TRS FKESfe. PUBUSHBP (SBKDAYS WLeSYTiSD, BY JOkW W. FOBNSIY, OYMOB Mo. iV CH3SSTMT7T STB BBT. Swslv* Cunts Ph* Wxxx, i.araMe to the Carrier Hailed to dunaaribers out or rCiital Six Dor.Ls.xs n JUniVK, Four IJOLI.AK* for Eipkt Month#* ran Dollar* TOR Six Months—invariabljr it ad anee for the time ordered. TRI-WESKLT PH.HS9. Mailed to Sniwontier* out of the Curat Tun* Dol lar* Pxr ANNSMi in adranee. SEA BATHING. gEA BATHING, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J- TWO AND ‘ THREE-QUARTER HOURS FROM PHILADELPHIA ATLANTIC CITY is now conceded to be on© of the Ipgjgdelightful seaside resorto in tne word. Its bath unsurpassed; its beautiful unbroken beach line miles in length) is uiieauii'eo v y any on the con tinent* save that of Galveston ; its air is remarkable for its dryness; ita sailintrand fishing facilities are per feot; its hotels are well furnished, and as well kept as those of Newport or P&ratoga, while its avenues and walks are cleaner and broader titan those of any other ■ea-bathing place in the country. Trains of the CAMDEN AND ATLANTIC RAIL ROAD leave VINE-STREET WHARF Philadelphia, daily, at 7X A* M., and 4P. M. Returning, reach Phi ladelphia at 9 A. M„ and 7:4ft P. XL; Fare* $l,BO Round-trip tiokets, good for three days, $2 60 Dis ' anoe, 00 miles. A telegraph extends the whole length •f the road. jyJO-tf FOR OAPR AT AND NSW JMSS9BBYORK, TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, and a+9H n’-look A. M. . . _ New York and Phiiadeloh:a N eviration Com pany. Steamers DELAWa R 'a, CaatAin Johnston, and BOSTON, Captain Cronker, *i'l have for CAPE MAY and NEW YORK, from first wharf oelow Spruce street, ev©T TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY, a to)* A. M. Returning, leave New York same days at SJP.M. BManinc, leave Caps Mar SUNDAYS. WEDNES DAYS, and FHIDAYs. at 8 A. H. . Fare to Gape Mar, Carrion* Hire included Si w Fare to Cape toa-, Season Vickers. Carriage . Hire extra.,*— - IJH Fare to New York, Cabin —• * W Do. Do. Deok_ .1 «0 Steamers touoli at New Castle noimr and returning. Freight* for New York taken at low rates. JAMES ALLDEH DICE, Agent, jrt-lm 314 and 316 Nouth DKLAWA KK Avenue. _ »» ru s cafe may—The swift and comfortable Bay steamer “GKOKGti WASHINGTON” Captain W. Whilldin, leaves Arch-street wharf, for Cape May, every Mo?- ,dar, Wednesday, and Friday morning at 9!4 o’cloek. jUturnims, leaves the laminar every 'iuesdaT, iJiur*- idaysandSaturday moraineatBo’clock. Fare* carriage hire inoluded.• • • “ servant’s, carriage lure lncluds*! Freight taken at the nsu-U low ratos. Stopping at New Castle goir.? and returning. jy4-tse^* 1-r mi FOB THE SEA-SHOE 3 jWUpfiSgpMgg-nAM PKM ANU ATLANTIC JRAILRO ADOn and alter MONO \Y, Jine !7*h. tr»m» •will leave VINE-STREET FErUIY daily, (Fundays •xoeped): .... , Mail train J 3*l f- :?;• Express train— -.Oaf. M. Accommodation • -.v,.* . vf,v• RETURNING, la.AVICS &TL&J* i t ; - Mail__— £•& Accommodation-* • „i f ,.. Far© to Atlantic, $1.80; Round Trip lienor* & ood foi 4th FrS4ht a m®st (, ie delivered a£ COiWR’6 POINT by 8 P. Id. The Company wi-1 not m responsible tor any good© until received and receipted jcr. their Agenti at the Point. jORN G. -YAM, fylg *f A**Vt. commission - apirsEs. ggtiIPLEY, HdZABD, & BVTOIJSBBOH, *O. ii 3 cHsramrs sv.. COMMISSION KERQHAM’S, FCS ‘SHE SALE OF PHXLAXJEJ >PB i ■' Goo7>B. BANKING UBCST BStaOKT * O <>. . BANKERS, 50 WALL STB B JOT KKW 70BK, TrtßWfa of oredit to travellers, available in all carts of Euope, ihroarh me .Mes??i. Rothso'lliM or Fa ns, London, Frankf«t. Naples, Vienna, and their cor respondents, fedd-tei JtOOKTNG GLA.*KK.S JS'tMENSE REIiUOTIOS IN BOOKING GLASSES, OIL paintings. ENGRAVINGS, PICTURE AND PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES, JAMBS S. EARLE & SON, 816 CHESTNUT Street, Annonnoe the reduction of 85 per cent, in the prices in all the manufactured etook of Looking Glasses; also, n Engravings, Picture and Photograph Frames, Oil -Paintinga. The largest and most elegantassortment in the oountry. A rare opportunitr now offered to mate (purchases in this line for cash, at romarkablj low pnoes, EARLE’S GALLERIES, 816 CHESTNUT STREET. CABUNJBT rVHHI’k- 'liitlS- CABINET FURNITURE AND BEL ■V> MA2D TADLEfI. MOORE ds OAMFION Mo. 361 SOUTH SECOND STREEW, teeoEßt otioa T Ithtfc«r cKtomiva CabiMt Baeiawa. * 1 , IThPchare t.y all who havo used them. t« •Banishof the3e ‘Sable,the raan*- taSSrMnieV'h’ ifcvlr umnaroiM patron* taronrhoai %Sw3B£ wh-J- JSi-UUar•"«•«>* tk«x work. „ ——.n——— AiEC"iAli- IN THE COURT OF COMMON FLEAS FOR THE CITY AMD COUNTY OF FHILA- D foHi“ I T.'HARDiNqhl4B ;»N, *l, J. Mia t'jbeli&zit. po - anl-tri4t OTlO®.—The subscribers having co “' plied with the requirements or na *9* oT ttte Le» -i laiure of Ponosrlvama lelative to vendors oi Jomera. Waters asd other bererases,. herelir "action “1 per "«■ SKIS 0 -‘ jJoo'uV ■* 1 oa“’ B ’uader tao penalties prescribed in the aforesarisgtand ment thereto. 3aa s ou m WATiR Street. jeB* w>- June H. ISM. I N Tliß ORPHANS’ COURT FOR Tfl£ OITY AMO COUNTY OF bJat&ta of H< MA til ttllli V"U« d 'cessed* NOTJGIS MHEKEIY lilVhN tlint thewiOY dtOo’lXtlm. "tedU -e Orcliifti. 1 aftßmj” and opuftteemoni of the pertouil estate, eKct d to be retained".. fie. eader tCe »ot yf rprH U M5l - 8,1869, and til 11 the anme wib be ;ippr..vecl t y tlie ,a?d Court on SEP i'EldßEll 21,1881. »■>!»“ are filed thereto, » Z 1 . IN TUB C >T;ItT i’OR THE PITY AND COUNTY OF PtiMiA DEI.FHIA. CliY Kitate of Jlliff KIDD, dacoaeed. .. NnTrPK iu naiflhf given* th&ii ibo of the said hasfi d m *he Orphan* 0«u t her petiti n of tb. *ft“ eleorftd tc^be ntamed by her unuer tte » «rt of »,[} h^VP ;^Tuj and ftp f UB * v aL'GU »T 16. MB-un-*s*ex the Court on ••HI ' * j , Atuu n *•;Lv. ». oeptmns are filed thereto. «p ►cttuoner* jy3l wft«t yL~ M\EBH6.L’B S VLE. By virtue of a writ of sale by the Hon. John C *ju*kle app rel, on furniture, as sne now lie* at __ ji it 51, iVifttatiJil * li»«f cona. j y g7-«7‘*l. . 'SLZI —“ fJS Wa-t-V *NiA— S HO3PITAI' D£P July 88. 1851. A Mrdxil Bo’rd. f'-r X vo imt'e'’” Vesimtnt* »l for the post olSuryeon ra v._ q arr , B |„ ir(: , TOj-.ol) >Y. the d«'Tou« of appoint Autnit 6.1851* wnen M vJ^ lhe coupling pole; top rail one and ft half inch thick by one and seven eighth moh wide ; lower raija one :non thiok by oue and se v en eignth inoh wide; three stud* and one rail m front, with a seat on stra? hinges to dose it up ns high as the sides; a box three feet four inches long, the bottom five inches wide front aide, nine and a half inohes deep, and eight and a half inch a at the top in parallel line »o the bory all in the to be sub ataiilinbj te’*the fyont eod of body, to have an iron strap nmmnc round each end. se ared to the head piece aud front iail by a rivet in eaoh end of it passing through them, the tid to be fastened to the front rail WHh two good at aphinges, a strap 01 five-eighth iron around the box a naif non from the o? eugo, aud two straps same size on the lid near the front edge, to prevent tho mules from eating the boxes; to have a joint tms»» fastened to the middle of the Till, with a good wooden e’eat on *he inside a strap of iron on the oentre of the box wi ih a staple p esing through it, to fasten the lid to; e ght atu s and two rails on each side; one bolster fastened to six inches deep and tour inohes wide at kiiir-wjit hole, iron rod in frontand centre, of eleven sixteenths of an inch round iron, with a head on the top of rail and nut on lower end; iron rod and brace behind- with