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FIliST EDITION
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.
Senator Sumner's Speech in England
Its Effect on the People and Gov
ernment What England
Should Do in Reply.
Opinions of John Bright, Lord Cla
rendon, and Gladstone.
FROM ENGLAND.
Hi Atlnntie Calile.
London, April BO. The London papers this morn
ins open their editorial pair'" with comments on the
speech lately delivered by Senator Sumner in the
I nited suites Senate on the snhjert of the Alabama
claims and the relations generally exiting between
(ireat Britain and America. The writers suppress
the text of the speech, however.
The Imdon Star, .John Brlght's organ, says that
the elaiins of Mr. Su inner are so new iiinl Hturt llnir,
and so vaguely put, that they must be regarded
simply as enormous and withal unexpected ; that if
they eonvey merely the shadow of his Instructions,
Mr. Motley will eome to the English metropolis in a
very different official guise from that under which
Minister Johnson, the genial diner-out, now about
to bid adieu to the Court and people, arrived. The
Star deplores the rejection by Englr.nd of the early
overtures made by ex-Mlnistcr Adams for a settle
ment of this question. President (irimt is not, it is
said, a whole-souled lover of peace, as was the late
Mr. Lincoln, lie has Intense deteniiinution of char
acter, but is a Western liinn, without th:tt niitura
genius which served Mr. Lincolu, who, instead of
reading, had actual experience of the world. Presi
dent Grant has no training, either as a lawyer or a
politician. He is intensely American, and the entire
world is acquainted with Ills resoluteness of purpose.
After defending England from the charge of a gene
lal sympathy with the rebel Confederates, the writer
confesses that the escape of the Alabama from Eng
land was both deplorable and disgraceful, forming
the worst precedent (ireat Britain could establish
for the future in such like contingency. The Star ex
presses, however, its amazement at the character of
Mr. Sumner's demands in reparation. If Mr. Mot
ley's Instructions are couched in a similar spirit
his mission will be fruitless, as the extravagance of
the propositions will strike the public at once.
Every one knows how anxious the British people are
to deal fairly on the subject; but they Justly consider
that If her concessions are to be merely used as
standpoints for further and at present unheard-of
demands, England must carefully consider the posi
tion, lest by yielding unadvisedly she should esta
blish a worse precedent than even that of burning
ships on the high seas by admitting a discussion of
demands utterly untenable, aud which ought to be
resisted.
The London Tim designates the estimates of
American damages put forth by Mr. Sumner as por
tentous, as it Iihs already reached j4'22,ooo,ooii, and
may in the future embrace the possible earnings of
all the soldiers drawn from the fields of productive
labor by war. The speech, it adds, is worthy of Mr.
Sumner's ability, and deserves an Impartial conside
ration. He wants, however, something more than
national reparation from England, asking for con
trition ami a public humiliation. The Timtt asserts
that In this England is cruelly wronged, and Ame
rica has hail no useful object served. Ex
pressions of regret and penitence are re
quired by treaty. Treaties of peace, however,
dictated by conquerors at the head of armies, are
found to !e unencumbered by such expressions. An
acknowledgment of moral llabilitv for these claims.
made beforehand, would prejudge the controversy
and stultify the proposed settlement In the event
of an arbitration court declaring England not liable
to pay damages, would her apology be taken hack?
The view taken by Mr. Sumner's argument on these
points Is peurile, unreasonable, and uustutcsmau-
like, i lie jime argues unit me concession oi oei
ligerent rights to the South was a simple act and fact
not dependent on the Union blockade, for had there
not- lieen a blockade it would not nave altered the
cose to any appreciable degree. The prevailing tone of
Mr. Sumner's speech is characterized as passionate
and reiiionstrative, and his menace betrays a one
sided partisanship lamentable as coming from a re
presentative ol a great country. Mr. stunner makes,
it is said, no complaint against France, although the
Emperor Napoleon waff desirous of recognizing the
Independence of the Southern Confederation. It is
alleged that though England is held forth as the only
foreign power implacably hostile to Anierica.Iit is not
too much to say that one moment during the
war the fate of the American I'uion de
pended on the voice of England, whose sword
thrown into the scale would have altered the
result. She declined the contest, and it evinces a
degree of unfairness bordering on infatuation to
leave this consideration out of account. It is a com
mon practice with American journalists and politi
cians to villify England, aud the protective tariff
plan is popular with them merely as likely to indict
an injury on Great Britain. Let atonement be made
for the use of insulting language by individuals, and
it will be seen whether England and America, by a
retrospective verdict of public opinion, will continue
the cultivation of mutual respect, which is us ne
cessary as in the private relations of life. Nations,
us such, only deal in overt acts, and these consti
tute merely possible subjects for pceunluty compen
sation. The London standard, a Tory organ, says that the
American Senate has done more than reject the
treaty, us it has given the world reasons to believe
bv Mr. Sumner's speech, which, as endorsed by that
supreme body, covers all questions of the foreign
diplomacy of the country. The English people now
know what Mr. Motley will have to uiui at ill his
efforts to arrange the Alabama claims on the former
basis, now wasted away. In some respects
good will ensue Ironi the candor which the
American Senate displays. Formerly the dan
ger was that Eliglund would step beyond
a due regard lor the national honor ' aud
dignity and allow the claims; but now when the
demand lias assumed its present proportions they
will feel assured that even with John Bright in the
Cabinet they are sufe from a chance of disgraceful
capitulation. The American claim can hardly be
described in serious langitugc and Its terms not ex
cite indignation. They might as well argue against
a proposal for American troops to hold the Tower of
London as a material guarantee, or that the I'riuce
of Wales should be sent to Washington and placed
in the hands of the Federal authorities as a
hostage for Knglaiid's good behavior in
the future. The policy of England on this
subject is no longer an open question. America has
lorniallv recorded her resolution that there shall be
no settlement of the Alabama claims short of that
England shall surrender at discretion and submit to
any punishment which the Tutted states Senate, in
its' supremacy over the affairs of the world, may
choose to Inn'iet. In other words, she has decided
that the Alabama claims shall not bo amicably set
tled, whatever may ensue. The interval at the pre
sent duv is long between national hatred anil bom
baiduieut ; it is useless to ignore and dangerous to
forget that the feeling in America is one of intense
and unmitigated Inured towards Greut Britain, and
that a war with England would be regarded as a
national luxury, but expensive. England has uot
only admitted that such a war w ould be expensive,
but deplorable, l iuler the circuinstances.Jit is pro
liable that the Americans will elect to keep the Ala
bama claims lu reserve and aw ait their opportunity
fer revenge more cheaply. W ar is not an agreeable
solution, though involving dunger rather than dis
honor, aim it iiiuy be better to accept any settlement
which t lie present administration in London may
have made if the attitude of the American Senate
was less ridiculous.
