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MONDAY, FEBRUARY -29, 1864.
UNION NATIONAL. CONVENTION.
'■ undersigned, who, by original appointment
or subsequent designation to fin vacancies, consti
tute the Executive Committee orated by the Na
tional Convention held at Chicago on the 16th day
of May, 1860, do hereby call upon all qualified voter*
Who desire the unconditional maintenance of the
Union, the supremacy of the Constitution, and the
complete suppression of the existing rebellion, with
the cause thereof, by vigorous war, and all apt and
efficient meant, to seed delegates to a Convention to
assemble at Baltimore, on Tuesday, the Ith day of
June, 1864, at 12 o’clock, noon, for the purpose of
presenting candidates for the offices of President and
Vice President of the United States. Each State
having a representation in Congress will be entitled
to as many delegates as shall be equal to twioe the
number of electors to which such State is entitled
in the Electoral College of the United States. *
Edwik D. Morgan, New York, ch^rmau.
' Usasi-es J. Gilman, Maine,
£. Brain amv, Vermont,
J, Z. Goodrich, Massachusetts,
Thomas G. Turner, Rhode Island,
Gideon Welles, Connecticut,
Henning Duxr, New Jersey,
Edward McPherson, Penney 1 vania,
N. B. SaiiUEßg, Delaware,
J. P. .'Wacssß, Maryland,
Thomas Spooner, Ohio,
H. S. IjAne, Indiaua,
Samuel C. Caskt, Kentucky,
E. Peck, Illinois,
y Herbert M. HoxrE, lowa,
Austin Blair, Michigan,
Carl Sc’Hunz* WiM»cn*in,
\V. B. Waseeurn, Minnesota, '
Cornelius Cole, California,
Wm. A. Phillips, Kansas,
O. H. Irish, Nebraska,
Jos. Gerhardt. District of Columbia.
Tlie Radical Germans and tile Presidency.
Mr. Fbaecib Blair said in the House on
Saturday that the Radicals of Missouri were
false to their principles. It this be true,
there is all the more reason why the Radi
cals of other States should be true. The Tri
lune asserts that the “liberal Germans”
are not only opposed to the nomination of
Mr. Lincoln, but that a portion of the par
ty-will even refnse to vote for him after his
nomination. “The clubs of radical Ger
mans in Detroit, Michigan, and Davenport,
lowa, have very emphatically declared that
such is their purpose.” If this be so, then
the “liberal Germans ” are anything but
Union men, and are entitled to not tha
slightest consideration in a Union Conven
tion. They are, in fact, very illiberal Ger- j
maBS, who announce at this early day their |
determination to make the defeat of a favo
rite candidate a pretext for seeking the ruin
of a great cause. We hold to the great
principle that there is no reason why those
who individually prefer General Butler, or
Mr. Chase, or Gen. Fremont for the Pre
sidency should not frankly say so—-just as
frankly as the Legislatures of Pennsylvania,
Indiana, California, Maryland, and other
States, declared a preference for Air. Lin
coln. But suppose either of these Legisla
tures had appended a resolution advising
the people of their States hot to vote for
Mr. Chase, or Generals Butler or Fre
mont, in case either of those gentlemen
should be nominated. Would not this be
the very extreme of illiberality ? Yet, this is
precisely what the clubs of radical Germans
in Detroit and Davenport have done, and
what the Tribune quotes without a word of
disapproval. If there is one truth in which
the American people believe, one creed to
which they are pledged, it is this—that
the cause is dearer to them than the
dearest cf its leaders. And this is
the only creed worthy of the people
and the times. The principle of Union,
which makes the war a holy crusade,
governs and inspires the Whole nation,
should govern and inspire every loyal legis- |
lature and club in the country, and deter
mine even the action of a ward committee.
The gentlemen who say “ vve will not vote
for this or that man if nominated,' ’ repudiate
the very soul of the whole struggle. They
make the war a mockery, and patriotism a
myth. It is impossible to believe they
have ever been sincere, when we find them
eo intensely enthusiastic for men that
they are cold and indifferent to the
cause. In the Union Convention at
Baltimore, next June, delegates may vote
for Mr. Lincoln or General Fremont, but
in the November elections they will vote for
the Union itself. It is well to remember
that, although one man may be to us as
Washington was to our fathers, no man
can he greater than the cause. We wish to
be absolutely just, and, therefore, begin
with principles and end with men. Con
vinced that Abraham Lincoln is the choice
of the people, we should _ blush to say that
General Butler should hot have our votes
if General Butler should he nominated.
The Tribune might say as much to its very
liberal Germans.
But, the reports which have deceived the
Tribune are evidently prophecies which, by
influencing public credulity, are expected
to fulfil themselves. Topersuade a healthy
man that he is sick, and send him really sick
to bed, it is only necessary that his friends
should unite in telling him that he never
looked so badly in all his life. If the poli
ticians who are bent upon opposing the
radical German vote to Mr. Lincoln
can get the Tribune, and other influen
tial journals, to tell the radical Germans
that they are opposed to him, it is very like
ly that some of them will believe it. To
create a fact, assume that it exists. In il
lustration of this truth, we find the President
continually spoken of in certain journals as
opposed to an absolute anti-slavery policy,
while the history of his Administration, the
evidence of his own words and actions,con
clusively prove that there is not a man
living who more nobly represents the radi
cal principles of freedom than he. His name
is signed to the Emancipation Proclamation,
and there is no pen able to draw a dark line
over that sun-illumined signature.
Governor Curtin’s Proclamation.
Tie proclamation of Governor Curtin
cannot, or at least should not, fall unheeded
upon tlie ears of any. He has appealed to
the men of Pennsylvania in a language
■which it trill be for their ovra honor to heed.
Pennsjlvanian soldiers areto be Pennsyl
vanian soldiers, and are not to be accredited
to- any other State. If our State is the
Keystone State, let her soldiers show them
selves to be Keystone soldiers, and letthem
support the Union in their own name, the
only name which they honestly can wear.
The brave boys of Pennsylvania, who have
already done so much, ghould be too tetchy
in regard to the honor which so justly ac
crues to them to allow it to be usurped and
monopolized by the sons of any other State.
Governor Curtin calls to them in .ac
cents which cannot be misconstrued,
and with the utmost patriotism and
common sense. It would be sad and
disheartening to be compelled to believe
that, for a mere consideration of money,
many cases have occurred where brave wwi
have bartered old positions of honor for new
ones which impartial comrades canhot con-'
sider altogether honorable. But if there are
no other reasons which will induce them to
iorego enlisting in other States than their
them inform themselves, or at least
«ad the provisions which their own State
is ma mg foT them. Honor to whom honor
is due is a rule which works both ways.
*** Pennsylvania soldiers have their due
no more and no less, if enlistments of
Pennsylvania soldiers are accredited to
other States, the due which our braveboys
will receive will not, cannot, be such as
they would otherwise obtain.
But we entertain too lofty and undivided
an opinion, not only of the bravery, but of
the keen sense of honor and justice of the
soldiers of Pennsylvania, to believe that the
examples of the past will workthemselveß
Into a system. "We would fain believe that
the cases are few and far between, but we
cannot, for in that case the proclamation of
Governor Curtin would not be so peremp
tory. But we can readily believe that a lit
tle forethought will inniitin the scales of mo
tive to the side of prudence, and that the
refined sense of what is honorable, just, and
right, will soon predominate in the breaßts
of our courageous soldiery. They have
acted with such unexampled nobleness hi
therto, that Pennsylvania naturally looks for
a continuation of such gallantry, and neither
Pennsylvania nor Governor Curtin nor
onr own expectations, will be deceived,
The Ifavy Yard and Pennsylvania,
Mr. Btbybns said very truly, during the
debate upon the choice of the new navy
yard, in the Douse, last week, that the re
presentatives of Pennsylvania do not advo
cate League Island selfishly or from State
pride. The establishment of a great iron
clad navy yard is intended for the nation,
not for a State, and it is but fair to suppose
that such men aB Mr. Stevens understand
the original purpose of the Government, and
are faithful to the general interests. Judge
Kelley, Mr. O’Neill, Mr. Randall, and
others, urge League Island as the best loca
tion the country possesses for a great naval
station, and if they urge it earnestly they
do so intelligently. Precisely because they
are Pennsylvanians they have better oppor
tunities for knowing the advantages of
League Island than the gentlemen from Con
necticut-, and if those who understand
values do not advocate them, by whom
shall they be advocated ? We cannot ex
pect the delegation from Kentucky, which
is necessarily comparatively ignorant Ot the
character of League Island, to give an ab
solute opinion of its fitness. There, there
fore, is something singularly illogical in the
argument that, because the majority of the
Pennsylvania delegation state the great
manufacturing, commercial, and geographi
cal advantages of League Island with, alt
fleamess and completeness, they are actu
ated by the selfish desire to obtain a great
benefit- for their State. Whatever care Mr.
Stevens, Judge Kelley, and their col
leagues, may have for the interests oi Penn
sylvania, we are very sure that in this
matter they must know that they a*s« re
sponsible to every State in the Union. The
question is not, shall New London or Phi
ladelphia be favored, but shall the whole
country be benefited? It is upon this
ground that the matter is argued, and upon
this ground only should Congfess determine
the site.
Travellers have not, as a class, a high
reputation for veracity, and the “golden
opinions’* which have been expressed in
regard to Idaho have become very contra
dictory. Some one says there is not enough
gold in the whole Territory to pay the ex
pense of getting the emigrants back home.
Another one adds that the mines of Cali
fornia are much richer than those of Idaho,
and that, in the latter country, they occupy
a very limited space, and are poor at that.
Between the extreme views of differently
prejudiced travellers, we must adopt the
usual just mean. The reference in the Presi
dent’s message to the mineral resources of
Colorado, fievada, Idaho, New Mexico,
and Arizona Territories having proved
greater than was at first supposed, is
not founded upon imagination. But, if
Idaho iB made the subject of detraction
because of confused reports respecting
her golden mines, Nova Scotia, on the
other hand, is raised proportionately high.
Prof. Silbanian’s report says: “The thick
ness of its auriferous veins is perhaps less
than those of California and some other j
countries, but they are, generally speaking, i
richer in visible gold than the average of I
those I have seen in any other part of the !
world. It must also be taken into eonside- j
ration that Nova Scotia possesses many de- i
eided advantages over both California and
Australia.’’ The gold districts in the
neighborhood of Halifax are represent
ed as exceedingly productive. But, be
cause it may be true that there is
gold in Nova Scotia, it is not necessarily
untrue that there is an equal quantity else- ;
where. All the mineral eapabilities'of our
Western districts are such as will influence j
emigration, and make it flow as through the ■
channel of a river in their direction.
LETTER FROM " OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, - Feb. 2S, 1864. !
