TM JLM AFMo H A 11 M YQL. V.-No. 13. EtlLA.DELX'ECIA., MONDAY, MARCH 26, 18G6. DOUBLE SIIEET-TimEE CENTS. THE GREAT FIRE IN CINCINNATI. Total Detraction or Ptka Opera nonn An Cnltre llloek lf dtrojerl Atlnmt Kipren Office, ihe "Enqnlrer" OMco, nod Other lini-ft I-Htnhiivlimeuta I0 tryel Immcunx I.nsMca Incidents Qikod Accidents, l.tv. from the Cincinnati Evening Ti.r.e, of Friday, Cne oi the greatest cilaniiti:s our city had lately know n is compiled iu tlio uisjttor whicli, uuder ttie covei ol riarki.ciB, viMtea our city last rigsit. Mer chants kiid manufacturers iray build and inve-.t their capital, and thodrs.ru-'. ou of t'.io r pretm cs ) a fad lo-3 md id. Yet, but lew ir.in engage in aa enteipiue involving the ont.uv 01' humi. .'t;s ot tliouMHiiuH oi doilr-m, whore tho re.urn u ol an un certain character, and to a grout extent dopouds on coming Loirs which rre as cnangcible as the md. in tli buildmp ot the opura house, wo may well believe tliut 51 r. Fike hrd in view tho er.cion ol an ornament to our city, rs woti r-.s a monument which would endear him t tlio leexory ol our puo ple long alter he had p: sod a ay. lie catnoto ourcity lrom Now Vork about 1 13, a stranger, and Invcit jd bis means tli n in tie whole sale dr goods businos, loo. inn mmuelt on ibird etieot op oiie t ie llenrie llotiso. Not llu vn j tins comment urate with his cuergK, ho kcuii a.lcr en- ?:agcd in ttre distilling busmc and from his pionts n this trade be accuuiulutcd tho vest lm-aus r.hich made him onu ol our wealthiest c.tizens. iiom i ho begmuing iweemod villi .Mr. Pike t) te n object to make liiruse 1 prominent anion? our pcoplo as one wno came to identity biiiir.clf wit'j tlio interests of tho c ty, and the result shows now lur lie bus suec oded in accomplishing such a roiult. The building ot tie an at Opei a House was such n undei taking as would ha 'o been entered upon by the fewest ol persons, rven ot tlio liveliest busm: is capacity. Tct it had long been a durlniir proj .ct ol' his. and unaided, he eom-iuorod hiinoll lull y equal to the ta'-k. ho it was bemin. J he immonelty of the ocsipn was ahTiont a secret to our people, uuf I, at last, like the nncoyi ring of some van! siatae, it burnt upon their view, the most magnificent institu tion of tbe kiLd in the United Kiatrs, and not, per baps, having Its superior m tne world. How far it has ever been niudo to pay an interest on the oiistiuul cost Borne thre liuuurcd and tiny thorn and collars we ao unable to say. Wo only know that it u s always been pom; id to by our cit'-eus with prido, that it bus ai wa ,s been amon r the UrBt object i of intercut riked lor by fit.ancois, and that It is (tone, not Inn? but a m-sa ol' blackened walls now remaiti- to mark whero it ktood. Many persons miybinld lnr;.o coruraerciM crtn bliShmeutti, send up slone aAer oro m the ercclion ol almost p.tlatul dwelling., but it required S. N. Pike to bt'ild the Opera Hou o. Wo have no hrita tion in Laying hat it it was not lor him Cincinnati would never have seen men on nisii'uhon. Eveu an orgpn::d avnciation wou d never lor cenlurirsto come have built 1 1 with lo tnucti tasto, and so appor tioned i: w.lbuut ipsard to tare or expense. How far ho had succctiud in his autioipatiotis we know not. We con only g v that iho yucen City has lo-t its bi:ehtc: t aichitec.uial Oinamout, and that black ness and ashri mark where It stood. In i ei. on 31.: fike is a dclicitely built man, of about iorty t(.i s ot a?o, ri.d we believe wasonwed In bu. inns In Kew York be Tore hi arrival at tho West. His tlemcinor is a ways of tho qvtelest ohar acler, slric.'ly nuor.ci(aiiots, aid aptiareutly soil reliant to a decree cldom lornd aniouir men. In drers always n: a-, but w.tliout diviay, he would scarcely be rccopniz o, lo yuuntr - u uimssumin?, s bains po s; ed of tlioie cliaiae.'orisitcs w'ncri iullv aislinnnishrd him since be came into our midst. Dnr.-ic llie coiiflavra ion last nl'zlittue rquanimity of Mr. Pike never lorsook him. Iif saw the beauti iul labile tie had erect d meltintr away beiore tuo t3:.ble eleramt, but, like a philosopher, he smoked bis cigar.appurentlv as unimpansloncd a sncctutor aa looked upon the tccne. 1 he Opera House is not the only evidenco of tho good 13Bi oi Mr. Pike in his adornment ot our oity. On Fourth bteot, below Smith, he built a row ot elcrant residences, of the laiost style, the object ot admira'inn to ail who p-s mat way. Kotw.ths'andln.? the mat' or retcrrcd to nfcove, the regp'ar bnli'esa tnijaizi men's oi Mr. I'iko never flumped His lureo rcoiityintr otablishment went on lrom day tj nay, and never a steamer lclt our wba. was but car. ed away his stock as a parcel of ifi frtikhl. Uu e'l t'ie Westain i.ver rrith the lanc'in ot the steamers, out wont some ot 'Tike's Brat," or bis ' Msinoliu," and Irrm that we may readily be lieve be made his immense loiUne. Ho has tho sympatuuj of the entire cotrinuc.ty la his treat Iops. ... tvei rs wo wnto, at a late hour of tho morning, the engines lu tho street,, aud the niuiiitudeairiacio! by tho news which bn retched Horn hill to hill, pours ilon the oaveTontt r-n'd fieiaiu. Stream at' ?r sfic.w ?o;n cown upon tho b:ist3rine debris, and the aneerdmir Btrerm floats away a tiibutetotho institution wo shall rtver know again. TES ORIGIN OF THE JIBE. There have I: can n'iny tbeoiies advanced as to the pi:me cm be ot the explosion urd lire. Several per sons who wore in attendance lest TMtrht at ttie peii'ormruc9 0l the spcc'aculur drama of Midsummer Jiiyhl't Jjrea-n, repoit that (iurinc the reir seuia tiou ol the last act of the p'ay, there wes, somewhoro about the satre, a s rorg exane of eos, which was perceptible through the ballot part of the aot, and continu:nn fill -lie cuiiaic led. ilia vast audience dicperiiod quie lv at about balf-ppst ten o'clocc. After eleven o'e ock, private watchman James Mo K niny, who w.-s near t!i i jar ot the Opera House, bear a Oiploslon not unlike the collupsiuir of a yaa n.e?er, or the concussion thai would be naturally produced by the sudden collision of pas and flame, in an i pertinent of prescribed or condeiued limits. 