'€§t Jjnijg. TUESDAY, MAY 83, 1863. M* W#ofcn Uks no notice of anonymous commu* Woetlons, We do not return rejected manuscripts. JK& Yoluntary correspond eo ce is solicited from all £arts of the world, and especially from our different .military and naval departments. When used, it will •t 9 piid for. Agriculture the Great Field for labor. After the grand review outbrave soldiers will soon return, covered with glory, and welcomed by grateful friends to their peace ful homes. In seeking employment, or in speculating upon their future careers, they Should keep steadily in view the fact that lhe one great field in which labor is most needed is agriculture. All branches of manufactures and com merce have been stimulated into a state of unnatural activity. Our workshops and stores were compelled to supply the vast requirements of war, in addition to the usual demands of peace. The immense labors which were thus necessitated have been performed partly by newly-arrived emigrants, but mainly by men who, like a large portion Of our armies, were drawn from agricultural pursuits. A very anomalous industrial condition has thus been produced. The greatest, most reliable, and most productive interest of our nation is the one most neglected. Millions of broad and fruitful acres aTe lying waste, and tke -—gMs.’~'fhe prices of provisions in a land of plenty make pnident housekeepers turn aghast, and the absolute cost of a scanty jneal would, in former times, have provided a sumptuous repast. Something may be Chargeable to of markets, or to combinations of hucksters; but if the usual amount of care had been bestowed Upon the gardens, crops, and steckofour farmers, and if an extraordinary demand for their cattle, pork, and cereals had not greatly diminished their average supply, the laws of trade would have long since been vindicated in a marvellous deduction of the price currents of domestic produce. We have bad infinitely more than the usual number of consumers in our towns, fleets, and armies, and considerably less than the usual number of laborers on our farms, du ring the last tfour years, and the chronic complaint of high prices is the natural and •legitimate result of such a disturbance of our industrial organization. While this is true Of the North, the neglect of agriculture In the South is, of course, ten times more apparent. Our system is slightly deranged, theirs is almost destroyed. Some of our crops have been diminished, their most important ones have for a time not been raised. A vacuum in the great marts of the world has been caused by the absence of Southern cotton, which other nations are vainly attempting to supply. Their comparatively inefficient efforts, however, yield them a magnificent reward, and a vast vista of fortune opens upon those Americans who shall be the first to re establish the supremacy of our rich plan tations. Let every soldier who has a taste or a capacity for tilling the earth literally fulfil the scriptural injunction, and transform his sword into a ploughshare, his spear into a pruning-hook. He will reap from mother earth a certain and bounteous re turn for his labors. Hero-Worship--John Leechi Once upon a time Thomas Carlyle lee tured and wrote, boldly and well, upon “Heroes and Hero-worship” and the general, but more particularly British, tendency to exalt distinguished persons. There was much truth in his premises, much exaggeration in his statements, and the usual inconsequentiality in his argu ment. The fact is, hero-worship is rather nn intermittent than a quotidian attack upon our social system. It is only every now and then that it comes on. Not all the written and spoken panegyrics in the world could have elevated ill-natured Jjbr rold into a hero, whereas every one mourned Thackeray, despite ot the mask of cynicism which he loved -to wear, as if they had lost a friend, lamented Prince Albert as if he we*e a brother, and la mented John Leech, whose hand they saw in Punch almost every week during nearly five-and-twenty years, as if they had been in the habit of holding converse, familiar and friendly with him. on every Saturday in the year. Leech, like all other men of genius, was a hard-working man. Genius is surprising ly creative, and almost exhanstless in its production. The-number of books and pe riodicals to which, as well as to Punch, Leech contributed was so great that one would fancy he needed two heads and four hands to execute all he But he did it, and did it well. He left hi 3 family in comfortable circumstances, for he was not extravagant, though he lived comforta bly—even elegantly, but his friends took in hand the augmentation of their future means, by the sale of the sketches which he had left behind—nearly all of which had been engraved. This sale, which took place during the last week of April, occupied three days, was an event in London, and the buyers included all classes. There is a graphic account of the last day’s sale in a London paper, and we shall take leave to use it freely here. Its peroration runs thus : “To name all the celebrities who attended the sale would be to add needlessly to the length of this no tice. There were painters who are rising and painters who have long since won a secure and imperishable renown. Tnere were poets, historians, essayists, and critics. There were lords and picture dealers, statesmen, and idlers about town. But, miscellaneous as was the company, there was one cordial agreement in vene- ration for the short life’s labor and the last ing name of John Leech.” The net result of the first day’s sale was £1,200. The second day brought in £1,127. The third produced £4,173. The total amount realized, after all expenses are de ducted, was £6,500, which is equivalent to $32,500 in gold. Of course, all who had known John JjEKCH, and could afford to spend the money, attended to purchase some memo rial, however trifling, of his genius, know ing, too, that those who he loved and left would derive material benefit from the good fortunes of the sale. On the last day, the competition became as striking as it was unparalleled. His three easeh, On which he painted—a plain table, on Which he drew and wrote—half a dozen old oaken chairs, which had belonged to his studio, brought enormous prices—at least ten times what they, cost, when new,- many years ago. But Leech’s drawings Were the great attraction. The anction room is reported as having Been hot and crowded from one until six o’clock, but the excitement, even "if it sometimes drooped, would leap up again as briskly as if the flash were not weak, and faint, and flaccid. It was curious to See how a little incident would plainly affect the bidding. Between the hours of three and four the excitement flagged, that Is to say, slight pencil-sketches, mere hints for the artist himself, like the book-notes of an author, were not bringing such won drously large prices as they had previously attained, when Mr. Millais, the great pre- Baphaelite painter, entered the room and -succeeded in working his way, in his usu ally quiet manner, to a seat at the table near the rostrum of Chbistie & Manson, ■the art-auctioneers of London. What fol lowed Mr. MtcnAis’ arrival can better be fold in the words of our London friend. He says: ■ “Frames containing two, three, or four rough little Itndlea had been UU then selling , for such prices as £2 105, the highest of the previous four teen sales having been six guineas; but the very next frame of subjects, similar In oalibre to all the met. was ran np to a sum or fifteen guineas and a half—Mr. Millais having looted at it. The prloes * again, tIU the irrepressible Briggs oomes ’ 3 tie scene, and his picturesque adventures Stag the prices up to £lO 103-; when preseuUj bids for a little sketob—lt.lsthat of the Jog-hunting d«t«, who visits aU his patients early, *nd changes his dress In the brougham—and the blddtog rapidly goes up to eighteen guineas and a half. The proceeds of about seventy frames of these t.r»fl’ng studies, many being mere pictorial memo* ratda, were £468 48. ” On that last day the political sketches were in more request than before, forty six of them realizing $973, or nearly twenty two dollars each. “But,” we are told, 11 now came the triumph of triwupbr—the sale of seven little water-color pieces, in as many separate lots. They were all very dlmt* native, very light and sketchy, and very charming* Five inches by three would have been quite a mast* mum measurement. The third on the list was a seaside sketch, ‘in the Bay of Biscay, 01' and reprepentirig, what, at the time of painting, was ‘the last sweet thing la hats and sucks at star* nix. l Two young ladles, attired in Pyrenean fashion,are making bead aaalost the Seabreeze; and this little gem, all unpolished as It was, sold tor one hundred guineas amidst rounds of applause. 'The precise amount which these seven water*oolor bits realized was £321165. (41.708). an almost fatra- Icus, hut happily authentic quotation.” The lounger at the Clubs, who contri butes a good deal of pleasant gossip to the London Illustrated Timet, speaking of Mr. Leech’s sketches, says: « The Impression upon my mind, from the works generally, was that Mr Leach did not, In the ordl* nary sense of the word, ‘sketch 1 at all,. ‘The moreat irdlcati^n—what artists call scribble—of a face or a group Illustrating an incident, waß to him sufficient memorandum until he placed the work upon a block ,r plate. But these scribbles sold at enormous prices. Four or five of them, framed In a swamp* log quantity of gray mounting, solo readily at five and tix guineas, while the saleroom was yet scarcely one-tblro filled. I heard a bit of dialogue. ‘Surely these are not dealers’ prioesP * N«t; the swells are making fools of themselves. 1 Perhaps the ‘swells’ were acting upon excellent motives, and knew that to jiay hlgblv for these reiios wan their best way of ebn*lntr lilmlly appreciation of a great artist, <le." ceased.” The pictures in oil, a new series not pre viously exhibited, sold very well, but it is stated that there was a general feeling that their size and elaboration had carried the artist, not out of his depth, hut beyond the true limitations of his genius. The JT-am- ’—odn-WhnttQnpjl- r\M.in i*-- *- 1 -**’ 3 * “Aa for the more showy objects of the sale, the enlarged cuts from Punch, lithographed upon can* va?, and touched In oil colors; If any swell should boy cue of these, ‘What will he do with it 1* A. big caricature, with a legend under it, painted la oil end framed, is do fitting ornament for any parti golfer room in a modern establishment. Only fancy fcavlrg day after day, and year alter year, to read the same joke!” Every one who has seen Punch, even seini-occaeionally, will recollect the inimi table sporting scenes of which poor Mr. Briggs was the hero. Mr. Leech, him self, was fond of hunting, shooting, fish ing, and out door sports generally, and Mr. Briggs, whom he rather drew from life than created, was Ms own favorite. At the sale, “ Mr. Briggs was again the hero of an advance in prices, for no sooner was his well-known form seen with the Brighton harriers, or in the Highlands a-chasing the deer, than bidders came forward*and con tested the honor of improving Ms acquaint ance. One principal buyer, Mr. Bussell, having got a Briggs picture for £3B 16s, ($204) ruined his chance of getting the companion scene on equally good terms by making the injudicious bid, "* Same price as last, sir.’ So far from getting the second picture at the ‘ same price as last,’ he was compelled to pay for it £39 ss, ($446) hav ing been run up to that figure in very little more than no time.” Twelve sketches of Mr. Briggs’ fishing sold for SO guineas; seven of Briggs’ shooting brought 15, and four small ones, showing Briggs in the hunting-field, sold for 36 guineas. As might have been anticipated, some of the single sketches, to which a personal interest attached —as those containing por traits Of Punch contributors, dead or living —were eagerly competed for. 'One slight pencil study, with faces of Jkbrold, Thackeray, A’ Beckett, and the other staff of wits and satirists, went for forty guineas, equal to $2lO in gold. As the sketches were sold off, the com petition grew more intense. More pencil sketches -in the life of Mr. Beiggs were among the last put up, and for a pair of frames Mr. Millais gallantly contested possession, finally shaking his head when the bidding on the opposite side reached fifty guineas. He was able to get the next lot, however, a good series of seven sketches in one frame, for fifteen guineas. Portfolios and albums, to the number of twenty-one, many of them containing in teresting written memoranda, and one, containing three hundred and seventy-five sketches and a literary contribution to Punch, in Leech’s handwriting, fetched eighty-six guineas. Among the numerous hooks illustrated by Leech were the Comic Blackstone, the Comic History of Rome, and the Comic History of England—works which were indebted for their popularity rather to Ms pencil than to their author’s pen. There, were sold, in one lot, the complete set of drawings for the Comic History of Eng land. Of these there were 207, and they brought 26 guineas, which is a fraction over half a dollar for each sketch. la a word, Hero-worship had its un checked coarse, at the sale of Leech’s sketches, and $32,500 was paid, in that frenzy of admiration and competition, for what, at most, was not worth one-tenth of the sum realized. Sban oar Soldiers Heep their Huskets- Ttee Reasons Why, On to-day and to-morrow our conquering armies will march through the streets of Washington on their return from a performance of a duty that led them victoriously to contend on many a bloody battle-field. They will come and pass with all their armor ion—with bayonet and musket that have served them so well to qnlet treason—with every cccontiement that ministered to their oomfort or existence It has been stated, however, that the musket which each of our soldiers has borne so long and treasured so carefully will be taken away from him and returned to the Govern ment armories. This measure is already meet ing with a great deal of opposition from all quarters—from the oltlzens as well as from the soldiers themselves. In many an old oountry farm house there Is this very day hanging pendant over the fire-place some rusty old dint-look gun that aided America to succeed In her Revolution and establish herself as a great and Independent nation- The brave arm that carried It Is long since In the dust -, the unflinching eye that dlreoted Its death* dealing shot against a foreign and an oppressing foe has lost Its fire In the gloom and damp of the grave. But the children, the grandchildren, and the great-great grandchildren of these brave old pa* ;riots cherish that dingy, odd-looklng piece as an almost priceless treasnre. To all eyes it tells an eloquent tale; to them it Is the proof of the martial and heroic blond that flows in their veins. It Is a constant, silent monitor, ever reminding them how sacred is tbetr native land—how poor, how weak It once was—how it has grown to the great colossus of the West, how It should be preserved by kindred deeds, as long as time shall last, In those days those unwieldy old guns were from their very commonness of but comparatively little value. But they were preserved beoause of their service, and are now honored for the same reason'. Let the muskets that preserved the nation In Its last great struggle also be laid aside as heir-looms. The gene rations that will live and do in the after life of the nation will look with the same respect, and learn the same lessons from these weapons as we do now from those of a hundred years ago. Besldeß, It is odd to the soldier to oome home a citizen In everything save his dress. Bnt armed oap-a-ple, he will march prondly back, conscious of the admiration of the people he risked so much to'serve. Such a feeling would be but purely the reward duehim from a regenerated nation. The Fire at Klblo’s Theatre, New York. The late fire at this theatre was mueh larger than our report on Sunday night led us to believe. Considerable excitement was occasioned among the guests at the Metropolitan Hotel, many of thorn re moving their effects. Fortunately no acoldent oc caned. The carpenter-shop and a portion of the stage only was burned, but the entire establishment is more or lees flooded with water, a proceeding that was absolutely necessary for the salvation of this and the adjoining property. The fire was under lull headway when discovered, and threatened the destruction ol a portion of the Metropolitan Hotel, the rear walls of which nearly adjoin the theatre. 7he hotel was damaged considerably. Miss Maggie Mltcbell’a engagement at Niblo’s Is thus dlsaa -tcurly terminated. The theatre will probably be reopened In about a month or six weeks.. Niblo’s Garden Is the largest theatre In the country, and ine ef the handsomest. It has been managed by Mr. Wm. Wheatley for the past three years, and by ids exertions has been made to attain a most dis tinguished position. The fire will entail a loss of t-erbapg a hundred thousand dollars upon the management alone, for which there Is no Insurance. As the rumor spread that Nlblo’s was burning, great e xcitement prevailed, and up to midnight the popu lace blockaded Broadway, Orosby, Houston, and Prince streets. We are assnred that no time will 1 lost by Mr. a. T. Stewart, the owner .of the theatre, in the effort to restore it. The property Is valued at about *3OO 000. [House for Jeff* Davis in Liverpool. The editor of the Savannah Berald publishes the following letter, whiclrmay or may not he true, al though It would seem to Indicate that the arch-rebel was prepared for .the collapse of his stupendous ires son : “Now that everything regarding the movements of Jeff Davis has a peculiar interest, I have thought it well to give to the public, through the columns of your valuable paper, a fact which came to my por -rnal knowledge bearing upon the subject. When 1 wee In Liverpool, England, now about a year ago, there had iust been completed a splendid brier man sion In on* of the most fashionable squares of the which was generally known and talked of as faavlrg.been erected from the proceeds of the Con federate loan, and as being intended for the future residence of Jefferson Davis, In the event ofMronm sranctB forcing him to leave the country- During uiy Btay In Liverpool, the windows of too house re mained palmed white, which, according to the cus tom In that oily,- Indicated that the bouse had been engaged, and waa waiting for its ooonpant—a olr tiinstance which gave plausibility to tue town-talk < f its being the sometime residence of the fugitive President of the Soutbern Oonfederacy. - H. •* Savamhab, May 14,1855," RICHMOND. The Feeling of the People Changing — West and Pastern Virginia—Governor Plerrepont not yet Arrived—Troops in Manchester—Precaution taken to Pre vent the Sale of ,Uquors A Blood hound—Brigadier General F. P. Dent Believed from the Command of the Post — A General Order. CSpeclsl Corre.poad.nte of The Press. I PHtLAOFLVRti Phwss Bunsen, Biobmonb, May 19, 1865. FBBLIWG OF THK PgOPLS. The transition of feelings and sentiments is not always as rapid aB events. Tae sudden and com plete triumph of the Union army over the rebels found them wrapt up In all the prejudices and hatred towards the national authority which fdur years of elvll strife could possibly engender. ' Tne Inexorable logic of events Is, however, fast dissi pating all Ideas of slavery, all delusions of State rights, and all dreams of a Southern Confederacy. THt people are rapidly recognizing their duty under the restored order of affairs, having become wisely resigned to what they cannot control. Harmony and good feeling seem to pervade the different phases of society, except among that class of most pious and dletlngnlehed poor ladles who oannot yet deny themselves the lnxnry of turning up their noses at the bine coats. They seem to abominate rootle even to the tune of “ Hall Colombia” and the “Star, spangled Banner,” and do not hesitate to express the moßt rebellions sentiments to tnat class of Union officers who are disposed to be patronised by them. Bnt this state of things will soon subside and yield to their more conservative hisbands, fathers, and brothers, who are thoroughly disgusted with war, and have at last realized their folly in attempting to destroy the best Government which a common ancestry conld have bequeathed to gene rations for all time, strange as it may seem, the better olaes of Southern people generally are or the opinion, and I think they are sincere, that the Government and the Union are now stronger to-day. than ever before. IRQINIA.. reconstruction of the State of Virginia will not, under the oiroumstances, be very difficult. The people are a little nervous about confiscation, but with gnat unanimity agree that slavery and rebellion ate both consigned to one grave. The exoot policy or the new State Government has not been foreshadowed, but It Is generally understood among Unionists of the eity that all persons who have tsken the oath, without reference to their past connection with the rebellion, will be pormttted to exercise the right of suffrage. The negroes are not to be Included. The loyal men of Virginia, with more magnanimity that the rebels ever thought of extending to them, are Industriously engaged In smoothing the way for their misguided brethren to return to the fall enjoyment of their political rights. GOVERNOR PIRRPONT. Whatever may be thought In the Worth of Governor Flerpont, his coming here Is hailed with gladness by the loyal men of the States, while they are satisfied no one has a right to complain until after he has had a trial of exercising his Execu tive abilities In the reconstruction or this Common wealth. The intelligence received that he will not arrive until next week Is rather a disappointment, as his advent Is supposed to be tbe Inauguration ol a policy ef conciliation. One thing Is certain, that a good man, called to the responsible position of Governor of VlrglDla, has It in his power, at this time, to reorganize the State upon a basis of on dating loyalty, unswerving justice, and compen sated Industry to that class whose sndden emanci pation requires protection for their property and 1 guarantees for their labor. OPPOSITION TO GOVERNOR riiIRPONT. It cannot be disguised that those who have bees the enemies of the Government are much opposed to Governor Florpont being the Executive of this Commonwealth'. They regard It as an aot of hu miliation that he should be sent from Alexandria to manege the destinies of this great State. They are even unblushing enough to demand, socially of course, that some prominent