TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1863. 4»-We can take no notice of anonymous commu nications. We do not return rejected manuscripts. 49-Voluntary correspondence-solicited from all parts of the world, and especially from our different military and naval departments. "When used, it Will be paid for. . ' • -Mr. Roebuck and the War Question. Belligerent Roebuck, who desires that John Bull should declare war against the United States, without any further delay, is a very small creature, in more ways than one. As might be expected from his lan guage and manner, he who roars like a giant is personally unqualified, in the event of ac tually being engaged in battle, for occupy ing any greater position than that .of a drum mer-boy, and might probably be considered undersized for that. It is astonishing how loudly little bantams crow! "We shall not wrong our own judgment by undervaluing Mr. Roebuck’s abilities. He is an effective' speaker, albeit with feeble voice, and though he raTely, if ever, has reached that grandeur of eloquence which forcibly impresses itself on the minds of an audience, and carries them away with it for the time, he frequent ly commands their attention by the bitter ness of his sarcasm and the vehemence of his assertions. lie is a good writer, too, and his “History of the/Whig Ministry of 1880,” fin •which is to be found a graphic account of the passing of the Reform Bill in 1832 J is spirited and lucid, with more fair ness to political opponents than he can bring himseif to put into his speeches. Asa lawyer, Mr. Roebuck’s place is—no where. His practice cannot be said to have left him, seeing that he never was troubled with as much as would pay the rent of his bar ■ rister’s chambers, fin 3 Pig Tree Court, Tem ple,.) but it was his fortune to enter Parlia ment immediately after he was called to the bar, and, though he went the Northern Cir cuit for years, never could persuade lawyers and the public thaf he was any thing of a lawyer. The aim of ambitious barristers is to obtain a seat in the House of Commons, but they subdue this ambition until they have secured incomes which render them comparatively independent. The barrister who enters Parliament immediately after he has been'“ called,” virtually tells the world .that he prefers politics to law, and must not blame the world if he is taken at his word. It is quite true that Mr. Roebuck, writes ‘Q. C. after his name, But to be a Queen’s ■Counsel does not denote either extensive legal acquirements or commanding practice in the courts. It is sometimes merely hono rary, conferred as a favor. It was thus that, in 1843, when Mr. Roebuck, a professional Radical, strongly supporting the Tory Ad ministration of Sir Robert Peel, it was. considered necessary to reward his services in some manner. There are people who will not take payment in malt, but will re ceive it in meal, as the saying is, and Mr. Roebuck belongs to this class. He would appear to have turned his coat by taking office from Peel, but gladly.accepted the patent constituting him Queen’s Counsel, which Peel’s Chancellor, good-natured liTEDiruitST, threw into his lap. It gave him a certain status in the profession, but probably did not get him one brief extra. This gentleman Vho would fain precipitate England into a war with the United States was equally vehement in denouncing the Crimean and the Chinese wars. It is the nature of politicians like Mr. Roebuck, who are swayed by caprice and personal pique rather than by principle and patriot ism, to fall into inconsistencies. Hence, we find Mr. Roebuck strongly expatiating, in Parliament, against the horrors of war in the Crimea in 1855, and,in China in 1857, yet literally shrieking out menacing and in sulting language against the'-United States in 1803,: and calling on Palmerston to rush into what would certainly be a contest as unwarrantable, on the part of England, as it would be angry and destructive on botli sides. He forgets that toe have received, not given, the'provocation. Apolitician, not a statesman, Mr. Roebuck, When he called for war, omitted to ascertain whether, at' this particular crisis, England is in a 1 situation to fight us. Events are culminating in Europe which make it doubt ful whether England, led by France, as in 1853, can avoid drifting into a second war with Russia, on the Polish question. Were Napoleon fairly out of his difficulty in. Mexico, so as to concentrate himself in an European contest, he would probably be at warlike issue with Russia within two months. The nationality of Poland, promised by the treaty of 1815 but never granted by Russia* would be tire nominal casus belli. The real cause would be, as in 1853 and 1859, Napo leon’s desire to engage Prance in some great contest which would add to the “glory” of that empire. He has managed so cleverly that England can scarcely avoid being dragged into such a contest, precisely as in 1853. Mr. Roebuck, before he called out “ War with the United States,” should ascertained'whether England can afford to have two'great wars at once ; whether she can even carry on one; whether.the recent reduction of her naval and military establish ments does not show a pacific indication. Palmerston, who has ascertained all these points, counsels moderation, but a little lawyer, -whose one solitary feat in arms was a bloodless and ridiculous duel with a newspaper editor, shrieks for “ War!” Should the peace of Europe be disturbed on account of Poland, we may expect that, as in 1854, Austria will declare herself neu tral. . Prussia, which .kept back from the Crimean war, will certainly side with Rus sia. England and France would again fight side by side; Italy may join in the same issue, and Sweden is supposed to be suffi ciently inimical to Russia as also to join against the Czar. The issue of such a contest may entirely change the map of Europe. Is it likely that, with such a pros pect, England can also rush into hostilities against this country ? The British Ministry, we sincerely believe, would rejoice over the defeat or humiliation of the North; but ; popular feeling in England, which was ini tiated against us about the Treht affair, in the winter of 1861, has gradually changed’ in our favor—greatly changed since, the George Griswold practically assured the English that we had not lost, though cruel war pressed on us, the large and liberal humanity, which fed the starving millions of Ireland in ’the famine of 1847. It would take a phalanx of Roebucks to get up a war feeling against us now in the hearts of the English people. The aristocrats and trading politicians who oppose, because they hate, our free institutions, are in a great minority. The Paper Supply. The New York publishers have been con siderably exercised during the past two weeks in consequence of the action of the paper-makers of that State, who have com bined for the purpose of creating a rise in prices. The excitement which the subject, has occasioned seems to us uncalled for. Combinations designed to affect the natural laws of trade unduly may be successful for .a little while, but they can never acquire (Sufficient cohesive force to resist the pres ■sure of public opinion, and eventually they /must fall to pieces. The New, York paper manufacturers have engaged in a most fool ish and disreputable enterprise, and one, also, which is almost certain to result un profltably for them in the end. They .might, with ns much prospect of better ing their interests, have met in secret con vention and passed- resolutions against the east wind, or against the partial eclipse of the sun, which the almanacs have ar ranged for the seventeenth of. next month. When will men learn that a certaiu degree 'of comity in mercantile intercourse is an ele ■■ment es'sential to prosperous commerce, just '•as nitre is an element essential to the compo sition of gunpowder ? When w ill they learti s that wherever there is friction there is ioss'of power, whether it.be iu mechanics or in so cial economics ? With the whole European market open to us—and Italy alone oah fur nish enough of the raw material to keep tbe paper mills of the United States pretty busy —it is very improbable that any dangerous or permanent combination to keep up prices to a fictitious standard can be effected by the New York manufacturers. Though monopoly array itself in mail of triple steel, there will inevitably he some vulnerable point in the armor through which the barb of competition may enter and inflict a death wound. Something more potent than se cret resolutions is requisite to clog the wheels of enterprise, and whatever is inca pable of checking them is very apt to be crushed into shapelessness by their revo lution. -. Therefore, we attach not the slightest, im-; portance to this subject, and we have al luded to it merely to repeat the inquiry at all times seasonable, and so often urged without any marked result, whether a cheap and available substitute cannot be found for the present paper material ? We have seen it stated that upwards of fifty different sub stances have been experimented with, in this hope, and that all have been successful in some degree. What can he the reason of their tardy introduction to the notice of the public?—for, except in the occasional ex hibition of specimens at county agricultural fairs, or a brief notice in the columns of some scientific periodical, we have neither seen nor heard of them. Very few honorable exceptions occur to us at present. The Chi cago Tribune is printed on a paper into the composition of which 25 percent, of sorghum enters ; and we learn that two mills for the manufacture of this paper have recently been started in Illinois. A Philadelphia cotemporary, and one or two of the New York dailies, make use of straw paper. The Flat Rock mills at Manayunk have been en gaged in tbe manufacture of this article for many years, and indeed we believe the pro prietors were the first to introduce it. The Boston Jour?ialh.&s lately used a paper made from wood at an establishment at Royer’s Ford in this, State. It; is rather brittle in texture, and : not as white as might he de sired, but still it is not an unacceptable sub stitute, especially as it is the exponent of a successful experiment which may be pushed to still greater development. A paper made, from the Swamp flag is how being extensive-; ly produced in New York State,- and the demand is said to exceed the supply. It has too coarse a fibre to be fit for printing purposes, but we should think its quality not altogether incapable of further improve ment, in which case a certain per eentage of it might perhaps be advantageously em ployed in connection with finer material. We have somewhere seen it stated, within the past two months, that a .gentleman of .Fort Wayne, Indiana, has recommended, as. worthy of experiment, a fibrous material growing in the bolls of the sycamore tree in that vicinity. .It is a short staple cotton of a buff color, and can be obtained in great quantities throughout the West. Undoubt edly, if tried, it would be found to answer well as a paper material. - / Across the ocean, too, the question has awakened considerable interest and discus sion, and a recent number of the London Times informs us that “ when Mr. Glad stone was declaiming with his wonted eloquence on the importance of releasing the paper manufacturer from" the incubus of tbe excise, he made one statement which excited no ordinary sensation; among his hearers. " He had been informed, he said, that admirable paper might -be made from the fibres of rhubarb after that plant had been previously employed for the manu facture of champagne. Even when the Wine had been taken out of it; it was still good for paper, and each process would be cheapened and facilitated by the aid of the other.’