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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:
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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