Tie splendid combinations and rapid j
marches of Grant and Sherman, in Georgia ■
and Alabama, have added to the agonizing
solicitude of the traitors, and increased the
confidence and the determination of the
Union people, in and out of the army.
! However Sherman’s expedition may result,
Cand the fears of the enemy confirm the good
promises sent forward by onr friends in that
distant field that all will be well,; the
character of his advance, and the mag
nificence of liis campaign, will always
stand to his credit in the volume of public
memory and in the printed histories of the
times. Should he succeed, his example will
compel imitation in other not less important
military departments. Should Grant be
able to defeat Johnston and Longstreet, and
expel the rebels from Eastern Tennessee,
and should Sherman’s comprehensive pro
gramme be carried out, the great conspiracy
will be scattered in' all the Southwest.
Florida taken from the traitors by Gilmore,
and Texas cleansed and purged by Dana’
Eastern Virginia will once more become
the great battle-field of the war. The
rebellion can never be . effectually sup
pressed until a great victory is won on
that theatre, by the Army of the Po
tomac, unless, indeed, the loss oi the
enemy’s strongholds in the Southwest shall
force them to abandon that heretofore im
portant ground, and to give up Richmond
and the whole of the sacred soil of the Old
Dominion, to the "Vandals” and "Yan
kees.” It is at Richmond that the traitor
ous leaders most do congregate. Once let
that nest be captured, there will be no
abiding place for these birds of evil omen.
Butler may strike the rebel capital from his
garrison; but upon the Army of the Poto
mac the glorious work of finishing the rebel
lion will chiefly devolve. Occasional
To-night Henry Ward Beecher will
lecture at tbe Academy of Music upon a
subject of especial interest, of which he is
especially fitted to speak. To Mr. Beeohee’s
visit to England, and his eloquent and irre
sistible argument for the United States, is
greatly due the growth of intelligent Euro
pean sympathy with the. Union, and that
he Will deliver “ America’s Message to
Great Britain” faithfully and with empha
sis, none but the unknown, who know him
not, can doubt. In London he made it plain
to the very rams in the Mersey, and he will
not be less dear in Philadelphia.
Me. William Cobnbll Jewett has
been threatened with arrest—not by the Go
vernment, however, but by individuals who
urge it as a necessity. Mr. Jewett, in our
opinion, has done nothing that would jus
tify his imprisonment, and, in the letter
which we publish, he makes a capital point
in reference to those members of Congress
who are certainly better entitled to that
honor than he.
Veteran Regiments.
New York, Feb. SB,—The United State* steam
transport Cambria, from Norfolk, arrived to-day,
with the 98th New York Regiment, 336 men. Also,
the United States steam transport Prometheua, with
the Bist New York-Regiment, 400 men, and the
United States steam transport New Jersey, with
the 96th New York Regiment.
Boston, Feb. 28.—Re-anlisted men, numbering
f 5O . fr 9 m New Hampshire regiments, arrived here
last night, and proceeded to Concord, to-day, m a
special train.
Volunteering in Missouri.
St. Louis, Feb. 2T,—The quota of fliitsourl,
under the President’s last call for volunteers, as
stated by a despatch from Washington, It 9,813,
which, up to January Slat, had been reduoed to
5,648 by volunteer enlistments. It is believed that if
the time for the payment of bounties be extended
till the Ist of April, and moderate local bounties be
offered, the entire quota of the State will be filled
by volunteering.
The Chesapeake Case.
St. Johns, N. 8., Feb. 27.—The writ of habeas
corpus, In the ease of the prisoners, was
argued to-day before the Hon- J. W. Rlohie, the
BrSi Supteme ° onrt of the Province of New
fot the prisoner occupied the entire
wirmi^llT tbe P°hits of informality In the
Monday,, hey will go
ar mthta the
Bald on Mayfield, Ky.
Cairo, Feb. 27 —Another raid wn ..
Mayfield, Ky., by guerillas, on the
derable property was destroyed or carried off and
damaged. Mr. Happy, a prominent citizen of th»
place, was killed.
Departure of Connecticut Volunteers.
Nsrw York, Feb. 28 —The steamer Daniel Web
ster, bom New Haven, has arrived, and left, with
the 6th and 11th Gonneetlo'ut Volunteers, for Fortress
Monroe. ' -
Arrived, bark E. L. Hale, bom Mataqza*.
WASHINGTON.
[Speclal.Deapatches to The Press. 1
Washington, V. 0,, Feb, 23.
Rebel Demonstration,
Information from the Army of the Potomac Mates
that on Thursday night about one hundred rebels
crossed the river near Raccoon Ford, and made a
slight demonstration on our plokets, killing two
horses, but in a few minutes they beat a hasty re
treat across the river. Thirteen of the petty, how
ever, took the opportunity to desert, and came into
our lines, t
Arrival of Refugees.
*“ rty ' ttr6e refugeea from EioUmond,
f u ’ Women ' * na children, were
*o * he r ™voit Marehal'e office by U. S. De
ft o **™. ° r * he *te»mer Whilden, hiving
“ P at aifierenl Point! on the lower Po
• The personal effects of the parties filled two
large furniture wagons, and many of them had upon
ineir persons a oonaiderablo amount of money
?T**°!r> ***** Bilker. These refugees are prinoi-
Jjr*y Germans, but are unwilling to reveal any
thing in relation to affairs in Bichmond, perhaps
because of their ignorance, or from the fact that the
head of each family has a pass saying that “ the j
hearer has taken the oath of allegiance to the Con
federate States, and being pledged not to reveal,
either dir* Ctly or indirectly, any information that
may benefit the enemy, is permitted to pass beyond
the limits of the Confederate States.”
Tile Army of the Potomac—Deserters, <&c.
On Thursday, while Company D, 25th Pennsylva
nia Volunteers, was drilling, Sergt, Williams was
accidentally shot by a comrade,who snapped his piece
with a cap for the purposeof cleaning his gun, which
he supposed was unloaded) The bait pssxed through
Williams 9 head, hilling him instantly. He was
much esteemed by the entire regiment. Not long
ago he re enlisted, and had been home on a furlough,
and was married.
Advices from the Army or the Potom&o say that
fourteen deserters came in on Friday, some bringing
their muskets, etc. They had been on picket, aad
belonged to different States, several being from the
Ist Virginia Artillery.
A general order has been issued, dismissing Major
J. O. Akde6som\ of the 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry,
for having, in violation .of existing orders and
the customs of war, dossed the line of pickets, de
livering and receiving letters from persons outside
of the lines.-
Major It. Hbikholo, of the same regiment, ha
ving sanctioned- and authorized the aforesaid act of
Major Amjhrbon, is also dismissed, subject to the
approval of the President.
'The Scheldt Dues.
Some time last year tlie Belgian Government
made a treaty with the King of the Netherlands tor
the extinguishment of the Scheldt dues, and pro
posed, as a compensation therefor, a certain turn of
money, the annual interest on which would yield an
amount equivalent to the average income from such
dues for the last ten ycais. It is understood that by
the treaty between the United State* and Belgium,
recently ratified, our Government has obligated it
self to pay between, $600,000 and $600,000 at ita pra
rata, In consideration of the important commercial
privilege* to be conferred, France, England, Swe
den and Norway, Denmark, Russia, and Spam,
have already exchanged ratification* of the general
treaty for the extinguishment of the same dues. Our
flag is to be assimilated to that of Belgium for the
transportation of salt, and the reduction made by
the recent treatiea with other Governments, includ
ing France, i* to baiequally applied to good* import
ed from the United States,
The WUsly and Petroleum Tax.
The new conference committee on whisky will
probably rail to agree, and the Ways and Means
Committee will bring in a new bill,
Jt is tolerably certain that a slight tax will be im
posed upon crude Ipetroleum, but probably none on
leal tobacco. \
The Pirate Alabama not Blockaded.
Advices received at the State Department from
Mr. Fnuvx, United States minister to Japan, dated
January 6th, state that the Alabama, at that time,
Was still at large, j
Tlie Governor of Idalio.
Whatever remarks may have been made in secret
tension with regard to the nomination of Caleb
Lyon as Governor of Idaho, it is known from
credible sources that he was confirmed by the Se.
£ ate without a disfienting voice.
Visit of English Olhcers.
Lieutenant Colonel Lionel Galloway, of the
Raval Engineers, land Captain Cldscson,of the
Boyai Artillery, of! the British army, accompanied
by Captain Blunton, of General Baknabd’s ataff,
have just ridden but to the fortifications around
Alexandria. The two officers first named are accre
dited agents of the English Government, sent out to
examine and report upon the progress made by
the United States'in artillery and fortifications. '
THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
A Beconnoissance to Wolf Bun,
I/EE REPORTED TO BE MOVING- ON
HARPER’S PERRY.
GENERAL SICKLES GOING WEST,
Kew Yosx, Feb. 38.—The Herald’s Atmy of the
Potomac despatch states that a reoonnoissance was
made by Col. Murphy, of the noth New York Regi
ment, from Fairfax to Wolf Run, on Monday last,
and that he found a strong rebel cavalry force there.
Our men retired without making an attack.
There is an unconfirmed report afloat here that
a portion of Lea’s army is moving down the west
side of the mountains towards Harper’s Ferry. The
unusual activity among our troops might give some
color to the rumor.
The HeraWs Washington despatch says that
General Sickles is expected to start for the west
on Wednesday, and thence visit the Atlantic
coast, Nashville, Chattanooga, Arkansas, Hilton
Head, Fortress Monroe, ae , to investigate eoncer*
nir.g the rebel deserters, prisoners ol war, and par
ties taken within our lines, the result of which is to
be laid before the President for the guidance of his
future policy, in relation to Southern disi lyaiists.
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
The Defeat at Olustee, Florida.
UNION EOSS OVER ONE THOUSAND.
Gen. Seymour Arrested—Gen. Vegdes put
lu Command and Reinforced..
Nsw Yobk, Feb. 87.—The steamer Fulton, from
Port Royal, whioh arrived at this port last night,
with dates to the 24th, reports that a battle had been
fought 'near Olustee, Florida, between our troops
and a strong force of the rebels, but no particulars
are given, all private, letters and news despatches,
which should have arrived by the Fulton, having
been detained by orders from Gen. Gilmore.
THE ADVANCE TOWARD LAKE CITY.
We learn, however, from private sources, that the
steamer Cosmopolitan had arrived at Hilton Head,
with wounded troops on board from Jacksonville
and bringing a report that the troops which had ad
vanced toward Lake City had been repulsed and
driven back on Jacksonville. Three hundred.wouud
ed were oh board the Cosmopolitan.
It is asserted that we lost one thousand men in
killed, wounded, and missing. The Union forces
were largely outnumbered. Reinforcements were
on tbe way to Florida, from Hilton Head. It is not
improbable that this report is somewhat exagge
rated.
The ateamera Brownaville and Harriet Weed had
been loat in St. John’* river. The latterjran aground,
and waa blown up bp her crew to prevent her falling
into tbe hands of the rebels.
