%THE PRESS,
VJBLIBRID DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPIND,I
2 BY JOHN W. FORNEY,
'CHIVE No. 111 SOUTH FOtTRTH STREET
SWHE DAJLY PRIOSS,
ZICIIIITBSY Care PRIL'WBEk, payable' to the Carrier.
Mailed to BahserLbe , ,re out of the Myer SICiEfT DDIZAIB
rtes Arranw. you's 35OLLASS Poe BIZ, MONVIB, Two DMA
l ' Altel FOR TEnOsiterrna- , tavarlably In advance for the
inn Ordered. ,
ear Advertitements inserted at the usual rates. Six
nines cortetitate a square.
viiE mI-WEEKLY PRESS,
la '. ed to Subeeribers out of the City at Foos Doi,
la 8 rell Ammar. in advance.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
WELLING, COFFIN, -it CO.,
%RIO CHESTNUT STREET,
.Offer for eak, by the Package—
PRINTS, BROWN AND BLEAC HED SHEETINGS AND
trAIRTINGB.
DRILLS, CANTON FLANNELS.
COTTONADES, CORSET JEANS.
SILESIAS,.NANKEENS.
'COLORED CAMBRIC% SEAMLESS BAGS.
'BLACK DOESKINS AND CASSIMERES..
'UNION CLOTHS, SATINETS.
'PLAID LINSEYS, NEGRO SE,RSEYS.
iIENTUC KY JEANS.
:SEY•BLUE KERSRYS, INFANTRY CLOTHS.
AMY FLANNELS, 10 and 12-ounce DUCK, at.c.,
deb-mwf3m
GRI6-G & HARMSTEAD,
No. 31. STRAWBERRY STREET,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
For the sale of
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS.
Jaa•am
OUR SPRING . STOOK IS NOW AR.
RAIN GED
80,000 DOZEN
JEI 0 IS I E R Y,
AT LOWER PRICES THAN. PRESENT COST OP
PORTAT/ON. • - '
THOS. MELLOR CO.,
40 AND 42 NORTH THIRD STRRRT;
JOHN T. BAILEY & 00.
SAGS AND BAGGING
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
NO. 113 NORTH 'FRONT STREW,
Ja7.74m PHILADELPHIA.
RIL A DR LFHIA
" BAG
M A NUFAOTORY.
BURLAP RAG S, OF ALL SIZES,
FOR CORN, OATS, COFFEE, BONE.DUST, dm.
ALSO,
SEAMLESS - BAGS,
Of standard makes, ALL SIZES, for sale cheap, for net
veal]. on delivery,
GEO. GRIGG.
14103.1,f No• 210 and 201 GittlEati ALLEY.
I ,COTTON YARN.
SUPERIOR COTTON URN. No. 10.
YOB SALE BY
& WILLS
SHIPLEY, _HAZARD,
1111/ 4 0/1 7 INSON,
No. U cassucar STREET,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
FOB THE SALE OP
pHILADSLPHIA-ISADS GOODS
sell6m . ..:.:••
• SEWING ILICIIIINBS.
STILL T'HEREI
AT THE ,OLD STAND.
OAS CHESTNUT STREET.
Second door, opposite Jane's Hall,.
WHEELER oh WILSON
SEWING MACHINES.
The undersigned bas not removed, but is ready at hie
Old Office to supply customers, at the lowest prices, with
- emery style and quality of
WHEELER & WILSON SEWING MACHINES. •
Machines to hire ; also, with first-class operators, to
- vr ate families and hotels, by the day,
f
aching atitchlog d °neat short notice. in any quantity.
Machines repaired and operators taught.
die2B-3m zrzwEY COY.
SIN GER'S
SEWING MACHINES,
For Fawn) Beigair and Manufacturing Purpois
Ern
81.0 OVES'I'N - CT STREET.
6.13
•
, TEF, wErmox & GIBBS
1... / SEWIN MACHINES
• Welk" greatly improved, mailing It
ENTIRELY NOISELESS,
aaa isih Selfadinsting Hammers, are now read for sale
iff. • FAIRBANKS 41r. EWING,
V 715 CHESTNUT Street, •
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
A tOBERT SHOEMAKER & CO.,
Northeast Honor Fourth and NAOS Streete.
PHILADELPHIA,
•
WHOLESALE rSRUGGISTS,
IMPORTER!! AND DRALEIII3
rows= AND DOMESTIO
' WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
MANIIPAOTOPISR9 OP
WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY. Act
MN= 101 113 OBLZBRATED
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Dealers and sows limns supplied at
YKEY LOW PRICES You CASH.
noW-Sm
i CABINET FURNITURIL
,
ABINET FURNITURE AND BIG.
LIA.RD TABLES. .
..
' . MOORE & CAMPION, .• •
No. 'An South SECOND Street,
..S1 connection with their extensive Cabinet Business, are
V,' manufacturing a superior article of
1 BILLIARD TABLES.
mat have now on hand a foil supply, finished with the
000 ES & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS. which
Sr 4 prenonneed by a ll who have used them to be out+
to all others,
or the Quality and Seel' of these Tablee the mann.
nrere refer to their numerous patrons throughout
'.111., 13 nioa. who are familiar with the character of their
•wrrk. au2S6to
AROH STREET.
'O. A. VAIISIRMC & 00.
MAIMITACTIIREW3 OY
I - CHANDELIERS
AND OTHER
. •
*AS FIXTURES. ..
Afen, French Bronze Figure* and Ornaments , Porcelain
sand Inca Bhadee, and a variety of
FANCY GOODS
, .
wHoLzsALr. AND RETAIL.
please tall and examine goods. delSdy
CAUTION.
The wellearned ugh:dation of
FAIRBANKS' SCALES
Ms induced the makers of Imperfect helium to offer
*hem es "FAIRBANKS' SCALES," and pnrehaeere have
thereby, in many instances, been subjected to fraud and
!Imposition. Fairbanks' Scales are manufactured only by_
inhe original inventors, B. dc T. FAIRBANKS '& CO., and
are adapted to every branch of the business, where a
•ore*ot and durable Scales is desired. • •
FAIRBANKS at *WING,
• • " — Snead Agents,
%WWI MASONIC, HALL. VU OMISMItif ST.
CORNELIUS Jo BAKER,
MANUFACTURERS 0 . 1
LAMPS, CHANDELIERS,
GAS FIXTURES. &a
STORE. '7lO CHESTNUT ST.
MANITFACTOBIES.
.821 CIIIiF.RY Street, and FIFTH and COLUMBIA
Jaralm Avenue.
• L.O.
ZINO ARMY AND TOILET MIRRORS,
The best In the world for finish and durability.
B. M. S.
The beet brand Silk Finished
VELVET RIBBONS.
Solo Agent
BEll =k9l B3 ngh DUANE Street,3 West
fee-am New York.
cfgAs: 'B. Ac JAS. CARSTAIRS, NOS.
91 a 126 WALNUT and 21 GRANITE Streets.
Offer for sale the following goods in bond of theii own
importation, viz:
Cognaosaud Rochelle Brandies, in half pipes. quarters.
Sind octaves.
Mporto nraunf' orte. in dy.Fots,
Octav in qu es arters . and octaves.
O
I priple-enchor Gin, in pipes and three-quarter plpes.
Jamalcalßom, in puncheons. •
93a-y - Rum; in p'nnoheons and barrels.
'Chest. In casks and cases.
Also the followln_q, for which we art; the sole agents :
egy,MPABBII.—The celebrated. brands of " Gold Lao"
Rod Gloria."
Farrel & Blames' Imperial French Mustard.
" • " • Olives.
ca .-;
" Onrstairs' " pure Salad Oil.
Also for sale. to arrive; 1130 casks Marseilles Madeira.
200 baskets Olive 011.
LIO cases French Mustard.
800 cases Claret.
117 qiuuter casks Burirtutdr Port.
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RETAIL DRY GOODS.
SPRING AND SUMMER
,DRESS GOODS.
Owing to the depressed condition of trade last Spring
and Summer, quantities of DRESS GOODS were sold at
auction at considerably.
LESS, TII,AN IMPORTATION COST,
At which time we were induced to • purchase, and have
carried over a larger stock than usual, which is now ar
ranged, and marked at such prices as 'trill effect rapid
Purchasers who will anticipate their wants must rem.
lize advantages, as the increase of DUTY AND EX-,
CHANGE will advance the plice of this chatseter of Aga§
WHOLESALE BUYERS WILL FIND DESIRABLE
GOODS IN OUR STOCK.
TRAVELLING- DRESS GOODS,
PARIS PRINTED BEREGES,
BLACK BEREGE ROBES,
BLACK RERNANIS,
PLAID VALENCIAS,
PLAIN BEREGES,
FANCY DRESS SILKS,
AND NECOTAS.
CURWEN STODDART & BRO.,
450;'.452,AND 454
NORTH SECOND STREET ABOVE WILLOW.
fE7•3t PHILADELPHIA.
NoTroE
In consequence of its occupying longer time in making
the alterations ta,„our store than we anticipated, it will
,not be opened nail , ,
THURSDAY MORNING,
THE 12TH INSTANT
EDWIN HALL &-,004
No. 26 Sout - b. SECOND Street
CASSIMERES,
CLOTHS, LININGS,
Compriiing a large and complete stook of goode for
MEN'S AND BOYS'• RTEAR.
THE TRADE SUPPLIED AT REASONABLE PRICES.
COOPVM & CONARD,_
lASI S. E. CORNER NINTH AND MARKET STS.
MUSUNS BELOW THE 'MARKET
PRICES. —We have a large Stock of Bleached and
Brown MUSLIN'S, of all widths and qualities, at prices
from .2 to 6 cents per yard under the case price of the
agents.
_ Among the stock will be found New York Mills, Wil
limsville, Wamsutta, Torresdale, Allewagen, aud
every approved make. , -
Country Storekeepers will save by an examination.
Linen goods at old prices. .
R D. & W. U. PENNELL,
fe2 lO2l MARKET Street.
CLOSING OUT WINTER STOOK:AT
AND UNDER. COST PRICES.
Saxony Plaids and Poll Do Chevres. at 20 els.
Best American Delaines, at 20 eta.
All imported• Dress Goods at cost prices.
These goods are all really cheaper than Calicoes.
, Plain Silks, rich colors. •
Small-4114d Corded Silks, solid colors.
Phiti and figured Black Silks.
Very heavy - Gto Grain Black Silks.
Rich styles Fancy Silks.
All of these goods are at last fall's prices.
Pretty styles Fancy Silks, 56, 66, 75 eta.
Plain Black Alpacas.
Single and double-width Black All-wool Delaines.
Plain Black Merinos, Cashmeres, and Reps.
All at last fall's prices.
English, Merrimac, Coeliac°, Sprag ue , and all the
best makes of Prints In the market.
Pillow Case, Sheeting, and Shirting Muslin. Wil
liamsville and other approved makes.
9-8 Waltham and Pocesset, 5-4 Layman, unbleached,
all atless than the agent's case prices.
H. STEEL &SON,
fe2 Nos. 713 and 715 North TENTH street
SPLENDID STOOK ON HAND.-
All the best makes or Calicoes.