Mr. Sumner's speech creates an intense excite
ment in political circles.
At a Cabinet meeting yesterday the subject of the
speech was informally discussed.
Mr. Bright declared that the embarrassment which
Its publication produced served Knglund very prop
erly but he agreed not to consent to eutertuin the
terms of settlement foreshadowed by Mr. Sumner.
Lord Clarendon expressed ins belief that the actual
negotiations going on between tne two countries on
the subject were of a far lens extreme character than
the speeches of American Senators or urticles In the
public press. He hoped to Bud Mr. Motley as cour
teous us Minister Johnson had been. 1 he present
administration was eager for a lasting continuance
of friendly relations with the I lilted states.
Mr Gladstone protessed to have good assurance
from" reliable quarters that the recent rejection of
the treaty on this subject by the American Legisla
ture was purely a politlcul movement. The present
administration will endeavor to settle the Alabama
question cm llls-rai and honorable terms. Outside,
the tone of the English people is anti-American, and
more so Hiuce having reud oiily a partial publication
of (Senator Sumner's argument,
"A coffln," said an Irishman, "is tie house ft
wan uve ia when lie dead."
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
(rant and Lee An Interview at
the Executive Mansion.
The President not Anxious to
Buy Mexico Western
Railroad Bonds.
FROM WA SUING TON.
Special lepatch to The livening Telegraph.
Interview Met ween (.rant nnd I.ec.
Washington, May 1. General Lee arrived hero
this morning from Baltimore at It o'clock. He
visited the White House, and was immediately ad
mitted to see the President, who was at the time en
gaged In receiving Senators and members by curds.
When (ieneral Lee's card came in he requested all
those present to excuse him, as he had Important
business with Lee. The interview lasted a long time,
and related not only to matters in Virginia, but to
affairs In other Southern States.
The KniixnH Itnilrond Jtomln.
The Secretary of the Interior Invited all the mem
bers und Senators who are in the city to be present
at the Interior Department to-day, to hear the argu
ment of ex-Attorney-General Eviirts in favor of the
Government issuing bonds to the Kansas Centra'
Railroad, which Is owned by Boston Interests. The
amount involved is nearly three million dollars, and
Congress refused to puss the bill authorizing tho is
suing of bonds.
ltenl Kstnte Operation.
It is understood that the President has notified
Consul llrlnk, in reply to the despatches from Minis
ter Koseeruns, that the Government was not anxious
for the acquisition of territory where it would in
volve expenditure of money.
The Simnlsh and Brazilian MisnionN.
It was decided yesterday at the Cabinet, among
other matters, to make appointments for the Spa
nish aud Brazilian missions. Sickles Is set down for
the former, but the name of the appointee for the
latter will be held In the balance for a few days.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Tin Collertornliip The President mid tJcne
rnl I.ec.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Bai.timokk, May 1 Collector Thomas assumed
the duties of the Collectorship to-day. The pressure
for subordinate places Is intense. He promises col
ored people to give them some places. Thus fur
only chief clerk'' have been appointed.
The tenth Provincial Catholic Council closes to
morrow with another grand procession.
General Dent has written General Lee that Presi
dent Grunt would be. pleased with a call from him
for personal nnd public reasons. Lee has gone to
Georgetown.
The steamer Cuba sailed for Havana to-day, with
u large mail, full freight, and passengers.
Mrs. Margaret Wiseman committed suicide yester
day by poison.
A heavy rain prevailed all night and this morning.
FROM CINCINNA TI.
Home lor the Friendless Shocking Accident.
Cincinnati. May 1. Last night trustees and a
board of managers the latter consisting of ladies
were elected for the Home for the Friendless. Bene
volent gentlemen turned over to the trustees a new
building for the institution, worth 2.r,00t, which
was built by their contributions as an institution for
reforming abandoned women. The new house has
capacity for alut forty Inmates.