GEN. HARDEE ON THE FIELD.
A passenger by tbe Fulton gives the following in
refeienoe to the battle;
“On the afternoon of the 20th our troops, under
General Seymour, met the enemy, fliteen thousand
strong, fifty-five miles from Jacksonville, and eight
mile* Deyond Sanderson, on the line of the Jackson
ville and Tallahassee Railroad. The battle was
desperately fought, daring three hoars, and at sun
set our forces, overpowered by numbers, retired to
Sanderson, taking with them the greater part of the
wounded.
>• The 7th Connecticut, 7th New Hampshire, 40th
e }' P| ana 160th New York, and Sth
en B*ged. 001. Fribley, of the
Bih United states, was left dead on the field. 001.
,» Ukoseriok offloer, was mortally wounded.
AU the offloers of Hamilton's -batterV were
wounded. CaptafirHamUton, wounded in the arm,
and Lieutenant Myiic, wounded in the foot, are at
G ?i°n!3i£i l X ore £ headquarters at Hilton Head.
, Colonel Guy Henry, of the 40th Massachusetts,
hones shot under Mm, but escaped ua-
enemy’s loss is not known. They captured
11 ffi. supposed that tbe troops were from Bragg’s
army. General Hardee himself was on the field,
having come to Florida on a visit to his family, and
*l*o to form a second marriage.
‘ Our loss is variously estimated at from five hun
dred to thirteen hundred.”
LATER.
From an officer arrived In the Fulton, we derive
some further particulars of the disaster to our forces
near Lake City.
General Seymour, who commanded the expedi
tion, has been placed under arrest, by order of Gen.
Gilmore.
His successor is General Yogdes, who left Hilton
Head on Tuesday laat, with relnforcemeuta for
Jacksonville, consisting of an entire division.
Our Information says it was the opinion of officers
who took part in the expedition that our total losses
In killed, wounded, and missing, aie between 1.200
and 1,500.
AN AMBUSCADE.
General Seymour is severely censured in not
throwing out scouts and skirmiahen as our troops
advanced, As it was, our troops were led Into a
trap.
Hamilton’s artillery led the van, and suffered se
verely. The rebel sharpshooters picked off their
horses, and the guns had to be abandoned.
The 40th Massachusetts (mounted infantry) have
also suffered severely, In the retreat manyof our
wounded were left behind, within the enemy’s lines.
BEAUREGARD IN COMMAND.
Our troops were right in front of the Confederate
batteries, in a piece of woods, before we were aware
of their presence; and when their batterieß opened
a galling fire, our men were driven back, panic
stricken and in disorder.
The rebel force Is not known, but it la supposed to
have been large. One of the prisoner* captured
stated that troops had recently been sent down from
Charleston,- and that General Beauregard was In
command.
THE BATTLE GROUND.
Olustee, tbe place where General Seymour fought
and was beaten, ii a station on the Jacksonville and
Tallahassee Railroad, forty eight miles west of Jack
sonville. The Port Royal Free south asserts that
Baldwin is held by our forces. Thii a station at the
junction or the Jacksonville and the Fernandlna
Railroads, twenty miles from Jacksonville.
report come, from Hilton Head that General
lr^^L 00mn, * Il<lC,l ,hB rebel fotoet, and thathls
* p * rtof B»K’* army. It 1* more likely
that they were a part of Beauregard’s force. Oene
THE rEESS—PHILADELPHIA. MONDAY. TEBRTjAEY 2D, 186-fT
tal Gilmore has sent reinforcements to Jackson
vllle; and as the battle ot Olustee was fought just a
Week ago to-day, it is possible that before this Ge
neral Vogdes has met the enemy again. The regl
menta he commands are first-rate material, and
unless the enemy is berate Mm in overwhelming
force, he will be apt to move ahead towards Talla
hassee.
Beaufort, S. 0., Feb. 23.—1 have just got to
town, and learn that we have been whipped badly in
Florida. Two hundred and forty wounded' were
brought here last night, and more yet to oome.
Capt. Jewett and Tieuts. Tittlefield and Tomlinson,
of the Maesacburetts sith (colored), are wounded,
but not seriously.
Colonel Hallowell and Captain Watson, of your
city, are unhurt.
This regiment, as well as the 55ih Massachusetts,
colored, have lost many men, having fought with
great courage. Colonel Frlbley, of the Bth United
States, colored, Is killed. He and his men, I am
told, fought bravely.
AN ADVANCE TOWARD SAVANNAH.
On Sunday last, 21st inst., a small foroe of troops,
under the command of Col. Howell,- left Hilton
Head in transports, and proceeded up the Savannah
river to Williams Island. Arriving at that place
about dark, a company of men under Captain Green
leaf, of the 4th New. Hampshire, landed in small
boats, and made a reconnolssanee, in tbe eourae of
which thsy mot a small body of the enemy, and a
sharp musketry tiring ensued.
We had four men of the 86th Pennsylvania Volun
teers B'oucded.
WAR IS THE SOUTHWEST.
SHERMAN SAFE AT SELMA.
8es r ere Fight at 'West Point,
Mississippi*
GRANTS RECONJiOISSANCE OF DALTON.
Reinforcements Kept from Ren. Polk.
LONGSTREET IN RAPID RETREAT TO
. RICHMOND,
OUR ARMY IN FULL PURSUIT. -
A SKIRMISH WITH HIS REAR GUARD.
Officers Abandoning Him*
Deserters Taking the Oath of Allegiance*
Cincinnati, Feb. 27.—The Gazette's Tunnel Hill
drepatch, of the 26th,-aaya: On Thursday night our
troope fell back to Tunnel Hill, which place will be
held. The reconnoluance w»« entirely successful,
and developed the faet that the enemy, la in foree at
Dalton.
Clalborne’c division, which had .been despatched
to reinforce Folk, was recalled, and got back in time
to participate In the fight.
This was one important result accomplished.
Our entire loss was three hundred.
The rebels auflered more severely.
The Commercial's Huntsville, Alabama, despatch
says, reliable Information shown that tongstreet is
falling back to Atlanta. Fart of his force is sup*
posed to have reached there on the 26 th.
A large portion of his foiees were without shoes,
and many nearly naked.
Wheeler has been relieved rom the command of
the rebel cavalry by Breckinridge and Buckner, who
were preparing for a raid into Kentucky.
Memphis, Feb, 26.—Arrivals from Vlokburg con
firm the previous reports that Gen, Sherman had
occupied Selma, Alabama, and is safe.
The reports from Gen. Smith’s cavalry expedition
are not of euch a favorable character.
' Several stragglers that arrived here to day report
that the rebel forces under Forrest, Adams, Tee, and
noddy bad concentrated against him, and succeeded
in forcing him back with considerable loss. Also,
that a severe light had taken place between them at
West Point, Miss.
The elow movement of Col. Warring'* division
(consisting mainly of New Jersey and Pennsylvania
regiments) delayed this expedition some eight days,
giving the enemy time to concentrate its forces
against them.
It is reported that Smith is slowly falling back
towards Memphis; but the report is not generally
believed, as but little credit can be given to the state
ments of stragglers.
Caieo, Feb. 27.—The steamer Deokey arrived here
to-day, with 80 bales of cotton for St. Tools.
Seventy members of the Wisconsin Battery have
re- enlisted. The veterans ate en route for home, on
furlough.
Over two hundred new recruits, from lowa, ar
rived here this morning, and. about the a,me num
ber yesterday, from Indiana,-On route for the South.
THE RETREAT OF TONGSTREET.
Knoxville, Feb. 28.—At tbe last accounts Tong
street was still retreating, his headquarters being at
Greenville on Wednesday night.
Our cavalry came upon Ms rear guard in the vici
nity of Bean’s Station, yesterday, and a slight skir
mish ensued, when the rebels gave way.
General Schofield is pursuipg.with hlstroopn, but,
owing to the rapid retreat of the enemy, no engage
ment is expected this side of the Virginia line. The
railroad bridge at Strawberry Plains and the track
were injured beyond the possibility of present use.
Fire c-ffiofcis and a number of men deeerted when
Tongstreet fell back, and hare taken the amnesty
oath. The officers state that he is retreating, to
Richmond with his original troops, leaving John
ston and Buckner to protect the Virginia border.
Correspondence between Gens. Peck and
Abw Yore, Feb. 27.— A correipondenae pawed
between Generate Peck and Pickett in relation to
tie death of Colonel Shaw, and theeubeequent exe
cution by the rebele ora negro soldier for hie alleged
murderer. General Peck say*: “ The Government
of the United States ha* wisely seen fit to enlist
many thousand colored soldiers to assist in putting
down the rebellion, and has plaoed them on the same
footing, in all respects, as her white troops.”
He encloses a copy of the President’s order on the
subject, that for every soldier of the United States
killed in violation of the laws of war, a rebel shall
be executed, etc., and adds, “Believing that this
atrocity has been perpetrated without your know
ledge, and that you will take prompt steps to disa
vow this violation of the usages of war, and to bring
the offenders to justice, I shall refrain from exe
cuting a rebel soldier until I learn your action in the
premises.”
General Pickett replies, under date of Petersburg,
Va.,Feb. 16 th, that had he caught any .negro who
had killed either officer, soldier, or oitizen Of the
Confederate States, be would have oaused him to
be immediately executed, and states that he has In
his possession four hundred and fifty officers and
men of the United States amy, and for every man
Gen. Peck executes he will hang ten of them,
Fobtbbss Moneob, Feb. 26.— Steamer Virginia,
Captain W. H. Snyder, arrived last night from New
York. Captain S. reports that in passing Cedar
Island, yesterday at 2P, m,, saw a full-rigged brig
iunk off the southerly point of the island, her upper
deeks out of water, sails -furled. T he brJg WM too
far inside for the Virginia to approaoh her.
Hast evening, while the steamer City of fUchmond
waa lying at anchor in Hampton Roads, the steamer
Admiral Dupont ran into her, doing some damage to
both steamers. The City of Kicbmond had her bow
sprit carried away, &o. Several soldiers were
knooked overboard from the Dupont, three of
whom were picked up by Captain Kelly, of the City
of Bicbmond, and it is not known that any one was
oiowoeds
The Hogs or the Bohemian. 2
Portland, Feb. 27.— The testimony in the case
of the Bohemian is all in, and a verdict will be given
by the coroner’s jury this evening.
Portlaho, Feb. 27, P. M —The coroner’s jury in
the case of the loss of the Bohemian find the fol
lowing verdict: “ Thatthe collision was occasioned
by an error in judgment of Captain Borland as to
his distance from the lights j that had the steamer
been where he supposed ehe was, it Would have been
wise to have taken a more easterly course than
he did; that the collialon would not have occurred
had there been a bell-boat on Aldein’s Bosk; that
the pilot is censured for not being hi a position to
observe the steamer’s signals; that a large propor
tion of the live* were lest in consequence of the
swamping of boat No. 2 ; that boat No. 6, in re
futing to come baejt, though only partially filled,
increased the lobs, and that alter the ahlp had
struck every officer and man belonging to the ahln
did hit best to save the passengers”” *
Six more bodies were found to-day.
