THE PRESS, PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,) BY JOON W. FORNEY. OFFICE, No. - llt SOUTH FOURTH STREET. THE DAILY PRESS, EIOITCRRN GENTS i'l&R WREN, payable to the Carrier. Moiled to Subocribere out of the City at EMIT Dor,tans VER ANNUM, FOUR DOLLAR 9 FOR Si X DIONTUS, TWO DOL LARS FOR TintEEMO2.iTllB - LUYlklia,bly in aillmmo for the time ordored. /RP Advertisements Inserted at the THUM rates. Six rilues constitate a sqoare. THE TRI-WEEKLY TritEss, Mailed to Sabscrlbere out of the City at FOUR DowAtte Rau ANNUM, in. advance. GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. ARCH "STREET. 606 . 1606 NINE SHIRT AND WRAPPER EMPORIUM. Full Assortment of GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, IN GREAT VARIETY. eDVERIOR GIOALITY,, AND AT MODERATE PRICES. G. A.. ,I:IOgFMANN, Budeeseor to W. W. ENIGTIT. '606 ARCH STRUT. OM la3-stath 3tti ITTITi FINE SHIRT. EMPORIUM, . . Roc 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET JOHN C 7. ARRISON, (FORMERLY J. BURR MOORE,) IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OF e:1-ENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS INOREAT VARIETY AND AT MODERATE PRICES N. B,—Particular attention given to the making of,Shlrta. 344-tarot Collars, Drawers. Sto FINE SHIRT DIANITFACTORY. The subscriber would invite attention to hie IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS, 'Which he makes a specialty in hie' business. Also. cost 44taatil reel:ATl:rigs NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR. J. W. SCOTT, GENTLYNTN'S FURNISHING STORE, No. 814 CHESTNUT STREET, Four doors below the Continental. It'APER HANGINGS. THILARELPHIA PAPER HANGINGS. HOWELL & BOURKE, CORNER OF FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS, BIANUFACTURFAS OF PAPER HANGINGS _AND WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS, .Offer to the Trade's. LARGE AND ELEGANT ASSORT `WENT OF GOODS, from the cheapest Brown Stook to ,the Finest Decorations, N. E. COM FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS, N. B.—Solid Green, Blue, and Buff WINDOW PA FBAS of every grade. fel3.2m CARPETS' AND OIL CLOTH GLEN ECHO MILLS, M'CALIATIVT CO; MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS, 509 CHESTNUT STREET, (Oppoßite Independence Hall,) CARPETINGS, OIL CLOTHS, dm We have now on hand an ostensive stook of CMIRET. INDS, of our own and other makes, to which we call the littottiouot cash and shOrt-time buyers. 1e14.-Sm SEWING. MACHINES. STILL THERE[ AT THE OLD STAND, 628 CHESTNUT STREET, Second Iteor, opposite Jayne's Iran, WHEELER & WILSON SEWING MACHINES. The undersigned has not 1111110 , 713 a, but is ready at bin elld Office to supply customers, at the lowest prices, with avery style and quality of WHEELER & WILSON AfA,CHI/TES Machines to bire • also, with first-class operators, to private famines and hotels, by the Say, Machine stitching doneat sborl , no tice, any. qnantity. Msehines repaired end operators taught. e2f•-gm HENRY COY. SIN Git'S SEWING MACHINES, For Pa ntly Sewing and Manufacturing Purposes. 810 CHESTNUT STREET. Jars= THE WILCOX & .GIPBS PANIELT - 13 SW lel a MACHINES' • fine been rrentian i ritiv i , elfeatle s :, and with Selfsdittttng Hemmers, are now read for HMI YAIREANKS & SWING, ser-tt 7 115 CEISSTNIIT Street. CLOTHES-WRINGERS. THE GRF A T CLOTHES WRINGER. "PVTNAM a. , sELF,,MTUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER) , IR warranted, to bo anterior to any other In nee. EVERY. FAMILY SH.OULD POSSESS A OLOTRES WRINGER. BECIAISEVA let; It le a relief to the hardest part of washlng-day. 2d, It enables the washing to be done in one-third lees d it ' l /t g B . llif3l3 clothes from the injury always given by 4th. It helps to wash the clothes as well as /try them. WE BELLEVE IT ADVISABLE TO PROCURE ONE OF THIS SIND, DWILUE4B, Tina. The rolle 'being of velem/bed rubber, will near hot and cold water, and will neither break nor tear , off buttons, SECOND. The frame being of iron, thoroughly gal nutted, all danger from rust is removed, and the lia bility to shrink, swell, split, &c., so unavoidable in wooden machines, le prevented. Titian. The spiral epringe over the rolls render ibis ma• whine self•adi noting, eo that small and large articles, as Well as articles uneven In thickness, are certain to re* gelve uniform pressure.* ' Fopirrn. The patent fastening by which the machine is tightened to the tub, we believe to be superior in elm - aliclty and'ettleieney to any yet offered, FIFTH,. It will fit any tub, round or square, from one• half to oneynd-a•Qnarterinches In thickness, without 'the least alteration. . RETAIL PRIDE: No. $6; 00 ' No. 2. $5.00 agents wanted in every-county. 1 Reliable and energetic men will be liberally dealt Por Sala'at the "WOODENWAREfeATABLISHMENT" A. H. FRANOISCUS, No. 433 M.A.REBT pt ittid No. 5 North FIFTH St„ jai:Mahn tmliS Wholes4le twont for Penzutylvants GAS FIN. 4 7 ,c. 61 7 ARCH STREEis. C. A. VANKIRK &CO. MANIIYACTURBRS OF CHANDELIERS AND OTHER GAB FIATURES. Also, French Bronze Figures and. Ornaments, Portelabt 4114 Mica Shades, and a variety of FANCY GOODS WHOLESALE AND RETAII;. Please call and examine goodet. delft-17 DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO., Northeaat Corner Fourth And BAGS Streets. PHILADELPHIA, WHOLE SAT ;Fi DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS roumax AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, SAIWRILOTTRIMB 01' 'WIITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, KITTY, ito. AUNTS !OR THE ONLEBRATED FRENCH - ZINO PAINTS. Dealers and consumers supplied at 'FREY LOW PRICES FOR CUR. na2l-Siri FAIRBANKS I ' SCALES. C A T lON. „ • ~• • The wall.oftniod reputatton of FAIRBANKS' SCALES gl as induced the rankers of, Imperfect balances to offer them as " FAIRBANKS' SCALES," and Purchasers have thereby, la many instances, been subjected to fraud and Vinposition. Falrbanks' , Scales are manufactured only by the original Inventors, E. 4 T. FAIRBANKS as Co.. and are &tippled to every branch of the business, where a ortant end durable Scales is desired; FAIRBANKS 43 EWING, General Agents. st.INN KASONIO H.LLL, 715 CHESTNUT En'. '. I. G. 'ZINO ARMY AND TOILET MIRRORS, The beet in the world for finish and durabiller. B. M. The beet brand Silk Finished VELVET RIBBONS. eole Agent. ' BENJAMIN SMITIL 155 MANI Street, near West Br gad ew Yor way. Seelm Nk. • VOL. 6.-NO. 178. About Patching. A month or two slue, on a - bright winter day, My dear little wife, in her own pleasant way, • Said: "Charley, my darling, I'm sorry to see That you're out at the elbows, and patched at the knee. >, I looked at my elbows, and sure as you're born, The cloth of my hang-np was thread-bare and torn; I glanced et my tronmrs and could not but see, . Some neat little patches adorning each knee. "My dear little Woman," said I, with a laugh, These, worn and patched garments are better by half -Than many 1 see; pray why should I spend More money for new ones, while you're hereto mend," A pearly tear glistened in IdarY's blue eye— "Oh, Charley? how cruel?" she cried with a sigh, - " When you wooed me and won me,l did not suppose That you wanted me only to mead your old clothes." "Weep Ile snore, darling, Mary,"l cried, in despair "These horrible garments no longer PC wear; .Dry your eyes; little woman, put on bonnet and shawl, And together well harden to famous OAK HALL," One of tho largest and best stocks of Clothing in the world, now on hand and-selling very rapidly to people who want to save the heavy advance in price. WANAMAKER St BROWN, - OAK HALL its S. E. cot.. SIXTH and MARKET StraeN. SILKS ! SILKS !. • SILKS ! 4863. SPRING. 1863. RIEGEL, WIEST, Be ERVIN, GERMANTOWN, PL Merchants visiting this city to purchase DRY Goons will find our Stock large and admirably assorted, and at LoW Prounms. In certain classes of Goods we offer inducements to hurchasers- unequalled by any other house in. Philadelphia. . fei.9.2m JAMES, IKENT, SANTEE, 4k, CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF . DRY 0 D S , Nos. 239 and 241 N. THIRD STREET, ABOVE RACE, PHILADELPHIA, Nave now open their usual LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, Among which will be found a more thin usually attrac tive variety of LADIES' DRESS GOODS ; MERRIMACK AID COCHECO PRINTS, PRILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. To which theyinvite the special attention of cash buyers. No. 6%7 MARKET, .and 524 COMMERCE Street', Haire now open a LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE STOCK Adapted to the Season. Also, a Full Assortment in WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLO v SHA W LAS, &a., Are particularly invited to examine onr Stock- foll-tf PAINTINGS, - ENGRAVINGS, &c: :TAMES S. EARLE & SON, v., • IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTIJILERS OF OIL PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, PORTRAIT, PICTURE, and PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. EXTENSIVE LOOKING GLASS WAREROOMS AEI) GALLERY OF PAINTINGS, aamt . 816 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia. CAR S ON'S SCOTCH- P s l A L T N E . E l c LEANING POWDER,. Warranted free from acid, and the same ns used in the houses of the nobility and gentry of 'Scotland. It isun equalled for cleaning Gold and Silver Plate, Looing Glasses, etc, Prepared by A. H. CARSON, waiter. from. a recipe given me by the head butler to the Duke of Athol. For sale by HAZARD St CO., Twelfth and Chestnut streets, I. TOWNSEND, Tliirteentfrand Chestnut streets, T. BLACK. 1401 Chestnut streets, W. H. NAULTY, 1800 Chestnut street, J. CLARK, Fifth abd Prune streets, And wholesale by WILLIAM PARVIN,I2O4 CHEST NUT Street, and ' CASWELL, MACK, A: CO, Chemists, Fifth-Avenue Hotel, New. York, And Thames street Newport, R. I. All orders addressed A. H. CARSON, Western Sub Post Office. Philadelphia. ja24tathe 2m COFFEE! COFFEE ! I COFFEE I !I- The beet and cheapest prepared Coffee in the city. A. trial will convince the most skeptical. No charge made if &Matadi* is not rendered. Prepared and for sale at the Eagle SteanTSpice and Coffee Works, 244. and 246 North FRONT Street. HOWARD WORRELL. 625GOLDTHORP .&," CO., . Mate a 16 North, Fourth street) 625 Manufacturers of Tassels, Cords Gimps, Fringes , Cattalo. Loops,Bentre Tassels, Drees. Trimmings, Blind .7'r/turnings. Tapes, Braids, Neck-ties, Military Trimmings, etc -- fes-im • No. 625 MARKET Street. Philadelphia. TAME. S SOOVEL, - ATTORNEY AT Llyr, Neater and. Examiner in (Mariniirr, Jab-2n• 113 PION Street Camden. If, J. .. 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'iik ' . ' f• ~ - ''' '' '' , 4 ' o o o. -'' :; .','• ''' t64.i -,.. • . ............. - 446,-",r' ~,.:........ ' 1 .....x . __, ~..:', "-xd-' ,'' X x , , , ' ..- ''. .Z.e.:. i X X J • . . . ...,..... -.-....... 4..tt ." . ac:.:: .... „................. DRY GCIODS. JOBBERS. FANCY DMSS GOODS, Earmiecm a LATEST PARIS NOVELTIES, Together with a general assortment Of DRY GOODS, IN DESIRABLE STYLES AND QUALITIES, AT MODERATE PRICES JAS. R. CAMPBELI. & CO., 727 CHESTNUT STREET. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS DRY GOODS, No. 47 NORTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA S P R I NG , ' 1863 YARD, GILLMORE,-& CO., Importers tuld Jobbers of SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS, NOS, 60 CHESTNUT AND 614 JAYNE STS., Rave now open, of THEIR OWN IMPORTATION, a LARGE AND HANDSOME STOOK OF SPRING GOODS, COMPRISING DRESS GOODS," SHAWLS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, 840.. Also; a full assortment of WHITE GOODS, LINENS, FURNISHING GOODS, EM BROIDERIES, AND LACES. The attention of the trade is requested. fell-9m 1863. SPRING. 1863. JOHNES, BERRY, 4k, CO., (Successors to Abbott, Solutes, Sr (Jo.) PECILId).ELPHIA; IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OP SI L K FANCY DRY GOODS, D'RESS GOODS, Which tke offer to the trade at the LOWEST PRICES. CASH BITTERS ARMY CLOTHING, 80. A. OPPENHEIMER, No. 1131 CHURCH Alley. PhUadelphis. CONTRACTOR AND MANUFACTURER OP ARMY CLOTHIM4 Of Every Description. : ALSO, TENTS, HAVEILSACKS, rowortos. CAMP BLANKETS, KNAPSACKS, ana BED TICKINOS FOR HOSPITALS. MATERIAL BOUGHT. FOR. CONTRACTORS. All goods made will be guarantied regulation In elm. Ar 8.. Orden of any eizeElled with deemitch. Jal-Sm LOOKINGIr GLASSES. DEALERS IN t qt VrtSS. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1863. FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE TELEGRAM Mode of Transmitting Alarms—List of Offi cers, Operators, &e.—Statistical - Tables-- Concluding Remarks. TRANSMISSION. OF AN ALARM OF . Pin; RTC When the apparatus of one of these stations is set in motion for a fire, it is known instantly at the Central Office, by a simultaneous movement of the fire instrument. The operator in charge, acting upon the warning, thus conveyed, at once abandons all other business, be it ever'so pressing and important, and hastily examines the magnets; to discover upon which line the alarm is transmitted. As soon as the right one is ascertained, its particular magnet must be what is technically called "adjusted," before the instrument will register legibly the number of the required station. This is a nice operation, - and re quires a' skilful 'and experienced hand, for the slightest variation of the process either way from a certain point is sure to spoil all, and cause the loss of valuable time in waiting for a repetition of the alarm. A correct record once ob tained, the operator immediately notifies the Police and Gas Stations that he is about to strike for fire, by giving the "alarm signal" of ten strokes . on their bells struck is rapid succession. This accomplished, he goes quickly to the speaking tube communicating with the watchman in the State House steeple, and orders the bell rung for the district and direction indicated by the register. Returning thence to the instrument; he commencers to strike slowly and distinctly upon the gongs in the fire engine houses and upon -the telegraph bells everywhere in the department the number of the station so received. A machine invented for the purpose is set going to effect this, or it may he done by striking with the bands upon keys connecting with- the various Po lice, Fire, and Gas Circuits. This-latter method is the one most generally adopted, but either may be used, at the option, of the operator. Since the cow mencement of these proceedings but a minute or a minute and a half, at the furthest, has elapsed. In that brief space of time, incredible as it may appear, the alarm has been sentfrom a point probably four ior five miles distant—to the Central Office, and from thence in all directions throughout the city, and before another period of equal duration is passed, the firemen are in - motion toward the scene of danger, and the streets resound with their shouts and th heavy lumbering noise of their powerful machines. .The striking is usually continued for ten or fifteen .mi nutes, and longer should the fire prove a serious one and render it advisable. Afterwards, when the bustle and excitement always attendant upon such occasions, has subsided, things are put in their usual trim, and the regular business of the otfice. proceeded with. At six o'clock A. lit and twelve o'clock DI .twelve slow and distinct strokes are rung on all these gongs and bells, in precisely the same manner as we have attempted to describe. This is done for the twofold purpose of giving the correct time and of testing the condition of the alarm apparatus. At seven o'clock A. N., live o'clock P. N., and twelve o'clock midnight, the bells in the police stations are struck slowly ten times, followed by a signal for "roll.call," to which the operators respond by striking their calls, one after the other in regular succession. Other matters belonging to the routine of business might with pro. priety be noticed here, but as they are all more or less similar in general outline to the foregoing, so the manner of their disposal is the same in a corre sponding degree. Hence their introduction woof be n work of supererogation, and would besides only tax and weary the patience of the reader by a necessary repetition of much that has already been said. This result we certainly wish to avoid if pos sible, and therefore forbear the attempt. It would be folly to expect operations on a scale so extensive to be conducted as continuously without occasional errors or mistakes. No pursuit in life is free from them, and, subject to the same influences and i miser feetions as every other, there is no reason why this should be exempt from like general consequences. They do occur, though rarely, and are always ,a source of as much annoyance to the parties respon sible for them, asto those whom they more immes diateiy affect -• Being in the main of an amusing character, and the result either of inattention or a:misconception of signals rather than wilfulness, the only effect is to e:spose the blunderer to the ridicule of his more fortunate companions. Should the matter prove serious, however, it is referred for adjudication to _the, chief of pollee, who Is thoroughly versed in the rules pid - iegfilatiOne of the department, and is, Moreover; eutticiehtly skilled as an operator to ua derstand the peculiarities of the position. Hence he is able to comprehend fully the merits of all such cases, and to decide them fairly and impartially. The operatori have great personal respect for this (Adel and unlimited confidence in his integrity, and therefore submit without repining to pis do. slalom, be they ever so adverse to their hopes and expectations. - DUTIES OF SUBORDINATE OPERATORS We have deferred a detailed notice of these gen tlemen and their duties till now, in accordance with what we conceive to be the best arrangement of the subject-matter of this article, and not through over or with the • remotest thought of disparage ment. Neither do we style them subordinate ope rators to offensively convey the idea• of inferiority, inasmuch as they are as a class of more than ordi nary intelligence; but , simply to distinguish them from their colleagues at the Centriil office. Many of them also equal the latter in every respect, the sin gle particular of professional expertness perhaps ex' eepted ; but as that is the result entirely of accident of position, the question of capacity is, of course, not affected, and no more need he said here in rela tion to it. We, therefore, pass to the consideration Of topics more pertinent and appropriate. At nearly every police station a room is set apart for the exclusive use of the operators, which con tains, beside the telegraph instrument and local bat tery, a desk and other necessary furniture. Thiele their, post of duty, and in no ease is absence from it allowed them, unless for sickness or other sufficient cause, or by special permission of the superinten +dent or his assistant. To prevent unwarrantable interference and intrusion, no person other than the operators is admitted into this room, save for the transaction of business. The latter, upon entering it at the commencement of their term of service, are required to report the fact to the central office by' telegraphing the initial letter of their. last names. The time for doing this is fixed by the following rule, viz r From May first to November first, day operators will report for duty at seven and a half o'clock A. M. ; night operators at seven o'clock P. M.; and from. November first to May first, day operators at eight o'clock A. M. ; night operators at six o'clock P. M. Having done. this in the prescribed manner, they are considered regularly on duty, and will, be held strictly accountable for all errors and delin quencies that may occur until relieved. They are furthermore required to attend . carefully to the con dition of their instruments and batteries, and to keep a correct record of all telegrams received and transmitted. Also, to be alwaYs on the alert for fires, to instruct:pOlictraen in the use of the signal boxes, to report immediately all lost children and estrays found in their districts, and to send brief, clear, and concise accounts of all coroners' cases, accidents, and the like. In their intercourse with citizens calling for Inisiness, they are expected to be uniformly courteous and polite, and to use every exertion to further the purposes of such visits, if consistent and reasonable. The epeAtors are so far connected with the police depaitment asto be under the authority and control of the lieutenants of police when in.the station-houses. This places them in rather an anomalous position at times, as they are thus, to a certain extent, in the service of two masters, with the unpleasant conse quences of-such an arrangement always imPending over them. It also causes them the performance of duties by no means within the legitimate lineof their profession; such, for instance, as keeeping the lieu tenants, books, making out their daily and monthly reports, filling the dignified position of turnkey occa sionally, and others not necessary to be enumerated. Many of these it is a pleasure to perform, but others, again, are distadeful, and are, consequently, exe cuted with reluctance.' It is rare, however, that there is . anything approaching direct opposition on the part of the operators in matters of this kind ; and never, in fact, unless they conceive the duties as signed them to be either derogatory in themselves or dictated by personal antipathy and dislike. So far as the performance of duties pertaining exclusively to the department is concerned, no difficulty is ever ex perienced. Their importance is fully appreciated by all the employees, who cheerfully use every exertion to discharge them satisfactorily. Hence, there are but few complaints of inattention, and fewer still of insubordination or downright negligence. The fore going summary, together with what has been said upon the matter in other parts of this article, will 'give a tolerably correct idea of what is required and expected of an'perator. It also shows the respon sibility of the post he occupies, and that it is far from being a sinecure. As a fitting finale:to the pub jeet, and to render it as complete as possible, we here with append a list containing the names of the par. ties of whom we have been treating, and of the sta. tions to which they are respectively attached : CENTRAL OFFICE, • Superintendent.