C4t 10rt55. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1863 . az- We can take no notice of anonymous commu nications. We do not return rejected manuscripts. Ai' Voluntary correspondence solicited from all parte of the world, and especially from our different military and naval departments. When used, it will be paid for. THE WAIL Treat movements are now in progress in every di -ITction, and will be executed by our various armies in a short time. We hope soon to chronicle some of the most important victories of the war. The.expe- Onion of Gen. .111 - cOlerntuad, the largest ever set afloat, has returned•to the Mississippi from Arkan sas Post, and is now engaged in making a demon ntration, in connection with the forces of Gene ral Grant, against Vicksburg. The ascent of the Missiasippi, by Admiral Farragut, seein g .to have been temporarily abandoned for some reason, and much depends upon the results of operations on the Mississippi, above Vicksburg. It is generally believed that G eneral Rosecrans will Inovo . upon the enemy again soon, and we are al feadY apprised of important operations in Arkansas. At least two expeditions have sailed front Newborn, N. 0., to capture Wilmington and another point on the Southern coast, and we have news this morning to the effect that the iron-clad Montauk, with a fleet of gunboats, has sailed to attack, and we trust to capture, Mobile, with all its forts, troops, and:rams. Gen. hooker seems to intimate that the Ai my of the Potomaershall not be long idle, even if the roads are muddy, and we shall, no doubt, soon .know whether the rebels have been placing much confidence in the strength of the mud embargo on the Rappahannock. We hope to have stirrings new from all quarters in a few days, as we know that arrangements have been completed for striking a series of heavy blows against the rebels. CONGRESS. Saw/cm—Bills wereintroduced, and referred, to fix the time for holding the Circuit and District Courts of he United States ; to provide for thebetter organiza tion of the military establishment; to authorize States to pay off troops, at their option, and claim payment subsequently from the Government. Re solutions were oftbred, and adopted, directing the Naval Committee to inquire into the expedi ency of increasing the pay of paymasters' clerks, and authorizing the President to offer an extra bounty to such troops as may re-enlist after being disbanded. The resolution asking for the record of the Porter Court Martial was called up, and created an excited and lengthy dis cussion, and the motion to consider was lost. The bills for the removal of Indians from Kansas and Minnesota were called up and passed. A message was received from the President, transmitting a re ' port from the Secretary of State and documents concerning the capture of British vessels sailing from one port to another, having on board articles contraband of war. Thcbill for the indemnification of the President and other persons for losses sustained in the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus was called up, considered, amended, and postponed, when the Senate adjourned. HOUSE.—After the transaction of some unim portant businesi, the House went into Committee of the Whole on the deficiency appropriation bill, which was considered at length ; the committee rose, when Mr. Stevens offered his substitute for ' the bill as heretofore offered by him, authorizing the President to raise three hundred regiments of colored troops, and pending its consideration the House adjourned. PENN SY LV LEGISLATURE. SENATE.—The Joint resolution from th 6 House re questing the Governor to call upon the General Government to return sick and wounded sol 41iers from this State to hospitals in Pennsylvania was considered and adopted. The bill for the ex tension of Bedford street was called up and referred to the Judiciary Committee. The supplement to the act incorporating the Howard Sunday-school Building Association was passed finally, and the Senate adjourned. Housx.—The House of Representatives had under consideration the bill providing for the payment of the interest on the State debt during the day. Nu merous amendments were offered and negatived, and the bill was put upon its peonage, when it was lost, and the House adjourned. THE NEWS. Tux 'Chicago Journal says that a letter has been received from an officer in General David Stuart's brigade, in McClernand's army, dated "Napoleon, Ark., Jan, 17." The troops had come down the Arkansas river in boats, after the capture of Arkan sas Poaf,ind were going down the Mississippi, the destination being 'Vicksburg, which is again to be assailed, but with an army and other essentials sufficiently formidable to make the capture of that stronghold a certainty this time. Grant's and Mc- Clernand's armies and Porter's gunboat and mortar fleet are to move against the place together. The entire expedition has probably ere this gone forward from Memphis and Napoleon, and we may in a few days expect exciting news from Vicksburg. Tuii death of the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris has reduced the number of French eardinaLs to five. The following are their names and ages : Cardinal Millet, Archbishop of Chambery, born the 28th of February, 1783; Cardinal de Boland, Archbishop of Lyons, born 30th of October, 1787; Cardinal Gaus set, Archbishop of Rheims, born the Ist of May, 1792; Cardinal Bonnet, Archbishop of Bordeaux, born the 16th of November, 1795; and Cardinal Mathieu, Archbishop of Besangon, born the 29th of January, 1796. MAJOR GENERAL S. D. HURLTIIIT met with an enthusiastic reception on the occasion of his visit to his home at Belvidere, Illinois, on Wednesday of last week. He was met at the depot by a large con course of his fellow-citizens, who manifested their pleasure in every conceivable way. From the depot he was escorted to the Ladies' Festival, which was in progress at Neeley's Hall, where he addressed the people. During his speech the general touched upon the slavery question. Wherever our army went in, slavery went out. He told the audience not to be alarmed at fulminations of partisan hacks and news papers ; they had not the slightest effect upon the army. THE Anglo-rebel steamer Antonica was recently captured off Mobile by the gunboat Pocahontas. She was last from Nassau, loaded with powder, and attempted to run into Mobile, but was seen, chased, and finally captured, after having been run a long distance. Her crew compelled the captain to sur render, being fearful that if struck by a shell from the Pocahontas they would all be blown up. AFFAIRS in North Carolina are getting interest ing. An expedition, comprising three gunboats and a number of transports, under command of General Potter, sailed from Hatteras Inlet on Saturday, 24th instant, destination supposed to be Wilming ton. Another expedition was fitting out with de spatch, and would sail Boon. Probably it has the same destination. It is said to comprise the entire command of General Naglee. TUE editor of the Springfield (Mass.) Republican says he has a receipt, signed by Nathaniel P. Banks in 1836, for money received by him from Sargent M. Davis, of Roxbury, Mass., in whose employ he then was, a machinist, at $1.33 per day. The same Na thaniel P. Banks, since that time, has been Gover nor of Massachusetts, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and pronounced the most accomplished, with a single exception (Henry Clay), that ever held that place—and is now a Major Gene ral in the United States army, and in command of the Federal forces at New Orleans. - JUDGING from the supplies which are going for ward from Cincinnati, General Rosecrans , army is not likely to suffer at present. Captain Gill is shipping as rapidly as possible 1,000 large packages, comprising the following among other articles : 150,000 pairs of drawers, woo shirts, 160,000 pairs of stockings, and 60,000 pairs of infantry trowsers. - Tux special election, held several days ago in the Seventh Congressional district of Virginia, for a Representative in Congress, has resulted in the choice of the Hon. Lewis McKenzie, by a small majority. The whole number of votes given in Alexandria county was 327, and in Fairfax county, 226. Mr. Andrew Wylie was the competing candi date. CureAtm has continually some new sensation. The latest is the suit of a young wife, not yet four teen years of age, according to her Own statement, for divorce from her husband, whose wife she has been only one short month. Tni Eastport, a formidable gunboat captured on the Tennessee river thorny after the capitulation of Fort Henry, completed at Cairo, and then con demned because her keel was too weak to enable her to carry a sufficiently heavy armament, has been strengthened, and will soon receive her guns, when she will go at once into service. ADELINA PATTI has paid A visit to Rossini, who is living a jolly, nabob life in Paris. He was very kind and complimentary to her, told her she wal a second Malibran, and accompanied her on the piano while she sang some of his songs, kc., kc. Figaro, which reports the story, cleAribes the old maestro as quite touched by the artlessness of the "little Ame rican Savage," as he called her. Scanicnx, the favorite American comedian, has just played the character of Lord Dundreary, in the comedy of "Our American Cousin," for the 326th time, at the Haymarket Theatre, London. This is the greatest histrionic triumph since the (lays of Liston, and the London critics accord to Sothern the title to the motto : "Polinrim gni meruit feral." Tnn time o f the great rise in old rags and pa :per stock, agents were sent through Maine, the Ibitish Provinces, and Canada, to hunt up and pur chase all that came within their reach. The result is that they obtained a large quantity of the much needed article for the manufacture of paper, which ought to soon reduce the price of that article. Arc enthusiastic Frenchman proposes to build a railroad front Paris to Pekin. Fifty million of dol lars are to be expended in tunnels'alone. TT is feared that the mild winter weather may jure or destory the wheat crop. It is not soft weather that "winter kills" the wheat, but alterna tions of thawing and freezing weather, with cold , winds or very cold weather unattended by snow. In ";,the Border States the winters are ordinarily mild rand open, and good wheat is raised. As yet we see It' - w reports of the condition and aspect of the wheat. Country journals would do well to examine and re port upon the crops of their vicinity. Tire Liverpool Albion of the lath instant has some rather amusing correspondence between S. Watson Webb, the American, and W. D. Christie, the Eng lish minister to Brazil. Mr. Webb had offended Mr. Christie, which caused that gentleman to indite a letter to Mr. Webb, who replies, with some asperity. that Mr. Christie had used" language more belitting an English groom than a minister," referring to a difficulty at tilt! Russian minister's,", where a chal ienge was hinted at and accepted by Mr. Webb, but which did not come off. Mr. Christie then declines any further correapoithence with Mr. Webb, and wishes that the affair may be submitted to Earl Fussell. This Mr. Webb does in along letter, where he refers to an affront to the Austriari minis ter by Mr. Christie, to the latter's persecution of one of his attaches and behavior towards himself, and finally asks that justice may be done. Our National Finances. We