All the best-makes of !dueling.
All the best makes of Linens.
All the hest makes of Sheeting&
All the best makes of Napkins.
To ether with Towels, Crash, Diaper Huckaback, Bird
Bye. Burlap, &c. &c.
White Cambric and Jaconet, hall line.
Nainsooka and Plaid Muslin, tall line.
Winter Goods closing out.
Shawls, lisrinnes, closing ont.
Balmoral Skirts. allprices.
Silk and Linen Hdkfe, nice assortment. At
JOHN H. STOKES',
702 ARCH Street.
EDWIN HALL & BRO.,
Ju nin.,
red. ju lA i i tg ,8 1 0 7011 D Street.
Fancy Silks,
Rich Printed Drees Goode,
Choice Shades of Merinoes,
• Beautiful Colors of Reps or Politic
All-Wool De (nines.
All kinds of dark dress goods reduced.
Also,
Fine Long Broche Shawls,
Open Centre Long Cashmere Shawls,
Bich new styles of Blanket Shawls.
44 Lyons Mut velvets. pure Silk:
1[.v~:e:~:~ yu;iiwti~u:i Ewa
E. M. NEEDLES.
LINENS, WHITE GOODS, LACES,
EMBROIDERIES.
A full assortment always on hand at LOW
,PRICES.
Just received, lace-trimmed Embroidered and
Ildottrnlng Muslin Bows and Neck-Ties, for the
lionss and street. Also, all-linen Hemstitched
Handkerchiefs. MIS cents.
Also, all descriptions of Linen Handkerchiefs,
for Ladies, Oents, and Children, at
WHOLESALB PRICES. jaB-tf
10;114 CHESTNUT STREET.
D RY GOODS FOR WINTER.
Rep. Poplins,
Trench Merinos,
Colored Mon/mollusc
Foult De Soles.
Foulard Silks,
Blanket Shawls,
Balmoral Skirts,
Black Silks,
Fancy Silks,
Black Bombazines.
Worsted Plaids,
Cheap Detainee,
French Chintzes.
Shirting FLannela,
Broche Shawls,
Fine Blankets,
Crib Blankets.
SHARPLPPCS BROTHS/11,
CHESTNUT and EIGHTH illtriastS.
IPCFILLIAMSVILLES, .WAMSIITTAS,
v York Prensinms.. - Forestdales,
Edward Harris, Bay Bill, and ' •
Other good makes Shirtings.
10.4 Dona, Waltham and Pepperell Sheeting'.
FINE LINENS
At nearly oldyirlees.
Cheap Damask Cloths, Power-Loom Linens.
Good Napkins. Fine Towels ACA d an Doylies.
BLACK ALPS,
Fine Colored Alpacas,
Prints, Delainos, Cheap Reps.
All-wool Reps at Cost.
Balmorals—Good Skirts, full size, $3.
Closing out Winter Cloaks and Shawls.-
Closing ont Boys' Winter Clothing.
COOPER & CONARD.
ja24-tf S. Illilsorner NINTH and MARKET Streets.
'PYRE & LAN DELL, FOURTH AND
-AA ARCH, have a flue o
GOODS FOR FAMILY CUSTOM.
Good Large Blankets.
Good Linen Shootings.
Good Muslin by tbepieoe.
Good Cnsbrinking Fiannal.
Good Fasa Colored Prints.
Good Table Linen and Torel&
. .
Good Assortment Colored Silks. " • ial
CRIB AND CRADLE 13LANKETS.
Large Crib Blankets. • ' •
Fine Cradle Blankets. ' •
jal . EYRE & LANDELL..FOURTB end ARCH:
• : trevi -
:11 . I Kir I I ki
Noe. 1 AND a NORTH KITH STRUT.
JOHN O.' ARRISON,
(FORMERLY J. BURR MOOBE,)
INFORTER AND KANUFACTORSR OF
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS.
IN GREAT VARIETY AND AT MODERATE PRICES.
N B -- Particular attention given to thenaakingoUbirte,
•
jaSkapi
CoCars, Drawers, &c.
FINE SIIIRT MANUFACTORY.
The subscriber would invite attention to his
- ' IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS,
WWI. be makes a specialty In his buslneas. Alec., con
stantly receiving.
NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR.
-J. W. SCOTT, -
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE,
No. Sl4 CHESTNUT STREET.
Pouidoors b slow the,Contlnental.
1 , 000 DOZEN HICKORY SHIRTS.
14000 do. 5 °FLAT, BED ANNEL M ELMS
• FLETE.
500 do. {ASSORTED FANCY
TRAVELING EMIR
500 do.. I VITIV C ALIN SHIRTS.
1,000 do. DENIM OVERALLS.
10,000 PAIRS COTTONADE PANTALOON
For eale by •
BENNETT, EMIL & CO..
itlElm Manufacturers. 217 CHURCH ALLEY
5 , CASES 30-INOR BLAOESTONE
UMBRELLA OLOT.TAS..
MATTHEW BINNWES BONG,
• • BOSTOION
For a& by
"-:
• (111AMPAGNE.AN INV,OICE , or.
‘ : •.Croseent" chamr . magne Wine, tteT•
ri ...." i * *4149 afr4ll9l-4 1rerPr i gig itONE," •
N. • 2602 and 204- South BR NT Street.
CARD PRINTING, NEAT AND
'Cheap, at RINGWALT & BROWN'S, 111 South
NWT= Week below Chaelsaut. eall
Vrtss.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1863
Gold and Government Credit.
To the Editor of The Press:
SIR The morning papers of the 29thult. published
an artlele to prove that gold is up and currency is not
down—that currency is not in excess, hut that its paying
and purchasing power is fully equal to gold before the
suspension, and that the rise in gold is an independent
event, totally unconnected with the general cur
rency. .
These assumptions are advocated with ability and
fortified by a referenee to Prises current, now and
before the issue of Government currency. We are
told that but one class of men can resist the force of
these facts—the class of theorists who believe that
gold has the extraordinary quality of neither rising.
nor falling in price, and, which, the writer says, " un
happily for our national finances, - is neither email
nor insignificant, destitute is the r influence nor
intaigence, and who are at tbirt moment exerting
an influence on public affairs so mischievous that
even not rebel armies more threaten the safety of the
country." The. writer, in view of this, invokes alt
to beware of falling into such errors, which, " the
history of opinions," lie says, " shows, may be in
dulged in honestly. o There are many, perhapa, who
will applaud, yetthere arestillmany who cannot read
the`article without feeling a regret, that such marked
ability, enticed from the beaten track, is thus en
listed in arguments so specious, and that a line of
thought so capable should discard the influences of
experience and authority.
Viewing it as an impressive invocation for all to
adapt themselveri .etrora existing through ill
judged legislation as a paramount duty, it invites a
kindly Criticism, and ouch shall be bestowed upon it.
Gold is up, and curreneyis nol down.: Is ? Let us see.
Before suspension, any one presenting at bank four
hundred and eighty-five dollars in currency might
have received one hundred sovereigns. With these
he could have paid a draft on him for one hundred
pounda sterling. If he has held them until today, they
will still pay the draft, and no more. The sovereign
therefore, is to-day four eighty-five, and has nol
changed value. Now, if he has neglected to do this,
or has parted with the sovereigns, he must pay
seven hundred and seventy-eight, as four hundred
"and eighty-five dollars will purchase but fifty-seven
sovereigns. Beverse the case: One hundred pounds
sterling will lamp seven hundred and seventy-eight
dollars in currency to-day ; a week ago, seven. hun
dred ; a month ago, six hundred and fifty, and so on.
Befere suspension, it would have bought but four
hundred and eighty-five dollars. The same person
desires to purchase three houses at five thousand
dollars each—his check for 'ten thousand dollars,
before the suspension, if the proceeds of it had been
retained, will procure him the houses.
Again : The telegraph informs us that legal tenders
in San Francisco are forty per cent. discount for
gold—that iroto say, a dollar in currency is down to
sixty cents of money. Hsle we see the producer and
commercial: !Whiter—California and London—as
well as our own experience, rejeethe proposition
that gold is up, and nothing is left us but to infer
that currency has caved. Its paying and purchasing
power, therefore, is certainly not the same as before
the suspension. Plainly, gold is the measurer, and
is neither up nor down, just as the yardstick, the
bashel, or pound weight, the length, size, or gravity
of which do not vary with the fluctuations of coin
modities.
Gold may, by alloy, keep pace with paper, but
until this is done paper must adjust itself to the im
mutable quality inherent in gold.
A dollar paper promise to pay means a promise to
pay, a dollar or. Its equivalent in gold on demand,
though it may take one or more of the paper dollars
to dolt, and when such promises are "our general
currency," it is too much to assume that there is
any rise in gold or that this "depreciation is an in
dependent event totally unconnected with gold."
In a word, gold is " in data quo antebellum."
The currency of the country is not in excess of the
need.
If at the commencement of the rebellion, In place
of using its credit on demand, the GovernMent had
substituted its pledged faith ; if it had exhausted the
next best credit within reach first, It would not now be
requisite to consider whether the four hundred mil
lions of legal tenders are in excess of the public
need.
The dabs of "theorists," not now in favor, hold
that the power to regulate should accompany the
power to circulate. They have ever opposed a cur
rency issued by authority and accepted that based
upon confidence, and Just so long as well-placed con
fidence is the main• element of civilization this must
be the rule. Hence, circulation is in excess when it
is not restricted or retired after having performed
the function incident to it. Heal estate is instanced
as not hiving been affeoteamYtheseissues. If trust;
worthy information may be relied on, this is, to
some extent, an error ; but It will be quite time
enough to speak when the million of men in the
field, out of its influence, exchange their tents for
homesteads. In its present condition, it is a matter
of opinion how much it has, and only a question of
time es to what . extent it will affect prices. We
know it affbrds no profit to its holder if it be not
used, and we further know that it is in hand, like
the leashed hound, ready for the race.
A safe and healthful paper circulation may be
likened to a stream, upon whose sides factories and
forges have sprung up. We know it ivill not do to
trust the stream unrestricted—one day it must be
husbanded, another will bring a sweeping torrent,
thus undermining enterprise and honest thrift; yet,
restrained within bounds, used as backwater, it is an
element of prosperity. So with currency. The
laws of trade having defined a value to the products
of the loom or the forge, its mission Is to float it to
that point at which profitable returns will repay the
advance.
Bolding these views, it will, perhaps, be claimed
that they are the sentiments of that class of theorists
to whom allusion is made. Barring the influence and
intelligence, this may be so.