--Gilliarn .T. Philips. Assistant Superintenden I.—David, R. Walker .OPERATORS... Franels'E. Erdman, 1 . H. Carpenter, Lewis Young, I William R. Heins. Line Repairer—B. Morozzi. FIRST. DISTRICT. Charles Massey, I David Wilson. _ SECOND . DISTRICT. ESlWard IlulFen , { John Donnelly THIRD DISTRICT. - Robert A. 'Hirst, I William Maloney Drsmuop. Daniel N. 131aelcburn, . f •George S. Butler. DISTRICT. Albert Miller, j Henry Prenaye, . SIXTH DISTRICT. JIDAID . E. Bird, j Nathan Griffith. SEVENTH DISTItICT. John Lovatt, I Charles M. Carpenter EIGHTH DISTRICT. Charlea D. Kauck, I Samuel Kidd. NINTH _DISTRICT. ' Andrew B. Gilmore Harry P. Toy, YE A/STRICT. TENT • „ariel, Hartley, TileOphilus Slclfl Willfam McCain. I William P. T.Jber. James C. Tyson, I John T. Ottrpeatcr. PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28. 1863. THIRTEENTH DISTRICT. IL W. Burton, William W. Shaw, FOURTEENTH 1115Trucre. Rittenhouse Braley. FIFTEENTH DISTRICT. Henry H. Peitz. SIXTEENTH DISTRICT, Isaac Leech. STATISTICS. POLICE TELEGRAPH. Samuel Ruth, o• • g 371 111441 17784 271031 22351 1: 489 1 47430 51081 411 I .B'#lB ?Si4s °T) 8 3sr 3857 WA 1&59. 1850. 188 1. ' *- From April.l9th. • FIRE TELEGRAPH. - - DISTRICTS. 13 :4' . L. zi „tt ....., .11 Year. F`" •c <4 -4 .-• g 54 ' E. W ill rz ,2 o '4 ....--. l _ —l_ U 2-i—l-1---1_)_1-1 /gr ..— .%! V 9 l 47• 1 14 7 4i i I 13 9 1858 268 84 70 47 65 9 17 32 2 la 1619 MG 92 99 67 116 7 16 9 1 8 1860 66 I 102 139 13 12 ' . "1 7 1 2 2 3 .. From April 19th The above tables comprise a condensed statement of the operations of the department from the date of its organization down to the close of the year 1861.. They are derived from the annual reports of the superintendent, and from other sources equally as reliable. The result for the year 1662 could not be ascertained, as the papers containing it are in the hands of the printer, together with similar docu ment.s from other departments, preplyratory to their publication with the Mayor's message, and hence its omisOob. Enough, however, is presented to show clearly the workings of the system and the nature and extent of the business transacted. • As no further explanation of this part of our sub ject is required, and as we have already extended these remarks far beyond the limits anticipated when they were commenced, we must hasten to a close. Nearly everything of interest connected with the Police Telegraph has thus been introduced entirely with a view to the instruction and edification of our readers. Whether we have succeeded or not in ef• fecting this purpose, they alone, of course, ..can best determine. If we have, Grit we have even been fortu nate enough to impress them to any degree with the importance of the institution itself, we are certainly satisfied, and consider ourselves amply repaid for the time and labor expended upon this production. If, on the contrary, neither of these results has been attain ed, we still do not regret the effort, as it has been made vvith.the best possible intentions, and-its fail ure can therefore entail no reproach. (We understand that these papers are to be col lected and extended by the writer, Mr. William R. Reins, of the Central office, and published in pamph let form for special circulation. This is at. the gene. rat request of the friends of the Local Telegraph; and we are pleased to notice this movement in so good a cause.---En. pause.] ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Affairs in .General Grant's Array--Tife In ': dianola and queen of the West Running the Blocicade—Graphic Description of the Exploit—Destruction of the Hercules-- The Enemy near Memphis. YAZOO PASS, Feb. 10, via Cairo, Feb. 24.—Every. thing was quiet at Vicksburg up to Sunday, with 110 promise of any immediate change. A large number of transports had left for points above, it was said to take down reinforcements. Onetrigade left i there on Saturday evening for some point up the river, and were passed on Tuesday morning off Greenville. The mortality in the army etill continued large. The dead were buried without coffins, and but about two feet deep. General "Grant was foraging largely at points along the river, a few miles above the Yazoo. He expressed his determination to live ow the enemy as fully as possible. Written were quiet at Lake Providence. The gunboat Tyler was lying off that place, and quite a large fleet of transports at the bank. The Conestoga, off White river, had captured the steamers Rose Hamilton and Evansville, for trading with the enemy contrary to orders. General Grant has positively prohibited all trade below Helena, and no boats are allowed to land except under cover of gunboats. Licenses to trade'in cotton are revoked, and none are to be issued hereafter. Especial permits wilt be granted from general headquarters when parties can make arrangeinents to get their cotton under protec tion of the gunboats. Porter has issued stringent orders against parties taught firing into unarmed boats to be treated as highwaymen and assassins, and no quarter to be given them. Yazoo Pass all clear of obstructions. Boats now pass through it to Coldwater river, twenty miles. Coldwater is obstructed a short distance. It will be Cleared in a day or two. The expedition will then start immediately. THE INDIANOLA RUNNING THE] BLOCKADE. Caarr FEAR VICXBInTRO, February 14, 1863. The Indianola left her anchorage, at the mouth of the Yazoo river, at 10 o'clock last night. Her only preparation for the extra perilous journey she was to make had been the mooring of a couple of coal flats, one on either side of her, each containing suffi cient coal to bear it well down in the water, and make double assurance for the protection of the ves eel's hull. Even these were not considered neces sary, and probably would not have been taken but that the coal would probably be needed below Vicks burg. As the Indianola steamed down the river through the squadron the unusual and considerable noise. made by her escape pipes and her double sets of wheels attracted general attention to her, and gave sufficient notice to all her friends of what was up. Nothing could be seen of her, but the noise was sufficient to disclose her whereabouts, the direction she was running, and the, high rate of speed at which she was moving. After passing entirely through the fleet, and on reaching the vicinity of the upper end of the canal, she shutfoff steam en tirely and suffered the current to bear her along. The current in the bend in front of 'Vicksburg sweeps along at a rate of about four miles an hour. Of course the boat ran along at no less a rate, and with the advantage of making not a particle of noise. In this manner she rounded the point and was fairly beneath the formidable batteries, still she drifted along in perfect obscurity. But it was not to be the good fortune, even of this fortunate vessel, to wholly elude detection. The rebels were far too vigilant for that. Every foot of that levee was patrolled by wary sentinels. These could not be blamed for failing to discover the ap proach of what could neither be seen or heard. But let a flash of light fall upon that boat, and how quickly it would be hailed. And such a flash was destined Boon to fall upon it. Just ahead a camp fire was burning dimly upon the bank. As the drift ing ship approached this camp tire a soldier stooped down and gathering some faggots threw them into • the fire. A bright blaze flashed up in a moment, ra dieting over land and water, exposing everything within its sphere. "Boat ahoy 1 0 shouted the sent& eel on the bank, and at the same time discharged his musket at the boat. The discharge was heard, and • everywhere along that bluff soldiers sprang to arms. A battery almost in the centre of the city was first manned, and seeing nothing to fire at fired at no thing, the discharge serving as a signal to the other.' batteries. Rockets too, were set off here, there,' everywhere, in quick succession. Platoons of W 1.... diets drew up in line on the bank, and discharged their muskets at random into the river, aiming at nothing and hitting nothing. Indications of excite ment were everywhere apparent. A boat had been discovered running the blockade, so the signals said,' but where was shel Nobody knew. The camp fire that had for a moment thrown a feeble light upon her failed now of discovering her. Nobody could see her. Where was shel Some gunners pointed their pieces up stream, others aimed down stream. Five minutes passed after that first gun was fired, and the second had not yet spoken. At last it became necessary for the gun boat to .make some headway, in order to get Steerage way. Her machinery started; her steam snorted out of the escape pipes; the wheels splashed in the water • a noise was .made. The accident at tracted a SecOnd .and third' gun, and several fresh volleys of musketry. Again all was still. The boat drifted on for a few moments in silence. But Ate rebels having seen her once and heard her the eecond time, fired a third time by guess. Several guns were discharged In quick succession from different posi tions, all alike harmless in their effect And then it was deemed wise to make more haste, and steam was again let on. The boat sprang forward at her • utmost speed and dashed away dowa the river, re- . gardless of any noise she might be making. Battery after battery now opened their best guns, thougn using their ammunition charily. As every shot was fired wild the gunners contented themselves with a single discharge each. Intervals of two, three, and five minutes occurred between the discharges, so that by the time the full number of twenty shots were fired—all that were accorded the bold ship—she *as beyond their reach. In fact, after the eighteenth discharge, her loud whistle sent back the tidings that she had passed beyond the reach of the rebel batteries in safety.