f-ms. SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1864. The Great News To-Day. Tlie rapidity of General Grant’s move ments battles ordinary conjecture. Hebei prisoners have said that they never before .fouglit against a general who so constantly astonished and bewildered them; that in the evening they go to sleep with a vast army on their front, and in the morning awake to find it vanished. In little more than a month he has freed all Northern Virginia from the war, arid has passed from the Ihipidan to the James, capturing Pe tersburg, and, reversing his steps, advanced on Richmond from the south. The rapidity, the boldness, the brilliancy of those -colos sal movements are literally unparalleled in American war. Suddenly, and • with a speed that Lee could not emulate, Grant, 1 after crossing the James, on "Wednesday, threw a strong force upon Petersburg, wherein Beaure gard still commanded an army of no small .numbers." In one day, Wednesday, Geri; Smith, with ftftccn thousand men, stormed the entrenchments..of that city—works which are said to be stronger than those of Missionary Ridge, In one day lie .vir tually captured the city, for though: we have no assurance that the army entered it on Wednesday, Petersburg lay at the mercy of out'-'.artillery, and was. probably evacu ated by the enemy. -The importance of the Victory' is not easily exaggerated ; three or four thousand prisoners wore taken, six teen gims—-probably large siege guns—and the railroad to Richmond seized. The; part of the colored troops in this brilliant action silences their calumniators. General Smith told them, upon the field they had so nobly won, and in the midst of their wourided arid dead, that better soldiers he had not seen, and that, they had gained the right to be trusted in the hottest of the fight, and eliouldhenceforth share the post of danger. The army under Be-voreoarb is upon the west bank of the Appomattox, a river navigable by large vessels as far as Peters burg, and, it is thought, will attempt to de fend that line, not permanently, of course, but only so far as it can be used for the protection of the Danville railroad. Lee by this time should have his army again iri front of Grant, holding. Fort. Darling on his extreme left. Of the exact position of our own forces wo are not informed. Smith and Hancock are at Petersburg, Butler, with not many troops, we suppose is: on this railroad : near Halfway Sta tion, but of the other corps we only know that they are westward of the James.' Hunttsr ancl Crook, by rebel journals, were reported' to bo moving on Lynchburg, aiming at the .destruction of the invaluable railroad, thence to Itich- ; inond. These journals also: state :that Shebtoan had been defeated by Per/. Hugh Lev-! a rumor there is good reason to ■ doubt, for ; our cavalry through out; this campaign has proved its supe riority by uninterrupted success.. The Danville railroad seems to he that which alone the encm3 r can reasonably attempt to hold. The immediate object of the cam paign is the isolation of Richmond, and never were better means adopted to com mand success. If this broad, fan-like sweep to the south results in the; de struction of the Lynchburg and Danville railroads, Lee will not only be cut off from all help by the great eo-operating armies of Gbant, but will be separated from the Southwest (whence the rebellion in Virginia derives its sustenance) by hun dreds of miles of mountain ranges, once liis impregnable defences, hut now the im passable walls of his prison. ■/ v Kentucky. "We presume the real danger is over in Kentucky. 1!or. aa n 3:os ridden lus raid, captured a few horses, burned soaje bridges, fought one or hvo of our militia regiments, and is now returning home. Governor Bbajilette, b}' his tardy energy, lias, suc ceeded.,in '..defending Frankfort, aiid the State thus escapes tlie shame Of having her State capital pillaged and burned. The disloyal papers of Kentucky have ceased to abuse the Administration, and in this ex tremity go down on their knees and im plore its'help.: If rvo did not love and re vere Kentucky, and i'eeias much sympathy in her misfortunes as we would if they had. befallen Pennsylvania, we might..be dis posed to see in this recent invasion u just and severe lesson. No State has been more 'pctulnut and exacting tlian Kentucky in lier reialions with; the ..Genera] Govern ment. 'When war first began, Kentucky threw, her influence with the South. She. insisied upon being the breakwater of tlie rebellion, and when treason raised its front against the Union she refused to aid in its suppression. In the beginning' the influ ence of Kentucky was practically as inimi cal to the cause as that of South Carolina.. The stern necessity of war lias made Kentucky firmly in the Union.. But what is the moral position of that State ? Her : influence is against the Administration. In every step taken by Mr. Lckcols he has found Kentucky 'in his way.. She opposed tlie first call for troops, confiscation,' eman cipation’, the'.-arming .of the blacks. She lias been looking and longing for the Con federacy, and vet she has nothing from the Confederacy, but scourging and oppression. With the exception of Virgi nia, no State lias suffered so much from tlie. rebels'. themselves, u The:rebels came into: her borders, lime and again, for. the mere purposes of theft and murder and rob bery. The fairest portions of. her State have been- devastated, and bauds of ma rauders have cbanneilcd her fair fields in seed-time, and harvest. If any State lias ever been taught by experience it is Ken tucky. This Government, which she lias opposed and opposes to-day ; this Union, of which she is a sullen, reluctant, hesi tating member, have been her bulwark and salvation. All tiie timeshe lias been acting. .as a spoiled, : sullen, wayward child, she receives nothing but kindness and attention. This last deliverance is as marked as any that Site has received, aud we trust that she will show, her gratitude by: giving•; to the- Government her sympathy and confidence. Kentucky is too glorious a State to waste these precious hours iii apathy and indiffe rence. In the grand history-we arc now writing she should at least secure a chapter. Tlie Saiiitiuy Fair. We are getting along: charmingly with our Sanitary Fair. Logan Square, in some respects the most: beautiftil part of Phila delphia, is just now the most popular and ; the most familiar. All its privacy and seclu sion are gone. .Last summer Logan Square was all retirement and peace. Its homes were ns distant from the hunt and clamor of oily life, front the noise and hustle and excitement, as any of our rural villages. Children went there on Sundays, and poetic people, as well as those given to pensiveness and love-making and natural history, regarded its. trees, 'its ■ walks', its squirrels,/and. its deer, as .things sacred to themselves. . There is an end of this. Lo gan Square is a city, a summer morning’s Mecca, a place to get lost in. Under the long, narrow, low-roofed buildings that surround the trees, all that Is beautiful and benevolent in -Philadelphia life lias been hustling for many days. Little communi ties lmvc grown up, rivalries and enmities and friendships have been created, and a little world in itself,- with griefs and joys, life and death, is now breathing its short life. We wonder as we pass through the bazaars wheip all the people come from, and why so much beauty has ieen hidden from the world, and whether there will not be marriages, and feuds, and life-long friendships, arising out of this Fair. The place for a philosopher is Logan Square. Wc do not knoiv whether, as the report ers sny, the Fair has “ reached its apogee." If they mean, by this, that the people have got tired pajdhg money, or that'Mr. Welsh lias got tired receiving it, they would he more correct' i n saying that it had scarcely passed its perigee. Wo do not get a S;tpi- Inry Fair every day, and we are going to hold on to it. Mr. Claghokn wants a few more days to show his: pictures, and Mr. Orne will not be satisfied unless he has reached a million arid a half. The sword is still to be voted for, and as McClellan is out of the calculation, the Mends of Mkai>e and Hancock are in a generous ri valry. The firemen are having their own time about the horn ; the politicians and cluirch-peopic are " busy about the vase, which is-worth having as one of the most valuable presents in the Fair; and there are a groat many smaller contests over knives,' and bonnets, and albums, and baby lTouscs. After all, is this voting not a dull business ? Cau people not have some other way of showing their patriotic esteem without paying a dollar ? . Iri New York it succeeded by some accident, but it does not seem to succeed here. We are, all of us, to a certain degree, selfish people, and would like to spend our money on some thing more tangible than admiration. New . Jersey’ is doing nobly ; and Delawaro, with her Blue lien’s Chickens, is working harder and saying less than many more pretentious departments. Altogether, we have reason to bo proud of our Fair—proud that our Chief Magistrate has seen it in all its glory, and been cheered by tins magnificent, vo luntary contribution of the people. The leaihshs of tile Micawbcr De mocracy are discussing : the propriety of postponing the Chicago Convention. .There is understood to be a great difference of opinion. Those who are in favor of peace, ■ and see some hope of, obtaining a reliable Southern man' like Davis or Benjamin, are in favor of the postponement. Those who think otherwise, and believe in Mc- Clellan .as a proper candidate, are in favor of meeting on the Fourth of July, Our opinion is that the Convention will not be postponed. ; 