The reasons which contribute to these conclusions
are the teachings of those whose opinions on finance
have, Since the foundation of the Government, been
relied upon at all times when a reconstruction of a
shattered currency was indispensable. They are of
that class, which, looking upon the precious metals
as the keel of the ship of commerce, believe disaster
must follow in any venture which is conducted on
any other foundation. They belong to a race of men
who have given their substance and lives for the
common good, and all the glory of the past is inter
mingled with their names. , .•
It has been much too common to charge those inti
mately connected with finance as wanting in a loyal
appreciation of the great money needs of the Go
vernment. The truth will show this to be clearly
unjust.. No class have as yet met the demands of the
times with - greater unselfishness, and when the his
tory of this rebellion is written, their timely action
will mark the initial point from which the_ Govern
ment gathered power to suppress it. •
As an essay upon relative values, the article which
has drawn out these remarks, with some omissions,
might pass unnoticed. As it stands; it is open to,the
charge that error, unconscious. beyond doubt, has
leavened the context to the - extent that it appears in
knots and clusters; and thUs• a treatise on the' dig.
jointed state of the times loses the influence it might
otherwise possess. • , ' '
•
Finally,' It is the part of. wisdom that the preT,
cious 'metals shall -indicate some limit to
hu
man N . vishes and expectations ; and this cannot be
transgressed by a Government, however powerful,
any more than by anlndividal ; if it has been, then
the " back track must be taken," until the point of
departure is reached near whiCh a' new structure of
credit may be erected. The Gorernment. currency only
stands in the way of this, - and:it should be funded-cost
whgt 11 may. -National credit and private enterprise
iniurttio longer be Nexed:itird goaded by.it, _Pio one
can expect a specie circulation will at once till its
place, but that whiclishall follow has the earned and
aggregated means. of the people to support it. Mr.
Sherman's bill, now before the Senate, if it meets
these requirpnents, may accomplish much good, but
the fatal error must be discarded that a statute
enactment, by any legislative magic, can convert the
poverty of the nation into a source of supply.
With great respect,: I. am, sir,
,your obedient
servant,
Frmanki.ririe; February - 2; 1863.
Publications Received.
From J. B. Lippincott & Co., Part Xii of The
Book of Days, recording the memorabilia, with
various engravings, of every day froni May 30 to
June 10. When complete, Rawl) volumes, this will
be the best Year-Book ever published. •
From J. R. Simon, 33 SSuth Sixth street, Part
XXVI of " The Rebellion Record," edited by Frank
Moore. Its illustrations are portraits, on steel, of
•Oommodore Theodorus Barley and General Hooker,
in command of the Army of the Potomac. The
chronicle of events comes down to the middle of last
June. The "Rumors and Incidents" also contain
numerous wiz-lyrics, squibs, • and facetite. Four
volumes of the work have been published, and after
the first of April, single numbers will not be sold,
and the price of each volume will be advanced fifty
cents.
Fri= W. B. Zieber, the January number of Black
wood's Magazine—American reprint. It- contains,
among other articles, the commencement of a story
by Bulwer, the conclusion of Mrs. Oliphant's "Chro
nicks of Carlingfoid," the beginning of "a Sketch
from Babylon," a Tale of London:.Life, a curious
account of progress in China, and . the usual quan
tity of anti-American diatribes.
From T. B. Peterson ,& Brothers, "The Lady
Lisle," .a novel by hliss Braddon. It is a republi
cation, by Dick & Fitzgerald, New York. We may
fairly describe "Lady Lisle" as a readable book,
but inferior to "Aurora Floyd!' and to "Lady Awl
ley's Secret," by the same writer. The plot
volved, and full of improbability. The villain of
the tale, one Major Granville Varney, reminds ue
too much of Count Fon°, without his pinguidity.
The character of Sir Rupert Lisle, a thoroughly low
minded rascal, is well sustained, from first to last.
We observe that, in this reprint, as in some °there
which we have lately seen, the title-page is made to
count as the seventeenth instead of the first page.
This taking credit for sixteen paces more than the
actual number in the volume is wholly unjustifiable,
and we shall point it out, for, special condemnation,
in every instance that it comes before us.
From Peterson! we also have, published by them
" 4. 1 1 Authentio Exposition of the K. G.
linighte of the Golden Circle; or,a History of So
cession from 1834 to 1861." The , historical part is
,
correct 'as to' facto, but we'have no means of riser-
taming whether the disclosures as to initiation of
members and working of lodges be equally accurate,
though presented as a revelation by a member of
the Order.
PHILADELPE[[A. MONDAY, FEJ3RUARY 9. 1863.
NEW YORK CITY,
[Special Correspondence of The Prem.]
NEW YORE, Vebruary 7, 1863
THE REVOLUTIONARY SOHEZIE
or the strong Secession party, who now feel confi
dent of having this State and city fairly under their
spurs, is approaching a decisive coup d'elcrt as. swift
ly as current circumstances will permit. Slowly, but
surely, the master-spirits are breeding a lawless reac
tionary spirit against the war for the Union in the
crude minds of the dissatisfied masses, and each new
day brings some fresh demonstration of covert trea
son against the Government, and some bolder show
ing of hands by the audacious cabal. Yesterday,
each daily-paper editor in the city received the fol
lowing mysterious note :
" riTnw Yonx, Februitry 5, isa.
"DEAR SIR Believing that the diffusion of politi
cal information at the present crisis is of great pub
lie importance, we respectfully invite you to consult
with us on the subject, on Friday (to-morrow) eve
ning, at 8 o , cloek, at Delmonico , o, corner Fifth ave.
nue and Fourteenth street, room No. 4.
" Very respectfully, yours,
" W. B. Duncan, A. Belmont,
James Bryce, S. F. B. Morse,
E. H. Miller, - .Tohn F. Agnew,
C: A. La Mont, Samuel J. Tilden,
David E. Wheeler, Loring Andrews,
George T. Curtis, Henry Young,
Sydney E. Morse, A.. S. .Tarris."
Only one reporter from the loyal portion of the
press succeeded in passing the Cerberus who scrupu
lously guarded the symposium of treason (for such
it was) from the intrusion of any uncongenial loyal
soul who might be likely to unfold tale -imprint,,
but the observing powers of this one -heretic was
sufficient to procure a tolerably correct estimate for
the public of the society for " the dinsion of politi
cal information." Messrs. Duncan and - Belmont,
the two plethoric names -heading the- signatures' to
the note, were only' represented at the meeting by:
apologetic letters; hutlihere were twenty-fourainister ,
specimens of editorial and financial respectibilityin
parlor N0."4, and they made up in treasonable venom
what they lacked in numbers. James Brooks,'of
the notorious Express, made the opening speech,
dealing in his usual fiery slang against the Adratnis
•tration and his native New England, and soundly
, abusing Dr. Bellows for preaching a - loyal sermon
"subversive of all law and order and li
berty." Then followed the lawyers, S. J.
'Tilden and George T. Curtis, in harangues
of the same sort, supporting the login of 'Brooks,
and asserting that by it alone the country could be
saved, "unless by revolutfon!" A fdr. Mason made-
a feeble effort to veil the true object of the meeting,
by childishly saying that its aim was to " aid our
friends in New Hampshire in their approaching :
election, by the diffusion 'of knowledge and other
wise." The, idea was . all very welPfor Illr.,klason ;
but . it will take a much smarter man to make the
decent portion,of the public believe that such men.
as the editors of the World, Express, Journal of Com
mem, and Observer, (all traitor sheets,) and the vari
ous representatives of capital present, vould have a
secret meeting like the above only for the purpose
of aiding their fellow-conspirators "in New Ramp-.
shire." The real aim of these designing characters,
who formed themselves into a permanent , organize
tion before adjourning, is to' concentrate a strong
money-power and all the- influence of four or five
disloyal papers xpon • a systematic corruption of
popular sentiment, with, a view to an early disloyal
revolution at the, North.
Another of the numerous antennm of dornestle
treason was also put forth, as though by presort
sorted plan, last evening,
AT TAMMANY HALL,
where a mass meeting of so-called mechanics was
held to urge measures in prevention, of the im
portation, by our manufacturers, of workmen from
Europe, and to talk fresh nonsense against that
nightmare of the more ignorant Democracy—the in
flux of contrabands from the South. , To give their
proceedings a specious Repeat of fairness, the engi
neers of this new invitation to mob violence de
spatched a gang to the Tribune office after IVIr.
Greeley, and actually worried that nervous journalist
into a visit to the platform, and an unpremeditated
speech, such as a man might make on the eve of his
execution. Of course, Mr. Greeley's remarks were
only provoked that they might be abusively con
troverted, and the spirit of the meeting wae—that
anything the present Administration might do
must necessarily be an intolerable and despotic out
rage upon the rights of the mob, or, as they put it'
c , the rights of the poor workingman:,
THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL. REVE
• NUE LAW
is formally pronounced unconstitutional by his
honor Judge Barnard, whose contemptuous opinion
of the press, and recent defiant secession from a long
standing political partnership with Fernando Wood,
are prominent features in the chroniques scandobuse
of the day. The decision was rendered to-day in the
Supreme Court.
AN AOTRESS'S PHOTOGRAPH
bra been used during the week with humiliating
effect upon the suacep_tible - , rooraoso -of,. a young
lawyer; wen knoWrilii uptown society. The actress
is a performer well known in New Orleans and the
West, though more recently a soubrette at one of
the Broadway theatres, and her cartes de visite, with
those of numerous other good-looking members of
the theatrical profession, are kept for sale at a popu
lar photographic gallery.. A Woman of questionable
character having artfully deluded the unsuspecting
son of Themis into a' private love-correspondence,
responded to his final demand for his fair corre
spondent's picture, by procuring one of said actress's
cartes from the gallery and sending him that, though
still coyly withholding real name and address.
On referring to the back of the picture, the lawyer
who is no theatre-goer, nor familiar with the Ws
thematic, discovered by whom it had been executed,
and went to the gallery for infesmation. Re was
informed that the carte was of Miss F 13—, the
actress, and by means of this clue the prdfessional
gent was soon enabled to find the hotel of the lady..
Going thither with all eagerness, he sent up his
card, and presently the bewitching Miss R--- gave
him an interview in the public parlor. Rather
abashed at the publicity of the scene, the gentleman
commenced a stuttering acknowledgment of the great
pleasure he had felt in being honored withhe epis
tolary regards of Miss B—, end great was hits
horror and mortification when the actress indignantly
denied ever having written to him or heard of hlm
at all, and waxed quite faint when he feebly hinted
the sending of her picture. It is needless to add that
he felt himself cruelly hoaxed, and closed the inter
view as soon as he could falter a suitable apology
for his intrusion. My object in narrating this affair
is to warn the fair sex against permitting the " ne
gatives?' of their pictures to remain in the hands of
the artists furnishing the cartes, as the thoughtless
and common practice of so doing affords an opportu
nity 'to all sorts of characters to procure, for a
trifling sum, copies of their pictures for infamous
uses. It is not a pleasant idea that the portrait of
one's sister, or sweetheart, can be cheaply pur
chased at any time by strangers for the furtherance of
disreputable intrigues, and womanly delicacy cer
tainly demands that such a contingency should be
rendered impossible. .
GENERA.L BURNSIDE
departed in the 11.30 train last evening for the na
tional capital, modestly, shunning . . the attentions of
brakesmen, apple-pedlers; and other influential citi
zens, by whom distinguished railroad travellers are
so. generally ! 'received with loud cheers," by ap
pearing in the simplest civilian dress. airtainly
there is no ostentation about "Honest Old" Bur
nside, and he deseries more respect than Is neceesii
rily duet° the military . abitractions of gold buttons
and shoulder-strapa.