Late 'yesterday evening a horse, frightened by a
velocipede near Brighton House, ran away, throw
ing Mary McAllister from the buggy, causing the
loss of her right eye.
FROM AS'INlrALL.
Arrival of the Ktennier Alaska Allnirs in Ihe
C entral Amerieitu NtutCM.
New Your, May 1 The steamer Alaska, from
Aspinwall, has arrived. She brings $G!o,000 in trea
sure, and Panama dates to the 2;td ult.
The steumer America was burned on the 11th ult,,
in the port of Sun Juan del Stir, Nicaragua. She
was on her way to Sun Francisco from Panama, aud
had stopped for coals.
Five sullors belonging to the British ship Kensing
ton, in a drunken spree, became embroiled with the
armed police of Aspinwall, ou the 14th ult., tho re
sult of which was that the police tired ou the sailors,
wounding four of them, one seriously.
Felix Belly comes to the United States on the
Alasku to secure the Influence of his udopted coun
try in 1-ehalf of his claim in the matter of the Nica
ragua cnnul enterprise.
A movement is on foot for a separation of the
States ol Bolivia, Antloquia, Tolliuo, Cauca, and
Panama from tho Vnlou, with the view of forming a
separate republic.
A committee of the nouse of Representatives have
reported a resolution to indict the President of
C olumbia, with four of his ministers, before the
Senate, upon eight different charges.
The State law confiscating the property of political
offenders in Puiiuma has been annulled.
The vellow fever still rages In Peru.
The Indians in Arequipa district have massacre 1 a
large number of whites.
EEECHER.
Wlinl He Urn 10 Mny nbout Churches nnd Nub
bin h .ThooN All InleretttiiiK Address.
on Thursday afternoon last, in the session of the
National Sunday School Convention, held at Newark,
N. J., Hev. Henry Ward Beecher addressed the as
semblage on "Churches und Sunday Schools." From
his interesting remarks we take the following:
"Much has been thought about, much has been
attempted for, the reformation of morals in our
cities. Doubtless churches are the fundamental In
stitutions. They are the reservoirs. But what in
New York and in Brooklyn is u reservoir if there be
no distributing mains in the streets aud no faucets
in the dwellings? Churches are reservoirs of moral
Influence. There are trained the teachers for your
mission work. It is impossible, in my judgment,
ever or at least uot for very many years to provide
lor the instruction und ediicution'of the poor und
outcust in our cities, through the instrumentality of
settled or of licensed or of orduined ministers of ' the
Gospel. For ministers ure expensive luxu
ries ! Although we can afford them,
und must have them, in certain great centres,
us the controlling, planning brains of Christiun
work, and although in gathering up In these reser
voirs of the churches' moral Influence, thev are In
dispensable, yet in currying out the work Into neigh
borhoods, und into streets, und into households, we
must huve lighter troops, and more of them ; and
while there will be many collateral organizations
that will tend to morality," and so lar will work to
wards evangelization, yet 1 know of no other way so
feasible, so practicable, so cheap no wav so blessed
ut both ends us Mission Subbuth Schools. For I
count the first great blessing of a mission
school this, that it employs tho iiucmploved talent of
the churches (as by t, mission school I liiean not one
which is supported for the be petit of the children of
those that teuch, or for the benellt of the families
that muliily support It, but a school that is supported
by those outside of Itself, for t he benefit of the ne
glected classes of the communitv). Now this Is the
field for churches that have vou'ng men and women
of capable endowments who have nothing to do.
We might, Indeed, write a iur more truthful
poem on having 'nothing to do,' than the
writer on having 'nothing to wear.' I believe in
pulpit preaching. But there are a good many things
that pulpit pleaching never did do, aud uever can
well do. I think that pulpit preachlug Is very much
like apothecaries compounding opodeldoc, or some
other liniment, and bottling it in phluls on which
they label the direction, 'to be well rubbed in!'
Now, the rubbing in which preaching gets lu the
home anil in the class is fully as important, is more
important, than the direct result of It from the lips
of the speuker at the time it is spoken. I know no
way in which speaking cau so well be rubbed in
as; by the Mission Sunday Schools. I kuow no
way In which young men and young women listen
ing to the Gospel, and feeling it stir in their blood,
can so well preach It as by giving it again to their
classes. I kuow no wuy in which the Uosiiel can be
eo well nrencheU us ly these living k live these
young men and yonng women who have listened to
1 ,and lelt It stirring In their blood, and have re
prrarhed It to their classes. Speaking once upon the
hill-tops, hill after hill took tip the sound nntll the air
was filled with my single words. Ho every minister
ought to have a repeating church, and every loving
hi art in It ought to take up the sermon in Its
essential truths and reverberate it until . tha
whole moral air around him is full of Its echoing and J
re-ecnoing. 1 ncueve in tne prcacmng 01 me wonpt:i
by laymen and Inywomen. I believe In going down
to where the people live to preach it I believe in
bringing the Church to bear upon the world ; and
here is the way in which we Protestants mutt bring
the Church to bear upon the whole country, and util
ise our men and wonlen in such a way that the poor
shall have the Gospel preached to them, the unfortu
nate shall bo relieved, and the great moral sores
in our cities shall be healed. I do not believe
that salvation is to come to the city from
above, that is, from the higher organization working
downwards. Again, the Gospel has to do what once
It did for tho world go down to the poor and neg
lected and work up. In our day and In our cities
the greut need is to purify the common people, (o
christianize the common people. We'll take care of
the otllcers and rulers tiy-and-tiy. The Government
wants purging, the legislatures wsut purging, the
courts want cleansing and whitewashing, but the
way to reach these places is from below. Begin with
the common people. Iit the churches all work in
that direction, and the glory of the lird will liU our
cities as now it tills the country and the villages.''