'Wg sec it announced tluit Hon. Edward McPherson, the Clerk, of tlic National House of Representatives, is a Political Text Rook, to he issued about the first of August. It will present the history of all the leading questions pertaining to the war, andl all matters ;of current legis lation. Mr. is peculiarly fitted for such a; task, and his work will doubt less become a standard authority. WASHINGTON- /WASHINGTON* June 17, ISO 4. TH.K. ARMT APPROPRIATION BILL. Tho army appropriation bill, wiiicl: lias just bo came a law, provides that “all persons of color who 'have been, or may be, mastered Into tho military, sendee of the United States, shall receive, the same uniform clothing, arms and equipments, * camp equipage, rations, medical and hospital attendance, pay nrul emoluments, other than.bounty,as other soldiers of the regular or volunteer forces of the 4 United States of tho like; arm of the service, from and after.thc first of January, 1804, and every person of color who shall hcrouftcr ho mustered into the ser vice shall receivo such sums in bounty as the Presi dent shall oi*der in the dilforent States andpartsof the United States, not exceeding $lOO. All persons: enlisted and mustered into service ns volunteers, under the call dated October IT, 1393, for 300,000 volunteers, who wero at the time of enlistment actually enrolled and subject to draft in the State in which they volunteered, shall receive from, the United States tho same amount of bounty, without regard to color. All persons of color who : were tree on the 19th day of April, IS6I, and who have been enlisted and mustered into tho military service of the United States shall, from the time of their enlistment, be entitled to receive the pay, bounty, and clothing allowed to such persons by tho laws existing at the time of their-enlistment ; and the Attorney General of the United States is here by authorized to determine any question of law aris ing under tliis provision ; and if the Attorney Gene ral aforesaid shall determine that any such enlisted person? are entitled to receive any pay, bounty, or clothing in addition to what they have already re ceived, the Secretary of War shall make all neces sary regulations to enable , the pay department to make payment in accordance with such determina tion. All enlistments hereafter made in the regular army of the United States, during the continuance of the present rebellion, may be for the term of three years. . ’ TERRIBLE EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE AT THU WASHIHfGTOJr ARSENAL. A terrible explosion occurred at the Washington : Arsenal to-day, a few minutes before 12 o’clock. It appears that some red stars for fireworks had been made, and set out . in bloolr ; pans, to dry, and not being made to standi®? highWtemperature titan 200 degrees, were soon ignited by the beat of the sun. The remainder of the powder and the lateral tory wore of course blown up. The occupants of tho building were mostly females. Upon the explosion a terrible scene was witnessed in. the yard. About 3,200 men and 300 women immediately - started out, and left, the yard, some of them being severely burned. . The; alarm was. immediately given, and after, the fire was extinguished, the work of recover- : ing the bodies commenced. Eighteen' have been taken out burnt to a crisp, and their remains placed inboxes. It will.be impossible to identify them. Eight have been placed in the hospital—all females. Thc saene at the yard was heart-rending when the parents of the unfortunates reached the place. Un ’til tho roll is called' none of their names can be as certained.. • ’ Major StejjbixS, military storekeeper, wa3 in the building at the time, with several other gentle men, = and states that after the powder on the benches'.caught, the fire rah down rapidly, blinding the girls, and setting fire to their clothes. Many of them ran to the windows wrapped in flames, and on their way communicated the lire to the dresses of others. : •' : V-' Tlie nineteen dead bodies takon out were so. terri bly charred as “To be nllmost; beyond identification. Three more are mortally injured, and there are fifteen or twenty severe Special care was taken to prevent the fire from reaching the large magazine, in which several tons of powder are. constantly kept, for had the flames reached - this building tho loss of life would have been fearful, as. several hundred persons were In the immediate vi cinity. While the firemen were engaged in pouring their streams upon the building in which the ex plosion occurred, another explosion took piaco in the ruins, but this only resulted in throwing into the air some of tho burning timbers.: Quite a, number, were injured in jumping from the windows, but the majority or those who escaped in tills way imme diately -ran off in all directions, which renders it difficult to tell who periFhed and who escaped. One * young woman bad an- arm broken in jumping from the building. Three boys are missing, and ifc is feared they perished in the building.;:. : Only two of the bodies have been identified—those of Joaxxa CosKEn and JVlaiksaukt Hon aw. The : nmnber'killedisiT—all charred remains—and four others are. badly Injured, namely: Mr. Moultox, clerk; Miss McElvuesh, Elizabeth Huxt, and Akna Bachb. An inquest was held to-night, and the following is a portion of the yerdiet given by the jury: They are of. the opinion that Superintendaiit Brunvrr was guilty of mpst culpable carelessness and negligence in placing highly substances so near a building filled with'liuman -beings, indicating a most reckless disregard of; life, which should .bo se verely rebuked by the Government, . ; FUEXOH OFFICERS WITH‘OURjARMy. - We understand that a week; or two ,since Colonel Db Chaval and Captain GuzarAH arrived in thl s country from France, having been sent by their Go vernment to study and report upon auything which they might deem worthy of notice relative to mili tary science and affairs. It wiU be recollected that" our Government sent a similar commission to the Crimea during the late war In that quarter. The arrival of the officers referred to has probably occasioned the statement recently published, that the French Government had despatched special agents hither with a view to intervention or media tion. THE’new loan. After a careful adding up of the bids at the Trea sury. Department, it is‘as,certained that the aggre gate, bid for thos7s,ooo l (KX)is about $70,000,000. The Secretary has decided to reject all offers below 4 per cent,, and to take those at and . above 4 per cent., which will make the sum accepted abouts4l,ooo,ooo. Jay Cookb & Co.,pf Philadelphia, for themselves and others, obtain about five millions at the lowest; rates. It is understood that the remainder of thd loan will be withheld for a higher premium. MUTILATION OE ; UNITJSD STATES NOTES, : The old issues of fractional currency are being mutilated by dishonest parties, who split out the figures and neatly paste them on the one and two dollar notes to represent so many dollars, those of llic latter denomination-being thus altered to $5O. The United States, however, does not redoem frac tional currency which has been mutilated in the manner above stated. - . Tnu rNTERWAL REVENTTS BILL. Tlie Speaker to-day appointed Representatives IVTorrill ,n r ormont), Pennr.KTOif. (Ohio), and Hoover (Massachusetts), a eoinmittco. of confe rence on the Internal , Revenue bill—they being the sub-coinraittco of the Ways and Means, Committee who prepared the original bill. ‘ ' A m OElf. OETTT.. \V m. T. Blodgett, Esq., chairman of. the Arms and Trophies, Department of the late New York Sani tary Fair, has forwarded, ho Dewitt Clark, Esq., the executive clerk of the United States Senate, an elegantly and richly-mounted sword, with scabbard, to be presented to General George W. Gkttt. It is from thirty citizens of New York, and bears tho inscription, “ From Ms friends through the Metropolitan Fair, in aid of the United States Sanitary Commission, April 22d, 18G1. Courage is better than tho sword.” General Getty Baa recovered from his wounds received at Ohancellorsville, and left the city to re join his command only a few hours before the beau tiful present airived, Mr. Clark will to-morrow send the sword to the wife of the gallant soldier. ARRIVAL OF WOUNDED OFFICERS. The following Pennsylvania officers have reported at the office of Surgeon Antisell since the 13th i»Bt.; Captain Metzger, 55th Pennsylvania. Lieut. Norman, 80 th Pennsylvania. Lieut. Col. Martin, 58th Pennsylvania* Lieut. Tice, 3A New Jersey. .Lieut, Spangler, 188th Pennsylvania. Assistant Surgeon Downs, 57th Pennsylvania. Oapt. Fittß, Commissary Subsistence. Oapt, Johnson, A. ft. M. Assistant Surgoon Busman. Capt. Alex; McOuno, K, 72d Pennsylvania. Capt, W. M. Missemcr, C, 10th. Penna; Cay, A portion of tho nth Massachusetts Regiment passed through hero to-day on their way home, their time haring expired. Those who remain with the army are Incorporated with a portion of the Ist Massachusetts, and arc commanded by 001. Blais i>KLL, of the former regiment. PENNSYLVAKIA I*OST OFFICES, On tho railroad line from Harrisburg to Altoona, Mi*. JojinltK'KAHAuc.ii is appointed route agont in place of Gkoroe U. Feiihee, resigned. A now post office Is established at Elam, Delaware county, and Marshall P. Wilkinson appointed postmaster. One hundred and thirty families will thus receive regular mail supplies by special service from Ooncordville, three miles distant. Poilynaslcrs Appointed. —Mark A, Champion, postmaster at Wnrrensvillc, Lycoming county, vice John Grioos, Jr., resigned. lb D. BowKiq postmastbivHcrndon,Northumbor land county, vice Wm. 1-1, Xjamu, resigned. . Teomas J. BnADHunv, postmaster, French’s