: • AN EXCITEMENT
reigns in the Eighth ward, arising from the fact that
a notorious deserter,. , named Donnelly, was shot
there last night by a deputy prOvost marshal. The
marshal found Dannelly at a public house in Mercer
street, and, knowing him to have deserted from his
regiment at least three times; tttempted to - arrest
him. The shameless offender made some show of
resistance, and then fled into the -yard•ot the este-
The deserter, and, after endeavoring to secure him
by fair means, finally drew hie revolver and shot the
ruffian dead. Although the circumstantial evidence
elicited at the inquest to-day L 3 elfin favor of • the
marshal, the Jury gave a verdict against him, and he
Is held to bail in the sum of two thousand dollars.
• GENERAL WOOL,
by magnanimous permisaion of Governor Seymour, -
is still hard at work In hie scheme of harbor-fortifi
cations, and heavy guns are cpnetantly arriving for
the various forts in the Bay and along the Hamin.
As the General is an infantry officer, and not an en:-
gineer by profession, it would seem as though the
office could hardly be performed by him with that
efficiency so' eminently reunited for it. But the big
guns keep coming, and the public are patistled for
the nonce,
THE NEW BOOKS • ' •
issued to-day by Carleton are a Morford's " Sprees
and Splashes," and " Tactics ; or, Cupid in Shoulder
straps ;" Dr. Cummings , "Great Consummation;"
the comedian liaokett , s "Notes on Shakspeare
Sanzades novel of "Garret Van Horn," and the
Second Series of the "Orpheus C. Kerr Papers,"
COTTERS,
or'" nickels,” an the nevi pennies are called, bid fair
to quote at a' prealium next week. For the past
week these. indispensables' of trade have become
suddenly scarce, and to-day the brokers have been
trying to buy them by the thousand dollars' worth
for early speculation.'
, •
-ELI THAYER'S MEETING
at the Cooper Institute, this evening, to endorse the
proclamation, is being very largely attended. Mr.
Thayer gives his views of colonization with his
usual earnestness and poetical quotations.
DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
. ,
Preparations for the Great Expedition-O ur
Vessels and Troops all Ready—The Rebels
Trembling at our Approach.
Ildnanitsan Orir, N. 0., Thursday evening, Jan.,
30, via Fortress' Monroe, Feb. 6, 1863.-The waters
between here and Beaufort are black with vessels of
all kinds, 'which are only awaiting the abatement of
the -severe gale which has been prevailing for five
days paet. - •
Oapt. J. E. Slaught, Chief Quartermaster of this
Department, has completed his arduous labors in
fitting' out the great eipedition of the day. -Ilia
great nautical knowledge, and general efficiency and
skill, command the admiration of all.
The rebels are terribly agitated,• and trembling
with fear. The next gale from the south will bring'
to your ears the clashing and resounding of•tirma.
The army is in a splendid condition, and in the very
beat of spirits, eager for the conflict with all ita flat
tering prospects of success.
Gen. Weasel is left in command at Newbern, with
an adequate force for any emergency.
Supplies forlhe Rebels now at, Monterey—
Row Blankets are Obtained for the" Chi
valry”—How Some Cotton is Sold in Re
turn—The Unionists of Te , xas Crying Out
for Deliverance, &c.
The following letters have been prepared for pub:
lication. The developments made are important:
FROM M. M. HOMEY, VICE CONSUL AT
MONTEREY.
" U. S. CONSULATE AT MONTEREY,
MEXICO, Nov. 4, 1863.
"DEAR FRIEND * * * Where is Col.
Hamilton? If in New Orleans, tell him the rebels
are buying up eveything here that can be eaten,
worn, or that can be used to kill Union men. It is
astonishing to Rae the enormous quantities of goods
that'go from 'here into Texas. Millions of dollars ,
worth of cotton are sold here monthly; all of which
is sent back to the rebels by their agents here, in the
shape of powder, lead, coffee, blankets, shoes, rope,
sugar, cotton goods of all kinds, and, is fact, every
tbinithat can be needed by their army. An order is
71020 here for 609,000 blankets, alt of which can be lied,
and with a seiment amount of money 10 pay for them.
"S. R. Baylor is getting up another brigade for.
the invasion of Arizona and New Mexico. He in
tends to start about January 1. An agent is here
now buying a wagon train for him. Agents are on
the frontier,. and as far in the interior as San Luis
Potosi, buying up all the wheat and flour that can
be had, and already sending it across the Rio
Grande dank. Moat of the goods go from here across
the river at - Fort Duncan. Only a few cross at La
redo or Roma. Until this trade is cut off Texas will
not feel the blockade, at least the western part. If
a Federal force could only be sent to Fort Brown, it
would have" the effect to stop the trade almost en
" You can hardly have an idea of the way Union
men are treated in Texas. They are hung on the
'slightest suspicion, and by bodies of irreaponsi-
Ade men, Who, were they in a country , where law
was respected, would not be 'allowed outside of a
prison yard, You have probably heard of the way
;that- a small body .01 Union men were treated
;by the Texas Rangers and a part of J. McDuff's
company,lst the head of the Nueces. -I learn from :a
gentleman here, who had a conversation with an
officer who was present at the massacre,
that
twelve passports from provost marshals of West
ern Texas were found on the bodies of the Union
men killed,. by which they were allowed to pass
freely-over any .part of the frontier. After the
affair "on the Nuecea, another party of twenty Ger
mans were attacked on the Rio Grande, as they
"were Preparing to cross it, by a large party of Ran
gers. They succeeded in killing a number of the
Rangers and driving them back, only having in, the
party one man wounded slightly. They imme
diately crossed the river, leaving their horses with
the Texans, and throwing their guns into the water.
* * "We have here, upon this frontier, about
one thousand Union men, who are only waiting for
an inVesion of Texas to get a chance to join the.
Federal army. * #
"Yours truly, ' M. M. KIMMEY,
" United States Vice Consul."
FROM THE UNITED STATES CONSUL AT
MATAMOROS TO GEN. HAMILTON.
• fi , UNITED STATES CONSULATE,
" SIA.TADT.OEOS, Dec. 9, 1869. •
"It has been rumored that you are in Galveston
with a large force, for the twentieth time, and
though I know that such is not the case, yet, as I
expect you will be there soon, I have not contradict.
ed the report, hopieg every day to know that you
are on the so il of yOur own State again, in as good
condition as kour enemies.
"There is, up the river, a large force of Mexicans
Who haveteen driven from Texas, numbering about
thirteen hundred, of whom one-half are well armed
and mounted, but short of ammunition. They are
Joined by a few Americans, and they now keep the
frontier as far as San Antonio in a perfect ferment.
The military commander of San Antonio wrote to
Gen. Vid au rri—the letter was published in the Official
Bulletin of Monterey—'that a large force of Mexi
cans, belonging to towns in the State of Tamaulipas,
had armed themselves to invade the State of Texas,
induced and paid by the American consul at Mate,
moron. Gen. Vidaurri made them a very evasive
answer, saying that he had nothing to do with-citi
zens of Tammliipas, but that he had written to the
Governor of that State informing him of the fact.
Nothing has been said to me about it, neither do I
expect there will be ; but I have given them to un
derstand that I have told these parties 'that, as
citizens of the United States, they had a better right
to their own property, which they left in Texas,
than the man calling himself the military comman
der of San Antonio.
" Everything continues as usual about here. I
am still overrun with refugees; still get as many
compliments in-the Brownsville Flag. The yellow,
fever has been very bad on both sides of the river,
but is now nearly gone.
"I think I. have done pretty well so far, having
run through the siege; yellow fever, and kidnapping
thretakwithOuteuiy harm befalling me that can be
considered serious.
"The Texans are terribly frightened, particularly
since you arrived in the North. They look upon it
as the heaviest blow. they have received and they
also think that you are aware of everything that is
going on in Texas.
" General - Butler wrote to me that he should Fend
a steamer here soon to take ot all that wish to Join,
and I have been collecting all that it is possible to
collect, and if the steamer does not make her ap.
pcarance shortlf,-I shall be obliged to hire a vessel_
to take them, to.save supporting them.
" Everybody sends regards. Yours truly,
• " L. PIERCE, Consul at Matamoros.
"Hon. A. J. ILurnr..xon, New York city."
A report from the Committee on Ways and Means
says that the amount of silver bullion brought from
the Nevada mines in 1862 is stated to have been
two hundred thousand pounds, valued at $6,000,000.
It Is thought these figures will be doubled during
the present year, and in 1866 will reach $25,000,000.
There is selling apples in San Francisco,a blind man
named' Findley, who, with hie wife, walked across
the plains last summer. Becoming blind, from dis
ease, in Canada, he was advised to seek a more tem
perate climate, and not having means to pay his
passage here, he set out with his faithful wife to
walk all this weiry way. They shipped their bed
ding in New York, and set out on their dark and
dreary journey, the wife carrying the blankets and
leading her husband by the hand. They had thus
accomplished 1,400 miles, depending on the way sta
tions for something to eat, and progressing at the
rate of twenty to twenty-five miles daily, when the
Overland stages took.them up and brought them
through at spells, when there was room in their
coaches. That man and woman should be treated
tenderly by good people of San Francisco.—Sacra- ,
mento See.
VOLUNTEERS CALLED FOR FROM CALI
FORNIA.
General George Wright, commanding the "Do
pertinent of the rutile,' , has issued the following
stirring order: . .
"The undersigned, commanding the military De
partment of the Pacific, takes great pleasure in an
nouncing to the patriotic citizens of California, that
he has been authorized by the Honorable Secretary
of War to call upon his Excellency the Governor
for. an additional regiment of infantry and seven
companies of cavalry, to be mustered into the .ser
vice of the United States. .
"The troops called for are designed for distant
Service in'the field, and will be commanded by able
and ex vrienced officers. •
"Ca ifornians : „you - have already exhibited a
noble devotion to . The Union. Ten thousand men
Tarnished by your State, and the magnificent volun
tary .contributions, in money and supplies, which
you have Bent forward to aid our sick and wounded
soldiers in the Emit, bear witness to your love
for the old flag. ,
Knowing, as I do, the people of this State, their
love of country, their intelligence theirzealons and
holy attachment to' the Union, A appeal to them
with confidence. •
" Respond promptly to the call ; rally under the
protecting folds of the glorious old star spangled
banner, and swear fidelity to the Union.
"G. 'WRIGHT,
" Brigadier General U. S. A., Commanding."
THE WAY GEN. HOOKER GOT HIS COM-
. .
When the war broke out, Bays a California paper,
Gen. Hooker, then in California, came post haste to
Washington to otter his services to 'the . Govern
ment. Gen: Scott was at the head of tne %
gentle
man
• affairs •of the country, and between that oltlgentle
man and Gen. Hooker was a feud dating back to the
Mexican war. Hence, as everything relating to the
army was referred to Scott, Hooker was suffered to .
apply in vain for referred;
a.rogirriental command. Dis
gusted and mad, fie made his preparations to return.