rebel should have been honored with this mark of honor and confidence. Seme of them say that if men are to bo sent from the Worth to fill the offices that the Southern blood will not submit to It. ARRIVAL of troops in Manchester. Generals Getty's and Blckett's divisions of the Btb Corps hove arrived in Manchester. The other division Is under General Wheaton, and is guarding the railroad and other places where their presence is deemed necessary between Biohmond and Dan ville. THB SALS OF LIQUORS. The orders of Brigadier General Dent, the mili tary governor, suppressing the sale of liquor, have not been faithfully observed. From some souroe the supply was more than equal to the demand, and occasionally intoxicated persons nave been seen wandering about under-its staggering In fluences. In order to remedy the evil, the authori ties have adopted the right of search among the passengers from the Worth and Worfolk, with a view of stopping the supply. Day before yester day this rigorous measure was enforced for the first time, and the opening of trunks, boxes, and band boxes disclosed various amounts of liquor, irom a bottle to ten gallons, all of which were confiscated. As long as liquor Is as profitable as It Is, there trill be found means to elude, in many oases, the efforts of the authorities to oapture and confiscate It. Au in dividual by the name of Dlckerman, was seat to try the realities ol Castle Thunder, for vending liquor yesterday against the peace and dignity of the military regulations. THE KAYOS. The big black Russian bloodhound which has just arrived at Washington, and, acoordlng to the pa pers, Is creating a sensation, 1b the property of Joseph Mayo, mayor of this city, who surrendered It. He loaned the dog to the rebel authorities to hunt down Union soldlersj and Is new trying to resume the Amotions of his former position, with the consent of the authorities. BBIGADIBR GBNBBAL 7, 7. DENT BELIEVED, Yesterday morning Brig. Gen. F. F. Dent was relieved from duty as military commander of the city of Richmond, by order of Gen. Ord. Gen. Pent will probably leave this morning for Washing* ton, to present the notice of the difficulty before'the higher tribunals fer their adjustment. The city will he included in the district of Henrioo, under Brig. Gen. M. R. Patrick, provost marshal general of the Department of Virginia* Gens. Halleck and Patrick are most harmonious in all their inter course. A OBNBIfrAL OBDBB, The following general order was issued yesterday Hbadq'bb Hilitaby Division of the Jakes. Richmond, Va., May 18, 1865* GBNBBAL OBDEBB NO. —* I. The President’s proclamation In regard to for* mtr cfficets of the rebel Government of Virginia dees not apply to clerks of record courts, sheriff*, and local magistrates retained in offioe or appointed under military order. Officers so retained or ap pointed derive their authority from the de facto military government, and not from their election or appointment under any former government. They are, therefore, directly responsible to the military power for their conduct and the proper performance of their duties. 11. No civil officer will be appointed or retained In office by military authority who has sot volun tarily taken the oath of allegiance, or who does not Come Within the provisions cf the amnesty procla mation. As soon as the proper civil officers la any county, oity, or town are duly elected or appointed and qualified under the restored civil government, those appointed or retained by military authority will cease to exercise the functions or their office. By order of Major General HaUeek. J. 0. Kblton, A. A, G« Rollin. Ttie Yellow fever Plot We take from the New York Tribune the follow ing letter about the wretch who devised the infa mous scheme to Introduce yellow fever into the North—Dr. Blackburn: Sir: I presume the now Infamous Dr. Blackburn Is the same burley personage I met abroad In 1807. I first saw Mm at Baden, then In Parts, where he was prosecuting a “suit,” InwMch he distanced several rivals and won the prize. That secured, he told me be was going to Edlagburg to visit the great Dr. Simpson there. As Blackburn was really quite Il literate, 1 rather doubted bis claim of correspondence With such a distinguished man In medical sclenoe; bnt he showed me the letter of invitation from the Frofetsor, and then told me the occasion of tbeir correspondence He said that he had gone through several yellow-fever seasons In the Sonth, during which he had carefully studied Its phenomena, par ticularly In reference to Its propagation by Infec tion frem clothing, &c., &0., which facts he had em bodied in notes, and from hls>home (Natchez, I think) transmitted them to Dr. Simpson. He went to Scotland, and was cordially received and enter tained by the Professor. “ K etlow fever” was Dr. Blaokbnrn's hobby. He told me many curious and Interesting facta about It, derived from his personal study in the midst ol its ravages. He has considera ble native foroe of oharaoter,ls a thorough “ South ron,” and every way Is the very monster to devise and undertake, In “Confederate service,” the hor rible scheme detailed in y»ur columns to-day. SATURDAY, May 20. G. P. S. ■‘Anarchy Made Chronic.” JACOB THOMPSON. CFrcm the New York Tribune, Nay 22 1 We print herewith a letterfrom Jacob Thompson, Mr. Buobanan’s Secretary of the Interior, since an active Confederate and sgeotfn Canada of Jefferson Davis, In selfvlndlcatlon from charges of com plicity in the Godard Bailey fraud and In Presi dent Lincoln’s assassination. In so tar as Ms statements are personal and defensive they seem to rrqulre no remark. We thick the re-narks affecting President Johnson are In very bad taste; but we did not choose to suppress them though authorized to do so. We prefer that Mr. Tncmpson should 00 judged by what he chose tu write rather than by what we might Bee fit to print. All this, however, is trivial in comparison with that monstrous doctrine of State sovereignty” whereon Mr. Thompson bases and justifies what he terms secession, and we stigmatize as most uu jußtltlsbie rebellion. It Is this wMeh gives to his letter a general and permanent interest, and for which we commend It to careful study and con sideration. Let ns ponder It: Whether the famous Kentucky and Virginia legis lative resolves of >OB and ’B9 do Indeed justify a State In resisting the laws and legal authorities of the Union, we need not discuss, Blnoe those resolves are not and never were accepted as authority by us. On the contrary, deeming them unsound In assump tion, wrong In principle, and mischievous In their natural tendencies, we utterly repudiate them, and of course do not oare whether they do or do not justify secession. Bnt when Mr. Thompson asserts that three States, In ratifying the Federal Constitu tion, ft served the right to withdraw from the Union at discretion, he compels us to demand Ms authority for the averment. We deny it most unqualifiedly. That the Virginia Convention affirmed the right of the people lo modify or revise their political Institu tions, we knew; that they claimed this right for a fourth or an eighth of the entire “people of the United States,” who were expressly proclaimed the authors of the Constitution In Its preamble, wo deny. Such a claim would not be republican or de mocratic, but antl-popular and anarohloal, and woold transmute Into a broad faros the strennons resistance of Patrick Henry, Sam Adame, &o, to the adoption of the Instrument. Why should a ■State hesitate to ratify what she might at any mo ment thereafter repudiate 1 Let ne take Mr. Tkompson’sown oase to Illustrate the monstrosity of bis doctrine: Jacob Thompson was first known to the oountry as a Representative In Congress, retiring after eight years* service. He was oalled from private life to a Eeat in Mr. Buchanan’s Cabinet, of whloh he was a member till Ms resignation In December, 1860 (He will not, we tMsk, deny that he was an active and zealous promoter of the eonsplraoy for disunion he. fore he resigned, and before Mississippi ssosded; out we will not press this paint.) And he holds, if we can understand Ms letter, that all Ms repeated oaths of fidelity to the Federal Oonstltntlon and Government were taken subject to the condition that Mississippi should not see fit to secede from the Union ; (hat, if at any time she ehottld secede, no matter whether with or without reason, be should be not merely at liberty but under obligation to stand with her against the Union, and to fight with her to destroy the Union, tub, if we comprehend Mr. THE PRESS.'—PHHADELPHXA. TUESDAY, MAY 23, 18667 T.,.was an implied condition Of hlSMth of allegl aiice—an understood part of It. Now w.® hold tblsdoijtrio© worse tincal than Slavery,'lts source; worn than the Re* beillon, their natural ohtld. A couhtry whloh may at any tlme.be tom In pieces by the mere freak of a fiftieth part of Its people, we pray never to be doomed to Inhabit. It would be anarchy made ahronio—pro vision by law for national suicide. Nay. worse than suicide; Inasmuob as is the right of a man's toe or flr ger to terminate his existence at pleasure. But that Mississippi, a child of the Union, and whlcn never for a moment had an Independent exlsteuoe, with Texas, which oame In at a heavy coat, and whose Independent debt the Union was finally con strained to pay, should claim sush a right to divide and destroy tbe nation puts the absurdity-in a still more glaring light, rendering Its practical misohlefc still more insupportable. Many persona aeem exceedingly anxious as to who end how many shall be put to death for their com plicity in the rebellion. We insist that examples shell be made of the two Ohler culprits, whoso names are Slavery end State Sovereignty. Bow to Live in our Slater City* [From (he R*w York Times. May 22 ] H<»tTBKBBBriKG iw New York —There are pro bably dwellings enough in New York to meet the necessities of a population of eight hundred thou sand. The island to-day contains little short of a million inhabitants. There are thus two hundred thousand people orowded out, or what Is even more pitiable, crowded in, where disease and pestilence find a ready and certain welcome, and where the re* suits of moral and physical contamination are daily visible’in the mortality bills and criminal records of the city. s. The streets are overrun with beggars • some de serving of obatlty. the greater portion idlers and drunkards. From Europe alone the Immigration Is st the rate now office thousand a week From the interior districts and from the South, probably half es many more may be reckoned in tbe weekly arri vals. A very considerable proportion of this imrat* gration, no doubt, is transient; but, even when the migratory class is counted off, New York still gets m< re than a healthy share of the Immigrant popu lation of tbe country, its charities attract the fo reign-born poor. Relationships bring hordes to the city, whtee labor is, for half the year at least, a drug in the market. The vast army of corporation stipendiaries presents a field of adventure for hue*. drtds and thousands who are too lazy to go to the country, and who prefer the fitful employment of scavengers, and cheap whisky, to me moiling bui independent life of Dion*****-** <» w«ac, j of New York In this regard, then, can*. " nde be called a healthy growth. Wa see ft id nothing more visibly than lo the yearly Increasing