! • • The list, of vegetable substances believed to be available for this purpose might be extended to much greater length ; but with the mention of one other, an account of which wc find republished in the Scientific American , we shall conclude it for..the.pro,.', sent. Dr. Auer Yon WeLsbach; superin tendent of the Maize Imperial Paper Mill at Schlogelmuble, .Austria, in a historical.ar ticle conceming it says: “ Paper Iras been made from maize straw in the last century in two Italian paper mills, but not with pro fitable success, and further’ attempts were soon abandoned. In 1856 Moritz Dia mant, of Bohemia, took up this subject again, and agreed with Baron Bruck, then Master of Finances at Vienna, to make a certain quality of paper from maize straw at • the". Imperial Paper Mill, and he was suc cessful, excepting in its cost, which was greater, than that made of cotton and linen rags. * *-.This was the condition, of the casein 1860, when'the director -of " tbs - Imperial Mill, hearing that good paper had been made of maize fibre, and believing that improvements might be. made to re duce its cost, introduced other experiments, the result of which we have now in the pro duction of the paper, fibre and cloth to which we ha've alluded.” "We'have adverted; to these facts mainly ■with the view of bringing the subject, which must always possess interest, but which is especially interesting now, more prominent ly to the notice of our inventors and experi mentalists. It is rather a mortifying proof of the self-suiliciency of modern science, that in the matter of making our paper from linen fags, we, of the nineteenth century, stand almost precisely where the Chinese of the twelfth century stood. It is especially mortifying when we take into consideration the important part which paper has filled in the programme of the world’s civilization and advancement in knowledge. Perhaps these reflections would not have occurred to us so forcibly, if the price of that arti cle had not advanced so materially since the commencement of tire war./ But if there is a great deal of truth in the maxim of llocn kkoucac i.d, that “there is something pleasing to us in the misfortunes even of our best friends, ” how much morels it true in the case of our enemies ; and the New York publishers, in their worst straits, may gather some gleams of consolation from the troubles of their Southern cotenjporaries. Many of the latter have been compelled to stop their presses, and recast their type in bullet-moulds. The following extract from a letter, written on. the Ist instant by the paper-maker of the Charleston Courier, shows that that journal too is threatened with dissolution: “I find, to my astonish ment, that cotton is selling in this market at forty-two and a half cents. As I have told you before, it takes nearly a pound and a half of cotton to make a pound of paper. This will run paper up to seventy-five cents or a dollar a pound.” From this disinal state of affairs the writer draws the infer ence that “we shall be compelled to close our mill until after the war.” It was the Southern press which mainly incited the -rebellion by its incendiary appeals, cunning, sophistries, and suppres sions or perversiCns of truth; and it is this power, more than" any other, which now encourages the rebels in their futile re sistance to the Government. It is paper lhat feeds, clothes, and pays off their con script armies ; it is on paper that nearly all their victories are won; it is paper that in spires their people with delusive hopes of triumph, and gives their guilty treason a quotable value in the stock markets of Lon don and Paris. Without paper the rebellion must perish; and such indications as the above, that the supply is rapidly being ex hausted, is a most hopeful sign for our cause, that should he a sufficient consolation to the New York publishers in their present pre dicament. A Meeting in Hartford. [Special Despatch to The Press. 3 HAiiTF6itr>, Corn., May 11. The.U, S. Christian Commission had a glorious meeting in Dr. Hawes’ church, last evening. The building was packed. Hehky Olay Tkcmbull, a chaplain, just arrived froia South Carolina, gave a noble testimony to the Christian Commission. (f eo, H. Stuart, and Kev. G-eobge J. Mingiit 8, of Philadelphia, made addresses. A collection of one thousand dollars was _t«ken up, and great interest was manifested for our brave soldiers. X. The New Disease. To the Editor of The Press: ■ ■■ Sin i The malady called a- new disease, now pre t valent at Manayunk, is also seen in Frankford and elsqwhere-in Philadelphia county- I have no doubt that it is what has been long known under the name ■oUcaihro-spinal meningitis. Theme who wish a con densed view of this subject may look at Eberle and Mitchell on' diseases of children, at page 6SB, where they will find a pretty satisfactory notice in a small compass. . I am, sir, yours very truly, ■ MEDICUS. LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL,” Washington; May 11, 1863, I think the temper of the American peo ple, as exhibited during this rebellion, worthy of great praise. They have borne and forborne—with foreign Powers, with friends, with enemies, with one an other. We had a magnanimous, and al most a fatal evidence of this spirit in the beginning of this rebellion ; when rebellion was permitted to strengthen itself, while treason reigned in the White House. The nation that submitted to Mr. Buchanan may be considered the most patient among na tions. Since Buchanan passed into inglo rious retirement, we have had many "occa sions to practise the sufferance he so.bitterly taught, and when I hear the numerous evi dences of active and unmolested disloyalty throughout the North, I am inclined to be sad and impatient. In many instances of recent . occurrence we have seen the professors of these sentiments imitating their comrades under Lee, and using violence against those who are loyal. It is impossible not to see that in many parts of the North there is an unpleasant and feverish feeling prevailing. In Dayton, Ohio, we had an exhibition of of such a feeling, rendering it necessary to place the district under martial law. You have heard of the developments in the Western States in reference to secret organi zations to assail the Government In your own county of Berks, the officers of the law have shown that men have organized to resist the laws of the last Congress. In New York, the dread of probable outbreaks is frequently discussed. I can very well con ceive bow loyal men would become restive when treason is openly discussed and pub lished, and I admire the forbearance with which they have so long submitted to it. In this they have shown confidence in the Administration, believing that it is strong enough either to punish these men or treat -them with contempt. But when men who are disloyal accompany such sentiments with threats, and speak of riot and blood shed as parts of their policy towards the friends of the country, I confess I know not what to say. At the same time, there is one policy that can never lead us astray, and that is, peace and respect for the laws. In times of war, when men’s passions are in satiable and bloody, nothing should be done to excite them. Nothing is more terrible than appeal to the mob. It is one of those fearful exhibitions of tumult and pas sion, that pass over society like lava from the crater, destroying- everything, the slii'nbbery, the weeds, the flowers, things of beauty and taste as well as things that have no attraction. The mob is the embodiment of man’s basest passions. In voked by those who have nothing to lose by anarchy, and nothing to gain-by peace, who see.jmnipmty.for their, own crimes in the crimes of others, and, afraid to strike them selves, make the innocent and ignorant the instruments and victims of their revenge, we hardly know whence it comes, or whith-’ er it goes. Like a mad, unthinking, de stroying monster, it vanes' with every breath, following one leader to-day, mur dering him to-morrow, and anxious that blood should, be shed merely because it is blood. There is nothing more easily in . voked ; nothing more difficult to quell. You may summon the familiar, but it departs in its own time; you may create a Franken stein only to create your own destruction. With a Government, and laws, and num bers, every good citizen, no matter what he may think, should make it his business to suppress eveiy lawless thought andfeeiing. I remember the fearful mob that assailed Mr. Curtis two years ago, and the horror I felt when I heard men of position, who hap pened to differ with the speaker, endorse the men who attempted to take his life. ■What was wrong then is wrong now; what .was an outrage to the eminent scholar would be an outrage to any speaker. If he offends taste, ..turn away from him; if he effends the law, arrest him. But the. power to invoke violence is neither yours nor mine, and it should be dreaded as an evil that falls upon all men and all things, and a terror that none can escape or control. PROM WASHINGTON. [Correspondence of The Pres?.] Washington, May 9,1863, The movements of the army still form the staple of conversation and discussion ,in every quarter. The city is filled with army officers of every grade, ♦hough I am informed that their numbers, of late, has been much decreased. They swell the halls and avenues of the hotels, and are seen lounging about Wherever, they can . meet. good-natured sojourners who have nothing specially to employ their time, and are always willing to buttonhole a neighbor, to dispel the ennui of idleness. It is encouraging to know; that here, as in Philadelphia, there exists -among right-thinking men a strong prejudice against those bfficers.who are always absent from their com mands, and especially at a time like this, when every Boldier is wanted where alone he can be of service in co-operation with Gen. Hooker in. the new projects which we hear are now developing for the overthrow of the army south of the Rappahannock. It was yesterday rumored very freely about that the Army of the Potomac was again upon its feet, and its ban ners once more flying. The men had been supplied with eight days’ rations, and the whole force were under marching orders. To-day'the rumor assumes a more tangible shape $ and now there is every