.2.0141 en 80% 603( ..
kf4r4ourt en 69.7 i. 61'4 ~.
P.rilic MaitlB.l,4,
if. Y. 4:antral .... ......•.Ithq 110
‘ ,
za - 11 . tare'refred fls..i 93 , .i
EF44.1..0.e. River OG 97
R•4l4 -4e. 3 - .3i. 68
Etwie44., vieferred 81 81 .
3i
Zer'...71.4"..e441.ral 9734" 98. ....
1ak.i..5. , ..:.,e.0.ern IS# 61 • • ,
Efi...l So. eoar Ar, 00 ,
Tl)Jus..'. Central 54.11, • ... MK 99 "
.4' bud Iltuthurg.... ncli
FrAqi 90?, , i ..
ev. .114 ' Toied.,.. ... 94 95 .f - .4:. 1
Chlunp, a nill4.oek ixld. 90 90
F.ll i Wal rOO . rat 60 -.
Cinie.kci.lver 4:o 41 4 . ..1
, 1 .0...41 et 13e innfore. the hoard this roorrAng.
S 4 ~r i it r0...e to 141. f.“ and has since fritctuat , :; ..
IS 4 A 0 th.,,e two extrntnem, renting as we go to Pr .,
199.
V 4 17,4156. with. 8, light bn
ILTimre it, a fair dtmand for money at G per cent.
tb.-texie put inatiy grat-eiaaa borrowers.
Phila.. Stift& Exci
(EktwortdA by b. L gt..A.v*Ax
Zit a
57
IfL do.
• - • •- •• •
5l) Long Inland R.
lf•
150 do W.i.) :37
500 American G01d....141
1%0 Jo 1.4034
2400 US 7-POTr No end.lo4.
SOO do end-104
7.1 Union Bank 36
2.5 do 36
1600 City 6s new 108
1000 do..new 1t5.107
4500 do..new 10434
1000 do..new
1(00 do..new 107
500 Reading6s
50 do 103
BETW •
2000 Del Div bde.. ..ch.105
9 Cam & Amb 31.. • •Ma
100 City. Os 102
000 do— new 107
101/0 d 0..• .new...ch .107
21 Penns R 65
SECOND
'IOEI Readkug bo 43
2 209 do a3OOO do eh 4274
10 Penni R 65
200 New Creek 35
• 30 Lebigh 6crip 90
38 Beav Beadow 663 i
100 Big Mountain 4
100 do '
100 do .9%
2000 II S Se 'Bl reg 104%
0000 City 6s new 107
AFTER B
211 Phila. & Erie R I
100 Reading R 42.R1
CLOSING PRI
Bid. Asked.
II S 6s cOn 1651
II S 7.30 D blk ...1065s 107
American G01d..140 142
PhDs 6s old 102 BB
Do new 107 ES
Alle co 6s R 60 67
,Pena 5s . .... ...1003V.r101.
Reading R 4231 43
Do bds 'BO —lOB BO
Do bds '7O —lOl 106
Do bds S 6 • -101 103
Penns R 65 65R
Do lscm6a..llo 115
Do 2d m 6s. 108 113
Morris R4X 65
Do prfd 10s .135 136
Do 6e 112
Do 2d intg ..• ..
Buse Canal.-..... ..
Do 65•... .. -
Schuyl Day .....
Do prfd 15 16
•Do 6s 932.... 741 f. 72
Elmira R ES 39
Do . pea 6234 5536'
Do 75 '73....100 110
Do 105
N reams R 115,1
fk. SS
Do 103 115
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Weekly Review or the Philad'a. Markets,
Slsnci7 27. 13:7:
The Produce markets have been almost at a stand-st:.l
since our last weekly rsr.ort, owing to the great
off in the price of gold, and for moat of the leading arr
oles prices at the close are norninaL Bark continue,
quiet. Breadsruffs are unsettled, and prices of r;oa:.
and WI eat are lower. Cora and Oats are bringinz ft:
rates' Coal is dull. Iron continues firm. but these:,
very little doing in goway of sales Cotton is wry
dull and lower. Fish and Fruit are without change.
Provisions are dull and rather lower. Naval Stores and
Oils are less firm, bus the former very scarce. Pled
is scarce- Bice continues quiet. Salt is steady. sod ths
offerings slight. Seeds are dull and lower. Tallow and
Tobacco are dull, and there is very little doing in eithr.