MEW Y0RIEI31VI3.
From Our Own Correxpotulent.
Nkw Yontt, May 1, m.
No New York Institution is so bad that It will not
find defenders. Even those who suffer most from
May-day moving are quickest In crying It up. But
can any state of affairs be Imagined worse? You
have two alternatives placed before you. One of
these is to remain where you are and pay so many
hundred dollars more. The other Is to .move wither
soever you choose ami submit to the extortions of
the carmen. The landlord pricks you on one side;
the truckman goads you on the other. You must
choose between paying three hundred dollars out of
your pocket in rent, or Inning quite as much In
cart hire and ruined furniture. On moving-day,
ten times as much Is charged for
moving a load us at uny other time ; and while you
are vaguely making up your mind that next day you
will drag up the case before the Marshal's officer,
swash goes your crockery, and crash goes your objetn
ile rertit. Your mirrors are shattered, your carpets
lacerated, your pianos put beyond the tuner's resto
rative art. While you are moving out another party
is moving in, and when you approach your new tene
ment, and are about to move in, you discover that
another party is moving nut. If. when the shades of
evening close around the dreary scene, you find you
are surrounded by your own possessions, and none
but yours, yours is an exceptional case, and you
ought to go down on your marrow-bones in speech
less gratitude!. If you discover not only that you
arc in possession of all your own, but' that all is
in a state of perfect preservation but no! that is not
possible. When the lirst of May is over, and pater
and mater-familia lay their bothered heads side by
side, probably more deep oat hs are breathed than on
any other night in all the year. This time, however,
the tranipled-on tenants have been in part avenged.
Many would not, or could not, or at any rate did uot,
yield to the landlord's rapacious demands, and pro
bably more houses and miitx of rooms remain vacant
than ever before.
There is very little that Is new to say tn regard to
the circumstances to which Mr. Dana's libellous
article In Tuesday's Hun had reference. Tho two
articles that have been published in reply to that
libel are a noble letter from Mr. Young, published in
the New York Evening I'ont of Tuesday, and an
equally noble editorial written by Mr. Stockton, and
published in the Philadelphia Morning J'ont. Neither
of these articles, however, has done anything to
wards stopping the tide of "virtuous indignation"
which set in with the publication of tho .Sim libel.
That indignation swells most boillngly in the
breasts of young New York Journalists. There
are two things In Mr. Young which they
cannot forgive. They cannot forgive his
being a Philadelphlau, and they cannot for
give his having over-topped all of them. No words
aro more true than Mr. Young's own, in the letter in
the VVwf, where he characterizes the Sun article as
the culmination of a long-continued attempt to drive
him from the press and the city of New York. With
few exceptions the younger New York journalists do
not like Mm, and that Is a very mild way of putting
it. They hate him for his success, and
affect to despise his Philadelphlau birth.
He still retains his old place upon the
7'it'biii and in Mr. Greeley's esteem, and when
the proper times comes will make such a reply to the
aspersions of the Sim as shall consign his detractors
to perpetual loathing and contempt. I believe in
Mr. Young. I believe that he remembers old friends
as long as the slightest hope of their deserving confi
dence remains. I believe that he thinks tenderly of
old ties, aud that he would not sunder cherished
friendships unless compelled by a sense of personal
honor. Even if all that is alleged against turn
be true, however, 1 would not exchange his
place for that of the man who made a
trade of private correspondence, hawked
secret confidences about the Bohemian
market, and grutilied a despicable spite by the barter
of memories that should have been sa-'red. Mr.
Young retains the esteem of many whose esteem is
worth more than money. His table is laden with
written assurances of the confidence yet placed In
him by old friends, some of whom are Influential,
and some of whom are obscure. His reply in the
Evening Pont was characterized by brave candor.
Some of the letters he remembers to have written,
others he does not. Those who have known him in
timately for years are content to pin their faith to
this assurance, and await the revealments of time.
Why don't they dispose of the photograph-phantoms
at once 7 Because, I suppose, people enjoy
being humbugged, and it is pleasant to sit in Juris
diction upon affairs in the invisible world. Judge
Purling has seen a good many curious things in
court, but few scenes quite so curious as those
connected with the Mumler transactions have often
been enacted even before tin eyes. Burnum was
one of the latest witnesses up, and Beth Juice, and
the Woolly Horse, and the genuine Mermaid, and
other Buruumisms. came up during the cross-examination.
P. T. B. was disposed to be very can
did and communicative. The only way he hum
bugged the public, he said, was in his advertise
ments, for when Inside the building they got more
than their money's worth.
A very pretty thing in parasols is out. It is a fan
purasol, uniting the advantages of both these arti
cles by a very neut and tasty mechanism. They are
very '"'cunning." That is the general criticism pro
nounced upon them, und surely that should be
enough.
The "Messe Solennelle" was produced for the
second time last night, at the Academy of Music, aud
was not a success. Everybody wished that Parepa
hud undertaken tint principal part, and everybody
lamented that Kellogg hud dune so, for the American
prima donna did uot seem at ull at home In liosslul's
posthumous work. The only enenre demanded was
lier execution of the "Confucius," towards the close
of the muss. The entertainment is to be repeated
to-morrow evening at stelnway Hall.