rea son to hope and believe that the campaign is not ended with the retreat Rappahannock,. ' but that that movement was only the commencement oi a series by which the wished-for end is to be at tained. A few days will suffice to show that’General Hooker has skilfully, and with great foresight planned these movements; and that the real object is yet within his grasp. • Parts of his plan may have been thwarted or deranged by- the fortunes of wan (and the ablest generals of history have had their best . victories postponed by accidents,) but that the post ponement of victory in this case is of short duration, is a conviction thafrevery where impresses thepublic mind. The beatproofthatthe energy and strategy of the army have not yet been exhausted is this second ■ determination of the Army of the Potomac to defeat its opponent. It is not the part of wisdom or dis cretion for newspaper correspondents here to detail all it may be in their power to. write respecting un developed and unconsummated plans. It is well, . however, that the anxious hearts at home, who feel the humiliation of defeat, and are anxious that the past losses may be atoned for, should be apprised of the gladsome fact that the Army of the Potomac, despite its apparent reverse, Sb vet buoyant with hope, and not only desirous of moving, but are ac tually on the move. The wisdom and appreciation which prompt an active and dashing campaign, suoh as we are promised, will be commended by the coun try at large. Dilatory campaigns have too long, wasted the valor and intrepidity of our brave soldiers. They have as yet experienced but slightly the rigors . and hardships of an active soldier’s life. They have fought a battle, and rested for month* succeeding. Another battle fought, and another rest. The old-established order is? changing, and the new one is everywhere as auspi cious of victory and glory. It is quite certain' that in the late fight the rebels were-the moßt severe sufferers. Their loss in killed and wounded is much greater than ours,'and their exhaustion from con flict, superadded to that which they naturally labor under from natural causes, give our-army an Im. mense advantage. Why not, then, push on, actively, strenuously, vigorously ? It may be urged that the army requires rest from their l&borB. Does not the rebel army need rest, and'do they not need more ..than we? The war is not to he ended by slow and" dull inactivity. Energy and alacrity, which, under other generals, the army have always lacked, are now apparent in recent movements, and with these, and the endurance which iB characteristic of the American soldier, success‘may 'confidently be looked for. General Hooker holds the destinies of the country in his keeping, and patriot and true/ soldier as he is, the country will yet have reason, and that at no distant period, to hail him as its de liverer. '. The daily arrivals from Acquia creek, of the wounded of Fredericksburg, attest with what bravery and determination our army fought and bled, and will yet light and bleed for the holy cause of the Union. None of these brave fellows have a word of complaint on their lips, no word of reproaoh against their generals, or' despondency that their lighting had been in vain; but they evince, even in their agonies, the most hopeful feelings, and speak encouragingly for the future. They all persist in claiming the reeent battle a victory for them; and who, we might ask, are better calculated to know that fact than those who, like Aeneas, had partici-. paled in battles, “ all of whleh they saw, and the greater part of which they were.” Those who have neyer'set a squadron in : the field, but who show a military proficiency that ought to commend itself to the War Department, have set down the recent bat tle as a disastrous defeat. And here arises a ques tion of veracity, between the soldier who has never been beyond the ramparts of Washington, and the soldier who has consecrated two years of his life to the God of battles, and here 1 let the question re main. Messrs. Clement B. Barclay and G. W. Connaroc, of Philadelphia, have arrived here as ii special come mittee of the Sanitary Commission to look after the. wants of our soldiers. They left this morning, lor Acquia Creek, with'medicines and luxuries for the wounded of Fredericksburg. .The Sanitary Commission is one of those live institutions that, this war has brought into existence, that are always up to time, and never absent when their presence is needed, nor delinquent whei their services, can be made of value. The history of the Sanitary Com mission is a condensed histscy of the war, and when the dark clouds of tho present day shall have been dispelled, no star in the national firmament will shine with a blighter .radiance than that which the soldier, in the day b of his sore distress, looked to with eo much devotion and gratitude, and that had THE PRESS—PHILADELPHIA. TUESDAY. MAY 12. 1863. bo often soothed bis agony and filled his heart with hope. The difficulty in obtaining* conduct to the army, exceeds all belief* The Cerberus of the War De partment is resolute and fixed. It is stated that General Hooker has emphatically requested, If not demanded, that .there shall be no communication whatever with the army, except by those who are part and parcel of the army. Newspaper correspon dents have given up all possible hope of reaching, for some time to come, within many miles of the headquarters of the army, Those who come down here to inquffe for the welfare of wounded friends, and hope to aid them in getting to their homes, come here in vain, and the friends of the wounded come here as legion. Many who think that the heads of the departments have no good cause to set aside intruders that the business of their office may proceed in order, have found ample scope to rave and find fault. When the interdict will be re moved, it is impossible to say. For the present however, you might advise all interested, that a trip to Falmouth, via Washington, or via any other way, is beyond all hope. Tne weather to day is in remarkable and pleasing contrast with that of yesterday 1 The sun bade us good morning with a genial face, whioh has not since changed, and under its effects, the roadß are drying up and giving hope of renewed life belowthe Potomac, •' . _ MoD. Special Despatches to “The Press.” James Madison Gutts, Second Comptroller of the Treasury, died this moraine. Mr. Cutts was the father of Mrs. Stephen A, Douglas. ‘ ; Major General Hitchcock has been assigned to duty temporarily sb acting Military Governor of Washington, General Martxndale, having" ob tained a brief leave of absence to visit his home, in New York, on private business. It is said that the rebels have a large force en gaged in rebuilding the Orange and Alexandria Railroad bridge over the Rapidan, which wa i de stroyed in the course of the late raid of Stoneman’3 cavalry. - General Banks’ official report of his late move ments have been received. They contain nothing especially interesting besides what has already been published. ' \ • Information from the Nanßemond represents the river as clear o£~rcbel batteries and sharpshooters, and steamers are running to Suffolk as usual. A large number of rebel prisoners were sent away to-day, by steamer, for exchange at City Point. General Stoueman’s Expedition r-'Colonel Kirkpatrick’s Official Report. Washington, May 11.—The following was re ceived at headquarters to-day: Yorktown, Ya., May 8, 1883.. Major- Gfmgral ff, W, HaUcck, Vniicd Stales Army: •* General i I have the pleasure to report that bv, direction from Major General Stoneman I left liOuisa C. H. on the morning of the 3d inßfc. with one regiment—the Harris Light Cavalry of my bri gade—and; reached Hungary, on the Fredericksburg Railroad, at daylight on the'morning of the 4th, de stroyed ihedepot, telegraph wires, and-railroad for several, miles ; passed over to the Broad turnpike* and drove in the rebel pickets down the turnpike across the Break, charged a battery and forced it to retire to within two miles of the city of Richmond; captured Lieutenant Brown, aid-de camp to General Winder; and eleven men, within the fortifications. I thefi paßßed down .to the left to the Meadow bridge, Oh the Chickahominy, which I burned, and ran a train efi cars into the river; I retired to Hanover town on th’er Peninsula: crossed and destroyed the ferry just in tiffee to check the advance of a pursuing cavalry force. Burned a thirty wagons loaded with bacon, captured 13 prisoners, and encamped for the night, five miles from the river. I resumed my march at 1 A. M. of the sth, sur prised a force ofthree hundred cavalry at Aylett’s, captured two officers and thirty-three men, burned fifty-six wagons, the ddpot containing upwards; of twenty thousand barrels of corn and wheat, quanti ties, oi clothing, and commissary stores, and safely crossed the Mattapony, . and destroyed the ferry again, just in time to escape the advance of the rebel cavalry pursuing. Late in the evening I destroyed a third wagon train and ddpot- a few miles above and west of Tappa hannock, on the Rappahannock, and from that point made a forced march of twenty miles,* being closely followed by a superior force of cavalry, supposed to be a portion of f ' Stuart’s,” from the fact that we captured prisoners from'the Ist, 6th, and* lOth' Virginia Cavalry. At sundown .we discovered a force of cavalry drawn up in line of battle above King and Queen C. H. Their strength was un known, but I advanced at once to the attack, only however to discover' that they were friends, being a portion of the 12th Illinois Cavalry, who had become separated from the command of Lieut. Col. Davis, of the Bame regiment. At 10 A. 3VL, on the 7th, I found safety and rest under our own brave old flag within our lines at Gloucester Point. . This raid and march about the entire rebel army—a marcK ! nearly two hundred miles—has been made in. less than five days, - with a lobb of one officer and thirty-aeven men, while we captured and paroled upwards of three'- hundred men. ' v\; - x ■ I take pleasure in bringing to your notice the 'oifi cers of my staff, Captain P. Owen Jones, Captain Armstrong, Captain Mclryin, Dr. Hackley, Lieu ' tenant Estis. especially the latter, who volunteered to carry a despatch General Hooker. He failed in ; the attempt; but, with his tern men, he capkired andparoled one- major,'■•two: tains, a lieutenant, and fifteen men ; but was after wards captured himself, with his escort, and was subsequently recaptured by our own forces, and ar rived here this morhiDg. I cannot praiße too highly the bravery, fortitude, and untiring energy dis played throughout the march by Lieutenant Colonel Davies, and the officers and-meri of the Harris Light Cavalry, not one of whom but was willing to lose his liberty or his life, if he could but aid in the great battle now going on, and win for himself the • approbation of his chief. Respectfully submitted, J. KILPATRICK, Colonel Command’g Ist Brig. 3d Div. Cavalry Corps. Reports From Richmond. another, despatch erom gen. Lee—the defeat - OF SEDGWICK—STONEWALL JACKSON’S ARM AM PUTATED. Murfreesboro, Tenn., Sunday, May 10.