Mills, Bradford county, vice Humphrey Mosher, resigned. THE 311 DR FOR .THE MBW LOAK. The Secretary of the Treasury opened the re mainder of the bids for the sovcnty-flvc million loan to-day. After a careful adding up of the bids at the Treasury Department, it is ascertained that the aggregate bhl for the $75,000,000 is about $70,000,000. The Secretary has decided to reject aU oifors below 4 per cent., and to take those at and abovo'4 per cent., which will make the sum accepted about $41,000,000.. Jay Gookk& 00., of Philadelphia, for themselves and others,- obtain about live millions at the lowest rates. It is understood that the remainder of the loan will be withheld for a higher premium. The following bids have been successful, in addi tion to all or those published on Thursday morning, which were at or above 4 per conth Charles E Ryder, Now York, $llO,OOO at 5 per cent.; 310,000 at 4*a; 105.0UU at 4. Sarah Smith Stafford, for Sanmol B. Stafford, Troa* ton, N. J., 1,000 at 10. Sarah Smith Stafford, I,WO at 7. Henry H. Jewell. Chiefcopce Falls, Mass., 1,000at4. IsaacE. l>ow. Concord, N. lE, 2,000 at 6. G, It. Beat. Biiltiraore, 100 at 5. HenryH. Bowers. New York, 450 sit 10. JamesC. Briggs, 30,000 ats. -Fourth National Bank, New York, 25,000 at ir, 10,000 at 10,000 at ">2. : William Conam, Geneva, 111., 5,000 at 6. J. B. Brown & Sou, Portland, Me., 10,000 at 7;10,0*> at 6.90; 30,000 at G;Sl); 10,000 at 0.70; .10,000 »t 6 60V 10,000 at 6.50; IO.GoO ut G. 40; 10,000 at 0.30; 10,000 at6.2Q; 10,000 at 6.30. Kftimth, Noekad,& Knhne, N.Y., 10,000 at 5.25; 10,000 at 6.76; 5,000 at t>;fi,U00at6.25;5,000 at 6.50; 5,000 at 6 75. Third National Bank, Cincinnati, 100,000 nt 6. . FaUis, Young, &Co., Cincinnati, 7,Woat par; 15,000 S. Lawrence & Co., New York, 2,000 nt 5.50. ■ Second National Bank, Chicago, 111., 25,000 at 6.23. William Sinipsnn, Cirehmile, Ohio, 1,000 at 8. J. W. Hubbard & Co., New York, 5,000 at 4.55; 5,000 fti 4.85; 5.000 at 4.35. ’ Thoinai Cornell, Randolph, New York, 10,000 at 6. BeujhnuQ F. Page, Bane, Mass. , 600 at 6. First National Bank, Biutc, Mass., 35,000at6. Chester Cnvliain, Barrc, 2.500 at 6. ■ Adolphusßartholomew, Barre, Mass., 600at6. John F. Reeve, Washington, 500 at 4. . Joseph Coe, Davenport, lowa, oGO at 10. A Tichenor, Davenport, lowa, 200at/>. William Thornton, Chicago, 4,000 at 10. llenrv Baudel, Nvw York, 4,000 at 4; 4 ( GOOaUK;O,OQO‘ at 5; 4,000 at s>£; 6.000 at 6. Dehon. Claik, & Bridges, New York, 3,000 at 6. A Brooks, Ji\. Brunswick, Me., 6,000 at 7. Walden & Willard, N. Y., 10,000 at 4; 10,000 at 5. .. S. 1). Pardee, treasurer, New Haven,2s,Uoo at 81-10. Stuart & Brother, Philadelphia,7 20,000 at 4 2*109; 20,100 at 4 52-100; 20,000 at o 3-100; 20,000 at 5 51-100; 20,000 at 6j31-100. „ . . -John D. Sears, Upper Sandusky, 0., 10,000 at 5. R. N. Islian, Chicago, 111., 2,000 at u. Asa Fowler, Concord, N. H., 2,000at5; 2,000 at 6.' Constant Cook, Bath, N. Y:, l,Coont7. L. W. Chubb, Bath, N. Y. t 1,500 at4.' Shelton Sturgis, Chicago, 111. , 50,000 at 5.12 K; ’25,000 ■&ti. ' ■ . John F. Hnwkes, SpringSeld, Yt., 2,000 at 4. S. F. Cooley, North Hadley, Mass., 1,000 at 5; 1,000 ate.'- - • ' . - 2!lercbants*lsaDk, New Bedford, Mass., S3.oooat 5.55; 25,GC0 at 5,20; 25,000 at 5.1-29;.30,000-at 4.50; 30,000 at 4.55; 30,000 at 4.90. A. B. Wood, N. T., 5,000 at &%. Kodernw, Jones, & Co., N. Y., 25,C00a14 . W. W, Moore, Madison, \VUroasin, 1,000 at 4; 1,000 at 5. ■ * ■ Ghas. A/ Beldin, Madison, Wisconsin, 500 at 5. Richard F. Carpenter, N. Y., 5,000afc5.60. I>. W; Porter, N. T., 0,000 affi. 75; 5,000 at 6: 5,000 at C. 1C; 5,G00 at 0.20. Frederick Scimcder, New York, 500 at G. Dr. r U. Locander, Now York, I,OCO at 6; 5,000 at 4; 5,000 at 5. MisS Eliza V. Ilaigh. New York, 2,CXH}at 3. First National Bank, - I'liighkeepsie, Wow York, 25.CC0 at 5.25, m 13. .0. Noil!, New York, 5,000 at 5. MeyerS. Isuacks, New York, 250 at 7. First National Bank, Providence, K X., 100,000 at 5. Marcnse & Ballzer, New York, 50,000, at 4.8 ; 50,000 at 4.15 ; 50,000 at 4.27; 50,000 at 4.3*1; 50,000 4.77 ; 60,000 at 4.77. ' ’ St. Nicholas Insurance Company, 20,000 at 6. Atlantic isaviugs Bank, New York, 20,00 U at 6; 20,000 at 6>4,; 20,000 at 63i ; 20.000 ar 71 on. Oftrt o» IU&Vso/OCO at 631"; 20,000 at 7 20,000 ai"7j£ ’ J. P. Cooper, New York, G,OOO at 6; I,COU at 6>* ,1,000 at 5.9; 1, 000 at 6.95:1 i 000 at 7.' - C. P. Buckingham, New York, 10,000 at 5. Charles A. Biaile, Boston, 1,000 at .4; 1,000 at 5. Kollstoii Bank, Fitchburg, Mass., -15,000 at 5,6; 15,000 at * “ lU.'i"' George Darrow, New York, 1,000 at 5. lungenck& Smith, Philadelphia, 25,000 at 5. Brexel & Co., Philadelphia, tOO.OOQaU b20;10C,OOOat 4.65; 159,900 at 5.20; 6,000 at 6#; .35,900 at 6. .1. N. Camp, Cashier, N. Y., 20,000 at 5.81. Tenth National Bank. N, IY. .100,(00 at 4,26; 100,000 at 5.27. • ■ Daniel Dewham, Jr., N. Y., 5GQat 4; 500 at 6. Stephen Crowell,’President, K. Y., 70,000 at 5&. S. M. Blake, N. Y„ 10,100 at 4.01: 5,000 at 5,000 at 4#. V. V. Stout, 2i. Y., 200,000 at 4.01; 200,003 at 4.26; 100,000 at 5.01. 3. R. Palmer, New York, 3,000 at fl. David Kronke, N. Y. , 230 at 4. . William H. Gardner, New York, 400 at 0 B. if. Daniels, Brookline, Mass., 700at6. Second National Bank, Wilkesbarre, Pa., 60,000 at s#; 50,000 at 6; 60,000 at 6#. * Revere Bauk, Boston, Mass., 115,000 at 5; 105,000 at SK; 114;000 at 6; 100.000 at 6% ; Hi,ooo at 6#. , • Boylobton Bauk, Bosibn, 50,000 at 5; 25,(XWatG; 2-3,000 at?. 5 . John Carle, Jr., New York, 10,000 at 5; 6,000 at 5.26; 6,C00 at 5.66. . . Albert Smith, 51. D., New York, 5,000ato; 7,000 at s#;2,OCOnt s#. John Sauderson, Bernardstown, Mass.. 1,000 at 7. Continental Insurance Company, New Y0rk,.20,000 at 4M; 20,000 at 5 1.20. . David Predion & Co., Detroit, Michigan, 2,000 at 6.93; 3,0C0 at 4:11; 2,000 at 4.55? S.COOat 4.61. These gentlemen’tnadc other bids, amounting in the aggregate to twenty-five thousand dollars. . - Thomas Coleman, President, Troy, N. Y,» 500 at 43a; G,COQ*t4& ; 5.000 atO; S,COOat sJ*i 10,000 a; 5 %\ 10,000 a; 5. 62#: 5,000 at ft#; 6,000 at 6. - ,11. J. Messenger, New York, 10,000 at5:10,000 at 5.65; 10,000 at 5.53; 10,000 at G; 25,000 aPS#; 25,000 at 6.45; 10, COO at !>#. A. J. Warner, Indianapolis, Ind., 1,000 at 41a. Samuel Eider & Co., Baltimore, 5,000 at G; 5,000 at s#. i. Tradesmen’s Bank, Philadelohia, 100,000 at 4,2. Pm t National Bank, New- Bedford, Mass., 66,(00 at 0.92: £S,CQOai6.2I. 8. B; Gregory, Washington, 1,500 at o. Mrs. T. D! Wheel™, New Haven, Conn., I,oooat 6. John A. Davenport, New York, 5,000 at C. 35. L. Boies, New -York, 10,000 at- 5.55; 10,000 a l . 5.70; 10,000 at 5.65. ■ D. W Vaughn, Cashier Fourth National Bank, New York, IOO.OCO at./ * Jerome ires, Watertown, N. Y;, 500 at 4; SCKJ ats; 5COatG. :■ Union Dime Savings Institution, New York, 2-5,000 at 4; 25,0C0at 5; 25,0C0a g; : Max Horechel, Now York, 10.000 at 4. James U. Bmnphreys. Burlington, lowa. 3,000 at 6, . Mrs jf. A. Siiealey, Baltimore, l,foo at 7. - X. . B. .Wood, New,York; 10,000 at SM. Willard Ives,Watertown, N. T., 1,000 at 4; l,000at5; l,OCOntG. - - E. Horton & Son, Hartford, Conn., 2,500 a.fc.4. - John J. Searing, New York, 10,090 at s#; 10,000 at 4#; 10,000 at 4. “ • John D. Collins, Utica, N. Y r ., 100at5, Theodore F. Sharp, Thompson, Conn., 10,000 at 4; 5,0C0at5: 5,0C0at6, John W. Grigg, Philadelphia, 10,000 at 6; 10,000 at 6#; SCO at 7#. Wm. H. English, president, Indianapolis, Indiana, S 3 GOO at 5 • i'anners’Bank, Lancaster, Pa., 100,000at6. John Dickey, Hamilton, Ohio, 7,000 at 6. D.' F.-Dmper, Boston, 1,000 at 7. ; . , ' James H. perry, Providence, R. 1., SMI at 5. Henry Sanford, .New Havon, Ct., 2,000 at o. 30; 1,000 ats 55. - - Timothy Bigelow, Boston: 300nt5. J. B. Nishalfc, Louieviile, Ky ~5,000 at 6. „ Home Insurance Company, Philadelphia,o,GQo at o#; 6, COO at 6; 5,0C0 at s#; 5,000 at 6; 5.000at4# G. I’raiik Young, Coatesville, Pa.,2ooat 6. G.W. Philiips, Coatesville, Pft., 500at6. ... Fifth National Bank; Chicago, 111., 20,090at0#. Oswegatchie Bank, Ogdensbnrg, N. Y., 5,090 at s#; IO.COOatG; 3o,oCoatG; 25,000at6; 12,000at015-100. . Edgar Du Pont, Boston, 1,200 at G. . W. H. H. Bunnell, New Haven,Conn.,l,ooo at 6; 1,000 ats._ ' .., .-. „„„ S. Slerry Smith, Providence, 10,000 (its. Truman Beckwith, Pr[mdea.ce f j2G,CGo at 5. Mechanics 5 Bank, New Bedford, 55,000 at 5& " Boston National Bank, 100,000 at 5; 60,000 at 4?i; 50,00) fttJK; 20,000 at 4. . £ JolmT. Uiliam, Baltimore. 500 at 6. _ • Bon.'VV'. p. Home, for Tomb, Huse, & Co.* Tiffin, 5,000 at 5. . .. , ; Otis Drury, Boston, 4,000 at 4. - B, A. Chapin. Fall River, Mass., 1,200 at 6. ; Rufus Iv. AlcHarg, N. Y., 5,000 at 5.X. Rochester Savings Bank, 20,000 at 6; 2,000 at 6j*» 20.000 at 20,000 at 5# : *200.00 ftt 6. . First National Bank. Brunswick, Me., 25,000 at 6. . Oliver-Ames the Mass., 2,000 at6J*.' ' "" - • Savings Bank of Baltimore, 200,000 at 5 1-10. Archibald Sterling, Bahimdre, 6,000 at 5. Horace Abbott, Baltimore, 50,000 at sj£; ' Wesley Armstrong, Louisville, Ky., 400at5.12££. : First National Back, Troy, New lork, 10*000 at 6J22;‘ 10,000 at G 85; 10,GC0 at 6.65; 10,COO at G.SO; 10,000 at7;\ 10,000 at 7-5; 15,000 at 7,11. - Seib C. Skerniau, Quincy, Illinois, 5,000 at 6. L. CRimcy, Illinois, 1,500 at 6, --- • Qnasuick, Newbnrg, New York, 5,000 at 4; s*ooo at 4,32>i; 5,0G0 a 14.50; 5,000 at 4.75; 1,000 at 5; 1,000 at 0.25;.- l.Ott) at 6.50} 1,000 atS-76. : M. L. Pierce, Lafayette, Indiana, 1,000 at G; 21,000 at 4. Fourth National Bank, Cincinnati,Ohio, 70,KK) at S. First National Bank, Troy, New York, 10,000 at 6*. 10,COO nt5.20; 10,000 at 5; 10,000 at 5. SO; 10,000 at 0,20.- Ludlow A. Baiterfihall, Troy, 20,000 at 0. Coales Kenney, Cincinnati,. 