are so very well satisfied with the House for haying at last matured and passed a financial bill, that we can hardly have the heart to criticise it. We are sorry, however, that other counsels • did not prevail than those which prompted the defeat of ,the amendment 0f.31r. STEVENS. The bill, as it came from the Committee of Ways and Means, will do much to relieve the present necessities of the Government; but we are afraid that the operation of some of its pro visions will be to *increase some of the diffi culties under which we arc now laboring. The bill, as passed by the House, provides for the issue of bonds to the amount of $900,000,000, to, be disposed of on such terms as the Secretary may deem most ad visable: Li other words, it authorizes him to go intothe market and retail six-per -cent. twenty-year bonds at whatever price he may obtain. The second provision directs the issue of $400,000,000 in treasury notes, of denominations not less than $lO each, running three years, bearing an in- Wrest of six per cent.; payable semi-annual ]y in coin. These notes are not to be a legal tender for private debts, although they may be converted at will into legal-tender notes or Government loans. The third pro vision authorizes the issue of an additional $300,000,000 of legal-tender notes, of •de nominations not less than $l, and not bear ing interest—while the fourth provision ena bles the Secretary to increase our currency by an additional issue of $50,000,000 in fractional parts of a dollar, 'or in what is known as postage currency. The amend ments of Mr. STEVENS provided for ,the is sue of legal-tender notes, redeemable at the pleasure Of the Government, bearing an in terest of 3.65 per centum per annum, and to be a legal tender for all public and private debts, except duties on imports. There is a further amendment, withholding from the Secretary the privilege of disposing of the twenty-year bonds in the money market at such rates as he may procure. We, of course, understand that all finan cial legislation in time of war must be im perfect and unsatisfactory. The immediate and imperative demands of a vast army— the purchase of commissary and quarter master stores, and the constant drain upon the national resources; all produce trouble and anxiety. It is in the nature of war to exhaust and embarrass the very resources that must provide for its successffil prosecu tion. Commerce is deranged—agriculture suffers from the absence of labor and the inroads of armies—manufactures are crip pled by the sudden stoppage of raw mate rial and the destruction of the markets— capitalists hurry their money into hiding places. Weakened commerce reduces the revenue, and the people must be taxed to meet the deficit. There is general appre hension and a natural Want of confi dence. The currency is no longer gold and silver, •or notes representing so many sums of gold and silver, but mere re presentatives of national faith—Promises to pay—certificates of indebtedness. In theory, a currency like this is as valuable as - gold or silver, but men are selfish, and do not think so. The paper currency increases, and its value decreases. The more abundant notes become the more desirable do we find specie. There are cowards, and disloyal men, too, who have no sympathy with the Govern ment, or no faith in its future. They pur chase gold, in place of bonds, or loans, or real estate, and bury it away. By the apathy, the timidity, or the doubt of men, the cur rency sinks lower and lower—gold becomes higher and higher. All articles of life and necessity advance with It, and, men with fixed incomes—the laborer with his dollar a day, the clerk with five dollars a day, or the annuitant with his ten thousand a year—find their means of life becoming narrow and limited. General discontent arises. The laboring man cannot see why sugar and flour should cost so much more than it did last year, and, without taking into considera tion the necessities and difficulties of the times, he attributes all his trouble to the governing poWers, and becomes an enemy, where before he had been a friend. This is the general condition of the coun 7 try now, and the question to be determined by Congress is how to meet the wants of the Government without rendering the currency less valuable, and imposing greater burdens upon the people. In other words, Congress must determine how to obtain the greatest amount of money for present emergencies, without inflating the currency. If we look at the proposition as passed by the House, We find the very evils tliat we dread aggra vated and increased. In the first place, we have the issue of treasury notes at six per cent. for three years. This is making a short loan, which is always unmarketable, and must deprecke, .The first effect of de preciation will to convert the bonds into legal-tender notes, as - is permitted, and, iu so doing, add to an already inflated cur rency: In addition to this, the rate of inte rest, six per cent., is so high that it must in juriously affect the long loan, which bears the same rate of interest. We have another burden for the currency in the provision an thorizing the issue of $300,000,000 of non interest-bearing legal-tender notes:' Surely, with the experience of the past year before us, the' Senate will pause before adding this vast sum to the depreciated cur rency now in circulation. Already the bank vaults of the great cities arc over flowing with deposits of previous issues of money. Trade and exchange cannot .sub mit to this enormous addition to our curren cy. With so much money in the hands of the banks, we find dealers and traders ob taining large loans, and rushing into specu lations. Nen go beyOnd their reach in the hope of becoming suddenly rich. They deal in fancy Stocks and all manner of commodi ties. They buy gold in the hope that it will rise, and-sell it again in the hope that it will fall, and so we have a feverish, wild, uncer tain state of affairs. The Government finds capitalists and speculator's arrayed against it. It finds them leaving safe and sure in vestments in national securities to purchase stocks that are not worth the paper upon which they are recorded. They become practically its enemies, for the effort to make these fancy stocks advance can only succeed when Government securities fall, • • .t We think the simplest way to reach this whole matter is to adopt the proposition of Mi. STEVENS. In making the treasury notes interest-bearing, it removes any in ducement for forcing them into the currency, for men will not circulate a note that is con stantly increasing in value—bankers will place it in their vaults, as it becomes an in terest-bearing deposit—and men will hoard it away as an investment. Then, as these notes are made a universal legal tender fOr all private and public obligations, they can never depreciate below par, as would be the case with the notes proposed by the commit tee, which are legal-tender only for debts due to the Government. These 3.65 notes of Mr. STEVENS would serve the immediate ne cessities of the Government. - They would be a ' Medium of circulation between debtors and creditors, and a desirable investment for those who wished to employ' their money. They would contract the money market, and restrain speculation, by reducing the over-burdened bank deposits. In the mere matter •of interest they Would save the treasury the difference between' six per cent and 3.65 per cent. per annum. They would strengthen the Go vernment by creating at once a general loan, in which the people- would be the sole °timers. With the faith of the Union repre senting their labor and their capital, they 'would be more zealous for the preservation of the Union, and more anxious to do no thing that would interfere with its perpe tuity. The Senate. will be called upon to consider the bill as passed by the. House, and we trust it will take into consideration the suggestions we thus crudely, throw O 011er, and do away, if possible, with what we consider dangerous features of the bill Confirmation. - Toxic ROWS has beeu confirmed by the Senate as postmaster at Portsmouth, Ohio. Legislation—Here and There. By the first week in February more than a baker's dozen European Legislatures will be in session. At London,. at Paris, at Vienna, at Berlin, at Madrid, at Lisbon, at the Hague, at Brussels, at Turiu, at Stutt gard, at Munich, at Dresden, at Stockholm, at Copenhagen, and at Athens—to say nothing of sonic of the smaller German States, such as Saxe Cobourg, which, with an area not greater than that of Lancaster county, has its sovereign, with .a court, officers of State, an army of a few hundred men, a national debt, and a Parliament. In some of these national legislatures freedom of speech is fully permitted; and the right of • . originating, making, altering; and:repealing laws is also conceded and jealously exer cised. In others the members must be very careful in what language they discuss the policy of the Government, and exercise only nominal authority; that is, they must pass whatever laws the Minister may place before them. The difference between real and pretended representation of the people consists in this. The French Chambers are nearly powerless, though a certain latitude of speech is permitted. When :au elec tion takes place, the Government officials openly interfere and agitate in: favor of the candidate nominated or patronized by the ruling powers.. In England, Government interference is greatly condemned—when it. is discovered. In London, during the coming session, a variety of important subjects, including a reduction of expenditure and taxation, will occupy the attention of Parliament. The French Legislature will have debates, signi fying nothing, on finance and politics, very probably on the distress prevailing among certain branches o'f labor from the non-sup ply of cotton. In Austria, perhaps the:Em peror's new and liberal policy may be al lowed to take root, by favor of his legisla ture. In Turin, the new Ministry will have to organize some decided action for estab lishing the unity of Italy and for placing her finances in good order. At Munich, there will be some parliamentary demonstrations, no doubt, upon the misfortune (really the misgovernment,) which has ejected mem bers of its royal faMily, from the thrones of Naples, Modena, and Greece. In Den .mark, the old territorial squabble will come up again. In Greece, there will certainly be unusual legislative action, in consequence of the vacancy of the throne. In Madrid, the increasing difficulty with France will probably give rise to much discussion. In Berlin, where the King stupidly declaring that, as King, he has been specially commis sioned by Divine Providence to rule Prus sia, not according to the laws and the •Constitution, but according to his own irre sponsible Will, the greatest struggle may be_ expected, seeing that the good sense of the country is . altogether with the legislature, and against the monarch. Such countries as Holland, Belgium, Saxony, Portugal, and Wurtemberg, where the legislative cham bers have only routine business to perform, are to be envied. . What a blessing would it be to these 'United States, if Alio affairs . ran in so smooth a groove, that little more was necessary than quietly to develop na tional improvements, reduce expenditure, lessen the debt, and steadily • keep. •in the even tenor of our way l That a , tonsunima-" tion so devoutly to be. wished