SeJiiml Is to be superseded at Wallaek's by Cante, on
Monday night. I pun that evening, also, linbinitm
OriiKoe will be produced at Wood's Museum, which,
so far as dramatic performances are concerned, has
beeu closed ull the week. The Tempest, at Fish's
Opera House, Is to be succeeded by Victorien Sar
doil's new pluv of J'ati ie, and llum)itii-humptii will
close the seuson at the Olympic with a number of
beiullts. AM Baba.
THE OIL REGIONS.
The ICxciteiiieiil mid Interest on the Inerenxe.
A correspondent writes us from Mock wood Station,
near Oil City, on the 29th ult., as follows:
The excitement in oil is dally increasing, especially
on the Allegheny river, the old wells are being put in
operation, and some of them are quite productive.
The Allegheny Biver and Oil Creek Railroad met
with quite a loss yesterday. The II o'clo".k freight
was on its way up.when.three miles above Oil Clly, one
of the cars caught lire from one of the Journals be
coming heated, and had it not been for tho perseve
rance of the men ou the train the loss would un
doubtedly have been much greater: as it was, five
cars aud their contents (about four hundred barrels
of oil) were totally destroyed, together with tho
truck for the distance of fifty yards. Tho lire was
grand beyond description, the river and woods were
alike enveloped in the flames and continued to burn
for several hours. The damage to the road was
fully repaired during the night, and the Empire lino
on Its w ay up from Oil City passed here at the usual
hour this morning. The express train from Irving
ton, ilue here at li) o'clock A. M., will not arrive till
late this afternoon, owing to a large land slide near
Oleopolls. Weather warm and spring-like.
Thin morning' Quotations
Uy Atlantic Cable.
Lonpon, May l A. H This being ft holiday, the
SUH k Board is closed.
Livkshooi, May 1 A. M. Cotton opens qnlet an
steady; Middling Uplands, lld., Middling Orleans,
lV.d. The sales are estimated at eight IhOUWUUI
bales, C'yrntofljiacx tuviiytLgbcr, mm
' Draining the I'fike.
In a telegram published by this Journal some time
slnce.an announcement was made of a grand scheme
to connect the lakes and the Mississippi by a ship
canal. A Leavenworth (Kansas) paper broaches a
grand project by which Chicago proposes tn distance
all its rivals. A ship canal, one thousand feet broad
snd sixty feet deep, Is to Ito constructed across tho
State of Illinois to some point on the Mississippi
river, enough below the level of Lake Michigan to
admit of a steady flow of water into the Mississippi.
The following are the results to ensue: The river
st. Lawrence will become a brook j Niagara Falls will
stand a damp wall of rock, If Indeed the water does
not blow back over them, forced bv the tremendous
suction of Chicago, buffalo, Cleveland, Toledo, De
troit, ami Milwaukee will tie sixty feet above tne
present high-water mark, and millions of acres of
new land will appear lu the shallows of the lakes.
New York would be nowhere. The largest vessels
In the world would navigate the Mississippi, "and
steam tugs of extraordinary power" we quote from
the U'uvenworth paper "would bringsalliug vessels
from New Orleans to Chicago In four days." This
work will -vest 14,000,000. Tho money is not yet
raised, nor is the survey complete, but Chicago and
Leavenworth have pronounced In favor of it.
rirjAUCD aud coaxivigitca
Ornci or th Kvthiwo Trr.noaAPn,
Saturday, Majt 1, ljs. (
Wo have to-dnv a very retcular and easy
Money market; collections arc boinp freely tnado
by our merchants from their country creditors,
nnd tho current of money Is evidently towards
the seaboard cities.
Call loans are very easy to-day at SfPO per
cent, on Government bonds, and" at 6(fe7 per
cent, on miscellaneous securities.
. Government bonds are weak to-day. and have
declined so fur fully per cent, since the open
ing board. Gold continues firm, opening nt
1 touching 134, and standing ut Vi M. tit
134.
The Stock market was characterized by ex
treme dullness, and tho tendency of prices wns
decidedly downwards. Nothing was douo iu
State loans. City sixes were steady, with sales
of the new certificates at 101 i. 'The Lehigh
Gold Loan was weak and sold at 14.
Rending Railroad attracted but little attention,
nnd prices were not so strong. Sules nt 4Sfu
48 1-115. Lehigh Valley Railroad was taken at
6tl. 43 was bid for Little Schuylkill Kullrond;
54 for Miuehill Kullrond; ZK for North Penn
sylvania Railroad; 85, for Cutawissa Railroad
preferred; and 28 for Philadelphia and Eric
Railroad.
Canal and Coal stocks were neglected. Bunk
shares were iiuict, with snles of Central at 15.
Passenger Railway shares attracted but little
attention. 43V was offered for Second and
Third; 71 for Tenth and Eleventh; 83 for Green
nnd Coutes; 00 for West Philadelphia; and 13jJ
for Hestonvillc.
The Hoard of Directors of the National
Bank of the Republic have declared a semi
annual dividend of three and one-half per cent.,
clear of taxes.
John II. Watt has been elected Cashier of
the Rank of North America, In place of John
Hockley, resigned.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by Be Haven Bro., No. 40 S. Third Street.
rrr first board.