10,000 at 4. Third Natio.nHlßank, Pittsburg,Pa., 50,000 at G; -53,000 ftt6; sG,oOOat’4. First National Bank, Cincinnati,2O,OoOats. First'N&tmnnl Bank, KUUngsley, Ct., in,ooo at par. Second National Bunk, Norwich, Gt.» 2G,00G at 4.50;' 20,C00 at 4.75; 10.000 at 5; 10,000 at 5 25; 30,000 at 5.50; 6,100at5.75; 5,00(1 at 6; 5,000^10.25;-800at6;50: 6,000 at 6 75; 6,000 at 7. . ’ Calvin Allyn, Norwich, Ct» 400 at 6.50. S. N. White, lU.* S,eo£) at 5. . • Samuel C. Yvumr, Davenport, lowa, 1,000 at 4. John A. Kimball, Bath, Me., 10,000 at 5; 10,000 at 4. First National Bank; Boston, 125,000 at .5;.50,0CX) at 61-'2O; 20 000 ntsl*lo;6o,QOOat 516*100. Andrew Bigelow, Boston, I,oooat 4; 1,000 at 4M; 1,000 a The Dedham Bank, 30,000 at 6M. - G. L. Lovett, Boston, 50,000 at 53Q-100; 50,000 at s>«; 60,000 ut 5 70-100. T ' :-. ••: • • v. Abel Bennett, Binghamton, N. Y., 3Q,QGQ at 6, O B. Biair, Chicago, Illinois, 2.000 at 4; 2,000 at 4K; -2,000 at 6; 30,000 at 6:. . ' Win. Barringer, New York, 24,000 at G 52-100. O. P. Corney; New York, 6,000 at 6. : James D; Bell, Carlisle, Pa., 500 at 7. • • •"' W. L. Piper, cashiej Lancaster County Bank, 5,000 - First National Bauk, Lancaster, Pa., 10,000 at 5; 10,000 at6^Xs,oooat6; s.oUont6&> v Ptr&l National Bank, Cuyahoga Fails, Ohio, 70,0C0 ' at 7; ■ Gebhard Insurance Company, Now York, 5,000 at 4; 5,0C0at4>4; 6,000 jit 4K; 5,000 at43f; 6,000 ats. ' Bauk of Coimncrce, sUo,ttK)ats. ■ . BoworySavings Bank, 500,100 at5K.. .. * . J. N;Teikius e Co., Nesr York, 25,00GaU>£; 2>.oooat 6; 55,000 at Wi 25;f&) :at 6&; 25,000 at 1 Gft; saS.OOO afc 7; -25.000 at 7U: 25.000 at 7K-- E. Whitvhontso,' Soiff & Morrison, N. Y., 10,000at4.14. George W. IV Davis, New York, 50,000 at 4. Louis Spanier, New York, 7,500 ••• * J. S. RobinsouSc Sou,Now lork, 6,OQoatC;ls,OQGafcs; 25 000 at 4 §. O. FUch, Hawley* Pa.Vl*soo at s>». ! W; F. Nisbit, New YorK. 10,000 at 4. ' Jennings Piggott, Washington, !, WO at B. , . JamesH. Conilior, New Haven, Conn., I,oooatlo, - R.-It. Hill, Washington, 5,000 at CK. . James Baxter, l,OOO at G. __ _ First National Bank, Benntagtoa, Vermont, 43,000 at 6H ■■■• L. C. &C. L. Bingham, Mount Morris,,N. *T.,-.4,000 at 4k ■ • - Blake, Brothors, & Co., Boston, ino.OfflJars. ; J. J. Boron, Bestow, 10,C00at7;5,000afcG. Mount Hope Iron Co.,'BoKton, 6,000at5, Henry Rogers, Wasblugton, 1,050 RtG. Tbos. R. aewell, Boston, fi,O(W at 8. Thos, Loweree, Newark, N, J., GOO atG. Wetxor&Forrester, N.-Y., IQ,OOOuto. - . . . Now York National Exchange Bank, 25,000 at4.;x>; 2fi,oCoatsK.- - i • Anson S. Marahall, Concord, New Hampshire, 1,000 at 5: 2,C00 ut 6}a ; 5 %; 1,000 at G; 1,000ai7. . . First National: Bank, Springfield,'Vermont, 10,001 5 1 ■ ' - BennetVS Waltou, Penua , I,oooat 6K- Win. Fiirmage, l.lOatG. First National Batik of Philadelphia, 100,000 at 4; 200,000at 4H; lC6,OCOat6; 2C0.000 atfl.Oi; 100,000 at 0U; 110.0C0 at6K; 65,000atG: fiG.OOO at s% ; 7.550 at. 7, • Farmers* and Meehivulcs’ Bank, Philadelphia, 100,000 at 4; 100,000 at 4.50; 100,(00 at 5. v , WcekH&Co., Now York, 20,000at5.ai v J. B. Lyon, New Yc»k, 8,000 at 6.08? 3,000 ftt 5.26; 3,000 at 6.76; 3.000 at 0,06; 3,000 at 9.20; 3,000 at 6.7 G: at7.ol; 3,000»t7.1i; 1,0«1at7.26. Justice Ingersoll, Detroit, Michigan, 25,000atG. .• JohnP.-Atwater, New Haven, Conn., 10,000at5. Mrs, Eika Ann Carter, New York, 6,000 at 6. Charles A. Steigs & Sou, New York, 20,000at5; 20,000 at 6 26 ; 2O,COOftt6!«SS 20,(00 at 6.76; 20,000 at 6; 20,000 at 6,25; SQ,COOatG.SO. - \ , -- Lisner Broilwr*. KewTotk. 2.5 i» at G. at is; at 4.25; 5.000:at 4; 6,000 5t4.60; 6,00 b afc4.75; 10,600at.6; 5,000 atd,76; 6,000 a cashior,®unt’Vemon,:.o,, 30,000at8& ' ‘Kurimbd & Co., New York, 6,OKf at 0, .. THE PRESS—PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JUNE IS, 1864. Profos&or Win. IlarknoHß, Washington, 500 at 9>£, Bhnh KsuißKon, Fhuiloy, Ohio, 500 at 8. Jacob Talbott, tho second, Marengo, 111., I,COG at 5, nraulu iiCo., Now York, 250,000a1ii. Win, & John O’Brlnn, Now York, 10,000 ftlG, U, „ Aaron Burkins-, Now York, 10,000 at fl«; 10,000 at SSJ: 10,000atOl 10,000 at ; 10,TOOat 4>i; 10,000 aUMtIO.W al4. JohaßrSuge, Neve York, fift.OOO at 5.15., Charles £. Kyep, Findley, Ohio, 1,000 atft. C, P. Clark, Chicago. 111., s,oooatfl. Major A. Hurd, Washington, 500 at 0. Reuben Willey, West Medford, Ma55.,.1,000 ftt 5. Btct«ou& Co., Bangor, Mo., 10,0(0at6. J. V. Baldwin, Cincinnati, Ohio, 700 at 5. A. Brooks, Jr,, Troasurtr Savings Institute, .Bruns wick, Me., 2,000 at 7. Mrs. Cornel la A. Paddock, Now Havon, Ct., 7*lo at 7. Aiuerienn Coloottntiou Soeioly, ft.ooo at 6. Atbon Mare, Washington. SDOatfif-*. First Natiociil Bauk, Baltimore, 3100,000 at ftft j 50,000 atfi>£; fiO.OCGutOft, Now Bedford Institution for Savings, fio,oooat 6; *OO,OOO at ft. William Gurnmnll, Providence, E. 1., 1,000 at ft. Janus Fochi, rottuvUle, Pa., 3,0C1)at4; 2,00Qat5. Thomas \V. Prey, Louisville, Ky., 1,800 at ft, Noah Chapman.. Norwich, 2,000at8. Second National Bank, Scrantou, Ponna., 40,000 at 0 ftl-ICO; 70,C00 ato 2-100; 70,0C0 ats7o 100;70,000at 6 51.100; 70,00) at ft MOO. K. V. Yatcr. Utica, N. Y., 20.0C0 at 0; 20,000' at: ft# r 20,000 at 0. Union Bank of Weymouth and Braintree, WcymOnth, Mass., lO.OOOutft#; 10,000 atft; 10,000»t4ftf; 10,000at4. Frank W, Simson, New York, 0,000 at 5. Win, M. Wavre, Washington, N. J.» 1,000 at G>»; 2,0C0at7; 1,000 sit ?)£. John Tappan, Boston, 0,000 at G>4. Charles Stoddard, Bostou, 20.000 at G}£.■. CharlesL. Ives, New Havon, Conn., GQOatGtf; 14,500 at 5; 3, 0C0 at 0; 20,000 at 7; 21,500 at 8. New Havon Hank, ft,ooo at 5.30.; 0,000 at 5.55 ; 5,000 atfi ; 0. OCO at C. 30, WUliHin B. - Whitney, MatUson, Indiana, 20.000 at 5: Jolm Culbertson, Jr., Madison, Indiana, 500 at 5. Charles W,- Slearsou, Holden, Mass., 600 atft. First National Bank, McConnolsville, Ohio, 5,000 at 4 ; 3,000 at G; ' " , First National Bank, Carlisle, Pa*, 15,000 at 7. Thomas Baxter, Carlisle, Pa., 2,000 at G. W. N. Jackson, Indianapolis, I ad., % 000 at 10. J. S. Furtow & Co.,Boston, 100,000 at 4; 100,000 at ft. C. Alien, Cincinnati, Or, s,Qooat4?£;s l (Woat4, s i;G,OOO at SK. , J. Rawsou, Cincinnati, 2ft,OOOut 7. Orion Bank, Fall Elver, Alftss., 20,009 at 5. v J. Clioasboro, DoKalh, 111., 4,oooatft. , ■ll. G. Slmttleworth, New York, 25,000 at -1.11. S. F. Rumbolt, St. Louis, Slo., 500 at 8. First NatlonaMiank, St. Paul, Minn;, 50,000 atft. David Tod, Yonugstowu, 0., 10,000 at 8. G, W, Eggleston, New York, Gooat 8)4; 500 at B>a. O. Wilbur; Lowvllle' N. Y , 500 at ft. , Mnlford Martin, New York, 5,000 at flt 4,000 ut 4,51; 10,000ai4.1. Fin t National Bank, Jersey City, 50,000 at ft; 50*000 at s.2G;2ft,OCOatft.Ss; 25,000 at ft 00:23.000 atG. to. ..." Job Falkcnburg, Jerecy City, Sl,oooatft; 3,000 atftK: 3,000 at G. „ ■ • ■ : -' John T. llerr and others, Siranaburg, Pa., 10,000 at 6%. ... Worthington 'National Bunk, Coopevatown, New York, 10,0 U) at ft. . - ' Centra! National Bank, New York,'lQo,Cooat6; 100,000 atsft; lOO.OtOatfjJa; 100,000 at fi.'J; 100,000 at 5; 200.000 at4ft; 200,000at4, I a; 200,000at4. ' H; T. Weeds, Boston, Mass. , 9,oooatft£> W. P. Coast, iowaCUy, s,ouGat6Jsi; *i,i«Oat . Horace P. Parsons, Morrisonville, OCO at .'5. ~ Milton, Ward, & Slower, Boston, 50,000 at ft, . D. N. Webster, Conuoaut, Ohio, 50,000 at ft. - JamesMeEWee, Westerfteld, OuiivLQOOatC. First National Bunk of West Chester, Pa. , 7,QGOatC’4. Bey. Wilbur Johnson, New Mi!ford, Pa., ftyU at 0 S. P. Warner, Chicago, 111., l,oU)at arpoJes,-«r for the encouragemynt of- the tine art?, or for the nsC or by the order of any college, academy, sehoolVor seminary of learning in theUnitetl States. “ ' . Sho. ISSras agreed to after an ineffectual attempt of Mr. Teucroll to retain the House provision, except ing raw or lnanufaetnied silk, as follows: 4 * 't hat on and nfter tho day and 3 ear thta.act shall take effect there shall be levied, collected and paid on all goods, wares and merahaadisc of the growth, or pro .diictionof countries east of the Cape of Good Hope, ex cept raw cotton, a duty of 10 per cent, ad valorem, in addition to the duties imposed on any suoharticles Wren imported directly from the place or places of their growth or production. On motion of Mr. FESSENDEN, tlie coiamtttee’a amendment taxing foreign wool ofthe value of Utceots or less per pound 3 cents was disagreed io, and tho House provision for die same duty on wool of the value of 12cents perpouud or le.-s adhered to. Mr. COLL&MER opposed the Finauce Connnitcoe’s amepdinem in reference to imported and scoured wool, giving many statist lea showing tie importance of encou raging the wool-growing interests of onrown country.. He said 71,000,000 of pounds of wool were imported into the United States last year, costing an average of 17 cents per pound, which was just one cent below the minimum price in our scale regulating the duties on all wool below IS cents that was 5 per cent- ad valorem, and it is only on wool above that that any rate ; per pound was imposed, and that was 8 cents per pound up to the. Value of 24 cents, and above that value 9 cents per pound; hence, seventv one millions of pounds imported no less than six ty-one millions two under the valt® of per pc>und, aod we derived Aets tfiaii % half railUon of dollars ditties from the’whole seventy-one lutllion pounds; aud ia addition, as 6ne of the effects of the demand being so:largely supplied from abroad, there remains in tho hands of tho. wool-growers of our country, nearly ono-half of their past year's clip. Tho clause was finally modified by the consent of theohair man of the Finance Committee {Mr. Fessenden), aad rends as follows: - That wool which shall be imported e£#sred shall pay, in addition to tho duties herein provided, fourtimea the amount of such duties. « •: The duty on hemo or jute carpetiaff'iras decreased from Sto cents Y-yard. The Senate at 430 P. M., ou motion of Mr. FESSEN DEN, took'a recess until 7 o’clock, - : EVENING SESSION. TTIK OFTJUi soi.uiuas.' . Mr. 