cannot take place, is due to the rampant treason of the South, which, Violating the Constitution, went from plunder to rebellion, and has compelled the loyal - States to rise in arms, to maintain not only the integrity of the nation, but to vindicate the rights of outraged hu inanity. We are passing through a baptism of fire and blood, to a loftier and more ex tended freedom than any nation ever yet enjoyed, and, if we be true to ourselves, and Congress continue faithful to the trust confided to it by the country, we shall achieVe a greater, because a more perma nent glory than his yet shone, with light from on high, upon the brow of Columbia, the • brightest aureola 'that the world ever saw. The difference betwern our immediate le gislative purpose and that which the Euro pean nations will speedily exhibit, is simply this—while some of them have aggressive tendencies, we have only a single purpose, palpable to the :world, and that purpose is to preserve, for the advantage of all, coun tries, the republican or popular organization which, in the comparatively short time since we achieved our nationality, made the United States, in its prosperity • and in telligence, a marvel among the nations of the earth. There was one black spot upon our. scutcheon, which permissively con tinued there, until the treason of the South showed anaggresSive principle to which it was impossible to submit. Accordingly, the loyal States resisted, and the end h,as come —the stain is wiped out, the reproach exists no longer, the Legislature has adopted the humane policy of the Executive, and the United States are freed, at last, from the accursed plague of Slavery. LETTER FROM " OCC-ASIONAL." WASHINGTON, Jdn. 27, 1863 •• We have had two historians in Washing ton within the past Week—George Bancroft and B. F. Lossing—the first World-renowned for, his great work on the United States, the second famous for his beautiful and popular descriptive ad illustrated sketches of the war for American Independence. Mr. Ban croft, though gr' owing..to be an old man, is in Brie health and spirits. How "satisfying to the just and patriotic mind it:is to find a scholar so thorough and ripn - ,. a logician so profound, and a statesman so experienced, standing firmly by the country in its death-struggle ! Mr. Bancroft is a . Demo brat • of the best and loftiest type. His name and his example, his speeches and his writings, made me proud, in former days, to belong to a party in which he Was a leader -und,a thinker.. Thousands were swayed by his thoughts and moulded by his opinions. And he seemed to delight in the consciousness 'that, as he . sought for truth in the sources and fountains of human knowledge, .he found so much to sustain him-in that large .and liberal policy, which is the best characteristic of a genuine Demo cracy. His great works glow with the• en-: thusitiaie love of. Liberty. Every act 'of tyranny is • held up to scorn ; every deed of daring in the record of Free dom . is emblazoned in- gorgeous praise. Such a man's theories could lead him to but onopsal'when slavery took up arms against the Republic. He had already denounced it its the germ of despotism, and when it blos somed mid fruited into bloody treason, his heart's impulses were aroused ; agonized, and . fired against it. He had tolerated slavery before, because it had identified itself with and existed under the Government ; but he did so, as all. Democrats 'did thirty years ago,North aid South,under repeated and em phatic protests. . Therefore, as a Democrat, he now holds it as the cause of the war, and insists that, if we would " close out" the war, we must " close out" slavery. When I see a Democrat ignoring such teachings and examples as this, for the falsehoods and sophisms of the impostors who occupy the seats vacated by apostles of Democracy like George Bancroft, .I doubt his judg ment, and would doubt his patriotism, if I did not feel that in the course or time the truth will bring him back to his dirty. Observe and ponder, that nearly every thoughtful man, hereto fore honored and followed as an oracle by Democrats, and trusted for h high charac ter and unselfish patriotism, is now where Bancroft is. show me such a; citizen, and I will shoW you a fervent opponent of slavery and a fervent friend of the Government. Alr. Loosing , is a type of another and a not less influential school. His works, though not so profound as Bancroft's, go to every cor ner. of the land, and are found as well in the library; the closet, and the, drawing-room, in the palace and the farm-house, as in the school and the college. His "Field Book of the Revolution ". is a standard authority, - and is a monument of energy, skill, and ge nius, as well the genius of the pen as the genius of the pencil—a repertoire of art, and a storehouse of facts. The same talents . and facilities, thmfiame energieS au& a wider experience, are now being mar shalled- upon a, 'yet greater • produCtien, an - illustrated history of the present war. It is to be the same size akthe Field TETE PRESS.-PHILADELPIIIA, WEDNESDAt JA'N'UARY 28. 1863. Book, but will contain at least fifteen hun dred pages. Every scene of interest since the outbreak of the Rebellion ; every act of Legislation on . both sides ; every election ; every battle; every exhibition of foreign hate or sympathy ; the currency of the Go vernment and the Confederac.y ; biographies of the leaders, civil, military, and naval ; the armies ; the navies ; the taxes ; the revenues, . &c., &c., will be collated and digested with strict impartiality and incessant care. On Monday, Mr. Loss ing received permission from Mr. Lincoln to take a photograph of the President's "Emancipation Proclamation," which is entirely in Mr. Lincoln's own handwriting, and which is to be. beautifully engraved as one of the illustrations of his great book— making, as it does, one of the grandest of all historical events. Mr. Lossing brings to this mighty task, a resolute purpose and an tmilinching will. He will state the case of both sides' candidly, withhold ing neither praise nor censure ,where they are deserved. Above all things, .however, he most prizes his country, and the religious obligation upon all her children to see to it that she is not divided and destroyed. He is an idolatrous devotee of the Republic. has seen so many of the memorials of the Great Past ; has dwelt so near the shadows of the mighty dead; has studied so much of their habits, their sufferings, and their battles ; has, in fact, lived so long within "the holy . of the ho lies," the sanctuaries in which their me mories are preserved,. that he has come to look upon their legacy as a second (lees logue ;. and when he sees that those who have-most profited by it have scorn that it shall perish, he is only prompted to toil harder in the sphere he has marked out for himself. Mr. Lossing's book will be pub lished by Mr. George W. Childs, of Philadel phia. 0 dCASIONAL. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. GENERAL HOOKER ASSUMES COMMAND. Salutatory Address to the . Troops. The Army to be Prepared -for Active Service. HEADQVARTRRB ARMY OF VIE POTOMAC!, Jan. 27.—The following order has just been published to the army HEADQUARTER, Camp-near Falmouth, Jan. 26 GENERAL ORDERS, NO 1. By'direc.tion of the President of the United States, the undersigned assumes command of the Army of the Potomac. He enters upon the discharge of the duties im posed by this trust with a just appreciation of their responsibility. Since the formation of this army he hits been iden tified with its history. He has shared with you the glories and reverses, with no other desire than that those relations might remain unchanged until its destiny should be accomplished. In the record of your achievements there is much to be proud of, and, with the blessings of God; we will contribute something to the renown of our arms and the success of our cause. To secure these; t Unds, your commander will require the cheerful and zealous co-operation of every officer and soldier in this army. In equipment, intelligence, and valor, the enemy is our inferior. Let us never hesitate to give him battle wherever we can find him. The undersigned only gives expression to the feeling of this army when he conveys to our late commander, Major General Burnside, the most cor dial good wishes for hie future. My staff will be announced as soon as organized. JOSEPH HOOKER, Major General . Commanding Army of the Potomao. The only movement to-day is a change of looslity for the headquarters. A rain is falling, with the wind southwest, and the temperature mild. WASHINGTON. Special Despatches to • 4 1 The Press." WASHINGTON, January 27, 1883. The Capture of British Vessels Carrying Contraband Goods. The Secretary of State, in answer to the Senate resolution, passed on the 19th • inst., asking for the Correspondence in relation to the capture of British vessels sailing from one British port to another, .having on board articles contraband of war for the use of the rebels, sent in to-day seventeen papers, dating from the 30th of July to the 26th of February, with many other minor letters. The first is a letter from Mr. STUA.B.T, inquiring relative to the capture of the steamer Adele, bound to Nassau, by the U. S. steamer Quaker City. The captain of the latter de nied having fired into the Adele within two-and-a half miles from the coast; without showing-.her colors, and stated that he proceeded under instruc tion of Flag-officer DlcKnoir, to intercept a vessel of hex appearance, with a cargo of contraband goods.- Kr. SEWARD asserted that the Government had -no desire to claim any unusual belligerent rights, and promised to send the correepondence in evi dence to the maritime court adjudicating the case in Florida. The United States marshal atLeeds furnishes evi dence that the.sessel intended to run the blockade. The ease `of the British brig Lille is also re fez red to. Lord LYONS, under date of January 26, 1663, tvritcii to Mr. SzwAnn that earl &ISBELL had caused a letter to be addressed to the General Post Office, stating that so long as the present blockade lasts great caution should be obierved as to the class of vessels to which mail bags should be entrusted. Commercial Treaty with Bolivia. The amended treaty of peace, friendship, com merce, and navigation, between the United States and the Republic of Bolivia is officially promul gated, and there is to be a reciprocal liberty of com merce and navigation between their respective ter ritories and eitizens,.but not to apply to the coast ing trade of the respective countries. The two high contracting parties recognize as permanent•and im mutable, the following principles, to wit : First, PIM free ships make free goods ; that is to say, that the effects or goods belonging to the sub jects or citizens of a Power or State at war are free frets. capture or confiscation, when found on board of neutral vessels, with the exception of articles contraband of war. Second. That the property of neutrals onliciard an enemy's vend Is not subject to confiscation, unless contraband of war. Death of Judge Crawford. THOMAS lienvEY CRAWFORD, judge of the Criminal Court of the District of Columbia" for the past seventeen years, died to:day after„a• long illness. The Pontoo' Trains. The Board of Officers of the Engineer and Quay termasters Department has been ordered to meet in this city for the purpose of considering the subject of improvement in the pontoon bridges and their transportation. ThO Gunboat %dell. • From some comments In the newspapers, it is pro per to mention that the gunboat Sidell, reported as having surrendered to the rebels, did not pflong to the navy, and there is no such officer, as V.i.w Donn' connected with it. General Hooker at Washington. The new General-in-Ohief of the Army of the Po tomac arrived in - town this morning, and was in consultation with the President • and. Secretary of War during the forenoon. • Decision Under the Revenun, Act. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has -de cided that assessors may assess as dealers, persons who sell commoditiceilrom vessels, boats, or barges, or who sell logs and lumber in rafts 5 and the asses sore will report to the collectors accordingly, with the name of the vessel employed in each case:, if any, and the license will be ,prepared in conformity with such return. Applications for license should be made, and the license issued in the collection dis trict where the licensee resides. The McDowell Court of Inquiry. Lieutenant Colonel Locke, late of General . Po rter's staff, was examined to-day. He testified that he saw Generals McDowell and Porter together, at the Bethlehem Church, on the 29th of August, and that, on the same day, he carried to General King an order from General . Porter to remain where he was, and to hold himself in readiness to move with him to Gainesville. General King, being called, testified that he did not see McDowell that day, except at Manassas, at 8 o'clock A.M., (Colonel Locke having testified that General McDowell was with General King when he gave the latter the order from Porter.) Capt. Hughes, aid-de-camp to General McDowell, being sworn, corroborated the testimony of General King. DEPARTAIENT•OF NORTH CAROLINA. Sailing of Important Expeditions—Active Operations Inaugurated Again. Nzw YORK, Jan. 27.—The steamer Ellen S. Telly has arrived, from Newbern on the 20th, and Hatteras on the 25th. Three gunboats and a number of trans.. ports, under General Porter, sailed on the 21st, and another expedition would follow immediately, THE LATEST. THE REBELS DISTURBED ABOUT THE THREATENED ADVANCE- OF GENERAL FOSTER—TROOPS FROM LEE'S ARMY SENT WEST AND SOUTH IN LARGE NUM ' BEDS, Sze. NEwnzuN, N. C.,Jan. 20, via FORTRESS Moarkoz, Jan. 26.—Capt. Ashcroft, of the 3d New York Ar tillery, stationed at Fort Hatteras, has received authority from Maj. Gen. Foster to raise a battalion of artillery from citizens there, and with excellent prospects of success. Major General Foster is de sirous of the organization of loyal native North Carolina regiments of artillery and cavalry. From Southern .papers received here it appears that great consternation and excitement has been occasioned in the interior by the reported concen tration of United States troops in this Department. It has been ascertained that 75,000 rebel troops have been sent into North Carolina from the Rep• pahannock : and another force has been withdrawn thence for the Southwest. The rebels believe that the Army of the Potomac is completely demoralized and on the eve of mutiny. Hence their withdrawal of troops to these points. The English frigate Cadmus left Fortress Monroe this morning for'Charleston, S. O. • The steamboat Star was discharged from 80:x - ice yesterday, and returned to Baltimore to-day. _ DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Gen. Brannan and Staff at New York, with Orders to Report at Washington—Gen. Hunter in Contmand of the Department— The Iron-Clad Montauk and other Gun boats Gone on an Expedition—The Rebel Item Atlanta in View at lrybee, &c. NEW YORK, Jan. V.—The steamer Arago, from Hilton Head on the 24th inst., arrived at this port 'to-day. Gen. Brannan and staff are among the passengers. • The battery Montauk, and other gunboats, left Hilton Head on the 24th.' Major General Hunter hail arrived out and taken command of the Department. Col. Rich, of the 9th Maine Volunteers, has re sumed command of his regiment The ‘ rebel ram Atlanta now lies in full view of onr blockading fleet in Ossebaio Sound. • The gunboat Vanderbilt was at Port R:oyal, re pairing the damages she sustained in a gale: The Arago brings the remains of Col. Nathaniel Brown and Lteut. Manton, of the 9d Rhode tstand Artillery, in charge of Major Prime. DEPARTMENT OF THE GPM The State of Affairs in Louislatia—Strin— gent Assessment Order Issued by General Banks—The Rebel Pirate Ovieto at Work on the High Seas. Nnw YORK, fan. 27.—The steamer Northern Light, from New Orleans on the t7th instant, arrived at this port at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The main features of her news have been antici pated by the arrival yesterday of the steamer Mary Boardman. General Banks has-Issued an order assessing the rebel. sympathizers foa the support of the poor with in his district, disposing of confiscated estates, &c., and allowing produce• to be sold in open market by well•disposed persons.; also, requiring all persons who are registered as enemies of the Ciovernment to take an oath of allegiance. The order further states that all insults offered to the soldiers of the 'United States army by citizens will be punished. It was reported at Key West, on the 22d, ,that the rebel pirate Ovieto had escaped from Mobile., and captured and burned a Boston brig, off_Tortugas, on the 17th. E,SOAPE OF THE ORETO The Oreto escaped from Mobile on the morning of the 13th inst. She had been in the harbor four months, and was at the time carefnlly . watched by our cruisers, nine in number. The blockading vessels consisted of the Susquehanna, Commodore Hitchcock's flagship; the Kanawha, Oneida, Ouyler, Pembina Kennebec, and three others. It had arranged that one vessel—the Pem bina, which was of light draught—should lie over or beyond the bar' and, in case of a movement of the Oreto, Should ere a gun, and that the Cuyler and the Oneida, the swiftest of the gunboats, should give chase. The captain of the - Pembina discovered the pirate passing out at 2 o'clock on the morning of the 13th, but instead of firing, ran down to the fleet, and sig nalled the two vessels appointed for the chase. The Oneida misunderstood the signal, and went in the ; wrong direction ; the Ouyler put off' after the Oreto, followed by the Pembina. The chase continued for several hours. At one time the Cuyler was within four miles of the Oreto ; but it is represented that the vessels were not in sight during a part of the chase. The Oreto went in the direction of Havana, and by the arrival of a tugboat at New Orleans it was ascertained that the pirate had reached Havana, and that she had on board one thousand.eeven hun dred bales of cotton. On her passage she sunk a brig, of which the name is not ascertained. The vessel was, however, loaded with sugar. It should be eulained that a rebel boat loaded with cotton was enceted to pass out of Mobile har bor and to get our vessels in chase, when the Oreto would escape. The Pembina mistook the Oreto for that boat. Eight of the blockaders were at Mobile harbor at last advicea ; the Cuyter, which carried an armament much inferior to that of the Oreto, has not been heard from. BATTLE IN LOUISIANA. • News of a • battle at Berwick Bay, eighty miles from New Orleans, up the Mississippi river, between a brigade of our troops under Gen. Weitzel, and a force of the rebels, had reached New Orleans. The rebels were beaten; but there were no particulars. It was considered certain that the vessel which sunk the Federal vessel Hatteras was the pirate Alabama: The fight was very severe ; and the Hat teras went down with her flag flying. Bloody cloth ing was found in the vicinity of the fight ; but it is not. known what was the fate of the crew. THE FRENCH IN MEXICO. Expected Naval Attack upon the City of Maxatlnn—The Cily Without Defences Condition of the Mexican Garrison—Aeti vity in the Mines of California, die. SAN Faiticcisco, San. 2.7.—The steamer Oregon arrived at this port to-day, from Mazatlan on the 17th inst. The French fleet was daily expected to make its appearance at Mazatlan. There was a force of 3,000 Mexican soldiers in the city, but they would retire to a safe distance inland, where they would make a stand, should the French occupy the place, which is defenceless against a bombardment. Great activity prevails in mining operations in Sonora and Sinaloa, and very superior machinery Was being erected at the several silver mines. The Bombardment of Acapulco. FURTHER PARTICULARS--HEROIC SISTANCE OF THE MEXIOANS-THE FORT NOT CAPTURED-RETIREMENT OF THE FRENCH FLEET. • Sew FuArcorsco, Jan. 2'l.—Further particulars of the bombardment of Acapulco, Mexico, explain the object of the French fleet. They wanted supplies, which the Mexicans refused to furnish, pitying they could not fight the French on the Atlantic and feed them on i the Pacific. .The - French War vessedi then commenced entering the harbor, when life Mexicans opened a fire upon them from the shore. The batteries- were soon silenced, but the fort. maintained itself. After destroying twelve houses and damaging fifty others, the fleet put to sea without supplies— the Mexicans continuing their fire from the fort. EUROPE. The Steamer Saxonia at New York, with dates to the 14th instant—Rumors about French Mediation in American Affairs— Speech of Napoleon to the "Corps Legis latif”—The Emperor Disavows to our Mi nister any Intention to Xritcticte in, the Witter or the . Ameriestn Civil War—We have the. Good Wishes of France—Garl- baldi Aspilu in the Political Arena, &c. Naw YORK, Jan. 27—.1% P. M.—The steamer Saxonia i from Southampton January 14, arrived at this port at 1 o'clock this afternoon. She reports that the steamer Etna arrived at Liverpool on the lath, and:the Bohemian on the 14th. It is .rumored that Napoleon has renewed his pro posal of ajoint mediation in America. The London Obseruet.stys:' "No such offer has been made to England. - The Emperor has distinctly intimated to Minister Dayton his refine) to submit any proposition for the. settlement of the Ameri can dispute." The London Times thinks that the only way to settle the dispute would be for the United States Government to dissolve itself, and declaring the sovereign independence of eachl . .stf leave each perfectly untrammelled to form its own connections for the future—a position of affairs which might enable, under mutual compromises, a new Federa tiOn to be formed, that should again comprise the whole of them. The Metropolitan .Railway has been opened FRANCE. orrNixo or TIrr•FAWN. CHAXDBAS — SrEECH OF ...lakoz,aol, MI mt. Rims, Monday, Jan. 14, 1563.