PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED) BT lOHH W. roKHET. omoi 90. 11l SOOTH fourth strut. the daily press, To City Bubeeribera, 1» Twr Donnas rn inn, In Mum; Twuni Owib ?w Wms, payable W tha BaMn. Mailed Is Sub.erlbsr. onto! the elty, Him Domna ran jkmsus Four Doi.la.kb AKl> Ftftt Ckets Won Six Months j Two Dollars asp TwiNTy-riYi Bun vox rsaxi Moxths, lnyarlably U adTanee for tha lime orders*. MV* AdvsrtUamrata Inserted it tbs usual ntn fHI TIM-WEEKLY PRESS, Mailed to Subeerlbera, Im Doughs PXK draw. la Sdraote. ' - WM i PET 600DS JOjBjBKKS. 1865. BP f N « 1865. HALLOWELL, GARDNER, fc CO., BIS CHESTNUT STREET, MTBVB MARBLE BUILDING, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN SILKS AND FANCY DRY ROODS, Hava now in atoek an assortment ol BLACK AMD COLORED DRKBB BILKS. BLACK ABB COLOBBD HOOK DB LAIHKS. 3-A AHD B-A ‘BLACK ABD COLORED ALPACAS. 'CRAPE MABETZ, BABKOS HBBRABL IMOZAHBIQDB. TOIL OS HOHD. TAKIB PBISTKD AHD PLAUf JAOOHKTB ABD ORBAKDIBS. PACIFIC LAWHB AND OKOABDIBS. SHAWLS. MAVTLBS. &l. gPRING. 1865. BPRIMO. JAS. R. CAMPBELL & CO., : IMPORTERS ABD JOBBXBB OF DRY QOODB. 737 CHESTNUT STREET. OFFER TO GASH BUYERS AT WHOLESALE Am axteaily, assortment of .bole* fabriee la IQUDDE IXD UDKKIU 081 600 DB, At andaader market rate.. Aethelietoehle dally replenished with Du taoet de sirable oßarlnfft of tble tad other markets. U xrlU always prorA wortby of lnepeetloa. ■B-la WHOLESALE ROOMS DP BTAIBB. gPRING, 1865. aniLOR, BAINS, A MELLOR. Bo*. M tad BE HORTH THIRD STREET, IKPOKTHK9 or HOSIERY, SMALL WARES. ahd W HITE GOODS. KAxnr Aoroaaae or ÜblO-tat SHIRT FROUTB. ' IgPRING—IB66. EDMUND YARD * 00., ■fK7 CHESTNUT AND MU JAYNE STREET, HAYS HOW nr SIOBI A FULL STOCK 1 - SILKS AMD FANCY DRESS GOODS, i AMERICAN DELAINES, BALMORALS, SHAWLS AND GLOVES, WHITE GOODS AND LINENS, IWMeh we offer to {ho trad* at tie lowest market oorleea. ahlS-iraW JAMES, KENT, BANTER, & CO., OIFOKTERS AND JOBBERS DRY GOODS, ■ ««•, mb and Ml Sortb Third Straat, PHILADELPHIA. BiloUt, Print*, OwMnmant, Delaines, BaUlnete, AlpaoM, jeans, Fancy Dross Goodl, Cottonndee, Brown and Bleached Sheetlnirt, BtadiM, i Brown and Bloaobad Shirtings, Stripes, Ornish Chambrae, Cheaka, Omiah Tweoda, Wnghama, Flannels, EHapere, - Linens, FURNISHING) GOODS. IWHITX OOODS. BOTTOMS, Be.. *e. Mfi-Sm ■ CARPET* AND Oa-CLOTHI. .gPBING 1865. CABFETmGS. ARCH-BTKHT CARPET WAREHOUSE. NEW STOCK, AT BED CO EI) PRICES. JOS. BLACKWOOD, mho-thstulm SPRING. ■1865. GLEN ECHO HULLS, GERMANTOWN, PA, M’CALLUM Sc CO., MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTEBS OF CARPETXNOB, “OIL CLOTH, MATTINGS, B.-A Sawrior ilB-if 157 and 159 north THLRD Strooi. •LD’BPATBNTIMPROVEDSTEAM ER-HJEATfKO APPARATUS TriAMura a»» vEKTiumra public BtnXAHISS JuBD TSIYATJ BXSIDBROBB, ununnontai ' ■UKISH BfSUK.Aini V&TBK-SEime CGM7MY • . or r**fITBYI.VAKIA. P. WOOD Sc CO., % BoatkrOOßTß BTSIBT. B. M. FELTWELL, Supt. iuo-sv-i, __ ITE VIRGIN WAX OF ANTIL LES —Anew French Ooemeilcfor beautifylnar an* ■Tin* the complexion. It Is the moat wonderful mod of the axe. There 1* neither chalk, powder, )*ia, bltmnlh.nor tale in ita compoaltion, it beta* sed entirely of pnre Vir*irf Wax ; hence the ex inary qnalftlee for preserrlnc the akin, makina tzoooth, fair. and iranspard&t It nakM ih« 014 ryonnx, the homely hanaaome, the handeome leantiful, and the moat baantlfol dlTiae Price* Prepared only by HOST it 00., Per , M Bonth EIOBTH Street. two doora abOTe mt, and 133 Sooth 81VKHTH Street, -aboyo it. apg-8m iCIAL NOTICE TO BUSINESS 18. anderiifned Inter! advertleementa at the lowett In the newemsen ol Harriebnr*. Ftttebais. ir. liaaeuter, Ohtmberebtirt, Potterille, Horrlf We»t Chertei, Cojleetown. Trenton, Salem, <*«». WUmintton, and of dverjr other elty and ' fbeUnlted Statea, (IncladlarSavannah,Charlee- Umlntton, and JUehmoma,) Adyertlrint at* for on enmjmnlte. Papers on Heat the ofSee. WILMIH ATKXBSOa & 00., *ll CHBSTn U'r Street, (s#eond floor), ‘ Philadelphia. AM kvanb, jk., M» HODTHfadHT sHtOT. D«»l« In ATIA^SBSS?’*!™. it TATXWT OLABB LBTTBBB mM-Srnf. . EVERY LOYAL BREAST—LIR !OLH MODBHIHB PISS, In «11t« plat*. Haw t 0 Urt «0t« . Proyidanea, B. I. A^arefe” 1 ” iM * {ot,mtllm &riSo m jMBOLD’S EXTRACT OF SAB •APiJHLIiI. tlwima ttd XMOT«U» the blood. Tifot ofhiuS Into ih« «7»k«a. iad »MSM han«n tlict sale* 4Umm> SPRING No; 883 AEOH Street. 1865. •09 CHESTNUT STEBBT. •19 CHESTNUT STBBBT. VOL. -&—NO. 236~ CURTAIN GOODS. X. K. WALRAYBN, MASONIO HALL, Vl9 CHESTNUT STREET, HAS OPENED, HIS BPRI N Or STOCK WINDOW SHADES, 01 EMTIBKLY *BW DBSIGHS. LACE COBTAINB, IK KBW AKD HIGH PATTBRH6. NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS. IHTKHDRD BBPECLALLI FOR SLBBPIKO ROOMS. BELOW GOLD RATES. • ■ : * apB fptf MERCHANT TAILORS. JJDWARD E. KELLY, JOHN KKI j] .V, 'X' aAk.XXdid^JtC'Sj) 618 CHESTNUT STREET, KATB VOW IV BTOSI A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF „.. SPRING GOODS. athX-H RENTS’ FURNISHJNR ROODS. DINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY. I- The subscriber, would invite attention 10 their .. IHPBOTBD CUT 07 SHISTB. »M«a ia*T mako a ttMLalty la, tholr biulneu, AIM, waitaatlT rscelTtn* - ■OYSXiTIBS 808 GBNTLIHBH’S WBAB. / J. W. BGOTT * 00.. QBHTIiIHBJTS PBBNISHISa STOB*. Ho. 814 OHSSTNOT BPE BBT, Boor doori below tba OoutlnoataL »B®eS AND CHE9UCAIS. £IBGLBB & SMITH, WHOLBSAIiB Drug, F»lnt, uid Glass Dealers, Prowietors of the Penn»TlTanl» Faint and Color Work*, Hurafretnrera of BEST WHIT* LEAD, BEST MHO, PURE LIBERTY LEAD, ised for WMtenos*. Pino Gloss, linrmesa, and Xrenness of Snrfaoo. FTJKB LIBERTY LBAD-Warrantod to tmt mo;* nurfkae for urn* wslcht Bum ut other. TRT IT, AMD TOO WILT, HATH Mo OTTOS! PURE LIBERTY ZING, B*U*t*d Zlne, ironnd In Refined Unused OU.nnsanaled In ouaJLltj, alwaya the urns. PVBB ÜBSBTT ZISOi Wamntsd to do mors end bettor work at a liyan sort tlum an* other. GST THB BBSTI Bon and Offin-Xo. 137 Bforih THIRD Stmt, PHILADBLPHUu ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO., IT. E. Corner of FOURTH and RAGE Streets, 7HILADKLFHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. KFOBTEBS AKD DIARIES IK JOBAIa* AJtD DOHBBTIO WINDOW AMD PLATE GLASS, KAHTrVAOTUBHBS 0» warn l*ai> amt> ziko fauthb, pdtti, *o. ABBM*PB WOUt TSS QI&HB&ATSD FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. £Ml«ra and «enrnment anpplled At M 0 8m VBXY LOW 7SICXS POX GASH. WALL PAPERS. SPUING STYLES PHILADELPHIA WALL PAPERS! HOWELL & BOHRKE, N. X. COB, POUBTH AND .MARKET STS., HANUPAOTUKBES 07 PAPER HANGINGS WINDOW SHADES. sabSS>tbBtu 3m RETAIL OKI ROODS. “JJABRIB” PINE OASSIMEBEB. OASSIMERES FOR BOYS. BLACK FRENCH CLOTHS.! LADIES’ ZEPHYR S ACKINGS FINE FRENCH COATINGS. NEW LOW PRICES. COOPER Ac COWARD, S. E. Cor. Ninth and Market Sts. epIB-tf 10a* QHjßTjror mtbbut, ~~ !< E. N. NEEDLES, • - 1034 Cbestnut Street, £ Btt reduced’ ’Ui "entire stock ”to sorra- S m spond with. the reoent beary B | ** DECLINE IN GOLD,” a g 4JTD »ow oyyang fitljlj im 01 £ £ WHljra gQflgB. LAGM, BMBEOIDKBIBS, 1 £ . HAHBKJBCHIBFS, VBILd. BLKBVBB, 3 « * 00LLAB8, 8BT& BABBIB, BtO. 9 ° Alec, * greet yariety of Piqngi, shirred,puffed, SI 4t striped, plaid, Stored, sad otherfancy Moiling, H B anltsbls/or § Jnst rescind, a vary large lot of choloe styles needlework, Edgings, andlnsertings, Terr low. Also, Bnsbaes, Empress, Queen Bess, sad other new styles Collars sad Sets. ~ ’ 10104 OHBgfBOT STBBBT. ~ " OROM AUCTION, 1- 1,000 yds. AA Bleached Muslla, J 1 000 yds. 41 Bleached Muslin! Only 30 Cants. Only SO Cents Pillow Case Mtulln, 28 Deals. _ .. Pillow-Case Mnslin, 28 Cents. They will all go la a conple of days. spH-tt J. H. STORKS. 