Wool is very quiet, but prices are without change. Is
Dry Goods there is little or nothing doing, and buyers
and sellers are at a stand NT.
norm. —Tbe Flour market continues unsettled and
dull, with very) little inquiry either for exp. - ,rt
home use, and prices are irregular and lower. Sales
comprise only about 5,000 bbls at d.S. 87, 4 109. 50 fir super.
tine: $B. WO. 87 for extras, and $7(47.75 fur family. the
latter for good Lancaster county. The *ales to the
re
tailers and bakers are moderate. within. HI ft same rani
of prices, and fancy brands at from eSesa hi, , aecc7l
- to quality. Rye Flour is lower. sales reach (shoat
400 bble at sl7s?Lot Corn Meal is doll Penney - Iva.
ois is held at *-1. and Brandywine $1.6014 bol. wk.!: int
sales.
GRAIN —There is less Wheat coming in, bat the
ifiand is limited and prices .set;c lower. with sales of
25.000 bushels go, d and prime Penn's red at from I:t3
1137 c, and white at r.sPlitoc, according to quality._ fly.
is scarce and in demand ; 1.500 bushels sold at slOtiC4-17 - s:
S bushel for Pen n'a. Corn is In fair request: sates coin.
prise about 30,000 bushels yellow at Ole, damp do at S3:-.
and prime white Corn at 91@a2c V bushel. Oats—There
is less inquiry, but prices remain unchanged. with sale?
of 40, COO bushels. mostlyat 50c, measure, and 80e, weight:
sales of 5, OCO bushels Western Barley are reported, at II)
®ls6c V bushel.
_
PROVISIONS — Th e market is dull and drooping, and
-41 7 6 receipts light with small sales of Mess Pork at 811.51
, bhl Mess Beef ranges at $13(415 for city
packed, and 812@1850 @ bbl for country, Dressed Hogs
are higher. with small sales at 35 ( 8 50 t 100 Rig. Bacon
—there is a steady demand for Rains, with sales of fa:
casks at 91412 c for plain and fancy-cured hides at 63017 c.
and Shoulders at 534 e for old and 6.14(g6kc for new Lard
Is unsettled and lower, with sales of sigNo bbl: and
tierces at 11(all%c, closing dull at the former rates: ken,
at 12;4Ra:iota th. Butler 14,in and demand. with sale.
of ltoll at ...ti®Ww.a.nd solid-packed at lealite atz chee, s
is selling at 11016 e V lb. and Eggs 16,03)1nc "f dozen,
METALS. —The market fur Pig Iron is less firm, with
further sales of No. 1 Anthracite at W,37, cash and ;
months. In Scotch Pig there is nothing doing_ Bar and
Boiler Iron are unchanged, with fair sales. Lead Li
declined. We quote Galena at 934@9Xe Id. Copp iis
also very drill We hear of no Pales.
DARK.—The receipts and sales of Quercitron ace in.-
dente. Small lots of first No. I are selling at &MP ton.
CANDI.M. —There is a fair inquiry for Adamantine,
with sales of Western made at 193(,(41k for short weight,
and 52c rash for full weight. TallOw Candles are steady
at 1.43-' s e V 11l for moulds.
COAL.—The market continues unsettled, and prices
are not likely to be fixed until the rates of freight by the
Reading Railroad have been published for the ensuing
year: a few cargo-sales hare been made at Riclimon ot
$4_5.75 con, free on board.
COFFMI .—'The demand is limited, but holders are loss
firm in their views, with sales of Mn bags, including Rio
at 2100.32 e. and Lana:tyre at 32033 e V lb, cash and 4 in. .
COTTON.—The market continues very dull, and prices
Lace again declined SelOcocith small sties of middlitigi
at fe,@7oc ? It, cash, closing at the former rate and dull.
DRUGS AND DYES of all descriptions ans dull:
of Soda Ash at 3N Caustic Soda at 73ic, Sdlplinric Acid
at 21tc. and Cantharides at EU& on time_
FEATHERS are selling in a small way at 45@47c'. lb
for good Western.
FISH.—The demand for a Mackerel has fallen of and
Prices remain without change; sales from store at SYR ,
16.50 for shore Is and 0313 for bay do, BS 4001 g bfor , 31; for
medium, and 87 for him Ss. Prices of Herein g and Cud
ash remain as last quoted, and the market dell.
FRL'IT.—A cargo of Palermo Oranges and Lemons was
sold on landing at 85.25@)3.50 V box. Currants are
scarce. Domunia Fruit 'moves off slowly. Among the
sales we notice 20,000 Ibs unpared Peaches, Q l llilteri.. at
634€A7 c, and halves at POlle. Omen Apples sell at 8i.(4
3.40 V bbl.
FREIOHTS.-Tbere Se very little produce Offering to
Liverpool. We quote Flour at Ss Sd, Grain at pcoTo.
and beery goods at '25030a. To London the rates aro
about the same. A neutral bark was taken to the
continent at Ss Sd. and one to Glasgow at Ss for Oil.