shoulders on top of tail piece, and nuts on the under side, and a nut on top of rail; a p ate two and a half inohes wide, of Mo 10 band iron on tail piece, across the bocy; two mortices in tail piece and hind bar two and a qnarter inches wide and one inch thick to receive pieces three fee? four inohes long, to be used as harness bearers; four rivets through each side cud. and two tivets tnrough each from stud, to secure the lining boards, to be of ihe beat quality iron- and riveted on a good bur; one rivet through each en,i of the runs; floor five-eighths of an inch oak boards; sides five eighths of an inch white pme. tail ooard three-quar ters of an inoh thick, of white pme. to be well oleated with five oak cleats riveted at eaoh end through the tail-board; an iron plate three feet eight inches long, two aud a quarter inohes wide, and three-eighths of an inch thick on tho u. der side of the bed piece to extend from the hind end df fchft body td Sight iliciiSS in front of the bind bolsters, to be fastened by the rod at the end of the body, by the lateral rod and two three eighths of an inch screw bolts one at the forward end 01the plate, and the other abput equi-distant between it and the lateral rod. A half inch round iron rod or bolt to pass diagonally through the rails, between the two hmd studs to and through the bed pieoe and plate under it, with a good bead on the top and nut and sorew at the bottom, to be at the top one foot six inches from inside of toil board, ana on ?h9 bottom ten inches from the hind rod. An iron clamp two inches wide, one quarter of an moh thiok around the bed piers*. the cen ! tre bolt to which the look Cham is attached passing ' through it, to extend seven mohes on the inside of the body, the ends,top, and bottom to be scoured by two three-eighths men screw bolts, the middle bar at the ends to be flush with the bed piece on the lower side. Two look ohains secured to the oentre bolt of the body, one end eleven inches, the other two feet six inches long, to be of three-eighths of an inch round iron; feed trough to be four feet six inches long from out to out, the bottom and ends of oak, cue sides of yellow pine, to be eight inohes wide at bottom, twelve inches wide &t top. aud eight and a half inches deep all in the clear, weUiroped. with a baud of hoop-iron around the top, one around each end and three between the ends, strong and suitable irons to fasten them on the tongue when feeding; good at-ong chains to be attached to the top rail of the body, eeotared.br a staple with a hook to attach it to the trough. .Six bows of good ash, two inches wide and one-half inch tluos, with three staples to confine the ridge pole to its place; two staples on the body, to secure each end of the bows; one ridge pole twelve feet long, one and three-quarter* inoh wide by five-aiphtha of an inch thick ; thejoover to be of the first quality cotton dusk Mo. —, fifteen feet long ana nine feet eight inches wide, rate, in the test manner, with four hemp cords on eaoh side- and one througn eaoh end to close it at both ends; tso rings on each end cf tho body, to close aud secure the ends of the ooyer ; a.tmle m tu« lower rail,near the eeeond «tud from each end'totastenthe side cords. The outside of the body and feed trough to have two good coat* of white leou, colored to a blue tint, ;;;a inside ot them to have tiro float* of Venetian red paint; the running gear and ’*■'**ls to havs good coats oi Venetian red darkened w r „ color, the hub and fel ies to be well (if painted, if required. pitched, king bolt, and two extra Binple- to-Io -I Rf.nini *** e “h wagon, the king bolt beloni teiTfid U. S»; the cover* feed box, bolts. iiii_ 1 ttL pet, and harness bearer* ior each wagon to be J** “5 in a etreug box, (coopered) and the contents marker tbereon. M A. 13 3- it i» to be distinctly understood that the wayons are to bo s<> constructed that the several pr.rts of anyone tr&son will agree and exacts lit those of any other, to as to feature no uurmering or arranging for putting to gether. and all the materials used f -r tnoir construction to be of the best quality : all the wood; thoroughly sea soned. and the work in all its parts faithfully executed in the best workmanlike manner. The work maybe inspected from time totimeasit progresses by- an officer or ages.t o? the Quartermaster’s Department. and none ot it s ail bo painted until it shall h&vft boon insoeetod find approved by said officer or agent authorized to inspect it. When finished. Sainted, and acoop’ed by an officer or at cut of the LuaTtonnasteT'a Department, and delivered as herein agreed, they shall be paid for, tVJ, C MhIG-8, is Sa-tf •. Quartermaster General U. 8, B BOWK'S ESSEiSOIB OK* JAMAICA tiiMGEK.-FiUJOKtUCX B&OVTH, Ohemut and PrussuH, wrjhcw ot C.iostuui and Fifth ei»i, phiiuueipLuu sole manuiaaxuTer of Brown's Eacenoe of Jams-io*. Gidieri woinh i% recognised and nrcaonbed by the medicaltaanh?, and baa become the giacuafii family jneoiome of lire I‘aitsd 6tar.es, “chis i?.eauUCi: is a preparation in unusual excellence, 'rdii.ftry dmrirliißa, !»iwp» jjJtoUoien, m short, iu all i a aiA oi prostration oi iho digestive functions, it is of a'bje value. During the prevalence olepntemia 1* IA-ra anu pumuier complaints of children, it » ueea : efoa&G&ue: no family, mdmsuuU, or traveller Sd be Without it. , - , I r KrVrifjh*,— To prevent ttw valuable Eeseuce from h.7ot counterfeited.» new »tee; .'ttravutc, STeoutsil at Vill bo found OB tbeoHto.be ol the vrap- Vsi lO'order to Euartlthe percbeaer ai:ein«t bemsim Ku ttICK BKOlHttj Je.’b, Dms and Chemioal Store, i f.ornc- oi Mitth and Chcatxivt streets, *Cono foilenelplua. Also for salebreUro- UJNITBJ3 VU*£*Ako PSC.. t'KIBiOES, CO.OJeorse Snligiiao, Manager)COW;'"AC.—Juat raaaived. by tua Or.mn Slttmmtr, Irnin bordoanx. ft the above fa.vr.nto" brand" of Brandy, of theri)i»f««bf ibm, [gsa. ISM. •n oHfvr.er, and eighth pipes* pais and dark* lD, vhe of th e brand* has ludaoed various imitation* of their ‘trade mars,” and wo nowoall the StenuoS oftbeiWe thereto, an.: to pa.ticu.arl* no tioe »n their purchases, that all pncka*©# ot the Vine- Vafj‘Proprio'-w Company OuKnau haa the name ot " (jeon',e dalignao, Manager, branded in lull. For *»>• »to» d h » the “ " 018 LKSLiE fc <50.. :,39 S.m,h F KO *«T Street Cul'TGf? ;;A‘G XjOUK fend OAMVAS, o f aM numlwm and bf»ahm J j or^e q jjy the people themselves, and also by the clergy, and the return may be taken as wi'fca&lPloMlimlit coweet. It appears, then, that, in 18Q1, there 'jTiW (g: 1 ! |P§ OFfIMA 5, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1861. Ireland’s Decline. The Census returns for Ireland, giving the resnlts of Inquiries simultaneously made on the 7th of last April, have just been published, and very curious they are. The enumerators were 173 policemen of Dublin, and 5,096 of the constabulary force all over the island. There appears to have been none of the mis counting and omissions, and careless enume ration, which destroyed the accuracy of the American Census of 1860—by which, for ex ample, the great city of Philadelphia got cre dit for about 120,000 fewer inhabitants than it actually has. The. gross result of the Census, so far as Ireland is concerned, may be stated in one line. The total population of Ireland, on the 7th of April, was 5,764,543, less by 787,842 than it was in 1851, which is a decrease of 12.02 per cent, on the ,last decennial period. There had been a decreases of 19.85 per cent, upon the return of 1841. The