703 A-BCH St rWIN’ B BLACK DOUBLE-WIDTH t «d $1 IS—nearty old trice! BestAroerlcan Print,, so sno.eßW. WMt *'°“% t^B < ‘B%lc^» ] " Tory lowest market prices for our full and Hrely w „ Jporaa * conabb. apl»tf B. B. SOT. HIHTH and BASKET Streets. S’ r pßioM GKBAT ' ER R:E3DU CTIONS IN We hive made nreeptaf reduction* i& tbe bilmr af IOBBSTIOS. and oar enflre Stock of Fancy andHtipii try Goods, so as to meet the last fall la gold, andslael he prices of all our Stock far below the fcicest uisrket BILKS, every variety, at reduced prfoea. BBEBB GOODS at reduced prices. • HUBLINS, all the best meres, reduced, CALI COBS at greatly reduced prices. Our entire Siring Stock at reduMd^^mt ®h3S-tf Bos. 713 and 715 North TBSTH Street SPRING DRESS GOODS, OP NEW 3 BTTLIS. OPBBIJfG.BAILT. Spring stylas Vilsnelsi. Spring styles PoU de Chevies. Spring styles of Foillas. Hammer Poplins. Splendid Organdies. . „ i&M&s**- -f »yi-of afeMf - South SlOOrfD Btr—fc. gNGLISH BKOWM STOUT, SCOTCH AUE, I* BTOMIAJTD 61^88. ALBERT O. ROBERTS, sum nrnvi obocbhub, OoiMT of BLIYBaTTH md TIHM B*«- CTSLMBOLD’B FLUID EXTRACT *VT ,*OOHD Upleauatln taste end odor, free from dUnjarlou>roiertl The Kcamr—'i’lielr rtrst Week in New Torts. [From the New York Times. Slay I. J Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean repeat two of their ' performances this week AS Queen Catherine Mrs Kean is thoroughly good. Her denunciation of the Cardinal is dignified, yet replete with womanly pas slon and Intensity, In the comedy of the “Jealous Wire” her rendering of the part Is effective and thoroughly sharpened, Intellectually, to theeztreme capacity of the text. The character, however, it not free from exaggeration. A jealous wife as hare) drawn—we speak of the play—oould not survive the opinion of her husband for a day, unless, Indeed, he were an Idiot and- blest with the faculty of living without brains. We recognise the great- quickness of Mrs. Kean’s noting, her ready perception of mo tives, her lively suspicion of all that la.so strange to her, hut we must add that she lends herself to a tone ofmookety which Isanything buielevated. Neither making laees, making mouths, or talking derisively through the nose at people belong to a comedy (that Is supposed to deplot polite life. The public has acoepted Mr. Kean with almost unanimous consent. He has appeared, so far. In three characters, two of which will be repeated, namely. Cardinal Wolsey, and Louis the Eleventh. We have said something of both Impersonations, but yet find our memory stored with unspoken ad miration. We shall not attempt to expresslt how, but desire to say a few words generally about; Mr. Kean. An impression prevails that be belongs to what Is called the old school of .acting. Except in one particular, this ib • entirely wrong. 1 He has certainly studied elocution—the exception to which we refer. It Is not, we are : aware, customary to do so In the present day;; fiat we hardly think It Is a fault. The “ old school,” as we understand it, was something absurdly extravagant. It Was to play Macbeth In a court suit; or—mere prone to ourselves—to die as Kirby died. The dramatic voice ol the-past foams with fury; It Is heated with the temper of mauy combats where the code d'honne ur consisted simply la two up and one down. We do not for a moment sup. pose that the past Is yet burled, but It does not, we think, survive In Mr. Kean. Nothing, surely, can be easier or more natural than his mode of speech. He does not Invariably commence'' In the pit of his stomach, and so gradually'work his way. up to that happy period,or vocal extinction S hen nothing hut a whisper and a stab rechatn. o actor who has ever appeared on our stage has cared so little for first impressions. The weight and movement that the text requires he supplies, but there is not a breath for .the groundlings, not a beckon for that cheap applause whloh so maD; tragedians consult and court. The au qience.on the first night, was surprized at an abnegation so unusual in a “star,” and It,was only as their feelings became gradually merged la the moving current of misey's, fate that they felt how Imperceptibly jot Irresistibly the true artist had carried them away and vindicated himself. Tho final, or farewell; soene between Cromwell and the Card u •nal has never boon surpassed on the stage. Its quiet j penitential earnestness was-, overwhelming.- - Tpese characteristics cannot with any propriety as ascribed to the old school of aoting. We have seen respect able players turn black in the face before they felt call, d upon to take their uneasy farewell o r the w orld, and long after they lav dead cm the..stage we.hive seen them pant wlth.the extreme effort of dissolu tion. Like the •< Idle Apprentice,” described by Dickens, they have, instead of'iaylng them “ dooa to dee,” been much more capable of getting tUem oop . and poonohing somebody’s head.- Mr. Kean’s ca reer, In fact, has been one constant protest against • the past; and It Is the purely modern temper oi his style that keeps him bright and potent after so many years, and when hta early associates have long since rusted, and,broken: He is aided, toe, by a Singularly prepossessing appearance. The.repose or his faoe Is kindly, yet watchful. There is an air of open acceptance abont it, which’ speaks of good association, and the trustful habits of a gentleman. Flchel, In all Ms .picture's, paints just such a faoe; lor Flchel, with Infinite skill, has yet but a limited knowledge of the human face dlTlne, and so far as we know, repeats himself with unabated enthusiasm. No one, It must be oonfessed, oan do It so well. This remark enables us to add yet another word to what iwe have already said or Mr, Kean. He too has his 'peculiarities, bat we have been unfortunate In hav mg them repeated by others. Although Individual, and, therefore, destructive to a sustained range of illustration—lnasmuch as we detect the peculiari ties through all. disguise, they are, by no means, so. unpleasant as fils, as at others’ hands. We refer, or course, to the singularly nasal an Interrogative way in which Mr. Kean frequently expresses a sentence.' With him It Is. a Arming natural defect. With others It 1b a coarse And offensive mannerism. I We have said, at greater length than we Intended; all that need be said. It remains only to add that Mr. and Mrs Kean will appear to-night in “ Henry tho Efghttij” and to-morrow evening In “Louis the' Parisian Civilization In a lengthy article In the Opinion Nationale a very curious Illustration of Parisian life Is eentalned. The article is entitled “ Protection of Infancy." Tho extract to which we allude Is ob follows: - - - " It is a common practice in Fads, not only among the working claesos, bat among the upper ten thou sand. to Bond infanta oat tonurse. The smalt space which in a Paris lodging can be devoted to children’s accommodation is perhapß one cause of this’psr nlcions custom. The tradesman’s wife sends liter infant to the country because she shares her hus band’s occupations, and the' femme du mande has neither time to spare from her visits by day and her halls by night to give to her infant, nor can she convert the roomß in her residence required for the purposes of reception «nto nurseries. Extremes meet, and in both cases French,and most especially Parisian, motherß send their children out to nurse. In the case of the poor man’s ohfld this custom has . created the diabolical trade of meneuses, to wage war against which the writer of this article: Dr. Mayer, Inspector General of the Board of Health, &0., takes up his pen. These monetise* are very Megteras, who come to Paris from the country to collest the new-born infanta of small trades ,people, ÜBdortobiogr to put them oat to nurse under the most favorable circumstances, and thus making considerable sums of money. They are to rake the infant to a distant country harm: the journey per rail costs 40r , the meueuse will do it for 15f.; but:she will take four Infants at a time, thus making j 30f. clear. She agrees to put the child out to nurse at the rate of 20f. per month, whereas she will pay but l&f. to the country nurse. Stealing the oMldren’s clothes, and bringing up half of the Infants confided to her specious promises on bibaton, instead of giving them ont to nurse, are mere items in the list of abo minations revealed to the pnblic in this article: A case was brought last week before the tribunal of one of these monetises, who came up from the Nlfevre, the result of her manoeuvres having been the death of . several children. In reply to the interfogatjUms of the Avooat Imperial De Thbvenard as to one of tbe dead infants whom it was proved she had never given out to nurse, hut had brought up by hand,: she replied, “I brought one up, who died when It .was perfectly healthy.” Dr. Mayer urges the necessity of establishing a “Soeletc Proteotriee,” which would preserve tbe children of the poor from such disgraceful malpractices. As to the infants of the fashionable world they must take care of them selves,” : j The Painteh and the Poet.