- It was a most complete success, and the completeness of the success was largely attributable to the cool ness and wisdom displayed by Lieutenant. Com mander Brown in the management of the boat. A cooler or braver °Meer could not well be found. • The Indianola steamed on down the river after passing the blockade. THE RAM QUEEN OF THE WEST. CAMP BEZORE VICKSBURG, MISS., February 12, 1863 You have already been informed of the running the Vicksburg blockade by the steam-ram Queen of the West, though you may realize the picture more fully in the details of an eye-witness. A little be fore or about daylight, on the morning of the 29th ultimo, an unusual commotion on the gun-deck of the little steamer gave indication to us shoremen that something more than usual was in the wind, and with a curiosity which would scarce save me froin remark, even in innermost Yankeedom, I wait ed the issue of events. In a few minutes the crew— exec pting eleven chosen men—stopped on the levee from the boats, the bell gave a single tap, lines were cast lain., and she was free quickly swinging into. the rapid current, well balanced, beautifully trimmed colors flying, quiet and demuraleoking,as she carried the New York Peace Committee on return from Richmond—straightened, bounded wit the epeed of a deer in the direction of Vicknbu A few moments of breathless stillness, and comes within range of the Bluff batteries above t city—boom, boom, boom, and the quiet of the mo ing is broken, the flashes can scarce .be perceived the clouds of thick white smoke which envelope bill, the air fairly hisses, and the water around little vessel eddies and curls around the drop.. and plunging balls and shells. A minute mor , seems to 11E1 an hour—and she launder the bill, . within the angle of depression of guns of the f With inoteascd speedAtie approaches the g• ,P4' d lOft 10 :I 44: &QS: OS3 3130 2672 30 7 3112 612 SS 00' 64 437 616 1g I 4 6 9 817 70( ,44 81 18 7 I slope directly in front of the city, and front the rifled pieces which line the edge of the water comes the sharp, quick crack, crack, crack, crack, the dull heavy "thud," as the balls rueh against the bales of cotton which plate her vital, vulnerable spots, and the crash of the missiles through some un important and unprotected place makes us trem ble for the safety for the little Queen; but our hopes rise, as bang, bang, bang, she sends back the 'greeting, which, mingling with the tumult on the shore, reverberates and rolls from hill to hill in one deafening roar. She trembles, for an instant, and, quicker than it takes to write it, whirls, heads towards theism), and with the rush of an infuriated demon, dashes at the steamer Vicksburg, a large transport which lies moored at the landing. We hear a crash of metal and timber, and by the time ' the sound reaches tut the recoil has thrown her • Into the middle of the Stream. She trembles, shakes, and straightens, gives an unearthly blast from her whistle, and back she flies with the speed of lightning. We fairly held our breath at this stage in the frolic tor, ;in truth, we imagined that our little favorite would this Dine julep over her foe, and bring up somewhere within the citylimits ; steadies, lowers her head, a common habit with the species when enraged; the fire slackens, ceases, the can noniers stand perfectlY thunder-struck, and the gazers from the hill tops appear to be offering prayers for the Federate, another common habit; but on comes the little monster, and, with a crash more terrific than before, she plunges full twenty • feet into the side of the fated steamer, reboUnds, and for an instant quakes and shivers, shuddering as though surprised at her devilish accomplishment. and then the whistle screams, and the course is re sumed. Again the. shore batteries make the earth tremble, - and crash': crash, crash, come the hateful messengers against her sides, and through her cabin, and one, more jolly,than . the rest, through the port hole, dancing for an instant on the gun, leaps, and springs harmlessly through the opening -on .the op-• . posite , side; "riecehlting" across the water, slaking • not fifty feet from us: Again she is out of range, under the protection of the bill, but as the bend in the river unarms the forts which top the bluffs be low the city, their gene belch forth, in one continu ous roar, a line of flame encircling the hill; the white pun of smoke become so dense as to again obscure the shore ; the air again hisses, and now the water rushes and boils around the boat, which seems to possess a charmed life. Above this tumult, from time to time, is heard . the shrill shriek of the whistle, and above all' rises in one grand tumultu ous shout, reaching .to the very heavens, the cheers of the Federal. forces, as the noble Queen of the West passes through this fiery ordeal and "rounds to,' in safety at the lower end of the canal. A hun dred willing hands reach for the lines, to moor her to the shore, and from the plank steps the gallant Lieutenant Colonel Ellet, seemingly as pleased as though he was one of those unsuccessful generals arriving at one of-those little towns in the Jersey!, I and all this uproar and tumult was the "letting al , the one hundred guns in honor of his coming ! • The vessel was pierced ten times, very little in jured, and not a man hurt. One shell, in size eight ' inches in diameter and eighteen inches in length, found its way into the captain's room, and dropped upon the bed, but did not find the brave youngster (I -think be is just twenty one) napping. MERLE. THE STEAMBOAT HERCULES BURNED. • Maurine, Feb. 16;1863, Between 2 and 3 o'clock, the citizens living in the north part of the city, 'and near the river, were startled shatp reports of cannon and the whirring of shell trough Meade. On hastening to the bluff to wedeln the cause—for the sound came from the direction of the river—another matter of surprise engaged their attention. Floating down the oppo site side of the - river slowly came a steamboat on fire,. the flames from which were raging violently. The boat grounded opposite the upper end of the city, a little above the village of Hopetield. On inquiry last night among - orilettil,,genDemen, we learned that after dinner yesterday the United States steam tug lying' below the month, of Wolf river started across the river on a scouting expedi tion. The weather was foggy and sultabhs. fee the purpose.. On nearing the opposite shose, the, tug • was hailed by a man on the bank; who.informed her - officer that a boat had been set fire to. above bg guerillas. The speed of the boat was at onceinoreaged, On turning the pointinet above and oppbsitethe islands a boat was seen tied to the Arkansas shore, not far from . the point where the Little Rock Railroad landing is located. The boat was enveloped in flames.. The boat had seven barges loaded with coal in tow. In order to save the coal the line of the burning boat was au, and she was got out from the barges. and set afloat. She grounded at the spot above described. - She must then have been burn ing sometime, for her cabin was completely burned through, • :and had lance in. • Ono of the barges had - .caught fire and wan burning, and, while the tug con- . tinned at the spht,•it sunk near shore, andjwhere the coalMea, perhaps, be recovered. - Before this, however, .the U. S. gunboat Mary Duller had come up—she threw some shells into the moods.- It wae the roar of gier guns that was heard in the city. - ,On, landing, the dead body of a man was foimihiying on the bank. Two muskets lay be side him. Examination.mhowed that.he hail re . crivcd two musket balls in his breast; either one of the wounds was sufficient toproduce death. Traces of struggling were, seen on the muddy landing ; and on the banks,and on the roots and stems of trees were seen the• marks of musket belle, which must have been fired from the boat.. Those on . board had not surrendered without: resistance. A .trail leading back from the shore indleated.that perhaps some twenty-five- or_ thirty horsemen might have been 'cancerned•in the.budiness. - The dress of the dead man indicated that he had.. been a deck -hand or a 'fireman. The officers and crew of -the boat had doubtless been led away pri soners ; this man appeamto have resisted, and death :was.the result of his edurage. The people of Hope field were greatly. alarmed lest the gunboats should visit on their village tht. consequences threatened in the order of General Sherman in such cases—an infliction that has - followed similar acts in other parts of the river. Every house hung out a white flag; no harm was done to them. The boat is in shoal water not far from shore, and her machinery, in a damaged state, can be recovered. The name of the boat was entirely burned away when.the tug first approached her, but there is no doubt she was the towboat Hercules, with coal from Pittsburg. - We understand that -Iv portion of the coal be longed to N. J. Bigley, of this city, and the ;get to the Government. 8 247 241 0 This makes three boats recently destroyed thy gue rillas in the same vicinity; the others were the Mtn sulman and the Grampus No. 2. ' ENEMY NEAR THE CHARLESTON RAIL- We learn by parties arriving by the train last night, that when the cars were at Lafayette—on the. Charleston railroad, two stations this aide of La Grange—yesterday afternoon, the people there in formed them that. some Federal soldiers' and team sters, who nad been out foraging, had been captured by the enemy. From persona thus captured, wlio had contrived to' escape, they learned that a Con federate force, estimated by the escaped persons at four thousand men, was lying encamped six miles south 'of that place. Considerable excitement existed, and a dash on - the Charleston road for - the purpose of destroying some bridge, or a portion of the rails—was -feared. The Federal forces are pretty strong in the neighborhood, and they may succeed In keeping the'enemy at bay, DEPARTOIENT OF THE SOUTH, A Grand Expedition Ready—The Arrest of General Stevenson—The Hunter-Foster Difficulty—Row Gamblers are Served—Re - , signationsnanning the Blockade. " HILTON HEAO, S. 0., Feb. 19, 1860. AN AFRICAN EXPEDITION. Far some weeks preparations for a foray upon an extensive scale, into' some of the most thickly popu lated dim - Wats of one of the three States comprised in the Department of the South, have been in pre ', greis with - the greatest possible secrecy. Few per. sons within our lines are aware of the project even at , this time, when orders to begin the movement are about being given. The plan is to surprise the ;}rebels, not with the phantom, but the reality of ser vile insurrection; by the sudden appearance in arms, In the region selected, of a body of no less than 5,000 :Inegroes, properly led by whites and supported by regular troops. Communication has been opened and kept up for some;time by'trustworthy contrabands with the bondinen of, the chosen held of operations, and ;they knew When . the liberating host will appear, - And y -a r e -are ready to rise in thew/guide and swell it to a wave. BO ,inighty, that it will sweep both rebellion and slavery out of existence wherever it may roll. ThewordioMendell PhilllP9 at Plymouth Church will be idalized—the question of fighting rebels with their slaves placed beyond the control of politicians. A great volcano Is about bursting, whose lays will burn and .11ow and destroy, despite!' conservatism" and "peace resolutions." The exact direction of the'expedition.the Northern public is most likely to learn first through Southern.prints. THE GASE:OI , GENERAL STEVENSON . - - •On Monday last, the 16th inst., Brigadier General 1 Thcimas G. Stevenson was placed in arrest by Gen. )Hunter. General Stevenson entered the service as colonel of .the 24th fdassahhusetts Volunteers, and i .WaS ionioted for gallant and meritorious service in NO ' 'Carolina. 