'WILSON, front tli*Yonreren«e committee on the disagreeing votes on the bill to equalize the pay of sol diers of the army of the United States, made a report, which was agreed to. : * TIIE TARiI’F JtlliL RHYMED, / . - . '* ' • The.conpjderation of the tariff bill was resumed, p.nd the various amendments made in Goinmittee of..the Whole agreed to, and the bill was then reported to the Senate. ....; .. . ; . Mr. MOIiGAN hoped the House prijvisioh of 23 cents on teas withoxtt the addition *A tax of ID per cent, would ho rctauied in the bill. Mr. JOHNSON moved-that the Senate non-concnr in the Finance €ommitiee\sahiendmenrs, which waaßtgceed to—yeas 22, nays 12—so that tho rßriff on teas stands at 25. cents per pound, in tlie original bill, a ' Mr. RAftISEY moved to decrease the duto* on railroad iron io G&eenb ijtbiead of 70 cents per which wa? agreed to—yeas ID, nays i 7. Mr. SHEKMaN offered an amendment exempting goods on which duties wreve paid on the 30th of-April, lfcG4, and extending the time to tho Ist of May, 1534, for tho withdrawal ofjsoods in bond, under tbe resolution of April 29ih, ISG4, “to increase temporarily the duties on imports. “ - " A long debate ensued upon Mr; Slierm&n’spropcsltLon, but it was finuilj agreed to. ; - Mr. BIORUAN moved to amend the 10th section so as it will read as follow'*: “That ail goods and merchan dise which may be in the public stores or bonded ware houses on the. day and year tlila.act si alb tabo effect shall be subject to no other duty upon the entry thereof for consumption than if the same were imported ro-' ppectively after that date, and in all cases where the duty by virtue of the act of April 29th, ISfti, exceeds the duties under this act tho Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to refund the excess. “ Mr. HALE said thift was the most unwise legislation he bad ever heard proposed. All legislative action of a general character must in some individual cases be oppressive—but it was the height of foltyto say that Congrcpß %Ytt.s to rectify all the errors it bad done In tlie p&U. To do so would cos. more than to carry on the yr»r, '■ • * The amendment was rejected. .President pro tern, submitted a letter from ihc Secretary of War in answer to a resolution, with esti mates of the Quartermaster General- for transportation of o‘OYernmei.t supplies during the eurrent.-.year, as follows: By Platte county Bailroad to' ho ft Leavenworth, SG.ICO; from Fort Leavenworth, via Fori Kearuoy and Fwi Riley, westward, sftiS,ooo; via Fort Kearney, west ward, $378,000; otherireight from Fort Leavenworth, sfio,oCO. • “ . Mr. srEAGTJE moved to strike out the tax of two cents lb on raw or unmanufactured, cotton, W'hich was Mr. H&RBIS offered an amendment, pybposmg to admit casks, barrels, and carboys of American manu facture, and which .having been seat put filled with Americiin produce, shall return, free oi duty. The amendment was adopted. . /. r L ■ -- „ - -The section on salt was, on motion of Mr. FOSIER, amended so at to tax foreign salt in sacks;: barrels, and other packages 20 in* toad of 26 per cent., and on salt in bulklBinBteadof2ocentsperlGopound&. •• . An amf ndrnent was offered by Mr. .SU.MNEE, requir ing .minplet, of goods in foreign invoices, to bo deposited with consuls, that they may bo compared therewith, was adopted. * ' .. Atuaiaondment of Mr. HARRIS, tho duty bubrimstone, crude, nnd. in rolls, one ®»nt per tb, in* stead of. 66and $lO per toil, e* in the Himse bill.. The bill, as amended, was read three’ times, and ayes 22, nays 5. Messrs Buckalew, Headricks, Ms* DougaU, Powoil and Richardson. The Senate, atll.oOP. M.-. adjourned. CAPTtJEE OF PXTKIteUUKO—BItAVSnr OF THE t'O* LURED TIIOOVS. ' c Tbe SPEAKER caused to bo read tothe-Hba&e a com monicatioD from theSecretavy of Wftr.detailin? the re cent eveiita in counectioiiwitli the capture of Fefcers bura, ucd in wln«h it siates ifcai the hardest fighting whs done by the black troops, ••.(- Applause. 3 Sir. KELLEY expivpHedUh* hops that gentle men would uovv withdraw their slanders on colored troops, The House, iu accordance •with a previous order, pro (tteded to consider privateibillK, : . , CLAIMS -FOR IUMAOKS DONE BY THK UNITED Bfr. HALE, from the Committee on Claims, reported a hill providing lor the establishment oftmards of eosi uiisßiunei-h iu certain defiued districts to adjudicate claims for property destroyed or injured by the armies of the United States, the amoaut awarded to be paid thereafter by Concressional appropriation. The com missioners aro prohibited from takitfgcognizance of any claim for loss of slaves," itnd nit persons who have hikea part in the rebellion, or given s it' aid and comforl, are excluded from the benefit of this act. : . Afror some debate, Mr. THORNTON, of New York, offered a substitute, providing for the appoiamant of three commissioners? and h solicitor and marshal, to con etituteone board only, which was rejected. The question was stated on orderiiur the bill to a third at hal four, the House took a recess - EVENING SESSION. -v- 1 PROROSim NEW RAILWAY IN WASHINGTON—TUB The House procended to the consideration of Oistrict of Columbia bnsiims. . The Senate hill to incorporate a new street railroad in • Washington was considered. The ObnimHtcefiUlie District recommend the striking out of the clause Sprovldlmr that no regulation shall be made excluding persons from the cars on account of -colpr. • • ,■ ~ Mr. MOREiS, of Ohio, moved a usw soateucei That the company may place carp'on the road endorsed on Iheouisidc. White persons admitted; M :’ [Laughter.] Mr. ERlClv of lowa, moved to add, I“if they aro sober.” fLauuhter. j This was agreed to, wlmu • - Vj ' Mr. ELDKILGE, .of. Wisconsin, tlesirod to .know whether that admitted white men if sober, and negroes if drunk. “ A Voice—*' Of course it does; ht Bfr. Morris’ amendment, as amended by Mr. Price,' was rejected—yeas 16, nays not counted. . On voting to strike out as recommended by the,com mittee* no quorum voted, and there was a call of the House.' , v The bill was laid over for the present. Several bills concerning the District of.Colmnbia'wcro passed, and the House, at 9 adjourned.' Deathsnt tlio Washington Hospitals. The following deaths of Pennsylvania and Now Jersey soldiers wore reported at Captain Jamo3 Id, Moore’s office, .’Washingtdii: . Jonh 15.—Captain Richard Poster, Jv, Ist N. J. • John W. Smith, K, 116th l*a. j MichaU Carroll, K, 81st Pa.; Jere. Magovcrn, F, sth Pa.; Jolm AiEatoa, Q,B7th Pa. ; Captain Albert A. Davis, C. Ist Heavy Artluary; Heury Bovcrspifcc, G, 82d Pa. *, Wm.-S. niH, F, 62d Pa.; S. B. Evans, J), 140th Pa.; Albert H. Price, H ? lSSth Pa. ; John McAfee, A, 18th Pu‘. Cav; ; Samuel Ktnv. F, 65th Pa.; John S. "Ward, F, 13th Pa. Cav.; John Voxler, D;: OfiihPa.; Lieut. M. B. Goodrich, H, 93d Fa.; John Pat terson, G, 14th Pa. tiftv.; E. A. Kilbourn, .if, 45th -Pa. Owen rook, E, 146th Pa. ;M6hn Peoples. i\ 71st Pa.; Dennis Digmim, K, 40th-Piv.Danlol Smith, A, 57th Pa.-. ■ *'•, June IG.-Geo. Eaton, T, 40th Pa.; Henry Herpsfc, 11, 19th Pa. .; J. Homer, E, 136th Pa.; Wright Keddmgton, I, 4Cth Pa.; R. Harris,B,72d Pa.: John Bonier* E.lMtli Pa.; Jopian n. Jacobs, JC. 149th Pa. j Ifjury C. Ogbnrn, G, 16th N. J.; Simon Snyder, A, 4Sth Pa.; WiUlain If; Bateman, E, 45th Pa.; Frank Rodenhustv, E, 53th Pa.; Jas. Branagan, I,_ 60th Pa.; Andrew Cr Brown, D, 4i)th Pa. *, Pat. Begin, F, 14th N. J. ; John Fryer, A, 53d Pa. Sandusky, Ohio, Juno 17.—A fire occurred at 8 P. M,, to-day, which destroyed the Townsoud House and Bix priyato dwellings. The lops 13 insurance $19,900, SENATE. Tltß CASK OF iijt. SOTTOFIELD. HC^USE. PRIVATE CALENUAU. STATES' ARM lES. COLORED PASSENGER QUESTION. Fire lit Saritltiflky. ! THE 11R IN VIRGINIA. mEIISBOMi ATTACKED lIIf CEW. SMITH’S CORES. Onlhuil Sloming of liic Forts by Black Troops. CAPTURE. "OF PETERSBURG. 13 GUNS, MANY COLOBS, AND 4,000 PBISONTEBB TAKEN. BEN, SMITH THANKS THE COLORED TROOPS. l-itoßa me; fai.sk kkfokt of wen. SSi:3UI>AX*« defeat. OPERATIONS OF HAFIZ’S CAVALRY. Tlic KuilHfflil lictwccn Richmond and FcH'i’sburg Ton* Up, PAKTICUIiAKS OF THE GRAND ADVANCE. OriTOIAB GAZETTB. . WABittNOT6x,-?june-17, D. 30 AbJVC.- -' \To Major Genw&l Disc, New York: ‘ f The following despatches have been received by f this Dcpaitment: . . • f -Oity Pojkt, Juno 15, via .Tawkstowx Tslakd, . 6.30:A. M.j June 10.—Sraith, .with 16,000 men, at- ' itnckeil Petersburg this morning. - / GenoralJsntlor reports from his observatory, near 'Bermuda Hundred, that there has been sharp fight ing; and that the troops and trains of the enemy " were, as he writes, moving from the city across the " Appomattox, as if retreating. Hancock- i3.not near onough to render General Smith any aid. v The Hicbiuond papers have nothing to indicate a suspicion of our crossing the James river. They expect to be attacked from the direction of Malvern Hill. City Poist, Yn., 7.30 P. 3M., Juno la,—Our latest report from Smith was at 4 p; M. lie had carried a line of entrenchments at Beatty’s, bouse, fiiie colored troops assaulting and carrying ■the rifle-pits with great gallantry, but ho bad not yet carried the main line.: He the rebel artillery fire as being heavy. Ho expected to assault: their line just before dark. Hancock is within three miles of Smith. < Urn* Point, Va., 7 ArM., JunelG, via . James ’• town .Island, 11.45 A. 3VI.