Vress. SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1862. WE HAVZ rarely printed anything which will be read nigh more interest than the ac count of the meeting of Pennsylvanians in Washington printed on our first page. We recognize in the efforts of our brothers in Washington one of the noblest sentiments which can characterize the people. It is net so much the mere effort of men to provide for the sufferings of fellow-men, for that is at all times commendable and pro per. It is the old love of State and community and association which we see hero manifested. It is a noble thought that when our brothers leave us for other scenes of action they carry with them the Item and the t ondnees which home and home as . 4ociations always foster. And• when we see them turn aside from the exacting cares of business, or the attractions of an ambitions and political life, to counsel together without regard to po litical . feeling or partisan relations, we feel that whether we belong to one creed or another creed, whether Republicans or Demo crats, of different feeling or antagonistic in terests, they still cherish, with a fondness far beyond all other, affections, their love for our grand old Stale. We have no suggestion to add to those named by the speakers on this occasion. They understand the work before them, and they have set about its accomplishment in an ener getic and practical manner. The policy which is carried out by this association is similar to the policy which was instituted by Penn. sylvania in the beginning of the war. When our State gave its quota of soldiers to the national army, it formed them in a separate organization, commissioned its volunteer offi cers, sent agents into the camps to provide for their yenta, and protected the families at home. Governor CURTLI having done well thus far was anxious to complete the task. In the saddest and most sacred duty, that of al leviating the miseries of the wounded, ho now finds himself assisted by eminent citizens of his State now residing in Washington. We have no doubt but that there will be incalculable good arising out of the efforts of this association. It does not confine itself to Pennsylvanians in one army or another army, but it designs to pour the balm upon the wounded limb, whether in the extreme South or the distant West,' on the Shenandoah or the Mississippi. And as Mr. BAILOLAT so very pithily intimated, no .distinction will be made betwixt the soldiers from • Maine and the soldiers from Pennsylvania, but where ever a loyal man is in want, or in misery, the effort wilt bo made to relieve him. This work must not be left to the Washing ton organizations alone. We must assist them in the labor, and in Philadelphia, in liarris: burg, in Lancaster, and In Allegheny, in every town and township, messures should instantly be taken to organise and systematize efforts for the relief of our suffering soldiers. Our brothers in Washington can-only investigate and direct; they can say what is to be done; they can lake means to do it ; but we, hors in Philadelphia and elsewhere, must give of our substance an i store to enable them to carry out their designs. We need only remind our friends of the duty which is now devolving upon them. No words of exhortation are no. cessary---it isle holy task, and the people will vie with each other in performing it. Tun wur in which theheatt of man is carried off by war," wrote one whose mind was always strong and true except when blind ly surrendered to the dictates of a too tender soul, "is by the splendor of its deceitful ac companiments." The fallacy 'of the propo sition is plain enough : the ccaccompani ments" are assumed as always "deceitful," and all thereat of the brilliant essay, of,whicti this sentence is the opening, has its arguments falsified and its pleadings in favor of universal peace rendertd nugatory by a similar mis take—the incidental adjuncts of war receiving that consideration atich should bs given only • to its necessary results. Men are lug carried off, to war by its pomp and showy splendors.. The sharp whistling of the fife may fill the courses of our blood with eagerness to do and dare, with willingness to die ; drumbeats may thrill our novas into unison with their strong pul mations ; banners may enwrap our reason with, their blazoned folds; the gleam of steel may dazzle and bewilder our sight ; but all these find their charm not in' rely in what they are of themselves, but in what they hint beyond themselves; 'and it will be time enough tts • scald us for chil.iren when it is &lowa that We yield to the childish, and are convicted of . being led away by tinsel and show. Why, the raggedest boy s throng after a marching regi ment not for its music and the glitter of Its accoutrements, but because all the impnliee . of incipient manhood throb out firm and full and free as the tramp of a thousand feet echoes through their young imaginations. It is not to sound struck aim stones that they are listening, but to sounds that ring up from their own souls as the glorious purposes of the men march over them in the rythmic tread of courage and patriotism. They feel the majesty of a man hood that can sacrifice life to honor. They picture, dimly and unconsciously, it may be, the scenes of the battle-field. They feel the' struggle ; in it they put forth their own power; they suffer but they never yield; they con quer and wear victorious wreaths. These are the causes—those ideas of greatness, and . power, and sacrifice, and noble daring—that alike arouse the enthusiasm of the boy and inspire the devoti.m ofothe man. We do not, therefore, hesitate flatly to . con- • tradict the assertion that military details con- . stitute the chief charm of war, or oven en- • hence its interest ; ; on the contrary, It is riot till the sickening array of details is force' upon ns by the practical emergencies of war that our imaginations are called in from their' wide sweep over principles and purposes to . realize the terrible expense at which these are: effected. We neglect the minutiae of a battle- • field ; we care nothing for the positions of; different roginif nts or commands as far as they carry forward their separate fine tions only. Our eyes are fixed on move, ments conducted upon a grand scale; our reason is occupied with vast strategic Ideas,;,; we want to see the unity of the general Van,., and feel out the underlying thought that gives . vitality to the whole. It is the deep game of checks and counter-checks, advances and re-, treats, Wats and counter-feints, played on the beard of military tactics that engrosses us; and we gaze, as if fascinated, upon this labyrin thine complication of wheels within wheels, and wonder to see them so evenly balanced in kind where dism °portioned in size, or finding compensation in velocity for what is lost in power. We like to watch the processes and effects of military machinery without letting orr thought get actually crushed in its work ing. Who is riot now talking of Corinth and of Richiniinii '7, Whose conversation is not en. larged by such phrases as The division of the west, or The army of the Potomac? Who does not like to identify himself with stupen dous movements, and speak complacently of Bamatox , s pushing forward a hundred and fifty thousand men, or MCCLELLAN'S siege operations est. nding over fifteen miles 7 It is so pleasant to give our thought full swing, and talk of. the Mississippi as in our posses sion, or of maintaining the blockade along two thousand miles (,f coast. Yet all the while we are overlooking movements of less magnitude, but, perhaps, of more real significance. One such movement has just occurred. It is telegraphed in the simple words e. Cumber land Gap is ours." The public read it to-day, and let 4, skirmishes before Richmond" blot it out to-morrow. Well, the public is only doing as the Secretary of War has been forced to do. He has known all along, as we have known, that the Unionists of Eastern Tennes see and Kentucky have been suffering un speakable things in defence of their _devotion to the old flag. We knew that guerilla rob bery was making Union men homeless, that worse than guerilla murder was making Union women unprotected. Burnings, mob binge, assassinations, rapine, Outrages of all kinds, and in the most monstrous degrees, were going' on, but neither did Secretary STANTON send a force there adequate for their suppression, nor did we urge him to such course by our clamor. We sympathized with the patriotic sufferers; we felt deepli'for them; our very blood boiled in our veins when we read some fresh account of wanton barbarity, and we raised our voice in behalf of the unhappy loyalists. Bat the flrst"f.? „ roCol , the pity was soon blunted; Manassas and Or; Writhes absorbed it, as Richmond and. Corinth absorb it now. Our forces in Tennessee have been in• creased, and General MORGAN was able to march down, a few days since, upon the great rebel stronghold—Cumberland Gap. It was a march even more severe than that of FRE MONT from Franklin to Winchester. AU that disheartening array of obstacles incident to mountain travel had to be overcome. Roads had to be cut through forests on precipitous mountain sides, where the axe had not yet rung. Badges had to be built, and an army pushed through trackless passes .and defiles, Cannon were actually hauled up by pulley. No wonder that the enemy, learning what in domitable energy was threatening them, eva cuated the Gap a few hours before our men reached it. "Cumberland Gap N ours." What is Ms value 7 It is on the northeastern boundary of. Tennessee, where the extreme southwestern point of Virginia touches it. It is, as its name indicates, a great gap in the Cumber land mountains, and through it is .the grand route from Kentucky to Tennessee, and so to Alabama and Georgia. This makes it a strategic point of the utmost importance, and rebel shrewdness did not overlook It. Its possession by the enemy put all Eastern Ten nessee under their subjection; but now the way is opened for our avenging arms to enter and to reinstate loyal families in their homes. But these devoted patriots have lost, alas ! more than their homes, and life cannot be restored to their dear ones who so nobly sacrificed it. This thought, it is said, and the knowledge of the awful martyrdom en dured by that people, have so maddened the Union army, that it will be difficult to restrain it from the excesses of revenge. While this work is being done on the north ern border, MITOIIIILL is doing his share on , the southern. The movement on the Chatta nooga threatens to cut off the rebel retreat ; at any rate, it surrounds East Tennessee with our arms, and makes its restoration to the Union a certainty. All honor—more, homage to the loyal suf ferers. They never faltered in their day of probation, and now comes their reward. Lot them not think that because we were silent we did not feel for them. The emphasis of the people's attention has, indeed, been given to those operations of the war that seemed physically grand ; twt the moral grandeur of Tennessee's heroism is not forgotten. We know its catalogue of agonies, and wreathe it with votive garlands , 'of gratitude and praise. •WE CONGRATULATE Mr. WM. L. Maar, at torney-at law, upon having obtained what promises to be a very extensive and lucrative practice. Ho seems disposed to conduct the case in which he is engaged upon the well established principles of Jarndyce and Jarn dyce, and, unless there is some providential interference or spontaneous combustion, there seems to be nothing in store for