'lie ioiee of this explosion wps so treit that a most the entire rerr ol tha Opera Hout,was blown oat, and thron cemplot-jlv acu's rlakcr strort. Vatt-hman McKirley lau ,rom where ho then was to the corner ot ForrtU and Wannt, where he turned in an alarm ot Are from box 81; as lnitno diately io lowing t" .-xploion fla'nes were seen to rice uo and spre .d tl.-Jir forked and furious tongues on all tides, as II eager lor a prey which could be easily devoured Micbaol Toohey, private watchman of tho Opera Bout e, reports that between the time the audience wr disz-K'-'ed end the explosion and conflagration, be went through the enure building und turned oil the das. Evidently there was a leak in the gas somewhere, for, rs wo have already stated, this was discovered by tome ol the audieuce during the per formance of the last act ot the nlaj . The truth of the ngin of the explosion will perhapi lemiin a mys tery, as the fl 'H'i spread with such rapidity as to destroy ail ve ti:es or oiue that might have led to a solution of the question. tuK orimA BonsB, The loss bore Is over a million of dollars, on which there is insurance ot KtoS.WO. Motaiux is laft to the prepiietor of ail (hat uiajcuiticent property save the smoking rains, tlre-covoi-ud grounds, and desolate wans. When Mr. Fike heard the alarm he was in bis room In the burnet Heute, lrouting on Vine street. Look lnf out, be saw the flams ruahiug in a flood through the rool, in the neighborhood of the ohimney-stack. "Whlls he was upon the street tor a few minutei, eome acounarel picked bis pocket of a valuable waicn. lie viewed the tremendous scene' in which a mil lion ef bis property was vanihiug, from the roof of lie Burnet nouse. witu more calmness than the ma jority ot the multitude ot spectators. Whatever a daintiest spirit and an unwearied cnorgy on his part in do, to repair his gieat loss, will certainly be done. i air. jdorris Biiumonas, scans manager oi tho Ope -a House, pisued over t ie stave a. .or the audience had retired, and there were no sigDs of fire, iio nad icarceiy ie.t mo building when, hear in a noise like the rushing ot a uiivbtr atnim im ran lack to the auditorium to tind it a whirlwind of Da-uf s. The money and valuable papers contained in the sale are all that were caved out of the immense wreck ot tie aramatio ana operatic temple a pitla ble saving in comparison with this loss to an ludi Tidual ad io the oity, vxeTurcTioH on voubth street. ' Among the fortunatowe can mention the firm of w. u. uiapp & uo., jewellers, xesteroay tuey moved their stock liom tho old building, No. hi f onrtn atieet, into the second ttory of Koraue's t)ul ii hi, ana bad the insurance policy tranalxrred. lhelr old neauiiuarters were totally destroyed On .the upper side of Fourth street. S. Wilson Co-ik msnaiuoturr, had bis stock damaged hy liie and wa er to tho uxteut of i'JOoO, but the loss it iully covered by msuinnce. Th roof ot C. W. Do'and's extensive dry (roods rrftblisbme' t was slightly damaged by tire, and the atock of goods Injured by vatur, but the insurance VD the e Mablmhment covers all loss, The Buckeye Billiard Haloon in the second story Of r"ike't Opera House was totally destroyed. is 910. eJO. m nr lit miunu. Nlblett ft Atkinson, Ma 61 West Fonrth, lont all mnnatinv to 18.000. Insured lor lll ui it, W CauoU & Co., the wU-kuowu book pub. !hers 'tiirrrrd benv'l'-. T'tt'eof the stock was ssvoil. Loss amounts to 6120 ,C0O, on which thvro wa an In uranue ol 670 UbO. A. t. loiert & Co., Musio UoaTCn, are heavy )o ers. 1 he r stick of musio unci imifieul instru ments w as consumed, arid at present thev aro nnablo to estimuie their damage Amoui? tho anicte lost wero the plates for printing sho t mu-lo . whioh Air, J'eters h "d been gathering tor the past, forty vcais. Vi e mav hore menrion that this lirm will immediately irsnmo business, haying moye t their oftlco to tlio estaLli I ment of V. l eters, ou Fourth stroet, near Walnut, 1 lie iusnruuco ou this cstauiislimeut amounts to SoO.tOO. F. V. liuldy, boot and shoe dealer, has a stock on hana vulued lit -l6,0i 0, tho gretiti'st port of which is i.Jnrcd by water. ItiMind Jor S'JUOO, which luily covers all loss. A. .1. Claik's gent's furnisblng restablishmeut damaged by water, loss sli.qht j b it on account ot tins ahheiice ot Mr. Clurk, who is now Kant, wo can ivo no (stu:nteol hiK loss or lusuruuco. b.N. Holm s & Co . wail paper dea'ero, occupiod the 1 milling next the Opera Mouse, ou the east. well known as "lniieperideuoe llall," and lormerly occupied hy Ihe No. ii voluutoer tiro company. Tins building was well cleaned out by the llamrs. Mc.isrs. Ho met' st-ck wan vmueil at fciU.UOO, on which thuic was an insurance ol r-L'fi U' 0. In the 8' oond f-toi v 01 thn build-ng wns tho tnnno room ot 1. H. Baldwin, loo btock ou band con smtid of twenty-iwo 1 iunos oncot whicli only wai saved. Mr, liuVlwin caual pie-ent rio no idea of hiH loss, but thinks tho innuiauce ou his stack will near y cover the enure loss. A' ion: In it this building in the renr wero a num ber 01 eliops occupied by arm-aus of uiu'jrent kinils, al ol which to a groat ( Mi nt wero slightly da maged, J. c. Holland, fthnw card writer, slightly dn- njai'eu. Ao irBuriiuco. John Jbealson, mnp and chart publisher, damaged by v t( 1 fio iiiiiiiiiice. S 11. In yin, iiovr.i.-insr agent, loss slight. Jltriieon & Crowther.' silver nloiers and on- rraver. were d.in need vlishtlv. but will not bo tiro- vetiled lrom caroinj; on bumuos. Thoy woro fully cured. MraupR, arlis. in third aloivol l'lke'.-i buiMing. lost a number of valuable paintings, valued at 5-3JWJ, on which taero was no insurauce. Ihe tine Commotcial Col eue of Bryant. Ntratfon & lie llau, iu tau top story of 1'ilce's building, lo-st a!l. amonntnig to about SOOO. Ho insurance. 