—This day the sea , sion of the Legislative Chambers was opened by the. Emperor Napoleon; in the following speech : Messieurs lee Senateurs, Messieirs les Deputes: The Legislative Corps is about to commence its last see. sion. To have anticipated the term fixed-by the Constitution would have been in my eyes an act Of ingratitude towards the . Chamber—of distrust towards the country. The time is past when it was Considered necessary to seize the occasion of some happy , incident to secure the suffrages of a limited number of electors. Now, every one sees that there is no longer among the masses the fickleness of other days, and men's convictions are • not changed by every passing breath that seems to agitate the poll= tical atmosphere. " Since we find ourselves assembled for the last time, it will not be in vain to look back upon what we have done together during the last five years, for it is only by embracing a period of some duration that we can appreciate the consistent spirit which has marked the direction of affairs. • People are usually pleased to seek In the acts of sovereigns concealed motives and mysterious „combinations. .My policy, however, has been very simple—to in crease the prosperity- of France and its moral as cendency, without abusing as without enfeebling the power which has been committed to my hands. Abroad, to favor within the limits of right and treaties, the; legitimate aspirations of the peoples towards a better future ; to develop our commercial relations with the countries to which we are drawn by the greatest community of interests ; to remove hom diplomatic litigation questions long disputed, in order to take away all pretexts for misunder standing. Finally, to prosecute boldly the. repara tion of every insult to our fag, of every injury to our fellow-countrymen. " See+how, according to circumstances, I have been enabled to apply these principles. "In the East the national desire of the Danubian Provinces to form only one people could not find us insensible, and our concurrence has contributed to cement their union. We have supported whatever was well founded in the complaints of Servia, Mon tenegro, and of the Christians in Syria, without dis regarding the rights of the Ottoman Poste. Our arms have defended the independence of Italy with out compounding with, revolution—without impair ing, beyond the field of battle, our good relations with our adversariee of a day—without abandoning the Holy Father, whom our honor and our past en gagements obliged us to sustain. "We have suppressed the causes of dispute which might have arisen with Spain, either from the non settlement of boundaries, or from the old debt of 1823 ; and with Switzerland, from the difference respecting the Valley of Dappes. Treaties of Cord inerce have been, or are on the eve of being, concluded with England, Belgium, Prussia,ltaly, and Swit zerland. Finally, expeditions in China, in Cochin China, and in Mexico, prove that, however distant the countries may be, an attack on the honor of Fiance cannot be made with impunity. "Such events have not occurred without occasion ing some complications. The path of duty always leads through • dangers. Nevertheless, France has become enlarged by two provinces; the barriers which separated us from our neighbors have been lowered ; a vast territory is opened to our activity in the extreme east . ; and, what is much better than conquest, we have acquired titles to the sympathy of the peoples without losing the confidence and the esteem of governments. . "During the years which have passed it has been my lot to meet most of the sovereigns, in person, and from these interviews have arisen amicable relations, which are so many pledges for the peace of Europe. This peace will not be disturbed by the events which have taken place in Greece. "This rapid survey of the past answers for the future, and, despite the pressure of unpropitious events and opposite opinions, you will recognize, I hope that I have always followed with firmness the same line of conduct. • "In that which relates more particularly to home fifths, I have purposed, on the one hand, by a com plete amnesty, to efface, so far as it was in my power, the recollections of our civil discords; on the other, to increase the importance of the great Bodies of the State, I have called you to take a more direct part in the conduct of affairs; have surrounded your deliberations with all the guarantees which liberty of discussion can de mand; I have renounced a prerogative which was until then deemed indispensable, in order to perMit the Legislative Corps to control the public expenditures in a more absolute manner, and to give more solidity to the bases upon which public credit reposes. In order to retrieve our finances, our army and navy have been reducen to more limited, proportions. The floating debt has been reduced and by the success of the con version of the Rentes a great step has been made to wards the unification of debt. The indirect revenue augments unceasingly, through the simple aot of the increase of the general prosperity, and the situation of the Empire would he ilouristang "if the Amerl ' can war had not come to. dry up one of the most fruitful sources of our industry. The forced stag nation of labor has engendered in many placea distress deserving all our solicitude ? 'and a credit will be asked of you for succoring those who sup port, with resignation, the effects of a misfortune which it does not depend upon us to arrest. Never theless, I have attempted to convey beyond the At lantic counsels, inspired by a sincere sympathy ; but the great maritime Poweis not having believed they coald yet join me, I have been obliged to defer to a more titling period the offer of mediation, the object of which was to atop the effusion of blood, and to prevent . the exhaustion of a. country, the future of which cannot be a matter of indifference. "I witteot enter with you into the details of several administrative ameliorations, such as the creation of the reserve of the army; the reconstruction of the fleet; institutions favorable to the poorer classes; great public works; encouragements to agriculture,, to the sciences ? and to the arts ; the maintenance of. the prosperity of our colonies, in spite of the sup pression of negro immigration; the strengthening of our African posseslions by our care in gaining more and more the affections of the Arabian people, and in protecting our colonists. The ministerial survey of the situation of the Empire will unfold to you each of these measures. ' ". " You. are about to' distinguish by useful labors your closing session;. and when you return to your respective departments. da not allow your aelveito forget that if we'have surmounted many objects, .accomplished. many Useful things, it is due to the devoted concurrence of the great bodies of the State, and to the harmony which has reigned between us; that, nevertheless, much remains to be done to perfect our institu tions, to disseminate true ideas, and to accustom the country to rely upon itself. Tell your fellow citizens that I shall ever be ready to accept all that is for the interest of the greatest number ; if they have at heart to facllitaterthe work which has been commenced, to avoid, the conflicts which cause. uneasiness, to fortify the Constitution, which is their work, let them send to the new Chamber men who, like yourselves, accept the actual regime with out reservation, who prefer totbarren contests seri ous deliberations ; men who, animated by the spirit of the age and by genuine patriotism, . enlighten in their independence the course of the Government, and who never hesitate to place above the • interest of a party the stability of the' State and the• great ness of the country." SPAIN Reports are current of ministerial modifications in the Cabinet at Madrid. The discussion on Mexican affairs continues in the (tortes. Seor Olozaga complains that Spain has lost two millions of.piastres and a great number of troops in the campaign without any result. He blames. Col 'antes for not protesting against the French candi dattire of Archduke Maximilian, instead of support ing the interests of a Spanish. prince for. Mexico. SWITZERLAND The Federal Assembly opened on the 12th instant. Without entering Into tho-particulara of American affairs, the President expressed a hope that the Union was able to maintain its vitality without foreign interference. GREECE. Ring , Ferdinand refuses the crown of Greece: The principal merchana3 of Corfu are opposed to the cession of the lonian Islands. Garikekil has accepted the presidency of the new Roman Committee of Action. He asks the Romans. to listen more to his counsels and have confidence in themselves alone. Commercial Intelligence. Lormon, Jan. 13.Consols closed dull at 92%.. LIVEILPOOL, Sam 11 — Cotton — The sales of two days amount to 7.009 bales, including 4,000 bales to specula tors and exporters, The market opened dull and irregular, with a decline in all qualities ; but a reaction took place, and a more buoyant tone prevailed under the effects of the news brought by the Etna this morning. • STATE OF Tamm—The market for shirting is firmer at bliinebester. . . BREADSTIIFF—FIour quiet but steady. Wheat steady. Corn firmer and advanced 6@9d. PuovisioNs.—Beef heavy. Pork very. dull. Bacon still declining. Lard steady for fine•qualities. Batter Arm. .Pitonrcs.— Tallow flat. Ashes dull. Sugar quiet. Coffee steady. Rice inactive. Rosin, no aalea. Spirits of Turpentine nominal. LONDON, Jan. 13.—American stocks have an upward tendency.'V. S. fives have advanced 111 cent., and Penn sylvania State bonds 11 . 4 cent.' [From the Times City Article, Mat.] • LONDON MONEY MAREET.—The English funds this morning again opened with a dull appearance. and soon experienoed a slight decline. Consols for money were first quoted at 92d, ta93, and after touching 92X, they dosed at 91% exactly. For the sth of February the final bargains were at 92%, to 93. _ At the bank, to-day, there was again a full demand for discount. . . . In the foreign stock market the changes have not been important, but with the exception of Greek Coupons and Turkish. Consolides, an average reduction of about an eighth has taken place. Italian five per cents have again experienced a decline of a winner per cent , statements being current that a new loan of twenty millions ster ling will he introduced in March at Turin, London, and Paris. The final quotation was 693, to The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3r, per mill e premium, and the short exchange on London is am per Al sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of SS Tis.l.oXd. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advises from Hamburg, the price of gold is 422% per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.3% per Sl. sterling. Standard cent• at the English Minuis, therefore, about 2-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. Tho course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1404 to 146 Tit cent.. and the pre mium on gold is 32% to 323 It cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold 'from the United States. The business in the share markets to-day has again teen very limited. but the movements in the closing Prices have not been such in any of 'be descriptions as to affect the tone to any material extent. In American the only movements were a decline of 3; in each of the two sections of Atlanticand Great Western CLOSING PRICES OF AMERICAN•GOVERNMMTT SECURITIES AND RAILWAYS. • ang Prices. Business done. Maryland 5 per cent 71 to 73xc U. S. 5 per cent. red 1814 6234 to 63 633 Virginia State 6 per cent 47 to 48 4734 Atlantic & Great West'n, N. Y. see.. let Mortgage, 1880, 7 per cent 70 to 71 " Erie Shares 4134 to 45K Do. 7 per cent. preference 65 to 67 •63 Do. assessment scrip to , f • .. Do. Ist Mortgage, 7p. c. 1867. •....81 to '&3.. Do. 2d do., .7 per cent., 1819 73 to si Do. 3d do.. 7 per cent., 1883 .. .. ..:.74 to 73 Illinois Centml 6 percent., rod, '75.78 to 80 - Do. 7 per cent., 1875 78) to 793 i Do. WOO shares, $OO paid .40 to 20 ds. ' Do. $lOO shams, all paid n 4 to 55 Mich. Cen. con. 1669, S per cent....ri to 83 Do. sink. fund, Sr. c. Ist M., '82..78 .to 89 • • R. Y. Cen. 6p. c. (sink. fond)"to 75 Do. 7p. c. cony. bonds, 1876......75 to 80 Panama R., Ist Mt., 7P. c. '65 103 to las Do. 7 P. e., '72 103 to 105 Pa. Con. bds Ist 31., 6p. c. cony.,.. 