plaintiff, de fendant, judges, tipstaves, and attorneys but a dreary old age, amid overburdened dockets and daily exhibitions of virtuous indignation. We always feel tranquil and resigned after reading the newspaper accounts of these per formances. We know that honor and justice have found a resting-place and a refage at the bat ef,' Court of Quarter Sessions: However wickedly inclined we may be, or to whatever excesses our sadly-neglected education may lead us, we can look for counsel and admoni tion to Mr. Bran and his colleagues. We are - only surprised at the moderation of this pious counsellor. He should not have stopped where he did. We are astonished that he did not snake a motion to dispense with cakes and ale and . ginger hot in the mouth. The whole mind of Philadelphia, he says, has been poisoned by the newspapers, and the court should adjourn to enable Mr. Mawr to administer an antidote. The court did not think the case a fatal one—refused to adjourn— end Mr. HIRST'S remedies remain to be ad ministered. He carried his point, however. A day was consumed—and his retainer seems to have been granted for the consumption of time. Every day occupied by this investiga tion is so much revenue in the pocket of Mr. Ewisc, and additional gain to Mr. Hum and his associates. If he eau drag the inquiry into as endless future,' and keep Mr. Ewing in place until his term expires, his aim will be 'accomplished. Thus far, ho must allow us to say ho has succeeded most admirably. Er. Rinses immediate cause of grief is with the newspapers. They have been . gailty, of a bold attempt to ruin the community, and, were it not for this counsellor's vigilance, there is no knowing where we would be on this pleasant JUDO morning. It seems that during the hearing on Thursday a witness testified that he had deposited a fraudulent vote. After the adjournment, a citizen who : was in attendance went before a msgistrate and testified to the statement he had heard the witness make. The witness was arrested, and, after a hearing, was hound over to answer the charge at court. One of our reporters was in attendance at the alderman's office, in the pursuit of his calling, took a note of the case, and printed a paragraph in rela tion to it next morning. Other reporters heard of the circumstance, and also printed paragraphs. There was no word of corn nient or criticism—the item modestly ap pearing as thousands of other items ap peared before it. Mr. HIRST, however, went into court in a . state of irrepressible indigna. tion, and asked the court to interfere in the outrage which had been perpetrated by making a decree that all people in the community, who had voted illegally, might come into court and testify to their fraud, and have the sanction of the court as an im munity from all punishment 1 He also de sired that the court might then adjourn to enable the community to perfectly under-, stand that the court had thus made itself a sanctuary for criminals t He felt that this was nothing more than a • grand de sign to, prejudice the court and intimidate the witnesses of Mr. EWING, and. nothing would satisfy him but that the court would declare its purpose not to be intimidated by releasing the fraudulent voter from arrest, and preventing any other arrests. Let us look at this for one moment: Ac coding to the theory of Mr. HIRST, the pro vince of the court is not to punish crime, but to protect these who are guilty, provided their testimony may be made available for Mr. Ew- Ise. So'that worthy gentlemamis retained in his place, it is .of no moment whether the abuse of the elective franchise is punished• or not. Men may commit crimes—they may admit their shame in open court—but the very fact of making this admission protects them from all 'consequences. The end of law is not to preserve its own integrity and' rebuke every abuse of it, but to enable. Mr. Erin to gain his case, and when newspapers chronicle the facts.coneerning frauds they are liable to censure:, ,We must confess that our notions , of right and wrong are far different from those of this. 'anxious, and 'eccentric 'counsellor. ,When man commits a crime be should be punished. .Whether it proven against him or admitted by his own lips, it is still 'a crime and answerable to punishment. There can be no such thing as condoning a felony, even to gratify Mr. Hrasr or assist his case. This is reason and justice, and we believe it is law. We are glad the court thought so, and made the decision recorded: In doing so it vindicated its own majesty and refused to throw its protection over any attempt to violate the sanctity of the elective franchise. THE Independence Beige announces, what seems too good to be true, that King WILLLt.K of Prussia, beaten in the struggle between' Might, and Right—between the Powers of Royalty and the just claims of the. People— has.resolved to retire from public life, and ab dicate in favor of his son,'Prince FREDERICK WILLIAM ; who is son-in law of English VICTO RIA. If his Majesty will do such a wise action as this he will merit the good wishes of his countrymen. It was expected when he became King, eighteen months ago, that, warned by the evil example of his late brother—who was at once a scholar and a fool, a pietist and a drunkard, a tyrant and a perjurer—he would carry out his promise of becoming the Father of his People. He has continuously violated' that promise.• At his coronation, last year, were revived all feudal ceremonials, and his own declaration was quite in the feudal style—to the effect that he considered the Prussian nation as in the old condition of serf dom, and that their ruler's will was to be ab 'solute, entirely overriding the law. A few months ago his Parliament refused to be dic tated to by his Ministry—that is, by himself— and he immediately dissolved that body, but not one of his Ministtrs was re-elected, and he finds it impossible to prevail upon any -"lck statesman who values his character and life to accept the unpopular position of Primo Minister. Prussia has been unfortunate in most of her sovereigns. FICEDEMICK WILLIAM I. dis graced himself, through Europe, by his bad morals and cruelty to his son and successor. FUEIMILICKTIIE Gnaur was ono of the scourges of Europe, as a conqueror. Ilia son, FRP:DE -lam. WILLIAM 11., was one of the trinity of crowned robbers who seized upon Poland and divided it between them. FRF t DERICIC Wu max 111., so neatly crushed by NAPOLEON, and subsequently a member of the infamous gi Holy Alliance," promised a liberal constitu- tion •to his subjects in 1814, and left his pro; mise unfulfilled at his death in 1840. FIUME RICK WILLIAM IV., in like manner, "kept the promise to the ear and broke it to the hops," and played fast and loose with liberal princi ples during the revolution of 1848, at one time . swearing fraternity with freed Germany, at another directing his troops to shoot down the patriots as rebels ; finally becoming notorious for his constant inebriety, (hence the sobriquet of "King Clocquet,") until, deprived of rea son, be I , expired, a driveller and a show." His brother, the present King, except that lie eschews intemperance, has shown himself worthy of the family: The abdication of the King, and the substi tution of a liberal regime, mould be a . great boon, a great blessing to the Prussian people —the Most enlightened of the whole German family. Should the King persist in attempt- - ing to override Popular Rights and National Laws by , his own single, arbitrary Will, the. result may be the overthrow of his dynastic race and rule.. . WILLIAM 1., of Prussia, was born on the 22d March, 1197. His only son; the Crown Prince, was born on the - 18th OctOber, 1881, and is said to have vainly remonstrated•'with him on his unjust and unwise policy. In the event of a rebellion—for Prussia must cast off her present ruler—it is more than probable that England would not resist a proposition to place the Crown Prince on the throne of Prussia, but would decidedly oppose the esta blishment of a Republic. , The Prussians, however, are monarchical—as yet. The ab dication of WILLIAM I. would probably save Kingship in Prussia. LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL." WASHINGTON, June 20, 1862 The summer canipsign may be said to have fairly opened with the prospect of a protracted and stubborn resistance by the rebels. They are strong in Virginia. South Carolina,.and in that part of Mississippi now occupied by Beau regard. Their guerillas threaten and harass large districts in Missouri and Tennessee. The Federal authorities, with these facts before them, have again called for more troops, and it is to be hoped that there will be no pause until every column of the army is increased and strengelumed. During a recent visit to Philadelphia I was surprised at the crowded streets and general prosperity, evidences, as they were, of the enormous resources of our people; and when to this feature is added the great enthusiasm of all classes in support of the Government, it seems certain that little difficulty will be encountered in obtaining any number of volunteers for the service. What is true of Philadelphia is also true of the other great cities of Northern population. One of the contrasts ,of these novel times is the fact that enlistments in the loyal States aro volun tary, and in the seceded sections forced. Onr people go forth to fight with confidence and hope—the rebels with desperation and hatred. The defenders of the old flag strike for Liberty. and Law—the defenders of the rebellion for Slavery and Spoliation. It is heart-cheering to note that nothing daunts or dampens the friends of the Union. A reverse essites their indignation, and fills them with new determi nation. The death of their relatives and friends is only another invocation to sacrifice, and every rebel boast another stimulant to ex ertion. The appeal - Of the Government for additional regiments will, therefore, be warmly responded to. Let our young men, ambitions for distinction, avail themselves of the now opporttnity presented to, them to serve the country and to end the rebellion. Our military hospitals are objects of great interest to visitors ' and scientific men. Many touching scenes are there presented. The . Union and rebel sufferers can easily be recog nized by the calm and unmurmuring patience and content of tho one, and the uneasy and complaining spirit of the other. The latter are nearly all conscripts, who have been com pelled to take up arms against their country. A large proportion are very young men, in deed mere boys, A g-ntleman who visited the hospitals on the Peninsula a few days ago conversed with one of these striplings, who bad been shot through the • lungs, and was, strange to . say, slowly recove ring.. ft Why did you go into this bad sense ?" was the, question put to him. ge Because," be answered, ccl could not help it. Mother told me to hold oft' as long as I could, to wait till I was drafted ; but then I was talked to and laughed at, and so, to save my-. self from ridicule, I volunteered.r _cc Do you want to go back into the army , ?" "No," he quickly replied ; tt Oh, let me take the oath of allegiance to the Union, and then I can see my dear mother with a good conscience when the war is 'over." Another fine fellow, who was . stretched by the side of a Union soldier, and like him was convalescing, became very much attached • to his companion, shared the deli cacies sent to him; and shed tears as he talked of the way the South had been ravag"d and ruined. Sickness, like the grave, makes all men. equal. In the agony