'die brigade is a portion of Gen. Isies itlivision.which reinforced this department some als - ,noe. The following are the eircum e'en vThleß induced his arrest : G al Stevenson, on his arrival at Port Royal, callid,.ir'bompany with several members of his atithe ettitom house, 'the officers of which are - mainly. Bolton 'igen and former acquaintances of the General: Whilethere the conversation turned upon the enlijeat of negro Hoops, the General stating ern 'pbatically that he W ELS opposed to arming the blacks. A conversation, substantially as follows, ensued : "IVell,'l , said one of the gentlemen present, "I had rather the negroes would light for us than for the rebeAa." The Ciperal responded that he had no evidence yet thattlie Confederates used negro troops against 'ultbutdfltheV did,lt was no reason why we should 'ght with the same allies. 'But 't interrupted an officer of his staff; "you know that black troops were successfully used in the war of the Resolution." "Thatwas a different war.'t lap " "And you ir,” continued the officer, "that General Tsiekson employed black men at New Or leans, and publielythanked them for their services." " I'don't care anything about that.) , WAS the reply. "Circumstances were not the same then as now. I don't want to tight with a negro." " Hadn't you rather have them for us than against us?" But, General, you had rather employ therrithan tribe beaten, hadn t your " No, sir ; I had not." ,Several days afterwards a formal complaint was uncle to Gen. Hunter of the language used by Gene ra Stevenson, and the following order was at once Vaned : rHEADQUARTERS t _DEPARTMENT OF THE SOLDDIT HILTON HEAD, YORT ROYAL, H. C., Feb. 19, 143. SPECIAL ORDERS, 'No. 68.—Brigadier General homes G. Stevenson having stated publicly in he Custom House of Port Royal, Hilton Head island, that be would rather be beaten than co-ope rate with a certain class of troops authorized by the Government, he is hereby placed in arrest, and or dered to report. in arrest to the post commander, Hilton Head, where he will remain until the plea sure of the President in his case can be made known. By command of Maj. General David Hunter. CHARLES G. HALPINE, Asst. Adjt. Gen. Tenth Army Corps. General Stevenson is stopping at the Pot Royal House. Of course his arrest is the subject of much comment. Many of his personal friends sympathize with him ; but the majority of those who express an opinion deem his language ill-advised and tending to insubordination. What action the President will take In the matter remains to be seen, though a ru mor prevails that General Hunter has recommended that he be discharged froni the service. GENERALS FOSTER AND-HUNTER. You are dotibtleseacquainted 'with the nature of the dispute between General Foster and General 'Hunter. The former brought reinforcements for this department, but Claimed to command them as a separate corps. When:he subsequently returned to Newbern and to Washington, he turned over his forces to Nttglee Instead of to /Writer. The latter, after Foster's departure, assumed command in a general order, and directed that the transportation brought down should be turned over to Cot, Elwell, chief rplartermaster, and that the heads of the various star departments among the new troops should at once report to the proper officers at the department headquarters. This they failed to do, and one of them—Captain Slaght, General Foster's quartermaster—was accordingly placed in arrest. They alleged that, as members of General Foster'a staff, they were not bound to receive orders from any other general. To-day the thing has culminated in an order from General Hunter sending them back to their posts in North Carolina. The subjoined special order is rather severe upon-his staff: HEAAQUAETERS Derformunrer qa THIS SOUTH HILTON itICAD-,-F0i;i10Vi17:4:0,7ric.19:.1.-6-63, SPECIAL ORDERS No. 97.—Tiro members of Gen. Foster's staff; now sojourning within the limits of 'this department, having been, engaged in sending North a steamer belonging to this command and necessary for the operations about to commence— such steamer being sent away- clandestinely, and without the knowledge, consent, or order of the major general commanding—and it being found that many, if not all, the members of General Foster's staff have indulged in statements and remarks tend ing to create disaffection, insubordination, and mu tiny, it is hereby ordered that all the members of the stateof Major General John G. Foster, commanding the Department of North Carolina, now within the limits of the Department of the South, shall quit this department by the first steamer going North.; By command of Major General D. Hunter. • ' CHAS. G. HALPINE, Asst. Adjutant General Tenth Army Corps. - Brigadier General R. Saxton, in conformity with authority received from the War Department, has been assigned to guty with troops, and placed in command of the post of Port Royal Island, reliev ing Col. T. H. Good, of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers. The latter is ordered, with his com mand, to report at headquarters for assignment to special service. • . A GAMBLER SERVED. RIGHT. . The arrival of the paymasterrity the- last trip of the Arago was an auspicious event, and already the diffusion of the greenbacks has commenced, But with them there was an advent of sharpers, whose object in coming was simply to reap the harvest of treasury notes sown among the troops. One of these gamblers—a fellow -named - James A. Story, alias Borton—was arrested at the Port Royal *House yes. terday. He hails from Norwich, Connecticut, and -in his possession were found various memoranda, advantage cards, and other ingenious devices for cheating at play. Story is now in confinement at the provost guard-home, with a sixty.two pound ball and chain attached .to his leg. With his fine clothes and solemn countenance he cuts a sorry figure among his rougher-featured and more plainly clad companions, whose chief amusement is to set his cannon ball rolling- and watch the involuntary nimbleness of the unlucky prisoner as the ponderous weight bounds over theground. . , Story was accompanied to this point by, a con. federate named Elisbury, on whose track a skilful detective is now at work. It is, alleged that both these worthies were permitted to land here through the influence of a sutler in Beaufort, named Beard, who vouched for them as his clerks, and who is sup posed to have been aware of their real character. Beard's store has been closed, his goods seized, and he himself has been ordered to quit the department by the next steamer. RESIGNATION& Quilt a number of resignations have been accepted during the past week, nearly all of them having been offered on the ground of ill-health. I append a Major Cyrus Diller, 76th PenrksylvSnia Volun teers. Major Sas. B. Roberts, 174th Peanaylvaiia First Lieutenant Samuel C. MeCoombs, 174th Pennsyylvania Militia. First Lieutenant F. N. Barlow, 115th New York Volunteers, First Lieutenant T. R. Horton, Adjutant, 115th New York Volunteers. First Lieutenant Nathan F. Hall, Ist South Caro line Volunteers (through incompetency.) Second Lieutenant W. W. Meeker, 6th Connecti cut Volunteers, (under charges.) Second LieutenantßobertNevin, 3d Rhode Island Artillery. RUNNING THE BLOCKADE OF OUARLBS• TON. (Special Despatch to the Savannah Republican.l CHARLESTON AN OPEN PORT—YANKEE CRUELTY TO VRTSONEI2.4 OnAraxsTort,-Feb. 14, 1863.—Three steamers—the Ruby, Leopard, and Wagner—from Nassau on the 9th, arrived here this morning with- valuable cargoes. The steamer Dcmglass ran out successfully last night, and took Hon. James B. Clay, of Kentucky, for Liver, pool. The blockade 15 virtually raised, as not a gun was fired at any of these vessels. Captain Carlon, who was captured last July with the steamer Aleinphie, and imprisoned in Fort La fayette, was released at the instance of Lord Lyons, as a British subject, in January, and had arrived at Nassau. He represents the horrors of the Abolition Bastile as terrible. Colonel Zarvona was still kept in solitary con finement, and was expected to die from cruel treat- MISCELLANEOVS. OHEIMPUL HEWS PROM GEN. HOOKER'S ARDlY.—Extract of a letter to the Hon. Nixon, of New Jersey, from an intelligent officer in the Army of the Potomac : " In the Army of the Potomac there has been a great change for the better within the last month. The feeling of desporulencyamong the men is gone, as is, I think, in a great measure, the semi - disloyal sentiments among many officers. General Hooker Is popular, and will continue to be so. He, with the aid of his stair, which, so far as I am able to judge, is more efficient than that of preceding commanders of this army, is fast getting the men well in hand, and perfecting the discipline of the army. I could fill a long letter with details how and by what meacdt he is accomplishing this. • * • * I do, not know what may be thought now In Washington. of the Army of the Potomac,hut any ono who repre sents it as demoralized either lies or is not capable.' of judging of the condition of an army. It is well armed, well clothed, well fed, and in good disci pline; and I think the men will follow wherever General Hooker leads, which is the same thing as saying that they will do hard fighting.. CRIME IN ENGLAND.—The Quarterly Review for January, in an article on the ticket-of-leave sys tem, says : "There are criminals enough at large in the country to form an army, for 16,610 known thieves and 44,900 suspicions characters were pro ceeded against summarily in 1861. Dangerous of fences against the person are rapidly increasing, both .in number and audacity, to such an extent that the streets of the metropolis are not safe even in the day time.' The cost of the prosecution and punishment of offenders is between two and three millions of pounds !uinually, while the amount 9f mischief which their depredations inflict - upon the community has been estimated at eleven millions a year.. The writer goes on to express his fear that foreigners will derive but a low opinion of the civi lization of England from hearing of the audacious crimes committed nightly in the streets. He en deavors, however, to avoid this conclusion by ascribing the immorality which he acknowledges, not to any deep-seated cause, but to the taken management of one of the Government de partments.), PARLIAMENT OF CANADA.—We mentioned last week that the Provincial Parliament had as sembled at Quebec. Its organization occupied two days, in con svpience of the death of the late speaker, Sir Allan DlacNab. The Ron. Alexander Campbell, of Kingston, was unanimously elected Speaker of the Legislative Council, and the Hon. Joseph Edourd Turcotte, Speaker of the Assembly. The Governor General, in his opening speech, congratulates both Houses upon the spirit of loyalty and patriotism which is manifested throughout the country. He says that a bill will be submitted to improve the militia system . ; also, a measure for the bettor ad justment of parliamentary representation; and a bill for the more equitable settlement between debtor and creditor. INDIAN RELICS IN RHODE ISLAND.