West Indian freigbts are quiet. A vassal was taken r.),
Trinidad, Cuba, at around sum, and one to South Sida
at ige for Sugar. Coastwise rates are nuc,hanged.
GINSENG. —There is very little here; small sales of
crude at is3c eacb.
GUANO is in rather better request with sales of Peru
vian at d9O, and Pacific Ocean at *65 ton.
BAT is selling at .9(0)95c the 100 lbs for Timothy.
BIDES are very quiet, with gales of Caracas at 2 1 c on
time.
HEMP.—There k but little or no stock here to operate
in, and there is nothing doing in the way of sales.
HOPS are quiet, hat the sales are only in a small way
at Walk for first sort Eastern and Western.
].UMBER is in better demand as the season for build
ing has already commenced. Among the sales are yel
low pine Boards at and white pine at
21:' Laths sell at $1.0: - .60 by the cargo, and white oak
Barrel Staves at tkr€o:3:t Vi M.
MOLASSS6.—There is a firm feeling in the market:
the receipts are light. and the stock in first hands nearly
exhausted. Salt's of clayed Ettba at 41eJand Muscovado
at 4604, Se, four months, and 1,000 bbls New Orleans at
4fgu - kse, cash and four months, the latter mostly sold by
auction.
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NAVAL STORES are Imv active. Rosin is quoted
lower; sales of common at Igtoan
NNA27, and No. I at s t
North Carolina Pitch Is worth EA and Tar SlOgal for
North county; Spirits. of Turpentine is lower, and sells
in a small 'say at 0tt.25 cash.
OlLS.—There is less activity in Linseed Oil, and prices
are unsettled; small stiles at SI. MIL SO cash. Prices of
Fish Oils are Jinn, and there is a steady store demand.
In Petroleum there Is a less business doing; sales of
Crude at 1. 20e, and Refined on board at 1 9 .0@yls and
free at S7@-Ikc.
PLASTRE.—There is very little here. Soft i 8 worth
gt.5.ZO ner ton.
RIC - E.—The stock is extremely light, and is held
fwl: at 7.li@ftiXc "f lb.
SALT is arm, but there hare been no farther arrivals
or Pales.
SEEDS. The demand for Cloverseed has fallen ett
the reason being over, and prices have declined; sale' , •if
660 bus at $5. 50(a66 64 Ris. Timothy is nominal at STii
250. Flax, eed has declined to VI 7544.Z3 ql ha, with
amen receipts, d ull with
mostly for sowing.
SPIRITS are dull, with a limited demand for forois,n.
N. Ti. Rnm is hold at 0118070 c. Whisky—There Is more
immiry ; sales of 1,003 bbls at 4Sgl49c, and drudge cc - a
gluon.
SUGAR is dull and unsettled. and the receipts 31N4
mostly going into store, with sales of 333 hhds 1014
C
12c for Cabe and New rimes. including 100 hhds New
Orleans by auction at IWO/I:Mit lb. cash.
TALLOW Is rather dull, with sales at 12@12i4e for tits'
rendered, and 1.101.1Xc for country.
TEAS are quiet, and the market very drill.
TOBACCO. —There is very little doing, brit the reeetPti
are increasing, with sales of 40 cases Penn Leaf by sec'
ticn at 12)401934.c V lb.
WOOL. 'l'heret is very little demand, but prices are
without any material change, with eater, of 73,000
raarnf, at from S 5 to 100 e 'a in
4. Miming ainlie receipts of Flour and first& at
this ISOrt diming the past week
Flour
Wheat
Corn
Oats,..,
New York Markets of Yesterday.
ASTMS. —Pots are dull and lower; sales of 13 bids at
$7.17x.; Pearls continuo nominal.
~..
furiarrgrs — The market for State and Western Flour
is lather more active, and prices are about 10e higher.
The sales are 6.000 bbls at $6.‘ 33 26 for superfine
at:W
State; $6 .6001 r extra State; $6. . for euperfiea
Michigan. Indiana. lowa, Ohio. h e.. .4006.83.f0r ex
tra do.. Including shipping brands of round-hoop Ohio
t *6.13507.36. and trade brands do at $7.21618.56.
Southern Flour is lOc better, with more inquiry; sales
bbls at $7.23®7.40 for superfine Baltimore, and
$7.64:g9.90 for extra do.
Canadian Flour Is firmer, and the market is about lOci
higher, with a better demand; sales 600 bbls at WV@
6.70 for common, and W. 50W.60 for good to choice ex.
tra.
Bye.is inactive at 0r..3.75@i5.2.1.
Corn Meal is ceiy quiet, and quotations are merely
nominal: we quote Jersey at $.1.10@4.a), Brandywine
s&tO, puncheons *V SO.