of that sad hour, prejudices pass away, and an gsr is succeeded by remorse and zinc !ion; 'A MIN days ago, in one of the adja cent beSPitels, as one of the visitors walked in with some refreshments for several of his friends, he was passing by a cot where lay stretched a splendid prisoner, who had been terribly wounded. The visitor stopped, to Uok at him, and then laid some fruit, at his side,• which the prisoner took, with grateful looks and swimming eyes, and added, tt Hoer good you are to all of us! If 'God gives me back my health I will never more strike at my country. - I will never return if you will only let me stay with you." These are lessons that revive the instinct of a common humanity, and teach us the gloriouilesson . of Sbakspeare, whin he exclaims, ..One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." Last evening Clement C. Barclay was warm ly welcomed at the meeting of the Pennsyl vania Relief Association. He had just re turned from the sick and wounded in the column of. General McClellan. Modest and retiring, the few words he said were suggestive of his whole character. ' He does not seem to be over thirty, and bears himself like a well bred gentleman. He is one of the many moral heroes of this great-war, giving himself and-his time to his country, and glorying in a work which has no cOmpensation beyond the satisfaction that results from good deeds to his fellow-beings. Profoundly loyal, regarding the rebellion with conscientious horror, it is nevertheless a part of his self-selected mission be kind to both classes of sufferers, equally, those who fight for and against the Republic. .1. tell you, my friend," he said, " when I get near one of those deluded .men my heart melts within me—and. I forget the wrong he has done to my country ; and I know that every word of kindness and every act of charity to them, is seed sown in a willing soil, and must bring forth precious fruit." This no. ble philanthropist is a Pennsylvanian, and his name is the theme of praise in men of " wisest censure." His' great services reflect undy. ing - lustre upon himself and upon his na tive Slate. He appeared . before the Board of Surgeons to-day, and was honored by a srecial commission ; and he .visited Con gress this afternoon, where he was•the ob served of all observers. He returns to tlie field of • his labors this evening or to-mer-. row morning. Long may ho live, that, in h's old age, his friends may say of him, in the words of the Roman poet: In strength elate, in fame and conscience clear, b.ntonius numbers now Ids eightieth year; Joys o'er the past, and sees without a sigh, , The inevitable step, of fate draw nigh; No memory of dark days, but pleasant all— Not one but willingly he would recall. Thus Is life's stage prolonged: thus be, blest man, Lives twice who can enjoy Life's former spsn!” OCCASIONAL. PE:MASON'S NZWNovELs.—This morning, T B. Peterson & Brothers publish two new works of fiction, which we notloed on Thursday—' , Love's Labor Won," en American story, by Sirs. South worth, with the scene chiefly in Virginia, and " The Flirt," a story of English society, by film-Colonel Grey. They ought to have a large sale, and . are to be had, either in boards or very firmly liound iti muslin, neatly ornamented. THE PRESS. - YELLADELPHIA. SATURDAY,--JUM 21, 1862. FROM WASHINGTON. Special I/matches to 6, The Prem." WAIIIHNOTOIN, Juno 20 Important Interview with the President —lle is Asked to Issue a- Decree of Emancipation—Ms Views on Slavery and the Present Troubles. This morning a delegation of the Religious Society of Progressive Friends, composed of THOILLE GAneeT?, of Wiinting•on,lawm e OLIVER JOESISON, of New York; ALICE ELM.% RAUDIATON, DlN.iii EIREDENITALL, WIL LIAM BAIL:ICED, and ELIZA ACEBW, C%lied on the Freed debt and presented a memorial soliciting him to issue a proclamation of emancipation or the slaves. FeLater WILMOT. of Pennsylvania, introduced the de legation, accompanied b r BepresentaUvea KtILLEY, D a. via, and CAIMIELL, of the House of Etenreseetativea from Pommy Ivaula. Senator W. elated the ohj.ct of the visit, and the President replied that he would listen with pleasure to the delegation. Mr. Ott run Joanne:a said : ritESIDENT : We appear before you, by your kind per minim', not to solicit office either for ourselves or our friends ' nor to ask for any party or personal favor, bat in the interest of the country and of humanity. Our clients are the four millions of slaved who cannot speak for awl:neaten, but only lift up their chained bawls in agonizing supplication for the freedom which it is in your power, in this solemn crisis of the country's fate, to confer upon them. Mr. J. then road the memorial, as follows : Memorial of the Religious Society oi. Pro- gressive Friends. • To Abraham Lincoln, President of Use United States : The Religions Society of Progressive Friends, in yearly meeting assembled, at Longwood, Chester county, Pa., from the Sill to the 7th of Sixth month, 1883, under a solemn sense of the perils heti:king the country, and of the duty devolving upon thou to exert whatever influ ence they possess to rescue it from impending destrnc tine, beg leave, respectfully but earnestly, to see forth for, the consideration of President Listoot.s: mitt they folly share in the general grief and reproba tion felt at the seditious course pursued in opposition to the General Government by the so-caned t 4 Confederate States;" regarding it as marked by all the revolting fea tures of high-handed robbery, cruel treachery, and mur derous violence, and therefore utterly to be abhorred and coudemoed by every lover of bte country, and every friend of the human race. That, nevertheless, this sanguinary rebellion finds its cause, purpose, and combustible materials, in that must unchristian and barbarous ayetem of slavery -which pre voile in that section of the country, and in the guilt of which the whole land has long been deeply involved by general complicity ; so that it is to be contritely rhcog hised ac the penalty due to such persistent and flagrant trausgresaions, and ae the Inevitable operation of the law of eternal juinico. That thus heavily visited for its grinding oppression of an unfortunate race, 4‘ peeled, meted out, and trodden under loot," whose wrongs hove so long cried unto Hea ven for redress—and thus solemnly warned of the in- fatuation al well as exceeding wickoduese of endeavor ing to Hear° peace, proeperity, and unity, while leaving tailbone to clank their Mullins in the house of bondage— the nation. in Its official organization, should lo3e no time In proclaiming immediate acid universal o nancipa tion so that tho present frightful effusion of blood may Goan, liberty be eelabliebed, and a permanent reconcilia ticn be effected by the removal of the sole cause of these divisions. That in hie speech delivered at Springfield, before his election to the office of Chief Idegietrate, the President expresely. declared : A honee divided against itself cannot !gaud. I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half stave and half free Ido not ex pect the Union to bedissolved—l donot expect the house to fall—britT do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become al/ one thing, or ail the other." That this Society, therefore, urgently unites with a wide.epread and constantly increasing sentiment in be .seechteg the President, as the head of the nation, clothed with the constitutional power, in such a fearful eraer• Roney, to, nevi - en the rebellion effectually by the removal of its came, not to allow the present golden opportunity to palm without dtcreeieg the entitle abolition of slavery throughout the land, as a measure imperatively demand ed by a dpe regard for the unity c f the country, the safety end happinees of the people, the preservation of free in stitutions, and by every consideration of justice, mercy, and peace. Otherwise, we have fearful !men to appre hend that. blood will continue, to flow, end fierce die tensione to abound, and calamities to increase, and dory judgmeete to be poured out, until the work of national deetructioS is consummated beyond hope of recovery. The above memorial, after thorough deliberation and discoesion, was Unanimously adopted by the . Society; and Thomas Garrett, of Wilmington ,, Delaware; Alice Elias Hambleton, of Chester county, Pennsylvania, and Oliver Johnson, of New York, were appointed delegates to bear the seine 'to Wathington and present it to the President of tte United Stntes.lt was also agreed that _ any other membire of . the 'amnesty, wishing to do so, might kin these delegates in the dischargO of their duty, Pigned by direction and on behalf of the Religions Societrof Progressive Friends. • • OLIVER JOHNSON, JENNIE K. SMITH., Clerks. The President then Bald, that ache had not been fur nished with a copy of the memorial in advance, be could not be expected to make any lengthy remarks. Be was pleased that the delegation had not oome as office sleeken, for they were the source of his greatest troubles and perplexitiee. The next moat trophies me subject wee slavery. Ile agreed with the memorialists, that slavery woe wrong, and differed from them only in re spect to the ways and means of abolishing it. The ex tract from his Springfield speech in the memorial wse incomplete;not including a sentence in which be had indicated his views as to the effect nixie einvery itself of the resistacce of its extension. If a decree of emancipa tion wonld - dolher work, Jonx BROW:I wool , ' have done it at Harper's Ferry. The Conetttutien is binding upon the people cf the South, but cannot be enforced at pre mut. Ho you think a decree of emancipation would be any more effective 7 . Mr. Joansox. True, Mr. Preeddont„ the Oeuetitation cannot now be enforced at . the Sonib, but you do not for ttat.rtseen give up the, etruggle. The memorialists be lieve that the extinction of slavery is necessary as a means of the attainment of your object. ',bp President replied that he felt the iinpprtance and magnitude of the task before him, and hoped to ho rightly . directed in the very embarrassing clecumstancea by which he was surrounded. WILLIAM BARIUM:I then made a few remarks, express. log his sympathy for the President, and his ardent de sire that be might be guided by. DiTillo wisdom the ex ercise of tke power placed in his bands for giving free dom and pooco to the country. Dir. Talcums replied in an tmpreeatve manner, for he felt very deeply his net d of Divine aid and guidance in the ditobarge of his solemn dutite. Re bad sometime, thought that he might be ao instrument in - the bands of Gcd for accomplishing a great work, and he certainly was willing to be. Perhaps God's way of accomplishirg the end width the memorialists have In view is different from theirs. Al any rate, he should endeavor with elm re limos on the Divine Arm, and, seeking for light from above, do his duty. ' The delegati. n then retired. The commtttce of conferencompon the bill to provide inter. al revenues have nearly completed their report. The bid reported today, increasing temporarily the do lt% on importe, in, effort makes a oompeneation to mann factorers for loss% which will be sustained by them-un der the first-named measure. The two bills harmonize in some of their provision, as to an equality of duties compared with the internal tax. Three per centain on the hone valuation is considered equal to three per cou ture on the foreign valuation, and this principle is cha racteristic of the bill. The duties on drugs and medi cine. have befit changed to specific. With