11 pi pel. printer, had a flue lob prinnai establl-h- men I In the Opo' a building, aiid was well supplied with in este and irmtlig materials oi gioat value. amounting to SrStiOU. All lost o iusuinuco. Tho business ollico oi too Duvn Aa'i 11 if union was 111 the second story of l'ike's, and all tUeiippnr tei.hiie.es conutcteu with it were coii::uined. We dm not learn tho loss, but that there was no insurance. in connection with tho loss of tho Aattnnri Unvm business room wo may meunou that vV. 1. r.ruuiiau had sou'e very valuul luj ):ainliiigs hanging 111 tin -s ollice, which were totally destroyed ; us was ulso tlio hno medallion made bv Louis ii. Heed. Tho loss 01 J. W. l.anL'iev & Co. nuiountg toivout SfCOO, cn which thero wai nn insurance ot .10 , 0. William Ixo, boot aud shoe draler ou Vine street, lost slightly by moving hits stock, but tho ainouut is trilling. Sumner & Co. and I'hilm x'hliltps & CO. lost llioir entire stock, wo understand. ihe AiiainsKxnrcss t omoanv snccoedeu msavinir their valuable boons ami papers, and mouev sales. Ihoy liave resumect business at No 113 WeatFouitj street, 1 etwo u Vine and It ce streets. Bu-incss is totally sustiended ou tuo sqnaro be tween Vine and Walnut, and tho police uro th.iro, busy prevoutingintruder.1 lrom intcrioiing with tho niemen. We may bero mention that tho Engine Ao. 4 was the first to arnvo at ih.' scene ot coutlnration. Sliowiridpe & Cerlach. Litboijiaphois, hud all their stock consumed. Their loss is estimated at 4-10,0( 0, on which th ro was no insurance. The ' Uo lou tSiile" ra:on,tnext weat ot tho Opera Houso, was totally touBumed; lues small aud not iriBurra. J W. J.anlev & Co.. Tobacco dealors, were in tho fame building, and lost all ' heir stcck, whicli, we aro inhumed, was iully insured. John J isoii. Jlr:;liiDis'. occupied the third story ol old "liidepeudono. Hi.1 ," iu tho reir, and had a stoct. ot sewing lnnchiucs and other 11. -lit work ou baud, all of which weio consumed ; not insured. "EKQTJIRER OFFICS. The Cnmes communicating to the Enqnirt r oflioo buildings throuph tlio rear, we are utmb 0 io giyo uu exact uccount of the progress of the devouring clement but tho destruction of the estab iphrneut and building was spo-d" and coir.p'ett nought but the linmcnso h.'l'ow shell lormed bv tho still s(md ing outer waiB leinoins oi what but yesturdav was a metropolitan newspaper printing house, much will still be saved, no doubt, by the priisewoiiliy exertions ot the liiemen, wno aro sun piayiu uunn tho utisielitlv ruins in hopes ot subduing tho licit of the still burning embers and sav.ngwhut valuable property may lie buried beneath. Tonmost upon the mins of this establishment lies upon its edge, in a re ling posture, the huyo iron sate, strange to say, in a perfect state ot pro-orvation, and its contents uuvcuthed. It i feared, however, that tho lour cylinder Hoe press, if uu warped by the names neu bein ath tho burning mass 01 noormg and crushiug weiL'ht ol brick, is in so broken a condition as to render it utterly uo'ess hereal'r. Iho h'n qvirer ollico Is insured at $8S,fOO, and had on hand StO.f OO w 01 th 01 printed ma' ter and printing mito- riuls, of which fclsUO worm belonged to iiouu Kobinson's Circus, lour boxos of show-bills were only yesterday delivorcd to Lipman's Circus Conipai.y. The Enauirer building was owned by the pnb- lishMs, Messrs. I'orrrn & McLean, though not the ground upon 'whtoii it stood the leaso exninn-r some two years nence. uan? 01 ine priniarsana aJaohes of tho offico only saved them-tolvo.s by a precipitato flight lrom the house some of then leaving their shoes and other weiring apparel behind. INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS. At liali-Biisc eleven we wore witnessing tho per formance at the Vaiioties, when the report ot tlio explosion was heard, aud rs seveial of the audience looked up ut the windows, the light w as scan bo plainly they imagined the lire was close by, and made a tush lor tne ooor, at tiif same time caiuug fire. The ciy was soon taken up bv the house, aud all mrde a rush lor the exit, and what lol lowed we can ccarcolv tell, as tho breath was near being c.ushed out of us by the jam, but, fortu nate!), w a succeeded in getting out, and hurrying to Fourth and Vine s'ree'i, discovered that tne upera House wrs all in flames in the re?r, aud too back walls blown out and actoss the streot from the force ot tho explosion; the cause of which was variously stated. Borne said it was caused from tho patent apparatus for limning ges; thai it exploded while someone was expeiimeuting wi h it. Other report wore that while lighting one of the burner in ihe rear of the bu'ldlng the pipe leaked, and ihe flames running up it caused it to burst. But again, statoments wero maue, which are better tonndod that one ot the gas pipe leaked, and on taking a ligut into tne room an exulotion ensued, blowing out the repr of the build ing and teiting tvuytr-ing in a blu;:e in a very few minutes. On our arriving on the ground scarcely twenty persons had collected, but they soon came in lrom every direction. The flaous now roarea in perleot fury, . nd inouuted tho root, which cracked ana coucu up iu pieces, unu lumuicu iu uy unites. The engines now cnived on the snot and com menced working, but the Opera building was under too (uil her.dway. A heavy Iron bar was now lorced through the floor into the lower story occupiod by the Adams Kxprcf-s Company, and rs the c orks who slept more taw tneir lime was snort, tiioy im mediately ran out tho sates aud money to the Bauk ot the Ohio Valley. By this time thousands were in the vicinity, all gazing with wonder and amazement at tho I cone of destruction bo. ore them. As the walls in the rear foil thev crashed in the buildings in the rear and set them on Are also. '1 her were a car penter shop, blacksmith shop, and the Adamt Ex nrm Comiianv's stable. The rool and part of the walls of the Opera House now tell in, tilling the horizon with a dazzling col umn ot IHht, sparks, and cinders. The multitude, at ever fall nf one walla, rushed lack on each other. as though they expected a biick was coming in their hats anv mlnntt. and as soon as the iriiht wps over would a .am go so near that their lives were in dan ger. By this t me tho buildings to the west ot the theatre were all in a blaze, and eveiv few minutes lurid flainei and eo nmiis oi smoke would use, fol lowed by the crash of walls and an eddying pillar of sparks. The wind was blowing fresh lrom mo sniitti east, and the turuiuc papers, cinders, and sparks were teken acro t Fonrth st-eet in myriads, and lodged on the tops of a number of the buildings across ioui.h street, and alto Vine, The Gazette offloe stood the shower of burning. sparkt and pieces ol wood with great composure The to t, shovel, and