SPRING 1864. • DRY GOODS! GEL, WIEST, & IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OP Dg= GOODS, 412 rim , ESTERS; PALLAMELPRIA. DOW in 'tomtit& are datif in receipt of. all kinds of REM SPRING DRY GOODS. 07 THE VERY LAMSST h !LL.B.& Rare a Fall 'Stock oral] tke different kinds of :ILADELPHIA-MADEI GOODS. teats will Ind it ka their interest to call and Bi oar steak, as wa can offer them ONfictireLLllD irEM3NTS. ST RECEIVED. =OWE AND ELEGANT DESIGNS, FRENCH ORGANDIES, JACONETS, AND PEROLLES CS AND HANDSOME NIEMV . Sri' "Y"I.AsS SPRING AND SUMMER, EIMEAS.IO67 - T-a/91. L. HALLOWELL & CO., -toll 615 CHESTNUT STREET. wErao.. FRANKLIN JANNEY. i W SILK HOUSE. WATSON & JANNEY, AO. 11113 MARES? STREIT WHOUSALB DSALMRS 1W SII.Is~, 888 GOODS,' -. SLiAiiILS, WHITE GOODS, NIKBROIDERIBB, &c. Vrhish they roeYestfolly Invite the ottentloo of miLIO-3m :64. - 1864. MIES, SENT, SAN TEE, & COI, IMPORTERS AND JOBBNDS . MED and SIR NORTH TRIED ST., above Sago. FALLAItELPHIA. now open titsr usual RGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF IC REIGN OD DOMESTIC DRY GOODS. •twhistanair.g the smutty of many itado of Dry 8, oar stook is now full and varied in all its de. ento. 111 attention Is invited to our assortment of PELTADBLPHIa- MADE GOODS. aosextmentrof Meths, Cassimeres, frdanisertFleet Of Prints, De Lathes. det. fall assortment of Notious. White Goode, acs, fall assortment of Steetiu us. Shirting,. a.. fall assortment of Omleh Ooodn. to fe12.9n1 EW CASH HOUSE. )'DS BOUGHT AND SOLD FOR CASH. LITTLE & ADAMSON, 314 MARKET STEKET. :intention to their entire new and Splendid Stook SPRING MESS GOODS. CS SILKS, MOURNING SILKS, 'ANOY SILKS, PO ULT DR SOIFS. BEASONAI3LE SHAWLS, ' USING 13110THS, DIANT/Lladit SIZES' MANTILLAS, amfastared tw themselves from late Pads Styles. 64. SPRING , 1864. BUD YARD dt CO., R 7 CHESTS= ►ND No. EMI JAirES STREETS, 110 M 11l Store their *Tama. IMPORTATION Of SILK iND PANCY DI T GOODS, 002131871.20 OF DrEVE.SS GOODS, OF ALL 'KINDS: ACK AND FANOY SILKS, TINS, GLOVE'S, MITTS, RIBBONS, AND RESS TEC,IIVIDUEINIGrS. ALSO. E GOODS, LINENS. EXBROIDEEIESS, AWD LACES. and handsome assemamet of !MI AND SUMMER SHAWLS. BALMORAL. SKIRTS, 411 lik.6s, hc . Vrosh they “th, to the Trade st Lha LOWES7 PRIVES. SPRING DRY GOODS. ORM INDTIOZNE3TB TO CASH InntEWL HOOD, BONBBIGHT, & CO., Wholesale Dealers In 70ENIGN AND D03.135T10 DRY 4G-C+01:), MA IT Street, and 536 COMMERCE Street. raridonaipais, ould respectfully 120,11.0 attention to their LOW' CB of loading DONESTIOS, DRESS GOODS, MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR, IMILY popular epode of 21a PHILADELPHIA. MCSIFACTIM. , , -h3- ELLOR. RAINS. & MELLOR. *V and Itn NORSE TRIR.6 STRIM IMPORT.*RB or HOSIIC ELY, SMALL WARES -0 'RITE aciort,s. mistoraortrkErs or II;4-Al -3 SHIRT FRONTS_ 3Th IHOICE SPRING IMPORTATIONS, 1864. DAWSON, BRINSON, & CO., 501 MARKET STREET, coaNsa OF FIFTH, Ye noi► In store, and will be constantllftwadwink, dating the gteaaelt, an attractive line PARIS, GERMA.I3, RD BRITISH DREBtS GOODS, LACESZLaS, 4TAPL& SAD 71ACT BHAWIAtko., &a of which will be sold at the • fdt-zo, LOWEST 114.1IIKET PRICES. OIL VI.OTEL•23 5 APS. • VV. BLABON se CO. ' MANUFACTURERS OF OIL. IC i—.43/X • MIS /FORTH THIRD STREET. PHILADELPHIA, et to tilt Trade a fall Stoa of FLOOR, TABLE, AND CARRIAGE OIL CLOTHS. S EREA•OLAZED OIL ULOTHS ATID WINDOW 1/0h1.2 231 SHAD SS. EORGE W. HILL, Masefaetiarer aad oleaale Dealer la eatRPETINGS, MATTINGS, RUGS. ALSO, colvoN AND WoOLBA YARN% At very Leer Prices. • 128 BORTH TRLBD 6TBLST. ABOVE /BOR. 1-2 re BEDFORD WATER."--INDI amid _dealer's _trill,be supp/ied with " n o tice , a m t the 81).1%.1E. a r. the shortest notice, at Z i tarrei. 40 genone (oak) .$3 00 Ur do do 2 00 ka berra l iore wall=7,lo that purahaaars receiving the Water as Pure and tied, 4,5 1111. A AU orders addlasswgi to lc L. kriIiSRNON. Ear.m. pa may PE T S.—NOW IS VTR. TIME, anYeah, and vary beet of colons. Inst ill. L' 4 41n. '4 WM. OREsoMILN .114 7 N. 81130711 D St., bel. Aobla,wt 1514111 VOL. 7.--NO: 216. COMMISSION ROUSES. HORA_CE H. SOULE, COUMISSTON MIRMANT 39 NORIR FROST STREtT, PHILADELPHIA. Atent for the BAXONVILLB MILLS. BALD WIN COM PANT. A WLT TW HA rFD & c O m RM ANY CO.. CAIIPBT WORSTED AND YARNS'. Fine Worsted. in colnm Nos. 12s and 200. Jute Tam. COTTON YARNS, in Wan. and Bundle. maw:Ad:da S, red by BRIM M FRA EA OA KEAN. and other well-known MCA CARPETS. CONTINENTAL MILLS. I RPETS R A IN. AND VENETIAN CA LINEN THREAD. SAMPSON'S ARGILE, VINCENT MILLS, cDONALD'S. - SATIN.FINISH EGORBINDEEE% CARPET THREAD. For sale by HORACE H. SOULE, Inhl-3m 32 North FRONT Street. ERIIIN, BAGS! BAGS! BAGS 1 NEW AND SECOND-HAND. SEAMLESS, BURL &P, AND GUNNY BAGS, FLOUR AND SALT OR D ERLL SIZES. PRINTED TO BY - JOHN T. BAILEY CO., fel7 tf 80. 113 NO RTR PEONY sruzsr. GRAIN BAGS.-A LARGE ASSORT MENT ( , F GRAIN SAO& In Various she% for sale by BARCROFT! & CO., jal9 lin Hos. 405 and 407 MaItICST Street. SHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUICHIN- P ,l SON. No. 112 CREETNIIT STICEir. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, FOR THE BALE OF PHILADELPHIA.-MADE GOODS. 0c26-6m BASKETS AND WILLOW WARE. LARGEST AND ~ BEST ASSORTED WOODEN-WARE , A. H. FRANCISCUS, tOpMARR_ETII AND 510 COMMERCE STS., WADDING, BATTING, TWINES, WICKING, CORDS. CORDAGE. BUCKETS, BROOMS, BRUSHES, BASSETS, TUBS, CHURNS, MATS, WHIPS, TABLE AND FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, BIRD-CAGES, JAPAN WARE, WINDOW PAPER AND SHADES, PTJTNAWS OLOTHES-WRINGER, LOOKING - GLASSES, CLOCKS, FEY-NETS, FANCY BASKETS, &0., &a. nalt29.lm FANCY BASKETS. A. fIe"FRANCISCUS, 513 BIARICUT . ANII 510 cOSISIIMItC.E. STS., Have jest opened slam and well assorted steak °MO GERMAN AND FRENCH FANCY BASKETS OF RIB OWN IMPORTATION. GREAT INDIrgEMENTE OFFERED TO THE TRADE. mhZlm 1864. 