an ordinary revsnue of fifty or sixty million, per annum under the prthent tariff, an addition of ten millions will, it is seep:wed, be realized under this proposed act. The following ate the MAW provisions of the bill: First. In lieu of the duties heretofore imposed on syrup of %tsar, or sugar cane, or concentrated moieties", 2 cents per Ib; sugars from 2h• to 10 cents per lb ; on molaseete, 6 cents per gallon ; cigars of ail kind. valued at 25 or teas per thousand, 35 cents per lb; valued at over $5 and cot over $lO per thousand, 60 cents per 1b; valued at over $lO and not over $2O per thousand, 80 cents; valued at over $2O per thousand, $1 per Ib; and an addition thereto on all cigars valued at over $lO per thousand, - ten per cent= ad roaforem; snuff 30 cents per lb r tobacco in leaf, unmannfacturect, and not au mutat, and tobacco manufactured of all deacrip 1003 not otherwise provided for. 35 cents per lb. • Second. In addition to the present duties, there is lesitd on foreign brandy, first proof, 25 cents per gallon on ether spirits manufactured or distilled from grain or other materials for first proof 25 cents per gallon; cor dials sod liquors of all kinds, and arrack, absynthe, liirecbert-watser,satifa,and o-her similar spirituous beve rages, Lot otherwise provided for, 25 cents per gallon. Bay rum, 26 cents per gallon ; ale, porter, beer in bottles or otherwise, 6 cents per gallon. AU spirituous liquors not otherwise enumerated, 16% of one per conturn ad valorem. Third.. In addition to the present duties, 93 and 35 pee ton On bar iron, rolled or hammered, each kind ac cording to width and thickness. Boller-plate iron 35 per ton additional ditties on other kinds of iron and all manufactures of iron and steel not otherwise provided for,11•0 per centuro ad valorem. Bituminous coal, ten cents per ton of 28 bushels. BO pounds to the bushel; ou all Giber coal. ton cents per ion of 28 bushels, 80 centa to the bushel, and on coke and calm of coal five cents per cintum ad valorem. l'ourth. Additional duty on copper rods, bolts, plates, etc., and other ',heels and mannfactOres of copper not otherwise provided for, 5 per cemunt. The same on brass, zir.c, epel ter, and lead. •Fifill hied'close, druio. spices, psinte. oils, ohemrcals, eta., to pay largely Increaecd duties, including on patent medicines and cosmetics, 50 per coolant ad valorem. • Sixth. A. number of articles now on the free list pay 10 per tenth= ed vslorem. • Coveralls Additional duties on chocolate and cocoa posed,l'cvm per pound; commas, green vitroit, or sul phate of iron, ,X cent per pound; on linseed, flaxseed, bumps( ed, rapeseed, and mustard seed oil 3 cents per gallon; on sale, atus and bicarbonate of soda, g cent per gonad; salt in sacks orin bulk, 0 cents per 100 Pounds; spirits of turpentine, 6 cents ter gallon ; starch, of all de eel iptions, „X cent per pound; white and red load and oxide of zinc, 26 cents per 100 pounds. Eiglitb. Among many other articles subject to new rates of duly are barley, 1 cent per ponnd ; bonnets, bats. and Amin, 40 per centnin pd valorem ; books, en grey!: go. 20 per cent= ad valorem•, candle a and tapers, steatint and adamantine, 6 cents per pound.:. OD sper maceti, paraffin, and wax candles and tapers, pare and mixed, 8 cents per pound ; on all other candles and ta pers, 2ji cents per pound; cotton, X sent per pound ; gloves, 40 per cent um. Tenth. Additiote I 'holes on carpets, velvet, and tapes try from 2 to 5 per cent= ,• woollen clothe, woollen sherwle, mid all manufactures of wool of every descriP . Von, made wholly orin part of wool not otherwise. Tiro• didtd for, 6 cents per lb., and in addition. 5 per cantos ; Rands .of all deecriptlens, 5 per centum; delainef,l cents per etenare yard, etc . . Among the remaining sections, the- deities are created on all menu cures of cotton, Rllibit ebeetV iogi, earthenware, china, glassware, porcelain, ready. made clothing, Cutlery, prepared vegetables. and meats;' In fact, nearly, if not all, articles of foreign importation:. A tax or duty is oleo imposed on shire of 10 ceots per' ton, in addition to any tonnage duty now imposed by: law, the tax not to be collected more than once a; year on a vessel having a license to trade between. different districts Of 'the United States, or to - Ferry on the Bank, whale, or other fisheries, whilst employel therein. on any ve eel to or from any vac. in Mexico, the British Provinces of North A menea, or any of the West India islands.. All goods which now are, or may be, deposited in the public stores or bonded wa•ehousee alter this act takes effect, if designed for consump tion in - the United States, must be withdrawn there from, or the duties thereon paid, in three years after the came are deposited, and the goods designed for exportation and consumption in foreign countries may be withdrawn by the owners at any time before the expira tion of three years after the same are deposited. finch vale, if not withdrawn within three years, to be regarded as abandoned to' the Government and sold, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre asrlbe, and the proceeds paid into the Treasury. Paymaster Gamlen L►wnanon has been orderol to the - gunboat Conemaugh Assistant Paymaster EDW/RD BRLLOWB ban been ordered to the gunboat Sanora. AL• RRR2 G. Patois bag been appointed acting first assist ant engineer, and ordered to the steam•eloop Osippa. The President lase • nominated to the Senate Clot. JOHN GOURMAND and .OUSTAVON A DOL PHOS BOMOGOS, bath of New Yolk, to be brigadier generale of volunteers. No .News from the Armies. • No news of public interest Mils been received to-deyliy . the Wsr VepartMeni from any quarter. REPLY OP. PRESIDENT LINCOLN REPLY OF TUE PRESIDENT The Tariff Bill. Naval Orders. Brigadier Generals Nominated. Mayor Heart Here. BM. ALRXANDan lIY.NRY, Mayor or Philadelphia, visited bcth Holmes add morning, end had eattsfactory ctoferences with the Naval Committees in regard to the proposal to make League Nand the mite of the new navy yard. Be was moot actively assisted by our Senators and Representatives, and leaves to-morrow In excellent hopes that Coogreer wilt agree to the offer of the Philadelphia Councils before an adjournment is effected. The Pennsylvania Soldiers' Ee'lef Association, just called Into existence, promises to be one of the most use,. fulttstilnttone in the country. Subscriptions are coining in from all quarters. JAY CODICH ct Co. subscribed .two hundred and fifty dollars this morning, and ALEXANDER Q. OATTNLI, of Philadelphia, sent a check for $lOO, through Judge KELLEY, to aid in the good work. Rebel Attack on the Gunboats on James Despatches have been received bore to-day stating that on the 11th inst. the rebtis opened upon our ships of-war in theist:nes river, from the bluffs at City Point, but the squadron returned the attack with shell and thrapnel, silencing and driving heck the rebel force. Major General McDowell General though quite seriondy injured by being thrown from his horst), is at his ➢oat to-dap. Save-, rai ofilceni‘ who arrived from lettemottr's command, to tight, give a gratifying account. JACKSON' i 9 very quiet below Mount Jeckson. Gen. Buell's Movements. A private letter received in this city announces that Major General BUELL, heretofore vith Major General BALLECK in M udsdppi, hea started with hie whole army for East Tennessee, Dy way of linntaville. Fort Morgan A private letter received hero from Now Orleans eeye that the report published in the papers of that city of the annender of Fort Morgan, below Mobilo, to Ooraroodore PORTER'S fleet, was incorrect. Miscellaneous. The President has recognized Daron VON DUR OsTsx SACKRN, counsellor, etc., as consul general of Meant, to reside at New York. General SAXTON, military Governor of South Caro lina, will leave for Port Royal next week. The President bas approved of the bill assuring free deni in all the present aa well es future Territorlea of the United Staten. The Secretary of War, in reeponse to the resolution of the House, asps he is directed by the President to inform that body that measures have titan taken to appropriate for bogpital purposes, for the benefit of our soldiers, GeneralLaa's mansion house and premises. . Sir. STANTOM has just decided that civilising, in certain eases, may be employed in the general hospitals, tinder pay, as cooks and nurses. This will ha a great improve ment. The surgeon general intends to prepare a medical and surgical history of rebellions. General DOUBLEDAY was on the floor of the Hones of Representatives this afternoon. Ho was cordially greeted by a large number of the Union members. - Vice President HAMLIN loft for Maine this morning. The nominating conventions will be held in a short time FROM MEMPHIS. GENERAL LEW WALLACE IN CORN/AD. THE ARGUS SUPPRESSED. Malll.llls, June 18—GanaLew. Wallace has assumed the cOrnin s and of the city. His first official act wee to take possession of the Argus oflice„wittch has been out spoken in its eimpatbiea ter Secession. T. W. Knox, of the New York Herald, and A. D. Iticharcleom'of the Tribune, have been appointed to su pervise all editorials which appear in the papers. Threats having boon made to tear down the Union flags firing over the bonitos of some of the citizens, the pro vost marshal hoe issued orders Instructing the guard to shoot down any one attempting to haul down the flags, or offering to insult or molest the reeident citizens who have thus manifeeted . their devotion to the Union. Orders have also been 'leaned to imprison all citizens carrying, concealed weapons. Guerillas ire prowling about the country. Five were arreeted last:night by the pickits in the euburbe of the city, Owing to the scarcity of change the Board of Alder tiorTotel tol exigencies es uc - $1(10,000* . in freettoitnotes is the Pl6ll- • Guerilla bends aro bawling the cotton in the n91..01 , 1;9,1. counties of Misilsaippl, which bad not already peari etroyed by the ovnaers.. , r The steamboats going North are loaded to their utmost capacity wirh freight and 'passer gers. • • "be oath of allegiance was administered to over 400 men yesterday, half Of whom had been soldiers. The Avalanche says that the rebel authorities had or dered the rolling stock of the Ilobile and. Ohio Railroad' rem Peudu to Meridian; • • • FROM THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA txdsitsvEß, YA June 19 --A. number of sick and wounded from Gen. Shields' command, arrived here to (hit: 11 -. . is stated that they are to be sent forward to Fier - edick or Barrhburg. ' . Nothing Interesting has been announced from General Frenant's Department. WINCIIESTRR, VA June 11.