difference between the Bupply and the demand for bouse accommodation, not on the Island alone, bu<i Jn the suburban districts around It as well. Comparing rents (for dwellings) la New York with rents in London, for instance —where there are four millions crowded Into a few square miles—the difference in prices Is such as to challenge the most serious attention- Take the suburban rates for the smaller class,of dwellings in New York. The most ordinary kina of two»Btory brick bouse, seven or eittbt miles from the City Hall, has recently brought, this year,'from $650 to ®7i;o. Frame houses, of six or seven apartments, in the same suburban quarter, are not to be had to-day for ¥6OO. Taking more cen tral localities, an ordinary house of nine rooms, on tbe non fashionable side of tbe city, as high a? Thirty.fifth street, will rent for¥l,loo 0r¥1,200, We speak of a oiftßfl of houses that persons with mode rate Incomes, and occupying a respectable social position, might be supposed to aim at, without af fecting style. For such houses the rent —outside of tbe fashionable Streets, then-ranges from $1,200 tor %700, at the respective distances of four and eight miles from the business part of the city. Now, taking tbe latest copy of the London Tim ß s (May 9), we find a “ furnished villa” at Sydeshan - quite as accessible, and quite as fashionable for ite Londoners a« Harlem Is for the New-Yorkers— “semi-detached nine rooms, toitfi good garden,” close to the Palaoe railway station, mav be had for £UO (six hundred dollars) a year. Saoh aho iße,/ur nished, anywhere on this Island would hardly be offered for ¥2,000 We fiod in the same uutuber of our London cotemporary a tastefully- built residence within a few minutes* walk of Kensington Oh trdeas, containing “two.attlos, five bedroom?, and two Owse leg-rooms, bath-room, capital dialog-room com munlcating by folding-doors, with drawtag-roofa, breakfast parlor, kitchen, scullery, fee-. wish ser vants’ entrance, wailed gardens, to let to a yearly tenant at £B5 n We do sot know what such a house would rent for htre ; but we know that it could not be had for eighty.five pounds, sterling (¥425), nor for that Blira twice told The moat noticeable fact in connection v. Hii high rents here, is that, although the means of conveyance to most of the suburban districts Is fclow.. and as a rule supremely uncomfortable, the prices for rural or seml-rural dwellings are generally higher, even In proportion, than houses id the city proper. And, as compared with prices elsewhere, the rateß are unreasonable to au an omercon degree. Within an hour's ride of London, for example, a small tradesman or prr fesslonal man can rent an excellent house and garden,- and get a yearly railroad tloket along with it. for £5O sterling. What would that accommoda tion come to in our neighborhood ? Why, the fifty pounds would barely pay the railway fare, Inde pendently of the house. We hare no remedy to suggest for the state of thtngß which exists here. It Is desirable, however, that it should not only be known, but that It should be dwelt upon until peo ple begin to understand what even the most frugal heuetkeeping m New York really means. Shooting Aefray.— A vary serious shooting affray occurred yesterday afternoon, at the comer of Main and Shawnee streets, between Colonels Jenniaon and Anthony, In which the former was severely wounded In the leg, and a bystander named Woods, from Weston, was hit In the nook. The facts, as far as we know, were these: Janniaon was sitting in his buggy, on Shawnee street, in front of the Overland Express office, talking with Mr. a, J. Angeii. Colonel A. came along, and Jennlson, dropping the reins of hfs horse, said, “ Hold on a moment, I want to.speak with Anthony,'* at the same time springing from hiß buggy and going towards him. Anthony approached, and, as he did so, drew bis revolver. Janniaon said, “I want to speak with you," or words to that effect, and held up both his empty hands towards Colonel Anthony. Colonel Anthony then fired, the ball taking effect In Jennlson's leg. Jenniaon then drew his revolver end fired, Anthony retreating and firing again, the two shots being almost simultaneous. Anthony still retreated towards the Planters' House, Jennl son following, and both firing. As Anthony went up tbe steps Jennlson fired the last shot, the ball striking tbe stonework inside the door, Anthony disappeared inside the house and was not seen after wares. Jennlson made an ineffectual search of the premises, and then went back to his buggy, got In, and drove away. Mr. Woods, who was shoe, was sitting on the steps of tbe Planters', as were alto Messrs. Jep. Rice, Captain Taft, and Mr. Clarke. These are the facts, as tar as we saw and can learn. Neither Colonel Jennlson's nor Mr. Woods' woundß are r&ngerous, though the former’s is very severe. One of tbe bails passed entirely through Paul Dexter’s saloon. There was considerable excite ment, and a very large crowd gathered in frost and In the Planters. P. S.—Since writing the above we learn that Mayor Carney has issued an order for the arrest of both parties Leavenworth Ccfase-i votive, May 14. Father Agapiub and thb Russo-G-bsuk Chubch— Father Agapius, of the Robso Greek Church, who recently celebrated the Liturgy lu Trinity chapel, New York, u without Images, pic tures, end senseless prayers, or other idolatrous cus toms,” writes to a morning paper as follows: “I printed in the Evening Post or March 27, 1885. a form ef confession taken from the ancient ritual of the Church. This made the Russian Church angry, as the ocnftßFion whloh they use tends to a spy sys tem and to demoralization* Monarchies do not like to see progress. The Russian Government has sent lDßtnictintß to oppose energetically my free propa gatfa. They offer to buy a church for the Greeks— for there are no Russian SubjeotS 1& New York—to pay all tte expenses of the Church, and to send a priest from Russia, who Will workln the spirit of the Russian Church (of which Church there appeared a very good explanation In the Herald of May 14th). This is all on condition that the Greeks do not re- CfJve instruction or hear sermons from Father A2&- pins, and have no communication with him. At a secret meeting held by the Greeks in this city, on Thursday, they agreed to accept tbe pioposal ofthe Russian Government. They will thus have a regu lar CfcuToh, with priest and dresses, images, Ac., and all expenses paid. They leave Father Agapius in the lurch, who had come over at their earnest so licitation, and whom they now repudiate. The poor Russian nation sadly need schools.” Thb KEotjehikg or NawYoaK *ob Abeah4m Likcoib.— No volnntary sigh of sorrow was half so sinking as the unconscious silence of that ever roaring city of Now Tort! &. hair million people tiirouged the etty on Monday and Tuesday, and filled the streets to suffocation* Yet, the presence Of the mighty dead kept all se still and gentle, that a bird dying over would he unsoared by noise, a 3 if It were midnight, or a Sabbath day. A martyred President was the city’s king. His pulseless hand stretched cut a sceptre, which awed all men to silence I Before that hearse enmities died, jealousies and rivalries colled and hid, plea sure forgot its rules, avarice Its tolls, and for more than a week the Imperial city that disdained always before to be subdued to any common sentiment, now silently and hnmbly watohed and waited, In all Its streets, to offer homage and affection to him when dead, for whom alive it would never give a vote!—< Henry Wari Seedier, Eueopbab Fsblibg oh tab Assassikatiok o» thb Bate Pkbbident.— A correspondent of the Pew York Tribune writes thus from Paris: “If the assassination of onr President was unparalleled, It has been the cause of an unparalleled phenomena as bright with hope as the orlme-ls blaok with horror. Onr President In lire, he has become by - death the President In a sort of the United States of the civilized World. At least In their human brotherly mcnmlng over him, and sympathy with ns, the people of ail the world are united as they never baa yet been since the world began. That with ns the deep damnation or his taking off should be swlltly followed by apotheosis was natural enough; but that here, as everywhere else In Enrope, calumny and prejudice should have died with him, and that there should be such harmony among all parties to sing his praises and wall his' loss, Is—but no; this, though singular In all history or humanity. Is natural too. The man himself was so thoroughly, humanely natural; as Disraeli,' treating of onr calamity, In his admirable speech In Parliament the other night, felioltioualy said: 'lt touches the heart of nations, and appeals to the domestlo sentiment of mankind,’ Thl present nu esampled warmth and breadth and depth and har mony of emotion will cool and weaken, and grow discordant In a few weeks, as the heirs prepare to quarrel and mourners begin to laugh aud talk of their every-day affairs, and turn to their pressing business on returning from a funeral. But some thing fruitful will rest In the hearts of men Inspired by tills transient breath of the spirit of fraternity,” Bbttbb tha» Tab.— An officer of the Imperial navy of France, Blent. Marlot, being la Cfoobln China, learned that the natives possess a secret lor protecting wooden vessels against the depreda tions of the toredo, an Insect which does Immense damage to ships and timber on the shores of the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, the ‘Asiatic, and other waters. The Cochin Chinese refuse to tell the secret; bat Lieut. Marlot. by diligent Inquiry, as certained that it consists in the employment of a mlstuie of resin and oil obtained from trees In the country. He further ascertained that It Is so ef fective as a preservative, that junks—so old that the precise year of their construction Is forgotten are, though constantly plying In waters in which tbe Insects abound, still Bound antf strong. He has communicated his discovery to the Freooh Empe ror, who has manifested great Interest in it; and, at b)s Majesty’s request, Lieut. Marlot Is to return to China to make further Inquiries, and to bring back tiCZBO Qf the WOOd fitceped u» t.U© mixture. ■ A Mtstbbious Uxploheon A mysterious acci dent occurred in Cincinnati early on the morning ef tte 19th Inst, which resulted in a German named Poul, and his daughter-in-law, being severely In jured by as explosion of powder In a cooking- Btove. It appears that the above parties, having arrived In the city three or four days ago, from Germany, rented two rooms in the rear of a budd ing. Upon, occupying the rooms, Poul purchased from an acquaintance a cooking stove, which had been used for household purposes up to the time of the accident. The doctor was-immediately called, who pronounced the Injuries not necessarily fatal, but the great danger was >hat they might have In haled the flame: but upon examination It was ascertained that the injuries were entirely external. Nothing whatever has as yet been discovered ex plaining how the powder happened in the Stove, Thb Mibtbebs op thb Whitb House.