highest dimi. notion was 18 per cent, in Munster,'and the lowest was 5 per cent, in Ulster. The only assigned cause of this decline of Irish popu lation is emigration, as it cannot be attributed to famine, pestilence, or war. Dnring tbe ten years, 1851-1861, the num ber of emigrants was 1,230,908. As a matter of no small statistical interest, Ireland being the only civilized country in Europe, we suppose, where the population is steadily declining, we give tbe Gensns returns from 1811-21 to the present 1851 61. POPULATION OF IHELAND. By the Census of 1821 6,801,827 “ “ 1831 7,767 401 “ “ 1841 8 175 124 <• “ 1851 6 515,794 “ “ 1861 5.764,543 Thus, as far back as 1821, the population of Ireland was more by over a million than it is in 1861: it is two millions less than it was in 1831: nearly two millions and a half less than in 1841; and is 787,842 less than it was in 1851. The diminution, since 1841, has been 31.87 per cent. The following are the returns iiom the prin cipal cities and towns, showing the increase or decrease, as compared with the returns of the last census in 1851: Dublin (Municipal)...24B 733 >.De0...... .3,636 « 5 - 511 Belfast 119 242 ..Ino 18 941 Cork 78 892 ..Dso 6 840 Waterford 23 220 ..Deo 2 077 Limerick 44 626 ..Deo 8 822 Kilkenny 14.081 ..Deo 5 894 da! way 16.786 ..Deo 7,001 One oi the Tables in the published abstract oi the'Census Returns exhibits the number of families in each province, connty, city, and certain large corporate towns in Ireland, in the years 1841,1851, and 1861, with the de cennial decrease between 1841 and 1851, and between the latter period and date at which the present census was taken. The decrease in the number ot lamilies between 1841 and 1851 was 268,461, or 18.23 per cent.; in 1861 the number of families returned by the enu merators is 1,129,218, showing a decrease of 75,101, or 6.24 per cent, on the returns made for 1851. This decrease is most apparent in the counties of Limerick, Queen’s, Tipperary, Kilkenny, King’s, and Clare. It has been least in the province of Ulster, where it only amounts to 2.017, or 0.53 per cent. An in crease in the number of families has taken place in (he towns of Belfast and Carrickfergna, the City of Dublin, and the conndes of Dublin, Antrim, Armagh, Londonderry, and Sligo. In 1841,' each Irish family averaged 5.54 persons; in 1851, this average was 5.44; in 1861, it has fallen back to the average number of 5.10 in each family. In Dublin, while the population has decreased by 8,636 persons, the number of inhabited bouses has increased by 514, and the proportion of. persons consti tuting a family has, in proportion, decreased from 4.51 in the former to 4.26 in the latter period. In the town of Belfast, the average number of persons to a family is 4.79, and in the mral district ot Donegal, 5.31. Connected with the number of inhabitants is the number of bouses in a country. Table 111. of the Retnrn presents the number of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building in 1841, 1851, and 1861, with the decennial increase or decrease between the two latter periods. The number by which the inhabited houses had decreased for the ten years ending the 31st of March, 1851, was 282,616, or 21.27 per cent, less than those recorded on the 6th of June, 1841, while by the present inquiry we learn that the number of inhabited honßeß is 993,233, and the decrease since 1851 is only 52,990, or 5.08 per cent. The number of un inhabited houses in 1851 was 65,263, while in 1861 an examination of the same item shows but 39,972. In 1841 there were 3,313 houses in process of building, in 1851 only 1,868, and in 1861 3,047. Taking the inhabited houses in 1841, there were 1.11 families toeach house, in 1851 1.15 families, and in 1861 1.14. The localities in which the house accommodation has decreased most are the counties oi Tip perary, Kilkenny, Meath, King’s, and Queen’s, in which also the population has very largely decreased; while there has been an increase of inhabited houses in the towns of Belfast and Carrickfergus, the connty of Dublin (chiefly in the suburban districts of the metropolis), the cities of Cork, Dublin, Waterford, and Limerick, and the counties of Antrim, Ar magh, Londonderry, and Sligo. That a great number of the Irish have emi grated is a certain fact. The compelling, or rather the inducing, causes we take to be three —despair of being able to win fair subsistence at homo by honest labor; hope of bettering themselves elsewhere, particularly in the United States, which Is literally a Land Of Promise to. Irishmen ; and, it may be, ‘that strong dislike to the British Government which has been a ruling principle in Ireland for cen turies. There is a very strong and by no means erroneous impression in Ireland that while os many Englishmen as possible are put into public employment in that country, It has long ,>een a l most a 1,110 that Irishmen shall not be entrust responsible and lucra tive offices In England; * The Palmerston Ca binet consists of sixteen pei?9 ns > n °i one of whom is Irish. One of the three juru?_ r Lords of the Treasury is Irish, and so, at present, is Sir Emerson Tebhettt, Secretary of the Board of Trade: One of the Twenty, or Twenty-two English Judges (namely Sir James Willes,) is an Irishman. These three are the only Irish men in high places in England, while, not only is the Irish Viceroy an English nobleman, bnt two-thirds of the high functionaries In Ireland are also English. The Custom-house and Ex cise office in Ireland is crowded with Cock neys who affect to despise the “ Hoirish”— upon whose money they live'. In short, things remain as they were, over a century ago, when IDoan Swift said that to he an Irishman was usually a disqualification tor employment in Ireland. For the first time, tho'census returns enu merate and distinguish the religious denomi nations in Ireland. .It is to be observed that there was no enumeration of this kind in Eng land. An attempt to introduce a clause, lor this purpose, into the Act which regulated the English census, taken in last April, was vehemently resisted by the ultra Protestants in both Houses ot Parliament, on the pre tended plea that to distinguish the different serfs would be invidious, but really bees’"’ 0 they were unwilling to have it seen how greatly Dissent has incre-acd and is in creasing in England. A* there are about fifty different religious sects in England-from the Established Church down to the Mugglrf-- aos the enumeration would bs’*" ous and difficult. t^g enumorat j on ot the Iu was permitted. It been done in 1834. It appears PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY. AUGUST 3. 