broom were kept at wore on the roof steady till the worst was over. The Burnet liouke root was filled with snuataters. and a large number of tuckets, filled with water, ttood arouud ready (or pie, 1 be top of tba rot Oifioe 4 sc-yenU arVooont fcnIUltng weio crowfJed with poopH and a I oitect host of peeplo wore gaz ng on the ait scene ami nil flapiuo at the Opera House. Itv this timo the baildings in the rear wero all In a blaze, and tho Enquirer building pronounced gone, but three or lour firemen were sent into the third ftery ot thst buildinu to work with the hose 1 hat ihe fi e was rainins rapidly, 'In spite ot their efforts, aud the wulls ab'int to tab, ... I he spectators fceingthis. shouted from onoend to tho other Ot tho street for 1 hem to come out, wl. cli they finally acted 011 Just in iline. Tho rolis ol 1 aper, type, etc.. coaid b seen s owty bu suro'y cm surneu. The ffla mi were now raging on third stii ct, Bukrr strict, Fourth, aud Vine streoa, aud on b tli sides of tne 9-prHauo i.uild.nir, which was ur r r 1 in most inteu-e heat but being built of oouble wails ii w tie food nil. A wnidov near tho tui ol ine house, was opened, and lrom it a stream' 01 w ' rr.us l.i ' TUUuin-' cown tho wnlis and on t ho ICnquirtr bulging. Walls no cracked aud fell cu a I nuts aud as tber did so a shout arose from he muluiudo. . At ihet.iucoi tho explosion a lot ot tire works veil- curried 1. jiii tho store-room ot l'ike's ou to the 001 ot the post omee. A stack ot trunks, baggaro, la., w&s mil d uu 011 the pavement ou Vine street. tuhin tioiu tlio builuiuvs in ar by tuat wero thought n duuger. A list iijht occurred in tinker street be tween two puvnuiiKUs characters, and was settled by: wo i-olicemeu taking the goutcinon oil. We iiw Fiiii otl our liieu'iswlio wore working in tho J.iiqvirrr oiliee at tne time ihe tire bioko out, out doois.aud loekin on, some without their lull suite it ibjti.iiiv. miuiDiii too stores a a won Dy go. ting mt tiieir w 111.0 e, ana plujiun ou tho wulls and 0'-' il their buiiduii-B 1 itchi-rs 01 water were brought into requisition 11 .1.0 builolnu eceup e l rs o gainbiiii.tr houso on hud tirn-t: times wcie iksi.eraio. una llial was the bi'Kest game of ehuiico that has yet been played thero. Iho ercwu wero ver, ea"er ou 1110 nouso-top.-, and we heard oia oung luau hoviiig a narrow Cicanc win: tun lilu. Iu his ei.eiiics-) to too an tijgiuo runmoir I a t on tho sitrci;, he steppid partly over tho eciee 01 tun cnrn.co 111 mo uum. uuu was niui chiil from death by a uiund, who, lortuuatoly, stood near by. fcoon ailer tne nro oczan, Tne cornice 01 1110 uuora Mn'eiiiir irtve wuv. and it wa teportod two men weie ui in bed under it. as gcnoral luaiu.t and ou- liipion prevailed, but sut. sequent iutoimutiou piovod il.,. n.nnrt a pm.uul. Ai (nlier man is believed to oe smothered under tho rums. Ihe one injured oy the imliiiLT ol the cornice was taken to juaudy'.t gallery, nnd lrom theio to Mcstrs tuire & Ickeu-in's dru sioie, and ins wounds wcie tuoro arussca uy ut. lunseiolt. Ho w a dt-lirous but gave nia name as jac w 11 .l. ard his reside nce on nor b snio Oour ie grreot, beiwcen Central avoiiuau ia doiiu. liis rtg t loot was seveio v niuiiiaied, and his recovery is con- iceied doubt ul, as he is aiso injured intoinaily. .liilui .uoitwood, lirenian, ot ivo. it. tell through a hoor ol the Op ra House and was severely hurt. iVr. I cier ljicgun nan a leg iractureu near tne hip, and it It con.-itioied bo is in duugor of not re covering. Mr. 11 ar'es Bright was struck bv a part of tin waii. and hail his skull Irac ured badiy. Many lei I ol ditloreni narrow escapes, but mrruer thuu tho above wo cun as yet ieoi'u ot no additional casiuilticB. About three o'ciock iu'S morning captun Minor. the t'tif iou" land old ol tno Unmet House, oreered lus servant to prepare cotl'c and a unclio n for tho liieiiicu aud police, which was quickly 110110, aud iho aiuei man ol the custouianc 01 tuo puuoo was iiiuuo o rtioire uvr tne reli'li. isilly v i.kiuon, tlio la n.ciK. surerin'eiided the ellair. It was au aopro ptiute aud timely act, cud is croi itablo to ihe houso.. BTATKMKKT Off LOSSES Ln.iHex. liwxuranc... K.N. I'ike l,0C0 00O a8 OOJ A. :. Inters lf.J.t.uu fj,um) K. Vi . (111 rod & Co J'AiUJU 70 wu bunimer&Co It) COO 2 1,000 Aduuis ixpiSS Co 100.0'JO -BIj.MOU O. H. Hnrpel 16 000 it. firnuts u.ooo .... bivunt. s'.ratiou & He Uou.... 8,000 .... It 1. c Key e l.illiuid tiatoou vt uoo .... it. riawiey.. z.euj .... A .1. Chirk o.OOO ibh tt & Atkinson 18,000 12,0iK) I) 11 Baii.win 6.500 6 60J h. lio'nn- & Hon 40,000 2n.t':;0 F 1'. llaldy. 16,000 9.CJ0 J K. Vhatey 10 000 J l.un.-iev ui u a ouu 1-hiliK fhiUip - 20 000 .... Eiquirrr 160.000 C0.000 Oilier losses 25 000 Total $1,761,000 4293,600 INBUltANOB. The following rceapilulaiion gives the amounts of pel cies in vauous companies on property de stroyed: uome companies. Kauttablo S7 000 Mag: olla $7 600 Eiiteiprite 18 000 Citizens' 7 000 Cincinnati i-i,uoo juirai 1 nuj Atnericun 13 0t3tjlol3 6 500 Oh o Valiey 13,100 Hamilton Colt uty. 6,600 Wci-lari 13,000 Washington 7.000 Ka'.onal ll,f M) l'oopln's ... 6,1,00 liuekeve l'iou isoaimen s onw Mcrcli'tt& Mauul's I0O0O Kranztin 6,100 liCiH-ai.m 10, C 0 l"ittiiien's i.atnvetie 8,600 Oue.uu C,ty. .. .. ... li otKi Commercial 8.L0J Eagle 12.00J Other Cirmpanien. Korwiot ,Conn.... 7.600 l'nevoort $310 oiu Exch'e, K. Y, 8 0v0 E.na, bunlord... 10,00 L'lav.ato Mutual, 1 hceelx, tianiord, 7,60 l'hilbdelphia 6 0C0 Continental N. V. 6.030 I'uitiaui, llartloril, 6 t'Jt) Ii ntovpii.-.e, Phi a.. 6,CJ HtM.tord turiiord, 6 1 no Um.3d J ana ai., Mrvt hsi.is', llurti. 6.C3H Covmn ton, Ky.. 6.0C0 hiimkliu, Fhiia... loroo Livor 00 land Lou- Cliartertisk.Haitf. 10,000 don 6 000 M l.nghe d. Ma-s . 6 0i 0 Koyal, Eniriaiid... a 00 I Mrufot 4 C00, Hampton 8,1X1 Total CXi7,0t0 riiHadilptia Trade Report. Jfo day. March 20. A tale oi Ho. 1 Quercltion Berk rt. $29 $ ton. There is some inquiry for prime Cloversood, but common is not souirhl. Naies of 1500 burhels, at $5 for common, up to $0'25 Jor choice In Timothy nothing doing. We quote at $3 CO. Flaxseed is selling in a small way a $2702 76. There is no improvement to notioe in tho Flour Market, aud tho only sales reported were a f e w bun dred barrels at prices ranging from $6'26 1 3 $7 for supoifiroi $7(5.8 lor extras; $8 2639 25 for North western; $8 60-a 10 60 for .Pennsylvania and Ohio do. do. 1 and Cll15 lor lancy brands, according to quality. In Hye Flour and Corn Meal nothing doing. Wc quote t be former at 91 16. 