— Joshua Bey. bolds was apprenticed to Hudson, the portrait painter, and while with Mm the happy boy met with an unexpected delight. He was sent one day to make a purchase for his master at a site of pictures. The auction room was crowded, and he was at the upper end of Uynext to the auctioneer. There was a bustle near the door, and he presently heard “ Mr. Pope, Mr. Pope,” whispered ;hrobgh the room. The crowd opened a' passage for ’the poet, and the hands of all were held out to touch him as he passed along, bowing to the company on either side. Keynotes, though not In the front row, put forth his hand under the arm of a person Who stood before him, andthe hand that had pennedlthe Rape of the Lock was shaken by that which was to immortalize on canvas the Belindas of the coming age, as well as all Pope's successors in genius. j in relating this Incident to Malone in after life Keynotes described Pope as ’’ abont 4 feet 6 Inches high, very bumn.baokeo. and derormed. He wore a black coat, ana, according to the fashion of that time, had on a little sword. He had a large and veiy fine eye, and a long handsome nose; his mouth had those peculiar marks whioh are always fount! In the mouths of crooked persons, and the muscles whioh ran aoross the cheek were so strongly marked that they seemed like strong oords.” Long after this occurrence Reynolds possessed himself of ,tho fan that. Pepe presented to Martha Blount, and on which the poet had painted a design of his own, from the Btory of Oephalns and Proarls, with the motto or « Aura Veal.” On being asked bis opinion of it, Reynolds said it was such as might be expected from one who painted for his amuse ment alone—like the performance of a ohlld. • This must always be the case where the work is (Aliy takes up from idleness and laid aside when It ceareg to amuse. But those who are determined to excel must go to their work whether willing or un willing, morning, noon, and night, and they will and it to be no piay,.but, on theooutrary, veryiteml labor. Tbe Swuattbb’b Canoe andJthbTntbboolo. niaa Tisiir,—a correspondent or the Melbourne Argus, pointing out the large amount of smuggling aoross the river Murray, and the impossibility of having a sufficient staff of officers to prevent it, states, that te a conversatlonrecently with a squat ter on the border, he expressed his sympathy with ’hat person in relauon to the trouble he must have, n«)ng so far from a custom-house, in reporting his goods and paying the tax. « You are quite mis taken,”, replied the squatter 5 “it is the list thing chat troubles us i we keep a oanoe.” / ' ~T ' ' .New Tbbatbkai, Pkbvormanob.—The au dience of the National Theatre, In Cincinnati, last Saturday night, were favored with a novel perform eneej-not ln the Mis. The play, a new one, proving a failure, the author and manager appeared at the ootlfghtS!* alleging that the actors had not fol oved the text. Next an actress appeared, and do tlaied some portions of the text too vulgar to he used. The author retorted, reinforcements came to *he support of the actressy and the na&aiirer rang 'own the cartain. In the midst oitha excitement the gas was turned off, and the audience anally groped its way outln darkness- r Wbpi-Meeitbd hen o a.—Queen Victoria is about conferring a baronetcy upon Mu Beniamin Guinness. the brewer, who has completed St. Pat rick’s Cathedral, Dublin, at his own expense—the , a mount being £160,000. Mr. Guinness is a member 01 the phurch of England, and not a Roman Oatho* lie, as has been stated. MB. SEWARD 8 FOREIGN POIICT, THE FALL OF RICHMOND. [Prom tho London Timas, April 19 1 , Not a year has elapsed siboe it was possible for a few advocates of peace and compromise to speak and write In favor of both. Nora, however , there is no itrtsible cause of doubt or misgiving. Charleston and Richmond are again Federal cities. President Lincoln la lodged in the house of President Davis; and the army of Lee has retired to the Interior. the catastrophe seems complete, and In all its ac cessories calculated -to impress the people with a feeling that the work is accomplished, and that the ciml war is reaU at an md. , . Suppose the whole nation Impressed-with that conviction, and impulsively, aha at the same mo ment, expressing what they feel under Its Influence, and: wo cannot be surmised at the somewhat dsll fjoua.format he jubilation of New York has taken, w.e shall hear similar accounts from every great olty or the. Onion, Baltimore, perhaps, excepted. It must be reoolleoted that the reported manifests-, tlons were spontaneous and improyited at the mo ment. * * * * * * When we recollect tho trlning Incidents that have safflobd to produce an amoving sensation, we cannot wonder at the out buratof feeling whloh has marked-suoh a crisis In American history. But no violent excitement can be very enduring, and no people more readily reeover their faculty of taking a cool and practical view of things. The transition Indeed from the hot fit to the cold Is often exceedingly rapid, and when the reaction sets la topics ma ho dlbous led with perfect calmness, which,.ln the excess of fever, would have excited a paroxysm of wrath. We, therefore merely, regret that the first suggestloi of the .public orators on thlspocaston was that, one war being terminated the whole nation should embroil itself in another, hay’,in a series of wars. .But at the moment of utterance much was overlooked that will, in a not distant fu ture, ask-very serious consideration. • We also re gret that, next to the Idea .of war generally, the most popular suggestion was war with England. But” we cannot regard these fiery denunciations serious-- l; \ln a bidding for applause there Is no check-to the extravagaoe of promise; however wild it may be, tfee speaker. Is always comfortably aware that he runs uttle risk of being called on to fulfil It. Passlont-oled the hour, and the orators would not have boon,listened to had they not'compiled with the time and spoken with the unchecked vehe mence that suited it. . /..*■ • * t • *• * « The much truer expression of American feeling was given, we trust, at Washington, * « » Statesmen cannottodulge In the.“ Oambyses’ vein,” living as they do In terror of after explanations. Mr. Semqrd,' therefore, (did, not - encourage the New York suggestions of vengeance and war. He adopted a lighter mode of treatment for the crisis. He very sklUully evaded the perils of a set speech, and rather amused hls audience than stirred thorn. Hls address served the purpose. He oould not let Eng land oeuape. altogether, but he did. not threaten her with extermination, or to annex Canada forthwith. He dealt in innuendo, whloh, as It pleased hls hearers, we have - not the slightest wish to quarrel with. , Against the few reproaches Mr.., Seward launched at us, we set the instances In whloh, by hls , official acta, he checked the rashness of subordinate offleers of the Government. If such inflammatory harangues as those delivered at New York do not a fleet the policy ol the Administration, it would be 'Unreasonable to attach too much Importance to them., Yery,, possibly Mr. Seward oould not have spoken so, temperately to the excited thousands ol New York. • But we believe the more moderate tone ol the- official addresses at Washington Is a more re liable index of American policy. [Froiu tho London Timer, April 17. ] The fltat act or the American