— At 7.20 P. M., yester day, Smith assaulted and carried the principal lino of the enemy’s ontronchments before Petersburg, taking thirteen cannon, several stands of coior3,and between three and four thousand prisoners. This line is two miles from Petersburg. Hancock got up and took position on Smith’s left at 3 A. M. oh Tuesday. There was heavy firing in that directionTrom 5 to fi A. MY, but no report-yet. BOKTHABT. I.ANDIMG, Ya., 1 P. M., JUBO IG. After .sending ,iny despatch of this morning from .the heights southeast of Petersburg, I went over the conquered lines with Gen. Grant and the engi neer officers; . . The works are of the very strongest kisdV more .. difficult even to take than was Missionary Kidge at Chattanooga. The. hardest fighting was doho .by the black troops. The forts they stormed I tliink the worst ■ ofall. Alter the afiairvras over, General Smith went to thank them, and tell them he was proud of their courage and dash. He says, they cannot be ex celled as soldiers, and that hereafter lie will send them in a difficult place as readily as ills best white troops.; . . They, captured six of the cannon which he took. • 5 The prisoners he took were from Beauregard’s command. Y: ~,v • - . Some or them said they had juat crossed the James, above : l)rury J s Bluff. ;I do not think any of Pec’s array had reached Petersburg when Smith stormed it. They seera to be there this morning, however, and to be making ! arrangements to liold the west side of the Appo mattox. . : The town they cannot think of holding, as it lies directly under our guns. The weather continues splendid. / ■ • City Ya., 4 P. M., June 15, via Jaxbs towx Island, 11.45 P. M.—Gen. Butler reports from Bermuda Hundred that the enemy have aban doned the works in front of that place. His tfeops are now.engaged in tearing up the rail road between Petersburg and Richmond. The following despatch does not designate the hour, but it is supposed to be later than the pre ceding ones: . ; Jamustown, Ya.. June 16.—1 came down from the pontoon above Fort Powhatan with despatches for Secretary Stanton. Just as T-loft Gapfc. Pltken retried lo mo that Petersburg was in our posses "Sion.' ' Nothing of recent date has been heard from Gen. ; Sheridan, but the Richmond U'Aieon all the way to ‘Wash ington, that I might aohlevo the novel sensation of cleanliness, and now this march makes my lastdays worse than my first. I suspect the army has picked itself up and journeyed to the Jaiuos river at the dictation of no strictly military necessity. It will doubtless further tho purpose of taking Hiehmond, but I bclioYC this to bo a subordiuuto consideration. The .paramount reason is to. have a grand army Washing-Day! and no stream of loss abLutionary capacity than the’.’Tamos will suffice. Dust I thou • scourge of the groat modern Yirghila Desert—ugh l ugh! ugh! I loathe thee,:and 1 draw time as. though ihou wert sweet witu the perftimes of Araby the Hlest, and Gathay and Oriental spieos, into my nostrils, nnd thou art laden with the seventy dis tinct stinks of cologne. 1 detest thco, and I swal .low thcc. labominute thee, and take thee to my .hdsom. Tliat which I would eschew lohew. lam wretched and I retch.—Times’ Corresptmdf7ice. THK ADYAIS r OK TO THH JAMES ItlYEll. Charles City U. H., .Tune 35.—Thc Chlcka hominy has been,gafoly crossod. Griffin’s division or Die Sd Corps, preceded by a brigade or cavalry, advanced from Church to Dong Bridge. Thia wns on S»mhiy night. •After a brief skirmish with our tidvunco guaTtl, tho few rebel pickets guarding this skirmish—a number of cannon being freely used on both sides. We had two regiments of infantry deployed as skirmishers. About twenty men were killed and wounded in this short afinir. Some prisoners wore captured. They reported IY CO to bo massing Ms troops at Bottom’s Bridge, but he was too slow. *Our advance along the road to Bottom’s Bridge kept the enemy back, and gave tho 2d Corps ample opportunity to got over the Ohicka* hominy. The 6th and 2d Corps crossed lower down, at Jones’Bridge. On Sunday tho 18tli Corps embarked on transports at the While Houso, and have since moved past hero on the James towards Bermuda Hundred. The 2d Corps is being ferried to-day from Wilcox’s wliarf to Windmill Point. Our present position on the banks of tho James river is much healthier than that just vacated on tho Chiokahominy. Many of the men who had been sufleringwlth fever rind ague arc rapidly recovering since the change of camp. THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST. DETAILS OF GENERAL STURGIS’ DEFEAT. Tlic Enemy in Overwhelming lumbers. SniiMHl) KAIUNi; OP THE IIOLOHED TISOOI’S. REPORTED RAID IN INDIANA. TXTE ESCAPE 4)P. MOUO AX. A PAET OP MORGAN’S STAFF ARRESTED. THE HATE DEFEAT OF GEN., STURGIS. Momiif?, Juno 14, via Cincinnati, Juno 16.—The following detailed information in regard to the lato defeat of General Sturgis is gathered mostly from officers accompanying the expedition, und is mainly correct: Nothing of interest occurred until the expedition passed Salem, Mississippi, bn the sth, when three hundred men were sent in advance, passing through Riploy/capturlng small parties of the enemy, and moving directly upon Rlcrr/.i ami Danville, dcstroy ing-lhe railroad,.burning the depot at the former place, and constantly.skirmishing with a consider able body of the enemy. They rejoined the main column"on the Bth inst. Willi twenty-five prisoners.- On the 9th the. main column passed through Rip ley, moving southwest. On tho morning of the 10th the cavalry.moved in the direction of Gun town, leaving the infantry in camp.: After proceed ing a few milc3 they encountered the pickets, and soon came upon a large body of the enemy in position, and the battle became gdioral. The cavalry dismounted and drove the enemy some distance, when ihe hitter"were reinforced, and our . men fought four liours'nguinst great odds, when the infantry came up and the cavalry returned. At 3 P- M. another large body of the enemy ar rived on the railroad in sight of the battle, which . was raging furiously. All our force being engaged, it was soon cadent we could not withstand, such at tacks as were being made by su&l superior num bers, and our men, began to fall back, contesting every inch of ground. Tlie colored troops fought with desperation, and were the last to give way.. The column retrehted to Ripley, a distance of twenty-five miles, that night, after burning a large portion ol' their supply train and destroying ten pieces of artillery, which they were unable to move through the swamps. % . On tho llth the enemy made a desperate attack on the infantry T which, was repulsed ; but the attack was renewed, and considerable portions of the In fantry were cut off and captured. -After the ammu nition had becomc/exhaustcd, it is stated that many of the negro troops boarded the ammunition train as It was being destroyed, filltag their pockets and bosoms with cartridges; Others gathered the am munition from the cast-off accoutrements of the white troops, and thus were enabled to keep up tho fight until they reached Memphis, . It is stated that one body of 1,000 infantry, which was cut ‘off and supposed to, have been captured, was defended by 200 negroes from repeated assaults of the rebel cavalry, and arrived at Collierville soon after the main column. Another body of 300 ne groes arriTOd this morning, having escaped by by roads, all bringing in their arms.' .. : The loss is now estimated at 125. negroes, 14 pieces of artillery, and about 1,500 men, . All of the 57th‘ United States Colored have come in except 200 men and six officers ; 300 of the 55th United States color ed are missing. ' - Among the casualties in the 2d New Jersey cav alry, are Captain Reilly, killed j ldeutenant Rudol phs. Lieutenant Brada, Lieutenant Smithy Lieute nant Rainer, Lieutenant Applegate, and' Assistant* Surgeon Keauts, are missing. In the 7th Indiana cavalry; Lieutenant Colonel Brown-and Captain Elliott are wounded. .'/V *' ;. In the 93d Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel Pool and Adjutant Moody were killed; Captain Convisserwa-s wounded, and Lieutenant Rees is wounded and missing. In the 95th Ohio, Captain Allies and Lieutenant ICelton were killed, and Captain Har rison was wounded and is misshjg. . REPORTED RAID IN INDIANA. ’ 3VT adisox, lad., June 16.—1 t is reported that a rebel force of 300 men, under -Jenkins, crossed the Ken tucky river into Trimble county, eight miles from Carrollton, last night, coining west. ; _ THE PURSUIT OF MORGAN. Cjxcixkatj, June 17. —The pursuit of Morgan Is virtually at an end. .It is believed that he has escaped with a few hundred men. : V ARREST OF PART OF MORGAN’S STAFF. Louisville, ’June 17.— The'rebcl Colonels Clheno ,yrlth, Charlton Morgan, and Meurber, of John Mor. Egan’s staff, came into. Lexington yesterday, with General Hobson, under a flag of truce, desiring to treat with Burbridgc for an exchange of prisoners captured in the late raid. . Burbridge refused to recognize the flag, arrested the rebels as prisoners, and ordered Hobson to the. command of lus division. ' About 159 mounted men of Jessee’s gang crossed the Louisville and Frankfort Railroad early this morning at-Smithfield, andwere subsequently heard of at Shelbyville, tnrouti to Taylorsville. Off Friday, Colonel Weatherford, of tho 13th ICeri tucky . Cavalry, 1 : evacuated Burksvilie, and on the following Wednesday Bennett’s gang took posses sion of the town, and gave it up to pillage. YLVAXIA A KT) XEW JIK3ET VKOM SHERiCAX'af AR3fr TO :.\K 9. SICX AXT> WOrXDEP PEXX6V FOI.PIEJIS TKAXSFRKREIi ] NASHVU.LB, TISXX., OX JU: JasMcAffry, C, 111 Bobt Olaver, 1), 147 . Levi Uaboeher, G, 79 1 David B Olmstead, B, 9 Ja? Dalzell, G, 28 ; 1 Martin Purcell, C» 147 Warren Sweet, 15, 11 Henry Weitzel, J, 3S Beni Bauner, O, 29 "Win Blanehard. B, 11 " ' Chas Miller, B, 73 : Henry Wood, G, 46 . John T Millenger, B, 76 Geo Burs, A, 2S •• Hiram Gee, C 10 Cav Corp Jesse Gangoner, E, 2h : I,IST OF iHEJt TBAXSt'ERRE! Richard Louden, I, S 3 N J Win Rorben, XL 29 .. . John Doncliy, B, 33 N, J Erasing Myres, H,.33N J RupertCanicy, CSS ■ Peter Frantnmn, A, 77 D Neil, E, 46 . ; Henry Fetter, B, 78.