— lt has been supposed that the position of mistress of the 'White House would be eßsumed by Mrs. Stover, the daughter of President Johnson, In consequence of the Ilf health of Mrs. Johnson. A Knoxville cor respondent says that she recently left that place for Greenville, where she will probably remain daring the summer, as the loss of her husband, who was kiileu in the battle of Nashville, lastfall, unfits her for the stir and excitement or life at the White House. . Thb New Fibb Dupahtxbm? in Nbw Yom The cost entailed by the new organization it 1* said, will be *1,000,000 per annum. The salaries are estimated as follows: Four Fir« OmmtaAtonfirp, |As*Maetg(eaeh). •><» $590 <syoe eachl ..... $14,090, Privates (each) • SO- Cblei Bbsineer-—6,0.0 Bnpt. of Telegraph .9 0)0 AfcßliUst Esgineers (Operators (each) 1.10 (e*ol’)-.<- 1.600, Better •man ..***»**+* 700 Bup or App&r&tUfses 9,000 Bell riutcr* ••»I.OOS chief Ciera*T-2,Ro3,Bjigliteer» for steam- A«fct. Clerks (two).. 1,603 j ersCeacb) J,20 -Metftefiiere* 700 jCaptalns (each) ...... 1,0 0 Hostlers 70D)Surg«ons (two, each) 1,600 HTAT£Mrill(B. —> The Gettysburg Cemetery is progreßSlograpld .ly toward completion, and during the summer will probably be finished. The granite wall, extending along the weßt side, is completed. It Is of superior finish and compactness. The heavy Iron fence, ex tending from the wall on the west, to Evergreea Cemetery on the south, and the Iron railing dividing the National from the Evergreen Cemetery, are finished. The latter Is oonstruoted of gas pipes and metal-posts, and will be lined with shrubbery. Tae gateway is also completed. On each side or It are three m&eslve Iron posts, on which are perched two American eagle?. An extensive shrubbery Is al ready being planted. St. Michael’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, located Is tbe upper portion of Germantown, Is one Of the oldest churches in the State. As early as tbe year 1741 a Mr. Dylander was the pastor. The pa triarch Muhlenberg followed him from 1746 until 1751, The church was then under tbe oare of Handsehub, from the Church of the Holy Trinity, at Lancaster, Penna., until 1754. For many years past the Rev. Charles W. Schaeffer, D. 1)., has been its efficient end much venerated pastor. A little girl, aged some four or five years, daughter of Joseph Stevenson, of Ne6Copeek.town ship, Luzerne couQty, was scalded to death one day last week under very distressing circumstances. Her father had heated & large kettle, holding a quantity of hot water. By some means the spigot or tap was withdrawn, and before he could regcae her she was scalded In so shooklng a manner as to c&u&e death. A man named 'Williams was arrested in Alle gheny on the 19th on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. He represented htmself in a destitute condition, victimizing several parties. A number of counterfeit United Stages $5O notes have been circulated In Schuylkill coaofiy by a set of gamblers and blacklegs who Infeat that part of the State. Another break In the North Branch Canal, above Shickshinny, has delayed navigation longer than was anticipated. It is said thatalarger number of light fingered gentry are following the circuses throughout the State, this season, than on any previous occasion. The reoent rains have been very heavy through out the State. Such a month of May has not been known for many years' The General Synod of the Reformed Presbyte rian Church met In New Castle, Pa., on Wednea. day, the. 17th inst., at 2 o'clock. AVJIIJB Va'ttMg. Harvard College is at last separated from the Stale. The law passed by the Legislature provides that the overseers shall be eleoted annually, and that the alumni, regular and honorary, shall have the right to vote for them K exospt that no alumnus can vote until five years after his graduation. No inemnot of the faculty or the corporation can ba chosen overseer. The Governor and other State officers are no longer ex-officio membra or th» board. A San Antonio paper has an account of the robbery of a Mexloan train near Sablnat, by about twenty-five men. They represented themselves as Confederate States soldiers in search of deserters. After a pretended examination, the guard were dis armed, and told that they were under arrest. The train was robbed of sliver estimated at from $25,000 to $BO,OOO, belonging to citizens of San Antonio, The robbers were mounted on fine horses, _ A young man was caught passing counterfeit money at Niagara Falls last week. He was pur sued by a number of persons, and overtaken. He fired several shots at his pursuers. B >ing brought to bay fitlCl ordered to surrender, he refused to do so, when a shot-gun was fired at him. The charge entered his hip, and he died in a short time. No one knew him. During the guerilla robbery on the ears at North Bend, recently, one poor fellow took great oare to plaoe a watch of small value in the leg of his drawers, but forgot two thousand dollars la his slde-pcckefc. One was saved, but the other lost. - There Is a great Increase In live stock ia Michi gan. The Increase of oows this year as compared with 1860 amounts to 29,100; the increase in sheep amounts to the enormous figure of 1,555.689, and the Inore&ee in horses amounts to 9,600. The engineer of St, Louis, Mo., reports the es. tim&ted expense of constructing a railroad bridge across the river at that point as being $3 832, 000. He thinks such a bridge would save to St. Louis $1,800,- 000 prr year — Senator Foot, of Vermont, has donated his va luable law and dooumebtary library, with several rare portraits, to the United States Court Law Li brary, at Rutland. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has received orders from tbe Government to provide transporta* tion for fifty thousand men to pass West over the road. The board of managers of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company publish their annual re port showing for the year ending March Ist, 1865, a net profit Of $2126,233.84. James S. Gardner, a lively youth of 76 winters, and Phoebe A. Rose, a fine old lady of 13 summers, were married at North Kingstown, K. L, on Thurs day. - It is said that the Secretary of War Is about to appoint commissioners to fix the value of slaves who have enlisted or been drafted into the United States armies from the State of Kentucky, . Tbe apple orop does not promise well.. The trees are not blossoming freely, and the oaterplllara and canker-worms will blast the fruit In many cases. The American Theatre, San Francisco, was opened on April 10th. The Worrell sisters, Miss Judah, Mrs. 1 Franks, Fred Franks, and others, were to be in tbe company. New York ohy is said to contain 150,000 Ger mans. I Of these 43,0c0 are Jews, 46,000 are Roman Catholics, a&d.6i;ooo are Protestants.- Avonla Jones, whom her father, the Count Joannes, called in court his "demon daughter," Is playing a successful engagement at Portland, Me. The long concealed authoress of «Rutledge," and other oomp&nlon popular books, Is understood to be a Miss Harris, of New York,' Mr. Sweetser, who tried the Round Tableau courageous enough to intend starting another lib o ' rary paper in New York. Jeff Davis was burned In effigy In Rochester last week, by the Central Railroad employees. He figured In petticoats, as when oaught. The telegraph apparatus for signaling trains passing through the Bergen tunnelou the New York and Erie Railroad has been nearly completed. Chas. Hilton, E?q., has been appointed chief engineer on tbe New York Central Railroad, in place of Mr. Gray. _ The German opera singers all seem to buy farms, and when their voices fall, find repose and mosey in rearing chickens and cultivating gardens. Brooklyn, New York, has now more than 600 miles of streets. Theatrical companies are being organized for Raleigh, Maoon, Augusta, &o. Potatoes are selling In Hartford, Conn., at fifty cents per bushel. A Chinese war junk is now being built on State Btreet, Trenton, N. J. A horse was sawn in two, a short time since, by a circular saw in Rutland, Vt. union meetings are being held in different parts ol North Carolina. There Is but one brick building In courso Of erection in Richmond, Va* The Indians In Minnesota, who are murdering the whites, get their ammunition from the English. Arte mu s Ward f b lecturing In the western part of New York. Baltimoreans are raising a fond for Gen. Lee. $40,000 has been already secured. The rebel General Hindman, whom the papers have killed off several times, iastill alive in Texas. FOREIGN ITEMS. As exploration of the Holy Land by a body of archaeologists and scientific savans, “ with perfect command of fnnds and time, and with all possible appliances and facilities,” has been proposed. The object is to settle all the geographical and topo graphical uncertainties which have hitherto per plexed the biblical Etudent, and to <( produce a re port on Palestine which may be accepted by all parties as a trustworthy and thoroughly satisfactory document.” A ourlou3 petition is to be laid before lhc French Senate by Madame Gironde de Vlllette, grandniece of the late Princess of Canino, sister-in law of the first Napoleons The lady appeals to the Senate to protect her, as she has for the last two years, been prevented giving concerts as the artiste lyrique, either at tbe Xtaliens, at Oompi&gne, or at Vichy. • A great curiosity, In the shape of an antique metal bell, has been exhibited In New Zealand, which was found In the Interior of tbe North Island In 1836. No such Implement was ever made or used by the Maories. There Is an Inscription upon It, which the owner calls Japanese. It is probably Ta mul, a language which has been moving from place to place altering in dialect for generations. Formal negotiations have commenced between the Courts of St. Petersburg and Athens, for the marriage of the King of the Hellenes with the dangler of the Grand Bake Constantine, but owing to the extreme youth of the princess, who was born in August, l»i; the projected marriage will not yet take place. At the Dante Festival, on the 14th of May, In the olty of Florence, not less than 1,700 mayors from all parts of Italy were to be present at the uncover ing of the colossal Btatue of Dante, the work of the sculptor Fszzl. It is reported from the River Plate that Presi dent Lopez, of Paraguay, Is said to entertain the preroßterouß Idea of raising a loan of £5,000,000 in Europe. Among other Florentine improvements are cheap omnibuses, running through the principal strata A Chinese thief, having stolen a missionary’s watch, brought It back to him the next day to learn 'Sow to wind it up*. A petition praying for the substitution or pri vate for public executions has been rejected by the Nottingham Town Council, in England. As a proof of the purer state of the Thames, fish had made tbelr appearance in parts of the river where none had been seen for years. Some of the Florentine papers oomplain of the rise m the price of food and other necessaries of life. The blockade-runner Imogene arrived at Ma tanzas from Galveston, some time since, with 1,000 bales of cotton. Mies Burdett Ccutts has presented a medal to 'he Accllmatlfatlon Society, to be awarded for dls -1 * e gulshed service. A limited liability company has been formed at Hull to utilize the extensive salmon and lobster fisheries on the coaßt of Norway. Nearly 9,000 persons vlelted Shakspeare’s house, during the past year, reducing the debt Incurred by 'be purchase of the bouse about £234, The Emperor of Russia insisted on placing the r>ody of his son in Its coffin hlmseli. Henry Russell, the popular oomposer, expects 0 receive the honor of knighthood. Adelina