100 City 6s,New.... V 100 sh Reading . s30. 48
ioo no sn.ioi;, ie
lioooLeh Vnbds.cp 100
lots.. 94tf loo
f200OElmlraR7s... 91 200
(noooLeh gold 1.1s. 94 soo
$11000 do. Is. 94 200
$7000 C A A 68, '83.1s. 65tf 100
20shCentNatiik.l25 0
900 sh Leh Vol It.... M 200
8 do C. 06 200
do trf. 48
do...b30.48 1-16
do.. Blown. 4S
do Is. 43
do c. 48
do Is. 48
do.80d.baf.16. 48
OO. Is. 48
do . ...ls.c. 4S
do. 1B.C 48
400 sh Leh 8tk...l8. Bl' fiOJ
100 sh Read R....O. 48."1 200
do lS.BS. 48
do.. ls.l60. 48
Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co. quote Government secu
rities, etc., as follows : U.S. 6s, "81, 118X118 ; 6-208
of 1S62, 117 C118 : do.j 186.1, 113 V U3 '4 ; do., Nov.,
1865, 115115V: do., July, 1866, U6VU6,tf ; do.,
1867, 116116', ; do., 1868, 1160116!; 10-408,
107r-,'108,','. Pacifies. 1064(U06!rf. Gold, 134,'.
Messrs. Db Havbn Bkotiikk, No. 40 8. Third
street. Philadelphia, report the following quotations:
U. 8. 68 of 1881, 118?.,($118S, ; do. 1862, 117 V117'i( !
do. 1864, 118(M13?i ; do. 1806, 1147;ill6'; ! do. 1865,
new, llOVAlie3;; do. 1867, new, H6V(ail6jtf: do.
1868, 115(4116'.; da 68, 10-40S, 107(108; U.S.
80 Year 6 per cent. Cy., 106Va106 vr; Due Comp. Int
Notes, 19W. Gold, 134(A134," ; Silver, 18S&130.
Messrs. wii.i.iam Paintbh ic Co., No. 86 8. Third
street, report the following quotations : U. S. 6s of
1881, 118MC4H8X i 6-208 Of 1862, 117(31117 ; do. 1864,
113v,(U3i, ;do. 1866, ll4i31147; do. July, 1865,
Hostile1,; do. July, 1867, 116,i(li0,V; do. July,
1868, 116'11116;',-; 68, 10-40, lOSXKto. Gold, 134
134,V.
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Saturoat, May 1 The Flour market presents no
new feature, the demand being limited and confined
to the immediate wants of the home consumers, who
purchased a few hundred barrels at SNmO-ftO for
su peril tie ; 6-76(n 6-25 for extras ; $fi'60(7",5 for Iowa,
Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra family, tho latter
rate for choice; Pennsylvania do. do. at lO-TIVdi-ftO;
Ohio do. do. at f 7 lt(n 9-26, and fancy brands at ftV
( 12, according to quality. Rye Hour sells at 7(n7-25
per barrel. Nothing doing in Corn Meal.
There is not much activity in the W heat market,
the demand being confined to good and prime lots,
which are in small supply. Sales of red at f l'70u
1-75; 81,000 bushels No. 1 spring at 1166. , Kvo is
steady at l-43i l-46 per bushel for Western. Corn
is quiet, but holders are firm iu their views. Hales of
yellow at 88(o90c. anil 1000 bushels high Western
mixed at H60. Oats are selling at 75rf77e. for Western,
and 60(4 70c. for Pennsylvania. Nothing doing in
Barley or Malt
Hark In the alienee of sales we quote No. 1 Quer
citron at f.'2 per ton.
Seeds Cloverseed Is quiet, with small sales at 9i
9-60, the latter rate from second hands. Timothv is
firm at t'60a4,i8 per bushel. Flaxseed is scarce,
und if here would command t2-6ft2,70.
Whisky is steady, with sales at 95ig9su. per gallon,
tax paid.
LATEST SHIPPIXJ INTELLIGENCE.
For additional Marine Hewn tee Iiuide I'agen.
I BY TKLKOBAPH
K0RTRKS8 MOWBOK, May 1.-Panned In for Raltimnre
bip A. linniifeN, from New York : barque John A. Hour
son, from Turk's Inland: brig Romance, from Nuraaaa.
Paused out Krig Abby Ktlen, for Matanxa.
An easterly rain storm prevails here.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA MAY 1.
STATS 07 THERMOMETER AT THE EVENING TELEUUAPB
OFTICC
7 A. M., 52 11 A. M MS P. M 63
OI.EARKD THIS MORNIVO.
Steamship Brunette, Howe, Now York, John F. Ohl.
Hi in Union T., 'l ulls, Halifax, N. 8., B. A. Sou lor A Cn.
ling Mary Orace, Morrison, Yarmouth, Day, llu J1I0IHC0.
Kulir Ann Dole, Halsny, (JambriiiKe, do.
Kelir.f. M. Vance, Hurdue, Boston, do.
Si hr 8. A M. D. Scull, hteuliuan, CUarlostown, George 8.
Suur'llaraSii A. Reed, Reed, Boston, J. K. Bazley A Co.
ARRIVED TiTia MORNING.
Steamer F. Franklin, Piorson, I'i hours from Baltimore,
with milse. to A. Uroves, Jr.