1864. Wl-1.1. 1 191EG WHOLESALE DEALERS IN WOOD AND WILLOW WARE, 42.5 HAREM hTREEr_ Browns, Pails. Tubs, Wash-Boards. Baskets, Chil dren's Coaches and Chairs. Table and Floor Oil Cloth*. Cloaks and Looking Glasses, Tie Yarns, Wick, Cordage. Clung Chains, Twines. Cotton Yarns, Wadding, Cotton Laps. Batts, de. FRENCH AND GERMAN FANCII 4 B ASKEW. Agents for the HALEY, MORSE. & BOYDEN SELF-ADJUSTING- CLOTHES WRINGER. ap7-2m • GREAT OPENING OF CEDAR AND WILLOW WARE_ THE LARGEST STOOK IN THE CITY. NOW SELLING AT BARGAINS. 2,000 DOZ. CORN BROOMS. MOO DOZ. FANCY PAINTED BUCKETS. - -1,000 NESTS CEDAR WASH TUBS. 2,000 CEDAR STAFF AND BARREL CHURNS. 1.000 DOZ. WILLOW MARKET BASKETS. MOO BALES COTTON-WICK AND TIE TARN. WOO BALES SATs AND WADDING. !RETICULE BASKETS. OIL CLOTHS. LOOKING GLASSES. CORDAGE, ac. All Goods are sold at the Manufacturer's Lowest Cult Prime. Orders promptly Ailed. ROWE & EUSTON, 157 and 159 NORTH THIRD STREET. mhl•2m Three Doors below Bala 1864. 1864. PHILADELPHIA 1864. PAPER HANGINGS. HOWELL & BO'URIE, MADVFACTUDERS ON "Iggr PAPERS ' AND WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS. COR. FOURTH AND MARKET BM., PHILADELPHIA. 21.—A Sue stock of LINEN SHADES constantly on luta& fe27-2m fp GREAT DISCOVERY! 17APplieable Art to s the seful A New Thing Its Combination. Boot and Shoe Manufacturers. ewelere. Familia& It Ii a Liquid. Remember. i025-tutbily AZk,ll r/itt • • A. , , • - .•.• _ • • . • • . • • Num • I r_ STOOK OF COTTON GOODS IN THIS COUNTRY WHOLESALE DEALER IN PAPER HANGINGS• CEMENT. USEFUL AND TiLIJABLE DISCOVERY ! HILTON'S INSOLUBLE CEMENT 1 aTz l ra g :Zit i nTl i re l f= It has been thoroughly ten t,/ dcriug the list two years by r.zsetio..l men. to And pronortneed by all be fIOiNSIOII ATM Adinsive ProParation knoWL HUMOR'S INSOLUBLIS lo a now tblnr. and the milt 01 Vain of %twin ita PRIN comb inaClPL tion WM i Ar..d. tumor no alrza_matasallif or obooso of temperature. will it log. coma corrupt or emit Ana oiroarkro amoiL BOOT AND 1131303 tfaaabetarers, ludas hfashistee. will and it the beet article know* for °emend= the Ohaanale, as It works without delay. is not sleeted tor sayetwure of temoeravors. 4EVi7ELEBEI Will find it snlielentlyadhesive for their lase. as has been proved. IT to 2SPBOIALLT_ADIT2IIO TO LZATUAL r aga tir ct : stta t c=r itip as air F e onses . ar d z iO Li p i a. t4lbrg ° witherit stitehbm IT INTRJ ONLY LIQUID. OEMENT SWAM. that is a sore thing kg mending 0 11 1=t2 e TOTO. 50.11. IVOZL :and sztisits of Household ass. nEMENTIESEIi, Ifilten 7 s Insoluble Cement Ia is a It li form, and . is osigibr applied as Pasta INSOLUBLI UAMIIY is insoluble In water or C. W.LTOWEI INSOLDBLI 01MW Adheres oily sabetansos. Sunned in Family or Martufsittn fora Parkas's. from 2 onnitos to 100 122. 1111401 BROIL *li n Proprietors : rsovuoutoz. s. L Agenda is Pkillodolplilo— +a mama - Nis. No. 30 North'THIRD Bt. GODFREY Jr. Co. .30..38 North FOUTS 3r. MILLINERY GOODS. P. A. HARDING & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS ON STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS, We. 413 ARCH STRICE.7I.. MILLINERY GOODS. JOHN STONE & SONS, No. 805 CHESTNUT STREET, Are now receiving their Spring Importations of SILK AND MILLINERY QOODS, CMOS AS FANCY AND PLAIN Niuncets GROS DE NAPLES—AII shade& cv; , c.) Ail 0 , 3 af=glo Vioß4 *Di DOI FRENCH AND ENGLISH CRAPES LADES AND JOINED BLONDES. • ILLIISIOIf AND MALINE NETS, &a., &a. Also, a fall assortment of FRENCH AND AMERICAN FLOWERS. uttannous2m 1864. 1864. WOOD 4t CARY, 726 OELESTNUT STREET, STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS. P. S. --NENCHANTS AND NILLINNEB are Invited to .=amine baton DarehaaJaz as oar STOCK /8 POLL and PILLOW LOW. m132-23n WOOD dt CART. IN " RING ' 1864. BROOKS & ROSENREIM, 431 MARKET STREET, WHOLESALE DEALERS Ii RIBBONS, 134DINTNErrkg, LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S HATS, FLOWERS, AND MILLINERY GOODS GENERALLY. mh2s-im 41 WE RESPECTFULLY CALL THE ATTENTION OF I I 1 TRADE TO OUR STOCK OF SPRING MILIDIEBY GOODS. • WE HAVE NOW OPEN A BEA.UTIFILL ASSORTMENT OF FRENCH FLOWERS, RIBBONS, SILKS, LACES, VEILS, &c. BERMIEDI, 726 CHESTNUT STREET. 3331129.1 m CARPETINGS. ARCH -STREET CARPET WAREHOUSE_ The subscriber has lust received a well-selected stock of UGLIER AND ild-NRICAN C AMILPF."I"IN Gs, FOR SPRING TRADE JOS.. BLAOKWOOD, mhl.B-2m 832 ABog STICZET. BEVW NINTH 1864. SPRING, GLEN ECHO MILT •S, GERMANTOWN. rA. MifIOC.44LX.aXAT-TIVI ere co., MANUFACTURERS. IMPORTERS. AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CARPETING S, OIL CLOTHS, &c. Warehouse-509 Chestnut Street, OPPOSITE INDEPENDENCE HALL. fel•tf SPECIAL NOTICE_ 'RETAIL DEPARTMENT. McCALLUIII & CO. tateviaexhnergra rpthe N t a c h r l e ie that they have leased No. Sl9 CHESTNUT STREET, Opposite Independence Hall, for A RETAIL DEPARTMENT. Where they are now opening a NEW STOCK of Imported and American Carpets, Embracing the choicest patterns of EXMINSTER. TAPESTRY CARPETS, ROYAL WILTON, BRUSSELS CARPETS, VELVET. VENETIANS. Together with a fell assortment of everything pertain ing to the Carpet Realness. fel•tf ENTERPRISE. MILLS. ATWOOD, RALSTON, & CO., . • MANUFACITURERE AND WHOLESALE Dziadraw IA CARPETINGS, OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS, qkc., &c. WAREHOUSE, 61U wrEsTrarr STREET, AND le2-3m 616 JAYNE STREET. DRUGS. NET CASH DRUG HOUSE. - wilackErT dE -StroDALLi No. 1:111 MARKET STREET, &Wen MONT sad BECOAD strosti. a