—The Chattanooga Rebels of a late date, contains the' fol lowing: * Richmond, Tuesday, Mays.-7 The following has been received from Gaines, near Fredericksburg, dated May 6, and addressed to his. Excellency.; Pre- Bident Davis: ■ “At the close of the battle of Chancellorville. fih Sup.day, the enemy was reposed Advancing from ' Fredericksburg on 6uf rear. 'Gen. McLaws was sent back to arrest- his progress, and repulsed him handsomely. : / - . O. Weber, capt. and A. D. C., lstDlv.jllth Corps. R. C. Shannon, capt. and A. D. C., 2d Brigade, Ist Div., 12th Corps. Edw. L. Ford, lieut. and A. D. C. to Gen. Ward, Thos. G. Leigh, A/D. ,C. to Gan. Ward. H. W. Farrar, A. IL O. to Gen. Sedgwick. John W. Eckels, A. D. O. to Gen. Hayes. H. F. Brownson, capt. and A. A. G. } OccAsioNal. BEPARTMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI. MUs.j Invested—The Rebels Sur- rounded— Boss of the Steamer Horizon. Cairo, May 11.— The-Memphis Bulletin 4ayi: “■We learn that Jackson, Mias., has alreadybeen and the rebels have no way of getting out of Vicksburg but by cutting their way through the Nation al force s’.” , . v The steamer Horizon, during the engagement at (Hand Gulf, ran on a snag, and sunk with a hundred thousand rations. Most of the rations were lost. It was a portion of the brillge over the Big Black river which was destroyed, instead of the railroad bridge." ;• - ;• Bobbery of the Santa F.e Mail by Guerillas* Saxta Fk, May 11.—The Santa Fe mail, en route for Santa Fe, was robbed on Friday hight* r near Black Jack, forty miles from here, by a gang of twenty-five guerillas. The express matter and bag gage, in the rear boot, of the stage, was rifted of $3,C00 in iaoney, and the passengers were relieved * of their watches. • The express messenger is 'safe, and the mail, which was placed in the front boot, was overlooked.. Two,old horses were procured in the neighbor hood, and the stage proceeded ou-its way. All the horses belonging to the road, between Black Jack and Council Grove, were taken by the same gang, but they will be immediately replaced by the company, antUhe Btage continue itj regular trips. - 1 WASmNGTON. Washington, May It, 1863. Death of James Madison Cutts. Miscellaneous. ARMV OP THE POTOMAC, DEPARTMENT OF THE CPLF, An Engineer Regiment of Negroes. . The following is. a general order of Gen. Banks relative to the enlistment of a colored regiment to serve as engineers, sappers and miners, and ponto niers: . *' • Headquarters Army of the Gulf, Cami* insAR Baton Rouge, New Orleans, March 20, 1866. GENERAL ORDER No. 78—[Extract.] 3, A colored regiment will be organized forthwith, for service for three (3) years or during - the war, as engineers, sappers, miners, and pontoniers, to have the organization prescribed by law for a regiment of engineer troops. Competent officers will be detailed for their discipline and instruction in the various trades incident to this arm of the service, as car penters, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, miners, masons, LOatmen, bridge builders, harness makers, Ac:, Ac. Unemployed negroes will be enlisted wherever they are found, it being understood, kowever, that the labor on plantations now m cultiva tion is not to be interrupted by the enlistment of men engaged thereon. The negroes employed in the regimental campß will be limited to the, number authorized by the army regulations, with two (2) to each regiment as cooks. All negroes not so employed will be turned oyer to the provost marshals of the .several pariahe? to be enlisted in this regiment according to their quali fications as mechanics and laborers, or employed upon the plantations* as may be deemed expedient. Enlisted privates will be paid five (6) dollars, corpo rals seven (7) dollars, sergeants ten (10) dollars per month f first sergeant fifteen (15) dollars per month, each with clothing and rations as provided for the army. The field, staff and company officers and the non-commissioned staff will receive the pay and allowances provided by law for the officers and non-commissioned officers of infantry of correpond ing grades, and will be selected from among the patriotic officers and soldiers of the 19th Army Corps, who possess energy, industry, integrity, and capa city, and are interested for the welfare of the coun try. Preference will be given to those who, in ad dition to these qualities of every true soldier, are endowed with a large share of common sense, and are animated by a proper respect for the rights and conditions of different classes of men. The officers will be provisionally commissioned by the commanding general. The regiment will be known and designated as the Ist Regiment of Louisiana Engineers. The uniform will be fixed in future ordeis. By command of Mjyor General Banks. RIOH’D B. IRWIN, A. A- General. Tlie War ill Kentucky. Louisville, May 10.—Portions of the 9th and 11th Kentucky cavalry, under Colonel Jacobs! on Saturday attacked a guerilla camp near Horseßhoe Bend, on the Cumberland river, capturing eight pri soners. This morning Jacobs’camp was attacked, and after two hours’hard fighting the rebels were driven back in great confusion, and with heavy lobb, B|Leb anon, Ky., May 11.—The Federal forces under command of Col. Jacobs have had a hard fight with Morgan’s party, the struggle lasting for eight houre. .The loss is heavy. Jacobs got all his men on the north Bide of the river, and will be reinforced. E U ROPE. .Later by tlie Bohemian—Mr. Adams’ Expia tion of bis Letter of Protection—Matters In Parliament The Petcrboff’s Mails— " Ihe French Ai jny, &c* Capk Kace. Hay 11. —The steamship Bohemian passed here tMs morning, bringing advices from Liverpool to the let instant. . ' TLesteams;hip City of New York arrived on tlie 29th, and the North American on the 30tli. .. It is reported that Mr. Adams made a /rank explana t jon regarding Ins letter of protection to Mexican vessels No diplomatic protest was necessary, but it is stated that France takes offence and demands an explanation, u he situation of Polish affairs are unchanged In the House of Commons, on the 23th, the effort which is yearly made to carry the bill,for the abolition of the church rate to a second reading, although supported by the Ministers, was defeated by a yote of 285 to 275.1 The Paris correspondent of th * Times says it is sup posed that next year the army will be reduced to a nomi nal figure, 400,600 men, and-the navy ,to 18S ships afloat, with crews of 35.250 men.. At present, France has 442.000 soldiers underarms, and 300 ships afloat. • The Coi ps Legislatif has been prorogued to the 7th. • Tho Paris Bourse is firmer. Rentes are quoted at 69f. 40c. a German priest is said to have gone from Rome with despatches Trom the Cardinal de Angeiis, denouncing Cardinal Antonelli, and calling De Angelis to the head of the Papal Government. • Unimportant diplomatic papers regarding Poland have been published in England. They include Earl Russell’s despatch to Russia, dated April 10th, calling on Russia to fulfillher tieaty obligations. A messenger haß arrived at London, from St. Peters burg, being tlie bearer, it is supposed, of the reply to the despatch of Earl Bussell. ■ letter from Berlin says, that Russia’s proposal for an offensive and defensive alliance has been repeated to the Government of Prussia. THE LATEST VIA-LONDONDERRY. London, May I.— The Times' city article says, that “notwithstanding the additional, reports from New York, of violent instructions being sent from Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams,it is believed that nothing of the kind is in tended to be presented. The reports were probably encouraged solely with a view to mitigate the difficul ties of the approaching conscription. With the present feeling oi the British public, which recently found ex pression in Parliament, it would be highly dangerous lor the Washington Government to place matters in such a position as might render the continued exercise of forbearance impossible on thopart of the British Govern ment. ‘ It is stated that the detention by the Federals. on board tlie PeterhoiF, of two members of the firm of Gal braith, Redpath, & Co., having been broughfrto the netice of Earl RuseeJl, his lordship lias directed a reply to be sent to that, announcing that Lord Lyons will be iu ftiucted to state to.the Government of the United States that the British Government coosiders that due repara tion is due for tlie losses sustained by the detention of their agents, and to Mr. Redgate for the injury done them and him by his protracted imprisonment;at New York.” Tlie Ministers have announced that the Pcterlioff’s mails will forwarded to their destination unopened, aud that the asamo course will he pursued iu similar cases. ; . , Punch's political cut for the week represents an Ame rican poking with a stick a slumbering lion in his den,; while Punch* as the keeper,remarks, “Beware! He ain’t asleep, Young Jonathan,.-so you had best hotirri tate Him.” . ■:. 5; Commercial Intelligence* Liverpool, . Hay 1. —The sales of Cotton for the week .ending to«day amount to 24,5C0 bales, at a decline of @kd, : and ld for Egyptian and India. Bueadstfffs.— Flour is quiet, at an advance of6d. Wheat active, and 2@3d higher. Cornfirmor, at an ad vance of lE@l»3d. - Provisions are inactive. ' * London, April SO. —Consols are quoted at 93J£@93iL The-Bank decrease for the week amounts to £46,000. • American Securities firmer. Erie Railroad 46(5)47; Illinois Central cent discount. - LIVERPOOL BRBADSTUFFS MARKET.-The follow ing are the quotations for Wheat: Red Western, 9s 2d® .9s9d; red Southern, 9s 10d@10a; White Western, 10s@ 10s 6d; White Southern. 10s 6fl@lls 6d. Corn firmer, and ls@ls 3d higher; mixed, 2956d@2959d; white, 30s @3ls 6d. .. ; LATEST. Breadstcffs are quiet but steady. Provisions.— Beef is irregular and tending down ward. Pork quiet, but steady. Bacon quiet and steady. Lard steady. : Produce.— Coffee firm. Rice lino. Ashes steady. Rosin quiet at 26s 6d, Spirits of Turpentine nominal. Petroleum buoyant at Is lOd. LONDON MARKETS—Breadstuff's firmer, and tending upward. Sugar steady. Coffee firmer. Tea firmer. Rice active. Tallow firm. The Bank minimum rate of discount, May 2, has been reduced to 3 per cent. The London Exchange is closed, it being a holiday. : i THE LATEST. LIVERPOOL, May-I.—-The sales of cotton to-day (Fri day) are estimated at 6 000 bales, including 2, 000 bales to speculators and exporters. . Tbemarket closes firmer, out the races are as yesterday. The authorized quota tions are: . Fair. Middlings. Mobiles.. ;24 Uplands 24 ‘*l Stock in port 370, COO bales, including 46,000 bales of American. THE LATEST- SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE, : . ,• l via Londonderry. 3 -- tfibraltar; John Perkins, off Eddystone. s \^V t : ais V Naine, May 11.—The telegraph line is down at this place, and it is impossible to get the balance of the Bohemian's news to-night. South Carolina. Nkw York, May 11.