Portland, Feb, *a.-Two more bodies have been
recovered from the wreck of the Bohemian, and
nine mail-bag* have been found. The wreckers
have arrived from New York, and- operations will
commence at once.
Indictments against tne Rioter Andrews.
Nbw Yobb, Feb. 27.— At the opening of the United
States Circuit Court the Grand Jury came into
fiOUIt, and presented a large batch of indictments,
among the most important of wMchare tbe follow
ing : .
United States ag't John A. Andrews. An indict
ment .charging him with treason, (oapital offenoe).
Act of 1790.
United States ag’t John A. Andrews. Indictment
for conspiracy to levy war against the United States.
Act of July, 1861.
United States ag’t John A. Andrews. Indictment
for restating and counseling and aiding resistance to
a draft. Act of march, 1869.
United States ag’t John A Andrew*. Indictment
for setting on foot and engaging in a rebellion and
insurrection against the United States.
a bench warrant for Andrews’ arrest will be issued
this |afternoon, and he will be brought from Fort
Lafayette on Monday, lor the purpose of being ar
raigned and pleading.
San Francisco, Feb, 28.—Sailed, ship Governor
Langdon, for Liverpool.
, The importer* have done but little business during
the week now ended, while the jobbers have trans
acted an unusually large trade, chiefly in supplying
the iemote mining regions to the northward and in
Mexico.
The continued dry weather gives an upward ten
dency to grain, in anticipation of diminished orops
this season.
The California Powder Oompanysoon expects the
arrival of three hundred tons of saltpetre from Cal
cutta, . .
The Supreme Court declares the constitutionality
of the statute which requires attorneys to take the
new oath of allegianoe before being permitted to
continue their practice in the courts of this State.
This statute oaused some lawyers of Recession pro
clivities to remove to Nevada Territory, where test
oaths of loyalty at« not required.
THE PHITADETPHIA OFFICERS.
NORTH CAROLINA;
Pickett -Retaliation
FORTRESS MONROE.
Sail Francisco.
EUROPE.
THE AMERICAN QPESTIOKIK PARLIAMENT
Tilt! British Government Accused ofTrack
ling to the United states.
LORO PALMERSTON IN DEFENCE OF THE
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.
THE DANISH WAR.
An Armistice Proposed by Great Britain,
Ac., Ac,, Ac., Ac.
NkwYork, Feb. 28.— Theateamahip Aaia arrived
early this morning, with Liverpool dates of the lath,
via Queenstown on the 14th Inst.
Lord Derby,in the House of Lords, had attaoked,
and Earl Kucaell defended, the Government policy
relative to the suspected steam rams. The latter de
clined to produce any papers pending the legal in
vestigation.
In the House of Commons, Mr. Laynid reiterated
his statement that Mr. Adams had made no ofliol&l
or vetbsl communication to Esrl Bussell of the sub*
stance of Mr. Seward’s despatch of July 11,1863.
Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald called attention to the
ohcumstances attending the capture of certain
British vessels by Federal cruisers, and tbe murder
of one of the crew of the bark Saxon by a Federal
lieutenant, etc. He asserted that Earl Bussell had
cot done enough in the matter, and moved for the
correiliordecce. The Attorney General opposed the
motion, and said the principle of prize adjudication
in America was the same as in England, and that
tbe disposition of the American Government was
very fair am) just. During the general debate, seve
ral speakers charged the Government with a truok
lipg policy towards the American Government.
Lord Palmerston said it was due to the American
Government to say that they invariably received
EpgZA&d’s representation in a spirit of equity and
justice, lie quoted the Trent case as an evidence of
a Ccsire to do right. It was prejudicial to the good
understanding between Powers to accuse foreign'
Governments of acts of which they were not guilty,
and to express distrust of their equity when nothing
justified such charges. The resolution was with
drawn
The Army and Navy Gazette says that the military
eßtjmates can be reduced a quarter of a million ster
ling, with only the loss of a few hundred men.
It is questionable If the report that two first-class
Lngilsh houses, sufferers by rebel oruisers, are about
to despatch one of the fastest steamers afloat in pur
suit of the pirates. It is suggested that this may be
another rebel dodge.
It is confirmed that England has proposed an ar
mistice on the basis of.the evacuation of Schleswig
by the Danes. Russia, France, and Sweden sup
port the proposition, and it Is stated that Austria
Mientft. The resultis-not yet known.
IS otbing but a mere skirmish is reported from the
seat of war. The Germans were receiving large re
inforcements, and were making preparations against
Alien. The Prussians occupied Alton* in spite of
the Federal protests. .
The Danes were capturing Prussian vessels.
The Bank of France gained thicteen-and-a-half
millions of specieduring the month
Mszzini has been indicted as an accomplice in the
late plot against the life of Napoleon.
The Bourse was firmer at 66 60,
The Queen of Spain has been delivered of a
daughter.
The Asia brings the Obina and Australian
mails. -
Arrived, from Philadelphia, Elba, at Gibraltar:
sailed, Westfield-and Empire Queen* from Liver
pool j for Baltimore, the Mozart, from Liverpool.
The London Times of the 13th (evening) says;
Cotton sales to day, 7,000 bales, including 2 000 to
speculators and exporters. The market is un
changed. Breadstuff* very dull; but steady. Pro
visions quiet and steady. Produce quiet and steady.
Loudon, Feb. 13—Evening.—Consols for money*
90K@9i. Illinois Central shares, 24@22 discount s
Erie shares, 6C@62 . ua,)
Liverpool, Feb. 13.—There will be no Galwav
steamer on the 16th. The new steamer Pennsvl-
Vbdib leaves Liverpool that day for New York
Preliminary proceedings have been commenced in
the case of the steamer Pampero, seized on the
Clyde, in the Exchequer Court in Edinburg. The
indictments are similar to thoie in the Alexandra
ecse. The defendants put in a general dental, and
to iff tfaejuty ' Tlie OBBe Woa fben adjourned
The London Times has an article on the Parlia
mentary debate upon the seizures by the Federali or
?f£ tie £ ahlpB * 11 trealß *be alleged murder
on boaid tbe Saxon as a most serious case, and sava
that any negligence in demanding and urgingpuniah
*be crimewiH be the abandonment of the
protection which the State owes to every subject.
liONBON, Feb. 14.—Consols, after official hoars
jeateroay, doted, at 91l£.
It la stated that Pruuia has refueed the armistice
prr noted by Great BtltaJn.
66f 36?” iB boUlte olo,cd heavy on Saturday; rente.
Hhneswuro, Feb. 12 —The Danei, on the loth,
were repotted about an hnui’a maroh from Duppel.
Frankfort, Feb. 13.—The Bank of Frankfort has
reduced tbe rate of disoonnt to 4.
St. Pbtbbsbubo, Feb. 13.—The bank rate la re
duced to 8.
Havbb, Feb, IP.—The cotton market opened firm
er and closed Inactive and tending downward.. Sales
for tbe week 16,000 bale*; atock 34 000 bale*. New
Orleans tres ordinaire 362 f. <3o bas 347 f
f Among the pftßßtngorß by the Asia it Mr. Sand
ford, United-States Minister to Belgium.
LATEST. BY THE ASIA.
Flunsbueg, Feb. 12 —Troops and artillery con
tinue, to pass through here, bound northward. It is
not certainly known whether the attack on Duppel
has commenced, but a few wounded men have been
brought in.
Copenhagen, Feb. 12.—An outpost skirmish oc
curred yesierday, and the enemy were repulsed
with loss, and seme prisoners were made* The
vztemy, today, took possession of Jstrano. An
ironclad steamer has gofietQ dislodge them. The
king has returned to Copenhagen.
Coznjmereial Intelligence.
LrvEsPoOL. I'eh. 12.—The circulars of Messrs. Richard-
SOD-« Co., and Messrs. Bigiand, Athya ft Co., report
Sj^ r . dol tov v jendenev. having declined
; Wheat heavy* at a decline ci2d@4d; red Weat
ein fea 2o@9e; red Southern 9s2d@.9*4d. Cora has de
6d; mixed corn is Quoted at 29a 6d; white corn 31s
Provisions. Beef is firm, with an Tipw&rd tAadenoy •
Fork quiet and steady; Bacon has declined 6d@ls; But
ter ie steady, with an npirard tendency; Lard is cm let
~a 3 teb ail* e d; Tallow easier* bat is quoted atS9@4is.
with a downward tendency.
Produce.-Ashes steady and unchanged; Susrar active.
With au upward tendency, having advanced 94@Is 6d:
Coiled* quiet and steady; Rice is steady, but has a
downward tendency ; Lineeed is buoyant, and 6d@’s
higher; Lintced Oil du'l and unchanced; Commoo Ho
sib firmer; Spirits Turpentine has an upward tendency;
Crude Petrolunm dull at le 9d for half refined. *
London. Feb. j2< —BreacJetnJfs have a downward ten
firiP J? r Welsh. Bagar active, at an ad
vance Of ls.®2s. Coffee steady. Common Congou Tea
qmet.- Tallow firmer. Spirits of Turpentine has an up
tendency. Petroleum quiet. atZs @L. lid. for re-
American securities are quiet but steady.
Our Foreign Relations—Adjustment of our
Affairs in France.
NBW York, Feb. 27.— The Paris correspondent of
the Times says that since the arrival of M. Mereier
from Washington, he has joined hlB efforts with
those of Mr. Dayton in setting the Government
right on the state of the war in America, and used
his influence to prevent any breaoh of international
law In connection with the doofiffierate ships in
French ports. The decision of the Government in
the ease of the Bappahannock has therefore been
changed, and she will probably be detained.
Am Execution in OMo.
Cleveland, Feb. 27.— Calvin Streeter was hung
yesterday at Medina for murder. He died protest
ing his innocence.
Relief of East Tennesseans.
Boston, Feb. 28.— The private subscriptions for
the suffering people of Bast Tennessee now amount
to $12,000.
Asplmvall.
New Yobb, Feb. 28 —The steamer Champion has
arrived from Atpinwall with $407,000 lu specie, she
brings no news.
Death of the Widow or Gen. Harrison.
Cincinnati, Feb. 27.— The wire of Gen. Harrison
died at North Bend yesterday.
Marine Disasters.
New Yobb, Feb. 27. —The British schooner Colin
Campbell was struck by a squall on January 13th,
when off Yivillia, and ran on a eorai reef. Shß got
off, and was run ashore in a sinking condition. The
captain, orew, end alien board, were saved by the
schooner Pow-wow.