W. wia* K. !EDDA= DBUGOISTS, PHYSIOLins, AND GM NEEIAL lITOREHIXPERS talii lad at our establishment a tali assortment of Imported and Domeetia Drugs. Popular pa. lent Medians& Paints. Coal Clil. Window Ohms. Pr eeeriptton as.. at as low pries' as genu ine. Irst.slass goods min be sad. FINE EBSENT LAS. OILS. or tlonlestionere. In tall variety. and of the best axiality. Cchinal, Bengal Indigo, Madder Pot Ash. Cudbear, Soda Ash, Alum, Oil of Vitriol, Annat to. licaparas, Introit of Logwood, dm, FOB DYERS' USE, always on hand at lowest net sash prises. SULPHITE OF LIME, for ireePhur eider sweat otperfectly harmless pre paration. put With fall directions for rms. 11 packages sontaining sufficient for one barrel. Orden by Emil or city post will meet with gal ed attenti onretille. or epeeist quotations will be WEIGHT & GIDD&LIE. WHOLE/MLLE DRUG WAREHOUSE: Do. 31111 KARR= Ihreak abovo TEORT soWthitalpfp 60 BARRELS YOUNGER'S ALE, St. Anne's Brewer/. In jugs. • In store, and for sale by WILLUM H. TILTON & CO., SIR ' MOI Sonth FILOAT Street. 111 - • • . A •P 4 I II 4 a. VA. V 1864• _ . CURTAIN GOODS. 03.E'RIN VESTIBULE LACE CUIELMIN'S, AND A LARGE INVOICE OP BROWN SHADES, Qk ENTIRELY NEW DESIGNS. L L WALRLVH, CHIOCNSSOB TO W. H. 04LIOXIThl IRSONIO EAU, 719 CHESTNUT STREET WATCHES AND JEWELRY. WA.'rCIABS WATCHES: ENGLISH. SWISS. AND AMERICAN GOLD, SILVER, AND PLATED LADIES'. GENTS'. AND BOYS'. THE CHEAPEST AND BEST IN THE CITY. AT D. W. CLARA•tRI, No. 602 CHESTNUT MEET. iaDLES, FISH AND PIE KNIVES. BUYTER KNIVES. NAPKIN RINGS, &0., &a. We keep a large assortment of the above goods, to gether with such goods as are usually kept at a first class store. Our prices will be found much lower than at any other estabAshment. - - One call will cnnvince all that the place to mucilage WATCHES. JEWELRY, AND &VMS - PLATED WAKE IS AT D. W CILnEffS, No 602 CHESTNUT Street. WATCHES and JEWELRY carefully repaired. Engraving of every description at short notice. mh22-tuthf2m CLoTHING. SPRING OF 1864 EXTENSIVE CLOTHING HOUSE Nom 303 and 306 CHESTNUT STREET; 5 The facilities of this house for doing business E 4 En are such that they can confidently claim for it O the leading position among the Tailoring Za ma tablishnients of Philadelphia. They, therefore, " Invite the attention of gentlemen of taste to their a a env:at stock of o READY-MHZ CLOTHING, out by the best artiste, trimmed and made equal 0 to Customer Work—AND AT 115 .P4::"X" -- "C.7.1L.A.11. PRICES. They have also lately added a CUSTOM' DE PARTMENT, where the latest novelties may be t mine. embracing come fresh from London and U) rade. r4i • • 803 and 305 CHESTNUT STREET. CUSTOM DEPARTMENT, 303 CHESTNUT STEER? sPI•M 1864. 1864. CLOTHING. LATEST ST V WILLIAM S. JONES, • MERCHANT TAILOR AND CLOTHIER, SOUTHEAST CORNER OP SEVENTH AND MARKET . RTRESTS, PHILADELPHIA. • Respectfully invitee attention to his magnificent stock of PINE CLOTH ING, rot AP in eoperior style. by taste. fill and experienced artists. and offered for sale at exceedingly . - LOW rEnEs. Also, to his large and choice variety of PIECE GOODS for CUSTOM WORK, embrac'ang selections from the finest prodnotione oI both foreign and do mestic manufacture. WILLIAM S. JOIqES, SUCCESSOR TO ROBERT EL ADAMS. Southeast corner of SEVENTH and MARKET Streets. ap7- 3mo REMOVAL. ALEX. WEIILLOIN i SONS Nos. 20 and 22 South Front Street. 21 and 23 Letitia Stud. Where, from most desirable stocks of WOOL AND WOOLEN TARNS, COTTON AND COTTON YARNS, They will be tamed to Nerve all enetomere. fe9o•etnthif PAINTINGS AND ENGRAVINGS. ELEGANT MIRRORS. NEW ENGRAVINGS, FINE OIL PAINTINGS, EARLE'S GALLERIES, no2l-tf 816 CHESTNUT STREET CABINET FURNITURE. CABINET FURNITURE : AND BIL LIARD TABLES. MOORE & CNRIPION, AO. 261 SOUTH SIICOND STRUT,. " in connection with their extensive Cabinet buatness, are now manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, and have now on hand a full sitragy. finished with the MOORS at CAMPION'S IMPROVSit CUSHIONS. which are pronounced by all who have need them to be superior to all others. For the ratty and finish of these Tables. the manufactnreretre rto their numerous patrons throughout the Union. Who are familiar with the'character of their work. sWitim RELIABLE.—IISE GALLAIMETT'S HAIR RESTORER. It is not a dye. It reetoree the hair to its natural color. It does not stain the skin. It needs no Esudallne or other dressing. It is a dressing of Been Price moderate. Try it. Prepared only by PAUL 0 OLIVER. druihecarm vabw.lne sugurugura mid sriaras WATCHES. CHAINS. RINGS. PINS. STDDS ENCILS. BUTT° ES. TOOTHPICKS. LOCKET .% CHARMS, THIMBLES. BRACELETS. TEA. SETS. cacao RS. ICE PITCHER& WAITERS. CALL BELLS. GOBLETS. CUPS. SALT ES, STANDS. S POO PoEKS, RDIVSS. CLOTHING. PRILADiSLPH/A. PERRY & CO., YARNS. RAVE REMOVED TO PHILADELPHIA, JUST EBOBIVED. rte 4411rtss. TUESDAY, APRIL n, 1864 Toe War in the southwest. (Special Correspondence of The Preen.] NEW ORLEANS, Igarah 17, 1864 Time and War have been busy with my dear old Crescent City. It is nearly ten years since I left here to return to my Northern home, and I fled my self to-day, as 1 etfoll through its streets, hesitating as to whether thin that I see around MS belongs to the old or the new. The first impression New or:' leans gives me is that arising from its growth. The bop friend we knew at college, who goes down into the busy world to he loss and almost forgotten for years, and comes back pith rough voice and bearded face, and speaks of lands and enterprises and betties and wife and children, while all the while we wonder and try to reason and to make it probable to the reason that this same bearded man was