— Some days Mace a party of laborers employed on the Newport and Fall River Railroad discovered, in the course of their excavations on a farm in Middletown, R. 1., an ancient Indian burying ground (supposed to be about two hundred years old), from which some curious relics have been ex humed. The relicts consist of a Wing of colored beads, thirty-four in number ; a thin piece of elate stone, about nine by twelve inches, beautifully im printed with the fern leaf, and a round stone pestle, some eighteen inches in length by eight inches in circumference, with which the red skins were proba bly accustomed to "grind their gristn THE DEFENCES OF CHARLESTON.—A let. ter from the blockading squadron off Charleston, just received in Boston, says that front observation with powerful o:laser-and the statements of desert ers, it is evident that Charleston is strongly forts tled. There is no doubt that Fort Moultrie, as well as Fort Sumpter, is iron -clad, and that the rebels have a considerable number of very powerful guns in position. • Still, if no accidents happen to our irbn•clads (and a number will be kept in reserve to meet emergencies), the admiral in command (Dupont) is confident that he shall be able to capture the city. The Land troops at Charleston consist mainly of con scripts, who would not probably make a very stout resistance, to our march onward, in ease thescity should be captured. When the letter was written it was not known when the assault would be made. INDUSTRY OF GENERAL BANES.—A New • Orleans letter to the Boston Journal says : "General Banks rises at Mx in the morning, and is occupied a couple of hours before breakfast in perusing his correspondence. He reaches his headquarters be. tween nine and ten, and from that time till four he is overwhelmed with callers, who seek redress from' real or fancied grievances or prefer requests for every possible favor which lies in the power of the General to grant.. His time being thus occupied during the day, his evenings are devoted to writing despatches to the Government and other business, which be performs at hie private residence. Here, even, he is not free from the tide of appeals and peti tions. He seldom retires before midnight." --'- - - - THE PIRATE SUMPTER. —The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 22d ult. says: "The steamer Gi braltar (late Sumpter) was cruising up and down the bay this morning, apparently with the object of testing her machinery;but, whatever her object, the United States gunboat Chippewa, at Algesiras, was on the alert, and steamed at once to the entrance of the bay, prepared to intercept the Gibraltar if she made a dash for the straits. With a favoring black " levanter," abience of moonlight, and a bay five miles wide at the mouth, the chances seem greatly in favor of the Gibraltar giving her inqu isitive enemy the slip." THE DRAFT IN MICHIGAN.—The draft has been quietly going on in those counties of Michigan where the quota has not been filled by volunteers. Men of all daises have been dratted without dis tinction. In one instance a member of the State Legislature was drawn, and in .another the person selected to take the names from the box drew his own. ' No trouble has taken place; and no resistance has been offered. THE COLORED MASSACHUSETTS REGI MENT.—The New Bedford Mercury says : "Among the first who enrolled themselves in the company now recruiting here was Ephraim Delany, a man but a few years since a slave on the Eastern shore of Maryland. The money to purchase his freedom was advanced by a gentleman of this city, and Delany has since been steadily in his employ endeavoring to repay this amount." THOUGHTFULNESS OF QUEEN VICTO RIA.—The Queen, in consideration of the necessi ties of the manufacturing interests of England, gave notice that at the drawing-room of the 28th February, ladies were not expected to appear in mourning, excepting the ladies of the corps diplo marique, the wives of Cabinet ministers, and the la dies of her Majesty's household. F. AST LYNNE.—Lucille Western has filed a bill under the national copyrightlaw, in the Baltimore courts against George Kunkel, theatrical manager, and Samuel B. Ryan and Kate Denin Ryan ' his wife, for an injunction restraining the defendants from performing the play of "East Lynne," drama tized by 0. W. Tayleure, Esq., and purchased by complainant, and also for damages. BOW TO MAKE COUNCILMEN HONEST.— A bill has been introduced into the New York Le gislature to pay common, councilmen of the oity of New York three thousand dollars a year in liou of perquisites; or, in other words, to induce them to quit stealing. COUNTERMANDED.—The Cincinnati Gazelle says that General Grant. has countermanded the orders of Generals Hurlbut and Sullivan ' excluding Times the Chicago Tim from the posts under their com mand. KENTUOKT.--Govenior , Robinson, of Ken tucky, .heartlly • approves the action ofOol. Gilbert in dispersing the rebel convention, at Franktort, in that State, THREE CENTS. RELIGIOVE INTELLIGENCE Christian Commission. Another of the series of meetings in behalf of the Christian Commission was held on Sabbath evening, the 2241 inst., at Washington City. Secretary Chase presided, and read a noble letter from President Lincoln, declining the honor of the chair, but endorsing, in emphatic and outspoken Christian terms, the objects of the Coommission. Addressee were made by Mr. George H.' Stuart, president of the commission ; ex• Governor Pollock, of Pennsylvania ; Hon. Horace Maynard, of Ten nessee ; Major General Howard, U. S. A. ; Rev. Dr. Taylor, secretary of the American Bible Society ; Rev. Joseph T. Duryea, of New York ; Joseph Pat terson, of Philadelphia, treasurer of the commis sion, and by Admiral Foote. The spirit of the meeting was patriotic and Christian. The great question of individual prac tical piety was considered in its vital bearings upon the interests of the nation ; and it was declared in emphatic, almost prophetic tones, that the religious element alone could conserve the life of the coun try, and that sinless it should arise and assert its power at home and in the field, the countrywould be lost. The bold testimonies of General Howard and Admiral Foote, on this point, with the opening ad dress of Secretary Chase, and the letter of the Presi dent—and, indeed, the words of every speaker—left nothing to bedesired by the Christian, and marked the meeting as one of the most patriotic and Christian that have been held since the war. The following is the President's letter declining the chair on this occasion : "EXECIITIYIC Dasierwr, Wash., Feb. 22, 1863. "REV. ALEXANDER Reap—aly Dear Sir: Your note, by which you as General Superintendent of the United: States Christian Commission, invite me to preside, at a meeting to be held this day, at the Hall of the Rouse of Representatives, in this city, is re6eiVed. While for reasons which I deem sufficient, I must decline to preside, I cannot withhold my ap proval of the meeting and Its worthy objects. What ever shall be sincerely and in God's name devised for the good of the soldiers and seamen in their hard spheres of duty, can scarcely fail to behlessed. And whatever shall tend to turn our thoughts.from the unreasoning and uncharitable passiona,praludtces and jealousies incident to a great national trouble such as ours, and to fix them upon the•vast and lonpendurfng consequences, for weal or for woe, which are to result from this struggle, and especi ally to strengthen our reliance on the supreme Being 'for the final triumph of the right, cannot but be well for us all. "The birthday of Washington, and the Christian Sabbath coinciding this year, and suggesting to gether the highest interests of this life and of that to come, is most propitious for the meeting proposed. "Your obedient servant, "A. LINCOLN." NOON-DAY PRAYER MuaTitest—The Noon-day Prayer Meeting in - Philadelphia-4%W' continues, its daily sessions, and is still the privileged resort of the Christian business men of the oity. It has lately changed its place of meeting froml.hk;pansom-street church to No. 611 Chestnut - trtkeet - ilnett t0 . 3 - ayneis Building, and over the CoirintonWealtlClnsurance Office. Its name has been changed - .'again•to the 3 ayne's Hall Prayer Meeting, Pbdiadelphia.—Pres bytertan Standard. REV. JOSEPH H. Duns, of Allentown, has been elected unanimously to the pastorship of the Ger man Reformed churches at Pottstown, Limerick, and New Storeville, 'which - congregations were re cently under charge of Rev. N. S.Straesberger. Mr. Dubs will preach his first sermon at Pottstown, on Sunday, March Ist, in the German language.. • Altair CHAPLAINS receive $lOO per month, and two daily rations—the rations being estimated at $lB per month—making a total monthly pay in cash lel $llB. The chaplains furnish their own clothing and board. They are allowed to keep a horse they desire, and in case they do so they receive forme for the horse. Tun OnnisTrali SOitso YEN of the 6th Connec ticut held prayer•meetings every evening in Chat field Hall, at Beaufort, S. C., and on Saturday eve riiings in the Tabernacle, They are well conducted, and growing interest is manifested by the soldiers. TUE PIUST BAPTIST Onunegi of Newark, (Dr. Fish's,) has lately provided for the payment of a debt of $25,000, which is the whole'amount of their indebtedness. The whole cost of the house was $60,000. A CHARITY SERMON BY Tint BISHOP OP OR LEANS.—Dean Swift, it is snit, Wag once obliged to Ilene)? n char[ ty e,ermen. Ills Work was soon over. The text and the discourse consisted of two short sentences. Text-- 9 Whoso giveth to the poor lend eth to the Lord." Sermon—"lf you like the secu rity, down with your dust." The report goes that the collection was one of the lamest ever made in that church. Not very dissimilar in style, senten tiousness, and effect, was the sermon preached by the illustrious Bishop of Orlean in hie cathedral on a late Sunday, on behalf of the distressed operatives in the department of the Lower Seine, of which Rouen is the capital. His Lordship ascended the pulpit and said: This Is no time for long sermons, but for good works. You are all acquainted with the calamities of those whose cause I am come here this day to plead before you. Once upon a time a king, whose name is still cherished by us, said to his companions in arms, on whom he thought with reason that he could rely: ' My good friends, I am your king ; you are Frenchmen; yonder are the enemy: Let us march I' I will not address you in any other words this day than these : lam your bishop, you are Christians ; yonder are, not our enemies, but our brothers, who suffer : Let us Hy to their succor.) 9 The Bishop then descended from the pulpit and made the collection himself, which amounted to the sum of 15,299 E, (about .£612,) a very large sum con sidering that it was the collection in only one church in a city that contains only 40,000 Inhabi tants. This sum exceeds by about .6,10 the recent collection of Peter's pence in the same diocese. PENNSYLVANIA. THE DRATTED REGIMENTS. The following fa a list of the numbers of the regiments of militia drafted from this State, with the names of the cola nets of each, and the places where organized. The list was made out from the record in the Marshal's office at Harrisburg. It may contain come informa tion useful to those who have friends in the drafted regiments: Commanders. Number, Where Organized. Col. D. R. Mcßibbori, 158, Chambersburg. Col. Ch. H. Buehler, 165, GettysbUrg, Col. And. T. Fulton. 