—Adirices front Front Royal state that Gm: Shields has succeeded in concen trating all .his. troops at Strasburg. The roar-guard of big army left Loray'about an hour before it was entered by•Zwellk advancing columns. Ewell is now believed to be in . occupancy.of Luray, with a large force. . Arrivals to-night front New Market bring intelligence that Gen. Fremont . was about to advance to New Afar ket, seven miles south of Mount Jackson and opposite the gap in the hlaseauutten mountain, through which the toad leads to Luray. Jackson Is believed to have a hortsiderable force of light troops in ilarrieonbiorg, While another body is at or war Port Republic. Prison etereport that White's division of 1,600 are within sup• porting distance of Port Republic. i.. Th e 7th Lonialana Regiment was opposed to the 7th . Indiana, at the battle of Port 'Bow lic. The deadly effect of our Are can be imagined when the former left the field fwith only thirty-six unhurt. This is the evi dence of a prisoner from that regiment. The combat was hand to hand or at pistol range. Col. Carroll's artillery used nothing but canister and grape, and when the enemy mime to near to use these with effect, the cannontere used their revolvers with telling effect upon their assailants. Col. Carroll led three successive regiments up to the sup port of the 7th Indiana, and drove the enemy hack until they were flanked, and compelled to retreat. It is re potted hare that Col. Carroll goes to Washington to °er r/aeon:6i misunderstanding In relation to his orders pre- Timm to the engagement. A general court-martial, of which Colonel Buser, 3d Wbconsin, is president, and Lieutenant Patten in, 25 Massachusetts, is jiidge advocate, is new in session here. Charges against officers for absence without leave, sell lacer disposing of horses and other Government pro- Perty, mid privates, for SiDlilftr acts, are to be tried. It is stated that there are now absent by authority from this command 1,575 men and 75 commisaloaed officers, greatly reducing our limited numerical strength. The 29th Pennsylvania baa been detailed as a provost guard of Hagerstown, Williamsport, and Martinsburg. Col. Alexander, aid to Gcvernor Pierpont, is now here, looking after the sick and wounded of the Virginia regiments. The State jurisdiction has been re-estab- Mailed in Morgan and Berkeley counties, and will shortly be extended to Jefferson and Frederick. The election in Berkeley last month gave 800 majority for Governor Plerpont. &considerable haul of guns, pistols, and ammunition wasmade Berryrille yesterday. The arms were all . loided with ball-cartridges. The office of the Berryville Conservator was confiscated several days ago for Seces sion publicafions,'and the effects removed hither to aid in army printing. , large amount of loose and fixed ammunition, left here, it is supposed, by Gen. Shields, was discovered by theordnance 61licer In the old stone church to-day. It waa probably overlooked by the enemy in their late visit to this place, to whom it would have been a valuable so. TOO ion. The first instance of the arrest of a colored man for abetting the 'enemy. occurred to-day. It bed been stated that be volunteered as guide and spy for Jeciceon in his late advance hither.• Be Is confined for further investi gation. General Sigel has been in command of Me departinent (tulips the temporary absence of General Bantu, wbo returns tomorrow. (Feri[rs] Flough'e brigade was reviewed yesterday, preparatory to future movements. The appearance and exerdnes of the various regiments and batteries were highly creditable tothemselves and their commander. The bridge over the Potomac at Harper's Ferry has been rebuilt, and the care run regularly to the West. At the instance of the Government, the Baltimore and Ohio Ballihad Company are repairing the Winchester and Potomac road, and travel will be resumed. upon It by 'Thursday.. Thus will greatly facilitate the transportation of 1:410 -needed army'aupplies. Thepennpation of the Talley by our present forces he nc4iatered a feeling of security to the loyal residents, and th . eSecesai . onlsfs insist upon it that Jackson will short!) , pay us another vielt in big usual htylt: The more jattichirislortlon of She lattir regret Ude; as they can see no possibility of his retaining it should he succeed in forcing us to retreat. `` From all indications dolly intelligence is received from and despatched to Jackson's army. The bat= of a larding Secessionist was searched yesterday, upon Infor mation that a mail but been deposited there the previous night, but without success. From Fortress Monroe and General McClellan's Army. rownkgss Nomtox, June 19:--Ererytbing remains quiet 'here and at Norroik and Suffolk, and tbere is no— thing new to report. The weather is sultry and unsettled. General Dix has returned front Suffolk, having corn• ple tai?l his lekbors in preparing and posting troops Ees as to cut off: any communication between the Secessionists of lierfilk and the rebele above. By the arrival of the White Muse boat, we learn that ekiintlibing has been going on in front of the army. The rebels have assumed a more menacing attitude, and will probably try to bring on a general engagement in front of their works, in order to draw our troops within the range of their batteries. Three deserters from the 3d Georgia Beglmont, who came in yesterday, reiterate the report that the rebels are becoming more desperate, and greatly disheartened at their recent defeat/. Orders hero been hantel preventing any person, not Convected with the man' M . the Potomac from visiting the trout, under any circumstances. Urdet the proclamati. n of Governor Pierpont, to. mor row Is the last day for civil officers to come forward and take the oath of allegiance. As none of the olty officer s in -Norfolk hive as yet taken the oath, it to thought that tome trouble will be experienced In the matter. The: steam Bre-4144e Bibernia has been shipped on bond the steamer Then as Swann, and will leave for Baltimore tomorrow. 'The pretended Unionists at Norfolk bays been acting iu a manner of late to prejudice many against tbo cause. Instead of remaining quiet and peaceable, they have got into brawls and fights. Such men are eat down as the otnee-teektre cf the place. General Nene& determined to punish the offenders. Arrival of Sick and Wounded at . Balti- BALTIMORE, June 20.-11.tr.eight wounded and @OVOID. !reit sick errived here this morning from the GPmeral limpttst at Newport News. They are mostly PannsYl- Tautens anditew Yorkers. . New YORK, June 20.—The steamer Elm City, with 360 sick and wounded, from Ydn6lellan's army,. arrived here to-day, bound to Albany. IMIITII CONGRESS-FIRST SESSION, WASIIINOTON, June 20 SENATE. The Nary Department. Mr. GRIMES (Rep.), of lowa, moved to have returned to the kenate, from the Hums, a bill for the reorganiza tion of the Navy Department. UM of was to hero reconsidered the Tote by which the Senate had agreed to the Douse amendments to the said bill. Adpotod. Petitions. idesers KING (Rep.) and PK:HUMORS (Roo.) pre sented a petlldt n for a bankrupt BOr. MORRILL (Rep ); of Illaioenpreseoted a petition for the repeal of the fugitive-Slave law. Pacific Railroad Grant. Mr. DOOLITTLE (Rep.), of Wisconeln, introdnced is bill fronting the proceeds of the sales of certain lauds to the Pacific Railroad Company. Referred to the com• that em•jegt. Consuls In Russia. On motion of Mr. NIORRILT. (Rep.), a reeoltrtion was adopted ineniring into the expediency of the appointment of console at the ports of the Black Bea, recently opened by the Itneeian Government. Guardian Society. The bill to incorporate the Guardian Buddy of Wash , Eaton waa posed. Fraitds in Conbracte. Mr. HAVE (Rep.), of New Hampshire, celled no the bill to repeal the act passed Jane42d, to prevent and pun ish frauds on the Goveromeut. 'lie bill provides for a returns office, for the deposit of a copy of all contracts made by Governinimt officers. Pay of the Army: Pestling a vote on the bill, it was poetponed till to morrow, and the bill taken up to define the pay and emoluments of anima of the army, on which a commit tee of confer nee was ordered. Tbo Pacific Railroad hill was then taken no. air. TRUMBULL (Rep.), of Illinois, moved to strike out the section for four branch lines at the eastern ter minus' which was rejected—yeas 15, nays 25. ,The bill was then read a third time and passed—peas 35, mass 5, as follows : YEAS. Halo (Rep.) Harlan (Rep.) Dards (Ken.) Henderson (11) Howard (Rep.) Kennedy ((1.) Lane (Rep ) Ind Lane (Rop ) Ken. Latham (Dem.) MsDnußall (Dem ) Morrill (Rep.) Nesmith (Dem.) NAYS- Anthony (Rep.) Browning (Rep.) Clark (Rep.) Chandler (Rep.) Calmer (Bep.) Cowan (boo.) Davie (U.) Dixon (Rep ) Doolittle (Rep.) Foot (Rep.) Foster (Rep.) Grimes (Rep.) Rowe (Rep.) Kl'g (Rep.) Pearce (Dem ) Wilkioeoa (Rep.) Mr. Fesserdin Wag preßant but did not vote. Mr. Powell cared off with Mr. Simmons. Mr. Ten Eyck wee excused from voting on the ground that be did not like the bill as amended. A motion wan then made to talce no the confiscation bill. A debate enentd as to which bill ihould bo con sidered, that of the Senate or the one which passed the Mr. SHERMAN (Rep.), or Ohio,. said, in order to give the Senators an opportunity to tneke up their minds which they would coneider, be moved to adjourn till to morrow, when the vote could be taken on the just thing. The Senate then adjourned. MOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House proceeded to tbo consideration of private increase of Duties. Mr. STRVENS (Rep.). of Pennsylvania, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bIU increas ing, temporarily, the dotiee on imports, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and made the special order for Wednesday next. Adjourned till. Monday. Gen. Negley's Command at Chattanooga. WHAT THE. nnerseeforeNlANS ARE DOING IN TENNESSEE. Nesnvinee, Tenn. June 13, 1889 .— 0 a Thursday, May 29, General Ne gley, who bat been in command of the Seventh Brigade—formerly in General McCook's division, but now having a separate commend—started from Columbia, Tenn., for the purpose of making an ex pedition into East Tennessee, with the intention of threatening Chattanooga, and capturing or dispersing any of the rebel forcee of cavalry hovering around that portion of the country. It was authoritatively reported that • the rebels bad made a preconcorted movement for the, perces° of reeepturimg Nashville; but that object was frustrated by the energy and intrepidity of General Negley and his troops, as will be seen by the fallowing statement: General N. started from Columbia, on the day above named, with a sufllcieut force of troops. General N. reached Mayetteellie on Saturday, May 31, remained there until Monday morning following, and then renewed his march and proceeded to Salem, where ho ar rived the came day. The next day he reached Winchester. It had been re porttdebet the rebels wore in considerable force in that place, and 'the 7th "•Peineselvaisla cavalry made a dash 1.1120'0e town, but found the enemy had dispersed. They succeeded, however, In capturing Captain Trimble ead "'three of his reed, belonging to Sterne'. cavalry. This Trimble is s clergyman, a bitter rebel, who baa been emu !sting Mengan in capturing pickets and couriers, and de nouncing Union men to the hangmen He has been very enterprising in bringing np Union men, who were come pelted to accept either one or the other of two alterna tive., viz : to go into the Confederate army or be hanged. lie was also the principal of a large female semtnary Winched:sr, which seems to be still in full operation, edu cating the feminine youth' of that locality in the arts, sciences, and philosophies of the heresy of Secessionism. Trimble was subsequently sent to Genera! Mitchell, at Pastiog through 'Winchester, Gen. Negley encamped his forces at a place called Cowan, on the Nashville and Obsttanoorm Railroad, and on a branch of a tributary of the Tomiersee river. The trestle work of the railroad bridge at this point was found to have been burned by the rebel.; but the abeam wee easily fordable, and it wee exerted ou Wednesday morning, Jane 4, and the (Me of march resumed towards Jasper, Marion county. Here , General-Begley caused several of the most prominent Secessionists to be arrested, end mulcted them in the sum of 5200 each, which was appropriated to the relief of the Union people In Tennessee who had suffered fa jury at the bands of the rebel's. This was the drat