1861. are 4 490,583 Rowan Catholics in Ireland; 678,661 members o' tbe Established -Church (Protestant Episcopal); 598,992 Presbyteri ans ; 322 Jews, and 8,414 of all other denomi nations, mostly Unitarians or Socininns. Reck oning the Episcopalians and Presbyterians together, under one denomination, there are now 1,277,653 Protestants' in Ireland, as against 4,490,583 Roman Catholics, 'which* shows a majority of 3,212,930 for the Roman Catholics, or about Catholics to one Pro testant. At the same time, the endowments ot the Established Church are said to exceed $5,000,000, for spiritual “ pastors and mas ters, 3 ’ for 078,661 Protestants. This Irish Church is the wealthiest in the world. The most purely Protestant part of Ireland is the Province of Ulster, but the Return shows that the proportions there are—Established Church, 390,130 ; Presbyterians,sll,37l; Ro man Catholics, 963.687; This gives a Catho lic majority of 62,186 in Ulster. Even in Pro testant Derry, where the thirteen gallant “ Ap prentice Boys 33 closed the gates against the besieging force of James 11., in 1689, Jhe Catholics have a majority of 3,415: —also in Euniskillen, Dungannon, and the town of Ban don, which last place was once so ultra and unchristianly intolerant that over its gate was formerly engraved the lines 'lark, Jew, or Atheist , May enter here—but not a Papist Some wit, not of the law-church side, oapped this doggerel by adding Whoever wrote this ooaplet, wrote it well, For the seme is writ upon the gate of hell; Whereupon the Bandonites, shamed into at least a show ot tolerance, effaced the objec tionable lines. In what used to be the old strongholds ot Irish Protestantism, there is now a Catholic majority. It is a great error, to say the least of it, to afiirm that Catholicity is dying out in Ireland. In proportion to other creeds there, it rarely was more pros perous. In 1834, when a special census was made,, to ascertain the religious pershasion of the Irish, it was found that out of a population of 7,954,760 thoro were—Roman Catholics, 6,436,060; members of the Established Church, including Methodists, 853,160; Pres byterians, 643,658; other Dissenters, 21,882. The present return gives the Methodists sepa rately, as numbering 44,532. If we add this number to the members of the Established Church in the Censnß of 1861, we shall have 723,193. Comparing these figures with the returns of 1834, we obtain the following re sults : During the generation that has passed since that census, the population of Ireland' has diminished by 2,190,217; the Roman Ca tholic population by 1,945,477 ; the Church of England population (including the by 129,967, the Presbyterians by 114,666. Tho other Protestant denominations.have been diminished about one-half. Such, then, as we find them in a very elaborate abstract of the Census Commissioners 3 Report given in the London Times, are the statistics of life and religion in Ireland. It the decline in tho Irish population should continue at its present ratio, in anothor half century Ireland will be wholly without inhabitants. It is painful to think of her futuro, and it would be useless to oiler “ predictive prophecies 33 of what another fifty years may do for her weal or woe. Actors in the Army. It is not alone in the mimic battles on the! stage, but in - I 1 Tbe plumed troop, and the big wow I That roske ambition vifius,” I that the members of the theatrical profession I have shown a true military spirit. actors I attached to tbe Philadelphia theatres are; well Mr. G. W. Gile, formerly of tfie Arch-street Theatre, served -as lieutenant under Colonel Morehead, and has been appointed major in Colonel McLean’s « Independent Regiment of Cameron Light Guard, 33 which has been ac cepted by Government. Messrs. W. Wood, A. Beresferd, Saphore, and Johnson, W. Murphy, and Carroll, from the Arch street. ] Messrs; H. Ryner, J. Jack, T. Weir, and 3. , France, from McDonough’s, nearly all served 1 in Colonel Lyle’s regiment of National Guards. Mr. Edwin Adams, from the Walnut-street i Theatre, is a home guard in the Boston Tigers, l of which company he is a member. They have been stationed at Fort Independence since tbe first outbreak of the rebellion. Messrs. W. Page and T. Greene (the latter a relative of Colonel Corcoran) were in the gallant Sixty-ninth, and together with J. Porter, who was in the Mozart Regimont, have seen some active service. Mr. Porter, while on a foraging expedition, captured a fine dog of the blood-hound species, which he has brought home with him as a trophy. It is but right to add that, though our ac tors havo. taken arms, with tho patriotic purpose of preserving that Union which our Constitution ordained should bo perpetual , a better-tempered or better-conducted set of gentlemen cannot anywhere be found. They are a very respectable class, living much to gether among themselves, and, when a neces sitous brother appeals to them, exercising that prompt and generous liberality which doubles the benefit by making it immediate. Almost the solitary weakness of our actors is—a fond cherishing ot tho hirsute append age called a moustache, and an amusing pertinacity in wearing it in characters where it is ludicrously out of place. Of courso, a competent stage-manager would prohibit such an anomaly. However, in their capacity as volunteers in military service, this appendage literally suits them to (i hair . Such of our actors as we have seen in uniiorm look very well, and there are no steadier nor braver men in arms. A.ntUow Johuson, »l' Tennessee. The following lines were suggested by the sub joined newspaper paragraph: “ Andrew Johnson, the nun around whom the Unionist* of East Tennessee rally, has come to Wasn inston in order that he may attend the extra session of Congress. He came by way of Cumberland Gap, where fifteen aimed ruffians attempted to take his nfe. * * * * He says that his people are willing, if need be, to die by the flag of their country on the field of battle.” Ms people throng around him ; pi oe their safety in his hands, For they know that he will resoue their terror strioken land From the grasp of armed traitors, who, by means of open fraud, Qained their ill employed power, fearing neither man nor God! His former friends against him! The blood-hound of tho South Upon p;? track! Athirst for blood, with hot aud e *parC*fld mouth, They wait to slaj'.him as he stands; but loyal, firm, and true, , . . He stands with mien undaunted—-he'!! die or fight it through! Defend him, God of Liberty 1 Let not foul Treason wrest The patriotic heart that throbs within ms manly breast! Defend bim, God! A villain’s aot might plunge hie cause in night, And dim the hopes oi thousands now gathering for the fight. As dauntlessly he’ll fling the starry flag upon the breeze, How, in many a traitor’s veins, the craven blood will frees*! For the brave and loyal-hearted shall prove that they art free, And Auuohy bo orusbed in tho State of Tennessee! Then rally, rally round him! Stand up bravely for the right! ~ „ The people’s will is stronger than tfee °P' »„ *• or ! p " rout 1 „ * a eause should summon ev’ry brave and 60 upright man, Without regard to Party, to do whate’er he oan To aid the insulted people, whom traitors seek to wrong, And show that Truth and Jnstioemnkea Freeman’s light arm strong! W. J G. Allentown, Pa., Ang 1, 1801. No via. Teeaimbnt. — The Poughkeepßie Press oi Thursday has the following: 11 Jfosteiday morning a book pedlar was taken with a fit while seated upon the railing at the steamboat pier, and enme near falling into the water. A orowd imme diately surrounded Mm, using various methods to restore him, when a Berman approaohed, and sell ing the sngeror’s little fioger, bit it at the first joint with snob foroe as to bring Mm to at onoa. He remarked that he had tried the experiment in several oases, snd never knew it to fail. Hans left, and the book dealer went on his way re joicing.” Letter from “ Graybenrd” I Correspondence of The Press.] Uhitbii Statss Hotel, Atlantic City, July 29, 1861. The season here is gradually culminating, and will probably reach its height by the claso of this week. The arrivals at the principal hotels ou Saturday, the United States and Surf Houses especially, wtn'o large, the 4.30 P. M. train alone having brought down about five hundred. Although the hotels, as