166, York. Col. J. C. Enoderer, 167, Reading. Col:Joseph Jack, 168, Pittsburg, Col. 1,, IY, Smltfi 169, Pitta[. ;rk. td. Dierer, 171, Harrisburg. Col. Chas. Bleckner, 172, Harrisburg. Col. 13. Nagle, 173, Harrisburg. Col. John Nice, 174, Philadelphia. 001. &Iraq A. Dyer, 175, Philadelphia. Col. A. A. Leckler, 176, Philadelphia. Col. G. B. Wiestling, 177, Harrisburg. Col, James Johnson, 17S, Harrisbug. DEATH OF THE "OLDEST INHABITANT" —Mrs. Elizabeth Myers, late of Antis township, Blair county, was, in many respects, a remarkable woman. She was born in the year 1751, consequent. ly she was 109 years old when she died. To realize the changes that occurred during her long and eventful life, we have only to reflect that, at the time of her birth, 'Washington was beleaguered by the French at Fort Necessity; Pittsburg was then a small fort in possession of the French; that Brad dock was defeated next year; that she was twenty one years old at the Declaration of Independence, and was fifty-eight at the breaking out of the war of 1812 I She lived before steamboats were invented, saw canal boats cross the mountain, the "iron horse" do the same, d and the telegraph compete with thought. Last an saddest of all, she lived to see traitors striving to breaking up the Government, which her husband fought and bled to establish. A. relic of the past, she died respected by all. COL. ALLEN'S REG-IMENTAL FLAG.—This war trophy, which was borne by the 155th Regi ment Pennsylvania Volunteers at the battle of Fre dericksburg, has been brought to Pittsburg by Quar termaster Palmer and Mr. S. Pollock, sutler of the regiment. The staff was struck by a Minnie ball, about eighteen inches from the top, and cutin two, and the flag itself was pierced by bullets in fourteen places. It must be a matter of pride amongst the friends of the members of that valiant regiment to view the flag that was carried by them through that terrible battle. After being fixed on a new staff it will be returned to the regiment, with the name "Fredericksburg" inscribed on it. . READING AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD.— The track-laying on this road has, unfortunately, been suspeaded within half a mile of Litiz for want of rail, an accident to the Columbia rolling mill cut ting of temporarily the supply. Work on the re pairs off the mill is being pressed as rapidly as possi ble, and the extension of the road to Litiz and Ephrata will be but a matter of a few weeks' time. Meanwhile work on the grading and masonry of the eastern end of the road goes on steadily, and there is every prospect of its speedy completion. The company is in good condition, and its Londe find ready sale at steadily increasing rates. STANDARD WEIGHTS OF ORE.—Some two .or three months since the iron masters of the Sus quehanna region met in Harrisburg, for a consulta tion relative to the standard weights of ore. In the Eastern market the gross ton has been rated at ;240 pounds, while the buyers of the Western market re quired one-quarter, of 26 pounds, extra weight, rating the ton at 2,268 pounds. The meeting resolved that, in all cases hereafter, anthracite iron shall be rated at 2,240 pounds per ton. Fourteen furnaces were represented at the meeting, and effort is now being made to secure the concurrence of the Western manufacturers of charcoal iron. INTERNAL REVENUE.—The Johnstown Tri bune furnishes the following statement of the total assessment of Internal Revenue in the 17th collec- tion district for October., November, and December, with the grand totals for the four months ending December Mgt : Huntingdon county Mifflin county Blair county Cambria county.... Total $17,138 57 Total for September 23,304 17 Total up to Dec. stet WESTMORELAND COUNTY.—A correspon dent, writing to us from Westmoreland county, states that there - are, to his certain knowledge, a party of at least two hundred deserters in that county, who have fled from the drafted regiments now in the service. These deserters are organized wider the encouragement of leading copperheads in that county, and are sworn. to resist any attempt to force them back to their regiments. They are also pledged to resist all attempts at another draft. AN INTERESTING CASE.—.A.aoldier arrested as a deserter in Montgomery county wait brought before the court on a writ of habeas corpus, and his discharge demanded on the around that when he enlisted he was a minor, and had entered the army without the consent of his parents. It appeared in evidence, however, that the parents had beedlore ceiving the relief paid to the families of volunteers, thus recognizing the enlistment. The minor soldier was remanded to his regiment for service. LIBEL SUlT.—Messrs. Prizer and Darlington, editors and proprietors of the Bucks county 'Wein geneer, published at Doylestown, have been arrested and bound over on the charge of libel, at the in stance of Col. Owen Jones and Capt. Jacob R. Stadalrean, of Lower Merlon . township. The charge is based upon the publication of an article on the 9th December last, charging. the -prosecutors with being concerned In an " underground" mail conveyance of letters to the Southern States. DEATH OF MUT: FORD.—Lieutenant Ford, of the provost battalion, died at MoConnelleburg, on Friday of last week , from the wound received three or four weeks since, near that place, while at tempting to arrest a deserter, named John Forney. The latter was arrested at the time for the offence, and is now in Chambersburg prison. • PROMOTIONS IN THE ONE-HUNDRED AND-SECOND.—The place of Thomas A. Rowley, of the 102 d, promoted to a brigadier general, has been filled by the promotion of Lieut. Col. Kin caid to the colonelcy. Major S. W. Patterson nue ceeds to the place vacated by Col. Kincaid, and Capt. Joeßrowne has been made major. PARDON ASKED.—A petition, signed by the members of the court and by the late grand Jury and other persona, has been forwarded to the Governor,. asking for a pardon for Andrew McKinley, under sentence of death for the murder of John Shevtlin, now confined in the llionteur-county TILE t'VAI~ PELIOSS, Tan WAR PRESS will be aent to nabscribere by mail (por annum in advance) at 8`9.00 Five CoPlea '` 9.00 Ten " 17.00 It Twenty " 32.00 Larger Mom than Twenty will . ho charged at the same rate. $1.50 per copy. The money in " a l locl/8 accompany the order, and in no instance can (he l m (ermir be deetated from, as they afford very taite more than the roe of the paper. 413/- robtm asters are requested to act as Alginate for Tile WAR Panes. AjeirTe the getter-up of the Chit, of ten or twenty; an extra copy of the raper will be given. Weekly Review of the Phibuita. illatrkets. Fartitusar 27, issi The markets generally have been excited and quite active, owing to the rapid rise in gold, and prices gene rally have an upward tendency, with more disposition to operate. Bark le In request, at an advance. Bread stuff's are better, and quite active, with more disposition to operate in Flour, Wheat, and Corn. Rye Flour and Corn Meal are scarce, and in demand. Candles are firmer. Coal continues dull. Coffee in firm, and prices rather better. Sugar end Molasses are better, and the markets very active. Fish are in demand, and prices of Mackerel are looking up. Fruit, theirs lea fair businoes doing: The Iron market is still looking up. The stock of Lead is light, and prises are better. Naval Stores of all kind's are very scarce and high. Oils continue very firm, and Linseed has again advanced. There is rather more dbing In Provisions, and the demand Is good. Rice is unchanged. Cloverneed le in fair demand, and prices rather Bettor. Flaxseed is sauce, and advancing. Tal low se/Tobacco are also better. Wool is less active. The Dry Goods trade has been very active, and, for cot tons, prices show a farther advance, wi th a very active market for moat kinds; woolens are firm, and prices looking up. The Flour market has been more active this week. and holders at the close are demanding an advance of 12)4@rblelli bbl, with light receipts and stocks to operate in; sales reach about KM bbls, in lots, at t6®6.50 for superfine; 847(37.60 for extras; $7.3648.2.5 for common and choice extra family, and 88.60@9 'ft bbl for fancy brands. The bulk of the sales were of good extra family at $7.731M8 bld, taken for export, The demand from tie trade is batter, within the above range of prices, for superfine? extra, and extra family, and $9.5209.7511 bbt for high •grade fancies, according to quality. Nye Flour is firm, and selling in a email way at 851813h1. Corn Meal continues scarce at S 4 for Pennsylvania and fitia P bbl for Brandywine: 1.000 bbls of the latter sold on private terms. GRAlL—Wheat has further advanced; sales com prise about 70,000 bus Pennsylvania and Western red at 172@178c, including a small lot of choice amber at 180 c, and white at 1850280 c 11 bu, the latter for prime Ken incky. Rye is very scarce, and sells in a small way at bu for Pennsylvania. Corn comes in slowly, and in in demand at the advance, with sales of 46,000 ha at Klan& for now yellow in store; we quote old Corn at MOM Tim. • Oats are unchanged, with sales of 30,104 be heavy Pennsylvania at 64c for 32 lbs weight, and light Oats at 37@>42eb bu measure. Pennsylvania Bark sells at $1.45 bn. PROVISIONS.—The receipts of all kinds are light, the demand continues good. and prices are better; sales of Western and city-packed moss Pork at $14.623V@1t.70 for old, and $15.75016.50 bbl for new, the latter now held higher. Mess Beef is selling in lots at $12013 for Country, and 813015 for City. Beef Hams sell at VT cash. Dressed Hogs have advanced, and are selling at s7@7.6oVi $llOO lbs. Bacon—the demand is moderate, and Prices wilitont change; sales of Hams in lots at a@ llga for plain and fancy cured:sides in lots at 707)(c for new. and figift4c for old: Shoulders at Age for old, and 6)ge cash for new. Green Meats are in demand, and prices are looking up; sales of 900 bbls and tcs Hams at aggfoo for pickled. and vhignic for lots in salt.- Sides at G.ii@GX c, and Shoulders at 5)496c, cash and 6 - da y s: now te l at our highest quotations. Lard is in demand and prices are well maintained, with sales of bids and tcs atll®like, nbw held at 12c, and 1 eve at 1112 Me, cash. 300 packages mixed country sold at 9k o Olac cash. Butter—There 18 good demand for , :ind'pricea are rather better,with sales of MO nkas Glades sold at 22-021 k 'f fh; solid-packed is worth L'egelac. cheese sells at 1401fic Lb, and Sao at 1.1,.V . Hcf dozen. IIIBTALS.—There Is a very firm feeling In the market for Pig Iron, and no disposition to contract for future de livery, with sales of 1,200 tons No. I Anthracite att.S.MMS cash, and font months; Forge Iron at ;kb cash; Scomeh pig IS held higher. Manufactured Iron is firm, and prices tending upwards. Lead—There is very little pig bore; 1,600 pigs Galena sold at 103ic cash ; holders now ask 10X@1103ic Copper is firm, and prices looking up. BARH.