once chief on the cricket-ground, and the leader in the secret society, gives one the feeling that I have lied since my arri val in this City. As I went down the Mississippi river, and looked through the mist and rain at the disappearing city, the last eight that left my eyes was the square tower of St. Patrick's Church. Long after the city had gone—masts, chimneys, steam boats, spires—that sqnare tower remained in the horizon above the trees, as though it had left its ea ered home on Camp street, and was seaward pound, like our own good ship. This remembrance was fresh as I came up the river on a hot, sultry after noon not many days ago. - I looked forihe square tower with the eagerness of one who looks for an Old friend, but long before it came to view we were in' the midst of the city; we saw houses, wharvels, and stores, and at last, when I began to wonder Whet/3 01;10 am iconoclast had not been laying sacrilegious bands on my old souvenir, it suddenly appeared. modest and bidden, and dwarfed away by the newborn grandeur that hail grown up around it. With much the same feeling I now walk the strata. New Orleaushas improved its manners during these ten years. Large tracts of swampy hind have been reclaimed, and many neat houses erected. The streets might almost compare with those of tidy Philadelphia. There are none in sour me tropolis that can rival Canal street. Large warehouses and stores have been erected, and in the suburb* wealth and taste have made homes in many beautiful mansions. What we see is a large, ambitious, Striding city, having made an empire in the Mississippi, and determined to push its empire to the Lake Pontchartrain. We further see this same city suddenly stopped in its ambitious career. The war threw over it a fatal enchantment, and it became like Mr. Hawthorn's New Eden, where the New Adam and New Eve wandered from store to home and marketplace, and found every element of life but life itself. For the last three years New Or leans hi If been comparatively a silent city. Every enterprise its citizens bad planned was palsied—mer• chant-princes became paupers, and men Who spoke with the voice of monarchs in the exchange of Am sterdam and London found it necessary to give seri ous thought to their daily bread. Carondelet street was silenced by the first gun that was fired upon Fort Siimpter. When I use this phrase it is intend ed to convey to the mind of the Northern reader the meaning he would receive if I spoke of Wall street, in New York, or State street, in Boston. or Third street, in Philadelphia. In cotton, and tobacco, and sugar, New Orleans was the emporium of the world. Colton especially was bought and roll and tossed about as we do stocks and bonds and semidries. Sharp, eager men, in Mall and neatly-furnished offices, with ledger. and jour nals, and a row of small, square boxes containing samples of raw cotton, dealt in, millions, and con. trolled Lancashire and Lyons, as they sat over their row of small boxes and smoked a cigarette. Carom delet street was the cotton market. Its leaders were among the men who stimulated the Southern rebellion. They nursed treason—gave it money, and nourished it from the beginning. When war came their business was ruined. The reoccupation of the city, which had the effect of breathing life into other enterprise!, has only made the doom of this vast cotton trade more certain, for new man control the trade, and, what once required the ge nius of the merchant, now merely requires the en terprise of the smuggler and the tact of the pawn broker. Long rowit.of stores are closed up and de. sertsd. The Government officiate have taken some of the buildings for Government purposes, but the remaindee rear their stately fronts in monotonous desolation. Carondelet street is the type of the Southwest. It is instructive to go among these Southern peo ple. The war has not changed their manners and customs, but Merely isolated the old from the new. The Yankee and the Creole are as far apart, as dis similar and antagonistic, de hi any former time. We see an outside society and an inside society. The occupation of the South has been like a new foun tain, such as is teen in volcanic countries when the Stream of lava overopreada the valley and makes a new soil. We must trust to Time and Nature for new life._ In New Orleans we find four climes of people. The' old Secessionists—who stand apart and say their - prayers for Davis like the old Cove. neuters in ormventicies ; the old Union residents, who opposed Seceasion as a principle, believe in the Union as a theory, but think that slavery is an in. stitution that should be made sacred, and would be softened with a united Republic under a Southern President; the new men, including all who came with the army, who have been created by the po w er and patronage of the military depart ment, and believe in the policy of the Admin.. istration, and who elected Michael Hahn Governor; the radicals, who take the moat extreme ground in fever of emenelpietion, negro suffrage, and a di vision of the lanes. I make these distinctionsgene ral, although I may do some injustice. The election was perhaps the most available test of the feelings of Louisiana. The Secessionists did not vote. The Radicals and Conservatives werenot organized, and made a small poll. The friends of the Eldministra• tion had everything their own way, and succeeded in bringirg the State back to the Union. Teat party is gaining strength. The most san guine friends of the South regard Southern domination in New Orleans as a dream. Sen sible men, especially those who have families to slipport, own a little