a whole, havo probably less than half the numbor of boarders they had at this date last season, the “resort” is not less ploasant on that account to visitors; as the company Is quite large enough for tho fullest enjoyment of all the social pleasures incident to watering-place Ufa. After all, judging lrom this retreat, the war has not been as disastrous as some per sonb imagined it would be. In fact, barring tiieone absorbing topic of conversation, things hero look and move much as they have done other seasons. People come down to spend their leisure and dollars, and they are doing it with apparently as much satisfaction as before there was a so-called Southern Confederacy, or a defeat at Manassas. There is the same routine of eating, bathing, drinking, dressing, (though the latter is less extravagant than usual,) dissipating, sleeping, bowliDg, sailing, fishing, and strolling on the beach, charac teristic of sea side resorts generally, aud the same proportion of fun, folly, fashion, and frivolity sought and practised by those who visit them. It is true, the startling news of Monday last from the seat of war cast a tem porary gloom over everybody, and' sent a number to their homes, of whom some have returned, and the places of the others have been taken by new-comers. The impression now seems generally to prevail that the re pulse suffered by onr troops on the 21st inst. was, if not absolutely essential to our ultimate triumph, at least of great service in admonish ing us not to under-estimate the strength of our enemy, and allaying the impetuosity of the public to meet him before wo are tho thoroughly prepared. Atlantic City is annually improving in ap pearance. From my room—which, being pretty well heavenward, has the double ad vantage of view and quiet—the scene present ed is more picturesque than I had given At lantic City credit tor. It is the morning bathing hour, and squads of both sexes are wending their way towards the beach from the various hotels, in fantastic attire, to SDjoy the surf, which is now rolling in magnificently, Besides the waves, which spend their forc9 upon the sloping beach, the bar, which tuns pa. raliel to the latter, a mile or so distant, causes a long train of breakers, which, with their snowy crest, like an army of white chargers amid the roar of battle, seem to be ever rushing to wards the shore, but never attaining it. On my extreme left extends Atlantic avenue, with its numerous neat improvements upon either side. Directly in front, Absecom liglit-house rears its tapering outline against the Southern sky, now suggestively overcast with clouds; whilst in the immediate foreground a diminu tive forest, studded with neat whito structures, extends from the beach on my right, clear up to the inlet. The trees oi this forest are chiefly red cedar, sour gum, and magnolia— “ raagalonies,” as the juvenile bouquet-ven dors at Waterford persist in calling the tatter. The age of these trees, like the capacity of I men, must not be judged from their eiao- They I grow in thin, grudging soil, extract nourish ment at tho cost ot enormous effort—because I there is little to extract—-and, consequently, j mature slowly, and live long. These cedars aud twisted gums are as tough as wire, and ap parently as indestructible as the Shittim wood oi Arabia. There are garden fences on this coast constructed of red cedar, which, after being exposed to a hundred winters, are still in a good state of preservation, and some of the trees no larger in trunk than a man’s thigh, there is reason to believe, have outlived two centuries of time. The gum, which at this season ot the year oozes from the pores ot f these scrubby patriarchs of the seashore forest, has a special affioity for broadcloth, and many a left-handed blessing is pronounced upon them by loungers, who, before they are aware I of it, receive the gum-tree mark upon the broad of their backs. > Yesterday at Atlantic was a day to be en- The_, company, if I ruiß'Skb Averse “ t&"iha^S|inday., quiet which, to some health and pleasure, seekers, is so insipid and monotonous. There is a large proportion of the Friendly element, principally at the “ cottages,” and, if I may judge from the attendance at the various churches yesterday—morning, afternoon, and evening—a still larger proportion of habitual i church-goers. This, by the way, is a com i mendable characteristic of onr Philadelphia population, and the projectors of Atlantic City have, therefore, acted wisely in providing liberally for its gratification. The Methodist Episcopal Church front of which is now patriotically decorated with thirteen American flags—is presided over by the Rev. R. J. Andrews, although its pul. pit yesterday, morning and evening, was occu pied by the Rev. Mr. Streets, of Pemberton, New Jersey. In the morning, at nine, there was a love-feast held in it—which was not largely attended—and in the afternoon at tour, a Sunday-school. Evening religions services are also held regularly iu this church during the week. The beautiful new Catholic Church, (the St. Nicholas,) at this place, in charge of the Rev. Father Gallagher, formerly of St. Au gustine’s, is also open for worship every Sun day morning at 9 o’clock. The Episcopalians have for their Sunday use Mansion Hall, al though ministers of that denomination occa sionally occupy the other pulpits. The ser vices at the Hall are usually conducted by Rev. W. Forgus, the missionary appointed for this post by Bishop Odenheimor, of the New Jersey diocese. The pulpit of the Presbyterian Church here has been successively occupied this season by several prominent divines, including Drs. Boardman, Barnes, and Wadsworth among others. Yesterday it was tilled., morning and afternoon, by the Rev. J. A. Seiss, D. D., successor of the late venerable Dr. Meyer, in the pastorate of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Race street, above Fifth. Di‘. Seiss is an accomplished preacher. He is at once prepossessing in appearance, pleasing in his manner, and more than ordi narily gifted. He may be said to combine in himself the fine personal presence of Vinton, the graceful dignity of Bishop Bowman, the poetry of Wadsworth, the voice of Beecher, without Beeeher’s pathos, the pnlpit gravity of Boardman, the culture of Barnes, and the scholarship of Berg. I do not mean, of course, that he is the equal of these dis tinguished men in all respects j he is not; but he is entitled to be classed among them, and as a true pulpit orator will bear favorable com parison with either of them. His discourse ou Sunday morning was founded upon these words: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man.glory in his might; let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knowoth me, thatj I am the Lord which exercise loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness In the earth.” This is an extract from the prophecies, albeit it is not predictive , and is contained in the ninth chapter of Jeremiah. In the discussion of this theme the insta bility and unsatisfying character of wealth, power, and mere mental acquirements were successively referred to and portrayed with force and eloqenco. The last ol these three points, under the lioad of “Wisdom,” was especially favorable to the speaker’s pecu liar genius. This part ot his disconrso was in the highest degree poetical, and so admi rably was the dignity ol' his Btyle maintained that it required a practised oar to detect where Dr. Seiss closed and the poets whom he quo ted