' to the Pacific coast, arid ivas about to start when the
first battle of Bull Run was fought. There was no
thing in- that to eneourage so; he went up to the
While House, as the last thing before leaving, to.
call on 'the President, whom lie had never seen. Be
was introduced, by some mistake of his' friend; as
Capt.: Hooker, , and the following was the converse-
Ithm.that ensued • -• . . . . •
Hooker. "Mr. President, I was introduced to
you as CaptoA-ll_o_oker.. ram or was Lieutenant
f v 7 i l',V g -Z1.7, 4 41-itlifuegular azrliy. When this
tened to make a tender of myserviceSTOfliellMPti
ment ; but my. relation to General Scott, or some
other impediment stands in; the way, and I see,no
'ebanceot making niy military knowledge and expe
rience useful. I am .about to. return;but 'before
y
going I was anxious to pay :my you, and
to express my wishes for your personal welfare, and
for your success in putting down this infernal rebel
lion. And I want,. while I am at it; to say one
thing more. 'I :was at Bull• Run, the other day, Mr.
President, and it is no vanity - or boastin boasting in , me r to
say that
. 1 am a Bight better general than you,
sir, had On that field
After this 'announcement, Mr. Lincoln concluded
he might venture to trust him with a.colonelcy, and'.
therefore gave him the command of a • regiment.
Did
Since tiMihis•march has been onward.
. ,
• THE LAND TITLE . WAR.,,
In one of the most populous districts of California,..
in the heart of one of the most productive valleys,
occupied by a quiet and industrious settlement; A
large number of men, with arms in their hands, have,.
determined to•reeist a threatened ejectment' from.-
their houses, and defend their property from what..
they allege to be an unjust invasion of their rights'
under the Color of law.
It appears 'that the county of 'Sonoma embraces a'
number of rich and beautiful valleys that are very..
productive and convenient to markets. The county . ,
is bordered by navigable waters, and as early as
1849 it was a source of attraction to emigrants, who
settled there with their families, impressed with the
belief that these valleys were the public lands of the
United States, and therefore subject to pre-emption
and settlement.. ;At the time of the 8111 t, settlement,
it Was difficult 'to ascertain whether valid grants to
lands existed'or not. If grants existed, the titles
were inchoate and imperfect. Records were loosely
kept, and everything relative to land titles was un
certain. While these rich lands were being cultivated
by "the farmers, they excited the cupidity of the'
speculators, who, it is alleged, used every effort, by
'fabricating titles and forging signatures, to get pos
session of these lands. •
The settlers claim that a forgery has been employ
ed to disposess them of their property. They claim
;that they hail fenced the lands, erected buildings
'•
upon them, and were in actual possession of them.
•That the final survey has been confined to lands not
indicated upon the maps on file in the courts. That
they' were prevented from - finally obtaining . relief ,
against the confirmation of the survey by reason of
a rule of the District Judge, limiting them' to ten
days' time inwhich to assert their rights, while they
live at a long distance from San Francisco, and al
lege they were taken by surprise through this action
of the attorney. • •On the grant of- SilMlo6 de Santa
Itosa there are one hundred and fifty families to
'whom this decision of the .court is disastrous and.
ruinous. • Their 'attitude is belligerent in-conse
quence, and the settlers are now with arms in their
hands defying the State authorities. They declare
that the have been tricked by law and robOd of
their rights; and will accept the alternative of aeon
, filet rather than give up their possessions. 'All they
ask is a hearing of their case and an opportunity to
come intcicourt and have a fair trial, and to secure
this 'hearing, and 'prevent violence, the 'Attorney
General of California writes the facts to the
General of the-United States, in the hope,that the
latter officer will order another hearing. ' •
THE COLORED 'PEOPLE ON TILE ritoorix.
NATION.
STUY VESANT..
At a meeting of colored people, held recently in
San Fransisco, to prepare for the dawn of liberty to
the African race is this country under the rreei
THE . 111EXICAN BORDER,
C F 0 R'N I A.,
TirE NEVADA SILVER-DIINES
A NOTABLE COUPLE
dent's proclamation, Mr. P. A. Bell offered the fol
lowing preamble and resolutions, which were una
nimously adopted:
Whereas, The President of the United States has,
by a proclamatioti, issued this first day of January
instant, declared the slaves in certain portions of
our country 'now in rebellion against the General
Government free ;"and, whereas, said proclamation,
together with other acts of the present Administra
tion, disconnects the Government from the institu
tion of slavery, and erases a stigma from the es
cutcheon of the nation and whereas, we, the colored
citizens of. I
San Francisco, feeling Identified 'with
those who have been thus legally enfranchised, and
considering that we should give some expression of
our opinion on the occasion, do, therefore, resolve
1. That we congratulate our race, our country,
and the world on the event which has given proa
pective freedom to 4,000,008 of human beings nearly
hitherto held in hopeless bondye. -
2. We deplore the war which is now devastating
our country, and hope the overtnrow of shivery.
(the cause thereof) will once snore bring peace and
3. we rejoice that out of the evil the Lord, in his
judgment, has bought forth good, and, amid the hor
rors of war and rebellion, is accomplishing the
freedom of our race.
4. That we open asubscription for all colored per
sons of San Francisco city and county . , who shall
subscribe $1 or more for the relief of the sick and
wounded of the army and navy of the United States.
Mr. IL A. Hall offered the following preamble and
resolutiona, which were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, Hie Excellency, Abraham Lincoln, Pre
sident of the United States of America , _ did, on the
let of January, 1863, by the power in him vested as
cornmander-in.chief of the army and navy of the
United States, issue a proclamation, as an act of
justice and humanity based nonmilitary necessity,
giving freedom to all die slaves of certain States and
parts of States now in rebellion against the Federal
Government; therefore, -
Resolved, That we, the colored people of the city .
and county of San Francisco, as an expression of our
thankfulness to God and gratitude to the President,
should render all the aid in our power to our suffering'
country.
Resolved, That we open a subscription for all co
lored persons of SanFranclsao city and county who'
shall subscribe one dollar or more for the relief of
the sick and wounded of the army and navy of the
United States. ' -
Resolved, That the amount of money so sub
scribed shall be published, from time to time, in the
Appeal.
The Mormons.- , Speech dudge Cradle
- bgugh, of Nevada.
IVA.ennicrori, February 7.—During the _proceed
ings in the House, today, ' Kr. Oradiebaugh, the de
legate from Nevada' Territory, not being able to ob- .
thin the, floor received permission to print his
speech, of which th efollowing is the substance:
Having resided forsome timeamong the Mormons,
and become acquainted with their eadealasticar. pre.
lity, their habits, and their crimes, he felt that he
would'not be discharging his'duty if he failed to ita-
Tart such information RH h e acquired in regard to thin
people in our midst, who are building up, contain
dating, and daringly carrying out a system subver
sive of the Constitution and laws, and fatal to mo
rale and true religion. The remoteness of Utah from
the settled regions of our country, and the absence
of any , general intercourse between the Mormons
and the masses of our, people, have served to keep
the hitter in almost complete ignorance of the cha
racter And designs of the former. That ignorance,
pardonable at first, becomes, criminal when the
avenues to a full knowledge are open to us.
The said Mormonism is one of the monstrosities of
the age in which we live. It seems to have been left
for the model republic of the world, for the nine
teenth century—when the light of knowledge is more
generally diflueed than ever before; when in art,
science, and philosophy we surpass all that ages of
the past can show—to produce an idle, worthless
vagabond of an impoater, who heralds forth a creed
repulsive 'to every refined mind, opposed to every
generous impulse of the human heart; a faith which
commands a vicdation of the right's of hospitality,
sanctifies falsehood, enforcea the systematic degra
dation of women, not only permits but orders the
commission of the vilest lusts, in the name of the
Almighty God himself, and teaches that it is a sacred
duty to commit the crimes of theft and murder.
r. Cradlebaugh, having spoken of Mormon sue
cess, said in lees than the third of a century it
girdles the globe. Its missionaries are planted in
nvery place; you find them all over Europe thick
through England and Wales. traversing Asi a and
Africa, and braving the billows of the Southern
oceans to seek proselytes ; and, as if to crown its
achievements, it establishes itself in the heart of the
greatest and most powerful Governdieots of the
world, establishes therein a theocratic government,
overriding all other government, putting the laws at
defiance, and now seeks to consummate and per
petuate itself by acquiring a State sovereignty, and
by being placed on an equality with the other States
of the Union. Mr. Cradlebaugh then traced the
history of Mormonism, their creed, etc., saying they
teach the shedding of blood for the remission .of sins,
or, in other words, that if a Mormon apostatizes,
his throat ' shall be cut, and his blood poured out
upon the ground forthe remission of his sin. They
also practice other revolting doctrines, swat as are
carried out only in polygamous countries, which is
evidenced by a number of mutilated persons in their
midst. They also teach that it is a duty to rob and
steal from Gentiles. So at variance is the practice
of polygamy with all the instincts of humanity, that
it has to be pressed upon the people with the greatest
sesiduity as a part of their religious duty. It is as
tonishing with what pertinacity:, through all their
"sermons and discourses," it is justified and insist
ed on. Threats, entreaties, persuasion, and cont.
mode, are continually brought in play to enforce its
cheerful observance. So revolting is it to the women,
that to aid in its enforcement they are brutalized,
their modesty destroyed by coarse, low, vile, vulgar
.
expressions, such as he (Mr. C.) could not repeat,
and would not ask the clerk to read in the hearing
of the Rouen. If; however, his conjugal friend,
the delegate from Utah, would undertake such task,
he would most cheerfully furnish them forhim. Cer
tainly heought not to hesitate. If they are proper
to be repeated before large congregations of women
and children, in Salt Lake City, the representative
of the Church ought not to be abashed at reading
them to this House. Will, the delegate from Utah
read them? But their teachings, officially reported
by themselves, would give a better idea of their
estimation of womap than anything he could say.
He then read from a few of their sermons on this
subject, only observing that other passages incul
cating similar doctrines, containing like threats,
rebukes, and complaints, in nearly every sermon pub
lished in the Church organ. The Church government
established by the Mormons to carry into operation
the teachin_gs from which he had Bo copiously extract
ed is one of the most complete despotisms on the face
of the earth. The mind of one man permeates through
the whole mass of tile people, and subjects to its un
relenting tyranny the souls and bodies of all. It
reigns supreme in Church and State, in Morals, and
even in the minutest domestic and social arrange
ments. Brigham's house is at once tabernacle, capi
tal and harem ; and Brigham'a self is king, Priest,
lawgiver, and chief polygamist. /s treason hatched
in Utahl Brigham is the head traitor. Are rebel
troops mustered against the United States? Brig
ham is their commander-in-chief. Is a law to be
enacted? Brigham's advice determines it. Is an
offending '• Gentile" or an apostate Merman to
be assassinated) The order emanates from Brig
ham. After enumerating the other sine and as
sumptions of Brigham, Mr. Cradlebaugh said his
deluded followers yield him implicit obedience, and
a church organization known as "Ilanites," or
"destroying angels," stand ready to protect his per
ion, to avenge his wrongs, and to execute his plea
sure. Brigham is both Church and State. True,
the atrocities committed in Utahnnr not committed
by him. With his own ham* but they are coitunitted
by, his underlings, and at his bidding. He claims
that he is not a criminal, because his hand is not
seen in the perpetration of crime. He pleads an
"alibi'.? when lie is known to be everywhere present
in the Territory.. He seeks to avert censure by
feigning ignorance of the atrocities of his under
lings. Such ignorance can be only supposable on
the hypothesis that Mormonism is not a system, and-
Brigham is not its head-that he is a despot without
power, or a prophet without' the ability to fore
see. Now Brigham is the complete ruler in
Utah or he is nothing. The complicity of
the Church dignitaries, mayors 'of cities, and
other territorial officials, in the crimes that have
been committed, demonstrate that those crimes were
church crimes, and Brigham is the head of the
Church.. Armed with unbounded power over the
hearts and lives of the people, Brigham defiantly
drives the barbaric chariot of Mormon robbery,
murder, .polygamy, and incest, over all law, in
defiance of all Federal officials in the Territory.