property, and see that all their interests and sympathies are in New Or leans, accept this as a fact, renew their allegiance to the Union very much as they would renew a poliey of insurance or a mortgage upon their house. The wealthy rebel sells his property, and goes to Europa or the North. The fanatical rebel registers himself an enemy, and goes through the lines. The process of assimilating these chaotic elements is a slow one. Gen. Banks has made it a study, and has done mesh towards success. Ile has pursued a conciliatory policy. During the past winter he took the lead in social enjoyment and intercourse. The camp and the ball-roem are different agencies, but in 'subju gating a State or a city, where, numbers of women dwell, the music of the waltz is as efficient as the mu• sic of the march. You will remember how Napoleon tranquillized Paris by a review at the Champs de Mars or a fete at the Tuileries. New Orleans has more in common With Paris than any City in Anie ries, and Banks' winter campaign has thus been Napoleonic. The lady of the commanding general was the leader of the fashion. Her balls were the most magnificent; her receptions were largely pa tronized ; her entertainments beyond anything that had ever been known in New Orleens. She was surrounded by ladles e wives and dauahtere of Yan kee officers and Yankee merchants, making as brilliant a circle as ever adorned the drawing. room of a palace. What could poor woman dot She loved the "bonnie blue Mtge , her "Mary. land," and .her "Southern Confederacy," but she must see the fashions and show her own new dress. She came to the Yankee party, and her friends came ; and, according to gossip, they found oar Yan kee officers not such fearful Yahoos After all, for they danced, and made sweet speeches, and had a certain degree of manly beauty. Before the season was Over the anxiety to see and be seen at these feetivals of the General and his friends was as great among the rebel ladies as it was among ladies who believed in the Union, strides few of them were actually-mar ried and given in marriage to Yankee officers. The sullen, 'retired Creole rebel is a character almost amusing In his composition. He never reads the newspapers, with the exception of the Picayune, which prints all the rebel news, and writes edito rials on the Paris fashions, husbandry in Cuba, and the disasters to ocean steamships. He has the most amazing stories to tell about Yankee raper city. I had Occasion to speak with one—a citizen of acme distinction, and Called by hieneighbOrs a good, sensible, and pious man. He told me that one-half of the infamies of Butler had not been told; that, among other things, when the body of Albert Sidney Johnston, the rebel general, killed at Shiloh, was brought to New Orleans; Butler rifled it and took the ring from the dead neeee, Sager ; that ladies were stopped in the street and _deprived of their personal ornaments; that a ship loaded with jewelry was sent to Boston, and that Butler's gains were about two hundred - and fifty millions of dollars ! This was toed to me by a sober man, who believed what he said. When I ventured to suggest that these deeds could scarcely have happened without being known in the North, and that if General But ler,' gains were so large it would make a movie/ems increase in the income tax of Lowell, I was told that the manner in which the Northern press was debased and demoralized was beyond belief, and that Mr. Lincoln had made it capital punishment, under the article of war that provides for the execution of spies, to print a word of truth in relation to the era elty of his favorite generals. w e e eeings with it what custom has made it pro per to call "neeeesai; The occupation of a city like New Orleans, bringing !either a large army, tenon, and providing for its support and tranefeZ.7 leads to abuses, and the exercise of tyranny and in molten* on the part of subordinates. With thou sands of men in various positions, moat of them in authority, and with the power to injure and op press we cannot carped absolute escape from per. lOnalinstances of wrong. I know that no one could be more rigid and anxious than General Banks. His own integrity has never been questioned—not even by his bitterest foe; and he has endeavored to ex tend the same spirit to his Department. The coati donee in General Banks extends everywhere, and those who differ from him most radically—who think he has been too conservative, or too extreme —all admit that he has been upright in the manage• ment of the vast interests entrusted to his - care. The new men wko now control the busmen and com merce of New Orleans—the adventurers from the Northern States and Europe, who came here to make money, and make it rapidly—have done much, by the character of their enter. lathes, and the boldness of thee; schemes, to ore. I in r ins eus tdd im to Newytdigedeh of these t u v h f d e e i en .y h et eltaivirldn in reference de With hn e efriosortltdhurindt storm, t o at on meet, e ls od e s t They soar r. highestth eyh live n have i n mt eh e enos a iwvasesho u ill n b w u he everything to gain. They find around them the debris of what was once a magnificent commerce— the foundations and framework, the walls,and roof, and rafters. Ilere they have nestled, and, in their. hur ried, anxious way—are gathering great gains. There are few old houses in New Orleans. Those who were rich and powerful have ceased business, sold their popseesions for the largest cum, and gone to Europe or the Confederacy. Those who were on the highway to wealth were ruined by the blockade and the prostration of commerce. A lew had lire enough