practical illustratien of the character and intention of Governor Johnson , e declaration (bat rich rebels should - be trade to pay for Union lessee incurred by rebel pre datory bands. Passing through Jasper, Gen: dieglee encamped at the 'foot of the first ridge of the Cumber land mountains, early in the evening, at an old camping ground of the rebels. The following morning ha com menced crossing the mountain, over a steep and rocky • road, one which most persona would pronounce impasse bin for artillery. Over this rugged road the artillery and prevision trains were parsed with but trifling injury, owing to the e !homey of the equipments. Here General Neglect first obtained a glimpse of the enemy: After a very abrupt descent through a think forest, the road sud denly opened out into a beautiful cove, about six hun dred smartie wide and stretching off fn an easterly diree tion towards the, Stquatonle valley. The road crosses to the smith aide of the cove, and skirts along the foot of the monntain about half a mile (outwardly then crossing the valley towards the north side...then east weirdly again towards the valley. - At * this point, General Negley'a advance, consisting of the sth Kentucky . . Cavalry, Colonel Haggard, and two com panies of the 79th Penneylvenie infantry, under com mand of Captain Klein, encountered the pickets of the rebel General Adams' brigade of cavalry, which was encamped on the opposite side of the cove, at a poiet where the road turns to cross the valley again. After a brick firing—the Union troops acting with the coolness of veterans all the While—the rebel pickets fell back,. and the main body of the rebel force leariling there was a Union force near, come forward to the road in a body and let down the feneee, preparatory to a charge. They were then at least eight hundred strong. By this time. Gen. Negley bad placed two six-pounder field pieces in . position, and commenced firing on them with Shenkle shell This was evidently more than the enemy expected, for at the Mat fire they turned in confusion and fled with dimply, hotly pursued by our cavalry, led by Company A, of tbe sth Kentucky, commanded by Lieut. Wnar . ten. The enemy were pursued for twg miles before they were reached, their horses being fresh and ours jaded by their rough march over the mountain. Our men at last succeeeed in overtaking them, and dashed In among them with 'the sabre, when much execution was done. A number of the rebels were killed and wounded,. end about twenty taken prisoners, . among. where was a lieutenant, normd Jones, commanding a company. The rebels, in their flight, threw away every thing that could in the slightest degree impede their pro gress; the road for miles was strewn with sabres, pistols, shot-guns,bevereacks, any quantity of core bread, and eh the other portions of the egni plumate of a rebel cavalry Belden'. Some of time rebel cavalry were clothed in regu lation uniforms, a there in citizens' dress. The panto was complete den. Adams lost his hat, sword, and horse, at be bed to borrow a horse from a negro to escape oa, teed a bat from a sympathizing rebel. Ile had no sword when he left the field, according to the reports of ciCzene who saw him in his flight towards Chattanooga. Many of the rebels did not stop until they reached Chattanooga, a distance of over thirty miles. Major Adonis, a brother of the Renee's', is reported to be severely, probablyfatally, wounded, by a sabre cut in the Mad. Thirteen rebels were found dead oil the road as far as our forces proceeded at this time. The action and puzeuit were gallantly continued on the earl of the Union forcer , . After pursuing the rebels some throe miles, the' Venerate returned to Sweedees Cove, where they en camped for the night. They were followed into camp by large numbers of Union people who had been driven from their homes by rebel tyranny, and were electrified by tbe first round of Union guns echoing through the Seematobie valley. • -- After a night's rest, General Negley proceeded towards CM. (Onetime He arrived opposite the place on the morn , iog of the 7th of June, having in the meantime (the 6th) rested on the top of the Cumberland mountain. At two o'clock P. M., on the 7th, General N., with a military force, proceeded to reeontoitre. He soon ascertained that tbeve was a large force of the enemy on thin (north) side of the river, having creased evidently with the intention of attacking the Illinois regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Scott, 'thick:had arrived the day before the main body of Metals reached the point. they baring crossed the mountains by a :shorter ronle than the principal farce: The rebels alto showed a water battery from the beach at the ferry landing near. the teens. The Illinois regiment, deployed as skirmishers, was sent down the bill to feel the enemy. The latter, find ing our forces ready to meet them, recrossed the river. raeperal Negley placed his artillery to position com reardigg the town, and waited fe see what the-enemy trotild ,do. - • At a little after I M. the enemy's rillemed com menced firing on our skirmlehere, and shortly after the rebels opened with shell on them from their water bat tery, and from a battery on the mountain westward of the town. - Then General Neater gaveorders to his bat-' teries to fire, and for two hour's a brisk cannonading was kept up, during which time all of the enemy's erns were silenced', three of themhaling been dismantled. The accuracy, el the F ederal artillerymen drove the enemy. entirely away from their pieces. Having silenced all the enimy's batteries, General Negley retired to his camp for the night. • The next morning (3anday, Jane 8.) it was ascertained that the enemy had been working all night; bed in . creazed the height of their water battery; bad thrown up rew earthworks, and had evidently • meets extensive preparations of defence. Tuformation was received from a prisoner that the enemy's farce had been increased, during the night from three to five thousand At eight o'clock General Negley resumed firing en the enemy, and condoned for upwards of an hour and a half without receiving any response from their batteries; but their riflemen, . protected by a stone wall and by their earthworke, kept up a continuous firing upon the Union skirmishers 'I here were ro other indications of there Wee any persons in Chattanooga in warlike array ex cept occed- Daily knots of officers and men, who dis persed with alacrity as our shells fell among them The town was evarnated by the inbabitantexturieg the night. General Negley, having aceempliehed the object of hie • expeditioe, withdrew a portion of his force The lots on either side is not ascertained ; but we have the assertions of prisoners that the loss of the enemy 19 large. The only liege displayed by the rebels In town were the hospited five and a black flag. A man who displayed a black flag on the rebel entrenchments was killed by one of the Union sharpshooters.N. Y. Herald Sinking of the Propeller (haniey. 1.211 W YOBK. Juno 20 —The propeller Osiprey, from Previdince, collldtd with a ferry boat, in the East river, thin mornh•g 'The former was mink. The captain and crew were caved. One of the Sumpter 'Pirates Arrested. 802 , 70 N, Jana 20.—James Lyons, alias Smith, lat; ter's mate of the pirate Sumpter, was arrested here last night. Be bad just arrived h ten Surinam. From Chicago . . . cniCA6o,,,June 5,0.-The returns from the election on Tuneday Lees come in very slow. Despatches from the Southern counties to• night render it nearly certain that the new Constitution bee been dote:ll*d. The nudority against it in the Northern counties thee fir is 23,000. Ray. Nernestar. Was; D. D., of this oity, heu3 been appointed by the President chaplain .of the Uuited States hospitals at Philadelphia. The ap pointment is a good one. and will be gratifying to the numerous friends of Dr. West, in this city and elsewhere. uCTION A NOTICE—SAVE OF BOOTS AND SHOES.- The attention of buyers is called to the largo and attractive. sale 0f,1,000 oases booth, shoes, brogans, to„be soldiby catalogue, on MOnday morning, at 10fo'elocic4reoisely, by Philip Ford A: . Co., fointol; . t,iptl‘nt.their atore, Nos. 525 Market and 5* Commerce 8646: _ • A new application of miniature photograph portraits baa originated with Whilt d Yost, the extensive Bible manufacturers, 505 Market street. In their Bibles, the text - of which is conformable to the standard of the American Bible Society, they insert, Ms usual, blank leaves, suitably beaded and divided, (and sometimes illuminated in colors like the old manuscripts before printing was invented,) for notices of Births, Marriages, and Deaths. Such records, in a family Bible, constitute good evidence in courts of law. Whitt & Yost are now introducing the novelty (patent applied for,) of placing several card hoards, perforated for the re ception of small photograph -portraits, to follow the Family Register, thus accompanying this record with rotemblances of the loved ones whose names are entered there. The idea is ingenious and will become popular—it is surprising that no one has thought of it before. It is capable of being applied to. Bibles of all sizes: The specimen which we have examined, and now report upon thus favorably, is a superbly-bound quarto illustrated Bible, in olear pica type, with Index, Concordance, metrical ver sion of, the Psalms, with places, after the Register, for the reception of thirty-two eartey•de-visite. - These places are so prepared that," even when all the photographs are inserted, there is no apparent addition to the bulk of the Sacred Volume. Whilt % Yost can supply editions of the Bible, thus prepared, of all sizes and prices. •Bdtrixoxa, June 20 —Flour Quiet and unchanged. Wbrat steady. Corn dull and docliaing ; white 56 Bc, yellow fibablic. Oats doled. . Whisky doll at 27, for Ohio. Provisions dull. Lard firm and in good demand. FIRE—PROBABLE FATAL ACCIDENT. —The alarm of fire last' evening watt calmed by the partial burning of the home occupied by Mr. Lewis Canllett, No. 148 Almond street. He had rented a room fo a Mary klarorey. She obtained a livelihood by wash ing, ironing, and doing other domestic duties. Herroom was in the third story back. Last evening, she was seen going up etairs somewhat intoxicated, with a candle in her Land and a pipe in her mouth. Shortly afterwards, Mrs. Gaulle/ft beard a scream, and rushed up stairs and found Mary. Maroney lying enveloped in flames at the bottom of the Mahe. She threw the carpet over her and endeavored to stop his flames, and burnt her bands and arms severely in the attempt. Smoke was teen issuing from Mrs. Maroney's room, and the alarm was given. The Apnea were soon extinguished. The unfortunate woman was removed to the Southwark Hall. Dr. Thos. Reid was called in and pronounced her in a dying condition. It is nuppoeed that she full asleep on the chair near the lighted candle, and that her clothing took fire. The candle was burnt to the socket. Melted erearc and a quantity of matches were strewn over the floor and allaround. Pomeroy (Rep.) Moe (Rep.) Sherman (Rep.).:.. Starke (Dem.) Sumner (EOM) Trumbull (Rep.) Wade, (Rep ) Willey (U.) Wilmot (Rep.) Wilson (R.), Mass Wilson (U.), Mo. Wright (II.) AID• FOR THE EICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIVES OF MaOLELTANT ARJIY.