Boston, Feb. 27.— The ship Palestine, from Boston
for Buenos Ayres, was totally wrecked on that coast
On the 26th‘ of November.. The. crew were saved.
Sailing of the Hibernian.
Pobtland, Feb. 28.— The ateamship Hibernian
sailed to-day for |Liverpool, In place of the steamer
Bohemian, recently- wrecked off this harbor.
Departure of a Negro Regiment.
Nbw York, Feb. 27 V -The 20th Colored Regiment
will leave next week for Port Eoyal.
Shipment of Specie.
Nbw Yobb, Feb. 27—The City of Manchester,
for Liverpool, took out $114,000 in specie.
SMp News.
New Y°bk, Feb. 28,-Arrived, ship Arctic, from
New Orleans; ship Edwin dark, from New Or
’•“•i ly l * Josie Nicholas, from Matanzas; brig
from. Kingston, Jamaica; brig Hen
rietta, from Bermuda.
Fabliahbnt and Palmerston.— The British
Parliament combines the functions of the American
Congress, state Legislatures, and something of mu
nicipal bodies, so that there is an immense of
uninteresting and petty business; bat after a quan
tity of this routine work had been got over by the
and Speaker, the house filled, Palmerston
shuffled in on hii feeble, goaty old legs, looking
sr*y> °r white rather, as to his hair and whiskers:
.-Gurlmi up on the centre of-the ministerial
renoh, bis hat pulled down' over hts eyes, and his
thick, protruding under lip falling. Not a handsome
man Is Lord Palmerston. I should be sorry not to
be respectful to the head of the Government; but he
dors remind one of a venerable gorilla. There was
great interest to see him in the gallery; and I think
those who saw Mm sitting half or quite asleep, and
looking so old and feeble, mutt have, thought, at I
did, that he was about the last person present one
would expect to see filling the part of 00 respondent
in the Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes
Cor. New York Times.
Dratb on a Son on Charles Diokbns.—Anoth
er sad calamity has befallen one or the highest rank
in English literature, in the deatn or the uoSnd son
of Charles Diokena. He was an'officer In the In
dian army, and died on the last day of the past vear
in the military hospital at Calcutta. While his
father stood as chief mourner by the grave of Thaok
eray, almost at the very hour, Ms son was dying on
the other tide of the world. It la easy to imagine
bow a man of so Affectionate a nature must be
grieved at tbe loss of a son, but the reflection thst
be died in the servioe of hi* country, and that mil
lions all over the world will sympathize with Ms
sorrow, may well console Mm. Mr. Dickens has, I
believe, a numerous family. One of his sons made
a short tour in Ameriea a few months ago, ptepa
tory to entering some department of the civil ser
vice. A daughter is married to a son of Wilkie Col
lins. Among those who attended hie. readings last
season I saw several of Ms grown-up and younger
ohildren, who were not among the least delighted of
his auditor*.
The Marquibk Babolo-Oolbbbt.— ltaly has
just lost tbe Marquise Barolo-Colbert, at the age of
over eighty. The Marquise, whose husband was
Sardinian ambassador totheCoultof Napoleon 1.,
was herself formerly reader to the Empress Jose
phine. She waa a descendant of the family of tbe
great Colbert. Her immense fortnne was almost
entirely devoted to works or benevolence. Thus,
the founded a refuge for young women; it was alto
•he who received Silvio Pellloo on his leaving the
prison or Spielbtrg, and who, in order not to hu
miliate him, appointed Mm her librarian. Her in
fluence was visible in bis later writings, and gave to
them the ultra religious character which it ptinol
paUy displayed In the tragedy of Tomato Moro.
Mme. Barolo-Colbert is-said to have left a fortune
of more than 8.000,c00f, to the poor, and to have
named Prince Humbert as her executor.
The Dmloobatoj Candidate —At the Copper
head Convention in New Haven, Wednesday, tbe
delegates voted by ballot for their Gubernatorial
candidate, and among the votes cast, In the hand
writing of. the peraons depositing them, were the
-following: Oreger S. Seymer, O. S. Semore, O. 8.
Seytoore. O. 8. Seymor. O. S. Berner, Cl. S, Senior.
Tbej’ll have a harder spell of it at tne polls Han
ford Press.
New Yobk, Feb. 28 —Advices -from Bermuda to
the 19th state that the steamers Will-o’-the-wisp
and A. D. Vance had both sailed from St. George’s
for Wilmington. The latter brought 900 bales of
COtlon from Wilmington, The former is a new
steamer, and la said to be the fastest that has yet
visited these waters. The steamer City of Peters
burg, reported ss captured, has arrived at Nassau in
a disabled state.
A fire occurred on the Uth at St. George’s among
the balei of cotton brought by the steamer A. D.
Vance. A large number of bales were thrown over*
board to check the flames. A great amount of pro
perty was destroyed. It was generally believed to
be the work of an incendiary*
Arrived at St. George*#, the steamer Hants, from
Wilmington, with cotton, and the steamer Alpha,
from St. Thomas.
The Reorganization of Tennessee*
Caibo, Feb. 26—From the Memphis Bulletin I
learn that the adjourned meeting or the convention
of tbe loyal people of West Tennessee, which met
on the evening of the 23d, was a large and enthusi
astic affair. An eloquent address was delivered
by Dr. Butler, of Arkansas, and the following reso
lution (in substance) was unanimously agreed to:
First. A disavowal of further participation in and
responsibility for the rebellion, and providing that
proper measures be immediately adopted for reorga
nizing the State Government on a basis of absolute
loyalty to the Union and the Constitution.
Second. All acts patted by the Legislature deno
ting the w lation or the State or Tennessee to the
United States are declared without authority, null
and void.
1 bird. The resolution declares for the resump
tion of Federal relations in the Union, with such
changes in the State Constitution a* will make re
bellion and secession impossible in the future.
Fourth. The importance is recognized of making
the Slate Constitution, Republican in fact, as wall
as m name; guarantying the natural and inherent
rights of all persons in the State, and providing that
slavery shall henceforth cease to exist, and be for
ever prohibited, by denying the elective franchise to
all persons who have been engaged in the rebellion,
ana who fail satisfactorily to establish their fidelity
to *h® National Government and its laws.
iif til. That immediate action be taken to reorga
nize the State under the Constitution and laws of
the United States, and to that end they invite all
loyal citizens who will take the oath of allegiance
to the United States, prescribed by Governor John
son.
Seventh. The resolution requests Governor Joha
aon to'issue a proclamation for the eleotion of dele
gatea to a convention to amend the State Constitu
tion so aa to conform to thefaotoftheemanoioa-
Hon already aooompliohed by the rebellion and the
. Eighth. . The Union State Executive Committee
“JfiawAted to lay there resolution, before Gov.
Johuon, and to confer with him aa to the aooom
pliabment cf the facta therein set forth.
Nlatlj. President Ijtncoin’a administrative acta
In auppre.aing the rebellion are endoraed.
The sixth reaolutlon, pledging their Influence to
secure, by State leglalation, the reimburaement or
“’I 6 *,. I ®® lllollB froni emancipation to oltizena of
undoubted loyalty now eo-operatlog in reclaiming
the State from elavery, met with an animated die
cuaaion, and it wa», with a aubatltute, referred back
to the Committee.
Mr. Morgan, the prealdent, congratulated the Con
vention on the unanimity of sentiment diaplayed.
XXXVIIItb CONGRESS—Ist SESSION.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
w?!: m v re than fifty members were present, it yesterday
£5 *■£* b «ep aaxewi that nothing should b* done t,-day
excepting the m&biog of speeches. y
Tile President's Flan or Reconstruction.
-Mr. DAWKS occupied the chair, and the President's
annnfil meeaafie wtw announced as the theme for dis-
Mr. HARDING of .Kentucky, referred to a formsrdc
clarsiion of the President that the" Union wag unbrokoa
and that all secession ordinances are null and void In
he concurred, and. therefore, whenever the
rebellion shall be suppresses, tither by force of arms or
voluntary submission, the revolting states are thereby
I refetoiea, witn ail thoir rights and privileges, iu the
Union, under the Ftdeial and State Governments ThiH
view was sound, and was acquiesced in by C .nserva-
Democrats. Bat the President had changed,
Bha hfid presented a scheme or reconstruction more dd-
Btrcctive than ti e old doctrine of State rlfthui ipna
atheine was mapped out by the master builder with a
pencil dipped in blocd. Persons ate io vote just as the
President may direct. The effect was, the iron tread of
cespomm was crushing out the t vestige of constitu
tional liberty, and leaving nothing bnt desolation It
would establish the most odious Abolition oligarchy of
a savage and cruel ciaracter, and it was enough to Are
any man‘a veins in which runs a drop of Revolutionary
blood. Fanaticism and sectional hate had plunged tho
nation Into blooay horrorß—the jrfat woiko-' Abolition
and Seceesion—twin brethren in guilt and crime
Mr, DEftll&G, of Connecticut, said the President's
ccbeme ol reconstruction seeks to liberate order from
anarchy and paralyzing influences, to prevent inaoeeacs
/rom being fcompounded wiih guilt, to separate loyalty
from the unhealthy contact of disunionists, which would
subject them in the eye of the law to the punishment for
crimes. .
The task was one of great embarrassment and diffi
culty, because of tbe Imperfection of Unman wisdom, and
bscants tb. Ulan was destined, by the President to be
transitory in Itscrarfleter, to bridge thejihasm between
state anarchy and State restoration, com the
gieat deliverance. In attempting to solve th s most dif
ficult yrooieia, no statesman who looks to the future
would acopt any different plan; while the President's
plan may be incomplete, it was as comprehensive as the
intricacies of the (subject would permit. Bat it possessed
the rare merit of being, just to the Bovernment, just to
the insurgent States, and just to the slave. Mr Doming,
iu tale connection, defended the amnesty proclamation 1
as being justifiable, from the fact that, in the legal sense 1
every citizen in the insurrectionary States is a public I
enemy. With the wiping out of slavery on this conti
nent would succeed a higher order of civilization, and
fin indiseolubie bond of perfect union and peace.
Mr. Blai£ Replyin| ioMr. Davis-misoim
Hr. FRANCIS BLAIR. of Missouri, discussed the' a f
tl±at Stale, defending himself from attacks which
had bew madenpon his course. Haviugiotuhtthrcnzb
out this reboi discharge his whole duty, he might
challenge a conipai^oh,of records with his assailants,
radicals had rekindled the smouldering fires, awd
from a spirit of retaliation had undertaken to build up<a
P&rty- lieywexeia the past uro-alaveryites, but now
J ike all renegades, they denounce those who have al ways
been consistent on the subject ofemanolpatioa* For him
self. he was always willing to accept gradual "emanci
pation, and when the people of that State desired imtne
dia e emancipation he would be more than ready to ac
ceput. Ee entered upon an exposition of the subject,
charging that these radicals had sought to deceive the
Union men by misrepresentations, and were not. as the
records show, in favor of immediate emancipation, hav
ing refuted to vote for it in convention when they had
power to carry it. He repeated they were false to their
prccJa mea piinciples .