to carry them through the crisis, and still remain, but without the position or dignity that OE es was their pride. New men sit in the high places —active young men from abroad. With borrowed capital they furnish a confiscated or ab andoned store, t a h n e d te s e g i t l e c a o t t t s o t a n p , e u , g t e d r r , t t h o b e a ri m e o s t , k and et h is m i a o k r y e . u C n o s t t t e o a n d i y s and uncertain, and the gains more immediate. Nor do they observe those decent limits that prudent busi ness men find necessary. You will find the same house dealing in groceries, cotton, chemicals, hard ware, dry-goods, and at the same time doing a bank ing business. Others have large interests:4n aban doned plantations. This is a Oubjeot interesting enough tot special examination, but it ferule a great part of the enterprise of New Orleans. A merchant OF a firm or merchants lease a number of plantations, sometimes as many as twenty. Some they unite as one plantation, and place under the care of an over seer. Others they furnish with seed, Stook, and ma chinery, and money enough to meet- the immediate demands of labor. They place an active Iran in charge, and give him one-half of the crop for his eetvices in nirmagisg the plantatien. The labor is a part of the lease. The negroes that belonged to the place before the owners went away are corn pelled to remain and perform its labor. The regu lations for managing these freedmen have hem pre earthed by Genera/ Beilks l and in the main Are ob. served. But, from all I am toldfflitiere are many Abrams in this free labor system that must be re. gretted. The men who have charge of the planta tions have no interest in them beyond the growing crop. Their problem, therefore, is to obtain the largest crop of cotton with the least possible trouble and expense. The negroes are merely regarded as the instruments for gathering the harvest, and so it is rapidly gathered and sent to market, Little thought being given to their ecenfort, or their future welfare This may be considered an unavoid. able evil. When men are in possession of estates. the title to which is the uncertain title of war—when they live in a country that to=morrow or next day may be overrun and plundered by guerillas—it is, perhaps, too much to ask from them the thrift and forethought necessary. to successful husbandry. They gather their crops, realize their money, go to New Orlearie and spend it. This is a part of the present chaos. The negro is the only party that sullen. The 'lmmo makes his money. The partner in New Orleans makes his money. The crop is a large one, The negro hoe human freedom ler a year. He Las a sum of money for his labor. lie has many comforts that he never before enjoyed. And if he is uncertain as to whether his master will remain or his old master return, or a new one, fresh from New York or Boston, and selected by COMMeniel men on Tohoupitoulas or Canal street, will be planed over him, he has still within him the seeds of a new freedom, that can never again submit to slavery. He has seen the Promised Land, and at least his chit• dren will enjoy it. Thus we slowly move on to the consummation of the decrees of Providence. What. ever there may be in this VIII I Department to praise or regret, or condemn, I feel that freedom . grows stronger and atronger, and it becomes more and more apparent that whatever fate may befall the circlet or political state or Louisiana, freedom will be her portion forever. No power can build tie what has been thus rudely and justly thrown down. We are amid the smoke and ruins. The old edifice is het e—it can never rise again—and It is for us, and for those who represent our policy, generals, and 'civil magistrates and citizens, to make theneW mansion Worthy of the blood and treasure our right to build has cost. I. might maks this letter longer, and say many things about New Orleans and the Southwest that would interest our Wends in the North. More ex citing themes, however, attract the writer. The spring campaign has opened. We have captured Fort De Bussey, and thus reopened navigation as far up as Alexandria. Our armies are on the ad vance, and General Banka is preparing to take the field. It is possible I hall jointhe advancing column, and when text sou hear from tue I may be on the banks of the Red River. J. R. Y. The Last Hours of tier. T. Starr King. The following interesting account of the last hours of the Rev. T. S. King is from the San Francisco Ercnin9 Bulletin, of March 4 : About two weeks before his death he first eon"• plained of not feeling well, and of some trouble With his throat. Hie friends urged him to be mote care• ful, and not expose himself to the air ; but he thought it was only an ordinary case of sore throat, and declined to confine hleneelt, of Gall in the aid of a physician, until Friday last. In the eventful he boa Ins regular reception, and between 10 and 11 o'clock went down to a social gathering at the church, though still suffering. On Saturday evening he had invited a number of friends to supper, but when evening came he wee unable to appear at the table. Mule supper was going on, however, a bridal par" came to be married. Kr. Bing had re• ceived no intimation of such a visit, and sent down, asking to be excused, saying that he was sick and confined to his bed. . . . The party replied that they had set their hearts on being married by Mr. Bing, and would come up to Ma bedside sooner than be defeated in their desire. With that spirit of seltsaerifice for which he was so remarkable, he then said he would get up and go dbwn into the parlor. He did so, and went through