war has closed with it tremendous finale. Richmond and Petersburg are in the .hands-of, the North, and though Lee, even In these desperate straits, has retired In good order wlth the remnant or hls army, it is impossible to anticipate thalhis resistance can be eJ’ectuaUy pro longed. JChe Sowhretainedbut onegreat army,.and that has now been half destroyed. The loss of Rich mond misfit in itself have been, perhaps, sustained, but, coupled with the defeat, of Lee, it represents a ver it able 'catastrophe. f The event has been anticipated not only in Arne rloa, but ..in this country for sometime past, and Vet It did not ooour In conformity with tho pre valent speculations. Farragut had no part In it, nor Sherman either. It is : due to General Grant that his military, abilities should be recognised and his suc cess admowledgid. It was hls army In the end whloh captured Richmond. He did “ fight It ont on that line,” as he had pledged himself to do. Often’and often was he repulsed with dreadful losses, but he clung-with' unconquerable tenacity to his'work,\and never once relaxed the grip which he had obtained. Be fotcedhis adversary into Richmond, and sat down before Us-ramparts-with the resolution, which he' has well maintained, that sooner or later the city should be hts. It Ja true that he had the assistance of Sheri dan, and (hat without that co-operation the final as sault would probably not have been Attempted.i Sul the whole work, substantially, was the work of Grant, and it was.the work for which he had waited in sa lience and confidence through nearly twelve months of discouragement Be was the first General of the North who refused to recognise defeat, and the reward of ■ fortitude ithis at last After paying, however, this tribute to the con queror, we are bound to give due honor to the van quished, and the task wlll.not bedifficult. General Lee baa.forfeited none of the renown whloh gives him 6& distinguished a place In the eyes of-the world. AU that a consummate commander oould do underextreme difficulties he has valiantly done. Be diq nohdecamp Jroffi hls.position,-nor try to’out hls way out; still less did,he resign, as was prog nosticated, all hope of resistance. He waited la hls lines, received the great assault with extraordinary Intrepidity, and fought to the last, Thenhewith di»w .deuhprqrety bum .the field, -evacuating hls stronghold# afid oarrslng off what remained of hls army, if We may accept as unexaggerated tho estl- - mate of hls losses, he can have but a slender force left. A reoionlng of twenty-Ave thousand prisoners ana fifteen thousand killed and wounded will ac count for the greater part of what was not a nutne rouaurmy re begin wltn. The Southern General Is retiring, It'-pas supposed, upon Nynchburg, but a Federal, force-1 as recently been advancing on that town from-the west, and the road may be no longer open.to.the.Confederates. - ” , • * . , * * v a a *. We must-now wait for what nothing but time call teach us—.the solution of the great problem of ae , cession, Has this terrible drama' baen simply a war, oris It a revolution 1 If it is a war, thefend must be near — if, indeed, it has not been reached al ready—for, beyond the feeble- force under Johnston at Raleigh and tfie remnant of the Richmond garrison under Lee, the South has no organised armies in the yield; nor is it probable that any can be raised. This stageof tho great,struggle has boon accomplished. The North, by its determined will, and lately, it should be added, by the excellence of its generals, has over come the South, has defeated its armies, and occu pied its principal towns. It has had'far greater . difficulty In doing so than was at first anticipated, and it appeared, Indeed, at limes as If evan this por tion of the work could never be accomplished at all. But if the exhaustion consequent on this protracted struggle should terminate tho resistance of the South altogether,it may be fortunate for the North that Richmond was- not oaptured tIU the fifth gear of the .war., When President. Davis declared that if Richmond were taken the war Could be prolonged for twefity years in-Virglnla alone, he was specula ting, perhaps, e» resources whloh five desperate campaigns may have fatally reduced. Tho Oou federaoy which for five years has proved so .unex pectedly strong and resolute, may now prove unex pectedly powerless and desponding. In that event the work of the North will be easy, but if we have now arrived at the end, not of a war, hut of the first stage of a. political revolution, tbe real troubles of the North are but just beginning. A fow more months will disclose the econo, and it would be use less to anticipate the spectacle by oonjeotnre or pro. diction. Mb. Gobdbb’s Fibst Entky into Public Lius, —A Llverpooljpaper gives us the following incident connected with the deoeased statesman’s first intro duction to public Ufe’C “ Mr. Gobden’s first appear ance as a public Bpeakerwas, it seems, at a public meeting in Manchester-ln favor of the incorporation of- that olty—a meeting to whloh he had been In vited by the proprietor of the Manchester Times, to whloh paper he had contributed some letters under the signature of “Libra” After the opening speech of the chairman, ho called upon Mr. Cobden to move the first resolution. Hls speech, however, on this occasion, waß a signal failure. He was nervous, _eonfußed;and to faotpraotloaUy broke down, and tho chairman had to apologize for him, but at the same time expressed hls full confidence as to the suc cess and usefulness of hls future career. Saoh was Mr. Gobden’sde Mr before the Manchester public as a speaker. So far ob hls own feelings were con cerned, lbr some time,he was so discouraged by hls maiden efforts that he never again would have ap peared as a,public speaker. Mr. Oobden’s acquaint anceship with the proprietors of the - Manchester Times soon after led to hls introduction to the politi cal oiroles of Manchester; and to a short period he took an active part to mostpubllo matters affecting the interests of the town; and was oho Sen one of the first members of the corporation whose charter he materially assisted to obtaining.” - Eknest Renan in EaYhT.— A communication from Egypt, written by M. Rdnan, the author of tbe *' Vie de Jesus,” has just made Its appearaner in the last number of the Jmue des Beat Maudes. M. Bcnan believes that he has arrived at definite Con clusions, not only as to the*period when Amenophes and Rameses rolgued, when the Shepherd ,Kings invaded tbe Delta, but ho also fixes au epoch when civilization had attained a high state, and was go verned by absolute monarohs, who constructed some of-those marvellous works which astonished Herodotus and continue,to be to this day the riddle ‘ of the learned. He has found in the museum now established by M. Mariettl at Cairo, sculptures, in scriptions,statues, and oartOuobes whioh must have been In exletencafonr. thousand five hundred years before the Christian era. , M. ROnan finds •'ser mons In stones,” and believes that he has dlsoovered proofs of the exlstenoe or long dynasties before Ma< nethon had collected hls lkit of the kings who reigned over Ibe land of Egypt. A chronological succession 01 monarohs, he states, has been lately discovered at the great temple of Abydos, whioh mußt convince the most Inoredulouß that he is right .in affirming that he has arrived at a certain know ledge that Egypt possessed & continuous history much anterior: to any that we have hitherto-' be lieved, and which' proves .that the globe has been peopled by numerous groups of mankind long be fore former chrenologlsts * have Mtherto imagined. MII Cnan very evia ently Is disposed to aooedit man with'an infinitely longer history .than the Christian believer Is ordinarily disposed torecoid. The Italian Tbkojß, Gioglini.— The London correspondent of- the Manchester Guardian, In speaking of Gluglinl, lays that '* Mr. Mapleson still holds out to the uninitiated hopes of hearing once more the sweetest of 11 vleg tenors. I fear, nevertheless, that this Is not to be. Poor Gluglinl is said to be the inmate o( a private establishment near Twickenham, to whleh, on his return^from ..