Fata Is In Pariß on her way from Ma drid to London. William Onlverwell, deputy sheriff of Victoria, * a delaulter to the amount of s2oo,osQ. * The West London Industrial Exhibition was ffieialiy opened in the Floral Hall, Co vent Garden, on the Ist of May. it is said to be the best exhibi tion of the kind yet opened to the public. A priest, named Gavarls, died at Athens at the age 01120 years, in full possession of all Ms faoaUles In Italy the law respecting marriage has been changed. It is now a civil rite. ' The well known harpist Aptommas is atfil per forming in London. The Empress Eugenie, it Is said, has written a letter of condolence to Mrs. Lincoln. —An iron passenger car has been used upon the Chicago and St. Louis Railroad. The building of the new French Universal Exhibition win cost 20,0c0,000f. Mr. Bigelow is to make a speech at Brest, in honor of finishing tbe railroad from Paris. We hear that Sir De Lacy Evans has given £5OO to the Oobden Testimonial Fund. The treaty of commerce with France 1b reoelved lb NOrw&y as a BUbstauttM advantage. FINE ART NOTES. Private letters reoelved from Rome mention that Mr. Story’s statue of Saul, which made part of the collection of objects of art sent to the Dublin exhibition from Rome—the Saul betas: specially for-* warded to the exhibition at the request of the Pope —has been sold to an English gentleman, Sir Frauds Go)dsmld,to go to his oountry seat at Baoklaud. Sir Francis Is said to have bought the statue on the strength of its reputation, without having seen It. The same artist has also disposed of his new statue, the Medea, to another EogUsb purchaser. A marble boat of Archbishop McCJloskey, ex ecuted by John Draddy. is on exhibition In New York. The New York Evening Post says that" Mr. Draddy is & young man, who has as yet had slight experience In this branoh of art. Hts bu3t of Ge neral Corcoran, however, evinced talent. He 13 at present engaged on a full- length statue of the late John Clancy, and also on a bust of Judge Daly.” A'method has been discovered in Belgium to obtain a photographic groundwork for oil paintings Fine c&nvae, or silk, such as is employed for small and delicate works, is used. Simply cover the sur face with a preparation of collodion and chloride of Bilver, and expose and fix it in the ordinary manner, j ast as In the case of paper. It Is said that the Emperor of the Frenoh has instructed M. Jerome, the painter, to draw a full* length figure of Julius Cm?ar, lu military costume, as a frontiapieoe to his second volume, now la the presß. Knn'ze has just finished a statuette of William Cullen Bryant, of the size of his Shakspsare, and will soon begin a companion-piece, a statuette of Longfellow. Regers, the sculptor, who was recently mar ried, has left this country for Europe, by the Scotia. He will be absent several months, and will visit the priaolpal continental cities before he returns. A small painting by Rosa Bonhear fetched J5,500f. at the auction mart in the Rue D/ouot Paris, a few days since. Bartlett, the New Haven sculptor. Is engaged on busts of the late Prof. Jonathan Knight and the venerable Rear Admiral Gregory, of that oily. STATISTICAL FACTS. Impost op Animals into Great BatTA.tw.'—Of oxen, bulls, and cow?,'the number was but 7,386 lu the first quarter of the year 1863. and 13,131 la the first quarter of 1864; but it has risen to 29,343 ia the first quarter of 1865. Of sheep and lambi the num bers in the three periods have been 24,015,34,690, and 55.012, Irish Civil. Service Estimates.-— There - Is an increase of £11,815 in the Irish civil service esti mates for 1865.6. In public education the increase Is £8,813. The increased provision far the Naelonal Gallery of Ireland 1s £2 800, whilßt the Royal Irish Aoacemy gets £2OO more than lost year.— Army. Bahia anx> San Francisco Railway.— Tae re port to be presented at tbe general meeting on the 11th. in London, Bhows the expenditure of the Com pany during the year to have exceeded tie receipt* by £28,147, and as the Government 7 per cent. uuMactee applies to a capital of only £l BOO.- 000, the balance now left available for dividend for tbe last half year Is only 214 per cent., making the net revenue for the year £5 B*. 9-1 per coat., instead of £7. By way of consolation, the new board state that they consider the undertaking Is ” capable of such development as to render the shareholder 88- cure of receiving the guaranteed interest. Retiring Allowances in Great Britain.— In the year 1864 the retired allowances granted as compensation In the public offices diminished by £10,268. and fell to £250.060.253 a year. The super annuation allowances also decreased by £7.594. acd fell to £600,126. « The £ ailuoad Between Vkra Oeuz and Mexico.— The entire length of the new railroad be tween Vera Cruz and Mexico will be three hundred and fifty miles, the highest summit level eight thou sand three hundred feet above the boa, being double the height or any other railroad in tha world; it will have an iodine of twenty-three miles and a grade of two hundred and twelve feet per mile, on which the cnrveß have a radius of five hundred feet. There Is one bridge to be built two hundred and nlaety feet high, besides several tunnels. The Irish Exodus to this Country.—A Cork paper says that emigration has commenced again more actively than was expected. The Erin, of the National Line, took away 850 persons from Queens* town on the 26tb$ tbe Inman steamer 450 on tbe 27th, and over 200 who oouid not ba accommodated were/left behind. The Inman steamers are fully engaged up to the middle of May, every berth having been taken a week ago. A oorrespnudentln the county of Kerry states that the emigration from Ireland this year Is likely to exceed that or any past year since tbe famine, Tbe persons leaving the conntry are all young and able-bodied, and com fortably clad. Fnbllc Xmeminraentg, Walnut Street Theatre The play of “Leah, the Forsaken,” which was prodooed Hat night at tfcl* theatre, gave ns an opportunity of appreciating the Immense Improvement which Lucille Western has made in her rendering of the principal character in this drama, since the period in which we had first seen her embody It. We must more especially advert to three portions of the drama—each as dif ferent In Its character, as It was In an artistic point of view admirable. The first of these was the love scene—we believe In the third act—which demands most unqualified approval from those who saw It, on the score of the reality of its feeling, and Its touch ing beauty. Another was the last 809oe,tn which she returns to look upon the wife and child of him whom Eh© had so keenly loved. The tears of many ofthe au dience did full justice to the Inten&Uy of her rendi tion of this, the concluding portion of the drama. But, fine as It was,it was Impaired in lta effect upon the general audience by the tremendously eleotri cal vigor with which she had previously rendered the greatest scene la the drama. We aUale to the fourth act, In whloh she deals forth the fearful curse. Our readers who have Been the play will remember that this malediction is pronounced outside of the church in which the hope and faith of the Jewish maiden had been trodden out and crushed into the earth. The fearful power with whloh sheuttered the an&iiLf-ina might have produced In the coldest*heart ed epcct&tor—and what spectator can become more legitimately oold-hearted than the mere critical re viewer of the stage?—a creeping shudder whlch'tes* tides to the terribly earnest vitality she Is always able to throw Into the more passionate parts of the character whose living peculiarities she eliminates. It is this abundant animal life with which she ex presses the more powerful emotions, this electrical touch with which she stirs the sympathies of her' audience, that Induoes us to repeat again what we have earlier Implied, that unequal as she may be, she is nevertheless by far the most intensely dramatic actress who now treads upon the American stage. The play was Indifferently well offered to the pub ljo for the Walnut-street theatre, and owing to her acting carried away, with Its varied emotional fcenes, the entire feelings or the audience. Bust op thb Late Prbbidbnt, Abraham Lin coln.—We had exhibited to ns yesterday a very good likeness, In plaster, of the size of life, of Pro* sldent Lincoln, It Is sufficiently good to prove a very valuable addition to the artistic memorials we possess of one who was assassinated after four years of honest and most eapable service to the na tion which had re-eleoted him to the highest office artist Is Augn&tns Lend, 417 Chestnut street. Tfla Faro Arts.—Messrs. Birch A Son have now open for exhibition a collection of about one hun dred oil paintings, Including specimens by many of our most distinguished native artists. They will be sold on Wednesday evening, at 7*£ o’clock, at their Art Gallery, No. 1110 Chestnut street. English Pbriodioalb.— We desire to draw at tention to the advertisement, In another column, from Mr. J. J. KrOmer, 403 Chestnut street, who informs the reading public that he will supply ©or* tain English publications at English prices, as near as possible. More particularly does he include Good Words, an illustrated monthly magazine, edited by the Rev. Br. Norman McLeod, and writ ten by a large corps of eminent contributors; the Fortnightly Review, just commenced under the edi torship of Mr. G. H. Lewes; and Cassell’s superb edition of Don Quixote, with illustrations by Gus tave Box 6. The Knight ox thb Crinolines l — Mr. Kromer has published a rather spicy carte de visile of “ The Btem Statesman” Jefferson Bavlb, trying to make a safe exit In his wife’s hoop and skirts. Large Positive Sale of Boots, Shoes, Bao gans, Travelling Bags, Lacbts, Straw GooDS f &c.—The early attention of dealers Ib requested to the seasonable assortment of boots, shoes, brogans, women’s palm-leaf Shaker hoods, men’B and boys* palm-leaf and Leghorn hats, &o.» embracing sam ples of 1,100 packages of first-class goods, of city and Eastern manufacture, to be peremptorily sold, by catalogue, on four months’ credit, commencing this morning, at 10 o’clock, by John B. Myers it Go., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street. Special Sale op Objbotb op Art.— The sale of elegant marble vases, ornaments, statuettes, Pari; Blan bronze groupes and figures, of the Importation of Messrs. Viti Bros., will, take place at the Art Gallery, No. IXIO Chestnut street, to-morrow (Wed nesday) morning, at 11 o’clock. The collection .Is now arranged for examination. Taos. Birch & Son’s Auction Sales.—House hold Furniture, this morning, at 10 o’clock, at No. 1834 Gran straw Vases, Bronzes, Ornaments , Wednesday morn ing, at 11 o’clock, at No. 1110 Chestnut street. Fine Paintings, Wednesday evening, at 7 >£ o’clock, at Art Gallery, 1110 Chestnat street. Household Furniture , Thursday morning, at 10 o’clock, at 624 South Eleventh street. Household Furniture , Thursday morning, at 10 o’clock, at No. 514 Pine street. Household Furniture, Friday morning, at 9 o’clock, at No. 1110 Chestnut street^ A Nbw Motive Engine.