the ceremony, but though it was performed in a very few minutes, he was so weak at its conclusion that-he had to be assisted up to his room. On Sun- day morning Ms congregation were alarmed by the announcement that he was unable to preach. The attending physician pronounced it a serious case of diptheria, and said be should have been called at least a week sooner—it had been too long neglected. The disease gained strength, and the patient's pros tration increased. On Wednesday, however, the com plaint seemed under medical control, but so pros- trated was the patient that for two days it had been difficult to keep up the vital energies. Yesterday he was visited by an attack of pneumo. Ma, and experienced great difficulty of respiration. At 6 o'clock last evening the attack was very severe, and Dr. Eckel feared that it might prove fatal, but the patient possessed wonderful rein derative power, and seemed to revive, passing a very comfortable night. [lt was always a peculiarity of Mr. King that he possessed a remarkable degree of vitality, and that, notwithstanding his feeble frame, he would endure a vast deal of fatigue, being snetsined by the sheer forte of indomitable will. It was remarked also that his constitution yielded to medical treat ment with remarkable ease a halt grain of quinine producing more effr ct Cu him than two grates would on an ordinary man—so sensitive and delicate was his physical organization that he could drink neither coffee nor strong tea.] A consultation of physicians yesterday , had pronounced the disease checked, though they feared his system might not be able to recover from its prostration. During last night light stimulants were administered him to keep up the vital forces, and he seemed getting along remarkably well until about half put five in the morning, when a second attack of pneumonia set in—the doctor hav ing previously stated that he feared that his patient could not survive another attack. The second attack was not more violent than the first, but the patient's strength was so exhausted that there was little or nothing for medicine to build upon. 'When taken with the first attack, Mr. King had remarked to Some one standing by, "I know • What th is is—it - a severe attack of pneumonia" When the second occurred, he said to the doctor, " What is this? Is this pneumonl a, too ?" The doc tor replied that it was. Mr. King then asked, "Can I survive it?" The doctor told him no—he thought he could not. "How long can I live?" he asked. "Not halt an hour." a" Are you sure I can not live longer than that I" The doctor told Min he feared he could not. Friends then asked him it he had anything to say. He replied, "Yee, a great deal to say ; I want first to make my will." Up to this time, for two or tines days, he had not been able to dprak above a whisper ; but,lrespondingito the power of his will his voice now resumed its old power and ' tone and lie spoke nearly as loud as ever. A friend sat by his bedside, and he diatated the will. It was read to him afterward, and he assented to its correctness by saying "all right" at the end of each paragraph, exclaiming at the close, "It is just as I want it." Re then hesitated a moment, and dictated an important correction. A. pea was given him, and he signed it in a handwriting as firm and bold as he ever wrote in his life, even punctua ting the abbreviation of his name and putting an accustomed flourish beneath the signature. Then came the sad task of bidding hie friends who were present good•riy. One by one they Game up to his bedside ; in every instance he greeted them with a cheerful smile, as though he were only going on a journey of a day or two, grasping their hands and saying in that sweet, pleasant voice of his "Good. by . 3, Some one asking how he, felt, he said, "Happy, resigned, trustful ;, then repeating the twenty. third Psalm in a clear and well modulated voice. At the verse, "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they Comfort me," he raised his finger and his eyes as ealney as though in his pulpit, his voice as firm and strong as ever. After this exertion, his strength seemed to fail him, Sinking back in bed, he said, "It is all right for me, but she will Mel it"—pointing to his wife. Friends again gathered round his bedside, and he bade and smiled them good-by. His little son being brought in, he said, " Dear little fellow—he's a beautiful boy !" kissing his hand to the child as the nurse car ried it away in her arms. This was the last act on earth, Calmly closing his eyes, be seemed to go to sleep, A great, and good, and generous man was dead. TELEGHAP ‘ IIIC ENTIMPRIBES Psocinmes.—The United States Telegraph Cent panso have Co dettildad, during the past year, nearly two thousand miles of telegraph, and during the present season intend to erect more than four thousand miles more. Their Hoeg are now in operation from this city to Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Chicago, and Milwaukee. And, by way of Philadelphia, to Pittsburg and Cleve land. Within a few week. their lines will reach to Cincinnati and during the summer will be extended to Louisville, Kentucky, and St. Louis. Prepara tions are now being made to construct a line to the gold mines of Colorado, Salt Lake 01ty, and San Francisco. A portion of this line will be completed durinethe summer. A new company has bean or ganized in Canada, called the Provincial Telegraph Company, with which the United States company will connect at Suspension Bridge and at Montreal. One of the most important features of this enter prise is its probable connection with a line to Eu rope, to which the attention of the public has not :.,een 'laid. Greenland, Iceland, and the Faroe Isles, This line is from the coast of Labra dor, vi to the north i.'