commenced. Follok’s anblimo description of Byron’s Tame and fate was very freely em ployed in this connection—the preacher, in quoting it, like the poet, in writing it, omit ting to mention names. This system of gracefully appropriating the fruits of otjw* r men’s brains, I may romark, en passant. coming very much the fashion in modern ser mou making. VFithout to question toe ethics ot this, the Pontages of it (to toe hearer I mean) i" cas « s cannot bB lueß evening ibis pulpit was occupied by >»e Rev. Samuel E. Appleton, rector ot the Church of the Mediator (Protestant Episco pal), corner ot Nineteenth and Lombaid streets. Mr. Appleton is a young mun—re markably youthful-looking in the pulpit—of unassuming manner and rhetorical ability. His discourse on Sunday evening, on the Garden of Eden, the Garden ol Getosemane, and the Tree of Life m the midst of the Para dise of God, was much admired for its chaste style, originality of thought, and appropriate brevity, which, in warm weather, at a water ing place or any other place, is an undoubted merit in a sermon. But I must not conclude without a word or two about “ our house.” That Mr. MclCibbiu has succeeded in placing the “United States” at toe head of watering place hotels, is admit ted by all who know. His liberal management of the house last season established its repu tation, aud whatever obstacles in the way of his financial success the times have interposed this season, he is evidently determined to make up in celebrity for « knowing how to keep a hotel,” what he may lack in patronage. At present, however, the house is nearly full, I and everybody seems to l}e happy, thriving, and contented. We eat, and (those who in dulge in this healthful amusement) dance to excellent music, supplied by “the Germania,” and bathe under the doable security of a per fectly safe beach and a well-manned life-boat. There are quite a number of distinguished persons now stopping at the “ States,” inclu ding judges, lawyers, statesmen, politicians, doctors, and divines. Prominent among tho latter is the Rev. Dr. How, a professor in the Theological Seminary at New Brunswick. A daughter of Gen. Scott, Mrs. McTavish, is also here, with an invalid husband, a Maryland planter. With characteristic attention to tho comfort of bis visitors, Mr. McKibbin has fitted up one of the parlors on the ground floor for their special accommodation. The lady is young in appearance, tali in figure, and queon ly in her bearing, and her face, as far as the features of a fair woman can resemble tho stern visage of an aged warrior, are quito sug gestive of the brave general and noble patriot whom she has the honor to call father. Graybeard. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE The Late Battle in the Pulpit Tiwirs were few churches in this eity in which the battle of July 2lst was sot referred to on Ban day last by their respective pastors Some faw there were who ignored it; others alluded to it merely incidentally; bat in many instances it was the leading theme of discourse. In almost every ease, the fast of volunteering an engage ment on the Lord’s Day was 'deplored, and, in some instaness, condemned as utterly at varianoe with the professed Christian Impulses and motives of our people in pioaooutlng tho war. Of course, advice and counsel was freely proffered, aucd with iron, which,’ where possible, is so placed as to esnse missiles fired at it to glanoe, that it is considered proof against botb shot and shell Captain Shirley is of opinion that with snob a boat, manned by bis ma rine guards, he oan take anything that floats on the rivers, and render Cairo untenable, Judge Catron, of tbe Supreme Court, has re turned to his home, at Nashville He is the only member of the coart from the ssceding States who continues to retain his pl&oo. The Nashville Ga zette says: “We had hoprd that Judge Catron, understanding to some extent the feelings of our citizens in reterenoe to bis lite conduct, wouid not return to Nashville without repudiating or mate riaily modifying his sentiments. Bat sickness in his family how renders his presenoe hors neces sary. and on this account we trust. that oar citizens will bear with him patiently. This ia a law-and order iovi- £ people, and thus far, in the revolution and civil was going on, have maintained their high character in this respect They will continue to deserve Each reputation.” The Crops at the West.-—Tho Cincinnati Price Current says: Tho aocounts from the oountry represent the corn and other crops in a good condition, leaving no doubt of ao s busdant yield should the weather prove favorable the coming month Whoat has been all harvested throughout the West, and tbe result shows a fair average in all tbe States, whioh will give, with Ihe amount of old crop on hand, a large surplus fox export, much larger than that of 1860, beoause tho otop failed that year in some sections, whilst it was good in others, bnt this year there bos been no failure, and the quality is fair to good, rather above tbe average in this respeet. The Confederate Government Cailing Out Mobb Troops.—The Southern papers contain the proclamations of the Governors of several se ceded States, calling for additions] levies of troops. In Mississippi eight icgimcnts are oslied for. to be folly organised and encamped by August 15!h. A requisition has been made upon South Carolina for tiro thousand more troops Alabama is oalled npon for. three thousand additional volunteers Regimen's are still moving northward ; among others one from Georgia, and tbe Sumpter Plying Artillery. The appointment ol Colonel Buell, of the United States army, to the position of brigadier general is viewed with great favor. It is under stood it was made rcamly at the suggestion of General McClellan, which shows not only disorimi. nation on the part or this officer, but a disposition on the part of the Government to bestow high pro motion on a meritorious soldier. Colonel Buell is now in command in California, and bos been telo graphed ovorland to report himself forthwith at Washington. The army court-martial which was in ses sion in the Department of Missouri has adjourned. The severest penalty inflicted was that of James Cnrran, of the First United States infantry, nil of whoso pay is stopped, and who is to lie sent to the State prison for it period of ten yearn There are now about thirty (volunteer and regular) courts martial sitting is the different departments. Accident by Lightning, —At Kinderhook, Connecticut, on Sunday, 21st ult., while a shower fell, a married lady named Johnson, while sitting in the doorway of her house, was struck by light ning on the instep of the right foot, and a hole was made clear through, sufficiently large tp admit a finger- At last accounts she was insensible and not expeoted to recover. Arrest of Supposed Spies. —Two men, named Jamos L, McKano and Charles Garrard, were arrested at Cincinnati, on Monday, on sue picion of being spies. A discharge from the Con federate army of Louisville was found upon the person of Geirard. Pennsylvania Post Offices. —At New Buf falo, Perry county, William Jackson is appointed postmaster, vice Jacob Steel, removed Chris Hiney, postmaster at North Orwell, Bradford county, vice Samuel Cass, resigned. The office at Kantz, Snyder county, is discontinued. Activity in the Rifled-Cannon Manu factories. —The Government has made arrange ments at four manufactories to have sixty rifled cannon turned out a week. With one firm a oon trict for three hundred has been made. General McClellan relies upon artillery as the principal arm of the servioe. Return of Fugitives.