—The steamer Oriole, from Port Royal, on the 6th inst M arrived at this port to-day. All.theiron-clflda had left Port Royal for North Edisto. Our troops continued in possession of ?Folly, Seabrook, and Coles Islands, land were entrenching themselves.. The New Ironsides re mained 1 at anchor inside of Charleston bar. : St. liouis, . St. Louis, May 11.—The sale or distribution of the I rctmaiVs Journal and the of New York; the Crisis, of Columbus. Ohio; the tic Journal, of. Jerseyville, 111.; the Chicago Times. an .v.^ u^u( l ue been prohibited in this military district, by order of Gen. Davidson. Prize Fight Suppressed* New Yoke, May li.—An attempt was made this morning to indulge in a prize fight on Staten Island, but it was suppressed by the police. One thoueard persona had collected to witness it, but they "Bkedaddled” on the approach of a small body of police. The fight was to be contested by Elliott and Dunn, Fire at Ogdensburg, N. Y. Ogdensrurg, N. Y., May 11.— I The.large flouring roills. M. Sacrider, and Hurlbut & Co,,;and Tal man s paper mills, were burnt on Sunday afternoon. The loss, which amounted to $lOO,OOO, is insured for $70,000.; ' - - - ‘: . ■ Paroled Prisoners from Vicksburg. New York, May 11.—The ship Underwriter, from New Orleans, arrived here to-night. She haß 315 paroled prisoners, received from Vicksburg, aboard. The Steamer City of Washington at New New York, May. 11— Midnight.—rThe steamship City of Washington has arrived below. She will be up about 1. o’clock in the morning. Her advices have been mainly anticipated by the Bohemian. United States Brig- Rainbrfrlgc* New York, May^ll.—The United State* brig Bainbridge arrived here this afternoon from Aspin wall. ■ . True loyalty. The following unreserved expression of patriot ism we take from the letter of a gallant officer in the Army ; of, the Mississippi: - (f Itis no matter what my viewfl or opinions were at the commencement of the rebellion, in regard to the prosecution of the war. My love of country,. Government, and flag, and two years’ experience of most active campaigning, have unalterably fixed the opinion in my mind which I condense and pack in a nutshell: I am in favor of crushing armed re bellion at any cost, and any sacrifice. I love country more than party, and ever stand ready to sustain every policy ana carry out every measure of the Goverment, to restore the unity of the States and the supremacy of the Constitution. lam in favor of the preservation of the Union and the prosecu tion of the war, without an i/, a but, or an and.” • Public Entertainments. The New Ciiestxtjt-street Tixratrk. — 1 ‘ The Fair . One with the Golden Locks”’is ohe of those anomalous productions that belong neither to the legitimate nor the . illegitimate drama, but to what,-for want of another name, we call the burlesque. On this occasion ft seems as if the. manager had exhausted all the resources of art and of an intelligent company to make a pleasant performance out of a very foolish production. Even as a burlesque, which admits, perhaps* the most stupid English that can' be conceived, “The' Fai'r' One with the Golden Locks ,r posses Bes hardly average-merit. Some points are quite forgotten, v We haxe an inci dent in an English club room,- which perhaps ; not ten of the audience could place. The leading fea ture in one of the acts comprises a multitude of allu sions to fashiouß, the common gossip of the time, the latest slanders of tho New York newspapers, and the . peculiar politics which are only 1 found upon the stage. Perhaps, in accepting such a part,; Mrs.'Wood desires to • real extent of 'her mar veilo’us genius. If this has. been the idea, she has succeeded.. We have - never seen her playwith more grace, vivacity, humor, and overflowing fun than upon last evening. In her pe culiar line she is without a rival on the American stage. It. seems, in these Inst contributions, aha displays her. powers in the most versatiW manner. As we intended this as an- allusion*. met a criticism, we ziiave. only to say that ths'„. house was crowded to overflowing. • Tho piece was placed upon tho stage •in a i-plendid'manner. Many- of the scenes exhibited, taste and liberality, and the-company is one ofthe strongest in comedy we have seen upon .the stage for . mauy'jears, BJv. SetcheiJ, Mr- Bayidge, Hr. Chapman, and the others, wero warmly received, as well as the -Belgian Giant, whose uvcouth maniunvres caused a great deal* of merriment. Wheatley,,has-lowered -. his prices, and,’ with tbqdisplay upon hi*bill, *‘ A good ; theaho isaE^itfractlOD,x , and as the summer is coming 4 onV wloeh men p;efer to laugh, there is-no reason why r he should not cougraUiiate liimsclt in. aotivipatiou Of a : long aud piosvoiouS'iieasou.. ./ • - .*« • .. ■ v TIIE CITY. [FOB ADDITIONAL OITY ZTBWS BBS FOURTH - FAOB.J Mr. Cyrus W, Field on ties Atlanta Cable.—^ Yesterday, at one o’clock, B£r: Cyrus W. Field spoke for abenst .three-quarters ctf an hour, with referenee to the Atlantic cable. J. Edgar Thomson! was in the chair, and Loriu Esq., secretary. - One of the tables .pn the platform? was covered with specimens of cables used iii differ ent parts of the world. The address could scarcely be called a lecture. It was exceedingly interesting, abounding, as it did, with allusions to the experi ments, successful, or otherwise, which had been made with respeot to submatrioe cables all o ver the world. In the commencement of hia remarks he said tihat on his return from India to England he. had stopped at Jubal Island, in the Red Sea, the first point of telegraphic communication with, London. A gen tleman there was exceedingly? desirous to telegraph to that city. He was able to do so, and the me«s sage was delivered in fourteen minutes. If a tele* graphic cable were once established between this country and England, the benefit of the result can only be approximated in computation. Throughout the discourse the speaker alluded to the efforts which had been made here-and elsewhere, and made remarks akin to those made by moat of the promi nent speakers on the subject in every country. The directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company believe that this important work committed to their charge is at length fully ripe for execution. They have the fullest confidence iu the sufficiency of the scientific and practical facilities which now exist for testing, submerging, and working long deep-sea cables. This confidence and these facilities have in creased and been matured during five years of care ful consideration, inquiry, and experience; and being brought forward on the present occasion in conjunction with advantageous and well-digested business arrangements, the directors have faith in the establishment of permanent and efficient tele graphic communication between Europe and Ame rica by way of Ireland and Newfoundland. An en terprise so important, and now become so compara tively easy to accomplish, appeals not only to the freat commercial interests of Europe and America. ut to the sympathies of all classes in both coun tries j its benefits to peace and civilization it is im possible to estimate. Messrs. Glass, Elliot, Sc Co., of London, have laid 4,000 mileß in 30 lines, all of which are in working order, except that in shallow water, between Liverpool and Holyhead, which was dragged and broken by the anchor of the Royal Ohar ter, in 1869, and has since been taken up altogether. They undertake to subscribe and pay up in cash to-the present new capital tne sum of £25,000; and if se lected to manufacture the cable, they will allow this company to pay weekly for the materials used and labor employed about the making and laying of it, charging no profit thereon, and nothing for the use of their workß and machinery, nor for their personal services during the progress of the manufacture, nor until the cable is completely successful. When, how ever, the cable has been properly laid and efficiently worked during one month, the first instalment of profit is to be paid. This profit is to consist of At lantic Telegraph shares, credited as fully paid up, to the value altogether of twenty per cent, upon the actual cost of materiaVand labor disbursed by this company in the above weekly payments, the shares being divided into twelve equal instalments, and de liverable to the. contractors by one .instalment per month. The payment of profit is thus spread over twelve months ; and in caseof failure the contractors stand to lose not. only their profit, but their invest ment of j£25,000 in the company’s stock. That they do not look forward with any apprehension of such a result is apparent, both from their offer and from the fact that all the cables laid by them, including those in the deepest waters, have been perfectly success ful. Careful surveyson behalf of this company have beer made by the British Government off Ireland and Newfoundland respectively. The supposed pre cipitous cliff about 300 miles from Ireland, which has beeh uigeu lHuepreC!*Ho!l "*•**»?• fOUai 't3 be a descent equable throughout, and of no greater pitch than would, allow the working of a locomotive up and down it, while the bottom is everything that can be desired, the soft mud of which it is composed being of a nature continually to increase in. depth, and certain in a few years to so cover the cable as to pro tect it from external influences. On the Newfound land side a deep channel exists'from the approach-to* Trinity Bay to a place called New Pelican, where there is every facility for landing, and by adopting!; which as terminus, upwards of forty miles of cable will be saved. This company possesses the exclu sive right of landing telegraphs on the entire Atlan tic coast of Labrador, and on the coasts of New foundland, Prince Edward Island, and the State of Maine. It also possesses agreements with the entire telegraphic system of America, undertaking for the latter to connect exclusively with this company, and covenanting in some instances to return each week in cash; as a discount for the encouragement of the Atlantic Company, 40 per cent, of the charges re - ceived by them for messages over their lines to or from the cable. A revenue of £50,000 a year is ex pected fiom this source alone, and, together with the £14,000 a year subsidy agreed to be paid by the British Government, and the same by that of the. United States, must be . added to the ordinary traffic returns of the company. Re specting the amount of these returns, the directors desire every one to judge, for himself. They merely append a calculation showing what would be the result if the traffic be sufficient to keep the cable at work at a very moderate rate for a pe riod in each year equal to an average of one hundred and seventy-five whole days, rather less than half of the year. They would remark that, owing to the difference in longitude between Europe and America, the cable must necessarily be open day and night. As regards the; speed of working that may be expected, scientific men agree, one and