'there is scarcely any prime Wheat offering, and this is the only dccriptlon wanted Small sales of fair and choice rod at 2 2t u.'l O; 600 bushels at $2; 25(0 bushels Miclnuau white sold 011 private terms Kve is quiet, but pi.cr.s are s'saiiy at 860. lor l'euu svlvania Corn comes lorwurd slowly, but there is noi much demand. Sales of yellow at 69o in store, and 70o. afloat. Oats aro in limited request, with tales of 2000 bushels ilelawuro at 49o. WhiBKy con tinues very enll: small Bales ot rulillod at2 2o2 20, and Ohio at $2 28. rbfladelphia Cattle Market. Mobday, March 20 The Cattle Market is more active this week, and prices rather better. About 12C0 head arrived and sold at from 15JJJ16) cents for extra, the latter rate for choice ; 14)16 cents for fair to good, and 10gl3 oenta V lb. for common, as to quality. Ibe following are tho particulars ot the West . 76 head Martin, Fuller & Co., Western, 143)16. 83 " J. ii amaker, Lancaster count ,1V. 16 J-. UO " 1'. Hathaway, Lancasur couury, lould. 42 " A. Christie & Bro,, Lancaster 00 , 14 aid, U3 " 1. McFillen, Lancaster county, 1;S10. 40 " K 8. MeVillen. Laucaster oountv, 1616 tO " James McFiilen Lancaster county. HalOJ. 114' " Uilinuu & Co . Inostor co., 15ij 16 21 " Moouev & Brother, Lauo. co.,7Vu 74, gross. 80 " Hope & Co , Iaucaster county, Ha 10 40 " Khoiaberg & Co., l4tnraslter 00., 12 u10i. 18 Dryfeos & Bro , Lancaster oountv, 14161 65 " U. Cham, Lancaster county, 14i 16 119 " Moonoy & 81111th, Lancaster co , H 510. 1 loirs continue scaroe. About 1OC0 head sold at the oii.erent vsrds at from $lde16 the 100 lbs. not Cows are unchanged. 2 0 head told at from $30 (fitb lorbpringeis; and $4076 i'.hoad ior Milch Cows. bbeep are In fair demand at about former rates. 6CC0 head old at the Avenue Drove Yard at ilOia 7 (ti8 scjits V lb., grots, ai 4uUty, THE PEACE CONFERENCE. Mr. Seward's Official Account of the Hampton Roads Negotiations The Rebels Propose an Armis tice at Home and a War Abroad-Mr. Lincoln In sists on Surrender and Emancipation, Etc. Ma BlWAltD TO Kit. ADAMS, Pkpartment of Statk, Wasuinoton. February 7, lHii"). b r : it is a truism that iu nines of peace ibereaie aiwajs lust at on of war. do soou as a war teg;ut, there ate citizens who itnpatinntlv do nmud neeotiuliouB lor peace. The advoca? tor war, at l i an agitation longer or shorter, gnnnraly gain their iesnul rud, though the war declared is not uruicquontly uniicj - art and unwise, do piaco avitatuis, iu time ot war, n'timatulv bring about an abandonment oi tho conflict sometimes without securing ihe advantages w inch were origi ns lv expected irom the coufl.ee. '1 be agitators 1 or war in time of peaco, and for teste in t me ol war, ore not necossariiy, 01 perhaps oidinan!) , unpatriotic iu their purposes and motives. Hesuits oioLe aetertiuue whe.hor tlior are wise or unwise The treaiy of peace concluded at Uuada lupe Hidalgo was sccuicd by an ii regular negotia tion under ihe ban ol tne overnmeut Home of tho efforts which have been maue to bring anout nego tiations with a view to end our civil war are known to tho whoie world, because they huvo employed loieign as well as doines;io agents; oLIiers, with whom you bavo had to deal coniideniia ly, are known to touiseif, although thev have not puhlio.y tianspired. Other elliiiU huvo occurred hero which are known ou y to t lie peisons actually 1110 viug in tl.eiu auu to this Coverutntnt. 1 am now to give you tor vour inloiiiiution au account of an ailun of the i-ame gt neial chaiacter, vhich rocentl rceoived much Mtteut.on hero, aud which uouuiloos will excite inquny abioad. A lew days ago. Fiancis P. Btair, Fsq., or Mary land, obtained lrom Hie I'rt-jident a siiuuie leave to )a-s tnrou -h our nn'it.ry lines without doUuito views known to the Oovoii.meut. Mr. Biair visited Hichniond, knd 011 his return he showed to tho 1'iendoiit a letter wine 1 Jelleisou Davis had written to Mr Blair, iu a bicli Davis wiote that Mr U air was ut liberty to say to l'r sidoi.t Lincoln that Da" is was now, as he hud always bceu, willing to send Cou uiiBsioners, 11 assured they wouid bu received, or to rt cive any that t-tiould bo tent; that he was i.ot dispo.-ed to find oottc.es in iorms. He would send Ccuiu ibs oners 10 o .ntti witli tho l'rosidont. w th a view to a rcxt.iraMiu of peuco hoi ween tho two cvuiitiics, it bo couid be ussuied they would le received. Iho l'i sidcnt thereupon, on tho 13th of January, aouusecd a nolo to Air. Biair in whicli ihe Presi dent, alter acki.owledgiiig that ho had road iho note ol ."iir. Davis, Buid ho was, is, and always s'tould bo, wiliii g to reo ive any agent t' ut Jar. Uavis, or auy other inllu-ntia pe.eon, now actaully resMing th') authority of tho tioverumeut, miirht send to coaler luluimaily with the 1'iesident with a view to the resummon ot peaco to iuo peopto 01 our common country. Mr bla r vimted Kichiuond witn his letter inn' then camo Luck again to Washington On the fcOlh insiani,we were soviseo fiorn ihe campol Lieu- tenan -central (.rai.r tlia. A exander n. btovens, H. i. T. Hunter ai a John A. aiLpLsli wore apply ing loijouve to pass tliroug'i the line' to Wusiiiifiou us i ts.ee coiniuisiouers tocouter witn the rro-ndeni. lney were permnteu by ihe Ln-utepaut-cieuuial to cou.e to h s heaooUHit rs. to await there tno decision ol t e 1'iesideut. Arujor bcket was sent down to meet the t arty trom Uichinund at General rant's hcaequurlers. The Mujor was directed to deliver to tiiem a copy of the rresidenv's letter to Mr. Blair, with note io bo nddressea 10 thein and signed by tho Ma.ior, iu which they were Jirectly iniorinod that, 11 they thou d be al owed Is passour hues, they wou d be understood as coming lorau mloruia' con- tetence upuu the bais ot inualorosaid loiter ot the I81I1 o' Jaiiuary to Mr Biair. if thoy suould express their acsent to this coudition in writing, t.ieu MaJ r tcken was directed to give tuom saio couuuut to l- orireis Monroe, when a