--ore of Scotland. The longest die tense from shore to si e ze is leas than tire hundred miles—a less distance than a are now success fully working in the Mediterranean. Colonel T. P. Shaffner explored the route in 1860 and again, with the aid of the British Government, in 18614nd found no obstacles to.prevent his success. lie reports that a large amount of subscription has been obtained in Europe. The United States Telegraph ComSany have informed Col. Shaffner that they will furnish him with the amount he requires to complete it. The United States WIC will connect withShaftner'm ocean line, either at Quebec or on the coast of La. brador.—.New York times. A rAnenmeps in the Macon (Ga.) Confederate says that of the vast amount of Confederate cur rency now in circulation not over ono-halt 4 wLll be converted into bonds within the time specified by law. it says that there are millions of dollars in the enemy's lines, beyond the mean, and elsewhere, that cannot get back in time to be funded, and it estimates a consequent profit to the rebel treasury of about one hundred THREE CENTS. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, THE MONEY MARKET. PHILADELPFPIA. APril 11, 184. Parties who have neither the inclination to believe in a new institution. nor the ability to comprehend the de velopments of a new power, are using gigantic efforts to crush the interests of Philadelphia in the oil trade. Al *Wed by the speculators from another city. who. like- Wife, are putting forth extraordinary energy to turn the current of the badness into their own etorebou.es, 11 would not be eneptising If they succeeded. By leasing an unbuilt portion of a railroad which wax tee connect the oil region with the Pennsylvania Central. these en terprising operators destroyed the prospect of an imme diate connection of the oil region with Philadelphia and rendered a certain railroad leading to New York the most direct route to the Saute= cities. The object, of course, is plain, and the present apathy of oar capi talists in oil properties is partly the effect of these mar. ceuvres By depressing the stocks of several of the leading oil companies, the large holders were induced ICI £Ol out to their shrewder opponente,and very much to tie tatter's ealielaction. Let cur citizen. wake too this feet. The oil interest will prove greater than that of-Ca lifornia, and taking the opinions of the shrewdest finan cial men in tie State, and the facts developed by investi gating committees, (sent to the oil region for that par peer,) as a basis for judgment, the oil interest must be pronounced superior to another in the ceemtey. and the only one which will not be affected by a termination of the war. A careful study of the subject will elicit asto nishing facts, and to a mind not blinded by bigotry and egotism, or warped by the sordid demands of a greedy Emil, it will prove of hcalcalable benefit. Ybiladelphia can only speak through her citizens, and although competition le open to all, yet we dislike to be alwayB overridden and down-trodden by the grasping energy of a rival populace. Our city is the natural outlet of the mining products of Pennsylvania, and we should not only control the interests themselves, but also the outside demand, and the carrying companies. The enormous wealth of oil flowing LIP from the Internal structure of the earth is unaccountable and wonderful, end we wish to give the subject the importance it de em yes, eo that our city and citizens may receive the bent fit 011 investments. simply as investments, are superior to all others. and although for the past three Winter Months the foreign demand has fallen off some what. yet the advance in price per barrel wilt far more than overcome the balance against ne. The refineries in New York are buying, right and left. all the oil they can, being fearful that theyecannot supply their foreign contracts out of the present production, unless they make unusual t Eerie to secure it in advance The gold market was quite animated today, the price ranging from 171 to 1713'i. Money was esomperatively easY. and Government securities firm and In demand; the live.twenttes sold at 11234. R he stock market was active and steady. with a consi derable number of outside buyers. Beading opened at Sole, and after large sales closed at 8134. Catawissa preferred sold up to 43X, buyer 30, the common at TM; Philadelphia and Erie at 37%; North Penne et 567; ann. tie gdon and Broad Top at 25; Elmira preferred at 04: Spruce and Pine at 1531 Tenth and Eleventh at 51; Fifth and Sixth at 61; Second and Third at le; Delaware Divi sion at 4th; baton s preferred at eht, the bonds at SOU; Echnyikill Navigation common at 41. M. the preferred at Stiequeha lira Canal at 29%. D3O. There was considerable demand for the oil stocks. About seven thousand shares of McClintock selling at etier; Organic advanded to Of :13 bid for Irving 4.„tfi for Ruwe's Eddy; Mineral sold at 6; 011 creek at 12; 10 bid for Perry; 13( for Venange. New Ye rk and Middle Coal sold at littf ; Fallon 5113; Feeder Dam at 23.. i .; Butler declined to 44 bid ; North Car bondale to S; Tamaqua to 31e ; Big Mountain to 1034; Penn Minima at len , Ili; Ontonagon at 4: Connecticut at 134; bid for Id Emden ; 9 for Marquette; 174 for Etna. The market closed active. Jay Cooke & Co. quote Oovernmeat securities, &a.. ea follows : Deted Statee B. 3881 1143401154' Butted States 7810 tiotes. • • .• .... .• ... ..111110 , 111,1 Cert.ficatee of indebtedness. neW 995L