all, in stating that twelve words per minute as j§t minimum can.be telegraphed through a proper cable between Ireland and Newfoundland. In laying the cable between France and Algiers, it became ■ neces sary on two''occasions to recover or pick up; in the deepest water several miles of cable which had been' submerged. On one occasion, when about thirty miles off' Cape St. Sebastian, in a depth of 1,250 fathoms, and very ’rocky bottom, sixteen mileß of cable were recovered, a fault cut out, and the cable relaid with perfect success. The end of the cable between Corfu and Otranto was lost in 450 fathoms off tbe Island of Fano, near Corfu.v It was grappled for. and recovered, and the line completed. . The subject of which the speal» had been treat-, mg nau lately been agitatetVagain, both in this coun try and The question occurred, should Philadelphia be represented in the new enterprise! Could we do anything better for the honor and the commercial interests of Philadelphia than to sub scribe for this work! .At the conciusionof this address John A. Brown, Ef q., of Philadelphia, presented the following reso lutions, which were adopted: Whereas, New efforts, which promise early and complete success, are in progress to establish the At lantic Telegraph from Europe to America, and . WhcrcaS) Recent meetings at New York and other Northern cities have shown the public interest in this great undertaking to be strong and unabated, That the people of Philadelphia renew. the expression they have heretofore made of their sense of the importance of the undertakine, and of their confidence in .its ultimate completion, aa well as in its success when completed. That in considering enterprises so great as this, we ;feel it due the dignity as well as the strength of this Government to assume unheaita .tingly the future equality of the American nation with any others, and therefore to dismiss fears that a great step in the advancement of the world’s civili zation can be, under any reasonable circumstances, prejudicial to us or put us in any way in the power of others. Resolved , That as we believe the question now to be not so much whether a cable shall'be laid, as what the capacity of that cable shall be, we trust that American energy. and capital will be put this enterprise to an extent that shall insure us an equal share in its future large business. , Mr. George P. Smith presented the following re? -solution, which was adopted: Resolved, That the chairman appoint a committee to further the enterprise in this city. The committee appointed consisted of- the names of J. Thomson, Jay Cooke, Geo, H. Stuart, George 1). Parrish, George P. Smith, Joseph L. jOlaghorn. and A. F, Sabine. ThS ineetlhg W&6 Well attended, and marked with much interest, every one present, and many who could not be present, taking :an interest in thq speaker and iii his subject. . Meetikg op Discharged Soldiers,— Last evening the association of honorably dis charged soldiers held an adjourned meeting, at the District Court Room, Mr. James Morrison pre siding. . The committee appointed to wait upon the mer chants of this city, with regard to the discharged Boldiers being furnished with employment, reported tnat.they had been favorably received, and had no doubt that assistance would be tendered. A report was received from the committee ap pointed to meet another from the association'of dis charged officers, setting forth that the latter desired to copnect themselves, with the association of dis charged soldiers. The reports were accepted. The committee on organization presented a nun?-, ber of rules, which were adopted as the basis of the sooiety’B permanent organization. The secretary then read a communication from the Secretary of War, stating that he highly approved of the sentiments expressed in an address adopted at a meeting of the discharged soldiers on the 27th of April last. It was stated that the registration committee, ap pointed to take the-namea of all applicants for mem bership of the society,,would sit for that purpose at the Columbia Hose House, Cherry street, above seventh, next Thursday evening - next.- The asso ciation is to be composed of all residents of Phila delphia city or county who have been discharged from voluntary service, as soldiers or seamen, du ring the present war. Home for Destitute Colored Child rex.—The annual meeting of this excellent institu tion took place last evening at Clarkson Hall, Cherry street, below Seventh. Samuel Jeans acted as chairman, and Passmore Williamson as secre tary. The report of the* managers, as read, was of a very satisfactory character. They state that the ■ past year, had heen one in which they i have felt, much encouragements. The Home is commodloua and well suited to the wants of the inmates. v * A profitable labor in relation to moral and Chris tian truths iB continually exercised. During-the pabt year there have been admitted, 24; placed, 17 ': re committed, 6; returned to friends, 9; abducted by his mother, 1 j’sent to the House of Refuge, 1: placed in the Almshouse, 1. There are remaining in the in stitution at the present time, 26. The treasurer’s report showed that the receipts of the year amounted t 0... .#1,274 40 And the expenses were......... 915 00 EeaviDgabalance of. 359 40 The annual election of managers and trustees was then held, and resulted as follows: Managers— Eliza Fell, Sallie M. Ogden, Martha . Warner, Mary H. Child, Elizabeth R. Johnson, and Xydia H. Newbold. Trvsfees~T)r. J. : Wilson Moore, P. Williamson, ..Joseph Powell, and John Child. - Sunday School Aknitrrsary.- -Tho anniversary of the Sunday school belonging to the Central Presbyterian Church, Coates street, below Fourth, took place yesterday afternoon. The au dience chamber was densely crowded with the scho lars and teacherß, in connection with a numerous company of the friends of the congregation. The pastor, the Rev. Mr. Mitchell, presided. The re port, as read, showed that the number of scholars on the roll at the present time is 482, which 'ie a large increase over last year. The report showed that much of the success of the school during the year is attributable to' /the increase of. thef numhen of new members of the congregation, there having l>een a large number added sinfe the present pastor took charge of the congregation. The exercises of this occasion consisted of a prayer being first offered by.the Rev. Mm Mitchell, pastor; after which a hymn was sung, entitled “ The Crown of Glory.” The pastor then. made an appropriate address which was followed by theinfAnt school singing the hymn entitled, One day nearer home.”' Rudolph S. Walton, Esq., then addressed the scholars ; his addresswas followed by a hymn, being sung by the rchooliCentitled, “The bright hill of glory. After the singing of this hymn, other addresses were made by Charles Godfrey, and Rene :.Guillou> Esqs. . The long-metre Doxology was then sung, and the meet ing was dismissed. This congregation: recently paid off the entire church debt, amounting to $7,600, which relieves tbea of a burden which has been weighing heavily on them for the last tweaty years. Political..—The delegates elected-in the First legislative district-met at Ervin’s "Hotel, No. 935 Federal street, last evening, to eleoi-a delegate to the State Convention. , ’ At S o’clock, Mr. H. W. Hatz was called to the chair, and Jas-'Davenport appointed secretary^ The certificates of the delegates were then ex amined, aridltbeir names recorded r ' First ward—First division, George H. Hofiner; Second, William Lloyd d ; Third, Robert M. Taylor j Fourth. Henry .W. Hatz Fifth, James Davenport; Sixth. William Ridhig3 - Seventh, William Wiley ; 'Eighth, Jas. Dairympfe; Ninth, —; Tenth, John Dowelhs, Sr. ; Eleventh, Wm. Parsons. Third ward—Sixth division, Thomas Blokerton Sevomh, James Lybraart * Eighth, David Paul. • : . Mr. William Ridings moved the certificates bn re ceived. Agreed to. • . . • Mr. .Tames Davenport then nominated James W, Blaylock as delegate to the State Convention. The nominations were olbsed/aYid Mr. Blaylock was elected by acclamation. The. chair: appointed Wm. Ridings to inform Mr. Blaylock of his election. ?, ..- : • . ; » Meeting of Sunday-school Teach ers.—a meeting of Sunday-school teachers was held last evening, in the church Broad and Sansom streets. A number of addresses were made relative to the propriety of holding one or more sessions of the schools on 'the Sabbath. No definite conclusion was arrived at, and the meeting then adjourned until next Monday evening, to meet at the same time and place, when the votes will be taken on the subject. The First Paper-Mill in America.— £*a»t night an exceedingly interesting lecture was read on this subject, at the room of the Historical Society,. Sixth street, below Walnut. The essay was delivered by Horatio G-ates Jones, Esq., of Roxborough. The meeting waß very largely at tended. and the lecture throughout was- very much more than ÜBually interesting. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, THE MOSEY MARKET. PnrnADBLPHrA, Bfay 11, 1803. The enorinous amount of money on tliemarket U be ; ginning to tell upon operations at the Stock Exchange. ; and bring down the 'rate of ,usance here with us in ■ Philadelphia. Money is a perfect drug, large amounts j being offered at 4 per cent., with few takers. As the spe culation in gold falls off that in stocks increases, for there are a class of men who cannot live bat in exciting movements,-the-lifeless operation of transferring real estate being uncongenial to their tempers.' Hence, with a far greater amount of idle capital, there has been no thing very unusual in the late movements of stocks as an easy money market is always conducive of specu lation, leaving a wide margin to bringtheoperations, of the present ’day up to an equal activity with former times. Gold was not so mercurial to-day, the promising condition of war matters making it a dangerous field for operators. Opening at 151, it fell off to 148K@149.at which figure it closed. Government securities have all gone back to the figures noted a week age* being 107 for the 1581 sixes, 106 k for seven-thirties, 101K@X for old certi ficates, 99X for the new. « : ' The stock market was more excited than at any time this season. Everything on the list, and especially the fancies, advanced the demand for the latter bordering on the intense. Governments wore strong. State fives were ‘steady. New city sixes rose the old k- Reading sixes, 1656, rose IK per cent, the others, and Penney Wania Railroad mortgages remaining firm. Cam den and Amboy sixes, 1533, sold at 103 Westchester sevens at 105. Elmira sevens rosek, the chattel tens sellingat 77k. North Pennsylvania sixes rose IK> the tens 2k.. Sunbury and Erie sevens were steady at 110 k. Schuylkill Navigation sixes, 1882, rose Hi 1576 sold at 71. Union Canal sixes at SO. Reading Railroad shares were in stror g demand, rising to 51k, but falling off K at the close. North Pennsylvania rose to 16, closing K lower. Catawissa was in demand at 24; MinehilLat 