—Lenoir’s gas engine Is now generally introduced as a motor in Paris, whete a small aud handy power is wanted. The London Builder says that ** The absence of a boiler In these engines is a strong argument in favor of employing them where steady slight power is required. At all events, if they are not endowed with the abundant force of a si earn engine, yet In towns and ooufioe ; i streets, where only a moderate source of power is required to act in a small compass, noiselessly and without nuisance, tbe required mechanical effect can he accomplished without risk of explosion and consequent damage and losb of life, either to owner 4 or their neighbors.” A Patriotic Bishop.— Right Rev. Bishop Smythe, Roman G&thollo Bishop of Dubuque, lowft) writes the following note to » friend in that city, who publishes it in the Journal: “On-last Wednesday morning, about 3 o’clock, my stable, coaoh-house, splendid, horses, grata, &a., were ell burned down by the foul hand of some Southern seoesb, because I had, on last -Sunday, strongly condemned the assassination of our late lamented and honored President. I forgive them, and may God forgive them. Loss about $4,000. 1 «ttauuif t, Bishop of Duouque.” CITY ITEMS. GbovbA & BiKSß’e New Dabgr-sizb Sbvtvu Saimio MAOHiKE.-Tfila superb new Sewing fit*, chine for manufacturing purposes can be mate operation at tho warerooras of the Agent, No. tto Chestnut street, whore it Iff attracting geuernl .* tention. The substantial manner in which it forms the most difficult and laborious sewing, the facility with which It glide? from the work to the stitching of even KilrteftM hsyvy leather, without, change of tension ot'thread, Is jjjpst surprising. The machine operates almost wit-lout noise, and Is certainly destloed to supersede aU others in use. We advise all who dealrfc to see a perfect piece of mechanism to call at 730’ Chestout Operators are iaught to work the maohfeie, without charge, whether Intending to purchase orAOt. Thb Best Fitting Shibt ov thr Ag* is “The Improved Pattern Shirt,” made by .Tohu 0* Arrl son, at the old stand, NOS. 1 and 3 North sutu street. Work done by hand In the beat manner, and warranted to give satisfaction. HIS stock of Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods cannot be surpassed. Prices moderate. • Gbrat Beduotioh in Paioss.—Wood A Gary,- 728 Chestnut street, in view of the advanced Btate cf the season, are now selling their entire stock of trimmed hats and bonnets, and fancy goods gene rally, at co*t. Their stock of these goods is the best In the city. Tbutjß or Cox’s ItfRALLTBLE DYSPEPTIC Piixs, taken one at a time, will effect a certain cure. Dyspeptics should apply for them at once to Samuel C. Hart, No. 24 South Second street, below Market. A NATIOW 09 ALK-DRrNKHES,—Mf, GladBtOU*, in his late financial report, calculates that the rejpx lav yearly allowance of malt liquor to each adult male In that country is &ix hundbkd quarto— nearly two quarts a day. Two hundrsd millions of dollars a year are expended for what Mr. Gladstone terms the “ national drink,” a sum aaffl dent to comfortably and .elegantly clothe a large portion of the people of England, provided they would send here and get their outfits at tu* Brown Stoue Clothing Hall Of Rockhtll & Wilson, Nos. 603 and 605 Chestnut street, above Sixth. L.ADXR8 5 Stjndowhb.—We have received another let of Mackinaw straw Sundowns, and advise ladleß wanting a novelty in sun hats to oall at once on Charles Oakford & Sons, Continental Hotel, my 20-6 i Eye, Eab, Airp Oatabbh, successfully treated by J, Isaacs, M. D., Oonlist and Aurist, 619 Pine si Artificial eyes inserted. No charge for examination, FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following shows the condition or the Phila delphia hanks on Monday last, as compared with the previous week May 15. May 22* ..114,442,290 $l4 442,290 ... 62.<>78,149 52 978.259 Capital stock... Leans Specie U. S. legal-tender HepoFlte Circulation 1,396,404 1.259 618 220,2(0 826 20 BIO 47.695 071 44 831,378 6 447 061 6,685,003 WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT. The following table shows the average condition of the Banks in Philadelphia for the week preceding Mon day, Mat 22, 1865: : BFal.y&fso-ags.SpteoargS'aS&srßß * V Ss'eSo 3 eT* 6 ®5 5? -C.® ■* Pi® ” ® £. ® £ I Eels op S§s E.&l* St® «g 5S»tk„S?2.» { gg § 5: *&}« w, § £.» £*§.§ 3 : are-* Ti :: a «: S’©*©??; S i fif i'grfflßMWfell l I j 11 ) 11 } j El.j fr; is.: 11 i :j: f m • es I £gj^]ip&gogpggsB3§ijiji g i§ 1! g 1 11 liii I§§ ii i§ § § §§§'ll kB CRMM ►•• W to >**ra tIISSiSSfBIIB«iai3?S3SIII3 iiiifegiitisaigis’sasiggai Is I—>• ««« 4 « « * » MWDI • O o>l-*lfc, tSi IM. .»•»»« to* « 003*“*. «■**-! WIO 000 IS> ! §lilllM§j si jgg: si'giiliigir ii§s§|§i|g§§ggtelgagggi§g3g »t©ooshS*jSto^ Sco»c®”'-#s(»»i*4 *•<©JiP'©»©<— caJP iiilliiiilSl§illS§l§l§li§l 18 l)wt9 u/dk i-lt6Ej,S S ? ,B r .£SSg2£2ESS£SSSp,2SSi3JI£ §©CS£Sr^SES?S2S32E« , tSS?;Z.SB*!3® s ©22® i»’*2 osocSoSoot»«!!Soo32l£^S8oo5s m> S* f* i? S* i - *® f - " wj-»»M»*e*b9se -fMMMHiL -jga CilWVu'ot© S2fSS?2s]SSSfeBs3lSB32iS:ils3sf iSBSa§;S*B2SS»iB&f3 ; ?.2gSSSB3S oSocie®o©oAr»a<toSSowccB soo »m° SsssESlsiSgs K islßSiSsBSlil ill§BSg^as'Bg§iBBBigg'Bi§§B Gloating* May IS —.9 742 49 «* Ifl. 6 649 08 95 *• •.«.«.*«.« 7 «KB9l 05 *• 18,«...~ 6,86‘.8ft0 7a “ 6 (*7,68« C 3 6.004.496 16 “ 20 $10,495 457 48 There was rather more aotlvlty yesterday at the stock market, and prices, except for Reading, ware higher; Governments were held strongly, and the 10 4Q3 slightly advanced. Sales of 1881 s were made at l(8X, and the 6-20 d at 103& There was a spirited demand for State ss, with large sales at 88 ; City 8s were firm; the sew sold at a farther advance or a Company bonds were quite neglected. The share list was generally strong; Pennsylvania Railroad advanced %; North Pennsylvania 1, and Camden and Amboy 'A ; Reading closed at abont <&%—% de cline of %. The oil stooks were moderately dealt In, and prloes ruled steady. There was some movement In bank stocks, at rather better figures; mining and navigation shares were almost unsaleable. Passenger railroad stocks were aboutsteady at last quotations. The withdrawal of the Government from the market as a buyer of army and navy supplied has had a very damaging effect upon a long Hat of com modities, and prices at thedeollne cannot be quoted firm. Muoh as the Government-buying has been reduced, its purchases will Boon be contracted still further, as it will be relieved from the cost Of feed ing the large armies moving homeward to be dis charged. The coal and iron trade has been much contraoted already, and labor of most kinds oan bo had at a good doal lower rates. The restoration to the labor of the country of the foroe so long di verted by the rebellion into consumers will soon bring wages hack to the old standard, and with It the prioes of all commodities The day of high prices is over, and the loss people go In debt the better it will be for them as the year draws to a close. The following were the quotations for gold yes terday at the hours named: 10 A. BI 119Ji 11 A. M. Ml),' IS M 131 1 P. M 1S0?£ 8 P. M .......131 iP.M 131 The subscriptions to the 7.30 loan, reoelved by Jay Cooke yesterday, amount to *1,763,500, including one of *125,000 from the First National Bank, Pitts burg; one of *125,000 from the Fonrth National Bank, Cincinnati; one of *lOO,OOO from J. W. Guest, cashier, Baltimore; one of *lOO,OOO from the First National Bank,- Albany; one of *OO,OOO from the First National Bank, Des Moines; one of *50,000 from the First National Bank, St. Panl, and one of *76,000 from the Second National Bank,"fet. Louis. There were 1,133 individual subsoriptloss of *5O and *lOO each. The following table shows the amount to be paid on eaoh day of the presont week foreach description of tbo new July and January seven and three-tenths or ten-forty Government bonds. The loan is the third series, amounting to two hundred and thirty millions, and the notes WIU be dated on the 16th of July, the Interest being at the rate Of seven and three tenths per cent. In currency or six per oent. in. gold, at the option of the Government: $5O *IOO $9OO $l,OOO. $5,000. 22.. *4O 46 $OB 01 *494.60 *960.20 *4 916 23.. 49.47 0B 04 494.70 989 40 4.917 34.. 49 48 08 96 401.80 989 60 4.943 26.. 49 49 98 98 494 90 989.80 4.949 26.. 49.60 99 00 496 DO 990 00 4.961 27.. 49 61 99 18 496.10 990 20 4.951 May hay May Pay Nay May closing quotations for the ling, and oil stocks: The following were the principal navigation, mini Bid Ask | adamantine .. I Atlae... % % Alleg 81ver...... .. Alle h Tldeoute. ... II Big Tank..,. 1% .. Sid. Aah. Keystone Oil Krotz?r*«~.. 1 Miple Shade Oil. 19 20 |M«CllutoekOU.. .. 8 Mineral 0ii..~~ X 1 Mint©-*— .. 2k , McßlhenyOil.-.. 3% M MeCrea&Cherß. [lfloWeA Delam . 2 2% ;jOU Creek ...... 4X .. Organic Oil .. gUB«M4 0i1,.,, I>i J* JPtrryOil l iw Pope Farm OH . 69 1 l‘Petroleum Centre .. %% t.Phlla AOUCrk.. X l ißook Oil-** .* 9i£ IBathbone Pet-.. .. lM i Sherman-.... u i'Seneca Oil .. 4 i Jtorr.JwmOU., $6 1 , |e'i*OUCrk— H - Bfc Nicholas . 2% 2% btory Centre •**•*. 4M ■ Bug*rGreek..«** 6 8 i Suntmry « % Tarr Farm. 1% Tarr Homestead. 4 \% Union Petroleum 44 Venango 0i1..... >4 >• ; Walnut Island.. I\% irts other than dry gooods U during the week ending The total Imports for the "Beacon Gil******. .. 1 , Banner .. &j Boil Creak.. **3** .. 1 Brieve Oil** 2k! Barninn Sp£ Pet .. 2%\ Oontintntai PH.* •• 1 Crescent City.... .. 1. I Carlin... •• 7Ki Corn Planter-*..* 2k 2?fj Caldwells 8 w «Mi Ch.erry Bon ..... 3k 2 44: Dnnkard 0i1...*. 1 31 VH' Beneniore 0i1.... • xH\ DalxeilOU..—• 4k 4H JxcelaiorOll.**.. 69 % Egbert. •«»•***♦** 244 %% Eldorado. H •• Franklin Oil*--*.. .. 3# Germania .. % Glebe Oil--...* .. % Howe'c Eddy***. . \% Hibbard oil % .. j Hjde Farm. **** 2k 3 , Irwin 0i1... 6 JerseyWell..™. IX * I Junction....™.. s%< The value of the Impoi ash specie, at New York, May is, was $2.8114 650. 1 week eompMe as follows t tfiyll Hn(. 7.» 539 1,‘2!8,W 1,579.729 3 668,837 fc We«k ending May 19, Drrgnoda..s66o; 203. Oeneial mdee.,. l.S.'it.GM T0ta1.... »8K4,553 2.916 468 4,170 Ml 2,714,168 The New York Imports of dry goods for the week ending May 17, compare as follows with the former returns: For the week. . .Wto. . 1864. MSB. Entered at the p0rt.5‘94,907 I.OH 112 660.209 Thrown on market. 666,606 1,423,868 1,332.738 Moor Jan, 1, Entered it the port.. ,(76,146,778 99,184,828 17 869 766 Thrown on market... 23.916.391 40.909.ftt5 21,647,056 Tlie sblpiuttit or spesle from the part of Now Tork last week, and slece January i, oompare as follow with tbs exports during the Sana time last year; 1804. 1886. ..$1,884,191 $3,042,303 .18,594,760 6 761,947 Twentieth week;.*.., Previously skipped,.. ~,.*20,478,948 Total... *9,803,955 Excess in 1864......... *19,674 983 In his reoent animal statement to the House or Commons of the fiscal condition of Great Britain, Mr. Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as the Secretary of the Treasury Is there styled, gave a very interesting revlow of the financial hlB. toiy of the empire during the lost tlx years, whloh is not without interest to ourselves. Mr. Gladstone sues tinned that on aiaroh at, isaßi the total public debt was £925 934,000, and on March SI, 1866, It was £808,288,000-«ho»lng a deollne of £17,646,0(0, or at the ratwof about three millions of pounds sterling per annum. In iB6O the total amount of the trade trltb frame eru £86,431,000, am? ifl 1864 £4?.J0T,000, Of nearly n Increase. The revenue for n 9 fl 1884-65 emeimtea to £7O 3U,Ooff. Ti,, c|| l Wpre £O5 OOl’.OCO—showing a deoy,*, **»!