' Hr. repUed to the remarks formerly delivered
JfeyJand*' Baying the latter was
brought into political life by a secret Know Nothiaz or
ganization, which warred against a particular white
man, ai d who was the most rancorous and malignant of
its leader.; and this was the man who has assailed the
colonization rcheme, meanwhile pretending to be airiend
of the Administration. As to the reesntConvention in
Baltimore, it was compelled to nominate Mr Lincoln
as the people if the fetate were for him. Bat dark-lan
tern associations still exist in Maryland, and hence sou*
delegates were elected p/ofesaedly for Mr. Lincoln bat
h> betray their trust—one, of Secretary Chase’s assessors
d< daring he would vote for whom h 8 pleases Mr. B.air
expressed hie emprise that Representatives from Indiana
ana other states had been caught In a trap by signing a
paper asking lor the rejection, by the Senate, of Scho
field as major general.
Mr. WILSON, ol Indiana, demedthat the delegation
of that State waa caught in a trap He knew what the
taper was and that it told the tram.
Hr. GhlNttELl., of Indiana, said the Missouri militia
caioe from Koithern Miasouil Into the southern portion
of hie d<strict* stealing horses and plundering hen
rooits. They threatened to blow up the court house
ana unite tflemselves frith the Knights of the Golden
Circle.
Mr. BLA IB replied that that was not sufficient ground
again*) Schofield: while a few such men may have
crossed over* the attention or the coznmandinx officer
WRB directed to another Quarter.
Mr. GRIHNEWi repeated Schofield was not as true -to
has trust as he ought to have been* and was ueing his in
fluence to degrade radical men.
Tlie Treasury Department Assailed.
Mr. BLAIR said enemies sought to roly on misrepre
sentation to Injure General Schofield and thus make an
issue against tbe President. Tbe Navy Department
courted investigation, but not so with the Treasury dS
paitment. -
A more profligate administration than that of the lat
ter never existed in any country; the country was redo
lent with the fraud and corruption lof Its agents. Again
iff?■SSJ’l Dermits to tra te weM sold to tts highest bid
der, and recently in Baltimore a permit was given to a
notorious blockade-runner, whose vessels bad mors
than once been seized If Mr. Chase’s friends had
tconsbt these things could not be proved, they would
doubtless have voted for aa investigation. In alluding
to Mr. Pomeroy’s recent secret circular, be spoke of Its
design as an intrigue against the man who bad conflded
to Chase a portfolio, but tbe President was doubtless
satjsfled-every day chaße remained la tbe Cabinet for
him to sink deeper in the contempt of every honorable
Mr. BLAIR save notice of his intention to introduce a
resolution on Monday to inquire into the affairsof the
Treasury Department in connection with trade regu
lations in Mississippi. - ■ *■ “
Mr. DONNELLY, of Minnesota, addressed the com
mittee. for an hour on the importance of encouraging fo
reign immigration, and in advocacy of a bill heretofore
ll, ‘'2 d U<jedbi' him to establish abtfreauof &£r"S*lo"
„ Mr EDiN, of 1 linoJs, spoke i n condemnation 0/the
acts of tie Administration in connection withthe war
which. With onr overwhelming numbers, ought long
ago to have been ended on the principle ol the Crittenden
jO JhN rommlttee then rose, and at 4IS the House ad-
“ Discrimination Against Philadelphia-
Trade with Tennessee.”
To the Editor of The Press:
Sib: Lest some of your readers might be misled
by the Incorrect statements contained in an article,
published in your paper of the 24th, under the above
caption, I respectfully ask space in it to say that all
regulations of the Treasury Department concerning
trade are prescribed under license from the Fresi
- dent, and have been approved bp him, and without
them there ean be no commercial Intercourse be
tween the loyal states and those declared-in insur
rection. No regulation of the Treasury Department
discriminates against PhlladelpMa and in favor of
Cincinnati, nor against any city and In favor of any
other. SMppers at Oiueinnati, and elsewhere In
- the loyal States, are required to proeure the same
permits fbrsMpments Into Insurrectionary districts,
and to pay the same fees therefor, as those of Phila
*nd “>*l* shipments are auhjeoted to pro
*h®, Inspection. And tbe same rule
holds ana is enforced in regard ta similar shipments
States"** otter PtasE * to poUl * <l 10 Insurrectionary
The five per cent, invoice valuation fee, referred to
by your correspondent, Is assessed upon all sMp
ments into insurrectionary district*) and is pre
icribed by authority of the third section of the act
of Congress approved May 20, 1862 j and if your
correspondent can show to the Secretary-that it iB
collected on shipments to insurrectionary States
from some points and not on those fromothers, or
that the regulations discriminate in any way against
any place and in favor of any other, I feel warranted
in saying that the remedy will be oheerKilly, prompt.
Iy, and effectually applied.
The propriety of *ueh fee, or of any restrictions on
trade which will prevent supplies reaching rebels is
not disouised by your correspondent M * * V* dud I
need not dwell upon those points here; but his
statement* are so erroneous as to render this denial
Pr ° P ™, S. H. KA.TJFFMA.NK,
CJhle. of Trade Division Treasury Department*
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S, 1864.
Extraordinary Statement.
BRITISH ÜBROHANTS PROPOSE! TO PIT OUT A CRUl
bbr to catch thr Alabama,
£F ff Liverpool Post. Feb. 10 1
, RM currently reported on ’Change vesterd.v
Y?uld leave a British port on a
the Alabama. This new steamer has
“i"* la being fitted out at the sole
T -f.f*® ?*,*»» flrst-elMsEnglish honsas—one in
oU,et la tel* town—both of whom
Jutinnl? Df e t!* e ? vl,r 1,1 aonsequenoa of the depre
uatfons of the famous Confederate orulter th*
Pew.7*»«l. it is expected, wUI stoam tS fou?
Alabama ever could or will
sarifPs-SMS?
mSKuS 1 Rappahannock (should the latter
l&ve left Already two barks
SSiju® 1 !!? d wtth coals for-the “newcomer,”
this vessel w?if ** *5 ie or two Pi*ta which
v ™ ,e * ~iii make her rendezvous. TM* steamer.
eo “iuuoHou with the Federal
“>® lo °k out for the Alabama. We
a . k the action on the part of
British merchants la prompted by heavy combined
in lta destruction of neutral
Amerioan bottom*, and also by the r»ot that
Mkus. aV K he *®w‘».of-tb* Federal navy to “re
ture the Alabama h« v\ been fruitlcsi, ‘ ‘
BERMUDA*
VABHfKOTOJf, Feb 37, 1554,
public Entertainments.
Walnut- stbbbt Theatbb. —We arc ilruok, wa
aie astonished, we are amazed, we are bewildered,
we are carried away In a whirlwind of astonishment,
that Mies Western should have had the temerity to
attempt the French Spy in Philadelphia, especially
since Oubas has played It here before. If Mies
Western has the taste Of a butterfly, and would suck
ftom every dramatic flower, she must such only
from thoab whloh will sgree with her constitution.
Let her stick to “East Lynne.” With all her exoel.
lences she Is bad enough in that, but she is posi
tively wretched In The French Spy , comparing
hf r,-oi course, with the brilliant, beautitul Oubas'.
We should not draw this comparison between miss
Western and Oubas, had she not herself so glaringly
invited it. But Oubas has made the character of the
French Spy exclusively her own. She acts
the part moat charmingly, and Mies Western
is just as much out of place In it as
poor Cubes was iu Lavengro, when she look
ed for all the world more like a wax
doll-baby than anything, else, .and spoko as a
■wax doll-baby might be supposed to speak. In
etc first place, Oubas It beautiful, or at any rate she
has such gorgeous and bewildering eyes that she
would make you think her beautiful if all her other
features were horrid. In thesecond place,her every
action baa an especially bewitching manner. She
don’t strut, and smirk, and mince matters. In the
third place, she can danoe. In the fourth place, ahe
don’t wear a horrid little moustache and imperial,
which in such a character as the French Spy produce
a decidedly hybrid appearance. In the fifth place, in
the descent from the* wall in the third aet, and in
the sword combat, Oubaa is unquestionsbly great,
Ard in the sixth place, Cub,sis perfectly enchanting
as Henri St, Alme, as the, Arab boy and as Mathilde.
But we very much fear advice is lost upon Miss
Western, and that all there is left for us to afl-
11111 eln her is her very great energy and perseve
rance. With time she will grow more judicious, it
is to be hoped. Until she reaches a reasonable de
gree of acceptability in some other characters, let
her confine herseir to Lady Isabel or even Nancy Sykes .
In our opinion she will spoil the little reputation
she possetteß by continuing to appear in the “French
Spy. ” Oubaa might aa well attempt East r.ynno, and
introduce La Madrilena at the close Of the ttrat aat,
icatead cl “You’ll remember me!” Miss Western
has cur best wishes for her success in California, on
one condition, that the adheres to her old acquaint
ances Lady Isabel end Madame Fine, and cuts acquaint
ance with the ‘'French Spy.”
Miss Ettie Henderson will make her first appear
ance in Philadelphia this evening, appearing in the
domestic drama or “ Fanclion, the Cricket.” She is
said to be a charming young actress, and as suoh we
shall be glad to'greet her.
Chestnut-street Theatre. The “Colleen
Bawn” has been performed to crowded houses
for a week past. We have not seen the play aa now
performed, and cannot personally vouch for lta be
ing produced with unusual excellence. But we have
beard praise from so many quarters (exclusive of
playbills) that we are inclined to believe that the
Chestnut deserves the popularity it so suddenly
acquired. The crowds which we are told nightly
visit it evince an overflowing admiration. On an
esrly occasion we shall revert to the present com-'
pany of the Chestnut.
Arch-street ThBATHE,— Miss Etchings con
cluded on Saturday an engagement by no means as
brilliant AS it ought to have been. But the competi
tion of the other theatres was great enough to account
for this. The Arch relies upon its stock company for
the next two weeks. Mrs. John Brew, Mr. Barton
Bill, and Mr. Griffiths ate good, but the rest of the
company, so far as our experience through the sea
son extends, stand just one round higher on the
ladder than they are entitled to. Young perrormers
are very well In their way, but youth is not the only
rtquisite, as the management by this time ought to
know. The “Magic Marriage” will be performed
this evening.
Signor Blitz.—lt will be gratifying to the nu
merous admirers of this universal favorite to learu
that he has delayed his departure four days, and
Will continue for tbattime at his Temple of Wonders,
Assembly Buildings.