- Capt Neil Craig, F, 46 Juo P Donovan,’A, 147" ■ Al len J Burnett, G, Ift Cav M Rosenthal, A, J 49 NJ , NEW ORLEANS. ARRIVAL OV . THE M’CLELLAN—-THE COTTON AND SEGAIVMAIiKKT. Nevv York, June 17.— The steamer McOleUan brings Ke^ Orleans advices of the 9th. The news is unimportant. .. Tlic steamers Evening Star and Thomas A. Scott arrived out on the Bth. ' Colonels Whxttemorc,. 30th Massachusotts, and Seroggs, 25th U.- r S. Colored Infantry, are passen- : gers*. . •.\- - Cotton was at a stand still. Sugar ixc, higher. jSORTH CAKOLISA. Nexv York, .Tune 17.—-The United States supply steamer Tfewbern has arrived, from the North At lantic Blockading Squadron on the 9th inst. Tlie Newborn ran "ashore; the blockade-runner Bo rusy, nine miles north of Beaufort.. She was laden ■with arms, lead, bacon, and shoes, on Confederate account.. Her engine’and boilers were blown com pletely out of her a few moments after sho struck. She was a fine iron side-wheel’ steamer of 453 tons' and quite new. The vessel and cargo were worth §1,000,000. . YallntMllglmin null his J'racn.ls. Cincinnati, Juno 17.—A despatch from Dayton to the .Commercial says ; “There is but.little doubt that Vallandighara’s arrival was unexpected to his friends. H!s house was open yesterday, and a large number of hisfriends called ou him. In response to a serenadc laat Tallandigbam said ho did not believe that any attempt would bo made to ar rest him, but should there be, he intimated that he and his friends were prepared for the emergency. He announced his intention to remain 'quiet until after the Chicago Convention, when he would make hispurpose known.” EXCLUSION OF A CINCINNATI PAPER FROM BUR nitinaE’s ARjn The Gazeite publishes li despatch from Lexington stating that General Burbridgo has issued an order forbidding the Cincinnati Enquirer to bo circulated within the limits of his disttict. I’rolmble Miir.lcr nt Rcmlinsr. Beading, .Tunc 17.—Quite an oxoitomenfc has been created hero in conscquonco of a political emevte between ft portion of- the workmen in the Philadelphia and Beading Bailroad work shop in this city, resulting in , mortally wound iug ouo of the parties.; A few days ago one of. the workmen said ho jvould rather fight for the rebel cause than for the Union. This expression created a feeling of indignation among his com panions, and they determined to order him to leave the town, or else tar and feather him and ride him bn a rail. This, morning ho again came to work. One of his personal frlonds, though an opponent in politics, ad vised him in kind words to leave shops as ho would surely: be mobbed if*_he remained. Another workman (father-in-law of the ivbol sym pathiser) called out “ Shoot Him,” whereupon the latter drew a pistol, and shot his friendly adviser, the ball taking olfoot in the abdomen. The assail ant was arrested and lodged In prison. The IMUsbnrsr SaniUwy Fair. Pittsburg, June 16.—The; contest for the sliver trumpet at the Sanitary Fair of this city closed to day, and on counting up thevdkes It was found that the Hope Fire Company, of Allegheny city,"gained it by over 900 majority. llnnker Uill Anulverjwr.y. Boston, Juno 17.—Tho oustom house, ben.ks, and stores of ;this otty nre closod to-day, in observance of the anniversary of‘the battle of Bunker liiU, Tlic Union ratification mooting hold last evening at the Cooper was a most unqualified suc cess. The hall was crowded to the overflow, by an audience, among whom wore many ladies. The presence of ladles at the Union meet ings has become almost characteristic, and the fact olfers the most oolid testimony to the respectability of tlic cause, if to nothing else. Among the vice presidents were Peter Cooper, James Harper, Moses H. Grinned, ami others or our most wealthy and prominent citizens. Some years ago an ultra-Domo cratic meeting was held at. the Academy of Music; as a consequence the cushions were cut and tram pled, and the lower decorations and panels wore badly disfigured. Tim contrast, in tone, between Uio audiences gathered under Use call, of the two parties, is somewhat remarkable. Not-that the great majority of Democratic meetings have not been respectable, but that- in some instances they have been more disgraceful to the candidates they were intended to honor than The nomi nees of the'Baltimore Convention wore cn.thusl* nstieally endorsed; Upon the same evening the McClellan Central Executive Committee held a meeting at the Sinclair House. Hiram Kotcbum, Jr., took the chair. It was resolved that the General Is-the beat man for uniting the conservative elements In tho country. Moreover, it was resolved that the postponement of the Chicago Convention was unwise. The wisest thing done by the committee' was the last. On mo tion of one of the delegates, the committee adjourned cn masse for the purpose of attending the ratification; meeting at the Cooper Institute. A meeting of tho Peace Central Committee is to be hold at tlic Aator House on Tuesday, June 21. No general suspension of business is expected in conse quence thereof. HJLVVY VERDICT AGAINST BROOKLYN. The proprietors of the Atlantic Dock Stores , have just recovered heavy damages against that city. During tho riots of July, the mob mado an attack upon the property, destroyed the wharf, sunk a dredging machine, and fired the grain elevator. The jury returned a verdict for .$17,450; just -$550 less than the damages claimed. , THU BOKSJURE ACCIDENT.-, " : Two 'have been found at Hie wreck of the Berkshire. . Bark Herman and Molly, St. Domingo City May 31. The revolution was still progressing with savage hate... : David Thomas, D, 29 Benj Davis, O, 46 Geo Baukert, F, 29 Richa*d L C, 147 Thos E Lewis, F, 109 Covp Eino E Bardeck, H, 46 Corn Ed Blake, 1,33 N .1 Goodolplt Rob, I, 33 if J Louis Moon. I, 'AS Aiex Uickols, D, 29 Alex Klirlg, C, 46 Geo W Roltey, E, 111 G Danny, B, 29 Caps S Fisher, I, 46 W Walter Setlark, B, 73 9 TO. XASKriLLB, JUXEIO. . Johu Diugham, HI 36 ijcrgt JTGibsoa, B, 73 . Corp Jesse Hallam. —,109 Frank Anderson, H, 2S Geo Seitz, I, 111 Jos 51S ups?, Corp,—, 7S James Palmer, D. 33 2f J James.Petrie, A, 2S John F Alden, A, 111 Bugler WH Trego.B* 7CaT Jtf'Oonner, Juo 31 Carey, £, 46 saw YORK. CITY. [Special Correspomleuco of The Proas. 3 New York, Jane IT, 1884. POLITICAL MEKTfWOS. THE GOLD XATiKBT. Gold closed atitDsK-5/i95%. MATITNB INTELLIGENCE. Ship Chimborazo, [Liverpool ; Bavoncorc, Liver pool. Barks -Dorettej Foochow; Verita, Genoa; Villa-Franca, Sagua *. Fennechiena, Leghorn; Brig Giflrcdo, Palermo. Sobr Micbalono, JUo Grande. Also, arrived, steamer* Creole, from New Orleans on the JOth, but brings no news. New Jersey Hundred Bays Mea. V Newark, June 17.—Tho. Ist Regiment of New Jersey hundred-days men left camp this morning for Washington. They are good fighting material, .and express a desire to bo sent to the front. On tlicir arrival in Washington the matter will be laid before tho Government. Union Ratification Meeting* at. Concord. Concoiid, N. H., June 17.—A grand ratification meeting was held here last evening, upon the nomi nations at Baltimore. It-was addressed by Aaron H. Oragin. Amos Tueb, and -others,' Great enthu siasm was manifested. 1 heath ef-an editor. Baltimore, June 17. —Sir. N; Tuttle, Esq., one of the proprietors of the Baltimore CVipper, died'to day, after a brief illness, aged 65 years. Sfarkelg by Telegraph. St. Lori- 3 , June 17.—FIout active; extra, $6. 75^7.j*5; double extra, ’ §S@S.7n.-'-Wheat buoyant, and 3 billty than tlib question of Railway fare, which is also just now on the tapis. There is, however, still another “ faro " vliloh awakens the most agreeable reminiscences, and which wo can discuss with plea sure and proSt to all who are olive to genuine gustatory enjoyment. We refer to the. sumptuous hills of fare now daily served at. the popular Dining Saloons of Mr. 3. W. Price, southwest corner of Fourth andjCUostnut. Hr. Price has not only tho tisto and liberality to supply Ills larder with all tho most dclicious'things that tho market affords—the • finest butter,' bust beef, lamb, and mutton, the choicest spring chickens, and most elegant salt oysters, plump and fat, together with tho most splendid fresh vegetables—but lie has the requisite qualifications to prepare them in the most healthful and tempting mode of cookery, and the most prompt and polite waiters to servo them to his guests. Dining at Price’s is a luxury which every gentle man should know experimentally. The GlibvEß & Baker Skvvc-b Macuihe is the Fair.— -The Grover & Baker Sewing Machine establishment of this city has covered ttsetr with new Tamo, In the part taken by Its agent, in the ope rations of our great Pair. The contributions mails by him are all in excellent taste, and attest the superior qualities of the Grover Sc Baker machine for tlic finest needle work. We may state they have among other valuable donations in the way of machines and elegant embroidered work, a superb Sewing Machine, encased in the most artistic and elaborate style. Tho case of this instrument is per fectly unique, being or rosewood, embellished with landscape paintings, and inlaid with pearl, making altogether one of tho most tasteful articles in the Fair. : The machine is also supplied with one of Grover & Baker’s ‘self-acting fans, and is, upon the whole, attracting marked attention. The dollar subscriptions to. it, for the honored recipient, arc flowing in rapidly. Tiie book containing the au tographs of the subscribers will accompany the ma chine. We learn that the sales of Grover it Baker machines since the opening of tiie Fair have been very large, their rooms, at <5O Chestnut street, being crowded almost every hour in the day with visitors. Try Them.