person coming lrom tho 1'rendent wou d meet tln-m It being tnoutrnt proha bh', from a report ot tboir conservation with. Lieu-tcuant-iieneral Grunt, that iho Uicnmond part would iu tlio manner prescribed accept tne con dition mrnciuDvd. the hecrotarv of H.ato was oiiargcd by th rresioent with the duty 01 teprc eeutiiig this Government at the expected informal coi lerence. The Sucretary arrived at Fortress Monroe on the night ot tho 1st day of Keoiuuiy. Major Eckei t tue' him on the mnnnnii of the 2d of Ft binary with the information that the persons who bud come Irom lClehinoud bud not accilpted in wining tho coudit ou upon wti'cb ho was a Io ved to give them conduct to Fortress Monroe, iho Mijor bad given the snnio informailon by telegraph to tue I louden t at asmnvton. On rcce ying this in tor -matlon, ihe t'ro-ident prepared a tele-ram directing tlie Secretary to return to Washington. el he Secretary was preparing, at the same mo ment, to do so, without waiting for instructions lrom the 1'reBidont. But at this juncture Liou o-nant-t.enerai Grant lelegiaphed to the Secretary of War, as wed as to tho Secretary of Slate, that the party liom Kiohniond had reconsidered aud ac cepted the conditions tendered them through Major Etkert, and Geuerai tirjut urgently udvisol the 1'iesident to center in person with (he lilchmoud party. Cinder tliCBe circumstances the Secretary, by the J'ii'3 oeiit'soiicotion, remained at Fonr.ss Monroe, and the I'res dent joined him tnero on tho uijht of the 2d ol February. le Kichmond oarty was tin t"l t down the James river in a Uuited Mtatos steam tiansport during tho day. and too trunsport was aiichoied at Hamp.on Roads. (in the morning ot iho 8d tne 1'resident, attended by iho r-ecretary, reoeived Mesrs Steptions, lliir-tc-r and Campbell, on board the Unit oil H'atcs ir-a transport Jiiver Queen, in Uampton Hoads. I ho eon lerence was altogether informal. I here was no attendance ot secretaries, c erks, or other witnesses . Noihing was written or read. The conversation, though earuc-t and free, was calm and courteous and kind on both sides, iho Kichmond party ap pioaehed tho discussion rather indirectly, aud at uo time did they either make categorical demands, or tender lormal stipulations, or ahsjiute relusahs. Nevertheless, during the conference, which lastod tour hours, tho several points at issue between the Government and the insurgents wore distinctly raised and discussed iully, intelligently, and in an amiable spirit. What the insurgent party seemod chiefly to favor w as a postponement ot the question 01 repaiation upon which the war is waged, and a mutual direc tion of the efforts of Government, as well a those ol the iusuiaents, to some extiins o policy or scheme for a season, during . which passion might be ex- feet en to subside and the armies to be reduoed and ladeand iniercourse between tho people of both sections resumed. It was suggested by them that through such postponement we might now have immediate peacc, with so mo not very certain pros pect oi an u'tiinato satisfactory adjustment st poll txal relations between this Government aud the Mates, (fiction, or people now engaged in conflict with it. 1 bis suggestion, though dollberately considered, was nevertheless regarded by the Fresideutas oue ot armistice ortruco, aud he announced that we can agiee to no cessation or suspension oi hosfilies 1 xcet-t on the basis of the disbandment of the uisurcent forces and the restoration of the national au htrity throughout all the States in thelln on. 1 o aterally and in subordination to the proposition that was thus annouueed, the antl-3lavry policy of ihe United etatet was reviewed in ail its bearings, and tho l'residont announced that he must not be expected to depart from tho position he had h eretoto.e ss-unied in bis l'roclaniation of Eman cipation and other documents, as these positions were reiteiaied in bis last annual message it was lutthur declared by the i'ruddont that the oomploto restoration of tne national authority was an India penrabie condition ot anv assent on our part to whatever lorm of peace might be proposed. The 1'resident assured the other party thai while ho must adl ere to these positions, he would be prepared, so tar as pow er is lodged with the Executive, to exer cise liberality. His power is limited by tne Constitution. And when peace should be made, Congress mu-t nocema r v act in regard to anpropiiations of money and to tho admission of Uepresentstives from Ihe insurrec tionary Sta'es. The Kichmond party wore theu iu formed that Congrei-s bad, on the 81st ult . adopted, by a constitutional majority, a Joint n solution, sub n itting to the several States tho proposition to abo lish slavery throughout tne Union, and that thero is every reason to expect that U will soon ba accepted by three lourtht ol tho States, so aa to become a part of the national orcauiolaw. I hit confer) noe came to an end by mutual acqui escence, without procuring an agreement of viewt npon the several matters discussed, or any of them. Nevertheless, it is perhaps ot some importance that w e have been able to submit our opinions aud views Slrectiy to pior inent insurgents, and to hear them answer In a courteous and not unitienoiy mannar. 1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, ' William II. Swab, Cbarlet Fundi Adams, tSsq., etc., eic, THIRD EDITION "WVSIIIJVOTOiX. Special Dttpatchet to The Evening Telegraph. Wasuihoton, March 28. Prlntlair f Frnrtloual Gnrreary. The sum oi $1CG,8C0 la ths various denomina. tiocB ot fractional currency were printed last week by thaJrinting Division of tho Treasury Deportrrent; Shlpmeiita of Fractional Cnrrdnoy. The eliipments of i'ractiontil currency last week eraonnted to $244,000, $100,000 of which was forwarded to the Assistant Treasurer in New York, $G0,0U3 to tho United Statea reposi tory In Baltimore, and $84,000 to the National banks thioughout the country. Katloual Cnrreuey IkrbsmI. National currency was issued dutlusr last week to the umount ot $1,177,450, making the total issued up to date $202,816,370. Fraciluunl Currency Itedeetmedl. Fi actional currency to the amount of $132,000 was last week redeemed by the Treasury. Internal Kfiveitue Kscilptst. The