76' to 78 Do. 2d M., 6 per c00t... .86 -to SS Phila. & Reading $6O shares 25 to 23 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, LIVERPOOL, Jan. 12 and 13 —The demand for. Cotton has been moderate, and the sales for the' two days do not exceed 7,000 bales, :4,002 on speculation and for export. Prices steady. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, LIVERPOOL, Jan . 13. The arrivals from Ireland and coastwise since this day week have been fair of Oatmeal, but otherwise light. From foreign ports we have received 2519.5 qrs. Wheat, 10,611 qrs. Indian Corn, and 14,026 bbls. Flour, with 1,093 qrs. Peas, 2,243 qrs. Indian Corn from Canada. The ex ports in the same time comprise 2,0 Z qrs. Wheat, 2,016 sacks and 008 bbis. Flour. There has been a fair busi ness doing in the trade and much firmness in prices of Wheat and Flour during the past week. Indian Corn has improved, as shipments from the States of this' arti cle are very light, and prime mixed cannot be bought under 295. 'f 493 lbs- The weather .bas been extremely changeable, with sharp frost at night and rain during the day . .. At this day's market there was 'a fair :attendance of the town and country trade, but few buyers from a distance. Only a retail demand was experienced for Wheat; how ever, holders insisted on tell prices. Flour was ne glected, but without change in value. Oats and Oat Meal, with a moderate. demand, maintained their value. Barley, Beans, and Peas were saleable in retail at late rates. Indian Corn attracted considerable attention, and a good business was reported at from 23; Od for im perfect, to 28s to 29s 3d for prime mixed ; white was bold for 31s to 32s 6d, as to quality. The Ship Mortimer Livingston. Nisw YORK, Jan. 27.—The ship Mortimer Living ston.is ashore at Carson's Inlet. All her officers and crew, and the passengers, 120 in number, were saved, excepting a little girl and one man, who were drowned by the upsetting of a boat. POW FaAcrtainments. Abs.lllC Mucut—OunMall Withstanding the threatening aspect of the weather last evening,•the .Academy was comfortably filled, with an attractive and appreciative audience, to witness the performance of Flotow's well-known opera of " Martha." This evening, Flotow's cele brated opera entitled "Stradella" will be presented, with an excellent cast, for the first time in Philadel phia. The scene of the opera is laid in the city of Venice, in 1668, and illustrates an old romaunt. Herr Lotti,will sustain the important role of Ales sandro Firadella, and Madame Johannsen will execute the part 4)f Leonora. On Friday evening, the second season Will i;.!k closed, when Mr. Carl An schutz, the excellent dif.?ctOr of the troupe and leader of the orchestra, will tali;,' a benefit. On this occasion, a favorite opera will be 172'esented, with other attractions, and the audience, we L'!. will be both numerous and attractive. We are gratified to learn that a large number of the subscribers to the German opera have expressed the wish that a benefit should - be tendered to Mr. Adolph Birgfeld, the enterprising and urbane busi ness agent of the troupe. 'We understand that the success of the effort is beyond peradventure already, and we hope that none of Mr. Birgfeld's numerous friends will forget him when the occasion is definitely .announced. He has labored zealously with Mr. Ans chutz to produce before the public a series of opera tic gems, and his . praiseworthy enterprise will meet with a fitting reward and remembrance. It is only necessary for us to say that it is the universal desire of those who have given their sup port to the German Opera Troupe during both sea sons, that Madame Anna Rotter should accept of a complimentary benefit beforeeleaving us. If ar rangements, now in preparation, can be completed in due time, we hope to announce several additional entertainments by the German 'Opera Company durinxthe coming week. - ACADEMY OP MuSto—GRAND Blusicar. FESTI VAL.—On Tuesday evening, Febrtiary 10th, a grand musical entertainment will be given at the Academy by the New England Soktiers' Aid Association, which promises to be a splendid affair. Every eitbrt will be made by the Sons of New England, residents of Philadelphia, to make this one of the most popu lar entertainments of the season. Several talented ladies and gentlemen have volunteered their services for this occasion. Amodg the many may be men tioned a lady author, who has kindly consented to read an original poem, written for the occasion. The proceeds of this entertainment will be devoted to the relief of the suffering .New England soldiers, confined in Philadelphia hospitals. Miss Jose phine O'Connell and Miss Bella Minter, with other ladies, will also sing several favorite ballads. Dou glass's brigade band will furnish some choice music, and Signor Blitz will vary the performances with the execution of numerous tricks of legerdemain and ventriloquism. Tickets may be obtained at the gift-book store of Mr. G. G. Evans, in Chestnut street, near Fifth. NEW CHESTNUT-STIZEHT THEATRE.-Mr. Forrest performed the character of Yirginius last evening, with his usual ability and discrimination. To-night Mr. Hackett makes his first appearance at this thea tre, as Faistal; which is now peculiarly his own cha racter. He will be supported by Mr. Wheatley as Prince Hal, and all the leading members of the ex cellent stock company of the house. Si ING GARDEN INSTITUTE, CORNET'. 431' BROAD AND STEING GAILDET , : STREETS —l/LITCITINSUN FAMILY.—The renowned "Tribe of Asa> , will giye one of their unique and attractive drawing-roorn concerts, at the above-named hall, on next Friday evening, January 30, for the benefit of the Penn Sick and Wounded Soldiers' Relief Association. The object is one to Nxhich every one should attend, and the concert will be well worth hearing. • 00NCEiT HALT. —i:trß's $ T tls r -I}ui_professorlte;cont continues to entrance, amuse, and surprise large audiences every evening at Concert Ball. • His numerous tricks of prestidigi tation are really wonderful, and are much applauded. Heller has an attractive varied programthe for each evening's performance. ASS) :MttLY BUILDINGS, TENTH AND CHESTNUT SirnEwrs Woo»nortek , s GLAssnr.owEns.—The wonderful and entertaining performances of this troupe of artificers continue to attract large audi ences. In consequence of the completion of arrange ments for visiting other °Rica, we understand that this company cannot remain with us much longer. Everybody should be on hand, therefore, during the current and coming week. ASSEMBLY BUILIBNOS—SIGNOIt BLITZ.—While new places of public amusement are being thrown open, and new candidates for piddle favor are offer. ing themselves, the attainment-seeking, portion of the community are notneglecting their old favorite, Signor Blitz. The worthy Signor is as fresh to his audience to-day as he was years ago; 1118 fun Dad humor are perennial; his trick► of magic and sleight of-hand are always perplexing, and his scientific ex periments are always instructive. The Signor per at the Assembly Buildings nightly, and upon every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon.' _ TiIE CITY. [FOR ADDITIOVA:p CITY NSW7I SEB FOURTH PAGE.) ARRIVALS OF Sl* WOUNDED, AND' CONVALICSOKNT . SOLDlEM—Yesterday morning 35 convalescent., on their way from New York to Washington, were provided with a good, eubstantial dinner at the Citizens' Volunteer Hospital. A number of sick and wounded from Mount Plea giant Hospital, Washington, arrived at 61:4 o'clock. P. M. They came in one of the• anew hospital carol. recently finished at Wilmington. They were fur nished with supper, and accommodated with beds for the night. Among them are the following Penn sylvanians • Jacob Boas, K, 122 d. A. S. Tanbickle D, 63d. J. W. Wilson, A, 126th . .T. Wigant , - 1341 h. A. Streevy, 0, 107th. A. Morton, D,llllth. Clement., Wines, E, 81st. A. ement., B, 71st. 0. Bishop,, I . Slth. T. 0. 13bativ, M. 109th. W. Beitreley, I, 107th. W. Smith., 3". E. Crawterd i 0,1224 . Rufus Childs, I, 141st. 3. C. Roberts, 17th. IJ. Andrent, 134th. The following New Jersey soldiers were also among the number; A. S. Ackerly, F, 24th. B. C. Carpenter, I, 31st. J. Bakes, G,. 15th. J. H. Batter, 1,14 th. C. S. Sheet, I, 24th. SALE OF REAL ESTATE, STOCKS- k . Thomas & Sons sold at the Exchange, yesterday noon, the following stocks and real estate.: 1,213 shares' Clinton Coal and Iron Co:, 8 eta— s97.o4. 2 shares West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad Co., $9.50—59,50. 1 share West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad Co., $10.50—521. 6 shares Southwark Bank, sB2—s4lo. $6OO bond New Creek Co., 25 per cent.—s 426. $9O Delaware-Mutual Insurance Co., 77 per cent.— $69.75. 1 share Mercantile Library Company—s9:2s. Three-story brick dwelling, No. 1216 Pine street, west of Twelfth—s3,4oo. Stone dwelling, barn, and coach-house;. Main street, near Beaman, Germantown—s3,2so, Stone dwelling, stable, 8r,0., Main street, German town—s4,o6o. Two-story brick dwelling, 1044 Frankford road, yearly ground rent of $18.75—52,460. Three three-story brick dwellings, Potts' street, Fourteenth ward—s3,l6o. Since last report : three-story brick dwelling, 1817 Mount Vernon street—s4,ooo. BIBLES DISTRIBUTED.—Ia September, 1862,, the American Bible Society issued 168,632 volumes of the Scriptures, at the rate of eleven per minute of working time. This was the largest pro duct of any single month's labor since the origin of the society. During the months of August, September, and October 6,000 Bibles and Testaments were made at the Bible House, in each day of working time. - The total number of volumes issued from' the be ginning of this institution, in 1816, to the Ist inst., was 17,026,601,in thirty-four languages. Over a million of volumes of God's Word have been distributed in the army and navy sincethe war began. At a special 'meeting of the Board of Managers, recently held, over thirty thousand volumes were granted to the auxiliary at Washington, to the Christian Commission of the Army of the Rappa hannock, in the Southwest, and elsewhere. The operations of the branch in this city, the Pennsylvania Bible Society - and its auxiliary, the Philadelphia Bible Society, are greaterthan before the war began. The large number of sick and wounded soldiers quartered in this, theirtleld of la bor) makes a heavy demand on their resources, which they have met to the extent of their ability, and in many cases have followed the Pennsylvania soldiers to distant camps with their contributions. TER Swiss Mission.—Last night the twenty-ninth anniversary of the Swiss Mission Society was held at Rev. Dr.. Kennard's church. Addresses appropriate to the occasion were delivered by Bev& P. S. Henson and Dr. Piumer. The society has twenty-two missionaries steadily employed, and is in quite a" flattering Condition, except that its efficiency is considerably impaired from need of funds. PROMOTED.—Sergeant Charles Cowgill, of the 20th Regiment, Massachusetts volunteers, has been promoted to a second lieutenancy in said regiment. Lieutenant Cowgill is a Philadelphian. He enlisted as a private, and has won his shoulder straps by good conduct in eight pitched battles. He was wounded at Ball's Muir, and again at Antie tam, from which last he has just recovered. RAILROAD ACCIDENT.