-w-.~-a.uom>, w iriuuuj vu jus re turn .i*. Buesla, he was, not without some difficulty, per suaded to go for the restoration of hie health. Ho has for some time been suflerlng from a nervous malady of a most distressing hind, and the (inly hope of his ultimate restoration Is said by his physt oians.to oonslat in & long, period or seclusion and freedom from all excitement. He walks about and looks as well as ever, and charms those around him by his constant practice of his art, la which he al ways took genuine delight. We must.somehow con trive to do without him, I fear, at the Old House [her Majesty’s Theatre.—.Ed. /Vest.] this season; and who Is fit take his place 1” Egyptiak Oottok.—An Alexandria letter of Mar oil 18 says:— u Discouraging advices from Eng land are quite pnttisg a etop to business in tho yli- * lages. The fellahs are holding back their cotton, and will not listen to the prices offered them. 1 In Zagflslk many of the factories are stopped. There is no work at Zifta and Matailah. Gotten Is getting much scarcer. Business at Uansoorah is almost at a standstill, although it .is said there is still one third of the cotton produced In thafdlstriot yet to come to market. Cotton has been extensively cul tivated there, and preparations for an extended cul ture are being made. Bis highness the Viceroy possesses large tracts of land in that vicinity, and has evinced his Interest In the plans by building a splendid palace, now hear completion. The pro gress Mansoorah has made may be estimated by the Met that frontage land has been sold at £1 sterling the pie of 28 inches. It is oaloulated that no fewer than 3C0,000 cantata of cotton were grown in 1883 at. Mansoorah.” Libbbty op thb Rubbiak Prbbb.—The Russian Government has made a step In the right direction. The chief olauees of the new law for the regulation ol the press, lately adopted by the Council of the Empire, and probably already sanctioned by the Osar, are aB follows: - ‘-The censorship Is abolished hpcn all bookß con taining more than ten sheets of printed matter; also, upon all newspapers, magaslnes, and periodi cal publications, the editors or which are willing to submit to the system of warnings. A. journal will be suppressed after three warnings. Tho first two will be given by the Administration, but the third mutt be sanctioned by tbe Senate. The Govern ment reserves to itself to addition the right of pro secuting the delinquents before tho ordinary tribu nals, and thgr will. In that case have to submit to tii* verdict of the jury*” Air AirpßcnoKATß Husbawd.—Titere is an un. aertaker in Newbera who la also an emb&lmer, and when hls wife died he exercised h!s art upon her re mains to hls best style, and-mow keeps hsr to hls -room to exhibit as a specimen of hls art, tapping her upon tho forehead to show'its firmness, and saying, “ Thlß Is all there Is of my poor Betsy.” foreign items. —-TheGoyernment of Prussia has submitted to the chamber of Deputies a plaufor tho Increase of the Prussian fieet* It claims for the country a posi tion capable of Imposing respect upon naval Powers of the second rank. Ten iron-clad frigates, 10 iron clad batteries, and 20 corvettes and despatch-boats are stated to be necessary for Prussia. The ex penses for the whole Increase are estimated at 34,593,500 thalers. —Amongst the passengerswho arrived to the last Bombay steamer, at Southampton, was hls high ness Ghohelshree Pratabalngh, one of the rajahs of Western India. The object of Ms visit Is to make some complaint to the British Government j and It Is said that he has provided himself with £60.000 to pay Us expenses. ‘ ' —An English sculptor, having ah order Rereot a tablet on the grave of a fellow-Islander, In the Protestant church to Rome, sent the design to tho censors, as usual. Under It were the common words, “ Requiescal in pace.". Through this the censor struck hls pen with a tremendous burst of holy Ire: “A Protestant In peace!: No! No peace lor a heretic.” —Mr, Charlos Knight Is preparing for the press another work of a gossiping and retrospective kind, to be entitled “ Shadows of the Bookseller#.” It will include sketches of. Tonson, Gave, Dodsiey, Wcodfall, and other bibliopoles of the last oentury, and wlli no doubt be rich In curious anecdote. ’ Brother Ignatius and the brethren of the En glish Order of St, Benedict have this year observdd Lent with extraordinary rigor, and have fasted themselves Into suoh a debilitated state that a week or two since Brother Ignatius had -to he carried out oftheehepel. ■ The estimated population of Ylotorla, In Aus tralia, on the 3ist of, December last, was 604,858, showing an increase during the year of 30,527. The lnorease by arrivals over departures-was 11,377, and by excess of births over deaths, 16,150. —The Spanish troops to San Domingo are being carried off by disease to hundreds. In one garrison of 1,000 men 458 soldiers and 17 officers were at one time under hospital treatment. The London Lancet, at the oloseof an elaborate article, concludes that the public need be under lit tle apprehension as to the Importation of the Bus- Man epidemic Into England, The Roman police authorities have ordered Mr. Speer, an Enlisghman, to quit Romo for having worn a trloolored scarf at the Oampagna races. The law throwing open tho navigation of the Danish coasts to tliose nations reciprocating the concession lias received the royal sanction. The Oonfederate cruiser Tallahassee arrived in tbe Mersey on the Bth, from Bermuda. Her cruising days aire said to be now over, Master Paul Fechter, alltlßson of Mr. Fochter, was to appear as the boy to “ Belphegor,” at the Ly ceum, with hls father, on Easter Monday. Charles Reade has dramatized hls own novel, “ It Is Never too Late to Mend.” —A pure quicksilver mine, has just been disco vered to Spain. —ln one of the largest silk establishments In Paris a lady’s crinoline, “ worth $400,” Is exhibited. —The entry of foreign cereals into Portugal has been authorized at a duty of 600 rets per quintal. .- The Minister of Public Works at Madrid has died suddenly from an attack of apoplexy. HOME ITEMS. A Mr. Randall, or Providence, Rhode Island, has made a design for a monument to Roger Wil liams, the founder of the State, and has deposited to one of the Providence Institutions for savings $l,OOO, to remain on Interest until the accumulated fund Is sufficient to meet the estimated oost of the monument. —lt is’ estimated at the Treasury Department that the expenses of tho. Government hare beau re duced nearly one million dollars per day since the surrender of Loo-s army. , —On Friday last, Mr. Dobroker, while digging a well lbr water on hls farm, at Independence, Ohio at the depth of thirty-eight feet struok 'a vein of heavy lubricating oil. A Nevada paper says that at night the streets of Virginia City, in that State, resound'with the screams of. women whose husbands are boating them. Shame on the baby State. v * They have a Chinese theatre in ' San Francisco at which they have.been playing a plebe called “ Hl-Fmn-Ming,” for a week, and had not got to the end at the last acocunts. Farmers along the lower Ohio,, living on the bottoms, oomplata that the high water has greatly damaged the ploughing, and preparations for plant ing have been delayed several weeks. Mr. Ephraim Potter, of Wantage, N. Ji, has a breed of turkeys of extraordinary size, some of wblob, at one year of age, weigh thirty pounds. The eggs weigh over five ounces each. Sam Brannan, one of the richest men to Call fomla, on the reoelpt of the news that Charleston had fallen, held a private celebration, and had a hundred gunß fired under his windows, We have now ten new territories waiting to be made States. They are: Wyoming, Arizona, Colo rado,. Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington. The annual Fair of the New York State Sheep Breeders’ and Wool Growers’ Association Is an nounced for the tth, loth, and 11th of May next, at Canandaigua. A couple of scoundrels to Burlington county N. J,, have been collecting subscriptions for a monument” to President Lincoln, and pocketing them. - . A twelve-year-oM boy, who was punished to a Roxbury school tho'other day, avenged himself hy setting fire to theisehool house.. There is a paper collar manufactory to Spring field, Massachusetts, that turns out ten thousand oollars a day, In San Fraholsco there Is a Chinese doctor named Ll-Po-Tal, who makes an Income of $20,000 per year. The Methodist Protestant denomination pro pose to build a college to Ohio, audits location will be given to the town thatmakea the best donation. A State delegation will be sent (Tom Minneso ta to Springfield to attend the funeral of Mr. Lin coln. An explosion to a firework factory at Green ville, N. Y., set fire to five buildings, cauaing.a loss of about $lO,OOO. According to the message of Governor Brown low; of Tennessee, the aggregate debt of that State is $20,005,606,66,-and the annual Interest $1,185,048-26. A man to Brewer, Maine, not being satisfied with any known flag-staff, fastened an American flag to a large klte, and raised It. The Trenton (N. J.) Daily Monitor Bays that “ no time must be lost to enlarging the State Luna tic Asylum!” An Albany dyer at a ball threw a vial of vltrol upon the head of a musician, changing the color of his hair from a gray to a bright scarlet. A sum sufficient to erect a cenotaph In the cemetery at Dubuque, lowa, to honor of President Lincoln, Is being raised by dime subscriptions, The mtoetß to California are domesticating mountain oats. Another silver mine has caved In at Virginia City, Nevada. The Ophlr-'silver mine, in Nevada, has been again Inundated with hot water. Petroleum has been discovered at the bottom of the canal at Rochester, N. V. The cemetery at Richmond is said to contain sixty thousand now graves. One hundred and sixty lowa soldiers died in the . rebel prison at Anderaonvllle, G-a. The product of the Springfield Armory is to be reduced to five hundred guns dally. General Hooker was serenaded, at Glevqfend, on Friday afternoon last. w The people of High Bridge, N. J., are re joicing In an oil mine. . The many friends of Gen. Banks are express ing satisfaction at his return to his old position. STATS ITEMS. William Young, who was arrested in Harris burg week before last, by the provost guard, for making obscene comments on the death of President Ltnooln, was on Thursday afternoon escorted through the principal streets of the oltyjiy a squad of the Veteran Reserve Brum Corps, who played the “Rogue’s March.” The prisoner was elevated on a board, npon which was painted words desorip tlve of his offence. —lt is stated, upon reliable authority, that oil was struck last week m the Sander’s well, on Orbss creek, about one mile from the Ohio river, and three from the State line. Some rascals recently fired the span of the Milton bridge whloh bad lodged opposite Bowls burg. A reward has been offered for their appre hension. Mr. Boyle's, the supervisor of the Beaver divi sion of the Erie Extension canal, has a strong foree at work on the Shenango dam, repairing the break make at the spring freshet. it 1b said that the only newspaperlu this State, bearing no sign of mourning for the President’s death, since the mUrderj Is the West Chester Jef fersonian. \ Dr. S. S. Christy, of the firm of Ohristy, Tyler, k Co., of Pittsburg, has been unanimously elected mayor of Oil City. The ndw well recently struck on Slverly Earn, near Oil City, produces about twenty barrels : per day. ' , —Three brewers in’FMtsburg have had their esta blishments dosed for making fraudulent returns of their sales. The Lancaster Jnielligmcer oompl&lns that the farmers do not lower their prices now that gold has fallen. Quite an extensive revival has ooourred In tbs Presbyterian Church at Clarksville, Moroor county, Penna. The General. Assembly of the Old School Pres, bjterian Church will meet at Pittsburg, May 18, and continue In service for ten days. The Lincoln Rolling Mill in HoUldaysburg was totally destroyed by fire last week. Owing to the high price of labor and stock all the Iron manufactories of Pittsburg have suspended. The Pennsylvania Coal Company will pay, May first, a dividend of seven and a half per cent. / \ ■ FOPB CENTS: Tfet Kfndxte** mr Mr. Unctfln. Th* following; Incident, clipped from anexobange, Illustrates tti kindness of heart and* the tenderness of oar late President. ; In NovemberTast, a delicate boy patiently waited with the anxious crowd whloh had gathered in the room of the'President, He was noticed by Mr. Lincoln, whoaaSdj” Come here, my boy, and tell me what you went;” The boy, trembling and abashed, stepped forward and placed his hand Upon the arm of the chair In which 2he President was se&ted, and said: Mr. President, I hare been a drummer in a reirl mentTor two years, and my colonel got angry with me and turned me off; I was takeusick, and have bwn a long time in the hospital. This is the first day *Ji ave ,been out loamete see if yon cannot do some* thing for me. Onr exchange continues : • The President looked kindly and tenderly at him, and asked him where he liyed. He replied that he hadpohome." Where is your father V* said the President. . “He died in the army,” answered the boy, “Where Is yonr> mother *« My mother is dead also. X have no father, no mother, no brothers, no sisters,” and, bnrstlsg Into tears, the 1 boy said! “ and unfriends. Nobody cares for me.” The scan© was yery affecting. Mr. Lincoln’s eyes filled with tears, and he said to him: “Can’t yon sell news papers V* ” No,?’ said the boy, “I am too weak, and the surgeon of the hospital told me I must leave; and I have no money, andno-friends, and no place to goto,” .... * The scene was Indescribably tender and affecting, and the Presid en t immediately d re w from his drawer a card, on which he wrote his wishes, that the officers chonld care (in his own affectionate language) " for this poor,boy.” > w hen the card was handed to the drummer boy, a smite lit np his face, all wet with tears, and he re turned ftally convinced that he had at least onewood and true friend in Abraham Lincoln. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following is a statement of the condition of the Philadelphia Banks yesterday as far as made up. On aceonnt of an omission from one bank the totals cannot bo furnished till to morrow: I i*k*i**jA llMfst! i H : "C-mSS* •* P-g Sg ©£r as tag £,£.§ ®© a fig:® £5£53.5 t gggsLgErESg: jgssg |Sm ; ££.s* £.• * r,o sg.s.ry . &. &! ... J * ya. Egj- 2545.: 22825rr1 j± = mljn.nruliifim I; ill! MRis; §§§gi §iiii§§l§lS§§§ii§§¥§sl • 4® t*s* p 1 1* §§§§• i§§§gisgiiB§siii§liiig I * S°: s» : s*' 3SB: SsSSSmllSl j:::i::: §: ilgig! s¥§l§SBjgg 5° J - ' b»k9«B ms] fsslgSg|!!£SlJ*p3|s|§ iii§M§iigigg§lilgigi§Sg¥3 «&»': ASsSSSsaSaSlaßsS^li iii§: : giiiils§iligiiig§ilis • • J® >-* 1 §»«;,: Pii®sjsEtssgi§a w sgsS§Spi i §g§§ : s§l§igSi§¥ll§gii§i'ig§ • h* -a to H^H^csi-iMotoaes j iff SRißlSf?iFplSSiiip : iiii: aiiiaSliiSl'gilg'iiiaSl §5Ss: PllglSsgsislSSsgiSii ii§i- iiii!silg¥isi¥ig'ig£gi , „ Clearing. • Balan«e*. APlil ffl- *6,591 118 40 #16,869 45 " —••• S.lSB.m 87. 6k!sm 91 “ » S 087.3M7* n.