receipts from this source on Saturday last were $r44,C27'67, making the total amount ro cotved Biuee January l6t of tho present year $f,3,C5,7C7-10. Disbursement or the Treasury. Tho disbutsements of the Treasury Depart ment last week on account of the War Depart ment were $7,780,702; of the Navy, $1,033,779; and of the Interior, $1,908,803. ItllllardH. Fhelan, Tieman and Cartne are In town giving billiard exhibitions, to the admiration of all lovers of tho game. Tho oiieluiil and extraor dinary performances of Curme are the theme of universal admiration among all the patrons of the cue. Ortlficatesi of Indebtedness Issued. One hundred and six thousand dollars in cer tificates of indebtedness were issued last week, loimeleiice Money. General Spinner, Uuited States Treasurer, on Saturday received $27'75in "conscience money," from unknown sources. eivcnrltlen of National Banks. The total amount of securities held by the United States Treasurer ior tho circulation of National Banks and for public funds in Govern ment dcpositoiies, is $351,961,300. Weia;ut9 aud Measures. The Secretary of tho Treasury, at the request of the Governor of North Carolina, on Saturday forwarded him a lull set of United States stan dard weights and measures to replace thost destroyed during the Rebellion. FROM BALTIMORE TO-DAY. Grace Chnroh on Fire Nad Accident on ,tlie Caeneahs Etc. Special Despatch to the Evening" Telegraph. Baltimore, Murch 20. Grace Protest ait Epis copal Church, corner ot Monument and Pak streets, CAitiftht lire yesterday, and 'was ner be 1 111; destroyed, but tne damge proved to do only slieht. ' Captain T. Taylor, Mr. Lewis Tulley, Lft svis McCondlcr, and a colored man, were all drowned last Friday nicht, in tht Chesapeake Buy, from the 'schooner Father and Son, by a boat cap sizing. They were all of Accomac county, Va We had a severe snow storm yesterday, with intense cales, and it is now very-cold. The statement I Bent recently about the ru mored failure of Mr. A. T. Stewart, of New York, I have since learned is entirely without founda tton, and I hasten to correct the mistake. From Louisville. Louisvillb, March 2C Four Italians werj arrested this morning with $11,000 in counter felt bills of all dc:criptions in their possession. From Fortress Monroe. Fortress Monroe, March 20. The steamship Saratoga sailed ior New York yesterday. One hundred and elevpn valuable sheep, be longing to William M. Evarto, were drowned aurtng tne recent, noou u w utusor, v 1. Kew Jeisey M. Ii; Conference! Fifth $ay. The Conference was called to orrter at o'clock by Bishop Scott, and the de votional exercises were conducted oy tne itev, S. E. Tost, in reading the Scriptures, singing, and Braver. Minutes of last meeting wero read and ap proved, alter one or two araenemcnts. The hlotorv of the educational pioKress con nected with the Conference, was then taken up: "At the last session ol this Conference, Rev, Mr. Lewis, bv resolution, was requested to pre pare a paper containing a history of the Educa tion nnrl ('entennrv Fund?, in tholt1 iiricrin nnd investments, as also an account of the claims for annuity held by Dickinson College against the New Jersey Conference, to bo presented at its next session." He propoted in the first place to furnish a history ot tne tducatioual Fund, in Its origin aud Investments, w ith an account of the claims for an- annuity held by tb Dickinson college agaln&t the few Jersey Conterence. At tho Fesslnn of tho Philadelphia Conference for 1833, measures were adopted in uuison with the Baltimore Conterence to accept proposals made by trustees of Dickinson College, at Car lisle, Pa,, which proposals were to transfer the college buddings, grounds, aud all the appli ances of the institution to forty trustees ot the Colleee appointed for and in behalf of the M. E. Church. During that year this transfer was elipcted, and there whs a mutual agreement on teied into, that the two conierences should be equal in conducting and sustaining the College, hs uell as in the advantages and responsibilities involved. This being done, an agent was ap pointed to travel through the Conference and collect funds for the permanent endow uient of the institution. AttheConlerenceof,1834 the agent reported sutiserintions and collections amounting to $.")l)7(f30, ot which $193 63 was cash. Following this a subscript ion was opened in the Conference room, when the preacheis swelled the ainouut to $18,600. At this same Conference a Board of seven Trustees wa9 elected, to be entitled "Trus tees or Education Fuud of the PhilaMphia Annual Conterence of the M. K Church," to take charge of all collections, subscriptions, bonds, etc., relating to education. . These Trus ti ees were subsequently incorporated under the laws of the State- oi Pennsylvania, and organized accord iDgly. At the session of the Philadelphia Conference for 1836 the General Conference was petitioned lor a division of that body, and It was divided according to the form acd inuoucr laid down la tho petition, and with th conditions exprossei in the lollowrng resolutions: itttoipea, mm itr cue i aaivisionor tnts con ference, tse privtierrs, respon-lbi Hies, obligations and patronage, of that portion of the work lying witnin tne conference al present, or in its 1 resent lrrm. as thsv now exist, be secured and continued in favor of Dickinson lollogn, and in lavor ot tue tubrcriberg to tho same, both la reference to the Col- , lege and Education und ol the present rhilade plna Annual i on tereuse. EemiiveH, That in care the Philadelphia Confer ence shall be dtvidad, as resolved alio.o, sad in view ot the last resolution, the l'hilaaelphia Conference shall appoint three members at its nrt season after division, and the Kew Jirsoy Conference at its first stesiou alter division shall alto appoint three mem bers, which six snembers shall constitute a -Joint-committee ! whom sba 1 b referred the matters contained In tho ast resolution. that they may drvise the basis and prin ciples, both In equity and law, on which tho orivi- leges, responsibilities, obligations, and natro?ageof all the ruoruoers now embraced in tho Philadelphia Conference, and which may b created herealter fa each Conlereuce to be created