— I Tlie Annapolis Ga zette of Thursday says that a few days since three negroes came up the bay in a small boat, landed at the Naval Academy and asked to be sheltered there Col Roberts immediately delivered them to the sheriff of Anne Arundel oonnty, to he dealt with according to law. A Secession editor, who stole about ten thousand dollars nnder the Buohanan Administra tion, says that the peculations under that admi nistration were trifling. He Is evidently d'Ssa'is fied that his own sharo wasn’t greater — Prentice. Hydrophobia.— A German named Itae, re- siding at iShford, Canada, was bitten by a neigh bor’s dog about two weeks sinoe. Ten days alter the bite he was attacked by hydrophobia, and died the next day, after twenty-lour hours of terrible snfferirg- The Courier has a half column of Btupid squibs upon the battle of Manassas. If tbe United States columns in that battle bad been a thou sandth part as fseble as the Courier’s half column, they would have ruu three hours eoono7 than they did —Louisville Journal. Terrible Tragedy in Illinois. —At Mc- Leansboro. recently, in a fight about polities, Pinokney Davis was killed by Leitb Craig, who, in tarn, together with two sons, and two others, were all desperately wounded. The Richmond Enquirer says that “ the Southern Confederacy has won the stake." .The Southern Confederacy may be impaled upon' the stake it has won. The Hampton Legion. — A dospatch from Richmond eayj that Col. Hampton was shot in the face with one book shot; not seriously. Thirteen killed and ninety-seven wounded—seven mortally. Funeral services over the bodies of Gene rals Bee and Bartow, and Lieutenant Colonel Johnson, killed at Manassas, were performed in Charleston, S. C , on Friday last. The Richmond W7u'g says that Judge A. B. Clitherall, of Alabama, llegis'er of the Confede rate States treasury, resigned his effioe on the 20th ult. Death of an Old Defender of Baltimore. —Mr. Riohard MoAllister, one of tho defenders ol Baltimore, in September, 1814, died on Thursday, In that city. He was*73 years old. The potato crop of Connecticut, tho hulk ol whioh always finds its way to the New York mar ket, is represented as being, this year, very pro mising. The Austin Gazelle learns irom the Adju tant General that in a few days there will be over twelve thousand men in camps of instruction in Texas Gov. Wise writes to Lynchburg that, upon oertain points, his mind isn’t made up. One would think from its being so badly tumbled, that it hadn’t been made up for a year —Prentice The gecond Regiment of Georgia volun teers passed through Charleston en Friday for the seat of war in Virginia. Mrs. Drisiier, a lady seventy years old, fell in a oisteru and was drowned, at Covington, on Monday. Onio has now twonty-live rifled cannon, and wilt soon have sixty-four, one being tamed out daily. Mr. Zachakiau Grant, ol Montgomery oonnty, Tenn., has thirteen sons and two grand sons in one company. The O. S. Presbyterians of Georgia are taking measures to effsot a separation between the ehuroh North and South Tax Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist Bays that among the hilled in the battle was Geo. Stovall, of Rome, Ga., editor of tha Southerner Lieutenant Adams, of the Mobile Rifles, was killed in Norfolk, on tho 23d, by a man named Hughes, a citizen of Norfolk. thus wfrifcaai v **» »mi ntu> V.'.' tit a#*. <* *• iswi (pdr «an« M ift *) ... . s'* it tffcra* Caplac, '• *■ .. . . «e» PlYi u S.M ** a " “ 19,99 Twenty ** , UJ ,« *4 4 rats > OU,Q# I*w©ntr CopiM,c< ,•> «4<4r«-r at •M& ■*MWsjil>o)',' , iit . r«r f«. CUb o. o D e ~7 *nr» cop r'to ia* sailor-«p *f t!»* Fortfluuftarf tr* ra<;»a* 9v% Wmttvr Pxsaii CALIFORNIA. r»«Bls, 'ttttO* three tiMMft Menth, te >»e ’v 'r-» -Sa't. -ig ItMnerv. Wrnklv Review of the Philndclphia Markets. i’au.A-OF.Lrnu, August 2.1861. Business in most departments continues dall and uegieotsd. and the maikete generally have ruled very inactive this week Breeddinffii are firm but insotive at quotations Qaercitron Bark is wanted. The Coal trade is Icon active, owing in some mea ran In the soaroity of vessel* Cotton is firm and on the advance, with limited sales to note Chemi cals are soiling more freely, and prises. looking np. Groceries are firmer, the want of stook limiting operations in most kind], and Coffee and Sugar are better. Uetals are quiet Fish and Fruit are firm bat quiet, the latter for the want ef stook. Provi sions—Very little doing. Naval Stores, Otis, and Plaster—No change, and the sales limited. Salts Spices, and Teas are bet’er. Tobacco very quiet. Tallow is more active, and Wool steady at quota tions The breadstuffs market has been insotive this wrek, but without any materia! ohargo to note in prioos For Flonr there is very little shipping de mand, but holders are firm in their viewn The only transactions reported are 2 500 barrels at {4a 475 for Western and Pennsylvania superfine; $1.5055.50 for extra, and extra family do; smalt sales of fresh ground superfine to the trade at {5 l 5 12f per barrol; and {a 87i rG 50 for fancy lots Bye Flour and Uern .Meal are not. irquired for The former is < (fared at $3a3.124, and the. latter at $2 624 per barrel, without sales. ‘ Whkat.—The offerings have fallen iff but the demand is not so, brisk, and prices favor the buyers; sales of 20,000 bus, including fair and prime Pennsylvania, Jersey, and Delaware red at 110ill3c per bn, and small lots of whit* nt 118 a 1200, afloat Rye is selling at 50 .52J for BOW, and 56c Jot old Corn is ncming forward rather slowly, and is firm; small sales of yellow at 51853 c, and a lot cf 300 bn* very choice white at 600. Oats are steady at 31a32e for Pennsylvania, and Southern 30:32], tb« latter afloat. A Sule of new Oats was made at 27c to arrive. Provisions —The market oostinnes very inuo tive, and there is very little prospect of an early improvement Barreled meats are very quiet, and a small business only to not* iu Mess PjiK, at $1 Gilb 50, and some for Government supplies, on Western Meis Beef is dull, and sells, us wanted, at $l2 City picked is steady, at $14a16 per bbl. Of Baaon, sales are mostly confined to Hams, at 84:9.1 for plain, and 94ri0c for bugged A sale of clear Sides was made at 8c Shoulders ar quoted at 5560, and olaae. Green Meats are quiet, with soma farther sale ol Hams in pickie, at 74c, on time. Nothing doing iu Sides or Shoulders to al ter quotations. Lord—TUe reeeipts and tales continue light at 9,94 c for tieroesand barrels, and 94t100 for xegs, usual terms the latter for prime Western. Butter moves off slowly, at Bt9i for puck eel. Cheese is steady, at os7d per pound. Eggs aie dull sod lower, selling at 9iloa per doz , and the sale limited Metals —Tbeie is little or nothing doing in Pig Iron worthy of notice For Sootoh Pig prices are nominal. In Bar. and Boiler Iron the sales are only for immediate consumption Lead is held for higher prices, bat no further sales have been re ported Copper is dull. Sales of Yellow Metal at 174G8), 6 mos. Bark. —Of Quercitron there is very little ooming forward, and out iittie here. It is in fair request, and wc notice further sates of No 1 at $2B per tOD. Tunnel’s bark is exceedingly dull, and prices rule low Spanish Oik sells at $lO cer cord. Chestnut and Peach Oik bilk are no: wanted Beeswax —Prices are nominally unohsnged, and there is nothing doing Caudles —Adamantine are held firmly at last week’s quotations Tallows are dull, end prices, if anything, favor the bnyers. CoAn —There has been rather more shipping East in oonstqaence of some decline in the rates of freight, bat the demand, oumpared wi h this period last year, is extremely limited. There is iittie or none going Booth except on Government account, and the inquiry for home oonsamption is extremely smell We quote hohuylkiil red and white ash at $3 40 3.65 per toniroe on board. No sales of Bituminous Coal Coffee. —The market is very firm, but the trade mari'eßt no disposition to purchase beyond imme diate wants Sales of I 000 bags, including low grado and good Bioat 12 15]; Lagoa}ra at 16a 17a, and S: Domingo at 134 c, 4 months. Cotton Spionors continue to purobaso very lightly. Tbe stock on sale is small, and holders generally are firm in their demands. Sales »f 250 bales, chit fly Uplands, ranging from 154 alOjc tor low-grade and good middllDg quality, oath and shore time The fallowing is a statement of the movement for the last week and since the Ist of September, 1860, compared with the fivo preceding years : -Rhcxipts——.