«)(0 “ 27 6,363,514 SI 4)9,724 31 “ 6;»38,093 « 640.987 ® •* b.'mCMb m *36.035,6® 34 *3.165,078 13 Thera was little activity yesterday inthc stock market, the decline in gold having again embar rassed the speculations of the operators. There to B a moderate demand for Government loans at steadily improving figures. The lWls sold at 110’i, an . advance of X; the fire-twenties, ooup. oS, at lot x, an advance of 2, and the ten-forties at tax. State fives were In steady demand, with sales at 93, which is a further advance of 1; the war-loan sixes were dull at 100. There was less said In city sixes, and the sales were confined to the new at six, whioh Ib a decline of X- There is little' or no Inquiry for company bonds, hut prices vary slightly; the sales include Camden and Amboy sixes at 88X; Chesa peake and Delaware sixes at*T, and Union Canal bonds at 20X. Tho railway share list was rather active, but at generally lower prices; Beading declined 1, closing atS2X; Pennsylvania Railroad was steady at 69X; Camden and Amboy at mx, a decline of x; Philadelphia and Erie at 23, a decline of 1; Catawisaa preferred declined x, and the com mon stock IX- There were sales of Lehigh Valley Railroad at 84, and Little Schuylkill at 3*. The oil stocks are again doll and drooping. The only salts of coal stocks were a few lots of Fulton at *X- Bank and Passenger Railroad securities wore scarcely inquired for. Of the former, we notice a single sale of Kensington at S», and of the latter, Race and Vine at 8X- Mining and Canal stocks are utterly neglected. The Directors of the National Bank of the North ern Liberties have declared a dividend of eight per oent,, payable, dear of tax, 6th Inst. ' The Directors of the Philadelphia National Bank have likewise declared a dividend of six percent.! payable on demand. The following were the rates for gold yesterday at the hours named; lo.so A. M.. 11 a. m. 11.30 A. M 12 M... i p. at,. *F. M..... The subscriptions to the 7.30 Joan received by Jay Coolie yesterday amount to *5,175.100, including one or *160,000 from Chicago, one of *301,000' from Cin cinnati, one of *132,6*0 from St. Bonis, and one of *300,000 from Washington. The subscriptions in Boston amount to *l,coo,poo. There were 3,625 in dividual subscriptions of *5O and *loo each. The 7-BO bonds are passing as rapidly into the hands of the people as ever. Mr. Cooke has given notice that the amount assigned for distribntion to contractors, in discharge ef Government dues, has been fully absorbed, and that no more will be issued in this way. He will doubtless find, from this time forth, that he was justified in {lris, for the proba bility that this will be the last popular loanoflered in this way will greatly increase the subscriptions, and put the Government into possession of the means necessary to disoharge the excess of its in debtedness above itß current Income, The following is a statement .of the receipts and disbursements of the Assistant Treasurer of the United States for New York, for April, 1865: April 1, by balance.. *7,699,872 Receipts during the month: On account of Customs.. ..$6.389 560 « of Beans... ..19,583134 11 of Internal Revenue. 604,666 '* ol Post Office Depart* ment............ 169,760 “ . of Tran5fer5..........17,230,000 “ of Patent Fees 7,776 “ of Miscellaneous ....16,585,282 Total 458,270,153 Payments during the month: " Treasury drafts..- *66,031,327 Post Office drafts 55,482 Balance April 29,1865 ,*7,816,656 The following is a statement or the business at the United States Assay Office, at New Yorh, for April, 1865 t Deposits Of Gold, 468,000 ; Silver, *24,- 000; total, *492,000 ; Gold -bars stamped, *481,617; sent to U. S. Mint, Philadelphia, for coinage, *014,231. Tin failure of the great Birmingham banking firm of Atwoods, Spooner, marshall & 00., Is a most Important Item of financial news brought by recent steamers. The house was an old one, dating back to the last century, and It hat held the very highest rank. It is said to have, at this time, 9,000 deposi tors, ranging throngh an classes, from the largest manufacturers to the humblest workmen. The number of the latter class, both male and female, Is said to be particularly large. It Is the habit of snoh hanking houses In England to pa; interest on de posits, and they, therefore, occupy towards the working class the place held here by savings banka. The disaster and dismay which the failure of one of the largest savings banks herewould occasion, is now experienced In Birmingham. A movement Is being, made by ,the- merchants of Pittsburg to organize a systematised «* Exchange," embracing all the manufacturing and commercial Interests of the elty and vicinity. The plan Is to in vite Into one organization banks, bankers, brokers, stock operators, refiners, oil dealers, produce deal ers, iron merchants, and manufacturers, and any other elftßs of business men whose Interests weald be promoted by a dally meeting with each other. Thedestrnotlon of the sawmills In the vicinity of Titusville, Pa., by the late freihet, has caused a very great advance In lumber. Clear pine Is quoted at *7O $ common, *45 5. hemlook, *4o.' At those prices, it mußt cost a fortune to build anything of a houße in that enterprising town. New York la the largest market for sole leather in the world, more being bought and sold In that city than In Liverpool, London, and Paris com blued. It Is estimated that 10, 000,000 hides tanned in this country annually, requiring about 700,000 cords of talk for the operation. Drexel * 00. quote: _ New U, S. Bonds, I*Bl .T. 110 @llOl4 New XI. S. Certificates of Indebtedness. Quartermasters’ Vouchers - 06 @ ?7 Gold 142 @146 Sterling Exchange... Old 5-20 Bends. -I®o}4@los New 5-20 Bonds. : 9«x< 10-40 Bonds... galeaofHM^iV'Vl- THB PUBLIC BOARD. B'*S£S“h* V* 9 SSauaftEKSSL 1 ■*£ SCOCtldwell bW. fi 100 aiif'l9^ 800 do •■•■«» m™o mi ‘ IS:::::::-:™: * *» Strr:::::® A, mS Tiif 300 McCrsafc'dh?» It’D Cardwell 0i1....... 4X-400 Eoril l.^.* 25 - M 100' doi.....—.b|i 4X,500 do „....~bM' f S SCO Dunkard -iw. 174 600 Ttoneste..— ES ,5 100 do >lO. ISi 2CO Window off:.-. , ,‘2OO d(l»o,«,»«..« 131 200 do. —.—, |,w n [-2TO JunctionOil...*2o. <% 100 Tjr»,y Wea ..,M i'ffl : ioo d.7..—w0. m 508 Hiii toii.~~.fii 1 £OCO KcC-Ml*Cli Rb3o- 2 100 do —t. i 1 ran PEOPLE'S STOCK XXCHABGE. 100 Atlaa..— llJieeWJiWiMlow —1 .. 100 Jerecy Wen..—.. 2 81UOO Montgomery « SALES AT THE BBOHLAB BOABD OF BBOKEXS. ; UejKrrUd by Heme*. Milter, & (h., So. 518. Third Mt FJLBBT BOABB. ; 2600tT55-20« inoff.no. 105 100 Beading 8—.,*69 gild nftDel#>..sß. 87 200FiitonciSl ...£i Hi « Celiiah Valley .... 05 100 JJaizeU Oil .'. m| If Kensington Bk-bS 89 100BaarUnffB. St* £OOO Cam ft Am 6«’76 b* 98« « BXOO*ll BO ABB. 1000 City 6s Sew SIX: 100 Dal tell Oil— sa „ ao.y---"* —.rSQi- HO MchJhany Oil .bS 3 HOOCatnwieea Fr 01... 2874 ino Maple Baade 600 BieTank—.. b£o. 2 100 da fcs. i» IrS i®"— * 254 50 do —. if g» Junction On..loti hi «o JteJttntoekietaM *l* g£ctei-±!’: 1% 160 Peel)a E— 59Y 200 Beads *. .>2O lots. 62 I 100 do— >lO. 6?X SSCO IT S 6 20 Bonds lO'-B: »00 d 0........ lOf-X l&O do -105X 1 SALES AT 2 100 Fhlla ft Brie B bSO 25 10 Wyomlnn V«l— 60 2100 City 6s mep >6wn. 9iH ICO Juudiin— 2dys. KOO B 86 21«..~~ ....186X AO Boyal OU lg ICO Beadint B—.lo- 61 2CO do- >lO 62 The New York Post or yesterday says: Gold opiesed at 146 and gradually fell to 1421/. The loan market Is active but easy at 6-por sent, with fewer transactions at 6 Commercial naner in more in request at r@BX per cent. The bank statement is very soKgeitlve, and thosM an increase of nearly nine railUons in deposits, and In legal tenders an Inorease of eight muttons. Then are no other changes worthy of special comment. The stock market-opened strorg on Governments and dull on railroad shares. Fire-twenties have advanced %% per eenfc, and are In active demand from country Investors. Ten fortles are firm, but qniet. Sixes of 1881 ate active, with an upward tendency. Railroad shares closed Irregular EHa and New York Central being dull, and Hudson strong, but Illinois Central is the strongest, having risen five per cent, on the news from Europe. Before the first session New York Central was quoted at 10SK, Erie atB*«. Michigan Southern at ISJf. Cleveland and Pittsburg at 80, Northwestern preferred at 6*X, Ohio and ■ Mississippi Certificates The following were the quotations at the Board, compared with those of Saturday: r? I' fV 0 ”® 02 *’ 81 "*™ MO - *fi' D *£ g. g- 620 MUPOM, ...-106k 10iX iSi_ !• 6-» eoopooß, new W% iw« jg -11. S. 10 40 coupons... -87 X 37 w B. 8. Certificatoa.— 99X 99X „ TenaemeeSs 6IJ? 6!IJ .. i" Pacific Mai 1....... 301* . “ gewTorh Central.... -..103 VOX 2* ~ Brie S:?X at .. Hudson Elver—— 114 113 X X ~ Michigan Central.— 110 IIBX .. if Michigan Sonthem—.