Bchr J. W. Hine, Lane, 4 days from New Haven, with
mrise. to captain.
Kchr H. L. Crocker, Thraahor, S days from Taunton, with
mdse. to Mention 4 Cloud.
Huhr Youmc Teazur. Bowman, 4 days from New Bedford,
with bone dust to J. Tiers A Co.
Huhr PotoHi, Truax, Si days from Loipuio, Del., with grain
to Jos. K. Palmer.
Kclir (ieortco K. French, Doughty, 6 days from Washing
ton, N. U., with lumber to I). Truiup, Hon A Co.
richr Leesliunr, Park, 6 days from Portland, with bead
inus to Joint Mason A Co.
8ehr H Croakey, Mai'hette, from Boston.
Bohr li. Dove, Hinsull, from Boston.
MEMORANDA.
Rlilp Marjory, Hallidny, hence, nt Uueetmtowa ISth ult.
Hliip Mary Russell Mil ford, Berry, for Philadelphia,
cleared at London 14th ult.
(Ship MellKiurne, Horton, for Philadelphia, entered out
at Uverpool I.Mh ult.
Barque Die Tugend. Bugdahl, for Philadelphia, sailed
from Liverpool 141 ti ult.
Barque Speed, ltrkin, hence, at Stettin 12th ult.
Brig Htar of Wales, Jones, from Measiua for Philadel
phia, sailed trora ii ibraltar Sd ult.
Bchr Alice 8., for Philadelphia, cleared at St. John, N.
B., yesterday.
Helm W. it. Mitchell, Cole, and M. Nichols, Small, for
Philadelphia, cleared at New York yesterday.
Huhr Cohaaset, Uibus, and Triumph, Bwift, hence, at
New Bedford 2Sth ult.
Huhr Neptune's Pride, Chase, for Philadelphia, cleared
at Boston Win ult.
Hubrs Calvin, Clark, hence for Belfast, and Ossuna, Has
kell, hence for Boston, at Holmes' Hole 2sth ult. The O.
HclirBeuj! Strong, Brown, for Philadelphia, sailed from
Providence 2stb ult.
Huhr Ontuxt. Heath, for Philadelphia, sailed from East
Greenwich xSlh ult. . ,. .
Bctir Mary it. Collins, EodiCOtt, for Philadelphia, sailed
beat Salem rah ult.
EXEMPT FROrEltTY,
Tbr It ml lialnle which Kncnprn Ihe Burden
of TnRtlon A I. In! of the Properties Acmid
nt )t'iO,0t nnd I pwnrd.
on March 'fl we published the report of the IViard
of Revision io Councils, showing the assessed value,
of real estate in this city which Is exempt from
taxation. The total assessed value of this property
was ip"ven at f4ti,l)70,.W), which, at tho present tax
rates, would, .yield 1726,670 to the city treasury every
year. A glance at the figures given below will show
how exceed Ingly low an estimate has lieen placed
upon many of these properties by the assessors. Per
sons who reside In tne neighborhood of the buildings
given, and t!n;(jui(l.nt.tI with their real value, will
at once perceive thv discrepancy, and see that, if no
property at all were exempted, nnd a fair and equal
valuation pltfcod' trpoti all real estate, the Increase
In the reoiirces of the fcltyX would lieXswelled
by more than a million of dollars. The figures given
are those returned-to the Board of Kevlsion by the
ward iissessw,'nntt have in no instance been revised
by any authority, the greater portion of this
propertywas lat .assessed, the city was divided Into
I'i't twenty-six wsrdSj and soinef the properfies'ln
1 uidtil arc now located In oue of the two new wardX
The recent uddithjiis, to r'airmount park arc not In
cluded, as the,v were subject to taxation during 1S6S.
The assessed, value of the old Navy Yard is that put
upon It by the- rutted States Government oUloials
sometime since!" The eutire list would fill at least
one page of Thk Evknino Tei.kukapii, and we ca
therefore glvjij only such properties as are placed at
und above t20fooo,. arranged by wards, as follows: "
Flrxt H ani. . .
Ocrnion CnthotirChnrctt. -.'. . .'. 60,ooo
Scott Methodist Episcopal Church 30,oon
Church of Annunciation 60,fKK
I.eiigne Islanti.v.-.-.y.v.'. . ..v.... 3-to,(KKi
I'nltcd Stateovernmeut ltvt.OOit
Morris Public School 85,000
lturiul-gronntts. J,00
Tasker Public Hrnool........... 30,000
City of Philadelphia.- ,. , 24,800
NrcondiWardJaBfli j'M1
X iiitcd state Navy Yard. v. 13,500,000
.Teirerson square. 90,000
Presbyterian Chnrch. ' 20,000
Wharton Street MarRet . ),orsj
city of Philadelphia..... ....'. 40,000
Hurlal-groiinds....... , 183,600
Methodist Kplftcop'rtl Vnlon Association 40,000
ltoman Cathone School-house 18,000
Mariner's Hapttsf Church : 24,000
Swedish Corridration 80,000
Calvary Baptist Church.... 20,000
Olivet Baptist Church... 4 25,000
Wharton Strict ITesbvterlan Church 25,000 '
Wanhlngton Public School 35,000
Christian Street-Public Landing 05,000
St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church 80,000
Lutheran Church 50,000
" Tlilrc! Wnrd.