— We have a practical suggestion t» make to persons visiting the city to attend the Fair. Of course everybody who reads tho newspapers has read of the name and fame of the great Philadelphia Confectioners, Messrs. K..G. Whitman & Co., No. 318 Chestnut street, below Fourth. But the present will afford an opportunity of forming a closer ac quaintance with this popular house, and testing the superior quality of their Confections. There is po sitively nothing in the entire category of delicious edibles that appeals so effectually to the palate as the luscious Confections made by this firm, and the variety of their productions is as endless as their qualities Let no one think of leaving the city without carrying with him a budget from G•. Whitman S: Co. for-’ 1 the loved ones at home." BeaDy we never enter this attractive establishment without wishing that we had at least a doiex fami lies to, cater for. The aggregate of happiness that could be conferred in this way would be inexpres sible. The “Fi.orexoe” Sewixo Machihes at the Saxitary Fair. —lf the great Fair now in progress at Logan Square accomplished no "more than to secure to tho people a general introduction to the celebrated “ Florence ” Sewing Machine (sold at the office of tiie Company, No. (S3O Chestnut street), it would be a great blessing to the public. What ia claimed for this machine is now being demonstrated daily, to tho delight of multitudes, and tiie next place in popularity to the Fair itself seems to bo the rooms of the “ Florence ’’ Sewing Machine, No. 630 Chestnut street. Every one of these inimitable in struments has a “Bamum Self-Sewer” attached to it, and is sold with a guaranty to give the purchaser perfect satisfaction or the money to be returned. “You who have Dollars to Si-exp, Pm;, '’•'RE to Spexd them Now.”—This is, donbtless what the great Boman orator would say could he but return from the shades for a day and register his name at the Girard or Continental. But .-ft he can not, me make the timely proposition in his stead. Go to tiie Fair and spend ypur'-oioney fireelv for the soldiers ; afterwtuch order your supply of wintereoal from W. W. Alter, 935 North Ninth street, without ’delay. You will save money by doing so. The Comforts of a Good-fittixo Skirt.—* Nothing is more annoying than an iH-fitting Shirt.* Toobviate this annoyance have your Shirts made by John C. Arrison, Nos. 1 and S North Sixth street, who guarantees a, perfect ft. He Ims also a full assortment of Underclothing constantly on hand. The “Prize-Medal” Shirt, invented by Mr. John F. Taggart, and sold by Mr. George Grant, 610 Chestnut street, is, without exception! the best in fit, comfort, beauty, and durability. HU stock of Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, of his own exclusive manufacture and importation, is also the choicest in the city, and his prices are moderate.' The Popular New “Pot Potrnnt” Turban, sold by Wood & Cary, 725 Chestnut street, is the most becoming artieic out for ladies’ heads, accord ing to the present wioJe of wearing the hair. Their sale of them is immense. Excellent Photographs.— Mr, F. Gutekunst, Nos. 704 and 706 Arch street, has recently executed fine photographic pictures, in various sizes ami styles, of .Mr, James E. Murdoch, Generals Han cock, Meade, and Grant, and Bishops Wood, Kings .ley, and Simpson, duplicates of at! oFwhich.can now be had at his counters. ' : r • -The President at the Fair.— President Bin coin paid a visit to the Great Central Fair, yester day, and had a magnificent reception. He looked in at the Art Gallery, enjoyed the Horticultural Dei partment, “did” the Penn Parlor, conned over the relics and curiosities, and enjoyed himself im-„ mensely on the whole. In the course of the evening he remarked confidentially to a friend that no part of the great show possessed half the attraction to him as the display of wearing apparel made by Eockbiir& Wilson, the proprietors of the Brown - Stone Clothing Hall, Nos. 603 and 605 Chestnut?' street, above Sixth. Magahficext Stock of Su3qter Clothing.— Wchavealreadyhad cecasiontospeak inapproving terms of tlie great stock of fashionable Clothing for Gentlemen offered by the popular old house of Messrs. O. Somers & Son, No. 625 Chestnut street, under Jayne’s Hall, but their present display of! ready-made garments excels anything that they have heretofore offered/and certainly presents un usual inducement's to buyers both in the elegance and style .of the garments and the quality of the fabrics from whieh fcheyaremade. Gentlemen from a distance visiting jthe Fair, and who wish to be suited in an elegant suit at short notice, should go ! to Somers & Son’s, 025 Chestnut street. The History of Our Flag, published by Ar Winch, 505 Chestnut street, is one of the books now most in demand. ,Its timely appearance now, when, the glorious ensign of our country is assailed by , traitor hands, makes it of double value to every loyal man throughout our land. In it, Mr. F. E. Sarmiento, its author, traces the whole history and meaning of ; our flag, doing so in a most happy and pleasing. style, nud illustrating it with beautiful en gravings of old battle flags, &c. It is a book that would be invaluable to either boy, girl or man, and yet sells at the extremely low price of fifty cents. The largest assortment of Bathing Clothes In tlie United Slates for ladles, gentlemen, and chil dren, at Sloan’s, 806 Market street, Philadelphia, and at his Store, S. E. corner Washington and Jackson streets, Cape Island, N. J. jolS-3t* Photograph Albums is? Every Style.— Bich Turkey Morocco, Antique, Ivory Mountings, Orna mental Edges, &e., &e., holding from Twelve to Two Hundred Photographs; the largest and best assort ment in the city. Wat. W. Harding, Manufacturer, No. 326 Chestnut street, below Fourth, south side. Get the Best !—The Roly Bible—Harding’s Editions .—Family, Pulpit, and Pocket Bibles, la beautiful styles of Turkey Morocco and antique bindings. A'new edition, arranged for Photographic portraits of families. ' Wm. W. Hardiho, Publisher, No. 326 Chestnut street, below Fourth. Something New.—Patent pocket-book ami .cur rency holder combined, manufactured by Mason 5s Hughes, 44 North Sixth street, made from one pieco by folding that dispenses with stitching, making a compact and durable book, admirably arranged for our present currency. The advantage of this book can bo seen at a glance. Would it not be weii for, every gentleman who Intends visiting the “Fair” first to see that the covering of his head Is in perfect order, be it hat or wig. Should the hat, on examination, be found slmbby-looking, unfashionable, or unseasonable, he is hereby advised to hasten to Warburton, the hat ter, next door to the Post Office, and procure for himself a tasteful and a seasonable hat. By so doing he will undoubtedly make a fair appearance at the Fair and elsewhere/ Dr. Banning, of New York, at the Continental Hotel, on Monday and Tuesday, the 20tk and 2lst for the application of his improved Body-Braces for the cure of Female Weaknesses, Hernia, Spinal Affection?, Dyspepsia, Constipation, Piles, Droop ing,' and General Debility. Office hours from 12 M. to 6 P.M. .. • . jelS-3t Children's Shoes, plain and fancy—the largest assortment in the city at Dunbar’s, 116 south Se cond street, corner Carter street. Scyll’s Continent.*. i. Coffee at the Saxi taky Fata— Visitors at the Fair can have an op portunity of testing the superior quality of this Cof fee, at Mr- Scull’s stimd In the Fofreshment Depart ment. The Coffee is. ready made ana served to all who call, and those who are prejudiced against pre pared coflee can bo here convinced that they have found the article that has. the flavor, richness and strength of .lava, at a reasonable price. It can be purchased at the Fair, and from grocers in the city and country. The wholesale depot is at No. 130 Arch street. . Seasonable Coverings for the Head— All Tastes Anticipated'.— Warburton, noxt door to the Post Office, exhibits all the styles- or all his busi ness eotemporaries, as well as a large number ex clusively his Own.. Call and examine. ? Gents’ patent leather, glove kid, and cloth gai ters, halmorals, and Oxford ties, at Dunbar’s, 116 south Second street, corner Carter street. .To Military Officers and Soldiers.— From. Col. E. F. Jones, Mass. 2oth: “With me the use of the ‘ lironchial Troches' is an absolute necessity, and I cannot understand how any officer who is called upon .by hip position to use his voice in «om mand can succeed without them.” “Mackinaw” Straw Hats.— A superior ment of these Philadelphia favorite straw now in store. A few are of rare fineness and ; —prices from $2 to $lO. Warhnrton, hatter, nut street, next door to the Post Office. The President's Last, —A gentleman re< remarked- to Mr. Lincoln tliat nothing could his re-election but Grant’s capture of ltichim be followed by his nomination at Chicago ai ccptanco. “Well,” said tho President, “ I fet muck like tko malt who said lie didn’t want i particularly, but if ho had to die, tkat was clsoly tkc disease lie would like to die of.” T so! and we commend every man wko entf similar sentiments, to purclutse Ills clothes “ palatial” store of Granville Stokes, hfo. 609 nut street. Ladies’ shoos. All the latest styles. The esfc assortment In the city at IKinhar’s, HG Second street, corner Carter street. ; A SrLTSKDID ASSOBTMKIfT Of miSSCS', Chib and boys’.liats, at reduced prices, oau be pur<, of Charles Oukford & Sons. 834 and 636 ctreetf' GoW&e&Ug Hotel*