Brigham not only controls the legislature but he
controls - the courts. He uses the one to aid in ao
complishing the other.' These facts he piciceeded to
prove. This attempt of the.. Mormons to interfere
with the administration of the law, and control the
courts his been one of the chief causes of •
culty Between the judges sent by the Federal GO- .
vernment to Utah, and the Mormon people.'
From almost twenty judges sent to the Terri
tory, with the exception of two, Judge
. Zembabel
Snow, a Mormon, and 3. F. Kinney' the pre;
sent chief justice, the only territorial judge who I
hai not been removed by 'the present dministra
tion, and who bears the unenviable reputation of •
being, he " creature and tool
,of Brigham Young.".
The testimony has been uniformly to the effect that
the laws could not be, enforced. Not one of these
judges, with the exception of the two above named,
have been enabled to serve out the short term of
four yeare.• Some have left in disgust, while others I
Were driven - away by force. Mr. Cradlebaugh then
rive his experience as one of the former associate
m iiii - fg --- , : nekr,rikrv„oLlitah, Sitting as a corn
was made before him of murtlei r s - ndff - liitiiat--.
ries, among which he mentioned, as peculiarly
and shockingly prominent, the 'murder of
Forbes, the assaassination of the Parribes and
Potter, of Jones and hie mother, of the. Aiken
party, •of . which there were six in 'all-and
• worst and darkest in this appalling catalogue
of blood, the cowardly, cold-blooded butchery and
robbery at the Mountain Meadows. At that time
there still lay all ghastly under the sun of Utah the
unburied skeletons of one hundred and nineteen
men, women, and children, the hapless , hopeless vic
•
_ time of the Mormon creed. Time would not allow
that he should read the affidavits taken. He
should publish a portion as an appendix to these
remarks,, that it might be .seen that he
was justified in charging' that the Mormons are
guilty); aye, that the Mormon Church is guilty of the
crimes of murder and robbery as taught in their books of
faith. The motive the Mormons had in the massacre
was in seeking revenge for the killing of Purley
Pratt, a leading Merman, while in the act of run
ning another man's wife and children through Ar
kansas to Utah. He was overtaken by the outraged
husband and slain-the Arkansas courts refusing to
punish the Perpetrator. Vengeance is visited on
theheade of these poor emigrants by the Mormons,
who in .addition, no doubt, were:. also actuated by
the, ereat amount of stook and property of
the emigrants, supposed 'to worth sixty or
seventy thousand. dollars. This was emphatically
"getting the Lord's property," as Heber Kimball ex
presses it, "without getting in debt to the Lord's
enemies for it." • A great portion of the property
'was taken to Cedar City, deposited in the tithing
office, . and then sold out: So much of the clothes,
especially the bed-clothes upon which the wounded
had been lying, and those taken from the dead, were
piled La the back room of the tithing office, and al
lowed to remain for so great a length of time, that
when he (Mr.' Cradlebaugh) was there eighteen
months after, the room was still offensive. , What
a commentary upon the :condition of affairs in
our country I Mormonism revelling upon thespolle
obtained by murder, while seventeen orphan children
• are turned penniless upon the world.
After alluding to other outrages, Mr. Cradle
baugh said the most weak, timid, temporizing policy
which had ever been pursued towards Utah by the
Federal Government has only led to disorganiza
tion and anarchy, to the, open violation of the most
sacred rights,' and has exhibited Utah before the
world as the gloomy theatre where murder and rob
bery alternately shift the scene. He might conti
nue the catalogue, if it were necessary. The dead
use up in awful judgment against Mormonism. In
conclusion, he said,' " I contend that we owe it as a
duty to manifest our disapprobation of practices and
doctrines so odious, and that it is our duty to retain
this Mormon" people under the generaljurisdictiod
of the Government, so that their institutions May
be reached by Federal legislation, if necessary, and
thus show in a moitindubitable manner that we
are unwilling that the stain and digrace shall be
fastened-upon us. It is a duty enjoined upon us by
the commell - obligatioxis of justice and humanity."
Re.eption of'Gen.lMitlellin at Ilaitford:
mr...11.'
ILULT.FOIID ( 001111.), Feb.-01:—Cienaralmuma 11 suan.
arrived in this city at noon to-day, and will remain
till Monday. Salutes were fired and bells rung In
his honor, on his arrival, and Asylum street was
packed by an immense crowd of people, who loudly
cheered the General as he passed.
THREE CENTS.
THE FRENCH IN MEXICO.
The former Reports of Mexican Victorleg
not Confirmed—Reported Defeat of Gene
ral Doblado by General Mejia, of the Mex.
lean Rebel Force—French Officers Dia.
gusted with the Mexican Expedition, &c..
, HAvAItA, Jan. 31, 1863.
By the French transport Ardeche we have dates to
the 24th, and .by way of Santiago de Cuba we get
dates from Vera Cruz to the 17th instant, brought
there by the steamer Louisiana, of the St. rfazaire
line. There is nothing of importance •, we have
many vague rumors, but nothing confirmed save
what I wrote you in regard to Tampico. 'he mer
chants there, whom I reported to you as having
bound themselves under the penal sum of $24,000 to
furnish 2,000 mules, it seems were only bound by
$lO,OOO to furnish 1,000 mules. They did not fulfill
their contract, and forfeited the $lO,OOO.
Salim' has been named a grand omeer of the
glom of Honor much to the disgust of the French
residents, who have no respect for him whatever.
It was reported that Gen. Mejia defeated Gen.
Doblado, capturing $400,000 and a large number of
guns—some 2,00 D or 3,ooo—says the Vera Cruzano.
Another report is that the French were the victors
in a skirmish at Tehuacan; The last dates in. Vera
Cruz from Orizaba were to the Bth.
It is said that eighty persons have been exiled
from the City of Mexico to Morelia, for refusing to
pay , their proportion of the contribution lately le
vied.
The French have taken some high-handed melt.
cures in Vera Cruz lately. A letter from Vera
Oruz informs me that they hung eleven prisoners in
the presence of the other Mexican prisoners. The
cause is alleged to have been that they had tried to
poison some Frenchmen. Several have been sent to
Martinique, and those who would like to express
their opinions against the present order of things
dare not, having a forced trip to the French Antilles
before their eyes.
The siege trains which are to operate against
Puebla are about to be sent from Vera Cruz to
Orizaba.
The French officers are generally disgusted with
the whole expedition, and would have found some
pretext for abandoning the enterprise had our
Government refused to allow monarchy to be aided
—which it did in allowing means of transportation
to be furnished, mules, wagons, &c.
From Puerto Rico we have dates trahe 15th. The
Bolelon Mercantil says that, on the. 10th, a steamer
was signalled, which was supposed to , be a• Con
federate pirate in search of prizes.
I have heard nothing trustworthy since my last
from either the Florida or Alabama. The rumor
most worthy of credit is that the latter received.four
shots from the Hatteras, and that she carried; the
prisoners from that vessel to Kingston, or rather to
Port' Royal to the arsenal, where she is to undergo
repairs, which will detain her three days at least.
I trust that the many , vessels in search of her may
find her, and there is some probability nowthat they
ER 0 P
The 44 Hansa" at New York, with Dates to
the 22d ult.—Amity between Prance and
Prussia—The Greek ttuestion—Death of
Fuad Paella—Effect of the Storms on the
British Coast—Markets, tire.
NEW Yotur, Feb; B,—The steamship Hansa arrived
early this morning, with Liverpool dates of the 21st,
and advises by telegraph of the 22d, via Southamp•
ton.
The ship William Mitchell, from Whampos, re
polls being boarded, lan. I, by a Federal war-steamer
in search of the pirate Alabama.
The submarine cable between Cagliari and Tra.
pani, 100 miles in length, has been successfully sub
merged.
The French monthly Eastern mail on the 20th took
out X 3643,000 sterling. It is believed that the require
ments of the French Cochin-China expedition are
large and continuous.
Napoleon received the Prussian ambassador in
great state. The Moniieur states that the ambassa
dor dwelt upon the friendly relations existing be
tween Prince and Prussia, adding his conviction
that the treaty of commerce recently concluded
would strengthen the ties of friendship. The Em
peror said that since his interview with the King
of Prussia he had always desired that their rela
tions should become more cordial. He believed the
commercial treaty was the beet means of consoli
dating' the union of France and Prussia.
French 'Beaten, 691.70 c.
The Turin Sfampa denies that financial difficulties
compelled the Italian Government to ask the Cham
bers to authorize the immediate conclimion of the
new loan.
The new Spanish Ministry has been formed. Gen.
O'Donnell is the president of council and war mini
ster ; foreign minister, Serrano.
Fund Pasha is dead.
The election of the president of the Greek Assem
bly takes place on the 19th. Fears are entertained
lest the present crisis should lead to civil war.
Should the Duke of Coburg accept the Greek throne,
Prince Alfred would not immediately succeed him
On the Coburg throne, as a council of regency would
provisionally administer the Government in the
duke's name.
• On the London exchange short loans were in re
quest at gm. The minimum discount rate in the
open market is 33‘@33:1 per cent.
The English coast was visited with severe gales on
the 19th and 20th.
New York Central shares have advanced 2 IR cent.;
Erie Railroad, 3y; Illinois Central, 3i ;United States
sixes declined 3; ; Virginia fives and sixes, 31'.
THE LATEST.
LivnnrooL, Jan. 22.—The gale has subsided.
Ashore, off Liverpool, ship J. H. Elliott, for New
York—crew saved ; ship Jane G. Storer, for Kings
ton—two men drowned.. Both ships will be total
losses.
The.Yorkahlre, from Australia, has arrived with
.£500,000 in gold.
The Times of the 22d says that consols had a
downward tendency on Wednesday afternoon, con
sequent on the Idea that the Bank of France may
resolve on a fresh advance to six per cent. in tho
rate of discount on the .22d, necessitating a similar
step on the part of the Bank of England, which
would otherwise not be immediately anticipated.
The rate for short loans on the Exchange was 23g.
French Renters 70f be.
Pennsylvania Railroad has improved Y t , ; Erie
Railroad, third mortgages, and Dlinois Central dol
lar bonds, receded ea ch, and shares of both descrip
tions x each.
The Switzerland National Council has ratified the
treaty with France, relative to Dapper's valley.
Two English joint-stock banks have been opened
at 'Vienna.
It is denied that an Austrian Corps of Observation
is to be assembled on the Servian frontier.