62;-Pennsylvania at 65K; Little Schuyl kill at 47; Philadelphia and Erie at 23k. Long Island was offered at 32K; 38k was bid for Elmira, 53k for the preferred; 170 k for Camden and Amboy. Passenger rail ways improved, but holders were too stiff; Tenth and Eleventh advanced 1; Girard College K; Graen and Coates k 5 Second and Third 3; Frankford and Southwark K; Thirteenth and Fifteenth sold at 33. The interest in Susquehanna Canal was renewed, opening at 13k, rising to 14k, and closing at 14. Schuyl kill Navigation rose k, the preferred 1. Union Canal preferred sold at 4. Lehigh was steady. Big Mountain Coal was in demand at 4k. New Creek sold at 1. Phi ladelphia Bank sold at 118; Corn Exchange at 3L The market closed strong, $82,0C0 in bonds and 12,300 shares changing hands at the regular board. . The Board of Directors of the Girard Fire and Marine insurance Company have declared a dividend of three per cent, out of the earnings of the past six months,pay able on demand, free from State and National taxes. The subscriptions to the national five-twenty loan at the office of Jay Cooke, Esq. . Government agent, up to 4o’clock to-day amounted to two million dollars. The total converted last week was between ten and eleven . million, a most cheering sign, of the times. ; Drexel & Co. Quote: } United States Bonds, 1881 ,I£6^©lo7k l united States Certificates of Indebtedness....lolk@lo2 . United States 7 S-10 Notes IG6 @IQ6& ; Quartermasters’Vouchers l@lk3 ; ; ■ . "’'***•••• • ® - • g,I. " M • Mt3MM~ C 2 h gS@SSS'gS3SgBBgBBBBS S' ©» »pfta;»iocpofflopoooso3p Irt t-? I'>'*jV!3S3bH*gsbobb"pbbb'b Si a aggaaggsaissisiglss M M fcg. MWMM M fcS £S bO 5* Ctf.;r* fcH comoa®coVsobb 1 -- . © —coit &> O5 BSafV s S?^r- Gi wtP3 , 2: C3CS 2©S' ;:, coo • OSil*W®©l-‘^)LCC}K'^OOO'4 I 4 0 BaoSB-jßSEgSgtSgSiiSggS 2 tOMCOri-SSJco O’ SSSSBSBgSgS - ■? •Oo&uiSa&cocoDtonqioSSHgQ mm - _ tCCnK> tfcli tOfO tT*CO . m" S § G 3 3lg 2 £2B £2£p|| £3 S ■. 4 MM C£ MMMM£>>—■ !3>- I CO>C'C>OO'C3CnM HOCaafta CitOO j©M Ci 25p _j-03 Co©»»«*=■ OOCOMtOCT §SSQ?V , ®r - ' , ffiV I^*rf‘C3Eses'oO©r£rrO SiBssggts^&s3BSg£ag B’s'c?3Sa?k2gS=|3«S'BVssB oootiifagiorooacn^aScoaQo IiimsMMSSIIIII ill'li'illisagai'illg'i O ICMMtOtO M to '.. to _ tow, wS'’ o secoVo; i3«bbbb:«b 5 88Si^^SS8gsSg5;88lsS?§ Balances. ,$0,766,8?0 4i> 5551J515 S 9 . 5,097,039 57 410 471 60 . 4,166,9.96 S 3 : . 593112 46 • - IoMWOG , ,3,19/,0a6 01 9 t410994 . 3,815,61)0 85 537,934 § $26,006,1C0 69 $3,026,639 00 The following statement shows the condition of the banks of Philadelphia at various'times during 1562 and 1663; ... .:.' •■- ISO 2. Loans. Specie. j (Jircai. j iteporsics 51,M6.337 5,658,72 S i 2,145,219 j 21,.596,01-1 33,517,900 5,660,15715,026,070 ' 33,899,351 5,543,160 j 5,071,855] 24,597,596 51,526,163 5,435,748J5,095,704 23,419,340 35,514,335 5,455,029; 4,389,890 25,935,714 36,774,722 50, 465,554 ! 4,541,334 |26,G3S 226 37,679,675 4,510,750 4,504,115 ]25,429,15P 37.268.594 4.562.550,4,151:503 29,211 753 137,901,080.4,267,326,3,693,097 S:iO*i7slslS 35,603,57114,219,03513,603,374 i 30,679,259 39,206,028i4.247.51713,534,580 30.549.557 39,458,384,4,247,65 S ]3,295.562 30,106,135 55.959161214,311,70413,369,194129,171,253 37.516 520:4,839,252 ; 3,374.413! 23,531,559 36,259,402; +,543,242 i 3,295,685 j 30,117,527 36.295,641:4,343,988'3,185,042 31,0.59,644 56,451,K5;4,316,577 ; 3.075,921 81,0-21,799 36 557.294:4.855,324 2.959.42S 1 30,839,231 I 55.503,170!4.859, :48a; 2,90.',600130,919,781 January 6. August 4.. : September 1.... October 6 November 3.... December 1 January 5,1563. February 2 March. 2..... 14 30 A^pril May 4* “ U. Messrs. M. Schulze & Co., Ho. 16 South Third street, siuote foreign exchange for th# steamer Europa, fron\ Bostouj as follows; ..... . London, 60 days s sight * (&165 Tio. 3 days.... ..... 164K@165K Puns, 60 days’ sight .3f40 ®3f 46 I>o. 3 days Sf3%@Sf42# Antwerp, 60 days’ sight ,3f40 @3f45 Bremen, 60 days s sight lIS @ll9 Hamburg, 60 days 5 sight 54 ©55 Cologne.6o days 1 sight 10S @lO9 Leipslc,6odays s sight ..IQS ,@lO9 Berlin, 60 days' sight..... .105 @lO9 Amsterdam, 60 days’sight... 6l&@ 62J£ Frankfort. 60 days’sight. 6lk@ 62J& * Market steady. The foreign trade of the port of Hew York, for last week, exhibits no new features. The imports, exclusive of dry goods, amounted to $2,934,713, to which add the imports of dry goods, $1,084,594, and the aggregate foots up $4, 019,807.; Against this we exported. 82,499,20 S of pr oduce, and $451,827 of specie—in all, $2,951,035. The New York Eventiiff Fostot to-day says; . . The market opened with an animaied feeling. Govern ments are strong, and the demand is increasing. The folio wing-table shows the principal movements of the market, as compared with the latest quotation of Sa turday evening Mon. Sat. Adv. Dec. . U. S. fits, 1881, ret .106# 106# D.S.6s» 1831,. con ...107# . 107# % U. S. 7 3-10 p. c.T. IT. .106# 106# .. D. S. 1 year Certif gold. .101# 101# U. S. 1 yr. Cert, carrn’cy 99}& 99# ~ American gold- 14S 150# .. 2% Tennessee 6s 60 60 .. . Missouri 6s. 63# ' . 83# % Pacific Mai1....189 . . IBS 1 .. K.Y. Central ..'....119 : . . 1X9% .. * Erie....... .V..87# 87# . .. ,# Erie preferred .. ...10 5% . 104# 1 ... HudsonEiver 129 , 130 .. 1 Harlem* 96 .. 97# ... -1% Harlem preferred.......lo9- - 107# 1 % Mich. Central..... 110# 111 - % Mich. 50uthern......... S 2 79 3 .Mich. So.'guar 114# 113 1# Illinois Central scrip.... 9£# > 95# 2# Pittsburg. ....93# 97% 1 Galena 103# .103# .. }< Cleveland and Toledo. 116# 115: # .. Chicagol&Eocklsland.. 99 100 .. 1 Port Wayne ~...,78' 7S# - 1# Quicksilver Co 46# - 46# . % Canton Co”*'. .....31# 30-: 1% Cumberland Coal 23# 24 .. # Gold has been vibrating this morning between 14S© 149#. As vre go to press it stands for the moment at 148# @l4B#.' -• Exchange is quoted at 163, but little doing. Plxiltu Stock Excli [Reported by S. £. Slaymak FIRST - 1100 North Peona R... 15% 100 do cash.. io% 5 do. . 15% 100 do 15% . ZOO do 16 liO do ...ss\rn. 16 ICO do cash. 16 50 do 16% 4CO do 16 ' ]GO do.- cash. 16 600 Reading R......\ . ti 100 do so. 51 IteO do.-. 51% 100 d0........ca5h.. 51% 20 d 0...... 51% $.210 d 0............... 51% 200 " d0.......b5Aint.‘5J5S SOOSchuy) NPref....- 23% 550 do.... Pref., bbO- 23% 410 do.... Pref 23% ICO :d0....Pref..fe60. 23% ICO do.... Pref 23% 600 City 65... .....107* 4SCO - do-.sev ctfs-,107 . 100 Big Mountain 4% €CO do ..bo. 4% : BETWEEN CCO U S 6s ISSI 107% 70 Lehigh' Scrip 43 4CCO Cily 6,* 107% lu7ou ao.-..longloan.loS SECOND 1500 Schuy N 6s 1552.... So - J SCOO do ..1576.... 71 2 Corn Exchßank... Sl_, ceb, Philadelphia Exchange.} BOARD. l 250 Catawissa B Pref.. 24 [ 60 d 0....... a‘3own. 24 i 150 d 0... 24 ! 100 d 0.... . .....b5. 24 100 Simi Cana1........ 13% 400 do v.. 14 ‘350 do 14% [ 100 d 0... b3O. 14% ' ICO d 0..... 14%. 600 do 1)30.14% 200 do b3O- 14% 150 do 14% ; 200 do.. »swn. 14% 2000 U S 7.30. Tr N.bk-.105% ' 2000 Bead Gs IS£& .2dys. 107% ; 125 Union Canal Pref. 4 10 do u S* 5000 Union Cl 6s Coup. - 30 1000 do Coupon. 29 500 New Creek.—...... 1 1000 Sunb & Erie75.....110% 356MmehiIl R’......... 62 115C0 Sch N6s ’B2. .lots.. *5 40 Penna R..- ...... 65% 25 Green.&Coates R.. 42% 1000 West Chester 75... .105 [ BOARDS. 100 Little Schuyt R... 47 1000Fchuyl.N6slSS2... S 5 - 100 Catawissa- R Pref. 24 2COO Penna 05.......... .101% BOARD. 100 Snsq Cana1....b30. 14 150. d 0...... 13% 200 Big Mountain 4% 450 d 0.....:.;........ 4% :200 Reading R.... 61%' - to New-Cre0k......... 1 8-Philadelphia Bk-. 116% 1013th & 15th-st R.... 33 1000 Cam & Amh'6S r 53.103% . 700 Penna 5s 101% 250. North, Peanaß.... 15% 4 do.. SOCO City 6s. 15200 do.. sc-0 Rcnaa K 65% 2COO North Peuna6s.... 9;i% 6500 Elmira Chat 10h... 77% KU) d 0......:........ 77% ICIXI West Chester 7s. ...105 2CoSusti Canal.. 13% APTBR I oOPhila&Brie.-.00.- 23X1 CLOSING PEP ‘ Bid. Asked. OSsft’3l 107 107% 0 8 7.20 N0te5...1C6% IGT . American Gold. -145% 149% Phila fisold 107% 108% 1 100 Reading R LlO. 5L [CES-SXKOSG. Do Jaew IH% 112. Alle'«d6s.Bv.-..,. 70%: - PennaCs..'*. 101% 101% Rcadinjiß.. 61 51% - Do bds ’BO ..210 112 Do . bds ’7O. -105%. U 06:: Do bds’66 conv 101%. 107% Peuna E..div offfd- r 66}*, Do 15tm65:.136 115 K Do 2dm 6s. 108%. 109% Little SclmvlK.. 47 47% Horria C’l coas&l 71% 75 i Do - prfdlOs .lfO IS*' Do 6*’75.... .. .. Do 2d2jt?.. .. Soeu C&aau..... 13% 14 Do Ba,. C 0 SchtrylNav 9 -10 Do wa 23% 2Sk Do §5’82....-?3 . 83% R........ 40 Do jnfd..».. 5>H >A Do 7s ’73....112% - Dc - 105..... -.. .. '"! L Ir.landP-esdP 21% 32% Do bds. Fhila.Ger&Nor- 67 £$ V&1B - Do bd3 ,4*«. -* Lge SaleSy. May 11, S 0! do 50ARDS. Bid Asked. NPenna 8.... V. 15% 16 Do 66^-.. k ,.93% 94 Do 10s. .113% .. Caiawlesa R.Con 7% 8 t Do . prfd..... 24 34% BeaywMead R-. 70 Mi^ahißß....... 62 62% Harrisburg B 66 Wilssdngton B Lehigh Nav 65.. .. - • .Do., shares* .58 59 Do scrip.... *3 43% Cam & Arab R... 170 Phils A Erie 6s . .. . Sun & Erie 75.... .. } Delaware Div....... .. Do bds...'.« .. Spruce-street E. ..15% 16 Arch-streetß.... 27 2S Race-street R ... ls% 13 Tenth-street R.. 41 44 Thirteenth-st R, 32% "4 W Phils R *67 63 Do bonds... .. Green-street R.. 42% 44 I Do bonds IChestnut-st 8... W 53 Second-street 79 £0 I. L‘o : bonds-.- .Fifth-street E... 60% .61 I Do bonds , i Girard Collegeß'27 - ;P, V’ ISeventasaU*-’aiS UX Wi Philadelphia Markets. ? Mat 11—Evening The Flour market J* unchanged. Sales comprise about 1.300 bbls, mostly OhJ° °xtra family, at s7@7.so—the latter for good round hoo* n > Including 200 bbls fancy, at $9 13 hbl. The retailers bakers are buying at from $5.87k@6.25 for superfine, extras at $6.50@7, extra family at s7@7.so,and fancy V T a>ndß at from bbl, according to quality. Rye Flour is steady .at bbl. Corn Meal is ecarce, and Pennsylvania is firm at $4 25 and Brandywine at $4.37k Vi bC*l i is rather dull; the receipts arcrlarm, nut most of_it has been previously'contracted for at 170 c lor prime Pennsylvania red, afloat Sales of 435 OOff «flo..? r ®-KnP^ rted fco ' dayat 168@370cllbus, instore and! afloat. White ranges at 180@190c H bus. K>;e is scarce; Pennsylvania commands 106 c 33 bus. Corn is mow t, y» Ihe demand is fair,.and 6,090 bus prirae Southenr height oatB a ™ steady ;»bvut 4,093 iS ia d9 “f> d: <*«“*» COTTON. —The market continues very dul!,a&di prices rp°nr^*T^ qn si e m} ddlings at H>. cash. GROCERIES. —There ie very little doin s in Simay* we quote Cuba at IC«@lOJf eV- lb. Sales of isabarsffio Cof fe pT? r nv.Br nvi Lagnayra at Sic lb l-nin IStOKS. —The market is inactive, but steady Mess Pqrk is held atsls 1 bbl. Bacon Hams at il ! 2c ; Pickled doatS(®lc. and Shoulders Lard R ft for bbls and tierces 7\( - j 18 Il ?actrYo. Sales of Pennsylvania bbls e£ 45c; Ohio do at 46c, and drudge gallon The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain a* this port to-day: PlilladelplUa Cattle Market. Mat 11, 1863. "he .arrivals and sales of Beef Cattle- arelarger than they have been for several weeks past, reaching 1.550 head. The market is dull,, and prices have declined fully 25c the ICO lbs, ranging at from 12@13c for first quality—the latter for very choice-H@UKc for second do, and ?