—The Army Committee of the Young Men's Christi= ASSOCiatiOu acknowledge having received and forwarded to the depu tation now laboring among the a'ck and wounded soldiers in )[astern lilrginia the following: Four boxes from the Northeast_ Grammar School ; four boxes from the Northeast Boys' Grammar School; three boxes from the New.strcet Primary School, sixth section. • These boxes contain every conceivable article of food and apparel for our brave soldiers now suffering in the hospitals in the peninsula of Virginia. The Commiseion have received a number or boxes from other perties, which hove been forwarded, and will be duly aclimowledged in a short time. They have also re ceived considerable enme in money. A check for $lOO was yesterday received from Messrs. Harlan Hollings worlh, of Wilmington, Del., and $l5O more from other benevolent citizens of the same' town. The commission has received other come of money, of which the receipt will be acknowledged next week. They would be glad to do the same thing by the unpile of the many public and 'private Remote of the city. but the thing is impassible, on account of the extent and numbers. PARSON BROWNLOW AT CONCERT HALL.—Lest evening, a large audience assembled at Concert Hall, drawn thither by the annonucement that Henry Hokum, a German refugee from East Tennessee, and Person Brownlow, would speak. The Parson was the Brat speaker, and made a number of strong points in the course of his remarks. Ho was savage on the at• tempt made by varione people to impeach the veracity of his statements. Ho was ready to meet thorn, and force the lie down their throats, in a public discussion. One of his strongest prints was that every brigadier and major general should have a wagon.fnil of abort pieces of rope, with rimming nooses, ready made, for the benefit of the, rebels. After the conclusion of the Perssn's remarks, Mr .23okrim 'spoke at length in German, and was lohdly a • Vended. The meeting closed eta late hour. • FAD A CCIDENT • Yesteraay a boy named Stephen Powell, aod another named Harvey, were ap#et from a thrall boat on the Delaware, opposite Bed Bank, and`WCIIS drowned. • The bodiee have not Al Yet been recovered. • • DISTINGITISEIND ARRPTAL:--Led. Geo. W. Bober's, a native of Wed Chester, Pennsylvania, now in command of the 42d Ifineis nod who covered the retreat of the Federal forces. at Farmington, and spiked the upper battery at Island No. 10, has ar rived in this city, and ianow Mopping at the Continental. SLIGHT Futz.— The alarm of fire, about belt oast nine o'clock leaf evening, was occamoned by the barring of a bed. at the 'hduae of Patrick Devlin, No. 1320 North Second greet Damage trilling. PEESONAL.—Rev. W.llO. G. Brownlow left the city lest eTiming for Cincimisti: FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The resumption of specie payments by several of the Few Orleans batiks must bave a good effect in establish ing financial relations between that city and the Northern centres of trade. -By resuming, not only will a solid cur rency be formed for home use, but a medium of exchange will be immediately cleated for fee eign purposes. Now Orleans bills are already much inquired for on the etroot at 20 per cent. discount, where a few days ago they were . freely offered at 40, with few takers. Already has there been a path: rale of eharesof some local stocks. The New Orleans Commercial of the 31st May soya: A coneiderable diversity of opinion still exists as to the amount of reduction which shonlil he made on the inflated prices heretofore demanded in Confederate notes for all the various articles of trade; but the matter wIU doubtless goon adjust itself, and rates will be gradar.ted .to correspond with the improved condition of the cur rency of the city. To-day Messrs. Palfrey & (30. tested the affair by offering for eels at public outcry some email lots of stocks, bonds, and insurance scrip, with the fol lowing result: Ten shares of Bank of America stock 'were knocked off at 108; 35 do. Bank of Louisiana at 120; ten do. City R. R. Co. at 56; six 24,800 8 per cent. Loulaians State bonds at $BlO, flat : $5OO Crescent In snrence Company's scrip, do.; 1869, at 85 ; $5OO do. at 9; 2110 Citizens' do. of 1852 at 81; 830 do. of 1858 at 61; 8130 Louisiana do. of 1881 at 55; $9O Few Or lea.' a do. of 1860 at 55, and $3OO Crescent do. of 1861. at 70; all payable in the present ruling currency. On the 24th instant, the . same classes of securities were dispelled of for Confederate notes at the following figures : Bank of America stock at 190, Bank of Louisiana do. at 221, City Railroad Company at :90, Crescent Insurance Company's scrip of 1859 at 141, and of 1861 at 125, Citizens' do. of 1857 and 1838 at 95, LOUIPIISDB do. of 1861 et 110, and New Orleans do. of 1860 at 305. There have been no further proclamations iesued from the military headquarters touching financial ques tions since our last, but General Butler. has ordered the officers of the Southern Bank to pay all their depositors henceforward in current fonds, United States Treasury notes, or gold and silver, end the provost judge has de creed that the Los:libitum State Bank than pay a depositor in current fund., who lied an amount of gold to big credit at the date of the suspension of the bank, and subse quently withdrew from it, in Confederate notes, the balance due to him having been refused, the same in specie, or specie-paying funds. It is not bard to predict, that unless the people of New Orleans are wilfully blind to their own interests, they 'will Coon discoyer that by a little snit tbey can soon command as honorable, as well as a financial credit, in circles outside of their late blockaded city. There was a greater feeling of security today, on tlio street and at the Stock Board. Gold had large sales, at 006 A( premium. Treasury custom-notes declined to 2%, on a abort demand ; the movement was large, how ever, by these having duties to pay in the future. There was an improvement in prices at the Stock Board, but business was not so large as yesterday. Reading was in demand at 28%, but holden, were rather diainciined to Bell, a few sales were effected at that fighre ; tbo MIMI of 1886 were firm at yesterday's bid, S 9. North Pennsylvania Railroad advanced to 10% ; let mortgage scrip decline/3 X on last emirs; the sires also declined X ; 99% wee bid for the tans. Schuylkill Navigation, com mon, advanced X, 16X was bid for tee preferred. Sixes 1882 declined %, but recovered X at second board. Le high Navigation shares advanced 3% on last sales, end continued firm; the scrip also advanced X. The follow ing stocks advanced : Catawissa preferred X ; Morris Canal 2on yesterday's bid, son last talea ; Philadelphia and Erie gees 3( ; .Pblisdelphis and Erie 6s were a little unsteady, Retitled the close at 93%. Camden and Amboy 6e, 1883, were stationary at 96 ; Chesareake and Dela. ware Os at 80; Camden and Amboy 6e,'70. at 97; Penn sylvania Railroad shares declined X ; Elmira Railroad 7s, '88,1; Camden 'and Amboy shares X. In U B. securi ties retry little was done ; the 7.30's blank had no change, MEG sake at 100. LOcld bank shares were active ; Me chanics brought 25X; Philadelphia 110, an advance Commercial 48 ; City 43X ; 336 was bid for North America. and 33% for 00MD101nWt Passenger Beltways were in demand at an advance. Green and Coates brought SS; Second sod Third 16,- an advance of 1;. Race and vine 10, advance of 1; Girard College 23%, % advance j Cbeenut and Walnut 39X, X advance; . Thirteenth and Fifteenth 20, X advance; 45 34 was bid for Frankton' and Southwark, 234 advance; 56 for West Philadelphis, no change ; -13 X for Spruce and Pine, a decline' of X. Money is easy of accom at vary low rates for good eol laterals. 'Certificates of indebtedness range from X to % premium, with not lunch demand. Drexol & Co. quote— - New "Pork exchange parol-115 tie Boston exchange.. parml-10 pee Baltimore exciting°. parog die Conntry funds . X 1596-10 die. American 'mid ' - ' 6 0634 preen. 13 8.7 8-10 Treaeury notes 106 X elos X . Old Demand-notes 2,1(08 prom The inspections of Flour and Meal in Philadelabla during the week ending Juno 19, 1869, were as fellows Barrels of Superfine • 16,145 do Fins 141 do Middlings.... do Bye do Corn Meal._ do Condemned Oho following in the amount of coal shipped over tho Huntingdon and Broad Top elonntain Railroad for the Week ending Wednesday, June 18, 1862, and since Janu ary 1,1€62: 1862 1861 &Demme—. The anthracite coal brought down b 7 the Reading Ris , 'road this week was as follows: Railroad, this week in 1860 43,901 Woe. • • 1661 ' 42002 •• • • 1862 49,622 No bitnreinons coal loch:sled in this week's bushiest, yet. The canal has commenced passing down boats. The New York Evenly Post says The etoek market is steadier this fotenoon as compared with the lower prices made yesterday afternoon. The business is not very large, but the general demand is fair at current prices. New York Central recovered to 94) per cent, and sines the board is called 94e94 3i per cent. as snidest 96)6 m 98% at the close on Thnrsda7• I•]rles end the Western *shares are about the, same as at the second board yesterday, United States 6 per cent. 108 X m 300,4 per cent. Sold leaves off affliction weaker than It opened—now about 108 X per cent . The Exchange market is 117 X etIITX per cent. on London, with some of the brokers disposed to hold for 118 per cent. . . . The counts of gold and foreign iimcimmge for Slaw daT 's steatuara is again upward, and although gold comes it etly Into the market from the interior.at the advanced Tately the influence of the, new treasury bill contributes to the immedlato c,:musad. Photographs for the Bible Markets by Telegraph. THE MONEY MARKET. PHILALDBLPItti, Jima ?A 18031. Week. Pro'dons'''. Total. Tona. Tone. Tone. 8,295 122,903 120.198 7,993 80,920' 88.018 41,983 38,181 Philadelphia Stock El [Reported by P. Z. ISLA FIRST 8000 Chest & Del tle..c 80 2000 do 80 . 3 Cam & Amb 4 Illeca llk 25% 60 N Penno B 10% 60 do cash 10% 54 do tots 1031 400 do lota 10% 60 Gr & Coates 8.... 33 12 Penna B 47A 1010 Philo &Eric Ela c 93 1000 d 0... 9/g 311 Bohm' Na Bs . 'B2c 73 85 N Pennatet m ace 75 6 Phitada Bk 110 50 Beading R 28% 100 do b3O 28g BETWER 125 Schnyl Nar..24lye 6 100 Race & Vino 8.... 10 SECOND 184 Cata B rdd 12 I 11 Cam & Amb .8...130%1 16 do 130%; 2300 Sell Nay 611'82 c. 7335 11 Mechanics' Bkb3 24% 3000 Cam & Amb Si 'B3 98 10 Mor Canal prd...120 2000 North Penn 6e b 5 82% 5 Lehigh. 60 52FTRIt • 5 24 ec &IR CLOSING Bid. Asked. LI El 6e'Bl 106 106% US Tr 7 340 21.105 X 106 Made Be. 97 98% Pbilade Os new.. 102% 102% Peons 55 89% 90 Reading R.... 2856 28 89 Read m 8.080'43.102 103 Read bde 95% 94 Read mt 85'88.. 89 89% Penne II er div. 47% 47% Penne R. 1 m 86..105 105% Penne R2m 66.. 98% 99 Honig Gni Con.. 46% 47 Norris Cnl Pref.ll9 120 Bch Nay Stook.. 5% 6% Bcb UST 'Pref... 16% 16% Scb Nay 86 2 82.. 73% 78% Elmira 18% 14% LETTER FROM NEW YORK Correspondence of The Pews] The brig Yankee Blade, Captain Fairchild, arrived this morning from New Orleans, having left that port ow the 3d Met., and the Belize Bth, bringing the following cargo, the first by sailing vessel, since the commence ment of the rebellion 182 Mids. sugar, 500 bbls. mo lames, 10 bales cotton, 101 bbls. rosin to Messrs. Me- Cumbla & Childs; 74 bids. sugar, J. D. Pleh & Co.; 25 do. and 12 boles cotton, E. lloydecker ; i 0 bhde. sugar, M. L. Potter, of Providence. The cargo was mostly pur chased by Col. Butler, of Gen. Butler's staff. The " Thugs" of New Orleans, who are made op for the most part of men who were deposed by General But ler, insulted the merchants of the city who sold the goode to Colonel Butler, and who visited the vessel to see that the cargo was properly received on board. These Thugs" would point them ont sod swear vengeance upon their heads for bartering with the " infernal Tan heea"—their favorite term of reproach. When the Yan kee Blade left, other vessels were receiving cargoes to be consigned to hostess in this city and in aoston. The rebels have destroyed a great portion of the levee, but men have been employed in repairing it ever since the captors of the city. The United States transport Elm City. Captain Boweu, arrived at thin port to-day from Fortress Monroe, with sick and wounded soldiers from Gen. McOlellan's army. A low of the sick were landed Many of the wounded are rebels, and received their Injuries at Hanover Count 'louse, where some eight hundred other North Caro linians wore made prisoners- of whom five hundred and fifty came to this port. 