—The receipts of lauercitron continue very light, and it is in demand at 'l6(qi37 'f ten for Ist No. I. Tanner's Bark is unchanged. CANDLES are firmly held, and for city-made Ada mantine, folders are demanding an advance.• sales in lots at 19@22c cash;4oo boxes short-weight West ern sold, to arrive, at 20 ¢ lb. COAL.—The market continues inactive, but the re cent cold weather has =used more inquiry for home use. The orders from the East are comuig in very slowly, and the shipments are light, except to supply the. Government. • • - ' - -- - COFFER—The stock is light; sales comings° about 2,000 bags, mostly Rio nt Slig)&3c, and some Laguayro at tr2@34c yi lb, cash and four months. COTTON.—The demand continues limited, and prices are unchanged, with sales of2oo bales middling upland. at 91®93e Wt. ; low-grade at Si@SSo, and inferior at 00 76c lb. cash. DRUGS AND DIES.—AII kinds of foreign Chemicals are advancing ; sales of Soda Ash at4lo4,lic ; Bleaching Powders at 4) o, and Alum at afic. cash. Indigo is also better. • . FEATHERS are net much inquired after, with sales of good 'Western at 460y15c i tb. FlSll.—There 13 more demand for Maekerel and the advance noted last week has been well maintained. Sales of 3,500 bble, mostly medium is, at $5.25, and 500 bbls shore in and Is on private terms. The store quota tions are sl2.lfor bay ; sl6@l6. 60 for shore ls; $2O 9 for large do: 6.8. 10.60 for is: $6.50@6. 75 (or medium, and 57 for large . Prices of Salmon, Herring, and Codfish are unchanged. FRUIT. —Two cargoes of Palermo Fruit are expected daily. Small sales of Oranges and Lemons at $2.50§3 box. liaising are firm, and there are but few here. Green Apples sell at 162. 5i103. 60 bbl, which is an ad vases. Dried Apples sell sloWly at fiOftc. and Peaches Egl at ic for quarters, and 10011 c 13 lb for good halves. FREIGHTS. to Liverpool are rather firmer. We quote in American vessels 2s gd for Dora, 9d for grain, and h :)3s for heavy goods. Several vessels are loading with Petroleum to Europe at 7s 6d(gi6e. Small vessels suitable for the West Indies are scarce. One charter is reported *to Cardenas at 62e for Sugar, and iC1.60(41.50 for Mo lasses. To New Orleans ere is very littlegoing for ward. Havana freights are dull. Goal. freights unset tled and drooping. GINSENG is scarce. Crude, if here, would bring Poe cash. Oita NO is more inquired after, with sales of Peruvian at SiSl 4 1 01 i ton. 11ENP le quiet, and there is no stock to'opertite in. HAT is firmer, .and sells at Ss(gerricMa lb 6. 111DES • are firmer-3,93D Lagnyra, wrigh arrived last week, remain =gold. A sale of Brazil' made at 210 ,P HOPS have an upward tendency; sales at 26(430e Ilb for first-sort Eastern and Western. LlTNEEß_—Thebusiness here has been light, and there are no changes to record in prices. - MOLASSES.—The market has been extremely quiet, with small bales of Cuba Muscovado at 40c; a cargo of new clayed Cardenas on private terms, and 735 bble lie Orleans, by auction , at Ntlabsdc cash; 27 hhds also sold.at s?c cash. - N. V.AI. STORES. —Rosin continues very scares. and It sells in a small vvsy at $23a,24f0r common ~ a nd $1f027 for No. 1. Spirits Turpentine meets a limited inquiry at the recent advance; sales at $I gailou. cash, Tar allfl Pitch are unchanged. OILS. —Fish Oils are very firm, with a steady'etore de mend; Linseed Is unsettled and selling at 51.73®L78V gallon. Winter Lard Oil is worth 915c@gli now gene rally held at the latter rate. In Petroleum sales of -beta crude and refined are mostly on private terms. - PLASTER is scarce and wanted. We quote soft at *4 04.50 per ton. RICE: There is but little here. Rangoon sells at 7% ©7Mc... - lb. SALT.—There has been no further arrivals. A sale of Ashton's fine was made at VLSOIA sack. !a., clamant' for Clove • . • need, with sales ots3,sl:Eilshels at $6.5037.2.1, and from second hand, at 12c. @ pound. Timothy is scarce and readily command • tii2.7s(gisS. Of Flaxseed the market is bare, and it is wanted at ii 13.40 busheL SUGAR. —The market Is very firm and prices are 34e th higher, with sales of tem hhtls mina at 'TS tOt "Inc, and Mbhde New Orleans at 9@l3lic tb, cash and 4 menthe, part by auction. SPI RITS. —There is a limited business doing in Brandy and Gin lint prices are firm. New England Rum is hold at 700 , 72 c gallon. Whisky is quiet and lower, with sales of Pennsylvania and Ohio bbls at 37@t50:1; hhds Mir, and Drudge at 36(§Mic TALLOW is held higher, with sales of country at 11.,,'gr2e, and city at 12.@-12,4c ft, cash. TOBACCO, —The' receipts of Kentucky and Pennsyl vania Leaf are better, but we hear of no sales worthy of notice. Manufactured continues scarce and very high. WOOL. —There is less firmness in the market; the stooks in the hands of the dealers are very light, with sales of 100.000 lbs at 55@901l 'B lb. cash. The following are the receipts of Flour and ()rain at this port during the Past week: Flour Wheat "" .15,700 MIL 54.920 hut COM 31.700 bus. Oats 40,2D1 bus. PHILADELPHIA BOOT AND SHOE MARKET—The Shoe and Leather Reporter of February 20th says: The boot and shoe market has been rather quiet in sales since last report. A_ few Western jobbers are still linger ing in the market, and an occasional retail buyer is also seen, but the firmness in prices, with the light stock of city goods in store, keeps back buyers, and the supply in the country must be well reduced before traders will conclude to rake stock at ruling rates. The arrivals from the East to the regular jobbers continue large, and most of the lenses have a good assortment to set before buyers. The city makers are Mostly turning out all the work they are able. Journeymen are lu great demand. The deputy quartermaster in this city is again eating for proposals for machine and band-sewed bootees, and •statee that the bootees furnished the department must be fully up to army standard. It is well known to those now turning in shoes that the inspection Is severe, and shoes that would once pass without comment are now summarily rejected. New York Markets of Yesterday. Asnia—are uncbanged and selling at $5.69. for Dots and ea for ports. . BREAMPTT7P.S. —The market for State and. Western flour is dull, and prices are still lower. Tho sales are 7,800 Ibis at $7.10@7.90 for superfine State: $7. Ss(gi7. SO for extra State • 47.110©7.90 for super fine Indiana, lowa. Ohio, Sre: 457.70108. for extra do, including shipping brands cif ronnti4moP Ohio at $.968.15, and trade brands of do of $5649. 50. Southern Flonr is dull and drooping; sales 9 , 0 6618 at $7. 7.tgiS. 93 for superfine Baltimore, and $9.8)®10.25 for extra do. . Rye Flour is quint at $4@5.50 for the range of flue and superfine. Corn Meal is unchanged; we quote .lersey at $4.20@ 4.25, Brandywine $5, and pnncheons *2150. Wheat is doll, doing.ces role in favor of the buyer, with very little The nominal onotations are 1a1.44@1. 62 for Chicago spring, $l. 63®7.. 70 fur Milwa ukee club , club, $1.11@1.75 for amber lowa, $1.73g51.76 for winter red 'Western. $1.7i@1.80 for amber Michigan. Rye IS quiet at 61.1001.15. Barley is In moderate demand; sales 7,000 bus at $1,52 for State and 44.67 for Eastern. Corn in easier, with a moderate demand; sales :0,000 bus at 96@98e for sound Western, awl 57@fik fur nn sound do. TALLOW.—Prime Is scarce, and wanted for export at full rates; sales 64 h lids prime Western at 'ISM. TEA.—The market remains very strong, and there has been considerable done from second hands. The only operation f rom imp°, tars' hands, ht addition to the sales previously mentioned, is an invoice of MI assorted blacks. Fiucerrs. —Provisions, SOO bbls flour at ,la 10)51; 500 ones bacon and lard at 22s ed ; per neutral 1.600 do at 32's ila',Ls 6d. To London, 6,000 hue wheat at 734 d: 400 tierces beef at ss, and per neutral 300 bbls pork at 55 3d. WHISKY is dull and drooping; sales 403 bbla at 53@53. .. $3975 56 ... 1;760 41 ... 3,357 11 ... 8,015 49 CAMBRIDGE CATTLE MARKET. Pah. 81—Whole number of Cattle at market 665, about 525 Beeves, and 40 Stores, consisting of Working Oxen, Midi Cows, and one, two, and three-year old. Paicre OF MARKET BEEY. —Extra, $7.308; first quell ly, 6. 1 17t07.25; second quality, 56§6.60; third quali ty, 55.. Working Oxen, ?pair none. Cows and Calves, 30, 6,17©45. Yearlings, none; two-years old, SID@2S: tbroe-years old, Sheep and LantbsL2,2oo at market; prices. In lots, 310 &Meech t extra, SS. 6.50@7.50, or from 0)754e Vi REMAREE. —There was a fair supply of Cattle, and a better show of nice, fat oxen titan for a number of weeks; _prices ruled' higher. Mr. Jones, of Deerfield,. sold 20 Oxen to Mr. Saunders, 4at $6. ewt 14 at $7-56, and 2 rather slim at 516.50 ;Amt. Jackson paid s3sl cwt, and lilessrs....Prouty & DeWolfe sold 4 very large fat Oxen to Thomas, for S3SD era, 3) shrink. Small CM tle Fold at shout the aline advance. Sheep quick and higher, partly owing to the high pries, of Pelts; supply rather short. $42,442 '74 BRIGHTON CATTLE MARKET, Feb. 26.—At market O Beeves, S Stores, 2,200 Sheep and Lambs, and ISO S Prices—Market Beer—Bxtra, SS; first quality. $7.23; second quality, $6.80; third quality. $L 7001 Working Oxen—None. Mitch.Cows—Waite; common do. 51052. 3 - Parlings none; two-years old,elS(§2o; three-yearsold. dCl@)23. Remarks—Beef Cattle sold about the same Retest week; rood Cattle ruled a shade higher; very extra sold for Iptt ti 100, and some a shade Alither. Arr. Munroe sold to Timothy Brooke 7 Cattle, weight LOCO The each, at $7.80 V 200. dressed weight; also, to William Bread, 4 Cattle. vreight 1.450 lbe, at $7 Mt one-third shrink. Sheep and Lambs sold quick at last week's prices. Swine sold the same as last week; not many at market. CINCINNATI. PROVISION MARKET, Feb. ts—The market was generally quiet. without much disposition to buy or sell. Mesa Pork was not inquired for, and prices remain as last quoted. Bulk meats could have been bought on a shade easier terms. 100,000 kis of Shoulders sold at 43fc, packed in the country, and de livrred here; also, MO bones short clear rib Middles at 0031 c. Sides werSgenerally held at Sc for heavy. Lard opened quiet, and easier to buy, but closed with au im proved demand. Sales ot4oo tierces at feic for country. and Pk for city, and 100 bbl country at 9Xc. 40 hhds bacon. Sides sold at 631 c. NEW BEDFORD OIL MARKET. FEB. 26—Since our last there has been continued inquiry for Oil, and we hear of the following transactions yesterday: In Whale Oil, gallonB 300 do. at in. and 1,600 40. nt 69... In Sperm Oil, a lot of 700 bbls. which has bean lying in Westport for six years, was sold at $1,601i ;canon. On Tuesday, 7,000 Ms of Arctic Bone were sold in New York at $l. a) lb. 7HD REBELS IN ARKANSA.S. Southern. papers announce that Sterling Price will be placed in command of the rebel force in Arkansas. Hind man, doubtlette, goes into diagraee. (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.)
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