@loc 13 lb for common, according to quality. At the close the market was very dull, and about 300- head were left over, 100 of which were shipped to New York. Cows.—Thore is a fair demand at last week’s quota tions, prices ranging at from $2O to $45 head. Shekp.—About 1,500 head arrived and sold this week, at from S@3oc for wool Sheep, and ok@6c lb, gross, for clipped. • I^ e sS a^ket!sdllU9 and about 2,700 head sold at $/@8.5013 100 lbs, net. The Cattle on sale to-day are from the following States: ■ 700 bead.from Pennsylvania. 650 head from Illinois. 200 head from Ohio. The following are the particulars or the sales: . A Fuller, 100 'Western Steers, selling at from $11@12.50 for fair to extra. Barclay 0. Baldwin, 14 Chester county Steers, selling at from slo@i2 for common to good. 32 Western Steers, selling at from 811.5C@12.50c. for fat? to good. Lancaster county Steers,selling at from $13@12 75c, for fair to extra. Alex. Kennedy. 38 Illinois Steers, selling at from 8i1@12.75c, for fair to good. , p - 60 Lancaster county Steers, selling at from 811@12.50c, for fair to extra. B. Chain,6s Illinois Steers, selling at from 811@12.50c, tor fair to extr&T lo^ oo P® y A Smith, 100 Illinois Steers, selling from sl2@ 13 for fair to extra, - A. Christ, 47 Illinois Steers,' selling'from $12@13 for fan-to extra, - - • • ■ i«9.'e4^ rs J nan ’ ® Illinois Steers, selling ’at from sll@ 12.75 for fair to extra. . . Smith &_Rice, 190 Illinois Steers, selling from sll@ 12./Dior fair to extra. ' ACarr, 64 Western Steers, selling at from $11.50 @l2 for fair to extra. COWS AND CALVES. The arrivals and sales of Cows at Phillip’s Avenue Drove Yard are moderate this week, reaching, about7o selling at from $2O t 0.535 for springers, and s2s@ $45 -0 heBd for cow and calf. Old lean Cows are. selling at from $15@17 head, as to condition _,V A £, v J;' s -“4bQut 30 head sold this morning at from 5@ r-ro for first quality, and 4@4kc for second do, as t=> weight and condition. THE SHEEP MARKET. The arrivals and sales of Sheep at PoAllips’ Avenua Drove Yard are very small this week, only reaching .aboutl,soo head. There isa -air demand-at from 9@loc for Wool Sheep, and sk@6cfo gross for Clipped do. Laml>s ai-e very scarce and high. Sale 3 are making at from sv@6 3 head, according to quality. THE HOG MARKET. The arrivals aria sales of Hogs at the Union, Rising £nn, and Avenue Drove Yards reach about 2,700 head : tne jnaTket is dull, bat prices remain about the same as last quoted,.ranginsat from $7@8.50 100 lt>s net. 1,808 bead sold at Henry Glass’ Union Drove Yard at from $7 to $6.25 100 lbs net. bead sold at the Avenue Drove Yard, by John Crouse and & Co., at from lOO lbs net. 30G head sold at tbe Rifting Sun Drove Yard, by A. P. Phillips, Jr:, at 87(§;S. Sn % 100 lbs net. New York Markets—May 11* Asites —Are.’unchanged, with sales of 25 bbls at $8.25 for pots and $9.25 for pearle. • BnsADSTUFsa-TUe market for State and Western Floor is dull, and 5c lower. m Mai?™ 6 !™ 6 b i )is ¥ 55.9*6 05 for surperfine Mate; $6.&@6.55f0r extra do; 80..9W8«> 10 for superfine Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, etc.; $8.50@6.85 for extra do, inducing shipping brands of round-hoop Ohio at $6.35 ©/ «>• and trade brands o o 87@S. ffj 3 ??A”-. e 4P ? loar is heavy and iower; sales 500 bbls at a0.9c(5»f.20 for superfine Baltimore, and $7.25®5.75 for extra do. 5 cents lower, with sales Sv^^ 18 for common extra, and $5. 5.20 for good to choice do, Rve Flour is dull, With trifling sale 3 at sf®-L25 for range 01 fine and superfine. Provisions.— I The Pork' market is dull and prices are hhU for old mess, and $14.20@14 ;X) for new mess. Beef is dull and c-ijJnc e o- a F e Beef hams are nominal at $14@16 2o lor Western. Bacon is very dull, with sales of 200 boxes good short clear atsc. Cut meats are quiet and unchanged. Lard is heavy and lower; sales SOO pkgs and tea at 9?£@10&. Butter and. Cheese are dull and drooping. Chicago Slay 9. eon TT 3 ,b * at the sale yards yesterday were 560 head, against 46S head ihe day previous. The sup ply was much better to-day, both in quantity and qua lity, and under a more active demand from shippers, and on Government account, the market was firmer, and nearly all the offerings were promptly taken at the noted advance of yesterday. The largest and best sale of the day was made at the Pittsburg and Port Wayne Yards, by Miller & Co., of Freeport, to Morris, Reiae man,& of 540 head of extra still-fed Beeves, ave raging 2,260 ibs, at $5.20 100 lbs. •v Jacob Fry sold the same parties a prime drove of 7o head at head, equal to $5 73 ¥.lOO tbs. Sales in ciude about 1,000 head, some 625 of which were taken for the Eastern, .markets, and the balance by speculators, and on Government account atquotatlons. V The receipts yesterday were 2,159 head, against I,SII bead the day before. The market was a shade more active to-day. although pyiies underwent no im provement. The best sale of the day was *209 head of very choice corn-fed Hogs, sold by Powell to a Canadian, rat 84,70, which was considered at least 20c¥ 100 ids above the market. Sales include about 2,550 head, which were principally taken by shippers at quotations. IWarteta-by Telegraph. Baltimore, May dull and'inactive* Wheat quiet; white $1.90#1.9S red $1.6&»1.70. Corn firm, at 93@90c, for white.and yellow. Oats advanced lc. "Whisky dull. Clyplxy.ATT. Ma 3--11 —Floxtrdull, at a decline ot 23c; s£. 2o@o 30. Wheat dull, at a decline of 3@sc. v “isky firm at 41 c.. Provisions quiet. Gold is quoted at 4o per cent, premium.: Exchange on JTew-York firm, at K per cent, premium. Large Positive Sale op Boots and Shoes* Straw Goods, ice. 4 early attention of pur chasers is requested to the large assortment of boota and shoes, stock of shoes, men’s and boys’ leghorn and Panama hats*. Shaker hoods, soft hats, etc.* embracing about: 900 packages of first-class city and Eastern manufacture, to be peremptorily sold by catalogue, on four months’ credit, commencing this morning, at ten o’clock, by John B. Myers & Co.,auctioneers, Nos. 232. and 234 Market street. C ITY ITEMS. A Maghutcent New Sewing-Machine Establishment. —We invite the attention of our readers this morning to the card of Messrs. Wheeler & Wilson’s splendid new Sewing Machine Esta blishment, at 704 Chestnut street, in the elegant Brown-Stone Building, second door above Seventh. The Wheeler & Wilson Company, in fitting up this superb edifice for the sale of their instruments iu Philadelphia, have intensified their claims upon the public, and we have no doubt their enterprise will be liberally responded to, and that their pertinent and repeated suggestions to “ Get the Best.” will be largely acred upon. Bead their advertisement. A Joyous Scene. — After the protracted rains of last week the glorioui sunshine of yester day rendered our Btreets alive with gay, happy-faceil pedestrians, and the. principal places of business were thronged with fashion and beauty. The famous old Photographic establishment of Messrs. Broad bent.& Co., Nos. 912, 914. and 916 Chestnut street, presented a most interesting scene. Throughout the day'their magnificent galleries were filled with ap plicants for sittings or pictures previously ordered, and all who came and went seemed to do so with the consciousness that this, of all others, was the place to obtain the finest pictures in the world —an im pression, by the way, which is fully sustained by the facts. A Comfortable Summer Hat is a Great Lesley.— By gentlemen who have given them a trial our attention, hasbeen called to the ad mirable new style soft and stiffened Pelt Hats, manufactured and sold by our enterprising towns man, Mr. Warburton, No. 430 Chestnut street. And a casual examination of them has convinced us that for grace, elegance, and real comfort, they far sur pass any other hat in use. They are a great im provement upon the ordinary New England-made felt hfets that are sold by other hatters, both in style and quality of texture, and we believe are destined this season to have an immense sale to gentlemen of taste. They must be seen and examined to be ap preciated; . ... _ At,t. in those branches destined to be affected by the new sewing machine just produced by the Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Company should lose no'time in examining it at 730 Chestnut street. This machine makes the well-known shuttle or “lock stitch,*’but, from its manifest superiority in construction and efficiency, cannot fail to prove the most radical and thorough innovator and reform er wherever the most perfect lock stitch is a desidera tum. The price of the machine is only $45. The Taking op Richmond. —The city was startled from its propriety on Saturday evening by the report of the taking of Richmond, the retreat of Dec from the line of the Rappahannock, and the readvance of Hooker. People were jubilant, flags were flung to the breeze, and for the nonce the im portant news occupied all tongues and all thoughts, to the exclusion of every other topic, except, per haps, the elegant civilian suits, and the impregnable iron-clad vest'made at the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Roclchill & Wilson, Wo. 603 and 695 Chestnut street, above Sixth. : “ Some Mean Thief has Stolen Presi dent Davis’ Horse.”— Richmond Examiner.— The fact is the animal began to lose flesh, owing to the scarcity of fodder. Melancholy had- marked it for her own by putting a spavin in its-off hock, a ring bone round each fore fetlock, and that straage music attributed to-borseß, namely, thrushes-in the hoof and warbles in the back. The creature-w»3 not al* together free from thorough pAin. nor those append ages known as curbs, and he exhibited-a.tendency to spring-halt and sand-cracks. “Bronchial Troches” were finally mixed with his oats;: fcafc soon the troches failed, then the oats, and then, the horse, and there werenone leffrto-tell the tale. *Tis said every one has hiß “hobby,” if not his liorse. Ours is writing notices of Charles Stokes &. Co.’s one-price. Clothing Store mder the Continental. lle Dtd ©o.—“Going, going, going,” ciied out “ Where are you going;” asked a passer-by. “;Well,”‘rep4ied the knight of the hammer, “I’m. going up-to. Granville Stok.ee* MAmmoth Clothing Emporium, No. 609 Chestnut street, and invest in> new and beautiful Bvdt ofrsuufc* mer gansents at nearly haH the.pries demanded elsewhese.”- Good Proprietors, of ihe popular old grocery store of the late H. Mattson, Arch and Tenth Btreets, have now In store a fresh, supply of all the best brands of flour, made from the £ae»t wheat, Freshly ground, expeessly adapted for the best family use. : s Walnut Street Theatre. — Laura Keene and herNew-York Company made a great sue cee9 last night in the new three-act; drama “Jesslo McDane.” This is one of the best plays produced in thiß city Tor many years, and wa advise all our play goers to Beeit,- The scenery of the coal mines near-- PiUßburg, will be pleasing tc.our citizens, * McLane,” will be played to-night; • ■ . 2,00t> bbls. .18,600 bus. .10,600 bus. .17.500 bos.