— 7J5f 71X \ * lllineia Central.... IWX 114 fi£ Z a* «r» "I Philadslphia Markets. May I—Evening. There to very little doing In Flour, and the mar ket is dun at about former rater ; sales comprise about 1,200 bbls, in lots, at *8.37X for extra, and *9©9.75 ft bbl for extra family. The retailers and bakers are buying In a small way at from 67 7.75 for 'superfine, *B@Bfio for extra, and *9@iip bbl for extra family and fancy brands, as to quality. Bye Flour sad Corn Meal continue doll at about former rates. '' 455i910 15 Gjraiw—Wheat I* without change. About 8,060 bnshelsgold in lots at frdm*2@2.lo » bushel fi»r fair . to prime Western and Pennsylvania reds, and white ■ at from *2.15@2 40 bnshel, as to quality. Bve Is selling in a small way at #1 25@130 as bushel.. Corn Is rather BCaree at about former rates; small sales of prime yellow are making at si 32 bushel, in the cars. Oals are unsettled; 3 000 nnsuels sold at 80@83c ip bnshel, the latter rate for prime Penn sylvania, ip store. > -- ; —‘ Bakk.—ln Quercitron there is nothing doing: Ist No. lis ottered at 926 $1 ton. « “SS Cotton is very dull* and prices are lowersmall sales of middlings are making at 47c »fk, cash.. Gnoonniss.—The market is very dull, owing to the decline in gold, andprleeg are unsettled. PaTEOLEUM is quiet: we quote oruda at 8633701 refined in bend at 55@n6c, and free at atom 7saiBe W gallon, as to quality. Seem—Flaxseed is selling- In -»■ small way at Bom *2 55@2 SB V bu. Timothy is dull and quoted at *4@4 SO ba. Cloversetd is very quiet; smaß sales are making at *16.60@17.60 64- Bs. PnovisiONß.—Prices remain about the same aa last quoted, bat the sales are limited. Whisky continues dull; small sales are making at from *2.14@216 f! gallon for Pennsylvania and Western bbls. The following axe the receipts or Floor ana arsis at this port to uaj: F100r....; . - Wheat.. Core; Oats Philadelphia Cattle Market. May I—Evening. The arrivals and sales of Beef Cattle at Phillips* Avenno Drove Yard are small this week, reanMiy about 1,100 head. The market Is very doll, and prices have declined l@2e s’a. First quality Penn sylvania and Western Steers sold at fair to good at l6@lso, and common at fiom ISQiic yi a, as to quality. The market closed very dull within the above range of quotations. .145 l4s* l44* .......144* ...142* 144 Shbef are doll and lower; 6,000 head sold at from 7011 c a, gross. Cows are less active; about 90 head sold at from $3O up to *B5 TP head, as to quality. Bogs have de clined ; 3,500 head arrived add soldatfrem *l2 50 up to *l6 the 100 ®s net, as to quality. The cattle on sale to-day are from the following 800 from Pennsylvania. 170 from Ohio. 140 from Illinois. The following are the particulars of the sales: 80, P. McFUlen, Western and Lancaster, 18030. 80. P. Hathoway, Lancaster county, 16020. , 75, Jas. MeElllen, Chester county, ia@2o. 34, A. Kennedy, Pennsylvania, 16030. 16. A. Kimble, Chester county, 16030. 77, Mooney & Smith, Ohio, 17020. 30, J. & J. Chain, Pennsylvania. 16020 if. 2ft, H. Chain, Pennsylvania, 14018. 60, Martin Fuller ft Co., Lancaster ennnty, 16029. 35, Chandler & Co., Chester county, 16019. 47, T. Cassoday, Lancaster county. 17020, 46, McArdle & Duffy, Western. 16020. 18, C. Etonian, Lancaster county, 18020. 22, J. Shelby, Pennsylvania, 16019; 46, HanDaber & Co., Lancaster county, 16020. 19, J. Miller, Chester county, 16020 24, Owen Smith, Chester county, 18020. 86,,S.tKnox, Lancaster county, 15020. 30, Dryfoos & Co., Lancaster county, 15020 62, Gust Sternberg, Lancaster county, 16020. 20, L. Frank, Lancaster county, 15019. 52, J. S. Kirk, Pennsylvania, 18030, 20, J, Latta, Chester county, 16018, 40. A. Christy A Bro., Western, 16020. Cows.—There is less doing and prices are rather .lower. About 90 head sold at the avenue drove yard at from *3O to *5O for Springers, and *4O up to ISO f! head for Cow and Cali, as to quality. Sbkef.—The arrivals and sales of Sheep at Phillips’ Avenue Drove Yard roach about 6,000 head this week. The market Is very dull, and prices are fully 1c ft ft lower; dipped are selling at ftom 7 to 9c, and wool Sheep at from w to 11c y », gross, as to quality. Hoes.—The arrivals at the Union and Avenue Drove Yards sire large this week, reaching about 3,500 head. The market Is very dull; and prices have fallen off, with sales at *12.50016 the 100 B>s, net, as to quality. 2,387 head sold at Henry Glass’ Union Drove Yard at from *14015 the 100 fts, net, as to quality. 1.300 head sold at the Avenue Drove Yard at from *l2 50016 the 100 fbs, net, the Utter for prime corn fed. -$50,570,180 568,086,809 Flora, &c—The market for Western and-State Floor Is a little more active, bat prices of all grades are easier. The sales are 9,200 bbls afs6 6096.90 for superfine State, $7@7.30 for extra State, the inside for old; $7.8607.60 for fancy State, $7.2507,15 for the low grades of Western extra, $BOB 26 for skip ping Ohio. $8.3009.90 for trade and family brands, and $8 90012 lor St. Bonis extras. Canadian Flour Is ten cents lower. Sales of 60$ bbls at $7.160 7 66 for the low grades of extra, and $7.70@0 25'for trade mod family extras. Southern Flora Is more active, but prices are 10a lower; sales of-3,800 bbls at $7.9008 90 for mixed to good superfine oountry.’B<lmore, Sen, and $9.16® 12 for trade and lamlly brands. Bye Four Is quiet and unchanged; sales of 10$ bbls at $6.4006. QrtAis —The Wheat market is without material change - The market Is very quiet. Common quali ties are heavy, while choice are firmer. The sales are 14,000 bus at $17301,86 for amber Western. Barley and Barley Malt ore dull and nominal. Oatß are unsettled and prices- are nominal. Eye Is dull wsl.o3@l 04 ; for Western. Com Is less active and heavy 5 the sales an 11-00 i bushels nn. Western mixed at $1 45, and near yellow at $l 47@1.48 on the.pler. Pkovi©io»b.— The pork, market opened at a marked decline, but under an active demand to cover short contracts, prices recovered somewhat, and dosed steady at our outside figures. The re duction In the stock Is-ffinoh less than was autlol- . „ ' Forfntnre delivery we Hear or 500 bbla jness, seller /set half of this month, at and IiOOO do do, fails! cash and regular, are 9 wobble at*26 25 @26.10 for old mess, »28@28-75. for new do, *25 for prim© mfifiPe _ , - ___ Beef I? quiet at about former rate?* Sales of 200 hbla at *13@16 60 for plain mess, *»J@l9 S 0 for-entr* do. Tlerca Beel Is nominally uaehanged. Beef Hams are qalet bat steady. Sales of 100 bbla at *M.75@26 for Western. Cat Meats are scarce and steady- Sales of 400 packages at like for Shoulders and 190 for llama. 1 Bacon 1b -wanted, bat therein very little .Her* to offer. -Prices are nominally the same. , X,ard opened- steady, and. closes dall and heavy j salca or 1,250. bb1s unites at MX@BJ4o, for Ko.l, ir«®ts no for fair to prime steam ana kettle-ren deiea, and ISJ4O for small lots, very choice, early In the day. f abhks.—The market Is doll, bat prloes are with out change; sales at st.7S@B for Pots, and 08.60# 8.76 lor Pearl. _ ' CoFJfBB.—Rio la to good demand, and prion are well sustained. Oottob.—Thole baa been less aodvity to the market for this staple since oar last Prices have declined, and are quoted at *S@tT for middlings. Molasses.—Prices are well sustained, but we hear of no sales. • Petbolkum—Crude Is to moderate demand, end .teady sales of BqObbls at 89@«o. Refined Is dm at M@66c for bonded, and T4@76c for free. RtoK.—No sales are rsportod, but prices an firm and well sustained. , , .. Scqab—Now Sugars arei to moderate demand 8 prices are somewhat heavy, but ““.without «sem tlal change. Sales of 360 Uhds Cuba at UXQtee* Refined are steady at 19X0 ®r herds. WpVfIKT- The marltet Is a shade firmer. Sale* Sat Western. iit Ga ™ il AK -Wv* l»X imcafethb^M i 1A Maaea ft Ch Bon- 1* 1 200 (iatawisee 8,...b5 121 f i 6 Lehigh Talley—. 64* 'HS CLOSE. |£S?r;sS; s ll 200 do— -109 dO-Mava.llOf]).. gM? af 4 800 dO.v.atmre..., gQ ......... 1,440 bbls. .3,350 baa. 4,100 boa. -....3.600 bos. Hew Tork Harketo, Kay I.