Trinity Protestant Episcopul Church 20,000
St. Philip de Nerl Church , 40,000
Church of the" Redeemer. 15,000
Third Baptist Church 25,000
Presbyterlon Church 25,000-
Ebenezer MefhOdlst Episcopal Church 60,000.
Mount Vernon Public School 25,000 ,
Philadelphia Society, for support of Charity
School....... 20,000
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Chnrch. 80,lKXr
Philadelphia Society fur Kelief and Employ
ment of the Poor 20,000 ,
Church of the Evangelist , 40,000
I.von Public School.. .'. 20,000
All Salnta' Chnrch... . 25,000
Children's ITome.y. 80,000
St. Theresa Komun Catholic Church 80,000
St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church 40,000
Fletcher School 40,000
Commissioners' Hall 24,000
Burial Grounds. ,0M
Fourth Ward.
Burial Grounds $88,000
South Street Presbytertau Church 80,000
Ringgold School-house 20,000
Almond Street Landing HO.noo
Washington Market... 60,000
Institute for Colored Youth .- 30,000
Tweirth Street School-house 25,00
Eleventh Street Market. 26,000
Filth Ward.
citv of Philadelphia. 9fl,Oon
Puiilic School.. eo.ooo
Third lYesbyteriati Church...' 150,000
Bethel Methodist Colored Church 85,000
Vnlon Baptist 'Colored Church ' 20,000
Presbyterian Colored Church ,. 26,000
Presbyterian Church, Spruce Street 25,000'
Baptist Church, Spruce street 25,000
St, Paul's Episcopal Church 20,000
St. Joseph's Church ami College 35,000
St. Mary's Church and burial-lot 172,000
Burlal-Grounds. 20,000
Trinity Catholic Church 20,000
First l'resbyterian Church 125,000
Wimblngton Square 610.000
Philadelphia I Jhrary Company 40,000
I'nltcd States Post Ofllce 150,000
1 nited States Custom House 350,000
Health Olllce 18,000
St. Peter's Protestaut Episcopul Church.... 95,000
State House. ......... 1, 000,000
Tobacco Warehouse y? 126,000
1'nited States Appraisers' Building o,000
Philosophical Building.. 80,000
Sixth Wnrd.
Citv of Philadelphia 2tt4,00
Christ Church.' 80,000
Christ Church Burial-grounds. .. 200,000 .
Methodist Episcopal Church.. 60,000
Free Quuker Meeting House 85,000
St. James' Episcopal Chnrch 62,000
Dutch PreBbyterlan Chnrch 30,000
Hebrew Cong. Synagogue. 60,000
National Guards Hall.. 70,000 '
New Street Lutheran Church 20,000
St. August lue s Church., . 64,000
Friends' School Corporation 82,500
New Street Public School 0,000
Franklin Square 300,000
Building of the First Baptist Church 25,000
Friends' Meeting House and Grounds,
Fourth and Arch streets 250,000
Franklin Institute o,ooo
FYiends' Society School Corporation 20,000
St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church.... 40,000
St. John's Lutheran Church 70,000
Meventh Ward.
St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum $.1o,oVsi
Pennsylvania HoHpltal 4VI.0OO
Clinton Street Church 0,000
Public School, Quince street 20,000
African ITesbvterlan Church 20,000
Church of Ascension 20,000
Fourth ITesbvterlan Church 74,000
Sulem Methodist Episcopal Church 80,000
Burial Groulnds 2rt,5(Ml
St. Luke's Church 75,000
Deaf and Dumb Asylum 200,000
Church at Hroad arid Lombard streets 86,0Kl
Church at Fifteenth and Lombard streets.. 25,ooo
Western Presbyterian Church 100,000
Church of the Mediator 25,000
Church, Broad street below Spruce avion
City of Philadelphia 4,000
Eiahlh Ward.
Burial-grounds 20,000
Friends' Meeting-house, Spruce street ho.OOO
St. Andrew's Church 60,0oo
Friends' Meeting-house, Orange street. 45,000
Vnitnrlan Church 40,000
Calvary Presbyterian Church 150,000
Academy P. Ei Church, Locust street 100,0110
American Protestant Hall 25,000
Vnlversiilist Church 60,000
Locust Street Public School 40,000
Ninth Presbyterian Church 30,000
Academy of Nutural Sciences 60,000
Independent ITesbvterlan Church 76,isio
Tenth ITeslivterlun Church 75,000
Holy Trinity Church 160,000
Western M. K. Church 40,000
St Mark's Church 160,000
Trinity Chapel 25,000
St Patrick's Church 80,NM
House of Good Shepherd 50,000
Holy Trinity Church 100,000
I'nion Medical College 3l),noo
Jefferson Medical College 40,000
Children's Hospital HO.imo
Public School, Uicust street ho.oou
Klttenhouse Square 500 (Ks
Academy of Notre Dame nw',000
Ninth Ward.
Trustees of City Gas Works' wharves, Mar
ket and Chesnut streets fiiiinon
Trustees or City Gas Works' building's! ,"0,,KH'
Market street, Schuylkill ino-ium
Filbert Street School House imi'SJ
Fourth Reformed Presoyterlan Church ao'tkki
Tabernacle Church Vk'n,u
Western Presbyterian Church.., moh!
Church of the Covenant iJut
Arch Street Presbyterian Church .".".'M ." 1 w'ukj
irtiiV.twi n the Btatnd faje. '