Commercial Intelligence.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 20. —The sales of Cotton for the past
two days have been 6,100 bales, including 2,500 to specu
lators and exporters. The market closes with a down
ward tendency, and at a decline of I..fd for Burets.
The advices from Manchester are unfavorable, the
market closing fiat.
RREADSTOPPE.—The market is easier. The circulars
of Bigland, Wakefield, and Richardson's quote Flour
with a downward tendency, and selling at 21g1285.
Wheat is easier; red Western Os 2d(Mas 3(f.• red South
ern 104)10s Oil; white Western lO@Us ; white Southern
130125. Corn firmer, at an advance of 6d; mixed Ws@
311; 135; white 30e WW2; fal.
Pnovlstoxs dull. • Beef dull. Pgrk quiet and
steady. Bacon very dull. Lard quiet Ind steady. Tal
low quiet.
Pxonrca.—Sugar quiet and steady. Coffee steady,
Rice inactive. ashes quiet—pots Ms, pearls Its 6(1. Rosin
steady. Spirits Turpentine firm at 20s.
THE LATEST.
LIVER‘PIXIL, Jan. 21.—The sales of Cotton to-day are
9,000 bales, of which 2,000 were to speculators and ex
porters. closing unchanged, though there is an upward
tendency.
Breadstnffs quiet and steady. Corn Arm.
Provisions heavy.
LoxDox, Jen. 2..—Consols, for money,
•
OUT National. Finances.
' SIIINGTON, Feb. 4,1863. ,
To the Editor ofthe N. Y. Tinto: •
DEAri SIB : In your paper of the 3d instant, I no
tice the following communication, signed "Hay
ward
AN ERROR IN MR. WALKER'S CALCULATIONS
To the Editor of The N. Y. Times: Permit me to
draw the attention of yourself, as well as that of the
public, to an arithmetical error which I discover in
the communication headed "The National Banking
Scheme," and dated at Washington on the 27th inst.
The communication appeared in your issue of this
morning.
I infer,*of course ir t, hat the mistake was not made
by the author of the article, but by Hon. Robert J.
Walker, whose. proposition is merely restated. I
will give you the words precisely as they occur :
"At 60 per cent, premium, he tells us,. if our year
expenses reach 8700,000,000 in paper, this would'
command only $280,000,000 in gold, thus subjecting
the Government to a loss of $420,002,000 per annumf.
or deducting reasonably for interest saved on the
proceeds of the operation, the net loss may be stated
at $408,800,000 per annum, from the use of a re
dundant, and, therefore, depreciated currency."
I was struck with the desire to test the truth of
this financial proposition, and immediately proceed
ed to do so, and found that Mr. ' Walker kad over
stated.the net loss to the Government to the amount
of $146,500,000. If I might presume to ask for suffi
cient room in your columns. I could show the exist
ence of the error by an arithmetical demonstration
requiring some space; but I will forbear, and will
only offer this simple proof, to be worked by others
at their leisure: If it take $l6O of paper currency
.to buy $lOO in gold, how mucn gold
ltf1.10"-.20Anf, nanerl BAY WARD.
It is strange 'that "Hayward" - shOuldreter - u,-...-
staterrient about my article, purporting to be pub
lished in the Times by. one of your correspondents,
whin he could so easily have had access to the arti
cle itself, over my own signature, published in the
Continental Monthly. That article, in advance sheets
from the Continental Monthly, was published early in
January last, in pamphlet form, and circulated by
thousands in New York and elsewhere. It was also
published in some of the New York papers about the
middle of January, and a few days afterwards in the
Continental Monthly itself.
My statement was as follows :
"Gold now commands a premium of.thirty-two
per cent., payable in treasury notes; but, if such
issues be increased one half, they would fall to fifty
. per cent., and if doubled, to at least sixty per cent.
below specie. At the last rate, if our yearly expendi
tures, paid in paper, reached $100,000,000, this would
commend but $280;000,030 in gold, thus subjecting'
the Government to a loss of $420,000,000 per annum;
and at thirty-two per cent. discount, $224,000,000 per
annwii.":;7Grefitiental Monthly, p. 132, No. 14.
You Willpereeive that the'diffirence betweenprc
mium'and..discounf, confounded by "Hayward," is
cleArlYatated by me.
~Bly statement is, thatif tree
s sury . ,notes fell "sixty per cent.. below specie,"
,$100,b00,000 .of such notes "would command but
:$280,000,000," arid In the same ratio at "thirty-two
.. per cent. discount" , This is precisely correct. The
, calculation would be, if $lOO in treasury notes, at
" sixty per cent. below specie," are worth $4O in
gold, what would $700,000,000 command in gold] .
The result is, as correctly stated by me, $230,000,000,
the loss being, as giien by me; $420,000,000. So, also,
if SIC° in treasury notes, at " thirty-two per cent.
discount," are worth $6B in gold, what will $700,.
• 000,000 command in gold? The result is, $476,000,000,
which, deducted from $700,000,000, leaves the loss
'as stated by me $224,000,000.
,Tbis is a matter-of vital Importance, not only to
our finances, but as exposing the Governnient to'
extreme .danger: If our : annual expenses are
$700,000,000 in gold,, or, ,its equivalent, lind
'5700,000,000 Ili - paper should eventually command
•but $280,000,000 in gold, it is quite clear that our
finances would Soon be, overthrown, and our army,
•in whole or in part, disbanded. - • ••
At the date of my article, gold commanded a pre
mi,uuttf 32 per cent.; it haa same risen to 60 per cent.
prtmiuin under the proposed :augmented: lames of
legal-tender treasury notes. This progressive de
preciation has been arrested; 'for the moment, in the
hope.that:the, proposed new banking. and funding
system, might be substituted. Should it be other.
ra
wise; affy worst•prediotions Will certainly be fut ,
filled; and the existence of the Government seriously
endangered. . ,
Will , y o u: please correct. Hayward's" error, by
. publishing this letter immediately in, your columns?
If — error *has beeh transferred . to'
other papers, may I not ask them to make a similar
correction?
Yours, very reapeettAlly,
R. J. WALKER.
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MANUAL Alit CONNERCIA,
THE MONEY MARKET.
PRILADELPHIA, Feb. 7.1863.
There wag nothing very exciting on the street to-day.
Gold was weak, ruling at 15601563; bid, closing at 156.
Old demands Were steady at 154%. Government SeCtirt
ties are leokingclecidedly better. Certificates of Indebted
ness improving ~‘f. Money is very plenty, but holders
are somewhat stiffer in their demands.
The stock market was unsettled early in the day, but
recovered and was stronger at thee - Tose. Governments
were in very active demand again, State fives-fell off 1
16 cent., the sixes selling at 115; New City sixes rose to
116; Pennsylvania Railroad mortgages were steady at
IDS for the let and 115 fors the 2d; Philadelphia and Erie
sixes were firm atilt; North perinsYlvardn sixes at 91;
Sunbury and Erie sevens at 114; Erie city sixes at 90;
Philadelphia and Sunbury sevens sold at IOW; Ranting
don and Broad Top ist llloltgages at 101; Allegheny City
sixes at 87%; Allegheny county IP. - R. ) 'sixes at 60, an
advance qf 6 cent, on last Mies; Schnylkill Naviga
tion sixes, 1882, rose hl; Reading sixes were steady.
Reading Railroad shares opened at 3D advance of .147
sold at 4534, and closed on that bid. Catawissa common.
rose Xl , the preferred was inactive but stronger at 33;
PennsYlvattiniumPed up to 673 x. an advance of 2 dollars
Per share. - Camden and' Atlantic sold at 10, the pre
ferred at 18, an advance of 3. North PellllßYbrallia.
steady at UN . ; Little Schuylkill at 4431 ;Elmira fell off Ys c.
the preferred was firm at 6034; Huntingdon and Broad Top
sold at 20%; Philadelphia and Erie at 39%; Long Island
at 2733; Camden and Anaboy at 163; Mine Rill at 54E ;
Norristown at 5911. Passenger railway's were not muck
in request; Arch street sold at 27%, an advance of X:
Ridge avenue at 17X ; Chestnut and Walnut at 6411, are
advance of 34; Girard College at 26; - Thiiteenth and Fif
teenth iMproved4 ; Canal stocks - were dull, no trans
actions taking place, prices remaining steady.
Bank stocks were also dull; Bank of Commerce sold at
63; Girard at 40; Mechanics' at 3W; Farmera' and Me
chanics' at 5334. The market closed steady—W.oo,ooo in.
bonds and Z3OO tchares changing handa
Drexel & Co quote
United States Bondr, 18819434
United States Certificates of Indebtedness 93X 34
United States 7 3-10 Notes 102 1.02di
Quartermasters' Vouchers 6340754 die.
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness... • • ..44401X dis.
Demand Notes POI.
Demand Notes 54 1+56 put,
Say Cooke & Co. quote Clovernment securities, &c.. as
United States Sixes, 1881 94,14"
United States 7 310 Notes lat
Certifieatee of Indebtedness94 l / 4 ( 95
Quartermasters' Vouchers 92 93
Demand Notes 1521" 154
Gold 15634 IsF"'
The following is the amount of coal shipped.ovor tee
Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad, for the
week ending Wednesday, February' 4, MS, and since
Week.'' Previously. Total.
Tons. Tons. Toni.
—3,921 tun - 27;49(
—6,636 22,326 M 383
1863. ..
ice.....,..
Increase
Decrease..,. .......2,718 1,655
The following is a statement of the business of the
Philadelphia Custom House for the mouth of January,
1E63, cornered with the two years:
January.
Merchandise in Warehouse. *De
cember 1 1,104,159 785,615 130,622
Receiv..d in Warehouse from
foreign ports 524.487 27,214. 20.784
Rec. in Waroh. from for. disc's.. 207,018 13,607 26.866.
Withdrawn from Warehouse for
consumption 193,955 332,007 78,32 t
transportation 20.003.. 121
Remaining in W
expo arehouse. De-
rt 1,723 .... ifia
cember 31 1690,418 614,329 93.576,
Dutiable goods entered for con
sumption direct 663,433 193,091 211,61 T
Free goods entered 215,492 10,713 62,256
Domestic productions exported- 6161.460 929,4371,098.827
18&). 1661. 1662. 18&?..
241,116) 130,313 181,143 1:f3,939•
Sanuars
Mr. Van Dyck, Bank Superintendent of the State of
New York, has prepared a table ',hewing what United.
States stooks and notes were held by the banks of• that
State on the "19th of Janaary. They had the following.
amounts:
General Snake. Savings Banks.
United States stocks 401.670,780 10,392,102.
7-90, notes 25.390,605
Cart! fiesta of indebtedness
Certificates bearing interest
Gold certificates ..
Demand and legal-tender note.
Total $125,965.0t 17.609430
. . . _
The Herald says •
The astounding feature in this statement is the fact
that all the banks in this State only hold $20.000.0e0 of
legal-tender notes wherewith to pay for new public
loans of treasury notes.
The New York S'veninp Post of to-day says:
The money market has been active this week, and
higher rates were paid. The general rate for temporary
accommodation is 7 Vi cent., but there have been some
fresh transactions at 6, as well as old loans left undis
turbed at that. Some of the stock dealers have found it
difficult to supply themselves even at the enhanced rate.