by the division, shall be really and properly secured to each person aooT parto nterested and concerned, and reoort to each Conf'nrcuco at its subscqtieut session for their joint concurrence and confirmation. Accordingly, at the first session of tho New Jersey Conlerent e, 1837, a comtuittaa of three wns appointed to confer with a nice commute of the Philadelphia Conference on all mutters reiatine to jjicsinfon college, nna report at tne next ensuing annual Conference, fc The report of this Joint Committee was sub mitted to the Phsltidolphia Conference in 1838, and ameuded, and at the session of tht) New Jersey t'onfeience ior the same year, the amend ment was concurred in, and a committee of three appointed to carry it into effect, tho report ot the Committee as amended Tber is no evi dence 011 the face of the journal that the Commit tee ever reported. At the conterence ot 1830. Brothers l'ethe- ridge and Pitman were appointed a committee to conter witn a nice committee oi trie I'huadci- Fhia (.Conference, 011 the division of the cduca ionnl fund. This committao reported to the enruing Conference in 180, that the amount due New Jersey Conterence from the educational board ol the Philadelphia Conlereuce as its chare ot tne lunu ior tbe euuowmeut 01 Dickinson College to be $2320-72. . FINANCE AND COMMERCE Office o the Evening; Telegraph, ) Monday, Match 20, 1806. f The Stock Market openod very dull this morn ing, but prices continue steady. Government uoudsare firmly held at' lull prices, with sales of 730t at VOL 103 was bid for 6-20s; lOljJ for 6s of lfiBl; and 99j Jor 10-10s. City loans are without change: the .new isuuo sold at 91(392, and old do. at 87 i. Kailroad shares arc lets active. Beading sold at 60J, no chance; Catawissa preferred at 29ifo) 293, a slight advance; North Pennsylvania at 30, . no change; Northern Central at 4l, no change; and Lehigh Valley at 62Co!h2J, no chang;; II84 was bid tor Camden and Ana boy; n5 for Penn fjlvania Railroad: 29 for Little Schuylkill; 51 for Nonistown; 641 tor Minehill; 27J ior Eltnira common; 39 for preferred do.: 26 ior Catawissa common; and 2K:J for Philadelphia and Erie. In City Passenger Kailroad shares there is nothing ' doing. 70 was bid for Second and Third; 61 lor Tenth and Eleventh; 34 tor Spruce and Pine": 50 lor .Chesnut and Walnut; 45 for Ilestonville; 2," lor (iirard College; 14 lor ltulga Avenue; and 27A tor Union. In Canal shares there Is very little movement. Lehigh Navigation sold at 21 wns bid for Schuylkill Navigation common: 28.J for pre ferred do.; 114 tor Morris Cuual preferred: 13 for Susquehanna Canal; 35 ior Delaware Divi sion; and 68 for Wyoming Valley Canal. Oil shares are very dull, with tho exceoiion of Ocean, which continue:! excited. 3100 shares sold at 6i('f.tii, the latter rate a slight advance; and Jersey v ell at J. Bank thtires are In good demand. 20G was bid for North America; 140 for Philadelphia; 124 for Farmers' aud Meennmcs'; 64 lor Commer cial; 0 for Northern Lioerties; 28 for Mecha nics'; SO tor Penu Township; 63 fur Girard: 76 ior Western; 31 tor Manufacturers' and Me chanics'; 62 lor City ; aud 56 tor Union. rHILADELrillA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO-DAY Keported by De Haven & Uro., No. 40 8. Third Btreet FIRST BOARD. S16C9 TJ S 7 8G"i Aug. CJJ , 1CD sh Catawissa pf. . 291 S100 City 6s, old. .Its 874 K 3 sh do bSO 2'Ji $800 do. ....RR 67 1 Opq 00 0 2!i f 'JM do now U lKJshOoean Its 6 1( 00 Fa V .L'n Ui 100 an do.. sCOwn 6 2C3h Read S8O..I01O ni 81 )u ao sCJwn Is 64 8sh LctrlchNay... 62i 200 sa do lots of l"henna 80 16C3 sn do.lots.b80 61 20 sh N Centr Hi PHILAD'A GOLD EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS. 10 A M 1"j 12 M 125 11 A. M 125J IP. M ; 126 Habfeb, Duume? & Co. quote as follows : Buying, ijellna. American Gold IX 126 American Silver, As and is . . . . 120 121 American Silver!) mos and Half Dimes 118 117 Pennsylvania Currency i 1 New York Exchango 1-20 par. Second National Bank of Philadelphia. In accordance with the provisions ot the National Currency Act, and the Articles of Association of this Baiik, it has been determined to increase tbe capital stock to $300,000. Huhscriotions to tho proposed increase will be payable on or betore the first day of May next, and will be re ceived in the manner provided fur In tho by laws of the bank. A number ot unallotcd shares will remain to be sold, applications for which, will be received from stockholders and others on or before May 1. The following is a state ment of the resourtes: . Notes and bills discounted. .. . $216 192 50 United btates loans 687.400 00 S03,692M I.efrnl Tender Notos and Cash. 998 906 88 Due from National Banks 108,279 88 207 276 28 Real estate furniture, and flxtutes 18,976 62 Experses and fixes 6 80S 89 To34,701 27 LIABILITIES. ' ' Capital stock 8251.000 00 ISurplux fund. ..1 26 800 88 Profit and loss , 21 864 28 47,245 88 Deposits 4H7.4.16 91 Circulation 260,000 00 737 466 91- 81,084 701 27 stockholders' proprietary INTEREST. 2500 tbares Capital Htock, par diOO eacti. .tJ269,000'Ot r-urplus fund accumulated in 21 months.. 25.8J0-V& Piolit and loss since lust divi dend, loos ex peases $14 999 89 Acerued lutereit auo promium at tela aate 10 616 00 25 614-39 ' W1 014 47 Apparent value oi shares each 120-40 Dividend paid in 21 months per snare. . 00 William 11. Kuawh, Cashier. Markets by Telegraph. New York, Marob 26 Cotton dull and nominal at 81 40o. Flour has a declining toudenov, 4 "00 bbis sod; Ktnte, 0.70i810; Ouio, 88 10&U: Western, $6 70ta8-10; Southern unchanged "and heavy, 800 bbls sold; Canadian drooping, 800 bbls. sold at $7 7011 26. Wheat dull and nominally in Luyers favor, 7000 busholB so'dt New Ambor Michi gan tl 70. Corn dull and drooping. Beef steady Pork dull) Mess, t24 87ig,25. Lard, heavy. Nev- y ork, Maxell 26 Mocks are dull. Chioago and Reck Island. 117; Cumberland preferred, f.ij; Illinois Cen'rul, llrt Michigan Southern, 81 t Me York Central, 92Jt Reading, 101 : Hudson. River, 1001; F.lie Railroad. 81; Western Unloutt?!; United Btates Coupons 1862, KVjJj ditto 1864 lOtlit ditto 1P66. 104; 1 en-fort ib, 91 1 Vresenry Seven thirties, 1001 lor all the series. Uold,
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