Wheat is a ehade firmer, but the market quiet, and
there is not enough doing to establish quotations. The
nominal rates are $L341211.37 for damaged spring; Blfferg)
$1.60 for Milwaukee Club.: *L 61®l. al for amber Iowa:
id. Wel. ES for winter red Western; sl.7o;glL73for amber
Michigan.
Bye is quoted at $101.66 for Jersey, afloat and de
livered.
Barley Is firmer. with very little offering: sales 5..1*
bnsliele km tern on private terms.
ow a are quiet and steady at EOC&Kge for Jersey, and
S 2 086 e for Canada. Western, and State.
Corn is one cent better. with a moderate demand;
sells ;Am bushels at StiogiSSe for sound Western mixed.
and ECG S§ for tuntennd.
89. E 18
CAMBRIDGE CATTLE MARKET, March 26. —At
market f 34 Cattle, COS Beeves, and 54 Stores, consisting of
Working Oxen, Con's, and one, two, and three-yeur old.
MARX ET BEEP. —Extra (including nothing bat the bent
large fat stall-fed Oxen) F.G)f.@9: first quality y
e n ))
nothing but the best largo fat stall-fed Oxen) Iltid"i%
second quality.(lncluding the best grass-fed Oxen, iho
best stall-fed Cow., and the best three-year-old Steer.)
7@Mg; third qualitY.eaxac, ordinary
bronmv--Working Oxen at e—®—; Cows and Calves
at MOM; Yearlings.. S-43--: Two year. old, *203 3 :
Thri c years old, $22®24
biIEIRP AND LADRA-2,800 lit market. Prices in lota, S7C
7 . 60 ; bs extra, 839.50@10. or from SiGiiilOc Ib; spring
Lam
Hines SWign t Its: Tallow SgB3lc: Pelts 3.5
CIALFSHINS—E 111,
:TEAL CAIXIIA **pm.
ItEnAn ai , --Th ere was an advance again this week uns . " .4
111-
Battle and Sheep, with quick sales. Beef sold at 50 .
V.lllO lb higher. Sheep sold as high as 9 and 95,0 .•
and one lot of Cl, all Lambs, weight 95 tbs, sold !LS ini.a
as 100 lb. or SOX Vi head.
ge Sales, March 27.
R. Philadelphia Bachan. o
• OARD.
dosq, Canal. ... . 7
100 Seim Nay Pref ....
50 Catawß Pref... s. -
.250 do..•. Pre
f-50 d 0.,. • -Pref..za s
27
Cai rd. C
Cam & drab
lrab ..
WO
'l4OO Little Schny 7,- • • •ikt
200 Read do ing R.--... jai 4
71 i
150 1,
100 do 414 11';
100 do ...... ........
50 do r4ssn
550 do 4-11-13
3000 Pa tnira It . . ...... 11.)
60 West.. ...
6000 West Branch 1;31-135
New Creek,.....
BOARDS.
60 Blinehill R ... . ....
1000 American
60 Morris Canal
Z.. 51
3000 L' S 7-30 Tr N
7000 U 3 Os 'SL ree ......
1000 Penns 5;.......... 1 :
BOARD.
600 City 64
MOO Hun & B T 15tna..1
BO Cam Attan 11
100 Cam & Atlan Pref.
4500 II 64 '6l. la;
30 13th s:lsth-et .• • :13-;
100 W Chester Pref.... 3
4 Girard 8ank....):;
Penewss 1.4
100 Cataw B Pref •5 , 34
800 Cam & Arab Os '83.113.%
47 Cam & Amb R
OARDS.
15 Reading R 43
CES—HEAVY.
Datawissa
.110.1.4,51md
R.....
Do_prfd W 34 2”;
Beayer Mead /I— 60% 67
R. .. frtx
Ha rrisbn-rg R....
Wilmington R...
Lehigh Nay 65 .
Do shares -.
Do scrip.... 30;1'li
Cam& Amb E..1d3 likit,f
Fhila & Erie 6a..
Sun & Erie 75....
L Island R..... ..
Do bds
Delaware Di,
Do bds . .. • • ..
Spruce-street R.. 164 161;
Che.tunt-st R • • • .66 6,1
Arch streetß.... 26 f',6,4
ißace-street R ... 10 II
Tenth-street R.. 42 41
Thirteenth-st R. 34 3F
W Phila R. • • • 65 67
Do bonds...
Green-street R. • .t. 3 43,1(
Do bonds...•
Second-street 13.. - 56 57
Do bonds.....
Fifth-street B ... 62 SI
Do bonds. ..
Girard College N. 20
Seventeenth. st R
Little Schuyl E.. 45 41-;,;
20,156 bblz.
.M,178 btu.
.6%600 bus.
55,300 bus.
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