English: Pictorials.— From J. J. Kramer,
newspaper agent, 403 Chestnut street, we have the
Illustrated London News of the 6th last. It is par
ticularly rich in engravings of scenes nnd Incidents
in Canada, the Punjaub, Egypt, China, and Eng
land. We also have the Illustrated News of the World
of the same date, with supplement steel engraving
of the Hon. Mrs. Fellowes, one of the beauties
of Queen Victoria’s Cornt, and »he News of the World
cl the 7th inst., a readable London weekly.
Philadelphia IJbntal Collegb.—The first An
nual Commencement of this Institution will be held
at Concert Hall this evening, precisely at half past
seven o’clock, when Degrees will be conferred, The
Valedictory Address will be delivered by Dr. O. A.
Kingsbury, Professor of Dentsi Physiology.
The Great Central Fair,— The members of
ihe Hardware Trade Association have invited, as
an advertisement eltewhere announces,the hardware
manufacturers, jobbers, and retailers of the city, to
unite with them in assisting the Great Central Fair
fot the benefit or our soldiers. We are g1.v.1 to see
this prompt and early movement on the part of aq
influential body. '
Finb Arts.—We desire to call speoial attention
to the large collection of oil paintings, now on ex
hibition, with descriptive catalogue, to be sold at
auction on Tuesday ana Wednesday evenings, Maroh
lit and 3d, at 8 o’clock precisely, ijy Scott & Stewart,
auctioneers, 622 Chestnut street. The collection
cm braces tome very fine specimens of art by a num
ber of our most talented artists, Paul Hitter, Meade,
Nicholson, Atwood, Kepperdorf, and others. Paint
ings open for examination until 9 o’clock P. M.
First Positive Salk or French Goods for
the Sprino of 1864. —"We invite the early attention
of dealers to the e xtensive and choice assortment or
French, German, Swiss, and British dry goods, &0.,
&e., embracing 667 lots of fancy and staple articles
(with 2,000 pounds patent thread), to be peremptorily
cold by catalogue, on four months’ credit, commenc
ing this morning, at 10 o'clock, and to be continued
oil day, without intermission, by John B. Myers &
Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street.
I--Annv sale of Boots and Shoe's. We would
call the attention of buyers to the large and desira
ble tale of 1,500 esses boots, shoes, broganc, balmo
rals, cavaliy boots, &0., to be sold by catalogue, for
cash, this (Monday) morning, commencing at ten
o’clock, precisely, by Philip Forjl & Go., auctioneers,
at their store, Nos. 525 Market and 622 Commerce
street.
CITY ITEMS.
The Florence Sbwino Machine, sold at 630
Chestnut street, is the only sewing machine in the
market that Is vnm-ontei to give the purchaser en
tire satisfaction. If it does not, the money will be
refunded after three months’ trial. The Florence is
without doubt, the simplest, best, and .cheapest
sewing machine in the world, and all who subject
It to a fair comparison with the other machines
give it the preference.
The End of Winter is rapidly approaching. A
few more days, and spring will be upon us. This
suggests the prospect of a smaller consumption of
Coal. However this may be, the fact should not be
overlooked, that the best place in Philadelphia to
buy Coal, good and cheap, Is at Alter’s, 935 North
Ninth street.
An Elegant Stock ok G-ektlbmen’s Fubnish.
ing GoodSj embracing 1 everything-accessary in that
ltoe for a man of taste to wear, wiu be found at
George Grant’s, 610 Chestnut street. His 11 Prize
Medal ’’ Shirt, invented by J. F. Taggert, is the shirt
ox the age.
Great Reduction in Prices.
'Great Redaction in Prices.
Ladies’ and Misses’ Fine Cloaks.
Ladies* and Misses’ Fine Cloaks.
Also,
Rich Funi of all kinds.
Rich Furs of all kinds.
In anticipation of the close of the season, we are
now prepared to make a large concession from for
mer prices on ail our stock.
mi - , J; w - proctor & Co.,
The Paris CUoak and Fur Emporium,
920 Chestnut street.
Prices in Dime.-” The best hotels have now
ftat ■ td $25 * day ’ “ d P»o» hoard at
that, private boarding houses charge $lO a day.
where coflfee and tea are hardly known, and the
commonest brown sugar !* regarded a luxury, oier
gymen pay $250 for a black coat.” Tbit thidk
thecrowninggrief of the rebellion, to think the coat
will not equal those sold for $2O at Ohas. Stokes &
Co.’s One-Price, underthe Continental. nie^y mnn
and coats are both scarce. " ; By “
The Beauty of Physical Nature strikes us
With an immediate impression of harmony and
completeness. There is also a sense of harmony,
the result of reflection, engaged on selentiflc truth);
and there is a livelier and deeper consciousness
of the same kind, in which our personal sympathies
are combined with the reeling of the beautiful, ex
cited by whatever is fair and harmonious; as,!for
example, a beautiful garment from the celebrated
fashionable clothing establishment of Granville
Stobei) No. 60& Cheatout street-
You are aware in every town there are a set of
blood-suckers, lounging in the bar-room like bees on
the honcy-oomb, who wait patiently to suck a drink
from the next stranger ; they are commonly called
“wharfrats,” who, having business of their own
neglect it, thinking that minding the business of
their neighbors and swilling rum all day is the great
comfort of this life.
’Tie a great deal easier for the ninth part of
a man to get inebriated than it would be for a full
grown man. “ Blue Monday” Is generally kept by
tailors, but It is the habit of some inournlaoetn
keep blue all the time, thinking, as they are but the
fraction of a man, they wHI not be so easily seen but
heard from a distance. y wn
Burning gsa in our town is sold by the foot • hut
tbegasfiomthe “rats” is much more eLi°y ma£>
strong h Wl,h ®“t asking for it,.in tones loud and
k, W . A ,he fato form or man becomes disgustingly
bloated from a long and steady course of drunkenueas.
and the system gWta way under the effect 06 “ little
globules ” fiequently imbibed in strong water, and
little imaginary rats are around, it oan hardly be ex
pectcd that the muddled brain can get up anything
new. “How are you, ratal” G. LEAFBGYD.
Box 46% Tanaqua, Pa. *
The Sudden Ohanoe of Wbatxbb. we are now
experiencing renders this a trying season for per
sons with deltoste lungs, coughs and cows are ex
eeedingiy prevalent, and the soundaHoo or many
fatal eases of pulmonary disorder is now belne laid
Let the sfflloted remember, is their troubles that a
prompt resort to Dr. D. Jayne’s Expectorant, in
ear y stages of sll diseases of the respiratory orguu!
will soon remove aU apprehensions of dauge?“d
that Coughs, Colds, a-ad Hoarseness are
and speedily cured bythl. Tu'daS w 7
pared only at No. Ma ohe.tnut strat. £4-,^
COBK6, BniilOlß, InVBBTBD NfATrn fv* '
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCiIj
THf. MONEY MARKET
Philadelphia, f, 3 |)
Money continues plenty, and is saeily o!)t ; l -,
moderate roeuritfefl. '
Gold Is flat *nd very LUtlddealt in,
noredvanclng It closed about. 68®58U ** l '' ' 4
TheeteciMnarket, though moderately active ». f
as rerardß prices. The chief feature was H?xr *.fTlt.
which opened at 9, advanced to %f, ana feu *
closing at 9%. **-
Reading (though there were so sales) was fl rat 7*
65 hid, p£ ashed, an advance of H* P*iuihyi V4H r ' ? ;-
road advanced K. tchuylkill Navigation adva-T -
While the preferred declined 'H. Noflh '-1
Railroad was firm, cloelcgat fiboat yesterday h V'‘
Catawhsacczamon advanced M, and tao pierco- /:
cliscd M. E mira Railroad was firm, while
furred f*ll ctf 1, reiag offered at the closa at *,• *
j Scl uylkiU declintd >.£, closing 49@49>£.
ways were quiet. the only sales reported
etrtet tt :17 H, and Market street at 7 2%. an A
Hon either The remaining railways, exceptii-V'
ard Coates and Lombard and South, which a j v<i
vwere stationary at yesterday's figures. “
In mlsUg and basking stoc](B thwe U.; -
though tb*r gencreU7 hvld theirpricaa. ' 1
Dr.xil & Co. quote Covers meat tecui it'ek
follows: ‘ ’ 14C
Dnlted States Bonds. 1831.
Certificates of Indebtedness,new***.
Certificates of Indebtedness, old
United States 7 8-10 Notes..
Quartermaster* * Vouchers
Orders for certificates of Indebiedneta
Gold .. « ire
fiteiling hxchange.... .
D. S fi-20 bonds !!.&;
Jay Cooke & Co. auote Government Securities
follows: -T ’ M
Dnited States sires.• ...... _,i f v .
D. S. 7 S-. 10 Notes, Aug .
U. 6. Certificates of Indebtodnes* r'
5* ml J
«^ftrte^oßsters , Voucher* Qsi'.'c
Gold..*. ... xim.immiiliu.iimii ..... ,
Five-twenty bond*
Deliveries of O-ZO bonds being made to Jantutrv ;■
incln&ire. -
Quotations of gold at the Philadelphia Gold Bxcbi
34 OotUb Third street, second story:
9K o’clock A. M -
11* “ A. M..-.
12* " P. M...
I* " P. M....
m “ p.jk—.
•* r.
Market strong.
The following lafcle shows the move men's of dr; $
at the port of New York daring the week ending
2Sth instaflt: • . -
Ikt‘l) fob Cokscwptioit.
M&iiaf&ctnres ofwool.***
Henafectaree of cotton.
Manufactures of silk
Manufactures of flax
Miscellaneous
Total *
Withdrawals.
Mane fa cturea < f wool • .».» 234
Manuffictnjes tf cotton *--.. 114
Manufactures of piik...
Manufactures of flax ~*-
Miscellaneous.. ...
Total ...
"WAKI HOUSED -
Mai>uf».cttiTes of wool
Manufactures of c0tt0n.*...........
Manuraciurea of eiik..~*-
ManufecUuea of flax**-***-.
Miscellaneous*
Total . 1,155
The New fork Ei miner Post of to-day says-
Odd ia doll at 158 K. and exchange la firm at 17 J
The loan market is abundantly sapplied witb e
. seeking temporary inveataient at 6 per cent. fiia r
as to the immediate negotiation of a new Gown
loan have eeaacd to exert any ind nonce on the .K
tios to lend* an a .rates continue to favor the borrW.'
The stock market is strong. Governments lure
prejudicially affected by the expectation that tb* >u-‘
mental 1 y loan of two hundred millions might pi«)}/ "
he offered at .6 percent It is now understood
loan contemplated will not exceed 5 per cent am l
prices of several securities have in part recovers j '' '
Five-twenty registered hare risen to 107}£, and ;
pons to 107 Coupon Fives of 1665 are held at un '
Seven*thirties have advanced to no bid for the F*t> '
issue. These are likely to go hither, as their contnii
into Sixes of 1881 costa but #%ceat, ftnd thw !
maigln of profit, the long Sizes being In conbid* I
demand for foreign account. '*
. State stocks are heavy, bank shares doll, and :a•••
bonds strrng
Coal stccks are extremely active for the cheapo
scrlptions. Central having risen to 7£>£ b:d, a»u r
beriafad to6P>4, against 66>£ yesterday morning “]' '
eylvania Coal la rjnJet at lt>2@lB3, ana Amuricau r "
dull ai £9.