( With thoee of 1984-81, the year of tt 3 t llltnre, of £6, 647, WO Sluee the liossiJ ,, ‘si Increase of neatly twelve and ijjl'tt compared with the Ordinary expea*,. lll1 * stately antecedent to that period. ; Of the country, whtolt I?.8t year X145.Q00.C00, bad Increased during ji, "Jb, on the 31st or December,.l3B4, to Imports belDgf £274.000 too, and tie I '' 000,000. The estimated Income for year just entered upon lexro.a'o.ooo.rJ!* t:; dltures £06,136.000 Jleavlng a Wrpi' C j' l, i the reduction of the tax on tea fcbta ole sixpence per pound, ol the inoome t Ss f to fcurpence per pound sterllrg, f e on fire Insurances at the uniform r«; , lt ' 1 pence. Those who have the lelsurj" S| through in all Its details will hod .Mr. budget a valuable dommentary on fiscal science. '' Drexei & Co. quote i New XJ, S. Bonds, 1881 1fl „ New TJ. s Centftoates of ladebtednew' L Quartermasters’ Y000hera.,...... ‘y Gold ; .to S ter lira Exchange r" Old 6 SO 8«Bd8 New 6-30 Bonds 10-10 Bonds ".W” g! bales or Ntoehn, Way a' a : THR PUBLIC HOi 60 SCOOIX 8 7 80s • o’4 100 | soo RaT „ ’ *. ft-Ke? atone Oil ca*b 2 (2(tata* '•* mo do.*.— iota m do ca.k. .joi ltl 600 do •• • ••■•ho aJi- 3UO 81D do.—l«t«..blo 2.H, MoiJowCfMiV soo do •••• S«l mi 810 do hio S rti 1 900 WIU-1 V,,' , 1 J((ld««B011 bS .09 100 Oi":", 100(Percent City.caab .66 Votoin.i)Jr w iiGDenfcPore— 1 44. 2»ifl to ~,* 2TO do 1.44! 200 d 0.,... no do* tso Ua yw d^ 800 Jersey Well, Jrrt* s£j 2fo BlgT«bV.,r.!*” ffflClinTT Ron ♦*• b 3 2>C t.O) Dnitard. .. \ 200 OU Creek &€h £ SSijlrfi do '"' l 2co do *H 600 Hockiog YiiitV SECOND CILL. r iro Oil Creek &08... 3 1 r >pol>fiß»iDore..«...b3) }%, ?CO bl»Tnnk -b9O 1# ioo<?or& Ptuntar . .bfl 2 fcl ICO o.i«i*c«ktCity.**‘- .66 KO Jn> cti« n 2djt 3£ COO Miller oil si 6a- (JilDtoU flOftl ~ U 400 M<€r*& & Ch R .-11-16 SfOKlitnnaß bfi % «ro WamntlfiUnd..*. VA *OO do.««. '}}£ saibs at thj6 ebgdla: Reported by Hewee, Miller, 2003 City 6#, new- WEST 36006 20 Bd’.nw Its cp.lOS )OCO State 6ft.~.10t*.. 88 wvcitrB*.. old.. 9i y a ecu dO Bew..lott.. 9*Ki 20TO do-.new.-lots-. 84K 7to (i do .new.,lots.. H% 2Par&¥*chß 10t».U7 6P*nn*B.~ W 212 d ASd-st* IIH lfioCatnwi*eftß..lo»a. 12 60C&tawl»e«pref.... 25K 000 J*ewt©» «-»U Cr-b - 1 H SfOCaldwtl] Oil ..**«* 8K 100 do3S IfttPhlJ&da&OUCr.. % 600 Poniard 011..b5.. 1 Si SRtWBR* 100 Maple Shade.,.b3o 19* 200 Wm PennOU .. . 1 H 30031 Dorado .b*o 6S 110 hot Havpref.. t hSG 27 20 Corn E? change Bk 68 39 Fe0na8...66 8 do..«■ .... .... 5474 12Cam& AB .ffiwn 12>K aiconpol'tton Bk.bS 87 JOPCat&wUsa R...... 12 ICOOTJ 85 20* 2dTB.reg 102* lOOßeyitone Oil-.- . 2* SECOfID COOT 7 8 6-203.....c00p 103 K 2800 City 6a, new.. lots 9474 BfOO QO * 'ftr? t-trletc K 3(05 State 5e ..IoU §8 * 67Penna R.......10t® £6 31 JfoithPenpaß.... 25 60 Bffitonv'lle SB • t2K HO Bbce & Vine it R. 9 100 do OK 3fo 8runer........ lota & £ooOrganic 0i1....... x) AVTSB 1 flCOCityfls new.-— 9iX\ EG I.t east Mount. .MS SO 60 do 29# I 2lODa)zeU 0i1**....,. 4>i| ICO do.-.4>| ICO Maple Shade 19X lf.o d 0..... bso at* 2000 florlh Pa 6s 3d>* &5% fOO Excelsior-—....... \ m D 86-20 fids small. 10 9% SALB6 AT 1 10 Beading B-. 48 I 60 Dent-more 0i1.... IX 20UBov»l JX VO do.«.«——..effwn IX ICO d©....~ IX 3.0 Co-*.— \& 100 OH t'»«kACh H„ 2 « V 0 d0™.2.44 200 do **-♦*«-2 44 400 do.********—24i 2CO do ...—.bSO 2X KO . 2XI The New York Post of yesterday says Gold is doll and inactive at Ex-;hu If firm but quiet at 109J£@IIQ. The loan ourk easy, and all apprehension of Immediate stri!)*!: seems to have disappeared. The carrent r&tein per cent, with exceptional transactions &i eu rates. Commercial paper passes more iredrr @9. The bank statement is more favorable than v, anticipated. The loans have Increased one miuir and the deposits hall a million. Tee have decreased five and a half millions to ccm quenoe of the large paymente to the 7 3t> i;u, The stock market opened strong, an<l close! M and drooping. Governments are'firm, State nia steady, bank shares quiet, and railroad bonds tin Railroad shares are rather preFged ror saie Py:j bears! and as there id little disposition to buy,;;> t&tlons are lower. Before the first session New York CentNin! quoted at SO, Erie at 72&, Hudson River stii-; Reeding at 92%, Michigan Southern at 61. The following quotations were made at the 6w as compared with Saturday: Mod, gat. id*, O. B. 6s, coupon, loB# % 'D. 8 6-20 eoupone —lo3* 103& • - U. 8. 6*20 coupons, new.—* .103 $4 IQSJ£ X 0 8. 10 40 coupons.—— w|i % U. 6. Certificates..♦***.»*.»*•.. 9ft# 99% X TennetseeCs-..-— 64 61 .< Missouri 6*.—65 68 . ! Row York Central,*-*-.—*-90& 89> 4 ' is£ Brie— v —*——— 72j& 2 Brie preferred.^. — SiX Bi% » Hudson fUver————.lCO# ICO £ Beading..*..- 9,# h Michigan Central. .10s 106 Michigan Southern —. 6:>£ B\U l ( ■ After the board the market was hoavy. hcli down to 71, recovering to 71%. and closing atttv New York Central closed at 89 % ; edloMu;ivn >n.' ern at 69%: Pittsburg at 62%. Later-Erli h at 71%. Balance*. 37 so 846 657 <8 6W 647 21 553 Sl7 91 691,229 13 $4,197,687 01 Philadelphia Markets. Mat 22-Ereulig, The Plonr market continues very dull Ml » glected, and prices remain about the seme is Is quoted ;the only sales we hear of are Is smell It to the retailers and bakers at from superfine, $7@7.37 for extra, $7 sc@B 50 lor no family, and s9@io bbl for fancy breeds M'• quality. Hyo Flour and Com Meal COflClUtislB at about previous quotations, GnAra.—There Is very little Wheat offerlnv, 111 the market Is quiet at about former rates; d.owis sold In lots at *155@l 85 for reds—the Ut'.oiW for choice—and SI 76@2 ft bu for white, leclw 1.000 bos choice Kentucky at $2 ®1 bu. fiS* l * 11 ' log at 87c V bu. Onrn Is rather firmer; 8 col prime yellow sold atBoc afloat, and 780 f) bu lo!»> Oats are scarce, and prices are better ; telu * making at 63@660 V> bu. ■ BeKK.—Holders are firm In their views; 3#iu Ist No. 1 Quercitron sold at $3O $ ton. Oottoh.—There Is a fair demand, and pit" have advanced l@2o 8,, with sales of 76 balM* middlings at 550 tt. Geooku:us.— Prices remain about the sun* last quoted, but vre hear of no sales wsritl 1 notice. Hat.—Baled fa Bailing at from |20@23 @ HU' ' Pbovisiokb.—rhere is Hu It or nomlng dol«f ■ the way ot sales, and the msilcetls vtn dull &' f mar raws. Mess Pork Is quoted ac 426327 ?» k»bdB —Olovereeed Is uuil and lower, »«i " hear of no sales. Flaxseed Is Eelltng In a smell m at *2 60@2 66 ft bns. r .... Whisky continues very dull; s nail sales m are reported at 418.1002.12 gall in for Penasioi nla and Western. . „ ~ The following are the reoelpts of Flour anil 5-* at this port today: Flour Wheat Com Oats Fblladelpltla Cattle Market- May aa-Ei-M' o *' Tie arrivals and sales of Beef Uattle at PbW Avenue Drove Yard read about 1,600 U»0 7 week. Tie mat let Is very dull, and prises tars'll cllned about le 'ft fi>, alii sales of extra Pennll’d nta and Western Steers at from 1701831 fair u C x ' doatlB@l6tf, and common at from V i '“ to quality. Tie market Oloieil very dull vflt tto “ above range of prices. Shhbp are dull and lower; 6,000 bead sold el W o«@8o ¥B> gross for sheared as to quality. k( Boos are also dull and lowers about 2,3 t«■ sold at tie different yards, at from * U@l3 toe l» Cows are ratter lower; lie head sold at W* $25 up to $BO per nead as to quality. „j.. Tie Catile on sale to-day are from tie follows States: 1,000 bead from Pennsylvania. 820 lead from Ohio. 200 bead from llllnoiß. Tie following are tie partlonlars of tie saw ’ 110 Martin Fuller & Co., Western, 16@1T0. 20 J. & J. Chain, Pennsylvania, 120Wo. 70 Gust Slamberg, Western, 14@170. 77 Mooney & Smith, Oslo, 16@18o, 46 M. Ull man & Co., Danoaswr 00., 16@t8d, 25 £. McFUlen, Lancaster county, 1«@170- 76 Jas. McFUlen, Western, 16@l8o. 110 P. Hathaway, Lancaster county, IB@I6C. 86 J, Si Kiris, Lancaster county, I6@tBe. 2s A. Kennedy, UlCtteF county, USJIWi 63 P. McFUlen, Lancaster co., 160175. 46 Christy & Bro.. Western, 16©17e. 106 Owen Smith, Western, . 20 A. Beldenhach, Lancaster eo., 150176. 60 B. Hood, Chester 00., 14@17e. 60 L. Frank, Western, 12@170. So Alexander & Co , Chester 00., 16®1W* 12 B. C. Baldwin, Chester oo , 15©t7e. .m. Cows.—The arrivals and sales ol Dues »•, (t s lips’ Avenue Drove Yard reach about ltf week. The demand Is limited, and prices llfS1 { loner. Springers are selling at *250 50, *’ and call at from $3O up to 980 per head, as b'S t Old lean oows are selling at trom *l»®#> 7" ~ irt shxep.—The arrivals of Sheop at j*jilniP-. tn nne Drove Yard are fully equal to tae d«£*„«*t market Is dull, und prices are nbout lo V ® ,y», 6,000 lead were disposed of at Irom C>4 tip W"-' gross, for clipped. , ~ tt* Hoas.—The arrivals and sales of Hog’ jjS Onion and Avenue prove Yards , {ope lead this week. The market is vtfS mid. 4 j i.uwl sl@2 the 100 Us lower, with sales at ttt, net. 1,000 hes d sold at[Hen?y Glass’ Xinlon Dr° w at Horn *1:1 @lB the M 0 B>s, net. , ,mS 400 head sold at the Avenue Drove yard"' *llOl3 the ICO Jbs, net, as to quality, April J 7. 1,121,498 1,891,850 Bew York Markets, May **• Bekadhicava.—The market for State »*“. ~)l era Flour Is declining; sales 6,300 bbls at for superfine State, *6.10@0 20 lor extra @6 36 for oboloe do, $6 70@6 90 for supernn" era, $O,lOOO 00 for aommon to mediatu SI ■ t etb, $e ?o@7 lor common to good phippiw" u extra rountl.boop Ohio* v Canadian Floor Is dull and deoltnlßM ■< bbls at $61606.30 for obminon, and $5 <™,i| ~jl good ta oholce extra. Southern Fleur 1*» drooping ; sales of 600 bbls at *7@S lor' 4 „, oU yk and $816012 for fancy and extra. Hs° ' quiet. . „. Corn Meal is dull. Wheat is quM*®".,’p# sales 7,000 bushels fair winter rod Western -.d Bye Is dull. Barley Is quiet. Barl<y n *‘h, jl,* 4 lie Corn market is quiet and steady} »** bushels at 690740 for new mixed Western. a ,,;6 Pkovisiomb.—The Pork market opepa.jjjj#. and closed lower: sales 3 600 bbls at *23-v.( ~,)( new mess*2l.6o lor '63-d do, flash ami r*B“-“ *2l for prims, and *lBO2O tor prime panas. ,7 Tip Beef marker. H heavy ; sales 09. bbls previous prince Bsei Hams are SlJjwy, ..jells' * Out Meats are steadv ;sn 1 ftp 2016 pKgs»»' “ for shoulders, and l6@lBd for haw. . ..yt'. 1 The Lard market Is qulqti sales A»9b» ®wbi6kt is heavy and <*wor i sales 160 bl,u *' for Wee tom. 200 Wioalftv: WO City 8a ion ii'.ni iflO Jto&fjMt 10 Otlp?k*Cfl|.: Kt> it •••„ , 1 .. 100 '* aoo .Tenet on *’• 1 0 4 f £j«ni 200Rnv>.! , i 100 OH r, :k VflV 1 , MO Wkalvw.. kB BOARD 0? '• A Qo.t No. 60if. Thlr 1 BOARD. BEFORE 500 UanVa'd On. t., ICO Keirto-1* uii ,y 60u Kldontdo ... ’ ,H 100 JovcttoaOil 100 l>a>2*ji. '"■ 100 Pen-r Oil. TOO d>„,. . ** 100 OR Or & c.\ j o.‘"* ion wopv *vtn * swiHarujbaiw a,;" , lto BOAKns, 200 Keeton-* Oil . 30- City fl«, 6-0 d 0......,, '* 2200 d0\!‘.!1,7” wo Effort ir i. 2jo d<> b> lOOßeaaiaiS «0J do.-.-.J®/ BOARD. E 4vo Atlaij„,. 2iO Ravel P«troUua • 100 Mloco 630 011 0* & Cl g«' HOP !M«<nil 800 Obexry R . l ct , 200 d ,i 5 ~,il fl ■ 200 Maple Shaft ! ;"• 200 do. htf•'• wo do ;« 1 1.200 Keystone oH..kj BOARDS. j 500 Dlss 2f Bd* ft 1 100 Reading & U] i, Uoooil or»,fk & ca 0 :^. I 200 Dankani i W*|o Si. 8 6 * mbj li { 200 Cherry Ran rtyj i 2.0 da Sifg 4 800 Mclihflimy ....It* i 20 Girard n/,* „ 1 $ 0 81U-40 Bdi ... p PHB CLOSE* | I ICO Oil Ck k OH 24*1)1 101 Maple fch&de * 100 do. IOCOOSfi.-Os 60‘Cherry Ran ICO d 0......... f 100 Bea tilDf, 100 d 0,«,„ iji ‘lOO do 1100 do..~~« a ....1,6001i* ~,,,B.l *o i* ~ e• s 7 200
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