-Exports for Wztk— Past Since Ist To Ot To Other Week. rep'r. Britain France. FP. 1860-81. 860 3 468,000 1869 60,, , 2 000 4.444,000 1,000 2 000 3 OOD 1858.9.1 17,000 3 880 000 24 000 6,0:0 3 000 1857 8— 11.000 3,061 000 17,000 .... 4 000 1868 7 2,004 2,802 000 10 000 4,000 3,000 1865-6-.-...., 3 000 3.470,000 10,0V0 4.0 00 , EXPORTS Since Ist September . To Gt 20 To Britain. France. Other F.P, Total. Stock. 1860-61 3176 000 678 000 372 000 3.126 000 67,000 1859-60. 2 6*l 060 677 000 489.000 3 7u70t0 170,000 1868 9 .1 906,000 4i9.000 641 000 2,935,000 1,0,000 1857-8 ~1,772,000 377,000 384 000 2.633 000 118 000 1866 7——.1.407.000 409 000 407 000 2,2:3 000 85 000 1856-6 ,1,919,060 478,000 619,000 2.916,000 63,000 Thus, the receipts show a decrease of 983,000 Ha!cs from thosa of teat year, and a decrease of 22i 000 from 1856-9, and the exports exhibit the following results oompaiod with last year: Gr. Britain. France. Other F. P 1850 00 Decrease 475 000 inc. 1,003 l ea. 117.100 1868-69 Increase 211,300 Ino. 119,000 Deo. 169,000 The stook of Cotton in the country at the present time is reduced to 57.000 bales Dbugb and Dyes —The movement is mostly oonfined to Cbeinioals, whioh aro better. The at tendance at the Drag Kiobange is light. For In digo there is a good demand tor prime, and con siderable transactions have raoen ly been made, partly on spooulation and partly for Immediate consumption, on terms kept seoret Fish —The demand for Mnokerel Is extremely light Sales from stores at 513a15 for No 1; 2i at £5.75,6, and large 3i at £6 Pioklsd Herring range from $1 7552 50 per bbl, as in quality. Codfish oontinne as lost quoted with small sales of now at 4a per lb. Fruit —Of Raisins the market is nearly bare. Two cargoes Bahama Pice Apples were disposed oi at s6sB per 100 from the vcsbcl There are no Oranges or Lemons in first hands. Domostio Fruit is duil. The sessen for Dried Pecobes and Apples is ovor. Greon Fruit is arriving iraely. gales of Apples at 37ji753 per basket Feathers —There are vary few offering, and prices remain without change, say 36 40 3 per lb. Freights —To Liverpool a ship is filling up on terms kept private ; 3i is-asked for flour, and 10s Hid for grain; 100 hues tags were taken at 5s 164 To Loudon there is nothing doing To Halifax the last sngegoutonts woro at 2s fifd for flour, and 54 for grain. To Boston the packets are getting 200 for flour, 5o for wheat and oorn, £1.40 for pig iroa, and £2 for manufactured do In ooal freights no change. Ginseng —ThorG have been no large transac tions reported for a month past, and prioes are nomiua] at 45550 c per lb for crude Guano is but little inquired after, and prioes oontinne as Inst quoted. Hemp —There is none here In first hands, and nine o tuning fcntirtl Bidxs ate dnll and neglected, and the prices cf dry Hides entirely nominal. Slaughter are quoted at 6,70 per lb. Hops, under favorable advloes from abroad, are held with more firmness, but bnvers purchase only iu smull lots, ranging from 16a23i per lb for East ern and Western. Lumber —Trade oontioues doll and neglected A cargo of Laths sold at £1 25 per 1 000 Pickete aro not wanted- Lehigh Hemlock Boards are worth £lO, and Susquehanna White Fine Boards at sllal4 per M MoLASSks —Thfiro is a firm feeling in the mar lest, and not mneh doing We quote Cuba at 18* 22c—the latter far Muscovado os lime Naval Stores. —Tbe stoaks of ail descriptions have become very tnuoh reduced Spirits Tur pentine sells in a retail way at Ssr,9oc cash Rosin is bettor, and rolling in lots at an advance on pre vious quotations. Tar is held at £3 25 and Piteh at $3-3 25. but without sales to any extent. Oils —Fish Oils are steady, but sell slowly. Lard Oil is dull at n5.,705 for No. 1 Winter Lin seed Oil is unsettled, prices being below these of seed. Sales at 530 cash. In Red Oil so change to notion. Plaster comes forward slowly. Sales of soft at $2 25 per ion. Rice —The demand is limited and prioes steady at'sJss2e on time ; there is very littls here. Balt —There is mere coming forward and more doing; about 12 500 saoks ground and fine, and two oargees oi Turks Island, sold an terms not made pu'olio. Seeds,— Tboro is nothing new in Clover or Ti mothy seeds, and prioes oi Clover range at 4h420. A lot of Calcutta Linseed sold at $1 55 sash Spirits.—There is very little doing in foreign, and tbe market is firm. N E Rum ts firm at 28a 300. Whisky lain good demand, and bus again advanced Silos of Ohio at 18,20 c; Pennsylvania do atl7£al9o; and.drudge at 17ul8c per gallon. SUGARS —Tiiere is a fair inquiry, and WOadTSnOO onr figures 1 eent per pound. The salon eempHse 860 htids Cuba at sjiBo; Per to Rioo 6L7;0; and New Orleans 6i--7c, on time. Tallow is fiimer, and rsnges from 72 to Bio per lb. Teas —There is a steady inquiry and prioes are well maintained. Tobacco —Tbe demand continues limited for both Leaf and Manufactured, at fully former rates. Wool—There is very little demand except for grades suitable for army clothing, and prices aro nominally unchanged, ranging from 25 to 30e per lb set, cash. At a meeting oi tho corps ol Nurses, in at tendance at the course or looturcs delivered by the professors of the Ponn Medical University, 910 Arob street, held Jnly 24, the following lesofutiom were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the thanks of the oorps be, and they are hereby, tendered to the professors, for tbe able and instructive oouree of leotuita they have just completed, on fho principles and prac tice of nursing pertaining to military hospital du ties Reserved , That the kindness and gentlemanly courtesy extended by them to tbeoerps, and the valuable instruction conveyed, entitle them net only to the gratitude of the oorps, but to all pa triotio citizens who are interested in the welfare of the brave volunteers, who have gallantly gone forth in defence of onr national honor and the pro tection of onr national flag. Thx'Execution of Armstrong.— The exe outionof Thomas J. Armstrong, for tbs murder of Robert Crawford, win take pi»ee en Friday next, at Mayomensing prison, tbe Governor having posi tively refusod to Interfere with tho exeou.ion of the law in his ease. Sheriff Kern has determined to adhere to tbe letter of the law and exolnde all persons from tbe prison yard exoopt those wbosa presence Is required legally. The oondemned man entertains no hope of a pardon, bnt he is very anxious for a respite.