In paper there is mere doing. First-class sixty-days
bills pass freely at 6y,06 '0 cent., and four to Rix months
at 6. The best single names arc sold at 6@ , 7. Second
class paper is in less request, and taken on less favorable
terms. The current rates are 9010 and so up to 12 "fl
cent.
There has been considerable excitement in gold this
week, the market showing more strength at the com
mencement. The sales at the stock and exchange
board for the' eek were about three and a half million.
dollars. The market opened at Magi% on Monday.
from which it fell to 7506 on the succeeding day. re
covering to 1573] at the close. About three hundred
thousand dollars were sold at tho latter price this mor
ning, Billing to 137 at the close. The demand notes were
sold at 15231@135X. the price being 154% this morning.
The Edinburg, tor Liverpool to-day, take. out $6611, 2IXt
in specie. Foreign exchange is dol l morning. Sales
of first-class' bankers' have been made at IT3. and the
ger,eral notes 173q)173X..
Gold, after having sold down to 1567.0157; :stands at 2
o'clock at 167141157 X. Demand notes are scarce, and have
been sold at 1.3615 since the Board.
The exchanges at the bank Clearing House this morn
ing were 1it35,417.921.69, and the balances 161,729,5E5.2i,
The exchanges for the week ending to-day were
it 502,352,371. 6 9 being a daily average of $50,332,(115. 27,
against 5ie,a,45.11 for the week ending on Saturday
last.
Phila. Stock liCaa
CReported b 7 S. R. Ear • .
ge Sales. Feb. 7.
Philadelphia Exchange.]
• AR,D.
7000 City 6e Nenr.ll6
2000
do HEN
do.. ..... 5 Min 30E4
MO
'7OOO Sunbury & Erie 78.114
1000 Penua R let m.... 120
k
40
6 Penna
Penner
67 67
eCO Penne 105
500
45 Catarrissa
do 85.105
7
. . . . . .
60 do
lav Phlla & Erie 65....111 164
lOC° Penna. R 2d m 115
4 R Penns R 1134.
245 Little Schl R .......- 4436
100 Readi
1.30 ng R PS
4536153‘
SOO do
60
1 Elmir do a
R 33 b 5 4536
10 Runtlngdon&B T R 2036
260" 0 do ..Ist m.lOl
2 Plilla & Erie R .... 29
60 Long Island R.— ... 27.1
Lod Ridge-avenne R.... 17
30 Arch-at R 2716.
1 6Bk of Commerce .. 03
_ ..
1000 Erie City et; 90
1000 U 8 7.10 T N•43nd.101
2060 do ...end. casti.lol
1700 do • blank •102%
2000 11 S 6-year 6s 94
500 do 95
500 do 95
S(X) do 95
MOO II 8 6a 54. got
105 W do
NO do • A
~
BETWEEN
1500 11 S 6s '5l 94341
5685 American 00id....156
• 624.110 do 15631
1000 Penna 6s 315
BOARDS.
1000 Alleg City Gs 5734
1 Girard Bk 40
9 Cam St Amboy R ..L53
SECOND
200 N Penns R 1134
2000 U do S 6-year 6s •
01 96
1 . 0 9. T4ang.JsNia R. : .. ??3G
100 Minebtll R 54X
100 CaLawton R b 5 956
40 Far dr Mach 8k.... Aix
1000 N Nana 6s ...... 91
5000 Phil& & Erie &3.b5.111
14 Norristown R
9 JXO nna Pe tis
104 MOO do 104
MOO Sabi Nav Or 'Slosh MX
00Catawia R Prf.Sdys 23
11003 Penn a Coup 5s 110
;CARDS.
SO Cam Sc Atl an Pt E 5 18
2000 U S fis 'Bl 9434.
21000 do bsBtint 9430
woo Meg Co ea .14.1:3 80
100 Cain Sr Amboy. 8..154
V Penne R 87k!
1 Meetanica' 8k.... . 2534
50 Catawiesa B ProfA F -
TER I
CLOSING PRI.
•
Rid. Asked.
II 13 iSeegne 111.• • 0434 34X
U 8.780 D blk. • ..ICaki 1023(
American G01d..156X 157
Phil Ela old..ex in. 10638 IDO
Do new.ex in. 11534 1163
Alleg co 88 R 56 82
Penns 6e.. ...... .104 10434
Beading R ..
..113-4"
.04
ES—STEADY.
Md. Asked
Buffaloes B. 7,fg V.;
Do p 23;4
Beaver Mead R.. 6734
Mlnehill 8....... 513 f 65
Harrisburg 67 6S.
Wilmington 8... ..
Lehigh Nay Be.. • •
Do shares— 58 69
bds
.
Do scrip .... 33 SIX
Cam & Amb .153
Philw at Erie 88-110 11l
San dr Erie Te....
Do bds '7O:
Do Ws IA- „EMU 10634
Penna. E .67Ya 67.31 1
Do 114 m 65..2 . 19K 129,
L Island R. . .... . 1173( 26
Do bonds.... •
Delaware • •
Do bonds... 162 • •
Spruce-street R.— 16,V, 16347.
Chestnut-et •. 55
Arch-street 2734
Race•street R.... 10 11
Tentb4trest R... 39 3934
Tbirteenth-st 27 273.1
W Phila R 60 66
Do bonds
0: -
E;fiL:ll . s'
7ttMffl
Do prfd 104..130 191
Do 88 18••• - • 117
Do 2d mtif...106
1312.4 Canal
Do tla
Any). kfiv 5 514
Do prfd ..... 143 14N
Do 6e '82.... 69X 70
indra .11 MY, 40
Do . prfd...... 50X ,61
Do 'At lot or.. " 112
. .
Do ..... ED 71
N Do fle 90 Penns ' 11 X
3( ' 1191%
Do ...DO 112
Phila. Oer & Noi. 693( 60
Lehigh Val R. 76 ..
Lehigh Val bda...115X
Do bonds... • • ..
Filth-eireet
Do b0nd5...... .
Girard College B SM. 28
Seventeenth-at 811 11. K
Little Salmi B. 44,V 4 ;
Philadelphia Markets:
Tbere is a
use.
demand for Flour; both for export
and Ito.me . use. Sales comprise about 2.000 bbla Ohio
and Pennsylvania extra family, at $7.60(49 . P bbl; and
zoir. urns aurae at $7.26. The sales to the trade range at
from $6.60 up to $9.60 l bbl for common and' fancy
' EMlElf — relefAntirutto - truality. Bye Flon.r, Us selling in a.
Pennsylvania is selliniraTTl — anamehan , ;
WHEAT.—The offerings , are light and prices have de
ellued n3c per bushel, with • sales of 6.000 good and
prime Pennsylvania and .Western Red; at 170g1172c
bushel, andli•Thite at 18 . 9giliffic; 3,000 bushels Kentucky
sold at the latter late. Rye is selling in a small way at
97c per bushel. Corn—The receipts are light and prices
unchanged., with sales of 3,000 bushels new Yellow at $7
Wee; old Corn Is very scarce. Oats are selling at titigitlle
for 36 lbs, and Itght Oats 37040 c per bushel, measure.
BABE.—lst Ito. 1 Querenron is. firm, -and selling at
$35 VI ton.
COTTON.—The market continues very firm and prices.
are well maintained; small sales
_of good Middlings at
G OCkßlES—Tbere is very little doing In Sugar. or
Coffee. there being no stock in first hauds to operate in.
. PROVISIONS.—The market continues firm, with solos
•of new Mess Pork at $15.50CQ16, and old at 1611:60
ICO tcs Lard sold at 1030 ifs tb, cash, and 23,000115 s loose,
shoulders at 5Kc Ib.. SEEDS.--Cloverseedless active, with small sales at
66.60 up to $7.25 rgl bus. 300 bus recleaned sold from se
coud hands at $7.75. Small sales of Timothy at $2.20p
2.79l:thus. and Flaxseed at a 35 ? bus.
WHISKY is firmly held; small sales of Ohio libbt at
62c, and drudge at 60c.
The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain at
this part to-day
New York Markets orSaturday.
somas are ;inlet and firm, at $8:132X for. Pots andit&7s.
for Pearls.
BREADS - 117PFS. —The market kr..State , and Western,
Flour is dull, heavy, and 5 cents lower..
The sales are 6,800 tails; at $6.90g7.10 . for superfine.
State • $7.30@77.£5 for extra State; 88.9007.10-for super,
tine Idichigan, Indiana, lowa, Ohio, Ste; $1.55@8.85 for
extra do,. including shipping brands of roundi-hoop Ohio
at $7.660117.130. and trade brands of do at $7.500&75. '
Southern Flour le inactive and rather easier; sales 750
bids at 5;7.7C@5 for superfine Baltimore, and $5.25@110.5.4
•for extra do. •
.
Cenndten flour is dull and 6 eta lowersales 690.bb1s
at $7. 40@)7.75 for common to good, and47.692)9.29 for
extra brands.. - • • • -
• Rye flour is brands..,
at 11405.60 foitheritrige of fine and
6U;mane. •
,
enrn meal is dull and droopirml welmote Jersey at
$4,16 , 44,5; Brandywine at $l. NM 95, and A:Luncheons
P r 4.
• Wheat is dull. heairy, and one cent lower. . The sales
ere 60,000 bushels at $1.90@11. fa for Chiormo suing• 8166
@l.sfl.for Itthraukie clul; ; $1.B.1(41:813;for amber • IOWA;
61@]. 69 for Nvihter red Western, and $l. 70all. 74 for
3liber lif
_ _
. .
Rye ia quiet at fi1.05A1.12.
Barley is fine at 21. apt.. fB.
Corn is lower with only a moderate inquiry; sales
'55,000bn:41 at 2,:r5„)910 for sound Western mixed, and 82,
(4-
. 92 for.unsound ea.
Ilan is steady and lira; at,9og9d, with ajnoderate
„business doing. , • . •
Fec'onvs are dull and lower. To Liverpool, S,Ofet
-tonsil cone at 0.)-0 in balk; 500 bbls dour. at is 10)4,1; 100-
bacon at 2091 per Emitted vessel, WO iixa bacon at
-11s,‘ and 200 packages lard at ss. • To Loulon :3,5(0.
buslf wheat at 3d. in bags ; . per neutral, 200 boxes bacou.•
at 33; ed.'
, TALLow--We i notice sales of 24 hogsheads prime city
•
BALTIMORE COFFEE MARKET, FeL: RZa e
trportr tit 1111 descriptions are held Ilrmty, at previoan
quotations, viz: Rio at 31 1 1 (@33c, Lagnayv. at . e!c,. nqd
2nrs nt 4Pc 14 lb.
1662. IBM
.14,944. 679 VOU,AW4
2. 643, 666
SI. 047, 3700 1.143. N2O
6, 774, 812
.90.160,096
2 . 41 0.111. rd, Col 73...:caskr.
)0D Piiiiii& - 5nia;ii7.716144
chestppc g Wat It.
proettomm
-street E.:. 42 4258
Do bonds,-
ond44reet B-. 79 79
FEBRUARY 7—Evening:
FETE
7 100 bt:LR
5 800 bile