—Last night a man named Thomas Archdeacon was run over by one of the cars of the Fourth and Eighth-streets passenger railroad, and very seriously injured. He was taken to his home, No. 303 'Union street. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. WEE MONEY EMMET. PHILADELPHIA, jatalliry 27 Money operations were very active to-day. The con tiuued'apeculation in gold is running its value up to ex traordinary figures, and there is no determining when and where it will cease. The highest figure reached to day was 154, closing at 153 X, on a firm market. Old de mands rose to 14636, closing at 148. Governments were stiff until near the close, when they fell off a little. Mo ney active at bigt cent, on There was not much change in prices at the Stock Board. Some of the fancies, however, were a little weak, Government sixes and seven-thirties closing same as Yesterday. State fives advanced 'Xi per cent. New City sixes advanced to 114, closing firm ;108% was paid for the old. Camden and Amboy bonds were active, 19711 s rising 1. 118 was paid for Pennsylv i ania Railroad first mort gages, an advance of 11( ; Mier second do, an advance of M. Schuylkill Navigation sixes sold at 69%. Rending sixes, 1896, rose %; the other bonds wore steady. Hun_ tingdon and Broad Top Railroad first mortgages sold at par; Elmira sevens at 111, an advance of 1. Lehigh; Na vigation sixes sold at 116 ; Little Schuylkill sevens at 110%. North Pennsylvania Railroad honds fell on . M -1073% was bid for Philadelphia and Erie sixes.. . LellightNayigation shares sold at au advance of 1%, the scrip advanced 1%. Schuylkill Navigation and Morris Canal were steady. Locust Mountain coal rose lg. Ilinehill Railroad shares were active at 5:3053W. Reading closed at 4534. North Pennsylvania sold at 117 x, an im provement cif X. Pennsylvania rose %. ,Beaver Meadow sold at 70; Norristown at sS3.i', a decline of %. Little Schuylkill at 45. Catawissa preferred was steady at ?2%; the common sold at 7. Camden and Authoy at 135. Lehigh Valley at 7.53%. Elmira at 40; the preferred rose %. Cam. den and Atlantic preferred rose to 154, an advance of 1%. Passenger railways fell off slightly. Arch street de clined %. Ridge avenue sold at 17. Second and Third at 78. Girard College at 26%, no change. Thirteenth and Fifteenth rose:4. (liven and Coates and Fifth and Sixth were steady .1600 shares and 5t3,3,000 in bonds changing Lands; the nuarketa closing steady. • • Jay Cooke & Co. quote Goxernment securities. &c., as follows:l United States Sixes, ISSI United States 7 3-10 Notes Certificates of Indebtedness Quartermasters' Vouchers Demand Notes Gold • Messrs. M. Schulze Et Co:, No. 16 South Third street, • quote foreign exchange for the steamer China, from New York, as follows: PIirLADELPIITA, Jan. 27,1863. Leaden, 60 dale idght 166 @1.70 3 data ' 166.31@)171 ?aria, ;;;•i!aYs sight • 3f.20 • ' • 31`% '3L2I 3 (1831... i a • • •17 . The Now York Bank statement , published 7/v•• tertlar • " compares as follows with that of the previous week: Week ending. Loans. Specie. Circnlat'n. Deposits. Jan. 17 *176A:16,55S 3/.5,51.465. 9.241,715 )61.666,003 Jan. 24 .179,283,266 33,549,794 9,583,419 168,269,2 Increase co 676,706 968.31. v .... •• • • 3,6W,32S Decrease 155,246 Tho New York Evening Post of to-day says: The topic of Wall street to-day Is the .further extra.- ordinary rise in gold, the price' touching 1.54X®165. against 149 at this time yesterday, and 162 last evening. The opening sales were at 152X6152N, then at 1.5311+'fy1154 On the "first call " at the Board, afterwards at 15431 ®155, and finally 154.0154.4, Which is the price ruling at one o'clock. This jump of 606 per cent, in twenty.fmr }lbws, though less violent than the rise from 139 to I4S per cent., has a similar effect upon the money and stock markets, creating a feeling of apprehension that some disaster is hanging over us, and hence stocks are dull and heavy, and money less plenty. . The Stock Exchange commenced business with a fair 1 1 ' 1 ,71111T for ihe leading dividend-paying stocks, but the markei..‘t the close relapsed into a dull state, the fancies being presi;:.'4l for sale. Prices, on the whole, compared with yesterday 'Ste only a shade lower. excepting_ on Erie and Toledo, scbich are w at A. decline of lASIS per cent. New York Central, Erie Preferred, and Galena are strongly held at full prices. The market at two o'clock is steat with more Inquiry for stocks. There is an imProventent of 3i cent. in Illinois Central, Toledo, Bock Island, and Michigan Southern Guarantied. Park Bank sold at 130—e. rise of 15 i cent. within a few days. The bond market is again very strong. Michigan Soutnern, Terre Hanle, Hudson, and Michigan Central issues are 3 01 1 1 per cent. better. The State stocks are firm, especially Tennessees, illis couris, and North Carolinas. Governments are weaker to-day, influenced by the bin just passed the House of Representatives. Conpous ?old down to 941 i.; Certificates Mi. Seven-thirties are an'ex caption, being firm at yesterday's price. Money is in full demand at 6-e cent. on tall. On good collaterals the.supply is easy. Dutiable .Den.and' notes are 134' cent. higher, selling at 147(0)14734 'P. cent. At 2 o'clock dutiable demand notes are selling ai 148?.i. Gold at Facelift age on London is excited and higher. First class bills are quoted at 161®170. Phila. Stock Exe [Reported by S. E. StarxAx FIRST 16 Beaver Meadow... 70 Drente. It 66 33 d o 6634 1000 G & Amb 63 'B9- c3ll 1*5.34 100) do "83..c611 107,11 1600 do '7O 10S .. . . 30. Thirteenth-Ft R.. .. '2.61 . 50 do 2636 100 do ' , eV SOO City 6s new 113% 3000 do new •• • • ....114 22SCO do KSO• 100 60 Locust 31ounin.s30 32 - IN d 0. . .. • • • 32X l 5 do :32g 113 aiin. hill R 63 30 d o.• ...... 533 i 17 do 5335 5S do 53 50 Girard College E • •,.;;" Llt. R 119 do 45 100 Cataw'aß Prof 225; 50 do Pref b 5 223 i 50 do Pref...bs 2234 100 do Pref 223 c rorrw 2000 City 6s •letfslOßX SCOO American Gold SECOND 6 Ore , n•ct R 4035 100 Ca taw 'aR Pre 2231 ICK) do Prof ..el3O '22X 160 do Pref 22 - X 100 do Frei% . 5.20 2235 00 do Pref. .... 21 . ),1 7 Gaud Bauk 41 100 Lehigh S Fifth-Et R Gi 11ine1;111 B s.sg 73 d 0... 433,1 s 3 Corn & Allan Pref.. 1634 :"A) Jo X 434 • 49 Arch-sr. R b 5 27341 CLOSING PRI Bid. Asked. II S 6s cone '61.... 943( mg U S 7-30 D b1k....1013( 102 American Gold. •15334 155 Phil 6s old..ex in.1063i 109 i Do new.ex 1n.114 1.1411 Alleg co 6s R..... . . • Penua 6s 10134 10131 Reading R .. • .... 45n 45 - Do bde '93.• .1113i' • 114 Do bds '70...1e9 110 Do bds '93...106.4 107. Penna R 6634 66% Do ' let m 65..117)( 11935' Do 2d en 65...1103; 113 Morris Cane.l.... 66 67 Do prfd 108..133 137 Do 6s '76. •.• • • • • Do 2d mtg... • • • • Snag Canal Do fls Schnyl If ay. ..... 5 51e Dc prfd .. ••• 14K 19.% Do 68 '82.... MK 034 Elmira It 90 44:0‘ Do pea... ... Isox Do 78 Ist in -111 112 D 0...... . . • N Peana 113. 114 Do 6s 91341; • Do' . . ... 110 112 Phila Ger & Nor. • • • • Lehigh Val R... .• • • Lehigh Val 94T .9.5 96 9•2 M 93g .149 OM 15%0155 e sham'. Janxch. 27. a, g Philadelphia Eange. ) °ABA 2.llQLit Sch 7s ...... . • • • .110 K "slcßead'g . R.. opg&int 453 i 330 Catawsmet R . • • • • • 7 112 (abt) Lehigh 65....116 50 N Penna R. al do 113. i 7000 TT S 7.3oTreasli.end 101 100 do end Feb 101% 11000 do%• • . . blk 102 10 Philadelphia 8k...11S 10 Second-ct 11 21 Girard Bank.— .••• 41 12 Cam Sr amb R 135 3COO Elmira R 7s.lotsbslll 131 Alger Gold IiSO. -.152 13 Mechanics' Bk..— 2.3 X 609 Sch Nov Gs 'S:3— 69K 63 Lehigh Nay 59X 10 Lehigh Scrip.. . .. 34 37 Lehigh Valley R.. 75% 10 Elmira* ... • . 410 250 Cam Sr Atlau Pref.. 14X Ridge-ave 17 5 Arch-st 11 2724 . 500 linn&BTopß lsitin.loo BOARDS. 50 Cataviva R. 7 600.7teading 66 '56. ..... 106;4! BOARD. 400 City . 66 new 113 X 500 do new .—..— .113 7500 Rending eti '56 10654 24 Sorlown R.•.4dre 58V.4 6000 Peuna R Ist m 11S 12 CU U S 6s 'SI 95 4000 Penna. It Si m Ili 3000 Penns. 5.4 1013( 00 Read4R ..opgStiut 45% 400 do C&P... .. 4. 5 % ;0 do \;io 453 1000 Sch Nay 6s '52 994 1600 do 1,16934 1100 N Penne R.......b30 1 . 1.14 CBS—STEADY. Bid. Asked. Catavertesa 8..... 7 - 34, Do p_rfd 2 f 2lf , Beaver Mead Minahill R • . Harrisburg 8. : .. .. Wilmington • • Lehigh Nav 68.. Do shares.•• 59 s 5931 Do scrip •.•• 34Li 34.)fi Cam & imb Phila & Erie &t. Sun St Brie 75•.• • . L Island R 2615 27% Do bonds-- • • Delaware Div.. • • Do bonds:•.. • - • Spruce-street'i.. 16,!.; 1 6% C hestnut-st P 53 65 Arch-street R.•.. 27 27% Race-street A— 1055 11 Tenth•street R. • • 33 39% Thirteenth-et R. • 26 26)4 W Phlla R 603. e 63 Do bonds.... Green-street R... 41134 iCoic Do bonds: •.. Second-street rg Do bonds.... Firth-street R.... 63 56 Do bonds. • • - Girard College B 28 2635 FleventAstab.st B 10 1035 Little &Amyl R.. 44% 45 Mew York Stec Closing Qnotatio Bid. dated, 13 6e '74 U 6671 II BOs '6l regist. 93 93 11 6 6.1 'Bl coup.. 94 9414 USBeAyrcoup—ll66e6yr reg••• •• Demand N0te5...1483.1 Trea Notes, 7.30..102 10 9 ....,‘" Tres Notes. 6 c 95X 9B Tennessee 63A lbt essee Virginia 70 North Carolina..... Missouri 6t OB.": 60% 66 California 7a..... ,Canton Company 29 23 Del h Hud.. ..... Penn Coal Cumb' and C Co• 21.ki Pacific Mail 172 17231 t Ex-dividend Semi-weekly Baileys% of the Phllade Markets. itrels 27—as • —ven l; There is a fair business doing in SAscenv the produce realty. and pr are without any m aserial change. pe rj ,"s mains alast quoted: Wheat is tic bes better. e,;;; is dull. Cotton continues very firm, and prices well ra e a, tained. prices are There is a fair businessdoing in proviej e , • the The Flour market is quiet and prices unchaorei• sales comprise about 7,00 bbl at '37.21@.7 50 for extra ftt.MilY. The NaleS t ote retailers and Et a moderate at K12%11657% for superflue. e.eY4? extras, 1b:7.12507.75 for extra family, and M't ee l ' fanny brands, according to Rye Fle ur en. and' o ser id at a d e 5 'V hhi. quality.eat continues Penns is held at .$4, and Brand ywine at $4.50 bbla GRAIN.—The ofterings of Wheat are m e d erats .. prices have advanced 2.(43c V, bushel. with .41(4 r a ' l s i bushels at Ite@l6oc for good to prime red, nue.ey at 'ed latter rate, and white at 175®185c 171 bushel, the l att „tai prime Kentucky. Rye is steady ate ogime e bu,bl .. f i e ; Pennsylvania. Corn is sot so active: abontlit,lyeee;;', sold at Melo for new yellow, afloat and in the eare,.7, 00c bushel for old: Oats are steady and abent the same as last noted; sales of Moo t o , t ; e: se@e3e, measure, and 64c for 32 lbsvreight. Primi RariP; is Felling at pi 50 busheL PROVISIONS.—Tnere is a good demand. and ee,,, ,„ Pork are Arra, with sales: s ot Westera Zest at et; 152.5 for old and new._ Mess Beef is in fair demise . w•s 7 furthersales of city-packed at 51X415, and $12012.5011 bbl., cash. Dressed Hog. continue to ';* freely. aid sell at $5.150(4t6 100 lb. For Bacon the m ... t.. more inquiry ; sales otplain and fancy Hane, re :40 1 " Sides at 71@l7Ke; Shoulders at 6@ile‘c, Cahh eit.ers' time. Lard—Tile stock. is lig L and firmly }lei& e-e - e, sales of 500 bbls , and tes. at 10 (4 1 03;c, en. and Fblfl time, and kegs 11©illic lb: 300 pkgs. country-told ate @Al4c, cash Butter—There is a good demand for with sales of 150 bhls. at 190}23c, and n2)O pkgi. packed at.l4@l7c. Eggs are lower, sad .selling at 17,3.130 dozen. METALS—There is a firm feeling in the Iron nurk,t, and an active inquiry, but makers generally riefon s e lling at present rates ; sales of 2,C00 tons force on term, kept, private; 600 tons No' .1 dathracite at &IA try, cash and time. Small sales of Scotch Pig ae4; l; and Boiler Iron is unchanged. Lead is held higher. ;14 there is little or no stock here; we quote. at 53.7449 100 m tb a s. Copper Ls also firm, and ou the advance , but e l , dend is limited. BARX.