'lle steamer will premed to Albany. The propeller Osprey, Captain Kinney, from Provi dence, with a cargo of merchandise, while on her way down the Zaat river, at seven o'dock this morning. and whop opposite the Balton ferry, was run into by ferry boat America, and had her bow nearly torn off. After proceeding down near the south ferry, on the Brooklyn side, she sunk to • her deck. Captain Kinney and crew were taken off by the steam-tug Arctic, and brought over to this city. The America was telahtly damaged. Justice Connelly. one of the police magistrates in this eity; has got himself in tronbio by threateniog to knock an officer down in carrel. The case will be taken before the Grand Jury, and he will doubtless be indicted_ It would be a great relief to the citizens if be could be nn benched. There is nothing so base and low that Michael Connolly, polite justice, will not descend to it. To a great city like this, bin presence on the bench as a magistrate to a disgrace . To-day the order for the arrest of all milk venders not having their names on their cans, and of persons attempt ing to sell adulterated or unhealthy milk. No arrests barelidreen reported 'up to this time. Ont of about eight thousand rum-shops in this city, cne hundred and aeveuty-aix are liceosed, up to date. At the regular monthly mooting of the Independent Democratic General Committee, held last evening, the executive committee were instructed to prepare resolu tions on the political emergency. of the times, and elan to communicate with the German Democratic Central Club, with the view of securing combined action of the two oryaolzations. at the sainting election!, and the admis sion of their delegations into the Democratic State Con vention. Tbo new custom house, formerly tba Merchants' Bx change, will not be taken possession of until the first of Sept Ember, the alterations necessary to fit the . boildinst for its new ocurpents having rennired more time than wee expected necessary. The work was commenced im mediately alter the first of May. The Government has been under a daily expense of over 5200 for rent of the new building since that time. The 'following were the ealea of Mocks at the Samna bound' to day: , 10000 HS 55 '74 cp... 96% 550 Harlem R 42g 4000 t 8 6e 'Bl ep...108X 200 Mob So&N Tod Et. 27)4 5000 Tr 7 3.10 p c n.. 105% 50 Galena Lk Chi lt.. 71g 3000 Missouri St 62.. 513 i 200 NSA: g 5 s6O. 627 f 3000 'Brien 4 m WO. 903( 200 do b 60... 63 2000 Tel AFa2m.... 69 100 do 63 5000 111 Oen R bds... Ofig 100 do 8274 50000 Amer gold 106 g 100 711 Con R 62x 20000 Amer g01d.......100x 200 Clove Or Pitts R.. 22 10 National DV.... 97 500 Cleve &To 1t... 48X 12 Bk of Cooper-101 1200 do 481( 28 Continental Bk. 93g 200 d 0.... 530.... 48 -87 N. 7 Ceo 11 94 800 d 0..... 48g ' 150 Brie Railway... •87'g 300 d 0... '.1)10... • 4 2,i 200 Beef on Ely 8.. 47,4 , 410 MU &Pdu 0 R.. 35 600 Harlem R 17X 100 d 0.... b 30.... 851( Asnss —The market is etandy for Pots at $5 750 t 5.51,(;. Peens are selling at Sli. FLOOR AND MEAL—The inquiry for Western and State Flour is good, and the market is a shale stiffer, al though not onotahly higher: the demands are large. bat the supply of some shipping brands is moderate. Tr de brands sell dun. The sales are 18 700 bhls at $t lOret 25 for superfine State and Western; /t 3 40n4 65 fot the tirades of Western extra ; 564 40m4.60 for extra State 1114.130er4 70 for fancy do ; $4.9905 for shipping brands of round•hoop extra Ohio, and $510116 for trade brands. GRAIN—The Wheat market is mere active, hut prices are without improvement. and et the clime under; upon the advance in freight•. boyars bete the advantere. The sales ere 84.000 bushels at- 95ce51.01 for Obi :ago Satisfy, 51.0201.01 for Milwaukee Glob ; 5t1.0501.06 for Amber do.; 51.04 for prime Canada Olnb $l.ll for prime rcd Western. and 51.17% for Amber do. Barley end Barley 'Malt are steady but quiet. Osts are lucre plenty and close rather eattier ; sales of Cana dian and Wretern at 423( st-13c. and State 4-04 c, Bye is firm, the supply light; sales of State in small lots at 7 6 0 Prime Western in dull at 70c. Corn is heavy and less active at the close ' owing to advance in freights: tales of 36,000 bus at 46 X c for bested, 80er5le for new mixed, 52053 c for old do, and 5331al 5c for Western yellow. PROYISIONS.—The Port market is steady, but NMI .Cti•O ; sales of 670 bbla at Slo.Besslo.B7 for 11104 F, and $8.62a8.75 for prime. Deaf is unchanged. Beef Hams quiet atlsol6c. Cut Meats are more saleable. Lard is steady. CITY ITEMS. AID von THE SOLDTEBS.—The Rev. Mr. Sloan bas written another letter to Mr. Geo. H. Stuart, of thin oily, appealing to the Army Committee of the Young Men'e Christian Aseocletion for articles for the wounded soldiers in Virginia, from which we give the following extract for the information of the benevolent : 4 . Send ns, if you 'please, a small box of hi-carbonate of soda, ten or fifteen pounds, for wasbinu the patients; eon barrel of red pepper. one barrel of soda crackers, or some of a very dellcate kind—a one of the water crackers, as the sick will not eat them—and, if you can, some flatted shirts. Mrs. Harris requests me to ask you to see Mrs. Jones, and say that woolen stockings ere greatly needed. We could also find great use for concentrated beef tea; and, indeed, any delicacies you could bays seat wth be very thankfully and gratefully received by these sick and suffering men." 'We are aleo authorized to state that this committee, of which Mr. Peter B. Simons is chairman, are receiving numerous rearrests for general and miscellaneous read ing matter for the soldiers, which many of our readers are no doubt ali a and will be happy to supply. Articles contributed should be sent either to the rooms of the Ytung Itten's Christian Association, t 0.1009 Cheetunt street, or to Mr. George U. Stuart, Bank street, PhGa dolphin. NEW UAATE, PHOTOGRAPHS OF ENGRAVINGS. —llr. F, (Atacama, the successful photographer, Noe. 704 and 700 Arch stieet, has just added to hie splendid collection of Carla for the Album copies of two of the finest engravings extant—the one representing the royal family of France, and the other entitled ti Dern fersjoure de Ffas/leur!" or, Tbo Last Days of Happineas, repre senting the Duke of Orleans, (Louis Phlhope'a oldest eon,) his wife, and two children, the elder being the now much-talked-of Count de Paris. Mr. G. has also just published a superb card pictured General Frank Patter son, which will be highly appreciated by the numerous friends and admirers of that gallant officer. REMOVAL OP MESSRS. E. G. WHITMAN & CO.'S I'OPOLLE COSFEOTIOZOIST ESTAULTSITMERM—jar readers will be glad to kern that the fatuous old Confec- Cowry house of Messrs. E. G. Whitman & Co.—whose choice saccharine preparations are known and appre ciated all over the land—has been removed from Second and Chestnut streets to more central and much more spa:ions onarters, on Chestnut street, below Fourth, beat door to the Adams Summit building, where they are prepared to meet the wenta of the public on a mere extexsive and attractive scale than ever. Their present stock is rich in every choice article known to the con fectionery art. They have also now in store the finest stoat of tire-Work s_ in. the city, in anticipation of the glorious Fourth, which, from present Indications, will be celebrated this year with unusual eclat. TEE GREAT ESTABLISIIIIENT.—If we were called upon to designate the most indisporrable establish ment in this city for the accommodation of both tames, of all ages. we should be cempelltd to award the honor to the splendid store of Messrs. Charles Oakford & Sus, under the Continental Hotel. In Gentlemen's Hats of every style and adaptation, their stock is not surpassed by soy other in the world, and not a few of their choicest article' in this line are of their own exclusive ntattufac tore, and are confined to their own sales; whilst in Gen- Ur:lien's Furnishing Goode, and beautiful head-gear for Mines and Children, their stock is rich and varied. AB a coneronence, their elegant salesrooms aro daily thronged with customers. This establishment Is a credit to our city, and does honor to the tact and enterprise of its proprietors. v • 13.781 WITTERS & CO. STILL AHEAD.—The great success of Means. Waters k Go., in furnishing the pub lic with the best portable light of the age, in their ale gent aseoriment of patent Lampe for burning Kerosene Oil, tee started up a boat of aspiring rivals In the chase, tbo effect of which, however, line only , been to place the Wittere S. Co. article in bolder prominence than ever. In fact, the leers width, for economy, convenience, ornament, and perfect safety. the people can rely upon as superior to ail others are those made and sold at this esisbliatment, l-cated at No. 35 North Eighth street, corner of Filbert. A. L. VANSANT . , IRE CREAN AMERICAN CONFECTIONIR, corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets, is now leading our beet citizens into harmless temptation with his delicious summer fruits, pine apples, hot-hones graces and 'peaches, bananas, sweet oranges, dates, lige, et cetera, and choice, pnre confections In endless Ta rtar._His elegant French and American Mixtures aro the finest Confections, for the price, sold in this country.. • TILE FLORAL AND STRAWDEART By general solicitation, the ladies will continue the Fair at the Saloon, feot of 'Washington street, until, Wednes day, evening next. THOMSON'a LONDON KITCHENER," or Eu ropean Range, advertised in another /Coltztnn, by Meows- North, lass; & 209 north Second %treat, ta ittrectinit tho general attention of the public. change Sales, /ruse 20. LIEU., Phila. Rlchange.l BOARD. 170 Reading B 88% tbo do ...b5 sag 15 23 A. 3d-et R..... 75 50 flukey] 6 2000 Penua B let m c.105X 3000 do , .105 X 83 Lehigh Nev 50 14 Lehigh scrip...,. 31% 650 II 8 7-30 Tr N blklo6 1650 Am Gold 106) 1250 Cam k Amb 6s'7o 97 100 Cate R pfd 12 250 'Race 10 100 Girard COI 8.... 2334 7 Commercial Bk.. 48 4000 lim R 7e 90 2000 Reading 6e '86... 89 BOARDS. 5 Cheat & Wel•st B. 394( 10024 & 3d-et 13 2d n 5.102 BOARD. 1 25 13tbkl5tb-etftblo 20 1 25 City Bank 43X 5 Read 8..........2836' 200 do 530..28 69 8000 Penni?. lmelsBat 105 X 2000 Phila &Brie 63 b 4 94% 3 Penn 8:.........479( 75 Girard Col R..... 23111 10000 Chest & Del 6ebs 80 BOARD. T 6 I KICES—EIII6I. 80. Asked. Elmira B Prf... 23% 26 Elmira Te 3 73... 90 903 L Island 11 183 173( Leh Cl & 4971 60 'LeCI & Nay tam 37% 82 11 Pennell.— 103( 10% NPaltes 82% 82% N Pa It 99% 100 Cataw R Con... 4 4;( Catania* Prf.. 12 12x ' reek & South 11 45% crg 2d&3d-et 8..... 76 76 Race& Vine-AB. 11% W Philaß . 66 67 Spruce & Pine_ 133 i 1334 Green & Goatee.. 33 34 Chee & Walnut. 39% an% Arch Street-- 26% 2636 NEW Yens, June 20,1882 TIE IIATIKETI
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