Railroad ibfcres are active, and there appaar* >
stowing disposition to operate for a rise, as tii
iatWe spirit 1b auknieu in a and lbs ease in men V
fores nnnsnal facilities for the carrying of atnok- '
„ 'lda appended table exhibits me ctuei moraine" i.
Board compared with the latest prices of y ester,, >, '
United State* 6t, 1881, rea15....... ink IV |n AU " 1 J
United States6s,2BBl, eonpon.—,*.lll* lit
united States seven-thirties -llOTi 110 k
United States 1 year cer., g01d... .103 iosi?
. P<»- „, do currency.. 997' SSJs
American Goid. ~.167% 163
Tennessee Sixes eox s< •
Missouri Sixes 73k
Pacific Mail 22r ssh ,
tfe>r lork Central Railroad-...;i56K iso 1 / •
Hudson River.. 159 iss? V
BarlemPreferred {oj 4 •
Reading >.130
Miciujan Central... ...mfc m
MioblguiL 8ctttb.prn......... ggi/ ggi/
Michigan Sontliera guarantied... 142 lAi ‘ '
Illinois Central Scnp..-*- eelS4 i'«ir ;/
Pittsburg.... .116 igif ; l
T01ed0...... 148 g lis|
Fort Wajae. 98W '*
MU. and Prairie Du CMen..66& tiH 2-
TerreHaute 73% egg r,'
Northwestern 83J4 ttl 4
Canton...... 48k 48% Q
QniclisilrerMMM sffi oox *
Cbieagofind A1t0n.... B4 ,%■
Toledo and Waba5h...........,,,, 62 QQ
Phllada, Stock £2xch
[KspulieJ J)7 8. E. Slatajake:
BEFORE
2(0 U S Treas 7 3-10 per
centsotee.*.*
ICO Big Mountain Coil
''■bio QM
ICO Marquette Mln.2d_Yß 6
il&BT
ficro TT B five yeaTß op. *l( OTi
U Hazleton Coal tB%
Ko New Creek Iy a
SO Big Mountain'-b5 9
iio *50..:...;.;....:. g
100 do b3O 9X
800 do ...,.-b3O 9X
3COO do \Vi IS
100 do b3O 9M
U 0 do b(0 91*
COCO Union Onl Bds. .to
6COO do intbr s. bSO 27
80 Wiomin*-Va1.... S4U
SOOLthigh Zinc.... 15 70
00 d 0... 7u
lCi'l) N Penna Cd»...... 9i)>:
/OCC U S 5-20 Treaeftts- 107
BCCO do 106^
' , BETWBfcS
£29Pueq Cana1.......... 24V
400 City 6s over 70 IC2H
COO J>jg Mountain. ..bSO 9#
500 Chester Val f.hlir2 0 ? I> l
liOCatawietan ..Pref. 43
1(0 d 0... .*....»15wn 43
IPO . 00........ . slfitfh
200 Oil Creek.
M Sni 4o Vo"M"" Mo^
4Git«d Bank 463* I
SCO Union Canal SH <
26 do 3ȣ|
100 Girard Minin*....bs Uf
100 Mandan r?£ 1
2CO do*• • ’btt 63fi!
ICO Lehigh Scrip...?*™.®
closihg phi<
„„ el Bid. Ask.
U 8 T 7 8-10 Katas 107
IMla6s 102Jf ..
Do new 1073 a 108
Penna 6e 98)2 97 .
Bead Bexdiy.... 60
Do bde ’7o**.., 107 ..
Do 6s 'Sfi COXiT. ..
Do 6s’Bo 43
P.nna B 70 70
Do 3k*™ 65....112 11 SH
Do 2d in 6. 109
LSchnjlMU R... 49 49)j
Mortis C’l coasoL 72 7a
v Do Pref, ,135 ..
Sfbuyl Bae Stock 29» so
Do pref. 41 i\a
6a’B2 9i)S SR
Elmira K... 88M
Oo- pref. a.
« no ”
L Island 8.. 46 47
Lehigh Nay 61
Do tcrip 64 55
Philadelphia Olarkcts.
PaßßuAnir 27—EreniU
Tlia Flour market continues very dull, the
octtL for export and home use being very dull: «ii
ccmpriae about 1,700 barrel*, at $6 S7@7 25 for
good Pennsylvania and Western extra family, irchii:
WO barrels high grade ditto, at $7. S 7 barrel. The n
tailers ard bakers are buying at from $f@5.25 for >r;t
for extra, $6.75@8 for extra family,
fo. 0C@9.50 barrel for fancy brands as to qua.
By e> Flour continues dull; small sales are makii.
Heal io little or nothing doing in
for Wheat is limited aai
Smnt a l d rath « r lower, with
?®PP" ®iCCO oos At $1.60 /or prime red in *■'
SomJlte”?' WBit S ls < l uote<t at *1 "4@l !'5V.':
fTfiiwtSwl!? - ®ye continues scarce, with sale’.v. ••
t ln better demand, aid prk-’
», w<™'ie,«ew told »t *i is in it^Mdiu;
Jfi* 6 - 1 !?® 1 ?4 »jd refused /or a lot afloat -
BARW ipf‘4 b _™ t fiP bda sold at 84@S5c, wei«-
fered!fsS7l"onf°' IQMrcUroa continues dud art.
market is Quiet, Manufacture- i
Jnr n £sjsu n ® *$ “ppb't tkeirimmediate wants, rd
1 Annon-l?i i c“ g *r ha ?® “en sold at 7S@Slc fi lb to-.
GBOCBMKS —lu Sugar thaa le not much doias a :
y*Jo' Bales.J but holders are Terr firm la rh.-ir n>>
Coffee Is alto flrmlr field, with sales of SOO h»s- w
taguana atsBs f ib: about 2CO fifids Cuba MmcX.
Mo;a>tessold at 6fic
nr!«| a«m,c&a?!,‘2oo bS, 1 "??!?
SaaKatlo at from * 3 - sc ® 3 - 6a!an4“JfiasM
PSTIsOIiBUM. —There is no naUtiAl to
P*ic6 or demand: about 1,000 bbls refined ’U t ; >J
continue* very scarce and In demand m&al
HckUd Barnhart* r£?fin£SBgsJW
sSSSsSsSSS^^^BA^
ttfi&rtufluy? w# tteraeelDta of Floor andCW
Wbeat!»«e»»e«!*r^*'** # MHN,w HI»HHm«iBtIOO W
Cora;*!.,.Ww!
..»0 ».^.4.7T0b:
Mew York Marketl-Fiir a*
apftgf-Kk
ir&ft v° f » sbl ww &
taaadB*«dV4cWlorJisri l JSi s I StS2?® a"" 1 * fa:j
easi«^«alea F of lfiiOO bbl« l kt n (K@7*Sn l 'lS* Fa 1 ??<
&^!lffl6. , Sl®S'tf.'K.l | l
&ts6.6osbbl. W<M * ■ ' BW *®37fc baU bfels Atlanta*
Am'cffi? c «Slt , ?a i * Is leas active and r)
Ssssts », s »
ou®»ft* ndBarl4 * Sw ate nutetbat steady t/? 7 ''
d > cai)a^ I gnt’tiah aa a? at Yeaterday’s prices; **;?’’
91k@sx;e SU - >l ® 9 ‘ !C ' Weeiern at 9g@!®io, ani M»‘-
Coia 1 f 8 l i n p‘aS!i o a/^2 n ? , U aal « of 100 baa «M*tf
are »<■»!„ \?1 3P°“ oemand tbongb lesa active, but r-
Jew*?^apd¥^» t 6 i al “f B ‘ ft »»“aat•!.*©** # r ,;.
*cttve V eontlnass irerj !i f,
fatara'-dSIvA^S"L"t kt *W. cloelng very itreae ,
March Yt «ra®7«nn “ife® 41 *>f 1.000 two.year-old
*.S*iS«ysiSSJ:.demand anPirm Sales of l.tW- bli
TISXI ♦w asoiaforextai do-i
inlet bat steady at forme? r «»> ,
ICOtblfite ,?!* u & a l »“ a moderately *= ■■■>*
Oi,t «AV 'tl' for Western s *.o; si
Khnniare *rm. bat not very active iVj’q.v.ir
l««a. • ‘ at ! -?j'@!oc. and 100 packages lout cm a*
on'i* still dull, and we have only f > iV '
4, for ling clew. and UK far aao - -» >
tfc** reareo Bogs are reared aid si eld T IY ; ' '! ■■ J
StOcfor Western.
. fi uy-*
10 i s*
. :il
J&7*
% ~3fiB
m\i .
....
ls9* .
PlrjM. 1V
..1818 #7’.
893
.. 247 5i
..1,036 av
.. 356
~-..4„'&> *TvT'
. 1.220
468
391 i
89 V
nange Sales, Fcl» r,
ib, Philadelphia Exc::^•
BOARDS.
100 Green Mounta!j.>N '
200 Beading
100 do *
SOARt>.
15 Poona B
0 LltSchu?} JJ. r ..
6000 Clev & SlalKifm.
200 If Penna R..,'r,
2CO do c <*
100 do
WO Cat aw K Pief
100 do*.*-,
100 Phila&Brie r'VI
229 do. ......
60 Llsldß
100 Arohß...,
22 Hunt& BTH
800 ou creelc
100 Penn Minin*
100 Del Dlv..
2 wphua a
100 Mandan !,
Boards
100 Big Mountain
100 do
*«
eo 17th* Wtfc-sr };l\
17 FuUoa Coal..
200 d0...........,h)
300 Big Mountain
.160 do ;
TODOPenna W Loan''' !
! 1300 City 6e New
i 6 Academy of Mane, i
16 do
j 150 Delaware Div i
j I£o Lehigh Scrip ‘
! _KO Little Sehuyl R.... i
, KSS ss . 20Tr 1;
icis— Witoi".'
I»PennaK m
„D» 6a s»^i.
Catawlssa BCon. 21-, ;
Do pref J .H i
PUll SEilsS... :? ;
SeconcLst R...... .. ‘
Fifth st R fO
Tenth stß iyt
Thirteenth-*t R.. t;
Seventeenth-st R. ..
Sprucs-5tK....... 15K I
Chestnut-si R,,., Gl
WPhHaR ... 72
Arch-5tR......... S 7
BWO .. :
Greeu-er R.4’ i.
Girard Colleie S. m ■:
Lomhard-st R.... 17
Ridge rtß 2X : i
Bnaq Canal
Mid Coal Fields.. ••
Big Mountain...
Green Mo ant aia
Fulton Coal-....