—Quercitron comes forward alowly, With s e t, of 120 blebs at 531.50 ton Tanners' Bark hem at re7elldtel6 V cord. slovril CANDLES are in steady demand at iffi.ga•Mc Nevi. for city•made Adanutn tine Western Candles am *Ant. and Tallow and Sperm are without chanze. • COAL—The orders from the East hail! , fallen etc tea scarcity of vessels and high rates of freight Umlaute shi p . mettle The Government being about the only ptue a ea .. pric ally es d arell nominally uucbanged, and the market to ru.. • COFFEE.—The stock Is very light, and the dement lim t ited, but prices continue very firm : sales of 863 bas e including Rio, at '3.'@32c 'Mtwara:lV_ 3lc. and Jatnii:t flleash and four months. COTTON.—There is a better demand, and pries s maintained, with sales of LW bales Uplands atrholl. cash, for middlings. FlSH.—There is very little doing in Mackerel. hat prices are steady. Sales in lot,. arum store at 5 31'3,13 f ool No. 1, gel , qs9 for No. 2, $.7. , @5 2.5 f or medium, and et.rel tr l arge h o . 3. Codfish sells in lots as wanted at 64.50 theloo Ihs and Pickled Horring at S 2. re) bbl. PROT.—A cargo of Sicily Oranges sad Lemm a k a , arrived, and been partly disposed of been the wharf on private terms. Raisins have advanced. Green are held at s2@3 bbL Dried Apples sell at s@6c e 1 e, Peaches aro rather more abundant. Salts of nnutred quarters and halves at olfenloe. Pared Peaches ant scarce and wanted. Cranberries range from Se title barrel. GUANO is unchanged. Sales of Peruvian at e7.Yre7e toncash. II'OPS are held firmly, but the sties are entitled to Reetern and Western first sort at "Akteetc - e! H IDES aro firmer, but the want or 0t0044 °Tots. tions. HAT is in steady demand t at SeeriXle tile 100 %). LUMBER.—There is bet' ittle doing in any kind. Usual at this season. ot the year, and no change in rcirp,,, MOLASSES.There is a very firm feeling in 1.13. nat. leet, and 21XlIthds new crop. clayed Slat:tam, 3*. yd 38)( e on time. '. - .old crop New prleans Blolaws c *gallon; new do at 55e, all on time. l AVAL STORES.—Common Rosin has advane4 an d is selling in a small way at $l3 cash. Tar and l'itca main as lastquoted. Spirits Turpentine is hold train with small sales at 62.65®167 gallon. OILS.—The market for Linseed L. eseited, and prior firm sales in a small way at 51.30w1.2. Oil are firm; sales of Whiter at Ss®9oc. cash. 706 troleum market •Is unsettled, and supplies reativ.. t) arrive irrewalarly ; sales of refined at change in Fish Oils. PLASTER —There is but little coming in; igtS E gsft at $.1.5C-1 e ll kW. RICE% quiet, there being but very little berm alit sales at 7.4@73.‘c, cash. SALT.—There has been a further arrivelorad saki; of Turk', Island. The market is firmer. SEEDS. There is a good demand for Clorenr.. , -1. sat prices are steatif- maintained; sales of 3,000 tithi , .. o .,izlr and prime at 87 et.7.30' bushel. Timothy has advaztAi: sales of 1,000 bias els at $2.2602.-50. The market i, bit/ of Flaxseed, and it is wanted at s 3 10@3 haste!. SUGAR The market is firm, and furthersale, of hhds, mostly New Orleans, at 10fra11?ic. on fimi. Tana Sugar sold at 103gc `4l SPIRITS are firm, but quiet, and small sales of B:aal7 and Gin. New England Bum is better, and wart): 6k. Whisky is held firmly; sales of Pertiasfirania and OM) bbls at 60c, and drudge at.4Bc. TALLOW is unchanged; sales of rendered at 10.1i5lic cash,and country , at 10WalOYie. TOBA.CCO.—hianufacturetl of fine quality's *MO 57 1 high, but Leaf is dun. - WOOL.—There is a . fai r demand for the medium 12.1 tlne grades, and the tendency is upward; sales of $)).)); The at 65 up to 70c, cash. The following are the receipts of Flour and Grail at this port to-day : Flour ' 0)3 bbis. Wheat ' 7,113 bus. Corn 10,61 e bus. Oats 6,030 bus. New York Markets of Yesterday. ASHES.—Pots are Arm and selling at 85.50: Pearl , is quiet at 88.25. BREAnsrurps.—The market for State and Weel ,, n Flour is excited and 10@il5c higher, with a good demant at the advance. The sales are 17,000 Mils et 5n".11' 15 V6.90 for superfine State; 8*7.50 for extra State; 5 6.7 0=0.6.95 for superfine Michigan, Indiana, lowa., Ohio, &c.; 7.10@a65 for extra do., including shipping brands of round-hoop Ohio, at 61.1 K 7.60, and trade brands do. at $7.71:1C05.75. Southern Flour active and fully 10c better; . sales la bbls $7.351g9 for superfine Baltimore, and. eSfifel.7,s for extra do. Rye Flour is firm, and in moderate demand, at 1 14.03 5.30 fer the range of fine and superfine. Canadian flour is buoyant, and price; have adrancel 1C(4)15c, with more activity.: sales MOO bids at Kt ',KW for common to good, and tR.00@5.75 for extra brand,. Corn Meal is firmer % and in demand. We quote Jer,l at 6.19::®-I; Brandywine, 154.70@4,76; panchtor.s 111 t. Wheat is buoyant, and 1@ : cents better; the market is somewhat excited, with a fair demand at the 'repro .. .. ment. The sales are 100,000 bushels at 61 47g Est for GM. cage Springi ?..1.5:1gn. MI for Milwaukee Club; M 131 for amber Iowa: $1.61(01.67 for winter red Wevrai 1.14 $1.67®1.70 for amber Michigan. Bye is firm at $l 001.10. Barley is scarce, and firm, at $1.50@1.70. Oats are firmer, and selling at ai@7lc for Caiii•Eri, Western, ant State. Corn it in better demand, and 2@3 teats h the market in somewhat excited anti !infra:Ai 95.000 bushels at 90@90.3‘c for sound Western a.:g-I.:ezi 71gS9c for unsound do. BOSTON MARKETS, Jan. 26.—Cons EXCHAN-E. - 1 7 :? receipts since Saturday have beim:s,3l6 bbG Flear. 1 1 .11 bushels Oats, and 1,000 Shorts. The mat kei dna f.it Flour with a lids demand. The sales hare be.'n 11016.50 for Western superfine; $7(4)7.25 for common extra,: s7.of®S for medium do and 38, 10 for:rood and chotei, including theorite St. Louis brands. Southern Flora . 1. lirm but tinier. • Corn is firm at SurZnfc mixed. and 90092 c for Southern and W6;oru yeziow. Oats have been sold at 65@i6ic "P. Mesh for :contern Canada. Eye 96%97c. Shorts and Middlings at sSl.9l@l3o'f ton— PROTTMONS.—Poriz is firm and selling at prime ; $l6 for mess, and $l7 for clear. caih, Beef flare from e12.150@14.60 . ,.ib1 for Eastern and We, , wro. 30N c In bhle ann tierces, and 11 ;: c in kegs : Hams Sc 'f lb, cash. In Butter and Cheese no change. BALTIMORE COFFEE MARKET, Jan. T.—Srbt illltetiVO. Rio is bold firmly at 30.'4@31;ac;1,4aa)rsst stml Java a t 115@,...17c "f lb. • PAgBSNOERS SAILED. In ship Tonawanda. for Liverpool — Dr Newbarn neon. 6 Pat 16 in the steentge. PHILADELPHIA •BOA.RD Oa TRIOS. THOS. S. PEON, • . ANL. R ST RS OKES. • " Coeur= or THE Norm GEO:RGE TVITAM: • XXTTIFOA BAGS AT THE 3f.BßOnit Tb 1 zitarAwas, PHILADELPHIA. Bark Alex IllelfeiLSonleril;...lio a Bark Florence, ( Br) Tele ......!... . " London. el: Port pain. ~ , V2 Brig Venus, (Br) Taylct • • L!TerpooLool Brig Fred e rick Donee, Ferness - ' LondOll4ooll Behr Debonai re, (Br) Brads..smw ,,,,, i .............. 6),Y5 MARINE ENTELUOR.SCID, PORT OF PHILADELPHIA, thos. 2S, ISO 7 13-SIIN SETS. ..... SUN RISES HIGH WATER... • ARRIVED. Ship Napoleon, Thompson, 4 days from New "Prk. with salt to Wm Bunion—vessel to Workman k Co. Bark W A Platenins, Davis, S days from New l'orl, with Inds° to Workman & Co. Brig John Pierce, Norton, from Cardenas °thinst,with molasses to order. Schr Lydia A May, Baker, from New York, with tals to David Cooper. Schr Sea Flower, Clark, from New York, with mast) D Cooper. Sehr Malabar, Welsh, 4 days from New York, with° ll to City Gab Works, SchPAlidit, Lambert, 6 days from Boston, with nt , h 4 to Twells St Co. Schr Jos S -Buckinaster, Lilllo,l day from Frederic: , Del. with corn to Jas L Bewley SE Co. Schr Andrew Man sh ip, Collins, 1 day from Littleertet Landing., with ccrn to J t, Bewley & (;0. Sclir T McColley, Carter, 1 day from Cam with corn to Jas Barratt & Son. Schr Diamond State, Sill!, 1 day front Wilford, DA with corn to Saddler,ratt St Son. tchr C C Sipple, 2 day from Milford, Del. with corn to Jas Barratt & Son. Steamer E Chamberlain, Broughton, from GeoretO n ' DC, with mdse to Thos Webster, Jr. CLEARED. Brigj'asea, Rose, Key West„ 1 . D Barley SEC.). SchA!ll- A SUONV, Savage, Salem, Twells S: Co. Schr John Stockham, Higbee, llamptou Roads, Hunter. Norton & Co, Sat* D S Siner, May, New York, D Cooper. St r S S Shriver, Deunk., Baltimore, A Grove 4. SAILED. The packet ship Tonawanda, Captain Julim,for Liver pool, left Walnut-street wharf at jOyz o'clock festa' l4 morning, In tow of steamtug America, with a cargo car slating of 3943 bbls f10ur,r,423 bushels wheat.9.3l..del rags '2lO bbls apples, 10 laths ' bark, 94 bap , clover:red; Ship Weetmoreland, Captain Decan, for Liveraoo)., / ,; Lombard-street wharf at 1P 11 yesterday", in ion' °` ' 4 " Ice Boar. Her cargo consists of 23,3:0 bushel:: whe 3l . 45:35 do corn, 5213 bbls flour, 46 hhds bark, 61 cask s t `' Ll°. 19 bales wool, and 36 boxes bacon. (Correspondence of the Philadelphia Exchangs.t,. LEWES, Del. dim , The lark Achilles. from Philadelphia for Livent.t: brig Planet, front do for Port an Prince; *teenier for Port Royal; one bark, name,unknown: three and thirty schooners. are at the Breakwater. The Fir! Fathom Lightboat, which was blown from her niaorLug du , ina the late gale, is also at the harbor. Th e '''k" America, for Port an Prince, went to sea yesterday:. tar p Alice Alinott, for New Orleans, went out this luornie • Two of the schooners on the beach, one loaded uith Ur. the (Aber with coal. are having their cargoes taken out. Wind light from :IR • Your*, Itc, AARON MARSHILL MR.MORANDA. Mr Robert Scott, pilot, reports that on We‘in''' 4l4l last the Lightship ou Five Fathom Bank VA.. drive! down on the shoal part of the bank 'mom: the Welters; after hiring two boats, was obliged to slip her cablean.l Put into the Breakwater. . • 11.' Ship :Midnight, Brock, cleared at Boston 'AA San Francisco. Bark Meaco, Clark, cleared at Havana ISM Mitt.* • York. Brig Geranium, Pearce, sailed from Newport Sid for Ph i d e 'ph fa. . Brig Win Cree.vey. Little, hence, arrived at Cardrx ° .1511 t inst. Brig Wm H Harris, McAlery, hence, arrived at S.r.Vis 1 oth inst. • Brig Ella Reed, Jarman, sailed from pavane rah in— fer Philadelphia. . Brig John Bernard, Jamieson; hence, at Trinidad a. Cnbalst inst. Brig John Welsh, Jr, Pifteld, hence,. at Trinidad J.' Culkal2t la inPt.t Schr Henry Nutt, Barrett, hence, arrived at Sac , - , instant Fehr C E Elmer, Mason, hence, arrived at Cardeur. 10th iSchr nst. Ind tustry, Barri', cleared at Nassau 15th fit Philadelphia. Sebr Defiance, Evans, hence,. arrived at Cardeam ,l4 '' ' '' instant. Schr Sophie. Godfrey. ltuesell, cleared at No' . '" 's _Grit inst. for Philadelphia. Marine. NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—Arrived steamer Merrimac, from liey Wes t on the 20th; ships Christiana o°2l London, and Hellespont from Liverpool; Amatba from Nassau; Farewell from Lisbon; JO' E. W ditto; brig Adelhi from Pars. Belo a w rd , harks•Edisto fro Buenos 'Ayres; go'L L T:i nich from Malaga; brigs Ellen, Rolling Sea , Li " Bernard. Charles Krl.-; bsr o BOSTON, Jan. 9.l.—Arrived, brig from smyrna, and schooner Freeman, from A L-- Cayes. Li. kg, Jan uary 27 na at 334 o'clock, . 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